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Software for Renewable Energy Processes - 4
Solar Is the Fastest Growing Power-Generation Technology in the World
The economics of the operation is a function of the contract with the electric utility and is also affected by government support. The utility either charges (or pays) a flat rate for the electricity or a rate that changes with the time of the day. If the second is the case, it's likely that the night rate is the lowest, and the "peak rate" is the highest. Peak rate is usually applied when the power plant is operating at nearly full capacity (usually because of high air conditioning loads on hot summer days). Under these conditions, receiving the excess solar energy is advantageous to the utility because it does not need to start up its emergency generators. Sending "peak electricity" to the utility is also advantageous to the homeowners if the rate paid is higher.
It is the utility company that takes government subsidies and regulations into consideration, so that the homeowner just receives a monthly statement without requiring any additional paperwork. Besides direct subsidies, the government in some countries guarantees a fixed rate for the solar energy sent to the grid. This rate is often higher than its "market value." In such cases the utility is required to distribute that extra cost among the "non-solar" households.
As shown in Figure 2, the electric meter is an intelligent one that automatically considers the electricity flows in both directions and displays the net total (cost or payment) at any time during the month. The software provided by the utility is automatically adjusted for times of day variations in cost rate or times of "peak periods," so the homeowner is not burdened with adjusting them.
The software in the intelligent electric meter should also be able to perform other control tasks, such as to automatically charge the batteries of the electric car(s) when the electricity is inexpensive ("night time"), and to maximize the amount of electricity sent to the grid (by temporarily turning off optional users) during periods when peak electricity rates apply on hot summer days.
None of this software, nor the intelligent net-billing utility meters themselves exist today, but as energy costs increase, they will. The purpose of this series of articles is not only to describe software that is available, but also to describe the control software needs of the future as renewable energy systems become more complex and sophisticated.
Our tax dollars should be invested in new technologies that guarantee an energy future that is inexhaustible, clean and free. The use of solar shingles is already cost-effective in the southern half of the United States and installing them would not only eliminate unemployment, oil imports, energy wars and the destruction of nature, but would also lower unemployment, because of the millions of carpenters, electricians and laborers that their installation would require.
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Orange Goblin – A Eulogy for the Damned
It's easy to take Orange Goblin for granted. They 've been around for a while now, ever since the bleary- eyed years of the stoner rock explosion in the mid 90s. They 've been releasing albums and touring around the world without much fuss or hype. They are a warhorse band, like Motorhead, Venom, High On Fire or any band with Wino in its' ranks.
Their early sound was an aged, smoky blend of stoner rock and psychedelia, but they 've been leaning more and more towards their more aggressive heavy metal and punk side. It's been many years since their last album Healing Through Fire. That album was the most metallic of their career (with appropriate song lyrics about the plague and the great fire of London), so I expected something similar.
Not quite. A Eulogy for the Damned certainly sounds loud, brash and beer- soaked, but it's also very very catchy. I don't mean to suggest that they 've suddenly gone pop or anything, but the whole album is packed with tasty hard rock riffs and soaring choruses. It's a blast to listen to, from the biker stomp of The Filthy and the Few to the epic finale of the title track. And I also loved the horror- themed lyrics (courtesy of video nasty- obsessed singer Ben Ward).
I shouldn't be too surprised. After all, that band has never released a bad album. Still, A Eulogy for the Damned is a Hell of a record and song- for- song, their best since 2000's The Big Black. I think it's time to acknowledge Orange Goblin as a British institution. Sit back, light up and enjoy.
1. Red Tide Rising
2. Stand For Something
3. Acid Trial
4. The Filthy & The Few
5. Save Me From Myself
6. The Fog
7. Return To Mars
8. Death Of Aquarius
9. The Bishops Wolf
10. A Eulogy For The Damned
Release date: 13,14/Feb/2012 , Candlelight Records
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Week 2: web vs print; designing for people
Our focus this week will be on two interrelated topics:
- Web design vs. print design
- The role of graphics, color choices and font styles in user experience
As with Week 1, we will have two threads for discussion of the main points, and a third thread for more general discussion of these two topics.
How print design is different from web design
Essentially, print design is static and primarily limited by printing technology and budget, while web design needs to be dynamic and is primarily limited by accessibility and bandwidth.
Audience attention:
With print design it's okay to design for brief interactions, because most print design is intended for that (ads, brochures, business cards). With physical objects, people will also often go back and look at them more than once.
Conversely, with web design, you need to design to both attract temporary interest and also maintain longer interactions, because the web is ephemeral and users tend to not return to look at a site without a compelling reason (usually content). Design grabs and helps focus attention, while content and ease of use maintain it.
Canvas size:
Print design can be limited to a tiny design space (a card) or allowed an enormous one (a newspaper or magazine page, a foldout page, a billboard). The limits are only dictated by budget, purpose and focus.
While the web can allow for an infinite canvas, user behavior limits what people will be willing to scroll to see, and the user will only initially see what his screen is capable of displaying. Increasingly, that also means that designers need to design for netbook, tablet and mobile users, whose screens are smaller than laptop and desktop users. This is a bit like set design for a play or film - you are designing for the "camera frame" of the user's screen, and trying to make it enjoyable, easy, and worthwhile for the user to scroll.
- Jakob Nielsen on Print vs Web Design, in 1999: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/990124.html Much of this is still applicable, especially if you are designing for mobile users.
- A very basic breakdown of Web Design vs Print Design: http://desktoppub.about.com/od/transitionprintweb/tp/Print_Design_vs_Web_Design.htm
- An excellent discussion of the disconnect between the two types of design, professionally: http://www.myintervals.com/blog/2010/06/16/web-design-vs-print-design-and-the-wired-interactive-magazine/
The role of graphics, color choices and font styles in user experience
Web design is an evolution of print design. Many things that work well in print do not work in web design, and vice versa. Fonts, graphics and color choices that work well in print need to be modified or adapted in order to make for a pleasant design and user experience on the web.
Print layouts need modification to work on the web. For example, the print term "above the fold" now means "what the user sees on site loading" when applied to web sites. The greatest issue that creates for us, as designers, is that "above the fold" can vary drastically by screen size, as discussed in part one. Not only screen size, but also resolution, especially given the vast increase in mobile usage of the web. While resolution is rapidly catching up to print quality, and that can mean that what used to fill a laptop screen will now fit on a screen the size of a business card, the scale is still an issue. Either the canvas is too small, or the site content becomes too small.
Example: Imagine having to fit a full size site like CNN on a smartphone screen (like an iPhone) without making it optimized for the category of display. It's like imagining a newspaper or magazine zoomed down to fit on a large business card. This is how print designers see the web, as just another rigid surface.
What makes this dramatic scaling possible is the way web design and development work together to adjust to the available display. Platform detection and appropriate css. Optimization. Print design has none of that flexibility.
Discussion point: Give an example of a site that has translated badly to mobile format.
Graphics for the web can be confusing. File formats that work best for print are not supported for the web, and formats that work on the web are not usually of sufficient resolution for print at web-friendly sizes. One format might be better for a given purpose than another. Only a few file types are widely supported for the web (we are not including media file types in this stage of the discussion):
jpeg – preferred for photographs. Lossy when compressed. Universally supported.
gif -Indexed colors, supports transparency and animation. Universally supported.
png – Small file size, less lossy than Jpeg, supports transparency and indexed color. Widely supported and gaining popularity.
SVG – not universally supported at this time, and is actually a text format that describes a vector image to the browser, which then renders it. Great for charts, infographics. Has been proposed as a scalable font format, but is not gaining favor in this use. Its text format makes accessibility an issue, though it is supposed to become more accessible in HTML5.
Graphics should not distract the user from the content and purpose of the site. Subtlety is best in design elements (example: low-contrast is best in backgrounds) so that the user does not have to fight the design to get to the content. Images are good when necessary as content (photo galleries) or to provide further information on the site's content (product images). Avoid excessive animations and text formatted as images.
Anything that looks like an ad will often be ignored. Formerly popular ad formats and placements have become "tuned out" or effective blind spots for many users, as they have been trained that objects of that size, shape and placement (banners, for example) are irrelevent to their needs. This is another factor in why it is best to avoid excessive animations and text formatted as images.
Discussion points: Pick two websites, one as a good and one as a bad example. How do graphics affect your usage of these sites? Are they obtrusive? Do they have "ad-like" graphic elements that you have ignored? If yes, were they intended as content? How do you think that affects your experience?
Color choices influence every aspect of user experience and usability.
Contrast affects the most basic usability of every site. Poor contrast can make even the most eagle-eyed user experience eyestrain. At best the user will force a different CSS style using their browser, and at worst, the user will leave.
Contrast also signals importance: high contrast makes the brain want to see a given object as a foreground object and low contrast tells the brain that a given object is a background object. This is why low text contrast combined with a high-contrast page background or image nearby is jarring, even when the text is on a solid color background.
Navigation: Linked text color (links being a different color than regular text and visited links being another color) is vital to helping users understand where they have been and when they are being directed to a link they have not yet visited.
Color affects mood and intended message. This can be culturally influenced, but is a vital part of the design concept. Examples: http://www.cnn.com/ , the red logo bar inspires urgency and immediacy. Orange is often used on restaurant sites because it stimulates appetite, green is optimistic, blue is calming, etc.
Color affects accessibility. Colorblind users may experience your site's design in an unintended way because colorblindness alters perception of color contrasts. Ways to work around this include running the design through color analysis tools online and designing the site in grayscale and adding color later.
Discussion points: Pick two websites, one as a good and one as a bad example. How do the colors affect your usage of these sites? Run each through a color blindness test (#10 in the reading list has several linked). How did they do?
Typography is a complex subject, but the main things to understand in reference to using them on the web is that fonts intended for digital display are relatively limited, and the vast majority of fonts are currently designed for print only. There is a movement toward making more fonts available, but it is still in development and may present more problems than solutions, at least to start with.
Legibility, or ease of reading, is the primary focus of font choices for web design.
Using images to show display fonts is becoming a deprecated practice.
Elaborate display fonts that work well in print do not usually work well at all as graphic elements on the web (the exception to this is web-optimized logos)
Using multiple font families on a site is jarring to the reader's eye. Choose one for text, and if necessary, only one other for headings/menus/etc..
Web Fonts are one of the features of the upcoming HTML5 standard. The idea is that there will be licensable commercial, and free use, web-optimized, fonts that will be called by the browser and will display as text. This will open up a world of typography possibilities to web designers. This is dependent on browser rendering and that makes it an evolving issue. While there is some support for web fonts already (CSS), it's likely that it will change before it is finalized, like the integration of the SVG format.
Discussion points: Pick two websites, one as a good and one as a bad example. How do fonts affect your usage of these sites? Are they obtrusive? Do they use graphics for text? How do you think that affects your experience?
How newspapers need to evolve for the web http://blog.ted.com/2009/04/02/the_fate_of_the/
designing for people :http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/david_kelley_on_human_centered_design.html
Discussion of several common image formats and their best usages: http://www.acasystems.com/en/web-thumb-activex/faq-image-format.htm
Wikipedia entries on graphic file types:
gif http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_Interchange_Format
SVG support in IE9 beta http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/In-your-hands-IE9-and-SVG-Past-Present-and-Future-of-Vector-Graphics-for-the-Web
Jakob Neilsen on changing link colors: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20040503.html
Discussion of contrast with demos: http://www.webdesignref.com/chapters/13/ch13-16.htm
Color theory in general usability (short, easy read): http://www.colormatters.com/usability.html
Color meanings as generally accepted: http://www.webdesignref.com/chapters/13/ch13-16.htm
Color blindness and usability resources and tools http://www.stcsig.org/usability/topics/colorblind.html
http://www.cooper.com/journal/2009/09/shadow_of_the_moon.html a discussion of typography and how it relates to web design, including the future use of fonts on the web
CSS support of webfonts: http://www.html5trends.com/tutorials/all-you-wanted-to-know-about-web-fonts/
On Web Typography is an excellent discussion of font choices and how they affect users: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/on-web-typography/
Real Web Type in Real Web Context describes the practicality of the Web Font standard: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/real-web-type-in-real-web-context
SVG fonts in Mobile Safari: http://opentype.info/blog/2010/04/13/the-ipad-and-svg-fonts-in-mobile-safari/


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I bought several of these awesome sets and have used the parts I'm going to, so the rest are up for grabs! You get everything you see in the pics, and it will be shipped Priority Mail, and I will ship anywhere in the world but I'll have to adjust the price for shipping.
And like the title says, I'm VERY open to offers, since I really don't know what a fair price will be.
And if anyone is worried I'm stepping on the business-toes of Spy Monkey, I had the same concern; I was originally selling these (individually) at Power-Con, but before I put them out I went over to their booth and asked if they had any need of these and wanted to buy them back at a reduced cost of what I paid, and they said they didn't need them and to go ahead and sell them, so this is what I have left at Power-Con. Just wanted to state all that, cuz those guys rule!
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A summons is a request for your appearance at a hearing or trial of some sort. This is different from a Subpoena, which is a Court Order for your appearance.The process for a summons is it can be handed to you, taped to your door or mailed to you. Please let me know, if you have other questions in this regard.Thank you
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text: Politics 29 April 2013 Foreign exchange platform puts the brakes on high-frequency traders EBS has changed its rules to discourage algobots. Sign up for our weekly email * Print HTML EBS, a major interbank trading platform in in the foreign exchange market, is considering imposing a major change in the way it runs its market in order to discourage high-frequency trading from taking place. EBS currently runs on the principle of "first in, first out" trading, where trades are dealt with in the exact order they are made. That is the way most people expect the market to work – but it also gives an advantage to those who can get their trades in quickest. That leads to the arms race that high-frequency trading has seen in the last few years, where traders pay to place their servers close to the exchange, to whittle off those last few microseconds. Instead of this model, EBS is considering bundling together incoming trades and dealing with them in a random order. That way, every trade that came in in (for example) the tenth of a second between 12:00:00.0 and 12:00:00.1 would be grouped together and dealt in a random order, removing the advantage that the trader who got in at 12:00:00.01 would normally have. Speaking to the FT, the chief executive of EBS explained why the company has made the decision: The first twenty years of algorithmic trading have added great transparency and led to the compression of spreads – all great things. But there is a line beyond which marginal speed and smaller trade sizes add no value and actually harm the markets. At some point we, the public markets across asset classes, crossed that line. The 'first in, first out' model sounds fair and plausible, but in modern public markets it implies 'winner takes all'. The classic example of how high(er)-frequency trading can have positive effects comes from the fact that the desire to shave seconds off the response time to financial information is the reason why the undersea cables linking London to New York are so high quality. Without that motivation to profit, the cables might not have been laid for decades after, and certainly wouldn't be as fast as they are now. (In fact, the USD/GBP exchange rate is still known as "cable" now, after the first transatlantic cable laid in 1858). But as the speed of trades has increased ever higher, the side-benefits are shrinking. The difference in liquidity between a market where a tenth of a second and a thousandth of a second matters is minuscule; even if spreads might be a tiny bit tighter than they otherwise would be, no normal trader is helped by that "improvement". So EBS's speed limit is a welcome step. By dealing with trades in a semi-random order, it removes the incentive to spend millions on shaving off the smallest fractions of time. Ironically, the companies which will benefit most in the short term are the high-frequency traders themselves, who already have the technology to trade speedily, and now don't need to worry about investing more on ever-diminishing returns. But eventually, more and more traders will match that capability, until the market becomes a level playing field again. The other reason why traders – even high-speed ones – ought to thank EBS is that if the exchanges get HFT under control, then there's one less reason for governments to step in. Discouraging high-frequency trades is one of the strongest reasons for introducing a financial transaction tax. That hits everyone, not just the speedy traders. › Morning Call: pick of the papers A new data-centre in Manhattan. Photograph: Getty Images Alex Hern is a technology reporter for the Guardian. He was formerly staff writer at the New Statesman. You should follow Alex on Twitter. Subscribe from just £1 per issue More Related articles "I'm frightened, genuinely frightened": how London terror attacks affect the rest of the country Inspiring to empower: how to solve the UK's STEM skills gap How US states are fighting inequality with a "millionaire tax" Subscription offer 12 issues for £12 + FREE book LEARN MORE Close This week's magazine


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Nigerian Cabinet Approved Without Oil Minister
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo announced the composition of his new cabinet on February 8th, again without appointing a minister to head the key oil portfolio.
The Nigerian senate on February 8th endorsed Obasanjo's nominees to replace ministers sacked in a cabinet reshuffle on January 24th.
Obasanjo had fired 10 of his 49 ministers amid widespread criticism of the quality of the cabinet and the performance of the West African country's economy.
Obasanjo's first cabinet after taking office in May 1999 had also been without an oil minister and he had appointed Rilwanu Lukman, then OPEC secretary general, in June 1999 as presidential advisor on petroleum and energy.
Government officials indicated that the oil portfolio will remain under the direct supervision of the president, with Lukman retaining his position as presidential advisor.
The new cabinet members had been assessed by the upper house of Nigeria's parliament on February 7th after two postponements and will be sworn in on February 8th.
Analysts suggest that the relative ease in approving the new appointments signals improving relations between Obasanjo's government and the legislature. Obasanjo was quick to warn his new cabinet to perform up to his expectations.
The president was quoted as saying that: "The administration's fight against corruption is a matter of life and death. If any of you think that our fight against corruption is a joke, let him try it, he or she shall face the repercussions."
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Trezeguet: Juventus forced me to stay
PARIS, Sept 15 (Reuters) - France striker David Trezeguet said he was forced to stay at Juventus after they were relegated to Serie B for their part in a match-fixing scandal.
'(Juventus coach) Didier (Deschamps) told me: 'You're staying here',' Trezeguet told Friday's issue of French sports daily L'Equipe.
'Of course it took me time to accept that situation. When a player has played the Champions League seven times in a row, it's not easy, neither for me nor for the others.'
Trezeguet, who has been at Juventus since 2000, said he had no other option than to stay at the club.
'The club officials told me from the start that I had to stay here,' he said. 'I had no choice.'
The 28-year-old Frenchman had avoided addressing the media since missing a penalty in the World Cup final shootout that Italy went on to win on July 9 in Berlin.
'Why hide it? The World Cup was negative for me,' said Trezeguet, who was used as a substitute by coach Raymond Domenech throughout the tournament.
'People keep asking me about that missed penalty but my biggest disappointment is to have hardly played in a competition that might have been my last.'
Trezeguet, who missed France's first two Euro 2008 qualifiers because of a groin strain, said he had considered international retirement after the World Cup.
'Yes, I asked myself that question,' said the forward, who is no longer an automatic choice for Domenech despite having scored 32 goals from 66 internationals.


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45 years of Norberto Carating's art
In "Norberto Carating: Artist Collection in Retrospect," abstract artist Norberto de Guzman Carating looks back at the last 45 years of his career.
"He stands tall in Philippine nonrepresentational art with his highly consistent espousal of the idiom when most of the younger artists around him have gone figurative and commentative, installative, if not performative," writes Rubén D.F. Defeo, who curates the exhibition and wrote the program, to be launched on opening night.
At 64, he is on the threshold of compulsory retirement, though "retirement and melodrama are far from the mindset of Carating. He is still as robust and resolute to add more years and éclat to an already shining career."
Carating has an Advertising Design degree from University of the Philippines, where he was a student of National Artist José Joya.
He originally wanted to major in Painting, but his parents asked him to study Advertising, thinking it would help him land a job faster.
He never worked in the advertising industry. After graduating in 1971, he continued to take up additional art subjects, and in 1977 was back at UP teaching "painting from life" and "painting composition" for two years.
Around this time, he was also pursuing his other passion: music. He was a scholar of the government-led Music Promotion Foundation for nine years, where he studied under Isang Tapales.
He had a successful career in opera and zarzuela from 1973 to 1985, performing solo as a baritone, most notably as Schaunard, the musician in Puccini's "La Boheme," at CCP in 1977.
Creature of habit
Carating's art has remained reflective and pragmatic through the years. He started as a figurative painter, but as early as 1970, in his "Self-Portrait," you could already see signs leading to a prolific career in abstraction.
Says the artist: "When you look at my works at the retrospective show, you can see that there are elements I've always focused on, despite using different techniques. I have always been fascinated with lines—from horizontal and vertical lines in my early works, to crosshatching in my current works, which for me is an exercise in texture."
The artist is a creature of habit. Each morning is devoted to time alone in his studio, working. Even if he is not in the mood, he forces himself to paint. Ever since his mother passed away two years ago, his afternoons—every single day—has been diligently spent visiting her grave.
He is dedicating this retrospective to his parents, Susana de Guzman and Rafael Carating.
"Carating has been painting for 45 years, and each single year… adds to the characteristic exquisite style of image-making he is identified with today," explains Defeo. "Many artists have, in fact, attempted to imitate him, dishing out versions, both superior and inferior, of the originals. Whether or not the phenomenon flatters Carating, the fact remains he has created such a convincing force in local mainstream art to merit a following."
Very low profile
Among his contemporaries—Nestor Vinluan, Tony Daroy, Roy Veneracion and Glenn Bautista—he has kept a very low profile, but he has one of the most successful careers. His works can be found in the private homes of the country's 400. His metallic abstractions, in particular, are favorites of Manila's elite because of their colors, texture and meditative quality.
"A Carating goes beyond the usual large format of a square," writes Defeo. "[It] goes beyond the medium of acrylic that is more often than not metallic. [It] goes beyond the technique of hiding and revealing continuum, achieved most of the time through layering and scraping."
The show, which runs for three months at UP's Heritage Museum, provides a visual narrative to Carating's life story, with the earliest work dating back to 1967.
"The depots and detours in Carating's journey, both professional and personal, are reflected in the exhibit," assures Defeo.
"Norberto Carating: Artist Collection in Retrospect" is presented by Bulwagan ng Dangal, in cooperation with the Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts of UP Diliman, and runs July 5-Sept. 30 at Bulwagan ng Dangal (University Heritage Museum). An invitational cocktail reception will be held on July 5, 6-9 p.m.
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Health Plan Cost Poor Indicator of Value
With extensive comparisons of health plans' performance and utilization of resources, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has determined that higher spending on healthcare doesn't necessarily translate into better quality care.
"More care is not always linked to better results, confirming that the saying 'you get what you pay for' does not apply to healthcare," the nonprofit accreditation firm said in a statement.
This conclusion emerged from the organization's 2010 State of Health Care Quality report that analyzed performance measures from more than 1,000 plans providing coverage to nearly 120 million Americans to determine the overall quality of American healthcare.
By comparing quality measures with what NCQA calls Relative Resource Use data—an evaluation of how extensively plans within a certain region leverage healthcare resources relative to the populations they serve—NCQA was ultimately afforded a glimpse into the value a health plan offers. In fact, it determined that more use of resources, such as inpatient bed days or procedures, is actually often associated with poorer quality, translating into a bad value for consumers and employers.
In the overarching quality discussion, health plans serving states in the South and Southeast scored lowest in comparisons of NCQA's popular Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) quality measures, while North Atlantic, Midwestern and Pacific Coast states including California and Oregon ranked highest based on their reported management of common chronic diseases.
And while the organization was encouraged by gains in overall clinical quality measures such as improvements in colorectal cancer screening for commercial plans and eye exams for diabetic patients in Medicare plans, it was disheartened by a 4% decline in immunizations among children in commercial health plans.


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Beyonce on 'Oprah's Next Chapter': Blue Ivy Is 'Fire' + She May Have Another Baby After Tour
Beyonce was the subject of the latest 'Oprah's Next Chapter' chat, which aired last night (Feb. 16) before her 'Life Is But a Dream' documentary. So it was a Beyathon on TV. Opes acted like Bey's biggest fan … ever. She was gushing like a serious fangirl, but then again, Sasha Fierce brings that out of people.
Looking like a hot mama in leather leggings, a black blazer and mega long, stick straight hair, Bey was her typical goddess self on a physical level. But the normally private singer was incredibly forthcoming while chatting with the talk show doyenne.
She revealed that the doc is no vanity project. It's what healed her on many levels.
Here are some of the key points and reveals.
Blue Ivy: Being a mother is what she is most proud of. "It made everything make sense to me," she said. "I couldn't imagine my life if I didn't have my daughter." She started work on the doc years before Blue was born, but it didn't feel complete until the baby came along. "Now I am Beyonce," she declared. She says her daughter introduced her to herself. That's love. She called Blue "hilarious" and "fire," saying, "Lord, I'ma have me a time" as the little girl grows up. Blue also loved the books Auntie Oprah sent her. "I definitely want another child," Bey, who gained 57 pounds during her pregnancy, said. She loves to perform and make music, and wanted to make sure that she didn't lose any of that passion after becoming a mother. Thankfully, she didn't and that's why she returned to work. "Maybe after this next tour, I'll have another baby," Bey suggested.
Jay-Z: "We were friends for a year-and-a-half before we went on any date. To have someone you just like is important," she said on why their marriage works.
The miscarriage: She shared it in the doc because "it was a big part of my story," and she wanted to comfort other couples who've been through it. It's why she didn't share her second pregnancy with the world right away.
Sasha Fierce: She doesn't really need her anymore, since she is more integrated into Bey as a whole. "I don't need Sasha Fierce. I don't have the alter ego that is so different," the queen admitted. She is also showing more of Beyonce in her music.
Giving birth: "I envisioned her and the birth. Honestly, I know I can't control everything, but we have that power and I wanted to enjoy that experience, so I studied and I had an incredible birth," Beyonce revealed. She focused all of her energy on the baby as she was being born, speaking to her without talking.
The Super Bowl: "I had all this energy inside of me," she recalled. "When I got off the stage, it felt like I won the Super Bowl. And my husband said, 'And the power's out.' I never worked so hard for 12 minutes…'" She revealed Kelly Rowland stayed with her in New Orleans for two weeks to support her as she prepared for the Super Bowl, in addition to appearing with her during the Destiny's Child reunion. Bey said she ate fried alligator and turtle, and had a drink with her mother Tina, who doesn't partake, to celebrate. But her mama designed 100 custom costumes for the dancers during the Bowl, so it was time to toss one back.
On firing father Mathew Knowles after nearly 20 years as her manager: "Someone who has given you life and has done such a fantastic job … it's hard and it's a part of life and growth … at some point, you have to be the adult your father has raised you and prepared you to be," she said about dissolving their professional association. "I love my father so much and he has taught me so many things, so it was something that was hard. This doc helped me, for one, just editing and seeing our dynamics, healing our relationship as father and daughter."
On her computer cam: It's been her diary and her friend when she needs to "hear" herself. "It has become my diary. I haven't done it much since I've become a mother. But the past four years, that's been my diary."
The mystique: She is trying to maintain it and tells her story through photography, as opposed to tweeting. Hence, why we get the Bey scrapbooks on her website. It's so much more personal, too.


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U-Melt Announces 2009 Winter Tour
It is our pleasure to announce U-Melt's 2009 Winter Tour! The tour will kick off on Thursday, January 22nd at Mulcahy's in Wantagh, NY and conclude during the last weekend of February when U-Melt returns to Phildelphia's North Star and a stop at Hunter Mountain for the first annual Winter Jam. In between, U-Melt will be returning to some of our favorite spots in the Northeast, including Boston, S. Burlington, Baltimore, Ithaca, Albany/Troy, Syracuse, and Northampton, as well as debuts at Maxwell's in Hoboken, The Ocean Mist in Wakefield, RI and The Fairfield Theater Company in Fairield, CT.
U-Melt is also excited to announce a full weeks run through the Southeast, starting with our debut at The Carry St. Cafe in Richmond, VA on Sunday, February 15th. Following that show, U-Melt will be making stops in Raleigh, Wilmington, Charleston, Charlotte, and Atlanta, where we are very excited to be performing a late night show at Smith's Olde Bar following Umphrey's McGee's performance at the Varierty Playhouse earlier in the evening. The southern run will conclude the following night, Saturday February 21st, when U-Melt returns to Columbia, SC to rock the The Five Points Pub.
It is also our pleasure to give you a sneak preview into U-Melt's 2009 Spring Tour by announcing our first New York City show of 2009, which will be U-Melt's debut at B.B. King Blues Club on Friday, April 10th, when U-Melt will perform an Umphrey's McGee After Party, following Umphrey's show at Nokia Theater earlier that night. This show will mark the second installment of the pairing of U-Melt and their very good friend Wyllys! U-Melt will be re-uniting with Wyllys on a progressive series of events that touch on different aspects of electronic music. The two artists will perform interlocking sets with the middle set focused on particular styles of beats native to the areas they play. In Chicago this past December, we riffed on legendary Chicago house music and in New York, we will drop some drum and bass like they use to at Concrete Jungle. We hope you will all plan on joining us for our debut at this legendary New York City venue, for a very exciting night! Tickets are now available at Ticketmaster.com.
The following show are U-Melt's confirmed 2009 show dates:
Thu., 1/22 - Mulcahys - Wantagh (Long Island), NY
Fri., 1/23 - Bill's Bar - Boston, MA
Sat., 1/24 - Higher Ground - Burlington, VT
Thu., 1/29 - 8x10 - Baltimore, MD
Fri., 1/30 - Castaways - Ithaca, NY
Sat., 1/31 - Maxwell's - Hoboken, NJ
Thu., 2/5 - Ocean Mist - Wakefield, RI
Fri., 2/6 - Rev Hall - Troy (Albany), NY
Sat., 2/7 - Westcott Theater - Syracuse, NY
Thu., 2/12 - Iron Horse - Northampton, MA
Fri., 2/13 - Fairfield Theater Co - Fairfield, CT
Sun., 2/15 - Carry St. Cafe - Richmond, VA
Mon., 2/16 - The Pour House Music Hall - Raleigh, NC
Tue., 2/17 - The Soapbox - Wilmington, NC
Wed., 2/18 - The Pour House - Charleston, SC
Thu., 2/19 - Double Door Inn - Charlotte, NC
Fri., 2/20 - Smith's Olde Bar - Atlanta, GA (Umphrey's McGee After Party!)
Sat., 2/21 - 5 Points Pub - Columbia, SC
Fri., 2/27 - North Star - Philadelphia, PA
Sat., 2/28 - Winter Jam @ Hunter Mtn - Hunter, NY
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Bible translation theory: a shifting paradigm
Relevance Theory: A Guide to Successful Communication in TranslationThe literature on RT and translation is not easy for laymen to follow (nor all linguists, for that matter!). But the concepts promoted are important to translation of better Bibles. Dr. Leland Ryken refers positively to the writing of Dr. Gutt in his book, The Word of God in English. So have some other Bible scholars who have recently promoted more literal (or "transparent") translations of the Bible.
Translation and Relevance. Cognition and Context
A critique of both Dynamic Equivalence and Meaning-Based translation theories has been written by Dr. David Weber, Bible translator and linguistic consultant, in a technical article titled Evidence That Demands a Verdict.
This is an interesting time to work as a Bible translator. Not only have major shifts been taking place affecting gender language in English, but a major paradigm shift is occurring in Bible translation theory itself. Those who wish to be as current as possible in the debates about Bible translation theory would be well advised to dig into the literature on changes taking place within this field.
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POTSDAM, N.Y.--The SUNY Potsdam women's lacrosse team will host a series of Fall Ball contests at Maxcy Turf Field on Sunday, Oct. 6. Local rivals Clarkson University, St. Lawrence University, and SUNY Canton will join the Bears for six contests.
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The Bears officially open their 2014 campaign against Clarkson on March 6, at 4 p.m.
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A/N: Mou…the Catwoman/Batman disease has infected Kyoko! She must write more shippy fics! X.X
Gomen nasai…Warnings for extreme sappiness; sorry, a step down from my other two CW/BM one-shots. Just had the urge to write a tooth-rotter. Hope you like it. Ja ne!
The feline inside of Selina Kyle, better known as Catwoman, came alive as she attached her whip to the flagpole across from her after temporarily distracting Gotham's Dark Knight with a game of tonsil-hockey. She flipped into the air and landed in a crouch, then ran as fluidly as a panther in the jungle, her home, the concrete jungle known as Gotham City. Batman was in pursuit, but the crafty femme fatale was a hairbreadth out of his reach. Catwoman came to the end of the string of buildings that led out to the bridge over Sprang River. The Dark Knight narrowed his eyes, closing the distance to corner. Her seductive smile spread wider as she dove off backwards and landed safely on the back of an eighteen wheeler, waving cheerfully as his form became smaller and smaller due to the increasing distance.
Batman wasn't about to give up yet.
Carl Valiant glanced at his rearview mirror nervously for the twelfth time, absolutely sure he'd seen a black shape upon the roof a moment before. He shook himself and gripped the wheel until his knuckles blanched white.
"Calm down, man, you're scarin' yaself," he muttered, mopping the sweat on his brow with the back of his hand. He jumped as his cell phone rang and he fumbled to answer it.
"Are you on your way?"
"Yeah, I'm about to cross the bridge."
"Good. Any sign of the Bat?"
"N-Not yet, no."
"Great. Remember where I told you to drop the shipment off and make it quick, I got places to go, people to do in, and I need it now, you got that?"
"Absolutely, sir."
"Good man. Your money'll be waitin' for ya soon as ya get here."
The phone clicked dead and he pocketed it, exhaling.
"Everything's fine. There's find out about this. I'm home free." The traitor murmured, relaxing into an easy grin.
A well-placed bullet soon changed his mind.
Catwoman backed away as Batman closed in on her, eyes searching her surroundings to find a method of escape.
"Give it up, Selina. There's no where left to run."
She relaxed into an easy smile, her posture melting into the casual comfort of a cat.
"Darling, I never run. I only get chased."
Further banter was silenced as a shower of bullets hit the side of the eighteen wheeler, shot from a black van with two men holding heavy machine guns. The truck swerved wildly, its driver hit, and slammed on the brakes, skidding in a circle as it tried to slow down. The men in the van kept shooting, filling the air with lead spears of death. Batman shot a rope out and caught it on an over-hanging beam, swooping Catwoman up in one arm as the vehicle exploded. He grunted as the force tore through him, slamming into the his consciousness with the force of a freight train and knocking them out of the air, spiraling into the river below. He was unconscious before he hit the water.
Selina was not.
Strange grey shapes swirled before the Dark Knight's eyes and he groaned, feeling as though his head was being dismantled one brain cell at a time. When everything began to stabilize, he recognized the upside down, soft triangular features of Selina Kyle, face clean and almost ethereal in the pale moonlight. Her beautiful jade-green eyes were full of concern and comforted him involuntarily. She was saying something but her full, red lips had no sound coming from them due to his disembodied state. Probably from the explosion, he noted. He allowed her to continue running her fingers through his thick, black hair, resting his head in the lap, until he came to realize his cowl was missing.
Bruce sat up, rewarded with a twinge of pain in his right shoulder and ribs. The world righted itself and he glanced around, realizing he was in Selina's home (One of them, anyway), and stripped of the top half of his costume.
Selina slid forward from behind him and touched his shoulders, drawing his attention back to her.
"Ease down, it's alright, you're safe." She cooed soothingly.
He frowned. "My mask…"
She scooted from the bed to stand, a sad and almost wounded look clouding her eyes.
"You hit your head pretty hard underwater. What was I supposed to do?"
He fought the urge to sigh and stared at his boots, voice softer and less harsh.
"Dislocated shoulder, concussion, couple of bruised ribs. You should be fine."
He touched the bandages to confirm her words and fell silent, unable to find the words to say. She spoke instead.
"You know, somehow I'd always known it was you. All this time, I was never completely sure but somehow, I know."
She hugged herself gently, staring out into the cool night as she continued.
"I guess it's because you were the only one who was always there for me, in and out of costume. I had no friends since I chose no sides, neither good nor evil, just kind of treading the line, alone. It all makes since.""Don't tell me to stop
Tell the rain not to drop
Tell the wind not to blow
'Cause you said so
Tell the sun not to shine
Not to get up this time, no no
Let it fall by the wayBut don't leave me where I lay down…"
He spoke finally. "Then you know why I couldn't tell you."
"Tell me love isn't true
It's just something that we doTell me everything I'm not but
Please don't tell me to stop…"
She turned to him, eyes defiant and full of argument.
"Yeah, I know, but I don't understand! Don't you see, Bruce, we're the same! Two people, drawn to darkness, prowling the night, living for the excitement, the chase, the adrenaline!"
"We've been through this before, Selina. It wouldn't work."
Her eyes softened, "Only because you won't let it."
"Tell the leaves not to turn
But don't ever tell me I'll learn, no no
Take the black off a crow
But don't tell me I have to go
Tell the bed not to lay
Like the open mouth of a grave, yeah
Not to stare up at me
Like a calf down on its knees…"
She crossed the room and touched his face gently, staring into the deep pools of his ice-fire eyes that branded her heart every time she looked into them.
"Bruce…you've given up everything for this city; your life, your future, your family, yourself…but most importantly, you gave up love. Don't yo understand? Love is what you're fighting for. Without love, there would be no Gotham, there would be no Batman, there would be no us, there wouldn't be anything. Love is what you protect every time you put on that mask. Without love, there is no life. Without life, there is no love.""Tell me love isn't true
It's just something that we do
Tell me everything I'm notBut don't ever tell me to stop…"
He opened his mouth to protest but she silenced him with a finger to his lips.
"I know, I know, you don't want to hurt me or anyone else but don't you think it's time you have what you want? What you need?"
Bruce sighed into her hand, the pain on his face leaking into his voice.
" I made a promise to this city, to my parents, to every one that I love that I would keep them safe. Doing that means I have to make sacrifices."
She stroked the side of his face gently, whispering,
"Some things we can't sacrifice because we'd die without them."
"(Don't you ever) Tell me love isn't true
It's just something that we do
(Don't you ever) Tell me everything I'm not
But don't ever tell me to stop
(Don't you ever) Please don't
Please don't
Please don't tell me to stop
(Don't you ever) Don't you ever
Don't ever tell me to stop
Tell the rain not to drop…"
"Don't hide from it, Bruce. You need love as much as love needs you. I know you're afraid to love me because I might die, but I don't care. Just for one night, understand that you have a choice. You can choose to make it work or walk out on love right here and now. It's always your choice and it always has been."
"Tell the bed not to lay
Like the open mouth of a grave, yeah
Not to stare up at me
Like a calf down on its knees."
She released him as he stepped forward and picked up his discarded mask, staring at it as if in a trance. Selina bit her lip and turned away, waiting to hear the swoosh of his cape indicating his exit but instead found his hands on her shoulders, turning her around.
"Thank you," he whispered before pressing his mouth to hers, lips parting her own, seeking entrance to her mouth. She returned the favor and sank into his arms as they coiled around her waist. She pulled away enough to speak.
"Promise me…no more masks tonight."
Slowly, he nodded and whispered the same before sinking into her passionate embrace.
"No more masks tonight…"
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London - James Bond is back and better than ever, according to early reviews on Friday, as the latest movie featuring Britain's smooth-talking, martini-drinking super-spy soared with critics and audiences after an advance screening in London.
Newspaper critics rushed to print and celebrities took to Twitter after seeing Skyfall, with many calling it the best Bond film in the franchise's 50-year history.
Reviewer Robbie Collin at British newspaper The Telegraph said director Sam Mendes' Bond was comparable to Christopher Nolan's darker, grittier Batman from the Dark Knight franchise.
"Mendes is unafraid to let the quieter dramatic moments breathe ... and ace cinematographer Roger Deakins makes the wildly ambitious action sequences the most beautiful in Bond's 50-year career," Collin said.
Geoffrey McNab at the Independent gave Skyfall four out of five stars, criticising the film for being "occasionally ... repetitive". But he praised Mendes for "throwing in far greater depth of characterisation than we're accustomed to in a series of films that are often proudly superficial".
Skyfall, the 23rd film in the Bond franchise, opens in UK theaters on 26 Octorber .
It is Mendes' first time directing a Bond film. The British filmmaker won a best director Oscar in 2000 for American Beauty.
The 22 Bond films have to date amassed $5.1bn at the worldwide box office according to The-Numbers.com, which tracks box office performances. The last film, 2008's Quantum of Solace, grossed nearly $600m globally.
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The Brunswick County Sheriff's Office seized 1,560 bags of heroin when they arrested four people in Supply, North Carolina after anonymous information and surveillance led to a traffic stop.
The sheriff's office Vice & Narcotics Task Force, along with the Wilmington Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), made the arrests.
Marcus Antonio Grissett, 53, and Elizabeth Julia Kleedorfer, 51, both of Supply, and Vandarn Stewart, 53, and Robert Joseph Decosimo, 49, both of Elmont, NY were taken into custody Friday morning.
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Eastwood is a town four miles west of Southend-on-Sea in Essex, England. It is a suburb of Southend and part of the Southend-on-Sea unitary district. Eastwood is sometimes called Eastwood Park, particularly for local elections.
It is bordered by Rayleigh to the west, Rochford to the north-east, and Belfairs, part of Leigh-on-Sea, to the south. To the north lies Edwards Hall Park, a large area of open countryside, part of which is farmland. This green space extends all the way to Hockley Woods, and Hockley. There are also several playparks throughout Eastwood.
Eastwood has good bus links to both Southend and the surrounding areas, with popular services including Arriva Southend's route 9 service, and First Essex's route 20 service. The nearby Southend Airport operates a range of European passenger flights. The nearest railway station is Southend Airport station on the Great Eastern Main Line with services to London Liverpool Street operated by Greater Anglia. There are currently no buses connecting the north side of Eastwood (north of the A127) with the south side and its administrative town of Leigh-on-Sea.
It is a mainly residential area with housing and small clusters of independent local shops scattered throughout. There are several pubs, including The Oakwood, The Brookside Tavern, The Bellhouse (now a Toby Pub and Carvery), and The Loyal Toast; and also a snooker club (The Green Baize). Along Western Approaches there is a supermarket (Morrisons) a doctor's clinic (Scott Park Surgery) and a community centre. There is also a larger clinic at Kent Elms corner, with a pharmacy and library. The parish is served by the Grade I listed medieval St. Laurence and All Saints Church, Eastwood which sits at the end of the main runway for Southend Airport.
There is some light industry, mainly centred about the A127 dual carriageway and Progress Road industrial estate. A large number of car dealerships also lie along the A127.
Eastwood has many infant and junior schools. There is also one secondary school, The Eastwood Academy, a mixed school with about 850 pupils (in 2004). The Eastwood Academy is home to the Eastwood Theatre, which puts on several theatrical productions, as well as other events such as battle of the bands.
Eastwood has its own small police station, though it is called a police office as it is only open to the public every Thursday for "Community Surgery" whereby residents can raise any community issues they have. These sessions are hosted by Neighbourhood Specialist Officer PC Neil Gale, who has worked at the station about 5 years.
Eastwood Cricket Club play at Belfairs Recreation Ground, Leigh on Sea. The field four sides in the T-Rippon Mid Essex League and a number of youth teams. Current chairman is Graham Fletcher and the club secretary is Kevin Robinson.
According to figures from Southend Borough Council, Eastwood has only half the national average of people having degree level qualifications, but the number of home-owners is above average.
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This is an unusual set of drinking glasses. It is a set of six. Each glass has the same hand-painted three dogs on it. Looking carefully, I can see slight variations in each dog on each glass. It seems like a lot of work to do for a set of drinking glasses.
I bought these at a single family auction a long time ago. It was obvious from looking at the family's possessions that they were either European or traveled to Europe frequently. These glasses look European to me, I have never seen anything like them locally.


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Mediation@MIT is a completely voluntary and confidential
process that helps two or more people in conflict clarify their issues and
goals, communicate about the situation, and try to reach a constructive
resolution. The mediators are peers--members of the MIT community trained
as neutral facilitators to help the parties in a conflict to work together on
the issues that are important to them. Mediators do not make decisions
about who is right or wrong or how things should be resolved--all decisions are
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flexible and can help you reach creative solutions, and it works! In 70-80% of
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Web site: http://web.mit.edu/mediation/www/mediation.html
Phone: (617) 253-7848
The MIT Ombuds Office serves as a neutral, confidential, independent and informal resource to the diverse MIT community - they are a resource for faculty, staff, students, and post-docs. The office helps to surface very serious concerns, resolve disputes, manage conflict, and educate individuals in more productive ways of communicating. The Office advocates for a fair conflict management system and supports systemic changes to achieve this goal.
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/ombud/index.html
Phone: (617) 253-5921
MIT Mental Health is available to anyone in the MIT community with problems, questions, or concerns. The service provides evaluations, brief treatment (both psychotherapy and psychopharmacology), referrals, urgent care, and consultations.
Their psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, psychologists, and clinical social workers help individuals, couples, groups, and families with such a broad spectrum of issues. See their web site for much more information.
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Luxury detached villa superbly furnished in contemporary style. Full air-conditioning plus additional fans in rooms for the hotter summer months. For the cooler winter months we have underfloor heating throughout the villa along with a log burning fire and also heating for the pool . There are 3 bedrooms upstairs,1 bedroom downstairs, all with fitted wardrobes and fly screens, mirrors, hair dryers and ipod docking stations. The master bedroom also has a secluded verandah with 2 day beds ideal for an afternoon nap. The downstairs bedroom has a seating area on a large verandah with beautiful panoramic sea views. The spacious lounge area has dining table to seat 8, open wood burning fire and 2 large sofas. A 36'' LCD TV with surround sound system, Freesat , Wifi, CD/DVD player, MP3 player and connection. The kitchen is fitted with German appliances: washing machine, dishwasher, oven microwave + fridge freezer. The outside garden kitchen is also fully equipped with gas a BBQ, ceramic hob, oven/microwave, fridge, dishwasher. The bar allows you to cook or serve your guests a drink whilst still being part of the party. The gazebo shaded dining area seats 8 people so you can watch the chef at work while having a glass of wine and all the time you have the stunning sea and mountain views. At pool level there's a chill-out basement area with sofas, a kitchen with another large fridge freezer, wc + shower room, bar football + under cover table tennis. Also storage for all the snorkeling and beach equipment
Additional Information: Avakas Gorge
This impressive gorge is in the western part of the Akamas peninsula, about 20 km from Paphos. The linear trail through the gorge is approximately 2.5 km long with steep rocks on both sides reaching up to 80 metres in height with the narrowest point being just 3 metres wide. Deep inside the ancient gorge you will be amazed by the towering cliffs, rare plants and flowers, reptiles, wild mountain goats and delicate ecosystems.
Lara Bay
This extensive and often near-deserted sandy beach requires a 4WD vehicle to reach it as it is accessed along several miles of un-surfaced tracks. Lara Bay is an extremely important turtle breeding ground, here you can find green turtles and hawks-bill turtles. These turtles are on the endangered species list and Lara Bay is being made a safe haven for their egg laying.
Local Area: The Villa is approx a 50 minute drive from Paphos Airport. Situated 5 mins walk from Neo Chorio village which remains pretty and traditional with St Minas church, 2 tavernas, a coffee shop, craft shop and basic grocery store. Neo Chorio is a starting point for walks through the Akamas National Park, well known for the Baths of Aphrodite and beautiful quiet beaches some only accessible by boat, which can be hired at reasonable rates from Latchi Water Sports, or you can take a day trip out on one of the larger boats including lunch. The local beaches are uncrowded and one is shared by the luxury Anassa Hotel, here you can hire all manner of water sports equipment along with expert tuition. Latchi harbour is a 3minute drive away with a large choice of tavernas and fish restaurants, bank and small supermarket. The small town of Polis is a further 5 minute drive providing a larger choice of restaurants, bars, banks, fish market and various places of cultural interest.
Other Activities: Bird watching, boat trips to the Blue Lagoon for snorkelling, or Lara bay to see the turtles, watersports, biking, go-karting, walking along nature trails and visiting archaeological sites. A car is recommended to explore the Troodos Mountains, in the winter skiing is available and is approx 2 hours drive away with 4 intermediate slopes. As we are right on the edge of the Akamas Nature Reserve you can go off road in the hills but please be aware that you will need to hire a 4 x 4 car/jeep or quad bike for this activity. Or you can go on a jeep safari if you do not wish to take on the driving yourself. There are also several Spas offering health and beauty treatments close by and three world class golf courses the nearest one being Tsada which is around a 30 minute drive away. Minthis Hills(Secret Valley) and Aphrodite Hills are around an hour's drive away in the Paphos area.
Stewart and Sue are married with 3 daughters and live in North London. Stewart is a Sales Manager for a major photographic company. Sue works as a freelance virtual assistant. Interests include mountain biking, skiing, cooking gardening and Cyprus.
We fell in love with Cyprus whilst on a family holiday 6 years ago, and in particular, this beautiful green unspoiled area near the village of Neo Chorio on the edge of the Akamas National Park. The views are spectacular, and this beautiful tranquil setting is the perfect place to relax and unwind with breathtaking views and sunrises.
Villa Mia has stunning sea and mountain views, situated on an elevated plot looking down the valley towards the beautiful bay of Chrysochous .The villa is situated in a peaceful location on the outskirts of the charming village of Neo Chorio with its stone houses, a couple of coffee shops, general stores and tavernas. Yet its only a few minutes drive from the marina in Latchi where you can watch the fisherman unload their catch from the harbor or have lunch in one of the many beachside restaurants and bars. Polis is a 10 minutes drive away where you can find shops, a large supermarket, restaurants, bars and banks. There are plenty of activities within easy reach, mountain biking, 4 x 4 off roading, hiking along with sailing and every water sport you can think of
In a sought after unspoilt coastal area of Cyprus,Villa Mia's location is one of peace and tranquillity. Imagine relaxing alfresco, sipping your favourite cocktail looking out over Latchi harbour and Chrysochous Bay, with breathtaking sunrises and panoramic views by day and village lights twinkling in the distance by night. Surrounded by almond and olive tree-covered hills and beautiful unspoiled beaches, the area of Polis Chrysochous is one of the prettiest in Cyprus. Nestled on a hillside at the edge of the charming village of Neo Chorio and the Akamas National Park, Villa Mia is set on a large plot with an upper garden blooming with local flora, fragrant herbs, olive & fruit trees. Lots of places to have a solitary morning coffee or an afternoon nap in the shade. The lower garden has a private swimming pool, large sun terrace with lots of seating areas and sun loungers enabling you to soak up the sun or enjoy the shade. With panoramic sea and mountain views, yet within easy reach of several beaches and bays, watersports and other activities. A short drive away there's the hustle and bustle of shops, supermarket, banks, bars and restaurants etc.
Other Activities: jeep safaris, 4x4 off roading, quad biking, hiking in Akamas nature reserve, sailing, scuba diving, water skiing
Had a great family holiday at Villa Mia. Outside space is fantastic with stunning views of the sea. Only a short car ride to Latchi where there are plenty of lovely places to eat (Nostos being our favourite). The villa is home from home and has everything you need, with fridges by the pool and both the in door and outdoor kitchen you really do have everything to hand.
Will definitely be returning to Villa Mia!
Have just returned from two weeks in this stunning villa. The views are breathtaking and the garden is absolutely gorgeous, with beautiful lighting all around it. We loved eating outside every evening having cooked in the outside kitchen. The villa has all the amenities you could need right down to numerous candles which we lit while eating outside. There are plenty of plates glasses etc. With 3 fridge freezers you never run out of space for all your food and drinks and there were 8 of us. the villa itself has enough space for large families or friends sharing. It is high up on a lovely road with stunning views of the harbour and sea and the mountains the other side. Such a peaceful location and a beautiful area. We ate out in a few restaurants in Latchi harbour which were all good and only minutes away by car. All the bedrooms are ensuite. A lovely touch were all the docking stations around the villa. The pool area is beautiful with lovely scented bushes and plants all round the villa. There were 8 sunloungers around the pool which you often do not get in large villas also both the outside table and the inside dining table seated 8 people. The villa owners are extremely helpful and provide lots of information in the villa of places to eat and things to do. All in all we had a lovely relaxing holiday. Our only gripe was that we should have booked for 3 weeks.
What an amazing villa. Beautiful surroundings, tranquil setting, remarkable views of the bay. This villa exceeded expectation . Very high level of cleanliness. Amenities top quality. Would certainly recommend this villa to friends and family. Great outdoor kitchen and BBQ area. Thank You !!!!!!!!We had a wonderful holiday!
Just returned from a fantastic holiday at the beautiful villa Mia - weather was brilliant we stayed for just over a week the villa has to be the best equipped villa we have ever stayed in - the outside BBQ and seated area are excellent as was the outside kitchen .We ate out several times in the local restaurants which were excellent and good value . We hired a boat from Latchi watersports with the help of Lucy thank you very much and had a great day it made three teenage lads very happy ! We also hired off road buggies for the day which was also great fun discovering deserted beautiful coves.Overall we had a lovely memorable holiday with everything on hand we will definitely be planning a return visit in the near future thank you for your help and useful info Stuart - the Bolton family.
We had such a great holiday at villa Mia, we found the villa felt very homely, relaxing and immaculately clean.
The heated pool was a real treat as it was earlier April and although we had temperatures of 24-26 degrees everyday the pool would have been a bit chilly without.
Stewart was very helpful from the moment we booked and helped us sort out our airport transfer and car hire with the local car hire company - Petrides who we found a pleasure to deal with and highly recommend hiring one of there off road vehicles and exploring the mountains, forests and beaches we enjoyed this so much we hired it three times!
Stewart's recommendations for restaurants in the area were great and we enjoyed a feast of a mezze at coopers; a ten minute walk from the villa.
Our favorite restaurant was stone castle which was a ten minute drive away also Polis herb garden, a lovely restaurant with beautiful herb gardens you can walk around and admire whilst enjoying your meal.
I highly recommend the villa and the area itself which has lots to offer for all ages.
Villa Mia is better than a home from home - it has an outdoor kitchen, so it made catering for a family gathering a pleasure! We found it very comfortable, inside and out, peaceful, with great views, and good to be able to walk to a very good village taverna. There's lots to do in the area, and we will definitely be back!
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Linen changed weekly, air con incl, Pool heater is £40 per day
CH included for winter mnths, Wi-Fi @ £35 per week
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Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert
After the Vegas DEFCON ATM debacle where hackers hacked hackers by setting up a fake ATM in front of the facilities security office, I needed to see how stupid easy it was to buy and ATM and just set it up anywhere. So my search began.
I started looking on e-bay and found plenty of new and used ATMs ranging from $500-2500 but quickly determined I didn't want to pay $300 for shipping. Next was Craigslist, where anyone can rent out an apartment, buy a boat, get an erotic massage and buy an ATM.
I quickly found an ad from a bar north of Boston. They were selling pool tables, Budweiser neon signs and an ATM. I took my hacker with me and met Bob. Bob rented a room above the bar and was doing the deed for the owner. The bar was an old relic that was closing and liquidating its grungy assets. The ATM was sitting right next to the bar covered in 5 years of beer. Thank heavens they were smart enough to cover the keypad in clear plastic. While Bob was explaining the ATMs operation and providing us its history, he farted.
Needless to say I wanted to unbolt this thing as quickly as possible, get out of there and douse myself head to toe in pure alcohol hand sanitizer. After my hacker played with the manual, got it working and determined it was worth the financial risk, we loaded it on my trailer, paid $750 (down from a grand) and brought it home and put it in my garage.
There's something about having an ATM in your garage that makes for a restless night of sleep, kind of like the next day is Christmas. The next day, like 5 am, I used an entire bottle of Windex and a whole roll of paper towels and went through 4 pairs of rubber gloves and gave this thing an enema.
My hacker comes over to my garage, manual in hand, all giggly, like hackers sometimes do and says "Watch this". He punches the master codes to access the machines data on a device called an eprom and hundreds of credit and debit card numbers just start falling all over the floor.
A few days later a TV producer friend of mine came over and we devised an evil plan to scam millions of $$ from unsuspecting suckers and then spend the rest of our lives hopping from island to island and buying a villa in Sicily. But my wife said "NO".
Here's the first of a few upcoming videos of what happened next. I'll share more of my ATM adventures as they occur. There's a lot more to this story, so stay tuned!I'll talk more about my ATM adventures as they roll out.
You can protect yourself from these types of scams by paying attention to your statements. Refute unauthorized transactions within 60 days. Consider never using a debit card again, since credit cards are safer. When using an ATM, pay close attention to details, and look for anything that seems out of place. If your card gets stuck in the machine or you notice anything odd about the appearance of the machine, such as wires, double sided tape, error messages, a missing security camera, or the machine seems unusually old and run down, don't use it. Don't use just any ATM. Instead, look for ATMs in more secure locations. Cover your pin!!
And invest in McAfee Identity Protection includes proactive identity surveillance to monitor subscribers' credit and personal information and access to live fraud resolution agents who can help subscribers work through the process of resolving identity theft issues. For additional tips, please visit http://www.counteridentitytheft.com
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Speaker rolling an ATM around on Fox and on Extra with Mario Lopez.
ROBERT SICILIANO, CEO of IDTheftSecurity.com is fiercely committed to informing, educating, and empowering Americans so they can be protected from violence and crime in the physical and virtual worlds. His "tell it like it is" style is sought after by major media outlets, executives in the C-Suite of leading corporations, meeting planners, and community leaders to get the straight talk they need to stay safe in a world in which physical and virtual crime is commonplace. Siciliano is accessible, real, professional, and ready to weigh in and comment at a moment's notice on breaking news.
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I have been in the ATM industry since 1993. Started as a help desk tech, then field tech then moved into management. If the ATM you purchased was printing full card numbers then that ATM would have been shut down by the processor years ago. There was a regulation implemented to protect card holders from their PAN (card number) being revealed. The only numbers allowed to print on the reciept or journal are the last 4 digits of the customers card. The ATM keeps no data that can be traced back to the customers account, unless there has been a phishing device installed that is recording numbers and PIN's. The only way the PIN could be obtained is from a camera as the key pad encrypts the PIN with 3DES encryption and the data is only stored in the key pad. The ATM you purchased would never be allowed to process in the US.
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We need your help. I have a friend of mine that has apparently "lost" some photos from a Secure Digital card while transferring the pictures to her computer. The PC itself had crashed during the transfer via a card reader. Since this event, the card is now showing zero pictures whatsoever. Just in case, no write access or formating has taken place on the card since this event.
Here is where you, the Lockergnome reader, gets to help us to rescue some very important pictures. We need to know which software and/or technique you recommend to rescue lost photos from a SD memory card. We are able to use either a card reader or the camera directly if needed, so no problems there.
Seriously, it was an understandable event as the owner of the card simply does not own a PC herself. So she was using a friend's computer when disaster struck. Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Later on, all suggestions will be shared here at Lockergnome. Thanks all.
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