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Big bass in a small-car world
How to maximize your bass in a small car
Gas mileage is a big issue with an ever-increasing number of people. A smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicle is great news for your wallet, but it can really create problems if you like maximum bass in your car. And, fuel efficiency aside, there are some vehicles (Jeep Wrangler, for example) that make it tough for the bass enthusiast just by virtue of their design.
So, how do you get decent bass in one of these problem vehicles without taking up most of your precious cargo space? Two solutions have become increasingly popular in the last few years: vehicle-specific enclosures and shallow-mount subs.
Custom-fit subwoofer enclosures for your car
Vehicle-specific enclosures are molded subwooffer boxes that are designed to fit into your particular car without taking up much space. The manufacturer looks at each vehicle, finds the best spot for the sub, then creates the molded enclosure that allows you to get strong bass in your car while maintaining a factory look.
JL Audio, for example, makes a Stealthbox® enclosure for the Jeep Wrangler Unlimited that fits up against the passenger-side wheel well, housing a high-performance 13" sub that handles up to 600 watts. MTX has created a ThunderForm enclosure for the Honda Civic that puts a 10" sub up against the wall on the passenger side of the trunk.
Some vehicle-specific enclosures even come with a built-in amp, so you get space-saving, all-in-one bass solution. You'll find these enclosures available for a wide range of vehicles, including some unexpected rides, like the Smart fortwo, Mini Cooper, and Scion xB.
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Shallow-mount subwoofers
For bass heads who are handy with tools, the shallow-mount sub opens up a whole new world of possibilities. For instance, Alpine's SWR-T10 10" sub handles up to 600 watts RMS, yet its unusual design keeps its top-mount depth to less than 3-1/4" inches. That means an inventive box builder could construct an enclosure that would house this sub under the rear seat of many compact automobiles, and get monster bass with no loss of cargo area.
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Subs in your car, not in the trunk
Another cool option: you may be able to fit two smaller shallow-mount subs in your rear speaker openings if you're willing to make some modifications, like cutting a little bit of metal or building some brackets. For example, you might be able to fit 8" subs in the 6-1/2" openings in the rear of your vehicle.
The Pioneer TS-SW2002D2 8" sub is only a little over 2-1/2" deep, handles up to 150 watts, and works in "free-air" applications, which means it doesn't need an enclosure. You'll have to make a couple of adapters out of wood or plastic that allow the 8" sub to fit into the 6-1/2" hole by lifting it up a little, and you'll want to use a lot of Dynamat on the relatively thin metal around the speaker openings.
You won't get the earth-moving low-end boom that you'd get from a couple of 12" subs, but you will get strong, powerful bass and you won't take up any cargo space in your car. If you don't want to modify your 6-1/2" speaker openings, Kicker's CompRT 6-3/4" subwoofer will drop right in most cars; it handles up to 150 watts, it's only 2-3/4" deep, and it's also suitable for free-air use.
Mighty mite
One last option for the creative bass addict: Focal offers the Utopia Be® 5" subwoofer for the ultimate in "tight" bass. This unique sub handles 75 watts RMS, and it's only 2-5/8" deep. Imagine a couple of these little giants installed on your rear deck, or in a custom enclosure in your interior.
So, don't worry: you can downsize your vehicle and still satisfy your jones for great bass.
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You've often advised readers to buy supportive shoes that fit properly. Can you be more specific about what to look for in a good shoe?
Buying the right shoe is an investment in your foot health. But how do you identify the "right" shoe? The bottom line is how you feel when you put them on.
For women, the best shoes are low-heeled but not flat, with a wide, padded heel, a wide toe box and a sole that provides sufficient cushioning. In general, the higher the heel, the worse for the foot.
Men tend to feel most comfortable in athletic shoes, sturdy oxfords, wingtips, loafers or low-heeled boots. Look for sturdy sole construction that provides support and cushions against shock.
Buy shoes made from breathable materials that keep feet dry and less susceptible to foot fungus.
Here are some useful tips when you shop for shoes:
- Wait until the afternoon to shop. Your feet naturally expand during the day.
- Wear the same type of socks that you intend to wear with the shoes.
- Ask the salesperson to measure both of your feet. Get measured every time you buy new shoes, because feet change with age. If one foot is larger or wider than the other, buy a size that fits the larger foot. (If you can afford it, buy two pairs of shoes of different sizes, and use the proper size for each foot.)
- Stand in the shoes. Make sure you have at least a quarter- to a half-inch of space between your longest toe and the end of the shoe. Wiggle your toes to make sure there's enough room.
- Walk around in the shoes. Is there enough room at the balls of the feet? Do the heels fit snugly, or do they pinch or slip off?
- Find shoes that fit from the start, not shoes that need to be broken in. If a salesperson tells you, "Oh, that little pinch will go away as soon as you walk in them a day or two," thank him or her for the advice … and find a pair that doesn't pinch.
- Trust your own comfort rather than a shoe's size or description.
- Pay attention to width as well as length. If the ball of your foot feels compressed, ask for a wider size.
- Make sure the soles provide enough cushioning.
Your feet have to deal with all the weight of your body. When that big slice of cheesecake puts a couple of extra pounds on the wall of your belly, it also gives your feet more pounds to carry.
Trust what your feet tell you about shoes. If your feet don't like the shoes today, it's likely that they will really not like the shoes a month from now.

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Lyrics Depot is your source of lyrics to Within The Walls Of Chaos by Exodus. Please check back for more Exodus lyrics.
Within The Walls Of Chaos Lyrics
Artist: Exodus
Album: Impact Is Imminent
Murder, drugs, cash, and greed
It touches everyone and everything
Within the walls there's no escaping the disease
Sidwalks turn to pharmacies
All the pimps and pushers territories
Dollars pouring in from the victims trapped within
Schoolyard's a place of sorrow
Pray your children live to see tomorrow
A place where mothers cry, and kiss their dying sons goodbye
Living in a state of fear
Afraid of everything they see or hear
Someone they love may get shot
For drugs they never even bought!
Violence is a way of life
Revenge delivered with a gun or knife
Paybacks are a bitch
They'll leave you dying in a ditch
Caught in the hypnotic spell
Their life's story they'll never life to tell
In a hazy curtain, they can't see the end is certain
Imprisoned by narcotic chains
Life for some will never be the same
Trapped in walls of glass
Hoping that this all will pass
But some will find their way outside
Face the evil, eyes open wide
Break the bonds that pull you in
Escape the hell that thrives...
Within the walls
Of chaos and despair
Most are unemployed
Living on welfare
Prowling the halls
The vultures come to feed
On the flesh of those
Who are enslaved to the need
The final curtain falls
And no one sheds a fear
Their pleas for help always seem to fall
Upon deaf ears
Within the walls of chaos they forgot
That dignity and sanity
Are things that can't be bought
With every passing day
Another life is cast astray
Wear the wrong colors
And you might get blown away
Turn of a page
Another name's crossed off the list
Shot between the eyes
With a rig clenched in his fist
Driven to the grave
Ruled by need for kicks
Extract their own gold teeth
To satisfy their fix
There's cracks in the foundation
The time will soon arrive
When the walls will crumble down
And bury everyone alive!
Within the walls...
Within the walls of chaos...
Within the walls...
Within the walls of chaos...
Within the walls...
Within the walls of chaos!
Exodus Lyrics
Exodus Impact Is Imminent Lyrics
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Sonatype has moved to open up Java developer options by adding Red Hat's JBoss Community project components to the Central Repository open source Java components store. The company's goal is to provide developers with a route towards locating and consuming JBoss Community software components in a single, standard location.
As part of the process to reach this expansion, Sonatype says that it has provided the JBoss Community with a standard repository infrastructure based on its commercial repository manager, Sonatype Pro for Nexus. The company worked closely with JBoss Community project teams to evaluate legacy repositories, clean-up metadata, and coalesce disparate content into a single site. Sonatype specifies that it will remain the caretaker of the Central Repository and provides a hosted version of its Sonatype Pro for Nexus software to more than 1,000 open source projects at no charge.
"We standardized on Apache Maven to provide a uniform build system for developing JBoss Community projects," said Mark Little, senior director of middleware engineering at Red Hat. "Providing transparent, streamlined access to important project artifacts in the Central Repository accelerates our development process and enables the JBoss Community to more rapidly provide its open source technologies to users."
Claiming nearly four billion developer visits per year, the addition of JBoss Community software components comes on the heels Oracle's migration of Java.net project artifacts to the Central Repository last month. The support for a centralized distribution point for open source components is hoped to reinforce the value the repository brings to the developer community and extends its reach.
Since its creation in 2001, usage of the Central Repository by the open source community has grown "exponentially" says Sonatype , with more than 90 percent of all open source Java projects expected to be available in the Central Repository by the end of this year. "The Central Repository has become the primary exchange for open source components," said Jason van Zyl, CTO and founder of Sonatype. "With a standard repository infrastructure in place, JBoss Community users can get the components they need more easily and JBoss Community developers can reduce the risk and errors associated with disparate libraries."


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Food & Drink
Joy of the towel elephant: Hospitality industry loves and hates
By Barry Neild, CNN • Published 30th June 2014
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In many ways our relationship with the hospitality industry is like a fledgling romance.
Sometimes, it pulls some smooth moves, everything clicks and we walk hand in hand into the sunset.
But just as often, its fumbling advances leave us feeling cheap, embarrassed and more than a little concerned about an itchy rash.
So, in the interest of seeing this relationship through its growing pains, here are a few hints about what we'd like to see more of -- and less of.
Share your loves and hates in the comments box below.
We love airport taxi driver signs
Foreign airports can be intimidating places.
Humidity hangs in the air, smells hang in the toilets and the mustaches hang off the faces of customs officials.
These can all leave the frazzled traveler feeling disorientated.
So, when we emerge onto a concourse filled with hundreds of baying touts, there's nothing more comforting than seeing a small cardboard sign bearing our misspelled name.
This is our ticket through the chaos.
Instantly, we have a friend and guide to get us through the perilous first few hours, to usher us to an air-conditioned vehicle and navigate the potholed roads that lie between us and our hotel.
And if we're not too choosy about where we're staying, there's no need to book ahead to take advantage of this service.
Few drivers speak our language and will be so bored of waiting, they'll happily accept our claim to be "Goerge Cloney."
Clooney can find his own way to the city.
MORE: Which city has the world's best taxis?
We hate welcome drinks
Because -- after we've traveled halfway across the world in a cramped and airless passenger jet -- the last thing we want on arrival at our resort is a glass of sugary punch to swill into the fur-coated hole we used to call our mouth.
Maybe hotel staff think that hot, sticky and uncomfortable guests need hot, sticky and uncomfortable beverages.
But what's wrong with a freshly brewed cup of tea or coffee or a restorative pitcher of beer?
Failing those, a bucket of cold water would do the trick.
We love pillow chocolates
Cuter and more practical than a pillow pizza.
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There's a glorious lack of logic to the hotel habit of placing chocolates on pillows.
When we've brushed our teeth in readiness for a snooze, why do we then need a mouthful of sugar?
But for anyone who relishes the joy of a new hotel room -- trampolining on beds, raiding minibars, wallowing in bathrobes -- pillow chocolates serve to heighten those childish pleasures.
They do, however, present a hazard to those too exhausted to spot them.
Although there are probably hotels somewhere that deliberately cater to this, most guests won't enjoy waking up to find a blotch of warm, brown goo sliding down their cheeks.
MORE: Heartwarming, hilarious: Most bizarre hotel guest requests
We hate bellboys hauling our luggag
We've bounced our suitcase down 6 million steps from our apartment.
We've pulled every muscle in our upper bodies hoisting it into the overhead lockers.
We've survived angry mobs bent on avenging the elderly woman we hospitalized with a careless swing of our backpack.
So why do we now need to tip someone to carry our bags the last 20 meters?
Sure, we appreciate that some frail or lazy folk need a helping hand with their luggage.
But look at us: we're normal human beings, we've made it this far and we can manage on our own.
It's a long shot, but we can probably also figure out how to switch on the lights in our room, flush the toilet and put the large denomination banknote, which is inevitably the only cash we have on us right now, to much better use.
We love towel elephants
"Towel elephant" sounds like a euphemism for an unexpected encounter in the men's steam room, but actually describes a form of origami deployed by some hotels.
This involves folding together a hand and bath towel to produce a cute, fluffy pachyderm, replete with trunk, ears and legs.
Towels have long been at the front line of hotel cost-cutting -- usually in the shape of those environmental notices that urge you to reuse them as much as possible -- so it's nice to see a bit of attention lavished on them for once.
Just remember to unfold them before use.
There can be few things more distressing to hotel maids than seeing a damp elephant in the corner of the bathroom, its trunk drooping in shame.
MORE: 15 quirky hotels around the world
We hate hotel music
Canned saxophones: best way to ruin a peaceful space.
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There are two types of jazz -- and they're both execrable.
Neither more so than when they're oozing through a hotel loudspeaker system.
As if it wasn't bad enough to smother us with soft saxophone every time we step into an elevator, many hotels also pursue us down their corridors via loudspeakers embedded in the ceiling.
In psychological warfare, music is often blasted round-the-clock at targets to force them into surrender.
This won't work if the enemy has spent any amount of time in a hotel.
We love the concierge desk
Always smiling, always genial, always ready to serve.
Many of the responsibilities of the concierge are being replaced by the Internet -- after all, it's tough to compete with local websites when searching for the best jalapeno-infused margarita in town.
But it's nice to know these service stalwarts are still around to scatter our dog's ashes in the sea and find us life-sized replicas of ourselves made of chocolate at a moment's notice.
We're not making those up.
here for a list of bizarre hotel guest requests
We hate feeble Wi-Fi signals
For most people, an Internet connection is now as essential as having water on tap in the bathroom.
So if you're going to include it in the price of our hotel room, make sure you give us a strong, uninterrupted signal.
If the water slows to a trickle or cuts out every couple of minutes, angry guests will willingly stomp down to Reception, naked apart from a bath towel, to point wet accusing fingers at the manager.
Given that many bored business travelers also use the Internet while wrapped in a bath towel, it's in everyone's interests to ensure they are kept online and their wet accusing fingers are kept out of Reception.
MORE: Do hotel star ratings mean anything anymore?
We hate unreliable magnetic swipe
Magnetic key cards are easier to carry than clumsy old skeleton keys and when we forget to return them at checkout they're easy to throw away.
But few indignities foisted on us by the hotel industry are as aggravating as returning to the hotel at 11:30 at night after drinks and dinner, crossing the lobby, taking the elevator to the 23rd floor, walking down the hallway thinking of nothing more than that toilet in the room we so desperately need right now ... then not seeing that reassuring little green light appear when we swipe our key card.
Wait, did we do that right?
Try it again.
Try the other one.
Do it again.
The other way.
Try the ...
Eventually, the only thing left to do is slog back down to the front desk for a "quick fix" to a problem that pops up far more often than it should.
MORE: Great hotel pools in the United States
We love free bread
Perhaps love is too strong a word.
But we like them a lot, so do keep them coming while we're deciding what to order.
Yes, obviously some are finding their way into our pockets for later consumption, but after the "towel elephant" incident in Reception and that George Clooney mix-up with the taxi, it could be a while before we're able to sneak past the bellboys and get to eat our pillow chocolates.
What are your hospitality industry loves and hates? Share them in the comments box below.
Originally published August 2012, updated Jun
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Vixx has decided to discard the group's third single album over issues with its jacket image.
Vixx previously released its new teasers for its upcoming third single album, On and On last week under the concept of 'wild animal'.
However, reaction to the teasers from fans proved negative, as many commented the concept was "bizarre" and bordered on terrifying.
Vixx′s agency ended up receiving so many complaint calls from fans that regular operations were disrupted.
Eventually Jellyfish Entertainment decided to listen to the complaints, and made the choice to discard the produced albums and reprint new albums with a new image.
The agency added despite the time issues, it would still release a high quality album for fans with no delays in the album's release or Vixx's comeback was anticipated.
Vixx's new single album is set to drop online and offline on January 17.
source: enewsworld
The teasers they're talking about are here on omona. What do you think Omona were the teasers "bizarre" or "scary"?


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Many Obstacles to Overcome
It is quite natural for Christian schoolchildren to have regular religious instruction at school, but it's not so easy for the 350,000 or so pupils – or 6 % of all children at school – of Muslim faith.
"Islamic Religion" is still not being provided as a standard part of the curriculum in Germany. Nevertheless, education experts stress the importance of the subject for shaping the identity of Muslims and for intercultural dialogue.
No single partner speaking on behalf of all Muslims
For more than twenty years, the various Länder governments have been endeavouring to introduce Islamic religious instruction. One major obstacle is the lack on the Islamic side of a single partner speaking on behalf of all Muslims in Germany.
The Länder find themselves having to deal with a large number of locally based (separate) representatives of the various umbrella organisations, and face corresponding difficulties in granting them legal recognition as the sole partners for their respective Länder. Brandenburg is one exception. The Islamic Federation in Berlin extended Islamic religious instruction to a total of 37 (elementary) schools in the 2004/05 school year.
Trial lessons have begun in several Länder, with the curricula being drawn up in more or less close co-operation with various representatives of Islam, although the Länder themselves bear sole responsibility for the content of the curricula.
Nation-wide school trials
In North-Rhine/Westphalia alone, 130 schools are participating in the "Islamic studies in German" trial. At present, more than 8000 pupils are being taught under the trial. A second trial is soon to be rolled out: "Islamic religious instruction" will be tried out at two locations in the state (Duisburg and Cologne) for an initial four years; if successful, the model is to be extended to include other cities.
In Lower Saxony, more than 20 schools are participating in the trial phase of "Islamic religious instruction", and in Bavaria a total of 22 schools are involved in two trials (trial phase "Islamic instruction" in Erlangen: one elementary school participating; three further elementary schools, Hauptschulen and Realschulen in Erlangen and Nuremberg are engaged in specific preparations for 2007).
And 21 schools are currently participating in the pilot project "Religious instruction of Turkish pupils" (in German).
At present, legal reasons mean that the various Länder (except for Berlin) can only offer Islamic classes which exclude preaching of the faith and education in the faith.
This distinguishes them from religious instruction as defined in Article 7 (3) of the Basic Law. This paragraph states that only a state-recognised religious community has the right to provide regular religious instruction at public schools.
A Co-ordinating Council of the Muslims in Germany (consisting of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany, the Islamic Council for the Federal Republic of Germany, the Diyanet İşleri Türk İslam Birliği (Turkish-Islamic Union of the Institute for Religion) and the Association of Islamic Cultural Centres) was established in 2006, initially with a view to entering into negotiations with North-Rhine/Westphalia.
Even today, the Muslim umbrella organisations cannot legally act as partners in the sense of religious communities representing the Muslims living in Germany. An umbrella organisation representing the Muslims in Germany is planned for 2007.
It is the stated aim of the various Länder governments to introduce Islamic religious instruction as a regular part of the curriculum in the long term.
Professors of Islamic religious teaching
One important step on the way towards regular Islamic religious instruction was the founding in 2001 of the "Centre for Religious Studies" (CRS) at the University of Münster. Since July 2004 Prof. Dr. Muhammad Kalisch has held the chair set up for the "religion of Islam" at the CRS.
The CRS is also offering a new Master's degree course in "Islamic theology" and thus trains future Islamic theologians able to work in various spheres in Germany (e.g. as imams, pastoral carers, etc.). The CRS also regards teaching of Islamic studies merely as a transitional model which must result in future in the introduction of regular Islamic religious instruction in line with Article 7 (3) of the Basic Law.
A professorial chair for "Islamic religious teaching" was established at Bayreuth University in March 2006. Dr. Harun Behr has been appointed professor. This extension course is intended to teach the following content: "Arabic, Qur'ān and the doctrine of Islam, history of selected Islamic cultural spheres, traditions of thought and law to the modern day, Islam in Europe and Germany, teaching of religion, and a field of religious sciences".
The professorial chair for "Islamic religious instruction" is part of the "Interdisciplinary Centre for Islamic Religious Teaching" run by the Faculties of Philosophy I and II, Law, Islamic Sciences and Educational Sciences.
A similar professorial chair is to be filled next year at Osnabrück University, in order to offer an extension course to train teachers in Islamic religious instruction there too. And since the summer semester of 2003, Frankfurt University has had a foundation professor for "Islamic Religion" attached to Protestant Theology and funded by the Turkish Presidency of Religious Affairs in Ankara.
Since the 2006/2007 winter semester, Prof. Dr. Ömer Öszoy has been the foundation professor. Prof. Dr. Tahsin Görgün is currently lecturing there as a guest professor. The course leads to a Master's degree and is intended to enable the students to work, for example, as imams in mosques or as teachers of Islamic religion at public schools.
The three professorial chairs now aim not only to offer theological studies but also a theoretical basis for Islamic religious instruction; however, this presupposes the existence of regular classes in Islamic religion so that the theories can be applied and tested. The relatively few schools participating in the trials are not sufficient for testing and further expanding a theory of religious teaching.
There are also aims to establish a further chair in Islamic Religious Teaching Theory at Osnabrück University in the 2007/2008 winter semester.
Lamya Kaddor
© Goethe-Institut 2007
Translated from the German by Andrew Sims
Lamya Kaddor is the academic assistant at Germany's first university chair for the religion of Islam at the Centre for Religious Studies of the University of Münster. She is working as a teacher as part of North-Rhine/Westphalia's trial phase of "Islamic studies in German". Since the 2006/2007 school year, she has been offering further training on behalf of the Culture Ministry of Lower Saxony in the field of "Theory of Islamic Religious Instruction and Theology".
Islam Lessons at German Schools
"We Pretend You're a Church"
Because Germany's Muslims don't have a central institution to represent them, it is difficult to organise Islam lessons at German schools. One primary school has got round this problem with a clever trick, as Christiane Hawranek reports
Islam on the Curriculum
Until now, only Koran schools have offered lessons in the Islamic religion to Muslim children in Germany. Now, pilot programmes are to be carried out at German schools, too. Max Bönnemann reports.
An Islamic Elementary School in Berlin
"Like Any Other Confessional School"
More and more Muslim parents would like their children to receive religious instruction. An Islamic elementary school in Berlin now offers this. Lennart Lehmann visited the school.


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With all these tasks and things pulling at you, it creates scattered energy. Your energy is here... and here... and over here.
Again, this week at the start of each day, focus your BEING energy and focus your DOING energy. Then pay attention to what shifts for you. What's different? What's working?


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Do dealers negotiate price?
Do dealers negotiate price?
You might be able to get them to throw in a baseball cap. That's about it.
There is no negotiation. Make sure you read the design studio closely. The federal rebate is already subtracted from the car price it calculates so your actual price is $7500 higher. I had to buy my hat $24
You have to love sports cars to appreciate the roadster. The feel of the steering wheel is one of the major reasons I bought it. You feel the road and no power steering. I am a 911 guy and my 1978 SC had the same feel. Also, the front fenders come up so you are looking between them. Always liked that in the 911. New 911's don't have that same feeling. Throw in the fact that it is really quick, electric, unique and actually works like a real car and I was in trouble. Put about 35 miles on the test drive and the estimated remaining miles actually matched my trip. I was hooked. The last thing needed was explaining to my wife why it made sense to spend $160k on a toy. Salesman explained that I was helping save the planet with my investment. Ok fine twist my arm.
I don't think you can even order a custom Roadster in the US anymore so you better decide quickly unless you're willing to buy one of the models that's already in production or has already been made. It's a great car.
The best you can do is get $1 off the price for every mile on the odometer. Since some of the spec cars have over 10,000 miles, this could be a decent savings.
The Tesla Roadster is the highest mileage car I've ever purchased new. I started at 60 miles, then 18 miles, and my most recent vehicle had only 7 miles on the odometer (it would have had 0 except that Honda requires a dealer to do minimal drive testing before delivering a car to an owner). The 111 miles on my Tesla Roadster actually seems quite steep for such an expensive car.
Back in 2009 when I had to give up my slot after waiting for 15 months, I briefly weighed the possibility of buying the car on a risky loan and then selling it shortly after. The advice that I was given in 2009 was to avoid racking up even 100 miles because that would affect the resale price when I tried to pass it on. Now that I am finally able to get a Tesla Roadster, it seems rather contradictory to start out with higher mileage than I was told would command top dollar, especially with the nav system showing a number of trips around town on "my" car, months before I owned it.
My Roadster arrived with 42.8 km (27 miles) on the odometer. I checked the logs, and the first 41 km of that was accumulated on a single day. I assume they were testing the car.
After that it moved very small distances a bunch of times, until it arrived at my house. The next time it went any significant distance I was at the controls.
I was told that a "new" roadster will have approximately 18 miles on the odometer. Test driving at the Menlo park facility. That is certainly what I am hoping for when mine arrives in August. I think all the education and test drives at the stores have run up the miles on the inventory cars. Some day this will be beyond the initial proving stages and the buying experience will look more normal.
My roadster was driven for a couple of hours over 64 miles on its first day. As a spec car, I purchased it several months after it was made, and it was delivered with 111.7 miles on the odometer. It's quite interesting to have the vehicle logs where everything can be seen.
Mine was a new (custom) order and came with 80 miles on it. That seemed like a lot but I didn't make a big deal about it. Have over 4,200 miles so far and I got it in December.
Just got Roadster last week. I think it had something like 17 miles on it.
You should complain that it wasn't adequately road tested! >:(
Mine had 176 miles on it. Do I win something?
Wouldn't it be nice if you won license plates, Dragon?
I bought mine last October and had 150 miles on it and was told that was normal.
no chance, there is no Dollar or Euro discount. In my oppinion it's a very fair strategy, so no one with connections is priviledged :)
My car had 0 mlies, I took it directly from the ropebelt conveyor in UK, 150 miles is not normal ...
Very strange. I have not heard of any Roadster that was not thoroughly road-tested by Tesla Motors before delivery. 0 miles on the odometer should be impossible unless you made special arrangements.
I haven't heard of 0 miles on any Roadster. And haven't heard of any conveyor in Roadster manufacturing.
Mestre, perhaps a different car than the Roadster?
Or that they are finished in UK. AFAIK Lotus-builds gliders, but finishing and assembly is done in US practically by hand.
I get the impression that European Roadsters are finished over there, but no idea whether that's the Hethel facility or some other. Surely they don't ship the car to California and then back to London for sale.
Still, Mestre seems suspicious.


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Baking, cakes, dessert, rhubarb, rhubarb cakes, rhubarb pudding cakes, sweet
I guess you could call me a fruit purist.
I'm not really interested in your bumbleberry mixes, your apple-cherry pies or any strawberry-rhubarb co-mingling.
I like my rhubarb straight up, please, with a little crisp topping, a flaky crust or simply folded in with whipped cream. Or, in this case, in the form of a pudding cake.
Rhubarb, to me, is the quintessential summer dessert. The ruby-ish stalks with slight green tint always made at least one appearance a summer when I was growing up. Usually it was in the form of Rhubarb Fool, a stewed fruit and whipped cream dessert that always tasted like more work went into it than really had.
So, I was excited to see the slim stalks make their first appearance at the farmers' market.
The decision was not whether or not to buy them. It was: how do I narrow down the recipes I want to try? Rhubarb custard tart. Rhubarb scones. Rhubarb crumb cake. My recipe folder is brimming with possibilities. But I had recently come across a recipe for Rhubarb Pudding Cakes baked in ramekins. And, if nothing else, I am a sucker for individual desserts.
This recipe comes together quickly and easily. A quick chop of the rhubarb, a little simmer on the stove, some stirring of wet and dry ingredients. I didn't even pull out a mixer. And while you do have to turn on the oven for a bit, I promise the payoff is worth the extra heat in the kitchen.
These are moist little cakes, slightly studded with softened and sweetened rhubarb on top and another layer of the fruit on the bottom. The cake-to-rhubarb ratio is perfect and I like eating it right out of the ramekin, sweeping my spoon around the bottom to scrape up all the pinkish syrup.
The original recipe calls for one cup (250 mL) of strawberries–taking the place of one of the cups of rhubarb–and only 1/3 cup (75 mL) of sugar for slightly stewing the fruit. Feel free to make that adjustment.
But I'll be keeping mine strictly rhubarb, thank you.
Rhubarb Pudding Cakes
Adapted from Gourmet, April 2007
- 1/4 cup (50 ml)water
- 1½ tsp (7 ml) cornstarch
- 1 cup (250 ml) sugar divided
- 3 cups (750 ml) chopped fresh rhubarb stalks
- 1 cup (250 ml) all-purpose flour
- 1¾ tsp (8 ml) baking powder
- 1/2 tsp (2 ml) salt
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup (125 ml) milk
- 1/2 cup (125 ml) unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
- 1 tsp (5 ml) pure vanilla extract
Preheat the oven to 400°f (200°c), ensuring the rack is in the middle. Butter 4 individual 1-cup (250-ml) ramekins.
Mix together water, cornstarch and half of the sugar in a small pot, then add the rhubarb. Simmer, stirring constantly for about three minutes. Remove from heat.
In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt and the remaining sugar.
In a second bowl, whisk the egg, milk, melted butter and vanilla. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and whisk until just combined. It will make a thick batter.
Reserving ½cup (125 ml) of the rhubarb mixture, divide the rest of the fruit and syrup among the ramekins. Spoon the batter evenly into each dish over the rhubarb. Top each ramekin with a portion of the remaining rhubarb syrup mix.
Bake until a tester inserted in the middle comes out clean and the tops are slightly golden, about 25 to 30 minutes. Cool slightly and then serve.
Note: mine took less time than this. Start to keep an eye on them at the 20-minute mark.
This story first appeared in the Real Life section in the Calgary Herald. For more delicious recipes, visit CalgaryHerald.com/life.


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CHOCOLATE lovers behold.
British scientists have developed a new melt-proof recipe for the desirable cocoa treat, ideal to withstand an Aussie summer.
The heat-tolerant chocolate, developed by Cadbury engineers at a plant near Birmingham, remains solid even when exposed to temperatures in excess of 40C for more than three hours, reports British newspaper The Mail on Sunday.
The secret to keeping a solid block is in the production process, specifically a step called conching, when metal beads grind together ingredients.
Scientists have developed a way of breaking down sugar which reduces the amount of fat which attaches to the sweet particles.
"We have found that it is possible to instil temperature-tolerant properties by refining the conched chocolate after the conching step," Cadbury wrote in its patent application for the new product.
"Production of temperature-tolerant chocolate would allow production of chocolate-containing products more suitable for hot climates, particularly in less economically-developed countries where the supply chain is ill-equipped to handle temperature fluctuations."
Critics of the new melt-proof chocolate have already emerged, with some claiming the changes would not be possible without altering the flavour.
"The melting point is what makes the bar so attractive, as that is what releases the flavour. If it melts at a higher temperature, it will take longer for it to melt in the mouth," came an admission from Cadbury management firm Kraft Foods spokesman Tony Bilsborough.


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Michael OteySQL Server 2008 Express Editions
One of the most easily overlooked aspects of the recent SQL Server 2008 release is SQL Server 2008 Express, which is a freely distributable database that shares the same core relational database engine as the full-featured SQL Server 2008 Standard and Enterprise Editions. SQL Server 2008 Express offers full support for the new SQL Server 2008 data types including Date, Time, Hierarchical, Geospatial and FileStream. It doesn't support more enterprise-oriented features like the Resource Governor, Transparent Data Encryption, Integration Services or Analysis Services.
One big difference between SQL Server 2008 Express and SQL Server 2005 Express is the fact that the SQL Server 2008 Express includes the Import and Export Wizard, making it much easier to transfer data into and out of SQL Server 2008 Express databases. All of the various editions of SQL Server 2008 Express can run on larger, more powerful systems but they have the same maximum values: 1 CPU, 1 GB of RAM, and a maximum of 4 GB per user database. Each Express edition comes in a 32-bit and 64-bit version.
SQL Server 2008 Express
The most basic database engine and at 61 – 89.1 MB (32-bit or 64-bit), it's also the smallest download. SQL Server 2008 Express Edition is the right choice for ISVs and application developers needing to include multi-user database services with their applications.
SQL Server 2008 Express with Tools
This edition adds SQL Server Management Studio Basic to SQL Server 2008 Express database services. The Tools edition is a 218.6 - 230.4 MB download and is the right choice for application developers who need basic database management capabilities.
SQL Server Express 2008 with Advanced Services
Weighing in at 502.7 – 546.5 MB, the Advanced Services edition is full-featured and includes all the features in the Tools edition plus support for Full Text Search, Reporting Services, and the Report Designer in the Business Intelligence Developers Studio (BIDS). Advanced Services is the best choice for application developers who need to incorporate Reporting Services reports. However, these Reporting Services capabilities are limited to working with just the local SQL Server Express databases.
You can see a summary of the features in the different SQL Server 2008 Express editions at MSDN. Download the different SQL Server 2008 Express editions for free from Microsoft.
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Plain and simple, magnesium is essential for just about every function in the human body. In fact, because this mineral is the easiest to become depleted, you cannot possibly survive without enough magnesium. Factors that contribute to magnesium deficiency are those that we experience on a daily basis, like exercise, stress, air pollution, medications, drinking caffeine and alcohol and even a simple headache.
I recommend magnesium because magnesium deficiencies can severely interfere with nerve and muscle impulses, which can be considered to be the root cause to many cardiovascular problems, such as arrhythmia, hypertension and sudden cardiac arrest.
Why you'll love it:
- Supports overall cardiovascular health
- May relieve stress, anxiety and PMS, thereby enhancing moods
- Relieves muscle tension
- Promotes a restful night's sleep
- Strengthens bones
- Does not promote a laxative effect
- 150 mg per capsule
- 240 tablets per bottle
- Vegan/vegetarian formula
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How to take it: 2-6 capsules daily with meals, or as directed by your healthcare professional.
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The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra's 2019/2020 season features a sensible balance between major popular works of the repertoire, alluring works from the 20th century, a healthy selection of newer Canadian music, and a wide and welcome representation of women composers
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra keeps evolving with 2019/2020 season lineup
The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra's 2019/2020 season looks to be an inventive and exciting one, with a variety that should only enhance the orchestra's reputation. There is a sensible balance between major popular works of the repertoire, alluring works from the 20th century, a healthy selection of newer Canadian music, and in particular a wide and welcome representation of women composers.
The ESO have given a theme to the season, calling it 'Inextinguishable'. That, of course, is the title of Nielsen's magnificent Symphony No.4, which chief conductor Alexander Prior will be conducting on March 6 and 7, alongside Sibelius' Violin Concerto with ESO concertmaster Robert Uchida as soloist, and Ciel d'hiver (Winter Sky) by the brilliant Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho.
Other not-to-miss concerts include Prior conducting Shostakovich's exciting Symphony No.11 'The Year 1905', along with the Russian-born Israeli pianist Boris Giltburg as soloist in Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No.4, and the American composer Missy Mazzoli's expressive River Rouge Transfiguration, inspired by Ford's huge Detroit automobile plants (Nov. 1 and 2).
Prior also conducts a concert that combines a classic of the orchestral repertoire, Elgar's Enigma Variations, a classic of the 20th century repertoire, John Adams' compelling Grand Pianola Music, and innovation from a Canadian composer: Nicole Lizée's La terre a des maux, with a text by Algonquin-Quebecois rapper Samian (Nov. 29 and 30).
The two final concerts of the season also look like blockbusters. The distinguished German pianist Bernd Glemser plays Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1, and Prior continues his exploration of the symphonies of Bruckner with the lyrical and magisterial Symphony No.7 on June 4. Two days later, Glemser is the soloist in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4, the Bruckner is repeated, and the concert features A Child's Dream of Toys, by Vivian Fung, who grew up in Edmonton.
The classics include Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique (Oct. 5), Dvořák's seventh symphony (Nov. 16), Beethoven's Symphony No.2 (April 19, 2020) and Symphony No.3 (The Eroica, Jan. 10 and 11, 2020), a couple of Mozart symphonies, Schubert's Symphony No.4 (Apr 24 and 25, 2020), and Brahms' Symphony No.3 (Nov. 24) and No.4 (May 22 and 23, 2020).
The ever-popular Canadian pianist Angela Cheng returns for Mozart's Piano Concerto No.23 (March 28, 2020). In the Lighter Classics series, da Falla's gorgeous Nights in the Garden of Spain can be heard on Oct. 10, and Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto on Nov. 14, with Andrew Wan as soloist. The 2017 Sean Competition Laureate, the violinist Alice Lee, plays Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No.2 on Jan. 19.
New Canadian works include I Lost My Talk by Edmonton's own John Estacio, which uses a text by Mi'kmaw elder and poet Rita Joe. The concert also features Music for a Celebration by one of the best Canadian composers, Alexina Louie, and Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, all conducted by Jean-Marie Zeitouni (Oct. 6).
The Juno Award-winning My Name is Amanda Todd, by Vancouver composer Jocelyn Morlock, is a work which "starkly indicts the cyber abuse and bullying that led to the young woman's suicide while still expressing empathy and hope." It is featured in a concert conducted by Alexander Shelley, alongside Britten's Cello Concerto with Stéphane Tétreault as soloist (Jan. 25).
Inuit composer and throat singer Tanya Tagaq's Qiksaaktuq (Grief) is dedicated to the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women, and will be conducted by Christine Duncan on Feb. 22. ESO cellist Rafael Hoekman is the soloist in Canadian composer Kelly Marie-Murphy's This Is the Colour of My Dreams on March 28. Nicole Lizée's delightful three-minute Zeiss After Dark can be heard on Jan. 19.
Of the other women composers featured, Cheng gives a rare performance of Clara Schumann's Piano Concerto on March 26. Sofia Gubaidulina, a controversial and pioneering composer in the Soviet period, has become much better known since the end of the USSR, and her Concordanza for 10-piece ensemble can be heard on May 22 and 23, 2020. The draw for that concert will undoubtedly be pianist Marc-André Hamelin, playing a less-known Russian concerto, Medtner's Piano Concerto No.2.
Grażyna Bacewicz was a powerful Polish composer whose music well deserves to be more widely heard. Her Sinfonietta will be conducted by Daniel Raiskin (Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's Music Director), alongside the ever-popular Charles Richard-Hamelin playing Chopin's sparkling Piano Concerto No.1 (Jan. 10 and 11).
Anna Clyne is an English composer who now lives in the USA. Her rich and melodic This Midnight Hour will appear in a concert that includes Tchaikovsky's popular Violin Concerto with Bella Hristova as soloist, and Dvořák's seventh symphony, all conducted by Michael Stern (Nov. 16). 'blue cathedral', one of the most-performed works by acclaimed American composer Jennifer Higdon, can be heard on April 24 and 25, alongside works for saxophone and orchestra by Debussy and Villa-Lobos played by the 20-year old British virtuoso Jess Gillam.
In the Sunday Showcase series of afternoon concerts, the exciting 26-year-old German-Greek pianist Danae Dörken plays Mendelssohn's second piano concerto, conducted by Williams Eddins (Oct. 29). A rare performance of French composer Alexandre Guilmant's powerful Symphonie No. 1 for Organ and Orchestra can be heard on Nov. 24, with the young prize-winning Canadian Rashaan Allwood as soloist.
As ever, the season opens in Hawrelak Park with Symphony Under the Sky (Aug. 29 through Sept. 1). There's a Celtic spectacular featuring fiddler Eileen Iver, Brahms' Cello Concerto and Dvořák's New World Symphony in the classical music concert, the classic Hollywood Hits evening, and big band hits on the final evening.
There is also a wide-ranging variety of concerts of popular music, from Robert Bernhardt conducting a salute to the music of the Eagles (May 12, 2020), through the songs of Lerner and Loewe (May 8, 2020) and a tribute to Aretha Franklin (June 13, 2020), to The Music of Star Wars (Dec. 13-15).
Prior has referred to this new season as being one of "life-force music" — inextinguishable, indeed, and another exciting new chapter in the ESO's evolution.


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Young learners are very inquisitive and eager to learn about the world around them. One enjoyable way to do so is by reading books that blend fact and fiction, often with humorous results. This lesson encourages students' natural curiosity about spiders and builds on their prior knowledge. After a shared reading of Diary of a Spider by Doreen Cronin, students work cooperatively using a strategy called Fact"Faction"Fiction to identify what they know, gather information, and create their own multimedia diaries using PowerPoint. Although the topic example used here is spiders, this lesson is easily adaptable to any content area topic.
PowerPoint Tool Tips: This printout walks students through the process of creating a good PowerPoint presentation.
Owens, R.F., Hester, J.L., & Teale, W.H. (2002). Where do you want to go today? Inquiry-based learning and technology integration. The Reading Teacher, 55(7), 616625.
- Couching literacy activities in the context of something meaningful and interesting to students increases the chance of successful learning.
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xbay wrote:Bada's Seahawks got a solid pick in Justin Forsett in the 7th. The kid was about to become a free agent with possibly, the Buffalo Bills. Instead, he goes to Seattle. Wish him the best up there.
Never saw him play, so I can't comment on him.
Then again, I never saw Josh Johnson play and that didn't stop me from having an opinion, based on stats and scouting reports.
xbay wrote:My favorite picks in the first round...
Chris Johnson to the Titans.
Really?. I think that was the WORST pick of the first round. I like him as a player, but I think he went a round too early and to a team that doesn't need him (will be, at best, a backup... and that's if Chris Henry doesn't beat him for the backup job).
Given their lack of WRs, Devin Thomas would have been a much better pick for the Titans.


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Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA's 25th Anniversary After Party!
The cast and creative team of The Phantom of the Opera celebrated 25 Years on Broadway with a Gala Performance at the Majestic Theatre in New York City on Saturday night, January 26. BroadwayWorld was there for the after party and you can check out full photo coverage below!
The longest-running show in Broadway history, Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, directed by Harold Prince and produced by Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful Company, Inc., once again made theater history when it became the first Broadway show ever to celebrate its 25th Anniversary last night, January 26. Much of the Phantom family reunited for the special event, and the current cast was also be a big part of the festivities.
On Broadway, since its debut on January 26, 1988, The Phantom of the Operahas grossed over $888 million. Even now - as it celebrates its 25th Anniversary on Broadway - it is consistently among Broadway's highest-grossing shows and remains a box office champ. Earlier this year, the production shattered the house record at The Majestic by having its best weekly gross in its entire 25-year history. Total attendance is now over 15 million and it continues to play with no end in sight.
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA currently stars Hugh Panaro in the title role with Sierra Boggess as Christine and Kyle Barisich as Raoul. The musical co-stars Jim Weitzer (Monsieur André), Tim Jerome (Monsieur Firmin), Michele McConnell (Carlotta), Ellen Harvey (Madame Giry), Christian Šebek (Piangi) and Kara Klein (Meg Giry). At certain performances, Samantha Hill plays Christine.
Photo Credit: Genevieve Rafter Keddy
Ron Bohmer and Sandra Joseph with two Phantom Of The Opera ticket winners-Karen Ebling and Jen Lau
Sylvia Bailey-the oldest and longest continuous usher at The Majestic
Howard McGillan and Rebecca Luker
Howard McGillan and Rebecca Luker
Karl Schaefer, Paloma Garcia, Heather Hill and Jeremy Stahl
LaChanze and Norm Lewis
Sierra Boggess and her Valentino shoes!
Rob Diamond and Jennifer Diamond
Sierra Boggess and Hugh Panaro
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Sierra Boggess and Hugh Panaro
Sierra Boggess and Hugh Panaro
Sierra Boggess and Ramin Karimloo
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Hugh Panaro and Ramin Karimloo
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"Ballroom dancing is a contact sport. Rugby is a collision sport." Heyneke Meyer, former Springboks coach.
Mr Meyer hit the nail on the head. The sport of rugby is as a pitched battle with a ball. The players are modern gladiators and the fans are the baying crowds.
For one May weekend, and two finals between – Dublin is the Colosseum.
But before the Leinster meet Stade Francais in the Amlin Challege Cup Final and RC Toulon meet AS Clermont Auvergne in the H Cup Final, take some time to explore rugby's capital.
It's Friday morning in Dublin. By 20:00 you'll be cheering your Amlin Challenge Cup heroes onto the field – but before that, let's see the city.
Start at the beginning – Trinity College Dublin. Not only a Dublin landmark and the beating heart of Ireland's Cricket scene, this happens to be the home of one of the oldest Rugby Clubs in the world. Just 30 years after Webb Ellis invented the game in 1823, the club was founded right here at Dublin's city centre.
The playwright and the park
Pre game, get some air by dipping into Georgian Dublin's greatest centrepiece: Merrion Square. Not only do the Natural History Museum and the National Gallery sit side by side, but the park there is one of the city's smallest and finest. If you spot Oscar Wilde amid the greenery, tell him we said hello. The literary genius may be buried in Paris, but he began his life on this very square.
Image: Patricia Hofmeester
Regardless of the result, you still need to eat. Swing over to hipster central on George's Street for a bite. Fancy a steak? Hit up Bear, a restaurant co-owned by Leinster number 8, Jamie Heaslip – he may not be there that evening, though, as he'll be recovering from his pitch-side battle with Stade Francais.
Just around the corner, Fade Street Social is shiny new and already becoming a firm favourite. Expect funky food without the huge price tag.
And so to bed – tomorrow is a big day.
It's H Cup Final day but before kick off, you've got a bus to catch. Dublin's Hop on Hop Off Tours will guide you around the city's hot-spots from snapshots of the city's liquid legacy at the Guinness Storehouse and Jameson Distillery to vast cathedrals and Viking remains. Speaking of which, the Viking Splash tour takes to the river Liffey daily from Stephen's Green and has shot to the top of Dublin's quirky/cool list.
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For a taste of the pre-match atmosphere take a stroll down Baggot Street. Not just easy access to the Aviva Stadium, this stretch of Georgian Dublin is regularly called 'The Baggot Mile' for its profusion of excellent pubs. And if they're lively for the rest of the year, you can only imagine what they're like on match day (ask anyone who's been to Dublin for a Six Nations showdown, and they'll tell you the same). Toners, O'Donoghue's and, over the canal, Searsons and the Waterloo are essential visits before kick off. They all do pretty good lunches, too, so you'll be well prepped for the roaring atmosphere of the Aviva Stadium later on.
Simply watching 80 minutes of full-tilt rugby can make anyone hungry again. You can keep it casual and pop into Beshoffs at the Grand Canal for a hold-in-hand fish and chip supper (remember to add plenty of vinegar!) or you could grab a Fillet of Dundalk Beef with Parsnip Cream at The Chop House. This place is busily adding awards to its already long list, so you're guaranteed a treat.
Remember that the final whistle doesn't mean you have to high-tail it to the airport. Stick around: Dublin's doorstep has a trick or two up its sleeve for the next day.
On a sleepy Sunday, the DART (Dublin's seaside rail system) is your best friend. Hop on and, north or south, all you'll find is cute seaside villages, beaches and excellent seafood chowder. Oh, and a friendly seal or two.
To stretch your legs let the dark whisk you to Howth where the peninsula boasts one of the finest loop walks on the east coast. Howth Castle, Howth Abbey and Baily Lighthouse mark this trot out as a picture-perfect stroll. Fresh air will leave you hungry, so pop into Aqua on the pier for a bowl of chowder flecked with Dublin Prawns and fresh mussels.
Should you find yourself drawn south, hop off at Killiney and walk the Vico Road back to Dalkey, a village of boutique restaurants, cosy pubs and its own medieval castle. The area here is known as 'Ireland's Riviera' and with names like Bono, The Edge and Enya calling it home, there's plenty of star-spotting to be had.
Win, lose or draw it's weekends like this that make Dublin worth the trip.
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The Bedford Gallery is open Tuesday - Sunday 12pm-5pm, and evenings 6pm-8pm when there are performances in the Lesher Center for the Arts.
We are closed Mondays and Holidays. The gallery closes between exhibitions for installation. For more visiting info click HERE.
Altered States 12 pm - 5 pm
- Date: 01/24/2019 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
- Location: Bedford Gallery
1601 Civic Drive
Walnut Creek, California 94596
Altered States
January 13th 2019 – March 24th 2019
Guest curated by Heather Marx, Altered States features artists across generations living and working along the California coast who harness natural elements or the environment to create their artwork. The artists work in a wide range of media and share a passion for creating art that is about process and reclamation. This exhibition highlights the natural cycles of our complex environment and offers patrons an opportunity to slow down and reflect on how we are all interconnected by the sun, mood, air, and tides.
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Godfrey Pontoons Summer Kickoff Photo Contest
Summer is finally here! And to celebrate the chance to get back out on the water, we just launched the Godfrey Pontoons Summer Kickoff Photo Contest! Through July 7, just click here to upload your favorite pics taken onboard or near your Sanpan, Aqua Patio or Sweetwater pontoon.
One winner will receive a $50 gift card and a full summer of bragging rights! It's never been easier to participate because now all entries and voting will be done via Facebook. We invite you to enter up to 10 photos and vote up to once each day for your favorites. There are also some great options for you to share your photos with your friends and encourage them to vote for you and the other best entries.
Once the contest period is over, we'll give the Top 3 to our illustrious panel of judges who will determine the final winner based on four key criteria: 1) Creativity 2) Inspiring to other boaters
3) How well photo depicts boat brand 4) Quality of photo.
We want this to be a fun contest and to challenge everyone to take some great photos of their friends and family out on the water. Of course, there is no purchase or payment of any kind necessary to enter or win this contest. Just read up on all the Official Rules to make sure your entry is eligible for the prize.
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The Fretful Future of Flash
Nov 21, 2011 6:00 AM PT
What's the future for Flash devs now that Adobe has turned its back on Flash Player for mobile devices and has shifted focus to HTML 5?
Will Flash for the desktop survive or will it die out too?
Adobe has pledged to enable Flash devs to package native apps with Adobe AIR for all the major mobile app stores, but it won't develop Flash Player for new mobile device technology after version 11.1 for Android and the BlackBerry PlayBook is released.
However, source code licensees will be able to work on and release their own implementations, raising the specter of fragmentation.
Will Flash devs be able to leverage their hard-earned skill sets or will they be left out in the cold?
Tools to Segue From Flash to HTML 5
Adobe offers the Wallaby Flash-to-HTML 5 conversion tool to devs.
Wallaby is an experimental technology that converts the artwork and animation in Adobe Flash Professional (FLA) files into HTML. They can then be edited with an HTML editing tool such as Adobe Dreamweaver, or by hand.
In addition, Adobe offers Edge, a tool that lets designers use HTML 5, JavaScript and CSS3 to create animated content for websites.
"We want to make the transition easier," Adobe's Mike Chambers told TechNewsWorld. "Edge uses a lot of the same metaphors as Flash Pro."
However, Edge may not be an adequate tool, Steve Fulton, the founder of 8bit Rocket and author of two books on Flash and Adobe's Canvas, told TechNewsWorld.
"Unless Adobe seriously targets the bitmapped HTML 5 Canvas, Edge cannot compete," Fulton stated. He expects Adobe will provide "hardcore support for Canvas very soon, possibly with Edge and also as an export from the Flash IDE."
Adobe's Take on Things
Flash Pro is a tool that is optimized for the Flash Player/AIR runtime environment, and Edge is a tool that natively targets HTML, Mark Anders from Adobe's Edge team said in response to a query on a blog post by Adobe's Mike Chambers.
Adobe is not building a single tool that targets both environments, Anders stated.
The company is looking at ways to have "great workflows" between these tools, Anders said. Further, it's looking into ways to take Flash output and convert it to HTML 5 as well.
However, the great advantage of Flash -- letting devs write once and deploy everywhere reliably -- will be gone, Anders admitted.
Output on Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8 will be degraded, Anders said.
The Fragmentation of Adobe Flash for Mobile
Adobe plans to let mobile device manufacturers implement their own versions of the mobile Flash Player, which is likely to fragment the platform.
"We will not prevent OEMs from pre-loading and shipping Flash Player on devices, and we expect some of our OEM partners to continue working on and releasing their own implementation of the Flash Player," Danny Winokur, VP and GM of interactive development at Adobe, told TechNewsWorld.
Asked whether fragmentation would be an issue, Winokur responded that Adobe's recommending mobile OEMs discontinue preloading new devices with Flash Player.
"Fragmentation will absolutely an issue, but Adobe probably had few options here given the fact that they had stood firmly behind Flash and promised their partners that they'd remain committed to it going forward," Mike Ricci, VP of mobile at Webtrends, told TechNewsWorld.
However, Adobe's decision to switch to HTML 5 will have partners "looking long and hard at [its] commitment and thinking carefully about whether it remains wise to continue embracing Flash on a go-forward basis," Ricci added.
Hope for Flash Devs
However, there may be opportunities yet for devs who don't want to see their training in Flash wasted.
On the desktop, at least, the need for a Flash Player browser plugin will continue, Al Hilwa, a research program director at IDC, told TechNewsWorld.
"Flash survives intact in the AIR runtime and the Adobe tool chain, which already supports the broader Web ecosystem including HTML 5," Hilwa stated. "Overall, developers will continue to be served."
IDC doesn't expect 90 percent of desktop browsers to be capable of HTML until 2015, so Adobe will continue to invest in Flash because of the differentiation it provides in high-end graphics and video protection, Hilwa said.
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Flash devs will be eased out of websites geared toward mobile devices with rich Internet application functionality because these will begin replacing Flash with HTML 5 and the HTML 5 Canvas, 8bit Rocket's Fulton said.
However, apps that are installed on mobile devices from app stores will not be affected right away, Fulton contended.
"If Adobe concentrates on making the Air exporter efficient and feature-rich, it can leverage its millions of Flash developers into the near future," Fulton suggested.
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An as-yet-unidentified person or group of people has set up the Occupy Flash movement and published a manifesto. This essentially encourages people to disable Flash Player in their browsers.
The manifesto states, among other things, that Flash Player is dead, it's buggy, it crashes a lot and it requires constant security updates.


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Joan W. Miller, MD, FARVO Selected to Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis
Boston (Feb. 10, 2013)--Joan Whitten Miller, M.D.,
Henry Willard Williams Professor of Ophthalmology and Chair of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, and Chief of Ophthalmology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Massachusetts General Hospital, has been elected to the Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis (AOI). The AOI is regarded as the most prestigious international academic organization in ophthalmology with an emeritus and active membership that spans 33 countries. Dr. Miller is only the second American woman to be elected to the 38-year-old organization, which limits active membership to 70 individuals.
As a university-centered organization, the AOI is "committed to excellence in education, research and culturally appropriate medical services to preserve and restore vision for people of the world." The AOI counts among its membership some of the most acclaimed ophthalmologists worldwide, including: David W. Parke II, MD, President of the American Academy of Ophthalmology; Martine J. Jager, MD, past President of the Association for Vision in Research and Ophthalmology; Alfred Sommer, MD, MHS, Board of Directors Chair of the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation; and Paul R. Lichter, MD, MS, current AOI President.
"It's truly humbling to be in the company of such an elite group of academicians, all of whom have dedicated their careers to shifting the landscape of eye health around the globe," noted Dr. Miller. "I'm excited and honored to contribute my expertise to AOI's global mission to bring hope and sight to people around the world."
The AOI originated with the Act of Foundation signed March 7, 1975, and its statutes and regulations were approved on April 10, 1976 by a vote from 45 Charter Members at the inaugural meeting in Ghent, Belgium. Eligible candidates who meet the Academia's high standards of scholarly excellence are formally nominated and elected by other members to fill vacant chairs. Members are expected to actively engage in improving world ophthalmology.
"This is among the highest honors conferred in the field of ophthalmology and is a fitting tribute to Dr. Miller and her astonishingly productive career." said President and CEO of Mass. Eye and Ear, John Fernandez. "Her contributions to the field of ophthalmology have turned the tide on some of our most egregious battles in the war on blindness, particularly in the field of angiogenesis and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). We consider ourselves very fortunate to have her – a clinician and scientist of the highest caliber - leading our efforts here at Mass. Eye and Ear.
"Dr. Miller has pushed the frontiers of understanding to improve the lives of patients," said Harvard Medical School Dean Jeffrey S. Flier. "I am pleased that the AOI has recognized Dr. Miller's leadership in translational research, which is central to the mission of Harvard Medical School."
Over the last two decades, Dr. Miller and her colleagues at Harvard Medical School/Mass. Eye and Ear pioneered the development of photodynamic therapy (PDT) using verteporfin (Visudyne®), the first pharmacologic therapy for AMD able to reduce and slow vision loss. The group also identified the importance of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in ocular neovascularization, forming the scientific basis of current antiangiogenic therapies for neovascular AMD. Today, these treatments are saving the sight of millions of people worldwide. Dr. Miller and her colleagues continue investigations to elucidate the molecular pathophysiology of vision loss and develop improved therapies for retinal disease. Dr. Miller's current clinical and research interests focus on retinal disorders, including age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic retinopathy.
Dr. Miller has published more than 130 peer-reviewed papers, 50 book chapters and review articles, is co-editor of the third edition of Albert and Jakobiec's Principles and Practice of Ophthalmology, and is a named inventor on nine U.S. patents and five Canadian patents. She has received numerous awards, including the Rosenthal Award and Donald J. Gass Medal of the Macula Society, the Retina Research Award from the Club Jules Gonin, the Alcon Research Institute Award, the ARVO/Pfizer Ophthalmic Translational Research Award, the Founder's Award from the American Society of Retinal Specialists, the Suzanne Veronneau-Troutman Award from Women in Ophthalmology, the Paul Henkind Memorial Award from the Macula Society, the Senior Achievement Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology, and the Certificate of Honour from the European Association for Vision and Eye Research.
Dr. Miller was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and is a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard Medical School. She completed her ophthalmology residency and a vitreo-retinal fellowship at Mass. Eye and Ear. In addition to her professorship and leadership roles at Harvard Medical School and Mass. Eye and Ear, Dr. Miller is the director of the Angiogenesis Laboratory and a vitreo-retinal physician in the Retina Service at Mass. Eye and Ear. She is the first female physician promoted to the rank of Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, and the first woman to serve as chair of the Department of Ophthalmology.
Dr. Miller and her husband John live in Winchester, MA. John, a construction attorney, specializes in domestic and international engineering procurement and public-private partnerships in global infrastructure. The eldest of three children, their son John is currently an ophthalmology resident at Harvard Medical School. Their son Douglas is a 2010 graduate of Harvard College, where he was co-captain of his college basketball team; he now works in construction management for Schernecker Property Services. Daughter Mary graduated from Harvard College in 2011, and is working as a paralegal for the law firm Harkins Cunningham LLP in Philadelphia.
About Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Mass. Eye and Ear clinicians and scientists are driven by a mission to find cures for blindness, deafness and diseases of the head and neck. After uniting with Schepens Eye Research Institute in 2011, Mass. Eye and Ear in Boston became the world's largest vision and hearing research center, offering hope and healing to patients everywhere through discovery and innovation. Mass. Eye and Ear is a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital and trains future medical leaders in ophthalmology and otolaryngology, through residency as well as clinical and research fellowships. Internationally acclaimed since its founding in 1824, Mass. Eye and Ear employs full-time, board-certified physicians who offer high-quality and affordable specialty care that ranges from the routine to the very complex. U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals Survey" has consistently ranked the Mass. Eye and Ear Departments of Otolaryngology and Ophthalmology as top five in the nation. For more information about life-changing care and research, or to learn how you can help, please visit MassEyeAndEar.org.
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Forum Post: Why Protest NATO?
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Why Protest NATO?
Saturday, 19 May 2012 00:00 By Sam Jewler, Truthout | Op-Ed
Obama said on May 1, "the international community will express support" for a plan to keep soldiers in Afghanistan until 2024, the latest and most extreme in an almost yearly ritual of deadline retreat. The "international community"? Not so fast, President Obama. The polls say something much different.
The 2011 Pew Global Attitudes Project found that majorities or pluralities in 17 out of 22 countries surveyed want US and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) troops drawn down from Afghanistan as soon as possible. Of the seven countries surveyed that are in NATO, majorities in six, including the United States, want out.
The German Marshall Fund of the United States found last year that only 37 percent of Americans now think it should be the role of this country to establish democracy abroad, down from 52 percent in 2005. Similar to the Pew survey, it also found that a plurality or majority in six of the seven countries sending the most troops to Afghanistan would prefer to have them all withdrawn.
Not surprisingly, Pew found that support for the war is especially low in Muslim countries, from 6 percent in Turkey to 11 percent in Egypt. What's telling though, is that it seems to be more a referendum on foreign intervention than on al-Qaeda itself. Favorability toward al-Qaeda among Muslims in the Arab world seems to have bottomed out, from a low of 2 percent in Turkey to a high of 21 percent in Egypt. The favorability of both al-Qaeda and NATO powers has hit rock-bottom in the Muslim world.
What people of the Muslim world object to, then, might be a coalition of Western powers bombarding a country like Afghanistan, whose military is outspent by the United States by about 900 to 1 - and the threat that their country might be next. They might also object to the very idea that bombs might deliver anything humanitarian, or that Westerners have something to teach Afghans in their own country. By 2000, for example, according to UN Office on Drugs and Crime Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa, the Taliban had, "all but eliminated opium poppy cultivation across the Afghan territory under its control." Now, the UN estimates that Afghanistan produces 92 percent of the world's opium, keeping some 15 million people addicted worldwide and killing 100,000 annually. Most of the opium money goes to drug lords, warlords and corrupt government officials, instead of to the impoverished farmers who produce it.
"The United States and NATO eight years ago occupied my country under the banner of women's rights and democracy," said Malalai Joya to journalist Chris Hedges in 2009. Joya was expelled from the Afghan parliament for denouncing its corruption. "But they have only pushed us from the frying pan into the fire. They put into power men who are photocopies of the Taliban."
In many ways, Afghanistan is worse off under NATO's Groundhog Day-like reign of terror than it was before. For more than five years now, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been pleading for an end to airstrikes, the searching of homes and civilian casualties. "The Afghan people understand that mistakes are made," he said in October 2007, "But five years on, six years on, definitely, very clearly, they cannot comprehend as to why there is still a need for air power." Since the time he made that statement, civilian death tolls have risen each consecutive year, for a total of almost 12,000 since 2007.
Civilian deaths have become a hallmark of NATO interventions, in which forces rely on so-called precise aerial campaigns so as not to risk their own soldiers' lives. Even in the Balkans, NATO's first and signature so-called "humanitarian war," it's estimated that there were thousands of civilian deaths and that tens of billions of dollars worth of damage was done.
"If ancient examples are any good," wrote Maria Todorova of NATO in "Imagining the Balkans," "perhaps the most evocative is the behavior of the deities in the Trojan war who followed their own game when tipping the scales without, however, ever pretending they were doing it for the sake of humankind. But they were deities, after all."
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 40 diseños de 20 diseñadores freelance.
The Sonoma County Bicycle Recreation Center Project is looking for a quality VECTOR logo to brand itself.
Sonoma Velo Project
For a link to our presentation with some basic graphics that we already have including a conceptual design idea for the park itself please see the following URL:
The Sonoma County Bicycle Recreation Center is being created through the Sonoma Velo Project (Velo is promounced "veelo" and is French for "Bicycle" or "Bike"). The center is an all-encompassing bicycle recreation park that will include the staple element of a world-class velodrome, along with other bicycle related features such as a BMX park, a pump track, trials courses, a cyclocross course, and possibly a paved road circuit.
While the park is very encompassing, the logo should remain clean yet suggestive with the predominant feature being some kind of velodrome visual that is easy to read, see, and print. The terms "Sonoma Velo" and "Project" must be incorporated into the logo design.
- Vector - The logo must be in vector format once finalized
- Borderless: The logo should not have borders, and fit well with different backgrounds (light and dark - possibly two versions)
- Text: "Sonoma Velo"
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- Visual: Velodrome
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- Perspective: The logo might look good with some perspective? We are open to "flat" looking designs as well but we want the logo to really jump at people.
- Cleanliness: The logo should be clean and easy to print on letterhead as well as on the web,
- Color: The logo needs color--Ideally greens, browns, blues, and other wine-country or earthy colors.
- NO BORDERS: no square borders enclosing the logo
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It's here, finally, "Skimmer" is a social media application that lets you stream all your social media content into one sleek skimmer interface where you can hook up all your facebook, twitter, flickr, youtube & blogger accounts together so you save bucketloads of time managing them all. Plus, it's built with the new Adobe Air, which will greatly enhance your social media experience from here on!
Interestingly enough, it's from Fallon, a leading global ad agency. I guess this is multipurposed, so you can not only manage your own social accounts, but also your clients social media campaigns from a single interface (not bad eh?)! While i'm on Fallon, they are actually launching three things, the Skimmer app, new website and a new logo!


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BALTIMORE, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Wei-Yin Chen allowed only one earned run over 6 1/3 innings Monday and Baltimore evened its playoff series with a 3-2 decision over the New York Yankees.
Chen (1-0) worked around eight hits and a walk to hold the Yankees to two runs (one earned) while striking out three as the Orioles knotted their best-of-five American League Division Series at one victory apiece.
Darren O'Day and Brian Matusz combined for 1 2/3 scoreless relief frames and Jim Johnson -- who allowed the go-ahead run in the eighth inning of Sunday's Game 1 loss -- tossed a 1-2-3 ninth to earn the save.
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FACT CHECK: Romney's skewed case on women's jobs
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney has come up with an "amazing statistic" and Republicans inside and outside his presidential campaign are doing their utmost to spread it around: "92.3 percent of all the jobs lost during the Obama years have been lost by women."
Amazing it may be. As a meaningful measure of Obama's economic record and its effect on women, though, it is dubious at best.
Romney's math is solid as far as it goes. But more men than women have lost jobs since the recession began -- that's why economists called it a "man-cession."
In blaming Obama for "turning the clock back 20 years on American women," as the Romney campaign puts it, Republicans are hoping to counter Obama's perceived advantage with female voters. But they ignore how recessions generally -- and the last one in particular -- unfold, and they hold Obama accountable for the state of the economy from the time he took office, before his policies could make any difference.
"This is political gaming," said Diane Swonk, chief economist at Mesirow Financial, a financial services company. "You can play a lot games with statistics -- both sides are doing it."
A look at the claim and how it compares with the facts:
ROMNEY: "This is an amazing statistic. The percentage of jobs lost by women in the president's three years, three and a half years -- 92.3 percent of all the jobs lost during the Obama years have been lost by women." -- Hartford, Conn., on Wednesday.
LANHEE CHEN, Romney campaign policy director, on the Obama administration Wednesday: "They've done a tremendous amount of damage to American women in this economy."
THE FACTS: The deep recession that began 13 months before Republican George W. Bush left the White House hit men harder than women at the beginning. Recessions often do that because male-dominated enterprises such as construction and manufacturing tend to be the first to tumble in a downturn. Eventually, sectors with more women in the work force follow suit, and that happened mostly after Obama took office.
In the recession that began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009 -- with high unemployment lingering to this day -- the crisis in the financial sector and bursting of the housing bubble accentuated the damage to jobs held primarily by men. "The initial losses were even more male-dominated than normal because of the nature of the recession," Swonk said.
Women were more heavily represented in jobs that suffered in the recession's later months and beyond, as revenue-strapped state and local governments laid off teachers and cut other public-sector workers.
Romney's claim is based on statistics showing the number of unemployed women grew by 858,000 since January 2009, Obama's inauguration month. But it ignores the disproportionate hit on men the year before Obama became president -- and their greater job losses overall.
Some 3.4 million men and 1.8 million women have lost jobs since the recession started, according to the government.
When Obama took office, unemployment for men (8.6 percent) was already sharply higher than for women (7 percent). The rate peaked for men at 11.2 percent in October 2009 and for women at 9 percent a month later.
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Your evening Tiger update: The British press has joined the fray, and the count of alleged mistresses has now jumped to double-digits: 10 in all, or eight fewer women than majors won by Jack Nicklaus.
Let's adjust the Tiger Paramour-O-Meter accordingly:
• RadarOnline is reporting that Elin has moved out, but Tiger's reps are keeping it quiet because "they don't want any publicity about what is going on in the marriage."
• Tiger's mother-in-law, Barbro Holmberg, late of Sweden's Ministry for Foreign Affairs, has arrived.
• Esquire's Chris Jones looks at Tiger and sees his own philandering brother:
But it was all a façade, for both of them - not because they both pretended to stop being hounds, but because neither man was able to shed his tender geek heart. I don't think my brother or Woods ever managed to get over the idea women wanted to sleep with them. Despite their successes, despite the outward perfection of their lives, both of them still harbor a deep-seated, childhood insecurity that's only been made worse by middle-age vulnerability, by knee surgeries and receding hairlines. My brother and Woods both had affairs because they were looking for a validation that only sex with strangers gave them. That Woods's preference in road beef is, at best, medium-rare, just goes to show: In his mind, every time he made a new conquest, it was like the president of the chess club rocking the big-tittied cheerleader under the bleachers. Every hookup was another chance for him to prove to himself that he wasn't what he remembered he once was
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Interview with Yu Wei Lin : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Yu Wei Lin : We'd like to utilize space in an irregular pentagon.Our decision was to adapt our designs to the given shape and, through careful arrangement of all elements, allow the rough stone to shine. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Yu Wei Lin : To ensure good lighting for every room in the ground floor and basement,we restructured the available space, rearranging the existing skylight, light-absorbing shades and windows to let adequate light into every room. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Yu Wei Lin : We keep discussing with our client the concept and detail round 3 months. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Yu Wei Lin : Taking our cue from origami, we folded the iron parts extending from the entrance hall into 3 large frames that serve as support for designer lighting fixtures, creating a postmodern ambience. Throughout the day, as the light shifts, our see-through designs produce interesting patterns of light playing on the walls, further underlining the overall artistic effect. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Yu Wei Lin : No .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Yu Wei Lin : According to client's need and our experience. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Yu Wei Lin : No .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Yu Wei Lin : Our client .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Yu Wei Lin : Light, humanity and art are essential elements of daily life. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Yu Wei Lin : The steeply arched curve of the stairs underside inspired us to let it merge smoothly with the surrounding shapes and lines. Light installations help to create an interesting interplay of light and shadow, generating a kaleidoscope of splendid geometric shapes. .
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I was reviewing some of the marriage records I'd received through the Poznan project to see what clues I could find to discovering family members or insights on the family relationships for the Plenzlers.
While reading the marriage record from Głuszyna for Joseph Plenzler and Mary Leseicka, I discovered two things:
- The marriage was witnessed by Andreas Plenzler. The record indicates clearly that Andreas is a brother to Joseph. ("Frater"–brother in Latin.)
- There is a record of a Martinus Plenzler marrying Josepha Zyz on the same page. The marriage is record #10 and dated June 9 1851.
So we now know that Joseph had at least one brother, Andreas.
If you investigate the record for Martin (Martinus), you'll also notice two things:
1. That Martin was a widower (viduuus e viso Pietrowo — a widower from Pietrowo, a town in Poznan)
2. That this marriage was witnessed by Jacobus (Jacob) Plenzler
The Poznan Project's database does also list several possibilities for a marriage for Andreas Plenzler. Near future, I'll write to Lucasz and attempt to get further data as well as research Martin and Josepha.


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BioWare's extended ending sequences for Mass Effect 3, which are looking to give players a little more closure on the series, will feature lines from at least three of the franchise's main voice actors.
Lance Henrisken (Admiral Hackett), Tricia Helfer (EDI) and Raphael Sbarge (Kaidan) have all confirmed they've been back in the recording booth, which suggests - given the nature of Kaidan's potential survival - that Kimberley Brooks (Ashley) will be there as well.
"I just did another session with them...They were saying there's a little bit of a problem with the abruptness of the ending," Henriksen told G4. "So we did a whole series of things to add to the end of the game, to live up to the quality they've been doing."
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