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Preservation Group laments Parkway in park
Preservation Virginia announced Monday, May 18, that McIntire Park has been named to its annual list of Virginia's most endangered sites, due to the already-commenced construction of the Meadowcreek Parkway. Meanwhile, plaintiffs in a lawsuit are back in court Tuesday, May 19, asking for an injunction to stop it.
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I find it perplexing that the people who go crazy when an innocent tree is about to be killed are the same people who will go crazy to defend a womans right to kill an innocent fetus.
Wow. These are all such thought provoking comments. Sometimes I'm nostalgic for the days when ordinary people had no way to let me know what they were thinking. Sigh.
JR, the difference between this blog and many others is at least this shows some engagement in local issues. Our community will only be as good as we make it and as we've seen on so many issues the City staff and good of the people have not always been the same.
These are some of the most depressing comments I've read in a long time-both cynical and uninformed. You are sadly mistaken if you think building another road is going to relieve any traffic congestion. The idea that building the parkway is "progress" is so out of touch with reality it's shocking. When Charlottesville is super crowded like Fairfax and everyone's quality of life has eroded will that be the "progress" you think you want??? As long as developers get rich it's progress? Oh I get it now....
@yew You are correct! Building a single road will not help to relieve traffic. However, improving the road infrastructure one road at a time is a good start. And Yes, I hope we are never like Fairfax. I also would like to see a moratorium on development. But, we already have too many people on the outdated road system. We have to improve the roads or we will become just like Fairfax. Where it takes an hour to go just 7 miles. Is this what you want? Or, are you just angry because the parkway is in your backyard?
Yew, thank you thank you thank you for your sane comment-- one that is based in reality rather than fantasy.
I'm guessing that most bloated greedy Americans have never read a traffic study in their lives. They have no concept of what makes an area worse to live in, or better. All they know is that they want an immediate fix, regardless of the consequences. The Meadowcreek Parkway being delayed means that the 5 minutes they'd shave off their trek to Lowes or Walmart has been postponed indefinitely. A cheap fast-food restaurant on every corner. Anything they could possibly want immediately within the grasp of their pudgy little fingers. But mostly, they love to pretend that there's no big picture and no negative consequences for anyone down the road. Instead, they whine "Just gimme my flippin' road and do it NOW! I gotta get to Lowes!"
No foresight, no using your brain (thinking's for losers), just gimme results-- even if they're really really bad and will screw the area. THAT'S what progress means to them.
@Reality Check, I take it by your tone that you're not an American! And apparently you have no idea what you are talking about. The so called "bloated greedy Americans" living in the city and county were not the ones that demanded the Parkway. If fact no one demanded it. It is part of City's and County's long term plans to improve the road system, that called for it. Maybe where you grew up people riot to get roads built, but here in the US there is a process that takes years of planning.
The one point that people are ignoring is that the property owners of undeveloped property or underdeveloped property have rights also. They have been paying taxes on land for decades and the government has an obligation to provide roads that are nessasary for these people just as it is nessasary for those who have already built. I wonder how people would feel if the city tore up roads in front of YOUR house and turned them back to gravel with no maintanance?
Like it or not the government has legal obligations to solve traffic congestion and all the whining in the world won't change that.
Please remember people, when Martha Jefferson Hospital moves to Pantops, everyone living to the north and needs emergency transport will need to travel out there - minutes save lives.... Anyone unfortunate enough to have to reach the hospital via Rt 29 during rush hour has to battle traffic just to get to the 250 Bypass - the Meadowcreek Parkway will at least allow a quicker route to the new location.
Its about time they started building what will relieve some of the mess at Hydraulic and 29 ... 20 years to begin building what was needed 20 years ago? It surprises me that all the liberals are against this ... I thought doing nothing was a republican strategy!
"Preservation Group laments Parkway in park"....uh huh, "Rabid Dog Bites Man"....nothing new or surprising to see or read about here. Move along...
The usual group of perpetual grievance mongers against anything to do with progress rattling the cage again. It's good for fundraising. How did these types get tagged with the label "progressive" anyway?
Maple, I've got a compromise. I don't know why someone hasn't thought of it yet. Lets cut down the trees, make some wooden stakes to kill some babies with and make everybody happy. We could even grill some over what's left of the wood for the peace ceremony.
Sue, I retract my statement. You made a thoughtful comment. One out of 5 ain't bad I guess. (go back and review previous comments for context)
McIntire Park's nine hole golf course is exceedingly rare, because of it's topology! What a load of crap. If that's the best they can come up with. I say pave it over. I was hoping the park was home to some rare creatures. They would have been worth saving. But, no, it's not! It's being used as another excuse to limit development by the dinosaurs that can seem to live in the present. Come on people. There is no going back to living like the Cleavers. The area has grown up and so should you!
Here's an idea, cancel the parkway and build park and ride facilities on the outskirts of town. Buy more busses too! All major cities across the U.S. have done this, why not be the first smaller city to do it? The new parkway is a short term solution, charlottesville will have park and ride lots eventually anyway.
Steve-- I'm embarrassed to be an American when I read some of the comments on this site and others. The MCP was supposed to be part of a group of roadways that were a more holistic solution to the traffic problem. It's not a workable solution on its own.
Despite that glaring flaw, and despite the vehement opposition of Mayor Norris and others, people are demanding that it be built anyway. The county is demanding it, and posters on this site are demanding it.
The people that are against it feel that way for very valid reasons based on data, not solely emotions. Yet they are accused of wanting to live like the Cleavers, of being tree-huggers, liberals, killjoys, etc.
The City and County called for a group of roads, and it's lunacy built without the other parts. Additionally, this plan was originally cooked up when we, as a country, were quite a bit dumber about traffic planning. The City and County know this band-aid of a road is a bad idea, but they are bending to big money pressures. Once again, that's because Americans tend to want easy fixes and they think in the short term. They're not willing to put up with minor inconvenience until the right solution is found. Those of us who have spent real time in real cities know that what we face everyday is nothing compared to many other areas. This "solution" will only make things worse in the long run, and take us down the same foolish path those gridlocked cities went down.
I urge you to look at the PBS series Road to the Future, especially the section on Portland Oregon. It's available to view online at pbs.org. It illustrates what happens when people get together and use their noggins to really solve a problem in a long-term fashion, rather than merely stick a band-aid on it and hope for the best.


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Thursday, December 8, 2011
The remedy
I've been having the knitting blahs for a while now. Started something, put it down. Trawled ravelry for something new, came up uninspired.
Ingrid prescribed Nuven for me, which at first I thought might have been a mothers little helper kind of pill, but turns out it's a gorgeous big wrap. Alas, I am not in possession of any Wollmeise Lace, although I'm sorely tempted by that magnificent emerald green that she made hers from, but it did get me thinking.
How do you get out of the knitting blahs? How do you re-ignite that spark, the flurry of excitement when you cast on that's enough to pull you through the hard yards in the middle until the flurry of excitement when you're near the end and the little 'tada' moment when you finally cast off?
I went to my ravelry queue and picked the one pattern that I've always badly wanted to knit but for some unknown self-sabotaging reason I've never started. Marlene Socks.
I went to the garage, where that half of my life is packed neatly up in boxes. I got some of the knitting books out, and put them in a bookcase in the garage where I could see them. I found the marlene pattern.
I got the yarn boxes out, and rotated them to a more accessible place. While I was there I noted on the boxes with a sharpie where the needles were, and the basic contents of the stashed yarn.
While I was in there, I stumbled upon three skeins of Madeline Tosh MCN Sport in Grenadine, a recent shipment from the Magnolia Society Club - in the jewel toned range. The colour was so similar to the Marlene's in the pattern, but with more interest in terms of variation in colour.
And then I cast on. BAZINGA! That yarn. Oh my god. It's like knitting with the actual pelt of a rabbit (without the eww and death of rabbit part). The fabric is as soft and squishy as a pair of flannelette pyjamas. The varigated yarn didn't pool, didn't flash, just mottled it's way through the easy and fun pattern repeats like it'd been created just for this sock.
I didn't work on them every day, and some days only for a few minutes, but it must have been kismet. Because here I am with a finished sock, and it's mate already on the needles. The sport weight yarn made for a very quick sock, and the twisted ribs with decreases that look like cables but aren't give great texture.
So just like that, hooked again. Maybe I'll have a crack at that Nuvem after all.
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oh my god, i cant believe youve already done one sock. that yarn really is gorgeous, and so perfect for that pattern. im glad to hear you might be knitting your way out of the blahs!
- December 8, 2011 at 3:25 PM
- angela said...
There is a colorway called "Grenadine"????? Helloooo Christmas.
- December 8, 2011 at 4:58 PM
- Faeryfay said...
Love, love, love those socks and the yarn!
- December 8, 2011 at 5:26 PM
Obviously you are a much cleverer knitter than I am. All those tricky bits in the middle of such stress - truly impressed. The socks look amazing.
I don't have another skein of Pinie lace, but I do have a Silberdistel and a red...
- December 8, 2011 at 5:26 PM
- Michelle said...
that is gorgeous!!!!!! love the colourway of that yarn!!! i love cookie a patterns but i'm not too keen on top down socks :(
in fact, i never knit any socks top down before. i've always done them toe up
- December 9, 2011 at 1:40 PM
- CrochetBlogger said...
The yarn sounds wonderful. Great description of it. And lovely sock.
- December 9, 2011 at 1:52 PM
Gods that's gorgeous! The pattern, the yarn... wow.
- December 18, 2011 at 9:21 AM
- Ann said...
Lovely pattern & the colors are so gorgeous. Great that you are back knitting again.
- December 18, 2011 at 11:33 AM


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My Diaper Clutch tutorial was featured on this list. (Thank you Tipnut people!) As are a bunch of other great baby ideas, including this cute quilt:
The link to this pattern is at The Village Shop blog. Looks like a really quick little quilt. I'm excited to try it.
There are loads of other free patterns as well as good tips on cooking, organizing, cleaning; you name it! Check it out!
PS I just have to say how amazing I think this bloggy world is. Sometimes it totally overwhelms me 🙂 but other days I can't get enough. Since I started reading blogs in earnest about a year ago, I have become so much more confident in my sewing capacity – mainly because of other people's examples and lovely tutorials and help. It is fabulous. Don't you agree?


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What are the different authentication modes and which one should I use?
The Citadel system offers several different authentication modes, which may be selected during your initial installation. Once you select a mode you should not attempt to change it. Doing so could render your user accounts inaccessible.
The authentication modes available are:
Self-contained authentication
This is the most common type of installation. In this mode, Citadel will maintain its own user database. This is also known in some other circles as "black box" authentication. Note that you can use mod_auth_citadel to integrate other applications with citadel; You don't need ldap for that.
Self-contained authentication is the mode most sites will want to use. It is by far the easiest because it requires zero maintenance and zero external configuration.
Host system integrated authentication
In this mode, Citadel will attempt to authenticate logins using the user database of the underlying host system (Unix or Linux). On a standalone server, this would mean that it uses the user names and passwords stored in the /etc/passwd file. However, some sites are using this mode in combination with PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) to enable single sign-on in a NIS environment. It can also be used for LDAP, but this practice is deprecated since we now have two native LDAP authentication modes available.
External LDAP - RFC 2307 compliant directory
In this mode, Citadel will attempt to authenticate logins using an external LDAP directory. The directory schema is expected to conform to the RFC 2307 specification for storing POSIX accounts in LDAP. If your directory is based on OpenLDAP or some other open source product, this is probably the case. It will also work with Microsoft Active Directory if you are running Windows Server 2003 R2 or newer, and have the "Server for NIS" extensions installed.
If you select this mode you will be prompted for the host name or IP address and port number of your LDAP server, along with the base DN, bind DN, and bind password. If you don't know what these mean, then you probably should not be selecting this authentication mode.
External LDAP - nonstandard MS Active Directory
This mode is similar to the standard LDAP mode, but its behavior is modified in certain ways in order to allow it to work with Microsoft's non-standard schema. This mode will work with all versions of Windows Server, but you should use the standard RFC 2307 mode if at all possible. Again, you cannot switch modes once your system is established.
So, which one should I use?
Unless you understand exactly how the external authentication modes work, you should choose self-contained authentication mode.


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Sunday, October 23, 2011
Two races, one flat, one DNF
Also, if you haven't tried the Clammy Cross series, you are missing out. Great venues, great people putting on some very cool races. The Night Race was so great. The course was short but had some great features including a steep run up, singletrack, smooth grass, 5 barriers, a lot of tight corners, all while racing under the lights. It was fun to mix it up with Bob, Mark, Ben, Grizzly and others.
Waking up on Saturday, I didn't feel good at all but I promised Seth I'd take him to race his first bike race. He wanted to try a true CX bike so the good folks at Canyon Bicycles hooked him up with a loaner at no cost. The UTCX cross out cancer ride/race was going on at Wheeler Farm.
Then it was my turn. I lasted about 3 laps before pulling the plug. I had no power and had a hard crash on the gravel road which left me pretty frustrated. O well. That's racing. Just chalk it up to a bad week and bounce back I guess.
Rachelle snapped a few pics.
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- Nate said...
Im sure it was still a pretty sweet weekend. Even if you did feel like crap. Cool that Seths gettin into it.
- October 23, 2011 at 9:55 PM
- Ryan said...
Pretty cool to see Seth out there tearing it up. Sorry you didn't have a better race yourself. How was the course? I was bummed I couldn't make it. Next week...
- October 24, 2011 at 12:54 AM
Did Shelle climb a tree to get that overhead shot? Please say she did.
- October 24, 2011 at 8:40 AM
- Ski Bike Junkie said...
The moral of the story: if you catch up to me, back off before disaster strikes. You think that flat or the crash in the gravel were accidents?
- October 24, 2011 at 11:03 AM
- Rick Sunderlage said...
Ryan- It was, perhaps, the best course UTCX has done at Wheeler. I hope they do it again next week
Dug- They put those barriers at the bottom of the sand pit. Shelle was standing at the top of the pit, but it have been cool if she had climbed a tree.
SBJ- The moral of the story is to get the hole shot. You seem to have that part dialed in.
- October 24, 2011 at 11:31 AM
- JoshuaMcC said...
Glad you could make it Friday and that you had a good time. Bummer about Saturday.
My little stunt on the tall barrier has still got me seeing tweety birds and nursing my shoulder.
I had a thought about how you might be able to help us get a few more people out to Clammy Cross. Shoot me an email email@example.com
- October 25, 2011 at 6:37 PM
- evilbanks said...
Seth Rules----so cool!
- October 27, 2011 at 8:05 AM


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10.6.2 Methodological Options
10.6.2.1 Weather generators
Weather generators are statistical models of observed sequences of weather variables (Wilks and Wilby, 1999). Most of them focus on the daily time-scale, as required by many impact models, but sub-daily models are also available (e.g., Katz and Parlange, 1995). Various types of daily weather generators are available, based on the approach to modelling daily precipitation occurrence, and usually these rely on stochastic processes. Two of the more common are the Markov chain approach (e.g., Richardson, 1981; Hughes et al., 1993, Lettenmaier, 1995; Hughes et al., 1999; Bellone et al., 2000) and the spell length approach (Roldan and Woolhiser, 1982; Racksko et al., 1991; Wilks, 1999a). The adequacy of the stochastic models analysed in these studies varied with the climate characteristics of the locations. For example, Wilks (1999a) found the first-order Markov model to be adequate for the central and eastern USA, but that spell length models performed better in the western USA. An alternative approach would include stochastic mechanisms of storm arrivals able to produce the clustering found in observed sequences (e.g., Smith and Karr, 1985; Foufoula-Georgiou and Lettenmeier, 1986; Gupta and Waymrie, 1991; Cowpertwait and O'Connel, 1997; O'Connell, 1999).
In addition to statistical models of precipitation frequency and intensity, weather generators usually produce time-series of other variables, most commonly maximum and minimum temperature, and solar radiation. Others also include additional variables such as relative humidity and wind speed (Wallis and Griffiths, 1997; Parlange and Katz, 2000.) The most common means of including variables other than precipitation is to condition them on the occurrence of precipitation (Richardson, 1981), most often via a multiple variable first-order autoregressive process (Perica and Foufoula-Georgiou, 1996a,b; Wilks, 1999b). The parameters of the weather generator can be conditioned upon a large-scale state (see Katz and Parlange, 1996; Wilby, 1998; Charles et al., 1999a), or relationships between large-scale parameter sets and local-scale parameters can be developed (Wilks, 1999b).
10.6.2.2 Transfer functions
The more common transfer functions are derived from regression-like techniques
or piecewise linear or non-linear interpolations. The simplest approach is to
build multiple regression models with free atmosphere grid-cell values as predictors
for surface variables such as local temperatures (e.g., Sailor and Li, 1999).
Other regression models have used fields of spatially distributed variables
(e.g., D. Chen et al., 1999), principal components of geopotential height fields
(e.g., Hewitson and Crane, 1992), Canonical Correlation Analysis (CCA) and a
variant termed redundancy analysis (WASA, 1998) and Singular Value Decomposition
(e.g., von Storch and Zwiers, 1999).
An alternative to linear regression is piecewise linear or non-linear interpolation (Brandsma and Buishand, 1997; Buishand and Brandsma, 1999), for example, the "kriging" tools from geostatistics (Biau et al., 1999). One application of this approach is a non-linear model of snow cover duration in Austria derived from European mean temperature and altitude (Hantel et al., 1999). An alternative approach is based on Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) that allow the fit of a more general class of statistical model (Hewitson and Crane, 1996; Trigo and Palutikof, 1999). For example, Crane and Hewitson (1998) apply ANN downscaling to GCM data in a climate change application over the west coast of the USA using atmospheric circulation and humidity as predictors to represent the climate change signal. The approach was shown to accurately capture the local climate as a function of atmospheric forcing. In application to GCM data, the regional results revealed significant differences from the co-located GCM grid cell, e.g., a significant summer increase in precipitation in the downscaled data (Figure 10.16).
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Knoxville, Tenn. – The first two months of the Tennessee football team's regular-season schedule are done and gone and the Vols have compiled a 3-5 record.
The team, like it has done all season, is not looking back, but is instead looking forward to November, a clean slate and a chance to win the rest of its games and return to the bowl scene.
"The way I see it is we are 0-0 right now," sophomore offensive lineman Antonio Richardson said. "Coach said that everybody always remembers what you can do in November. I think that is true, we just have to win out."
That process starts with a win on Saturday.
"You guys heard me talk a little bit about a `second season' and I think it is all pretty clear that the legacy of this team and the character of this team is going to be defined by how we compete these last four games," Tennessee head coach Derek Dooley said. "It is important to know that it's not four games because we can't go 4-0 without going 1-0. I told the players that I don't want to even talk about 4-0 because we have to go 1-0. We have to get a win and we haven't done that in a while."
The month of October has historically been tough for the Vols as their schedule typically pits them against top-10 teams week-in and week-out.
Although the team didn't achieve the success it looked for, November will begin that `second season' that Dooley discussed.
"We just take every game, one game at a time," senior linebacker Herman Lathers said. "Right now our focus is on Troy and not the rest of the season. Dooley said it's our second season, so at the start of the second season, you have to go 1-0 so all of our focus is on Troy."
The team continues to have a positive attitude and came out to practice on Monday fired up, despite the biting cold that has hit the Knoxville area.
"I think that everybody has a really good mental approach right now," Richardson said. "We know what we have to do. Like I have been telling you guys, it is week-by-week and just coming in here with the leadership with guys like Herman [Lathers], me and all these other guys on defense and offense, guys like Dallas just saying `we do what we have to do, just hone in and win these four games in November.'"
The four wins would not only boost the Vols' record over .500, but would also help the team gain some of its confidence back.
"I think it is really important because if we win out I think we will get our swagger back," Richardson said. "If we are able to go 7-5 and get to a bowl game I think that will get our swagger back and get us ready to go into this offseason and prepare for the next year."
Senior tight end Mychal Rivera is confident that UT's best football is still ahead.
"We are optimistic," Rivera said. "We have the four games left and I think we are going to come out and handle it."
Tennessee is looking to end its four-game losing streak when Troy comes to Neyland Stadium this Saturday for a noon showdown on FSN.
The Trojans have a high-powered offense that is averaging 460 yards per game and has quickly garnered the attention of the Vols.
"They are real explosive and elusive," sophomore linebacker Curt Maggitt said. "There are a lot of great players all-around. It is going to be a challenge, it is not going to be a walk in the park. We are preparing well and trying to correct our mistakes and limit big plays, it is where we have been struggling all year. With a team like this if you don't limit the big plays it can come back and haunt you."
The Trojans lead the Sun Belt and rank 22nd in the nation in passing offense with 292.4 yards per game through the air. Tennessee, meanwhile, ranks 103rd in the nation in passing yardage defense, giving up 272 yards per game.
Part of the Orange and White's game plan will be to limit the number of plays the Trojans get on offense.
"They're averaging 90 plays a game right now," senior linebacker Herman Lathers said. "As an up-tempo offense, they'll try and spread you out so we have to get in line to get our short calls in. We're going to narrow it down this week and be able to play fast."
Troy head coach Larry Blakeney, now in his 22nd year guiding the Trojans, has led his team to at least 24 points in seven of eight games this season. Troy has racked up at least 374 yards of total offense in each game, including 572 against SEC foe Mississippi State in a 30-24 loss on Sept. 15.
"I know they have a really good offense," senior fullback Ben Bartholomew said. "I think they're a good team that can expose people if they don't come to play. Yes, we've seen that film when we were preparing for Mississippi State, so we know they're a team that can definitely make some plays."
The Vols are not looking for a shootout, but are aware they can battle with the best of them in terms of offense.
"I hope it doesn't come to be a shootout, but [the offense] knows we can put the yards up, so we'll just have to go toe-to-toe," senior lineman Dallas Thomas said. "We believe in our defense to hold them, but if it comes down to it, we can do it. I never lost faith in our defense. I know things have gotten tough, but I know they can pull us through. We (the offense and defense) have faith in each other and it keeps us together."
Sophomore offensive lineman Antonio Richardson had one of the toughest tests of his short Tennessee career Saturday against one of the top defensive linemen in the country, Jadeveon Clowney.
Richardson headed into the game with the mentality that it was personal, and that mentality translated into one of the best games he has played in a UT uniform.
"The thing was I made it personal last week and a few hours before the game there were some things said on social media that were brought to my attention so that got me a little hot and it became more personal," said Richardson.
"There was a tweet that said `Can't wait to hang out with UT's quarterback,'" continued Richardson. "That is an insult to me. There was a picture of our `I give my all for Tennessee today' and they switched up the words so I didn't like that."
Those remarks prior to the game pushed Richardson to another level.
"It was really physical and we were jawing the whole time," said Richardson. "I am not going to repeat what was said. It got a little personal but at the end of the day I think he respected me as a player and I respected him as a player. That is all that matters.
"I said the week before that it was going to be a good challenge for us and for me and I feel like we stepped up to the challenge."
Richardson kept that momentum going for three-and-a-half quarters, and then, while the Vols were driving, Clowney made his way past Richardson for the first time all game and forced a game-changing fumble.
"He hit me with an inside head fake and then he went back outside," explained Richardson. "It was the same move that he had been hitting me with all day and for some reason I just bit on it and I'm trying to get it out of my head and let it go, but when you don't give up a sack all season and you give up one to the best defensive end in the country. You just have to personalize it and wait for next year."
Richardson's head coach Derek Dooley felt for the offensive lineman after the game.
"I told my wife after the game, you talk about life not being fair, but it is life," said Dooley. "This kid has incredible character, incredible competitive character and he represents this program so well. You guys don't know this, but he was hurt the whole week. We were really worried he wasn't going to play because of his knee. He didn't practice hardly at all Monday and Tuesday and our history has been that we are in trouble if a guy doesn't practice and he is going against [Jadeveon] Clowney, but Tiny could not wait to go prove he can go block this guy.
"To watch how he competed the whole game, it just breaks your heart that the guy made an incredible play that last play and it happens to be the one that they are going to show on ESPN," continued Dooley. "I told Antonio that we would have never had 35 points on the board at all, we would have gotten blown out of the park, if it wasn't for him and I believe that. That is one of the things that is going to make him the special player that he has the ability to be is how he puts that on himself, but we would have never even been in the game if Antonio had not performed the way he had."
Richardson and Clowney were able to talk at the end of the game, and Tiny was pleased by the fact that Clowney thought he was a senior.
"I got to shake his hand and tell him good game," said Richardson. "We had fun, but I can't wait until next year. He said, `You're a senior aren't you?' and I told him I was in his class. He just said good game and I think the mutual respect was there."
(On what his teammates told him after the game)
"They told me that I handled him the whole game and won the one-on-one battle. That he is a great player and is going to make great plays every now and then so just brush it off."
(On getting over giving up that sack)
"I am still trying to get over it a little bit, everyone keeps telling me it is not my fault but I feel like if I wouldn't have given up that sack we would have scored and won the game. Everyone is saying that you hung in the whole game, it is not your fault and we could have done a lot of stuff different. Putting that pressure on myself I think is going to make me a better player in the long run."
(On how the line dominated against SC)
"We watched the film and saw how much we dominated, and the mistakes that we could have corrected, we are just going to correct them and move on."
(On how cold it was at practice Monday)
"I don't need any thermals. I was telling the offensive linemen that had them on that they were soft."
(On personal game against South Carolina)
"I thought I played well; my best career game here so far. I have to build on it and keep a competitive spirit around this team."
(On downfall of 2011 season)
"I can't pinpoint an exact moment, but you knew there were times that players didn't believe in the coaches, coaches didn't believe in the players, and when you have that it's a recipe for disaster, so that's what happened. I'm pretty sure it's not going to happen this season. We have a real close bunch. Players believe in the coaches, coaches believe in the players. We know what we're doing wrong and we know where we have to correct, so we're just going out to the best of our ability to get better every day."
(On the maturation of the team)
"It is. It's a different mindset that we approached in the offseason: hold each other accountable, team bonding experiences, us being around each other and being together. We didn't want what happened last year, happen this year. It's big on leadership this year and leading by example, pulling each other together."
(On senior leadership)
"We never really thought about picking it up. We're just trying to be consistent all year as far as the seniors go, but we know we have a bowl game to play for and that's what we're trying to do. We're just trying to motivate this team. Things are not going our way right now as we want them, but we know where the mistakes come in and why they're not going our way. Our main job is to encourage those guys and get them to eliminate the big plays and eliminate the busting and you'll be right where you want to be."
(On Tiny Richardson)
"He played a real good game against someone that was real good. You can't always go into a game thinking that you're going to dominate a real good player. He's going to get you and you're going to get him. You just have to hope you get him more than he gets you."
(On the last offensive play against South Carolina)
"It was a rough thing. I think everyone on the sideline believed we were going to win. We were driving down and everything looked good. Some things just don't go your way and that's what happens, but we're focused and regrouped and I think we're going to finish the season off real well."
(On responding to negativity)
"We've been finishing games and I think everyone's been giving really good effort. We're just focused on our team and the guys on the team. Everyone else, we hear about it, but we just kind of put it out of our mind and it doesn't affect us."
(On finishing out games)
"It's really hard to lose these close games, but I think we make a lot of mistakes where we wouldn't even be in that situation. We would be ahead at the end of the game. So, I think that's what we're trying to capitalize on and get in that position."
(On closing out the season)
"We really are. I was going up to all the seniors before the game. You don't get this opportunity many times. It's a real honor and a privilege to be out there on the field, and we just have to play our heart out every time."
(On winning the upcoming games)
"Very important. They saying goes they remember what you do in November so we are doing our best to take it one game at a time. Like coach said this is part two. It is like the playoffs for us, we are trying to win out."
(On today's cold practice)
"A lot of guys came up with a lot of energy for some reason and that warmed everybody up."
(On the defense)
"I feel like we have been getting better but the stats don't show it. Like coach said we had almost 80 plays in the game, we played 65 of them very well, it was those 15 plays. It is not that we aren't playing well, it is just small things like technique, communication, and adjusting. We just have to correct those things if we want to become a better defense."
(On the team's mentality)
"The emotion around here is pretty good. We know what we are capable of; we know the five games we have lost don't define our team. We know what we are capable of we just haven't showed it really."
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Is Candida Syndrome Real?
Maylin Rodriguez-Paez, RNLike any conventional nurse, when I first heard of Candida syndrome, I was admittedly skeptical. It seemed like a "catch-all" phrase to explain a set of unrelated symptoms like fatigue, allergies, and sugar cravings.
I heard way too many people attributing their symptoms to what sounded like a "fad syndrome", from a distance.
Well, that was until I started seeing more and more evidence of its existence. As I came across more people and heard more experiences, it dawned upon me that Candida syndrome may just exist after all.
What is Candida Syndrome?Candida is a type of yeast that lives in your body. It's benign in normal quantities but a problem when it overgrows. A weakened immune system, a high-sugar diet, birth control pills, and antibiotics can upset the delicate floral balance in your body and cause Candida overgrowth in your gut.
The idea of Candida syndrome was popularized by Dr. William Crook. He described it as a low grade chronic Candida infection in which patients experience symptoms such as chronic fatigue, chronic yeast infections, irritable bowel, allergies, skin problems, decreased concentration, depression, and sugar cravings. The culprit: yeast overgrowth.
The theory is that Candida overgrows in the GI tract, weakens the intestinal lining, and causes a "leaky gut." Contents that were formerly kept out of circulation, like undigested food and Candida, make their way into the circulatory system, sparking a variety of symptoms.
Does Candida Syndrome Really Exist?Conventional doctors treat typical Candida infections like oral thrush and yeast infections, but they don't buy the idea of a syndrome. Some argue there isn't enough evidence. On the other hand, many integrative doctors have seen patients who fit the description and have improved with treatment.
The truth is there really isn't much research on the topic. So far a few studies have shown a potential link between Candida and conditions like irritable bowel and chronic fatigue.1-3 One study in particular found that patients who met the criteria for the Candida syndrome had significantly improved symptoms (compared to placebo) after taking nystatin, an anti-fungal drug.3
So what's the final verdict? Candida syndrome is still a hypothesis. We'd definitely like to see more research on the topic. Nevertheless, Candida is an issue for many people, causing frequent infections. If this sounds like you, keep reading for tips to combat this problem.
How to Combat CandidaSo how do you get rid of a potential Candida problem? It typically takes four steps.
The first step involves cleaning your diet. Avoid wheat, mushrooms, yeast, sugar, refined carbohydrates, beer, wine, and starchy foods. They encourage Candida growth.
Second, cleanse your gut. Staying regular with fiber and taking anti-fungal nutrients are key. Nutrients with anti-Candida action include lactoferrin, garlic extract, and goldenseal.4-6
Third, rebuild your gut. A strong gut lining keeps Candida at bay. Glutamine for example, has been shown to protect and rebuild the lining of the gut. It also decreases gut permeability.7-8
Lastly, take probiotics. Clinically beneficial strains that prevent Candida infections include Lactobacillus rhamnosus and reuteri.9-10
What about You?Do you have a Candida experience to share or know anyone who has battled it? Please let us know about it in the comments!
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KU to offer program for war wounded
February 7, 2008
Fort Leavenworth In just five months, an idea to offer wounded soldiers the chance to obtain advanced degrees at Kansas University moved from concept to reality.
During a ceremony Wednesday at Fort Leavenworth, KU Chancellor Robert Hemenway and U.S. Army Secretary Pete Geren announced the first eight soldiers who would be eligible to receive master's degrees at KU, in exchange for agreeing to serve a few more years in the Army. All eight were wounded in combat; some of them lost eyes, while others lost legs.
"Kansas University and the Army have a partnership that goes back decades," Geren said. "It's a great partnership for both institutions."
Geren expressed surprise that KU and the Army could successfully navigate their extensive bureaucracies to bring the program, the Wounded Warrior Education Initiative, together so quickly. Under a framework announced Wednesday, the eight current and former soldiers will be able to enroll in master's level courses at KU, likely as early as next fall.
The soldiers will pay in-state tuition, covered by the Army, and will be enrolled full time. For every 12 months of education the Army covers, the soldiers will be responsible for three years of active service, often as military college instructors. Those soldiers who have retired, often because of their injuries, will be employed by the Army as civilians for three years for every 12 months of education they receive.
"For those of us at the University of Kansas, it's a privilege and a pleasure to be a partner with the Army in this new program," Hemenway said.
The KU program will serve as a pilot for other universities across the country. It was established about 12 months after a scandal embroiled the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, when it was discovered that wounded veterans were often not getting the care they needed.
The education program, Geren said, was born in part out of the Army's response to that scandal.
"If there's a silver lining in the dark cloud of that incident, it's the awareness of the needs of our wounded warriors that has developed," Geren said. "It was a tragedy for the Army, but some good has now come of it."
The program was conceived by people already working to promote the relationship between KU and Fort Leavenworth's Command and General Staff College, according to KU instructor and former Ambassador to Thailand David Lambertson.
In September, Hemenway took the proposal to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Hemenway's friend from Gates' days as leader of Texas A&M University. Hemenway left Washington with the knowledge that the Army was committed to the program.
For now, the program will be restricted to eight members, but it could grow.
Participant Capt. Gates Brown, a soldier already stationed at Fort Leavenworth, said he was "pretty overwhelmed" by the opportunity. After completing a degree in military history, Brown hopes to remain at Fort Leavenworth as an instructor.
"I want to go to school and get a better understanding of counter-insurgency and how we've fought it in the past and how we'll fight it in the future," he said.
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Spinach and Mushrooms
Total TimePrep/Total Time: 30 min
Makes4 servings
- 1/2 pound sliced fresh mushrooms
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/4 cup dry white wine or reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh oregano or 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 3/4 teaspoon minced fresh thyme or 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 package (6 ounces) fresh baby spinach
- 1 can (8 ounces) sliced water chestnuts, drained
- In a large nonstick skillet, saute mushrooms in butter and oil until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the wine, Worcestershire sauce and seasonings. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 7-8 minutes or until liquid has evaporated.
- Add spinach; cook and stir until wilted. Stir in water chestnuts; heat through.
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I am not a fan of spinach, but it ended up being the part of the dish me and my family devoured! I omitted the water chestnuts and added 1 slice of crumbled bacon. I had to make a second batch because my 12 yr. old ate nearly the whole pan before I could serve it. I will add to my favorites list!
Jun 19, 2010
I was also excited to try this, the picture looked good but it wasn't. Very plain, not much flavor at all, disappointed.
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I was excited to try this, but I didn't like the taste of it. I thought the Worcestershire sauce might have been a typo. I might try making it again but using soy sauce instead of the Worcestershire sauce or maybe omitting the sauce all together.


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We live in a world where you use radio every day. Cell phones, HDTVs, and wireless internet connections are all sophisticated radio receivers. Even a "regular" FM radio now has multichannel stereo, digital information, and signal processing. However, very few people learned about radios by jumping right into things quite that sophisticated. In fact, many people who would go on to design high-tech radios started out with something simple like a crystal radio. Perhaps you've made one of these as a kid. It is pretty easy to do (click here, for example).
A crystal radio receiver is a far cry from an HDTV. But the basic principles are the same. You have to walk before you run, and crawl before you can walk. Building a crystal radio is to an HDTV as crawling is to, say, flying a jet plane.
One of the things I have been very interested in over the last decade or so is programmable logic devices (Field Programmable Gate Arrays, or FPGAs, and similar devices). Not surprising since I have a history of working with electronics. I've noticed that recently more and more people are interested in (or at least asking me about) FPGAs and related technology. The idea is you have an IC that contains a bunch of logic gates and a way to "wire them up". So by wiring them one way, the IC can function as a CPU. Wired another way, it can be an alarm controller. Think of it as a box of children's building blocks. It's just a bunch of parts until you put it together in some way.
I've written about these for Dr. Dobb's before. I wanted to take a fresh look, in a crystal radio kind of way, at what's available and why you care. I like to design strange and novel CPU architectures, but that's not really a crystal radio, so my goal is to start small and work up towards something with a little more complexity. What I don't want to do is dive into some deep theory about building a CPU to rival the latest from Intel or AMD. That's the jet plane.
The first thing you might ask is why bother? This is especially true if you skim the Internet looking for things that people have done with programmable logic. A lot of projects you'll see are really better candidates for just using a regular CPU and some software. Not that you can't do things like build a Pong game in an FPGA. After all, you can build a whole CPU in an FPGA, so presumably anything a CPU can do, you can do in an FPGA. But why would you?
The real value to using an FPGA is when you need something either very fast or highly parallel. Consider a CPU. I can easily write a piece of software that emulates one CPU on another. But, of course, it is going to be slower. Every instruction in the target machine will take multiple instructions on the host CPU, so the target will run at a small fraction of the host's clock speed. If you want to run as fast as you can at a given clock speed, building the CPU in an FPGA is the way to go.
Parallel operations are the other strong point to these devices. Imagine I am controlling an industrial process and I need to sample 8 inputs. If any input is greater than a threshold value, I want to shut down
the process. My C code might look like this:
for (i=0;i<7;i++) { v=read_value(i); if (v>threshold[i]) emergency_stop(); }
Even the best C compiler on the fastest processor available is going to take some finite number of instructions (and time) to process this loop. The worst-case time will depend on how many values you have to sample. If you were reading, say, 64 values, the time between samples will go up.
In hardware, I don't have to do things one at a time. I'd build a circuit to compare each value and then the delay would be very short and fixed no matter how many things I have to sample. So for my first input I might write (in Verilog):
assign emergency_stop=emergencystop1 | emergency stop2 | ....; assign emergency_stop1=value1>threshold1;
That would generate connections to do the test logic in hardware. I could add as many lines like this as I wanted until I ran out of building blocks on the chip. The time between the value going over the threshold and the stop signal going high would be very small and would not significantly depend on how many values I compared (there could be a very small delay change as I make the first line longer, but it would not jump up with every extra input).


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Rivenrod: You arrange words sharply, elegantly. I enjoy how they swell to the end like puffs of rice in water. I am often frustrated by poetry and poets. Not you!
Roscoe: I came across your page on hub. that poem in your "about me" section. I was....cant really explain how I felt as I read it, I really enjoyed it. just felt necessary to let you know. Thanks, Roscoe
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Will Ferrel: At first, I was astonished by the articulation of human behavior and emotions by you in your poetic expressions (such as used in "drenched", "A Bottle of Ink", Wandering About,"Will You Sing it to Me?", "Comforters"). I am quite moved by the striking use of metaphor. I also admire the way you draw a sketch by the sheer usage of words, making it lot more interesting to read. Thanks for being so 'candid' in whatever you write . . . . I really appreciate some of the articles (What makes a good reader, B'day Diaries) and Book Reviews (Veronica Decides to Die, The Bluest Eye) written by you in graceful style with meticulous care to ensure correctness of facts and explanations.
People have become insensitive towards life. However, when few souls like you come up with their own creative work, then it does bring certain amount of sensitivity among all. So keep up the good work and wish you good luck for that!
Pablo Saborio: You have an interesting poetry site going on here… best wishes!
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The same scientists have previously shown that receptors known as 'liver X receptors' or LXR, are necessary for the production of different types of nerve cells, or neurons, in the developing ventral midbrain. One these types, the midbrain dopamine-producing neurons play an important role in a number of diseases, such as Parkinson's disease.
What was not known, however, was which molecules stimulate LXR in the midbrain, such that the production of new nerve cells could be initiated. The scientists have used mass spectrometry and systematic experiments on zebrafish and mice to identify two molecules that bind to LXR and activate it. These two molecules are named cholic acid and 24,25-EC, and are bile acid and a derivate of cholesterol, respectively. The first molecule, cholic acid, influences the production and survival of neurons in what is known as the 'red nucleus', which is important for incoming signals from other parts of the brain. The other molecule, 24,25-EC, influences the generation of new dopamine-producing nerve cells, which are important in controlling movement.
One important conclusion of the study is that 24,25-EC can be used to turn stem cells into midbrain dopamine-producing neurons, the cell type that dies in Parkinsons disease. This finding opens the possibility of using cholesterol derivates in future regenerative medicine, since new dopamine-producing cells created in the laboratory could be used for transplantation to patients with Parkinson's disease.
"We are familiar with the idea of cholesterol as a fuel for cells, and we know that it is harmful for humans to consume too much cholesterol", says Ernest Arenas, Professor of Stem Cell Neurobiology at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics at Karolinska Institutet, who led the study. "What we have shown now is that cholesterol has several functions, and that it is involved in extremely important decisions for neurons. Derivatives of cholesterol control the production of new neurons in the developing brain. When such a decision has been taken, cholesterol aids in the construction of these new cells, and in their survival. Thus cholesterol is extremely important for the body, and in particular for the development and function of the brain."
The study has been financed by grants from (among other bodies) the Swedish Brain Foundation, the European Union, the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research, Karolinska Institutet and the Swedish Research Council.
Brain endogenous liver X receptor ligands selectively promote midbrain neurogenesis
Nature Chemical Biology, Advance Online Publication 23 December 2012, doi: 10.1038/nchembio.1156
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A man opened fire at a Delaware courthouse on Monday, killing two women and wounding two others before he was fatally shot, officials said.
The shooting occurred at around 8 a.m. ET at the New Castle County Courthouse in Wilmington, Del., when the gunman was stopped by Capitol Police at a security checkpoint inside the main lobby, Mayor Dennis Williams told NBC10 in Philadelphia. The court was not yet open.
Delaware State Police Sgt. Paul Shavack said that the two people wounded were Capitol Police officers. They were transported to Christiana Hospital in Newark, Del., with non-life threatening injuries.
Shavack said the suspect exchanged gunfire with officers in the lobby. It was not immediately known whether the suspect was killed by police or died of a self-inflicted wound.
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Shavack said investigators and search teams were canvassing the 12-story courthouse building as a precaution to protect those still inside, but they believed the area was secure.
"We believe that this is a lone gunman but we continue to operate under procedure," Shavack told reporters outside the courthouse Monday.
Defense attorney Brian Chapman told NBCPhiladelphia.com that the building's security personnel make it very hard to breach security.
"There are at least four or five rows of metal detectors when you go in, you put your belongings through, then you have to walk through the metal detectors," Chapman said. "Then there are usually eight to 10 police with wands checking everyone and after that you still have to walk by a desk where capitol police sit."
Dozens of police cars, ambulances and fire trucks were on the scene, and the streets were cordoned off for several blocks around the courthouse, DelawareOnline.com reported.
Five elementary schools and one high school in the area were on lockdown Monday morning.
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It's so rare that I sit behind my home computer anymore. Honestly, these days with work the way it is (insane), the thought of getting back onto a computer sounds about as appealing as having my head shaved. Thus the reason I stay away. Kind of sad actually, because I was given this recipe almost exactly a month ago. I know, I'm pathetic.
I finally give you….
1 ½ c. (7 ½ ounces) unbleached all-purpose flour
1 t. baking powder
½ t. salt
12 T (1 ½ sticks) unsalted butter, melted and cooled
¾ c. packed dark brown sugar
½ c. white sugar (a little shy of ½ c.)
2 large eggs
1 ½ t. vanilla extract
¾ c. semisweet chocolate chips
¾ c. white chocolate chips
Adjust oven rack to the middle position and preheat to 350 degrees.
Pan prep/trick for easy removal:
Spray 13 x 9-inch pan with nonstick cooking spray. Fold two 16-inch pieces of parchment paper or foil lengthwise so that one piece measures 9 inches wide and the other measures 13 inches wide.
Lay one piece along the length of the pan then the other one across the width of the pan. Make sure to press the paper or foil down into the corners so they lie flat. What you are going for is to have the pieces criss-crossed with rather clean corners in the pan . . . but with extra length hanging over each side. The extra length makes "handles" to remove the blondies after cooking and cooling. Spray the sheets with nonstick cooking spray.
Whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt together in a medium bowl. Set aside.
Whisk the melted butter and sugars together in a medium bowl until combined. Add the eggs (beat first) and vanilla and mix well.
Using a rubber spatula, fold the dry ingredients into the wet mixture just until combined. DO NOT OVERMIX. Fold in the semisweet and white chocolate chips and nuts, if using.
Turn the batter into the prepared pan, smoothing the top with a rubber spatula. Use the spatula to gently pull the batter into the corners and try to get a uniform thickness.
Bake until the top is shiny and cracked and feels firm to the touch, 22 to 25 minutes. Cool the pan completely on a wire rack. Remove the blondies from the pan using the foil or parchment handles and transfer to a cutting board.
Use a large bread or serrated knife to cut into 20 or 24 bars and serve. Hint: To have clean edges, you can use the knife to trim all the way around the bars before cutting into squares.
*Okay, I have to admit, I didn't follow this recipe exactly. I used bleached flour and light brown sugar because well, I had them on hand. However, even though they tasted fantastic, they weren't as great as my friend Mark's version. So yeah, you might want to actually use the ingredients that the recipe calls for.
*Ps. I wish I could say I didn't eat one of those blondies in the photo. Well, actually, technically, I didn't eat one. Nope. I ate them all.
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Lyon [95], also written Lyons in English, is the third largest city in France and centre of the second largest metropolitan area in the country. It is the capital of the Rhone-Alpes region and the Rhône département. It is known as a gastronomic and historical city with a vibrant cultural scene. It is also the birthplace of cinema.
Founded by the Romans, with many preserved historical areas, Lyon is the archetype of the heritage city, as recognised by UNESCO. Lyon is a vibrant metropolis which makes the most out of its unique architectural, cultural and gastronomic heritage, its dynamic demographics and economy and its strategic location between Northern and Southern Europe. It is more and more open to the world, with an increasing number of students and international events.
The city itself has about 480,000 inhabitants. However, the direct influence of the city extends well over its administrative borders, with the population of Greater Lyon (which includes 57 towns or communes): at about 2.1 million. Lyon and its metropolitan area are rapidly growing and getting younger, because of their economic attractiveness.
Lyon is shaped by its two rivers, the Rhône River (to the East) and the Saône (to the West), which both run North-South. The main areas of interest are:
Fourvière, Vieux Lyon, Croix-Rousse and a large part of Presqu'île are classified as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Lyon has nine administrative subdivisions called arrondissements, which are designated by numbers. They correspond approximately to the following neighbourhoods:
Zip codes for Lyon begin with 69 for the Rhône département and end with the number of the arrondissement: 69004 is therefore the zip code for the 4th arrondissement. Special zip codes may be used for businesses.
All periods of Lyon's 2000-year history have left visible traces in the city's architectural and cultural heritage, from Roman ruins to Renaissance palaces to contemporary skyscrapers. It never went through a major disaster (earthquake, fire, extensive bombing...) or a complete redesign by urban planners. Very few cities in the world boast such diversity in their urban structure and architecture.
Early traces of settlement date back to 12,000 BC but there is no evidence of continuous occupation prior to the Roman era. Lugdunum, the Roman name of the city, was officially founded in 43 BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus, then Governor of Gaul. The first Roman settlements were on Fourvière hill, and the first inhabitants were probably veterans of Caesar's war campaigns. The development of the city was boosted by its strategic location and it was promoted Capital of Gauls in 27 BC by General Agrippa, emperor Augustus's son-in-law and minister. Large carriageways were then built, providing easy access from all parts of Gaul. Lugdunum became one of the most prominent administrative, economic and financial centres in Gaul, along with Narbonne. The main period of peace and prosperity of the Roman city was between 69 and 192 AD. The population at that time is estimated between 50,000 and 80,000. Lugdunum consisted of four populated areas: the top of Fourvière hill, the slopes of Croix-Rousse around the Amphithéâtre des Trois Gaules, the Canabae (around where Place Bellecour is today) and the right bank of the Saône river, mainly in what is today St Georges neighbourhood.
Lugdunum was the place where the first Christian communities of Gaul appeared. It was also where the first martyrdoms took place, most notably in 177 AD when the young slave Blandine was killed in the Amphithéâtre des Trois Gaules, along with 47 other martyrs.
The city lost its status of Capital of Gauls in 297 AD. Then, in the early years of the 4th century, the aqueducts which brought water to the top of Fourvière suddenly stopped functioning. This was due to a lack of funds for their maintenance and security; the lead pipes which carried the water were stolen and could not be replaced. The city was completely deprived of water overnight. This triggered the end of the Roman Lugdunum, which lost a large part of its population and was reorganised around the Saône.
In the Middle Ages, the city developed on both banks of the Saône. The name "Lion" or "Lyon" appeared in the 13th century. The early Middle Ages were very troubled politically. Since the political geography of France kept changing, the city belonged successively to multiple provinces. It then belonged to the Holy Roman Empire from 1018 to 1312, when it was given to France at the Vienna Council. At that time, the city was still of limited size but had a large religious influence; in 1078, Pope Gregory VII made the Archbishop of Lyon the highest Catholic dignitary in the former Gaul (Primat des Gaules).
In the Renaissance, fiscal advantages and the organisation of numerous trade fairs attracted bankers from Florence and merchants from all over Europe; the city became more and more prosperous and experienced a second golden age. The main industries were silk weaving, introduced in 1536, and printing. Lyon became one of Europe's largest cities and its first financial place, helped by the advantages given by King François I who even considered, at one time, making Lyon the capital of France. Around 1530, the population of Lyon reached 50,000.
In the following centuries, Lyon was hurt by the religious wars but remained a major industrial and intellectual centre, while the financial activity moved to Geneva and Switzerland. In the 18th century, half of the inhabitants were silk workers (canuts).
The eastern bank of the Rhône was not urbanised before the 18th century, when the swamps (called Brotteaux) were dried out to allow construction. Those massive works were led by engineer Morand. In the meantime, works conducted by Perrache doubled the area of the Presqu'île. The extension works were halted by the French revolution but started again in the early 19th century.
During the Revolution, in 1793, Lyon took sides against the central power of the Convention (Parliament), which caused a severe repression from the army. Over 2,000 people were executed.
In the early 19th century, the silk industry was still developing, notably thanks to Jacquard's loom which made the weaving work more efficient. Social crises, however, occurred: in 1831, the first revolt of the canuts was harshly repressed. The workers were protesting against the introduction of new technology, which was likely to cause unemployment. Other riots took place in 1834, 1848 and 1849, especially in the Croix-Rousse neighbourhood. From 1848, the Presqu'île area was redesigned in a way similar to Haussmann's works in Paris. In 1852, the neighbouring towns of Vaise, Croix-Rousse and Guillotière were made districts of Lyon. The traditional silk industry disappeared at the end of the century because of diseases affecting the French silk worms and the opening of the Suez Canal which reduced the price of imported silk from Asia. Various other industries developed at that time; the most famous entrepreneurs of the late 19th century were the Lumière brothers, who invented cinema in Lyon in 1895.
Edouard Herriot was elected mayor in 1905 and governed the city until his death in 1957. He initiated a number of important urban projects, most notably in partnership with his favourite architect Tony Garnier: Grange Blanche hospital (today named after Herriot), Gerland slaughterhouses (now Halle Tony Garnier) and stadium, the Etats-Unis neighbourhood, etc.
During World War II, Lyon was close to the border between the "free zone" and the occupied zone and was therefore a key strategic place for the Germans and the French Resistance alike. Jean Moulin, head of the Resistance, was arrested in Caluire (North suburb of Lyon). On 26 May 1944, Lyon was bombed by the Allied aviation. The Liberation of Lyon occurred on 3 September.
In the 1960s, the construction of the business district of Part-Dieu began; its symbol is the "pencil" tower, the tallest building in Lyon. Meanwhile, the association "Renaissance du Vieux Lyon" (Rebirth of the Old Lyon) managed to have this Renaissance area classified by the government as the first preserved landmark in France, while it was threatened by a highway project defended by mayor Louis Pradel. Pradel was a convinced "modernist" and supporter of the automobile. He also backed the construction of the Fourvière tunnel, opened in 1971 and of the A6/A7 freeway through Presqu'île, near Perrache station, a decision later described as "the screw-up of the century" by mayor Michel Noir, in the 1990s. In 1974, the first line of the metro was opened. In 1981, Lyon was linked to Paris by the first TGV (high speed train) line. In the 1980s and 1990s, a huge number of buildings in Vieux Lyon and Croix-Rousse were renovated. The landscape of Lyon is still evolving, notably with the new Rhône banks promenade or the construction of new skyscrapers in Part-Dieu.
In the future, the banks of the Saône should also be given a second youth. The completion of the Lyon beltway on the western side should relieve the central areas from some of the traffic. A high-performance train network serving exurban areas (like the RER around Paris) is also planned.
A city of merchants and industry, Lyon has a long tradition of centre-right governments and mayors, even if some neighbourhoods, most notably Croix-Rousse, have a very strong left-wing inclination. In 2001, however, Gérard Collomb, a member of the moderate left-wing Socialist party, was elected mayor. Although many controversies surrounded Collomb, he adopted a strategy of creating public infrastructure projects to gain popularity.
The silk industry was the main activity for centuries. Since the end of the 19th century, it has been successfully replaced by a number of others. Feyzin, a southern suburb, is home to a major oil refinery and a large number of chemical plants are also located along the Rhône river south of Lyon. Pharmaceutics and biotechnology are also important; they were historically fueled by Lyon's prominence in medical research, and the local authorities are trying to maintain an international leadership in these industries. The southeastern suburbs of Vénissieux and St Priest host large automotive plants, such as Renault's truck and bus factories. But as in most Western metropolises, the service industry is now dominant. Many large banking and insurance companies have important offices in Lyon, and the IT services industry is also well developed. From an economic point of view, Lyon is the most attractive and dynamic city in France. This may be explained by the easy access from all over Europe (probably second only to Paris in the country), the availability of qualified workforce and research centres, and cheaper real estate prices compared to the capital.
Lyon has a "semi-continental" climate. Winters are cold but temperatures under -5°C (23°F) remain rare. You can, however, experience an awful freezing sensation when northerly winds blow. Snowfalls happen but snow-covered streets are generally not seen for more than a few days every winter. Summers can be hot; temperatures around 35°C (95°F) are not exceptional in July and August. Precipitations are moderate and happen throughout the year; the mountains to the west (Massif central) protect the area against perturbations from the Atlantic. During the summer, especially in August, precipitations often take the form of thunderstorms whereas in winter, lighter but more continuous rain is more common. Spring and early autumn are usually enjoyable.
The language of the city is French. The local dialect (patois, basically French with a number of typical local words or expressions) has practically disappeared since one out of two inhabitants were born outside the Rhône département.
Hotels, tourist attractions and restaurants in popular areas generally have staff capable of working in English. You could, however, experience difficulties in more remote areas. The transportation system also has little information written in English. On the street, many people (especially young people) speak at least basic English, but they will appreciate a little effort in French. Using basic words like bonjour (hello), s'il vous plaît (please), merci (thank you) or excusez-moi (excuse me) will certainly make people even more friendly and willing to help you.
The only measurement system used is the metric system. Most French people have no idea what Imperial units mean.
As everywhere in France, smoking is prohibited in all closed public places, including bars, restaurants and night clubs.
Tourist information[edit]
Get in[edit]
By plane[edit]
Lyon's Saint-Exupéry Airport (IATA: LYS) [100] (formerly known as Satolas), some 25 km east of Lyon, is a rapidly developing airport. It still hosts few intercontinental flights, the only regular flight from North-America is with Air Canada from Montréal, but can easily be reached via a European hub (Paris, London, Frankfurt etc). Air France serves most airports in France and major European airports. EasyJet serves a number of destinations in Europe (including London, Berlin, Brussels, Rome, Edinburgh and Madrid) along with a few domestic destinations which are not easily reached by train (Bordeaux, Toulouse, Nice). Most other major European airlines also operate flights between Lyon and their respective hubs.
The connection between Lyon city centre and the airport has been improved by the opening of a "tram-train" line called Rhônexpress [101]. It is faster (30 min) and more reliable than the old buses (which no longer run), but it is definitely aimed at business travellers given the upscale onboard service for a tram (including free wifi and power sockets at each seat) and the high price: €15.90 (as of 2017) for a single journey, €27.50 for a return (add €1 to purchase on board). It is slightly cheaper if you purchase the ticket online (€14.70 one-way and €25.90 return). If you purchase a return ticket online at least 1 or 2 months in advance, a greater discount is available. Discounted tickets are available for young people up to the age of 25. The Rhônexpress connects in the city at the main Lyon Part-Dieu station, in addition to connecting with the metro (line A) at Vaulx-en-Velin La Soie (second stop), which is convenient if you are staying in Presqu'île or Villeurbanne. Trains run from 5h00 to 24h00 (midnight) and depart every 15 (6AM-9PM) to 30 min. To find them, follow the red signs in the airport terminals. You have to walk through the TGV station, which can be as long as 10 minutes if you arrive at Terminal 3 (which is served low-cost airlines).
As of 2019, a company is providing shared shuttles to and from the airport: Lyko app. Earlier services at bus and shared shuttles had been shutdown, because it seems that Rhônexpress has a monopoly.
A cheaper public transport alternative to the Rhônexpress between Lyon airport and Lyon city centre is to take bus number 1950 operated by Transisère [102] from Lyon airport to La Verpillière railway station (journey time around 25 mins; €4.70 as of 2017; no services on Sundays). From La Verpillière station, there are TER regional trains to 3 stations in Lyon: Part Dieu (journey time around 15 mins), Jean-Macé (journey time around 25 mins) and Perrache (journey time around 30 mins). A one-way train ticket between La Verpillière and Lyon costs €6.80 or €5.10 if you are aged 12-25 (as of 2017). On Saturdays, if travelling in a group of 2 to 5 people, with the Illico Promo Samedi discount [103] a one-way train ticket between La Verpillière and Lyon costs €4.10 per person (or free of charge if under the age of 12).
A taxi to Lyon costs around €40-50 depending on the exact destination, so if you are a group of four people this could be an option. Ask to be dropped at one of the metro stations located on the eastern side of town (Vaulx-en-Velin La Soie, Mermoz-Pinel) to save money. Taxis are available at the taxi rank outside Terminal 1 (follow the signs). See the 'By taxi' section below if you want to book a taxi in advance.
Grenoble-Isère Airport (IATA: GNB) is actually about midway between Lyon and Grenoble and is served by some low-cost airlines. There are bus services from Grenoble-Isère Airport to Lyon [104].
Another possibility is to fly to Geneva Airport (IATA: GVA), which can save money by using low-cost airlines. You can take the train from Geneva Airport to the main railway station in Geneva (Cornavin) free of charge by picking up a complimentary ticket in the baggage reclaim area, and then take a train from Cornavin to Lyon. The journey takes around 2.5 hours (€21.50 for under 26s).
For intercontinental flights to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (IATA: CDG), you can take a TGV (high-speed train) directly from the railway station which is adjacent to Terminal 2 (station name: Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV or Paris Aéroport Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle when booking online) to Lyon Part Dieu station. In some cases, this makes the journey faster and more convenient (no need to go from Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport to Lyon city centre). Trains run every hour or so; be sure to buy an exchangeable ticket to be able to catch the first available train after you land. The low-cost train company OUIGO [105] also operates train services between CDG railway station and Lyon Part Dieu station.
From Paris Orly Airport (IATA: ORY), take bus 91.10 from the airport to Massy TGV station. The bus departs from stop 5 at entrance C of the South Terminal and entrance H of the West Terminal; the journey time is around 30 minutes and a one-way ticket costs €2 [106]. The platforms of Massy TGV and Massy - Palaiseau are adjacent to each other. From Massy TGV/Massy - Palaiseau, there is a direct TGV train to Lyon Part Dieu station (journey time: 2 hours). The low-cost train company OUIGO [107] also operates train services between Massy TGV station and Lyon Part Dieu station.
By train[edit]
From the rest of France, train is generally the most convenient way to reach the city, except for some regions, the Southwest for example. Lyon has three main train stations serving national and regional destinations:
There are also smaller stations serving suburban and regional destinations: St Paul (B: C3-Gare St Paul), Vaise (M: Gare de Vaise), Jean Macé (M: Jean Macé), Vénissieux (M: Gare de Vénissieux) and Gorge de Loup (M: Gorge de Loup).
Lyon is linked by TGV (fast trains) to Paris (two hours) and Marseille (1 hr 36 min). Many other domestic destinations are served directly, and there are several direct services to Brussels every day (4 hr). TGVs to and from Paris serve both Perrache and Part-Dieu stations; other TGVs generally serve only Part-Dieu.
Coming to Lyon from London by Eurostar [108] may be interesting. It is faster and easier to change trains in Lille rather than Paris. Hence, if you are traveling from London, England, the best way would be to take Eurostar from St Pancras Station to Gare de Lille Europe and take High Speed Train TGV. If you prefer Paris Gare de Nord, you would need to take RER D to Gare de Lyon Station. The total journey time from London to Lyon will be approx 5h30m. From Paris, you will find other local trains as well to reach Lyon.
A direct Eurostar service from London St Pancras International to Lyon opened in 2015.
For schedules, fares and bookings, see the SNCF website [109].
By bus[edit]
International bus services are operated by Eurolines to and from Perrache station [110].
By car[edit]
Lyon is a major automotive hub for central and southern France:
Get around[edit]
On foot[edit]
The city centre is not so big and most attractions can be reached from each other on foot. The walk from Place des Terreaux to Place Bellecour, for example, is about 20 min. The rule of thumb is that metro stations are generally about 10 min walk apart.
Be careful when crossing major axes: traffic is dense and running red lights is a very popular sport.
You can also tour Lyon while jogging. There are several sightjogging tours of Lyon.
By public transport[edit]
Lyon's public transportation system, known as TCL [111], is regarded as one of the most efficient in the country. Central areas are very well served; so are the campuses and eastern suburbs, where many jobs are concentrated. The western suburbs are more residential and can be difficult to reach. As everywhere in France, the network can be perturbed by strikes from time to time.
There are four metro (subway) lines (A to D). The first line of the network was line... C in 1974 (lines A and B were already planned but line C took less time to complete because it used an existing funicular tunnel). Line A opened in 1978. Trains generally run every 2 to 10 minutes, depending on the line and the time. Information screens above the platforms display the waiting times for the next two trains and useful information such as delays, upcoming closures, etc.
The metro is generally reliable, clean and comfortable. Besides the classical metro, two funiculars run from Vieux Lyon metro station to Saint-Just and Fourvière respectively.
There are also five tram lines (T1 to T5). They are not very interesting if you stay within the city centre; they are most useful to reach campuses and suburban areas.
With more than 100 bus lines, you should be able to go virtually anywhere reasonably far away from the centre. Some of them use trolley (electric) buses; Lyon is one of the few cities in France which still use this system. There are two special bus lines: C1 and C3, where you will find big articulated trolley buses which run very frequently. These are sometimes referred to as Cristalis (actually the brand name of the vehicles) but people do not really use, or even know about this name.
Metros and trams run approximately from 5AM to midnight. Some bus lines do not run after 9PM. Check the TCL website for details.
Maps can be found online:
The prices are: €1.90 for a single journey (valid for 1 hour after the first use on buses, trams, metro and funiculars, unlimited number of transfers), €5.80 for a daily pass. Tickets can be purchased from electronic kiosks located at the stations, but it is important to note that they do not accept paper money (only coins) and foreign credit cards are likely to be rejected. Tobacco shops and newsagents showing a "TCL" sign also sell tickets. Single tickets can be purchased from bus drivers but the price is €2.2 in that case. Group tickets are available from the tourist office.
By bicycle[edit]
Lyon has an increasing number of safe cycling routes. Problematic points remain, especially when it comes to crossing major roads. Also keep in mind that there are two hills with steep slopes. A map of cycling routes is available online: [114].
Since May 2005, Lyon has also had a public bicycle service called Vélo'v [115] which allows travellers, after registering a credit card, to pick up, and drop cycles to and from over 300 points around the city. You need a credit card (Visa/MC/French CB) to make use of the service. It is very cheap:
30 min is generally more than enough if you stay close to the city centre.
If you have taken a bike and realize that it has a problem (broken chains, warped wheels, flat tyres or even missing pedals are commonplace), just put it back into its place and repeat the procedure to take another one. Be sure to rotate the seat of the damaged bike 180 degrees to indicate to other would-be users that the bike contains problems and should not be taken.
Note that the system has been broadened to accept most worldwide credit/debit cards. If you do have trouble having your card accepted, the transaction is aborted, no explanations given on the terminal. Terminals are supposed to accept all cards with a chip, and most previous difficulties are solved. Also note that you must rent a bike immediately after purchasing a temporary pass or the ticket will become inactive (this is only true for the first rental). The terminals have only limited English translation making it a rough start, but once you get to know the system, it is a great way to move around the city. There are so many bikes that it can sometimes be a problem to return them.
There is an iPhone app called Vélo which can help you find a bike or a free parking slot.
More classical bike rental service is available from:
By car[edit]
Traffic is dense, parking is either very difficult or quite expensive, and there are quite few directional signs. Avoid driving within the city if you can. For the city center, look for signs reading "Presqu'île". In the Presqu'île and other central neighbourhoods, it is strongly advised not to park in 'prohibited parking' areas; you could be towed. Tickets for unpaid parking are also commonplace; a specific brigade of the city police is in charge of checking parking payments in the city centre. The penalty for unpaid parking is €11 (you might get several tickets in the same day in central neighbourhoods); the penalty for parking in a prohibited area is €35. If you park in a dangerous place (e.g., you block an emergency exit), the fine can be up to €135.
The minimum age to rent a car is 21 and an additional charge may be required for drivers under 25 years old. Major rental companies have offices at Part-Dieu and Perrache railway stations, and at the airport. Best to hire from Part-Dieu, as the subsequent navigation is much easier.
Taxis are quite pricey. The maximum limit of fares is fixed by the authorities: €2 when you board, then per km: €1.34 (daytime, 7AM-7PM) or €2.02 (night, Sundays, holidays). The driver may charge a minimum fare of €7 for any trip. There are also a number of possible extra charges: €1.41 for the 4th passenger, €0.91 per animal or large piece of luggage, €1.41 for a pickup at a train station or airport.
You can call a taxi from the following operators:
You can reserve a private-hire vehicle (with a driver) from the following operators:
For more information about taxis, see the main France article.
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Lyon may not have world-famous monuments such as the Eiffel tower or the Statue of Liberty, but it offers very diverse neighbourhoods which are interesting to walk around and hide architectural marvels. As time goes by, the city also becomes more and more welcoming for pedestrians and cyclists. So a good way to explore it may be to get lost somewhere and enjoy what comes up, and not to always follow the guide...
Do not hesitate to buy a detailed map with a street index from a book shop or a newsagent; many places of interest or good restaurants are located in small streets you will not find on simplified maps, such as the ones you can get from the Tourist office.
Whatever the time of year (except for the Fête des Lumières), tourists are not very numerous yet, but they concentrate in a few small areas, especially Fourvière and Vieux Lyon, where the pedestrian streets are just as crowded as the Champs-Elysees sidewalks on sunny weekends.
The classics:
Off the beaten path:
Vieux Lyon[edit]
After Venice, the Old Lyon, a narrow strip along the right bank of the Saône, is the largest Renaissance area in Europe (well, it's actually far behind Venice). Its current organization, with narrow streets mainly parallel to the river, dates back to the Middle Ages. The buildings were erected between the 15th and the 17th centuries, notably by wealthy Italian, Flemish and German merchants who settled in Lyon where four fairs were held each year. At that time, the buildings of Lyon were said to be the highest in Europe. The area was entirely refurbished in the 1980s and 1990s. It now offers the visitor colorful, narrow cobblestone streets; there are some interesting craftmen's shops but also many tourist traps.
It is divided into three parts which are named after their respective churches:
The area is generally crowded in the afternoon, especially at weekends. To really enjoy its architectural beauties, the best time is therefore the morning. Around lunchtime, the streets somewhat disappear behind restaurant terraces, postcard racks and the crowd of tourists.
Guided tours in several languages, including English, are available from the tourist office (€9, [116]).


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