text: Obama inherited a seemingly impregnable three-decade-long "Wall of Mistrust" in Iran-US relations [Reuters]In Election 2012's theatre-of-the-absurd "foreign policy" debate, Iran came up no less than 47 times. Despite all the fear, loathing, threats and lies in that billionaire's circus of a campaign season, Americans were nonetheless offered virtually nothing substantial about Iran, although its (non-existent) WMDs were relentlessly hawked as the top US national security issue (the world was, however, astonished to learn from candidate Romney that Syria, not the Persian Gulf, was that country's "route to the sea"). Now, with the campaign Sturm und Drang behind us but the threats still around, the question is: Can Obama 2.0 bridge the gap between current US policy (we don't want war, but there will be war if you try to build a bomb) and Persian optics (we don't want a bomb - the Supreme Leader said so - and we want a deal, but only if you grant us some measure of respect)? Don't forget that a soon-to-be-re-elected President Obama signalled in October the tiniest of possible openings toward reconciliation while talking about the "pressure" he was applying to that country, when he spoke of "our policy of... potentially having bilateral discussions with the Iranians to end their nuclear programme". Tehran won't, of course, "end" its (legal) nuclear programme. As for that "potentially", it should be a graphic reminder of how the establishment in Washington loathes even the possibility of bilateral negotiations. Mr President, tear down this wall Let's start with the obvious but important: On entering the Oval Office in January 2009, President Obama inherited a seemingly impregnable three-decade-long "Wall of Mistrust" in Iran-US relations. To his credit, that March he directly addressed all Iranians in a message for Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, calling for an "engagement that is honed and grounded in mutual respect". He even quoted the 13th century Persian poet Sa'adi: "The children of Adam are limbs of one body, which God created from one essence". EmpireTargeting Iran: Iran, Israel and the US And yet, from the start he was crippled by a set of Washington misconceptions as old as that wall, and by a bipartisan consensus for an aggressive strategy toward Iran that emerged in the George W Bush years when Congress ponied up $400m for a set of "covert operations" meant to destabilise that country, including cross-border operations by special forces teams. All of this was already based on the dangers of "the Iranian bomb". A September 2008 report by the Bipartisan Policy Center, a Washington think-tank, was typical in assuming a nuclear-weapons-capable Iran as a fact. It was drafted by Michael Rubin from the neoconservative American Enterprise Institute, the same AEI that had unashamedly promoted the disastrous 2003 invasion and occupation of Iraq. Several future Obama advisers "unanimously approved" the report, including Dennis Ross, former senator Charles Robb, future Deputy Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter, Anthony Lake, future UN ambassador Susan Rice, and Richard Clarke. The 2007 National Intelligence Estimate by all US intelligence agencies stating that Iran had ended any nuclear weapons programme in 2003 was bluntly dismissed. Mirroring the Bush administration's "all options are on the table" approach (including cyberwar), the report proposed - what else? - a military surge in the Persian Gulf, targeting "not only Iran's nuclear infrastructure, but also its conventional military infrastructure in order to suppress an Iranian response". In fact, such a surge would indeed begin before George W Bush left office and only increase in scope in the Obama years. The crucial point is this: As tens of millions of US voters were choosing Barack Obama in 2008, in part because he was promising to end the war in Iraq, a powerful cross-section of Washington elites was drafting an aggressive blueprint for a future US strategy in the region that stretched from North Africa to Central Asia and that the Pentagon was then still calling the "arc of instability". And the key plank in this strategy was a programme to create the conditions for a military strike against Iran. R.e.s.p.e.c.t.? With an Obama 2.0 administration soon to be in place, the time to solve the immensely complex Iranian nuclear drama is now. But as Columbia University's Gary Sick, a key White House adviser on Iran during the Iranian Revolution and the Tehran hostage crisis of 1979-1981, has suggested, nothing will be accomplished if Washington does not start thinking beyond its ever-toughening sanctions programme, now practically set in stone as "politically untouchable". Sick has proposed a sound path, which means that it has no hope of being adopted in Washington. It would involve private bilateral discussions by credible negotiators for both sides based on a mutually agreed-upon agenda. These would be followed by full-blown negotiations under the existing P5+1 framework (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - US, Russia, China, France and Britain - plus Germany). Considering the frantic post-2009 seesawing of sanctions, threats, cyber attacks, military surges and colossal mutual incomprehension, no one in his right mind would expect a pattern of "mutual respect" to emerge easily out of Washington's "dual track" approach. It took Ambassador Hossein Mousavian, research scholar at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and spokesperson for the Iranian nuclear negotiating team from 2003 to 2005, to finally explain it all last August in a single sentence: "The history of Iran's nuclear programme suggests that the West is inadvertently pushing Iran toward nuclear weapons." Chas Freeman, former US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, agrees, suggesting in a recent speech that Iran now "seems to be reenacting Israel's clandestine weapons development programme of five decades ago, developing capabilities to build and deliver nuclear weapons while denying that it intends actually to do any such thing". What makes these developments even more absurd is that a solution to all this madness exists. As I've written elsewhere, to satisfy the concerns of the West regarding Iran's 20 per cent stockpile of enriched uranium, "a mutually acceptable solution for the long term would entail a 'zero stockpile'. Under this approach, a joint committee of the P5+1 and Iran would quantify the domestic needs of Iran for use of 20 per cent enriched uranium, and any quantity beyond that amount would be sold in the international market or immediately converted back to an enrichment level of 3.5 per cent. This would ensure that Iran does not possess excess 20 per cent enriched uranium forever, satisfying the international concerns that Iran is seeking nuclear weapons. It would be a face-saving solution for all parties as it would recognise Iran's right to enrichment and would help to negate concerns that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons." Time to hit the New Silk Road(s) The current US strategy is not exactly a raging success. Economist Djavad Salehi-Esfahani has explained how Tehran's theocratic rulers continue to successfully manage the worst effects of the sanctions and a national currency in free fall by using the country's immense oil and natural gas wealth to subsidise essential imports. Which brings us to the bedrock question of this - or possibly any other - moment: Will Obama 2.0 finally admit that Washington doesn't need regime change in Tehran to improve its relationship with that country? Inside Story AmericasIs Israel fuelling fear not facts over Iran? Only with such an admission (to itself, if not the world) are real negotiations leading to a Wall of Mistrust-blasting deal possible. This would undoubtedly include a genuine détente, an acceptance of Iran's lawful pursuit of a peaceful nuclear programme, guarantees that the result would not be a covert weapons project, and a turning away from the possibility of a devastating war in the Persian Gulf and the oil heartlands of the Greater Middle East. Theoretically, it could also include something else: An Obama "Nixon in China" moment, a dramatic journey or gesture by the US president to decisively break the deadlock. Yet as long as a barrage of furiously misinformed anti-Iran hawks in Washington, in lockstep with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's Israeli government, deploy a relentless PR offensive burning with incendiary rhetoric, "red lines", deadlines and preemptive sabotage of the P5+1 negotiations, such a moment, such a gesture, will remain the faintest of dreams. And even such an elusive "Obama in Tehran" moment would hardly be the end of the story. It would be more like a salutary twist in the big picture. To understand why, you need to grasp just how crucial Iran's geopolitical positioning is. After all, in energy and other terms that country is the ultimate crossroads of Eurasia, and so the pivot of the world. Strategically, it straddles the supply lines for a sizeable part of the globe's oil and gas reserves and is a privileged hub for the distribution of energy to South Asia, Europe and East Asia at a moment when both China and India are emerging as potential great powers of the 21st century. The urge to control that reality lies at the heart of Washington's policy in the region, not an Iranian "threat" that pales as soon as the defence spending of the two countries is compared. After all, the US spends nearly a $1 trillion on "defence" annually; Iran, a maximum of $12 billion - less, that is, than the United Arab Emirates and only 20 per cent of the total defence expenditures of the six Persian Gulf monarchies grouped in the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC). Moreover, the Iranian nuclear "threat" would disappear for good if Obama 2.0 ever decided to push for making the Middle East a nuclear-free zone. Iran and the GCC have endorsed the idea in the past. Israel - a de facto (if never officially acknowledged) nuclear power with an arsenal of up to 300 warheads - has rejected it. Yet the big picture goes way beyond the strategic gaming of the US and Israel about Iran's possible future arsenal. Its position at the ultimate Southwest Asian strategic crossroads will determine much about the future New Great Game in Eurasia - especially whose version of a modern Silk Road will prevail on the great energy chessboard I call Pipelineistan. I've argued for years that all these intertwined developments must be analysed together, including Washington's announced Asian military "pivot" (aka "rebalancing"). That strategy, unveiled in early 2012 by President Obama, was supposed to refocus Washington's attention away from its two disastrous wars in the Greater Middle East to the Asia-Pacific region with a special focus on containing China. Once again, Iran happens to lie right at the heart of that new policy, given how much of its oil and natural gas heads east to China over waters patrolled by the US Navy. In other words, it hardly matters that Iran is a rickety regional power run by ageing theocrats with an only modestly impressive military. The relationship between Obama 2.0 and Iran is guaranteed to involve the nuclear question, but also (whether acknowledged or not) the global flow of energy across Pipelineistan and Washington's future relations with China and the rest of Asia. It will also involve Beijing's concerted movements to prop up the yuan in relation to the dollar and, at the same time, accelerate the death of the petrodollar. Finally, behind all of the above lies the question of who will dominate Eurasia's twenty-first century energy version of the old Silk Road. At the 2012 Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) meeting in Tehran, India, Iran and Afghanistan pushed for the creation of what might be called a new southern Silk Road - really a network of roads, railways and major ports that would connect Iran and its energy wealth ever more closely to Central and South Asia. For New Delhi (as for Beijing), getting closer to both Afghanistan and especially Iran is considered crucial to its Eurasian strategy, no matter how much Washington may disapprove. "Once again, Iran happens to lie right at the heart of that new policy, given how much of its oil and natural gas heads east to China over waters patrolled by the US Navy." India is betting on the port of Chabahar in Iran, China on the port of Gwadar in Pakistan (and of course a gas pipeline from there to Iran) as key transshipment hubs linking Central Asia and the Gulf. Both ports will be key pawns in Pipelineistan's New Great Game, which is quickly slipping from Washington's control. In both cases, despite its drive to isolate Iran, there is little the Obama administration can do to prevent these and other instances of closer Eurasian integration. Washington's grand strategy for a "Greater Central Asia" under its control once centred on Afghanistan and India. Its disastrous Afghan war has, however, blown a hole through its plans; so, too, has its obsession with creating energy routes that bypass Iran (and Russia), which looks increasingly irrational to much of the rest of Eurasia. The only version of a Silk Road that the Obama administration has been able to devise has been war-related: The Northern Distribution Network, a logistical marathon of routes crisscrossing Central Asia for bringing military supplies into Afghanistan without relying fully on an increasingly unreliable Pakistan. Needless to say, in the long-term, Moscow will do anything to prevent a US/NATO presence in Central Asia. As with Moscow, so with Beijing, which regards Central Asia as a strategic rearguard area when it comes to its energy supply and a place for economic expansion as well. The two will coordinate their policies aimed at leaving Washington in the lurch through the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation. That's also how Beijing plans to channel its solution for eternally war-torn Afghanistan and so secure its long-term investments in mineral and energy exploitation. Ultimately, both Russia and China want post-2014 Afghanistan to be stabilised by the United Nations. The ancient Silk Road was humanity's first globalisation highway centred on trade. Now, China in particular is pushing for its own ambitious version of a new Silk Road focused on tapping into energy - oil and natural gas - from Myanmar to Iran and Russia. It would, in the end, link no less than 17 countries via more than 8,000 kilometres of high-speed rail (on top of the 8,000 kilometres already built inside China). For Washington, this means one thing: An evolving Tehran-Beijing axis bent on ensuring that the US strategic target of isolating Iran and forcing regime change on that country will be ever just out of reach. Obama in Tehran? So what remains of the initial Obama drive to reach out to Iran with an "engagement that is honed and grounded in mutual respect"? Not much, it seems. Blame it - once again - on the Pentagon, for which Iran will remain a number one "threat", a necessary enemy. Blame it on a bipartisan elite in Washington, supported by ranks of pundits and think-tanks, who won't let go of enmity against Iran and fear campaigns about its bomb. And blame it on an Israel still determined to force the US into an attack on Iranian nuclear facilities that it desires. In the meantime, the US military build-up in the Persian Gulf, already at staggering levels, goes on. Somebody, it seems, has yet to break the news to Washington: We are in an increasingly multipolar world in which Eurasian powers Russia and China, and regional power Iran, simply won't subscribe to its scenarios. When it comes to the New Silk Road(s) linking South Asia, Central Asia, Southwest Asia and China, whatever Washington's dreams may be, they will be shaped and constructed by Eurasian powers, not by the United States. As for an Obama 2.0 "Nixon in China" moment transplanted to Tehran? Stranger things have happened on this planet. But under the present circumstances, don't hold your breath. Pepe Escobar is the roving correspondent for Asia Times, an analyst for the Russian network RT, and a TomDispatch regular. His latest book is Obama Does Globalistan (Nimble Books, 2009). A version of this article first appeared on TomDispatch.com. SOURCE: Tomdispatch ABOUT THE AUTHOR Pepe EscobarPepe Escobar is the roving correspondent for Asia Times. His latest book is named Obama Does Globalistan (Nimble Books, 2009). Politics US & Canada Afghanistan China France


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WASHINGTON – Jody Cumberpatch says she was born and raised to play lacrosse, and she has the scars to prove it.
The Annapolis native is a member of the women's varsity lacrosse team at Georgetown University. But this season, she's sitting on the sidelines, waiting for a torn ligament — the second of her athletic career — to heal.
In a city where attention has been focused on the knee injuries of Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III, the fact remains that the athletes most likely to tear their anterior cruciate ligaments are teenage girls.
"Girls in their adolescent years are probably somewhere between two and six times more likely to have a cruciate injury than guys," says Dr. John Klimkiewicz, head of sports medicine in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital.
He says there have been many theories about why more female than male athletes suffer ACL tears, and the latest research points to differences in the way they move. Men and boys, for example, tend to jump and land with their knees in a crouching position. Women and girls are more likely to land with straight legs and their knees often bend in.
As a result, the sports with the worst record of ACL tears are ones in which girls have to jump, land and pivot the most. Klimkiewicz says soccer leads the list, followed by basketball and lacrosse.
About 150,000 ACL injuries occur in the United States each year, according to the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine.
"It's definitely a growing epidemic," says Cumberpatch, who found plenty of company when she went to the university weight room to rehab her knee after surgery. She says there were about seven female athletes recuperating from ACL tears.
Cumberpatch refers to the group as a sisterhood, but calls it "one that you would never want to be part of."
And that sisterhood casts a wide net. Georgetown is just one school in the region and country in which ACL tears have plagued sports teams. The University of Maryland, for example, lost two of its top basketball players for the current season when they tore their ACLs and began the six month process of surgery and physical therapy.
Mike Hill, director of sports performance at Georgetown, says proper conditioning can cut the risk of tears, and athletes need to start conditioning long before heading to college.
In his training facility, he says women athletes get the same opportunities as men to work on strength, balance and movement. But he says this kind of training is not usually available to younger athletes, who are developing poor habits that can last a lifetime.
Klimkiewicz says injury prevention should start at the pre-teen age.
"The earlier the better," he says.
He says most prevention exercises can be worked into regular practice sessions, and even a brief series of exercises two to three times a week can make a difference. The idea, he adds, is to strengthen knees and surrounding muscles while teaching girls how to jump and land properly.
That is the premise of an ACL prevention program called "Fit" that has been offered for several years in the Fairfax County School District. Two other local districts — Howard and Anne Arundel — have pilot programs. There are no others in the D.C. area.
But even in Fairfax, where the school board supported the program, it has proven to be a tough sell with coaches.
"It is very hard for coaches with limited time, limited space, limited amounts of hours that they have to practice, to utilize practice time to do this type of program," says Kathy Ayers, a certified athletic trainer at Annandale High School who helped develop the program.
Ayers says interest in the "Fit" program is slowly growing and points to the experience at Annandale High School as proof it can make a big difference.
This is spring lacrosse season at Annandale, where teenage girls dream of making the elite college level and emulating the success of players like Georgetown's Jody Cumberpatch.
But they are not equaling her record in the operating room. Since the "Fit" program was implemented at the school, not a single member of Annandale's girls' lacrosse team has torn an ACL during practice or a game.
Veteran Coach Cindy Hook made "Fit" part of their regular warm-up drill. She says it's a "win-win" situation.
"We are doing something to really help them physically to prevent injuries, and they are also conditioning for our sport," she says.
On a cool spring afternoon, the girls giggle as they go through the series of high knee lifts, lunges and other moves. Kathy Ayers says few, if any, realize that these exercises protect their knees. She says the girls just see them as a way to get better at their sport.
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Ever since NASA started wrapping up its space shuttle program, it's had a lot of extra gear on its hands. The shuttles were sent off to retirement and other assorted equipment was cleaned out of the garage. Now NASA's game to lease or sell some of the infrastructure that's still hanging around at the Kennedy Space Center.
The list isn't publicly available, but it's thought to include things like launchpads, landing strips, and even the Launch Control Centre, all relics of a program that unfortunately no longer exists. NASA seems keen to turn some of these assets around quick before anything gets too old and busted from lack of repair, but it seems more than safe to say that any and all of it is completely out of a price range you'd even be able to fathom. Unless you're an evil billionaire with eyes on a moon-base or something. In which case, best of luck; someone's got to get back there. [Orlando Sentinel via Engadget]


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Interview with Ayhan Guneri : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Ayhan Guneri : The main idea is street culture. Therefore street is being inspiration for us. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Ayhan Guneri : Provide the requirements of our customer and create a young space with using street culture concept. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Ayhan Guneri : Introduce to our design and designing ideas. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Ayhan Guneri : It takes a month to design this concept and provide the requirements of customer. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Ayhan Guneri : In the direction of wants of customer, we designed this particular concept. .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?. Ayhan Guneri : The design is not produced yet. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Ayhan Guneri : The unique inspiration source is street. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Ayhan Guneri : Young people. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Ayhan Guneri : The space makes a sensation. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Ayhan Guneri : The brand name is Sport In Street. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Ayhan Guneri : Autocad, 3Dsmax, and corel. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Ayhan Guneri : Reflect the soul of street. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Ayhan Guneri : Computer programs are very important for us. We owe to technology. .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Ayhan Guneri : We research that how do young people feel and we think that why do they wanna be in sport in street. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Ayhan Guneri : We think the concept is effective and then decide to submit. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Ayhan Guneri : It is the first time that we work in this type of concept and we improve ourselves in this particular work. .Frank Scott: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?. Ayhan Guneri : Thank you very much for everything. .
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As we show in the November/December 2010 issue, Atlanta is quickly becoming a force to be reckoned with in the cocktail world, but as the hometown to the likes of Sweetwater Brewing and Batdorf & Bronson Coffee Roasters, the city also has plenty to offer in the way of beer and coffee. Here are some places that put perfect pints and expertly pulled espresso front and center.
5 Seasons Brewing
1000 Marietta St., 404-875-3232; 5600 Roswell Rd., 404-255-5911; 5seasons.info
This brewpub puts an emphasis on fresh, seasonal ingredients in both its beers and its ever-changing food menu. On the six to 10 taps you'll find seasonals, Belgian-style ales and even gluten-free beer, plus the pub taps a fresh cask ale every Thursday.
Max Lager's
320 Peachtree St., 404-525-4400
Wash down a dinner of wood-fired steaks and pizza with six taps of house-brewed beers, like Belgian-inspired Max Abbey and Hopslosion IPA packed with 70 IBUs.
Park Tavern
500 10th Street NE, 404-249-0001
Put back a pint or two of house-brewed beer while overlooking beautiful Piedmont Park. Set in a historic building, the pub, which doubles as an event venue, offers a full sushi bar alongside burgers and pulled pork.
Red Brick Brewing
2323 Defoor Hills Rd. NW, 404-355-5558
Formerly known as Atlanta Brewing Company, Red Brick Brewing is the oldest continuously operating brewery in Atlanta. Head to the tasting room where you can sample the company's Blonde, Brown, Pale Ale and Porter, and take a peek at the action with a tour.
Sweetwater Brewing
195 Ottley Dr., 404-691-2537
SweetWater's brews can be found all over Atlanta and the South, but if you go to the source you can tour the brewery and hit the tasting room's dozen-plus taps to sample year-round faves like SweetWater IPA and seasonals like Exodus Porter.
Twain's Billiards & Tap
211 East Trinity Place, Decatur, 404-373-0063
Play a game of darts, much on some boiled peanuts and enjoy some of the best brews in Atlanta, including cask-conditioned ales and special seasonal brewed onsite.
Brick Store Pub
125 E. Court Square, Decatur, 404-687-0990
The Brick Store takes beer so seriously that it's taken over an underground bank vault to age 15,000 bottles of 500 different kinds of bottled brews. In addition to its extensive bottle selection and 17 taps on the main floor, it also features a dedicated Belgian beer bar on the second floor with eight taps and a beer engine.
Cypress Street Pint and Plate
817 West Peachtree St., Suite E-125, 404-815-9243
With 14 taps and 40-plus bottles, the selection here is always interesting. On tap you'll usually find regional offerings from SweetWater and Terrapin, as well as more far-flung micros like Shock-Top, Allagash and Magic Hat.
Deckard's Kitchen and Kegs
650 Ponce de Leon Ave., Suite 800B, 404-941-3520
This gastropub, which has an open kitchen fitted out with custom-made, old-fashioned steam kettles, features 24 draughts, two casks and 75 bottled beers to go along with its seasonal menu.
Fado Irish pub
273 Buckhead Ave., 404-841-0066
If a proper pint of Irish or English beer is what you crave, Fado has 15 draughts to suit your fancy, from Smithwick's to Strongbow. Rounding out the choices are a smattering of Belgian, German and American brews. Even better, they take their pints very seriously, fastidiously cleaning lines and swapping out old kegs for fresh ones.
The Porter Beer Bar
1156 Euclid Ave., 404-223-0393
For a serious selection of top-notch microbrews, hit The Porter (pictured above) with its 29 constantly rotating taps. Check out beers from local brewers like Terrapin and Wild Heaven, or taste your way through a healthy selection of Belgian beers. There are also one to two hand-pumped cask-conditioned ales to choose from and the food menu comes complete with beer pairing suggestions.
Taco Mac
Various locations
Though it sounds like a taqueria, this chain restaurant is best known for its buffalo wings and selection of international brews to wash them down. Be adventurous and join the "Brewniversity" so you can earn credits for each different beer you try.
1180 Peachtree Street NE, 404-347-2220
With a central bar lined with 35 beers on tap (including one cask and two wines, no less), plus a glass-enclosed beer "cellar" hanging from the ceiling, you can easily surround yourself in suds at Tap. The beer menu lists upwards of three dozen bottles, including 10 reserve beers, and is arranged by style, from lambics to stouts. For noshing, there's an adventurous gourmet menu built around such dishes as lamb panini with apple jam or espresso-braised pork.
Aurora Coffee
992 N. Highland Ave., 404-607-1300; 468 Moreland Ave., 404-523-6856
A distinctly laid-back feel sets Aurora apart from the pack, and its specialty coffee drinks have kept its loyal clientele coming back since 1992. Both shops brew Batdorf & Bronson using Chemex brewers or the Clever coffee dripper.
Dancing Goats Cafe
419 W. Ponce De Leon, Decatur, 404-687-1100
This three-year-old café owned by Batdorf & Bronson, features the roaster's exceptional coffees brewed with a Clover machine, as well as V60 pour-over and Chemex brewers. Locally made donuts and Friday-afternoon cuppings are the icing on the cake.
928B Garrett St., 404-627-7375
Stop by for a scoop of Morelli's ice cream to go, or hang out with a cup of Batdorf & Bronson and enjoy the easy-going atmosphere and free wi-fi.
Element Coffee Co.
12635 Crabapple Rd., Milton, 770-752-7188
Here, the brewing methods are almost as varied as the coffee varietals. In addition to espresso drinks, you can choose to have the Intelligentsia beans brewed using drip, French press, Hario V 60 pourover or Chemex brewers. Look out for more coffees to be on hand from small roasters across the country.
Empire State South
999 Peachtree St., 404-541-1105
At this celebrated restaurant, owned by a James Beard nominee, coffee is taken as seriously as the food. Belly up to the cozy coffee bar where baristas brew Counter Culture beans, then head to the outdoor courtyard for a round of bocce ball.
Highland Bakery
655 Highland Avenue, #10, 404-586-0772; 1180 Peachtree Street NE, Ste-C, 404-835-3130
With everything from homemade bagels to brioche and one of the best breakfasts in town, this bakery with two locations is worth checking out for the food alone, but the coffee is equally delicious.
Land of a Thousand Hills
352 South Atlanta St., Roswell, 770-645-1149
Owned by a charity-minded roaster of the same name, this coffeehouse takes the "house" part seriously, brewing its coffees via French press and Chemex in a quaint old house with a large outdoor patio. Even better, the company pays its coffee farmers higher than fair-trade prices and uses its profits to help fund sustainable projects in villages where the coffee farmers live.
Octane Coffee Bar and Lounge
1009-B Marietta St., 404-815-9886; 1593 N. Decatur Rd., 404-585-4210
Head to this coffee shop for expertly pulled espresso or choose from the constantly rotating selection of single-origin coffees from Counter Culture, made using Chemex or French press brewers.
142 Flat Shoals Ave SE, 678-528-9901
Let your pooch run and play in the adjoining dog park while you sip a cappuccino or cup of Counter Culture's single-origin coffee fresh from pour-over, French press, siphon and Chemex brewers.
Sip the Experience
528 Main St., 404-816-3001
Sip Counter Culture coffee in style amid a clean, modern décor. Rounding out the menu is a wide selection of cakes, pastries and sandwiches, as well as whole-leaf teas from Two Leaves and a Bud.
West Egg Café
1100 Howell Mill Rd., 404-872-3973
Known for its killer breakfast and addictive baked goods, this beautiful café in Atlanta's west side is a full-service restaurant with an attached coffee shop serving Batdorf & Bronson with the same care they put into their food.


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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Prospects remain uncertain for a bill that would regulate industrial hemp if the crop ever makes a comeback in Kentucky.
The House Agriculture and Small Business Committee heard nearly two hours of testimony but took no vote on the bill Wednesday morning in Frankfort. A motion calling for a vote on the bill was ruled out of order by committee chairman Tom McKee.
McKee is pushing to rewrite the bill to have a university study of hemp, which thrived in Kentucky decades ago but is now illegal. The bill, which would allow hemp to be grown in the state if a federal ban is lifted, had easily passed the Senate.
McKee says he plans to reconvene the committee later Wednesday to review the legislation.


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By Teachers, For Teachers
It's time for that yearly tradition of reflection and resolutions for the upcoming school year.
Get inspired with our list of the Top 12 New Year's Resolutions for Teachers.
1. Stay Positive
Coming off a much-needed break, it's time to figure out how to make your classroom a happy place for you and your students in the long stretch to summer. Try these 5 Powerfully Positive Teaching Practices to get started.
2. Spice Up Your Classroom Routine
Try one new technology or instructional technique each month to keep things new and challenging for you and your students. Making a list and assigning one new thing to each month will help you actually stick to this resolution.
3. Build Fitness into Your Curriculum
It wouldn't be a resolution list without some mention of better health. Make it a classroom affair with healthy eating lessons, integrating movement into your day-to-day activities and just encouraging you and your students to take care of your bodies.
4. Get Your Work/Life Balance in Order
As best you can, keep school work at school and enjoy your time at home. Making yourself happy will be better for you AND your students.
5. Give Individual Time & Attention to Students
It doesn't have to be formal one-on-ones, tutoring or meetings, but try to integrate a rotating classroom job in which your students help you do something. You can check in with him/her individually and see how everything is going (whether they're the best , worst, loudest or quietest student in class).
6. Get Organized – Work Smarter, Not Harder
With the fresh start, it's a great opportunity to get your classroom organization back on track. Here are some 6 Back to School Tips to Organize Your Classroom and 12 Time-Saving Assessment Strategies to get your school life back in order.
7. Don't Let Admin & School Policies Get You Down
There is nothing you can do to change those annoying policies, unnecessary meetings or mounds of paperwork, so try to take a Zen about the situation rather than letting that sour mood infest you and your classroom.
8. Plan Your Move Up the Payscale
Whether you need to add professional development hours or graduate credits or change positions, consider what your careers goals are and get a move on them!
9. Set Goals & Avoid Autopilot Mode
Now, I don't mean your school and official achievement goals, I mean your own personal classroom goals. What is one or two things you think are important but forget as soon as the flurry of the teaching gets in the way? Write one achievable goal a month on your calendar and make it a priority.
10. Get Students Involved/Empowered
By giving students more control over their assignments and activities, they will hopefully take ownership of their education and use their talents and interests in a positive way.
11. Make Better Use of Planning
Time Resolve to bust it out during your planning time so you can take less (or hopefully no) work home with you. It's tempting to take the much-needed break during your day, but it'll feel even better to walk away with an empty bag at the end of the day.
12. Dress to Impress Yourself
Don't underestimate how felling good in your clothes and wearing something you love can lift your mood and start your day on a positive note. Grab a few new, fun pieces to add to your typical work outfits and turn those hallways into your own personal runway!
What resolutions will you bring to your classroom in the new school year? Share in the comments section!


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The award-winning environmental documentary Unacceptable Levels premiered in Chicago at the Museum of Contemporary Art to a sold-out crowd of hundreds, with actress and health advocate Mariel Hemingway co-hosting the evening's event, along with filmmaker Ed Brown.
The VIP reception, movie screening, and Q&A session included a cross-section of the local health and wellness community, including leaders from The Natural Resources Defense Council, the Alliance for the Great Lakes, the Midwest Pesticide Action Center, the Cancer Prevention Coalition, Karyn's Raw Vegan, and more. The evening also included eco-conscious area residents, as well as foot soldiers active in consumer product companies offering non-toxic, natural, and plant-derived ingredients.
Unacceptable Levels examines the results of the chemical revolution of the 1940s through the eyes of filmmaker Ed Brown, a father seeking to understand the world in which he and his wife are raising their children. After his wife experienced several miscarriages in between two healthy births – Brown and his wife began to examine the larger impact of the toxic, and largely unregulated chemicals that we all breathe, ingest and absorb.
"I made this film because I couldn't ignore the effects of chemicals on my family. I had to find out more," said Brown.
Brown's job waiting tables for the better part of a decade also provided plenty of time to ponder the purity of all that drinking water he was dispensing. He narrates the film from the perspective of the plaintive "everyman," who learns as he goes.
But it was his past life in media (including a stint with Emmy-award winning filmmaker Michael Moore) that proved so valuable in helping channel his burgeoning personal interests into something bigger that would eventually encompass 58 interviews in 37 locations for his 90-minute documentary.
Brown's crew traveled extensively to interview the top minds in the fields of science, advocacy, and law. And weaving their testimonies into a compelling narrative, Brown presents us with the story of how the chemical revolution brought us to where we are, and of where, if we're not vigilant, it may take us.
The film hammers home that 80,000 chemicals flow through our system of commerce, and many are going straight into our bodies. The film puts a harsh spotlight on the 200 synthetic industrial chemicals that are making their way into our bodies, including more than a few known to cause cancer.
Overall, viewers left the film with a worse (but better) appreciation for the chemical stew that's all around us (and in us) – on farms and in barns, as we eat and drink, shower and swim, clean up, slather up and pretty up.
For anyone looking to fast-track their knowledge about the impact of chemicals – the experts interviewed in the movie provide a goldmine of guidance on whom to follow, and what to read. An abbreviated list follows:
- Ralph Nader Author, Getting Steamed to Overcome Corporatism
- Dr. Devra Lee Davis Founder and President, The Environmental Health Trust
- Stacy Malkan Co-Founder of The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
- Ken Cook President and Co-Founder, The Environmental Working Group
- Christopher Gavigan Former CEO of Healthy Child Healthy World and CPO of The Honest Company
- Dr. Alan Greene Pediatrician, Author/Feeding Baby Green
- Dr. John Warner President & Chief Technology Officer, The Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry
- Andy Igrejas Director, Safer Chemicals Healthy Families
- Joan Blades President and Co-Founder, MomsRising.Org
- Dr. William Hirzy Chemist in Residence, American University
- Dr. Richard Clapp Professor of Environmental Health, Boston University
- Dr. Tyrone Hayes Biologist, The University of California Berkeley
- Jeffrey Hollender Former CEO, Seventh Generation
- Randy Hayes Founder, Rainforest Action Network
Unacceptable Levels has been screening to positive reviews, grabbing the Health and Environmental Prize at the 30th International Film Festival in Paris. Domestically, it's screened in 13 locations on the film's summer tour, including Chicago, New York City, San Francisco, Hollywood, and Washington, D.C. Future screening inquiries are available via the movie's website at www.unacceptablelevels.com


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Cartoon planet: TTC's road to nowhere
MUSIC REVIEW- Cartoon planet: TTC's road to nowhere
Tom Tom Club
at Starr Hill Music Hall
Sunday, September 14, 2003
Perhaps the best song you'll hear all month here in town is the one Tom Tom Club played in several incarnations September 14: their 1981 worldwide hit single "Genius of Love." It's superficial and unaffected, a one-of-a-kind light delight that explores the ecstasies of love, African-American music, and (maybe) cocaine. It's a song about "fun, natural fun," whose performance answers the question: "How wonderful would life be at its most unreal?"
If "You Sexy Thing" wasn't already candy enough– even the Talking Heads' cover of "Take Me To the River" felt too sensual for an art-school vibe– the Tom Tom Club's renditions at Starr Hill reduced them to bouncy, all-smiles funk-pop. Married couple Tina Weymouth (deep bass) and Chris Frantz (metronomic drums) laid down an incredibly tight and efficient groove with the same recognizable chemistry of their early T. Heads days.
Over the top, Weymouth and her sister delivered gorgeous and girlishly sweet vocal harmonies, a recipe for rainbows if I've ever heard one. A particularly helium "Only the Strong Survive" reminded me of some funky anime hippo, a dancing Pokemon waiting to give you a hug.
With TTC's light keyboards and lighter vocals, everything turned cartoonish, an other-world within the distinct, boxy Starr Hill stage.... Two pretty, middle-aged sisters wiggling in blue stage light, their bellies showing. A tall Jamaican man wearing (and not wearing) a multi-colored mesh shirt, leaning off the stage as if for his close-up. Bodies falling to the stage before the Funk Lord.
During "L'Elephant," arms unself-consciously imitating elephant trunks. Too much hair on everyone in sight. And how it flew about in rhythm, frizzy, curly, tangled, human sparklers held by hyper children.
So what if they played "Genius of Love" only once? (So what if I find Frantz's shouts of "James Brown!" and "Yo yo yo!" too disturbing to seriously broach here?) This band is consistent, even when drawing on 20 years' worth of material.
This is a band whose hit "Wordy Rappinghood" posits words themselves as foreign objects, as black holes. If Weymouth incongruously mentioned the Equal Rights Amendment, or the guitarist let out a horrible screaming solo (an evil-eyed hawk tearing at the Pokemon!), it barely distracted the shouting, dancing crowd. When TTC borrowed from zydeco or dancehall, it was little more than a tint on our TV screen.
The Tom Tom Club's performance wasn't very artful. But it was animated, and most of us were too wide-eyed to care.
Tom Tom Club


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Shopping street/Residential village
Hogsmeade Village, or simply called Hogsmeade is the only all-wizarding village in Britain. It was founded by Hengist of Woodcroft. Students may sometimes come on weekend trips, but only third year students and above with guardian permission are allowed to visit[1]. Mainly, students frequent the High Street in the village which contains the named specialty shops and pubs such as Zonko's Joke Shop and Honeydukes. Otherwise, they wander on to observe the infamous Shrieking Shack.
Hogsmeade is a picturesque little village of thatched cottages and shops, with enchanted candles hanging in the trees during the holidays. It is also near the location of the train station used by the Hogwarts Express.
Early historyEdit
According to tradition, Hogsmeade was founded over a thousand years ago, around the same time as Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, by medieval wizard Hengist of Woodcroft as he was fleeing persecution by Muggles.
In 1612, a goblin rebellion took place in the vicinity of the village. Hogsmeade served as the wizards' headquarters during the rebellion.
Recent historyEdit
Harry Potter's first visits to the village (outside the train station) occur during the winter of 1993. Because he ran away from his guardians, the Dursleys, he was unable to acquire permission to go, and he visits with the aid of the Marauder's Map. While he managed to sneak around without being seen the first time, after a close call, Harry used his invisibility cloak for his second trip.After Remus Lupin had to cover for Harry when Snape questioned him about Draco Malfoy's report that he had seen Harry in Hogsmeade (when the hood of the cloak fell off of Harry's head), Lupin confiscated the Marauder's Map which ended Harry's chances of making anymore secret trips for the remainder of the school year.
Neville Longbottom later lost his visitation rights for the remainder of the school year after Sirius Black had used the passwords to Gryffindor Tower which Neville wrote down (that were stolen by Hermione Granger's cat Crookshanks and given to Sirius Black). Later, Sirius, as Harry's godfather, gave written permission for Harry to visit the village.[1]
Harry, along with Hermione and Ron, went to visit Sirius Black and Buckbeak in one of the caves in the mountains on the outskirts of Hogsmeade. There, they discussed the strange occurrences surrounding Harry's entrance in the Triwizard Tournament.
In the winter of 1995, a group of Hogwarts students that were unhappy about the recent Ministry interference at Hogwarts, formed Dumbledore's Army. The first meeting was held in the Hog's Head pub.
On Valentine's Day in 1996 Harry went to Madam Puddifoot's Tea Shop with Cho Chang, on their first date. Cho wanted to talk about Cedric and how they used to come to Madam Puddifoot's Tea Shop (it only led to tears). Their relationship ended soon after when Harry informed Cho he had promised to meet Hermione.
Harry's visitation rights for Hogsmeade were later revoked by Dolores Umbridge as punishment for his interview in The Quibbler, but was lifted at the end of the year following Umbridge's removal from the school.
In the next school year, Madam Rosmerta was put under the Imperius Curse and through her, Katie Bell was also placed under the said curse in order to smuggle the opal necklace into Hogwarts in a plot to kill Professor Albus Dumbledore, attempted by Draco Malfoy.
During the Battle of Hogwarts, Horace Slughorn rallied the residents of Hogsmeade to come to the aid of those fighting at Hogwarts. The Hog's Head Inn contained a secret passageway into Hogwarts' Room of Requirement, also served as a route for Order of the Phoenix members and supporters to enter the school to join the battle. The secret passageway also served as a means to evacuate underage students from the school.
The connection might have been broken since Vincent Crabbe unleashed Fiendfyre inside the Room of Hidden Things, although it is unknown if it completely destroyed the Room of Requirement or merely that particular form of it.
Shops and buildingsEdit
- Dervish & Banges - a helpful shop and sells and repairs some magical instruments.
- Dogweed and Deathcap - a Herbology shop.
- Dominic Maestro's - a music shop.
- Gladrags Wizardwear - a clothing shop that also sells very lurid socks, including ones that scream when they get too smelly.
- Hairdressing salon - across the street from Honeydukes.
- Hogsmeade Post Office - the owl post office.
- Hogsmeade Station - the railway station.
- Honeydukes - a sweet shop that has the entrance to a secret passageway into Hogwarts in its cellar.
- Madam Puddifoot's Tea Shop - "the haunt of happy couples", according to Harry Potter. Usually couples go there on dates.
- Ollivanders Wand Shop - local branch of the wand shop.
- Potage's Cauldron Shop - local branch of the cauldron shop.
- Scrivenshaft's Quill Shop - a shop for all types of quills.
- The Shrieking Shack - an infamous and the most frightening building in Britain. The villagers thought it was haunted, but they didn't know it was actually the werewolf Remus Lupin making the scary noises (it was where he went to transform).
- Spintwitches - a shop that sells sporting goods.
- The Hog's Head - a dingy pub owned by Dumbledore's brother, Aberforth Dumbledore, which hosted a secret passage into Hogwarts created by the Room of Requirement.
- The Magic Neep - a greengrocer's.
- The Three Broomsticks Inn - a pub owned by Madam Rosmerta.
- Tomes and Scrolls - a bookshop (est. 1768).
- Wizarding Wireless Network Headquarters - main headquarters of the popular radio station.
- Zonko's Joke Shop - a famous joke shop.
Behind the scenesEdit
- In all film adaptations to date, Hogsmeade has been shown as a small snowy roof-topped array of shops. According to Harry Potter Film Wizardry, the set designers made the decision that Hogsmeade is "permanently above the snow line".
- There is a recreation of Hogsmeade Village at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Universal's Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida.
- Use of magic in Hogsmeade is regulated by certain unspecified spell limits.
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First mentioned) (Mentioned as village)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) (Name appears on bench) (First identified as Hogsmeade)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) (Name appears on Famous Wizard Card)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)
- Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Book (Mentioned only)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World
- LEGO Harry Potter: Characters of the Magical World
- The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
- Pottermore
- Harry Potter LEGO Sets
Notes and referencesEdit


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The Village of Speluca
The village of Speluca belongs to the municipality of Veroli, in the province of Frosinone, region Lazio.
>>>COVID-19<<< Data about spreading of Covid-19 in Speluca are not yet available.
For the province of Frosinone, to whom Speluca belongs, on 2020-05-28 are reported 615 cases. In the previos day there were 614 cases, thus having a variation of 1 cases, i.e. 0.16% with reference to the number of cases reported in the previous day.
Please follow this link for updated information on Covid-19 including new cases and percentage changes for the whole of Italy, regions and individual provinces
The village of Speluca is 3,76 kilometers far from the same town of Veroli to whom it belongs.
To the municipality of Veroli also belong the localities of Aia le Monache (6,11 km), Bagnara (8,35 km), Casamari (8,02 km), Case Branca (6,28 km), Case Campoli (-- km), Case Campoli - Panetta (6,92 km), Case Cibba (2,42 km), Case Cibba - Sciascia - Crocifisso - Tondarella - Virano (-- km), Case Cocchi (8,66 km), Case Fiorini (5,75 km), Case Gattone (6,75 km), Case Gattone - Volpi (5,50 km), Case Palmerini - Oste (7,57 km), Case Panetta (7,15 km), Case Pinciveri (5,62 km), Case Ricci (5,01 km), Case Scaccia (2,65 km), Case Sciascia (2,10 km), Case sparse (-- km), Case Volpi (6,42 km), Casino Spani (4,39 km), Castello (2,53 km), Castelmassimo (5,25 km), Chiarano (3,92 km), Colle Capito (4,80 km), Colle Ciaffone (4,55 km), Colle Grosso (5,15 km), Colle Martino (4,54 km), Colleberardi (4,09 km), Cona dei Greci (3,65 km), Cotropagno (3,07 km), Crescenzi (4,50 km), Crocifisso (1,61 km), Fontana Fratta (9,11 km), Gaude (5,44 km), Giglio (3,21 km), La Vittoria (2,07 km), Madonna degli Angeli (0,94 km), Madonna del Pianto (1,27 km), Madonna della Vittoria (2,04 km), Madonna di Foiano (2,27 km), Panetta (4,81 km), Ponte Vasagalli (3,63 km), Puppari (3,39 km), San Cristoforo (5,18 km), San Filippo (4,61 km), San Giuseppe (3,00 km), San Giuseppe Le Prata (2,41 km), San Giuseppe le Prata - Cotropagno (2,17 km), San Vito (3,86 km), Sant'Angelo in Villa (3,66 km), Sant'Angelo in Villa - Giglio (3,12 km), Sant'Anna (2,71 km), Santa Francesca (4,47 km), Santa Francesca di Veroli (-- km), Santa Maria Amaseno (5,17 km), Scifelli (6,53 km), Stere Mancini (8,41 km), Stero Mancini (6,54 km), Tondarella (2,05 km), Tor dei Venti (3,98 km), Torre Caravicchia (2,92 km), Tretticatore (2,98 km), Vado Amaseno (3,28 km), Valle Amaseno (4,28 km), Varnieri (5,36 km), Vernieri (5,57 km), Virano (2,51 km).
The number in parentheses following each village name indicate the distance between the same village and the municipality of Veroli.
Please notice that in what follows no statistic nor population data are available at the moment: the same are available for the Italian places having al least the status of municipalities ad for most of the villages too.
The distribution of the most commun family names is equally unavailable.
Please find in what follows:
- The banks in Speluca, when available.
- The parishes in Speluca, when available.
- The pharmacies in Speluca, when available.
- Weather and weather forecast for the municipality of Veroli, to whom Speluca belongs.
- Hotels in Speluca and its surroundings.
- Free ads in Speluca and in its province and region too.
- Map and road map of Speluca.
- A selection of videos about Speluca.
In the hamlet of Speluca there is no bank.
Please look at the closest banks in the town of Veroli, to whom Speluca belongs.
There is no pharmacy in the hamlet of Speluca.
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The parishes in Speluca
There are no parishes in Speluca.
Please look at the closest parishes in the town of Veroli, to whom Speluca belongs.
Where to stay in Speluca and its neighborhoods
Hotels, Resorts, B&B in Speluca and its neighborhoods.
You can arrange the results by number of stars, by popularity, by distance or even by the guest review score choosing among young couples, mature couples, families with young children, families with older children, people withfriends, or solo travellers.
Free ads in Speluca
Most recent free ads in Speluca, municipality of Veroli, province of Frosinone, Lazio region, updated at 19:31:26, 29 May 2020. Place your free ad on Speluca: no registration needed. Place your free ad.
Up to now there is no free ad placed in Speluca
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Map and road map of Speluca
Look at the interactive map of Speluca and get the road maps, the satellite maps and the mixed ones too. Interactive maps of Speluca also allow an immediate view of: bar,restaurants,pubs,pizzerias,dancing,night clubs,banks,jewellers,beauty centers,hair stylists,supermarkets,pharmacies.
Just fill in the free text search box placed on top of the map with any of previous categories and then press enter.
Please feel free to use the same free text search box placed on top of the map to find any kind of business activities you're interested into.
Videos about Speluca Veroli, Frosinone, Lazio
Several videos about Speluca, Veroli, Frosinone, Lazio.
A first video is shown: clicking on the PLAY button the video will start.
Inside the video window there are several commands and a Playlist button: .
Press the Playlist button to access the complete listing of the available videos, along with their titles. It will suffice to scroll through the list using the cursor to select any of the videos.
Once the video started you can use the and buttons to scroll through the videos. Each video can be displayed in full screen.


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The Shire-hobbits or Shire-folk were the Hobbits that lived in the Shire, as opposed to Bree-hobbits and Bucklanders. They represented the majority of the whole Hobbitish population of Middle-earth. Shire-hobbits called everyone else "Outsiders".
The Hobbits of the Shire were considered the most rustic and pastoral of their kind. The most important family among the Shire-hobbits were the Tooks of the Westfarthing, who had held the hereditary, and largely honorary, title of Thain from T.A. 2340.


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Basel Bad Bf Train StationBasel Bad Bf Train Station is a train station located in Basel. Keep in mind that some larger cities can have more than one station.
Getting thereYou can get to Basel Bad Bf Train Station from Zurich. Best price and travel duration below.
|From Zurich
Station / Airport guide
Basel Badischer Bahnhof (Basel Bad Bf) is the one of the two main railway stations in the city of Basel, Switzerland. Basel Badischer Bahnhof railway station is located on the north bank of river Rhine, near the German borders.
Basel Badischer Bahnhof is one of the most important railway buildings in Switzerland as far as architect is concerned. Deutsche Bahn trains call at Basel Badischer Bahnhof railway station. Basel Badischer Bahnhof is a hub for local and regional German trains . This means that trains coming to Basel from Germany tend to first stop at Basel Bad Bf.Trains operating in and from this station:
High speed trains (ICE), Regional trains
Facilities for disabled persons, Toilets and Phone cabins.
Transportation and connections
Local trains & subway: Tram line 2 connects Basel Bahnhof SBB to Basel Bad Bf.
Buses: Buses are available outside the station serving different parts of Basel.
Taxis: Taxi available outside station.
Airport: The Number 50 bus runs to Basel Railway Station to the airport every 15 minutes.
Station location
Address: Schwarzwaldallee 200 CH-4016 Basel


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Examining Ohio's key counties (and winning/losing margins)… Obama yesterday: "What we have right now is a lead that we've maintained"… Romney yesterday: "We are going to win"… Powell -- again -- backs Obama… The Mourdock story continues… New NBC/WSJ/Marist polls (of Colorado and Nevada) come out at 6:30 pm ET (Update: They're here)… Obama stumps in Florida, Virginia, and Ohio, while Romney spends his whole day in the Buckeye State… And it's also debate night in the Buckeye State: Brown vs. Mandel.
The Daily Rundown's Chuck Todd reports on President Barack Obama's final push to net early voters and break the dead heat in the campaign.
CINCINNATI, Ohio -- With Mitt Romney, President Obama, and even part of your First Read team all here in the Buckeye State today, we take an in-depth look at the key Ohio counties to watch on Election Day. If this race will all come down to Ohio -- as many think it will -- be sure to save these numbers for Nov. 6:
Slideshow: Twin sons of different parties
Cuyahoga (Cleveland): 2004: Kerry 448,503 vs. Bush 221,600 (+226,903); 2008: Obama 458,422 vs. McCain 199,880 (+258,542)
Franklin (Columbus): 2004: Kerry 285,801 vs. Bush 237,253 (+48,548); 2008: Obama 334,709 vs. McCain 218,486 (+116,223)
Hamilton (Cincinnati): 2004: Bush 222,616 vs. Kerry 199,679 (+22,937); 2008: Obama 225,213 vs. McCain 195,530 (+29,683)
Lucas (Toledo): 2004 Kerry 132,715 vs. Bush 87,160 (+45,555); 2008: Obama 142,852 vs. McCain 73,706 (+69,146)
Slideshow: On the Trail
Both Bush and Obama received 51% of the vote in Ohio in 2004 and 2008. The one TRUE swing county is Hamilton, which both men won. But just as important are the margins. Note that Obama won the Democratic-leaning Cuyahoga and Lucas counties by wider margins than Kerry did, while Bush was able to minimize his losses in these two counties. So for the president, it's about winning his counties by 2008 margins; for Romney, it's about losing them by 2004 margins. What made Obama's victory margins so impressive in 2008: There were fewer voters in Cuyahoga and Lucas. It's a big reminder that for the Democrats, Ohio defies gravity for them. In just about every other swing state, the president is counting on NEW voters, population GROWTH (particularly among Hispanics) for instance. Ohio is a state that is getting older and smaller; does it also mean it gets whiter? On paper, it should be a state that actually moves away from the Democrats over the next few years, just like Missouri, and yet, it hasn't.
In an NBC News exclusive, Rock Center host Brian Williams travels with President Obama for two days on the campaign trail, attending rallies throughout the country as Election Day looms.
*** Obama: "What we have right now is a lead that we've maintained": NBC's Brian Williams yesterday was able to interview Obama on the first leg of his 48-hour swing across the country (which took him to Iowa, Colorado, and Nevada). Obama on the state of the race: "I think that, you know, we always knew this was gonna be a close race from the start. And what we have right now is a lead that we've maintained throughout this campaign. And we are gonna just continue to drive home the message that there are two fundamentally different choices in this election about where we take the country." Obama on the new pamphlet laying out his second-term agenda: "This is exactly what I laid out at my convention. Every point that's in there is what we said when I accepted the Democratic nomination… And it's been on our website for weeks." And the president on his relationship with Romney: "I think if you look at George Bush and John Kerry or George Bush and Al Gore or first President Bush and Bill Clinton, I don't think-- anybody would say that while you were in the middle of a campaign that you felt deep affection for the other guy."
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A young girl listens as President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally in Dayton, Ohio Oct. 23, 2012.
*** Romney: "We are going to win": Meanwhile, that "other guy" -- Mitt Romney -- campaigned yesterday in Nevada and Iowa. Here's a dispatch from NBC's Garrett Haake covering Romney in Cedar Rapids: "This is a defining election – defining for the nation but also defining for your family," Romney told a crowd of some 2,300 supporters there. "I say that because it will make a difference, this election will. A difference for the nation, a difference for the families of the nation and a difference for your own family." More Romney: "We are going to win, by the way." Romney's tone is all about the soft sell to suburban women. And his advertising of late is matching the tone we're hearing from him on the trail. It's clear, Boston knows the difference between winning and losing is making sure the gender gap is small. If they are going to get crushed among Hispanics (the Post/ABC tracking had POTUS hitting 75%!!! with Latinos yesterday), then Romney has to pick up ground somewhere.
As Mitt Romney embarks on a campaign blitz in key battleground states, Clint Eastwood is promoting the GOP candidate in a new Super Pac ad. NBC's Peter Alexander reports.
*** Powell -- again -- backs Obama: On CBS this morning, Colin Powell endorsed Obama. The endorsement isn't a surprise – after all, Powell backed Obama in '08 – but it would have been a blow to Obama had Powell picked Romney this time around (or even decided against endorsing). The AP: "Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, a longtime Republican, is sticking with President Barack Obama in this year's election. He tells 'CBS This Morning' he respects Mitt Romney but thinks he's been vague on many issues. Speaking of Obama, Powell said the president got the United States out of Iraq and has laid out a plan for leaving Afghanistan 'and didn't get us into any new wars.' He praises Obama's economic performance, saying that while difficult choices are ahead on taxes, spending and budgetary policies, 'steadily, I think we've begun to come out of the dive and we're gaining attitude.'"
*** The Mourdock story continues: Why do presidential candidates do late-night TV? One reason, as we saw with Obama going on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" last night, is that it allows the candidate to take advantage of news of the day -- like Richard Mourdock's comments on rape and abortion. Said Obama: "Let me make a very simple proposition, rape is rape. It is a crime. So these various distinctions about rape don't make very much sense to me… The second thing this underscores though this is why you don't want a bunch of politicians, mostly male making decisions about women's health care decisions." Again, the Mourdock story couldn't have come at a worse time for Romney and the GOP, and Obama extended the story with his comments on Leno. The Obama camp also is up with a web video linking Mourdock to Romney and Paul Ryan. But the real potential blow to Mourdock (and thus the GOP's chances of winning back the Senate)? John McCain's endorsement is now up in the air. "John McCain, R-Arizona, said on CNN on Wednesday that his support for Richard Mourdock was dependent on an apology from the Republican Senate candidate for his remarks that pregnancies caused by rape are intended by God."
*** New NBC/WSJ/Marist polls! We are unveiling new NBC/WSJ/Marist polls of Colorado and Nevada today at 6:30 pm ET. (Update: They're here)
*** On the trail: Obama begins his day with a rally in Tampa, FL at 9:20 am ET, then hits Richmond, VA at 12:50 pm ET, votes in Chicago, and then concludes his day with an event in Cleveland, OH at 8:55 pm ET… Romney spends his day in Ohio, visiting Cincinnati at 11:00 am ET, Worthington at 3:10 pm, and in Defiance at 7:35 pm… Biden heads to South Dakota to attend prayer services for George McGovern… And Ryan stumps in Virginia.
*** Debate night: Brown vs. Mandel: By the way, part of your First Read team is in Cincinnati, where NBC's Chuck Todd moderates a Senate debate between Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) and Josh Mandel (R) that begins at 7:00 pm ET. If you live in Ohio, you can watch on your NBC station.
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How do i disable the system Sendmail on Freebsd?
If you're using FreeBSD 6.0, you can control sendmail very easily by adding variables to your /etc/rc.conf file.
Looking at the /etc/rc.d/sendmail file, it seems there are four variables used to control sendmail:
- sendmail_enable
- sendmail_submit_enable
- sendmail_outbound_enable
- sendmail_msp_queue_enable
Setting 'sendmail_enable' to 'NO' will disable all four of those options.
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I played those mods. Those were mods that were added to Civ4 a long while after the game was released. It's not a fair comparison.
Hydro, I think the amount of willing modders you can find reflects the amount of people who will actually be interested in playing this mod.
Not to mention, not everyone likes a billion and a one different units and options and what-have-you. Its a mistake to equate "amount of content" with depth.
Also, comparing WoW to Pong? I haven't played Civ5 yet, but I find that to be a highly exaggerated comparison. Comparing Civ5 as a crudely programmed video game during the dawn of home entertainment system is quite a far cry when considering all the effort put into the presentation of Civ5. It just doesn't have nearly as much the content, sure. But you're forgetting this game is still fairly new with a possible expansion in the works. The modding community still has yet to grow accustomed to the new environment. Obviously the amount of available mods for Civ4 make it all the more appealing, hence why you conclude Civ5 sucks.
Whenever I get CivIV and have played the base game for a while I will definitely try this out.
OK, both of you die and let us know what happens.
I've been playing A New Dawn and I've been re-addicted to Civ4. Was up to like 1 am on a school night last night because I kept wanting to keep going. Anyway, I think AND has just the right amount of content. It's not too slow, not too fast, and there is a good amount of depth and thought. However, I'm not sure C2C would hit that balance like AND does, instead opting for an overflow of content.
The early periods in this game plus the RoM base are just fantastic.
There is, of course, a difference between having a laugh with someone, and having a laugh at their expense
So I wanted to try the mod, but whenever I load the mod it sends me back to the desktop and nothing happens...
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In this final article of a four-part series discussing how computer-based music synthesis works and presenting a basic platform for experimentation, I'll discuss effects. An effect is a general term for a class of component that manipulates samples towards some particular end. Example effects include tremelo, phaser, flanger, reverb, delay, equalizer, pitch shifter, chorus, compressor, expander, limiter, etc. This article will describe how to implement a delay and a phaser effect using the architecture developed over the course of this series.
In general, effects provide controls that are manipulated to achieve a desired sound. With a hardware effect like a guitar pedal, real physical knobs and switches are used for adjustments. A graphical user interface (GUI) is provided in a virtual environment for the same purpose. All effects (physical and virtual) provide a way to bypass their operation, effectively removing them from the signal path. The delay and phaser effects we will be discussing are no exceptions. Figures 1 and 2 show the GUI's for the delay and phaser effects within PSynth, the iPhone/iPod Touch electronic music synthesizer presented in this series.
Effects are inserted into a signal path/chain between those components that produce samples (like our
BasicOscillator) and those components that consume samples (like our
SamplePlayer). To function in this environment, effects must be able to request samples from an upstream sample provider, process these samples in real time, and then provide the modified samples to the downstream component. To fit within our architecture, all effects must implement the
SampleProviderIntfc. It should be noted that effects can be connected serially to further increase the complexity of the resultant sound. Keep in mind that the order in which effects are connected can have a drastic effect on the sounds produced.
Delay Effect
Delay effects have two primary uses. A small amount of delay (50 milliseconds or less) can be used to fatten up a sound (make it sound fuller), while large amounts of delay result in discrete echos. Repeating echos like the kind you hear when you yell in a canyon can be created using feedback to loopback some fraction of the delayed output back to the input of the delay effect. Sound example seven illustrates the delay effect in operation (the code and Javadocs for the complete series can be downloaded here). Execute the following command line in a shell to hear this example:
java -jar softsynth.jar 7.
Here, the delay is set to 250 milliseconds with 30% feedback and a 50% dry/wet mix. As you listen, you can hear the discrete echo of the plucked sound along with repeating echos in the background.
You can consult the
DelayEffect class Javadocs to see the details of the provided API; but basically, you have the ability to bypass the delay effect, to control the dry/wet mix, and to set the amount of delay and the feedback level.
Delay is one of the easiest effects to implement and the basic code can be used as a template for other effects you might want to develop. As implemented, this effect can produce delays that range from one millisecond to two seconds, although these limits are easily adjusted. Before describing how the delay effect works, lets show how to couple the delay effect into a typical signal chain. The code snippet that follows shows how.
// Create a delay effect DelayEffect de = new DelayEffect(); // Set the sample provider for the delay de.setSampleProvider(osc); de.setDelayInMs(250); de.setFeedbackPercent(30); // The next component in the chain sets the delay as its sample provider
Delay is accomplished by writing samples into a buffer and extracting them at some later point in time. A circular buffer with separate read and write pointers is used in this implementation. A read-follows-write approach is used for buffer management; meaning the read pointer is always behind the write pointer in time. New samples are added to the buffer at the write pointer index, while delayed samples are extracted from the buffer at the read pointer index. Both indices are incremented at the sample rate and both must be forced to stay within the buffer's bounds using the
mod operator in conjunction with the buffer-size specification. In other words, as these indices pass the end of the circular buffer, they wrap around to the beginning of the buffer (and this happens continuously).
The core of the delay effect code is shown in Listing One. The
getSamples method gets a buffer full of bytes from the sample provide, then extracts short integer sample values to pass to the
processSample method. The processed sample returned from this method is converted back to a pair of byte values and stored in the buffer.
Listing One: The guts of the delay effect from the
DelayEffect class,
/** * Process a single sample through the delay effect. * * @param inputSample The input sample to process * * @return Processed sample including wet and dry signal */ private short processSample(short inputSample) { if (bypassed) { return inputSample; } // Read a delayed sample short delayedSample = delayBuffer[readIndex++]; double dryLevel = ((100.0 - dryWetMixPercent) * inputSample) / 100.0; double wetLevel = (dryWetMixPercent * delayedSample) / 100.0; short outputSample = (short) (dryLevel + wetLevel); inputSample += (delayedSample * feedbackPercent) / 100.0; // Write an input sample delayBuffer[writeIndex++] = inputSample; // Update indices readIndex %= DELAY_BUFFER_SIZE; writeIndex %= DELAY_BUFFER_SIZE; return outputSample; } /** * Process a buffer full of samples pulled from the sample provider * * @param buffer Buffer in which the samples are to be processed * * @return Count of number of bytes processed */ public int getSamples(byte [] buffer) { // Grab samples to manipulate from this modules sample provider provider.getSamples(buffer); int index = 0; for (int i = 0; i < SamplePlayer.SAMPLES_PER_BUFFER; i++) { // Get a sample to process byte b2 = buffer[index]; byte b1 = buffer[index+1]; // Convert bytes into short sample short s = (short)((((int) b2) << 8) + b1); // Process the sample s = processSample(s); // Store the processed sample buffer[index++] = (byte)(s >> 8); buffer[index++] = (byte)(s & 0xFF); } return SamplePlayer.BUFFER_SIZE; }
processSample method is where all of the action is. As shown in Listing One, if the effect is bypassed, the input sample is returned as the output sample with no processing performed. If not bypassed, a delayed sample is read from the circular delay buffer, the dry and wet components are calculated and summed to form the output sample, feedback of the delayed sample augments the input sample's value, which is then stored in the circular buffer at the write index. Finally, both the read and write indices are checked for overflow and the output sample is returned.
It should be noted that as the amount of delay is changed via the API the separation in samples between the read and the write pointer indices also changes, but that once set, the separation distance remains constant.
All in all, a delay is a fairly simple process that does not use digital signal processing (DSP) in its operation. The phaser effect, however, is not so straightforward.


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Is your birthday coming up too? Let's take a look and enjoy all the perks. Here's my checklist. Some perks are valid only on your actual birthday date and some are valid for your birthday month.
Birthday Freebies - Movies, Coffee, Juices, Karaoke, Hair Pampering and more....
For GSC members, your will be entitled for 2 FREE movie tickets (movie of your choice) on your birthday month. Only applicable for movies with * (not the very new shows). Just sign up as a member at gsc.com.my and print your GSC Birthday Voucher here
TERMS and CONDITIONS:
» Exclusive for GSC website members only.
» This Birthday Treat Coupon entitles the GSC website member to ONLY two (2) FREE movie tickets in a single redemption PER year. Both movie tickets MUST be redeemed on the same movie with same date and showtimes.
» To redeem FREE birthday treat, MUST PRINT out Birthday Treat Coupon (color or black & white) and fill up your details.
» MUST present duly completed Birthday Treat Coupon at GSC Box Office only to enjoy FREE movie.
» FREE ticket is valid for movie marked asterisk (*) only and valid in all GSC cinemas nationwide (except GSC Signature).
» For Digital 3D movies, a RM5.50 surcharge applies.
» Original copy from www.gsc.com.my only. Photocopied copies will not be accepted.
» Valid only during the month of actual birthday. For example, if the member's birthday falls on March 15th, the Birthday Treat Coupon is valid from 1 – 31 March only.
» Must be verified with Identification Card (IC) by GSC staff upon redemption of FREE movie ticket.
» FREE movie ticket is not exchangeable for cash.
» Not valid with other GSC offers.
» Not valid for Gold Class, Premiere Class and Twin Seats, MAXX and D-BOX.
» Birthday Treat Coupon is available via print out from www.gsc.com.my by GSC website members only.
If you have registered your STARBUCKS CARD, on your birthday month you will receive 1 complimentary slice of cake with a purchase of any handcrafted beverage during your birthday month.
The tip here is to register the STARBUCKS cards that you have (if you have more than 1 card) separately via different email accounts to enjoy more than one slice of cake for that whole month! I have a total of 6 cards. So can you imagine the amount of planning I have to do in August to fully utilise them all?
If you have a Coffee Bean Card, you will be able to enjoy one of the Birthday Privileges below (*Customer to present TCB card & IC as proof):
Get a FREE slice of cake (your choice) on your actual birthday or 3 days before/after your birthday date (only valid with purchase of any CB&TL handcrafted beverage), OR
20% off total bill - not applicable for CBTL products (machines, capsules, accessories, etc) and third party products.
A complimentary slice of cake on your birthday month.
If you eat and dine regularly here, you will also be able to accumulate 1 point for every ringgit spent. Spend RM100, earn 100 points and receive a small complimentary coffee **
**Complimentary coffee is a 'small' size hot standard beverage.
End of the day, if you accumulate enough points, you can redeem your free coffee to go with your Birthday cake on your birthday month.More details on the Jamaica Blue Coffee Loyalty Card here . Also read about my review on Jamaica Blue here and here
REDBOX KARAOKERed Box Karaoke Birthday promotion for members. Card is required.
Terms & Conditions:
Enjoy whole month Free 1 Head Charge for the birthday person on his or her birthday month.
Must be Red Box, Green Box or Red Box Plus Karaoke member.
Applicable with minimum 1 normal paying head charge.
Promotion is valid for all sessions.
Must present IC and member card for verification purpose.
5 normal head charge & above Free 1 bottle Sparkling Juice or 1 jug Soft Drink (from Happy Hour Onwards).
Remember present your member card and ask for birthday treat!
For further details of promotion, kindly contact Customer Service Hotline: 03-2145 2233 or visit www.redbox.com.my
Birthday Girl/Boy gets to Sing K for free with a min of 1 paying guest.
Valid 5 Days before or 5 days after your Birthday.
Get a free cake with a minimum booking of 5 pax. The Birthday Girl/Boy gets to sing for free. The min 5 pax booking is inclusive of the Birthday boy or girl.
When a current member introduce a new member - they will both get 20% off total bill if they come together! If a new member comes alone he/she can quote her friend's member card number to get 20% off also!
The perks of becoming a member at NUMBER 76.
Members are entitled to one complimentary treatment service, valid on any day of the birthday month. The stylist will consult on the most suitable scalp or hair treatment for you.
And just in time, next month, I will be able to enjoy this upon signing up as a new member and paying for one of their hair service before I get to enjoy the complimentary treatment.
And just in time, next month, I will be able to enjoy this upon signing up as a new member and paying for one of their hair service before I get to enjoy the complimentary treatment.
**Do note that the Ultrasonic Premium is not included as a selection option. Book for an appointment with their super canggih website http://booking.number76.com/
Special thanks to Tammy Lim, of http://www.plusizekitten.com/ for sharing this awesome membership deal with me last week. I will be going with my high class brother next month. He is a loyal member of Number 76 and I have heard so much about Number 76 from my other blogger friends. Can't wait to try them out!
Special thanks to Tammy Lim, of http://www.plusizekitten.com/ for sharing this awesome membership deal with me last week. I will be going with my high class brother next month. He is a loyal member of Number 76 and I have heard so much about Number 76 from my other blogger friends. Can't wait to try them out!
Well, I just discovered APT at Starling Mall last month and they were running a series of opening promotion. However I am not sure if this applies to the rest of the APT Branches.
For your birthday month, you will receive a free treatment. On your birthday week, you will be entitled to a free hair cut. I took mom there last month to enjoy her free hair cut and treatment and will soon be enjoying mine in August. Ring them up for more details at 03-7662 5933
Free birthday drink on your actual birth date.
10% + 10% special rebate during your birthday month.
More details here.
Members are entitled to a free BOOST on their actual birthday date.More details about Vibe Club here.
Receive Birthday Tokens on your birthday month.
Enjoy Birthday Tokens which you can use to redeem a Free Drink* (RM6.50) on your birthday every year. Token is valid for use within 1 year. More details on their loyalty card here
SETIA CITY MALL (I Love SCM Card)
Apply for the I Love SCM Membership card and on your birthday month, present it to the concierge to receive a set vouchers. Perks include a free slice of cake and discounts from participating retailers. Log on to Setia City Mall Facebook Page or website for more details.
For Love Your Body™ Members, a Birthday Treat SMS will delivered to your phone at the beginning of your Birthday Month. It is valid only during your Birthday Month.
The 25% off SMS Birthday treat is only valid via physical store purchase and not applicable for online use. Good for one time use on full-priced items only. More details here.
For first purchase above RM150, you will automatically became a member. The member privileges are still valid EXCEPT for the "mystery gift" on birthday, there will be no more gift but only 30% discount during member's birthday month as updated by TheFaceShop to me today (end July 2017)
If you happen to be a member, don't forget to claim your 30% off on your Birthday month when you make a purchase. I will be stocking up on my favourite products from The FaceShop.
Birthday Gifts
Enjoy 2x bonus points on one purchase during your birthday month
Get a RM30 birthday month reward (online only)
Enjoy one complimentary Benefit Brow service (in-stores only)
More details here
PARKSON and BONUSLINK
Is your birthday month coming up soon?
I hope this checklist will help you make the best of your Birthday month and perks planning. Let me know if I miss out any. In the meantime, I am welcoming August with my open arms.


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Don't let this year's Town and Country Festival slip by without taking part in the fun.
From singing to arm wrestling to riding bulls, there are plenty of options for entertainment.
Entry blanks are available at city hall for most events.
First up on the schedule is the opening night of the Morenci Idol contest. For a $25 entry fee, contestants can compete in the three-night competition leading up to the naming of Morenci's winner Saturday night, July 5.


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Faux Fur Barn Jacket
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- Self: 100% wool
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In 2004, Smythe was born when best friends Andrea Lenczner and Christie Smythe quit their day jobs to fulfill their dream of making great jackets. The luxe Canadian womenswear brand designs flawlessly tailored, contemporary jackets in nostalgic colors, textures and prints. The impeccable menswear tailoring details and iconic silhouettes create wardrobe essentials that are equally novel yet versatile.
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Aperture 186 (signed)
Spring 2007
Availability: In stock
Inside spread signed by Pieter Hugo
Pieter Hugo: The Critical Zone of Engagement
by Bronwyn Law-Viljoen
South African photographer Pieter Hugo's images of judges, entertainers, workers, and albinos play upon the delimitations of the portraiture genre.
When a Plant is Not a Plant: The Botanical Photographs of Jay DeFeo
by Anne Wilkes Tucker
Known primarily for her work in other media, DeFeo was also a daring and innovative photographer.
Thomas Holton: The Lams of Ludlow St.
by Bonnie Yochelson
Since 2003, Thomas Holton has been photographing the Lams, an immigrant family in New York's Chinatown.
Clare Richardson and David Spero: Promised Lands
by Jason Oddy
Richardson and Spero separately turn their cameras to communal "arcadias" in the United States and Britain.
On the Art of Lee Miller
by Mark Haworth-Booth
Booth revisits the work of this groundbreaking Surrealist photographer.
Takashi Yasumura: Domestic Scandals
Yasumura explores the uncanny domestic realm of his parents' home in Japan's Shiga prefecture.
Jessica Lange: Portfolio
by Mary Ellen Mark
Mark introduces the photographic work of actress Jessica Lange.
Stephen Shore and Luc Sante The Nature of Photographs
Writer Luc Sante discusses the nature of photographs with this pioneer of American color photography.


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Just a quick update on a new born online gallery, called iSee. It consists of images shot by small cameras like the iPhone.
You've probably been in a situation where you said: "if only I had my camera right now"! Well the fact is, you probably had some kind of camera with you... Were you carrying a mobile phone with a camera? Likely. Not? Some recent online discussions with fellow photographers made me think about this a bit more. How often do we as photographers blame the lack of a specific lens or camera body for not being able to make the shot of a lifetime... Are we not referring to our gear a little too often?
The iPhone images I'm uploading to iSee, received very little or no computer post-processing. When shooting with the iPhone, I'm using little 1 to 5 $ iPhone apps called Photogene, PS Mobile and Best Camera for a quick edit. The latter was recently released by the famous commercial photographer, Chase Jarvis who also just published one of the first coffee-table photo books shot exclusively with an iPhone.
iSee, is all about the image and nothing about the camera!
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Niagara Jet Adventures of Youngstown, a new jetboat operation expected to debut this fall in the lower river region, announced the winner of its "Name our Fleet Member" contest. The contest, facilitated by Sparkle! Marketing & Events, invited children between the ages of 2-12 from the Lewiston, Porter and Youngstown areas to submit boat names for NJA's first fleet vessel which will be arriving in September.
The "Name our Fleet Member" contest began in July with the goal of getting the community excited and involved in the unveiling of the new attraction. During its three-week run, nearly 30 children from the Lewiston, Youngstown, Ransomville and Sanborn areas submitted creative and fun names for consideration. The winners were chosen from by a panel of judges for their creativity and meaning.
"We are thrilled with the outcome," said owner Mike Fox. "Niagara Jet Adventures is excited to be a part of this community, and to have our first boat named by a child within our community is an honor. The number of entrants and the creativity far exceeded our expectations."
Alysyn Colangelo of Youngstown was selected as the winner for her submitted entry "Gonago:go:h." The name is Seneca, meaning "In the Rapids."
Colangelo's winning entry will be celebrated by NJA at its upcoming Opportunity "Boat Christening" event, which will take place Oct. 5. She will receive an Apple 16GB iPod Touch as her prize.
Honorable mentions went to Robert Dikcis, of Wheatfield for "The Freedom," and to Brandon and Johnny Kankolenski of Lewiston for "The Crawdaddy."
The Colangelo family, along with the Dikcis and Kankolenski families will each receive passes for a future trip on Niagara Jet Adventures.