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KY-IPC was established in 2000 as a non-profit organization. KY-IPC is a state chapter of SE-EPPC whose purpose is:
When you join KY-EPPC you become a member of SE-EPPC. Your membership helps provide the support necessary to help accomplish our goals. As a member, you will receive SE-EPPC News, a quarterly newsletter reporting on invasive plant issues throughout the region and Wildland Weeds a quarterly magazine. KY-EPPC appreciates your support of our statewide and regional effort to raise awareness about invasive exotic pest plant issues. For more information visit SE-EPPC's web site.
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Are you doing invasive exotic species control on your personal property or as part of your job? Are you interested in donating your time to help control invasive exotic species in your region? Kentucky EPPC would like to create a network of weed warriors throughout the state. The aim of this network is to put people in touch with projects that are happening in their area. At this time we do not have projects or participants in some areas of the state so until we hear from you, we won't be able to assure coverage for all areas. So, if you need volunteers or would like to volunteer send us an email at firstname.lastname@example.com and we will do our best to connect you with others doing invasive species work.
More info on the Capitol Grounds Makeover: The Kentucky Native Plant Society donated the shrubs and the effort was supported by the Frankfort Garden Club and the South Frankfort Neighborhood Association. Removal of the honeysuckle and site preparation was provided by the staff from the Finance Cabinet's Department for Facilities and Support Services. The work crew was so enthusiastic that they also removed a nearby burning bush and the privet hiding behind it. The Department's Deputy Commissioner, Jerry Graves even stepped in to help plant the first fringe tree.
Alan Nations, the president of the Kentucky Native Plant Society presented a pen and pencil set made from bush honeysuckle wood to Steve Meredith, an official from the Finance Cabinet and asked that it be presented to the governor to thank him for declaring the month for invasive plant awareness. Nations explained his organization's donation of the fringe trees saying, "Our organization wanted to support Invasive Plant Awareness Month in a way that will last beyond September. Kentucky has so many native plants that work well in landscapes, what better place to start than planting on the Capitol grounds to remind everyone that they can have beauty and benefit our environment at the same time. Urban efforts such as this are instrumental in stopping the spread of invasive plants to Kentucky's diverse and beautiful natural areas."
Peggy Dungan, local member of the Frankfort Garden Club has been trying for many years to get the non-native plants that are taking over Frankfort's landscapes and the natural areas of Franklin County on people's radar. "The Capitol grounds were my playground as a child. They have been my front yard all my life. I feel very strongly about preserving their beauty for all Kentuckians to enjoy and to be a source of pride. I also feel very strongly that these grounds should set the example for all gardeners in Kentucky by utilizing native plants and removing invasives. I am very happy to know that finally we have the attention of the folks looking after the Capitol. I hope we can continue to remove the plants up there that are overwhelming our beautiful native flora and making it hard on the wildlife to find food."
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High Magnetic Field Facility for Neutron Scattering
The HFM/EXED proposals can be submitted at any time. The final proposal deadline is 19th of August 2019.
Modes of operation available in this call
- TOF Diffraction
- TOF Low-Q
- Direct TOF Spectroscopy
(for details, see the instrument section below and Refs. [2-3])
Writing a proposal
- All the proposals have to be discussed with the local contact and contain supplementary information on bulk sample characterization in high fields, previous neutron measurements, evidences of Q-range accessibility using EXEQ-calculator and detailed measurement plan (for details, see a short Presentation).
Experiment planning
- Diffraction: A web-based interface for calculating the instrument range and finding the optimal sample orientation is available at EXEQ. A stand-alone version is available for download. It contains a full featured WinPython 18.104.22.168 necessary to run EXEQ as well as inEXEQ, see below.
- Spectroscopy: A web-based interface for calculating the instrument E,Q-range and finding the optimal sample orientation is available at InEXEQ. A stand-alone inEXEQ software is also available for download. Mantid users can use DGS Planner - an interface for plotting expected coverage for direct geometry time-of-flight instruments.
*** Bugfix release of EXEQ and InEXEQ: 16th of May 2018 ***
1. The length of the 'Lattice constants' input field in the web interface of both EXEQ and InEXEQ had been, unintentionally, limited to 10 characters. This has been corrected now, and the lattice constants can be input with sufficient precision.
2. In order to enable the standalone versions of EXEQ and InEXEQ to read the new parameter files generated by the web interface, it was necessary to adjust the code. If you already have a running version of EXEQ/InEXEQ, please download the code package from the box on the right and simply overwrite your EXEQ/InEXEQ Python files with the new ones. There will be NO CHANGE to the generated results, so if you do not transfer files between the web interface and the standalone version, there is no need to update at all.
Preparing your experiment
- Please, check with your local contact which cryostat (3He, 4He or dilution) will be used for your experiment. The 3He and dilution cryostats have no sample rotation capabilities, i.e. the sample has to be properly oriented and fixed on a sample holder prior to the experiment. The 4He cryostat is equipped with a sample rotation stage around one (vertical) axis. Information about the sample space geometry and dimensions are available in the download area. Limited capabilities for checking the sample orientation can be provided on E4 2-axis diffractometer.
- Always check the news stream below to have the latest updates.
- April, 2019 - a new cryostat is now available on the HFM/EXED. Equipped with a dilution refigerator, it can cool down the sample to temperatures as low as 100 mK in zero-field conditions.
- December 4, 2017 - major update of InEXEQ. Release 2 (version 0.18) is now available for download, and is the recommended one for inelastic experiment planning.
- May 12, 2017 - both inEXEQ and Mantid DGS Planner are available for calculating the E,Q coverage for EXED in direct spectrometer mode
- March 27, 2017 - a new release of EXEQ is available for download. Version 0.16 reflects the geometry of the instrument after the installation of the new detectors, chopper and vacuum chamber. Please use the new version from now on, as the accessible scattering angles on EXED have changed.
- March 27, 2017 - 26 T is back! The new resistive-coil has been installed and successfully tested.
- March 2017 - First inelastic measurements of standard samples.
- Oct 2016 - Installation of the inelastic components is complete
Facility description
High Magnetic Field Facility for Neutron Scattering consists of two main components: the High Field Magnet (HFM) and the Extreme Environment Diffractometer (EXED). The former is a dedicated 26 T hybrid magnet, built by the HZB in collaboration with the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (Florida, US). The latter is a time-of-flight instrument optimized for neutron scattering in restricted angular geometry of the magnet.
The High Field Magnet
The HFM is a "first of its kind" hybrid magnet system reaching fields as high as 26 T, making it by far the strongest continuous field available for neutron scattering experiments worldwide (see Fig. 1 below) [1]. The HFM utilizes Series Connected Hybrid System Technology where water cooled resistive insert coils are mounted in the room temperature bore of a superconducting cable-in-conduit solenoid. Operation of the magnet system requires a dedicated technical infrastructure consisting of high-pressure water cooling for the resistive coil, 4 K Helium refrigerator for cooling of the superconducting coil and 20 kA DC power supply. More information on the magnet can be found in [1] and references therein and under the following link: HFM.
As the field is horizontal, a special feature of the HFM is 30° degrees conical openings at both ends of the resistive insert envisaged for neutron-scattering access. Rotating the magnet by a maximum of 12° with respect to the incoming beam results in 2θmax≈27° in forward scattering.
Sample Environment
A dedicated 3He horizontal cryostat allows high-field experiments to be combined with temperatures down to about 0.6 K for samples with cross section <1.5x1.5 cm2.
Another cryostat enables sample rotation around vertical axis by +/- 90 deg and temperatures down to about 1.5 K (4He) for samples with cross section <1.5x1.5 cm2.
A special dilution fridge (0.1 K) has been constructed in collaboration with Uni. Birmingham. The geometry of the cryostat is the same as that of the 3He cryostat.
The instrument
Time-of-flight instrument EXED (Fig. 2) is equipped with a multispectral extraction system as a part of about 70 m long supermirror guide [2]. As a result, neutrons from both thermal and cold moderators with a wavelength range from 0.7 to 15 Å are available for experiments. The lower wavelength limit is given by the kink in the guide that blocks the direct view of the source and provides a sharp cut-off. Apart from the kink, the guide is essentially straight (100x60 mm2 (HxW)) and ends with a two-channel focusing section that compresses the beam spatially in both directions. For applications requiring low beam divergence, the focusing end can be replaced by a 6 m long pin-hole collimation section with variable apertures.
Flexibility of the instrument is ensured by three alternative systems that are available to create neutron pulses: a curved Fermi chopper for very high resolution (Δt ~ 6 μs), a straight Fermi chopper for high resolution (Δt ~ 15 μs) and a double disc chopper for medium to low resolution (from 115 μs up to >5000 μs). A number of single disc choppers located downstream prevents frame overlap and defines the bandwidth of interest. Due to the chopper system one can operate the instrument from narrow (~ 0.6 Å) to wide (~ 14.4 Å) wavelength band mode centered at the region of interest, and easily trade resolution for intensity. For inelastic applications there is a double disc chopper (Δt ~ 15 μs) in front of the sample. When running, it picks up a single wavelength out of the wavelength spectrum.
The secondary instrument is equipped with position-sensitive 3He detector tubes combined in 6 detector panels and positioned in forward (FWD) and backward (BWD) scattering to reflect the geometry of the magnet (Fig. 2). The backscattering panels are stationary, while the forward ones rotate together with the magnet.
Operation Modes of HFM/EXED
In order to enable a broad range of scientific applications using a unique combination of neutron scattering and high magnetic fields, EXED combines several scattering techniques in one instrument. The operation modes of the instrument are described below.
Diffraction mode is used for studying single crystalline and powder samples in high magnetic fields [2]. The accessible Q-range is from 0.1 up to 3 Å-1 in FWD (mainly in direction perpendicular to the field) and from 1 up to 12 Å-1 in BWD (mainly along the field). The precise Q-maps can be obtained by means of EXEQ-software.
Low-Q mode enables studies of mesoscopic entities in high magnetic fields such as e.g. vortex state in type-two superconductors [2]. Its momentum transfer range extends down to 10-2 Å achieved by a 6m-long collimation section which replaces the focusing guide.
Spectroscopy mode has been built to study magnetic fluctuations and excitations as function of high magnetic field, and is best suited for non-dispersive modes along the field (e.g. 1D- and 2D-sytems, isotropic systems with respect to the field, etc). EXED enables energy-resolved measurements over a limited Q-range < 3.25/λ (Å-1) for the incoming energies below 25 meV (>1.8 Å) and energy resolution of a few percent [3]. The precise (Q,E)-maps can be obtained by means of inEXEQ software for inelastic mode. Mantid users can benefit from DGS Planner from nightly built Mantid.
Experiment planning
We provide a web-based interface for calculating the instrument Q-range in elastic mode and finding the optimal sample orientation. It is available at:
Interactive versions of both EXEQ and inelastic inEXEQ are available for download. The code is written in Python 2.7.x, and installation notes are included in the archive. The installation package includes a full featured WinPython 126.96.36.199 necessary to run (in)EXEQ. Please keep in mind that this is a beta-release and correct operation of the software may not always be guaranteed. Also, this is free software, and therefore all the code is available for reading. The current version of EXEQ available for download is 0.16, which is the same version as the one accessible via the web interface. This new version describes the instrument geometry correctly, including the changes related to the introduction of the inelastic mode on EXED. It is a first release of inEXEQ sowtware. Its web-base interface will be provided in future.
Please note that the code has not been optimised for speed as yet. If the web-based version of the code (which performs the calculations on the server side) is not performing up to your expectations, you may want to try downloading the interactive version and running it on your own computer. The downloadable version writes processed detector definitions to hard disk, therefore its start-up speed should improve after the first time it has been used. The parameter files, where the sample definition and orientation are saved, can be transferred between the web interface and the stand-alone version of EXEQ.
- Quantum magnets and quantum phase transitions
- Superconductivity
- Correlated electrons in 3d, 4f and 5f metal compounds
- Spin, charge and lattice degrees of freedom in transition metal
- Frustrated magnets
- Novel states of matter
|Instrument Data
|Beam tube
|NL 4A, 75 m long ballistic multispectral guide
60 x 100 mm2 (straight section)
elliptically tapered down to 30 x 50 mm2 (12 m long focusing section)
|i) None;
ii) 6 m long pin-hole collimation section can replace focusing section
|Wave length
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|~1.5·109 n/cm2/s - continuous flux
|Range of scattering angles
|Elastic 030°, 150170°
Inelastic 030°
|Range of lattice spacing
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Backward scattering: 0.5 A < d < 7 A
|d resolution
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Backscattering: Δd/d>1·10-3
(using full beam divergence)
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|204 3He linear position sensitive detectors combined in 6 sections(2x48 tubes with L=1 m and 0.5" diam. in BWD; 2x23 tubes with L=2 m and 0.75" diam. and 2x31 tubes with L=2.4 m and 0.75" diam. in FWD
|Instrument options
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2 - Low Q
3 - Direct TOF spectroscopy
|Sample environment
|egraph (event recording data reduction), Mantid (data reduction)
|Chopper speed range
|5 600 Hz (Fermi chopper)
5 215 Hz (double disc choppers)
5 120 Hz (single disc choppers)
5 250 Hz (monochromating double disc chopper)
|Sample-detector distance
|2.5, 4.5 m
|Sample rotation
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The stunningly beautiful environment of Akaroa Harbour is renowned as being home to the rare hectors dolphins, but there is much more.
Something special happens every day at Akaroa when "Into the Blue" gently eases away from the jetty for its very intimate cruise of Akaroa Harbour. This modern, well-appointed vessel is the perfect size to maximise the nature cruise experience, being relatively small, but fast and stable for easy cruising. From the first step on board the warm hospitality of the crew is very apparent with friendly smiles, a complimentary drink (juice, water or wine!) and efficient safety briefing. Forget your sunblock? No worries, there is some on board!
In some ways Akaroa Harbour is an understatement. The setting is truly spectacular, the colours vivid, but once the skipper begins his comprehensive commentary, the detail of the Maori and European history, volcanic geology and rare wildlife really comes alive.
The rare hectors dolphins are the star performers of the trip. These are the smallest and rarest dolphin in the world and they are now totally protected in the marine reserve in and around the harbour. Some 1100 reside here so spotting them is quite a common occurance – although of course never guaranteed. Such are the whims of the wild! November to February/March is the best time to view the mothers and calves as they cavort around the bow waves.
But this nature cruise offers so much more. We also saw the very cute blue penguins, flipping around fishing for their lunch. Fur seals lazing on the warm rocks in the sun are a bit harder to spot, but once you see one, you'll see lots as your eyes adjust to distinguish between a rock and a seal. The birdlife is amazing, particularly seeing the nesting sites high up on the cliffs. And their fishing prowess is very enviable!
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U.S. Paralympics names team for UCI Para-cycling World Championships
Megan Fisher is among the athletes who will compete for the United States at the UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Baie-Comeau, Canada.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Today U.S. Paralympics, a division of the United States Olympic Committee, announced its roster of 27 U.S. athletes, including four pilots, who will compete at the upcoming UCI Cycling Road World Championships in Baie-Comeau, Canada from August 29 to September 2.
The roster, which includes 12 male athletes and 15 female athletes, was named based on performances at the USA Cycling Para-cycling Road Race National Championships in Madison, Wis. on July 4.
The team is highlighted by 2012 three-time Paralympic gold medalist Muffy Davis, who is also a 2013 ESPY nominee, 2012 two-time Paralympic medalist Allison Jones, and three-time Paralympic medalist and 2012 UCI World Cup Overall Joe Berenyi. The team includes 16 U.S. Paralympians, 13 of which competed in cycling at the London 2012 Paralympic Games and contributed to a total of 17 U.S. cycling medals won. Team USA finished in second place overall in the cycling competition in London – just two medals shy of host country Great Britain.
"The level of competition among our athletes continues to rise, and I was impressed by the performances of all 98 Para-cyclists who participated in the National Time Trial Championship yesterday," said Ian Lawless, cycling high performance director, U.S. Paralympics. "Our partnership with USA Cycling continues to showcase the abilities of our athletes on the national stage, and has helped us select a very strong Team USA roster for the World Championships."
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*Joseph Berenyi (Aurora, Ill.)
Matthew Bigos (Cardiff by the Sea, Calif.)
Jonathan Copsey (Carmel Valley, Calif.), Marine Corps veteran
*Will Groulx (Portland, Ore.), Navy veteran
Aaron Keith (Woodinville, Wash.)
William Lachenauer (Reno, Nev.)
Jeffrey Martin (Oceanside, Calif.), Marine Corps veteran
*Steven Peace (Albion, Mich.), Navy veteran
*Clark Rachfal (Annapolis, Md.)
*Oz Sanchez (Los Angeles, Calif.), Marine Corps veteran
*David Swanson (Tucson, Ariz.), pilot
*Matthew Updike (Denver, Colo.)
*Monica Bascio (Evergreen, Colo.)
Shawn Chesire (Syracuse, N.Y.), Army veteran
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Samantha Heinrich (Spring Hill, Fla.)
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Rachael Scdoris (Bend, Ore.)
Jennifer Triplett (Colorado Springs, Colo.), pilot
Lisa Turnbull (Springfield, Ore.), pilot
Jamie Whitmore (Sacramento, Calif.)
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*Mackenzie Woodring (Belmont, Mich), pilot
The Para-cycling Road Race Championships (all categories) takes place tomorrow (Saturday) and the Criterium Championships for C categories (two-wheel bikes) is on Sunday in downtown Madison.
To view complete results from the USA Cycling Para-cycling Road Race National Championships, please visit https://www.usacycling.org/2013/amateur-road-para-nationals.For more information, please contact Beth Bourgeois, U.S. Paralympics, at firstname.lastname@example.com or 719-306-5639.


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I wrote a few weeks ago about changes Microsoft has made to Windows 7's User Account Control (UAC) that make the component less secure than it was in Vista. Though the company has responded by saying it will change some of the problem behaviors, yet more problems have emerged that indicate that a real fix will be harder than first expected. But more than that, the flaws call into question the entire purpose of the Windows UAC feature, at least in its commonplace "Admin Approval" mode.
The decisions Microsoft has made not only make Windows 7's Admin Approval mode less secure than Vista's, they also undermine the entire purpose of the UAC system. Redmond maintains that UAC's foremost objective is to ensure programmers update their programs to behave properly when users have limited access rights. But the way that the Windows 7 UAC "improvements" have been made completely exempts Microsoft's developers from having to do that work themselves. With Windows 7, it's one rule for Redmond, another one for everyone else.
The combination of significant security flaws and the inconsistent, "Do as I say, not as I do" attitude towards UAC should give Microsoft pause for thought. There's no point in retaining Admin Approval mode as it currently stands, and it should be scrapped completely.
The new exploit, discovered and demonstrated here, depends on a third mechanism for elevation that was previously overlooked. The first mechanism for elevation is the traditional prompt—the user is notified that a particular program wants to elevate, and can permit or deny the request. The second is the auto-elevating executables described in my previous article, in which certain system executables automatically elevate without any notification. Chief among these is a program rundll32, which can load and run almost any DLL, and will do so fully elevated.
Microsoft may or may not fix the rundll32 problem; as it stands, it blows a big hole in UAC since it allows any software to trivially bypass the prompts, but since the change was made with the objective of removing prompts from "legitimate" uses of rundll32, the company has something of a dilemma: stop rundll32 auto-elevating and reinstate the prompts (thereby improving security), or keep the auto-elevation and ignore the security impact.
It may not matter much what Microsoft does with rundll32, however, as the newly demonstrated attack shows. The new attack allows an attacker to trick pretty much any auto-elevating program into running code of the attacker's choosing—even auto-elevating programs that aren't meant to run arbitrary code. It does this by exploiting other parts of Microsoft's auto-elevation system.
Overview of the new attack
Although a few programs in Windows 7 are always elevated, most are not. For example, the Explorer shell runs without elevation, unless the user explicitly opts to elevate it and verifies the UAC prompt. Nonetheless, there are Explorer tasks that require elevation that are common enough that Microsoft felt they should auto-elevate. The most common one of these is probably creating a folder in a protected location (in Program Files, for example). In the original Vista release, this activity would cause an annoying back-to-back double elevation: once to create the folder, and again to rename it to its intended name. Service Pack 1 streamlined this a little, reducing it to only a single elevation, but Microsoft clearly wanted to get this down to zero.
The technique that all versions of Vista and Windows 7 use to perform individual tasks with elevation (rather than running an entire program elevated) is to put the elevated action into its own component and to call that component from the main program. This is in fact the main way in which UAC support should be added to applications, because it generally requires less elevation than elevating entire programs. If the operation in question isn't even attempted, no attempt to elevate occurs either, which is obviously the best possible outcome.
This component-based technique is used for Explorer's file management operations in Vista and Windows 7. Creating, copying, moving, renaming, and deleting files all occur within a particular component that gets elevated when necessary, leaving Explorer itself unelevated. In Windows 7, however, Microsoft has made this component auto-elevating. So although Explorer itself cannot elevate automatically, it can create a component which can.
This component is quite limited—it can do a handful of file manipulation operations, but won't run arbitrary code—and even the auto-elevation is restricted. Auto-elevating components will only elevate when called from Microsoft-signed applications; if third-party code tries to use them, a UAC prompt will appear. On the face of it, this wouldn't be enough to compromise a system; third party code can't use the component to elevate, and even if the component is running, it can't be used to trivially run arbitrary code in the way that the rundll32 flaw can (although it could certainly overwrite or remove key system files, which might break the system).
Unfortunately, the "Microsoft-signed application" restriction is easily bypassed using a standard Windows trick that allows one process to insert code into a second process, as long as both processes are being run by the same user. The limitations of the file management component are probably unavoidable (it can only do the things it has been programmed to do, after all), but it turns out it doesn't really matter. The file management component can place files into various locations on the system that an unelevated user cannot; an auto-elevate program can then be tricked into loading those files and executing code from them.
The result is, just as with the rundll32 problem, silent and automatic elevation, able to do anything.
The implications
So, does any of this matter? Well, I think it does. Microsoft and its supporters have argued throughout that UAC in Admin Approval mode isn't a security boundary, and as such, escalation of this kind is not a security problem. Although Windows does have plenty of security boundaries—two users logged on at the same time should not be able to kill each other's processes or read each other's data, for example, because each session has a boundary around it—UAC is not one of them. What this means is that it doesn't really matter, in Microsoft's view, if people figure out a way to bypass UAC.
And indeed, in Vista there are ways for malicious programs to piggy-back off UAC elevations to get elevated themselves, and these haven't been fixed. There is, however, a big difference between how this plays out in Vista vs. Windows 7. In Vista, these workarounds still depend on the user at some point permitting a program to elevate, and the elevated program has to be the one that the malware has booby-trapped. In Windows 7, all the guesswork is gone; the exploitation is consistent and systematic.
Microsoft hasn't been entirely consistent in its stance on this matter. The company has bowed to public pressure over some of the Windows 7 UAC changes already, and reinstated more secure behavior even though this has meant reintroducing some UAC prompts. This move is inconsistent with the stated policy; after all, if UAC is truly not a security barrier, why bother making fixes whose only justification is the security they provide? However, the latest exploits appear to be essentially unfixable without wholesale reintroduction of the UAC prompts. Since the entire motivation behind the changes in the first place was to avoid these prompts, any solution that reinstates them is unlikely to fly.


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Have you heard about makeover? No! Don't you want to rejuvenate your personality? Yes, Great! Black People Salon Near Me in Hyde Park there are numerous beauty salons established in Miami to take care of individuals' appearances. Black African Hair Salon some of these are sophisticated and high-quality. Beauty salons are now going out of their ways to focus on customized solutions to enhance individuals' looks.
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Taking care of color-treated, curly hair is even more difficult than taking care of hair that is one or the other. But it doesn't have to be a task, if you look to specialized products to help you. Color-treated hair that isn't properly cared for can look unhealthy, dry and dull. The chemicals used in coloring your hair may damage your hair, which can leave broken ends, leaving the hair fragile and rough. You can use moisturizers to help re-hydrate your hair, and use products that are made specifically for hair that is color-treated. Products like these will help your hair without taking out any of the color.
The DevaCurl DevaFuser Kit is a great new way to dry your color-treated, curly hair and keep the temperature consistent through the whole drying process, which results in more even and healthy curls. The diffuser itself is shaped like a hand, to create shinier, softer, frizz-free hair, by using air flow that radiates 360 degrees, to dry all your curls inside and out. The DevaCurl DevaFuser Kit has a DevaFuser that features a design that's ergonomic, and it happens to be the first innovation in diffusers in sixty years or so. It dries your hair quickly, and is light-weight, so that it's comfortable to use. It will help to eliminate frizz, too! The kit includes a universal adapter, which means it can fit 99% of all hair dryer types, and it comes with a handy instruction guide.
For a daily, creamy conditioner that will help you manage your curls, try DevaCare One Condition. It's enriched with orange peel and vitamin C to leave your hair manageable and to slow the fading of color-treated hair. You will love this ultra-creamy, rich conditioner, specially made for chemically processed, colored and moisture-deprived hair. DevaCare One Condition provides color retention and maximum hydration. It's never tested on animals, and it's made in the USA.
DevaCare Arc Angell is a hair care product designed for salon professionals, but available in salons, for you, too. It will help to de-frizz your hair, and give your curls extra hold. It dissolves right away when you apply it to wet hair, and holds your curls without stiffness or stickiness.
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Whether you are a hair salon employee, a hair salon owner, or a regular hair salon client, sanitation and cleanliness of the hair salon should always be important to you. This is because bacteria, viruses and various other types of microscopic organisms could be breeding and thriving in the various implements, tools of the trade and in the premises of the hair salon itself without your being aware of it.
How simple is it to contract something when you visit a hair salon for a trim? The comb that is used to smoothen out tangles in your hair could have just been used on another customer who has lice, yet the hairstylist may not have had the comb washed and disinfected. The rollers that the staff may use to roll up your hair preparatory to setting so that you wind up with bouncy curls could have been used beforehand on someone with a catching scalp condition like psoriasis. And the towels they use to wrap your head after washing may have been used on another client - which is just plain disgusting.
o Sneeze that hair out
You could also look at the hair accumulating on the floor - is it regularly swept up? Or do they let around five clients get haircuts first before they start sweeping the mess into a dustpan for disposal?
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Meet Opie
If you've had a chance to make it down to Spring Training or to a regular season Threshers game, chances are you have seen Opie Cheek hard at work. Since 1988, Opie has worked on the grounds crew in Clearwater and currently serves as the head groundskeeper.
Cheek's day usually starts at 7:00 a.m. His first stop is to the coach's office to meet with Rich Dubee and get the daily itinerary. For game days, Opie and his four other employees start dragging the warning track, cutting the infield grass, chalking the lines and watering the infield in time for BP that starts at 10 a.m.
His crew also has to make sure the half-field and bullpen areas are ready (The half-field is located adjacent to the player parking lot). Every morning, pitchers use the half-field for fielding drills while the hitters are working on the regular field.
After BP, Opie's crew has to leaf-rake the warning track to pick up all the gum and sunflower seeds discarded during BP. Once BP ends, the crew gets the field ready for game time. During the game, the infield gets dragged at the top of the 3rd and top of the 6th. After the game, the crew has to make sure all fields are good to go for the next day.
Opie often watches J Roll and the starting pitcher to see whether their actions indicate that the dirt needs hardening or softening. If they are constantly "pawing" the dirt, his crew will spring into action at the appropriate time.
In 2005, the Threshers gave away a "Opie Cheek Bobbinghead Doll", the first honor ever bestowed on a groundskeeper at any level. When Mike Schmidt tried to tease Opie the next day about the giveaway, Cheek responded, "All my bobbing head dolls are gone but we still have a palette full of yours left over"!
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Jim Bunning (RHP, 1965-67; 19970-71): "Pitching and winning the first game in Veterans Stadium in 1971 and beating my old manager, Gene Mauch."
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msfer necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 119 diseños de 32 diseñadores freelance.
geomium (for a website geomium.com)
Looking for a very cool/hip web 2 dot o logo. Big launch coming!
Find your friends and meet new people. See what's going on around you in REAL LIFE.
Geomium is a Friend Finder for your mobile that brings you closer to your friends. You can see where your friends are and you can tell them where you are. You can also choose to receive free SMS alerts when a friend is nearby. You'll always know how to find each other, get in touch and meet at your favourite nearby restaurants, bars, nightclubs...
Geosocial is a location based social networking site, using Google Maps.
We are looking for something that represents the above in a cool/hip way
We are targeting a new, growing markets. There are other growing players, so we must ensure we have a very powerful logo, to distinguish ourselves.
The are target is younger probably 16-30. But also target, early adapters who may be a bit older.
Here is the current home page for our site, though this may only be a preliminary page (any suggestions here?) :http://plasis.co.uk/GeoSocial/index.html
(please do NOT make the logo saying MYNETWORK, as this is ONLY a place holder on the web site)
Check out similar sites: http://www.loopt.com, http://www.ipoki.com, http://www.aka-aki.com/
The logo should be rectangular and have something to do with concept.
Other wise I am pretty open. I do not want to limit the designers. I am very excited and looked forward to all of your great design. Good Luck!
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Ad Blockers : Whitelisting ads, killing ads, advertising scorched earth, where will it end?
It's beginning to get crazy -- what the industry is doing to protect the golden egg. If they just used some tasteful advertising, it wouldn't be so bad. But they want to gouge you and prod you and corner you into clicking their buttons. One page I visited recently was so riddled with ads, the content couldn't load. It's ridiculous. At least some people are doing something about it
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"Balance applies to us on cosmic, biological, and personal levels – to our body, mind and emotions – reminding us that anything we do, we can overdo or underdo, and that if our internal pendulum swings to one side, it will inevitably swing to the other".
For me this law, or rather the practicing of it brings closer the width of experience and allows us to discover the depth of experience. The word games I play are part of the 'naming' of the depth areas on the pendulum when you bring them closer into balance, rather than swinging wildly from one extreme point to another. That's not to say balance isn't an energy field on its own. It's not static as we might presume. It is, a deeply, powerfully resonating energy rather like the power in employing the law of flexibility.
He discusses that each of us need to find our own 'middle ground' and that for most it involves learning from the experiences of swinging out to the polarities. This may be why some think they find 'peace' after/by/through 'suffering'. Balance and the other laws allow us to recognise and express the peace within that which one could 'suffer' from; and a deep experience of the state.
He notes that a special application of the law of balance is in the actions of giving and receiving. Some of this harks to biblical parables and other cultural "mysteries" (in my own understanding) we receive that which we give. It is finely attuned to the law of Expectation though. Conditional giving with expectation of return "has a hook-like energy that curtails higher energy or repels the desired results".
I love this observation of balance and it is maybe what is misunderstood in the LOA at times and funny that he uses the word 'Secret' again:
"The secret of giving and receiving is that whatever we feel we need is really a message from our deeper self telling us what we most need to give".
For me this harks to deeper experiences of things like: judge not, lest you also be judged; why mention the splinter in your brother's eye and not see the log in your own; if a man would steal your coat, give him also your shirt; and what you are without, you are within.
Mastering balance is central to most spiritual development paths, but again it is not a passive or stagnant energy – it is sublimely alive, as expressive, in depth as the energy of a volcano. Enthusiasm in balance is beyond yum. In numerological terms it's the 5 in the middle of the universe, it is freedom from and freedom to and balancing all of the laws effortlessly.
My mind picture of this is not the blindfolded lady passively and silently standing holding the 'scales of justice' steady and unmoving, it is a (near) naked human, arms outstretched, palms in receiving mode, face to the heavens yelling YES to the universe, while shaking in their boots in trepidation/humility.
(hehehe… you thought they had a loin cloth on didn't you?)
HH the Dalai Lama, for me, personifies balance in spiritual development extremely well, and many of the other 'laws' on the outside visible for all to see and appreciate, even if we don't know what that 'energy' is.
If you feel out of kilter in any situation – look to both extremes before settling in what would be the middle and take the stance above for experiential understanding. (if you're game).
Another area of balance in giving and receiving is that usually 'value' is perceived by the giver, not the receiver. eg the govt giving the 'price' of land/house and taking someone's home may not be considered 'balanced' in the receiver's view. In more ancient cultures there is an understanding of reciprocity that doesn't necessary mean a two way trade - one can 'give' and the 'receiver' may 'give' elsewhere in order to keep the balance, but always there is balance.


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Issue: February 2013
International Aquatic Plants Layout Contest 2012 (Full Article)Author: ADA
Grand Prize
World Ranking #1
Zhang Jianfeng
Title: Amazon
Dimensions: W120 x D50 x H50 cm (W50 x D20 x H20 inches)
Aquatic Plants: Riccardia chamedryfolia, Marsilea crenata, Cryptocoryne parva, Vesicularia sp., Fissidens nobilis
Fish & Invertebrates: Carnegiella strigata fasciata, Paracheirodon simulans, P. axelrodi, Caridina japonica
Evaluation: This year's grand prize winning layout resembles the tropical rainforest of the Amazon, as its title states. In the past, there were many layouts with an expression of trees using driftwood and mosses, but what makes this layout special is the realistic expression of canopies of a tropical rainforest, which consisted of many trees. We see the creator's high technical skills in the canopies created by the skillful arrangement of twiggy driftwood and mosses. The presence of white sand in the center and arrangement of stones placed on both sides also contributed to create natural tropical rainforest scenery. The selection of fish and the timing of the photograph are just perfect, and this layout deserves the honor of grand prize.
Gold Prize
World Ranking #2
Siak Wee Yeo
Title: Gratefulness
Dimensions: W140 x D60 x H50 cm (W55 x D25 x H20 inches)
Aquatic Plants: Limnophila sp. "Vietnam," Anubias barteri var. "nana petite," Staurogyne repens, Fissidens fontanus, Fissidens nobilis, Hemianthus callitrichoides "Cuba," Bolbitus heudelotii, Microsorum pteropus "narrow," Glossostigma elatinoides
Fish: Hemigrammus rodwayi, Nannostomus eques, Puntius denisonii, Crossocheilus siamensis, Otocinclus sp.
Evaluation: The aquarium layout with a unique natural look and beauty from Malaysia won the gold prize. The driftwood and ferns resembling a thick primeval forest, beautifully grown mosses, and the white sand, which makes a perfect contrast with the aquascape, are all effectively arranged here. Together they describe a unique natural beauty. The narrow path or stream in the center, created by the white sand extending from the back space to the foreground, is also very effective and adds a depth and power to the layout. The position of fish is also just right and highlights the whole composition.
Silver Prize
World Ranking #3
Long Tran Hoang
Title: Green Convergence
Dimensions: W220 x D65 x H65 cm (W85 x D25 x H25 inches)
Aquatic Plants: Microsorum pteropus "needle leaves," M. pteropus sp., Marsilea hirsuta, Hygrophila pinnatifida, Glossostigma elatinoides, Eleocharis acicularis, Taxiphyllum sp., Rotala rotundifolia sp. "orange," R. rotundifolia sp. "yellow"
Fish & Invertebrates: Boraras maculatus, Caridina multidentata, Atyopsis moluccensis
Evaluation: The first silver-prize-winning layout from Vietnam had a sensational impact. By directing the pointed stones toward the vanishing point, it created a visual effect like one-point perspective. Exaggerated perspective and powerful stone arrangement make this layout sensational. Even aquatic plants are meticulously arranged in detail. However, depending on how you look at it, the outcome of evaluating this kind of unrealistic expression can change. In this sense, this is one of the most remarkable layouts in this year's contest.
Silver Prize
World Ranking #4
Song Pin Chen
Title: Forest Impression
Dimensions: W105 x D60 x H60 cm (W40 x D25 x H25 inches)
Aquatic Plants: Anubias sp., A. barteri var. "nana petite," Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides, Microsorum sp., Taxiphyllum barbieri, Vesicularia sp., Riccardia chamedryfolia
Fish & Invertebrates: Paracheirodon axelrodi, dwarf puffer, Ancistrus sp., Caridina japonica
Evaluation: Creating a forest scene by arranging driftwood in upright position has already been a standard layout technique, but this required more sophisticated skills. Mr. Chen created a layout with a strong perspective and power by using different sizes of driftwood in the foreground and background, and having steep substrate slopes and white sands in the center. Different kinds of aquatic plants were planted in detail, and an image of a stream running through the primeval forest is skillfully created by arranging pebbles, mosses, and ferns in the aquarium layout.
Bronze Prize
World Ranking #5
Yutaka Kanno
Title: Ray of Sunlight in the Cave
Dimensions: W120 x D45 x H45 cm (W50 x D20 x H20 inches)
Aquatic Plants: Rotala sp. "Nanjenshan," R. rotundifolia, R. rotundifolia "green," R. macrandra, Hemianthus callitrichoides "Cuba," Eriocaulon sp., Hydrocotyle verticillata, Ranunculus inundatus, Vesicularia sp., Fontinalis antipyretica, Riccardia chamedryfolia
Fish & Invertebrates: Axelrodia sp., Caridina japonica
Evaluation: The first bronze-prize-winning work is a very impressive layout with a challenging stone arrangement. The way stones in the upper side are overhanging may not be easy to understand at the initial sight, but from the layout title, one can understand the creator tried to make an image of a rock cave, looking from the inside. In addition to the use of stones and white sands, the photography technique, emphasizing the strong contrast between the dark shadow of rock cave and outside bright lighting, made this layout very impressive. It is regrettable that upper overhanging rock made an oppressive impression.
Bronze Prize
World Ranking #6
Duc Viet Bui
Title: Where Life Begins
Dimensions: W120 x D60 x H50 cm (W50 x D25 x H20 inches)
Aquatic Plants: Isopterygium sp., Vesicularia ferriei, V. montagnei, Cryptocoryne beckettii var. "petchii," Hygrophila polysperma var. "rosaenervis," Marsilea hirsuta, Anubias barteri var. "nana petit" Fish: Boraras sp.
Evaluation: The second bronze prize went to the layout from Vietnam with an impressive use of driftwood and mosses. An image of dense forest was created by arranging driftwood in an overhanging way and attaching mosses to it. The dark impression created by the use of black driftwood and many dark green sciophytic plants is offset by the use of white sand in the center, for making an image of a narrow stream. As a whole, therefore, the lighting balance seems just perfect. This white sand part is also effective in creating perspective in the aquarium layout.
Bronze Prize
World Ranking #7
Truong Thinh Ngo
Title: Somewhere in the World
Dimensions: W120 x D45 x H40 cm (W50 x D20 x H15 inches)
Aquatic Plants: Eleocharis sp. "mini," Glossostigma elatinoides, Limnophila sp. "Vietnam," Marsilea sp., Rotala macrandra sp. "red narrow leaf," R. sp. "colorata," R. rotundifolia "green," Taxiphyllum sp. "flame moss," Taxiphyllum sp.
Fish & Invertebrates: Brevibora dorsiocellata, Crossocheilus siamensis, Caridina japonica
Evaluation: The last bronze-prize-winning layout is also from Vietnam, with a very impressive arrangement of stones. A unique natural feeling is created by setting up many stones and planting aquatic plants in the space between the stones. The small trees created by inserting driftwood covered with moss between the stones also became an effective accent of the layout. The composition is well organized in a panoramic size aquarium tank. The creator well maintained the white sand and aquatic plants, and it gives us an impression that the work was created with the greatest care.
World Ranking #8
Chee Keong Teoh
Title: The Root
Dimensions: W120 x D45 x H45 cm (W50 x D20 x H20 inches)
Evaluation: The driftwood looking like a root of a tree is boldly arranged in this layout and gives the impression that aquatic plants are growing in a cluttered way at the initial sight. But it looks natural and brings more of driftwood's characteristics. Despite the use of large driftwood, the compositional balance is well organized due to the large open space.
World Ranking #9
Diego Marinelli
Title: One Too Many Mornings
Dimensions: W90 x D60 x H50 cm (W35 x D25 x H20 inches)
Evaluation: Perspective is created well, utilizing the aquarium tank with a depth. By making a mound of stones and driftwood, the creator made an image of a valley extending toward the back and created a layout with perspective and power. The planting of Hydrocotyle and mosses also emphasized naturalness.
World Ranking #10
Xuan Thuy Nguyen Thi
Title: Autumn Dream
Dimensions: W120 x D40 x H40 cm (W50 x D15 x H15 inches)
Evaluation: This is the layout created with uniquely shaped driftwood and stones. The color contrast of vivid red Rotala sp., deep green mosses, and white sand made a striking impression. Driftwood branches extending from both sides of the aquarium make an arch and emphasize the open space in the center.
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Title: Gliding Over the Green Valley
Dimensions: W90 x D45 x H45 cm (W35 x D20 x H20 inches)
Evaluation: Although the layout is composed with only stones, mosses, and white sand, it made an unprecedented unique impression. The hill with a gentle curve adds a new dimension to the aquarium layout, and the cliff in the front gives an accent to the aquarium layout. The position of fish dwarfed in the background is also interesting.
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Title: Tree of the Soul
Dimensions: W120 x D55 x H50 cm (W50 x D20 x H20 inches)
Evaluation: Big driftwood is arranged boldly in this layout, and it gives the impression of being in a primeval forest. The twigs and roots of aquatic plants look like vine plants, and they became elements providing a sense of nature to the aquarium layout. The open spaces between the driftwood are also effective.
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In preparation for this year's Fall Classic, we asked Pierre Menard if he would be interested in revising his plans from last season on how to fix Major League Baseball's All-Star Game. "Revise???" Pierre responded indignantly. "What revisions are needed? Fine, change the moronic number of current All-Stars from 32 per side to 34 and we're done." We didn't even go that far. Here, unrevised and from last season, is Pierre on, well, revising the All-Star Game.
Let me set the scene for you: It's an All-Star Game, and nobody cares.
Let me reset the scene for you: It's an All-Star Game, and everybody cares.
My esteemed colleague wrote a vapid, nonsensical, and generally tedious post on why the Major League Baseball All-Star Game isn't that bad. But John S, let's be honest with ourselves and call a spade a spade. What fan of baseball is actually going to subject themselves to the abject torture that is the All-Star Game? I challenge you, John S, to sit there through the interminable player introductions, ceremonial first pitches, shots of Bud Selig, and not least in inducing woe, the actual four-hour game, and come out on the other side of it thinking yourself somehow enhanced by the experience.
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#define _ATFILE_SOURCE
#include /* Definition of AT_* constants */
int fchownat(int dirfd, const char *pathname,
uid_t owner, gid_t group, int flags);
The fchownat() system call operates in exactly the same way as
chown(2), except for the differences described in this manual page.
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If pathname is relative and dirfd is the special value AT_FDCWD, then
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EINVAL Invalid flag specified in flags.
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fchownat() was added to Linux in kernel 2.6.16.
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If you live in Wisconsin, you may already be a badger--a badger football fan that is. You probably also know that the badger is our state animal. But, do you know why Wisconsin is called "the badger state"? Back in Wisconsin's history, all the way back to the 1800s, miners dug tunnels into hillsides as they searched for lead and then lived in them during the winter months to keep warm. This reminded people of badgers and Wisconsin became known as the badger state.
The animal we know as the badger is found throughout our state. You've probably never seen one since they are solitary most of the year and stay hidden inside their shallow dens during the day. They hunt mostly during the night and live in large open fields and grasslands extending between 400 and 600 acres. You can look for signs of the badger by looking for piles of dirt outside of a large burrow which they dig with their incredibly long thick claws. If you see a short, stocky animal with a small face staggering around in the grasslands, it could be a badger.
Badgers don't eat brats and soda like many "badger fans," but they are carnivores (meat-eaters) and hunt for animals found in grasslands like pocket gophers, ground squirrels, rabbits, and small birds. They can sniff out food almost as well as dogs can. And, that's better than most animals. They aren't friendly like most dogs though; this animal is a ferocious fighter with an attitude and should not be bothered. Badgers will snarl, growl, and can give off a musky and smelly scent like a skunk if disturbed. These aggressive traits are also why badgers are frequently chosen as a team mascot.
If you see a badger in the winter, you're very lucky, since they spend 90 percent of their time deep underground in their den or "sett." Believe it or not, the dirt inside the den keeps the badger insulated under the ground. It can be 31 degrees warmer than the outside air. No wonder miners used to stay in the tunnels during Wisconsin winters! Keep your eyes peeled next time you're in a large open field in the winter and maybe, just maybe, you'll see the badger's tracks in the snow.
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Started meeting the fellow TPF members in London on my birthday and was treated to some fantastic wines and even better company.
It was a pleasure to meet Alex again and get acquainted with Jacob, UncleTom and Wolfgang.
Next time, I think i'll take Uncle Tom's cue to order two steaks instead of one at the crusting pipe!
Onto lisbon:
We spent the morning wondering around downtown lisbon hitting up cafe brasilia and sitting next ot the bronze statue of a poet. Got lost on a bunch of hills before we ended up at garafeirria nacional and my jaws just dropped at the prices of port. Fonseca 85 for 500 Euros?!?! Dinner was at a nice restaurant around the area but was awkward being the only table filled.
Next day was at sintra where we hiked the palace, the castle and the town. I must say, one thing about portugal is definitely bring your Hill legs. I hiked almost 10 miles across various hills and steps. Swinging by into the historic center, I swung into another wine shop. A group of tourists were there before me and whipped out a tour book and asked the shop owner "The book says this is the best, do you sell"
to which the store owner kindly replied "Ah yes, it is the best, Noval 2003 is 750 euros, you don't want that you want, ( i can't remember but it was a house i've never heard of before) for 70 Euros, it's just as good and cheaper"
Shocked, i think that would be it for any sort of souvenir I'm bringing home.
We wandered back into lisbon and took the train out to Belem to meet up with Roy Hersh! for dinner at a very good fish restaurant where we shared a 2.25 kilo crab.
Afterwards Roy generously shared the niepoort 20 yr tawny with us at his hotel.
Our final day in lisbon was meant to be relaxing. We spent the day at Cascais on the beach. There was a local fish monger that made a fantastic bachalou bouillabaisse that was just fantastic. Back to Belem to try the Belem bakery and was run over by a bus of 100 chinese tourists pressing up in front of the line! Getting back to lisbon we stopped by the Solar Vinhos bar, but they didn't take credit cards that day, so no port for me. =(
Finally onto porto, but we stopped by a town midway called Mealhada.
Mealhada is a small town that's known for it's Liertos (suckling pigs). However no one at the station spoke any english at all and we didn't remember the name of the restaurant. We spent an hour wandering around the town trying to get internet reception on the phone, until I finally found a cafe with a dingy computer in the back. Pedros dos Liertos was an awesome place to grab lunch. The pig skin was crispy, the meat was tender and incredibly flavorful. It was defintiely a good lunch place to tide one over on the long train ride up to porto.
we got in late unfortunately and didn't get a hcance to hit any of the wineries, but did manage to walk around porto proper. There are some very shady streets in porto and we accidentally wondered in one of the alleys where it looked like people were gambling in one of the shops. MORE HILLS! We stopped by vinologia and went through a tasting of houses I've never heard of but they were absolutely fantastic.
Tired and a bit buzzing, I forgot where I stumbled in for dinner.
The next day was a full day at Vila Nova Di Gaia. We walked across the bridge from porto to Vndg and tried to get a tour at Sandeman but it was completely booked as two tour buses stopped in right before us. Tried what used to be the old Hedges and Butler brand next door, but was not overly impressed with anything. So we hiked up the hill and stopped into the Taylor lodge for lunch. The taylor lodge is a fantastic place for lunch and the prices were very reasonable. The 1988 Terra Fiete was absolutely fantastic. We then began the long march over to the Graham's lodge.
At the Graham's lodge we were greeted by Luis. These guys were awesome! Incredibly friendly, informative and showed a great interest in port. Out of all the lodges we wandered into the Graham's staff showed a genuine love of port. Doing a tour of the cellars we sat down for my first serious tasting in portugal. I think I sat at the lodge for over 2 hours just tasting and chatting with the staff until they locked the gates and my wife dragged me out, with a bottle of 79 Grahams Malvedos in magnum =). As the night was cooler, we headed back into porto for some dinner. They had this dish I forget the name of (Bitoque?) where they took a toast, topped a steak on top, threw some ham on that with a runny egg all over gravy. That was fantastic!
The next morning, we began our trip over to Pinhao. Getting in just in time for Paul, who Oscar at Quevedo arranged to pick us up and drive us over to the winery for lunch and tasting. It was an incredibly windy road overlooking the valley, but the view was just breath taking. We ended up in ferradosa at a fantastic restaurant where we had braised pork with rice and veggies paired with Oscar's line up of dry reds and whites ending with his 2008 SQVP.
We head back to Quevedo winery and ran through a whole bunch of barrel samples. The 1994 Quevedo Colheita was most impressive and one I would definitely look for in the states!
The day was getting dark so we headed back to our hotel at quinta de la rosa. As pinhao is a very quiet town with TERRIBLE food, I ended up with a bottle of 92 Quinta de losa and sat in the pool.
Next morning we did a tour of quinta de la rosa and walked around pinhao to end up at the vintage house for a light lunch. Alas we were in a rush to catch the train so I missed out on a bunch of decanters they had opened.
Last night in porto, we at a Churrascharia after spending the last few days just walking around and smelling the intoxicating roasted beef aromas coming out of these restaurants. I think I had the beef sweats for 4 hours afterwards, but was thoroughly pleased.
This was a very fun trip and I came home 5kg heavier. I'd definitely recommend trying to walk through portugal again as it was a great workout and experience!
thanks to everyone for the hospitality and the help planning the trip!
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Re: My trip to portugal
Pinhao is indeed very quiet. Regarding food, though, has Ponte Romana closed? It wasn't going to win any Michelin stars, but it was good food and the staff was always friendly and happy to see tourists. It's on Rua de Santo Antonio on the right immediately after you cross the car bridge from Pinhao. As I recall the building was yellow the last time I was there.g-man wrote:As pinhao is a very quiet town with TERRIBLE food, I ended up with a bottle of 92 Quinta de losa and sat in the pool.
Sounds like you had a great trip!
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ah, yes it was indeed still around however closed by the time we got into pinhaoGlenn E. wrote:Pinhao is indeed very quiet. Regarding food, though, has Ponte Romana closed? It wasn't going to win any Michelin stars, but it was good food and the staff was always friendly and happy to see tourists. It's on Rua de Santo Antonio on the right immediately after you cross the car bridge from Pinhao. As I recall the building was yellow the last time I was there.g-man wrote:As pinhao is a very quiet town with TERRIBLE food, I ended up with a bottle of 92 Quinta de losa and sat in the pool.
Sounds like you had a great trip!
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I liked in Portugal!
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Awesome review, thank you!
Nice, did you gamble in Portugal, too? Can you recommend an adequate casino? My gambling experience is rather poor and it is limited with mostly online games like these ones https://casinobetsites.com/ , but I've been to Vegas three times and always wanted to check a casino in Europe.There are some very shady streets in porto and we accidentally wondered in one of the alleys where it looked like people were gambling in one of the shops
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RIM to cut 40% of workforce as another top exec resignsAs ailing Research in Motion prepares to axe nearly 40 percent of its workforce in the coming months, another top-level executive has announced their resignation on Monday as the BlackBerry maker continues to hemorrhage cash.
Canada-based RIM lost its top lawyer on Monday when Chief Legal Officer Karima Bawa announced she would resign, with her departure adding to the rising count of high-level executives leaving the company, reports Reuters.
Bawa's resignation is the second in as many weeks and follows that of Managing Director of Global Sales and Regional Marketing Patrick Spence. In early April, it seemed that Spence would be staying, but the situation at RIM was apparently too dire for him to remain.
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