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Dominating the PC microprocessor market for the last two decades, Intel's growth has slowed down recently on account of weakness in the global PC market. The company reported its full year 2012 earnings on January 17 with 1.2% and 15% declines in annual revenue and net income, respectively. However, Intel generated approximately $18.9 billion in cash from its operations highlighting that it is managing its operations well amid macro weakness.
At $13.5 billion, the Q4 2012 earnings were in-line with Intel's expectation. While revenue declined marginally on a y-o-y basis, gross profit was 31% lower compared to Q4 2011. Though Intel's data center group witnessed strong sequential and annual growth, a continuous decline in revenue from the PC client growth combined with increasing investment in building its technology prowess has impacted Intel's bottom-line.
Nevertheless, 2012 has been an eventful year for Intel as the company made significant progress in alternate markets with new product launches and design wins. For 2013, it has a robust pipeline of new platforms and products, which we feel will help increase Intel's competitiveness in the market. While Intel's short-term growth might suffer from the PC slowdown and a small footprint in the mobile computing market, we believe the company has strong fundamentals to support a higher valuation. (Read: Intel Should Be A $33 Stock As Market Overlooks Chip Dominance)
Here we review certain significant developments in 2012 as well as Intel's product road-map for 2013 which can help Intel regain its growth momentum in the future.
See our complete analysis for Intel
Overhaul Of Ultrabooks
After a tepid response for ultrabooks in 2011, due to their steep price, Intel introduced a $300 million fund to achieve improvements in the same. Last year, it launched its largest advertising campaign in a decade to increase the adoption of Intel powered ultrabooks. Intel claims that the growth in ultrabooks has helped the company achieve its volume goals in the first half of 2012. Intel ramped up its ultrabook designs from 20 to 140+ in the last one year. Additionally, ultrabook prices have come down since then to as low as $699, and Intel intends to further reduce the price to $599 by the year end.
However, despite Intel's efforts, Ultrabooks are estimated to account for less than 0.5% of worldwide notebook PC shipments in 2012.
In the coming months, Intel plans to introduce more than 140 core-based Ultrabooks, more than 40 of which will be touch-enabled. Aiming to combine the productivity of a PC with the convenience of a tablet, Intel intends to launch a dozen convertible Ultrabook designs. As the line between PCs and tablets is blurring, Intel intends to focus on developing more convertibles and detachable ultrabook designs in the future.
At the recently concluded CES 2013, Intel announced a low power 7-watt version of Ivy Bridge line of processors for ultrabooks. The low power line of processors will enable OEMs to have greater flexibility in designing thinner and lighter touch based ultrabook convertibles. In addition, it will also introduce its 4th generation core processor family, code-named Haswell, later this year. The processor promises to offer up to 13 hours of battery life, in turn enabling a broad new range of ultrabook convertibles, detachables and tablets.
Milestone Year For Tablets & Smartphones
With the slowdown in PC shipments growth rate and the increasing adoption of mobile devices, smartphones and tablets are slated to fuel future growth in the semiconductor industry. Intel marked its entry in the mobile market at the start of 2012 and currently has 7 phones and 10 tablets shipping across 20 countries. Intel processors support the Windows 8 and the Android operating system and it claims that they can compete with the best ARM designs on performance and have equal or better power and battery life.
While most of its phones use the 32-nanometer Medfield SoC, the introduction of the 22-nanometer manufacturing process resulted in more than half of Intel's Q4 2012 volume using the new technology.
Intel will start shipping a new, low-power Atom processor based platform – Lexington – which will target the fast growing low-end smartphone and tablet market, a segment that is estimated to reach 500 million units by 2015. Additionally, 2013 will see Intel's first quad-core Atom system-on-chip (SoC), code named Bay Trail, that will have over two times the computing performance of its current generation tablet offering.
Strategic Relationship With ASML
Within the semiconductor industry, Intel is known to have huge R&D capabilities. It is also the only chip maker with its own manufacturing, design and fabrication capabilities which makes it less dependent on other companies. In July 2011, Intel pumped in $4.1 billion into ASML Holdings to fund the next generation chipmaking technology. (Read: Intel Pumps $4 Billion Into ASML Holdings To Accelerate Next-Generation Manufacturing Technology)
Intel continues to invest in its manufacturing leadership. In 2012, it ramped up its 22-nanometer factories and intends to start production on the 14-nanometer process this year. Intel purchased $11 billion in capital assets and invested more than $10 billion in R&D in 2012.
In addition to above developments, Intel's data center group also underwent a comprehensive renewal across its product line, which we feel will contribute to higher revenue from this segment in the future.
The semiconductor industry is undergoing a period of transition and innovation. With a robust portfolio of new platforms and products, we feel Intel is well positioned to leverage growth across the wide range of devices, from low power portable devices to powerful data centers.
Outlook For 2013
- Revenue to grow in low-single digits
- Data center group to witness double-digit revenue growth
- Spending to increase to $18.9 billion, a $700 million increase
- Mid-point of gross margin range is 60%
- Capex to remain close to 2012 level
- Estimated spending of $2 billion to start building its first 450-millimeter development facility
We are in the process of updating our price estimate of $32.88 for Intel.
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Ariz. bill against 'annoying' online to get change
Arizonans venturing online may have to think twice before leaving a comment on a website.
Words that someone could view as "annoying" or "offensive" on Facebook or Twitter, for example, could be deemed a criminal offense under a bi-partisan bill that's moving swiftly to Gov. Jan Brewer's desk.
The bill would update telephone harassment and stalking laws by adding the use of computers or smartphones.
Supporters say the measure would help victims of online stalking and harassment whose cases have been dismissed in court because state law has not caught up with the technology.
"There's a bona fide need to protect people from one-on-one harassment," said Rep. Vic Williams, a Tucson Republican who has been a key supporter of the bill.
Critics say the proposal goes too far.
"Speaking to annoy or offend is not a crime," said David Horowitz, the executive director of the Media Coalition, a New York-based First Amendment advocacy group, adding that the measure is unconstitutionally broad.
The measure's sponsor Tucson Republican Rep. Tim Vogt said late Wednesday the bill will be updated to address such concerns.
"This is not meant to affect constitutionally protected free speech or activity or speech authorized by law," Vogt said, adding that he decided to amend the plan after hearing from concerned supporters in the state House.
As written, if the bill becomes law, Horowitz said, speech done in satire, political debate or even sports trash talking could get people in unnecessary legal trouble.
"Somebody who posts on their Facebook page and they happen to be an Arizona Diamondbacks fan ... whoever their rivals are, they can say `Hey your team stinks, and I hope you lose,'" Horowitz said.
"Is that an intent to offend or annoy? There's a lot of common banter this would potentially apply to," he said.
The group has asked Brewer to veto the measure. So far, Brewer has not publicly commented on their letter.
Williams said he welcomes groups like the Media Coalition to weigh in.
But he rejected claims from those he called "crackpots and conspiracy theorists" who he says have associated the bill with Orwellian images of authoritarian governments seeking to crack down of freedom of expression.
Vogt said the bill has been misrepresented as overly broad by critics.
"Some people have glommed onto the older language," he said, characterizing the legislation as simply an update to the state's "telephone stalking bill."
Across the country, more than 30 states have laws against harassment and stalking that reference electronic communication, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Several states have legislation in place similar to the proposal awaiting a final vote in the Arizona House.
Pima County Attorney Barbara LaWall, who worked with legislators on the bill, said harassment laws need to keep up with technology, calling cries of Internet censorship "overblown and unrealistic."
"People's First Amendment right to say horrible things is not being infringed upon," she said.
LaWall said comments posted online have to be directed at a certain target to face prosecution.
James Weinstein, an Arizona State University professor who teaches constitutional law, said that without changes the statute's wording leaves it vulnerable to being overturned. Unlike telephones, online chatter is open to a much wider audience, Weinstein said.
"Now that they're extending it to the Internet generally or electronic media generally, it loses that natural limitation to targeted individuals," he said. "I think this is just bad drafting.
"I don't think they're trying to be like China," Weinstein said in reference to that nation's restrictive Internet laws.
Weinstein said this law may lead to some self-censoring, but he doesn't think it will result in a rush of prosecutions.
"Even the world's worst prosecutor wouldn't prosecute" someone for bring offensive or annoying online, he said.
But LaWall said the law is needed, saying too often she has seen courts dismiss cases of stalking or harassment simply because the law hasn't caught up to the technology.
"Right now if an individual attempts to terrify or intimidate or harass somebody by sending them a text on their phone, then it's not really covered by the current statutes," she said. Texting wasn't around then, she said.
Elizabeth Ditlevson, director of the Arizona Coalition Against Domestic Violence, said updating the law won't hurt people's free speech rights.
"If you can show your speech is to express an opinion, that's different than using speech to harass, to degrade, to stalk another person," Ditlevson said. "The longer we wait to pass the law, the longer people wait to be protected."

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Is Randy "Duke" Cunningham's time about up?
Former SD Rep. Randy Cunningham is still serving time in a Tucson federal prison camp for bribery and tax evasion, but as his freedom grows nearer, he's grown increasingly chatty. Although his official release date is June 4, 2013, in recent ramblings to local media the disgraced former congressman claims he'll be out in 8 1/2 months. It's a claim disputed by a former inmate who served time with him. The only way a prisoner can get an early release, he says, is by entering a drug and alcohol program – but only if he qualifies. "By completing the program, he could get up to a year off his sentence," the prison mate says. "But the program takes nine months, and it isn't offered at Tucson." It doesn't add up. As for Cunningham's bizarre endorsement this week of Newt Gingrich for president: "He said he could get 80 percent of inmates or their families to vote for Gingrich. But remember, Cunningham co-sponsored the 'No Frills Prison Act.' Eighty percent of the prison inmates wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire."
For sail: An ESPN film celebrating the 25th anniversary of Stars & Stripes' historic America's Cup win in Perth, Australia, will have a special screening Saturday night at the San Diego Yacht Club. And local heroes of the 1987 reclaiming of the cup are turning it into a reunion. Among them: Skipper Dennis Conner and 20 of the original crew and support team; Malin Burnham, chairman of the Sail America syndicate; Sandy Purdon, executive director; and Kyle Clark commodore of the winning SD Yacht Club. The club event was a 200-seat sellout in 24 hours. The rest of us can watch "The Greatest Comeback in Sailing History" in one of three Saturday broadcasts – at 2 a.m., noon and 7 p.m. — on ESPN.
For sport: This week's NFLsoup.com fantasy football site feature on "The Top 5 Quarterbacks to Never Win a Super Bowl" puts the Chargers' Philip Rivers at No. 1 . . . Former touring tennis pro and OB resident Gretchen Magers will represent the U.S. in next week's ITF Seniors World Championships here. But first things first. Magers was in Christchurch, New Zealand, for last year's championships when a devastating earthquake hit. With the city still recovering, Magers has organized a benefit for victims on Saturday at the Peninsula Tennis Club in Ocean Beach.
One & only? San Diego novelist Roger Conlee, whose thrillers are winning a growing audience, has a somewhat confused fan out there. In "The Hindenburg Letter," Conlee includes a fictitious Texas barmaid named Dixie Freitas. This week, he received an email from a Dixie Freitas, in Capetown, South Africa. "Just why," she demanded, "did you use my name?"
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ITAMS Adds to its Growing Portfolio of Licensing Experts
22 Nov, 2012, 07:05 GMT
LONDON, November 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
IT asset management and software licensing consultancy IT Asset Management Solutions (ITAMS) has appointed Eric Chiu, former Team Leader and Consultant from Deloitte UK's Software Licence Services team as Principal Consultant to its enterprise licence management services division.
Chiu brings with him extensive knowledge of major vendor licensing issues and specialist experience gained through working on audit defence, licence compliancy and software asset management (SAM) engagements from Deloitte where he led a team of seven consultants.
Chiu's new role at ITAMS will focus on providing licence management advisory services to high profile enterprise clients. This will include assessing process maturity and improvement for clients, service design, and transitioning clients through a project phase to ITAMS' Enterprise Licence Management service (ELM 360).
Already having been successfully implemented in several organisations with 20,000 to 150,000 employees, ELM 360 leverages a decade of SAM expertise, utilising a shared services model underpinned by revolutionary catalogue-centric technology. Delivered on/off-site or through the cloud to complement in-house operations it enables enterprises to reduce risk, control costs and maximise existing capabilities.
"Eric is a strong fit within our team of licensing consultants. His skills will be crucial in driving future enterprise scale engagements," said Professional Services Director and Managing Partner Paul Sheehan.
Chiu added, "This is an exciting time to join ITAMS, one of very few long established specialist consultancies offering a unique yet proven approach to managing software entitlement and IT assets in large firms."
Chiu is one of several senior appointments made recently by ITAMS who are seeking to expand their consulting team, due to an increasing demand from both private and public sector organisations looking for advice and on-going services for software licence management.
About ITAMS
Established in 2002, ITAMS is today one of the UK's leading, vendor independent IT asset, software licence and IT service management consulting and technology companies. ITAMS has a high profile FTSE 500 client base with good references, including clients from both the public and private sectors, the UK and worldwide and many with 20K-150K employees.
With a portfolio of 400+ active clients and substantial experience gained from working as consultant, architect, implementer and operator, ITAMS is employed by some of the world's largest and most prestigious organisations. For more information visit: http://www.itamsolutions.com/
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Comcast is finally ready to abandon the 250 GB data cap that it introduced in 2008. While this is certainly a welcome change, don't go firing up that myriad of torrents just yet. The company will be testing what it calls a more "flexible" approach--tiered pricing. Comcast will be doing trials of two different tiered approaches over the next few months. One sees base plans that start at 300 GB per month, and when exceeded, Comcast is considering charging customers an additional $10 for each extra 50 GB of usage in a given month. The other is similar, but gives a larger cap to homes subscribes to the 30 MBps Blast package and 105 Mbps Extreme package. Based on those trials, Comcast will decide how to move forward with pricing its network for the future.
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Leaving Las Vegas
I tried my best to post to BOTB from Lost Wages on Monday but something about paying $12 for Internet access on top of paying $200+ for a Motel 4-1/2-quality hotel room made me pause to consider. Then I tried posting from my iPhone which was only possible sans images and, you know, I'm nothing without images.
So now, settled safely back into farm life in rural (and rain-saturated) SE Ohio, I have access to the few images I nabbed in Vegas. Sorry to disappoint, but No Nuge. Perhaps it was his Mossy Oak camo that made him impossible to locate...
One thing is guaranteed on the long flight from the East to the West: Cool things to look at from the air. Most of the images to follow are ones I took with the camera in my iPhone. The aerial shots were all taken through an airplane window—two or more layers of unbreakable plastic. Given these limitations, I think the shots came out OK.
I did not spend a single farthing on gambling in LV—something I aspire to each and every time I go there. But they make it soooo easy to spend your money on games of chance. Or even to spend your money on anything. The safe in my room cost fitty cent to use!
The SHOT Show was one big adventure. I enjoy the cacophony and challenge of talking business with so many knives and firearms all around. (I really do!). I'm already looking forward to next year!
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TeamWin is proud to present TWRP 3.0.x for the Motorola Photon Q!
Youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIvWVS_Rkxo
Full TeamWin credits are on the TWRP page on the TeamWin website: http://teamw.in/project/twrp2
Team Win Recovery Project or twrp2 for short, is a custom recovery built with ease of use and customization in mind. We started from the ground up by taking AOSP recovery and loading it with the standard recovery options, then added a lot of our own features. It's a fully touch driven user interface , no more volume rocker or power buttons to mash. The GUI is also fully XML driven and completely theme-able. You can change just about every aspect of the look and feel.
Key Features:
Touchscreen driven with real buttons and drag-to-scroll
XML-based GUI that allows full customization of the layout true theming!
Settings are saved to the sdcard and persist through reboots
Ability to choose which partitions to back up and which to restore
Ability to choose to compress backups now with pigz (multi-core processor support for faster compression times)
Onscreen keyboard
Decryption of /data
Easy selection of internal/external storage
See changelog below for new features
In addition to the above new features, TWRP features a scripting engine that allows an app to send commands to the recovery for the recovery to perform during startup. We call this scripting engine OpenRecoveryScript. This engine will be put to use immediately in the GooManager app. GooManager will be able to install recoveries automatically for most supported devices. The app will also let you choose to install multiple zips from within Android, wipe cache & dalvik, and run a backup.
We are looking for other talented developers, themers, and device maintainers if they are interested in helping with a free, open source project.
Information on TWRP 2 Theming - http://teamw.in/project/twrp2themers
Known Issues:
CWM backups are not compatible - please make a fresh backup in TWRP as soon as you have flashed it
Source Code:
GitHub - https://github.com/omnirom/android_bootable_recovery
Gerrit for TWRP Official Device Configs - http://gerrit.twrp.me
Gerrit Instance - http://gerrit.omnirom.org
If you have made your own twrp build for an unsupported device, please let us know. We might add your build to the list of unofficial builds. Bear in mind that we are working hard to add more devices and we may add your device to our official build list later.
Photon Q Device Config: https://github.com/CyanogenMod/andro...7/tree/cm-13.0
Kernel: https://github.com/arrrghhh/android_...60-common-twrp
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Click http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=twrp for live support or join us in #twrp on Freenode IRC servers
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Carson City's next job fair is Oct. 4
The Carson City Chamber of Commerce, city government's Health & Human Services Department and Job Opportunities in Nevada are banding together to sponsor the Carson City Job Fair in the gymnasium of the Community Center, at 851 E. William St. It run from 2-5 p.m. Oct. 4.
Two previous job fairs this year resulted in at least 102 people becoming employed, 43 after the February event and 59 in the wake of the June fair, according to Lynn Ellis, work force program case manager with Health & Human Services.
She stressed that job seekers need to bring along properly prepared background information, dress to impress and avoid getting discouraged by long lines because there is an opportunity to connect with up to 50 prospective employers.
"I know that people see long lines when they arrive at the fairs," she said. "However, even with the 684 people that attended the June fair, the line moved extremely fast and everyone has the opportunity to meet prospective employers."
About 40 employers are signed up for the October fair. The limit is 50.


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Sneak peek at late summer, fall forecast
The National Weather Service has released an extended forecast predicting conditions late this summer and into this fall.
The outlook is part of the latest Weather Whisper newsletter.
Senior forecaster Miles Schumacher said weather models are predicting a mild late summer and fall ahead with near normal temperatures and near normal precipitation across Iowa.
The very heavy rainfall this spring has changed the outlook for the summer, forecasters said. "Due to the wet ground, and no strong signal to indicate that Iowa will return to drought conditions, the summer is expected to be much different than last year," the report reads.
Drought conditions exist just to the west of Iowa.
"Heat is likely to build on the High Plains, leading to some spikes of hot weather this summer. Though the very warm weather may be nearby, each episode is not likely to last for very long," said the report.
The report said the shift of hot weather farther west also means a "better chance for thunderstorms over the north central into the central parts of the U.S."
Forecasters said the total number of 90 degree days for the summer is expected to be close to normal. Rainfall is expected to be close to normal for the July through August period.
Fall Outlook:
Temperatures this fall are expected to lean toward the cool side, the report shows.
"Cool Canadian air will be more dominant than is typical for the fall. At this time it does not appear that temperatures will be more than slightly below normal. With cooler air moving in from Canada, it will be drier than normal as well," reads the report.
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We offer daily standard transportation schedule to Russia, Baltics, Central and Eastern Europe and all the way to Turkey.
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Twenty-five years ago, ESA's Giotto probe swept within 600 km of Comet Halley, obtaining the first close-up images of a comet. It revealed the first evidence of organic material in a comet and, still today, much of what we know about comets comes from the pioneering mission.
Launched on 2 July 1985 by Ariane 1, Giotto was ESA's first deep-space mission, part of an ambitious international effort to solve the mysteries surrounding Comet Halley. It was also the first deep-space mission to change orbit by returning to Earth from an interplanetary trajectory for a gravity-assist.
After a cruise of eight months, Giotto arrived at its destination and revealed the size and shape of Halley's nucleus, found that its surface is very dark (the blackest object in the Solar System) and that it emitted jets of gas and dust.
Giotto's camera recorded many images that gave scientists a rare opportunity – the comet will not return to the inner Solar System again until 2061 – to study Halley intensively. It was particularly important to determine its composition through the readings made by Giotto as it passed through Halley's tail.
After completing its Halley mission, Giotto went into hibernation before being woken up in the summer of 1990, and then hibernating again until early 1992.
Although a few of the instruments had been damaged during the Halley encounter, the spacecraft had survived the battering by cometary dust and was able to conduct a second flyby, this time of Comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup, in July 1992.
This video is a new compilation of Giotto's historic images acquired by the Halley Multicolour Camera (HMC). It shows the comet as seen by the probe as it approached from about 900 000 km, coming to within 596 km.
The images were processed by the HMC team under the leadership of Uwe Keller at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS/Lindau), where this video was newly produced in 2011 together with B. Grieger from the Rosetta team at ESA/ESAC to mark the 25th anniversary of Giotto's flyby.
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Submerged portions of all aquatic plants provide habitats for many micro and macro invertebrates. These invertebrates in turn are used as food by fish and other wildlife species (e.g. amphibians, reptiles, ducks, etc). After aquatic plants die, their decompostion by bacteria and fungi provides food (called "detritus") for many aquatic invertebrates. Deer, beaver, muskrat, nutria and other rodents will consume the leaves and rhizomes of white water lily, while the seeds are eaten by ducks.


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(CNN) — One crew member died when a Swedish boat training for the America's Cup sailboat race capsized Thursday in San Francisco Bay, said Mindy Talmadge, a spokeswoman for the San Francisco Fire Department.
The Artemis Racing team's wesbite identified the sailor as two-time Olympic medalist Andrew Simpson from Great Britain.
"The entire Artemis Racing team is devastated by what happened," said Chief Executive Officer Paul Cayard. "Our heartfelt condolences are with Andrew's wife and family."
The statement said Simpson was trapped underneath the water by the boat, and doctors were unable to revive him.
He was 36, according to the Olympics website.
The 72-foot catamaran capsized adjacent to the ferry terminal, Talmadge said.
There were 10 other people on the boat who were all accounted for, Talmadge said. A second person was treated for cuts that were not life-threatening.
The next step in the America's Cup is qualifying races, which are set to begin July 7 on San Francisco Bay.


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Nowhere is Mana's presence more alive and loved than The Islands of Tahiti. Considered a fundamental truth that is both tangible and intangible, it is the life force and spirit that surrounds and connects all living things. We wanted to introduce all sides of Mana to three lucky couples to experience it for themselves. These are their stories.
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Society Islands
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Bora Bora
Simply said, Bora Bora is probably one of the most beautiful islands in the world and the center of the romantic universe. Perfect white sand beaches give way to emerald waters, and luxury resorts and spas dot the island with overwater bungalows. This is where romantic dreams become reality.
With its wild beauty and untouched beaches, Huahine is one of The Islands of Tahiti's best kept secrets. The island, relatively untouched by the modern world, is a tropical jungle filled with thick vegetation and hidden temples. It's perfect for hiking, and made for exploring.
Raiatea, meaning "faraway heaven" and "sky with soft light" is surrounded by myth and was the original center of Polynesian religion. The sacred island is also the nautical center of The Islands of Tahiti, and is perfect for sailing, deep sea fishing and scuba diving.
Taha'a offers a glimpse of the traditional, tranquil life of the Tahitians. The flower-shaped island's simple beauty comes in soft mountain shapes and surrounded by tiny motu with bright sand beaches.
Some places you feel. They cast their spell on you immediately. This is Tetiaroa. A haven for birds, sea turtles, and all kinds of marine life, this sacred island was a getaway for Tahitian royalty.
Crowned by a circle of majestic peaks, Tahiti towers over the ocean like a proud, royal queen. Here, city life meets island paradise. While the interior of the island feels untouched, the shores are bustling with world-class resorts, spas, fine dining, shops and nightlife.
Moorea rises magically out of the ocean like a cathedral. High, sharp, inspiring green spires, crowned by clouds. Poetic threads of waterfalls tumble down fern-softened cliffs, and peaceful meadows flanked by pinnacles of emerald green will renew your belief in the majesty of nature.
Marquesas Islands
The Marquesas are for the most adventurous of travelers. Geographically isolated and one of the most remote archipelagoes, its terrain is untouched, wild and rugged. Wild horses roam the landscape and natural wonders abound such as 1000-foot waterfalls cascade down sheer volcanic cliffs.
Tuamotu Islands
When it comes to wildlife, the sheltered lagoons and enchanted waters of the Tuamotu Islands are some of the richest in the world. The area is also the cradle for the Tahitian Cultured Pearl, grown with love, patience and respect in their unmatched colors and shades.
Austral Islands
Beyond the distant horizon of the South Pacific are untouched and mysterious lands undiscovered by most travelers. Visiting the Austral Islands is a rare opportunity to see The Islands of Tahiti in different light. If you're looking for a true escape, these legendary islands are a place beyond imagination.
Gambier Islands
More than 1,000 miles southeast of Tahiti are the remote Gambier Islands. Raised up from the ocean floor by the god Maui, the mountains of the main island, Mangareva, rise over surrounding islands and the luminous lagoon like a great cathedral.
Popular Activities on Society Islands
Popular Activities on Bora Bora
Stay in Romantic Overwater Bungalows
Dreamy Picnics Alongside Underwater Life
Indulge in a Honeymoon Photo Excursion
Feed and Swim with the Rays
Photos of Bora Bora
Popular Activities on Huahine
The "Superbowl" of Canoe Racing
Pay a Visit to the Gods
Explore by Jetski
Photos of Huahine
Popular Activities on Raiatea
The Cradle Of Polynesian Culture
View Raiatea from a Luxury Yacht
A Unique Natural Heritage
Photos of Raiatea
Popular Activities on Taha'a
Time Travel Through Offshore Shipwrecks
Tour the Vanilla Plantations
The Village of Patio
Photos of Taha'a
Popular Activities on Tetiaroa
A Bird Sanctuary
The Brando: A High-End Eco-Resort
Experience Tetiaroa by Helicopter
Photos of Tetiaroa
Popular Activities on Tahiti
Experience Tahitian Culture
Surf the Water, Wind, and Sky
Discover Papenoo Valley
Photos of Tahiti
Popular Activities on Moorea
A Natural Playground
Take a Walk Underwater
A Source of Inspiration
Photos of Moorea
Popular Activities on Marquesas Islands
Unforgettable Horseback Rides
Gaugin and Brel's Memories
A Show of Culture and Nature
Tiki Island
Photos of Marquesas Islands
Popular Activities on Tuamotu Islands
Find Adventure Down Below
Deep Sea Fishing in the Wild Ocean
"Bleu Matisse"
Photos of Tuamotu Islands
Popular Activities on Austral Islands
Explore the Coral Island
Swim with Humpback Whales
Unknown Archaeological Remnants
Visit Tubuai
Photos of Austral Islands
Popular Activities on Gambier Islands
Take a Circle Island Tour
Explore Abandoned Catholic Structures
Tour a Tahitian Pearl Farm
Photos of Gambier Islands
Endless Adventure. No Matter the Island.
The Cradle Of Polynesian Culture
Raiatea shelters the most spectacular and first international marae of the Polynesian Triangle, where inauguration ceremonies, political alliances and international meetings took place. Communities from Hawaii, New Zealand and the Cook Islands still meet at this pilgrimage venue and home of their sacred culture.
Surf the Water, Wind, and Sky
An ancient Polynesian sport, the thrill of surf remains unsurpassed. Tahiti is one of the largest centers for international competition, and, just like there's more than one way to relax, there's more than one way to surf. Try out fly-surfing, kite-surfing, windsurfing, and the classic way as well.
Experience Tahitian Culture
Tahiti and especially Papeete provide the opportunity to discover artistic expression of all kinds, both unique and creative. Attend an enchanting Tahitian dance show called 'ori Tahiti, visit a contemporary art exhibition, or see a traditional concert.
Pay a Visit to the Gods
The village of Maeva is perfect for reaching deep into the island's rich history. Numerous marae and other archeological remnants are concentrated around this authentic village. Stone fish traps, an ancestral legacy, are still used, and an educational museum exhibits objects found during archeological digs.
Explore by Jetski
Huahine's lagoon is famous for exploration by jetski. The shallow waters, large secluded bays, and quiet shores emit the feeling of true freedom and adventure. Guided tours are complete with frequent stops to picnic on your own private beaches and islets.
The "Superbowl" of Canoe Racing
In November, Huahine hosts the start of the Hawaiki Nui Va'a, the world's largest and longest international open-ocean outrigger canoe race, and Polynesia's number one sport. The start and finish are celebrated with a great festival of food, music, and dance.
View Raiatea from a Luxury Yacht
As the top yachting location in The Islands of Tahiti, most charter companies and marinas have chosen to settle around Raiatea. The island hosts a large number of moorings and bays amongst volcano craters and waterfalls, a truly pristine and amazing environment.
Time Travel Through Offshore Shipwrecks
A favorite (and still kind of a secret) of savvy divers, the lagoon of Raiatea & Taha'a features the amazing octopus cave, caverns, famous wrecks, drop-offs, and coral gardens where encounters with eels, gray sharks, and huge Napoleon wrasses highlight the dives off these twin islands.
Discover Papenoo Valley
Whether on foot, on a mountain bike or in a 4WD, it is best to tackle the Papenoo Valley with a guide. This valley, stretching across the island, is rich in archaeological sites and spectacular countryside punctuated with many impressive waterfalls.
Tour the Vanilla Plantations
Aptly named the Vanilla Island, its rich aroma lingerers heavily in the Taha'a air. Over 80% of Tahiti's harvest of this world-famous spice is grown here. Tours include strolling among the rows of climbing orchids and a demonstration of the pollination and curing process.
Indulge in a Honeymoon Photo Excursion
Celebrate your marriage by spending a romantic afternoon on a honeymoon photo excursion. Kiss in front of scenic vistas, snorkel in the turquoise lagoon, drink from champagne filled coconuts, and come away with the perfect souvenir—professional photos capturing each incredible memory.
Stay in Romantic Overwater Bungalows
Unlike any other hotel room, these traditional thatched-roof bungalows are perched over turquoise lagoon waters. Tropical fish swim below glass floors, and on your private balcony, surrounded only by water and sky, you can enjoy breakfasts delivered by canoe, and sunsets delivered by the heavens.
Feed and Swim with the Rays
The large rays of Bora Bora seem otherworldly as they soar through the azure lagoon. While their stingers are somewhat ominous, their graceful, ballet-like movements will have you enchanted as you stand amongst them in the shallows.
A Bird Sanctuary
Tetiaroa shelters one of the largest colonies of birds in The Islands of Tahiti where white terns, brown boobies, frigate birds, red-tailed tropic birds and above all the amazing great crested birds. They come to breed in this uninhabited haven where their environment has been respected and preserved.
The Brando: A High-End Eco-Resort
At The Brando, luxury and conservation combine to set new environmental standards at this one-of-a-kind eco-hotel. The famous actor's resort relies entirely on renewable energy using solar panels and coconut oil, and includes a scientific research eco-station that contributes to research, conservation and education.
Swim with Humpback Whales
Humpback whales arrive in Rurutu each year. They come between July and November to mate or give birth in the amazing clear waters. Mothers and calves swim under the water while males and females communicate offering whale watchers a moment of pure bliss.
Unknown Archaeological Remnants
Numerous Pre-European archeological remnants can still be found around Tubuai. Most of them hide behind lush vegetation and seem to have been left behind but some of them are well looked after and are worth a visit.
Tour a Tahitian Pearl Farm
The world-renowned iridescent luster of the black pearl can only be created in Tahiti's warm lagoon waters, and Mangareva has become an important supply source. Though "black" in name, colors range from the darkest black to shimmering green, blue, bronze, aubergine, or even pink.
Unforgettable Horseback Rides
The sites of the Marquesas Archipelago feel much like walking through a fantastical fairytale. Explore the high mountains, remote beaches, hidden waterfalls and deep forests by horseback—going only where you wish to go, and where many have never been.
Tiki Island
In Taaoa lies a huge ancient area featuring lithic structures and tiki statues blending within the untouched and primitive nature around them. You'll find the "Takaii," a one-of-a-kind smiling statue and the largest tiki on the islands, hidden in this lush vegetation.
Deep Sea Fishing in the Wild Ocean
The wild ocean surrounding Tikehau is filled with an abundance of large game such as marlin and yellow fin tuna. Experienced crews offer lessons for beginners, as well as local knowledge for serious game-fishing enthusiasts.
Find Adventure Down Below
In Rangiroa, divers come to "shoot the pass" for the world's greatest adrenaline rush. Carried in a current past walls of hammerhead sharks, friendly dolphins, and tornadoes of jacks, divers end their thrill ride in a sparkling lagoon where scores of fish greet them in celebration.
A Unique Natural Heritage
Upon Mount Temehani lives the tiare 'Apetahi, a flower so rare you will find it nowhere else in the world. This white half-circle and delicate flower has become the symbol of Raiatea. It only blooms at dawn, opening with a strange crackling noise.
Explore the Coral Island
Towering out of the ocean are the steep coral cliffs of Rurutu, a coral island. Riddled with caves and legends, you can explore the mountains, sea cliff caves, ancient marae and uninhabited motu by kayak, boat, 4×4, bike and horseback.
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Knee Injury Sidelines Notre Dame's Jonas Gray for the Rest of the Season
Notre Dame's faint BCS bowl hopes took a big hit this week when it was determined that starting running back Jonas Gray will miss the rest of the season after suffering a torn MCL. Gray was the Fighting Irish's top-scoring threat, scoring in eight straight games, the longest such streak by a Fighting Irish running back since 1998.
Notre Dame was 4-0 since Gray was inserted in the starting lineup last month. He finishes the season with 114 carries for 791 yards and 12 touchdowns. Along with fellow running back Cierre Wood, who began the season as the starter, Gray had given the Irish a potent running attack down the stretch. In the last four games, the two combined for 704 yards and 10 touchdowns. For the season, the two have scored 21 of Notre Dame's 24 rushing touchdowns, the most rushing scores by a Fighting Irish team since 2000.
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Stop-Gap Measures
This story appears in the September 2000 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
ER and Marcus Welby, M.D. E-mail and CB-radios. The Phantom Menace and Star Wars. Kid Rock and the Rolling Stones. Bill Clinton's MonicaGate and Richard Nixon's Watergate. Columbine High School and Kent State.
Every generation is shaped by its environment, whether it's from listening to the news or to Huey Lewis and the News. It's who we are. Just as our grandparents or parents were probably a little warped by the Great Depression of the 1930s, people in their early 20s get to live with the idea that O.J. Simpson, in a sense, had something to do with their upbringings. Like it or not, we are Tonya Harding, John Wayne Bobbitt, Rick Rockwell and Darva Conger. But we're also Mr. Rogers, Marie Osmond, Big Bird and Princess Diana.
Regardless of whether Growing Pains affected your growing pains, maybe you should start thinking outside your generation. Baby boomers and Generation Xers, not to mention the parents of boomers and Generation Y, are all working together-like never before.
In fact, according to a recent study sponsored by several companies and National Small Business United, for the last four years, the number of 25-to-44-year-olds in the labor force has been shrinking, and it will continue to shrink for at least the next six years. If you are anywhere in or near this age group, the odds are very good that you're going to be teaming up with, or hiring, a lot of people who are either significantly younger or older than you.
That can be problematic, says Ron Zemke, who, with Claire Raines and Bob Filipczak, wrote Generations at Work (American Management Association). "The boomers say the Generation Xers are slackers, whiners; they're rude, they lack social skills, they always want to buck the system, and they don't want to spend time in the ranks," observes Zemke. "And the Xers say the boomers are self-righteous; they're workaholics, they're more interested in politics than results, they talk a good talk but don't practice what they preach. They demand constant validation and follow every fad of the week. There are grains of truth in all of that, on both sides."
But if we can cut each other some slack, the generation gap can be a good thing.
Sure, you may find that it's lonely being the only one, or one of the few, in your peer group. Maybe neither your partner nor anybody else in your company will ever understand your love for Paul McCartney, Andy Gibb, Debbie Gibson, or whatever heartthrob was a hit in your time. But America has always thrived on diversity. And so will your company.
Geoff Williams is a frequent contributor to Entrepreneur and a features reporter for The Cincinnati Post.
Experience Vs. Age
Experience and expertise: It was just what Jaye Muller, 24 years old at the time, was looking for in 1997, when he hired 38-year-old Richard Ressler to be his company's CEO.
Muller certainly had no experience, save his one year on the job at JFAX.COM, a company he had created. Before that, he wasn't even in business. He was a rock star. Really.
Granted, you're probably in the minority if you listened to Muller and his rap album, We Are the Majority, so maybe rock star is overselling it a little. But Muller was on tour when he found that he kept missing important faxes, and he started wishing there was a way that people could send him faxes to his ever-dependable e-mail account.
So Muller, an East Germany native who had studied technology, created a system to do just that. One year later, the firm had a staff of 15 and sales to subscribers in the United States and several other countries. By then, Muller's company had thrown voice mail and a variety of services into the mix. But Muller, who was a lot more comfortable with R&B than b2b, originally planned to make his millions and then sell the company so he could perform in front of millions. And JFAX.COM, while doing nicely, wasn't a bona fide success.
That's why Muller chose to hand over management and the CEO role to one of his investors, Ressler, now 42. Business was Ressler's life. He'd been a top executive at several companies, including a Fortune 500, and, at the time, was running Orchard Capital Corp., an investment and consulting firm. Ressler's modus operandi was to invest gobs of cash in a company, take it over for several months, and then, as a wealthier man, hand back the reins and move on. He was a serial entrepreneur.
With Muller's company, Ressler stayed longer than he ever had, stepping down just this year, and remains with the company as chairman of the board. Muller, who had been handling most of the marketing and long-term visionary strategies, has also recently scaled back his role in the firm while he records his second CD, a progressive pop album.
It was a working relationship that worked. JFAX.COM has clients in 200 countries and brought in over $7 million in 1999.
"Age isn't really that important to me," explains Muller. "Experience is." And without Ressler's valuable experience, he adds, "I don't know where things would be. I think JFAX.COM would have still grown, and it would still be pretty close to where it is today, but maybe I'd still be running the company."
Ressler agrees that the partnership has worked but adds that you should exercise the same caution when partnering with a young entrepreneur as you would with any other business-person in those situations. "Just because somebody's new and young and fresh, it doesn't mean they're necessarily good at what they're supposed to be doing, just as age and experience don't always equal excel-lence," he says.
Nonetheless, it's hard to deny that youth, energy and passion are good qualities when embarking on a business venture-especially if you often find yourself staring in a mirror, thinking your eyes are home to more bags than LaGuardia, and that you could only run a mile in six minutes if a pit bull was chasing you. So if you're thinking of partnering with somebody younger, here are a few things you should consider:
|Don't get stuck in a legal battle-check out "Howdy, Partner" and put your partnership agreement on paper.
Truths For Older Partners
You two are probably at different places in your lives. If you're 38 or 48, chances are good you've met Mr. or Ms. Right and may even have your own share of family responsibilities. Your twentysomething partner is likely to be free of such ties and may expect you to work as tirelessly and relentlessly as a 23-year-old who has nothing but time to grow a business.
"I have three relatively young kids," muses Dan Kaplan, the 49-year-old vice president of Los Angeles-based LowerMyBills.com, a Web site that allows consumers to research, compare and lower their recurring bills. The site launched in February and Kaplan expects it to bring in $1 million in its first year. "I've done the working all hours, where your business is your wife and child. That's one reason I didn't get married until I was 33. Who had time for that?"
LowerMyBills.com's CEO, Matthew Coffin, is 31. If he follows the Dan Kaplan plan, he still has another couple years before he will tie the knot. So while Kaplan leaves his office at 8 p.m.-he's no slouch, either-Coffin is still sending e-mail missives to the business world at 1:20 a.m.
On the other hand, if you're in your late forties, you may be packing your kids off to college, while your younger counterpart is investing in Pampers on etrade. Maybe you are the one who will need to spend the most time on the business.
"[Personal-life] needs . . . are important and human," says 35-year-old Nina Kaufman, a New York City lawyer who advises entrepreneurs and has a partner who is 20 years older than herself. "But they may take time away from your business or create time restrictions, so it's important to discuss your lifestyle with your partner: what kind of time investment you're willing to make, how you see your [life responsibilities] being played out over time, and what you think your business needs."
Get to know each other. Before he co-founded LowerMyBills.com, Kaplan was founder of Anchor Communications, which published magazines and provided Internet content. When Coffin, who worked for a publishing house himself, teamed up with Kaplan to produce a joint project, the two men started talking, and they discovered that not only did they each have their own ideas for a new company, but they also liked each other.
They spent one year working on their joint project-and discussing a possible new company and their places in it. This led them to another important step in creating a strong partnership:
Know your roles. That's good advice for any entrepreneurial partnership, but crucial when you're dealing with egos young and old. "I see my role as the seasoned veteran," says Kaplan. "I'm sort of like a pilot, the guy who comes on the loudspeaker when there's some bad turbulence. And then I tell the passengers that we're hitting some pockets of air, but that we're still cruising at a safe altitude and that we'll be through the bad weather in about 100 miles. I'm the guy who has been through these air pockets a hundred times."
Coffin, meanwhile, has "the absolute passion and energy to make this company a success," says Kaplan. "Plus, he understands the Internet in ways that I can't because I've been working offline in business for 20 years." Coffin is also the person sealing a lot of deals, while Kaplan works behind the scenes.
Kaplan's role as seasoned entrepreneur may seem like one young Generation Y mavericks would reject as old school and unnecessary to their New Economy ventures. Not so. Barry Miller, a management professor at the Lubin School of Business at New York City's Pace University, observes: "The younger entrepreneurs are telling me that they want to team up with the boomers. They want that maturity."
Charles Reed agrees. "[The Gen Xers] really feel their lack of experience," says the entrepreneur and business professor at Brandeis University Graduate School of International Economics and Finance. Reed, along with two other veteran entrepreneurs, advises three company founders in their early 20s. Whenever Reed or the others tell their younger counterparts that they look amateurish-from coming late to appointments to bringing their entire staff to meetings that only need one representative-"they're slightly embarrassed but always glad to hear what we think."
It can be a delicate dance, however. Sometimes, even if a younger entrepreneur wants a mature, experienced partner, you can come across as too old. Simply mentioning your favorite Starsky & Hutch episode might not only date you but cause your partner and staff to discuss entering you in a world tour shuffleboard tournament. Sounds chilling, doesn't it? OK, talking about a favorite old TV show may be a minor sin, but if serious problems exist, like differences of opinions on the basics of your company's culture, it's important to talk them out, says Zemke. "The generation gap between entrepreneurs is more dangerous [than your relationship with your younger staff]," he says. "The employee generation gap problems are the more nagging and will give you the most gastric upset, but it won't kill your company. The partner generation gap will."
Search For Common Ground
"An organization really profits from diverse experiences," says Miller. "The more we can get different ages and different perspectives into a company, the more successful it's likely to be."
Andy Poticha, 33, and Michael Menn, 48, couldn't agree more. The two Northbrook, Illinois, architects run Design Construction Concepts. Their work has been photographed for publications like Better Homes and Gardens Bedroom and Bath, and the two men, who have been working together for 12 years and have seen each other through marriages, births and other life-changing events, see the age difference as something to be celebrated not conquered.
Poticha explains: "I was always searching to learn what I could from Michael's experience. He happens to be a very good teacher, and the way he presented things didn't make [me] feel like an idiot for not knowing something."
Menn completes the other half of the mutual-admiration society: "Andy provided the energy and enthusiasm that I didn't have in my mid-30s," he says. "At [my] age, you're starting to become set in your ways and in the bad habits you've picked up from past partnerships. I think his clearheadedness, his clear view, was what broke me from the bad habits I was in."
So if you're thinking of shopping around for some younger blood, actually shop. Squeeze the grapefruit and make sure it's fresh. Test-drive the car. Try on the jacket before you leave the store. Talk to your potential younger partner about your hopes and dreams-the kind that relate to your company, and the company you keep. And ask about his or her expectations and aspirations. Search for common ground. Then talk about your favorite Gunsmoke episode and look for a grimace.
To get another perspective on the generation gap, see "Bridging The Gap" in September's Entrepreneur's Start-Ups.
Contact Sources
- Boutique Y3K Inc., www.boutiquey3k.com
- Design Construction Concepts, (847) 498-1676, www.dcc-ltd.com
- Nina Kaufman, 230 Park Ave., #1000, New York, NY 10169, www.virtualcounsellors.com
- Ron Zemke, firstname.lastname@example.com, www.socksoff.com


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Bi-Rite Market's Curried Coconut Sweet Potato Mash
The following recipe is from the February 8 edition of our weekly recipe newsletter. To receive this newsletter in your inbox, sign up here!
Sweet potatoes have an affinity for sweeter spices, feeling right at home with cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and mace. And yes, they are a great match especially when baking a pie. Unfortunately, theses are the same spices that have a tendency to take sweet potato mash into cloying territory, making this winter side feel a little too much like dessert.
Bi-Rite Market's Curried Coconut Sweet Potato Mash does a wonderful job of balancing sweet, spicy, and savory with the Indian-inspired combo of curry, cayenne, coconut milk, and a healthy dose of butter. It's warm with heat and spice but never sugary or desserty, even with a sprinkling of toasted coconut just before serving.
Adapted from Bi-Rite Market's Eat Good Food by Sam Mogannam and Dabney Gough. Copyright © 2011. Published by Ten Speed Press. Available wherever books are sold. All Rights Reserved.
- Yield:serves 6 to 8
- Active time: 15 minutes
- Total time:35 minutes
- 2 1/2 pounds sweet potatoes (3 or 4 large), scrubbed and cut into 11/2-inch chunks
- 4 tablespoons (1/4 cup) unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon mild curry powder
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Pinch of cayenne pepper
- 3/4 cup coconut milk (see tip below)
- Kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice, more as needed
- 6 tablespoons toasted coconut flakes, sweetened or unsweetened (see note)
Fit a steamer basket into a large pot, add water just to the bottom of the basket, and arrange the sweet potatoes in a snug layer in the basket. Bring the water to a boil over medium-high heat, cover the pot, and lower the heat to maintain a vigorous simmer. Cook until the potatoes are completely tender when pierced with a skewer, 15 to 20 minutes. (Keep an eye on the water level during cooking, and add more if it threatens to boil off.) Remove from the heat, carefully remove the potatoes from the basket, and set aside.
Pour the water out of the pot and return to medium heat. Add the butter, curry, cinnamon, and cayenne and cook, stirring constantly, until the butter is melted and the spices are fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add the coconut milk and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, bring to a simmer, and cook for an additional minute to thicken slightly. Remove from the heat and stir in the lemon juice.
Carefully peel off and discard the potato skins. Add the potatoes to the pot and mash until smooth and all ingredients are blended. (At this point you can adjust the consistency of the potatoes by adding up to 1/2 cup of water.) Taste and add more salt or lemon juice as needed. If necessary, rewarm over low heat, stirring constantly.
To serve, transfer to a serving dish and top with the coconut.
You can make these potatoes up to a day ahead. Reheat in a covered ovenproof dish in a 350°F oven until heated through, about 40 minutes. Garnish just before serving.
Note: To toast coconut, spread it in an even layer on a rimmed baking sheet and bake in a 350°F oven, stirring occasionally, until golden.
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The Augrabies Falls National Park was proclaimed in 1966, covering about 500km², and it protects the area where the Orange River changes from a wide, slow-flowing river traversing sandy soils, to a fast-flowing river that cuts through ancient granites. When the river is in full flood (Feb to April) the falls are quite spectacular and the noise can be deafening, hence the origin of the name – the local Khoi people called it 'Aukoerebis' in their Nama language, meaning 'Place of Great Noise'.
In the eastern part of the national park, the Orange River forms a system of small, interlinked channels before cascading over a waterfall approximately 90m high (with a 56m free-fall). It is said to be one of the five biggest in the world! Downstream from these falls, the river flows through a narrow, starkly beautiful 18m gorge.
Where to stay at Augrabies FallsThe closest 'main town', Upington, is about 140km or a 90-minute drive from Augrabies Falls National Park; none the less, there is one place in the park, and one guest house close to the park for visitors to stay:
Augrabies Falls RestcampAugrabies Falls Restcamp is the only place to stay or eat inside Augrabies Falls National Park. It's large but friendly, and offers 59 simply furnished self-catering chalets, a restaurant, a well-stocked bar, three swimming pools and a fuel station. Please note that the gates to the park are open between 07:00 and 18:30, although reception shuts slightly earlier, at 18:00. (Read more about Augrabies Falls Restcamp…)
The Falls Guest HouseMinutes away from Augrabies Falls National Park, surrounded by lush vineyards, the Falls Guest House has four modern self-catering units, each with a private veranda and a well-equipped kitchenette. It's a peaceful and friendly place, and an ideal base whilst visiting Augrabies Falls. (Read more about the Falls Guest House…)
The geology of Augrabies FallsThe geology of Augrabies is fascinating and consists largely of ancient granite rocks, many of which show different ways in which they have been weathered. Some of the most striking are the huge 'whalebacks' which rise up above the landscape – and are gradually being worn down by chemical weathering, sheering off huge thin slabs of rock.
The flora and fauna at Augrabies FallsThe vegetation of Augrabies needs to be hardy: it's a very arid, almost desert-like environment. Succulents, aloes and acacias abound here along with the shepherd's tree, wild tamarisk and the Namaqua fig. One striking feature of the park are the Kokerboom (or quiver) trees which are often starkly silhouetted against the hills.
Augrabies' wildlife includes at least 46 mammal and 186 bird species, as well as a number of reptiles. Most show adaptations to the area's large temperature fluctuations – including smaller animals like slender mongooses, yellow mongooses, and rock dassies – which utilise what little shade there is sheltering in burrows, rock crevices and fallen trees. It's interesting to observe that a population of Cape clawless otters are found at Augrabies, indicating that the river ecosystem is relatively healthy.
Larger mammals found at Augrabies include steenbok, springbok, gemsbok, kudu, eland and Hartmann's Mountain Zebra (Equus Hartmannae). The giraffe found at Augrabies are said to be lighter in colour than those found in the regions to the east, allegedly as an adaptation to the extreme heat. One of the most common antelope is the klipspringer, pairs of which are often seen bounding across the rocks by keen-eyed walkers. The main mammalian predators found in Augrabies are black-backed jackals, caracals, bat-eared foxes, African wild cats and an elusive population of leopards.
One reptile here is of particular note: Broadley's flat lizard, locally known as the Augrabies flat lizard, is endemic to this area. It only occurs in an area that is within about 100km of the falls. Don't imagine it's locally rare though: you're guaranteed lots of sightings at almost every view point around the falls on warm days, when the brightly-coloured males spar and dance for dominance.
Augrabies Falls National Park is also a good place for bird-watching. Of special interest are the black storks and Verreaux's (black) eagles which both breed in the park, and also pygmy falcons. As is common in the Kalahari to the north, pale chanting goshawk are one of the more common raptors, whilst flocks of Namaqua sandgrouse never cease to amaze for their early-morning trips to watering holes. The area around the gorge can be particularly interesting; keep an eye out for peregrine and lanner falcons, and rock kestrels.
Activities at Augrabies FallsThere are lots of things to do here – especially if you like walking and hiking. The easiest walks are to the various waterfall viewpoints, which are close to the restaurant complex. There are a number of wooden walkways here which link the most scenic points.
To experience more of the park's unique environment and scenery, the longer 5km Dassie Trial could be perfect. This circular trail starts at the restcamp, and visits the gorge, various small tributaries and some panoramic viewpoints before returning. Just follow the map available at reception – including topical information about points along the trail.
For those with more time (and the inclination!) the 40km Klipspringer Hiking Trail takes 3 days and 2 nights as it winds down from the plateau into the gorge. Your two nights are spent in rustic cabins and you need to be largely self-sufficient. This tough African hike must be booked in advance; it only opens during the cooler months from April to September.
You can, of course, always drive yourself around Augrabies Falls National Park – and there's a small network of roads close to the restcamp which are accessible by 2WD. Take your time – and there are a handful of viewpoints over different areas of the gorge to visit. If you have your own 4WD, then there's a longer (94km) drive that will take you about 6 hours to complete.
Including Augrabies Falls in your tripAugrabies Falls National Park is located in a remote area of the Northern Cape. It makes an interesting addition to a self-drive trip to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park – and it is also a good stop-over for travellers journeying between the Kgalagadi, Namaqualand, the Cederberg Mountains and Cape Town.
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Le Must River Residence
Le Must River Residence has a pleasant feel and is a good choice for an overnight stay in Upington.
Augrabies Restcamp
The only accommodation in Augrabies Falls National Park, this restcamp offers self-catering accommodation with a restaurant. It is the perfect base from which to explore the park on foot or by car.
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The family run Falls Guest House offers a tranquil haven on the doorstep of Augrabies Falls NP.
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This is the second of a three-part "series" on the Radium Girls, the young workers who painted luminous watch faces during the 1920s – and unknowingly became some of the first human test subjects on the dangers of radiation exposure. I told my version of their story in my book, The Poisoner's Handbook, but it's worth revisiting here. It remains a cautionary tale of radioactive elements, the slow recognition of their danger, and the risks of scientific over-confidence – that rings remarkably true today.
How long does any scientific discovery remain completely untarnished? Radium raised that question and in a very specific way. How long does it take for a miracle cure – a trace element, a white-silver gleam in the rocks – to be viewed not as a savior but a killer?
Marie Curie, one of the Nobel Prize winning discoverers of radium, tended to defend the element as if it was a child under attack. She toured the United States, seeking money for radium research in 1921.As Curie told the crowds that gathered to see her, she did not fear her own discovery. She kept vials of radioactive isotopes in her skirt pockets, bringing them out to show off during her lectures. She liked to see them in the dark, she'd say, to sit back and watch their pretty blue-green light.
But in other quarters, a certain scientific wariness was starting to surface regarding radium. There were rumors that Curie's husband, Pierre, killed in 1906 by a horse-drawn carriage, had stumbled in the street due to radiation-induced weakness. Several scientists from the European radium laboratories had developed disturbing leukemias. And when Curie finished her tour, American dignitaries presented her with a gram of radium as a gift from the U.S. – but carefully contained in a 110-pound lead box.
The occasional deaths of scientists across the Atlantic stirred little reaction in the United States, caused no easiness in the blue-collar factories of Orange, New Jersey. The worries about the element grew slowly, almost entirely driven by the health problems among the dial workers, the young women painting watch faces with luminous paint. The paint, called "Undark" by their employers at the U.S. Radium Corporation, gained its glow from the element radium. The workers had almost coincidentally began falling ill shortly after Curie's triumphant American tour. By 1924, as workers continued to die, managers at the U.S. Radium Company hired a team of scientists from Harvard University to investigate the accelerating reach of inexplicable death.
The Harvard scientists discovered that the plant was thick with radium dust, the employees coated with it. In the dark, one researcher said, the dial-painters glowed like ghosts. The investigation concluded that the deaths were connected to the factory work. Still the scientists noted that radium had such a safe reputation, they were reluctant to blame it completely. Even this cautious assessment did not go over well with factory management. The U.S. Radium Corporation refused to allow the study to be published, saying the information was too sensitive to be released.
The same year, though, a team of less cooperative scientists also started pursuing the problem at U.S. Radium, running tests on many of the ailing workers, some still employed, others who had moved on to other jobs. The doctors from the Consumers League of New Jersey, already well known for its uncompromising positions on worker safety, did publish their findings, summing up with a declaration that the factory in Orange was incubating a new, strange and terrible occupational disease.
At this point, the chief medical examiner in Essex County, Harrison S. Martland decided to conduct his own investigation, one that would be uncolored by claims of pro-management or pro-worker bias on either. It didn't take him long to agree with both sides on one point: radium exposure was the problem. In his examination of the dial painters, he'd discovered a fact that made that impossible to dismiss:
The women were exhaling radon gas.
That finding provided the first real clue as to what was happening to the dial painters. It was also a testament to the way radium worked, especially its naturally self-destructive nature.The element essentially existed in a state of perpetual breakdown, discarding excess parts as it decayed, subatomic particles fizzing away in all directions, leaving behind an even more crazily unbalanced chemical arrangement, prone to immediate further decay. As it fizzed apart, the resulting own breakdown products included the hyper-charged element polonium (sometimes called radium A) and radon gas.
Radium, then, was "radioactive" because it was constantly turning into something else, discarding unwanted parts as it did so in the form of energetic subatomic particles. The primary emissions from radium were called alpha particles; these were basically tight little bundles of protons and neutrons.
As alpha particles sped away, they took with them some of the energy-charged life
of the element. Thus thee flight of charged particles was often simply called alpha radiation. Radium emitted other forms of radiation but Martland calculated that more than 90 percent of the particles shooting out of radium came from alpha radiation. This wasn't all that bad: alpha particles were in their way rather wishy-washy bits of atomic energy. They could be stopped by a sheet of paper, a layer of clothing, even the upper layer of dead cells that overlay the skin. The other forms of radiation were actually more formidable. Beta radiation easily sliced through paper but could be stopped by a sheet of aluminum; the hurtle of gamma radiation could only be blocked by a dense material like lead.
But inside the body, as Martland would soon realize, alpha radiation created a precisely engineered internal poisoning. The radium dust noted by the Harvard team posed a definite hazard because it could be inhaled. But the reason that the hard-working dial painters were so much sicker than others in that dusty factory was their practice of lip-pointing the brushes. Every time a painter put a brush in her mouth to bring the bristles to a sharper point she ended up swallowing radium.
That would turn out to be the worst way to absorb the poison. Structurally, the element radium could be considered a close if crazed cousin of the element calcium. Both were alkaline earth metals, silvery white in color. Both were built by cubic crystalline structures. When a person swallowed radium, the body channeled it in a way similar to calcium – some was metabolized away, some went toward nerve and muscle function, most was deposited into the bones.
But where calcium, of course, strengthened and added to the mineral content of the
skeleton, radium did the opposite – it bombarded skeletal material with alpha radiation, blasting it full of tiny holes, and then larger ones, and then larger. It irradiated the blood-forming marrow in the bone's center. No wonder that the dial painters' jaws literally rotted away, hips broke, ankles crumbled away, anemias and leukemias bubbled in the bone marrow. No wonder that, gradually, people were beginning to realize that radium – far from offering a radioactive sparkle of renewed health – glowed like a warning light, hinting at death.
In 1925, Martland had detailed these principles of radiation poisoning in the Journal of the American Medical Association. He'd learned many of those facts by studying the bodies of dial painters who had died; among those still living, he'd learned to derive a formula calculating the amount of radium in their bodies. That was based on the gas they exhaled. Radon gas was produced in the skeleton as the radium there decayed; the gas diffused into the bloodstream, was carried to the lungs, exhaled to drift away.
Until the next breath. Make that the next poisoned breath.
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Pitbull is the latest artist in the music community to show his support for President Obama. Just days after Katy Perry rocked her blue Forward dress at a concert in Milwaukee, Pitbull took the podium in Florida to talk about what it means to be an American.
"It's an honor and a blessing to be right here today. It feels good to be a hometown Miami county boy right here and just be able to represent for you all up here," he said. "On a serious note on why I'm here. I'm a first generation Cuban American. I know what my family went through to be able to appreciate the opportunity that this country gives me."
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While Pitbull didn't perform, he did voice his opinion at the rally.
"We ain't got to worry about those that dislike and – I don't like to use this word because to me it's a bad word – but those that hate," he said. "All we got to worry about is sticking together and doing this together, and that's what we're doing here today. So it doesn't matter whether we're, mira, Latino, black, pink, purple, orange, white. It doesn't matter because we're all Americans at the end of the day."
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— Pitbull (@Pitbull) November 5, 2012
Over the weekend artists including Katy Perry, Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp and Stevie Wonder also showed their support for Obama. Bruce Springsteen and Jay-Z join the president today in Ohio. Currently in Columbus, Ohio, Jay-Z switched the lyrics from "99 Problems" to rap, "I got 99 problems but Mitt ain't one."
Meanwhile, John Legend rallied and sang along with voters in Cleveland.
"Our mission is to make sure that we re-elect President Obama. We got to have folks all throughout Washington who are looking out for our interests," Legend said before singing "Wake Up Everybody."
Jennifer Lopez also shared her support and joined Latinos for Obama.
"President Obama has had our backs from the beginning so it's time we get his," she said.
Lady Gaga continues to show her support for the president on Twitter and the radio.
So excited, will be on the radio today and tomorrow to talk about the election and how important it is to Vote. #YouthEmpowerment
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) November 5, 2012
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It was just yesterday when we showed you what would happen if you got too close to a melting glacier in Greenland — a disturbing glimpse of what's becoming a regular fixture in that part of the world. And now, as we find ourselves having to endure yet another scorchingly hot July, new data from NASA indicates that Greenland's ice is indeed melting — but at a rate we've never seen before.
Recently released satellite images from NASA show that, during the first half of July, Greenland's surface ice melted more than at any other time since satellite records have been taken.
Looking at NASA's map, it appears that virtually every part of Greenland's ice sheet experienced some degree of surface thaw. And in fact, the data suggests that about 97% of the surface area melted at some point in July. NASA notes that summer thaws are normal — but not on this scale. In fact, when the meltage data first started coming in, the scientists thought it was an error. From their release:
"The Greenland ice sheet is a vast area with a varied history of change. This event, combined with other natural but uncommon phenomena, such as the large calving event last week on Petermann Glacier, are part of a complex story," said Tom Wagner, NASA's cryosphere program manager in Washington. "Satellite observations are helping us understand how events like these may relate to one another as well as to the broader climate system."
Son Nghiem of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., was analyzing radar data from the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) Oceansat-2 satellite last week when he noticed that most of Greenland appeared to have undergone surface melting on July 12. Nghiem said, "This was so extraordinary that at first I questioned the result: was this real or was it due to a data error?"
Nghiem consulted with Dorothy Hall at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Hall studies the surface temperature of Greenland using the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites. She confirmed that MODIS showed unusually high temperatures and that melt was extensive over the ice sheet surface.
Their data showed that the melting trend was spreading quickly. On July 8, about 40% of the ice sheet's surface had melted, compared to 97% only 4 days later on July 12.
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