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The Spy Kid himself Mason Cook has signed on to play the role of young Eddie Munster in NBC's new series "Mockingbird Lane". For those of you not familiar with the show "Mockingbird Lane" is an updated and much darker retelling of the classic sitcom "The Munsters". One time when I was in middle school I tried to make it with a butter churn.
New Jersey's own Zoe Saldana has been added to the cast of "Machete Kills" and Danny Trejo himself has confirmed that he gets to put his mouth on her. How's that for news? I watched 3 seasons of "Glee" before I realized it was awful.
If there's one complaint I always hear about the classic film "The Exorcist" it's that the film is just too darn scary and needs to be watered down. Well good news for all those who hate awesome things the flick is being remade and for television. The show will be a ten part series and in all fairness with "Martha Marcy May Marlene" director Sean Durkin onboard I don't hate this idea as much as I thought I would. I illegally downloaded 3 Linkin Park songs that I have on my iPod when I run.
Derek Mears, who's been in every horror movie made in the last 15 years, only covered in make up... and Caroline Williams, who played Stretch in "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2", have been added to the cast of the much anticipated "Hatchet 3". My first time was with a girl I met on the internet and never spoke to again after that night.
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HALIFAX – A Royal Canadian Navy officer was given a severe reprimand and a $5,000 fine Wednesday for deserting his post on a supply vessel after alleging he faced harassment and ridicule.
Lt. Derek de Jong told his court martial that prior to deserting on Sept. 17, 2012, he was subjected to deplorable behaviour that included a female colleague urinating in his cabin. HMCS Preserver was docked at Key West, Fla., when he left the ship.
The defence asked for a reprimand and a fine, while a military prosecutor wanted de Jong reprimanded and demoted one rank to sub-lieutenant.
The maximum sentence for desertion under the National Defence Act is life in prison, although in this case the prosecution and defence agreed the maximum sentence was five years because de Jong wasn't considered to be on active duty.
Speaking outside court, de Jong said he felt the sentence was just.
"The sentence was very fair. … In fact I feel the courts were more than fair. I had assumed the penalty would be greater than a severe reprimand and $5,000," he said.
"As the judge said, I'm being given a second chance. I hope I can re-earn the respect of those appointed under me."
Military judge Col. Michael Gibson agreed with prosecution and defence arguments that a prison term would be too harsh.
He also said it is completely unacceptable for a senior officer to "pick up their marbles and go home" when confronted with adversity while on duty.
The judge didn't accept the harassment allegations as a mitigating factor in the sentence, saying de Jong could have pursued other methods to resolve his grievances.
"There are many appropriate mechanisms. But you did not engage them or persist in engaging them. Instead, you chose to run away," said Gibson.
During the court martial, defence lawyer Major Sara Collins argued that de Jong, 43, had an "impeccable" service record and the unqualified support of his superior officer.
The agreed statement of facts in the case says de Jong signed a letter to his commander on the day of his desertion. It says he had been working in a toxic environment and that he had visited the sick bay and requested to be sent back to Canada for medical reasons.
The statement says despite attempts by a senior officer to persuade him to stay, de Jong left the ship in civilian clothes. He flew back to Halifax where he turned himself in to military police.
During testimony earlier this week, de Jong said his decision to leave was wrong and he feels remorse for it.
He said a medical examination completed after he returned to Canada indicated he was suffering from excessive stress and a heart condition.
De Jong said its possible his complaints of harassment will be dealt with in a separate process.
"As there may be other disciplinary measures that come out of this case, other matters that would be before the courts and I would likely be a witness to those it's probably not warranted I say anything at this time," he said outside court.


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Banks can't live with Ben Bernanke, and they can't live without him. One example: Trading in bonds, currencies and commodities has been whipsawed by the Federal Reserve's zigzag on whether to reduce its monetary stimulus. Francesco Guerrera reports.
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The actress re-cropped and re-posted the self-portrait, which she dedicated to a fan
It wasn't her pretty pose or fashion-forward necklace that caught the attention of AnnaLynne McCord's Twitter following when she posted a self-portrait last week.
The 90210 star accidentally showed a little too much skin – her nipple, apparently – in a Twitpic she dedicated to a fan, in which she makes a sexy statement for the camera.
But the actress was quick to prove her prowess for photography, and McCord, 24, re-cropped and re-posted the photo.
"This is for you @meganraee," she Tweeted with no mention of her previous blush-worthy blunder. "You rock! Xxx."
Based on their correspondence, it seems that McCord messaged her fan to clear up the wardrobe (or lack thereof) malfunction.
"Yes its gone!" the fan Tweeted back. "I wasn't Sure if you noticed it when you posted … that's definitely a great picture!"
It's not the first Tweet-and-delete from a Beverly Hills babe.
In November, Dean McDermott posted a photo of his 4-year-old son Liam, which also captured a revealing peak at wife (and Beverly Hills, 90210 alum) Tori Spelling.


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2009 Ig Nobel Prizes Awarded To 10 Distinguished Researchers And Innovators
The 19th first annual Ig® Nobel Prizes were awarded on October 1, 2009 at Harvard University's Sanders Room in front of a standing room only audience! Check out these awards. You will learn about things you've always wondered like why don't pregnant women tip over, how can your girlfriend help you during a chemical war, and whether beer bottles make better candle holders than head busters. Ten awards you'll want to vie for next year: Ig Nobel Prizes in Peace, Literature, Physics, Medicine, Economics...
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1. The 2009 Ig Nobel Peace Prize
went to Stephan Bolliger, Steffen Ross, Lars Oesterhelweg, Michael Thali and Beat Kneubuehl of the University of Bern, Switzerland, for determining — by experiment — whether it is better to be smashed over the head with a full bottle of beer or with an empty bottle. "Are Full or Empty Beer Bottles Sturdier and Does Their Fracture-Threshold Suffice to Break the Human Skull?" (Answers: Yes and Yes) Now that's peaceful, isn't it?
2. The 2009 Ig Nobel Prize In Medicine
went to Donald L. Unger, of Thousand Oaks, California, USA, for investigating a possible cause of arthritis of the fingers, by diligently cracking the knuckles of his left hand — but never cracking the knuckles of his right hand — every day for more than 50 years.
Though I could not find the study in print, I did find some letters to the editor of the journal, including one from Dr. Unger, that indicated he found no relationship between knuckle cracking and arthritis, at least in his own left hand. He was trying to de-bunk a myth that mothers tell children about why they shouldn't crack their knuckles. "This result calls into question whether other parental beliefs, e.g., the importance of eating spinach, are also flawed," Dr. Unger wrote.
3. The 2009 Ig Nobel Prize In Literature
went to Ireland's police service (An Garda Siochana), for writing and presenting more than fifty traffic tickets to the most frequent driving offender in the country — PrawoJazdy — whose name in Polish means "Driving License."
4. The 2009 Ig Nobel Prize In Economics
went to the directors, executives, and auditors of four Icelandic banks — Kaupthing Bank, Landsbanki, Glitnir Bank, and Central Bank of Iceland — for demonstrating that tiny banks can be rapidly transformed into huge banks, and vice versa — and for demonstrating that similar things can be done to an entire national economy. (The Icelandic economy actually recessed more than our economy in the U.S. and had no bailout.)
5. The 2009 Ig Nobel Prize In Chemistry
went to Javier Morales, Miguel Apátiga, and Victor M. Castaño of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, for creating diamonds from tequila. I'll take mine straight please, without the ring.
The Growth of Diamond Films From Tequila was published in 2008 and was proposed as an alternate way to produce diamond film for industrial uses.
6. The 2009 Ig Nobel Prize In Physics
went to Katherine K. Whitcome of the University of Cincinnati, USA, Daniel E. Lieberman of Harvard University, USA, and Liza J. Shapiro of the University of Texas, USA, for analytically determining why pregnant women don't tip over.
Fetal load and the evolution of lumbar lordosis in bipedal hominins is the reason. Lumbar lordosis is the hollow back or "saddle back" a woman develops to compensate for the distribution of her body weight in her belly. This can become painful, even after pregnancy, if the curve is not corrected.
7. The 2009 Ig Nobel Prize In Public Health
went to Elena N. Bodnar, Raphael C. Lee, and Sandra Marijan of Chicago, Illinois, USA, for inventing a brassiere that, in an emergency, can be quickly converted into a pair of protective face masks, one for the brassiere wearer and one to be given to some needy bystander. The patent for a "Garment Device Convertible to One or More Facemasks" explains how this is done.
Just tear off your bra and share it. Below, inventor
Elena Bodnar kindly converts half of her bra to a gas mask for Wolfgang Ketterle, recipient of the 2001 Nobel Prize in physics.
8. The 2009 Ig Nobel Prize In Mathematics
went to Gideon Gono, governor of Zimbabwe's Reserve Bank, for giving people a simple, everyday way to cope with a wide range of number by printing bank notes in denominations ranging from one cent ($.01) to one hundred trillion dollars ($100,000,000,000,000). I certainly would have been better in math if I had to figure the speed of money traveling from surplus to deficit instead of the speed of a darn train leaving the station.
9. The 2009 Ig Nobel Prize In Biology
went to Fumiaki Taguchi, Song Guofu, and Zhang Guanglei of Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Sciences in Sagamihara, Japan, for demonstrating that kitchen refuse can be reduced more than 90% in mass by using bacteria extracted from the feces of giant pandas.
The study, Microbial treatment of kitchen refuse with enzyme-producing thermophilic bacteria from Giant Panda feces, was conducted in 2001. Perhaps, it has just come to the surface -- in someone's kitchen!
10. The 2009 Ig Nobel Prize In Veterinary Medicine
went to Catherine Douglas and Peter Rowlinson of Newcastle University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK, for showing that cows who have names give more milk than cows that are nameless.
Exploring Stock Managers' Perceptions of the Human-Animal Relationship on Dairy Farms and an Association with Milk Production proves that cows that fear humans produce much less milk than cows who have positive human relationships. In a survey of more than 500 British farm stock managers, it was learned that cows with names produce 258 liters more milk than unnamed cows in the same time period.
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Originally, I said "Yay, it's back! But I'm already sad." Now I'm doubly sad, as (according to EW) due to pre-emptions in Chicago and Baltimore and Vampire Diaries going up against American Idol for the first time, the return of Smallville and Supernatural got pushed back so the CW could air VD and Nikita in rerun. This article talks about how well that worked out (or didn't).
While I prepared this post last week, I ignored all the articles about "Like a Virgin," because it was supposed to have aired by now. Suffice to say it sounds AWESOME, exactly what we've been craving all season, and supposedly we'll have a new appreciation for Jared Padalecki's first-half performance. I can't wait.
The new episodes were scheduled to last through February 25th, with a new hellatus for the entire month of March (now possibly altered due to this push-back). CW's schedule here. SPN-centric list of episode titles here.
Sera Gamble did an interview with The Winchester Family Business. I didn't want to read it, as it contains spoilers, but I couldn't help myself. I particularly loved this general comment:
WFB: Is the brotherly relationship ready to go back to the path of healing, or does that road still have a lot of bumps ahead?
SG: There are always bumps. It's Supernatural. But they're not feed-you-to-vampire sized bumps.
She did another interview with Maureen Ryan that I did not read.
TV Line (Michael Ausiello's new site) has a newrenewal scorecard that lists Supernatural as a sure thing for next season. Yay!
Actors are always asked if they'll return to Supernatural, and always say that on this show, anything can happen. It came up re: Mark Pellegrino last week. He's now on Being Human.
Missing Jeffrey Dean Morgan? To further ensure he'll have no time for an encore appearance on Supernatural, he's soon to be starring in a new drama on Starz (unless those final negotiations fail).
In casting news, Sonya Salomaa (Watchmen) will play a tough angel in a potentially recurring role. Also, Death will be returning (like we couldn't guess that) as will...ELLEN!


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I think at this point Tarkin has been brought into Palpatine's inner circle and is now purposefully out to discredit and fracture the Jedi Council and aide Palpatine in Anakin's disillusionment with the Order. I'm almost positive they (Palpatine & Tarkin) knew that there was no hard evidence to prosecute Ahsoka - and since this was a military trial, I suspect they didn't have to conform to the same rules if she was tried in the Senate.
My friend brought up an interesting point...he swears Barriss is shown on the beach at Kashyyyk in ROTS alongside Luminara. I haven't had a chance to go back and check in HD slo-mo, but I tend to believe him. If so, yeah, kind of a glaring continuity error there...
Which makes me wonder, just WHAT does Leland Chee do here?
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Moosejaw, an outdoor gear retailer, has a very special feature in this year's catalog: Customers can check out each model in his or her underwear. Using an augmented reality app — available for iPhones, iPads, and Android — a person can wave their gadget over a model in the catalog and see her in the exact same pose, but wearing only undergarments. It's kind of the modern version of X-Ray specs from the back of comic books… But real! (Sorta.)
While the app is certainly a creative way to get folks talking about your brand — seriously, everyone loves pseudo-nudity — it might be counterproductive, considering how barely-dressed models can distract from the task at hand, selling outerwear. Maybe the company will start offering fancy lingerie to go with all those snow boots and down jackets?
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- Windows XP is the latest, most reliable, and best-looking version of the world's most widely used operating system, combining the extremely stable engine of Windows NT and 2000 with the user-friendliness of the Windows 98 and Me consumer models. In its first year, XP became the fastest-selling Windows OS ever. But one major failing remains unaddressed: XP Pro comes without a single page of printed instructions. This superbly written guide fills the gap. Coauthored by David Pogue, New York Times technology columnist and Missing Manuals creator, Windows XP Pro: The Missing Manual uses wit, technical insight, and scrupulous objectivity to light the way for first-time and intermediate PC fans. The book reveals which features work well and which don't, such as the Remote Desktop software that enables people to connect to the office from home, the encryption file system that protects sensitive information, and the Windows Messenger that enables real-time text, voice and video communication. Contents include: Getting started. The book's early chapters cover using menus, finding lost files, reducing window clutter, and taming the new, multi-column Start menu. Mastering the network. Special chapters help you navigate the corporate network, dial in from the road, and even set up your own small-office (peer-to-peer) network, step by step. Understanding security. User accounts, file encryption, and the NTFS file system keep your private files private, while still offering network access to coworkers you specify. Flying the Net. This book demystifies Outlook Express 6 for email, Internet Explorer 6 for Web browsing, and the new Windows Messenger for voice, chat, and video conferencing. Windows XP Pro: The Missing Manual isn't for system administrators or OS theory geeks; it's for the novice or budding power user who wants to master the machine and get down to work. Yet, anyone who uses XP Pro (including hardcore techies) will find this new system much easier -- and more fun -- to digest with this new Missing Manual. This is the crystal-clear, jargon-free book that should have been in the box.
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By Laurence Cruz
So you just missed the last plane home because you're stuck in traffic in an unfamiliar city. It's late. You're tired, cranky. You need a hotel—fast. Fortunately, among your smartphone apps is Hotel Tonight, which claims to provide easy mobile booking of same-day unsold hotel inventory. With one eye and one thumb on your phone screen, you launch the app and secure a last-minute deal. Time elapsed: seconds. Effort required: no more than a few taps.
Welcome to the world of "mobile-first" design, in which apps are primarily and uniquely tailored to the mobile medium, versus being shrunken-down versions of Web apps. It's not exactly a new trend, but with more businesses realizing that success or failure in the modern economy may be tied to their mobile engagement strategy, it's gathering momentum fast. Some industry experts say 2013 could be the year it takes off.
"We're finally at the stage of companies designing software uniquely for modern mobile devices," says Luke Wroblewski, CEO of a San Francisco-based Internet startup called Input Factory and author of the book Mobile First. "They're using the mobile medium to challenge ingrained mindsets and assumptions about how their products, business and software have to work."
A Different Animal
Until recently, most mobile apps have been like that StairMaster or Bowflex machine in the garage—everybody has one, but few are using it to its full potential. That's because most companies have responded to the rise of the mobile Internet by trotting out a dumbed-down, small-screen version of their website and porting it to the mobile space with little regard for the medium's peculiar constraints and opportunities, Wroblewski says.
"The companies that have been successful in designing for mobile are the ones that have really thought about it differently," he says.
Take Hotel Tonight. Unlike its competitors in the hotel space, the three-year-old company was built entirely around the mobile use case. With its streamlined checkout flow, and bare bones user interface and user experience, it is hyper-focused on one objective. By contrast, incumbents such as hotels.com, expedia.com and priceline.com offer a slew of features and functions that tired travelers who just want a room now don't care about, Wroblewski says.
Other companies that are heeding the mobile-first clarion call include such giants as Google, Facebook and Intuit. GoDaddy now offers businesses mobile commerce services and tools for building mobile websites. Last year, eBay saw its revenue shoot up 15 percent largely as a result of its willingness to embrace mobile platforms, with downloads of its suite of mobile apps surpassing 100 million globally, according to a press release.
One Eyeball, One Thumb
When it comes to designing for mobile, Wroblewski says companies need to drastically shift gears. While desktop users are usually seated in a comfortable position with a mouse, precise use of a cursor, a full keyboard, full power and a good network connection, mobile users are often in real-world situations that require short bits of partial concentration and one-handed use.
With this in mind, Wroblewski says, the mobile interface needs to accommodate and optimize one-thumb/one-eyeball experiences. (Click here to see how his company tested for this in designing an iPhone app.) Designers can use visual cues and other techniques to manage what he calls "perceived performance"—where an application's interface seemingly responds instantly to users' actions.
Designers also need to take into account the ergonomics of fingers and thumbs—for example, by having larger controls and "touch targets" than are found on pointer-based devices. They also need to consider how people actually hold and interact with palm-sized devices. And designers need to be able to expose otherwise hidden gestures, like taps and swipes, so that they can bring in relevant controls to the user when needed—versus relying on an excessive amount of training, Wroblewski says.
Moment of Need vs. Everywhere and Anywhere
Technology research company Forrester defines mobile engagement as "helping people take the next most likely action in their moments of need." For example, the American Airlines smartphone app changes its interface as you move through an airport based on your context—lighting up action buttons like "check in" and "boarding pass" based on what time it is and what your next flight is.
But Wroblewski says Forrester's definition overlooks how people really use their smartphones. According to a Google survey, one-third of smartphone owners use their phones while watching TV (the so-called "second-screen" experience) and nearly 40 percent admit to using their phones in the bathroom.
"Is that really a moment of need, or are they just idly browsing about?" Wroblewski asks.
"When I think of mobility, I think of designing for anywhere and everywhere use cases. Your canvas of possibilities is actually much wider than desktop and tablet."
Mobile and the Internet of Everything
Wroblewski predicts that mobile will become even more important in the next few years, fueled partly by a rising tide of users for whom mobile devices are the only access to the Internet—aka "mobile-only" users.
Also, as the Internet of Everything gathers steam, he says companies will increasingly have to think about their customer in a multi-device ecosystem. In that world, he says, mobile will likely still be front and center, but interoperability will be key and cross-device use cases—where content, people and services flow seamlessly between smartphones, tablets, connected TVs and more—will be the norm.
"It's sort of cool to start playing in that space now before everything gets overly mature," Wroblewski says. "But you can already see it coming. The writing's on the wall."


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ONLY IN PARIS: The story of Paris told through an original and eclectic mix of unusual historic locations
A new edition of a ground-breaking guidebook to Paris has just been published. "Only in Paris" by writer and explorer Duncan JD Smith tells the story of the city through an original and eclectic mix of unusual locations.
Eccentric museums, covered passageways, secret gardens, idiosyncratic shops and unexpected places of worship. Everything that is unique, hidden and unusual in Paris.
Duncan sent us a copy. We read it, loved it and thought it'd be fun to share a few of the many interesting stories featured in this guide.
Across 98 chapters, the author's offbeat explorations reveal a multitude of unusual sights in the 'City of Light.' Discover the Pagoda Cinema, the Museum of Magic, Foucault's Pendulum, and the Angel of Nagasaki. Enjoy a drink at an original 'zinc bar', visit a Hindu temple, see where Edith Piaf lived, and look for a lost river.
The author sheds new light on old favourites as well, including the Arc de Triomphe and La Tour Eiffel. Did you know that if the tower was melted it would only stand 6cm high? Or that it is painted in different shades of the same colour so as to appear the same colour when viewed from a distance?
There are answers to longstanding questions, too. Who exactly was the real Hunchback of Notre Dame? Is there really a lake hidden beneath the Opera? Where did the Hashish Club meet? And where was the Statue of Liberty made?
"Only in Paris" is the ideal city guide for those who want to escape the crowds and set out on their own urban expedition. With this book you can go beyond the well-known paths, be a real city explorer, and return with some great memories.
As a taster, here is an extract from the book about the fascinating Musée de la Contrefaçon (Museum of Fakery) at 16 rue de la Faisanderie in the 16th arrondissement:
Parfum Dior vrai et faux; image courtesy of Musée de la Contrefaçon
One of the most compelling of the many specialist museums in Paris is the Musée de la Contrefaçon. Housed inside a private mansion this museum of counterfeiting may at first glance appear novel but the message it conveys is a serious one. Fakery has been a profitable business for almost 2,000 years, and in the digital age it looks set to become even more widespread.
The museum was established in 1951 by the Union des Fabricants (Unifab), the first body in France to commence the fight against counterfeit goods. At the time counterfeiting was relatively small-scale, unlike today when almost every international brand is copied and then passed off at a price cheaper than the original. The extent of modern counterfeiting is shocking, from clothes, sunglasses, car parts and electrical goods to fountain pens, cigarettes, wristwatches, and banknotes.
The fun part of this museum is trying to ascertain what is real and what is not.
Legitimate Levi's jeans, Bic razors, Tabasco sauce, Hermès scarves, and Barbie dolls are displayed alongside pirated ones – and it's sometimes difficult to tell the difference between them. In other cases there are tell-tale signs, including Lacoste crocodile logos that are just that little bit too big! Fake French goods are particularly in evidence and include all the usual suspects: Dior wallets, Louis Vuitton handbags, Givenchy perfume, and bottles of Cointreau.
The world of counterfeit drinks is particularly amusing with Dom Perignon faked as Dom Popignon, Suze as Buze, Pernod as Perrenod, and Byrrh as Pire.
Other similar-sounding fake brands include Minolux for Moulinex, Babie instead of Barbie, and Game Child in imitation of Game Boy. The ingenuity of the counterfeiter seems to be inexhaustible!
Most surprising are the examples of counterfeiting from the ancient world. Inside a small cabinet near the entrance to the museum are some wine amphorae plugs made by the Gauls in third century France in imitation of those used by their Roman overlords. It is a 2,000 year old take on the current craze for pirating DVDs and computer games.
Musée de la Contrefaçon exhibition hall (Facebook)
On a serious note the museum looks at the way counterfeit goods are today disseminated and sold, and the resultant impact on national and international economies. The importance of intellectual property is covered, too, as are the various sanctions and punishments that can be imposed if required. The story of the Union des Fabricants itself is also told, which was created in the late 19th century by several French pharmaceutical manufacturers, after they became aware that their products were being counterfeited in Germany.
Over time they began working towards the international protection of industrial property, and helped draft various ground-breaking industrial protection and trademark conventions. Bilateral treaties followed with the aim of protecting property between France and its industrial partners around the world. In 1901 they recommended the creation of the first register of trademarks, out of which grew today's Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle."
The Panthéon, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris (wikipedia)
And here's what the book has to say about some extraordinary events at the Panthéon:
In 1744 the Bourbon King Louis XV (1715-1774) recovered from a grave illness while commanding his armies in the War of the Austrian Succession. Grateful to be alive he commissioned a church in honour of Genevieve, the patron saint of Paris, whose intercession had saved him. The resulting neo-Classical structure on the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève – now Place du Panthéon (5th) – features a cupola inspired by Louis XIV's Dôme at Les Invalides and Saint Paul's Cathedral in London.
When the church was completed in 1789 the French Revolution was underway.
As a result it was converted into a secular mausoleum where the tombs of suitable French notables could be placed. Renamed the Panthéon it was returned to the Church in 1806 by Napoleon (1804-1815), only to be secularised and then de-secularised again before becoming a civic building in 1885.
Today its atmospheric crypt still contains the remains of Voltaire, Rousseau, Dumas, Hugo, Zola, Braille, and both Curies.
During its checkered history the Panthéon has played host to two extraordinary events. The first occurred in 1851 when the French physicist Léon Foucault (1819-1868) demonstrated to the French public that the Earth spins on its own axis. Following a successful experiment at the Observatoire de Paris Foucault suspended a heavy metal ball from the dome of the Panthéon by means of a long wire. Once set in motion the ball continued to swing in the same plane, while the ground rotated several degrees each hour beneath it, the motion being recorded on a circular track on the floor. Known as Foucault's Pendulum the demonstration provided the first dynamic proof of the Earth's rotation.
By comparison the second extraordinary event was a secretive one. In September 2005 an underground cultural guerrilla group calling itself Untergunther UX took up residence in the Panthéon without anyone knowing it. As part of their brief to restore France's unloved cultural heritage they set about repairing a 19th century wall clock that had not worked since the 1960s.
Not only did they establish a clandestine workshop behind the clock face but they also tapped into the local electricity grid, and even installed easy chairs to relax in! With several new parts made from scratch the group eventually spent a total of 4,000 Euros and untold hours on the project.
The Urban eXperiment (or UX) Pantheon's Clock project (Vimeo)
In October 2006, with restoration of the clock complete, the group revealed itself to the Panthéon's curator. They did this less for the publicity value and more because they relied on the staff of the Panthéon to keep the newly-restored clock wound in the future. Not surprisingly the Centre des Monuments Nationaux, the French heritage agency whose perceived inadequacies motivated the group's actions in the first place, were embarrassed by the ease with which the group were able to remain in the Panthéon after hours. Legal action was sought against the group but when the case came to court in 2007 all charges were dismissed. The clock has remained unwound ever since.
Untergunther UX was formed in the 1980s, when as students in the Quartier Latin they held secret parties in tunnels under the city; since then they claim to have conducted more than a dozen covert restorations. Whatever one thinks of them it should be remembered that their activities continue a freethinking tradition stretching all the way back to the 12th century, when the theologian and philosopher Peter Abelard led a student exodus from Notre-Dame to the Église Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre on the Left Bank."
Duncan himself talking about the book in his Youtube video.
The 2nd edition of "Only in Paris" is published by The Urban Explorer (ISBN: 978-3-9503662-9-7) and is available in paperback (240 pages, 200 colour photos, and two fold-out maps) at most bookshops and online at Amazon.com.
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You didn't think the NY Daily News would give up all their secrets did you? Sure, they leaked plenty of juicy details from "A-Rod": The Book yesterday, but there's more where that came from.
The difference between yesterday's revelations and today's are that this batch of "bombshells" actually make Alex Rodriguez look like a stand up guy. For starters, he brushes his teeth after every game. What's not to admire about that? Yes, he made a clubhouse attendant put the toothpaste on his toothbrush for him, but that's just a time-saving measure.
The book also claims that A-Rod used to brag about "wild nights with strippers," which sounds like every locker room (or office conference room, for that matter) that I've ever been in, and that he would make awkward passes at teammates' wives and girlfriends. Hey, if you're going to be a swinger you've got to take a few swings and misses, am I right?
The News also reiterates the tired story that Rodriguez is "obsessed" with Derek Jeter. Who isn't!? Approaching women in clubs and asking them if you're more attractive than the Jeet Dog is an excellent way to gauge your standing in the world. You have to set the bar for yourself.
Besides, who else is he going to look up to? Doug Mientkiewicz? (Who by the way, was a high school teammate of A-Rod's and says the steroid accusations are bunk. Actually, maybe he's not a bad role model either.)
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VWS Westgarth has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by SBM Atlantia for of a seawater sulphate-reduction package (SRP), using Dow FilmTec membranes, in a Brazilian offshore oil and gas field.
Another oil-sands evaporation contract for GE in Alberta
GE has won its fifth contract in the Alberta oil sands of Canada for use of its evaporation technologies for recycling the blowdown from once-through steam generators (OSTGs).
Aquatech increases Pennsylvania oil & gas resources
Aquatech has increased its oil & gas water management services in the Marcellus and Utica Shale regions of Pennsylvania with the acquisition of Fluid Recovery Services (FRS), based in Creekside.
Agnihotri elected to board of ThermoEnergy Corp
Dr Dileep Agnihotri, the CEO and president of Advanced Hydro Inc, a company set up to commercialise a novel antifouling membrane coating technology at the University of Texas - Austin, has joined the board of ThermoEnergy Corp, a Massachusetts-based company engaged in development and sales of municipal and industrial wastewater-recovery and clean power-generation technologies.
Multi-technology GE upgrade for Russian refinery treatment
Membrane bioreactor (MBR), electrodialysis reversal (EDR) and reverse osmosis (RO) technology will all feature in a major upgrade for the wastewater treatment at one of Russia's biggest oil refineries.
CCC to rule on Cambria desalination plant studies
California Coastal Commission (CCC) staff have advised the commission at its meeting this week to agree to a US Army Corps of Engineers proposal to test a beach in the Cambria region, near San Luis Obispo, for use as beach wells for a desalination plant.
STW joins HFEIS developer to target power/desalination
STW Resources Holding Corp of Texas, USA, announced on 18 September 2013 a mutual strategic relationship with Colorado‑based Tat‑Tech Inc to remediate oil-sands waste, brackish groundwater and seawater via the construction and operation of proprietary systems developed by Tat‑Tech.
North Sea gas RO package supplied by UK company
A containerised reverse‑osmosis (RO) desalination package is to be supplied for an unmanned gas platform in the North Sea by Salt Separation Services of Rochdale, UK.
US water and wastewater may get US$ 11.8 billion boost
Water reuse measures totalling US$ 126 million to be undertaken by the Bureau of Reclamation are one of a number of measures included in the US$ 825 billion economic recovery legislation proposed by the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee on 15 January 2009, which is also likely to benefit upcoming desalination projects.
ERI appoints two new directors
Energy Recovery Inc, the California-based desalination energy-recovery technology company, announced on 25 February 2009 the appointment of two new directors: Stanford University professor Dr M Elisabeth Pate-Cornell and Jackalyne Pfannenstiel, former chair of the California Energy Commission (CEC).
Osmoflo to supply two ship-mounted ROs to gas field
Potable and process water is to be supplied to a gas field north of Australia by ship-mounted seawater reverse-osmosis (RO) plants supplied by Adelaide-based desalination specialist Osmosflo.
Hauge and Isobarix cleared of contempt of court
The US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia* on 20 March 2014 cleared Leif Hauge and his energy-recovery device company Isobarix of contempt of court in a case brought by Energy Recovery Inc (ERI).
IDA announces May 2013 oil and gas conference
The International Desalination Association (IDA) is to organize its first technical conference focused on water treatment strategies for the oil & gas industry.
Metito lands Bechtel SWRO desalination in Australia
Dubai-based Metito has landed two new seawater reverse-osmosis (SWRO) desalination plants in Australia and is currently nearing completion of one in Qatar.
Veolia in mineral recovery partnership at inland desalination plant
Texas-based company, Enviro Water Minerals (EWM), is to deploy its novel mineral recovery technology in a partnership with water and waste giant, Veolia, to produce potable water from brackish water desalination effluent.
Energy Recovery announces deal duo
Industrial fluid pressure technology company, Energy Recovery, has announced its second US$ 1.8 million deal in recent weeks at sites in the Middle East and North Africa region. The latest win to supply its PX Pressure Exchanger system was for a 68 Ml/d desalination plant at an undisclosed site in the Middle East. It closed an earlier, similar deal in Morocco.
Jersey contracts ACWA to upgrade desalination plant
Utility, Jersey Water, has contracted international water and wastewater treatment firm, ACWA Services, to carry a out a £6 million (US$ 9 million) upgrade of the Channel Island's La Rosière desalination plant in a bid to cut operating costs and meet rising demand.
Adionics launches liquid-to-liquid desalination system
France-based Adionics has launched a smart desalination solution that is able to remove specific salts to address the growing demand coming from oil and gas, food and beverages as well as mining.
Energy Recovery bags US$ 1 million in desalination orders in India and Ghana
Fluid flow energy efficiency firm Energy Recovery has won desalination orders totalling US$ 1 million for original manufacturer projects using its technology in India and Ghana. The company said the deals were among a continuing revenue stream from small-to-medium sized projects.
Energy Recovery chief to quit
Chief executive officer (CEO) of pressure technology specialist Energy Recovery, Thomas Rooney, has resigned as the company increases its focus on the oil and gas sector.
ACWA wins two membrane-based projects in Saudi
Two separate contracts for membrane-based water and wastewater projects in Saudi Arabia have been awarded to ACWA Emirates LLC of Dubai.
Desalitech closed-circuit technology set for BWRO project
Israel-based Desalitech Ltd announced on 7 April 2011 that it had been awarded a contract to design and build a reverse osmosis (RO) desalination system for Environmental Protection Technologies (EPT), a global company that leads the industrial wastewater treatment market in Israel.
Biwater completes Virgin Islands desalination plant
Water technology company, Biwater, has started full commercial operation of a new 10,400 m³/day reverse osmosis seawater desalination plant constructed by the firm on the island of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands.
Severn-Trent wins Chilean mining desalination contract
US water and wastewater treatment company Severn Trent Services has been awarded a contract to provide a seawater desalination plant that will serve the potable and process water needs of the Minera Esperanza copper and gold mine in Antofagasta, Chile.
Electrochemical desalination MoU signed in Singapore
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Singapore's national water agency, PUB, and Evoqua Water Technologies to further develop electrochemical desalination technology was one of five MoUs signed during Singapore International Water Week, which ended on 5 June 2014.
Water Standard's revised strategy paying off
In 2008, Water Standard announced itself as a provider of ship-based desalination and water treatment services, primarily for municipalities and industry. But two agreements announced at the end of June 2011 demonstrate how much the company has reshaped its strategy since those early days. The first signing was for a global frame agreement with Shell to develop technology and innovative water-based approaches in support of Shell's enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects worldwide. The second was for the company to collaborate with Samsung Heavy Industries of Korea to on the design and development of vessels to deliver water treatment solutions to the offshore oil and gas sector. D&WR editor Robin Wiseman asked Water Standard's CEO how these latest developments fit the company's strategy. This article first appeared in the August/September 2011 issue of Desalination & Water Reuse magazine.
Registration open for AMTA/AWWA membrane conference
Registration has been opened and new sessions added to the programme for the 2013 Membrane Technology Conference & Exposition in San Antonio, Texas, on 25-28 February 2013.
Mega-ton project symposium set for Tokyo in November
A symposium is to be held in Japan in November 2013 centred on the Mega-Ton Water System, a national research program to develop sustainable water treatment technologies, including large-scale desalination, that have a low environmental load and are energy-saving and low in cost.
LG Electronics forms water treatment JV with Hitachi
South Korea's LG Electronics and Japan's Hitachi are to establish a joint venture in October 2011 to expand into the water and wastewater treatment industries initially in Korea.
Adsorption pilot phase two will focus on ZLD
MEDAD Technologies, a specialist in adsorption, has worked to commercialise a multi-effect distillation adsorption desalination (MED-AD) system since spinning off from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2012.
UF membranes tackle silica at Indian powerplants
Pentair X-Flow HFS 60 Silica ultrafiltration (UF) membranes are to be used in two projects in India for the removal of colloidal silica from surface water.
Treatment of process effluent water for reuse in food production
Effluent water reuse in the food industry raises inevitable questions about the risk and reliability of wastewater treatment and recovery processes in meeting the required standards. The author looks at how two food processing facilities adopted process water recovery and reuse shows how the benefits can be a maximized and how the challenges live among the detail. This article first appeared in the November/ December 2014 issue of Desalination & Water Reuse magazine.
"We're now at more than $100 million revenue." Doug Brown, AquaVenture chairman and CEO
AquaVenture chief executive Doug Brown has a track record of delivering shareholder value. When he joined water technology and engineering firm Ionics as chief executive in 2003, the struggling business was trading at $16 a share.
Biwater to supply UF and RO systems to California replenishment project
Biwater, UK, has won a contract to design, supply and supervise ultra-filtration and reverse osmosis systems for Southern California's Groundwater Reliability Improvement Program.
Desalitech's Rick Stover: "The world's experts on desal and reuse are coming to Miami"
Desalitech executive vice president Rick Stover says that delegates can expect stimulating open forum discussions, papers and research at the IDA Energy and Environment Conference in Miami, USA, December 2016
ERI hires oil expert from Schlumberger
Energy Recovery Inc has hired seasoned oil and gas expert Ismail Nawaz as its vice president, oil and gas product development.
Hitachi and Toray target 20 per cent RO energy reduction in Saudi demo
Hitachi and Toray are to demonstrate a low energy seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) system in Saudi Arabia, in a project that will draw lessons from the Mega-ton Water System.
Veolia gains Colombian produced-water clean-up contract
Ecopetrol America Inc, the US subsidiary of the Colombian national oil company, has awarded a contract to Veolia to provide equipment and services that will be used to treat the produced water from the Castilla oilfields in the Llanos Basin, southeast of Bogota.
GE wins oilsands evaporator contract in Alberta
GE's water evaporation technology will treat de-oiled produced water, boiler and heat-recovery steam-generator blowdown and brackish makeup water for Sunshine Oilsands at its West Ells project in Ft McMurray, Alberta, Canada.
GE expands HERO licensing agreement
GE Power & Water announced on 1 February 2011 that it has completed a new expanded licensing agreement to allow it to continue offering High Efficiency Reverse Osmosis (HERO) systems to help more of its industrial customers increase their water usage efficiency and reuse capacity.
Aquarion sets up in Russia
Swizerland-based water systems company, Aquarion Group, has established a Russian operation, Aquarion Russia, to focus on providing water and wastewater treatment to industrial customers in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Energy Recovery trials its pump-guarding fracking system
Liberty Oilfield Services is to conduct trials of Energy Recovery's Vor Teq hydraulic pumping system for hydraulic fracturing (fracking) at US well sites. The system is based on Energy Recovery's PX Pressure Exchanger technology which is deployed in more than 15,000 desalination installations worldwide according to Energy Recovery.
Oil and gas player commissions produced water treatment plant
Encana Oil and Gas has designed and commissioned a reverse osmosis (RO) desalination plant to treat produced water from its oil sand wells in the Moneta Divide, Wyoming. It has since sold the plant along with all its Moneta Divide assets to Aethon Energy.
Possibilities for energy optimisation in design and operation of SWRO plants
Seawater desalination with reverse osmosis (SWRO) has taken a noteworthy upturn during recent years. One of the reasons for the success of the membrane process is its lower energy consumption in comparison with thermal desalination processes. The high-pressure RO desalination stage is undoubtedly the dominating energy consumer of an SWRO plant. Energy consumption of SWRO, despite its energy-recovery aspects, is also influenced by a huge number of additional factors. These are both of an external nature (eg, environmental conditions and stipulations), but are also determined by design and configuration of the plant. On the basis of an SWRO plant model, which covers the different pre-treatment and RO configurations and also the design with energy consumption of potabilisation and additional wastewater treatment and sludge dewatering facilities, the specific energy consumption of an SWRO and its subsystems has been determined in this article. Considering the various aspects to be taken into account for optimization of energy consumption in seawater reverse osmosis plants and the fact that in most cases these measures are offset by increases in capital costs for equipment or possibly also in chemical consumption, optimisation of the energy consumption of SWRO plants during planning and operation is a quite extensive and complicated matter and a demanding engineering task. This article is an expanded and updated version of the article published in the August/September issue of D&WR magazine.
IDE in talks with Hawaii desalination plant proposer
Desalination designer and builder IDE Technologies has confirmed to D&WR that it has been talking with billionaire Larry Ellison, who is proposing to build a 2.5 MGD (9,500 m³/d) seawater desalination plant on the island of Lanai.
Desalia starts works on Egypt reverse osmosis plant
Spain's Desalia has started site works for a new, 24,000 m³/d seawater reverse osmosis plant west of Alexandria, Egypt near the city of Matrouh.
Gradiant China to target industrial ZLD and wastewater market
Gradiant Corporation has established Gradiant China to provide industrial wastewater solutions and zero liquid discharge (ZLD) technology to the Chinese market.
MBR/RO at heart of PepsiCo reuse plant in Chile
A membrane bioreactor (MBR), reverse osmosis (RO) and ultraviolet (UV) disinfection are all part of a wastewater treatment and reuse plant upgrade being completed by Siemens Industry Automation Division for PepsiCo in Chile.
Foxconn invests $30 million in ZLD to reduce intake from Lake Michigan, US
Taiwanese technology firm Foxconn is investing $30 million in a zero liquid discharge (ZLD) water reuse system at Wisconn Valley Science and Technology Park, Wisconsin, US.
Papermaker ups water performance with Desalitech reverse osmosis
Arizona-based papermaker, Doubletree Paper Mills, said it has increased its purified water recovery by 20% at its Gila Bend plant since replacing its reverse osmosis water treatment system in 2014 with Desalitech's ReFlex RO system. The modification has also cut wastewater output by almost two thirds and lopped 25 % off energy consumption said Doubletree.
Pilot vapour-recompression plant tackles oil and gas water
A pilot project to treat produced water from oil and gas operations in southern Saskatchewan, Canada, has been initiated by Purestream Technology of Salt Lake City, USA, using its advanced vapour recompression (AVARA) system.
US non-profit NWRI appoints Hardy as executive director
Former Encina Wastewater Authority (EWA) executive Kevin Hardy has joined the US National Water Research Institute (NWRI) as executive director.
Aquatech sells produced-water evaporators in Alberta
Aquatech is to design, engineer, supply and supervise installation and commissioning of a produced-water evaporator system for Pengrowth Energy Corporation's Lindbergh 12,500 bpd Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) enhanced oil-recovery facility.
ACWA Emirates delivers MBR reuse plant for Saudi Aramco
ACWA Emirates has completed a water reuse plant at Shaybah Oilfield, Saudi Arabia, for crude and natural gas exporter Saudi Aramco.
Oasys furthers advance in China
US-based forward osmosis specialist, Oasys Water, has unveiled its latest advance in its bid to expand in China with its partner in the region, Beijing Woteer.
Oasys forward osmosis concentrates in China
Massachusetts-based Oasys Water has claimed its recent contract to supply a forward osmosis brine concentrator to a fossil-fuelled power plant in China to be a world first.
Aquarion buys Hager + Elsaesser
Water treatment firm Aquarion Group has acquired German water technology company Hager + Elsaesser (H+E) for an undisclosed sum.
Pressure-exchanger court case goes to Hauge
The latest round of the "pressure-exchanger wars" between inventor Leif J Hauge, his company Isobarix Inc and energy-recovery equipment manufacturer Energy Recovery Inc (ERI) has gone in favour of Hauge.
X-Flow commissions Chinese produced-water projects
Three water-reuse projects for oilfields in China that use Pentair X-Flow ultrafiltration (UF) membrane technology have been commissioned recently.
GE signs Saudi Arabian wastewater-reuse MOU
GE has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on wastewater reuse with Miahona, a subsidiary of the Arabian Company for Water & Power Development Ltd.
New clarifier solves Virginia UF membrane problems
Funds from the US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) have enabled completion of a new pretreatment system for an ultrafiltration membrane system at the Fairmont Water Filtration Plant in West Virginia.
Doosan picks up prize for zero liquid system
Doosan Hydro Technology was among the winners of the 2015 David W York Water Reuse Project of Year Award for its part in the city of Palm Coast's zero liquid discharge (ZLD) plant at Citation Boulevard, Florida.
Escondido hires consultants for potable water reuse
The City of Escondido in southern California approved on 27 June 2012 spending of US$ 1.14 million to hire a team led by Black & Veatch and including Brown & Caldwell for services towards its Indirect Potable Reuse Program.
World Bank publishes report on Arab water reuse
Total water reuse in the Arab world is estimated at 2,170 million m³ per year, according to a report just published by the World Bank summarising the findings of the Expert Consultation Meeting on Wastewater Management in the Arab World, convened in Dubai in May 2011.
Hawaiian venue for AMTA/SWMOA workshop
The American Membrane Technology Association and the Southwest Membrane Operator Association are to hold a joint technology transfer workshop in Hawaii.
Reclamation Bureau's water recycling and reuse funding criteria published
The US government's Bureau of Reclamation published on 15 October 2010 the funding criteria under its Title XVI - Water Recycling & Reuse Program for two new funding opportunity announcements in fiscal year 2011.
Doyen of Japanese desalination retiring
Dr Totaro Goto, former managing director of the Water Re-use Desalination Center (WDRC) in Japan and a former member of the D&WR Editorial Board, is to retire from the center at the end of March.
Second floating plant for Cyprus comes closer
Three companies are said to be shortlisted for a project to build a floating desalination plant to supply the southern coastal town of Limassol, according to Sofoklis Aletraris, head of Cyprus' Water Development Department, quoted in the Financial Mirror on 11 January 2009.
Desalination units in Degrémont offshore contract in Brazil
Desalination and sulphate-removal systems are to be supplied by Degrémont to two Brazilian floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels under an order placed by Tupi BV, a subsidiary of Petrobras.
Sumitomo allies with VA Tech Wabag
Japan's Sumitomo Corp announced on 7 December 2010 an alliance agreement with India-based VA Tech Wabag Ltd, under which the two companies will strategically cooperate in multiple areas within the water infrastructure industry
World's largest SWRO desalination plant operational
The world's largest seawater reverse-osmosis plant, the 624,000 m³/d Sorek plant in Israel, is now fully operational.
Interview: Henry Charrabe, Fluence Corp
Henry Charrabe, newly appointed chief executive of Fluence Corporation, the company formed in July by the merger of RWL Water and Emefcy, has worked for the business' major investor Ronald Lauder for 16 years.
Metito collects Egypt deals worth US$ 8.5 million
Water management firm, Metito, has won contracts for four projects worth EGP 65 million (US$ 8.5 million) on the back of moves to support the revival of Egypt's local tourism economy.
ERI pressure-exchangers chosen for Fujairah expansion
Acciona Agua has chosen Energy-Recovery Inc to provide its PX® Q line of energy-recovery devices (ERDs) for the Fujairah 1 Expansion desalination project in the UAE.
Al Ghubrah desalination to use ERI energy-recovery devices
Energy Recover Inc is to supply its PX Q300 Pressure Exchanger® technology for the Al Ghubrah seawater desalination plant in Oman.
ERI lands Al-Jubail contract in Saudi Arabia
Acciona Agua has awarded a contract to Energy Recovery Inc for PX Pressure Exchanger energy‑recovery equipment for the SWRO‑4 desalination plant in Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia.


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Morris Library hosting annual fundraiser, 'Art Around the Box'
MORRIS >> The Friends and Board of Directors of the Morris Public Library are sponsoring the third annual "Art Around the Box" social event and auction of more than 20 decorated boxes and birdhouses as fine art by noted local artists.
This gala with wine, sponsored by Crossroads Package Store, refreshments and live music by Tapestry will be from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 10, at the Carriage House at White Memorial Foundation in Litchfield.
Besides the boxes and birdhouses, the event will feature the popular "Mystery Treasure Envelopes," with gift certificates and items donated by local businesses. New this year is a "Mystery Treasure Puzzle Box." All proceeds benefit the library.
Completed boxes are on display at the Morris Public Library, 567-7440. Tickets are $15 and are available at the Library.


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Laura Borràs Castanyer and Loss Pequeño Glazier have called for papers and works (due: Dec. 1) for E-Poetry Festival in Barcelona 2009 (May 24-27) at the Universitat Obertat de Catalunya (UOC). Many ELO members participated in E-Poetry 2007 in Paris, and this year's conference will be another key international e-lit rendezvous.
Artistic events will take place at key Barcelona venues such as the Barcelona Center for Contemporary Culture (http://www.cccb.org/en/ <http://www.cccb.org/en/>), providing authors the opportunity to present their works to a public curious about new literary and artistic trends employing technology and communication during the Setmana de la Poesia.
*Kate Hayles, Roberto Simanowski, and Jean Clément (Université Paris 8) are slated to deliver keynotes.
Selected papers will be published in proceedings.
Organizers include the UOC's research group Hermeneia with the collaboration of Electronic Poetry Center (University of Buffalo) and the Laboratoire Paragraph (Université Paris 8).
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Ottawa seen 365 ways in 365 days: Christophe Ledent shares his story
Christophe Ledent (Blog/Facebook/Twitter) is an amateur photographer who moved to Ottawa nearly three years ago to work for the Government of Canada.
A little over five months ago I set out to discover Ottawa through photography. Some would even say I am a tourist in my own city, a tourist looking to discover everything Ottawa has to offer.
In a way, this is true.
But the real truth is I'm just a guy trying to make a new place home by setting out and discovering new things about a city I barely know while learning the art of photography, a passion I only just rediscovered after more than 10 years of not owning a camera.
My Ottawa 365 Photo Challenge: Everyday for 365 days, I upload a picture of Ottawa shot from a new and hopefully exciting location.
While I could go into a long story about why I only just recently decided to set out on this challenge, I would much rather share what I have learned so far about Ottawa because, like many people I know who have moved here, it's the combination of the people I have met and the unique-to-Ottawa places I have discovered that now allow me to call Ottawa home.
Here we go.
The most obvious realization is that as Canada's capital, Ottawa is host to some of the most memorable celebrations, commemorative ceremonies and festivals I have ever experienced, including the Canada Day party and Remembrance Day.
Ottawa also plays host to a number of amazing events, almost on a daily basis. From Zombie Walks, to the Plaid Parade, to Haunted Houses, to the latest festival or fair, there is always something going on in some part of the city.
Love it or hate it, OC Transpo is part of your daily life if you live in Ottawa! One thing is for sure, we have some of the most beautiful bus stations I have ever seen, and this is even before the arrival of the LRT!
Ottawa is much more than just a city centre; it spreads far beyond the Greenbelt and includes many unique places and towns, including Osgoode, Orleans—heck, we even have our own cranberry farm.
Galleries, museums, memorials and public art are everywhere. In every corner of the city, you are bound to come across a unique piece of art. From the reflective mirror ball in front of the National Research Council offices on Montreal Road, to the unique fire hydrants in Hintonburg.
Everywhere you turn, there is art, art, art!
Greenspace! Ottawa is filled with parks, fields and forests just begging to be discovered, but the ultimate view is only a few minutes away in Gatineau Park.
I have quickly learned that balancing work, photography, blogging and social commitments is hard and that sometimes I just don't have time to get out and look for a place to discover. Sometimes you just need to sit back, relax, improvise and see what your surroundings have to offer!
Winter means shorter days and early darkness, but for a photographer it means a new motivation to get out of bed early! What they say is true, there is no better time to get out and shoot than at sunrise!
Winter darkness has also forced me to learn how to shoot at night and to take advantage of some of Ottawa's amazing buildings and light sources to produce some unusual photos (even though sometimes they really don't turn out!)
And finally the number one thing I have learned is that I still have so much to learn.
After nearly five months of challenging myself to try new things and seek out new places, there are just so many places and events left to discover. As proof, this map of Ottawa shows how much I have yet to cover. I hope you come along for the ride and that my photography skills improve, so that my photos are not a poor sight for your eyes.
I'm almost halfway there, but I feel like this project will never really end because as this city evolves there will always be something for me to capture and share!
Thanks for sharing your adventure with us Christophe! …and you're too humble, those photos are AMAZING!


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The Campus
Ain Shams University has seven campuses all over Cairo. Four are located in Alabassya (the main campus, the secondary campus), Ain Shams Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Engineering, two in Heliopolis (Women's College and Faculty of Education, and one in Shubra Elkheima (Faculty of Agriculture).
The University administration, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Science, and Faculty of Computer and Information Science are all in the main campus in Khalifa El-Ma'mun Street in Albassaya. Faculty of Commerce, Faculty of Alsun(languages), Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty of Dentistry, Institute of Childhood, Institute of Environment, and Ain Shams Hospital are located in the secondary campus opposite to the main campus.
The Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Nursing are located on the third campus in Abbasiyah. The Faculty of Engineering, the Faculty of Specific Education, the Faculty of Education, the Faculty of Girls and the Faculty of Agriculture are located on a campus in Abbasiya, Heliopolis, Shubra El-Kheima, respectively.
The students' City exists beside the main campus in Alabassya for male students and for female students, it was located beside Faculty of Girls in Heliopolis for . Moreover, the university rents other places to accommodate for increasing number of students. The accommodation has the capacity for 4000 students. Each student pays 10 dollars monthly for residence, food and full nutrition, including three meals a day, along with the provision of recreational services and various activities contribute to the preparation of a generation capable of taking responsibility.


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Merry Christmas! I hope the days ahead are a time of renewal, filled with good food, conversation, music and books, and relatively free of grading, year-end reports, second-semester preps . . .
In this final report of the year I am fortunate to be able to celebrate lots of fine work by our colleagues. At the end, I offer some brief thoughts on Advent, aware that the season will resonate differently for many people in New England this year.
Blessings to you, your friends and families as we remember the coming of Emmanuel.