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Te Vara Nui Village
Your Ultimate Experience in Cook Islands Culture!
Rarotonga's newest cultural attraction and stunning entertainment venue is an outstanding facility in Rarotonga. We are the most interactive cultural attraction offering a full authentic journey of our past. Set amongst cascades and tropical volcanic rock gardens surrounding small islands over a lake, we ensure you and your loved ones will remember this day and leave breathless.
We offer:
Cultural Village Tour of 2.5 hours starting at 5pm. A journey into our past visiting our demonstrating huts with our guides and warriors. Learn about our history, weaving, costume making, tattooing, tapa, traditional medicines, ancient fishing methods, navigation and much more.
"Ura Po" The largest cultural show 'Dances of Legends' set on floating and fixed stages over a lake surrounded by waterfalls including delicious island delicacy buffet (Umu Kai). Starts from 7.00-7.30pm
COMBO Package – 4.5 hours of ultimate cultural experience, combining both Village Tour and "Ura Po" show plus buffet. Selecting this package will also allow you to save some money, offering value to for your dollar.
Return Transfers included for our Village Tour, Ura Po and Combo Package.
Market Day
Saturday is market day at the Punanga Nui Market, which is located beside Rarotonga Wharf in Avarua town. The Market is open from 6am to about 11.30am or so (but usually starts to wind down around 11am, so we recommend you get there early!) The vibrant Marketplace offers a wide range of fresh local produce, cooked food & treats, drinking coconuts, arts, jewellery, carvings, handicrafts, T-shirts, CDs and pareus, and bands often perform live. It's a wonderfully enjoyable, colourful island market atmosphere, and well worth a visit. You can catch the Cook's Island Bus from the Lobby at The Rarotongan Beach Resort & Spa.
Each Sunday Rarotonga's beautiful white coral and limestone churches fill with the soaring songs of worship of their congregations. Visitors are most welcome to attend Sunday services, but please observe appropriate modest attire of shirts and long trousers for men, and longer-length skirts or dresses for women, preferably with short or long sleeves. A bus from The Rarotongan Beach Resort & Spa leaves at 9.30am Sunday for the Cook Islands Christian Church and St Mary's Catholic Church, both in Arorangi. The bus fare is NZ$6 return, or NZ$4 one-way. A church donation will be much appreciated. At the conclusion of service you may well find yourself invited by the Pastor to enjoy island fruits and light refreshments in the nearby meeting hall with the congregation.
Raro Safari Tours
If hard trekking is not your idea of a holiday, but you're still curious to experience Rarotonga's lush rainforest interior and highlights, the 4WD Raro Mountain Safari Tour is for you. This is Rarotonga's most popular tour for good reason. Enjoy the experienced, colourful guides as they share with you their local knowledge, good humour and 'tall tales and true'. Tours depart Monday to Friday both morning and afternoon, as well as Sunday afternoons. Morning tours include a fabulous beach BBQ lunch with refreshments. Tours cost NZ$75 per adult and half price for children. Includes pick up and drop off at The Rarotongan Beach Resort & Spa
Koka Lagoon Cruises
Don't miss a fantastic day out with Koka Lagoon Cruises exploring Muri Lagoon. Make your Rarotonga holiday a memorable one, and let their multi talented crew treat you to an experience you wont forget – snorkelling amongst lagoon life or enjoying through glass bottom; non-stop entertainment with string band entertainment, pareu tying, weaving; enjoy a delicious fish bbq feast, amazing coconut tree climbing show, coconut husking and more; informative, educational, and most of all FUN for all ages. Know that a portion of your ticket also goes to a marine conservation fund. Value for money guaranteed! Private group tours for wedding/birthday groups, corporate incentive groups can be arranged.
Sunday-Friday 10am. Includes: hotel transfers, snorkelling equipment
Bring: Towels, swimwear
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Quad and Buggy Tours
Coconut Tours offers two fantastic, exciting and exhilarating tours that are new to the island, the ISLAND BUGGY EXPLORER and JUNGLE QUAD ADVENTURE.
Both tours offers the chance of experiencing the thrills and challenges of driving your very Quad through our "jungle" or the Buggy to "hot spots" following our tour guide. No experience necessary as vehicles are fully automatic with tours guided and supervised. Vehicles also have the capacity to cater for two persons so people of all ages can be part of it. These exciting tours are for all ages, ideal for those looking to make their holiday a fulfilling and complete tropical island vacation.
Private family or group tours including wedding parties and birthday groups can be arranged and organized. Don't let anyone drive for you, DRIVE YOURSELF!
You won't have had a true holiday if you've missed out on this adventure!
Cross Island Hike
Pa's Mountain Walk offers a 4-hour Nature Walk and a strenuous 4-hour Cross Island Walk. Pa has 12 years' experience in guiding walks and has built up a worldwide reputation for the depth of his knowledge and his humour. You'll learn about local legends, fauna, flora and medicinal plants, and he is also happy to guide other walks by arrangement. Tours operate Monday, Wednesday and Friday at a cost of NZD$55pp for adults and NZD$25pp per children 12yrs and under.
Cross Island Trek update: Please note for your own safety that the Cook Islands Tourism Corporation has now issued an official warning against attempting the Cross-Island Trek without an experienced local guide. This is because the path is now thickly overgrown, and soil erosion can also make parts of it particularly hazardous, plus if you inadvertently divert to the wrong path you can find yourself walking alongside large electricity cables. Recently the Cook Islands Police were called out to rescue lost hikers whose holiday experience was somewhat marred by this event. In any case, taking along an experienced guide enriches your walk with deep local insights, knowledge and colourful yarns.
NiteLife Tour
Friday is the Big Night Out on Rarotonga, so grab your ticket on the fun bus and head out on The Rarotongan Beach Resort & Spa's NiteLife Tour to check out the island's colourful bars and hot clubs with your entertaining guide. A great way to meet the locals over a drink or on the dance floor! Precede your Rarotongan Resort NiteLife Tour with an Island BBQ & South Seas Cabaret featuring entertainment from Rarotonga's Rama Nui group, then meet the dynamic Activities Team at 8.45pm at The Rarotongan's Front Desk to begin your Friday night excitement! Bookings are essential (minimum numbers apply) and can be made through the Resort's Activities Hut. The tour costs NZ$35pp. A great night out, and great value (this way everyone in your party can have a ball and you don't need to nominate a non-drinker!).
Captain Tama's Lagoon Cruise
One of Rarotonga's popular and enjoyable tours is Captain Tama's Lagoon Cruise by glass bottom boat. This is especially ideal for young children, older people and non-snorkelers, as it gives them the opportunity of seeing some of the lagoon life without actually having to get wet! The Cruise also offers off-boat snorkelling, and a stop on one of the islets in Muri Lagoon for a fresh-fish beach BBQ lunch and refreshments. Captain Tama's Lagoon Cruise operates Monday to Saturday, 11am to 3.30pm.
Rarotonga Golf Club
The Rarotonga Golf Club welcomes visitors to play on its 9-hole course. The green fee costs NZ$20 and you can play the course twice. You can also hire a set of clubs for a further NZ$20. The golf course is open weekdays from 8am to 2pm and also features a 19th hole (the all important club bar!). Saturday is for members only and the course and club are closed on Sundays. The Rarotonga Golf Club is approximately 10 minutes from The Rarotongan Beach Resort & Spa by car.
Rarotonga's clear, warm waters with fantastic visibility and diversity of marine life make it excellent for diving and snorkelling. If you've never dived there are qualified instructors at several different dive operations around the island who can give expert tuition, and Rarotonga's lagoons are a great place to learn (sure beats your local city swimming pool!). Outside the reef there's a diverse range of diving including interesting drop-offs, a variety of hard corals, rays, sharks, turtles, whales, canyons, caves, tunnels ands shipwrecks. The reef drop-off goes from about 20-30 metres down to 4000 metres. Most diving is done at 5 to 40m where visibility is 20 to 60m (100 feet), depending on weather and wind conditions. Usual water temperatures range between 25-28 degrees Celsius. Another welcome feature of diving off Rarotonga are the short trips in purpose-built boats, often no more than 10 minutes to superb dive sites, and as the island of Rarotonga is circular there are almost always safe spots for diving with good visibility.
Game Fishing
Marlin, Wahoo, Mahimahi (Dolphin Fish), Barracuda, Sailfish, Shark and Tuna such as Yellowfin, Albacore, Dogtooth, Skipjack and Big Eye are just a few of the exciting game fish that you have the opportunity to catch while fishing in the Cook Islands. Rarotonga's waters are amongst the richest in the world and offer exceptional deep-sea game fishing, saltwater fly and light tackle sports fishing. Due to the close proximity of the reef, there are no long journeys out to deep water, and lines are set once out of the harbour ensuring maximum fishing time. Most trips are half day with prices starting from as low as NZ$80 on a boat share with 4-6 lines, and private charters can be arranged.
Catches usually remain with the boat although some companies do share it out and provide enough for dinner if the catch is sufficient. Morning trips go out at about 8am and afternoon trips at about 1.30pm.
Rarotonga has a Game Fishing Club located in KiiKii, where visitors are made very welcome. The Club is affiliated to the International Game Fishing Association, and for a small fee you can join as a social member. This is the place to relax and share in a few of the 'fish that got away' stories!
Scenic Flights
Scenic flights are a great opportunity to see Rarotonga's mountain trails and diving spots from the skies as well as a stunning view of the whole island and its majestic mountain peaks and verdant coastal plains. The minimum number of people required for the trip is 2, and the maximum allowed is 3. Flights operate daily between 9am and 2pm.
Bookings are essential and can be made through the Front Desk at The Rarotongan Beach Resort & Spa.
Takitumu Conservation Area
The Takitumu Conservation Area is on Rarotonga's south-eastern side and is managed by the traditional landowners of this district. A delightful amble into this area gets you in amongst lush tropical forest, including the Giant King Fern, giant taro, the Rarotonga orchid and rare ground orchid, wild guavas, wild hibiscus, and the prized sunset-coloured Pua Neinei (which grows only at the highest reaches and flowers mid-year). You also have the chance to see such native birds as the rare, chatty Rarotongan Flycatcher (or kakerori, which was successfully brought back from the brink of extinction), the Cook Islands Fruit Dove (kukupa), and the Rarotonga Starling (i'oi). At the top of your climb you are greeted by amazing panoramic views across the blue Pacific Ocean.
The gentle walk requires only a moderate level of fitness. Do wear good walking shoes, and take sun protection, a drink and a mosquito repellent with you (the Takitumu guides swear by their homemade recipe of half Dettol antiseptic solution, half olive oil). Return transfers and Lunch are provided. Tours operate on Tuesday and Thursday and cost NZ$45 per person, and NZ$15 for children under 16 years. Other days by arrangement for groups of 6 people or more. Please contact the Front Desk at The Rarotongan Beach Resort & Spa to make a booking.
Highland Paradise
In the early days of Polynesian settlement, villages were located not along the coast, but up in the mountains of Rarotonga. This provided better vantage points and protection against enemies, and also better protection against the ravages of high seas and high winds during storms. One such village is the Lost Village of Maungaroa ~ Highland Paradise, unearthed in 1983 by a descendant of Tinomana Ariki, the paramount chief of the district.
This "open air museum" includes such treasures as rocks of sacrifice (such as the 'Guilty Rocks') and navigational stones used to guide the vakas to Aotearoa - New Zealand. From this vantage point high up in the mountains above Arorangi village, the visitor to Highland Paradise can enjoy spectacular 180 degree views of Rarotonga, as well as 10 acres of magnificent gardens containing plants of medicinal and ritualistic significance, as well as rare introduced plants from around the world.
Highland Paradise Gardens & Marae, Tour Times: 10.00 am, 2.00 pm & 5.00 pm daily. Includes transfers, tour and lunch/dinner.
Rarotonga is the capital of the Cook Islands, and the main township on Rarotonga is Avarua. Avarua offers such essential services as the Post Office, banks (ANZ, Westpac, Western Union and the Bank of the Cook Islands (BCI)), pharmacies, the Police Station (for your NZ$10 Cook Islands Driver's License or your scooter license), supermarkets, Punanga Nui Market for local produce and crafts, a department store, shops, cafes, bars and restaurants. Please note there are There are four ATM money machines on Rarotonga. ANZ ATM machines are located outside the ANZ Bank in Avarua town and at Wigmore's Superstore (located approximately 3km east of The Rarotongan Beach Resort & Spa, past the proposed Hilton Rarotonga hotel). Westpac has one ATM machine located outside its main branch in Avarua, as well as another located within the Oasis Energy 24-hour service station. Aitutaki also has an ATM machine on the island.
On Rarotonga, business hours are Monday to Friday from 8am to 4pm, and Saturday from around 8am til 12noon. Please note that banks close at 3pm. Westpac is the only bank that opens on Saturday mornings from 9am to 12noon for teller services only. Supermarkets are open to 4pm on Saturdays, small local grocery stores keep longer hours, usually from around 7am to approx 9pm, the Six/Eleven stores around the island are open 6am to 11pm daily, and there are also two 24/7 hour stores (one in Nikao and one in Matavera). Saturday is market day at the Punanga Nui Market (beside Rarotonga Wharf) which is open from 6am to about 11.30am or so (but usually starts to wind down around 11am - we recommend you get there early!) The market offers a wide range of fresh local produce, cooked food & treats, drinking coconuts, arts, jewellery, carvings, handicrafts, T-shirts and pareus, and bands often perform live. Almost all facilities are closed on Sundays for religious observance, or operate on restricted hours; however the Treasure Chest and CITC gift shops at The Rarotongan are open throughout the weekend.
Eating Out
Rarotonga offers an exciting array of restaurants and cafes dotted around the island. The range of cuisine varies from Italian, Indian and Japanese to seafood and everything in between. Each restaurant offers its own individual ambience perfect for relaxing at the end of another day in Paradise.


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Can you believe it, the year is almost over and we will all be one year older, except me! The weather has been almost perfect, the villages are buzzing and the stores are packed with shoppers. Let's do some holiday shopping!
Among the definitive specialty jewelers on the East End, Marinelli Jewelers, 7 Eastport Manor Road, offers expert diamond setting, one-of-a-kind designs and a full line of specialty watches and jewelry. In addition to exquisite luxury pieces, the highly celebrated and much desired, more casual line of Pandora charm bracelets and necklaces are also available at their plush Eastport location. Stop in and see Richard Loevner, designer extraordinaire, for something perfect for that special person on your holiday gift list or for any occasion. For information and store hours call 631-325-1812, www.MarinelliJewelers.com. [expand]
Seahorse Interiors, located in beautiful Eastport at 498 Montauk Highway has numerous eclectic gift items for everyone on your holiday gift list including beautiful jewelry, furniture, pillows and lots of interesting accessories and stocking stuffers. There is a Storewide Sale in progress with new holiday items arriving daily, so get going before Santa buys them all! Call for more info and store hours, 631-909-4600.
For the perfect holiday gifts, step into Eastport's Little Secret, 519 Montauk Highway for a little bit of everything and a whole lot more arriving daily. In addition to the large selection of Vera Bradley, Chamilia, Lindsay Phillips Snap Shoes, there is a nice selection of sterling silver jewelry, costume jewelry, Sorrelli jewelry, baby gifts, toys, soybean candles, Crabtree & Evelyn Products, The Elf on the Shelf and more…they all make great stocking stuffers. Call 631-801-2806 for information and store hours.
For carefully planned or last minute gifts, Messina Jewelry, 103 Main Street, Westhampton Beach is having a special holiday Storewide Sale saving you from 20% to 50% off all merchandise on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, December 9, 10, 11, 11a.m.-5p.m. or by appointment. 631-288-2967.
Westhampton Beach Fine Wine & Spirits, 171 Montauk Highway, carries a wide variety of highly rated wines from all over the world including Lafite Rothchild, Sassicaia, Phelps Insignia and many, many others. There are also unique holiday gifts for that special wine lover on your list. Gift baskets, gift certificates and free delivery are available Open seven days. 631-288-0138, www.westhamptonfinewine.com.
Dazzelle, 47 Jobs Lane, Southampton, is presenting their new dazzelling holiday collection featuring outer-wear from Barbour and Nils warm cozy sweaters with accessories to match. Evening wear, custom and alterations are available with personal attention. There's even something for him…open year 'round, everyday. 631-283-8477.
John Dillon and his staff at John Dillon Salon and Day Spa in Southampton have another beautiful deal for you. For every $100 you spend in gift certificates, you will receive a $25 gift card FREE! We all have enough "stuff"…this is a wonderful way to give the gift of pampering. And beauty! 16 Hill Street, Southampton, 631-283-8383.
Bean 2 Tween, 79 Jobs Lane, Southampton, has everything from unique stocking stuffers to festive holiday dresses. The hand knit hats from Peru make the perfect gift for your bean or your tween. 631-377-3639, www.bean2tween.com.
At Sunrise to Sunset Surf & Sport, 36 Hill Street, Southampton, I found a great gift for my traveling friend -Quicksilver luggage with wheels, a retractable handle, a zip-off backpack and padded laptop compartment…Wow! Look for that special Mad Bomber leather and fur hat that also comes in kids' sizes in a nice variety of colors and fabrics. Don't leave behind the black plaid hooded flannel shirt jacket by the Quicksilver Waterman collection…you know the drill. Just stop and see for yourself. 631-283-2929, www.SunriseToSunsetNY.com.
Jill Lynn & Co., 81 Jobs Lane, Southampton, has beautiful handmade one-of-a-kind fine jewelry with custom designs for the holidays and for all occasions. The Jill Lynn Diamond "Bow" necklace features two trillion cut diamonds and two tapered baguettes diamonds set in 18k white gold. The total diamond weight is 1.28ct. 631-287-1001, www.jillynnandco.com.
Finding a truly original holiday gift this year is not easy to do. At Twist, 46 Jobs Lane, Southampton, you will find peel and stick chalkboard decals with chalk ($38), perfect for decorating a bedroom. Look for the unique MOGO charm bands and Mosies, a cozy, plush and stylish slipper can be easily personalized with more than 200 different click-on magnetic charms to reflect your style. These are hot this season and exclusively at Twist. 631-287-7990, www.TwistSouthampton.com.
J Brand's newest denim "tencel," a mid-rise, super soft and stretchy fabric, boasts most comfortable fit for all body types. Stop in at Norah's, 76 Jobs Lane, Southampton, and try on the many styles and color washes of J Brand Jeans. Available are cords, denim, velvet and riding pants. 631-287-4636.
Vintage and previously owned top name designer handbags and accessories, including Hermes, Chanel, Gucci, and Dior are ready to fly out the door for holiday gift giving at The Perfect Purse, 20 Hampton Road, Southampton. All merchandise is guaranteed authentic. The shop owns their entire inventory outright, purchasing only those in the best condition. Gift certificates also available. Call 631-283-3360.
Snake Hollow Studio Holiday Shop, 221 Snake Hollow Road, Bridgehampton, is having a holiday extravaganza on Saturdays and Sundays from 11a.m.-5 p.m. Designer Keith Barker's hand-crafted wooden products made in the Hamptons from local materials. In the mix are custom mirrors, sconces, art tables and chairs, bird houses along with wonderful gift items. Also for your collection, signature Equestrian and local bird drawings and paintings by Lynn Matsuoka. Ask about the Japan collection!
Christmas is in the air at the Salty Home store located in the Bridgehampton Commons. Look for furnishings with function and flair. My favorite is the Raffles round dining table that is available in over a dozen colors. The store is filled, and I mean filled, to the rafters with everything you would love to see sitting on a shelf, gracing a wall and hanging from the ceiling in your own home. There is also a special children's section where you will find extravagant pint-sized furniture and accessories. There are unusual gifts and special stocking stuffers for everyone here. Stop in or give a call for information at 631-237-1250.
At Ashawagh Hall, 780 Springs Fireplace Road, East Hampton, set your clock for the "By Hand" Artisans presentation of their 15th annual holiday gift show on December 10 and 11 from 1p.m.-5p.m. Catch the holiday spirit and shop for special and unique gifts. The show features handmade jewelry, pottery, stained glass, ceramics, hand-woven scarves and clothing, Shibori dyed silks, woodcarving, greeting cards, toys, fine art and so much more For more information contact Jill at 631-987-6312.
Trader Bill's, located in Sterlington Commons at 313 Third Street in Greenport, is features unique treasures this season. Check out the hand-formed and hand-painted Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) vase with a hand carved bas. What a special gift that that collector on your list! 631-477-6690.
In NYC: The Wampum Skate Shop, 2487 Main Street, Bridgehampton, is celebrating the opening of their second store on Sunday December 11 from 2p.m.-6p.m. The new location is at 5 Cleveland Place (in Soho between Kenmare and Broome), NYC. It will have the same feel to it as the Bridgehampton shop with a combination of art, fashion and skateboarding, as it will be carrying a lot of local brands from the Hamptons in addition to national labels. The inventory in the store ranges from shoes to sunglasses and everything in between. For information call the sister shop in Bridgehampton – 631-537-6007. www.wampumny.com
The JanePost Sample and Stock Sale is on for December 8 from 10a.m.-6p.m. and December 9 from 10a.m-7p.m. at 240 W. 37th Street, 8th floor, (between 7th and 8th Avenues). Look for current styles and amazing deals on fall and spring outwear in sizes XS to XL.
Until next week. Ciao and happy holiday shopping!
If you have any questions or your shop is having sales, new inventory, re-opening or a brand new business, my readers want to hear about it. E-mail me at: [email protected] or [email protected] – I will be happy to get the word out!

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EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan for Diaz Chemical Superfund Site; $12 Million Spent to Date
Release Date: 10/03/2012
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- (New York, NY) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized a plan to clean up contaminated soil and ground water at the Diaz Chemical Corporation Superfund site in Holley, New York. The soil and ground water are contaminated with volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds, which can cause serious damage to people's health. The EPA's cleanup plan uses a technology to treat six areas of soil and ground water that continue to cause contamination of ground water in a broader area.
The EPA held a public meeting in Holley on September 5, 2012 to explain its proposed plan. The EPA took public comment for 30 days and considered public input before finalizing the plan.
Diaz Chemical Corporation purchased the site in 1974 and began manufacturing specialty chemicals for the agricultural, pharmaceutical, photographic, color and dye and personal care products industries at the site. In January 2002, a safety valve at the facility ruptured, causing a release of a chemical mixture into the neighboring residential area. Area residents experienced sore throats, headaches, eye irritation, nosebleeds and skin rashes and some residents voluntarily relocated to temporary housing with assistance from Diaz Chemical. In May 2002, after Diaz Chemical said that it could not continue to pay the costs of housing residents who remained relocated after the incident, the EPA assumed responsibility for the housing expenses. In June 2003, Diaz Chemical filed for bankruptcy and abandoned the facility, leaving behind large volumes of chemicals in drums and tanks. The EPA added the Diaz Chemical site to the Superfund list of the most contaminated hazardous waste sites in 2004. In March 2005, the EPA reached a decision to purchase eight vacated homes and provided the owners financial assistance to permanently relocate. For a history of the cleanup, visit: https://www.epa.gov/region02/superfund/npl/diazchemical/.
- The EPA will treat the soil and ground water in six areas using electrodes that will heat the soil and ground water, causing the contaminants to evaporate and turn into vapor and steam. The vapor and steam will then be collected and treated. For contaminated ground water outside of the six sources of contamination, the EPA will rely on natural processes that allow the contaminants to disperse, dilute and degrade the ground water to meet federal cleanup levels. The plan also calls for the sale or transfer of the eight properties EPA purchased in 2005.
Superfund is the federal cleanup program established by Congress in 1980 to investigate and clean up the country's hazardous waste sites. The Superfund program operates on the principle that polluters should pay for the cleanups, rather than passing the costs on to taxpayers. Cleanups are only funded by taxpayer dollars when those responsible for the contamination cannot be found or are not financially viable. In this instance, the EPA has spent approximately $12 million to-date to clean up the Diaz Chemical site. The estimated total cost of the EPA's plan is $14.5 million.
To review the plan for the Diaz Chemical Superfund site, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/region02/superfund/npl/diazchemical/.
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|"Curufin the Crafty" by Marya Filatova
|Biographical Information
|Other names
|Curufin the Crafty,
Curufinwë (Q, fn),
Atarincë (Q, mn)
|Tirion; Himlad
|Oath of Fëanor; Union of Maedhros
|Quenya, Sindarin, Khuzdul[1]
|after Y.T. 1190 and before Y.T. 1497
Second Kinslaying: Menegroth
|House of Fëanor
|Fëanor & Nerdanel
|Maedhros, Maglor, Celegorm, Caranthir, Amrod and Amras
|Physical Description
|Hair color
|Images of Curufin
[edit] History
[edit] Flight of the Noldor
Curufin was born in Tirion during the Years of the Trees and he received the name Curufinwë (Q, pron. [ˌkuruˈfinwe]), same as his father. Because his father, uncles and brothers also all had father-names that ended with -finwë, Curufin was called Curvo (Q, pron. [ˈkurvɔ]) by his family. His mother-name was Atarinkë (Q, pron. [ˌataˈriŋkɛ]). While in Valinor, he married at some point, and had a son named Celebrimbor.[2]
As with the other sons of Fëanor, Curufin bound himself by an oath to recover his father's Silmarils, which had been stolen by the Dark Lord Morgoth. The Oath took him and his brothers to Endor during the First Age where they established realms in exile, waged war against the armies of Morgoth, fought their own Elvish kind, and eventually brought ruin upon themselves.
[edit] Life in Beleriand
Curufin dwelt with his brother Celegorm in Himlad, a pass that led into Kingdom of Doriath, which the two brothers fortified and held until the Dagor Bragollach. Following the battle, the two brothers were defeated and had to flee with their people to Nargothrond, where their cousin Finrod welcomed them.
Shortly after, Beren also came to Nargothrond to ask for aid from Finrod, who had made an oath to help Beren's ancestor. Finrod decided to help Beren, but Celegorm and Curufin, remembering their own oath, persuaded the people of Nargothrond not to follow him, and not to wage open war against Morgoth, making them fearful.
Finrod therefore had to leave with a handful of warriors, including Beren, and later died. His nephew Orodreth ruled in his stead.
[edit] The Attack upon Beren
Later, Curufin and Celegorm went hunting with Celegorm's hound Huan and found Lúthien, daughter of Thingol, searching for Beren. Feigning to help her, they took her captive and brought her to Nargothrond, for Celegorm had become enamored and would have Thingol give him her hand. However, Huan helped Lúthien to flee, and they freed Beren and other thralls from Sauron. As these thralls returned, the people of Nargothrond perceived the two brother's treachery, and though Orodreth would not let them be slain, he cast them from Nargothrond.
The two brothers met Lúthien and Beren as they fled, and Curufin fought with the latter. Defeated, he had to flee with Celegorm, but sought to slay Lúthien even as he did, and shot Beren instead.
Because of Celegorm and Curufin's evil deeds, Thingol and Orodreth would not join the Union of Maedhros against Morgoth.
[edit] Death
Curufin fell in the Second Kinslaying, when the Sons of Fëanor attacked Doriath to seize a Silmaril in the possession of the King Dior the Beautiful. Celegorm and Caranthir died with him during the assault.
[edit] Etymology
Curufin's father-name was Curufinwë ("Skillful [son of] Finwë"), the same father-name given to Fëanor. Because Curufin was Fëanor's favorite son, he chose to give him the same name. His mother-name was Atarinkë ("Little Father"), choosen because of his physical resemblance to his father. The name Curufin is the Sindarin version of his father-name. It is stated in The Shibboleth of Fëanor that of all the sons of Fëanor, only Curufin did not prefer to use his mother-name.
[edit] Genealogy
[edit] See also
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "XI. The Shibboleth of Fëanor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "X. Of Dwarves and Men", "Notes", p. 318 (note 7)
- The Silmarillion, Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië
- The Silmarillion, Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor
- The Silmarillion, Of the Silmarils and the Unrest of the Noldor
- The Silmarillion, Of the Flight of the Noldor
- The Silmarillion, Of the Return of the Noldor
- The Silmarillion, Of Beleriand and its Realms
- The Silmarillion, Of the Noldor in Beleriand
- The Silmarillion, Of Maeglin
- The Silmarillion, Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin
- The Silmarillion, Of Beren and Lúthien
- The Silmarillion, Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad
- The Silmarillion, Of the Ruin of Doriath
- The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, The Tale of Tinúviel
- The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, The Nauglafring
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Bronx Eats: Revisiting Vietnamese in Bedford Park
Reading through last week's New York Diet by Ivan Orkin, I was surprised when I came across his casual mention of "a Vietnamese restaurant on Jerome Avenue." Not because of the location, but because my meals at the restaurant, recognizable as Com Tam Ninh Kieu, have been unanimously unimpressive. Still, his positive reference made me wonder, have I been I missing something? I returned to the restaurant to find out.
Past meals had turned me off their shallow pho and ovecooked grilled meat. Electing a different route, I placed an order for mi vit ($8), a bowl of rice porridge that you mix tableside with a plate of poached duck and a salad of toasted peanuts, Thai basil, and pickled daikon and carrot.
The soupy rice is neither milky or nutty, little more than a smooth and straightforward canvas for the fatty, lightly seasoned duck and salad, which spruces it up with the punchy basil and vinegary crunch of the pcikles. This would be great if the pickles didn't taste like they were tossed in simple syrup. Still, I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the dish, far and away the best I've had at the restaurant.
You can also find a "classic" banh mi for $4 complete with cold cuts and pork belly. The sandwich is solid for the neighborhood, certainly cleaner and tastier than most options, and one I'd return for if I lived nearby and was rushing downtown. But even in a city as banh mi deprived as ours, it's nothing special. The pickles lack boldness and the bread is unspectacular, which is more than I can say for the thin, flavorless slab of pork belly. I'm happy to have had it, but its a "good for the neighborhood" bite at best.
The highlight of my meal, however, was had a few steps down at Phnom Penh-Nha Trang. Stopping by this past Sunday for an afternoon treat, I found a greater array of sweets than I had grown accustomed to seeing there. Joining the sticky rice cakes and puddings were desserts of cassava with coconut and yellow mung bean, coconut, and sesame seeds ($2 each).
The cassava, which gets a dose of milkiness from the coconut, is surprisingly and delightfully gummy. A scattering of sesame seeds and a mess of shredded coconut add a crunchier, different kind of chew. When you're in the neighborhood or just passing through, buy a container (five servings) or two. Its well worth the diversion.
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|From: Milton Miller <firstname.lastname@example.com>
|Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 04:13:54 -0500
|Subject: seqlock: Don't smp_rmb in seqlock reader spin loop
|From: Milton Miller <firstname.lastname@example.com>
|commit 5db1256a5131d3b133946fa02ac9770a784e6eb2 upstream.
|Move the smp_rmb after cpu_relax loop in read_seqlock and add
|ACCESS_ONCE to make sure the test and return are consistent.
|A multi-threaded core in the lab didn't like the update
|from 2.6.35 to 2.6.36, to the point it would hang during
|boot when multiple threads were active. Bisection showed
|af5ab277ded04bd9bc6b048c5a2f0e7d70ef0867 (clockevents:
|Remove the per cpu tick skew) as the culprit and it is
|supported with stack traces showing xtime_lock waits including
|tick_do_update_jiffies64 and/or update_vsyscall.
|Experimentation showed the combination of cpu_relax and smp_rmb
|was significantly slowing the progress of other threads sharing
|the core, and this patch is effective in avoiding the hang.
|A theory is the rmb is affecting the whole core while the
|cpu_relax is causing a resource rebalance flush, together they
|cause an interfernce cadance that is unbroken when the seqlock
|reader has interrupts disabled.
|At first I was confused why the refactor in
|3c22cd5709e8143444a6d08682a87f4c57902df3 (kernel: optimise
|seqlock) didn't affect this patch application, but after some
|study that affected seqcount not seqlock. The new seqcount was
|not factored back into the seqlock. I defer that the future.
|While the removal of the timer interrupt offset created
|contention for the xtime lock while a cpu does the
|additonal work to update the system clock, the seqlock
|implementation with the tight rmb spin loop goes back much
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|Cc: Linus Torvalds <email@example.com>
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|Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/%3Cseqlock-rmb%40mdm.bga.com%3E
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DescriptionThe player starts this game off controlling the actions of an ordinary citizen on their way to a movie theater. In the south cinema, the player chats with two teenagers about the actual movie at which point a hush descends upon the room and the in-game film begins...where the player learns that they have been chosen to be the thrall of Jareth the Goblin King, who must be overcome to finish the game. A clock ticks down 13 meager hours to complete this task, lest the player's character end up lost in the labyrinth forever.
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- "ラビリンス魔王の迷宮" -- Japanese spelling
- "Labyrinth: The Computer Game" -- Tag-lined title
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DevelopmentAccording to a source at Wikipedia, one of the more playful elements of this game -- the "tricked you!" transition from text-based gameplay in the mundane world through the movie screen into graphical gameplay in the fantasy world -- was a brilliant piece of game design lateral thinking courtesy of author Douglas Adams during a week-long brainstorming session in London.
(Also reflecting Mr. Adams' peculiar sense of humour was the inclusion of the verb "adumbrate" in the list of selectable actions... certainly not one with many applications in the game!)
InterfaceUnusual for Lucasfilm, this game uses a text interface system for commanding the character, an adventure game interface standard used before their SCUMM system debuted in their next game, Maniac Mansion (both games somewhat visually reminiscent of the contemporary Lucasarts MMORPG project Habitat). The stock text parser is however used only in the introductory portion of the game, replaced for the majority of the game by the unique "slot machine" interface, presenting lists of eligible verbs and nouns to combine, prefiguring (or adumbrating, if you prefer 8) not only SCUMM's interface for that of Legend Entertainment's adventure games.
This is the final game the Lucasfilm games division developed and published out-of-house (following their Atari disaster with the leaked Ballblazer) before they began simply publishing their own games.
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I will not be completely sewing-free. I bought this book and am fascinated by the shapes and twists and turns that can be made with a bit of fabric. Ideas are just pinging round my head and I fall asleep with fantastical garment plans that will never be made.
Now that I've passed the Burda pattern tracing examination with this, I can be kept busy tracing lots of patterns from all those past issues that I kept in the hope that one day the patterns would just materialise by themselves somehow.
A hint to pass on to you.... I bought a cheap, disposable paper tablecloth in the supermarket the other day for £1.75 and it's just perfect for patterns. It's soft and flexible so real easy to push pins into; takes the indentations of the tracing wheel perfectly; accepts the pen marks without bleeding or rubbing off; is a giant size, about 1.80m x 1m so you don't need to patch two bits of paper together and doesn't rip or tear like tissue paper. And it's SO MUCH cheaper than Burda tissue paper which retails around £3.00 here and I still have to tape two pieces together to get full length.
They come in so many pretty colours that if you were really organised you could colour code your patterns: blue for skirts, yellow for dresses etc etc etc.
And finally, I can still peruse the online fabric shops when I get fed up with real life and need a little bit of virtual living. I'm looking for stretch black and whites to make this top - Marcy Tilton for Vogue V8817.
So far, I've collected the combinations below - but still lots of places to search yet. These are from Tissu.
Of course I shall be reading all about YOUR sewing adventures even if I'm not producing any myself, so keep up the good work.
Thanks for reading and stay tuned. Ruth


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Dragonslayer wrote:That's right, Autobots! It's time for a little friendly competition with a scalphunt! The rules are as follows:
* Event will begin on Sunday, May 23, at 12:00 pm Central Daylight Time and will end on Saturday, May 29, at midnight CDT
* Claims may be tracked in the upcoming Claims Thread (for those who have access to Iacon)
* Only Missions with at least 3 combatants a side will count
* To make up for limiting missions and rarity of alts, you will be allowed to claim the same Decepticon more than once
Your targets will be Decepticons with the following altmodes:
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All participants will receive an icon similar to the Autobot Spartan symbol in my avatar or sig, with the color representing the number of kills you registered (bronze, silver, gold, etc.). In addition, the top 3 players will receive an energon bonus, courtesy of RevengeofStarscream and the Bank of Iacon: 1st place will receive 600,000, 2nd place will receive 300,000, and 3rd place will receive 150,000.
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Two mighty combiner groups lead task forces into "The Graveyard".Which group can lead it's faction to the Quintesson's lost knowledge?
In an age long past…
Cybertron has not always belonged to The Transformers. Not long after the first Transformers came on line the planet was found by an empire under the control of a race known as the Quintessons.
The Quintessons saw the abilities of the Transformers and realized they had found the perfect weapon with which to expand their empire. The early Transformers, unaware of the wider galaxy, welcomed their arrival. All too quickly the Transformers had become slaves to the Quintesson Empire. Using the Cybertronian body as inspiration the Quintessons developed the Sharkticons, simple minded brutes that served as their foot soldiers, and their elite warriors known as Allicons.
However, the Cybertronian minds yearned for freedom, and the Transformers revolted. Slowly but surely, the drove the Quintessons off the planet. Such was their desire for freedom that it still drives the Transformers of today. The leaders of the rebellion became the first Primes, and the Quintessons passed into myth, for no living Cybertronian remembers that dismal age.
Their defeat on Cybertron marked the start of the Quintesson's downfall. Soon enough their empire had collapsed as their numerous enemies banded together to drive the Quintessons from the worlds they claimed. Eventually their home world of Quintessa was at risk of being overrun. The Quintessons chose to destroy their home world rather than allow it to be captured. Their reign was over.
Driven mad by their loss, the Quintessons became obsessed with regaining control of Cybertron, trying increasingly desperate gambits to seize control of the world. Eventually they struck a deal with the unholy entity known as The Fallen. While The Fallen's ultimate aim remains a mystery, the goal of the Quintessons was clear. Sending in an invasion force of Sharkticons, the Quintessons began their war to retake Cybertron.
Ultimately, they failed. Faced with a common foe, the Autobots and Decepticons fought side by side to ensure the Quintessons could not restart their empire. Facing defeat, The Fallen betrayed his allies, unleashing an ion storm that destroyed the Quintesson fleet. As the surviving Quintessons fled they left their wrecked ships as testament to their foolishness in making such an unwise bargain.
Still, the Cybertronian forces were broken by the effort of fending off the invaders, and old enmities quickly tore the alliance apart. Neither the Autobots nor the Decepticons had the resources to claim the wrecked ships and so they were left untouched. Over time this region of Cybertron's solar system became known as the Quintesson Grave or, often, simply "The Graveyard."
Untouched, but not forgotten.
Time passed and the war for Cybertron continued as both sides recovered from the injuries inflicted. All the while the Transformers kept an optic trained on the sky, wondering if the Quintessons would return, or what they had left behind as they tried to escape the wrath of The Fallen.
The Present.
After the reintegration of the splinter factions known as the Maximals and the Predacons, both factions have found them selves with more resources than they have had for megacycles. The Autobot high command has decided to risk it's new found wealth in a make or break mission to retrieve the scientific and technological knowledge left by the Quintessons in the The Graveyard, and have amassed a large task force led by Computron.
However, the Decepticons have learnt of this plan and committed a rival force, led by the mighty Devastator, to beat the Autobots to the Quintesson's treasures. Now the race is on as both sides seek the treasures left behind in the wake of the Quintesson's defeat.
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Neil McQuillian explores a new network of trails in Portugal
My ankle rolled to the side and I tumbled over. Our guide, José Granja, came across to check I was OK. "You know, you need to taste the floor," he said, peering at me as we set off again. "I fell off my bike once, and my head hit the ground hard. As I lay there, I saw an ant." He held a finger up close to his face as if inspecting it. "I thought, I might as well make the most of being there, because I'd never throw myself off my bike on purpose."
There's no ceremonial way to launch a new walking trail system, no champagne bottle-smashing moment. But with that roll in the dust – and José's spiritually flavoured interpretation – my experience of the Rota Vicentina really began. This new two-pronged hiking system offers a south west alternative to the northern Parque Nacional Da Peneda-Gerês, Portugal's only national park and traditionally its prime walking area. Its two branches, the Fishermen's Path and the Historical Way, cover a combined length of 340km and straddle the Algarve and Alentejo regions. The name comes from the Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina, one of the many 'natural parks' (parques naturais) in Portugal that enjoy a degree of protection from development.
We were sampling the inland Historical Way first, walking from San Luis to Odemira. This section offers easy walking with plentiful vistas and little climbing. It was gentle country – we passed sheep and goats with hollow, tinny bells that give rich blankets of sound when chiming in unison. An occasional cactus leering from the foot of a wall was the meanest the terrain got. Our one encounter with another human being saw an old farmer chasing after his cows. 'Ai! Ai!' he was shouting, followed by a fluent patter of curses as one animal strayed and he stumbled down the hillside after it. José had a chat with him – at shouting volume – from the path, explaining afterwards how important it is to engage with the locals. He wants them to take pride in the trails, and for the young people of the region to start training as guides.
Even though much of this pathway has existed long before the Rota Vicentina team started maintaining it and installing their signposts, we passed few signs of settlement. José pointed out that the Portuguese left what he called this "outback" in the 1970s to go to university. The region became popular with the Dutch and Germans, who built their houses at the tops of blustery hills, in contrast to the local farmers who had sagely established themselves at the hills' sheltered bottoms.
The aromas of the region were almost more potent than the views. At first it was like walking through a particularly pungent pine forest, but José taught us that the main note comes from the trail's emblematic plant, esteva (also known as rockrose) whose five purple dots are likened locally to the wounds of Christ. Its leaves are sticky and give a smell as sweet as lip gloss, with citrus undercurrents. One of our group likened it to oleander, another to citronella. It reminded me of Vietnamese cooking. José also broke off something he called 'white rosemary'. He might as well have been holding a glass of undiluted lime cordial to my nose.
After 11km we stopped for lunch at the Ribeira da Capelinha ('little chapel stream'). Our packed lunch sandwiches were simple: a folded fried egg and lettuce on moist, dense Alentejo bread. But with the smell of eucalyptus about us, the sound of the stream, and dappling light on tree bark, it was quite enough.
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My Historical Way highlight was our swim at Pego das Pias. Semi-circular sections have been cut out of this swimming hole's sides by the action of rolling rocks. José said that these pegos (small lakes) are associated with the magical female spirits known as mouras encantadas, supernatural beings who are said to guard Portugal's watery places. A pego close to this one, Pego da Laima, supposedly has a golden arrow hidden in its depths.
We would sample perceves (goose barnacles), the local seafood delicacy, on the third and final evening of the trip. They weren't mind-blowing eating – chewy little morsels that needed teasing out of their reptilian-looking shells – but I was in awe of them thanks to Nicolau da Costa, who guided us on our second day along a segment of the Fishermen's Path. He explained that on this "aggressive coast", fishermen like him risk their lives to gather perceves, sometimes using body boards to go from rock to rock at low tide. That explains why they sell for up to €35-45 per kilo. Near Pontal da Carrapateira, Nicolau pointed out a terrace on the cliff face. "When sea bream come to breed that spot is so prized by fishermen that sometimes we sleep there, and one of us goes to get food and wine for the others."
On our third day we embarked on a longer trip along the coast from Almograve to Zambujeira, lured by the promise of watching nesting storks. We stood on the clifftop at Cabo Sardão and watched them feeding their wriggling young on precarious rocky eyries. "This coast is too special to be unknown in a world that's always looking for something new," said Marta Cabral of Casas Brancas, the rural accommodation collective who have driven the marking of the Rota Vicentina. She was totally right.
A minute's walk inland away from the clifftop breeze, the aroma of the surrounding scrub hit hard. These dense clumps of rich green seemed to bind the sandy landscape together. In amongst them are lilac and yellow flowers and patches of the invasive Hottentot Fig – known as chorão – which looked as edible as sliced watermelon. The sand itself is almost red in sections. At one point on the walk we made our way down a long flight of stone steps to the small but marvellous Carraca beach. I wondered, not for the first time, why few tourists make it to this region. Marta thought she knew why: "There are beaches with good access, yes, but it's windy, the water's cold, the roads are dusty, and there are no bars with lounge music. But it's a place with strong character, so if you love it, you get addicted". I was there already.
Casas Brancas can be booked through www.casasbrancas.pt. For those who can't afford these 'casas de turismo rural' there are youth hostels in Almograve and one near Arrifana beach, whilst campsites are available at Zambujeira and near Odeceixe and Aljezur.
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|8th November 2010, 09:32 PM
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yo y mí, beginners question.
Hi all, another beginners question. I've been working through some books and I'm a bit confused about the usage of yo and mí. For example, some translations given were:
según yo, ... : according to me
hay veinte personas aquí, incluso tú y yo: there are twenty people here, including you and me
él vive al lado de mí: he lives next door to me
Is there a simple rule for when yo is used and when mí is used or can anyone point me to an article about this?
|8th November 2010, 11:42 PM
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There is a very simple rule you can follow: you cannot use "yo" after a preposition - or any other personal pronoun used as a subject for the same matter. In those cases, you have to use the oblique form of the pronoun (mí, ti, etc.).
The problem is that some of the examples that you provide are a bit tricky.
"según" is a preposition, but it is one of the two exceptions that confirm the rule (the other is "entre" - "entre tú y yo = between you and me"). However, the usage of subject pronouns after según is almost restricted to some American countries. I believe that "según yo" sounds a bit awkward to most native speakers from Spain, and they'd rather say something in the lines of "en mi opinión", "según mi parecer"....
The sentence "hay veinte personas aquí, incluso tú y yo" does not sound very natural to me either. Maybe it is also common in America, but I believe most Spaniards would say something like "Hay veinte personas, incluyéndonos a ti y a mí" or "incluidos nosotros dos" or even "tú y yo inclusos". In any event, it does not contradict the general rule, because "incluso" is an adverb and not a preposition.
I hope that helps.
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|11th November 2010, 03:39 PM
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I think your English is a bit wrong as well
Your example should surely be:
there are twenty people here, including you and I
I hope I got that right myself. I'm losing some bits of my English with all the Spanish I have been learning.
|11th November 2010, 08:57 PM
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Yes, I think you're right there Steve, it should be "you and I". I was copying it from the book and didn't even think! Just found another annoying mistake in one of the translated passages as well. If anyone has practice makes perfect - spanish pronouns and prepositions they might like to check out the translation of 6-4 where it translates "the first is delicious. the second is, too. the third is not bad. the fourth is a challenge. the fifth is absurd..... the ninth is pure torture. the tenth is impossible". In the translation to spanish they use está for the first... and third... and es for the rest of them, doesn't seem right to me!
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It's a good week for Nintendo to be hinting at their next console going 3D. After all, their 3DS portable has been lapped up by every dog in town for E3, and all eyes are on Ninty's next move.
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's President, told the Japanese publication paper that they were certainly looking at making other products 3D.
"If you display a 3D image, the image quality becomes extremely bad, so we'd probably do it with the next system...We're thinking that the timing should be once the 3D television adoption rates crosses the 30% mark. We're looking at the adoption trends."
As you know, the 3DS doesn't use 3D technology like we've seen before. It's using glasses-less parallex barrier technology created by Sharp (we believe, anyway), so if Nintendo goes down the 3D route for consoles, they'd have to do it properly. Only launching it once the market suggests it's not just a fad (proven by the 30 per cent market share Iwata mentioned) is the obvious move—but so far, it's looking like that'll take a loooooong time. It's believed Europe, for example, has bought just 25,000 3DTVs up until the end of May.
Then, there's the fact that Nintendo has shied away from having disc-based media, with the Wii not even allowing for DVD playback. It infuriated many upon launch, but if Nintendo were to step up and launch a full 1080p 3D Blu-ray playing console, it'd be the biggest surprise in gaming land. Iwata himself told Nikkei that "in the future, 3D will become the mainstream of gaming" which is enough to get our shirts rolling. [Andriasang via Kotaku]


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Getting to the Bottom of the Greenland Ice Sheet
The world's largest island—is also home to one of the world's largest ice sheets (after Antarctica). If Greenland's two-mile-thick ice sheet melts completely, it would ultimately raise global sea level by 23 feet, drowning significant portions of coastal regions under water.It would also add large quantities of fresh water to the ocean, with the potential to change ocean circulation patterns that could, in turn, affect rainfall patterns, fisheries, and climateIn July 2008, a team including scientists Sarah Das and Mark Behn from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Ian Joughin and graduate student Kristin Poinar from the University of Washington, along with photographer Chris Linder and writer Amy Nevala from WHOI, returned to Greenland for a third summer to learn how the ice sheet is flowing faster toward the coast and discharging more ice to the seaThey investigated glacial lakes, which form atop the ice sheet each spring and summer as returning sunlight melts ice and snow. They have found that as lakes grow, large cracks can open suddenly in the lakes' bottoms, allowing water to drain in a dramatic waterfall more than a half-mile down to the bedrock beneath the ice sheet. The water lubricates the base of the glacier, like grease on a railroad track, allowing glaciers to flow faster. As global temperatures rise, more lakes and cracks may form, accelerating the flow of ice to the ocean.The life cycle of Greenland's lakes"It's hard to envision how a trickle or a pool of meltwater on the ice sheet's surface could eventually lead to a process that cuts through a thick, cold ice sheet all the way to the bottom," Das said. But it's easy to see why such a large-scale phenomenon could remain unknown in the 21st century. Like the proverbial tree falling in the forest, there had never been anyone there to see it.During two field seasons on the Greenland Ice Sheet in 2006 and 2007, however, the research team set up and left behind instruments near two of the thousands of lakes that form atop the ice sheet each summer, to record what happens while they were not there. They used Global Positioning System receivers and seismometers to measure ice movement, water pressure loggers to detect changes in lake levels, and meteorological sensors to precisely measure surface melting.Their observations, published May 9, 2008, in the journal Science, confirmed a long speculated, but never detected plumbing system for ice sheets.The scientists proved that water filling large glacial lakes can build up enough pressure to crack their bottoms, creating conduits that penetrate the ice sheet and could send torrents of water all the way to the bedrock. The water acts as lubrication between ice and ground, speeding up the glacier's flow toward the ocean. Evidence collected from their instruments showed that cracks, reaching the bedrock, had suddenly drained the lakes. But, still, no one had ever actually witnessed such an eventNoisy birthday giftTwo months after their journal article appeared, Das and her colleagues headed back to their ice camp in Greenland for a third summer. A week before her 35th birthday, Das received a glaciologist's perfect gift. That day, fog had forced the researchers to work close to their camp near a glacial lake. Suddenly, cracks and booms echoed in the distance. The team was stunned, and a little fearful."You got the sense that the ice sheet was crumbling under your feet," Das said. "You looked at each other, and looked at your camp, and hoped that a large, gaping hole didn't open up underneath you."After a couple of hours, all the noise stopped. "Everything seemed to go quiet again," Das said. "So we decided, 'Well, let's go for a hike.' "The lake was drained of water. Soon they found the source of the noise and the drainage: A monstrous crack more than two miles in length had split the center of the lakebed from edge to edge. The former lakebed was littered with huge blocks of ice that had broken off, and tumbled and thundered, as the billions of gallons of water that had filled the lake poured through the crack and down into the ice sheet.


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Deployed US Seaman to Marry High School Sweetheart in Reno Airport
Dylan Ruffer and Madison Meinhardt get their long-postponed wedding.
Nov.18, 2013 -- The bride is at a local salon getting the final touches to her hair and makeup.
Local businesses have stepped in to provide a DJ, a wedding cake and flowers for the reception. All that's missing right now is the groom.
Seaman Dylan Ruffer of Chester, Calif., has been deployed with the U.S. Navy off the coast of Syria for 11 months. But tonight when he steps into the arrivals terminal at Reno-Tahoe International Airport at 11:30 p.m., he'll find high school sweetheart Madison Meinhardt in her wedding dress, a preacher, their friends and families all waiting for him at the bottom of an escalator.
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"Dylan said he wanted to marry me the moment he set eyes on me, so I wondered if we could get married in the airport," Meinhardt said in a statement from the Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority. Even though Ruffer was far away in war-torn Syria, a marriage license was arranged, and the community rallied to the idea of a wedding and reception at the airport.
"Love is in the air at Reno International Airport" Brian Kulpin, a spokesman for airport, told ABC news. He said It all started when Meinhardt sent an email to the airport three weeks ago, asking if the couple could hold their wedding there.
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Some time between Sunday, Dec. 11 and Monday, Dec.12, 2011, unknown actor(s) entered property located on County Road SE4340 in the Clearwater Community of Franklin County.
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Bellator Fighting Championships kicks off its upcoming fourth season on March 5, and the event features all four fights from the eight-man welterweight tournament's quarterfinal fights.
Headlining the event, Bellator 35, is former champ Lyman Good (10-1 MMA, 3-1 BFC) vs. Chris Lozano (6-0 MMA, 1-0 BFC).
Other tourney pairings include Dan Hornbuckle (22-3 MMA, 3-1 BFC) vs. Brent Weedman (17-5-1 MMA, 3-0 BFC), Jay Hieron (19-4 MMA, 0-0 BFC) vs. Steve Carl (11-2 MMA, 2-1 BFC), and "Judo" Jim Wallhead (20-5 MMA, 1-0 BFC) vs. Rick Hawn (9-0 MMA, 1-0 BFC).
Bellator 35 kicks off the organization's 12-week fourth season. The event, which airs live on MTV2 as part of a new multi-year broadcast agreement with Bellator, takes place at Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Lemoore, Calif.
The popular Tachi Palace Fights promotion is expected to fill the night's untelevised preliminary card.
A non-title fight between 115-pound champion Zoila Frausto (10-1 MMA, 4-0 BFC) and Karina Hallinan (3-4 MMA, 0-0 BFC), which MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) reported this past week, is still a go for the show. However, it'll serve as the night's featured preliminary-card bout.
The welterweight tournament's eventual winner gets $100,000 in total pay and a guaranteed title shot with current champion Ben Askren. Combined, this year's tournament field owns a 114-20-1 career record.
"This welterweight tournament is stacked," Bellator Chairman and CEO Bjorn Rebney stated. "Every fight should be hyper-competitive. Any one of these eight fighters could win it, make $100,000 and earn the right to fight Askren for our world title.
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Following the birth of her second child, actress Busy Philipps was seen spending some quality time with her beautiful 5-year-old daughter Birdie. Busy and Birdie were seen shopping for toys at the American Girl Place in Beverly Hills, CA on Friday (August 23). Busy and husband Marc Silverstein welcomed daughter Cricket Pearl on July 2.
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Alec Baldwin and Hilaria Baldwin welcome their first child together
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I'll admit that Swordgleam as an alias seems a bit silly now, but I've been going by it online for nearly seven years,
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BOSTON — Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told his mother in an email days after the explosions that he expected to die, federal prosecutors said in court filings.
Tsarnaev wrote the email in the hours before the slaying of Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer Sean Collier and the police shootout that took his brother's life, prosecutors said.
"If I don't see you in this life I will see you in the akhira," prosecutors say he wrote. In Arabic, akhirah refers to the afterlife.
Prosecutors filed the court papers Monday to argue against a motion by Tsarnaev's lawyers to suppress evidence seized from a Cambridge apartment where Tsarnaev once lived, as well as his University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth dorm room.
"These circumstances leave little doubt that when Tsarnaev left the Norfolk Street apartment on April 18, he did not expect to return alive, and thus abandoned his expectation of privacy in everything left behind," prosecutors wrote.
The U.S. Attorney's Office also argued that Tsarnaev had essentially moved out of the apartment and thus had no expectation of privacy. Prosecutors also denied the defense's contention that the search was overly broad.
Tsarnaev did not pay rent and was not on the lease, prosecutors said, and was instead living in his dorm room full time. Although he kept a few items in the Cambridge apartment, he has not demonstrated a reasonable expectation of privacy, they said.
Prosecutors also defended their searches of a laptop owned by the suspect, because he gave it away to a friend and never expected to see it again.
Tsarnaev, 20, has pleaded not guilty to several federal charges. Prosecutors allege he and his brother planted two pressure cooker bombs near the marathon's finish line, killing three people and injuring more than 260 others. His brother was killed during the gunbattle with police four days after the marathon bombing.
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Injured Yankees ace Masahiro Tanaka is being sent back to New York because of general soreness in his right arm.
Tanaka said before Friday night's game in Toronto that he wanted to be cautious. He hasn't pitched in a game since July 8 as he recovers from a partial tear in his elbow. Yankees manager Joe Girardi said it would be ''maybe a week'' before Tanaka throws his next bullpen session. The Japanese star is 12-4 with a 2.51 ERA in his first season in the majors.
Yadier Molina came back ahead of schedule. The St. Louis Cardinals were not surprised one bit. The All-Star catcher was activated from the 15-day disabled list Friday and was batting sixth in the opener of a weekend series against the Chicago Cubs. ''He's probably one of the toughest guys I've ever seen in the big leagues,'' general manager John Mozeliak said. ''He looks great.''
The Royals designated left-hander Bruce Chen for assignment after six seasons with the team. Friday's move came one day after he gave up six runs in the 10th inning of an 11-5 loss to Minnesota. The 37-year-old Chen is 2-4 with a 7.45 ERA in 13 games this season. He was in the Royals' rotation when the season began, but went on the 60-day disabled list with a back injury.
Jesus Montero will not play baseball again this season for the Seattle Mariners organization after a heated confrontation in the stands with a team scout during a minor league game in Boise, Idaho. Seattle general manager Jack Zduriencik on Friday called the actions of Montero and cross-checker Butch Baccala ''unacceptable.'' The argument came during a Class-A game between the Boise Hawks and Seattle's affiliate, the Everett AquaSox, on Thursday night. Montero was with the Class-A club while recovering from an oblique injury in the hopes that the first baseman and designated hitter could be a possible September addition to the Mariners when rosters expand. Zduriencik said there are still facts to be learned in what precipitated the incident, and there was no known acrimony between Montero and Baccala.
The Indians reunited with slugger Russell Branyan, signing him to a minor league deal for the remainder of the season. The 38-year-old Branyan has spent part of six seasons (1998-2002, 2010) with Cleveland. He has played for Tijuana in the Mexican League this season, hitting 19 homers with 59 RBIs. The Indians have assigned Branyan to Triple-A Columbus for the remainder of 2014. Branyan, who hit 20 homers for the Indians in 2001, has been with 10 teams. He hit a career-high 31 homers with Seattle in 2009.
Former Villanova, URI coach passes away
Former Villanova and Rhode Island basketball coach Jack Kraft has died at 93. Villanova said in a statement he died Thursday in New Jersey. Kraft coached the Wildcats for 12 seasons, including a 1971 appearance in the NCAA title game. He finished with 238 victories at the school. Kraft joined Villanova in 1961 and led the team to a 21-7 record and the first of six appearances in the NCAA tournament. In 1971, a 23-6 record got the team to the Final Four for the first time since 1939. The Wildcats lost to UCLA, 68-62, in the final.
Tough IndyCar qualifying for Power
Will Power struggled in qualifying for the final race of the IndyCar season, leaving the series leader starting in 21st place when he chases his first championship. Power had the second-worst performance in qualifying in Fontana, Calif., while Team Penske teammate Helio Castroneves won the pole. Castroneves turned a lap with an average speed of 218.540 mph. Castroneves trails Power by 51 points in second place heading into the season finale. Both drivers are attempting to win their first IndyCar titles. Although starting position isn't exactly vital in a 500-mile oval race, the difference between the Penske drivers is stark. Power says his qualifying went ''as bad as it could possibly go.''
Italian pulls away to take Vuelta stage
Alessandro de Marchi of Italy pulled away from a small breakaway group to win an accident-filled seventh stage of the Spanish Vuelta in Alcaudete, while Alejandro Valverde maintained the overall lead. Former Tour de France champion Chris Froome fell early in the 105-mile stage and cut his right hip, but he managed to get back on his bike and finished strong, shaving a few seconds off Valverde's lead.


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At the end of the year, a small group of wine and food lovers gathered at one of the hottest scenes in town. Nosh? Close, but no cigar. La Fiorentina? I wouldn't stake my bet on that guess. Lucia? Nice try, but that's a half-baked guess.
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Oysters, from both the Pacific and Prince Edward Island, were flown in and shucked by yours truly and an able assistant .
And the wine? Well, we are heading into Super Bowl territory here in the Dallas area, so there is a lot of buzz about the parties that are rolling this way the end of the month. I'll miss most of them, as I'll be in Friuli freezing my butt off and drinking Tocai (how derisory it feels to call it Friulano) and not missing any great meals with the COF-Bloggers. But we had to test some of the wines, courtesy of a couple of friends of mine in the biz.
|All in a day's work - even the last day of the year
The Champagne lineup:
- Aperitif- Ruinart Blanc des Blancs NV
- w/ the oysters- Krug Grande Cuvee MV (multi-vintage)
- w/ itself- Dom Perignon 2002 ( dressed in Andy Warhol Blue)
- w/ the duck- Pol Roger Brut Rose 2002
- w/ the dessert and cheese- Veuve Clicquot Vintage Rose Brut 2002
We also had a perfectly aged Hermitage from Paul Jaboulet, La Chapelle 1985, which was in top form, along with a mighty nice 2007 Cotes du Rhone Rouge from Domaine Catherine Le Gœuil, which more than held her own in the company of the Hermitage and the duck.
Great chef, great meal, great friends, great wine, great times. Hey, some folks in some towns have their secret speakeasies. I'm a food and wine guy. On the wine trail in Italy (and everywhere else) I wander after those once in a lifetime meals and happened upon a place that is, and will remain, one of my favorite hideaways in town.
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President Barack Obama's second inauguration was a blur of politicians, celebrities, pomp and ceremony. As the moment unfolded, there were a few things that happened they may have escaped your eye:
Obama became the first president ever to mention gay rights during his inaugural address, giving a call out to Stonewall, the New York City bar where the gay rights movement began in the early '70s, and declaring that "Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law."
- Strange enough was the sight of Jay-Z, a one-time drug dealer turned rap superstar from the projects of Brooklyn, and Beyoncé, the "sexiest woman of the 21st Century," standing next to Newt and Callista Gingrich at a presidential inauguration. Truly bizarre was this screengrab of what appears to be Republican Rep. Peter King snapping a cellphone photo of Jay-Z and Beyoncé.
- Much was made of the fact that Justice Antonin Scalia wore a rather peculiar hat to President Obama's first inaugural. Well, the conservative firebrand didn't disappoint, sporting an even more unusual hat this time. But the attention heaped on Scalia's chapeaus — including the #scaliaweirdhat hashtag — seems to be ideologically driven, as liberal Stephen Breyer sported a hat at each Obama's inaugurations to little fanfare or derision.
- Well before their father came out, First Daughters Malia and Sasha Obama were in the stands, spending much of the time chatting with their cousin Avery Robinson. But at one point, the spirit moved Malia, who suddenly busted a move (h/t to Buzzfeed for the requisite animated GIF).
- Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of civil rights martyr Medgar Evers, was called upon to deliver the Inaugural Prayer, offering a moving call for a blessing on all our leaders and our armed forces. She also made the biggest gaffe of the day, referring to Obama as the 45th president (he's actually number 44), but like a pro, she just kept going.
- As Obama left the stage following the oath of office, he stopped and turned to soak in the moment. "I want to take a look one more time, I'm not going to see this again," he said to someone off camera. Obama then stood there taking in the scene as Vice President Joe Biden and others filed past.
- Al Roker scored the unofficial first post-swearing-in interview with President Obama, screaming loud enough to get a thumbs up from the Commander in Chief, and moments later managed to yell sufficiently to get Vice President Biden to run over and shake his hand. Yes, Roker dropped the mic when it was over.
- In another inauguration first, the First Family was caught in their private box before the parade began, fiddling with their cellphones. Obama was trying to be as inconspicuous as possible while scrolling through messages on his phone, finally being interrupted by eldest daughter Malia, who insisted he repeatedly kiss Michelle until she got a decent photo with her own phone.