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First Look: New Brunch Cocktails at Hearth, NYC
Preview brand-new spots to drink (or fresh new menu items) here.
Note: First Looks give previews of new drinks and menus we're curious about. Since they are arranged photo shoots, we do not make critical evaluations or recommendations.
"The thing I didn't realize about brunch cocktails is that a lot of them are like food," Christine Wright said about creating the brunch cocktails at Hearth. Wright is the Spirits and Service Director there, and she has been for three years. But she wasn't aware of the nuances in brunch cocktails because she never had to make them. In the decade Hearth has been open in the East Village, the restaurant has been dinner-only. Hearth opened their doors to a brunch crowd last weekend for the first time in ten years. "The whole idea with brunch," she said, "is that we want to open up to the neighborhood."
Marco Canora's locavore approach permeates all facets of the restaurant, and Wright's bar program is no exception. "Each of our cocktails, whether they are for brunch or dinner," Wright says, "has a New York spirit. We get as much of our food from the Greenmarket and local farms as possible, so we figured we should do the same with cocktails."
Wright has taken full advantage of the recent spike in local, artisanal New York spirits available on the market. Averell Damson Plum Liquor stars in the Evander Berry Wall show, Finger Lakes Distilling "Seneca Drums" Gin joins candied grapefruit and club soda in a drink called the Zelda Kaplan, and Wright mixes Glen Thunder Corn Whiskey with Dutch's Peach Brandy for a drink called Barbara Hutton. Each of these cocktails (named after New York socialites), and most others currently on the menu, are finished with some form of bubbles. Wright explains: "When I go out to brunch, I just want bubbly, fun things that work well when you're mildly hungover."
The cocktails are around $10. "We wanted to make the cocktails accessible to people in the neighborhood," she explained. "A lot of people who live around here might not be able to afford us for dinner. So with brunch, we wanted to keep the prices low so more people in the neighborhood would be able to eat here."
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Striker Jeremy Brockie will attempt to break his duck for the All Whites overnight (NZT) but it was a strike in the world's most populace nation which got his career back on track.
Brockie burst onto the scene as a dreadlocked 17-year-old for the New Zealand Knights and earned a contract with Sydney FC, who have been known by the moniker Bling FC because of their penchant for big-name signings like Dwight Yorke and now Alessandro Del Piero.
But Brockie didn't shine in a frustrating time and soon found himself contemplating the harsh realities of professional football after having his two-year deal terminated early and went back to the national league with his tail between his legs.
A good stint with Hawkes Bay United saw him earn a callup to the Olympic side for the 2008 Games in Beijing and he created history by becoming the first New Zealander to score a goal at the Olympic Games in the 1-1 draw with China.
"To score the first for your country on an occasion like that, at one of the biggest stages you can, in front of 41,000, with my dad in the crowd, it was such an amazing feeling," Brockie said. "Definitely my career highlight to date and reward for the difficult times I experienced leading up to that moment.
"Everyone sort of jumped on my back when I didn't do so well at Sydney FC and I had to come back to Hawkes Bay United to play. I wasn't really hitting my straps at that stage and it took a lot of hard work to make sure I got my fitness levels right to make sure I even made that Olympic team."
The goal, a spectacular effort from the edge of the area, proved to be the catalyst for Brockie to revive his professional ambitions and he landed another shot at the A-League with the expansion North Queensland Fury franchise and later Newcastle Jets.
Last season was undoubtedly Brockie's best in the A-League with nine goals for the Jets, including a couple of contenders for goal of the season. But despite playing week-in, week-out as a striker at club level, he was something of a utility player in Herbert's All Whites, lining up as a wing-back in the 1-1 draw with China in Wuhan last year.
With Chris Killen not available and Shane Smeltz (hamstring) under an injury cloud, there's a good chance Brockie will enjoy extended game time against China in Shanghai tonight.
And he would love nothing more than to break his duck for the All Whites after 34 A internationals.
"Over the last few matches I've moved into more of a striker's role with the national team but I'm still trying to get my first goal for the All Whites," he said. "Hopefully I get another opportunity this time to put one in the back of the net."
As he showed when getting off the mark for the Phoenix 10 days ago, when he scored a brace against Melbourne Victory, they're normally worth waiting for.


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Drunken revelry, shots fired, foot chases and general all around craziness.
Please be careful out there. There are going to be plenty of goofs out there running around with pistols. In fact, if anyone sees this guy running around with a gun, feel free to arrest him and charge him appropriately:
He is known to be in the company of a gang of ne'er-do-wells pretending as police officers. He is attached by electronic umbilical cord to assorted posers, brain-dead political hacks, policy wonks and media morons. He has also been rumored to smell exactly like the leather seat upholstery that surrounds a certain chair on the fifth floor of City Hall.
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Want to see dead people? Apparently the Rialto Square Theatre is one of your best bets. The 86-year-old venue in Joliet offers ghost tours led by the All Seeing Paranormal Group and will be featured on Syfy's "Ghost Hunters" Wednesday.
"The most common stories are of a little boy and of a lady in a white dress," said Rialto spokeswoman Annette Parker by email. "Other people have spoken of a man from the prohibition days.
"There have been numerous stories of staff experiences such as lights being turned on after someone had just turned them off, theatre seats being flipped in a down position after the cleaning crew just went through and flipped them all up, doors being open and closed on their own, the feeling of someone touching or tugging at your clothes..."
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CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- James E. Holmes, suspected of carrying out the Aurora movie theater massacre that killed 12 and injured 70 last summer, will plead not guilty by reason of insanity in court next week, his defense lawyers signaled Tuesday in a court filing.
The defense decision has long been anticipated as Holmes' lawyers have repeatedly described him as "severely mentally ill." But no matter how expected, the latest development has been many months in coming amid intense legal wrangling over the constitutionality of the Colorado insanity defense.
Last month, a visibly annoyed Judge William Sylvester of Colorado's 18th Judicial District entered a traditional not guilty plea on Holmes' behalf after defense attorneys said they were not ready to make a decision. Sylvester told defense lawyers they could change the plea to not guilty by reason of insanity at a later date but would have to show cause.
Since then Sylvester has stepped aside and been replaced by Judge Carlos A. Samour Jr.
Holmes is charged with 166 counts of first-degree murder, attempted murder and weapons charges for the July 20 rampage. He is accused of opening fire during a packed premiere of "The Dark Night Rises." He faces the death penalty if found guilty.
But by law he cannot be put to death if he is deemed insane or suffering a mental defect.
Defense attorneys said in a court filing in March that they had offered to let Holmes plead guilty without the possibility of parole if the district attorney's office dropped the death penalty. That offer was rejected, and on April 1, Dist. Atty. George Brauchler announced in court that "justice is death" for Holmes.
The change of plea will occur at a scheduled pretrial hearing at 9 a.m. Monday.
Once the change of plea is officially entered, the clock will begin ticking for Holmes to undergo extensive psychiatric evaluation at a state hospital. Often misunderstood, an insanity plea does not mean a defendant did not plan a crime or show premeditation, but instead refers to his mental state at the moment of the crime.
The defense on Tuesday renewed its previous constitutional challenges to that process. Previously, the defense has argued unsuccessfully that Holmes' rights could be violated under Colorado laws governing insanity pleas by denying him due process if he does not cooperate with the psychiatric evaluations.
Trial is scheduled for February 2014, but legal experts have said that the combination of the death penalty and an insanity plea could add months, if not years, to the process.
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PIOMAS May 2019 is up on the ASIB. If there's a mid-month update form the PSC today or tomorrow, I'll append it to the blog post.
Quote from: Neven on May 15, 2019, 11:14:52 PMPIOMAS May 2019 is up on the ASIB. If there's a mid-month update form the PSC today or tomorrow, I'll append it to the blog post.Seems the mid-monthly update (15th of the month, available a few days later) is not happening this time.
May PIOMASS thickness distribution falls short of being encouraging.
The volume and volume-anomaly graphs show how close 2019 is tracking 2012.
cheers Wipneus .. !st looks very likely by month's end .. b.c.
VOLUME:- We are told (and logic supports this) that as volume declines PIOMAS volume calculations get more prone to error - the freeboard amount, grid element by grid element, that is translated into thickness becomes very small. This is then multiplied by a factor of around 10(?) to get the thickness of each element. The sensors have their limits.
Sea Ice Volume is calculated using the Pan-Arctic Ice Ocean Modeling and Assimilation System (PIOMAS, Zhang and Rothrock, 2003) developed at APL/PSC. ...Sea ice volume is an important climate indicator. It depends on both ice thickness and extent and therefore more directly tied to climate forcing than extent alone. However, Arctic sea ice volume cannot currently be observed continuously. Observations from satellites, Navy submarines, moorings, and field measurements are all limited in space and time. The assimilation of observations into numerical models currently provides one way of estimating sea ice volume changes on a continuous basis over several decades. Comparisons of the model estimates of the ice thickness with observations help test our understanding of the processes represented in the model that are important for sea ice formation and melt....Model and Assimilation ProcedurePIOMAS is a numerical model with components for sea ice and ocean and the capacity for assimilating some kinds of observations. For the ice volume simulations shown here, sea ice concentration information from the NSIDC near-real time product are assimilated into the model to improve ice thickness estimates and SST data from the NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis are assimilated in the ice-free areas. NCEP/NCAR reanalysis SST data are based on the global daily high-resolution Reynolds SST analyses using satellite and in situ observations (Reynolds and Marsico, 1993; Reynolds et al., 2007). Atmospheric information to drive the model, specifically wind, surface air temperature, and cloud cover to compute solar and long wave radiation are specified from the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis. The pan-Arctic ocean model is forced with input from a global ocean model at its open boundaries located at 45 degrees North.Model Validation and UncertaintyPIOMAS has been extensively validated through comparisons with observations from US-Navy submarines, oceanographic moorings, and satellites. In addition model runs were performed in which model parameters and assimilation procedures were altered. From these validation studies we arrive at conservative estimates of the uncertainty in the trend of ± 1.0 103 km3/decade. The uncertainty of the monthly averaged ice volume anomaly is estimated as ±0.75 103 km3. Total volume uncertainties are larger than those for the anomaly because model biases are removed when calculating the anomalies. The uncertainty for October total ice volume is estimated to be ±1.35 103 km3 . Comparison of winter total volumes with other volume estimates need to account for the fact that the PIOMAS domain currently does not extend southward far enough to cover all areas that can have winter time ice cover. Areas in the Sea of Okhotsk and in the Gulf of St. Lawrence are partially excluded from the domain. Details on model validation can be found in Schweiger et al. 2011 and (here). Additional information on PIOMAS can be found (here)A comprehensive library of sea ice thickness data for model validation has been compiled and is available (here)
I see 4 areas that went from orange to green in those 16 days. Parts of the ESS, Laptev, southern CAA and a region between the Laptev and the pole.Curiously, the region between Svalbard and the pole showed almost no activity whatsoever.
Some people have use for the updated regional data files:
The Central Arctic Basin (CAB) made a great leap forward in melting. The total of the Inner Basin as defined by Wipneus (CAB+Beaufort+Chukchi+ESS+Laptev+Kara) is showing a similar behavior, and is threatening to reach a record low.
Quote from: oren on June 20, 2019, 09:33:08 AMThe Central Arctic Basin (CAB) made a great leap forward in melting. The total of the Inner Basin as defined by Wipneus (CAB+Beaufort+Chukchi+ESS+Laptev+Kara) is showing a similar behavior, and is threatening to reach a record low.The Inner Basin graph and trend look terrifying. I presume the loss is so steep because while the Pacific side has opened up early, the main pack has rotated towards the Atlantic side and much ice has poured out through the Fram and adjacent openings? Much may then depend on how much melting takes place on the Atlantic side this year. At present the retreat of the ice front on the Atlantic side seems slow to me, but if the ice on the Atlantic side is destined to melt back to the Barents/Kara continental shelf like it did last year, then things look grim indeed.
@Wipneus:You uploaded the new data here, and gave it to Neven, but the last upload to Arctic Penguin had the data only to the end of March 2019. (Or do you consider Arctic Penguin obsolete now?)
Quote from: AmbiValent on June 24, 2019, 08:48:11 PM@Wipneus:You uploaded the new data here, and gave it to Neven, but the last upload to Arctic Penguin had the data only to the end of March 2019. (Or do you consider Arctic Penguin obsolete now?)I forgot something simple Should be fixed now. Thanks!
I think PIOMAS follows area more than it does extent. This could explain mid-June anomaly.
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Cook the Book: Smoked Mackerel on Toast
When Amanda Hesser describes her recipe for Smoked Mackerel on Toast from The Essential New York Times Cookbook as her take on brandade, I have to think that she's underselling this incredible spread. At least a little bit.
Brandade is a wonderful, hearty winter starter but when too many potatoes are added, you run the risk of fishy mashed potatoes.
In this recipe, salted cod is replaced by smoked mackerel, a fish with a stronger, oilier flavor that works beautifully when mashed with fruity olive oil and crème fraiche. The potato is more for smoothness and body than flavor, lending a lovely spreadability. While eating a few slices of baguette spread with this, it occurred to me that the creamy, fishy spread is almost like a fancied-up version of that Jewish deli staple, whitefish salad. The smoothness and smokiness were there, but the olive oil and crème fraiche added elegance and a rich, fatty flavor.
As always with our Cook the Book feature, we have five (5) copies of The Essential New York Times Cookbook to give away this week.
Reprinted from The Essential New York Times Cookbook by Amanda Hesser. Compilation copyright (c) 2010 by The New York Times Company and Amanda Hesser. Recipes and reprinted text copyright (c) 2010 by The New York Times Company. Used with permission of the publisher, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
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- 1 medium white potato (about 7 ounces), peeled
- 1 clove garlic
- Sea Salt
- 1/2 pound smoked mackerel or trout fillets, skinned
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 6 tablespoons crème fraiche
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon thinly sliced chives
- 20 thin slices baguette, toasted
Place the potato and garlic clove in a small saucepan, cover with water, season with salt, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer until the potato is very soft, about 20 minutes. Drain, reserving 1 cup of the liquid.
Mash the potato in a bowl with a potato masher while it is still warm. Add the mackerel and oil and mix with the potato masher or a fork until smooth and loose enough to spread. Thin as needed with the reserved potato water. Add the crème fraiche and season with pepper. Taste, and adjust the seasoning if necessary. Stir in the chives. Spread on toasts and serve.
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The Sony VAIO Pro has the DNA of the executive-class Z Series models that were ultra-thin and ultra-light and just plain sexy. However, unlike the VAIO Z Series, the VAIO Pro series will actually be offered at a reasonable price. It's still a bit more expensive than the MacBook Air, but it should be a worthy alternative to anyone who wants a thin and light device with a great screen.
The VAIO Pro is a premium range that has carbon fibre panels implemented in parts of its constructions, which is what makes it so light, yet acceptably rigid. Sony told us that the carbon fibre is located on the lid and in the base, while there is some mag alloy for the palm rest. It feels extremely light compared to many other 13.3in Ultrabooks out there — it's just over 1kg, while the 11in version is just under 900g.
It's based on Intel's fourth-generation Intel Core CPU, and this should give it greater all-round power efficiency, which should lead to a greater battery life over the third generation Intel Core CPU. Indeed, Sony claims that the 13.3in version of the VAIO Pro can run for about 11 hours before requiring a recharge. Since all user scenarios are different, take that claim (and the claims of all other manufactures) with a grain of salt for now.
Just like the MacBook Air that was announced earlier in the week, the Sony VAIO Pro has a solid state drive (SSD) that's plugged into a PCIe interface, rather than a SATA interface. In the demo we saw at Intel's fourth generation Core launch in Sydney last night, it was showing CrystalDiskMark scores of over 1000 megabytes per second (MBps) for reading. Traditional SSDs running on SATA tend to pull between 400-450MBps for reading and about 250MBps for writing, and that's if they're a fairly speedy model.
In addition to its very light weight, speedy storage, and claims of improved battery life and performance thanks to the fourth generation Intel Core chip, the other bright spot of this laptop is its screen. It looks absolutely gorgeous up close, with vibrant colours and lots of contrast. It also has a Full HD resolution and it supports touch, as do all fourth generation Intel Core-based Ultrabooks.
Other things to know are that it can use a second battery (it's a sheet style that attaches to the bottom of the unit), it has dual-band Wi-Fi (but not 802.11ac), and it has an accessories port on the end of its power adapter, which has an attachment for USB charging independently of the Ultrabook, and also an attachment for a Wi-Fi hotspot that can distribute the connection from an Ethernet port (because the laptop itself doesn't have Ethernet built in). You also get a couple of USB 3.0 ports and, importantly, full-sized HDMI and full-sized SD card slots. NFC is present, too, and it allows you to tap devices on the touchpad to transfer info.
The VAIO Pro is definitely a great little device that will give the MacBook Air a run for its money, even though it still has a slightly higher suggested retail price. The 11in Core i5-4200U version of the VAIO Pro is $1299, while the 13.3in Core i5-4200U version is $1399. Both models come with 128GB of storage and 4GB of RAM.
Core i7-4500U versions are available, too, with the 11in version costing $1899, while the 13.3in version costs $1999. These models come with 256GB of storage space, but they still have 4GB of RAM, which is a bit of a letdown considering they are high-priced machines.
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Loss of basic freedoms has spurred a mass awakening, next decade will be defined by restoration of liberties
Alex Jones, Steve Watson and Paul Watson
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2009
During the first nine years of the new millennium we have been witness to a rapid erosion of freedom. Our basic liberties have been systematically denigrated and diluted by a vast expansion of coordinated global tyranny.
The decade is not over yet, there is still another year to go, however, given that the mainstream media is obsessively compiling it's own decade lists, we felt it necessary to draw up our own to highlight the major events that have shaped the world we now live in and the future we face.
It is important to stress the fact that while we have indeed experienced a decade of tyranny, we have also seen a mass awakening, an expansion of knowledge and an exponential increase in opposition to the agenda we have come to know as the new world order.
Here in chronological order, follow's Prisonplanet.com's defining moments of the decade.
2001 – 9/11
9/11 was the precursor for everything that followed during the decade of tyranny. The immediate invasion of Afghanistan saw the U.S. go to war without a formal declaration.
The passage of the USA PATRIOT Act overnight, with members of Congress not even being afforded time to read it, paved the way for a decade of freedom stripping government legislation.
The expansion of the phony war on terror as justification for big government, a domestic police state and an interventionist foreign policy also stemmed directly from 9/11.
Over the past decade we have ceaselessly exposed the lies behind 9/11. We have seen the 9/11 truth movement blossom from the efforts of a select few individuals to encompass the work of thousands.
While there is no doubt 9/11 is the decade of tyranny's defining moment, exposing the truth behind it has also led to to an equally influential awakening that is still ongoing.
2002 – Creation Of The Department of Homeland Security
The fallout of 9/11 led to a re-alignment of power in the U.S., with the shadow government stepping out into the open and implementing elements of a long term agenda to subvert Constitutional freedom.
After the passage of the PATRIOT Act in late 2001, the next major step toward tyranny came with the expansion of the federal government through the creation of the DHS.
The DHS has played the role of the domestic police state enforcer agency, encompassing every major law enforcement agency in the nation under one single office.
With multiple subsequent reports and video productions fingering the American people as potential terrorists, the Orwellian titled agency has proven it has nothing to do with security and everything to do with limiting the freedoms of people all over the country.
2003 – Invasion Of Iraq
The March 2003 invasion of Iraq was a war based on a mountain of lies and deceit, and yet at the time the public swallowed the propaganda with wanton bloodlust. The constant invocation of a link between 9/11 and Saddam Hussein was repeatedly debunked both before and after the invasion, but the course for war was set.
The invasion was an illegal attack based on a wholly contrived pretext and the war was not approved by Congress. This set the precedent for unconstitutional global pre-emptive strikes in the name of the war on terror. Conservative estimates put the death told as a result of the invasion at around 655,000, but this number is far higher when the previous years sanctions are taken into account. Upon U.S. occupation of the country, Iraq was turned into one giant gulag, with hundreds of thousands detained and held in internment camps for the most menial offenses.
The occupation of Iraq provided the opportunity to build hundreds of military bases to be used as launch pads for future pre-emptive wars in the key geopolitical region of the Middle East.
2004 – The Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal
The Abu Ghraib torture scandal was shocking for two primary reasons. The first being the treatment of the prisoners themselves, the vast majority of whom were innocents caught up in random sweeps who had nothing to do with insurgents or terrorism whatsoever. However, the photographs that were broadcast around the world only scratched the surface of the the true horror of what happened not just at Abu Ghraib, but what happened and continues to occur at dozens of U.S. torture camps around the world where suspects are illegally kidnapped and imprisoned on a whim via a process euphemistically labeled "rendition".
The second most disturbing aspect to the story was how the media covered it and how the public's reaction was carefully manipulated. By only showing the most mild examples of torture, which in reality were disgusting but to a public immersed in violent movies and television were seen as tame, the true depth of the scandal, as revealed in the Taguba military report, was disguised. Abu Ghraib was also about inoculating the public against the idea that torture was something only history's despotic regimes engaged in. To many who have been completely brainwashed by this tyranny – torture is now as American as Mom and apple pie.
Low-level culprits in the scandal were burned while their superiors who ordered them to torture in complete violation of both the U.S. constitution and the Geneva Conventions were protected by the Bush administration and continue to be protected by Obama who has failed to fulfil his election promise that they would be prosecuted and that similar detention sites like Guantanamo Bay would be closed.
2005 – Hurricane Katrina Fallout
The disaster in New Orleans provided the federal government with the perfect opportunity to wargame a martial law takeover.
Emergency preparedness legislation and FEMA executive orders that have been in effect for decades, were suddenly put into use at the expense of basic freedoms.
The Posse Comitatus Act was overturned as active duty military paraded the streets and aided police in confiscating firearms and implementing mandatory evacuation orders.
The precedent has now been set for natural disasters to constitute broad sweeping changes to ancient laws and rights, overturning and replacing basic liberties with repressive mechanisms of government control.
2006 – Liquid Bombing Scam
The biggest story of 2006 was undoubtedly the staged liquid bomb plot, which led to tighter restrictions on carrying fluids aboard airliners and heralded a new wave of invasive technologies to be implemented in airports and eventually introduced on a day-to-day basis.
Despite the fact that the alleged terrorists involved in the plot to explode multiple airliners were closely tracked for months beforehand, added to the fact that they didn't have flight tickets or even passports, it was announced on August 10th that authorities had busted the plot amidst a wave of propaganda about continuing the war on terror, similar to what we are hearing in the aftermath of the Christmas Day bombing attempt.
According to news reports the British government and MI5 wanted to wait at least a week before busting the liquid terror cell that their agents had fully infiltrated, including planting a mole within the bomb squad. From the acknowledged timeline and admission that the real attack was scheduled for August 16th – little else can be deduced but the shocking fact that MI5 wanted the bombings to go forward – arresting the perpetrators only after the attack.
A deluge of fearmongering and paranoia ensued, with ridiculous measures hastily enforced in airports which remain with us to this day, such as mothers being forced to drink their own bottled breast milk to prove it is not an explosive liquid.
2007 – Ron Paul Revolution, The Rise Of The Resistance
After years of endless war, economic decline and suppression of basic freedoms, 2007 saw a mobilization of resistance amid a clamor for change.
With a presidential election looming, Congressman Ron Paul, a public representative with an immaculate record, emerged as an icon of counteraction against the growth of big government and the erosion of liberty.
Beginning as an underground phenomenon driven by grassroots activists, the Ron Paul Revolution soon became a mainstream talking point and the Congressman was propelled to the forefront of the debate over America's future.
Of course, big money and the monopoly of power eventually won out, so the 2008 election saw a new new world order puppet installed in the shape of Barack Obama.
However, Ron Paul's incredible efforts throughout 2007 and 2008 during his presidential campaign provided a platform for the restoration of liberty and proved that the electoral process has not been completely usurped by those who have shown they have no allegiance to we the people.
2008 – The Bailout Heist
In October 2008, the central banks that own the U.S. government set the course for the most egregious looting of the American public in history with the passage of the TARP "bailout" legislation.
The bailout merely increased the severity of the financial downturn and allowed the same elite to exploit the crisis as a pretext for centralizing control of the world economic system and creating a new world order and a single global currency.
Henry Paulson, one of the chief architects of the bailout and the man who committed financial terrorism by threatening the Congress with martial law and food riots if they didn't pass the initial TARP package, brazenly pocketed $200 million in Goldman Sachs profits tax free while handing out billions in ill-gotten gains to his bankster buddies, all this after he pulled a bait and switch by changing the entire focus of the bailout from buying up toxic debt to giving money directly to financial institutions.
Following the election of Barack Obama in November 2008, the new President's actions made it abundantly clear that he would pick up where the Bush administration left off, increasing the looting exponentially to a figure well over $24 trillion by the latest estimates, which don't even account for the last 6 months.
2009 – Acceleration of World Government
2009 represents the year that the agenda for a world government was both openly announced and the acceleration of its implementation reached breakneck speed as globalists exploited both the engineered financial crisis and the contrived global warming scam to move to finalize total dictatorial control over the planet.
In an October New York Times editorial entitled "We Can Do It," Ki-moon wrote that efforts to impose restrictions on CO2 emissions "Must include an equitable global governance structure."
New EU President Herman Van Rompuy said in a December press conference that the Copenhagen conference was, "The first step towards the global management of our planet."
Similarly, Al Gore said in a speech earlier this year that attempts to regulate CO2 emissions would be driven through "global governance and global agreements."
Although it failed to ram through a large portion of the global government agenda, the Copenhagen agreement laid the foundation for the introduction of a global transaction tax which would be paid to the World Bank, representing a massive transfer of wealth to the new world government now being primed for total takeover.
Ten years ago, people who warned about a coming new world order bossed by a global government were called paranoid conspiracy theorists. Is the march towards a one world government still a conspiracy theory, even as its architects openly announce its implementation?
The Decade of Freedom?
The battle between tyranny and freedom is a long term game of brinkmanship, however, as we move into 2010, we are reaching a crucial time in modern history. Humanity must decide whether to engage in a battle for freedom or accept a future under the rule of tyranny.
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There are so many reasons to visit the Greater Rochester and Finger Lakes Region. Visit www.visitrochester.com to learn more.
Whether it's a hike in Letchworth Park, a drive through the Finger Lakes region, or your first trip to Niagara Falls, the beauty of Upsate New York is breath-taking.
Outdoor activities are a way of life in Rochester. Whether it's summer boating on Lake Ontario, biking the along the beautiful Genesee River, or enjoying the snow in one of the many surrounding ski centers, Rochesterians make the most of all four seasons.
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Find yourself in New York State's third-largest city and a place USA Today named one of the top 10 college towns among mid-sized metropolitan areas in 2010. As a Rochesterian, you'll benefit from a low cost of living and high quality of life. In fact, U.S. News & World Report named Rochester No. 19 among the Best US Cities to Live for Quality of Life.
Explore more than 12,000 pieces at the University of Rochester's Memorial Art Gallery. The comprehensive permanent collection has been called the best balanced in the state outside of metropolitan New York City.
Many now-famous-eats are synonymous with our City. Dinosaur BBQ, founded in Upstate New York, is a classic must-have if you are craving great food and live music. The garbage plate is so unique you have to try one to truly understand it, and Zweigle's White Hots have been made in Rochester for more than 130 years.
College Town offers a variety of dining, entertainment, retail, and housing options within walking distance of Simon Business School. The district's vibrant and cosmopolitan atmosphere have made it popular with students, who enjoy College Town's year-round events including: free summer concert series, drive-in movie nights, food festivals, holiday festivities, and more.
With cultural events like the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival and our world-famous Lilac Festival, there's always something happening in the city. Treat your taste buds at the Roc City Rib Fest, catch a movie at the Rochester International Film Festival (the world's oldest continually held short film festival), or celebrate with Oktoberfest and Winterfest.
George Eastman, Susan B. Anthony, and Frederick Douglass all had a significant impact on the University of Rochester and the City of Rochester, NY.
Want to learn more about the Rochester area and what it has to offer? Download the "Living in Rochester" guide (PDF). You can also find out more at VisitRochester.
MSN rated Rochester the No. 1 most livable bargain market in the US saying, "Rochester provides a lot of bang for your buck. It has big-city culture, a highly educated population, picturesque scenery, affordable housing, and an expanding high-tech job base." (July, 2011)
The Public Market is city-run and has been an icon since 1905. Fresh produce, florists, and local cafés treat visitors to an abundance of opportunities.
The Rochester Red Wings play in the International League and are the Minnesota Twins' triple-A major league baseball affiliate, and the Rochester Americans (Amerks) play in the AHL and are an owned-and operated affiliate of the NHL Buffalo Sabres.
Rochester, NY, with more than a million people living in the metropolitan area and surrounding suburbs, combines the entertainment and culture of a big city with the friendliness of a small town. With our world-renowned jazz and film festivals, professional sports events, independent theaters, museums, parks, one-of-a-kind restaurants, and boutiques, Rochester has something for everyone. Visit www.visitrochester.com to learn more.


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Though it hasn't even been a year since the Samsung Vibrant was released, a successor has already come along to take its place. The Samsung Galaxy S 4G is nearly identical in design, but don't let its looks fool you, as the new smartphone brings a number of changes under the hood. It ships running Android 2.2.1; there's a front-facing camera for video calls; and, most importantly, you get 4G connectivity, with the capability of hitting theoretical download speeds of 21Mbps. Indeed, we got some impressive and zippy data speeds during our review period, improving the smartphone Web browsing and streaming experience. Throw in the preloaded entertainment extras and you've got one fast and fun device.
If you already own a Vibrant, we wouldn't say this is a necessary upgrade, especially since you're probably still on contract. However, if you're in the market for a new smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S 4G is certainly one of our top picks. T-Mobile has two other great 4G devices, the T-Mobile MyTouch 4G and the T-Mobile G2, and it may come down to personal preference, but the Galaxy S 4G has the potential to be faster and also sports a sharper, richer display. The Samsung Galaxy S 4G is available now for $199.99 with a two-year contract and after a $50 mail-in rebate.
The Samsung Galaxy S 4G isn't remarkably different from the Samsung Vibrant in design. In fact, if you were to put the two side by side, it would be difficult to tell one from the other. They're the same size at 4.82 inches tall by 2.54 inches wide by 0.39 inch thick and 4.16 ounces, and both feature attractive chrome accents and rounded corners and edges.
The only noticeable difference is that the Galaxy S 4G has a new "silver reflex" finish on back. It's more of a matte finish, so unlike the Vibrant, the Galaxy S 4G doesn't feel quite as slick or plasticky, which is a good thing. That said, we still prefer the more premium feel of the T-Mobile MyTouch 4G, even though it's slightly heavier and thicker than the Galaxy S 4G.
You still get the 4-inch Super AMOLED touch screen, which is eye-catching and gorgeous. The sharp display makes it easy to read text, but it really shines when you're viewing video or photos, as colors and details really come through on the vibrant screen. The touch screen is also responsive. It registered all our taps, and we were able to smoothly and quickly scroll through the menus and lists. Like the rest of the series, the Galaxy S 4G uses Samsung's TouchWiz user interface, and the smartphone ships with the Swype virtual keyboard.
There are four touch-sensitive buttons--menu, home, back, and search--below the display. On the left side is a volume rocker and on the right is a power/lock button. The top of the device features a 3.5mm headphone jack and a Micro-USB port with a sliding cover, with the camera located on back. There is, however, no flash and no dedicated camera key.
The Samsung Galaxy S 4G comes packaged with an AC adapter, a USB cable, a 16GB microSD card, a wired stereo headset, and reference material.
The Samsung Galaxy S 4G is a quad-band world phone with a speakerphone, conference calling, voice dialing, text and multimedia messaging, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS. In addition to cellular calls, you can make calls over a Wi-Fi network (there is no additional charge, but the minutes are deducted from your regular voice plan) and unlike the Samsung Vibrant, the Galaxy S 4G has a front-facing VGA camera so you can make video calls over Wi-Fi or T-Mobile's network using the preinstalled Qik application.
Again, the smartphone ships running Android 2.2.1, so in addition to the standard Google services and support for Microsoft Exchange, POP3 and IMAP accounts, and social network integration, you get the benefits of Froyo, which include the ability to save apps to SD cards, voice dialing over Bluetooth, and Flash Player 10.1 support.
The handset also comes preloaded with a number of entertainment extras. This includes a full copy of "Inception," Slacker Radio, Kindle for Android, and DoubleTwist software with AirSync, which lets you wirelessly sync and back up music, video, and other content from your phone to your PC over a Wi-Fi connection.
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VANCOUVER -- The strategy was simple.
In a 3,000-metre relay race featuring short track speedskating's two biggest rivals, the Canadian women team's objective was to stay out of Korea and China's way and wait for the carnage to unfold. The two Asian countries, which have been at each other's throats during these Olympics, had history. And sooner or later, everyone knew the inevitable was going to happen.
Four years ago, China had been disqualified for impeding Korea around the oval. This time, the opposite occurred. And once again, Canada was the beneficiary.
Having improved from fourth to third in the 2006 Olympics, the Canadians (Jessica Gregg, Kalyna Roberge, Marianne St-Gelais and Tania Vicent) upgraded their medal from bronze to shiny silver last night, while Korea finished first and the U.S. finished third.
"Our objective was to stay with China and Korea as much as possible, because we knew they were going to fight," said Vicent of Laval, Que. "And they did."
It was sometime near the end of the 27-lap race when the incident that caused Korea to be disqualified occurred. Korea was in the lead and trying to make an exchange when Min-Jung Kim of Korea bumped China's Linlin Sun from passing, causing her to lose speed. Though the race continued and Korea crossed the finish line one spot ahead of China, most patiently awaited as the judges' deliberated.
"She was trying to overtake me and she couldn't get through," said Sun. "So I guess that's how the collision happened. I think the referee's decision is fair."
"That's something we've seen from the Asian teams," added Canadian team leader Yves Hamelin. "Sometimes they get away with it and it's an advantage. But as we saw tonight, they can also get caught."
Heading into the race, Canada had a 75 per cent chance of ending up on the podium. And though the team had consistently finished third in each of the four world cups this season, there was a belief that gold was within reach.
The night started well for the four-woman team. Prior to competing in the relay, Gregg, Roberge and Vicent all qualified for tomorrow's 1,000-metre quarterfinal. The individual event is not the ladies' strongest distance. But it proved to be a nice warm-up, considering that all three were racing in the relay about an hour later.
"I thought it helped the relay," said coach Sébastien Cros. "You have a better feeling of the ice and going into the final it can be important."
Involving four teams and 16 total skaters, the relay is as exciting to watch, as it is confusing. Each member of a four-women team completes a lap or two before tagging in another teammate. And on and on it goes until 27 laps are completed around the tiny oval.
St-Gelais started the race for the Canadians, who quickly settled into third place, well ahead of the Americans and within striking distance of the Chinese and Koreans. The strategy, said Cros, was to remain close enough to pass if either team made a mistake. But not too close and get mixed up in their long-standing feud.
Earlier in the Games, a Korean coach had thrown a wattle bottle at a Chinese official who was caught videotaping the Koreans practice. Last night, the rivalry spilled onto the ice. Looking like they were competing around a roller derby track, the two teams bumped and jostled for position in the chaotic race.
"You always know they fight," said Cros. "It's almost always there's a DQ with them … every time there's a [relay exchange] there's contact. Because it's a final, there's more apparently."
The disqualification ends Korea's four-year streak of winning gold in the relay. But Canada's silver medal continues a trend for this country's women short track speedskaters, who have finished on the podium ever since the Olympics officially recognized the sport in 1992.
The second-place finish also extends Vicent's streak of winning a medal in each of the last four Olympics. The 34-year-old veteran, who calls herself the team's "lucky charm," had previously won three bronze medals in relay.
"I know a lot of people talk about me being the first woman to have four consecutive medals," said Vicent, who called these Olympics her last. "And it's a nice feeling. There's girls on the team that are 19 or 20 and I can still skate with them."
Earlier in the night, Canada's Charles Hamelin, Olivier Jean and François-Louis Tremblay all qualified for tomorrow's individual 500-metre quarterfinal.
Hamelin, who is ranked first in the event, will be looking for redemption after being twice shutout of winning a medal at these Games. Last night, he set an Olympic record to win his heat. But shortly after, Tremblay, who won a silver medal in this distance at the 2006 Olympics, bettered the time.
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CLAAS forage harvesting | LINER swathers.
The benefits for you.
- Exclusive to CLAAS: continuously lubricated and hermetically sealed swathing drive
- PROFIX tine arm bracket: zero play and wear-resistant
- Three-dimensional ground-contour following, thanks to the fully floating suspension
- Transport height reduced to below 4.00 metres without needing to remove individual tine arms
- Cam track in oil bath: life-long maintenance-free reliability.
- Rotors with fully floating suspension and four-wheel chassis for perfect ground-contour following
- Maintenance-free swathing transmission with continuous lubrication and 12 tine arms
- Rotors with fully floating suspension and four-wheel chassis for perfect ground-contour following
- Large tyres on the main frame
- Simple and convenient attachment and removal of the machine
- Display for maximum steering lock clearly visible from the tractor seat
- Comfort hydraulics (load-sensing) fitted as standard
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- LINER four-rotor swathers
Working width Rotors LINER 4000 12.20–15.00 m 4 LINER 3600 9.90–12.70 m 4
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Working width Rotors LINER 3100 8.70–10.00 m 2 LINER 2900 8.00–9.00 m 2 LINER 2800 7.40–8.20 2 LINER 2700 6.80–7.40
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The large tyres and the four- or six-wheel contour chassis protect both the soil and the grass cover.
Continuously lubricated rotor housing.
The continuously lubricated, hermetically sealed CLAAS rotor housing and the solid curved track made of spheroidal graphite ensure maximum operating reliability and robustness.
TWIN function.
Depending on the forage yield and following machine, or the need for overnight windrowing, with the TWIN function you can choose to lay either two narrow swaths or one wide one (LINER 1800 TWIN, 1700 TWIN, LINER 1600 TWIN, 800 TWIN and 700 TWIN).
PROFIX tine arm bracket.
The PROFIX clamping brackets allow the tine arms to be changed quickly, while the multiple grooves on the tine arms ensure zero play.
18-to-12 strategy.
With the "18-to-12" strategy, with the LINER 3600 the grass mown over a working width of 18.0 m can be formed into a swath. This makes full use of the forage harvester's capacity, and reduces the number of passes required.
Single-rotor swathers.
The LINER 550–370 swathers from CLAAS are single-rotor machines specifically designed for farmers who prefer to do their own forage harvesting, often in smaller farm settings.


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Hi! I have a question about the effectiveness of painkillers. How does painkillers work? I believe it has something to do with the cells receptors, but I don't know what's actually happening when I consume an Aspirin, for instance. can someone please explain? What is the reason for tolerance? what cell biological functions are trigged resulting in a more or less tolerance against a painkiller drug?
I'm very grateful for any answers.
Best regards, Nelsson.
it depends on the painkiller. but here is a crash course
Pain is caused by the release in some special cases of paracrine hormones named prostaglandines. These hormones then trigger the physiological state of pain. Aspirin and ibuprofen inhibit the first enzyme in prostaglandin synthesis, named cyclooxigenase(COX) or prostaglandin H2 synthase more formally. However, you need to understand that prostaglandins do many more things than just inflict pain. For example they signal the production of stomach mucus, which is the reason large quantities of aspirin will cause stomach aches.
Tolerance to drugs appears from generally the same reason: the oxidative enzymes in the smooth endoplasmic reticulum of liver cells grow in number, and even the RE can be seen to expand under the microscope. Therefore, they are degraded much quicker.
If you have any specific questions, ask away 😆
nice. thank you very much:) I have a few more questions though. Does prostaglandin synthesis occur at one specific place in our body, and thereby aspirin inhibiting this one reaction? I mean, aspirin ease several different kinds of pain, how is this possible?
prostaglandin synthesis occurs locally, where the pain occurs. google for "paracrine hormone" to find out more. Aspirin inhibits the syntehsis everywhere cause it travels through the blood
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Röhm and ATS Systems Form Partnership
The companies are launching the alliance with a nationwide tour of their mobile technology center.
Automated Gantry Loader for CNC Lathes
The H-Bot lathe gantry loader from ATS Systems enables automated parts loading for CNC lathes.
Self-Serve E-Commerce Portal
ATS Systems' SmartCatalog provides users with a self-serve e-commerce portal for intelligent, guided selling. Product advisors dynamically present questions to the user based on product data queries, conditions, role data, account data and user inputs.
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Don't assume the standard chuck is the right workholding for every lathe application.
Manual Pallet Changers Bring Agility To The Shop
Continually searching for ways to reduce workpiece cost and to improve its responsiveness to customer demands, V-Line recently discovered how a manually operated pallet changing system could make a significant contribution to meeting its continuous improvement goals.
Quick Change Turns Time Into Money
Quick-change chuck jaws make undeniable sense for any kind of high-mix lathe production. This shop finds them the right choice for medium-run and family-of-parts production too.
Upgrading Machinery With Power Chuck Results In One Minute Changeover
W. A. Whitney is given as an example of a company that takes selection of machine accessories seriously. Considering that machine speeds are close or at their maximum potential, major productivity increases may only come from elimination of changeover downtime.
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Two CNC lathes, with live tooling, tool monitor, and auto-load short-bar bar feeders are helping this California manufacturer compete. They've seen impressive reductions in throughput time and manufacturing costs. And, they're just getting started.
The New Model For Short-Order Manufacturing
Through the combination of innovative process development, cellular manufacturing and quick setup procedures, this shop found a way to mix efficiency and flexibility in small-lot machining.
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KCA have worked with their Turkish manufacturing partners since the brand was founded in 2008 and visit them on a regular basis.
The shirt is GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) certified. All stages of production from fibre growers to processors and manufacturers are audited and must have systems in place to ensure social criteria based on the key norms of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) are met.
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Homeless Hitchhiker Saves a Life, Tells Insane Story of Meeting 'Jesus'
In most scenarios we're totally against the idea of picking up a hitchhiker. These people can easily be crazed maniacs. But in the case of this video, it was the driver who turned out to be insane.
Kai -- a homeless hitchhiker -- was hitching a ride in West Fresno with a man who suddenly began proclaiming he was Jesus Christ. Yep, the Lord. "Jesus" then spotted an African American PG&E worker and smashed his Oldsmobile into him, pinning the employee against his own truck merely because of his race.
JC then took his wrath unto a woman, getting her in a headlock, to which our fearless and homeless hiker gave Jesus the axe -- literally. Kai started hitting the man on the head multiple times with a hatchet.
Looks like this instance of picking up a hitchhiker turned out to be a Godsend. If only there were more Kai's in the world. But the best part? His interview.


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Now is the time to hide embarrassing Facebook posts
For the past six months, a select group of Facebook users have had a chance to try out the site's hyped "Graph Search" function. For those unfamiliar with it, Facebook's Graph Search function is kind of like a regular search function, only more complicated. But the bottom line is that it indexes everyone's public posts, likes, photos, interests, etc. to make them as easy as possible for everyone else -- from friends to exes to cops to advertisers to your boss -- to find.
Facebook opened Graph Search to a limited audience earlier this year, but it's rolling it out to everyone over the next couple of weeks, starting this week. So if you were waiting for the right time to go through your privacy settings and hide the embarrassing stuff before the whole world sees it, you can stop waiting. The right time is now.
Some have called Graph Search a privacy nightmare, because it takes information that was hard to find and makes it easy to find. For instance, if you for some reason hit "like" on the page of radical Islamic cleric Anwar al-Awlaki three years ago, your name and face might now pop up when someone at the FBI gets the bright idea on a slow day to search Facebook for "people who like Anwar al-Awlaki."
If Graph Search is a privacy nightmare, it's sort of like the kind in which you find yourself out in public with no clothes on. The bad news is that what's seen can't be unseen. But the good news is that it won't happen if you're already dressed. That is, Graph Search won't take any information that you had set to private (or "friends-only") and turn it public. So if you don't want strangers to see your profile's naughty parts, you can go to your Facebook privacy settings right now and cover them up.
There's an easy way and a hard way to do this. The (relatively) easy way is to click "limit past posts," which will turn all of your old posts to "friends only" in a single swoop. But if you want some things to stay public, or to be visible to friends of friends, you'll need to do it the hard way, which is to click "Use Activity Log" and go through all of your old posts one by one. Oh, and you'll also want to double-check the privacy settings on your "About" page, which controls who can see the basic information on your profile.
Again, the basics are:
Go to your privacy settings and check who can see your future posts and past posts.
To hide individual posts or likes, click "Use Activity Log" and scroll down through your history, editing the privacy settings for each one as you go.
To check who can see your profile information, go to the About page on your profile and click the "edit" button next to each category.
Oremus is the lead blogger for Future Tense, reporting on emerging technologies, tech policy and digital culture.


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"We've tried to have something for everybody," said Jack Ewing, executive director of Lake Junaluska Retreat Center. "There is a lot of excitement around what has been planned."
Founded by James Atkins and George R. Stuart as a spiritual retreat for Southern Methodists in 1913, the lakeside compound has evolved into a worldwide destination. Both Methodist ministers, Atkins and Stuart were colleagues who wanted to create a special place for their worship as seen in other parts of the country.
"There are special places, and certainly Lake Junaluska is one of those, where, for whatever reason, the ground, the space, the air are different," Ewing said. "And I say that it's a mystery because it's not something you can measure analytically, but it is there, and however it got there, whether it is God ordained or whether it's because we're intentionally providing it through our Christian hospitality, it is real."
Since its inception, Lake Junaluska continues to be a haven for Methodists and is the headquarters for The World Methodist Council. Each year, more than 50,000 people visit Lake Junaluska to hear speakers and music, and to participate in hundreds of worship services, classes, conferences and other events — a substantial positive economic impact to Haywood County and beyond.
Lake Junaluska Centennial Homecoming Week
Sunday, June 30
• Native American Celebration Worship Service with Jonathan Miracle. 8:30 a.m., Stuart Auditorium.
• Worship Service led by Sermon by Ivan Abrahams, General Secretary of the World Methodist Council and music by Lake Junaluska Singers Alumni. 10:45 a.m. to noon, Stuart Auditorium.
• Dramatical production "Of Men Who Ventured Much and Far." This story is based on the Belgian Congo travels in 1911 by Bishop Walter Lambuth and Dr. John Wesley. For a white man and a black man to travel as brothers to the deepest recesses of the Congo in 1911 was remarkable. This reenactment is based on a book about the venture. 7:30 p.m., Stuart Auditorium, free.
Monday, July 1
• Friends of the Lake Golf Tournament. 1 p.m., Lake Junaluska Golf Course.
• Lake Junaluska Train Depot Open House. In the Lake's early days, the train would make four trips a day, ferrying visitors back and forth to Waynesville for meals and accommodations since there were none at the lake back then. The restored depot is now a private residence being opened for tours during this time. 4 to 6 p.m., 1799 S. Lakeshore Drive, free.
• Reenactment of "Historic Lake Crossing." Relive the lake crossing made by thousands of visitors during Lake Junaluska's early days from the depot to Stuart Auditorium. Participants are encouraged to dress in period costumes. For transportation to and from the event, the Lake Junaluska bus will pick participants up at the tent on the front lawn of the Administration Building. 6 to 7 p.m., free.
• A Junaluska Ghost Story. The ghosts of Junaluska past, and the brainchildren of the Lake's inception — James Atkins and George R. Stuart — meet by chance at midnight in historic Stuart Auditorium and reminisce about how they merged their respective visions for a Methodist retreat in the North Carolina mountains. 7:30 p.m. Stuart Auditorium, free.
Tuesday, July 2
• Tour of Historic Homes. Tour five historic homes of some of the lake's original residents on Atkins Loop, all built between 1913 and 1917. Current owners of the homes and lodge will be on hand to provide historical facts. Visitors may walk the loop or ride in a van. 2 to 5 p.m. $10 per person. (Purchase tickets at the Bethea Welcome Center or at 334 Atkins Loop).
• Balsam Range Concert. 7:30 to 9 p.m., Stuart Auditorium. Tickets are $20 reserved, $17.50 general admission.
Wednesday, July 3
• Family Olympics. 9 to 11 a.m.
• Boat parade. 5:30 p.m.
• Picnic Fish Fry. 5:30 p.m., tent beside Stuart Auditorium.
• Photo reenactment. 100 years ago this summer attendees of the opening conference at Lake Junaluska gathered in front of Stuart Auditorium to commemorate the historic event with a photograph. Join in the replication of this historic photo. 6:45 p.m., Stuart Auditorium.
• Lake Junaluska Singers concert. 7:30 p.m., Stuart Auditorium. $20 reserved seating, $17.50 general admission.
Thursday, July 4
• Independence Day Parade followed by BBQ picnic, music and family activates at Nanci Weldon Gym. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Lake Junaluska Singers concert. 7:30 p.m., Stuart Auditorium. $20 reserved seating, $17.50 general admission.
• Fireworks. 9:45 p.m.
Friday, July 5
• Family Olympics – 9 to 11 a.m.
• Carolina Water Ski Show. Professional Carolina Show Ski Team will perform stunts and water skiing routines. Best viewing is from the Rose Walk. Two performances at 2 and 4 p.m.
• Lake Junaluska Singers Alumni Reunion. 6 to 10 p.m., Shackford
Saturday, July 6
• Antique and Fine Art Discovery Day at Lake Junaluska. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Harrell Center.
• Collecting Fine Arts and Antiques in the 21st Century, Facts and Fiction. 2 p.m., Harrell Center.
• Family Olympics. 9 to 11 a.m.
• Lake Junaluska Time Capsule sealing. 7:15 p.m., Stuart Auditorium.
• Singers Reunion Concert. 7:30 to 9 p.m., Stuart Auditorium. $17.50 general admission.
Some additional events, such as movie night, morning meditations and evening porch fellowships can be found in the full schedule online at www.lakejunaluska.com or 800.222.4930.


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