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Donegal Coast - 8 Days
Guided Walking Tour-8 Days
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The Ring of Kerry 8-day Guided Walking Holiday takes you on a circular route from Killarney, unveiling some of the most beautiful scenery in the region, exploring both the southern and northern coastlines of the Iveragh peninsula.
Day 1
Arrive at your first guesthouse in Killarney where you stay for the next 2 nights of your holiday. Evening meal together and a general chat about the coming week's walks.
Day 2
Today is a glorious opportunity to see Killarney at its best – its hills and lakes. Starting your walk at Muckross House you will enjoy learning some of the fascinating history associated with this magnificent place. Walking around this "Middle" lake of Killarney – you reach Dinis cottage for a welcome break before continuing around the circuit of this lake. , you follow back to Muckross House & Gardens to complete your circuit. Return to Killarney for dinner and overnight.
Walk Details
- Distance: 12kms.
- Duration: 4 hours walk.
- Max. Height: 200m.
- Mainly surfaced tracks with some rocky, wet & muddy sections. Boots recommended
Day 3
Leaving Killarney, we transfer you to Derrycunnihy Church from where you hike through Derrycunnihy Wood and follow the Old Kenmare Road through hillside and moorland finally descending into the heritage town of Kenmare. Transfer from the end of the walk to the pretty village of Sneem where you stay for the next 2 nights. Evening dinner and overnight.
Walk Details
- Distance: 16kms.
- Duration: 5 hours.
- Max. Height: 300m.
- Mountain tracks and open green roads. Can be wet – boots essential.
Day 4
Hike from Sneem to the spectacular Staigue Fort. This is a glorious hike with breath-taking views to the south over KenmareBay to the BearaPeninsula and West towards Derrynane. Return to Sneem for evening meal and overnight.
Walk Details
- Distance: 16kms.
- Duration: 5 hours.
- Max. Height: 400m.
- Grass tracks, open bog land and rough mountains. Can be wet underfoot - boots essential. Some road walking.
Day 5
This morning, we transfer you to the historic Derrynane National Park and Abbey Island with great coastal vistas, where you will enjoy a wonderful morning hike. This was once the home of Daniel O'Connell, The Liberator. From here you continue along this majestic coastline with views out to the Skellig Rock, to the lovely village of Waterville. Short transfer this afternoon to Caherciveen for evening meal and overnight.
Walk Details
- Distance: 16kms.
- Duration: 5 hours.
- Max. Height: 300m.
- Some road walking, grass tracks and rough heather. Boots essential.
Day 6
This is your 'free day' to allow you to partake in other activities if you wish – such as cycling, horseriding, canoeing or just laze around with a book! We may arrange a visit to the famous and spectacular monastic island of Skellig Michael, 12 kms. off the coast, if weather, sea and boats permit! A hike on ValentiaIsland is another excellent possibility. Dinner and overnight in Caherciveen
Day 7
Today, you follow an ancient and fascinating stagecoach trail from Kells, just outside Cahersiveen, and enjoy the most wonderful scenery of the week as you hike along the shores of DingleBay east towards Glenbeigh. A truly memorable hike for your last day on the IvreaghPeninsula. Transfer back to Caherciveen for overnight and farewell dinner.
Walk Details
- Distance: 18kms.
- Duration: 5hours.
- Max. Height: 450m.
- Grass and rocky tracks, open bog land and some road walking. Boots essential.
Day 8
Departures after breakfast.
Ireland's fabled County Kerry consists of a series of spectacular mountainous peninsulae divided by deep-sea inlets. MacGillycuddy's Reeks form the centrepiece of the Ring of Kerry, a 179-kilometre circuit from Killarney, via Killorglin, Cahersiveen, Waterville, Kenmare and back to Killarney across Moll's Gap and past Ladies View – one of Ireland's most famous viewpoints. Weaving between these points are a network of ancient paths that are nearly as old as the land itself, many of which form part of a long-distance track known as the 'Kerry Way'.
The name 'Kerry' comes from the Old Irish word Ciarraige meaning the people of Ciar, an early Celtic tribe that settled in the area around 300 BC. In fact, Kerry has an outstanding collection of historical and archaeological sites that date back over 7,000 years, with several ancient forts and numerous early Christian churches. Impossibly green pastures stretch as far as the eye can see, completely empty save for small herds of sheep or goats, and at almost every turn there are spectacular views of mist-covered mountains and wild stretches of uninhabitable coastline where deep fissures have been carved, over the eons, by the pounding waves of the Atlantic Ocean.
Here and there along the coast, pretty fishing villages, such as Caherdaniel and Portmagee, have successfully withstood the elements and offer a picturesque contrast to the verdant hills that surround them. The SkelligIslands lie 8 miles off the tip of the peninsula, two rocky peaks rising sheer out of the Atlantic Ocean. Skellig Michael is a world heritage site on account of its 6th century monastic site, with beehive huts, oratories and inscribed crosses. Little Skellig is home to over 40,000 gannets, the second largest colony in the world. This is a delightful one-week hike and along the way you'll enjoy plenty of good Irish cheer!here
- Superior & First Class Ashling Hotel Dublin (1 night) for Thursday departures or Ballsbridge Hotel Dublin (1 night) for Saturday departures
- Dooley's Hotel Waterford (1 night)
- Killarney Towers Hotel & Leisure Centre Killarney (2 nights)
- Westwood House Hotel Galway (2 nights)
- Knockranny House Hotel Westport for July 24 departure
- Grand Canal Hotel Dublin (1 night)


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This unrest coupled with sentiment towards the trade war saw the Hang Seng close 2.1% lower while in mainland China the Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.9%. In Japan the Nikkei lost 1.11%.
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By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.
NNPA Columnist
During the last 50 years, there has been a constant internal debate in Black America. The debate has been in the format of various African American leadership dialogues about the goal, objectives, national agenda, strategies, organizations, mobilizations, litigation, court rulings, legislation and mass movements for change all focused on advancing the interests of Black people toward freedom, justice, equality and empowerment. But inevitably the question of Black unity, in particular the issue of Black leadership unity, has always emerged in all of those analytical forums.
The call and desire for unity among Black leaders, however, has historically been a significant challenge. The point today is not to list all of the issues and problems that have prevented Black leaders from attaining a consistent unity on how we should work together to improve the quality of life of Black people in America and throughout the Pan African world. I believe it is important, in 2011, to take another critical assessment of where we are in terms of the overall collective leadership in Black America.
I am, therefore, very grateful to Danny Blakewell and the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) for the outstanding success of their 2011 National Convention of America's Black Press that was just convened in Chicago, IL. One of the centerpieces of the NNPA Convention was the National African American Leadership Panel discussion that was moderated by that accomplished legal genius, Harvard Law Professor Charles J. Ogletree. A prelude to the panel discussion was the one-on-one dialogue between Dr. Cornell West and The Reverend Al Sharpton moderated by the venerable journalist George Curry. It was an honor to participate on the panel with The Reverend Jesse Jackson, Dr. Cornell West, Dr. Marcia Dyson, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Dr. Maulana Karenga, NNPA Chairman Danny Blakewell, and NAACP General Counsel Kim Keenan (who represented Benjamin Todd Jealous, NAACP President and CEO).
The panel covered a wide range of subjects concerning the effectiveness of the leadership of President Barack Obama, the suppression of voting rights, the contradictions of U.S. foreign and domestic polices, and the deterioration of public education and the need for more effective alternatives to ensure the highest quality education of Black students, including the issue of establishing public charter schools. In addition, of course, the issue of Black unity was raised.
At the end of the forum, many were asking if it will be possible to continue the dialogue among an expanded group of national Black leaders. It was Dr. Karenga who reminded those of us gathered at the Chicago forum that unity does not necessarily demand conformity or uniformity. Dr. Karenga stated that the principle of "operational unity" will enable Black leaders to work together in a focused manner on certain issues without having to compromise their principles on those issues where there may be agreement or disagreement.
For me this was another positive flashback moment. In 1993 and 1994, while I was Executive Director and CEO of the NAACP, we applied the principle of operational unity among Black leaders when we convened the first threeday National African American Leadership Summit in June of 1994 at the NAACP national headquarters in Baltimore, MD. It was an unprecedented, yet controversial, national meeting of the broadest array of African American leaders in history. In August of 1994, the National African American Leadership Summit (NAALS) was formally established in Washington, D.C. to facilitate the convening of the Black leaders to advance unapologetically the cause of Black liberation, justice and empowerment. What the NNPA proved once again is what NAALS and the NAACP have proved in the past: It is in the interests of all Black people when Black leaders are able to confer to meet and discern together the international, national, regional, and local issues that impinged upon the quality of life of the Black community.
Yes, we need to continue to meet. We need to revitalize our global sense of collective struggle for freedom. This is not time for narrow egotism or Negro individualism or selfish demagoguery. It is the time for more operational unity among all of our leaders. We must not turn on each other. We should turn to each other. It is the time for us to embrace and mentor our youth to raise up the next generation for freedom fighters. We must provide more effective options for the high quality education of Black children. The NAALS model worked effectively 15 years ago and now is the time, therefore, to reconvene the National African American Leadership Summit.


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AR is the holy shit moment for the 3DS; however, these cards apparently do not work with Nintendo's handheld.
Here's how it works: scanning a card causes a 3D character to appear on screen. Players can battle other characters and go on missions. The Carddas app also allows players to collect all the characters.
As website Hobby Media points out, the first series of AR Carddas cards will be out this July in Japan. Carddas are incredibly popular in Japan, selling over a hundred million cards each year.
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ECE497 SPI Project
Team members: Sean Richardson, Greg Larmore
Executive Summary
For this project we want to further improve documentation available for SPI with the Beagle Bone. In the process of our information gathering we will connect two different product that use SPI, one being an SPI radio interface and the other being a SPI LED strand.
So far there exists documentation for the BeagleBoard/SPI. There also exists other documentation regarding the SPI specifications.
The documentation is lacking for the current Beagle Bone platform interfacing with SPI. Additionally there exists virtually no documentation for using a Beagle device with the LPD8806 LED controller.
In conclusion this project should help the Beagle community in general with information sharing and usable research.
Installation Instructions
The kernel driver for SPI is installed in the latest version of the beagle bone.
We have integrated some code to work with a SPI radio device. The code is located at github.
To get started hook up pins 30 and 11 to SPI Master and SPI clock.
Then echo 0 into both: /sys/kernel/debug/omap_mux/spi1_d1 /sys/kernel/debug/omap_mux/spi1_sclk
to select the pin mux for SPI.
Work Breakdown
So far we have done research on how Linux interfaces with SPI and we have integrated the SPI interface with current code that we have for an SPI radio. We also have explored methods of interfacing the SPI LED strip with a user to create a pleasant experience, such as creating a website to change the colors, or adding a possible twitter reader that would change the lights based on tweets.
Future Work
We want to develop a driver that will interface with SPI and potentially create a sysfs userspace utility for the LED strip.
The SPI interface is not well developed in Linux and can use some work progressing it. We have taken on the task of getting these two devices to work in an easier manner.


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Patricia Lovett is a professional calligrapher and illuminator and works from her studio at Kent. She has written a number of books on calligraphy and illumination, and teaches and lectures all over the world.
Letters and words are all around us. We read words in newspapers, on advertisement hoardings, and in handwritten correspondence. They are the way in which we communicate.
It is the calligrapher's job to make these letters and words beautiful. Special occasions and important events are often marked by significant texts. Words from religious books may be read out at a wedding, poems are chosen to celebrate births or anniversaries, and many people have favourite sayings or know extracts from books that particularly appeal.
For some people calligraphy means black upright 'Gothic' writing on a white or cream background, with perhaps a touch of gold or red. This works with some texts but not all. Calligraphy can bring out the meaning of poetry or prose by the use of colour, by making some words larger and some sections smaller, and even choosing a writing style which suits the feel of the words.
To receive or own a hand-made piece of calligraphy is a delight. It shows how much thought for the individual has gone into it, and pieces can be framed and hung on the wall for a lasting reminder of the occasion, the event, or the giver.
Of course, printing out those same words on a computer is that much quicker, and cheaper, but it has nothing like the thought and effort of calligraphy, nor the versatility. Calligraphic letters can be matched to a colour scheme in a room, to a favourite colour, or to the meaning of the text. The background too can be coloured and textured.
Look at the pieces of calligraphy in Patricia's gallery to see what can be done.


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PHILADELPHIA -- Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos played in his second consecutive extended spring game Saturday in Florida, going 1-for-4 and catching six innings behind the plate without any problems with his left hand. Ramos is currently on the 15-day disabled list because of a broken left hamate bone in the hand.
With things going well in Florida, Ramos will start a rehab assignment for Class A Hagerstown and will be a designated hitter starting Sunday.
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Luol Deng hit a tiebreaking jumper with 3 seconds left in overtime and the Chicago Bulls beat Toronto 107-105 in overtime on Wednesday night, their eighth victory in nine meetings against the Raptors.
Carlos Boozer had a season-high 36 points and 12 rebounds, and Joakim Noah added 16 points and 14 rebounds for the Bulls.
Deng scored 19 points and Richard Hamilton had 15 as Chicago won its fourth straight road game. The Bulls have won nine of their past 11 away from home.
Boozer's double-double was his Eastern Conference leading 21st, and his 11th in 13 games against the Raptors.
Alan Anderson fouled out with 27 points, matching his career-high, and Kyle Lowry had 26 as Toronto lost its third straight.
DeMar DeRozan scored 18 points and Ed Davis had 11 for the Raptors, who were playing the second game of a back-to-back. Toronto lost at Brooklyn on Tuesday.
The Bulls led 99-95 with 1:16 left in the fourth when Nate Robinson fouled Lowry on a 3-point attempt. The Raptors' guard missed the first of his three free throws, then made the next two, cutting it to 99-97.
Marco Belinelli made 1 of 2 from the line with 1:08 left, putting the Bulls up by three, but Lowry drove past Noah for a layup to make it a one-point game with 53 seconds to play.
Belinelli missed a driving layup and the Raptors called time with 28 seconds to go. Lowry missed a long jumper with the shot clock winding down but Taj Gibson picked up his sixth foul as Amir Johnson grabbed the rebound and went to the line with 12 seconds left. He made the first, tying it at 100-all, but missed the second as Boozer grabbed the rebound.
Chicago let the clock wind down before Belinelli missed a short jumper. Lowry grabbed the rebound and called timeout, giving Toronto 0.7 seconds to try for the winning shot, but Anderson fumbled DeRozan's inbounds pass, sending it to overtime.
After Noah opened the scoring in overtime with a tip-in, Anderson made one of two from the line for Toronto. Boozer answered with a driving layup before Anderson hit a jumper, making it 104-103 with 1:32 to go.
Belinelli made one of two from the line to put Chicago up 105-103 with 15 seconds to go, but Lowry tied it again with a running jumper in the lane with 8 seconds left.
Deng pulled up and hit a jumper over Landry Fields to put the Bulls on top. Toronto had one final shot, but Jose Calderon's 3-point attempt bounced off the back rim as the buzzer sounded.
Boozer made his first four shots and scored 17 points in the first as Chicago took a 29-22 lead after one.
Toronto took its first lead of the game at 38-37 on a 3-pointer by Lowry with 4:59 left in the second. But the lead was short-lived, and Boozer scored six more as Chicago closed the half with a 15-6 run to take a 52-44 lead at the break.
Anderson scored 10 points in the third but the Bulls got 13 from Hamilton, who connected on five of six field goal attempts. Chicago led 79-73 heading to the fourth.


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Well its been droughting so hard around here its been difficult to get out and blunder about and do any of that there photomatography malarky, whole rivers of that there drought have been upending the Royal county of Walesshire and turning caravan sites into marinas dontcha know! And over here in the desert lands of the East its been droughting so hard that parts of Essex have actually floated off towards that there Holland place . . That'll learn em! Never seen such a drought!
So imagine my . . . less grumpiness t'other day when they said that the sun might show up for a couple of days, that constitutes a summer over here and we have several short summers every year. Ive been wanting to get out and experiment with different f-stops, timings, filters, blah blah blah and try some techniques wot I read about in some shiny magazine . . . Photography magazine before anyone says anything! And this was the gap in the drought that I had been waiting for.
So orft I blundered the next day to Aldeburgh to catch the sunrise on the beach. I found a good vantage point and set up me kit (It was supposed to be more about the experimentation than the view this particular morning) and waited for the sun to turn up. And then just as the first fiery glow of the sun hit the horizon I noticed a better spot further on up the beach. So a mad panic and dash ensued. I headed on up the beach clutching bag and fully extended tripod making more noise than a shingle extracting machine wots suddenly decided to become a shingle smashing machine . . but with added tourettes! I get to the spot just as the sun is a quarter of the way up and sort meself out and start taking them that pesky photos. Sorted.
Spent about half an hour blatting away until the sun got too bright and then my mind/stomach started to demand fried sustenance. Now it was only 5am and in that neck of the woods there ain't a greasy spoon open until 6ish so my only option was to head on back home and start throwing stuff around the kitchen. So I packed up hoofed it back up the Aldeburgh road. Where I spotted this pillbox.
Now Ive seen this little baby many a time and its on my "To Do" list for my project "Killer Views". And on this particular morning in the golden early morning light it was lookin particularly sexy . . . . Just described a 70 odd year old bit of concrete as sexy . . . Note to self "Seek medical attention!" so I threw the car into a ditch and had a go. The above shot taken from the roadside. Now thats not grass, or wheat growing all around it, them's onions them is. Lots more surface area to retain water they have. I hadn't packed my water proof trousers or me gaiters. By the time I got to the damn thing to get some shots from inside it my feet were a squelching around inside me boots, oh and I smelt of onions. But d'know from the results I think it was worth it.
These are pretty much untouched, I think some cropping maybe called for so as to bring more of the outside in to view, and I haven't begun to convert to mono yet as massively busy with lots of other really boring stuff. But am pleased with the results so far 🙂
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NEW YORK, Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Orthodox Jews from the organization Neturei Karta International will gather at the United Nations Plaza at 1st Avenue and 43rd St. today, November 29, 2012 between 2:00 and 3:30 to show their support for the current resolution, to be put to a vote today in the General Assembly, to recognize Palestinian statehood.
"As Orthodox Jews, we welcome the restoration of Palestine to its rightful owners, the Palestinian people," said Rabbi Dovid Feldman, a spokesman for the group. "Although the proposed state would only be in part of historic Palestine, we see this as a good start toward the liberation of all of Palestine."
Rabbi Feldman continued, "A Palestinian state would be a benefit to its Arab citizens and its Jewish citizens, as well as to the Palestinian refugees. Jews and Palestinians would be able to coexist once again in harmony, as they did in the Holy Land before the rise of the Zionist movement.
"It is because we are faithful Jews that we oppose the State of Israel. In ancient times the Jewish people lived in the Holy Land, but the Torah teaches that the Almighty sent us into exile, and we are forbidden to emerge from exile on our own. The Torah permits Jews to live in the Holy Land nowadays, but only under a non-Jewish government.
"Sixty-five years ago on this day, the General Assembly of the United Nations voted that there should be a Jewish state and a Palestinian state side by side. The Zionists went on, in violation of Jewish law, to create a Jewish state, but the Palestinians never received their end of the deal. On this day, we pray that the Palestinians should finally succeed in achieving freedom for the good of all upright people in the Middle East.
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In its 11-season run, American Idol has had only one Latino winnerтАФproud part-Puerto Rican country singer Scotty McCreery (season 10)тАФwhich is why we rounded up 10 contestants we think deserved to win. So while we root for season 12's Breanna Steer, Tenna Torres, Lazaro Arbos, Devin Velez, and Elijah Liu and continue to mourn the elimination of mariachi songstress Victoria Acosta, check out our list of Idol winners.
1. Latinos Who Should Have Won Idol: A.J. Gil
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American IdolтАЩs very first Latino competitor, then-17-year-old Mexican American singer A.J. Gil, received a standing ovation from Randy Jackson for his тАЬStar-Spangled BannerтАЭ audition in Seattle before finishing in 8th place.
2. Latinos Who Should Have Won Idol: David Archuleta
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The Honduran and Spanish singer soared to fame after being runner up on American Idol. This year, Archuleta is releasing his sixth album No Matter How Far (due Mar. 26) following Archuleta's fifth album, Begin, which hit #28 on BillboardтАЩs Top 200 last year. Winning!
3. Latinos Who Should Have Won Idol: Jason Castro
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Who can forget dread-headed Colombian singer Jason Castro? Finishing in third, Castro signed with Atlantic Records shortly after Idol and released his self-titled debut album on April 13, 2010. Today, he's happily married, has a daughter named Madeline, and released a gospel album called Only a Mountain on his new Christian label Word Records earlier this year.
4. Latinos Who Should Have Won Idol: Syesha Mercado
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8. Latinos Who Should Have Won Idol: Karen Rodriguez
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Bilingual New York native Karen Rodriguez wasted no time impressing judges, including her own idol J.Lo, with her rendition of Whitney Houston's "You Give Good Love" at her audition. Sadly, Rodriguez, who also performed SelenaтАЩs тАЬNo Me Queda M├бs,тАЭ came in 12th place. The question is: Where is she now?
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LG전자 G패드 8.0 사용기 Translated by DRNNE
*The testing product in this review was sponsored by LG Electronics.
After releasing Optimus G, LG Electronics successively launched G2, and G3. It seems that LG Electronics has been raising its competitiveness in the smartphone market. However, in the tablet market, the condition is quite different. It is 3 years ago that LG Electronics launched its first Android tablet, but G Pad 8.3 which was released last year is considered as the first product to respond properly to the market. Since G Pad 8.3 was launched with G2, LG Electronics' flagship smartphone, at that time, G Pad 8.3 had a chance to show its brand power. Tablet series that LG Electronics launched this year features its lower specification than that of G Pad 8.3 which was released last year. Instead, this year's tablet series is middle-range product released in various sizes and lower price. G Pad 8.0 which we are going to introduce in this post is the middle size of this year's G Pad series which was released in 3 different sizes; 7, 8, and 10.1 inches.
G Pad 8.0 has 1.2GHz Snapdragon 400, and IPS type LCD whose resolution is WXGA (1280 x 800). It also features 4,200mAh battery, 1GB RAM, and 16GB Memory.
Its size is 210.8 x 124.2 x 9.9mm and it weights 342g. It is slimmer than 7 inches model and more light that 10.1 model. There are two color options for its back cover: black and white. The whole exterior is composed of non-glossy plastic material except the front part. The overall quality is pretty good that it does not seem to be a middle-range model.
Because G Pad 8.0 has an HD display, it has a lower resolution than other tablets with full HD displays. However, considering price, HD display also can be a good choice for casual purpose. Although its resolution is not high, it still has IPS type LCD so that it has strength in viewing angle, and vivid color.
The reason that G Pad 8.0 does not seem to be a middle-range model can be found in its UX. 'Premium UX' which was also applied to recent smartphones such as G3, and G3 beat was applied to G Pad 8.0. Flat icons and UI make users feel much comfortable. In the Quick Alarm Window, which can be seen by sweeping down the Alarm Bar in the upper part, basic settings can be controlled such as WIFI, sound, rotation, Bluetooth, GPS and so on. Moreover, LG Mobile's specialized functions like Q memo+, Q pair, and Q slide can also be used in here.
In the back part, there is 5MP auto-focusing camera. There is no flash and it supports two shooting modes: panorama and automatic. It also supports voice shooting which takes the picture by speaking some words such as cheese, smile, whisky, and Kimchi instead of pressing a button on a screen. It can record a full HD video up to 1920 x 1080. You can check the pictures below taken by G Pad 8.0.
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Actually it is hard to expect that middle-range tablet shows excellent camera quality, but it can still supports some functions fun to use. 'Selfie Camera' function is also applied to G Pad 8.0 which has been introduced already through TV commercials and media.
Front camera recognizes a hand, when you raise your hand in front of it.
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And when you make a fist, from then the timer is activated, and 3 seconds later it takes a shot.
If you feel that 16GB is not enough for you, you can enlarge the memory by inserting micro SD card.
Memory option can be managed separately in a setting menu.
From now on, let's see some main features that LG Electronics put up as their mobile products' features. First, Dual Windows is the function that two tasks can be done simultaneously for some applications that LG Electronics selected.
Like the picture, ratio of each window can be controlled and two internet applications can be launched at the same time.
There is Q pair function that interworks with an Android smartphone. As its name shows, it is the function that alarm information is popped up on a smartphone and a tablet simultaneously.
To use Q pair, An Android smartphone is also needed to have Q pair application. (You can download Q pair app in Google Play)
After connecting the two devices by guidance, there pops the menu on the tablet where you can manage whether you will receive phone call, message, and SNS alarms simultaneously that the connected Android smartphone receives.
There pops the phone call alarm when Nexus 5, which is connected to G Pad 8.0 via Q pair, receives the phone call. During Q pair connection, you can call through G Pad, and send a refuse message.
Text message is also shown on G Pad. So while using a tablet you can more easily reply without taking out a smartphone.
IR sensor is applied to and Q remote application is installed in G Pad 8.0. Therefore, it can be used as a remote controller for TV and set-top box.
When pressing detailed menu, you can add more remote controllers separately. For example, you can add controllers for a TV in a living room and a set-top box in a bed room.
G Pad series launched in 2014 is not the product that would be chosen because of the good specification. For 8 inches model, it has quite a good design and display considering the price, which is 299 dollars. Moreover, LG Electronics has not been released its high-end flagship tablet yet, so G Pad series is the only one where you can experience several functions and UX applied to G3, a premium smartphone of LG Electronics. The 3 models of this G Pad series do not vary too much in specifications, but in some parts except camera, and memory, so that considering the mobility and location where you use a tablet, it would be good for you to choose the most suitable model among the 3 models.
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In a cavernous ballroom at Washington, D.C.'s convention center last Friday, nearly 2,000 guests gathered for the "Women Who Dare to Dream" luncheon honoring women of the civil rights movement. Originally planned as a lead-up to the postponed Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial dedication, the glittering affair featured remarks and performances from civil rights activist Myrlie Evers-Williams, poet Maya Angelou, farmworkers activist Dolores Huerta, singer Lalah Hathaway and Bernice King. Also on the program: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, who spoke of how the civil rights movement informs her work.
"The struggle began fighting against obvious injustice — 'Whites Only' signs and terrible racial violence. Today the struggle continues in the fight against things that are harder to see — disparities in economic opportunity, achievement gaps in our schools, deeply ingrained institutional prejudices," Jackson said during her turn at the podium.
"The environmental movement took shape in much the same way, with people organizing against obvious issues like rivers so polluted they were literally catching on fire. After years of progress, we are fighting challenges that are harder to see — invisible toxins in our water and air, or disparities between rich and poor in the burden of environmental degradation."
It is this challenge of upholding environmental justice — the fair treatment of all communities when it comes to protection from environmental and health hazards — that Jackson has taken on from her first day on the job in 2009. Yet when decades of decision making and neglect have left mostly poor and minority communities with an overwhelmingly disproportionate share of landfills, nuclear waste, factories, polluted air and contaminated water, it will take quite some time getting there.
Under Jackson's watch, the EPA has introduced new regulations to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide from power plants, factories and cars; added dozens of new federal regulators to crack down on industries that don't comply with environmental laws; and appointed a senior adviser for environmental justice. To help Americans understand how these issues affect their health, she and other EPA officials have also traveled around the country to forums and town halls, talking with and listening to communities that carry most of the burden.
Jackson briefly spoke to The Root about some of the results of her environmental-justice efforts. Here the Cabinet member and Princeton-trained chemical engineer shares new air and water initiatives; how she can't "wave a magic wand" for overnight change; and why we shouldn't count out the importance of organized, empowered communities.
The Root: You've framed your work as a civil rights issue, but it can be hard for people to get passionate about things like regulating carbon dioxide and testing the quality of streams and rivers. How would you rate your success in trying to get more African Americans to care and participate?
Lisa P. Jackson: I think we have made great progress, and we've done it at a time when people would like to argue that no one cares because they're worried about the economy. And yet we've seen community after community saying, "Of course we want jobs and economic prosperity, but we know what happens if someone's not there to protect our health, air and water at the same time."
It's been a two-way street. We are spending more time at EPA speaking to communities of color about these issues, but we are also spending more time listening and trying to incorporate their unique point of view into the issues we deal with.
TR: Last year you joined the Congressional Black Caucus for a multicity tour of communities burdened by environmental hazards, and promised to follow up with an action plan for each stop. What were some measurable changes that came as a result?
LPJ: Some of them were sort of qualitative changes — better relationships between the community and local officials. In a couple of communities [in Savannah, Ga., and Mossville, La.] where they were doing Superfund site cleanups, the site managers hadn't really established relationships to hear the concerns of the black community. Now there are meetings where the community sits and goes over in detail engineering plans and community outreach plans.
We had another community [in Greenville, Miss.] with real concerns that Superfund contracting wasn't open to local black-owned small businesses, and we've changed our procurement requirements to make sure that the contract language seeks out those businesses to give them a fair shake.
We've also worked to bring our SmartWay initiative to reduce diesel emissions to port communities. A lot of communities of color are in urban areas around big ports with lots of bus and diesel traffic, and this program can make a tremendous difference.
TR: A major problem has always been where things are located — elementary schools sited near diesel-spewing highways, for example, or toxic-waste sites in poor neighborhoods. Given the lack of EPA jurisdiction over city planning, what is the agency doing to protect people's health in those cases?
We also have school-siting guidance, which is totally voluntary, but in a lot of minority communities, schools are built on old [abandoned industrial] Brownfield sites. So [our guidance says that] it's important to make sure those sites are cleaned up before the school comes in. We almost act like the communities' consultant. We give them information on highly technical issues that make them understand how a decision will affect their health on the ground.
TR: You mentioned voluntary "guidance" as part of your environmental-justice work. Much of your newly released Plan EJ 2014 (a blueprint for integrating environmental justice into both federal and local decision making) involves guidance for local officials — an approach that assumes politicians and businesses are willing to take extra steps to protect poor communities. How do you convince people that these aren't just mere suggestions with no teeth?
LPJ: There are regulations on the book right now — our civil rights laws — that are the remedy when people feel that they've been wronged. What we've learned is that getting to the problem after it's already happened is really a problem. The real cure is here is communities who speak up and are in the process at the beginning, whatever it may be, whether it's a cleanup process or a siting process.
One could wish that we could wave a wand and mandate environmental justice everywhere, but instead what Plan EJ 2014 does is have specific steps that we're committing to — to continue to put information out on how to write permits, how to do an EJ analysis quantitatively when you write a permit, or how to do enforcement to ensure that we're concentrating on those communities that have disproportionate impact and that have been neglected.
TR: Speaking of enforcement, one of EPA's stated goals for the next few years is to keep raw sewage and storm water out of sewers, a problem caused by outdated infrastructure in cities across the country. How are you cracking down on such a prevalent issue?
LPJ: Mayor Michael Nutter of Philadelphia has a "Green City, Clean Waters" program, with this whole idea of making the city green. Part of that is around water infrastructure — taking up pavement and putting in rain gardens, parks and open spaces where water can seep into the ground. That sounds kind of "bugs and bunny"-ish, but putting green space in the heart of the urban jungle has a wonderful impact on water quality and a great impact on the community as a whole.
EPA is holding Michael Nutter and the city of Philadelphia up as an example of our overall work on sustainability. We're negotiating with him a consent decree that changes his obligation to do just what we call "gray infrastructure" to address storm water, and puts green infrastructure as a major focus.
Cynthia Gordy is The Root's Washington reporter.


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White Sox face uncertainty in second half of season
The Chicago roster will likely look different by the non-waiver Trade Deadline
CHICAGO -- It was a straightforward question about post-All-Star break White Sox expectations delivered to Rick Hahn, who always has provided straightforward answers during his tenure as assistant general manager and now general manager.
On this occasion, with Hahn sitting in a suite at Comerica Park a few days before the first half came to a close, his response was a bit more cryptic.
"We'll get there," said Hahn with a smile.
Cryptic might not be the right word to describe Hahn's aforementioned thought. How about certain uncertainty?
With the dismal 37-55 results coming from the first 92 games, a White Sox team that was thought to be a postseason contender now has to make in-season adjustments. These adjustments mean the current roster should have a different look by the non-waiver Trade Deadline on July 31, and also means that it's all but impossible for Hahn to assess expectations for his team over the next 70 games.
Loud whispers turned into reality on July 12, when veteran reliever Matt Thornton was moved to the Red Sox for 22-year-old outfield prospect Brandon Jacobs. If Hahn decides to go for the wholesale rebuild, with interest in right-handed relievers Matt Lindstrom and Jesse Crain, outfielder Alex Rios and starters Jake Peavy and John Danks, then the second-half focus still falls upon winning as many games as possible, but also has a strong developmental influence.
Basically, the first-half debacle put the team in a hole where the climb to escape might take a while.
First-half awards
|MVP: JESSE CRAIN Chris Sale has a better WAR, but even Sale would admit Crain has had the biggest effect on the White Sox limited first-half success.
|Cy Young: CHRIS SALE Don't look at his won-loss record. Sale has been as good, if not better, than his 2012 All-Star season.
|Rookie: CONOR GILLASPIE He quickly moved from a bench component to the starting third baseman with great defense and solid hitting after coming over from the Giants.
|Top reliever: CRAIN With a 29-game scoreless streak, Crain might be the AL's best reliever overall in the season's first half.
What went wrong from April to mid-July? Pretty much name it, and manager Robin Ventura's crew dealt with it.
Injuries knocked out Gavin Floyd for the season, knocked out Peavy, Danks, left fielder Dayan Viciedo, first baseman Paul Konerko and second baseman Gordon Beckham for large chunks of time and even sent Crain to the disabled list and caused Chris Sale to miss a start. The offense, which finished fourth in the AL in runs scored in 2012, ranks 12th or lower in five separate categories.
And the fundamental side of the game, intangibles such as defense and baserunning where the White Sox were the best in baseball last season, completely disappeared through the first half of 2013. The White Sox weren't short on talent, but they were bad and had the luck to match.
"There's no way -- if someone would have told me this was going to be our record on July … whatever it is, I would have laughed at them," said Thornton before he moved from the bottom of the AL Central to the top of the AL East. "Were we going to be in first place at this point? Possibly, but we knew it would be tough with Cleveland and their improvements and how good Detroit is and Kansas City got so much better.
"It was going to be a grind throughout the season. Never did I ever see this coming, to be in a position we are in now."
On-field positives and hope for the future weren't completely missing from this struggle-filled stretch.
Beckham seems to have found the confidence and consistent approach at the plate to match his slick glove work in the field. Danks put together four straight quality starts to close out the first half, as he puts behind him the season-ending arthroscopic shoulder surgery from last August. Sale was selected as an All-Star for a second straight year and continued to establish himself as one of the AL's top starters, while the rotation as a whole performed consistently at or above lofty expectations.
Players to watch in second half
|GORDON BECKHAM He's playing with more confidence as a player overall, especially offensively. He needs to carry it through the rest of the season for a complete step forward.
|JOSH PHEGLEY Three of his first four hits were homers, including a game-winning grand slam in Detroit: Talk about an impact. Will be the team's starting catcher for the rest of '13, but will he stay there?
|JAKE PEAVY The most crucial factor for a healthy Peavy is whether he's pitching for the White Sox or moved before the non-waiver Trade Deadline.
Rios had the team's steadiest first half with the bat, while Adam Dunn's last six weeks, including a .274 average with nine homers and 24 RBIs in June, resembled the dynamic presence the White Sox believed they were adding three years ago. And Crain performed like one of the game's best relievers.
Any one of these three, or for that matter, all three, could soon be gone to another team. That fact puts personal and organizational pride as a second-half driving force.
"I'm looking for continued improvement with each guy we got," said White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper, referring specifically to his staff. "That's regardless of where we stand in the season, which hasn't gone well for us at all, which is frustrating and disappointing.
"We've never been in this spot before. I've been here 12 years and we've never been sellers or out of it. Sellers isn't the right word. Out of contention. Playing meaningful ball is important. It doesn't look like we are going to be in the hunt, but it's still meaningful ball for everyone.
"Everybody has something on their list we are trying to do to continue to improve," Cooper said. "We want to round out our arsenal and continue to make guys solid Major Leaguers that can help us win in the future."
What the immediate future holds for the White Sox won't be known for a few weeks. They'll "get there," as Hahn said. It's just a question of who will be with them when they arrive.


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The American Psychiatric Association Issues Historic Position Statements on Trans Issues
August 20, 2012 8 Comments
Now don't be sad
'Cause two out of three ain't bad
–Meat Loaf, 1977
On May 18, 2009, about 150 trans community members and allies gathered outside the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association in San Francisco to protest diagnostic policies that psychopathologize gender diversity. Bull horn in hand, I and others called upon the APA leadership to issue three public position statements in support of the dignity and health of trans and gender variant people:
- That gender identity and expression which differ from assigned birth sex do not, in themselves, constitute mental disorder or impairment in judgment or competence.
- That hormonal and/or surgical transition treatment, for those who need them, is medically necessary and should be covered by insurance and health care policies.
- That the APA opposes discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression and supports legal recognition of all people according to their gender identity and expression.
A month later, over 400 supporters endorsed a letter to APA President Alan Schatzberg and President-elect Carol Bernstein urging passage of these policy statements. The APA had, after all, issued numerous similar statements in support of other marginalized groups in past years but had never made a single position statement supporting civil justice and health care access for trans and gender variant people.
The response from APA officials was silence– three years of it.
Then last week, on August 16, the APA announced two of these position statements, authored by Drs. Jack Drescher and Ellen Haller and approved by votes of the Assembly and Board of Trustees. The first acknowledged the efficacy and medical necessity of hormonal and/or surgical transition treatment and the barriers to accessing this care faced by those who need it. Similar transition care policy statements were issued in 2008 by the American Medical Association, the American Psychological Association, and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH).
Position Statement on Access to Care for Transgender and Gender Variant Individuals
Therefore, the American Psychiatric Association:
- Recognizes that appropriately evaluated transgender and gender variant individuals can benefit greatly from medical and surgical gender transition treatments.
- Advocates for removal of barriers to care and supports both public and private health insurance coverage for gender transition treatment.
- Opposes categorical exclusions of coverage for such medically necessary treatment when prescribed by a physician.
The second position statement acknowledges harassment and discrimination that trans and gender variant people face in employment, education, parental rights and civil justice. It notes that trans people are frequently victimized in violent hate crimes and inappropriately assigned in gender-segregated facilities . Similar nondiscrimination statements were issued by the National Association of Social Workers in 1999, the American Psychological Association in 2008, and WPATH in 2010.
Position Statement on Discrimination Against Transgender and Gender Variant Individuals
Therefore, the American Psychiatric Association:
- Supports laws that protect the civil rights of transgender and gender variant individuals
- Urges the repeal of laws and policies that discriminate against transgender and gender variant individuals.
- Opposes all public and private discrimination against transgender and gender variant individuals in such areas as health care, employment, housing, public accommodation, education, and licensing.
- Declares that no burden of proof of such judgment, capacity, or reliability shall be placed upon these individuals greater than that imposed on any other persons.
Although the American Psychiatric Association lags years behind other leading medical and mental health associations in speaking out, these position statements represent an unprecedented shift in acceptance of human gender diversity by the APA leadership and membership. The background text to the discrimination statement notes:
In contrast to its strong affirmation of lesbian and gay civil rights since the 1973 decision to remove homosexuality from the DSM, APA has not issued position statements in support of transgender civil rights… Other organizations, including the American Medical Association and the American Psychological Association, have endorsed strong policy statements deploring the discrimination experienced by gender variant and transgender individuals and calling for laws to protect their civil rights .
The statement text reaffirms the role of advocacy in the APA mission: " Speaking out firmly and professionally against discrimination and lack of equal civil rights is a critical advocacy role that the APA is uniquely positioned to take." Given the APA's unique position in setting diagnostic policy that has been historically used to limit civil justice and transition care access for trans people, these position statements come far better late than never.
However, the APA statements fall short of debunking the false stereotype that gender difference is inherently pathological. The association's ambivalence on the mental illness stereotype is reflected in the "Report of the American Psychiatric Association Task Force on Treatment of Gender Identity Disorder ," published in June, 2012:
The Task Force could not reach a consensus regarding the question of whether or not persistent cross-gender identification sufficient to motivate an individual to seek sex reassignment, per se, is a form of psychopathology in the absence of clinically significant distress or impairment due to a self-perceived discrepancy between anatomical signifiers of sex and gender identity.
In other words, this APA Treatment Task Force (a separate group from the DSM-5 Task Force) declined to refute the false stereotype of "disordered" gender identity. This is troublesome, because the proposed diagnostic criteria for the Gender Dysphoria category in the pending Fifth Edition of the APA's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) continue to mischaracterize gender identities and expressions that do not conform to birth-assigned gender stereotypes as symptomatic of mental illness. By describing social and medical transition itself, or the desire for transition, as pathological, the new Gender Dysphoria diagnosis, like its controversial predecessor Gender Identity Disorder (GID), contradicts rather than supports the medical necessity of transition care that is affirmed in the new APA position statement. Even worse, the Transvestic Disorder category in the DSM-5 ascribes nonconforming gender expression and medical transition for many transsexual women and men to a defamatory false stereotype of sexual deviance and paraphilia. Ironically, the medical care statement acknowledges these contradictions in the DSM–
…the presence of the GID diagnosis in the DSM has not served its intended purpose of creating greater access to care–one of the major arguments for diagnostic retention .
Thankfully, there is evidence of change in attitudes toward gender diversity at the American Psychiatric Association. In 2010, the DSM-5 Task Force proposed to rename the widely despised Gender Identity Disorder title (intended to imply "disordered" gender identity) to Gender Incongruence and a further change in 2011 to Gender Dysphoria (from a Greek root for distress). These revisions were explained as a paradigm shift from diagnosing difference to a focus on incongruence or discrepancy that causes distress or impairment.
we have proposed a change in conceptualization of the defining features by emphasizing the phenomenon of 'gender incongruence' in contrast to cross-gender identification per se.
The APA Position Statement on Discrimination contains the APA's strongest statement to date that gender difference is not disease:
Being transgender gender or variant implies no impairment in judgment, stability, reliability, or general social or vocational capabilities;
The fourth bullet point of the APA Position repeats this key principle:
Declares that no burden of proof of such judgment, capacity, or reliability shall be placed upon these individuals greater than that imposed on any other persons.
This particular wording is historically significant; it is paraphrased from a 1973 quote by Dr. Robert Spitzer, chief editor of the DSM-III and DSM-III-R, arguing to depathologize same sex orientation:
In the past, homosexuals have been denied civil rights in many areas of life on the ground that because they suffer from a 'mental illness' the burden of proof is on them to demonstrate their competence, reliability, or mental stability.
Throughout his career, Spitzer has refused to apply this same reasoning to the plight of gender variant and especially transsexual people, who continue to bear a very similar burden.
Though long overdue, these position statements on Discrimination and Access to Care for Transgender and Gender Variant Individuals represent a historic step forward in reducing barriers to civil justice and transition care access. But they do not go far enough in deconstructing false stereotypes that equate gender diversity with mental sickness and sexual deviance. In the context of the proposed gender diagnoses in the DSM-5 and the recent treatment task force report, they represent a mixed message. In contrast, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health issued an unambiguous De-Psychopathologisation Statement in 2010 that provides a model for professional organizations that serve trans and gender diverse people:
The WPATH Board of Directors strongly urges the de-psychopathologisation of gender variance worldwide. The expression of gender characteristics, including identities, that are not stereotypically associated with one's assigned sex at birth is a common and culturally-diverse human phenomenon which should not be judged as inherently pathological or negative. The psychopathologlisation [sic] of gender characteristics and identities reinforces or can prompt stigma, making prejudice and discrimination more likely, rendering transgender and transsexual people more vulnerable to social and legal marginalisation and exclusion, and increasing risks to mental and physical well-being.
Please join me in thanking Drs. Drescher and Haller and the American Psychiatric Association leadership for these policy statements that acknowledge the worth and dignity of trans and transsexual individuals. In addition, I urge the APA to issue a position statement that gender identity and expression which differ from assigned birth sex do not, in themselves, constitute mental disorder; to correct diagnostic criteria in the proposed Gender Dysphoria category that malign gender nonconforming expression and transition itself as pathological; and to delete the punitive and scientifically capricious Transvestic Disorder diagnosis from the DSM-5.
Copyright © 2012 Kelley Winters, Ph.D., GID Reform Advocates


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I want to stop laughing at the male model who fell over during the Newport Beach Film Festival fashion show (which for some reason exists, and is called "Fashion Island," which sounds like the name of a bad reality TV show, I'm thinking Stylista-cum-Temptation Island bad), but I just can't. Maybe it's that smug, "Hey girl" grin he gives the lady model right before he takes his divel? Or the fact that the dude fell over while wearing flat sandals? Maybe I shouldn't question it too much. I empathize and all — you can see from the shiny bottoms of his shoes that whoever styled the show forgot to mark up the soles for better traction; perhaps these were department-store clothes that had to remain in purchasable condition — but when things happen on stage that are not supposed to happen, people often find it funny. That's all.
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Vail Behind the Scenes column: A harvest of autumn pleasures at Larkspur
In the Northern Hemisphere, September signals the start of the harvest. Each culture celebrates this time in various forms of festivals and religious holidays. For oenophiles, it's when grapes finish their perilous months on the vine and enter the winery to begin their transformation to wine. Home chefs love the availability of fresh fruits and vegetables. Chefs, particularly those in this landlocked mountain community where the growing season is short, revel in the opportunity for culinary alchemy using fresh products available locally. Recently I went from behind the scenes to the front of the house for a great dining experience at Larkspur. Knowing how the kitchen functions at this Vail dining scene star makes dining there all the more intriguing. In his first of two outdoor harvest lunches, over Labor Day weekend Chef Thomas Salumonovich and his Larkspur team created a feast for 80. Since Salumonovich is hosting the second lunch on Sunday, I thought I'd whet readers' appetites through a virtual dining experience with me at the first event. Dining on the bounty of a High Country harvestAlthough a casual affair, a long white cloth-covered table for 80 was set elegantly on the restaurant's lawn next to Larkspur's vegetable and herb gardens. Guests began to arrive at 1 p.m. and were immediately handed an Aperol Spritz aperitivo. Although Aperol celebrates it centennial in 2019, Aperol, the low alcohol (11 percent) Italian bitters, is a recent arrival in America. A double-gold medal at the 2010 San Francisco World Spirits Competition followed Wine Enthusiast's 2007 rating in its 90-95 category, thereby securing Aperol's place as a popular appetite-stimulating beverage in America.The drink refreshed us, but our appetites required no stimulation when food began to flow. Appetizers appeared first from Larkspur's kitchen and the outdoor grill. While chatting and walking about the lawn, guests savored several rounds of crispy lacinato (or Tuscan) kale chips, grilled baby artichokes with caramelized garlic aioli and nicoise olive chapelure and Irish butter dipped baby radishes sprinkled with Murray River pink flake salt before being seated at the long table. The family style meal – guests served themselves from serving plates for four diners each – began with LaVenture Farm (in Gypsum) summer legume crudit with a cold Italian dip, tomato almond pesto and mint Green Goddess sauce. Unfortunately, the heavens poured just as servers poured the first of four included wine pairings. It was obvious there were some seasoned Bravo fans used to drills that ensue when wind and rain invade great orchestral events. With cutlery and wine glasses in hand, guests made a dash for the restaurant where two long tables had been prepared. Once everyone found new seats, the servers resumed pouring wine in the drier environment. Poor Chef Salumonovich was manning his grill in the wind and rain. He was not to be deterred. The 2011 AIX Rose, Coteaux d'Aix en Provence, was a lovely pairing for the salad: Larkspur's own herbs and greens with simple Katz late harvest vinaigrette, edible flowers and crispy Walla Walla onions. The touch of mint in the salad was a surprise that enhanced the flavors of the rose. I saw these greens in their infancy when I worked behind the scenes in July. Through the hot, dry summer, under the watchful eye of operations manager Allana Smith, Larkspur staff lovingly tended the five beds of delicate greens, herbs, carrots and radishes that now graced our plates.Next up: mesquite grilled Rushing Waters trout with Olathe sweet corn (a must at any Colorado harvest meal), Sea of Cortez shrimp, shelling beans, crab remoulade and vanilla bean essence served in a lettuce leaf "boat." For this flavor-packed cold fish course, sommelier Matt Barcewitz and wine director James Gall chose an unusual red from Mendocino. The slightly chilled 2009 Lioco "Indica" blend of Carignan (85 percent), Grenache (8 percent) and Petite Sirah went surprisingly well with the fish. I checked with Riverwalk Wine & Spirits afterward to grab a bottle of this unusual wine, but they were out. It's sold in Colorado, so I urge anyone looking for a surprise pairing with fish to ask for it. The fruits of Salumonovich's labors in the rain – grilled Colorado leg of lamb – arrived with LaVenture Yukon potato cakes, sumac chimichurri, green coriander blossoms and Vail Valley ratatouille citronette. The Chilean 2010 Lapostolle "Cuvee Alexandre" Cabernet Sauvignon once again showed the pairing talents of the Larkspur wine team. But we were far from finished. As an entre-acte, Allana Smith's squash blossoms stuffed with requeson – Spanish for ricotta, but in reality is a kissing cousin of the Italian fresh cheese – were served. The squash blossoms came from Smith's own garden. The housemade requeson, with its sweet and sour flavors, was a perfect bridge to dessert. Like the courses before it, dessert was a perfect mlange of wonderful flavors. Olathe sweet corn made an encore appearance as a spoonful of ice cream with a thyme leaf atop. Combined with the ice cream, this one little leaf of thyme exploded with flavor. Of course we had Palisade peaches, appearing as the star of a "peaches and cream" dessert that also included cherry cannoli and apricot sorbet and paired with NV Brooks Late Harvest Riesling from Willamette Valley. A great way to bring down the curtain on a delightful three hours of dining.Are you hungry? If so, don't miss the next Larkspur harvest lunch on Sunday. Hopefully, we'll have lovely autumn blue skies under which diners can enjoy a cornucopian feast while drinking in the golden beauty of changing aspens. My advice is to wear a hat, sunglasses and plenty of sunscreen and bring along a light jacket or sweater. Hope to see you there!
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October 24, 2005
Dear CODEPINK Activist,
The heartbreaking day has come when the number of U.S. military casualties in Iraq has reached 2000. People across the country will join in solidarity to honor those who've died and call for the US troops to be brought home from Iraq now. This is an opportunity to move into action!
Speak out for the majority of Americans that believe the war in Iraq is wrong and want the troops home now.
Speak out for the many innocent Iraqis that have died, been maimed by the consequences of war or unjustly imprisoned and tortured at the hands of the U.S. government.
Speak out for all of the families that have sacrificed a loved one based on the lies of the Bush administration.
Speak out for the troops that are at the mercy of a Commander in Chief who is leading them directly into harms way.
Join one of the many vigils, marches or other anti-war events planned for tomorrow, Wednesday October 26th. Find an event in your community or volunteer to host an event. Be sure to also list your CODEPINK event through afsc.org and moveon.org to get the word out to as many people as possible. Check out the 2000 Too Many page for ideas and resources to help you plan your event. Send us pictures or a small report back and let us know how your event goes, email them to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Peace in Iraq depends on the conscience of those who have the strength to do the right thing even in the bleakest of moments. 2000 U.S. troops and tens of thousands of Iraqis have died; we must say NOT ONE MORE. Get into the streets tomorrow with your community and demand that the President do what is right. OUT OF IRAQ NOW!
In action for justice,
P.S. Be inspired by Medea Benjamin and Gayle Brandeis's piece, 2000 Too Many.