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Singapore GP 2013
Saturday Press Conference
1 - Sebastian VETTEL (Red Bull Racing)
2 - Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes)
3 - Romain GROSJEAN (Lotus)
Q: Sebastian, biting your nails at the end there. You took the decision not to go out and do a final run. Does it sit comfortably with you, being a gambler?
Sebastian VETTEL: Yeah. It's a weird feeling. You stand in the garage when there's roughly two minutes to go in the session and you know that it's too late. But then it's much worse when you see the others at the final attempt and you know there's nothing you can do. Because you stand in the garage. I was watching the sector times very closely with obviously Romain, Nico and Mark in particular. Mark started with a purple sector one, very close in sector two, then Nico had a purple sector two, then Romain had a purple sector two. Then fortunately my last sector was strong enough to - yeah - just stay ahead. It was very close in the end with Nico. That's a great feeling then, obviously, because it could go wrong but very happy obviously with the result. The car's been phenomenal all weekend. Yesterday I think the gap was a bit of a surprise. Today's been more what we expected - especially with Mercedes being very close behind.
Q: The gap is a tenth of a second Nico. You've had the upper hand over your team-mate here but not quite over the Red Bulls.
Nico ROSBERG: Yeah, unfortunately Sebastian especially has been really quick the whole weekend but it was very, very close in the end. A pity, because one tenth more, with the way they gambled in the last qualifying... One tenth more would have been possible somehow, y'know? That would have been great but anyway, second place is still a good result. A great result. And it gives me a good position to start the race tomorrow and I'm also very confident about our race pace. It's looking OK so I think a great result is possible.
Q: Romain, a confident decision from you in the first part of qualifying not to use the faster tyre. Were you feeling confident today?
Romain GROSJEAN: Well, I think the car's been OK today. If we look at how many laps we did in the whole weekend so far, P3 in the quali is not too bad. We knew we were strong this morning. I think we got a little bit caught by the night coming on and it was a little bit less quick than the fast time we expected in Q1 but nevertheless I think the team did a good decision about the strategy and the cut-off and everything, so then we had two attempts in Q3. It's good to be at the front in this grand prix.
Q: Sebastian. You've won from pole the last two grands prix. Is it more of a challenge to do it around this Marina Bay circuit tomorrow?
Vettel: Yeah, definitely. It's one of the toughest races we face all year. I would say the toughest - physically and mentally - because it's so long. One lap is so long, there's so many corners, there's hardly any room for mistakes, it's very bumpy and, as you can see, we're all sweating pretty much even though we only did a couple of laps in qualifying. So the heat obviously and the humidity plays a factor. It will be very tough. Surely pole is the best position to start from - very happy with that as it is tricky to pass on this track. But because it is such a long race I think there is plenty of opportunities for all of us. Usually we get a safety car at some stage in the race. Yeah, as I said, happy to start from pole, try to have a good start and then settle into a nice rhythm and see what we can do.
Q: So Sebastian, your 41st career pole, sixth of this season, three in a row now after Spa and Monza. You've had a great record around here, won the last two times at Singapore. What is it about this Singapore circuit that really gets to you?
Vettel: I don't know. We race at night. I think even though it hasn't been in the calendar for many decades but still it seems like a classic and it's a very nice place to come to. The circuit is a big challenge for all of us. It's so long, so many corners, very difficult to keep the focus for the entire lap. Tomorrow's race will be very long, it's usually the longest race we have with two hours duration. So, yeah, it's just... you hate it and love it at the same time. Obviously in qualifying if you get the lap right it feels fantastic. I think it's the challenge that I love - that we love - when we come here.
Q: A quick word on your main title rival - Fernando Alonso seventh today.
Vettel: Yeah, obviously, I don't know. We don't really look at what the others do. At least I don't. So, I think the race is long, as I touched on, especially around here. I think the Ferrari was struggling the last couple of events in qualifying but they have a very, very good race pace. I think the last couple of races Fernando always finished on the podium, so I'm sure they will come back. So, yeah, obviously it's no harm for us today but first of all we have to look after ourselves and look at what we can do in the race. And then we see where we are. But I'm confident Fernando will do everything he can tomorrow in the race to fight back.
Q: Nico, it was reminiscent today of Monaco back in May. Another street track and very competitive again for you.
Rosberg: Yeah, I really like street tracks generally. Always been quick on them and again today I felt comfortable with the car. Really the whole weekend, the progress has been nice. Starting on Friday, I wasn't very happy with the car and everything, wasn't feeling very good. We just worked through it, and really optimised it and it was just perfect in qualifying then. It's just everybody together: me with my engineers, the mechanics, everybody working together well. I'm pleased with second. I think Sebastian was out of reach this weekend, all weekend, so second is OK. And with a good race pace, should be good tomorrow.
Q: A quick word on how it went from a second [off P1] after FP2 yesterday to less than a tenth this evening.
Rosberg: Well obviously they gambled a bit. I'm sure they were still quite a step quicker than that lap time if Sebastian would have done another set of tyres. But for sure we've closed the gap again as we always do on weekends. And that's good to see that we're able to do that.
Q: Romain, you touched on the fact that you had a lot of problems yesterday but it's another big improvement from the Lotus team from Friday through to today and from your own point of view overcoming those difficulties. How did you do that?
Grosjean: Well to be honest, yesterday didn't look that bad on the few laps we did - I think we had ten timed laps, something like that in total in the whole day but we were something like P5 yesterday evening and the lap wasn't great. So I knew we had a good baseline to start today and this morning went pretty well. And Quali, yeah, we had a good strategy again. In Q1 it was tight because I guess the Prime tyres were less quick than what we expected but then we had a very good set of tyres for the Q2 and Q3 and we did manage to have good runs. We could compare between the two cars, what they were doing and what we were doing and try to get the best of both. It's good. I think we could have tried to have a go at Nico but yeah, it was just not quite good for the first few corners.
Q: Is it fair to say you're driving like a man who knows that his team-mate is moving on next year and you want to be the lead driver of the team next year?
Grosjean: I don't really care. Relation with Kimi has been always... not very 'speaky', and I just do my best on my own. I like the team, I'm sure they're quite happy with the way we work so far and yeah, just focussed on what I have to do and then we'll see for the future.
Q: (Abhishek Takle - Mid-Day) Sebastian, I think you had a gap of around 0.6s after the initial runs in Q3. You chose to sit the last run out; were you surprised by the amount of time these guys gained? In the end the gap was less than a tenth.
Vettel: Well, it's difficult to expect. I knew that obviously we had a cushion which is why we decided not to run again but the thing you don't know is how much the track improves so I'm sure that there was a little bit of track ramping up plus the fact that if you run again you get a better feel for the tyres, for the track and you get a little bit more out of yourself, so we thought it was good enough and in the end it was good enough. But yeah, it was probably a bit closer. Both of them, Nico and Romain, had a very strong middle sector but fortunately my last sector was strong enough to keep them just behind.
Q: Just for clarity, on the radio you said you thought you could find another tenth when you were asked, and you didn't look 100 percent convinced when you got out of the car, so was it a team decision rather than your decision?
Vettel: No, it's a decision we, we... obviously Rocky (race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin) asked me whether I was happy not to run again and stay in the garage and I said 'yes, I'm happy.' He asked before that how much I thought I could improve if I went again. I told him that probably there was a tenth, maybe two. You take a little bit of track into account, a little bit of yourself, how much the track ramps up is difficult to know so I thought there was a tenth in me - it is the most famous tenth in the world, that all the drivers seem to have in their pocket but they couldn't get it out in qualifying so it's still there somewhere. It was very close and it's not the best feeling when you stand there and watch.
Q: (Livio Oricchio - O Estado de Sao Paulo) Nico, we have some similarities between this race and the Hungarian Grand Prix until now, that Lewis starts better than Sebastian, got the lead in the first corner and then finished the race, he won the race. Do you think you always have the pace in race conditions to keep in front of Sebastian or here the overtaking possibilities mean that he can't overtake you?
Rosberg: Lewis was on pole in Hungary, I'm second here so it's a bit different. Not sure. I'll give it a go. For sure, he's quicker on race pace, we saw that on Friday so if I can get by, then it's possible that I can stay in front but it's all down to the start. I think the left hand side has a little bit less grip than the right hand side on this track at the start but we will see. It's possible.
Q: (Michael Schmidt - Auto, Motor und Sport) Nico, where did the big jump from the first outing to the second come from? Was it just the circuit being better, was it because maybe you have been a bit conservative in your first outing or did you change something on the wing setting or whatever for the last outing?
Rosberg: Very difficult to explain. I don't know. I didn't expect such an improvement either but I think it was the same for everybody so maybe it's down to the track ramping up or cooling down a bit more, track temperature dropping or something of the sort. I'm not sure.
Q: Were you surprised by how much quicker the used supersofts were when you went out on them the second time at the beginning of Q2? Sebastian maybe take it first.
Vettel: I didn't go out on them.
Rosberg: Was I surprised at the time I could do? Not really, no, because I knew the track was getting better and I saw what my teammate did in Q1, pushing, so no, I wasn't surprised.
Q: (Don Kennedy - Hawke's Bay Today) Sebastian, you've won the last two races here, you're on pole and you're probably anything from half a second to a second faster than everybody else. Do you think now we can expect you to be more confident about not only winning this race tomorrow but also the championship?
Vettel: I think it was quite close. Whether... I think the track ramped up, whether we could have gone with that we don't know because we didn't do the run but I'm sure we had a little bit of time in hand. But yeah, for tomorrow I think the car feels fine, the race pace looked very strong on Friday, yesterday, so yeah, if all goes well we should have a very good chance to get a strong result but to be honest with you, I try... I'm not just trying... I do keep it very simple. I've got to do my homework. Just because of the fact that the last couple of races were pretty good doesn't mean that there's a guarantee that this one will be good again and the next one and so on and so forth. I think it's the wrong strategy to lean back and see what the others can do. You might get surprised, so we keep going flat out, I keep pushing myself 100 percent. The target tomorrow is to win, not only for the championship but more so, to be honest with you, because it's such a nice race. That means a lot to me. As I touched on, the challenge around here is one of the biggest we face all year so that's why it means a lot to finish this race on the podium and even better if you can win it. You don't have to be a genius (to work out) if you win, you score more points than the others and it feeds on itself.


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An answer to the music industry's woes slipped into the IFPI Annual Report last week, but its significance went unnoticed. Before I get to it, though, here's a poser.
"We screw the struggling artist, and pay the suit," Nick Carr mused recently. Carr was examining a contradiction: information has never been less free, it's never had as much as much value attached to it. Once you add up your Sky Sub, mobile broadband bill, and the many other information services, we pay a fortune for information, most of which is entertainment.
"It's a strange world we live in. We begrudge the folks who actually create the stuff we enjoy reading, listening to, and watching a few pennies for their labour, and yet at the very same time we casually throw hundreds of hard-earned bucks at the saps who run the stupid networks through which the stuff is delivered," he wrote.
Scan the comments here and elsewhere and you'll find people saying they make a point of principle not to pay for entertainment digitally, because entertainment companies are wicked. The principle is that two wrongs make a right, which makes withholding the payment justified. Maybe even morally superior to paying.
But as Nick points out, we all actually pay a fortune to suits – they're just different suits. They're suits at large telcos, advertising middlemen (eg, BT) and service companies. The answer seems simple.
If you're a copyright business, then to appease the copyright militants, you must pretend that you're not. You must say you're in plumbing, or infrastructure. Or anything, actually. For the world's biggest record company, Vivendi, this will be a case of returning to one's roots. Universal's parent Vivendi began life as Paris's first monopoly water supplier – it only changed its name from CGE and spun off the water and sewage businesses in 2000. And look, we can mention sewage and The X Factor in the same sentence without berating the obvious.
But I digress.
If the music business has suits, it must be the IFPI, and last week the international trade body for sound recordings published its annual global music survey. IFPI pointed to $4.2bn of new digital business since 2004, but of sales down 30 per cent overall. In some markets, sound recordings are truly in the tank. Spain started very late down the digital route, and digital sales there are negligible – overall sales have crashed to a third of what they were in 2001. In Brazil, which has been nurtured by the Berkman crowd as a laboratory for its post-copyright cybernetic utopia, full price sales of CDs by new artists are down by 80 per cent. I bet those artists are sending thank you emails to Messrs Lessig, Zittrain and Nesson as you read this. They've liberated them from the chore of being paid!
I have no doubt that most people lie in the middle ground between enforcement against fill-yer-boots infringement, and introducing new services which make enforcing casual infringement unnecessary. That's a great big blurry middle ground, and it means fulfilling the anything anytime but-at-a-price pledge. But the IFPI emphasis is still heavily on enforcement. IFPI puts the blame for the 30 per cent fall in revenue firmly on wholesale casual infringement. IFPI notes that only 8 per cent of internet users frequently buy music. That's a shocking indictment of the music business: it's lost a lot of regular customers.
Worse was to follow when examining some of the comments by Rob Wells, CGE's head of water transportation facilities management (as we might have to call him), but better known today as Universal's head of digital. Two of Rob's comments confirmed that doing business digitally is a bit of an oxymoron.
"We're closer to 'the utopia' where a million people pay €1 rather than ten thousand paying €10,", he said. I'm not sure why that's a utopia, it sounds more like a stealth tax: and when a million people suddenly realise they're losing a pound by stealth, then that's a million people with an added resentment against music. It's an example of customer-phobia - a prejudice against customers.
Even more worrying were Rob's bullish comments about Spotify, which is doing so well it, er... can't afford any more customers. Rob called it "sustainable", defining sustainable as money going to Universal. A sustainable business is one in which revenues exceed outgoings, and using this more conventional definition, it's evident to world+dog that Spotify is anything but sustainable. (UMG has an investment in Spotify.)
Alongside Spotify, the IFPI report features a sequence of losers: there's Nokia's Tero boasting about Comes With Music, some ropey scheme in Denmark which (like Spotify) gives people a reason not to buy music (to become ex-punters), and so on. It's really a sorry sight. But salted away on page 10 is a graph showing how various creative 'industries' cope with digital. The games business sees 32 per cent of its revenue from digital sales.
Now piracy is rampant in games, so it shouldn't be doing quite so well. What has the games business tried that the music business hasn't? Well, it's tried enforcement, and it's tried DRM. It's got (some) closed platforms, which must help a bit. Not so many people complained when the Xbox 360 door was closed recently: modders accepted it and got on with gaming. But none of these individual factors explains why it's a sector that's expanding, not contracting.
What games developers have done is create gaming "experiences" that are shared - that wouldn't be possible without the network connection. Participants are paying to share their gaming time with a particular service. There are music services where you can sort of share, but it's not much fun. With Spotify, Omnifone, it's more theoretical than practical - and you certainly can't keep the music you share. That's really lousy. By refusing to monetize sharing, the music business has failed to give people a positive reason to pay for music. ®
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
What's New
By the way, someone recently asked me what a "work quilt" is. In case you are wondering too, it's just a name that I have given this new series. It seemed fitting as I am being influenced by the work of old utilitarian quilts, antique patched and mended textiles and from the rural countryside surrounding me.... all of those influences share a very basic honesty, no frills mentality that is resonating very deeply within me these days.
Speaking of winter farm land... check out these super wooly sheep...
Hubby found them grazing on a nearby hill along a road we seldom travel... he knew I'd adore them... and I do.
(Note to self... drive down that road more often!)
I've also started a new blog, Worn and Weathered where I can post pictures of the old, and sometimes seemingly abandoned structures around me, such as the one above... a place to record the visuals that are strongly pulling at my heartstrings and offering me a lot of soulful inspiration.
One more local shot to share... Passed by this farm the other day with the greatest Purple Martin birdhouses that I have ever seen... I get such a kick out of the three different sizes... economy, standard and luxury.
And last but not least... My Silly BooDilly Etsy art shop is temporarily closed while I create new work. Hope to be restocking by March. In order to focus more fully on my stitched work, I have also decided to shut my BooDilly Etsy fabric shop... anyone interested in purchasing my fabric can now do so directly from Spoonflower and do it at Spoonflower prices! This is a much better deal then I could have offered and I think it's a win win deal!
29 comments:
- Audrie said...
I absolutely love the colours on this one! And I love how the colours of each work quilt differ from the next. Can't wait to see it finished!
- February 2, 2010 at 1:44 PM
- dutchcomfort said...
Great new Work Quilt in progress!!
I adore the inspirational place you live in! But... even living in a big city provides for inspiration. You need an eye for it, but it's there!
- February 2, 2010 at 2:11 PM
- Victoria said...
Oh I agree! I lived in the city for many years and personally found a lot of inspiration in both the architecture and in the small back alley streets. Lots of hidden gems everywhere if you take the time to look!
- February 2, 2010 at 2:18 PM
- Cheryl Arkison said...
These quilts are so inspiring. Off to check out your new/old inspirations.
- February 2, 2010 at 2:44 PM
- Molly said...
Beautiful quilt! I've been wanting to do some hand quilting on my quilts. That's one of my goals this year to expand my "quiltmaking horizons." I can't wait to see this when it's finished.
- February 2, 2010 at 2:44 PM
- Victoria Bennett Beyer said...
I love these colors, too. They are subduded, but still happy.
- February 2, 2010 at 4:02 PM
- Pinecone Camp said...
Your quilts are beautiful! I only just came across your blog. I love it.
- February 2, 2010 at 4:24 PM
- Elaine Kiziah said...
Love the photos! (Especially those SHEEP!) Love the new quilt! And I'll definitely keep my eye on your new blog too. I agree -- in both rural and urban settings, there's such beauty in those old structures and finishes.
- February 2, 2010 at 5:10 PM
- Allie said...
I love these work quilts SO much - can't wait to see this one! The pics are great!
- February 2, 2010 at 7:58 PM
- Fer said...
So many beautiful photos! And yes, those sheep are VERY woolly!!
The new work quilt is wonderful, I love the earthy tones. Makes me wish I had time to quilt as well as knit and sew clothes. ;)
PS. todays word verification is 'beaut' - how fitting!
- February 2, 2010 at 8:17 PM
- Unknown said...
I like the fact that you are doing a work quilt series. I think that this will be a wonderful quilt too. The photos that you are taking of the buildings are just to die for. Near where my mother in law lives in PA, there are many Amish homes with the Purple Martin Birdhouses. I am always in awe of them when I drive by. They look like little hotels.
- February 2, 2010 at 8:44 PM
- Hey Harriet said...
I love your new quilt in progress and the sheep! And you've started a new blog? Wow you have been a busy little bee! I'm off to check it out now :)
- February 3, 2010 at 4:48 AM
- Sew Create It - Jane said...
Look the look of that quilt...the mix of machine quilting and big stitch are perfect!
- February 3, 2010 at 9:08 AM
- Karen said...
you seem to be surrounded by the most glorious views/structures/buildings. You are very lucky!
- February 3, 2010 at 9:21 AM
Thanks for the sneak peak of your next work quilt. It looks beautiful already! And it's wonderful to get to see the photos that inspire you; being able to find the beauty in your surroundings is such a gift.
- February 3, 2010 at 9:43 AM
- annamaria potamiti said...
Beautiful new quilt, love those colours- in their earthiness they seem very suited to a 'work quilt'-
I checked out the other blog too- lovely-I can see why these structures would inspire you in your work-
Annamaria xx
- February 3, 2010 at 11:02 AM
- Colleen MacDonald said...
Of course I love this one, too! And the inspiration pictures are wonderful.
- February 3, 2010 at 11:16 AM
- patty a. said...
Work quilt #3 looks wonderful. I can't wait to see the whole piece.
- February 4, 2010 at 8:41 AM
- stephie @ narrative self said...
I absolutely love the way you've put together those ochre colours - gorgeous. I wonder also, whether the hand stitching you're doing is actually quilting the fabric (alongside the machine quilting), or whether it's an embellishment? I am so impressed with your work, you're an inspiration!
Just to say, those sheep look like summer clouds and made me smile on this grey and wet winter's day here in the south west of the UK :) Thank you!
- February 4, 2010 at 11:24 AM
- T.Allen said...
Beautiful work, as always. I'm really looking forward to following your new blog. I have a soft spot for all things old and withering. How keen of you to tell their story in pictures.
- February 4, 2010 at 12:49 PM
- Victoria said...
Thanks everyone :0)
Stephie, to answer your question, The hand stitching is most definitely quilting, (as it goes through all three layers... top, batting and backing) but I am also utilizing it as a way to add an extra layer of interest and embellishment.... that's why I am making the stitches a bit bigger then traditional English/American quilt stitching. Mine might be a bit more like the stitches found on some quilts from India.
- February 5, 2010 at 11:37 AM
- XUE said...
Hi Vic, I think I clicked away my comment before typing the word verification (bummer!) so here I am again! I have wondered about the term "Work Quilts" too. I just thought it was another professional term that quilters used so now I know it's a Vird (an original Vic-word). Happy weekend to those fluffy sheep & you too!
- February 5, 2010 at 4:00 PM
- jacquie said...
i have a feeling this one is going to have a 'scrubbed' earth kind of feel...the colors remind me of the fields here after they've had a chance to regrow a bit and then yield to the cool temps of winter. can't wait to see the whole thing.
- February 5, 2010 at 8:21 PM
- Fabric Fanatic said...
I love this series of quilts...they resonate in color and theme.
- February 7, 2010 at 4:24 AM
- AnnaVallance said...
Just had a look at your quilts and I was blown away. Not only are the colour combinations awesome but the hand stitching makes them works of art. May I ask what kind of thread you use?
- February 8, 2010 at 12:50 AM
- Victoria said...
Anna, For the hand stitching I use Sulky 100% egyptian Cotton thread in both the 12 and 30 wt. (What ever I have on hand). I also double the thread over when I sew, hiding the knots under and inside the back of the quilt.
- February 8, 2010 at 9:47 AM
- Heather said...
HI there! I am just "new" to hand quilting, so I just wanted to ask you a question. The pink in the picture, that you hand quilted, is it with regular thread, or do you use something else? I love how it stands out!
- February 11, 2010 at 12:32 PM
- WHATUPDUCK said...
Beautiful quilt and oh so cute new dog! Congrats!
- February 13, 2010 at 1:00 PM
- Victoria said...
Heather, welcome to quilting!
For the hand quilting, I use Sulky's 100% Egyptian cotton thread in both the 12 and 30 wt. I also double the thread over so that I am sewing with two strands. My choice of threads is just my personal preference, and I think most quilters use either hand quilting thread or a perle cotton. There's no definite right or wrong, so try different threads out and use whatever feels best to you!
- February 14, 2010 at 11:37 PM


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□ For a tornado to be considered for categorization, it must have caused at least one fatality and occurred after 1970. Damage intensity and, to a lesser extent, wind duration are the only variables considered, without regard to total path length, width or monetary loss. Objectivity is attempted through the use of damage photographs and reliable survey reports.
While far from definitive, this list is the result of hundreds of hours of research, e-mails across the country and conversations with other storm chasers. I believe it is as accurate a list as is available. It is flexible and always open to change.
The indefinitive list of the strongest tornadoes ever recorded:
1. Jarrell, Texas – May 27, 1997
2. Smithville, Mississippi – April 27, 2011
3. Kemper County (Philadelphia), Mississippi – April 27, 2011
4. Bridge Creek, Oklahoma – May 3, 1999
5. Bakersfield Valley, Texas – June 1, 1990
6. Phil Campbell, Alabama – April 27, 2011
7. El Reno, Oklahoma – May 24th, 2011
8. Smithfield, Alabama – April 4, 1977
9. Brandenburg, Kentucky – April 3, 1974
10. Andover, Kansas – April 26, 1991
11. New Hartford (Parkersburg), Iowa – May 25, 2008
12. Joplin, Missouri – May 22, 2011
13. Guin, Alabama – April 3, 1974
14. Moore, Oklahoma – May 20, 2013
15. Mulhall, Oklahoma – May 3, 1999
16. Wheatland, Pennsylvania – May 31, 1985
17. Rainsville, Alabama – April 27, 2011
18. Barneveld, Wisconsin – June 8, 1984
19. Will County (Plainfield), Illinois – August 28, 1990
20. Xenia, Ohio – April 3, 1974
20. Xenia, Ohio – April 3, 1974
□ On the afternoon of April 3rd, 1974, a violent supercell thunderstorm passed to the south of Dayton, Ohio. At 4:30pm, one of the most well-known tornadoes in United States history touched down just east of Sugarcreek Reserve, nine miles southwest of the city of Xenia. The storm began its life as a series of transient funnels rotating beneath a violent mesocyclone. Over the course of ten minutes, the multi-vortex tornado solidified and gained strength. By the time it reached the western edge of Xenia, winds in the storm had reached F5 intensity.
The newly developed community of Windsor Park, which straddled the west side of the US 35, took the full brunt of the powerful tornado as it entered the city. Entire rows of small, brick homes were swept completely away as the tornado ripped through the neighborhood at 50mph. Nine fatalities occurred in six houses that were obliterated near the intersection of Roxbury Drive and Gayhart Court. The deaths included three teenagers, a pregnant woman and a mother and her young son (I Dream of Genealogy, 2012). An aerial damage survey later documented a trail of clean foundations all the way to the US-35. Extreme damage continued as the tornado roared past an elementary school, obliterating homes in the Arrowhead subdivision. Structural damage in the area indicated that the tornado had weakened slightly, with the last instances of clear F5 damage occurring on Wigwam Trail, where two people died.
Downtown Xenia was struck by the tornado just before 4:45pm. Businesses and homes in the densely populated center of town were severely damaged, leading to more than a dozen fatalities, including five deaths at an A&W Root Beer stand. In total, 30 people were killed in Xenia, and monetary losses totaled more than 100 million dollars. Three miles outside Xenia, the tornado caused its final two fatalities as it roared through the town of Wilberforce.
An extensive search and rescue operation uncovered a total of 32 victims. Two more were killed in a fire during clean up operations, leading most sources to cite 34 fatalities for the event. In the weeks following the storm, extensive media coverage descended upon Xenia, which suffered the most damage of any city during the Super Outbreak. Due to the incredible destruction, the Xenia tornado was deemed "the strongest" of the outbreak, a belief that was furthered when it became one of six tornadoes awarded an F5 rating. In reality, damage throughout most of the city was in the F3 range. The number of empty foundations in Windsor Park was impressive, but the houses were small and likely of only moderate construction. The shear breadth and consistency of the damage in western Xenia, however, solidified the storm's place as one of the most impressive of the 20th century.
19. Will County (Plainfield), Illinois – August 28, 1990
□ On a stormy August afternoon in 1990, an unusual off-season tornado touched down in a farm field to the west of Chicago. The funnel was imbedded within a violent high-precipitation thunderstorm that was traveling southeast towards populated sections of Will County. Heavy rain surrounding the tornado made it indiscernible to those in its path. Conventional weather radar failed to identify a hook echo, so no tornado warning was issued. The sirens across the area remained silent.
As the tornado approached the US 30, one mile to the west of Plainfield, the inner core of the storm rapidly intensified and narrowed to only 10 yards in width. Thick clouds of dirt and vegetation were ripped from the ground as the narrow vortex crossed the highway, hurling four vehicles into the air. A tractor hauling a metal storage trailer was impacted directly by the column of F5 winds. The tractor was thrown 100 yards into a cornfield in one throw, killing the driver. The 20-ton trailer was torn from the tractor and centrifuged around the center of the storm, bouncing several times before landing a quarter mile from the road. Another car was lifted into the tornado by violent inflow winds and whirled a half mile through the air without impacting the ground. The driver of the car, who had been wearing a seatbelt, was ejected from the vehicle and found dead later that evening (Fujita, 1993). In total, four motorists were killed in vehicles on the US 30, all of them caught unexpectedly while driving on a rainy day.
Before entering Plainfield, the core of the storm expanded to 70 yards in width and weakened slightly. Well-constructed homes on the southern edge of town were leveled, and a large metal dumpster was wrapped around the top of a partially debarked tree. The Plainfield High School was directly impacted by the rain wrapped tornado as it crossed Commercial Street, causing three fatalities. Aerial imagery revealed that the tornado left a pronounced streak of damage as it continued to the southeast at 45mph. Large homes in Lily Cache and Crystal Lawns were splintered in F4 fashion, leading to seven additional fatalities.
Near the end of its life, the tornado struck the Crest Hill Lake Apartments. Nine residents died when the top two stories of an apartment building were obliterated. Some of the bodies were hurled more than 100 yards into a cornfield east of the apartments. One boy, who was the sole survivor of a family of four, later told a reporter "I was looking out the window at my brother who was coming home from football practice, and I thought, 'Man, it's getting dark.' Then — boom! — I was out in a cornfield" (Grimm, 2010).
Professor Fujita conducted an aerial damage survey the day after the tornado and selected an F5 rating due to the severity of the vegetation damage around the US 30, which he described as being "comparable to the worst I have ever seen." According to Fujita, "The damage in the cornfield southeast of US 30 was entirely different from the damage adjacent to structures affected by the F3 or F4 winds…In the worst damage area, corn crops were blown away entirely, leaving behind the remnants of small roots connected to the underground root system" (Fujita, 1993). Twenty nine lives were lost in Will County, and more than 200 homes were obliterated.
18. Barneveld, Wisconsin – June 8, 1984
□ In the midst of a nighttime lightning storm on June 8th, 1984, residents of Barneveld were awoken by an electrical surge that sent fire alarms and appliances into a beeping frenzy. Moments later, the power across the tiny town flickered and went out. As people prepared to fall back asleep, a sound like "dry and distant thunder" was heard off to the west. The barely audible rumble soon became a deafening roar, awakening even the heaviest sleepers, some of whom suspected they were in the path of a crashing jumbo jet. A massive surge of wind driven debris followed, and soon a third of the town lay in ruins.
The deadly tornado followed Main Street directly through the center of Barneveld, splintering businesses and homes within its 300 yard wide path of destruction. Aerial damage photographs indicate that the tornado was intensifying as it passed through town. On the northeast edge of Barneveld, a cluster of homes on Swiss Lane was swept completely away. Seven of the tornado's nine fatalities occurred in four adjacent homes in this area. The deaths included a couple and their eight year old daughter who were found 200 yards from their obliterated home. The only surviving member of the family, a one year old boy, was left paralyzed from the waist down (Brueck, Woodard, 2009). Trees near the empty foundations were debarked, and vehicles from the neighborhood were hurled long distances and rendered unrecognizable. Additionally, a large and well-constructed brick church was leveled and partially swept away.
A survey team headed by Prof. Fujita awarded the tornado an F5 rating due to the damage on Swiss Lane. The devastation and high concentration of fatalities in the area was indicative of exceptional intensity. Considering the unusual hour that the storm struck, it is remarkable the death toll was not higher. Many of the survivors credited their survival to the power surge, which preceded the tornado by several minutes.
17. Rainsville, Alabama – April 27th, 2011
□ The Rainsville tornado left an unusual swath of destruction through northeastern Alabama during the 2011 Super Outbreak. The intensity of the damage varied tremendously in affected areas of DeKalb County. In some instances, seemingly undamaged trees stood less than 100ft from well-constructed homes that were swept completely away from their foundations. Along the tornado's 34 mile streak of devastation, 25 people were killed and more than 100 frame homes were obliterated.
The tornado touched down east of Fyffe and travelled roughly parallel to Highway 75 at a forward speed of 60mph. Video evidence suggests that the tornado had a complex multiple vortex structure. The first fatalities occurred as the tornado crossed Main Street, devastating homes and businesses in eastern Rainsville. A school bus parked at the DeKalb County School Coliseum was thrown 100 yards and stripped to its metal chassis.
The tornado rapidly intensified north of Main Street and reached peak intensity as it swept over Lingerfelt Road, where several well-constructed homes vanished. Some of the most intense tornado damage ever documented occurred at 1608 Lingerfelt Road, where a two-story brick home was swept completely away. An NWS survey found that an 800lb anchored safe had been ripped from the home's foundation and thrown 200 yards to the northeast. The door to the safe, which had been closed, was torn open and completely off. A large concrete porch weighing thousands of pounds was shattered and blown away from the destroyed home. Additionally, sections of pavement were ripped from the residence's driveway, and the home owner's truck was rendered completely unrecognizable after being thrown more than 250 yards (NWS, 2011). The damage to this single property is the reason for the inclusion of the Rainsville tornado in the list of the strongest tornadoes ever recorded.
Incredible damage also occurred at several nearby properties. Large stone pillars were ripped from the ground at one home, and a section of slab foundation was uprooted at another. Damage patterns suggest that the EF5 damage was caused by extremely powerful suction vortices that made brief contact with the ground, leading to the erratic nature of the destruction. Grass scouring and pock marks from high speed debris were also photographed near Lingerfelt Road and areas to the north, further evidence of the tornado's awesome power.
More images detailing EF5 damage on Lingerfelt Road can be found here.
16. Niles, Ohio and Wheatland, Pennsylvania – May 31, 1985
□ In the summer of 1985, an unprecedented outbreak of long-tracked tornadoes swept through eastern Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Ontario. The event was notable not only for the incredible intensity and longevity of the storms but also for being the only violent tornado outbreak ever recorded in the region. In total, the storm system killed 88 people across the United States and Canada and left more than 500 million dollars in damage.
The only tornado awarded an F5 rating during the outbreak began its 47 mile path of destruction in Portage County, Ohio. After ripping through sparsely populated forestland, the tornado swept through the city of Newton Falls at F3 intensity. Damage was widespread throughout the town, but no fatalities were recorded. As the tornado continued eastward at 50mph it gained strength, leveling rural homes north of Lordstown. The tornado was approaching F5 intensity as it entered the outskirts of Niles, a manufacturing city south of Warren. Massive industrial tanks more than 30ft high and weighing 75,000 pounds were crumpled like soup cans, one of which was rolled 60 yards onto a nearby road. Large, well-constructed homes lining Lantern Lane were swept completely away as the tornado roared through cul-de-sacs around the Niles Union Cemetery (Grazulis, 2001). Pronounced wind rowing was noted as the tornado made a slight curve to the north and headed towards the US 422. Three people were killed as two vehicles were thrown from the road. On the west side of the highway, the Niles Park Plaza and a large skating rink were leveled and partially swept away, causing additional fatalities.
As the tornado continued eastward towards the Pennsylvania border it maintained F4 intensity and completely demolished several rural residences. The tornado remained fairly narrow throughout its life, with the primary damage path never surpassing 150 yards in width. After crossing into Pennsylvania, the storm entered the industrial area of Wheatland at F5 intensity. A man shielding two children in a ditch was torn from the ground and later found dead in the debris of a destroyed business a block away. Nearby, a six-year old boy running home from a baseball game was caught outside and killed by the storm (Ivory, 2007). Four more died in separate buildings at the intersection of Church Street and Ohio Street. The tornado may have reached peak intensity during its second wind maxima on the east side of Wheatland. A trucking plant was stripped of its roof and walls, and the steel-beam frame of the building was "twisted like a pretzel" (Grazulis, 2001). Sections of pavement were scoured from the plant's parking lot, and surveyors documented pieces of debris and paper wedged beneath the remaining asphalt. Minutes after exiting Wheatland, the tornado weakened and dissipated.
In total, the violent tornado killed 11 people in Ohio and seven in Wheatland. A damage survey concluded that the tornado caused F5 damage both in Niles and in Wheatland. Yet despite the severity of the building damage, photographic evidence indicates the tornado failed to cause significant tree debarking in the worst affected areas. As discussed in Part II, violent tornadoes may cause some extreme damage indicators but not others. The reason why damage patterns differ so wildly is unknown.


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Management conference celebrates anniversary of influential faculty publication
The Penn State Smeal College of Business Department of Management and Organization hosted a conference last month to celebrate the 30th anniversary of one of the most influential articles in the history of management.
"Upper Echelons: The Organization as a Reflection of its Top Managers," authored by Evan Pugh Professor and Smeal Chaired Professor of Management Don Hambrick and co-author Phyllis Mason, appeared in the Academy of Management Review in 1984.
"Smeal's Department of Management and Organization features some of the top talent in management thought in the world, and this conference provided great visibility in that area."
-- Dennis Gioia, Robert & Judith Klein Professor of Management, Chair of the Department of Management and Organization, Smeal College of Business
The paper brought together and expanded upon previously fragmented research to link organizational outcomes with the values and experience of the organization's upper management, spurring a new strain of research related to the "upper echelons" theory.
Selected as the best paper of the journal's first decade, it has been cited more than 1,800 times in the Web of Science citation index and more than 5,000 times in Google Scholar.
The conference was attended by some of the top strategic management scholars in the world, from institutions such as Harvard, Northwestern, Texas, INSEAD and Seoul National University.
"Smeal's Department of Management and Organization features some of the top talent in management thought in the world, and this conference provided great visibility in that area," said Dennis Gioia, department chair and Robert & Judith Klein Professor of Management.
Hambrick, a Smeal faculty member since 2002, is widely known for his research related to CEOs and top management teams, executive leadership, corporate governance, and strategy. He holds a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Colorado, a master of business administration in marketing and planning/control from Harvard University and a doctoral degree in organizational strategy and planning from Penn State.


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Amanda Harrington expects to have a pretty big cheering section behind the visiting bench at the Hart Center tonight when her Central Connecticut State team takes on Holy Cross.
Most of her family, including her parents Rich and Claire, will be there, and her mom called her yesterday to tell her a bunch of her co-workers also want to come.
"Everyone wants to come up and watch," Harrington said. "I'm definitely looking forward to the game."
The 6-foot-3 Harrington, who grew up in Oxford, had an outstanding career at Sutton High, finishing with more than 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds and helping the Suzies to the 2010-11 Central Mass. Division 3 title.
Last year as a freshman at CCSU, she was eager to contribute right away, but a bout with mononucleosis caused her to miss the first month of the season. She ended up receiving a medical redshirt.
"I was on the bench, so I was still part of the team," Harrington said. "It gave me a year to get better and to get to know my team a little better."
This season, Harrington is averaging 13.2 minutes as a backup center/forward. She pulled down 4 rebounds in the Blue Devils' first game against Rhode Island, and scored 9 points in a recent loss to Hartford.
Central Connecticut won its first two games of the season before dropping its last two, to Hartford and No. 15 Texas. Harrington logged 15 minutes against the Longhorns.
"It's nice to be able to play this year," she said. "We came out strong, so that always helps."
Harrington led the Dual Valley Conference in scoring as a junior and earned multiple DVC All-Star honors. She also was a standout volleyball player at Sutton, earning DVC Player of the Year honors and being named team MVP twice.
Her senior year, the Suzies basketball team, coached by John Doldoorian, ended Quaboag Regional's eight-year reign as Central Mass. champion. Sutton repeated as CMass champ last year.
"The more we won, the better teams we played," Harrington said, "and that got me to play bigger, stronger girls and quicker teams, and that definitely helped me for college."
Harrington received her first basketball when she was 9 years old and immersed herself in the game soon after. Part of the learning process was going to watch Holy Cross games with her dad.
CCSU has won two in a row against the Crusaders, who are coming off a victory over UMass on Sunday.
Fast starts at Assumption
It has been a terrific start to the basketball season at Assumption, where the men's and women's teams are a combined 10-0.
The men are 5-0, received 12 votes in this week's NABC/Division 2 poll, and can match their best start since 2003-04 with a win over New Haven tonight at Laska Gym.
Ronson Quick (17 ppg), Kevin Donahue (16), Tim Beinert (13.4) and Terrence Bobb-Jones (12.6) are averaging in double figures, and the Greyhounds have had some strong defensive efforts, holding opponents to 62.2 points and 39 percent field-goal shooting. Assumption is outrebounding foes by eight a game.
A quick start is really nothing new for the AC women, who began the 2011-12 season with nine straight wins.
The women, who check in at No. 24 in this week's USA Today coaches' poll, likewise have balanced scoring — Katy Howard (15 ppg), Gabrielle Gibson (13.4) and Sabrina Siciliano (12) — and good defense. They are limiting opponents to 51.6 points and 37 percent field-goal shooting. They host New Haven in the first game of tonight's doubleheader at 5:30.
The Assumption men are one of three unbeaten teams in the Northeast-10 Conference, and the AC women are one of four, but the Greyhounds have the best combined mark.
Brown to induct Oliva
Dr. Jeanne Oliva, who grew up in Worcester, recently was inducted into the Brown University Athletics Hall of Fame along with the other members of the Bears' 1984-85 women's swimming and diving team.
Oliva, who learned to swim at Girls Inc. on Providence Street, graduated from Doherty High in 1984 and went on to have an outstanding academic and athletic career at Brown. A top performer in the 100 and 200 butterfly, Oliva helped the 1984-85 team to an undefeated season and the second of three straight Ivy League titles, and the Bears won the Eastern Championship meet.
Oliva graduated magna cum laude in 1988 and returned to attend the university's medical school. She practices internal medicine at Rhode Island Hospital.


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In 2011, as the United States Postal Service announced the closure of 3,700 post offices nationwide due to massive deficits, Executive Director, Jeff Baskin, saw opportunity. The old Argenta Post Office in downtown North Little Rock officially closed June 15, 2012, leaving this historic building vacant and without purpose. According to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, "Local post office buildings have traditionally played an essential role in the lives of millions of Americans. Many are architecturally distinctive, prominently located, and cherished as civic icons in communities across the country." The William F. Laman Public Library System believes in the Historic Argenta District. Its history and effort to preserve, restore, and revitalize Main Street and historic buildings and homes is important to the downtown area of North Little Rock. It brings community back to the city, boosting economic growth and creating sustainable and safe neighborhoods for its residents and visitors.
Community integration has always been Baskin's core motive behind directing the library into its future. His vision to move the library's Argenta Branch into the Post Office has finally come true.
With a loan from the City of North little Rock, the William F. Laman Public Library System purchased the former Post Office building for $775,000 on Sept. 30, 2012.
Renovations began March 5, 2013, at a cost of $2.8 million, with the plan to convert and renovate the old Post Office for use as the Argenta Branch Library. The renovated building features 15,300 square feet of public space, including a large children's department, computer lab, exhibit hall/gallery, 140-seat auditorium, meeting room, vending area with seating and more than 12,000 books for children, teen and adult readers. The grand opening of the new Argenta Branch location was on April 5, 2014.We're expanding services! Please click the survey below to let us know what you'd like us to offer. The Argenta Branch Library 420 Main Street North Little Rock, AR 72114 501-687-1061 Hours Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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Second Round Game Analysis: Sunday GamesPosted by rtmsf on March 21st, 2010
Over the next two days in a series of separate posts, RTC will break down all 16 of the second round games using our best analytical efforts to understand these teams, the matchups and their individual strengths and weaknesses. Our hope is that you'll let us know in the comments where you agree, disagree or otherwise think we've lost our collective minds. Here are the Sunday games.
12:10 pm – #1 Syracuse vs. #8 Gonzaga (Buffalo pod)
In the CBS national game to start the day, everyone will get this very enticing game between Syracuse and Gonzaga. Given the way this year is winding up, it wouldn't surprise anyone if the Orange without their big man Arinze Onuaku found itself on the short end of the score around 2:30 pm today. But we still have faith in Syracuse even without the talented center and we think that Jim Boeheim's team is too good to fall short of the Final Four this early. The primary problem that the Zags are going to have is one they didn't have to worry as much about with Florida State, and that is in stopping the powerful SU offense. With offensive scoring threats at all five positions, Syracuse is in a far more advantageous position than FSU was (with their limited offense) when Gonzaga caught fire on Friday — if the Zags want to get into a shootout with Syracuse, that's not likely to end well for them. Still, with the way the Big East has had so many early round troubles, and the WCC looking great with St. Mary's already in the Sweet Sixteen, we're not ready to dismiss the Zags based on that alone. The Syracuse zone is likely to be something that Mark Few's team has not seen with such athletes all season, so even with their ability to put the ball in the hole, we hesitate to think the Zags can consistently score on it.
The Skinny: Gonzaga will push the Orange, but we still like this team to advance and make a serious push for the national title in coming weeks.
2:20 pm – #2 Ohio State vs. #10 Georgia Tech (Milwaukee pod)
You might not see it on their faces, but the Buckeyes are smiling. Northern Iowa's removal of Kansas puts Ohio State in the driver's seat in the Midwest region. That said, there's still no way Thad Matta and Evan Turner are going to let the rest of that team look past their opponents and assume an open road to Indianapolis. Good thing, because Georgia Tech showed us that they're not just made up of Derrick Favors and Gani Lawal and a bunch of suckers. The Yellow Jackets shot 2-10 from the three point line but balanced that by holding Big 12 player of the year James Anderson to a 3-12 shooting night, 0-6 from beyond the three-point arc, and an overall 11 points. But the most impressive aspect of Georgia Tech's performance on Friday night — by FAR — was the fact that they went to the free throw line 25 times — and hit 24 of them! It wasn't just Lawal and Favors. Tech played nine players, and eight of them shot at least one free throw. Evan Turner isn't just the player of the year in his conference, though — he's likely the national POY, so the Tech task is that much tougher. Turner wasn't himself in their first round game against UCSB, going 2-13 and posting only nine points (though he did contribute 10 boards and five assists). He's looking to break out, and knows he'll have to be at his best. Lawal and Favors, though, will be looking to get Dallas Lauderdale, Jon Diebler, and Turner in foul trouble early and open poke some holes in that OSU front line.
The Skinny: You probably don't want to go with our Midwest picks, since yesterday we took Kansas and Ohio. It's not exactly going out on a limb to say that this will be a great second round game, but that stat line of Turner's shows you that he can play such an important role on the team even when he's not scoring. For Tech to win, they'd have to turn in a similar performance at the free throw line, keep Turner under wraps and coax him into a supporting role again, and cool down Jon Diebler. That's a tough trifecta to pull off. We don't see it happening. But we didn't see Northern Iowa dismissing Kansas, either.


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Williams was extremely candid during the sit down, telling us that he had offered to step down as Sox GM on multiple occasions and that he would "work within the organization if that was what chairman Jerry Reinsdorf felt was best for the franchise."
However, Reinsdorf has committed to Williams to be the man to fix a team that woefully underachived this season.
"So much so that on a couple of separate occasions I went to Jerry Reinsdorf and I said, 'Hey listen, If I'm the cog here in the machinery that's a problem let's talk about a transition thing because I love the organization, and I got value here and in the scouting world. I'd like to stick around a little bit. Put another banner up there, so if I'm the one here that is the cog that's a problem let's figure it out.' It wasn't so long ago that I did that again and also in that same conversation I said whether or not Ozzie is the decision I'm telling you straight to your face I can work with anyone, no matter what's been said and what's been done at this point. I can sit down here like men and work it out, and that opportunity didn't come about."
… Making sure I understood correctly, I asked: If Jerry said to you he'd make Rick Hahn the GM, you would've said fine if that's what it took to get the Sox another title?
"With open arms, I'd welcome it," Williams replied. "This isn't easy. I think Jim (former Cubs GM Jim Hendry) just a few weeks ago said, he used the phrase all-consuming; there are only a couple of other people in this town that understood what he was talking about. When that time comes I'm more than willing that if I'm being ineffective, whether from a personnel standpoint or a manager standpoint, I'll step aside and we'll go out have a steak and smoke a cigar, it's not a problem."
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His building bricks are amaretti, panna cotta, cantuccini, zabaglione and tiramisu… Italian pastry chef Matteo Stucchi, 25, combines these sweet treats with tiny figures and toys to compose fun landscapes and scenes. Twice a week, he posts new scenes on his Instagram account I Dolci di Gulliver. So sweet – and much too pretty to eat!


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Vritomartis Hotel & Bungalows
Why Vritomartis Naturist Hotel & Bungalows is "Special"? Because of…
…our Name
Vritomartis is a very special naturist resort and like no other you will experience. It takes its name from an ancient Minoan Goddess who was much-revered and worshipped in the area of Crete where Vritomartis is situated. And 'special' is a word that applies to so many aspects of this family-owned Naturist hotel.
…our unique Location
Its location is special, indeed some would call it spectacular, nestling as it does on a promontory overlooking the Cretan Sea, and with the majestic White Mountains - that at their highest point rise to over 2000 metres - forming a unique backdrop.
…our Region and its History
Vritomartis is in the region of Sfakia, and two kilometres from Chora Sfakion (Sfakia), a small and unspoilt coastal village. This part of Southern Crete is one of the most rugged, unspoilt and dramatic in the whole coastal region. It makes for a very private place and an ideal location for a nudist resort.
…our Accommodation, Facilities, Activities and Trips
Other features that make the Vritomartis Naturist hotel 'special' include the accommodation and the resort facilities. Traditional Cretan architecture has been combined with all the modern facilities an international traveller would expect. Guests have a choice between accommodation in the hotel or in individual bungalows scattered amongst the well-tended and spacious grounds.
A 25-metre swimming pool provides the central location in our nudist resort, and this is where many of our guests base themselves during the day. We also have our naturist beach a short walk away from the main building.
Apart from the possibility to participate in some activities here in our resort our team also orginises trips to the highlight sightseeing of the region, naturist cruises along the coasts and walkings to unique places you have never met.
…our Respect to Naturism
As a licensed naturist resort we broadly follow the guidelines of the International Naturist Federation yet without the 'formality' that some find restrictive in some other resorts hotels. We have created a relaxed and friendly environment, and whilst most of our guests are committed naturists, a "clothing optional" approach ensures that even guests who are visiting a nudist resort for the first time, never feel uncomfortable or out of place.
From sunrise to sunset, all external areas are naturist or clothing optional whilst at all times, clothes(even towel or pareo) must be worn in all indoor areas. Guests must be nude at the swimming pool area and at the beach. As a family-run naturist hotel, children are always welcome and there are special facilities for them.
…our aim is you remember this holiday forever
Whether you stay for a few days or a few weeks, want complete peace and quiet or some gentle activities, the warmth of our welcome will only be surpassed by the warmth of the sun!
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Bungalow parc
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15-25 ha / 37 - 62 acre 18 April 25 October Visa Card 0 0 La locations possibilities
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1 - 2 km / 0.6 - 1.2 Miles 1 - 2 km / 0.6 - 1.2 Miles Oui emplacements ombragés
emplacements ensoleillé
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In Crete Island there are two airports the airport of Chania(CHQ) and the airport of Heraklion(HER).
If you arrive at the airport of CHANIA
Driving out the airport area, follow the road to Chania for about 7-8 Km. As you arrive to a Y point change direction, keeping the left side of the road, towards Souda Bay and as you reach the exit to the National Route, follow the signs towards Rethimnon. You will drive the National Road for about 30km and then follow the signs towards Vrisses - Chora Sfakion where you turn right (this point is exactly after a Shell gas station found on your left hand on the national road). Leaving the national road you will drive the country road of Sfakia for 40Km, through the mountains, passing through the villages of Vrisses, Krapi, Askifou and Imbros. As you reach the sea turn right to Chora Sfakion. You will find Hotel Vritomartis on your left hand after approximately 1Km, and 1Km before the village of Chora Sfakion. The whole drive is nearly 80Km (1 and ½ hours) long by car.
If you arrive at the airport of HERAKLION
Driving out the airport area, to the exit of the National Road follow the signs towards Rethimno. Stay on the National Road all the time and pass from the city of Rethimno and then the villages of Kavros and Giorgioupolis, go on a little more (total distance covered on the national road is approximately 100Km) and turn right and then left following the signs towards Vrisses, drive for less than 1Km and then left again following the signs towards Chora Sfakion. Leaving the national road you will drive the country road of Sfakia for 40 Km, through the mountains, passing through the villages of Vrisses, Krapi, Askifou and Imbros. As you reach the sea turn right to Chora Sfakion. You will find Hotel Vritomartis on your left hand after approximately 1Km, and 1Km before the village of Chora Sfakion. The whole drive is nearly 150Km (2 and ½ hours) long by car.
35.201518 24.138031 Chora Sfakion, 730 11,Crete
Facilités, Equipements
Parc de jeux pur enfants
Douches froides
Douches chaudes
Vente des dispositions
Machines a laver
Tir a l´arc
Soirées dansantes
Organisierte Ausflüge
Terrains du sport
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- 730 11
- Kreta
- +30 2825 0 91112
- +30 2825 0 91222
- http://www.vritomartis.com
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- 73011
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Cooper Union to Join First Worldwide Student Philanthropy Day
POSTED ON: February 1, 2013
The Cooper Union is proud to announce that a group of students representing all three schools have come together to form Cooper's first-ever Student Philanthropy Committee: a group dedicated to increasing the understanding of philanthropy, and growing engagement in fundraising among students. On February 28, they will join nearly 80 educational institutions across the world to participate in the first ever international Student Engagement and Philanthropy Day. Monies raised by the student-led effort will be donated to The Cooper Union Annual Fund, which each year provides unrestricted support for students' education.
"As students, we experience the benefits of a Cooper education every day and recognize that it is imperative for us to give back however we can to help preserve Peter Cooper's legacy for future generations," the Student Philanthropy Committee co-chairs Peter Zohore, Melinda Wong and Diana Yun wrote in a statement.
The Committee will engage the entire Cooper community in a full day of events designed to strengthen the culture of philanthropy on campus and promote participation from 100% of the student body. Student-made profiles of alumni donors will be shared in the Foundation building and NAB lobbies, where students will collect gifts from their peers and encourage them to sign and mail student-made thank you post cards to alumni donors. Students whose gifts meet or exceed the suggested minimum donation level of $15 will also receive a limited edition t-shirt commemorating the day. All participating students will be entered into a raffle to win Cooper merchandise at the culminating celebration on the evening of Thursday, February 28.
"From its very founding, The Cooper Union has always relied on the philanthropic support of those who believe in its unique mission," the co-chairs wrote. "As Cooper works toward building a stronger financial future, we understand that increased philanthropy from all members of our community will play a critically important role. We are proud to announce this initiative as The Cooper Union honors Peter Cooper's legacy through various Founder's Day celebrations in the month of February."
Volunteer Shifts are open from 12:00 - 4:00p.m., Tuesday, February 26 - Thursday, February 28. Sign-up at www.tinyurl.com/volunteer-4-cooper
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If any of you are in, or will be in the Seattle area at the end of the month - you owe it to yourself to go to the Northwest Regional Barista competition.
Yeah - there will be rock star baristas in action.
Yeah - there will be parties at Cyclops and Elysian Brewing and Zoka and and and.
Yeah - there will be cool people and tasty treats and chances to cheer for your favorites.
Yeah - the best barista in the Northwest will be crowned (and awarded $1k in cash!!).
But... there also are going to be a couple of amazing opportunities that you should not miss.
First - there is going to be an antique espresso museum machine. Various machines from the collections of Kent Bakke, John Blackwell, Duane Sorenson and John Sanders are going to be on display. These include most if not all of the seminal and key machines in the history of espresso machine development. Perhaps a once in a lifetime opportunity.
Second - during the competition, there will be periodic cupping events (2-3 per day). The coffees being cupped will be limited to those that are award winning. If you want to get a chance to taste coffees from the Cup of Excellence, Kenya and Ethiopian Auction Lot coffees and coffees from the Best of Panama (like the Esmerelda Especial and the Carmen Estate) then this is your chance. Again... the chance to see cupping tables like this... probably also a once in a lifetime event.
Oct 28-30.
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The saying you are born atheist made religious seems to apply here.
Simple one is not born with belief in anything.
If people were born with a belief in anything there would likely to be much fewer beliefs and they would not differ on core details, but the reality is that are thousands of beliefs who often have no details in common.
How do you know that?
Because you're not born with a political ideology or clothes either, dipshit.
Because I was born in a Christian environment and recognized the bullshit as bullshit - what so you?
I was born in a little log cabin by candle light, they called me Abe....