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For most users, the information received thus far is sufficient for all their Linux operations. But Portage is capable of much more; many of its features are for advanced users or only applicable in specific corner cases. Still, that would not be an excuse not to document them.
Of course, with lots of flexibility comes a huge list of potential cases. It
will not be possible to document them all here. Instead, we hope to focus on
some generic issues which you can then bend to fit your own needs. If you have
need for more specific tweaks and tips, you might find them on the
Most, if not all of these additional features can be easily found by digging through the manual pages that portage provides:
$ man portage $ man make.conf
Finally, know that these are advanced features which, if not worked with correctly, can make debugging and troubleshooting very difficult. Make sure you mention these if you think you hit a bug and want to open a bugreport.
By default, package builds will use the environment variables defined in
As an example, we enable debugging for the
First of all, we set the debugging variables in a file called
CFLAGS="-O2 -ggdb -pipe" FEATURES="${FEATURES} nostrip"
Next, we tag the
media-video/mplayer debug-cflags
When Portage works with ebuilds, it uses a bash environment in which it calls the various build functions (like src_prepare, src_configure, pkg_postinst, etc.). But Portage also allows you to set up a bash environment yourself.
The advantage of using your own bash environment is that you can hook in the
emerge process during each step it performs. This can be done for every emerge
To hook in the process, the bash environment can listen to the variables
In this example, we'll use
To use
if [ "${EBUILD_PHASE}" == "postinst" ] || [ "${EBUILD_PHASE}" == "postrm" ]; then echo ":: Calling aide --update to update its database"; aide --update; echo ":: Calling updatedb to update its database"; updatedb; fi
Until now we've talked about hooking into the ebuild processes. However, Portage
also has another important function: updating the Portage tree. In order to run
tasks after updating the Portage tree, put a script inside
If you didn't use
# ln -s /usr/bin/eix /etc/portage/postsync.d/eix-update
By default, Gentoo uses the settings contained in the profile pointed to by
By using
If you use NFS-based file systems for rather critical file systems, you might
want to have
To accomplish that, we add the package to
To manage several ebuilds in a similar manner, ebuild developers use
Luckily, with the information provided above, you can call this function by
hooking into, for instance, the
If you need to patch firefox (for instance because a developer provided you with
a patch and asked you to check if it fixes the bug you reported), put the patch in


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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Michael Crabtree caught touchdown passes of 49 and 7 yards and finished with a career-high 172 yards, leading the San Francisco 49ers to a second straight NFC West title with a 27-13 victory over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.
Colin Kaepernick overcame a slow start to throw for a career-best 276 yards and two TDs as the Niners (11-4-1) did their part to control the postseason picture - but were still waiting on Green Bay's result at Minnesota to know whether they would earn the NFC's No. 2 seed.
Frank Gore ran for a 2-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter for his franchise-best 51st touchdown rushing.
Brian Hoyer went 19 of 34 for 225 yards and a late TD toss in his first career NFL start as Arizona's fourth quarterback. The Cardinals (5-11) lost for the 11th time in their last 12 games in what might have been Ken Whisenhunt's final game as coach.
Online:http://pro32.ap.org/poll andhttp://twitter.com/AP-NFL

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Even though it is a bit late I wanted to brag on my husband for a minute:) For Mother's Day he and the boys made me breakfast. My choice. I chose a new pancake recipe that actually required a bit more effort than just opening a box and adding water. And it was worth it. NOT only did he make them BUT he did it with the kids (if you have ever cooked with a 2 and a 4 year old you know how painful this can be:) The results were absolutely delicious and the memories priceless.
We first started out with Starbucks after Mass.
The boys got down to business!
And that was not all...there was also crispy bacon and scrambled eggs.
And if that was not enough...my choice for dinner too! I chose ribs!!
Have you ever noticed that food tastes better when you are not the one cooking??? Thanks honey for a wonderful day..... already excited for NEXT mother's day. No pressure:)
PW's Perfect Pancakes
3 cups plus 2 tablespoons cake flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons baking powder
2 tablespoons sugar
2 cups milk
2 large eggs
3 teaspoons vanilla
4 tablespoons butter
Extra butter
Maple or Pancake syrup
Mix together dry ingredients in large bowl. Mix together milk, eggs, and vanilla in a separate bowl. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients, stirring very gently until just combined.Melt butter and add it to the batter, stirring gently to combine.Cook on a greased skillet over medium-low heat until golden brown. Serve with an obscene amount of butter and warm syrup.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
mother's day pancakes
Even though it is a bit late I wanted to brag on my husband for a minute:) For Mother's Day he and the boys made me breakfast. My choice. I chose a new pancake recipe that actually required a bit more effort than just opening a box and adding water. And it was worth it. NOT only did he make them BUT he did it with the kids (if you have ever cooked with a 2 and a 4 year old you know how painful this can be:) The results were absolutely delicious and the memories priceless.
Posted by Melanie at 10:38 PM 2 comments
Thursday, May 28, 2009
apron envy
I have it. I admit it. Serious apron envy:)
Here are some recent pics of my sewing projects. I got an adorable pattern for a girl's apron and have made these 2. The adult aprons have all been gifts. I sooo want to wear every apron I have made....but sadly have not made one for myself. Soon...I tell myself....very soon!
I love the neckline and pocket detail on these aprons!
This is a reversible half apron that I designed myself. It has a little pleat where the strap meets the waist. I may do some mommy/daughter apron sets.
My friend Jenny came across this pattern on etsy and I just fell in love with it. It is such a feminine apron! You can't help but be better in the kitchen just wearing this:)
The apron is reversible. I may work on a similar pattern that is just one sided too.
Side 1
Side 2
Side 1
Side 2
I LOVE the finished result but do admit that picking out the fabrics is half the fun.... especially if you are making it for someone you know and love!
Posted by Melanie at 11:58 AM 6 comments
Monday, May 25, 2009
pork gyros
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 cup dry red wine
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 small bay leaf, crumbled
1/2 tablespoon (packed) fresh oregano leaves
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 1-pound pork tenderloins
Tsatsiki Sauce
1 cucumber, grated
1 cup Greek yogurt or whole-milk yogurt
2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill
2 tablespoons drained capers, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 t lemon juice
6 pita breads
1/2 half red onion thinly sliced
8 oz feta cheese, crumbled
Oil for pitas
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 rounded teaspoon dried oregano
1 rounded teaspoon dried rosemary, crumbled
2 garlic cloves, minced
Combine first 7 ingredients in large resealable plastic bag; shake to blend. Add pork to marinade; seal bag. Chill overnight, turning bag occasionally.
Peel and grate 1 cucumber, then squeeze it with your hands to remove excess water. Stir together with yogurt, 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice, garlic, capers, dill 1/4 teaspoon each of salt and pepper to make tsatsiki.
Prepare barbecue (medium heat). Remove pork from bag. Grill until thermometer inserted into center of each tenderloin registers 145°F, about 18 minutes. Transfer to work surface; let stand 10 minutes (temperature will rise 5 to 10 degrees). Thinly slice into rounds.
Gently simmer oil, oregano, rosemary, garlic, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper in a small heavy saucepan, stirring constantly, until garlic is fragrant but not browned, 1 to 2 minutes. Brush one side of bread with oil and heat bread, oiled side up on a sheet pan, 3 to 4 inches from broiler 3 minutes or until warm and brown.
Fill pita bread with pork, drizzle with sauce then tuck in onion and sprinkle with feta cheese. Serve, passing remaining sauce separately.
This recipe was adapted from 2 different gyro recipes I found on epicurious. It was good and the kids liked everything but the tsatsiki sauce:) I will certainly make this again!
Posted by Melanie at 4:25 PM 2 comments
Friday, May 22, 2009
mmmm... my kid's favorite dip
Mmmm. Hands down the most requested thing in the house by the kids. White Dip. Well, that is what we call it. It is actually a cream cheese fruit dip. So good and so very easy (the easy part even actually makes it even taste better)!! Mom made this for us as kids and we called it Caramel Apple Dip....it does taste close to caramel apples and it is certainly less hassle. I have made it hundreds of times. If you have come to my house for one thing or another I'm sure you have had it!
Fruit Dip aka White Dip
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1 small jar marshmallow cream
1 tsp vanilla
Mix all ingredients together until smooth and creamy. Use electric mixer for best results. Serve with cut up fruit. Green apples are the boys favorite with this dip.
I use neuchatel cheese which is a light cream cheese.
Here is Xavier "testing" it for me to make sure that it is as good as he remembers it to be.
Yup! It sure is!!
I am really behind on posting new blog entries but I will catch up soon , I promise:)
These are some of my **favorite*** recent pictures of Xavier. I really {heart} them!!!
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
boomie juice
Posted by Melanie at 7:40 PM 3 comments
Monday, May 18, 2009
how many noe boys...
does it take to mow the lawn? If you look at how long the grass is ...
you will see that it takes three!
AND if you heard how rough the lawnmower sounds you would also see that it takes both a bubble mower and an empty fertilizer cart to get the job done!
Posted by Melanie at 10:00 PM 3 comments
Friday, May 8, 2009
i love dinosaurs??
Posted by Melanie at 1:44 PM 3 comments
Thursday, May 7, 2009
merci gladys
My sister had her baby early. Merci Gladys was born April 20, 2009. Her actual due date was May 7th. She was born early on a Monday morning. My sister went into labor on Sunday. It was Divine Mercy Sunday. How cool! Her middle name is my maternal grandmother's name.
Merci was born with Pfeiffer Syndrome. It causes early bone fusion. This primarily affected the bones in her head. Her elbows are also fused. I was fortunate to be able to see my newest niece already. She has already had her first photo shoot:) A week after her birth she had her first surgery to relieve the pressure on her brain from the early bone fusion. She did great and her head shape looks really good! We were all so impressed. One week after that she had a tracheostomy. Her nasal passage is closed on one side and so very tiny on the other. If all goes well, she will have it for 1-2 years. She is being cared for by some of the best doctors/teams in the world at Mayo Clinic and we are so grateful for that. She is so sweet and we are happy to have her here with us. I know that my sister is anxious to get her home.
Please keep her in your prayers so that she can hurry home to join her 6 brothers and sisters. Yes. Merci is number 7. And yes. My sister is crazy. Just kidding Gina.
Kind of:)
Posted by Melanie at 7:54 PM 1 comments
spring salad and wedding cookies
In attempt to find a new and interesting salad for my SIL's wedding shower, I came across this recipe for a salad. Here is the recipe as written.
Blueberry Spinach Salad
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup raspberry vinegar
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 (10 ounce) package fresh spinach, torn
1 (4 ounce) package blue cheese, crumbled
1 cup fresh blueberries
1/2 cup chopped pecans, toasted
In a jar with a tight fitting lid mix the first 5 ingredients together. Assemble the rest of the salad in a large bowl pouring dressing over right before serving.
I tested out a version of this salad out on a friend who was visiting (thanks Steph for being my guinea pig!). Here are my substitutions:
I used raspberry white balsamic vinegar and feta cheese for the blue cheese. The store was out of blueberries so I used strawberries and I used my friend Susan's awesome sugared nut recipe (which I will post) with walnuts instead of pecans.
Susan's Awesome Sugared Nuts
2 cups nuts
3/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup water
Put all ingredients in a glass bowl and stirring to mix. Microwave in one minute intervals and stir. It is finished when the mixture crystallizes. Pour out on a plate or baking pan to cool- breaking up clumps. My microwave takes about 7 minutes total. You can even add cinnamon or cayenne pepper to them if you would like but I like them best plain:)
In the final shower for the salad, I used a mixture of spinach and spring lettuce mix and used blueberries, strawberries and blackberries. The dressing was served on the side. It was beautiful and very tasty!
I also made some wedding shaped cookies as favors with fondant and royal icing . The recipe was from the William Sonoma website. It makes a very rich and flavorful cookie.
Sugar Cookies
16 Tbs. (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
3/4 cup sugar
3 egg yolks
1 piece vanilla bean, about 2 inches long
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
In a bowl, using an electric mixer, beat together the butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Beat in the egg yolks one at a time, beating well after each addition. Cut the vanilla bean in half lengthwise and, using a small, sharp knife, scrape the seeds into the butter mixture. Mix well. In a sifter, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Sift the flour mixture directly onto the butter mixture. Reduce the speed to low and beat until well mixed.
Divide the dough into 4 equal portions. Shape each portion into a ball, then flatten the balls into disks. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight. (The dough can be prepared up to 3 days ahead.) Let it soften slightly at room temperature before continuing.
Position a rack in the upper third of an oven and preheat to 350°F. Butter 2 large baking sheets. On a lightly floured work surface, roll out a dough disk 1/4 inch thick. Using cookie cutters, cut out desired shapes. Transfer the cutouts to the prepared baking sheets. Gather up and re-roll the scraps and cut out more cookies. Repeat with the remaining dough disks. Bake until the cookies are golden on the edges, about 8 minutes. Transfer the cookies to wire racks and let cool completely.
Makes 24 to 30 cookies.
I think that using real vanilla bean is such a nice touch since the ingredients are so simple. You can get them in the grocery spice section or online. After the cookies cooled completely I spread a thin layer of buttercream icing (to act as glue) and then rolled out fondant and used the cookie cutter and put the fondant cutout on top of each cookie. Royal icing was used to make simple embellishments. So pretty!
Thanks J for all of your help and planning for the shower. I think it turned out great!


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My first card I decided to go with a winter theme. I did use Color Cue 9 from the WPlus9 blog this month. Pink, grey & white...one of my FAVE combos!!
Ink: Clearsnap (Pigment: chestnut, eggplant, antique pewter, evergreen, lilac, black)
Embossing Powder: Stampendous (clear)
Ribbon: Renaissance by Design
Jewels: Doodlebug Designs
Corner Rounder: EK Success


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28th November 2009.
Portsmouth were 20th in the Premier League.
Southampton were 20th in League One.
43 teams separated these great rivals.
28th November 2012.
Southampton are 18th in the Premier League.
Portsmouth are 20th in League One.
45 teams separate these great rivals.
A role reversal of immense proportions as their fortunes almost mirror each other perfectly. What does the future hold? Who knows.
Of that 2009 Premier League table, Birmingham City, Burnley, Blackburn, Hull, Bolton and Wolves are also now absent (is it me or does the league look a hell of a lot stronger now?).
Things can change so fast in football! That is why you must always take advantage of the ascendancies! I noticed some of the teams that now sit between us that were of particular interest:-


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On the heels of the Falcon Northwest Mach V, Velocity Micro's Raptor Z90 joins a raft of competing $4,999 luxury desktops bearing Intel's new six-core performance chip. Against the backdrop of the new chip, its new motherboard, and our own $5,000 price-tag limit, Velocity Micro has crafted a high-performance system that competes well with the Falcon on our gaming tests, but, like the Mach V, also offers more nuanced performance than you might see from a system designed purely for gaming. Even if I wouldn't necessarily buy this configuration, Velocity Micro has configured a powerful performance desktop that shows off the capabilities of Intel's new platform. Given its overall performance edge, I can recommend it over the competing system from Falcon Northwest.
Without belaboring this review with another long technical overview, the highlights of Intel's new Core i7 3930K chip include six physical CPU cores with support for up to twelve processing threads, dynamically balanced thanks to Intel's HyperThreading technology. The "K" designation in the CPU name means it is overclockable, and Velocity Micro has pushed the system past its maximum 3.4GHz stock frequency to a respectably ambitious 4.7GHz.
With the new chip also come new Intel X79 chipset motherboards. Like Falcon Northwest, Velocity Micro has used an Asus P9X79 motherboard to go with Intel's new chip. Also like the Falcon system, Velocity Micro has decided to stock its Raptor Z90 full of memory, plugging 16GB of 1,600MHz DDR3 RAM, via four memory sticks, into the X79 motherboard's quad-channel memory slots.
|Velocity Micro Raptor Z90
|Falcon Northwest Mach V
|Motherboard chipset
|Intel X79
|Intel X79
|4.7GHz Intel Core i7 3930K (overclocked)
|4.4GHz Intel Core i7 3930K (overclocked)
|16GB 1,600MHz DDR3 SDRAM
|16GB 1,600MHz DDR3 SDRAM
|(2) 1.5GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 580
|(3) 1.28GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 570
|Hard drives
|(2) Patriot Wildfire 120GB SSDs, 2TB 7,200 rpm Hitachi hard drive;
|128MB Crucial SSD, 2TB 7,200 rpm Samsung hard drive
|Optical drive
|Blu-ray writer/dual-layer DVD burner
|Blu-ray writer/dual-layer DVD burner
|Operating system
|Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
|Windows 7 Professional (64-bit)
Four different vendors submitted PCs for review with Intel's new CPU and chipset. Of those, only the Velocity Micro and Falcon systems withstood the scrutiny of our testing. Even the Falcon and Velocity Micro systems had the occasional crash, but both were stable enough over the long run of testing that I'm comfortable saying these systems represent what each vendor will ship out to customers.
Between these two surviving Core i7 3930K PCs then, the Velocity Micro and its fast 4.7GHz overclock, its pair of high-end, 1.5GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 graphics cards, and two solid-state hard drives focuses on delivering performance computing at very high resolutions, with lots of fast data storage. Anyone with a high-resolution 27-inch or 30-inch display and a need for speedy data access should appreciate this Raptor build. Falcon's triple-SLI Mach V is also fast, but with three midrange GeForce cards, you may run into the occasional game like Metro 2033 that demands more video memory. Content creators should consider video memory allotments as well.
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)
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(Longer bars indicate better performance)
|Rendering Multiple CPUs
|Rendering Single CPU
The two Core i7 3930K PCs trade off wins on our application performance tests, but an older system from Digital Storm with a standard quad-core Core i7 2600K CPU also stays relevant. If you're choosing a system based on application speed, the proper choice will depend on the specific programs you depend on most.
Photoshop CS5 gave the Velocity Micro trouble, relative to the Mach V, at least. I suspect that's due to the GPU processing elements in our CS5 test and the Mach V's three GPUs. Take out the graphics card element, and on Photoshop CS3, Cinebench, and our multimedia multitasking test, and the Velocity Micro's faster 4.7GHz clock speed wins.
For single-threaded tasks, like our iTunes test, and our single-core Cinebench test, the 4.8GHz Digital Storm system wins the day. For that reason, the imminently overclockable Core i7 2600K can still make a strong case for itself among performance PC buyers, both for its speed, as well as its value next to Intel's new chip. Remember, that Digital Storm ODE Level 3 costs less than $2,500, making it a virtual steal.
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|1,600 x 1,200 (high, 4x aa)
|1,280 x 1,024 (medium, 4x aa)
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
|1,920x1,200 (DirectX 10, 4x aa, very high)
|1,440 x 900 (DirectX 10, 4x aa, very high)
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
|2,560x1,600 (DirectX 11, very high)
|1,920x1,080 (DirectX 11, very high)


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Are There Babysitters in Heaven? — Meg Peery McLaughlin
Meg is a friend and a profoundly gifted pastor. Here she offers tips for people helping children process death and grief.
It's best to be open with kids when the topic comes up and their questions arise. Be honest and as clear/concrete as possible. Kids don't need to be shielded from the truth. If they are, their imaginations will fill in details where there are gaps. Avoid clichés: "God takes people" makes it seem like God is like the descending metal claw in a toy machine.
Grin and Bear It! How to Tackle the Tougher Tasks — 99U
I especially like the "networking" section, particularly the tip about showing up early to an event. So much easier than showing up late and trying to insert oneself into groups that have already formed.
Why a Bible Belt Conservative Spent a Year Pretending to Be Gay — Guardian
Tip o' the hat to my friend Jay for sending this along:
Timothy Kurek grew up hating homosexuality. As a conservative Christian deep in America's Bible belt, he had been taught that being gay was an abomination before God. He went to his right-wing church, saw himself as a soldier for Christ and attended Liberty University, the "evangelical West Point".
But when a Christian friend in a karaoke bar told him how her family had kicked her out when she revealed she was a lesbian, Kurek began to question profoundly his beliefs and religious teaching. Amazingly, the 26-year-old decided to "walk in the shoes" of a gay man in America by pretending to be homosexual.
This is an interesting article, and I always like a good redemption story. But you don't have to pretend for a year in order to understand the plight of another (though that's a good way to get a book deal, eh?). Simply befriending someone usually does the trick. Which is why Mix It Up at Lunch Day is such a neat thing.
The Waterfall Swing — Colossal
The water pours down from the beam on the top of the swing, but stops when the person passes underneath. How fun is that? Click on the link or the image below for video.
My last few links are all from the same source, Brain Pickings:
Do Not Despise Your Inner Life
Inspired by Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet…
James Harmon set out to create an antidote to the "toxic cloud of tepid-broth wisdom" found in books "with the shelf life of a banana" that the contemporary publishing world peddled and reached out to some of the most "outspoken provocateurs, funky philosophers, cunning cultural critics, social gadflies, cyberpunks, raconteurs, radical academics, literary outlaws, and obscure but wildly talented poets. The result, a decade in the making and the stubborn survivor of ample publishing pressure to grind it into precisely the kind of mush Harmon was determined to avoid, is Take My Advice: Letters to the Next Generation from People Who Know a Thing or Two
The post contains an excerpt from philosopher Martha Nussbaum and includes the advice, "Read a lot of stories, listen to a lot of music, and think about what the stories you encounter mean for your own life and lives of those you love. In that way, you will not be alone with an empty self; you will have a newly rich life with yourself, and enhanced possibilities of real communication with others."
75 Scientific Mysteries, Illustrated by Artists
Art meets science. How could it not be awesome?
[The book's editors] invite some of today's most celebrated artists to create scientific illustrations and charts to accompany short essays about the most fascinating unanswered questions on the minds of contemporary scientists across biology, astrophysics, chemistry, quantum mechanics, anthropology, and more.
The images, which comes from a mix of well-known titans and promising up-and-comers, including favorites like Lisa Congdon, Gemma Correll, and Jon Klassen, borrow inspiration from antique medical illustrations, vintage science diagrams, and other historical ephemera from periods of explosive scientific curiosity.
Above all, the project is a testament to the idea that ignorance is what drives discovery and wonder is what propels science — a reminder to, as Rilke put it, live the questions and delight in reflecting on the mysteries themselves.
Anais Nin Meets Frank Lloyd Wright, Jr.
Nin has been a person of fascination to me, but the key quote was this one:
[Frank Lloyd Wright's] struggle is against uniformity and wholesale design. He speaks out boldly, as Varèse did. If he sounds like a moralist, it is because beauty, quality, and ethics are inseparable.
What an intriguing thought. Do you agree?
Have a good weekend. And if you're needing some Sabbath this weekend but aren't sure where to start, check out my post at the Sabbath blog.


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|Enamel Necklace
In the Japanese Style
Alexis Falize
France, 1867
The Victoria & Albert Museum
In the 1860's, Parisian jewelers became enamored of the Japanese style and tried to replicate Asian enamels. Prior to the 1850s, and since the 1820's, Japanese style was barely recognized in Paris. However, the Japanese Court at the London Exhibition of 1862 and similar displays at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1867 caused quite a stir amongst the artistic community. Designers of all types were inspired by what they had seen.
This is a great example of the intricate technique of costly cloisonné enamel wherein the precise outlines of the design are the result of the tiny 'cloisons' or cells that hold the enamel and which have to be individually shaped from thin gold strips. The flower and bird motifs that we see in this 1867 example by Alexis Falize (1811-1898) are taken from Japanese prints, although the vibrant shades show the influence of Chinese work. The necklace of cloisonné enamel and gold shows Alexis Falize's expert eye as well as the skill of Falize's chief enameller, Antoine Tard. The circlet is made up of ten long panels of enameled gold which are punctuated with gold rosettes. Five circular pendants hang from the lower edge of the piece.


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Jeter gets multiple chances in field against Rays
TAMPA, Fla. -- There have been plenty of opportunities for Derek Jeter to test his surgically repaired left ankle this spring, and the Yankees shortstop had a particularly busy day at the office on Sunday.
Jeter participated in five of the first nine outs that David Phelps recorded against the Rays at George M. Steinbrenner Field. He also turned a double play during six innings in the field, finishing the afternoon 0-for-3 at the plate.
"Yeah, I've been getting a lot of work," Jeter said. "Everything's good. ... I just want to get comfortable. That's like every other year you're here. I don't have any particular checklist that I have; just playing more and more."
Jeter made a nice play coming in on a Cole Figueroa chopper in the second inning, grabbing the ball on a short hop and fluidly whipping it to first base. Those are the types of plays that Jeter has worked on during batting practice and on the back fields, but he hasn't had chances to do them all in games.
"Every time you get an opportunity to do different types of plays, it's good," Jeter said. "I feel as though I've worked on everything; I may not have done it in a game, but I've worked on everything. Now it's just a matter of doing it in games."
When the Yankees shifted against left-handed batters on Sunday, Jeter stayed on the left side of the infield while third baseman Yangervis Solarte went to the right side of the field. Jeter said that he'd prefer to guard the left side of the field, even if he is dislodged from his usual shortstop spot.
"It feels worse for me if I'm on the other side of second. That's something [where] I'm all thrown off," Jeter said. "It's like looking in a mirror and everything is backwards. Alex [Rodriguez] didn't like it either, so I was pretty much forced to do it in the past, but now the guys that are playing third have played second as well. It's a little odd when you're in close, but it feels better than the other side."
Jeter opened the spring hitless in his first 10 at-bats before stringing together four straight hits, including a double. The captain is hitting .235 (4-for-17) through his first seven games, which includes a hard liner on Sunday that could have been a double but wound up in the glove of Rays first baseman James Loney.
"The results are probably the last thing that's on my mind," Jeter said. "It's just seeing the ball and swinging at strikes and progressing from there. I don't really look at the results, it's just a feel thing."


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Those Voltage Monitors that use colored LEDs as indicators, come to mind. What garbage! And then you have people doing product evaluations (webBikeWorld and MCN come to mind) on them saying they are great...based on what...nice little LEDs that flash back at you? It doesn't take much to suck the average consumer in.
On another forum, a vendor was pushing a charger (Save-A-Battery) as the last battery charger you will ever need. Well it might be if it were any good. Gold contacts...wow, like everybody needs those. It even did a "Load Test"...I knew better and it took ages to get a number out of the company. It did a load test of 20W...yep, less than 2 amps. Hell, my headlight will load test that battery better. A real load test is defined.
We should start a thread about all the effing BS on the net.
BTW, my coworker read the above comments and couldn't keep a straight face. We both work in a lab; power systems, chargers, batteries, etc.
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Ufda happens..........
Need your R11xx Hall sensor rewired? PM me.
As I Said in my first post, something was killing my battery. The mechanics at the BMW dealership told me to make sure that the charger
I was using was suited to the battery. So by changing the battery charger I no longer have a problem.
People will try to impress you with all kinds b.s. like charts and graphs most often to compensate for lack of real intelligence.
Alternator out put and battery charger out put are not the same thing.
Regardless of the numbers, the advice that I got works.
What charger (make and model) did you get that works with your battery?
What charger (make and model) did you have that killed your battery?
Yes, charts, graphs and facts intimidate those that really have no knowledge of things!
The only negatives I have heard on the new LiIon batts (Shorai, etc) are they're expensive, and can be slow cranking in real cold temps. Won't hold a charge and goes dead really fast sounds like a charging issue, not a battery problem.
Ride Safe, Ride Lots
trying to charge a 12V battery with a charger that only puts out 12 volts is like trying to inflate a tire that has 35psi showing with a compressor putting out only 34psi you'll never get there.
Marty - in the western Oregon mountains.'06RT, (gone '04RT, '86 Venture Royal, '81 Yamaha Virago920, '82Suzuki GS1100GK, '76 Suzuki GT750, Triumph 750 Bonneville, BSA Road Rocket 650, 61" Harley knucklehead)
Ale>< in Akron, OH and that picture is a girl with a cute smile
Shorai (LFX21L6-BS12) from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Shorai+%2...f=nb_sb_noss_2
It was $172.53 so it was on the pricy side. I just hope it lasts as long as the odyssey or longer.
Ale>< in Akron, OH and that picture is a girl with a cute smile


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New Software Version?
New Software Version?
I posted a blurry screen shot of the release notes summary page at:
Anyone notice the difference in throttle response?
Has anyone gotten emails verifying this?
Can someone switch the car to metric and let us know what the energy consumption is rated in?
kW/100km, watts/km ect
Still anxiously waiting for my car to recognize that there is an update pending... the suspense is killing me!
After getting in my S today, it had a 'service notice', however, nothing showing me a software upgrade is showing anywhere, or how to initiate it?
After I unplugged the power, the notice disappeared. I started it, and shut it down... still nothing?
Can anyone explain what, when, or where I should get to this software upgrade? Or is it just notifying me in advance I should be expecting something soon?
Seems like the notice is an error when it was trying to push the upgrade. Lots of cars seeing that error. I'm sure they are sorting it out if owners tell their service reps about it.
It's not a bug, it's a feature.
"The Dramatic Update Experience -- Only from Tesla!"
I got the "Warning Car Needs Service" this morning too...which went away when I got in the car and put my foot on the brake, but no software update yet. I get the impression from some of the posts above that the update is downloaded on 1 day and then installed on another, but not sure why that would be. I'd think it would be simultaneous, no?
I just went for a ride and my current software says "version 15.14." Yesterday it was 15.8. There's some kind of update, but no email or list of enhancements as promised that I've seen.
I doubt that the next update would be numbered 4.0, given their numbering system. That sounds suspicious to me.
I have NO idea what they enhanced.
@Mike6: I took delivery of my car yesterday afternoon (P153). Just as the delivery specialist was explaining to me how when software updates are available a little icon will show up on the menu bar, I swear, as soon as he pointed to the empty spot... that icon appeared! Clicking on it opens a scheduling dialogue asking when you want to do the update. Default time is 2AM! So we moved on with the pre-flight instructions.
Cut to: 12:30am. Yes, I'm sitting in my car in the garage in the middle of the night. Doesn't everyone do that on the first night home? Well, like your car, Mike, suddenly my car starts going nuts! Whirring noises. Clicks. Lights! The screens flashing on and off. You have to understand that I have less than
50 miles on this car, and I'm thinking it's about to blow up! I too got the "Needs service" notice, and a string of other warnings. Currently my "speedometer" screen will NOT shut off when the car is powered down. It keeps cycling like it wants to shut off, but stays on.
Bottom line, this car is more like a computer than a car. Updates are always a dicey proposition, and you never know what may get broken. (Like my rear view camera which now seems to come on only when it feels like it!
I'm confident that these bugs will get worked out soon. Bottom line, the important stuff, like performance and handling are AWESOME and just work! But, I'm sure we will be dealing with details for ever!
I do hope they run some sort of dual partition or dual firmware setup inside of the vehicle. That way the "flash" or update process can fail, but it will resort back to the backup firmware/partition to keep the car operable until the update failure can be resolved or the car can be serviced. It doesn't have to be a full backup operating system, just the basics to be able to get it back online and able to retry the update (or restore from a known working copy).
Many enthusiast computer motherboards have features like this because they tend to brick them with bad flashes. It's a premium feature, but I would expect it's in this kind of car.
@timdorr Really any embedded device that does OTA updating works that way. I work on consumer products, and we do this even in little things like wifi scales. It's incremental cost in storage space and huge savings in support costs. If Tesla didn't do ping ponging of firmware, I'd be extremely surprised.
I'm posting this for those (nervously...as I once was) waiting and or newly cradling their Model S. I've had my car since Oct 24th and have not experienced 1 problem! Friends & family ask, and yes there are things I "wish" were included, but absolutely nothing has gone wrong or disappointed!!! (I remind myself that if Tesla delivered "the perfect" car out of the gate where would they go from there)? Everything promised & delivered has worked perfectly. THE CAR IS REMARKABLE! repeat REMARKABLE!!! The updates will be welcome "icing on the cake"! I'm 1,700+ miles in and I haven't set foot on a gas station property....(nor have I received my electric bill), but I know it will be substantially less than my equivalent gasoline bill! (Not that I care, but not 1 person has criticized this car...IT IS TRULY REMARKABLE)! Those waiting will very much enjoy!!!
I got the warning this morning "Car Needs Service, Power Reduced", but went away when I started driving. There was nothing about a Software Update.
I just checked (Saturday 10:45PM in California), there is no Update waiting for me either.
Assuming that the warning this morning was about a failed download, will it try and download again?
Here's a comprehensive collection of screenshots, detailing the new features:
The .pdf is back online again too:
Thanks, Volker. However it should be p. 29.
Thanks, Schlermie.
I've updated the Wiki with all the new changes: http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showwiki.php?title=Model+S+software+firmw...
This is blowing my mind . . .
My Lexus is no smarter than it was 4 years ago. The Model S keeps getting better all the time.
Last night coming home from an Xmas party, I noticed two really odd things on my drivers-side display, which I have never seen before. In the 're-gen' monitor, there was a phantom orange broken line that started at 20 khw, and moved slowly to 40 khw, before disappearing (it made no sense what it's purpose would be, other than an error).
Later at the bottom of the display (just above where time, temp, etc is) all the sudden a bunch of strange looking tiny symbols appeared (looked almost Arabic or Thai).
I haven't received the new software upgrade yet, however, the timing is strange.
@Tikiman - is the orange line the signal that regen is disabled? (and slowly coming back?) Was it super-cold or the car completely charged?
@Nick, I did charge it at the 'max' setting to 270, because I was taking a long trip (which was the first time I have done this). Although, I didn't top it off, to the full 300, I am surprised that it would not allow for re-gen when I still had 20 miles of battery life uncharged?
Yesterday morning I, too, got the warning "Car Needs Service", but it went away when I put it in gear. Still no software update as of Noon PT today. I do have poor 3G coverage in the garage (1 or 2 bars), but phone and browser still function.
@Tikiman - definitely sounds like the regen thing, though surprised you didn't notice it.
@Mike6, I love your description! When I got the first software update (a few weeks ago), I just scheduled it at 2am and didn't check on it. I also got the "Car needs service" warning yesterday, but so far no software update notice, and mine is still on version 1.15.14
it is great that our Model S will improve over time. Yeah, I always thought it is more a computer than a car, and feel it is finally a car of the future (here now!)
DouglasR, thanks for the correction. I wonder how that happened, but I certainly did not intend to send people to the wrong page... Now that the PDF is available, that's of course much better in many ways.
Volker, I believe that the page breaks on many threads can change as new posts are added. Your link was probably accurate when you posted it.
@Tikiman - I had previously spoken to a service person about the orange broken line. It has to do with the temperature of the battery pack and will keep your car from accelerating or regenerating past the broken line (I haven't seen it on the acceleration side yet). They told me it was normal and not to worry about it. The line will go away when the car reaches an appropriate temperature for standard operation (and it has gone away in my case). It happens to me every night that I leave work when the car has been sitting in the cold temp's all day.
David M;
Someone from TM said that when you first get your car it's the worst it will ever be.
@jamesgx, thanks for that post, I saw the jagged yellow line and regen seemed to be reduced, now I know the answer as to why! Thanks again!!
Still no upgrade notice yet, however, now my car says..."Service 12 Volt Battery".
It would really be nice if Tesla would update (and expand) the on-line .pdf owner's manual with each software upgrade. For example, my current owner's manual (accessable under My Tesla) has only a single paragraph on p 17 relating to the Energy App/Screen, and there appear to be some significant changes to this app with the newest software.
Oh, BTW... I was able to fix the other issue with my front display, by rebooting it via the two upper steering-wheel buttons pushed simultaneously (similar to rebooting the touch-screen, just one step up).


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My Favorite Potato Salad Recipe
I've been making potato salad for a friend's July 4th picnic for a zillion years now, and until now I haven't come up with a definitive potato salad. But this year, I am going to make my slightly altered version of the Creamy Potato Salad recipe in Jasper White's The Summer Shack Cookbook. It's killer, and I promise if you make it you will be a food hero to whoever you bring it to.
I just replaced the chopped kosher dill pickle he calls for with sweet relish because I like my potato salad a little sweet. Also, because we do love bacon at Serious Eats, I add a little chopped bacon to the salad just before I serve it, to give it just a touch of smokiness. The bacon is most assuredly optional.
White's great recipe has a couple of exceedingly useful tips.
"The trick to making a great creamy potato salad is to cook the potatoes whole, so the outsides are very soft by the time the centers are cooked through but still firm."
He uses distilled vinegar in the potato salad because "the acute sharpness that makes the vinegar undesirable for most dishes, especially vinaigrettes, is what spikes the flavor perfectly in this dish."
He also notes that this potato salad is best made well in advance: "It is really at its best the second day."
White says to use medium-sized, all-purpose (medium-starch) potatoes for this potato salad. I've found that Yukon Golds work best.
- Yield:serves 6
- 4 medium all-purpose potatoes (about 2 1/2 pounds)
- 2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon kosher or sea salt, or more to taste
- 2 hard-boiled eggs, roughly chopped
- 1 small onion (2 to 3 ounces), cut into 1/4~inch dice
- 1 large stalk celery, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch dice (1/2 cup)
- 2 scallions, trimmed and finely chopped
- 1/4 cup sweet relish
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh Italian parsley
- 1/4 cup Hellmann's mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons distilled white vinegar
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, or more to taste
- Six slices of crumbled, smoked bacon (optional)
Pour 2 quarts cold water into a 4-quart pot and add 2 tablespoons of the salt. Peel the potatoes one by one, adding them to the pot as you work. Cover the pot and bring to a boil over high heat. Immediately reduce the heat to medium and simmer until the potatoes are very tender, 25 to 30 minutes, depending on their size.
Drain the potatoes in a colander, transfer them to a baking sheet, and let cool until they can be handled.
Cut the potatoes into irregular 1-inch cubes, and place in a large bowl. Add the eggs, onion, celery, scallions, pickle, parsley, mayonnaise, oil, vinegar, and mustard and mix well with a rubber spatula. Season with the remaining 1 teaspoon salt and the pepper. Cover with plastic wrap placed flush against the potatoes and chill for at least 2 hours, or preferably overnight. (The salad keeps for up to 3 days refrigerated.) Check the seasoning before serving, and add salt and pepper to taste if needed. If you're going to add the bacon, now is the time to cook, drain, and crumble six slices. Just before serving, top the potato salad with the crumbled bacon.
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With the NBA playoffs starting a week from today, there is only one matchup that is certain until now after the Chicago Bulls' win over the Cleveland Cavaliers last night helped them clinch the number one seed in the Eastern Conference since the great Michael Jordan's last year with the Bulls. The road to the NBA Finals for the Bulls will kick off with the eighth seeded Indiana Pacers, who haven't made the playoffs since 2006.
I normally don't get excited about first round series, since a lot of sweeps take place, and this series may happen to be one of them. Given how the Bulls defeated the Boston Celtics Thursday night, I highly doubt with that consistency any team in the East can take them down. The Indiana Pacers, who are going to have another losing season this year, should be grateful to be found in the Eastern Conference, as teams like the Houston Rockets and the Phoenix Suns would have easily taken their places had they been in the East. Also, the race for the eighth seed was a disappointing one, as the Milwaukee Bucks and the Michael Jordan-owned Charlotte Bobcats never manned up to the situation or played with the necessary power given what was at stake, making the Pacers' road to the playoffs not match the intensity.
Coach power:
Everyone knows who coaches the Chicago Bulls :Tom "Thibs" Thibodeau. This is the guy who, as a coach assistant, instilled the word "defense" in the Boston Celtics ever since they acquired their Big Three back in the 2007-2008 season and led them to play with such intensity. And if it comes to me, I believe he deserves more credit than Doc Rivers for the Celtics' success in the past few years and that focus on D. So it was no surprise to me that so many teams, including the Chicago Bulls, wanted to land him as a coach after he decided to give interviews. From early on in the season, Coach Thibs had his leader, MVP candidate Derrick Rose, bought into the concept of defense, and when you got your leader in, the whole team follows, which was the Bulls' case. I would have Thibodeau as a candidate for Coach of the Year, given what he did to this team and how he made the most out of what he had given the absences of power forwards Carlos Boozer and Joakim Noah due to injuries for extended periods during the season.
Before the All-Star break, no one really saw the Indiana Pacers fighting for the eighth seed, given that at a time they were 10 games below .500 and things weren't going smoothly. Then the Pacers kicked off coach Jim Brien and put assistant coach Frank Vogel instead, and suddenly the team took on a whole new identity and had a strong start with Vogel. Given also his first coaching year after serving as an assistant fo
r the Pacers since 2007 after serving with teams like Washington Wizards, Los Angeles Lakers, Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics as an assistant or video coordinator or even scout. Vogel maximized seldom-used center Roy Hibbert's abilities and got the Pacers on a whole new run. Yet, the Pacers' 8-10 record in March, which included a 26 point loss to the cellar ranking Minnesota Timberwolves, also makes you question how much he can get out of them.
Winner: Tom Thibodeau
Star Power:
"MVP, MVP, MVP!" That's the kind of chants you'd hear if you were at the United Center in Illinois or rather any game that the Chicago Bulls are playing in. Why? It's simple. Derrick Rose, who questioned at the beginning of the NBA season why wouldn't he be considered in the MVP race, is playing like an MVP all right. Averaging 25 points and 8 assists a game, Derrick Rose has carried the Chicago Bulls on his shoulders despite missing both Noah and Boozer for over 60 games combined and had his team slowly rise in the standings to eventually take reign of the East. Sweeping the Miami Heat 3-0 and beating the Celtics in the last two games, including playing around Celtics' guard Rajon Rondo all night, I can't see how he can be stopped.
Danny Granger has been the leader the Pacers needed, but let's face it; nobody's playing like Rose is playing right now, including him. Granger's 20 points a game can be easily outmatched by any other Bull, and not necessarily Derrick Rose. Also, I'm expecting small forward Luol Deng to make Granger's life a bit hard on defense.
Winner: Derrick Rose.
The other 11 players:
What else could you want more when you have a front line of Carlos Boozer, Joakim Noah, and Kurt Thomas? Add to the mix Luol Deng, and you got one hell of a long team. One has to admit that the shooting guard position in Chicago is a bit weak compared to the rest, but the other 4 players on the floor will definitely more than compensate for that. The chemistry that both Boozer and Noah are slowly developing on the floor and the fact that they got the average-defender Rose's back on defense makes this team seem like an unstoppable unit with the team first mentality.
In the last game vs the Bulls on March 18, the rest of the Pacers team had to step up in order to earn that lone victory vs the Bulls in overtime. How often will Tyler Hansbrough be able to knock down 29 points against the Bulls? Darren Collision doesn't really have much of a chance overtaking Derrick Rose at the point guard position. Given also that the Pacers aren't that consistent, although in that particular March mentioned above, they were also able to knock down teams like the Boston Celtics. Yet I still have to give my nod to the Bulls here.
Winners: The rest of the Bulls.
In conclusion, given that the season series ended 3-1 for the Bulls, with the lone Indiana victory coming as previously mentioned in OT, I hardly doubt to see a Cinderella story, much less an Indiana win in any of the 4 games, given how consistent the Bulls have played all season and not letting their guard down.
Final Result of series: 4-0 (A 4-1 is feasible, given that the Pacers may win the first one at home.)


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Update: The trial, which began Wednesday, has produced some startling testimony involving social media evidence about the events of August 11.
A possible coverup by one of the defendants included an attempt to enlist Steubenville's longtime football coach, Reno Saccoccia, in heading off any charges.
In a text sent on August 14 he claimed: 'I got Reno he took care of it an ain't s— gonna happen even if they did take it to court.'
While courtroom media led by Nancy Grace dissect every sleazy revelation of the Jodi Arias murder case in Arizona, a trial that actually deserves the attention it is getting starts Wednesday in Steubenville, Ohio.
An overflow crowd of reporters from across the country is expected at the juvenile court trial of two Steubenville High School football players. They are accused of dragging a semi-conscious drunk girl from party to party last August and digitally penetrating her, while their friends posted photos and videos on social media and made crude jokes about her.
The case has taken on a socio-political dimension. Women's advocates and online hackers say it has explosed a "rape culture" in which players in a football-crazy small town have been allowed to get away with almost anything. A Ms. Magazine blogger has demanded that Steubenville cancel its football season.
Conservative bloggers counter that a "digital lynch mob" of liberal American-culture haters has misrepresented the facts and defamed the town. Steubenville's government has put up a website to defend itself against various charges, including the allegation that local officials tried to cover up the rapes.
Only the two youths, ages 16 and 17, who are alleged to have committed the sex acts are on trial. In an ABC interview, one of them maintained the sex was consensual.
No charges were filed against teenage witnesses for taking pornographic images of a minor or failing to report a felony, or against any adults who may have furnished alcohol to minors. An online petition with 85,000 signatures urges the prosecution of Steubenville grad Michael Nodianos, 18, who made an infamous 12-minute video joking about the rapes in graphic terms. Nodianos' defenders counter that he didn't actually witness anything and that there's no law against talking like a drunken jerk. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine says he will announce after the trial whether anyone else will be charged.
Steubenville, a town of 18,000 in economically depressed southeastern Ohio, is known mainly as the hometown of Dean Martin and for its nine-time state champion football team, the Big Red, which most recently won the title in 2006.The role of hackers associated with the groups Anonymous and Knight Sec has been controversial: They uncovered the Nodianos video and other social media evidence, but also have posted unverifiable rumors and leaked court documents that identify the victim, an honor-roll student and athlete at a neighboring high school. She was apparently the ex-girlfriend of the witness who took the Instagram photo shown at left and also made rude comments about her on Twitter.
For more information: The main Twitter hashtag is #steubenville. The Cleveland Plain Dealer has been doing a good job of coverage. An AP backgrounder is here. Local blogger Alexandria Goddard posted the youths' tweets about the rapes before they could be deleted and continues to weigh in. Conservative writer Lee Stranahan (a disciple of the late Andrew Breitbart) has been having tweet wars with hackers and debating women's advocates, including comedian Roseanne Barr.
Barr has appeared on Nancy Grace's HLN show to talk about the case, and Grace promised to cover the trial. But with the X-rated trial of the attractive Jodi Arias single-handedly boosting HLN in the ratings, it'll be interesting to see if she actually makes the trip. We e-mailed Grace to ask about it–no response yet.


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Health club membership in the United States jumped 10.8 percent to 50.2 million in 2010 from 45.3 million in 2009, the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) said today.
The results, which Rick Caro alluded to in the annual financial panel at last month's IHRSA show in San Francisco, are from IHRSA's annual health club membership survey, which was conducted this past January.
IHRSA also reports that total industry revenues were $20.3 billion in 2010, up 4 percent from 2009, and that the number of health clubs increased slightly from 29,750 in 2009 to 29,890 in 2010. The total number of health club consumers (a combination of members and nonmember users and visitors) were 58 million in 2010, a 10.4 percent increase from 52.6 million in 2009.
This is the first significant increase in membership IHRSA has reported in five years. From 2006 to 2009, membership was between 45 million and 46 million each year.
"One year does not constitute a trend, but it is certainly a positive sign that 2010 saw real membership growth after four years of treading water," says Jay Ablondi, IHRSA's executive vice president of global products. "The health club industry has weathered the economic storm of the past few years better than many other industries."
The number of nonmembers who visited health clubs was 7.8 million in 2010, an increase of 8.2 percent from 7.2 million nonmembers in 2009, IHRSA says.
"Economic indicators show that consumers were very price-sensitive with respect to health club membership dues," says Melissa Rodriguez, IHRSA's research manager. "With increased traffic, clubs added value to memberships and offered quality ancillary services, for which consumers were more willing to pay premium dollars."
Member usage declined from 102.4 days in 2009 to 97.5 visits in 2010, according to the IHRSA survey. Overall average attendance for both members and nonmembers also dropped from 90.9 visits in 2009 to 87.2 visits in 2010. (IHRSA says the decline in average usage can be attributed to new members who typically are young and casual users.) On average, nonmembers used health clubs for 28.3 visits in 2010 compared with an average of 26.3 visits in 2009.
According to IHRSA, a total of 38,742 online interviews were conducted for the survey with a nationwide sample of individuals and households from the U.S. Online Panel, operated by Synovate. A total of 15,086 individual and 23,656 household surveys were completed. IHRSA arrived at the total number of health clubs through the use of InfoUSA Inc., which provides data related to the total number of club units using the industry's SIC code of 7991, as listed under the Yellow Pages.


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Twins Sweep Royals, Win Sunday Game 4-3
MINNEAPOLIS - Pitcher Wade Davis made a wild flip home on a comebacker in the eighth inning and the Minnesota Twins rallied past the Kansas City Royals 4-3 Sunday for a three-game sweep.
After the Royals scored three times in the eighth for a 3-2 lead, reliever Aaron Crow (0-1) walked two Minnesota batters to start the bottom half.
Davis struck out Joe Mauer, but Trevor Plouffe walked to load the bases. Chris Hermann then hit a tapper back to the mound and Davis, hoping to begin an easy double play, hesitated briefly after getting the ball out of his glove.
Davis' toss sailed past catcher Salvador Perez. Pedro Florimon scored the tying run and Brian Dozier slid home under Perez's return throw to Davis covering the plate.
Casey Fien (1-0) got one out and Glen Perkins posted his third save.


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News | October 13, 2004
Free Programs Will Preview NASA's Next Mars Mission
NASA is equipping the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to advance our understanding of Mars through detailed observation, to examine potential landing sites for future surface missions, and to provide a high-data-rate communications relay for those missions. Jim Graf, project manager for the orbiter, will describe the project on Thursday evening, Oct. 14, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Dr. Richard Zurek, the project scientist, will do so Friday evening, Oct. 15, at Pasadena City College.
"Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter will be one of the most exciting missions ever sent to Mars," Graf said. "It is a next-generation orbiter that will work in conjunction with surface missions to give us a new understanding of the processes shaping the planet." The orbiter will carry the most powerful telescopic camera ever flown to another planet, one that is able to show martian landscape features as small as a kitchen table. That camera and five other science instruments will pour data back to Earth at about 10 times the rate of any previous Mars mission.
Graf has worked on space-related projects for nearly 30 years, from development of ion thruster technology to management of the Earth-orbiting Quick Scatterometer mission. He holds a bachelor's degree from Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., and a master's from Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colo. NASA has awarded him its Outstanding Leadership Medal. Zurek's bachelor's degree in mathematics is from Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich., and his doctorate in atmospheric sciences is from the University of Washington, Seattle.
The talks will be part of JPL's Theodore von Kármán Lecture Series. Both will begin at 7 p.m. Seating is first-come, first-served. The Thursday lecture will be in JPL's von Kármán Auditorium. JPL is at 4800 Oak Grove Dr., off the Oak Grove Drive exit of the 210 (Foothill) Freeway. The Friday lecture will be in Pasadena City College's Vosloh Forum, 1570 E. Colorado Blvd. For more information, call (818) 354-0112. Thursday's lecture will be webcast live and available afterwards at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/lectures/oct04.cfm.
News Media ContactGuy Webster (818) 354-6278
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.


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1964 Chevy Truck - Readers' Trucks
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Finish What You StartSo many times people start a project only to realize it's much more work than expected. That's why it's so great to hear about folks sticking with their conviction and finishing things up. Gharret Johnson of Riverbank, California, is one of those folks.
"I've been working on my '64 for over a year. It's been fun, but more stressful than I ever imagined. When I first saw my truck, it was for sale on the side of the road on my way to work. I knew it was going to be mine someday. It was primer red and the only thing done to it was engine work. I bought it and took it to the garage immediately to start restoration. We started with media blasting the whole truck. When it came back, only 3/4 of the truck was left because there was so much rust! All of the rust has been removed and new patch panels are installed. The truck has a 350 block with 327 heads, an Edelbrock Street Avenger carb, Hooker headers, and a Comp Cams cam. It sounds great. It's hooked to the ground by a Munci four-speed tranny. I've put new bed wood and stainless strips in as well. The tailgate chains have been shaved, and stealth latches and links have been installed. The gas filler has been shaved, and an aluminum gas tank was moved out back. After all the bodywork was done, I had the truck painted in DuPont Hot Hues Sinful Cinnamon. All of the chrome is new as well. I've put new Classic Instruments gauges in the dash, along with a tilt ididit column with a Billet Specialties wheel. For now, the rest of the interior has to wait. I'm out of cash! When it comes to building trucks, I've learned it just takes time, love for trucks, and a lot of money!"
Drop The TopJames Byrd of Quartzsite, Arizona, writes to us, "As you can see, my truck is a convertible or roadster pickup, whichever you prefer to call it." Although that might be one's first thought, there is still much more to the truck. James has installed a Camaro front clip and a Firebird rearend under the '51 Studebaker hauler. Under the hood lies a 454 Chevy with a Turbo 400 tranny. As for the metalwork, James has chopped the windshield 2 inches and U-butted it. He also smoothed the dash and installed a new instrument panel with gauges. Up front, James fabbed a custom grille and bumper. Out back, his friend Sonny worked on creating the tailgate and bed. Once finished, Sonny sprayed the roadster pickup Subaru Electric Yellow. If you live in Arizona, one way to fight the heat is to whack the top off.


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An analyst crunching Apple's numbers sees the tech company increasing capital spending dramatically, causing speculation that Apple may be working on its own supply chain.
"My observations for over a year have been that Apple is increasing its capital spending to such a degree that it is neither fish nor fowl," wrote Horace Dediu, an industry analyst. "It operates data centers but presumably does not operate fabrication plants. And yet it spends more than Intel and Google combined."
Dediu suggested that Apple may be working on creating semiconductors, cases or other mechanical components. Either way, no one seems to be discussing Apple's increasing spending -- even at shareholders' meetings. According to Dediu, Apple's spending has jumped this fiscal year to $10 billion, outpacing Amazon, Google, Intel and Microsoft. He also projects that at this rate, Apple's spending will keep increasing and challenging Samsung's $22 billion a year expenditures. (It's unlikely Apple's spending is on its new headquarters, Dediu said, because that kind of spending is more gradual.)
Perhaps that's why Apple recruited all those Texas Instruments employees, according to Business Insider. However, all the speculation is just that, because no one outside of Apple knows what they're spending the billions on. Could it be Apple TVs? Macs? iPads? Or components for all three? We'll see if the announcement that it will be having more American-assembled devices has even more weight behind it.


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It's unlikely I can write a review that adds anything to what has already been written about this book. This is delightful young adult fiction. Hazel and Augustus are two teenagers living with and trying to survive cancer. They meet in a cancer support group. If you're reading this book, you know there's not going to be a happy ending. It's simply impossible.
But unlike a run of the mill Nicholas Sparks story (I'm thinking of A Walk to Remember, specifically), this book doesn't feel cheap. The cancer and all the pain, suffering and death that can accompany it are not some plot twist thrown in as an artificial conflict for the characters. You know about the cancer from the beginning. It's what brings Hazel and Augustus together. The tragedies that ensure aren't cheap; they are devastating.
It sounds crazy to say, because the cancer was omnipresent in the book (Hazel's oxygen tank, multiple visits to the hospital, a make-a-wish foundation style trip to Europe). It was inescapable. But when Hazel and Augustus were together, you kind of forgot they had cancer. They were just regular, awkward, lovestruck teenagers trying to figure out how to make a relationship work. They had been out of the social game for so long due to their illness; their stilted interactions and attempts at flirting are impossibly endearing. They feel so normal, even though you know that the lives these kids lead are incredibly painful and exhausting and not happily normal.
I was surprised by the ending. I cried while I read this on the bus, which is probably embarassing. But I really thought I knew how it was going to end; and I was distracted by the charming development of their relationship, and I was taken by surprise by how it ended.


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- Timothy Tracy was accused of fomenting unrest in Venezuela
- He was filming a documentary there
- His lawyer says there was lack of evidence and Tracy was freed
A U.S. filmmaker arrested in Venezuela and accused of instigating unrest was released from prison and expelled from the country, his attorney told CNN affiliate Globovision.
Timothy Tracy was on a flight to Miami Wednesday morning, attorney Daniel Rosales said.
Tracy, 35, of Los Angeles, was arrested in April at the Caracas airport as he prepared to leave the country. He was accused of funding opponents of President Nicolas Maduro, successor to the late Hugo Chavez.
His lawyer said he was released because there was not sufficient evidence to hold him.
Venezuelan Minister of Interior and Justice Miguel Rodriguez confirmed the release on his Twitter account, but maintained that Tracy was "captured doing espionage in our country."
The filmmaker was in Venezuela to make a documentary about the political division gripping the country.
Press freedom groups and the U.S. government denied that Tracy was involved in any anti-government activities.
"Tracy was just acting as an observer when he was filming," Reporters Without Borders said when he was arrested. "Shooting video is not evidence of participation in what the government calls an 'act of destabilization.' It is for the police and judicial authorities to investigate and establish from the facts, not for the government to designate Tracy as guilty from the outset."


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George Stewart is quickly becoming the most popular man in Hamilton – and beyond – following the success of a promotion where he gives away free window blinds to people who like the Facebook page of his Apollo Blinds business.
He saw a 20% increase in the number of people who clicked the Like button on his www.facebook.com/apollohamilton social media website last month as a result of offering £100 of free blinds.
All the people who liked his site that month were entered into a prize draw and George announced the winner – who very kindly donated her prize to Cancer Support Scotland.
The reason that George is putting up the monthly prize is that social media sites such as Facebook have become an influential online shop window to market his business.
"Our Facebook page is a great way for other Facebookers to get to know us and also see all the beautiful blinds we fit in homes all across Hamilton," he said.
"I've built up a huge library of photo examples of my work on Facebook which has resulted in an increasing number of customers going on the site and asking for the same products.
"The beauty of Facebook is that customers become part of my Apollo Blinds experience and join in with the antics on the site."
As well as being Hamilton's most popular seller of window blinds, awnings and shutters, George's antics on Facebook include the banter with Radio Clyde presenter Robin Galloway and the mysterious Waheed McManus who keeps popping up on the show.
George believes his business is booming at a time when other are struggling because of his use of Facebook and other social media sites like Twitter to promote his company.
"I'm a firm believer that people buy from people and those who follow me get a new level of access and assurance of whom they are buying from – which is so important for customers who want peace of mind that they are buying quality products from reputable companies," he said.
"I also really appreciate that people choose to follow me and my business online which is why I want to reward that with offers such as free blinds."
To stand a chance of winning £100 of free blinds this month all you have to do is visit www.facebook.com/apollohamilton and click the Like button.
This is the press release that Apollo Blinds Hamilton has issued to local media.
We saw this and wondered if we should do the same?
Nah, we don't think so either. But you might enjoy our franchise website instead.


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Teen given hours to live receives liver transplant
Adam Snow, 14, diagnosed with acute liver failure
A 14-year-old boy who doctors once said had hours to live is making such strides after a liver transplant that he's expected to go home Tuesday.
"I realize that life definitely can't be taken for granted," Adam Snow told Channel 4 Action News on Monday. "I'm young, but I definitely have a new outlook on life and enjoy it as much as I can."
Four weeks ago, Adam was a healthy teenager who loved to fish and play football, but the Butler County teen quickly found himself confined to a hospital bed in a fight for his life.
"He went from being disoriented to being nearly comatose," said Dr. Rakesh Sindhi, director of pediatric research at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC.
Adam's parents said he developed flu-like symptoms and was later diagnosed with an unexplainable case of acute liver failure. His case was so rare that he was put at the top of the list to receive a new liver.
Doctors said Adam wouldn't survive if he didn't receive a new liver in 24 to 36 hours. A donor was found at midnight Nov. 9, and he underwent several hours of surgery in the morning.
While some complications arose, the Snows said they hope their son's story will convince others to become organ donors and help save lives.
"We can't thank the donor enough," said Snow's father, Skip. "It was the gift of life, and we're just overwhelmed by it."
"I just want to thank the family that did donate the liver. I mean, we just can't thank them enough that he's going to live a healthy, happy life," his mother, Linda Snow said. And Skip Snow added, "You don't realize how many people need help."
Adam admits he's even a little surprised at how quickly he's recovered.
"I've just been pushing myself trying to get better as fast as I can, but I didn't think I'd be home for Thanksgiving," he said.
Doctors have told Adam he will likely be able to return to school between January and March.
The Snow family is accepting donations to help pay for their medical expenses. Donations can be made at any Nextier Bank.


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God is coming to Charlottesville!
Well, God in the movies anyway. That's the theme of this year's Virginia Film Festival: "Revelations: Finding God in the Movies." In a new twist, festival director Richard Herskowitz is going to solicit suggestions for films and guest artists from the public via his new blog. He will also respond to those suggestions and give festival junkies behind-the-scenes stories as things gear up for the October 26-29 event.
In addition to heady discussions about God and the state of religion in the world, gala parties, exclusive releases, and more star headliners like Vanessa Redgrave, Sandra Bullock, and Paul Schrader, the festival will also showcase some local talent. As luck would have it, Charlottesville filmmakers Paul Wagner and Kent and Brad Williamson each have new documentaries that explore religious themes. Meanwhile, Hollywood has been busy building an arc out in Crozet. Hmmm....makes ya think. Maybe he really will show up.Â


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MUMBAI, INDIA – John D'souza hasn't yet seen the much-feted film "Slumdog Millionaire." But he is convinced the film has the power to transform his life.
Mr. D'souza, a social worker who has lived all his life in Dharavi, a grubby slum in Mumbai (Bombay) that is touted as Asia's largest, believes that this film can highlight the invisible lives of slum dwellers and create awareness about their abominable living conditions.
"The film has put Dharavi on the world map," says D'souza, whose shanty has a cameo in the film. "Hopefully, it will help people and [the Indian] government understand that we, too, deserve a dignified existence."
Directed by the British director Danny Boyle and based on Indian diplomat Vikas Swarup's novel, "Q&A," Slumdog Millionaire has already won four Golden Globe awards and this week garnered 10 Oscar nominations, including one for best film. Set in the fetid alleyways of Mumbai's teeming slums, Slumdog is a Dickensian tale of an orphan who ingeniously cuts away from his wretched existence to become a champion on the TV game show, "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire."
Even before its Friday release in India, the film's riveting international success had sparked celebrations – and generated hopes in some quarters of its potential to impact change.
"Slumdog ... is Boyle's gift to Mumbai," Shobha De, a socialite and author, wrote in the Times of India, earlier this month.
"Whether or not Boyle's film wins an Oscar or two is immaterial," Ms. De wrote, unabashedly admitting she had watched the film on a pirated CD. "It should be made compulsory viewing for anybody who wants to understand the shocking, ghastly subtext that deals with the 'other' Mumbai – the one that feeds on abject poverty and paradoxically enough, also on the soaring hope that this same poverty breeds success."
Many observers draw parallels of the film with "Salaam Bombay," a 1998 film by internationally acclaimed filmmaker Mira Nair, which encapsulated the despair and desperation of Mumbai's street kids. Eventually, Ms. Nair set up the "Salaam Bombay Foundation," a charity dedicated to them. Her moving portrayal of street kids helped generate awareness and funds to improve their plight.
Some social workers and nongovernmental organizations hope that "Slumdog Millionaire" will do similar good for slum dwellers.
More than 60 percent of Mumbai's citizens are known to reside in slums. The most visible of them is Dharavi, a labyrinth that is home to more than 1 million people. A majority of them are migrants, and all of them – 17,000 stuffed into each acre – are scrambling for space in a sea of weathered iron shacks and mildewed tenements.
Cholera and other waterborne diseases are endemic in Dharavi. Sanitation facilities are scarce, with one toilet for every 1,500 people, according to the World Bank. Drinking water is in short supply; families of 15 share one water tap.
Many of Mumbai's elite view Dharavi as a blight that must be purged if the city, India's financial and entertainment capital, is to achieve stature as a world-class city. Local politicians have long dreamed of transforming Mumbai into "India's Shanghai."
Sheela Patel, the director of the Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers, a nongovernmental organization that works with slumdwellers, is intrigued by the success of "Slumdog Millionaire," but skeptical that it will prompt lasting change.
"Having seen well-made films in poverty from Brazil and South Africa, I believe that like all events on the screen, the film will throw a spotlight on slum life and poverty," she says. "But such focus moves on as new events and news replace yesterday's focus."
The film has also spawned concerns the film, which starkly portrays India's epic poverty, will tarnish the international reputation of the country, well known in recent years for its torrid economic boom. Some critics have derisively labeled it as "poverty porn."
About two dozen slumdwellers on Thursday demonstrated outside the Mumbai home of Anil Kapoor, one of the film's stars, outraged by the insulting title of the movie.
The Times of India, however, called the film "a piece of riveting cinema," urging moviegoers to forget "the twitter about aggrieved national sentiment."
Jubilant about the Oscar nominations – a rarity for films dealing with India – the national daily called the film "a Cinderella-like fairy tale with the edge of a thriller and the vision of an artist."


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International Exposure 2010: Video Preview
Nir Ben-Gal and Liat Dror's Terminal B. Photo by Naama Nada.
Even though December has started and the shelves of Tel Aviv's bakeries are lined with sufganiot, the jelly donuts traditionally eaten during Hanukkah, many of Tel Aviv's residents are still walking around in tank tops and sandals. Unusually hot days and sunny skies have made it easy for the masses to pretend that summer never ended. But for those of us who follow the dance field, there is no denying that the calendar year is coming to a close. The tip-off is in the posters and fliers on display at Suzanne Dellal as well as the press releases and invitations received via e-mail, all announcing the arrival of the annual showcase of Israeli dance: International Exposure.
Nimrod Freed's Flash. Photo by Itamar Freed.
The exact shape and scope of International Exposure have shifted since its first incarnation sixteen years ago. For many years in the late 1990s and early 2000s, it operated in conjunction with Curtain Up, the country's premiere platform for new works by independent choreographers. The festival has stretched over a varying number of days and welcomed crowds both intimate and large. But throughout, the goal has remained the same: to display the wealth of works premiered over the past year to foreign arts presenters, dignitaries, and journalists in the hopes of sending Israeli dance around the world.
Orly Portal's Gnawia
International Exposure 2010 will run from Wednesday, December 8 through Sunday, December 12, and the schedule features an enticing array of established companies and independent choreographers. Most of the programs will take place at the Suzanne Dellal Centre, but a number of concerts and informal showings will take place at other performance venues and studios. And while some of the events are offered only to the festival's guests, many of the shows are open to the public. Below is a guide to the events that are accessible to local dance lovers (and a sneak peek at International Exposure for those of you who are not in town). All shows are at Suzanne Dellal unless otherwise noted.
Wednesday, December 8
Video: Ohad Naharin's Kyr/Zina
International Exposure starts out with the Batsheva Ensemble, the Batsheva Dance Company's junior division, performing Ohad Naharin's Kyr/Zina at 20:00.
Thursday, December 9
Rami Be'er's Transform. Photo by Gadi Dagon.
International Exposure's first full day kicks off at 11:00 with the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company in Rami Be'er's new Transform, which premiered during the international Tel Aviv Dance festival this past fall.
Curtain Up 2010 will be represented by three separate bills shown at 16:00, 19:00, and 22:30.
Video: Tamar Borer and Tamara Erde's Ana
Thursday's offerings also include a performance of Tamar Borer and Tamara Erde's latest collaboration, Ana, at 20:30.
Friday, December 10
Friday's programming includes a fair amount of moving about to different theaters in the area.
Video: The Project in Jacopo Godani's Light Years.
At 14:00, The Project – a joint initiative by the Suzanne Dellal Centre and the Israeli Opera – will present a mixed bill at the Opera House in the heart of Tel Aviv. The program includes Emanuel Gat's Through the Center, Jacopo Godani's Light Years, and Marco Goeke's Supernova.
Video: Vertigo in Mana
Vertigo Dance Company presents a hit from last year, Mana, at the Givatayim Theater at 17:00. Choreographed by Noa Wertheim, Mana premiered during the twentieth anniversary of the Curtain Up festival.
Video: Maria Kong in Miss Brazil
Maria Kong reprises its program from the Tel Aviv Dance festival, Miss Brazil, at 21:00 at Suzanne Dellal. The company's four founders – Anderson Braz, Talia Landa, Leo Lerus, and Ya'ara Moses – collaborated on the first half of the bill, Miss, while guest choreographer Idan Cohen contributed the second half, Brazil.
Saturday, December 11
Saturday is primarily a day of mixed bills, titled Exposures, that feature both shorter dances in their entirety alongside excerpts from full-evening works.
Video: Yoram Karmi's Particle Accelerator
Exposure 1, at 11:00, features Fresco Dance Group in an excerpt from the evening-length Particle Accelerator. The bill is rounded out by Rachel Erdos's OU'.
Video: Rachel Erdos's OU'
Odelya Kuperberg's Tzitzushka.
At 13:00, Exposure 2 will include Odelya Kuperberg's Tzitzushka and a new work from Idan Sharabi.
Video: Liat Dror's Terminal B
Nir Ben-Gal and Liat Dror bring their company from Mizpe Ramon to show Dror's Terminal B at 14:00.
Video: Mami Shimazaki's Loop People
At 15:00, Mami Shimizaki's Loop People shares the bill with Orly Portal's Gnawia in Exposure 3.
Video: Kamea Dance Company in Tamir Ginz's Srul
The day finishes at 22:30 with Exposure 4, featuring Kamea Dance Company in an excerpt from Tamir Ginz's Srul along with Nimrod Freed's Flash.
Sunday, December 12
Video: Sharon Eyal's Bill
After a whirlwind of performances, International Exposure 2010 closes with Batsheva Dance Company in Sharon Eyal's Bill.
Related Articles on Dance In Israel
- International Exposure 2009: Showcasing Israeli Dance (Preview)
- Exploring Israeli Society through Dance at International Exposure 2009
- International Exposure 2009: A Perspective from Abroad (Guest article by Brian Schaefer)
- Snapshots from International Exposure 2008


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Capture: The Robots Are Here!
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Wunderbar! I will post some of my robots once I get a chance.
Far out, these are cool!!
JacksonP, in reply to
Sacha, in reply to
does Emma's knitted Dalek count?
Daleks however are cyborgs, not robots, so here's a real fictitious robot:
aaaahh R.U.R.
Secrets when dynasties collide....
the Dukes + Martin Horspool + Liesha Ward Knox
Jackie Clark, in reply to
Well, officially they're Megan's knitted Daleks, to be fair!
JacksonP, in reply to
Eagle Eye.
Dukes + Martin Horspool + Liesha Ward Knox
I forgot about that! Thanks. That's one of the coolest things ever, IMhO. I should really add it to the opening post.
does Emma's knitted Dalek count?
Absolutely. Been thinking of a theme to encourage people to follow, and the best I could come up with would be any of the following;
1) Robots, of course.
2) Retro objects in the house.
3) Kiwiana.
Or anything else that springs to mind. Springs for instance...
Ian Dalziel, in reply to
the sequincers rule…
Oh these are wonderful. My robots are not proper robots, merely decoration robots. In homage to all true robots, of course. I took the shots on holiday in Napier in January 2011.
Decoration robots rock, too!
Looks like the kind of thing you could sell at that marvellous Napier design emporium Aroha and Friends – much to admire there, I like the screen prints and bird cages and the kiwi creativity…
(there's even a deleted scene from Boy in there somewhere and some great music)
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If you ever get to Yokohama (as I hope you all will one day), there is a fantastic robot museum up on the hill in the old European section.
JacksonP, in reply to
If you ever get to Yokohama (as I hope you all will one day), there is a fantastic robot museum up on the hill in the old European section.
Not the greatest video, but do you mean this?
and let's not forget...
Eduardo Paolozzi's fine work...
including: Vulcan - it seems the UK is festooned with his mecha sculptures and there's also his collages which I first remember from '60s Brit scifi mag New Worlds
plus some historic robot stuff at Cybernetic Zoo
and to finish, what do you do with a problem like Maria?
well if you an early steampunk adopter like Fritz Lang's Professor Rotwang in Metropolis ...
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Martin and some fruit.
Ah, right, so you are part of the drumming fraternity. Took a while to register, but your BDO story should have been a clue. Somewhere I have pictures of the Samba crew at the Grey Lynn Festival. Was that you too?
Cause it don't matter what you're made of
Believe in yourself
And keep your head up, yeah!
great photos!
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Yup. I was the one in the red t-shirt.
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