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No ribbing: Last Bobby Rubino's restaurant in Florida to permanently close Feb. 20
Posted on February 16th, 2022 · American BBQ Music/Events/Other Pompano Beach
* No ribbing: Last Bobby Rubino's restaurant in Florida to permanently close Feb. 20.
By Phillip Valys, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
South Florida Sun Sentinel
After 43 years in South Florida, Bobby Rubino's, the last surviving location of a once-mighty rib-shack chain, will close its doors later this month. John McCall/South Florida Sun-Sentinel/TNS
It was a relic of South Florida's 1980s heyday when Tony Roma's and barbecued baby back ribs chains ruled the local restaurant roost. Now, the last surviving location of a once-mighty rib chain – Bobby Rubino's – will close its doors on Sunday, Feb. 20.
After 43 years of serving prime rib and colossal onion ring loaves in South Florida, Bobby Rubino's low-slung, one-story restaurant on North Federal Highway in Pompano Beach will be demolished later this year, owner John Castellano told the Sun Sentinel. It will be replaced – perhaps fittingly – by another fast-growing restaurant chain: Baton Rouge, La.-born chicken tender joint Raising Cane's.
Castellano told longtime staff on Feb. 7 about the final day of business, after Raising Cane's mailed him a notice to vacate the 10,000-square-foot building. The news came as no surprise to managers and servers, who've known about the restaurant's demise for months, he says. Castellano signed a contract in March 2021 to sell the Bobby Rubino's building and lease its 2.1 acres of land underneath – worth $1.7 million, per county records – to tenant Clear Channel Outdoor LLC.
Describing the past few days as a "somber, sad emotional situation for us," Castellano admits COVID-19 shutdowns and stiff barbecue competition nearby soured his passion. It also made him think pragmatically about keeping the old-school rib joint alive.
"It's my family legacy," Castellano says. "But are we going to do this 20, 30 years from now? I don't envision my children being in the restaurant business, and maybe this would have been a different story if they wanted to inherit, but they have their own interests. It was a good run."
Reservations have jumped as much as 75 percent in the waning days of Bobby Rubino's as longtime customers clamored for last-minute prime rib and vintage crocks of cheesy French onion soup . But lunch and dinner bookings are far from full, Castellano admits, perhaps yet another sign of the chain's declining influence.
Plans call for a teardown of Bobby Rubino's this spring to make way for a 3,267-square-foot Raising Cane's, which specializes in slinging chicken fingers with coleslaw and Texas toast. That restaurant will include 104 seats – 52 indoor, 52 on an outdoor patio facing Federal Highway – plus three drive-thru lanes, according to city documents.
There's still no timeline for Raising Cane's debut in Pompano Beach, one of five restaurants planned as part of its Florida expansion, says AJ Kumaran, the restaurant chain's COO and co-CEO. (The first, at 351 Lincoln Road in Miami Beach, is set to open in March after months of pandemic delays.)
"After years of waiting, people in Florida are finally going to get their own Cane's," Kumaran says in a recent statement.
Castellano, who grew up working in Bobby Rubino's kitchens, says he'll be sad to see his restaurant die, adding that the extra rent money from Raising Cane's lease will "help pay for my kids' education," he says.
Founder Bobby Rubino had been a charismatic maître d' at Jilly's, a lounge run by Frank Sinatra's friend Jilly Rizzo, when restaurateur Tony Roma recruited him to join his rib chain in Miami Beach in the early '70s. When Rubino spun off his own restaurant, he modeled the format and menu – right down to its onion-ring loaves – after Tony Roma's. He opened the Pompano Beach location of his namesake restaurant in 1979, not long after the July 1978 debut of Bobby Rubino's Place for Ribs at 4100 N. Federal Highway, in Fort Lauderdale.
Bobby Rubino's and Tony Roma's competed for rib-chain supremacy throughout the '80s, with the former, at the height of its powers , opening 25 ribberies from San Francisco to New York.
But as more barbecue restaurants flooded the South Florida market, Bobby Rubino's couldn't compete, closing all but seven of its restaurants by 2000.
No chronicle about the legacy of Bobby Rubino's is complete, of course, without mentioning its notorious connections to the mob. The rib restaurant was a front for New York's Gambino crime family practically from its outset; between 1981 and 1986, for example, a Mafia bagman named Pasquale Nigro testified in court to skimming $2,500 a week from a Bobby Rubino's in West Palm Beach, making payments to reputed Gambino mob captains Ettore Zappi and Natale Richichi – with the full knowledge of Rubino himself.
Rubino sold his chain in 1987 to Zappi's grandsons , Anthony and Frank Galgano , and two other descendants of Mafia royalty : brothers Paul and Joe Castellano. The Castellano name is tied to grisly mob history: Gambino crime boss John Gotti had ordered an unsanctioned hit on the Castellanos' father, Paul Sr., gunning him down outside Sparks Steak House in Manhattan in 1985.
In 2000 police arrested Frank Galgano , who owned two Bobby Rubino's in Fort Lauderdale and one in Hallandale Beach, for failing to turn over $248,000 in sales taxes he collected from customers.
In high school in the 1980s, John Castellano worked shifts at Bobby Rubino's as a server-assistant, finally taking over the restaurant from his father, Paul, by the late 1990s. "Some people who worked for us, who still work for us, have known me since I was basically a kid," Castellano, 50, says, referring to his manager, Barbara Baker, an employee of 30 years.
These days Castellano isn't comfortable talking about Bobby Rubino's past – he says he was never involved – choosing instead to remember the rib joint's loving customers and good deeds. That included Unity in the Community , an annual event for which Bobby Rubino's donated hundreds of pounds of baby back ribs.
"[Bobby Rubino's] always gave back at events like that," says Rex Hardin, Pompano Beach's mayor and a longtime customer. "What a loss. It tugs at your heartstrings when you see a longtime restaurant not survive."
3 Comments to "No ribbing: Last Bobby Rubino's restaurant in Florida to permanently close Feb. 20"
Joel Katz says...
I loved their food.
On February 18, 2022 at 9:16 am · #
Mary Toma says...
Its beef ribs are outrageously delicious.
On February 18, 2022 at 12:06 pm · #
Gregg L. Friedman MD says...
I will miss Bobby Rubino's restaurant. They had great ribs and onion rings. By Gregg L. Friedman MD
On March 31, 2022 at 3:00 pm · #

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Sueca is a city in eastern Spain in the Valencian Community. It is situated on the left bank of the river Xúquer. The town of Sueca is separated from the Mediterranean Sea 11 kilometres (7 miles) to the east by the Serra de Cullera, though the municipality possesses 7 km (4 mi) of Mediterranean coastline. Some of the architecture shows Moorish roots—the flat roofs, view-turrets (miradors), and horseshoe arches—and the area has an irrigation system dating from Moorish times. Rice processing is the principal industry, though oranges are also exported.


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A librarian's truth-telling journey
UVic Librarian Pia Russell was inspired by the findings from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to accomplish a fourth university degree, graduating in one of the first cohorts in UVic's new masters in public history program.
Honing the craft of storytelling
PhD graduate Samantha MacFarlane defended her Humanities dissertation on the same day that she won a prestigious award for designing a digital exhibit about Johnny Cash. She achieved it all, combining a love of storytelling with an enriching library work experience––in time for her June graduation.
Health hackathon produces solutions
When brilliant minds come together, tough problems get solved. Just ask Island Health, which now has a new way to address an issue affecting hundreds of vulnerable Vancouver Island residents after a team led by international business students at UVic's Gustavson School of Business cracked the case.
Exploring ways of knowing
As a Métis woman, Brigitte Benning grew up in a tight-knit family with a strong maternal role model who taught her how to advocate for the rights and recognition of Indigenous people. Sociology caught her attention with its diversity of issues on gender, mental health, the environment, Indigenous methodologies, feminist studies and religion.
Father-daughter duo finds home at UVic
Chorong Kim and Chong Su Kim will cross the stage at convocation in November, marking the end of nine years together—and two degrees each—at UVic. They have shared a few brown bag lunches along the way, as well as stressful moments as graduate students.
2018 Vanier scholars
Three UVic researchers have received 2018 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships—one of the federal government's most prestigious scholarships for doctorial students and post-doctoral researchers. The scholarships are awarded on the basis of students' extraordinary combination of academic excellence, research potential and leadership.
This May, the second annual REACH Awards will celebrate UVic scientists, scholars and artists for their extraordinary contributions in research and teaching—from a field school in Cuba to a performance atop a glacier in BC's interior.
Weather puts focus on adaptation for buildings
Climate change affects the trends in temperature and precipitation that many regions in BC are already seeing and will see more of in the future: higher annual mean temperatures; increases in winter precipitation; and drier summers. These changes must be factored into building design to reduce risks to infrastructure and to people's health and well-being, climate experts say.
US grad student part of sharks study
PhD biology candidate Amy Teffer from New England is one of more than six dozen authors, including UVic fisheries ecologist Francis Juanes, of a new study on the foraging habits of the world's shark populations. She calls UVic "the obvious choice" for her doctorate.
A means to measure
How much does alcohol cost? Think beyond the price of a bottle of wine; how many deaths per year are due to alcohol-related colon cancer? How about hospitalizations due to impaired driving accidents? To calculate these costs, PhD student Adam Sherk developed the International Model of Alcohol Harms and Policies, or InterMAHP.
Ethnobotany class revives plant on campus
Following in the footsteps of world-renowned ethnobotanist Nancy Turner, ethnobotany PhD candidate Fiona Hamersley Chambers has led environmental studies students across the campus since 1999, using it as a living classroom as they study the relationship between people and plants.
A literary twist on gaming
English students in a fifth-year digital literary studies course turned to literature and DIY culture for inspiration to create video games as part of their class. They created two indie games: a campus-based locative app for mobile phones and a 2-D children's game.
Indigenous knowledge fills gaps in studies
The Central Coast Indigenous Resource Alliance partnered with UVic conservation scientist Natalie Ban and colleagues on two recent publications on the status of two marine species. By interviewing Indigenous fishers, Ban and collaborators were able to fill in data gaps, with implications for research applicable to BC and elsewhere in the world.
A virtual environment for coastal planning
What if you could experience the beauty of Sidney Spit without leaving your home? Geography PhD student Robert Newell has applied cutting-edge technology to develop a virtual reality experience that takes visitors on a tour of the park, over land and underwater, using visualization tools.
Humanities grad helps revitalize Galician language
One could say that humanities graduate student Ildara Enríquez was born for her role as a linguistics researcher. Growing up on the Iberian Peninsula in the northwest region of Spain, Enriquez spoke her native language of Galician at home. At school, she conversed in Spanish.Both were official languages, but as a teenager, Enríquez made a decision.
Student observes unprecedented neutron star collision
On Aug. 16, while visiting the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, UVic doctoral student Clare Higgs was involved in the observation of the first recorded gravitational wave signature caused by a neutron star collision.


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U.S. report indicates broad risk of COVID-19 at wildfire camps
By REBECCA BOONE
Thursday, May 14, 2020 5:03
Firefighters watch for spot fires that threaten to jump the line in 2017 on the Lolo Peak Fire in Missoula, Mont. A federal risk assessment says wildland firefighters could see widespread outbreaks of COVID-19 at large U.S. fire camps this summer, and the problem is likely to compound the longer fire season lasts.
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BOISE, Idaho – Outbreaks of the coronavirus could sweep through large camps where crews typically stay as they fight wildfires across the U.S., according to a federal document obtained by The Associated Press, and the problem is likely to get worse the longer the fire season lasts.
The U.S. Forest Service's draft risk assessment suggests that even in a best-case scenario – with social distancing followed and plenty of tests and protective equipment available – nearly two dozen firefighters could be infected with COVID-19 at a camp with hundreds of people who come in to combat a fire that burns for months.
The worst-case scenario? More than 1,000 infections.
"The Forest Service is diligently working with partners to assess the risk that COVID-19 presents for the 2020 fire season," the agency said in a statement Wednesday. "It is important to understand that the figures in this report are not predictions, but rather, model possible scenarios."
The Forest Service said the document was outdated and being redone, and the newest version wasn't yet ready to share. The AP obtained the draft from an official who has access to it and didn't want to be named.
One of the authors of the risk assessment said Tuesday that in the new version, the infection rates remain the same. But while the draft originally said the death rate among infected firefighters could reach as high as 6%, that is being revised sharply downward, to less than 2%, to reflect newer data, said Jude Bayham, an assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at Colorado State University.
He said the initial death rate was based on data from early in the pandemic, when testing was far more limited. Based on new data, firefighters – who are largely healthy and young – will likely fare far better if they contract COVID-19 than the general population, he said.
For most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. For some, especially people who are older or have health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia and death.
Federal guidelines released last week reimagine how to combat wildfires to reduce the risk of firefighters getting the virus. The guidelines urge fire managers to use small crews that can have the close contact that firefighting and travel often require, while staying away from other groups. The guidelines recommend avoiding the traditional large camps and relying on military-issue ready-to-eat or bagged meals instead of catered buffet-style meals at campsites.
Some fire managers also are told to take temperatures with their own touchless thermometers if possible. The guidelines say everyone should wear masks and other protective equipment when around those outside their immediate crew. Good cleaning and sanitation is recommended, as is isolating firefighters and potentially entire crews if COVID-19 is detected.
A review of incident reports from wildfires so far this year show the guidelines are difficult, and sometimes impossible, to follow and could actually increase some risks to firefighters.
"We have developed pinch-points that cause operational lapses in guidance that may very well get confused with policy and doctrine. This situation could result in injury – or even unwanted death – of our multiagency employees," Greg Juvan, a fire management officer with the Idaho Panhandle National Forests, wrote in a report from a small wildfire last month.
Social distancing was difficult, and firefighters found it unrealistic to meet sanitation standards for truck radios, hand tools and other gear used in the initial attack on the Idaho wildfire, Juvan said. Social-distancing guidelines call for more vehicles to transport crews, but that led to congestion on the narrow roads leading to the fire. The guidelines could raise one of the greatest risks to wildland firefighters – traffic wrecks, Juvan said.
Even something as basic as sanitizing vehicles proved problematic, with cleaning supplies difficult to find, the report said.
In New Mexico, several agencies responded to a small wildfire last month, with some not practicing social distancing and other virus policies appearing to vary greatly, George Allalunis, a Carson National Forest engine captain, wrote in a report.
For the Forest Service's draft risk assessment, researchers created scenarios using three actual fires from 2017 and applied disease modeling. They found testing every firefighter before they started work reduced the coronavirus risk most significantly for short, high-intensity wildfires, said Bayham, the professor. But for longer, drawn-out firefights, initial testing was less important than keeping firefighters spread out in small campsites.
The models showed that even with strict pre-work testing and social distancing, about 21 COVID-19 infections could be expected in a large camp like that used for a 2017 fire in Montana. In the worst-case scenario, more than 1,000 firefighters would be infected. The problem could compound as fire crews are sent to new locations over the monthslong fire season, which has largely begun.
The risk assessment will be updated throughout the season, the Forest Service said.
The American West could see higher-than-normal levels of wildfire this year because of drought.
Illegal campfires plague San Juan National Forest
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Campbell Family records suggest that Ronald Campbell was born in Nova Scotia. Apparently his family emigrated from the Island of Islay, Scotland and settled in Cornwallis Township (now Kings County), Nova Scotia, possibly near the present day village of Centreville.
In 1823 young Ronald, a carpenter by trade, decided to take the stagecoach from Halifax to Miramichi, NB but ended up in Sackville, New Brunswick. During the trip from Halifax, Campbell chose to walk behind the stagecoach since it was full and as a result reportedly had his legs frozen up to his knees. The story, told in Milner's "History of Sackville" was that he followed the stage all the way from Halifax to Purdy's Stagecoach Stop at Westchester Mountain (south of Oxford, NS) where, with the passengers, he entered the inn's common room to a roaring fire and evening meal. Campbell sat down but did not move which aroused the curiosity of the landlady who checked and found that both his legs were frozen. That discovery raised quite a commotion, but the innkeeper kept her cool and thawed him out. He remained at the inn for several days until fully recovered.
Upon reaching Sackville he found employment with the firm of Humphrey and Morice who owned and operated the Mills and woodworking shop at Morice's Mill Pond (now Silver Lake). Campbell was employed chiefly in the manufacture of carding machines. However, carriage building was apparently more to his liking and in 1830 he purchased land in the Baie Verte area and moved with his new bride, a young Irish girl, Margaret Irving Keenan. They had been married in Sackville earlier that same year. In Baie Verte he likely began the business of constructing carriages and he and Margaret had three children: George born in 1830, daughter Eleanor was born in 1831, but died in 1833, and a second daughter (also Eleanor) was born in 1835. Shortly after the birth of the third child, his wife Margaret died and Campbell and his family returned to Middle Sackville and was once again employed by Humphrey and Morice.
In 1850 Ronald Campbell purchased the land where the present Campbell Home now stands on Church Street in Middle Sackville. The 1851 Census lists Ronald as a Carriage Maker but it is uncertain if he had his own company or was still in the employ of Humphrey and Morice. It could be that he was already using the Carriage Factory - possibly via a rental agreement.
Campbell purchased the Carriage Factory property from John Beal in 1855. Beal was a prominent tanner who had arrived from England in 1817. The 30' x 70' two story factory building was originally built in c1838 as a tannery and converted in 1855 (or before) to a Carriage Factory by Ronald Campbell and his son George. A few years later they added a blacksmith shop on the site. Thus was the start of a highly successful and respected business that was to last for nearly 100 years, finally closing its doors in 1950-51.
Ronald Campbell died in 1863, but the business was already established as one of the leading factories in the area. The Company was continued by son George and successive generations of Campbells. Through the latter half of the 1800s and early 1900s the factory annually produced 30-40 carriages and wagons, 15-20 sleighs and pungs, and a variety of household items.


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Friday Art Cat: Ralph Hedley (1848-1913)
Posted on July 20, 2018 July 20, 2018 by Sara Day
FRIDAY ART CAT
Ralph Hedley (1848-1913)
"Cat in a cottage window, blinking in the sun", 1881. Oil on canvas.
I grew up with this image. It was, and still is, in the downstairs loo of my parents' house. To me it symbolises happiness and contentment. Also neatness – something cats can achieve so easily, when asleep or just sitting. The curled tail is just so, perfectly placed, with its tip just floating, but always poised to wake and spring into action at a moment's notice.
The British Artist Ralph Hedley was born in Richmond, North Yorkshire. The family moved to Newcastle two years later where he was to stay all his life. He became an apprentice wood carver for his father. He was also interested in art and design, which he studied in the evenings in Newcastle. In 1869 or 70, the enterprising young man set up a firm for wood-carving and architectural sculpture firstly with fellow apprentice James Wishart, then when Wishart died, continuing on his own.
He achieved "considerable distinction" as a wood-carver, doing "a quantity of decorative work in churches. Hedley's career as an artist also flourished. As well as producing lithographs, illustrations and cartoons, he established himself as a painter, first exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1878. His paintings generally had a strong regional flavour. As his Times obituary says, "His inspiration was for the most part drawn from homely aspects of Northumbrian life as he saw it among farm hands and seafaring folk."
Northumbrians took Hedley to their hearts, and when he died in Newcastle at the rather early age of 63, he was primarily recognised "down south" as a good northern artist, a regional artist who had painted the people around him, had valued and brought out their worth, and was valued by them in return. Nevertheless, he was a member of the Royal Society of British Artists, and his Times obituary tells us that he had continued to exhibit regularly at Academy in London, "sometimes represented by three or four pictures."
He painted with skill and feeling, and his later pictures of working people in particular were in an "atmospheric style," and "reflect the influence of art movements in Paris and London" ("Ralph Hedley," Laing Art Gallery). They are not easily dismissed as "genre paintings," at least not without remembering George Eliot's remarks in Adam Bede about finding "a source of delicious sympathy" in the faithful rendering of everyday scenes.
It is the less surprising, then, that Hedley's paintings now achieve prices that would have been far above the reach of their original buyers, even allowing for the massive inflation since those days. One, "Contraband", which shows an inspector rummaging through a sailor's trunk and apparently finding something suspicious in it, fetched £72,000 in 2006. One can hardly imagine what it might achieve now.
"A sign of bad weather", 1883. Oil on canvas.
"English bulldog and cat at rest in a stable". Oil on canvas.
"Last in Market", 1885. Oil on canvas. (Yes I know it doesn't have a cat in it, but it's so lovely I had to include it.)
http://ralphhedleyarchive.com/painting/painting_and_drawing_spreadsheet_revised.html
http://www.victorianweb.org/painting/hedley/index.html
Sara Day
I am an artist who makes work of animals and people.
Three cats live with me – Maine coon Orlando, Bengal Pandora and black moggy Rio.
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11 thoughts on "Friday Art Cat: Ralph Hedley (1848-1913)"
Tigger says:
What a lovely way to end the week!
The Hinoeuma says:
Glad you liked it!
Joyful2bee says:
Beautiful work!!
🙂 glad you liked this entry
Animals Are Feeling Beings Too says:
Absolutely beautiful!
Thanks ^^
chrisscatmeow says:
Really interesting to read and I just love all the paintings even the one without a cat. Such meaningful paintings. x😻🐾🐾
Yes! This was one of my favourite Friday art cat entries
positivesideofcoin says:
Beautiful 💐


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Will the iPhone 4S camera kill off compacts?
By Amy Davies 05 October 2011
Can a compact compete with 8MP, f/2.4 and full HD video?
Will the new iPhone kill off compacts?
As the world went into frenzy last night over the newly launched iPhone, which rather disappointingly turned out to be the iPhone 4S and not the much longed for iPhone 5.
However, there was one improvement that caught our attention. The improved onboard camera now boasts an 8 megapixel sensor, up from the 5 megapixels on the 4 along with an f/2.4 aperture lens for improved low light shooting. An advanced hybrid infrared filter has also been included, promising to boast more accurate and uniform colours.
The new iPhone 4s is powered by the new A5 chip and iOS 5. Apple claims that the image signal processor in the A5 chip is "just as good as the ones found in in DSLR cameras" and gives you the ability to tap to focus and control focus. Apple also claims that there's zero shutter lag, allowing you to catch action as it happens. To help further with that, the camera app will be accessible straight from the lock screen.
New advanced algorithms in iOS 5 claim to offer better colour accuracy, better white balance and greater dynamic range.
On top of all that, it also boasts new face detection which automatically detects whether you're shooting a portrait or a group shot, focusing on the most prominent face in the frame and balancing exposure for up to 10 faces.
Bringing over the LED flash from the iPhone 4, which automatically kicks into action when needed, the iPhone 4S would seem to offer everything that most budget compact cameras currently do.
Time to leave the compact at home?
They say that the best camera is the one you have with you, and of course, everyone always has their mobile phone to hand. As the cameras on board mobiles get better and better, it becomes less appealing to bring along an additional gadget to take up valuable pocketspace.
Taking a glimpse at the sample photos posted by Apple appears to show some incredible results. Particularly impressive is the depth of field capabilities that the f/2.8 lens brings.
In the pictures, colours light bright and rich with accurate white balance. During the launch event, we were able to steal a sneaky shot.
Click to see high-res picture
If you enlarge the picture to the high-res version you can see that the camera has coped well in the mixed low light conditions of Apple's Covent Garden store. Although the picture itself is rushed, results look very promising at this stage and we'll be keen to test out the camera more as soon as possible.
As compact camera manufacturers try to cram their latest offerings full of appealing features, including touchscreens, GPS tracking and digital filters, it's worth remembering that beyond everyday shooting, the iPhone 4S camera still does have its limitations.
Firstly, optical zoom. Even the most basic of digital compact cameras offers 3x or 4x optical zoom, with some, such as the newly revealed Nikon Coolpix S8200 brandishing 14x optical zooms. The iPhone 4S however, offers only digital zoom, which is limited in terms of producing the best optical quality.
Although the iPhone 4S is packed with the LED flash, which should work well for close up subjects, it won't work as well for other situations where the subject is further away. This is where the standard electronic flashtubes in most digital compacts still have the edge.
Other camera phones
Of course, the iPhone 4S isn't the only phone to be packing a serious camera punch. Although the iPhone's new camera specifications are impressive, it is really only playing catch-up with other mobile phone manufacturers in the market who have already introduced excellent cameras.
It is however, the only camera phone to cause a frenzy whenever a new model is released, as proved by the hits to TechRadar during the launch announcement.
If you're willing to forego the craze and are after a phone with excellent shooting credentials, two models you might want to consider are the Samsung Galaxy S2 and the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S, which boasts an EXMOR R sensor.
So is the compact camera market in trouble? It's a bit of a cop out, admittedly, but the answer is both yes and no.
We find it unlikely that anyone who owns the new iPhone 4S (or any other decently specced camera phone) will find it in themselves to lug around a budget compact on a day to day basis. It is this area of the market that has the potential to see most losses.
However, in terms of image quality, the iPhone 4S is unlikely to be able to compete with some of the premium compacts on the market, such as the new Canon Powershot S100 which has the ability to shoot in RAW, features a 5x optical zoom and a maximum aperture of f/2.0.
It will be interesting to see how the budget end of the compact market responds to the increasing capabilities of phone cameras, so watch this space.


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Artist Bio:
Evelina Cole is a contemporary abstract artist who exhibits across the U.S. Originally from Europe, her artworks are part of private collections worldwide including the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Denmark, Italy, Portugal, Singapore and South Africa.
One New York gallery curator described "A Moment from the Spring" as "a triumph of personal expression and imaginative experimentation of technique and texture."
Evelina started drawing at a very early age. At the age of eight, she began studies at the national children's art school "Zografche" in her native country. Her acrylic, watercolor and linoprint works won many national and international awards.
Evelina moved to the UK in 1992, where she trained in art and graphic design. She later studied fashion photography and stage design before turning to abstract painting. She currently lives and works in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
My goal is to create emotive art that defies traditional explanation and that magnifies the imagination of the viewer. I paint using vibrant colors, powerful visceral shapes and expressive lines to explore the astounding moments of life.
Each painting is a journey of the essence of emotional and physical experience that I display on the canvas using technique, texture and dynamic colors. Through my art, I contextualize the positive elements that lead us to satisfaction, success and an embrace of freedom.
Website: https://www.evelinacole.com
CHRISTINA KOLISOLO19
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Troll Lord Games - View topic - Heroes or No?
I am currently preparing a new Victorious adventure (The Clockwork Crimes) to be played in October at conventions in Arizona and Texas. It will be based in 1890s New York, and after the games will be posted as a free adventure alongside with the "Hyde and Seek" adventure already available with the Quick Start rules.
My question is this. Would people prefer the adventure to provide the same heroes and heroines from the first adventure (Angel, Fawkes, Ironclad, Fyrd) or would people prefer some fresh characters, preferably American ones?
I'd say new ones is the way to go. it's a good way to show off more of the game too!
Good points, both of you. Besides, Fawkes and Fyrd wouldn't really fit into NYC much. John Henry will probably be the only repeat. Now I just need to find an artist to draw up the 4 other characters.
I would recomend new heros form the USA. This will give you a chance to show case the Versatility of the the system.
Either of these would allow a plethora of non-US and "worldwide" character ideas, like David Livingston.
As to the question: I would like to see a Wild West hero, one that left and settled down. Someone like Tesla, too. They do not have to be American, but they need an American mindset.
True enough, though I hate to give a specific date as it might limit someone's campaign. I am planning a future module (Evil in the White City) based in the Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago. Still you're right that it would give a great rationale for foreign types to be in the city.
As for "Wild West"....Maybe Bat Masterson would fit that bill?
Yeah, I feel the no date. Conceptually, though, a world symposium of super-dudes and their villains could be a fun thing. Hmm. I now have an idea of the League of Continents. Yep. They're going to have a skull shaped HQ under a swamp, somewhere. Probably off Key West.


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About St Luke's
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This is a friendship and support group for women who get together each month to make new friends, try out different activities and get involved in their local community. We come together to share stories, cook together and have fun!
Women of all ages who live in our area of benefit are welcome to join.
The group meets informally on the last Friday of each month from 10 -12pm.
For more information or to join the Women's Multicultural Group please email [email protected].
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We own a large Community Centre on the edge of the City of London, a diverse area containing extremes of wealth and poverty. Our modern Community Centre provides a space for local people to gather and socialise, and for us and other organisations to deliver services and activities for the local community at little or no cost.
With its own private entrance and exclusive use of a terrace garden, this spacious and flexible room offers the perfect setting for conferences, seminars, training events and parties. It is a blank canvas to create the right setting and configuration for your event, and benefits from neutral, stylish décor and lots of natural light.
The Loft occupies the whole third floor of the Community Centre, and has exclusive use of an entrance (ante) room, kitchen area and toilet, within this spacious and versatile area. It is bright and airy, and ideal for meetings, conferences, training, seminars or less formal events. Its exposed Victorian steel beams and skylight windows offer wonderful views over the roof tops of London.
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The Studio is a bright and exciting space for any occasion. Truly unique, this spacious room with its high ceilings and distinctive red walls will provide a striking backdrop to your conference or party. It includes a wall of mirrors with a professional barre for dance classes.
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Recently, the arch over the gate at Mount of Olives Cemetery in Johnston collapsed in a high wind. The arch, made of cast iron, is dated 1876, when the cemetery was founded. It was broken into four pieces. The arch and supporting columns are now under lock and key. Funds are needed to repair the gate and arch.
Late in 2012, an informal committee solicited contributions for removal of volunteer shrubs and trees in the older part of the cemetery. Generous contributions came in, and this work has been done from the gate to the paved driveway at the back of the cemetery along the first two roads inside the cemetery.
An experienced metal worker from the Ridge has agreed to repair the gate and arch, using concrete, metal rods, and metal sheathing. He will begin soon with the gatepost nearest the Presbyterian Church. Further work will have to be done piecemeal as funds become available. The arch will be backed with a single piece of metal. The Town of Johnston is co-operating with materials on hand. The Presbyterian Church will provide the small amount of water and electricity needed.
Contributions should be made out to the Town of Johnston, designated for Mount of Olives, and sent to the Town at 500 Mims Avenue, Johnston 29832.
For more information, call Owen Clark at (803) 275-2876.
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The House of Commons lost its Whigs about 150 years ago, with the founding of the Liberal party and Court dress soon followed. It then lost its actual wigs – or at least the Speaker's full-bottomed horse hair variety in 1992 when Betty Boothroyd decided it would ruin her hairdo.
Then earlier this year the current Speaker John Bercow decided to axe the wigs worn by the Commons' clerks in February, partly because they were itchy, bringing an end to 300 years of tradition.
Now Mr Bercow has decided to relax the dress code further by announcing that male MPs no longer need to wear ties – partly, it seems, because no such ruling exists for women and it is therefore unfair. They still need to be dressed in 'business-like attire', however, which for now means jackets.
But with the purge of wigs and ties complete, one can only speculate where Mr Bercow's sartorial iconoclasm will go next – especially if he remains Speaker for much longer. Another few years and male MPs will doubtlessly be able to wear shorts and flip flops on warm days – or bikinis for female MPs if the ambient chamber temperature tops 30 degrees C.
Going without a tie has of course been acceptable in parts of the financial services sector – especially towards the Mayfair, hedgie end – for a while, and trendy and untrendy private members' clubs alike have embraced tie-lessness and trousers for women. (Interestingly, just three of more than 40 male wealth managers pictured in the latest edition of Spear's are tie-less.) Meanwhile the BBC delights in getting politicians to remove their ties when on camera.
But on camera is not in camera: and watering down the Commons dress code undoubtedly detracts from the essential formality of the occasion. Despite appearances at times, Parliament is a serious business and the act of wearing a tie reminds the individual concerned that they are on duty in some fashion. Would you permit the sentry outside Buckingham Palace to forego his bearskin?
The loss of the ties is also a blow for Jeremy Corbyn, who has only relatively recently mastered how to do a tie up without it sagging at his neck.
More than that it's a blow for a British tradition and a sartorial industry: they'll be weeping into their florid handkerchiefs on Jermyn Street, that's for sure.
Mind you, the writing was on the wall, as the final closure of Tie Rack's last 44 stores in 2013 made clear. You only have to look around you to see that ties are on the run as our corporate dress codes get the Californian-makeover. But London – and Westminster – are a long way geographically and culturally from San Francisco.
Quite what Mr Bercow's predecessors would have made of his ruling can only be marvelled at, of course, though my guess is that they will have told him to get knotted. 'The apparel oft proclaims the man,' cautions Polonius in Hamlet. Rest assured, even without the aid of a brutish half-Windsor or standard 'four-in-hand', members of Parliament will still be able to tie themselves into knots.


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Q: ClassCastException HikariCPConnectionProvider cannot be cast to Hibernate ConnectionProvider I am trying my hands on HikariCP for the first time. I am facing following ClassCastException.
ClassCastException: org.hibernate.hikaricp.internal.HikariCPConnectionProvider cannot be cast to org.hibernate.service.jdbc.connections.spi.ConnectionProvider
UPDATE: I have tried com.zaxxer.hikari.hibernate.HikariConnectionProvider also, and get the same exception.
Here is my config from persistence.xml
<properties>
        <property name="hibernate.connection.provider_class" value="org.hibernate.hikaricp.internal.HikariCPConnectionProvider" />
        <property name="hibernate.hikari.minimumIdle" value="5" />
        <property name="hibernate.hikari.maximumPoolSize" value="10" />
        <property name="hibernate.hikari.idleTimeout" value="30000" />
        <property name="hibernate.hikari.dataSourceClassName" value="com.mysql.jdbc.jdbc2.optional.MysqlDataSource" />
        <property name="hibernate.hikari.dataSource.url" value="jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/mydb" />
        <property name="hibernate.hikari.dataSource.user" value="dbusr" />
        <property name="hibernate.hikari.dataSource.password" value="pwd" />
    </properties>

I am using following Hibernate and HikariCP versions.
<dependency>
        <groupId>com.zaxxer</groupId>
        <artifactId>HikariCP</artifactId>
        <version>2.4.5</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
        <artifactId>hibernate-hikaricp</artifactId>
        <version>5.1.0.Final</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
        <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
        <version>5.1.0.Final</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
        <artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
        <version>5.1.0.Final</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
        <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
        <version>5.2.4.Final</version>
    </dependency>

A: Try replace
<property name="hibernate.connection.provider_class"
       value="org.hibernate.hikaricp.internal.HikariCPConnectionProvider" />

by
property name="hibernate.connection.provider_class"
       value="com.zaxxer.hikari.hibernate.HikariConnectionProvider"

Also see Hibernate 5 + HikariCP + MySQL for setup of another person using Hikari with Hibernate5.

A: I am sorry that I am responding to my own question after so long.
I was facing this issue because I tried to upgrade various hibernate and hikari library versions, which caused my target folder of maven build to have multiple versions of hibernate and hikari causing wrong versions to get picked up. The issue was resolved after cleaning up target and fixing few pom files.
Hikari has been doing good since then and also it is very helpful in detecting leaking connections.

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Author and inspirational leader Debra B. Morton reveals the secret to surviving and even thriving in the midst of setbacks and painful circumstances.
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New Orleans native Debra B. Morton is a leader, teacher, pastor, and entrepreneur who serves alongside her husband, Bishop Paul S. Morton, Sr., at Greater St. Stephen Full Gospel Baptist Church in New Orleans, LA, and is the co-pastor of Changing a Generation Full Gospel Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA. When she was ordained as an elder in 1993, she earned the ground-breaking distinction as one of the first ordained female elders to preach in a Baptist pulpit. A Stellar Award nominee and James Cleveland award winner, she has gone on to executively produce an album and write several songs, open a troubled teen girls home, and help her husband to rebuild and expand a great ministry. But of all of her many accomplishments, she takes her greatest pride in her personal relationship with Jesus Christ, and her roles as a wife, mother of three children and grandmother of seven.
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Erika James is now the dean of Emory University's Goizueta Business School in Atlanta, Georgia. While three minority women are currently serving as deans at other American colleges of business, James will be the first to lead a full-time MBA program at a top-25 business school.
James, who has a Ph.D. in organizational psychology, will officially assume her title on July 15th. She is currently the senior associate dean at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business, where she oversees the school's executive education programs. She also teaches as a visiting professor at Harvard Business School.
James graduated from the University of Michigan, and has also done scholarly work on crisis leadership. She has also served as a consultant for numerous Fortune 500 companies, helping them with crisis leadership, women in leadership, and commuter relationships. In 2008, she was named Darden's first Associate Dean of Diversity, and was given the task to create a more inclusive environment on campus.
She has authored numerous papers and multi-media case studies that were published in notable academic journals, and speaks at academic and professional conferences on her topics of research.
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Cancer Research in a Nutshell
A Web site called OncoBites offers short, easy-to-understand reports on what's new in the field
By Manisit Das on August 5, 2019
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"So, will we have a cure for cancer anytime soon?" I cannot emphasize how many times I have been asked this question in social situations. I'm certain my fellow cancer professionals in academia, industry and the clinic can recount similar experiences. There is a big gap in public understanding of the roadblocks involved in cancer research and a lack of appreciation for the hurdles that await new therapies coming from the lab before they make it to the patient.
In the fall of 2017, I came across a blog post titled "Naughty Crabby," a tale of a cancer doctor who had spent his career communicating bad news to his patients—and who had to tell his children about his own tumor in his pancreas. This humane story from the frontiers of the fight against cancer deeply affected me, and evoked in me a strong desire to tell the story of cancer and our years of attempts to control and conquer the disease—the collective efforts of humanity to tame the beast
Cancer touches most of our lives, in one way or another. We cancer researchers recognize it is a privilege to be able to study this menacing disease, which presents itself in various forms, like the many-headed Hydra. We are responsible for sharing the findings of the science we perform with the support of taxpayer money, an obligation we fulfill by publishing our research in academic journals and presenting in scientific conferences.
However, the dense and dreary language of academic journals and paywalls can actively hinder the public understanding of cancer research. I wanted to build an outlet to share findings in a clear, accessible language and take down these barriers.
After months of brainstorming ideas, in the spring of 2018, I reached out to the ScienceBites consortium—a network of sister sites, including Astrobites and Chembites, which address the gap between research in any given field of sciences and the global community.
Original illustration from the Oncobites article It's Time for New Blood in Cancer Medicine. Credit: B.G.Rogoyski @PhDoodles.
With a little help from the good friends at ScienceBites and the support of my colleague Sara Musetti, who has been associated since day one of this initiative, we co-founded OncoBites with a team of graduate researchers and PhDs. As the name suggests, we kept our articles bite-sized: approximately five-minute reads to share what is exciting in the field of cancer research.
Since 2018, we have published over 90 articles written by more than 20 researchers with diverse backgrounds and perspectives. Our readers came from over 100 countries. Our website was listed as an online resource by research groups, and our pieces featuring new therapies under investigation were highlighted by biotech companies.
We have covered a broad range of topics, including scientific research about the impact of the community of microbes in our body on cancer growth, how our diet affects cancer risk, who gets cancer and why, socioeconomic impacts of cancer, how we can predict patient response to specific therapies and personalize treatment, among many others. Our contributors have chosen various mediums, including cartoons, artwork and plays, to communicate the science behind cancer.
There is still a long way to go. We hope to continue sharing the latest advances, include more researchers from underrepresented communities and countries in science as contributors, and share the perspectives of clinicians, patients and their families. Only then we will be truly successful in painting a holistic picture of cancer!
We may not have a "cure" for "cancer: anytime soon. Cancer is not a single disease, as commonly perceived, but rather a collection of ailments, each different from the other. By developing a better understanding of cancer biology, finding markers for early diagnosis, and identifying specific and effective treatments, we hope to master improved ways of tackling cancer. By providing an outlet to researchers in sharing scientific progress simply and effectively, we hope to improve public understanding and eliminate misconceptions about the risks, therapies and management of cancer, at OncoBites.
Manisit Das, MSc is a PhD candidate in pharmaceutical sciences at the Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill. He is a co-founder of OncoBites .
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Wandsworth and Richmond prefer Capita for finance managed service
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The London boroughs of Wandsworth and Richmond upon Thames have named Capita as their preferred bidder to provide a joint finance managed service.
Capita will handle accounts payable and accounts receivable processes and implement its finance system, Integra, on behalf of the two councils.
The contract, which will run for six years with an optional four year extension, will generate "considerable cost savings" for the councils and improve back office management, providing a more consistent service for employees. The contract value, however, has not been disclosed, nor has a figure for the savings to be generated.
The contract award also establishes a pan-London framework that will allow other London boroughs to procure finance and print services, and finance systems, from Capita. The framework will enable other councils to use the Wandsworth and Richmond managed service solution, or a version tailored to their own specific needs.
Chris Buss, director of finance at Wandsworth, said: "Capita has the experience, resource and expertise we were looking for and this new contact will deliver real value for money for local taxpayers. This is a good early win for our joint working arrangement with Richmond Council and will deliver a saving for both councils which helps us to protect front line services."
Cllr Geoffrey Samuel, Richmond Council's cabinet member for finance, said: "I am delighted to welcome yet another example of the determination of this Council to save money through back office efficiencies. In controlling our finances we have two key policies: to share with other councils and to secure for our residents the service provider who best offers a combination of quality and price. This is what we have achieved. I am convinced that as well as saving money and protecting some services, Capita will provide a high quality service for our councils and our residents."
Mark Chapman, business director for Capita Local Government, said: "We are pleased to be expanding our managed finance services and use of our Integra solution across two new boroughs, supporting the joint working arrangements underway across Wandsworth and Richmond Councils. This new framework agreement means we will be working with both councils to promote this model across London – ensuring that public sector bodies can benefit from the opportunity to reduce their back office costs and improve efficiencies."


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HELLO 2019 – and Ark Cancer Centre Charity is hoping that supporters will carry the spirit of out with the old, in with the new into this last year of the decade to help the £5million fundraising campaign reach another milestone.
Ark is urging local people to make a resolution to recycle unwanted clothes and shoes in January in one of the charity's many branded recycling banks that are dotted in and around the Basingstoke area.
Ark is proud to be a charity partner with Bag It Up Ltd (BIU) – one of the UK's leading clothing and textile recycling companies – and benefits from a percentage of the proceeds when residents, businesses and community groups recycle their unwanted clothing, shoes and household linens at Ark-branded BIU recycling locations in Hampshire.
In less than two-and-a-half years, an awesome £70,000 has been raised for the charity - and it would be great if 2019 is the year that you help us reach the £100,000 milestone.
Ark Cancer Centre Charity branding is displayed on BIU recycling banks at more than 50 locations in the Hampshire area, most of them in and around Basingstoke and Deane.
Mark Jones, director of fundraising and communications at Ark Cancer Centre Charity, said: "We are grateful to everyone who has recycled items in the charity's branded banks, and also to the many organisations which are hosting banks bearing our branding – it is a great show of support on both counts.
"The partnership with BIU is delivering a real boost to the ongoing campaign to raise awareness of the charity, and has resulted in a welcome and regular income stream which will contribute towards the creation of the much-needed unique local cancer treatment centre.
"January is the month to make new resolutions and we hope many people will take this opportunity to have a winter clean-out and recycle unwanted clothes and shoes in the banks that carry Ark Cancer Centre Charity's branding."
You can find your nearest Ark-branded BIU recycling bank by checking out the location map at https://biugroup.co.uk/banklocator/


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