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Arsenal Women- The Complete Guide
Tim Stillman
Just the most successful women's team in England and one of the biggest women's football brands in the world. Arsenal Women have won the league title 15 times (more than anyone else), the FA Cup 14 times (more than anyone else) and 15 League Cups (more than anyone else). They are also the only British team to win the Champions League, having won the trophy in 2006-07. Thanks largely to Vic Akers and David Dein, Arsenal made the women's team a priority well before there was much PR or financial kudos for doing so.
Arsenal are considered part of the big three in the Women's Super League with Chelsea and Manchester City. They last won the league title in 2018-19 since and have finished 3rd twice without winning a trophy- for Arsenal Women this represents a vast under delivery on the talent they have. This summer previous boss Joe Montemurro stepped down and was replaced in the hotseat by 38-year-old Swede Jonas Eidevall, who joined this summer from Rosengard.
Who plays for them now?
You could read our in-depth player by player squad profile here if you so please. If you are looking for the abbreviated version, here are just four of the most recognisable players.
Vivianne Miedema– the best striker in the world bar none. The record goal scorer in the WSL, she has 94 goals in 105 appearances for the club. Miedema also broke the Netherlands goal scoring record before her 23rd birthday and, this summer, smashed the record for goals scored in a single Olympics tournament with 10 (the previous record was six). All this and she would tell you that she doesn't even consider herself as an out and out striker, her creative numbers are up there with any no.10 you can name. A handful of strikers are close to her goal scoring numbers, a handful of creative players are close to her creative numbers. Nobody, but nobody else, does both.
Kim Little– Scottish midfielder and club captain, Little joined Arsenal as a teenager from Hibernian where she carved out a reputation as one of the finest number 10s in world football. She spent three years at Seattle Reign from 2014 – 2017 where she maintained and enhanced that reputation. Two-time gold medalist and one-time World Cup winning goalkeeper Hope Solo maintains that "Kim is the best player I ever played with." Hope Solo played with EVERYBODY and she hates EVERYBODY. It's hard work to get a compliment from her. Kim has dropped slightly deeper in midfield nowadays where her close control and ball manipulation enables her to control the midfield. Kim could dribble her way past an army in a phone box. She is enormously respected by fellow professionals for her talent and her immense dedication. Kim is viewed by pretty much everyone as the model professional.
Jordan Nobbs– 11 years an Arsenal player and a decade s a regular in the heart of midfield. Nobbs is a road-runner style number 8 who can do a bit of everything- really quickly and really precisely. She adds a shot of adrenaline into Arsenal's play and remains England's best midfielder and Arsenal's most loyal player.
Leah Williamson– Centre-half and lifelong Arsenal fan, Leah wears the shirt with distinction and not just because of her connection as a fan. Williamson is the archetypal ball playing centre-half. Comfortable in midfield too, Leah is also an outstanding one-on-one defender. With Danielle van de Donk departed for Lyon, she always tops the "most likely to spontaneously combust in the presence of the referee following a contentious call" charts.
Which competitions do they play in?
The league is called the Women's Super League, where there are 12 teams in total: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Brighton & Hove Albion, Chelsea, Everton, Leicester City, Manchester City, Manchester United, Reading, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United.
There is also the Women's FA Cup– confusingly, last season's competition was held up due to COVID, so the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will be played before Christmas this year. Arsenal play Sp*rs at home in the 2020-21 quarter-final on September 29th. Otherwise, it starts for Arsenal in January at the 4th Round stage.
Arsenal are currently competing in the Qualifying rounds for the group stages of this year's UEFA Women's Champions League. There is also the Continental Tyres Cup, a competition for the top two divisions, which has a group stage pre-Christmas, before the tournament is split into a knockout tournament at the quarter-final stage from January. It is the equivalent of the League Cup. Again, slightly confusingly, if Arsenal qualify for the Champions League group stages, they will be given a bye to the quarter-finals.
Where do they play?
They play at Boreham Wood's Meadow Park stadium in Hertfordshire a stone's throw from the Elstree television studios are based, where British flagship soap Eastenders is filmed and where Channel 4's Big Brother house was once located. (Top of the Pops, 'Allo 'Allo and Grange Hill were also filmed here once upon a time). The site was also used to make the original Star Wars movie and Indiana Jones.
How do I get there?
The nearest train station is Elstree & Borehamwood which runs on the Thameslink line. It's a 22-minute journey north from St. Pancras Interntional, you can also get trains directly from Gillingham, Luton, Sutton and Brighton.
From Elstree & Borehamwood station, the ground is a ten-minute walk and, en route, every single eatery you can imagine lines the high street. To get to the stadium from the station walk towards the main road and turn right and then keep walking down the High Street until you find McDonalds, when you see the Golden Arches, hook a left and you will see the stadium floodlights.
If all that walking leaves you in need of a beer, there are three choices. The Alfred Arms at the top of the high street nearest to the station- be warned, it's a bit Spursy as pubs go (Borehamwood is a Spursy area). The Wishing Well is on your left about half-way between the High Street and the stadium. Perfectly fine if you are happy with three commercial lagers or a Guinness. The Hart and Spool is the closest to the ground, it's a Wetherspoons on the right-hand side of the High Street just before you reach McDonalds.
If you want to drive to Borehamwood, you'd be better asking someone with a driving license. Or just stick your SatNav on. It's only Hertfordshire. There is a car park at Meadow Park directly outside the ground.
How do I get tickets?
Become bffs with Kyle Jenner? In seriousness, the best way is to buy online in advance because they are cheaper that way. It's £8 for adults and £4 concessions that way, otherwise you can buy on the gate for £12 adults and £6 concessions. For the bigger games it's best not to chance buying on the gate as the stadium gets closer to capacity.
Otherwise, you can buy a membership which is essentially a season ticket with some extras (like player Q&As) thrown in. Memberships are £80 for adults and £40 concessions, unless you want to reserve your own seat in the main stand, in which case it's £100 for adults and £50 concessions. A membership gets you into all 11 WSL home games and two additional home cup ties.
What is Meadow Park like?
Like most National League grounds, it is a mixture of standing- behind both of the goals- and seating in the East and West Stands. The stadium has slowly undergone a facelift in recent years, with the new North Stand- known as 'The North Bank' since Arsenal contributed towards the costs- and the West Stand was refurbished a few years ago. Most regulars either stand in the North Bank, or else sit behind the dugouts in the East Stand near the players' tunnel.
The East Stand used to be the most likely place to interact with the players as they emerged from the tunnel and stayed around for selfies and autographs after matches. Pre-covid, Arsenal started advising players and fans to go to the North Bank for this kind of interaction and I would expect that to continue this season. Players always, always stay after games to sign autographs and pose for selfies with fans (though obviously due to covid that might not be the case at the start of this season).
What is their fixture list looking like for this season?
*Plays intro to Aerosmith and Run DMC's 'Walk This Way'*
I can't get to the games, can I watch them on TV or online?
You certainly can, every single WSL match is broadcast in one way or another. In the UK, Sky Sports and BBC share the rights to live games but every single game that isn't picked up by one of those broadcasters is shown live on the FA Player app, which is free to download, all you need to do is register an account here. The FA Player also carries all match highlights from around midday the day after a game.
The FA Player shows all games in all territories (except for Australia, more on that anon) unless there is a local broadcaster showing the game in your region. In the US, NBC will be showing 50 live games from the WSL this season across NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports app, NBCSN and atafootball. Sky Mexico will provide live coverage in Mexico, Central America and Dominican Republic while Scandinavian broadcaster NENT will serve live coverage in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark.
Optus Sports carries the rights to 50 WSL games in Australia, The FA Player is geoblocked in Australia and Optus Sports is the only outlet that carries WSL coverage. Every Thursday, Optus also carries a WSL magazine show called 'Women's Football Oz Style' hosted by Alicia Ferguson. DAZN selects certain games for online broadcast in Italy and Germany. In Canada, Sportsnet carry the rights to 50 live games as well as the FA Cup semi-finals and final.
Just remember, every game not carried by a broadcaster in your region is carried by the FA Player app and isn't geoblocked except for in Australia. The Women's Champions League games are all broadcast free of charge on DAZN's YouTube channel from the group stage onwards. The FA Cup games tend to be shown on the FA Player.
Do the women's team ever play at the Emirates?
Infrequently. Their home is Meadow Park which, with a 4,000 capacity, is far more suitable for them at the moment. However, they will play at least two WSL games at Emirates Stadium this season. They play their opening match of the season against Chelsea on September 5th there and tickets are on general sale here.
They will also play Sp*rs at Emirates Stadium on March 27th at Emirates Stadium. Assuming the team qualifies for the group stage of the Champions League, one of the home games from the group is also likely to be played at the men's stadium (Arsenal would be unseeded in the group stage so would be guaranteed a European heavyweight).
What kind of coverage can I expect on Arseblog News?
The best and most dedicated coverage of the women's team, of course! We have match previews for every single fixture, we also speak to Head Coach Jonas Eidevall after every match and post a transcript on the site right after the games. We have opinion articles, news and often we get transfer news ahead of time (we can't always be explicit with it but we have been known to drop hints!)
We also have a twice monthly podcast with Tim Stillman, Alex Ibaceta and Pippa Monique. One of these tends to focus on wider issues in women's football or at Arsenal Women, while the other tends to be a mailbag episode. We also get exclusive player interviews that you won't find anywhere else. Around 24 hours after every WSL match, there are match analysis pieces featuring graphics from the excellent @Miedemastuff.
Arseblog News also buys article images direct from photographers that cover pretty much every Arsenal Women match. We are working on adding some more bows and ribbons to the coverage this season, which we will be about to tell you about in due course.
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Just wondering, if you bought the season tickets for £80, will you be given the tickets to the 2 Emirates game?
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Thanks Tim. Really looking forward to this season, especially with the enhanced TV coverage and then the Euros here next summer. It'll be tempting to say that the Women's team will be a balm to the pain in the men's game but that would be a massive disservice to this impressive squad from a club of unrivalled heritage. I've become increasingly interested in this aspect of the game, particularly as it becomes ever more competitive and as standards rise (in the officiating as well as the playing). Have to say your coverage has been immensely helpful in my education but… Read more »
Great summary but I take some offence at Borehamwood being described as a spursy area 😭🤣 Despite being local tomorrow is my first time seeing the women at meadow Park
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Birthplace of Gunnerblog.
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Haha I thought James was "from" Gunnerblog…
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Second half of the season will be tough. Away trips to Chelsea, City, and Everton! Hope we start really well.
excited for (even) more coverage on here for the women's team!!
Gunner H
Thoroughly superb article, Tim – I have a feeling that this season may be rather special given the significantly improved squad & fresh management. Viv will move on next summer even if we win the CL – but so she should as she must broaden both her career & life experience. Accordingly, an amazing final 2021/22 season beckons from our Viv, I reckon. Our number 1 asset remains Kim, in my opinion, as exemplified by her starring role at the Olympics, where she should have been appointed sole captain. I loved your summary of her though you omitted the fact… Read more »
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COYG! Excited to see what Parris and Mana bring to the team.
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Terrific article Tim, been following the Woman's game since their inception in 87 with Vic Akers as the gaffer back then and was really happy to see that their matches now are getting the TV exposure they so richly deserve. The last few seasons with under Pedro and Joe saw us fall behind Chelski and Citeh as they were the teams to beat and we always seem to lose to only just them but I feel with the appointment of Jonas Eidevall and what I have seen of the 4 matches played this preseason and in the CL play-off matches… Read more »
Thank you so much Tim for all of your hard work and dedication. And to arseblog for creating a space for the Women's team news. It's because of your reporting and podcasts and interviews that I know all I do about the WSL and the Arsenal women and can't wait to see them in action this season!
Dapo
Does the season ticket cover tomorrow's game at Borehamwood?
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Lebanon′s education system
The problem with political Islam
Hassan Lama′a reports on the religious networks that exist within the Lebanese education system and how political Islam schools are still influencing new generations of students
As the Islamic movements started to spread across the Arab world in the early 1970s, a number of educational institutions affiliated to political Islam were established in Lebanon. Though they did not mark the beginning of religious education in the country, they differed from other Islamic and Christian schools.
Unlike religious schools that incorporate spirituality into their education, political Islam schools adopt Islam as an ideology and a doctrine relating to all aspects of life, including politics. In fact, some of them were actually founded by Islamic political parties.
Religious education in Lebanon
As Lebanese historian Kamal Salibi mentioned in his book "The Modern History of Lebanon", many affluent Muslim families in the eighteenth century opted to send their children to schools founded by Christian missions – evidently one of the reasons a number of Muslim families converted to Christianity at the time
The supporters of this education system see it as a way of teaching moral and social values alongside the mainstream curricula, in the belief that such principles are only dictated by religion. Critics, however, argue that this type of education intensifies sectarianism by further isolating each sect from the other, especially in a society that is as diverse as the Lebanese.
But education in Lebanon has always been religious in one way or another. There was a time during the Ottoman Empire when education was only available in the Islamic 'kuttab' schools and mosques, where students studied the Koran, fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) and the Arabic language.
Only at the beginning of the 18th century, did schools affiliated to Christian missions begin to spring up. Many affluent Muslim families opted to send their children to these schools, as Kamal Salibi mentioned in his book "The Modern History of Lebanon", which was one of the reasons why a number of Muslim families converted to Christianity.
This trend angered the local Muslim community and the Ottoman Empire alike, with both convinced that the Christian missions were pioneering a western cultural attack, one that had to be resisted.
Averroism started to appear in many states. This pushback against Christian education was also marked by individual efforts, which included the establishment of Islamic educational institutions. The Al-Makassed Islamic Charitable Society, founded in 1878 in Beirut, is just one example.
However, the educational institutions of the Christian missions did not cease to exist. As a matter of fact, they inspired parishes and monasteries to follow suit. By the end of Ottoman rule and under the French mandate the local Christian schools had become among the most important in Lebanon.
By the time Lebanon declared independence, many areas remained cut off from both official mainstream education and other governmental services.
The birth of political Islam schools
The first school related to political Islam to open in Lebanon was named Iman, meaning faith in Arabic. Inaugurated in 1974, the school is part of the Islamic Education Association, which falls under al-Jamaa al-Islamiya's umbrella in Beirut. Other branches of the school were soon established in different parts of Lebanon.
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Senior pets often soldier-on until their tooth decay becomes too painful.
DENTAL care for senior pets is essential to keep them happy and healthy.
None of us like having tooth decay and our pets are no different - remember that dogs use their mouths like we use our hands.
Dr Tara Cashman, spokesperson for the AVA's Australian Veterinary Dental Society, said that as pets age their immune system becomes less effective at fighting bacterial and viral diseases.
"While tooth decay is a rare condition in our pets, worn, damaged or missing teeth are very common and painful and can affect your pet's ability to chew food. This can lead to upset stomachs or regurgitation. Seniors often soldier on hiding their oral pain until it becomes unbearable.
"Senior pets are also more likely to develop more severe forms of gum disease and some will develop oral masses," Dr Cashman said.


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Q: Using $sceProvider functionality from $sce From Angular documents it says that $sceDelegateProvider.resourceUrlWhitelist can set the trusted resource URLs, But I need that functionality from the controller.
I want to set a whitelist of trusted resource URLs within my service. Therefore, I am only allowed to use $sce service and not provider..
I was trying to implement this example and it caused me an error (
"$sce:unsafe
Require a safe/trusted value"):
this.renderUrl = this.$sce.getTrustedUrl(${this.baseUrl}) + `/x/y/?name=${this.name};
Then inject the the renderUrl into the html:
<iframe ng-src="{{$ctrl.renderUrl}}"></iframe>

Is there a way to set a trusted resource URLs from $sce service, so it will be added to the whitlist of trusted resource URLs?

A: Create a Filter :
app.filter('trusturl', ['$sce', function ($sce) {
  return function(url) {
    return $sce.trustAsResourceUrl(url);
  };
}]);

In your service:
// Injecting Filter in Service
app.service('trustUrlService', function ($scope,$filter) {

  $scope.trustUrl = function(url){
    return $filter('trusturl')(url);
  };

});

In Controller use like this:
app.controller("myCtrl", function($scope,trustUrlService) {
  $scope.url = trustUrlService.trustUrl(url);
});

In Template you could use like this:
<iframe ng-src={{ imageHref | trusturl }}" />

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Q: import css still stays in page when route changes I am using two main layouts with react router like below. I have written AppRoute component to use different layouts with switch.
Problem is when i come back to "/" home from "/login" or "/register" route some import css related to "LayoutLoginRegister" still stays in browser. So it breaks the page. Because this css belongs to "LayoutLoginRegister" not "LayoutLanding"
App.js
 const AppWrapper = styled.div`
  margin: 0 auto;
  min-height: 100%;
`;

const AppRoute = ({ component: Component, layout: Layout, ...rest }) => (
  <Route
    {...rest}
    render={(props) => (
      <Layout>
        <Component {...props} />
      </Layout>
    )}
  />
);

AppRoute.propTypes = {
  component: React.PropTypes.any.isRequired,
  layout: React.PropTypes.any.isRequired,
};

export default function App() {
  return (
    <AppWrapper>
      <Helmet
        titleTemplate="%s - React.js Boilerplate"
        defaultTitle="React.js Boilerplate"
      >
        <meta name="description" content="A React.js Boilerplate application" />
      </Helmet>
      <Switch>
        <AppRoute exact path="/" layout={LayoutLanding} component={HomePage} />
        <AppRoute path="/features" layout={LayoutLanding} component={FeaturePage} />
        <AppRoute path="/login" layout={LayoutLoginRegister} component={LoginPage} />
        <AppRoute path="/register" layout={LayoutLoginRegister} component={RegisterPage} />
      </Switch>
    </AppWrapper>
  );
}

LayoutLoginRegister Layout
import React from 'react';
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
import './LayoutLoginRegister.scss';

export class LayoutLoginRegister extends React.Component { // eslint-disable-line react/prefer-stateless-function
  render() {
    return (

        {this.props.children}

    );
  }
}

LayoutLoginRegister.propTypes = {
  children: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
};

export default LayoutLoginRegister;

A: Importing CSS with webpack in this way will not load / unload the css when the component mounts / unmounts.
I would recommend namespacing your css styles, because you are using scss & separate files for your layouts, this should be fairly easy.
Wrap the contents of LayoutLoginRegister.scss with
.component-LayoutLoginRegister {
    [layout login styles go here]
}

Then add a class to your LayoutLoginRegister component
render() {
    return (

        {this.props.children}

    );
}

The CSS will remain loaded, but it will not affect anything other than your LayoutLoginRegister component.
If you need to apply styles to something shared, like
You can add a class to the body / HTML element when a component mounts / unmounts.
export class MyComponent extends React.Component {
    componentDidMount() {
        document.body.classList.add('MyComponent-mounted');
    }

    componentDidUnmount() {
        document.body.classList.remove('MyComponent-mounted');
    }
}

Although I would generally avoid this unless absolutely necessary, as it couples your component with document.body and makes the component unpure, harder to reuse, etc.


Essentials Circular Knitting Needles are available in a wide range of sizes from 2mm to 7.5mm. Essentials Circular Needles are manufactured from aluminium with a clear plastic cord and are around 75 to 80cm long.
Essentials Circular Knitting Needles allow you to knit in circles making these needles perfect for knitting circular objects like hats.


In response to the growing interest of Myanmar's rich and treasure laden waterways, a new vessel is due to set sail at the end of 2014 to provide exceptional experiences and delve deep into the cultural history of this enthralling country.
The AmaPura is the first ship in the region to offer 28 all-suite cabins over two decks. Cruising along the Irrawaddy River, the ship maintains a very personal service with one crew member for every two passengers. The 56-passenger AmaPura is finished with French flair, providing full step-out balconies and cabins measuring 285-290 square foot, rising to 420 in the larger upper deck rooms.
Destination Asia Myanmar is offering a 10 night cruise onboard the AmaPura, setting sail from either Mandalay or Yangon and visiting a number of the country's most revered destinations, including, Bagan, Magwe and Amarapura – the site of U Bein Bridge. We also introduce guests to Myanmar's ancient handicrafts such as silver working and pottery making that still thrives today in rural areas.


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namespace Magento\Cms\Test\TestCase;

use Magento\Cms\Test\Fixture\CmsBlock;
use Magento\Cms\Test\Page\Adminhtml\CmsBlockIndex;
use Magento\Cms\Test\Page\Adminhtml\CmsBlockNew;
use Magento\Mtf\TestCase\Injectable;

/**
 * Preconditions:
 * 1. Create CMS Block.
 *
 * Steps:
 * 1. Open Backend.
 * 2. Go to Content > Blocks.
 * 3. Open created CMS block.
 * 4. Click "Delete Block".
 * 5. Perform all assertions.
 *
 * @group CMS_Content_(PS)
 * @ZephyrId MAGETWO-25698
 */
class DeleteCmsBlockEntityTest extends Injectable
{
    /* tags */
    const MVP = 'yes';
    const DOMAIN = 'PS';
    /* end tags */

    /**
     * Page CmsBlockIndex.
     *
     * @var CmsBlockIndex
     */
    protected $cmsBlockIndex;

    /**
     * Page CmsBlockNew.
     *
     * @var CmsBlockNew
     */
    protected $cmsBlockNew;

    /**
     * Injection data.
     *
     * @param CmsBlockIndex $cmsBlockIndex
     * @param CmsBlockNew $cmsBlockNew
     * @return void
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    public function __inject(
        CmsBlockIndex $cmsBlockIndex,
        CmsBlockNew $cmsBlockNew
    ) {
        $this->cmsBlockIndex = $cmsBlockIndex;
        $this->cmsBlockNew = $cmsBlockNew;
    }

    /**
     * Delete CMS Block.
     *
     * @param CmsBlock $cmsBlock
     * @return void
     */
    public function test(CmsBlock $cmsBlock)
    {
        // Precondition
        $cmsBlock->persist();
        $filter = ['identifier' => $cmsBlock->getIdentifier()];

        // Steps
        $this->cmsBlockIndex->open();
        $this->cmsBlockIndex->getCmsBlockGrid()->searchAndOpen($filter);
        $this->cmsBlockNew->getFormPageActions()->delete();
        $this->cmsBlockNew->getModalBlock()->acceptAlert();
    }
}

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The 2012 Van Winter Memorial Lecture: Paul Steinhardt and Quasicrystals
Each year, the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Physics and Astronomy jointly organize the Van Winter Memorial Lecture, which brings in distinguished speakers to give lectures on matters of common interest to mathematicians and physicists.
This year's speaker is Paul Steinhardt, professor of physics and astrophysics at Princeton University, and director of the Princeton Center for Theoretical Sciences. In this podcast, we spoke to Sumit Das, who will be hosting the lecture, about some of professor Steinhardt's research.
Professor Steinhardt's lecture will be titled, "Once Upon a Time in Kamchatka: the Extraordinary Search for Natural Quasicrystals." The presentation will be on Friday, March 23, from 3:15 pm to 4:15 pm, in room 139 of the Chemistry-Physics building.
In short, a quasicrystal is a type of structure that shows rotational symmetry, but is not periodic -- it doesn't have a pattern that repeats over a distance. Quasicrystals can be composed of sets of a few shapes that are arranged to fill up a space, and although they may have radial patterns, these do not repeat around the crystal in any noticeable order. Usually, it has been thought that crystals can only have two-, four-, or six-sided radial patterns, but quasicrystals can have five-sided rotational symmetry as well, such as in these structures:
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Allan Butterfield, professor of Chemistry and Director of the Center of Membrane Sciences, has been named a UK Alumni Association Endowed Professor. Butterfield's research tackles issues surrounding Alzheimer's Disease and related research areas in biological chemistry. Carl Nathe, host of UK at the Half, interviewed him for the radio program, which airs during each UK football game.
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Erin Peters is a graduate student in the Chemistry Department, president of the Chemistry Graduate Student Association at UK, and graduate research assistant to Steven Yates. In this interview, Peters talks about her research at UK's particle accelerator.
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Pear-Shaped Nuclei, Particle Accelerators, and Zebras: Steven Yates
Steven Yates is an Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor who works in the departments of both Chemistry and Physics and Astronomy.
In this interview, Yates discusses his recent collaboration with the iThemba Laboratory, a nuclear particle accelerator facility in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Sean Parkin uses x-ray technology to determine the molecular structure of crystals for the UK Chemistry Department. UK's Crystallography lab has some of the best equipment in North America.
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The Albany Community Bank Kids Urban on Sunday, 23 September 2018 is the perfect introduction to downhill riding.
The Albany Mountain Bike Club will hold a welcoming and fun Kid's Participation Race, for kids aged 5 to 12. This is purely a fun, have-a-go style race!
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Re: Acoustic bass Wedged shape Cocobolo/Englemann
by Joseph Price » Wed Sep 06, 2017 2:36 am
well i was planing and sanding by feel and trying to get it to sit right.
In the end it was only an extra 15-18mm on the treble side. The depth on th lower bout bass side was just under 90mm.
I would feel more confident taking it deeper next time.
Joseph Price
by Mark Swanson » Wed Sep 06, 2017 8:25 am
The timing of this discussion is bad...I spent the better part of a week with her and other luthiers just two weeks ago. I could have tactfully asked her.
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by Joseph Price » Thu Sep 07, 2017 2:29 am
I have had a quick....repeat quick... look at the patent. i dont agree it is the same "thing"as Lindas
design. But at the end of the day - if she feels this way I have no problem with being respectful and paying homage.
it is a small ask! We owe a bid debt to the luthiers which paved the way for today and have so freely shared knowledge.
This was not the case in Europe 20 years ago - I worked like a dog in berlin for below minimum wage just to acquire some skills.
Americans and Canadians have been - imho - very generous.
by Todd Stock » Tue Sep 12, 2017 8:10 am
Having been through the patent wringer successfully, ignore the pretty pictures and read the claims. The claims are the beating heart of a patent; they are the legal limits to what the patent holder can ask the courts to enforce. If it's not in the claims, it is not an enforceable element of the patent. Reading and understanding the claims section of a patent is the key to understanding whether or not any element of Manzer's configuration is her intellectual property.
Smith's claims:
1. In a guitar, the combination of: a body having a front surface and a rear surface, a neck extending from one end of said body, said body being approximately wedge-shaped in cross-section transverse to the length of said neck, to form a thin side and a thick side, strings tensioned over the body and the neck inclined in a common plane, so that the thin side of said body may fit under the arm of a standing musician, with the plane of the strings inclined downward and away from the musician.
2. The structure of claim 1 in which the body comprises a hollow acoustic shell.
3. The structure of claim 1 in which the plane of the strings lies at an angle to said rear surface.
4. The structure of claim 1 in which the plane of the strings is parallel to said front surface.
http://www.google.com.pg/patents/US3426638
The question is NOT whether the patent drawing looks like Manzer's 'invention', but instead whether Smith's claims perfectly describe the elements of a 'Manzer Wedge'. Are there any claims which do not apply? Any missing? No - the claims perfectly describe the configuration. And if the claims describe the configuration of Smith's invention, it is most certainly NOT someone else's invention.
If Linda could propose another set of claims which described the wedge body but did not overlap, there might be a case for some degree of unique IP, but I don't see anything not fully covered by Smith's claims.
Mark - I'd be very surprised if this has not been discussed, but given the patent expired a year after Manzer started offering the feature, any enforcement action by Smith is outside the statute of limitations. Beyond that, it's an ethical issue, with most people being unconcerned or disinterested in the specific and the more general topic. Finally, there are few things more difficult that intellectual honesty when it concerns people we either care for and like or those that have earned our disfavor.
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by Clay Schaeffer » Sat Sep 16, 2017 8:56 am
The "wedge" was probably first "invented" by some luthier hack who didn't pay attention and built a lop sided body (DAMHIKT). That Smith patented it and Manzer popularized it just gives it an excuse to be. Manzer has a more unusual name, has done other creative (and somewhat bizarre) constructions and did a better job of "selling" the wedge shaped body than Smith did.
Similarly Novak patented and popularized the fan fret design which was similarly patented in 1900 by E.A. Edgren, although the design had been in use at least since the 1600's. If you mentioned "Edgren's fretting" to most people I think you will get a blank stare.
The beauty of patents is they run out. We don't have to worry about giving credit, deserved or not, to any particular individual. But like Xerox and Kleenex, some things will be better understood by referring to a known source - such as Novak and Manzer.
Clay Schaeffer
by Todd Stock » Sat Sep 16, 2017 11:05 am
I agree, Clay, although it seems to me that claiming credit for invention and insisting on that acknowledgement is a step or two over the line that both of us would prefer to observe. Seems to me a little like Martin claiming the square/taper headstock as their mark, or Gibson attempting to own the single cut electric. Most idea should fall under the 'everyone's already using it/craft and trade knowledge' exclusions from patentability, but there is only so much time in a day and so many patent examiners available.
by Clay Schaeffer » Sun Sep 17, 2017 9:34 pm
"it seems to me that claiming credit for invention and insisting on that acknowledgement is a step or two over the line "
I agree - but Linda may be somewhat clueless and think she actually did invent it.
by Matthew Lau » Fri Sep 22, 2017 5:01 pm
Really nicely done.
I particularly like your headstock veneer detail.
Matthew Lau
by Joseph Price » Fri Sep 22, 2017 11:06 pm
Thanks Matthew. I cant find the matching heel cap and end graft pics but its the same theme throughout.
It should be coming for a service soon so I can remember to grab some better pics then.
All the best, Joseph
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Rock Me Amadeus
"Rock Me Amadeus" is a 1985 song by Austrian musician Falco from his album Falco 3. It topped the singles charts on both sides of the Atlantic. It was Falco's only number one hit in both the United States and the United Kingdom, despite the artist's popularity in Germany, his native Austria, and much of Europe. The song was written by Falco and Dutch music producers Bolland & Bolland.
With "Rock Me Amadeus", Falco became the first German-speaking artist to be credited with a number-one single in all mainstream US pop singles charts : the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100 Singles. Prior to Falco, "99 Luftballons" by Nena got to number one on Cashbox, but peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. The single hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on 29 March 1986. Falco had already had a minor US hit in 1982 with "Der Kommissar" (a hit the following year there for After the Fire), "Sound of Musik" which reached number 13, and his follow-up single from Falco 3, "Vienna Calling", which reached number 18 on the Hot 100.
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The simplicity of referendums is exactly what is wrong with them
We should be grateful to Babasaheb Ambedkar for a democratic exercise that our constitution doesn't allow: Referendums
columns Updated: Dec 06, 2016 22:36 IST
Bobby Ghosh
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi speaks during a media conference after a referendum on constitutional reform at Chigi palace in Rome on December 5.(Reuters)
It seems appropriate, writing on the death anniversary of Babasaheb Ambedkar, that I am mindful of the Indian Constitution. Even as a schoolboy, when it seemed turbid and turgid, I was taught to celebrate the many freedoms he enshrined in its dense prose, long before I could fully grasp the democratic processes it protects. But this year I'm especially grateful for a democratic exercise the constitution does not allow: referendums.
It has been a bad year for what some political scientists call "extreme democracy". A June referendum resulted in Britain opting to exit the European Union; in a referendum in August, Thais decided in favour of a constitution giving the military a larger role; an October referendum in Colombia cancelled President Juan Manuel Santos's peace deal with the FARC rebel group; and in a referendum on Sunday, Italians voted against constitutional reforms.
All of these decisions seem counter-intuitive to most outside observers: Brexit will weaken Britain's economy and its ability to influence in the world; Thailand's democracy has been weakened; the peace deal was designed to end a long, bloody rebellion that has cost Colombia dearly; and decades of political and economic chaos demonstrate that Italy's constitution is in dire need of reform. And yet, in each referendum, the majority of people voted against their best interests.
In two instances, the results also brought down a powerful, charismatic political leader — Prime Minister David Cameron in the UK, and Prime Minister Matteo Renzi of Italy. Each had staked his office on his favoured outcome, and was forced to resign when the result went the other way.
Cameron was in New Delhi last weekend, for the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, and I asked him if he regretted putting the issue of Britain's membership of the EU to a referendum. "I regret the [people's] decision," he said, "but as a democrat you can't regret holding a referendum, or abiding by the result." It was the answer of a seasoned advertising executive-turned-politician, carrying little conviction. And if Cameron isn't having second thoughts, many of his countrymen certainly are. Polls now suggest that many who voted for Brexit are having buyers' remorse, and a new term has been coined to capture this sentiment: Bregret.
Read: No provision for referendum in India: Experts on Kejriwal's call for Delhi vote
You'd have thought Santos and Renzi would have learned from the Brexit example and avoided the referendum route for their own causes. But the temptation to go over the heads of their political opponents and directly to the people was too great.
For politicians, the seductive power of a referendum lies in its combination of simplicity and finality: you take a complex question, reduce it to a yes-or-no proposition, put it to a popular vote, and, hey presto, the decision has cast-iron legitimacy. The ideal outcome, of course, is that the vote favours your argument; but even if it doesn't, there may be some small consolation in the fact that there's no more bickering: the argument is over, and everyone moves on.
But the simplicity of referendums is exactly what is wrong with them. Most political propositions put to the test in this way are highly complex, and to reduce the choices to Yes or No is to greatly understate the gravity of the outcome. Typically, political parties boil the issues down to deceptive, or even deceitful binaries, playing to the electorate's fears and prejudices. Those favouring Brexit, for instance, persuaded many Britons that to remain in the European Union would be tantamount to opening the country's borders to a flood of immigrants, among whom would lurk many terrorists. The camp opposed to constitutional reforms in Italy argued that these would give control of the country to faceless, unelected bureaucrats.
Read: Nexit, Frexit or Italeave? British vote triggers other EU breakaway dreams
Defenders of referendums say they're not all bad, and usually point out that Switzerland, that shining example of stability, has them all the time. The Swiss call this "direct democracy," and this is sometimes seen as the opposite of "representative democracy," where issues are debated and decided by elected representatives of the people. But Switzerland actually has both forms, and in fact the vast majority of decisions are taken by parliament, not directly by the people.
Can a referendum be undone? Not without great cost, in money, time, and credibility. It is harder still when the outcome has handed political power to the "winners" — like Theresa May, who took the opposite position to Cameron, and replaced him as Prime Minister. There's little prospect she will propose a do-over referendum.
In hindsight, then, it was wise of Colombia's Santos not to threaten to resign if his people rejected the accord with FARC; this precaution gave him the political space to amend it for reconsideration. Wiser still, he decided not to put the new version to a referendum, instead bringing it before parliament. Last week, the new deal was approved. Cameron and Renzi, I suspect, would give anything for that second chance.
Never having been in the shoes of a Cameron or a Renzi, some Indian politicians wish they could put their pet causes to the test of direct democracy. For instance, Arvind Kejriwal was inspired by the Brexit vote to tweet: "After UK referendum, Delhi will soon have a referendum on full statehood." Happily, this was no more than a pipe dream. Never mind the Chief Minister of Delhi, not even Indira Gandhi, at the height of her Emergency hubris, was able to change the Indian Constitution to allow "direct democracy".
Thank you, Babasaheb.
Bobby Ghosh is editor-in-chief of Hindustan Times
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Editorial: Closed session information was worth…
Editorial: Closed session information was worth revealing
By Reporter-Herald Editorial Board |
June 28, 2020 at 8:01 a.m.
It's important for news reporters to be good listeners.
It's also important that they and their editors carefully consider whether the public needs to know what they've heard.
The Reporter-Herald put those professional skills to an unusual test over the past few weeks as we wrestled with how to respond to reporter Max Levy's discovery June 2 that the Loveland City Council had broadcast two executive sessions, private meetings meant for the council members to hear information related to negotiations.
The Colorado Open Meetings law allows governing bodies to go into executive sessions for discussions regarding buying or selling property; conferences with attorneys to receive legal advice; matters required to be kept confidential by state or federal law; security arrangements or investigations; determining contract negotiation strategies; personnel matters; or consideration of documents protected from disclosure under the Colorado Open Records Act.
Executive sessions must be recorded, and the governing bodies can be challenged if there is reason to believe they have discussed things other than what the law allows. In those cases, a judge will review the recording and decide whether it was a legitimate use of an executive session. That would usually be the only time outsiders might hear what went on in such sessions.
The move to physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic has brought all sorts of challenges to everyday life, including government meetings held partly or entirely online. Many of us are stretching our technology skills to accomplish things without being in the same room as those we're working with. We're learning about new technology we've never had occasion to use before.
So while it was surprising the City Council's executive sessions would be broadcast, it's understandable such a mistake could happen, given the circumstances.
The Reporter-Herald newsroom staff discussed the issue and decided the best way to proceed would be to quickly inform the city staff about the problem, to give them a chance to respond, and to consider whether publishing the information the city had inadvertently shared would hurt the public interest.
Contacting the city staff allowed them to make corrections in their procedures so they did not continue broadcasting executive sessions. Telling others what had happened could serve as an alert to other governing bodies of a potential issue should they hold virtual executive sessions.
It's unfortunate that the city staff refused to give a statement for the stories or answer any questions about the leak. By releasing confidential information, the city broke a promise that it had made to people who had provided the information. The public had a right to know what happened and how the city will keep it from happening again.
Moreover, the city staff should not have asked council members not to talk. The elected officials have an obligation to answer to the public they serve.
After having the stories vetted by managers and an attorney, on Thursday we published a look into both the airing of confidential information, and the potential theater project.
Both projects discussed in the broadcast sessions are still moving forward. A Metropolitan Theatres representative told us he did not feel the breach would affect the future of the IMAX project. Efforts also are apparently continuing to find a new buyer for the former county building on Sixth Street, the subject of the May 19 errant broadcast.
There are, as the law allows, reasons for governing boards to have some discussions in private, but in general the public is better served when there are fewer secrets.
After keeping this one from readers while we worked out how to handle it, we are satisfied we did the right thing by sharing what we knew.
Reporter-Herald Editorial Board


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Katie Couric attends the LA premiere of 'Under The Gun' / AP
Stephen Gutowski - May 25, 2016 12:10 PM
The makers of a new Katie Couric documentary on gun violence deceptively edited an interview between Couric and a group of gun rights activists in an apparent attempt to embarrass the activists, an audio recording of the full interview shows.
At the 21:48 mark of Under the Gun a scene of Katie Couric interviewing members of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, a gun rights organization, is shown.
Couric can be heard in the interview asking activists from the group, "If there are no background checks for gun purchasers, how do you prevent felons or terrorists from purchasing a gun?"
The documentary then shows the activists sitting silently for nine awkward seconds, unable to provide an answer. It then cuts to the next scene. The moment can be watched here:
However, raw audio of the interview between Katie Couric and the activists provided to the Washington Free Beacon shows the scene was deceptively edited. Instead of silence, Couric's question is met immediately with answers from the activists. A back and forth between a number of the league's members and Couric over the issue of background checks proceeds for more than four minutes after the original question is asked.
Under the Gun bills itself as a documentary that "examines the events and people who have kept the gun debate fierce and the progress slow, even as gun deaths and mass shootings continue to increase."
It follows a number of gun violence victims and those who have lost family members to gun violence as they advocate for stricter gun control laws. The 1 hour and 45 minute film was executive produced and narrated by Katie Couric.
Under the Gun has been labeled "dishonest politicking in the guise of media coverage," "loose with the facts," and "a full-length assault on guns and the Second Amendment" by those in the gun community since its debut on May 15.
The Virginia Citizens Defense League labeled the deceptively edited segment featured in the film "unbelievable and extremely unprofessional." Philip Van Cleave, the organization's president, said the editing was done deliberately to make it appear that league members didn't have a response to Couric's question.
"Katie Couric asked a key question during an interview of some members of our organization," he said. "She then intentionally removed their answers and spliced in nine seconds of some prior video of our members sitting quietly and not responding. Viewers are left with the misunderstanding that the members had no answer to her question."
Nora Ryan, the chief of staff for EPIX, the cable channel that is airing the documentary, told the Free Beacon in an email, "Under the Gun is a critically-acclaimed documentary that looks at the polarizing and politicized issue of gun violence, a subject that elicits strong reactions from people on both sides. EPIX stands behind Katie Couric, director Stephanie Soechtig, and their creative and editorial judgment. We encourage people to watch the film and decide for themselves."
Requests for comment from Couric and the film's director, Stephanie Soechtig, have not been returned, though they did speak to The Washington Post.
UPDATE 2:25 P.M.: This post has been updated with comment from a spokesperson for EPIX.
UPDATE 5:09 P.M.: The Washington Post's Erik Wemple tweeted a statement from Under the Gun's director Stephanie Soechtig.
Got a statement from director Stephanie Soechtig regarding allegations of deceptive editing on Katie Couric gun doc. 1
— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) May 25, 2016
Soechtig: "There are a wide range of views expressed in the film. My intention was to provide a pause for the viewer….2
…to have a moment to consider this important question before presenting the facts on Americans' opinions on background checks." 3
"I never intended to make anyone look bad and I apologize if anyone felt that way."
UPDATE 5:36 P.M.: The Washington Post's Erik Wemple also tweeted a statement from Katie Couric.
And statement from Katie Couric of "Under the Gun": "I support Stephanie's statement and am very proud of the film."
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Stephen Gutowski is a staff writer for the Washington Free Beacon. He founded his own site as a junior in college and has been writing about news and politics since that time. His email address is Gutowski@FreeBeacon.com. His twitter handle is @StephenGutowski.


Last February, I adopted a rescue Black & Tan Coonhound from Tennessee, a female about 11 months. Many of you helped me name her Scout - and sometimes I called her Sweet Pea. She was found along a road and while very thin didn't appear or act as if she had been abused - maybe just lost. We were lucky to have found her.
She was a terrific dog - oh-so-gentle, oh-so-graceful, sensitive, playful, intelligent, easy to get along with and easy to please - and very beautiful. She liked and trusted everyone. She brought joy to our lives and she lived joyfully – I can see her now spot a squirrel or locking onto a scent as she crisscrossed yards with that powerful nose to the ground. She was also very quiet, but in April, she discovered her distinctive coonhound voice and would occasionally howl while chasing or treeing animals in the back yard and at Cambridge on the Eastern Shore.. She would have made a good working dog.
She loved everyone - and everyone loved her. She loved bones – real, rawhide, and toy (and many are buried in the back yard), .Abigails's old toys, Little Falls Creek and walks where she could be off-lead (especially the long weekend walks) chasing geese, ducks and deer at the Eastern Shore, and the down love seat in the library.
She could so softly take the stuffing out of a dog toy – but not so much you couldn't put it back so she could do it again tomorrow. She knew how to relax like no dog I have known before, those long legs, neck and tail completely stretched out A true daughter of the sultry South, she didn't like it when the air-conditioning was turned on a few weeks ago. She didn't like traveling in a car, but the one boat trip she took with us at Cambridge over Memorial Day she was relaxed and I was hopeful of having another hound who would be a good water dog. She drank Chesapeake Bay water and brought me a crab. She ate like a lady and gained weight and height (Black & Tan females are about 50 lbs and 29" at maturity)...until about two weeks ago when she seemed very tired and I blamed it on the 97-degree weather.
She and I made a pact that we would have 15 good years together. But it was not to be. She was diagnosed yesterday with acute canine leukemia and she didn't have a chance. Life just isn't fair sometimes. She's buried here at Tilden Street with Sam, our beloved mixed Ohio hound (1991-2004) and Devon and Maggie (the two English setters from the Margaret Thatcher 80s). The others were too big for me to carry home and bury - the collie Choo-Choo; the Newfoundland Sheba, and the Bloodhound Remy.
I will miss her. I'm sorry that all of you didn't get to know her personally. You would have liked her too.


Guy Graham is a shareholder and Director of Padstone Consulting Limited with in excess of 30 years' experience in the construction and development industry on both client and consultant side. Guy has lead and managed large scale and complex regeneration mixed use schemes and has extensive experience across a number of industry sectors.
Guy has worked on Client side for Bredero Projects delivering the refurbishment of the Lewisham Shopping Centre and the large Hammersmith roundabout retail and office development. He also worked for BHS on their 6 year development programme where Guy managed and delivered a number of new store and refurbishment projects.
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The Lives of Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo: A Brief Biography
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Nationalism, Religion, and Beyond
Situating Sri Aurobindo
India's Freedom Struggle
The Bomb in Bengal
Nationalism, Terrorism, Communalism
Indian Religion and Spirituality
Indian Religions
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Writing the Self
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Peter Heehs
An American Historian in India
Sri Aurobindo (1872-1950) was one of the most important figures in modern Indian history. He made significant contributions to Indian and world culture as a scholar, a poet, a revolutionary organizer, a politician, a philosopher, and a yogi and spiritual guide.
I tried to bring out the many-sidedness of his personality in two biographies: Sri Aurobindo: A Brief Biography (1989), and The Lives of Sri Aurobindo (2008), and in two anthologies of his writings, Essential Writings of Sri Aurobindo (1998) and Nationalism, Religion, and Beyond (2005). In Situating Sri Aurobindo: A Reader (2013), I brought together fifteen essays by leading scholars which demonstrate the contemporary importance of Sri Aurobindo in the fields of literature, political science, philosophy and spirituality.


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Cheesy Sausage Soup - ready in under 30 minutes! Sausage, chicken broth, diced tomatoes and green chiles, hash browns, corn, Velveeta and sour cream. Everyone LOVED this soup! Serve with some breadsticks for a quick and easy weeknight meal!
This Cheesy Sausage Soup is packed full of all of my favorite foods! Sausage, diced tomatoes and green chiles, chicken broth, corn, cheese, potatoes and sour cream. OMG! SO good! I made this for lunch and we both went back for seconds. Seriously delicious! This recipe makes a good bit of soup, so we ate this for lunch again the next day. Just as good!
I used a package of Tennessee Pride hot sausage in the soup. Feel free to use your favorite brand of breakfast sausage. If you aren't a fan of sausage, you could substitute ground beef in this recipe. I think it would be fine. I prefer sausage, so that is what I use in this recipe. We served the soup with some pretzel bread from Trader Joe's. It was a fantastic easy weeknight meal!
In a large Dutch oven, cook sausage over medium heat for 10 minutes or until sausage is browned and crumbly; drain.
Add flour, and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes. Gradually stir in broth, diced tomatoes and green chilies, onion flakes, hash browns, and corn, and bring to a boil.
Reduce heat, and simmer for 10 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Stir in Velveeta until melted. Stir in sour cream and serve. Do not boil the soup after adding the sour cream.
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Macau News > Tourism
Macau population rises to 544,600 – 18,461 per sq km
Macau, China, 11 Aug – Macau's estimated population rose by 2,200 from the end of March to 544,600 at the end of June, the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) announced Tuesday. Compared with a year ago, Macau's population was up by 300 at the end of June. Macau's population peaked at 557,300 at the end … Continue reading "Macau population rises to 544,600 – 18,461 per sq km"
Ferry firm set to start Tuen Mun-Macau service
Macau, China, 4 Aug – Ferry operator Hong Kong North West Express is poised to launch a service between Tuen Mun and Macau seven years after taking over management of part of the Tuen Mun ferry pier that will operate cross-border trips. The firm would be the second new operator to enter the Hong Kong-Macau … Continue reading "Ferry firm set to start Tuen Mun-Macau service"
Macau's June visitor number falls to lowest this year
Macau, China, 26 Jul – Macau's number of visitor arrivals in June fell to its lowest monthly figure so far this year, according to figures released by the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) last Friday. A total of 1.90 million visitors arrived in Macau last month, a decrease of 9.2 percent from the previous month … Continue reading "Macau's June visitor number falls to lowest this year"
Macau to hold international fireworks display contest in September
Macau, China, 19 Jul – Macau International Fireworks Display Contest will be held in September this year, which will feature teams from 10 nations and regions, the Tourist Office of Macau announced on Friday. Organized by the Tourist Office, the contest will be held respectively on September 11, 18, 22, 25 and October 1 at … Continue reading "Macau to hold international fireworks display contest in September"
Macau to open new ferry terminal in 2013 in Taipa Island
Macau, China, 15 Jul – Macao will add a new ferry terminal in Taipa island to its current two in the first half of 2013, the Macau Post Daily reported on Wednesday. At present, there were two ferry terminals on the Macau Peninsula, the Inner Harbor and the Outer Harbor, and a temporary one on … Continue reading "Macau to open new ferry terminal in 2013 in Taipa Island"
Macau hotel guests rise 20 pct to 3.19 million in Jan-May
Macau, China, 14 Jul – Macau's 89 hotels and boarding houses recorded 3.19 million hotel guests in the first five months of this year, an increase of 20.3 percent on the same period of last year, the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) announced Tuesday. The number of guests in May rose 46.3 percent year-on-year to … Continue reading "Macau hotel guests rise 20 pct to 3.19 million in Jan-May"
Macau funds quake-hit Sichuan's tourism
Macau, China, 13 Jul – The government of Macau has invested 30 million patacas (US$3.75 million) and adopted a series of measures since 2008 to help quake-hit Sichuan province in southwestern China's mainland to resume tourism development, Macau's tourism chief said on Monday. The Tourist Office of Macau has used the money to launch advertising … Continue reading "Macau funds quake-hit Sichuan's tourism"
Macao Dragon Ferry services suspended after crash
Macau, China, 12 Jul -Newly-launched company Macao Dragon suspended services after crashing Saturdaywith a Macau pier, according to The Macau Post Daily. The company is waiting on the Maritime Administration (CP) to complete a safety survey of a berth at the Pac On temporary ferry terminal in Taipa before it can resume its newly-launched services … Continue reading "Macao Dragon Ferry services suspended after crash"
Hong Kong-Macao Helicopter Service Resumes Operation
Macau, China, 8 Jul – Sky Shuttle' helicopter flight service between Hong Kong and Macao resumed operation Wednesday, after being suspended for four days due to a helicopter accident. The Macao Civil Aviation Authorities (AACM) confirmed that it has approved the airline's request to resume its helicopter service Wednesday morning after reviewing a document submitted … Continue reading "Hong Kong-Macao Helicopter Service Resumes Operation"
Low Cost Mandala Airlines starts flights between Macau and Jakarta this month
Macau, China, 7 Jul – Indonesia low cost carrier Mandala Airlines will launch this month three flights per week between Macau and Jakarta, according to Mandala Airlines' President-Director Diono Nurjani. Flights begin on July 21, with three round trips per week.The flights will be scheduled on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. A one-way flight to the … Continue reading "Low Cost Mandala Airlines starts flights between Macau and Jakarta this month"
Macau's tourism industry must provide quality services, says director of MGTO
Macau, China, 6 Jul – Macau needs to provide a quality tourism in order to match people's expectations of what they are paying for, said Monday the director of the Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO), Joao Manuel Costa Antunes. Antunes made the comment during his presentation at the MGTO's annual marketing meeting at Macau Tower … Continue reading "Macau's tourism industry must provide quality services, says director of MGTO"
Sky Shuttle helicopters flights between Macau and Hong Kong suspended
Macau, China, 5 Jul – Helicopter flights from Sky Shuttle between Macau and Hong Kong are suspended since Saturday after an AgustaWestland AW139 italian helicopter belonging to Sky Shuttle ditched at sea about 500 meters northwest of the Shun Tak Centre helipad, in Hong Kong, soon after it took off. The two pilots and 11 … Continue reading "Sky Shuttle helicopters flights between Macau and Hong Kong suspended"
Shun Tak China launched maritime services between Macau and Guangzhou
Macau, China, 30 Jun – Hong Kong-based shipping firm Shun Tak China Travel Ship Management launched Tuesday a new daily passenger ferry service from Macau's Outer Harbour ferry terminal to Guangzhou's Nansha district, according to The Macau Post Daily. The voyage will take around 90 minutes, an official from the company said. The Macau government … Continue reading "Shun Tak China launched maritime services between Macau and Guangzhou"
Mandarin Oriental Hotel open today in Macau
Macau, China, 29 Jun – Mandarin Oriental hotel opens today, in th One Central complex, in NAPE waterfront, with 213 rooms, including 26 suites and one presidential suite. The hotel located in the Macau peninsula is owned by Hong Kong Land and Shun Tak groups and designed by architect Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC/USA. Mandarin … Continue reading "Mandarin Oriental Hotel open today in Macau"
Macau receive 10.3 million visitors during the first five months of 2010
Macau, China, 24 Jun – Macau's total visitor arrivals during the first five months of 2010 rose by 15.8 percent year-on-year to 10.33 million, according to figures released Wednesday by the city's Statistics and Census Service (DSEC). The majority of visitor come from China mainland and Hong Kong, respectively at 5.52 million and 3.01 million … Continue reading "Macau receive 10.3 million visitors during the first five months of 2010"
Air Macau extends network to more Japanese cities through Code share Agreement with ANA
Macau, China, 17 Jun – Air Macau signed Tuesday with All Nippon Airways (ANA) a Code share Agreement to extend its network to all parts of Japan through the network of ANA. According to the agreement, Air Macau and ANA, Japan's largest carrier, will expand their respective network into Hokkaido, Fukuoka in Japan and Pearl … Continue reading "Air Macau extends network to more Japanese cities through Code share Agreement with ANA"
Macau, Guangdong and Hong Kong carry out joint tourism promotion in Taiwan and Europe
Macau, China, 10 June – Macau, Guangdong and Hong Kong plan to carry out joint promotion in Taiwan the United Kingdom and France to publicise the tourism potential of the Pearl River Delta region. The announcement was made at the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Tourism Cooperation Meeting," which was attended by leaders of the Guangdong Tourism Administration, … Continue reading "Macau, Guangdong and Hong Kong carry out joint tourism promotion in Taiwan and Europe"
China choose two pandas to be send to Macau as a gift from Beijing
Macau, China, 31 May – A pair of giant pandas has been selected as gift for the Macau Special Administration Region, the State Forestry Administration announced Saturday in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, the endangered species' hometown. Both pandas come from the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding and Research Base and have been chosen … Continue reading "China choose two pandas to be send to Macau as a gift from Beijing"
Visitors arrivals to Macau climbed 12.4 percent in the first four months of 2010
Macau, China, 25 May – Total visitor arrivals to Macau climbed 12.4 percent year-on-year to 8.2 million in the first four months of 2010, the Statistics and Census Service said on Monday. Visitors from Mainland China (4,386,985), Hong Kong (2,421,414), and Taiwan (442,087) increased by 20.0 percent, 3.2 percent and 2.8 percent respectively. Visitors from … Continue reading "Visitors arrivals to Macau climbed 12.4 percent in the first four months of 2010"
Seawater of Zhuhai seriously polluted
Guangzhou, China, 24 May – A report shows that the seawater quality of Guangzhou, Dongguan and Zhongshan, as well as Shenzhen and Zhuhai, which neighbors Hong Kong and Macau, have fallen into the category of "seriously polluted" accordint to Xinhua News Agency. The Chinese news agency said that seawater pollution remains serious in the coastal … Continue reading "Seawater of Zhuhai seriously polluted"


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Take a train into Kaua'i's past
By by Dennis Fujimoto - the garden island | Friday, April 13, 2007, 12 a.m.
It's a birthday party and everyone is invited. Bob Schleck of the Grove Farm Museum said today (Friday) is Paul Isenberg's birthday, and on Saturday, Paulo, one of the five original steam locomotives brought to Kaua'i, will celebrate its 120th
It's a birthday party and everyone is invited.
Bob Schleck of the Grove Farm Museum said today (Friday) is Paul Isenberg's birthday, and on Saturday, Paulo, one of the five original steam locomotives brought to Kaua'i, will celebrate its 120th anniversary.
"We'll be having free train rides, music and exhibits surrounding the trains and the sugar industry's history," Schleck said while helping people waiting for a ride on one of the train's cars being pulled by Paulo during Train Day.
Dick Sloggett Jr. was one of the people helping engineer Scott Johnson and Sam Maehata during the regular monthly train day.
"We need to keep the engine exercised," Schleck told a nearby neighbor who was waiting to ride the train with her children and grandchildren.
The grandmother said she knows when it's train day because she can hear the whistles all day long.
Sloggett, meanwhile, jockeyed between manning the manual rail switch and fielding questions from the steady stream of people taking in the monthly train day.
"I used to do this for Grove Farm in 1948," Sloggett said while keeping an eye on Paulo's reverse pattern out of its garage situated in the midst of lush ti leaves and banana.
"Scott found the switch bar in this area. It had been discarded and was old, but he refurbished it and now it's back doing what it used to do," Sloggett said as he deftly switched the track while Paulo paused to pick up more passengers at the old Lihu'e Mill parking area.
The public is invited to a Community Saturday birthday party from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., Sloggett said.
Parking for people wanting to be part of the exciting celebration can park at the parking lot located between the Department of Water and the Kukui Grove Cinema. From there, a shuttle bus will be operating from 9:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m.
"Paulo was named after Paul Isenberg," Sloggett said. "In Hawaiian, 'Paulo' is 'Paul.'"
Hanama'ulu is the brainchild of Paul Isenberg who was the manager of Lihu'e Plantation between 1862 and 1878.
Prior to securing the land of the ahupua'a of Hanama'ulu for $7,250 for Lihu'e Plantation, the Hanamaulu lands were being leased by the plantation for its 10-mile irrigation ditch.
The plantation also harvested sugar from the Hanama'ulu fields from as early as 1857 with the lease being signed in 1863.
The ahupua'a of Hanama'ulu is a land division extending from Kilohana Crater to Hanama'ulu Bay, and in 1870 when Princess Victoria Kamamalu passed away, the Supreme Court of Hawai'i ordered the sale of the land consisting of about 9,177 acres. Isenberg was the successful bidder.
Isenberg was born the son of a Lutheran pastor in Hanover, Germany, on April 13, 1837.
With the promise of a job as manager of a cattle ranch, Isenberg came to the Hawaiian Islands in 1858.
But there was no job and Isenberg had to look elsewhere for employment, fate taking him to the sugar industry where he started working for Henry A. Pierce and Company, the sugar plantation in Lihu'e that eventually became Lihu'e Plantation.
In 1861, Isenberg married Hannah Maria Rice, the daughter of William Harrison Rice and Mary Sophia Hyde Rice, missionaries who arrived in Hawai'i in 1841 for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
Under Isenberg's leadership, he acquired a half interest in Koloa Sugar Company and went on to become its president in 1892 until 1902.
When he died of peritonitis in Germany in 1903 at age 66, the people of Hawai'i mourned his passing and dedicated the Paul Isenberg Monument to his honor in 1904.
That monument stands to the right of the Bank of Hawaii and overlooks the site of the Lihu'e Mill, the heart of the plantation that Isenberg built into a successful agricultural enterprise.
As part of his legacy, the Isenberg Recreational Center, a facility consisting of a gym, an 11-acre baseball-football-soccer field, 440-yard track, and two double tennis courts was dedicated to Paul and his brothers Carl and Hans. This facility was located at Isenberg Tract.
"He (Isenberg) did a lot for the island," Sloggett said. "The party Saturday will be like going back to life in the old days."
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Lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot retells the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. This hilarious musical sticks close to the original legend*, but features a bevy of beautiful show girls, not to mention cows, killer rabbits, and French people.
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