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Photo of the Day: Restored WF Mangels Shooting Gallery
September 5, 2013 by Tricia
1940s Mangels Shooting Gallery, Coney Island USA. August 3, 2013. Photo © Tricia Vita
The restoration of the 1940′s Coney Island shooting gallery that ATZ wrote about earlier this year was completed in August and boy is it a beauty. Located next-door to Coney Island USA's main building, the vintage gallery brings an authentic, old-timey ambiance to that part of Surf Avenue. It's the third shooting gallery to debut in Coney Island this season as a replacement for equipment and businesses damaged by flooding from Superstorm Sandy.
Made in Coney Island by William F. Mangels, it's also the only publicly operating shooting gallery of this vintage that we're currently aware of. There are a few in private collections. Very few. A collector who contacted ATZ, said he had installed one in his home for family and friends to play. Another gallery is used as a decorative piece at a bar in Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio, where it was discovered when the restaurant owner was renovating. No shooting allowed!
The gallery restored by Coney Island USA is on loan from Deno's Wonder Wheel Park, where it was uncovered during post-Sandy renovations. Intact Mangels shooting galleries are exceptionally rare since most were long ago sold for scrap metal or broken up by antique dealers who sell the targets individually. In May, a Mangels cast-iron gallery with over 150 targets from the Elli Buk Collection sold at auction for $60,000 after competitive bidding.
Related posts on ATZ…
July 22, 2013: The World's Largest Traveling Bonanza Shooting Gallery
May 16, 2013: Shooting Gallery Revival in Post-Sandy Coney Island
April 2, 2013: Shoot the Freak Reborn in Coney Island as Shoot the Clown
February 25, 2010: Happy Belated Birthday to Coney Island's William F Mangels
Posted in Amusement Game | Tagged 1940s, antique shooting gallery, Coney Island USA, Deno's Wonder Wheel Park, Mangels, shooting gallery, William F Mangels, World War II | 5 Comments
on September 5, 2013 at 8:17 am | Reply Lisa Mangels-Schaefer
Tricia, I'm just wondering if that gallery sold in May was kept intact, or broken up?
on February 27, 2018 at 4:54 pm | Reply Bob
Hi my name is bob from the Boston area. I believe I have a Mangels gallery 3 feet by 5 feet 49 bird targets. I was going to have it auctioned off. I noticed your name in the comment section to see if you had any interesti. Not sure either how to contact anyone but I'll keep and eye out on the comment section to see if you or anyone tries reaching out to me. Thanks
on September 5, 2013 at 8:24 am | Reply Tricia
You might try contacting the auction house to ask if they'll forward your question and contact info to buyer. Sometimes they do!
Thanks! Will do.
on September 6, 2013 at 8:12 am | Reply Philomena Marano
Familiar beauty! Much thanks to all that took part in bringing this jewel back to the surface!
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Syria: Fight the inertia of "no good options" policymaking
By Bill Humphrey August 25, 2014 - 9:44 pm September 22, 2016 Arsenal Analysis
The United States is flailing rapidly toward an ill-conceived military intervention in Syria against ISIS, as I predicted last week, apparently under the inertia of the cop-out analysis known as "there are no good options." This troubling declaration is a common hand-wave used in Washington to justify stumbling into catastrophic decisions without much of a rational or clear-headed decision-making process, before or after it happens, to silence public criticism.
I really dislike the whole "there are no good options" school of foreign policy punditry and officialdom, because even when there are a lot of bad options and no good ones, that doesn't mean you should immediately pull the lever on the more horrendous end of the spectrum.
And a spectrum of bad ideas is exactly what we're looking at here. Doing nothing in Syria continues to be on the less bad end of the spectrum, as I explained at length in last week's analysis (and in many prior posts). Simply put: Airstrikes in Syria opens a door we are not prepared to walk through, but if this starts, we may well be dragged. Any direct U.S. military intervention in Syria should be avoided, to prevent that.
Additionally, as I examined in a recap of the Wall Street Journal's investigation of the Assad-ISIS relationship, the Syrian regime has carefully positioned ISIS (and itself) over the course of a year such that the United States may be forced to align with Bashar al-Assad, if it intervenes, at the cost global humiliation and anger of many allies and the Washington Beltway. Already, even just with the start of unauthorized U.S. surveillance flights over Syria, the trolling has begun.
Syria on Monday signaled its readiness to work with the United States in a coordinated campaign against ISIS. But it warned the White House that it needed to coordinate airstrikes with the Assad government or it would view them as a breach of its sovereignty and an "act of aggression."
Let's look, too, at an article, by Peter Beinart at The Atlantic, entitled "The Problem With Bombing ISIS." I have a lot of problems with this article's framing, but the core premise is correct, in my opinion. A crucial deciding factor of when to intervene in a situation needs to be who fills the vacuum after a U.S. military intervention (if successful!) and whether they are better than the dislodged power, for the people ostensibly being helped:
From Somalia to Kosovo to Libya, the problem with America's humanitarian interventions has never been ascertaining the nastiness of the people we're fighting against. It's been ascertaining the efficacy and decency of the people we're fighting for. That's a particular challenge in the case of ISIS in Syria.
In Syria, that's either going to be Assad or other jihadists in al Qaeda's Nusra Front or in the so-called "Free Syrian Army" (if they somehow bounce back from the brink of defeat):
Still, for all the problems with intervening militarily in Iraq, they pale next to the problems of doing so in Syria. In Syria, the United States has two potential ground allies. The first is the Free Syrian Army (FSA), the moderate Syrian opposition battling both ISIS and Bashar al-Assad's brutal Alawite regime. The problem is that the Free Syrian Army isn't much of an army and may not be all that moderate.
The theory behind supporting Syria's non-jihadist rebels has long been that an infusion of U.S. aid could strengthen and unify them. But it's not even clear that the rebels the U.S. would empower are actually non-jihadist. Citing research by the University of Virginia's Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl, Lynch argues that the moderate/jihadist dichotomy that governs much of the American discourse about opposition fighters in Syria doesn't hold on the ground, where various armed groups have engaged in "rapidly shifting alliances." As Abu Yusaf, an ISIS commander, recently told journalists with The Washington Post, "Many of the FSA people who the West has trained are actually joining us."
Backing Assad directly would be unconscionable and play directly into his master plan. The alternative partners are effectively as bad or worse. But that's not an argument for picking one of them anyway just to pick one.
Faced with such a choice, at that point one has to start widening your scope, not keep narrowing down, and find a policy strategy that doesn't actively damage the United States, both at home and in the world. Sometimes "doing nothing" is a better choice in a situation than doing something just to do something, without a clear idea of where it will lead or what the consequences will be.
In sum: What's going on in Iraq is — for the moment — a somewhat manageable situation with more direct U.S. interests. Syria is an unwinnable, unmanageable situation for the U.S. that will entangle us at great cost (politically, diplomatically, economically, and in lives) with no net benefit to the people there. This is Assad's problem now, and his military and allies have proven capable of sorting it out. Containment of ISIS presence in Iraq is a reasonable option for the United States, for now. Expanding the mission into Syria will be an inescapable pit of failure. The locals can and will sort this out in due time, while the containment policy in Iraq holds the line to keep the threat of ISIS at a manageable level.
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Uganda's Kyle In Shock as Keagan Takes the Money
Uganda's Kyle was among the six finalists in the just concluded Big Brother Africa StarGame making him a winner in his own way bearing in mind that many did not believe that the Ugandan couple could even go past the first week.
Uganda has been represented right from the very first day when Flavia Tumusiime was a host on the show that launched the Big Brother StarGame with IK. Kyle and Jannette were the only couple left in the house after the rest were split.
Jannette aka the little princess from Uganda was again the last housemate to leave the house before they came up with a line up of finalists again making Uganda proud. Kyle survived three evictions to get to day 91.
On stage IK asked him what trick he had used to keep in the house for that long, he said: "I was just being myself" IK then asked him about what happened to showing his dude to Africa, he said that the camera scared him.
Kyle was able to trounce Wati from Malawi but Talia who has a share of the money through her love connections with Keagan, Kenya's Prezzo and Lady May were not easy for him to download.
Jannette was counting on a share of the win had Kyle won now that he had promised to give her some of it but all these plans have been quashed.
South Africa's Keagan Wins Big Brother StarGame
The 91days in the Big Brother house came to an end on Sunday, August 5, 2012 with South Africa's Keagan being crowned the winner.
Six finalists were battling it out for the top prize with Uganda inclusive. IK roared and Wati was out of Biggie's house but before he could get on stage Naeto C hit the stage with 10 over 10.
The fifth housemate to get out of the Big Brother House was none other than Kyle from Uganda deflating many Ugandan fans who had hoped that having made it to day 91, he could bring the money home, Africa had different plans for the night.
IK swung into action with the third housemate to leave the house and this was Talia who by the way is very close to Keagan and having won the money, Seydou stands no chance. As Biggie did the count down for her to leave the house, Keagan gave her push to the exit gate and the two kissed, he promised to meet her on stage.
Lady May was the next housemate to leave the stage. She came on stage cat-walking in her costume as though she was heading for a creative dance. One fan was looking at her in a weird manner, she pulled the mic from IK and said ''Hi to the guy who looks like he wants to beat me up."
Our very own Navio hit the stage making Uganda proud with 'My One & Only' which kind of brought a smile on Ugandans who were still nursing Kyle's eviction. D-Banj was the next performer doing 'Oliver Twist' before we got to the most tensed up moment of the show.
IK crossed to Keagan to say his last words and Keagan thanked Africa for having kept him in the house for this long. The show then crossed to the Kenyan rapper Prezzo who was dressed like a President, he revealed to Africa that he had never watched the show before, not been head of house but managed to be in the house for that long, Thank you Africa, said Prezzo.
It was at this point that IK announced the winner of the Big Brother StarGame as Keagan from South Africa. Like it was the case last year when many thought Luclay could win, even in this case, many seemed surprised that Keagan could actually beat Prezzo.
Keagan got 7 votes, Prezzo and Lady May and Talia all got 2 votes while Kyle and Wati got 1 vote each.


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Q: Dynamically assign ng-controller on runtime I have a situation where I need to dynamically change the controller, so that the scope variables are influenced accordingly. General structure:

   // some general HTML which fits all types of games

 // Type of game
      // some game-type-specific ng-models that should respond to the change of controller, i.e scope
    </div

I saw here that it can be done within an ng-repeat. Can it be done outside of it?
In other words, can I tell angular to read it as a variable rather than a string literal?

A: As discussed in the comments, angular has a really powerful feature/library for handling these scenarios - ui-router (with its powerful wiki).
The ui-router is an answer to need to develop functional pieces - states, rather then think in view/url (cite from a home page):

AngularUI Router is a routing framework for AngularJS, which allows you to organize the parts of your interface into a state machine. Unlike the $route service in the Angular ngRoute module, which is organized around URL routes, UI-Router is organized around states, which may optionally have routes, as well as other behavior, attached.

There are some very interesting blog posts:

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*AngularJS State Management with ui-router (by Ben Schwartz)

...The most interesting thing about AngularJS's new router, isn't the router itself, but the state manager that comes with it. Instead of targeting a controller/view to render for a given url, you target a state. States are managed in a heirarchy providing inheritance of parent states and complex composition of page components, all the while remaining declarative in nature...

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*The basics of using ui-router with AngularJS (by Joel Hooks)

...ui-router fully embraces the state-machine nature of a routing system. It allows you to define states, and transition your application to those states. The real win is that it allows you to decouple nested states, and do some very complicated layouts in an elegant way.

Exactly the point we need - decouple child states... dynamically change the controller in fact ... could be by url change or just a state change (one sibling child instead of other without url change)

You need to think about your routing a bit differently, but once you get your head around the state-based approach, I think you will like it...

Finally, there are few links, which I would mark as the saint grail of ui-router

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*Sample application. In action we can see, how the ui-router state machine does work. We can load list as a parent state, then we can select row items, which do represent their own child state... while parent is not reloading (here I tried to explain it in more details)

*state.js - the essential piece of code of the sample application. This is one of the best documented code snippets I've seen... Spent some time to go through and this will give you the 80% percent of answers: How ui-Router is working
From my experience, this is really suitable for small apps as well as for large scale systems... love it...

A: The way this works for ngRepeat is different. It works because it compiles each repetition, which is what you need to do here.
For example:
mainCtrl = function($scope, $compile, $element) {
    $scope.someScopeVar = ctrl1;
    $scope.changeCtrl = function(id) {
        $scope.someScopeVar = id === 1 ? ctrl1 : ctrl2;
        var elm = $element.find('div');
        elm.replaceWith($compile(template)($scope));
    }
}

var ctrl1 = function($scope) {
  $scope.name = 'World';
}

var ctrl2 = function($scope) {
  $scope.name = 'John';
}

We assign each controller function to $scope.someScopeVar, then we must compile a new element with the new controller and replace the old one.
I don't believe angular has the capability to update a controller on the fly like that. Might be a good idea for a new feature.
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Another option would be to use the mixin pattern to update the main scope. You don't get a new shiny scope but it may work for your purposes.
mainCtrl = function($scope, $compile, $element) {
    angular.extend($scope, ctrl1());
    $scope.changeCtrl = function(id) {
         angular.extend($scope, id === 1 ? ctrl1() : ctrl2());
    }
}

var ctrl1 = function() {
  var obj = {};
  obj.name = 'World';
  return obj;
}

var ctrl2 = function() {
  var obj = {};
  obj.name = 'John';
  return obj;
}

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Rocket launch open house attracts interest and skepticism
GUYSBOROUGH – More than 140 local residents attended an open house on Jan. 31 to learn about plans to potentially establish a rocket launch facility in the Canso - Hazel Hill area.
Steve Matier of Maritime Launch Services (MLS) said the event at the Canso - Hazel Hill Fire Hall went well, with residents expressing "a high degree of interest, a healthy degree of skepticism and really good questions."
Matier said the biggest question was "Why Canso?
"Once they understood the geography needed for a rocket launch and a large body of water nearby, it made sense. Then it was more about how we would work with the community and what sorts of opportunity could come from the project," he told The Journal. "Our team also learned a great deal about the community and their livelihood and where their areas of concern are. All in all, it was a very good beginning and a solid foundation to build on for the future."
The project involves launching satellites into space. Site construction would include a launch vehicle facility and a launch pad. Together the construction would cost about $100 million. Matier previously told The Journal that construction would take place in the first couple of years after environmental approval.
When not actively launching, 30 to 50 staff would be required, he said. The staff for launches will increase into the hundreds, and would provide a tourism boost to the province.
After the open house, MLS held a series of meetings in Ottawa. "(We're) branching out to the federal agencies and ministries...All of those meetings were very positive and supportive."
The next steps are somewhat in the hands of others, he said, in that agencies are evaluating the company's proposal and their feedback is needed before the company can make a final site selection.
"We hope to make a final selection and announcement within the next 30 to 45 days," he said.


A Jewish woman and an African-American boy form an unlikely but meaningful connection in this novel set in Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighborhood.
Eleven-year-old Jamal Holden has had a troubled life: six years before, in 1985, he saw his father unjustly and fatally shot, and the cop who did it got away scot-free. Now, his mother's heart is failing; when she collapses, Jamal pleads for help from the residents of his apartment building, and Chaya Bloom, a widowed, devoutly Jewish woman, calls an ambulance. After Jamal's mother dies, Chaya decides to take Jamal in and raise him herself. Although she has her doubts about how fit she is to raise a young, African-American Christian boy, she's convinced that she's doing right by her own beliefs and the memory of her late husband, a Lubavitch rabbi. Chaya and Jamal's days are filled with such activities as cooking gefilte fish and visiting the local library at Grand Army Plaza, where Jamal loses himself in books. He charms Chaya with his intelligence and devotion, while Chaya wins him over with her kindness and wry wit, and they forge a deep bond. But that bond is tested by bigotry from Chaya's snooty, shallow daughter, Fagele; Fagele's maid, Daisy; Jamal's violent classmate Stinky; Chaya's neighbors, and others. Somehow, the two must find a way to survive and thrive. Refreshingly, this story doesn't shy away from strong emotions or tricky topics, but its best moments hinge on the loving, playful central relationship. When Jamal and Chaya trade banter or just chat about their cares, it feels like an honest portrayal of two very different people who are nonetheless unconditionally devoted to each other. Chaya's charm is evident in her internal monologues: " 'Pleased to meet you,' Chaya said, thinking that the teacher's handshake felt like a wet herring in cream sauce." But Luxenberg is less adept at managing the plot, as most of the problems resolve quickly and a little too neatly; somehow, even the case of Jamal's father's murder is resolved in a mere 20 pages.
Despite awkward pacing, this compassionate tale effectively illustrates tolerance as lived in reality rather than as an abstract ideal.


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Children who like their stories filled with larger-than-life characters, crazy comedy and the reassuring sense that love and goodness will win out, will really enjoy A.L Kennedy's Uncle Shawn books. In the first book in this series, little Badger Bill needed rescuing from a particularly nasty couple; now the tables are turned and everyone's best friend Uncle Shawn has been locked up by the awful 'Dr' P'Klawz, whose ambition is to rid the country of all types of fun and – above all – Unusualness. The action is fast and very funny, and leaves readers in no doubt that unusualness in every form is to be encouraged. Filled with some wonderful images (P'Klawz grins 'like a cruel iceberg') it's made for reading aloud, and Gemma Correll's black and white illustrations are an added treat.
Uncle Shawn and Bill and the Almost Entirely Unplanned Adventure
February 2017 Book of the Month | In a nutshell: gentle badgers versus greedy farmers, no contest! | Could badgers take the place of penguins at the top the charts of cuddly, lovable stars of children's books? Certainly, if Badger Bill is anything to go by. His happy life is horribly interrupted when he is snatched by the thoroughly nasty Maude and Ethel McGloone. They plan to force him into a boxing match with their vicious dogs, and they've got equally mean plans for a family of llamas they're holding hostage too. Fortunately, help is on the way in the shambling form of Uncle Shawn, one of the kindest and best humans in the world. The Dahlesque wickedness of the McGloones forms a wonderful contrast to the gentle benevolence shown by Uncle Shawn and there's a zany, madcap humour and surreal logic to it all which is delightfully engaging. It would be fun to compare Ethel and Maude with Aunts Sponge and Spiker in James and the Giant Peach. Children who enjoy the mix of crazy comedy, jeopardy and warmth will also appreciate Philip Ardagh's stories of The Grunts. ~ Andrea Reece
Other books by A. L. Kennedy
Uncle Shawn and Bill and the Not One Tiny Bit Lovey-Dovey Moon Adventure
The third book in a hilarious, heart-warming series for children from Costa Award-winning author A.L. Kennedy, illustrated by Gemma Correll. Uncle Shawn and his best friend Badger Bill are back for another brilliantly bonkers adventure. They've seen off the nasty Dr P'Klawz with the help of their trusty llama pals, and now everything on their farm up on the sunny side of Scotland is just about perfect. Apart from the moon needing rescuing and a suspicious lady badger setting her sights on Bill... What could possibly go wrong?
Author: A. L. Kennedy Format: Paperback / softback Release Date: 04/04/2019
The second book in a hilarious, heart-warming series for children from Costa Award-winning author A.L. Kennedy, illustrated by Gemma Correll. Badger Bill loves his best friend Uncle Shawn. But he has started to notice that Uncle Shawn is a bit unusual. Dr P'Klawz hates Uncle Shawn. He has also noticed that Uncle Shawn is a bit unusual - pajimminy crimminy unusual, in fact. It looks like Badger Bill is going to need a plan, or Uncle Shawn might be sent to the Institution for Maximum Security and Unusualness Curing for ever. But all Bill has to help him are four bickering llamas, one pirate boy and one invisible girl. What could possibly go wrong?
Author: A. L. Kennedy Format: eBook Release Date: 05/04/2018
The second book in a hilarious, heart-warming series for children from Costa Award-winning author A.L. Kennedy, illustrated by Gemma Correll.Badger Bill loves his best friend Uncle Shawn. But he has started to notice that Uncle Shawn is a bit unusual.Dr P'Klawz hates Uncle Shawn. He has also noticed that Uncle Shawn is a bit unusual - pajimminy crimminy unusual, in fact.It looks like Badger Bill is going to need a plan, or Uncle Shawn might be sent to the Institution for Maximum Security and Unusualness Curing for ever. But all Bill has to help him are four bickering llamas, one pirate boy and one invisible girl. What could possibly go wrong?
The first book in a hilarious, heart-warming series for children from Costa Award-winning author A. L. Kennedy, illustrated by Gemma Correll. Badger Bill needs rescuing. He's been kidnapped by two nasty sisters who are about to make him fight a boxing match against three even nastier dogs. The four most depressed llamas in the history of llamas need rescuing too. They are about to be turned into llama pies. But never fear - Uncle Shawn is here! He loves rescuing things. He has a rescuing plan, which involves dancing, and a mole, and an electric fence. What could possibly go wrong?
The first book in a hilarious, heartwarming new series for children from Costa Book of the Year Award-winning author A. L. KennedyThe first book in a hilarious new series from Costa Book of the Year-winning author A. L. Kennedy, featuring a polite badger, the world's most depressed llamas, and an eccentric but extremely kind uncle named Shawn.Badger Bill is having a very bad evening - possibly the worst of his whole life. He's been just been kidnapped by the McGloone sisters, two huge, mean women with eyes the colour of bad-flavoured boiled sweets. In just two days time, they're going to dress him in unflattering shorts and make him fight Ripper, Snapper and Cracker, three vicious, unimaginatively named dogs. The only things in the world that are more depressed than Bill are four llamas who are about to be made into pies by the unpleasant McGloone sisters' even less pleasant brother, Farmer McGloone. But it's all right, because Uncle Shawn is here, and he has a plan - or part of one. He's going to rescue Badger Bill and the four llamas with the help of a friendly mole and a few squirrels. As long as his plan works. It involves quite a lot of dancing for a rescue mission - can Uncle Shawn really pull off his plan and save the day?
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The Chinese dissident artist finds that Germans are too obedient.
Ai Weiwei is the latest big name to come to Chris Dercon's defense in the controversy surrounding the outgoing Tate Modern director's new position as director of Berlin's Volksbühne theater, which starts in 2017.
Back in June, theater employees and staff affiliated with Berlin's Volksbühne penned an open letter to the city senate and German culture minister Monika Grütters expressing their "deep concern" over the approaching change of director at the institution. They described Dercon's plans for the house as "devastating"—not only for the Volksbühne, but for the entire German theater tradition.
Ai worked with Dercon in 2009, when he was the chief curator of Munich's Haus der Kunst, on the comprehensive exhibition "So sorry." He tells the interviewer that he finds the current debate laughable, yet typical of the German mentality, which he is very critical of.


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I am getting an unusual amount of errors when posting or checking files. The error is always the same (as below). I examined the session log (will add if requested). The send action is there but there is no response. I am not sure how to investigate further. I think that the timout is expiring sooner than the time listed in the error. Also this may be related, if I pause the app (in vb6 studio) there is 100% chance the error will occur.
Timed out waiting for incoming SSL/TLS messages.
Failed to read SSL/TLS application messages.
Failed to get response header on SSL connection.
Use the SessionLogFilename property to log the HTTP traffic to a file to examime the response.
A typical cause for this kind of problem is when the HTTP request header specifies a Content-Length that is longer than the actual length of the content. Given that you're calling SynchronousRequest, if this is the cause, then it wouldn't be a problem in your application code. If the problem still exists with the new build, then (using the new build) send me the session log in a zipped email attachment. It wouldn't be useful to post the session log here because I need to see the exact bytes without any kind of mangling for forum display purposes..
PS> I forgot to explain why a mismatch between Content-Type header and actual content length would cause the timeout. If the header's Content-Length has a value too large, then the server is stuck waiting for the remainder of the HTTP request it thinks is coming, but it never comes. Meanwhile, the client is waiting for the server's response, which (of course) never arrives..
Thanks, it is working now. I will continue to test and update this posting if needed.
Exploding file upload in ActiveX Http.
HTTP ReadTimeout does not work?
HTTP Response is null, timeout problem?
Running ChilKat HTTP in a separate thread, what to do with quickGetStr?
User Interface Freezes in VB6 when calling a function?


Conservation Voters New Mexico Education Fund (CVNM Education Fund) co-hosted an environmental justice tour in March at the Churchrock Superfund site. The largest release of radioactive material in United States history occurred on July 16, 1979, on the Navajo Nation in Churchrock. More than 1,100 tons of uranium mining tailings and 100 million gallons of radioactive material emptied through a collapsed dam and into the Puerco River, running directly through numerous communities. We invited community advocates to share their stories with local decision-makers.
Community advocate Larry King, a member of the Red Water Pond Road Community Association and the Eastern Navajo Dine Against Uranium Mining, facilitated the two-hour long tour which included personal accounts from those who worked at the mine and the ongoing community struggle for environmental justice, including accountability and transparency from the uranium industry and the federal, state and local entities responsible for enforcing safeguards and regulations.
Community advocates interested in engaging and educating local decision-makers about uranium legacy waste issues in McKinley County had an opportunity to do so with State Representative D. Wonda Johnson in attendance, who shared her own story of how her communities face similar burdens because of uranium mining.
The dialogue continued at a public forum on March 23 at the Gallup Community Service Center with guest speakers Larry King and Anna Rondon of the New Mexico Social Justice and Equity Institute (NMSJEI). Larry and Anna highlighted the tremendous adverse impacts that uranium mining has had on communities. Around 60 community members attended and shared their concerns and suggestions on finding community solutions, such as strategically bridging tribal leadership with local, state and federal entities to address uranium issues.
Last year, the McKinley County Commission promised to convene a uranium blue-ribbon task force, but soon after backed away from this commitment. We continue to pressure the commission to keep their promise by amplifying community stories and educating them on uranium mining impacts in our communities. We support community members in efforts to ask that they formally recognize and establish a blue-ribbon task force and its mandate with formal commission action in the form of a resolution. Our northwestern New Mexico uranium-impacted communities deserve to be heard…and decision-makers need to listen.


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Der Rinspeed Speed-Art (auch Rinspeed Nissan 300 ZX "Speed-Art" oder Rinspeed Nissan "Speed-Art" genannt) ist ein Konzeptfahrzeug des in Zumikon in der Schweiz ansässigen Unternehmens Rinspeed. Der Wagen basiert auf dem Nissan 300ZX und wurde erstmals auf dem Genfer Auto-Salon 1992 anlässlich des Jubiläums "25 Jahre Nissan in der Schweiz" vorgestellt.

Bereits einen Monat zuvor wurde der Wagen auf dem Hockenheimring getestet. Dabei wurde eine Höchstgeschwindigkeit von über 300 km/h festgestellt.

Design
Der Speed-Art wurde vom Schweizer Kunstmaler Rolf Knie mit rund 420 Pferden bemalt, um dem Motto "Kunst, Auto und Geschwindigkeit", unter dem der Auto-Salon in jenem Jahr stand, gerecht zu werden. Außerdem symbolisieren die Tiere die von serienmäßig 283 PS (208 kW) auf 420 PS (310 kW) gesteigerte Leistung des Wagens.

Technik
Neben der Steigerung der PS-Anzahl erhielt das Auto größere Ladeluftkühler, eine angepasste Einspritzanlage, einen Hi-Flow-Auspuff und eine verstärkte Kupplung. Darüber hinaus wurden größere Turbolader eingebaut.

Auch im Innenraum wurde der Wagen stark modifiziert. Neben einem Überrollbügel, der aufgrund der stärkeren Leistung verbaut wurde, ersetzte das Unternehmen die Seriensitze gegen Recaro Sportsitze. Außerdem verbaute es rote Vierpunktgurte und ein rot-schwarzes Lederinterieur. Die Technik im Cockpit des Wagens wurde ebenfalls leicht abgeändert, unter anderem installierte Rinspeed Ladedruck- und Auspufftemperaturanzeigen.

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After an unbelievable stretch of coastal road we finally got to Melbourne. Melbourne is unique, at least unique to us, because it combines a sense of individuality, soul and artisticness with a big city backdrop, boasting 4 million people. Melbourne also cascades itself to other regions that feel completely different due to the tranquil beaches, ethereal vineyards and charming suburbs.
The people were also crazy friendly. Granted we were staying at a hotel and they're supposed to be that way, but they were genuinely cool. People on the trolley, in cabs, at restaurants, on the street, you name it, pretty much wherever we went. Sure we were turned away from trying to bring in our own bottle of wine, which burned a hole in Skyler, the whole night, but the Counting Crows concert we saw helped ease that pain.
Yes, that's right ladies and gentleman, the voice and music behind such hits as Long December, Hanginaround, Round Here (which we missed) and Mr. Jones (which they didn't play… unreal), were live and in color for us to enjoy. Leah thought they were really good, Skyler, just average, but it was still a fun show in an intimate venue.
Melbourne wasn't all smiles and (no) Mr. Jones, as it had a steady overcast and rainy presence most of our six day visit. However, we did manage to rent one of the Hotel's SmartCars and venture to wine country in the Yarra Valley, which if the wine tasted half as good as the vineyards looked, we would literally have found nirvana for wine-o's everywhere. The cheese, however, was insanely good. Just ask Leah.
Two of our favorite highlights came in the form of an AFL match, or game of 'Footy', as they call it, which pitted rivals Geelong vs. Hawthorne. In one of the most lopsided scores in the last decade of their meetings, we and the other 75k enjoyed an Easter Monday bit of entertainment. The second, was the Mornington Peninsula. Located in southern Melbourne, this place had it all. Awesome beaches, cute towns, appeal, and these amazing sheds full of color called bath boxes. Located directly on some of the beaches, each individual bath box has no power, water or windows, but earns its keep by storing people's beach gear so they don't have to lug anything with. While we're told these things hardly go up for sale, when they do, all 64 colorful square feet go for $500k and up!
Melbourne, we have unfinished business. When the weather cooperates, we're coming back!
Cow pasture. Sheep pasture. More cows. More sheep. It was an interesting start to our over 560 mile road trip from the Barossa Valley to Melbourne, indeed. But it wasn't before long when we started to see the Australian flare of Kangaroos and some Joey's hopping, giving way to luscious shades of green, and crystal embers of blue coastline, when we finally realized, this is the Great Ocean Road. And great it was.
See, most people start in Melbourne and drive until Port Ferry before making a U-turn and heading back to the city of 'Melbs.' Our route, while a bit less traveled, took us through some of the most majestic and pristine quaint's, what the locals refer to as old-fashioned, small towns, with equally stunning coastlines. Our first stop took us to Robe, which had we planned more than three days and two nights, we would have spent one of our nights there. There, we casually strolled down the city center flanked by charming boutiques and cool eateries and watering holes. We snapped a few pictures, hit the information center for some essential maps, which Leah can swiftly and precisely untangle like a human Ovaltine secret decoder ring, and off we went for our next stop, which we had yet to figure out.
One other thing to point out is we had zero accommodations booked, since we figured there would be more options than we knew what to do with. Wrong. It just so happened that we timed it perfectly to coincide with Australia's second biggest holiday, Easter (Christmas takes the first spot), where they help themselves to a 4-day weekend (Easter Monday, really??) and two weeks if you're a student. And of course they too travel along the Great Ocean Road. If the movie The Perfect Storm had a sequel it would actually be a documentary of our decision on how to time this road trip. But hey, that's part of the fun; and fun is what we had when we rolled into the tiny town of Nelson after a quick eight hours of driving. After getting turned away from lodge after lodge either due to the fact they were insultingly expensive or wouldn't be working the following day due to Easter Eve (no joke), we were literally strategizing how we would sleep in our car. Not this time, however, as the most happening pub/liquor store in town, which was the only pub/liquor store in town, had rooms in back! $65 AUD gets you your own room with a quasi-waterbed and a shared bathroom. It couldn't have been a more perfect ending to our day and the people who ran the bar and restaurant couldn't have been more friendly and welcoming. Truly a fantastic experience, especially when you think about how we ended up there. We give Leah credit for her sixth sense to even ask them if they had rooms.
Waking up bright and early for day two, we started to see the GRO come to life even more with stop offs for the Bay of Isles and 12 Apostles. We enjoyed some of the most scenic beauty of our trip with jagged rocks jetting out and rising up from the ocean. So ridiculously beautiful. As we moved east towards Melbourne, we planned to stop in Port Ferry and Apollo Bay. Port Ferry was amazingly quaint. This place probably has more forgotten charm and character than most places will ever know. It literally had us saying "wow… this place is unreal". After all, it is appropriately named "The World's Most Livable Town." This is another place we would have made a stopover at; and if any of you do this drive, you must make time for this town. So far everything was going according to the unplanned and Apollo Bay was to be a lunch spot before rolling into one of the other cities we had pegged as stopovers for the night in Anglesea, Lorne and Torquay (pronounced Tor-Key).
Why those places you ask? Well for one, Torquay had to be a stop on the third day before we headed to Melbourne so Skyler could watch the Rip Curl Pro at the famous Bells Beach. See, we told you we timed everything up perfectly, right? And while Skyler's limited knowledge of surfing is only rivaled by his lack of surfing ability, we just had to make this a stop along our journey. The other towns were described too awesomely in our guide books to miss out on. Plus, we had finally hit some of the best the GRO had to offer, which was beyond cool with its long stretches of glittering beach. But we hit a bit of a hiccup in Apollo Bay as the whole hotel room thing was an issue. We were faced with a potential evening in one Hyundai coupe or driving pretty much all the way to Melbourne where we had to end up anyway. Things were not working out. Before giving up entirely, we thought we'd stop at another pub and hope they had rooms. And when we asked about accommodations, Simon, whose ear Skyler would end up chatting off, simply stated that they're a pub, not a motel, but there was one across the street we could check out. Oops. Anyway, we walked across the way and grabbed one of the last two rooms they had available. Jackpot! We then went back to the pub for some much needed grub.
On the third morning, things were going swimmingly. The clouds lifted and gave way to immaculate sunshine. We drove through a Sherwood Forest-like patch of road with trees leaning over each side as if they were knighting us in the form of a tube and spitting us out right to Bells Beach for the Rip Curl Pro... that was cancelled that day. Seriously guys? Oh well, we still spent the $2 to park and walk down to the beach to see the locals show off their skills. Pretty bitchin' to see perfect sets of waves pumping into a small cove of beach. Plus, the city of Torquay was incredibly rad as well. Home to the founders of Quiksilver and Rip Curl, it reminded Skyler of what North County (San Diego) must have been like in the '70s and '80s.
As we drew closer to our destination of Melbourne, we were smiling from ear-to-ear deeply feeling how cool our little road trip was, the unbeknownst adventure and awesome people we met along the way. We could have spent a week doing the GRO, as it seemed that every 50 miles there was a turn off to indulge in one memorable activity after another, but it just gives us, and hopefully some of you, a reason to get out there and see it again or for the very first time.
Trying a different format for this installment as there was so much coolness to capture in Cape Town. The 'Mother City' blew our minds and nurtured our souls.
Our hotel and room is definitely out of architectural digest. It is posh. It has loads of international art. It oozes character, down to the creaky stairs. It has a rainfall shower head that might rival a lunar eclipse. IT was a fraction of the price, after Skyler negotiated a sweet deal. I mean who in their right mind is going to turn down two amateur bloggers preparing to write about their city and not want to help shape that vision by scoring them a sweet deal on a hotel?! Plenty, I'm sure, but fortunately Cape Heritage wasn't one of them. We were absolutely blown away. This is by far the most luxurious place we've stayed at. Oh, and the fresh baked whole grain bread every morning… so good the butter was excited!
We found our beloved red bus again to get a glimpse of what we'd get to explore over the next 10 days in Cape Town. Battling some serious wind and a bit of rain, we were both literally and figuratively blown away with how uniquely gorgeous this place is. Markets at the Waterfront were something else. With one section offering amazing art, jewelry and hand crafted pieces of imagination, and the other a bazaar of world food and delight.
So day three came around and we decided we are moving here. We went to wine country in Constantia, part of the Winelands. The vineyards have million dollar views and equally as valuable wine. By the second winery, with their quaint backyard setting and brilliant cheese plate, we phoned the nearest real estate agent.
As we arrived at the foot of the mountain, we looked up, searching for where there might be a trail for anything but a Billy Goat to actually hike this sheer wall of rock. As we started the hike, we did indeed find a trail, one consumed with rocks and boulders. As we're grasping with our hands and pulling ourselves up, Skyler pants out, "This is so steep, it would make steep jealous." Welcome to Table Mountain. Sure there is a little cable car that will take you up to the top in 8 minutes flat, but we decided we would huff and puff our way to the peak of this Cape Town gem. The view was well worth it, although don't ask us to do it again. The cable car down Table Mountain was the scariest part. We're sure our faces were green from the spinning aspect of the cable car designed so each rider could view the 3,000 meter vertical drop. Whether you wanted to or not.
Skyler mastered driving on the opposite side of the road and on the other side of the car, while ascending up mountain roads on the way to Boulder's Beach. It's not every day you get to hang out with penguins beach-side. Those little tuxedo runners were freakin adorable and swam through the ocean waves with such speed. They didn't seem to be bothered by all of us tourists ogling them and just went on playing in the sand. We continued to the southernmost point of Africa where the Indian and Atlantic currents collide at the Cape of Good Hope. We chased the sunset back home trough Chapman's Peak, which took our breaths away.
Wine tasting in Stellenbosch! First winery was supes pinkies out. Skyler wanted to check out a library book instead of tasting wine. We might have even had a spotting of Thurston Howell III. Second place was a glass house on top of a hill, looking down on vineyards and strand beach. Classic James Bond—shaken not stirred. The wine was also stellar. We pretended we were in our future living room. The final winery was on a farm with animals of all sorts. Skyler loved driving the 4 km round-about to get there. But that illusory dirt road led us to chocolate and wine tastings with a little brandy mixed in. Cheers!
[Cue theme song to Jaws].... 4:20a wake up call. Early. 2 hour bus ride. Long. Boating 30 minutes in the rain. Cold. Cage diving with Great White Sharks. Priceless.
We were the very first group to get in that metal cage and be dunked in frigid temps. Okay we had wet suits but FOURTEEN DEGREES (Celsius) is shiveringly cold! As our shark handlers concocted their recipe of salmon head necklaces, fins stared to emerge as did several rows of teeth. Here we were, mere feet from the apex of the sea and it couldn't have been more awesome! Yes it was cold and scary, but well worth it. Skyler even went in twice and was the last one back on board. Pretty sure he wanted to grab a hold of one of their fins and ride it back to shore. And that's understandable, these beautiful creatures are much more docile than their infamous rep.
Boated to Robben's Island. Upon arrival we were given a thorough image of the island's history by bus tour before landing at the prison where a former inmate divulged what life was like as a prisoner. Hearing first-hand details about being an inmate was a unique experience. As was seeing the cell where Nelson Mandela lived for many years, a chilling feeling indeed. Fortunately, the auspicious boat ride home had a striking sunset to marvel at, which capped off an informative day.
Hiked the king of Cape Town: Lions Head. All limbs were in use as we struggled, sweated and shimmied to the top of this massive mountain. Quickly struggling to put one foot in front of the other, the faint sound of buzzing wind caught our attention. Growing louder and louder, we turned to see what else this massive layer of rocks had for us and there was a helicopter suspended in mid-air life flighting a person off the mountain due to a broken leg. The decision of whether or not to keep going entered our minds, but as we soon saw a young girl hiking up this rocky terrain, barefoot, we forged ahead knowing we were almost to our summit. There we saw spectacular views; a 360 of beautiful Cape Town. And oddly enough, the way down was more difficult in many ways than the way up.
With just one more day left and having yet to take advantage of the killer beaches, we headed to Clifton 4th Beach and enjoyed a sun-soaked day of chilling and even chillier water. That was a seriously cold Atlantic batch of ocean, but refreshing to a polar bear… named Skyler. On a recommendation we proceeded to The Bungalow, a chateau sprawled along the pristine coastline. A preppy, but still beachy vibe with flowing white linens, Beachwood and basil-decked cocktails. We closed our Cape Town chapter with the lovely company of a local gallery owner, whom Leah referred to as The Mayor of Cape Town, and her fascinating group of friends at the local Weinhaus + Biergarten. There we listened to live music and soaked up as many recos as we could on our next destinations.
How 10 nights and 11 days went by so fast we're still trying to figure out, but one thing is for sure, Cape Town is special and a place we're certain to visit again.
Contrary to what some may think, pretty much just Skyler, the Big 5 aren't the Chargers, Padres, Lakers, CU Buffs Football & Basketball. Here in Africa, they are indeed the Lion, Elephant, Buffalo, Leopard, and the White/Black Rhino. And when waking up 4:30am to go on Safari with our awesome guide, Matthew, to try and spot some of this big game, we drove through the most brilliant orange and neon pink sunrise. It was like South Africa put on a watercolor show for us. Not to mention fields and fields of sunflowers fully awake saluting the sun. Just picture millions of bright yellow smiling petals.
As soon as we entered the Pilanesberg Game Reserve, we had unreal exposure to animals in their natural habitat. The kind of situation where you don't get out of your car because who knows what will run up beside you. To them, you're not a sweet 90s Land Rover.... you're breakfast, lunch or dinner. The first animal we saw was the Black Rhino, which is extremely rare (as compared to the more common white rhino) and our guide admitted this is only the second one he had seen in over 10 years. He was HUGE, double horned, large and in charge. Leah was nervous. Even being the animal lover she is (come on... you guys saw the puppies!) this experience is much more sobering when a multi-ton exotic animal is less than a 9 iron from your car. I mean, we're in the wild and invading on the animals' territory, who knows what they're thinking. This is where they sleep, hunt, mate and brawl. Competition is intense and hierarchy is survival. After a couple hours we loosened up. We saw hundreds of animals in addition to the Black Rhino. We also the saw the White Rhino, elephants, zebras, giraffes, hippos, crocodiles, hyenas, springbok, the list goes on. We did miss out on seeing lions and leopards, but the experience was still epic and gave us a reason to come back for a much more robust safari experience.
Later we returned home and found a German Pub, oddly enough. Plenty of beers and schnitzels 'til the cows, er, lions come home?? Skyler even learned a new handshake from the bartenders. On our last day we found ourselves enjoying a Big Red Bus tour, where Skyler swears Richard Simmons was on, too. If not, it was the South African twin of that energetic fellow. On our last stop of one of the world's biggest breweries, we befriended some awesome locals who took us under their wing and allowed us to crash their dinner plans. We found ourselves at a Mexican restaurant that tried their best to be authentic and they did a pretty good job in succeeding. Experiencing a city, especially one like Joburg, with some locals changes the entire experience…. in a good way. At dinner we got to exchange stories of our lives back home, favorite TV shows and bands. A perfect way to end a cooler than expected experience in Joburg.
With songs of Copacabana and girls from Ipanema humming in our heads, we were anxious and intrigued to explore this beach-side city. However, we also felt a bit of hesitation due to all the conflicting things we've heard and read about with regards to safety, or lack thereof. Upon landing we were certainly intimidated walking through the airport as dusk was settling. But we arrived at our hotel and breathed a sigh of relief… this place isn't so bad.
Believe the hype of the Copacabana beach in terms of the backdrop and overall setting. Tons of people on the beach, walking, tanning, playing soccer and literally selling everything imaginable. From bbq'd shrimp to henna tattoos; we even saw people carrying clothing racks with dresses packed on hangers and colorful bikinis strewn from umbrellas.
We grabbed a great bike tour from Bruno who took us from Copacabana through Botafogo, Urca Flamengo and Lapa to name of a few. Along the way we saw the city from a different perspective that wasn't as much of the brightly-colored hustle bustle that Copacabana and Ipanema create. We cycled through locals drumming and strumming beautiful live music, the house where Carmen Miranda grew up before she famously topped her head with fruit and an incredible tiled-staircase called Escadaria Selaron, created by Chilean artist Jorge Selaron. Each piece of tile covering the 200 plus stairs was unique and it is still evolving with new additions – some even from people's own homes.
Of course we had to take the train up Corcovado to see Christ the Redeemer, which we discovered is another New7Wonders of the World we can check off our list. Seeing a 125 foot statue of Jesus was something else. And the view in general, made big bad Rio seem almost small and unassuming. As people started to head back down the mountain, we stayed, watching the pink and purple colors of evening drown Rio de Janeiro.
Lucky for us, we also happened to be in Rio while it was celebrating its 450th birthday, which came on a Sunday. This also meant that everyone was out in full force. We headed over to Ipanema – home to the tall and tan and young and lovely – to the beach and were greeted by thousands of people enjoying an even nicer beach set up than Copacabana and some pounding surf. There we rented some chairs, an umbrella and took full advantage of an absolutely beautiful day.
Big miss on Sugarloaf as we waited until after our Buzios trip to sneak that in and give us something to look forward to, but the overcast skies and drizzle didn't allow for much sky scanning at the top of the mountain. But our comical living situation the last three days took our mind off it. We decided to save money and rent a private room from a couple who failed to mention they had a newborn baby, the a/c didn't work and the bathroom (which was shared by another room-renter) stretched out to all of about 7 feet high and 3 feet wide, at most. Skyler nearly had to exit the shower to turn around. Silver lining was it was located in Ipanema, which is a great pocket of Rio that felt safe and accommodating due to everything being walkable.
Between beach days, awesome seafood, friendlier people than we had expected, it's safe to say we enjoyed Rio much more than initially anticipated. It really was a beautiful place with dramatically stunning views.
And with this, after 7ish weeks, we wrap up South America. On to South Africa!
Buzios had us at hello. As our three hour long bus ride strolled into this quaint fishing village with more charm than a teenage girl's bracelet, we let out an exhale. Granted the bus driver told us to get off about a mile too early, but we quickly found our way to our periwinkle blue Pousada (think B&B) by the beach. As we walked down cobble stone paths lined with beachy restaurants, boutiques and passersby, we quickly dropped off our stuff and bee-lined it to the closest eatery with a view. We settled upon the first beach front restaurant and were graced with whole grilled snapper freshly caught that day accompanied by the perfect side dishes of fresh vegetables and rice. We sat and watched the suns radiance etch further into the sea, over the many schooners, cascading a classic mix of sunset colors while boats began to dock and the fisherman and tourist boats called it a day. It almost felt like we were in another country. Since that first meal and throughout our stint in Buzios, every time we passed by that waiter from our first restaurant we were greeted with a loud, but affectionate "Hey California!!" along with the brightest smile lighting up his face. In fact what was originally supposed to be a three-day stay turned into five, which would have been more if we didn't have to fly out to our next destination.
Our Pousada was owned by a husband and wife who migrated from France. He cooks, she runs the shop. A nice combo and an even better life they live for six months until they hop on their boat and sail the seas for the other six. Not a bad gig, eh?
During our time there we got to enjoy some authentic Samba song and dance. We even have a few pictures to show our attempt to keep up with the experts who had bounds of energy. We had some of the best seafood of our lives. Farm to table in this instance was high tide (or low depending upon the time of day) to table. Buzios is also home to 23 beaches and as much as we would have loved to get sandy with all of them, we managed to hit up three and they were all well worth it. We even took a water taxi to one, which is a rather unique way to get to where you're going. And when we needed some down time, we had a hammock on the balcony of our room facing the water to simply drift off.
This 'lil fishing village was overflowing with soul, seafood and teal colored waters. Days spent on boats filling our sun baked bellies with acai bowls and afternoons sipping green coconuts on the soft sand beaches are our favorite memories of Buzios. This one will need another visit.
The taxi driver turns left off the main road and we start bumping down a red clay dirt path. On the left and right there are simple bungalows surrounded by an abundance of plush greenery. Dogs are roaming the paths and adorable sun-kissed kids are chasing their friends' bikes. We roam deeper into this village and at the end of the road, our driver points to a humble brick house and says, "This is it!" Wow, we really went local this time. We walk on the property and are greeted by half a dozen golden retriever puppies. Leah is in Heaven.
But we're here to see the Iguazu Falls. We enter the park bright and early and are stoked to take in a healthy dose of nature. There are two paths on the Argentine side, one leads you below the falls and the other one brings you to the top. We stroll through the lower trail, trekking past butterflies, smaller waterfalls and stunning views. Joining us at every turn were the unofficial mascot of Iguazu, the Coatis. These fellas look like small furry anteaters mixed with raccoons, who scurry throughout the park. We eventually reach the end of the path and jump on a boat that takes us under the largest of the falls, La Garganta del Diablo (also known as Devil's Throat). This was the most amazing experience (check out our video below!). Your adrenaline is pumping as you ride closer to the chill water spraying and eventually soaking everything. Your vision is completely lost from the blur of the powerful natural wonder spilling over you. Totally exhilarating.
Needing to dry off after the drenching boat ride, we hiked through the upper path. The feeling of being suspended over these massive falls was something else as were the views of the recently minted New7Wonders of Nature. We came across a colony of monkeys interacting with the passer-byers. We were hesitant to get too close for fear of an attack, but others handed these furry little creatures fruit. The access to animals and the plush grounds was like nothing else we had experienced.
We swung over the border to Brazil for our last day in Iguazu, and for as many good things as we had heard about the Brazilian side, we wanted our lasting images to be of the Argentina side. Plus, it gives us another reason to come back. And if you've never been, you must go!
Check out a video of our boat ride into the falls!
Buenos Aires, what an amazing city! In our two weeks we saw a total melting pot of vibrancy, history, redemption and evolution.
So for those of you who don't know, or haven't been, Buenos Aires is broken up into several barrios. While we're not the authorities of BA Tourism, we found that each of these barrios is very distinct and has its own unique vibe.
Vibe #1 for us was Recoleta where we stayed our first week. A sure bet for us as it's known as one of the safer neighborhoods. Plus, it's considered the wealthiest area full of name brand shopping and chain restaurants, or this place called Freddo, which served ridiculously good ice cream that we had to try more than we probably should have.
Our excursion got off to a bit of a slow start as one of us was fighting a big time cold. That would be Leah. However, we were within walking distance to a few things, one of which was the Recoleta Cemetery. The Cemetery, while ominous, was a rather remarkably beautiful homage to respective family members featuring elaborate vaults including the unbelievably popular, Evita. Just to describe what one vault might look like, picture precious cuts of granites and marbles crafted into a beautifully detailed mini-cathedral-like building, with a looking glass to peer inside. Each roof allowed for the sun to shine through a kaleidoscope of colors. Vines and flowers were climbing across the walls of the vaults, with each completely unique to the lineage it held.
Between the heat, humidity and habitual nose blowing, we took solace in a cold, dark theatre to watch Bradley Cooper and Sienna Millers' riveting performances in American Sniper. While the acting was phenomenal, it was interesting to watch such a U.S.-Patriotic film amongst an international audience.
Vibe numero dos leads us to Puerto Madero, which is Buenos Aires' newest barrio and quickly becoming the most expensive. When this port was initially built, draw bridges were installed to let passing ships through the river, but the wealthy people living here also had the advantage of raising the bridges and separating themselves from the rest of the city, basically becoming an island. The Ecological Reserve, a beautiful accident with thousands of species of trees and plants spread across the coastline of Puerto Madero. Imagine a park with dirt trails, picnic spots and ocean views, but with wild, lush jungle vegetation surrounding you. Puerto Madero is also home to the famous Puente de la Mujer, or Women's Bridge. You can see in our pictures it's unique (or somewhat unique as we learned like 6 other bridges just like it have been designed by the same architect around the world) design, which is inspired by a couple dancing the tango.
When we moved from Recoleta to Palermo, we felt more at home. The tree lined streets, younger crowd, artsy cafes and mom and pop restaurants, gave us the feeling of the Westside (L.A.). Palermo has multiple neighborhoods within it, however, two of our favorite places to hang were Palermo Hollywood and Palermo Soho. We signed up for a cooking class not knowing what to expect, but were greeted by a friendly couple: Manu, the chef and Veronica, a sommelier, in their charming apartment. Manu showed us how to create traditional fillings and artistically wrap empanadas. We also attempted to whip up flan, dulce de leche and alfajors (a sweet filling sandwiched between two cookies, possibly coated with coconut or chocolate). We sipped on local wines from all over Argentina and chatted with them into the wee hours at a local watering hole they took us to.
Another total highlight of our time in Palermo, and in Buenos Aires, was an intimate tango show. Live music set the stage with an extremely talented band and singer who brought us through the evolution of tango. The dancers gracefully moved from one era to the next with athleticism and beauty. We were wowed! After the show ended, Skyler sat with the band chatting up in broken Spanglish about music and their favorite bands. Totally smitten. We did pick up their CD and you guys are welcome to check it out, or better yet go to We Are Tango in Buenos Aires and see the magic in person.
There were so many great restaurants, but we have to talk about Skyler's birthday dinner! After some quick research, we walked up to Don Julio Parrilla (think steakhouse) and were greeted by at least 60 other people trying to grab a table. But… champagne while you wait isn't a bad way to pass the time. The service and the food were outstanding. We celebrated with a bottle of wine we had picked up in Mendoza a few weeks back. This experience was really made special when they asked us to sign the bottle so they could put it up on display with those of other lucky guests from the past – our bottle even got a 50 yard line seat!
To top off our stay in Palermo we took a run to the rose garden, which was breathtaking and a great way to spend Valentine's Day. Imagine fields of roses, every color, every type, thousands of blooming beauties!
From rose gardens to straight up husltin'. Calle de Florida is a long pedestrian street in the Retiro barrio that is nestled between Recoleta and Puerto Madero. This is where you go to exchange your dollars into Argentine Pesos at what they have nicknamed the "Blue Market." Instead of exchanging money at banks, where the government has set a lower rate, you can get more pesos for your dollar trading them on this black market that lingers in a gray area of legality. Literally every other word you hear walking down the street is "Cambio" where the young, old, men and women alike are vying for your U.S. Dollars.
We got a great view of all these wonderful areas and more with a bike tour of BA. Pedaling by churches, rivers, parks, landmarks and historical sites gave us a great understanding of Buenos Aires and the identity that makes this city so special. Ciao for now!
Ahhh…. Mendoza. You do a good job of playing hard to get. But we managed to be together at last, and it wasn't for a lack of trying. Sure our hopes could have been dashed with a 10 hour bus ride that was supposed to take 6. That extra helping of patience you tested of ours in the form of a 4 hour wait in the Chilean/Argentine detention area was quite the zinger, too. Or the 7:45am bus ride we were originally supposed to take that we ultimately missed due to Santiago's phobia of identifying bus stops correctly could have made us think otherwise as well. However, we found you O master of the Malbec, and we're glad we did.
Mendoza is a fantastic place. Small enough to make you feel like you can master the city grid in no time, but just big enough to make you feel like there's still a ton more to explore. When we first arrived, we found ourselves at an Irish Pub and in 80 degree weather with another 80% humidity, at night mind you. That kicked off an amazing 3-day stint, which included lots of wine tasting sprinkled in with some olive oil factory tastings as well.
We saw about a handful of what we learned is over 1200 wineries in Mendoza. In fact, the Mendoza region is responsible for producing nearly 70% of the country's Malbec wines. From the boutique and hand-crafted family run wineries to the big mass producing wines of Lopez, it was all awesome.
Do you know what it feels like to be treated like Royalty? We don't either, but if we could imagine what it would be like, it would be the meal we experienced at Cava de Cano Winery's Restaurant. Picture walking down multiple flights of stairs into a secluded, yet almost cavernous cellar with authentic local music to match the unreal tapas spread of meats, cheeses, wild rices, tapenades, mulled apples, roasted garlic, toasted pumpkin, crisp potatoes, I mean the list goes on, like over 30 plates to choose from. We can't forget the fact it's only the two of us with a jug of red wine. It's crazy seeing surreal become real.
Had we not already booked a flight to Buenos Aires the week before, we may still be there!
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Okay, so we have to admit, we were a little hesitant about Santiago at first as the people in Peru did not paint the best picture of the country largely due to their historical differences and competitive spirit. However, we quickly learned what an energetic and modernized city Santiago is.
Our first meal was at the Patio BellaVista, which is an incredibly lively area! In particular, where we had dinner, must have featured a square block of thousands more doing the same thing. Literally restaurant after restaurant, shop after shop, live music, happy hours, everything was rockin. Leah was so fired up by this that she even knocked over a full glass of wine all over Skyler. It was a scene out of a movie.
The following day we went exploring. Thankfully the Santiago metro system is easy to use (or Leah just makes it look that way) and we were able to catch up with a free walking tour of the city and learned some incredible history. The tour was full of fun facts. One of Skyler's favorites was a small pub they called La Pica that was across from the Opera House. Apparently it wasn't making any money and the owner was set to shut it down. But fortunately for him, former President Bill Clinton happened to be Jonesin' for a Diet Coke after the show and headed to the pub to quench his thirst. Not only do they still have that same Diet Coke preserved in a glass case for all to see, but it reenergized the pub and saved his business due to all the hype. We also learned that almost every 25 years Chile gets hit by a massive earthquake, with the last one being an 8.8. But the city holds strong and rebuilds quickly and the architecture remains as beautiful as ever.
Lunch that same day was at a super hole-in-the-wall local place called Galindo. There we shared a traditional Chilean dish that was served in a cast iron pot filled with ground beef, spices, shredded chicken, eggs, raisins, olives and a caramelized layer of corn bread to top it off. What we could barely finish between the two of us, some kid next to us polished off an entire bowl by himself. Must be the competitive spirit?
Yearning for more culture, we grabbed a bike tour of the city the next day and saw beloved poet Pablo Neruda's house, the unique street art and the Vega; think local one stop shop market, bazaar style. Afterwards Skyler talked Leah into a hike up Santiago's highest point for a view of the city (because the Inka Trail just wasn't enough). Then Leah talked Skyler into watching the Super Bowl. Doritos, beer and possibly a little local flair they call Papa John's, we enjoyed a night of American Football… in Spanish. Oh and did we mention Skyler won his Fantasy Playoff League?!
Deuces Santiago, we love you!
P.S. For those fans of the movie There's Something About Mary, Skyler tried with fierce abandon to embed the famous scene about Santiago, but sadly no one else thinks it's worthy enough to post a clip online to share.
We're in love with Cusco! Everything that Lima lacked, Cusco delivered in spades. The smiles were wider. The beers were colder. And the scenery was absolutely priceless. Sacqhca restaurant was a total highlight on our first evening. A family owned eatery where the owner, a young smiling man in traditional garb, explained how his daughter ran the computer and his wife was the chef – a great one at that! The local hot sauce, which was made up of minced red onion, carrot and red pepper in a citrus juice served alongside warm Andean bread made in house was delicious. Traditional artwork surrounded us, along with tables filled with people in their (new) Alpaca sweaters with their friends and the crackling fire.
That was the first night. By the second night, Skyler was in bad shape with what we think was food poisoning, that or he somehow drank the water??? But prior to that, we took a double decker bus tour, muchisimo tourist-style, of the local sights including Jesus Christo on the hilltop, Llamas, Alpacas and even got our picture taken with one.
When we returned from the Inka Trail trek, that first shower back was easily top 5. The same could be said for that night's sleep, considering we weren't positioned diagonally amongst rocks and mud. That was some much needed downtime and also allowed us one last day to explore this quaint little city.
Off to Santiago we go!
Leading up to trekking the Inka Trail to Machu Picchu, we felt pretty nervous. Is the altitude going to get to us? Are we in shape enough? What unknown elements are out there? Can we do this? No. Kinda, not really. A bunch. Yes!
Curt Schilling pitching in the World Series with a bloody sock? Was that really even blood, Curt? Michael Jordan scoring 35 with the flu in game 5 of the '97 finals? Admirable. Keri Strung helping Team USA to Gold in the '96 Olympics with a sprained ankle? Courageous. Philp Rivers playing QB in the AFC title game with a torn ACL? Gritty. Skyler Maiman trekking the Inka Trail with a severe case of food poisoning, Peruvian stomach break dancing, or whatever name you want to add to the worst feeling possible? Heroic.
OK, maybe that's a bit of a stretch but up until 3 hours before we had to be at our 4:30am start time, Skyler was ridden with a fever, chills and a serious case of "I hope we get our money back if we can't do this." Fortunately, Leah's nursing skills, fate and some mental toughness allowed us to proceed on what was easily one of, if not the, hardest things either of us have ever done. Asking that much of your body and mind is truly an experience we won't forget. However, the trek itself, wasn't either, and we can't imagine how it will be topped.
The pictures we have don't do it justice. With a mystic fog framing the Andes Mountains, we hiked the same trail that the Inka's built over 800 years ago. The stunning backdrops that you only read about in novels inspired us to see how the next day would unfold. We camped alongside a group of four other trekkers and a host of porters, a chef and our guide who navigated this treacherous real estate like a bunch of Gazelle's. Among our fellow Australians, a Canadian, an Indonesian and Peruvians, sleeping in the jungle without any amenities, we carried through during endless bouts of rain with the entire contents for our trip on our backs. The entire trek was 46 Kilometers (or 28 miles), which included a handful of unbelievable Inka sites where we learned a great deal about how noble, efficient and trailblazing this civilization was for the 100 years they were in existence.
If you're thinking about doing this, do it! And please pick our brains leading up to it. There are things that looking back we wish we would have brought and done differently. Even with the extreme, and we mean extreme, difficulty this trek offered, the views, the experience and the sense of achievement are unparalleled.
Here we go, first stop…!
The flight from LA to Lima wasn't half bad. Got a little sleep, but not nearly enough as we crashed immediately for half the day. The search for some food thereafter was an experience in itself before settling on what had to be Lima's version of Marie Callender's. Seeing as how they have a Tony Roma's and a Pinkberry, maybe we're not far off? We have got to say though, the food was outstanding, it just had the ambience of Bingo night.
And it turns out Skyler doesn't know as much Spanish as self-proclaimed. Thank goodness for iTranslate.
Quick pit stop at one of the beautiful supermarkets only to find they need mucho identification for breakfast bars, water and wine. Seriously, what are they going to do with our passport number on a grocery receipt?
Probably one of the biggest surprises is that sleeping isn't really a priority here – maybe just on our block? Perhaps that's because we experienced polite horn honking. Barking dogs. And Latin Opera. All night.
We took an awesome bike ride the next morning. During our ride, we decided to take a little nap in one of the many gorgeous parks in Miraflores. Ready for some grub after our rigorous cycle, we were set to belly up at a local restaurant, but low and behold that would be our one and only meal of the day as Skyler lost some coins during said nap in park. Thankfully it was well worth it as the ceviche mixto, 6 (count 'em seis) Cusqueñas and steak and fritas at Punta Azul were delicious. Cusqueña has been flowing as it's practically cheaper than water.
The sun is gnarly here! Not sure if it's the proximity to the equator or the flowing cerveza, but sunscreen is a must. In fact, Leah even discovered what it feels like to be sunburnt. Skyler is also rocking a killer Farmer's Tan, which he may try and trade in for some sweet Alpaca gear over in Cusco.
Uber in Lima? Yep and it's the smart way to go!
GoPro is quite the challenge making us feel like GoRookies. SOS!! No seriously, if you're a Pro, get in touch with us.
In Cusco now, which is breathtaking. Anxious for our Macchu Picchu trek in a few days, but for now enjoying what this cool little city has to offer.
Passports… check. Backpacks… check. Sense of adventure… check.
Today is the day we set out for our world journey. We were able to grab a practice hike in the hills of Laguna Beach, CA to break in our gear and prepare us for Machu Picchu in a few days.


Options Appraisal (OA) document has been drawn up by the EA (a 'living' doc). The OA document has a prioritisation list of 1,2,3,4 – the prioritisation refers to which actions/projects are most likely to improve the river ecology; the most likely to do this are classified as 3 and 4. Priority 1s and 2s are good ideas but not critical to large-scale improved ecology.
Could be v useful to link with a wider Thames organisation (eg River Thames Trust/River Users Groups/River Thames Alliance) so that we have a stronger connection with the Thames corridor. .
Landowner buy-in to proposed projects is critical.
Non-WFD related issues are also of importance, such as recreation/navigation; eg can arrange and undertake path improvement and use the opportunity to naturalise the bank at the same time. Community projects.
Invasive non-native species: brings communities together.
Some projects can result in a 'double hit' eg removing a structure – eases flood conveyance and provides better fish passage.
Allen mentioned would be worth looking at Essex River Hub and Ballinderry Rivers Trust for ideas of how they are set up and manage catchment tasks.
Rivers for Life/Earth Trust at Shillingford: made be v useful to link up with them.
Landfill tax – to use this the project needs to be within 10 miles of the waste operator; eg Ewelme Stream/Grundon.
ACTION: Alison can produce a map showing the location of landfill sites.
ACTION: Alison will email the OA spreadsheet to all.
ACTION: All to put additional actions/project ideas on the spreadsheet and send to Alison and Maxine/Neil.
ACTION: Neil will group the OA issues together and explore fitting these into the proposed matrix drawn up by Mike at the meeting, organising actions/projects into types and high/medium/low funding requirements. Allen suggested it would be useful to look at the 'outcomes' from the large stakeholder meetings held last year and link proposed actions/projects to these.
ACTION: Allen will send Thames Water funding info to all.
ACTION: Alison will look into the issue of Civil Sanctions.


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Q: How to close the browser in selenium using Hot Keys?
Selenium Webdriver v-3.0.1

I want to close the browser window using hot keys, I have tried following methods one by one but not working at all -
driver.findElement(By.tagName("body")).sendKeys(Keys.chord(Keys.CONTROL+"w"));

driver.findElement(By.tagName("body")).sendKeys(Keys.chord(Keys.CONTROL+"F4"));

driver.findElement(By.tagName("body")).sendKeys(Keys.chord(Keys.CONTROL,Keys.F4));

driver.findElement(By.tagName("body")).sendKeys(Keys.CONTROL, Keys.F4);

driver.findElement(By.tagName("body")).sendKeys(Keys.CONTROL+"F4");

How do I close browser other then driver.close() and driver.quit method

A: Make sure browser window should be active.
You can perform using actions
Actions actions = new Actions(driver);
actions.keyDown(Keys.ALT);
actions.sendKeys(Keys.F4);
actions.keyUp(Keys.ALT);
actions.perform();

Same you can achieve using Robot.
To get this code running you need to add,
import java.awt.Robot;

Robot robot = new Robot();
// press key Alt+F4
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_ALT);
robot.delay(100);
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_F4);
// relase key Alt+F4
robot.delay(100);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_F4);
robot.delay(100);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_ALT);

If you do not use driver.quit() at the end of program, WebDriver session will not close properly and files would not be cleared off memory. This may result in memory leak errors.
Hope it is clear.

A: Assuming you have opened a single tab you can try below method:
driver.findElement(By.xpath("/html/body")).sendKeys(Keys.CONTROL+"w");

A: Actions actions = new Actions(driver);
String killBrowser= Keys.chord(Keys.ALT, Keys.F4);
actions.sendKeys(killBrowser);
actions.perform();

Try this.


At the 2007 American College of Veterinary Medical Forum in Seattle, Dr. Anthony S. Moore gave a lecture on dogs with mammary tumors. He stated that mammary tumors are the most common type of tumors found in unspayed female dogs. He also mentioned a study that linked making healthy dog food choices for your dog reduces dog health care issues, such as the risk of mammary tumors.
Mammary tumors account for nearly half of all of the tumors found in female dogs. Mammary tumors occur three times more often in dogs than humans. Dogs also have the highest occurrence of mammary tumors than any other domesticated animal.
These mammary tumors can be a dog health care issue when they are found to be cancerous– which occurs about half of the time. By the time that the tumors have been diagnosed, the cancer has spread to other parts of the body. Females that are not spayed are 7 times more likely to develop breast cancer compared to spayed females. Research has proven the earlier you spay your dog the less chance they have for developing mammary cancer.
Another study has shown a significant reduction of the risk of developing mammary cancer in dogs that were thin at 9 to 12 months of age. Feeding your pet red meat may also increase the risk of a dog developing mammary cancer.
To lessen your dog's chance of getting mammary cancer, have her spayed. Spaying before the first heat cycle is preferred. Ensure proper dog health care by feeding your dog a healthy diet and keeping her at a healthy weight.


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Five things to watch for during the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio
By Dan BeaverJul 26, 2019, 7:00 PM EDT
One might suspect there would have been changes to the top of the leaderboard after the NTT IndyCar Series returned to an oval for the third time this year, but three of the top-five finishers were among the top five the week before – including the winner Josef Newgarden.
This week the series returns to a road course and it's a chance for a couple of drivers to reset and make a charge at the top five and keep their championship hopes alive.
Here are some of the storylines to watch this Sunday
Alexander Rossi stumbled at the wrong time; can he rebound? Prior to last week Rossi and Newgarden had not been more than one position apart in the last three races of this season. That kept the pressure on. In Iowa, Rossi's sixth place finish was five spots worse than Newgarden and now he trails in the championship by 29 points. Equally important, Rossi snapped a five-race streak of top-five finishes.
With his win and Rossi's struggle Newgarden now has the longest streak of top-fives in the field at four. Two of these were victories on the ovals of Iowa and Texas. Newgarden should easily score another top-five and with a little luck might even find Victory Lane. He won on this track in 2017 and finished fourth last year.
Scott Dixon has been all but perfect at Mid-Ohio in regard to top-10 finishes. In 12 starts he has five wins and nine top-fives. The only time he failed to finish in the top 10 was 2016. Notably, he finished last that year with suspension problems.
Simon Pagenaud's win at Toronto two weeks ago on the most recent street course provided some momentum that ended in a fourth in Iowa. Those two runs come on the backs of a pair of top-10s at Texas and Elkhart Lake. Look for Pagenaud's streak of top-10s to continue because he has the longest current streak of such finishes at Mid-Ohio. After finishing outside the top 10 once in his inaugural run, Pagenaud has top-10s in his last seven attempts.
Ryan Hunter-Reay enters the weekend with back to back results outside the top 15 and no top-10s in his last three starts. Hunter-Reay should be able to snap his streak of disappointing runs this week because he's finished worse than 10th only twice in 12 starts.
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Willbros unit to develop 37 MW PV project for BP Solar Int
(ADPnews) - Dec 13, 2010 - US oil and gas contractor Willbros Group (NYSE:WG) announced last Thursday that its unit has received an order from BP Solar International Inc to build a 37 MW photovoltaic (PV) plant on Long Island, New York.
Hawkeye LLC, which is a unit of Willbros' Utility Transmission & Distribution segment, will deploy approximately 164,312 solar panels on 200 acres (81 hectares) owned by the US Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory.
The electricity output from the system will be stepped up by means of a transformer from 13.8 kV to 69 kV and transmitted via an underground line to a nearby Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) substation prior to entering its grid. Nearly all of the output will be sold to the authority and its customers under a 20-year power purchase agreement.
The project is anticipated to be completed in the second half of 2011.


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