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Spanish-Born Pandas Are Back In China

Carissa — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:21:56 +0000

Beijing – Panda bear cubs Po and De De, who were born at Madrid’s Zoo Aquarium on Sept. 7, 2010, are settling into their new lives at the panda reserve in Chengdu, China, where they will live from now on, a keeper told Efe.

The pandas arrived in Chengdu, which is in central China, on Saturday after a trip that lasted more than 30 hours, the keeper, who accompanied the animals on the trip, said.

The cubs are the offspring of Hua Zui Ba, a female, and Bing Xing, who were provided by China to the Madrid zoo in 2007.

Po and De De will be isolated from the other pandas at the reserve until the quarantine period ends.

The pandas “were a bit nervous” during the long trip, especially when their carriers were moved from one vehicle to another, keeper Alejandro Cabrera, who traveled to China with the cubs, said.

Po and De De were at the center of celebrations and special events in Madrid in the days before their departure for China.

The pandas made a 20-hour trip by truck from Madrid to Amsterdam and then were in the air 13 hours on the KLM plane that took them to Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province.

The cubs were in the cargo hold, but Cabrera was able to check on them throughout the trip to ensure they were in good shape.

Beijing has changed its “panda diplomacy” in recent years and now lends the bears to foreign zoos instead of giving them away.

Article source: http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2013/05/20/spanish-born-pandas-are-back-in-china/

KLM has taken delivery of its 12th Airbus A330-200 in Toulouse. – SpyGhana.com

Carissa — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:21:55 +0000

The new aircraft has been named Museumplein in honour of the Dutch capital of Amsterdam and the 2013 festivities surrounding its iconic sites.

“All of KLM’s Airbuses are named after city squares. Apart from Dam, KLM’s first Airbus, the popular Museumplein in Amsterdam certainly deserves a place in our Airbus fleet, particularly this year when KLM proudly takes the role of chief sponsor and official carrier for Amsterdam 2013,” Pieter Elbers, Managing Director Chief Operating Officer KLM said.

“The arrival of this Airbus 330-200 marks another step forward in modernising the KLM fleet. Even in challenging times, KLM continues to invest in cleaner, quieter aircraft in its drive to guarantee customers optimal service. The Airbus 330-200 offers 30 Business Class seats and 35 economy comfort seats and 178 Economy seats. With the arrival of this latest aircraft, KLM’s A330 fleet now counts 16 aircraft: 12 Airbus A330-200s and 4 Airbus A330-300s” he said.

During the course of 2013, numerous Amsterdam sites and organisations will mark the historic milestones. The city will be celebrating these events in style, uniting local residents and tourists alike. Jubilee celebrations around Museumplein include the Concertgebouw and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (125 years), the Van Gogh Museum (40 years).

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines was founded in 1919, making it the world’s oldest airline still operating under its original name. In 2004, Air France and KLM merged to form AIR FRANCE KLM. The merger produced the strongest European airline group based on two powerful brands and hubs — Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Paris Charles de Gaulle.

Retaining its own identity, the group focuses on three core businesses: passenger transport, cargo and aircraft maintenance.

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Article source: http://www.spyghana.com/klm-has-taken-delivery-of-its-12th-airbus-a330-200-in-toulouse/

Golf notebook: Faldo will play when Open returns to Muirfield

Carissa — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:21:55 +0000

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Article source: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/golf-notebook-faldo-play-open-053049891--golf.html

Concerts in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Carissa — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:16:58 +0000

Article source: http://eventful.com/amsterdam/events/categories/music

SPAR Europe and European LiDAR Mapping Forum Announce Call for Papers

Carissa — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:16:56 +0000

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SPAR Point Group, organizer of SPAR Europe 3D Measurement Imaging Conference and European LiDAR Mapping Forum (ELMF), announced a Call for Papers for the 2013 events which will take place 11-13 November 2013 at the Passenger Terminal Amsterdam (PTA) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The Call for Papers invites any interested parties to submit abstracts by the deadline of 15 July 2013 using the online submission form.

SPAR Europe and ELMF are taking place together for the first time, bringing the world of 3D measurement together in its various forms: aerial, terrestrial, mobile, static, bathymetric, handheld, photogrammetry and more. The events focus on technology advances in end-to-end 3D that can be used in diverse industries and disciplines including building and architecture, civil infrastructure, land management, environmental studies, industrial facilities, forensics and security, and digital cultural preservation.

Papers in the following topical areas are encouraged:

Comparisons of 3D measurement capture methods and practices from LiDAR and laser scanning to short-range and consumer 3D measurement including:

Laser scanning
LiDAR – airborne and terrestrial
Photogrammetry
Mobile Surveying Mapping
Bathymetry and underwater measurement
Short-range measurement
Kinect, Shapeshot and other structured-light applications
UAV’s
Indoor mobile mapping and kinematic scanning

Data processing and workflow considerations for 3D measurement including:

Working with point clouds, including feature extraction
Straight-to-model in practice
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Kinematic scanning using Simultaneous Location and Mapping (SLAM) algorithms
Facility design considerations
Dimensional control for fabrication and modular construction
Workflow considerations
Integrating disparate systems
Data standardization
Data fusion

Visualization and deliverables of 3D measurements including:

Intelligent 3D models
3D printing
Augmented Reality
3D virtualization
Web-based file sharing
Contracting for deliverables

The combined SPAR Europe/ELMF Advisory Board, together with SPAR Point Group, will review submitted abstracts and announce the final program in early September. For more information, visit the Call for Presenters page.

This is the fourth edition for both events, which were launched in 2010 following the success of their U.S. counterparts, SPAR International and International LiDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF). ILMF and ELMF were recently purchased by Diversified Business Communications, owner of SPAR Point Group. “Holding the European events together gives customers the full spectrum of data capture, processing and delivery at one time,” said Lisa Murray, Director of SPAR Point Group. “For one registration fee, attendees can attend both events and have their choice of education.”

About SPAR Point Group

SPAR Point Group organizes conferences and provides news and information for professionals involved in 3D measurement and imaging technologies. Content– delivered in-person and online– gives practitioners tools and information to make better business decisions. SPAR Point Group organizes SPAR Europe, European LiDAR Mapping Forum, SPAR International, International LiDAR Mapping Forum and SPAR Japan. SPAR Point Group is wholly-owned by Diversified Business Communications. For more information, visit www.SPARPointGroup.com.

About Diversified Business Communications

Diversified Business Communications, a division of Diversified Communications based in Portland, Maine, US provides information and market access through face-to-face events, publications and online. Diversified serves a number of industries, including technology, food, healthcare, commercial marine and business management. Diversified operates divisions in Australia, Hong Kong, India, the UK and Canada. For more information, visit www.divbusiness.com.

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Chelsea Flower Show – review

Carissa — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:16:55 +0000

So I would have thought, as a first-time visitor to the Chelsea Flower Show, Middle England’s take on London Fashion Week, that at the very least it would be really pretty. Surprisingly, much of it is as ugly as a bin.

It is not the flowers, of course. First thing in the morning they are fresh and elevating. In the MG Centenary garden, a floral tribute to the world of high finance, there was a red orchid iris that was breathtaking. The RBC Blue Water Roof Garden, designed by Professor Nigel Dunnett, who was responsible for the lovely wildflower meadows at the Olympic Park, was bordered with some glorious violet blooms — Verbascum phoeniceum, the professor informed me. Their effect was rather spoiled by the pantomime set of the London skyline that loomed large behind, including a two-dimensional Gherkin.

Perhaps this was there to make the corporate sponsors and hobnobbers feel at home. The effect reminded me oddly of walking around Amsterdam’s red light district as a teenager, seeing all those pretty women entombed behind glass.

This year is the centenary of the Chelsea Flower Show. What has been going on in horticulture all these 100 years? I was tempted to conclude, looking at the Wasteland Garden, that like classical music it had evolved into a Stockhausian domain of discord and disharmony. It may simply be that the ceaseless demand for novelty does not sit well in a genre that should be defined by seasonality. Rocks are supposed to be “in” this year. Rocks! Which last millions of years! But if I had to pick a unifying theme, it would be man’s folly. At each turn, the beauty of the flowers mocked the artful interventions of man.

The Laurent-Perrier Garden did not feature a lake of champagne but orderly rows of snipped green things — redeemed by some heartstopping irises. I forget what was in the Forget-Me-Not Garden. The Daily Telegraph Garden embodied few of that newspaper’s values but instead looked as if the designer (Christopher Bradley-Hole) had been playing Tetris with hedges. It was impressive in its way but if I had a garden I would not fill it with manicured cuboids.

Somewhere hidden around the show were 100 celebrity-shaped gnomes, the first time these ornaments have ever been allowed. Instead, I fixated on the seams between the little planks of turf in the Homebase Garden. At the Trailfinders Garden, an amphibian came ribbiting through the speakers. “It’s not a real frog but it’s a recording of a real frog,” confirmed an Australian in a hat.

I soon learned that asking the names of the flowers marked me out as an appalling dolt, or, as a member of the Royal Horticultural Society would have it, an Ignoramus ridiculous. What were those celestial white lilies in the East Village Garden? Zantedeschia aethiopica “Crowborough”, or arum lilies — though I’m not sure you have to impart the information with such a sneer.

Wearying of the Apprentice-challenge atmosphere of the show gardens, I wandered into the main pavilion, where the nurseries display their wares. Here (notwithstanding an unidentified fermenting sort of smell) was real craft and real beauty. Orchids from Jacques Amand nurseries. More varieties of daffodil than I could conceive. Iris upon iris.

It was glorious, worth any amount of lawnmower displays and pretentious garden furniture. Final score? Flowers five, man nil.

Article source: http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/attractions/chelsea-flower-show--review-8623741.html

Amsterdam’s Brown aims to be even better

Carissa — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:16:54 +0000

Izaiah Brown took part in three huge victories Saturday afternoon to help the Amsterdam boys’ track and field team win a prestigious meet. That was the good news.

Brown was unable to satisfy his goal time-wise in the 400-meter run, and it bothered him. That is why he is a premier performer, because Brown always wants more from himself.

Competing in the 73rd edition of the William F. Eddy Meet at Schenectady High, Brown was named the Most Outstanding Performer in the boys’ competition for the second straight year — and he is only a sophomore.

Brown won the 200 in 22.38 seconds, the 400 in 47.72 and ran the winning anchor leg on the winning 1,600 relay squad.

For his efforts, Brown has been named the Times Union’s Athlete of the Week for the second straight week — this time for the period of May 13-18.

Wednesday, Brown led the Rams to the Big 10 title after securing wins in the 200, 400, high jump (5 feet, 10 inches) and as part of the 1,600 relay team along with speedy teammates David Graveley, John Hardies and Brett Stanavich.

Saturday, Brown set a blistering pace in the 400 and had no one to challenge him over the second half of the race. His winning time was a personal best, yet he wanted to break the sophomore record of 46.97.

“I don’t look at it as a disappointment, but it shows that I need a little more work and a little effort in my practices to get the time I want in the 400,” Brown said. “It just makes me want to push harder to get my goal.”

Being honored as the best male competitor at the Eddy Meet two consecutive years isn’t something Brown takes for granted. In fact, he sees it as incentive to push himself even harder.

“Doing this as a freshman and sophomore makes me can’t wait to see what I’ll do as a junior and senior,” Brown said.

“Izaiah showed how good of a runner he is right there,” Amsterdam coach Kevin Wilary said.

Top performers

Will McFee, Greenwich boys’ track and field: The senior took home victories in two events at the Eddy Meet — notching wins in the shot put (53 feet, 61/2 inches) and the discus (164-0).

Andrew Tario, Averill Park boys’ track and field: The senior came through with a superlative performance in winning the 3,200 meters at the Eddy Meet, winning with a time of 9:10.54 (ninth-best in Section II history).

Jay Navin, Saratoga boys’ track and field: The star senior raced off with the 800-meter run title at the Eddy Meet in a time of 1:53.12.

Kaylee Scott, Holy Names girls’ track and field: Despite the sophomore falling on the last lap to lose the lead, Scott recovered and captured the 3,000-meter run at the Eddy Meet with a time of 10:13.06.

Leah Triller, Holy Names girls’ track and field: Scored a win Saturday at the Eddy Meet with a time of 2:11.04 in the 800.

Julia Lennon, Shaker girls’ lacrosse: Scored three times Monday in an 18-4 Class A quarterfinal win against Colonie and generated six goals and one assist Wednesday as the Blue Bison advanced to the final with a 15-6 decision over Shenendehowa.

Nick Arnold, Shenendehowa boys’ lacrosse: Tallied four goals and added three assists Thursday, helping the Plainsmen crush Shaker 16-3.

Charlie Peltz, Queensbury baseball: What a senior season the right-hander has put together. His latest conquest came May 13 when he fired his third straight no-hitter — with 15 strikeouts — in a 2-0 victory against Hudson Falls.

JT Sawyer, Hoosic Valley baseball: Worked four innings to earn the win Friday, plus contributed four hits and eight RBIs, as the Indians pounded Stillwater 19-3 to earn a share of the Wasaren League title with Greenwich.

Marcus Failing, Fort Plain baseball: The senior left-hander beat Saratoga Central Catholic for the second time this season Tuesday, except this time Failing’s four-hit, 13-strikeout effort secured the Western Athletic Conference title.

Chad Sinko, Shaker baseball: The senior right-hander fired a four-hitter Wednesday in a 1-0 victory against Shenendehowa.

A.J. Maney, Columbia baseball: Came through with a walk-off RBI single Wednesday in the Blue Devils’ 1-0 win over Colonie.

Kealan Hitt, Hoosick Falls baseball: Tossed a one-hitter Tuesday, helping the Panthers record a 4-0 win against Fort Ann.

Erika Daigle, Shenendehowa softball: The senior standout tossed a no-hitter and struck out 12 Friday to lead the Plainsmen to a 5-0 victory over Niskayuna.

Hunter Levesque, Troy softball: About to complete her second varsity season, the talented eighth-grader fired a one-hitter and struck out seven Wednesday as the Flying Horses completed their Big 10 schedule at 12-0 with a 15-0 verdict over Amsterdam.

Carylann Geddes, Albany Academy for Girls softball: Delivered a triple, double, single and seven RBIs on Tuesday as the Bears bested Cobleskill 18-5.

Briana Matazinsky, Tamarac softball: The junior registered 21 strikeouts and four hits on offense, helping the Bengals earn a share of the Wasaren League championship with Greenwich with a wild 11-9 triumph in 11 innings Wednesday.

Briana Bowen, Cohoes softball: Only a freshman, Bowen fired a six-hitter as the Tigers beat Colonial Council overall champion Mechanicville 4-1 on Wednesday.

Kayla Doty, Chatham softball: The senior put together another superlative week for the state’s top-ranked Class B squad. Doty recorded back-to-back 6-0 shutouts against Taconic Hills, and later added a five-hitter and 11 strikeouts in 2-1 win against Bishop Gibbons.

Michaela Smith, Chatham softball: Finished 3-for-3 Monday, including a two-run home run, in a 6-0 win against Taconic Hills, smacked another two-run home run Wednesday in another 6-0 verdict over the Titans and added an RBI Friday in the Panthers’ 2-1 decision over Bishop Gibbons.

Team of the week

Guilderland baseball: The Dutchmen had to win three straight Suburban Council games entering the week to qualify for the Class AA playoffs, which they did, capped by a 13-3 victory over Colonie on Friday night at Cook Park.

Game of the week

GIRLS’ LACROSSE

Guilderland vs. Shaker at UAlbany, 7:30 Wednesday

This is a rematch of the 2012 Section II Class A final, a contest won by Shaker 9-8. The Lady Dutch (15-1), ranked No. 15 in the state, beat the 21st-rated Blue Bison (15-1) 14-11 April 18.

Games to watch

SOFTBALL

Chatham at Guilderland, 4:30 Tuesday

BOYS’ LACROSSE

Maple Hill at Glens Falls, 5 Monday

Johnstown at Cambridge, 5 Monday

Greenwich at Lansingburgh, 6:30 Monday

Voorheesville at Schuylerville, 7 Monday

Troy at Niskayuna, 4:15 Tuesday

Saratoga at Guilderland, 4:15 Tuesday

Bethlehem at CBA, 4:15 Tuesday

South Glens Falls at Ballston Spa, 4:30 Tuesday

Colonie at Shaker, 4:30 Tuesday

Albany Academy at Scotia, 7 Tuesday

Queensbury at Burnt Hills, 7:30 Tuesday

La Salle at Shenendehowa, 7:30 Tuesday

GIRLS’ LACROSSE

Albany Academy for Girls vs. Emma Willard at UAlbany, 3:30 Wednesday

Burnt Hills vs. Queensbury at UAlbany, 5:30 Wednesday

BOYS’ TRACK AND FIELD

Group 1 Sectionals at Guilderland, 4 Thursday

Group 2 Sectionals at Ravena, 4 Thursday

Group 3 Sectionals at Johnstown, 4 Friday

Group 4 Sectionals at Stillwater, 10 Saturday

Group 5 Sectionals at Fort Plain, 10 Saturday

GIRLS’ TRACK AND FIELD

Group 1 Sectionals at Colonie, 4 Wednesday

Group 2 Sectionals at Ravena, 4 Thursday

Group 3 Sectionals at Johnstown, 4 Friday

Group 4 Sectionals at Stillwater, 10 Saturday

Group 5 Sectionals at Fort Plain, 10 Saturday

Article source: http://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/Amsterdam-s-Brown-aims-to-be-even-better-4529686.php

Spanish-Born Panda Cubs Po and De De Back in China

Carissa — Mon, 20 May 2013 09:16:39 +0000

BEIJING – Panda bear cubs Po and De De, who were born at Madrid’s Zoo Aquarium on Sept. 7, 2010, are settling into their new lives at the panda reserve in Chengdu, China, where they will live from now on, a keeper said.