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07/14/2011 17:12 #54702

Canalside Festival This Weekend
Category: buffalo
One of my wonderful colleagues just forwarded this absolutely dazzling array of fun stuff going on at the harbour and Erie central wharf this week and weekend and early next week. All events are here:

Thinking of hitting the Beethoven's 5th tomorrow evening. Who is coming with me?

This week at Canalside there are 30 events, and they are all free to the public.



Wednesday, July 13
Damn, missed this! I wanted to go on that boat.
  • Boat Ride with Buffalo Maritime Center aboard the White Elektra or OK Clark Canalside: Commercial Slip – Central Wharf side 5 p.m. – Weather Permitting - Free (First come–first served with no reservations accepted.)
  • Jack Civiletto Sings Sinatra: Concert aboard USS Little Rock Buffalo Naval & Military Park 7 to 9 p.m. – Free
  • “Erie Canal Sal” The Story of Sal McMurray An Irish cook aboard a packet boat in 1840 Performed by Gretchen Murray Sepik Canalside: Central Wharf 6 to 7 p.m. – Free
  • “From Albany to Buffalo: Erie Canal History, Culture and Music” Performed by Dave Ruch Canalside: Central Wharf 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. – Free
  • Sunset Yoga Canalside: Lawn 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. – Free
  • Thursday, July 14 Thursday at the Square presented by M&T Bank Featuring: Court Yard Hounds Canalside: Central Wharf & Cobblestone Streets 5 to 9 p.m. – Free

Friday, July 15
  • Erie Canal Story by Buffalo Tours: One Hour Guided Walking Tour Canalside: Whipple Truss Bridge – Central Wharf side Noon to 1 p.m. – Free
  • Friday Family Fun on the Central Wharf with Explore & More Children’s Museum The Sky’s the Limit Canalside: Lawn Noon to 4 p.m. – Free Groups of more than 10 children must pre register by calling 716/655-5131.
  • An Evening with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Matthew Kraemer Central Wharf: Main Stage 7 to 9:30 p.m. – Free

Saturday, July 16
  • Saturday Family Fun on the Central Wharf with Explore & More Children’s Museum “The Sky’s the Limit” Canalside: Lawn Noon to 4 p.m. – Free Groups of more than 10 children must pre-register by calling 716/655-5131.
  • Erie Canal Story by Buffalo Tours: One Hour Guided Walking Tour Canalside: Whipple Truss Bridge – Central Wharf side Noon to 1 p.m. – Free
  • “A Mule Named Sal – A Children’s Concert at the Erie Canal” Performed by Dave Ruch Canalside: Central Wharf 5 to 6:30 p.m. – Free
  • “Mary Jemison” The story of a young girl captured by the Indians – years later when offered her freedom she chose to remain with her Indian family. Performed by Gretchen Murray Sepik Canalside: Central Wharf 6:45 to 7:45 p.m. – Free
  • “From Albany to Buffalo: Erie Canal History, Culture and Music” Performed by Dave Ruch Canalside: Central Wharf 8 to 9 p.m. – Free

Sunday, July 17
  • Beginner’s Yoga Canalside: Lawn 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. – Free
  • Intermediate Yoga Canalside: Lawn 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Free
  • Erie Canal Story by Buffalo Tours: One Hour Guided Walking Tour Canalside: Whipple Truss Bridge – Central Wharf side Noon to 1 p.m. – Free
  • Yogalates Canalside: Lawn 1 to 2 p.m. – Free Boat Ride with Buffalo Maritime Center aboard the White Elektra or OK Clark Canalside: Commercial Slip – Central Wharf side 2 p.m. – Weather Permitting - Free (First come–first served with no reservations accepted.)
  • “A Mule Named Sal – A Children’s concert at the Erie Canal” Performed by Dave Ruch Canalside: Central Wharf 2 to 3 p.m. – Free
  • “Dug’s Dive” Performed by Kevin Cottrell Stop in at the popular waterfront basement saloon for a visit the proprietor William Douglas – operator of one of the most infamous saloons in all of the Canal District - a one-person interpretive performance Canalside: Historic Ruins – Commercial Slip 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. - Free
  • “Mary Jemison” The story of a young girl captured by the Indians – years later when offered her freedom she chose to remain with her Indian family. Performed by Gretchen Murray Sepik Canalside: Central Wharf 5 to 6:30 p.m. – Free
  • “From Albany to Buffalo Erie Canal History, Culture and Music” Performed by Dave Ruch Central Wharf 6:45 to 7:45 p.m. – Free
  • “An American History Songbook: A program of songs of the 19th Century” Performed by the Hutchinson Family Revival Canalside: Central Wharf 8 to 9 p.m. – Free

Monday, July 18
  • Science Outdoors with Tifft Nature Preserve Learn more about the rich biodiversity of the plants and animals of WNY and how everything connects. Canalside: Lawn 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Free
  • Zumba on the Waterfront: exercise and dance to Music Central Wharf 6 to 7 p.m. – Free

Tuesday, July 19
  • Yogalates Canalside: Central Wharf 6 to 7 p.m. – Free

Wednesday, July 20
  • Boat Ride with Buffalo Maritime Center aboard the White Elektra or OK Clark Canalside: Commercial Slip – Central Wharf side 5 pm – Weather Permitting - Free (First come–first served with no reservations accepted.)
  • Friends of Harmony: Concert aboard USS Little Rock Buffalo Naval & Military Park 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. – Free
  • Sunset Yoga Canalside: Lawn 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. – Free

07/14/2011 11:22 #54700

Urdhva Dhanurasana
Category: dance
I finally did it yesterday. I got to the Upward Bow/Wheel pose without sagging on my yoga mat.
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I wasn't expecting to reach the pose at all. But my head was suddenly suspended in mid air and I was looking at (e:Paul) on the nearby mat upside down. It was a very happy moment. Erin's wonderful practice at Hand to Heart yoga has finally started making a positive difference to my upper body strength.

And now for the next yoga frontier...
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Check back in a year. ;-)
tinypliny - 07/14/11 18:06
(e:Paul) - not only did Erin say it was the next step, she demonstrated the Eka Pada Urdhva Dhanurasana (the one-legged upward/inverted bow). Those must be some really high-powered specs! I thought I was the blind one because I intentionally don't wear specs.
tinypliny - 07/14/11 17:57
I am pretty relieved that you are not my yoga teacher, (e:metalpeter)! Last time you were insisting that do all the inversions with tea cups balanced.

LOL, but you are right though. I am not sure I could do it all the time. Maybe yesterday was a fluke... I am going to try and reach the next stage but can't tell when that will be. And (e:Paul) is always messing up gymnastics with yoga. He doesn't see the fine line... ;-)

metalpeter - 07/14/11 17:11
Now related to that (e:tinypliny) now that you have that down... The next part is to get it mastered so you can all ways do it... Not not sure if they do this in Yoga... But I think the next step would be to start moving your hands in closer to your feet (acrobatics maybe.......Once they are in (from what I have seen) close enough both feet can come off the floor?
metalpeter - 07/14/11 17:08
Isn't a back hand spring Gymnasitics?
heidi - 07/14/11 13:13
(I went Monday... maybe tonight?)
heidi - 07/14/11 13:13
Dammit... yoga was calling me last night and I shoulda just listened. Congrats on the wheel!
paul - 07/14/11 12:24
(e:Terry) says she said it. I must have not noticed because I didn't have my glasses on.
paul - 07/14/11 12:23
Oh I can totally do that. I wish she had said that was the next step.

The next step after that is back handspring!

07/13/2011 12:08 #54694

Paolo
Category: e:strip
You are a very inspiring person, in general. I realized that yesterday, watching you work. I don't know if I ever told you.

I went home and worked a couple hours more till it was finally dawn, thanks to you. Hehe :-)

07/13/2011 11:44 #54693

Wok no more.
Category: eating in
Just when I was getting ready to order the wok, Amazon changed the price on me.
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Now this is just annoying! Or maybe it's a signal that I didn't need that wok.

EDIT: And of course, as soon as I deleted every single thing from my cart in protest against Amazon's price-changing shady tactics. the wok silently dropped to it's former price again.
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How unbelievably dodgy is this?!

EDIT2: I gave Amazon the royal shove and bought this 12 inch fry-pan from Overstock.com where it has been the same price for more than a month.
tinypliny - 07/14/11 00:25
That's camelcamelcamel.com at this :::link::: It's incredibly handy for keeping a watch on things.

(e:paul) just checked this on his phone and the price had dropped back to what it was earlier ($86.66). I deleted the wok from cart as soon as I saw the hideous price change. I am sure others must have as well. All this price see-sawing is so ludicrous.
kookcity2000 - 07/13/11 21:29
what are you using to track prices

07/11/2011 16:44 #54687

Using Gnumeric to eliminate duplicates
Category: i-tech
I can always use R, but sometimes Gnumeric comes in handy to whittle down lists filled with duplicates in a jiffy.

Simplified steps from

1. Say you have a column A with A1 to A100 rows with duplicate data that you want to eliminate

2. Go to Data > Advanced Filter. Under the input tab, choose list range as A1 to A100.

3. I don't understand why Gnumeric needs a criteria range for everything but it does... Even for duplicate-value-finding that involves no mathematical formulas. So choose a criteria range. Say B1 to B2. Make sure that the first cell of the criteria range has the same column header as the list range. So if, say your cell A1 was named "Numbers" then B1 should also be "Numbers". Leave B2 blank.

4. Check unique records only

5. Go to the Output tab. Choose an output range (longer than the input range, just to prevent any complaints from gnumeric). Click OK.

You should have the original list with no duplicates in the output range.