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International Journal of Immunology is a peer-reviewed open access journal that publishes original research articles as well as review articles in all areas of immunology. Immunology is a diverse and growing discipline that can be defined as the study of the tissues, cells and molecules involved in host defense mechanisms. Immunologists attempt to understand how the immune system develops, how the body defends itself against disease, and what happens when it all goes wrong. Priority is given to work that provides fundamental insight into the workings of the immune system. Areas covered include, but are not limited to, innate immunity and inflammation; development; immune receptors, signaling and apoptosis; antigen presentation; gene regulation and recombination; cellular and systemic immunity; vaccines; immune tolerance; autoimmunity and tumor immunology, microbial immunopathology; and transplantation.
The great advances in immunology in recent years make this field one of the most dynamic and rapidly growing in biological sciences. This remarkable growth is stimulated by the influx of investigators from other disciplines such as biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, microbiology, virology and various medical disciplines. These disciplines are so well interlinked with immunology that no immunological challenge can now be properly addressed without sophisticated applications of expertise of combinations of these disciplines. As a consequence, immunology has become a vast and rich field encompassing discoveries and outlooks that range from the highly clinical to the highly molecular. Although such perspectives may appear diverse, they are, in fact, extremely interdependent. The journal seeks to present a balanced overview of contemporary immunology and melds together different aspects of molecular immunology, immunobiology and clinical immunology.
Immunology is the branch of biomedical science that deals with the response of an organism to antigenic challenge and its recognition of what is self and what is not. It deals with the defense mechanisms including all physical, chemical and biological properties of the organism that help it to combat its susceptibility to foreign organisms, material, etc
Immunology has its origins in the study of how the body protects itself against infectious diseases caused by microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and fungi, and also parasitic organisms, such as helminth worms. Research / review articles deals with, among other things, the physiological functioning of the immune system in states of both health and disease; malfunctions of the immune system in immunological disorders (autoimmune diseases, hypersensitivities, immune deficiency, transplant rejection); the physical, chemical and physiological characteristics of the components of the immune system in vitro, in situ, and in vivo are of prime interest.
We take great pleasure in welcoming you to our new journal, International Journal of Immunology. We have created this publication with the intention of providing a space for the generation of knowledge, dialogue, critique, debate, and collaboration among an international community of immunologists, pathologists, researchers, scholars, etc.
Our vision is to create a high-quality publication that will be relevant, challenging, thought-provoking, for graduate students, academic researchers and scholars. We welcome original research papers, reviews articles, case studies, book reviews, and works-in progress.
We look forward to welcoming your submissions.
1. Adaptive immunity 11. Cancer and Tumor Immunobiology
2. Immunologic Techniques 12. Cellular & Regional Immunology
3. Transplantation Immunology 13. Combining Cancer Immunotherapies
4. Computational Immunology 14. Allergy prevention and risk factors
5. Immunology 15. Nutritional Immunology
6. Immunotherapy 16. Clinical Immunology
7. Pediatric Immunology 17. Reproductive Immunology
8. Immune Tolerance 18. Fungal Immunology
9. Mucosal Immunology 19. Neuro Immunology
10. Immune Toxicology 20.Immunoinformatics and System
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Special Issue Proposals: Special Issue deals with focused research topics of high interest, falling under the scope of the Journal. Special Issues are the pool of articles under a current topic selected from the Ongoing Research under specific discipline. The aim of the Special Issue is to provide a platform for the researchers to understand the recent advancements and challenges in particular areas of research. These articles will provide an opportunity to the readers to understand and access the scientific information.
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Finding the perfect potential mate for a dog is a challenging task. There are many things that you need to consider, such a breed type, physical characteristics, temperament, health test results, genetic diversity and the general health of the sire and dam.
Responsible breeders consider the health of their puppies to be a priority, but it is not always easy carrying out the research to find a healthy or compatible mate for your dog. The Kennel Club's free online resource, Mate Select, goes some way to assisting you with this research. Although it doesn't recommend possible mates, Mate Select does provide you with health related information about individual dogs that you may be considering.
Mate Select has a number of useful services, which can be found below.
This resource allows you to find any available health records of any dog on the Kennel Club's breed register. These results include tests carried out under the BVA/KC health schemes (including the hip, elbow, eye and CM/SM schemes), as well as DNA tests carried out as part of official Kennel Club DNA testing schemes.
This new resource uses BVA/KC hip and elbow screening data and matches it to Kennel Club pedigree information to determine the genetic risk for each dog passing these diseases to their offspring. EBVs are a more accurate indicator of genetic risk than using an individual dog's hip or elbow score alone. EBVs are currently only available for a limited number of breeds, due to large data requirements.
Using all available Kennel Club pedigree information, this resource helps you look at the degree of inbreeding, or inbreeding coefficient, for puppies that could be produced from a hypothetical mating.
Using all available Kennel Club pedigree information, this resource shows you the degree of inbreeding, or inbreeding coefficient for an individual dog.
This resource shows you the latest annual inbreeding coefficient average for each breed, based on puppies recently born in the UK.
If you are not sure where to begin, or would like to be guided through some of the resources available then why not try our
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More than 40 Sarasota County students presented their research projects Saturday inside the historic Crocker Memorial Church at the fourth annual Sarasota County History Fair.
Hosted by the Sara De Soto Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Historical Society of Sarasota County, projects entered in the fair highlighted the theme of "Turning Points in History: People, Ideas and Events."
Students presented their projects to a panel of judges and to proud parents.
As part of National History Day, and with an eye on progressing to state and, potentially, to the national Kenneth E. Behring National History Day Contest at the University of Maryland at College Park in June, the projects ranged from the impact of computers on society to the Battle of Antietam and its importance during the Civil War.
"This is a wonderful way for the students to present their research skills to a wider audience," said Cynthia Soulandros, first vice regent of the Sara De Soto Chapter. "The fair brings together so many people from the community who are all invested in the importance of education and, specifically, the study of history."
Heron Creek Middle School student Camilla Olano found her project, "The Battle of Antietam: A Turning Point in History," provided a personal revelation.
With her meticulous research presented on a board, she emphasized how the project affected her.
"I became a better student," she said. "I'm interested in the history of the Civil War on a personal level, but this project also tested my research skills. I've learned so much about myself and American history, too."
Venice High School student Tausif Khan chose a more contemporary method of presenting his research into the events following 9/11.
"I felt an audio-visual documentary, rather than a 3-D exhibit, would be a more impactful way to highlight how the world has been affected by that pivotal and terrorizing moment in world history," he said. "I was only 4 years old on that day, but I've discovered an important lesson in the way society has changed since then."
Following an intense day of talking to the students throughout the day, the judges announced the winners.
They were Bailey Lovesky, Maddie Epstein, Owen Leonard, Rachel Weaver, LeAsia McNeal, Emma Bailey, Brittany Rojas, Rose Milner, Ashley Trautvetter, Kaci Beauchamp, Jenna Gonzalez, Yuliya Fateyeva, Yen Nguyen, Melisa Escobar, Rachel Mallet, Grace Gerdes, Brionna Newell, Kaliyah Newell, Patty McGuire, Deanna Blood, Eddie Hundley, Jordan Curtis, Deric Dubose, Stephon Turner, Rogers Knopik, Bella Main, Kate Schwab, John Pelton, Vesta Zhelyaskova and Talia Ursel.
Young historians showcase work
More than 40 Sarasota County students presented their research projects Saturday inside the historic Crocker Memorial Church at the fourth annual Sarasota County History Fair.


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text: The organizational session for the Conference was held at UN Headquarters in New York from 19-23 April 1993. The participants adopted the Rules of Procedure and agenda, appointed a Credentials Committee, and agreed on how its substantive work would be carried out. Ambassador Satya N. Nandan (Fiji) was elected Chair of the Conference. Nandan was asked to prepare a paper containing a list of substantive subjects and issues as a guide for the Conference, and delegations were requested to submit their proposals to the Secretariat.


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Antoine Ashley, Known as Sahara Davenport on RuPaul's Drag Race, Dies
"Never occurred to me that we'd ever lose one of my girls. I see them as immortal," RuPaul Tweeted Tuesday
Antoine Ashley, better known as Sahara Davenport on RuPaul's Drag Race, has died.
"Logo is profoundly saddened by the passing of Antoine Ashley who fans around the world knew and loved as Sahara Davenport. He was an amazing artist and entertainer who'll be deeply missed by his Logo family. Our hearts and prayers go out to his family, especially his boyfriend Karl, in their time of need," the network said in a statement posted on Facebook Tuesday.
Alongside 11 other contestants, Ashley competed for the title of America's Next Drag Superstar on the hit show's second season in 2010 – but his talents spanned far beyond the realm of reality television.
A classically trained dancer, Ashley started performing in drag while attending Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Upon earning his Bachelor of Fine Arts in dance, Ashley left Dallas for New York City where he appeared in drag regularly at various bars and nightclubs.
In addition to his role on Drag Race, Ashley also appeared in 15 Films About Madonna, Magnificent Obsessions and One Life to Live.
Earlier this year, Ashley released a single, "Go Off," which later reached no. 35 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart.
RuPaul expressed his condolences via Twitter on Tuesday morning.
"Shocked & heartbroken over @SaharaDavenport. Never occurred to me that we'd ever lose one of my girls. I see them as immortal," he Tweeted.
Ashley's boyfriend, Karl Westerberg, competed on season three of RuPaul's Drag Race as Manila Luzon. The couple released a cover version of "Baby It's Cold Outside" last December.
On Sunday night, he Tweeted simply, "I love him so much."
The cause of death is unknown at this time.


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The Lowdown on Lindsay
Lindsay Lohan is technically a wanted woman, but it's unlikely she'll be arrested before her showdown in court tomorrow.
As we reported, a Beverly Hills judge issued the warrant Friday after honchos from the alcohol ed program claimed Lindsay wasn't complying with the terms of her probation. We're told the alleged violation is not about her using drugs or alcohol -- it's about enrollment in the program... something her new lawyer, Shawn Chapman Holley, calls a "misunderstanding."
Cops were called to Sam's home yesterday after Sam and Lindsay got in a nuclear argument. Police went to the door but Lindsay and Sam wouldn't open it. LAPD sources say they will not arrest Lindsay on the warrant, partly because of confusion over the manner in which it was issued.
Lindsay is in hiding now. She won't go near Bev Hills because cops there will arrest her if they find her.
We're told as of now she won't appear in court tomorrow morning. That will change if the judge demands her presence.
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CONCORD, N.C. – The 2013 World of Outlaws Late Model Series will kick off with the busiest month of February in the history of the national tour.
The three tracks that hosted WoO LMS events in February of 2012 - Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga., Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla., and Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla. - will be featured again come 2013, but changes in each facility's program will produce more lucrative action for teams and more excitement for fans.
A total of eight WoO LMS A-Mains will be contested over a three-week stretch in February 2013, highlighted by the inaugural $20,000-to-win Super Sunday Showdown that will close the second annual Bubba Army Late Model Winter Nationals Feb. 15-17 at Bubba Raceway Park.
In addition, Screven's second annual Winter Freeze event has been restructured to include a pair of full WoO LMS racing programs on Feb. 8-9 and Volusia's 42nd UNOH DIRTcar Nationals presented by Summit Racing Equipment will for the first time boast three consecutive nights of WoO LMS competition from Feb. 21-23.
"The 2013 World of Outlaws Late Model Series is definitely going to start in unprecedented fashion," said WoO LMS Director Tim Christman. "We think this schedule of events will be very attractive for both the racers and fans. In a span of three winter weeks teams will have a chance to race for over $400,000 in purses, including $85,000 in first-place prizes alone."
The Bubba Army Winter Nationals - an event that debuted earlier this season and produced unforgettable racing at the three-eighths-mile, D-shaped BRP oval - will take on a new look in 2013. Moving to a Friday-Sunday spot on the calendar, the meet will grow increasingly larger each night, with a 40-lap, $7,000-to-win show on Fri., Feb. 15, and a 50-lap, $10,000-to-win event on Sat., Feb. 16, leading into the 75-lap, mega-money finale on Sun., Feb. 17.
With a track-record $20,000 first-place check on the line in the Super Sunday Showdown, BRP co-owner Bubba The Love Sponge Clem is anticipating that the already intense action at his unique track will reach an even loftier level.
"We wanted to make the Bubba Army Late Model Winter Nationals even bigger in 2013 for the fans and race teams and I think we've done it," said Clem, a nationally-known syndicated radio show host. "Running a $20,000-to-win show on Sunday night before everybody goes over to Volusia (for the DIRTcar Nationals) seems like a perfect fit. The fans are gonna love seeing all the best drivers come together for the biggest-paying race of Georgia/Florida Speedweeks."
A practice night at BRP is scheduled for Thurs., Feb. 14.
The three-eighths-mile Screven Motor Speedway, meanwhile, will present the season-opening WoO LMS event for the second consecutive year. In 2013, however, promoter Redd Griffin will spin off two complete programs, running a 40-lap, $8,000-to-win A-Main on Fri., Feb. 8, and a 50-lap, $10,000-to-win show on Sat., Feb. 9.
Dirt late-model teams will have an opportunity to practice at Screven on Thurs., Feb. 7.
The circuits ambitious month will close at its traditional February home base, Volusia Speedway Park outside Daytona Beach, Fla. A high-speed, half-mile oval, VSP will offer three consecutive nights of WoO LMS action topped by 50-lap A-Mains paying $10,000 to win on Thurs., Feb. 21, Fri., Feb. 22, and Sat., Feb. 23.
VSPs UNOH DIRTcar Nationals presented by Summit has included two scheduled WoO LMS programs in each season since 2005, but World Racing Group officials decided to up the ante in 2013 with an additional full-fender World of Outlaws date. The dirt Late Model portion of the DCN will now begin in 2013 with three nights of DIRTcar UMP-sanctioned action (Feb. 18-20) and close with a WoO LMS tripleheader.
The 42nd UNOH DIRTcar Nationals will also include racing for the WoO Sprint Car Series (Feb. 15-17); All-Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Cars (Feb. 13-14); Super DIRTcar Series big-block Modifieds (Feb. 20-23); and UMP Modifieds (Feb. 12-19).


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M.D. Anderson doctor accused of poisoning lover
Cancer specialist allegedly laced coffee with toxic chemical, gave colleague 2 cups
The doctor liked his coffee black.
So when it was sweet, he asked his lady friend, also a cancer physician and researcher, for another cup. She urged him to drink up anyway.
The coffee tasted sweet because it was laced with a sweet-tasting toxic chemical used in antifreeze and medical research, ethylene glycol, according to a criminal complaint filed with the Harris County District Attorney's Office. The complaint referred to the chemical as "a deadly weapon."
Ana Maria Gonzalez-Angulo, a breast cancer oncologist at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, was charged last week with aggravated assault against Dr. George Blumenschein, a specialist in lung and head and neck cancers at the institution.
The pair were in "a casual sexual relationship," according to the complaint filed May 29, when Gonzalez-Angulo gave Blumenschein not just one cup of poisoned coffee, but two.
Sixteen hours later, he was taken to an emergency center, where he was found to have central nervous system depression, cardiopulmonary complications and renal failure. He subsequently had to undergo dialysis.
Allegations denied
Lawyers for Gonzalez-Angulo denied the charge.
"Dr. Gonzalez-Angulo is completely innocent," Derek Hollingsworth, a partner in Rusty Hardin & Associates, said in a statement. "She is a distinguished citizen and scientist, and these allegations are totally inconsistent with her personal and professional life."
The statement added that the UT Police Department "jumped the gun in this case and filed charges that should never have been filed."
Hollingsworth's statement said his team has met with the Harris County District Attorney's Office and have been assured they are going to "take a fresh and careful look at this case."
Gonzalez-Angulo was booked May 30 and released on $50,000 bail.
According to court documents, she was ordered to surrender her passport and not to go within 200 feet of Blumenschein's residence or place of employment.
M.D. Anderson officials declined comment except to say Gonzalez-Angulo is on paid administrative leave.
Blumenschein, a graduate of Vanderbilt University and the UT Medical School at Houston, joined M.D. Anderson in 2000. He was in the news last year because Aveo Oncology, a company co-founded by M.D. Anderson President Dr. Ronald DePinho, issued a press release claiming he was the principal investigator of a multi-institutional drug trial with one of the company's experimental drugs, a seeming violation of the cancer center's conflict-of-interest policy. M.D. Anderson said that the press release was wrong.
Gonzalez-Angulo, who began medical school in Colombia and finished at UT's Houston medical school, joined M.D. Anderson in 2003.
Coffee tasted sweet
The night in question occurred Jan. 27 at Gonzalez-Angulo's residence in the city of Southside Place, near West University Place.
According to the charges, when Blumenschein complained his coffee tasted sweet, she told him she'd added Splenda and instructed him to finish it, after which she made him another cup. Blumenschein said both tasted sweet.
Within four hours, he began experiencing slurred speech, poor balance and loss of fine motor skills.
A 24-hour urine test found crystals consistent with ethylene glycol poisoning, according to the complaint. It also said a county toxicologist concurred with the assessment, noting that by the time Blumenschein was assessed any ethylene glycol itself would not be present because it would have been metabolized.
A toxicology report by a third expert indicated that Blumenschein's acute severe metabolic acidosis "more likely than not" was due to ethylene glycol poisoning.
Doctor still ailing
The complaint said Blumenschein suffered a protracted loss of use of his kidneys and is still under a doctor's care because of the injury. M.D. Anderson officials would not say whether he is back at work.
Ethylene glycol, a solvent and starting material for the synthesis of more complex molecules, is present in all M.D. Anderson laboratories, a cancer center research administrator says in the complaint. As a result, Gonzalez-Angulo had access to the substance, according to investigators.
In his statement, Hollingsworth said he is "comfortable that ultimately (the District Attorney's Office) will do the right thing."


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Lindenwood University recently signed a contract with Internet Consulting Services (ICS) to create a new fan friendly athletics website. The new website, like the athletics department, is expected to be one of the best in the NAIA.
One of the top new features on the website will be that LUTV broadcasts of Lindenwood football home games and numerous other sports events will now be shown live over the computer. Video highlights and interviews will also be shown throughout the site on a new Lindenwood Athletics YouTube site.
Other features on the new website include more photos of Lindenwood athletes and events, live stats of selective sports, a fan newsletter, and more interactive stories, schedules and rosters.
The new website is scheduled to go live in August before the start of the fall sports season. The new site is planned to be located at www.lindenwoodlions.com.
ICS is one of the largest companies for college athletics web-based content management with nearly 300 universities, including 40 NCAA Division I schools. Lindenwood will be the 23rd NAIA school with ICS, including Savannah College of Art and Design, which was voted the best NAIA website in 2007-08.


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Jon Cryer is finally speaking out about "Two and a Half Men" and he said he is thrilled his hit comedy will return to CBS.
"I'm jazzed about the news this morning that 'Two and a Half Men' is coming back! For all the rest of the cast and crew I'm sure they are equally excited," Cryer, who plays Alan Harper on the series, said in a statement to Access Hollywood on Friday.
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Cryer, who, for the most part, kept quiet following Sheen's very public spat with CBS, the show's parent company, and Warner Bros., the studio that produces the show, also offered praise for his departing co-star as the show carries on without him.
"I want to express my enormous gratitude to Charlie Sheen for eight great seasons," Cryer's statement to Access Hollywood continued. "I'm extremely proud of the work we've done together and I will miss him. But I'm also looking forward to this new beginning."
VIEW THE PHOTOS: From 'Punk'd' To Twitter King: Ashton Kutcher
On Friday, it was confirmed that Ashton Kutcher will join the hit comedy series from creator Chuck Lorre, and Cryer had nothing but praise for his new co-star.
"Ashton is an extraordinarily talented guy and his presence will be an asset to our show," Cryer's statement read.
"We are old friends from our male-modeling days and we're both looking forward to being judged for our comedic artistry, as opposed to our exceptional physical beauty," Cryer added, making a reference to Ashton's pre-TV and movie career as a model.
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For the seven days long legoworld 2013 event in Utrecht the Netherlands (October 17-23), a group of seven people created a big castle layout. The creators in order from the round castle to the elfish tower: Thomassio, MOCkingBird, Koffiemoc, Tijger-San, mcdenbesten, jeroend, elderon (some have a different name on this forum).
pictures taken by barman during the event, my pictures of the castle layout and a short film on youtube by victorb. The pecking chickens from Tijger-San
As members of lowlug we wanted to show what we can do with lego. So besides the castle layout we also had a beautiful individual work by Stuifzand also in the castle theme. And a town-modular layout, individual works by pj_bosman and neverroads (beautiful american light house). A model of a pomping station by Marakoeschtra. Big models of ships and trucks, some demo's of trucktrial, great technic creations and a few smaller MOCs. All was very well received by the public, especially the castle layout that some said was the best they had seen during the event.
Hope you will enjoy the layout as well, even if only through the pictures.


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A Polish Catholic would be a basket case without this annual blessing of Easter goodies.
My mother is 100 percent polish (with a maiden name ending in "-ski" to prove it). When I was little she would tell me about her annual Holy Saturday morning church visit with our grandmother for the blessing of the Easter baskets. Parishioners from St. Casimir Parish in Hammond, Indiana would bring baskets full of samplings from their planned Easter dinner: spicy Polish sausage, sweet anise bread, hardboiled eggs, a sugar or butter lamb, horseradish mixed with beets, and other sweetbreads.
Several years ago, while home for Easter, I decided to go with my mom to her parish for the blessing of the baskets. Thirty people gathered in the church, placing their baskets at the end of the pew in the aisle. Heavenly smells filled the church, the aroma of fresh bread mingling with the salty ham and pungent horseradish. People—many of them strangers to one another until now—chatted animatedly in low voices, discussing their elderly Polish relatives and towns of origin. They peeked in each other's baskets, admiring the butter lambs and inhaling the scent of the Polish sausages, swapping stories of driving two and a half hours to delis and groceries in Chicago's Polish neighborhoods.
Before long an elderly, smiling priest (who happened to be Polish-born) emerged from the sacristy with a little bowl of holy water. He prayed a three-part blessing in Polish, using a branch of fresh greenery to sprinkle each basket with holy water. I couldn't understand a word he said, but somehow hearing the guttural, consonant-rich sounds of a foreign language made the whole experience seem more authentic. I later learned that the blessing specifically addresses the various contents of the basket, with special prayers for the meats, eggs, cakes, and breads. The ceremony is brief, perhaps only 10 or 15 minutes. After the final blessing, we all picked up our baskets, wished each other a "Happy Easter," and went on our way.
The custom of the blessing of the Easter baskets, called swieconka, came from Polish immigrants. While in a few older or rural communities the priest visits homes to bless the Easter foods, the vast majority of blessings take place in parishes. Poles and Polish Americans take special pride in preparing a decorative and tasteful basket with pretty linens. One of the special joys of the blessing ceremony, in addition to celebrating shared heritage, is observing the beautiful foods and creations of other parishioners.
Though you wouldn't necessarily notice it at first glance, Easter's Christian significance is symbolized in the food brought to church for the blessing: Colored hardboiled eggs symbolize new life, for example; and a sugar or butter lamb represents Christ, the Lamb of God. The breads represent the Bread of Life, who died and rose for the life of the world. The meats and the decadent cakes—including a tall decorative cake called babka, often topped with a cross or a fish—represent the hearty, rich foods people traditionally abstained from during six weeks of Lenten fasting. The small portions represent the feast that will be shared by family and friends at Easter Sunday brunch or supper.
The 18th-century french gastro-nome and writer Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin once said, "Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are." I was reminded of these words as I took in the sights, smells, and smiles that Holy Saturday morning. What we eat says so much about who we are, and the preparation of a meal is one of the most heartfelt and honest forms of self-expression. That is why there was such a palpable sense of kinship among those who discovered their shared heritage through this simple blessing prayer. The carefully prepared baskets sparked ethnic pride in a delightful (and, as we would later discover, delicious) way.
Thanks to its simplicity and wide appeal, the annual Easter basket blessing has caught on in many parishes, even in those without a significant Polish population. I like knowing that, for many Easters to come, I'll be able to carry on a tradition that people like my great-grandparents brought to this country.
This article appeared in the April 2006 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 71, No. 4, page 48).


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Just after returning from four-day mission in Israel, Mayor Nutter sat down with the Exponent to discuss his many experiences and his efforts to keep Philly's Israel Consulate office open.
During his four-day mission to the Jewish state, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter told Israeli President Shimon Peres and Foreign Ministry officials that the local Israeli consulate is too important to close.
"I made the case that the strength, the vitality, the prominence of the Jewish community in Philadelphia warranted an office," Nutter said in a Nov. 12 interview with the Exponent, held in his City Hall office just hours after his flight home touched down.
Israeli officials have confirmed that the government is considering closing the Philadelphia consulate in order to open a new diplomatic mission, possibly in China, where the Jewish state hopes to expand its presence.
Local Jewish communal and business leaders have said that such a closure would deal a major blow to economic and cultural ties between the city and Israel.
Nutter said that Peres and Liora Herzl, assistant deputy foreign minister, promised they would raise the issue with Israel's foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, who resumed his former job this week after he was cleared of corruption charges.
"Ultimately, it is up to the foreign minister," said Nutter. "My focus is to raise it with every possible person that we can. I will be writing a letter to the foreign minister as well."
On Nov. 7, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett wrote Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on behalf of the local consulate. Closing the office, Corbett wrote, "would be detrimental to the numerous Pennsylvania and Israeli businesses which utilize the Philadelphia Consulate's services."
Nutter sounded tired but upbeat after returning from a 10-day trip abroad to England and Israel. While in the Jewish state, he was accompanied by more than 30 local business and civic leaders on a mission focused on deepening economic ties between the Philadelphia region and Israel. He also toured major sites in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and the West Bank.
Nutter said that while it was mostly business-focused, his first visit to Israel had deeply personal undertones.
He recalled that his maternal grandmother, who lived with his family in West Philadelphia all through his childhood, had always wanted to visit Israel. She died in 1977 before she got the chance.
She was afraid of flying, but "the only place she would ever fly would be the Holy Land because she believed that God would never allow anything to happen to her if she was on that journey."
The mayor, a Baptist, said that after he had a moment of private prayer at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, he purchased a burgundy kipah because it was his grandmother's favorite color. (While at the wall, he wore a kipah given to him by a Philadelphia police officer whose son recently had a Bar Mitzvah.)
"I made a commitment a long time ago that I would complete that journey for her," he said. "That has been on my mind and my heart for a very long time."
During his visit, Nutter attended the opening plenary of the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America along with some local delegates and received a shout-out during Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech.
"Well now, I know something about Philadelphia. It's the City of Brotherly Love," said Netanyahu. "We're all brothers and sisters here in a common cause, so welcome back to Jerusalem, all of you."
Nutter said he chatted with Netanyahu for about five minutes. The prime minister had just given a major speech about the Iranian nuclear threat, and the mayor felt it wasn't the right time or place to raise the issue of the consulate.
In addition to touring Jerusalem, Nutter spent part of a day in the West Bank Palestinian city of Bethlehem and met with the city's mayor, Vera Baboun, a Christian with a background in African-American literature.
"We have a very strong Palestinian business community here in Philadelphia," he said in his City Hall office. "And as a leader of the city, it is my responsibility to speak to all of our constituents. If peace is to come — and I believe that it can — we have to make sure we are talking to all parties."
Nutter said that several tangible developments came out of the trip. One came from a discussion with Nechemia Peres, son of Shimon Peres and founder of the Pitango Venture Capital group in Herzliya. Peres told Nutter he was seriously interested in leading a delegation of Israeli venture capitalists to Philadelphia in the next year.
He and Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai spoke about expanding student-exchange opportunities between the two cities.
And one development that was reported in advance of the trip was the Jerusalem signing ceremony of a research consortium among Drexel University, Hebrew University and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, focusing on pediatric research.
Drexel's president, John Fry, who traveled to Israel for the signing, said in a news release that the project will "create a unique opportunity to address unmet needs in pediatrics through innovative commercial pediatric therapeutics and diagnostics."
As for the potential for new Israeli companies to open offices here or the announcement of other blockbuster deals, the mayor cautioned that these things take time. While in Israel, he handed out dozens of his business cards, written in Hebrew. He was listed as the rosh ha'ir, which translates to head of the city.
"I can assure you that there are a whole lot more people in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Bethlehem that know a whole lot more about Philadelphia today than they did a week ago," said Nutter. "If we are not getting our story out, we are behind. We can't continue to act in an isolationist fashion."
Nutter recalled that one Israeli CEO told him his company had opened an office in Massachusetts in part because the state's governor, Deval Patrick, visited Israel and pitched the virtues of the Bay State.
Pennsylvania and Philadelphia leaders, the mayor said, need to do more of that. "The future for us on the international stage is bright," he said.
Several participants praised the mayor's performance on the mission.
Robin Schatz, who directs government affairs for the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia and has known Nutter for 20 years, said he did "a wonderful job of selling our city."
Wayne Kimmel, who participated in three capacities — as a venture capitalist, as treasurer of the Philadelphia Federation and a trustee of Jewish Federations of North America — said the mission was all about bringing high-tech, well-paying jobs to Philadelphia, the kind that attract well-educated, ambitious young people.
But beyond economics, Kimmel said he felt a personal satisfaction being there with Nutter.
"It made me feel proud to be a Philadelphian — and a Jewish Philadelphian," he said. "This trip will pay dividends for many more years for our city and for our Jewish community." l


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The pose fair began a few days ago and Luna Jubilee of !bang has created this lovely pose. I couldn't have thought of anyone else to pose with me other than my Kismet. We definitely are bonded forever, no matter what. Oh and, our favorite movie is ET. Just sayin. :p
Credits on me:
Skin: BCC. – Manda
Lips: BCC. – Rarara Lip Tattoo 03 (The Arcade)
Hair: Magika – Rewind (New!)
Headband: YoPulga – Flower Hairband (New @ Perfect Wardrobe!)
Rings: LEO-NT – Glamour Kitty Rings (New!)
Dress: Epic – Heart Polo Mini Dress in Yellow (New @ Perfect Wardrobe!)
Pose: !bang – Bonded (New @ The Pose Fair!)
Photo taken at: Hinterland Orkney
To see what Kismet is wearing: Wander over to Kismet's blog.


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Kat Von D may feel just a little bit safer this holiday season.
A judge granted the tattoo artist a temporary restraining order against a fan who has been harassing her on Twitter, TMZ.com reports. Michael Nunn, who had posted her home phone number online, has also been making Von D's life hell in person, showing up at her house in April as well as popping up at a public event in June.
Which shows have been canceled?
According to the restraining order documents, Von D believes Nunn has "delusional and paranoid tendencies, including the belief that the FBI is watching him."
The restraining order will keep Nunn 100 yards away from Von D, and prohibits him from contacting her online.


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I decided to use my There's a Square in There pattern, but this time pair them with a black background. I was really nervous because I've never used black before, especially not big chunks of solid black. But I needn't have worried, I think the black's a striking contast to Julia's beautiful fabrics (although I found the black difficult to photograph without washing out the other colours) . I felt so grown up working with these fabrics!
It was nice using a pattern this time, rather than writing a new one- much faster - especially since it was one of my 'stack and slash' ones.
So, now I'm trying to decide whether to quilt it like my last one, with the double hand quilted squares, or whether to follow the design and quilt around each fabric square. The double quilted squares were a pain in the butt to do, but look really effective.


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Ous Mal – Metsien Hämy (Full Of Nothing)
Finland's now defunct Ous Mal makes one of his last outings on a split with Russia's Bedroom Bear. Ous Mal's side is absolutely killer, a cracked bliss that will surely be missed. Some songs have a way about them similar to the recent surge of instrumental hip hop jams except the beats here hit as soft as your grandma's punches. The rest are a warped & blurry bedroom pop, droned in the best way with zero sense of urgency, moth eaten and full of holes like it's been tucked away in the attic for half a century.
Bedroom Bear cheap online pharmacy us takes a slightly more dramatic approach to the bedroom pop, permeated with a low-key psych sound, waves of the bizarre melting into dream-like drifts of noise, all while still being chill as fuck and totally blissful. One track is like a nap on the beach with waves lapping at the shore and the creatures of the coast singing about how awesome life is. Doesn't get much better than that.
A truly great split, limited as expected, and on the increasingly awesome Russian label Full Of Nothing. Wholly worth your while.


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We have some trouble with him getting in our faces while eating or while computing. He particularly enjoys knocking my computer mouse around while I'm trying to use it. When he gets really annoying, we put him in the bathroom for a timeout.
He's also discovered the strap on the camera and thinks it's a really nifty cat toy. This next picture was taken as he chewed on the strap.
I have cat bites on my knuckles. I tried to figure out how to teach him to not bite, but the first method I tried made him sulk. So mostly I'm just walking away from him whenever the teeth come out.
The small downstairs bathroom has become his spot. I'm going to get him two regular litter boxes, and one will go downstairs in that bathroom. I've also started a wishlist for him to keep track of some of the small stuff I want to get for him while fantasizing about what I could get him if we had money.
He's not 100% better. His eye is still wonky and he keeps sneezing. But he's certainly better than he was. It's very strange to have a cat.


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UN says more than 60,000 dead in Syrian civil war
BEIRUT – The United Nations gave a grim new count Wednesday of the human cost of Syria's civil war, saying the death toll has exceeded 60,000 in 21 months – far higher than recent estimates by anti-regime activists.
The day's events illustrated the escalating violence that has made recent months the deadliest of the conflict: As rebels pressed a strategy of attacking airports and pushing the fight closer to President Bashar Assad's stronghold in Damascus, the government responded with deadly airstrikes on restive areas around the capital.
A missile from a fighter jet hit a gas station in the suburb of Mleiha, killing or wounding dozens of people who were trapped in burning piles of debris, activists said.
Gruesome online video showed incinerated victims – one still sitting astride a motorcycle – or bodies torn apart.
"He's burning! The guy is burning!" an off-camera voice screamed in one video over a flaming corpse.
It was unclear if the government had a military strategy for attacking the gas station. At least one of the wounded wore a military-style vest often used by rebel fighters. Human rights groups and anti-regime activists say Assad's forces often make little effort to avoid civilian casualties when bombing rebel areas.
Syria's conflict began in March 2011 with protests calling for political change but has evolved into a full-scale civil war.
As the rebels have grown more organized and effective, seizing territory in the north and establishing footholds around Damascus, the government has stepped up its use of airpower, launching daily airstrikes. The escalating violence has sent the death toll soaring.
The U.N.'s new count of more than 60,000 deaths since the start of the conflict is a third higher than recent estimates by anti-regime activists. One group, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, says more than 45,000 people have been killed. Other groups have given similar tolls.
"The number of casualties is much higher than we expected, and is truly shocking," U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said in a statement.
She criticized the government for inflaming the conflict by cracking down on peaceful protests and said rebel groups, too, have killed unjustifiably. Acts by both sides could be considered war crimes, she said.
She also faulted world powers for not finding a way to stop the violence.
"The failure of the international community, in particular the Security Council, to take concrete actions to stop the bloodletting shames us all," Pillay said. "Collectively, we have fiddled at the edges while Syria burns."
The U.S. and many European and Arab nations have demanded that Assad step down, while Russia, China and Iran have criticized calls for regime change.
The new death toll was compiled by independent experts commissioned by the U.N. human rights office who compared 147,349 killings reported by seven different sources, including the Syrian government.
After removing duplicates, they had a list of 59,648 individuals killed between the start of the uprising on March 15, 2011, and Nov. 30, 2012. In each case, the victim's first and last name and the date and location of death were known. Killings in December pushed the number past 60,000, she said.
The total death toll is likely to be even higher because incomplete reports were excluded, and some killing may not have been documented at all.
"There are many names not on the list for people who were quietly shot in the woods," Pillay's spokesman Rupert Colville told The Associated Press.
The data did not distinguish among soldiers, rebels or civilians.
It indicated that the pace of killing has accelerated. Monthly death tolls in summer 2011 were around 1,000. A year later, they had reached about 5,000 per month.
Most of the killings were in the province of Homs, followed by the Damascus suburbs, Idlib, Aleppo, Daraa and Hama. At least three-fourths of the victims were male.
Pillay warned that thousands more could die or be injured, and she said the danger could continue even after the war.
"We must not compound the existing disaster by failing to prepare for the inevitable – and very dangerous – instability that will occur when the conflict ends," she said.
The U.N. refugee agency said about 84,000 people fled Syria in December alone, bringing the total number of refugees to about a half-million. Many more are displaced inside Syria.
While no one expects the war to end soon, international sanctions and rebel advances are eroding Assad's power. Rebels recently have targeted two pillars of his strength: his control of the skies and his grip on Damascus.
Rebels in northern Syria attacked a government helicopter base near the village of Taftanaz in Idlib province, activists said. Videos posted online showed them blasting targets inside the airport with heavy machine guns mounted on trucks.
All videos appeared genuine and corresponded with other AP reporting on the events.
In recent weeks, rebels have attacked three other airports in north Syria. They clashed Wednesday with forces inside the Mannagh military airport near the Turkish border as well as near the Aleppo international airport and adjacent Nerab military airport, halting air traffic there for the second straight day.
The fall of those airports to the rebels would embarrass the regime but not fully stop the airstrikes by government jets, many of which come from bases farther south.
In another blow to the regime and to Syria's economy, a company based in the Philippines that handled shipping containers at Syria's largest port said it was canceling its contract, citing an "untenable, hostile and dangerous business environment."
The Manila-based International Container Terminal Services Inc. said the amount of port traffic had gone down, hurting business, while conditions in Syria grew more dangerous.
The company's departure will significantly limit cargo services at the Tartus port.
Also, Wednesday, the family of American journalist James Foley revealed that he has been missing in Syria for more than a month. Foley was providing video for Agence France-Press when he was abducted Nov. 22 by unknown gunmen, his family said in a statement.
"His captors, whoever they may be, must release him immediately," said AFP chairman Emmanuel Hoog.
Covering Syria has been a challenge for journalists. The government rarely gives visas to journalists, prompting some to sneak in with the rebels, often at great danger.
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How To Lose Weight On Exercise Bike?
How To Lose Weight On Exercise Bike? Your ol' buddy Santa gets so many questions about exercise. Carry out these principles consistently and you'll get to your goal. Lets get to it.
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How To Lose Weight On Exercise Bike? Losing weight is most of all a matter of burning more calories than you eat. Nonetheless, you shouldn't ignore the need for strengthening your muscles in order to gain a beautiful and lean body. We are all unique human beings, therefore what works for one, may not work so well for another. This is why the best weight loss exercise program is the one developed especially for the person who's going to follow it through.
When developing your weight loss exercise program, you have to consider a few factors that may influence your success:
– the daily amount of time you can dedicate to your weight loss plans
– your current fitness state
– your current weight
– any medical conditions you may be suffering from
Don't forget that you should basically burn more calories than you eat, so try to restrict your food intake, otherwise you'll have to workout truly hard to compensate. If you want to make yourself an idea about this, one hour of power walking burns about 240-250 calories. If you eat 2500 calories a day, you'll have a hard time burning them off.
Here's a general 10-week weight loss exercise program you can start from when developing yours:
For the first three weeks, you're going to exercise 3 times a week, as it follows:
– 10 minutes warm-up which could be anything from a short power walk to squats, sit-ups and various bends.
– 15 minutes cardio workout. You shouldn't aim to exhaust yourself. Try to get your heart pump a bit faster, but don't overdo it. It is more important to be able to maintain a steady pace for the entire 15 minute duration of the workout rather than exhaust yourself in the first two minutes and stop.
– 5 minutes cooling down. Stretching is a powerful cooling down technique, so you may want to learn how to do it properly.
– short series of lateral pulldowns on the cable machine, front raises with dumbbells, biceps curls and triceps pulldown with rope.
As you get stronger, you want to add some core training into your exercise mix. Consider plank exercises, crunches on a stability ball and bicycle crunches. Alternate them with cardiovascular training.
Next you should take care of your lower body as well. Jogging on the treadmill is a perfect routine to try, especially that you can set up the speed and the angle to suit your fitness level. Consider adding several series of lunges with dumbbells, leg curls on machine and squats on the stability ball.
As you progress, you may increase the amount of cardio exercise per each session. Always remember to cool down after cardiovascular workouts. When you feel you got stronger, you may want to switch to a new set of dumbbells, so that you can reach fatigue by the end of each set of exercises.
If you can, it's best to use Saturdays for taking 30-45 minutes walks or for training on the stationary bike. You should see results within the first four weeks or so.
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The days of rough-hewn, slightly faded-around-the-edges steakhouses in the Big Apple are over. The polished, deep-red mahogany paneling, thick carpeting and plush, leather-backed banquettes at the new Mortons of Chicago here speak of high-class elegance, and the soft wall lighting and overhead, modern-style chandeliers lend a pleasant, clublike atmosphere. The restaurant is filled noon and night, and it's exactly the kind of place where you don't mind waiting--even if your lunch guest is 45 minutes late.
Ambience is one thing; however, food is another. Mortons doesn't miss on the culinary side either. This is a straightforward, concise meat-and-potatoes menu, with the requisite nods to chicken and fish for today's modern-diet fans. Although the restaurant's standard show-and-tell is often dispensed with at lunch for businessmen eating on the clock, it's worth a request to your waitress. She'll roll up a cart covered with raw meat and present each cut for your inspection; get ready for the double porterhouse: 48 ounces of beef, which the restaurant recommends you share with a friend. "But people do eat the whole thing," the waitress says. And then there is the lobster--sold in three-to-five-pound sizes at up to $16 a pound--which on a recent visit was large enough to suggest you would lose an underwater fight with it.
The meat is simply some of the best in New York, a town already known for great steaks. A porterhouse--a bone-in piece of meat that usually produces a New York strip and Filet Mignon when off the bone--tastes of the 14 to 21 days of dry aging that Mortons gives its USDA Prime. There's no skimping on size; it was at least one pound. The tender fillet part almost falls off the bone, and the strip side has a pleasing firmness that is filled with flavor. The non-beef entrées are dazzling, too. A roast chicken, doused with an oregano-lemon sauce, is actually a split whole chicken grilled to perfection. And the swordfish steak covers an entire plate.
Appetizers can also provide a meal in themselves, although no self-respecting steak eater would ever admit it. The salads are big and fresh; a creamy blue-cheese dressing is the house specialty. A lump crabmeat plate was succulent. Each table is given a freshly baked loaf of bread. However, like many New York steakhouses, this is an à la carte menu, so if you want potatoes or a vegetable with your dinner, you must order them, too. Nor is dessert forgotten. Fresh strawberries and raspberries top the list, but get to the New York cheesecake or pecan pie, and you'll truly re-create a great steakhouse meal.
Michael Hall, who oversees the wine list, says it is still evolving. But there's plenty on it for wine lovers. California Cabernet is well represented: Silver Oak, 1989, $75; Opus One, 1984, $150 and B.V. Georges de la Tour, 1976, $160. Hall admits his Bordeaux and Burgundy selections need some work; nonetheless, you can find a 1982 Château Margaux, $240; a 1985 Château Mouton-Rothschild, $188; a 1982 Château Lafite-Rothschild, $280 and Château Petrus, 1979, $575. There are also top red Burgundies.
White wines are well represented but are not a major part of the list. There is a full range of Chardonnay, and French Burgundy includes a Louis Latour, Corton-Charlemagne, 1990, $78 and Etienne Sauzet, Puligny-Montrachet, "Combettes," 1991, $153.
Best of all, this is a seriously cigar-friendly restaurant. Ask for a humidor, and the waitress says, "of course, sir. It will be right here." A beautiful burl humidor filled with Davidoff cigars arrives within seconds. A question about where you can smoke prompts one maître d' to say, "of course, almost anywhere." In practical terms, that means you may smoke at any table in the dining room's smoking section, which occupies the majority of the restaurant. There is also a bar where smoking is permitted. And the restaurant has inaugurated cigar dinners; the first one, in March, paired single malt Scotches with cigars and a four-course meal created around a porterhouse steak.
Mortons has brought a new level of elegance to the steakhouse world of New York City. It's a great place to enjoy a delicious steak, sit back in a comfortable setting and pick out your favorite cigar for a relaxed smoke.
-- Gordon Mott
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Phone: (212) 972-3315
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The so-called NaVorro Bowman rule that allows for loose-ball scrambles to be reviewed by officials was passed at the NFL owners meetings Wednesday.
Bowman's name got attached to the proposal as a result of a play in the NFC Championship Game against the Seattle Seahawks in January, when the 49ers inside linebacker recovered a fumble near the Seahawks goal line in the process of suffering a season-ending knee injury.
Replays clearly showed that Bowman had possession of the ball and that he was down by contact. However, a Seahawks player wrestled the ball from Bowman as Bowman writhed in pain, and officials allowed the Seahawks to keep possession.
The 49ers were not allowed to challenge the call. Under the new rule, 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh and his coaching peers will be able to challenge such fumble recoveries contested during chaotic scrambles.


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Sometimes I go out on a limb with some of the pictures my readers send me.
This is exactly what I did with this picture Ed had sent me a few months ago…
It was part of the lot of 31 unidentified ancestors.
Family 1
I got all excited and I was trying to match it up with a picture that Frank had sent me of John Archambeault, brother of Mary, Sophie and William Archambeault.
Frank Archambeault joined us last Saturday for breakfast. He had brought a lot of pictures and what he called jokingly chicken notes.
Frank told me he did not think "Family 1" from Holyoke was John Archambeault, Florence Boucher and a daughter.
Then, Frank pulled a chicken out of his hat…
It was about this picture… his grandparents's wedding picture that Robin had scanned last year!
– Robin? Robin who? Do we know her dear?
– I don't know… but I guess we'll found out soon enough.
Frank Archambeault had the name of William's best man in a newspaper clipping!
Frank Lagassi!
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Hundreds of rescuers Tuesday were struggling to find 18 coal miners still trapped a day after a gas explosion killed 15 of their colleagues in western China.
Whether the 18 are alive was not known more than 24 hours after the blast ripped through the privately owned Jinshangou mine in the sprawling Chongqing region. Just two miners were confirmed to have survived the blast.
Thirteen fatalities had been confirmed Tuesday morning. Later, two more bodies were recovered from among the 33 left in the shaft following the explosion, Xinhua News Agency reported.
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The searchers were being hindered by debris blocking some of the mine's passageways.
We "will exert our utmost as long as there's still a ray of hope," Chongqing deputy mayor Mu Huaping said of the search efforts, according to Xinhua.
Local officials did not answer telephone calls from The Associated Press, and a person who answered the phone at the mine hung up when asked about the blast.
Gas explosions inside mines are often caused when a flame or electrical spark ignites gas leaking from the coal seam. Ventilation systems are supposed to prevent gas from becoming trapped.
The State Administration of Work Safety ordered an investigation into the blast, "adding that those responsible must be strictly punished." Local officials in Chongqing also ordered smaller mines to shut down temporarily, Xinhua said.
China's mining industry has long been among the world's deadliest. The head of China's State Administration of Work Safety said earlier this year that struggling coal mines might be likely to overlook maintenance.
China is the world's largest producer and consumer of coal but plans to shutter more than 1,000 outdated mines, as part of a broader plan to reduce overproduction.


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Catawba Valley Youth Soccer Association
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Now we at playwatchwear.com know that everyone wants to be number 10, and we have no doubt that you are a baller and deserve to be number 10. That being said, we strongly encourage you to verify what your player number is before placing your order. There are no returns or exchanges on customized items.
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What do you do on your days off?
Day off? What's that? I work two jobs, seven days a week!
If you could have a superpower, what would it be?
The ability to siphon other people's powers so I have them all.
What's your dream vacation?
Not being at work.
If you could trade places with anyone in Rhode Island, who would it be?
Someone with more money.
Tell us something unexpected about yourself.
I once had a long ponytail.


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Maino - Up Close & Personal Episode 6 "My Father Was A Crackhead. May He R.I.P"
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The folks at Walk Score have stepped up their game. Earlier this week, they released Transit Score (via: TCC's tweeters), a similar tool that assesses a particular location's access to transit. From what I can tell so far, Seattle's transit scores are lower, across the board, than its walk scores. Or maybe I'm just saying that to make myself feel better; my walkable, bus-full neighborhood only scored in the 60s*. Sure, the service could be more frequent, but I ain't complainin'–at least not right now. I'll be happy if all of my routes stay off the chopping block.
Speaking of rating walkability and transit access…
I finally had occasion to use Estately. Yes, that's right folks: We're moving this weekend–five blocks from where we live now. (Too bad we don't know enough bike nerds to help us do a Portland-style bike move.) But more on all that later. Besides spending lots of time packing, we'll be in Internet limbo for a few days and focusing our attention on getting Chicklet and Busling settled in their new home. Posts will be infrequent** for the remainder of the month.
*According to Walkscore.com, a score in the 60's = "good transit."
**That is, less frequent than usual.


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The impressive strides that African Americans have made in the leadership ranks of the military following integration have all but stopped in recent years, and they now occupy just a tiny share of the nation's top military jobs.
Nearly 62 years after President Harry R. Truman signed an executive order to desegregate the nation's Armed Forces, African Americans make up just 5.5 percent of the military's flag officers-generals, admirals and the equivalent, according to the Defense Manpower Data Center. Overall, African-Americans comprise 17 percent of the nation's active duty forces in the Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy and Coast Guard.
The flattening of the number of African Americans in the military's very top ranks is a reflection both of the progress that African Americans have made in civilian life and of the professions African Americans tend to pursue in the new slimmed-down military, according to some experts. One need look no further than President Barack Obama, who will be honoring the nation's war dead at a Memorial Day ceremony at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery outside Chicago, to understand the nation's racial transformation.
Now, with job opportunities in the often lucrative defense industry and other fields open to African Americans as never before, more black officers are opting out of military careers in what once was one of the few fields that offered black people a chance at top leadership.
Meanwhile, African American officers are less likely than whites to serve in Special Forces and other elite combat units that are often on the front lines of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. And those units are the ones from which many flag officers are chosen.
Roughly one in five black military officers serve in combat jobs— half the percentage for non-blacks. Rather than choosing combat, black officers tend to gravitate to administrative, engineering, supply and maintenance professions — areas that tend to translate best to civilian work. "The opportunity structure of America has changed. If people choose to do other things, you can't argue with that," said John Sibley Butler, a University of Texas professor, Vietnam veteran, and co-author of All That We Can Be: Black Leadership and Racial Integration the Army Way. Butler acknowledged that combat experience is also crucial for military officers who want to make it to the very top. "It is certainly true that combat officers form the top leadership of the military," he said. "In the future, it is going to be those who have high-tech experience."
Alexander was instrumental in transforming the top ranks of the Army during his tenure as army secretary from 1977 through 1981. He once rejected alist of officers proposed for promotion to general because it included no black candidates, even though he believed many black colonels "had served with distinction." Alexander told the board that handled promotions to look more closely at the records of eligible black colonels-a process that resulted in strong black candidates being added to the promotion list.
One of the generals Alexander chose from that revised list was Colin Powell, who went on to become the nation's top military officer when President George H.W. Bush chose him to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
When President Jimmy Carter appointed Alexander to his post, the Army had no more than eight black generals, he recalled. By the time he left his post in 1981, there were 30 black generals in the Army -a testament to the power of strong leadership. Alexander said that while President Obama is commander-in-chief of the military, any change in promotion practices would be most effectively implemented by other civilian military leaders. "It would be a pleasant but empty gesture for the president to say something about it publicly," he said.
African Americans have served in every war since the Revolution. For much of that history, black troops were often forced into support roles, a form of discrimination that military leaders defended-despite all evidence—-by saying black soldiers lacked the necessary smarts to fight and lead in battle. Although Truman ordered the military to desegregate in July 1948, the process was not completed until after the Korean War and racial divisions persisted for years afterward.
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy decided to restart a committee to look into equal opportunity in the Armed Forces, which was aimed at devising ways to get more blacks into the military. Much of that work was made moot by the realities of the Vietnam War, where the draft brought many African Americans to the front lines. During the height of the war, from 1965-1969, blacks formed 11 percent of the U.S. population and made up 12.6 percent of the soldiers in Vietnam. Many of them served in combat, prompting the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who opposed the conflict, to call it "a white man's war, a black man's fight."
As a result, the percentage of black officers in the Armed Forces nearly tripled even as the military contracted between 1976 and 2003, going from 3.4 percent to 9.1 percent. But that progress has stalled, with black officers now comprising 8.7 percent of the military's overall officer corps. That flattening is most pronounced at the highest ranks-a fact that has drawn the concern of Congress.
Beginning in 2007, members of the Congressional Black Caucus held a series of meetings with the military's top leadership to discuss ways to increase diversity within the senior officer corps. Those concerns led to formation of the Military Leadership Diversity Commission, which is examining policies that provide leadership opportunities for minorities in the Armed Forces.
The commission, which includes former military leaders and others, is looking at ideas from ways to further increase the number of blacks and other minorities who choose to attend service academies, to establishment of more Junior ROTC programs at the nation's high schools.
"Just as our military looks like America, so too must our general officers. If minorities are asked to go in harm's way, they must be allowed to lead as well," House Majority Whip Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) said when the commission was formed. "A military that is proportionally representative of all races, cultures and ethnicities increases the readiness and efficiency of our fighting forces."
Those sentiments were echoed by Rep. Kendrick B. Meek (D-Fl.). "The truest melting pot in our society exists aboard aircraft carriers, in barracks and on bases. Mess halls and exchange service stores, shooting ranges and training facilities are portraits of diversity," Meek said. "But in the officers' clubs, a much different picture emerges. The diversity reflected within the enlisted ranks is lacking within the senior officer corps."
In a world where opportunities are now better outside the military than inside, keeping diversity in the top ranks may be more difficult now than it was three decades ago.
Michael A. Fletcher is a national correspondent for the Washington Post.


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Disturbing pictures have emerged of a classroom full of Chinese high school students hooked up to IV drips so they stay alert as they cram for the annual "gaokao" -- college entrance exam.
Some 9.5 milion students will take the two-day exam in June to compete for some 6.5 places in Chinese colleges. The competition is most intense for the elite universities like Beijing's Peking University and Tsinghua University.
See more photos here: Eye Opening: Senior High School Classroom Full of IV Drip Bottles in China


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Beat the Streak Report: Tuesday, July 7
Today's recommended picks
Scott Rolen, 3B, Blue Jays
.389 AVG (37-for-95) during 23-G hit streak
Freddy Sanchez, 2B, Pirates
.579 AVG (11-for-19) lifetime vs. Astros starter Brian Moehler
Michael Young, 2B, Rangers
.397 AVG (23-for-58) since '04 vs. Angels starter John Lackey
BTS all-time leader: Michael Karatzia, 49
MLB all-time leader: Joe DiMaggio, 56
Yesterday's results
When in doubt, go with Ichiro; that seemed to be the philosophy of much of the BTS community yesterday.
It's hard to argue with that approach, especially since the Seattle hit machine came through for his fans again. His 1-for-5 performance extended the streak of BTS leader greg4263 to 31 games, and bumped co-second-place holder grebecks up to 28 games. Altogether, five of the Top 7 fans and 22.6 percent of BTS contestants went with Ichiro.
racin248 was one of the brave few who picked a different player, and his selection of Derrek Lee (2-for-4) helped him remain in a tie for second place. taylorjanney also took a different route by tabbing Kevin Youkilis, but wound up with a 0-for-4 effort to see his run snapped at 27 games.
Yesterday's Top 5 most selected players
1. Ichiro Suzuki (SEA): 22.6%, 1-for-5
2. Kevin Youkilis (BOS): 5.3%, 0-for-4
3. Jacoby Ellsbury (BOS): 5.2%, 0-for-4
4. Dustin Pedroia (BOS): 4.0%, 0-for-0
5. Jason Bay (BOS): 3.7%, 1-for-3
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my picks on beat the streak and HR streak have both disappeared. what happened?
My picks for beat the streak have disappeared also, what should I do now?
not only have the picks disappeared but you cant make any picks for tomorrow (or at least cant save them). Also the whole web site is funky–I had to type this comment twice.
The bts site has been wiggy today. I log-in, no picks, even though I should have about five made. A couple hours later I log-in, and my picks are there. I go to make a change to today's pick, and it all disappears.
I'm getting fed up since I can't even get past 13 at all. I think this game is rigged in some way but I don't know. Been playing since the beginning and can't get to 20 at all. I don't know what the hell to do.
Oh yeah the game is rigged! The players call each other right before the game and decide who will get a hit or not. Just because you're a lousy BTS player doesnt make it a conspiracy Vinny! Give me a break!


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Located in the Pacific Ocean just off the west African Coast, the Canary Islands have a warm climate all year round, making it Canary Islands self-catering holidays destination both in Summer and Winter. Made up of 7 islands all with something different and unique such as Stunning nature scenery, volcanic mountains, sand dunes, as well as beautiful beaches. Read more
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This detached Villa to rent in La Quinta, Tenerife has a private heated pool and lovely sea views.
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When you work in the wedding industry, you have to love all things feminine, romantic, and glamorous. It's just a given. Lace, metallics, ruffles, diamonds…you name it. But let's face it – there are only so many different color and textile combinations and sometimes things can have a tendency to feel a little stale. Thankfully, Timeesha Duncan of Tim Duncan Events gave us the opportunity to replace romance with whimsy and feminine with bold. And whenever you give us a chance to be bold, we'll definitely run with it!
Above is a peek at the inspiration board Timeesha gave us as the basis for a modern photo shoot for the new issue of Oh-Brides Magazine. The pizzazz and pop comes from the sharp contrast of gold and black. While gold is a traditional wedding color, black is just as much not. But it's the black in this color palette that really enhances the shine and sparkle of the gold, so we knew we had to make it a key element in our cake design.
While we toyed around with the idea of making a cake completely covered in black fondant, we felt that brides might not find it accessible or applicable to their own ideas of the perfect wedding cake. The sketch we ultimately chose features an abstract array of hexagons in the black and gold color scheme. Mimicking the light and movement of sparkling glitter, we thought this design struck the perfect balance between fun and elegant.
As long as we were making a fun cake, we couldn't pass up the change to make some ruffle flower mini cakes and cookie favors to match! Everyone who is anyone needs their own personal mini cake.
Hello, adorable!
{ photos by Inga Finch Photography }


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Elkhart Historical Society announces December events
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[November 09, 2012]
Elkhart Historical Society's annual Candlelight Chapel Service at
St. John the Baptist Chapel will be on Dec. 1 at 2 p.m., 4 p.m.,
5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Dining options are available before
or after the services:
Wild Hare Cafe,
Elkhart Town Hall, buffet by Central
Illinois Catering
Serving 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Make your service reservations by calling 217-947-2238; then go
to the Elkhart Historical Society website,
www.elkharthistoricalsociety.org, and download a
reservation form, or stop by Horsefeathers in Elkhart to pick up
a form. Reservations are limited.
Dinner reservation forms are also available at
On Dec. 7 at 7 p.m., the Elkhart Historical
Society will present a book signing for "Lincoln's Ladder to the
Presidency: The Eighth Judicial Circuit" at Horsefeathers in
Elkhart. Refreshments will be served.
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Lincoln experts have called this new book superb, richly detailed
and an effective lesson in the importance of political networking.
This is the perfect time to obtain a signed copy of Guy Fraker's new
book just in time for Christmas giving. Further information
regarding the author and his book is available at
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