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Bantimurung Bulusaraung National Park
In 1857, leading British naturalist, Alfred Russell Wallace discovered wonders beyond his imagination as he travelled into the interior of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. He found himself surrounded by thousands of enchanting butterflies of various sizes and colors. Fascinated by the scene, he dubbed the area "the Kingdom of Butterflies" and later spent most of his life in this region to enjoy and examine the 150 species of butterflies not found elsewhere. Today the area is known as the Bantimurung Bulusaraung National Park, which is not only the scene of butterflies but also of magnificent caves and a stunning waterfall.
Located in the Maros regency in the province of South Sulawesi, the Bantimurung Bulusaraung National Park is a mere 50Km from Makassar or 20Km from the Sultan Hasanuddin international airport.
The Bantimurung National Park has a total area of approximately 43,750 hectares and is divided into three major types of ecosystems, namely the karst ecosystems, a lowland forest ecosystem, and a lower montane forest ecosystem. The valleys of limestone hills and steep karts walls with tropical vegetation have made Bantimurung an ideal habitat for various rare and endemic species of butterflies, birds and insects.
Although there are not as many butterflies today as there were during Wallace's expedition, visitors can still observe the wide variety of butterflidx within the Butterfly Conservation Captivity managed by the Center for Butterfly Breeding. Among various species of butterflies found here are: the Troides halipron, Papiliio Pofites, Papiliio Satapses, Papiliio blumei and Graphium androcles. One of the rarest and biggest butterflies of the world, the papillo androcoles are also found in this National Park. This unique species has the tail similar to swallows. Within the national park, visitors can also find a butterfly museum which houses thousands of unique and rare butterflies that have and still inhabit the area. Among other fauna found in the area are: the Kuskus (Phalanger celebencis), Tarsiers (Tarsius sp.), Monkeys (Macaca Maura), hornbills (Ryticeros cassidix, Peneloppides exahartus), and Weasels (Macrogofidia mussenbraecki).
By the butterfly center, the fascinating Bantimurung waterfall draws visitors with its powerful rush of water and refreshing atmosphere. This is a favorite holiday destinaton especially on weekends.
The word Bantimurung itself is derived from two Bugis words: Benti meaning water, and Merrung meaning roaring. Therefore meaning roaring waters. Others also suggest that the name Bantimurung comes from the words Banting Murung or smashing one's gloom, meaning that here visitors can release their sadness or depressing thoughts through refreshing nature.
With a height of 15 meters and a 20 meters width, the Bantimurung waterfall can only be described as one of nature's finest artwork, where waters rush down through its multi levels rocky streams, decorated by colorful surroundings.
The hills of Bantimurung-Bulusaurung National Park also hold wonders in some of its astonishing caves. The most notable of these caves are the Goa Mimpi (dream caves) and Goa Batu (the Stone Cave). Inside these caves, visitors can marvel through their interiors filled with fascinating stalactites and stalagmites. The dreamlike crystal clear stalactites and stalagmites earned the cave its popular name, the dream cave or Goa Mimpi. Among these caves are found prehistoric "hand stencils", similar to the rock art of Australia.
Hiking through 10 meters ascending stairs, visitors can discover another amazing cave, the Stone cave, or Gua Batu. Aside from offering hiking challenges, Goa Batu also present enchanting sceneries of small waterfall, and a 30 meters long intriguing cave.

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While the focus of much of the state of Kentucky will be laser-focused on New Orleans this Saturday for the much-anticipated Final Four hoops showdown between the Louisville Cardinals and the Kentucky Wildcats, there will be a few observers putting their skills of multi-tasking to the test.
Members of the latter group will be focused on New Orleans for two reasons, with the other being Sunday's running of the $1 million Louisiana Derby, a major stop along the road to Churchill Downs and the May 5 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands.
There are two additional preps of note over those two days, including a busy Saturday highlighted by the $1 million Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park and the $2 million UAE Derby at Dubai's sparkling Meydan Race Course.
That's a lot of money at stake in a year in which the graded stakes earnings that determine which horses get into the 20 slots in the Churchill Downs starting gate for the 138th Kentucky Derby appear to be more important than ever.
So, if you can divert your attention for just a few minutes from the basketball melodrama for the ages being played out in the Louisiana Superdome, those races appear to be meaningful as we move closer to the ultimate destination on this year's road to the Derby.
The Florida Derby – long a critical prep for the Run for the Roses – will attract the most eyeballs during the weekend because it is expected to be the final run for early favorite Union Rags prior to the Derby 138.
His one race this year – his first since his lone career setback to Hansen in last fall's Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Churchill Downs – was a spectacular run in Gulfstream Park's Fountain of Youth.
Trained by Michael Matz of Barbaro fame, Union Rags got acquainted with a new pilot that day in jockey Julien Leparoux and it looked like the beginning of a beautiful friendship as the son of Dixie Union won with remarkable ease.
Those who lack complete faith in Union Rags point to his pedigree, as his sire was mostly a miler and his offspring have been suspect when the potential for covering the Derby's mile-and-a-quarter comes up for discussion.
His romp in the Fountain of Youth came at 1 1/16 miles and he'll stretch out another sixteenth of a mile in the Florida Derby.
That distance certainly appears to be within his grasp, but success on Saturday will not provide a guarantee of the same on Kentucky Derby Day.
But another impressive victory by Union Rags would make him a strong Derby favorite in a class of 3-year-olds that appears to be heavy with talented colts and fillies. But a loss or anything less than a stellar effort could throw the Derby picture wide open.
The UAE Derby has, in recent years, has not played a major role in the make-up of Kentucky Derby fields.
Sheik Mohammed and his forces in Dubai have left their brightest Kentucky Derby hopes in the U.S. over the past couple of years, but there is at least one European-based entrant that's worth a look.
Wrote, based in Ireland with trainer Aidan O'Brien, won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf last fall in a visit to Churchill Downs.
He has never raced on dirt, but if he wins the UAE Derby he'll have a victory over that course's synthetic Tapeta track and would have more than enough earnings to get in the Kentucky Derby starting gate.
Sunday's Louisiana Derby drew a full gate of 14 horses, but only one that has established himself as a serious player on the Derby trail.
That's former Kentucky Gov. Brereton Jones' Mark Valeski, trained by Hopkinsville native J. Larry Jones and ridden by Rosie Napravnik, who road Pants On Fire to win last year's Louisiana Derby and earned a ticket for her first ride in the Run for the Roses.
Up-and-comers in that race could include Cigar Street, trained by Churchill Downs-based Steve Margolis, and the Dale Romans-trained Finnegans Wake.
The weekend races and the soon-to-be-mythic NCAA Final Four showdown will also share the spotlight with the third and final pool of Churchill Downs' Kentucky Derby Future Wager.
The future betting opens Friday at noon (EDT) at Churchill Downs Trackside and around the country, and online at TwinSpires.com and other outlets. Betting will close Sunday evening.
While fans will be able to chew on the results of the Florida, Louisiana and UAE Derbies before making their wagering decisions, it will very much be a "future bet,†as major preps that include the Santa Anita Derby Wood Memorial and Illinois Derby loom next week, and the Toyota Blue Grass and Arkansas Derby are set for the following week.
There's much to be seen and decided before the 20 3-year-olds parade to the strains of "My Old Kentucky Home†five weeks from now.
Here is this week's Asher Derby Top 20, which includes the first appearance by the filly On Fire Baby, who could face the boys in the Arkansas Derby:
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Friday, April 01, 2011
In addition to the above Memorial Cards, I have the following:
ALBANI, James J., d. 1981-01-10 (Toomey-O'Brien Funeral Home;
AUBERTIN, Rev. Albert A., Ordained to Roman Catholic priesthood: 1922, Silver Jubilee: 1947-06-10, pastor of St. Joseph parish, Springfield, MA;
BENOIIT, Joseph Basile 1915-07-26-27, souvenir of his ordination & first mass;
BOUCHER, Norman G., b. 1929-05-13, d. 2006-01-21 (Rice Funeral Home, Worcester, MA);
DUCHARME, OMI, Édouard, b. 1897-05-04, d. 1989-05-17, ordained to the RC priesthood 1924-07-06;
GEMME, MSOLA, Sr. Marguerite, b. 1928-06-10, d. 2004,10-08, (Dillon Funeral Home inc. ((413) 532-0691);
HOURIHAN, Francis X., b. 1926-12-02, d. 2002-08-13 (St. Pierre-Phaneuf Funeral Homes);
MATHEWS, Anastasios M., b. 1925-12-23, d. 2003-08-10 (St. Pierre-Phaneuf Funeral Chapels);
RACICOT, Napoléon A., b. 1899-05-16 in Springfield, MA, d. 1980-06-15 in Mesa, AZ, Requiem Mass: 1980-06-18 at Queen of Peace Church, Internment: Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, AZ;
ROSSINI, Raymond J., b. 1916-01-17, d. 2003-06-14 (St. Pierre-Phaneuf Funeral Chapels);<
SÉVIGNY, Marc W., d. 2002-07-14 (Simpsons Family Chapel);
STEINER, Mary C., b. 1921-01-06, d. 1983-12-01;
ST-PIERRE, Claire, d. 1984-02-18 (St. Pierre and Son Funral Home, Inc., Springfield, MA)
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ITHACA, NY — The U.S. Library of Congress has awarded Project Look Sharp — a media literacy program based at Ithaca College — a grant that will aid its work in helping educators effectively integrate media literacy into their classroom curricula.
The grant was awarded under the Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Program, which provides assistance to educational organizations who wish to incorporate TPS materials and methods into their existing education and professional development programs for teachers, librarians, media specialists and other K–12 educators.
With the grant, Project Look Sharp (PLS) staff, in coordination with BOCES, will deliver full-day workshops for school districts across Central New York. The workshops will train teachers to integrate 21st-century skills into the U.S. history curriculum through inquiry-based readings of engaging media documents. The grant will also allow Library of Congress resources and links to be incorporated into the PLS collection of over 180 free online lesson plans.
The grant will be administered by Chris Sperry, coordinator of curriculum and staff development for PLS. Sperry has taught middle and high school English, social studies and media studies for over 30 years and is the author of numerous curriculum kits related to global studies and U.S. history. He is the recipient of the 2008 National Council for the Social Studies Award for Global Understanding and the 2005 National PTA and Cable's Leaders in Learning Award.
For more information, contact Jen Segal, Project Look Sharp Media Outreach Intern at email@example.com.


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PHILADELPHIA —Despite the success of recent approved therapeutics to treat advanced melanoma, metastatic cancer cells inevitably evolve resistance to drugs. In the journal Cell Reports, a team of researchers based at The Wistar Institute, report on the mechanics by which melanoma can evolve resistance to a powerful combination of drugs—BRAF and MEK inhibitors.
They found that resistant melanomas acquired a mutation in the MEK2 gene and multiple copies of the mutant BRAF oncogene, simultaneously decreasing the sensitivity to both drug targets. Their findings also uncovered a new potential target for melanoma therapy, a protein called S6K. Additionally, early studies in a laboratory model for melanoma show that a triple combination of drug inhibitors halted the growth of resistant tumors. Their report is available online in the journal Cell Reports.
"Melanoma tumors are particularly adept at rewiring themselves so that anticancer drugs lose their effectiveness, and we must continue to outthink the disease in order to block off all points at which it can evade therapy," said Jessie Villanueva, Ph.D., assistant professor in Wistar's NCI-designated Cancer Center and member of The Wistar Institute Melanoma Research Center. "There are currently therapeutics available that can block the pathway that leads to S6K, but we are also interested in developing inhibitors to S6K itself."
Melanoma is the deadliest, most aggressive form of skin cancer. While surgical treatment of early-stage melanoma leads to 90 percent cure rates, advanced melanoma is notoriously resistant to chemotherapy and has a tendency to metastasize, or spread, throughout the body. According to the World Health Organization, cases of the disease continue to rise internationally, which has helped spur research into therapies such as BRAF and MEK inhibitors.
BRAF inhibitors were developed in response to discoveries that a specific mutation in the BRAF gene was responsible for nearly 50 percent of melanoma cases. The BRAF protein is part of the MAP kinase pathway, a chain of enzymatic reactions—including the enzyme MEK—that is commonly over-activated in cancers.
"Combining BRAF and MEK inhibitors was conceived as a one-two punch against the MAP kinase pathway," Villanueva said, "and while it is considered successful in the clinic, some tumors do not respond and others develop resistance, underscoring the need for new therapeutic strategies."
As cancer clinicians began to see patients develop resistance to BRAF and MEK inhibitors, the Wistar team began to explore the mechanisms by which tumors develop resistance. They found that melanoma cells used different tactics for each enzyme. Mutations in MEK2, for example, would render anti-MEK therapies ineffective. To defeat BRAF inhibitors, surviving melanoma cells exhibited numerous copies of the mutant BRAF gene, enough to overpower anti-BRAF drugs.
"There were simply too many copies of BRAF to block, it became a numbers game and the mutation was winning," Villanueva said. "Increasing the dosage of BRAF inhibitors could be one solution, but that cannot be done in patients without causing serious toxic effects."
A possible answer, they reasoned, was in the PI3K/mTOR pathway, a network of signaling enzymes often active within melanoma cells. However, they could find no sign that any of the "usual suspects"—points along the pathway commonly known to be involved in cancers—had any evident part in BRAF/MEK resistance. It was not until they examined farther "downstream" that they found persistent activation of S6K, an enzyme that appears to be at the point where P13K/mTOR and MAP kinase pathways merge.
So the researchers tried combinations of inhibitors against BRAF, MEK and PI3K/mTOR (as there are currently no effective S6K inhibitors) in a mouse model of melanoma. "With a triple combination of drugs, the tumors slow down and just stop growing," Villanueva explained.
Although a cocktail of two drugs (a combination of BRAF and PI3K/mTOR inhibitors, for example) might work, they postulated that using three drugs could be more potent and counter intuitively less toxic at the same time. "We followed these mice with melanoma for three weeks, tumors remain stable, and mice did not show any evident signs of toxicity, " Villanueva said
"For patients, it is not a simple matter of introducing triple combination therapies into use," Villanueva said, " but now we have a mechanism and a rational approach to develop both new drugs and more effective combinations aimed at solving drug resistance in melanoma. Our findings might also offer important lessons for other forms of metastatic cancer."
Wistar collaborators include Clemens Krepler, M.D., Patricia Reyes-Uribe, Minu Samanta, Hsin-Yi Chen, Ph.D., Rolf K. Swoboda, Ph.D., Adina Vultur, Ph.D., Mizuho Fukunaba-Kalabis, M.D., Ph.D., Thomas Y. Chen,, Qin Liu, M.D., Ph.D., Ronen Marmorstein, Ph.D., David C. Schultz, Ph.D., David W. Speicher, Ph.D., and Meenhard Herlyn, D.V.M., D.Sc. Co-authors also include Jeffrey R. Infante, M.D. from the Sarah Cannon Research Institute; Bin Li, Ph.D., Bradley Wubbenhorst, Giorgios Karakousis, M.D., Wei Xu, M.D., Ravi K. Amaravadi, M.D., Xiaowei Xu, M.D., Ph.D., Lynn M. Schuchter, M.D., Melissa Wilson, M.D., Ph.D., and Katherine Nathanson, M.D., from the University of Pennsylvania, and Douglas J. DeMarini, Ph.D., Anne-Marie Martin, Ph.D., and Tona M. Gilmer, Ph.D., from GlaxoSmithKline.
These studies were funded by grants from the National Cancer Institute (PO1 CA114046, CA093372, P30 CA010815), the CURE Program of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, The V Foundation for Cancer Research, Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Medical Research Foundation, and research funds from GlaxoSmithKline.
The Wistar Institute is an international leader in biomedical research with special expertise in cancer research and vaccine development. Founded in 1892 as the first independent nonprofit biomedical research institute in the country, Wistar has long held the prestigious Cancer Center designation from the National Cancer Institute. The Institute works actively to ensure that research advances move from the laboratory to the clinic as quickly as possible. The Wistar Institute: Today's Discoveries – Tomorrow's Cures. On the Web at www.wistar.org.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (updated March 26, 2014) – USA Volleyball has selected 12 players who will compete as the U.S. Collegiate National Team during a tour of Europe July 8-19.
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The roster includes setters Katie George (University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky.) and Val Nichol (Purdue University, Normal, Ill.). The opposites are Alex Holston (University of Florida, Olney, Md.) and Adrianna Nora (University of Minnesota, Stillwater, Minn.). Selected outside hitters are Breeann David (Texas Tech, Denver City, Texas), Kelly Lamberti (Ohio University, Cary, Ill.) and Gabby Mallette (University of Florida, Orange Park, Fla.). Middle blockers are Simone Antwi (University of Florida, Fairfax Station, Va.), Janelle Giordano (SMU, Keller, Texas) and Whitney Little (University of Missouri, Keller, Texas). The liberos are Taylor Morey (University of Wisconsin, Muncie, Ind.) and Caroline Niedospial (Northwestern University, Chicago).
UCLA Head Coach Mike Sealy will serve as the head coach of the team. He will be assisted by Jenny Glenn, associate head coach at University of Northern Colorado, and Kyle Robinson, head coach at Long Island University.
The players will depart July 8 with the first destination Venice, Italy, followed by a four-day training camp in Maribor, Slovenia. The squad will train and have friendly scrimmages with Slovenia's national team and Under-20 national team, along with other countries' Under-20 national teams. The U.S. will travel to Pula, Croatia, to compete in the Global Challenge July 13-18. The tour is being organized in conjunction with Bring It Promotions.
This program is considered a second tryout for the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team.
Earlier this month, the U.S. Collegiate National Team China Tour roster was announced. In addition, USA Volleyball will select 36 players to participate in the U.S. Collegiate National Team program that will train and compete in conjunction with the USA Volleyball Girls' Junior National Championships from June 22 to July 1. The players will be placed onto three teams and compete in a round-robin event along with a Canadian Senior A2 team.
Athlete selections for all three U.S. Collegiate National Team programs are being determined based on evaluations from the U.S. Women's National Team open tryouts held Feb. 21-23 in Colorado Springs, Colo.
U.S. Collegiate National Volleyball Team – European Tour
Name (Position, School, Hometown, College Years Remaining)
Simone Antwi (MB, University of Florida, Fairfax Station, Va., 2)
Breeann David (OH, Texas Tech, Denver City, Texas, 1)
Katie George (S, University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky., 2)
Janelle Giordano (MB, SMU, Keller, Texas, 3)
Alex Holston (OPP, University of Florida, Olney, Md., 3)
Kelly Lamberti (OH, Ohio University, Cary, Ill, 1)
Whitney Little (MB, University of Missouri, Keller, Texas, 1)
Gabby Mallette (OH, University of Florida, Orange Park, Fla., 2)
Taylor Morey (L, University of Wisconsin, Muncie, Ind., 2)
Val Nichol (S, Purdue University, Normal, Ill., 1)
Caroline Niedospial (L, Northwestern University, Chicago, 2)
Adrianna Nora (OPP, University of Minnesota, Stillwater, Minn., 1)
Head Coach: Mike Sealy (UCLA head coach)
Assistant Coach: Jenny Glenn (University of Northern Colorado associate head coach)
Assistant Coach: Kyle Robinson (Long Island University head coach)


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Terry Gilliam's Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus may or may not wind up making sense, but at least its visuals represent a return to his surrealistic, mind-melty glory days, judging from some new images of Farrell, Ledger, Law, Depp... and Waits.
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I have failed – magnificently – and a lot of times!
I have fallen on my ass and on my face, and on other body parts more time than I can care to remember or recall.
But as I mentioned before, I am okay with that!
I like the fact that I fail, that I take a chance that might not end up in being a success. And all of this was important. It was important or else I would not have ended up here! So I am okay with my life. I am okay with being where I am in my life and I am learning to be more accepting of it. To be more thankful for it.
There are times when you just need to say these things out loud. And today was just one of those days. So I am done with my ranting people. You may continue with your business as usual.


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Life isn't always a fairytale for pop-country princess Taylor Swift, who is considering suing celebrity website Celeb Jihad for posting an alleged topless photo of her.
The 21-year-old crossover superstar is assuring fans that she is not the girl in the photo, which shows an underwear-clad young blonde who resembles Swift. The accompanying story's headline reads, "Taylor Swift Topless Private Pic Leaked?"
According to TMZ, Swift and her lawyers are threatening to sue the website for trademark infringement if the photo is not taken down. The singer's reps penned a letter to Celeb Jihad saying that the post was based on "false pornographic images and false 'news.'"
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In a statement to E! News, a spokesperson for Celeb Jihad confirmed the legal threat, adding that the site would remove the picture—if the singer agrees to convert to Islam. Needless to say, the photo remains.
The squeaky-clean Swift is certainly not the first celebrity to be involved in a skin scandal. Earlier this year, nude self-taken photos of a woman who looked suspiciously like "Gossip Girl" Blake Lively surfaced, but the actress denied that the photos were of her.
Scarlett Johansson just opened up to Vanity Fair about her self-shot nude photos, which were hacked from her phone this year. The actress said the photos were meant for her then-husband Ryan Reynolds.
At least someone is proud of her pics—ScarJo told the mag, "I know my best angles."
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Mercury and Silver Mining in the Colonial Atlantic
Kendall Brown
From the time that Columbus arrived in the Caribbean until Spain surrendered power over its mainland American colonies in the early 19th century, Spanish and Portuguese colonial mines poured forth vast amounts of bullion, including some gold and a far greater quantity of silver, both in terms of weight and its overall value relative to gold. Fiscal records indicate that Spanish Americans officially refined gold worth approximately 374,000,000 pesos, each consisting of 272 maravedís, whereas the amount of silver produced reached a value of 3,432,000,000 pesos (to these figures need to be added contraband output, estimated to have been around 17–20 percent). In other words, the colonies refined nine times more silver than gold. While Columbus, Cortés, and other earlier explorers may have fantasized primarily about gold, it was the flood of American silver that touched off the price revolution in Europe and monetarized the emerging world economy, especially because China had a voracious appetite for silver, not gold. At the same time in the American colonies, mining distorted economic life because of the incentives the industry received from a silver-hungry monarchy. Mining also had profound consequences for indigenous society, severely exploited to provide workers for the mines and refining mills.
Colonial refiners used two methods to beneficiate their silver ores, smelting and amalgamation. Smelting was suitable for all types of American silver ores but required large amounts of fuel to heat the ovens. It remained widely used throughout Mexico during the entire colonial period. Amalgamation was a newer technology, adapted to American ores during the mid-16th century. Although it did not require large quantities of charcoal and other fuels, as smelting did, amalgamation depended on the availability of mercury. Nearly all quicksilver used in colonial Spanish American silver mining came from either Huancavelica (Peru) or Almadén (Spain), with occasional supplements from Idria (Slovenia). Whereas both smelting and amalgamation were used widely in Mexico, Andean mines relied on amalgamation.
Potosí Mines
Kris Lane
This article examines the long history of Potosí, Bolivia, home of the world's most productive silver mines. The mines, discovered in 1545 and still active today, are discussed in terms of their geology, discovery, productivity, labor history, and technological development. The article also treats the social and environmental consequences of nearly five hundred years of continuous mining and refining.


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Flowing Wells Auto Glass – What Should I know?
Simply put, this is glass that you would find in an automobile. Not too many know that in Flowing Wells there are two major forms of auto glass. Each one is used on certain windows in the automobile. Both types of auto glass are more impact resistant and stronger than regular glass.
What Are the Different Kinds Of Windshield Replacement Flowing Wells Services that are Available?
Laminated safety glass-this glass is generally used on a car's windshield. It is comprised of a couple of pieces of glass that has a slim layer of vinyl. The glass is then heated and pressed together in an autoclave, which is a type of oven. When this glass receives a tough impact it will shatter also but usually the shattered pieces will stick to the vinyl and not fall on the ground.
If the windshield just has a tiny vein or nick, the auto glass professional may be able to repair the tiny vein or nick to keep it from spreading further. The repair will generally take fewer than thirty minutes in Flowing Wells. The vein or nick is cleaned thoroughly and dried. Resin is injected and a material like Mylar is used to hold it in place. The professional cures the resin by using an ultraviolet light.
Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Versus Original Equipment Equivalent (OEE) - Auto Glass
In today's society, many people have a very hectic lifestyle between work and family that it is hard to get some things done during other people's workday. For example, if you come out to get into your car to go to work and find that you have a broken or cracked windshield but have a full day of meetings that are going to last past the time the car window repair shop is open. In most states it is illegal to drive with a cracked or broken windshield so what are you going to do. In this case, you need to find shop that offers mobile windshield replacement. Not all shops offer this service, which is where a technician comes to your place of business or residence and replaces the windshield. In addition to replacing a broken or cracked windshield, the technician can try to fix the crack with resin and smoothed out until you can no longer see the damage.
With a cracked windshield, there is a possibility of having a serious accident if the glass collapses before you can get it fixed. In many instances, your car insurance will cover mobile windshield replacement or repair without paying a deductible. Take the time when you get to your office, call a repair shop, and make an appointment to come to your place of business to take care of the problem.
To make sure that your insurance company will pay for this service you should call them before making an appointment to have your windshield fixed. It is very easy to submit a claim for this service. Once you have found out if the service is covered or not, let the insurance company know that you have windshield damage. There are usually no forms to fill out. Once this is done, you call and schedule an appointment to have this taken care of.
When you call the repair shop they will ask for the model and make of your car so they will bring the correct windshield to your place of business or residence to fix the problem. Once the technician arrives at your place of business, they will let you know they are there. After looking at the windshield, the first thing that the technician does is remove the outer lining around the windshield. Then special suction cups are attached to the windshield to lift it up and remove it. The broken windshield is put into the repair truck and a new one is put back in the same way it was removed. Once the windshield is replaced and set in place, your car is ready to drive. The process will usually take no more than fifteen to thirty minutes to complete.
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Were you aware that the windshield provides up to 30% of a vehicle's structural strength. In the event of a crash or rollover, the windshield supports the roof and assists the airbags in deploying. Maintaining the windshield will help to ensure safety while operating the vehicle.
In everyday driving conditions, a chipped windshield can quickly turn into a safety hazard if the chip cracks suddenly. It is impossible to determine whether a chip will crack and cause greater issue, but if it is a large chip, chances are it will eventually cause a crack if it goes unrepaired.
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Glass repair may not be covered by all car insurance policies; avoiding the need for full replacement is the best choice. Repairing a chipped windshield in relatively inexpensive, with do-it-yourself kits starting around $10. Many places offer windshield chip repairs while you are getting an oil change. This can be a convenient way to repair a chipped windshield while having other work completed on the car.
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Meet the Man Underneath the 'Prometheus' Alien Suit – Hunk of the Day
While 'Prometheus' left us with many unanswered questions — the main one being, "WTF?" especially if you only saw the movie 'cause no one would go with your boyfriend — the one thing that's kept in our minds is that opening scene with the six-packed alien "Engineer" who sacrifices himself to begin a new life cycle.
Don't judge us, but we kind of thought this extra terrestrial was hot. His face may be a combo of Jason from 'Halloween' and the skeleton from 'The Night Before Christmas,' but he's totally ripped. But it looks like the only reason we think he's (or "it's") hot stuff is because the man underneath all that makeup and costume is hot.
Thanks to a string of photos left by Reddit user RaineyRainey1000 on Imgur, we finally got a closeup look at the man beneath the costume. His name is Daniel Twiss (but for stage purposes calls himself Daniel James), and he's a male model and part-time actor.
"It was a pretty quick casting by all accounts," Twiss told the blog If Ok in an interview. "I got a call the next day saying the casting director loved me and I got the part. I guess I just look like a good alien."
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Karnataka CET 2013 Counselling Procedure
Latest: Karnataka CET 2013 Second Round Option Entry has been Extended to July 30, 2013 annd is available from 10 am to 10 pm
Karnataka CET 2013 Counselling Procedure details the counselling modalities for admissions to the engineering courses at the UG level in the state of Karnataka. Students will have to visit the help line centres for document verification as per the given schedules. Students must familiarize themselves with the Karnataka CET 2013 Counselling Procedure - the choice filling, locking etc to avoid missing out on a preferred seat. The Karnataka CET 2013 Counselling Procedure has been briefly summarised below for the ease of the students.
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The KCET 2013 Counselling comprises of the following steps:
Registration of a candidate.
Document Verification, interactive session for choice filling and User ID and Password assignment.
Choice filling.
Seat Allotment.
Downloading the Allotment Details.
Fee Remittance and Admission Order Collection.
Report/Admission to College.
KCET 2013 Counselling Procedure In detail:
1. Candidate Registration:
The KCET 2013 Counselling process had started after the results were declared. The detailed date wise and rank wise schedule for Candidate Registration are displayed on the website.
Accordingly, every KCET 2013 qualified candidate who has been allotted a rank in KCET 2013 will visit the nearest Helpline Center as per the schedule.
Every Candidate must register their KCET number in computer followed by verification of documents at the Document Verification Counter
All the original documents will be returned to the candidate after verification
Only one set of Attested Photocopies will be retained for further usage
Candidates at this stage will be assigned a verification slip and an acknowledgement card, to be preserved carefully till the KCET 2013 Counselling process is completed.
At the interactive session which is next, the candidates will be provided information regarding the choice filling, fee payment, seat allotment and college reporting thus easing the counselling process.
2. Document Verification: Click here for the list of the 13 Helpline Centres
The Document Verification schedule of KCET 2013 Counselling will be publicized in all leading newspapers as well as on https://kea.kar.nic.in.
KCET 2013 Counselling Procedure does not allow for individual intimation of counselling schedules. Hence candidates are advised to regularly check for the latest information.
The candidates are required to bring the original documents as mentioned in the information Brochure for eligibility and reservation proof and the ones mentioned for Govt. Colleges KCET 2013 Counselling.
At the end of the Document Verification Process is completed, every candidate will be allocated a high security Password and User ID for usage in KCET 2013 Counselling.
Students must remember to take the Verification Slip and the Unique Keyword (consisting of 8 alpha numeric characters printed on the Verification Slip to be used for Option Entry Login)
If however, a candidate forgets the password at any later stages, he/she will be given directions at the same time for setting a new password.
An interaction session for KCET 2013 Counselling will be held at all the Helpline Centers to brief the students about the remaining stages of counselling namely, fee payment, choice filling, seat allotment procedure and reporting at college.
Documents needed during Counselling:
KCET 2013' Admission Ticket
SSLC/Class X Marks sheet
2nd PUC/ Class XII Marks sheet
Study Certificate counter signed by the concerned BEO/DDPI
TWO recent passport size photographs
The following documents should be produced, "ONLY if applicable":
Income Certificate obtained from concerned Tahasildar to claim "Supernumerary Quota" seats.
Kannada Medium Study Certificate counter signed by the concerned BEO for candidates claiming Kannada Medium reservation benefits.
Rural Study Certificate counter signed by the concerned BEO
A verification certificate (only for GM candidates).
Caste Certificate / Caste Income Certificate / Income Certificate obtained from the concerned Tahasildar for the candidates claiming Reservation benefits.
Parent's study certificate / Parent's Hometown certificate /Parent's Domicile certificate / Parent's Employment certificate / Parent's Cumulative Record/ Parent's Marks Card, etc., for the candidates claiming eligibility for Government seats based on the domicile / study / employment of the parent.
Duly sworn in Affidavit of the candidate claiming eligibility under Horanadu and Gadinadu Kannadiga clauses.
IDENTITY CARD issued by the Jurisdictional Deputy Commissioner / District Magistrate, for the candidates claiming eligibility for Government seats under Jammu & Kashmiri Migrants quota.
Guidelines for students for choice filling: Students must consider the following factors before choice filling
The KCET 2013 Rank
Choice of stream (options for the Medical/ISMH/Engineering/Architecture OR Medical OR Engineering etc
Entry Ranks and Cutoff from the Previous years
The Seat Matrix announced and available on the website and the help centres
Category if applicable
Eligibility for allotment under the Supernumerary Quota for engineering seats
College and facilities like faculty, results of the previous years, infrastructure, placements, hostel.
Students must remember to visit the AICTE and the MCI / DCI Website to check the college details
3. Choice Filling:
After the receipt of seat matrix from Govt., the colleges wise, category wise and course wise seat matrix will be uploaded to the website. This matrix will also be made available at all the Helpline Centers. Click here for the Seat Matrix
Only candidates, who are eligible after the Document Verification, will be considered for choice filling.
To log in students must enter their KCET 2013 Application Number and the Unique Keyword printed in the Verification Slip.
Students are advised to change their password once they log in to prevent misuse.
Candidate can enter all the choices of courses (if eligible) and for all the courses in one step.
A start and finish date will be mentioned for ONLINE Choice filling
The seat allotment for the next candidate will begin only after all the options filled by the previous candidate are exhausted for the search of availability of a seat.
The order of the choices can be modified as and how the candidates want with no restriction.
The choices will be locked on the last day to be considered for the seat allotment phase of KCET 2013 Counselling Process.
Click here for the Real Option Entry Enter the CET No to be able to enter the options
4. Seat Allotment:
KCET 2013 Counselling seat allotment starts from the seat allocation to Differently Abled Persons, then NCC and then Sports category as per the Govt. Seat Allocation Matrix.
A separate Seat Matrix released by Govt. for the special category candidates allows filling their choices as per guidelines.
Downloading the Allotment Details:
The final list of KCET 2013 admission round will be uploaded to the website after the seat allotment process is completed on June 25, 2013
The candidate will have three options:
Candidates who are satisfied with the allotment of seats to them, should download the allotted details from the Helplines centres, pay the admission fees and report to the college at the prescribed date & time
Candidates who are satisfied with the allocation of seat, but would like to take part in the subsequent KCET 2013 Counselling round, should put on the current admission in hold. In case a fresh option is available, the earlier one would be cancelled and vice versa.
Candidates who are not satisfied by the current allocation, can fill the fresh choices, and wait for the result of next round allocation.
4. Payment of fees and Admission Order Receipt:
Candidates who are satisfied with the seat allocation in KCET 2013 Counselling must pay the prescribed fee online
- Click here for the precribed fee details college wise
Fee Payment: Candidates satisfied with their allotment must paid the fees as mentioned below
1. Net Banking : The prescribed fees must be paid as follows
- KEA Account Number 6125538727(other banks)
- KEA Account Number 6121857884 (through Indian Bank Branches) of Indian Bank, Malleswaram, Bangalore,
- Account No. 6142463758 ED/KEA Collection Account (RTGS / NEFT Account), Indian Bank, Malleshwaram Branch, through NEFT / RTGS through any other Core Bank.
- Bangalore IFSC Code IDIB000M010
- Once payment is made, the Unique Transactions Reference (UTR) number will be passed onto KEA enabling the printing of the KCET 2013 Admission order after an hour
- The student must note down the UTR Number and record the same on his / her Web Portal.
2. Challan Payment (Through Indian Bank Core Banking Branch)
- Challan payments can be made across the counter in any Indian Bank
- CET Admission Ticket Number should be recorded in the narration column of the Remitter Branch Challan
- The Admission Order can be downloaded 24 hours after the payment is made
Admission Order:
- Student wishing to confirm their seats as allotted must download the Admission Order and print it after the payment of fees is completed.
- The allotted college authorities will verify the details mentioned on the Admission Order.
Karnataka CET 2013 Counselling Important Dates:
Verification of documents for the special category such as Sports, NCC and Physically Disabled
June 3 & 4, 2013
Verification of documents at helpline centres
June 5 to 23, 2013
College wise, course wise and category wise display of seat matrix
June 12, 2013
Real Options entry for admission round
upto 11 pm of July 7, 2013
Mock allotment on real data
June 25, 2013
Publication of Real Allotment (First Round) on the KEA website
July 10, 2013
Payment of Fees/Reporting to colleges/Informing KEA online
July 15, 2013 by 5 pm
Display of Vacant Seats (Cancelled/Not Reported/Additional Seat Matrix)
July 17, 2013 after 11 am
Second Round Option Entry EXTENDED
July 17, 2013 (1 pm) to July 30, 2013 till 10 pm
Second Round Seat Allotment
to be intimated
Payment of Fees/Reporting to colleges/Informing KEA online (Second Round)
to be intimated
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my kcet marks are 73 and PCB is 251 can I get a free veterinary seat ?
KCET is one of the entrance exam through which a local candidate of Karnataka can get admission in different stream like Engineering, Architecture and Pharmacy in Government or private college of Karnataka.
But for getting admission in this, candidates must have passed with minimum 50% marks in the 2 nd PUC/12 th standard or equivalent exam to appear for the exam. Also, they must have Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics/ Biology as compulsory subjects in their secondary education.
As you have scored only 73 marks your rank must lies in the range of 5501 - 6000 ans your marks below 50% of the total marks ,So you have to more problems in getting admission because the minimum qualifying marks is about 50% . So I think you won't able to get admission in good college through this.
Good luck!
minimum marks to qualify kcet bvsc
So it varies every year depending on above mentioned criteria.
Hope this helps
With 291/300 in pcm in boards and 68/180 in pcm in kcet what will be my ranking in kcet 2020???
While coming up with ranking of KCET, the authorities take many factors into consideration such as category, gender, State of domicile, etc. Only two factors do not amount to the whole rank. That is why no website even lists the marks vs rank comparison because they do not have that information. So the best thing will be to wait for results!
Best of luck!
if I get 66/180 in kcet and 288/300 in boards in pcm what will be my ranking?
The ranking of will be calculated on the basis of your Karnataka Central Common Test performance and qualification of exams.
Lets give an example suppose you have scored 70/180 in KCET and 280/300 in qualifying exam so your percentage will be 39% and 93% respectively. that means the formula goes like this whatever I know. Rank=[{(kCET%+QE%)/200}*100
I think I can help you. If you have any query ask us.
I have secured 232/300 in pcm (board) and my kcet rank is 92/180 (pcm) and I belong to sc category. please predict my kcet rank
You have scored a decent marks in board but as we all know that through this marks you won't able to get admission in different engineering, medical or pharmacy college as they were not selected their candidate on through board marks.
KCET of of the renowned entrance exam in the field of engineering , architecture and pharmacy for the local candidate of Karnataka. Their is some requirements such as candidates must have passed with minimum 50% marks in the 2 nd PUC/12 th standard or equivalent exam to appear for the exam. Also, they must have Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics/ Biology as compulsory subjects in their secondary education.
As you score 92 marks in KCET out off 180 your rank must be in the range of 3501 – 4000 as you have score about 50% marks so you have to face some difficulties in getting admission through this marks.
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Van Roekel speaks at "Close the Gap" rally
Reinforces longstanding commitment to closing achievement gaps
WASHINGTON - May 16, 2009 -
The National Education Association joined thousands at the White House Ellipse to formally kick off a national campaign to close achievement gaps. The rally was held on the 55th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark decision that integrated schools. The National Action Network, National Council of La Raza and the Education Equality Project organized the event.
"NEA has a long-standing commitment to closing achievement gaps," said Dennis Van Roekel, president of the National Education Association. "We've been policy advocates, staff trainers and investors in programs that we know help level the academic playing field for minority and poor students. Educators cannot solve this complex issue alone. That's why I am so pleased to see teachers, lawmakers, parents, community members and civil rights leaders joined together to share our collective concerns and push for education reform."
As part of continuing talks regarding a systemic reform of public education, National Action Network President Rev. Al Sharpton invited President Van Roekel to participate in the rally.
NEA has a history of engaging the community and advocating for every student's fundamental right to a quality education.
The NEA Foundation has awarded millions of dollars in grants to school districts to develop programs to close achievement gaps. Districts in Chattanooga/Hamilton County, Tenn.; Seattle, Wash.; and Milwaukee, Wis., have received grants. In Chattanooga alone, the achievement gap has dropped 13 percent in reading and 10.5 percent in math. This month The NEA Foundation awarded $50,000 planning grants to five urban school districts to develop proposals to improve achievement rates for low-income and minority students (Kansas City, Kan.; Springfield, Mass.; Durham, N.C.; Omaha, Neb.; and Columbus, Ohio).
NEA created an initiative to transform America's public schools by the year 2020.
NEA developed a 12-point action plan to reduce the nation's dropout rate.
NEA also has a comprehensive agenda to recruit, retain and support a quality teacher workforce and ensure that the best teachers are in the schools where they are needed most.
- NEA offers training, research on disparities and improvement strategies through its program CARE: Strategies for Closing the Achievement Gaps. So far, educators in 36 states have been trained and are seeing results in student achievement. To further help members address achievement gaps, NEA produced two guides—Making Low-Performing Schools a Priority: An Association Resource Guide and Closing Achievement Gaps: An Association Guide.
"As a nation, we know what it takes to get the job done. We just need the political will to make it happen," added Van Roekel. "Improvements in instruction and quality of teaching are central components to closing the gaps. That should be coupled with reducing class sizes, supplying every school with up-to-date materials and technologies and providing services to meet children's needs. We will continue to work with those committed to change and urge the public to support policies that will close achievement gaps."
More on NEA's achievement gaps work.
More on The NEA Foundation grants.
More on NEA's 2020 and dropout plans.
The National Education Association is the nation's largest professional organization, representing
3.2 million elementary and secondary teachers, higher education faculty, education support professionals, school administrators, retired educators and students preparing to become teachers.
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Three New Jersey police officers are in the hospital after being shot inside a police station by a man being processed for a domestic incident. MSNBC's Thomas Roberts reports.
The gunman who shot three officers after a "violent struggle" at a New Jersey police station early Friday is dead, officials said.
The suspected shooter had been brought into Gloucester Township Police station for a domestic incident when he got into a confrontation with officers, reported NBC's Philadelphia affiliate, NBC 10.
"A violent struggle occurred while the suspect was being processed," Deputy Chief David Harkins said. The man was able to grab a gun and then opened fire.
One of the injured officers, who was rushed to surgery after being shot below his bulletproof vest, is listed in stable condition. The other two were treated for graze wounds and released.
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Did Michelangelo Draw a Brain on God in the Sistine Chapel?
A neurosurgeon and a medical illustrator think they've found a hidden drawing of the human brain, located inside the neck of God in one panel on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Hold on. What?
Two medical-type guys have crashed the art history party with a weird idea: Maybe Michelangelo was hiding secret drawings of brains inside the Sistine Chapel's ceiling frescoes. Makes total sense, right? Because... well, wait, it doesn't make any sense at all.
The latest find, described in a study in the May issue of the journal Neurosurgery, appears directly above the altar in "The Separation of Light From Darkness," another panel from the series of nine depicting scenes from the Book of Genesis.
God, clothed in flowing red robes, is viewed from below and foreshortened, and seems to be rising into the sky. His arms are raised above his head, and he faces up and to his right, exposing his neck and the underside of a short beard. It is here that the study's authors, the medical illustrator Ian Suk and Dr. Rafael J. Tamargo, a neurosurgeon, believe that Michelangelo concealed a drawing of the underside of the brain and the brain stem, with parts of the temporal lobe, the medulla, the pons and other structures clearly drawn.
As you might imagine, most of the haughty art history kids are laughing so hard they can barely take drags on their cloves: "This is complete nonsense, to put it politely" says UCLA prof Joanna Woods-Marsden, clutching her beret. "Sometimes a neck is just a neck," says Penn State's Brian Curran.
But Suk and Tamargo are not the first two science nerds to get stoned and see hidden drawings in the Sistine Chapel frescoes. One physician claims to have found a brain inside the famous panel depicting the creation of Adam, while a kidney specialist says he totally saw a kidney, right over... uh, somewhere.
The real question, of course, is: How did they even find the brain (or the kidney, or the other brain)? As far as I can tell, they used the medical technique of "just drawing lines wherever." Probably, there are a lot more things to find in the same panel! What can you see?


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What Men Need to Know about Cancer
Listen to what Lexington Medical Center oncologist Dr. Steve Madden of Lexington Oncology Associates says about what men need to know about cancer and appropriate screening. The video is from an interview he did with news anchor Ben Hoover on WIS-TV.
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From: Alister Doyle, Reuters
Published August 12, 2010 06:19 AM
Russia's peatland fires seen burning for months
Some of Russia's smog-causing peatland fires are likely to burn for months, part of a global problem of drained marshes that emit climate-warming greenhouse gases, experts said on Wednesday.
Novel carbon markets could offer a long-term fix for peat bogs, from Indonesia to South Africa, if negotiators of a U.N. climate treaty can agree ways to pay to safeguard marshes that are often drained to make way for farms, roads or homes.
"Peat fires continue underground and...they will not be extinguished in Russia before winter rains and snow set in," said Hans Joosten, professor of peatland studies and paleoecology at the University of Greifswald in Germany.
To put out fires "you must inundate the area completely," he said, adding that one peat fire in South Africa near the border with Botswana, for instance, had smoldered for 5 years. Peat is formed from partly decayed vegetation.
Environmental group Wetlands International estimated 80 to 90 percent of the smog in Moscow was from peatland fires near the capital, rather than forest fires linked to what weather officials call Russia's hottest summer in a millennium.
"In Russia, peat fires can sometimes last under snow cover through the winter," said Ilkka Vanha-Majamaa, a scientist at the Finnish Forestry Research Institute.
Water dumped from planes, part of Russia's response, is rarely enough to halt peat fires, said Alex Kaat, spokesman for Wetlands International. Moscow has pledged more action to extinguish the blazes.
"Russia promised the same after peat fires in 2002 and nothing was done," Kaat said, saying past efforts to use water from the Volga River to soak peatlands had been half-hearted.
Photo shows a firefighter working to extinguish a peat fire in a forest near the town of Shatura, some 130 km (81 miles) southeast of Moscow, July 27, 2010.
Credit: Reuters/Denis Sinyakov
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The soundtrack for Hamilton has been available for purchase since the summer, and it's through that channel that many--probably most--of the show's fans have become acquainted with it. The musical is sung-through, so it's possible to follow the story just by listening, as a sort of radio play (though it's best to follow along with the lyrics, just to get a sense of who's speaking when; this site collects them, and adds annotations which provide background on the historical events that Hamilton is depicting and shed light on the musical references the play makes to the stalwarts of the hip-hop genre). Hamilton is a stunning musical and lyrical achievement--writer, composer and lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda was recently awarded a MacArthur Genius grant, and from listening to the play it's easy to see why--and on that level I don't feel that I have a lot to add to its much-deserved praise. In fact, it's hard to know where to start talking about Hamilton, not only because there are so many angles--musical, historical, theatrical--but because it's in the unique position of existing in different forms for people who saw the play and those who listened to the soundtrack. The Hamilton in my head is different from the one experienced by someone who saw the show (and, given the ephemeral, transient nature of theater, people who saw different performances of the play probably experienced subtly different versions of it as well). It's unusual for a fannish discussion to coalesce around a work that has no canonical form, and I'm hoping that some interesting conversation results from that. In the meantime, however, here are a few observations based on my experience of the play.
- I think that a huge component of the appeal that Hamilton holds for fannish people is that it is so obviously the creation of a fannish person. The play is brimming with odd details about Hamilton's life and the lives of his fellow revolutionaries, and Miranda quite clearly finds his subject fascinating and inspirational (as one would almost have to, to have spent seven years working to get a musical based on the life of a founding father off the ground). One of the joys of diving into Hamilton-ia is the discovery that Miranda himself is constantly embroidering around his creation, whether it's a cut scene denigrating John Adams, or an impromptu rap telling the audience about the fate of the Hamilton children who are not featured in the musical. It's almost impossible not to be caught up in Miranda's obvious enthusiasm for its subject, which seeps through every moment of the play.
- If, despite the above, the fannish reaction to a play about one of America's founding fathers seems unexpected, listening to the soundtrack makes it very clear why it has occurred. Hamilton has some irresistible character hooks, practically designed to tug at the heart of a certain type of creative, enthusiastic fan. The crux of the play is the slowly curdling friendship between Hamilton (played by Miranda) and Aaron Burr, who will eventually kill Hamilton in a duel. The two men, who are opposites in almost every respect--family background, financial prospects, temperament, political outlook--shadow each other throughout their careers as revolutionaries and politicians. Their relationship progresses from fond incomprehension--Burr urges the impetuous, loquacious Hamilton to "Talk less. Smile more," an approach that is anathema to Hamilton's fervent convictions, as he replies "If you stand for nothing, Burr, what'll you fall for?"--to dislike and enmity. Burr arguably has the most complete character arc in the play. Hamilton spends the story defined by his determination and hunger for success, traits that do not change, even if their effect on the world and his life goes from salutary to destructive. Burr, meanwhile, goes from confident in his worldview, to baffled by Hamilton's success, to consumed with envy when his own political ambitions fail. It's a transformation that is echoed in the play's music--the refrain "How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore..." which expresses Burr's amazement at Hamilton's meteoric rise repeats several time over the course of the play, and each time Burr's state of mind is noticeably altered, going from casually superior to audibly deranged. (A huge part of Burr's success as a character is due to Leslie Odom Jr.'s performance, which to my mind upstages even Miranda's. Even on the soundtrack, Odom imbues his singing with so much emotion that Burr becomes a fully-formed character.)
To that, add rounded and enticing portraits of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, and a complex, fraught relationship between Hamilton, his wife Eliza Schuyler, and her clever, imperious sister Angelica, and you've got a play overflowing with rich seams of character and relationship drama. At the heart of Hamilton's success--and its ability to capture its fans' hearts--is the way that it humanizes and makes relatable the historical figures it depicts (whether or not it gets their personalities right is a matter for historians to debate, of course, though Miranda bases the play on Ron Chernow's biography of Hamilton).
- Having said all that, I have to say that what captures my interest about Hamilton, even more than the character drama or the depiction of the Revolutionary War, is the fact that this is a deeply political musical, one that is interested in political process at a time when the structures of modern democracy are just being figured out. It's entirely unsurprising to learn, in the play's annotations, that Miranda is an Aaron Sorkin fan--if only because for a writer of his age who is interested in popular culture that touches on politics and its processes, there aren't a lot of other influences to be found. There are moments in Hamilton that are deeply, recognizably Sorkin-ian--not just its profound love for America and belief in the American experiment, but the way it depicts political debate, and the seriousness with which it takes the issues it touches on. How many other musicals feature characters discussing--in song--the pros and cons of a centralized financial system, and coming off as smart and knowledgeable as they do so?
At the same time, Hamilton is also yet another example of how the works influenced by Sorkin (which include, among others, The Good Wife and Parks and Recreation) tend to outstrip him in their complexity and inclusiveness. It's impossible to imagine Sorkin making the connection, as Miranda does, between political debate on the congress floor, and rap battles, which is how he stages the scenes in which Hamilton and Jefferson fight over whether to create a single bank to assume all the states' debts, or whether to come to France's aid after its own revolution. And yet the connection is obvious in retrospect--like a Sorkin-ian debate, these scenes in Hamilton are all about characters triumphing by being knowledgeable and quick-witted, and most of all, by knowing how to arrange their ideas in the most effective, devastating form possible. And if the fact that Sorkin (probably) can't write or perform a rap isn't really something he can be criticized for, there still remains the fact that Hamilton is much more interested in people that tend to get left out of Sorkin's stories, especially women. At its core, Hamilton is just the sort of Great Man story that Sorkin loves to tell, but the choice to cast only actors of color in the roles of historically white people (except for the actor playing George III, who is specified as white in the musical's casting call), and to stress their ethnicity through the show's choice of musical styles, makes a statement that is a direct counterpoint to a lot of Sorkin's work, which too often seems in love with pedigree, with characters who have gone to the right schools and know the right people.
- There's a lot more to be said about the effect of Hamilton's casting and musical choices, and I'm only going to touch on a little bit of it. At the most basic level, the fact that people of color play historical figures like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson is significant because those roles are usually off-limits to non-white actors, even in a medium like theater which doesn't put a premium on realism (it also opens the door to other race-swapped, and even gender-swapped, productions of the show). But Hamilton isn't simply an exercise in race-blind casting. The fact that its characters are played by people of color, and that its musical styles are associated with African-American culture and with its protest movements, is making a powerful political point. It's a reminder that acts of protest and revolution are viewed very differently when they're committed by white, moneyed Europeans, and when they're committed by people of color whose manners and demeanor don't conform to a certain standard of acceptability. Having black actors portray Washington and Jefferson allows Hamilton to break through the respectful, even reverent lens with which we regard these figures, reminding us that at the beginning of their journey, they were seen as criminals and traitors--and that some of the people whom we class as criminals and traitors today might one day achieve the same respectability as the founding fathers.
At the same time, I can't help but wonder if Hamilton's race-swapped casting doesn't, paradoxically, whitewash the founding fathers. The fact is, these people were white, moneyed Europeans. Their revolution was that of one nation's ruling class rebelling against another's over how much of their wealth they'd get to keep. Even Hamilton, who was born to poverty and limited prospects in the Caribbean, was incredibly privileged compared to the people he grew up around. When the play repeatedly describes him as an immigrant, it is blatantly courting certain present-day associations (which are only intensified by the casting of Miranda, who is of Puerto Rican descent). But the real Hamilton was a white man whose parents arrived in the Caribbean as part of a massive colonial and imperialist endeavor, one that also brought with it millions of African slaves, none of whom shared even the limited opportunities granted to Hamilton. The play is by no means unaware of the hypocrisy some of its characters display, demanding freedom while benefiting from slavery--this is the crux of Hamilton's arguments with Jefferson, and several triumphant moments during the war are punctured by the reminder that the freedom it wins isn't for everyone (that said, Hamilton is happy to gloss over the fact that Washington, too, was a slaveowner, painting him as a wholly positive figure, and a fatherly mentor for Hamilton). But it mostly ignores the larger point, that painting its heroes as underdogs--and especially, doing so by casting actors of color to play them--is a distortion of history whose effect is potentially to erase important aspects of the American story.
- Having said that, there are multiple levels to this play, and on at least some of them it really doesn't feel as if Hamilton is interested in depicting history. I don't mean to say by this that the play isn't accurate to the events it depicts--though it gets them right in broad strokes, there are plenty of timeline contractions and other uses of poetic license to make the story flow better, about which it would be ridiculous to complain--but that Hamilton is less a work of historical fiction, and more a contemporary political fable that uses historical events to make its point. The frequent use of the word "immigrant," for example, feels very pointed. In another scene, the Schuyler sisters sing that "History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be/In the greatest city in the world." This is, of course, entirely inaccurate to the period--New York would not gain the cultural and commercial importance it holds today until at least the middle of the 19th century--and what the line is recalling (beyond paying homage to the city where the play originates, which is also the writer's home town) is the present moment. And in that present moment, the value of casting people of color as revolutionaries, and giving them the names of people we've been trained to respect, is profound. It's easy to look askance at the very project of Hamilton--as Kate Nepveu points out, this is still a play in which the protagonist refers to America unironically as a "promised land"--and that strikes me as a fair criticism that is worth exploring. But the added value of the play, as a sly counterpoint to prevailing wisdom about "good" and "bad" forms of protest, and just as an exceptional work of art, feels more important to me.


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Help Your Cells with Folic Acid
by Donna Quirk MBA, RD, LD at LMC
January is Folic Acid Awareness Month. Folic Acid, also known as folate, is a B-vitamin and an important nutrient for all. Folic Acid is needed for the body to produce the genetic material DNA and to make the new cells it needs on a daily basis. Skin, hair, nails, and the gastrointestinal tract all lose and regenerate cells everyday.
Women of child-bearing years should eat foods with Folic Acid because it reduces the risk by 50% to 70% of developing birth defects of the spine and brain, also known as neural tube defects. Remember to include Folic Acid even if don't think you are pregnant! Spine and brain development happens early in pregnancy so you need that Folic Acid before you know you are pregnant.
Including Folic Acid into your eating plan is easy. For the past 16 years enriched bread, cereal, pasta, flour, crackers and rice have been fortified with Folic Acid. Many fruits and vegetables, like oranges and avocado, are an excellent source of this vitamin. Yet another great reason to eat more fruits and vegetables!
Good sources Folic Acid are orange juice, spinach, Romaine lettuce, broccoli, okra, asparagus, bananas, melons, peanuts, avocado, enriched-grain products, and fortified breakfast cereal. If a food, like cereal, is fortified with Folic Acid the amount will appear on the Nutrition Facts Label. The recommended daily requirement is 400 mcg. Check the label to be sure you are getting enough.
Not sure you are getting the Folic Acid you need from food? Go ahead and take a vitamin that has Folic Acid in it every day. Most multivitamins sold in the United States have the amount needed.
So, next time you reach for fortified breakfast cereal (or another Folic Acid source) for you or your family remember you are also keeping everyone healthier right down to the DNA.


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Report finds fundamental flaws in many nonprofits' fundraising
A new national survey of nonprofit executives suggests it isn't just the uncertain economy that's making it hard for charities – including arts and culture groups – to meet their fundraising goals. The research says there's something fundamentally amiss with the way many of them go about courting donors.
"This study reveals that many nonprofit organizations are stuck in a vicious cycle that threatens their ability to raise the resources they need to succeed," begins the 36-page report commissioned by the Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund and conducted by CompassPoint, a San Francisco-based organization that provides management advice to nonprofits.
Dubbed "Underdeveloped: A National Study of Challenges Facing Nonprofit Fundraising," the study says it's the first systematic attempt to explore how chief fundraisers for nonprofits view their jobs – and how that dovetails or clashes with the expectations of the chief executives they work for.
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Arts, culture and humanities accounted for 11% of the 1,852 head fundraisers and 870 chief executives who responded to the 2012 survey, making it the second-largest sector. Human services was the largest sector, at 22%.
A key finding is that half the chief fundraisers -- or "development directors" as they're known in the nonprofit world -- expect to leave their current jobs within two years due to an assortment of pressures, including a frequent feeling that they're out on a limb because they're expected to produce results without having enough backup from bosses and boards that haven't managed to put effective, systematic fundraising plans and approaches in place.
Only 58% of the development directors rated their organizations' fundraising as "effective" or "very effective," compared with 83% of the chief executives, and nearly a third of the fundraisers said they'd been given "unrealistic" goals. Their average annual pay ranged from $49,141 at organizations with budgets under $1 million to $100,127 when budgets exceeded $10 million.
"Fundraising can't be a priority for just one individual. It has to be a priority, and a shared responsibility, for the board, the executive director and the staff alike," Linda Wood, senior director for leadership and grant making at the San Francisco-based Haas Fund, wrote in a foreword to the study.
Marla Cornelius, a CompassPoint project director and co-author of the report, said that, judging from the 11 focus groups of development directors, chief executives and board members that she led around the country, the arts sector doesn't differ substantially from other nonprofit sectors. She said the raw data could be broken down for a specific look at arts and culture fundraising, but it would take additional time and money to crunch those numbers separately.
Development directors outnumbered executive directors in the survey by more than 2 to 1, which Cornelius attributed less to reluctance on the part of the chief executives than to eagerness on the part of the often-overlooked fundraisers.
"They could not wait to answer these questions and have somebody hear them," she said.
The study found that the position of head fundraiser is often a "revolving door" job, with openings occurring frequently, and nearly half the vacancies taking more than six months to fill – a situation that can stymie the consistency and relationship-building needed for effective fundraising.
No more than 15% of the organizations in the survey qualified as "high performers" when it came to fundraising – defined as groups whose executive director and development director both rated fundraising as "very effective" and for which 25% or more of the budget was gleaned from individual donors' gifts.
Ideally, the report says, organizations will develop a "culture of philanthropy" in which "most people in the organization ... act as ambassadors and engage in relationship-building" with potential donors, "everyone promotes philanthropy and can articulate a case for giving," and the executive director "is committed and personally involved in fundraising."
"There's definitely a message we hope comes out of this report," said Cornelius, the co-author. "Across sectors we have a real need for a shift in attitude."
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A coalition of civil liberties groups has asked a federal appeals court to revisit a recent ruling that held the police did not violate the Fourth Amendment when they tracked suspect Melvin Skinner's cell phone without a warrant. A Tuesday brief argues that a three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals had misunderstood both the relevant Supreme Court precedents and the technical details of how the police had accomplished the tracking. The groups—the American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Center for Democracy and Technology—want the case re-heard by a panel of all Sixth Circuit judges.
The legal arguments in the case center on US v. Jones, a Supreme Court decision from earlier this year that found it unconstitutional to attach a GPS device to a car and track it for 28 days without a warrant. In contrast, the police tracked Skinner using the GPS in his cell phone instead of attaching a separate GPS device to his car. And they tracked him for only 3 days rather than 28.
The Sixth Circuit majority ruled that the police had simply picked up GPS signals that had been "emitted" by Skinner's phone and used it to track his movements. But the civil liberties groups point out that this is an over-simplified description of how the signals were obtained. Cell phones do not routinely emit location data derived from GPS measurements; they do so only when their phone companies remotely activate a phone's tracking capabilities. This fact, the civil liberties groups argue, should subject the tracking to a higher level of scrutiny.
The groups also argued the tracking violated the Fourth Amendment despite its relatively short duration. The courts have ruled that long-term tracking is more likely to trigger Fourth Amendment scrutiny than temporary tracking. While the 3-day tracking of Skinner was much shorter than the 28 days of tracking in the Jones case, the ACLU brief argues that tracking a cell phone is much more invasive than tracking a car. A car spends most of its time sitting in a driveway or parking lot. In contrast, many people carry their cell phones in their pockets or purses everywhere they go. Hence, the groups argue, 3 days of cell-phone tracking could provide more personal information about a suspect than 28 days of car location data.
"The panel majority opinion is an unusually important and weighty precedent given its status as the first appellate decision in the nation to apply Jones to GPS tracking via cell phones," the brief states. It argues that the original decision was made in haste and failed to take into account all the complexities of the issue.