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BOSTON – Mornings are the hardest for Adrianne Haslet because the 32-year-old professional ballroom dancer forgets at first that her left foot is gone.
Beth Roche wakes up knowing she can't feel sorry for herself, that she has to focus on rehabbing her ravaged left leg.
But despite life-changing injuries, both women have vowed that the Boston Marathon bombings that killed three people and left them among the ranks of more than 260 injured will not define their lives.
Parts of them may be broken, but both patients at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital said in separate interviews Wednesday that their spirits are intact and their thoughts are positive.
"I absolutely want to dance again and I also want to run the marathon next year," Haslet said. "I will crawl across the finish line, literally crawl, if it means I finish it."
Roche, a 59-year-old medical office manager from Highland, Ind., who ran Chicago's marathon last year, said she's concentrating on more than just walking again. "I want to do another marathon by the time I'm 65," she said.
Roche said the first bomb at the marathon peeled her leg open "like a sardine can." It happened right after she saw her daughter, Rebecca Roche, a 33-year-old Boston pharmacist, cross the race's finish line.
The mother has had one surgery in which doctors implanted pins and plates in her leg, and has another surgery in her future.
The first blast left bones poking out of her leg, and made her unable to run for cover. She said a first responder tried to shield her as the second bomb exploded.
Roche ended up at Tufts Medical Center, and begged staffers before she went into surgery to find her family and let them know she was alive.
The blast from the second explosion knocked Haslet off her feet from about four feet away.
The Boston woman, an Arthur Murray Dance Studio employee, thought she was going to die when she looked down and saw how her body had been mutilated.
She's had one surgery to amputate her left foot, and another in which doctors amputated more of the same leg below her knee.
In the hours before terror struck Boylston Street, Haslet was basking in the joy of having her husband home again. Two weeks earlier, the Air Force captain had returned from a four-month deployment in Afghanistan.
On Patriots Day afternoon, they were walking near the marathon's finish line when the second explosion left them tangled in a heap on the ground and Haslet saw something was wrong with her foot.
Haslet crawled toward a restaurant door, before someone dragged her toward a staircase. Her husband, although also injured, took off his belt to make a tourniquet for her. Then others arrived to help and soon she was in a triage area where someone wrote a number on her forehead.
"I just prayed that I had a number that was high enough to get help," she said. "I just kept screaming out, 'I'm a ballroom dancer! I'm a ballroom dancer! Just save my foot."
Neither Haslet nor Roche has thought much about the Russian-born brothers, one dead, one alive, whom authorities said are responsible for the attack.
But Roche says everyone should move forward without fear.
"If we're afraid, the enemy wins," she said.
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On Monday evening, President Bush will stand before a joint session of Congress and give a speech about the state of the Union – and perhaps about the state of his place in history, as well.
This doesn't mean that Mr. Bush's final State of the Union address will be a nostalgia-fest of retrospection. Bush, like his father before him, famously is averse to dwelling on the past.
But he's unlikely to unveil bold new initiatives, say experts, given his low approval ratings and the lack of time left in his term. At best Bush might push items already in the legislative pipeline, such as a revised No Child Left Behind education law, while claiming progress in Iraq and the war on terror – the most consequential events of his administration.
"Given his political situation, the task is to make the best case for his legacy rather than to set an ambitious agenda for his last year," says Thomas Mann, senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank.
Administration officials insist that Bush's speech will be focused on the future. Twelve months is enough time to get some things done in politics, and Bush has often expressed a desire to "sprint to the finish," said White House spokeswoman Dana Perino on Jan. 25.
Bush will highlight items of unfinished business that he believes should be priorities for the Democratic congressional leadership, said Ms. Perino.
These include the economic stimulus package, an item on which Bush has reached a quick accord with House Democrats, and updated warrantless eavesdropping legislation, a bill that's been the subject of heated partisan fights.
Bush will also mention some actions that he can take without congressional approval, via executive orders or other administrative action, spokeswoman Perino said.
President Bill Clinton often promoted such small-bore steps as a means of appearing dynamic despite facing a Congress controlled by the political opposition.
Notably absent from the speech will be the unveiling of new initiatives on immigration or Social Security reform, or similar big problems. Perino blamed the likelihood of congressional inaction for this omission – not waning political strength or the shortness of Bush's remaining time in the Oval Office.
On foreign affairs, Bush will highlight recent successes in Iraq, according to White House officials, and talk about the fact that US troops levels there will soon start to decline. He'll discuss the Middle East peace process and the prospect of Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation, and work in mentions of US aid in the fight against global hunger and disease.
"He's put all of his soul and all of his might into being president, and this year will be no exception," said Perino.
That might be one of the points of this year's State of the Union – the beginning of a push to present his overall effort as president in positive terms.
After all, few people still are looking to Bush for political leadership, says George Edwards III, a presidential scholar at Texas A&M University. Only about one-third of the country approves of his job performance. A majority of Americans believe that beginning the war in Iraq was a mistake, according to many polls. Many voters have tuned out the White House to focus on the contenders for the 2008 presidential election, Dr. Edwards says.
"He's got very little political capital," says Edwards of Bush.
Thus this final State of the Union may be one of the chief executive's last chances to argue his case before the nation. He will likely present the recent decline in violence in Baghdad as evidence that he will pass an improving situation in Iraq along to his successor. He might hold up his stimulus deal with the House as an example of how he has worked to keep the economy humming along.
"To try to begin to set the rhetorical terms for judging his presidency in the years ahead – that's what [the State of the Union] may be about more than anything else," says Mr. Mann of the Brookings Institution.
Not that Democrats will allow these assertions to remain unchallenged. Democratic congressional leaders last week produced what they called a "pre-buttal" to the State of Union, in which, among other things, they challenged the president to renounce the use of waterboarding during interrogations and to close the Guantánamo Bay prison for detainees.
"Our first goal as a country must be to restore . . . moral authority," said Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D) of Nevada.
Bush is certain to argue otherwise. A president's early State of the Union addresses are usually used to present grand plans; his middle ones, to support his agenda and subtly attack opponents. But nearing the end of their time in office, presidents cannot avoid being retrospective, in addition to forward-looking, says Southern Methodist University professor of political science Cal Jillson.
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STANDISH — Budget cuts have begun at the Standish-Sterling Community Schools District.
The school board voted on proposed cuts given to them by Michael Dewey, acting superintendent, at a special meeting on Thursday, June 23.
Dewey approached the board with two options for cuts to cover the district's $1,527,000 shortfall, with option one being chosen by the board.
Option one included cuts to the staff including teachers, administrators and custodians. It also included a proposal for pay-to-play for student athletes and families of those athletes to pay for transportation to athletic events.
Dewey also requested that the board use $417,350 from its fund balance, although Dewey said that amount could change depending on how the board votes on other issues, and if any staff members take a buyout.
Option two requested that the board use $1,028,750 from its fund balance.
"I suggest the board not accept option two," Dewey said.
Dewey asked the board to reduce the teaching staff by an equivalent of 4.5 full time teachers by July 1.
"This option includes 2.5 positions at the high school, one at the middle school, and one at the elementary school," Dewey said. "That would be a savings of approximately $284,450."
The board decided to table the discussion until next week.
Dewey also requested that the board eliminate one administrative position, one curriculum director, and reduce the athletic and community education director position to half-time.
The board voted unanimously to eliminate the curriculum director position, an estimated savings of $92,000, and decided that Dewey will meet with Athletic and Community Education Director Ben Welmers to discuss his position further.
"This is not just one effort, this is an effort across the board," Dewey said about his suggested cuts.
The board voted unanimously not to fill a paraprofessional position that was vacated by retirement this year. The district will save an estimated $21,000 by eliminating the position.
Under Dewey's proposed cuts, he estimated that eliminating two custodians would save the district an estimated $101,000. The board voted not to cut the custodians by a vote of 4-3.
Dewey also requested that the board implement pay-to-play for school athletics. Dewey's proposed that families of student athletes pay $50 per sport, with a maximum of $200 paid per family, bringing in an estimated $27,000.
After heated discussion between board members Ron Bartlett and Dennis Kolever, the board voted 5-2 not to implement pay-to-play.
"There are families in this area that are struggling," Kolever said. "We cannot ask them to pay this much. I am not for this."
The board also elected to table a proposal asking student athletes to pay a transportation fee of $25 per sport. Dewey estimated that implementing a transportation fee would bring in an estimated $13,950 for the district.
As the meeting concluded, the board gave Dewey permission to distribute 10 pink slips to teachers in the district and one to the curriculum director. The board voted unanimously to give Dewey that authority.
"We will issue layoff notices to the 10 educators, but that does not mean they all will lose their jobs," Dewey said. "I have requested that we eliminate 4.5 positions in the district, but I am required to notify 10 teachers."
Dewey said everyone in the district has had to make sacrifices during this time. Before the meeting, teachers and administrators agreed to concessions that will save the district an estimated $65,000.
"I commend everyone in the district for their sacrifice," said Dewey.
Dewey said he wishes that no cuts had to be made.
"I made my recommendations with the thought of having the least impact on the students," he said. "Any time you have cuts, you're going to impact students. I wish I could look into a crystal ball and I could tell you the economy would turn around. I would, but we just don't know."
The district's search for a new superintendent is still in the early stages.
"I have not received any information yet from candidates," Dewey said.
Dewey also said that no one has come to him asking about the position, but he believes that candidates will begin to emerge soon.
"In situations like this, candidates will hold off until late to apply," he said. "A lot of people want to wait to see what becomes available."
Dewey said the position has not been posted internally.
"I believe we will have something available at the first part of next week," he said.
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Sarah T. Hughes: A Woman Who Asked What She Could Do For Her Country
Sarah Tilghman Hughes answered the phone. "We've had news of an accident," the voice on the end of the line said. She immediately jumped into her car and drove to the airport, where she boarded a plane and walked into a scene that has become one of the most iconic and memorable images in American history. The day was November 22, 1963. The accident was President John F. Kennedy's assassination. And the plane was Air Force One, where Hughes swore in the new president of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson. There, Hughes became the first — and still the only — woman to administer the U.S. presidential oath of office.
An AAUW regional vice president and chair of the AAUW Committee on the Economic and Legal Status of Women from 1943–47, Hughes was elected to the Texas state legislature in 1930. She became the first woman appointed state district judge in Texas in 1935. In 1961, President Kennedy appointed her to be Texas' first woman federal judge.
How did Hughes become the person to swear in Johnson on that frightful day? What were the thoughts racing through her head? What did she say to Jackie Kennedy on that plane just hours after her husband was assassinated?
These questions led us back to oral history interview transcripts in the LBJ Presidential Library. These transcripts give us insight into that day, those frantic hours, and how one of our own members was not only a witness to but a key figure in history. They contain memories of how Hughes was chosen as the person to administer the presidential oath and her personal recollections of that day.
Lawrence F. O'Brien, special assistant to the president for Congressional relations, remembered that "Johnson was adamant that the oath be administered by Judge Hughes." Several people remember Johnson himself calling Hughes. Marie Fehmer Chiarodo, Johnson's secretary, recounted, "We started looking for Sarah Hughes, and it wasn't easy."
Hughes arrived at the airport 10 minutes after receiving the phone call. As she drove, she thought, "I must not think about Kennedy; I must think about the country going on."
As everyone waited for Hughes to arrive, Lawrence F. O'Brien remembered, "There was a feeling that 'let's get out of here as rapidly as we can' and that feeling was based on the unknown." Hughes arrived at Air Force One, and soon after Jackie Kennedy arrived with her husband's blood still on her clothes. Hughes leaned over and said, "I loved your husband very much," before administering the presidential oath of office to Johnson.
As Hughes swore in Johnson, the iconic photograph was taken. People were standing in that small, crowded plane. They were straining their necks trying to catch a glimpse of the new president and Jackie Kennedy. Emotions of shock and disbelief are seen in their eyes.
As we look at that photograph 50 years later, we now know a little bit more about the woman facing Lyndon B. Johnson, Jackie Kennedy, and the sea of onlookers. The next time you look at an iconic photograph, like this one, I hope you wonder, "Is that an AAUW member?"
This post was written by AAUW Archives Intern Justine Rothbart.
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Most of us by now understand that homosexuality isn't a "lifestyle choice." It's something you're, well... Like Lady Gaga puts it, you're just born that way. I think most of us are coming around to that understanding, and it's made a huge difference in the lives of countless young gay people.
But science is here to throw a little wrench into that idea. We talk about there being a "gay gene" or homosexuality being part of your gentic makeup because, well, that just makes sense, right? But it's starting to look way more complicated than that. Researchers are now saying they think there isn't a "gay gene." Instead, all the action happens in the mother's womb, during pregnancy.
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Okay, this gets super complicated, but this is the simplest way I can think of explaining it. Epi-marks, which are kind of like switches that can change how our genes express themselves after birth, are what's responsible for a person's sexual orientation. And the epi-marks that trigger sexual orientation are passed down from fathers to daughters and from mothers to sons. (Read more on this finding that homosexuality is not genetic if you're intrigued -- it's fascinating. GEE, SCIENCE!)
Anyway, so what? Does that change anything? I mean, for us parents. If it turns out your child is gay, does it matter if that "happens" genetically or while he's in the womb?
I can come up with plenty of nightmare situations where this gets all turned around for the worse: Homophobic family members blaming the mom for gestating a gay child. Or families trying to find out of their baby's sexual orientation before they're born, just like we can find out gender. We're a crazy bunch, we humans.
Or we could just continue loving and accepting our children, no matter who they are. It doesn't matter how they get here or what goes into their genetics or their epi-marks or any of it. They're here and it's our job to love them and help them become the best people they can possibly be.
What would you do if you could find out if your child's sexual orientation before he or she is born?
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Hi guys, i am new to this forum. I started watching index a few months ago and I found out that it was a good anime to watch. I am a Naruto, One piece and bleach fan, but i was looking for a new anime to watch and i learned about index and railgun on youtube. Here are my questions.
1.(Possible spoilers for those who have not read the novels) After the light novels concluded, Touma was lost at the bottom of the sea and the series ended. Did the series end for good, or is the author of the manga taking a break before he starts working on series 3? Because if the story ends with Touma's disappearance, it is pretty stupid because a lot of things have not been told yet, like possible romances or even new espers. However, if there was a 3rd season about Touma being rescued from the ocean, this would open up new possibilities and new stories. We would see more mages and espers with incredible abilities and who knows? if the author was willing, we could see another boy with an imagine breaker just like Touma's. Will the author be doing a series 3? or will the series conclude like the light novels? Because i want index to continue running and I don't want it to end on a bad note.
2. Forgive me if i am wrong, but is it possible that there are more powerful espers outside of academy city? I know that accelerator is the strongest esper in academy city. However, is it plausible to say that there could be even stronger adult espers outside of academy city, who might be level 6s?
3. Is it right to say that Touma's imagine breaker works like superman's invulnerability? Whenever Touma uses his right hand. no magical or supernatural powers work on him, except for physical attacks. Is it wrong to say that Touma's so called "kryptonite" is normal physical attacks?
4. Could another imagine breaker exist?
These are my questions. Forgive me for such a long post, but i have been wanting to get these questions off my chest for a long time.
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1)I dont know where u get season 3 from in the novels but yes they are continuing someone posted in on of the threads the novels is coming in march. Mind you the novels come out usually 3-4 months. The author is doing this to keep index know to the community. Ex. he released V.22 on the day index season 2 came out.
2)No one know if there are stronger espers or not. Can be a possibility but they have to be as u say level 6 strong though i think they are keeping quiet about it or A.C scientists would be on their L.6 dick. Actually i'll say no cuz then scientist wouldn't have tried the L.6 shift on accelerator.
3)That is obviously correct. Its shown when he loses to motaharu and kanzaki. He wins cuz everyone he faces is so confident with magical or esper strength that they lose to him.
4)I think i read somewhere there can't be 2 a the same time. It also can't be used by anyone else other than touma.
That help ?
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1)I dont know where u get season 3 from in the novels but yes they are continuing someone posted in on of the threads the novels is coming in march. Mind you the novels come out usually 3-4 months. The author is doing this to keep index know to the community. Ex. he released V.22 on the day index season 2 came out.[/COLOR]
I thought the manga series had ended with novel 22, so maybe that was why i was confused as to whether there would be a season 3 or not. I just realized, thanks to you that the novels take very long to come out, so i could have mistaken it for the end of the manga series. I was expecting Index to be like naruto or bleach, where an issue came out every week, but i was wrong.
2)No one know if there are stronger espers or not. Can be a possibility but they have to be as u say level 6 strong though i think they are keeping quiet about it or A.C scientists would be on their L.6 dick. Actually i'll say no cuz then scientist wouldn't have tried the L.6 shift on accelerator.
However, wouldn't it be weird that in all the years of esper developments in as well as out of academy city, there was no adult capable of reaching level 6? There are definitely more espers out there in real life, so why is it so far-fetched to say that there could be espers outside of academy city who are even bigger monsters than accelerator. Maybe, the scientists tried the level 6 shift because they were aware of other espers who had reached that level and they were looking forward to emulating them? Then again, this is purely my speculation as the guy would have to be either 200 years old or he would have had to kill a heckload of level 5s.
4)I think i read somewhere there can't be 2 a the same time. It also can't be used by anyone else other than touma.
Aw man, i was hoping that this wasn't true. However, it would have been cool if there was a second imagine breaker in existence. I know that Kuroko and that level 4 teleportation esper she fought both have teleportation abilities.
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Index is a light novel so it comes out differently. Index is actually a fast one compare to other light novels out there. The manga of index comes out monthly as well as railgun manga.
No one knows what level 6 is to begin with. So no, it's still believable that no one achieves it yet. Because level 6 = to the one who reaches the will of heaven. a.k.a. a god. Even the whole level 6 just maybe a farce of Aleister to move on his plan. Because his plan revolves on the whole clone production. So it's still possible that Aleister lures the scientist to search for a dream like figure to further the production of the clones that he needed for his artificial heaven.
As of yet their is still no one that had reach level 6. If their is one that is Fiamma but his a magician and not an esper. But he reaches that "level"
Outside the academy city there are only few espers. heck even if you search the whole world you can only probably see 50 of them.
Espers are develop. The natural espers are called gemstone. But gemstone itself can be differentiate in category from an AIM based or Mana based. If you release AIM then your an Esper. And so far. Their are only 1 gemstone outside of academy city which had been revealed. The technology of creating espers are top secret of academy city so no one outside city walls know how to recreate an esper.
Though natural born esper or gemstones are far stronger than the espers created by the academy city though the powers or those gemstones can't be categorize or be analyze at all.
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There are very few people I can compare to or at least think will achieve level 6.
Maiden of Versailles
I put magicians in there because they are very powerful and Fiamma reached the "higher than god point" but then toumas like. "Anything you can do i can do better".
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In all honesty by normal means. I can only think of Accelerator and Kakine.
Aleister, Fiamma and Touma are all special in their own way.
As for why can Maiden of Versailles achieve that level? All the royalties of France are bound by their own country. The most she can achieve is the level of saint. Just like Carrissa. Carrissa with Curtana Original only reach the level of an archangel but not near the level of a god.
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About espers outside AC. Wasn't AC founded about 50 years ago? Yeah we can cut off some of it when it was still under construction, but still there should be about 30 years left. And do not forget that AC is extremly ahead when it comes down to technology - and that technology was based and derived from esper powers (its the same with real scientists, that base their develompment on real animals and creatures from earth, to learn how they was able to adapt to a certain enviroment), meaning the espers must have been around for some time. If we start esper develompemnt at primary school (age 7) and end it in university (age 23) then we can asume a typical esper spends about 16 years in AC, but then what? We know teachers aren't espers, the same with other personnel or scientists. 50 - 16 is 34 years, even if we count only 30 - 16 = 14 years, where all this esper for past 14 years go? Did they just wanished or what? No one of them was even able reach lv 5? Did Aleister melted them and took their soul (or something about those lines) and builded with them his artificial heaven?
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now, that's one of the questions on when did the adults go? it's like it's been said that after you graduate in academy city. The graduates work for the city. But it's not been mentioned on details on what happen to them specially the espers that grew old or turn into adolescents or graduates.
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Stiletto-shod Francophiles hop a plane to Paris and head for the glitzy Biennale des Antiquaires to find royal antiques , while the less well-heeled and more intrepid trek to the South of France flea-market finds. But these days, some savvy collectors turn south at the Mason-Dixon, toward Birmingham, to satisfy their taste for bergères and bureaux plats as well as bouillabaisse and café au lait.
Birmingham? If you have to ask, you haven't caressed the crisply carved French furniture at Mary Helen McCoy Antiques . Nestled in Mountain Brook Village, an "over-the-mountain" Birmingham suburb, the shop's light-filled rooms are stocked with polished 18th-century commodes and glittering gilt mirrors named after kings.
You shouldn't be surprised to find me in Birmingham," snaps proprietress Mary Helen McCoy with the verve of a hometown girl defending her turf. "There's a whole heck of a lot happening here." And a lot of it is happening in Mary Helen's own antique furniture shop.
If you're looking for an ordinary antique shop, best not shop here. Mary Helen is one of the few American dealers invited to join the prestigious Syndicat National des Antiquaires, the elite French dealers' association that organizes the Paris Biennale. Also a member of the Art and Antiques Dealers League of America, she has clients around the country and travels with prized furniture to top antiques fairs in Palm Beach and New York.
The Deep South, however, is where she prefers to find homes for her vintage treasures. "French furniture isn't just furniture but a lifestyle, and clearly, Southerners know how to live well and entertain," she explains.
She advocates pairing a couple of flirty fauteuils or a chic carved console ("the best you can afford") with boldly painted Italian faience, a handsome but comfy contemporary sofa covered in linen velvet, and splashy modern art on the walls to create fresh, lively rooms that exude effortless elegance. "Without antiques, family photographs, and other ties to the past, a room is empty," she opines.
What Mary Helen sells are the remains of an aristocratic lifestyle. "The nobility furnished their countryside châteaux with fine furniture," she notes. "Often the wood was left au naturel, but the furniture was certainly not rustique." Before she and husband Ron launched the business in 1990, Mary Helen was an assistant to Frances Emond, who owned Wardemond, once the best antiques shop in Birmingham. Together, they went on buying trips to Europe where Mary Helen fell hard for French furniture. "I grew up surrounded by beautiful things-Oriental rugs and English furniture and ceramics," says the former arts student. "But French antiques are my addiction."
What Mary Helen sells are the remains of an aristocratic lifestyle. "The nobility furnished their countryside châteaux with fine furniture," she notes. "Often the wood was left au naturel, but the furniture was certainly not rustique." Before she and husband Ron launched the business in 1990, Mary Helen was an assistant to Frances Emond, who owned Wardemond, once the best antiques shop in Birmingham. Together, they went on buying trips to Europe where Mary Helen fell hard for French furniture. "I grew up surrounded by beautiful things-Oriental rugs and English furniture and ceramics," says the former arts student. "But French antiques are my addiction."
In her shop, we survey the fruits of her yearly shopping trips to the French countryside. A showy Louis XIV marquetry commode bejeweled with elaborate bronze mounts outshines a towering lyonnaise armoire. The surface of the three-drawer chest served as a kind of canvas for marquetry master Thomas Hache (1664-1747), who arranged hand-sawn slivers of contrasting-colored woods (ebony, olive, and walnut) into flowery pictures. "Hache was to marquetry what Boulle was to brass," says Mary Helen, who is asking $450,000 for the commode.
Less formal but no less spectacular is a Régence walnut console, which Mary Helen describes as a table à gibier. Edged with a leafy frieze and capped with a thick slab of marble the color of greenbacks, the table served to cool roasted pheasant, ducks, and other game, or gibier, in the early 18th cen tury. But today's hunters in the field shoot for domesticated tables rather than wild boar. Mary Helen insists that her shop is but one of many Birmingham "must sees." Within seconds, out tumbles a playlist of the city's greatest hits, which she gamely agrees to share. Great restaurants and cafés, a growing art and antiques scene, a civil-rights museum, a science center, a botanical garden, a zoo, and plenty of Southern charm are promised-and delivered.
What's missing is attitude. When I couldn't pony up for an iced tea at Birmingham's boho hot spot Chez Lulu because I left my wallet back at the hotel, the waitress told me not to fret. "Drop by later to pay your debt," she said with a wide smile. This was a stunning gesture that perhaps only a New Yorker can fully appreciate.
Mary Helen's admiration for antiques extends well beyond France's borders. Fueled on pimento-cheese sandwiches and limeade from Gilchrist Drugstore, the eagle-eyed dealer shows where the treasures are buried. "The Birmingham Museum of Art (BMA) has the largest collection of Wedgwood outside of England," boasts Mary Helen, who is also a museum trustee. "It's going to blow you away." And she's right. Larger than its nearest rival, Atlanta's High Museum, BMA does indeed have not only the largest but the best collection of Wedgwood beyond the doors of London's Victoria and Albert Museum.
Mary Helen hits the brakes for an English mahogany drop-leaf table on porcelain casters (King's House Antiques), a cascade of crystal chandeliers (Mary Adams Antiques), weathered garden statuary (Architectural Heritage), and a painted cupboard and kitchen sink (LES Trois Marchés).
A sexy, low-slung Italian chair upholstered in slate-blue satin at Gallery terrence Denley slows us down. Owned by Terry Slaughter, the gallery plows the bulk of its proceeds into two charities, so spending here is positively a civic duty (www.terrencedenley.com). But even without the added incentive, who can resist the softly curved Deco chairs redressed in swish silk fabrics?
And if you're searching for vintage estate jewelry for somebody special (like yourself!), stop by AMW . "It is the place for old silver and out-of-this-world jewelry," advises Mary Helen. AMW are the initials of three friends (Lynn Adams, Margot Marx, and Barbara Walthall) who first set up her antique shop together back in 1981. You won't find AMW unless you inquire. It's tucked into the back shop of Mary Adams Antiques.
Some of the most exotic decorative arts we found were underfoot, at King's House Oriental Rugs, where owner Alice Schleusner holds court sitting atop a mound of centuries-old Persian carpets. Alice, one of two certified rug appraisers in Alabama, has floored three generations of Birminghamians with unique carpets. "When you buy something of quality, it always retains value," says Alice. "I'm delighted whenever a rug that I sold 35 years ago comes back to me to be traded. I've worked with three generations-grandmothers, mothers, and daughters. We're pretty big on tradition here."
When she isn't selling, Alice trains docents at the Birmingham Museum of Art. "One of the biggest mistakes that rug buyers make is to rely on the knot count as an indicator of quality," says the energetic Alice as she unfurls more rugs to make her point. "Even with a high knot count, you can get a flimsy rug. Handle the rug to get an indication of quality. You want it to have some body."
Mary Helen has her priorities, and like the French, eating well is one of them. Soon the hunt for beauty gives way to the feast at Hot and Hot Fish Club, "a darling place," says Mary Helen. But what's up with the name? Chef and owner Chris Hastings says it's part of his heritage that goes back to the mid-1700s. "My great-great-great grandfather established the Hot and Hot Fish Club in South Carolina for men who loved to fish and eat," explains Chris. Back then on Pawleys Island, "hot and hot" meant fresh food-"fish caught, cooked, and served the same day." Savor the hot and hot tomato salad with fried okra and juicy bits of corn. And don't dare leave without sampling the surprising (for a fine restaurant) dessert-donuts dusted with vanilla sugar.
Sample Southern hospitality with fine food and lodging. To indulge in the city's extraordinary regional cooking, visit one of Chef Frank Stitt's four restaurants; then relax at a local hotel or-soon-a brand-new resort and spa in a Renaissance-style castle
One of America's top five restaurants: "The Food at Highlands Bar and Grill is so outstanding that you may not notice the French posters by Art Deco designer A.M. Cassandre on the walls," says Mary Helen. Do notice the martini-neither shaken nor stirred, but "muddled," or churned, with a wooden spoon so it gets cold enough to form a film of ice.
If you forget reservations, take a seat at the bar and order crunchy Apalachicola oysters. Chef/owner Frank Stitt, who recently penned Southern Table, tells us his secrets. "I take some of the old, simple foods and flavors of the rural South and bring brightness to them through French inspiration," says Stitt. "The South has been a land of small farms. To use the food of the creeks and the fields is to honor that tradition."
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The Bisons could not overcome a poor first half against the Jacksonville Dolphins Saturday afternoon and lost 78-68 at Swisher Gymnasium.
Lipscomb outscored the Dolphins in the second half but could not overcome a 14-point lead that Jacksonville had built by halftime.
Bisons senior Josh Slater filled up the stat sheet and paced the Bisons for the second consecutive game. Slater finished with 20 points and just four steals shy of a triple-double against the Dolphins. He had 10 rebounds, six steals, and four assists to accompany his scoring.
Coming off a season-low of just two points Thursday night against North Florida, Lipscomb senior Adnan Hodzic bounced back with 19 points against Jacksonville.
The Dolphins, who came into Saturday's game having one of the lowest team shooting percentages in the Atlantic Sun, were on target in the first half, connecting on 7-of-12 three pointers. That marked the most three pointers made by the Dolphins in a single half this season.
The Bisons did not connect on a single three-pointer in the first half and finished the game shooting just 2-of-9 from behind the arc. Jacksonville finished 8-of-17 from behind the three-point line.
Jacksonville also dominated the rebounding category in the first half and held a 17-9 advantage on the boards after the first 20 minutes.
At the 2:38 mark of the first half, Jacksonville took their largest lead of the game 37-20.
However, the Bisons would battle back and stage a valiant comeback effort in the second half. From the 17:29 mark to the 12:10 mark, Lipscomb went on a 14-2 run and cut the Dolphins lead to five. The Bisons would climb within three points at the 6:39 mark, but Lipscomb was never able to tie or took the lead in the second half.
Missed free-throws were another area that plagued the Bisons. Lipscomb went just 22-of-34 from the free-throw line (64.7 percent) and missed nine free-throws in the second half alone. The Dolphins managed to shoot nearly 87 percent from the free-throw line by connecting on 26-of-30.
The Bisons scored 24 points off of 21 Jacksonville turnovers while managing to only turn the ball over nine times themselves.
As a team, the Bisons went 22-for-51 from the field (43.1 percent). The Dolphins finished the game shooting 22-of-44 (50 percent).
With the loss, the Bisons have now lost two consecutive games and are 14-10 overall, 9-6 in the A-Sun. Jacksonville improved to 15-7 overall and 9-4 in the A-Sun.
Lipscomb's next action comes Thursday night as the team heads to Campbell to take on the Fighting Camels. Jonathan and Benjamin Seamon will be on the call for the Lipscomb Sports Network.


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Release Date: 1993 |
On this record, X-Japan are Yoshiki (pinao, drums), hide (guitars), Toshi (vocals), Pata (guitars), and Heath (bass). This album was released in 1993.
I absolutely love this album and your review is equal in quality to Art of Life. You really covered everything, that is, everything that one can actually express in words.
Aside from listening to it over and over and not getting tired of it, I think the song even holds up throughout. If you take a look at many longer songs, you'll undoubtedly find sections that bore you to death. With this though, never do I find myself thinking "Wow, still 10 minutes left of this drivel?"
I really agree that this is an album for all music fans. It takes a step into metal, prog, classical, and pop, and does a masterful job in each. 5/5
Oh my God - that review was amazing, I have to listen to this right now!
Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound OffHere's a couple of websites I quoted.
W00t for having the featured review.
I'm willing to admit that I've never heard of this, but due to your taste in music, I'm forced to admit that I need to get it. Absolutely incredible review, as well.
Excellent review. I have high hopes for it being as good as you say. Soulseek will be busy tonight.
Well holy shit.
A Change Of Seasons is my favourite song ever. I think you and me share the same feelings for ACOS, or you used to at least. Your review just made it urgent for me to hear this! It sounds amazing (Yoshiki can seriously outplay Rudess??), but I can't find it anywhere, even Soulseek.
Any chance you can send it to me, Iai?
I just hope all you guys don't get your hopes up too much. I mean, it's an incredible song, but very different in my eyes from ACOS. Don't expect a shred fest or tons of double bass drum. In fact, if I were to have on criticism of the review, it's that it makes the song seem too much like ACOS, when it's in fact very different.
Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound OffWell, there's not exactly tons of double-bass in A Change Of Seasons either.
Or at least I don't remember there being any.
The two songs do have a lot of similarities, but I concede, I probably made too much of them.
Trust me, it's not the 'shred fest or tons of double bass' that make me love ACOS, so I think I'm safe. The comparisons just made it seem like something I'd really enjoy.
Hey Mate, Did'nt know anyone in europe knew Xjapan, I thought i was one of the minority, but hell yea they ROCK, I've been a "hardcore Fan Of them for about 2 years now" Yoshiki has influenced most of my drum playing for the [ast year!! Good To see they are Getting the credit they deserve, THey are my fav. rock band of all time!!
Soz My "Tag (name I use on mxtabx forum is Yoshiki Also lol!!! i just forgot to sign in so it showd up blank
O Yea, By the way, got to congrat. you on your briliant review
Yo, Distorted Vision, if you want to download this album get bit torrent and go to www.bi-torrent.com and look for the torrent of it. After reading this review I too was inspired to download this album to see what Iai was speaking so fondly about. I've just started listening to it so I don't think I can honestly give any sort of judgment on it as of yet however judging by what I have already heard, I can honestly say that I much prefer Labrie's voice to the voice of X Japan's singer -- maybe that's just me though *shrugs*.
Great review by the way Iai.
I'll have to look into this but no way I'd try to download this on my wimpy 56k. Brilliant review but you knew that, right? ;)
"I much prefer Labrie's voice to the voice of X Japan's singer -- maybe that's just me though *shrugs*."
I agree. Art of Life is the only thing I've heard from them, but I'm interested in hearing some vocals in Japanese.
Raijo, thanks but there's no need, I got it off Iai on Soulseek.
Well, to be honest, it is really good but I'm not loving all of it. I have a strong feeling that it's one of those things that will really grow on me over time, and one day I'll probably be knocked out.
My favourite parts are the heavier bits, pretty standard prog-metal playing but it's pulled off really well, and the whole thing flows nicely. The thing that put me off is Toshi's voice, he seems like a good enough singer aurally, but because he's Japanese singing in English, it's very hard to understand him because his words aren't very articulate. I think it would have worked better with a singer who is better at simply SAYING the words in English, because Toshi sounds like he's saying nothing in particular.
Otherwise, it's really really good. My first reaction to the piano solo was 'OK, you can stop with the wrong notes now' , but I'm 'getting' it now after a few listens. Thanks for recommending it.
Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound OffI think Art Of Life is one of only 2 songs they did entirely in English.
Rusty Nail and Silent Jealousy are two good songs to check out that are mainly in Japanese.
Album Rating: 3.5This is pretty decent.
I just recently got into X Japan. I think they're cool. Art of Life sounds like a really good song. Unfortunately soulseek has shit. You can never find anything on there. That would be cool if you could send it. Maybe I'll buy it. Who knows.
Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound OffI found it fine on Soulseek, personally.
Try adding a guy called nagini to your list - I found him randomly on a search once. He has tons of Japanese stuff.
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Feeding my mind.
I visit a lot of food blogs.
I make great recipes.
I meet nice people.
I get inspiration.
Food blogs are not the only kind of blogs I visit. Sometimes I need nourishment for my mind as well as body. That's where Jen comes in.
My friend Jennifer is a poet, photographer, gentle soul, and fantastic Mom to two beautiful girls.
She strings together words that make me sigh, that make me nod my head in agreement, that make me print them out to hang on my fridge.
This is a true gift. To be able to not only express how you feel, but to capture that feeling for someone else. Just with words and pictures. Amazing.
I often wait until just before bed to check out her posts so her sweet words will linger in my head as I drift off to sleep. It's a nice way to end the day.
If you haven't visited Under the Big Blue Sky, you should.
You should fill up your head with beautiful words, and gorgeous pictures, and true emotion.
I keep telling her she should write a book.
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Set within walking distance of the Forbidden City, our hostel is located in the heart of ancient Peking.
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You want to be that guy who buys everyone in the bar a drink. You want to be the guy who whisks a girl off her feet to Paris or Iceland or Buenos Aires at a moment's notice. You want the Tag Heuer Monaco watch, the vintage Triumph, and if it's not asking too much, the Bugatti Veyron.
It all can be yours.
Now for the buzzkill: the first step to a lifetime of getting exactly what you want is to responsibly manage your finances. Unless you're one of the lucky few who nabbed a full college scholarship or at least a full parental scholarship, chances are you entered your adult life carrying around personal debt on your back like the Hunchback of Notre Dame. Instead of squeezing a growing hunchback into a John Varvatos suit you can't afford anyway, man up and take some personal responsibility for your finances.
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There's a reason so many sports players, rock gods, and millionaires face bankruptcy. It doesn't matter how much money you draw in, if you overspend your earnings your ship is sunk early.
Set out goals. If you want the finer things in life, figure out how you can save up to afford them over time instead of racking up credit card debt and hoping to hit it big your next weekend at Vegas. Responsible financial planning actually allows you to enjoy the things you buy more, because they are not weighed down with a heavy anchor of interest fees and late payment penalties. Set a budget, stick to it. You can create a line item for fun, budgeting doesn't have to be austere. It just needs to be smart.
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Cantabria is a region on the northern coast of Spain. Its main infrastructure hub is Santander with about 180,000 inhabitants.
Other destinations[edit]
Get in[edit]
The nearest airport is in Santander. There are domestic flights, primarily from Madrid, and international flights with Ryanair from London, Dublin, Brussels, Rome, Milan, Frankfurt, Paris and Amsterdam. Other international flights to Bilbao.
Arrival by ferry from UK is also possible in Santander. There is a ferry terminal.
Arrival by car from Bilbao is via the A8 freeway.
Get around[edit]
Since many interesting places are outside Santander in small villages in the countryside a car is useful. Alternatively public buses are available to larger towns. Frequent public buses are available between Santander and Bilbao.
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You can surf at the beaches of Somo, Los Locos in Suances near Torrelavega and Meron in San Vicente de la Barquera.
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Cenador de Amós (Ribamontán al Monte) Solana (Ampuero) El Serbal (Santander) El Nuevo Molino (Puente Arce) El Retiro (San Vicente de la Barquera) La Soldreria (Potes)
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If you are coming from the Basque Country the logical continuation is to go to Asturias. Just follow the coastline westwards.


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Queer Madness
Queer Madness is a zine by Wilum Pugmire.
Queer Madness was released in the 1980s. Although the date given on the cover is 1781, as was Wilum Pugmire's custom in dating his zines, so this title probably came out in 1981. The first issue of Queer Madness was included in the 31st mailing of the APA Esoteric Order of Dagon, the Amateur Press Association devoted to H. P. Lovecraft, and issues two and three were included in the 33rd mailing.
Writers featured included Jessica Amanda Salmonson (Young Tyrone: A Melodrama), who contributed the poems "Deep Memory" to the first issue and "Cabbage Man" to the second issue.
Artists featured included David Vosburgh and Maurice Squidd.
Issue three featured a six page article on Bela Lugosi by Gary Dorst, with accompanying illustrations by David Billman and Allen Koszowski. Also included is a collage story by Michael Roden, that features hand drawn elements and hand lettered text.
Wilum Pugmire also produced the zines Midnight Fantasies, Old Bones and Visions of Khroyd'hon, among others.


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A Long Afternoon With My Soma Saga 26″ Touring Bike
Being back in the states has been such a treat…it almost felt like I'd moved back for a minute. Tomorrow I'm heading back to Shanghai for who knows how long; it's so weird that China now feels like home to me.
Anyway, while stateside, I got to do a bunch of stuff that I can't easily do over in Shanghai. One of those things is explore long gravel and dirt roads on my touring bike. My Soma Saga has been my trusty and reliable ride for everything from touring to weekend getaways to simply getting lost for an afternoon.
It's definitely one of my favorite bikes I've owned. It's certainly not pretty, nor is it hung with super fancy parts. I built this bike up on a whim a few years back after realizing I had a bunch of spare bits, making for a good excuse to exercise the old n+1 theory.
Check out some more shots below and see for yourself just how weird of a build this is.
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Any time a zealot commits an extreme act we hear how anomalous and senseless it is. Oh it is a departure from our religion which is one of peace, they'll say.
There is a greater awareness among atheists that the party line is a lie. Western religions are anything but peaceful. Their scripture is vicious. And by the very nature of the contract the religious adherent forfeits her right to reason contrary to the "word". Faith and obedience are in the recipe for religious extremism.
Indeed the weaker the secular influence the greater the incidence of extremism. Religion is like a lab experiment run amok.
And when individuals commit acts of extremism as a result of some political ideology another contract with the devil is signed. Abdicate your individualism. Dont criticize the state and its ideology. God and state is paramount. Obey, you sheep, obey!
"The sleep of reason produces monsters." But what about rationalism? Yes rationalism. Do proponents of rationalism ever fall prey to its appeal and commit acts of extremism?
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Bp, you are welcome.
I muddled through. Interesting take. Never saw fractals used in that manner.
Glen, thanks for that clarification.
Also, perhaps tonight I can move those blog posts over here to the nexus where you will be able to read it :)
bpansky25, I can not make out your blog because the color scheme is unfriendly.
I agree with what you have written here except by clarification it can be argued that an extreme act is never rational. This in no way mitigates the innate capability of all humans to act in an irrational way. But when humans do are they acting rationally?
"Faith and obedience are in the recipe for religious extremism." "The sleep of reason produces monsters."
Seems fairly accurate. The religions really do not provide goodness for people, they just perpetuate themselves.
I recently put up a blog post about dealing with the endless objections that religious people have to criticism against them.
Also, I'm not sure about the answer to "Do proponents of rationalism ever fall prey to its appeal and commit acts of extremism?" I suspect that all humans have some of this capability. What I'd like to point out is:
-Pointing out problems inherent to religion, and
-pointing out problems with a few brands of that religion, and
-comparing religion to something else (like rationality)
are three seperate endeavours. Though I do think that religion is defeated in all three cases.
It is the title of a painting by Goya.
So one man's rationalism is another's purge. I dont think so. But I guess it begs the question that we look beyond the superficial to define rationalism.
I cant recall it recently. But that and related activity many times in my lifetime.
Your second question suggests we agree.
When is the last time anyone ever heard of a Christian shooting up an abortion clinic? What's the percentage of violent religious nuts in civilized western societies vs. third world shit holes?
James, I think that is part of the story.
I also think the greater culture will color personal ethics in accordance with the degree of indoctrination. Lip-service catholics will support abortion and gay rights and almost completely flout the ex cathedra pronouncements of the holy pooper. Fundies and real wacko indoctrinated wingnuts will shoot up an abortion clinic. The nut jobs have been duped. No, it is deeper than that. They have had their brains hi-jacked before the age of reason and the greater culture could make an impression to compete with anything approaching reason.
I think overall a person interprets their religious texts so that they agree with their own personal brand of ethics. This is why Muslims in the US are mainly non-violent and many Christians in Arab states are less so.
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Rays' big bats boost Hellickson to fourth straight win
ST. PETERSBURG -- Back-to-back homers, plenty of hits, and a stellar start by Jeremy Hellickson. Yes, you could say the cosmic tumblers clicked nicely into place for the Rays on Friday night.
The culmination of everything good brought an 8-3 win over the White Sox at Tropicana Field, giving the Rays six wins in their last seven games as the team moved to 47-40 on the season.View Full Game Coverage
ST. PETERSBURG -- Back-to-back homers, plenty of hits, and a stellar start by Jeremy Hellickson. Yes, you could say the cosmic tumblers clicked nicely into place for the Rays on Friday night.
The culmination of everything good brought an 8-3 win over the White Sox at Tropicana Field, giving the Rays six wins in their last seven games as the team moved to 47-40 on the season.View Full Game Coverage
Everything good began with Hellickson.
Riding a three-game winning streak, Hellickson set the tone by giving the Rays his fifth quality start in his last six games, allowing one run on six hits and no walks while striking out nine in seven innings. Hellickson notched his eighth win of the season, claiming victory for the sixth time in his last seven decisions.
"Very efficient and located well," said Rays manager Joe Maddon, assessing Hellickson's outing. "Ball down, keep talking about that, but it's that simple for him. He kept the ball down, and he was pitching with more confidence. Really a lot more of attacking the hitter. Fastball, changeup primarily. Started mixing his curveball in about the fourth inning."
Hellickson made a clarification regarding Maddon's evaluation.
"I don't think it's confidence in myself, it's confidence in throwing a fastball down and away 2-1," Hellickson said. "Earlier in the year, I would have bounced a changeup. I just have a lot of confidence in my fastball right now."
Earlier in the season, the Rays right-hander had a chronic problem with the big inning, and many times those big innings came after his offense had staked him to a big lead. Such an inning never transpired Friday night after the Rays built a 5-0 lead after two innings.
"[Pitching with a lead] doesn't change my mindset too much," Hellickson said. "It's really nice to pitch with a 5-0 lead in the third inning, but I really don't change much. My approach from the first pitch is to get ahead and be aggressive. You have to do more of that once you're ahead to make them earn their way on."
Rays hitters got busy early Friday night, enjoying a productive evening that saw the team collect 14 hits, with every starter getting at least one hit. In the last five games, the Rays have scored 36 runs on 60 hits.
Friday night, they forced White Sox starter Dylan Axelrod out of the game in the bottom of the second inning, when they exploded for five runs on seven hits. Jose Molina ignited the rally with a two-run homer, and Kelly Johnson followed with a solo shot.
Singles from Desmond Jennings, Evan Longoria and James Loney were followed by a Wil Myers double before White Sox manager Robin Ventura handed the ball to reliever Ramon Troncoso. Troncoso got Luke Scott to ground out to end the inning.
"It's just one of those [games]," Ventura said. "They just jumped on [Axelrod]. They were swinging the bats, and I don't think he was locating too good."
Axlerod's outing was the shortest by a Chicago starter since Jose Quintana allowed seven runs over 1 1/3 innings on Sept. 4, 2012.
"I threw some balls up," Axelrod said. "They're hot right now. … I was throwing strikes; just balls up a little bit, maybe too much of the plate at times. I didn't feel like I was throwing horrible pitches, but obviously not good enough."
Tampa Bay added two more in the bottom of the fourth when Jennings led off with another single. Troncoso then put Matt Joyce and Longoria aboard with a pair of walks. Myers' sacrifice fly to center field scored Jennings, while a single from Scott brought in Joyce.
"As a team, we are doing a really good job of getting good at-bats," Molina said. "And that's huge. To make sure that the team is competing the way that we are right now. You know, good at-bats get hits, win games and all of that."
The only blight on the evening came in the ninth when left-hander Cesar Ramos gave up two runs.
"I thought we played well tonight up until the last inning, when it got a little sloppy," Maddon said. "Overall, we've been playing really well. The last homestand: Two out of three vs. Toronto, two out of three vs. Detroit ... three out of four in Houston. Played well tonight, so if we just keep playing that style of baseball, we're going to win a lot of games."
Bill Chastain is a reporter for MLB.com.


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WASHINGTON (Nov. 15, 2012)—Students across the country can now depart on the ultimate international field trip — no passports needed — with the arrival of one of the world's largest maps of Europe. Introduced today, National Geographic's Giant Traveling Map of Europe, measuring 26 feet by 26 feet, enables students to embark on a mock tour of the world's second-smallest continent while learning about its rich history and diverse geography. Designed for grades K-8, the map will be touring the United States and be available for loans of two weeks or longer to schools and event organizers through National Geographic's Giant Traveling Maps program, managed by National Geographic Live, the public programming division of the National Geographic Society.
The vibrant vinyl map will guide students through lessons and fun activities related to Europe's climate, natural resources, famous landmarks, demographics and more. Teachers are provided with a trunk of accessories designed to enhance the lessons and encourage student engagement with content-rich games suitable for various age groups and class sizes. Among the activities are a geography-themed version of "Simon Says," in which students utilize movement and knowledge to locate key places on the map; "All Aboard the Landmark Carousel," which explores iconic European landmarks and human geography; and "The Grid Game," which reviews the concept of identifying a location using latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates.
"The Europe map is an important and exciting addition to our ever-expanding roster of Giant Traveling Maps," said Dan Beaupré, National Geographic's director of education partnerships for National Geographic Live. "We believe this giant map will be an effective tool in enlivening the study of Europe's geography and history for both students and teachers."
National Geographic's Giant Traveling Maps program was introduced in 2006 with a map of Africa created after National Geographic magazine devoted its September 2005 issue entirely to that continent. Since then, the program has expanded to include maps of North America, South America, Asia, the Pacific Ocean and now Europe. It is estimated that more than 450,000 students will interact with one of these giant maps in the 2012-2013 school year. In addition to school venues, the maps appear at museums, festivals, fairs and corporate and educational conferences. The maps reinforce National Geographic's commitment to increasing geographic literacy through teacher professional development, K-12 curricula, live events and academic competitions.
To learn more about the Giant Traveling Maps project, for borrowing information or to download map activities, visit www.nationalgeographic.com/giantmaps.
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Dr. Victor Schuster, Baumritter Professor and University Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Einstein and at Montefiore Medical Center, has been honored by the American Kidney Fund as Nephrologist of the Year.
Dr. Schuster's research has focused for 25 years on vasoactive hormones and epithelial transport. The Schuster laboratory was the first to show that angiotensin II directly modulates fluid reabsorption by the proximal tubule. For a decade, he worked in acid-base physiology, characterizing the respective transporters of renal collecting duct a and b intercalated cells. In 1995, his laboratory discovered the prostaglandin (PG) transporter "PGT", a finding he has extended to human and mouse genetics, zebrafish, and drug discovery.
The Schuster laboratory has advanced the hypothesis that PG signaling is akin to neuronal signaling, i.e. the signaling molecule is released and then taken up again by the same cell. Because PGT regulates the expression of, and signaling via, PG receptors, it comprises a new therapeutic target for modulating prostanoid signaling.
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