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Do you mean Milkweed and Laurie? Those are not really replacements.There are 2 bookstores downtown that are small businesses. Use those.
Laurie is North Loop, not downtown, and has a quite odd selection of old collectible books. It's fun, but I can't go buy the new Adichie novel, or Black Panther comic.
Milkweed is a better replacement, but is also not downtown (it's further from the IDS than the MIA is), is quite small (700 sq ft vs B&N's 25,000 sq ft), and focused on independent publishers, themselves foremost. Almost half their stock is poetry. Which is great! I love that store. But it's not a replacement.
I will miss having Barnes & Nobel downtown.


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My next-door neighbors, Frances and Dickie, have hit some very, very hard times.
Dickie had a heart attack some 5 years ago, and a triple or quadruple arterial by-pass operation. And they didn't have health insurance. Just last week I found out they maxed out all their credit cards to pay their medical bills, and haven't been able to repay the credit card companies, so their credit is ruined. Collectors are telephoning constantly.
Dickie hasn't been able to work since, as he was a manual laboror, forging steel.
Last summer, his heart began acting up again, and he had to have a stent put into one artery.
In retrospect, in now seems obvious (so obvious that a lawsuit is probably in order) that he picked up hepatitis from receiving contaminated blood during that surgery.
Hepatitis doesn't go away. Ever.
Six weeks or so ago, Dickie was in the yet hospital again, where several conditions were discovered, the worst of which is cirrhosis of the liver. Merriam-Webster Online defines it as: "widespread disruption of normal liver structure by fibrosis and the formation of regenerative nodules that is caused by any of various chronic progressive conditions affecting the liver (as long-term alcohol abuse or hepatitis)".
Notice the word "progressive." Cirrhosis only gets worse with time.
Dickie has never abused alcohol, even before he got religion. But after his conversion, he never touched alcohol. I know because I have offered it to him several times in the past. He is a Baptist tee-totaller.
Frances runs a child care business out of their home. But with the current economic slump, fewer women have jobs and need daycare for their children. Frances has had to lower her prices to attract more children, and she still has only 6, two of whom are infants. She has help once a week, but has to pay that helper.
Dickie's medications include (but are by no means limited to) an antibiotic that costs $350 per month and another something that costs $185 per month. That's WITH Medicare, which he is old enough for by now, but Medicare stops paying after you get to $2800 and doesn't resume until after you cross the $5,000 mark. That's every year.
Dickie is getting rapidly worse. It won't be long before he will be unable to drive (i.e., get out of the house and have some alone time and some peace from all those small children). Stairs are already not easy for him.
He is busily cleaning out his garage and getting his elaborate gardens all tidied up - while he still can. We even caught him raking sweetgum balls from our yard a couple of weeks ago. He couldn't do that today, I think.
He can hardly eat anything and what he does eat isn't good for him, just a lot of sweets. He threw up yesterday and has fallen three times this week alone. (Yesterday I took a walker over there, that we had left from the time Demetrios' foot was broken. But that wont' really help much as the cause of his falls is fainting, probably from low blood pressure.)
To top everything off, their 16-year-old granddaughter is going to have a baby in June. A baby Frances will end up keeping for free or for very little pay, as she has all her grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. The mother-to-be still has a year of high school, and only has a part-time job. Her own mother, a youngish widow, had a baby out of wedlock 5 years ago, so there's really nothing she can say to her teenaged daughter.
I don't know. It's just so sad. We help as we are able, but what's to become of these dear, God-loving, upright, sweet, salt-of-the-earth people, I don't know. Please pray for them, and if you feel moved to do more, we can figure out some way.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
When Hard Times Hit
My next-door neighbors, Frances and Dickie, have hit some very, very hard times.
Posted by Anastasia Theodoridis at 11:38 AM
8 comments:
- elizabeth said...
Lord have mercy! That is a lot of hard times! I will put them on my prayer list.
- April 17, 2010 at 11:43 AM
- Steve Robinson said...
May God bless them. It is scary because that could be our story in a heartbeat. I wish I could offer something other than prayers.
- April 17, 2010 at 12:30 PM
- Chocolatesa said...
Lord have mercy!
- April 17, 2010 at 1:57 PM
- DebD said...
like s-p, I wish there was more I could offer. Prayers.
- April 17, 2010 at 2:11 PM
- Anastasia Theodoridis said...
Prayers, of course, are the most important thing!
- April 17, 2010 at 2:46 PM
- Anam Cara said...
The next door neighbors of one of our church members several years ago had an accident where he cut off part of his hand with a circular saw (I think that's what it was). He was a carpenter and that made work nearly impossible. They had small children at home, she would try to go to work, but economy was already in a downturn, so there wasn't much.
To make a long story short (too late for that!) at our church we took up a special offering for them even thought he weren't members, or even Orthodox. Is this one way we can show them God's love? Helping out financially as we can - something more tangible to them than "I'll pray"?
Talk to your priest. If he okays it, I'll send part of my next paycheck to help out. Just let me know it's happening, the address of the church and what to put in the memo line so it is used for this family.
- April 17, 2010 at 4:29 PM
- Anastasia Theodoridis said...
Anam, I will talk to my priest tomorrow.
My neighbors' own congregation has dwindled down to so few members it is hardly functioning. They're loosing people to the happy-clappy crowd. But their pastor is faithfully refusing to make their congregation into one of those newfangled bits of emotional indulgence; he just keeps on preaching "from the Bible" as he sees it.
- April 17, 2010 at 5:00 PM
- margaret said...
I will do the same as Anam Cara, we'll just have to give the bank their cut of issuing an international cheque :( so please also tell me what's happening.
- April 21, 2010 at 2:52 PM

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Once upon time, before shopping became theater; before our identities were defined by what we wore; before we became alienated from our core values of family, friends, and charity; before we became the buy-buy-buy, need-it-now generation; before shopping became a substitute for other kinds of pleasure, life was lustier.
Proof? Weren't families a whole lot bigger?
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Couple this knowledge with the fact that, at most big chains, seasonal goods arriving on the floor are out of sync with real life. For instance, you live in Chicago. It's February, zero degrees, and you're wearing a winter coat as you cruise through your favorite store freaking out at how small the bottoms are on the new bikinis. Hello, it's February! Months and months away from summer. Yet here's the summer stock, already beckoning.
Make this craziness work for you. Remember the goods keep flowing, and the merchants must make space for the new stuff by marking the old stuff down. So the winter jacket that arrived in August will be getting marked down just about the time you need it for winter, while the teeny-tiny bikini should be on its second markdown by the time you can go swimming in the lake. This is called clearance.
Don't be fooled, though. There's a difference between seasonal clearance and goods bought to be sold on promotion. When the latter happens, a big slug of goods are bought, marked too high, and put on the floor to establish a "regular" price (usually for four to six weeks, but this depends on laws state to state). Later they're marked down to trick all you budget-minded bitches into thinking you're getting a bargain.
Be suspicious. If there's a whole lot of one item on the floor, marked at, say, 20 percent off regular price, chances are it was jacked up and you're not getting a bargain. Be wary of circulars and catalogs "promoting" items—think about it; you're a smart B: They bought and planned to promote these goods at "sale: prices months in advance.
Recognize the difference between a clear-out-the-stuff-because-the-season-is-aging kind of sale and a general business-is-so-sucky-we-need-to-motivate-people sale. Normal bitches should respond to a one-day-only-everything-is-on-sale sale only if they need things.
Likewise, take a pass on the stores that offer $50 off a purchase three weeks from now if you spend $250 or more today. See this for what it is—a sleazy seduction to get you into bed again. Succumb only knowing what they are doing to you and only if you have tremendous discipline. Plan precisely how you will spend that $50 three weeks hence—say on sorely needed underwear or bras. Better still, just say no. Since you're a normal person lacking discipline, you're likely to be a promotional victim and either miss your seven-day shopping window, or, if you get back in time, spend more than that $50 certificate.
Use the stores—don't let them use you. The best way is to know what you want (recon) and to keep an eye out for those magical days when clearance and promotions happen simultaneously. Only on these days do we allow ourselves to shop at the high temples of fashion. Say you have been watching a fabulous pair of Robert Clegerie shoes, a Jil Sander sweater, or a Marc Jacobs coat that arrived in August—all orgasmically gorgeous but also hideously expensive, so in this economy they're still hanging around. Now it's December/January (May/June for spring merch) and they're marked down for clearance. Wait. Keep watching. Soon the store needs to do a general promotion to make room for new goods (they just keep coming) and raise some cash. What happens? The waiting pays off. Now you get another 20 or 30 percent on top of the already marked-down price. Pounce. This is the absolute perfect storm of a smart-bitch buy.
In the end, if all else fails, stores still need to move the goods out. They need the space, and any cash in hand is better than an old schmatte sitting on a hanger in the stockroom.


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Anti-asbestos advocates plan to hold the newly-elected Parti Québécois government to its promise to cancel the $58-million government loan to the Jeffrey Mine and put an end to this province's long history of production and export of the deadly fibre.
That promise was made in the final days of the election campaign by PQ candidate Daniel Breton, now the newly-elected MNA for the Plateau Mont Royal riding of Sainte-Marie-Saint-Jacques and a long-time environmental activist. PQ Leader Pauline Marois confirmed the commitment last Thursday, promising to cancel the loan and instead invest the money in economic diversification for the asbestos-producing region.
But a spokesperson for the Jeffrey Mine said no discussions have yet been held with the new government, and work to expand underground and reopen the mine is continuing, he said.
"Look, we have an agreement with the government, work is continuing, and we have no further comment," Guy Versailles said.
It is not known how the new PQ government can legally cancel the loan at this point, but Marois has made it clear she intends to end asbestos mining in the province.
The former Liberal government had announced the granting of the controversial loan on June 29, after years of stalling, at a press conference in Asbestos, home of the Jeffrey Mine. The outgoing Liberal MNA for Richmond riding, Yvon Vallières, made the announcement just before taking his retirement from politics. His daughter, Karine Vallières, replaced him as the Liberal candidate for Richmond and managed a very narrow victory over the PQ's Étienne-Alexis Boucher on Tuesday, beating him by only 269 votes.
Dr. Fernand Turcotte, professor emeritus of public health and preventive medicine at Université Laval, said he is certain the PQ will follow through on the promise, and he is only disappointed the party didn't take this position earlier.
"The scientific facts are so robust and incontestable that the only legitimate way for a modern state to proceed is to leave the remaining asbestos in the ground, and take all reasonable measures to protect people from the asbestos that we have used in our built environment," he said.
He added the new government needs to publish a registry of all public buildings that contain asbestos and conduct regular inspections to ensure these buildings are safe.
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Think big: Do-it-yourselfer did it
ADDRESS: 2515 Plank Road
NEIGHBORHOOD: North Garden
SIZE: 3,850 fin. sq. ft., 825 unfin.
LAND: 3.50 acres
CURB APPEAL: 6 out of a possible 10
LISTED BY: William Bailey at Real Estate III 817-9800
When people think of a "do it yourself" project, they may imagine a trip to Lowe's for a new dryer vent kit, some caulk to plug the gap around an old bath tub, or a can of paint to spruce up the garage. More ambitious folks might even remodel an entire room.
But the owners of this huge new house between North Garden and Old Lynchburg Road did everything themselves, learning as they went from the ground up, so to speak.
Tile work seems to be a specialty, as the large entrance area, beautiful kitchen, and four full baths attest. Marble counters in the bathrooms and granite kitchen surfaces indicate a dedication to craft rare even in professionals, and therefore much more impressive in a learn-as-you-go novice.
Everything about the house is bigger than usual. On the entry level (actually the second level, since the house is situated on a sloping lot), super-sized spaces include the tiled entry area, the long living room/dining room spread across the back of the house overlooking one of two decks and a fenced yard, and the enormous kitchen. An extra bedroom/office beside the entry has a private bath, making an ideal space for visitors or owners who want one-level living.
Bruce hardwood floors, chair rail and crown molding, and stainless GE appliances layer finesse and style over the builder's fine basic skills to create a classy sophistication for which the relatively nondescript exterior did not prepare us.
Upstairs is more wide-open space in a master bedroom with a private balcony (and a walk-in closet/dressing area as large as a room in its own right). The master bath is another testimony to the owner/builder's craft, with lovely tile shower and marble counters. Gas jets in the bedroom permit new owners to install a private fireplace to cozy up to on long winter nights. Other behind-the-scenes installations include Cat-5 wiring for Internet and video access. Two more bedrooms and another bath round out the spacious upstairs.
But the first, or basement, level is clearly the hub of activity in the house. Again, "extra" is the operative word. Finding that the sloping terrain permitted 10-foot-high ceilings for not much extra money, the owners opted to create living space, with windows on three sides and access to the backyard, as roomy and comfortable as the main level.
The fourth bedroom and full bath make the "basement" ideal for in-laws or teenagers because there's none of the dank gloominess one usually finds in spaces backed up against a hill.
Outside is no exception to the "bigger is better" theme. Across the back of the property (but actually the front, thanks to a weird decision to face the house away from Plank Road), a 300-foot-long fence provides protection from neighbors farther up the hill and an apparent jogging path for squirrels, many of which (in addition to impressive numbers of birds) were in evidence during our visit.
An oversized (of course) two-car garage and 10' x 12' storage building complete the outside amenities.
Plank Road was so named because it was originally actually constructed of planks. The original dirt turnpike linking Staunton and Scottsville began to be covered with planks about 1850. The owner/builder of this house may have been inspired by those old-time workmen as he began his project. The results are as admirable in his case as the massive road project must have been in those early rustic times.


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Beach 4 Theatre
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The Beach Theatre opened June 29, 1950, with 800 seats and the movie "The Father of the Bride". It was built by Cape May's pioneer showman William Hunt. Philadelphia theatre architect William H. Lee won a national architectural award for his design.
Architect William H. Lee was a distinguished theatre architect whose career lasted more than half a century and a variety of styles. Some of the theatres he designed are still showing movies, including the Anthony Wayne and Bryn Mawr, on Philadelphia's Main Line, and the West Shore Theatre in New Cumberland, PA. Converted for live shows are the Majestic in Gettysburg, the State in Easton, PA and the Miracle Theatre in Florida. The Landis in Vineland, NJ is being restored.
The September 20, 1950 Exhibitor magazine stated that 'The architect blended his design of slender colonial like columns, lace-like balustrade and colonial lanterns to blend with the general mid-Victorian architecture of the resort. Natural wood paneling with exhibits of contemporary artists with an adjacent TV lounge were the special features of the foyer'. Television in the lounge could not actually be seen for another two years, though, as it was yet broadcast in Cape May. Lee included four gas lanterns as part of his revival design.
The large lobby could accommodate 200 people. It had a hand painted mural of the ferry coming into Cape May, and the mural included historic figures related to Cape May. The Hunt family rented space to a candy store. Behind the foyer candy counter, with its quilted leatherette front and glass top, was a comfortable lounge with tables and chairs. Crystal chandeliers hung from the acoustic tile ceiling.
Two eagles with wings spread full dominated the patriotic motif of the huge gold medallion mounted on the green side walls of the auditorium. Throughout the theatre, there was a green and gold color scheme, devised by decorators David Brodsky Associates.
In the 1980's, the Beach's auditorium was divided into four auditoriums. The outdoor flower gardens, which had hundreds of beautiful red geraniums, was removed.
Owner Frank Theatres closed the Beach Theatre and proposed demolition. On November 17, 2007 the theatre was reopened by the nonprofit organization Beach Theatre Foundation, Inc. under a one year lease. The foundation sought to purchase the theatre and change it into a two-screen movie house with a large auditorium of 500 to 600 seats, and a screening room with 75 to 100 seats.
In May, 2008. the nonprofit group Preservation New Jersey listed the Beach Theatre in its annual list of the state's 10 most endangered historic sites. In September, 2009, the theatre closed after the summer season. Frank Theatres again announced intent to demolish the theatre. In 2011, the City Council overruled the recommendation of its own Historic Preservation Commission and took the matter away from the Zoning Board which had been holding hearings on the matter. In September, 2011 Frank Theatres had the auditorium demolished, in order to construct a condo residential building.
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Here is an update; things are rather dismal – the not-for-profit that ran the theater is out of funds, and the city is demanding a loan it made to the foundation be repaid; the foundation is also being sued by Frank Theatres. Story here: View link
Ugh what a sad ending to a great theater. And to think the Frank company is opening yeat another theater.(see the news from a few days ago)
This article has some additional information, though no really good news: View link
The latest episode in the saga of the Beach 4: View link
The theater now appears to be doomed; the City Council has overuled the recommendation of its own Historic Preservation Commission and taken the matter away from the Zoning Board which had been holding hearings on the matter. Story here: View link.
Sadly, I've heard it is being demolished this week, but haven't verified that info.
The theatre has been torn down
Article in todays Star Ledger reported that the permit was issued on Monday, and hours later heavy equipment was there tearing it down. Very very sad indeed.
Link to Star Ledger article (though not auto link) http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/09/demolition_starts_at_beach_the.html
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Chemists are fascinated by the cell's ability to compartmentalize, and they have been trying to mimic it for years. Separate things like the nucleus, mitochondria, and other compartments keep otherwise incompatible biochemical processes functioning cohesively in one cell. One of the simplest compartments is a protein shell, like the capsid of a virus. Protein shells are usually highly organized structures with defined geometric shapes and sizes. Scientists have altered natural protein shells for a variety of purposes, from crystallizing inorganic nanoparticles to the delivery of drugs. In a new paper, they've engineered a capsule that can neutralize a toxic protein.
Bigna Wörsdörfer, Kenneth Woycechowsky, and Donald Hilvert used directed evolution, where they specifically select for certain traits in a protein, to engineer a container that is able to control the catalytic activity of an enzyme called a protease from the HIV genome. Their capsule was made from a protein called lumazine synthase, found in the bacteria Aquifex aeolicus (AaLS). AaLS is an enzyme that is involved in the biosynthesis of riboflavin (vitamin B2); it normally forms icosahedral-shaped capsids made from either 60 or 180 identical subunits.
Scientists can modify AaLS capsids to grab guest molecules based on simple electrostatic interactions, the attraction between positive and negative charges. They do this by changing four amino acids in each subunit of the capsid—they switched out four positively charged arginines for the negatively charged glutamates. This adds a total of 240 or 720 negative charges, depending on if a capsid has 60 or 180 subunits. The authors called the negatively charged capsids AaLS-neg.
AaLS-neg prefers to grab positively charged proteins, meaning that researchers can target a protein for encapsulation by adding a tag of 10 positively charged arginines at the end of a target protein. The deca-arginine tag adds a lot of positive charge, which is attracted to AaLS-neg.
For this work, the authors placed deca-arginine tags on HIV protease, a protein cutting enzyme that is essential for the HIV life-cycle. Normally, HIV protease is toxic to E. coli, presumably because it cuts essential proteins. If HIV protease and AaLS-neg are coproduced in E. coli, AaLS-neg should encapsulate HIV protease and the cells should be saved from the toxic effects.
The authors induced the growth of HIV protease along with AaLS-neg and found that AaLS-neg does rescue cell growth, but not at high concentrations of protease. Nevertheless, coproduction of AaLS-neg and HIV protease in E. coli cells produces a selectable trait, namely survival. The researchers put random mutations in the gene that encodes for AaLS-neg, then selected for surviving cells in the presence of ever-higher concentrations of protease.
After four rounds of selection, the researchers produced AaLS-13, a variant of the original AaLS-neg that has over a 5-fold greater loading capacity for HIV protease. Cells with AaLS-13 can survive in high concentrations of the toxic enzyme. AaLS-13 has mutations that give it even more negative charge, making it better at grabbing its positively charged cargo.
However, the encapsulation only occurs during the assembly of the AaLS-13 capsid. When the authors mixed already-assembled AaLS-13 with HIV protease, the two did not form a complex.
The researchers propose that their system, comprised of a protein capsid and a matching arginine tagged target enzyme, is a viable method of regulating enzyme activity within a cell. Their design is simple and easily applicable to other proteins.
But the system has selectivity issues, as the authors noted that AaLS-13 will encapsulate other positively charged proteins when there isn't HIV protease around. In the long term, it might be better to start with a smaller charge difference and then do more rounds of selection, which might allow the capsule to evolve specificity for some specific features of its target protein.
Science, 2011. DOI: 10.1126/science.1199081 (About DOIs)
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Patient with MERS virus improving in Indiana
A man hospitalized in Indiana with the first U.S. case of the mysterious MERS virus that has stricken hundreds of people in the Middle East is in good condition and improving by the day, according to government health officials.
Indiana Health Commissioner William VanNess II said no new cases have been reported.
The man, a health care worker who had returned to the United States after traveling to Saudi Arabia, came to the emergency department of Community Hospital in Munster, Ind., on April 27 with a fever, cough and shortness of breath.
He was later diagnosed with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), a virus characterized by respiratory symptoms and fever. It first appeared two years ago in Saudi Arabia.
Representatives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are at the hospital. Staff members who had direct contact with the patient before he was diagnosed and isolated are being monitored and have temporarily been restricted to their homes.
Amy Reel, spokeswoman for the Indiana Health Department, said officials planned no updates Sunday but would have a news conference Monday to discuss the case.
MERS is infectious, but health officials said they believe it spreads only after close contact. The best thing those worried about MERS can do is wash their hands regularly, wipe down potentially infected surfaces with anti-bacterial agents, and avoid others who are sick, officials said.
Since MERS appeared two years ago, the World Health Organization has confirmed infections in 262 people in 12 countries. Of those, 93 people have died. An additional 100 people have tested positive for the disease but are not included in the health organization's tally, according to Anne Schuchat, assistant surgeon general and director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC.
No vaccine exists for the disease. Treatment consists of standard supportive care for a respiratory illness.
MERS is more dangerous to those with pre-existing health conditions or weakened immune systems. The median age of people who have fallen ill is 51.
Health officials have many questions about the virus, such as exactly where it originated. It's been found in camels, leading to speculation it crosses species.
Doctors don't know why some people can be infected and have no symptoms, while others die from the disease.
The patient in the Munster hospital flew from Riyadh to London on April 24 and on to Chicago. He then took a bus from Chicago to Indiana. It's a reminder, Schuchat said, that exotic diseases can be "just a plane ride away.''
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An Island In Time – Part 1
I think I awoke at about 3:30 a.m. It's a little fuzzy now. This trip began and ended in the dark hours of the morning. My entire immediate family converged on a tiny island called Vieques, Puerto Rico. My children and grandchildren were already there waiting for my husband and I. Leaving somewhat chilly December weather in Tennessee and traveling to the tropics, we traveled with anticipation and wonder that so much distance could be covered in one day.
The most exciting part was that we would get to spend a week in paradise with the people that we love the most. Our own little island in time.
After leaving the mainland of Florida, the views were awe inspiring. I think that these are the Florida Keys, but it may have been a part of Cuba. We drove an hour to get to the airport, flew to Orlando, boarded another plane to San Juan, got a van ride for an hour and a half to a town called Fajardo and barely made it there in time to take the hour and a half ferry ride over to Vieques. When we got there we had another 20 minute cab ride to our destination. Whew!
The ferry ride began in the light of afternoon, but as we traveled, the sun set over the main island. I couldn't resist taking shot after shot as the sky grew more colorful. Riding on the very top of the ferry, we could enjoy the wind in our hair and the rocking of the boat as our eyes drank in the view. I had a very nice conversation with a woman and her husband who had just moved to the island six months ago. They had lots of good tips.
There are SO many beaches to choose from on this island! My sons were determined that we would find the best of them. We drove through some very washed out roads with potholes that looked like small ponds, but did not get stuck or stranded once. We were rewarded with almost deserted, amazing beaches with not a building in sight.
The beaches all had a different flavor. Some had sand as fine as powder. Some had course sand with lots of treasures to find.
Some were covered with seaweed and some were pristine.
Some had great snorkeling and some did not.
The town of Isabel II had its own charm. You could tell that once it had been quite a prosperous city, but when the Navy vacated the island several years ago, the economy was greatly affected.
There were some very charming houses that had obviously been abandoned for years.
I really loved this rocky beach! There were lots of coral hearts and interesting bits to find.
The rain moved in quickly and we had to skedaddle. I would have loved to stay longer here. So many beaches…so little time on this trip.
The drama of the stormy sky was very inspiring. The islanders were very thankful for the rain since they just made it through an extremely dry summer.
The bay near our house was always most photogenic in the evenings at sunset. We always walked there for dinner at one of the restaurants on the Malecon (boardwalk) across the street. They were all open air with a view of the bay.
There were several sailboats anchored there in the bay that one of my sons was paying very close attention to. He is longing for the day when he can buy one of his own.
The end of the trip began in the dark as well. I think we did pretty well in getting 7 people including two babies to the ferry on time. As we cruised away on the ferry, the morning star was visible as color returned to the sky over the island of Vieques.
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Yash Chopra definitely knew how to entertain, writes Aseem Chhabra.
A Bollywood giant, father figure to many stars and a man who defined romance for generations has left us.
Yash Chopra's death is a personal loss to his family, friends and colleagues. But as India marks 100 years of its cinema, the nation has lost a man whose career spanned half a century of filmmaking.
He was the symbol of our popular culture, a man who played a substantial role in how Hindi language cinema has shaped out as a medium of entertainment. I do not say this lightly, but his death is truly the end of an era for Bollywood.
Twenty-two films over 53 years, Chopra started his career as a director with a Rajendra Kumar, Mala Sinha and Nanda film Dhool Ka Phool (1959). His final film Jab Tak Hai Jaan, stars two of the youngest faces of Bollywood -- Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma, along with Chopra's favourite superstar Shah Rukh Khan.
That is such a long journey, and a remarkable one too.
There were themes that Chopra explored often -- social dramas Trishul (1978) and Deewar (1975), reflecting the anger in the society in the 1970s, helped with tight dramatic scripts by Salim-Javed and the towering performances of Amitabh Bachchan, aided with Shashi Kapoor and Sanjeev Kumar.
Then, there was the romance of his adult characters, who made difficult, sometimes wrong choices in films like Daag (1973), Kabhi Kabhie (1976), Silsala (1981), Veer-Zaara (2004), and the candy floss entertainer Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), where Karisma Kapoor's and Madhuri Dixit's characters competed for the love of a choreographer played by SRK.
And then, there were his early works which became trail blazers of Hindi cinema -- the song-less thriller Ittefaq (1969), the first multi-star drama, Waqt (1965), and Dharamputra (1961), the rare popular film that explored Hindi-Muslim unity in post-independence India.
Other than perhaps in Dhool Ka Phool and Dharamputra, Chopra never showed interests in becoming a social realist like Raj Kapoor, whose early works found a healthy balance between social commentary and musical entertainment.
Chopra never set out to change the world but he definitely knew how to entertain. His legacy remains in taking us into the magical realm of popular cinema, where dreams, romance and heartache played on beautiful locations (often the scenic Europe), where beautiful actresses (Sridevi, Madhuri Dixit, Rekha) wore chiffon saris and ran around rolling hills or in the middle of fields of tulips, lip syncing to Lata Mangeshkar's voice, along with the good looking popular male stars of the time.
More than anything else, it was the songs that defined Chopra's films. I interviewed him 10 years ago on the occasion of his 70th birthday and he mentioned that the title song from Kabhi Kabhie might have been his all-time favourite.
'There are two versions of the song,' he had said. 'It was originally written for a book recital but it came off very well as a thought. It was a new concept and the song has become immortal.'
I do not know what song was playing in Chopra's mind as he was struggling with dengue fever in a hospital in Mumbai but there are many that I have been thinking of since I learned about his death.
The list seems endless and these are personal choices, but among my favourites are Bhool Sakta Hai Bhala Kaun (Dharamputra), Aye Meri Zohra Jabeen (Waqt), Mere Dil Main Aaj Kya Hai (Daag), Kabhi Kabhie (Kabhi Kabhie), Yeh Kahan Aa Gaye Hum and Dekha Ek Khawab To (Silsila), Lagi Aaj Sawan Ki (Chandini), Jaadu Teri Nazar (Darr), Koi Ladki Hai (Dil To Pagal Hai), and Tere Liye, Do Pal and Main Yahan Hoon (Veer-Zaara).
I believe when great men and women leave us after living rich and full lives, we should celebrate them with the memories they gave us. Chopra has given a lifetime of entertainment -- films and songs that will always make us smile.
'I like to make films and I always think about films,' Chopra told me in the same interview. 'We started this journey and it has been a very interesting one. I always look forward. Never look back.'
There is still one part of his journey we will visit soon when Jab Tak Hai Jaan releases on November 13.


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Officials report break in NU hacking case
Breach could have affected about 650,000 students, alumni
Officials with the University of Nebraska said it could be determined as early as Tuesday who is responsible for a system breach that could have affected as many as 650,000 current students and alumni dating back to 1985.
Officials said those responsible for the hacking had access to records like Social Security numbers and bank account information at every campus.
"It could go anywhere," said student Aaron Powell. "They could have gotten something and just decided not to use it yet."
University officials said 20 to 30 people have been investigating the breach for 24 hours a day since it took place last week -- many of them working through the holiday weekend on campus and some working elsewhere.
"We've had an individual on top of a mountain in Colorado working it on the phone," said UN's information security officer Joshua Mauk.
Mauk said they discovered and stopped a part of the breach Wednesday evening and the rest by Thursday afternoon.
"It was a complicated and targeted attack on our system," Mauk said. "It wasn't that he discovered one hole and poked around."
Mauk wouldn't say if the hacker is just one person or a group of people, nor would he say where the hackers might live. He said there's no evidence the hacker or hackers actually downloaded any information, but he said the school is still investigating.
The university might update its information security if it has to, Mauk said. He said officials are also looking into ways to potentially transfer some of the older records that are typically used for transcript requests to a different system.


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They will both examine the issues independently and not automatically vote the party position.
The two candidates are Harry Baxstrom and Gwen Lachelt. If both were commissioners, I believe they would truly complement each others performance out of mutual respect.
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James Reimer thinks Phil Kessel can still get 40 this year. And that's goals, not assists.
For now, if the Maple Leafs can survive a seven-game scoring slump by their ace and still emerge above .500, there might be reason to stay tuned to this team.
Kessel did everything but get his first of 2013 on Thursday night: Six shots, one breakaway, a crossbar hit and seven more shot attempts. But it was Nikolai Kulemin breaking his own goose egg, while Matt Frattin bagged his second straight game winner in a 3-2 decision over the Washington Capitals. Kessel assisted on a James van Riemsdyk goal, his fourth helper this year, though he's stalled on 99 goals as a Leaf.
"It's not even worth a story ... Phil will get going," said Reimer, who played a solid third period in the Toronto rally. "He's an unbelievable player with a heck of a shot. Today in practice he nearly broke my hand. He'll score 40 this year, probably (with 41 games now remaining)."
Saturday at home against Boston would be a great night to change fortunes, as the trade between the teams that netted the Bruins Tyler Seguin and Dougie Hamilton gets further public scrutiny.
Thursday represented Toronto's first back-to-back wins this season, first at the ACC since April and improved its record to 4-3.
"In a sense these are two comeback wins (including Tuesday's overtime effort in Buffalo)," Reimer said. "It's great for this team's confidence, but we have a tough opponent coming in."
Frattin becomes the first Leaf since Kessel to get back-to-back game winners, stretching back to October 2011. Frattin followed up the overtime winner in Buffalo with his fourth goal in as many games. He and Nazem Kadri worked the puck up the boards nicely, but both credited new Leafs left winger Leo Komarov with driving the net to take Caps' defenders out of the way.
"Again, I thought their line was responsible in both ends of the rink," coach Randy Carlyle said. "Any time you have the skill set and the energy that those three players provide and you channel it in the right areas, then you'll get opportunities to play.
"The last two games Phil has played, he's skated more and been more active on the ice (three hits on Thursday). From an energy standpoint, he's leading with the stick, putting pressure on the other team, cutting the ice in half, doing all those things we're asking. The goals are going to come, if you saw the save that (Caps' goalie) Michal Neuvirth made on him going upstairs on the short side. He's not going to continue to miss those forever."
Kessel, now with just one goal in his past 15 games going back to last season, was flying in the first period, but also firing wildly from every angle to get on the board.
"It's close," he said of breaking the slump. "I don't know what else to do. But we got a win, so it doesn't matter, right? It was a hard-fought win and we needed it.
"It's tough to not get frustrated, but you have to try your best. I am trying hard, I am getting chances, they are just not going in right now."
Kessel did get the humour in a question about whether he'd run over a black cat or invoked some other hockey curse.
"I don't know what I did. I must have done something. But it will be all right. They will eventually go in."
One of Kessel's rebounds did go to van Riemsdyk, who continues to take Joffrey Lupul's left wing spot on the first line and now has four goals this year. That was Toronto's lone successful power-play strike on eight chances, including a 5-on-3 and a double minor to Jason Chimera. With the huge swing in penalties, Toronto outshot Washington 40-22.
One of those Caps' attempts was Alex Ovechkin's first goal against the Leafs in 23 shots, a sign of his struggles this season and last.
A Cody Franson giveaway eventually led to Mike Ribeiro's great set-up for Joel Ward on the game's first goal.
The table is now set for Saturday. Unbeaten in regulation before losing to Buffalo on Thursday, the Bruins are now positioned to cause the Leafs and their fans even more consternation about the Kessel trade from September of 2009, with Seguin and Hamilton contributing. Meanwhile former Leafs pick Tuukka Rask was sixth in NHL save percentage before Thursday.
With Mike Brown out a week with a shoulder strain, joining Clarke MacArthur (finger) and Lupul (broken arm), the Leafs called up Ryan Hamilton from the Marlies. The farm team captain was on the verge of 20 goals in a half season in the AHL and saw some power play time on Thursday in addition to fourth-line duty.
Jay McClement continues to ride shotgun in MacArthur's place with Kulemin and Mikhail Grabovski. McClement's dog-on-a-bone pursuit of the puck paid off at 7:40 of the third when he kept the puck alive for Kulemin to score his first of the year. Reimer started his third straight game and had to be sharp on a couple of miscues after Franson's. One was his own creation when he tried a long pass up the gut that Jay Beagle picked off and almost turned into a short-handed goal.
But Reimer continues to cut down on the positional mistakes that haunted him after his return from a concussion/whiplash last season.
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Live or die?
Live or die?
Live or die?
Andrew Shepherd sees basic scientific research as something special on the path toward scientific discovery.
"To begin to fit all the pieces of the puzzle together, a lot of basic research like ours must happen first," says Shepherd, a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Pharmacology in the University of Iowa's Carver College of Medicine. "I consider our lab fortunate that we were able to take these existing ideas and observations and fit them into a clinically relevant context. That's the single most exciting aspect about basic research to me."
Normal "control" cell
Shepherd's most recent research endeavor involved uncovering a mechanism underlying the regulation of neuronal excitability, survival, and death—processes central to such diseases as epilepsy, neuro-HIV, and stroke.
In a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience in December, Shepherd and his colleagues examined the release of a cell-signaling protein molecule, an inflammatory mediator called SDF-1alpha. Certain disease states prompt an abnormal release of SDF-1alpha molecules, which send signals telling cells to open the flood gates that control aspects of cellular voltage flow.
Kv2.1's role in cell death
In such cases, Kv2.1 is over-activated. Kv2.1 is a protein that holds the key to opening voltage-gated potassium channels. These channels regulate many body functions, including neurotransmitter release, heart rate, insulin secretion, neuronal excitability, electrolyte transport, smooth muscle contraction, and cell volume.
In healthy cells, the right amount of potassium helps maintain cell function. When the balance of potassium is disturbed, cell death may occur.
"In the acute phase, such over-activation of Kv2.1 is a good thing. It seems to be keeping the neurons alive when they otherwise would die from overwhelming stimulation," says Shepherd, first author of the study. "What seems to go wrong is over-activation of this potassium channel, which persists for several hours and initiates cell death. The cells keep on losing potassium to the point where they can no longer function properly."
"These research findings are highly significant to our basic understanding of the precise regulation of neuronal excitability and survival-death dynamics of mammalian brain neurons under a variety of neuropathological conditions."
—D.P. Mohapatra, principal investigator of this study, assistant professor in pharmacology and anesthesia, and faculty member in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience
Shepherd and his colleagues observed this change in neuronal excitability and cell death in rat hippocampal neurons due to modifications in this potassium channel. But how is the over-activation of Kv2.1 causing cell death?
"We think that the sustained loss of potassium from the cell compromises its ability to generate energy," says Shepherd, who earned his Ph.D. in life sciences from the University of Manchester (England). "If your cell's power producers aren't functioning well anymore because of a lack of potassium, the cell can't generate the required energy to survive. In order to function normally, neurons need that energy to keep lots of potassium inside with very little potassium outside."
The Kv2.1 channel plays a central role, both in keeping neurons alive during altered cellular excitability and in letting potassium flow out of the neurons, which causes cell death.
"These research findings are highly significant to our basic understanding of the precise regulation of neuronal excitability and survival-death dynamics of mammalian brain neurons under a variety of neuropathological conditions," says D.P. Mohapatra , principal investigator of this study, assistant professor in pharmacology and anesthesia, and faculty member in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience.
Mohapatra adds that Shepherd's well-planned experiments and careful analysis of results led to this important research finding, which could be key in designing a strategy for treating multiple neurological disease conditions in the future.
This work was funded by the UI Office of the Vice President for Research, an Epilepsy Foundation and American Epilepsy Society Research Grant, and a National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Grant.
Andrew Shepherd researches a mechanism underlying the regulation of neuronal excitability, survival, and death, which are processes central to such diseases as epilepsy, neuro-HIV, and stroke. Photo by John Riehl.
Shepherd's academic journey
Shepherd has grown as a scientist since joining Mohapatra's laboratory in 2008.
"I've gained valuable insight into what setting up your own lab and research projects entails, rather than being 'parachuted' into an established lab and established projects," Shepherd says. "It's an experience that a lot of postdocs don't necessarily get, and it wasn't without moments of pressure and doubt, but I feel like that effort that we all made in those early years is now starting to bear fruit."
The University of Iowa has been a great place for Shepherd to work.
"The fact that the Carver College of Medicine is so closely associated with the UI Hospitals and Clinics is a great advantage for researchers like us," says Shepherd, whose appointment at the UI will end in 2014. "It's invaluable in creating the kind of collaborative environment and translational projects that are vital for coming up with new ideas and making important discoveries."
Shepherd became interested in basic research as an undergraduate at the University of Manchester (England).
"I always remember being particularly interested in those lecture topics that had a clear, direct relevance to human diseases, and what we could do to further our understanding and eventually develop improved treatments," Shepherd says. "Sadly, I think all of us are familiar in one way or another with at least one person afflicted with a debilitating neurodegenerative condition."


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I read a lot of narrative non-fiction - historical, microhistory, natural sciences, travel, and environmental. I read these to be better informed, but also for pleasure so my ultimate test for a narrative non-fiction book is whether it would have made a better magazine article. I hate finishing something that I think was interesting, but could have been boiled down into a 20 page magazine article with the same impact. I've recently read two non-fiction books passed the magazine article test and then some.
The Big Thirst: The Marvels, Mysteries & Madness Shaping the New Era of Water by Charles Fishman isn't about how to make changes in your lifestyle with regards to water conservation. It isn't a how-to book for urban or rural planners. It is a book that will challenge what you think you know about water from the big picture including where it comes from and what do we really mean by "clean". This book will also identify our emotional connection with water and will put those assumptions to the test. Near the end of the book, an economist presents a model for future water use that makes sense for both dry places like Las Vegas and Australia should also be considered for wetter places like Atlanta and even Bloomington. There are pages and pages of research, calculations and notes at the end, but the book was captivating, accessible and provides much food for thought.
As a companion book, I also read Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash by Edward Humes. Yep. This is a book about garbage, and it not only passed the magazine article test, but I found it really hard to put down. Unlike The Big Thirst which has an international perspective, Garbology focuses more on the US. What happens when we throw something away? Where does it go? And at what cost? Humes is able to answer these questions and along the way you meet people who have studied trash patterns (archeologists!), people who have eliminated 99% of the trash in their lives (but also not a specific how-to), people who are dedicated to inventing devices to take plastic out of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and artists who fight for the opportunity to create art out of garbage from the dump.
Both of these books offer solutions that while make sense, are a big shift in thinking at the household, municipal, state wide and federal level. Both of these books are nonpartisan, and straightforward in their presentation of facts, research and options but also fascinating and often shocking! Now I'm going to have to take a non-fiction reading break because I'm not sure what I read next will measure up.


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Congratulations to the crowley brothers!
Don't miss their performance at the Z100 and Coca-Cola All Access Lounge on 12/10/10!
Crowley Brothers
Crowley Brothers (Brian [20], Travis [18], and Jeffrey [16]) are a trio of musicians who hail from New York. Their parents have surrounded them with music since (before) birth. From a very young age, they have been performing locally throughout Westchester County, NY. Their various stage performances and concert appearances include venues such as the Westchester Broadway Theatre, Tarrytown Music Hall, Paramount Theater, Paul Simon Theatre and Yorktown Stage.
Brian, Travis, and Jeffrey are all vocalists for the group. They each have their own individual voice that blends with one another, creating a signature sound of three-part harmonies. Brian, the oldest, is the front man of the group. Travis, the middle brother, is the group's self-taught guitarist, as well as pianist. Jeffrey, the youngest, also plays the piano, having taught himself by ear.
The three boys create original sounding interpreted covers of pop songs, which they post on YouTube. They officially started uploading videos to their YouTube in November/December of 2008. Their channel has over 12,000 subscribers, with a total of over 1,000,000 views. Some of their covers, including; "Naturally," "We'll Be A Dream" and "Round and Round," have been viewed and approved by the original artists themselves. The Crowley Brothers have also been featured on the popular sites, OceanUp.com & popstar.com.
In the Spring of 2010, Crowley Brothers won OceanUp's contest to play in the Shop Til You Rock Tour (hosted by Demi Lovato). The brothers wrapped up the summer tour with their performance at the Paramus Park Mall in New Jersey.
They are currently in the process of writing, composing and recording original music and lyrics for an album, including songs "Radio," "Song For Her" and "Run Away."
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Broxton gives Bailey a saddle for no-hitter
CINCINNATI -- Reds pitcher Homer Bailey has a few mementos from his two no-hitters within 10 months. On Monday, Bailey received one that qualified as out of the ordinary. It was a finely appointed leather saddle, courtesy of reliever and teammate Jonathan Broxton.
Off the field, Bailey likes to ride horses and practice roping, and keeps some equine in nearby Butler County during the season. Embossed on the sides of the saddle are the dates of Bailey's no-no's -- Sept. 28, 2012, (vs. the Pirates) and July 2, 2013 (vs. the Giants).
"I had no idea," Bailey said when asked if Broxton's gift was a surprise. "What's crazy is I just had another one come in. Now I've got three [saddles]."
Broxton was seen in the clubhouse for the first time since having season-ending surgery to repair a flexor mass tendon tear in his right forearm. He was wearing a large brace that covered most of his arm.


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Original Paintings can ship to the US 48 States at this time. Please note that there may be delays with shipment times. International buyers, please contact me with your postal code and the painting you would like to purchase so that I can get a shipping quote, thank you!
My Giclée Prints are created by Fine Art America, one of the worlds oldest and most respected fine art printers with facilities in the US, Canada, the UK, Europe and Australia (there is an additional shipping fee for Australia).
- When you purchase paintings or prints here on www.sallytrace.com, you are buying directly from me, the artist Sally Trace.
- Pennsylvania, USA residents will pay 6% sales tax.
- You may always write me with any questions. Thank you very much.
Original paintings will be shipped by me from Pennsylvania, USA. I take great care with wrapping and packaging my paintings for safe shipment. Domestic shipments will be shipped via FedEx Ground/Home Delivery and will require a street address, or by USPS Priority for smaller paintings. Signature upon delivery is included for originals. All original paintings are insured for their full value.
Giclee prints for USA buyers are created and shipped to you by my printers facilities in the USA. Buyers in Alaska, Puerto Rico and Hawaii may have to pay an extra shipping fee for very large prints. Please write me with your postal code and the prints size you would like, thank you.
- ***Please note that Original Paintings are currently shipping to the US 48 states only. I am very eager to resume my normal international trade and will do so as soon as it appears to be safe and reliable. VAT, GST, Local Taxes, Duty, Customs, or any other import fees imposed by the buyers country are not included and will be the responsibility of the buyer upon delivery. Please inquire at your local postal facility if original paintings or art prints purchased directly from the artist will incur any import fees. Please Contact Me if I can be of assistance.
- My Giclée Prints are created by Fine Art America, one of the worlds oldest and most respected fine art printers with facilities in the US, Canada, the UK, Europe and Australia (there is an additional $50 USD shipping fee for Australia).
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Original paintings can be returned to me in Pennsylvania, USA. Please contact me within 7 days of receipt and return ship within 14 days. Please use the original packaging and insure the shipment for it's full value. The buyer is responsible for original and return shipping and insurance costs. Any loss in value due to damage during return shipping will be the responsibility of the buyer. Returns of original paintings will be subject to a 20% restocking fee.
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- Giclee prints are custom ordered and made to order by my printers international facilities and I am therefore not able to accept returns or exchanges. Damaged or defective prints will be replaced at no charge to you. Please keep both the art and the shipping boxes and send me photos within 7 days. You will be asked to send me photos of the art and the shipping box so that I can get your replacement coming to you as quickly as possible.
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EU – European Flavors to promote kiwifruit
Belgium – Farm Ministers and kids in close contact
Germany / UK – South African fruit in the spotlight
USA – December is 'National Pear Month'
France – Giant vegetable pyramid promotes produce
UK – Chef shows merits of Chilean Hass avocados
Canada – Mix it up! in 2011
Germany – Apples for the Government
France – Interfel promotes f&v at Kidexpo
Belgium – Fruit and vegetables are good for your eyes
Australia – Innovative apple marketing campaign
France – All you want to know about tomatoes and cucumbers
UK / South America – "Blueberries from the South" are back again
Germany – An apple for everyone
Germany – Rewe hands out free fruit to children for school year start
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