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While it is not specifically Christmas one of my favorite albums for this time of year is "December" by George Winston (very beautiful piano music). The single greatest piece of music for this time of year has to be the "Hallelujah (Chorus)" from "Messiah" by Handel. The entire work is great but that single piece of music sends shivers down my spine every time I hear it.
Ok this will probably get some comments but "Christmas Portrait" by the Carpenters is excellent Christmas music. Karen Carpenter had a beautiful voice that made some of these standards some of the best I've ever heard. If you have never heard it find a copy because it is a great listen in front of the Christmas tree or fireplace.


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Charlotte-based Belk is giving young designers a chance to sell their work at a department store, and well-known fashionista Cynthia Rowley visited the store to help debut the Southern Design Showcase.
It's not every day you try on a dress and run into the designer. But that's what customers got Thursday night during Girls Night Out at Belk.
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453 watercolours : watercolour, pen and ink, pencil
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Series contains artwork and maps collected by Peter Winkworth over the span of his lifetime. This grouping represents the first major acquisition of Winkworth material, done by Library and Archives Canada in 2002. Included in this series are items covering a wide range of subjects and individuals: portraits of First Nations peoples, colonial administrators, naval and military officers, explorers, and politicians; flora and fauna, including rare wildflowers, animals, and birds depicted by such artists as Audubon, Rindisbacher, and Edwards; scenes of settlement, industry, trade, commerce, transport, and agriculture; views of towns and cities across Canada; records of events and disasters, including battles, shipwrecks, fires, floods, and tempests; and images of everyday life wholly unfamiliar to those of us brought up in the twentieth century. The Maritimes are represented by such items as two 1790s watercolours of Halifax, Nova Scotia, including an important view of the Naval Dockyard, still an important part of Halifax's daily life; an 1829 watercolour of Yarmouth, N. S. by the pioneer woman artist Sarah Farish; both an 1838 and an 1892 view of St. John's, Newfoundland, showing the city in stages of its development, the latter just prior to a disastrous fire; fishing scenes on the Restigouche in the 1860s, when New Brunswick began to develop a world-wide reputation for its salmon fishing; and the landing of the first operating transatlantic cable at Heart's Content, Newfoundland in 1866. Many works document Quebec, in the 18th and 19th century the centre of colonial life. There are numerous 18th century views of Quebec and Montreal, a pictorial fixation of Canadian artists, including Peachey, Cockburn, Sproule, Krieghoff, Duncan, and others until well into the 19th century, but there are also in addition an early view of Cap Santé on the St. Lawrence by Berczy, images of Sherbrooke, Ste. Anne de Beaupré, and other locations outside of the main urban centres, and a number of watercolours and unique prints of such educational institutions as McGill and Bishop's Colleges in the 1840s. Ontario is equally well-represented through such works as the earliest views of the Bridges connecting Upper and Lower Canada at Bytown in 1827; watercolours of Brockville, York, Kingston, Bytown and other centres in the 1820s; the ca. 1815 watercolour of Fort William upon which the current historical reconstruction was originally based; numerous views of Niagara Falls and vicinity; and a watercolour by the famous authoress and artist Anna Brownell Jameson, showing a sunset on Lake Huron. Hundreds of prints document buildings, settlements, and urban growth throughout the 19th century. There are also some works documenting the West and North. Among these are six works by the French missionary and explorer Father Emile Petitot of the Athabaska region in the 1870s; a work by the noted Arctic explorer George Back; views of the Cariboo Road in the 1880s, and of Dawson in the Gold Rush era; and rare views of various urban centres, including Winnipeg, Edmonton, and Victoria; and New Westminster, including one showing the city in flames in 1888. Images of natives, of settlers, and of the gold rushes in B.C. in the 1850s and 1860s, and in the Yukon in the 1890s, are among the works concerning the West. The triumphs and tragedies of Canadian life are well-represented. From rare watercolours of the Northwest Rebellion of 1885, also known as the Métis resistance to rare printed views of Fenian Raids, drawings showing railway construction across the country, steamboat sinkings on the oceans, the Great Lakes, and even the Thames at London; and 19th century sporting triumphs by such individuals as Ned Hanlan, the champion sculler of the World in 1880. Finally there are portraits of the heroes and heroines of Canadian history, from the well-known (Wolfe and Montcalm, Saunders, Amherst, Cook, Franklin, Sir George Simpson, Joseph Brant) to the lesser-known (Ensign Prentice, Lady Harriet Ackland, Lady Elgin).
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Lynne Maquat Wins 2014 Athena Award
January 16, 2014
Lynne E. Maquat, Ph.D., the J. Lowell Orbison Endowed Chair and Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, was named the 2014 Athena Award winner today at a special luncheon at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center. The award, presented annually by the Women's Council of the Rochester Business Alliance, recognizes women who excel in their professions, give back to their communities and mentor other women for leadership roles.
Maquat is an internationally recognized expert in the field of RNA biology in which she works to discover new cellular pathways and clues to the molecular basis of human disease. She is the Founding Director of the University's Center for RNA Biology and in 2011 received one of the highest honors possible for any scientist - election to the National Academy of Sciences. In addition, having spent her career advocating for young women in the sciences, Maquat founded the University of Rochester Graduate Women in Science Program (GWIS) in 2003. Elected for her exceptional research, which has been published in more than 110 peer reviewed scientific journals, Maquat is one of only three faculty members from the University of Rochester Medical Center who have been appointed to the Academy and the only woman.
The Athena award program was founded in 1982 to recognize and honor the achievements of outstanding female leaders and introduced to Rochester in 1987. This year, Maquat was one of thirteen women chosen as finalists by the Rochester Women's Council for their professional excellence, community service and active and generous assistance in helping other women develop leadership skills.
To read more please see the Democrat & Chronicle article about the award, as well as on Rochester Homepage.net.
The pioneer translation initiation complex is functionally distinct from but structurally overlaps with the steady-state translation initiation complex.
Half of the research in my lab focuses on NMD, which likely evolved to safeguard cells from potentially deleterious proteins produced as a consequence of routine mistakes in gene expression. In mammalian cells, these mistakes include inaccuracies in transcription initiation or pre-mRNA splicing, and ineffective somatic DNA rearrangements of the type that characterize the immunoglobulin and T-cell receptor genes. These mistakes often result in mRNAs having reading frames upstream of the usual reading frame, frameshift mutations that generate nonsense codons, or nonsense mutations. NMD also down-regulates a number of naturally occurring transcripts in mechanisms that maintain cellular homeostasis, including some selenoprotein mRNAs and alternatively spliced transcripts.
Recently, we tracked single mRNA molecules within cells in collaboration with Rob Singer's lab to verify that NMD indeed occurs on the cytoplasmic side of the nuclear envelope, with a half-life of less than one minute once the mRNA is in the cytoplasm. We have also characterized how newly synthesized mRNAs are remodeled during the pioneer round of translation and during the process of mRNA decay.
The other half of our research focuses on a mechanistically related pathway called Staufen1(STAU1)-mediated mRNA decay (SMD), or other pathways that are mediated by the double-stranded RNA-binding protein STAU1. SMD degrades mRNAs that harbor a STAU1-binding site in their 3'-untranslated regions (3'UTRs). Remarkably, depending on the particular mRNA, SBSs can be formed by (i) intramolecular base-pairing within a 3'UTR or (ii) intermolecular base-pairing between an mRNA 3'UTR and a long non-coding RNA (lncRNAs) or between an mRNA 3'UTR and another mRNA 3'UTR. Intermolecular base-pairing between an mRNA 3'UTR and a lncRNA or between two different mRNA 3'UTRs occurs via partially complementary Alu elements, thus describing new functions for these short interspersed elements (SINEs). We have shown the importance of SMD to myogenesis, keratinocyte motility, and the migration and invasion of human pancreatic adenocarcinoma cells.
Like microRNAs, more than one lncRNA or mRNA can target a single mRNA, and a single lncRNA can target more than one mRNA. Only those strands of a mRNA-lncRNA or mRNA-mRNA duplex that are translated are subject to SMD, explaining why we have yet to detect a lncRNA targeted for SMD. We have named these lncRNAs
½-sbsRNAs since they constitute one strand of an SBS. Notably, the STAU2 paralog of STAU1 also functions in SMD and, like STAU1, can homodimerize as well as form heterodimers with STAU1. In fact, homo- and hetero-multimers may exist. We have determined the X-ray crystal structure of a dimerization interface, which involves interactions between a new motif, which we have named the STAU-swapping motif, a degenerate RNA-binding domain. Remarkably, we have found that B SINES in mouse, which evolved independently of human Alu elements, also populate mRNA 3'UTRs and lncRNAs and can likewise base-pair to form SBSs and trigger SMD.
In other studies, we have found that STAU1 binding to 3'UTR inverted Alu elements competes with binding of the largely nuclear paraspeckle protein p54nrb and largely cytoplasmic protein kinase R (PKR) to mediate, respectively, the nuclear export and cytoplasmic translation of a number of mRNAs that contain these elements. Thus, STAU1 binding to 3'UTR inverted Alu elements, like removal of these elements by alternative RNA 3'-end cleavage and polyadenylation, obviates a PKR-mediated innate immune response to cytoplasmic 3'UTR inverted Alu elements.
Our on-going studies of NMD and dsRNA-binding protein-mediated RNA metabolism include computational analyses of cellular transcripts, proteomic studies of cellular RNA-binding proteins using mass spectrometry, and deep sequencing of cellular RNAs to gain insight into molecular mechanisms and how they can be attenuated for therapeutic purposes.
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LEWISBURG — The Union County Bicentennial Committee is looking for people to walk in costume representing historic periods from the past to the near present and be part of the Bicentennial presence in the June 29 Veteran's Parade in Lewisburg. This year's parade will emphasize Union County's past in this Union County's Bicentennial year 2013.
To bring our history alive as part of Union County's Bicentennial celebration, volunteers are currently being sought to participate either as a marcher or helping with costumes for the parade effort. Marchers are encouraged to form organizational or community groups banded together in costume.
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Chen Zhu
Professor of Geological Sciences
Office: MSBII 424
Phone: 812-856-1884
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Research Interests
CO2-Water-Rock Interactions, Geological Carbon sequestration, Aqueous geochemistry
See Details on the Research Web Page
Courses Taught
G171, Environmental Geology
G586, Geochemical Modeling
G451, Principles of Hydrogeology
Awards and Honors
Fulbright Scholarship, 2009
The John Hem Excellence in Science and Engineering Award, National Ground Water Association, 2006
Lilly Freshman Learning Project Fellow (teaching), Indiana University, 2006
Fellow, Geological Society of America, 2005
Guest Professorship, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Switzerland, 2004
Senior Associateship Award, National Research Council, the National Academy of Sciences, 2003
Post-doctoral Fellowship, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Gilman Fellowship, The Johns Hopkins University
J. Brian Eby Fellowship, The Johns Hopkins University
Waters Fellowship, The Johns Hopkins University
Bauernschmidt Fellowship, The Johns Hopkins University
H. V. Ellsworth Prize in Mineralogy, University of Toronto
Associate Editor, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2005-Present
Associate Editor, Ground Water, 2003-2005
Associate Editor, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 2002-2006; 2008Present
Member, proposal review panel, National Science Foundation, 2006
Member, proposal review panel, Department of Energy, 2006
Member, proposal review panel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2003
Member, proposal review panel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2001
Member, Faculty Advisory Board for The Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP), Indiana University Bloomington
Member, Owen Award Committee (2005-2006)
Member, Associate Instructor Assignment Committee (2005-)
Faculty meeting recorder (2004-2005)
Zhu, C. and Greg Anderson (2002), Environmental Applications of Geochemical Modeling. Cambridge University Press, London, ISBN 0-521-80907-X; 0-521-00577-9 (pb), 304 p.
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Zhu, C., Geochemical modeling of reaction paths and networks. Chapter 12 in Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Water-rock Interactions. E.H. Oelkers and J. Schott (eds), Review in Mineralogy and Geochemistry vol.70, pp. 533-569, June 2009.
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*Liu, F.Y., *Lu, P., Zhu, C., Xiao, Y., Coupled Reactive Transport Modeling of CO2 Sequestration in the Mt. Simon Sandstone Formation, Midwest U.S.A. Submitted to The International Journal of Green House Gas Control January 2010.
*Liu, F.Y., *Lu, P., Griffth, C., Hedges, S.W., Zhu, C., CO2–Caprock–brine interaction: Reactivity Experiments on Eau Claire Shale and a Review of literature. To be submitted to The International Journal of Green House Gas Control.
*Lu, P., Zhu, C., Coupled Alkali Feldspar Dissolution and Secondary Mineral Precipitation in Batch Systems: 2 Effects of CO2 and implications for carbon sequestration. To be submitted to Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.
*Lu, P., Zhu, C., Nuhfer, N. T., and Kelly, Pb2+ coprecipitation with iron oxyhydroxide nano-particles. To be submitted to Journal of Colloids Sciences and Interfaces.
McKnight-Whitford, A., Chen, B., Naranmandura, H., Zhu, C. and Le, X.C., High concentrations of monomethylarsonous acid detected in contaminated groundwater. To be submitted to Environmental Sciences & Technology.
*Lu, P., Zhu, C. Arsenic Eh–pH Diagrams at 25°C and 1 bar. Environmental Earth Sciences, Accepted.
Zhu C., and Kipfer, R., Noble Gas Evidence for the Passing of the Southern Branch of Jet Streams in Late Pleistocene over Black Mesa, Arizona, USA, Geology, v.38, no.1, 83-86; doi:10.1130/G30369.1
*Lu, P, Fu, Q., Seyfried, W.E. Jr, *Hereford, A.G., Zhu, C. Navajo Sandstone-Brine-CO2 interaction: Implications for Geological Carbon Sequestration. Environmental Earth Sciences, doi:10.1007/s12665-010-0501-y.
*Liu, F.Y., Le, C, McKnight-Whitford, A., Xia, Y., Wu, F., Elswick, E., Johnson, C.C., Zhu, C., Antimony Speciation and Contamination of Waters in Xikuangshan Sb Mining and Smelting Area, China. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, doi:10.1007/s10653-010-9284-z.
Zhu, C., Lu, P., Zheng, Z., Ganor, J., Coupled Alkali Feldspar Dissolution and Secondary Mineral Precipitation in Batch Systems: 4. Numerical modeling of reaction path. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2010.04.012.
Zhu, C., and Lu, P., Alkali Feldspar Dissolution and Secondary Mineral Precipitation in Batch Systems: 3. Saturation States of Product Minerals and Reaction Paths. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. v.73, p.3171-3120. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2009.03.015.
Georg, R. B., Zhu, C. Reynolds, R.C., and Halliday, A.N. (2009) Stable silicon isotopes of groundwater, feldspars, and clay coatings in the Navajo Sandstone aquifer, Black Mesa, Arizona, USA. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v.73, 229-2241.
Fu, Q., P Lu, H. Konishi, R. Dilmore, H. Xu, W. E. Seyfried, Jr., and C. Zhu. Coupled alkali-feldspar Dissolution and Secondary Mineral Precipitation in Batch Systems: 1. New Experimental Data at 200°C and 300 bars. Chemical Geology, 91(3), 955-964.
Yang, C., Samper, J., Zhu, C., Jones, S.B., Numerical modeling of the development of a preferentially leached layer on feldspar surfaces. Environmental Geology, v.57, p. 1639-1647.
Kelly, S., Lu, P., Newville, M.G., Bolin, T., Chattopadhyay, S., Shibata, T., Zhu, C., Molecular structure of Lead (II) coprecipitated with Iron(III) oxyhydroxide. Chapter 3 in Adsorption of Metals by Geomedia II: Variables, Mechanisms, and Model Applications. M. Barnett and D. Kent (ed.), pp. 69-96, Developments in Earth and Environmental Sciences 7, Elsevier.
Dilmore, R., Lu, P., Soong, Y. , Allen, Hedges, H., Fu, J. K., Dobbs, C., Degalbo, A., Zhu, C., Sequestration of CO2 in mixtures of bauxite residue and saline waste water. Energy and Fuels,v 22, No.1, p. 343-353
Yang, C., Park, M., and Zhu, C., An expanded method to estimate in situ kinetic rates from push-pull tests with non-zero background concentrations. Environmental Geosciences and Engineering, v. 13, no.4 p. 345-354.
Hereford, A. G., Keating, E., Guthrie, G., Zhu, C., Reactions and reaction rates in the aquifer beneath Pajarit Plateau, north-central New Mexico. Environmental Geology. v. 52, No. 5, p.965-977, DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0539-z.[pdf]
Duan, Z., Sun, R., and Liu, R., and Zhu, C., Accurate thermodynamic model for H2S solubility in pure water and brines. Energy and Fuels v. 21, 2056-2065.
Hu, J, Duan, Z, Zhu, C., and Chou, I., PVTx properties of the CO2–H2O and CO2–H2O-NaCl systems below 647K: Assessment of experimental data and thermodynamic models. Chemical Geology v. 238, p.249267. [pdf]
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Martin, S., Zhu, C., Rule, J., Nuhfer, N. T., Ford, R., Hedges, S. Yee, S. A high resolution TEM-AEM, pH titration, and modeling study of Zn2+ coprecipitation with ferrihydrite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta v. 69, No.6, 1543-1553. [pdf]
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Nahal Tajaddod
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This book is the first comprehensive and authoritative historical novel in English about the life and mind of Jalaluddin Rumi, the 13th-century Persian mystic who is one of the most widely read poets in North America. Nahal Tajaddod confesses that it took her several years to finish this book, during which her mother (a scholar of Persian literature who helped her to understand Rumi) died and Tajaddod gave birth to her first child (after ten years of trying). During those years, her husband would often inquire about her book on Rumi, and in reply Tajaddod would quote from one of Rumis own poems: For a certain time the book has been delayed. One day, Tajaddod writes, while breastfeeding her infant daughter, she opened Rumis book and found out that that particular poem continues like this: Because it takes time for blood to become milk. Its long gestation seems to have paid off, for Rumi: The Fire of Love is a delight to read.
Rumi was born in 1207 in Balkh (now in Afghanistan), an ancient city in the Persian kingdom whose history is blended with the march of Zoroastrian, Buddhist, and Islamic faiths. His father, Baha Valad, was a Sufi preacher (and indeed, Rumis first teacher). Shortly before the Mongols sacked and massacred Balkh, Rumis family migrated westward and finally settled in Konya (now in southwest Turkey), an important city in Anatolia then ruled by the Seljuk dynasty. Anatolia was once part of the Byzantine kingdom, or Rum in Persian—hence the name Rumi for the poet known respectfully to the Persians as Moulana, Our Master. After Baha Valad died, Rumi, then aged 24, studied under several teachers and spiritual masters, and ten years later, took over his fathers position as an eminent teacher and scholar in Konya. In 1244, Rumi happened to meet a wandering dervish named Shams (literally, Sun) in Konyas bazaar. It was Shams who awakened Rumi to esoteric knowledge, mystic love, and union with God. This was a new beginning for Rumi, who said: I was dead, behold I became alive. I was a tear, behold I am laughter.
Rumi treasured spiritual friendships and dialogues (a tradition known as Sohbat in Sufism); Shams was his first brother in soul. After Shams left Konya in 1248 (or was killed by Rumis jealous students, as another theory goes), Rumi found another friend to speak with, Salah Zarkub (goldsmith by profession) between 1248-1258, and finally Hesam Chalabi, from 1258 until Rumis death in 1273. Rumi: The Fire of Love is thus divided into three parts: Shams, Salah, and Hesam. Although Rumis contact with Shams was relatively short lived (less than four years), more than half of the book is devoted to the Shams period, not only because Tajaddod has squeezed the first three decades of Rumis life into this part, but also because of the overwhelming impact of Shams on the last four decades of Rumis life. Rumi is well known as the originator of Whirling Dervishes (a Sufi order which Rumis son Sultan Valad actually organized, not Rumi himself). But how did Rumi discover whirling dance as a spiritual practice? A 1998 documentary film, Rumi: Poet of the Heart, informs us that Rumi turned to whirling after Shams had left him and while Rumi was longing for his spiritual friend. But Tajaddods research suggests that Shams actually taught Rumi the practice of whirling dance.
Tajaddod portrays Rumi not merely as a Sufi master, but as an embodiment of ancient spiritual wisdom absorbed from Islamic, Christian, Jewish, Greek, Persian and Indian traditions. The book ends with Rumis death on a Sunday in Konya (where his tomb has been a shrine for centuries); his funeral was attended by people of various faiths, ethnicities, and languages. Another significant aspect of the novel is that Tajaddod knows Persian, Rumis language, and has thus used original sources to write this story. These sources include Rumis own works: Diwan Shams (Book of Poetry dedicated to Shams), Masnawi Manawi (Rhymed Couplets on Spiritual Matters), and Fihi Ma Fihi (Discourses), as well as the extant books of Shams Discourses (Maqalat Shams), The Book of Sultan Valad (Valad Namah), and a huge volume, Manaqeb al-Arefin (The Virtuous Acts of Mystics), written by Rumis disciple Ahamd Aflaki after his masters death.
Tajaddod, who was born in Tehran and has lived in France over the past three decades, holds a Ph.D. in oriental literature and is a scholar at the French National Research Center. Her husband, the acclaimed French screenwriter Jean Claude Carrierre, is currently working on a film version of the novel; one can only hope that the film is as vivid and accurate as the book.
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The characteristics of fibromyalgia include pain on both sides of your body, widespread tender points, fatigue, sleep disruption and possibly psychological distress. In addition, people with this syndrome may also experience headaches, moodiness, anxiety, and irritable bowel syndrome. These individually are common medical conditions, but with fibromyalgia there is not currently a cure for this condition.
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It's also important for family members to be educated and understanding about the symptoms of someone suffering from fibromyalgia. I think back to my friend who tried to get help from her family and local doctors, but most of the time her symptoms were dismissed or misunderstood. I can't imagine how frustrating that was for her. Luckily, the medical community has acknowledged that this syndrome is real and is better trained to assist their patients in establishing a treatment plan.
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I am Majeka Magicmaker, an 8th-level gray elf magic-user. To my right is Laura, aka Shab "Shabulous" Heanling, a 12th-level half-elf thief. Mark, to my left, plays Darg Blonke, a 7th-level gray elf fighter, and Chuck rounds out the group as Fage the Kexy, a 7th-level gray elf cleric.
"Fage," I said. "Like the yogurt?"
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We are gathered here on a cloudy Friday afternoon due to my desire to experience what D&D was like "back in the day." All those guys who look back on their 80's dragon-slaying love affair with the same misty-eyed dreaminess that I get when I think about that day in 1986 when Jon Bon Jovi winked at me when his limo passed by on the way to the Arena. (Yes, the windows were tinted, but I'm sure I saw him wink.) Ahh, I can practically smell the Aqua Net. Fortunately, you're always a dice roll away from coworkers looking for a pick-up D&D game. Of the four of us, Chuck is the only one who has ever played 1st Edition.
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There are certain business and legal questions we can't answer (for business and legal reasons). And if you have a specific rules question, we'd rather point you to Customer Service, where representatives are ready and waiting to help guide you through the rules of the game. That said, our goal is provide you with as much information we can—in this and other venues.
We did get some questions about the focus of Rule of Three going forward, but I didn't think we should take up one of our precious three answers with a meta-question about the column itself. I just want to let everyone know that we're happy to answer questions about topics related to 4th Edition, to the next iteration of D&D, to just about any D&D-related topic within reason. So ask what you want—we can't answer everything as I've said, but we're not going to put any restrictions on what questions you can ask.
So we've seen the D&D Next design and development team, but what about the rest of the guys like Rodney, James Wyatt, and Chris Perkins? What are the other people in the office focusing on?
While the next iteration of D&D is going to be a huge project, we've still got a lot of other things in the pipeline for the next few years that need attention. You probably saw my name on the list of people working on D&D the roleplaying game, but I'll also be doing some work on board games. We launch our new miniatures skirmish board game, Dungeon Command, this year, and that takes the attention of several designers. Similarly, while the tabletop games designers will do a lot of work on board games, they'll also be contributing to work on the roleplaying game as well.
The same is true for 4th Edition D&D products that are still coming, D&D Insider, our novels, and so forth. Everyone has their own responsibilities, but the roleplaying game is going to be a big, important project, so everyone in the department will be contributing in some form or another. In fact, by the time you read the credits of the first few products of the next iteration of D&D, you'll see lots of names filling out a variety of roles.
There is also a lot of work that needs to be done to achieve the next iteration of D&D's goals. Designers and developers are just one part of the process. We need people to coordinate the collection of playtest feedback, and direct the playtesting efforts to get good data; we need editors to make sure that everything is clean and coherent; we need art directors to give the game a great look and feel; we need people to design adventures. Everyone in R&D will be contributing in some way, even beyond design and development. It's a team effort, and everyone on the team is excited to do his or her part.
Personally, I'm quite looking forward to Chris Perkins's contribution, which includes being my DM throughout the process. Chris, if you're reading this, get back to work designing our campaign!
How much does our opinion and playtest feedback really matter at this point? In other words, how much of the next iteration of D&D has been set in stone, and what do we actually have the ability to change?
It is no exaggeration when I write that your opinion and feedback is one of the most important parts of the process. One of the central goals of the next iteration of D&D is to provide a game that does what you (the players and DMs) want it to do, and in order for us to meet that goal, we need to know from you directly what you want it to do. We're taking our best shot at providing a fantastic game, but if one of our fundamental assumptions proves problematic through playtesting, we have to be ready to adjust those assumptions.
The playtesting process is going to be exciting, but we also know it's going to be a daunting task. We expect the playtesting process to last for many months, allowing us time to gather information and work with your feedback. In order to deal with what is sure to be a lot of potentially conflicting feedback, we need to be able to collect data in meaningful ways. Last year, we experimented with our first open playtest, for the Dungeon Command game. I believe we had a lot of success with that, and have produced a great game, thanks to that playtesting. Mordenkainen's Magnificent Emporium and Heroes of the Feywild both received extensive, closed playtesting that shaped them into what I believe are some of the best products we've produced.
A final word about gathering feedback: one of the things that has been extremely beneficial to me working on the D&D board games is learning to see beyond the words used in feedback to find the root causes of that feedback. What the expected high volume of feedback should reveal to us is trends in the needs and desires of our players. We might see five hundred different pieces of negative feedback about an individual game element; at that point, our job is not just to respond to each complaint, but to get at the root cause of the complaint and make adjustments. So while we might see feedback that says, "This should be 3d8+2 instead of 2d6+1," what we really need to figure out is whether or not there is a deeper issue causing the element to be underpowered.
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Articles that take a class or race and turn them into something that they are not; for example, don't pitch "I want to design a wizard build that is a striker" or "I want to design a halfling subrace that is geared toward being a fighter." That kind of material is really better suited to the books, and requires a lot of expertise and development time to pull off well.
Redesigning something that exists as something else; we're not interested in seeing an "arcane archer" class when we have the seeker, even though there's a power source difference. Something smaller that does something similar—to continue the above example, new material for the bard that focus on songbows—would be better.
No articles that reimagine something we've already done in previous editions as their primary goal.
Highly scripted adventures are likely to be rejected. If your adventure pitch reads more like a short story, reconsider. The players need to be able to have an impact on the adventure.
Articles that require a lot of campaign context to pull off; it's OK to pull ideas from your own campaign, but be aware that articles of that nature sometimes would not work without the context of your own campaign. If it relies on a lot of other elements of your campaign, it probably won't work as an article.
Specific beats general; don't pitch an article on "The Astral Sea" but focus on one aspect of the Astral Sea, for example.
High-impact story elements; if dropping it into the world has a huge impact, it's harder to use and makes more work for the DM.
General advice articles.
Unearthed Arcana articles that further complicate or lengthen encounters.
Right now we're full up on Bazaar of the Bizarre, Tavern Profiles, and Bestiary articles. Also, don't pitch articles for the "Eye on..." Columns. Those are columns tied to specific authors.
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(AP) - The National Park Service is asking motorists to avoid traveling on the Blue Ridge Parkway over the next several days until weather conditions improve.
In a news release on Wednesday, officials said they are concerned that a large numbers of trees may come down as a result of superstorm Sandy. They also are concerned about significant amounts of snowfall at higher elevations.
All gated sections of the scenic highway in Virginia have been closed and officials expect them to remain closed through at least Wednesday. Motorists are being asked not to travel on un-gated sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway for fear that they risk getting stranded or injured.
The road stretches 469 miles across North Carolina and Virginia and attracts nearly 20 million visitors each year.


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Glenn McCall is one face of the challenges – and opportunities – facing the Republican Party.
A former Charlotte banker from Rock Hill, he's one of just three African-Americans on the 168-member Republican National Committee.
He's also one of five leaders of an RNC effort to chart the party's future and find ways to broaden its appeal to minorities.
"We can't continue to win elections if we're giving up such a large number (of votes) to the other party," McCall said.
He and other members of the party's Growth and Opportunity Project spoke to reporters Thursday as the RNC continued its winter meeting at the Westin hotel. For a party that lost the White House and congressional seats in November, the meeting has brought an unusual amount of soul-searching.
Thursday night, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal told the committee that they "must reject the notion that demography is destiny." And on Friday, party chairman Reince Priebus is expected to say the GOP should compete not just in battleground states but across the country, "building relationships with communities we haven't before."
Republicans may have little choice.
As the color of America changes, they've watched Democrats run up their numbers among black, brown and Asian voters. That's an electorate key in states such as Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico, each with surging minority populations.
Republican Mitt Romney won 59 percent of white voters in November. But Democrat Barack Obama captured 93 percent of African-Americans, 71 percent of Hispanics and 73 percent of Asian-Americans.
One study showed that non-white voters made up 28 percent of the electorate, compared to 20 percent in 2000. And that percentage is growing. Last summer, former Republican Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida told New York magazine that even the staunchly Republican state of Texas could go Democratic in four years.
"The demographic changes in America are real, and they're a wake-up call for the Republican Party," former White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said Thursday in Charlotte.
"The demographic changes in America are all changes in the Democratic direction."
Changing the party's image
In a memo to Priebus, former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich said, "Too many Republicans underestimate the scale of the threat we face."
He said the party has "atrophied in urban America," while demographic and cultural changes "could turn America into a national version of Chicago or California."
Some Republicans say the party's a victim of a bad image, caused in part by a hostile media.
"I'm concerned that … the perception of the party is that it's racist and all kinds of foolishness," said Ada Fisher, a Salisbury physician and one of the RNC's three African-Americans. "That's just not who we are."
But Kerry Haynie, a Duke University political scientist, said Republicans have helped foster perceptions that make it difficult for them to win minority support.
"The party has an image problem with minorities, and a deserved image problem," Haynie said. "To overcome that will take time. But it will take more than words."
South Carolina's newly appointed Republican U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, the nation's only African-American senator, said Republicans can reach minorities by emphasizing shared, essentially conservative values.
"The answer is embedded in the American Dream," Scott said in a phone interview. While he talks about growing up in poverty as the son of a single mother in Charleston, he added, other Republicans have similar stories of overcoming obstacles.
"We have to consistently communicate the stories that come out of our party," Scott said, "because it's the American story."
Reaching out to Latinos
RNC member Robin Armstrong said, "Part of it is showing up and getting involved in these communities." Texans, he noted, just elected Republican Ted Cruz, the son of a Cuban immigrant, to the U.S. Senate.
"From my experience, these communities are very conservative, they just haven't heard the message," said Armstrong, who is black. "People don't care what you know until they know that you care."
But an analysis by the Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express-News found that demographic changes put the reliably Republican state on a path toward partisan parity by 2024, or 2016 if Democrats increase their share of the Latino vote by a few percentage points.
Many Latinos have criticized Republicans for their tough stands on immigration. On Thursday, a group that included some undocumented immigrants protested in Marshall Park, appealing for more rights for the undocumented, including drivers licenses and access to in-state tuition.
Last year, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney angered Latinos when he called for "self-deportation" of illegal immigrants and threatened to veto the DREAM Act, a proposal to give educational benefits and a path to citizenship to children brought to the U.S. illegally by their parents.
"The past several elections have demonstrated that's not a viable strategy," said Luis Alvarado, a GOP consultant attending the RNC meeting. "All we're doing is helping Democrats perpetuate a misconception that has helped them. …
"We believe that the values of the Republican Party are values in sync with what the Latino community believes in. We just have to find a better way to (show it)."
Republicans say they'll do that by reaching out to minority groups.
"We should be able to go anyplace in America, listen to what their hopes and dreams are, and offer them a better future," Gingrich said Thursday.
Fleischer said November proved one thing "loud and clear."
"Republicans have to include everybody," he said. "And that's a powerful lesson for Republicans."


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First of all, we wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving if we do not get to doing so this Thursday. We also just wanted to sincerely apologize to you all! We have definitely been insanely busy as we are both college students who are working jobs. However, with this break for the rest of the week and then the Winter Holidays we will for sure be catching up on everything and reconnecting with everyone! Thank you to those who have come back even during our hiatus we appreciate each and everyone of you! Stay tuned for a Winter Holiday Giveaway, still being planned! Stay tuned!
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In this video Taylor says as always that he would date a fan. When asked if "AB-duction" was made because of his gorgeous abs Taylor stated "AB-solutely not!" Love it! You can check out the video below.
Taylor Lautner tested his mechanical bull riding skills against Jimmy Fallon and could only tie the talk show host for endurance. And the "Twilight" hottie wants to be an action hero? Better call in a stunt double. Although Taylor looked damn hot in his tight black v-neck shirt and black jeans, he was tossed from the bull in 35 seconds — the same time as Fallon.
Lautner, 19, was appearing on Fallon's talk show to promote his latest movie, "Abduction," which is about espionage and intrigue. While no bulls or bull riding appear in the film, Fallon had the bright idea to host a mechanical bull contest. "We're going to have a bull-riding competition," the host announced. "There's no reason for it, but we thought it would be a fun thing to try."
Taylor confessed that he'd never been on a mechanical bull and nervously asked: "Is there a technique to this?" After Fallon was tossed, Lautner mounted the bull with a ten-gallon size cowboy hat on his head. He rode the bull as it rotated back and forth, threw off his hat and waved has arm in the air. But as the bull picked up momentum, he quickly grabbed it with two hands before sliding off and falling on a well-cushioned area.
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Taylor Lautner is risen to the accolade of 'Hollywood megastar' after playing Jacob in the Twilight franchise and subsequently rocking to stardom.
The good news for Twihards is that there are still two more movies to look forward to but in the meantime Taylor has been a very busy man and has somehow found time to make this new movie, Abduction with Lionsgate which is out in UK cinemas now.
We got to catch up with him in a very swanky hotel in London earlier in the week and the interview is embedded below.
In the interview, we talk about how Taylor has adapted to becoming a leading man after working so closely with such a huge cast in the Twilight movies, we talk stunts and how they were carried out, how certain scenes in the movie were shot and we get a little insight into what you can expect when you go and see Abduction at the cinema.
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Taylor Lautner just learned that you're sometimes called upon to do the most random and potentially embarrassing things while on a publicity tour. The "Twilight" star is in Spain to promote his new action thriller, "Abduction," and his spot on a Spanish talk show turned into an impromptu singing session with the guitar-playing host.
Lautner looks endearingly terrified as he shows off some not-bad pipes as he croons to the tune of Heroes de Silencio's "La Lluna Lllena Sobre Paris," much to the delight of the squealing audience. He's a good sport, that Taylor. Could the recording of an entire album of Spanish songs be far behind?
Tara continued to express what her experience was like waiting for one of Hollywood's biggest stars; "Not long after I had finished talking to Lily I began to hear shrill screaming and when I turned to see the crowd of fans outside shrieking hysterically, some even crying, I knew that Taylor Lautner had arrived! At this point I do confess to becoming a little nervous and the constant shrill from outside did put me on edge a little; but somehow I managed to calm myself enough to just repeat my questions in my head. I waited for him to sign autographs and take pictures outside before I got the opportunity to talk to him, and much like my interview with his co-star my anxieties and nerves quickly faded. He too was very friendly and I quickly relaxed; I managed to squeeze in three questions before he was moved on to another interviewer!"
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Anyway, we know everyone loves to look at Taylor, so there are updates from his recent appearances!
Gallery Links:"Live! with Regis & Kelly" – September 22, 2011
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Over the last few years, most books on photography have been focused on the new breed of cameras and how to master the digital imaging workflow. In The Art of Black and White Photography author and photographer Torsten Andreas Hoffmann takes a different approach, focusing on image composition and image capture, with an emphasis on the creative aspects of black and white photography rather than on the digital workflow.
After introducing the ground rules of composition, Hoffmann illustrates their applications with his own stunning black and white images that cover various photographic genres, including architecture, street photography, portraiture, and surreal photography. Also discussed are the elements of a "photographic language," which distinguishes creative photography from random shooting. Finally, you will learn valuable post-processing techniques, mostly using Photoshop, that emphasize the functions necessary for creating outstanding black and white images.
This second edition has been updated to include Photoshop CS5, as well as brand new images, content, and a revised layout.
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A mobile booking platform is the next big opportunity in the $27B Tour & Activity Market.
In a recent article I wrote at Tnooz, I discuss a big entrepreneurial opportunity I see in the tour and activity market by selling 1-day activities to in-destination travelers via a mobile only booking app. This would be a pure transactional business via traveler's mobile devices, one that I am very familiar with having successfully built and sold a youth-based ski travel agency or OTA, where we sold ski packages direct to consumers online. Why I am so excited about the opportunity is that the current in-destination traveler purchasing behavior aligns perfectly with the needs of the travel supplier to sell their services direct to the traveler. I learned the hard way as an entrepreneur in a former venture, that it is very difficult to change customer and or consumer buying behavior. You can hit the jackpot if your product or service fulfills immediate demand. Feel free to post a comment about what you think. Matt Zito is an Internet travel business consultant and entrepreneur. Matt works with CEOs, founders and entrepreneurs to help start and grow travel businesses. The Travel Business Academy is a professional online course that helps entrepreneurs start a travel business.
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Rich, deep bass adds so much to your listening experience. It gives music a foundation and adds to the rhythm. It makes special effects more impactful and emotional. It's the kind of vibrating, almost tactile experience you need to truly enjoy your favorite movies. Jamo knows that you want powerful bass. They also know you want a subwoofer that doesn't just lurk in your corner like a Franken-bass cobbled together from spare parts of other speakers. That's why they created the SUB 210, a compact, sleek, and elegant subwoofer with a powerful 8" long-throw woofer. A 200W amplifier and bass-reflex enclosure ensure that the rumbling lows you seek will resonate through your entire room. The auto on/off controls, cut-off frequency, and line-level input make it easy to integrate the SUB 210 with your existing sound setup. Packed with Jamo's acoustic engineering expertise, the SUB 210 is just the low-frequency addition you're looking for to fill your home theater with sound.
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SUB 210, user guide
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Reviewed By: Big R. - Fort Worth, TX
I purchased two of these subs to compliment two Jamo Surround Sound systems! Wow was I surprized, what a great little sub! Good lows and plenty of power. I have a huge living room and also a large media room and the size does not matter! This is a great quality sub and definitely goes quite well with the Jamo surround package. I really like the fact that its very small and compact so I was able to place it in a well hidden location without causing any reduction in bass or quality! It doesnt take much to drive the sub because its powered with its own amp but its driven by an Onkyo 509 receiver which is plenty of power for the entire speaker system. Jamo has my thumb up and of course the backing of quality Klipsch products! If you tune the system correctly you can get incredible quality of sound and pleasure out of this audio equipment!
Awesome sub (August 28, 2012)
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Reviewed By: Rick M. - Tucson, AZ
All positive! Sounds great, great size, easy install. I will buy more of these for my customers.
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Great little sub, and greatest customer service
Surprisingly good, especially for the price. (February 26, 2012)
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Reviewed By: Paul B. - Minneapolis, MN
I found very little info about this before I bought it so I figured I should leave a review. Bought this to augment a nice little system with a mini Onkyo integrated amp powering 2 Veritas 5.1 bookshelf speakers. The only real attributes that got me to consider this were that it was Vanns deal of the day and its dimensions happened to match the entertainment cubby I wanted to place it in perfectly. After a week with it, Im quite happy. Aesthetically, its unremarkable. Just a simple black box with sharp edges that Im assuming are really easy to damage, with a nice glowing blue LED on the front. Its not Jamos prettiest design. Theres an unprotected, equally unremarkable-looking 8 downward firing woofer with a disturbingly small port on the bottom. I was worried about port chuffing especially in its confined space, but that hasnt been a problem. This is a really decent little sub. Ive also recently bought a theoretically better 8 sub to compare it to, the Definitive Technology ProSub 60. The DefTech is definitely a heavier piece of kit, and it seems to be a bit more musical, and harder-hitting when you push it. But, perhaps not surprisingly, the Jamo rated at 38 Hz to the DefTechs ludicrously optimistic 25hz plays a lot lower. Def Tech really needs to back off on their spec inflation. Im using this sub for music only so far, and it hasnt shown any serious limitations. The Veritas are great speakers a little bright, and play surprisingly low for a 5 bookshelf, so Ive got the crossover set pretty low on the Jamo. Tried turning it up higher, and anything above about 80 hz guessing here can get pretty boomy. So it might not be the perfect home theater sub if youve got it handling all the bass with some tiny satellites. But its been a nice, affordable sub to round out what has become a great little budget music system. Way better than the Polk, etc. options in its price range. And Jamos such a lovable little company.
Jamo Sub210 (April 05, 2011)
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I was on the fence about this sub. I needed to add a sub to an existing set-up that included an aged Bose system. Once I realized that I could bundle this sub with the Jamo s606 5-piece system at half the cost it was a no brainer. I will be honest- when I picked up the box I was shocked. This is a small, very compact sub. You can put it just about anywhere. I was skeptical due to its size and still a bit concerned when I fired it up while watching a basketball game on TV. That was until a commercial pops up and it came to life. We switched channels to find something with a bit more action and it continued to surprise me. Please understand that this will not push in your chest, but it will enhance a current surround system ideal for small to medium size rooms with movies and music in mind. Impressive sound in a very neat little package. If you need crazy low loud bass, get something bigger, but for us it is a perfect fit.
Comparison Specifications
- Power rating: 200W
- Impedance: 22 Ohms
- Woofer: 8" long-throw
- Frequency range: 38Hz - 200Hz
- Cabinet design: bass reflex enclosure
Additional Specifications
- Variable phase control: 0 to 180 degrees
- Power mode switch: Auto/On/Off
- Inputs: left/right line in
Dimensional Specifications
- Dimensions: 11.1" W x 12.3" H x 12.0" D
- Weight: 16.5 lbs
Jamo SUB 210 Warranty Details
Limited manufacturer's warranty: 2 years on electrical components, 7 years on all other parts


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Under a Northern Star presents seven unique collections held at Library and Archives Canada (LAC) that document the diverse historical experience of African Canadians. The collections include historical papers that contextualize the life and work of persons who fought against slavery and racism, built settlements, and flourished as early Canadians.
An overview by Dr. Afua Cooper provides insight into the importance of identifying, digitizing and researching these seven collections. A short history for each collection was written by individuals who are intimately connected to the people about whom they write and their stories.
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