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July 27, 2011
Best foot forward: Dr. Michael Brage
Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Michael Brage is newly arrived at the Sigvard T. Hansen Jr. Foot and Ankle Institute, but he is no stranger to Seattle or Harborview Medical Center. Hansen asked his former fellow to return as his successor.
Microgravity team conducts experiments on NASA's 'vomit comet'
Eight students lurched, tumbled and floated through an unforgettable final lab project last month. Participants in NASAs Microgravity University in Houston spent the last week of their undergraduate careers carrying out an experiment they designed for testing in a reduced-gravity environment.
July 26, 2011
College-educated undocumented young adults face same narrow range of jobs as their parents
A new survey of life trajectories of 150 undocumented young adults raised and educated in America shows that they end up with the same labor jobs as their parents, working in construction, restaurants, cleaning and childcare services.
July 25, 2011
16 UW faculty members named to state academy of sciences
Sixteen UW faculty members are among the 24 new members elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing scientific achievements.
Materials scientist John Cahn awarded international Kyoto Prize
John Cahn, a UW affiliate professor in the departments of physics and materials science & engineering, has won an international Kyoto Prize, sometimes described as Japan's equivalent to the Nobel Prize. Cahn is recognized for his work describing and predicting the behavior of mixtures of materials.
July 22, 2011
New target found for nitric oxide's attack on Salmonella bacteria
Nitric oxide, which is naturally produced in the nose and gut, disrupts the energy sources of many types of bacteria. Learning how it does this may lead to new antimicrobials or ways to promote the body's own defenses against infection.
The cable has landed: Ocean science history in the making — with slideshow
Submarine cables for the nations first regional cabled ocean observatory, a project led by the University of Washington, made landfall last week on the Oregon coast.Axial Seamount • John Delaney • Ocean Observatories Initiative • oceanography • School of Oceanography
July 21, 2011
Adolescent boys among those most affected by Washington state parental military deployment: UW study
A new study from researchers at the University of Washington concludes that parental military deployment is associated with impaired well-being among adolescents, especially adolescent boys.
July 20, 2011
Mystery Photo: How well do you know the campus?
How well do you know the campus? Try your luck with the Mystery Photo and you might win a prize.
John Sahr: Professor, associate dean, zombie killer
John Sahr is an excellent professor of electrical engineering and associate dean of undergraduate academic affairs, but a lousy zombie killer. He's not much better as a zombie, but he enjoys being both in the student-created game.
Newsmakers July 21
Comments on the Thai election by Charles Keyes, the Dominique Strauss-Kahn affair by Pepper Schwartz, childhood sports injuries and sperm damage by John Amory, crows with grudges by John Marzluff and partner therapy for STDs by Matthew Golden.
Self defense classes still open at the Womens Center
The UW Women's Center is offering two self defense classes this summer, and there is still room to register. Classes are open to all.
Lost and Found Films: 'Palo Alto Home,' circa 1959
Two women happily leaf through a scrapbook in a garden and are then joined by an older man in this weeks mystery film, from 1959. Are these folks related to the UW in any way? Hannah Palin, film archives specialist with UW Libraries Special Collections, wants to know. Can you help?Lost and Found Films
A woodworking IT crew? Entrepreneurial spirit reigns in Classroom Support Services
A small UW support unit is turning its entrepreneurial skills into a major asset, improving technology in classrooms and offering low-cost, high-quality service. A background in woodworking has come in handy, too.
Whats behind that 'bicycle friendly designation?
The UW did a lot to earn a place in the League of American Bicyclists' "Bicycle Friendly Universities" program.
How is the UW doing in sustainability? Watch the 'sustainability dashboard and see
A new website created by the Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability Office tracks the UW's efforts in sustainability and reveals areas where more work is needed.
Two from UW win Friends of the National Institute of Nursing research awards
Carol Landis was honored for her work on sleep disturbances, and Pamela Mitchell was recognized for improving care for patients with cardiovascular or neurological disorders.
Battle of the bugs: Pseudomonas breaches cell walls of rival bacteria without hurting itself
Microbiologists have uncovered a sneaky trick by the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa to oust rivals. It deploys a toxin delivery machine to breach cell walls of competitors without hurting itself. Its means of attack helps it survive in the outside environment and may even help it cause infection.
UW Medicine ranks high in U.S. News & World Reports 2011 Best Hospitals rankings
Hospitals in the UW Medicine system placed highly in the latest U.S. News rankings, as did specific patient-care specialties.
July 19, 2011
Race matters when recruiting, retaining undergraduate women engineers
A new study of female engineering students perceived challenges finds significant differences between black, Hispanic, Native American, Asian-American and white women. The findings could help institutions better attract and retain particular underrepresented student populations.
Gene therapy delivered once to blood vessel wall protects against atherosclerosis in rabbit studies
A one-dose method for delivering gene therapy into an arterial wall in rabbits effectively protects the artery from developing atherosclerosis despite ongoing high blood cholesterol. In the future, researchers hope to test whether this gene-delivery method works in heart bypass grafts.
July 15, 2011
Colonoscopy tops list of screening tests for men
Men can take charge of their health by following age-appropriate screening guidelines and taking preventive steps.
July 14, 2011
Fiber arts exhibit shows off work of certificate program graduates
Connecting Threads, an exhibition of fiber artwork by alumni of the University of Washington Certificate in Fiber Arts Program, will be on display July 15-Sept. 30 in the fourth floor mezzanine of the UW Tower.
UW will lead $18.5 million effort to create mind-machine interface
The National Science Foundation today announced an $18.5 million grant to establish an Engineering Research Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering based at the UW. The interdisciplinary center will combine neuroscience and robotics to develop new rehabilitation technologies.
July 13, 2011
Pivotal UW study in Africa finds HIV medications prevent HIV infection
Work in Africa conducted by the UW's Clinical Research Center is bringing new hope that taking a daily AIDS drug might keep an uninfected person from getting the AIDS virus.Global Citizens
Newton apple tree damaged, may be replaced
A Newton apple tree planted on campus by the Class of 2007 has been badly damaged and may not survive, the campus arborist says.
Mystery Photo: How well do you know the campus?
Think you know the campus? Then try your luck with the Mystery Photo. Guess correctly and you might win a prize.
Etc.: Campus news & notes
An award for outstanding contributions to legal writing education for Law Professor Emerita Marjorie Rombauer; honors for a new health care management app created by a team headed by Michael Watt, Mark Haselkorn and Keith Butler; and UW Todays Peter Kelley does a radio mystery.
Marsha Linehan on anonymity in recovery; Leslie Walker-Harding on adolescents and drugs; James Leverenz on medications for elderly Parkinsons patients; 1983 research by Arthur Rangno is cited, and Paul Hill cites Monty Python.
Lost and Found Films: 'Aberdeen Gathering
A dreamlike film from Aberdeen is this weeks entry. People walk ceremonially in a circle, children very much in evidence, and a document is burned. Anyone know whats going on here?Lost and Found Films
Office of Research introduces new 'Required Training website
University researchers like those at the UW are often required to attend trainings, but they may not always be aware of it. Thats why the Required Training site was constructed in consultation with UW researchers and training providers to identify those courses directly applicable to the conduct of research.
Book maven Nancy Pearl endows Information School scholarship
Nancy Pearl is a bibliomaniac and wants others to be the same. In that spirit, she and her husband, Joseph Pearl, have endowed a UW scholarship for Information School students who intend to become librarians.
Summer playwriting class: Anythings possible, in four weeks
"The very first thing I say to the class is that they need to begin with this statement: 'I want to tell you a story," says drama Lecturer Scott Hafso. Four weeks later, each student has a one-act play and a reading by experienced actors.
Wood products part of winning carbon-emissions equation, researchers say
Trees absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to grow, so forests have long been proposed as a way to offset climate change. But rather than just letting the forest sit there for a hundred or more years, the amount of carbon dioxide taken out of the atmosphere could be quadrupled in 100 years by harvesting regularly and using the wood in place of fossil-fuel intensive steel and concrete.
Global Health's Connie Celum selected for American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association Achievement Award
Celum directs the UWs International Clinical Research Center, which is conducting multiple clinical trials of HIV prevention interventions in Africa involving thousands of volunteers.
Atomic structure discovered for a sodium channel that generates electrical signals in living cells
Sodium channels are pores in the membranes of excitable cells – such as brain nerve cells or beating heart cells – that emit electrical signals. Researchers have obtained a high-resolution crystal structure showing all the atoms of this complex protein molecule and how they relate in three-dimensions.
July 12, 2011
Wireless power could cut cord for patients with implanted heart pumps
A new system to send electricity over short distances has been shown to reliably power a mechanical heart pump. The system could free patients from being tethered to a battery or external power source, lowering their chance of infection and improving their quality of life.
July 7, 2011
Hubble makes one millionth science observation
Earlier this week, NASAs Hubble Space Telescope logged its one millionth science observation during a search for water in an exoplanets atmosphere 1,000 light years away, according to a UW faculty member conducts theoretical interpretation of data from the Hubble.
Third Phase of UW Medicine research complex breaks ground in South Lake Union district
UW Medicine, Vulcan Real Estate and the National Development Council have announced the start of construction on the third phase of UW Medicines research hub in Seattles South Lake Union neighborhood. Groundbreaking took place July 6.
July 6, 2011
Chamber of Commerce 'study mission' brings visitors to UW campus
Some top business executives and senior government officials in the region came to the University of Washington campus recently as part of the Seattle Study Mission sponsored by the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce.« Previous Page Next Page »


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The Bridge Troll
Tenebral had been on the road for nearly two weeks and he was still nearly a week from Aacer Tue, at least according to his map. All this for two books, he reflected bitterly. The abbey there was doing a little light housecleaning and the bookkeeper wanted to preserve a valuable ledger and their rulebook. So he had sent a call to the Great Library in Kinsbourne. The director then sent Tenebral walking four hundred miles for a rulebook. He lifted his satchel higher on his shoulder and sighed heavily. He hadn't been allowed to hire a riding buffalo--it was too expensive, even though it would cut the trip in half. Not for the first time, he reflected on that grim little fact: it cost less to employ him than a buffalo. He wondered if they might have just sent the buffalo.
Collections development had seemed so glamorous in school. Adventuring to the far corners of the continent, gathering copies of illuminated manuscripts from secluded scriptoria guarded by wise monks, recovering rare tomes from ancient ruins, maybe even collecting a valuable spellbook from a mage, high in mage tower. He had not realized that the reality of "adventuring" translated to sleeping in ditches for weeks at a time, drinking cheap tea and eating old biscuits. Ugh, the tea. He should have known better than to pay just four bronze for the bag; boiled dirt would have made a more sumptuous brew. All this suffering, for some mad abbot.
Tenebral paused. An abbot was a sort of head monk, right? He was probably a wizened little old teacher type of fellow. He probably appeared doddery and old, but he was secretly a powerful warrior. Maybe the ledger held secret combat techniques! Tenebral began to picture it in his mind. A huge book, certainly bound in leather. Gold leaf, yes, with a red silk bookmark. Full page illuminations with carefully-written instructions for hand-to-hand combat! He found himself nodding enthusiastically as he pictured the florid poetry that would surely accompany each form. Maybe the abbot was really sending this manual away to hide it from a traitorous pupil, who would use its teachings to take his place. Excitedly, Tenebral began to describe it out loud, spinning and slashing the air with his walking stick. Yes! The ledger contained an unstoppable technique that, once mastered, could be used to defeat the abbot! The traitor almost had it learned, but for the ledger being heroically whisked away by a librarian for safekeeping at the Library. Tenebral envisioned the fight to break the ledger out, ducking and dodging, swinging and fighting, until finally he swung his sword into a killing blow. Being made of wood and also a walking stick, it cracked in half and left a throbbing red mark against his palms. Back in reality, Tenebral dropped the partially-carved staff to take stock of the situation.
The road in front of him was walled off, blocked by a pile of uprooted trees. On his left, heading north, was a narrow strip of dirt, lumpy where it had been cleared by something immensely strong uprooting trees. The dirt had been swept and stomped down somewhat, although whether this was part of a conscious effort to make the new road look more road-like or a simple byproduct of something uprooting and dragging trees was not clear. Hanging from the pile of trees was a sign which read "Detour!". The exclamation mark was a nice flourish, Tenebral felt. Made the sign seem urgent. He peered down the dirt road detour. It was wide and clear, and the vegetation was well-trimmed. He stepped on it experimentally and found that it was spongy along the edges and packed in the middle. Actually, it was quite comfortable. He strolled along the road quietly for a while, pondering what he was detouring around. He had heard the road had been having some trouble lately. Perhaps ahead it had flooded and he was being directed around.
And then, without much warning, there was a bridge. Tenebral wondered why he may have needed the warning. It was a high arch, its underside forming a near-perfect half circle. Each step was carefully cut from a single piece of wood and flanked by magnificently sculpted handrails, painted with vibrant cinnabar. And there, flowing in gurgling rapids below, was nothing. The bridge was not really a bridge in the traditional sense, unless one might say that it connected one bank of dirt to another bank of dirt, each separated from the other by a river of suspiciously identical dirt.
Cautiously, Tenebral set one toe onto the lowest step. It creaked gently and he jerked it back. Tick, tick, tick. Nothing happened. Slowly, he raised his foot again. "Stop right there!" A basso voice interrupted his elaborate pantomime routine. A huge troll hustled through the underbrush and began to climb onto the bridge. Leaning his gut on the railing, he flailed his legs and wheezily tried to slide over. With a final burst of speed, he thoroughly failed to get over and simply leaned nonchalantly on the side of the bridge.
Panting, he held up a dirt-stained hand. "You can't cross the bridge until you pay the toll."
"The troll?"
"Him too."
More nonplussed than intimidated, Tenebral leaned sideways, to look at the perfectly ordinary dirt that did something other than flow under the bridge. "Fine, then. I'll go around."
"You can't go around, there's a river."
"No, there isn't."
"Sure there is. It's over there." The troll gestured back the way he'd come. Through the broken underbrush, Tenebral could see newly upturned earth lining a shallow ditch aimed (in haphazard fashion) towards a crescent sweep beneath the bridge. A shovel was stuck in a mound of broken sod, and a wheelbarrow had been turned on its side to form a makeshift table, where a delicious-smelling tea cooled. Beyond that, what appeared to be a rough dike separated the ditch from a small lake.
"You're digging a river to go under this bridge? Why didn't you just build the bridge over an existing river?" The troll opened his mouth, then closed it. This had apparently never occurred to him. He opened his mouth again, then placed a finger against pursed lips, thinking. He leaned heavily on the bridge, writing little proofs and figures on his palm with an outstretched finger. Finally, he broke into a huge, tusky smile so horrifying Tenebral considered calling for the police.
"There wasn't a river here before, now there is. Now that there's a river, there's a demand from YOU to cross it, which I can supply with this bridge. QED, I built a bridge. Problem solved."
"But you created the problem."
"And aren't you glad I solved it?"
"Well, I can't very well go back on the path, it's been barricaded."
"Couldn't be helped, I needed someplace to put all those trees I knocked down to build that barricade." The troll sounded so sure of himself that Tenebral began to worry that maybe this was sound logic.
"Alright then, what's to stop me going around the barricade?" At this, the troll began pretending to inspect his nailbeds, which might have been a jarring display of impatience had he not been in possession of nails that lived up to their name; his manicurist was presumably also a carpenter.
Tenebral crossed his arms over his chest. "Well?"
"The old path is flooded, too. The river burst its banks and swamped the whole road. You can go that way, but really I'm doing you a service!" The troll's eyes lit up, as if he suddenly realized that it was the truth.
Tenebral frowned. "What's the toll, then?"
"Seventy brass coins. No slugs or tokens."
"Seventy? Do I look like I even have seven brass coins?" Tenebral seized his jacket and held it out dramatically; it did an excellent impression of a window. The he held out his satchel, empty except for the tin of tea, a wedge of sweating cheese and his last biscuit.
"Well, that's the toll. Pay to troll his toll, and you can pass."
Tenebral frowned. "Do you know about the tea trade?"
"Betrayed? Sure! I've betrayed lots of people."
"What? No. Wrong letter. Tea trade. That you drink. Fellows made a crazy fortune at it across the Ocean. Raised a whole fleet of ships, practically their own army, too. Just by trading tea."
The troll's eyebrow had knit itself into a sweater, now.
"Oh, lots of things! Other tea. Land. Safe passage. But I'm sorry, I haven't got the seventy brass. I guess I'll just risk it in the swamp." Tenebral turned around and began to walk away.
"Wait! They had land? Land they could build bridges on?" Tenebral swivelled back.
"Alright, tell you what. I'll make you a deal. You give me all the tea you have on you, and I'll let you take safe passage."
Tenebral shook his head. "This tea? I'll have you know I was going to give this to the Abbot at Aacer Tue."
"He'll have to do without, because you won't cross this bridge unless you give me all your tea." Tenebral stamped his foot. "That's not a fair trade! No, at least give me a cup of your tea. Then it'll be a fair trade, and at least I can make my excuses to the abbot."
The troll nodded slowly.
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Weird Heroes: The Gnome Gnight
The Gnome Gnight is actually a party of five Gnomes, attempting to pass for a human warrior while traveling through the notoriously xenophobic Human Realms. Coron, the leader of the party, serves as the head--the most literate and boasting the deepest voice, he can comfortably pass as a human head. Hale controls the left hand--bad tempered but loyal and obedient, he's in charge of swinging the sword. Hari is the right hand man, in the sense that he literally controls the right hand. Fez-wearing Fole drives the Left Extensible Boot, with his companion Fori drives the right. Inseparable comrades, they form one fork that might kick back.
While disguised as a human, a Gnome Gnight will always attempt to preserve their cover in combat. However, in desperate situations the Gnome Gnight may resort to throwing members of the party at attackers--although a dangerous maneuver, they've yet to meet a foe who can rally when he's got a gnome on his face.
Part of the Weird Heroes series, the Gnome Gnight was inspired by the gnomes from Gravity Falls. I loved the idea of five little dudes working together to disguise themselves as a human, and I thought they might be fun as the protagonist of a story or a campaign. Obviously they'd need some rules drawn up about combat for them, but it'd be enjoyable to watch a player roleplay five gnomes, with the option to add or subtract as the situation warrants--it's a rare situation where you can fire your left leg, if you so choose.
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Pioneer Editorial: State saves forestland for future
Minnesota's pristine lakes and woods are seeing more and more development pressure, as quality of place becomes the top priority for people wishing to locate. The only problem is northern Minnesota could run out of such areas if efforts aren't made now to save some of those pristine areas for future generations of Minnesotans to enjoy.
Minnesota took a huge step forward as Gov. Tim Pawlenty, along with leaders of two conservation groups, on Wednesday announced a public/private partnership to create a conservation easement with up to 50,000 acres near Grand Rapids, in the George Washington and Koochiching state forests.
Under the arrangement, as much as $15 million in state and private funds will purchase a conservation easement, under which the landowner -- Boston-based timber investment firm Forest Capital Partners -- agrees in perpetuity to preserve the land for timber management, wildlife habitat and hunting and fishing. Key is that the agreement prevents the owner from subdividing the land -- a process becoming more and more common in northern Min-nesota as people from metro Minnesota seek their piece of northwoods heaven.
The deal, the largest of its kind in Minnesota, will allow the state Department of Natural Resources and the Trust for Public Land to maintain the property for logging and public access for camping, hiking and hunting. The landowner, however, will retain title to the property and pay property taxes. The effort first started last year as nearly 5,000 acres of Potlatch Corp. land near Brainerd was put into conservation easement status. Early this year, it was announced that 1,670 acres of hardwood forest south of Grand Rapids would be placed into conservation ease-ment with $1.5 million from the federal Forest Legacy Act program and the DNR.
The effort is possible through $7 million in bonding approved by the 2006 Legislature, supported by our area's legislators -- especially Rep. Larry Howes, R-Walker, and Sen. Carrie Ruud, R-Breezy Point. From that fund, about $5 million is targeted to Wednesday's deal which will be added to about $10 million in private funds, including the Blandin Foundation.
While the federal and state governments, along with the counties, hold large tracts of public land, nearly half of Minnesota's forests are privately owned. Much is in large tracts owned by timber companies who now are finding it more profitable to sell the land to be developed as subdivided retirement home and recreational cabin lots -- thus removing access to the public for the kinds of pristine outdoors recreation we like.
And with the sale of the land, deer hunters are finding more "No Trespassing" signs on lands formerly owned by timber companies and open to hunting.
It is important to note that these lands will be preserved for all Minnesotans to use -- not just fenced off as additional wilderness. Multiple use, including forest management for timber, is as important as saving habitat for birds and wild game. It's a legacy we all can embrace.


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IF OTTER 501 were only about otters, it would be your favorite movie. From scenes of an orphaned baby otter clinging to its surrogate mother's chest to an older pair of otters lazily going in for a hug, you would be a heartless monster not to love it. Unfortunately, this quasi-documentary also contains humans. Specifically, one terrible actress who wastes a considerable portion of the film with video diary updates filled with fake emotions that she posts for her supposed "friends" on Facebook. The otters in Otter 501 are real; the girl is not.
The film follows this awkward Wisconsin marine biology student Katie (Katie Pofahl), who spends a summer in Monterey, California, where she finds Otter 501 (she's the 501st orphaned baby sea otter found in Monterey—SAD). Thus begins Katie's persistent nagging, which she shares via webcam, to be part of this rescued otter's life. Luckily for the viewers, she gets a volunteer position at the local aquarium and somehow weasels her way into filming everything it does. "Okay, so sea otters are pretty awesome," she says to her computer screen. Moving on.
Despite the fictional twist, the lengthily and close-up otter scenes manage to make Otter 501 incredibly worthwhile. The camerawork is excellent, catching beautiful underwater shots of the animals diving for food and capturing wild otters' exhilarating day-to-day activities (read: sleeping). At times, the film's an emotional rollercoaster. Let my notes explain: "Otters everywhere! OH NO GREAT WHITE SHARK."
While the film's message—to keep the California coast clean and healthy for the dwindling sea otter population—gets across, no credit can be given to the unnecessary actors. One shot of a mother otter with visible ribs, desperate to find food for her equally emaciated baby in the coastline full of contaminated prey, and you're sold. Come for the environmental degradation. Stay for the otters.


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Joy Ihezie (400 level) and Faith Okeke (200 level) of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Imo State University, were killed after they were attacked by robbers on the Kaduna-Jos Road, while travelling to Jos, Plateau State, on a coastal bus to attend a national conference of the National Fellowship of Christian Medical Laboratory Science Students.
They were about three kilometers to their destination when the incident happened. It was said that the gun-wielding robbers were operating on the highway when the bus conveying the students ran into them. The gunmen reportedly opened fire on the students when their bus attempted to flee the scene.
It was a moment of sadness and sorrow at Imo state University, (IMSU), Owerri, as the students of Medical and Laboratory science of the faculty of Health Sciences mourned two of their course mates who were reportedly shot dead by gunmen last Friday on Kaduna - Jos expressway.
According to reports gathered, the IMSU students who were on transit for an annual conference at University of Jos, Plateau state, North central - Nigeria, were hit by stray bullets when armed robbers and security men engaged in a gun duel on the high way, leading to the instant deaths of Joy Ihezie and Faith Okere, 400 and 200 levels respectively, while several others were injured.
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WASHINGTON -- Jack Kingston, Nathan Deal and Mac Collins all came to Washington together 10 years ago.
The three Georgia Republicans have been allies ever since. Now, all three are pondering running for the Senate seat that Zell Miller said Wednesday he would give up in two years.
Almost immediately, 1st District Rep. Jack Kingston issued a two-word response: "I'm interested."
The same held for Collins, who represents western Georgia's 8th District. Collins had considered running against former Sen. Max Cleland, a Democrat replaced Tuesday by Saxby Chambliss.
Deal was less definitive Wednesday, but he didn't rule out a run.
"I think anybody who's in public life would be interested," Deal said.
Other names floating through the halls of the Capitol complex Wednesday included Ralph Reed, head of the Georgia Republican Party, Bob Barr and Roy Barnes.
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Lazar Markovic has hit the ground running in Turkey establishing himself as a first-team regular as Super League leaders Fenerbahçe.
The on-loan Liverpool winger has even found time to use the heavy blanket snow that recently covered most of Turkey to his advantage.
Practicing bicycle kicks on the ground can be quite gruelling constantly crashing onto the floor but with a bed of soft snow underneath I guess it makes the process easier.
Markovic decided he would show off his new found training method on Twitter and shared a picture mid-flight just before making contract with the ball in an attempted flying volley.
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The Serbian international joined Fenerbahçe on loan after a disappointing debut season at Liverpool under the stewardship of ex head coach Brendan Rodgers.
Markovic has featured in the Yellow Canaries last seven games and has two goals as well as three assists in all competitions this season.


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As the San Jose Sharks stare down one of their most important games of the season, they know they will not only need a big effort from their top four offensive players (Patrick Marleau, Joe Pavelski, Joe Thornton and Logan Couture), but from some of their role players as well. The Sharks face the Los Angeles Kings in Saturday's season finale, with home-ice advantage for the playoffs on the line, something they would be well-served to secure. Winger Martin Havlat has rebounded from a mid-season slump to come on strong in April, and the Sharks could definitely use continued offensive production from the veteran forward.
Havlat has four goals and seven points in April, including a five-point, three-game scoring streak that was snapped in Wednesday's loss to the Phoenix Coyotes. That's nearly half of his season production, as he has managed to chip in eight goals and 18 points in an abbreviated schedule. Havlat had seven goals and 27 points for the Sharks in 39 games last season, and while he isn't scoring with the regularity he used to when with the Minnesota Wild and Chicago Blackhawks, he can still be a valuable depth player for a team like the Sharks as they try and make a deep postseason run.
Havlat is currently seeing some top-line time with Couture and Marleau, which should continue to present him with some scoring opportunities. The Sharks have struggled to score consistently this season, and with the "big four" coming through in streaks it is ever-important that players like Havlat occasionally find the back of the net as well.
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The Surprise Trailer (2015)
21 May 2015 Comedy, Romance 111 mins
An eccentric multimillionaire signs an agreement to have his life ended. While selecting his coffin he meets a young woman who has signed up for the same arrangement. Trouble ensues when the couple falls in love and wishes to get out of the contract.
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The data set consists of a subset for the study area of the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) in South America (i.e., longitude 85 deg to 30 deg W, latitude 25 deg S to 10 deg N) of the 1-km Global Land Cover Data Set Derived from AVHRR developed at the Laboratory for Global Remote Sensing Studies (LGRSS) at the University of Maryland. Both ASCII data and binary image files are available.Over the past several years, researchers have increasingly turned to remotely sensed data to improve the accuracy of data sets that describe the geographic distribution of land cover at regional and global scales. To develop improved methodologies for global land cover classifications as well as to provide global land cover products for immediate use in global change research, researchers at the Laboratory for Global Remote Sensing Studies (LGRSS) at the University of Maryland have employed the NASA/NOAA Pathfinder Land (PAL) data set with a spatial resolution of 1 km. This data set has a record length of 14 years (1981-1994), providing the ability to test the stability of classification algorithms.Furthermore, this data set includes red, infrared, and thermal bands in addition to the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). Inclusion of these additional bands improves discrimination between cover types. The project aim is to develop and validate global land cover data sets and to develop advanced methodologies for more realistically describing the vegetative land surface based on satellite data. The 1-km global land cover product was created from 1992-93 LAC AVHRR data. The full 1-km global land cover product is available for download from the Global Land Cover Facility (GLCF)[http://glcf.umiacs.umd.edu/data/landcover/index.shtml] web site. Forty-one (41) metrics were developed to describe global vegetation phenology, and these data were used to make the 1-km land cover map. The final product contains 13 land cover classes.More information can be found at: ftp://daac.ornl.gov/data/lba/land_cover_data_1km/README.
Hansen, M., R. S. DeFries, J. R. G. Townshend, and R. Sohlberg. 2003. LBA Regional Land Cover from AVHRR, 1-km, 1992-1993 (Hansen et al.). Available on-line [http://www.daac.ornl.gov] from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A. doi:10.3334/ORNLDAAC/678
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A Mexican plant operated by Saab's former parent, General Motors Co., started to produce the Saab 9-4X crossover this week. The model will start selling in the U.S. in May while it will go on sale in Europe and other markets this August. The 9-4X is derived from the same platform as the Cadillac SRX, which is built in the same Ramos Arizpe, Mexico, factory.
Before the vehicle, an Ice Pearl metallic Aero model with a 2.8-liter, V-6 turbocharged engine, is shipped to Sweden for display at the Saab car museum, there will be a media test-drive event in the U.S.
There were delays in the development and launch of the 9-4X but it is expected to have a significant role in Saab Cars North America's U.S. sales and marketing efforts in 2011. It is the first crossover in the Saab lineup since the 9-7X was phased out in December 2008.
This gives the Swedish brand an entry in one of the fastest-growing market segments in the industry. Last year, demand for the Cadillac SRX, BMW X5, Lexus RX and other premium crossovers surged by 25%, outpacing the U.S. market's overall gain of 11%.
Saab Cars North America predicts that U.S. sales will reach 15,000 to 20,000 vehicles this year. Notably, Saab has never doubled or tripled sales year-over-year in the U.S. Its largest percentage increase was recorded in 1983, when Saab's sales were 43% higher than in 1982.
The new Saab 9-4X comes with a front end that is inspired by Aero X concept car, as marked by a deep, three-port grille and 'ice-block'-effect lighting themes. Its single glasshouse graphic helps highlight Saab's traditional 'cockpit' look while masked windshield and door pillars help create the brand's hallmark wraparound-effect.
The new Saab 9-4X is also easily recognizable as a Saab thanks to a number of brand elements like the shape of the headlamps, strong C-pillars, a wraparound-effect rear screen and a 'hockey stick' waistline. This new offering from Saab features a roofline that is visually lowered and extended by a rear spoiler adjoined to the tailgate. On the other hand, the rear of the Saab 9-4X features a lighting signature first seen on the new 9-5 sedan.
The light units are wrapped around with a LED-lit 'ice-block' bar extending across the lower tailgate. Moreover, twin rhomboid-shaped exhaust tailpipes are neatly incorporated into the lower bumper molding.
Its clean and neat bodywork features a dark protective appliqué on the lower body, although customers would notice the absence of protective body panels and wheel-arch claddings. Entry-level versions of the Saab 9-4X are provided with 18-inch six-spoke alloy wheels while Aero models are specified with 20-inch, nine-spoke 'turbine' alloy wheels and a black mesh front grille. Inside, the Saab 9-4X is large enough to comfortably accommodate five adults.
It features the signature Saab, driver-focused cockpit layout, with the center console, main instrument display and center stack laid out within a single sweeping form. This element of the interior is finished with wood on Saab 9-4X, but comes with a carbon fiber-effect trim when the Aero version is availed.
Of course, the Saab 9-4X still has a number of subtle references to Saab's aviation heritage: the aircraft attitude-style speed read-out; traditional Saab 'joystick' adjusters for the mesh-style air vents; and green illumination for the needles of the three main dials.
Likewise, as per Saab tradition, the ignition (start/stop) button is located between the front seats, just adjacent to the shift lever. Furthermore, the interior of the Saab 9-4X is fitted with large, supportive seats with a standard, 8-way electrical adjustment (driver's seat), with electrical adjustment of the foot pedals offered as an option. The rear cabin ensures comfortable and spacious accommodation even with the presence of a third row of seats.
These seats feature an independent, three-way manual adjustment of the rake (60/40 fold seatback). Interestingly, the interior of the Saab 9-4X is gifted with a number of onboard storage like double-decked pockets in all doors, a deep bin in the center console -- with 12-volt, USB and AUX connections – and a two-tier front glovebox. The posterior part of the cabin features extra storage in the rear face of the center console and the center armrest.


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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] With the main performance of Chuck Elm, this film directed by David Mankey was premiered in cinema or TV in 2012. The film "Dark Shade Creek" had an original production of USA. You can watch Dark Shade Creek online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in English at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2012.
Rating: 5 by 24 users./
Runtime: 88 minutes
Chuck Elm, Kory Harmon, Lea Hay, Karrie Krause, Rhonda Krause, Bella Kuna, Cande Kuna, Ashleigh Mankey, David Mankey, Debra Mankey, Joshua Mankey, Vanessa Mankey, Kalena McDaniels, Doug Ocheltree, Earl Robertson and Fred Robertson.
88-minute film (full movie) directed by David Mankey.
The original audio of Dark Shade Creek has dialogues in Dolby Digital, it was produced in USA.
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Screenplay written by David Mankey and Joshua Mankey.
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Gold futures in India, the world's biggest buyer of the metal, extended losses to their lowest level in nearly four weeks, in line with global markets.
At 3:57 p.m, the most-active gold for August delivery on the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) was 0.27 percent lower at 26,654 rupees per 10 grams, after hitting a low of 26,541 rupees, a level last seen on May 29.
Global gold reversed early gains as worries persisted over an early end to U.S. monetary stimulus measures and a cash crunch in China, bringing the metal's losses to more than 8 percent since the start of last week.
A slightly firmer rupee also weighed on prices. The rupee plays an important role in determining the landed cost of gold.
"Demand has slowed... people are waiting for the price level of 26,000 rupees (per 10 grams)," said SK Jain, president of Chandani Chowk Jewellers Association.
India imposed a ban on consignment imports in May, but has ruled out a blanket ban on gold imports or any increase in customs duty from the current 8 percent.
India's biggest trade body representing jewellers urged sellers to stop selling gold coins and bars, a few days after Reliance Capital suspended its gold sales.
Gold imports into India fell from an average of $135 million per day in the first half of May to $36 million in the second half, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said.
Silver for July delivery on the MCX was 0.11 percent lower at 40,788 rupees per kilogram.


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This way to play Sion is the best I can imagine!
Here he makes huge crit dmg around himselfe and healing all mates around himselfe for the
half dmg he do!This way sion is a BIG CARRY so at the beginning he's very useless early teamfight you'll lose but when Sion get his first Tiamat you'll win.
I take the runes with crit dmg cause all other runes don't make more sence then these.
With all items he have 100% crit and with crit dmg runes he do about 900 dmg.
I take the normal carry-crit dmg masterys to run behind an enemy and leveling fast and do huge dmg.But a bit Ap for the shield
I take tiamat because sion is healing him and his mate for all dmg he do while his ulti and he do around him the same dmg like on the target cause tiamat's passiv is no unique-passiv so it's stackable.If Sion do 500 dmg and 5 targets would be around him he would heal himselfe for 2500 and his mates for 1250 EACH HIT and with phantom dancer and his ulti he has a good attackspeed.
Summoner Spells
Exhaused for slowing movement and attakspeed from enemys and ghost running after them and waiting for stun couldown^^
With this build sion do a huge aoe dmg and healing aoe with his ulti.Nobody can run away from him when he using ghost his stun and exhaused.He healing himselfe and his mates so fast.
But there's one way to kill him full eq ... 5 secs stun xP
How to play this build
At the beginning stun your enemys and play def.You've to wait for your Infinty Edge,but later with lvl 11-18 sell your mana crystal it's only for the beginning for the huge manacosts for the Q-spell.Then the general skill use use Q for stun and W for your shield and a bit dmg.You can blok with your shield ennoying ultis like karthus or fighting at tower,wait till attacked by enemys and then stun shield and attack.


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Big Sky Town Center is located in the ski and summer resort of Big Sky high in the Rocky Mountains of southwest Montana. Within the town of Big Sky, the Town Center is centrally located 7 miles below Lone Mountain (and its two resorts) and at the turn-off to the renowned private community of the Yellowstone Club.
Driving Directions to Big Sky Town Center
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From Big Sky Resort or Moonlight Basin (Mountain Village): Head east on Hwy. 64 (Lone Mountain Trail) towards the Meadow Village for approximately 7 miles. Big Sky Town Center will be on your right marked with a large entry monument sign!
From Yellowstone Club: Head northeast on Ousel Falls Rd. towards the meadow for approximately 4 miles. The heart of Big Sky Town Center follows the last half-mile of Ousel Falls Rd!
From Hwy. 191 (Gallatin Canyon): Turn west onto Hwy. 64 (Lone MountainTrail) at the stoplight. Big Sky Town Center is 3 miles from the Big Sky turnoff. Turn left just past the Big Sky Golf Course at the large Town Center entry monument sign.
The Story of Big Sky Town Center
The resort of Big Sky is a young community built on world-class recreational interests and a respect for nature. Like a village piazza, the Big Sky Town Center is the natural gathering place of the area, where everyone comes together.
Town Center History
In the early 1970's after Chet Huntley announced that his plans for Big Sky included a Meadow Village and a Mountain Village, Bob Simkins and Jim Taylor bought the Sappington Ranch, which contains a part of the Town Center project.
Master Developer Simkins Holdings, LLC has been actively working on securing the development rights for the project since the late 1990's, and the first infrastructure projects were completed in 2001.
The momentum for the project has continued to increase over the past few years, and now that the project is about 45% built out, it's beginning to take on a life of its own. Big Sky Town Center has the feel of a tight-knit community where new businesses can open and be profitable.
Big Sky Montana's Downtown Community
The 165-acre walking village is surrounded by spectacular 11,000 foot snow-capped peaks. Although the slopes look close enough to touch, they're a few thousand feet above the shops and homes, giving you a milder living climate with mountain access just minutes away.
The casual pace of the Town Center, and all of Big Sky, is set by its residents and visitors. Here you'll never feel rushed, and with the variety of shops and services, the Town Center provides the "Downtown" of this alpine community… a central place bordered by flower filled meadows and dramatic peaks.
The Town Center is nestled in the heart of Big Sky, southwest Montana's hub of world-famous recreation and nature, just fifteen miles from Yellowstone National Park. As the newest of the Rocky Mountain four season resort areas, Big Sky uniquely blends all of the amenities you need, yet still retains the free spirit, authenticity, and emotion that comes from a community still being discoveredeveryday, from points around the world.
View the site plan of the Town Center here: Big Sky Town Center- Site Plan
View the Town Center Brochure here: Town Center Brochure