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Omano OM118-B4S Compound Microscope
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- Most affordable binocular with mechanical slide holder
- 4 magnification levels: up to 1,000x
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Part of the affordable OM118 series, the OM118-B4S is a binocular compound microscope that includes four objective lenses and a full, double-layered mechanical stage that optimizes slide handling. In our opinion, a mechanical stage is an indispensable tool for any serious student. Four levels of magnification, 40x, 100x, 400x and 1,000x are derived from two WF10x eyepieces and 4x, 10x, 40xS and 100xS oil immersion, objectives.
Like the monocular sister microscopes (OM118-M3 and M4), this binocular version was introduced in 2010 as a cheaper alternative to our ever popular Omano OM136C and OM36 series. It has similar optics to the OM36C, but lacks some of the finesse in design and construction. The microscope includes a 5 year Omano lifetime limited warranty.
The Omano OM118-B4S includes a binocular microscope head that is inclined at an ergonomic 45 degrees. The head rotates through 360 degrees for flexible viewing positions. There are two Wide Field WF10x eyepieces that combine with four parcentered, parfocal achromatic objectives lenses, (4x, 40x spring, 100x spring oil immersion) for magnification levels of 40x, 100x, 400x and 1,000x. The objectives are set in a quadruple nosepiece. Both oculars include diopters that enable individual eye focusing while the head can be adjusted through 55-75mm to adapt for different interpupillary distances.
Stage & Focus
The primary difference between this microscope and the cheaper Omano OM118-B4 is in the stage. This microscope includes an integrated, double-layered mechanical stage as opposed to a detachable mechanical slide holder on the OM118-B4. In the final analysis, an integrated mechanical stage is the only answer for any serious student or professional microscopist.
While a mechanical slide holder is an improvement on a plain stage, a mechanical stage includes full graduated X/Y movement (18mm x 70mm) with coaxial coarse/fine focus controls. Such coaxial controls enable a student to move the slide without looking up from the eyepiece; for regular users this benefit is an indispensable convenience.
Focusing includes high quality rack and pinion mechanics for longer life and coaxial focus controls for easier focusing. We recommend coaxial coarse/fine focus controls since they enable 'eyes down' focusing. In other words, the viewer does not constantly need to look up in order to find the other focus control. This benefit is important in enhancing a student's experience and therefore in encouraging a more sustained interest in the microscope.
Safety features include a rack stop to ensure that the stage does not impact with the objectives and thereby break the slides and a slip clutch control to mitigate the risk of damaging the focus controls through over extension.
Condenser & Illumination
The condenser is Abbe 1.25 N. A with iris diaphragm for optimal adjustments. Transmitted halogen illumination includes variable intensity.
Eyecups, Dust Cover, Manual, Spare Bulb, Spare Fuse, Immersion oilOmano OM-118 Series ,span> The OM-118 series were introduced in 2010 in order to offer a more affordable alternative to the Omano OM-136 and OM-36 microscopes. The 118 series offer similar optical quality while lacking some of the finer details in construction. The microscopes are available in monocular or binocular configurations with plain stage (M3), mechanical slide holder (M4, B4) or double-layered mechanical stage (B4S).
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OM118-B4S Compound Microscope
General SKU OM118-B4S Short Description
- Most affordable binocular with mechanical slide holder
- 4 magnification levels: up to 1,000x
- Mechanical slide holder for easy slide handling
- Coaxial coarse/fine focus for ease of use
- Professional Abbe 1.25 NA condenser
- Bright halogen illumination
- Recommended for Grades 4-12
Warranty 5 Year Warranty System System Type Brightfield Optical Design DIN 160mm Head Head Type Binocular Ocular Angle 30° Interpupillary Adjustment Arc (Seidentopf) Interpupillary Adjustment Range 55-75 mm Ocular Tube Diameter 23 mm Body Nosepiece Orientation Front-facing Nosepiece Style Quadruple (4) Focus Controls Coarse & Fine, Coaxial Focus Mechanism Rack & Pinion Focus Control Location Dual Ambidextrous Stage Type Mechanical XY Stage Features Fingertip Controls, Full Stage XY, Slide Holder (spring-loaded) Configuration Includes Eyepieces? Yes Included Eyepiece Quantity 2 Included Eyepieces (X) 10X Eyepiece Style WF Widefield (FN 18mm) Min Standard Mag 40X Max Standard Mag 1000X Objectives Included Objectives (Qty) 4 Objective Lens Achromatic Included Objective Types Brightfield Condenser Condenser Type Abbe Brightfield Condenser Features Iris Diaphragm, Rack & Pinion Focus, Swing-out Filter Holder Condenser N.A. 1.25 mm Illumination Illumination Type Halogen Illumination Style Transmitted Collector Type Simple Transmitted Light Type Halogen Transmitted Light Specification 6V 20W Transmitted Light Control Variable Power Supply 110V Only Accessories Included Extras Dust Cover, Spare Bulb, Spare Fuse
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NORMAN — Coach Santiago Restrepo's Oklahoma volleyball team is headed to Portland, Ore., to face Pacific on Friday and Portland State and Brigham Young on Saturday.
If all goes really well, the Sooners will exit their road trip an unbeaten 7-0 in the young season.
After what happened Tuesday night at Howard McCasland Field House, it's not so crazy a thought.
"I'm looking forward to it," Restrepo said.
So, too, should his team, coming off its 25-22, 25-22, 25-21 straight-set victory over Arkansas.
"I think it's a huge win," preseason All-American middle blocker Sallie McLaurin said.
OU had enjoyed recent success against the Razorbacks, yet not in straight sets. Further, how they made it happen Tuesday should be reason for even more confidence.
In the opening set, OU led 15-7 before enduring a 20-20 tie. From there, the Sooners won five of seven points to end it.
In the middle set, it was a 16-9 edge that was whittled down to 20-19 before the Sooners won five of eight points to end it.
In the last, there was no big lead, but OU still held a 19-18 edge before running off six of nine points to end the match.
"We played in crunch time better than they did and that is a sign of good character, very good confidence in ourselves and very good chemistry," Restrepo said.
Also, what it looked like on the court may be a pretty good model for the Sooners going forward.
A couple of stat lines told the story.
One, OU hit .259 as a team, which is plenty good, yet even a tad misleading, because the Sooners hit a stratospheric .425 as a team in the first set and a really, really good .333 in the third. Along with it, OU committed just 12 attack errors to Arkansas' 21.
The Sooners (4-0) were putting the ball away at best and keeping points going at worst. They were not giving points away.

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Seeking the vision for a revitalized city
Published: November 17, 2010
It's all about the "re-" these days when people talk about the city's future:
Reimagine Detroit, journalist John Gallagher urges in his recently released book title.
Redesign the crumbling, outdated city infrastructure, the planners say.
Realign the city departments and services to save money, the fiscally minded clamor.
Mayor Dave Bing has dubbed the effort the "Detroit Works Project," a simple if vague moniker to describe his administration's goal to re-build, re-shape and re-position Detroit.
Bing has charged city leaders and an advisory committee to craft a plan he and City Council can use to guide future decisions about city programs, development, mass transportation planning and other urban efforts.
Having held five sometimes contentious community meetings this fall, attended by about 5,000, Bing's team will conduct dozens more workshops this winter. Residents will speak. Planners will plan. City business will continue, but sometime next year, after the input phase has been completed, the mayor promises to share what his administration's vision will be to restart, redevelop and perhaps eventually repopulate the city.
They will all try to match city policy with the current reality: a city with far fewer people that can't rely on the fruits of the automotive industry and needs to reinvent its future.
Here's what all involved hope will be produced: a plan that honestly addresses Detroit's problems and the conditions of the people who live here, and offers solutions that both government and the private sector can provide.
This week, Metro Times brings readers a selection of conversations about the eventual plan, the process and some of the factors that will determine or be affected by its success. From interviews with academics, city officials, neighborhood leaders and advocates of particular, relevant issues we bring perspectives, philosophies, opinions and researched realities to further discussion about what Bing and his people face.
If they pull it off, a new Detroit could emerge. If not, well, we'd rather not re-flect on that.
The three women leading Mayor Dave Bing's Detroit Works effort bring both local experience and national perspective.
One, Marja Winters, is a long-time Detroit city employee, another, Karla Henderson, is a relative newcomer to the city's administration but has experience in Highland Park and Ann Arbor.
The third, Toni Griffin, is a national leader in urban planning and has been credited for successes in the revitalization of areas of Washington, D.C., and Newark.
They admit to being surprised, if not completely blindsided, by the angst and occasional hostility they've faced, especially during the five well-publicized community meetings held to seek community input about a future plan for the city.
"We were ready to have a conversation about what Detroit should look like in 2030, and there were some citizens who needed to talk about the challenges we face today," says Henderson.
As Bing's group executive for planning and facilities, she works with Winters, deputy director of the city's Planning and Development Department, and Griffin, the Harvard-affiliated "hired gun" whose Kresge Foundation-paid salary has drawn ire from some who see the private funding of her work by the suburban-based group as a symbol of outsiders trying to take over and profit from the city.
Still, the women have embarked on an ambitious project: create a new plan where none has succeeded with at least the two previous mayoral administrations to address the city's shrinking population; redesign city operations to match the financial realities of the city's troubled budget, currently facing a deficit of between $85 million and $125 million; stabilize neighborhoods for the people who continue to live in them; attract economic development through existing and future projects; and craft guidelines for how to manage Detroit's roughly 40 square miles of vacant land within the city's 139-square-mile footprint.
Their next step is the 40 community forums planned through January, where residents will again have a chance to vent their frustrations. Still the trio hopes to focus that energy on the plan for the future.
"We're kind of flushing through some of these ideas, but we know we need to continue to create a dialogue about some of the near-term challenges that our citizens are facing," Henderson says. "But that's a function that theoretically, practically the city should be performing anyway. So the other half of the discussion is this project."
Metro Times talked with Griffin, Henderson and Winters and heard about some aspects of the project.
Metro Times: What's happened since those five famous meetings?
Henderson: What's happened since the last five meetings is that we got a ton of information. We had to kind of absorb all of the information and be able to put it into some categories. We had comment cards. We had people on video giving the messages. We had the scribes going on. We need to take all that information and put it into something, a summary. And we want to make sure we are responding to what the citizens' needs are and what their desires are about this process.
Winters: We're looking at how to get the longer term buy-in of the plan and the mobilizing — to have people thinking longer term and about implementation, the longer end of the plan.
Henderson: We need to create a space for people. That was loud and clear.
MT: Beyond the meetings, what's the hope of getting buy-in on the project?
Winters: I think the first is related to the everyday essence of what we have to do in government. We talk about this whole idea of building trust and building confidence from the residents. Once we have a plan, is it going to be implemented? So sort of along the way we think that making sure we do a good job of delivering city service on a daily basis and being responsive builds that confidence and that trust and fuels people's passion and hope to be engaged in this process. Something that can actually come forth and be fruitful and productive for the city.
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Concerns have been raised over how emissions from the proposed Beddington incinerator would be monitored.
Data on emissions produced by the incinerator, if it is built, would be provided by Viridor, which would run the proposed facility.
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Critique: Mimi Zeiger
Street Cred
Fulton Mall, photograph by Gus Powell, from
Street Value.
[All photographs courtesy of
Gus Powell
Eight-foot tall man in a perfect Malcolm X suit selling whole leopard skins and persimmons oil and cobra venom incense and a table of books by some conspiracy wrangler named Napoleon Fung gets hungry for a Jamaican meat patty wrapped in coco bread. Wrap that in a slice of pizza and cough out a chicken bone you didn't even know was in there. Drumstick bones in an accumulating heap teeter down the subway portal. The city bus skids off Butt Flash onto Full-Time, doomed pedestrians swept up by its Soylent Green people-catcher depositing them in a jumble on the Albeit Squalor Mall escalators — going up!
Jonathan Lethem
, "Ruckus Flatbush" from
Brooklyn Was Mine
The Fulton Mall in Downtown Brooklyn is a jumble of every hope and dream ever projected on the borough. Implicated in every era and every development, from the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge in the 1880s to the boosterism of the postwar years, from the urban renewal and brownstone gentrification of the '60s and '70s to the Bloomberg-era building bubble, the eight-block-long shopping street routinely fails to live up to expectations. The gulf between the reality of the mall — today a thriving mix of retail tenants paying high rents and selling cheap goods to a diverse crowd of low- to middle-income shoppers — and the ever-frustrated vision dreamed over and over by civic leaders, businessmen and planners — that it would become a visually unified, sanitized and safe environment attractive to both high-end national chains and an equally well-heeled clientele — is the subject of
Street Value: Shopping, Planning and Politics at Fulton Mall
[Princeton Architectural Press, 2010].
The compact, yellow-orange paperback, written by Rosten Woo and Meredith TenHoor with Damon Rich, and the first in series of urban-minded research investigations published by Inventory Books and distributed by Princeton Architectural Press, fits neatly into a jacket pocket. And it slips just as unassumingly into that gap between what is and what could be. Much is packed into 206 pages: photographs, history, interview transcripts and planning guidelines, with each author shepherding a given section. The book opens with images of what is, or at least what recently was, since the mall's metamorphosis has continued even as the authors composed their manuscript. The first chapter, "Merchants on the Mall," profiles local shop owners circa 2004-05, and the second, "Down on The Street," features a
photo essay shot by Gus Powell
in 2009. In that time businesses have been shuttered, street furniture removed, and buildings demolished. In fact, it's difficult to capture Fulton Mall's frenetic energy and dodgy character in photographs or in words. Powell's images make artful still lives out of beauty products on store shelves and cheap gold hoop earrings in window displays. They render the bustle into sun-bleached tableaux: asphalt street, weather-stained storefronts, bag-laden shoppers. The constraints of the photographic frame and the paperback layout tame the street and instantly make it more digestible, knowable and perhaps even fixable. But really, Fulton Mall is more like that chicken bone coughed up in Jonathan Lethem's "Ruckus Flatbush," unknowable and maybe not so nice. And that's okay. The authors seem content to track the mall as an urban planning narrative, at best a cautionary tale, and their solutions come sparingly and late in the story.
Street Value
could be taken as historical research — "Invisible Street: A History of Fulton Mall," by Rosten Woo, co-founder of the non-profit
Center for Urban Pedagogy
, carefully documents every phase of the street's redevelopment saga. Woo begins in the 19th century, with a dry-goods store in a cast-iron building; he unearths ephemera documenting the aspirations of Abraham Abraham, who along with Nathan Straus would transform the dry-goods store into
Abraham & Straus
, the first department store on Fulton Street. As Woo writes: "In 1899, A&S boasted in a public advertisement 'You cannot wander through our establishment without feeling something akin to a personal pride that your city should be the possessor of such a store.'" [page 40]
Imagine Abraham's dismay to find today's pedestrian mall, where the cries of venders hawking disposable cell phones echo off facades layered with decades of commercial signage. Abraham's impetus to link civic pride with a bustling commercial district foreshadows the subtext of every urban plan applied to the street since then. The golden age of Fulton Street happened early in its history — early enough to take on the mythic status of a brief moment when upscale shops and well-heeled shoppers aligned. By 1940, when the elevated train tracks that had shadowed the street were taken down, the street was lined with robust department stores catering to a middle-class white clientele. This heyday was short-lived. Urban demographics shifted, discount stores encroached. Woo includes a chart from the 1969 Plan for New York City; it reveals that African-American and Puerto Rican populations were growing, and that the white population — the department store owners' cherished demographic — was taking flight.
Fulton Mall, photographs by Gus Powell, from
Street Value.
Era by era, Woo tracks the tension between those looking to optimize Fulton Street and its users. Plans were made, some were implemented, none were truly effective. But Street Value is not a benign chronology. There's an exposé hidden in these pages. Woo, TenHoor and Rich conducted interviews with planners and governmental functionaries instrumental in the Fulton redevelopment from 1966 to 1982. The presentation — lightly edited transcripts in the middle of the book — de-emphasizes their importance. Yet one of these Q&A sessions reveals the planners' Mad Men-era attitudes toward race and class. Which feels startling; for while the book never shrinks from race issues, it for the most part presents them neutrally, within an historical context — the migration of blacks from the South, the move of whites to the suburbs, the more recent gentrification of Brooklyn.
But when Woo and TenHoor interview Richard Rosan — today the CEO of the Urban Land Institute, years ago a young planner in charge of implementing the proposals for Fulton Mall developed by the Urban Design Group, a division of the Office of City Planning — the tone changes. Without being combative, Woo and TenHoor's queries push Rosan to be uncannily frank, and he puts his cards on the table in a discussion of why, beginning in the late '60s, Abraham & Straus was focusing on the more suburban stretches of Brooklyn. "[I]n the 1960s Fulton Street was very heavily African American. There were a certain amount of Puerto Rican shoppers too. ... Sales were good but it was a demographic that the store owners weren't used to dealing with. You guys can't imagine this because you're younger, but this was a white America not used to multicultural activity. [A&S] wanted to be sure that they covered their white base so they went to Kings Plaza and Roosevelt Field. A&S moved further and further out." [page 128] And later in the conversation Rosan blows the lid off the tendency within urbanist circles to euphemize race — to speak in term of abstract demographics. Woo asks if there was a directive by business leaders to bring white middle-class people back to Downtown Brooklyn. Rosan responds:
No. I think we weren't so — well, yeah, we probably were sort of racist in our thinking at that time to think blacks were synonymous with poor. When I started to work at the Urban Land Institute in 1992 we used to tongue-in-cheek say to staff, the worst word you can use is "urban." Urban was such a bad word. It was a code word for poor and minority. And now urban is a hot word. Urban Outfitters. Urban this, urban that. I mean it's just changed. So, yes, I think [Bill] Rothschild [head of A&S in 1965] and company wanted a higher level of income, but in fairness to them I don't think they cared if they were black or white. They wanted a higher level of shopping. They wanted to be able to attract people from Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill and ultimately Boerum Hill and Park Slope
. [page 131–132]
Fulton Mall, proposal by Lee Harris Pomeroy Architects, 1976. [Drawing courtesy of Lee Harris Pomeroy]
Over decades the issues of race, perceived purchasing power and aesthetics form the crux of the street's design problem, with the latter masking the significance of the former. Rundown, filled with a mishmash of storefronts and a motley mix of street furniture, bus shelters and kiosks, Fulton Mall was unappealing to department store owners: they simply didn't like the look of the street. It looked too urban. Throughout
Street Value
, the mall is cited as having high profitability, high traffic and high rents (comparable to Manhattan rates) and yet it's perennially subject to dogmatically taste-driven makeovers. An Archigram-y redo by architect Lee Harris Pomeroy, first conceived in 1976, embraced then-fashionable urban quirks: it proposed closing the street to car traffic and installing pop signage, street furniture, brick paving and a floating canopy over the pedestrianized mall. Dubbed "The People Street" by the Fulton Mall Improvement Association (a predecessor to today's Building Improvement District) the design was only partially executed — most of the unifying elements, including the canopy and brick paving, were scrapped due to rising construction costs — and it failed to stem the flow of white shoppers away from the area.
According to the authors, the paradox of Fulton Street is that from the mid-'80s on, once it was left alone by the planners, the mall flourished as a center for hip-hop and African American culture. It is this period that informs the design guidelines for the future of Fulton Mall put forward by Damon Rich, CUP founder and now Urban Designer for the City of Newark. With a percussive punch, Rich describes the scene: "Biz Markie met Big Daddy Kane at the Albee Square Mall, and young African Americans from across Brooklyn and the city came to shop for the latest styles at Dr. Jay's, S&D Underground, Music Factory, Jimmy Jazz, Scheme, and Beat Street Records." [page 191] Hip-hop epicenter Albee Square Mall, made famous in a
Biz Markie rap
, was once Albee Square Theater, named for the vaudevillian promoter Edward Albee II, the adoptive grandfather of playwright Edward Albee. Today the site is an empty lot, awaiting economic recovery to usher in a new mixed-use development. As part of an effort to boost the "creative class" presence in Downtown Brooklyn (as envisioned in the 2004 Downtown Brooklyn Development Plan), it is slated for 650 residential units, 475,000 square feet of retail, and 100,000 square feet of Class A office space.
Fulton Mall, photograph by Gus Powell, from
Street Value.
Street Value
comes during an economic lull, the blocks surrounding Fulton Mall are crowded with luxury developments that mushroomed during the bubble. Condo towers and new midrise housing circle the pedestrian street; the banners that hang down the sides of the new buildings advertise the loft-living demographic that is predicted to descend on the mall when the recovery happens. In addition, art spaces such as The
Metropolitan Exchange
(MEx), a cooperative of architects, urban planners, and researchers, and
177 Livingston
, the semi-permanent home of Triple Canopy, Light Industry and The Public School, have moved into the area. There's an uneasy relationship at play;
Street Value
's authors are linked to these organizations. MEx hosted a book launch, which was followed by a celebratory walking tour of Fulton Mall. These newcomers are already creating dynamic energy in Downtown Brooklyn, but they are harbingers of gentrification and potential conflict. A rumor even circulated after the walking tour that the "tourists" had caused an uncomfortable stir among mall locals. Which is why the authors may have thought it necessary to create the guidelines for the future of Fulton Mall.
The design guidelines occupy only six pages of the two-hundred-plus-page book. The three proposals trade in hybridity and acceptance, with their titles spelling out the goals: Guideline 1, Preserve Evidence of Failed Aesthetic Unification; Guideline 2, Use Street Furniture of a Multitude of Occupations; Guideline 3, Celebrate the Socioeconomics of Signage. They suggest an intimacy with the mall's social legacy unheard of in the schemes put forward by previous generations, where planners and developers construed the users of the street as an undesirable other — black, poor,
. If
Street Value
's interviews lay bare the biases and tensions of earlier planners and government officials, then Rich's guidelines, even as a critique of past practices, are revealingly non-reactive, everyday responses to the Fulton fabric. Rich clearly likes what is there, and is hesitant to propose anything that would undo the existing urban culture. We may have to wait for the bulldozers to start their engines to find out if there will be a debate. The authors are all strong voices of a new generation of urban thinkers, but their sensibilities —thoughtful and inclusive, shaped by education and research — have yet to be challenged by the market forces. In this sense, the bright orange book, and its case study and guidelines, is a talisman against the forces (governmental and developmental) ready to descend on Fulton Street.
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Excellent article; will run right out and get the book.
I am fascinated by these guidelines., which have a quality of both being negative, i.e. against an aesthetics of unification which is exclusionary, and a double negative, i.e. for the beauty of congestion, mixing, complexity, etc. A double negative becomes a positive. Look at them again.
Guideline 1, Preserve Evidence of Failed Aesthetic Unification;
Guideline 2, Use Street Furniture of a Multitude of Occupations;
Guideline 3, Celebrate the Socioeconomics of Signage.
Design guidelines of this type posit a direct link between a type of organic aesthetic of urban dynamism, its related economics, and the openness and possibility inherent in an architecture of the everyday. In essence, you have to like and appreciate the architecture and urbanism of hybridity in order to both recognize it and nurture it.
Yet, this type of aesthetic is never defined as beautiful form. That is a shame. The day that this type of urbanism is understood as a beautiful norm to be promoted is the day the gentrification pressure which would destroy it melts away.
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Top 5 Dead Or Alive: "I Have To Name Lil Wayne Because He Puts Out More Music Than Anybody"
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Each week, SOHH asks two entertainment personalities to name their Top 5 rappers of all-time. To make things tricky, we've created a "Hall of Fame" of emcees (see right) who are universally respected and therefore may not be mentioned. After Young Money's Gudda Gudda unveiled his top picks last week, "Breakfast Club" morning show host Angela Yee reveals her five faves.
T.I. I would put T.I. in my Top 5. I live his aggression and I feel like he's been holding back ever since he's had all of his legal problems so I think that's affected his music a lot. But I think consistently, he's come out with albums that are at least more than half of the album is what I like.
Wu-Tang Clan. You know I have to name Wu-Tang because I grew up on them. Wu-Tang are one of my favorite groups of all time. That's my favorite group. I'm a huge fan of GZA. I like the whole group combined. Some of them are more lyrical and there are some of them that are more into painting a story and then you have some that are just talking about being in the streets. I like how they all come together. I'm just a huge Wu-Tang fan. I can go to Wu-Tang shows to this day and throw up my W. Just riding home one time from a long trip and listening to a Wu-Tang marathon in the car just reminded me of how incredible they are.
Bun B. I feel like he's still relevant after all these years. He's a legend and currently working with all up and comers.
Lil Wayne. I have to name Lil Wayne because he puts out more music than anybody. There may be songs of his that I can't stand but then there may also be songs of his that I absolutely love. So I guess the good outweighs the bad.
A Tribe Called Quest. With A Tribe Called Quest, I could listen to all of their albums non-stop and like I've said, I do believe in consistency and [I have great memories of their music]. I think all of their music is good enough that you could still play it now. It still sounds current. I woudl say A Tribe Called Quest is timeless music.


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March 12, 2010
HOUSTON, Texas - With a 5-2 victory over No. 51 Rice, the No. 19 Florida State men's tennis team finished its Spring Break road trip at the Jake Hess Tennis Stadium. After losing the doubles point, the Seminoles (10-2) came back strong to win five singles matches. Winning his 147th career match was senior Jean-Yves Aubone (Miami, Fla.) to make him tied for 10th in career overall wins at Florida State.
The Seminoles stormed the courts after losing the doubles point knowing they had to win each match. Winning first for the Seminoles was No. 69 Vahid Mirzadeh (Wellington, Fla.). The senior won his 13th singles match of the season in a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Oscar Podlewski on court two. No. 35 Aubone won the next match for Florida State. After winning a tight first set, he came back decisively in the second set to upset No. 25 Bruno Rosa 7-5, 6-1.
"I thought it was a really, really good win for Jean-Yves," said head coach Dwayne Hultquist. "He's a very, very good player and won it convincingly in the second set to get off the courts quick. Vahid won first. He won second in a very strong win."
"It was a very good match and Bruno Rosa is such a good player," described Aubone. "I really wasn't expecting to come out and win straight sets. But I battled as hard as I could and I got a couple of good points and that's really all the difference was, scoring good points."
With this win, he is tied with Ty Braswel and only seven wins away from tying current assistant coach Mat Cloer with 154 wins.
"It's something that never really crossed my mind or thought was ever possible," continued Aubone. "It's definitely nice achieving, especially with so many other great players, and some of who throughout the years I've played with like Maciek Sykut, so it's extremely special for me."
Freshman Connor Smith (Tampa, Fla.) came off the courts next to win the third singles match. Playing on court four, Smith won 6-4, 7-6 (5) against Sam Garforth-Bles. Clinching the match for the Seminoles was freshmen Jordan Kelly-Houston, snapping his three match losing streak. The native of Christchurch, New Zealand played three sets to win over Christian Saravia 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 on court six.
"I thought it was pretty key for Jordan to get the clinching win," described Hultquist. "We won four first sets. For Jordan to win in three sets shows it was a tight match, very hard fought and I thought we did a good job across the board."
Clint Bowles was the final Seminole to come off the courts. He lost his first set to storm back and win the next two on court three. His 6-7 (5), 6-2, 10-6 victory was over Michael Nuesslein.
In doubles play, the Seminoles only got one victory but it was over the No. 52 duo of Nuesslein and Saravia. Mirzadeh and Smith won 9-8 (11-9) on court one to now have nine wins on the season.
The Seminoles return home on Sunday with a 12:00 p.m. bout against No. 44 Notre Dame.
"Notre Dame is a really good team," said Hultquist. "We've kind of struggled with them, we beat them last year, but we've struggled with them over the years. They compete really hard. But it's good to be back home."
Sunday is Dad's and Daughter's Day where you can come spend the day with the `Noles and sign up to compete in a Dad and Daughter Challenge. All matches at the Scott Speicher Tennis Courts are free.
RESULTS No. 19 Florida State 5 def. No. 51 Rice 2


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But what does a meth dealer look like? Skinny with bad skin? Takes proof not looks.
Hope justice is swift!!
Keep up the good work YCINT and keep these people off of the streets and away from our kids!!!!!
It probably wouldn't be newsworthy if the impact Meth has on people wasn't so horrific in nature, but it does, so it is. If people that enjoy doing Meth didn't cause so much misery for those that want nothing to do with it, it wouldn't be news, but they do, so it is.
224 hits is a lot of missed opportunities, and that's probably a good thing. Don't you agree?
Police never used to be this way, until government add more policies to the list they call LAW. And you as slave, enforce it. Your actual job, YOU SWORE on it. Is the protect and serve , not collect and pillage.
Do you realize the constitution was altered to be used against the people? You ever learn from what history taught us? The constitution is to be used against YOU, and your crime BOSS.
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(NECN: Mike Cronin) – It's exciting news for the city of Worcester, Mass.
The official holiday season kicks off Friday night with a special ceremony and the opening of an outdoor public skating rink.
City leaders are hoping this brings people out to enjoy the city.
Crews were putting the finishing touches on the Worcester Oval Thursday afternoon, set to open Friday night as part of the city's festival of lights.
"People should know that this has been brought to them because they've asked for it," says city manager Michael O'Brien.
He says the rink is a big deal for the city. It's been in the works for several years but became a reality this year.
"We've always looked forward to this rink opening. It had to be the right time financially for us. We've got some great partners across the spectrum that donated money to make it happen. We're pretty excited. It's going to be a great time for all," O'Brien says.
Some in Worcester have full intentions on taking advantage of the common's new addition.
"I've got a 6-year-old daughter, so I'm hoping to teach her how to skate," says Andrew Hanson.
He grew up skating on a lake in Millbury. Now a Worcester resident, he doesn't to travel far to get back on the ice.
"Last year with the lakes not freezing over, it gives you an option to be able to skate without the lakes."
The 12,000 square foot rink is 4,000 square feet larger than Rockefeller Center's. It caught Elaine Henderson's eyes as she went for a walk with a co-worker.
"Every day we take a walk. We strut around through the common and lately I just noticed they were working on the rink," she says.
The rink will also have music, concessions and much more, all trying to make it a family fun activity.
"I love it. I think it's nice. I think it's great for Worcester. It will give the kids something to do during school vacation, whatever. I like it," Henderson says.
"It gives you the option, something different for the kids to do," says Hanson, "and it's a really good experience overall for the children of Worcester."


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You get all sorts on the Rich List. Even some people who have actually earned their money
So, here it comes again: the annual roll call of freaks, weirdos, narcissists, megalomaniacs and sufferers of various antisocial personality disorders, otherwise known as the Rich List, published by another newspaper. There's the odd genuinely impressive captain of industry, I grant you. And then there's Simon Cowell.
But then all the greats are there: Richard Desmond, Philip Green, Lord Ashcroft, Richard Branson, Roman Abramovich, Alan Sugar, Duncan Bannatyne and Mark Thatcher. For if evidence were needed that wealth accrues only to the very brightest and the best, a quick perusal of the list will demonstrate that it is still needed.
In fact, the rundown of the 1,000 wealthiest individuals in Britain isn't just your regular common-or-garden annual salivating over the lifestyles of the rich and famous. This is the Rich List's silver jubilee, the 25th anniversary of the very first list. Or, to put it another way, this prurient, voyeuristic, possibly not entirely accurate celebration of the sometimes dubiously acquired wealth of Britain's uppermost class has been going on now for a quarter of a century.
As sport goes, ogling the riches of an increasingly global super-elite who have taken up residence on Britain's tax-lite, oligarch-friendly shores, the remnants of a so-called "aristocracy" still cashing in on land and assets they were gifted centuries ago, and a middling collection of chancers, moneymen, over-entitled divorcees, sublebrity entertainers and ageing rockers is a pretty dubious way to pass one's time. Particularly given the subtext that there is something to admire or envy about a collection of people whom one might describe, if one was trying to be polite and family-friendly, as not necessarily individuals one might want to bump into down a dark alley.
It is, on most levels, a ridiculous and largely pointless parade of wealth for wealth's sake, with the slimmest of claims to any sort of veracity. But as speculative figures go, you can compare them with some equally speculative figures from 25 years ago and come to various depressing conclusions.
The BBC points out that when the first list was published on 2 April 1989, it was presented as an indictment of Thatcherism. After 10 years of Thatcher in power, the list "grimly illustrated" the "very limited success of [her] revolution" because the original list was dominated by the landed classes; it contained 11 dukes, six marquesses, 14 earls and nine viscounts. Philip Beresford, the list's author, told the BBC that when he started, roughly two-thirds of the list were people who had inherited their wealth, whereas "today approaching 80% are self-made and that's really a legacy of the Thatcher years".
The beautiful thing about this is how handsomely individuals on the list have repaid the favour. On Friday, the Guardian detailed how some of the richest hedgies on this year's list also happen to be major Conservative donors. But then, when you're so rich that you're forced to spend your wealth building a £130,000 Palladian hen house – as Crispin Odey, founder of Odey Asset Management, has recently (knocking Sir Peter Viggers's £1,645 duck house into a cocked hat) – you might as well splash it around in the vicinity of the party that this year, in the midst of the most biting austerity measures in living memory, cut the top rate of tax.
Nor, then, is it especially surprising that of the 10 most highly placed lords on the list, eight are registered political donors. What? You think you get to be that rich by chance?
But then, for all that Beresford sings the praises of a new cadre of "self-made" billionaires, it's not quite as simple as that. In fact, the dukes and earls and viscounts are still there and doing quite nicely if you don't mind. The Duke of Westminster was in the top 10 in 1989. He still is. But then there's a clue in the title: "Westminster"? It's a borough. Somewhere near the middle of London. He owns vast swaths of it. James Goldsmith was number 10 in the original list, worth £750m then, and while his son and heir, Zac, has done his best to piss it up a wall, losing £20m in his 2010 divorce, he and his mother had managed to hang on to £280m of it (as of last year's list). Which is not bad going for having had the foresight and talent to be born.
The greatest change, though, is the emergence of London as a sort of Center Parcs for the global elite. We have the family-friendly facilities that oligarchs demand (Eton, Harrow and the ability to confer Little Lord Fauntleroy accents on even the most challenging offspring), and instead of water slides, there's always Harrods. But then, that's the wonderful thing about our super-light touch approach to non-dom taxation (generally, we don't bother).
A lot has been written about the new caste of global super-rich who walk among us. And yet not nearly enough, because these aren't funny, foreign visitors who add to the nation's gaiety and whose staggering wealth is simply there to be pored over and ogled at. Their wealth has distorted and continues to distort our entire society. Their effect on London's housing market has


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I know, I know it's only Friday in the early evening, but nowadays judging on early projections, studios can determine what weekend B.O. figures will be, and, so far it looks like Jumping The Broom is heading for an excellent weekend opening, placing it in third place, behind Thor and Fast/Five, grossing $16 million this weekend.
Of course the final weekend numbers won't come out until Sunday, but if that holds, that will be a solid opening for the very modestly budgeted $6 million film, which, as I said on this week's S & A podcast, is a genuinely charming and funny movie. I mean even guys will like it, and THAT'S saying something.
writer | May 8, 2011 9:54 AM
It's all about the per screen average. Sony was expecting JTB to earn 8-10 million.
Something Borrowed's budget was 35-40 million and came in at number 4. It was expected to out earn JTB given the budget, cast and that it's on almost 1000 more screens.
In Hollywood, JTB is considered a hit. SB is not.
misha | May 8, 2011 9:28 AM
Oh and perhaps this is a controversial statement (don't know nor do I care, lol) but as far as I'm concerned, The Best Man and Love Jones are the zenith of black romantic comedy/drama cinema. Yes, I've heard of (and seen) the likes of Claudine and Mahogany but the former wasn't really romantic (though I still loved it) and the latter is simply overrated imo.
Love Jones and The Best Man had great writing, great casts, great acting, and just the right amount of romance, drama and humor. Neither were just "chick flcks" but rather, great films, period. This is all just my opinion of course. :D
deep.honey | May 8, 2011 9:26 AM
Hoping that JTB's success shows Hollywood that Black romantic comedies that don't contain coonery can be profitable. Here's to seeing more well-written films for Black audiences on the big screen.
Overall, it was a cute movie, good for a night out with the girlfriends. B+.
misha | May 8, 2011 9:20 AM
I have to be honest, as a black woman (i.e. the target audience) I have little desire to see this film. Why? Well, for one, I am far from convinced that the two leads are actually leading man/woman material. This doesn't happen often but I agree with Sergio. LOL I don't get the fuss about Paula Patton. She as bland as they come and has very little screen presence to speak of. Unfortunately, it's likely that her looks very much explain all the fuss. Laz, I have less of an issue with but he has yet to really grab my attention.
Secondly, from what I've seen and read, the movie seems like a more refined version of a TP film. Full of cliches and over-the-top performances and scenes but with more skilled writers/director.
So yeah, I think I'll pass on seeing it in the theater. I may catch it on netflix or on demand.
Jug | May 8, 2011 6:48 AM
@Sergio-LMBAO!! I KNOW...THAT'S WHY I'm SO PISSED ABOUT DJANGO :-O
But for real, I didn't have any expectations on purpose, basically so as not to be upset & everything you're saying is true. It's just like rom-coms. You know EXACTLY what is going to happen and I'm good with that, just make it good and entertaining. Craft it well and please try not to have too many groan inducing lines & moments. And this was well on it's way to being a decent flick UNTIL the secrets started popping up :-( And then the overacting...& the non-acting...and the worst acting-Laz was just booty, Period! (and I've seen him be bad in at least three movies now so I'm starting to wonder)
And you are right, JUMPING THE BROOM overall was well made technically, even though there were some weird things going on with framing, but the directing (from a creative standpoint) & acting & writing were pretty bad-or ended up that way. As for LOVE JONES and stuff, I love them both, but I mean more in the state of films made with quality through and through. The subject matter may not be to one's liking, but hey, everybody don't like Domino's pizza either. But at least can we make a real pizza and not out the freezer section joint?! Or worse yet, EZ Baker over Playdough pizza?! LOL
Sergio | May 8, 2011 6:32 AM
"Are we really happy that it made only 16 million behind Thor and First Five? That ain't but a drop in the bucket. "
Considering that it wasn't a black film that got a major national wide release that WASN'T by TP and that it was going up against some heavy competition $14 million (which is actually made this weekend coming in at No.3) is not bad at all. How many films with bigger budgets didn't make that its first weekend?
Also simply because it's a hell of lot better made than any any TP movie I was hoping the film would do well
What can i say? I went in excepting the WORST, but I really pleasently surprised. True it is very predictable and cliched, but you know that going in. But it's pretty skillfully made and even though it loaded with some of my least favorites like Paula Patton (I still don't understand all the fuss about her unless it's just because she light skinned with "keen" features) and Loretta Devine they didn't annoy me as they usally do.
Yes Laz Alonzo is a black Ken doll with no personaloty and Angela Bassett (who as I always like to say about her could overact brushing her teeth) couldn't restain herself as usual, I still liked it. I mean even Mike Epps made me laugh and that was the FIRST time that's even happened to me.
And NO I DO NOT want to see more The Best Mans or Love Joneses. I can't stand either film. I want to see another Slaughter's Big Rip-Off, a black guy kicking white guys asses and having wild sex with every woman he comes across
Leon Breckenridge | May 8, 2011 6:10 AM
Are we really happy that it made only 16 million behind Thor and First Five? That ain't but a drop in the bucket. This is the same thing that happen with Next Day Air and Star Trek. I'm done. Like really done. Where is AFFRM?
Jug | May 8, 2011 5:52 AM
Sergio-Really happy it's looking like #3 but I gotta, Dis. A. Gree. Pretty bad movie. Was it TP bad, HELL NO, but it wasn't good. Technically, LOTTA bad stuff happening (why are they drinking Mimosas but say they're Bellini's? :-( LOL)
There were good parts about it, namely the setup for the families to meet & the moments Lorretta took with the photo album-the first half of the film was cool, but halfway through it became an over the top TP, melodramatic mess. Why oh why must every black film or play have a Nuclear secret at the heart of every family gathering that explodes and everyone goes ridiculous?!? I'm not understanding this cliche, where does it come from? And why must everyone over act or become so affected in their speech as to show emotion, straining to get the words out because that means "I'm hurt" or "I'm scared" or "I love you". So contrived it was sickening.
And honestly, Paula Patton & Laz Alonso are pretty bad. I'm starting to see why he didn't rise up after AVATAR (aside from being black). Paula, she needs to stop with the cutesey girl antics, they're not working because you can see it's fake, it's an act-the hyper inflected voice and the, literally, jumping around like a jr high school girl at a sleepover. The worst.
I wanted to see more of Mike Epps playing serious, he was funny as hell but surprisingly straight up & commanding & less & less of Loretta Devine & Angela Bassett (she's really become a caricature of her performance in WHAT'S LOVE GO TO DO WITH IT). Tasha Smith was finally a normal woman, instead of a loud garrish over the top hood rat and was pretty damn good. (TP must have it in her contract that's all she can play)
I supported tho because it showed there are other films out there by black artists aside from Tyler Perry and I wasn't ashamed at the depictions of people and the characterizations, it just was a regular old not good movie, which I can live with. I want movies like THE BEST MAN & LOVE JONES to make a return so this is the first step.
My mom will love it tho LOL
Nadell | May 8, 2011 1:52 AM
Movie was awesome!!!
May make another girls nite out Sunday!!
JasonJee | May 8, 2011 1:35 AM
Saw it, loved it.
writer | May 7, 2011 11:28 AM
At the time the S&A post went up it was 16 as reported by DH.
Now it's 13. The numbers will fluctuate until late Sunday.
Marissa | May 7, 2011 10:59 AM
No it's 13 million. Check your facts next time.


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Senate Committee May Study City of DeKalb Idea
Some lawmakers are discussing the idea of a City of DeKalb that would be created out of all the unincorporated areas of DeKalb County.
State Sen. Gloria Butler, D-Stone Mountain, will chair a Senate study committee on the incorporation of the city of DeKalb, according to Neighbor Newspapers.
Her office said the other committee members are Sens. Steve Henson, Gail Davenport, Emanuel Jones, Jason Carter, Ronald Ramsey and Fran Millar.
Read more at Virginia Highlands Patch.
24 Hours of Booty Bike Ride for Cancer Research Debuts in Sandy Springs
Sandy Spring seems a natural home for the 24 Hours of Booty bike ride. It's home to the largest Booty team in the country, Team Pirate Treasure, which has 104 participants in this weekend's event. Pirate Treasure leader, John Manser has held happy hour events over the last two years to recruit cyclists. They have raised about $67,000 for cancer research, so far this year.
"With the economy, all the Booty rides have been down a little bit," he said. Last year Pirate Treasure raised more than $77,500.
Get the full scoop on the Booty rides at Sandy Springs Patch.
McDonald's to Replace Atlanta Diner?
McDonald's may replace the Atlanta Diner on North Druid Hills Road, according to Tomorrow's News Today.
McDonald's has applied to DeKalb County with a request to reduce on-site parking, the popular development blog reported.
Find out what may happen to the shuttered diner spot on North Druid Hills Patch.
Martha Stewart to Visit Buckhead Home Depot
The Home Depot in Buckhead will host a free interactive décor workshop this month featuring Martha Stewart.
Stewart will visit the Buckhead store on Piedmont Road on Saturday, Oct. 20.
Through an interactive workshop, attendees will learn how to easily and affordably transform rooms in their homes to reflect their personal style preferences.
Check out Buckhead Patch to learn how you can meet Martha at HD.


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What are laminating resins?
Traditional "laminating resins" are generally either polyester or vinyl ester resins. They are made for use in open mold, spray-up, or hand lamination at room temperatures. Out of all the composite resins, laminating resins are the most versatile, are fit to make products ranging from surfboards to wind turbine blades and they can be specifically designed to use as both a filled and unfilled resin.
Laminating Resin Formulation
Laminating resins are formulated from components including:
- Polymer Reactive monomer
- Thixotropic agents
- Promoters
- Inhibitors
- Specialty additives
Which components are used and their amounts, are dependent upon the end use requirements for performance and cost. Another determining factor to consider are emission regulations.
Processing requirements include:
- Sprayability
- Wetout
- Sag
- Working time
- Trim time
- Cure
- Peak exotherm temperature
Finished part performance requirements may include:
- Part appearance
- Physical properties
- Water resistance
- Weathering resistance
- Bond strength
- Flame retardancy
Polymer type and grade determine the end characteristics. This is in addition to the processing and application properties. Polymer grade is first decided when choosing a laminating resin. Differences in cost between the grades as well as the mechanical strength and processing features should all be considered.
In the past, orthophthalic and isophtalic-based resin were the most popular grades among laminating resins. Both types offer mechanical strength and secondary bonding. When comparing the two, isophthalic-based resins give better chemical, heat, and moisture resistance as well as higher tensile properties. Both isophthalic and orthophthalic resins have been replaced by Dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) resins for certain applications.
Over the last 15 to 20 years, DCPD grade resins have become increasingly popular in open molding because of three main reasons.
- Consumers' demands for superior smoothness on finished parts. (DCPD resins offer a smoother surface and less print-through and distortion.)
- The heightened rules regulating styrene emissions. (DCPD polymers can be made as usable laminating resins at considerably lower styrene levels. DCPDs can be made with styrene contents less than 30% while those of isophthalic-based resins are 45 to 50%.)
- Cost. (DCPD-based resins are more affordable while, at the same time, offering lower void content, accordance with environmental regulations, and less fiber-print.)
All of the polyester polymers offer cross-linking. This occurs when an unsaturated acid component is present, usually maleic anhydride. This leaves a site for the cross-linking reaction.
Two roles of the monomer in laminating resin:
- To change from a liquid to a rigid solid, a monomer must be chemically reactive, thus cross linking with the polymer.
- A monomer is used to reduce the viscosity of the polymer to a level that is easy to work with during the laminating application. Unsaturated polyesters polymers in laminating resin are very viscous at room temperatures, in essence, laminating resins are simply just large mixtures of polymers held in a monomer.
Monomers commonly used in laminating resins:
- Styrene
- Vinyl toluene
- Methyl methacrylate (MMA)
- Alpha methyl styrene
Amounts and combinations effect:
- Glass fiber wetout
- Exotherm temperature reached during curing
- Cure rate
- Physical properties of the laminate (strength, hardness, clarity, dielectric properties, etc.)
Thixotropic Agents
If a laminating resin is thixotropic, it means that it has a viscosity that is dependent on shear rate. It is important that laminating resins are formulated in this way because a low viscosity is needed during high shear processes such as:
- Pumping
- Spraying
- Wetout
Once these processes are finished, the resin needs to return to its highly viscous state to prevent sag and draining. Thixotropic agents work by forming a hydrogen bond network with the polymer. When exposed to high shear processes, the hydrogen bond network breaks down and viscosity is decreased. Once the high shear process is done, the bonds are recreated thus reinstating the highly viscous state. The more quickly this network can be recreated, the less there is a chance for sag and drainage. In filled systems, it also aids in holding fillers in suspension.
Thixotropic Index (TI) is the means for measuring the thixotropy of a resin. It is the ratio between the low shear viscosity and the high shear viscosity of the resin. The high shear viscosity of an unfilled laminating resin is typically between 400 and 700 cps. TIs are usually between 2 and 4. Lower TIs are usually seen in filled laminating resins.


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Breast cancer patients and survivors know the standard treatments can be rough—surgery, chemo and radiation therapies not only take a toll on your body, the leave long-lasting side effects. Fatigue is one, disruption of sleep is another, but depression, anxiety and weight loss also are common.
Few treatments are available, but there are options, according to Elaine Gavalas, an author; natural health expert, and blogger for the Huffington Post.
With few treatments available—antidepressants and sleep meds can have their own side effects—Gavalas notes that studies show that cancer patients can benefit from such therapies as stress reduction and exercise classes.
Yoga, she writes, can improve the quality of life for women undergoing breast cancer treatment. It also may help with sleep disorders, fatigue and boost mental health.
Here is a list of local yoga studios for you to consider:
- Natural Instincts, 11113 S. Western Ave., Chicago
- Beverly Arts Center, 2407 West 111th Street, Chicago
- Beverly Yoga Center, 1917 W. 103rd Street, Chicago
- Oak Lawn Community Pavilion, 9401 Oak Park Ave., Oak Lawn
- 8722 S. Cicero Ave., Oak Lawn
- Jacob's Well Church Community, 3401 S. Maple Ave., Evergreen Park
Learn all about yoga's health benefits on Joan Zigulich's yoga blog and visit her Yoga Pathway Facebook page.
Gavalas notes that a 2010 study found yoga improved sleep problems and fatigue. About 75 percent of the patients were breast cancer survivors. Participating for 75 minutes twice weekly, the Yoga for Cancer Survivors program helped the group combat fatigue and sleep loss, the study found.
Gavalas also cites a 2011 study indicating yoga helped cut stress and improved the quality of life for breast cancer patients having radiation treatment.


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Building a personal savings is a crucial element of financial planning and there are many ways to save your money. You can take the "under-the-mattress" approach and keep your money within arm's reach, but if you're like most people, you probably have a savings account with your local bank. And if you're smart, you have a high-interest savings account to grow your funds to their full potential.
By depositing your cash in a savings account, you're essentially giving the bank permission to use your funds. In exchange, the bank gives you a certain percentage on your money in interest.
A savings account is a great way to save money for a rainy day, a down payment on a house or your child's college education. But if you're looking for a high return on your money, a traditional bank savings account isn't the answer. You need a high-interest savings account, also known as a high yield savings account.
All savings accounts pay a percentage of interest, but high-interest savings accounts have some of the best interest rates that are higher than traditional savings accounts. The average interest rate on a traditional bank savings account is currently about .03% to .05% a year. On the other hand, you can earn as much as 3% a year with a high interest rate savings account. Deposit $10,000 in a high interest savings account and you can earn $300 a year in interest. Plus, you'll earn interest on your interest. The longer you keep the money in the account, the more interest you receive.
There isn't just one option for a high-yield savings account, but several ways to grow your money.
1. Money Market Accounts.
These savings accounts offer higher interest rates than traditional bank savings accounts, and they're the perfect option if you're looking for a long-term savings strategy. Unfortunately, these types of savings accounts have a high minimum balance requirement, such as $1,000, $10,000 or even $25,000. Plus, the bank limits your number of withdrawals each month.
2. Certificates of Deposit.
This savings alternative lets you deposit a specific dollar amount with a financial institution for a certain period of time — typically three months to five years. The bank issues a certificate as evidence of your deposit and you earn a fixed percentage of interest on your money. As a high interest rate savings account, certificates of deposit can grow your money in a relatively short period.
3. Online Savings Accounts.
Online banks have less overhead and costs, thus they can afford to offer high interest savings account rates. ING Direct and HSBC Direct are reputable online banks that offer higher rates on savings accounts, but these aren't the only options. When opening an account with any online bank, do your research to confirm the legitimacy of the financial institution. After opening an account, you can transfer funds directly from your traditional savings or checking account to your online savings account. It takes a few business days to complete a transfer.
Don't choose a random bank for your savings. Getting a high interest online savings account rate involves research. Start with your personal bank and ask about high yield savings account alternatives. Fully understand your options and work with a personal banker to determine the best savings vehicle for your goals.
Next, go online and check savings account rates with multiple online banks — at least three or four. Not only should you compare rates, but also services and other fees. Lastly, check online customer reviews before opening an online savings account. This is the best way to learn whether an online bank has poor customer service, unfair practices or deceptive tactics.


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The Daily Star
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Things are looking up for Oneonta High, even though it fell short in a boys basketball game Friday.
Jacob Mykytyn returned from a fall-season injury and scored a team-best 22 points for the Yellowjackets, but visiting Chenango Valley prevailed, 60-53, in a Southern Tier Athletic Conference game.
"We all feel much better about where we are now than three weeks ago," OHS coach Jerry Mackey said. "And we'll feel better about it three weeks from now."
Mackey said Mykytyn broke his left foot and left wrist in an October motorcycle accident and was cleared to play his first game of the season Friday. He matched teammate Skylar Thompson (14 points) with four three-pointers for OHS (2-4), which lost all of its starters from last season to graduation and was three injured players down Friday night.
Zach Collins scored a game-high 26 points for the Warriors, who received 19 from Chris Ruffo.
"CV's tough because they have two great players," Mackey said. "We defended them pretty well, but they still got 26 and 19 points."
Oneonta, which trailed, 28-27, at halftime, visits Chenango Forks on Tuesday.
SK 65, Gilboa 60
Trevor Holdridge scored a game-high 37 points to lead visiting South Kortright to a Delaware League victory.
Holdridge scored 20 points in the second half, helping the Rams (3-2) rally from a 32-31 deficit at halftime.
Teammates Anthony Salcido and Griff Metzko contributed 11 points apiece. Holdridge hit four three-pointers and Salcido made three.
Zak Perry scored a team-high 16 points, Christian Cooper had 15 points and 15 rebounds, and Hunter Grace contributed 11 points for Gilboa (3-3, 0-2), which visits Stamford on Tuesday.
Zach Mudge finished with a game-high 24 points, 10 rebounds, six steals and five assists to lead host Hunter-Tannersville to a non-league victory over Coxsackie-Athens.
Mudge scored 21 points in the first half, which ended with the Wildcats (3-2) ahead, 36-22.
Dylan Legg scored 15 points for Hunter-Tannersville, which hosts Jefferson on Monday.
Dylan Donovan had a team-high 18 points for Coxsackie-Athens.
Morris 56, Worcester 19
Levi Decker scored a team-high 16 points and had six assists to lead host Morris to a Tri-Valley League victory.
Mike DeLuca contributed 11 points for Morris (3-0, 2-0), who visit Brookfield on Monday.
J.T. Horne scored a team-high nine points for Worcester, which trailed, 17-5, after one quarter.
RS 70, Franklin 23
Steven Holland hit four three-pointers for all 12 of his points as host Richfield Springs cruised to a Tri-Valley League victory.
Keegan Wheelock-Tanner also scored 12 for the Indians (3-0, 2-0), who visit Edmeston on Wednesday.
Alex Brownell made three threes and finished with 11 points to pace the Purple Devils (1-3, 0-2).
Downsville 60, Jefferson 52
Justin Baxter scored 10 of his game-high 22 points in the second quarter, when host Downsville took control of its Delaware League victory.
The Eagles (1-3, 1-1) outscored Jefferson, 17-12, in the second period for a 27-21 halftime lead, then followed with an 18-10 advantage in the third quarter.
John Quagliano and James Reeves scored 14 points apiece to pace the J-Hawks.
Downsville visits Davenport on Tuesday.
UV 59, Delhi 41
Justin Hofer made three three-pointers for nine of his team-best 17 points, leading host Unadilla Valley to a victory in its Midstate Athletic Conference opener.
Hofer also had seven rebounds and five steals for the Storm (1-3, 1-0), who received 10 points and 10 rebounds from David Dufresne.
"We really spread it out in the first half," said UV coach Matt Osborne, whose team got eight points from Dufresne, seven from Hofer and five from Kurt Haycook before intermission. "In the second quarter, we picked up the pressure a little bit more and made some open shots, which we didn't do the first three games this season."
Brandon Simonds' 20 points included five threes for the Bulldogs, who trailed, 37-16, at halftime.
The Storm visit Walton on Tuesday.
Sidney 48, Greene 34
Joe Matzel finished with a team-high 12 points and 12 rebounds to lead visiting Sidney to a victory in its Midstate Athletic Conference opener.
"That's two games in a row he's played well," said Sidney coach Mike Brazee, who also received for blocks and four assists from 6-foot-3 senior forward Matzel. "We kind of turned things around after the second quarter. We stepped it up and held them to 13 points after halftime. We just started executing better and once we got the lead, they tried to play us man-to-man and they couldn't guard us."
Bill Kozak contributed 11 points for the Warriors (3-1, 1-0), who are at Hancock on Tuesday.
Dan Treadwell scored 12 of his game-high 20 points in the second quarter for Greene (1-2, 0-1) which hosts Owego on Monday.
Schenevus 57,
Edmeston 53
Robert Burton had a season high 24 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter, to help Schenevus to a Tri-Valley League win at home.
Schenevus center Kevin Weinert finished with 19 points, 12 rebounds, seven steals and two blocks despite fouling out early in the fourth quarter.
"The kids really stepped up to plate," Schenevus coach Kerry Mason said. "John Roach had to leave in the first half with a head injury (possible concussion) and Weinert fouled out, but they kept playing hard. Edmeston never gave up pressing us the whole game, but we just kept our composure no matter what happened."
Burton hit 6 of 9 free throws in the fourth quarter. He also scored 10 points in the first quarter, when the Dragons built a 22-7 lead.
"At the end of the game, we set screens for him every time down the floor," Mason said "He knew he would have the ball, and he made it count. It was huge. He knows we want him to have the ball when the game is on the line. I'm pretty proud of him."
Schenevus (2-2, 2-0) hosts Worcester on Monday.
Margaretville 54,
Windham 19
Mitch Hull, Kyle Short and Ryan Sanford scored in double figures as Margaretville rode a 25- 6 first quarter to a Delaware League victory on the road.
Sanford led all scorers with 15 points, Hull had 14 and Short finished with 12 for Margaretville (5-1, 3-1).
David Saunders scored nine points to lead Windham (1-3, 1-3), which hosts Roxbury on Tuesday.
CV-S 58, Laurens 37
Kyle Jaquay scored 26 points and Cherry Valley-Springfield hit nine three-pointers to win at home in the Tri-Valley League.
"We were really moving the ball around well, getting good shots," CV-S coach Terry Brant said. "We came out on fire in the first half. We got seven of our nine three-pointers in that half."
Laurens, which was led by Mitchell Barra's 17 points, cut the CV-S lead in half in the third quarter.
"I give Laurens a lot of credit," Brant said. "We were up 16 at halftime, but we came out flat and they cut the lead in half and got back in the game."
David Fraser contributed 12 points for Laurens.
Jake Ostrander, who scored in double figures for the first time at the varsity level, had 13 points for CV-S (3-1, 1-1), which is at Gilbertsville-Mount Upton on Wednesday.
Milford 56, G-MU 21
Peyton Griffiths scored 19 points as Milford won a Tri-Valley League game at home.
Milford led, 32-13, at halftime and held G-MU to two points in the fourth quarter.
"We had nine guys score tonight," Milford coach Frank Spurchise said. "That's always a good thing to see."
Tim French scored nine points to lead G-MU.
Milford (3-1, 2-0) plays Laurens in the first round of the Laurens Christmas Tournament on Dec. 28. That game will count in the Tri-Valley League standings.


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The oldest continuously operating press club in North America, and possibly the world!
Milwaukee, Wis. – January 7, 2013 – Registration for the biggest networking event of the year, the City of Milwaukee's annual City Birthday Party, is now underway. The event will be held January 31, 2013 from 5:30-8 p.m. at the Grain Exchange, 225 E. Michigan Street.
This year's theme "Uniquely Milwaukee: Hidden Riches Revealed" will celebrate the City's many hidden treasures, from great bargains and unique shops, to amazing restaurants and picturesque scenes.
In honor of this year's theme, the Press Club is inviting the community to participate in a Facebook contest testing their familiarity with hidden hot-spots, and suggesting a favorite hidden gem that makes Milwaukee a unique place we all love. The top write-in will be announced and honored at the Birthday Party. The "Hidden Riches" Facebook quiz can be accessed via the Milwaukee Press Club's Facebook page.
The City Birthday Party annually draws top leaders – hundreds of movers, shakers and newsmakers from the southeastern Wisconsin region join Mayor Barrett, members of the Milwaukee Common Council, County Board and other leaders along with the Milwaukee Press Club to start the New Year on a positive note. It's annually called one of the top networking events in the city, and is considered a "must attend" among many local business and community leaders.
The cost to attend the event is $25 per person. Pre-registration and advance payment is required and may be done by visiting www.milwaukeepressclub.org.