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Nombe, the Japanese izakaya in the Mission, is decamping a block away to Wix Lounge's rooftop for an Eastern take on the beer garden. The $50 admission ($60 at the door) includes three pints of draft beer (Kirin, Asahi, or Sapporo), as well as a plethora of food, including hand-rolled sushi, grilled Kurobuta pork belly, oysters on the half shell, chicken wings, and fried baby potatoes with soy butter. A portion of the proceeds will benefit La Cocina.
Combine a traditional Japanese beverage, beer, with a westernized drinking venue, the beer garden, and you get a popular urban escape right here in San Francisco. The beer garden includes:


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Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. Mr. Free Range Turkey from a local farm becomes dinner. Quinoa stuffing in the works. My my it's a healthy bill of fare. Happy Thanksgiving to anyone out there who is trying to rock the thin & healthy lifestyle. It aint easy, but its worth it. WE ARE WORTH IT.xo
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People will do a lot for free food in this economy. And that includes sleeping on a sidewalk in temperatures that were in the low 60s.
People will do a lot for free food in this economy.
And that includes sleeping on a sidewalk in temperatures that were in the low 60s.
Employees at Queen Creek's first Chick-fil-A handed out enough food to feed several Army platoons, and the people started queuing up outside the store at Ellsworth and Rittenhouse roads 24 hours before its grand opening at 6 a.m. on Thursday. That included 1,160 chicken nuggets, 600 ounces of ice cream and hundreds of soft drinks.
A horde of people hovering outside new Chick-fil-A restaurants is becoming a fairly common sight in the Valley, where the Georgia-based chain now has eight locations. Whenever the chain opens a new location, it gives out 52 free meal vouchers to the first 100 customers in line by the time it opens for business. That's one meal for every week of the year.
The company also arranges entertainment and provides several free meals.
Brenda Green, a Chick-fil-A spokeswoman, said she's noticed crowd sizes growing.
"I can't quite figure out if it's the economic downturn or if it's the brand," she said. "It could be the brand and what we offer … or it could just be people not working and having more free time, maybe. Or it could be people making less money but still having the desire to eat out."
Sue James, marketing director for the company, said five or six people attended Thursday's grand opening due to their hard circumstances.
She said she sees the situation more and more.
"It's gone kind of from a college, fun event to an event that provides for family needs," she said.
Susan Knutson, who slept outside the store on a cot under an umbrella, didn't get a lot of sleep Wednesday night.
"The younger kids, they stayed up later, and then the older people, they all woke up like at 4 o'clock in the morning," she said. "So there was like only about a two-hour gap."
She said she'd do it again "definitely."
"It's kind of silly, but I just like Chick-fil-A," she said. "That's why I showed up."
Knutson, who attended the grand opening with friends, said she did it strictly for fun.
"What the heck, you only live once," she said, laughing.
Ashley Davis, the company's West Coast supervisor, said the free food is a good way to promote the new restaurants.
"Honestly, we find it's a great way for people to figure out where we're located," she said.


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St. Marys at Shawnee wrestling photo gallery (Link): http://www.flickr.com/photos/smeveningleader/sets/72157628346971449/show/
SHAWNEE TOWNSHIP — The St. Marys wrestling team captured a pair of victories over Western Buckeye League foes, defeating Kenton 70-12 and topping Shawnee, 48-30, on Thursday night at Shawnee High School.
St. Marys vs. Shawnee photo gallery (Link): http://www.flickr.com/photos/smeveningleader/sets/72157628346577747/show/
Shawnee 67, St. Marys 22
Shawnee scored 22 of the game's first 25 points and cruised to a 67-22 win over the St. Marys girls basketball team in a WBL opener on Thursday night at Murotech Court.
NEW KNOXVILLE — The New Knoxville girls basketball team built up a lead early and held off the St. Henry Redskins 45-33 in a MAC contest on Thursday night at the Barn.
"We got out in front of them in the key part of the game at the beginning," Rangers head coach Tim Hegemier said. "We started out strong and got a 10 or 12 point lead and it helps, but we have to be ready to play."
Paige Lehman scored 21 points and had six rebounds in the game for New Knoxville.
Hey I Remember That!
50 Years Ago This Week – 1961
NEW BREMEN — Rob Messick resigned as head varsity football coach at New Bremen, the school's board of education announced at its meeting on Thursday night.
Gary Jones, New Bremen athletic director, said on Thursday morning that Messick resigned "a couple weeks after the season."
Messick coached the Cardinals for five seasons, compiling a 12-38 record. His Cardinal teams went 8-31 in Midwest Athletic Conference play.
New Bremen finished the season 0-10, 0-8 in the Midwest Athletic Conference this season.
Erika Thornsberry - Lipscomb
NASHVILLE — Erika Thornsberry, a Lipscomb freshman and a St. Marys Memorial grad, scored four points and grabbed three rebounds for the Bison in a 95-53 loss to the 17th-ranked Tar Heels of North Carolina on Wednesday night.
Thornsberry has played in all 10 games, getting two starts. She averages 3.4 points and two rebounds per game.
Lipscomb is 2-8 on the season and hosts Ole Miss next Friday night.
Box Score:
WBL teams' record on Friday, Dec. 2: 5-1
WBL teams' record on Saturday, Dec. 4: 3-6
Best of the Weekend: Defiance's Anthony Kidston scored 27 points in Defiance's 78-68 win over Napoleon on Saturday night.
Tuesday, Dec. 6
Girls Basketball
Elida at Spencerville
Shawnee at Marion Harding
Delphos St. John's at Van Wert
Thursday, Dec. 8
Girls Basketball
Kenton at Wapakoneta
Shawnee at St. Marys
O-G at Van Wert
Celina at Bath
Defiance at Elida
New Bremen at Fort Recovery
Marion Local at Minster
Caleb Williams, Mount Vernon Nazarene
Caleb Williams, a Mount Vernon Nazarene sophomore and New Bremen grad, scored 10 points and grabbed five rebounds for the Cougars in a 75-67 loss to Taylor University in Upland, Indiana, on Saturday.
Williams updates a weekly blog throughout the season.
Check it out here: http://www.mvnu.edu/sports/nazmbb/news/blog.asp
New Bremen at Celina Girls Basketball
Pictures from Celina's 60-43 win over New Bremen on Saturday afternoon.
St. Marys at New Knoxville Boys Basketball


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The 50th anniversary of an auspicious speech, Eisenhower's heavy, heady farewell to the American people. Perhaps even a farewell to a certain vision of the country. A last gasp of Jeffersonian agrarian idealism…And now, we live in a world of Orwellian War waged by ancient technocrats. The "problem" Eisenhower here outlines is so embedded in the US economy as to have become indispensable. But in an age of Baudrillardian hyper-war, it behooves us to remind ourselves of other destinies…
Archive for January, 2011
Military-Industrial Complex Turns 50January 18, 2011
In Praise of IdlenessJanuary 11, 2011
Ah, idleness. What would we do without you? Probably all sorts of stuff. This is a brief ode to the concept I penned many moons ago (note the innocent reference to "the laptop computer", a novelty when I wrote this…), and recently rediscovered. Like the irony that I'm too busy right now to blog at all; in this case, I'm making an exception…
Once the privilege of the aristocracy, leisure and idleness are now within everyone's grasp, yet to all appearances, people seem to work harder and more diligently every year. The laptop computer, the cellular phone and the freeway force workers to move through life like gears in the machine, never resting, always within reach and ready for operation. What, pray tell, is the grease that keeps this engine from overheating, or Heaven forbid, seizing up entirely? The answer is plain — Washington, Lincoln, Hamilton, Jackson and Grant. Money. Cash. The colder and harder the better. But for what? The poorest hovel in the Modern west is equipped with conveniences and, dare I say, luxuries, that only a few generations ago would have seemed like magic. Machinery has long since replaced physical labor in the accomplishment of menial tasks, and yet there continue to be more flesh and blood gears out there than ever before, often fulfilling a role that only leaves them a hollow, stressed-out shell at the end of the line, no more clear on the concept than a newborn babe.
Well, I say "Woah, baby." Take a load off, relax, take comfort you're not a serf bonded to the land, forced to toil from dusk till dawn. Heck, even the hardy, downtrodden peasant of yesteryear had it better than us in some ways, for he knew when it was time to let nature take its course, and reap the harvest he'd sown, enjoying its fruits while the world took a little break, to "chill", so to speak. We continue to work at petty, covetous tasks even as nature's fury roars right outside our sparkling metallic skyscrapers, defying her to send us all to hell with her fury.
And she's mad, let me tell you. A woman scorned, she's only beginning to let her ire be known. Like a great Leviathan, or to use Shelley's term, a Demogorgon, she is slow to stir, but once awakened, has us all in her grasp. And yet we continue along our busy, self-important way, ants as the storm clouds gather, oblivious to the impending doom. It was swept clean before, it can be again.
Why not, instead of spending our time, live it. To have the luxury to even contemplate the curiosities of existence, our origins in the great fiery balls of flame which glow back at us from the beginning of time, brothers and sisters every one of them. And when the wind stirs — nature's song, a little reminder that we're alive and part of something greater — they wink at us, as if knowingly. Tragic to waste this majesty fighting to own and acquire silly, insignificant, infinitesimally small pieces of it — and only for a time — for we all return to dust and the stars in the end.
Idleness is within everyone's grasp, easier than picking that perfect gift for someone you hardly know, or serving a purpose that strips you bare, leaving nothing but bitterness, regret, ignorance and fear. So, end the rat-race, walk out of doors on an evening when "she" is showing kindness, and be. Humans never had a greater purpose, and with all that our world has brought, and all it will ever bring, we never will. So abandon it, for that is a fire which burns in all of us we must learn, if ever we can, to conquer. And yet even my words are infected with the disease, and so I end them.
Apocalypse Never (With Apologies to 2012…)January 8, 2011
"Communique #4
The End of the World
The A.O.A.* declares itself officially bored with the End of the World. The canonical version has been used since 1945 to keep us cowering in fear of Mutual Assured Destruction & in snivelling servitude to our super-hero politicians (the only ones capable of handling deadly Green Kryptonite)…
What does it mean that we have invented a way to destroy all life on Earth? Nothing much. We have dreamed this as an escape from the contemplation of our own individual deaths. We have made an emblem to serve as the mirror-image of a discarded immortality. Like demented dictators we swoon at the thought of taking it all down with us into the Abyss.
The unofficial version of the Apocalypse involves a lascivious yearning for the End, & for a post-Holocaust Eden where the Survivalists (or the 144,000 Elect of Revelations) can indulge themselves in orgies of Dualist hysteria, endless final confrontations with a seductive evil…
We have seen the ghost of Rene Guenon, cadaverous & topped with a fez (like Boris Karloff as Ardis Bey in The Mummy) leading a funereal No Wave Industrial-Noise rock band in loud buzzing blackfly-chants for the death of Culture & Cosmos: the elitist fetishism of pathetic nihilists, the Gnostic self-disgust of "post-sexual" intellectoids.
Are these dreary ballads not simply mirror-images of all those lies & platitudes about Progress & the Future, beamed from every loudspeaker, zapped like paranoid brain-waves from every schoolbook & TV in the world of the Consensus? The thanatosis of the Hip Millenarians extrudes itself like pus from the false health of the Consumers' & Workers' Paradises.
Anyone who can read history with both hemispheres of the brain knows that the world comes to an end every instant — the waves of time leave washed up behind themselves only dry memories of a closed & petrified past — imperfect memory, itself already dying & autumnal. And every instant also gives birth to a world — despite the cavillings of philosophers & scientists whose bodies have grown numb — a present in which all impossibilities are renewed, where regret & premonition fade to nothing in one presential hologrammatical psychomantric gesture.
The 'normative' past or the future heat-death of the universe mean as little to us as last year's GNP or the withering away of the State. All Ideal pasts, all futures which have yet to come to pass, simply obstruct our consciousness of total vivid presence.
Certain sects believe that the world (or 'a' world) has already come to an end. For Jehovah's Witnesses it happened in 1914 (yes folks, we are living in the Book of Revelations now). For certain oriental occultists, it occurred during the Major Conjunction of the Planets in 1962. Joachim of Fiore proclaimed the Third Age, that of the Holy Spirit, which replaced those of Father & Son. Hassan II of Alamut proclaimed the Great Resurrection, the immanentization of the eschaton, paradise on earth. Profane time came to an end somewhere in the late Middle Ages. Since then we've been living angelic time — only most of us don't know it.
Or to take an even more Radical Monist stance: Time never started at all. Chaos never died. The Empire was never founded. We are not now & never have been slaves to the past or hostages to the future.
We suggest that the End of the World be declared a fait accompli; the exact date is unimportant. The ranters in 1650 knew that the Millenium comes now into each soul that wakes to itself, to its own centrality & divinity. 'Rejoice, fellow creature,' was their greeting. 'All is ours!'
I want no part of any other End of the World. A boy smiles at me in the street. A black crow sits in a pink magnolia tree, cawing as orgone accumulates & discharges in a split second over the city…summer begins. I may be your lover…but I spit on your Millenium."
*Association for Ontological Anarchy
Hakim Bey, T.A.Z. The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism (Brooklyn, NY: Autonomedia, 2003 [1985]), 33-35.
Meditation in a Chinese CemeteryJanuary 4, 2011
January sun slowly melts
the ice in a rocky depression.
Surrounded by calm seas –
no sound but seagulls, wind
and the lapping surf.
Baker sits bright and bold,
but the Olympics are shrouded,
occluded in low clouds
and sharp streaks of hazy light.
Flashes dapple off the straight
in a pattern of quantum interference.
This, I think,
displaces some neurons,
reminding of the passion of place.
A mind at rest
though the body stirs.
Last Light…January 1, 2011
Of 2010. Found on Rathtrevor Beach, near Parkville, British Columbia.


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A student wishing to earn credits at another institution, either in the summer or during a regular session, must obtain permission in advance from the registrar's office. Course descriptions are required for courses taken outside the Virginia Community College system. The registrar's office will make the determination concerning the course and its application toward a JMU degree following consultation with the head of a department or director of the school, if necessary. Permission to transfer credit into the general education program will be based on an evaluation of the extent to which the course meets the objectives of the General Education Program. To complete final hours away from JMU, students must have the approval of the dean of their major.
Check the JMU VCCS equivalency guide before signing up for the course. If you are currently attending JMU you must still complete a "Permission to Take Courses for Transfer Credit" (download Adobe Acrobat Reader here to view this file) form in the Office of the Registrar (Warren Hall 504 or Warren 3rd Floor). General Education course equivalents require approval by that office. There are some exceptions to course equivalencies listed if used for General Education by current JMU students.
Courses taken in this manner are referred to as Dual Enrollment courses. Upon approval, dual enrollment credit will be awarded for academic courses completed at regionally accredited institutions of higher education. You must receive a grade of "C" or better in order to be awarded credit.
No, the letter grades earned for dual enrollment or other transfer course work will not appear on the JMU transcript nor will they be included in the JMU cumulative grade point average. The grades will, however, be included in the grade point average used to determine graduation honors, provided you first qualify based upon your JMU academic work (see the undergraduate catalog section on Graduation with Honors for details).
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Over the last few months I've traveled all over the globe here is a little snippet of what i got. This video has a bunch a solid riding from kriss kyle, pete sawyer and myself accompanied by other fools just being idiots and having a laugh. Theres going to be plenty more like this soon on treesixty.comCredit: Jason Phelan
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Wine Stroll returns to Downtown Royal Oak on Saturday, May 17th from 12 – 5pm. Sample featured wines and signature hors d'oeuvres from 19 top restaurants and venues in this self-guided walking tour. Tickets are on sale at neptix.com for $40 in advance. This event usually sells out, but remaining tickets will be sold at will call only for $50. Proceeds benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Oakland & Macomb Counties. Check in the day of the event on Fifth Street between Washington and Center from 11:30am – 4:30pm. For more information, visit www.rorainfo.com.
Participating locations:
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Blackfinn Ameripub – Royal Oak
Cantina Diablos
D'Amato's Royal Oak
Fifth Avenue Royal Oak
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Hamlin Corner
Mr. B's Pub
Oak City Grille
Otooles Royal Oak
The Oxford Inn of Royal Oak
Rock on Third
Star Lanes at Emagine Royal Oak
Stella Boutique
Toms Oyster Bar Royal Oak
Woody's Diner Royal Oak
Plus, look for special offers and sales from the below retailers:
The Blues Jean Bar: 20% off for Wine Strollers
Citizen Yoga: 15% off retail and packages
Creative Arts Studio: Buy 3 jewelry, get one free (of equal or lesser value)
Dolce Moda: 10% off coupons for future use. For already reduced clearance merchandise: buy 2, get an extra 20% off, buy 3, 30%, buy 4, 40% and 5, 50% off.
Douglas J Aveda Institute Royal Oak: Discounted service vouchers
Infinity Jewelers of Royal Oak MI: Dessert and sale
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Useful Reading
Campbell, Biology 6th Ed - Chapters 32 & 33, pgs 633-655, 661-662
Campbell, Biology 7th Ed - Chapter 32 & 33, pgs 626-650, 655-626
Symmetry – general, structured body plan. See radial and bilateral symmetry below.
Coelom – fluid-filled body cavity surrounded by mesoderm-derived tissue.
Diploblastic – having only two layers of cells during development: the endoderm and ectoderm.
Triploblastic – having three layers of cells during development: the endoderm, ectoderm, and mesoderm.
Heterotroph – an organism which gets its energy by ingesting food.
Hermaphrodite – an individual which can produce both eggs and sperm.
In Kingdom Animalia, all taxa are eukaryotic and lack cell walls, multicellular, and generally heterotrophic. Evolutionary relationships among animals have been examined using fossil evidence, anatomy, development, and genetics. You should familiarize yourself with the major anatomical and developmental differences that define animal phyla. In this section, we will look at the simplest and earliest animals – those which have the simplest body structure and tissue organization.
The traditional phylogeny is shown below. It is based on the following anatomical / developmental traits:
Presence / absence of true tissues
Type of body symmetry
Presence / absence of body cavity (coelom)
Pattern of coelom development (acoelomate, pseudocoelomate or true coelomate)
The grades of animal evolution are as follows (italics – taxa described here):
1. No true tissues (only non-specialized cells) : Parazoa
Porifera (sponges)
2. True tissues (functionally-specialized cells) : Eumetazoa
A. Radial symmetry, diploblastic (2 germ layers during development) : Radiata
Cnidaria (jellyfish, coral, anemone)
Ctenophora (comb jellies)
B. Bilateral symmetry, triploblastic (3 germ layers) : Bilateria
1) No body cavities or blood vascular system : Acoelomates
Platyhelminthes (flatworms)
2) Body cavities and blood vascular system
a. Body cavity not enclosed in mesoderm : Pseudocoelomates
Nematoda (roundworms)
Rotifera (rotifers)
b. Body cavity enclosed in mesoderm : Coelomates
Protostomes and Deuterostomes (see associated lab summaries)
This phylogeny of all animals is based on morphological differences and similarities.
Recent phylogenetic analyses based on genetic data have revealed slightly different phylogenetic relationships:
If you compare this phylogeny to the morphological phylogeny, you can see that certain relationships are similar. Parazoans are still the basal animals. In addition, the Radiata are still a monophyletic group, and the Bilateria are still a monophyletic group. However, the relationships among the acoelomates, pseudocoelomates, and true coelomates are different.
While the true phylogenetic relationships among some phyla of animals are still contested, you should remember how these groups differ in major morphology and physiology.
Subkingdom Parazoa
Parazoa is considered the most ancestral animalian group. Parazoans have a simple anatomy and lack true tissues; that is, their cells are relatively unspecialized. They have no nerves, muscles, organs, or organ systems.
Phylum Porifera (sponges)
Sponges belong to the subkingdom Parazoa. They are sessile and aquatic. They feed by drawing water into their body cavity (spongocoel) through pores and pushing it out through the osculum. They filter-feed from this water by trapping food particles with special cells called choanocytes, or collar cells. All energy and oxygen are obtained through simple diffusion across each cell membrane (i.e. no special circulatory or respiratory system). Diffusion is also used to rid cells of waste. Small spicules, made of calcium carbonate, project out of the body surface, giving support and protection to the sponge. Sponges are hermaphrodites.
Subkingdom Eumetazoa
All animal phyla except Porifera belong to Subkingdom Eumetazoa. Eumetazoa have at least two layers of true tissues (ectoderm and endoderm); that is, they have cells which group into specialized functional groups.
- Radiata
Radiata refers to a monophyletic group of eumetazoan animals which have radial symmetry. This means they have a top and bottom, and an oral (mouth) and aboral side, but no front/back, right/left. Radiata are also diploblastic: they have two cell layers (germ layers), ectoderm and endoderm. Radiata contains two Phyla: Cnidaria and Ctenophora.
Radial Symmetry
Phylum Cnidaria (jellyfish, corals, anemones)
Cnidarians (the "c" is silent) are aquatic, radially symmetric, and have two tissue layers (diploblastic). They have no coelom, but they have a gastrovascular cavity (digestive sac) with only one opening. They have no complex organs. There are two body plan variations: a floating medusa (e.g. jellyfish), and a sessile polyp (e.g. Hydra). They feed by capturing prey using the tentacles surrounding their mouths. These tentacles have specialized cells (cnidocytes) containing stinging nematocysts. Prey are pulled into the gastrovascular cavity where they are digested. Cells obtain nutrients and get rid of wastes though simple diffusion. Their nervous system is a diffuse nerve net. They have muscle-like fibers in their two cell layers, but no true muscles. They can locomote with their tentacles. They maintain their shape using a hydrostatic skeleton.
Diagram of polyp and medusa forms of cnidarians.
Hydra (left) and a jellyfish (right)
Diagram and picture of cnidocytes and nematocysts
Bilateria refers to a monophyletic group of eumetazoan animals which first evolved bilateral symmetry. This means they have dorsal/ventral sides and anterior/posterior sides. Animals in Bilateria have various degrees of cephalization – concentration of sensory tissues at the anterior end.
Bilateral Symmetry
Bilateria are also triploblastic, rather than diploblastic. During development, they make three germ layers: the endoderm, ectoderm, and the mesoderm (between ecto- and endoderm). Phyla within the Bilateria clade are classified according to the presence and development of a coelom (body cavity):
Acoelomates :
Solid body, no cavity between gut (endoderm) and outer body. Lack a blood vascular system.
Pseudocoelomates :
Body cavity is not completely lined with mesoderm.
Coelomates / Eucoelomates :
Body cavity is completely lined with mesoderm-derived tissue; it is a true coelom.
Phylum Platyhelminthes (flatworms)
Flatworms are acoelomates. They are mostly aquatic or parasitic. They have a branched gastrovascular cavity with only one opening (pharynx) into which they ingest and digest food. Nutrients reach cells through diffusion. Wastes diffuse from cells into the surrounding water. They have true muscles and are supported by water. Free-living flatworms (e.g. Planaria) are mobile, using cilia on their ventral surface to glide over surfaces. They generally have heads with a small "brain" (cephalization) and two ventral nerve cords. Some have eyespots on their heads. Platyhelminthes includes hermaphroditic and non-hermaphroditic taxa. Similarly, some reproduce only sexually, with others also reproduce asexually.
Classes of Platyhelminthes:
· Class Turbellaria : free-living, e.g. Planaria
Planaria: note the branched digestive cavity
Cross-section of Planaria showing three tissue layers: epidermis (ectoderm), muscle (mesoderm), and lining of digestive tract (endoderm).
· Classes Monogenea and Trematoda : parasitic flukes
Schistosoma mansoni life cycle and adult fluke (Trematoda)
S. mansoni miracidia and cercaria
· Class Cestoda : parasitic tapeworms
whole tapeworm (left) and scolex (head; right)
Phylum Nematoda (roundworms)
Roundworms are pseudocoelomates. They are free-living or parasitic and have a complete digestive tract with two openings (mouth and anus). Nutrients are transported to non-digestive cells in the fluid of the pseudocoelom. The excretory system consists of two lateral lines which transport wastes from cells to outside of the body through excretory pores. They have longitudinal muscles which they use to move, and are supported by a hydrostatic skeleton. Their nerve cells are concentrated into nerve cords. Their body wall has a cuticle on the outside over the epidermis. Roundworms are non-hermaphroditic and reproduce sexually.
Dissection of Ascaris female
Cross-section of Ascaris female
Review Questions
-Compare these four phyla with respect to digestive modes, cell nutrient acquisition, and cell waste elimination.
-Which of the four Phyla above have tissues derived from three different germ layers?
-What gives sponges the hardness that you notice when you purchase a natural sponge at the store?
-Does a jellyfish have a brain?
-What traits make biologists think that sponges are the most ancestral of all living (extant) animals?
-Which of these phyla has neither bilateral of radial symmetry?
-What makes a roundworm's body cavity a pseudocoelom rather than a true coelom?
-According to the old morphological phylogeny, which evolved first: acoelomates or pseodocoelomates? Does the new molecular phylogeny confirm the same order of evolution?
-Compare the locomotion patterns (i.e. directionality) of mobile radial and bilateral symmetrical animals.
-Why is concentration of nervous tissue (cephalization) associated with bilateral symmetry?


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Andrews, Texas
|Andrews, Texas
Water tower in Andrews, Texas
|Motto: "Move Ahead"
Location of Andrews, Texas
|Coordinates: 32°19′17″N 102°33′6″W / 32.32139°N 102.55167°WCoordinates: 32°19′17″N 102°33′6″W / 32.32139°N 102.55167°W
|United States
|• Type
|Mayor and Council serve as volunteers and appoint a city manager.
|• City Manager
|Glen Hackler
|• Mayor
|Flora Braly
|• Total
|4.9 sq mi (12.7 km2)
|• Land
|4.9 sq mi (12.7 km2)
|• Water
|0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
|3,176 ft (968 m)
|Population (2010)[1]
|• Total
|• Estimate (2013)[2]
|Time zone
|Central (CST) (UTC-6)
|• Summer (DST)
|ZIP code
|Area code(s)
|FIPS code
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Andrews is a city in and the county seat of Andrews County in the State of Texas within the West Texas region.[5] The population was 12,718 as of 2013.[6] Along with Midland and Odessa, these cities form the Midland-Odessa Combined Statistical Area with a population of 274,002 in four counties.[7] Andrews was the fastest growing Texas micropolitan in 2008 and 2009.[8]
Andrews was incorporated on February 2, 1937. Both the city and county were named for Richard Andrews, the first Texan soldier to die in the Texas Revolution.
- 1 Geography
- 2 Demographics
- 3 Economic development
- 4 Education
- 5 Parks and recreation
- 6 Post office
- 7 Notable people
- 8 In popular culture
- 9 Climate
- 10 References
- 11 External links
Andrews is located at 32°19′17″N 102°33′6″W / 32.32139°N 102.55167°W (32.321401, -102.551733).[9]
United States Highway 385 (north-south), Texas State Highway 115 (east-west), and Texas State Highway 176 (east-west) intersect through Andrews.
|Historical population
|Est. 2013
2013 Estimate[2]
As of the census[3] of 2010, there were 11,088 people, and 4,379 households residing in the city. The population density was 2,310 people per square mile (891.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 78.9% White, 1.86% African American, 0.95% Native American, 0.68% Asian, <0.01% Pacific Islander, 15.5% from other races, and 2.11% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 50.2% of the population.
In the city the population was spread out with 29.5% under the age of 18, 7.01% from 18 to 24, 13.9% from 25 to 34, 18.9% from 35 to 49, 16.5% from 50 to 64, and 11.4% were 65 years of age or older. Males accounted for 50.2% and females 49.8% of the population.
In 2009 the estimated median income for a household in the city was $45,526, and the median income for a family was $51,271. The per capita income for the city was $21,016. About 14.13% of families were below the poverty line.
Andrews is the only city in Andrews County.
Economic development[edit]
Andrews is a city built on oil and soil. After the first oil well was drilled (1929) by Deep Rock Oil Company on Missourian Charles E. Ogden's property Andrews County became one of the major oil producing counties in the State of Texas, having produced in excess of 1 billion barrels (160,000,000 m3) of oil. However, the cyclical nature of the oil business (as well as diminishing production on existing wells), has caused the community to look into new means of economic development, such as waste disposal, which in some areas has caused controversy.
Waste Control Specialists (WCS), owned by Harold Simmons and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, operates a 14,000 acres (57 km2) site in Andrews County on the border with New Mexico. The company was awarded a license to dispose of radioactive waste by the TCEQ in 2009. The permit allows for disposal of radioactive materials such as uranium, plutonium and thorium from commercial power plants, academic institutions and medical schools.[11] The company finished construction on the project in 2011 and started disposing of waste in 2012. There are two radioactive waste landfills at the site. The 30-acre compact site is owned and regulated by the State of Texas for use by Texas, Vermont, and up to 36 other states. The 90-acre federal site is owned by the United States federal government and is used for Department of Energy and other federal waste.[11] The company employs 130 people or about 1% of the total labor force in Andrews.[12]
The city was set to be the location of the now defunct $400 million HT3R project.
In 1972, Andrews became the site of the first Kirby Company vacuum cleaner factory outside of the original location in Ohio. It is often referred to as "Kirby West" to signify the westward expansion of the country. The company employs about 200 people.
In 2011 the city opened Business Park South to provide more incentive options for attracting businesses. Energy Business Park was also opened by the city in 2014.[13]
The city completed more than $3 million in airport renovations. Voters approved bonds to construct a new $13 million loop around town which opened in October 2013.[14] A brand new $2 million fire station opened at the end of 2013. A new $60 million hospital is also planned to open in 2015.[15]
The town began to sell alcohol for the first time on December 19, 2013.
Students are served by the Andrews Independent School District. The school opened two new $18.5 million elementary school campuses and a $20 million performance center at the high school in 2008.
The high school started issuing laptop computers to each student in 2012. The elementary and middle school campuses also began to issue iPad tablets to all students. Students are allowed to take the devices home, but must return them at the end of the school year.[16]
Due to increased enrollments several construction projects began construction in 2013. New classrooms were added to all school campuses.[17]
Junior College[edit]
The Andrews Business and Technology Center was completed in January 2006, in conjunction with Odessa College and the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. The school focuses on technology and is a hub for distance learning. A $1 million expansion of the campus was completed in 2013 adding space for a Registered Nurse (RN) program.
The Andrews High School Golf team is phenomenal. . The Boys High School golf team has won five 3-A State High School Championships and the girls have won 13.
Both teams played in the Honda Classic High School Championship at PGA National in 2014. One of the varsity girls won the girls title. She shot 75-70 and won in a playoff with birdies on both playoff holes.
Andrews is the birth place of PGA professional (David) Chad Campbell. Chad played at the junior college in Andrews before transferring to Midland College.
Parks and recreation[edit]
Andrews County Veterans Memorial[edit]
The Andrews County Veterans Memorial is a memorial in Andrews which was created in 2006 as a tribute to those Andrews County residents who served in the United States' armed forces. Soldiers from every major conflict in which America has participated are honored.[18]
Andrews Bird Viewing Trail[edit]
The Andrews Bird Viewing Trail opened to the public in 2007. The park includes a .2 mile trail alongside ponds with an overlook deck, benches, and an observation binocular stand.
ACE Arena[edit]
In effort to attract events to the community, the city funded and built ACE Arena (a multi-purpose arena) which opened in March 2007. A smaller outdoor arena was also constructed in 2012 adjacent to the indoor arena.
Andrews City Pool[edit]
The city approved a $2 million water park to replace the former city pool in 2013.[19]
Museum of Andrews[edit]
The city started construction on a new museum in 2013 inside the first home built in Andrews. The house was relocated to property adjacent to the Andrews County Veterans Memorial.
Post office[edit]
The Andrews Post Office is located at 100 NW Avenue H, Andrews, Texas 79714-9998.
Notable people[edit]
|This section needs additional citations for verification. (December 2012)
- Chad Campbell, professional golfer; born in Andrews[20]
- Max Lucado, author and pastor; reared in Andrews and graduated from Andrews High School[21]
- Mickey Matthews, James Madison University head coach; born in Andrews
- Randy Pendleton, state representative from District 73; reared and educated in Andrews
- Eagle Pennell, independent filmmaker; born in Andrews
- Shaud Williams, running back for the Buffalo Bills; born and reared in Andrews, graduated from Andrews High School[22]
In popular culture[edit]
- The Bachelor filmed episode 705 in Andrews in 2005.
- Black Gold was filmed in Andrews for the 1st season.
- Parts of Gasland were filmed in Andrews.
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Andrews has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.[23]
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ a b "Population Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ a b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ . CNN http://money.cnn.com/gallery/pf/2013/03/19/oil-boomtowns/3.html. Retrieved October 16, 2013. Missing or empty
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Midland-Odessa, TX CSA". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
- ^ http://www.texasahead.org/texasrising/tr1006/back.html
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ United States Census Bureau. "Census of Population and Housing". Retrieved October 17, 2014.
- ^ a b http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/texas-site-begins-taking-federal-nuclear-waste-19343196#.UblWMfk3vg0
- ^ http://www.andrewsedc.com/profiles.pdf
- ^ http://andrewsedc.com/energypark.php
- ^ http://www.newswest9.com/story/23640482/reliever-route-finally-opens-in-andrews2
- ^ http://permianbasin360.com/fulltext?nxd_id=260212
- ^ http://wwww.cbs7kosa.com/news/details.asp?ID=37786
- ^ http://www.cbs7kosa.com/news/details.asp?ID=53004
- ^ Andrews County Veterans Memorial http://www.andrewscountyveteransmemorial.com/index.htm Accessed 1-13-2008
- ^ http://www.newswest9.com/story/22848250/splashparks-approved-for-andrews
- ^ "Chad Campbell". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
- ^ http://maxlucado.com/press/
- ^ "Shaud Rashae Williams". Pro-Football-Reference.Com. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
- ^ Climate Summary for Andrews, Texas
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Andrews, Texas.
- City of Andrews official website
- Andrews Chamber of Commerce
- Andrews School District
- Andrews, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online


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Broken Social Scene – Forgiveness Rock Record
No Forgiveness, Some Rock, and Many Surprises
The title is only somewhat accurate. While there is rock, Forgiveness Rock Record embraces electronic sound equally, and forgiveness is only a fleeting idea rather than a running theme. What Broken Social Scene does craft throughout the disc are surprises. The album's greatest asset is its ability to vacillate from one mode to another: electronic to rock, upbeat and danceable to somber and sleepy. Despite this back-and-forth, the album is well-paced full of varied, enjoyable tracks occasionally reminiscent of some other Canadian indie collective.
The Arcade Fire comparison was inevitable, so let's get it out of the way early. Broken Social Scene does not achieve the level of bombast and grandeur Arcade Fire can whip up so easily, nor are their lyrics quite as expressive. Where they make their mark is the easy integration of electronic sounds (synths, drones) to their rock/pop instrumentation. The songs are often biased more toward one style or the other, but the listener can often be left guessing as to which sounds are organic or synthetic. Their agility in navigating style, tone, and tempo is a great strength.
"Chase Scene," an early urgent and propulsive track, sets a fierce tone achieved through a heavier use of synths and layered vocals. It is immediately undercut by "Texico Bitches," an upbeat pop tune that holds no forgiveness for the women of the named small town. (The reason for the hostility remains a mystery). The pendulum swings back for the next track, "Forced to Love," with a heavy drum-and-base combo complemented by fuzzy guitars. Broken Social Scene then throws a curveball with "All in All." The first of two tracks to have a female vocal (Lisa Lobsinger) on lead, the song's electronic beat is subsumed by an echoing guitar build before it drops out entirely and gives way to a strings-and-vocal fade.
Forgiveness Rock Record contains other such surprises – the sweet "Highway Slipper Jam," the misleading "Ungrateful Little Father," which also finds forgiveness elusive, or the '90s rock radio of "Water in Hell." The only truly curious aspect of this album is the decision to close with the ode to masturbation, "Me and My Hand." With an acoustic guitar and an M. Ward-like warble, the self-serious song seems like a send-up, and it's hard to believe this is the final thought with which Broken Social Scene wants to leave the listener. Ah well. Count it as one last surprise from the band.Search for Broken Social Scene albums on Amazon
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Healthcare IT Grows Up
Bruce Haviland knows that building a world-class medical center isn't a job for the faint of heart. These days, the CIO for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Mercy Hospital finds himself sorting through an array of tools and technologies in the quest to improve health care and manage costs. "It's critical to put information at the center of the organization and ensure that it's available when and where it's needed," he says. "The ability to integrate systems goes a long way toward defining success."
It's a concept that Haviland takes seriously. The Pittsburgh facility, with 50,000 employees and 2,700 physicians, has turned to smartphones to connect medical professionals with electronic medical records (EMRs) and other data. It also has instituted a smart alert system that provides crucial information to caregivers.
UPMC Mercy isn't alone. Health care reform and growing pressure to maximize productivity and profits are prompting health care providers to adopt an array of technologies, including EMRs, cloud computing, virtualization, analytics and mobility.
Today, says T. Baker Smith, a senior partner at Accenture Health, "Information technology must support virtually every function within a health care environment—from the back office to delivery of care."
Accenture estimates that over the next three years, 90 percent of hospitals will require new investments or upgrades to meet EMR requirements associated with the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009. The stakes are high, Smith says, because health care organizations that meet standards will receive financial incentives, while those that do not risk penalties.
For IT executives, maximizing results is no simple task. "Health care providers must find a way to achieve seemingly contradictory goals," says Daniel Matlis, president of consulting firm Axendia. "While there's a need to integrate medical technology and improve patient care and outcomes, there's also a need to lower costs."
Of course, the need to maintain patient privacy—particularly as medical professionals tap into data at home, on the road and in remote offices—is also critical. "Maintaining adequate control over the infrastructure is essential," Matlis says.
Rx for Mobile Success
Over the past few years, information technology has left its imprint on virtually every aspect of medicine. Today, health care providers must manage EMRs, radiological data, patient communication, telemedicine and an array of other tasks through digital tools that increasingly tap into mobile and wireless systems. IT has radically transformed the way doctors, nurses and technicians handle their daily tasks.
Nobody knows this fact better than UPMC's Haviland. The medical center arms doctors with BlackBerry Curves so they can access EMRs and other data on the go. In many cases, smartphones have replaced mobile carts and eliminated pagers and landlines.
For instance, UPMC uses a smart alert system that informs a doctor when a patient is about to be wheeled into the operating room. This allows the physician to prepare and submit any necessary orders before the patient arrives, saving crucial time.
The medical center also uses alerts to manage aides and orderlies, who constantly transport patients throughout the facility. In the past, these workers finished with one patient before checking back to receive the next assignment. Now they're able to indicate their status via their smartphone and receive a message informing them of their next assignment.
The system, which runs on a BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) and uses encryption to maintain compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), replaces handwritten orders. The sender visits a Web page and selects from a template, clicks the desired dropdown box to select a message and then chooses recipients from a list of those currently available.
Doctors input orders through a computerized physician order entry system (CPOE), and nurses and other health care professionals receive the information instantly. Haviland estimates that the system has trimmed wasted time by 20 minutes per employee per day.
Another innovation at UPMC Mercy is a SmartRoom, which incorporates a SmartBoard system. The 55-inch plasma display replaces a traditional grease board. It lists patients' initials (it is HIPAA-compliant) along with the name of the attending nurse or aide who is responsible for patient care. Nurses can check the system via their smartphones and view assignments and patient data. The tap of a button on the BlackBerry dials a number to the patient's room.
Not surprisingly, UPMC Mercy is pushing smartphones out to other groups. For example, obstetrics nurses at the hospital now use a pregnancy wheel to calculate the gestation period for women. Another smartphone app reads text messages aloud while a doctor or nurse is driving. "Many of these apps are free, and they are extremely powerful," Haviland says.
"The ability to use wireless and location-based tools transforms work," says Accenture's Smith. "It's especially valuable for home health care, where a practitioner shows up at a patient's home and interacts with a doctor or other specialist through a tablet or smartphone."
No Broken Records
Protecting data and complying with HIPAA requirements are major challenges facing the health care industry. Maimonides Medical Center, a 705-bed facility in Brooklyn, N.Y., has more than 90 applications that contain patient information, and all are interconnected to EMRs, notes Gabriel Sandu, senior director of technical services. The facility requires visibility into all these systems and records, but, in the past, it took weeks to prepare reports and satisfy HIPAA audits.
No longer. The medical center now relies on a User Activity Management (UAM) system from PacketMotion to streamline reporting and auditing. The application, PacketSentry, monitors and records user access, while enforcing policies for database access, including repositories holding public health information (PHI). The system identifies and audits PHI resources to protect patient information, while limiting communication to and from third-party devices that are not owned or controlled by the hospital's IT staff.
"Instead of building a huge data warehouse, we decided to build a smaller repository and track the data in motion," Sandu explains. Analysts at the facility can review who accessed, deleted and updated data—and examine questions and issues related to the entire data population. Combined with data encryption and other internal controls, "It has simplified and improved processes and controls dramatically," he says.
Into the Cloud
The need to share documents and data is creating both opportunities and challenges for health care providers. As a result, some are turning to cloud computing to boost productivity.
At Bay Cove Human Services, a Boston not-for-profit organization that assists more than 4,000 individuals with developmental disabilities, behavioral disorders and substance abuse problems, approximately 1,600 employees share reports and other files across 140 offices. Many of these branches aren't connected to the central network. Nevertheless, "Because these documents contain private health information, they must be fully protected," says CIO Hilary Croach.
In the past, e-mailing and calendaring posed huge obstacles—particularly because there was no way to sync files or adopt effective version controls. To solve the problem, Bay Cove began using Google Apps. "It's highly collaborative and it allows us to manage records in a powerful way," Croach says.
The organization relies on CloudLock for Google Apps to secure the cloud-based environment. The application encrypts data and transmissions through the Web browser—making it suitable for use even at public WiFi hotspots. It also improves compliance and auditing capabilities.
This approach, Croach notes, saves more than $10,000 annually in email and word processing licensing fees, and it also eliminated a $100,000 licensing fee for the previous email product. The system helps Bay Cove analyze usage patterns, identify when data is exposed and fix problems immediately.
Integrating Systems and Services
Accenture's Smith says that business and IT executives must place a premium on integrated delivery of services, understanding how data flows through the organization, and how EMRs and other data delivery tools fit in the overall picture.
"A lot of IT leaders think that once an EMR system is in place, the job is done," he says. "In reality, it has just begun. Without tight integration between systems, there's no way to maximize productivity and financial gains."
A robust and interconnected IT infrastructure provides other benefits too, including the ability to tap into data streams that once escaped notice. Audrey Fisher, director of cardiovascular services at Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City, Calif., has witnessed a transformation in analytics capabilities at her medical facility.
Only a few years ago, "Collecting and understanding data about the quality of cardiovascular care was difficult and time-consuming," she says. "The systems were inflexible, and the data was static. As a result, we weren't able to maximize the use of information."
Today, Sequoia is tapping IBM Analytics software to cull more than 200 data elements for any given patient, including demographic data, risk factors and general outcome information. The system, which contains data from more than 10,000 cardiac patients, helps surgeons determine which procedures and approaches are most likely to succeed in a given situation.
"The software creates a level of intelligence that otherwise wouldn't exist," Fisher says. The result? Predictive analytics has reduced mortality rates in cardiac surgeries by 50 percent.
Accenture's Smith says that as organizations connect various pieces of the IT puzzle, they're able to reap significant gains. Managing EMRs and other data across a mélange of systems requires a more strategic and sophisticated approach—along with an infrastructure that's flexible and resilient enough to support ongoing change.
"It isn't only about adopting new technology," Smith concludes, "It's about adopting and adapting the technology in the right way."


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Twenty four hours removed from Women Superstars Uncensored's iPPV Breaking Barriers II and this writer is still at a loss for words. The show had it's ups and downs as any show will, but when the ending of the War Games main event went down, it had me in shock and disbelief. The ending completely overshadowed the War Games match itself as well as the rest of the show. I'm going to attempt to write up a coherent report and put my thoughts and opinions into some sort of structure.
The first match was the Boston Shore (Amber and Lexxus) defending the WSU Tag Team Championships against the reunited International Home Wrecking Crew of Rain and Jetta. Back at WSU's last DVD tapings in August, it was originally announced that Serena Deeb would be Rain's partner since both women had had problems with the Shore. However, Serena pulled out of the match (which led to her being announced as Melina's opponent for Breaking Barriers II), leaving Rain without a partner. Not for long though – in a surprise twist, Rain brought Jetta out of retirement to take on the Shore.
Unfortunately, part way through the match the feed went out and by the time it came back, Niya was coming out to take on Jennifer Cruz in a "Loser Leaves WSU" match. A shame, as the match between the Shore and the IHWC was looking very good with the veterans of Rain and Jetta working over the younger women. The Shore retained the belts. As for the "Loser Leaves WSU" match, it came about due to the fact that WSU wants to free up roster spots for new talent. Both Cruz and Niya have the worst win/loss records in the company, hence the match that was made. Niya hit a crossbody off the second rope into a pinning attempt, but Cruz reversed to get a three count. You know what they say, never say never in wrestling, so it remains to see if Niya will return to WSU at some point. Niya has a style that stands out, and looks good in the ring despite only wrestling since 2008. It will be interesting to see where she goes from here.
Jennifer Cruz cut an in-ring promo afterwards, saying she could defeat any woman. Cue the entrance of the WSU Hall of Famer April Hunter, who was looking absolutely dynamite. Cruz tried to blow off wrestling April, making accusations that she wasn't a woman but in a relatively quick match April made Cruz submit. April got on the mic to state that she wants and has earned a full time spot on the roster. Cindy Rogers and Jon Harder on commentary agreed.
Next was the six-way elimination match for the NYWC Starlet Championship. However, due to Barbie and Monique not being able to attend, it was reduced to four – the champion Nikki Syx taking on "Bonesaw" Jessie Brooks, Gabby Gilbert and Violet. Violet was the first one out, pinned by Gabby, and seeing as it was my first time watching Violet I didn't get a good feel for her. Gabby next made Jessie submit via the Crossface, working over the arm that Nikki had damaged on the outside. However, Nikki retained when she rolled up Gabby for the win. The former Roxie Cotton looked impressive in this four way and I enjoyed watching her work against Bonesaw and Nikki.
In a match to determine the number one contenders for the WSU Tag Team titles, the Soul Sisters, Jana and Luscious Latasha, took on the Marti Belle and Tina San Antonio of the Belle Saints. Despite starting out as a team, as the match went on the tension between Marti and Tina got more and more obvious until the team imploded, giving the Soul Sisters the win after Jana locked in the Jana Vice on Marti. Along with Mia Yim, Latasha spent time recently in Japan and her smooth execution in this match showed her improvement. The Soul Sisters are one of the best tag teams in WSU, Jana being the powerhouse and Latasha bringing the speed.
As for the Belle Saints, after the match Marti revealed the secret she had found out about Tina: namely, that Tina had been contacted and in talks with the WWE. This wasn't the whole scenario, however, because Commissioner Amy Lee came out to reveal footage that showed Tina faked her injury from months ago. The attack was faked so Tina could take time out and try out for the WWE. Tina apologised repeatedly until Marti accepted, but when she went to hug Antonio, Tina laid Marti out, telling everyone she was tired of putting up with Marti's losing.
Becky Bayless made her WSU return to take on "The Boy Diva" Rick Cataldo in a grudge match that was the lowest part of the card. As you would expect, no real wrestling here, just a brawl that took place on the outside and inside of the ring. Cataldo started it off with a promo that ripped Becky, even bringing up her DUI. This brought out Becky who countered by stating Rick was not only disrespecting her, but disrespecting WSU fans and the women in the back who busted their ass in the ring. The crowd was largely indifferent, except for a vocal few who backed Cataldo, calling Becky "Cookie." Becky won via a neckbreaker.
Amy Lee and her assistant came to the ring to tease who would be facing Melina (in a promo that featured a lot of vulgarity from Amy, as is par for the course). Instead she brought out Serena Deeb first, who didn't so much cut a promo as speak from the heart about her concussion and overall condition. She affirmed what she had said to Stew and Lee in the Women Of Wrestling Podcast from November 4th, and also what she had said in an interview with Newsday.com, that she still had no concrete answer as to her condition and if she would be able to return to the ring. However, when describing how far she had come in her career, how much she had overcome to get to where she is today, she vowed, "I will never, ever take 'no' for an answer." A stirring, heartfelt talk from one of the sweetest, most determined women in wrestling. She joined Cindy and Jon for commentary during Melina's match.
Amy told Serena that whenever she was ready and truly healthy, she always had a spot in WSU. After trying to get the crowd revived for Melina (which didn't really work), she announced the former WWE Diva's opponent – the woman who had taken Mercedes Martinez to the limit in a 73 minute match, one half of the Boston Shore, Lexxus. Melina had a nice video prelude that included some lightning spaced inbetween her silhouette. The crowd was dead for most of the match, only coming alive towards the end with dueling chants for both women. Lexxus was a surprising choice but since they are looking to build her up, it makes sense. Melina looked rusty, missing a few spots, but picked up the win with her Sunset Split.
During the match, the other half of the Shore, Amber, came out with a chair but Serena drove her off. Afterwards, both Shore members beat Melina down until Rain made the save (Serena being unable to get involved physically). The two helped Melina up and to the back.
Backstage, the Midwest Militia of Sassy Stephanie, Allysin Kay and Jessicka Havok cut a promo promising to fulfill everything they've threatened to do. The WSU Hall of Fame Class of 2012 was announced with a nice video package. The names are Cindy Rogers (which had been announced previously), the late Georgiann Makropoulos (a wrestling historian who ran the Wrestling Chatterbox newsletter and was vital in keeping wrestlers in contact with each other and with the WWE, just to name a few of her contributions to wrestling), Jana and…TNA President Dixie Carter.
The Hall of Fame entrants make sense except for the obvious one. Given the WSU promoter's public statements about TNA, the idea that Dixie Carter would be put into the HOF is mystifying. The only contribution she has made to wrestling is to create the Knockouts division – a division that started out with such promise but now is a shell of it's former glory. Plus, given the fact that we know so much about how TNA treats it's female talent, not to mention their shabby treatment of a woman who competed in WSU previously (Daffney), I daresay that this has to be a joke. If it isn't, one has to wonder exactly why WSU wants to honour her.
We got another backstage interview with the Soul Sisters, which was interrupted by Lexxus screaming at a laid-out Serena. A great video package was shown that told the story of how the rivalry between the Midwest Militia and Mercedes, Alicia and Brittney Savage came to be. Rain shot a promo, feeling that she should have been included in the War Games match due to her problems with the MWM but that she would settle things with the Shore. At ringside, Tina came out to explain her actions and challenged Marti to a match at the WSU Five Year Anniversary show in March. Also for March, it was announced that Alicia and Brittney would take on Allysin Kay and Stephie in an uncensored rules tag team match. All this took place as the cage was being set up. It took quite a bit of time and the four corners weren't connected so there were gaps inbetween.
Finally, the match everyone was waiting for. I couldn't tell you the rules as they went too fast for me to catch, but both teams waited on the outside as two participants started, then one person from each team entered the cage until all 6 were in and the referee entered. Basically there were no rules. Amy had appointed herself referee to keep things under control but she ended up as a casualty of the MWM herself. The match started with Mercedes and Stephanie, followed by (in order): Allysin, Savage, Jessicka and lastly Alicia. Once they were all in, things got chaotic, so much so it was hard to follow. One moment stood out where Havok and Kay hoisted Savage up and threw her like a javelin into the cage. At one point Havok was busted open, bleeding from her forehead. Kay was hung upside down from the top of the cage in a tree of woe position for longer than any other wrestler I've seen.
The ending was controversial, to say the least. Havok got out of the cage and came back with a bag of handcuffs. She handcuffed the door shut, locking Mercedes out, leaving her to climb back into the cage. One by one, the MWM handcuffed first Amy, then Brittney and lastly Alicia to the cage or to the ropes, leaving Mercedes alone. Allysin went to the back during all this and brought out a machete, coming into the cage with it. Havok got on the mic, running down everyone in the ring, asking Mercedes to quit. When she refused, Stephie and Allysin held her down and Havok put the machete to her throat, again telling her to quit. Mercedes not only refused but spat in Jessicka's face. It was only when they had stretched Martinez out on the canvas, holding her by her arms and legs, with Jessicka standing over her, preparing to stab the champion did Brittney screamed that they quit. The Midwest Milita have won. After, Jessicka got the WSU title and stood over Martinez, holding up the belt and the machete.
Wow. Where do I begin?
The Good: Cindy makes a welcome and refreshing addition to the commentary table. As I wrote in the Uncensored Rumble IV review, Jon Harder was a great change to the previous commentator, but having a second person to work with and react to made it better. All the moreso since Cindy, being a former wrestler and having worked with most of the WSU talent, provided a lot of information. They worked very well together.
The Boston Shore versus the IHWC was a good way to start out the iPPV, despite losing the feed midway through. It was great to see Jetta looking good since her retirement, her and Jetta picked up right where they left off. The Shore retaining made sense due to it being unlikely Jetta will remain out of retirement. Also, April Hunter looked amazing and if she is 100% healthy then it will be interesting to see where she goes in WSU.
I particularly enjoyed watching Gabby Gilbert, Jessie Brooks, and the Soul Sisters. I'm really looking forward to the feud and match between Marti Belle and Tina San Antonio. Marti makes a terrific underdog babyface, her stature and wrestling style fit the role whereas Tina's attitude and arrogance have kicked off her heel turn with a bang. Marti keeps getting better each time I see her wrestle, and if she ever has the chance, I hope she follows Latasha and gets to train in Japan. I feel she would do really well there.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, Serena Deeb is one of the most beautiful people I've ever met, on the inside and outside. Everytime she speaks, its so intense yet so real, so heartfelt. Words can't do her justice.
The War Games match was every bit as intense, as brutal as anyone could have imagined. It exceeded expectations. There was a bit of wrestling but most of it was an outright brawl. All three of the MWM were vicious, and it was quite a shock to see Stephanie go from being a sweet babyface only a few months ago to being this dark, violent woman. A good shock, however, since it shows her range. I already knew that Havok and AK-47 were brutal but their work at Breaking Barriers went above and beyond. You felt that these women were absolutely capable of anything. The ending left me far more disturbed and shocked than any horror movie I'd ever seen.
The Bad: The stream cutting out during the first match was disappointing; however, this wasn't WSU's fault. Nor was it their fault that they had to move to a new venue, which was considerably darker and made it harder to see. The fact it took so long to set up the cage was surprising. It also would have helped to have a camera inside the cage, but there wasn't nearly enough space.
The promos were good but the excessive amount of cussing, especially by Amy Lee, continues to be one of WSU's worst points. I understand the "U" stands for "Uncensored" – however, when at every other show you have Amy threatening to "skull-fuck" someone, it comes off as excessive and unnecessary. It's the same complaint I have with TNA when it comes to their women. Every other word in a promo is whore, bitch, slut, skank. Words have meaning, they have power. When you use an insult excessively, it's power is diminished. It used to be when someone called their opponent a bitch, it meant something – it meant a line was crossed and things had gotten personal. Now, it means nothing. There are several promotions that have had, and continue to have, stirring, heart-felt, rage-inducing promos without a single curse word used. Call me old fashioned but I think the less cussing, the better. It's a lazy way of getting heat. If you're good on the mic, you don't need to go that route to get a response.
Speaking of heat, the crowd at this show was absolutely dead for most of it, and disrespectful at points. One point was when Serena was speaking. Some idiot had the nerve to chant, "We Want Melina!" while she was talking about her career-threatening injury. She handled it with utter class, but that was only one instance where I wondered if the people in the crowd actually wanted to be at the show or not. Melina hardly got a reaction, despite being one of the draws for the show. They came alive for the War Games match fortunately – if you didn't respond to that match, you were a corpse quite frankly.
Lexxus, I felt, was a disappointing choice but given the fact I thought initially that Amy Lee had chosen herself for the match, it was a step up. She was chosen due to the fact she had gone 73 minutes against Mercedes. However, after it was announced Serena was unable to compete, any second choice was going to suffer in comparison. Since WSU was determined that it would be someone with WSU roots, the choices were limited. Lexxus did a fine job in the match – Melina looked like she had ring rust, blowing two spots that I could see. It was a disappointing match overall.
Altogether, I am still not certain how to feel about the ending. On one hand, considering the promos that the MWM had shot, they had to live up to expectations. People expected something shocking, something brutal and something that hadn't been seen before – WSU certainly delivered that. On the other hand, despite the fact they decimated the Commissioner and three of WSU's biggest names, it still remains that the MWM didn't get a definite win. They had to resort to threatening Mercedes' life before Savage made the decision to quit for her team. In a way, it was a cop out of an ending – after all, we all knew Havok wasn't going to actually stab Mercedes. Wrestling is a tight rope act, creating a balance between reality and fantasy. This teetered dangerously close to falling off the edge. However, it got people talking so kudos to WSU for that.
All in all, this was a one match show that felt disjointed. It lacked the flow of the Uncensored Rumble IV. Perhaps it tried too hard, but despite some good matches and an controversial main event, it fell flat. Hopefully the Five Year Anniversary show in March will find the balance and give fans the total package.
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The blogosphere has been humming lately with questions of Christian freedom and Christian depravity, the role of faith and works in sanctification, the priority of law or Gospel in sanctification, and the like. Some have seized the "Gospel-Centered" banner and have used it to wage general war on law and works—after all, they argue,
Major Premise: The Gospel is Justification.
Minor Premise: Justification is destroyed by law and works.
Conclusion: The Gospel is destroyed by law and works.
So what's wrong with the syllogism? Well, the logical structure is fine, so if an error is to be found, it has to be in one of the premises. In this case, it is the major premise. The gospel is not reducible to the forensic reality of justification. It also includes the experimental reality of regeneration. Together they comprise what the Reformers described as the duplex beneficium of union with Christ—two distinct benefits received simultaneously in the Gospel. And whenever we minimize either of these benefits, the Gospel disappears:
What happens then is saddest of all: the Pharisees and the Corinthians start quibbling over which version of the Gospel is better. The Corinthians hoot that if we continue in sin, grace abounds. And even when checked by Paul's "God forbid" in Romans 6:2, they still conclude that it's better to be a Corinthian with no works at all than to engage in works that, upon examination, are found to be self-righteous. The Pharisees howl back that faith without works is dead: "Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do," concluding that the best chance at earning God's favor is by multiplying works: better a Pharisee who can argue his case (Matthew 7:22) than a Corinthian with absolutely no case at all!
The fact is that neither group has a legitimate claim to the label "Gospel-Centered." Both have missed a critical aspect of the Gospel. Yes, we are justified by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone, "not from yourselves, [but by] the gift of God; not by works, so that no one can boast." But we are also sanctified by virtue of the the impartation of a new nature as partakers of the divine nature and new creatures in Christ—regenerate beings "created in Christ Jesus to do good works that God prepared in advance for us to do" and "without which no one shall see the Lord" (Ephesians 2:8-10; Hebrews 12:14).
Being "Gospel-Centered" is a good thing. But like the "biblicist" label before it, this new label risks becoming useless if a subset of believers with an incomplete and careless soteriology is allowed to illicitly commandeer the term to seize moral high ground that they have not earned. That is the problem with "Gospel-Centered" sanctification.
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Lucky Red Fish announce a PC demo of Monkey Mofo which is a fast flowing colourful 3d action puzzle game that presents a challenge that will have gamers coming back for more. Throughout the multi levelled platform experience – collect all the fruit on a level and make it safely to the exit. Each new world introduces a new challenge to the player in which adds a new layer of complexity, in addition to the challenges from the previous worlds.
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Monday, April 30, 2012
An artful salad
Even my husband, who normally doesn't shy away from diving fork-first into my nicely-presented dinners said that this salad was almost too pretty to destroy.
"It's okay - I have pict-"
It lasted about that long.
I eat salads a lot - particularly in summer when fresh vegetables look lively. Most of the time, they're pretty simple. But this salad was created for the OXO Slice It Up Recipe Contest, so I got a lot more creative. Most of the cuts were made with a V-slicer mandoline, which is a pretty cool tool for making even slices. And thin slices, too. And waffle cuts. And julienne slices.
Nice to have one tool that does all of that.
When it comes to arrangement, that's really up to you. Make neat circles or spirals or geometric patterns. Or go with randomness. It doesn't matter, as long as it looks good to you. And if you've got pretty colors and fresh vegetables, It's going to look good.
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1 radish
1 small yellow squash
1 large yellow cauliflower floret
1 small zucchini
1/2 English cucumber
1 thin slice sweet onion
3 chive flowers
Pinch of salt (this is the time to use a fancy salt, if you have one)
Lemon Olive Oil
Sherry or wine vinegar
Prepare all the vegetables before you begin arranging.
Slice the asparagus into thin vertical strips. Cut the radish into thin rounds. Cut thin slices off the cauliflower floret to create crumbles of cauliflower. Stop when you get to the thick stem part
Cut an angled slice off one end of the yellow squash, then continue slicing on that angle so you end up with oval slices.
Use the julienne blade to cut thin strips from all around the zucchini so you end up with dark green julienned strips. You can cut the rest of the zucchini into slices, if you prefer. I used it for other purposes.
Divide the onion slice into rings.
Arrange the vegetables on a platter in any design you want, reserving the cauliflower crumbles and the zucchini strips for use as garnish.
Sprinkle the salt over the top (I used a red salt) then drizzle with oil and vinegar. This salad doesn't need a lot of dressing - just a light drizzle here and there. Pull the petals off the chive flowers and strew them over the top. Serve.
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Burmese ex-pat women are taking advantage of their ruling military leaders' anti-panty superstitions to turn subjugation into subversion, resulting in one of the neatest political write-in campaigns I've ever heard of. So far, women across Europe, Brazil, Canada, the Philippines and Singapore are taking part.
The Panties for Peace campaign aims to exploit the regime generals' superstitious belief that coming into contact with garments used to cover women from the waist down will rob them of their strength. Women's underpants are seen as especially dangerous. The campaign's founders at Lanna Action for Burma sought to exploit this fear by asking women from Burma and around the world to mail their panties to regime's leaders.
[…] "The horrible aftermath of Cyclone Nargis has helped remind us all of the military regime's corruption and tyranny," says Lanna Action for Burma. "The regime is now in a weakened state and we must use every power at our disposal to see it toppled once and for all."
Along with their call for panties, Montreal organizers are also raising much-needed funds that will be sent directly to organizations working with victims of the humanitarian crisis inside Burma.
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The International Peace Bureau is delighted to announce its decision to award the 2012 Sean MacBride Peace Prize to two Arab women: Lina Ben Mhenni from Tunisia and Nawal El-Sadaawi from Egypt. They have both shown great courage and made substantial contributions to what is known as the Arab Spring.
The award ceremony will be held on the eve of IPBs annual conference, which this year doubles as Afris Hedge School. The prize ceremony will be held on Friday 16th November, at 6pm. The venue is Woodlock Hall, All Hallows College, Dublin 9. The Hedge School will be held in the same venue the following day. This will be the first ever IPB Council meeting in Ireland in its over 100 year history during which it will be hosted by Afri, a member organisation of the International Peace Bureau.


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Luis Cruz returned to KYMA in February of 2012 to be the News Director here for the third time.
Luis has previously been News Director at KYMA from 2004-2006 and then again from 2008-2011. He left the station in 2011 to be a reporter and fill-in anchor in San Diego, but says he missed management and mentoring young journalists. Luis says he's excited to return to the number one rated television news station in the Desert Southwest!
Luis is an award-winning journalist with more than 18 years of television broadcasting experience. In 2011, the Associated Press Television Radio Association honored the KYMA News Team with 3 Mark Twain Awards for their work in 2010. Those honors included Best Coverage of an Ongoing Story, Best Sports Reporting and Best Videography of Sports.
Luis began his broadcasting career in 1993 when he was hired to co-host a teen talk show at KGO-TV in San Francisco. Luis has been a reporter and an anchor for various stations in Arizona, California and Nevada. The stations include KGTV in San Diego, CA, KVBC-TV in Las Vegas, Nevada, KFSN-TV and KSEE-TV in Fresno, CA, KION-TV in Salinas, CA and KNVN-TV in Chico, CA.
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Welp, Occupy Wall Street may not be trending on Twitter. But anything reasonably popular on the internet comes to the attention of spammers sooner or later. The official mouthpiece of Occupy Wall Street has just posted a warning that a new website, The Occupy Party, is not affiliated with the movement. Scroll over to http://occupyparty.org/, and it's a mess of stock images and Google ads around some dubiously-search engine optimized text. Read More