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The Time Traveler's WifeReviewed by: David Criswell, Ph.D. Very Offensive
Moviemaking Quality:
Primary Audience:
Adults, Teens, Family
Sci-Fi, Romance, Drama, Adaptation
1 hr. 48 min.
Year of Release:
USA Release:
August 14, 2009 (wide—2,700 theaters)
DVD: February 9, 2010
"The Time Traveler's Wife" is a movie with a wonderful premise but mediocre execution. It is the story of a man who involuntarily "slips" back and forth through time. The absurdities of the time slipping need not be explained, and frankly would have been better off not being explained (a genetic disorder is apparently to blame… a "chronogene"). Nevertheless, his body is attracted to family members and loved ones, thus appearing at various times in history to his wife and family. It is based on a book, and I suspect the book is far better than the movie. The problems with the film begin with poor pacing and an underdeveloped script. Were it not for Rachel McAdams, I would never have believed in the romance at all. She did a wonderful job convincing me that she was really in love with this man, but the script (as we have come to expect from Hollywood) has him having sex with her on their first date, followed by the inexplicable line "how did we meet?" Now, it is not surprising that sex scenes are the only way that Hollywood seems to know to "show" love, but, in real life people, have sex without love all the time. Bollywood develops romance without sex by developing characters and by displaying acts of sacrifice and commitment. Hollywood just has an obligatory sex scene… but I digress. The first half of the film seems to set the story, and the second half starts to become interesting, and yet I still felt incomplete. The potential for a great movie was there, but as it was filmed, it was a tedious plodding of time slipping and nude scenes with a poignant ending. As our hero slips in and out of time, he is supposed to look different ages, but only once did he really appear different to me. The rest of the time he looked the same age. It was as if the director or make-up artist didn't take the time to really anticipate what the actor would look like in ten or twenty years. Only once did a smattering of gray hairs effect his appearance. For the Christian viewer, the movie poses several problems. The first is nudity. For some reason, the idea of traveling through time nude has become a science fiction cliche. Exactly why this is has never been explained. Nevertheless, each time he travels through time he appears naked and must steal clothes. In one case, he steals women's clothes and gets into a fight with a "homphobe." His wife also shows her behind in one scene, as well. With the addition of the foul language, which is fairly heavy, this movie borders on an R rating, though there is only one really violent scene. Politically, the movie is largely neutral, although there is a joke about marrying into a "bad family." We are told, "her father is a Republican… AND a hunter!" Disgusted, they decide to be "tolerant," but this foreshadows something that happens later in the film, which could easily be taken as a slap shot at hunters. Now this is by no means a bad film… just an incomplete one. By that I mean that the movie feels incomplete to me. Rachel McAdams made me believe in the love story, but the script never did. By the time the subplot involving children develops, half the film has been wasted. The rather poignant ending redeems the film to some degree, and I am sure that the film will find its niche among some fans, but I cannot give it a thumbs up… especially for Christian audiences. Far better, and more believable love stories (I am not referring to the science fiction element, but the love story itself) have been made over the years. Wait until DVD for this one. Violence: Moderate / Profanity: Moderate / Sex/Nudity: Heavy See list of Relevant Issues—questions-and-answers. Comments below:
Negative—This movie is extremely depressing and unsettling. I thought that this movie would be an interesting romance/drama. Instead it was unpleasant, unhappy, and generally a waste of time. The premise of this movie is that a man, with a gene which causes him to time travel, comes in and out of the life of his true love. Unfortunately, the movie focuses on the miserable and unavoidable parts of the man's life. It opens with the death of him mother, and closes with his own premature death. In between is a surprising amount of nudity, law breaking, and sexuality.
Part of the problem with the main character's time traveling is that he cannot take his clothes with him. He arrives completely naked. Though this is only shown from the rear, it still occurs over and over throughout the movie. Female rear nudity is also shown, along with foreplay leading to premarital sex. The main character repeatedly steals and breaks into buildings to provide himself with clothes during his time travels, and he teaches his young daughter (also a time traveler) the skills needed to steal. The movie seems to approve of the occurring sex and lawlessness, portraying it as necessary and right. All in all, the movie was a dark and deeply flawed drama that I could not recommend to any fellow Christian. Moral rating: Very Offensive / Moviemaking quality: 4 —Kira Williams, age 18 (USA) Positive—I was surprised to find the negative comments here. I think it's a beautiful love story, and very nicely handled. The one spot that did bother me, as mentioned here by others, is how she meets him for "his" first time, they go to his apartment and, yeah, in my mind --- she rapes him—(the reviewer here likes HER character???) ***SPOILER*** When he has the vasectomy—to avoid killing any more fetuses, because of his genetic disorder—she decides to get pregnant again anyway! All in all, though, I pack the hankies, it's an emotional flick! (I still cry when he tells his mom that he met a girl) The nudity is barely noticeable—no "private parts" showing. It should be obvious that if one's body travels the clothes get left behind. (Standard "scientific" principle!) It adds a bit of comic relief to a serious condition. And a realistic note, as well. I like the way storytellers make these things happen for a reason in peoples lives. His travels seem to take him to lessons he needs at that time. [If we pay attention, God gives us lessons as we need them, too.] I didn't notice any big use of profanity. [Mostly "Aw, sh*t!" when he disappears at inopportune times, and MODIFIED use of the "F"-word] There's a lot of positive life-lessons here. I like this movie a lot. I have not read the book, but from what I've heard, I think I'll stick to the condensed movie version. It's a good love story.
Moral rating: Good / Moviemaking quality: 5 —~Nancy~, age 51 (USA) Positive—This movie was amazing! I can't believe how good it was! Although he travels without his clothes, there is only one moment where they show him nude, and it's only from the back. There is no "sex" scene at all. They show them kissing and then the next seen is they wake up in bed together, and that's it. Nothing more than that. He makes every decision based on what he believes is best for his wife, and puts her first. There are funny moments, and sad moments, but over all, amazing amazing movie! I completely suggest this movie!
Moral rating: Excellent! / Moviemaking quality: 5 —Torie, age 20 (USA) Positive—I thought the move was what most people expected it to be. no it was not the best, but it was a good movie despite some minor flaws. I know that some of those flaws may be big to those of you in the "main land," but in most places they are not a problem (ex: the time traveler appearing at home nude in front of family)—things like that are personal problems you need to get over, its not your job to be so judgmental.
…This next part mainly applies to Chris. I don't know if you hunt at all, but things like getting shot/hit happen, and its a risk one takes while hunting or being in an area where hunting takes place, whether unintentional or not. chances are, it was not the knock you want to make it out to be. further more the director shouldn't have to change the ending of the book to appease you, and the part he did change is good, so why do you feel the need to whine about it (for shame), and the "in the book, which nobody read or cared about" comment was down right rude. yah we get that you don't like "chick flicks," congratulations for making your point. be a man and stop being so sensitive… its immature and sad. this is a place to critique from a Christian stand point not a place for your personal judgment, prejudice, and or prudishness. critique in a way that's helpful. -mahalo for your time God bless your day and future viewing experiences! Moral rating: Better than Average / Moviemaking quality: 3½ —Sheyna, age 19 (USA) Positive—I began to watch "The Time Travelers Wife" after already in progress, but once I figured out the story line I was able to keep up. It is slightly confusing because it is not the typical time travel story where the traveler remains the same person throughout his travelers. I will not spoil the plot for others who may not have seen this film yet.
There was some unnecessary language. I'll never understand why any film must include vulgarities. The English language is certainly vast enough to never need to resort to a curse word. I did not see any sex, although it was implied. Although I do not condone pre- or extra- sex, I was not "offended". I appreciated not having to watch or hear a sexual act in progress. I saw where the reviewer commented on the traveler's inability to take his clothes with him. Although time travel is the stuff of science fiction I could see the plausibility here. Since this was a case of time travel due to a genetic defect, it sort of makes sense to me that only his own organic components would be affected. It would be a lot less scientific if his genetic gift extended to his clothing and jewelry. I enjoyed the movie very much. It was sad and happy at the same time and creative about the elements of the time travel. I highly recommend it to Time Travel aficionados. Moral rating: Average / Moviemaking quality: 5 —Jeff Mazza, age 55 (USA) Neutral
Neutral—I saw this movie with my girlfriend, and her family. Some of my Teen Sunday School class were also at the theatre. That is a very uncomfortable position when in the first ten minutes of the movie, I know every detail of both of the main characters' rear anatomy! The time travelers wife is a good movie showing the trials of the unexpected on a marriage. Without the Sci-Fi element, mental illness and cancer could have accomplished the same trials. The first half of the movie is confusing. I heard so many times: "What? How? When?" Later the movie hits issues. like living for each other, miscarriages, effects of one-party decisions. This could have been a Sci-Fi "Fireproof," but instead you get a garbled mess which does actually turn into a beautiful tale of marriage and family survival!!
Positives: making a marriage survive takes priority; dealing with death without fear (although Church, Heaven, Hell, Salvation were never even hinted at!). Negatives: here we go! first 10 minutes of the movies we have naked behinds; pre-marital sex on first date; having to hide liquor bottles from his date. That does improve dramatically. (it would have to!) Bad swearing, mostly when the time traveler is in trouble. no f-bombs. but my Savior's name used in some very vulgar variations! s***; s.o.b; w.t.h. repeatedly. For adults with strong Faith, a good date movie. But I wanted to duct tape my Youth kids' eyes and ears shut! It embarrassed me. And that is a real shame. If death not being the end had worked with Faith, it could have the potential to be an excellent movie!! Oh, well. Moral rating: Offensive / Moviemaking quality: 3 —Bruce, age 27 (USA) Neutral—I have not yet seen the film version of Audrey Niffenegger's spectacular novel of the same name—THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE. I was hoping that the film makers would do the book justice, but according to critic's reviews, this may not be the case. It's true that in the book, Henry DeTamble's peculiar slipping in and out of time disorder defined by a gene called Chrono-Displacement for which Henry have no control over it. ***SPOILER ALERT*** He could literally be visiting the same event from multiple angles and times like the accident that took his mother's life. ***SPOILER END***
And it is true that when he time traveled, it's his body and not the clothes on him, therefore when he arrived at the other end, he would be naked and hungry. I found this to be both realistic and humorous because Henry had to be creative and find clothes before his next travel, usually back to the previous time but not always in the same place, like the one time he found himself in the library's inescapable book cage. As for Clare Abshire, she had known Henry since the age of six by stumbling upon him in one of his bout and watched him vanished before her very eyes, she had come to love him and devoted patience with his time traveling of coming and going. Some point in time, she can even tell if it was the young Henry of yesterday or the older and future Henry. Her love tried to anchored him, and they tried to start a family, and when the first sign of joy, it is also means the end is near and Clare, whole-heartedly will wait for her man, even in her old age. Moral rating: Average / Moviemaking quality: 1 —Mang Yang, age 37 (USA) Neutral—Although the storyline seems exciting, I was left wanting. There were a few offensive scenes; premarital sex, nudity, some foul language, the fighting of the "homophobe" and the constant stealing of clothing. Most of these were quick and minimal compared to a vast majority of films. I agree that without the acting of Rachel McAdams, I may have missed the allure of a love story. You never really got that connection from Eric Bana. It seemed at first his actions were brought on more by duty or what he thought he should do with her. Though he confessed his devotion and did all that he could later on to make their relationship tranquil, it didn't quite reach the potential. The mental picture of the embryo time traveling out of the mother was very upsetting as well. Overall, tolerable, but not one to see twice. I believe the movie could have been executed differently.
Moral rating: Offensive / Moviemaking quality: 2½ —Jessica, age 30 (USA) Neutral—I liked this film. I thought the idea of it was very neat—a man who is a time traveler, and the girl that he is in love with, who eventually becomes his wife. However, I really wish I would've read the book before seeing the movie. Some parts of this film are just confusing, and the only explanation as to why he travels through time is because it is a "genetic disorder." I am sure that the book explains it better, as the novels usually do.
The nudity didn't bother me, because he is a time traveler, and therefore, he cannot bring clothes with him when he travels through time. Just a side note, for those Christians that may be offended by this. This is not the first time that stories have had a character who travels naked. You may be surprised to know that in C.S. Lewis' Space Trilogy books, the main character ends up traveling through space naked. I didn't care for some of the language, and I also didn't care for the scenes of them together in bed. I'm not sure why Hollywood has to throw in a sex scene in a movie. I think many of us know that when a husband and wife love each other, love-making happens, but I personally am not okay with seeing it in a movie. Overall, this is a very interesting movie. It's obviously geared more towards ladies, as it is a chick flick that requires tissues. Moral rating: Offensive / Moviemaking quality: 4½ —Sarah, age 26 (USA) Negative
Negative—My girlfriend and I are both Christians and are waiting until marriage before we consummate our relationship, which is biblical. She likes "chick flicks," and she has seen two sci-fi movies with me thus far this summer so I promised I would go see this with her. As a Christian and an experienced moviegoer, I had a few problems with this film.
* Premarital sex. Self explanatory. * The music is nicely done, but the same few bars play throughout the entire movie over and over again. It gets a little annoying. * Unnecessary nudity. Did anyone even consider that it might be just a "little weird" or even strange to have a grown man suddenly appear naked in front of a little girl? Technically, no, he didn't appear naked in front of her, he was always hidden in the forest, and she left clothes for him, but still??? There were times where he appeared curled up naked on the floor of their house in front of the whole family, including his daughter. The naked-time-travel-plot-device thing worked with Kyle Reese in "Terminator" for a specific reason, but it doesn't apply here. duh. * Over the top political bias. As Christians we are called to enter through the narrow gate, and that means putting Jesus first in our lives, not political parties. However… It's pretty clear from the storyline that this director thinks that all Republicans are: homophobes, unenlightened, evil hunters of animals (there is an unmistakable reference at the end of the film to the whole Dick Cheney hunting incident), it's obvious Harry's death at the hand of his Republican-father-in-law hunter was a take on this, which I found to be completely inappropriate and lacked any taste. Anybody who didn't catch this sick joke is clearly not paying attention. * Missed plot device opportunity! Near the end of the film there is a scene where Harry's daughter is with him and she is trying to teach him that He can learn to stop time traveling by singing. But the director fails to use this plot device in the last scene of the movie. ***SPOILER ALERT*** He time travels past his death to visit them one last time in the field, but he never learns how to make it work like his daughter can. This was just plain incompetence on the part of the director. Even if the novel ends the same way, there are hundreds of successful movies where the director changed the storyline to create a happy ending. Take "The Natural" for instance: In the book, which nobody read or cared about, Roy Hobbs took the money and strikes out in his final at-bat. But no one knows this because in the movie He does the right thing and "does not" take the bribe and plays his final at-bat correctly, hitting the home run. ***END SPOILER*** Moral rating: Offensive / Moviemaking quality: 3½ —Chris, age 37 (USA) Comments from young people
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DeVotchKa By Jim Bessman Published June 3, 2008
Based in Denver, DeVotchKa has left an eclectic stamp on modern Balkan music. After four indie releases, the group made it big with the soundtrack to Little Miss Sunshine, and now returns with a new album on the Anti- imprint—home to Antibalas, Tom Waits and Xavier Rudd.
A groggy Nick Urata is huddled in a corner of his Madrid hotel room, grateful that the journalist on the other end of the phone agreed to call back after rousting him from a dead slumber a few hours earlier. "I'm a casualty of the Madrid nightlife," he sighs, his voice tired and hoarse. "I've been at it for a few nights—the people here don't sleep! We did a show a couple of nights ago, and some friends from here have been showing me the city. It's just rife with nightlife."
The rigors of Spanish clubland sit just fine with Urata, whose Grammy-nominated and internationally flavored pop band DeVotchKa channels a high-energy strain of polka—not to mention other European, Eastern European and south-of-the-border styles. The group has drawn comparisons to the exceedingly inventive and lively Grammy-winning Texas polka band Brave Combo, which is likewise all over the place musically.
"They're a really cool band," Urata [seated second from the right] agrees, now fully awake and warming to the subject of musicianship. In addition to singing and writing for DeVotchKa, he plays guitar, piano, trumpet, theremin, and bouzouki. Classically trained Tom Hagerman adds violin, accordion and piano, while Jeanie Schroder, who got her start playing Civil War band music, contributes sousaphone, upright bass and vocals. Rounding out the rhythm section is Shawn King, whose family roots in Lithuanian polka inform his playing on drums, percussion and trumpet.
"I grew up in New York in a very musical household," Urata continues. "My family was very old world. A lot of them were fresh-off-the-boat Italians and Sicilians, so I was exposed to a lot of accordion. My grandfather was a musician and turned me on to a lot of great music when I was a kid, and I found as I got older that I was pining away for that old world sound. Everyone was doing the two guitars, bass and drums thing, so I started trying to write for more exotic instruments—accordion, bouzouki, theremin—and I hooked up with like-minded musicians who could play those instruments well."
Urata also credits his DNA, and the influence of "my Spanish brothers here," for a pronounced flamenco influence in his music—yet another color in DeVotchKa's wide-ranging palette. "Certainly our musical philosophy is global," he notes, "but I never thought that people would lump us in with world music, since we shift gears a lot. Still, I'm pleased."
The grandson of a Sicilian and a Romani gypsy whose marriage was arranged, Urata named his band after the Russian word for "naughty young girl," which he gleaned from Anthony Burgess's legendary dystopian novel A Cloc

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Obama Adviser Slams Romney Camp's "Studied Outrage" In The Mommy Wars
After a Romney adviser tries to pin another anti-Ann insult on the Obama campaign, Axelrod tells him to "stick it…" Below, his Twitter rant against alleged Republican hypocrisy.
On Friday night, HBO's liberal flamethrower Bill Maher weighed in on Hilary Rosen's remark that Ann Romney had "never actually worked a day in her life."
His take:
"But what she meant to say, I think, was that Ann Romney has never gotten her ass out of the house to work. No one is denying that being a mother is a tough job, I remember that I was a handful. Okay, but there is a big difference in being a mother, and that tough job, and getting your ass out of the door at 7am when it's cold, having to deal with the boss, being in a workplace, and even if you're unhappy you can't show it for 8 hours, that is a different kind of tough thing."
The Romney campaign's Eric Fehrnstrom seized on the comment in an attempt to extend a controversy that has mostly favored his candidate:
Bill Maher's degrading comments on Ann Romney not easily dismissed - he's a $1m donor to Priorities USA @billburton716
— Eric Fehrnstrom (@EricFehrn) April 14, 2012
But Obama adviser David Axelrod, who has already called on Rosen to apologize, pushed back against Fehrnstrom:
@EricFehrn Rush rips Sandra Fluke in the coarsest, most vile way.All Mittcould manage was a weak " not the language I would have used."
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) April 14, 2012
@EricFehrn Foster Friess, who gave Santo Super $1.7M, hearts Romney, saying he hopes POTUS's "teleprompters are bulletproof." Mitt? Silent.
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) April 14, 2012
@EricFehrn So until you have the guts to stand up to one of your own, you can take your studied outrage and stick it in...your Swiss bank!
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) April 14, 2012
@EricFehrn Texas billionaire Harold Simmons pledges $36m to GOP, and calls Obama "the most dangerous American alive." Silence from Mitt.
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) April 14, 2012
By not condemning Bill Maher, @davidaxelrod is signaling to supporters it's OK to keep up the attacks on Ann Romney. Shame.
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With the unveiling of the NCAA Tournament bracket, we can begin to envision potential upsets, Cinderella teams and busts, but before we get to that (and believe me, we'll touch on just about everything between now and tip-off of the opening games), let's take a look at tournament teams that were snubbed with seeding, bubble teams that were snubbed outright, teams that were generously rewarded by the selection committee and the group of four No. 1 seeded teams.
Let's dig in…
Let's begin with the No. 1′s.
Louisville locked down a No. 1 seed by beating Syracuse in the Big East tournament championship game, but few expected that Big East title to vault them all the way to No. 1 overall.
Here's how the four No. 1 seeds stack up in terms of their overall record, their record versus AP Top-25 ranked teams and their own RPI ranking.
Midwest Region No. 1 (No. 1 overall): Louisville – 29-5 overall, 6-3 vs. ranked teams, 3rd in RPI rankings, won Big East tournament
South Region No. 1: Kansas – 29-5 overall, 5-1 against ranked teams, 5th in RPI rankings, won Big 12 tournament
East Region No. 1: Indiana – 27-6 overall, 7-2 against ranked teams, 8th in RPI rankings
West Region No. 1: Gonzaga - 31-2 overall, 1-2 against ranked teams, 7th in RPI rankings won WCC tournament
Gonzaga has the No. 97 strength of schedule, the worst SOS of any No. 1 seed in the last 20 years.
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) March 17, 2013
Gonzaga was fortunate to grab that final No. 1 seed considering their soft schedule, but they aren't the only ones that will likely be thanking the selection committee tonight, as California was given a bit of a gift themselves. You don't usually see teams who've already played each other during the season facing off in the opening round of the bracket, but not only did the 12-seed Golden Bears already already face 5-seed UNLV back in December (UNLV held on for a 76-75 win), they'll also have virtual home court advantage in their matchup against the Runnin Rebels with the game set to be played in San Jose. UNLV was likely thrilled to hear their names announced as a No. 5 seed in the East region…until they saw what that entailed. Tough break for Canadian NBA prospect Anthony Bennett and his Runnin Rebels squad, but I still think they'll prevail.
Gonzaga and Cal may have received some generosity from the selection committee, but there are plenty of teams in the tournament that probably feel they were disrespected by the seed they were assigned. Here's a few of them:
Duke – Despite their hiccup in the ACC tournament, the Blue Devils finished the season atop the RPI rankings and their 27-5 record is slightly better than Indiana's 27-6 mark, so I'm a little curious as to why Indiana's shortcomings in the Big Ten tournament were overlooked while Duke had to settle for a No. 2 seed.
New Mexico – As I wrote on Saturday, you can easily make the argument for New Mexico as a No. 1 seed. The Lobos finished with the second best RPI ranking, went 4-0 against ranked teams and won both the regular season and tournament championship in the Mountain West, which finished the season as the top-rated conference in the RPI rankings and sent five teams to the NCAA tournament. The most puzzling part about it wasn't even that New Mexico was snubbed out of a No. 1 seed, it's that the Lobos somehow missed out on a 2-seed and ended up No. 3 in the West region.
Oregon – No one expected the Ducks to be a very high seed, but considering their 26-8 overall record, a 4-1 record against ranked teams and their Saturday night triumph over 21st-ranked UCLA in the Pac-12 championship game, I'd say a 12-seed in the Midwest region and an opening round matchup with Oklahoma State was a harsh decision by the selection committee.
Saint Mary's – The Gaels fell short in the WCC tournament, losing to Gonzaga in the final, and they did go 0-3 in their only matchups against ranked teams this season (all three games were against the Bulldogs), but an RPI ranking just outside of the top-30 suggests Saint Mary's should not have been one of the four lowest seeded at-large teams. By being placed against Middle Tennessee in a Midwest region play-in game however, the selection committee obviously begs to differ.
Lastly, let's take a look at the teams that qualify as true "snubs" – 10 bubble teams that won't be dancing in the tournament.
Southern Mississippi: 25-9 overall, 0-3 vs. ranked teams, 34th in RPI rankings
Connecticut: 20-10 overall, 3-3 vs. ranked teams, 48th in RPI rankings
Massachusetts: 21-11 overall, 0-2 vs. ranked teams, 55th in RPI rankings
Kentucky: 21-11 overall, 2-3 vs. ranked teams, 56th in RPI rankings
Anyone who's been watching college basketball this season knows this isn't really much of a surprise. The defending champion Wildcats never looked capable of living up to expectations, faded as the season wore on, lost star freshman Nerlens Noel to injury for the home stretch of the season and then were upset by Vanderbilt in the SEC tournament quarterfinals.
Tennessee: 20-12 overall, 3-2 vs. ranked teams, 58th in RPI rankings
Alabama: 21-12 overall, 0-4 vs. ranked teams, 60th in RPI rankings
Maryland: 22-12 overall, 3-2 vs. ranked teams, 69th in RPI rankings
Virginia: 21-11 overall, 2-1 vs. ranked teams, 74th in RPI rankings
Stanford: 18-14 overall, 1-4 vs. ranked teams, 75th in RPI rankings
Iowa: 21-12 overall, 0-7 vs. ranked teams, 79th in RPI rankings


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Prince #613 is a very nice 1-year-old Yorkie mix. This little guy was raised in a home with kids and cats and he is good with both. He is leash and crate trained. If you are interested in adopting, please fill out an adoption form, downloadable from our web-site: http://www.lastchanceanimalrescue.org/adoptus.html and return it per instructions. Email email@example.com with questions.
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Why Adoption is a Great Option
Prince, a Waldorf Yorkie, Yorkshire Terrier dog was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Yorkie, Yorkshire Terrier for sale in Waldorf, or seeking a Yorkie, Yorkshire Terrier dog from a breeder in Waldorf.
- Rescues and shelter volunteers in Waldorf already know the personality and tendencies of their pets. This means they can match you with the right pet. That will makes it much easier transition to owning a pet for yourself and your new pet.
- On average adoption fees are much less than you'd pay a Waldorf breeder, or pet store. Plus most often rescue pets have already been to the veterinarian for a check-up, had a round of vaccinations, and are spayed or neutered. That is a lot of savings!
- You will become a hero, and give a needy dog or cat a loving home. In fact, there are even Yorkie, Yorkshire Terrier breeders who help with Yorkie, Yorkshire Terrier rescue. One puppy or kitten adopted in Waldorf paves the way for another one to be saved.


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Chesterton High School student threatens to 'kill as many as I can'
By Erin Guerra Post-Tribune correspondent November 8, 2012 10:20AM
Updated: December 10, 2012 6:21AM
CHESTERTON — On a school bus on Tuesday, a 16-year-old Chesterton High School student allegedly announced: "I'm going to come to school and kill as many as I can." He was arrested Wednesday morning — at home and without causing a greater disturbance at the school — after his parents searched his backpack and found a dart gun taken from his stepfather's collection.
The teen was taken to the Porter County Juvenile Detention Center to face misdemeanor charges of intimidation and resisting law enforcement.
According to the police report, the Liberty Township teen made the threat at about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, and a school resource officer contacted the parents before he even got home from school. The immediate plan was for the parents and student to meet with the officer on Wednesday to take part in the school's threat assessment.
The teen denied making a threat, but his stepfather checked on his guns and ammunition that night anyway, discovering a dart gun was missing.
After breakfast Wednesday, the suspect vomited and told his mother he did not want to go to school. She insisted, however, and the parents fought him to look inside his backpack. They found the missing dart gun.
The teen then lost control and ran into the garage, opening a red plastic gas can and swinging it at his mother and himself, as if to douse them, the parents later told police. He also reportedly said, "It's time to end this." His mother dialed 911, and his stepfather held the teen to the ground for the 20 to 25 minutes it took police to arrive, at about 6:20 a.m. The teen also reportedly was frothing at the mouth.
Dirk Baer, superintendent of the Duneland School Corp., credited the suspect's parents and school resource officer Steve Earl for taking the threat seriously and handling it responsibly. "The process worked the way it was supposed to," Baer said on Thursday.


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Creative Connections camp features week-long art and music workshops for youth in grades K4-8. Customize your child's experience by choosing times that work best for your busy schedule - for one or two weeks and for a full-day session, morning session or afternoon session. Students may enroll in up to five different classes in each grade level.
Information about the 2015 summer Creative Connections camp will be posted in spring.
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At the gates of Lauragais this charming cottage, cozy, (4 people) Toulouse brick is independent, quiet, made with natural materials (concrete, wax floors, wood wool, natural paint). It is located in the bucolic setting of an old farm, with donkeys home Mara. La Odin and carefully decorated room with a 160 bed opens onto the garden of the house. The lounge offers a sofa very comfortable with tv, dvd player, stereo. In summer you can enjoy the deck for your meals and you can enjoy the swimming pool owners without scheduling constraints.
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Sage 50 iPhone Server
For those that have downloaded the Sage 50 for iPhone app (available now for free on the app store here) this link will allow you to download the server component which is needed for the app to work.
Link here http://www.domorewith.com/downloads/setup.zip
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S50 Remote viewer and Server now Free
Both the iphone app and server software are now freely available.
The iphone app is available here http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/s50-remote-viewer/id361626304?mt=8 and you can get the server by entering your email below
Category: Sage 50, Small Business
Marketing Strategies App on the app store
OK so I recently attended an excellent 3 day course on marketing with some of the brightest marketing minds on the planet. Truth is this app was actually released before I went on the course as I have been studying marketing/copywriting for many years as well as running google adwords campaigns for myself and other people's businesses.
As I work in the SME sector I am acutely aware of the issues facing small business owners. Hopefully this app gives you concise, cost effective and actionable things to implement within yur business.
Go check it out here
Category: Marketing, Small Business
Learn Copywriting and Essential Marketing Strategies
Serious about growing your business or perhaps understanding how you can radically increase revenue on your advertsing spend without spending any more money? Then you must attend EADIM 2011, a 3 day marketing event this October in London to meet, and learn from, a legend in the field of direct marketing and copywriting, the unimitable Drayton Bird.
You will receive a full year's education kicked off by three days of live training in London by internationally recognised teachers and practitioners. Many are regarded as the authorities in their field of expertise.
This is followed by an interactive series of webinars.
At the end of this course, you will understand the principles and practice of direct and interactive marketing for any product or service.
You will also know how to deal confidently with any of the processes and decisions that lead to successful campaigns and greater profit.
Upon successful completion you will:
- Understand the principles, strategies and tactics of direct and interactive marketing, online and off
- Know how to establish and manage a marketing budget for optimum Return on Investment
- Know how to plan, implement and evaluate successful campaigns – online and offline
- Be able to exploit data and build profitable relationships with your customers
- Have a broad understanding of all aspects of direct and interactive marketing in all media, for all normal types of organisation in all circumstances
- Understand what makes the difference between successful and unsuccessful creative in all media – and know how to judge it
- Know what is happening in all the latest media and forms of marketing
Get on board for this years course NOW and for further details check out the full details here.
Category: Marketing, Small Business
Modulus Training is a scam
Just a heads up really if you are an IT company looking to train your staff give Modulus Training a very wide berth. I was supposed to be on a 3 day course this week for which I paid over a £1000 for and long story short, I've been conned.
What basically happened was I found the course, The course looked exactly what I was looking for. So I booked it, and then was told a course induction pack would be sent. I waited, and waited.
Thursday before the Royal Wedding still no pack and I was due to attend to the course on the Tuesday so started chasing hard. Was told, O delegates have dropped out will have to postpone for a couple of weeks, I could go on that course I get a refund. In the meantime I found this sitehttp://www.rennie-bottali.org.uk/ setup by another disgruntled punter.
Bottom line is this, DO NOT pay for any training from Modulus Training, they will not deliver!
As the businessman (or should that be scammer?) behind is about 20 minutes away from me I'm paying him a visit.
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iPhone Connect for Sage 50 Back on the App Store
Last year when I realeased S50 Remote the mobile solution for Sage on your iPhone there were some stumbling blocks for users. The biggest issue was being able to configure routers to allow external access to your company LAN. So with this in mind I set about thinking how to overcome this issue.
The first solution had me making timed extracts of the Sage data into a mySQL database so that data could be accessed from the web. Then considered the fact that many businesses do not like the idea of their data being in the 'cloud'. So the only other alternative is to allow you to dump your Sage data onto a database on your iphone and then access the data directly from the device when you or your staff are on the road. No more router configuration issues, no privacy issues and your Sage data in your pocket! You can find more details here.
Category: Sage 50, Small Business
Alerts and Notifications
Following on from the resurrection of eCredit the automated credit control tool I had a conversation with a client who was enquiring about being able to have an event or a change in the Sage data trigger an automatic email to one or more customers. This got me thinking about a generic alerts system where a user can define some parameters and when a value or status changes have an automatic email or even SMS sent to one or more external recipients or to internal staff.
Now something like this does exist in the guise of BPM (Business Process Modelling) or workflow. These solutions are typically expensive and need alot of configuration. My thinking is that you have something that is simpler and user friendly but acheives the same end goal. If this is something of interest please get in touch.
Got a burning question?
I receive enquiries via email and sometimes via comments on the site. Unfortunately I get so many spam comments the genuine ones get lost. To combat this I thought putting this contact form in a prominent position would help you if you have any questions/enquries regarding the Sage products or integration or even bespoke development.
Please use this form to get in touch.
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Chasing Your Tail or Chasing Your Money?
Getting paid on time is a constant frustration for any business. Seven years ago I developed an add-on for Sage 50 (and Instant) that automatically sends email reminders to customers with overdue invoices. At the time it had limited success due mainly to lack of email addresses being held in the system.
Fast forward 11 years and many organisations are try to do everything electronically to be kind to the environment and streamline processes. Perhaps now eCredit the automated credit control tool can help your business, you can read more here.
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Sage 50 to mySQL
I am getting alot of requests lately in exporting data from Sage to mySQL as an automatic process. I now have a beta running and would like to invite anyone who needs this functionality to please get in touch. This will extract all Sage 50 data on a schedule you determine. This will enable you to export the data to either a local/network or even Internet hosted copy of mySQL.
The reason for doing this is two-fold;
I have customers with large datasets starting to encounter performance issues (they are on the verge of outgrowing Sage 50)
There were customers having issues getting the server part of the Sage 50 for iPhone solution configured. Now there will be a central secure repository (at remotediscovery.com) where this application will export your data and the iphone app will connect to this site with your credentials to allow you to view your Sage data on the go.
Of course with the data in a full relational database there are all sorts of possibilites in terms of integration/customisation!
Just send an email to mysqlbeta at domorewith.com
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Call For Papers: Interiority as a Mode of Escape (NCFS, San Juan, 16-18 Oct 14)
40th Annual Nineteenth-Century French Studies Colloquium, San Juan, PR, October 16 - 18, 2014
Deadline: Mar 11, 2014
Call for Papers
Panel: Interiority as a Mode of Escape
I am organizing a panel for the 40th Annual Nineteenth-Century French Studies Colloquium, "Flight, Escape, Fleeing, Escapism, Freedom"/"Fuite, Évasion" (October 16-18, 2014 in San Juan, PR).
The panel theme/title focuses on INTERIORITY AS A MODE OF ESCAPE from the modernization of Paris, spanning the shift of power from Versailles to the capital to the Haussmannization of the urban landscape. Two papers have already been identified. My paper focuses on psychological interiority as represented in portraitures of averted gazes and mirror reflections. Jennifer Pride's paper will focus on post-Haussmannization retreat from the cacophonous boulevards to the quietude of newly defined apartment interiors. Literary, word-and-image, art history and other interdisciplinary topics are welcomed. Please e-mail proposals to me directly firstname.lastname@example.com, by March 11, 2014.
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Greenville, KY – Representatives of Peabody Coal Company say construction won't start on the Muhlenberg County-based Thoroughbred Power Plant until three things happen.
The permitting process must be completed, a majority of the electricity output has to be sold and partners must commit. They same the same is true for the Southern Illinois-based Prairie State Power Plant.
Local officials and state representatives are clamoring for forward movement on Thoroughbred, counting on thr 450 permanent jobs and $100 million in economic benefits promised.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The number of apparent accidental drug overdose deaths in Rhode Island has risen to 90, according to the state Health Department.
The figure is up 23 percent over the 73 drug overdose deaths reported during the same time last year, and a 45-percent rise from 58 deaths from January through April 2012.
Sixty-two of those deaths have been confirmed as unintentional overdoses, while 28 remain apparent, according to the department.
The department reported that 46 of the 83 people screened tested positive for fentanyl, keeping that figure steady since the beginning of April. In three of those cases, the fentanyl had been prescribed; two people misused a prescription fentanyl patch.
The victims, ages 20 to 62, were found in 24 cities and towns. Of those, 66 were men and 24 were women, with 82 white, 7 black and 1 was identified as "other." At least 38 of those who died were found with drug paraphernalia.
Fifteen people were in their 20s, with 24 in their 30s, 28 in their 40s, 21 in their 50s and two over 60 years old. All testing has been completed for 62 of the cases, 56 of which tested positive for one or more illicit or pharmaceutical opiate or opioid.
Six do not involve opiates, with four linked to cocaine and two involving pharmaceutical drugs alone.
The Department of Health would not identify which cities and towns were affected, citing privacy and confidentiality concerns for the deceased and their families, according to spokesman James Palmer.
Governor Chafee announced early last month that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is assisting state health officials in examining the surge in drug overdose deaths in Rhode Island.
The team from the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service visited Rhode Island, at the request of the state from March 24 to April 8, according to department spokeswoman Andrea Bagnall-Degos. The team is reviewing all overdose deaths that occurred in the state from Jan. 1, 2012, to March 31, 2014.
"Rhode Island continues to work creatively to battle addiction. By involving state public health, recovery and safety officials, the state is implementing solutions that benefit all Rhode Islanders," Chafee's spokeswoman, Faye Zuckerman, said. "We now know that in addition to law enforcement, many other departments and agencies, specifically those related to treatment and health providers, need to be involved to stem the tide of this public health matter."


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Clinic escorts are never supposed to say "good morning." We are taught to never presume anything about the women and men whom we guide into the clinic, including however good or bad their morning is going. I usually ask them if they had trouble finding the clinic or I make a generic comment about the weather. During these raw moments of extreme vulnerability, I would rather that they judge my clichés than focus on the self-righteous hate speech emanating from the protestors. Most of the time, I am able to get them safely from their cars to the front door of the health center with little more than comments about traffic and Google maps. But sometimes it's not that simple. Keep reading »


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[1702] Elevated Interstitial Pressure Enhances Hypoxia-Induced VEGF Expression Via HIF-1 in Daoy Medulloblastoma Cells.
Hua Zhong, Ruoxiang Wang, Jonathan W Simons. New York University, NY; Emory University, Atlanta
Background: Tissue hypoxia, increased interstitial pressure and edema are common findings in solid tumor. Hypoxia activates transcription factor HIF-1 and regulates the expression of HIF-1-target genes including the gene that encodes VEGF, a critical factor underlying angiogenesis and interstitial edema. HIF-1α, the dominant subunit of HIF-1, is regulated by oxygen-dependent and –independent ways. We have developed a module to test our hypothesis that increased interstitial pressure enhances hypoxia-induced VEGF expression via HIF-1.
Design: As an alternative to an inflexible hypoxia chamber, we designed a pliable hypoxia chamber to compare cellular responses to three tissue culture environments including conventional CO2 culture, and hypoxia cultures (1% O2/5% CO2/balanced N2) with or without elevated interstitial pressure. The interior pressure within the chambers were monitored by water-mercury manometers. The pliable hypoxia chamber was 80% filled to mimic hypoxia setting without elevated interstitial pressure. The interior pressure remained at 0 mmHg within 24 hours at 37oC. The inflexible hypoxia chamber was fully filled so as to create an intermediate (40 mmHg) or a high (70 mmHg) interior pressure. After 24-hour at 37oC, the interior pressure was elevated from 40 mmHg to 60 mmHg (intermediate) and from 70 mmHg to 120 mmHg (high), respectively.
Results: The new pliable hypoxia chamber was functional based on our design. Due to transparent and flexible, it could be adjusted to a size which allowed us to periodically record, microscopiclly in real time, the nuclear translocation of GFP-HIF-1α and the endothelial tube formation following continuous exposure to hypoxia. In Daoy cells cultured at 37oC for 24 hours, the intermediate pressure enhanced the hypoxic induction of HIF-1α, HIF-1 transcriptional activity and VEGF production. However, high pressure did not affect HIF-1 but resulted in growth inhibition. Finally, the enhanced signal transduction activity upstream of HIF-1α synthesis was shown in cells under hypoxia with intermediate pressure as compared to those in conventional culture or regular hypoxia culture without elevated interstitial pressure.
Conclusions: Intermediate interstitial pressure augments hypoxia-induced VEGF expression through HIF-1. Increased HIF-1α expression likely involves increased protein synthesis in response to moderate pressure stress. Our results could explain the edematous change seen in pathological conditions such as solid tumors, especially those which are situated within a confined space.
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Uppsala Reggae Festival August 12, 2005 - August 13, 2005 The Fifth Edition of the First Reggae Festival in Scandinavia Uppsala SWEDEN Reggae
The fifth edition of the first and real Reggae festival in Scandinavia. The festival has in a short period of time, grown to be the biggest Reggae event in northern Europe, and one of the five biggest music festivals in Sweden. Last year the festival attracted a crowd of 18000 in two days, with a wide spread line up, containing legends as Mighty Diamonds & Alpha Blondy as well contemporary acts as Bushman, Natural Black & Ini Kamoze, toppin it all with the stars to be Fifth Element family such as Richie Spice, Chuck Fender & Anthony Cruz. The audience got an exellent treat of the musical diversity, and left the festival looking forward for the 2005 edition.
Performers:Capelton, Steel Pulse, Gentleman, Gladiators, Cocoa Tea, Tanya Stephens, Jah Mason, Lutan Fyah, Chezidek, Taffari, Dag Vag, Kultiration, Jah Youth Sound, Silly Walks Movement, Uppsala Allstars, Swedish Soundclash Championship..and much more


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@clintflint - I never bought a new one, I just used the one that we had on my desktop. I try not to throw out the old computers until I'm sure I've scavenged everything I can possible get out of them, since you never know when something is going to come in useful. A
As for buying HDMI and VGA cables be careful that they don't try to foist needlessly expensive gear on you. It's OK to pay a bit more for a longer cable, but people often get taken in by the seller claiming that this cable is state of the art, and that's why it costs $100. They are all the same cables. They either work or they don't work. Just get the cheapest option.


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The Briggait Building in the heart of Glasgow's Merchant City is set to be given a new identity: the 19th century fish market will be transformed into an exciting new resource for visual artists in Scotland. The Scottish Arts Council Lottery Fund and Heritage Lottery Fund are both backing the project.
The Wasps Trust, in partnership with Wasps Artists' Studios, is to turn the Briggait into a £6.3m new venue with 69 studios for visual artists, office space for cultural organisations and creative industries, two display/exhibition spaces, a café and new public space within a historic 1873 courtyard.
Engineering consultancy Buro Happold will be working closely with the Trust and the architect, Nicoll Russell Studios to ensure the integral ambience and rich design of the building is retained following the works.
The intention has been to minimise disruptive works, hence new studio constructions within the existing shell are formed as lightweight timber structures in the existing 1889 and 1904 halls. New foundations are constructed as simple raft foundations to spread the loads and minimise differential settlements between new and old. Where possible the existing structures will be retained and repaired where necessary.
This unusual building is to be leased from Glasgow City Council on an 80-year period set at £1 a year, in order to put the Briggait at the heart of plans to make the Merchant City and surrounding area a cultural quarter for the city.
Funders for the Briggait redevelopment include Glasgow City Council (£2.2m), Scottish Arts Council Lottery Fund (£1.7m), Scottish Enterprise Glasgow (£800,000), Heritage Lottery Fund (£750,000), Historic Scotland (£500,000), the Hugh Fraser Foundation (£15,000) and the Mickel Fund (£5000) and loan finance from ethical lenders, Triodos Bank.
This first phase of redevelopment has started and is set to be completed by the end of next year.
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A MUM of two whose daughter tried to kill herself is urging the Government to ban suicide websites.
Rosie Wilson, 56, has campaigned against the sites since 2007 when Ziggy tried to end her life after accessing them. The 28-year old was in a coma for six weeks and is now brain-damaged.


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Ai's menus are replete with classic and creative plates. A selection of traditional rolls, such as tuna or salmon ($4 each), will fill the usual sushi strongholds, but for hardened appetite bunkers, call in the game-changing bombs of special rolls such as the rainbow (a California roll topped with assorted sashimi and rainbow caviar, $9.95). There are also hearty chef's specials, including mango passion shrimp (sautéed shrimp and mangos in a special Thai pepper sauce, $13.95), and dinner entrees, including teriyaki beef negimaki (thin-sliced beef and scallions in teriyaki or Asian garlic sauce, $12.95).
Sripraphai Thai Restaurant began as a small, struggling bakery. When owner Sripraphai Tipmanee switched to making roasted duck salad and crispy dried catfish, business took off, eventually moving to a new location and then taking over the buildings on both sides. Credit the critics; it's frequently cited in discussions of best Thai in New York, and Zagat recently rated it number one once again.
Galangal sweeps taste buds off on a sensory tour of Southeast Asia with an exquisitely aromatic menu of rich Thai specialties and fresh Japanese sushi platters. Patrons embark on exploratory dinners under the benevolent smile of a bronze-colored Buddha, savoring the Golden Bag ($6), crispy dumpling skins bear-hugging a tender mix of puréed yam and minced pork. Under the lush light of sconces twinkling from exposed-stone walls, the exotic Mango Basket rice crepe bowl ($15) glows as it pampers herbivorous palates with morsels of shredded mango frolicking harmoniously with baby corn and mushrooms. Eager forks reel spicy pad kee mao drunken noodles ($18) from an ocean teeming with mixed seafood, bell pepper, and eggplant. While diners linger at glossy black tables to the sound of the restaurant's babbling waterfall, skilled chefs behind the sushi bar nimbly twist up a rainbow's worth of bright specialty rolls, including spicy coils of mango and fresh lobster in soybean paper ($15) and a kaleidoscopic array of à la carte sushi bites ($3–$5). Luscious desserts including nirvanic bites of ice cream melting over fried bananas ($7) finally reward sweet teeth for patiently waiting through the night's savories.
Wild Ginger's woven lanterns drizzle light on a wall-spanning triptych of paintings that blends modern abstraction with traditional Asian styles. Cherry-red banquettes cushion patrons as they dine on dishes that blend the cuisines of China, Japan, Thailand, and Indonesia. Sushi shares menu space with made-to-order entrees of chicken, duck, and scallops in curry and fruit-based sauces. While waiting on a wok entree to cool, patrons can try to down a frothy brew using only their chopsticks.
Pinang Malaysian Restaurant's behemoth menu packs a smorgasbord of eats that spans from India to Malaysia. The roti-canai starter preps bellies and fanny packs for main courses with a homemade Indian pancake dunked in curry-chicken sauce ($3). Shredded-mango entrees strike a sweet chord alongside the bass notes of tofu ($9), chicken, beef ($12.50 each), shrimp, or fish ($13 each), each steeped in a spicy sauce. Diners can bury forks or priceless family heirlooms in the num-yee duck casserole's savory layers, lined with bean paste, ginger, and scallions ($9.50). Adventurous eaters boldly go mouth first into the chicken or beef peppercorn sizzling platter that defies diners with a fiery brown sauce ($11).
The New York Times praised Tengda's Milford location—one of eight in a small regional chain—as "perfect for young-at-heart couples and groups," with a high-energy atmosphere bubbling around cuisine it called "very good." The chefs draw gustatory inspiration from China, Japan, and Thailand as they create their expansive menus of Pan-Asian fare, which include fiery stir-fries, grilled meats, and sushi and provide reading material for shy diners throughout a full meal. Moody red and yellow lights dapple sleek black tables and booths, and might occasionally catch knife-flipping and drink-slinging theatrics behind the sushi and cocktail bars.


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Lesson Plan
"Fishy Business" Don't Let It Loose: 5-8th Grade
- Grade Level:
- Fifth Grade-Eighth Grade
- Subject:
- Aquatic Studies, Conservation, Marine Biology
- Duration:
- 45 mins
- Group Size:
- Up to 36
- Setting:
- indoors or outdoors
- National/State Standards:
- Next Generation Sunshine State Standards:
5th MA.5.A.4.2 SC.5.L.15
6th MA.6.A.3.6 SC.6.N.1.1
7th SC.7.E.6.6
National Science Standards grades 5-8:
Life Science: NS.5-8.3
Personal and Social Perspectives: NS.5-8.3 - Keywords:
- Exotic, native, food chain, predator, prey, ecosystem, Survival, Fish
Students will examine the effect of exotic species on an ecosystem by role-playing both a healthy food chain and one that has been impacted by Mayan cichlids. Students will also be able to discuss a basic food chain, define and give examples of exotic species, and discuss how exotic species can disrupt a food chain.Background
Our "Don't let it Loose" unit is broken into seven lesson plans, each taking 45 minutes to 4 classroom periods to complete, and targeted primarily at middle school students. A class needn't complete every lesson in the unit, though some lessons do refer to one another. However, each lesson comes with its own set of objectives and resources.
Additional Resources
exotic, native, food chain, predator, prey
Experience More
on NPS.gov
Lesson Plans
- Grand Canyon Activities
- "Where Have You Gone?" Environment: 4-6 Grade
- How to Read a Skull like an Open Book
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If you'd rather be on the sofa than in the kitchen then don't despair, Gino's promising a speedy one-pan meal of chicken with melted mozzarella and tomato pizza sauce - all under 500 calories and on the table in under 15 minutes.
What more could you want for a Monday?
What is the nation's favourite Friday tea, we asked, and you took to Facebook to give us your choices! From Mexican to Indian by way of Italian, Phil Vickery is in the kitchen making a healthier spin on the one which received most buzz: a traditional British favourite - fish and chips!
Our Italian chef was just about to reveal his chocolate cake secret, when the show finished... so what happened next?
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Gino D'Acampo is back to brighten up the most depressing day of the year so far. He's offering not one, but two feel-good Italian dishes, and we've asked you to decide which he should make.
Will you choose his rich chocolate and pistachio cake - or speedy lunch of spaghetti carbonara?
You've tried his honey and mustard pork with winter veg salad but now it's time for the real treat... Jimmy Garcia's chocolate orange mousse!
Post Christmas blues and long dark days can leave us all longing for a treat. Jimmy Garcia has the ultimate meal - he's showing us how to feed four for under a tenner and he'll even give you change! Start off with this gorgeous pork dish.
Ainsley Harriott helps kickstart the New Year declutter in the store cupboard. Get ready to raid your condiments for his sticky chicken thighs, hot slaw and sweet potato wedges!
What a week for Dale Pinnock! The medicinal chef has cured most ills with his tasty remedies, disguised as treats. Today he's back in the kitchen for the last time with advice on how the food we eat can keep us healthy on the inside. In this instalment it's all about sleep!
Will Mr Holmes be able to have sweet dreams with a dreamy sweet cherry crumble?


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Since 2008 I've put together a holiday-time video tribute to the year's band breakups. It's a sad endeavor really, but there is a bright side. Sometimes it takes a decade or more of inactivity for a…   Read Story »
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Klaxons have been kicking around the music world since 2005, at the height of something called New Rave, when every young band in Britain seemed to be playing spunky, angular, dance-infused indie…   Read Story »
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UK psych-ravers Klaxons' third album (and their first since 2010's Surfing The Void) is out next week. We've already heard a few singles, and now you can stream the whole thing online courtesy of The…   Read Story »
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This week, Klaxons returned with their new album Love Frequency, and their just-unveiled video for the single "Show Me A Miracle" is like the sort of dream you'd have after you spent the evening…   Read Story »
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The British postpunk rave-revivers Klaxons have been away for a few years, but they return next month with the new album Love Frequency. "Show Me A Miracle," the fourth song from the album that the…   Read Story »
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The British postpunk rave revivalists haven't given us a new album since 2010's Surfing The Void, but now they've awakened from their slumber and announced plans to release LP number three, Love…   Read Story »
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Sat, Feb 26, 05 at 22:43
I'm so glad I bury the plant labels in the ground next to a plant. I found mangled plant labels; totally washed-away info on labels, (who sugggested writing on labels with paint pens!?) ; and no labels at all when we were cleaning the back hill garden. I finally discovered what some of these were by digging around until I found 'Bee's Bliss' and Meadow Sage labels hidden in the dirt. |
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- Posted by Helena_z8_MS (My Page) on Sun, Feb 27, 05 at 11:29
Westelle, that's a good tip. I don't bury mine completely so I can find the lable and plant. |
I do this too. I bought some little thick plastic lables at Lowe's and write the name with a laundry marker too and stick these down if I buy something in a package that doesn't have a name lable. |
I have bought those tin labels that you can carve the name on and tie them to a part of the plant usually woodie plants .Sometimes they survive winter sometimes they don't The only reliable id for me is writing it down in my garden book. Sarah |
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Design Solutions: Minimal Chic
A contemporary apartment makes the most of its Vancouver Island setting
By Jim Gauer
Victoria's many charms do not include an abundance of good modern architecture. So when we learned that architect James K.M. Cheng, whose glassy apartment towers have transformed Vancouver's skyline, was constructing a building on the Inner Harbour, we raced to the sales office, where, having seen little more than a floor plan, we bought a 1,250-square-foot condominium with spectacular waterfront views and a terrace from which to enjoy them.
After living in less than 500 square feet in Manhattan, we found the new apartment seemed luxurious, but the developer's floor plan didn't use all that square footage to its best advantage. With the help of Cheng's project architect, Jim Heinmiller, we reconfigured closets and a powder room near the front door, which yielded a foyer from which one can see the apartment's full length and breadth. Forming an enfilade with the foyer are two small offices that double as guest rooms. A narrow hall between the foyer and the living room became more spacious when we opened it up to the kitchen.
The developer's plan showed the harbor frontage occupied by a living room and a master bedroom, neither especially large or gracious. So we made a bold move and joined these two rooms. The combined living/dining and sleeping areas share the 45 linear feet of floor-to-ceiling glass overlooking the water, and all that separates them is a partition containing pocket doors of aluminum and white glass.
The color palette reinforces this spatial trick. In contrast to the perimeter walls and ceiling, which are painted in Benjamin Moore's Super White, the partition is painted in the company's Ashwood, a soft gray. This gives it the appearance of an object floating freely within the larger space.
The choice of Super White was no accident. It matches the Abstrakt white IKEA cabinet doors that line much of the apartment. Our original scheme called for custom millwork, but when the bid price came in at 20 times the preliminary estimate, I adjusted the plans to create alcoves sized for IKEA cabinets, whose doors—beautiful, reflective milky white planes set flush with the Super White walls—are among the apartment's most luxe-looking and frequently admired features. Even with weeks of expert assembly and installation, the cost was well within our tight budget.
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— An Adult Book Club for ages 18 and older is being formed at the Cleveland Bradley County Public Library, and will meet the third Wednesday of each month at 2 p.m. in the Carmichael House Conference Room. Call the library if you are interested in attending the Adult Book Club.
— A seminar on weight-loss surgery will be conducted by Dr. Jack Rutledge, director of the Metabolic Surgery Center at Memorial Hospital, on May 13 at 6 p.m. in the Carmichael House Conference Room. Call the Non-fiction Desk to reserve your seat.
— Dollywood's Penguin Players will be at the library May 16, 10:30 a.m., in the Community Room, to celebrate Children's Book Week 2014. "One Cool Friend" is a lively 20-minute production filled with sing-along songs, including music written especially for the Penguin Players by Dolly Parton.
— The Friends of the Library Association will host its Book and Coffee Series on May 16, with a review of Philip I. Nelson's book, "LBJ: The Mastermind of the JFK Assassination." FOLA member Ann Cherry will review the book at 10 a.m. at the Craigmiles-Johnston House History Branch Library. All are invited.
— Celebrate Maifest on May 17 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., when the library, Montessori Kinder and the Nancy Liebermann Foundation collaborate to bring the traditional German celebration of the arrival of spring to Cleveland. Celebrate the day to benefit educational goals in the community.
AT Salvation Army:
— Character Building Class providing an after-school program for school-age children meets each Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at The Salvation Army, 437 Inman St. Children also receive a nutritious snack.
— Learn new quilting techniques and make new friends in the free "Undercover" quilting class.The class will meet each Tuesday at 6 p.m. at The Salvation Army, 437 Inman St. For more information on these programs, call 308-3467.
— Join the Faith & Fitness Zumba class which meets each week at The Salvation Army on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m., Thursday at 6 a.m. and Thursday at noon. The licensed instructor is Regina Williams. Bring a friend and check out new songs and new dances that are easy and fun to learn. For more information, call 310-9557.
— Zumba will begin at the library each Tuesday and Thursday morning at 8:10 a.m., continuing until May 29. This class will be limited to 25, and reservations are required. These classes are free to the first 25 patrons who sign up. Contact the library at 472-2163 or stop by the Non-Fiction Desk to reserve your spot.
— TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) local chapter meets every Monday at Wesleyan Methodist Church on Peerless Road. Private weigh-ins are from 5 to 5:30 p.m.; the meeting is from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. A TOPS category for children ages 7-18 is available. For more information, call 472-9628 or 593-4727.
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Article brought to you by: Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)Rebels now command parts of Aleppo, Syria's largest city
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)
July 31st, 2012 Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) As both rebel forces and the Syrian army pound their nation's largest
city of Aleppo, there are conflicting reports of who now has the upper
hand. The army claims that it has taken Salaheddin. Syrian state
television now says that government forces were pursuing the remnants of
a group of "terrorists" there, suggesting the army did not have full
control of the area. Syrian helicopter gunships and artillery continue to batter two key areas of Aleppo. Heavy gunfire was heard in the Salaheddin district in the southwest of the city. Rebels deny the government's claims that rebel fighters had been driven out by troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. Rebel fighters insist it was regime troops that had been forced to retreat. "The regime has tried for three days to regain Saleheddin, but its attempts have failed and it has suffered heavy losses in human life, weapons and tanks, and it has been forced to withdraw," Colonel Abdel-Jabbar al-Oqaidi, head of the Joint Military Council, one of several rebel groups in Aleppo declared. It's not been possible to determine who controls Salaheddin, a district that lies on a major road that the army could use to bring reinforcements into the city. Hospitals and makeshift clinics in rebel-held neighborhoods were reportedly filling up with casualties from a week of fighting in the city. "Some days we get around 30, 40 people, not including the bodies," a young medic in one clinic says. "A few days ago we got 30 injured and maybe 20 corpses, but half of those bodies were ripped to pieces. We can't figure out who they are." The Observatory said 40 people, 30 of them civilians, were killed in Syria alongside two rebel fighters in Salaheddin. Since the government's assault this weekend, the rebels "already repelled three offensives" against Salaheddin, Oqaidi said, adding that they control "between 35 to 40 per cent of Aleppo." Rebels seized a strategic checkpoint on the road from Turkey after a 10-hour battle, securing them free movement between the northern city and the border, an FSA commander said. "The Anadan checkpoint ... was taken this morning after 10 hours of fighting," General Ferzat Abdel Nasser, a rebel officer who deserted the Syrian army a month ago says. . Article brought to you by: Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) |


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Fri, May 4, 12 at 18:23
The area on the side of my house is very compacted and doesn�t grow grass well and in the winter when it rains it becomes a mess. I�d like to add crushed gravel along the side of the house but I�m not sure what the best type to add and if there is anything else I need to do. I planned on having the first few inches of soil dug up and then just adding the crushed gravel directly on top. Is that fine? Any thing else I should do? What type of gravel should I use? I keep the garbage/recycling on the side of the house and bring my mower through this area. |
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it becomes a mess too that just adding the crushed gravel directly on top.I try to a other combinations: |
come on designonline that is just stupid. |
Once the tree is out and your drainage issue is taken care of, the right kind of grass might grow just fine. Otherwise, decomposed granite might be a good solution there. |
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Deadly Sea Lion Mystery Draws Biologists to Remote Island in Search of Clues
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Because the stranding only affected sea lions, and not seals and other animals that live in the same area and have similar diets, scientists thought the sea lion pups may have succumbed to a parasite or pathogen that didn't affect adults or other species in the same way. But no obvious culprit has been identified.
Now, Melin and others suspect that the sea lion pups starved when their mothers had a harder time finding food. The rationale is pretty simple: The pups that washed up in Southern California recovered when rescuers give them plenty to eat. But why would the sea lion moms have had such a hard time feeding their young?
Sea lions are opportunistic feeders. Depending on what's available, they'll feast on anchovy, sardine, pacific hake, pacific mackerel, jack mackerel, short belly rockfish, or market squid.
"When one species is not as abundant, another one takes its place," said Mark Lowry, who studies sea lion diets by analyzing the bony remains in their poop. Different diets are sometimes easy enough to detect, Lowry says. "When they eat just market squid, it's real runny. When they eat fish, it's like a regular poo."
Every three months, Lowry goes to San Nicolas and San Clemente Islands, where he bags poop samples on the beaches. Then he filters through the poo, recording what he finds. Decades of data, gathered by both Lowry and Melin, suggest that sea lions tend to eat their regular fish species in good years and turn to squid and different fish species during El Niño years.
Ultimately, Lowry is hoping to use his fishy-poo observations to write a computer program that will take new data and tell him when the sea lion population is stressed, like during an El Niño year. He has a freezer full of frozen feces, going back several years. Those samples could contain crucial clues about what, exactly, the sea lions were eating before, during, and after the stranding event. But for now they're just sitting in Lowry's freezer until he can find funding to do the analysis.
Scientists are also hoping to find out where the sea lions are hunting for fish. This spring, Melin and her colleagues attached satellite tracking tags to 13 female sea lions: Seven with healthy pups, six with skinny pups. The researchers are looking for any differences between the hunting grounds of the two groups that might point them toward the problem.
Soon, scientists will be able to match those data with observations gathered by research ships that regularly sail up and down the California coast, monitoring the abundance of fish populations and collecting oceanographic data. Their most recent observations aren't available yet, but several lines of evidencepoint to a steady decline in fish stocks in recent decades.
Since the early 1970s, some fish populations have decreased by as much as 70 percent – including the ones that sea lions like to eat, such as hake, rockfish, sardine, and anchovy.
"To me, it's a cause for worry," said Tony Koslow, former director of the CalCOFI program, at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, which sends ships out four times each year to collect oceanographic and biological data.
Sardine and anchovy, which normally cycle in abundance, are both low now, a combination that strains the food resources available to predators like sea lions, Koslow says. Though the cause of the decline is still unknown, it doesn't seem to be the result of overfishing. "At this point, it's hard to point the finger at us," he said.
And so, the sudden spike in sea lion deaths are still a mystery. Whether the cause is something oceanographic, a pathogen that has managed to evade detection for months, or fish populations slipping below a crucial threshold – or perhaps some combination of these factors – is still unclear.
"There's something in the environment that the sea lions picked up that we didn't, and we're still trying to sort out what that is," Melin said.
As Melin and I step out from behind the dune, I turn to look again at the lively scene on the beach. All seems well, at least for now. Whatever secret hides beneath the waves offshore is invisible today, a menace tucked beneath an almost impossibly emerald sea. As I head back to camp, the sea lions' barks and bellows follow me, just as the summer fog rolls in and hides the beach from view.


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PT Boats: Knights of the Sea
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PT Boats: Knights of the Sea is a naval action simulator that places gamers in charge of a mosquito fleet of the Allied Forces, Russia or Germany during the height of World War II.
Using the latest Direct X 10 technology PT Boards - Knights of the Sea manages to apply a lot of stress to the components of today which in turn gives us quite an intensive benchmark.
The lower resolution results between the two HD 4870s are quite similar; at 2560 x 1600 the Diamond comes out well ahead, though.


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10.27.08 Four centuries later, it seems difficult to think of an epic poet as an unlikable fellow. Yet John Milton (1608-1674)the blind, regicidal Puritan who spent his free time with heroic coupletswas not one to make friends. A king put a price on his head, publishers refused to attach his name to his works, andperhaps most insultinglya latter-day reader of Paradise Lost mustachioed his likeness. These historical morsels are often lost in the canonization process, through which the personalities and identities of deceased authors are mostly synthesized with their works. So it is perhaps with these oversights in mind that The Morgan Library & Museum in New York Citythe public home of J. P. Morgan's library and antiquities collectionpresents John Milton's Paradise Lost, a new exhibition on view through January 4th, 2009 that looks to the private lives of books and manuscripts for the forgotten history of John Milton and his poetry, marking the 400th anniversary of his birth. all rights reserved independent arts reporting, reviewing, and relevant discourse sm |
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Addressing the Issue
This is about the time that summer and fall brides start thinking about getting those wedding invitations out the door (and if it isn't, it should be). You may be wondering exactly HOW you should go about addressing the envelopes. Calligraphy has been a wedding standard, but when watching a budget it's easy to make that the first thing to go and run your envelopes through your at home printer. I typically advise brides NOT to go that route. Wedding invitations are some of the few special pieces that comes through the snail mail, and calligraphy and hand addressing add that extra special touch.
Sometimes, I think Calligraphy can be the silk purse on a sows' ear, in a good way. You can buy a very budget invitation and give it the wiff of elegance that only calligraphy can add. Indeed, with a colored envelope and white ink, or colored ink and a white envelope, it's really artwork. (here, an envelope from Laura Hooper) Don't be afraid to troll craigslist and the net to try and find a calligrapher who might live remotely, that's a great way to get the look for less, especially if you live in a large city like NY or Chicago where the service can get very pricey.
Some brides opt to hand address their own envelopes, or enlist a very neat friend to do so. I really like this touch, because the greatest difference between a wedding invitation and a regular piece of mail is the element of care and special-ness that invitation conveys. Here is a great hand addressed envelope I found on Mitch and Molly's wedding blog.
The final option that I sometimes recommend is digital calligraphy. It's a pretty, and affordable way to get lovely addressed envelopes. It also removes human error from the equation. Often your stationary store can assist you with managing digital calligraphy, but sites like Wedding Works can also offer you this service. Here's a great example of digital calligraphy.
How are you planning on addressing your envelopes?