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Since her days as a young girl, Arabia Mollette dreamed of becoming a doctor. The streets of the South Bronx pulled in another direction.
"My family was hit hard with drugs," said the 28-year old student, "both of my parents." There were five sisters and a brother. At 15, "I was out in the streets selling drugs, sleeping on trains when I didn't have a place to stay. I was not on crack, but I did have a problem with drinking.
"Two of my sisters have passed away. One was shot to death in Schenectady when she was a freshman at college. She was in a car with her friend _ at the wrong place at the wrong time. The situation had nothing to do with her; it was the person she was hanging out with. She died three weeks after her 19th birthday. It was devastating."
Sent away to relatives in Peekskill, N.Y., Mollette achieved honors as a high school junior. And, at 17, she had a son with a 29-year-old. "The relationship with the father was not positive." It got worse when she talked of going off to college to fulfill her dream. "We were not together. He had my son at his house."
On the night of Feb. 19, 1998, the 4-month-old was rushed to the hospital, suffering from a heart attack, fractured skull and brain injuries. He died the next day. Claiming to have shaken his son when he wouldn't stop crying, the father pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 11 to 22 years in prison. "It's hard for me to sleep at night (thinking) I will not see my son again," Mollette told the judge before yelling at her son's father: "How could you put me through this?"
Gathering herself over time, the young student worked her way through Hunter College, graduating with a minor in black and Puerto Rican studies and a major in psychology. "I studied psychology because I wanted to understand myself as a black woman in America. I wanted to understand … what made me do some of those things.
"Even as an undergrad, I was (sometimes) homeless. I didn't think becoming a doctor was going to happen due to the financial situation." The cost of a medical education ranges up past $150,000, with most young physicians $120,000 in college-loan debt. In June 2005, while participating in a biomedical research program at SUNY Binghamton, a friend told Mollette about the medical program she was attending. "I said, 'What medical school are you going to?'"
It was the Latin American School of Medical Sciences that Cuba created in 1999 to train doctors from the region. When Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., inquired about the school during a U.S. Congressional Black Caucus visit in 2000, Fidel Castro, not one to pass up a propaganda pitch, offered free medical training to low-income Americans to return home and serve their medically underserved communities.
Some 111 such U.S. students, mainly blacks and Latinos, have joined the 4,000 physicians Cuba has recruited from Latin America, Africa and the Caribbean. According to a recent Johns Hopkins newsletter, Cuba's highly rated, free medical system maintains the "highest doctor-to-patient ratio, about one physician per 170 patients, of all countries in the world." The U.S. ratio is one doctor to 400 patients; at HMOs, where most Americans receive care, it's one to 600 patients.
"I have utilized my tragic experiences to explain why I wanted to become a doctor, to fulfill this dream," Mollette told me during a recent trip to Havana, where I interviewed eight other U.S. students. "When I came down here (two years ago), I didn't speak any Spanish . By the grace of God, I was able to pick up Spanish in three months. When I'm studying or taking an exam, I think about the tragedies (of my life) to motivate me.
"My family can't help me, financially. I try not to be upset about that. Emotionally, they are there for me. So when I go home, I have to find some type of work, babysitting or cleaning somebody's house." All tuition, books, meals and even medical care the Cuban government provides free. "I have to buy my plane ticket and come back. And I have to purchase certain personal items I need. I wasn't born with a silver spoon. One day, I'll be able to help my family.
"What happened to my son, and my sister," Mollette said, breaking off into sobs, "is the reason I had to get myself together. I'm crying because for the first time in my life, I got to do something I wanted to do."


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This aróticle is a summary of common slang words and phrases used in Puerto Rico. Idiomatic expressions may be difficult to translate fully and may have multiple meanings, so the English translations below may not reflect the full meaning of the expression they intend to translate.
- Estar por la luna - Literally, "to be as if on the moon". To be clueless[1]:75
- Guingambó - the mallow flowering plant "Okro", multiply known as "ladies' fingers", "bhindi", "bamia", "ochro" or "gumbo"[2]
- Guares - Twins[2]
- Jíbaro - peasant.[2]
- Jurutungo - A distant place.[2][3]
- Limber - Also, "limbel". A home-made flavored frozen treat usually made from natural fruits or sweet milk mixtures and often served on a small piece of water-resistant paper, a plastic or paper cup, or a popscicle stick.[4]:45 It is generally sold out of the homes and not in stores.[5] The name is said to have originated from the last name of Charles Lindbergh after the islanders noticed how "cold" he was as compared to the warmth of the locals during Lindbergh's visit to the Island in 1928.[6]
- Moyeto -African American[7]:19
- Panna - Buddy.[7]:57
- Sínsoras - a distant place.[3]
See also[edit]
- ^ Baralt, Guillermo A (1999). Buena Vista: life and work on a Puerto Rican hacienda, 1833-1904. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9780807848012.
- ^ a b c d Finegan, Edward; Rickford, John R., eds. (2004). Language in the USA: Themes for the Twenty-first Century. Cambridge University Press. p. 192. ISBN 9780521777476.
- ^ a b Pérez, Luz Nereida (May 22, 2008). "Hablemos Español: De Las Sínsoras a Jurutungo". Fundéu BBVA (in Spanish).
- ^ Matos, Jose M. Rodriguez (2011). La Mancha que me Persigue (in Spanish). Bloomington, Indiana: Palibrio. ISBN 9781463313203.
- ^ dolphingirlpr (February 20, 2008). "LIMBER en la Cultura Puertorriqueña". Foros Univision (in Spanish).
- ^ "Origen de la palabra "límber"". Coqui Snacks & Mini Donuts (in Spanish).
- ^ a b Sánchez, Marta E. (2009). Shakin' Up Race and Gender: Intercultural Connections in Puerto Rican, African American, and Chicano Narratives and Culture (1965–1995). University of Texas Press. p. 155. ISBN 9780292774780.
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Just when it seemed the Los Angeles Kings would leave Vancouver with a loss, they rallied for a stirring win that stunned the Canucks.
Anze Kopitar scored 48 seconds into overtime, finishing off the Kings' come-from-behind 3-2 win over the Canucks on Monday night.
Kopitar took a feed from Slava Voynov and beat goalie Roberto Luongo with a shot into the top corner to send the Canucks to another loss.
Mike Richards tied it with 2:54 left in regulation, and Kyle Clifford also scored for Los Angeles (16-6-3). Ben Scrivens made 37 saves for the Kings, who have earned at least a point in 10 straight games (7-0-3).
"We've just got to scrape and claw for points, and that's what we did," Richards said. "It wasn't the prettiest on our part. We took too many penalties, and we turned some pucks over, but two points is what we wanted."
Henrik Sedin and Chris Tanev scored for Vancouver (12-9-5), which went 1-2-3 on a season-high, six-game homestand.
The Canucks also gave up a late goal in regulation on Nov. 17 in losing to 2-1 to the San Jose Sharks to kick off their homestand.
"A couple mistakes are costing us," Sedin said. "We're playing so well defensively throughout the game and it seems like every time something late in games is costing us goals. It's extremely tough to take."
The Canucks have lost seven of eight, scoring nine goals in those defeats.
"We're really sticking together as a group, and that's all you can ask for," Sedin said. "We should have had two points, but again we're standing here talking about a loss."
Vancouver is 0-9-4 when scoring two goals or fewer. Luongo made 19 stops for the Canucks, who are 1-4-3 against Pacific Division rivals this season.
The Canucks had dominated the Northwest Division for years, but they are struggling since realignment.
"It's a 60-minute game," Luongo said. "We did some good things, especially in the second half of that game, but obviously we fell short again."
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"We didn't finish the game. Need to finish the game."
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In recent years, several challenges have emerged concerning future recreational opportunities in the nation's capital. These challenges include ensuring that an adequate supply of parkland and open space is available to meet the needs of an increasing resident population and the estimated 20 million annual visitors to the District of Columbia's cultural institutions, historic sites, parks, and open spaces. GAO identified (1) the universe of federal property in the District of Columbia (the District) managed by the National Park Service (NPS); (2) what recreational facilities, including those that are sports related, exist on these properties; (3) the condition of the properties with sports facilities and the sports facilities thereon; (4) new or expanded recreational uses discussed in NPS general management plans; and (5) the methods that could be used to convey management responsibility for NPS-managed properties to the District government. Commenting on the draft report, Interior stated that NPS is addressing properties in the greatest need of repair or rehabilitation in priority order. It also said that it did not have authority to enter into a lease that allows the erection of a structure on its property. However, GAO believes that existing authority allows the NPS director to approve such leases under certain circumstances.
NPS manages 356 federal properties in the District, covering about 6,735 acres of land. Most of the properties are what NPS refers to as circles, squares, and triangles, and are less than 1 acre in size. The second largest total number of properties are parks and parkways, which represent about 93 percent of the total acreage for the 356 properties. NPS officials reported to GAO that 202 properties it manages in the District had various recreational facilities such as park benches, outdoor grills, and picnic tables or shelters. Of the 202 properties, 25 had 205 sports facilities, such as basketball and tennis courts and baseball and softball fields. Most of the properties with sports facilities were in good or fair condition, according to NPS deferred maintenance records, but information on the condition of individual sports facilities is limited. While we did not have criteria to determine the condition of sports facilities, we inspected each of the 205 sports facilities to identify obvious deficiencies, such as cracks in the surface area of tennis and basketball courts. Based on our observations, most of the facilities appeared to be well maintained, but we found some sports facilities had conditions that posed a potential safety risk. NPS has developed four general management plans--two finalized and two in draft. These plans identify some opportunities for new or expanded recreation, such as rehabilitating selected baseball and softball fields and basketball and tennis courts; creating a regional sports complex; and developing new hiking trails. For example, one of the plans calls for the creation of a new trail that connects Forts Dupont, Totten, Stevens, Reno, and others as part of the Fort Circle Parks system. Options available for transferring management responsibilities for NPS properties located in the District to the District city government include transfer of title, transfer of jurisdiction, memoranda of agreement or cooperative agreements, leases, and partnerships with public or private entities. Some of the options would require enacting new legislation while others may be exercised by NPS and the District under existing legislation.
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EPA Science Advisory Panels:Preliminary Observations on the Processes for Providing Scientific AdviceGAO-15-636T: Published: May 20, 2015. Publicly Released: May 20, 2015.
May 11, 2015
Forest Restoration:Adjusting Agencies' Information-Sharing Strategies Could Benefit Landscape-Scale ProjectsGAO-15-398: Published: Apr 9, 2015. Publicly Released: May 11, 2015.
May 7, 2015
Hanford Waste Treatment:DOE Needs to Evaluate Alternatives to Recently Proposed Projects and Address Technical and Management ChallengesGAO-15-354: Published: May 7, 2015. Publicly Released: May 7, 2015.
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Oil and Gas Resources:Interior's Production Verification Efforts and Royalty Data Have Improved, but Further Actions NeededGAO-15-39: Published: Apr 7, 2015. Publicly Released: May 6, 2015.
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Bureau of Land Management:More Information Needed to Implement the Helium Stewardship Act of 2013GAO-15-394: Published: Apr 16, 2015. Publicly Released: Apr 16, 2015.
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Nuclear Waste:DOE Needs to Improve Cost Estimates for Transuranic Waste Projects at Los AlamosGAO-15-182: Published: Feb 18, 2015. Publicly Released: Mar 23, 2015.
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Indian Irrigation Projects:Deferred Maintenance and Financial Sustainability Issues Remain UnresolvedGAO-15-453T: Published: Mar 4, 2015. Publicly Released: Mar 4, 2015.
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Rural Water Infrastructure:Federal Agencies Provide Funding but Could Increase Coordination to Help CommunitiesGAO-15-450T: Published: Feb 27, 2015. Publicly Released: Feb 27, 2015.
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Hazardous Waste:Agencies Should Take Steps to Improve Information on USDA's and Interior's Potentially Contaminated SitesGAO-15-35: Published: Jan 16, 2015. Publicly Released: Feb 13, 2015.
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Environmental Satellites:Improvements Needed in NOAA's Mitigation Strategies as It Prepares for Potential Satellite Coverage GapsGAO-15-386T: Published: Feb 12, 2015. Publicly Released: Feb 12, 2015.
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Spending more than doubled for search ad spending on both tablets and smartphones in the first quarter, according to an IgnitionOne report. The growth came even as overall search ad spend exhibited no growth, indicating that marketers were transferring outlays from PCs to mobile devices.
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Our first instinct with infection in the body is often to find it and get rid of it! But, engineer Liangfang Zhang had another idea. With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Zhang and his team at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), have created a nanosponge to combat drug-resistant infections, such as those caused by Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
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By Michele. Happens to describe this morning's run perfectly.
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Remind me to train
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Thousands of runners,
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Last year, JoggingJeans, Stride and Joy, her husband Andrew, and I ran in Pittsburgh together. It was the first time I saw a portable toilet with a flush pedal and, well, things have not been the same for me since. It was a fantastic weekend. Unfortunately, we weren't able to run together this weekend. Tracey and Andrew are busy with their new alien, I have work and that leaves Ms. Jogging Jeans to carry the torch for us all. Before she left for the start line, she sent us a photo and of course I had to do a haiku.
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The State Department and the White House should green-light TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline, according to a nonbinding resolution passed in the Kansas House of Representatives. A report from the State Department determined that the project would have a minimal impact on the environment.
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Survey results show that Certified Financial Planners use a fair number of skills. Most notably, facility with Insurance, Investment Planning, and Investment Management are correlated to pay that is significantly above average, leading to increases of 20 percent, 10 percent, and 8 percent, respectively. Skills that are correlated to lower pay, on the other hand, include Microsoft Excel. Those proficient in Financial Advisor are, more often than not, also skilled in Financial Analysis and Investment Management.
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With a thin frontcourt, the Toreros need him to be consistent and play more like a 6-11 big man than a 6-11 outside shooter.
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Christopher Anderson 5-7 150 PG Jr. Scored 9.3 ppg. Led team in assists/steals/2nd in rebounds. "An Energizer Bunny," said Grier. "Guys feed off him."
Johnny Dee 6-0 182 G Jr. Pure shooter led team in scoring (15.0) for 2nd season. Shot 89% on FTs. Like Anderson, an undersized defender.
Mike Davis 6-2 200 G Sr. Anderson's backup out until late Dec. with broken hand. Experience, toughness are vital.
Therone Tillett 5-11 180 G So. Walk-on's most valuable minutes will come in practice, pushing starters.
Nick Kerr 6-3 175 G So. Son of NBA 3-point shooting star Steve Kerr. Like dad, a mad bomber. Another undersized defender.
Chris Sarbaugh 6-3 201 G So. Grier: "Swiss Army knife. Does a little bit of everything." Will spell Anderson until Davis returns.
Duda Sanadze 6-5 220 G So. Toreros' most fascinating newcomer. Wing from Republic of Georgia can score. Exudes toughness.
Forrest Greenwalt 5-9 160 G Fr. Like Tillett, walk-on will be asked to provide opposing team impersonations in practice.
Thomas Jacobs 6-6 215 F Jr. Scripps Ranch product recipient of more minutes with John Sinis leaving for Greek pro league. Effort no issue.
Michael Marconi 6-0 180 G Sr. No relation to Guglielmo Marconi, often credited as inventor of radio. Walk-on will log his minutes in practice.
Simi Fajemisin 6-10 267 F/C Jr. Space eater and gentle giant. Grier would like to see him play with more emotion, avoid fouls.
Brett Bailey 6-6 205 F Fr. Much will be expected of prize recruit out of Spokane. Will be asked to swing between small and big forward.
Jito Kok 6-9 232 F So. Fantastic defensive player, led WCC in blocks as freshman (55), tying school record. Needs work on offense.
Dennis Kramer 6-11 241 F Sr. La Costa Canyon product played hurt much of last year (4.2 pts/2.7 RB). Needs to be more physical.
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Nov. 8 South Dakota State at USD 7 p.m. There's only one chance to open the season with a 'W,' but this one won't be easy. Jackrabbits, returning three starters, have advanced to NCAA tournament the past two seasons.
Nov. 9 Grand Canyon at USD 6 p.m.
Nov. 11 at Morgan State 4 p.m.
Nov. 16 at Northern Kentucky 4 p.m.
Nov. 21 San Diego Christian at USD 7 p.m.
Nov. 25 Illinois-Chicago 11:30 a.m.
Nov. 26 Louisiana Tech or UNC Greensboro TBA
Nov. 27 Wagner, Stetson or St. Bonaventure TBA
Nov. 30 at New Mexico Noon
Dec. 5 San Diego St at USD 8 p.m. Since arriving at Alcala Park, Bill Grier is 0-6 vs. Steve Fisher and the Aztecs. Bragging rights – and a ton of self-confidence – at stake. Will 'The Show' invade Jenny Craig Pavilion?
Dec. 15 UC Santa Barbara at USD 2 p.m.
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LONDON (ICIS)--Chemicals and pharmaceuticals producer Merck said on Tuesday that it is to expand its global headquarters in Damstadt, Germany, with the development of an innovation centre.
The company has also increased its equity stake in Israeli semiconductor nanoparticle technology start-up Qlight Nanotech.
Intended for use by employees across all divisions, the innovation centre is to present a space for interdisciplinary collaboration for the duration of a project.
The centre is being developed as part of the company's drive to increase the efficiency of its operations, Merck said. The company employs around 8,800 people at the Darmstadt site.
Merck added that its Qlight investment is its second in the Israeli company, which was formed as a spin-off from Hebrew University of Jerusalem technology transfer company Yissum.
The investment will allow the advanced displays and energy-efficient lighting developer to broaden its potential customer base and increase its investment in developing its semiconductor nanoparticle-based technology, Merck said. Financial details were not disclosed.
Merck has been pursuing a joint research of programme with Qlight since its inception, supported by the Israeli Ministry of Industry, the company added.
"Deepening our collaboration with Qlight Nanotech signifies our confidence in the potential of the new technology, especially for the next generation of display screens," said Bjorn Hofman, Merck's senior vice president of advanced technologies, performance materials.
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MAYBE YOU'VE NEVER HEARD of Jerry Lynn Williams, but if you've been near a radio in the past twenty years, you've almost definitely heard his music. Eric Clapton's "Running on Faith"? Williams wrote it. He also penned Delbert McClinton's signature song, "Givin' It Up for Your Love," and B. B. King's "Standing on the Edge of Love." Bonnie Raitt's "Real Man" was his too, as was "Wanna Make Love to You," by Johnny Hallyday, the French Elvis. And Williams co-wrote Stevie Ray and Jimmy Vaughan's "Tick Tock," the song played at Stevie Ray's funeral. After more than two decades of writing tunes for and with some of the best-known musicians around, the 48-year-old has earned the nickname the Song Doctor, the man to call when you're working on an album and all that's missing is a catchy song.
The evidence of Williams' success lines the walls of his in-home studio near Tulsa: There are the gold and platinum records that his work has appeared on, including Clapton's Unplugged, Behind the Sun, and Crossroads; Raitt's Nick of Time; the Vaughan brothers' Family Style; the soundtrack to the movie Wayne's World; Houstonian Clint Black's The Hard Way; and Robert Plant's Now and Zen. There are also snapshots of Jerry hanging out with some of the musical pals he has made over the years, including luminaries like Keith Richards and Ron Wood from the Rolling Stones, ex-Beatles Ringo Starr and George Harrison, B. B. King, and fellow Texan Roy Orbison (who, he says, "used to come to my place in Malibu to smoke cigarettes and write songs"). And this summer he flew to Toronto to help guitarist Jeff Healey finish an album.
While Williams is known best as a songwriter for other people, over his career he has also managed to record four great blues-rock albums of his own—records that are sought by collectors but hardly anyone else. This year, for instance, he released The Peacemaker, his first record since 1980, and it features contributions from Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Oates of Hall and Oates, the late studio pianist Nicky Hopkins (who played with, among others, the Rolling Stones), and Fleetwood Mac drummer and founder Mick Fleetwood. It's one of the best CDs I've heard all year; every song sounds like a classic, tailor-made for the radio. But it isn't stocked in most record stores. Just about the only way to get a copy is to call the toll-free number a friend told me about: 888- THE-URGE, the automated number for Williams' production company.
His other albums have suffered essentially the same fate, or worse—which, of course, raises the question of why such a talented composer and industry insider isn't better known as a recording artist. It isn't that he can't perform; one listen to his soulful, right-on tenor will dispel that notion. (Clapton once called him "my favorite white-man singer.") It's his disposition: He can be hardheaded, and he has a mercurial temper. He has never been afraid to face off with record-company executives to make a point (more than once resorting to threats to get money he thinks they owe him), and without their muscle to publicize his records, he's not likely to get the kind of attention he needs to become a star in his own right. The story behind Peacemaker is just one example. In 1993 John Oates came to Williams looking for songs, decided that Williams was so good that he should make a record of his own, and persuaded a major record company to give him a contract. But after the studio sessions, the label apparently concluded that his music would be too difficult to market. "I was told that they didn't have a category for it," Williams said. Williams bought himself out of the contract and released the album on his own. "I tried it their way, and their way sucked," he said. "So I did it my way. My problem is, I won't kiss the record companies' asses anymore."
That's the kind of attitude you might expect from a twenty-year-old punk rocker, not a middle-aged industry veteran, but Williams is a maverick and always has been. I first heard him in the early seventies, when I was a disc jockey at the short-lived progressive rock station KFAD-FM in Arlington. In 1971 CBS put out his album Down Home Boy, and it became an instant favorite among the station's long-haired deejays, partly because Williams had grown up in Fort Worth but mostly because he knew how to rock—it had a revolutionary reverb-drenched electric fiddle solo, and his exuberant soul-cat voice fell somewhere between Stevie Wonder's and Otis Redding's. Since then, Williams' name has surfaced just often enough to keep me intrigued. Even by the standards of Los Angeles, where he lived off and on through the seventies and eighties, Williams was out there. He was a twisted Christian who cited God as his inspiration for writing songs, yet he ran with a fast crowd in Malibu, including his neighbor Jack Nicholson. He wore a cape and a medallion in public. The one solo gig he ever played in the Los Angeles area boasted a star-studded guest list and a famous exotic dancer.
For all the stories attached to his name, there has never been any doubt that the man knows how to write a song. From heart-wrenching ballads to pop nuggets that preach the universal message of love, Williams writes simple pieces with a broad appeal that transcends pigeonholing. "It's a gift that God gives me," he says with candor. It's hard to argue with him. "Givin' It Up for Your Love," which his longtime pal Delbert McClinton parlayed into his only Top Ten hit, is about God, not a girlfriend. The moving "Running on Faith," one of the tunes that revitalized Clapton's career, has more than a few gospel overtones. "Standing on the Edge of Love" was inspired by the grandeur of the Grand Canyon and sounds like it. And, as


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Fort Thompson, South Dakota 18.79 miles NE
Kennebec, South Dakota 22.52 miles NW
Kimball, South Dakota 23.77 miles SE
Presho, South Dakota 33.55 miles NW
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Jul 2014 - $33.00
Good location to stop and rest. Check in was smooth and staff was friendly. Campground is close to freeway, which produces noise within the park. Campsites are close together and campground can use some TLC. Close to Al's Oasis Shopping center (groceries, gift shop, gas station, and diner). Verizon phone received 4G signal. DirecTV (free standing satellite) had no issue. Wi-Fi was strong and reliable. Missouri river across the highway, which includes hiking trails and boating. - HappyCampers227
Jul 2014 - $33.00
Our gravel pull-through site was more than long enough for our 40 ft motor home and toad but mildly unlevel side-to-side. Park was clean and well-maintained. Friendly office staff. Some tall trees but none blocked our satellite dish, however some sites may have a problem. Did not test Wi-Fi. Good Verizon signal. Good cable TV. Right next to the freeway so there was a fair amount of traffic noise. Good for an overnight stay. - arpijay
Jul 2014 - $33.00
Friendly hosts' displacement is contagious among guests, as everybody here is always...nice! Hosts try to make effort to stagger guests among sites if campground is not full. While the biggest feature here is probably the location (half-way across SD) do not think you're settling. It's a small campground with a large play area and a nice pool. My only complaint would be that the hookups seem to have been put in many years ago, and they could use a refreshing. - jorn
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I would rate this park a 10 but since we had to move to several different sites to find a level one, I had to reduce my rating. The staff is very friendly. There are shaded sites and open sites for satellite. The view is beautiful as it sits on the Missouri River and it is an extremely quiet park. The wi-fi worked fine. There are gravel sites, grassy sites and a few paved sites. Based on our experience and from what we witnessed around the park, the park's sites are mostly at a slant and they were no where near being level. Short trailers are fine to camp here but I would not recommend it for a big rig. We would stay here again only if work was done on the sites to level them out. - travelingpeople
Jul 2014 - $35.00
Lots of large shade trees. Large grassy playground. Right on the beautiful Missouri River. Very large paved sites. Full use of the resort -- restaurant, pool, tennis court, marina. 1 1/2 mile, paved trail along the river. Completely quiet. Loved this place. However, they need to update/renovate the bathrooms. They're like as expected at state/county parks but not at this "resort." - Nortguy
Jun 2014 - $35.00
This park rates high on appearance and utilities but, as others have mentioned the back-in driveways are long and well spaced but not very level. The pull-thrus are gravel and close together. The WiFi is excellent and free, the laundry consists of one washer and one drier in the cramped office. It is a very quiet spot with a nice view. - JTD2


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Organa Castle is the residence of the Organa family and is located in The Apalis Coast on the planet Alderaan. The castle has two levels. The Castle Central Stairway, Duke Organa's Salon, Guest's Quarters, Reception Hall, Republic Dispatch Center, and State Room are located within the castle. It can be reached from House Organa.
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After falling by 42.6% last year to $1.01, earnings per share this year are on track to be 142% higher. Thanks to 62% growth in earnings this quarter the full year guidance was upped to $2.44-$2.46 from $2.35-$2.42. Unlike Costco (NASDAQ:COST) Kroger (NYSE:KR) didn't need to issue a special dividend for its stock price to rise >5% during Nov 26 through Nov 30 +6.36%. 62% is significant, in fact it's the best quarter for growth in over two years.
Gas prices are up but even without taking into account revenue from its 1141 gas stations, retail sales are up +3.7% quarter on quarter. According to company president Richard McMullen, revenue last quarter originating from supermarkets and department stores was up for the 36th consecutive time. Reasons for the improved bottom line include increased spending per person thanks to relatively stable food prices, and a 74.8% fall in third quarter lifo charge now at $15.5 million.
However, even with revenue growth of 5.3% in the first nine months of this fiscal year, Kroger will fall to second place behind Costco in terms of annual sales; retail sales at Costco were up by 11.5% in 2012.
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The Hindu-Educationplus pre-admission guidance programme concludes
Rank of the candidate, not level of their option, will determine their chances of admissionHomepage on their website will be active only after fee is remitted
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Joint Commissioner of Entrance Examinations S.N. Kumar has said that candidates who appear for online counselling for admission to various professional colleges in the State should accept the first seat allotted to them even though it may not be their first option.
Speaking at a pre-admission guidance programme organised by The Hindu -Educationplus here on Sunday, he said they should accept the seat allotted to them on the basis of their rank and remit the fee for the course at the designated bank. The course or the college may not be their first option.
``Their homepage on the website set up for online seat allocation will be active only after they remit the fee. They may be out of the race for any course in the stream if they do not remit the fee,'' Mr. Kumar said.
After remitting the fee, they could reprioritise their options depending on the availability of seats at the end of each stage of allocation. The fee will be transferred to respective colleges only after they make their final choice. If the candidates could secure a higher option in the next round of allocation, they will have to remit only the balance amount adjusted against the fee remitted earlier. The fee will be returned to them if they join a course out of the purview of the Common Entrance Examination conducted by the Commissioner of Entrance Examinations, provided they approach the commissionarate before the last date of admission.
The Joint Commissioner said it was the rank of the candidates, and not the level of their option, that would determine their chances of admission for a particular course.
The programme marked the finale of this year's entrance guidance sessions conducted by The Hindu for professional course aspirants in the State.
Pointing out that the programme has entered the fourth consecutive year in the capital city of `India's socially most progressive State,' Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu N. Ram, in his message, said the initiative represented the newspaper's commitment to promoting excellence, equal opportunity and the broadest access to higher professional education. The message was read out by Chief of Bureau K.M. Tampi.
Health activist C.R. Soman made a presentation on the medical stream, IT specialist G. Vijayaraghavan on `IT education scope and span,' and Ajay Antony of T.I.M.E on the engineering stream. G.P.C. Nayar, president of the association of the managements of self-financing engineering colleges, spoke on the proposed admission procedures in self-financing professional colleges. State Bank of Travancore (SBT) assistant manager Gregory Paul spoke about the various education loan schemes of the bank.
Regional General Manager of The Hindu T.S. Lakshminarasimhan welcomed the gathering. Regional Manager (Advertisement) K.K. Joshi proposed vote of thanks. SBT was the presenting sponsor and T.I.M.E the cosponsor of the event.


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The simple two-pole tunnel design is simple and quick to erect plus you'll only have to erect the awning once - as this is a freestanding driveaway awning, you can simply detach it from your camper van, zip up the large rear access panel and drive away knowing that it will still be standing ready for your return.
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You may find that you need to resize many, many images to the same pixel dimensions, in order to create a digital portfolio, or otherwise prepare your digital images for Web display or print. To save time on such routine tasks, you can use a function called batch processing. Basically, you decide on a set of steps, which you record as an action. You then tell Photoshop to perform that action on the many image files, saving you time and effort.
Step 1 - Record Action: Display the Actions pane in Photoshop by going to Window >> Actions. Then click the "New Actions" button in the lower left of that window (Figure 11). Type a name for your action in the dialog box that appears, and click the "Record" button (Figure 12). Then perform the operations that you wish to perform on all of your images.
Step 2 - Batch Process: Now that I have an action recorded, I can proceed to batch process my other documents using that action. I will go to File >> Automate >> Batch, and in the dialog box that opens, I will choose to play my "duck action" (Figure 14A).
For the Source section, I need to define the source files upon which the action will be performed. I organized all my source images into one folder, which I now designate by clicking the "Choose" button (Figure 14B), navigating to that folder, and clicking "Choose" again.
Next is the Destination section, in which I designate where my edited files will be saved. This should be a separate location from my original or source files. I select "Folder" from the Destination drop down menu, then click the "Choose" button, and navigate to and choose an appropriate folder.
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A CONTROVERSIAL top policeman who announced his retirement last month has performed a U-turn.
Richard Brunstrom, Chief Constable of North Wales Police, promised he would retire next Christmas.
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April 28, 2005
This is a three-colour composite of the spiral galaxy NGC 2997 in the southern constellation Antlia (The Air Pump), obtained with the VLT UT1 and FORS1 in the morning of March 5, 1999. It is based on three exposures in V (green; 3 min; image quality 0.35 arcsec), R (red; 3 min; 0.34 arcsec) and I (near-infrared; 5 min; 0.25 arcsec) bands, with the Moon above the horizon. The field measures 3.4 x 3.4 arcmin 2 or, at the distance of the galaxy (about 55 million light-years), 55,000 x 55,000 light-years. FORS1 was operated in high-resolution imaging mode; the pixel size was 0.1 arsec. North is down and East is left
Topics: Fluid dynamics, Spiral galaxies, Astronomy, Antlia constellation, Fluid mechanics, NGC, Barred spiral galaxies, Unbarred spiral galaxies, Very Large Telescope


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DXA Studio designed this Lower East Side tower with a copper facade that changes over time
Monday, April 20, 2015
Branden Klayko.
As this angular copper facade ages, its reddish brown skin will settle into a weathered green. It's a sort of physical embodiment of the changes playing out in Manhattan's Lower East Side and Chinatown as the city's voracious luxury residence market continually searches for a new frontier.
Archtober Building of the Day #13> The Museum at Eldridge Street
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Archtober Building of the Day #13
The Museum at Eldridge Street
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The Columbus Day holiday and parade did not deter the Archtober faithful from attending a very special family event at the Museum at Eldridge Street. Archtober first visited the 1887 Eldridge Street Synagogue on on October 28, 2012 in the shadow of the looming Superstorm Sandy, to enjoy the fruits of a 20-year restoration project that culminated in the 2010 installation of the Kiki Smith rose window. Now, adding to the manifold riches to be found within is a fully realized Museum at Eldridge Street, the result of a collaboration of curators, historians, architects Archimuse, and graphic designers.
New plan unveiled for a more pedestrian-friendly Lower East Side
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Henry Melcher.
One of Manhattan's most historic streets could soon become one of its most pedestrian-friendly. That is, if a plan for a revamped Orchard Street from the Lower East Side's Business Improvement District (BID) is approved by the city. The plan, which was unveiled at a community board meeting last week, calls for curb extensions, bike corals, planters, tree beds, and benches along a six-block stretch of the street. The plan also calls for a pedestrian plaza on adjacent Broome Street.
Ian Schrager Pens Deal To Build 25-Story Lower East Side Tower
Friday, December 28, 2012
Branden Klayko.
Boutique hotel pioneer Ian Schrager plans to expand his newest hotel concept, Public, to New York with a new 25-story hotel and residential tower on Manhattan's Lower East Side. The Wall Street Journal reported today that Schrager and investors paid $50 million for the site at 215 Chrystie Street, once a garden for an adjacent low-income tower at 10 Stanton Street. The land was sold after tenants and the tower owner struck a deal to build a rooftop recreation area and extend affordability of the units. Schrager gained fame in the 1970s for operating the famous Studio 54 nightclub and has more recently developed the Gramercy Park Hotel and the Herzog & de Meuron-designed 40 Bond condo building, where he lives in the penthouse.
Excitement Builds Over 8-Block SPURA Redevelopment in New York
Monday, November 19, 2012
The Editors.
Attention developers! It's almost time to prepare your visions for one of the largest redevelopment projects in Manhattan, the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area (SPURA), now that all the approvals are in. While an official Request for Proposals (RFP) won't be issued until early next year, the NYC Economic Development Corporation is getting a jump start on soliciting interest with a new informational brochure issued today including a panoramic new rendering of the SPURA site, marked in orange.
The project calls for up to 1.65 million square feet of mixed-use space built from the ground up on a site covering eight city blocks in the Lower East Side that Robert Moses leveled in the 20th century. The project also calls for a reconstructed Essex Street Market and a new 15,000 square foot park. The notice comes with a warning that the RFP process "will have an aggressive timeline," between January and May 2013. Watch for the official RFP to be released at the NYCEDC website, and get ready to rev those rendering engines, architects!
On View> Layered SPURA: Spurring Conversations Through Visual Urbanism
Monday, January 30, 2012
The Editors.
Layered SPURA: Spurring Conversations Through Visual Urbanism
Sheila C. Johnson Design Center
Parsons The New School
66 Fifth Ave.
Through February 25
The Seward Park Urban Renewal Area (SPURA) that occupies 14 square blocks on the Lower East Side has remained one of the largest underdeveloped city-owned parcels of land for more than 40 years. Very few of the originally-planned buildings came to pass, and vast parking lots created by slum-clearance on the south side of Delancey Street symbolize a hotly contested renewal plan. Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani and students of the New School's City Studio have spent three years investigating the complex issues surrounding the site, and in an exhibition highlighting their research and artwork they propose to instigate a new grassroots conversation rather than a top-down planning vision.
Seward Park Redevelopment Clears Major Hurdle
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Tom Stoelker.
Last night, the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area (SPURA) took a giant step forward after 44 years of contentious debate. Community Board 3's Land Use, Zoning, Public and Private Housing Committee approved guidelines for development of the city-owned land at the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge.
Three New Landmarks for Manhattan's Lower East Side
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Matt Chaban.
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission continued its efforts to preserve what have been, at least historically, unlikely landmarks. There is focus on the not-so-outer boroughs and modernist masterpieces and on the scruffy, increasingly tony "Lower East Side," one of the oldest, yet long-neglected parts of the city. This is of course not the small neighborhood that had been sequestered by real estate agents, but the real LES, as defined by historians and historic maps, from 14th Street to the Brooklyn Bridge, with the Bowery as its eastern bounds. In 2007 and 2008, the commission surveyed more than 2,300 properties and has been bolstering the landmarks rolls ever since, from Webster Hall to Wheatsworth Bakery. Yesterday, three more were added. Read More
The Dispersion
Friday, March 5, 2010
Kevin Greenberg.
"We all have day jobs, and we don't all live in the same city, or even on the same continent," said Andrew Lyon, one of the six members of the multi-disciplinary design collective The Functionality. "But we all have a shared desired – to make something." Lyon was standing beside Colin Harris, a civil engineer and fellow member of The Functionality. Huddled together against the cold last Saturday, the three of us barely fit inside W Project Space, a diminutive storefront gallery on a grubby block of Division Street, in a neighborhood that's become a kind of lightning rod for just the kind of art practice the Functionality seems interested in pursuing: work that's categorically messy, temporary, and site specific. Here, in the tiny storefront there's a sixer of beer on the floor, half empty. Late '90s hip-hop issues cheerfully out of the tinny speakers of a portable boom box. Honestly, anything louder would overwhelm the space. It's like being invited to an art opening inside a VW Bus. Over our heads hangs the reason for the gathering: a seductively tactile, monochromatic felt membrane entitled "Feel It, Take It," designed and installed by The Functionality for a span of time as brief as W Project Space is small.
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• She doesn't know we all use hair greasiness, stench, and degree of bag-lady clothing style to tell her apart from Mary-Kate.
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Why Nokia didn't sell its patents to Microsoft
Nokia may have sold its handset business to Microsoft Corp, but by hanging on to its valuable patent portfolio, the Finnish company could also get a big future payoff at the expense of Android phone makers.
Microsoft agreed on Tuesday to pay 3.79 billion euros ($5 billion) for Nokia's handset business and another 1.65 billion euros for a 10-year license for Nokia's patents, considered some of the highest-quality patents in the mobile market.
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