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The imperial undercurrent of African leadership culture has often put Africa's democratic governance on collision course with the media. On this course, the suppression of the media through intimidation and imprisonment of journalists and the enactment of draconian laws to circumvent freedom of speech have become the norm rather than the exception. It has been so since the emergence of independent Africa in the 1960s. Now with international relations favoring good governance, the picture is changing: moderate governments are eliminating restraining laws as they enact media friendly laws. Liberia is at the head of that moderate pack, making President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf the trailblazer, according to the African Editors' Forum (EAF), which met last week in Bamako, Mali. The Analyst, reports.
The continental elite media group, African Editors' Forum (EAF), has awarded President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf the 2010 "Friend of the Media Africa Award", making her the first ever sitting president on the African Continent to win the prestigious award.
The group declared President Sirleaf winner of the award during its fourth award gathering last Wednesday in Bamako, Mali.
President Sirleaf, the group said, deserved the award amongst several other contenders, for "Her work and leadership in Liberia, for rebuilding it from its shattered past of war and in particular for doing so while expanding media freedom through the passing of the Freedom of Information Act".
AEF awards the honor every two years to political leaders who it confirmed have contributed to media-friendly environments in their countries during the monitor period.
This year's event was organized on the theme, topic: "Media and the Challenge of Peace in Africa".
Presenting the award to Vice President Joseph Boakai, who represented the President at the ceremony due to her pressing national engagements, AEF Chairperson Mustapha Tsedu praised President Sirleaf for setting the pace for sound government-media relations in Africa.
According to him, recent trends have indicated that the relationship between the media and governments were improving, but that for the a sitting president to personally champion the cause of the media, like President Sirleaf did, was a cutting edge achievement, which put her at the head of reform-minded leaders across the African Continent.
Observers say not only has President Sirleaf endeared herself to the media, but also that under her administration no journalist has been summarily detained for their personal views, which is commonplace in most African countries including those in the subregion.
VP Boakai: bearing the award, paying tributes to fallen journalists
"This honor that you bestow on our President will inspire a new generation of Africans to work hard in the service of their nation and people," he said VP Joseph Boakai upon receipt of the award on behalf of President Sirleaf.
"Ellen's leadership in Liberia is a challenge to womanhood and an honor to leadership on the continent of Africa," he noted further.
He paid tribute to the organizers of the event, specifically thanking AEF Chairperson Mustapha Tsedu and all the members of the Forum for the work that the organization has done to organize the biannual event.
He said that even though the President did not attend the ceremonies due to pressing national engagements, her administration held her nomination for the AEF award in the highest of esteems for a number of reasons, including high regards for the media as the Fourth Estate and as a peace and development partner.
"Her Administration attaches great importance to the positive impacts the media has made on Liberia and continues to make in helping our country to move from war to peace; from destruction of infrastructure to redevelopment and progress; from reform of our institutions to the growth of our democracy," VP Boakai said.
This is why, he said, the government under her leadership has created space for the free exchange of information amongst the media, the civil society, and the government.
VP Boakai, who served as one of the panelists during the ceremonies, then took a moment to bid the gathering rise to the memories of journalists who died in their lines of duty during the Liberian civil war.
The fallen journalist were three Nigerians, whom he did not name, and three Liberians including Charles Gbayon, Klon Hinneh, and John Vambo; who, he said, lost their lives in the struggle to fulfill their altruistic responsibilities.
"Their life story is etched in the peace we celebrate in Liberia and their passing should reinforce the resolve of all heads of governments and decision makers to never give comfort to such episodic events again in our borders," said the presidential proxy.
He said the need to ensure that the mistakes of war, in which fighters treated non-combatants as enemies, were not repeated the Liberian government has made human rights training a critical competency requirement for Liberia's postwar army, police, and paramilitary forces in keeping with the Geneva Convention.
"We have also established regular monitoring and evaluation of these trainings to ensure that what is taught during training is what is practiced in the line of duty by our Armed Forces of Liberia, the Liberian National Police Force, and all Para-security forces charged with interfacing with the public in the discharge of their duties," he said.
He said the efforts were directed at achieving the security concerns of journalists and the peoples within the Liberian border, noting that the tragedy of Liberia is not just that terrible things happened, but that so little was done to avert them in a timely manner.
The Liberian second in command said it was because so little were done to correct the Liberian tragedy that the Liberian media showed its worth as a partner in progress rather than as an adversary.
"They fill in the gaps and created an understanding of the horror that was unfolding in Liberia. It was the persistent media reporting of the carnage in Liberia that informed the ECOWAS Peace Plan, the first international intervention into the Liberian conflict. The ECOWAS Peace Plan led to the creation and deployment of ECOMOG to keep the peace and restore order," he said in efforts to explain why the Sirleaf Administration considered the media a viable partner.
He said the role the media played in ending the Liberian war was instructive in the emphasis President placed on access to information in Liberia as embodied by the signing of the Freedom of Information Act into law on September 16, 2010.
"This Act effectively nullifies closed government and creates an open society in which, citizens and residents alike can now have unfettered access to public and private institutions information," he said, noting that the new law also supported free and open government.
He then quoted President Sirleaf as noting that the new law required all public officials to uphold public trust in whatever they engaged because the need to hide the weaknesses of public officials would no longer be any alibi to deny public information to journalists or people who simply wanted to informed.
"Her Excellency further cautioned that it would be a mistake to put aside access to public information for the promise of short-term stability in any of our respective states," he said, noting however, that neither would the state compromise its security interest at the expense of freedom.
Given the importance of both, he said, the government would rather endeavor to cast the necessary balance in order to maintain the peace and security of the state and the peace and happiness of the citizens and residents.
"It is our firm belief that Governments in Africa should work with all media institutions, including civil society to achieve these goals," VP Boakai said, indicating that Liberia was unable to overcome the legacy of internal conflicts throughout its 163 years of existence because successive administrations failed to cast the necessary balance.
Weak institutions, corruption, intimidation in the government, and widespread public distrust permeated the Liberian society as the result and created spaces for gross exaggeration and the spread of misinformation with impunity.
But he said it was all over, now that the government has pledged an era of information revolution in Liberia as indicated by the enactment of the information law.
"As Liberia looks for common solutions we are casting a wide net to work with many partners, including the media, which is a central organization in the web of international organizations, with key roles to play in helping governments achieve security success in Africa," VP Boakai said.
He said not only was the government ensuring that press freedom was practical in Liberia, but that it was also taking notes of the progress it has made in the areas transparency, good governance, and the right of the Liberian people to be informed in keeping with law.
Vice President Boakai then presented a copy of Liberia's Freedom of Information Act, which was recently signed into law by President Sirleaf, to the Chairperson of the African Editor's Forum (AEF), Mustapha Tsedu.
Also honored at the event were the former president of Ghana, John Kufuor; Malian minister, Soumeylou Boubèye Maiga; and former presidents of South Africa, Nelson Mandela.


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Case Study: Rejuvenation of the Aging Earlobe (Earlobe Lift)
Background: As the face ages, numerous consistent tissue changes occur. Skin sagging, diminishing facial volume and the development of wrinkles and folds are commonly seen. While one of the smallest structures on the face, the earlobe is not immune to these same aging changes. As the only part of the ear that has no cartilage, its skin and fat composition becomes like the rest of the aging face.
The earlobe can shows its age by becoming longer, thinner and developing wrinkles. As the earlobe loses volume, its deflated extra skin folds upon itself undergoing a metamorphosis over time like a grape to a raisin. This does not occur in everyone but is more prone to occur in women, presumably due to decades of ear ring wear.
One method of earlobe rejuvenation is injectable fillers. By filling up a deflated earlobe, its wrinkles will reduce and it will again become more plump. But this will do little for an earlobe that is already too big and has too much skin. Such earlobe enlargement may even make it look worse as it may appear more disproportionate or out of balance in size to the rest of the ear.
Case Study: This 63 year-old female was bothered by her aging earlobes. She had a previous facelift but now felt her earlobes did not match her face. They had become 'bigger' and more wrinkly. She felt wearing ear rings drew attention to them. Clip-on ear rings had trouble staying on and studs/posts did not stand erect in the lobe.
She underwent an earlobe lift procedure. A wedge of the elongated earlobes was removed preserving its facial attachment and incorporating the existing ear piercing hole. Approximately one-third of the earlobe was removed. Bringing the remaining earlobe back together provided the 'lift' resulting in a reduction of its size and the removal of its wrinkles and folds. The earlobe lift was done under local anesthesia as an office procedure, taking about 20 minutes per earlobe.
No dressings are applied and only antibiotic is applied twice daily. One can shower and wash their hair the very next day. There is no problem getting the reduced earlobes wet. While dissolveable sutures are placed on the back of the earlobe, those sutures on the front of the earlobe are removed one week later. The earlobes can be re-pierced in six weeks.
Earlobe rejuvenation can consist of volume replacement (injectable fillers) or a 'nip and a tuck'. (earlobe lift) The choice of which one depends on the existing size of the aging earlobe. Shrunken small earlobes due well by filling. But elongated aging earlobes do better with reduction and tightening.
Case Highlights:
1) Aging of the earlobe occurs with an increase in size by elongation, thinning of the lobe and wrinkling. It is the only part of the ear that substantially ages and occurs to a greater degree in women.
2) The earlobe can be rejuvenated by a lift or tuck procedure through wedge excision and reduction of size. This is a simple office procedure done under local anesthesia.
3) Earlobe rejuvenation can be done as a stand alone procedure or as part of a more extensive facelift.
Dr. Barry Eppley
Indianapolis, Indiana
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SDSU's Franklin to return for junior year
Franklin technically could still enter the draft any time before 11:59 p.m. EDT on April 29, but if he does he's gone for good. And he won't have any more information than he already has.
The lone resource, then, is the NBA Undergraduate Advisory Committee, which tries to slot players into four categories: lottery pick, first round, second round or not drafted. Fisher has used it in the past with Kawhi Leonard, Malcolm Thomas and others.
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I've had the pleasure of testing this plugin over the past few weeks leading up to it's release. Here is a summary of my experience thus far:
- Luxus translates Studio materials well but you still have to tweak some settings. This is due to the differences between the way biased and unbiased render engines work. The easiest example I can share is having to change the default diffuse color to anything but pure white (IE: 255, 255, 255) in the Studio surfaces tab. Since a lot of PA, myself included, do not bother changing this default color when we are using a texture, there are a lot of adjustments to be made here. It only takes a couple of minutes, depending on the complexity of your scene.
- Luxus exposes all of the native material options available in LuxRender. If you do not want to use the Studio settings, you can just choose one of them instead and it will override the Studio material for Lux.
- Luxus defaults to a decent set of render parameters right out of the box which means that provided you have a decent lighting rig, you can expect to see predictable results. However, if you do not have a decent lighting rig, there is nothing this plugin can do for you to fix that. There is no getting around good lighting.
Training is coming!
I am making a video tutorial series to help out with all of these questions. I expect to have it wrapped up and shipped to Daz by Friday and from there it is up to them when it will be released.
.... On a personal side….
I love this plugin. It stays out of my way and lets me focus on what I want to do, which is to create fun renders. I don't care about mathematical light scatter theory or detailed explanations of what different surface types mean to the physical laws of nature. I speak this language: Less shiny. More shiny. Okay that's pretty…. Luxus allows me to think the way I think and then it goes off in the background and stays quiet.
I'll leave you with some of my own renders in progress. These were done in LuxRender via the Luxus plugin.


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A former Minister of Information, Culture, and Tourism(MICAT), Dr. Laurence K. Bropleh, has declared that Liberia needs no 'generational change' as been preached by others on the various airwaves.
Dr. Bropleh observed that the country has many potential youths in several key positions in government and the private.
Against this backdrop, the former MICAT boss, now Communication Consultant at LoneStar Cell MTN, further declared that there is no need for any 'generational change' as being propounded by some Liberians.
He made these comments on Sunday, March 25, 2012 when he served as guest preacher at program marking the installation of officers-elect of the Administrative Board of the Little White Chapel Church.
Program marking the installation of officers-elect of the Administrative Board of the Little White Chapel Church was held at the church's edifice in Logan Town on the Bushrod Island, outside Monrovia.
For sometimes now, some Liberians, mainly youth have been advocating for 'generational change'. They claim the 'old breed of politicians' have failed the Liberian people and that there is a need for 'generational change'. But this advocacy for 'generational change' has been received with mixed reactions.
There are some Liberian who support it, while others oppose it.
Speaking on the theme "A picture of a faithful leader" with reference from the book of Joshua, Dr. Bropleh said, what Liberia needs is a preparation of tomorrow's leaders and not 'generational change', noting, 'generational change' does not lie in the presidency only.
He pointed out that every faithful leader must be obedience, credible and above all, has sense of responsibilities. These qualities, he further pointed out, would allow any leader to function his/her assigned duties well for the benefit of the nation.
Hear Dr. Bropleh: "No child that is not well prepared will ascend to the presidency of this nation. We will pray that this does not happen. Liberia doesn't need anything like generational change. What we need is a prepared, able and credible leader."
"Leadership is not about power, but about the equitability of your power. What you do to get yourself and your nation to the next level of development is what matters," he added.
Meanwhile, those inducted into office include: Mr. Joseph McKay; President; Administrative Board, Denise Harper Gibson; Vice President, Administrative Board, Tarsha Mathies Jackson; Secretary, Administrative Board, Joyce AB Wontue; Treasurer, Administrative Board and Ida Bridges; President, Women's Department.
Others are: Thelma P. Doe; Vice President, Women's Department, Melvina K. Koffa; Financial Secretary, Women's Department, Augustine S. Bowman; President, Men's Department and Kunor J.Y. Sackor; President, Usher Department.
The rest are: Theodora J. Doe; Vice President, Usher Department, Mathan Wleh; President, Youth and Young Adult Department and Alvin Decker; Vice President, Youth and Young Adult Department. The inducted officials are to steer the affairs of the Administrative Board for the next two years.


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Super-Gross Bones Intestines and Entrails Props — OMG Pic of the Day!
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Michaela Conlin (Angela) shares this twitpic, captioned "Another day at the office," and let's just say it's a startling, sobering study in realism. We don't know what those fake innards are exactly, and frankly we don't want to know — but we do appreciate you sharing them with us, Michaela.
Now we have to go lie down and think of kittens and puppies until the dry heaves pass.
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"Two dimensions are golden," says Andre Geim of the University of Manchester, UK. Physics in one dimension is too simple to be satisfying, and three dimensions are complicated and messy. Two-dimensional "flatland" is just right, with just enough room for interesting and useful things to arise. "As a physicist, this is the dimension you would like to live in," says Geim.
He would say that. Geim was one of the team that in 2004 produced the first 2D material, sheets of carbon one atom thick known as graphene. Graphene could indeed be incredibly useful, with electrons shooting across its sheets almost unhindered. If 1D nanotubes are the wires of future computers, graphene could be their circuit boards.
That's not all. Take high-temperature superconductors. We already know of materials that conduct with absolutely no resistance at temperatures up to around 130 kelvin, just under halfway from absolute ...
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From New Line Cinema comes the action comedy "We're The Millers," starring Jennifer Aniston ("Horrible Bosses") and Jason Sudeikis ("The Campaign"). The film is directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber ("Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story").
David Burke (Sudeikis) is a small-time pot dealer whose clientele includes chefs and soccer moms, but no kids-after all, he has his scruples. So what could go wrong? Plenty. Preferring to keep a low profile for obvious reasons, he learns the hard way that no good deed goes unpunished when he tries to help out some local teens and winds up getting jumped by a trio of gutter punks. Stealing his stash and his cash, they leave him in major debt to his supplier, Brad (Ed Helms).
In order to wipe the slate clean-and maintain a clean bill of health-David must now become a big-time drug smuggler by bringing Brad's latest shipment in from Mexico. Twisting the arms of his neighbors, cynical stripper Rose (Aniston) and wannabe customer Kenny (Will Poulter), and the tatted-and-pierced streetwise teen Casey (Emma Roberts), he devises a foolproof plan. One fake wife, two pretend kids and a huge, shiny RV later, the "Millers" are headed south of the border for a Fourth of July weekend that is sure to end with a bang.
Thurber directs "We're The Millers" from a screenplay by Bob Fisher & Steve Faber ("Wedding Crashers") and Sean Anders & John Morris ("Hot Tub Time Machine"), story by Bob Fisher & Steve Faber. The film also stars Emma Roberts ("The Art of Getting By"), Nick Offerman ("21 Jump Street"), Kathryn Hahn ("The Dictator"), Will Poulter ("The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader") and Ed Helms (the "Hangover" films).
Vincent Newman, Tucker Tooley, Happy Walters and Chris Bender are the producers, with David Heyman, J.C. Spink, Marcus Viscidi, Toby Emmerich, Richard Brenner and David Neustadter serving as executive producers.
Thurber's behind-the-scenes creative team includes director of photography Barry Peterson ("21 Jump Street"); production designer Clayton Hartley ("The Other Guys"); editor Mike Sale ("The Hangover Part II"); and costume designer Shay Cunliffe ("The Bourne Legacy").
New Line Cinema's "We're The Millers" opens nationwide on August 7, 2013, and will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
"We're the Millers" is rated R for "crude sexual content, pervasive language, drug material and brief graphic nudity."
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Movie Review
by Chris Haley
When I fork over $10 to see a feature film that begins by showing YouTube videos that I saw a year ago for free, I'm not going to be in a jolly mood. When the movie is supposed to be a comedy, you're going to have to work extra hard to get my amusement back, and We're the Millers is never able to do that.
This movie is something of a National Lampoon's Vacation for the 2010's. The Clark character is David, a middle-aged drug dealer played by the affable Jason Sudeikis. The Ellen character is a stripper named Rose, played by my future ex-wife, Jennifer Aniston. The director doesn't even bother to give the Rusty character a twist. Kenny (Will Poulter) is a straight up Rusty clone ala Anthony Michael Hall, and every teen-aged kid Anthony Michael Hall ever played in the 80s. We round out the rip-off Griswold family with Aubrey's character, the homeless teen, Casey, played by Emma Roberts.
One night, David gets robbed thanks to Kenny and Casey. The robbers steal both his and his drug supplier, Brad's (Ed Helms) money. Now, David is forced to drive to Mexico, and get Brad more weed, or be killed. David notices that nobody looks twice at families on vacation, so he hires Rose, Kenny, and Casey to be his nerdy family, rents a RV, and heads off south of the border to smuggle the contra band.
Continuing the Vacation theme, nothing ever goes according to plan, but eventually, the Miller's make it to Mexico and cross the border back into the USA without too much trouble. Of course, the drugs David takes are not meant for Brad, and the drug lord he takes them from is in hot pursuit to get them back. The cousin Eddie and Catherine characters from Vacation are in the form of DEA agent Don Fitzgerald and his loony wife, Edie, played awesomely by Nick Offermen and Kathryn Hahn. They play the comic relief for most of the film, and help to bring this film to its obvious end.
This film tries very hard to be funny, but only supplies a few chuckles here and there over the course of an hour and 50 minutes. I don't fault any of the actors in this film, all of whom give solid performances. The script is just tired and predictable. I would have been better served to rent the Chevy Chase classic, and saved a few bucks for snacks. That would have been a much more enjoyable evening. I give this film 2 ½ stars out of 5.


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NORTH POLE, Alaska - The Saint Leo University men's basketball team couldn't pass up the opportunity to show Santa Claus some of that Lions' Pride as they visited North Pole, Alaska, during their trek to the top of the world the week before Christmas. The Lions played four games in eight days, traveling more than 4,600 miles, across four time zones to compete with three teams from the Great Northwest.
During that time, the Green & Gold went 2-2 as they visited Seattle, Washington, as well as Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska.
During the first-ever visit by any Saint Leo team to the 49th state, the Lions did plenty of sightseeing but never saw the temperature reach above the 15 degree mark. At the time this picture was taken, the temperature was exactly zero.
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Thomas Stephen Szasz, arguably the world's foremost psychiatrist, died Sept. 8. 2012. Former psychiatrist and current columnist Charles Krauthammer wrote that "Szasz is the kind of author no one reads but everyone knows about."
That's unfortunate. Too many mental health professionals haven't the foggiest idea who Thomas Szasz was and why he will remain important to fields of science, medicine, ethics, law — and particularly mental health — for centuries to come.


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By Caroline Hampton "April is the cruelest month…" wrote T.S. Eliot, but with the start of May I'm beginning to think he was off by a few weeks. The joyful part of this month is the beginning of the Watauga … Continued
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By Caroline Hampton Spring has sprung here in the North Carolina mountains. Most of March was spent holed up in the greenhouse, listening to episodes of Radiolab while seeding trays. My brassicas–cabbage, collards, kale, broccoli–have finally left the greenhouse. I … Continued
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FRE 201, 202, 303W, 304W, 403C, and 404C (20 units) (or credit by exam for any of them)
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A man arrested by a Samford (Conn.) Police officer is accusing an officer of forwarding X-rated videos and pictures of intimite acts with his ex-girlfriend to at least one other person, reports the New York Daily News.
William Vasilakos, 39, filed the suit against officer Michael Presti, according to documents posted to The Smoking Gun. The department in investigating the claim.
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Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism
- Dates: February 3, 2007 through May 13, 2007
- Collections: American Art , European Art
- Location: This exhibition is no longer on view in Robert E. Blum Gallery, 1st Floor
- Description: Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism. [02/03/2007 - 05/13/2007]. Installation view.
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January 2007: Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism, an exhibition of some forty paintings, including many of the finest examples of mid- and late- nineteenth- century French and American landscape in the Brooklyn Museum's collection, opens on February 3. Ranging in date from the 1850s to the early twentieth century, the works presented offer a broad survey of landscape painting as practiced by such leading French artists as Gustave Courbet and Claude Monet and their most significant American followers including Frederick Childe Hassam and John Singer Sargent.
While a number of progressive American private collectors began purchasing French Barbizon and Impressionist landscapes in the post-Civil War decades, institutional collecting of these works was significantly more delayed. By the early twentieth century, however, the Brooklyn Museum was already making outstanding purchases and accepting notable gifts of progressive nineteenth-century French and American landscapes—well in advance of the majority of American museums.
Among the earliest works in the exhibition are Charles-François Daubigny's The River Seine at Mantes (1856), and Gustave Courbet's Isolated Rock (1862), which reveal the impact of plein-air sketching practice on landscape art of the period. Many of the painters of the Barbizon School of French landscape painting executed on-site, preparatory sketches that were carried over into the larger, more carefully designed paintings later completed in their studios.
Heirs to this plein-air tradition, French Impressionists Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, Camille Pissarro, and Gustave Caillebotte painted highly elaborated "impressions"—the seemingly spontaneous, rapidly executed landscapes and cityscapes that prompted the name of their movement.
Monet is represented here by several works including The Doge's Palace in Venice (1908), The Islets at Port-Villez (1897), and Houses of Parliament, Effect of Sunlight (1903). After selecting a subject, Monet positioned himself before it for hours over a series of days, if not months, substituting one canvas for another as dictated by changing lighting and atmospheric effects, and producing a series of works devoted to the same subject under different conditions.
Following in the footsteps of the French archetypes, beginning at mid-century many American painters sought to improve their skills and find inspiration in Paris and its environs, attending French art academies and frequenting the painting locations made famous by their Barbizon and Impressionist predecessors. Some of the Americans had direct contact with leading French landscape painters, sharing landscape sites or seeking informal guidance from admired mentors.
The majority of the American paintings on display depict American locales, demonstrating the eagerness of these artists to retain their progressive aesthetics after returning home, and to update the American scene in vibrant, innovative canvases. This led to the appearance of American beaches, factories, tenements, and notable subjects such as Central Park in paintings distinguished by brilliant colors and lively, broken brushwork including Williams Glackens' Bathing at Bellport, Long Island (1912), Julian Alden Weir's Willimatic Thread Factory (1893), Robert Spencer's The White Tenement (1913), and Willard Leroy Metcalf's Early Spring Afternoon, Central Park (1911).
In keeping with its long tradition of collecting French and American Barbizon and Impressionist landscapes, the Brooklyn Museum has recently added to its outstanding holdings Hassam's Poppies on the Isles of Shoals (1890), and Caillebotte's The Railroad Bridge at Argenteuil (1885 or 1887), both of which are included in the presentation.
Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism presents several paintings that have recently returned from a tour in Korea where they were exhibited at The Hangaram Arts Museum, Seoul Arts Center, from June 2 through September 3, 2006; and the Busan Museum, from September 9, 2006, through January 7, 2007.
Following the Brooklyn Museum presentation, the exhibition will travel to the Ringling Museum, Sarasota, Florida, where it will be on view in summer 2007, as well as to other United States venues to be announced. The exhibition was co-curated by Theresa A. Carbone, Andrew W. Mellon Curator, American Art; and Judith F. Dolkart, Associate Curator, European Art.


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The Stony Power of Wet Hops
By William Brand
Thursday, October 27th, 2005 at 9:02 am in Uncategorized.
I started to post the list of wet hop beers served at the The Bistro in Hayward, CA last week and I realized that to non-readers of my column, the list made little sense. Sooooo….Here's the column. The wet hop list follows:
As anyone who has been around both marijuana and hop plants for any length of time no doubt knows, the two plants are closely related. The female plants flowers are quite similar and I've been told that it's possible to graft a hop plant onto marijuana rootstock and create a hybrid.
Unfortunately for the stoners among us, I'm also told the new plant does not produce THC. That's the compound that turns marijuana into a psychoactive herb, which inflames drug task force members, turning them into caped crusaders, who dump Agent Orange in Jamaica and send armed drug-fighters into backwoods California.
It's a strange thought train for a beer column, but I swear when I walked into the Wet Hop Festival at the Bistro, 1005 B. St. in downtown Hayward Saturday evening and sampled a half dozen beers made with "wet, "just-picked, hops, my head spun for a minute and not from the alcohol.
Hops are not psychoactive. But they have an unusual intensity that is quite special. And the Bistro was the place for hops on Saturday. There were 19 wet hop beers and each had a strong, herbal nose. There were the signature, citrus, flowery notes from Cascade hops; the piney notes of Simcoe, the spiciness of Clusters.
Proprietor Victor Kralj said the rules are simple "wet", that is, just picked, not kiln-dried, hops must be used throughout from first additions in the brew kettle to dry hopping in the fermenter.
Vic said more than 400 attended, ate barbecue, danced to live music and sampled the beers. There was a three-way tie for the People's Choice Award:
Drake's Harvest, made with Simcoe and Cascade hops from Drake's, San Leandro. This was a 6 percent, alcohol by volume, dark copper beer with a huge, creamy head and deep and heady hop aroma. Hops predominated, but there was enough malt to balance the hops, well almost enough.
20th Street from Sierra Nevada, Chico used Sierra Nevada's signature Cascades and Centennial hops. It was a hop experience from the first hit of the aroma to the last swallow. Like hops? This is the beer: 6.2 percent ABV. About the name, Sierra Nevada's located at 1073 East 20th St. in Chico.
Hoptime Harvest, Russian River Brewing, Santa Rosa. This 6.75 percenter, was made with California Cluster hops, picked by Russian River brewers and friends in its own hop field near Santa Rosa. The result is a dusty gold beer with a hoppy, but delicate nose, with plenty of malt to balance the hops. Another spectacular beer.
I don't believe any of these will be bottled; they'll be on tap at the Bistro, 1005 B St., Hayward, until the kegs run dry. The Toronado, 547 Haight St., San Francisco, will also have a supply and proprietor David Keene has set the Toronado Wet Hop Fest for 6 p.m., Nov. 5.
They're also trend setters. Brewers are interested in what the beer-drinking public thinks. So if you get a chance to sample some, let me know. I'll pass it on.
I tried several others and truly loved Simply Simcoe 2. a dry-hopped, 6 percent brew from Bear Republic, Healdsburg. Best name and my good beer award goes to Last Hop Standing, a 5 percenter from Blue Frog Grog & Grill in Fairfield.
I also really liked Rip Tide IPA, a big, 7 percenter made with Chinook hops from Pizza Port in San Clemente. If you're headed south anytime soon, don't miss the the three Pizza Port brewpubs, in San Clemente, Carlsbad and Solano Beach.
Rocking in downtown Hayward…they closed the barbecue pit at the Bistro before I arrived, so I wandered down B Street to Buffalo Bill's, 1082 B. St. If you want to see the future of brewpubs, check out Buffalo Bill's. At 8 p.m. on a Saturday night, there was a waiting line for dinner, families with kids, 20-somethings on dates and a few gray hairs. I saw a lot of Hayward Hefeweizen and Tasmanian Devil being consumed. Tasy's a luscious, 6.5 percent ale made with Pride of Ringwood hops from Tasmania and Cascades.
But I was beered-out, so I settled for an excellent and large, BLT with a Thomas Kemper root beer on the side and watched the White Sox win one more. — William Brand
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Our hunger for a weight-loss miracle
Dieting is our national repast-time
The popularity of metabolic and bariatric surgery has steadily risen in recent decades. The ASMBS estimates 200,000 such procedures occur each year. The group says this represents just 1 percent of the surgically eligible population.
"It's become more mainstream. It's not as scary," said Dr. Jaime Ponce, a Georgia-based bariatric surgeon and ASMBS president. "There are more types of procedures. They're less invasive and safer. They're more established within the medical establishment and with insurance companies."
Increasingly, they're also being done on younger people whose body mass index may be as low as 30. "We think there's value in sometimes using surgery to prevent greater obesity," Ponce said. "You don't necessarily want to wait until the obesity becomes severe with multiple medical issues. That makes it less likely you will get the best results."
Ponce doesn't expect surgery to ever compete on the same scale as dieting or other mass anti-obesity efforts, but he says it is indisputably "the best treatment" for obese persons in the "morbidly" and "super" categories, with BMIs above 40 and 50, respectively.
These people, he notes, are also the fastest-growing segments of overweight America.
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To be sure, being fat isn't necessarily unhealthy.
"Obesity as a whole is certainly associated with increased morbidity with diseases like atherosclerosis and hypertension, yet there are many 'metabolically healthy' obese individuals," said Tsu-Shuen Tsao, an assistant professor in the departments of chemistry and biochemistry and molecular and cellular biology at the University of Arizona.
Some people, Tsao said, can be quite heavy but not suffer from health risk factors like high blood pressure or high levels of cholesterol or blood sugars. There is also the so-called "obesity paradox," which notes that overweight and moderately obese patients with certain chronic diseases frequently live longer and fare better than thinner patients with the same conditions.
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By virtually every measure, most of us know we could lose a few — or many — pounds. At some level, we also recognize the health risks, though an American Academy of Family Physicians survey this year found that only 30 to 40 percent of primary care doctors routinely assess their patients' risk of obesity or discuss corrective measures with them.
With ever-increasing urgency, we know too that the consequences of the nation's obesity crisis are likely to come crashing down upon us like 550 million Big Macs — the number sold each year. Some of those consequences seem already apparent: The CDC estimates one in 10 Americans currently has diabetes, of which obesity is a major risk factor. In 2050, if trends continue, the ratio is projected to be one in three.


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Faculty, staff, and students interested in contributing to disaster relief efforts have been active since the Monday following the tornadoes, and The Chancellor's Leadership Corps is coordinating the university's efforts.
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The kremlin in the city of Moscow is known simply as the Kremlin. Triangular and surrounded by crenellated walls, it occupies 90 acres (36.4 hectares) in the historic core of Moscow. It is bounded on the south by the Moscow River and Kremlin quay, on the east by Red Square with Lenin's tomb, the Moscow Historical Museum, and St. Basil's Cathedral, and on the west and south by the old Alexander Gardens. The Kremlin's walls, built in the 15th cent., are topped on each side by seven towers (20 towers altogether); among these is the Spasskaya [of the Savior], with famous chimes, above the main gate.
In the center of the Kremlin is Cathedral Square, with the Uspenski [Assumption] Cathedral (late 15th cent. but containing rare icons of the 12th and 14th cent.), which was used for czarist state occasions, for the crowning of czars, and for the burial of church patriarchs; the Blagoveschenski [Annunciation] Cathedral (15th-16th cent.), which served as the private chapel for the czars' families; the Arkhangelski Cathedral (14th-17th cent.), which contains tombs of the czars; and the separate bell tower of Ivan the Great, c.266 ft (81 m) high, the golden cupola of which dominates the crosses, cupolas, and roofs of the other buildings.
On a pedestal adjoining the bell tower is the Czar Bell (cast in 1735), the world's largest bell, with a height of 20 ft (6.1 m) and a weight of 200 tons. The Czar Cannon, located nearby, was cast in 1586 and weighs 40 tons. Along the Kremlin walls are large palaces, including the 15th-century Granovitaya Palata (the throne and banquet hall of the czars); the 19th-century Oruzheinaya Palata (Armory), built as a museum for crowns, scepters, thrones, costumes, and armor; and the 19th-century Grand Palace (Rus. Bolshoi Dvorets), rebuilt under the Communist regime and now housing the Russian parliament.
The Kremlin's architectural history may be divided into the three periods: the wooden Kremlin (founded in the 13th cent.), the Italian Renaissance Kremlin, and the modern Kremlin begun by Catherine the Great in the 18th cent. The Kremlin is almost the only part of Moscow that has escaped all of the city's numerous fires, including that of 1812, when Napoleon's headquarters were in Moscow. It suffered minor damage during the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. The Kremlin was the residence of the czars until Peter the Great transferred the capital to St. Petersburg in 1712. After 1918, when the capital was moved back to Moscow, the Kremlin was the USSR's political and administrative center; the word "Kremlin" was often used as a synonym for that government. It is now the seat of the government of Russia.
Kremlin (Кремль, Kreml ) is the Russian word for "fortress", "citadel" or "castle" and refers to any major fortified central complex found in historic Russian cities. This word is often used to refer to the best-known one, the Moscow Kremlin, or the government that is based there. Outside Russia, the name "Kremlin" is sometimes mistakenly thought of as being Saint Basil's Cathedral because of its distinctive environment, although this is not a part of the Moscow Kremlin.
The name Kremlin (or Kreml) has been allocated to various Soviet Navy vessels during construction. In each case, the name was changed prior to commissioning. Vessels which have briefly carried this name included Admiral Kuznetsov and Ulyanovsk.
Russia's president administration is located in the Kremlin. During the Soviet era the government of the USSR located in Kremlin, although now it occupies a building outside it.
Many Russian monasteries have been built in a fortress-like style similar to that of a kremlin. For a partial list, see Monasteries in Russia.


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Business students are eligible for the university's Cooperative Education Program. Qualified students placed with an employer will either alternate one semester of full-time study with one semester of full-time work or combine study with part-time work during the same semester. The School of Business also offers internships, allowing advanced students to pursue part-time work assignments with area employers.
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On a Windows Server 2008 R2 cluster with Cluster Shared Volume(CSV) feature enabled, a user may be unable to access a CSV volume from a passive (non-coordinator) node. When clicking on a CSV volume, explorer may hang. One or all of the following events may be displayed:
When accessing a CSV volume from a passive (non-coordinator) node, the disk I/O to the owning (coordinator) node is routed through a 'preferred' network adapter and requires SMB be enabled on that network adapter. For SMB connections to work on these network adapters, the following protocols must be enabled:
Review each cluster node and verify the following protocols are enabled the network adapters available for Cluster use
1. Click Start , click Run , type ncpa.cpl , and then click OK .
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The Event Id:5120 mentioned above will be logged anytime that there is a problem connecting over the network using SMB to the owning node. If the connection is restored within a few minutes, then there there may be no ill affects other than slowness of the VM's due to lack of I/O completing.
The Event Id:5142 indicates that the non-owning node is disconnected and CSV is no longer queuing the I/O. As a result, the VM's on the node logging the errors will see the storage as disconnected instead of just slow in responding.
The preferred network is the network with the lowest cluster network metric value. If the preferred network is unavailable (due to problems or re-configuration) then the cluster network fault tolerance will cause the network with the next lowest metric to
be used. If that network is not configured to allow SMB connection, then the above error will be encountered.
Reference Articles:
Hyper-V: Using Live Migration with Cluster Shared Volumes in Windows Server 2008 R2 : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd446679(WS.10).aspx
Cluster Shared Volumes Support for Hyper-V : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd630633(WS.10).aspx
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NEW YORK - OCTOBER 01: Erik Karlsson of the Ottawa Senators is pushed by Ryan McDonagh of the New York Rangers during their preseason game on October 1, 2010 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
Ryan McDonagh is going to be the trickiest RFA to sign. When news broke yesterday of Roman Josi's new contract with the Nashville Predators ($28 million over 7 years), focus immediately shifted to Ryan McDonagh. After all, McDonagh and Josi are very comparable players. They are both coming off their ELCs. They are both top-pairing defensemen. They are both arbitration eligible. Most importantly, they are both likely to receive some attention on the RFA market. However, that is where the similarities end. Josi has just one lockout-shortened full season, and 52 games in his rookie year last year. He has put up lines of 5-11-16 and 5-13-18 in each of those seasons respectively. Meanwhile, McDonagh has an extra full season under his belt, and has a 30 point season as well. On paper, McDonagh is the more credentialed defenseman. Another factor here is the contract Josi received. Slats never gives out second contracts of that length. In fact, the last time he gave out a second contract t...
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With the World Cup only weeks away it was always expected that the big gun's would launch an ad campaign to end all ad campaigns and Nike and Wieden + Kenedy might have just done it.
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Feds charge drug dealer with man's death, but family alleges coverup for lynching
By Dane Schiller | August 8, 2014 | Updated: August 8, 2014 9:40pm
Photo By HONSThis undated file handout photo provided by the Wright Family shows Alfred Wright of Jasper, Texas. Officials on Friday Aug. 8, 2014, announced the indictment of Shane Dewayne Hadnot for selling drugs resulting in the death of Wright. (AP Photo/The Wright Family, File)
The family of a man whose decomposing, underwear-clad body was found in the East Texas brush last year said Friday that authorities are lying about him dying of an overdose, and that charging a drug dealer with a federal crime for his death is a cover-up to hide a lynching.
"We believe he was murdered by those who had a problem with him dating white women in Hemphill, Texas," community activist Quanell X said as he stood behind the dead man's parents during a news conference in downtown Houston.
An indictment issued by a federal grand jury contends that the last time anyone saw Alfred Wright alive was at dusk on Nov. 7, after his truck overheated outside a convenience store a few miles from Hemphill.
He finished a conversation on his cellphone, tucked it in his sock and began jogging north along Highway 87, according to witnesses.
Over the next few days, sheriff's deputies, game wardens, park rangers, volunteers and prison dogs trained to sniff out humans searched in vain for him. Texas Rangers, FBI agents and others would join the investigation.
Residents in the area called searchers' attention to a wristwatch and portions of clothing - including some bits caught in a barbedwire fence - but there was no sign of Wright's body.
Then, three weeks after Wright went missing, a team of volunteers, including his own father, found Wright's body in the brush just over a mile from where he was last seen.
Tensions soon heightened, with Wright's family and their supporters, including Quanell, saying investigators not only did an improper search and probe of the death, but were purposely hiding the truth.
U.S. Attorney Malcolm Bales, who is the top prosecutor in East Texas, said given the harsh racial history of the region, he took accusations by Wright's family especially seriously.
"History still resonates," Bales said. "They are trying to conflate what happened to Alfred Wright to what happened to James Byrd," he said, referring to the 1998 slaying in which Byrd was dragged to death while chained to the bumper of a pickup.
"I live in East Texas and the specter of racial violence is part of the history here, and you are crazy if you don't remember it or ... how wrong it was," he said.
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Federal authorities charged Shane Hadnot with selling drugs to Wright.
They released a lengthy and detailed indictment that includes a log of dozens of phone calls and text messages between Hadnot and Wright's phones leading up to the day he died.
The indictment states that Wright had taken drugs and made his way into the thick woods, where he may have torn at his clothes to try and cool his body during a fatal cocaine-induced stupor. As his body lay hidden in the brush, the indictment continues, animals tore at his corpse.
Wright was found wearing underwear and one sock and both shoes, according to the indictment, and was in an area that was thick with brush, although he was in an area that had already been searched.
Bales said he was at a loss as to why the sheriff's department didn't do a thorough enough job to find the body, but if they had, there wouldn't be so much public anguish over Wright's death.
The indictment also states that damage to his face and neck was consistent with animal and insect savaging.
"If you are out in a field 16 or 17 days, nature does a number on you," he said. "It is gruesome."
He said that Wright's body had been ravaged by animals and insects, and his eyes, tongue and other parts eaten away, but the family is wrong with their repeated claims that his throat had been slit.
Positive drug test
Lab tests found cocaine, methamphetamine and Xanax in Wright's blood - and the cause of his death was ruled drug intoxication. Testing of his hair samples came back positive for indications of cocaine use over time, according to the indictment.
Hadnot, the accused drug dealer, allegedly admitted he sold cocaine and Xanax to Wright the day he died, but denied selling any methamphetamine, according to the indictment.
Wright's father, Douglas Wright Sr., said his son was not a drug addict and that the findings of federal authorities don't make any sense.
"You had a young man who prepared himself to be an asset to society, not a liability," Wright said of his son, who was a physical therapist.
He repeatedly said something was very wrong with law enforcement in East Texas and wants the case further probed by officials who are not from the area.
Houston Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee issued a statement Friday saying that further investigation of the case is needed by the Department of Justice.
The father said he is most concerned with the condition of his son's body.
"How did drugs cut his throat? How did drugs cut his tongue out? How did drugs cut his ears off?" he said. "If by chance drugs did get into his system, how did all of this happen to him physically?"


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Kosher Southern-Style Chicken Recipe
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Kosher Southern-Style Chicken Recipe
Southern-Style Chicken is classic picnic food. It's great cold. Just pack it up in a basket with a bottle of wine, and head out to the park for a gorgeous day.
- Prep Time : 10 min
- Cook Time : 1 hour
- Ready Time : 1 hour, 10 min
- 1 chicken, about 3 1/2 pounds, cut into 8 pieces
- 1 tablespoon McCormick fried chicken seasoning
- 2 tablespoons light mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon Dijon-style mustard
- 3/4 cup seasoned breadcrumbs
- Non-stick cooking spray
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Spray a 9 x 13-inch pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- Rinse chicken and pat dry. Pull off skin using a dry paper towel and place in prepared pan.
- Rub fried chicken seasoning into the chicken.
- Mix mayonnaise and mustard to blend, and then spread over chicken, coating all surfaces.
- Coat both sides of chicken with bread crumbs and arrange in prepared pan.
- Liberally spray non-stick cooking spray over chicken.
- Bake, uncovered, at 375 degrees for 1 hour. Chicken should be nicely browned and crunchy. Serve immediately.
Substitute 2 tablespoons olive oil for the mayonnaise or just use 3 tablespoons of olive oil or mayonnaise if you are not quite the Dijon fan that I am.
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I think you meant 'seasoned breadcrumbs' in the ingredients rather than 'mini croutons'
WHAT can i use to substitue the mccormick spice suggested?
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Chris Burton discusses the lofty expectations at Middlesbrough with striker Scott McDonald.
Last Updated: 07/08/10 11:42am
The World Cup may have helped to tide football fans over this summer, providing them with a welcome off-season feast of activity, but the resumption of domestic duties really gets the juices flowing.
The 2010/11 campaign is now under way and the hopes and dreams of clubs up and down the country are set to be realised or dashed.
Expectations vary from team to team, with some setting their sights on the top prizes and others just happy to keep their head above water.
One club who will be aiming for the stars this year is Middlesbrough, who are looking to clamber back into the Premier League after two years away from English football's top table.
It is fair to say that last season did not go entirely to plan for the North East outfit, with failure to reach the play-offs representing a massive underachievement for a side that has grown accustomed to the top flight over recent times.
They are, however, determined to right those wrongs this time around and a busy pre-season of transfer activity at the Riverside Stadium has them in tip-top shape.
The rebuilding work started once Gordon Strachan was drafted in to replace Gareth Southgate in October 2009, with the Scot wasting no time in implementing a squad overhaul.
The likes of Scott McDonald and Barry Robson were lured away from SPL giants Celtic in January and the Scottish raid continued in earnest this summer as Kris Boyd and Kevin Thomson were drafted in from Rangers and Stephen McManus bolstered the ex-Celtic ranks.
Nicky Bailey and Tarmo Kink also arrive with glowing reputations and will be expected to hit the ground running during their debut season on Teesside.
All in all, anything less than a sustained promotion push will be deemed an abject failure for Middlesbrough, with an immediate return demanded on the considerable investment pumped into the side.
Skysports.com's Chris Burton recently caught up with Australia international McDonald to gain a greater insight into the mood around the Riverside and discovered that everyone connected with the club is all too aware of the need to fight their way out of the second tier.
"Of course. With the money that has been spent here, we need to be looking at promotion," said McDonald.
"There is an expectation around us now, I don't know if that's a good thing, but we need to take that on board. As players there is always an expectation, it's no different this year, and we just have to try and win every match we go into."
While Boro are tipped to be among the frontrunners, the Championship remains as competitive as ever and McDonald accepts that it is how they cope with the inevitable wobbles that will arise over the course of a long, hard season that will ultimately determine whether they reach their targets or not.
He said: "There are going to be times within the season that you're going to drop points. It would be unbelievable if you could go on a 46-match unbeaten run.
"I don't think anyone has done that before, so it's a test of your endurance how you bounce back from the disappointing times. That can really make your season or break it. You want to get off to a good start and hopefully we can do that."
Much will be expected of McDonald, as he arrived in the New Year boasting an enviable goalscoring record from his time in the SPL.
He feels he is ready to hit the ground running this term, having started to find his feet towards the end of the previous campaign.
"When I came in last year I was carrying a bit of an injury and I wasn't fully fit," he said.
"By the end of the season I was starting to find my form and my fitness and it all finished, unfortunately. I am keen to get back into it and show the Middlesbrough supporters what I can do."
McDonald is aware that some people may be questioning why players like himself and Boyd have opted to drop into the Championship when there was reported to be plenty of Premier League interest in their services.
But he insists that the opportunity to work with former Celtic boss Gordon Strachan at a progressive club like Boro was too good to turn down.
"That's why myself and the others came here," he said.
"It was a big decision to leave Celtic and obviously the gaffer was a major part in that. Middlesbrough are a fantastic football club, with the set-up they have got here, and it has Premiership quality. We are looking to bounce back and that's what we have wanted right from the start. With the gaffer and everything we have great potential."
He added: "Some people might have questioned the likes of Kris Boyd and myself for not going to the Premiership. Some people might think the Championship is a lower standard, but I don't think that's the case.
"We just wanted to work with this manager and he has done a fantastic job getting people to come here. The job now is to go out on the park, do the business for him, and help this football club."
The 26-year-old frontman is also confident that he can strike up a fearsome partnership with former Old Firm rival Boyd.
The pair have arrived at Boro with remarkable SPL records, but there are still a few doubters who fear they are too similar to be deployed alongside each other.
McDonald sees things differently though, saying: "I don't see a problem. There has been a lot of speculation that me and Kris are very similar players, but I don't see that at all.
"We have scored a lot of goals at different clubs - Celtic and Rangers, him at Kilmarnock and me at Motherwell. But I see myself as a little bit different.
"When I was at Celtic I worked with some unbelievable wingers and that took some of the pressure off me and I'm not saying we haven't got those players here, but when you come into a new club there is much more responsibility on you to be a big player. Hopefully I can do that this year."
McDonald will also be looking to make up for the disappointment of missing out on the World Cup finals this summer, with the Socceroos having omitted him from a squad which struggled to make an impact in South Africa.
He is refusing to dwell too much on the past, though, and insists he is fully focused on his duties at Middlesbrough.
He is aware that the players have a responsibility to make the most of the opportunities put in front of them and accepts that there can be no margin for error if the club are to reward the ongoing faith of chairman Steve Gibson.
McDonald said: "We have got an unbelievable chairman here, probably the best chairman in football. He backs his club and he backs his manager to the hilt and he has done it once again this year.
"I think we have spent more than pretty much most Premiership clubs, and that just shows the ambition they have here. It's up to us as players now to repay that faith."


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Are Boil Contagious – Some Facts
Boils are the result of a staph infection which is caused by the bacteria named staphylococcus aurous.
These bacteria can be present on the skin surface and even in the nasal passage of some people. As long as they are present outside the body they tend to be harmless. However, sometimes they get a chance to sneak into the skin through some cut, bruise or minor wound which has been left uncovered. Once they get within the human body they make it a breeding ground and start multiplying. It is at this juncture that they become infectious in nature.
The infection can spread amongst the members of a family if precautions are not taken. It does not spread through air but it can spread if a person uses a towel, napkin etc of the infected person. Hence it is advised to avoid sharing personal towels with others.
It is imperative that the person who suffers from boils should avoid touching the infected part. If he happens to touch it while applying some ointment, cream etc then he should wash his hands with an anti-bacterial soap.
Boils can spread due to negligence not just in the nearby regions but also to other people through contaminated items.
When the boils mature or get ripe they form a head. The accumulated pus gradually trickles out from the head and the boil gets drained. When this happens, whether naturally or while getting the boil lanced by a doctor, the pus has to be wiped off immediately. Some preventive measures which should be taken due to the boils contagious nature are as follows:
- The infected area should be covered by a sterilized bandage. This will prevent the bacterial infection from spreading to other people.
- Touching the boils should be prevented especially when the boil is ready to suppurate. If a person happens to touch food after touching the boil with bare hands, then the staph bacteria can also lead to a food poisoning.
- Sharing personal of items such as towels, combs etc should be avoided.
- Razors should be used carefully as a minor cut can also lead to a bacterial infection.
- The pus which oozes out from the ripe boil should be dealt with carefully. Hands should be washed immediately with an anti-bacterial soap. The nearby skin should also be wiped with an anti-septic lotion because the pus contains the bacteria which are on the look out for new breeding grounds.
- Taking a shower is considered safe as compared to using a bath tub especially when the boil has erupted.
- Nose picking must be avoided because the staph bacterial form colonies in the nose of some people. The bacteria stick to the hands and contaminate the objects are touched by that hand.
- The antibiotic course prescribed by the general physician should be completed as this helps in controlling the spread of the infection.
- If the boils occur in the members of a family then they should get a bacterial culture done. This will help the doctor in understanding that which member is the actual carrier of the staph bacteria.
- Squeezing or pressing of the boils can not just spread the infection elsewhere on the skin but also spread it to the internal organs or the blood stream. Blood poisoning or septicemia can be fatal. Hence meddling with the boil should be avoided before it ripens. Once it softens, it can get drained naturally or surgically and kept clean and dry.
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