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Pláka Archaeological Sites, Athens
Roman AgoraThere are a number of archaeological sites in the Plaka area.
Tower of the Winds (Creek of Andronicos)
The Tower of the Winds stands in the Pláka below the north side of the Acropolis. In the planning of the modern city of Athens in the 19th century. Eólou Street, named after the wind god Ailos, was aligned directly on the tower, which forms a landmark at its southern end.Built about 40 B.C., the tower is an octagonal structure 12m/40ft high, with sundials on the external walls; it originally housed a water-clock.Around the top runs a frieze with reliefs representing the eight wind gods - the beardless Notos, pouring out rain from an urn (south); Lips, holding the stern ornament of a ship (southwest); Zephyros, a youth scattering flowers (west); Sykron the bringer of snow (northwest); the bearded Boreas, blowing into a shell (north); Kaikias, also bearded, the bringer of hail (northeast); Apeliotes, a young man bearing ears of corn and fruit (east); and Euros, wrapped in a cloak (southeast).To the south of the tower is a building of the Roman period (first century A.D.) with the springing points of arches. Its function is uncertain (office of the market police, Caesareum?).Adjoining the entrance to the excavated area is a marble latrine with seating for nearly 70.The water-clock is located outside the western entrance to the Roman Market. It served as a form of meteorological station by combining a sundial, a waterclock and a weathervane showing the direction of the wind.The clock is commonly known as "Aerides" (the winds).
Address: Eolou / Pepopida Street, Greece
Monument of Philopappos (Filopapou Hill)
From Dionysíou Areopagítou Street, at the point where it joins Apostólou Pávlou Street, a road branches off and goes up to a parking place on the far side of the hill. From here a path runs east along the rocky hill to the prominent monument of Philopappos, a prince of Commagene (southeast Anatolia) who was banished to Athens by the Romans and died there in A.D. 116. In gratitude for his munificence the Athenians allowed his ostentatious tomb to be erected on this exceptional site - an honor, it has been remarked, that was not granted even to a man like Pericles in the great days of Athens.On the frieze around the base Philopappos is shown in the guise of a Roman consul, mounted in a chariot and accompanied by lictors. Above this are seated figures of the dead man and (to the left) Antiochos IV, his grandfather.On the way to (or from) this monument of the personality cult under the Roman Empire, there can be seen some remains of the diateichisma, the intermediate wall built in 337 B.C. to shorten the defensive lines between the Long Walls. Here too are various cisterns and rock-cut chambers, one of them traditionally misnamed the Prison of Socrates (now identified to the southwest of the Agora).
Roman Agora and the Library of Hadrian
The Roman Agora or market was laid out at the beginning of the Christian era immediately west of the Tower of the Winds, built some decades earlier. It was connected with the older Greek Agora to the west by a road which was discovered some years ago. While the Greek Agora grew and developed over the centuries, this later market was laid out on a unified plan within a rectangular area measuring 112 by 96m/365 by 315ft.It has two gates: at the west end a Doric propylon built between 12 and 2 B.C. with an inscription recording that the market was dedicated to Athena Archegetes, and at the east end an Ionic propylon probably dating from the reign of Hadrian (A.D. 117-138), when the adjoining Library of Hadrian was also built. Probably dating from the same period are the double-aisled colonnades of slender unfluted Ionic columns which surround the market, as well as the shops and offices which open off thecolonnades. On the south side is a fountain.
Address: Eolou / Pepopida Street, Greece
Library of Hadrian
Parallel to the Roman Agora, only 16m/50ft away, is another complex of similar character but different function - the Library of Hadrian, founded by the emperor of that name after A.D. 132. This was a colonnaded court measuring 122 by 82m/400 by 270ft, with exedrae (semicircular recesses) in the external walls.The entrance was on the west side, and part of this, richly decorated with Corinthian columns and a four-column propylon, has been preserved.It faces onto Areos Street, which runs south from Monastiráki Square past the old Sindrivani Mosque (now housing the Museum of Ceramics).The modern entrance to the site is at the east end, in Eólou Street.The central room in the east range of buildings, much of which is still standing, was the actual library, and the niches in which the book rolls were kept can still be recognized.The building as a whole was not designed, like the Roman Agora, for business purposes, and the spacious courtyard was laid out as a garden, with a pool in the middle. The columns and other architectural fragments now to be seen in the courtyard came from the Megáli Panayía church, which was built in the fifth C. on the site of the original pool.
Address: 1 Venizelou, Greece
Pnyx (Pnika)
The Pnyx 110m/361ft is one of the range of three hills - the others being the Hill of the Nymphs and the Hill of the Muses - to the southwest of the Acropolis. After the reform of Kleisthenes (508-507 B.C.) the Ekklesia, the popular assembly of Athens, met here, before moving to the Theater of Dionysos in the fourth century B.C. Here men like Themistocles addressed the people of Athens.There are remains of the rock-cut orators' platform, with the altar of Zeus (ca. 400 B.C.) behind it; the retaining wall (ca. 330 B.C.), built of huge blocks of stone, which supported the semicircular auditorium on the north, and the diateichisma, the wall built in 337 B.C. to shorten the line of the city's defenses. Along the west side are the rows of seating for the spectators of the son et lumière shows which now take place here. Near the Ayios Dimitrios is a pretty woodland cafe.
Hill of the Nymphs
At the western end of the chain of hills which runs southwest of the Acropolis is the Hill of the Nymphs, easily identifiable by the domed Observatory on the summit. It is reached by way of a side street off Apostólou Pávlou Street. The Classical-style Observatory was built by Theophil Hansen in 1843-46 to the design of Schaubert. To the right of the entrance are the remains of the ancient sanctuary of the Nymphs from which the hill takes its name - a levelled rock surface and a dedicatory inscription. This level platform on the highest point of the hill was chosen by Ferdinand Stademann in 1835 as the viewpoint from which to draw his "Panorama of Athens" (republished 1977).To the southeast the Hill of the Nymphs merges into the Pnyx. From both hills there are fine views of Athens.
Hill of the Muses
The Hill of the Muses is part of a chain of low hills to the southwest of the Acropolis, the others being the Pnyx and the Hill of the Nymphs. From the top of the hill (147m /482ft) there is the classic and beautiful view of the Acropolis, with Lykabettos rearing up behind.
Church of St Demetrius
The little church of St Demetrius stands in the gardens on the northeast side of the Hill of the Muses, on the right of the road which runs up to the parking place on the hill. It contains attractive wall paintings. With its large courtyard, this is one of the churches most frequented by the people of Athens on the occasion of church festivals and processions.


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Another day, another batch of goodies from EN readers (and some leftovers from after Sunday's game from us).
-Jarrett Rathke keeps on sending us some amazing photos and captions on behalf of his father, Bob Rathke, of the Civic Arena's pre-Penguins days:
"Until September, 1966, trolleys ran in the median on Centre Avenue and stopped at the Civic Arena. The attached photo was taken on Centre Ave. at Sixth Avenue on June 24, 1966 - the Bigelow Apartments building is to the left and the Arena is in distance. This was the last summer that trolleys ran to the Arena. "
"A closer view of the Arena taken in January, 1963 when the building was a little more than a year old and still had a shiny dome. The trolley wire can be seen in the upper right corner of the photo."
"A view of the inside of the dome taken on January 18, 1964. Note that the only lights for hockey games were the lights inside the ceiling of the dome. A frame of "boxing" lights was suspended on cables around the scoreboard, but the hanging lights over the ice surface weren't added for several more years. It was kind of dark at the goal ends of the ice."
"Attached is a photo my dad took at the Arena on January 18, 1964, the Pittsburgh Hornets third season in the Arena. Hornets won 6-3. That's Bronco Horvath breaking out of the Rochester Americans zone. He was in the NHL in the late 1950s and early 60s."
-Lauren Hopkins spotted a sippie (or is it "sippy?") cup for sale in PenStation at Mellon Arena with some spelling issues:
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-Lauren also sent us some photos from some recent Erie Otters games where they're digging the green ice:
-And the regular run-of-the-mill white ice:
-Steve Mazefsky sent us a few randoms shots from thoughout the season. Sidney Crosby and Bill Guerin
-Eric Godard and Montreal's Georges Laraque having a chat:
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-Finallly, we wandered over to Gate 2 at Mellon Arena Sunday where fans watched several players depart in some fancy vehicles:
-Marc-Andre Fleury actually got out of his car to sign some autographs:
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Published: August 31st 2011
So Shanghai got a little too pricy (although Beijing also spoils the heck out of you – 2 kuai to take the metro system anywhere in Beijing, I have no idea how the city can support that). So after seeing the bund again at night, seeing the Shanghai museum, and LuXun's house, we're (I'm) taking a detour to Nanjing. Without further ado:
Aug 19th:
With my larger luggage stored at the Shanghai hostel, and having caught a cold in Shanghai (something about the hostel here is driving my sinuses nuts), I got on the train at 10 and got into Nanjing around 11:40. At the Shanghai train station, I was informed that one of the students from the high school that my high school has a great relationship with would pick me up at the train station. Hai Rong (female) was very nice, however, wasn't ready for my grandmaster plan of finding the hostel (which was guestimate it from the map I had to draw). So after getting lost for a little bit, we finally realized I had the hostel number, and gave them a ring. We finally found the hostel, and I threw my stuff in really quickly and we went off to the Rape of Nanjing memorial.
Now I feel like I've written about Sino-Japanese relations a lot, and part of that might just be chance that keep running across it, but the memorial museum really does justice to the travesties that happened in Nanjing. I'll go ahead and say when I was looking through my travel book, I was wondering why Nanjing didn't have a huge list of places to visit, compared to Beijing/Shanghai, but I realized that most of it was destroyed during the Japanese raids. This was shown very well in the memorial, as well as the hell that the Japanese troops put the Nanjing citizens through. In the memorial, there was the number "300,000" everywhere, which is the final victim count (and this doesn't include the 20,000+ known cases of rape or gang rape ). I mean I'm not one to hate, but you see stuff like this, and you can at least understand where the resentment comes from. As I'm writing this (back in Shanghai) I have a Japanese roommate, and he said that he's not planning to travel to Nanjing without friends of other nationalities. It's a really heavy topic, but I think it's also a crucial one in China's history. I'd also like to say I was surprised that I wasn't really shocked at what I saw. I think part of this was that I had already read personal accounts of the event in High School, and I've seen the Holocaust memorial in DC, so I think I had mentally prepared myself better than I thought to see the memorial.
Afterwards, we went next door to the Nanjing Museum. Eh, not great, but on the second floor they had people making embroidered cloth, and that was actually really cool to see, especially since they still use these huge, two person, wooden contraptions that looks like it could fall apart by breathing on it the wrong way. Then Zhang Laoshi picked us up, dropped off Hai Rong, and then me at my hostel. And then I burnt the roof of my mouth on Korean food. (still sick btw, so I wasn't a happy camper). But when I went back to the hostel, I ended up having a 2 hour conversation with one of my roommates (I'm getting good at this – and again, I did this while sick and tired – my worst time to do anything involving Chinese). He was really cool, a finance guy who planned on going state side for grad school. Then I slept.
Aug 20th:
So I woke up around 8:20 to an unintelligent (on my part) phone call from Zhang Laoshi (way too early – I could have sworn we'd agreed on 9 – and for those of you being like "come on Robby, really?" remember I'm still sick – and if you are still like "come on Robby, really?" then I'd like to see you do the following with a bad cold). So I took a shower, coughed up a lung (whatever, I have 2), and called Zhang Laoshi back, now that I was awake and I had room in my throat to breathe. She picked me up at the hostel, picked up some baozi ( buns - they better have baozi in Taiwan) and headed off. She and her husband (who I'm going to guess his name is ShiTou, since he introduced himself as Stone – side note, Stone is an awesome name and if I have 2 sons I might have to steal that) dropped me off near the base of ZiJin Mountain, got me into a special park and told me "Ok, so you're going to walk this trail, see Sun YatSen's Memorial, walk down to the 1 bus, take it down, take the metro over to ZongTongFu (President's Courtyard more or less) and then give us a call.
And so I basically did that. It starts off with this walk way protected by stone warriors, which was rather cool, and then you can take a train up to the memorial, or if you're a boss (even when sick) you walk up there because the mountain is beautiful. Along the way, I found what is suppose to be a treasure something or other, but long story short, it seemed like a mini-(compared to everything else on the mountain) temple, which was a rather cool find and a nice detour. Took some good pics, confused some Asians (haven't said this yet, but Nanjing isn't nearly the tourist spot that Beijing and Shanghai are, so while it wasn't as bad as it was in AnYang, I got some more double takes than normal in Nanjing).
Then I hiked up to Sun YatSen's Mausoleum. I read my guidebook ahead of time and it pointed out the irony that Sun YatSen wanted a small burial, in accordance to being with the people. A year after his death, the people said "yeah, F- that." and build this monster of a mausoleum. Everything about this place (which is all fairly pearl white and royal blue) was screaming (and I've edited this next part) "I was a fricking cool dude." So after the super stair climb (seriously China, stairs and great and all, but we do have escalators now, or at least don't build stuff on a hill – just saying) and seeing the Mausoleum, I went back to find the 1 bus. Instead I walked an extra 20 minutes and found the 2 bus. But I got back down to the main road with the 2 bus and found the nearest metro stop (thank god Zhang Laoshi gave me that map) and headed off. I realized I had time, so I stopped by the Ming GuGong ruins – which as I was told, there was next to nothing after the Japanese attack/invasion. I was told correctly, but it was worth the detour, and the metro stop for it was on my route.
Then I hopped back on the metro towards ZongTongFu. So after getting lost circling a building that turned out not to be ZongTongFu, I made my way to ZongTongFu (say that 3 times fast) – which is where the Republic of China (the one that's now in Taiwan) was ran until they were kicked out by some guy named Mao ZeDong (I'm pretty sure he wasn't important). But all the buildings themselves were rather cool (especially for someone who enjoys their Chinese history.) It was cool to walk around, see the offices, classrooms, schools, etc.
So right as I finished touring the place, Zhang Laoshi gave me a call, and me met up with her family (where I met her daughter Anna) and went to the Confucius shrine – a major prayer spot for students before tests. It was cool to see the relics of all the disciples and of him. Furthermore, I learned the two main tenants of Confusianism, Ren (Self respect, study hard, etc) and Li (Family order, government order, etc). It was also nice to know that my Fantizi (traditional Characters) were about on pace with a 8 year old (Anna). Awesome. Afterwards, I tried Chou Doufu (stinky Toufu). I have no clue why Chou DouFu exist, but it's one of those weird specialty dishes. I tried it, and it was ok, not great. I would eat it again if served, but never order it myself. That being said, I've been told that it's better in Taiwan, so we'll see. We then had a real supper, which was ok, not great since we ate at a tourist trap (and I'm not being rude here, because that's an exact translation of what Zhang Laoshi told me – and I politely agreed, but also saying that it wasn't terrible either). I was then dropped off at my hostel, where I met another student traveling, who was shocked and super excited to learn that I spoke Chinese (man that felt good). Talked with him for about an hour and a half, and then hit the hay.
Also, I finished Animal Farm (in English) – I know it's a poke at the Russians, but there were a lot of ties to the Chinese system as well. No real surprise there.
Aug 21st:
So I woke up, got breakfast real quick, and grabbed a cab to Zhang Laoshi's house, which is really close to XuanWu Lake Park, where I wandered. But first she gave me breakfast (I don't know why) but I loved her for it, because she gave me a carton of milk. OH MY GOD IT WAS SOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD. I savored every drop, and thought my jaw was going to melt off. After I recovered from drinking the angel's blood, I walked to the Lake, and man is it beautiful. I quite simply popped in my headphones, and started walking. The lake is just beautiful, with a path around the whole lake, as well as a path through the islands in the center. And the entrance is part of the original Ming Wall, the part not destroyed by the Japanese. So after drinking the milk, seeing the wall, and walking through the islands while listening to my favorite music, I was in heaven. But all good things come to an end. As I got to the end of the islands, I decided instead of backtracking, I would walk around the lake. This in itself wasn't a bad idea, but right as I stared walking around the lake, it started pouring. And guess who didn't have an umbrella or rain jacket? This guy. (I did have one in my backpack, which was with Zhang Laoshi). But did a little rain kill anyone? Even if that anyone was still recovering from sickness (although admittedly better than the 20th)? Heck no, so I walked on, jamming to some Kanye, and strutting around like a boss. A very wet boss, but still a boss. When I started to get close, Zhang Laoshi gave me a call, and wondered where I was. I knew I was close to the exit, but I wasn't sure how close, so after I hung up, I started jogging, which I'm sure was a sight to see. A tall, sexy, Aryan male running through the rain, sun glasses on, hat backward – I'm pretty sure I'm going to get a sponsorship from Nike any day now. I made it to the exit, and to make a long story short – I got really lost as to where I was suppose to go, because I thought I was going to Zhang Laoshi's house, not the restaurant down the street. But I finally made it with just enough time to scarf down some food that Zhang Laoshi ordered for me (or at least pick out all of the beef in the dish). Then after a quick goodbye, I hopped in a cab, and made it on the train with 15 minutes to spare. Boo-yah. Then I slept. In a puddle of rainwater.
And that is my adventures in Nanjing. Next time we will continue our fun and joy in Shanghai. But until then:
While the holocaust was awful, why is it that we forget so many other WWII travesties, such as the Rape of Nanjing, or the Japanese encampment in the US?
Does anyone else feel it's weird that everyone ignored Sun Yatsen's dying wishes and built him an awesome building of awesome? Though it is awesome…
Can milk be sexy? Cause I think I had a moment with milk, and now I can't look at it the same way…
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Preliminary Observations on Department of Homeland Security's Biosurveillance Initiatives
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The United States faces potentially dangerous biological threats that occur naturally or may be the result of a terrorist attack. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is developing two major initiatives to provide early detection and warning of biological threats: the National Biosurveillance Integration Center (NBIC), a center for integrating and coordinating information on biological events of national significance, and the BioWatch program that operates systems used to test the air for biological agents. The Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 requires DHS to establish a fully operational NBIC by September 30, 2008. This statement discusses the status of DHS's efforts to (1) make NBIC fully operational by the mandated deadline, and (2) improve the BioWatch program's technology. GAO's preliminary observations of these two programs are based on our ongoing work mandated by the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 to review U.S. biosurveillance efforts. To conduct this work, GAO reviewed related statutes; federal directives; and DHS planning, development, and implementation documents on these two initiatives. We also interviewed DHS program officials to obtain additional information about NBIC and BioWatch. DHS reviewed a draft of this testimony and provided technical comments, which were incorporated as appropriate.
DHS has made progress making NBIC fully operational by September 30, 2008, as required by the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, but it is unclear what operations the center will be capable of carrying out at that point. DHS has acquired facilities and hired staff for the center but has not yet defined what capabilities the center will have in order to be considered fully operational. DHS has also started to coordinate biosurveillance efforts with other agencies, but DHS has not yet formalized some key agreements to fulfill NBIC's integration mission. For example, DHS has signed memoranda of understanding with 6 of 11 agencies DHS identified to support the operations of NBIC. However, DHS has not yet completed other key agreements to, for example, facilitate the technical exchange of information, such as data on human health, between NBIC and the agencies. In addition, a contractor DHS hired to enhance NBIC's information technology system delivered an upgrade to the system on April 1, 2008, intended to enhance data integration capabilities. However, before this upgrade can be used effectively, DHS officials said that NBIC will need to train its employees to use the system and negotiate interagency agreements to define the data that the agencies using the system will provide. DHS officials expect that NBIC will complete the training in early 2009. DHS has two ongoing efforts to improve the detection technology used by the BioWatch program, which deploys detectors to collect data that are then analyzed to detect the presence of specific biological agents. First, the Directorate for Science and Technology (S&T) within DHS is developing next-generation detectors for the BioWatch program. DHS plans for this new technology to collect air samples and automatically test the samples for a broader range of biological agents than the current technology. Under the current system, samples are manually collected and taken to a laboratory for analysis. DHS plans to operationally test and evaluate the new automatic technology in April 2009 and to begin replacing its existing detection technology in 2010. Operational testing and evaluation of the new technology is planned to take place in April 2009, about 1 year later than DHS initially planned, because S&T officials received revised requirements for the new system about 4 months before S&T was scheduled to complete development of the system. Second, while S&T is completing its work on the new detection technology, DHS is developing an interim solution, managed by the Office of Health Affairs, to enhance its current detection technology. This interim solution is intended to automatically analyze air samples for the same number of biological agents currently monitored by the BioWatch program. Contingent on successful operational testing and evaluation that is to start in November 2008, DHS plans to decide whether to acquire over 100 of these enhanced detectors.
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Border Security:Progress and Challenges in DHS's Efforts to Address High-Risk Travelers and Maritime CargoGAO-15-668T: Published: Jun 2, 2015. Publicly Released: Jun 2, 2015.
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Aviation Security:TSA Has Taken Steps to Improve Oversight of Key Programs, but Additional Actions Are NeededGAO-15-559T: Published: May 13, 2015. Publicly Released: May 13, 2015.
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A worker with U.S. Environmental Services, a private contractor, picked up a dead bird on Saturday.
Around 11 that night, thousands of red-winged blackbirds began falling out of the sky over this small city about 35 miles northeast of Little Rock. They landed on roofs, roads, front lawns and backyards, turning the ground nearly black and terrifying anyone who happened to be outside.
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Fishing industry & 39 lawmakers' concerns: modified salmon with gene from eel-like ocean pout..seafood's highly allergenic
Fishing industry joins with 39 lawmakers who wrote to the FDA this week asking the agency to stop its approval process for the genetically modified salmon. They cited concerns about "human health and environmental risks" from the AquAdvantage salmon. Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell slammed the idea of allowing genetically engineered salmon to be sold in supermarkets. "We are concerned genetically engineered salmon could jeopardize the health of wild-salmon stocks."
Senator Mark Begich (D-Alaska): Serious health and environmental questions regarding the fish cannot be adequately evaluated by the public, Begich wrote. Led by Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska), the senators complained to FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg that the agency is using the wrong process for evaluating the safety of the modified fish and that the public is being left out. read more »
Ocean guardians: father-son team Ric & Lincoln O'Barry reveal the truth behind dolphin trade in "The Cove" & "Blood Dolphins"
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Ric O'Barry has been a leader against the cruelty inflicted upon dolphins since his days working with them during the 1960s television series "Flipper." One of the areas of the world that O'Barry, along with his son Lincoln, have targeted over the past few years is Taiji, Japan where a spot called "The Cove" became the basis of an Academy Award-winning 2009 documentary about their efforts to stop the slaughtering of dolphins. With their new three-part Animal Planet mini-series, "Blood Dolphins," the O'Barrys pick up where "The Cove" left off with the team again trying to save the lives of innocent dolphins from senseless slaughter. Besides Taiji, the men travel to the Solomon Islands, which has been labeled one of the worst areas in the world for killing dolphins for profit. Our Jim Halterman talked with Lincoln O'Barry earlier this week about the dangers of bringing cameras to further document the dolphin trade as well as how one part of the dolphin - its teeth - is viewed in some regions as more valuable than actual currency.
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IWC: quota for slaughter? People love whales; whalers kill. Handful of Sea Shepherd volunteers saved 1899 whales in 6 seasons
The Nordic spokesman for the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) contrasted Danish people's response to the whale's plight to Denmark's policy on whaling. "Everyone wants to save the whale of the Vejle fjord but no one can. Everyone can save the thousands of whales brutally killed each year but no-one wants to," said Morten Rasmussen. Denmark was set to back whaling nations at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission being held in Morocco from June 21, 2010. Sea Shepherd, the exception out of 7 billion people, in 6 consecutive missions, have saved a total of 1899 whales: 83 in 2005/2006, 500 in 2006/2007, 483 in 2007/2008, 305 in 2008/2009, 528 in 2009/2010 in 31-day mission (cutting Japanese whaling fleet's quota by half, and whalers cut anti-whaling boat Earthrace/Ady Gil in half, and skipper/anti-whaler jailed).
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Pacific Ocean. Endangered sei, sperm whales being hunted plea for mercy. Whaling fleet with 200+ crew set sail, mid-June 2010
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text: ICPSR Metadata record for Keeping the Peace: Police Discretion and the Mentally Disordered in Chicago, 1980-1981 ICPSR ICPSR metadata records are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/). Keeping the Peace: Police Discretion and the Mentally Disordered in Chicago, 1980-1981 Teplin, Linda A. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research ICPSR 2006-01-12 8438 doi://10.3886/ICPSR08438.v1 For this data collection, information on police-citizen encounters was collected to explore the peacekeeping functions of the police and their handling of encounters with mentally ill persons. The data were gathered for part or all of 270 shifts through observations by researchers riding in police cars in two Chicago police districts during a 14-month period in 1980-1981. In Part 1 (Shift Level), information was collected once per shift on the general level of activity during the shift and the observer's perceptions of emotions/attitudes displayed by the police officers he/she observed. The file also contains, for each of the 270 shifts, information about the personal characteristics, work history, and working relationships of the police officers observed. Part 2 (Encounter Level) contains detailed information on each police-citizen encounter including its nature, location, police actions and/or responses, citizens involved, and their characteristics and behavior. A unique and consistent shift identification number is attached to each encounter so that information about police officer characteristics from Part 1 may be matched with Part 2. There are 1,382 police-citizen encounters involving 2,555 citizens in this collection. UniverseScheme08438 Organization08438_1 81-IJ-CX-4079 ICPSR.XVII.E NACJD.IX criminal justice system decision making emotional states job history mental disorders mental health offenders police citizen interactions police officers police performance police response work attitudes Chicago, Illinois, United States 1980 1981 observational data Police shifts and police-citizen interactions in two districts of Chicago. Observations were conducted during all hours of the day during a 14-month period in 1980-1981. Evenings and weekends were oversampled to obtain a maximum amount of data in a minimum amount of time. All types of police-citizen encounters were observed and coded irrespective of any mental health component. written observations 1980 1981 ICPSR AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to the general public. The original collector of the data, ICPSR, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Rearch ICPSR Ann Arbor MI http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/ firstname.lastname@example.com United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. National Institute of Justice 2006-01-12 ICPSR 2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 3 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads. 2006-01-12 ICPSR 2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 3 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads. StudyUnit08438 (1) Missing data were recoded to 9s by the Principal Investigator and can mean either actual missing data or unknown or inapplicable data. (2) There is a hierarchical, nested relationship between the shift and encounter levels of analysis. That is, the shift level is higher than the encounter level, with a given shift involving any number of encounters. Encounters are "nested" within shifts. These two levels of data have not been integrated into a single file. However, the information necessary to create such a file exists in the identification system used. Each shift was given a unique ID number. Each encounter has two ID numbers, a shift ID and an encounter ID.


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From the creators of the celebrated FINAL FANTASY TACTICS comes one of the most highly anticipated sequels to the "Tactics" franchise. Hiroshi Minagawa (Director), Akihiko Yoshida (Character Design), Yasumi Matsuno (Game Design), Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masaharu Iwata (Composers), all key members of the original TACTICS OGRE development team, have reunited to deliver the ultimate version of this definitive tactical RPG experience.
Sing to me of a time long past.
A time when men answered to power alone.
Ruled by steel.
Steeped in darkness.
Sing of an age called Xytegenia.
The Valerian Isles, jewels of the Obero Sea. Long a center of naval commerce, the people here have struggled throughout history for dominion over these shores.
Finally there rose a man to put an end to this conflict. His name: Dorgalua Oberyth. But history would know him as the Dynast-King.
Dorgalua took the disparate races of men calling the islands home and united them as one. For fully half a century he reigned, and Valeria knew prosperity.
But upon his death, three clans rose to claim Valeria for themselves: the aristocratic Bakram, the teeming Galgastani, and the few but hardy Walister. Valeria was once again in the grip of a great blood war.
The Bakram and the Galgastani quickly divided Valeria between themselves, and an uneasy quiet has since settled over the isles. Yet none believe the calm will last.
Denam Pavel
"There is blood on my hands, how long till it lies on my heart?"
Clan: Walister
Age: 18
Denam joined the Resistance after his father, Prancet Pavel, was taken in a Dark Knight attack on their hometown of Golyat. Denam now fights the oppression of the Bakram and Galgastani alongside his sister, Catiua, and childhood friend Vyce. Denam possesses a strong sense of justice and the will to see his convictions through. Yet these are tempered with caution and doubts about the war that must be waged.
Catiua Pavel
"Promise you'll never leave your sister."
Clan: Walister
Age: 19
Born the 15th day of Darkscale
Denam's sister and fellow Walister, Catiua has a deep and abiding love for her younger brother. After losing their mother at an early age, the task of raising Denam and Catiua fell to their father, an abuna in the church. Under his guidance, Catiua trained to become a sibyl. Now, along with Denam and their childhood friend Vyce, Catiua works as a member of the Resistance. She fights not for a grand cause, but for fear of losing her brother.
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"I have no love of war. But I'd sooner die on my feet than on my knees."
Clan: Walister
Age: 18
Born the 14th day of Godscale
Orphaned when his father, his only remaining family, was slain by the Dark Knights, Vyce joined the Resistance to fight against any who would oppress the Walister. A man of deeds, he and Denam complement each other well.
As Denam makes decisions, the story takes on new shape—a true multi-story system!
Not only Denam's story, but the stories of those around him evolve based on your choices. Watch as former enemies become allies, new characters join the story, and familiar scenes take unexpected twists. It's a different tale with each telling.
When Denam moves across the world map, a battle may take place at his destination or along the way. The battle party screen appears when Denam is drawn into a battle. Here, you can select the units you wish to deploy, as well as examine unit stats and change equipment. The maximum number of units will vary depending on the battle. The terms of victory are displayed as the battle commences. Meet these conditions to win the battle. In "Vanquish" missions, defeat the specified unit to win, or all enemies if your instructions are to "Vanquish All Foes." Friends and foes alike take turns based on their RT (Recovery Time), a value determined by each unit's speed and equipment. A unit's turn is known as its AT, or Attack Turn. When the terms of victory are met, the battle is won. If the terms called for defeating a specific unit, the battle ends when that unit falls, regardless of what other units remain standing. After winning a battle, the results screen lists items collected from bags of loot left unclaimed on the battlefield. Note that any unclaimed tarot cards will be lost. You can also see how many experience and skill points your units earned.
In TACTICS OGRE: Let Us Cling Together, you will experience a lost tale of political intrigue, conquest, and rebellion. It is your choices through a branching storyline that determine the fate of the Walister Resistance, characters in the game, and the story as a whole. Your rebellion is enhanced with reworked visuals, effects, a re-arranged soundtrack by the original composers, new character growth mechanics, and a new Wheel of Fortune system that adds even more replay value to the game. Get ready for an evolved "tactics" gameplay experience on the PSP!
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I played Final Fantasy Tactics before I ever played a Tactics Ogre game(which was the precursor to FFT.) I finally got to experience it in this version and was quite pleased. Read morePublished 2 months ago by MSMJ Shaffer
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Russell Westbrook gets his fair share of blame when things go wrong for the Oklahoma City Thunder, but everything was going right for them on Monday night. In a blowout win over the Charlotte Bobcats, Westbrook earned some well-deserved accolades for himself by throwing down a monster dunk at the end of the first half. To punctuate the slam, the point guard even did a little high-stepping down the baseline toward his team's bench. Check out the slam in the video below, and note the score — Westbrook's dunk put the Thunder up by 40.
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Corpus Christi negotiators consider contract proposal Wednesday from firefighter union officials
CORPUS CHRISTI - After hours of discussion Wednesday, fire union officials submitted a counter offer that city officials will consider in a more than yearlong contract dispute.
"I believe it's something we can live with," said Kerry Eyring, a fire captain and lead negotiator for union officials.
City officials initially offered union officials a $5.1 million total compensation package that featured no pay increases during the next two fiscal years.
Union officials came back with an offer agreeing to the $5.1 million, but keeping their existing health insurance plan and using the funds for a 6 percent pay increase each year for the next two fiscal years.
"We decided to take that amount in wages to offset our insurance," Eyring added.
Since last spring, firefighters have asked for lower health premiums and higher wages during negotiations for their three-year contracts.
For more than a decade, firefighters have paid nearly twice as much each month in health insurance premiums compared with city police officers.
After reaching an impasse in March, fire union officials called for an objective fact-finding report, which sided with firefighter demands.
It recommended their proposal, which asked for nearly $12.6 million in total compensation.
On Tuesday, City Council issued a resolution instructing city negotiators to offer no more than $5.1 million and setting a July 13 deadline on the negotiations.
Things got tense during the more than three-hour meeting Wednesday as both sides refused to budge.
"We just don't have the ability to pay you at that level," Assistant City Manager Margie Rose said after seeing an offer. "Please understand we value your service — that's why we came up from zero to $5.1 million."
The city also tentatively agreed to an extra pay category for ranking firefighters who have been with the service at least 10 years, and allowing the department to hire firefighters with medical technician certifications who can be put on duty faster.
More than 20 Corpus Christi firefighters dressed in red T-shirts sat in on the discussions to show support.
City officials will meet again with union officials Tuesday. If the city approves the offer, union officials will take it to their more than 300 members for approval.
The outlook is an optimistic one, said Assistant City Manager Troy Riggs.
"I think this is great progress," he said. "It's closer to an agreement than we've ever been before."
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Jackets gathered at the waist, creating feminine softness at the hips.
If only I had another half-inch or so at the waist, I might even be comfortable.
"middle part of the body," also "part of a garment fitted for the waist," late 14c., probably from Old English *wæst "growth," hence, "where the body grows," from Proto-Germanic *wahs-tu- (cf. Old English wæstm, Old Norse vaxtr, Swedish växt, Old High German wahst "growth, increase," Gothic wahstus "stature," Old English weaxan "to grow" see wax (v.)), from PIE *wegs-, extended form of root *aug- "to increase" (see augment). Meaning "portion of a garment that covers the waist" (but, due to fashion styles, often is above or below it) is from 1640s.
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MIAMI GARDENS, FL - FEBRUARY 07: Troy Evans #54 and Marvin Mitchell #50 of the New Orleans Saints celebrate at the end of Super Bowl XLIV on February 7, 2010 at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. THe Saints defeated the Colts 31-17 (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
On March 16, linebacker Kenny Onatolu signed a three-year contract with the Carolina Panthers. While not an every day, household name, Onatolu was to the Vikings what Corey Graham was for the Bears. That being a player, who has plenty of talent, but is not worthy of starting. Instead, these Onatolu and Graham are two of the best special teams players on the planet. While no longer a part of Minnesota's team, he provided the Vikings with a great boost on special teams. For those unaware— the Vikings were one of the worst special teams in the league from around 2002-2007. Ben Leber was the only bright spot for Minnesota on kickoffs. With Onatolu gone, many fans were up in arms that the Vikings' special teams group would, once again, be amongst the worst in the league. As of April 10, the Vikings have found their replacement for Onatolu, in Marvin Mitchell. Mitchell, 27, was the New Orleans Saints' seventh-round pick in 2007. Mitchell played college football at Tennessee, where he was ...
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The opinion of the French concerning DSK is not what you are pointing out: you think that the French people are keen to defend DSK, who is offensive to women. On the contrary, the French people condemned DSK and criticize their own justice system.
As a matter of fact, we always criticize. As you know, we are culturally arrogant. We are also, as you know, surrender monkeys. And indeed, the French are always keen to protect the weakest.
Our heroes are losers: Joan of Arc was burnt alive by the English; beloved bicycle champion Poulidor never won the Tour de France; our national symbol is a chicken.
In the DSK case, widespread French public opinion is impressed only by the women crying "Shame on you" at DSK in front of the courthouse.
Indeed, the French used to be sans-culottes fighting the kings.
Please remark that, after we established a Republic (1792), England, Prussia (Germany), Italy, Austria, all attacked the French. Please note that we fought alone. There was not a single American helping us. Exceptionally, because we were arrogant by that time and not able to afford culottes (pants/trousers), we managed to win.
For this reason, what impresses the French is that the poorest women of the richest city are protesting against injustice. The French are not opposed to women. The French are all black women. France is a woman. Sans culotte.
I am very sorry you have bad feelings about French male chauvinism. I do not believe we are really like that. Most of our favorite people are women: besides Joan, we admire Marie Curie in science, Simone Veil in politics, Lady Gaga and Céline Dion in pop music, etc. I hope you will change your mind.
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- Exterior of the Kingsmill - Stafford Park model home
- Kitchen of the Kingsmill - Stafford Park Model
- Master Bathroom
- Kitchen of the Kingsmill - Stafford Park Model
- Bonus Room
- Dining Room
- Exterior of the Kingsmill model at Stafford Park
- Girls Bedroom
- Family Room
- Family Room
- Guest Room
- Master Bedroom
- Media Room in the Basement
- Home Office
- Wet Bar in the Finished Basement
- Alternate Owner's Bath
- Optional Upgraded Owner's Suite
- Optional Mud Room
- Optional Morning Room
- Optional Home Office
- Optional Finished Lower Level
- Optional Double Patio Door Areaway Welled Exit
- Optional Bonus Bedroom and Bath
- Basement Extension with Optional Morning Room
- Optional Media Room on Lower Level
- Optional Basement Bath
- Alternate Second Floor Layout
- Alternate Optional Kitchen with Morning Room
- Optional Morning Room with Alternate Kitchen
- Alternate First Floor Layout


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Press Releases
Tours for the Visually Impaired to be Offered At the San Antonio Museum of Art
Beginning Saturday, October 4, the Museum will offer docent-led tours for the blind and visually impaired the first Saturday of every month at 10:00 a.m., or by special arrangement. Tours include descriptive language, touch, sound, and smell to enhance the visitors' experience with art. Visitors are able to touch various objects, such as textiles, painted earthenware, and other reproductions of works in the Museum's collection. Guide dogs, sighted companions, and others are welcome, as are wheelchairs and other walking aids.
San Antonio Museum of Art designated as a Let's Move! Museum
The San Antonio Museum of Art is pleased to announce it is part of the Lets Move! Museums and Gardens initiative. Let's Move! is a national initiative, launched in 2010 by First Lady, Michelle Obama, to get kids moving and eating healthy food. It aims to support healthy children and families and has initiated many programs across the country, including Let's Move! Cities, Towns and Counties; Chefs Move to Schools; and Let's Move Faith and Communities.
Traveling Trunks Bring World of Art to Early Childhood Classrooms
A collaboration between the San Antonio Museum of Art and Pre-K 4SA Educators
Beginning this fall, Pre-K teachers can check out Early Childhood Traveling Trunks for free from the San Antonio Museum of Art. The trunks have been funded by the City of San Antonio's Department for Culture and Creative Development and are a collaboration with Pre-K 4SA educators.
Statue of a young man
Loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, on view
The San Antonio Museum of Art is pleased to announce that Statue of a young man from ancient Cyprus is now on view in the Greek Gallery. This impressive limestone statue, which stands approximately three-and-a-half feet tall, is on loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the next two years.
Matisse Paints the Town
The San Antonio Museum of Art announces "Matisse Paints the Town," a citywide celebration of the beauty and genius of Matisse, one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. In recognition of Matisse: Life in Color, a summer exhibition at the San Antonio Museum of Art, local businesses and organizations are drawing inspiration from the artist's work. This celebration will kickoff June 14 and go through September 7, 2014.
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