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Companion forum thread to:Backcountry Fly Fishing with Tenkara: Ultralight Style and Simplicity
Ive been looking to get one of these for awhile now. After that awesome video I might have to go make an order.Thanks for the video Ryan
Nice fish!
Excellent video Ryan--I like the idea of no reel-very simple and its all about the technique and perfecting the Art of UL backcountry fishing...I am very interested in a Tenkara pole now!!-Jay
Hi Ryan,Great video, nice fishing spot, as it is winter down under I can only dream at the moment.How would do you think the Tenkara rod would handle a 5-6 lb Trout.Tony
Okay, I have to admit that I understood very little of the technical description of some the accessories and whatnot that Ryan was describing. I am very interested in getting into fishing, but I don't really know a good place to start and it seems a little intimidating to me (especially as I'm a former vegetarian--don't tell the others!). I live in lake Tahoe and was hoping to get a license this summer, but never got around to it. Does lake fishing from a shore/pier seem like a good place to start, or is river fishing where it's at?Can someone point me in the right direction for a simple, educated, and to the point introduction to all things fishing? Thanks.
What kind of casting distance is reasonable? Can this work in small lakes as well?The 11 and 12 ft rods seem like a problem if there's much brush near the water. Is it? Any solutions?
Great video Ryan. I'm ordering a Tenkara set-up this or next month, can't wait for it, it seems like made for UL backpackers!btw, what's the Song in the Video?
I bought the Ebisu pole along with a line about a month ago and created a kit similar to Ryan's. This is a light, simple, elegant style of fly fishing. The casting technique is very easy to learn. It is also very fast to set up taking about a minute or two to be fishing (Tip: keep the line/tippet/fly ready on a spool). I have fished the Arkansas and South Platte rivers along with a couple lakes in Wyoming and caught trout at each location. The Sage is going to be gathering dust for a while!
@Tony - How do I think Tenkara would handle a 5-6 lb trout? I caught a 23" brown with a Tenkara rod on the Madison and the rod did fine - I did have to "chase" the fish down stream. I think at some point, if you want to keep the fish, you'll have to do the bobbing routine from A River Runs Through It. The better question is "how would you handle a 5-6 lb trout" and the typical answer upon hooking one is "I'd crap my pants!" then worry about how the rod would handle it.@Zach - education is fast and furious in the days of the internet, there's lots of good stuff out there. I'd start with this as a most basic introduction: Wikipedia Article on Fly Fishing, then type "fly fishing how-to" on YouTube.com. Then, then go to your local fly shop and tell them you're brand new and you need help. I think one of the best ways to learn it, if you have no friends who fly fish, and a little cash, is to hire a guide. Money well spent, you'll learn to cast correctly. Also local shops can tell you about casting clinics, fishing shows, and other events. So, get plugged in there.@Nia - casting distance is limited by the length of the line (10.5 feet) + the length of your tippet (3' to 8') minus the hanging arc horizontal distance between the tip of your rod (the terminus of your line) and where the line hits the water (equation not provided). In other words, a few feet less than the line+leader length. Casting distance is less relevant in Tenkara fishing than conventional fly fishing.@Hendrik - the song in the video is Look for Me in the Mountains.@Thomas - I have to laugh at your comment that the Sage is going to be gathering dust for awhile. Yeah, mine too. Reminds me of the old days of saying "The Dana (pack) is going to be gathering dust for awhile..."
Howdy Ryan- Thanks for the great clip on bc fly fishing. Beautiful looking cutties in the SF Flathead. Tenkara is a really cool concept and you really got me thinking about it! We just got off a PR trip on the SF Sun and found the fly fishing for Cuts and Rainbows pretty darn good. Your fish taco recipe was savored around our fire every night. Thanks much!
Great vid, Ryan! It was an earlier post here that introduced me to tenkara this summer, and I've been enjoying it since! I have the Yamame rod, and two tackle set-ups: one a Filson waist belt for when I'm not hiking, just fishing, and the other a Mayfly lanyard pouch for hiking. The folks at Bob Merritt's in Buena Park, CA, were very helpful in finding nice lightweight accessories for hiking, including the small foam boxes you mentioned (hiking set-up uses one, just fishing two). The reel, line, and heavy vest are gone for good!
Wow, with my Membership I also get this great Song for free! Love it. Thanks for the link Ryan.
[quote]if you want to keep the fish, you'll have to do the bobbing routine from A River Runs Through It[/quote]tried to google that but no lucki would love any explanation :)too bad trout fishing ends in one month here, i will just have the time to try my luck for mountain lakes trouts ( ends 3 weeks after )but after hesitating a bit, a tenkara will soon be otw to use when i do river fishing and no sea fishing hikes.i should save 10oz that way.
Edited by eahoppe on 12/11/2012 21:55:58 MST.
If shore debris is the concern, Eugene, then you're in luck as the last few winters have wrecked pole and line thwarting vegetation all over that region.
Ryan,Thanks... That was a great video. I think I'll get one and give it a try. Kendall
Edited by socalpacker on 08/19/2009 20:59:03 MDT.
Hi Ryan,I really enjoyed your brief Tenkara tutorial and seeing the S. Fk again. I floated it 35 miles last year in my Outlaw (www.northforkoutdoors.com) and had a blast.You got me interested again in a simpler form of fly fishing and brought back some fine memories. Some friends and I were doing almost the same thing back in the 80's after getting in some telescopic fiberglass/graphite panfish rods at a fishing store where I worked. We had great success on local streams with the 10-20 foot rods, no reel and nymphs. It was a revival of the old cane pole panfish techniques from the turn of the century.Reel-less fly fishing actually goes back to the very beginnings of the sport in Europe in the 1500's? where long sticks of willow, greenhart or bamboo were used with short lengths of braided horsehair lines, leaders and snelled flies to catch trout, grayling, roach, pike and perch. This was long before reels, silk lines and split bamboo rods were invented.It's like your high school cloths! If you keep them long enough, they will come back in style. Good techniques never die they just have revivals every once in a while. Thanks for reminding me to lighten, simplify and enjoy!
For those of you in the know,Is there any reason Tenkara would not be an appropriate method of fishing to learn for a complete fishing novice (no previous fishing experience)?Ian
This looks like a far more sophisticated version of what I did as a kid with a line tied to the end of a willow pole. It worked really well on very narrow mountain streams (the kind that cut a deep channel going into or out of a lake) where I could stand some distance away and just drop the fly in. I also did some casting with it, too. Of course it's obvious that Tenkara has many more possibilities! I've just sent out a Christmas gift request to my grown children!Is the song available on a recording (or download) anywhere? It's MY theme song! (and, I'm sure, that of a lot of other folks on this forum.)
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With a Level I Trauma Center and a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, FMC has the services to keep families together when emergencies occur.
KAFF radio morning host, Jenny Brawn, her 15-year-old son, Evan, and her 11-year-old daughter, Caroline, were traveling to Dewey to visit the children's grandparents when the family's car was struck head-on by another vehicle.
"The driver who hit us was going so fast that I only had time to put my foot on the brake," Brawn said. "The next thing I remember was hearing the emergency crews discussing different hospitals and their plans to separate us. I said 'Please let us go to the same place.' Someone on the scene made the call to send us to Flagstaff Medical Center, and that person is our hero."
An Extra Level of Care
When kids are involved in a traumatic event, beyond the initial care they receive by the trauma team, they need an extended, high level of care. The combination of FMC's Level I Trauma Center and the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) allowed the Brawn family to first receive emergent life saving care, and then allowed them all to remain in Flagstaff. The PICU provided critical care for Evan and Caroline while Jenny was cared for just down the hall.
"Without the presence of the PICU, the children would have been transferred out of the community," said John Duong-Tran, M.D., pediatric intensivist at FMC. "Being separated can add another dimension of trauma to an already upsetting situation."
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"I was transported by ambulance to FMC. Because my kids were sent by helicopter, they arrived at FMC and were already being cared for when I got there," Brawn said. "I was able to be near my children. I want to thank FMC for being there for us. I didn't have to worry about being separated."


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Fixing Mrs. Flinger Feb 20, 2015
I'm currently working on this website. I want to add back the links to blogs I love, some ways to find content easier, and put in archive, at last, some of the ancient articles. Come back to see updates.
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#Rants and Raves#The Flinger FamilyIf you don't believe in evolution, I think you'll still agree with me on this one. We as a society have continued to evolve and grow and have a population explosion despite our children's best attempt at making us throw them out the car window going 70 miles an hour on the freeway. Lemme 'splain. Since theMonster toddler turned two, life has been… Interesting? No… um.. Wild? Yes, but.. Hell? YES! Hell. She is coming in to her own. She MUST be the one to put on her shoes. She WILL be the one to not drink out of her straw, but rather open the lid and dump the precious expensive gold that is "Organic Valley Milk" on to her lap/carseat/books. She will refuse to walk when you ask her to, she'll slump, boneless, when prompted to get in to... Read more
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#Pregnancy#The Flinger Family#Weght Loss and Body ImageI found my razor this afternoon. This is very good news since I haven't shaved my legs since we packed up the bathroom in our old townhouse on Friday. If you count the days, that's ... let's do the math… five days. For those of you that don't know, I'm a small step away from the ape woman. So five days for you, thin blonde chick that I'd hate but you're too nice, might not be a big deal, but for me? Well. It is. So, what with the peeing, the nausea, and the incessant hunger, I got up with my nighty bra-tank and panties and walked downstairs for some cocoa and graham crackers. Mr Flinger (god bless this man) says, "You should walk around in panties more often." I glance down and see nothing great, short of a small forest of leg... Read more


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Add one more achievement to Tyler Austin's growing list of accomplishments in the game of the baseball: minor league all-star.
The former Heritage star was named a South Atlantic League all-star this week, representing the Charleston RiverDogs, the Single-A affiliate of the New York Yankees.
Austin is certainly worthy of the honor. In 56 games through June 7, the 20-year old was hitting .330 (leading the team with 72 hits in 218 at bats) and also had team-highs in home runs (14), RBIs (50) and doubles (19).
Austin will be joined by several of his Charleston teammates as catchers Gary Sanchez, the leading vote getter, and Francisco Arcia and right-handed pitchers Pedro Guerra and Bryan Mitchell will play for the South Division team. The quintet will have a familiar coaching staff in the dugout as Charleston will also be represented by manager Carlos Mendoza, coaches Greg Colbrunn, Brian Baisley and Danny Borrell, and athletic trainer Jorge Vargas.
"Once again, the amount of talent that will be showcased in this game will be incredible," said Sally League president Eric Krupa.
It's been quite a rise for Austin, who's in just his second full season in the Yankees organization. A 13th-round selection (415th overall) in the 2010 draft out of Heritage, Austin missed nearly the entire 2010 minor league season with a hand injury, but came back strong in 2011. Splitting time between the Gulf Coast League Yankees and the short-season Staten Island Yankees, he hit .354 with a .418 on-base percentage and 36 RBIs. He moved up another level to Charleston to start this season and has become one of New York's highest-rated prospects.
The players and coaches will have an added bonus as Charleston will host the game at Joseph P. Riley Park, June 19.
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The Memorial Hospital of Texas County's Board of Control will meet tonight, with plenty on its plate. Many throughout the community have a growing concern for the possible lease/management options the hospital is currently facing.
With Northwest Texas Healthcare System and Baptist St. Anthony's Hospital of Amarillo both interested in possibly joining forces with MHTC, issues are being raised regarding insurance protocols.
Vicki Ayers McCune said her staff conducted a survey just last week of PREDCI members. The concern? NWTHS is not a Blue Cross Blue Shield in-network hospital, BSA is.
"Northwest is not providers for Blue Cross Blue Shield," McCune said. "BSA is the exclusive provider for Blue Cross Blue Shield.
"My staff, through PREDCI, did a survey (last week), but all of our major employers – the ones we were able to get in touch with – 75 percent of Texas County population have BSA as their in-network provider, versus 25 percent being able to use either one," she explained. "That includes all the Blue Cross Blue Shield which there are about 4,300 families, just in the ones we checked – that doesn't include the local mom and pop shops. We are talking about Seaboard, Walmart, OPSU, all the Texas County employees and all the state employees in the area. There are also two other groups that have BSA as their sole in-network provider, that is Caliber, which Bank of the Panhandle and some others fall under, and Health Choice, which all the schools fall under. We are talking 75 to 80 percent of our entire population that has BSA as an in-network and are out of network with Northwest."
Board of Control Chairman Buddy Holbert understood the concern voiced by McCune and PREDCI. He said, however, there is no need to worry.
"It's not a problem at all, and here is the reason why – Northwest did not present a lease proposal, they presented a management proposal," Holbert said. "Nothing changes. You and your doctor still have the choice between BSA or Northwest or Integris or Mercy or any other hospital in the free world.
"If at some point and time that we do a lease whether it be with BSA or Noble or Bautista or Northwest, if they were to lease it, the only way that we would lease it is if they become Oklahoma Health Choice and Blue Cross Blue Shield providers," he explained. "They have to cover everything that we currently cover."
Holbert said he is concerned the public feels a decision regarding a management/lease option will be made tonight. He said this is not the case, for several reasons – one being Noble Healthcare is scheduled to make a proposal to the board at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, and Dr. Martin Bautista will approach the board at 7 p.m. on Thursday.
"People have the misconception that (tonight) we are going to lease the hospital," he said. "You don't just lease the hospital, you don't just sign a management agreement, all of these things are in the very beginning stages.
"A lease would take months to iron out any or all of the details – if we were even able to get there," he continued. "The management deal, we are 45 to 60 days out from having our attorneys, having the proper personnel review any contract."
Holbert added nothing is "set in stone," and all communications at this point in regards to management/leasing options are just "a beginning of a dialogue."
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9 factors to consider
Fly or Drive?
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Planning a trip to enjoy the autumn foliage or go wine-tasting? According to a recent TripAdvisor survey, 86 percent of travelers are planning a leisure trip this fall, and those are the top activities.
For those who traveled on Labor Day, 60 percent expected to drive, and 34 percent planned to fly. (Guess the other 6 percent were either taking trains or boats.) But how often is driving a better option than flying?
In the video below, Money Talks News reporter Jim Robinson takes a look at that question, using a trip calculator to weigh the costs and benefits. Check it out, and then read on for more.
Here's the tool Jim used: BeFrugal's fly or drive calculator. Plug in some travel dates, locations, the number of people going, and some other optional information to get a side-by-side comparison. Regardless of how the money shakes out, though, Jim's right that both modes have their pros and cons. Here are a few things to consider before you decide:
- Packing - Fly, and you're looking at baggage fees in the realm of $20 per bag, per person, each way. This could easily cost a family of four $160. If you drive, there are no extra fees and you can stuff whatever you want in the car. But depending on the vehicle, there may not be much space for everyone's luggage.
- Pace - Flights require you to arrive by a certain time so they can make you stand in a long line and then sit in the takeoff queue. Plus, there are storm delays and waiting at baggage claim, but the farther you have to go, the more time you save. And at least there's no traffic in the sky. Drive and you'll face lots of it, but your travel time is otherwise only restricted by your own endurance. (And maybe speed limits.)
- Scenery - On a road trip, every seat's a window seat, and you can stop for a closer look whenever you want. In the air, you're stuck with the in-flight movie (if you get one) or the snoring guy in the next seat.
- Distance - Where long distance is a factor, so are overnight accommodations. Unless you plan to sleep in your car or drive all night (not the safest idea), you have to add motel costs to the total price, and food costs stack up, too.
- Numbers - The biggest cost factor is how many people are traveling with you. Costs multiply per person on a flight, while driving allows you to pool gas money.
- Safety - According to the Smithsonian Institution, planes are far safer than cars: "More people die in auto accidents in three months in the United States than have lost their lives in the entire history of commercial flight."
- Multitasking - Driving duty leaves you with little time to relax or get work done so you can enjoy time off at your destination. Take a plane and you can sit on your laptop or smartphone, maybe with in-flight Wi-Fi.
- Comfort - Sitting in a car for hours is no fun, but at least you can get out and stretch. That's impossible while crammed in a plane, and you may have to jostle others just to reach the bathroom.
- Destination travel - Flying may leave you without a free ride from the airport and may mean public transportation or cabs to get around. Bringing your own vehicle can save on that expense.
Bottom line? The choice between flying and driving isn't always obvious. If you weigh the benefits and plug some numbers into a flight calculator , you might be surprised. If you are going to fly, take some advice from Money Talks News travel expert Jason Steele. He's a licensed pilot who knows all the tricks, from flying business class cheap to the best frequent flier programs and maximizing bonus miles.
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• Complete Results | Big Ten Tournament Central
MADISON, Wis. -- The Wisconsin men's tennis team wasn't able to continue its Big Ten Tournament play falling to No. 3 seeded Minnesota on Friday afternoon. The No. 6 seeded Badgers fell in a 4-0 match in the quarterfinal round of the tournament.
The Badgers fell early in the No. 3 doubles match but knotted things up with a win by veteran pair of Marek Michalicka and Billy Bertha in the No. 1 doubles spot. Despite are a hard fight in the No. 2 slot, the Badger freshman duo of Fredrik Ask and Rodney Carey fell giving the Gophers the early doubles point.
Minnesota continued their momentum into singles play earning a quick win in the No. 5 singles spot as Brendan Ruddock defeated UW's Carey, 6-3, 6-3.
Wisconsin freshman Alex Robles was the next Badger to fall as Julian Dehn earned the 6-2, 6-4 win.
The match decision came in the No. 2 singles spot as Rok Bonin defeated Bertha, 6-0, 6-2, to give Minnesota the 4-0 win.
The Badgers will look to extend their season with an NCAA Tournament bid next week. The 2011 NCAA Division I men's selection show will be on www.NCAA.com on Tuesday, May 3 beginning a 4:30 p.m. (CT).
Tennis Match ResultsWisconsin vs MinnesotaApr 29, 2011 at Madison, Wis.(Cole Hall Tennis Courts)
#19 Minnesota 4, #71 Wisconsin 0
Singles competition1. Tobias Wernet (MINN) vs. Marek Michalicka (WIS) 7-5, 3-0, unfinished2. Rok Bonin (MINN) def. Billy Bertha (WIS) 6-0, 6-23. Sebastian Gallego (MINN) vs. Petr Satral (WIS) 6-2, 3-2, unfinished4. Phillip Arndt (MINN) vs. Fredrik Ask (WIS) 3-6, 2-5, unfinished5. Brendan Ruddock (MINN) def. Rodney Carey (WIS) 6-3, 6-36. Julian Dehn (MINN) def. Alex Robles (WIS) 6-2, 6-4
Doubles competition1. Billy Bertha/Marek Michalicka (WIS) def. Phillip Arndt/Sebastian Gallego (MINN) 8-42. Rok Bonin/Julian Dehn (MINN) def. Rodney Carey/Fredrik Ask (WIS) 8-53. Tobias Wernet/Juan Pablo Ramirez (MINN) def. Petr Satral/Ricardo Martin (WIS) 8-2
Match Notes:Wisconsin 12-12, 5-5; National ranking #71Minnesota 17-4, 8-2; National ranking #19
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (5,6,2)
No. 6 seed Wisconsin vs. No. 3 seed MinnesotaNos. 3, 1, and 4 singles were abandoned due to match decisionNo. 3 seed Minnesota advances to face No. 2 seed Indiana on Saturday
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Education Ministry memo tells principals to ensure that students place books bearing God's name in a special storehouse and not throw them away • Surprised principal: "What do they expect from us? Where will this religious coercion end?"
Public school principals and superintendents received instructions this week not to throw out any textbooks containing the Hebrew name for God, considered sacred by observant Jews.
Yehudit Kadosh, a primary school education director at the Education Ministry, sent out a memo this week to superintendents and principals of public schools, asking them to inform students that under Jewish law, unwanted textbooks containing the explicit name for God must be put in a genizah, a storehouse for holy books that are no longer in use, and must not be thrown out.
"As is known, there are textbooks containing passages from the Bible and other [holy] sources, in which the name of God appears explicitly," Kadosh wrote. "It has been brought to our attention that sometimes, when these textbooks are no longer needed, they are casually discarded. This kind of book should be put in a genizah, so as not to offend the sector of public to whom this issue is important and dear to heart. Students should be informed that this type of book must be put in a genizah, and not simply thrown away."
Several principals expressed surprised by the request.
"This is the first time that I have received a request like this," one principal said. "This is coercion to adopt a religious Jewish perspective. We don't teach these texts from a religious perspective, so it is not clear to me why the ministry is asking that we treat them as such. What do they expect from us? Are we supposed to go over all the books to check if God's name is written in them? And which name is it that makes the text holy? If the text is holy, where will this end -- maybe next they will request that boys wear yarmulkes and girls dress modestly during Bible lessons?"
Oren Yehi Shalom, director of the non-profit Center for Israeli Education, said: "The memo sent to school principals speaks to the lack of content and educational character in public school education, which was once humanistic. More and more, Orthodox content and approaches are becoming the educational norm in public schools. Over the long term, this explains the alienation of secular students from Israeli heritage. The Education Ministry should encourage public schools to develop a secular humanistic cultural identity, and not enforce religious norms for the sake of respecting others. If an autonomous public education board is not formed, this trend will continue, and it won't be long before topics that offend the sensitivities of the religious public will be off-limits for study."
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Anastasia Beverly Hills Birthday Suit Lip Gloss Set Review & Swatches
Allow me to introduce you to the new Anastasia Beverly Hills Birthday Suit Lip Gloss Set ($33), heck, after seeing it, maybe you wanna run around in lipgloss and your birthday suit. You sexy beast!
The aptly named Anastasia Beverly Hills Birthday Suit Lip Gloss Set is a limited edition set of of four (0.07 oz each in size) HydraFull Glosses in shimmering nude hues and is available as a Nordstrom Exclusive.
Let's take a peek yes?
I'm always look for the perfect shade of nude gloss that I can wear. Something that makes my lips look full, glossy, with a hint of sparkle. I'm always wishing and hoping I can achieve Kim K's gorgeous nude pout, if anything at all she rocks nude lips like no one's biz.
This selection of shades is such an easy to wear collection. The shades aren't dull, they don't nude lips out to the point of looking deathly, and they have just enough tint to them to enhance the look of your lip color.
I was very pleased to notice that the glosses have a spatula applicator. This isn't something that's completely caught on in the US but is very common in Asian lip glosses. The spatula builds color and applies the gloss so easily. I like this style applicator so much more than a sponge one.
Sugar Pink, Guava, Barely, and Moi
Sugar Pink
The color selection here includes peachy nude beiges, dusky roses, and nude pinks. They have an opaque, milky texture with a thick plush formula. They aren't sticky on my lips even though they are fairly thick and they have a fairly great wear time without the tack typical glosses have. On my lips they have a sort of bounce-y feel and give my lips a fuller appearance with a shiny finish.
I gotta say I love these. The formula has a plush feel on my lips with a comfortable wear. They have a nice shiny finish, give my lips a fuller look, and have that beautiful nude look I'm seeking without making me look like I've joined the ranks of the undead.
Loves 'em!
What a fabulous little kit for giving my lips that birthday suit finish!
Muse Approved for purchase.
If you're a fan of nude shades of gloss I'm positive you'll adore these as much as I do.
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7/20/12 15:35 Becca @ The Beauty Sample:
Both Guava and Moi looks STUNNING on you, Muse! I must have this set!
7/20/12 16:17 Tammie:
This reminds me a lot of the Holiday set I got at Sephora last Christmas…too bad it's not the brighter colors of the glosses, which I wanted to try…
7/20/12 22:03 Libby:
These looks lovely on you! I've always loved Anastasia's lipglosses and I'm definitely going to check these out.
Thanks for the review and swatches!
7/21/12 10:47 Kiss & Make-up:
I like them all, but especially the ones without shimmer. I'd like to try Barely and Moi. Also, I've never seen lip gloss with a spatula before, very interesting…
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Fine dinosaur caudal vertebrae, exhibiting very good bone surface preservation and detail. A Robust and weighty, well fossilised specimen from this classic fossil dinosaur location.
The form suggests a large Theropod, the vertebrae displays qualities similar to several types ,which remains are reasonably prolific in this site, in the fossil beds at this location, however large bones are extremely scarce compared to teeth and smaller bone tissue,movement in the bedding plain over time often crushes larger material,to find larger well formed bone specimens is a rare occurrence
Fossil Bed Note
The classic Kem Kem formation lies on an escarpment or plateaux adjacent to the Algerian-Moroccan border (the author having spent weeks in this area over many years experience travelling to the fossil sites of the whole western desert regions), this is a vast and arid terrain,The fossil beds are often dug into the flat plateaux rather then open quarry sites.Some are tunnels running into the escapement walls,all are perilously fragile, mostly not shored or braced, these tunnels of basically congealed sand-rock often collapse, making collecting dangerously hazardous and fossil hunter fatalities have been recorded in the past.
This is typical of bones found in this classic fossil site close to the Algerian border of a period throughout the first decade of the new millennium.
Location - Morocco, North Africa
Geological Age - Mesozoic Era, Cretaceous Period, approximately 135-65 million years ago
Theropod Dinosaur
Spinosaurus Vertebrae
Theropod Vertebrae
Dinosaur Bone
Dimensions - 6.3ins/ 16cm long
Weight - 1.206Kg approximately
The infill within the vertebrae is congealed sandy material containing minerals, metamorphic transformation has created this to be fixed ,however with the appliance of a small amount of pressure this can be removed,we felt it important to leave this part of the fossil bed attached to the specimen.
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Clinical Pharmacological Study of GnRH Antagonist, Cetrorelix for Healthy Female Volunteer
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GnRH analogs are globally used for assisted reproduction in infertile patients. To date, in healthy female volunteers the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic profiles of cetrorelix when administered in a single dose have been investigated in studies conducted using doses of 1, 3 and 5 mg. Studies performed in premenopausal female volunteers confirmed that cetrorelix rapidly suppresses luteinizing hormone (LH) and estradiol and shows dose-dependent prolongation of the duration of LH suppression. However, there have been few reports of studies of the relationship between the cetrorelix dosage and its effect on LH surge. In the present study, we investigated the effect of cetrorelix on LH surge when this drug was administered in single doses of 1, 2 and 3 mg.
Drug: Cetrorelix
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Pharmacodynamics Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single Blind (Subject)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Clinical Pharmacological Study of NS75A for Healthy Adult Women
- Day of the LH surge [ Time Frame: Saline administration menstrual cycle, cetrorelix administration menstrual cycle ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Serum LH concentrations [ Time Frame: Saline administration menstrual cycle, cetrorelix administration menstrual cycle ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Study Start Date:
|April 2006
|Study Completion Date:
|February 2007
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: Cetrorelix 1 mg
Drug: Cetrorelix
1, 2 or 3mg, subcutaneouly dosed with single dose
Other Name: NS75A
|Experimental: Cetrorelix 2 mg
Drug: Cetrorelix
1, 2 or 3mg, subcutaneouly dosed with single dose
Other Name: NS75A
|Experimental: Cetrorelix 3 mg
Drug: Cetrorelix
1, 2 or 3mg, subcutaneouly dosed with single dose
Other Name: NS75A
Detailed Description:
To evaluate that effect on LH surge, we investigated the efficacy of cetrorelix in delaying the start of the LH surge in comparison with the control menstrual cycle when saline was administered, and also examined the mode of disappearance of pulsatile LH secretion during the cetrorelix administration menstrual cycle.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 25 Years
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- a BMI of 18 years old and <18 and 25 years old and >25
- menstrual cycles was within the range of 25~31 days
Exclusion Criteria:
- use of a drug (e.g., oral contraceptives, drugs for treatment of hyperprolactinemia, GnRH agonists, sex steroid hormones, psychoactive drugs, etc.)
- serious disease of the endocrine system, liver, kidney, heart, lung, digestive system, etc.
- a generalized drug allergy
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00628121
|Kitasato University East Hospital
|Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan, 228-8520
No publications provided
|Responsible Party:
|Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00628121 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|February 25, 2008
|Last Updated:
|February 25, 2008
|Health Authority:
|Japan: Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
Keywords provided by Nippon Kayaku Co.,Ltd.:
infertility, menstrual cycle, LH surge
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Fertility Agents
Fertility Agents, Female
Hormone Antagonists
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Pharmacologic Actions
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Reproductive Control Agents
Therapeutic Uses
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June 3, 2011
Dear Editor:
It is with great dismay that I find no commentary regarding the upcoming MTK concert at East Hampton Airport. Why is this so? Aren't there any readers concerned about the two-day production? Have we all slipped into an apparent apathy at the idea of contesting its venue? Does making an effort seem futile?
And what about the Animal Rescue Fund? Are there any provisions being made for the defenseless dogs and cats at the center, which is located too close to the airport, not to be disturbed by the noise, by the traffic, by the people?
Can it be possible that we residents of Wainscott have accepted the probability of this MTK concert becoming an annual event at the airport?
Oh, those fortunate plovers! They have inconvenienced our summer visitors every Fourth of July to the point of a possible end to the Main Beach fireworks since funding has declined over the annual postponement of the decades-old event. What would it take, then, to bring this potential howling success of a music show to a screeching halt?
Match That Record
June 3, 2011
Dear David,
Recently Supervisor Bill Wilkinson complained that previous Democratic administrations only cared about open space protection and failed to provide affordable housing. That simply is not true.
Yes, the Democrats have always understood the importance of protecting our natural resources. However, providing realistic affordable housing opportunities for local people has always been a priority. For example, from 2005 to 2009, the previous Democratic administration created 240 affordable housing options while adopting the 2005 comprehensive plan — including ready-to-move-in affordable houses and apartments! That is a potential average of 60 dwelling units per year.
The list is long:
• Green Hollow subdivision
• Springs-Fireplace Road Apartments
• Re-sold affordable houses in Whalebone Woods
• Partnering with Habitat for Humanity
• Public-private funding
• Affordable apartments over all commercial buildings
• Accessory apartments on residences
In addition, a creative development rights transfer program for septic flow, which takes the development rights off of preserved land and transfers them to increase clustered affordable housing potential, was adopted and applied.
In other words, every time the town purchases open space land, an equal number of affordable housing opportunities become available for our local people.
The 2005 comprehensive plan was taken to court six times. Each time the judge ruled in the town's favor because East Hampton has provided a broad range of affordable housing opportunities to our residents who cannot afford higher property values.
In 2009, before the Wilkinson administration took office, 77 new dwelling units were built in East Hampton. With an average of 60 affordable opportunities per year under the Democrats, that is an outstanding ratio of about one affordable apartment or house for every 1.5 residential building permits.
I challenge any other Long Island town to match that record. Yes, the town needs to continue to provide housing opportunities to our local people that do not overpower our neighborhoods, schools, and services. All the Wilkinson administration has done is propose an over-the-top disaster scenario with a potential of 10 people per lot in a multi-family house in residential, single-lot neighborhoods throughout town.
Health Needs
June 6, 2011
Dear David:
Hasn't Steve Levy had his wings clipped in the recent accounts of his having awarded contracts to potential campaign donors? It seems he still feels empowered to sell county properties and services to the highest bidder. He was thwarted in his attempt recently to sell the only county-owned nursing facility, the John J. Foley in Yaphank.
Undeterred, he has hired a consulting service to do a cost-benefit analysis of the value of the County Home Health Care Agency, which provides home health care to the county's elderly and to others who are confined to their homes due to severe health conditions. They also have a teaching function, working with new mothers, insulin-dependent diabetics, and homebound patients who need instruction or supervision in self-care. Simultaneously he has prepared a request for proposals for publication setting a $50,000 price for the sale of said County Certified Home Health Care Agency.
He always had a line in his budgets for the public health nurses, but year after year failed to hire a sufficient number of nurses to cover Suffolk's needs. I read in the papers that he now has a plan to close two of the five county health clinics as well. They are the first line of defense for those who cannot afford health insurance.
My question is why is he still in office? If you agree, contact County Legislator Jay Schneiderman and let him know how unacceptable the attitude of Mr. Levy is toward the health needs in our county.
Barefoot Season
East Hampton
June 6. 2011
To the Editor,
Barefoot season is upon us, and the practice of "walking" dogs on the beach continues. If you go to the beach, you'll be walking in urine — barefoot.
In a couple of weeks, school will be out and children will be playing in urine. We've learned to step carefully to avoid the big piles of poop, but by now all the sand has been tainted.
People who sit in pooped-on sand and track urine-soaked feet to their cars and plant fecal-fouled fannies in them will wonder why the car takes on a funky smell each summer.
If they've had a particularly active day at the beach, they'll go home to find sand in their hair and have to wonder: Is it sand of the dried, crusty remains of un-policed poop from a season ago?
Trust No One
June 6, 2011
To the Editor,
Beware of renters. Check their references. Ask for more than one reference. Don't trust anyone, no matter how charming.
My house was trashed, and my studio, shed, and property were trashed with five overflowing garbage cans on the road. Broken glass was all over the grounds, around my house and studio.
I rented only my house, but my tenant broke into my studio. The floor was covered with papers and magazines, cigarette butts, cans of beer, and old dirty blankets. He went into my papers and threw them around; he took unknown papers. I've changed my bank account.
The legal system is not equipped to deal with people like this. I tell everyone about his treatment of my house (I only rented my house), my studio, and my shed. It was a total disaster, like photos of a tornado. Trust no one renting.
He took an English officer's canvas chair, two wire cafe chairs, plus unknown household objects (glass, scissors, books, dictionaries, etc.), and broke the cane bottoms of four dining room chairs. A large plywood board from my shed is missing. He left a huge car seat and trash galore.
I called the senior center and told a social worker to tell all there to beware of renters.
Seen Their Ad
East Hampton
March 27, 2011
Dear Editor,
My husband, Tom, and I live in Landfall and frequently enjoy a jaunt to Montauk for a walk on the beach under the bluffs, a cocktail at the wonderful old Montauket, and often dine at Gosman's, Dave's Grill, or the Harvest on Fort Pond.
Although Asian is not one of our usual choices, we had heard good things about East by Northeast on Fort Pond, and decided to try it with our handsome, smart grandson when he visited while on a break from his architectural studies at Cornell.
We arrived at abut 6:35 and were not seated until near 7. On the way to our table, our waitress notified us that the prix fixe was only in effect until 6:30 p.m. and so we were not eligible.
Since I had seen their ad in The Star week after week, I was reasonably sure that there was no such stipulation and said so to the waitress. We were told that as of this weekend, this was the policy.
In The Star on May 26 the original ad was there, $15 prix fixe, Sunday to Thursday. Enough said. We will not dine at ENE again.
Die Young
East Hampton
June 2, 2011
To the Editor,
If everyone in the United States died at 70 we would have no budget deficit and a great profitable health care system for those who can pay the freight. Die young, or if not young, sooner than later is the mantra of the health care industry and its Republican allies. There are two concepts that drive this thinking. One is the historical belief that no debt exists to previous generations that built the country. The other is the utilitarian value of non-working people in a capitalist system.
What do the elderly do for America besides drain its resources? Imagine how rich we would be if we didn't have to pay out Medicare and Social Security? Why is the country paying such a high price for the social and medical innovations that we initiated?
Philosophically, we suck compared to the rest of the world. Something in our capitalist-Christian ethic has turned the country against its parents. It is a uniquely American phenomenon, a kind of Jesus on steroids or crack. Is it simply the money that drives us or some psychological disconnect that's a function of too little breast-feeding and too much Coca-Cola?
Take any European single-payer universal health care system and implement it in America and we would have better care for less money and not worry about the deficit. Take the philosophies of Europe, Asia, or the Middle East, where the elderly are revered and respected and the question of usefulness disappears. Families accept responsibility for their parents, but these governments also understand the contributions of previous generations and celebrate their contributions rather than debating the debt.
Perception of obligations and debts are a function of a less-evolved people who live only in the present with no sense of the past. Universal health care and taking care of our parents is no different than food, shelter, and education. It's a natural instinct when not blocked by dollar signs. If we thought differently there would be no deficit debate. It would flow naturally in some genetic human channel that the cost of caring for our parents is non-negotiable.
So the question posed is who are these cretins that hold such deep animosity for their parents that they would not implement a just, all-encompassing health care system, would propose a plan like Paul Ryan's, which would seriously derange Medicare, to save a few bucks, would insist on someone making a few dollars (or many dollars) even if it puts our parents at risk?
David Cay Johnson, a conservative economist emeritus, makes the case that Mr. Ryan and the Republicans are incompetent boobs whose program would substantially raise health care costs while it tears apart the system; a nastier vision harks back to 1930s Germany and its utilitarian purity obsession. A third perspective is that health care is a risk to the continued prosperity of America's top 1 percent and every dollar for the cause helps.
Greed, lack of humanity, or stupidity — do we really want any of them in our government?
Common Ground
Sag Harbor
June 2, 2011
To the Editor,
We called it democracy and freedom after we destroyed the countries of Iraq and Afghanistan but it really meant brutal capitalism. Many Americans failed to truly understand, manipulated by the corporate-controlled media that also runs our wars. Now we ourselves are experiencing as similar kind of oppression, of course to a much lesser degree. Our economy has been destroyed, our government also destabilized. Soon we might have some empathy for even our so-called enemies.
In contemporary wars using weapons of mass destruction, 90 percent of the victims are innocent civilians just like us. Have we found common ground with our enemies?
In peace,


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It's sad, but true. Patio season has ended for the year and it's time to store your outdoor furniture for the winter, if you haven't already done so. Do you know the best way to store your furniture so that it's protected against the elements when you're not using it?
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Outdoor furniture is expensive. It's not difficult to pay hundreds of dollars for a quality table and chairs. You want to keep these items looking their best for years to come. Here's how to best protect your outdoor furniture during the winter months:
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But above all the noise, Drenik's disposition for ballads reigns. While opening track "Just Weight" is decidedly Wayne Coyne-esque, the rest of the album channels Perry Farrell, with throaty, reverb-heavy vocals delivered over muscular guitar licks. "Shotgun Song," with its shouted refrains echoing into a thunderous crunch, could fit right in on any Jane's Addiction album. "Nights on the Strand," another standout, finds Drenik ruminating on human insignificance over soft strums that build into a crescendo of wailing guitars; the lyrics couched in self-actualization.
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With a growing number of foods boasting added caffeine for an energy boost, the Food and Drug Administration says it's time to investigate their safety.
The FDA's new look at added caffeine and its effects on children and adolescents is in response to a caffeinated gum introduced this week by Wrigley. Called Alert Energy Gum, it promises "The right energy, right now." The agency is already investigating the safety of energy drinks and energy shots, prompted by consumer reports of illness and death.
Michael Taylor, FDA's deputy commissioner of foods, said Monday that the only time FDA explicitly approved the added use of caffeine in a food or drink was in the 1950s for colas. The current proliferation of caffeine added to foods is "beyond anything FDA envisioned," Taylor said.
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The Bowl of Embers
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- "Owing to a betrayal you have been captured by the Amalj'aa and taken to their stronghold of Zanr'ak, there to be given as an offering to the primal Ifrit. IF you are to survive this fiery encounter with the Lord of the Inferno, you and your comrades must fight with no less than every onze of your strength. Should you fall, your souls shall burn for eternity..."
The Bowl of Embers is a level 20 trial. It requires a light party of 4 players. In The Bowl of Embers, players will face the fiery primal Ifrit. The trial is unlocked through main story quests.
- If you are level 25 or above, you will be level sync'd to level 24.
Ifrit fight can be divided into 4 phases. The first phase takes place when Ifrit has about 100% to 75% HP. It is a fairly straight forward tank and spank. The second phase begins when Ifrit has about 75% of his HP. Ifrit also has a frontal cone, AoE, fiery breath attack. Non-tank members of the party should not be in front of Ifrit.
In the 2nd phase, Ifrit has an eruption ability. Periodically, a large circular area on the ground will start glowing, usually it appears directly underneath one of your party members. After a few seconds, the circular will explode and everything within it will take AoE damage. Get out of the circle immediately.
The third phase begins when Ifrit is at about 50% of its HP. It spawns an object called Infernal Nail on the ground. Have your DPS kill the nail immediately. After a while Ifrit will cast its signature ability Hell Fire. If your party did not destroy the nail before Ifrit casts hell fire, the spell will do MASSIVE AoE damage to your entire party. A wipe is most likely. If your party destroys it, hell fire will do far less damage.
After Ifrit has used hell fire and has about 25% HP, phase 4 begins. In this phase, Ifrit will not only have the eruption ability from earlier but also a multiple eruption eruption ability. In the multiple eruption ability, Ifrit summons multiple circular areas on the ground. The circular areas are dark red in color and located at either the perimeter of the boss room or towards inside of it. Stay alert and get out of the circles whenever they appear.
- Kill Infernal Nail as soon as it appears, use Limit Break on it if you need to. Can be tanked by Topaz Carbuncle.
- Get out of the glowing circular areas on the ground.


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Report: State Treading Financial Water
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Digital Government
Mark Forman, OMB's first e-gov leader, fears that today's federal IT community has become "insulators of the bureaucracy."
Much of today's progress in digital government can be traced back to the E-Government Act of 2002. At a Dec. 17 Information Technology and Innovation Foundation event on the "past, present and future of federal e-government," several former officials who were present at the legislation's creation noted that it laid the foundation for the current Digital Government Strategy, cybersecurity standards and even much of the shared-services efforts related to IT acquisition.
"A number of the [infrastructure decisions] that now drive the innovation agenda really had their birth in the E-Government Act," said Dan Chenok, executive director of the IBM Center for the Business of Government. A decade ago, he was the career federal executive tapped as the George W. Bush administration's point person for the E-Government Act as it made its way through Congress.
The bill's original objectives, however, were even more ambitious.
When the law was enacted in 2002, the idea was to radically overhaul government services and processes with technology. Agencies were asked not only to look at their business processes but the methods and media they used to communicate with the public, their own employees and the communities with which they did business. "The goals of the act were so obvious to everybody, it was kind of a no-brainer," Tom Simmons, area vice president of government operations at Citrix Systems, told FCW in a separate interview.
Those objectives -- to streamline the government, provide better services to the public and establish a federal CIO position -- have been embraced in the past 10 years, Simmons said. More important, though, they laid the groundwork for today's digital government and mobility initiatives.
Panelists at the ITIF event cited other important consequences, most notably related to security and standards. Because the E-Government Act provided for centralized IT procurement, former Office of Management and Budget Administrator for E-Government and IT Karen Evans said, "we were able to do things like standards for encryption that we would never have been able to do without the procurement authority."
Former Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) recalled the pushback he faced on certain reforms and said he deliberately waited until the eleventh hour to add key provisions to the bill. "We would have liked to have made [standardizations] even broader, but there was tremendous opposition" from individual agencies and the companies that provided their one-off IT services, he said. "If we'd left [those provisions] hanging out there for six months, the bill would have been dead."
According to Simmons, however, the biggest change in the past 10 years has been in the priority agencies now give to the use of technology as a tool for doing things more efficiently.
"Every agency now has a website, and not only does it contain good, solid information about the agency and personnel, but more and more agencies are providing services via the Internet as a primary means of offering support," Simmons said.
What also transpired in the past decade is the shift away from paper. The Internal Revenue Service, for example, began offering digital tax filing after years of paper tax returns. And victims of natural disasters can now apply online for federal assistance instead of sending in paper claims.
"You don't get lost in that paper chase that sometimes typified government bureaucracy," Simmons said.
The benefits of automated processes have extended far beyond filing tax returns and claims, however. As Evans noted at the event, the Regulations.gov site brought together the formerly scattered elements of the agency rule-making process in one place for interested citizens, while Recreation.gov collected information at the state, local and federal levels to make it easier for Americans to plan activities online. Both sites sprang from the E-Government Act, Evans said, and both demanded serious changes from agencies used to operating in their own silos.
The job search process for prospective government employees has also been streamlined, Simmons said, and now includes the option to apply online. New hires can also sign up for benefits via the Web and find resources to smooth the on-boarding process.
"It really opens the door for when we go forward with things like telework and 'bring your own device' that further embrace that Internet connectivity to provide greater access, lower costs, lower absenteeism, better quality of employees," Simmons said. "And it all can be linked back to the goals and objectives and the way government has reacted to the e-government initiative."
A September report from the Government Accountability Office recognizes the advances the government has made in adopting most provisions of the act but noted that more work is needed. Panelists at the ITIF event concurred, noting that budget pressures and agency turf battles complicate attempts to fully embrace the legislation's goals.
"Agencies focus on their agency budgets," Davis said. Putting effort into efficiency and cost savings not only fails to draw praise but often results in a reduced budget as the "reward."
"The nature of government makes this very difficult without some strong leadership from OMB," Davis said. "There is no benefit to those agencies, even though there's an overall benefit to government."
Mark Forman, who preceded Evans as OMB's administrator for e-government and IT, put it even more forcefully: "I fear that the government IT community has basically become the insulators of the bureaucracy rather than the catalysts for innovations."
For Simmons, two main aspects in particular needs to be addressed: culture and established business practices that need to change in a technology-enabled world.
The secondary element is the policy aspect: Security policies written for fiscal documents in a static work environment are now being challenged by the possibilities and capabilities of today's technology, Simmons said.
"As we look at those policies, there are some changes that need to be made," he said. "Some technologies...should be at least allowed for in the security policy and the overall management policy of IT infrastructure so that we can improve and enhance the remote access to information by government and citizenry without sacrificing the key elements of security put in place many, many years ago," he said.
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I was particularly struck by The Honorable Tom Davis' remark that, "The nature of government makes this very difficult without some strong leadership from OMB. There is no benefit to those agencies, even though there's an overall benefit to government." The article goes on to note that agencies that do well using technology to create efficiencies can sometimes result in small budgets for the subsequent fiscal year. In the current budget environment, it is important to value the legacy systems that are meeting the mission. At Micro Focus, much of our efforts are focused on helping IT managers keep their legacy applications contemporary and meet e-government initiatives. Like the forward thinking mandates of cloud first and the mobile-centric Digital Strategy – OMB has an opportunity to lead the charge to modernize and advance legacy systems while concurrently reducing costs and helping meet the budget challenges faced across government. The tactical imperative of the day: ensure applications are available, secure and always on--with safety and budget considerations top of mind.
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The Washington State Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers recently awarded a scholarship to third-year GU law student Michelle Ciccone.
Ciccone received her bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice and Criminology from Metropolitan State College of Denver, where she focused her efforts on a comparison of the rehabilitative versus retributive approach in the reduction of recidivism.
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Off-Campus Study Opportunities
Several off-campus biology courses offered during January Term provide intensive field experience in tropical ecology and natural history. Expertise among the biology faculty in tropical biology include ecology, taxonomy, microbiology, natural history, marine biology, herpetology, and ornithology. The geographical locations presently studied are the Bahamas, Costa Rica, Thailand, Madagascar, and the Big Bend region of Texas. See the links at left for more information on these programs.
The department maintains a close working relationship with the Gerace Research Center, on San Salvador Island, and with the Organization for Tropical Studies, a consortium of about 50 major universities and colleges in the U.S. and Latin America, headquartered in Costa Rica.
These off-campus biology field programs are worth their weight in gold in terms of giving students the kind of experience and insight that makes them prime contenders for all kinds of professional opportunities in the years ahead, especially in the areas of ecology, evolution, and environmental science, but other areas as well.
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London Film Festival 2010: The King's Speech Premiere Gallery
The director and stars of Oscar-tipped drama The King's Speech attended the UK premiere of the film at the Odeon Leicester Square on Thursday, October 21, 2010, as part of the BFI 54th London Film Festival. Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Timothy Spall and director Tom Hooper were joined by celebrities including Sir Ben Kingsley, Claire Danes, Hugh Dancy and Will Young at the star-studded event. View photos from the premiere…
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