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Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI) trading up 8 points (0.0%) at 16,964 as of Wednesday, July 2, 2014, 12:55 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,180 issues advancing vs. 1,847 declining with 143 unchanged. The Consumer Goods sector currently sits up 0.1% versus the S&P 500, which is unchanged. Top gainers within the sector include Constellation Brands ( STZ), up 3.1%, Tyson Foods ( TSN), up 1.8%, BorgWarner ( BWA), up 1.4%, Archer-Daniels Midland ( ADM), up 0.9% and Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV ( KOF), up 0.7%. On the negative front, top decliners within the sector include Hormel Foods ( HRL), down 2.1%, Sony ( SNE), down 1.2%, Keurig Green Mountain ( GMCR), down 1.1%, Honda Motor ( HMC), down 0.6% and Canon ( CAJ), down 0.5%. TheStreet would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the sector higher today: 3. Philip Morris International ( PM) is one of the companies pushing the Consumer Goods sector higher today. As of noon trading, Philip Morris International is up $0.61 (0.7%) to $84.82 on average volume. Thus far, 2.1 million shares of Philip Morris International exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4.7 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $83.83-$84.84 after having opened the day at $84.21 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $84.21. Philip Morris International Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells cigarettes and other tobacco products. The company's portfolio of brands include Marlboro, Merit, Parliament, Virginia Slims, L&M, Chesterfield, Bond Street, Lark, Muratti, Next, Philip Morris, and Red & White. Philip Morris International has a market cap of $132.6 billion and is part of the tobacco industry. Shares are down 3.4% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 9 analysts who rate Philip Morris International a buy, 2 analysts rate it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold. TheStreet Ratings rates Philip Morris International as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its expanding profit margins and increase in stock price during the past year. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, weak operating cash flow and feeble growth in the company's earnings per share. Get the full Philip Morris International Ratings Report now. 3x UPSIDE POTENTIAL: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12 months. Learn more.Editor's Note: Any reference to TheStreet Ratings and its underlying recommendation does not reflect the opinion of TheStreet, Inc. or any of its contributors including Jim Cramer or Stephanie Link. One out of the three major indices are trading up today with the
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Most of these are not professionally done, but they are well performed, at least the ones that I just sampled. My only objections is that there is some echo added to a one of the readings to improve the depth of the reading. Echo or reverb goes a long way and should be used very sparingly.


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Same old Lego formula but with original voicesbackslashio | Jan. 14, 2013 | See all backslashio's reviews »
There's only one difference between this & the previous Lego entries and that is the voice acting with most of it pulled directly from the movies themselves, giving each character much more charm than the usual Sims-like speech. The game follows the storyline from start to finish apart from occasional improvisation. Its nice that they've made this game freeroam so you can tackle the main quest when you want to or attempt one of the many sidemissions or simply walk around the world. The combat is still the same as it ever was, jumping sections are still extremely frustrating, fending off attackers still relies on pressing 1 button and situations will arise where you need a particular character to find a secret area. This Lego LOTR game can still have its addictive charm yet I highly suspect its because its LOTR & has the licensed voices. If it weren't for that I doubt it'd be getting much praise. Traveller's Tales needs to step it up a notch next time instead of pumping out the exact same formula since their Star Wars debut
Well, It is a good addition to LEGO collection but I expect morenkahoang | Dec. 24, 2012 | See all nkahoang's reviews »
With the success of Lego Harry Potter 1-4 and 5-7, I was looking high for this title. The Lord of the Rings franchise has had great obvious success in the big screen as well as gaming world with Battle of middle earth series, however, this one may feel short to your expectation. It does not have much of the feeling of previous LEGO titles. Button mashing is too much being abused to the level that lose its fun. Puzzle is a bit simple. However, I feel happy being able to grab it with just 10$. It is a nice addition to those who collect LEGO games. The story matches the legendary film and recreate good old time. The LEGO art is also the best you may find.


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- Commanding General Lt. Gen. Benjamin R. Mixon and his senior staff were whisked back to early February 1944.
- Operation Flintlock, on Kwajalein, was the first territory taken from the Japanese and spearheaded the U.S. drive across the Pacific.
- On the heels of high casualties suffered at the invasion of Tarawa, the U.S. Army and Marines quickly put into practice lessons learned.
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Kwajalein consists of a group of 90 coral islets that surround the third largest lagoon in the world. The total land area is 6.2 square miles and the atoll is 78 miles long. The islets of Kwajalein and Roi-Namur were the first of the Marshall Islands captured by U.S. troops in World War II. The atoll serves as a seaport, air stop and U.S. military missile testing site.


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Singh sues PGA
Thursday, May 9, 2013
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Vijay Singh sued the PGA Tour on Wednesday for exposing him to "public humiliation and ridicule" during a 12-week investigation into his use of deer antler spray that ended last week when the tour dropped its case against him.
The lawsuit was a surprise, and so was the timing — the day before The Players Championship, the flagship event on the PGA Tour held on its home course where Singh has honed his game for the last two decades.
"I am proud of my achievement, my work ethic and the way I live my life," Singh said in a statement. "The PGA Tour not only treated me unfairly, but displayed a lack of professionalism that should concern every professional golfer and fan of the game."
Singh filed the lawsuit in New York, where he has a home and the tour has an office. He is in the field at The Players Championship.
The 50-year-old Fijian, inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2006, said in a Sports Illustrated article in January that he used deer antler spray and he was "looking forward to some change in my body." The spray was said to include an insulin-like growth factor that was on the tour's list of banned substances. The tour sent a sample from Singh to be tested, and it returned small amounts of IGF-1.
PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem announced April 30 the tour was dropping its case because of new information from the World Anti-Doping Agency, which said deer antler spray was no longer considered prohibited because it contained just minimal amounts of the growth factor.
The lawsuit claims the PGA Tour relied on WADA's list of banned substances and methods without doing any of its own research, including whether such substances even provide any performance-enhancing benefits. Singh's lawyers said the tour "rushed to judgment and accused one of the world's hardest working and most dedicated golfers of violating the rules of the game."
"We have not seen the lawsuit, just the statement," PGA Tour spokesman Ty Votaw said. "We have no comment."
Some of the details and allegations that emerged from the lawsuit:
• Finchem had proposed suspended Singh for 90 days, and his earnings from Pebble Beach and Riviera would have been redistributed.
• The tour held Singh's earnings from five tournaments — $99,980 — in escrow without authority during the investigation and appeal.
• Singh's current caddie, Tony Shepherd, recommended he try the deer antler spray to help with his back and knee injuries.
• Scientists hired by Singh's attorneys discovered IGF-1 is found in cow's milk. They also claim the amount of IGF-1 in deer antler spray is so diluted it would be comparable to pouring a shot glass of bourbon in an Olympic-size swimming pool, and then drinking a shot from the pool water.
"He's looking to reclaim his reputation and hold the tour accountable for acting irresponsible," said Jeffrey Rosenblum, one of Singh's lawyers. "He's concerned about his reputation. There should never be an asterisk next to Vijay's name."
Rosenblum also represented Doug Barron, the only player suspended under the tour's anti-doping policy. Barron sued the tour, and the case was settled. Rosenblum could not comment on the settlement, which was confidential.
The development dominated conversations at the TPC Sawgrass during the final day of practice for golf's richest tournament. Some players thought Singh surely would be suspended, and they felt he was let off the hook on a technicality. A week later, they learned he was suing the tour.
"Everybody is shaking their heads. It's unbelievable," Bob Estes said. "It seems like the tour did everything it could and everything right as the process unfolded to protect him and his reputation. Everybody is in shock that he would do that. It's not going to help his character. It's only going to hurt it. He got the favorable ruling. It's the week of The Players Championship. He lives here. He's suing his own tour."
Estes shook his head and said, "I don't think anyone saw this coming."
Masters champion Adam Scott said he could understand Singh filing a lawsuit "if he feels like that."
"I would assume Vijay thinks he's doing what's right and the tour thinks it's doing what's right," Scott said. "Overall, these situations should be managed to be avoided. We don't need this in the game of golf. Honestly, I don't believe there's a real issue with performance enhancing drugs in this game. When there's not really an issue, it's a shame that there is."
Peter Ginsberg, a sports law specialist and lead attorney in Singh's lawsuit, said the tour never bothered to analyze the trace amounts of IGF-1 in the bottle.
"What the PGA Tour accused Vijay of spraying was not a banned substance," Ginsberg said. "It was an inactive substance and could not possibly have any effect, good or bad, on Vijay. And that's something the PGA Tour easily could have determined."
Singh's reputation took a beating early in his career when he was accused of changing his scorecard in Indonesia in 1985 and banned by an Asian tour. He did not play any tour until resurfacing on the European Tour in 1989. He came to PGA Tour in 1993, and since has made more than $67 million and reached No. 1 in the world.
Singh has won the Masters and the PGA Championship among his 34 tour victories. He holds the PGA Tour record with 22 wins since turning 40.
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I'd like to suggest that the articles on the various Trek movies have their main posters updated to include the title of the film somewhere in the image, rather than just the poster artwork. For example, for Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, the current image does not feature the words "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" anywhere and I believe in the interests of Memory Alpha being an encyclopedia, one of the proper posters complete with title should replace it. Is there any objection or policy against this? Kyle C. Haight (talk) 07:40, November 27, 2012 (UTC)


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Apr. 3rd, 2016: Still no rain. At McDowell Sonoran Preserve in Scottsdale, a score of blooming plants could be found: Desert Marigold, Creosote Bush, Odora, Banana Yucca, Hedgehog Cactus, Goldeneye, Sweetbush, Desert Senna, Wire Lettuce, Bigelow Four O'Clock, Ocotillo, New Mexico Thistle, Paper Flower, Purple Three-awn, Brown Foot, Desert Holly, Fairy Duster, Woolly Desert Star, Prickly Pear, Mesquite, Sand-wash Groundsel, and Skeleton Weed.
Mar. 26th, 2016: The dry spell has continued for two-and-a-half months and so most of the annals have dried to crispy brown. At Phoenix Mountains Preserve cacti are the showiest blooms, but surprisingly I found a lone poppy!
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March 26, 2016. Phoenix Mountains, Arizona. Still a lot of yellow everywhere, but clearly the flowers left are drying. More info.
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Feb. 21st, 2016: The Phoenix Chapter of the Arizona Native Plant Society conducted a field trip to Tacna and the Mohawk Dunes in far southwestern Arizona. Without rain since the beginning of January meant that seeing most wildflowers required some extensive searching. In the end we saw some interesting plants including 22 species in bloom.
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Feb. 21, 2016. Tacna, Arizona. These perennial plants survive the desert by remaining underground until blooming. More info
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Jan 19th, 2016: Lower Colorado River in Western Arizona and Southeastern California. November and early January rains plus the warmer temperatures of these lower elevations have already brought forth some early, beautiful wildflowers. Reported by Steve Ganley.
Desert Sunflower
Jan 19, 2016, Davis Dam, AZ. Two inch plus diameter sunflowers with sandy textured leaves. More info
Jan 19, 2016, Davis Dam, AZ. The leaves are palmately compound: arranged like the fingers of a hand. More info
Sand Verbena
Jan 19, 2016, Davis Dam, AZ. Stems trail in deep accumulations of sand. Cluster of pink to lavender flowers. More info
Sun Cup
Jan 19, 2016, Davis Dam, AZ. Four, large bright yellow petals. More info
Jan 19, 2016, Davis Dam, AZ. Bell-shaped flowers with five lobes and several shades of purple to blue among several types. More info
May 31st, 2015: Catalina State Park. Tucson's urban sprawl has reached right to the park boundary. Within the preserve wildflowers and nature still prevail. Recent, but very atypical rains have kept the park unusually green for the season.
Desert Willow
May 31, 2015, Catalina Park, AZ. Dark green trees covered with pale pink trumpet flowers. More info
Cane Cholla
May 31, 2015, Catalina Park, AZ. Large cholla cactus with rather long straight joints. Often with a single tree-like trunk. More info
Trailing Four O'Clock
May 31, 2015, Catalina Park, AZ. Stems trail along the sandy soil with bright pink flowers at regular intervals. More info
Virgin's Bower
May 31, 2015, Catalina Park, AZ. Satin white flowers on a woody vine. Later, the maturing seeds are even more conspicuous. More info
Woody Crinklemat
May 31, 2015, Catalina Park, AZ. Miniature woody shrubs with over-sized flowers by comparison. More info
May 24th, 2015: I-17 exit to Bumble Bee. The Crown King Road crosses a dozen kilometers of upland Sonoran Desert with many cacti and desert shrubs. May 2015 has been unusually cool and wet so that the spring flowering season has continued and some summer bloomers have started already.
Catclaw Acacia
May 24, 2015, Crown King Rd., AZ. Small cream-colored flowers in dense compact spikes. A honeybee favorite. More info
May 24, 2015, Crown King Rd., AZ. A few plants in the deep sandy washes were revived by unusual May rains. More info
Range Ratany
May 24, 2015, Crown King Rd., AZ. This woody plant grows stronger by tapping into the root systems of neighboring shrubs. More info
Paper Flower
May 24, 2015, Crown King Rd., AZ. Many slightly woody stems about 80cm tall all with bright yellow flowers. More info
May 24, 2015, Crown King Rd., AZ. Also called Salt Cedar. True cedars don't get flowers at all. This is an exotic invasive plant. More info
April 19th, 2015: North of Glendale and Peoria, Arizona, along Carefree Highway and up Lake Pleasant Road and out Castle Hot Springs Road the annuals have all dried and gone to seed. But the trees, shrubs and succulent cacti are blooming full bore.
Foothills Palo Verde
April 19, 2015, Castle Hot Sprgs. Rd., AZ. In any given area this paler yellow palo verde blooms about 2 weeks later than the blue palo verde. More info
Desert Ironwood
April 19, 2015, Castle Hot Sprgs. Rd., AZ. Blooming a week or two earlier perhaps because we've had an exceptionally warm late winter to spring. More info
Engelmann Prickly-Pear
April 19, 2015, Castle Hot Sprgs. Rd., AZ. Big, saucer sized flowers with numerous tepals (petals and sepals). Numerous on old cattle pastures. More info
Velvet Mesquite
April 19, 2015, Castle Hot Sprgs. Rd., AZ. Lots of tassled flowers but they are a few weeks old and there's almost no nectar left for the bees. More info
Lacey Tansy-Aster
April 19, 2015, Castle Hot Sprgs. Rd, AZ. Many stems from a woody crown with pinnately divided leaves. More info
March 29th, 2015: Vekol Valley, Sonoran Desert National Monument, Arizona. Day time temperatures are pushing above 35°C (95°F) most every day recently, drying the ephemeral flowers quickly. Still lots of great things to see.
Desert Evening Primrose
March 29, 2015, Vekol Valley, AZ. Big, bright yellow - like a pats of fresh butter dropped in the sandy washes. More info
Lobed Ground Cherry
March 29, 2015, Vekol Valley, AZ. Leaves, fruit and purple flowers hug the ground remaining in the shallow boundary layer. More info
Blue Palo Verde
March 29, 2015, Vekol Valley, AZ. Truly splendid show with tens of thousands of flowers open in the trees at once. More info
Desert Holly
March 29, 2015, Vekol Valley, AZ. Holly-like leaves and small heads of pinkish flowers. Growing in shade of wash bank trees. More info
March 29, 2015, Vekol Valley, AZ. Bright red flowers at the tips of coachwhip branches visited by hummingbirds. More info
March 22nd, 2015: We could easily have listed a hundred species of blooming plants along the Seven Springs Road north of Carefree, Arizona.
Violet Snapdragon
March 22, 2015, Seven Spring Rd., Carefree, AZ. Rather small plant with sticky leaves and small, beautiful flowers. More info
Tufted Evening Primrose
March 22, 2015, Seven Spring Rd., Carefree, AZ. Very large, white flowers with four petals. They close up and turn pink by afternoon. More info
Whispering Bells
March 22, 2015, Seven Spring Rd., Carefree, AZ. Pale yellow, bell-shaped plants stay on the plant after they wither and a jostled in the wind making soft sounds. More info
March 22, 2015, Seven Spring Rd., Carefree, AZ. Small purple flowers in round clusters that appear stacked up on the stem. More info
Sugar Berry
March 22, 2015, Seven Spring Rd., Carefree, AZ. Evergreen trees with glossy, leathery leaves. Flowers cream-color and accented by red stems. More info
March 8th, 2015: Many wild flowers were found blooming along the Bartlett Dam Road northeast of Carefree, Arizona.
California Poppy
March 8, 2015, Bartlet Dam Road, Carefree, AZ. Spectacular annuals with 5 petals often in large patches on gentle slopes. More info
March 8, 2015, Bartlet Dam Road, Carefree, AZ. Large leaves set at ground level. Tall reddish spikes of seeds. More info
Snapdragon Bush
March 8, 2015, Bartlet Dam Road, Carefree, AZ. Yellow snapdragons on an intricately branched, leafy bush. More info
March 8, 2015, Bartlet Dam Road, Carefree, AZ. Small flowers on leafy vines followed by prickly, spherical cucumbers. More info
Desert Windflower
March 8, 2015, Bartlet Dam Road, Carefree, AZ. Low-growing perennials with finely divided leaves and up to ten tepals. More info
March 5th, 2015: Over a long lunch break I hiked up Shaw Butte in Phoenix, Arizona. Plants are blooming, but mostly perennials and very few annuals. I suspect the long gaps in the rainfall pattern kept annuals from prospering this year.
Compass Barrel
March 5, 2015, Shaw Butte, Phoenix, AZ. Normally blooms April and May, but February was way warmer than usual this year. More info
March 5, 2015, Shaw Butte, Phoenix, AZ. In wet years grows a meter or more tall. More info
Buffel Grass
March 5, 2015, Shaw Butte, Phoenix, AZ. The reddish spikes look pretty, but this exotic is bad for the Sonoran Desert! More info
Creosote Bush
March 5, 2015, Shaw Butte, Phoenix, AZ. Woody shrub with shiny, compound leaves and flowers with five petals. More info
March 5, 2015, Shaw Butte, Phoenix, AZ. These annuals are in full bloom, but smaller and fewer than usual. More info
Feb. 15th, 2015. Brittle Bush with its numerous yellow heads is leading the way into spring in the deserts surrounding the Phoenix area. I drove a few miles north of Lake Pleasant on the back road to Crown King and found quite a number of species blooming: Blue Dicks, Triangle-leaf Bursage, Brittlebush, London Rocket, Jojoba, Red-stemmed Fillaree, Comb Bur, Parry Dalea, Desert Windflower, Chia, Lacepod, Seaside Deervetch, Ragged Rock Flower, Paper Flower, Rumex, Fairy Duster, Bigroot, Hairy Bowlesia, and Henbit.
Feb. 1st, 2015. Rackensack Wash: Early spring flowers and 11 butterflies on the wing. The last week of January brought substantial rains to the southern and eastern portions of the Sonoran Desert. The low elevation, western areas of Arizona and southern California remain very dry and likely to have few if any wildflowers showing this spring.
Scrambled Eggs
Feb. 1, 2015, Rackensack Wash., AZ. Low growing plant with tubular flowers and finely dissected leaves. More info
Feb. 1, 2015, Rackensack Wash., AZ. Often growing very low to the ground. Spring Azure butterfly. More info
Mock Vervain
Feb. 1, 2015, Rackensack Wash., AZ. Clumps of lavender flowers also popular with butterflies. More info
Desert Rock Pea
Feb. 1, 2015, Rackensack Wash., AZ. Big velvety soft leaves. Five free petals. Schizocarp fruit. More info
Wild Oats
Feb. 1, 2015, Rackensack Wash., AZ. Tall grass with pendulous spikelets bearing long awns. More info
Oct. 12th, 2014. Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument on the Arizona-Mexico border south of Gila Bend. September 2014 was one of the wettest on record in the Sonoran Desert. The low desert areas of Organ Pipe were verdent green with creosote bush, palo verdes and brittle bush putting forth abundant new foliage. Few flowers though except for the not showy Mexican Jumping Bean. The foothills of the Ajo Mountains on the other hand had numerous things in bloom.
Jumping Bean
Oct. 12, 2014, Organ Pipe N.M., AZ. No beans yet, just very obscure spikes on dark green shrubs 2 to 4m tall. More info
Oct. 12, 2014, Organ Pipe N.M., AZ. Shrubs about a meter tall and with small, sandy-textured leaves. More info
Three-seeded Mercury
Oct. 12, 2014, Organ Pipe N.M., AZ. Smaller shrubs with dark green leaves turning coppery. Peculiar red-green flowers. More info
Palmer's Indian Mallow
Oct. 12, 2014, Organ Pipe N.M., AZ. Big velvety soft leaves. Five free petals. Schizocarp fruit. More info
White-thorn Acacia
Oct. 12, 2014, Organ Pipe N.M., AZ. Large shrub with feathery leaves and straight thorns. Flowers are a yellow puff-ball of stamens. More info
Aug. 31st, 2014. Apache Trail northeast of Apache Junction passes between the north side of the Superstition Mountains and the string of man-made lakes and reservoirs on the Salt River. The spectacular geology of rhyolite is also very amenable to blooming shrubs and wildflowers.
Thurber's Cotton
Aug. 31, 2014, Apache Trail, AZ. Leafy shrubs with large white flowers marked with pink. Small boles with only a few threads of cotton. More info
Sacred Datura
Aug. 31, 2014, Apache Trail, AZ. Very large, dark green leaves on robust herbaceous plant. Fruit covered with sharp spines. More info
Aug. 31, 2014, Apache Trail, AZ. The flowers are very small and green. Huge numbers of bees and other insects will draw your attention. More info
Trailing Four O'Clock
Aug. 31, 2014, Apache Trail, AZ. Bright pink flowers on a vine-like plant that runs along the ground. Common across Sonoran Desert. More info
Fountain Grass
Aug. 31, 2014, Apache Trail, AZ. An escape from decorative landscapes and now a serious threat to native wildflowers. More info
Aug. 25th, 2014. A week ago wide swaths of the Sonoran Desert were inundated with heavy tropical rains. With hot temperatures the floral response is nearly instantaneous.
Trailing Four O'Clock
Aug. 24, 2014, White Tank Mountains, AZ. Bright pink flowers on a vine-like plant that grows along the ground. More info
Scarlet Spiderling
Aug. 24, 2014, White Tank Mountains, AZ. Small magenta flowers on fast-growing, slender stems. Leaves feel sticky. More info
California Caltrop
Aug. 24, 2014, White Tank Mountains, AZ. The summer annual also grows prostrate along the soil forming an expanding mat of vegetation. More info
Desert Hackberry
Aug. 24, 2014, White Tank Mountains, AZ. Very small green flowers on thorny shrub. New leaves appeared very quickly after the rain. More info
Desert Senna
Aug. 24, 2014, White Tank Mountains, AZ. Low shrubby plant with clusters of big yellow flowers. Flourishes especially at road sides and in washes. More info
May 10th, 2014. With a high temperature expected above 35° myDesert Hackberry effort to find wildflowers ended before noon. What's blooming now is limited to mostly perennial herbs and woody shrubs. In canyon bottoms where available water is concentrated there remains plenty of color and great nature watching.
Holly-leaf Buckthorn
May 10, 2014, North of Carefree, AZ. Large shrub w/holly-like leaves. Clusters of small yellow-green flowers. More info
Desert Honeysuckle
May 10, 2014, North of Carefree, AZ. 1-½ m tall shrub with long tubular orange-red flowers with hummingbirds in attendence. More info
Buckhorn Cholla
May 10, 2014, North of Carefree, AZ. Succulent stems appearing segmented and covered with sharp spines and minute spines. Numerous petals and stamens. More info
Engelmann Prickly-Pear
May 10, 2014, North of Carefree, AZ. Stems forming flat, disc-shaped pads. Large yellow flowers arrated on margins of top pads. More info
Woolly Desertstar
May 10, 2014, North of Carefree, AZ. Herbaceous annuals now almost completely whithered away. Long cottony hairs on stems and sepals. More info
Mar. 30th, 2014. A mini-Bio-Blitz spearheaded by members of the Phoenix Chapter of the Arizona Native Plant Society turned up more than 130 plants in bloom in Walnut Canyon and White Canyon Wilderness south of Superior Arizona. Many of the annuals were much smaller than there size after a proper amount of winter rain. We also observed birds, reptiles, butterflies, amphibians and mammals. Thus, despite the shortage of precipitation we found much to capture our attention:
Desert Rose Mallow
Mar. 30, 2014, White Canyon Wilderness, AZ. Delightful yellow with five broad petals on a scragly few-stemmed shrub. More info
Red Maids
Mar. 30, 2014, White Canyon Wilderness, AZ. Fleshy stems and leaves. Grows low to soil with bright pink or white blooms. More info
Purple Owl's Clover
Mar. 30, 2014, White Canyon Wilderness, AZ. Spikes of super magenta flowers on short herbaceous plants. More info
Desert Phlox
Mar. 30, 2014, White Canyon Wilderness, AZ. Snow-white flowers at termina of tall, slender stems. More info
Golden Linanthus
Mar. 30, 2014, White Canyon Wilderness, AZ. Small plant with several long-peduncled, five-petaled flowers. More info
Mar. 17th, 2014. The welcome rain from March 1st has revived some annuals and spurred perennials to bloom. Several spots had thin, but bright yellow carpets of bladderpod. The following were found at the southern end of Rainbow Valley where it adjoins the North Maricopa Mountains Wilderness:
Mar. 16, 2014, Rainbow Valley, AZ. Common name reflects the plant when dormant. Delicate pink and very sweet smelling when blooming! More info
Yellow Bladderpod
Mar. 16, 2014, Rainbow Valley, AZ. Much shorter than usually seen in wet years. Look for bladder-like seed pods 3mm dia. More info
Mar. 16, 2014, Rainbow Valley, AZ. Minute green white flowers on a small plant will go unnoticed except by an observant nature lover. More info
Prickly Poppy
Mar. 16, 2014, Rainbow Valley, AZ. Large white flowers atop a very prickly plant. Likes pastures where there are too many animals. More info
Desert Lupine
Mar. 16, 2014, Rainbow Valley, AZ. Compound leaves arranged palm-like. Slender, hairy leaflets. Purple flowers. More info
Mar. 8th, 2014. Sure enough, last weekend our more than 2 months without rain ended with a substantial rainstorm that produced from 12 to 50 mm of rain across the Sonoran Desert. A few annuals that had nearly died have been revived, but it has been the perennials that have responded strongly and are now blooming well in some places. Today along US-60 east of Mesa there were plenty blooms expecially near the roadsides including Desert Marigold, Brittlebush, Creosote Bush, Parry's Beardtongue, and Canyon Ragweed. At Boyce Thompson Arboretum the gardens were ablaze with color and the desert trails offered the following among many other species:
Purple Bladderpod
Mar. 8, 2014, Superior, AZ. White with purple flowers have four petals. Fruit are spherical and turgid. More info
Blue Dicks
Mar. 8, 2014, Superior, AZ. Slender, grass-like leaves all at ground level. Clusters of lavender-blue flowers atop tall wand stalk. More info
Miner's Lettuce
Mar. 8, 2014, Superior, AZ. Minute white flowers in center of cup-shaped bract. Grows in shady spots along cliff faces. More info
Mar. 8, 2014, Superior, AZ. Flowers white, but very small and hard to see. Fruit is a flat disc with a wonderful lacy border. More info
Bush Penstemon
Mar. 8, 2014, Superior, AZ. One or two-meter tall bush with abundant bright yellow snap-dragon flowers. On cliff slopes with partial shade. More info
Feb. 23rd, 2014. The peak of springtime wildflowers may well be passed. Two months without rain have left annuals very small or absent, while shrubs are putting forth lackluster shows of color. But, wait! Next weekend is predicted to bring some rain. How much is anyone's guess.
Creosote Bush
Feb. 23, 2014. Tucson Mountains. Woody shrubs, with resinous, dark green leaves and fuzzy-white seeds. Up to 2 m tall. More info
Triangle-leaf Bursage
Mar. 8, 2014, Superior, AZ. Not showy, flowers greenish yellow. Frequent cause of pollen allergies. Medium-sized woody shrub. More info
Desert Marigold
Feb. 23, 2014. Tucson Mountains. Low-growing perennial herb with over-sized, bright yellow daisy-flowers. Mostly at roadsides that get extra water. More info
Orange Fiddleneck
Feb. 23, 2014. Tucson Mountains. Way smaller than usual this year. Leaves feel prickly. Slender herbaceous stems. More info
Fairy Duster
Mar. 8, 2014, Superior, AZ. Shrubby plants with compound leaves. Largest plants with biggest flower clusters at roadsides. More info
Feb. 1st, 2014. We were surprised to find many wildflowers blooming while touring Old US-80 along Arlington Mesa and the rocky hills near Gillespie Dam (s.w of Buckeye, AZ) Some decent rains in Nov-Dec 2013 were followed by very mild Dec and January temperatures. Several hillsides were all yellow with Bladderpod, a kind of mustard. Without significant rain during this February, the spring wildflower seasonnfor 2014 will be mostly very bleak.
Fremont Thornbush
Feb. 1, 2014. Woody shrubs, mostly just under 2 m tall, with fleshy leaves and small purple flowers. More info
Desert Sunflower
Feb. 1, 2014, Yellow rays and yellow discs. Herbaceous annual of sandy soils. Leaves gritty textured. More info
Coulter's Globe Mallow
Feb. 1, 2014. Low-growing annual often in the partial shade of desert shrubs. Five very orange petals. More info
Feb. 1, 2014. Bright yellow, four-petalled flowers on low herb. Fruit forms spherical pods. More info
Lamb's Quarters
Feb. 1, 2014, Robust weedy plant at margins of farm fields and along irrigation ditches. Flowers green-red and very small. More info


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Our bodies are not designed to keep that stuff inside. They are designed to eliminate "toxic waste" at regular intervals, and this for good reason: hanging on to it because of bowel irregularity can be the root cause of serious health problems.
Defeating bowel irregularity (Constipation) is a basic part of health . Slow transit through the intestine leads to the re-absorption of substances that the body needs to rid itself of, to include carcinogenic toxins, hormone metabolites, cholesterol and some fats. This means that constipation predisposes to lowered energy, hormonal imbalances, to include hormone related cancers, high cholesterol and triglycerides, as well as polyps, and colon cancer itself. As you can see, it is hard to exaggerate the importance of proper bowel function.
The problem starts in the stomach: if our digestive system is not operating efficiently at that level, the chyme that enters our colon is not properly broken down, and is not at the proper pH for optimal functioning of the colon. Two things follow: the colon is stressed and loses both form and function, bowel irregularity follows, and toxins are re-absorbed into our lymph and circulatory systems, leading to disease. Another risk is that waste matter will be retained and deposited along the wall of the colon leading to malabsorption and inflammation. This means it can be immaterial how nutritious a diet you are eating, or how many excellent vitamins you are taking: you will still feel fatigued and in a state of malaise, because you are unable to make use of the nutrients you are putting in your body.
It is not only terribly important to take care of this state of affairs, but very beneficial and not too difficult to do. The benefit looms over the inconvenience!
The first thing to do is to cleanse. I recommend doing this in conjunction with a gentle FAST*, using a combination of fiber and herbs to help you along. Don't be dismayed by the "fast" word, you'll be amazed at how easy it is, and how much better you will feel very quickly. Many people actually experience an increase of energy during the fasting period itself.
Next, reconfigure your diet. Remember, the important thing is to re-introduce fiber into your system on a regular (in both senses) basis. Flax meal is an excellent addition to many foods that will help you achieve your goal. Avoid too many acid foods, and consider adding a digestive enzyme. Pops and alcohol are acid producing: when you are thirsty, reach for water. Not only does it hydrate the bowel, which is highly important to overcoming irregularity, but it maintains pH balance. Aim for 8 glasses of water a day.
Realize, too, that just as a toxic bowel can be adversely affected by allergens in, or intolerances to, the food you eat, it can cause allergic reactions and lowered immunity if constant poor health there develops into a condition known as leaky gut syndrome. It would be wise to make sure you are not aggravating the situation by eating foods you react to. Consider the Coca Pulse Test as an inexpensive and often very effective way to identify these foods, and remove them from your diet.
It is interesting to note that Magnesium, a mineral deficient in most people's diets, and (in my experience) very low in many women's systems, is a hydrating mineral which encourages the eliminatory movement of the colon known as peristalsis. Make sure you are getting enough of this important mineral in your diet ( whole grains and vegetables are the best sources, and also contain the fiber you need), and consider either using a product by RenewLife called CleanseMore, which contains Magnesium and other gentle herbs to encourage your colon to return to proper functioning, or MagnaCalm, a powdered magnesium which is a pure and high potency source of magnesium citrate.
Add a source of digestive enzymes to make sure that your system is predisposed to normalcy. I recommend one which encourages your body to return to producing its own enzymes. In conjunction with this, aim at eating some raw foods each day, since they provide their own enzymes.
Finally, make sure you are getting the fatty acids your colon needs to maintain health, and to lubricate the passage of the stool. Not only has keeping the proper balance of Omega 3, 6, and 9 fatty acids been a longtime problem in the American diet but with the advent of "low-fat" food, the balance has tipped even further in favor of either too few or all the wrong kind. There are many benefits associated with use of the correct balance of Essential Fatty Acids, but this one is frequently over-looked: the cells of the colon (some of the fastest reproducing in the body) need fatty acids to stay healthy. It also helps to make the passage of the stool gentler and more complete if the colon is properly "oiled"!
A wonderful Doctor from Chicago called Leo Galland, M.D. wrote a book called The Four Pillars of Healing, which I urge you to read. It is out of print at the moment, but used editions are available. See RESOURCES. He predicates an entire system of health betterment on the premise that most disease starts in the intestines. He points out that Dr. Metchnikoff, who won the Nobel prize for medicine in 1908, postulated that degenerative diseases and senility were both caused by toxins , which he called "ptomaines", being re- absorbed from the bowel. This was one of the first modern suggestions that yoghurt, by repopulating friendly bacteria in the colon, could contribute to health.( I may say here, that I personally make and consume about a quart of yoghurt a week!)
The thrust of Dr. Galland's theory is that many factors in our environment contribute to a condition which he calls "Intestinal Permeability", colloquially known as "leaky gut syndrome". He hypothesizes that either viral infections, use of NSAIDS and aspirin, allergic reactions to foods, parasitic infection (surprisingly common, and becoming more so) or a breakdown in the mechanism which controls detoxification of the bowel, may lead to gaps in the interstices between the cells that line the colon. This increase in permeability "generates a cascade of reactions that can shatter a person's health in many different ways". Clinical disorders listed by Dr. Galland that may be related to this problem include fatigue and malaise, joint and muscle pain, headache and skin eruptions, colitis and enteritis, chronic arthritis, acne, eczema, (recent studies how that restoring friendly bacteria to the colon with Lactobacillus cut the number of of eczema cases in young children in half! Lancet (357), 9262: 107909, 2001) psoriasis, migraine and deficient pancreatic function. .
While regular Detoxing of the system and repopulating of the friendly bacteria can help protect against this problem, there are other factors that can also help. Dr. Galland stresses the importance of fiber in human digestion, saying that although the importance of this factor in the diet has been increasingly stressed over the past 20 years, the amount of fiber in the SAD (Standard American Diet!) has not changed while sales of bulking laxatives have done nothing but rise. He also talks of the value of friendly flora, as in yogurt, kefir, and other fermented foods. However, the yogurt that is commercially available is limited both in the quantity of flora present, and the number of different strains. I add a capsule containing ALL the beneficial strains to my yogurt when I make it, (see Resources for recipe) to address this shortfall.
He recommends adding food to help the friendly bacteria implant, specifically mentioning FOS (short for FructoOligoSaccharides) which are available as a supplement, but are particularly high in garlic, onions and asparagus. Not only do FOS help bacteria implant, they also discourage the conversion of substances in the stool into carcinogens. He also encourages the use of specific spices, mentioning garlic and onion again, but also turmeric (in curry powder, and interestingly now being connected to protection against Alzheimer's Disease), ginger and oregano. He mentions oil of oregano as being an especially effective anti-viral, anti-parasitic and anti -fungal herb.
Touching on another of my favorite themes, he also stresses the importance of maintaining high levels of stomach acid, pointing out that suppression of stomach acid, as is so dangerously common these days, increases the risk of intestinal infections of all kinds. He calls the decision to make many antacids available over-the-counter "a terrible disservice to the American people", since heartburn is not normally caused by the presence of acid per se, but by the reflux of it into the esophagus caused by incompetence on the part of the valve that should normally prevent this. The valve can be weakened by faulty diet, e.g. high amounts of caffeine, alcohol, chocolate and high fat, also phosphorus containing soft drinks, which inhibit uptake of calcium. Calcium makes the valve close more tightly.
Dr. Galland stresses the cyclic nature of this problem, specifically how becoming ill leads to being treated with antibiotics, resultant gut permeability and lowered immune system function, a new disease episode and renewed antibiotic treatment, yeast infection and possibly in time, auto-immune involvement. Once again, we are reminded of the importance of taking care of our organs of digestion and elimination! Fortunately, his treatment methods hold out hope of improvement, since the cells of the colon are among the fasted reproducing in the body: he recommends building resistance, and reducing risk as the most effective approaches, but where the condition exists, concentrating on fiber and essential fatty acids together with a planned program of nutritional supplements, especially including the re-implantation of friendly bacteria through the proper use of probiotics, can help break the cycle.
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Pilgrims Progress
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This curriculum just came out. I was fortunate enough to be able to review it before it was published, and then AIG sent me the finished product a few weeks ago.
The Pilgrim's Progress
is going to be our Bible study for the entire year. The publishers intend this to be a 13-week study, but I intend for us to cover the lessons in a bit more detail using the Extension Activities.
This all-in-one curriculum contains the entire text of
The Pilgrim's Progress
. Inside the back cover of the hardback book is a CD that contains printable pages for "Truths to Ponder" (younger students), "Digging Deeper" (older students), the Extension Activities, and Character Analyses. Each lesson is designed to take about 30 minutes if you just read the text and go over the discussion questions. The Extension Activities branch out into history, science, and language arts. The curriculum also suggests ways to incorporate a timeline and map work into the study.
I believe this will be a great one-year study for us. Honestly, I do not believe a family would use The Pilgrim's Progress only once and then never again. I can see using it three times in a classical education setting. Grammar students could read through it and answer the Truths To Ponder questions. Logic students could read through it and answer the Digger Deeper questions (and complete an occasional Extension Activity or the timeline/map work). Rhetoric students could read the text and complete most, if not all, of the Extension Activities. This versatile curriculum can be used with students of varying ages.
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Unlike Sony, which hired a screenwriter and announced a release date for the sequel to its Spider-Man franchise relaunch, The Amazing Spider-Man, eleven months before the first movie has even opened in theaters, 20th Century Fox is apparently taking a more cautious approach to its own franchise relaunch, Rise of the Planet of the Apes — despite solid opening weekend numbers and great reviews, Fox has yet to announce a sequel. But, if and when Fox does decide to pull the trigger on a sequel, director Rupert Wyatt will be ready. In an excerpt from a recent interview with BleedingCool, Wyatt revealed he has already given a lot of thought to a sequel and offered up several intriguing ideas for where the franchise could go now that the apes have risen.
There's so much we could do … The ideas I've had are all sorts of things, ranging from Full Metal Jacket with apes … you could start this story again eight years from where we left off, the next generation of apes, those that have come from our protagonists, perhaps going in to a conflict with humans and showing real fear, in the same way as going into war for young soldiers in this day and age, telling their story. Or how apes are taking over cities, and being moved into human environments and having to interact with them and deal with things that are part of our culture and understand and evolve through them. Spies that are in the employ of the apes, working against humans and humans maybe existing underground, because that's a way they can avoid the virus, coming up above ground wearing gas masks, and maybe that's what dehumanises them.
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It's Back: FAU Friday Fearless Prediction Post
OK, we have quite a few new readers, so we need to cover some background.
This is a Friday tradition, so gather round friends, relatives, lingerers and despots. It is time for the Fearless Prediction Post.
I introduced Digger and Howard Bobble Head Doll yesterday, so if you missed that, go back a few posts.
Digger is the burrowing owl that predicts the outcome of FAU games by attaching his yellow eyes on the mascot of the team he believes will come out victorius.
Then I have an assortment of other folks throw in their predictions.
So, without further ado…
While I wouldn't go so far as to say Digger was glad to see me, he certainly was glad to get out of his cage and stretch his wings and get a chance to do his thing, since the last time he picked was in December for the Motor City Bowl.
You'll see when you watch…
Well, Digger is rarely so emphatic about a pic, so this does not bode well for the Owls out in Lincoln. It does give comfort to Corn Nation.
Yes, Mike, who prefers to be called the Wise Old Owl, is still alive and well and at nearly every practice. That doesn't mean he has lost any of his homerism, and you know who he is taking…
When available, I try and get a guest picker, and this week we have ex-Owl center Nick Paris, who is still hanging out with the team.
And Beverlee Schnellenberger, who is celebrating 50 years of marriage to The Voice this year, is back again.
Beverlee has been to Nebraska once, and while the game was ugly (Husker 37, Oklahoma 0), she does have fond memories of the fans.
"They are friendly, nice and hospitable but they beat the pants off you," Beverlee said. "There is a lot of red. Everything is red."
Beverlee said she had not scouted the Huskers, but didn't need to. "I know they are good. They have a good coach, a good AD, a good program. Nothing but good."
As for the Owls: "They are fired up. I like these kids. They want to make things happen."
FAU's offense will score points, but Nebraska's offense is going to be too much for the Owls inexperienced and injury-riddled defense.
I am afraid FAU is just going to get ground down by Nebraska and they will take control early in the second half.
The Owls only hope is to get turnovers and have its offense on the field as much as possible to give the D some rest.
The longer they can hang with Nebraska, the more nervous the Huskers will get.
Nebraska 42, FAU 24.
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Sept. 20 the gathering grayness over Union Square in lower Manhattan threatened rain. A young African American man, a city worker, drove a blue pickup into the little park formed by the intersection of Broadway and Park Avenue.
Gently tugging handbills from walls and fences in the park, he tenderly bound and stacked them in neat piles in his truck. Reverence is the only word adequate for his eyes, his quiet face and the caring way he went about his duty.
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Joe Young Jr. peered into the empty Bank of America tower, a heartache for the city with its vacant 26 floors right in the middle of Main Street, and smiled.
The cash has long been hauled out. The bank tellers and corporate offices moved a block away to CityPlace I.
"It's a blessing," said Young, 47, the Hartford-born cartoonist, animator and businessman who has added author and filmmaker to his resumé. "Everything's just falling into place."
In a sound stage 2 miles away is a 15-foot-high Trojan horse awaiting its cinematic debut. The wooden prop will be wheeled into the former bank building at 777 Main St. next month, and there will be actors, a bank robbery and a police chase that will end at the Colt Gateway -- scenes from "Diamond Ruff," Young's movie based on his novel about a Hartford con man.
Director Alec Asten and a local production crew plan to start shooting the full-length independent movie in just three weeks, beginning on Sept. 6, for $200,000.
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Arras Flying Services Memorial, Arras
The Arras Flying Services Memorial commemorates 990 British casualties who died on active service on the Western Front in France and in Belgium and who have no known grave. This memorial commemorates those who served with the Royal Naval Air Service, the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Air Force.
The air services for the British military were originally founded using tethered balloons for observation of the enemy positions. In 1911 the Royal Engineers established an Air Battalion using the new flying machines with engines. The Royal Flying Corps (R.F.C.) was soon formed in 1912 with an army branch and a naval branch. One month before the outbreak of the First World War the Royal Naval Air Service (R.N.A.S.) was formed as the official arm of air power for the Royal Navy. On 1st April 1918 the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service were combined into the newly formed Royal Air Force (R.A.F.).
Design of the Air Services Memorial at the Arras Memorial
Sir Edwin Lutyens designed the Arras Memorial to the Missing. Sculpture was by Sir William Reid Dick. The Flying Services Memorial (designated "Air Services Memorial" on the plan) is situated just inside the entrance.
Unveiling Ceremony
On 31st July, 1932, Lord Trenchard, Marshal of the Royal Air Force unveiled the Arras Memorial and the Flying Services Memorial. The date for its unveiling had been scheduled for a date in mid May 1932. Unfortunately, the French President J A Paul Doumer was shot by an assassin in Paris on 6th May and he died the following day. As a mark of respect the ceremony was postponed for two months.
Search for Names on the Arras Flying Services Memorial
Search the "Debt of Honour" Register held by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission for names inscribed on the Arras Memorial. Go to the CWGC website and search the casualty records at:
Website: www.cwgc.org Arras Flying Services Memorial Casualty Records
Arras Memorial Location
Latitude N 50° 17' 13 " ; Longitude E 2° 45' 37 "
The Flying Services memorial is located in the Faubourg d'Amiens British military cemetery. It is in the west side of the city on the western stretch of the inner ring road Boulevard du General de Gaulle. It is also located close to the Citadel fort.
The memorial is accessible to the public daily and is open at all hours.
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Further Reading
Airfields and Airmen of Ypres: Battleground Special (Battleground Europe) [Paperback]
by Mike O'Connor
192 pages. Published by Pen & Sword Books Ltd (7 Mar 2000). ISBN-10: 0850527538; ISBN-13: 978-0850527537
Airfields & Airmen of Arras (Battleground Europe) [Paperback]
by Mike O'Connor
Published by Wharncliffe Books (28 April 2004). 144 pages. ISBN-10: 1844151255, ISBN-13: 978-1844151257
Airfields and Airmen of Cambrai (Battleground Europe) [Paperback]
by Mike O'Connor
176 pages. Published by Pen & Sword Books Ltd; illustrated edition edition (11 Feb 2003). ISBN-10: 0850529581; ISBN-13: 978-0850529586
Airfields and Airmen of the Somme (Battleground Europe) [Paperback]
by Mike O'Connor
160 pages. Published by Pen & Sword Books Ltd (1 Aug 2001). ISBN-10: 085052864X; ISBN-13: 978-0850528640
Irish Aviators of World War I: Volume I, Irish Aces: Irish Aces of the Great War: 1 [Paperback]
by Joe C Gleeson
532 pages. Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (4 April 2013). ISBN-10: 1480082325; ISBN-13: 978-1480082328
No Empty Chairs: The Short and Heroic Lives of the Young Aviators Who Fought and Died in the First World War [Hardcover]
by Ian Mackersey
384 pages. Published by W&N; First Edition edition (10 May 2012). ISBN-10: 0297859943; ISBN-13: 978-0297859949
(CWGC) Diagram of the Arras Flying Services Memorial courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Website: www.cwgc.org


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May 4, 2016
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BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Boynton Beach police say officers responding to a bar brawl saw a man stab another man several times.
The stabbing victim was taken to the hospital early Saturday morning where he was pronounced dead.
Police say 27-year-old Vakhtang Magradze also attacked two bar employees and a police officer who tried to subdue him.
Magradze was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, resisting an officer with violence and two counts of aggravated battery. His brother was also arrested and charged with affray. Both are being held in the Palm Beach County Jail. It's not immediately known if they have an attorney.
The bar employees who tried to stop the fight were not seriously injured.
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Hempstead pushes through cell tower regs
On Tuesday, Hempstead Town unanimously passes some of the most restrictive regulations on new cell phone towers and antennas in the nation, setting up a potential legal showdown with phone companies. Videojournalist: Alejandra Villa
Stony Brook University's Roth Pond Regatta draws thousands Truck hauling power transformer on LI crashes, shuts lanes Video shows East Northport FedEx driver tossing packages Waffles start a craze in North Babylon Surprise! What happens when puppies show up at work Spota announces arrests in heroin rings operating in Suffolk Patchogue tightens rules on filmmakers Zeldin plan would halt sale of Plum Island Two Huntington Station shootings investigated by Suffolk police Cops: Bay Shore couple shot in their bedroom Runners 'all shook up' at East Islip autism walk LGBT Network hosts groundbreaking for center


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You'll drive 75 miles east of Atlanta and finally turn on a road called Linger Longer to get to this Georgia retreat. How fitting. After spending a few days here, those two words will become your motto.
At this luxurious resort, plan your entire stay around the water, which seems to be everywhere you look. From the glorious lakeside infinity swimming pool to the indoor pool in the spa to the waters of Lake Oconee, you can spend your entire vacation staying cool and wet. On the lake, guests water-ski, fish, kayak, and canoe.
Left: The infinity pool at The Ritz-Carlton Lodge looks as if its water spills into the lake.


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- Mar 18:
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- Anniversary of Prohibition's repeal looks to legalization of pot
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- Colorado medical marijuana business application backlog persists
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- Denver council flips vote on pot smoking in front yards
- Denver council to make final vote on ban of pot smoking in public view
ALAMOSA — Alamosa's top prosecutor says he has told law enforcement in his area that he won't prosecute new cases of marijuana possession under an ounce for adults 21 and older.
District Attorney David Mahonee says he doesn't believe jurors would convict defendants in such cases after Colorado voters approved marijuana for recreational use.
Mahonee's jurisdiction covers six counties in southern Colorado.
The Pueblo Chieftain reported Thursday that Mahonee said pending cases will be handled on a case-by-case basis but won't be automatically dismissed.
Other jurisdictions, including Denver, have made similar decisions after the passage of Amendment 64.
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Elizabeth Edwards' cancer has returned, but former North Carolina senator John Edwards says he will continue his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.
John Edwards disclosed that his wife had breast cancer the day after he lost the vice presidency in 2004. Elizabeth Edwards, who's 57, underwent surgery, radiation and chemotherapy.
Her husband says the cancer discovered this week is largely confined to bones. He says the cancer is "no longer curable," but that it's
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Sen. Hillary Clinton greets Kerry Bowen at the Polk County Fall Dinner, Friday, Oct. 19, 2007, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Steve Pope)
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In an odd, surprisingly candid and perilous interview with the Des Moines Register's David Yepsen Hillary Clinton implies that voters in Iowa and Mississippi are sexist because they haven't elected women as governors, reps or senators. Iowa "poses a special burden to me" she said.
We're sure there are couple of people who'd like to relieve her of that burden.
"I was shocked when I learned Iowa and Mississippi have never elected a woman governor, senator or member of Congress. There has got to be something at work here," she told Yepsen, theorizing it may be the risk-averse nature of a state built around agriculture.
"I think not only do I have to bring people to me, I have to maybe reassure people here maybe more than I do in New Hampshire, which has had a woman governor."
Then she takes a gratuitous shot at Ole Miss, which will provide the GOPers in the South with bulletin board material and will cause her nothing but problems in her quest to win over the upper south.
"How can Iowa be ranked with Mississippi?" she asked, siding with the Hawkeye State. "That's not the quality. That's not the communitarianism, that's not the openness I see in Iowa."


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Members of the Pennsylvania National Guard's Johnstown-based 104th Aviation Battalion say goodbye to family and friends before leaving for a yearlong deployment in Afghanistan.
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Macarena Bianchi (born 21 November 1973; age 42) is a wordsmith, actress, film producer, and sustainable marketer who appeared as a background actress, a Starfleet officer in several episodes of Star Trek: Enterprises fourth season. As a background actress she received no credit for her appearances. In a special feature on the fourth season DVD she was only referred to as Macarena while several call sheets are listing her as Macarena Lovemore.
Bianchi is from Santiago, Chile and was politically exiled with her family at young age. In 1997 she has moved to Los Angeles. She earned a Master of Fine Arts in Motion Picture Producing from the American Film Institute, a BA in International Relations from Florida International University, and a BA in Environmental Studies from FIU.
In 1998 she appeared in the opening sequence of the drama Let's Talk About Sex. Bianchi served as production manager and line producer for the 2003 drama Two Days, which has Adam Scott and Karl Wiedergott among the cast, as producer for the 2003 short project Mindcrime, and as production manager and producer for the 2004 short drama Among Thieves. She was also an office production assistant in the United States for the 2004 Bollywood film Bride & Prejudice.
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After months of negotiating, GCI and KTUU have announced that they have come to an agreement that restores NBC programming to Bethel and eight other rural community hubs. Programming should be restored no later than 1 p.m. today.
Besides Bethel, the rural markets include Barrow, Cordova, Kodiak, Kotzebue, Kuparuk, Nome, BP North Slope and Valdez.
In a written statement, Andy Macleod, President and Manager of KTUU, said, "We are glad rural Alaskans will see the Olympics on KTUU-TV."
They say Channel 2 is the only Alaska-based television news organization with local reporters at the games.
GCI's Senior Vice President and General Manager, Paul Landes, said, "We thank our customers in rural Alaska for their patience as we sought to create a fair, comprehensive, long-term agreement."


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MUSC 1301HThis is an archive of the Common Course Outlines prior to fall 2011. The current Common Course Outlines can be found at http://www.gpc.edu/programs/Common-Course-Outlines.
Credit Hours 3
Course Title Music Appreciation (Honors)
Prerequisite(s) Acceptance into the Honors Program
Corequisite(s) None Specified
Catalog Description
This course is designed for students who wish to deepen their enjoyment of music by studying the evolution of musical style as revealed in major compositions by representative composers from the major musical periods. No prior knowledge of music is required. This course is not intended for music majors. This course is MUSC 1301 for honors students.
Expected Educational Results
As a result of completing this course, the student will be able to perform the following:General Education Outcomes
- Identify from an aural example the probable style periods (Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Twentieth-Century), composer, and performance genre of a music composition. (Selected examples of these works appear as the Core Listening List in the Course Content below.)
- Identify from aural examples the instruments of the orchestra, both individually and by instrument family within the orchestra.
- Identify monophonic, polyphonic, and homophonic textures from aural examples.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the following musical topics:
- Form: Ternary, binary, sonata-allegro, rondo, theme and variations, fugue, concerto grosso, and minuet.
- Vocal genre: Opera, recitative, aria, oratorio, cantata, and art song.
- Notation, melody, harmony, rhythm, and dynamic indications (pianissimo, piano, mezzo piano, mezzo forte, forte, fortissimo, crescendo, and decrescendo).
After completion of this course, the student will understand the following:Course Content
- The elements of music and how these affect the sound and style of music.
- The sound quality of orchestral instruments.
- The musical styles and their historic context and relation to other arts (visual and theatre).
- The major composers and their contributions to music.
- The major compositions and their stylistic significance.
Assessment of Outcome Objectives
- This course is a survey of the musical forms from the Middle Ages to the present.
Instruction will be given through the use of lectures, discussion, recordings, videotape, and attendance at concerts by the students. Music Appreciation (Honors) explores through time the historical, cultural, political, religious, and social influences as well and other factors influencing composers' lives and work.
- The following musical examples shall constitute the Core Listening List for this course.
Individual instructors are encouraged to add other examples to this core.
Anonymous: Alleluia: Vidimus stellam from Mass of the Epiphany Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No.5, Mvt. I & Little Fugue in G-Minor Bach: Cantata No. 140, 4th & 7th Mvts.
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra, Mvt. II
Beethoven: String Quartet in C-Minor, Op. 18,# 4, Mvt. IV & Sym. No. 5, Mvt. I
Benjamin Britten: The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Mvt.IV
Bizet: Farandole from L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98, 4th Mvt.
Chopin: Nocturne in E-Flat Major & Etude in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 12
Copland: Appalachian Spring, Section 7, Variations on Simple Gifts
Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Desprez: Ave Maria...virgo serena
Handel: Ev'ry Valley & Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
Haydn: Symphony No. 94 in G Major, 2nd Mvt.
Hildegard of Bingen: O, Successors
Machaut: Agnus Dei from the Notre Dame Mass
Monteverdi: Tu, Se Morta from Orfoo
Mozart: Part I, Don Giovanni & Piano Concerto #23 in A Major, K. 488, 1St Mvt.
Mozart: Symphony No. 40, Mvt. I & Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Mvt. III
Palestrina: Kyrie from Pope Marcellus Mass
Puccini: La Boheme, Act 1
Reich: Sextet, 3rd mvt.
Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw
Schubert: Erlkonig
Smetana: The Moldau
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, Part I
Strayhorn: Take the A-Train
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, Overture-Fantasy
Tchaikovsky: Dance of the Reed Pipes from Nutcracker Suite
Vivaldi: La Primavera from The Four Seasons
Wagner: Prelude and Act III to Lohengrin & Die Walkure, Act 1
Webern: Five Pieces for Orchestra, (;~o. 3)
Weelkes: As Vesta Was Descending
Zwilich: Concerto Grosso 1985
- The following people will be examined in the context of their respective historical period and their principal musical accomplishments:
Pope Gregory I, Guillaume de Machaut, Josquin Desprez, Giovanni da Palestrina, Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frederic Handel, Antonio Vivaldi, Franz Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Frederic Chopin, Franz Liszt, Hector Berlioz, Peter Tchaikovsky, Johannes Brahms, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner, Claude Debussy, Igor Stravinsky, Arnold Schoenberg, Bela Bartok, Charles Ives, Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, Louis Armstrong, Edward Kennedy Ellington, and Charlie Parker.
- Additional attention will also be directed towards American Jazz and will cover topics such as ragtime, swing, blues, improvisation, scat singing, 12-bar blues form, front line, New Orleans style, Big band, Bebop, Cool, Fusion, and riff.
The course grade shall be based on tests, the final examination, and other assignments such as concert reports and research project. All tests including the final examination will include questions based on aural examples and include essay questions. Instructors shall require either a series of brief written reports on concert performances or reports on topics related to the course. Each instructor shall include in the course syllabus information on the grading criteria and weight assigned to grades of tests or reports.
An in-depth study of some aspect of the course content will also be required of each student. Types of assignments to satisfy this requirement are suggested below:
- a conventional research paper of 8-10 pages.
- several short papers, some of which are research based, involving the student in different aspects of the course content and the evaluation of concert performances.
- two five-page interpretative papers based on intensive study and examination of primary sources, and perhaps incorporating secondary sources.
- oral presentations of a research project.
- panel presentations about specific musical topics.
Assessment of student work in individual courses:
- Class Participation and Quizzes 10 – 20%
- One or two in-class exams 15 – 40%
- Writing assignments 25 – 40%
- Comprehensive final exam 20 – 25%
This course will be assessed during the fall semester every three years. Each student who is enrolled in the course shall be required to complete an Assessment Examination consisting of selected multiple choice and/or matching questions on the content specified above.
The evaluation of this examination shall be the responsibility of the Department Chair, with the results for the class given to each instructor and reported to the Academic Dean or Coordinator.
During the semester following the administration of the exam, the Music Discipline Committee and Honors Committee will receive the results and consider modifications in course content, instructional improvement, and curriculum changes. All recommendations will be documented and used for strengthening the course.
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What better way to celebrate the 4th of July than to learn everything you always wanted to know about The American Band...Grand Funk Railroad? Well there are probably lots of better ways to celebrate...but I needed a reason to post this record.
This is another one that I found over at wfmu's site. You know how some things are so bad that they become good? Well this record is so so bad that it passes by being good and goes right back to being bad again.
The title of this record should really be Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Terry Knight (Grand Funk's manager), being that 85% of the time the announcer, Ernie Tucker, is talking about him. This record was either funded by Terry Knight or Ernie Tucker had a huge man-crush on him. The worst part though is the lousy production. Ernie Tucker speaks at a breakneck pace without taking breaths or pauses and his voice is extremely grating and annoying – plus the horrible background music is way too high in the mix.
If this synopsis didn't scare you off and you're still interested...then here's...
Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Grand Funk Railroad
And in honor of the 4th, here's...
We're an American Band by Grand Funk Railroad from We're an American Band
And here's the Grand Funk Railroad "We're an American Band" 1973 documentary...
For more Grand Funk Railroad check here.
Friday, July 4, 2008
4th of July with The American Band
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Family Connection Days
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Friday, April 12, 2013 at 7:00 PM - Sunday, April 14, 2013 at 10:00 PM
Family Connection Days are an opportunity for families of North Park students to experience the rich variety of activities and talent on campus. Come and get a taste of what your daughter or son is experiencing at North Park: meet your student's roommate and friends, eat lunch with students in the dining hall, take in a University concert, cheer on an athletic team, and explore the city of Chicago.
Located in Chicago, North Park University is a Christian comprehensive university that serves nearly 3,200 undergraduate and graduate students from around the country and the world. Within a diverse, close-knit, urban community, North Park offers a values-based education to students through 40 undergraduate majors and an adult degree-completion program, as well as graduate and continuing education in business, nonprofit management, nursing, education, music, and theology. By integrating faith with learning — as it has done since its founding in 1891 by the Evangelical Covenant Church — North Park University continues to focus on the important task of preparing students for lives of significance and service.
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The Albemarle Chief of Police is defending safety checkpoints. The checkpoints caused the Rutherford Institute to write that they were unconstitutional. During a July 11th roadblock, an Albemarle resident named Joe Draego objected to being detained. Draego cited his Fourth Amendment right to be free of search and seizure without probable cause. Chief Sellers came on WINA's The Schilling Show and said he believes Draego was violating the law. Draego called into the Schilling Show to dispute Sellers. Meanwhile, the Rutherford Institute is challenging Albemarle Commonwealth's Attorney Denise Lunsford's directive to the Board of Supervisors to leave "the issue of such checkpoints…to the Police Department." The Rutherford Institute says the Board of Supervisors should hold a hearing on the issue and allow members of the community to share their concerns.
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