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War of the Worlds Goliath
|Release Date: March 07, 2014
|Running Time: 85 mins.
|MPAA Rating: PG 13
|Box Office: $13,385.00
|Genre: Action, Adventure, Animated, Period, Sci-Fi
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Mark Sheppard
Matt Letscher
Adam Baldwin
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Summary:Fifteen years have passed since the Martians' first failed invasion of Earth. The year is 1914, and at the eve of World War I, Mars launches a sudden and more devastating second attack. A small defense force, A.R.E.S., is Earth's only hope. They are the young, multinational crew of the "Goliath," the vanguard of an army of steam-powered battle walkers, which will be put to the test on the frontlines against the Martian's more advanced technology.


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I don't usually recommend videos, but this one really moved me.
I don't usually recommend videos, but this one really moved me.
Papa Tom
"I just need a rest...and by 'rest' I mean a really long bicycle ride."
Interesting seeing how others see the US from their perspective. Some of the comments seem rather odd though -- as if it's wrong to ride a "racing" bike in traffic and wear lycra gear. The Netherlands is a flat country with a cool climate. Try riding a heavy Dutch bike wearing wool clothes in the Southeast, and you will be utterly miserable due to the 3 Hs -- heat, hills and humidity.
but the guy's not wrong. i like how he laughed at the biking infrastructure here in the US - and rightly so. bike lanes are pretty useless around most places for the exact reasons he stated. not to mention on non-city streets/roads with a marked bike lane - it's just basically the shoulder and does nothing but collect debris.
I thought it was really a rather quaint video, with just a cursory, simplistic look at how cycling varies between the USA and Netherlands, offering neither a comprehensive view nor any particularly insightful opinions or suggestions.
That things are different between the two cycling cultures is old news indeed; the big story, the interesting story, is in how the USA cycling culture continues to grow, develop, innovate and to influence the rest of the cycling world despite what might seem, prima facie, to be our less developed cycling infrastructure.
Can we learn from the Dutch? Something, certainly, but the Dutch model is neither appropriate for the USA, nor the model of cycling the USA should emulate. As someone who has ridden in Holland (properly), there is much to appreciate about cycling there, but on each trip I've come home more convinced that Dutch cycling is ideal only for the Dutch, and is not a model for cycling anywhere else. Without their geography, history, culture and sensibility, I'm not sure there's much directly transplantable.
The USA presents unique challenges for cyclists, and has the native ingenuity and capacity to meet those challenges as no other nation does, so I, for one, am moved more by what the future of cycling holds in the USA than the present realities of cycling in the Netherlands. Yes, I'd like to see more Americans utility cycling, but putting people on upright, heavy bicycles without helmets, as the narrator of the video suggests, will not make that happen.
Chaad--'95 DeKerf Team SL, '02 Lemond Buenos Aires, '05 Novara Buzz, '73 Schwinn Collegiate, '06 Mountain Cycle Rumble, '09 Dahon Mariner D7, '12 Mercier Nano, '12 Breezer Venturi
Well put, Chaadster. And for tarwheel...to me, the statement about racing bikes and lycra was more of a commentary about how bicycling in the USA is something that has to be taken so damned seriously all the time. You can't just get on the bike and go. You need a helmet, padding to protect your crotch, laughingly loud clothing to be seen, blinkies on the back, blinkies on the front, a lock that weighs as much as your bike, a frame pump, a bpa-free water bottle, a set of $200 panniers, toe clip pedals, special sneakers that clip into the pedals but make you walk like you've got a load in your pants when you get off...
I agree with Chaad that the Dutch approach to bicycling is highly impractical in the US; however, I hope the US cycling culture someday advances to the point where getting on a bike and going somewhere won't require so much freaking thought.
Papa Tom
"I just need a rest...and by 'rest' I mean a really long bicycle ride."

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Desperate Prayer
2 min cooldown Instant
Heals the caster for 34,808.
Body and Soul
Your Power Word: Shield and Leap of Faith also increase your target's movement speed by 60% for 4 sec.
Consuming Shadow Orbs transforms your Mind Flay into Insanity, and your Mind Sear into Searing Insanity, for 1.91 sec per Shadow Orb consumed. These spells deals 100% additional damage.
Psychic Scream
3% of base mana
30 sec cooldown Instant
The caster lets out a psychic scream, causing 5 enemies within 8 yards to flee, disorienting them for 8 sec. Damage caused may interrupt the effect.
Twist of Fate
After healing a target below 35% health, you deal 15% increased damage and healing for 10 sec.
40 yd range 0.75% of base mana
25 sec cooldown Instant
Launch a Shadowy bolt that grows in power with distance, damaging an enemy for up to 6,325, and then bouncing to additional enemies 4 times. Each time it bounces, it splits into 2 bolts.
Clarity of Power
Your Mind Spike, Mind Sear, and Shadow Word: Death deal 40% additional damage to targets not affected by your Shadow Word: Pain or Vampiric Touch. Also reduces the cooldown on Mind Blast by 3 sec and makes it instant cast.
Major Glyphs
Glyph of Vampiric Embrace
ShadowPassiveYour Vampiric Embrace converts an additional 10% of the damage you deal into healing, but the duration is reduced by 5 sec.
Glyph of Silence
ShadowPassiveReduces the cooldown on your Silence spell by 25 sec, but also reduces its duration by 2 sec.
Glyph of Reflective ShieldPassiveCauses 70% of the damage you absorb with your own Power Word: Shield to reflect back at the attacker. This damage causes no threat.
Minor Glyphs
Glyph of Shadow Ravens
ShadowPassiveYour Shadow Orbs now appear as Shadow Ravens.
Glyph of Dark Archangel
ShadowPassiveWhen you apply Devouring Plague to a target, you take on the form of a Dark Archangel for 8 sec.
Glyph of Shackle UndeadPassiveChanges the appearance of your Shackle Undead.
- Desperate Prayer
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Desperate Prayer
2 min cooldown Instant
Heals the caster for 34,808.
Body and Soul
Your Power Word: Shield and Leap of Faith also increase your target's movement speed by 60% for 4 sec.
Power Word: Solace
30 yd range
10 sec cooldown Instant
Strike an enemy with heavenly power, dealing 6,322 Holy damage, an additional 693 Holy damage over 9 sec, and restoring 2% of maximum mana. This damage will heal a nearby injured ally for 100% of the damage dealt, or half as much if it heals the Priest.
Replaces Holy Fire.
Replaces Holy Fire.
Psychic Scream
3% of base mana
30 sec cooldown Instant
The caster lets out a psychic scream, causing 5 enemies within 8 yards to flee, disorienting them for 8 sec. Damage caused may interrupt the effect.
Power Infusion
2 min cooldown Instant
Infuses the Priest with power for 20 sec, increasing haste by 25% and reducing the mana cost of all spells by 20%.
40 yd range 2.4% of base mana
25 sec cooldown 1.5 sec cast
Launch a Holy bolt that grows in power with distance, healing an ally for up to 1,488, and then bouncing to additional allies 4 times. Each time it bounces, it splits into 2 bolts.
Words of Mending
Your healing and shielding spell casts grant you a stack of Word of Mending. When you gain 10 stacks of Word of Mending, your next targeted healing or shielding spell also casts a Prayer of Mending at them.
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Glyph of Holy Fire
Discipline, HolyPassiveIncreases the range of your Holy Fire, Smite, and Power Word: Solace spells by 10 yards.
Glyph of Penance
DisciplinePassiveIncreases the mana cost of Penance by 20% but allows Penance to be cast while moving.
Glyph of Weakened SoulPassiveReduces the duration of the Weakened Soul effect caused by Power Word: Shield by 2 sec.
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Glyph of Borrowed Time
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Glyph of Holy ResurrectionPassiveYour resurrection target appears bathed in holy light for the duration of the Resurrection cast.
Glyph of AngelsPassiveYour heal spells momentarily grant you angelic wings.
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- Crit 18.26%
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German far-right politician attacked for comments about footballer Jérôme Boateng
The deputy leader of the hardline anti-immigration party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has been criticised for suggesting that his fellow Germans would not want Jérôme Boateng – one of the country's most prominent black footballers – as a neighbour. Boateng, who is of joint German and Ghanaian descent, is being considered as a candidate to captain the national team at next month's European Championships. The AfD moved swiftly to issue an apology after the comments were greeted with widespread anger across Germany. More »International Business Times Sport - 16 hours ago
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Handprint Crafts
Handprint crafts are always a favorite with young children. Kids love to leave their handprints behind and this is a way to do it and still keep Mom happy. Trace around your little ones' hands, use paint or paper and scissors and start creating!
Handprint Mask For Mardi Gras
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Amarillo will have another grocery contender in July. Target is adding a full fresh market to its store adjacent to Westgate Mall.
"We will have 90 percent of what a
SuperTarget has," Store Team Leader Jamie Chumbley said, referring to the chain's massive stores that also carry groceries.
Amarillo's store will get most of the same products, including meat and produce, she said. It won't have a bakery.
Target's parking lot has, for weeks, been half-covered with containers and tents sheltering materials to be used in the renovations.
Most changes have occurred overnight so shoppers notice little interruption during store hours. However, late last week, the grocery area was to be walled off so more extensive work can begin, Chumbley said.
Expanding grocery offerings has caused every department in the store to be rearranged, every item scrutinized. The store is culling its slower-moving products to make room, so clearance deals abound, by the way.
"Everything moves," she said. "Every single aisle has been changed. There's not one item in this story between April and July that's not touched.
"No departments went away; we just went down in total SKUs (stock keeping units)."
The storewide revamp means departments are getting new looks.
Modern, lighted shelves show off continued and new cosmetic lines. A hydraulic display consolidates bicycles to one wall. And the customer service department has been integrated into a line of register stands so shoppers can be served in one stop.
Plus, a Starbucks should open inside the store in mid-June. The grocery market should be open by July 6, Chumbley said.
Online records
A new Texas Panhandle startup is turning old county records into searchable indexes helpful to those investigating land or mineral rights ownership.
Digital Abstract & Title has digitized and indexed records from Hemphill, Roberts, Ochiltree and Lipscomb counties, President Nic Franklin said.
Records from Hansford County have been scanned and are being indexed, he said.
So, records once mostly searchable by owner name now can be searched in a number of ways, including by the legal description of the parcel in question, Franklin said.
Sometimes, those tracing oil and gas rights "know the piece of ground they're interested in, but they have no idea what the (owners') names are. And they've got to trace that over time," he said.
Digital Abstract can search its digitized records in multiple ways and pull the information into a single report, Franklin said.
The company expects to grow its list of covered counties, has opened offices in Canadian and Perryton, and expects to eventually have an online subscription search service available, he said.
Tire open house
Texas Tire & Tube, a company founded in 1986, will roll into a new era with an open house on Friday.
The late Eddie Wynn and his son, Keith, started the business known for its "square deal on a round tire" motto. A fire in 1990 at its original location necessitated a move to its current site at 3001 S. Fillmore St.
Keith and his wife, Elaine, took over the business after Eddie's death in 2012.
"We have repainted, put up new signs, and now have a pull-in shop, (and) a showroom waiting area with a TV for our customers to wait comfortably while their work is performed," Elaine said.
The open house, with refreshments and giveaways, will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m Friday.
Holiday deal
There's still a couple of days to left to take advantage of a Memorial Day discount JCPenney is offering to honor those in the armed services and their relatives.
Through Tuesday, the retailer will offer a 20 percent in-store discount to current and former military personnel and family members of active-duty, reserves, guard members and retirees, according to a news release.
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OKC Thunder: Sights and Sounds from Game 2
Just when you thought things couldn't get any crazier at The Peake, Game 2 came along.
*Some Thunder fans got up close and personal with Ron Artest (Metta World Peace) in the first half when the Laker enforcer crashed into the first row of seats. It took a minute for him to get untangled and on his feet, but when he did he mussed up the hair of the guy who took the brunt of the collision. That fan? Oklahoman publisher Chris Reen.
*Former Thunder forward Morris Peterson sat courtside with Kevin Durant's family. He played four games for Oklahoma City during 2010-11 season before being traded to Charlotte, which waved him four days later. Even though he hasn't played in the NBA since, Mo Pete is one of the all-time good guys in the league.
*Spotted: Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and Rex Linn of "CSI: Miami" fame. The actor went to Casady School.
*TNT analyst Craig Sager stepped it up a notch from Game 1. After an outfit that fell well short of his normally wild combinations, he went with a striped blue shirt, a red-and-blue patterned tie and a blue jacket that wasn't far off the blue shirts worn by Thunder fans.
*Speaking of those shirts, Thunder fans wore blue and white shirts for Game 2. The colors alternated from one section to the next. It was a totally sweet look both at The Peake and on TV.
*Know what else looked sweet? The scene outside The Peake. Another crowd in excess of 5,000 packed Reno Avenue to watch the game on the screen outside the arena.
*To the folks who left with the Thunder down seven points and two minutes left — you regretting that decision Thursday morning?
What the Twittersphere had to say during Game 2:
@DaveTelep: The fact that OKC Thunder GM Sam Presti has never been Executive of the Year seems mystifying to me.
@NOTSportsCenter: Hours before Game 2 tips off, and the #Lakers are unofficially down by 15 to the #Thunder already.
@tmains4: I'm not a Thunder fan. I just simply hate the Lakers.
@mkokc: Love Twitter. People at the game, fans at home, Sooners and Pokes. All complaining about the refs.
@NotBillWalton: Thunder/Lakers has slowed down to a snail's pace with excessive foul calls. These refs need to swallow their whistles unless they see blood!
@A_Boogs_life: The Lakers barely beat the Thunder in the playoffs in 2010. Thunder are way better. And Kobe is way older.
Highlights from the live game chat at NewsOK.com
8:45 p.m.: Strategic: The Lakers have been holding opponents to 81 points in their wins. No way they can hold the Thunder to 81!
8:46 p.m.: Jacob Unruh: The white and blue shirts look awesome on TV.
8:55 p.m.: BB37: Agreed. Looks better than the all blue or white.
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Lourdes es una de las miembros del grupo, y ella cuenta que trabaja arduamente y de esa forma trata de salir adelante e invertir en sus estudios. Ella vende cosméticos sobre pedidos y es gracias a esto que tiene sus propios ingresos.
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After we moved to our new apartment last year, we've been wanting to update our messy office space. We used to have 2 non-matching desks which didn't match the house *at all*, so a few weeks ago we ordered a custom-sized countertop, slapped some feet under it, and bought a nice fuzzy rug.
Quite happy with the result, although this is probably as clean as this desk will ever look ;) The only thing that didn't work out as well was putting a 2 inch deep shelf on the wall, directly behind the iMacs… I was going to put led lights underneath that shelf (which was going to house some of our favourite design books), but the wall is fortified because of water pipes running through them.
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When they first introduced the concept of Black and White allot of my friends, and me included had the hunch that they were going to introduce a new pokemon type e.g. Light (to go with the already existing dark type).
I think that if they added something like that it would have given gen 5 a little bit more substance.
As it is that didn't happen so saying they should be light / dark types would be kind of cheaky. What I might suggest would be fire/normal and electric/dark.
I also agree that instantly making the assumption that dragon=epic, legendary=epic therefore dragon=legendary is quite unimaginative.
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Residents ask Whitefish Bay School District for $30,000 to help build new tennis courts
Whitefish Bay - A group of residents asked the Whitefish Bay School Board Building and Grounds Committee last week for funds to go toward construction of new tennis courts at Cumberland Elementary.
The residents are asking the School Board for $30,000, which is the total cost of removing the current dilapidated courts, Director of Business Services Shawn Yde said. The cost to refurbish the courts is $128,000 and Whitefish Bay residents and parents of Cumberland Elementary students have vowed to raise the additional money.
"It's something that's near and dear to our hearts not only for the entire community, but to bring the courts back to the school because kids still play on them and they aren't safe. They are not a great asset to the school," said Katie Warner-Smith, co-chair of the fundraising effort and parent to four students at Cumberland.
She said they anticipate the fundraising to be complete by May.
Yde said the tennis courts at Cumberland and Richards Elementary have fallen into disrepair and became unplayable about 14 years ago. Removal of both tennis courts has been in the long range maintenance plan for the past few years.
The proposal is to redo the courts so they are safe for children to play on and will allow tennis to be added to the physical education curriculum. The goal is to have three, regulation 78-foot courts using the existing footprint.
The United States Tennis Association has donated rackets, balls and nets to Cumberland in support of this project, Warner-Smith said.
"It will bring benefits to students in multiple ways as well as enhance that area for the benefits of the entire community," said Superintendent Mary Gavigan. "I think it's a valuable partnership."
School Board member Anne Berleman Kearney told the board they have to anticipate a similar request from parents of Richards' students should they approve allocating funds for the Cumberland courts.
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Once the numbers were skimmed, new cards were made with the victimâ??s debit card numbers were used at New York City ATMâ??s to withdraw as much money as possible from the victimsâ?? checking accounts.
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Kazakhstan? Where in the world is that – is probably what many, many people reading this information are thinking. So do not be despondent if you do not know where Kazakhstan is located. I did not when it was first proposed that I visit this country on a business trip. What I found out is that Kazakhstan is a beautiful country; however, it has not yet been discovered by most tourists.
So here are some of the basic facts about Kazakhstan – the world's largest landlocked country and a country of ancient nomads and the very junction of civilizations.
It is the 9th largest country in the world, equal in size to the whole of Western Europe, five times the size of France and half the size of the USA. And Kazakhstan is the second largest state in the Commonwealth of Independent States, behind Russia itself, and is bordered by Russia to the north and west, the Caspian Sea, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to the southwest, Kyrgyzstan to the south and China to the southeast. The whole country has only 16 million inhabitants and about 2 million of those are in the Almaty area.
Kazakhstan has been a crossroad of nomad populations and different cultures for a thousand years so it offers extraordinary evidence of civilizations, history, traditions and natural beauty. At its heart lies a history rooted in antiquity and a culture suffused with tradition. It boasts a nomadic past and warrior legacy stirring up images of Genghis Khan and Mongol Hordes.
The ethnic Kazakhs, who now account for almost half of Kazakhstan's population, were primarily pastoral nomads until the middle of the last century. Nomadic tribes have been living in Kazakhstan since the first century BC. From the fourth century AD through the beginning of the 13th century, the territory of Kazakhstan was ruled by a series of nomadic nations. Following the Mongolian invasion in the early 13th century, administrative districts were established under the Mongol Empire. These nomads lived in yurts - portable, dome-shaped tents of felt made from boiled camel's wool. Even the word "Kazakh", meaning "independent," "free," "wanderer," depicted their nomadic existence long before it became an ethnic connotation. Kazakhstan was conquered by Russia in the 18th century and then became a Soviet Republic in 1936. On Christmas Day, 1991, Kazakhstan became an independent country, the last Soviet republic to do so. The president of Kazakhstan was also its leader under Soviet rule. His tendency has been for a balanced foreign policy but he is very protective and jealous of his power. He has made a great effort to develop his hydrocarbon resources to benefit the country.
Kazakhs have strong ties to family, respect for elders, competitiveness, and a high regard for courtesy to others. These are traits which may well ensure the continued survival of this people in a time of globalization and the reformation of its culture.
The landscape of Kazakhstan is diverse. The northern forest-steppe turns into half-deserts and deserts in the south and towering mountains and thousands of lakes in the southeast. Tourists who enjoy wilderness and remoteness, wide open spaces, lunar landscapes, natural beauty, exotic places and people with a craving for horse sausage will definitely be in their element.
The Republic is a multinational state inhabited by representatives of more than 100 nationalities. The main religions are Islam and Orthodox Christianity, but religious toleration is the norm. Interestingly unique, Kazakhstan is not as religious as other republics of Central Asia, and as a heritage of its domination by the Soviet Union, a great number of Kazakhs are not religious at all.
Kazakhstan is mineral rich. Enterprises involved in extraction and processing of coal, oil, gas, non-ferrous and ferrous metals play a leading role in the national economy.
Now let me tell you some unique things about Kazakhstan that are often overlooked.
There are more horses in Kazakhstan than women!
Kazakhstan contained the main Soviet test area for nuclear weapons. From 1949 to 1989 there were hundreds of nuclear blasts at the Semipalatinsk site—this highly radioactive range was closed by the Kazakh government in 1991.
Kazakhstan has always had the main launch site for Soviet and Russian space exploration! Russia still uses the Baykonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan as the principal site for Soviet space launches. It is the world's oldest and largest spaceport.
Southeast Kazakhstan is the place where apples were first cultivated and from where they spread around the world. The nearby city of Almaty is even named after the Kazakh for apple 'alma'.
The tulip, a recognized symbol of Holland, has its roots in the mountains of Kazakhstan. The beautiful Greyg tulip grows in southeastern Kazakhstan and they are the ancestors of thousands of types of tulips that exist today. At the beginning of the 15th century tulip bulbs were taken from this area to the Ottoman Empire. Later on the flowers appeared in Vienna and then in Amsterdam.
After visiting Kazakhstan myself, I am sure that tourism to Kazakhstan will become more popular over the coming years. In particular the outdoors lovers will be able to appreciate all the wonderful things that Kazakhstan has to offer!
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- In a nutshell:I enjoyed visiting Astana and Almaty and would enjoy going back.
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So far I have had a stellar first week with the 60d & 10-22 wide angle lens & took these shots RAW and then converted them post processed them. I was never a RAW shooter with the XTI for some reason, but now with the 60d I can see the benefit and now wish I had embraced it sooner. C & C please.
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It's been six years since the death of one of the greatest climbers and unarguably, one of the most tragic figures of pro cycling. I ran across the following quotes last year and they are striking in their contrast between despair and hope:
Im left all alone. No one managed to understand me. Even the cycling world and even my own family.
Marco Pantani (note from his last passport)
Marcos death also serves as a call for friendship: for the gift of friendship and of hope. That no one be alone. That no one feel or be left alone. We must believe in life with the same passion that Marco demonstrated in accomplishing his victories.
Bishop Antonio Lanfranchi (from Marco Pantinis funeral homily)
I for one pray that the cycling world never forgets Marco and the pitfalls of his fantastic, yet sad career. May we all learn from his mistakes and do our best to "believe in life". If you haven't seen it yet, Graham Watson has a nice memorial to Il Pirata on his website:


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The Status of Physical Education Performance Classes within Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Stier, William F., Quarterman, Jerome, Stier, Mark Martin, JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance
Researchers in this investigation examined the current status of performance, activity, or service offerings provided by American HBCUs as well as the policies, procedures, and practices which affect such curricula and performance programs.
A comprehensive study that concluded in late 1991 revealed the present status of various aspects of physical education and athletic programs within four-year, historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) which offer a major in physical education. Ten specific areas in physical education and athletics within HBCUs were examined: the characteristics of each institution; the role of the department chairperson; status of physical education majors; characteristics of physical education faculty and staff; the performance class offerings; the professional preparation curriculum; the intramural and recreation activities; the intercollegiate athletic program; the facilities; and the administrative structure of the physical education and athletic areas.
This article provides an insight into the current status of activity, performance, or service class offerings and policies within selected HBCUs. The surveyed population was determined by using the criteria of HBCUs as noted in the 1987 Federal Register. Peterson's Annual Guide (Lehman, 1989) was used to identify HBCUs which offered an undergraduate major in physical education. Schools classified as HBCUs were accredited, four-year institutions which considered themselves as historically black colleges or universities, were established prior to 1964, and continue to have as their principal mission the education of African Americans. Two-year colleges and vocational, technical, and theological institutions were not included in the study. A total of 58 institutions met the above criteria.
To gather the data, the researchers used a revised version of an earlier questionnaire developed and used by Stier (1971; 1982, December; 1986). The physical education chairpersons of the target schools were sent the revised survey instrument. Accompanying the instrument was a letter of explanation and a stamped, self-addressed return envelope. Additional follow-up letters and instruments were subsequently sent. The response generated from the three mailings was 88 percent (N=51) for HBCUs returning usable questionnaires. Because not all of the questions were answered on each of the survey instruments which were returned, it was necessary to adjust the total number when appropriate in analyzing the final data. The data are provided in percentages. Earlier investigations which surveyed various populations of colleges and universities garnered similar but varied rates of return.
Purpose of the Study
Researchers in this investigation examined the current status of what is commonly referred to as performance, activity, or service offerings provided by American HBCUs as well as the policies, procedures, and practices which affect such curricula and performance programs. After reviewing the literature, the researchers did not discover any published studies which dealt specifically with the performance curricula within HBCUs.
However, several published studies have dealt with the general topic of physical education programs and teachers within HBCUs (Davis, 1970, 1980; Rice & Leslie, 1987; Crase et al., 1991). Other research investigations have dealt with the status of black physical education faculty members within all colleges and universities (Kirk, 1969; Henry, 1969; Harvey, 1986; Crase & Walker, 1988).
Table 1. Frequency of Performance Classes Offered Within HBCUs Provided in at Least 50% of the Responding Institutions Rank Type of Performance Percentage of Institutions Class Offering the Class 1.5 Volleyball 92 1.5 Tennis 92 3 Swimming-Beginner 88 4 Badminton 86 5 Dance-Aerobic 82 6 Golf 80 7 Basketball 76 8 Archery 77 9 Softball 73 10. …


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New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Bollywood director Madhur Bhandarkar and actress Sonali Bendre are set to be the judges for Sony Entertainment Television's new talent show 'Mr. & Ms. TV'.
The show is specially designed for the small screen glamour brigade and the most talented and multifaceted personalities will emerge winners.
Shonali Nagrani, who has previously anchored Star One's 'The Great Indian Laughter Challenge', will be hosting the contest. The show will be aired on the channel March 24 onwards at 10 p.m. and will stretch over a period of two weeks.
The six women who will be competing for the title are Nausheen Ali Sardar, Aashka Goradia, Jasveer Kaur, Purbi Joshi, Priyanka Bassi">Priyanka Bassi and Shilpa Saklani.
The men who will be participating include Chetan Hansraj, Kushal Punjabi, Karan Wahi, Karanveer Bohra, Swapnil Joshi and Sanjit Bedi.
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'I felt that the concept of the show is different and interesting. They told me that there would be a lot of dancing, singing, acting and other stuff, so I jumped at it. Besides, there were no hassles with the dates,' he told IANS on phone from Mumbai.
New pairs of the celebrities will be formed for each episode and they will be asked to prove their mettle in singing, dancing, mimicry and voice-overs. The grand finale of the show will be telecast April 6.
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IDF chief expresses sorrow for civilian casualties; Hamas vows to end truce; IAF strike kills 3 militants.
Police Commissioner Moshe Karadi ordered the police forces to go on a higher state of alert on Sunday. The order was given as officers have 90 warnings of terror attacks vowing to avenge the killing of seven Palestinian civilians on a Gaza Strip beach on Friday, as well as the killing of Popular Resistance Committees leader Jamal Abu Samhadana on Thursday.
Police will beef up security from the seam line to entrances to cities, as well as in city centers. Police will also reinforce troops in cities and crowded areas.
Seven Palestinians were killed when an errant Israel Defense Forces artillery shell apparently slammed into a beach in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday. Some 40 others were wounded.
A woman and two young children, aged six months and 18 months, as well as a young teenager were among the dead, medical officials said. All of the dead were believed to be related. The IDF apologized for the incident, saying it "regretted the strike on innocents."
IDF Chief of Staff Dan Halutz expressed regret Saturday evening for the shelling, but clarified that the army was not taking responsibility for the incident, as the investigation has not yet been completed.
Halutz noted that following the incident, the IDF stopped shelling the Strip, but he stressed that the shelling had been in response to Qassam rockets launched at Israel.
"The IDF will continue to chase the Qassam-launching cells and rocket manufacturers. We will make efforts not to harm innocent bystanders. We fired artillery shells and will do so again, under very limited circumstances," Halutz said.
In Beit Lahia, thousands of Palestinians gathered on Saturday afternoon to attend the funeral procession of the seven people killed.
Chanting "revenge, revenge" and "destroy Israel, destroy America," the mourners made their way through the town's narrow streets to the families' homes, where weeping women tried to touch the bodies of the dead.
In the wake of the shelling, the military wing of the ruling Palestinian Hamas party said that it would renew suicide bombings in Israel, ending the truce that the group declared last year.
"The Israeli massacres represent a direct opening battle and that means the earthquake in the Zionist towns will start again and the aggressors will have no choice but to prepare their coffins or their luggage," Hamas militants declared in a leaflet. "The resistance groups... will choose the proper place and time for the tough, strong and unique response."
The group claimed Saturday morning it had fired at least 15 Qassam rockets at Israel overnight Friday and Saturday morning, for first time in 16 months. Five Qassams launches were detected overnight, although no landing sites were identified and no damage was reported.
IDF sources said most of the rockets appeared to have landed inside the Gaza Strip. In the Jabalya refugee camp, five Palestinians were injured on Saturday when a Qassam meant for Israel landed in the camp instead.
"This is only the start and rocket firings will continue," an Iz al-Din al-Qassam spokesman said Saturday morning.
"Next time, the rockets will be longer in range and they will hit places deeper inside the Zionist entity. The attacks come in response to the Zionist crimes and the killings of civilians in Gaza," he said.
Seven additional rockets were fired at Israel on Saturday morning, Israel Radio reported. At least two struck open fields in the western Negev, causing no damage or casualties.
Halutz ordered an end to the shelling of northern Gaza - aimed at deterring militants from firing Qassam rockets - until the completion of the investigation into the civilian deaths. The military also offered the Palestinians assistance in the wake of the strike, saying that the wounded could be evacuated to Israeli hospitals.
A nine-year-old boy seriously wounded in the shelling was transferred to Israel for treatment Saturday morning.
Major General Yoav Galant, head of the IDF Southern Command, said Friday evening that the army is looking into the circumstances of the explosion. In addition to the more likely scenario that a shell strayed from its path, the army was also exploring whether the explosion might have been caused by a "work accident."
"It is not our intention to harm innocent civilians. We are investigating the incident in order to try to clarify what happened here," Galant said, adding that the IDF is aware of areas in which civilians are present, and that military gunners are ordered to prevent firing on these areas.
Defense Minister Amir Peretz was to receive the results of the investigation Saturday evening, Israel Radio said.
IAF strike kills three militantsEarlier Friday, an Israel Air Force strike killed three Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) militants in Beit Hanun, in the Gaza Strip, just minutes after they fired a Qassam rocket into Israel.
IDF sources said that at approximately 3 P.M., the militants fired a rocket that landed in an open field near the southern town of Sderot. One of the militants, who was standing outside the car, was killed by an IAF missile soon after the rocket launch. The other two men attempted to drive away, but were killed by another missile that hit their moving car.
Security forces had been placed on alert Friday following Palestinian threats to avenge Thursday's IAF strike that killed Popular Resistance Committees leader Jamal Abu Samhadana, Israel Radio reported.
Abu Samhadana, who also headed the Hamas government's Interior Ministry security force in the Gaza Strip, was killed in an air strike on a Palestinian militants' training camp in Gaza. Abu Samhadana was a key player in rocket attacks on Israel and a suspect in the fatal 2003 bombing of a U.S. convoy in the Gaza Strip.
More than ten thousands mourners attended Abu Samhadana's funeral in Rafah on Friday afternoon. Among the crowd were senior Hamas officials, including spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri, Interior Minister Saed Siam and other parliament members. During the funeral, a 19-year-old was lightly injured by ceremonial gunfire.
At least three other PRC operatives were also killed in the attack. Hospital officials said 10 more were wounded. A PRC spokesman said the group would avenge Abu Samhadana's death. "The Zionists and Israelis have opened the gates of hell by assassinating Abu Samhadana," said PRC spokesman Abu Abir. "The Zionist entity and Zionist settlements near Gaza will not feel security and safety any more. Our rockets will rain into the Zionist entity and our heroes will blow themselves up among their dirty bodies."
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said all the Palestinian organizations have the right to respond to Israeli aggression and that all means were acceptable in harming Israel, Israel Radio reported. Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said the air strike was an Israeli crime that damages the chances of peace, the radio said.
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