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Barcelona Destination Guide: "You've Just Got to See It!"By Cathie Arquilla
Tapas:"A small portion to keep you going or to accompany a good beer."
I read this definition on a restaurant's tent card my first night in Barcelona…
My own definition, reads...tapas, "An amazing selection of tasty bites to keep Cathie joyously fed throughout her stay in Barcelona."
I had five days in Barcelona, enough time to sample several tapas bars and to see some extraordinary architecture unique to this seaside Spanish city. I was there with my sister, an ER Doctor, who was attending a convention.
After much preparation in leaving my two small children and husband at home, she and I set out to taste, smell, see and experience Barcelona.
Some doctors at the convention experienced the city as locals renting their own apartments in Barcelona, we however, remained happy tourists, soaking up city sites in a brief hotel stay.
Oh yes, and we wanted to do a little shopping too.
Before leaving baggage claim we exchanged some currency and headed for central Barcelona via the airport train station. Moving walkways to all the terminals connect the train station. The train operates every 30 minutes from 6:13 to 23:40 and is 2E. We were going to Placa Catalunya, which is about a 25-minute ride.
Placa de Catalunya is also where you can get the Aerobus service to the Barcelona airport--an option we took going home. It runs every fifteen minutes between 6:00 and 24:00. The journey is 30 minutes and it costs 3:30 E one-way. I liked this option better, as you got a very scenic ride through the city, which would have been nice upon our arrival.
Arriving in Placa de Catalunya we got our first glimpse of Barcelona. This grand square is the nerve center to much of what the city has to offer. It is a bustle of tourists and locals all heading in every direction. Many metro and bus lines as well as the Bus Turistic and the Aerobus originate from this hub. Heading down any one of its connecting streets you'll find great shopping for a variety of budgets. On the square itself is Spain's omnipresent El Corte Inges department store where Bonnie and I made some great purchases later in the week.
La Rambla
From Placa de Catalunya we walked down La Rambla to our hotel. La Rambla is on every tourist itinerary and indeed should not be missed. Outdoor cafes, stands selling birds, flowers, postcards, paintings, jewelry and more are set up right down the middle of the street, while more permanent tapas bars, hotels and shops line this important part of the city.
Several guidebooks mention La Rambla's elaborately costumed mimes. I didn't find them particularly interesting, but clearly, many people did. We were warned repeatedly of pickpockets and the like operating on La Rambla, but we were cautious, and fortunately nothing scary happened.
Just off La Rambla at Placa Sant Agusti, 3 was our hotel, Hotel Sant Agusti (Tel. 93 318 16 58) This is a three-star hotel. The rooms are modest and clean. Internet service from the lobby is free. The hotel's website touts it as being one of the oldest hotels in Barcelona, built in 1728 complete with stone arches, an 18th century religious statue, and beamed ceilings.
While our room did have beamed ceilings this was hardly the reason for staying there. The real draw was the hotel's excellent location. Service and information from the front desk was minimal. A typical tourist breakfast was included and welcome. But one could easily enjoy the many cafés near the hotel with better café con leche. (Namely: Agora C/Hospital, 13.)
Sampling the Tapas Bars
Each day we went to a different Tapas bar. All of them were good and a really good deal, but two worth mentioning here are Cerveceria Catalana and a small family-run bar/stall at the back of Mercat de La Boqueria (Unfortunately, I never did get the name of this bar although I tried. You'll find it by walking directly through the center of the market to the way back. The stall will be on your left).
Cerveceria Catalana is located near Placa de Catalunya on C/ Mallorca, 236 (Tel.93 216 03 68). We had champagne and sampled 13 different tapas. The best part about eating tapas is that it is all right in front of you and you only need point to something that strikes your fancy and in minutes your taste buds are savoring the delectable morsel.
Followed by a refreshing sip of beer, sangria or champagne it's really good eating-a gastronomic splurge. Cerveceria Catalana is the very best example of the vast array of tapas Barcelona has to offer. You walk into this authentic upscale tavern with oak bars to your left and right (seating in the back) and you are assaulted by the sounds, smells and tastes of authentic Catalonia.
You're on the Mediterranean, so be sure to try the seafood, most especially the langoustines, sardines, and anchovies. These delicacies usually sit prettily on a lovely piece of crusty French bread complete with a smear of olive oil at it simplest, or goat cheese, tomato or tuna pate at its most complicated. If you are an hors d'oeuvres lover, as I am, Barcelona is your Mecca.
The Market
According to our Eyewitness guidebook, "Mercat de La Boqueria is Barcelona's most famous food market." Located on La Rambla, "Freshness reigns supreme and shoppers are spoiled for choice, with hundreds of stalls selling everything from vine-ripened tomatoes to haunches of beef and moist wedges of Manchego cheese."
All true, but it failed to mention the real jewel of the market--a little family-run tapas bar/stall, I mentioned earlier. It was so good and so cheap and so close to my hotel that I ate there twice! The bar's counter seats about 15 people. Luckily, I did not have to wait to sit, order, and watch, as my dish was deftly prepared right in front of me.
Langoustines where cooked in the shells and smothered in garlic, salt and olive oil. I had a wonderful fresh green salad with tuna and hearts of palm. Caution to the wind, I tried a plate of fried peppers, salty, each one unpredictable spicy. Like everything, the sangria here was freshly made and exceptionally refreshing.
On my second visit to this un-named bar, I met a very nice gentleman born in Barcelona, but currently living in his seaside villa 30 minutes south of the city. Stumbling through conversation with my lackluster foreign language skills and his earnest attempts at English, I believe we became friends. We talked of our respective families and showed pictures. We discussed sports, foreign policy, and the impact of 9/11 on our lives. We kissed goodbye, on both cheeks, and as I made my way back to my hotel, contented with life, I was ready for an afternoon siesta.
Modernista Concert Hall
The best place to start site seeing in Barcelona is Palua De La Musica Catalana (Palace of Catalan Music). This Modernista concert hall, built for the Orfeo Catala by Lluis domenech I Montaner, is an art nouveau lover's dream.
Liberte', modernista, art nouveau was an artistic movement in the early 1900's that became a worldwide phenomenon. Barcelona's Modernista movement is in magnificent evidence throughout the city but it is captured and explained best here. The English speaking guided tour starts on the hour and it is not to be missed.
The twenty-minute audiovisual presentation gives you a very good feeling of the dramatic changes Barcelona was undergoing at the turn of the century. In the three years it took to build this opulent music hall, Antoni Gaudi, the flag bearer of the Modernista movement, was building his Sagrada Familia, Le Pedrera, Parc Guell, Casa Batllo and more.
A visit to Barcelona would not be complete without seeing these very important sights. The tour at Palua De La Musica Catalana, palaumusica.org puts this building and Antoni Gaudi's architectural ingenuity in context with the entire movement, its music, artists, and buildings.
The Palau is located in the old part of the city, the Barri Gotic (Gothic Quarter ). The Barri Gotic is a maze of ancient shopping streets with specialty boutiques. It is also home to the towering Cathedral de Barcelona dating from 1298 and other important sights, such as the Museu d'Historia de la Ciutat.
Just east of the Barri Gotic is the ancient barrio of La Ribera notable for its medieval palaces some of which house the must-see Museu Picasso museupicasso.bcn.es
Shopping for Toys and Shoes
Two shopping discoveries we made while meandering through the Barri Gotic were El Ingenio and La Manual Alpargatera. Surely the toys in El Ingenio must come to life after hours. This store specializes in masks and theatrical costumes for carnival as well as puppets, party decorations, and music boxes. The workshop in the back of the store has paper mache masks and figurines in various stages of completion. They are eerie looking but very cool. The day I was there a woman was bent over a sewing machine making, what looked like, a very elaborate costume. The shop's figurines are collector items, artfully done, in a rather crude folk art manor. They're charming, expensive and definitely look-at toys. El Ingenio, Rauric 6 . 93 317 71 38
A short walk from El Ingenio off C/ Ferran you'll find a world of espadrilles in La Manual Alpargatera on Avinyo. This store is lined floor to ceiling with espadrilles of every color, size, style and shape. I took advantage of customizing two pairs with ribbons of my choice.
They even allow you to bring in your own fabric to create signature espadrilles of your own! I bought flat ones, high ones, striped ones, and little pink ones. The most I paid for a pair was 18 euros and the least was 5. A woman of about 60 was our tireless guide through this land of espadrilles. While teaching us a creative tying technique she also recommended a good seafood restaurant in the neighborhood Restaurante Compostella,C/Ferran. Later in the week we ate there and indeed it was quite good. See details at top right of this page.
Boarding the Bus Turistic
On our second day in Barcelona we hopped aboard the Bus Turistic. I wanted to do this early on to get an overview, both literally and physically, of the city. The Bus Turistic is a double decker sightseeing bus that originates in Placa de Catalunya and takes you on two routes throughout the city. It is 20E and you can get on the blue line that encompasses the southern half of the city nearest the port, or take the red line, which takes you through the northern sights that are mostly situated on the hills overlooking the Mediterranean.
Indeed the most important site in Barcelona, the Temple de la Sagrada Familia, was our first stop. Otherworldly, fantastic, fanciful, awesome, modern, ancient, all describe Antoni Gaudi's Sagrada Familia.
Construction on the Temple began in 1882. Gaudi was appointed Project Director one year later. He worked on the project until his untimely death in 1926 when he was hit by a trolley car. Towards the end of his life he lived on site as a recluse being so out-of-the-public eye that his body could not be immediately identified upon his death.
The overall plan of the Temple is based on "the use of innovative geometrical shapes of naturalist style". Which is to say that throughout the building you can see a naturalistic influence. The columns resemble tree trunks, the passageways are serpentine like, the spires echo shells or coral reefs. The Temple is so "out there" that both my sister and I kept repeating, "You've got to just see it."
This became our mantra when visiting most of Gaudi's buildings and it's best said with a slight shake of the head. The Temple of the Sacred Family will be finished in 50 years. Eight of its twelve bell towers representing the Apostles are complete. Financing of the Temple continues to be from private donations and alms. The sheer scope of the project can be appreciated by comparing the two facades. The Passion Façade completed in 1978 by Josep Subirachs is very modern, powerful and somewhat ominous-I liked it especially because Christ looks less victimized than usual. In comparison, Gaudi's Nativity Façade, is incredibly intricate with whimsical plants and animals carved throughout the massive façade. sagradafamilia.org
Parc Guell--Another Gaudi Masterwork
Our next stop was Parc Guell. This too is one of Gaudi's accomplishments and "You've got to just see it!" Spanish style houses built in the early 20's with landscaping of palm tree and yucca plants line the walk from the bus stop to the park. It is like a stroll through Hollywood Hills Barcelona style.
However, the Gatehouses you encounter upon entering the park have zero resemblance to any 20th century architecture I've ever seen except, maybe, Disneyland's Fantasy Land. Comparing the two feels sacrilegious, however.
Gaudi is worthy of sainthood. In fact, they are trying to make him a saint and Walt just isn't in the same category. So imagine these sister Hansel and Gretel type houses complete with intricate mosaic turrets and rooftops.
Pass through the gate, enter a courtyard, and ascend the wide staircase to find The Lizard! Ubiquitous in Barcelona, this lizard was on t-shirts, posters, postcards and bus shelters. One could buy a lizard figurine at any and all tourist locations. But here the lizard was very big and magnificently decorated in sparkly mosaic. Continue up the stairs to the esplanade and there you have Gaudi's undulating mosaic bench, this too the subject of many a souvenir, is incredibly detailed and beautiful. From here you can see views of the entire city framed by the fairy-tale houses below.
There are many other sites to see on the Bus Turistic route. But being purist to Gaudi that day we finished the red loop with a stop at La Pedrera. One could devote several hours to this sight and its worth it. The building itself is out-of this-world but allot yourself enough energy and time to take in the Espai Gaudi, a series of drawings, photos, models and multimedia displays. Housed in the vaulted attic of La Pedrera, this exhibit helps one grasp Gaudi's architectural mastery.
La Pedrera (the Stone Quarry) is an apartment block and Gaudi's last civic work before devoting himself exclusively to Sagrada Familia. This Modernista building is breathtaking in its fluidity, detail, and beauty. Take in the furnished period flat. It is fascinating to see the contrast between the turn of the century furnishings and the modernista architecture and interior design surrounding them. Most striking was the attention to detail taken in designing the apartments moldings, doorknobs, light fixtures, and fittings.
The rooftop sculpture park was just another example of Gaudi's outlandish, undulating design. Seeing this rooftop with its "chimneys resembling medieval warriors and huge ventilator ducts twisted into bizarre organic forms" was a fitting end to our Gaudi experience. We were awestruck and repeated once again, "You've just got see it".
Cathie Arquilla is a stylist and mom living in Pelham NY. This is her first article for GoNOMAD.
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I've mentioned my daily driver in this space many times in the past. I have compared it to old cars and legendary cars. I've talked about maintaining it and carped about the service it got at the dealer. But now it's time to celebrate a milestone with it.
Back on March 8th, 2011 I ignored the motoring press and consumer magazines and bought a new Chevrolet Aveo from my local dealer who has since gone out of business, and deservedly so. I changed servicing dealers to Wind Gap Chevy and my Aveo and I headed on down the road…for 50,000 miles. For 897 days we averaged 55 miles a day and 33 miles per gallon over the course of those 50,000 miles.
Another number that figures into this story is zero. That's how many dollars I have spent on non-warranty repairs on the car. Here's another number I am pretty pleased with. Three. That's the number of times the car has been to the dealer for warranty repairs. Zero of those repairs prevented the car from doing its job of ferrying me to work every day. One of the repairs was a recall for "potentially defective" spark plug wires and included replacing the spark plugs that "may have been damaged" by the potentially defective spark plugs. The other two repairs were to replace defective evaporative system solenoids. These repairs were affected so quickly by my new dealer was that I barely got connected to the dealer's free Wi-Fi before it was ready to roll.
So besides the "Check Engine" light coming on twice, what's it been like driving Chevrolets least expensive car for 50,000 miles? The car has been anvil-like in its reliability. It starts the first time, every time. The heater blows wicked hot, the A/C blows brutal cold. All the light bulbs are the original ones and they all work. Nothing has fallen off, come loose, faded, cracked or become unusable except for the cigarette lighter, which is inconvenient but makes me think of the line from the Blues Brothers movie so I laugh it off. Fix the lighter indeed.
Performance-wise, the car is a little quicker than it was when it was new, as it has loosened up some now that it is well broken in. Fuel economy has hovered in the mid- to low-thirties for the entire trip. I have managed to squeeze a few 37-MPG tanks out of it, but most have been in the lower thirties thanks to highway speeds that might, JUST MIGHT, start with a seven. That's a little disappointing, but it sort of balances itself out thanks to how cheap it has been to keep up.
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The GOP steps into a heaping pile of leadership
May 12th, 2009 8:50 am | by Marc Gallagher | Published in Activism, Big Government, Commentary, congress, Constitution, Foreign Policy, Free Market, Gary Johnson, government spending, Individual Responsibility, Libertarianism, Liberty, Maven Commentary, Politics, Rand Paul, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Republicans | 9 Responses
The Republican Party is more or less in shambles. It is the political equivalent of New Orleans post-Katrina. All of the tired old neo-conservatives are scrambling around trying to make sense of the disaster but "making sense" has never been a ubiquitous neo-conservative trait. Finding the next GOP "leader" is quite easy. It's hard to step anywhere in DC without having to wipe Red state leadership off the bottom of your shoe. Just about every Republican you bump into these days is trying to use political muscle to be the next Barry Goldwater or Ronald Reagan. All these attempts will likely fail.
The real problem with the GOP is the lack of activist and faithful followers. When everyone is trying to be a leader, who is left to do the following? The GOP is a city where every building is a comedy club holding an open mic night all on the same evening. The only people in the audience are Democrats laughing out of pity. Well, they are bleeding hearts after all.
The Republican Party doesn't need new leadership. It needs old-style leadership, very old-style leadership. Newt Gingrich with a makeover is still neo-con Newt. A kinder gentler Rush Limbaugh? I thought the GOP was against drugs? And please don't let me go down the lipstick on a pig avenue again regarding Sarah Palin. What a giant heaping pile of leadership!
The GOP needs brand new blood with Old Right roots. They need a person who has the political integrity and consistency of Ron Paul in someone who is not Ron Paul. My fellow Ron Paul faithful may get angry at me for saying this, but sometimes the truth hurts. Ron Paul has the answer, but he is not the answer. His message is the Republican Party's message prior to the neo-conservative infiltration. It is the Old Right message of severely limited government, severely constrained spending, minimizing regulation, maximizing freedom, and of course a non-protectionist, non-interventionist foreign policy.
There is a difference between spreading democracy at the point of a gun, and spreading it through commerce and example. If the gun were so effective at spreading democracy why is the entire world on the path to socialism? I don't make a habit of answering my own rhetorical questions, but perhaps the old axiom "might makes right" should really be "might makes left". Maybe the recipe for widespread socialism/fascism is our attempts to spread democracy by force? The success of unintended negative consequences bites us again.
If not Ron Paul, then who is the right person for the old school GOP message? As stated it can't be a Gingrich with makeup, so that eliminates most of those being talked about in the media today. It has to be someone with historically consistent Old Right (even libertarian) views. My list consists of three names:
- Most Unlikely: Rand Paul – Ron Paul's son, more charismatic with the right message. Don't laugh, he's set to announce a run for the Senate in Kentucky. He is perfect if he can shed some of the baggage he may have due to being Ron Paul's son. That baggage is only negative if you are one of the transitioning neo-cons. If you are already a Ron Paul supporter he is the perfect candidate. By 2012 he could be the next hot up-and-coming lawmaker.
- Less Unlikely: Gary Johnson – Former New Mexico Governor. He has the history and the story, but does he have the desire?
- Most Likely: Mark Sanford – He's the establishment guy and the one most likely out of this group. There are some questions about his integrity when it comes to Old Right principles, especially with foreign policy.
If I were putting together a small group of people to influence the direction of the GOP I'd choose the above three and have Ron Paul available for freelance consulting work as required.
It shouldn't be too difficult. we already have the best government rule book ever devised. Our Constitution should be the 2009 version of the Contract with America. This time around Gingrich, Limbaugh, and the other neo-con cronies should step aside and let the true conservatives restore the GOP to its Old Right roots.


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Lera Lynn is in a category all her own. The lush twang of her music tenderly embraces her sublimely emotive and haunting vocals to create a fascinating world akin to that alluring twilight found only at the crossroads just before falling asleep or being fully awake. She possesses a mystical grace that shimmers with the warm glow of intrigue — a hint that there is something beyond experience and talent fueling her music. And, perhaps nowhere are these traits more evident than in her latest video, "Lying in the Sun."
"The video started as a conversation with my producer, Joshua Grange," Lera began. "We wanted to make a simple music video and we were brainstorming ways to use slow-motion. I tried to hire my usual band to star in the video, but schedules weren't lining up, so I decided to try a slightly different approach. I took the idea to my director, Bill Filipiak (Don Williams, Sara Jarosz, The Steep Canyon Rangers), and he totally understood the vision and helped hone it with the slow, almost no-reveal."
Lera's performance is nothing short of captivating. She draws her audience in with a compelling vulnerability, then holds their attention with an understated confidence. Throughout the video there is a vintage air that would seem to suggest that she was channeling a legendary great like Johnny Cash, but such was not the case, at all.
"I wasn't really channeling anyone," she informed. "Maybe just different parts of myself, I suppose, and what I see as the typical personality types of different musicians."
For her look in "Lying in the Sun," Lera introduces a refined elegance to a more traditional, rustic flavor and the results are quite stunning. And, to the delight of her fans, the artist doesn't limit her flair to just one outfit. By the end of the video, Lera has deftly portrayed a number of distinctive characters/personas by utilizing only two powerful tools: subtle changes in body language and fashion.
"I had to go through eight costume changes! Oh, my life is so hard," she jokingly lamented. "It was tough to try and look a little different with each, but it was totally fun!"
"Lying in the Sun" is an engrossing work that melds a sophisticated and stylized nostalgia with a soft, arcane haze to create a mesmerizingly beautiful world where a dream band comprised of peerless talent can gently groove to a sweet molasses of spilled emotion.
"This is just the first of several videos for the Lying in The Sun EP," Lera promised. "There are more to come!"
Watch the video here, and connect with Lera Lynn via: her website, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, or iTunes. And keep an eye out for her upcoming feature in Songwriter's Monthly!


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In recent months, Pastoral related suicides have been making headlines. In late 2013, Pastor Ed Montgomery, took his life in front of his mother and son. It was reported that he was grieving the loss of his wife prophetess Jackie Montgomery. They both served at Full Gospel Assemblies International church in Hazel Crest, Ill.
In November of last year, a Georgia pastor killed himself in between Sunday services. Larrinecia Sims Parker, wife of the Rev. Teddy Parker Jr., found the pastor in the driveway of their home with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Houston County coroner Danny Galpin reports.
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A study conducted by the Schaeffer Institute, found a huge number of Pastors suffer from some form of depression and fatigue. Another large percentage of unhappy pastors were those who felt like leaving the ministry at some point and did not feel that they were in good marriages because of the pressure related to their job.
The Christian leadership study also found that a Pastors job is just as or more stressful than that of a Doctor or Lawyer.
According to an article on Charisma News, "there is no lack of statistics about pastors and depression, burnout, health, low pay, spirituality, relationships and longevity -- and none of them are good."
So what can be done to assist this incredibly challenging job?
Recently in recognizing the anxiety of the spiritual leader, Joel Yount, Thomas Griffin and Brian Lake created Spirit Fuel.
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"The goal is to ignite a renewed passion for honoring pastors and spiritual leaders around the world," says Yount.
There are a number of useful tips that a concerned congregation can get from the Christian website.
"Too many times we forget to encourage the encourager," Griffin says. "I believe this is a way that we can return the encouragement, the impartation of the love of God we receive from our leaders back to their own hearts. For this is His commandment that we love one another... Take a moment today and give back to those who give their entire lives."
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Anyone knows if it is possible to setup port forwarding with a telnet client, like it is with SSH?
You can do it with netcat, but it's a huge security hole:
FWIW, this is probably a profoundly bad idea.... make sure your firewall is tight as a drum...
Should be, yes...just forward the appropriate TCP port at the border you're doing the forwarding on. I don't know if you mean on the machine, forwarding using SSH, or forwarding through BRANDX router...
EDIT: wait...are you saying using telnetd to forward ports like sshd does? No, telnet is purely a console application that gives shell access to a machine, as far as I know. I thought you meant can you port forward TELNET, not forward ports with telnetd.
Have a program at either end of that that talks through the tunnel, and you're set. You could use expect, or your language of choice, to automate this. You'll only get one port at a time.
But, why do you have telnet open on anything these days? :)


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College Hockey:Hildebrand stops 48 as Michigan State blanks Penn State
EAST LANSING, Mich. — After scoring two goals within a span of three minutes late in the first period, Michigan State held on to beat Penn State, 3-0, in the first-ever league game between the new conference rivals. The game was also the first shutout in Big Ten history, with sophomore Jake Hildebrand earning his second shutout of the season, the fourth of his career.
"I thought we played well in parts of our game," said Michigan State coach Tom Anastos. "In other parts, we really relied on our goaltender. We need to. We know that. He really stood tall. I would like to need to, less."
If the first Big Ten shutout isn't novel enough, three Spartans were responsible for every point registered in tonight's contest. Dean Chelios, Greg Wolfe and Lee Reimer each registered a goal, and each recorded two assists.
Chelios and Wolfe scored less than three minutes apart late in the first to give the Spartans at 2-0 lead after one. In the second and third periods, though, the Nittany Lions outshot the Spartans, 27-14 — 48-29 overall in the game — and Anastos said that he didn't feel comfortable in the game until Reimer's goal at 15:08 gave Michigan State the 3-0 lead.
"I thought we got a little sloppy toward the latter part of the game," said Anastos. "Before that, I guess, in the early part of the second period, I thought they pretty much took over the momentum of the game. I thought we started getting away from doing little things that we were doing in the first period."
For their part, the Nittany Lions played well — after the first period, said coach Guy Gadowsky.
"We weren't energized in the first," said Gadowsky. "I don't know why. We weren't into it like we have to be into it.
"After that, I thought we played well. Give Hildebrand a lot of credit because I thought he made some really nice saves. It sort of felt as if we got one, we could really come back into it, but he held them in. I'm not disappointed with how we played in the second and third, but in my mind, we lost the game in the first period."
On his first goal of the season, Chelios picked up Reimer's rebound at 14:38 and backhanded it past Matthew Skoff from the right side of the net. At 17:36, Wolfe found the puck in a scramble in the crease and backhanded the puck in from the left.
At 15:08 in the third, Reimer took a pass from Wolfe, crossed the crease, and one-timed it past Skoff for the final goal of the game.
While Anastos was happy with the win, he wasn't completely satisfied with how the Spartans executed.
"In the first period, we gave up three or four odd-man rushes," said Anastos. "That's not acceptable.
"They attack very quickly. We knew that coming in. We were prepared for that. We talked about it a lot. They're very well-organized, very well-coached and they play very hard. We want to get in on the forecheck. We want to make sure our five guys are involved to keep possession in the offensive zone, if possible."
The Nittany Lions (4-13-1, 0-5-5-0 Big Ten) and Spartans (7-10-3, 1-2-2-2 Big Ten) face off again in Munn Ice Arena at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
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Anyone used a grounding/ earthing mat/ any opinions? Okay, so I come from a family of physicians, but in my desperation to try to treat my chronic pain (two bulging discs in lower back) I am looking into alternative medicine. Well a friend showed me this very powerful David Wolfe (leading alternative medicine guy) video about using "grounding" to treat chronic pain, based on the theory that most chronic pain these days is caused by inflammation. I started doing some research and found this link to an alternative/ complementary medicine article http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/...
There are apparently studies showing that an earthing mat might help with chronic pain- the basic idea being that you are getting electrons from the earth, which neutralize the positively charged free radicals that are responsible for chronic inflammation. Sitting with your feet on this mat is supposedly like walking on the ground barefoot. Well I bought this mat for about $60 from http://www.shop.earthing.net/ and so far used it for two days while sitting at the computer - probably not long enough to get all the toxins out of my body, but I do feel like I am experiencing a minor reduction in pain. I realize that this might be purely psychological.
Well for what it's worth, I thought I would share this with you.
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Thank You for sharing. I too look at alternative treatments to help me relieve my pain and also to help with other health problems.
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Personally, I'm a little leery of these things that are sold retail only because I figure if they are THAT good, then the therapists and doctors would be using them too.
I just get scared I'm throwing good money away by ordering stuff like that. But that's just me. LOL
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I went in for that for awhile. Spent a boat load of money on these kinds of things. It did NOT work for ME.
That is not to say it will not work for you. You may have a different problem that me.
If it does work, please - PLEASE let us know. I'd try something like this again if a couple people I trust told me that it actually relieved pain.
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A Vision for Transdisciplinarity in Future Earth: Perspectives from Young Researchers
by Marta G. Rivera-Ferre,a * Laura Pereira,b Timothy Karpouzoglou,c Kimberly A. Nicholas,d Sheila Onzere,e Wilma Waterlander,f Fawzi Mahomoodally,g Anton Vrieling,h Fola D. Babalola,i Caroline C. Ummenhofer,j Atul Dogra,k Aline de Conti,l Susanne Baldermann,m Chijioke Evoh,n Silke Bollmohr o
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AbstractMeeting the demand for food, energy, and water as world population increases is a major goal for the food systems of the future. These future challenges, which are complex, multiscalar, and cross-sectoral in nature, require a food systems approach that recognizes the socio-ecological and socio-technical dimensions of food (Ericksen, 2008; Ingram, 2011; Rivera-Ferre, 2012). The United Nations' Future Earth Program aims to provide a new platform for consolidating the knowledge required for societies to transition to global sustainability (Future Earth Transition Team, 2012). In this paper, we explore how Future Earth could become a vehicle for inspiring the production of new research ideas and collaborations for sustainably transforming the future food system. We do this on the basis of a synthesis of views from 28 young (below 40 years old) food system scientists, representing five continents. Their expertise comes from disciplines including food engineering, agronomy, ecology, geography, psychology, public health, food politics, nutritional science, political science, sociology and sustainability science. This paper begins with an outline of the institutional framework of Future Earth and how it might support innovative transdisciplinary research on food systems, and the position of young scientists within this framework. Secondly, we outline the key insights expressed by the young scientists during the Food Futures Conference in Villa Vigoni, Italy, in April 2013, including the core research questions raised during the meeting as well as some of the challenges involved in realizing their research ambitions within their professional spheres.
Keywords: agri-food systems research, Future Earth, sustainability, trandisciplinarity
b Sustainability Science Program, Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, USA
c Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Sweden
d Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies, Lund, Sweden
e University of Minnesota, Community Food Systems Program, USA
f National Institute for Health Innovation, University of Auckland, New Zealand
g Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Mauritius, Mauritius
h University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation, The Netherlands
i Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy in Africa (CEEPA), University of Pretoria, South Africa
j Department of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts USA
k International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), India
l Department of Food and Experimental Nutrition, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, and Division of Biochemical Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, Food and Drug Administration, USA
m Leibniz-Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops Großbeeren/Erfurt e.V.; Institute of Nutritional Science, University of Potsdam, Germany
n Economic and Urban Policy Analysts (ECONUPA), USA
o Centre for Aquatic Research, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
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For a long time now I have been a fan of
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He arrived very quickly and soon found a home on my wall.
Isn't he gorgeous! Super quality and I am so so pleased as I have been oggling all of the goodies in their Etsy store for ages.
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What do you think?...
I have also been busy knitting my square as mentioned here
I did make a couple of 'boobs' but on the whole I am pleased with the outcome. Only another 89 to go! I did give in and subscribe and received my first shipment (numbers 2-7) and am looking forward to getting started.
My nephew celebrated his 11th birthday on the 25th January and I made him these...
They ended up larger than I initially thought and would not fit into any boxes that I have so I had to improvise!
Thankfully I got them there in one piece. I did base them on some cupcakes that I had seen on Facebook and for the life of me I cannot remember whose page it was. Which is a shame because she makes gorgeous cupcakes and is well worth a look.
I am going to have a sort out of my cake/cupcake moulds and will be listing some on Ebay if anyone is interested. I will post details on here before they are listed.
I cross stitched him a card too...
I popped into my local Primark last week whilst out and about with my mum, daughter & grandson....and look what I managed to pick up!...
I love them and they were only £6 each! bargain! Really well made too. Although Millie (the dog) has taken rather a shine to the nose of the fox!
I have just got back from picking up my new car, (well new to me). Freedom again at last!
It's (or should I say 'she') been round the clock but for running about locally should be fine. I'm over the moon.
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Health & Pregnancy
The Quest for the Ideal Tests to Predict Preterm Births
Feb. 8, 2000 (Miami) -- Preterm delivery has been one of the biggest dilemmas in obstetrics, resulting in illness or death of many infants. One problem is being able to predict which women will go into labor and deliver before term, or before 37 completed weeks of pregnancy. Another problem is being able to effectively treat the women with medications or other therapy. Recent studies are showing that simple, safe, and noninvasive tests can often be used to predict preterm births, but they are often only a first step. In order to be really valuable, the tests need to be combined with methods to prevent premature births, which is still the next, most important, step.
Research into simple, safe, and noninvasive tests to predict preterm birth was the topic of two presentations given here last week at a meeting of maternal/fetal medicine specialists. A co-author of one of the studies says the information already serves a purpose, though, by helping physicians better understand the warning signs for preterm births.
Inflammation is an important part of disease in pregnancy, explains Roberto Romero, MD. "All of these presentations are saying that an inflammatory reaction can be detected locally in vaginal/cervical secretions or in maternal blood," Romero tells WebMD. Romero is chief of the perinatology research branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and a professor or obstetrics and gynecology at Wayne State University in Detroit.
"We are [attempting] prediction, and we hope that prediction will [ultimately] help us with prevention," says Romero. He says the next step is to confirm these observations, determine the best time for screening, and then use that information to see if a way can be found to halt the process of premature deliveries.
One presenter, Robert L. Goldenberg, MD, agrees, saying the tests are useful for further study, but he'd wait before putting them into practice. "[Our] data clearly show that it's possible to use a group of tests to better predict preterm birth than any single test," he tells WebMD. "I think the most important thing is to develop interventions using the tests," he says.


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Nokia Ovi Suite 2.1 Beta and Nokia Image Exchange updated
Two of Nokia's beta products that are currently in the hands of the Nokia Beta Labs team have just been updated.
First of all, we have the Nokia Ovi Suite 2.1 Beta, which resolves many of the issues found in the previous version. For example, the updates version fixes: multiple crash errors, Thunderbird 3.0 support, sync reliability, video support, SIS application installation, and so on.
The new and improved Nokia Ovi Suite 2.1 Beta can be downloaded here.
Nokia Image Exchange has also been updated and now includes some User Interface enhancements, as well as some bug fixes.
You can download Nokia Image Exchange for touch devices (Nokia 5800 Xpress Music, Nokia 5530, Nokia N97 and Nokia X6) here. The application also has a version for Symbian S60 non-touch smartphones and S40 handsets, which can be downloaded through Ovi Store.
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Brian Akers enters his second year as the volunteer soccer coach at East Carolina assisting head coach Rob Donnenwirth in a variety of facets.
In 2011 he assisted with the organizing and running of training sessions, game strategy and video editing, which was used for player evaluation and scouting for upcoming opponents.
He joined the Pirates after spending 2010 working as an Associate Staff instructor with the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). While at the NSCAA, Akers was selected to lead and instruct coaching education courses for the Coaching Academy, which is one of the leading organizations for coaching certification. His coaching licenses include the NSCAA Premier Diploma, Advanced National Diploma and National Diploma.
A 2010 graduate from UNC Wilmington with a degree in criminology and criminal justice, Akers spent eight years (2001-08) in the United States Army rising to the rank of Staff Sergeant where he was deployed to combat operations in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom before returning to the pitch in 2008 as an assistant women's coach at Jacksonville High School. With the Cardinals, he organized practices and provided match analysis and feedback to both players and coaches.
Prior to joining the U.S. Army, Akers worked with as a student assistant coach at UNC Greensboro (1995-97), where he helped the Spartans to a pair of NCAA tournament berths, including their first in program history in 1996. He was also played an integral part in helping UNC Greensboro claim three regular season titles (Big South-2, Southern-1) and two conference tournament crowns (Big South-1, Southern-1).
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Women's Basketball Uses Trey To Down Youngstown State, 56-51
Jan. 29, 2004
Chicago, Ill. - If only University of Illinois at Chicago guard LaShonda Grant could play against Youngstown State every day.
Grant tallied a game and career-high 18 points, including five three-pointers, to lift the host Flames to the 56-51 Horizon League victory over Youngstown State at the UIC Pavilion on Thursday night.
"One of the things we focused on is our need to create some easy baskets and to be able to score points," UIC Head Coach Lisa Ryckbosch said. "We've been close in every game and done well defensively but came up short because we didn't make shots.
"We needed to create easy baskets which plays into LaShonda's hands," Ryckbosch continued. "We haven't been exploiting our depth and athleticism and that's Shonda's strengths."
Grant's previous career-high came on January 8th, as she came off the bench with a team-high 14 points to lift the Flames to the 64-57 victory over the Penguins.
Sophomore Chrissy Dizon turned in a solid effort for the Flames with 14 points, eight rebounds, five steals and four assists.
"The energy that she brings when her game is cranked, is nothing short of stunning," Ryckbosch said. "The number of times her presence, aggression and activity, she creates so much defensively.
"She was a one woman wrecking crew."
With the victory, UIC improves to 8-11 overall and 3-6 in Horizon League action, while the Penguins fall to 2-17 on the campaign and 0-8 in conference play.
UIC converted eight three-pointers on the evening, tying a season-high set against Holy Cross on November 28, 2003. That performance helped the Flames overcome a poor 7-for-31 outing from inside the arc.
Youngstown State's Kristy Gaudiose led the Penguins with 15 points, while Barb Fabianova added 11 points.
The Flames will be back in action on Saturday afternoon, as they will host Detroit in a Horizon League tilt at 3:00 p.m. (CST) in the UIC Pavilion.


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According to Live Science on Thursday, the 2015 edition of the Farmers Almanac hit the shelves on August 25th, and the news is disheartening for all those hoping for a mild and balmy winter this year.
The 200-year old Almanac is calling for below-normal temperatures covering three-quarters of the nation, predicting that the "Northern Plains and the Great Lakes regions of the U.S. will be hardest hit."
But not to be outdone by an old American stand-by like the Farmers Almanac, a meteorologist, Anthony Artusa, with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center, was quick to point out that the Almanac's forecast was filled with nothing more than "predictions."
NOAA's "official" three-month outlook for the coming winter months isn't due out until mid-October, and Artusa is saying meteorologist aren't seeing any indications of events leading to what the Almanac refers to as a "record-breaking" winter. "We don't see anything offhand that would suggest it would be a really brutal winter," Artusa told Live Science.
Actually, after raising my family in Southwest Virginia, I will have to say the most accurate way to determine the coming winter weather's severity is to check out the woolly bear caterpillars in October. This may be why NOAA is waiting to issue their "official" forecast.
There is much to be said for the accuracy of forecasting winter weather using the woolly bear. My mother-in-law and all her friends firmly believed in this lowly weather -prognosticator. It has been an unimpeachable way of predicting the weather for centuries, at least on the East Coast and clear on up into Eastern Canada.
But seriously, while modern weather scientists use the very latest technological equipment available to give us the most accurate of weather forecasts, they sometimes are wrong, and aren't afraid to admit it. Their forecasts use complex data sets to try to make highly accurate predictions, and forecasting weather events closer to when they are apt to occur is essential to the accuracy of the prediction.
"We like to pursue [weather predictions] from a scientific standpoint," Artusa said. "This means not engaging in broad speculation about what the weather may look like six months from now."
But back to the woolly bear. The woolly bear is the larval stage of the Isabella Tiger Moth. It has 13 segments, and is black at both ends with reddish-brown segments making up the middle part of its body. According to folklore, the wider the middle brown section is, or in other words, the more brown segments there are, the milder the coming winter will be. Conversely, a narrow brown band is said to predict a harsh winter.
Predictions based on the amount of brown segments on woolly bears has been going on for years and years. In 1948, Dr. C. H. Curran, curator of insects at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, was curious enough about the caterpillar that he took his wife and traveled upstate about 40 miles to Bear Mountain State Park to observe them in the wild.
To make a long and fascinating story short, Dr. Curran continued his experiment for eight years, predicting the coming winter weather in the New York Times, through a reporter friend he knew. He was attempting to prove scientifically a folklore tradition that was as old as the hills. In doing so, he made the woolly bear the most recognized caterpillar in North America.
Weather predicting is difficult. Just ask a TV weatherman, or an NOAA scientist. But sometimes, its just plain fun to hear old folktales and superstitions that claim to forecast weather, too. Hear are a few of my favorites from the Farmers Almanac:
- If you spot wispy, thin clouds up where jet airplanes fly, expect a spell of pleasant weather.
- Red sky at night, sailors delight. Red sky in morning, sailors take warning.
- Ring around the moon? Rain real soon.
- If it rains before seven, it will clear before eleven.
- When there is enough blue sky to patch a Dutchman's breeches, expect clearing weather.
- Evening red and morning gray are sure signs of a fine day. Evening gray and morning red, put on your hat or you'll wet your head.
Do you have a favorite weather predictor proverb or folklore story? Let us know.


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Six major cold medicines for infants are being pulled from store shelves today. You'll recognize the names: Tylenol, Pediacare, Triaminic and others.
The manufacturers say the medicine itself is safe --but children have died or suffered serious injury from taking too much.
But millions of parents do use over-the-counter cold medicines. Pediatrician Dr. Nathaniel Beers insists they're ineffective.
"They may reduce some symptoms for a brief period of time, but they don't have any real efficacy in treating the disease."
Tylenol, Pediacare, Triaminic, Robitussin, Dimetapp and Little Colds all recalled their infant cough and cold medicines after rare reports of children dying or becoming ill from overdose.
C-V-S Pharmacies pulled all of them -- along with their store-brand versions.
Next week, an F-D-A panel will consider whether to change dosing instructions on children's medications.
In a statement late this afternoon, the F-D-A called these recalls an important step in protecting children's health. Back in August, the agency advised parents not to use these medicines at all in children under two unless specifically instructed to do so by a doctor.


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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Slade Smiley's radio program has joined Playlist 92.7 FM. Slade Smiley aired his new radio program "Radio Slade" on Southern California station Playlist 92.7 FM this week. Fan reaction has been exceptionally positive.
Slade tells news that "Radio Slade" will air Monday to Friday during the noontime hour, 12pm to 1pm. The show featuring Slade Smiley & Kelly Jones is a "mix of pop culture, celebrity interviews, the best music of the 80's 90's today and more", Slade tells news.
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The definition of adjoint functors in terms of universal morphisms lends itself to very economical proofs in situations where one has a functor but no "direct" candidate for the left adjoint functor (only something looking like a unit and/or a suggestion for maps $\overline f$ as above)
I am now in a situation where I have something I suspect will be a left adjoint functor and something I suspect will be the unit of an adjunction. And I am now wondering if there is a similar characterisation of adjoint functors applicable in the case.
I realise that since adjoints are unique just the functor uniquely determines the, possible, adjunction. I guess I am looking for a way to check whether what I suspect is a unit can be part of an adjunction, and if that is the case, what minimal additional structure I need to define the other components of the adjunction.
Concretely, in this case, the problem is related to pointfree topology. I'm working on proving the existence of a right adjoint to the functor $\Omega \; \colon \mathbf{Top} \to \mathbf{Loc}$ (sending a space to its open set lattice and a continuous function to the corresponding frame homomorphism). I know this will turn out to be a topology on the set of points $\operatorname{Pt} X$ of the locale.
What I'm trying to do is prove this by defining the quotient map $X \to \operatorname{Pt} (\Omega \, X)$ where $\operatorname{Pt} (\Omega X)$ is given the quotient topology induced by the equivalence relation defined by two points being equivalent if they correspond to the same point of the spaces locale (I think this is called the soberisation of the space). Formally this is done by associating to each element $x \in X$ the map $p_x \; \colon 1 \to X$ such that $p_x(\cdot) = x$ where $1$ is some fixed one element topology. Two points $x$ and $y$ then correspond to the same point if $\Omega \, p_x = \Omega \, p_y$.
I thus have the left adjoint $\Omega$ and something looking like a unit (the quotient map), and I'm wondering if I can get away without "explicitly" defining how $\operatorname{Pt}$ acts on morphisms, instead defining some other structure. For example, but not necesserily, something like the universal morphisms in the one definition of adjunction.
I know there are other (more or less intuitive) ways to prove this by making $\operatorname{Pt}$ a functor explicitly, I just found the quotient topology construction above very natural, and I wondered if one could make a nicer proof by applying it.


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If I were running the Cleveland Indians, I would go all in this month
The Indians are right there in the A.L. Central, only 1.5 games behind the Tigers. But, you know the Tigers are going to do something at the trade deadline…..as they always do. So to stay with the Tigers and beat them, the Indians need to go all in. First off, I would be calling the Milwaukee Brewers and I would offer them Zach McAllister, Carlos Carrasco, Scott Barnes, Cord Phelps and a prospect or two (not top ones) for righty starting pitcher Yovani Gallardo and lefty reliever Tom Gorzelanny. Then I would look to take a chance on finding a bat on the cheap. The Rockies need relief help, so I would offer them Bryan Shaw for 1B/OF Tyler Colvin and try to catch lightning in a bottle. The Indians are going to have a hard time keeping up with the Tigers in the second half without making a bold move or two.


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SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo still has credibility issues, even after casting aside CEO Scott Thompson because his official biography included a college degree that he never received.
The troubled Internet company's next challenge will be convincing its restless shareholders and demoralized employees that the turnaround work started during Thompson's tumultuous four-month stint as CEO won't be wasted.
It won't be an easy task, given that Yahoo Inc. has now gone through four full-time CEOs in a five-year stretch marked by broken promises of better times ahead. Yahoo's revenue and stock price have sagged while rivals such as Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. are growing as advertisers spend more money online.
"Yahoo has been floundering for years and it looks like there is going to be at least several more months of indirection now that another CEO is coming in," said Adam Hanft, who runs a consulting firm that specializes in brand reputation and crisis management.
Yahoo's hopes are now resting on Ross Levinsohn as its interim CEO. Levinsohn was successful running Internet services within Rupert Murdoch's media empire at News Corp. before one of Yahoo's former CEOs, Carol Bartz, hired him in November 2010 to aid her mostly fruitless attempt to fix the company.
Thompson, who was hired as Yahoo's CEO in January to fill a void created by Bartz's firing, promoted Levinsohn last month to oversee the company's media and advertising services throughout the world.
"This may seem like a great deal of news to digest, but as you are all keenly aware, Yahoo is a dynamic, global company in a dynamic, global industry, so change — sometimes unexpected and sometimes at lightning speed — is something we will continue to live with and something we should embrace," Levinsohn told employees in a Sunday memo that was provided to The Associated Press.
Levinsohn, 48, plans to address workers at a companywide meeting Monday afternoon.
"The bottom line is that the situation at Yahoo is a mess," Macquarie Securities analyst Ben Schachter wrote in a Monday research note. "It remains unclear how the new management will turn things around at Yahoo.com and how quickly yet another new strategy can be formulated."
Yahoo tried to make Levinsohn's job slightly easier by reaching a truce with dissident shareholder Daniel Loeb, a hedge fund manager who exposed the inaccurate information on Thompson's bio and had made it clear he would continue to publicly skewer the company unless he was given a chance to help develop a turnaround strategy.
To placate Loeb, Yahoo is shaking up its board of directors, which has been in a state of flux for several months.
Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock and four other directors who already had announced plans to step down at the company's annual meeting this year have left. All five signed off on hiring Thompson so they all looked bad with the recent revelation that they didn't catch an inaccuracy circulating for years about his education.
Three of Yahoo's vacated board seats will be filled by Loeb and two allies, former MTV Networks executive Michael Wolf and turnaround specialist Harry Wilson.
Alfred Amoroso, a veteran technology executive who joined Yahoo's board just three months ago, replaces Bostock as chairman.
The reshuffled board will now try to complete a long-delayed deal to sell part of Yahoo's roughly 40 percent stake in China's Alibaba Group, an investment that investors view as the company's most valuable asset. That deal could generate billions of dollars for Yahoo shareholders and ease some of the pressure on Levinsohn.
Loeb, who controls a 5.8 percent stake in Yahoo though his Third Point hedge fund, had been waging a campaign to gain four seats on the company's board. Loeb settled for a compromise and Thompson's departure. The two had a falling out in late March when Thompson told Loeb he wasn't qualified to be on Yahoo's board.
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As you may have seen recently, we have proudly announced that Yadkin Valley Bank and all of its divisions (Cardinal State Bank, High Country Bank, Piedmont Bank, and American Community Bank) will be rebranded under the name Yadkin Bank, effective May 28, 2013. When you see the Yadkin sign across the Carolinas, you will know that it represents convenience, superior service, and sound financial advice.
With 34 branches across North and South Carolina, you can bank where you are. You will continue to see the people you know at your local branch, and you'll continue to enjoy all of our convenient products and services. More branches, same roots. Welcome to Yadkin Bank!
We are working to make this a very smooth transition, and we believe you will enjoy the flexibility that comes with having access to more branches and ATMs across the region. Your branch will have new signs and a new look and feel, but your banking relationship with us will remain solid and stable. Please review the quick reference chart below, followed by more detailed information, and then a set of Frequently Asked Questions. After reading this information carefully, feel free to contact your local branch representative with any questions you may have.
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You will continue to enjoy the same great accounts and features you have today. Nothing will change with regard to your balances, features, benefits, loan terms, or any loan applications you may be pursuing.
Your statements will continue to be delivered as they are now. If you receive paper statements, you will continue to receive them on the same schedule. eStatements will continue to be delivered electronically through our Online Banking system. If you would like to sign up for eStatements, you may do so at any time by clicking on the Accounts tab in your Online Banking account.
Continue to use your current checks; you do not need to order new ones until you exhaust your current supply. Valid checks will be honored, regardless of the logo displayed on them. The routing and transit numbers will remain the same, as will your account number. When you are ready to order new checks, please contact your local branch or access our check ordering website through the Bank website. The link is located in the top right corner of the home page. New checks ordered after May 28, 2013 will be printed with the Yadkin Bank logo.
We are excited to offer new Yadkin Bank Platinum Debit MasterCards to all customers beginning May 28, 2013. If you are a current debit card holder, you will receive a new Platinum Debit MasterCard which will replace your current debit card. Your current debit card will be active until you receive your new one. All current debit card holders will be issued new cards between June 1 and September 1, 2013. You will receive a notice in the mail approximately two weeks prior to your card's reissue date.
Please note that this new debit card will include a new card number and new expiration date. If you have any recurring payments set up using your debit card, you will need to update that payment information upon receiving your new Platinum Debit MasterCard.
Credit cards issued through any of our five banks will all be reissued beginning June 1, 2013. All statements, balances, terms, and payment information will remain the same. Your new card will be printed with the new Yadkin Bank logo, but the card number will remain the same. However, the expiration date and the security code on the card may change.
If you currently have an Online Banking, Online Cash Management, or Mobile Banking account with us, all of those services will remain the same. Beginning May 28, 2013, go to www.yadkinbank.com, and you will find similar login procedures as you currently use. Your username and password will remain the same, and all of your preferences and BillPay options will remain intact.
Please note that we will be rebranding our Mobile Banking app during the next 90 days. You will receive a notice to update your current app to the new, Yadkin Bank branded version when this process is completed. All functionality will remain the same with our Mobile Banking app.
Your equipment will continue to work as it has in the past, and your web login will remain the same.
Our TeleBanker24 system will remain the same - the number for our telephone banking will continue to be 1-866-867-9979.
While your branch has new signs and a refreshed look, the mailing address and direct phone numbers will remain the same. Your branch representative will be happy to provide you with his or her updated contact information upon your next visit.
In addition, our toll-free customer service line will now be: 1-855-ASK-YDKN (275-9356).
A. No, all account numbers will remain the same. The one exception will be your debit card number, as we are issuing new cards to all debit card customers.
A. Yes, any draft, automatic bill pay, or direct deposit option that you have set up currently will continue as scheduled.
A. Yes, you can visit any of our 34 full-service branches across North and South Carolina and receive the same quality service you expect from our Bank.
A. Yes. As of May 28, 2013, our web address will be www.yadkinbank.com. If you have our current website bookmarked, you will need to update your bookmark on May 28.
A. Yes. As of May 28, 2013, you can reach us toll-free between the hours of 9:00am and 5:00pm at
A. Yes, current debit card customers will receive a Yadkin Bank Platinum Debit MasterCard to replace your current card. This card will include a new account number and new expiration date.
No, you can use your current checks until you are ready to reorder. When you reorder from the Bank's preferred check vendor, your new checks will be printed with the Yadkin Bank logo.
Yes, current credit card customers will receive a new Yadkin Bank Visa credit card through our card provider, Élan. Your account number will remain the same; however, the expiration date and security code may change.
A. Please contact your local branch representative with any further questions. You can also check our website, www.yadkinvalleybank.com, for more updates and information. Please note that as of May 28, 2013, our web address will be www.yadkinbank.com.


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Comfort is key! See how Ken planned the porch as a true living room.
1. Entrances Matching screened doors on both sides of the breezeway allow guests to enter the porch and back of the house from the barn or pool area.
2. Wet Bar Placing an island in this high-traffic area is a clever use of space. Guests can grab a drink on their way to the adjoining dining and seating areas.
3. Dining Area Keeping the homeowner's frequent entertaining in mind, Ken carved out an eating spot on one side of the porch to fit a generous table and an antique church pew used as a bench.
4. Living Room Three sides of screens provide multiple views and plenty of cross breezes. A large stacked-stone fireplace keeps everyone toasty on cool evenings.
A 1790s North Carolina farmhouse is paid the ultimate old-house compliment—its new screened porch is often mistaken for being a century old.


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Frank Pavia, who died in 1969 of a heart attacked, coached Spanaway's Bethel High School from 1955-1968, building a 82-40-4 record. In 1963, his team won a Seamount League title, West Central District crown and finished second at State. He was twice voted Seamount League Coach of the Year.


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Sea Rim State Park
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Much of the fun Port Arthur offers starts at the shore of the beach. Enjoy a scenic coastal jaunt with stretches of beaches along the Texas coastline of the Gulf of Mexico and the Sabine Pass waterway. From these beaches you'll experience exotic birds, fresh and saltwater fish and the state's densest alligator populations.
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The book cover for the final book in Cassandra Clare's The Mortal Instruments series was revealed tonight on The Insider. The cover for the "City of Heavenly Fire" features Clary and Sebastian. These books feature two characters per cover but for the final book an inside cover will feature even more fan favorites. "Jace, Alec, Izzy, Simon and Maia have the inside cover," tweeted Clare.
Of course fans inquired about fan favorite Magnus. "B/c they could only fit 5 characters and Magnus has the cover of the Bane Chronicles," said Clare when asked as to why the warlock didn't make the cut.
The cover shows a rather ominous and fiery skyline. I'm questioning if the skyline is more than the usual New York setting mostly because of some of the buildings. However, we don't get too close of a look at the skyline because the center focus is on Clary dressed in white besides her very dark (I'm talking in appearance and personality here) brother Sebastian. It could be argues either way that Clary is walking away from or towards Sebastian. She is holding a dagger and runes are clearly shining out from her body. Knowing what we've seen from Clary's abilities in the past we're sure to be in for more surprises from our heroine.
Clare also spoke to The Insider. You can see her interview here.
Fans reacted positively to the truly stunning cover and even put Clary and Jace on the Worldwide Twitter trending list. Below are some of the reactions (not including all the "likes" and "I love it" comments:)
@LaurisEileen "I'm going to die."
@AwesomeTWfan "Stunning! I love it!
@RhythmWithLove "its the most beautiful cover yet!! But the fact that Clary is in white sort of scares me."
City of Heavenly Fire comes out May 27 and can be preordered now.
Below is the summary featured on Amazon.com:
Shadowhunters and demons square off for the final showdown in the spellbinding, seductive conclusion to the #1 New York Times bestselling Mortal Instruments series.
Darkness has descended on the Shadowhunter world. Chaos and destruction overwhelm the Nephilim as Clary, Jace, Simon, and their friends band together to fight the greatest evil they have ever faced: Clary's own brother. Nothing in this world can defeat Sebastian—but if they journey to the realm of demons, they just might have a chance…
Lives will be lost, love sacrificed, and the whole world will change. Who will survive the explosive sixth and final installment of the Mortal Instruments series?
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It's embarrassing that the titular question even needs to be posed, but Paul Raeburn's new book tackles the myth that it's fine and natural for dads be aloof in the childrearing process. Do Fathers Matter?: What Science Is Telling Us About the Parent We've Overlooked ($17) takes a critical look at the role of dads, backing up its claim with academic research. It's a great resource for moms and moms-to-be to nudge their partners in a more proactive direction.
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