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THE 010 Acting I: Introduction to Acting
The fundamentals of acting are learned through exercises and through the performing of scenes and monologues. Students study and practice exercises that explore and promote relaxation, observation, concentration, creative imagination, self-awareness, physical and vocal expression, the basics of script analysis, and the acting process. Through the study of techniques originating in the work of Stanislavski, Meisner, Adler, Spolin and Hagen, among others, students begin to develop acting skills. The course is an experiential, practical approach to the study of acting. Offered fall and spring. 3 credits.
THE 020 Fundamentals of Lighting
This course is designed to meet the needs of theatre majors and those who simply have an interest in lighting for the stage. In addition, although it is principally a theatre course, it touches on lighting for film and television if only as a basis for comparison. It is recommended that THE 030 and THE 020 not be taken concurrently. Offered fall and spring. 4 credits.
THE 030 Fundamentals of Scenery
A hands-on introduction to the theory and practical application of the scenic elements involved in play production (drawing, building and painting techniques). It is recommended that THE 030 and THE 020 not be taken concurrently. Offered fall and spring. 4 credits; includes one 3-hour lab per week and lab fee of $70.00.
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Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. 2 was due for a Sept. 30 on the PC, but that has now changed to November, according to the game's official forum.
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. 2 was due for a Sept. 30 on the PC, but that has now changed to November, according to the game's official forum.
Ubisoft's upcoming air-combat game isn't just about the fancy fixed-wing fighter aircraft. The latest trailer for Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. 2 shows you'll be in charge of helicopters and the massive AC-130 gunship too. The demo's already out on both consoles.
Hey, if you like your warfighting served up with jetflying and jargonspeaking, Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. 2 will drop a demo on Monday and Tuesday.
The latest Ubisoft game to bear the Tom Clancy name is H.A.W.X. 2, the sequel to the original, million-selling arcade-style flight sim. Billions of dollars in virtual aircraft will once again be blowing up this fall.
Six monitors, bolted together, might make your gaming better. It will certainly make it take up more room and, as Kotaku learned yesterday, it introduces a couple of new complications.
Profits were up, income was down and the Imagine games sold tons in the last 12 months, according to year-end financial results released by Ubisoft today.
Tucked away within Ubisoft's financial results announcements from yesterday was news that Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. had moved a million copies worldwide since launch last month.
Ubisoft is adding to the H.A.W.X. fleet this week, bringing six new planes to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game that bears Tom Clancy's name via the downloadable European Assault Pack.
The launch trailer for Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. shows how heavy the air-to-air combat action is going to get, with an attack on the White House and a missile aimed at Air Force One.
Mad Catz is unveiling their new controllers for Street Fighter IV, a HAWX compatible flight stick and their latest PC flight stick at this year's Consumer Electronics Show.
Last week's MLG San Diego was notable for its debut of the Cold Storage map for Halo 3. It also gave people a look at a "very early test phase" version of Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X., the arcade flight combat sim forthcoming from Ubisoft by the end of the year. The game was a demo playable by anyone in attendance. A reader…
Eurogamer reports back from Ubidays 08 that a demonstrator let slip word that voice commands will be able to order around your fellow fighter pilots in Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.
For those of you who somehow missed all of our Ubisoft coverage, which stretched from early afternoon until late into the night, I've compiled all of our stories on the jump. They include hands on with Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway, H.A.W.X. and Far Cry 2 as well as tons of interviews and impressions.
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Pueblo, Colo. (AP) A lawyer representing 24 former students at a catholic school says he's hopeful they can settle their sex-abuse lawsuit now that a related case has been settled.
The 24 men sued the diocese of Pueblo and the Marianists religious order, alleging they were sexually abused by a former Marianist brother and teacher at Roncalli High School in Pueblo.
Roncalli was an all-boys high school owned by the diocese and staffed by the Marianists. It closed in 1971.
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Some people say runecrafting, others say fishing or woodcutting. What do you think?
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Hey all, I'm sure many of you have tried out the new update in Lumbridge. Gathering tears at the battle field can be a tedious task... does anybody know a way outside of the battlefield that will get the most Divine Tears?
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I seem to get a lot of them when I skill (fishing, mining, farming etc...) You can also get them in monster drops. I just did a turoth slayer task and got about 100 or so fairly quickly.
Posted 26 July 2013 - 03:33 AM
From what I have seen, you get divine tears based on the frequency of experience gain, rather than the total gain, since I got 75k hunter XP in 1k chunks without a single tear, and then 75k Runecrafting XP in smaller chunks (from the Runespan) and got 60 tears. Due to this, I would recommend using things like maples and willows, rather than yews and magics if you are woodcutting. Ivy is also likely to give good tear rates.
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Yeah I tried doing air runes with my enchanted hood, and didn't get that much (thought it was by quantity of items not exp). Then I did bloods and baaamm many more came!
I'm gunna try some fishing later on to se how it compares to woodcutting
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Woodcutting and RuneCrafting seem to give a fair chunk for me
Posted 28 July 2013 - 08:43 PM
Has anyone tried Runespan yet?
And I found that only some forms of fishing give tears. For example, powerfishing in Barbarian Village does not!
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I did concentrated gold mining in the living rock caverns for around 300 tears an hour. It's also nice mining xp.
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battle feild has been faster for me oddly enough i just focused on the woodcutting spots and was getting 400-500 tears an hour
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A federal judge has already thrown out Arnold Schroeder Jr.'s claims that he and not the Dallas Museum of Art should own the Cézannes, Gauguins, Manets, Monets and van Goghs that once belonged to his mother, the late philanthropist Wendy Reves. Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit concurred: Schroeder takes nothing.
The court reiterates what U.S. District Judge Jane Boyle wrote in November 2011: Schroeder and his attorney, former WFAA reporter Valeri Williams, had no case. Boyle was thoroughly unimpressed with their initial complaint in March 2011 and subsequent filings, dismissing the case as a "long-winded, often meandering narrative" and told him to stop, which he did not. The appeals court says only that Reves' son "failed to state a cognizable claim for relief" and that the federal court did not "abuse its discretion in denying Schroeder leave to amend his complaint."
Schroeder also alleged that former UT Southwestern president Kern Wildenthal and Wendy's attorney Edward Copley made off with his mother's millions. The court likewise dismissed that claim.
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Yoga at Work: 5 Poses to Do at Your Desk
How much more productive would you be if you could clear your mind by opening your body? If you sit at a desk all day, taking periodic breaks to move your body can counteract chronic "desk slump" and reduce stress and muscle tension.
Since yoga is all about balance, it is the perfect tool for creating a happy, stress-free body. When your body is in this state, your mind is more focused, making you a more productive and valuable employee.
In order to bring the body into balance and increase blood flow and oxygenation, do the following desk yoga routine at least once a day. Need a reminder? Write yourself a Post-it note! I'll bet you have some in your desk…
Desk yoga poses
1. Shoulder Rolls: To release tension in your shoulders and upper back, shrug your shoulders towards your ears and roll them back down your back a few times. Repeat, rolling your shoulders forward.
2. Wrist Openers: These will combat carpal tunnel syndrome as well as arm and shoulder tension. Click here for a how-to.
3. Neck Rolls: To relieve tension in your neck, drop your right ear to your right shoulder, then roll your neck in a few slow circles. Repeat on the left side, rolling in the opposite direction.
4. Seated Pigeon: Use this pose to counter tight hips from long hours spent sitting. Click here to learn Seated Pigeon.
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Value, Not Volume, Key in M&A Deals This Year
Fewer but bigger deals are set to dominate the M&A scene in the coming year, according to the accountancy firm EY.
The actual number of deals will be broadly flat this year compared with 2013, according to the survey of over 1,600 senior executives based in 54 countries. However, transformative deals–such as the proposed merger between the cement makers Lafarge and Holcim–are squarely back on the agenda.
The number of global firms that are contemplating deals of over $500 million or over $1 billion has doubled in the last six months – a sign, EY says, that more companies are working on plans for transformational deals.
Pip McCrostie, EY's global vice-Chair of transaction advisory services, said: "Value not volume will be making headlines in the near-future, with prominent large deals part of an emerging trend. After a prolonged financial crisis and M&A market malaise, companies and boards are opting for quality rather than quantity."
So far this year, there has been a 25% increase in deal value but an 11% fall in volume globally compared to the same period in 2013, according to EY, previously known as Ernst & Young.
Cement makers Holcim of Switzerland and France's Lafarge said Monday they would seek to sell big chunks of their businesses in a bid to win regulatory approval for a merger that will create a construction-materials giant with a market value of roughly $50 billion.
Bankers say clients, having spent the last few years getting their costs under control, are beginning to feel pressure from shareholders to increase earnings. With share prices rising faster than the economy, management teams know they must grow their top line or risk having their stock "rerated", according to the head of corporate and investment banking in European, the Middle East and Africa for a large global bank.
Ms. McCrostie said: "Companies are looking at innovative organic growth strategies – to develop new products and open new markets – and selective but bold inorganic moves in the market."


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EDITORIAL: A Positive Example From Somaliland's Colonial Past
During the struggle for independence, it was common among colonized people to condemn colonial administrations and to see nothing good about them. Upon the arrival of independence and the fervor of newly discovered nationalism by the formerly colonized, the cries of condemnation of the colonialists grew even louder. But as the local elites began to establish a record of their own in governance, people began to realize that in many cases the departing colonialists were better at running things than those who took over the ship of state from them. An obvious explanation for this difference in performance is that colonial administrations were backed by the colonial mother country which had the economic resources and long experience in statecraft. But that only explains part of the story. The other part is the quality of the people involved and their level of commitment to their work. We provide below an excerpt from Margaret Laurence's book The Camel Bell that sheds light on the type of commitment we are talking about:
"A friend told us why Matthew was awarded the M.B.E. The Desert Locust Control men in Somaliland set bait for the young hoppers, and at one time many Somalis believed that this locust poison would kill heir camels which were grazing in the same places. One large section of a tribe in the Guban became so enraged that they were all prepared to take up their spears and massacre every locust officer in the area. When Matthew arrived on the scene, the tribesmen had gathered and were worked up to a fantastic pitch of anger and excitement. It was an isolated spot; there was no road; and the place was rarely visited by Europeans, so Matthew knew he could expect no help. The tribesmen threatened to kill him if he did not agree to stop the bait-laying. He refused, and at dusk they surrounded his camp. When darkness fell, Matthew somehow managed to escape, and made his way across the desert to a small tea shop on the Zeilah Road. He got away just in time, he later learned, for during the night the tribesmen made up their mind to kill him. They entered his camp, and furious at finding him gone, they burned the tents, slashed his clothes and even speared his bush hat. The next day they arrived at the Zeilah Road tea shop. If anything, they were angrier than before, having being cheated of a victim the previous night. It was too late for prolonged talk. Matthew said only one thing.
'If this locust control doesn't kill a man, will you believe it won't kill your camels?"
The Tribesmen murmured among themselves, and finally agreed - yes, they would believe it, in that case. But what was the use of such talk when everyone knew the locust bait would certainly kill a man?
'No, it won't,' Matthew said. 'I'll prove it.'
He then scooped up a handful of the poisoned bran and ate it himself. The tribesmen stared with considerable curiosity, and finally, when he did not drop dead, they dispersed.
A simple solution. But although he knew the locust bait did not poison camels, at the time when he ate it, he had no idea what effect it would have on a human. Camels, after all, are able to digest inch-long thorns, but men are not."
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When Gay Met John: An East Side Story
A funny little squib in Tuesday's NYT might be of some interest to Scotus junkies or literary nonfiction fans or simply residents of New York's Upper East Side (or maybe all three).
The story concerns an encounter noted writer Gay Talese had over the weekend with Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.
Sunday night, Talese was dining at a restaurant on 70th and Lexington (Lumi, for those who must know), when in walked the chief with his wife.
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[E]very table was occupied when the chief justice and Mrs. Roberts arrived to receive, as is standard in New York, barely a nod of recognition from the onlookers and not a trace of effusion from the waiters, most particularly those who lent service to the justice. . . .
We at our table, true to form, paid the Roberts couple no mind, although after two hours of pretending not to notice them, we were certainly respectful (and grateful) when, as they stood to leave, the chief justice himself said: "Excuse me, but we cannot possibly finish this wonderful bottle of wine, and I wonder if you'd like to try it."
"Oh, thank you, Mr. Chief Justice,'' I replied, and then added my own admonishment (how brazen of me!) "… but only if you'll sign the label.''
Unhesitatingly, Chief Justice Roberts removed from his jacket pocket a ballpoint pen, and scribbled on the label his name: "John Roberts.''
The anecdote doesn't need a bunch of commentary, it seems. It is what it is — a funny little tale. That said, we'll share just a few cursory observations.
Roberts's gesture was gracious. Quite gracious. We wonder — cynical scribes that we are — if Roberts knew the recipient was Talese prior to handing it over and, if so, he thought the gesture might render a little good ink?
Was Talese's request of a signature out of line or just quick thinking?
Finally, for those curious: the wine, according to Talese, was a Chianti Classico 2005, from Villa Mangiacane.
UPDATE: WSJ Supreme Court reporter Jess Bravin adds the following astute addendum to the post. Writes Bravin:
The chief's passing of the bottle to Talese may have reflected more than Chief Justice Roberts's dinerly generosity or abhorrence of waste; he's also acutely aware of the dangers of drunk driving.
Last week, Roberts complained that the court should have been willing to consider rolling back Fourth Amendment protections to enable more aggressive enforcement of drunk driving laws. "Every year, close to 13,000 people die in alcohol-related car crashes—roughly one death every 40 minutes," he wrote, dissenting from denial of certiorari in a Virginia case where the courts threw out a drunk driving arrest based only on an anonymous tip. "The dangers posed by drunk drivers are unique, frequently upholding anti drunk-driving policies that might be constitutionally problematic in other, less exigent circumstances."
In the event that Roberts didn't take the subway or a cab, the chief may well have been living his doctrine.
Finally, Bravin adds that, yes, he does carry these with him while dining, just in the off chance he has a Talese-like encounter with a justice.


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Over time, too little blood may be pumped to the body, leading to heart failure. Without a series of major heart operations, this defect almost always causes death.
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Asymptotics of Riordan arrays
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The machinery of Riordan arrays has been used recently by several authors. We show how meromorphic singularity analysis can be used to provide uniform bivariate asymptotic expansions, in the central regime, for a generalization of these arrays. We show how to do this systematically, for various descriptions of the array. Several examples from recent literature are given.
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HAYWARD -- Assembly District 20 incumbent Bill Quirk has more than $200,000 to spend on his re-election campaign, while his two challengers have not raised enough to file mandatory reports with the state.
Jaime Patiño and Luis Reynoso may not have the campaign money of Quirk, but they're not short on ideas on how to improve California. The top two finishers in the June 3 primary will face off in November's general election.
Patiño, who commutes on BART from Union City to his job in Berkeley, said it was the transit system's strike that led him to enter the race.
"Our Bay Area delegation members were quiet because they were beholden to the union instead of the little guy. I said, 'This isn't right; somebody needs to stand up for the people who need to go to work,'" he said.
The Republican said the union made unreasonable demands, but management also made mistakes.
"When it's taxpayers money, both sides should work and negotiate in good faith," Patiño said.
Reynoso has served on the Hayward school board since 2008. He said there is only so much a local district can do -- that some changes need to be made on the state level to improve education.
"When you look at how much we spend on education, 40 percent of the state's budget, and we don't have results, that's something we should look into," he said. "Where is the 40 percent going?"
The state's budget is the top priority for Quirk, first elected to the Assembly in 2010. Now that the state is in better financial shape, he would like to restore some funding that the state eliminated.
"We had a 10 percent cut in Medi-Cal reimbursements; I would love to see that reinstated. We're putting a lot more people on Medi-Cal, and it's hard for doctors to take these patients because of the low reimbursements," he said.
Quirk also wants to ensure that aging people are able to stay in their homes rather than go to nursing facilities. But the Hayward resident said legislators need to be selective about restoring funding.
"We have a real plethora of things we're not going to be able to afford. We can only do so much; there's only so much money," he said.
Patiño said the state's high taxes are driving businesses and jobs out of California.
"We cannot continue to lose jobs to Texas," he said, citing Toyota's moving its headquarters from Southern California to outside Dallas as the latest example.
"We're ranked second on taxation in the nation, but we have a bloated, inefficient government. We're not doing anything to help businesses; we're making it worse for them," he said.
Reynoso and Patiño both say the state needs to reduce its unfunded liabilities and eliminate pension spiking.
As a scientist in the 1970s, Quirk worked on some of the first climate change studies, and he has introduced legislation that would extend the state's greenhouse gas emission reduction goals to 2050. California has the most advanced program for cutting greenhouse emissions, but more is needed, he said.
"The big problem is in the developing world. One of the most important things we can do is develop the technology that will be adopted by India, China and other nations. This will be critical to solving greenhouse gases," he said.
Quirk is the go-to guy for scientific questions in the Legislature. With his help, state Sen. Fran Pavley added specific regulations on the amounts of acid in her fracking bill.
"None of the moratorium bills went anywhere. But we now have the toughest fracking regulations. I don't know if fracking can be done under those regulations, but it is certainly heavily regulated," Quirk said.
Both Patiño and Reynoso favor more choice in schools, including charter schools.
"I really do believe the parent should be given the right and exercise the right to place their child wherever their child can get the best education," Reynoso said.
Reynoso, running without any party afficliation, ran unsuccessfully against Quirk in the 2012 primary, that time as a Republican. The Assembly district covers Hayward, Union City, Ashland, Cherryland, San Lorenzo, Castro Valley, Fairview, Sunol and part of Fremont.
Contact Rebecca Parr at 510-293-2473. Follow her at Twitter.com/rdparr1.
Age: 68
Occupation: Incumbent, retired scientist
Political experience: California Assembly, 2012-present; Hayward City Council, 2004-12
Family: Married, two children
Party affiliation: Democrat
Website: www.electbillquirk.com
Quote: "We no longer have a deficit, but we have a service deficit for our schools, Medi-Cal, and health and welfare supportive services."
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Age: 42
Occupation: Financial analyst, UC Berkeley
Political experience: Union City Human Relations Commission, 2012-present
Family: Single, one child
Party affiliation: Republican
Website: www.patinofor20thassembly.com
Quote: "We haven't done one damn thing to help businesses in California."
Luis Reynoso
Age: 42
Occupation: Adjunct professor
Political experience: Hayward Unified School District trustee, 2008-present
Family: Married, two children
Party affiliation: No party preference
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Photoshop Elements 11 Filter Basics
Corrective and destructive filters
Corrective filters are usually used to fix problems in an image. These filters fine-tune color, add blur, improve sharpness, or remove such nastiness as dust and artifacts. Remember that pixels are still being modified; it's just that these filters don't change the basic look of an image. They're just intended to enhance its good points and hide the bad.
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Six vie for three Helix Water District seats
EAST COUNTY Three seats are up for grabs on the Helix Water District Board of Directors on Tuesday, and each of three incumbents is being challenged by a newcomer.
Constituents in the Helix Water District, which provides water to more than 65,000 landowners and nearly 270,000 customers over 50 square miles in La Mesa, El Cajon, Lemon Grove, Spring Valley and unincorporated areas near El Cajon, will vote for trustees for its divisions 1, 3 and 5. To view a map of the divisions, see hwd.com/board/divisions1-5. pdf
Incumbent John Linden in Division 1 is being challenged by Mario Tilaro; incumbent Chuck Muse in Division 3 is being challenged by Lori Kern; and incumbent Richard K. Smith in Division 5 is being challenged by Joel Scalzitti.
Linden, who has served on the board for 10 years, still lives in the El Cajon family farm house he was raised in. He has an MBA in business administration and says he wants to be re-elected because he considers water to be "the petroleum of the 21st century."
"I want to continue this important long range planning in a pragmatic manner," Linden said. "This business approach has served the ratepayers well. Helix Water District is a well-managed public nonprofit water district and has a highly professional staff. As a current board member, we are continuing to work on the many challenges facing our county and all of us as water users."
Tilaro, an El Cajon resident and business owner who is originally from New York, has an master's degree in public administration from SDSU and did doctoral level studies in economics at UCLA in the 1970s.
Tilaro is adamant that the water district hold down rates for customers.
"California governments at all levels, and monopolies such as Helix Water District, have been overly generous with taxpayer and ratepayer dollars," Tilaro said. "The result is public sector pay and retirement packages far superior to private sector pay and benefits."
Tilaro said "private pay at Helix is over $70,000 a year (while) ratepayer salary per year is $54,000. Helix workers can retire after 30 years of work (while) ratepayer workers retire after 43 years. Helix workers can retire at 62.5 percent of their base salary (while) ratepayers retire at 48 percent of their base salary."
Muse, a native San Diegan, was elected to the board in 2004 after regularly attending district meetings.
"I have since taken a leadership role, not only on the Helix board, but on various boards and state water positions," Muse said. "I want to continue my commitment to the industry and to Helix Water District."
Muse said if re-elected he would continue his commitment "to assure that the ratepayers are properly represented on all aspects of overseeing a sound fiscal operation, not only to assure reasonable rates, but assure that infrastructure upgrades are forthcoming."
Kern is a Los Angeles native who moved to San Diego in 1985 and graduated with a degree in journalism from San Diego State. A La Mesa resident since 1986, Kern works at UCSD in the Department of Neurosciences as a publications coordinator and graphic designer.
Kern said she has been interested in politics, water and public policy for 40 years.
"I've always kept my eye on what our representatives are doing," she said. "Although I believe that people want to do a job, I didn't like what I saw on the Helix Water District Board. Every other public agency has made some kind of sacrifice during the recession and subsequent slow economy, except for the Helix Water District. They continue to raise rates unnecessarily. In the last four years, our rates, on average, have gone up 54 percent or more than $500 a year. The current board has said they will raise rates again in 2013."
Smith is a native San Diegan, a former El Cajon City Council member and has been the District 5 representative for eight years. He was appointed to the San Diego County Water Authority board in 2006.
"The Helix Water District is a $72 million dollar business that operates and maintains a $1.5 billion dollar infrastructure," Smith said. "(It) has an outstanding history of providing high quality water at the lowest price possible without sacrificing our responsibility to properly operate and maintain that infrastructure."
Smith said he's been "a vigorous supporter for pursuing avenues to secure alternative water supplies," including water transfers with other districts, groundwater and reservoir augmentation using recycled water and desalination.
Scalzitti was raised in the East County and owns and runs a small ranch in the Granite Hills area. He owns a water company that trucks and distributes water using similar equipment that Helix uses at the district, he said.
Scalzitti said his plan if elected will be "to work with other board members, and to maximize the effort to make the most efficient decisions, even if staff is challenged. I believe as a board member we owe the ratepayers the representation that they are missing.
"I want to question and have input into district spending, to maximize the efficiency of how Helix Water District is operating. Internal spending should be looked at in these tough economic times. We should not have long term contracts with automatic salary increases. The people, the ratepayers, own the district."


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The Aspen Skiing Co. will decide by the end of Friday whether it will offer lift-served skiing at Aspen Mountain on Memorial Day weekend, spokesman Jeff Hanle said Wednesday.
The Aspen area has double the average snowpack for this time of year, and more snow was received Wednesday night into Thursday morning. The snowpack as of May 1 was the third largest on record for that date in 74 years.
There is precedent for re-igniting the chairlifts. Memorial Day weekend skiing was offered in 1995, and skiing was continued on weekends while good snow conditions lasted or a few more weeks in June, Hanle said.


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Build-A-Bear Workshop Accepting Nominations for Huggable Heroes
Build-A-Bear Workshop, one of our wonderful corporate sponsors, is accepting nominations for its ninth annual Huggable Heroes program that recognizes young heroes in local communities.
Nominations will be accepted through Feb. 27 throughout the country. Build-A-Bear is looking for kids who provide extraordinary service to their communities.
Candidates must be between the ages of eight and 18. Ten kids will be selected as Huggable Heroes and earn a trip to Build-A-Bear Workshop World Bearquarters in St. Louis.
Each Huggable Heroe also receives a $7,500 scholarship and $2,500 to donate to a charity of their choice.
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Autism Speaks 1,000,000th Fan HP Notebook Sweepstakes
Help Autism Speaks reach 1,000,000 fans and enter for your chance to win an HP Pavilion dm1z with a custom Autism Speaks logo!!
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2011 Facebook Halloween Photo Contest
Our 2nd Annual Facebook Halloween Photo Contest was another GREAT success! We received countless submissions and it was so hard to choose a 'Top 7!' This year, we were lucky to have our friends at Webkinz provide gift baskets for the winners!
Here are our winners!
U.N. Postage Stamp to Honor World Autism Awareness Day
Hey everyone! We have a really exciting opportunity to celebrate World Autism Awareness Day, and we need your help!
The United Nations is looking to feature artwork, by an individual on the autism spectrum, for a special 2012 Autism Awareness stamp. All you need to do is upload your artwork to a special album on Facebook to be in the running! Remember, your art will be on a postage stamp, so the artwork has to look good on a small scale!
The deadline is November 4, 2011 – so get your submissions in! Use your imagination and be creative, the design is totally up to you!
You can upload your photos to our Facebook Wall! Please be sure to copy and paste the link underneath!
ING New York City Marathon Featured Runner, Rebecca Babb
Rebecca, Becca, Janie, BSB, Goose. These are just some of the many names I go by in my day to day life. But by far, my most prized name would have to be "Mommy". I'm a single mom of the worlds two most amazing little boys ever, Kadin aged seven and Cowan who is five. I feel everything I really need to remember about life, I learn from them. Two years ago this November, I heard the words that would forever change my life and I'm positive? in turn will change the world. The words "Yes, your son is autistic, has epilepsy and ADHD." I left that appointment having no clue what I would do next. Now two years later, I will run the ING NY City Marathon while raising awareness about autism and raising funds for Autism Speaks. Follow me on my quest to change the world, 26.2 miles at a time.
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Who would have thought 2 years ago while sitting in my car crying because I now had no idea what to do now that my son had been diagnosed with autism, that I would be a FEATURED RUNNER in the ING New York City Marathon running for Autism Speaks!?!?!!?
The ING New York City Marathon will be my 4th full marathon that I will run in and my 3rd race for Autism Speaks in Kadin's honor. This past January I completed the Goofy Challenge at Disney while holding Kadin's hand! And now I look forward to taking over the Big Apple for autism awareness!
I made a promise that day to Kadin that the world would change because of him. As a mom, I can not break that promise! So far I think him and I are off to a darn good start! Don't know what autism is? Feel free to ask, I just hope you have lots of time to listen!
ING New York City Marathon 2011….It's Time to Listen, It's time to RUN!!!
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Pin Pals Photo Contest
Autism Speaks to Young Professionals (AS2YP) is looking to spread awareness and needs your help! They will be holding a photo contest – to participate, all you have to do is email us a picture of you wearing the Autism Speaks pin. It's that simple! The winner will receive two complimentary tickets to the next Autism Speaks 2 Young Professionals (AS2YP) Event! Their picture will also be featured on the Autism Speaks website and Facebook pages!
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Script Give-A-Way Signed By Cast of 'Parenthood'
NBC's Parenthood is one of our favorite shows on television! We have had weekly discussions on our blog about different topics that the show touches on, primarily in coping with Max's Asperger's Syndrome. So much has happened this season and the finale is upon us – we want to celebrate!
Autism Speaks is going to give-a-way a Parenthood script signed by the entire cast and you can be in the running to win!
All you have to do is tell us on Twitter, 'How has the television show 'Parenthood' affected you?'
Make sure to use @AutismSpeaks and @Parenthood when sharing with us!
Your Twitter Handle will then be entered in a random drawing to win the signed script!
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dang! that's impressive - more than impressive! And your pics MORE than make up for the one I just saw on the daily - thank you!!
1/121 in the 40-44 AG...2:49:47 = 14/1,428 overall........Awesome- Hermosa! You are definetely da man! I have to agree with the PFD I think splits were perfect....it's the perceived negative split (effort seems harder, pace slows a tad) that makes the splits so good. Get some much deserved rest, then start racking them up again Also congrats on the PR.....
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Truely spectacular race Hermosa! sub 2:50!! that's incredible and such even splits (only 2 min positive). Sounds perfect to me.
Congratulations on that fine 1st Place Masters and 14th OA!!
How can anyone who ran so fast look so spunky at the finish?
Yowza, hermosa! That second half just slight positive makes it even more impressive.
Congratulations! This a pr for you?
Wow, just wow. And I love the shorts (and hey, the top matches!)... very nicely done all around. Thanks for the pics, they speak volumes. Now when I run my next marathon, and I'm barely coming up on mile 18 or so, I'm gonna think "Gee, Hermosaboy would be done by now!" Thanks.
How can anyone be that fast and look so cool & calm doing it? Fantastic job, hermosa!
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That was so cool, Mimosa!
Good racing man! You looked good out there.
13 people beat you? What's up with that?
Seriously though, way to go. It sounds as though you planned it all out, and the execution couldn't have been any better. You rock, my friend!
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What a season you've had! Nice time-- the overall and age group placings were especially impressivie. The 40-44 group is usually one of the toughest.
Congratulations on a fine race and season.
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I'm a dark horse, running on a dark race course
What can I say?
Absolutely perfect execution of a marathon!!
You saved energy during the first half, challenged yourself on the second half, and cruised in for that Master's title!
I think you could have gone even faster if you'd reel the tongue in before the finish !http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/wink.gif|src=http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/wink.gif|border=0!
Now that you're "elite" status, I hope you won't forget about us mere mortals.....
Outstanding job, hermosa. Congrats on your 1st Masters and PR. I loved the pictures.
I don't know what to say but "wow."
I just cannot imagine running a 10K as fast as you run a marathon! Great job and great pictures.
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World Leaders on Vaclav Havel
Reactions to the death of Vaclav Havel, who led the 1989 anti-communist 'Velvet Revolution' in Czechoslovakia:
Lech Walesa, Solidarity founder and Poland's former president:
"A great fighter for the freedom of nations and for democracy has died . . . His outstanding voice of wisdom will be missed in Europe, which is going through a serious crisis. I am praying for the peace of his soul."
U.S. President Barack Obama:
"His peaceful resistance shook the foundations of an empire, exposed the emptiness of a repressive ideology, and proved that moral leadership is more powerful than any weapon. … He also embodied the aspirations of half a continent that had been cut off by the Iron Curtain, and helped unleash tides of history that led to a united and democratic Europe."
Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright:
"Amid the turbulence of modern Europe, his voice was the most consistent and compelling — endlessly searching for the best in himself and in each of us."
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who grew up in East Germany and went into politics as communism crumbled:
"His dedication to freedom and democracy is as unforgotten as his great humanity . . . We Germans also have much to thank him for."
U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron:
"No one of my generation will ever forget those powerful scenes from Wenceslas Square two decades ago. Havel led the Czech people out of tyranny. And he helped bring freedom and democracy to our entire continent. Europe owes Vaclav Havel a profound debt. Today his voice has fallen silent. But his example and the cause to which he devoted his life will live on."
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso:
"He was a true European and has been a champion of democracy and liberty throughout his life . .. He was also a source of great inspiration to all those who fight for freedom and democracy around the world. The man has died but the legacy of his poems, plays and above all his ideas and personal example will remain alive for many generations to come."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a letter to the Czech Ambassador Tomas Pojar
"Havel was a brave and powerful voice against totalitarianism and an inspiration for dissidents everywhere struggling for freedom. He was a true friend of Israel and in recent years joined with other international leaders to defend against attempts to delegitimize the one and only Jewish state. His courage and clarity will be sorely missed."
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"With the death of Vaclav Havel, the Czech republic has lost one of its great patriots, France has lost a friend, and Europe has lost one of its wise men." He was "a man of culture and writer of great talent" who "incarnated an indefatigable commitment to democracy and freedom."
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All players were on the ice for Saturday's morning skate in Raleigh. Travis Moen (upper-body) and Michael Bournival, who was cut during Thursday's game against Vancouver, did not travel with the team and will not be in the lineup against the 'Canes.
"He suffered a minor concussion and he's going to follow protocol," explained the Habs coach of Bournival's injury, having taken a stick to the face against the Canucks. "It's nothing major, but he's showing some symptoms so we have to be careful. He'll miss tonight's game, which is too bad because we've really liked what we've seen from his line. We'll adjust. An accident happened in the last game and we're hoping he'll be good to go after the Olympic break."
With Bournival out, Francis Bouillon will be back in the lineup on Saturday night after missing the last eight games as a healthy scratch. Michel Therrien will go with a lineup of 11 forwards and seven defensemen and he confirmed all seven defensemen will play defense, while he will double shift a forward in Bournival's spot alongside Ryan White and Dale Weise.
One day after the opening ceremonies officially kicked off the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, a single game remains for the Canadiens before the NHL goes on a two-week hiatus. With seven Habs bound for Russia and the rest of the team heading off in different directions for the break, U.S. Olympian Max Pacioretty insists the team's focus hasn't drifted from the final 60 minutes that awaits them in Raleigh.
"There are obviously a lot of distractions right now," admitted Pacioretty, who had a hat trick against the Canucks on Thursday and will be joined by Carey Price, P.K. Subban, Peter Budaj, Tomas Plekanec, Alexei Emelin and Andrei Markov in Sochi. "We have to just focus on getting two points tonight. The coaches have done a good job of reminding us that every point is important. We had a bit of a tough stretch and we seem to have figured it out now so to get three [wins] in a row would be a great feeling heading into the break. But they're not going to hand it to us; we're going to have to work hard."
Carey Price will get his 48th start of the season. It will be the 26-year-old's 17th career start against Carolina, carrying a 9-5-2 record, 2.44 goals-against average and .925 save percentage into Saturday's game in Raleigh.
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Amsler is also credited with conceiving a design for a planimeter that restricted the movement of the end of the tracer arm opposite the tracer point to a straight line. The collections suggest that Americans were particularly interested in further developing linear planimeters, with examples patented by John Coffin, Edward Jones Willis, and Frederick R. Williams. Another linear planimeter sold by an American company and an instrument that does not fit any of the categories of planimeters are also included on this page.
In 1875, Danish mathematician and cavalry officer Holger Prytz came up with a final form of planimeter—the hatchet planimeter. It simply consists of a rod with a tracer point at one end and a chisel edge at the other. As the tracer goes around the drawing, the chisel makes a zigzag path. The product of the length of the path and the length of the rod gives the area of the drawing. The result, though, is not as accurate as those provided by more complex forms of planimeters. At present, no examples of this instrument are known to be among the mathematics collections.
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Prototype for Willis Two-Wheeled Planimeter
- Description
- Even after the apparent commercial success of his "improved planimeter," Edward Jones Willis (1866–1941), a steam and electrical engineer from Richmond, Va., continued to experiment with planimeter designs. On January 17, 1922, he received a patent for a planimeter that had the measuring wheel on a spindle instead of a wheeled carriage, and had a magnifying glass attachment.
- Willis noted that date on this instrument, but it bears little resemblance to the patent drawings. A brass arm with metal tracers at both ends moves perpendicularly to a brass frame. The arm is evenly divided in increments marked 99, 88, 77, 66, 55, 44, and 33. A metal bar at the front of the frame has a brass slide. Next are two brass wheels on spindles fastened to a brass plate in the center. At the back is a wooden triangular ruler with six scales on white celluloid. These scales divide the inch into 100, 50, 60, 30, 80, and 40 parts. The ruler is marked: J. L. ROBERTSON & SONS, N.Y. Presumably, the ruler came from one of the Improved Willis Planimeters made by Robertson between 1896 and the 1910s. The back of the frame is marked: E. J. WILLIS (/) RICHMOND, VA. (/) PAT. APL'D FOR.
- A metal rod has rectangular brass ends. A triangular metal plate has brass bolts holding prickers and a brass post that holds one end of the rod. A small brass clamp is loose in the crudely made wooden case, which appears to be made from a shipping crate. Handwriting on the inside of the lid reads: Edward J. Willis (/) Room 119 Mutual Bldng (/) P.O. Box 416 Richmond Va (/) Jany 17h 1922 (/) WILLIS TWO WHEEL PLANIMETER. There is no record of a patent that applies specifically to this apparent prototype.
- For information on Willis's earlier patents and planimeters, see 1994.0356.02, MA*324247, MA*323703, and MA*323704. At the same time that Willis worked on his later planimeters, he became interested in celestial navigation and published two textbooks on the subject. He invented a navigating machine and an altitude-azimuth instrument in the 1930s.
- References: Edward J. Willis, "Planimeter" (U.S. Patent 1,404,180 issued January 17, 1922); Hyman A. Schwartz, "The Willis Planimeter," Rittenhouse 7, no. 2 (1993): 60–64; Willem F.J. Mörzer Bruyns, "The Willis Navigating Machine: A Forgotten Invention," Rittenhouse 14 (June 2000): 13–25.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1922-1941
- maker
- Willis, Edward Jones
- ID Number
- 1983.0173.01
- catalog number
- 1983.0173.01
- accession number
- 1983.0173
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center


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Issue No.04 - July-August (1997 vol.9)
pp: 653-660
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Abstract—Recently, a number of hybrid systems have been proposed to combine the advantages of shared nothing and shared everything concepts for computing relational join operations. Most of these proposed systems, however, presented a few analytical results and have produced limited or no implementations on actual multiprocessors. In this paper, we present a parallel join algorithm with load-balancing for a hybrid system that combines both shared-nothing and shared-everything architectures. We derive an analytical model for the join algorithm on this architecture and validate it using both hardware/software simulations and actual experimentations. We study the performance of the join on the hybrid system for a wide range of system parameter values. We conclude that the hybrid system outperforms both shared-nothing and shared-everything architectures.

Relational join, parallel processing, shared-nothing architecture, shared-everything architecture, load-balancing.
Sakti Pramanik, Walid R. Tout, "The NUMA with Clusters of Processors for Parallel Join", IEEE Transactions on Knowledge & Data Engineering, vol.9, no. 4, pp. 653-660, July-August 1997, doi:10.1109/69.617058


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Its recession-struck markets were in recovery mode, with the European appliances sector having stabilized during the second quarter and its large U.S. market having grown around 10% over the same period.
The Swedish maker of vacuum cleaners, fridges and dishwashers took pride in having successfully navigated the economic downturn by shedding jobs and relocating factories to low-cost countries, boosting profits and investor sentiment.
Also, rebates under the U.S. "cash for appliances" program, intended to encourage sales of more energy-efficient products, propped up sales.
Since then, things have taken a turn for the worse. The shares are down about 20% compared with last year and today's disappointing 2Q earnings figures and guidance didn't help.
What happened? The U.S. subsidies program wound down last year and at the same time input and transport costs have soared, chewing into profits. And while metal prices may have peaked recently, the cost of plastics keeps increasing.
In the U.S., one usually stable source of demand, purchases from builders of new homes remains deeply depressed because of sluggish home sales.
In Europe, especially in Italy, Spain and the U.K., the sovereign debt crisis, high unemployment and general consumer uncertainty hurt demand as consumers remain reluctant to spend cash for new vacuum cleaners and washing machines. They increasingly respond to price promotions and opt for lower-price store-brand appliances rather than paying a premium for fancier models like Electrolux's.
The company's CEO Keith McLoughlin has his work cut out in coming quarters as he sets out to enforce price increases on already spending-fatigued European consumers.
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"Facts tell the story of I-STOP"
ALBANY, June 18 -- Not always, but sometimes the facts do, in fact, tell the whole story.
For example, consider the following:
> In 2010 in New York State, 22 million prescriptions for painkillers were issued — not including refills. In other words, New York's health system wrote out roughly two million more prescriptions for pain medication than there are citizens in this state;
> According to one recent report, prescription painkiller overdoses account for 15,000 deaths and 475,000 emergency room visits nationwide annually – more than cocaine and heroin combined;
> A survey by the Partnership for a Drug Free America revealed that 19% of American teens, roughly 4.5 million youths, reported taking prescription painkillers to get high. Moreover, an estimated 70 percent of people who abuse prescription painkillers obtain them from friends or relatives who originally received the medication from a prescription.
We could go on and on with similarly alarming facts. But I think just
these three alone are enough to make the whole story clear. It was stated
this way in a State Senate Health Committee report earlier this year:
"Like the rest of the nation, New York State is in the midst of
a public health
Likewise, law enforcement agencies across the nation point to prescription drug abuse as the most problematic drug threat today, one that leads to addiction, overdose, suicide, violence and illegal trafficking. The Senate Health Committee held its first public round table to focus New York government's attention on this growing public health crisis last summer. That forum was followed by the release of the above-mentioned report, "The Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis in New York State: A Comprehensive Approach," which set the stage for a rapidly reached consensus among Governor Andrew Cuomo, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Senate and Assembly leaders that a legislative response was needed.
This response arrived last week with the enactment of a comprehensive new law, being called the I-STOP Law, that immediately makes New York State a national leader in combating prescription drug abuse. I'll make two overriding points on the new law.
First, it's another indication that state government is working and being defined by a sense and a spirit of cooperation that's been lacking for far too long. This action, and others either taken last week (the approval of stronger domestic violence laws) or in the works (new efforts to combat cyber bullying), show strong, bipartisan efforts to enact comprehensive and landmark legislation this session. We continue to work together to make New York a better and safer place.
The second -- and more critical -- point is that prescription drug abuse has emerged as one of America's most alarming, tragic and urgent public health challenges. This action places New York at the forefront of addressing it and attempting to save lives, especially young lives.
Among many provisions, New York's new prevention strategy will create a new and updated prescription monitoring program (I-STOP), make New York one of the first states to move from paper prescriptions to a system of electronic prescribing (e-prescribing), recognize the need for increased education among health care providers about the potential for abuse of controlled substances, and require the state health department to establish a program for the safe disposal of unused controlled substances by consumers.
You can read more about I-STOP, and find additional information and facts on prescription drug abuse, on my Senate website, www.omara.nysenate.gov (click on the "I-STOP LAW" icon in the left-hand column of the home page).
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Bottom row: Michael A. Yuhasz, Barbara Halpin, Phil Barnes, Stewart Field
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Doris L. Karius, 546-5544
Barbara Halpin, 594-3683
Glenn R. Larison, 594-3385
Thomas M. Gifford, 535-9517
Phil Barnes, Watkins Glen 481-0482
Stewart Field, Watkins Glen 535-2335
County Clerk: Linda Compton, 535-8133
Sheriff: William Yessman, 535-8222
Undersheriff: Breck Spaulding, 535-8222
County Treasurer: Margaret Starbuck, 535-8181
District Attorney: Joseph Fazzary, 535-8383
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United States Senate
Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand
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State Senator Tom O'Mara -- Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Yates, western Tompkins, Enfield, Ithaca (Town and City), Newfield, Ulysses(Trumansburg)
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Platymantis guentheri is a small and slender terrestrial frog species. Most males attain maturity at a snout-vent length of about 24 mm and females at about 27 mm. Skin of the dorsum is rough, rarely smooth, without longitudinal folds except for a very short pair in the shoulder region or middle of the back, which is seen occasionally. The lower abdomen and the posterior and lower surface of the thighs are granular. Its head is relatively narrow. The snout is tapering, roundly pointed, and its length is greater than the diameter of the eye. The tympanum is distinct with its diameter greater than one-half the diameter of the eye. Vomerine teeth are prominent. The hind limbs are long at about 185% to 208% of its snout-vent length. The finger discs are well developed, truncated, and the diameter of disc of the third finger is usually slightly less than 25% of the length of the third finger. Its toes are slender with the tips of toes having rounded discs, which are smaller than those of the fingers. These toes are webbed to the base of the proximal subarticular tubercle of first three toes. Subarticular tubercles are prominent and roundly pointed (Brown and Alcala 1963).
Coloration: The dorsum is more or less uniformly dark, lighter (grayish) with dark markings, with a narrow or broad median light stripe, or with light dorso-lateral stripes. The venter is uniformly light or has brown spots on the anterior abdomen or anterior abdomen and head, and the hind limbs have dark crossbars (Brown and Alcala 1963).
The species was first described by Boulenger, 1882 (Frost 2007).
There have been descriptions of different species that have ultimately been considered to be synonymous with P. guentheri. These include: Cornufer guentheri, Cornufer ingeri, Cornufer ingeri, Cornufer guentheri, and Platymantis ingeri (Frost 2007).


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