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Little Dorrit
by Charles Dickens
Amy Dorrit Timeline and Summary
- Born inside the Marshalsea prison, where everyone calls her Little Dorrit.
- Her mom dies when she is eight.
- Amy grows up close to her godfather, the turnkey. He wants to leave her his money but can't figure out a way to make it legally impossible for anyone but her to have it, even if she wanted to give it away.
- Amy befriends a dancing master in the jail and gets him to teach her sister Fanny to dance.
- She then befriends a seamstress and learns to sew.
- Amy tries to find some kind of profession for her brother, but nothing works out.
- The family is poor, so Amy tries to hire herself out as a seamstress. After she puts an ad in the window of the Plornishes' shop, Mrs. Clennam hires her for almost daily work.
- Somewhere along the way, Amy meets Maggy, a mentally disabled woman whom she takes care of.
- At Mrs. Clennam's she meets Arthur Clennam and makes friends with him.
- Amy slaves away day and night to try to maintain her father's growing exaggerations about his life before prison.
- One day her father tries to indirectly, but really clumsily, get her to lead on John Chivery (the prison turnkey's son) a little bit so that Dorrit can keep getting little privileges from him.
- Amy falls in love with Arthur.
- She then gets more sewing work from Flora Finching, Arthur's ex-fiancée, who is obsessed with getting back together with Arthur.
- Amy is sad to think that Arthur and Flora will be together and tells Maggy a fairy tale about a reclusive young woman who keeps a secret shadow in her house. The shadow goes away when the woman dies.
- At Flora's house Amy meets Pancks, whose hobby is investigating genealogies.
- Soon Arthur tells Amy the results of Pancks's investigations into the Dorrit family – they are rich!
- A year later, Amy is traveling around Europe with her family, when the Dorrits run into Pet and Henry Gowan in the Alps.
- Amy correctly guesses that Arthur used to be in love with Pet. She writes him several letters about the Gowans and how Pet's marriage is going (poorly).
- In Italy Dorrit is angry at Amy for her inability to adjust to being rich and still acting like she's in prison.
- Amy tries to be better, learns Italian, and tries to keep her sister from marrying the moronic Sparkler – to no avail.
- Eventually, after her family goes back to London, Amy is stuck taking care of her brother Tip, who is stricken with malaria.
- Finally, she also returns to London, only to find that the Dorrits' wealth has disappeared with the financial collapse of Merdle.
- Amy takes care of Arthur in jail and visits her old friends.
- One day Mrs. Clennam finds her and tells her that Arthur's real mom was a dancer who died a long time ago, and that Mrs. Clennam held back a will that left Amy Dorrit a bunch of money.
- Amy proposes to Arthur by telling him that she is as poor as he is.
- Before they are married, she asks him to burn the will Mrs. Clennam has given back to her. She decides to eventually tell Arthur the deal with his family, but to leave out the part about the money.


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Taking Flight: Mary Katrantzou Expands on the Web and Beyond
It looks simple now, but it was pioneering work at the forefront of a fast-moving technology revolution. Before long, Mary was appropriating digital photographs, deconstructing and reconstructing, mixing and recoloring them until they became fantastical collages of the familiar and the impossible. Her breakthrough was abetted by a husband-and-wife team in England who had bought a new state-of-the-art digital printer which could transfer myriad colors onto silk in a way fashion had never believed possible. Her early collections all came off the giant machine set up in the couple's garage in the English Midlands.
Despite the fact that she went into business in 2008—the very year when banks were crashing—Mary was on her way. Her tiny first collection of nine shift dresses seemed so fresh and original that boutiques bought them to perk up their stores. They sold. Mary never looked back, venturing ever further into mind-blowing maximalist decoration. Just when Phoebe Philo was stripping her design down for her "clean" Céline debut, Mary was appealing to the completely opposite camp. An early show whipped up a froth of rococo imagery inspired by a French painting.
She followed with two slam-dunk breakout collections, which played on tropes wittily lifted from interior design. For spring 2011, the furnishings of luxury hotels landed on dresses—pelmets as shoulders, breezy curtains fluttering from dresses, lampshades as skirts.
That's when Mary started travelling, meeting her customers, learning their lifestyles, seeing the sights, feeling the sunshine of the social climates of the world. Miami, L.A., New York, Dallas, Hong Kong, Beijing, Sydney, Rio—anywhere there's a population with a perma-love for summery print and color—there's a place for Mary Katrantzou. It's all there on her Instagram. Back in London, busy constructing her website and building the booming business she founded with only nine frocks five years ago, she finds the wintry old weather is no problem at all. "Actually, it's great," she laughs. "It helps me to stay in and work!"


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Davis Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Eating Disorders Research
We are pleased to have launched and managed the Hilda and Preston Davis Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Eating Disorders Research.
Since 2009, the Davis Foundation has supported 30 promising Postdoctoral Fellows whose research focuses on the biological causes of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. We thank the Davis Foundation for their commitment to advancing the field and the opportunity to share in the accomplishments of these Fellows. We will continue to follow their contributions to science and encourage future communication with our staff as their careers progress.
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Marian Baird - Newsroom articles
New data shows location of glass ceiling 09 Oct 2014
Australian Financial Review
The Australian Financial Review quotes Professor Marian Baird and Associate Professor Rae Cooper about research by the University of Sydney Business School and BOSS into gender diversity across S&P/ASX 100 companies.
What could childcare changes mean for Australian parents? 30 Sep 2014
ABC's 7.30 program interviews Professor Marian Baird in a story about the government's plan to introduce major changes to Australia's childcare system.
Childcare reforms would still punish mothers who work too much 16 Aug 2014
Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald quotes Marian Baird and Rae Cooper in an article about how mothers who work more than two days a week will continue to suffer economically despite the productivity commission's plan to improve their participation in the workforce.
How business is driving equality 15 Aug 2014
Australian Financial Review
The Australian Financial Review interviews Professor Marian Baird about how businesses are assessing how compliant their policies are in terms of workplace equality, flexibility and sustainability in a story as part of the 100 Women of Influence Awards.
Ask Sandy 09 Aug 2014
Daily Telegraph
Research by Professor Marian Baird from the Business School was mentioned in the Daily Telegraph's Ask Sandy column.
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Professor Marian Baird is quoted in the Canberra Times article about the gender pay gap.
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Herald Sun, Adelaide Advertiser, Gold Coast Bulletin, Cairns Post
Herald Sun, Adelaide Advertiser, Gold Coast Bulletin and the Cairns Post quote Professor Marian Baird about new research into why women fear failure.
Women are the biggest budget losers 22 May 2014
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Canberra Times mentions Professor Marian Baird in an article about the impact of the budget on women.
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Cosmopolitan magazine quotes Professor Marian Baird in a story about gender wage equality.
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1. used my linux boot cd for the pc, had original drive as primary master, new blank 40gig as primary slave, cd rom drive as secondary master.
2. loaded unlocking tools, and unlocked orig hd w/ key read from config magic eeprom backup.
3. formatted the new drive with c, e, and f portions as its over 8gigs.
4. using xboxhdm v1.9's clone function, i cloned my orig drive to the 40gig (took ~2 hrs D: )
5. when complete, locked hd with the same hdkey as orig, as i only have a factory bios.
6. installed new hd, booted, and got error 6.
i still have my factory hd modded and working, i just eventually wanna put the bigger hd to store more music n such.
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Gotta hand it to Rory over at AMD. He knows how to buy time and keep that massive payday coming into his personal account.
But once you ponder on the time factor, AMD sure seems to be on slippery turf. In fact, some of the very companies, such as Dell and Hewlett Packard, that it may be targeting to market the new chips are themselves trying to build similar products or servers based on the ARM technology platform. And if you are only bothered about Intel, that doesn't help much either. Although Intel probably will never make ARM-based chips mainly because they don't want to shell out royalties to the latter, the company has ramped up its efforts to launch low-power chips by itself, and one such product may be out as early as the end of this year.
If that happens, the only distinguishing edge AMD might have over cash-rich Intel will be its own 'Freedom Fabric' – a technology that integrates a lot of servers as part of a cluster and a legacy of the SeaMicro acquisition. But then, the question remains – will the edge still remain till 2014? I think not. This is one stock I would be watching from a distance, just to see if it does rise from the ashes. Till now, the chances are really slim.
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The Walking Dead – Season 2 New Promo
on October 6, 2011 at 4:00 am
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The Walking Dead are coming! Gleeeeeeeee! That is all.
Yay!!!…. have to watch the promo again….
You know, I always thought that the name "The Running Living" was a more descriptive title for that show. 😉
exactly HOW many episodes was in szn one???
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State Rep. Kevin Elmer, R - Nixa, is upset that two high school students wore T-shirts supporting gay rights while they worked at an elementary school book fair. Elmer saw the shirts for the Nixa High School Gay-Straight Alliance at his third-grade child's elementary school.
The picture shows the torso of a high schooler who was working at the fair. On it are stick figures, depicting gay and straight relationships, with the word "Harmony."
"Our t-shirt has two guys holding hands, two girls holding hands, and then one guy and one girl," said Awreon Riley, "and it's just all the sexual orientations."
Awreon, 15, is the president of the student group that made the shirt.
"It's just Nixa students coming together to celebrate diversity," said Awreon.
Elmer says he has no problem with the t-shirt, or even with high schoolers wearing it to high school.
"The shirt itself is not offensive. It's what it was advocating for and questioning whether or not that advocacy needs to happen at the K through 4th grade level," he said in an interview on Friday afternoon. "It wasn't a criticism of the students themselves. It was a question as to whether or not that advocacy needed to happen in that environment.
"They can go back to the high school. They can have their clubs, have those organizations at a level where their peers are learning and aware of certain things in the world . . . I just didn't think on the elementary school level that's where that needs to occur."
An advocacy group came to the students' defense in an e-mailed news release.
"Every day, Missouri students are subjected to some form of bullying. Research shows that schools with active Gay Straight Alliances provide a safe environment for students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) and their allies. HARMONY at Nixa High School is one such GSA, and we support them," said Stephanie Perkins, deputy director of PROMO, a statewide lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) advocacy organization.
"Clearly, they've got constitutional rights and those organizations are sanctioned. The Nixa schools have put forth policies to make sure there are certain controls on things, and that's stuff that's deemed appropriate, and they're operating within that," said Elmer.
He says he posted his tweet not as a politician but as a parent who was confronted with the topic of sexual orientation with his 9- and 11-year-old children at the school book fair.
"My wife and I know our kids better than anyone else and, when it's time to breach certain subjects to talk about certain areas, that should be up to us as parents," said Elmer.
The Nixa School District says the students are within their rights to wear the shirts on campus, and are protected the same way any other student group would be.
"The school district doesn't have a stance on people's viewpoints or liking things or not liking things," said district spokesman Zac Rantz. "We have anything from Gay-Straight Alliance to Fellowship of Christian Athletes to Spanish Club to French Club to Bible studies."
Elmer says, in hindsight, Twitter may not have been the best place to voice his concern over the shirt being worn in an elementary school. Instead, he says he should have mentioned it to school administrators himself, which he said he did on Friday. He has since deleted the Tweet.


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Note: This website is no longer being updated and is being maintained for archive purposes by the Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Please see About the Project for further details.
Paraguay is entirely within the upper watershed that drains southward to become La Plata River. The Paraguay River begins north of the country in the pantanal wetlands and bisects Paraguay into distinct natural regions: to the west are vast alluvial plains of the drier chaco (264,925 km²) (CPD Site SA22); to the east is more humid, geologically varied terrain (159,827 km²), commonly called Paraguay Oriental (Eastern Paraguay).
Eastern Paraguay is bounded by the Apa River to the north, the Amambay-Mbaracayú mountain ranges to the north-east and the Paraná River to the east and south, and is subdivided into two fairly distinctive areas by a series of low (300-860 m) rolling hills and mountain chains which form an S-shaped watershed from the Sierra de San Joaquín and Cordillera de Ybytyruzú southward to the Cordillera de San Rafael. East of the watershed is the Paraná Plateau; to the west opens a broad undulating plain which gradually descends south-westward to become the immense Neembucú wetlands. The Mbaracayú Reserve is mostly south-west of the Cordillera de Mbaracayú, in north-central Canindeyú Department (Map 54).
Eastern Paraguay is largely underlain by Triassic basaltic lava which has given rise to red-brown lateritic or very dark colluvial and hydromorphic soils, and Precarboniferous sandstone where red-yellow sandy podzols prevail. The region's annual rainfall averages 1600-1800 mm. The rainy season extends from October to March, and July and August are driest. The mean annual temperature is 20°-25°C, with extreme highs near 40°C and lows c. 0°C although frost is infrequent and limited to early mornings. There is distinct biseasonality, with hot humid summers and cool less humid winters (IIED, STP and USAID 1985).
Eastern Paraguay was once covered with extensive forests (picture) (Zardini 1993). The remnants are some of the continent's last larger subtropical moist forests. Semi-deciduous, they harbour several endemic subtropical genera, and some tropical and cerrado species in the southern extreme of their ranges. These forests are also phytogeographically intriguing because of the intermingled taxa with tropical and temperate affinities. An inventory of the flora and fauna of Mbaracayú was conducted in 1989-1990 using the procedure of Rapid Ecological Assessment (TNC 1992) to identify the natural communities and assess their natural status; 19 plant communities were recognized (CDC-Paraguay 1991).
The reserve harbours several types of forest. Non-flooded climax forest covers c. 87% of the area and reaches 15-30 m in height. Bignoniaceae, Leguminosae and Meliaceae are dominant. There are two tree strata and some canopy trees are deciduous. Emergents include Tabebuia heptaphylla, Cedrela fissilis, Balfourodendron riedelianum, Piptadenia rigida and Peltophorum dubium; understorey trees include Sorocea bonplandii, Guarea kunthiana and Pilocarpus pennatifolius. Epiphytes occur, and lianas are notably important their density of 92 individuals per 0.1 ha is one of the highest reported for the neotropics (Keel, Gentry and Spinzi 1993).
The climax forest grades into riverine or flooded forests in wetter areas. Bambusa guadua (= Guadua angustifolia) can be important in these wetter habitats, forming dense and often nearly pure stands. Riverbanks are often dominated by Luehea divaricata, Inga marginata and Esenbeckia grandiflora. In areas of waterlogged soil, the canopy is lower (20 m high) with more evergreen species, commonly including Rapanea sp., more Myrtaceae (e.g. Myrciaria baporeti, Myrcia bombycina, Eugenia uniflora) and palms (e.g. Geonoma schottiana, Syagrus romanzoffiana).
On extremely sandy or poor soil, species characteristic of cerrado vegetation (picture) are found in dense abundance. They are short (not over 5 m high); some show tortuous growth habits and some have corky bark. Diagnostic are Butia yatay, Allagoptera sp., Anadenanthera peregrina and Gochnatia polymorpha. Sometimes (in "campo sucio") only subshrubs and herbs are dominant.
Grasslands are dominated by graminoids such as Andropogon and Axonopus. In wetlands (marshes, lagoons), sedges (e.g. Eleocharis) and low herbs are dominant and the plants may form dense mats.
Located on a phytogeographic ecotone and possibly having served as a refuge for subtropical species during past climatic fluctuations, the reserve protects many regional endemics. At the generic level some of the endemics are monotypic: Hennecartia (Monimiaceae), Bastardiopsis (Malvaceae), Holocalyx (Leguminosae), Balfourodendron (Rutaceae) and Pseudananas (Bromeliaceae). There are many endemic species in genera that are widely distributed and highly specialized (e.g. Citronella gongonha, Arrabidaea mutabilis, Macfadyena mollis) as well as relictual (Diatenopteryx sorbifolia, Melicoccus lepidoctela, Patagonula americana).
The floristic affinities of the region with tropical areas to the north are clearly indicated by the presence of such tropical woody species as Annona amambayensis, Aspidosperma polyneuron, Cariniana estrellensis and Geonoma schottiana, and the predominance of major tropical families such as Myrtaceae, Bignoniaceae, Leguminosae, Moraceae and Meliaceae (Keel, Gentry and Spinzi 1993). Temperate affiliations can be seen among the diverse herbaceous taxa such as in Ranunculaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Polygonaceae and the predominantly woody genera Prunus and Hexachlamys.
This area is thought to have the highest floristic diversity in eastern Paraguay. Though the species diversity of the Mbaracayú region is relatively low presumably due to the subtropical climate and rather uniform topography, the regionally endemic species and especially genera, the mixture of tropical and temperate species, and as well the high density of lianas, make the forests of these wildlands significant for the conservation of plant diversity.
Useful plants
The Mbaracayú region contains rich timber resources and precious woods. Species marketed internationally include Tabebuia heptaphylla ("lapacho rosado, tajy"), T. impetiginosa, Cedrela fissilis ("cedro, ygary"), Balfourodendron riedelianum ("guatambu, yvyra ñeti"), Myrocarpus frondosus ("incienso, yvyra pajé") and Aspidosperma polyneuron ("peroba"). Balfourodendron makes up 9.3% of the commercial volume of timber in the region. These resources are in critical need of protection from excessive logging (Tortorelli 1966; López et al. 1987; Peace Corps Paraguay, undated; Zardini 1993).
Some forests also have extensive stands of Copaifera langsdorfii ("kupay"), whose resin can be transformed into diesel fuel (López et al. 1987). Other forests harbour wild populations of Ilex paraguariensis ("yerba mate" or Paraguayan tea), which is of considerable economic importance in the Southern Cone (FMB 1989). Fruit crops such as the pineapple (Ananas comosus) and custard apple (Annona spp.) have wild relatives (Pseudananas ananasoides and Annona amambayensis), providing other examples of the need for in situ conservation of the germplasm diversity in the Mbaracayú Reserve.
The indigenous Aché and Guaraní peoples make extensive use of the flora and have an abundant pharmacopoeia that merits further study for compounds with medicinal value. The powdered bark of Tabebuia impetiginosa ("pau d'arco", "taheebo" or "lapacho" tea), which is said to improve the immune system (e.g. Tierra 1988), is sold as a medicinal in the U.S.A. and Europe. A preliminary species list of the economic plants in the Mbaracayú region has been prepared (CDC-Paraguay 1991; Keel, Gentry and Spinzi 1993).
Social and environmental values
At present there are two ethnic groups settled near the Mbaracayú Reserve, the Aché and the Guaraní (FMB 1989). The traditionally nomadic Aché lived in the eastern forests as hunters and gatherers until 1975-1979. They are slowly adapting to the life of small farmers, although they still need the remnant forests' fauna and fruits for an adequate diet (Homer 1992). The Guaraní survive on subsistence farming.
They go to the reserve to collect yerba-mate leaves and less often to hunt. The Fundación Moisés Bertoni and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) have developed a land management programme for the indigenous peoples to continue their traditional uses of the Mbaracayú forests (FMB and TNC 1991).
These forests protect the Jejuí watershed (picture). The Mbaracayú Reserve is the source for various tributaries of the Jejuí-mí River, which later as the Jejuí-Gauzú River joins the Paraguay River. Designed to protect one of the few remaining subtropical moist forests in Eastern Paraguay, the Mbaracayú Reserve has an important role as well in securing diverse habitats for many species of the regional fauna, including threatened species and some of the prominent mammals and birds of Paraguay such as jaguar, ocelot, margay, bush dog, tapir, giant armadillo, king vulture, macaw, bare-throated bellbird, bare-faced curassow and burrito (CDC-Paraguay 1991).
The general region has important areas of evergreen humid forest ("Atlantic" forest) and remnant Araucaria forest which support a number of birds that have restricted ranges - including the canebrake groundcreeper (Clibanornis dendrocolaptes) and creamy-bellied gnatcatcher (Polioptila lactea), or that are threatened. The region is important for the following five threatened birds: black-fronted piping-guan (Pipile jacutinga), vinaceous amazon (Amazona vinacea), helmeted woodpecker (Dryocopus galeatus), So Paulo tyrannulet (Phylloscartes paulistus) and russet-winged spadebill (Platyrinchus leucoryphus).
In 1945 as much as 43% or 68,000 km² of Eastern Paraguay was still forested, but half that forest is now gone, as the land has been converted to other uses (Keel, Gentry and Spinzi 1993; Zardini 1993). The Jejuí Basin including the Mbaracayú area was used to obtain natural products such as animal hides, timber and particularly yerba mate until 1970 when the construction of roads began, which encouraged new settlements. Typically their purpose is to establish cattle ranches, or cultivate cash crops that often cause soil infertility (FMB and TNC 1991; FMB 1989). Deforestation, at a rate surpassing 1000-1500 km² yearly (Zardini 1993), in some places has reached the reserve boundary. Measures to prevent the reserve turning into an ecological island are urgently needed.
Except for the cordillera in the north-east near the border with Brazil, there are no effective natural barriers that protect the reserve, which also has several roads. Unless boundaries are well marked and an effective patrol system is put in place, theft of timber and fuelwood and poaching will continue to degrade the reserve.
In 1988, 0.13% of Eastern Paraguay was under the national protected area system. The Conservation Data Center (CDC) of Paraguay with support of The (U.S.) Nature Conservancy identified 23 potential areas for conservation in six ecoregions, with the Mbaracayú Wildlands figuring as a priority site (CDC-Paraguay 1990). Acting on the CDC-Paraguay recommendations, Paraguay's Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock) decreed five new National Parks, one new wildlife refuge and greatly expanded protected areas in Eastern Paraguay. As a result, lands in the national protected area system have increased to c. 1.2% (2000 km²) of Eastern Paraguay.
The Fundación Moisés Bertoni is developing a system of private reserves in Paraguay. In 1991 the Conservancy and Fundación agreed to purchase the Mbaracayú land (with funding from private sources and USAID) from the International Finance Corporation (for US$2 million). This World Bank subsidiary was acting under its new conservation policy, and controlled the land because a forestry company in 1979 defaulted on a loan (FMB and TNC 1991; Homer 1992). The property has been made a patrimony of the Fundación Mbaracayú, which holds title and is in charge of managing the reserve. The Mbaracayú Reserve has been recognized by the Paraguayan government, and has received national media attention and nearby community support.
As a priority site selected for the USAID-supported Parks in Peril Program, the Fundación Bertoni working with TNC has been able to begin implementing the management programme. The 1989-1990 inventory (CDC-Paraguay 1991) established the baseline information used for managing the reserve. Land easement or the full purchase of intact forested areas as buffer zones will add effectiveness to the system of protection. Detailed ecological studies in several forest remnants in the adjacent eastern Alto Paraná Department provide some insights into forest dynamics and life histories of many species in the Mbaracayú Reserve (Stutz de Ortega 1986, 1987). The reserve's future as a sanctuary in eastern Paraguay may be bright.
Map 54. Mbaracayú Reserve, Paraguay (CPD Site SA18)
CDC-Paraguay (1990). Areas prioritarias para la conservación en la Región Oriental del Paraguay. Centro de Datos para la Conservación (CDC), Asunción. 99 pp.
CDC-Paraguay (1991). Estudios biológicos en el área del Proyecto Mbaracayú, Canindeyú, República del Paraguay. CDC, Asunción. Unpublished report. 115 pp.
FMB (1989). Análisis socioeconómico y cultural de las poblaciones asentadas en el área de influencia del Proyecto Mbaracayú. Fundación Moisés Bertoni para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (FMB), Asunción. 51 + xlv pp.
FMB and TNC (1991). Mbaracayú Nature Reserve management program. A Park in Peril work plan. FMB, Asunción and The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A. Unpublished.
Homer, S. (1992). The last hunt: on the trail with Paraguay's forest people. Nature Conservancy (Nov.Dec.): 24-29.
IIED, STP and USAID; Raidán, G. (1985). Perfil ambiental del Paraguay. International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), Secretaría Técnica de Planificación (STP) and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Cromos, Asunción. 162 pp.
Keel, S., Gentry, A.H. and Spinzi, L. (1993). Using vegetation analysis to facilitate the selection of conservation sites in eastern Paraguay. Conservation Biology 7: 66-75.
López, J.A., Little Jr., E.L., Ritz, G.F., Rombold, J.S. and Hahn, W. (1987). Arboles comunes del Paraguay. Cuerpo de Paz, Washington, D.C. 425 pp.
Peace Corps Paraguay (n.d.). Forestry training manual. Paraguay.
Stutz de Ortega, L.C. (1986). Etudes floristiques de divers stades secondaires des formations forestières du Haut Parana (Paraguay oriental). Floraison, fructification et dispersion des espèces forestières. Candollea 41: 121-144.
Stutz de Ortega, L.C. (1987). Etudes floristiques de divers stades secondaires des formations forestières du Haut Parana (Paraguay oriental). Structure, composition floristique et régéneration naturelle: comparaison entre la forêt primaire et la forêt sélectivement exploitée. Candollea 42: 205-262.
Tierra, M. (1988). Planetary herbology. Lotus Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A. 485 pp.
TNC (1992). Evaluación ecológica rápida. Un manual para usuarios de América Latina y el Caribe. TNC, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A.
Tortorelli, L.A. (1966). Formaciones forestales y maderas del Paraguay. Universidad de Asunción, Facultad de Agronomía y Veterinaria, Asunción.
Zardini, E.M. (1993). Paraguay's floristic inventory. Natl. Geogr. Res. Explor. 9(1): 128-131.
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Auburn, AL - The University of Georgia volleyball team dropped a three-set, Southeastern Conference match to Auburn at the Student Activities Center on Wednesday evening.
Georgia (10-8, 2-5 SEC) held a lead in all three sets, but Auburn (14-5, 5-2 SEC) managed to erase all three Bulldog advantages to complete the sweep with set scores of 25-22, 25-20 and 25-22. It marks Auburn's first victory over UGA since 2006 as the Bulldogs had won the seven previous meetings.
In the first set, Georgia led by four at 18-14, but Auburn found momentum towards the end of the frame closing on an 11-4 run to take a 1-0 advantage in the match. The second set then played out in a similar fashion with Georgia leading midway through at 16-10, but Auburn again battled back over the second half of the frame finishing on a 15-4 run. The third set was then the closest contested of the three as neither team led by more than three points. The Bulldogs held their three-point advantage at 16-13, but the Tigers played strong at the end of the set once more winning by three at 25-22.
Auburn finished the match with 45 kills on a .306 hitting percentage while also picking up points with one ace and eight team blocks. The Tigers were led by Morgan Johns, Sarah Bullock and Liz Crouch. Johns and Bullock finished with 13 and 12 kills, respectively, while Crouch had a match best 13 digs.
Georgia posted 39 kills on a .212 mark led by senior middle hitter Valentina Gonzalez's 12 kills on a .435 clip. The Bulldogs also tallied three aces and six blocks, and the defensive effort was paced by junior libero Carla Tietz's 10 digs. Meanwhile, setter Kathleen Gates narrowly missed recording a double-double for the fifth straight match by notching 35 assists and nine digs.
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Yacht Racing Image of the Year Award goes to Kurt Arrigo
by Bernard Schopfer on 13 Dec 2012
Yacht Racing Image of the Year 2012 © Rolex/ Kurt Arrigo
The photographer Kurt Arrigo, from Malta has been awarded for his photography taken during the Volcano Race, featuring the yacht Nilaya and the reflection of the island of Capri on her hull. Some 46 photographers from all over the world participated in the contest.
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Forty-six yacht racing photographers from all over the world submitted the photograph of their choice for the Yacht Racing Image of the Year, presented by Mirabaud & Cie, Private Bankers.
The dedicated website has been visited by 90,342 individual visitors, and there have been 1 mio 573,967 page views in just one month.
'This picture has been taken during the Volcano Race 2012', said photographer Kurt Arrigo soon after being awarded. 'The weather had been bad all day, but the sun suddenly came out for a short while. We were leaving the area but I asked the pilot of the helicopter to fly back briefly over the leading boat; that's when I took this photograph. I am absolutely thrilled to receive such a prestigious award. It is a great honour for me.'
The final choice was made by five members of the Jury. Shirley Robertson, double Olympic Gold medallist, said that 'the quality of this years' finalists really is extraordinarily high; each photograph tells a story of an exceptional year in our sport. I loved them all'.
According to Christian Février, a legend of yacht racing photography, 'the reflection at twilights in the hull was interesting. But the importance of the crew creates a second point of interest. It's a great shot, that would have been impossible to do twenty years ago with the films of very low speed we used then.'
Will Morris, CEO, Informa, said that 'the competition was inspiring; as much to the readers as hopefully to all of the professional and amateur yacht racing photographers seeking out that unique, one of a kind shot. The quality of the photographs selected was quite amazing, and each photograph suggests the story of struggle and competition, and also gives the reader a thought provoking image of what it must have taken for the photographer to position himself to get that shot.'
Antonio Palma, CEO, Mirabaud, chose to vote for Kurt Arrigo's photo because 'the colours are absolutely superb and it shows the sort of magical moments any sailor can experience on board a sailing boat, either as sailor or guest. The beauty of the sunset is suggested; it must have been wonderful.'
Finally, Ben Ainslie, quadruple Olympic Gold medallist, said that 'the five photographs shortlisted are exceptional. They pay a great tribute to the variety and richness of the sport of sailing.'
Yacht Racing Image of the Year 2012 – the five finalists:
1) Kurt Arrigo, winner of the Yacht Racing Image of the Year 2012
2) Ian Roman
3) Thierry Martinez
4) Tom Gruitt
5) Matias Capizzano
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Issue No.06 - November-December (1998 vol.18)
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We are investigating methods to accelerate rendering of architectural walkthroughs. In this article, we improve upon a cells and portals framework by using images to replace geometry visible through portals (doors and windows) in a three-dimensional model. We present several solutions: images texture-mapped onto the portal, 3D warping of single reference images, and 3D warping of layered depth images. We have achieved significant speedups and present the results of applying the techniques to large architectural models.
interactive geometry, images, cells, portals, image-based rendering, 3D image warping, layered depth images.
Matthew M. Rafferty, Daniel G. Aliaga, Voicu Popescu, Anselmo A. Lastra, "Images for Accelerating Architectural Walkthroughs", IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol.18, no. 6, pp. 38-45, November-December 1998, doi:10.1109/38.734978


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Sergei Bobrovsky had his share of doubters upon being traded from Philadelphia to Columbus at last year's NHL Draft. All he did was respond by being the top goaltender in the NHL the following season.
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Bobrovsky went 21-11-6 for the Blue Jackets with four shutouts and impressive goaltending statistics: a 2.00 goals-against average (tied for fifth best in the NHL with Rask during the regular season) and a remarkable .932 save percentage, second only to Ottawa's Craig Anderson, who played 14 fewer games due to injury.
His first shutout came on Mar. 9 against the Detroit Red Wings at Nationwide Arena, a 3-0 victory in the midst of the Blue Jackets' 12-game points streak which pulled them back into the postseason hunt. The 29-save shutout was not only the first of his NHL career (in his 99th start), but it helped secure the franchise's first-ever season series win against the Red Wings with one meeting remaining.
Also among Bobrovsky's best performances of the season: a 1-0 shootout/shutout win over the Phoenix Coyotes on Mar. 16, a 34-save effort at Rogers Arena (albeit in defeat) to the Vancouver Canucks on Mar. 26 that resulted in his third shutout in nine games, and perhaps his best: a 3-2 shootout victory in Minnesota on Apr. 13 in which he absolutely befuddled the Wild.
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Penguins Report: Practice 5/3/10
Monday, 05.3.2010 / 11:41 AM ET / Penguins Report
By Caitlin Kasunich
Head coach Dan Bylsma, Brooks Orpik and Pascal Dupuis spoke with the Montreal media at the team hotel shortly after arriving.
Brooks Orpik
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On playing Montreal's style:
A lot of what we talked about today was that they suck you in to play the way they want you to play. We can't let them dictate that. We have to play the same way that we played against Ottawa and other teams.
On playing on the road:
We've been good so far. It Ottawa we were really good. Hopefully that continues (in Montreal). We would have liked to win both at home but we didn't. You have to come up here and play as well as you can. Yesterday is in the past. Everyone is pretty anxious to play tomorrow.
On the Bell Centre atmosphere:
It will be loud. We talked about that today. The rink is the same size, it's the same game. The noise that can be a disadvantage for you can be a disadvantage for them. If we have a good start and they aren't playing as well as they can, it could get quiet or fans could get on their guys.
On knowing how to win on the road:
It's a different crowd, different atmosphere. At the end of the day it's the same game. Guys use that to our advantage.
Pascal Dupuis
On playing in Montreal:
They will be that much more amped up. We just played Ottawa, another Canadien team that was loud. They love their team. It's different here. This is where I'm from. Things will be special for me. It will be a really loud building. People on the street, all they talk about is the hockey game right now.
On team's road success:
We don't change our style of play. It's one of those things where we feel comfortable on the road. Last year in the playoffs we finished every single series on the road, in the opponent's building and this year we haven't lost on the road. It's one of those things where we do feel comfortable that we can still win on the road.
On playing without Staal:
I think Max (Talbot) played really well, really hard, skated well. We all know Max steps up his game in the playoffs and he did it again last night.
Head Coach Dan Bylsma addressed reporters at Mellon Arena on Monday. Below is the transcript from Bylsma's media conference:
On the method to the Canadiens' madness defensively:
I think a couple aspects of (Sunday's) game after watching the tape – we did not continue to put the same shots on net that we had in Game 1. We didn't do as well from a power play standpoint. We didn't enter the puck into their zone and have zone time as well as we did in Game 1. Five-on-five we had quite a bit of zone time, but at times we were pushed to the outside and behind the goal line. When pucks were getting back to the point we didn't get in the area in front of the goaltender. That's something we have to do a better job of. We had some shots from the slot but the other guys were in the corner or on the outside. We have to do a better job of getting to the net-front area. That is a proposition against their defensemen. We have to do a better job.
On the second and third lines' performance:
I thought Tyler (Kennedy) played really well. He moved his feet and attacked. He won a lot of puck battles. The line with (Maxime) Talbot, (Matt) Cooke and (Pascal) Dupuis I thought five-on-five was our best line in addition to the goal they got. They were in the offensive zone a lot, they were good on the forecheck and they pursued a lot of pucks and kept them alive in the offensive zone. I liked what that line did in particular. A couple of those guys worked really hard together. Again, even when we did well, we have to do a better job of getting guys to the front of the net. We have to get more opportunities in and around them. They have to go upstairs against this goalie. He is great down low.
On the Malkin line needing to step up:
Our whole group, not just them. We need to make a conscious effort to get into that net-front area and have a presence there. That was a factor in the goals that were scored in Game 1. That has to be if we are going to be successful against this goaltender.
On the contrasting styles of the teams:
I think we have to be careful about how we approach them. They have some dangerous skilled players who have been factors in each of the games to this point. We have to continue to be ready to play our game so that we can force offensive zone time. We have to continue to be better getting to our game. As the game went on I thought we got less physical on their defense. Again, maybe we got more to the outside. I don't think we can say this is how Montreal is doing to play the whole series long. We do have get to our game better and play in the offensive zone more.
On the power play:
I think you have to be conscious of how the game is played out and not get frustrated with not getting goals or scoring on the power play when it is a tight game like that. We have to stay on our game and not get pushed to the outside. We know we can be better in certain areas. We have to be focused on doing that and not be deterred.
On the process that goes into making line changes:
There are certain matchups each team is probably looking for. If you watch a D-pair go out on the ice for a minute, that could be a time where I am looking to change – after icings and timeouts dictate that as well. Sometimes you have a (TV) timeout where you don't get a whistle so that changes the lines you put out on the ice. In overtime you don't really gets timeouts so you have to stay with your lines a little more tightly because you don't get as much rest. Sometimes the score and how players are playing goes into it.
Those are some of the things without going into specifics.
On Mike Cammalleri:
I would label him as very dangerous the way he has played in the playoffs and (Sunday) night in particular. Not to put a number on it, but he didn't get 10 scoring chances. He got a couple. The one where he got it off his skate or shin pad and then knocked it in was just a unique and special play by a gifted goal scorer going to the net. Even the shot he made there for the third goal was a shooter's goal. He let it rip and it was a great goal. We know his number and we know what he has done for his team thus far in the playoffs. He is getting opportunities and is being dangerous with those opportunities. We have to be extremely cautious when he is on the ice. We have to know what areas he likes to get into to get his shot off.
On PK Subban:
Going into this series prior to Game 1 and losing (Andrei) Markov for Game 2, that was the one thing he was going to do – show poise. That was what our pro scouts said about him after scouting him. He has been all of that. He has been confident making plays. He has faked shots and looked off, he has pulled spin moves and done a great job back there. I thought he was good on the defensive side of the puck. It was a strong game for him. He has that confidence and poise and it is showing.
On why it is tough for guys to get to the slot:
A little bit of it is mindset. If you know you have to go through a defenseman to get there it makes it a lot tougher to get there on time. Sometimes that pushes you farther away. As the game goes on, or if you are playing a group that is making it tough to get there, some of it is a little bit of a mindset. I think we are playing a different type of defense from last series. When the defensemen shot from the point there might have been four or five men in the lanes and now we are finding a different situation where after you make a play from the corner you have to fight to get to the front of the net. It's not so much that there are eight guys in the shooting lanes. Now I think we have shooting lanes. We have to change and adjust based on the Canadiens.
On Malkin:
I think it is just an indication five-on-five of where we have been at in this series. That's not just Evgeni Malkin but we have to do a better job of getting inside and in certain areas of the offensive zone. The great thing about the playoffs is that it is always about your next game. As a team we know that we did things where we can get better and do a better job. If we do that our team will be in a better position to convert on those offensive situations.
The Penguins made three players - Marc-Andre Fleury, Bill Guerin and Maxime Talbot - available at the podium today before embarking to Montreal. Here are the highlights from what each had to say:
Marc-Andre Fleury
On playing in the Bell Centre:
I hope that my family and friends will still cheer for my team. Everybody is such a big fan of the Canadiens, but everybody has been nice to me so far. It should be interesting and fun to play there.
On his favorite moment at the Bell Centre growing up:
I think that my favorite memory is when we won the Cup in '93. I think that I was old enough to understand it since I watched hockey a lot. It was very special to see them win the Cup that year, so I think that it will be fun to be there and play a game there, and it will be exciting.
On stopping Michael Cammalleri in future games this series:
I think that he has shown over his career what type of player he is with how dangerous he is around the net. I just have to keep an eye on him and see where he's at and make sure that he doesn't score tomorrow.
Bill Guerin
On playing against PK Subban:
He has played with a lot of poise. He looks like he has a lot of confidence. He has played really well. For a young kid like that to jump right in and not just play in the playoffs, but to play in the playoffs in Montreal for the Canadiens is a lot of pressure. He seems to have handled it very well. It is good drafting I guess, but he has done a really nice job for them.
On the frustration that Sidney Crosby showed on the ice during Game 2:
I think that a lot of what happens with Sid is that he is so emotional, and he invests so much of himself into the game that sometimes he lets it show. I don't see a problem in that. I think a lot of times people take it the wrong way, but inside our dressing room, we don't. We know what it's all about. We know why he's doing that. It's only for good reasons. We all handle things differently, too. Yesterday he was letting his emotions show. Personally, I don't have a problem with that.
On allowing a little more than three goals per game throughout this year's eight postseason games:
I think that we definitely have to cut down a little bit. We definitely have the capabilities of scoring more than three goals a game, but you can't plan on that. You have to plan on 1-0 games. You have to plan on 2-1 games in the playoffs. I think that as we move along, we have gotten better. As we move along, we will get better. The defensive end is part of it.
On maintaining an even keel throughout the playoff run:
Remaining even keel is not an easy thing to do all the time. You constantly have to keep yourself in check and remind yourself that if you have one, two or three wins, you still haven't won a series yet. You just have to constantly remind yourself of that, but you do understand that the fans are passionate. They love their teams, and they're on an emotional rollercoaster just as much as we are. They're following, and they're putting everything that they have into it. They're going crazy. It's great.
On facing the Canadiens throughout the remainder of the series:
(Montreal) does an excellent job in front of the net. I think that, collectively, what Montreal does is that they come back, and they play great as a unit in their end. They all have good sticks. You watch the videos or you see a replay of the game, and their sticks are constantly on the ice in passing lanes and in shooting lanes. They do a really good job of that. We're just going to have to make more of a conscious effort to shoot more pucks and create more traffic.
Maxime Talbot
On allowing a little more than three goals per game throughout this year's eight postseason games:
We want to put all of the chances on our side obviously. Allowing three goals – we obviously need to reduce that number. We're going to have to maybe put it in our heads that it's alright to win a game 2-1 or 3-2. We don't need to score four or five to win the game. Maybe if we pay a little bit more attention to details defensively and try to play our game, we'll get better.
On what it will be like to play in the Bell Centre this week:
It's going to be special. That's for sure. For us, we grew up watching the Canadiens. Even during seasons, you kind of watch them, because you're used to it. When you go back to Montreal in the summer, you watch the talk shows about what signings they are going to do. You obviously know the team. For us, during the season, we played four games against them, which were always pretty special – two in Montreal. Having a chance to play there during a playoff round is going to be crazy, fun and exciting. In the meantime, it's going to be just another hockey game, so we're going to have to control our emotions. It's going to be special for families, too. My mom works in a high school, and she has bets with all of the students that the Habs are going to win. It is fun for us and for our families.
On guaranteeing his mother's losses in case the Penguins lose the series:
She's cool with it. She can take the heat. She likes to do it. What is fun about Montreal is that you look at last year when we felt like the entire city of Quebec was behind the Penguins. Now you have the Penguins against the Habs, so it's special for parents to get back to that I think.
On the Penguins' ability to play seven games like Game 2 against Montreal in this series:
That's the objective. We take pride in working in the offensive zone and taking some shots on net. We know that we have a couple of things that we want to adjust in games – little details here and there. Obviously there is no secret to a game. We're going to have to put more traffic in front of the net, and everybody saw that. It's nice to take shots from the exterior, but we need to go into dirty areas and try to create a little more.
On wearing extra protection after Jordan Staal and Matt Cooke got injured:
Usually what you wear over your boot is more for a shot protector kind of thing. I think that these two incidents don't happen in every game. Sometimes it's just bad luck. It's going to happen. In the game of hockey, there are sticks flying. There are plays. There are steals. It's always a little bit dangerous, but I don't think that I will use extra protection for cutting laces. I think that these were two bad luck situations, but you have to be careful obviously.
On the need for the team to wake up after losing a game at the beginning of the series and his ability to keep the team focused on that aspect of the playoffs when he plays on the second and third line:
There are different types of positions. When I play as a second line winger with Geno (Evgeni Malkin), and when I play as the third line center with Cookie (Matt Cooke) and Duper (Pascal Dupuis), those are two different ways that I need to play. Obviously I still need to be myself and do my own thing. I think that when I play with Geno, I especially need to focus on finishing my hits and driving to the net and trying to create space for Geno. That's how I need to play. When I play with Duper and Cookie, that's a little bit easier, because the three of us play the same way. We just try to finish our checks, and I feel like we support each other really well. When we got the lead 1-0 last night and when we watched the tapes this morning, we let them off the hook a couple of times. We had chances to finish body checks, and we didn't. We tried to anticipate and cut plays instead, but we know that it can be a long series. We're going to have to invest and be a little bit more physical maybe.
Here are some pictures from the Penguins' practice today:
Brooks Orpik snaps around a few pucks before practice (left), Jordan Leopold (right)
The Penguins held an optional practice this morning at 11:30 a.m. at Mellon Arena. Ten players participated: Jay McKee, Jordan Leopold, Ruslan Fedotenko, Eric Godard, Alexei Ponikarovsky, Brent Johnson, Tyler Kennedy, Mike Rupp, Matt Cooke and Brad Thiessen.
Pittsburgh will play Game 3 against the Montreal Canadiens tomorrow night at 7 p.m. at the Bell Centre.


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by Rudolfo Anaya
Bless Me, Ultima Chapter 4 Summary
- Ultima takes Antonio out to start picking herbs and plants with her, and he starts to learn more about her practices.
- From Ultima, Antonio learns that there is a proper way to communicate with living things. Before he picks a plant that Ultima will use as medicine, he has to tell the plant why they are pulling it from the earth.
- Through stories that Ultima tells (or starts to tell), Antonio starts to imagine what the past on the llano must have been like.
- Ultima discusses the "presence of the river" with Antonio. Antonio has always been afraid of this presence, but Ultima tells him if he listens, he can understand and speak to the presence. So we can check plant whispering and river whispering off our list of skills.
- At night, Antonio and the family pray the rosary before his mother's altar of the Virgin de Guadalupe. We're betting he's suffering from a bit of spiritual whiplash here.
- That night, Antonio dreams his brothers will return home from the War, his mother will ask the Virgin to make him a priest, and that his mother will end up mourning him.


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Wow, Emma! What a view, what a place, what a photograph! Very well done...and I'm with Rob in asking whether you were airborne or just really high up when shooting???
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June 01, 2011
DOE Partners in New Education Initiative to Promote Energy Efficiency
Students like these who are researching energy in Washington, D.C. will take part in a new national energy efficiency learning challenge this fall.
DOE and the U.S. Department of Education joined with the National Science Teachers Association on May 24 to launch America's Home Energy Education Challenge, a new energy education initiative. The goal is to motivate students across the country to learn about energy efficiency and to help their families save money.
Part of the overall challenge will be the Home Energy Challenge, a competition this fall allowing school teams to use energy efficiency activities that reduce energy use in their homes. Teams will be asked to measure their energy consumption during a three-month period and compare it to data from the same period the year before. The exercise will allow students to track whether they reduced their energy use. Participating schools can compete for more than $200,000 in prizes.
The second part of the overall challenge will be the Energy Fitness Award. Modeled after the President's Physical Fitness award, the fitness award will encourage students to better understand basic energy issues, including the connection between energy use and energy bills. Winners will be named on a school-by-school basis, with a math or science teacher directing each contest. See the DOE press release and the America's Home Energy Education Challenge.


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Ajax have offered defender Toby Alderweireld a new contract in a bid to fend off interest from Arsenal & Tottenham Hotspur.
The 23-year-old defender has played an integral role in Ajax's back-to-back Eredivisie successes over the past two years, and has helped fill the void left by Jan Vertonghen, who departed for Tottenham Hotspur last summer.
The defender has since spoken of the possibility of following his compatriot to the Premier League, recently identifying Arsenal and Tottenham as clubs that would appeal to him.
Ajax coach Frank de Boer recently conceded that this summer could be when the Belgian finally decides to move on from the Amsterdam ArenA, but has revealed that Alderweireld and Manchester United target Christian Eriksen will be offered new deals in efforts to keep them at the club.
"Alderweireld and Eriksen have received an offer from Ajax," de Boer said from club conference, Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet report. "I hope they will stay longer in Ajax."
De Boer's comments come just days after he admitted that Alderweireld, Eriksen and Newcastle United target Siem De Jong were likely to leave in the summer transfer window.
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James Tyrone, Jr. (Jamie) Timeline and Summary
- (Since so little actually happens in this play, here's the very short list of things Jamie actually does. If you want a timeline of how his character develops through conversation, which is more important to a play like this, head to the "Detailed Summary.")
- Jamie laughs with Edmund in the dining room before finally entering the living room and talking with the family.
- He goes out to do yard-work with James.
- He re-enters the living room a bit before James, and nabs a glass of whiskey with Edmund.
- They both speak with Mary until James returns for lunch.
- Jamie stays in the living room talking until it's time to change for lunch, after which he goes into town with Edmund and their father.
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I'm taking Tamoxifen. Are there any supplements (herbal or other) that I should avoid while taking Tamoxifen? thank you.READ MORE
As PJ says, it is important to check with your doctor about any supplements. S/he will probably want you to avoid any herbs or supplements that have estrogen in them. There are a surprisingly large number that have estrogen, so research carefully. A good tip off that a plant might have estrogen is that it is recommended for hormonal problems, premenstrual syndrome, and menopause. In general, any supplement that is strong enough to help you can also be strong enough to harm you depending on your health history, so do check with the doctor.
Hi - We're not doctors here, just breast cancer survivors. You should definitely ask your oncologist this question; there may be some OTC supplements (for instance, soy extracts) that shouldn't be taken as they may either interact with the tamoxifen, or raise your risk of recurrence. So speak with your doctor before taking anything beyond what's been prescribed, OK? Good luck - PJH