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You may think it's only for kids, but it's for adults too. Immunizations
are necessary for young and old. Whether you are traveling abroad this summer, or getting your school-age child or college-age child ready for school, it's important to keep track of which immu- nizations you and your loved ones need. Getting vaccines on time helps prevent illness before you're exposed.
Making sure that children of all ages receive their vaccinations on time is one of the most important things parents can do to ensure their children's long-term health–as well
as the health of friends, classmates, and others in the community, says David V. Alcid, chief of Infectious Diseases and director of Travel Medicine at Saint Peter's University Hospital.
Administering vaccines has eliminated many highly contagious diseases, but when they do strike, vaccines are a patient's greatest defense. In recent years, cases of whooping cough, also called pertussis, have been on the rise. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported more than 20,000 cases of the once dormant and sometimes fatal disease through 2012 when statistics were last compiled.
During the first several years of life, prior to beginning school, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children be immunized against 14 diseases that can be serious and life threatening, such as whooping cough.
Although not required for school attendance, the HPV vaccine, which helps protect against the risk of certain can- cers, is recommended during the preteen years. This vaccine protects against the human papilloma- virus (HPV), which causes most cases of cervical and anal cancers, as well as genital warts. When your child is a little older and ready for college, vaccines are often recommended. The meningococcal conjugate vaccine protects against bacterial meningitis and is required by many colleges and universities.
The flu vaccine is recommended for all children six months and older. This vaccine, created every year from the strain predicted to be the most common during flu season, is an example of an immunization recommended throughout a patient's life. Older children and adults, particularly those who are vulnerable due to a chronic illness or a compromised immune system, should get the flu vaccine annually.
Other vaccines lose their effectiveness over time. The whooping cough vaccine is one of them. Doctors recom- mend that teens and adults receive a booster shot that is called Tdap, which is a follow- up to the DTaP vaccination given to children younger than the age of seven.
"When it comes to vaccinations, you have to think like Benjamin Franklin who said, 'An ounce of prevention equals a pound of cure,'" explains Dr. Alcid.
Just like your passport, some vaccines are required for travel outside of the United States. Some countries, for example, require that you be protected against malaria, yellow fever, and Japanese encephalitis. Healthcare providers in a travel medicine program, such as the one at Saint Peter's, as well as infectious diseases special- ists, can help you to sort out which vaccines are needed, as well as provide consul- tations and treatment of travel-related infections. You can input your destination site on the travel section of the website for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and receive information about vaccines to discuss with your doctor.
"Protecting yourself against disease is a lifelong commitment," explains Dr. Alcid. "Make sure you have all the vaccinations you need."
Immunizations such as Tdap are available at The Saint Peter's Urgent Care Center in Skillman, 609-497-4597. Please call 732-745-8600, x6008, or visit our Infectious Diseases page for more information.
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Investment banks hit by the China syndrome
Looking down on Shanghai from the bar on the 91st floor of the Shanghai World Financial Centre, it would be easy for an investment banker to be seduced by China. When the tower was completed in 2007, it was the second tallest building in the world, and it dominates the skyline of a China's economic powerhouse, a city of 23 million people with more skyscrapers than New York.
The tower – which will soon be overtaken by an even taller neighbour – sits in Pudong, the Shanghai financial district that encapsulates the Chinese miracle of double-digit economic growth over the past decade, and which was built from nothing in the past 20 years into something like Singapore on steroids. It makes Canary Wharf in London look distinctly parochial.
So it is perhaps surprising that, far from feeling immune to the financial crisis and watching the US and European capital markets rapidly disappear in their rear-view mirror, investment bankers in China are so downbeat.
The head of one foreign-owned investment bank in China said: "There is a lot of pessimism in China right now. The Chinese economy faces significant challenges, the mood has changed distinctly from the optimism at the beginning of this year, and capital markets activity has slowed down very meaningfully."
A bout of indigestion
The big problem for China is, according to the head of markets at one investment bank, a severe bout of indigestion. While he believes that the authorities in Beijing are aware of the problem, he is not convinced that they have the will or the ability to push through the structural changes the Chinese economy needs to move beyond central planning to the next phase of sustainable growth.
This indigestion comes from the Chinese government's reaction to the financial crisis in 2008. Although the Chinese economy went into the crisis relatively unscathed, a $600bn government stimulus poured liquidity into an already overheating system.
This added fuel to the property boom, pushed inflation to more than 6% and drove up local government debt to nearly 11 trillion renminbi ($1.7 trillion). The Chinese government last month declared officially that there was no risk of default on this debt, but not everyone is convinced.
Nine increases to the reserve requirements of Chinese banks in the past year, along with five hikes in interest rates, have yet to convince the market that China can find a sustainable path out of its problems. With manufacturing slowing down, the government has admitted that GDP growth will most likely fall below 9% next year for the first time since 2001 (from 10.3% in 2010). With exports stuttering in line with the world economy, and domestic consumption not yet ready to take up the slack, it is hard to see what will drive the next wave of growth.
One equity strategist in Shanghai thinks growth could fall to as low as 6% or 7% in the next few years – a high-quality problem to have from the perspective of Washington or Frankfurt, but potentially catastrophic for China.
These concerns are reflected in the Chinese markets. M&A activity is flatlining, with $166bn in deals announced so far this year, according to Dealogic, suggesting the market is set for growth of just 4% in 2011, compared with double-digit growth in global M&A.
The Chinese initial public offering market has slowed sharply: the $41bn of deals this year imply that the market could be down as much as 40% on last year's record $71bn of IPOs. While the number of domestic A-share flotations is holding up well, their average size has shrunk and Chinese investors are waking up to the relatively novel experience of IPOs being pulled or falling below their issue price. Far from decoupling from western markets, the Shanghai Composite index has fallen by 9% this year, worse than the 6% decline in the S&P 500, to levels last seen in 2006.
Heaven on Earth?
To make matters worse, international banks are essentially locked out of whatever opportunity China has to offer. Amid strict government-controlled access, international banks have a combined share of only 1.7% of the Chinese financial services market. They can scarcely touch the RNB 3 trillion domestic bond market and, even those with full securities licences, are heavily restricted in the domestic equities market. For example, they are not allowed to deal with insurance companies, and the top ranked foreign-owned brokerage firms – Goldman Sachs and UBS – scarcely graze the top 20 brokers by market share. Goldman Sachs may be top of the M&A advisory rankings but UBS is the only foreign bank in the top 10 for local equity underwriting.
Of course, this pessimism is a short-term problem. It is impossible not to be excited by the long-term potential of the Chinese market – the opening up and commercialising of the onshore bond, currency and derivatives markets; the depoliticisation of Chinese industry; the deregulation of the securities industry; and the removal of barriers to entry. One local investment banker said: "There is no Heaven on Earth, but for investment banking the long-term story is China is about as good as it gets".
This explains why this year alone Citigroup, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley have joined the likes of Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and UBS in gaining a foothold in the domestic market through local joint ventures.
But for an industry often accused of short-termism, China will prove a long march for international investment banks. Domestic securities firms such as Citic, Ping An and Guosen – which between them have a grip on 30% of the local IPO market, for example – have a huge headstart. State-controlled lenders dominate the banking industry.
Up in Beijing at one of the temples, there is a sign warning tourists: "Look out! The slope is steep and the road is slippery". The view from the top of the Forbidden City makes the climb worthwhile. For all its short-term problems, the same is true for of the prospects for the investment banking business in China.


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'I'VE done two interviews already today, and both times they've asked, 'What regrets do you have?'," Dara O'Briain sighs.
Out of context, it may seem like a slightly random question to put to the 34-year-old Irish funnyman. But, take into account he is hosting a brand new show Turn Back Time, in which he invites famous faces to talk about the moments in their life they would change, and suddenly things fall into place.
In fact, it is a poser I'd been intending to put to him too.
"Of course you were," he laughs. "That's the sensible question. I'd ask it, for God's sake. But I can't come up with anything.
"There's no one thing where I go: 'You know what, I would change that'," he continues. "I'm not hugely into regret."
And that really does seem to be the case. Always affable and laid-back, O'Briain seems to take life at his own pace.
"If something goes wrong, at the time I just tend to go: 'God, that was a stupid decision, but what's happening now?' And I do something else instead. I'm fairly stoic about things not working out, because in my career I'm constantly in the situation of, 'Got that job, couldn't get that job,' and it's a fairly dynamic kind of thing."
As such it seems that if there was one thing he could change about his life right now, it would be to come up with a better answer to this 'regret' question.
"I said I wished I'd danced more to the person who was interviewing me this morning," he chuckles, "and they jumped on it. 'Oh God, really?'. Er, I didn't mean that seriously.
"Basically, this show is a comedy and we've got people on like Phill Jupitus, Vic Reeves and Johnny Vegas, where they throw an idea, I knock it back, then they knock it back and so on. It is biographical but it can also be nonsense.
"With Barry Humphries it actually became more like a living obituary. We were jumping continents as he talked about himself.
{How it was growing up in Australia and how he reacted against that. Things in London with the Establishment Club and Peter Cook. And on to finding success in America with Dame Edna. So sometimes it becomes This Is Your Life, but with bullets in the gun." For O'Briain, it gives him the rare chance to play the role of interviewer.
"I admit, in the first couple of shows I was finding my feet," he says, "and it was kind of, 'How does this work?' "
Nonetheless, he has been able to bring his experience of appearing as a guest on panel and chat shows to bear.
"I know from being the interviewee, nothing drives you more insane than a host who doesn't listen. You're talking and the other person waits for you to finish so he can read out the next question on his piece of paper.
"It doesn't happen that often, but it used to really drive me mad. I know a couple of TV hosts who are famous and still hanging around who, while you're talking, are looking down to see what the next question is.
"I know they're not even listening to a word I'm saying. If I suddenly introduce an elephant into my answer for no reason, they won't even respond! 'Oh, right, yeah, so anyway, how did you first get into comedy?' they'll say. What, are you not even going to ask about the elephant? So I'm listening to every word my guests say, looking for anything I can make a joke from."
When he's not on television, O'Briain is out on the road, playing to bigger and bigger audiences as a stand-up comic. He is famous for picking on people in the crowd for comedic potential, but concedes some find this practice a bit uncomfortable.
HE admits: "It's awkward, yeah, and I do a lot of it. But it offers something you know will not occur at any other gig. It means the audience are getting a show that no other night on the tour will get, because it includes references to people who came along on the evening.
"Plus, they also get the chance of seeing me doing what is in some ways a party trick, but which a lot of people still appreciate - working off the cuff.
"But some folk do think it's victimising people in the audience. The thing is to do it in as warm a way as possible so you don't alienate anyone. However, there are times when you see someone in the front row going: 'Oh my God, I'm going to be next'.
"I should probably put people on notice generally that in my shows it is an enormous part of what I do."
And regrets? I give him one last chance at mustering up something half-decent to tick the box.
"I've been learning to drive," he muses, "and I suppose I regret not doing my driving test earlier. That, and learning to cook.
"These are all the things I should have done before now. Can't cook, couldn't drive, what a mummy's boy I was." Then he suddenly explodes in mock outrage.
"Ah, this whole show is a crock," he rails. "Why did I do it? It's just an excuse to get into the studio and tell a lot of jokes. It's not the psychologist's chair."
Wednesday's opening show in a series of six, features former Python Terry Jones, who reveals his allergy to kissing men with moustaches and explains why he regrets the Spam sketch.
• Turn Back Time, BBC Two from Wednesday, 10pm
The life of o'briain
Real name: Dara O'Briain
Birthdate: February 4, 1972
Significant other: "I never talk about that for a number of reasons"
Career high: Hosting Have I Got News For You to huge critical acclaim Career low: The first run of Mock the Week was not judged an unqualified success Famous for: His warmth, and sharp wit Words of wisdom: On Hosting Turn Back Time: "It is a difficult thing. There's no autocue and you can't hide behind a couple of panellists and let them take the strain."


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Sonya McLean's Christian heritage began with her grandfather's conversion to Christianity. He was a respected train engineer living in a small town in Missouri when he heard the name of Jesus for the first time at age thirty-two. Unable to shake the testimony a stranger shared with him, he stopped his train to kneel by the firebox and committed his life to Christ.
Sonya's Grandfather began attending a protestant church but had a sense something was missing. His wife accepted an invitation to attend an Assembly of God church and God filled her with the Holy Spirit. She encouraged her husband to attend, but he was reluctant. In those days, Sonya told me, mainstream churches scorned Pentecostals and he worried about his reputation. Eventually, her grandfather relented and found the deeper walk with God he longed for in his new church.
Sonya's mother grew up in the Christian home her parents provided and married a man she thought shared her faith. When he proved unfaithful to his marriage vows and to God, Sonya's grandparents filled the spiritual leadership lacking in their daughter and granddaughters life.
At a young age, Sonya was sitting in a church service when she heard a gentle voice say, "Follow me." She turned around to see who spoke. No one was behind her. Sonya knew she wanted to follow Christ, so she shook her head yes.
When Sonya turned twelve year's of age God filled her with the Spirit. A few months later her father began making sexual advances toward her. She turned to her mother for help. Sonya's mother did not like confrontation and her efforts to protect Sonya failed. Sonya looked to God for help and the next four years taught her how to depend on God in difficult circumstances. "I know the protection of the Spirit," Sonya said. She resisted her father's advances and he always stopped. "He would have had to kill me to rape me," said Sonya. The harassment stopped when Sonya turned sixteen and her parents divorced. She never saw her father again.
When Sonya went to college friends told her about a Christian young man who attended the same college. When she heard George McLean's name announced at a school basketball rally, Sonya turned to a friend and said, "That's the name of the guy my friends told me I should meet."
That afternoon, Sonya was on her way to class when she saw George coming down the hall. Sonya said to him, "You're the guy I've been looking for." Sonya smiled and said to me, "George likes to tell people that I said, 'You're the guy I've been looking for all of my life.'"
After Sonya and George married and became pastors, Sonya always provided women's ministry for the churches they served. When they moved to New Orleans, George worked as an evangelist and constant travel prevented Sonya from being involved in women's ministry. Then her mother's illness prevented involvement when her husband started a church.
After her mother's death in 2001, Sonya began attending Women's Unlimited (WU) events sponsored by the Louisiana District of the Assemblies of God and became the Westbank Representative. When the assistant to Sister Berthalot, the State Director of WU's, moved out of state, someone recommended Sonya as a replacement. Sister Berthalot offered Sonya the position and she accepted. Two years later, Sister Berthalot, who had been the State Director of WU's for twelve years, decided to retire.
During the next state business meeting, the district board presented Sonya and one other candidate for the position of State Director of Women's Unlimited. When they accepted nominations from the floor, eighteen names were added to the list of candidates. Sonya was sure she would not win the election. She was not well known and most of her work with WU's involved lay people who did not have voting rights.
After the first vote, Sonya had double the votes of the other canidates. Names were eliminated from the list and the second round of voting gave the position to Sonya. "I know it was a God
thing," said Sonya, "I didn't go looking for it and other ladies wanted it.
Women's Unlimited sponsors fund raising events to support ministries but the primary goal is to strengthen and train women to be productive in the church. "Women should not feel like all they can do is wash dishes after a church dinner," said Sonya.
As state director, Sonya oversees ministry to women of all ages. Women's events include a Fall Conference, two Prayer and Purpose Conferences, and Sonya travels the state sixteen weeks a year to Section Rallies. Three Girls Sleepovers are planned as well as a Girls Retreat in April. "We're going to do so many different things everyone will like something," said Sonya.
For more information about Women Unlimited contact Sonya McLean at
2215 Barataria Blvd.
Marrero, La. 70072
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Poison Ivy by Marc-F-HuizingaWatch
©2013-2016 Marc-F-Huizinga
Here is another coloring test I've done during the day. Trying out a lot of new stuff, new things, new ways to render, you name it. Some things worked out, some things didn't, still finding something that really says ''yep, that's me''. I really like the legs and hair tho! Find the pencils version of this piece over at Randy's page!
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Very good work
Amamzing and beautiful done
I think you did a great job with the colors...and I agree with you about the hair...For me it's the best part of this Pam's drawn!
i would have loved to have seen a few more highlights in her hair. you get some really great three dimensionality with the brighter highlights on her shoulder and knees. if there were a few more pops of bright highlight on her hair it would be that much better. this is just nitpicky stuff but i see you requested a critique so i wanted to give some constructive feedback. this is amazing!
Thank you for your comment! Trust me, the highlight thing was on my mind but it's usually not a good idea to throw them everywhere. I'll try and make them more pronounced next time!
I love this!
Glad you do!
yus ;3 im currently looking for guest artists to do special pages for my webcomic, if your interested you should check it out :3 details on my dev ^^
I couldn't find it anywhere but is this paid work or for fun stuff?
for fun, I'm broke x.x lol its a new coic and im trying to use his to build a fan base, get some artists work out, and to build relationships with artists :3 the details are on my dev, should be the very first journal entry on the page ^^
Who knows, I might join later! Not anytime soon though, I prefer bread on my plate!
You're quite an expert at coloring, if you want my opinion. I'm really impressed! The hair is definitely the highlight here
I'm very glad you think so! Weird thing is that I'm not a coloring type of guy, yeah sure maybe during the 5 to 10 year period of my life but after that definitely not! Thanks for your nice comment!


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Hundreds of people gathered together today to mourn the man killed in the terrifying tornado that struck Auckland's North Shore recently.
Benedict Dacayan, 37, died when the portable office he was working from at the old Placemakers site in Albany was picked up and thrown across a concrete carpark.
At a moving service at St Joseph's Catholic Church in Takapuna his wife Jeanette paid tribute to her "soul mate".
She said arranging his funeral reminded her of when they planned their wedding together.
"Choosing the church, choosing the flowers and the songs... But now instead of joining me, he will be joining God," she said.
His children Benedict Junior, 11, and Beatrice, four, sat with their mother as Mr Dacayan's brother spoke of their childhood together in the Philippines.
Paul Dacayan thanked the people who tried to save his brother, including student nurse Sophie Bond.
"I appreciate you for that. I thank you for that," he said.
"I can't say anything bad about my brother.... everything was perfect."
Mr Dacayan and his family moved to Auckland in 2006 and he started working for Fletcher Construction. Many of his colleagues, some who were at the site when the 200km/h tornado hit, went to the service to say their goodbyes.
His manager TC Tan said Mr Dacyan a modest and caring person who was creative and had a good sense of humour.
"He always had a solution. I'm certain his smile will be with us for a long, long time."
Mr Dacayan's family and friends released white helium balloons outside the church before he was taken away for a private burial.


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NEW YORK - Joey Crawford is through ejecting players and coaches this season.
On Tuesday, he was the one getting tossed.
The veteran NBA referee was suspended indefinitely by commissioner David Stern for his conduct toward Tim Duncan, who contends the official challenged him to a fight during a game in Dallas.
Crawford has worked more postseason games than any active ref. His suspension will last at least through the NBA Finals, and he apparently will have to meet with Stern after that to discuss reinstatement.
"Especially in light of similar prior acts by this official, a significant suspension is warranted," Stern said in a statement. "Although Joey is consistently rated as one of our top referees, he must be held accountable for his actions on the floor, and we will have further discussions with him following the season to be sure he understands his responsibilities."
Crawford ejected Duncan from San Antonio's 91-86 loss to the Mavericks on Sunday after calling a second technical foul on the Spurs star while he was laughing on the bench.
"He looked at me and said, 'Do you want to fight? Do you want to fight?' " Duncan said. "If he wants to fight, we can fight. I don't have any problem with him, but we can do it if he wants to. I have no reason why in the middle of a game he would yell at me, 'Do you want to fight?' "
Crawford was cited for "improper conduct" and "inappropriate comments made to Duncan during the game."
The NBA also fined Duncan $25,000 for verbal abuse of an official. Crawford said Duncan referred to him with an expletive.
Crawford was the first referee suspended since Rodney Mott was banned three games Jan. 12 for making an obscene gesture toward a fan and also using inappropriate language in Portland.
Crawford comes from an officiating family. His brother, Jerry, is a Major League Baseball umpire, as was his father, Shag.
Joey Crawford is in his 29th season as an NBA referee. He has officiated more than 2,000 games during the regular season and 252 in the playoffs, including 36 in the NBA Finals.
But his temper has gotten him noticed before, especially in Game 2 of the 2003 Western Conference finals, a matchup involving the same teams he officiated Sunday - Dallas and San Antonio. Crawford called four technical fouls during the first 10-plus minutes, leading to ejections of then-Mavs coach Don Nelson and assistant Del Harris.
Crawford also called a technical in a recent game against Duncan, who said Sunday that Crawford has a "personal vendetta against me."
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Heavy Rain (beaten multiple times)
Walking Dead Episode 1&2 (beaten multiple times)
Darksiders 1 (beaten)
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine (beaten)
Assassins Creed 2 (beaten)
Resistance 1,2 & 3 (ongoing)
L.A. Noire (ongoing)
Killzone 3
Sonic Generations (beaten)
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron Demo: First Impressions
Sheesh! I've been a busy gamer! I've got a lot of writing ahead of me >.<
I do reviews for my own satisfaction. If you find it useful and it influenced your decision on playing a game then great, if not, that's fine too. I'm just here to provide my take on it. That's all reviews are. Regardless I post reviews on here and my tumblr here. Stay tuned for more games to come. :D I'll try and do one or two per week! I've got notes and everything haha!


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From Modernist/Postmodernist perspective, leading critics Richard Ruland (American) and Malcolm Bradbury (British) address questions of literary and cultural nationalism. They demonstrate that since the seventeenth century, American writing has reflected the political and historical climate of its time and helped define America's cultural and social parameters. Above all, they argue that American literature has always been essentially "modern," illustrating this with a broad range of texts: from Poe and Melville to Fitzgerald and Pound, to Wallace Stevens, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Thomas Pynchon.
From Puritanism to Postmodernism pays homage to the luxuriance of American writing by tracing the creation of a national literature that retained its deep roots in European culture while striving to achieve cultural independence.


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Firms vying to erect high-rise
HONOLULU - The state has revealed names of real estate firms vying to erect Hawaii's tallest skyscraper.
The Hawaii Community Development Agency announced Tuesday that affiliates of Forest City Enterprises Inc. and Lend Lease submitted bids for the $500 million project known as 690 Pohukaina.
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported that the 650-foot tower would include 300 residential units for sale or rent at prices affordable to Honolulu's workforce earning close to the median income. It will also include 500 market-priced units.
Currently the tallest building is Honolulu's 430-foot First Hawaiian Center.


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Opera House to host events
SHEPHERDSTOWN - The Shepherdstown Opera House has announced the following lineup:
Today: Fletcher C. Johnson and The Bishops;
Aug. 2: Southern Culture on the Skids with Atomic Mosquitos;
Aug. 9: Deep Swell with The Bloody 9's and Kelly Carmichael;
Aug. 30: Big Leg Emma.
Admission ranges from $5 to $30, depending on the concert, and more information is available at www.OperaHouseLive.com.
Library to host early Christmas
MARTINSBURG - The Martinsburg Public LIbrary will celebrate "Christmas in July" from 2 to 7 p.m. today. A new craft will be introduced every hour. Participants will learn to fold books to form Christmas trees, create a five point star from twigs, wrap a Christmas ornament using ribbon and a Styrofoam ball, repurpose Christmas cars into ornaments and make a holiday pomander using oranges and cloves. Crafts are geared for adults. Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult. Event is free and open to the public.
Line dancing to be held
HAGERSTOWN, Md. - The Hagerstown Country Western Dance Association will sponsor a dance from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Saturday at Maugansville Ruritan, 18007 Maugans Ave., Maugansville, Md. Line dancing for singles and couples. Admission is $7 for non-members and $5 for members.
For more information, email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Art Works exhibit on tap
MARTINSBURG - The Berkeley Art Works, 116 N. Queen St., will present an exhibit of paintings by members of the Potomac River Artists' Guild from Saturday through Aug. 18. There will be an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday.
The members of the Potomac River Artist Group explore many avenues of artistic expression on paper, from realism to abstracts. The show is a collection of the diverse talent and the variety of expressions reflects the talent and continued growth and progression of this dedicated artist's group. The collection of works promises to have something for everyone.
For more information, visit www.berkeleyartswv.org.
Summer salon show slated
FREDERICK, Md. - The Artists' Gallery, 4 E. Church St., will hold its annual summer salon show Aug. 2-25, featuring works in all media by new, emerging and professional artists. Local and regional artists will fill the gallery walls from top to bottom during this exciting, unjuried, salon-style show. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Friday to Sunday.
For more information, visit www.the-artists-gallery.org.
Art past/present exhibit on tap
HAGERSTOWN, Md. - "Art Past / Art Present," by Robert Preszler, will be on display Friday through Sept. 3 at The Washington County Arts Council. An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Aug. 2 at 34-36 S. Potomac St.
"The work on exhibit spans some 50+ years of continuous endeavor and an apparently diverse and wide category of subject matter and style, every new work, whatever the subject or style, continues to offer the prospect of challenge and failure..which is what makes the entire process of making art intriguing," Preszler said. He enjoys experimenting with a wide variety of design, material and form.
For information, call gallery manager, Chris Brewer, at 301-791-3132 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Artists reception to be held
CHARLES TOWN - The WSAC/AHA Fire Hall Gallery, 108 N. George St., will host an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Aug. 3 featuring Joanna Athey, Jewell Hellems and Suzanne Ravgiala. The associated exhibit will run through Aug. 27 and will feature works in mixed media, watercolor, painted furniture and fabric art. Event is sponsored by the Washington Street Artists' Cooperative.
For more information, call 304-724-2090.
Insulator show and sale on tap
MARTINSBURG - Calvary United Methodist Church, 220 W. Burke St., will host the 13th annual Shenandoah Valley Insulator Show and Sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 10. Admission is $1 per person.
Tables are available. Cost is $25 for the first table, $20 for any additional tables. Dealer setup will be held from 7 to 9 a.m.
For more information, call Jeff at 304-671-5359.


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On paper, the two horror genres comprising Oxide Pang's latest opus dovetail neatly. But on screen, all emotional investment is slanted toward the heroine's descent-into-madness. Still, pic almost makes up in stylistic panache what it lacks in thoughtful through line and reps a worthy entry in the Pang Brothers canon. Solid fan base might support marginal theatrical play before healthier cable and DVD sales kick in.
On paper, the two horror genres comprising Oxide Pang's latest opus — a "Repulsion"-type psychological thriller and a sadistic slasher movie — dovetail neatly. But on screen, all emotional investment is slanted toward the heroine's descent-into-madness; the serial killer plot, introduced in the last 40 minutes, reads more as a nightmarish afterthought than as the distorted mirror-image of the heroine's obsessions. Still, pic almost makes up in stylistic panache what it lacks in thoughtful through line and reps a worthy entry in the Pang Brothers canon. Solid fan base might support marginal theatrical play before healthier cable and DVD sales kick in.
Jiney (pop star Race Wong, half of the music duo "2R"), a beautiful, rich and talented art student, feels something is missing. With best friend/lesbian lover Jas (Rosanne Wong, Race's real-life sister and the other half of "2R"), she roams the city photographing temples, trees and underpasses, seeking an aesthetic quality that eludes her.
Artistic inspiration strikes in a form that would not be out of place in Cronenberg's "Crash": Jiney passes a traffic accident and, in the thrall of some inner compulsion, photographs the body of a female pedestrian lying face-up on the road. She becomes obsessed with photographing death, capturing a suicidal woman's falling body in mid-flight.
She then pays a chicken peddler to decapitate his wares in rapid sequence so she can shoot their successive death throes from various angles. In painting class, she traces a line of blood from the nude model's head to her toes, reproducing not what she sees but what she hallucinates.
At the same time, a long-repressed childhood trauma — her sexual abuse by a trio of little boys — surfaces via sepia-tinted flashbacks. When fellow-student Anson (Anson Leung), who follows her around with a camcorder, scares her by lurking outside her opulent glass-enclosed apartment, she takes revenge by photographing him awash in red paint, wielding a knife that threatens to spill the blood that the paint is obviously symbolizing.
Jiney then comes completely unglued, helmer Pang having a field day with red darkrooms, dripping gore and snapshots of dead birds, dogs and people.
Pulled back from the edge by girlfriend Jas, Jiney no sooner exorcises her demons than a mysterious videotape labeled "Take a Look" materializes on her doorstep. The tape features a masked figure horrendously beating a young woman to death with a lead pipe while a battery of cameras and camcorders flash and whir.
The set-up is classic "two sides of the same coin"-type stuff. But even though all the proper plot machinery is in place, Pang's treatment of the masked stalker is perfunctory at best.
Compared to the heady beauty of Jiney's morbid otherworldliness, the gaze of the stalker-killer fails to come across as either creepily voyeuristic or truly threatening. Instead, as in the Pang Brothers' "The Eye," it is the heroine's dreamy subjectivity that dominates the film, the script setting up generic expectations that helmer seemingly has no particular interest in following up on.
Tech credits are ace, Pang's signature artistry with music and sound-effects very much in evidence here.


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Welcome to MAUlSARI
Maulsari invites you to a relaxed experience in a serene environment in the home of an Indian family.
Get up in the morning to songs of chirping birds. The attractively appointed rooms are airy, clean and bright equipped with airconditioning, hot and cold water, 24 hours cable TV & Internet connectivity.
Maulsari is centrally located, walking distance from Delhi Golf Club, Delhi High Court, Humayun's Tomb, Old Fort, Nizamuddin dargah, Pragati Maidan, Delhi Zoo, Crafts Museum, National Science Centre, National Gallery of Modern Art, European Union Comission, Indian Red Cross and India Gate.
Many business centres and places of tourist attraction are fairly close, some prominent ones are :Supreme Court, New Delhi Railway Station,Connaught Place,Nehru Place, Bhikaji Cama Place, World Bank Office, National Museum, Presidential Palace (Rashtrapati Bhawan), Red Fort, Jama Masjid mosque, Chandni Chowk (Old Delhi Market, spice market), Lotus Temple, , India International Centre, Lodhi Garden, Akshardham Temple, Central Cottage Industries Emporium, Khan Market and popular restaurants.
About us
142 Sunder Nagar, First Floor
New Delhi 110 003
For bookings and enquiry please contact Maulsari OR Call Rishi Jindal at +91 9810 80 82 81
Our Services
At Maulsari, each room is provided with clean and hygienic linen,fridge, filtered water, a safe for valuables, tea and coffee.
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Monuments of Delhi
Humayun Tomb
Mughal dynasty, Akbar period, 16th c.
Humayun the second in line of the Mughal emperors (after Babar) built the second city of Delhi known as Din-panah, which is largely lost now. His senior widow Hamida Banu Begam, also known as Haji Begum (after she completed Haj) is credited with the construction of his mausoleum, though probably her son Akbar must have given inputs. She choose the persian architect Mirak Mirza Ghiyas, who gave justice to being chosen by designing a tomb with several innovative features, not seen before in Indian architecture - the massive proportions and the superb blend of Persian and Indian characteristics. As Percy Brown describes: it is an "Indian interpretation of a Persian conception".
The double-storied main building made in red sandstone, is square-shaped with chamfered corners and sits on a twenty-two feet high terrace. Embellishment is provided by white marble borders and panels. Each story has three arched alcoves with the central one being the highest, with perforated screens. The central dome is surrounded by marble pillared chhatris (kiosks). An innovative feature is the placement of the main monument in the center of a char-bagh (literally four gardens), a kind of garden which is divided into four main parts by shallow water-channels and walkways. Though Sikandar Lodi's tomb was the first garden-tomb to be built in India, yet the impressiveness of Humayun's tomb is far better. Setting the vocabulary of Mughal architecture, it is thought that this tomb formed the model for the Taj Mahal, which marks the zenith for the Mughal period monuments.
Humayun's tomb is a world heritage monument.
(UNESCO's World Heritage List includes 936 properties forming part of the cultural and natural heritage which the World Heritage Committee considers as having outstanding universal value. These include 725 cultural , 183 natural and 28 mixed properties in 153 States Parties)
how to reach: Humayun's tomb is 1/2 km from Maulsari. Just walk till there.
Lodi dynasty Monuments, Lodi Garden, New Delhi
16th century
Lodi Garden in New Delhi today is what Central Park is to New Yorkers. All manner of people from dedicated walkers to people walking their dogs to politicians with their coterie of gun-wielding security are attracted to its tranquil spaces. Yoga lessons take place and weekends witness picnicking crowds thronging the gardens around the several Lodi dynasty monuments of 16th century in the complex. Quiet sentinels of the past, these monuments impart a serene beauty to the gardens. Few visitors realize the intrigues and violent power struggles that are part of their history.
The weakest and most inept dynasty in Delhi's history, the Sayyids (1414-51) were overthrown by the Afghan dynasty of the Lodis (1451-1526). The last of the Lodi rulers, Ibrahim Lodi (r. 1517-26) towards the end of his rule indulged in ill treating his own nobles and even provincial governors, incurring their resentment and impelling the governor of Lahore, Daulat Khan to invite Babar to attack Ibrahim Lodi. Thereupon took place the famous battle at Panipat in 1526, where Ibrahim Lodi was defeated and killed giving Babar control over Delhi and the large area of north India which was under the control of Lodis, which ushered in the 300 hundred years rule of the mighty Mughals.
The Sheesh Gumbad in the Lodi Gardens was decorated with glazed tiles, therefore it was given this name literally meaning 'dome of glass'. The Bara-Gumbad mosque opposite it was built during the reign of Sikander Lodi (1489-1517). Its divided into five bays and has three domes. It is profusely embellished with foliage and inscriptions in relief carving.
Lodi garden is home to a large variety of colourful birds, sign-boards give the details. Under the curving bridge is a winding stream which has several white swans living on its banks. Especially charming are the owls living in the wood-bores. Autumn has rich clusters of pink and white corezia laden trees, in January the rose-garden bursts forth with blooms, while in early spring rows of annual flowers line the walkways.
how to reach: Lodi Garden is 3 1/2 kms from Maulsari. Take a taxi or auto-rickshaw (or walk if so inclined)
Around Lodi garden: Many interesting cultural institutions are within 100 metres of Lodi garden.
India International Centre (IIC): Cultural events, lectures and art exhibitions almost everyday.
Alliance Française de Delhi: Cultural events and art exhibitions take place regularly. Has a good cafeteria, reasonably priced.
Chinmaya Centre: Regular discourses on Hindu texts like the Bhagwad Gita. Small but interesting bookshop for books on Hinduism.
World Wildlife Fund (WWF): Interesting library and shop
India Habitat Centre (IHC): (about 300 metres away) Art exhibitions everyday, Lectures and cultural events almost every evening. Eating joints - "American Diner" restaurant and "Eatopia" for fast food.
Khan Market: 1/2 km away. Delhi's most upscale shopping centre. All major brand names are here. Many restaurants and fast-food joints including MacDonalds and Subway. Checkout - "Good Earth" for tastefully designed interior goods, furniture, artifacts and apparel.
Safdarjung Tomb: 1 km. away.
Qutab Minar
The Qutub Minar was built in 1206, by Qutub ud-din Aibak (r. 1206-1210) of the Mamluk or Slave dynasty (1206-1290), as a tower of victory, 'to cast the shadow of God over the East and over the West' as an inscription on it says. Aibak had to wait several years to assume the throne of Delhi. In 1192 C.E., it was his master Muhammad Ghuri who had defeated the valiant Prithviraj Chauhan in the famous battle of Tarain. Prithviraj was the Rajput king of the city of Rai Pithora Garh, of which Lal Kot is a part. Lalkot is the first of the seven cities of Delhi, established by the Tomar Rajput ruler, Anang Pal, in 1060. Muhammad returned to Ghur leaving in charge his faithful general Aibak, a turkish slave who he had freed and given an army career. When Muhammad was murdered in 1206, Aibak declared himself sultan and established the first muslim dynasty in India. With the ready assistance of general Khalji, Aibal extended his empire to western and eastern India, among others, destroying the ancient, Buddhist monastic university of Nalanda.
The tapering 72.5 m. high minar (tower) has five storeys. Faced with red and buff sandstone, each storey is laid out on a different plan, the lowest has 24 alternate angular and circular flutings, the second has only round ones, the third only angular ones, while the fourth and fifth are cylindrical and faced with white marble. Projecting balconies dividing each level, are highly decorated with carvings. Lots of exquisitely fine carvings of naskhi (cursive arabic script) inscriptions interspersed with geometric designs and flowers and leaves motifs decorate the tower. Earlier it was good fun to climb up huffing all the way to the top of the tower from the circular staircase inside, and enjoy a panoramic view of Delhi, but now it has been closed. Qutub Minar complex was built on the site of 27 Hindu temples which were destroyed and their carved idols, stone members and pillars defaced and used for the buildings. A Ganesh idol has been reinstated and people offer obeisance today.
An iron pillar of the 4th century Gupta period, about 7 m in height, stands in the courtyard of the mosque next to the Minar, strangely at variance with the other Islamic structures. The pillar made of 98% pure iron bears Sanskrit inscriptions and is extraordinary by virtue of being almost free of rust, posing a brainteaser to metallurgists. Possible explanations are that it was made of wrought-iron pieces which are resistanct to corrosion, also the climatic conditions of Delhi and probably it must have been frequently anointed with ghee. Maybe it was surmounted with a Garuda figure, but it no longer exists. Legend said that if one wanted one's wish granted, it could be achieved by standing with your back to the pillar and joining your hands behind it. However this is not possible now as a fence has been erected around the pillar in to prevent damage.
Aibak's successor and son-in-law Iltutmish (r. 1211-36) completed the building of Qutub Minar. Iltutmish nominated his courageous daughter Razia Begum (r. 1236-1240) as his successor, the only woman Sultan to ascend the throne of Delhi, who died after only four years of rule.
Qutub Minar is a world heritage monument.
(UNESCO's World Heritage List includes 936 properties forming part of the cultural and natural heritage which the World Heritage Committee considers as having outstanding universal value. These include 725 cultural , 183 natural and 28 mixed properties in 153 States Parties)
how to reach: Qutub Minar is located in the Mehrauli area, 13 kms. from Maulsari. The yellow metro line from Jor Bagh station will take 15 minutes to reach. In the winter season, Delhi Tourism organizes cultural programmes in the gardens with the Minar as a beautiful backdrop.


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Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (16 August 1951 – 5 May 2010) was the President of Nigeria and the 13th Head of State. He served as governor of Katsina State in northern Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 28 May 2007. He was declared the winner of the controversial Nigerian presidential election held on 21 April 2007, and was sworn in on 29 May 2007. He was a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). In 2009, Yar'Adua left for Saudi Arabia to receive treatment for pericarditis. He returned to Nigeria in 2010, where he died on 5 May.
Family and early life
Yar'Adua was born into an aristocratic Fulani family in Katsina; his father, a former Minister for Lagos during the First republic, held the royal title of Mutawalli (custodian of the treasury) of the Katsina Emirate, a title which Yar'Adua inherited. He started his education at Rafukka Primary School in 1958, and moved to Dutsinma Boarding Primary School in 1962. He attended the Government College at Keffi from 1965 until 1969. In 1971 he received a Higher School Certificate from Barewa College. He attended Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria from 1972 to 1975, obtaining a B.Sc. degree in Education and Chemistry, and then returned in 1978 to achieve an M.Sc. degree in Analytical Chemistry.
Yar'Adua married Turai Umaru Yar'Adua of Katsina in 1975; they had seven children (five daughters and two sons). Their daughter Zainab is married to Kebbi State governor Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari. Their daughter Nafisat is married to Bauchi State governor Isa Yuguda. Yar'Adua was married to Hauwa Umar Radda as a second wife from 1992 to 1997. They had two children.
Professional career
Yar'Adua's first employment was at Holy Child College in Lagos (1975–1976). He later served as a lecturer at the College of Arts, Science, and Technology in Zaria, Kaduna State, between 1976 and 1979. In 1979 he began working as a lecturer at College of Art Science, remaining in this position until 1983, when he began working in the corporate sector.
He worked at Sambo Farms Ltd. in Funtua, Katsina State as its pioneer General Manager between 1983 and 1989. He served as a Board Member, Katsina State Farmers' Supply Company between 1984 and 1985, Member Governing Council of Katsina College of Arts, Science and Technology Zaria and Katsina Polytechnic between 1978 and 1983, Board Chairman of Katsina State Investment and Property Development Company (KIPDECO) between 1994 and 1996. Yar'Adua served as a director of many companies, including Habib Nigeria Bank Ltd. 1995–1999; Lodigiani Nigeria Ltd. 1987–1999, Hamada Holdings, 1983–1999; and Madara Ltd. Vom, Jos, 1987–1999. He was Chairman, Nation House Press Ltd., Kaduna, from 1995 to 1999.
Early political career
During the Second Republic (1979–1983), Yar'Adua was a member of the leftist People's Redemption Party, while his father was briefly the National Vice chairman of the National Party of Nigeria. During the Transition Programme of President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, Yar'Adua was one of the foundation members of the Peoples Front, a political association under the leadership of his elder brother, the late Major-General Shehu Musa Yar'Adua. That association later fused to form the Social Democratic Party. Yar'Adua was a member of the 1988 Constituent Assembly. He was a member of the party's National Caucus and the SDP State Secretary in Katsina and contested the 1991 Governorship election, but lost to Saidu Barda, the candidate of the National Republican Convention and an ally of Babangida. In 1999, he ran for the same position and won. He was re-elected in 2003. He was the first governor to publicly declare his assets.
In 2000, during his administration as governor, Katsina became the fifth northern Nigerian state to adopt sharia, or Islamic law. In 2002 Amina Lawal, a woman from Katsina, was sentenced to death by stoning by a sharia court in the town of Bakori for committing adultery; the story attracted international attention. Her sentence was at first upheld by a court in the town of Funtua, then overturned a year later following an appeal.
Presidential nomination
On 16–17 December 2006, Yar'Adua was chosen as the presidential candidate of the ruling PDP for the April 2007 election, receiving 3,024 votes from party delegates; his closest rival, Rochas Okorocha, received 372 votes. Yar'Adua's success in the primary was attributed to the support of incumbent President Olusegun Obasanjo; At the time of his nomination he was an obscure figure on the national stage, and has been described as a "puppet" of Obasanjo who could not have won the nomination under fair circumstances. Shortly after winning the nomination, Yar'Adua chose Goodluck Jonathan, governor of Bayelsa State, as his vice-presidential candidate.
Another view of the support he received from President Obasanjo is that he was one of few serving governors with a spotless record, devoid of any suspicions or charges of corruption. He also belonged to the People's Democratic Movement (PDM) – a powerful political block founded by his late brother, Shehu Musa Yar'Adua, who was also Obasanjo's vice president during his military rule.
In 2007 Yar'Adua, who suffered from a kidney condition, challenged his critics to a game of squash in an endeavor to end speculations about his health. On 6 March 2007 he was flown to Germany for medical reasons, further fomenting rumors about his health. His spokesperson said this was due to stress and quoted Yar'Adua as saying he was fine and would soon be back to campaigning. Another report, which was rejected by Yar'Adua's spokesperson, claims that Yar'Adua collapsed after suffering a possible heart attack.
At the 33rd G8 summit in Heiligendamm in 2007 (Yar'Adua at the very right)
Yar'Adua with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev whilst the latter was on a state visit to Nigeria in June 2009.
In the presidential election, held on 21 April 2007, Yar'Adua won with 70% of the vote (24.6 million votes) according to official results released on 23 April. The election was highly controversial. Strongly criticized by observers, as well as the two primary opposition candidates, Muhammadu Buhari of the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) and Atiku Abubakar of the Action Congress (AC), its results were largely rejected as having been rigged in Yar'Adua's favor.
After the election, Yar'Adua proposed a government of national unity. In late June 2007, two opposition parties, the ANPP and the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA), agreed to join Yar'Adua's government. On 28 June 2007, Yar'Adua publicly revealed his declaration of assets from May (becoming the first Nigerian Leader to do so), according to which he had ₦856,452,892 (US$5.8 million) in assets, ₦19 million ($0.1 million) of which belonged to his wife. He also had ₦88,793,269.77 ($0.5 million) in liabilities. This disclosure, which fulfilled a pre-election promise he made, was intended to set an example for other Nigerian politicians and discourage corruption.
Yar'Adua's new cabinet was sworn in on 26 July 2007. It included 39 ministers, including two for the ANPP.
Buhari and Abubakar filed petitions to have the results of the 2007 presidential election invalidated due to alleged fraud, but on 26 February 2008 a court rejected the petitions. Buhari and Abubakar said that they would appeal to the Supreme Court. Marred by corruption, many argued that this election was rigged by Obasanjo as well, as he wanted his successor to have the same basic ideals that he possessed as President.
Illness and death
President Yar'Adua left Nigeria on 23 November 2009, and was reported to be receiving treatment for pericarditis at a clinic in Saudi Arabia. He was not seen in public again, and his absence created a dangerous power vacuum in Nigeria.
In December 2009 Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), stated that Yar'Adua should have handed over power to Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan in an acting capacity during his illness, a statement that was backed up by the NBA national executive committee. On 22 January 2010, the Supreme Court of Nigeria ruled that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) had fourteen days to decide a resolution on whether Yar'Adua was "incapable of discharging the functions of his office". The ruling also stated that the Federal Executive Council should hear testimony of five doctors, one of whom should be Yar'Adua's personal physician.
On 9 February 2010, the Senate determined that presidential power be transferred to Vice President Goodluck Jonathan, and that he would serve as Acting President, with all the accompanying powers, until Yar'Adua returned to full health. The power transfer has been called a "coup without the word" by opposition lawyers and lawmakers. However, there are others that felt the power vacuum would lead to instability and a possible military takeover.
On 24 February 2010, Yar'Adua returned to Abuja. His state of health was unclear, but there was speculation that he was still on a life support machine. Various political and religious figures in Nigeria had visited him during his illness saying he would make a recovery.
Yar'Adua died on 5 May at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa. An Islamic burial took place on 6 May in his hometown.
The Federal Government of Nigeria declared a seven-day mourning period. Acting President Goodluck Jonathan said "Nigeria has lost the jewel on its crown and even the heavens mourn with our nation tonight. As individuals and as a nation we prayed for the recovery of Mr President. But we take solace in the fact that the Almighty is the giver and taker of all life."
US President Barack Obama offered condolences, stating: "He was committed to creating lasting peace and prosperity within Nigeria's own borders, and continuing that work will be an important part of honoring his legacy."
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, in his tribute, wrote, "What passes for the Nigerian nation is nothing more than a tragic arena, and Yar'Adua is only the latest tragic figure. The vampires, including those within his own family, turned him into a mere inert resource for their diabolical schemes. They have a reckoning with their conscience, assuming they know what the word means. One can only hope that, while mouthing sanctimonious platitudes such as 'Power belongs to God,' they have now learned that the politics of Do-or-Die cannot guarantee who does and who dies. They must stop playing God. I pray for the repose of the soul of their latest, much abused innocent victim.
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The hopes were high all season long for the Indiana Hoosiers because of numerous weeks at the No. 1 ranking and winning big games. The Hoosiers ended the season with a 61-50 loss to Syracuse in the Sweet 16. That certainly wasn't what IU was expecting, coming into the NCAA tournament with the No. 1 seed in the East region.
But, all Indiana can do now is reflect on the positives from the season and look forward to the next year. The Hoosiers won 29 games this season, beat Michigan and Michigan State twice and most importantly won the outright Big Ten tile for the first time in 20 years.
This team set the standard for winning in the Big Ten with success throughout the regular season.
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Recently I read something on Brass Tack Thinking about editing your streams mercilessly that almost felt like Amber Naslund had been reading my mind. I'd been thinking about what gets my attention and why. I'm already pretty good at letting go of material objects that don't serve a purpose yet take up space. I'm even pretty good at editing the people I allow in my life to those that make it better as opposed to bringing me down. But, lately I'd been wondering what was going on my Google Reader account.
I'm a voracious reader. The librarians know my name when i walk into my local library–even some of the non-local ones. (This is actually a step up from when I was younger and my mother would yell down the hall into my room at least once a week "There's a librarian on the phone for you!!") From biolographies to industry reads to murder mystery to chick lit and even a nice soft cheesy romance novel that would make me blush if you saw me with it, I always have a book. (Um, no vampires unless it's Anne Rice or Charlaine Harris. I think it's the southerness that makes it bearable to me.) I'd say I finish about a book a week, which isn't too shabby considering my chances to sit and read are few and far between.
Fun fact: People always think I'm weird because I love doing laundry at the laundromat, taking long rides on public transportation or standing in line at the DMV. The reason I like these things is that's when I get to read. Generally, I've a ridiculous multitasker. Yeah, I watch a lot of TV, but I'm never sitting on the couch staring directly at the TV. I'm writing something, folding something, sewing something, cooking something, etc, etc.
It doesn't stop there. I'm eating lunch while I'm washing dishes. I'm making voice notes about my next big idea on my phone while I'm walking my dog. I'm filing while I'm on the phone with my mother. I'm cleaning my bathroom on conference calls about a project. The laundromat, the train and the DMV are just a few places I'm forced to stop multitasking. Then I have no choice but to sit in one place and crack open something to read.
Google Reader Overload
Books are one thing but my Google Reader overflows. I have more interests than I can keep up with–both professionally and personally–and my subscriptions show it. My reader often gets over 200 entries a day and between picking through the stuff I like, I may read about 100 articles a day. Sometimes more. Sometimes less. And because I have OCD, I have trouble letting entries just sit there. I either have to read it or clear it. I hit up my Google Reader two the three times a day, taking a break from other things to read about what's going on in the blogosphere. It keeps me informed and on top of things.
But, lately I haven't been as excited to click my Google Reader shortcut. I'm not as inspired or intrigued by what I find. I think it's a combination of a number of things. I don't think I had enough variety of subjects or points of view so I feel like I'm in an echo chamber sometimes. There were a few blogs I'd outgrown because it had a very specific audience and I'd moved onto something else. Some websites had changed owners or directions. Honestly, there were a few in there that were pity subscriptions–stuff I read just because I knew the person that wrote them but didn't interest me in any way.
At the beginning of the year, I unsubscribed from every single blog/online magazine/website that I'd been following. As I hovered over the "Unsubscribe" button, I must have talked myself into and out of it two or three times. I kept saying "You're going to miss something important." Then I'd say "But what about such-in-such? You should keep that one." But, I finally stopped talking to the voices in my head and just did it. And, I instantly felt good about it. I felt so good that I started thinking of other things I could start over on. Twitter? Facebook? What else could I go back to zero and start from scratch? Right now, the possibilities are swirling around my mind about starting over with a clean slate.
I'm sure I'll resubscribe to some of blogs/websites. I'll come across them organically again and decide I need to get in on everything that comes from that feed. I've already found myself saying "Oh wait. I haven't read so-and-so in a while. Let me go over there and see what's up." I take that as a sign that whatever that person is putting out is valuable enough for me that I missed it when it was gone. And if that doesn't happen, maybe it's for the best.
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Nestled on the beach, this Marathon resort is within 3 mi (5 km) of Captain Hooks Marina and Dive Center, Curry Hammock State Park, and Conch Air. Island Hoppers Aerial Adventures is 2 mi (3.2 km) away.
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At Floating Sea Cove Resort & Marina, catch some rays on the beach or spend the day at a marina.
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Floating Sea Cove Resort & Marina features a marina. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. Onsite self parking is complimentary. The property may provide extended parking privileges to guests after check-out (surcharge).
- Total number of rooms - 18
- Number of floors - 1
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- Number of buildings/towers - 5
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Lancaster High posted a pair of wins to highlight action in the second annual Bear Hug Brawl at Buford High School's Jackets Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 24.
The annual junior varsity football jamboree is played in memory of Buford High Junior Jackets football player Seth Muennich.
Rivalry clashes highlight the 2013 Lancaster County high school football season openers Friday, Aug. 30.
Andrew Jackson hosts Lancaster and Buford will be at home to battle Indian Land.
BUFORD – A trip to the country yielded a pair of wins for the visiting Lancaster Bruins to highlight action in the 10th annual Founders Kickoff Classic at Buford High School's Jackets Stadium on Friday, Aug. 23.
Buford didn't post a win on the field Friday night during the 10th annual Founders Kickoff Classic at BHS's Jackets Stadium, but the home team had something to cheer about.
Hopes are high for the 2013 Lancaster High School swim team.
The team, led by co-head coaches Midenna Anderson and David Taylor, sport 29 returnees back from the 2012 LHS squad which went 9-2.
BUFORD – Buford High School's Jackets Stadium will be a hub of high school football activity tonight as the 10th annual Founders Kickoff Classic unfolds.
Buford High, site of the first Classic, will host four clashes which open with Class AA Central High School of Pageland meeting Class AAAA foe Fort Mill at 6 p.m.
Mother Nature, in the form of rain, held the upper hand in a pair of jamborees involving county teams over the weekend.
Rain washed out action in the annual Camden Shrine Jamboree at Camden's Zemp Stadium on Friday night when Buford and Andrew Jackson were slated to be in action.
CHESTER – Lancaster came out strong, but the Chester Cyclones proved to be a force in capping the Chester Jamboree with a 14-3 win over the Bruins on Friday, Aug. 16 at Chester High School Stadium.
Lancaster County high school football teams launch jamboree play with the four teams playing in three different jamborees this weekend.
Buford and Andrew Jackson will play in the annual Camden Shrine Jamboree at Camden's Zemp Stadium tonight.
CHESTER – When the new South Carolina High School League realignment plan takes affect in 2014, the athletic schedules of the Chester Cyclones will look radically different, while Great Falls and Lewisville will hardly realize realignment has taken place at all.
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Funding Canceled
Funding for this project was canceled by the project creator on June 15, 2013.
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I'm raising money to take you into Texas through my eyes, and break misconceptions of the Southwest.
Funding for this project was canceled by the project creator on June 15, 2013.
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I'm a photographer that got into photography back in the early 90's in Tokyo Japan actually. I was a military child so as a result I was able to experience Asia very young and all the vibrant colorful art it had. From seeing that it inspired me to get into photography, though honestly I have always loved cameras from both photo and video work since I was a child. After coming back from Japan where I lived 15 years to Texas which I'd never been before I was taken aback some as It wasn't what I thought.
From movies and things I expected more of a wild, wild west type scenario, and being from New York, but growing up in Japan those were where I drew my depictions of city life from of course. Living in Texas since 2005 and seeing Dallas, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio among places I saw Texas wasn't a huge difference from Tokyo or New York. Just a big giant state with city more spread out verses condensed and everything closer together. While living in Texas between doing video work I started back on my photography like I used to in Tokyo, and putting it anywhere I could on the internet really just for fun, and out of the love for how passionate I am about photography.
As a photo captures a moment that can never be duplicated, so you capture a permanent moment in time, a feeling, an emotion... Things I enjoy about photography. I never was able to afford a DSLR camera so I just used basic digital cameras and my cell phone as that's all I have and being so passionate about photography somehow, someway I'm going to take that picture if it's at all possible.
From posting my pictures online everyone started telling me I should sell my work, thing was I don't own a DSLR camera so aside from a lot of photoshop I can't make my pictures look sell worthy as nothing duplicates the resolution of DSLR photography as I found time and time again. I love all the beautiful scenery in Texas and this gave me the idea to go on a road trip photographing Texas and all the nicest places I have been and seen here to show the world my vision of Texas.
I realized this will both require funding and a at least decent DSLR camera. I'm raising the money to both obtain a DSLR camera and from the funding of the road trip to do the photography and for the rewards of course. I feel when you have a dream you should never give up, put forth your all, and give it all you've got. Help me not just show the world Texas through my eyes, but introduce the world to Trip-Tography. I appreciate each and every one of you that supports me.
I feel this project will help me give small businesses much needed attention as I go from city to city giving them exposure with my unique brand of photography between doing the street photography I plan to do. Also help bring money and opportunity as I show off the reasons why tourists would want to come to the cities I photograph and check them out which in turn I feel may even create jobs for the unemployed. This project is bigger than just photography to me, it's about helping others too.
The money is for gas, expenses staying in each city, processing the rewards as far as paper to print the photography, ink which I will go through a ton of printing out photos for those who want the autographed photo book, and towards the camera of course. Also factored in is Kickstarter & Amazon's fees which once they take the fees will give me just right at enough money to complete this project.
From growing up in Tokyo I am a very hard worker and have been conditioned that nothing is too difficult, or too challenging. My biggest obstacle would have only been the car breaking down over the course of this long road trip, or the project not being being funded of course as then I will not be able to make this a reality.
Of those 2 obstacles one is no worry at all, which is the transportation as the person I will be traveling with just bought a brand new car so I don't have worry about the car breaking down which is awesome.
This is to be a planned trip from every place I will be staying in each city down to where I plan to shoot all the photography so I don't expect set backs, however if they arise I will simply keep moving forward no matter what, and quickly figure out solutions.
Even if the project is not fully funded one day I still plan to do the Texas project somehow someway as when I get it in mind to do something and get it done, I never give up. I'm not the type of person to get discouraged and give up just because things didn't work out the way I wanted, I just will find another way. I feel the world should experience Trip-Tography and with the help of backers from Kickstarter.com I can share the experience.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
Given it's funded, I should expect it to start after July 15th, and finish the by early August at which point I will begin processing the rewards.
You will be able to see them on www.tishacruzan.com, there will be a special section on the website dedicated to them. Plus I will be posting the pictures on my various social networking websites I use from Tumblr, Twitter, Flickr, Facebook, Instagram ect.
If I raised up to double what I'm asking for I plan to extend the tour to New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California and more depending on how much I actually raise. I would like to photograph as many states as possible honestly with my unique Trip-Tography style, only the backers can make that possible though.
Usually the glamorized cities are in New York, Miami Fl, or California so I wanted to show the world Texas is just as nice. From the shopping to all of the nice places to eat, even to the night life, Texas is just as nice, and I want to show the world Texas through my lens/eyes.
You can contact me through Facebook, Twitter, or even www.Tishacruzan.com and I would just let you know if I'd be in your area around that time so we could make it happen.
I will handle the pictures in the order I receive them, plus I have an assistant that helps in the photo editing so we can easily edit upwards of over 30 photos a day.
Because I'm very reliable, a hard worker, and always keep my word. If you Google Trip Ghetaway you can find all the things I do online, and see I'm not, nor have ever been online just playing around. If you look at examples of my photography, just imagine how the pictures will look when I go around Texas doing this tour. If your from, or in Texas you should back the project to help me show Texas, and Texas pride to the world. Essentially backing me your helping change the way the whole world will see photography as I have a unique style the eye can throughly appreciate.
I changed it from $75 to $50 as I was trying to change it someone pledged $100 right at that moment so I was unable to change it.
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When health problems forced Ave Topel, a hotelier and developer, to retire early, he and his wife, Vicki, decided to build a single-level house that would be easy to maintain and inexpensive to heat and cool. They also wanted a home that included timber framing and featured plenty of light and exposure to the outdoors.
Their affection for timber framing - a system of construction that uses hefty posts and beams (as opposed to the 2-by-4s of conventional "stick-built" dwellings) - stemmed from a carriage house they once commissioned. So pleased were they with the result that they contacted the builder, Hugh Lofting, of Hugh Lofting Timber Framing in Kennett Square, to help design and build their dream house.


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quote: They shouldn't be singling out Apple for the way workers are being treated.
quote: Apple claims to be better than everyone else. They should be held to that. They damn well charge enough to be better than everyone else.
quote: If you want a iPhone that is $2K made here in the US then they will do it
quote: it would not cost 2k. That's just ridiculous.
quote: You are making a horribly flawed assumption that all the costs of manufacturing an iPhone are labor costs.
quote: In this particular instance Apple is not an industry leader but THE industry leader!
quote: even Western countries while they were going through the industrial revolutions also had poor pay and working conditions for factory workers,
quote: I don't think conditions improved in America because of Unions I think they improved because the government stepped in
quote: That is never Apple's responsibility and Foxconn would either simply say no or be the party paying for these failures.
quote: Outside of pulling out of the factory and China entirely nothing you said is practical.


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Interleukin Genetics launched a weight management test, and expects web-based tools to further help customers to be available soon. The Weight Management genetic test also includes interpretation of the genetic results from a board-certified, licensed, genetic professional and supplemental guidance on diet types and exercise intensity needed to lose weight and keep it off.
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"We feel the launch of our Inherent Health brand of tests and programs, which focus on wellness and prevention, surpass what has become industry standard for many consumer-focused genetic testing services or products," remarks Lewis H. Bender, CEO, Interleukin Genetics. "We believe that evidence found through multiple studies linking specific genetic variants to potential negative health outcomes, when coupled with well-packaged and meaningful guidance, can provide consumers with valuable insights to improve their present wellness and future health outcomes."
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The Krispy Kreme Guest Satisfaction Survey, found at www.MyKrispyKremevisit.com, is an online survey designed by Krispy Kreme to help the company determine the satisfaction of their customers. It is a tool for them to determine how their staff are doing, as well as how you perceive the store. Because this survey is done online, you have convenience when to take it.
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- You will be asked questions pertaining to your most recent visit. These questions should be answered honestly and thoroughly. Some questions will give multiple choice answers where you can select one or more answers. Others will provide a text box in which you can type your answers in your own words. It is important to give as much feedback as possible to give the company the most help. Good and bad things can be mentioned.
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