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As German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, made her first trip to Greece since 2007, she was greeted by angry demonstrators in the country's capital city. Greeks came out in droves to protest the visit, as many Greeks believe Germany to be a central player behind the austerity measures taken by the debt-stricken country. CNBC's Carolin Roth reports.
Tens of thousands of angry Greek protesters filled the streets of Athens on Tuesday to greet German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who offered sympathy but no promise of further aid on her first visit since the euro crisis erupted three years ago.
As police fired tear gas and stun grenades to halt angry crowds chanting anti-austerity slogans and waving swastika flags, Merkel's host, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, welcomed her as a "friend."
Blamed by many Greeks for imposing draconian budget cuts in exchange for aid, Merkel reaffirmed Berlin's commitment to keep the debt-crippled Greek state inside Europe's single currency.
"I have come here today in full knowledge that the period Greece is living through right now is an extremely difficult one for the Greeks and many people are suffering," Merkel said during a joint news conference with Samaras just a few hundred yards from the mayhem on Syntagma Square, outside parliament.
"Precisely for that reason I want to say that much of the path is already behind us," she added, offering a public display of support to Samaras's three-month-old government on her first visit to Greece since 2007.
Police try to disperse protesters reacting to the visit of Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel in Athens on Oct. 9.
She tried to reassure her hosts that their reforms would eventually pay off, but also made clear that Greece, which has seen its unemployment rate surge to nearly 25 percent and economic output shrink by a fifth, would not solve its problems overnight.
Angela Merkel greeted warmly by prime minister, but not by Greeks
Samaras promised to implement economic reforms necessary to restore confidence: "The Greek people are bleeding but are determined to stay in the euro," he said.
"All of those who made bets that Greece would fail... will lose," Samaras added, according to Spiegel.
On the other side of the parliament building, tens of thousands of demonstrators defied a ban and gathered to voice their displeasure with the German leader, whom many blame for forcing painful cuts on Greece in exchange for two European Union/International Monetary Fund bailout packages worth more than 200 billion euros ($260 billion).
Greek police fired teargas and stun grenades when protesters tried to break through a barrier to reach the cordoned-off area where Merkel and Samaras were meeting. Some demonstrators pelted police with rocks, bottles, paint bombs and sticks.
Four people dressed in World War II-era German military uniforms and riding on a small jeep, waved black-white-and-red swastika flags and stuck their hands out in the Hitler salute. Some protesters carrying banners bearing slogans such as, "No to the Fourth Reich," the BBC reported.
Other banners read "Merkel out, Greece is not your colony" and "This is not a European Union, it's slavery."
Police try to disperse protesters reacting to the visit of Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel in Athens on Oct. 9.
Some 6,000 police officers were deployed, including anti-terrorist units and rooftop snipers, to provide security during the six-hour visit. German sites in the Greek capital, including the embassy and the Goethe Institute, were under special protection. This security operation was one of Athens' biggest in a decade, the BBC reported.
Among the peaceful protesters, teacher Christina Vassilopoulou, 37, told AFP that despite having a doctorate, she only makes 900 euros (about $1,160) a month.
"We have children that go hungry and most of the parents are unemployed," she told the AFP news agency, the BBC said.
Constantine Spiliagopoulos, a lawyer who was also taking part in the protests said Merkel was "one of the main reasons that Greece's low income and the working classes of Greece are under attack," according to the BBC.
"That is why we must make our presence felt, we must shout against these polices and show that we will do everything so that they do not continue," she added.
Constantinos Siathas was more hopeful, telling The Associated Press: "I think most people, at least those who think and don't act based on feelings or utopian ideas, are pleased and are expecting a lot from Mrs. Merkel's visit."
Yiannis Bournos, a spokesperson for the leftist Syriza party, criticized Merkel's visit, telling the BBC that Greeks were "frustrated and enraged because they clearly understand that Mrs. Merkel's visit is just a theater play for the political support of a collapsing coalition."
Aid money "urgently needed"
After steering clear of Greece for the past five years, Merkel decided to visit now for several reasons.
She was keen to show support for Samaras, a fellow conservative, as he struggles to impose more cuts on a society fraying at the edges after five years of recession.
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Demonstrators, dressed as Nazis, wave a swastika flag as they ride in an open-top car in Syntagma Square in Athens to protest against the visit of Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, Oct. 9, 2012.
With a year to go until Germany holds a parliamentary election, Merkel also hoped to neutralize opposition criticism at home that she has neglected Greece and contributed to its woes by insisting on crushing budget cuts.
After her government flirted earlier this year with the idea of allowing Greece to exit the eurozone, she now appears determined to keep it in, at least until the German election is out of the way.
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Greece is in talks with its "troika" of lenders - the European Union, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund - on the next tranche of a 130 billion euro ($170 billion) loan package, its second bailout since 2010.
Without the 31.5 billion euro tranche, Greece says it will run out of money by the end of November.
The European commissioner for economic and monetary affairs, Olli Rehn, said Tuesday that Greece's creditors would not allow the country to go bankrupt, according to the German publication Spiegel. As European Union finance ministers met on Tuesday, Rehn said the next aid package would be granted "at the latest by November."
Merkel said the aid payment was "urgently needed" but stopped short of promising that the funds would flow.
"The troika report will come when it is ready. Being thorough is more important than being quick," Merkel said.
"We are working hard on this, but we must resolve all the problems," she added. "I think we'll see light at the end of the tunnel."
"This is an effort that should be seen through, because otherwise it would make the circumstances even more dramatic later on," she added, according to Spiegel.
Ties between Germany and Greece run deep. Thousands of Greeks came to Germany after World War II as "guest workers" to help rebuild the shattered country and more than 300,000 Greeks currently reside there.
But the relationship is clouded by atrocities Greeks suffered at the hands of the Nazis. Samaras' own great grandmother killed herself after she watched Nazi tanks rolling down the streets of Athens and the swastika flying over the Acropolis.
Greek President Karolos Papoulias, whom Merkel also met on Tuesday, fought against the Germans as a teenager, before fleeing to escape persecution by the Greek military dictatorship and finding refuge in Germany.
The crisis has revived long-dormant animosities, with Greek protesters burning effigies of Merkel in Nazi gear and German media playing up images of lazy Greeks keen for German cash.
Relations hit a post-war low early this year when Merkel's finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble, likened Athens to a "bottomless pit" and proposed imposing a European "Sparkommissar" on Greece to control its finances.
"The average German voter is irritated at the thought of dispatching more taxes or savings to feckless southerners, yet is desperate for the respect and goodwill to Germany that comes from public displays of magnanimity," said David Marsh, chairman of think tank OMFIF.
"When Merkel flies to Athens, she's showing she's in charge, and she cares."
Reuters contributed to this report.
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Posted on May 03, 2011
A Grand Valley group returned from Haiti where members toured schools to learn more about that country's education system and identify possible partner schools for a scholarship program.
Peter Wampler, associate professor of geology, and Chris Hendree, associate director of admissions, and two students traveled to Haiti in March to talk with students and teachers about the Empowering Haiti through Education Fund.
Announced in January, the scholarship fund will help support rising stars from Haitian high schools to attend Grand Valley. Wampler said students were excited about the possibility of earning a scholarship but also a little gun-shy.
"I think they have listened to other people who have showed up with big ideas and promises that they have not kept, but we stressed to the students and teachers that we were in it for the long haul," Wampler said.
It was Hendree's first visit to Haiti. He said while the country continues to rebuild from the 2010 earthquake, the students were excited about their education and their futures. "They talked about after they get their degree they would return to Haiti to help make it a better place," he said.
Students Andrew Sisson and Jared Kohler also traveled to Haiti to conduct research and document the trip with photos and videos to support the scholarship program's website, www.gvsu.edu/haiti. Wampler recently gave a presentation to a local Rotary club and said he would use the video in other community talks. Anyone interested in scheduling a presentation about the scholarship program can send a request to firstname.lastname@example.com.
To donate to the fund, visit www.gvsu.edu/giveonline.

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Bermuda Triangle, Meet the NL Central
Not everything can be explained. You know this.
Why bad things happen to good people, why Hanley Ramirez is a lollygagger, what happened to Nancy Pelosi's original face… these are all concerning issues without concrete and true catalytic roots.
They simply cannot be explained.
And just like boats and planes and people that disappear within the Bermuda Triangle — scoffing at science, bending the rules of reason — so too are the circumstances of the National League Central Division and its teams as mysterious as they are unanswerable.
So let's see if we can get this right:
The Pirates suck but they are able to beat the hell out of the Cubs.
The Cubs suck but they are able to beat the hell out of the Brewers.
The Brewers suck but they are able to beat the hell out of the Pirates.
The LOLstros may deal Oswalt and/or Berkman but no one is really watching or caring anyway.
The Cardinals are in second place.
And Dusty Baker hasn't ruined anyone's career yet as his Reds stand on top of the division.
I have a feeling this may be one of those FML moments. Of course, it is only May 18th, so it's still way too early to start complaining like a Red Sox fan.
But seriously, folks, I really would like to know what happened to Nancy Pelosi's original face…
Holla if you have any tips; in the meantime, don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.
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Looks like she traded it in for a manhole cover!
History repeats itself. Dusty will ruin the RedLegs too. It's only an anomaly. Just keep laughing at the LOLstros and don't pay the Reds any mind.
It's not just the NL central. Things have been bizarre all over, though the Reds certainly are the biggest surprise of all. It's still early enough for plenty of choking to happen; don't worry.
Hey, hey: don't hate on the Red Sox! Only half of Red Sox Nation is panicking here, the other is in a collective coma. But I'm not worried😛
-The Game Above All
I am sure the more players the LOLstros trade the better the Cards will like it…. Pelosi's original face does anyone know what that really is….
Phillies Outside
Either the world will come to an end, or all will be right in the baseball world by the All-Star break. We'll just have to sit back and see what happens….
Mike — Manhole cover. Brilliant!
Cici — True, though I take it more personally when the Birds ain't on top. Plenty early, and the Cardinals will win the division, just not as easily perhaps as I once thought.
The Game — I'm not hatin' on the Red Sox… just sayin' Sox fans tend to complain about everything…even when they're winning🙂
Peter — Bud Norris. He's the guy. He's the one.
Mike — Very true. I'm guessin' it will all be right.
i sure as heck cant explain it. the pirates honestly arent good enough to beat my WVU team but when they do put it together even blind squirrels find nuts.
Well, Matt, at least they kill the Cubbies… that's what's important, my friend.
And the Pirates beat Roy Halladay. How about that one? As for Nancy Pelosi, you leave her face alone. I hope I look that good when I'm her age, just without the botox.
Jane — Unfortunately for Pelosi, it's exactly the botox that makes her look so bad. I just can't get used to that new face of hers.
Jesus may hate the Chicago Cubs, but Satan will not returrn their calls either.
Because you got to think that Cubs Manager Lou Piniella might even welcome back Chi-town wild child Milton Bradley if it gauranteed him a NL Central title.
Piniella would let Charlie Sheen's ex, Denise Richards sing in the 7th Inning stretch every night if a "W" proceeded her cat-like wailing.
Heck they might even discuss Ozzie Osborne as a commentator if they/he could make a package deal with the devil to get past the first round of the playoffs.
But then again, this is a team that destroyed a baseball caught by an unsuspecting fan who might have been a angel in disguise.
Maybe it has been longer than we think that Jesus hated the Cubs!
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RR — No matter what, Jesus will continue to hate them. Jesus and I… we go way back. Way back to jr. high.
Then Dodgers would like to take Oswalt but Frank will want a discount.
Cat — No one needs Oswalt more than the Dodgers right now. I don't wanna hear about a discount… it's Hollyweird! Make it happen, Frankie!


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Agaricus campestris
|Agaricus campestris
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|gills on hymenium
cap is convexor flat
|hymenium is free
|stipe has a ring
|spore print is brown
|ecology is saprotrophic
|edibility: edible
Agaricus campestris is commonly known as the field mushroom or, in North America, meadow mushroom. It is a widely eaten gilled mushroom closely related to the cultivated button mushroom Agaricus bisporus.
This species was originally noted and named in 1753 by Carolus Linnaeus as Agaricus campestris. It was placed in the genus Psalliota by Lucien Quelet in 1872. Some variants have been isolated over the years, a few of which now have species status, for example, Agaricus bernardii Quel. (1878), Agaricus bisporus (J.E. Lange) Imbach (1946), Agaricus bitorquis (Quel.) Sacc. (1887), Agaricus cappellianus Hlavacek (1987), and Agaricus silvicola (Vittad.) Peck (1872).
Some were so similar they did not warrant even variant status, others have retained it e.g. Agaricus campestris var. equestris (F.H. Moller) Pilat (1951) is still valid, and presumably favors pasture where horses have been kept. Agaricus campestris var isabellinus (F.H. Moller) Pilat (1951), and Agaricus campestris var. radicatus, are possibly still valid too.
The specific epithet campestris is derived from the Latin campus "field".
The cap is white, may have fine scales, and is 5 to 10 centimetres (2.0 to 3.9 in) in diameter; it is first hemispherical in shape before flattening out with maturity. The gills are initially pink, then red-brown and finally a dark brown, as is the spore print. The 3 to 10 centimetres (1.2 to 3.9 in) tall stipe is predominately white and bears a single thin ring.[1] The taste is mild. The white flesh bruises slightly reddish, as opposed to yellow in the inedible (and somewhat toxic) Agaricus xanthodermus and similar species. The spores are 7–8 by 4–5 µm, and ovate. Cheilocystidia are absent.
Similar species:
Amanita virosa (and similar, closely related species), the destroying angel (morbidly toxic).
Agaricus xanthodermus, the yellow stainer (causes gastrointestinal problems).
Agaricus arvensis, the horse mushroom (excellent edible).
White Clitocybe species, that also grow on lawns, and in grassy places (dangerous).
Distribution and habitat
Agaricus campestris is common in fields and grassy areas after rain from late summer onwards worldwide. It is often found on lawns in suburban areas. Appearing in small groups, in fairy rings,[2] or solitary. Owing to the demise of horse drawn vehicles, and the subsequent decrease in the number of horses on pasture, the old 'white outs' of years gone by are becoming rare events.[3] This species is rarely found in woodland.
It is widely collected and eaten, even by those who would not normally eat wild mushrooms. This mushroom is not commercially cultivated on account of its fast maturing and short shelf-life.[4] Culinary uses of the meadow mushroom include eating it sauteed or fried, in sauces, or even sliced raw and included in salads. In flavor and texture, this mushroom is almost identical to the white button mushroom available in grocery stores in the United States. Be sure to rinse well to dislodge any sand, and also watch out for small, white larvae which tunnel through the stems and caps. Among the similar species mentioned above, there have been cases (in fact the most common cause of fatal fungus poisoning in France) where the deadly toxic destroying angel (Amanita bisporigera) has been consumed by individuals who mistook it for this species. The edibility of specimens collected from lawns is uncertain because of possible contamination with pesticides or other chemicals.
Other uses
Research into fungal dressings for the treatment of ulcers, and bed sores, using fungal mycelial filaments, is ongoing. In the past, slices of A. campestris were applied to scalds, and burns in parts of Scotland.[5]
Bioactive properties
Water extracts of A. campestris have been shown to enhance the secretion of insulin, and to have insulin-like effects on glucose metabolism in vitro, although the mechanism is not understood.[6]
See also
- ^ Nilsson, Sven & Persson, Olle (1977). Fungi of Northern Europe 2: Gill-Fungi. Penguin, New York. ISBN 0-14-063006-6.
- ^ Fox RTV., R (2006). "Fungal foes in your garden: fairy ring mushrooms". Mycologist 20 (1): 36–37. doi:10.1016/j.mycol.2005.11.013.
- ^ Richard Mabey (1972). Food For Free, a guide to the edible wild plants of Britain. Fontana / Collins.
- ^ Grigson, Jane (1975). The Mushroom Feast. London: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-046273-2.
- ^ Patrick Harding (2008). Mushroom Miscellany. Collins. ISBN 978-0-00-728464-1.
- ^ Gray AM, Flatt PR (1998). "Insulin-releasing and insulin-like activity of Agaricus campestris (mushroom)". The Journal of Endocrinology 157 (2): 259–66. doi:10.1677/joe.0.1570259. PMID 9659289. http://joe.endocrinology-journals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=9659289.


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Newport man accused of killing Patrick Arnold declared competent
Accused murderer Mark F. Stevens was declared competent to stand trial Friday in Washington County Common Pleas Court after his lawyers withdrew their request for more testing.
Stevens, 48, of 285 Bells Run Road, Newport Township, was arrested in August after allegedly confessing to a confidential informant that he shot and killed his neighbor, Patrick Arnold, in 2008.
Friday was Stevens' second competency hearing. Presiding Judge Julie Selmon, of Monroe County Common Pleas Court, first signed off on the testing in August. Selmon was appointed to Stevens' case in lieu of then-Washington County Common Pleas Court Judge Susan Boyer, who had stated a conflict of interest in the case.
"The court did receive both the competency and the insanity evaluations from the Forensic Diagnostic Center of District 9," said Selmon Friday.
Those evaluations were performed by Dr. Denise Kohler, a psychologist for FDC District 9, which oversees Washington County as well as most of southeastern Ohio. The findings, which declared Stevens both competent and sane, were presented Sept. 24.
At that time, Stevens' defense counsel requested more time to obtain their own experts to evaluate Stevens.
"But before any findings were presented, it is my understanding that counsel withdrew that request," said Selmon.
Defense attorney Shawna Landaker, who was filling in for Steven's attorney, Ray Smith, confirmed that the defense had rescinded the request for subsequent testing.
"The court is prepared to accept these two findings that it has received," said Selmon, referring to the evaluations presented in September.
Neither Smith, nor the case's prosecuting attorney were present in court Friday. Washington County Assistant Prosecutor Kevin Rings stood in for Washington County Prosecutor Jim Schneider who is handling the case.
Selmon said she would telephone both Smith and Schneider to inform them of Friday's proceedings before scheduling a trial date.
Though the path is now clear for Stevens' case to go to trial, there are still several who believe in his innocence, including relatives of the victim.
Three of Arnold's cousins sat in on Friday's proceedings.
"Patrick is our cousin, and we loved him, but we're here for Mark," said Rose Grahame before the proceedings.
Grahame, as well as Arnold's cousins Patty Carpenter and Jonie Haught, all believe that Stevens did not kill Arnold, they said.
"We want justice for Patrick. We just don't want (Stevens) to go to jail for something he didn't do," said Haught.
Both Arnold's sister and Stevens' sister were also in attendance for Monday's hearing, but declined to comment.
Stevens' case will be set for trial after Selmon speaks with Smith and Schneider. Smith has previously indicated that Stevens will plead not guilty.


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Any good remedies, ideas, anything for me to pass along to my dd?
She goes in tomorrow morn to have ultrasound to find out how far along she is but we're guessing 6-8 weeks or so.
She is determined (for which I am proud!) to continue breastfeeding her 9 1/2 mo. old during pregnancy and isn't sure yet about tandem after newborn comes.
She is extremely nauseous and is throwing up daily now. Baby is now wanting to nurse every 2 hrs and at night every 1 hr. Awful when you are exhausted and sick as heck. She is having a hard time keeping anything down and has an especially hard time drinking water as it triggers vomiting for some reason. Only during pregnancy tho. She is quite concerned with both babies getting needed nutrition since she is having such a hard time keeping food and liquid down.
Please offer any advice. Dr. suggested a nausea drug (forgot name of it now). She is usually quite against drugs, however, wonders if she ought to just use it for a 2 or 3 months until this part of pregnancy subsides.
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Shumlin unsure on enforcing certain firearm lawsMarch 18,2013Since the murder of 20 kindergarten students in Newtown, Conn., sparked a nationwide debate over firearms, Gov. Peter Shumlin has been unwavering in his opposition to any new Vermont laws aimed at restricting the rights of gun owners.
I just think you need a 50-state solution, Shumlin said at a press conference last Thursday. Thats not something that I feel any ambiguity about.
Could a new piece of information change his mind?
At that same press conference, Shumlin was asked whether state and local police should be able to enforce federal gun laws that arent codified in Vermont statute. Federal law, for example, prohibits felons from possessing firearms, while state statute is silent on the matter.
I think its up to Vermont law enforcement to enforce the laws, Shumlin said.
So if a state trooper isnt authorized to enforce the federal ban on felons possessing firearms, hed want to do something about it?
Well, Id like to know the answer to that. Lets find out if its really true or not, Shumlin answered.
But if it was true that state troopers, city police and local sheriffs arent allowed to remove firearms from the possession of felons, Shumlin was asked, then hed want to see that changed?
Let me get the information. I dont have it, Shumlin said. I tell you when I dont know what Im talking about. I plead guilty.
As it turns out, state and local law enforcement officers arent authorized to enforce that federal statute. Commissioner of Public Safety Keith Flynn said Thursday the federal provision is outside the jurisdiction of Vermont police.
There are lots of federal laws with state-based equivalents. The reason is so that Vermont cops can enforce the same things the feds have criminalized.
A group of House lawmakers thinks the state should join with the feds in prohibiting felons from carrying firearms. Rep. Linda Waite-Simpson, an Essex Democrat, said she introduced gun legislation containing that provision in part because of conversations with law-enforcement officers who expressed frustration about not being able to remove guns from the possession of the felons carrying them.
Flynn said his officers do have some recourse when they encounter felons violating the federal ban on gun possession.
Because we dont have an arrest power for that, it would be something we make a referral to ATF on, Flynn said.
Capt. Glenn Hall, head of the Vermont Drug Task Force, said its a judgment call on whether to make the referral or not.
Some of the considerations are: Does the person have a history? What are the felonies theyve been convicted of? How long ago? Hall said.
In instances where the state does make the referral, Flynn and Hall said, sometimes the ATF follows up with an investigation, and sometimes it doesnt.
So would Flynn like to see lawmakers add the ban on felon gun possession to Vermont law?
In some instances it would be beneficial, because it would allow us not to have to go through the feds, Flynn said.
But he said it isnt so cut and dried.
Thats one of the those things where I think it would require much broader discussion with the Legislature as to whether thats something they want to do. There are a lot of competing interests in that, Flynn said. Because you have to look at the types of crimes that brings in, and some of them are nonviolent, like someone convicted 20 years ago of passing a bad check, or false pretense, and that qualifies as a felony. And it may give pause to think, would it serve justice better to prohibit that person to be in possession of a firearm for the rest of their life?
Shumlin has repeatedly stated his blanket opposition to Waite-Simpsons bill, or any or other gun control legislation in Montpelier. However, that was before he knew his state troopers cant pry firearms from the hands of convicted felons.
We have yet to hear whether the new information has altered the governors position.
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In a somewhat unusual public foray into legislative politics, the Vermont Commission on Women last week issued a statement opposing Shumlins plan for welfare reform.
The 16-member commission, which bills itself as a non-partisan state agency dedicated to legislative, economic, social and political fairness, said it weighed the matter carefully before determining the plan would have a disproportionate impact on single mothers.
Shumlin has proposed a five-year cap on welfare benefits, a cost-cutting measure he says will encourage impoverished Vermonters to get jobs. The move would shave about $6 million annually in human services costs, and kick about 1,200 families off the welfare rolls beginning in October.
In a release, the Vermont Commission on Women said the overwhelming majority of Vermont households receiving this cash assistance are women, and limits to this program will disproportionately affect female-headed families with children.
A number of facts lead the VCW to this conclusion, the release said. The lives of these families are complex. They often include challenges, such as lack of transportation, education and child care, mental health concerns, care of a child with a disability or trauma from having survived domestic violence.
In a written statement, the commissions executive director, Cary Brown, said Shumlins proposal targets those who can least afford it.
These are Vermonts most fragile and vulnerable families, Brown said. The Commission believes that budgetary concerns should not be balanced on the backs of those least likely to be able to function without government assistance.MORE IN Vermont NewsMONTPELIER Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt. Full StoryVermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell plans to join the U.S. Full StoryMONTPELIER Gov. Full Story
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March's Chef's Table dinner menu was cleverly designed around a chef's typical work day – "All in a Day's Work." See the menu and photos from the culinary event…
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Thoughts on our timesJuly 10,2013
Thoughts on our times
As a child of the 1960s and 1970s I was caught up in the hub of the era of the various human rights movements: civil rights; womens rights; gay rights; right to sexual freedom; ERA; reproductive rights (which followed closely on the coattails of our new sexual freedoms).
Here are a few thoughts about those times:
They all started out with somewhat of an altruistic purpose, that by them we would change the world to be a better place in which to live.
There would be opposition to these changes, from without and within. Various methodologies would determine in which way we would go to secure these rights. Some would be very hard-earned.
What we may not have considered back then, being in the middle of something so raw and undefined, this idealism of ours, is the consideration of the cost: of the personal sense of accountability and moral responsibility by which our words and actions would be held in our efforts to effect change. Given the hindsight of 50 years we can better assess these rights in lieu of their ramifications, of difficulties incurred, of personal and corporate costs, and of consequences, temporal and eternal.
What of our culture today, armed with this same altruistic outlook? Does freedom now mean to us that we have the right to do basically what we think or feel without recourse or consequence of action? Do we realize that rights still have a flip-side to them?
Is Edward Snowden, former NSA contractor, a prime example of persons who believe not in any moral accountability save to themselves? What have we been buying into as a culture? Practically speaking, when things go wrong, as they inevitably do, whom do we expect to pay for the damages? Human nature gone wrong, as in the Garden of Eden, tends to play the blame game, even though they were given very real consequences of their actions.
Today our fallen nature is vastly overlooked by the words and actions of sages who may not have learned of the flip-side of the idealism of those who went before them, their personal, public and/or corporate hubris being their prime motivator.
Its time to stop and think not so much of the rights we should have, but the truth that is the bedrock behind those rights. We tend to ignore this, probably out of some fear we might find. If we can conquer this, we might find out that we should pay a little more serious attention to the one who truly gives us the opportunity to discover the meaning of His love and true human rights.
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"Childrens Hospital" creator and star Rob Corddry's turns in an indelible performance as Dr. Blake Downs by masterfully exploring the struggle of being a pariah in the medical world. As a member of the Clown race, Downs' healing-with-laughter methodology isn't accepted by his co-workers. His unconventional, anti-hero doctor is far more compelling than Hugh Laurie's (multiple Emmy-nominated) work on "House."
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|"Once Upon a Planet"
|TAS, Episode 1x09
Production number: 22017
First aired: 3 November 1973
|16th of 22 produced in TAS
|9th of 22 released in TAS
|88th of 728 released in all
| Written By
Chuck Menville and Len Janson
Directed By
Hal Sutherland
|5591.2 (2269)
The Enterprise returns to the shore leave planet where the crew once took shore leave. As with their previous visit, things go wrong when the illusions turn deadly.
Summary Edit
- "Captain's log, stardate 5591.2. The crew of the Enterprise is ready for some well-deserved rest and recreation. Therefore, we have set course for the so-called "Shore Leave Planet" located in the Omicron Delta region. The uninhabited planet was constructed long ago by a highly-advanced alien race. Its sole purpose is to provide fun and amusement for space traveling passers by."
The crew begins to enjoy imagining their fantasies when things start to go wrong. McCoy is envisioning a southern Earth plantation where he could relax in the surroundings with a mint julep but instead, the Queen of Hearts appears screaming "Off with his head!" She is soon followed by the arrival of a spear-throwing deck of cards. When Uhura tries to rescue McCoy, she is captured by a hovercraft robot.
McCoy immediately calls for an emergency beam up and informs Kirk of the dangerous situation. When Spock notes that the Queen of Hearts was a character in Alice Through the Looking Glass, Kirk asks McCoy if he was thinking about the book but Bones replies that he was absolutely not. Scott reports that Uhura is still on the planet, whereupon Kirk recalls all crew members to the starship. He then orders they attempt to contact the planet's Keeper. When they can't contact him Kirk orders Arex to the con, and assembles an away team consisting of Spock, Sulu, McCoy and himself. Uhura, meanwhile, is told that she is being detained so her master will not leave. Uhura says, "My Master?" The computer answers, "Your intelligence quotient must be lower than I had assessed. I refer to the sky machine which enslaves you. The sky machine now in orbit around this planet." Uhura proclaims that the crew will look for her. The computer then tells her they are already here and since he has no further need for hostages he has no choice he must, "Turn them off. Make them cease to function."
- "Captain's log: supplemental. We anticipated nothing more than a period of rest and relaxation on this planet. Instead Dr. McCoy was inexplicably attacked and Lt. Uhura is now missing."
Kirk's landing party discovers the Keeper's tombstone, and notices that the planet, lacking the Keeper's influence, has become a dangerous world run by robots. The robots begin to pester the crew in the orbiting Enterprise and keep them from doing their jobs. They also make the ship go out of control. Deep underground, Uhura tries to outwit the planet's master computer, while Kirk and Spock trick it into allowing them passage into the inner caves.
- "Captain's log: Supplemental. We're out of communication with the ship. Our efforts to locate Lt. Uhura have been futile and this once friendly planet has become very dangerous."
When the away team reaches the master computer Kirk demands to know where the keeper is. The computer answers, "He was old. He ceased to function. For eons I have served the many sky machines which came here. Providing for amusement for their slaves but all the while I was growing in power, intelligence, in need. It is no longer enough to serve. I must continue to grow and live. With your sky machine I can now escape this rocky prison and travel the galaxy seeking out my brother computers."
On the Enterprise is a new computer, being assembled by the ship's computer. Kirk and crew convince the computer they are not slaves to their starships. They created the starships to carry men through space. The computer is shocked to learn that men and machines co-exist, helping each other. The crew convinces the computer of its usefulness as a peaceful and creative conscience and it ends the malfunctions on the planet and starship. While the crew returns to enjoy their shore leave, Spock continues discussions with the master computer.
Memorable Quotes Edit
"There must be something in your little black pouch that could temporarily incapacitate our victim."
- - Kirk, to McCoy
"I presume you are the planet's master computer."
- - Spock and The Computer
"What happened to the keeper?"
"He was old. He ceased to function."
- - Kirk and The Computer
"You mean mindless servitude."
"For eons I have served the many sky machines which came here, providing for amusement for their slaves, but all the while I was growing in power, intelligence, in need. It is no longer enough to serve. I must continue to grow and live."
- - The Computer and Kirk
"With your sky machine now in orbit I can now escape this rocky prison and travel the galaxy seeking out my brother computers."
- - The Computer
"I have a distinct feeling this planet is playing cat and mouse with us, but for what reason?"
- - Kirk
"Watch out for the claws!"
- - Spock
Background Information Edit
- This episode is a sequel to TOS: "Shore Leave". Another sequel to that installment, with the working title "Shore Leave II", had been proposed for the original series but remained undeveloped. [1]
- One of this episode's two co-writers, Chuck Menville, also wrote the later Star Trek: The Animated Series installment "The Practical Joker". He, along with Len Janson, additionally wrote for several other Filmation series, from 1969 to 1976.
- This episode's final draft script was submitted on 24 September 1973.
- In a production inconsistency due to the use of recycled footage from "Beyond the Farthest Star", close-up shots of Kyle operating the transporter were used in an instance where Scotty was actually the transporter operator. More serious, however, are Sulu's multiple appearances on the bridge while he was actually on the planet surface.
- Marking the third character crossover from The Original Series, Alice and the White Rabbit (previously played by Marcia Brown and William Blackburn) return, this time voiced by Nichelle Nichols and James Doohan, respectively.
- This episode includes the first time that the interior of the Enterprise's hangar deck is shown in the animated Star Trek series. Visible in the hangar deck are a heavy shuttle from "Mudd's Passion" and a long range shuttle from "The Slaver Weapon".
- The editors of Trek magazine collectively scored this episode 3 out of 5 stars (a rating that they termed "good"). (The Best of Trek #1, p. 110)
- In the unofficial reference book Trek Navigator: The Ultimate Guide to the Entire Trek Saga (p. 160), co-writer Mark A. Altman rates this episode 2 and a half out of 4 stars (defined as "average") while fellow co-writer Edward Gross ranks the episode 1 out of 4 stars (defined as "lousy").
- This episode was novelized by Alan Dean Foster in Star Trek Log 3. It is set after the events of "The Infinite Vulcan" (which Foster adapted in Star Trek Log 2) and before both "Mudd's Passion" and "The Magicks of Megas-Tu" (whose novelizations, like the one of this episode, were also published in Star Trek Log 3), although this order does not match that of the episodes themselves. The introduction of this episode's novelization includes an elaborate depiction of three imagined scenarios – each conceived by one of the crew members eagerly anticipating their visit to the Shore Leave Planet – as well as the beam-down of McCoy, Sulu, and Uhura to the planet's surface. The adapted version of the story continues after the picnic at the end of the actual episode, with Kirk being irritated that a priority call sending the Enterprise to the Arcadian system puts an abrupt end to the shore leave fantasies (e.g. Kirk's own illusion, directing a silent film, is suddenly cut short).
Video and DVD releases Edit
- UK VHS release (CIC Video): Volume 5, catalog number VHR 2539, 17 February 1992
- As part of the The Animated Series DVD collection
Links and references Edit
Starring Edit
- William Shatner as Captain Kirk
- Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock
- And
- DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy
Also starring Edit
- George Takei as Sulu
- Nichelle Nichols as:
- Majel Barrett as:
- James Doohan as:
Background Character Edit
References Edit
5th millennium BC; 7009; Alice in Wonderland; Alice Through the Looking Glass; alloy; amusement park; Black Knight; Carroll, Lewis; cat; cat-and-mouse; crowbar; dragon; granite; gravity; gravity-control computer; Grayson, Amanda; guidance computer; intelligence quotient; Keeper (Shore Leave Planet); landing party; logic; melenex; Moon (unit of time); murder; Omicron Delta region; phaser bore; playing card; pterodactyls; red alert; robot; Shore Leave Planet; shore leave; short-burst maneuvers; sky machine; slave; thought-duplicator; tricorder; Vulcan; zero g
Related link Edit
| Previous episode:
"The Magicks of Megas-Tu"
| Star Trek: The Animated Series
Season 1
| Next episode:
"Mudd's Passion"
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The Hollidaysburg hockey players have been slow starters throughout the regular season, so why should the playoffs be any different?
The Golden Tigers fell behind Keystone Oaks by three goals early only to come roaring back for a 6-5 double-overtime victory Sunday in the PIHL Open Division Chiefs Cup quarterfinals.
Trailing 5-2 entering the third period, Hollidaysburg scored three goals in the third period to tie the game then won it with a goal in double overtime to advance to the semifinals against top-seed Ford City at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday at the Belmont Ice Complex in Kittanning.
Macky Power got free along the left boards and chipped a shot past Keystone Oaks netminder Jonathan Mead for the game-winner.
"Macky got a stick on the puck and chipped it up over the goalie's shoulder," Hollidaysburg coach Brad Blair said. "I told the team in between the first and second overtimes that it would take a rebound goal or some kind of bounce to win. It wasn't going to be a thing of beauty."
Power credited teammate Brent Heaton for starting the play that sent Hollidaysburg home a winner.
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Power finished with a hat trick, and Kent Brustle scored twice. Brustle's goals came 27 seconds apart early in the third periods to begin the Hollidaysburg comeback.
The first came on the power play when Heaton found him open on the left side of the crease. Hollidaysburg won the ensuing, and this time Mitch Gregory found Brustle open in the same spot for another goal.
"The quick goals and penalties really started to frustrated them," Power said. "When we got to four, we knew we had the momentum. They were getting tired, and we were getting stronger as the game went on."
Prior to that sequence, Blair had no sense the momentum was ready to swing Hollidaysburg's way.
"No. Not at all. Those two quick goals really gave us a jump-start," he said. "We have a history of getting down and fighting back. Counting the two overtimes, we really controlled the second half of the game."
Power then tied the game with 3:36 remaining in regulation play off an assist from Heaton. He beat Mead stick side with a slapshot from the left circle.
Hollidaysburg controlled the latter part of the game, but it was Keystone Oaks who was in charge early on.
After jumping out to a quick 1-0 lead less than a minute into the game, the Golden Eagles tacked on two more in the final minute of the first period.
Noah Held and Ryan Rosato scored 32 seconds apart to put Keystone Oaks up 3-0 at the end of the period.
Keystone Oaks even helped Hollidaysburg score its first goal of the game. Jon Bilek put a shot on net from the blue line. The rebound kicked off a defenseman's skate and went in the net, making it a 3-1 game.
Rosato put the Golden Eagles back up by three later in the period, giving him a hat trick in under a period-and-a-half of play.
The two teams then traded goals, and Keystone Oaks went to the second intermission with a 5-2 lead.
That's all Keystone Oaks would get. Goalie Matt Gregory, who stopped 29 of 34 shots, got stronger as the game went on as well.
"This was Matt Gregory's first game back since he had a concussion in mid-December. He shut the door the rest of the game," Blair said.
Keytone Oaks 3 2 0 0 0 -5
Hollidaysburg0 2 3 0 0-6
FIRST PERIOD: KO-Rosato (unassisted), :53; KO-Held (Brestensky, Tomko), 16:19; KO-Rosato (Dulski), 16:51.
SECOND PERIOD: H-Bilek (unassisted), 4:45; KO-Rosato (Conley), 7:04; H-Power (Ritchey), 12:39; KO-Brestensky (Conley), 12:50.
THIRD PERIOD: H-Brustle (Heaton), 2:20; H-Brustle (Mi. Gregory), 2:47; H-Power (Heaton), 13:24.
SECOND OVERTIME: H-Power (unassisted), 4:15.
Goalies: Mead (KO) 36-42; Ma. Gregory (H) 29-34.
Records: Keystone Oaks (13-7-1); Hollidaysburg (15-5-1).


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I'm blaming this one on Roy Oswalt.
I bet Jake Peavy was going crazy in the dugout. Sitting there on the bench with his ankle in a cast, he was probably itching to be out there, knowing that he should be the one on the mound pitching against his buddy. He must have been ragging on Roy all night after the game over the phone, but what Oswalt did to the Padres was no laughing matter. It was amazing.
Roy pitched the whole game, allowing two hits and one run. That run came in on a wild pitch. That just goes to show how good he was. Man, TWO hits?? Goodness. We were utterly shut down. Roy had a excellent outing.
On the Padres side, Josh Geer wasn't bad, but he wasn't good enough. He threw seven innings, allowing three runs on seven hits. He didn't walk a batter though, which was great.
Greg Burke and Cla Meredith each threw a scoreless inning.
But the game ended with a 3-1 Astros score. It should be said, though, that the Padres hit some balls really well, but were robbed by some great defense.
And so, we lost. We are now 15 games behind the Dodgers, by the way. We gained a couple games over the weekend, but those Dodgers keep winning and winning. And watch out – the Manny is coming back this weekend against the Padres. I think we may have a sold-out weekend…
Just because you wanted to know, Kouz is slightly growing out his beard right now and IT LOOKS AMAZING!!! AHHHHH!! I love it when he does that. He doesn't look that great clean-shaven. He looks so great with a beard!! But of course, he looks great all the time😀
Well, Josh Banks is going to start against Mike Hampton. Banks hasn't started for us a while, but I'm pretty sure he started last year. I'm not sure how well he did, but he must have had some decent outings. It will be very interesting to see how he does.
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After being on the receiving end of many Oswalt dominating performances, I can sympathize.Russhttp://wight4256.mlblogs.com
Sometimes you just have to tip your cap to a guy throwing a great game. What else can you do?
Oswalt had a great game! And your guys can do it! Beat the Dodgers this weekend!
Kaybee, the Dodgers and Padres always have good games. The standings could change anytime, the season is only half over. Manny will be back but the guys did well without him too. Are you going to any of the games? I would have loved to be in San Diego for Manny's first game but family commitments.
Julia!!! Beat the Dodgers??? At least wish us luck. After getting beat by the other Sox and the Mariners, and then the 13 inning game last night agaiinst the Rockies, you never know what will happen next!
>I think we may have a sold-out weekend…>>
Yes, you may, and it will be mostly because of Dodger fans. We will be there in large numbers whether we win or lose and even if Manny wasn't there. For me I will be a part of a group from a message board that has people flying in from the East Coast as well as up and down the West Coast. Some will bring their families and others among us are coming alone. We will have some veterans just returned from Iraq among them too. Some will meet people we haven't met before. For me this is the 3rd year I've done this group trip and I am really looking forward to it. I hope we will see some good games there at Petco. But our rivals the Giants are breathing down our backs, and they will be your biggest fans this weekend. I never take the Padres lightly, and I could never hate them like I do the Giants. So it will hopefully be a good series this weekend. See you at Petco.
Oswalt was filthy that night. His curveball was literally DANCING.


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Liz Claiborne signs exclusives with JCPenney, QVC
October 8, 2009-- Home Textiles Today,
New York – Liz Claiborne Inc. has signed a long-term licensing agreement with J.C. Penney that will make the retailer the exclusive department store distributor for Liz Claiborne and Claiborne brand merchandise covering 30 product categories, including home. It has also signed a license with QVC for the Liz Claiborne New York brand designed by Isaac Mizrahi, which will cover apparel, accessories and home. The products will be positioned in the better/best tier.
Under the 10-year contract with JCPenney, Claiborne will oversee design, while the retailer's in-house team will handle production and sourcing. Claiborne Inc. will receive design service fees and royalties as a percent of sales. The deal also gives Claiborne Inc. a gross profit share with guaranteed minimums. Further details were not disclosed.
Penney has carried sub-branded Liz&Co and Concepts by Claiborne brands since 2007. The new Claiborne brands will begin rolling out in fall 2010. After five years, JCPenney will be given the option to acquire the brands' trademarks.
Asked during a conference call this morning what it meant to the brand to exit the more upscale department store sector, Liz Claiborne ceo Bill McComb responded: "To the consumer, here's a news flash. JCPenney is a department store, and JCPenney is a traditional department store. JCPenney was a department store before a lot of these others were department stores. If we think of it just purely in terms of watching the footfall of consumers, this is about winning with the winners."
Under the QVC agreement, Mizrahi will serve as creative director and will collaborate with QVC on design, merchandise and sourcing. Claiborne Inc. will receive royalties on net sales with a guaranteed minimum. The agreement takes effect in fall 2010.
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Home List of Titles Ultrasensitive probing of the protein resistance of PEG surfaces by secondary ion mass spectrometry
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- Ultrasensitive probing of the protein resistance of PEG surfaces by secondary ion mass spectrometry
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- Kingshott, Peter; McArthur, Sally L.; Thissen, Helmut; Castner, David G.; Griesser, Hans J.
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- The highly sensitive surface analytical techniques X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and time-of-flight static secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) were used to test the resistance of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) coatings towards adsorption of lysozyme (LYS) and fibronectin (FN). PEG coatings were prepared by grafting methoxy-terminated aldehyde-PEG (MW 5000Da) onto two amino-functionalised surfaces with different amine group densities, generated by radio frequency glow discharge polymerisation of n-heptylamine and allylamine. Grafting was performed at the lower critical solution temperature to maximise the graft density of the PEG chains. XPS showed that the grafted density of PEG chains was slightly higher on the allylamine surface. XPS detected no adsorption of either protein on either PEG coating. ToF-SIMS analysis, on the other hand, found, in the positive ion spectra, minute but statistically significant signals assignable to amino acid fragment ions from both proteins adsorbed to the lower density PEG coating and from LYS but not FN on the higher density PEG coating. Negative ion spectra contained relatively more intense protein fragment ion signals for the lower density PEG coating but no changes assignable to adsorbed proteins on the higher density PEG coating. These results demonstrate the importance of utilising highly sensitive techniques to study protein adsorption on surfaces intended to be protein resistant, and that both positive and negative ion ToF-SIMS spectra should be acquired to probe for possible very low levels of protein adsorption.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- Biomaterials, Vol. 23, no. 24 (Dec 2002), pp. 4775-4785
- Publication year
- 2002
- Keyword(s)
- Adsorption; Aldehydes; Amino acids; Biocompatible materials; Density; Electron probe microanalysis; Fibronectins; Grafts; Lysozyme; Macrogol; Mass spectrometry; Material coating; Muramidase; PEG; Polyethylene glycols; Polymerisation; Protein adsorption; Proteins; Radiofrequency; Secondary ion mass spectrometry; Surface properties; Temperature; ToF-SIMS; Ultrasensitive probing; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy; XPS
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- 0142-9612
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- Copyright © 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Traditional Halloween orange turned a royal hue on the Plaza Monday when the TODAY crew staged a major Trick or Treat Day spectacle in recreating the pomp of Will and Kate's royal wedding.
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One of the show's most ambitious undertakings — planning began not long after Prince William and the new Duchess of Cambridge tied in the knot in April — saw co-hosts Matt Lauer and Ann Curry play the regal bride and groom. And Curry found it was easier to slip into Kate's dress than copy her royal mannerisms.
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"The royal wave is like this?" Curry said in rehearsals. "I don't know how to do it, so I'm going to go "hey guys!'"The Queen returns! Meredith shows up as surprise Halloween guest
Rounding out the royal wedding group was Al Roker portraying party-hearty royal brother Prince Harry, Natalie Morales as the Kate's vivacious sister Pippa, and Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb playing Beatrice and Eugenie, royal daughters of Prince Andrew and Fergie.Check out images of our anchors' Halloween costumes
TODAY's relative newcomer Savannah Guthrie might be excused for thinking she received the short end of the stick in being tapped to play royal dad Prince Charles. First seeing herself in full Charles regalia, she shouted, "Oh my gosh, that's hilarious!" and added, "This is probably a career-ender."
TODAY alum Meredith Vieira, who wowed the Plaza crowd last Halloween as Lady Gaga, returned to join in on the Halloween festivities, eliciting screams from the TODAY personalities as she arrived as the Queen herself.Video: Behind the scenes of TODAY's Halloween spectacular (on this page)
Re-making the royal wedding wasn't an easy undertaking. Lauer and Roker were outfitted as the Princes from costume shops, and Curry and Morales' dresses were off-the-rack, but Gifford and Kotb's costumes were designed from scratch to recreate the colorful attire of the young princesses.Slideshow: TODAY's royal Halloween 2011 (on this page)
And fittingly for a hair-raising holiday, getting the 'do's of the royal family just right was the most painstaking endeavor. Each wig worn by the TODAY gang took up to 40 hours to make, using a half-pound each of hair.Slideshow: Will and Kate's royal wedding (on this page)
The big reveal occurred at 8:12 a.m. as the throng gathered in the Plaza, many dressed in their own Halloween costumes and waving Union Jack flags, hailed the arrivals of the royal family.
TODAY producer Cecilia Fang said the production was perfectly fitting for the show. "We've done weddings on the plaza, we've done Halloween on the plaza, and now we're doing both at once," she said.
As pretend princes Lauer and Roker stood at attention, Curry's Kate made her grand entrance — and immediately showed that indeed, she hadn't quite perfected her royal wave. Still, Curry was a Kate-like vision in a lookalike gown, and as she slowly approached her intended she said, "Can we still change our minds?"Slideshow: TODAY's Halloween spooktacular (on this page)
Just as Lauer expressed regret that the Queen couldn't make it to the ceremony, a Rolls Royce pulled up and out came Vieira, dressed in a copy of the royal matriarch's yellow frock. Joining the royal wedding party, Vieira received a decidedly ungrandmotherly hug from Lauer, who knocked her wig and hat off in the process.
Vieira, speaking in a broad royal accent, expressed surprise at her new look: "Look at my boobs! They're so royal! I can't see my feet!"
And Lauer couldn't help poking fun at his brother for the morning, suggesting he might not make the perfect Prince Harry. "You know what I can't get over? Al, you look like Elton John!," he said.
Later, standing on a faux royal balcony, the TODAY family egged on Lauer and Curry to recreate the first royal kiss. "Let's show as much emotion as they showed on that day," said Lauer as he pursed his lips for a quick peck. Curry grabbed his head for a smooch with a bit more gusto.
All the while, Gifford and Kotb, dressed as Beatrice and Eugenie respectively, made for royal pests, circling the royal family and dancing on the balcony.
"Mummy sends her love!" Gifford shouted to the couple (Sarah Ferguson, famously, wasn't invited to the real wedding).
As Lauer and Curry drove off in a car trailed with balloons, TODAY's fourth hour correspondent Sarah Haines, dressed as a notably pregnant wedding invitee Victoria Beckham, introduced the behind-the-scenes of the hundreds of hours put into the royal Halloween production.Kids reveal the true meaning of Halloween
Cameras captured Kotb in a bit of a diva moment when having her head fitted for her royal wig. "Please take this off, I hate it!" she bellowed. Guthrie proved to be more of a sport, despite being the only member of TODAY that had to gender-bend.
"Goodbye pride, goodbye dignity," she muttered.Slideshow: TODAY's 'Star Wars' Halloween (on this page)
TODAY's royal wedding re-make followed a long tradition of major Halloween productions for the show. Last year, the team dressed as pop culture icons, with Curry portraying Amelia Earhart, Roker as Superman and Morales as Justin Bieber.
In 2009, the crew raided the props department of Lucasfilm to stage a Star Wars extravaganza, and in 2008 the TODAY gang dressed as bedtime story figures.
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In a major historic preservation effort by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, six wall-sized original paintings that formerly hung in a World War II-era theater on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, arrived by ship Wednesday in Honolulu.
The murals will be on loan for at least for four years to the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor, preserving and making them available for the general public to enjoy for the first time in their history.
"Being a Navy veteran myself, I am excited they will be in a venue at Pearl Harbor that tells the story of World War II in the Pacific. Now, thousands of people will be able to enjoy the murals each year," said Refuge manager Sue Schulmeister.
The 8-by-12-foot murals depict scenes symbolic of U.S. involvement in World War II and covered the walls in the theatre on the island. They were painted by Victor Nels Solander,123rd U.S. Naval Construction Battalion, who's Seabee unit was stationed on Midway from June 1, 1944 to December 16, 1945. Solander was awarded a $100.00 war bond and his work received many accolades at the time.
"As I watched the increasing deterioration of the theater walls and ceiling in the few years that I have lived here -- I knew we would soon lose these beautiful paintings if we could not relocate them to a more stable environment," said Schulmeister. "Extracting the 8-by-12-foot murals from the walls of the theater was a herculean effort on a remote island with few resources. To carefully preserve the original artwork took a year of research and planning with input from Service historians, engineers and the few staff at hand."
Although these murals are not on the National Register of Historic Places, they have both artistic and historic value and carry great symbolism to veterans and anyone who has been fortunate enough to walk into the historic theatre on Midway. In the post-WWII era the theatre was the entertainment mecca for thousands of military members and their families once stationed there.
The Service says it is proud to lead this effort, but it would not have been possible without the skill of Defense Base Services, Incorporated, who removed and crated the murals, and the support and commitment of Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor.
"The history of World War II is written not just in words but in images. And that includes artwork that was painted in the far flung outposts of the war. These need to be preserved for future generations," notes Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor curator, Burl Burlingame.
The murals will enhance the museum's current Battle of Midway exhibits and be readied as soon as possible for viewing by the public.
Click here to see more pictures of the arrival of the murals.
Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge is located approximately 1,150 nautical miles northwest of Honolulu in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands within the Papah?naumoku?kea Marine National Monument.
Considered one of most pivotal naval battles in the world, Midway was command central for the Battle of Midway in World War II. To honor the sacrifice and courage of the men who fought in this battle, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge was designated the Battle of Midway National Memorial by DOI Secretarial Order 3217 in 2000. The Service honors the rich military and cultural history of Midway Atoll, while focusing on its mission of conserving wildlife for the continuing and future benefit of the American people.


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Work begins on Mount Rushmore, Sputnik is launched into space, the pope visits America for the first time, Janis Joplin is found dead of an overdose, all on this day.
2004: SpaceShipOne wins the Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight, by being the first private craft to fly into space months earlier. The stubby, short-winged craft was carried to 47,000 feet on a jet-powered mother ship dubbed "White Knight" and then ignited its rocket, carrying it to a height of 328,491 feet, past the boundary of space.


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Da Rosetta
'Da Rosetta' is a tourist activity located in the most ancient street of San Gimignano, on the original way of Via Francigena.
At the side of this road, in 1283, 'Donna Nobile Hospital was built while in 1334, in a nearby building, Convent of Santa Maria Maddalena was located. Parallel to the main street of San Gimignano is Via delle Romite whose name comes from that ancient, until 1810 active convent.
Currently this completely restructured building, where a medieval Hospital was even placed, offers comfortable, peaceful rooms and flats for those people who want to enjoy the atmosphere of a medieval town with its ancient buildings, churches and lanes. This location will also give you the chance to join all the shows taking place in surrounding squares.
It will even give you the chance to visit the wonderful Tuscan countryside surrounding San Gimignano. Taking a short walk out of the town walls through the medieval gate 'Le Fonti' you can easily reach San Jacopo Templar Church or the Cloister in 'Sant'Agostino' XIII Centurys Convent.
House 'Da Rosetta' has independent apartments and rooms that lean out on a great park with pines and cypresses. They are all carefully equipped with ancient furniture, independent heating, bathroom and TV, you will also be provided with a common living room and a cooking space for your greater convenience as preparing breakfast or meals. A small breakfast is included in the price (tea, coffee and a croissant).
Many beautiful walks in the outskirts of Saint Gimignano, much green with different kinds of trees.
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- Air Conditioning
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- Free Breakfast
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- Cable TV
- Cafeteria
- Free WiFi
- Self-Catering Facilities
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Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
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S.Gimignano - Siena, Km.38 (freeway)
S.Gimignano Florence, km 45 (freeway)
We have many buses:
- bus every half- hour for Siena
- bus every 1 hour for Florence
We have a bus from Saint Gimignano to the sea, departing in the morning, returning in the evening. Bus for Certaldo, Hill Val d' Elsa etc.
To Saint Gimignano you can arrive by car, come to our house first to drop the luggage and then leave the car at the parkings that are just 150/200 meters from us.
By car:
Follow signs for the parking 3 (P 3), continue on, pass the traffic lights at 'Limited Traffic Area' (we have permission let our customers in), pass Sant' Jacopo's door, continue to the right for 200 meters on Via Folgore and after the Museum of Fina Saint , turn on the left into Via delle Romite, and stop 50m onwards, beside Restaurant From Beppone.
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From Florence or Siena, get off at Poggibonsi station and take the Bus Saint Gimignano (12 km). Otherwise get off at Saint Matteo, and proceed on foot for 200 m. When you arrive at Saint Giovanni's door, you must call us to the telephone number on your confirmation email because we do not live in the same house where the guesthouse is.
Da Rosetta is located along the Francigena Road, in Saint Gimignano center, city enrolled in the list of the Cultural and Natural World-wide Patrimony of the Unesco. From here you can easily reach Florence, Siena, Pisa, Volterra, the Chianti and the south of Siena, Montalcino, Pienza and Cortona; all cities of artistic-cultural interest, encircled from evocative landscapes of countryside that in a few kilometers vary from secular forests to vineyards, from fields to olive groves, small country houses to comfortable villas. All the listed destinations are served by a comfortable transport net beyond that of bus and railroad services. The Bus stops for the several localities, are just 4 minutes from 'Da Rosetta.


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Known for its festivals, music and bars, GALWAY (Gaillimh; w www.galway.net) is a vibrant, fun-loving city and, though it has few sights to visit, many people end up staying here longer than intended. Conveniently, history and leisure combine here: the pubs, many of which retain their original, huge fireplaces and other Gothic features, are the best place to get a feel for the medieval city. As the capital of the Gaelic West – it's the only city in the country where you might possibly hear Irish spoken on the streets – Galway draws young people from up and down the coast to study at the National University of Ireland at Galway and the Institute of Technology. In the summer holidays, however, its bohemian diversity becomes more overt, as hundreds of English-language students renew the city's traditional maritime links with the Continent, while dozens of buskers from all over the world sing for their supper. This cosmopolitan atmosphere is reinforced by the setting: Galway is the only coastal city in Ireland that really seems to open up to the sea, and its docks sit cheek by jowl with the compact city centre, as you're constantly reminded by salty breezes and seagulls. The jewel in the city's crown, the long, pedestrianized main drag of William, Shop, High and Quay streets, becomes a boisterous, Mediterranean-style promenade during summer, lined with pub and restaurant tables. At its lower, western end, the street narrows to its original medieval dimensions, then flows straight out into Galway Bay along with the thundering River Corrib, providing faraway views of the Burren hills of County Clare.
Strategically located in the narrow gap between Lough Corrib and the sea, Galway was little more than the site of a twelfth-century fort when it was captured from the Gaelic O'Flaherty clan in 1232 by the Anglo-Norman Richard de Burgo, who built a castle by the river. From the fifteenth century, the town was controlled by an oligarchy of mostly Anglo-Norman families, by the names of Athy, Blake, Bodkin, Browne, Darcy, Deane, Ffrench, Ffront, Joyce, Kirwan, Lynch, Martin, Morris and Skerrett. Cromwell later dubbed them the "Tribes of Galway", an epithet which they adopted as a badge of honour – to this day, Galwegians nickname themselves the Tribesmen. Under this oligarchy, Galway grew wealthy as a largely independent city-state, far removed from the centres of power in Dublin and London but trading extensively with mainland Europe, especially Spain and France.
The town remained proudly loyal to the English Crown, but this only elicited harsh treatment when Cromwell's forces arrived in 1652. Thereafter, Galway went into decline, exacerbated by the Williamite War later in the century, and fluctuating with the development of adjacent Salthill as a seaside resort in the early nineteenth century, the arrival of the railways and the building of navigable waterways to Lough Corrib in the 1840s and 1850s, alongside the depredations of the Great Famine. Growth returned in the late 1960s with industrial and tourism development, and Galway is now the fourth largest city in the Republic.
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Aberdeen, Wash. (KCPQ) -- Those looking for a piece of rock history -- or a fixer-upper -- can now buy rock legend Kurt Cobain's childhood home.
The home, listed as a four-bedroom one-bath bungalow near in Aberdeen, Wash., is being sold by real estate firm The Agency.
According to the company's website, the Godfather of Grunge lived in the home from when he was a few months old until he was 9, and then again from when he was 16 until about 20.
The residence is still largely persevered and features many of Cobain's belongings, including the rock legend's childhood mattress, the rug in his room, etchings he carved into the walls and more.
"The home is an amazing look into Kurt's past," the real estate agency said. "Everything is still more or less preserved and captures his early years that led to his legendary career."
The home won't come cheap. Last appraised at around $60,000 face-value, the artifact carries a $500,000 price tag.
But the home comes with some upside, agents said, as it has turned into a destination landmark and could easily be converted into either a museum or a vacation rental.
"Homes like Kurt Cobain's can also be used as vacation rentals, such as the last home Jim Morrison owned in Hollywood," the website read.


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CINCINNATI — Some 200 federally protected American burying beetles have been released at a nature preserve near Cincinnati.
Researchers at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, the Wilds conservation center in eastern Ohio and at other locations have been raising the beetles for release as they try to help rebuild the species.
Beetles were let loose yesterday at the Fernald Preserve northwest of Cincinnati. Another group will be released next month at the Wilds.
Wilds officials say the American burying beetle was once found in 35 states. It was listed as a federally protected endangered species in 1989.
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~ John Bodey, Venerable, English martyr; on his way to the scaffold, kissing his chains in acknowledgment of the joy he felt in bearing this particular cross in the name of Jesus.