text:
While Ryan Lochte and other Olympic swimmers go for gold in Turkey at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), known commonly as the short course world championships, top winter athletes in skiing, bobsled, skeleton, luge and biathlon will be competing in World Cups around the world. Check out the Team USA Weekend Preview for all the details.
11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), Dec. 12-16, Istanbul, Turkey
Ryan Lochte, a five-time medalist at the London 2012 Olympic Games, has nearly equaled that medal total in just two days of the at the short course world championships in Istanbul, Turkey.
Lochte won gold in the men's 800-meter freestyle relay Thursday, posting a split of 1:41.17 in his opening leg. It was the fastest split of any swimmer in the event. The gold was his third victory at the worlds. He won gold in the men's 200 free and 400 free relay Wednesday. He added a fourth medal, a bronze, in the 100 fly Thursday.
Also off to a golden start was Olympian Matt Grevers, who held off Russia's Stanislav Donets for gold in the 100 backstroke. Grevers also won gold Wednesday on the same relay team as Lochte. Allison Schmitt, who brought home five Olympic medals from London, anchored the women's gold medal-winning performance in the 800 free relay.
In all, 43 American swimmers are competing, including 17 Olympians. Among the missing notables: Missy Franklin, who did compete in the first Grand Prix event of the 2012-13 season and is also competing with her high school team.
The meet continues through Sunday. Featured races include the men's 50 and 400 freestyle Friday, men's 50 fly and 50 backstroke, and women's 100 breaststroke Saturday, and men's 100 free, and women's 50 and 200 free Sunday.
The United States totaled seven medals Thursday. Among them, Olivia Smoliga won her first world championship in the women's 100 backstroke, Thomas Shields won silver in the men's 100 fly, Kevin Cordes won bronze in the men's 100 breaststroke and Chloe Sutton took the bronze in the women's 800 free.
TV: 8 p.m.-9 p.m. ET Friday, Universal Sports; 2 p.m.-3 p.m. and 8 p.m.-9 p.m. Saturday, Universal Sports; 2 p.m.-3 p.m. and 8-9 p.m. Sunday, Universal Sports
FIS Freestyle World Cup, dual moguls, Dec. 15, Ruka, Finland
Eliza Outtrim, a medalist in Ruka, Finland last year, will be among the U.S. skiers competing in the opening FIS Freestyle World Cup event of the season Saturday. Heather McPhie and Pat Deneen will also compete. Hannah Kearney, a gold medalist in moguls at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, is out because of injuries from her training crash in October.
Webcast: 8 a.m. ET Saturday, universalsports.com
FIS Cross Country World Cup, Dec. 13-16, Canmore, Canada
Olympian Kikkan Randall finished sixth in the 10-kilometer mass start, her career-best finish in a classic distance race, Thursday at the FIS Cross Country World Cup event in Canmore, Alberta, Canada. Randall is in third place in the overall World Cup standings. The event continues through Sunday.
ISF Nordic Combined Continental Cup, Dec. 14-16, Park City, Utah
Todd Lodwick, a five-time Olympian and 2009 world champion, is among the U.S. skiers competing Friday through Sunday at an ISF Nordic Combined Continental Cup event in Park City, Utah. Other U.S. skiers include Nick Hendrickson, Adam Loomis, Michael Ward and Brett Denney.
Also in skiing:
FIS World Cup Alpine, men's downhill and super-G, Dec. 12-15, Val Gardena-Groeden, Italy
TV: 9 p.m.-10:30 p.m. ET Friday and 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Universal Sports
FIS World Cup Alpine, women's downhill and super-G, Dec. 12-15, Val d'lsere, France
TV: 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m. ET Friday and 9 p.m.-10:30 a.m. Saturday, Universal Sports
FIS World Cup, ski jumping, women, Dec. 13-14, Ramsau, Austria
FIS World Cup, ski jumping, men, Dec. 14-16, Engelberg, Switzerland
FIS World Cup Nordic Combined, Dec. 15-16, Ramsau, Austria
USANA Ski and Snowboardcross Cup, Dec. 12-15, Telluride, Colo.
Olympic gold medalist Seth Wescott and seven-time X Games champion Nate Holland, a two-time Olympian, will be among the big names competing Friday and Saturday in the U.S. Snowboardcross Cup at the Telluride Resort in Colorado. Individual snowboard competition will be held Friday, followed by team competition Saturday.
Snowboardcross features four to six athletes going down the course at the same time. The course features jumps, bumps, banks and berms.
TV: 5 p.m.-6:30 p.m. ET Friday, Universal Sports; 3 p.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, NBC Sports Network
U.S. Women's National Team vs. China, Dec. 15, Boca Raton, Fla.
The U.S. Women's National Team will finish its coast-to-coast, 10-game Fan Tribute Tour on Saturday night in Boca Raton, Fla. The 2012 Olympic champions play China in FAU Stadium.
"This kind of reception that we've had since London, and even since World Cup 2011, it doesn't get old," forward Abby Wambach said. "This is one of those things that we've been working so hard for when nobody was watching and when the few fans were coming out and supporting us. This is what we were doing it for. Now people are noticing what this team can do and I think it's pretty special."
The United States has gone unbeaten on the Tribute Tour, including a 4-0 win against China Wednesday in Houston. Wambach, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, scored her 149th and 150th career international goals in that victory. All of the games have been U.S. victories, except for a pair of ties with Germany.
TV: 7 p.m. ET Saturday, NBC Sports Network
Also in soccer:
U.S. Under-20 Men's National Team training camp, Dec. 15-22, Sunrise, Fla.
World Cup, Dec. 14-16, La Plagne, France
U.S. bobsledders Steven Holcomb and Elana Meyers are both ranked among the top three in the World Cup standings, and they will look to solidify, if not improve, their positions this weekend in La Plagne, France.
Meyers, who is ranked third in the overall standings, will team up with Katie Eberling in the KOA sled on Friday afternoon in their pursuit of a podium finish. They won silver last week in Winterberg, Germany. Jazmine Fenlator will ride with track Olympian Lolo Jones in the second U.S. sled, and Jamie Greubel will team up with Emily Azevedo in the Sliding for Hope sled.
Holcomb has been dominating early this season. He is the World Cup points leader in the two-man bobsled and No. 2 in the four-man standings. Holcomb will ride with Steve Langton in the two-man competition Saturday, and will pilot the USA-1 Night Crew four-man sled Sunday. His four-man crew consists of Justin Olsen, Langton and Curt Tomasevicz. A fifth-place finish in the two-man competition with Tomasevicz last week marked the first time this season Holcomb didn't win gold.
Also competing in the two-man bobsled for the United States will be the team of Nick Cunningham and Andreas Drbal. Four-man sleds will be piloted by Cunningham and Cory Butner.
Katie Uhlaender and Kimber Gabryszak will be among those in the women's skeleton Saturday. Matt Antoine, John Daly and Kyle Tress were to compete in the men's skeleton Friday.
Also in bobsled/skeleton:
European Cup, Dec. 10-16, Igls, Austria
World Cup, Dec. 15-16, Sigulda, Latvia
The final World Cup event before the holiday break will provide U.S. lugers with a demanding course in Sigulda, Latvia, one that is similar to the demands of the U.S. home course in Lake Placid, N.Y.
"The track here in Latvia is quite nice actually," said Chris Mazdzer, a 2010 Olympian who finished 15th last week in Altenberg, Germany. "The transitions are a bit rough, but that will probably benefit the people who are used to Lake Placid."
Among those could be two-time Olympian Erin Hamlin, who finished seventh last week, and 2010 Olympian Julia Clukey, whose sixth-place finish in Igls, Austria, was the best of all USA Luge athletes this season.
"The track is in great shape, actually, which is a big relief," said Hamlin, who is seventh in the World Cup standings. "Every time we come here it is a roll of the dice because when it is built a little bit rough and the ice is a little bumpy, it seems to be a pretty big pain for me. This week, so far so good."
Mazdzer and Hamlin are both A-seeded and already qualified into the weekend racing. Clukey, Emily Sweeney, Kate Hansen and Taylor Morris will attempt to qualify in Friday's Nations Cup sessions. Matt Mortensen and Preston Griffall are entered in doubles. Jake Hyrns and Andrew Sherk will attempt to qualify another doubles sled Friday.
Also in luge:
Junior World Cup, Dec. 14-15, Konigssee, Germany
IBU World Cup, Dec. 13-16, Pokljuka, Slovenia
Tim Burke placed fourth Thursday in the men's 10k sprint opener at the IBU World Cup in Pokljuka, Slovenia. The strong finish with a time of 24:56.9 boosted Burke from 19th place in the World Cup overall standings to No. 13.
"I am really happy with today's result," Burke said. "Of course it would have been nice to find a few more seconds to get onto the (medals) podium, but I really did everything I could out there today so I am very happy with that. I felt very solid on the shooting range today. I was able to execute the techniques that I have been working on in practice."
Skiing with a broken toe, Lowell Bailey still managed to finish 36th. Burke and Bailey will race in Saturday's men's 12.5k pursuit. Friday's competition includes the women's 7.5k sprint. Susan Dunklee and Sara Studebaker will compete. The mass start for both men and women will be Sunday.
Also in biathlon:
IBU Cup Trials, Dec. 15-17, Mt. Itasca, Minn.
Junior World Cup, women's and men's foil, Dec. 15-16, Leszno, Italy
U.S. junior foil fencers head to Leszno, Italy, this weekend for a Junior World Cup event. The women's competition will be held Saturday, followed by the men's tournament Sunday. Margaret Lu is coming off strong performances. She won gold in November at the Bratislava Junior World Cup, and won silver at last week's North American Cup in Milwaukee, losing only to Olympian Nzingha Prescod in the final.
Also in fencing:
Junior World Cup, women's epee, Dec. 15, Laupheim, Germany
Regional Youth Circuit, Barbara Lynch Charity Youth Tournament, Dec. 15-16, Maplewood, N.J.
Volkswagen World Junior Table Tennis Championships, Dec. 9-16, Hyderabad, India
Ten-year-old Crystal Wang, the youngest player in the tournament, is among the U.S. athletes competing in the Volkswagen World Junior Table Tennis Championships. The U.S. girls defeated Croatia to earn a seventh-place finish in the team competition. 2012 Olympian Lily Zhang, 16, defeated Ida Jazbec and Ivana Tubikanec to help close out the Croatia match.
Zhang will face Israel's Nicole Trosman in the women's singles round of 64 Friday, and will also team up with Prachi Jha in the doubles to face the Czech Republic's Karin Adamkova and Kristyna Stefcova. Jha will face Theresa Kraft of Germany in singles.
Marathon Epee, Dec. 15-16, Colorado Springs
Athletes from the U.S. National Modern Pentathlon Team and the USA Fencing Epée Olympic Training Center Resident Team will be among those competing in the two-day Marathon Epee this weekend. National teams from Ukraine and Brazil are also entered. The tournament will be held at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.
Story courtesy Red Line Editorial, Inc. Paul D. Bowker is a freelance contributor for TeamUSA.org. Material from various news services and press releases from National Governing Bodies was used to compile this report. This story was not subject to the approval of any National Governing Bodies.


text:
Simple Sautéed SpinachSautéing spinach (or any greens) with garlic and a squeeze of lemon is a simple technique that lets the leaves shine.This recipe is a quick, easy way to benefit from spinach's muscle-building vitamins and minerals, including iron, potassium and beta-carotene.Serves: 6Preparation time: 7 minutesIngredients2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 4 cloves garlic, thinly sliced 20 ounces fresh spinach 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper Preparation1. Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add garlic and cook until beginning to brown, 1-2 minutes. Add spinach and toss to coat. Cover and cook until wilted, 3-5 minutes. Remove from heat and add lemon juice, salt and crushed red pepper. Toss to coat and serve immediately. Enjoy!Nutrition FactsPer serving:68 calories5 g fat (1 g sat)0 mg cholesterol4 g carbohydrates3 g protein2 g fiber172 mg sodium540 mg potassiumNutritional Bonus: vitamin A (180% Daily Value), folate (46% DV), vitamin C (45% DV), iron & potassium (15% DV)
Basil-Cinnamon Peaches Enjoy end-of-season peaches with this sweet, fat-free dessert.Make it a day or two ahead so it has time to chill in the refrigerator. Each diet-friendly serving has a slim 96 calories and no fat. Serves: 6Preparation time: About 6 hoursIngredients1-1/2 cups water 1/2 cup sugar 3 strips lemon zest 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 3-inch piece cinnamon stick 3 ripe but firm medium peaches, halved lengthwise and pitted 1/2 cup packed fresh basil leaves, roughly choppedPreparation1. Combine water, sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice and cinnamon stick in a large non-reactive saucepan; bring to a simmer over medium-high heat, stirring often, until sugar dissolves. Add peach halves. Return to a brisk simmer, cover pan and simmer, turning peaches occasionally until tender when pierced with a skewer (or paring knife) and skins are loosened, 20-25 minutes (depending on ripeness). Use a slotted spoon to transfer peaches to a plate.2. Return liquid to a boil and cook until reduced to about 3/4 cup, 10-12 minutes. Remove from heat, stir in basil, and let cool to room temperature, about 40 minutes.3. Slip off and discard peach skins. Place peaches in a storage container and strain cooled syrup over them. Cover and chill for at least 4 hours.Enjoy!Nutrition FactsPer serving:96 calories 0 g fat (0 g sat)0 mg cholesterol24 g carbohydrates1 g protein 1 g fiber2 mg sodium150 mg potassium
Talk to us on Facebook and Twitter!

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Wilton 10201 603M3 3" Columbian Machinist Vise
- Strong, ductile iron main castings are guaranteed against defects in workmanship and materials
- Steel jaw faces made from hardened tool steel have deep knurled pattern to ensure positive gripping
- All sizes (except 6") feature a generous ground/polished anvil
- Swivel base rotates 360° and gear lock bolt ensures positive locking against slippage
- Jaw Width: 3"
- Jaw Opening: 4"
- Throat Depth: 3"
- See our Wilton Columbian Machinist Vises "ALL"
For Pre-Sales questions on Wilton Tools, feel free to contact Customer Service (888-804-7129) or for technical issues (800-274-6846). For all warranty issues, please call 800-274-6848.....and don't forget to tell them Lucy sent you!
WMH Tool Group, Inc., warrants every product it sells. If one of our tools needs service or repair, one of our Authorized Service Centers located throughout the United States can give you quick service. In most cases, any of these WMH Tool Group Authorized Service Centers can authorize warranty repair, assist you in obtaining parts, or perform routine maintenance and major repair on your Jet® tools. For the name of an Authorized Service Center in your area call 1-800-274-6848.
Overall Rating for Wilton 10201 603M3 3" Columbian Machinist Vise
|(no reviews)
|Be the first to rate and review this item


text:
Atlanta, Georgia 3033
United States
|Areas of Practice
|1) Real Estate
|Law School
|University of Georgia School of Law
|Admitted Year
|Most recent firm
|Taylor English Duma LLP
|Relevant Jobs
Corporate Counsel - Real Estate
Corporate Counsel Responsibilities: Provide advice and counsel on all legal aspects for a sophisticated commercial real estate investments group. Provide transaction structuring of real estate mortga...
Apply now
Corporate Counsel - Real Estate
Corporate Counsel - Real Estate Responsibilities: Join an active Investments Law group that assists business partners in originating and managing a diverse commercial mortgage loan and real estate...
Apply now
|+ View more jobs
Anthony Ciasulli is a senior counsel in Morgan Lewis's Real Estate Practice. Mr. Ciasulli represents both developers and lenders in connection with commercial, residential, industrial and resort real estate.
Brian M. Jazaeri is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Litigation Practice. Mr. Jazaeri represents clients in complex commercial litigation, with a particular emphasis on class action matters and financial services, healthcare and technology litigation.


text:
As a high school student, Rory Lee dreamed of a career involving math or science. Maybe, he thought, he would attend Mississippi State University and become an engineer, or head to the University of Mississippi and become a pharmacist. But when Lee heard the call to ministry, he knew exactly where he would go to pursue it.
"As soon as I felt that call, I knew I would be going to Mississippi College," Dr. Lee recalls. "I knew MC was the place to go to prepare to be a minister, but at that time, I didn't really understand the breadth of what was possible as far as a career in ministry. As a student at MC, I realized there were so many other ways to perform ministry besides being a pastor."
In the four decades since his graduation, Dr. Rory Lee has dedicated himself to ministry in many forms. He spent 33 years in Christian higher education guiding the paths of hundreds of young people, and preached and counseled as a bi-vocational Baptist minister. He served his alma mater as interim president during the most challenging days in MC's history, and led not one but two other Christian universities into new eras of success. And today, Dr. Lee provides children and families with life changing, loving assistance as the executive director of the Baptist Children's Village (BCV).
In recognition of his dedicated service to his alma mater and tireless work on behalf of others, Dr. Rory Lee was named Mississippi College's 2011 Alumnus of the Year.
"This honor is particularly meaningful because so many of my most significant relationships were formed at Mississippi College," Dr. Lee says. "The opportunity to be part of a college and a community that value faith, work, and honor prepared me for every position I was called to fill."
Lee's long history of service to MC began when he was a student. In 1971, while he was still three months shy of earning his bachelor's degree in Bible, Lee accepted a position as an MC admissions counselor. He continued to work in admissions by day while completing his master's degree in counseling at MC at night, and somehow also found the time to take summer classes at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.
In 1973, Lee was named MC's dean of men, and soon after added a second job title as pastor of Antioch Baptist Church in Hazlehurst, Mississippi. Lee continued to serve as a bi-vocational pastor at the church for the next 17
years, while also earning his doctorate from the University of Mississippi and holding a number of high-profile, high-responsibility positions at MC, including dean of admissions, director of development, vice president for development, and vice president for institutional advancement.
Dr. Lee's greatest time of service to his alma mater came in 1993, following the resignation of university president Dr. Lewis Nobles. At the request of the MC board of trustees, Dr. Lee stepped in to serve as interim president, a role that saw him providing capable leadership and boosting university morale during a challenging time. Dr. Lee's service to MC did not come without personal and professional sacrifice. In order to devote his full attention to leading MC, he resigned his position as pastor of Antioch Baptist Church.
"Few alumni ever reach the level of loyalty and service to their alma mater that Dr. Rory Lee has achieved," says Ron Howard, MC's vice president for academic affairs. "As MC's interim president and vice precedence for institutional advancement, Rory exhibited exceptional leadership to the university during very challenging times."
Dr. Lee left MC in 1996 to serve as president of William Carey College in Hattiesburg, a position he held until 1997, when he was named president of Louisiana College. During his seven-year tenure as president, Louisiana College experienced tremendous growth, including the construction of new facilities on campus, two new sports added to the athletic program, and an increase in the number of faculty members holding terminal degrees.
In 2004, Dr. Lee assumed his current position as executive director of the Baptist Children's Village, a statewide ministry that provides safe group homes for children and psychological and spiritual counseling for families. BCV provides short-term care for children whose parents have financial, health, or behavioral problems that make caring for their children temporarily impossible, and also offers long-term care for children who have been neglected, abused, or abandoned.
"Working here, you see things that can make you very sad and very angry," Dr. Lee continues. "But we've learned not to dwell on those negative feelings. Instead, we focus on showing Christ's love not only to the children, but also to their families. This is a healing ministry."
BCV cares for approximately 100 children ages two to 20 at any given time, and serves an average of 300 children each year. Headquartered in Ridgeland, BCV operates eight residential campuses throughout Mississippi and counting; Dr. Lee's ultimate goal is to have a BCV campus within one hour's drive of every child in Mississippi. While the work can be stressful and emotionally draining, Dr. Lee points to hundreds of success stories of reunited families and once troubled children who have grown into productive, Christian adults as what makes it all worthwhile.
"Without a doubt, I was led to this job," Dr. Lee says. "I very much enjoyed my days on college campuses, but most of the college students I had the privilege of working with were going to be great people regardless of the education they received. Our children at BCV have not had the advantages most of those people had. Working with them is a real opportunity to add value and direction to their lives.
"My goal is to have no repeat customers," Dr. Lee continues. "When children leave our care, I want to see them come back to visit as Christian adults who are achieving all that's possible in their spiritual life, professional life, and family life. In fact, my ultimate wish is that someday, there will not be a need for a place like the Baptist Children's Village."
Over the past 40 years, Dr. Rory Lee's life of ministry has taken many forms, from guiding college kids to preaching at funerals, from leading educational institutions to providing hope for the weakest among us, but Mississippi College was his preparation for it all.
"The delicate balance of imparting knowledge and instilling values is a Mississippi College hallmark," says Dr. Lee. "The academic lessons I learned at MC were significant, but the virtues of integrity and service to God and mankind that I learned there were far more important."


text:
Brief SummaryRead full entry
Wedgetail Triggerfish have an orange snout and a bright blue band running over the upper jaw. A broad black or dark brown band extends diagonally across the body from the eye to the anal fin, completely separating the upper flanks from the head and pale chest. The caudal peduncle, at the base of the caudal (tail) fin has a black triangular blotch coming to a point below the middle of second the dorsal fin. The fins are dusky to translucent. The large, rounded pectoral fins (just behind the small, round gill openings) are marked with a fine vertically oriented curved orange bar. (van der Elst 1993; Matsuura 2001)
The somewhat angular body is covered with distinct rhomboid scales arranged in a regular "criss-cross" pattern. The modified scales running longitudinally on either side of the caudal peduncle carry five rows of short, sharp spikes. The first dorsal fin consists of three spines and the second consists of 22 to 24 rays. As with all triggerfishes, the first dorsal spine is very stout and can be locked into an upright position by the 2nd spine, or trigger. The spineless anal fin has 20 rays. The pelvic fins are reduced to a spiny projection at the lowest part of the body. Maximum length is around 25 cm. (van der Elst 1993; Matsuura 2001)
Wedgetail Triggerfish are easily approached underwater, but once alarmed the fish typically swims into a small crevice and lodge itself there by erecting its dorsal and pelvic spines (even if the tail remains exposed, the sharp caudal spikes offer some protection). If persistently harrassed, the triggerfish will repeat a series of short grunts. (van der Elst 1993)
Little is known about the breeding cycle of this species, but the fact that very small specimens are seen on reefs during the summer suggests a late winter spawning season. Wedgetail triggerfish are popular aquarium fish. They are easily caught on a small hook, but are not generally eaten. (van der Elst 1993) The Wedgetail Triggerfish is a familiar icon—and the official state fish-- in Hawaii, where it is known as the humuhumunukunukuapuaʻa. (Wikipedia [17 February 2012] and references therein)


text: Training Dealing With a Major Lacrosse Injury Sean-Brown / April 13, 2012 In the first quarter of that game (presumably), I did something to my knee. I don't know exactly what, but I know that at the end of the quarter, it started to feel weird. By halftime, I looked down and noticed that Continue Reading Share


text:
I just received my samples of Taiwainese oolongs, but since they are quite small, only 7g each. I don't want to do any mistakes with brewing. Want to verify if it's right way to prepare. I got samples of Wu Ling, Ming Xiang (dong ding), Zhong Shu Hu, Shi Zuo, GABA and a sample of Da Yu Ling.
Is it about right to use 1g per ~30ml of water? Going to use small glazed kyusu for this 2-3g at a time. First time just pour half of water and after several seconds remove it, not for drinking. Boiling water, first infusion for 50sec, second 40, third 50?
Correct me if i'm wrong, please


text:
Topic: Railscasts Contest
In celebration of Episode #50, I am putting on a contest! There are some great prizes: Pragmatic Programmer books, Peepcode Episodes, t-shirts, and an iPod Shuffle!
All you need to do is submit a doc patch to Rails Trac as described in that episode then email me the link. You can find more details here:
Hoping to get some participation from the great community here at the forums. Good luck to you.


text:
Jelloun, Tahar Ben
Tahar Ben Jelloun 1944-
Moroccan-born French novelist, poet, short story writer, playwright, travel writer, and nonfiction writer.
The following entry presents an overview of Ben Jelloun's career through 2003.
Born in Morocco, Ben Jelloun was the first writer from one of France's former North African colonies to receive the country's prestigious Prix Goncourt award for his novel La Nuit sacrée (1987; The Sacred Night). His works combine elements of both the French and Moroccan literary traditions, bringing a unique multicultural perspective to the body of post-colonial literature. Written primarily in French, Ben Jelloun's novels, poetry, and nonfiction works exhibit a diverse range of influences from lyrical Koranic imagery to Freudian psychoanalytical theory. Scholars regard Ben Jelloun as one of the most prolific modern authors of the Maghreb region—an area comprised of Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, and Tunisia—and commend his continuing focus on gender, political, and social relations within the Arab world.
Biographical Information
Ben Jelloun was born on December 21, 1944, in Fez, Morocco. When he was eighteen, Ben Jelloun's family moved to Tangier, where he attended the local French secondary school. In 1963 he enrolled at the University of Morocco in Rabat to study philosophy and participated in the publication of the radical political review Soufflés. Under the tutelage of Soufflés' founder, poet Abdellatif Laabi, Ben Jelloun began composing poetry, later publishing his first collection, Hommes sous linceul de silence, in 1970. In 1966 he was arrested by the government for participating in Leftist political activity and was forced to perform national service in the Moroccan army. Ben Jelloun eventually returned to his studies, teaching courses in philosophy in Tetouan and Casablanca while pursuing his degree. After graduating in 1971, he immigrated to France, where he enrolled in the Universite de Paris VII. He received his Ph.D. in psychiatric social work in 1975, having worked as a psychotherapist from 1972 to 1975. In 1973 Ben Jelloun released his first novel, Harrouda, and began to focus on his writing career, contributing frequently to such publications as Le Monde and La Repubblica. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Ben Jelloun published a number of novels, poems, and nonfiction works before attracting widespread international acclaim for La Nuit sacrée. He has been awarded several awards and accolades for his body of work, including the Prix de l'Amitie Franco-Arabe for Les amandiers sort morts de leurs blessures (1976), the Prix Goncourt in 1987, and the Prix Maghreb in 1994.
Major Works
Critical response to Ben Jelloun's work has focused primarily on his novels, with scholars noting his skillful construction of narratives that examine psychologically complex characters who struggle to survive in the challenging socio-political climate of the post-colonial Arab world. His early novels also explore elements from Ben Jelloun's own life, evincing an interest in individuals who are torn between two cultures. Harrouda explores the unique urban environments in two Maghrebian cities—Fez and Tangier—while La Réclusion solitaire (1976; Solitaire) draws on Ben Jelloun's experiences as a psychotherapist with the story of an isolated North African immigrant who is plagued with sexual dysfunction. Moha le fou, Moha le sage (1978) follows the discontinuous ramblings of a confused vagrant named Moha, who speaks eloquently on behalf of the disenfranchised and the downtrodden. La Prière de l'absent (1981) recounts an odd quest to the south of Morocco by a strange group of travellers: two mentally troubled men, Body and Sindibad, an old woman, and an infant who has come under their care. Despite the overall positive critical reception of Ben Jelloun's early novels, it was the English translation of L'Enfant de sable (1985; The Sand Child) that first brought Ben Jelloun international literary acclaim and revealed several of the recurring themes of his work: an examination of gender roles in a male-dominated society, the masking of one's own identity, storytelling, and surrealism. L'Enfant de sable opens with the birth of the eighth child of Hajji Ahmed. His first seven children are daughters, and under Islamic law, daughters may only inherit one-third of their father's property. Hajji becomes obsessed with producing a male heir and, when his eighth child is born a daughter, Hajji decides to raise the girl—named Ahmed Mohammed—as a boy. La Nuit sacrée continues Ahmed's story into her adulthood after her father allows her to stop pretending to be a man. Ahmed attempts to accept her feminine sexuality and takes the name Zahra. She runs away from her family and becomes involved in a series of adventures and further imprisonments. Zahra eventually falls in love with a blind man, allowing her to escape from gender limitations and find true happiness.
Told between alternating first-person monologues and third-person stream of consciousness, Jour de silence à Tanger (1990; Silent Day in Tangier) follows the last days of an ailing merchant who has amassed a fortune selling long, loose-fitting garments called djellabas. Though the merchant's family is physically present, they remain distant after a lifetime of suffering from his cruelty and impatience. The merchant is left psychologically isolated to ruminate over his life, missed opportunities, past hatreds, and his impending death. Les Yeux baissés (1991; With Downcast Eyes) centers around a young woman who feels trapped between her dual Moroccan and French identities. As a young adult, she moves with her family from a small Moroccan village to France where she excels in her studies, eventually becoming a writer. After living in France for twenty years, she returns to her village in Morocco and finds herself marked as an outsider. The epidemic of government corruption and bribery in Morocco and other Third World countries is the primary focus of L'Homme rompu (1994; Corruption), a novel written as a tribute to the censored Indonesian writer Pramoedya Ananta Toer and based on Toer's novel Corruption. Ben Jelloun's main character is Mourad, an employee at the Ministry of Equipment, who has resisted bribes throughout his career to the dismay of his colleagues, subordinates, and family. Mourad finally succumbs to temptation, only to watch his small indiscretion begin to unravel his life, both personally and professionally. In the novel La Nuit de l'erreur (1997), a Moroccan girl named Zina is born on an unlucky day—the day of her grandfather's death—and subsequently, her life is filled with a disturbing series of humiliations and hardships. Labyrinthe des sentiments (1999) tells the story of a Moroccan writer named Gharib who lives in Naples, Italy. Gharib falls in love with Wahida, a Moroccan prostitute, but resists the temptation of consummating their relationship out of respect for a past love whom he lost thirty years before. Based on a true incident, Cette aveuglante absence de lumière (2001; This Blinding Absence of Light) follows a group of soldiers who unsuccessfully tried to usurp Morocco's King Hassan II in 1971. The soldiers are brought to a prison in Tazmamart in the Moroccan desert where they are subjected to horrific conditions, lack of food, and daily beatings. Narrated by a soldier named Salim, the novel recounts how the soldiers struggled to survive after twenty years of imprisonment in cramped underground cells.
Though he is best known for his novels, Ben Jelloun has also published a wide selection of poetry, short stories, plays, and nonfiction works. His Poésie complète: 1966-1995 (1995) provides a comprehensive survey of his poetry, collecting such earlier volumes as Hommes sous linceul de silence, Les amandiers sort morts de leurs blessures, and La Remontée des cendres; suivi de Non identifiés (1991). The collection is arranged chronologically, tracing Ben Jelloun's poetic examinations of the political upheaval in Morocco during the 1960s, questions of Eastern and Western identity, and the Persian Gulf War. The short stories in L'Ange aveugle (1992; State of Absence) are preoccupied with human tragedies, particularly within the community of the Italian mafia, while the stories in Amours sorcières (2003) are centered around a unifying theme of personal and political treason. In Hospitalité française: Racisme et immigration maghrébine (1984; French Hospitality: Racism and North African Immigrants), Ben Jelloun presents a scathing critique of the nationalistic prejudice in France towards North African immigrants. He continued his examination of racism and cultural stereotypes in Le Racisme expliqué à ma fille (1997; Racism Explained to My Daughter), a work steered towards explaining prejudice to a young audience, and L'Islam expliqué aux enfants (2002; Islam Explained), an attempt to place the Islamic religion within a historical context after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States. Ben Jelloun has also authored the plays Chronique d'une solitude (1976), Entretien avec Monsieur Said Hammadi ouvrier Algerien (1982), and La fiancé de l'eau (1984).
Critical Reception
Much of the criticism surrounding Ben Jelloun's work has centered around his position as a Moroccan author writing in French. Certain Arab reviewers have accused Ben Jelloun of pandering to a Western audience through his choice of language. These critics have asserted that Ben Jelloun specifically tailors his prose to appease French literary scholars, theorizing that La Nuit sacrée was written as a direct response to Western criticism of his previous novel, L'Enfant de sable. However, many reviewers have disagreed with such sentiments, arguing that Ben Jelloun is a skilled and thought-provoking post-colonial author who is a credit to both the French and North African literary traditions. Though he frequently experiments with literary forms, commentators have praised Ben Jelloun's consistent emphasis on rhythmic prose and narrative structure. Aamer Hussein has stated that, "[t]he distinctive feature of [Ben Jelloun's] work is a consuming obsession with language: dense with allusion, metaphor and echoes of his native Arabic, his texts are deeply inscribed with his migrant sensibility and the experience of his double heritage." Reviewers have also noted that Ben Jelloun's penetrating knowledge of psychoanalytic theory gives him an unique ability to construct complex and fully realized characterizations. The surrealistic and fantastical elements of Ben Jelloun's poetry and prose have also attracted critical notice, earning him favorable comparisons to such magic realist authors as Gabriel García Márquez and Juan Carlos Onetti. Critics have frequently lauded the lyrical lines of Ben Jelloun's poetry while additionally complimenting the influence of his poetic sensibility on his fiction. Mustapha Marrouchi has commented that, "[w]hat is clear and simple, but magical, is Ben Jelloun's language. His choice of words is meticulous, and his sentences are written in fragments, but he obviously refuses to elaborate on his writing for the sake of writing. … Gratuitous literary games are the antithesis of his work as a writer."
Principal Works
Hommes sous linceul de silence (poetry) 1970
Harrouda (novel) 1973
Le Discours du chameau (poetry) 1974
Les amandiers sort morts de leurs blessures (poetry) 1976
Chronique d'une solitude (play) 1976
La Réclusion solitaire [Solitaire] (novel) 1976
La Plus Haute des solitudes: Misère sexuelle d'émigrés nord-africains (nonfiction) 1977
Moha le fou, Moha le sage (novel) 1978
A l'insu du souvenir (poetry) 1980
La Prière de l'absent (novel) 1981
Entretien avec...
(The entire section is 274 words.)
Jean-Louise Thatcher (review date summer 1988)
SOURCE: Thatcher, Jean-Louise. Review of The Sand Child, by Tahar Ben Jelloun. Middle East Journal 42, no. 3 (summer 1988): 481-85.
[In the following excerpt, Thatcher applauds Ben Jelloun's use of metaphor and imagery in The Sand Child, calling the novel "sensitive and perceptive."]
All of these novels are thematically rich. Tahar Ben Jelloun's The Sand Child, for example, is based firmly on culture/tradition, but the plot is influenced by and developed with the aid of literary legacy, legend, and the vivid imagination of the author.
France's most prestigious literary award, the Prix Goncourt was awarded in November...
(The entire section is 475 words.)
Robin Buss (review date 27 January-2 February 1989)
SOURCE: Buss, Robin. "Ambiguous from Birth." Times Literary Supplement, no. 4478 (27 January-2 February 1989): 88.
[In the following review, Buss argues that The Sand Child and La Nuit sacrée resist literal interpretations, emphasizing the importance of the "journey" in both works.]
It might be misleading to describe La Nuit sacrée, which won the 1987 Prix Goncourt, as a sequel to The Sand Child, because there is no strict narrative progression from one to the other. But they share a central character whose ambiguous upbringing is the starting-point for both stories. This is the eighth child of a father determined, after seven...
(The entire section is 602 words.)
Adam Zameenzad (review date 19 November 1989)
SOURCE: Zameenzad, Adam. "An Escape to Captivity and Back." Los Angeles Times Book Review (19 November 1989): 11.
[In the following review, Zameenzad praises Ben Jelloun's poetic language in The Sacred Night but questions if Western readers can appreciate the novel's Eastern mysticism.]
"The truth is closer to the shadow than to the tree that casts the shadow," says the blind Consul to the heroine of The Sacred Night, Zahra, who has spent the first 20 years of her life as a man "married" to the wretched Fatima, daughter of her vicious and avaricious uncle.
Her father, a tyrannical patriarch, has reared her as a son to boost...
(The entire section is 863 words.)
Mustapha Marrouchi (essay date winter 1990)
SOURCE: Marrouchi, Mustapha. "Breaking Up/Down/Out of the Boundaries: Tahar Ben Jelloun." Research in African Literatures 21, no. 4 (winter 1990): 71-83.
[In the following essay, Marrouchi traces the development of the character Zahra in La Nuit sacrée and examines how the novel deconstructs traditional notions of gender and colonization.]
We're finished with it, with the struggle against exile. Our tasks are now those of insertion. No longer the stupendous generality of the scream, but the thankless inventory of the country's particulars.
(Edouard Glissant, Le Discours antillais 285)...
(The entire section is 6353 words.)
Robin Buss (review date 15 June 1990)
SOURCE: Buss, Robin. "Between the Two." Times Literary Supplement, no. 4550 (15 June 1990): 654.
[In the following review, Buss lauds the lyrical examination of Muslim gender relations in The Sacred Night.]
La Nuit sacrée, which was reviewed in the TLS of January 27, 1989, shares its narrator Zohra (also known as Ahmed) with Tahar Ben Jelloun's previous novel, The Sand Child. The eighth daughter of a father who decides to bring her up as the son whom fate has denied him, the Sand Child is both imprisoned and liberated by the rejection of reality. It enables her to move with equal status between the otherwise closed worlds of women and men....
(The entire section is 363 words.)
Mildred Mortimer (review date winter 1991)
SOURCE: Mortimer, Mildred. Review of Jour de silence à Tanger, by Tahar Ben Jelloun. World Literature Today 65, no. 1 (winter 1991): 173-74.
[In the following review, Mortimer discusses how Ben Jelloun utilizes the character of the ailing patriarch in Jour de silence à Tanger to create a "sober and poetic text of introspection and retrospection."]
The patriarch looms large in Francophone Maghrebian fiction. Evoking the anger and resentment of Driss Chraïbi (Le passé simple) and Rachid Boudjedra (La répudiation), he is portrayed with compassion and comprehension by Tahar Ben Jelloun in the Moroccan novelist's most recent work,...
(The entire section is 558 words.)
Richard Eder (review date 11 April 1991)
SOURCE: Eder, Richard. "Death Comes to Rest a Weary Mind." Los Angeles Times (11 April 1991): E10.
[In the following review, Eder compliments Ben Jelloun's "telling, subtle and occasionally puzzling portrait" of the protagonist in Silent Day in Tangier.]
To be dead is to be cut off from the pleasures, pains, objects, emotions, people, projects and despairs offered by life. Tahar Ben Jelloun, a Moroccan poet and novelist, depicts the fraying of these things—before the final severance—in the mind of a dying 80-year-old [in Silent Day in Tangier].
In dying, the conspicuous features, nose and chin, become sharper and more prominent....
(The entire section is 860 words.)
Tahar Ben Jelloun and Thomas Spear (interview date 25 May 1991)
SOURCE: Ben Jelloun, Tahar, and Thomas Spear. "Politics and Literature: An Interview with Tahar Ben Jelloun." Yale French Studies, no. 83 (June 1993): 30-43.
[In the following interview, Ben Jelloun discusses his relationship with France and Morocco, his friendship with French author Jean Genet, and his overall body of work.]
On May 25, 1991, Tahar Ben Jelloun addressed the public at the opening session of a three-day conference, the "Journées Internationales Jean Genet," at the Odéon Theater in Paris. Ben Jelloun told how Jean Genet had phoned him after reading his first novel, Harrouda, in 1973. Because of several issues of mutual concern—racism in...
(The entire section is 5254 words.)
Aamer Hussein (review date 21 June 1991)
SOURCE: Hussein, Aamer. "The Seller of Jellabas." Times Literary Supplement, no. 4603 (21 June 1991): 21.
[In the following review, Hussein asserts that Ben Jelloun uses a compressed prose style and structure to focus on an individual mind in Silent Day in Tangier.]
Tahar Ben Jelloun is a novelist, poet and critic; an expatriate Moroccan who has spent most of his adult life in Paris, he writes in French, but the landscape of his imagination is North African. He has also written a doctoral thesis on mental disorders among North African migrants in France. His work in all genres reflects these multiple perspectives: his terrain is that of the dispossessed, his...
(The entire section is 630 words.)
Eric Sellin (review date autumn 1992)
SOURCE: Sellin, Eric. Review of Les Yeux baissés, by Tahar Ben Jelloun. World Literature Today 66, no. 4 (autumn 1992): 759-60.
[In the following review, Sellin offers a positive assessment of Les Yeux baissés, arguing that the novel succeeds on both a narrative and allegorical level.]
Sometimes authors fade after winning a big prize. Such is not the case with Tahar Ben Jelloun. A series of brilliant novels, including two of his finest, La Prière de l'absent (1982) and L'Écrivain public (1983), culminated in a very successful diptych—L'Enfant de sable (1985) and La Nuit sacrée (Prix Goncourt 1987)—that brought Ben...
(The entire section is 464 words.)
Danielle Chavy Cooper (review date spring 1993)
SOURCE: Cooper, Danielle Chavy. Review of L'Ange aveugle, by Tahar Ben Jelloun. World Literature Today 67, no. 2 (spring 1993): 430-31.
[In the following review, Cooper discusses the pervasive power of the mafia in L'Ange aveugle and notes the recurring theme of "victimized childhood" throughout the collection.]
After the 1990 publication of his Jour de silence à Tanger, Tahar Ben Jelloun was invited by the editor of the Neapolitan daily Il Mattino to tour southern Italy, not as a tourist or reporter but as an unbiased outsider and interested observer. The result of that two-month tour in Sicily, Calabria, and the region of Naples is...
(The entire section is 671 words.)
John D. Erickson (essay date spring 1993)
SOURCE: Erickson, John D. "Veiled Woman and Veiled Narrative in Tahar Ben Jelloun's The Sand Child." Boundary 2 20, no. 1 (spring 1993): 47-64.
[In the following essay, Erickson analyzes the difficulties surrounding Ahmed/Zahra's ambivalent sexuality in The Sand Child and asserts that Ahmed/Zahra's struggle to find acceptance in the Islamic world mirrors Ben Jelloun's own complex position as a Maghrebian author.]
There is a truth that cannot be said, not even suggested, but [only] lived in absolute solitude. …
—Tahar Ben Jelloun, The Sand Child
I am...
(The entire section is 7972 words.)
Marie Fayad (essay date December 1993)
SOURCE: Fayad, Marie. "Borges in Tahar Ben Jelloun's L'Enfant de sable: Beyond Intertextuality." French Review 67, no. 2 (December 1993): 291-99.
[In the following essay, Fayad traces the influence of Argentinian author Jorge-Luis Borges in Ben Jelloun's L'Enfant de sable and argues that the novel's "blind troubadour" character is modelled after Borges.]
Moroccan writer Tahar Ben Jelloun's L'Enfant de sable is, if not a fantastic tale, at least a highly enigmatic novel.1 In it we are confronted with the confused and confusing identities of the hero/heroine, those of the storytellers, and the subsequent variety and ambiguity in...
(The entire section is 4190 words.)
Danielle Chavy Cooper (review date autumn 1994)
SOURCE: Cooper, Danielle Chavy. Review of L'Homme rompu, by Tahar Ben Jelloun. World Literature Today 68, no. 4 (autumn 1994): 865-66.
[In the following review, Cooper calls L'Homme rompu a "remarkable novel" and praises the work's suspense, imagery, and narrative structure.]
In his prefatory note the Moroccan author Tahar Ben Jelloun states that L'Homme rompu is meant to be a writer-to-writer homage to Pramoedya Ananta Toer, an Indonesian author now living in Jakarta under house arrest and unable to publish. Pramoedya was the author of Corruption, a 1954 novel known in France through Denys Lombard's translation, published by Editions...
(The entire section is 754 words.)
Brinda Mehta (essay date October 1994)
SOURCE: Mehta, Brinda. "Alienation, Dispossession, and the Immigrant Experience in Tahar Ben Jelloun's Les Yeux baissés." French Review 68, no. 1 (October 1994): 79-91.
[In the following essay, Mehta explores how Ben Jelloun relates the immigrant experience through the eyes of his female protagonist in Les Yeux baissés.]
Immigration and its psycho social ramifications constitute a recurrent theme in contemporary Maghrebian fiction written in French. The literary esthetics of Boudjedra (Topographie idéale pour une agression caractérisée), Charïbi (Les Boucs), Feraoun (La Terre et le sang), and Ben Jelloun (La Réclusion...
(The entire section is 6233 words.)
James Campbell (review date 16 December 1994)
SOURCE: Campbell, James. "Bringing the Bizarre." Times Literary Supplement, no. 4785 (16 December 1994): 22.
[In the following review, Campbell criticizes State of Absence for its series of "flimsy anecdotes" and complains that the book suffers from a poor translation.]
Tahar Ben Jelloun is a Moroccan Arab who writes in French, and discussion of his work is often couched in exotic terms: he is a "traditional storyteller", the author of "tales" rather than novels, the creator of events which "shift magically like the sands", the writer, even, of "the most lyrical prose being produced in Europe". In fact, Ben Jelloun—winner of the Prix...
(The entire section is 795 words.)
Nada Elia (review date autumn 1995)
SOURCE: Elia, Nada. Review of Le Premier amour est toujours le dernier, by Tahar Ben Jelloun. World Literature Today 69, no. 4 (autumn 1995): 757-58.
[In the following review, Elia questions Ben Jelloun's ambivalent portrayal of sexism in his short story collection Le Premier amour est toujours le dernier.]
Winner of the prestigious Prix Goncourt, the Moroccan poet, novelist, and short-story writer Tahar Ben Jelloun differs from his francophone Maghrebian contemporaries in that his work does not highlight colonial oppression but focuses instead on the struggle within his own society, with special emphasis on love and tormented male-female relationships. His...
(The entire section is 634 words.)
Richard Eder (review date 19 October 1995)
SOURCE: Eder, Richard. "A Moroccan Morality Tale—Without a Real Moral to It." Los Angeles Times (19 October 1995): E4.
[In the following review, Eder describes how Ben Jelloun uses his sense of "social and moral acuteness" to corrupt the protagonist, as well as the readers, of his novel Corruption.]
To show his solidarity with the banned Indonesian writer Pramoedya Toer, Moroccan Tahar Ben Jelloun has taken both his title and theme from Toer's 1954 novel, Corruption. Such a thing might seem odd in the United States, where plagiarism gets whispered at the drop of a publishing lawyer's retainer. Yet what a dazzlingly free and logical tribute it is....
(The entire section is 790 words.)
Allen Hibbard (review date spring 1996)
SOURCE: Hibbard, Allen. Review of Corruption, by Tahar Ben Jelloun. Review of Contemporary Fiction 16, no. 1 (spring 1996): 156-57.
[In the following review, Hibbard lauds the moral "shaping impulses" of Corruption, asserting that Ben Jelloun's text reveals the "endemic" social corruption in certain Arab countries.]
Readers of Tahar Ben Jelloun's earlier novels, especially The Sand Child (L'Enfant de sable) and With Downcast Eyes (Les Yeux baissés), will already be acquainted with the magical, lyric style of this Moroccan writer. No Arab male writer presents issues pertaining to gender, exile, and traditional Arab...
(The entire section is 531 words.)
Ramzi M. Salti (review date spring 1996)
SOURCE: Salti, Ramzi M. Review of Poésie complète: 1966-1995, by Tahar Ben Jelloun. World Literature Today 70, no. 2 (spring 1996): 456.
[In the following review, Salti argues that the publication of Poésie complète: 1966-1995 is "long-overdue" and speculates that, for Ben Jelloun, "poetry has always represented a medium of expression that no other literary genre can provide."]
When Tahar Ben Jelloun became the first North African writer to win the prestigious Prix Goncourt in 1987 for his novel La Nuit sacrée, he was instantly hailed by the francophone world for overcoming boundaries that had thus far barred certain non-French writers...
(The entire section is 568 words.)
Kenneth Fleurant (review date May 1996)
SOURCE: Fleurant, Kenneth. Review of Le Premier amour est toujours le dernier, by Tahar Ben Jelloun. French Review 69, no. 6 (May 1996): 1054-55.
[In the following review, Fleurant praises Ben Jelloun's focus on complex gender relations in Le Premier amour est toujours le dernier, noting that Ben Jelloun is "a master of short fiction."]
Although best known for his novels and poetry, Ben Jelloun is a master of short fiction. At first glance, Le Premier amour est toujours le dernier looks like an anthology. It is comprised of twenty-one short stories, twelve of which have been previously published since 1973. However, the obvious care the author...
(The entire section is 616 words.)
Eric Sellin (review date autumn 1998)
SOURCE: Sellin, Eric. Review of La Nuit de l'erreur, by Tahar Ben Jelloun. World Literature Today 72, no. 4 (autumn 1998): 884.
[In the following review, Sellin compliments Ben Jelloun's lyrical prose but argues that La Nuit de l'erreur is too derivative and dependent on the formulaic narrative structure established in the author's earlier works.]
Upon completing my reading of La Nuit de l'erreur, I was reminded of a comment Jean Cocteau once made concerning the work of art, to the effect that it is sometimes difficult to distinguish a building being erected from one being demolished, if one passes quickly and does not look carefully. The reader...
(The entire section is 554 words.)
Tahar Ben Jelloun and Shusha Guppy (interview date fall 1999)
SOURCE: Ben Jelloun, Tahar, and Shusha Guppy. "Tahar Ben Jelloun: The Art of Fiction CLIX." Paris Review 41, no. 152 (fall 1999): 40-62.
[In the following interview, Ben Jelloun discusses how writing in French has affected his work, how his career began and progressed, and the role of Morocco in his prose.]
Tahar Ben Jelloun is one of France's most celebrated writers: his most recent book, Racism Explained to My Daughter (Le Racisme expliqué à ma fille) was a best-seller; and in 1987 he was awarded the Prix Goncourt for his novel The Sacred Night (La Nuit sacrée), which was the first book by an Arab writer to be so honored. For the...
(The entire section is 5798 words.)
Eric Sellin (review date summer 2000)
SOURCE: Sellin, Eric. Review of Labyrinthe des sentiments, by Tahar Ben Jelloun. World Literature Today 74, no. 3 (summer 2000): 571.
[In the following review, Sellin describes Labyrinthe des sentiments as a "haunting and unusual book," asserting that the novel's focus on one main narrative distinguishes it from Ben Jelloun's previous works.]
What is at first perusal a modest text consisting of an amalgam of Tahar Ben Jelloun's usual textual tricks (a highly charged lyrical style; interface between fiction and journalism; dreams, poems, letters, and bits of colloquial Arabic framed by the larger narrative; autobiographical winks at the reader in...
(The entire section is 626 words.)
Michael Brett (review date 4 August 2000)
SOURCE: Brett, Michael. Review of French Hospitality: Racism and North African Immigrants, by Tahar Ben Jelloun. Times Literary Supplement, no. 5079 (4 August 2000): 30.
[In the following review, Brett discusses Ben Jelloun's indictment of French prejudice against North African immigrants in French Hospitality: Racism and North African Immigrants.]
In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Europeans settled in Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. But over the past hundred years, the flow has reversed: North African immigrants have settled in France, to the point at which, by 1990, they numbered over one and a half million, roughly the size of the European...
(The entire section is 406 words.)
Jamal Mahjoub (review date 17 August 2001)
SOURCE: Mahjoub, Jamal. "Lightening the Darkness." Times Literary Supplement, no. 5133 (17 August 2001): 20.
[In the following review, Mahjoub examines the controversy surrounding the publication of Cette aveuglante absence de lumière.]
In July 1971, a group of army officers attacked the palace at Skhirat on the Atlantic coast of Morocco in an attempt to usurp King Hassan II. After the failed coup d'état, the leaders, all high-ranking personnel, were executed and the soldiers and junior officers imprisoned. Fifty-eight of them were blindfolded and taken secretly to Tazmamart in the Moroccan desert. More than half of them died there. Conditions in the...
(The entire section is 1193 words.)
Publishers Weekly (review date 4 March 2002)
SOURCE: Review of This Blinding Absence of Light, by Tahar Ben Jelloun. Publishers Weekly 249, no. 9 (4 March 2002): 65-6.
[In the following review, the critic argues that Jelloun offers an overly simplistic rendition of Islamic history in This Blinding Absence of Light.]
Based on an incident involving starvation and torture in Morocco, Prix Goncourt-winner Jelloun's latest novel [This Blinding Absence of Light] is a disturbing, grisly account of how a prisoner survived a 20-year internment in which he was locked away in a desert tomb. The narrator, Salim, was captured during an unsuccessful 1971 attempt to overthrow Prince Hassan II, who then secretly...
(The entire section is 255 words.)
Ziauddin Sardar (review date 17 February 2003)
SOURCE: Sardar, Ziauddin. "The Agony of a 21st-Century Muslim." New Statesman 132, no. 4625 (17 February 2003): 50-2.
[In the following review, Sardar compares Islam Explained to Barnaby Rogerson's The Prophet Muhammad: A Biography and Asma Barlas's "Believing Women" in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Koran, discussing how each work portrays modern Islamic culture.]
It is not easy to be a Muslim. Believers like me live on the edge, constantly having to justify our very existence. As the French Moroccan novelist Tahar Ben Jelloun discovered, the situation became infinitely worse after the events of 11 September 2001....
(The entire section is 2304 words.)
Further Reading
Lowe, Lisa. "Literary Nomadics in Francophone Allegories of Postcolonialism: Pham Van Ky and Tahar Ben Jelloun." Yale French Studies, no. 82 (May 1993): 43-61.
Lowe examines how the shifting identities of the protagonists in L'Enfant de sable and Pham Van Ky's Des Femmes Assise ca et La represent a form of "literary nomadism."
Rhodes, Fred. Review of Islam Explained, by Tahar Ben Jelloun. Middle East (April 2003): 65.
Rhodes offers a brief positive assessment of Islam Explained, arguing that the work is "at once an essential primer on one of the world's great religions,...
(The entire section is 193 words.)


text:
Dragon Ball
Eternal Dragon Resurrected
Episode 126 | TV-14
Meeting Goku restored Kami's faith in humanity, so he agreed to revive the Eternal Dragon. But there's a catch: Goku must promise to spend three years training with Kami in preparation for the rematch of all rematches!
Dub Expires: 07-25-2014
Official Site: www.funimation.com/shows/dragon-ballHide Details


text:
About Alaska Rush Soccer Camps
Alaska Rush Soccer Club offer an extensive menu of training programs throughout the year, all of which afford players unique opportunities to train, to play and ultimately improve. Programs such as Rush Pick-Up, Friday Night Finishing/Saturday Morning Shooting, F.A.S.T. or goalkeeping training cater to the needs of the Club's members who crave more than just the participation in the Tutor Program, by far Alaska Rush's most popular program.
In addition to the Club and Elite Programs, Alaska Rush Soccer Club also offers, at various times throughout the year, specialized soccer camps for its members and youth soccer players throughout the community. These camps are a good opportunity for players to focus on developing a specific set of skills or area of expertise while experiencing a different coaching style and training environment. Soccer camps offered by Alaska Rush include:
- 2015 Alaska Airlines College ID Camp (May 31 - June 4, 2015)
- 2015 Ultimate Rush Soccer Camp (June 1-4, 2015)
- 2015 New York Red Bulls Soccer Camp (July 6-10, 2015)


text:
Type C
Type C - The extremely tapered 3D denim design. Originally named Charlie, the Type C was designed as a prototype for the New York Fashion Week in 2010. It featured a cropped leg and sharply angled hem that was reminiscent of pants worn by Charlie Chaplin. The Type C is constructed with an extremely tapered fit and elongated rear pockets, it offers an unrestrained yet smart look for the Summer of 2013.
G-Star introduces the Type C in destroyed versions of Scatter and Blight denim, these are modern denim fabrics with a genuine worn-in look.
> Shop Type C Collection for Men
> See also the Type C range for Women


text:
Lack of common sense
Part of the reason so many Americans are fed up with government in general is that too often, bureaucrats display a complete lack of common sense.
During World War II, Joe McGrain of Rochester, N.Y., served aboard a B-26 bomber. That very aircraft is on display at the National Museum of the Air Force in Dayton, Ohio.
For decades, McGrain has wanted to see his plane again and show it to his wife and two sons. On Tuesday, McGrain and his wife went to Dayton. His sons, from Washington, D.C., and New Orleans, went with their parents.
No way, the McGrains were told when they asked to see the B-26. The museum was closed as part of the "government shutdown" that began Tuesday.
Yes, the museum is closed – but some personnel remain on duty there. What would it have hurt for one of them to quietly escort the McGrains in to see the aircraft on which an elderly man once risked his life for his country?
Also on Tuesday, 91 veterans from Mississippi visited the National Mall in Washington, to see the World War II monument. They were flown to the capital through the Honor Flight program.
An Honor Flight representative called the National Park Service about the barricade in front of the monument. He was told that if anyone tried to enter, they would be arrested.
On Tuesday, the veterans, some in their 90s, pushed the barricade aside. Led by a bagpiper, they went onto the monument grounds.
Park Service police, showing more common sense, compassion and patriotism than some of their superiors, moved aside and watched. No one was arrested.
Some of the officers may well have pondered how it was that the bureaucrats decided Park Service employees to keep the monument open were not considered "essential" and thus were not on the job Tuesday – while there was plenty of money for officers told to keep it closed.
One has to wonder what veterans like McGrain are thinking about the government for which they risked their lives. Common sense, they may conclude, has been told to stay at home during the "shutdown."


text:
Not Available
Catalina Storage Desk & Tall Hutch
- Overview
Clean lines and classic beadboard make the Catalina Collection as versatile as it is beautiful. From the bedroom to the study furniture, they're expertly crafted pieces that will never go out of style. Favorite details include lathe-turned legs, solid wood bun feet and oversized wooden knobs made for little hands.
Details That Matter
- Desk equipped with three drawers, beadboard paneling and lathe-turned feet.
- Hutch equipped with four storage cubbies, corkboard back panel and a cutout for routing cords.
- Tip resistant kit is included.
- Features nylon glides with levelers for even stability on uneven floors.
How It's Constructed
- Expertly constructed with mortise-and-tenon and tongue-and-groove joinery for high quality structural integrity.
- Crafted of solid poplar wood and birch wood veneers, and MDF (medium density fibreboard), an engineered wood that lends exceptional strength.
- Drawers feature English dovetail joinery and solid beech wood glides which ensure smooth motion. Sturdy half-moon safety stops keep drawers securely in place.
- Hardwood frame is kiln-dried to prevent warping or bowing.
Key Product Points
- Desk: 45" wide x 22" deep x 30" high
- Hutch: 43.5" wide x 9" deep x 29.5" high
- Assembly required.
- Wood swatches, below, are available for $20 each. They're refundable if returned within 30 days.
- Dimensions & Care
- Overall: 45" wide x 22" deep x 30" high
- Left Drawer Interior: 19.5" wide x 15.5" deep x 2" high
- Right Drawer (2): 13" wide x 15.5" deep x 8" high
- Clearance Under Desk: 22" wide x 20.5" deep x 24.5" high
- Weight: 87 pounds
- Overall: 43.5" wide x 9" deep x 29.5" high
- Side Cubby (2): 13" wide x 10" deep x 7.5" high
- Center Cubby (2): 13" wide x 10" deep x 3.5" high
- Corkboard: 38" wide x 16" high
- Weight: 41.5 pounds
- Rigorously tested to meet or exceed the highest safety standards.
- Built from solid wood, wood veneers and MDF, an engineered wood that lends exceptional strength and ensures structural integrity over time.
- The use of veneers results in high-quality furniture with flawless surfaces and consistent color tones.
- Drawers feature English dovetail joinery, and waxed wooden glides, which ensure smooth motion. Sturdy half-moon safety stops keep drawers securely in place.
- Get tips on how to measure for furniture.
- Dust with a soft, dry cloth.
- To protect the finish, do not apply abrasives or household cleaners.
- Blot spills immediately, and wipe with a clean, damp cloth.
- Shipping & Return Info
This is an oversized item.
View Our Shipping Information
Return Policy
At Pottery Barn Kids, we take great pride in the quality and craftsmanship of our products. Attention to design, materials, safety and construction is our priority. We carefully inspect your order prior to shipment; upon receipt, please inspect your purchase and notify us of any damage. We will arrange for a prompt replacement. If, within 7 days for Quick Ship upholstery and 30 days for all other products, you are dissatisfied for any reason, you may return your purchase for a refund of the merchandise value.
If your return for Merchandise Credit Cards is greater than $10,000, we will issue $10,000 in Merchandise Credit Cards to you that day, and then mail additional Merchandise Credit Card(s) for the amount in excess of $10,000 to you.
We cannot accept returns on monogrammed, personalized, special-order items, or on items damaged through normal wear and tear. We also cannot accept returns of final-sale items, which are identified by a price that ends in $0.99.
For returns of items purchased from your Pottery Barn Kids registry, we will gladly provide a refund or exchange for the merchandise within 90 days of your event or within 90 days of purchase, whichever date is later.
For assistance, please contact Customer Service at 800.993.4923
International Returns: Online returns are available only for items that were shipped to the United States. If you would like to return items that were shipped outside the US, please see International Returns and Exceptions.


text:
TRAINING LEVEL: Intermediate
CLASS SIZE: Minimum: 20 Maximum: 30
Transportation agencies focusing on the use of sustainable, cost effective, and environmentally conscious construction practices often consider in-place recycling techniques as a viable alternative to the more traditional rehabilitation techniques used on asphalt-surfaced pavements. NHI training 131050 Asphalt Pavement In-place Recycling Techniques is designed to help participants acquire necessary skills for selecting the appropriate in-place recycling technique for a given set of conditions, choosing the appropriate materials for the project, developing suitable specifications, and constructing those projects effectively.
The Asphalt Pavement In-place Recycling Techniques course includes two brief Web-based training (WBT) modules, and two days of instructor-led, classroom-based training (ILT). Through independent study, classroom interaction, and workshop activities, participants explore the current technologies available in the area of asphalt pavement in-place recycling. Two WBT lessons introduce pavement evaluation techniques and the three potential recycling techniques, along with the types of equipment commonly used for each. The classroom session focuses on project and technique selection and justification, materials considerations and mix design, construction specifications, and project control considerations during construction.
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
This course is intended for State and local transportation agency engineers, such as pavement managers and maintenance engineers, and other agency personnel who are responsible for selecting, designing, or constructing the agency's asphalt pavement maintenance, resurfacing, rehabilitation, and reconstruction alternatives. The course particularly benefits those individuals responsible for selecting and designing asphalt in-place recycling projects, for writing effective specifications, or for inspecting asphalt in-place recycling projects during their construction. Contractors, consulting engineers, and industry representatives involved in asphalt pavement in-place recycling also will benefit from this course.
If you have questions about this NHI training, please contact NHI at
firstname.lastname@example.com or 877.558.6873.
There are no sessions available.
Sign up for session alerts
to receive email alerts when sessions of this course are scheduled.
The National Highway Institute (NHI) has been accredited as an Accredited Provider
by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET).
In obtaining this accreditation, NHI has demonstrated that it complies with the
ANSI/IACET Standard which is recognized internationally as a standard of good practice.
As a result of their Accredited Provider status, NHI is authorized to offer IACET CEUs
for its programs that qualify under the ANSI/IACET Standard.


text:
Lambert Doomer (Dutch, 1624–1700), Salt Flats at Le Croisic, ca. 1671–1673. Brown ink and brown and gray washes on ledger paper mounted on cream laid paper. L12.7
This event is expired.
Water-themed dance performance with water-inspired lighting and projections. Game consoles invite visitors to engage with a special selection of water-themed Dutch games, organized by Dutch Game Garden.


text:
Former First Lady Mary Jo Codey is used to being in the spotlight, and used to being associated with her husband's political career as Governor (2004-06) and New Jersey Senate President. However, she is most famous for her campaign to build awareness about postpartum depression and offer resources for women, their families and health care professionals.
After the birth of her first son, Kevin, in 1984, Mary Jo experienced symptoms of what she later learned was postpartum depression. Fearing for the safety of her baby and feeling like a liability and an inconvenience to her family, she placed Kevin in her husband's arms and checked herself into a mental hospital. With therapy and medication and the help of her family and friends, she was able to battle her depression.
Years later, Mary Jo was diagnosed with breast cancer, the same disease that had taken her mother. As she recovered from her breast cancer she was struck by the contrast between the excellent care she received during her breast cancer ordeal compared to the care available for postpartum depression.
There existed great outpouring of support and help for breast cancer patients, yet the social stigma attached to mental illness meant that relatively little help or understanding existed for postpartum depression. Mary Jo decided to make the change. She established a support group at her local hospital, St. Barnabas. She and her husband were able to champion legislation in New Jersey that led to greater awareness of Postpartum Depression and the first screening law in the nation to ensure that all new mothers are screened for the risk factors of PPD before leaving the hospital. The Former First Lady continues to fight for greater understanding, support and treatment for postpartum depression.
Mary Jo Codey's Video | More about Mary Jo Codey | Video Transcript


text:
Hardware news tagged Snapdragon
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Specifications of Samsung's Galaxy S5 Surface Ahead of Launch.
[1:58 pm]
Samsung to Unveil Galaxy S5 at Mobile World Congress
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Amazon Readies Its Own Video Game Console – Report.
[1:58 pm]
Amazon to Rival Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Qualcomm Is Working on Eight-Core 64-Bit System-on-Chip.
[6:23 pm]
Qualcomm Readies Many-Core 64-Bit Processor
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
A Look Into 2014: Microprocessors.
[1:54 pm]
Predictions and Expectations for 2014
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Apple's 64-Bit A7 Chip Caught Qualcomm Unexpected – Insider.
[1:51 pm]
Qualcomm Insider: Apple A7 Chip "Hit Us in the Gut"
Friday, December 13, 2013
Qualcomm Names Steve Mollenkopf CEO and President.
[1:59 pm]
Former Microsoft CEO Candidate Gets Promotion
Monday, December 9, 2013
Qualcomm Announces Its First 64-Bit Application Processor for Mainstream Smartphones.
[12:56 pm]
Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 Fuses 64-Bit Processing, 4G/LTE with Mainstream Pricing


text:
[Return to Directory Listing]
Instructor III - Health Sciences
Phone: (239) 590-7501
E-Mail: firstname.lastname@example.com: Marieb Hall 327
Joan joined Florida Gulf Coast University in 2001. She earned her undergraduate degree from Colorado State University and holds a master's degree in nutrition from University of Maryland. Joan has over twenty years' experience in the field of nutrition and wellness. Previous positions, prior to joining FGCU, include Director of Health Promotion at George Washington University and Nutrition Coordinator/Manager for the Lee Health Education Center at Lee Memorial HealthPark. In addition to teaching nutrition courses, she enjoys providing nutrition counseling services to FGCU students and athletes. Joan is a Licensed, Registered Dietitian and is Board Certified as a Specialist in Sports Dietetics.
Florida Gulf Coast University
10501 FGCU Blvd, South
Fort Myers, FL 33965-6565
(239) 590-1000 or (800) 590-3428


text:
Hello fellow sheng-heads.. Allow me to hereby kick off the Yiwu thread.
My first review is forthcoming!
BonBon wrote:2003 Keiyixing Yiwu Pu-Erh
Note: I am a complete newbie to Pu-Erh, so take any opinions of mine lightly.
Let me start out by saying that I actually really liked this tea. I have very limited experience with Pu-Erh tea and just got my first yixing yesterday and some samples from Puerhshop.com. I read other opinions and decided to try this one first.
The very fist Pu-Erh teas I tried were from a sampler I got from Rishi some time ago, and I know I made them incorrectly, so I thought maybe Pu-Erh wasn't for me. But, I decided to try again, because it seemed like something I really wanted to like.
So! I made this with a 150 mL Yixing, so maybe I didn't get a right amount of leaf or water, but it tasted good to me. Did two rinsings then started.
1st - Seemed kind of light. Light color and light taste. Really sweet, too. Not like other Pu-Erh I've tried.
2nd - Stronger taste. Very sweet. More sweet than I expected Pu-Erh to be, actually.
3rd - 6th - All tasted mostly the same to me, with varying degrees of intensity, but still that sweet taste. Partly because I'm so new to this kind of tea, partly because I was experimenting with water amounts and temperature.
I liked the smell of the tea a lot, but can't explain it for sure. Didn't smell bad or anything to me, just nice. (Really doesn't tell you a lot, though, does it? )
Overall, I thought it was a pretty good "introduction" to Pu-Erh. I guess being aged helps it some. For me it definitely didn't turn me off and make me give up on Pu-Erh. Coming from a newbie to all this Pu-Erh stuff, I think I'd recommend this to get started.
My review is pretty redundant I think, but I think this was a good choice to start exploring Pu-Erh with, although I could be completely wrong as I have little to nothing to base quality off of. I'm sure with more experience I will find better tea than this, though.


text:
You are here:
- Overview
- Funding Opportunities
- Funding Process
- Funded Research
- Clinical Research
- Policies & Guidelines
Centers of Research Translation
Reviewed August 2016
The Centers of Research Translation (CORT) (P50) encompass a multidisciplinary team approach to a disease targeted translational theme within the NIAMS mission. A minimum of three highly meritorious translational research projects, as well as an administrative core, form the basic elements of each CORT. The projects listed below were funded through RFA-AR-11-002.
CENTER FOR RESEARCH TRANSLATION at Boston University Medical Campus
Principal Investigator: Lafyatis, Robert A.
Project start date: September 2011
Funded through: August 2016
Current subprojects:
- Biomarkers of the Pulmonary Complications of Scleroderma: The SSc-PAH and SSc-ILD Phenotypes
- The Role of Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Systemic Scleroderma
- Biomarkers of Disease Activity and Progression in Systemic Sclerosis
- Clinical Core
- Microarray Core
CENTER FOR RESEARCH TRANSLATION OF SYSTEMIC EXON-SKIPPING IN MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY at the Children's Research Institute in Washington, D.C.
Principal Investigator: Hoffman, Eric P.
Project start date: September 2011
Funded through: August 2016
Current subprojects:
- RNA Fidelity and Protein Function of Becker-like In-frame Deletions
- Optimization of Antisense Oligonucleotide Drugs to Exons 45, 51 and 53
- Becker Muscular Dystrophy: A Natural History Study to Predict Efficacy of Exon Skipping
- In Vitro and In Vivo Functional Assays Core
- Molecular Diagnostics and Cell Banking Core
OKLAHOMA SJOGREN'S SYNDROME CENTER OF RESEARCH TRANSLATION at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Principal Investigator: Sivils, Kathy L.
Project start date: July 2011
Funded through: June 2016
Current subprojects:
- Integrative Genomics in Primary Sjogrens Syndrome
- Novel Approach to T Cell Specificity in Sjogrens Syndrome
- Pathogenic B Cells in Sjogrens Syndrome
- Data Analysis and Bioinformatics Core
- Clinical Core
CENTER OF RESEARCH TRANSLATION at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
Principal Investigators: Saag, Kenneth G. and Bridges, S. Louis
Project start date: September 2012
Funded through: August 2017
Current subprojects:
- The Effects of Urate Lowering Therapy on Inflammation, Endothelial Function, and Blood Pressure
- Determinants of Achieving Target Serum Urate in Gout and Safety of Gout Treatments
- A Novel Centralized Virtual Gout Clinic for Chronic Gout Management
IMMUNOBIOLOGY OF LEPROSY Center of Research Translation at the University of California, Los Angeles
Principal Investigator: Modlin, Robert L.
Project start date: August 2012
Funded through: July 2017
Current subprojects:
- Differential Induction and Antimicrobial Function of Interferons in Leprosy
- Interferon Inducible Gene Programs in Leprosy
- Transcriptional Networks in the Immune Response to Leprosy
- Vitamin D Metabolism in Leprosy
- Bioinformatics Core
TRANSLATION OF QUANTITATIVE IMAGING IN OSTEOARTHRITIS at the University of California, San Francisco
Principal Investigators: Majumdar, Sharmila and Lane, Nancy E.
Project start date: August 2011
Funded through: July 2016
Current subprojects:
- Characterization of Cartilage Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Kinematics in Hip Osteoarthritis
- Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Gait Analysis for Anterior Cruciate Ligament-Injured and Reconstructed Knees
- T2 Relaxation Time in the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI) Normal, Incidence and Progression Cohorts
- Risk Factors and Health Impact of Lateral Compartment Knee Osteoarthritis: The Osteoarthritis Initiative
- Imaging and Data Analysis Core
- Human Performance and Functional Testing Core
INNOVATIONS TO ASSESS AND FORESTALL POST-TRAUMATIC OSTEOARTHRITIS Center of Research Translation at the University of Iowa
Principal Investigator: Buckwalter, Joseph A.
Project start date: September 2007
Funded through: June 2017
Current subprojects:
- Targeting the Origins of Inflammation in Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis
- Establishing Treatments and Diagnostic Tools for Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis In Vivo
- Diagnosing and Preventing Elevated Joint Contact Stress to Avert Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis
- Joint Trauma Biomarkers Core
- Biomechanics and Imaging Core
TRANSLATING MOLECULAR SIGNAL PATHWAYS TO ORTHOPAEDIC TRAUMA CARE at the University of Rochester
Principal Investigator: O'Keefe, Regis J.
Project start date: August 2006
Funded through: July 2017
Current subprojects:


text:
Good Luck Girl
Sometime, Call Me By My Name
Episode 12 | TV-14
Momiji surprises everyone by acting differently, and even draws her male classmates' attention away from Ichiko. Momiji claims that when a poverty god bathes in the human realm, they lose their poverty god powers. Ichiko, however, believes otherwise.
Dub Expires: 06-08-2014
Official Site: www.funimation.com/shows/good-luck-girlHide Details


text:
Dear Sycamore Fans,
Indiana State University Athletics enjoyed many accomplishments on and off the field this past year. Our baseball, men's cross country and men's outdoor track and field teams won Missouri Valley Conference championships. Football posted back-to-back winning seasons and men's basketball returned to postseason tournament action. Head coaches Rick Heller and John McNichols were recognized with MVC Coach of the Year honors. A total of 282 student-athletes were named to the University's Athletic Director's Honor Roll for the 2011-2012 academic year.
With the many recent successes of our programs, now is a great time to be a Sycamore. ISU former student-athletes, alumni, friends and the Wabash Valley community should be proud of all that we have and are positioned to accomplish. I encourage you to be involved this athletics season. Your support of our teams is important to the success of each and every program. The Sycamore Athletic Foundation's Varsity Club is your opportunity to be a part of the success, tradition, and fun of Indiana State Athletics.
As a member of the Varsity Club, you will enjoy exclusive benefits and special access to the Varsity Club hospitality areas at home baseball, men's basketball, women's basketball, and football games. Additionally, your membership impacts your Priority Points total, which directly affects tickets for men's basketball and all specialty and postseason play in all sports.
Philanthropic contributions made to the Varsity Club help fund scholarships for our student-athletes, increase the operating budgets for our programs, and provide additional resources to assist in unplanned needs for our programs. With your commitment and generous support of our programs, we will reach our fundraising goals and meet the needs and aspirations of our teams. Please take a few moments to review how your Varsity Club membership can contribute to the success of ISU Athletics.
I hope that you take the opportunity to support Sycamore Athletics and impact the future of Indiana State University student-athletes.
I will see you at the games!
Go Sycamores!
Ron PrettymanDirector of Intercollegiate Athletics, Indiana State University
The Sycamore Varsity Club is The Team Behind the Teams, the branch of The Indiana State Foundation responsible for raising funds for athletic scholarships and athletics operating budget. Varsity Club members, through their financial support, are investing in the futures of ISU student-athletes and the future of your Indiana communities.
Varsity Club members have helped create a tradition of success at Indiana State University. Their contributions supply our student-athletes with the resources necessary for success both in the classroom and competition.
Help us continue to grow. Thanks to your support our Athletic Academic Services Program staff, combined with strong efforts from our ISU faculty and the hard work of our student-athletes, produces the solid academic "team" that ensures integrity and success of our program. The graduation success rate for ISU student-athletes is 89%, 10% higher than the national average for student-athletes and more than 40% higher than the average ISU Student. Of all ISU student-athletes, 54% registered a 3.0 or greater semester GPA.
Join other individuals and businesses in supporting more than 350 Sycamore student-athletes competing in 14 sports at Indiana State University. Help us "March On!" toward our goals: Becoming a dominant member of the Missouri Valley Conference and representing our institution by meeting the highest academic standards.
To join or to learn more about the numerous ways to give click on the Join or Methods of Giving, on the left menu bar or by contacting the Sycamore Varsity Club at 812-514-8443.
*Please consult your tax advisor for more information about the tax implications of your donation or contact the Sycamore Varsity Club.


text:
Walleye Association looks out for fishery, fishermen/Tom Rozich
The walleye population is making a big comeback in Portage and Torch Lakes. Why you ask? The answer involves the resumption of stocking, a local angling group and the fading of a potentially devastating fish disease.
With the discovery of viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) in Lakes Erie and St Clair, Fisheries Division of the Michigan DNR placed a moratorium on all hatchery walleye rearing in 2006.
What exactly is VHS? It is a viral disease of fresh & salt water fish that produces mortalities through internal bleeding, as the virus causes the bursting of capillaries. It can and did cause large-scale mortalities in Lakes Erie and St. Clair and several inland lakes in the LP. This was an extremely virulent strain believed to be of maritime origin, transported via an ocean freighter through ballast water. It can be spread by moving fish from one lake to another, moving bilge or live well water between lakes, stocking infected fish, ballast water transfer between Great lakes, and natural movement of fish between lakes. Presently, this strain of VHS is no longer of concern.
Therefore, no walleye were stocked in area lakes from 2005-2010. In 2011, the DNR resumed walleye rearing and has stocked 2.45 million fry (quarter-inch long) and 113,045 fingerlings (1 1/4 to 2 inches long) in Portage and Torch Lakes. The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) has also stocked 960,000 fry and 25,862 fingerlings.
Fingerling survival is 10 times higher than fry. The stockings will continue into the future. This summer reports are of good numbers of 11-16 inch walleye being caught.
The hope is to return walleye populations to a level where the Professional Walleye Tour will again bring a tournament to Portage/Torch, as they have in the past.
In February of 2011 a group of concerned local anglers formed the Copper Country Walleye Association (CCWA), of which I am proud to be a charter member, to assist the DNR in stocking walleye in area lakes.
In early 2013, the CCWA signed a Memorandum of Understanding with DNR to assist them with projects, including walleye stocking. To date they have provided financial assistance to buy fertilizer for walleye rearing ponds, helped harvest walleye from rearing ponds, cut brush on the Boston Pond Dam berm, stocked walleye fry throughout the Portage/Torch Waterway, collected fish for contaminant analysis from Torch Lake, and assisted in fish surveys, notably Gratiot Lake. They are not a bunch of couch potatoes!
They have about 100 individual and ten business members. If you are interested in joining, and are encouraged to do so, their next meeting is 7:30 p.m. Oct. 15 at the Monte Carlo in Hancock.
They also are active in recruiting young anglers. They assist the Chassell VFW in their winter ice fishing event by conducting the weigh-in and teaching young anglers techniques. They have a summer-long Thursday evening tournament on Portage and Torch lakes which is catch and release only.
Since 1998 AYA (anglers and young anglers) Fishing Tournaments were established to enable youth to fish in a friendly, competitive atmosphere and educate them in fishing methods. This is a catch and release tournament. No dead fish are weighed. Teams consist of two youth and one adult angler.
Each event includes a full day of fishing, followed by a weigh-in, prizes, awards and a barbecue. Winners from each local event are invited to the International Final held on Lake of the Woods in Kenora, Ontario.
The CCWA has sponsored such a local event the past two years. The local event winner this year was Brent Leonard, nephew Cooper, and Brady Ketzenberger, with a five fish limit of walleye weighing 27.5 pounds. Second was Gerry Lucier and Trent Lawrence (26.6 pounds), while third went to Jim Baker, Daughter Lily, and Emma Oldt (24.5 pound). The winner received a 12-foot Lund with Mercury engine, a Shoreland trailer, and electric trolling motor. All three top finishers received trophies.
This year there were 19 local events in five Canadian Provinces and the states of Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, with 4,500 kids participating.
In August Brent, Cooper, and Brady traveled to Kenora, Ontario for the International Final. The format is two youth, one adult angler and a local guide. Lake of the Woods is a one-million acre plus lake, contains over 14,500 islands and is known as the walleye capital of the world. The results were drum roll please!
Brent, Cooper, and Brady finished fifth overall and second among USA entries with a six fish limit weighing 34.21 pounds, which included a 12-plus pounder. Brent has also won the Thursday evening tournament the past two years. One might call him a walleye whisperer, eh?
Go Fish!


text: Apis mellifera queens usually live 2 to 3 years, but some have been known to last for 5 years. Workers typically only live for a few weeks, sometimes a few months if their hive becomes dormant in winter. Males live for 4-8 weeks at the most. (Tarpy and Page Jr., 2000)


text:
A Certain Scientific Railgun
Dear My Friends
Episode 24 | TV-14
Misaka and her friends reach the facility where the children are being held, but Therestina uses Capacity Down to take the Espers out of the fight. With everything on the line, it's up to Saten to save the day.
Dub Expires: 05-16-2014
Official Site: www.funimation.com/shows/a-certain-scientific-railgunHide Details


text:
Your Dog, Your Life
The Scoop
Dog News, Politics
Bark-Out-Loud Humor
Doggie Style
Gear and Glam
Dog Breeds
Foods & Treats
Health & Care
Behavior & Training
Dog Grooming
Dog of the Day
Other pets in your family: CANUCK | CINNAMON - MY SWEET ANGEL | WALKER | EMILY | YANKEE | ROSIE | SPANGLE | SHANE | ANGEL (IN LOVING MEMORY) | BLANQUITA | FOXY
Copyright © I-5 Publishing, LLC. All rights reserved.
Visit Catster


text:
Artist Collection: (81 of 413)< Previous | Next >
Tags: beggar woman palolem, beggar palolem, palolem beach, palolem, holiday, arabian sea, backpackers, back-packers, beach, beach huts, canac
- + MOUSE OVER image to zoom in
- + CLICK to enlarge
beggar on palolem beachby serenityphotography
- Medium
- Photography
- Artist Notes
- A beggar woman in an old yellow sari walks along the beautiful beach at Palolem, in the south of the favourite holiday state of Goa in southern India. Palolem attracts a good mix of domestic, Indian, tourists; holidaymakers from Europe; and backpackers and other long-term stayers. Palolem is renowned for its mile-long crescent-shaped beach. See more at www.SerenityPhotography.co.uk
- Contact Artist Send Artist an Email
More about serenityphotography
- Location
- kent, england
- Artist Biography
- Born in Dover, England, I became disillusioned with the rat race and began travelling in 1997. On my first round the world trip I discovered a passion for travel, photography and scuba diving. Since then I have spent a total of five years on the road, become a diving instructor and semi-prof ...