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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Christmas is more than six weeks away, but about half of all consumers are already worrying about how much money they'll spend on holiday swag.
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If the budget doesn't cut it, it's the consumer's friends who will be left out in the cold first. The Capital One survey says 32% are likely to delete a friend from their holiday hopping list if the finances prove too tight, while only 26% will carve their boss out, proving that employment trumps friendship among budget-conscious yuletide shoppers.
"According to our recent survey, 59% of Americans are most likely to blow their holiday spending budget on gifts," offers Amy Lenander, vice president of rewards at Capital One. "But if you're worried your holiday expenses may break the bank this season, consider using your credit card rewards to offset the costs, making sure no one gets cut from your gift list."
A better idea would be to keep the card hidden away under lock and key so you don't generate a significant debt this holiday season.
Capital One advises having conversations with a significant other over a holiday shopping budget -- that ensures you're on the same page and improves the odds one spouse won't go overboard shopping, knowing that the other spouse is keeping an eye on the bank account.
That said, 57% of Americans surveyed by the bank say they "aren't completely confident" that their loved one will put the credit card away for good once any holiday budget limits are reached.
The survey also offers a healthy, money-saving nugget for Christmas consumers. It seems that more Americans are adopting a "do-it-yourself" mentality on holiday shopping, with 70% of consumers making their baked goods, meals, decorations and other holiday treats instead of buying them from a retail outlet.
Oh, and most Americans won't forget about popping something under the tree for themselves this year, either.
According to Capital One, 57% will leave room in their budgets for a gift for themselves this year whether it busts that Christmas shopping budget or not.
There's no doubt consumers are gearing up for a Green Christmas, which could lead to a Blue January if they're not careful.

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Craig,A couple of questions...1. How do you determine what a fully fermented dough is?2. Because we are talking a sourdough starter, is there really any taste or dough quality difference between a high percentage starter/short time vs. a low percentage starter/long time? If not, one can use your chart by determining how much time one has for fermentation and use the appropriate percentage of starter. This is a great tool.
Craig,I'm not into natural starters so I've managed to miss this thread until now, but just had to say really cool and interesting stuff. This will be incredibly valuable for members looking to make the jump to natural fermentation.
Your table is really very helpful, particularly with multiple stage (at different temp) fermentation. I use fresh cake yeast on most occasions. Is there a generally accepted substitution rate for activated starter. What I am asking is , "how many grams of fresh yeast is equivalent to 1% activated starter"?It would be great for me to use a table that showed the temperature in Celsius, and the yeast as fresh yeast measured in grams.....
TX:Not to give you more work to do, but I have a question about your multi-ferment calculation. It seems starter % is the variable, but I would imagine people have set recipes and would rather use the same amount of starter and adjust time. Would it be possible to make a second table where you would input a starter %, and then input your desired temperatures that automatically calulate total ferment times in stages?Let me know if what I'm saying is confusing


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Last updated: December 1, 2015
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The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if dovitinib can help to control inflammatory breast cancer. The safety of this drug will also be studied.
Breast Cancer
Drug: Dovitinib
Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Phase II Study of TKI258 (Dovitinib Lactate) as Salvage Therapy in Patients With Stage IV HER2-negative Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) and Local or Distant Relapse
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Further study details as provided by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Overall Response Rate (ORR) [ Time Frame: 6 months ]Overall response rate (ORR) defined as percentage of patients experiencing stable disease, complete or partial response (SD, CR or PR) as defined by RECIST. A response is anyone who experiences SD, complete response (CR) or PR in the first 6 months.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Safety Analysis of Dovitinib [ Time Frame: 6 months ]Safety analysis evaluated by grading each adverse event (e.g., neutropenia, neurotoxicity, and CINV) according to CTCAE v4.0 and reporting the type, frequency and severity.
|Study Start Date:
|January 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|November 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|November 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Dovitinib
A complete treatment cycle defined as 28 days or 4 weeks (+/- 2 days). Patients receive a single daily oral dose of 500 mg of dovitinib for 5 consecutive days, followed by a 2-day rest period (5 days on/2 days off schedule).
Drug: Dovitinib
500 mg by mouth for 5 consecutive days, followed by a 2-day rest period (5 days on/2 days off schedule) for every 28 day cycle.
Other Name: TKI258
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients have histological confirmation of breast carcinoma with a clinical diagnosis of IBC based on presence of inflammatory changes in the involved breast, including diffuse erythema and edema (peau d orange), with or without an underlying palpable mass involving the majority of the skin of the breast. Pathological evidence of dermal lymphatic invasion should be noted but is not required for diagnosis.
- Patients have stage IV disease with local or distant relapse
- Patients have negative HER2 expression by IHC (defined as 0 or1+), or fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). If HER2 is 2+, negative HER2 expression must be confirmed by FISH.
- Patients are able to swallow and retain oral medication.
- Patients have Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-2.
- Patients have received two or more standard chemotherapies for metastatic disease and have relapsed.
- Patients have ability and willingness to sign written informed consent.
- Patients are 18 years of age or older.
- Female patients of childbearing potential (A female not free from menses > 2 years or not surgically sterilized) must be willing to use highly effective contraception to prevent pregnancy or agree to abstain from heterosexual activity throughout the study. Highly effective contraception, defined as male condom with spermicide, diaphragm with spermicide, intra-uterine device. Highly effective contraception must be used by both sexes during the study and must be continued for 8 weeks after the end of study treatment. Oral, implantable, or injectable contraceptives may be affected by cytochrome P450 interactions, and are therefore not considered effective for this study.
- Female patients of childbearing potential must have negative serum pregnancy test </=14 days prior to starting study treatment.
- If Patients have been treated with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) agents, such as Bevacizumab, last dose must be > 4 weeks.
- Patients have biopsy tissue of the metastatic disease (including chest wall or regional nodes) available (paraffin blocks or up to 20 unstained slides), if no biopsy tissue available, a biopsy (or thoracentesis if patient has pleural effusion only) of the metastatic disease will be performed to confirm the diagnoses.
- Serum total bilirubin must be within Upper Limited Normal (T. Bilirubin upper limit of normal (ULN)=1.0 mg/dl)
- AST and ALT must be < 2.5 x ULN(with or without liver metastases).
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients are receiving concurrent anti-cancer therapy (chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiation therapy and biological therapy) while taking study medication.
- Cirrhosis of liver, or known hepatitis B or C infection have hepatic impairment Child-Pugh Score of B or worse.
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) < 1.5
- Patients have an active infection and require IV or oral antibiotics.
- Impaired cardiac function or clinically significant cardiac diseases, including any of the following: a) History or presence of serious uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmias or presence of atrial fibrillation; b) Clinically significant resting bradycardia (< 50 beats per minute); c) left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) assessed by 2-D echocardiogram (ECHO) < 50% or lower limit of normal (which ever is higher) or multiple gated acquisition scan (MUGA) < 45% or lower limit of normal (which ever is higher). d) Any of the following within 6 months prior to study entry: myocardial infarction (MI), severe/unstable angina, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG), Congestive Heart Failure (CHF), Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA), Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), Pulmonary Embolism (PE); e) Uncontrolled hypertension defined by an SBP>150 and/or a diastolic blood pressure (DBP)>100 mm Hg with or without anti-hypertensive medication.
- History of gastrointestinal disorders (medical disorders or extensive surgery) which may interfere with the absorption of the study drug.
- Patients have a concurrent disease or condition that would make them inappropriate for study participation, or any serious medical disorder that would interfere with patients safety.
- Patients with only locally or regionally confined disease without evidence of metastatic disease.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01262027
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|University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 19, 2017
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|Responsible Party:
|M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01262027 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|December 15, 2010
|Last Updated:
|December 1, 2015
Keywords provided by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center:
Metastatic inflammatory breast cancer
Stage IV disease
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Breast Neoplasms
Inflammatory Breast Neoplasms
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>Runner's World - My Event Ratings>
In short: My local race, and great funIn full: This is my 2nd time of running this event. I'll be back next year. Date of review: July 9, 2012
In short: My first half marathon, really enjoyed itIn full: This was my first half marathon and I think it was a tough choice for my first time, however I loved it all. Date of review: April 3, 2012
In short: Great run, great location, great weatherDate of review: March 28, 2012
In short: Very enjoyable run, good flat location. In full: Really enjoyed the race. Flat so a good chance at a PB time. Nicely organised but there was a shortage of loos. I will look to do it again next yearDate of review: December 5, 2011
In short: Almost perfect.Date of review: September 4, 2011
In short: My 1st race, really enjoyed itIn full: I entered this race as it was local and had great reviews. Glad I chose this as my first raceDate of review: July 14, 2011
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This is Scala…Enjoy!
Can anyone tell me the title of the piece and any background on the girls? I first saw them last week on "Britians Got Talent!" I think they will go far.
If you like them, try Bond. The song Scala was playing is the one Bond played for the diamonds are forever commercials.
Thanks Lindsey. I,ll give them a try.
Hi Kingmagic
I was also very impressed with Scala, I had a look in google, put in scala, britain got talent found several sites and think the piece is palladio by karl Jenkins?
take care
Thanks Joan.
Hey – I've just tagged you! (Sorry). See my blog – I don't know how to do the linky bit.
Come on over you have another award…xx
Very interesting site. Enjoyed the entry about "Chavopoly." Am an ex-NYC paramedic of 22 years, now retired, living in upstate NY.
Our name for those types were "skels," though the name had a more general application as opposed to just the young.
Thanks Anne.
Cheers Emma.
Thanks Mr. Nighttime. Will have a look at your site and compare notes.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (401 votes).
In short: Well organised and good for a training with those little ondulationIn full: Like everything but the lousy bag, guys please charge a little more and provide us with a nice little medal, will do wonders for your credibilityDate of review: January 30, 2010
In short: A REGULAR ONE FOR ME AND MY CLUB AND WILL BE BACK NEXT YEARDate of review: January 25, 2010
In short: downhill to begin with,then it seems to go uphill for 4 miles.last mile all uphill.overall very good will be there next yearDate of review: January 19, 2010
In full: Great race - nice course, well organised, thanks to the marshals. Shame there was no medal this year.Date of review: January 19, 2010
In short: Fantastic race and very challenging!Date of review: January 18, 2010
In short: A bit lumpy, which made it a challenge. no PB potential on this courseDate of review: January 18, 2010
In short: Very supportive marshalls. Well organized with bag drop. good to get chip timing.Date of review: January 18, 2010
In short: Very well organised raceIn full: Great organisation in particular parking, changing facilities, chip timing, ladies storing the bags. Excellent marshalls en route with a lot of encouraging support. First time I have ran the race and achieved a PB so will be back next year. Slight downside was the rucksack at the end, different but did not really work for me, would have prefered a medal to add to the collection particulary with doing that distance. Other than that, well done!Date of review: January 18, 2010
In short: A hilly, challenging course but overall a very well organised race.In full: However, even though there were some lovely, encouraging marshalls especially the last two miles some of the paired marshalls completely ignored the runner and were having a lovely chat to each other! Another moan I'm afraid..... the runners worls descrption mentioned a good bag... what goody bag. For £14 all I got was a rucksack which was a little disappointing.After all that moaning I have to say that the pre-race orgnaisation was superb. Plenty of people around to help and bagagge and chip collection was highly organised and easy to work out! Ladies at the end of the race removing chips were also lovely and helpful.Date of review: January 18, 2010
In short: Very enjoyable, great event.In full: Organisation and marshalling were excellent. Enjoyed the route (though found it tough in the last half mile). Agree with other comments that this event deserves a medal rather than a bag. Will look to enter next year.Date of review: January 18, 2010
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Amidst the football orgy that NYD usually is was a breath of fresh air at Ralph Wilson Stadium with Sabres and Pens in the outdoor Winter Hockey Classic.
A great and classic matchup and it lived up to the billing with a SO win by the Pens and Sid The Kid pumping the game winner past Ryan Miller.
The conditions were all over the place and the ice was smoothed between periods (as usual) and halfway through as well and ends were switched halfway through the period in each period, so it was an interesting (and necessary) way to govern the game.
All in all, I hope the NHL will do outdoor hockey at least once every year going forward. Buffalo did a great job hosting the game and the matchup was a winning combination of two up and coming teams.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (614 votes).
In short: Well organised raceDate of review: March 23, 2014
In short: Great support, friendly team.In full: My first year doing Fleet but not my first half. A gloriously sunny (and warm) day. Quite a few toilets - bit of a queue but this died down just before the race and I had enough time to queue. Chip timing so although the lineup was a bit of a free for all (no pens and I couldn't see the timing boards - although I spotted these once people started moving), that didn't matter. People also seemed to spread out quite quickly so I didn't feel held up at the start of the race. Course is definitely "undulating" so not for you if you don't even like the slightest hill! It's a downhill finish after the final slope about 12.5 miles. The crowds were amazing! A lot of supporters in the first lap as this is round town. After 6 miles it dies out as you head into the countryside- which was stunning on a nice day. The supporter hotspots round pubs were amazing though- best crowd for a half ever! The downsides were:1. only cups, not bottled water on the course, and these had queues as it was so hot, so you have to stop and drink if you want a decent amount.2. At the finish there was a tent in the way of the view of the real finish and just before this were two flags and car parked - so the finish was about 50m further than many people thought.3. I measured the course long so missed my pb despite running a faster pace. But then I probably didn't run the racing line and it was nowhere near as long as when I ran Reading!Overall, I enjoyed it. May enter again - the crowds were fab but the hills and having to carry my own bottles put me off slightly.Date of review: March 21, 2014
In short: Nice course, great crowds, good organisation...in the diary for 2015In full: I really enjoyed the course, the marshaling was excellent. If I had one complaint it would be the need for more water tables at each spot, they finish too quickly and if you miss the first couple of table trying to avoid the melee then you run a real risk of missing them all together and on a warm day it really takes a toll on you. Generally a really nice way to spend a Sunday morning. Great crowds really helped!Date of review: March 21, 2014
In short: Really good, well organised and friendly event and a great crowdDate of review: March 18, 2014
In short: fantastic race. I love running this one!In full: I have run this one a few times, it is still my favourite half marathon. I hope that it continues for many years to come. The marshalls, organisers & Spectators have done a fantastic job again this year, encouraging us runners on to the finish line. I will be back next year to beat my pb. On a last note I would like to send my condolences to the family & friends of the runner who died during the race. It is the one sad thing in an otherwise fantastic event.Date of review: March 18, 2014
In short: Well run, fast courseIn full: I'm in the middle of training for the London Marathon, so this was one of my tune up races. Although it was a rather hot day, the race organisers made sure there were plenty of water stations, and the event was well organised. It's a big race, but it never felt as crowded as Reading has done. And to cap it all, I smashed my PB by seven minutes!Date of review: March 18, 2014
In short: Great local raceDate of review: March 17, 2014
In short: Great weather, improved courseIn full: The Fleet Half Marathon course has changed more than any other race I've known over the years. I think at last, the current one is the best. The start in Reading Rd North is vastly better than the old Leawood Road/Merivale mess. The number of right-angled turns in quick succession is better (although still more than any other HM I've run I think). It's still cluttered for the first mile but it's much, much better. Doing Fleet High Street twice was great for crowd support and it meant half the race was run before you left the town. Rural support was good (especially by the pubs)Drink stations were cluttered made worse by the heat. Still need tables on both sides of road where there is full closures. Support was excellent. As was organisation. But my run was dreadful (my fault) as was the tuppenny medal at the end.Continues to be an excellent event.Date of review: March 17, 2014
In short: Well organised and supported eventIn full: What a wonderful day. The weather was glorious, though a couple of degrees lower would have made it a bit more bearable.The runners village was well set up, with refreshments, stalls, and most importantly an amazingly well organised bag drop and collection! Goody bag was excellent too. Sports drink, raisins, chocolate biscuit, cereal bar, sweets - all the things you need after a race. The medal though was a bit disappointing. It was really small. Nicely crafted and good weight/quality and the design is good but would benefit from being bigger.The course is fabulous. Mildly undulating, there are a few "slopes", mainly to go over roads and railways. Nothing too taxing though. The course is designed to run through the town centre 3 times and the support there was MAGNIFICENT. The town came out in full force it seemed. When out of the town centre it was more sparsely populated, but thats to be expected, though there were still people all over the place and plenty of kids on jelly baby duty. There were some great spectator hotspots (Pubs!) which looked to have opened early and also had a great presence at key parts of the course. However, the slope at about 12.5m was horrible!! But thats personal as I was shattered :-DOne of the best events I've ever done. I smashed my PB by 11 minutes (Set in Cardiff in October). Difficult to work out how much of that is attributed to the course though as I trained much harder for this (In prep for the Paris marathon) and have lost a lot of weight, but definitely quick enough.Highly recommend this race.Date of review: March 17, 2014
In short: HOT!In full: Great course, really challenging but also real PB potential. Crowd support on the warmest day of the year, second to none. Only letdown for me was the stingy goodie bag. Leaflets and cheap edibles, expected better. This is a pre-London, so expected a banana and nice energy bar etc. Medal very small.Date of review: March 16, 2014
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Official *What did you get in the mail today?* Thread!!!
The BBB Box arrived from terriharplady today. along with a SMALL verdant order that i placed. However…i foresee my cupboard being up close to 300 again now thanks to the "extras" terri tossed into my box. Imma kill that woman! lol
nooooo i was almost under 200! Now i'm staring at mountains of tea on my dining room table…with plans to be stealing more from Kittenna tomorrow as well lol fml. talk about first world problems lol
Ha ha. Well at least they're probably mostly only a cup or two each. I found myself with an insane amount of each tea and like 300 of them. The purge felt good. Now I will only buy small amounts of each tea. Crazy how much I used to buy of one flavor of tea, even before trying it! Ugh. Live and learn.
Zeks… oh she will be getting a box all for herself back…plus whatever i put into our BBB box for the group lol
TB – sad part is, my cupboard IS purged…and i have only been buying .5oz or 1oz things lately… only thing that might save me is that i'm putting together a sample box of black for omgsrsly's brother and for genushumanusalice down under.
Boxermama is getting a brand new box all to herself with things from the BBB box and our shared orders lol
It seems like forever ago that I received a tea package in the mail.. Ha ha. I received a sweet and generous package from Stephanie as a thank you for our recent swap. Love the steepster community. I'm feeling a lot more at home :) anyways.. It was full of matchas!!! Yay I can't wait!!!!! Caramel matchachino I'm coming for you!!!
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I got a wonderful swap package from teamore today! Perfect to come home to after a crummy Monday at work! :)
I got tea AGAIN today!!! Yay!!! My cupboard is exploding, but I like it.
I got a really nice swap package from Sil. Awesome little extras that I'm really excited about. Thank you so much!!! – yours will be in the mail soon (waiting on one order to come in).
I also got a really nice, sweet, generous, birthday package from Nxtdoor. Thank you!!! I got more Tao Tea Leaf – awesome!!!
I don't think I can say often enough how much I love this community. The generosity just keeps amazing me….
Got my tea I won in Teavivre's Autumn giveaway. Featured Taiwan Oolong tea sampler. Thanks Teavivre, you are awesome!
My swap from Courtney came in! Yay! A few Harney&Sons teas I haven't tried, as well as some chocolatey ones.
I'm a bit jealous. She managed to ship it at the letter rate, while I always end up having to pay for a package when I ship things. I'm not so good at this, I guess. :P (need more practice?)
Thanks for the swap though! I'm very excited!
Sounds good!
I imagine it'd help if I used larger bags that would squish out flatter, and didn't double bag them (bc that adds air pockets…)
I have perfected it haha. And the ladies at my post office are awesome! I do push as much air out as a can, and sometimes just use a bigger than necessary envelope to have more room for flatness.
Today my 1st Package from IPPODO arrived ! It will be the first time trying Ippodo brand, it came very recommended.
Woohoo! My swap from Kaylee arrived! Excited to try the local (and not so local) teas she sent on to me :)
And, perfectly, my swap from Sil arrived today too! Excellent timing – I'm settling in for a looong night of depressing work.


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Skip to comments.Fun charity site. Learn vocab or languages and donate rice for the hungry.
Posted on 10/18/2011 6:17:04 PM PDT by Winstons Julia
I like to brush up on vocab and also feel like a do-gooder.
Thanks for sharing. I posted it on my Facebook page and already have several people that are using the site!
These are hard. They don't seem to have any of my answers as choices.
There is no "special" version of this.
I like to refresh mah francais there sometimes.
I drink deeply from the font of ... internet.
Well, when they said suicide and I said pork chops for dinner and it was wrong I just nude I was in trouble. Apparently manual doesn't mean do it yourself, either.
Mush room! I steaked my claim tonight. I don't want to leave you hanging.
Thanks. Very "engrossing".
Thanks. Very "engrossing".
Every nation needs to be able to feed ITSELF.
No international food donations, ever.
If other nations have problems they need to fix their own problems.
When you get them all correct they don't get much rice.
It's not a donation. It's paid for by your participation.
For what it's worth, my HO...
If I pay money, then I get the rice. If they want rice they need to pay for it or grow their own. There's no free rice in life.
When Europeans first came to America and it was a "colonial backwater", basically the "wilderness" - there was no "international aid program" that gave them free food while they floundered. They brought axes, hammers, livestock and seeds with them and when they got here, they started farming. And they've been so successful at farming they can easily produce enough food for Americans to have plenty of high quality inexpensive food.
Now the rest of the idiots of the world who refuse to overthrow their own tyrants, roll up their sleeves, and make a living farming are kept addicted to foreign aid.
There are only two reasons a nation starves it's people: stupid and lazy.
Tyrants keep their people starving because they alone decide how capital is employed, they're incompetent at doing that, and they place a very low priority on doing things right and a very high priority on simply staying in power. Anyone who has had a garden or raised a chicken knows how easy it is to farm once you understand manure and irrigation. And if you're in an inhospitable place, with the tiniest bit of brains and quite a bit of sweat, it's amazing how you can rig up a farming operation very cheaply. High-tech is not necessary. Billions of dollars in "loans" are not necessary. Gargantuan dams are not necessary. The Romans built aquaducts to move water hundreds of miles - without any energy needed to make the system work.
Propping up failed political regimes - those that fail in being able to keep their subjects fed, clothed and housed - is very bad for those subjects as it allows the dictators to keep their people in darkness. Dependency is one of the most alluring of tempations and powerful methods of enslavement.
What they really need is first the Bible, then inspiration to get up and git goin', business-wise and politics-wise. Just git'er done.
There is no free lunch.
And yet, Christ was willing to provide both Jew and Gentile with exactly that—a free lunch. He fed them physically and he fed them spiritually.
I'm a girl. I'm compassionate and enjoy challenging myself. If it feeds some people... that's a bonus.
Have a great day.
It was free in the sense that He did not require them to go home and feed themselves, but He fed them physically. He also gave them spiritual food, which they rejected then.
Believers are called to do both—to provide for the physical needs of others and to provide for their spiritual needs.
Giving in secret has nothing to do with your post #12. Kindly do not attempt to change the subject.
I believe Christ reveals, through his parable in Matthew 25, where your post is in error. Our attitude should be not. "I have mine, let them earn theirs" but, "God gave me X, therefore, because I have X, I can freely give of it—food to the hungry, clothing to the naked, etc—because God has given it to me, not to store up for myself, but to be used to serve others and lead them to Him.
It's "cool" to be a liberal and travel to far off lands and help the starving sick millions. It's like having a tattoo or drinking the latest martini.
If I express any reservations or conditions on supporting the masses of the third world, I'm an "evil Republican".
Young guys and girls (and aging hippies, commies, etc.) think it is the coolest thing for "the rich", i.e., other people who have substantial means, to give.
One can donate to the starving North Koreans. Kimbo Il would send his thanks for feeding his people. And happily continue oppressing them.
International charity creates and props up dysfunctional and tryannical governments. It creates dependency on said charity. That's not charity it's slavery. Because Kimbo will never ever do anything to raise the standard of living of his people, provide Bibles to them, provide education for them that is not indoctrination, etc. In his own mind, perhaps he is a great ruler, but in reality, he is in way over his head. Yet he refuses to relinquish power. And he sits on a small stockpile of nuclear weapons. The more economically broke NK is, the less ability the nation has to wage war. The more the nation of NK is helped, the more bold the leader becomes, thinking that he is "winning".
In short, the nations of the world with lower per-capita wealth and income are awash in complex problems that naive people can not solve. In fact, most efforts, even large loans by the IMF, etc., usually make things worse, as powerful thugs with armies and gangs wind up taking whatever things of value there are and running roughshod over the "little people".
The Bible exclusively refers to charity of providing for earthly needs via two conduits: tithing to your congregation and directly to people you come across - directly - who have dire needs and are not simply tricking you out of money, but they have real needs. The Bible never speaks of responding to letters from far off places telling of some great need. There is no mention of one nation being responsible for another nation's poor. There is no mention of being required to pay money to a charitable organization other than the church. I am reminded of the case of poor Stanley Thornton, the man who likes to play baby. He is capable of managing a website promoting his twisted thoughts, but unable to get a job. He adamantly maintains that he requires government charity and threatens to commit suicide if it is cut off.
Non-Christians and many professing Christians who are simply naive will prod others to donate to their "charities" and employ subtle twisting of Scriptural meanings to separate people from their money.
Often, people think about it for a second, wondering if the cause is legitimate, then realize that it would take far too much time and effort to really, truthfully know, and they simply click off their mind and give a little, consoling themselves in their own mind "at least I tried, I gave". That's the dark logical pit one can fall into - since such acts DO ABOSOLUTELY NOTHING TOWARDS GAINING SALVATION. The false charity has succeeded in playing on the person's guilt and uncertainty of Scripture to snooker them out of some spare change. If a charity does that enough times, there is plenty of money for full-time Executive Directors and staff members - who can make a living and lull themselves to sleep at night feeling good about their self-righteousness.
The answer for the Christian who feels guilty from time to time - tithe 10% of ones gross earnings to one's congregation. And anyone that you happen across who is in desperate need of help, help them. Perhaps it might not be money, maybe they need a car. Maybe they need job skills. A second chance start in life. But the Christian with a desire to give must learn to not become prey for people who are dangerous or destructive and remember that the first priority is bringing the Gospel to them. If a Christian spends some time walking around an inner city this issue confronts them as they need to learn who is trying to rob them, who's looking for drug money and who is hungry.
Certainly legitimate churches have overseas missions that one can support either with effort or money. Those missions that are best, IMHO, are those that focus first on the Gospel and emergency items of mercy, as well as those that go on to try to uplift people and work towards real goals of lasting change, including political change towards civil government that embraces Christianity and rules wisely and justly, as well as promoting ingenuity and hard work. In order to support such efforts best, one should search them out instead of waiting for them to come along. Then one can fully and rightly discern what the mission is all about and confidently support it.
Then when the "thing on the internet" pops up and someone starts exhorting one go "give, give", "what kind of Christian are you!!!", one can politely, with no guilt whatsoever, let them know that one has already given.
The Scriptures do establish both the individual giving outside one's community to another individual in need (See the Parable of the Good Samaritan) and churches giving to other churches outside their communities. (1 Corinthians 16:3).
I don't think a single believer will ever apologize to Christ for giving too much when they see Him face to face. I do think believers will apologize for giving too little.
The Parable of the Good Samaritan is told in answer to the question "who is my neighbor?" Answer? Anyone.
In 1 Corinthians 16:3 and Romans 15:26, we have established the practice of one church (two churches, in the latter text) providing needs of another church.
In 2 Corinthians 9, Paul explains that he praises the generosity of the Corinthians to the Macedonians and the Achaians. Because they gave greatly and gave willingly.
This has nothing to do with salvation or Muslims or any other attempt to change the subject.
This has to do with a believer's attitude toward giving. If the attitude toward giving reflects Christ's attitude toward giving, then the believer's attitude is a healthy one. If the attitude toward giving does not reflect Christ's attitude toward giving, then it is not healthy.
We follow the One Who Gave All, and the world should see us as being like Him.
Whatever we do reflects on Him. Does your attitude toward giving glorify Christ, or does it give the unbelievers a reason to disdain Him?
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Whittier's curriculum has been carefully designed to prepare students for success in life and work—in a world that is ever smaller, more complex, and changing at an ever more rapid pace. A student's success will require, in a developmental sequence, (1) the ability to function within a variety of communities (for which a college campus serves as an ideal laboratory); (2) the ability to communicate perceptions, feelings, ideas, beliefs, and values through a variety of symbolic modes; (3) an understanding of the differing cultural perspectives people bring to the challenge of being human; and (4) the ability to make connections: between people and ideas, between disciplines, between curricular and co-curricular life.
Whittier's co-curricular programs—Residential Life, Faculty Masters Program, the Office of Equity and Inclusion, athletics programs, clubs and organizations—are also designed around these Four C's: Community, Communication, Cultural Perspectives, and Connections.
All students graduating from Whittier College—regardless of major or career goal—should leave with a strong sense of Whittier's Four C's and their meaning in every aspect of life, both at the College and beyond.
Community: Foundation of the Whittier Experience.
What is a community?
A body of people living in the same place who, despite their individual differences, share a common goal and set of values—as well as joint ownership of, and participation in, the activities of the whole.
A sense of place, of being at "home"; of being a part of a family, within which one has both rights and obligations.
Whittier College as a community:
Rights within this community:
Obligations within this community:
Community in the Curriculum (four courses, twelve credits):
Fall: College Writing Seminar (INTD 100) linked to another course (that is, all members of the seminar will be co-enrolled in another course as well).
To foster a yet deeper sense of community, students' writing seminar will also correspond to their mentor groups; in most cases, students' writing instructor will be their mentor and their peer mentor will be their OWL (Orientation Week Leader).
Community in Co-curricular Life:
Whittier College's co-curricular programs—including Residential Life, Faculty Masters Program, the Office of Equity and Inclusion, College athletics, and various clubs and organizations—are designed to foster community by offering a variety of opportunities for students to meet and interact with others—students, faculty, and staff—in significant ways.
Within the larger community that is Whittier College, students experience and practice community in a variety of settings:
Communication: Sharing perceptions, feelings, ideas, beliefs, and values with others.
What is communication?
The act of sharing with others what one has perceived, has felt, believes, and/or has come to know through the use of variety of symbol systems: numerical, verbal, visual, musical, etc.
Communication in the Curriculum (three to four courses, nine credits):
Communication in Co-curricular Life:
The empathy essential to building and sustaining any community (from one's family of origin to a couple to a college to a nation) depends, not coincidentally, on Whittier's other three C's: communication, cultural perspective, and the ability to make connections.
Whittier College's co-curricular programs—including Residential Life, Faculty Masters Program, the Office of Equity and Inclusion, College athletics, and various clubs and organizations—are designed to foster communication within the community:
This communication is fostered through a wide variety of programs:
Cultural Perspectives: Coming to Understand the Other.
What is Cultural Perspective?
One of the marks of educated people is their thoughtful and informed awareness that not everyone thinks and feels as they do—that there is more than one way to think about the idea of the "self"; to build and sustain a family, a community, a society; to rear children; to teach values; to seek ultimate meaning—and that functioning effectively in an ever smaller world requires an ever deeper knowledge of the world others inhabit.
Understanding the present and future also requires an understanding of the past; thus understanding the history of various cultural perspectives is part of the job—as is the exploration of others' surviving artifacts and cultural products: their art, their literature, their music.
Cultural Perspectives in the Curriculum (four courses, twelve credits):
One course from four of the following seven areas:
Cultural Perspectives in Co-curricular Life:
Whittier College is proud to have one of the most ethnically diverse student populations among liberal arts colleges in America. Thus—both within the classroom and without Whittier is an ideal community within which to experience cultural diversity: to learn to appreciate and communicate with others from a variety of backgrounds.
Whittier College's co-curricular programs—including Residential Life, Faculty Masters Program, the Office of Equity and Inclusion, College athletics, and various clubs and organizations—are designed to foster cultural awareness and cross-cultural interaction, as we attempt to forge a single community made up of many complex strands and unique individuals.
Virtually all activities on campus work toward this end, but some programs make diversity issues their central focus. Activities on campus that showcase diversity always do so in a way that is inclusive, welcoming all interested students, faculty, and staff.
Whittier College's Office of Equity and Inclusion exists to sponsor and co-sponsor such ongoing programs and resources such as, but not limited to:
It also serves as a home for individuals and groups of all cultures and traditions to come together for meetings and informal discussions, and houses a small library devoted to diversity issues.
Other groups—open to all—also work to foster cultural awareness and the embrace of diversity on campus. These include:
Connections: Putting it all together.
What are connections?
Education has in general become more and more specialized; yet there has never been a more urgent need for people who have a sense of the "big picture": the way disciplines reflect and illuminate one another; the way seemingly disparate problems are actually related; the way science and math impact our daily lives.
The genius of liberal education is its special focus on this big picture—on preparing doctors who can see the cultural dimension of healing; economists who understand the social impact of their theories. People who can see and make meaningful connections can assess options with far greater clarity, and thus are freer to make wise (and, ideally, ethical) choices. For many great thinkers, there is no better definition of freedom—freedom fostered above all by a liberal education.
Connections in the Curriculum (three courses, ten credits):
Connections in Co-curricular life:
Whittier College's co-curricular programs—including Residential Life, Faculty Masters Program, the Office of Equity and Inclusion, College athletics, and various clubs and organizations—are designed to foster connection-making in the broadest possible sense: by helping to build community, by fostering communication, and by sponsoring programs that promote cultural awareness.
They also build explicit connections to classroom learning by co-sponsoring with faculty such events as
Because these programs often serve a variety of courses, they also underscore the connection between disciplines—the interdisciplinary nature of knowledge—as well as the connections between academic life and life "in the real world."


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Names released in WC bus crash
WEBSTER CITY – The driver of a MIDAS bus that crashed Tuesday may have suffered a medical issue.
Terry L. Worthen, 61, of Webster City, and six young passengers were taken to Van Diest Medical Center in Webster City after the accident, Webster City police said.
Hospital officials confirmed that five of those transported were treated and released. Two victims were transferred to other facilities for further treatment.
The bus crossed into oncoming traffic on Second Street, struck another vehicle and then crossed the traffic lane and struck a utility pole. It continued onto property at 822 Second St., striking a parked vehicle, and coming to rest.
Officers and witnesses at the scene said Worthen may have experienced medical symptoms just prior to the accident, according to a police report.
The six children aboard the bus, all from Webster City, were Pedro Ramon Sosa, 9; Alexis Villalobos, 9; Ana Villalobos, 7; Orlando Celis, 6; Carol Merida, 5; and Raily Merida, 7.
The driver of the other vehicle involved, Jose Torres, of Webster City, was not injured.


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Being old, retired and having spare time I often do a lot of thinking about what I want and what I want to get out of things. A lot of my time is spent fly fishing for trout, fly tying and thinking about same. I used to try and be a serious big game hunter. I found out I really was not having fun like I should so I did more fly fishing for trout. I fished over a 121 days last year.
While fishing I try not to be concerned about size or numbers. I try and relax and have fun.
I really don't mind if someone asks me what fly I am using and if I have extras I normally give them a few. If I happen to fish fairly near someone I always stop and ask if I am going to be crowding them. On the rare occasion I get into the fish and others are having a rough time I may mention what I am using. In my travels I have asked for assistance and have been treated like this on many occasions. I remember fishing for landlocked salmon in Maine. I was not having much luck my first day and a kind gentleman offered me some flies and gave me the run he was fishing. I was promptly into fish. I have run into similar people on the South Holston in Tenn., the Au Sable in Michigan and various streams out west. I value the time I spend talking with others both on the stream and in fly shops.
I am pretty much strictly catch and release on trout and really think a fly rod is the only way to go. At times I really wonder if using an indicator really has much to do with real fly fishing. On the other hand I do stoop to using one. Others may think different and that is OK as long as they are legal.
This is the only forum I participate in and read on a regular basis. I may not be too smart but I am old and wise enough to know my opinion is not the only one and I may be wrong. I think we all should spend a little time thinking about why we fish and a little about how our behavior may effect and be perceived by others..
Very cool, Trico. I've found that I like to try for the big one's on occasion and I try and help others that seem lost (like I was as little as two years ago). I find that I don't have nearly as much fun if I'm not with a friend or loved one. The most fun I have fishing is when I'm my sister. She has only caught one trout in about 5 trips but I think that will improve. I used to crave fishing and hunting a lot and then found out that time with God and helping others was what I really wanted. That has occured recently as well. I guess we change as we age and our focus shifts. Anyway, thanks for sharing your thoughts and letting me share mine.
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Where were you fishing for the Maine Landlocks?
I have heard people refer to fly fishing as a "Zen Thing" and sorta understand why.... When I'm alone in the woods or wading a river with nobody around.... I have only myself for company and have discovered it's a great way to discover myself. No doubt a few deer owe their lives to my not paying attention while looking inward.
I should start writing again; but I'm afraid.
My wife and I fished Grand Lake Stream. We stayed at Weatherbys resort. I think Grand Lake Stream one of the clearest most beautiful rivers I have ever fished.
Funny thing; over 25 years in Maine I never fished Frand Lake Stream!
I never had to travel that far to get onto Landlocks... a 25 mile drive put me on the Kennebec at the Solon Tailwater where I could get landlocks, brown, rainbows or brookies on drys.
The East Outlet (Kennebec) of Moosehead was about 100 miles drive and the West Branch of the Penobscot farther still but I fished them often. If you get back up to Maine I recommend these two rivers.
The Rangeley Region also has many good rivers with Landlocks; I fished them less frequently though.
Landlock Salmon like to eat landlock smelt but also take drys... wish someone would dump some into the SoHo.... they jump like mad!
Fishing in Maine pretty much has gone to **** over the years and it's a dhort season... I am spoiled here!
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Funny you mentioned the Kennbec as I recently added that river on my list of where to fish. I have noted your recommendations. I only caught one salmon on a streamer the rest were on nymphs with most on dries. Pink hendricksons size 14 seemed to work best if I remember. They do jump! I am in Tenn. quite a bit and have only fished the S. Holston twice. Of the three rivers I have fished in Tenn. it seems to be my favorite.
The Kennebec is a long river; depending on where you fish it there are different fish to catch.
Up by Moosehead it's Landlocked Salmon and sometimes brook trout (the ponds up that way have lotsa small brookies and around the 4th of July there are enormous HEX hatches requiring size 8 & 10 drys!)); if you move down river near Bingham it's rainbows and then there's the Solon and Madison tailwaters with browns and then further down in Fairfield below Shawmut dam (once awesome but not as good anymore) it's rainbows and browns, below Waterville it's browns, smallies and stripers.
The lower Kennebc has had several poor years on stripers but was awesome 10 years ago; they don't seem to come up the coast like the did and nobody knows why for certain.
If you plan to go there contact me and I'll get you hooked up with the right places,flies and people so you'll have a great time.... Up there I'm sorta famous when it comes to flyfishing and rivers.... down here I fish in obscurity! LOL
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European Otter
The European Otter (Lutra lutra), also known as the Eurasian otter, Eurasian river otter, common otter and Old World otter, is a European and Asian member of the Lutrinae or otter subfamily, and is typical of freshwater otters.
It differs from the North American river otter by its shorter neck, broader visage, the greater space between the ears and its longer tail.[2]
Range and habitat
The European Otter is the most widely distributed otter species, its range including parts of Asia and Africa as well as being spread across Europe. It is believed to be currently extinct in Liechtenstein, and Switzerland. They are now very common in Latvia, along the coast of Norway and in Northern Great Britain, especially Shetland where 12% of the UK breeding population exist.[3] Ireland has the highest density of Eurasian otters in Europe.[citation needed] In Italy, they can be found in the Calore river area. These creatures live in the South Korean area, and are endangered.
The European Otter's diet mainly consists of fish. However, during the winter and in colder environments fish consumption is significantly lower and the otters use other sources for their food supply. This diet can include birds, insects, frogs, crustaceans and sometimes small mammals, including young beavers.[4] In general this opportunism means they may inhabit any unpolluted body of freshwater, including lakes, streams, rivers, and ponds, as long as there is good supply of food. European Otters may also live along the coast, in salt water, but require regular access to freshwater to clean their fur. When living in the sea individuals of this species are sometimes referred to as "sea otters", but they should not be confused with the true sea otter, a North American species much more strongly adapted to a marine existence.
Behavior and reproduction
European Otters are strongly territorial, living alone for the most part. An individual's territory may vary between about one and forty kilometres long (about half to 25 miles), with about 18 km (about 11 miles) being usual. The length of the territory depends on the density of food available and the width of the water suitable for hunting (it is shorter on coasts, where the available width is much wider, and longer on narrower rivers). The territories are only held against members of the same sex, so those of males and females may overlap.[5]Mating takes place in water. Eurasian otters are non-seasonal breeders (Males and females will breed at any time of the year) and it has been found that their mating season is most likely determined simply by the otters' reproductive maturity and physiological state. Female otters are sexually mature between 18 and 24 month old and the average age of first breeding is found to be 2.5 years old. Gestation for the L. lutra is 60–64 days, litter weight when being compared to the female body mass is about 10%. After the gestation period one to four pups are born, which remain dependent on the mother for about 13 months.[6] The male plays no direct role in parental care, although the territory of a female with her cubs is usually entirely within that of the male.[5] Hunting mainly takes place at night, while the day is usually spent in the European Otter's holt (den) – usually a burrow or hollow tree on the riverbank which can sometimes only be entered from underwater. It has long been thought that they hunt using sight and touch only; but evidence is emerging that they may also be able to smell underwater - possibly in a similar manner to the Star-nosed mole.[7][8]
The European Otter declined across its range in the second half of the 20th century[9] primarily due to pollution from pesticides such as organochlorine (OCs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Other threats included habitat loss and hunting, both legal and illegal.[10] European Otter populations are now recovering in many parts of Europe. In the United Kingdom the number of sites with an otter presence increased by 55% between 1994 and 2002.[citation needed] Recovery is partly due to a ban on the most harmful pesticides that has been in place across Europe since 1979,[11] partly to improvements in water quality leading to increases in prey populations, and partly to direct legal protection under the European Union Habitats Directive[12] and national legislation in several European countries.[13][14][15] In Hong Kong, it is a protected species under Wild Animals Protection Ordinance Cap 170. It is listed as Near Threatened by the 2001 IUCN Red List.[16]
- ^ Ruiz-Olmo, J., Loy, A., Cianfrani, C., Yoxon, P., Yoxon, G., de Silva, P.K., Roos, A., Bisther, M., Hajkova, P. & Zemanova, B. (2008). Lutra lutra. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 March 2009. Database entry includes justification for why this species is near threatened
- ^ American Natural History, by John Davidson Godman, published by Hogan & Thompson, 1836
- ^ "Shetland Otters". "Shetland Otters". http://www.shetlandotters.com/shetlands-otters.php. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
- ^ Kitchener, Andrew (2001). Beavers. p. 144. ISBN 187358055X.
- ^ a b "Territoriality of the otter Lutra lutra L." Erlinge, S. (1968), Oikos, No. 19, 81-98.
- ^ Hauer S., et al. "Reproductive performance of otters Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758) in Eastern Germany: Low reproduction in a long-term strategy." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 77.3 (2002): 329-340.
- ^ Alleyne, Richard (2010-06-05). "Can otters smell underwater?". Daily Telegraph (London). Archived from the original on 2010-06-06. http://www.webcitation.org/5qIDV2lGC. Retrieved 2010-06-06. "Hamilton James said: "I always had an inkling that otters could smell underwater and I wanted to prove it. As it was dark and the fish was fully submerged it proved that the otters had to be using a sense other than sight or touch to locate it. After reviewing the footage I noticed a tiny bubble which hit the fish and was sniffed back in by the otter.""
- ^ "Late Summer". Director: Richard Taylor Jones; Camera Operators: Richard Taylor Jones, Charlie Hamilton James; Producer: Philippa Forrester. Halcyon River Diaries. BBC. BBC One, London. 2010-06-06. No. 4.
- ^ "The Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra)". English Nature. http://www.english-nature.org.uk/lifeinukrivers/species/otter.html. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
- ^ "Otter: Background to selection". Jncc.gov.uk. http://www.jncc.gov.uk/ProtectedSites/SACSelection/species.asp?FeatureIntCode=S1355. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
- ^ "Council Directive 79/117/EEC of 21 December 1978". Eur-lex.europa.eu. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31979L0117:EN:HTML. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
- ^ "Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992". Eur-lex.europa.eu. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31992L0043:EN:HTML. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
- ^ "Species other than birds specially protected under The Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981: Schedule 5 (Animals)". Jncc.gov.uk. 2005-08-30. http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-1815. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
- ^ "Wildlife Act 1976 (Ireland)". Internationalwildlifelaw.org. 1976-12-22. http://www.internationalwildlifelaw.org/WILDLIFEACT1976_1.html. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
- ^ Otters of the world[dead link]
- ^ "Lutra lutra– Near Threatened". Iucnredlist.org. http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/12419/summ. Retrieved 2010-03-15.


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Opening tomorrow, the special exhibition Whales: Giants of the Deep is co-curated by John J. Flynn, Frick Curator of Fossil Mammals, Division of Paleontology, and Dean of the Richard Gilder Graduate School. We recently spoke with Dr. Flynn about the exhibition's many highlights, his fieldwork in South America, and his sightings of whales in the wild.
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A whale of a tale! In a video, get the inside view from Museum curators about our newest exhibition, Whales: Giants of the Deep, which opens Saturday, March 23, 2013.
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A video series on amnh.tv delves into the topic of dinosaurs, which arose some 230 million years ago and thrived until large dinosaurs became extinct about 65 million years ago. How did dinosaurs reproduce? A video explains.
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