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Blue North: Justin Newhall on Exploitation, Pornography, and Time
Alex Lauer
Dec 2013
For his Northern Studies series, Justin Newhall took the train to northern Manitoba, where—inspired by a Glenn Gould radio documentary—he sought to capture the idea of "the North." He found it in an unlikely package: a duct tape-covered stash of glossy pornographic photos that had deteriorated over time, leaving ghosts of the originals—and of the tragic story of the Dene Village where he found them.
Sage Cowles: A Dance Activist's Life
Camille LeFevre
Dec 2013
Sage Cowles had a "real social vision," says choreographer Bill T. Jones. "Sage and [husband] John were interested in Change with a capital C, which earned her high marks in my way of thinking." A philanthropist, mother, political activist, and—perhaps most importantly—a dancer, Cowles passed away November 21, 2013, at age 88. Camille LeFevre recounts a life dedicated to dance, family, and community.
A Cinematic Family Album for Morocco
Alise Hansen
Nov 2013
For Yto Barrada, Morocco's defunct Cinéma Rif offered an opportunity to "bring a certain kind of magic back to the city" through an artistic intervention. The result—now nearly a decade old—is Cinémathèque de Tanger, an artist-run cinema, archive, and educational center in Tangier. It's also, as she discusses with Bouchra Khalili, a vibrant community hub and repository of cultural memories.
Steve McQueen: "I Want to Be Useful"
Rob Nelson
Nov 2013
"I don't think slavery has been taboo at all," Steve McQueen says, having just noted that his film 12 Years a Slave is one of less than two dozen to address this painful part of US history. "[Racism has] actually been very visible and obvious—the elephant in the room." In a Q&A with Rob Nelson, McQueen discusses slavery, art, and how he sees Solomon Northup's 1853 book as "the Anne Frank diary of America."
The Unseen
Sean Donovan
Nov 2013
We're surrounded by invisible forces, from neutrinos and radio waves passing through our bodies to gravitational and emotional forces pulling on us. In conversation with writer Sean Donovan, Luke Fischbeck and Sarah Rara of Los Angeles–based experimental art/music duo Lucky Dragons discuss the realms of the unseen and ways that science and mystery interact in their immersive art investigations.
Food Hazards
Nicole J. Caruth
Nov 2013
"If the perfect medium is bronze, which basically sits there forever, then food is on the exact opposite end of that continuum," says Jennifer Rubell. She should know, having created edible art installations using everything from ribs to cotton candy—but impermanence is only the beginning. Safety laws, permits, and confronting perception about food's value are all challenges food artists must address.
How Culture Shapes the Contemporary City
Paul Schmelzer
Oct 2013
With 80 percent of Americans now living in urban areas, and 6.5 billion people globally expected to do so by 2050, issues such as gentrification, economic justice, and sustainability are top of mind for artists and activists. Curator Nato Thompson discusses how this month's Creative Time Summit brings voices across disciplines together to explore the perils and promise presented by this new reality.
Xiu Xiu's Jamie Stewart on Art, Top Gun, and Danh Vo
John Valko
Oct 2013
Although they've never met, Xiu Xiu frontman Jamie Stewart says he feels "very bonded" to the father of artist Danh Vo—so much so that he's agreed to publicly sing a hit song from the film Top Gun in his honor. In conjunction with the opening of 9 Artists, Stewart will perform at the dedication of Tombstone for Phùng Vo (2010), a grave marker Vo created for his still-living father.


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Citi Downgrades Two E&P MLPs
In our low-yield world, master limited partnerships are a popular choice for investors looking for investments that throw off some cash. They're something we've covered quite a lot here at Barron's recently, explaining how to invest in them, and pointing out some of the most attractive ones (thank you, Mr. Icahn).
But that doesn't mean, of course, that all MLPs are equally attractive -- and proof of that comes from a Citigroup research note today downgrading Breitburn Energy Partners (BBEP) and EV Energy Partners (EVEP). As analyst John Tysseland writes:
We are downgrading BBEP to Neutral (2) as the units are now trading in in-line with our target price. Notably, BBEP generated a total return of 19% in the last twelve months, outperforming both its E&P MLP peers, up 0.8% and the S&P 500 Index, up 16.6%. Given our outlook for commodity prices (~30% of oil production sold at Brent pricing) and the partnership's current valuation, the units seem to be fairly priced at this point. In terms of yield, BBEP is trading at a ~23bp discount to peer group average current yield of 9.1% (excl. EVEP)...
We are downgrading EVEP from Buy to Neutral and reducing our TP to $48/unit ($60.50/unit previously). We estimate that ~26% of the partnership's equity value is supported by its Utica net working interest acreage that we believe could come under pressure as other operators now look to reduce exposure in the play. Until investors get a better handle on what this acreage is actually worth, upside from current levels appears limited.
At the latest, both Breitburn Energy and EV Energy shares are down slightly more than 3%.
Tysseland's note outlines the challenges facing all E&P MLPs, noting that last month the sector underperformed the Standard & Poor's 500 index:
The underperformance this month was largely due to a weakening crude oil outlook and a total return of -13.9% generated by EVEP as a result of falling Utica acreage value expectations.
As we look ahead, based on Citi's Commodity Strategy Team forecast, it is likely that covered E&P MLPs do not get a significant lift from the commodity markets in 2013 and 2014. For instance, the commodities team expects WTI crude and Henry Hub gas prices to average $90.00 per barrel and $4.30 per MMBtu in 2013E, respectively (for more details, please see section entitled Commodity Price Outlook). This compares to current 2013 NYMEX average prices for crude oil and natural gas of $93.1 per barrel and $4.08 per MMBtu, respectively. Rather, in our view, upside in 2013 is contingent upon strong operational performance and the ability to find and fund accretive acquisitions leading to growth in the distribution to unit holders.
But as he shows in this chart, E&P MLPs have had a pretty decent run recently, especially since early 2009 (with a few dips along the way):
(Click for a larger -- and legible -- version.)
And there's still picks in the sector: Tysseland kept his Outperform rating on Legacy Reserves (LGCY), Memorial (MEMP) and Vanguard Natural (VNR).

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Though not as freaky and fruity, The Green are Hawaii's equivalent of New Zealand's most eccentric reggae band Kora.
"We're really into all forms of music," says guitarist and co-songwriter Zion Thompson. "We love pop, R&B, jazz, gospel, heavy metal, we love it all, but reggae has always been our favourite and it blends so well with other genres of music," he says, sounding very much like one of the Kora brothers who are just as influenced by reggae and dub as they are by heavy metal and chart-topping pop.
"You gotta extend it, and sponge off everything," says Thompson.
As an example of their diverse reach, last year the Green played 42 shows in a row on travelling punk rock road show the Vans Warped Tour, and this weekend they are in New Zealand for the first time at Rotorua's annual reggae event Raggamuffin.
They will be playing alongside headliner Lauryn Hill, the hip-hop soul diva who played the festival in 2010, Jamaican greats Toots and the Maytals, and Ali Campbell's UB40, as well as locals Herbs, the Black Seeds, and Katchafire.
Perhaps not surprisingly, what makes The Green unique is the influence of their homeland. Because although they grew up listening to rootsy Jamaican style reggae, they have also incorporated the Hawaiian reggae style "which is far more happy and playful" into their sound.
They also take influence from New Zealand's top reggae bands like Katchafire and Three Houses Down through to more unusual acts like Fat Freddy's Drop and Kora.
"It's really authentic roots music that has a background, and a history, but it's also fun and it's hard not to be down with the vibe if it catches you," Thompson says.
Their mix of styles comes through best on a song like Love & Affection off second album Ways & Means from last year, with it's hard-hitting dancehall foundation with rock riffs and a poppy hook throughout. "I mean, we just like to have fun," he says.
While The Green have only been together for three years, the four core members - Thompson, Caleb Keolanui (vocals), JP Kennedy (vocals/guitar), and Ikaika Antone (vocals/keyboards) - have been playing together for longer.
"We've known each other for a long time. We're all Oahu boys. Two of us are from the same town and the other two are basically family, they're cousins. So it's been a natural progression, meeting each other a while ago and then eventually, a few years later, we formed The Green.
"And the music community in Hawaii is so small that everybody has seen each other play, or knows their music, even before you get to know each other properly."
The Green's musical message is based on love, family, and pride in where they come from. "We believe in respect, not just for each other but for the land, the water, and we have that background in us, because we like to be playful and have fun, and we play love songs, but we also like to sing about where we come from and the hardships our people go through."
Because Hawaii, says Thompson, is not just a sunny place with the best waves in the world. "We're not scared to be honest about what comes out of Hawaii, because there are drugs, and there is poverty and homelessness. And that's stuff everyone can relate to too. It's just honest music."
They've released two albums in the last three years with their self-titled debut a more traditional sounding reggae album compared to Ways & Means, which had everything from rootsy reggae-meets-R&B tunes to dub and Hawaiian influences.
They are currently recording their third album and Thompson says it will be "more of a throwback to the first album vibe".
"But we are constantly progressing and we think it's going to be better than the second album, and hopefully better than the first. So it should be the best one yet."
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Who: Hawaiian band The Green
Listen to: Ways & Means (2011); The Green (2010)
Where: Raggamuffin, Rotorua International Stadium, today (gates open 5pm) and tomorrow (gates open 10am)
Line-up: Today DJ Sir-Vere & the Club Kingz; Pacific Reggae Mix; Darky Roots; Common Kings; Black Seeds; Gappy Ranks Saturday Village Stage: Zkabby Jams - Smokefree Pacifica Beat; Hot Rain Ft Siaosi; Three Houses Down; The Green; Fiji; J Boog (guest Monsta G). Main stage: Brownhill ft. SWISS; Tomorrow People; Rebelution; Katchafire; Herbs; Ali Campbell's UB40; Toots and the Maytals; Ms Lauryn Hill
Website: raggamuffin.co.nz


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And the Browns don't? The Bills lead the league in touchdowns before that game. They're not completely useless.
You play the schedule you are dealt---yes statistically the Giants had the hardest schedule on paper before the season started, and thats based on the teams records/playoff teams from 2011.
You play your own division home and away(6 games), a division within your conference(4 games, rotates year to year), a division outside your conference(4 games, rotates year to year) and 2 games within your conference based on your finish from the previous year ie: the Giants play the teams that finished 1st in their respective divisions(Packers and 49ers).
But things can change from the finish of the previous season to a current teams position, like injuries, losses or gains in free agency, coaching changes.
As for winning and whether its close or a blowout---a win is a win period! The objective is for your team to have 1 more point on the scoreboard than the opposing team when the clock hits zero.
Now have the 49ers looked good the past couple of weeks, yes they have.
But this is the NFL, any given Sunday!


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May 15, 2009
The Honorable Patricia Hamamoto
Superintendent of Education
Hawaii Department of Education
1390 Miller Street, #307
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Dear Superintendent Hamamoto:
On behalf of Secretary Duncan, I want to thank you for your hard work in implementing the
I am writing in response to Hawaii's request to amend its state accountability plan under Title I of the ESEA. Following discussions between the Department and your staff, you made a number of changes to Hawaii's accountability plan, which are now included in the amended state accountability plan that Hawaii submitted to the Department on January 15, 2009. I am pleased to approve Hawaii's amended plan, which we will post on the Department's website. A summary of Hawaii's requested amendments is enclosed with this letter. As you know, any further requests to amend Hawaii's accountability plan must be submitted to the Department for review and approval as required by section 1111(f)(2) of Title I of the ESEA.
Please also be aware that approval of Hawaii's accountability plan for Title I, including the amendments approved herein, does not indicate that the plan complies with Federal civil rights requirements, including Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and requirements under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
I am confident that Hawaii will continue to advance its efforts to hold schools and school districts accountable for the achievement of all students. If you need any additional assistance to implement the standards, assessment, and accountability provisions of the ESEA please do not hesitate to contact (email@example.com) or (firstname.lastname@example.com) of my staff.
Joseph C. Conaty
Amendments to Hawaii's Accountability Plan
The following is a summary of Hawaii's amendment requests. Please refer to the Department's website (www.ed.gov/admins/lead/account/stateplans03/index.html) for Hawaii's complete accountability plan.
Acceptable amendments
The following amendments are aligned with the statute and regulations.
General clean-up (All elements)
Full academic year definition (Elements 1.6, 2.2, and 10.1)
Including students with disabilities in adequate yearly progress (AYP) determinations (Element 5.3)
Revision: Hawaii revised its workbook to clarify that it will no longer include former students with disabilities in the participation rate calculations for the students with disabilities subgroup.
Including former limited English proficient (LEP) students in the LEP subgroup for AYP determinations (Element 5.4)
Revision: Hawaii revised its workbook to clarify that it will no longer include former LEP students in the participation rate calculations for the LEP student subgroup.
Science assessment (Element 6.1)
Revision: Hawaii clarified that, beginning in 2009–10, it will administer its science assessments in grades 4, 6, and 10.
Please note that approval of this amendment by the Department does not constitute approval of Hawaii's science assessments.
Revision: Hawaii made non-substantive changes throughout its workbook to align the language with its current practice.
Revision: Hawaii changed its definition of a "full academic year." Under Hawaii's previous definition, a student had to be continuously enrolled from March 1 of year 1 to March 1 of year 2 to be enrolled for a "full academic year." Hawaii now requires the student to be continuously enrolled from May 1 of year 1 to May 1 of year 2 in order to meet the full academic year definition.


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text: I didn't have bike luck yesterday at the Valley Center city wide garage sale. But I scored pretty good at today's flee market. Lady's Hathorne: IMG_0169 by LowpowerD, on Flickr From left to right. Small horn, big horn, taillight, headlight/horn combo, eight ball shifter knob. In the foreground, Silvertown Safety League reflector. IMG_0170 by LowpowerD, on Flickr Woot!


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I had an excellent time studying abroad in Mannheim, Germany. The classes were interesting, the professors were extremely helpful and accommodating and my fellow colleagues provided me with a wealth of cultural Knowledge. I strongly recommend that prospective study abroad students consider studying at the University of Mannheim.
Located in Mannheim Palace, the largest baroque palace in Germany, the University of Mannheim's approach to business and international scholarship is particularly focused on interdisciplinary scholarship between its renowned Economics and Social Sciences including its Humanities, Law, Mathematics and Computer Science departments.
The aim of the University of Mannheim is to train its students to excel and lead in the areas of business, society and science. It places particular emphasis on social awareness and social responsibility in all areas of practice. Offering undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees, its Master of Comparative Law is a draw to UConn Law students seeking to diversify their educational experience with international scholarship.
Our program with the University of Mannheim in Mannheim, Germany is designed to give students who are not fluent in German a chance to study Comparative Law in a German Law School.
Students choosing to study at the University of Mannheim can opt to attend the university for the full academic year or for one semester in the fall or spring. Students attending Mannheim for the fall semester only can arrange to complete all course work by the end of December, prior to returning to the U.S.
|Fall Semester
|First week of September through December
|Spring Semester
|Mid February through first week of June
|Full Year
|September through first week of June
At the University of Mannheim classes are small which allows students direct access to faculty for educational support and enhanced academic scholarship. Coursework highlights the partnership between the two schools with concentrations in international business transactions, European law, and international human rights in economic, political and comparative contexts. UConn students select four of the courses offered in English or they may elect to take one of the courses in German if they are proficient in the language. UConn students earn a total of twelve credits for a semester of work.
Introduction to German Civil Law
The Introduction to German Civil Law course is designed to give a comprehensive survey of general principles of German Civil Law. It deals with basic concepts of the General Part of the German Civil Code, the Law of Obligations (including the Law of Sale and Tort Law), Property Law, Family Law, the Law of Succession and Company Law (including the Laws applicable to Partnerships and Corporations). Students enrolled in Introduction to German Civil Law are encouraged to make reference, by way of comparison, to the law of their own country in the class.
E.U. Competition Law
The E.U. Competition Law course offers an introduction into main areas of EU competition law illustrated by practical examples which in part reflect the lecturer's own experience as an eminent German antitrust practitioner. Core elements of EU competition law treated include the concepts of horizontal and vertical restraints of competition, the importance of market definitions and the various techniques used therefore, the role of market power for Articles 101 and 102 TFEU and the basic outlines of merger control. Students enrolled in E.U. Competition Law will be required to understand the specific economic approach to the application of competition law favored by the EU Commission. They will become familiar with original decisions by the EU Commission and the European Courts dealing with competition aspects. The course aims to allow a basic understanding of how competition law affects business decisions. The students will be required to draw comparisons between the system of EU competition law and their own national competition law. To the extent possible the students will be invited to contribute skills developed in neighboring subjects such as economics and institutional law of the European communities.
Human Rights – Problems and Process
The Human Rights – Problems and Process course will offer access to both the theory and the practice of human rights. The focus will be on global and regional human rights systems. An overview will be provided with regard to the historical and philosophical background of international human rights protection, the content and legal nature of the respective instruments – including different dimensions and generations of human rights – as well as existing implementation mechanisms. At the universal level the course will touch on the treaty-based as well as the Charter-based systems. At the regional level emphasis will be put on the European system of human rights protection as established by the Council of Europe. A comparative look will especially be taken at human rights and basic freedoms within the framework of the European Union.
After a theoretical introduction into the protection of human rights in public international law, the students will work on case studies. In this practical part, the course will, if possible, in co-operation with a practicing attorney at law, concentrate on the European Convention on Human Rights. The cases to be discussed will be real cases which are either still pending before the European Court of Human Rights at Strasbourg or have been decided.
International Business and Finance Transactions
The International Business and Finance Transactions course addresses students who take a particular interest in business law. It focuses on international aspects of business transactions and their legal and commercial requirements, and allows students to get an initial understanding of what legal advice in practical terms is like. In a first step several important principles of German civil law are introduced and discussed in class and compared to similar principles under foreign law like, e.g., French or English law. This may result in comparing, for example, the advantages and disadvantages of a floating charge under English law as opposed to individual security under German law, or the rules on financial assistance under the German and English regime. In a second step case studies with a cross-border background are prepared at home and talked through in class. Students are required to understand not only the importance of the relevant legal aspects but also the commercial dynamics of a transaction. As the course is in English, students have also the opportunity of familiarizing themselves with the relevant legal terms.
The city of Mannheim is located close to the French and Swiss borders, is less than 60 miles south of Frankfurt, and about 10 miles from Heidelberg. With a population of 325,000, Mannheim is the second largest city in the state of Baden-Württemberg and serves as the economic and cultural hub of the Rhine-Neckar-triangle. Its unique location in the center of Europe has allowed Mannheim to become a global player in high-profile industries such as the mechanical engineering, trade, electrical, and chemical sectors. However, as recently as 2003 a Pop Academy was established offering degree programs in pop music design and music business, creating a vibrant musical influence on the city.
People from 168 countries shape the cultural life of the city and influence its fashion, music, and art. Primarily known for its music festivals, there are also a number of well-known theaters and art museums. The region boasts 15 internationally renowned music, film, and literary festivals, offering a broad spectrum of programming.
If you're more interested in quiet soulful activities, Mannheim won't disappoint. Located near the Odenwald and Pfälzerwald forests, a famous wine route wends its way through the region. Luisenpark, near the city center, also offers a unique hybrid of botanical garden, zoo, and urban green space.
The University of Mannheim is housed in an historic Baroque palace built between 1720 and 1760. It's the largest Baroque building in Europe—larger, even, than Versailles. Nearly 14% of the student body comes from abroad and the total student population is around 12,000. Approximately 1,300 are enrolled in the Faculty of Law. The Law Department is one of the larger departments at the University and it has a rich tradition of Civil Law, Criminal Law, Public, and Private Law.
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[quote user="bandwgn86"][quote user="allentown PA"]anyone see the contract Joey Votto of the reds got...worth over 200 million...he has had 2 nice years...im in the wrong line of work.[/quote]seen that. Was hoping he'd come to Home to Toronto, the Jays could use an upgrade at 1st base.
Not sure where you got only 2 good years. He is a stud.. I'm biased since he played ball here in Hamilton for a few years..[/quote]
you're rite..i said 2 years but I dont think he has been in the bigs for much more than that..anyway he is set for life..good player, decent with the glove too..never knew he was from Canada, that makes him and Jason Bay then rite?


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That's great, I hope you have great success with these jigs.
I was a die hard bent blank builder, but after seeing the success You, 555th and stickerman were having with these jigs, I knew I had to try going the bending route.
I am now a convert.
These jigs are a little pricey (as is any good tool) but if you're a hard core builder, they are the only way to go.


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OK it's the offseason and I'm bored.
Obviously this isn't happening and I doubt he even has any interest, but I could see Bolt having the physical tools to be an elite WR. His 40 is estimated at sub-4 seconds. He's listed at 6'5" 207 lbs, ideally he could bulk up 15-20 lbs to a megatron-like physique so he could muscle up with DBs. The added weight would probably slow him down to ohhh let's say still by far the fastest human to ever play football.
If he just figured out a few minor details like catching the ball he would have the potential to be one of the greatest deep threats ever.


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My M4 hasn't jammed. As long as the inside stays clean and dry, no problems so far. We that are infantry take care of our weapons a lot better than other MOS's.
Some of the Iraqi's are using M16's now. We pulled out of Baghdad a few days ago and saw a pickup truck stuffed with IA's (Iraqi Army) and they all had M16's.
It's not really sandy where I'm at, it's more like clay. You find a lot of sand further south down around Bucca and the Kuwait border. After every convoy we have to wipe down the dust, but that's about it. It does get very dusty, just like Ft. Hood or any other post where you're moving a lot of vehicles on gravel roads. Not much differant.
We got ambushed a week ago on our way back from Bucca (heading north) by about 12 guys with AK's and an RPG. Our M2's quickly took care of that. The idiots set up their ambush on the inside of the curve, and we had 4 gun trucks with 50's instantly fire back. It was over in a matter of seconds. We didn't stop, just kept on rolling. Nobody hurt on our side.


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ciliate with two long pennate diatom cells ingested, Bering Sea
Another example of a spirotrich ciliate ingesting very large diatoms, in this case the ciliate has engulfed two long pennate diatom cells which may have been in the process of dividing. How this ciliate species manages to ingest such large prey cells (or what happens to the frustules after digestion!) is unknown. Sea ice diatom bloom, Bering Sea, April 2008. Lugol fixed/light microscopy.
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A word created by the staff of the chalet hotel Des Deux Domaines in summer 08 with the remaining letters left over from a game of scrabble. A word with no meaning but with great effect on staff morale. It can also be adopted as a team name.
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FAA releases audio from AFA Thunderbird crash
Just moments before the F-16 jet crashed, Major Alex Turner radioed air traffic control to report trouble.
Just moments before the F-16 jet crashed, Major Alex Turner radioed air traffic control to report trouble.
The assistant manager Maria Cabrera tells KRON4 "parasites are commonly found in fish."
A gunman and his underage driver tried to rob a group of people playing the popular Pokemon Go game, triggering a shootout.
10 On Your Side will have full coverage of the trial on air and online.
AAA rescued a record-breaking 32 million drivers in 2015.
Bobby Wilder responds to being picked to finish 6th in the C-USA's East Division.
The family was visiting North Carolina from Tennessee.
The man's wife found his parked vehicle at the beach after learning that he did not show up for work.
Jimmye Laycock was all smiles at CAA media day. His Tribe team was picked to finish second in the conference.
The Tides ended Adam Plutko's bid for a perfect game in the 8th inning as Norfolk rallied for a 2-1 win over Columbus.
Redskins training camp is Richmond begins on Wednesday and Bruce Rader will be there covering the action for the 37th consecutive year.
Top Virginia Republicans have asked the Justice Dept. to stop trying to convict former Gov. Bob McDonnell of corruption.
The filing says the Gloucester School board failed to show that it will be irreparably harmed by allowing Gavin Grimm to use the mens restro…
A judge sentenced a York County man has been sentenced after he admitted to accidentally shooting someone by accident.
This is the third consecutive day that a heat advisory has been issued for the area.
This is the second armed robbery in Portsmouth in two days.
Prosecutors are pursuing murder charges against Lawrence Brown in connection to the fatal shooting of 31-year-old Deandre Raynor.
Standing outside of the Portsmouth courthouse, protesters spread messages of peace.
Officials have been monitoring small blooms in the area since late June.
Roderick Britt entered a guilty plea for conspiracy to commit murder. He's set to be sentenced November 12.
"It's about reducing crime and more importantly reducing the fear of crime in any community."
Your air conditioner is definitely working overtime this week and that can lead to unexpected problems.
10 On Your Side looked into the issue after a tweet from the Jordan Bridge account.
Cornelius Courtney Beggs, 31, has been charged with murder in connection to the death of Lysa Nichelle Story.
The Petersburg Police Department is searching for 78-year-old Raymond Carl Parker.
A sex offender who had been on the run is behind bars after Pasco deputies say they discovered him hiding in a storage bin in his brother-in…
The family of a woman who died in a crash on I-64 wants to extend their gratitude to the people who tried to save her.
The vehicle was a total loss.
Fire officials said on Twitter that one person was cut out from the vehicle.
Photos from WAVY viewers show what appears to be a street sweeper smoking.


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I am a brand new beek--3 weeks in to this. I am certain that just about everything I've done is near wrong, lol. I don't know how else I am going to learn the good and the bad without looking in my hive. I anticipate not having to do it so often once I learn what is normal and what is not.
If I am wrong, will someone come and consfiscate my bees??? (Might be for their own good... )


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BEND, Ore. - SMART celebrates the service of nearly 350 volunteers sharing their time with Central Oregon children who need support in reading.
Volunteers read with 532 children this year, providing seven months of one-on-one reading support in our local schools, donating upwards of 5000 hours of their time.
SMART has been a presence in Central Oregon schools for 21 years and we have several volunteers who have served children for each of those 21 years. In particular we would like to honor Eula Curtis of Sisters.
"Over the last 21 years Eula has supported more than 43 children in the SMART Program through Sisters Elementary School. Over the years several of her students have come back to visit SMART and Eula in particular to let her know about their accomplishments," said Diane Turnbull, Central Area Manager. "Eula is 92 years old and drives herself to Sisters Elementary every Tuesday afternoon to read to 3 or 4 children who are thrilled to see her each week. "
SMART in Central Oregon also recognizes Harriet Langmas, long time Bend resident and 21 year SMART Reader who was honored as the Statewide Outstanding Volunteer of the year at the Annual SMART Gala in Portland in February 2013.
We appreciate the work of all 350 volunteer readers across Central Oregon who dedicate their time and energy to children who will, with their help, learn to read and be empowered to succeed.
About SMART® (Start Making A Reader Today)
SMART, Start Making A Reader Today, is a statewide nonprofit organization that envisions an Oregon where every child can read and is empowered to succeed. We partner with schools around the state and engage community volunteers to read one-on-one with PreK-3rd grade children, helping strengthen literacy skills and encourage a love of reading.
Over the past two decades, SMART has steadily grown to become Oregon's largest volunteer literacy program. Children in the program receive 14 new books throughout the school year to keep and read with their families. Together, with support from communities and schools around the state, SMART is improving the reading capacity of Oregon's children. Visit www.getSMARToregon.org or call 541-355-5600 to learn more about SMART.


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They should also sue all the idiots in the world for being contagious.
Brown, who pleaded guilty in 2010 to voluntary manslaughter, filed the suit on Dec. 10, according to the Kansas City Star. The 52-year-old wrote that over the course of his life, he has spent almost 30 years in prison, and that alcohol has "played a major role" in most of the situations that landed him there.
Idaho Inmates Sue Beer, Wine Companies: Convicts Claim Alcohol Led To Their Crimes
Jeremy Joseph Brown, 34, is serving a 20-30 year sentence for a 2001 shooting that left his victim seriously injured. In his affidavit, he claims he never would have started drinking had he known alcohol was habit-forming. He was drunk when the shooting occurred, his affidavit states, and if he had not been an alcoholic, it "never would have happened."
Idaho Inmates Sue Beer, Wine Companies: Convicts Claim Alcohol Led To Their Crimes
"Man needs but two things to survive alone in the woods. A blow up female doll and his trusty old AK-47" - Thomas Jefferson 1781
They should also sue all the idiots in the world for being contagious.
"What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?" -Thomas Jefferson-
"Our rights come from our humanity and may not be legislated away -- not by a vote of Congress, not by the consensus of our neighbors, not even by agreement of all Americans but one." Judge Andrew P. Napolitano
Execute the "Lawyer" who took the case!
Can the inmates sue themselves for stupid?
In my eyes, this is just an extension of "i only killed those people, cause i needed money for crack"
"he's a crack addict, that makes HIM the Real Victim here, what he needs is rehab, and a new start"
Actually, i've thought about it some more, and i think the beer and wine companies should be paying my child support, since in reality it is their fault i'm a daddy...
If i wasn't an alcoholic, i would have gone to college, so the beer and wine companies owe me a degree...
And they owe me a job, since i only got fired from my last job for being drunk at work...
Is there an end to this???!!!
what if the beer folks have "friends" in the joint?
sounds like a 'accident" waiting to happen to me.


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Sultanahmet - Studio Apt w/ Balcony B
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Floor No.3
- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
- Air conditioning
- Parking available
- Balcony/terrace
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Beautifull, top floor studio apartment offering views of Istanbul from large windows and private balcony. Has private bathroom with power shower and fully equipped kitchen. Available as double occupancy (25 squaremeters + 20 squaremeters of balcony).
While retaining its period features, our apartments offer uncluttered modern luxury for everyone from the single business/leisure visitor to couples, families and extended families. Maximising light and space, each serviced apartment is furnished in an elegant, international style that exudes quality and comfort.
Please ask us if needing several apartments in the same building or location, we have this feature also. Apartments ranging from studios for couples to three bedrooms for larger groups of friends or families offer independence and discreet privacy coupled with the comforts and service you expect from a five-star hotel. Staffed on-site 24/7, our professional multilingual staff will assist our guests with requests from finding you a table at the area's best restaurant to organising tours all around Turkey.
Work / Entertainment & Electronics;
High-speed wireless Internet,
220V outlets and adapters for non-220V devices,
Large flatscreen HDTV,
DVD player,
Bed & Bath;
Comfortable King size beds,
Towels and linens, bathrobes, slippers, extra blankets and pillows,
Private bathrooms,
Luxury toiletries,
Make up mirror,
Hair dryer,
Baby cribs (if needed, please inform us in advance),
American kitchen with refrigerator, microwave, stove, kettle, coffee and tea maker and toaster,
Complimentary tea basket,
Juice squeezer,
Dining table and chairs,
Full dining utensils such as cutlery, glasses, & dishes,
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Safe box,
Iron & ironing board,
Individually controlled heating and air conditioning,
Reading lamps,
Daily housekeeping service,
Laundry and dry cleaning service *,
24 hour on-site concierge for your needs,
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On-street parking,
Tours and travel assistance, city map,
Restaurant and sightseeing reservations,
Translation and interpreter service,
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Our central location is within walking distance of Istanbul's most popular historical, cultural and tourist attractions such as the Blue Mosque, Hippodrome Square, Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace, the Egyptian (Spice) Bazaar, the Golden Horn and many others. Just a few minutes' walk from the apartment's door are the tram and train stations, offering rapid and easy transportation to all parts of Istanbul.
Within a 2 minute walk is;
Blue Mosque,
Hippodrome square,
Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art,
Mosaic Museum,
A Hamam (Turkish Bath),
Within a 5 minute walk is;
Sultanahmet tram station,
Little Hagia Sophia,
Sokullu Mehmet Pasa Mosque,
Supermarkets (Bim and Sok),
Hagia Sophia Museum,
Basilica Cistern,
A pharmacy,
Several banks,
Within a 10 minute walk is;
A post office,
Grand Bazaar,
Hagia Irene Museum,
Topkapi Palace,
Archaeological Museum,
Gulhane Park,
Within a 15 minute walk is;
Hagia Irene Museum,
Yenikapi Sea-bus port,
Beyazit tram station,
Within a 20 minute walk is;
Suleymaniye Mosque,
Few kilometers;
Sirkeci International Train Station (2 km),
Spice (Egyptian) Bazaar (2 km),
Ferries Dock (Eminonu) (2 km),
Laleli Shopping district (2 km),
Galata Sea Port (Karakoy) (2.5 km),
Galata Tower (2.5 km),
Dolmabahce Palace (4 km),
Harbiye Military Museum (4 km),
Bus station (Otogar) (11 km),
Ataturk International Airport (airport code IST, 17 km).
House rulesAre you visiting Istanbul for a short trip or an extended stay and looking for a comfortable vacation rental or temporary accommodations? Hotels are great but our serviced apartments are so much better. With our serviced apartments you will have a large space to relax or entertain, space to work, and, if the mood strikes you, you can even prepare a meal. Use one of our apartments in Istanbul for your next vacation, relocation or business trip and really enjoy your stay. Each apartment offers you unlimited services, so you can create the stay experience you desire in a space that combines the freedom and privacy of an apartment with the convenience of a hotel, offering you total flexibility for short- and long-term stays.
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Reviews of this property
The apartment is very well situated in a walking distances from the main attraction of Istanbul. It has all the basic things one can need. Saban is nice and helpful man.
Great starting point for activities located in the old town. Views of the Marmara Sea. We had a very nice stay in Istanbul. Recommended for people who want to explore the town and attention to the amenities of an apartment does not want to miss.
Toller Ausgangspunkt für Unternehmungen gelegen mitten in der Altstadt. Ausblick auf das Marmara-Meer. Wir hatten einen sehr schönen Aufenthalt in Istanbul. Empfehlenswert für Leute, die die Stadt erkunden wollen und dabei auf die Annehmlichkeiten einer Wohnung nicht verzichten möchten.
Saban is a good, kind and attentive host. He got us up at the airport and reliably again brought out. The location of the apartment is good. It is small but adequate. Not so good, we found that there was only one chair and only one chair on the balcony. The latter were from the gulls completely fed shit ...... Main problem is the bed: 1.40 m wide and 1.80 m long. For a small Liebespäarchen cuddly, for two friends with 1.90 m size too small. Because just lost a lot of relaxation. Too bad.
Saban ist ein guter, freundlicher und aufmerksamer Gastgeber. Er hat uns zuverlässig am Flughafen abgeholt und auch wieder hin gebracht.
Die Lage des Appartments ist gut. Es klein aber ausreichend. Nicht so gut fanden wir, daß es nur einen Sessel gab und nur einen Stuhl auf dem Balkon. Letztere waren von den Möwen völlig zugeschiss......
Hauptproblem ist aber das Bett: 1,40m breit und 1,80m lang. Für ein kleines Liebespäarchen kuschelig, für zwei Freunde mit 1,90m Größe viel zu klein. Da geht einfach viel Entspannung verloren. Schade.
With respect to every person that works for the hotel and corporate apartments they are all top notch! From initial email until check out, I really can not say enough in how friendly, accommodating and professional they treat you. The apartments are perfectly situated in the center of everything, exceptionally clean and have wonderful balconies. Either for work or pleasure theses properties are great choices and were perfect for the brief stays I and a colleague had.
The location is super. For this price, it's a super deal.
Die Lage ist Super. Für diesen Preis ist es ein Super Angebot.
Frankly, any interest in everything was awesome .. For those of very tesekkurker .. I would recommend it to anyone, especially a close proximity to historical sights not to be missed at all in those with an interest apart, also with a view of the sea, who does not love those who love breakfast in, then I'd say do not miss, a plow and team, thank you very much gentleman
ilgi alaka acikcasi hersey superdi..
Yapilanlar icin cok tesekkurker..
Herkese tavsiye ederim,ozellikle tarihi mekanlara ilgisi olanlar icin hic kacirilmayacak yakinlikta olan bir apart,ayrica deniz manzarasi esliginde kahvaltiyi sevenler kim sevmezki,o zaman kacirmayin derim,saban beye ve ekibe cok tesekkurler
Reviews for this host's other properties
good organized and very friendly contact. Appartment was clean an close to any main attraction in the old city. Those love partying be adviced that area is at night times more laid back and you had to walk a minimum of 10-15 minutes for touristik areas with bars and restaurant. Quite close to the appartment building is a street stuffed with fish restaurants where mostly turkish people with families are around and live music everywhere. For women travellers: best when come late to check a taxi.
One word : perfect! We had a great flat in an awesome location. Saban was really nice and available. I would go back there with pleasure!
We had a great time in Estambul. We were traveling with two children so the location was quite important for us. In this case it was perfect! Very close to the AyaSofia and the Blue Mosque.
We couldn't meet Saban, but he has always been quite accessible through phone or Whatsapp. He can even arrange transfer to the airport if you need it. He helped us saving our luggage during the last day until our transfer arrived.
The house itself was ok, the bathroom was clean and comfortable. There is one double bed and two single beds. There are also two sofas in the the living room that can be transformed into beds.
There is a cleaning lady that comes every day.
The tab water in Estambul is not potable, we missed having a bottle of water when we arrived.
Apart from that, everything was perfect.
Thanks Saban!
Very nice
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Discussion in 'Photo & Video Gallery' started by kaiah723, Mar 14, 2009.
Very Nice!
One word...."TIGHT!" :great:
thanks, 58,000 original miles on it!
nice cars man!!
Nice Chevelle! I had a 65' Malibu 283 4 speed. That was one of the nicest cars I ever owned!
this ones a 64 283 4speed and i love it. its been in my family for 4 generations. my great grandfather hit the lottery and went out and bought this car.
nice car man
Very cool. I love the chevelle. Any plans for it?
keepin it all original. loses value any other way. ill probably give it a new paint job though.
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After cutting his teeth as a cameraman on director Godfrey Regio's Koyaanisquatsi, Ron Fricke (Samsara) made his own feature directing debut with this breathtaking, wordless, one-of-a-kind travelogue film shot in 25 countries on six continents over the course of two years using a custom-designed 70mm camera. The result is a film unlike any other—a soaring, spiritual journey journey across disparate cultures and civilizations, juxtaposing ancient ritual against modern technology in a dazzling attempt to grasp the full, mysterious breadth of human experience. Featuring the music of Dead Can Dance.
"If man sends another Voyager to the distant stars and it can carry only one film on board, that film might be Baraka. It uses no language, so needs no translation. It speaks in magnificent images, natural sounds, and music both composed and discovered. It regards our planet and the life upon it. It stands outside of historical time. To another race, it would communicate: This is what you would see if you came here."
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This classic Marginalia on the dodo's disappearance was first published in 1954
G. Evelyn Hutchinson
No animals that have ever lived seem to have balanced more precariously on the boundaries of the real and the imaginary than the flightless birds which are placed scientifically in the family Raphidae. Now, unfortunately, no one can observe their behavior. They lived on the islands of the Mascarene group, Reunion, Mauritius, and Rodriguez. The dodo of Mauritius, as everybody knows, has also been an inhabitant of Wonderland since 1865, the very year in which the best skeletal remains of the bird were discovered and sent to Europe. The solitaire never successfully left its home in Rodriguez, though there is a suspicion that before its demise it adopted some of the manners of the court of Louis XIV. The birds from Reunion, without bones to represent them, are solely known from the reports of a few travelers and from a number of problematic pictures and may, in part, be fabulous.
The existing information about these strange creatures has recently been summarized by the late Viscount Hachisuka, who died a few days before his work appeared [2]. His book provides an admirable excuse for an excursion into one of the oddest regions of natural history.
The three islands which were the homes of the birds under consideration lie west of southern Madagascar, as shown in Figure 1. They were probably known to the Arabs but were first sighted by European navigators early in the sixteenth century. All were well forested, lacked land mammals other than bats, and supported a number of birds, mostly now extinct, as well as giant tortoises. Of the last named, three species are supposed to have lived on Rodriguez and a considerable number, perhaps not all contemporary, have been described from subfossil or fossil material from Mauritius. Hogs, goats, and chickens were liberated on Mauritius in the sixteenth century, but the island remained uninhabited until 1638 when the Dutch established a settlement. Reunion was apparently visited for timber early in the seventeenth century and was inhabited sporadically after 1649. Rodriguez was supposedly first colonized in 1691 by a small group of Huguenots who attempted to establish a settlement.
Though no skin of the Dodo still exists—Oxford University having destroyed the only specimen as too moth eaten in 1755—the Mauritius species, Raphus cucullatus Linnaeus, is very well known. About twenty-five illustrations made during the seventeenth century are in existence; these seem mostly to have been executed from captive birds brought to Europe. Some of these pictures, notably by Roelandt Savory, are skillful and detailed oil paintings and provide a great deal of information as to the appearance of the bird. About a dozen complete skeletons and many isolated bones have been recovered from Mauritius in the past hundred years. Most of the illustrations indicate an extremely clumsy, fat, usually dark gray or blackish bird with a huge beak, minute functionless wings, and short plumelike tail. It has been supposed that the fatter specimens with less conspicuous tails, darker plumage, and brown rather than golden irides are females, though no contemporary observer noted any sexual dimorphism. Some drawings show a curiously gaunt and perhaps featherless bird. Oudemans supposes that this appearance was assumed seasonally, presumably after breeding. Hachisuka thinks that part of the sheath of the beak was also shed at the moult. The contemporary accounts indicate that the bird lived in forests, fed on fallen fruits of some sort, and laid one white egg about 10 cm long in a nest on the ground.
The raphid bird of Rodriguez, known generally today as the Solitaire, or scientifically Pezophaps solitaria (Gmelin), is in some ways the best known of the group, because it was the only species that came under the eye of anyone who was really interested in observing it. Unfortunately, this gentleman, M. François Leguat, who went to Rodriguez in 1691 at the head of the Huguenot settlers, was by his own admission an inexpert draughtsman and so only published one detailed delineation of the bird from life. This is the whole of the iconographic evidence for its appearance, but the general form and some details of his figure have been confirmed by a great quantity of skeletal material recovered during the last century. There is, however, a special complication to be faced in considering the solitaire, not present in the case of the birds of the other islands. It has been seriously proposed that, unlike his bird, Leguat himself is a mythical creation.
In the Voyage et avantures de François Leguat & de ses Compagnons en deux isles désertes des Indes Orientales [3] the solitaire is described as taller than a turkey with similar feet and beak, though the latter was a little more hooked. The male is described as grayish and brown, the female as either blonde or brown; one may perhaps suspect an age difference here. The wings were too small for flight; in the account of the male it is said that there was a bony mass under the feathers as big as a musket ball, used in defense. The female had "une espèce de bandeau comme un bandeau de veuves en haut du bec qui est de couleur tanée." It is thus clear from the original, though not from contemporary translations, that the beak was tan-colored. The band-like structure is clearly dark and conspicuous in Leguat's figure. The most striking feature of the female, however, was that at the base of the neck there were two elevations, with whiter feathers than the rest, "qui représente merveilleusement un beau sein de femme." These structures, which must have put Leguat in mind of some of the ladies he had seen dressed in the fashions of late seventeenth century France, evidently contributed to his idea that "La femelle est d'une beauté admirable," though the blonde plumage was doubtless most attractive. Of such birds walking to meet him with so proud a display he writes "on ne peut s'empêcher de les admirer & de les aimer, de sorte que souvent leur bonne mine leur a sauvé la vie." This statement from the first settler on an uninhabited island, in the presence of an edible bird—"le goût en est excellent sur tout quand ils sont jeunes"—is a tribute to the elegance of the bird and the sensitivity of the observer.
Leguat continues with an account of the territorial behavior of these birds. The breeding territory had a radius of about two hundred yards, and was defended during incubation and the long period of several months while the young bird was helpless. Leguat says that males drove off intruding males and females intruding females; this is reasonable, but it is less likely that the male called the female when he saw an intruding female and vice versa, as Leguat believed that he had observed several times. The wing is said to have been rotated, making a noise like a rattle when the birds were calling. This was presumably a territorial warning. The nest consisted of a heap of palm leaves; a single egg, bigger than that of a goose, was laid; both sexes incubated. Except for what is said about the one sex calling its mate to drive off an intruder of the opposite sex, this is all reasonable, though in Leguat's time it would have seemed less reasonable than it does to us today. Leguat is clearly one of the founders of our knowledge of territoriality in animals. The single egg and the long period required to rear the young are reasonable in view of the anatomical evidence that these birds were derived from pigeons.
His description of the end of the rearing of the young, and of the formation of mated pairs, which he says were stable during life, is much odder. Some days after the young left the nest, a company of thirty or forty brings another young bird to it, and, the parents joining the band, the two young birds are led off to an unoccupied territory and left there by the adults. He refers to this as a "marriage," and goes on to moralize on the simple fidelity of these birds in a state of nature without laws, lawyers, or priests. This observation of the marriage is apparently unique in avian ethology; Leguat's credibility is therefore a matter of considerable interest.
Leguat's book has had a most curious history. Written in French, it was first published in England in 1708. A number of editions in French, English, and Dutch followed in the same year and the work evidently caused considerable excitement. Right from the beginning doubts as to the authenticity of the work were raised, and though an obituary notice exists, no other independent evidence of Leguat's reality was known until fairly recently. The book was for long the only important source for the existence and nature of the Rodriguez solitaire and was accepted as such by Strickland, though by 1848 bones of the solitaire had already been discovered. When later complete skeletons of Pezophaps became known, Leguat's remarks about the "petite masse ronde comme une balle de mousquet" under the wing feathers received confirmation. In view of this skeletal verification, Alfred Newton and others felt that the work had been vindicated and a reprint was published by the Hakluyt Society in 1891. Practically nothing has been added to our knowledge of the solitaire since then, though the osteological evidence on the one hand and Leguat's account on the other have been usually considered as providing a fairly good understanding of the bird.
In a series of works in the nineteen -wenties an American scholar, G. Atkinson [4], undertook to demolish the whole of Leguat's work, claiming that it was a novel written by F. M. Misson. In Atkinson's attack on Leguat, the unhappy solitaire was dealt many undeserved blows.
Atkinson claimed that "Leguat," that is, Misson, had invented the solitaire, using as his sources the two brief descriptions by Carré and DuBois of a bird of the same name in Reunion, a description of the "oiseau de Nazareth," apparently a dodo, seen on Mauritius by Cauche, other notes on Mascarene birds given by Cauche and DuQuesne, and finally, for the peculiar skeletal features of the wing, some experience with the skeletons of swans and other European species. The remark, for instance, about the bandeau on the tan-colored beak is supposedly derived from Cauche—"Leur perdris ont le bec rouge, il y en a de tannées." The practiced philologist will doubtless see the inevitability of the comparison; the present writer does not. To put the solitaire together in a convincing and, in part, osteologically confirmed form, would be a precognitive feat placing Leguat as the most successful imaginative palaeontologist who has ever existed. Since Aktinson wrote, the researches of Vivielle and Dehérain have shown that there is independent evidence for the reality of Leguat's voyage in the maritime archives of Texel, Cape Town, and Mauritius and in some contemporary Dutch naval correspondence; Mortensen has shown that some of Aktinson's geographical and biological criticisms are invalid. Nevertheless, in spite of all this, there is still a tendency to cast doubt on Leguat's testimony. Hachisuka's book reviews, if a little unsystematically, the whole problem, and comes out strongly in Leguat's favor. The territorial behavior recorded, which Atkinson dismisses most unceremoniously, seems to the present writer greatly to strengthen the case for Leguat's reliability, since there were practically no sources available as hints of such behavior in 1708. Perhaps the marriage of the solitaires also really occurred.
The identity of the bird on Reunion raises a problem which has still not been solved. There are four contemporary descriptions. Tatton, who was in Reunion in 1613, writes of "a great fowl of the bigness of a Turkie, very fat, and so short winged that they cannot flie, beeing white and in a manner tame." Bontekoe was in the island in 1618 and observed "eenige dod-eersen" unable to fly and very fat. Carré in 1668 writes of "celuy que les habitans ont nomm? l'Oiseau Solitaire, parce qu'effectivement il aime la solitude … il ne ressem bleriot pas mal un Coq d'Inde, s'il n'avoit point les jambes plus hautes. La beauté de son plumage fait plaisir à voir. C'est une couleur changeante qui tire sur le jaune. La chair en est exquise.…"
In the next year Sieur D. B. (DuBois) wrote, "Solitaires: ces oiseaux sont nommés ainsi, parce qu'ils vont toujours seuls. Ils sont gros comme une grosse Oye, et ont le plumage blanc, noir a l'extremité des ailes et de la queue. A la queue il y a des plumes approchantes de celles d'Autruche, ils ont le col long, et le bec fait comme celui de Bécasses, mais plus gros, les jambes et pieds comme poulets d'Inde. Cet oiseau se prend à la course, ne volant que bien peu."
Strickland [5], who collated these accounts for the first time, dismissed Bontekoe's use of the term "dod-eerse," the ordinary Dutch for dodo, as a confusion with the Mauritius bird, due perhaps to muddled memory caused by Bontekoe's ship being blown up and he alone surviving, shortly after visiting Reunion. Strickland concludes that the three other accounts refer to a yellow or whitish solitaire-like bird with a longer beak than the Reunion bird.
It is very curious that Carré's and DuBois' accounts, which have really confused the issue if only a single species was present, both begin in a way reminiscent of the standard opening of any chapter in a mediaeval bestiary. One can easily imagine a fabulous species being introduced with the words Avis solitaria vocatur guia solitaria est.…
Some years after Strickland wrote, four very definite paintings of white dodos, by Pieter Withoos and by Pieter Holsteyn, Sr., were identified in various European collections. It became evident that a dodo with whitish plumage, very decomposed, yellowish wings and plumose tail, actually existed. It was clearly distinct from the Mauritius dodo in its color and less hooked bill, and presumably could only have come from Reunion. Some authorities, notably Rothschild, have therefore suspected the presence of two white forms on Reunion, one dodo-like, the other solitaire-like. Others, notably Oudemans, suppose only one species to have existed, and this a white dodo. Oudemans, however, thought that the male was deeper colored and was depicted in certain paintings that are now referred by Hachisuka to young Mauritius dodos. During the present century, at least three good representations have turned up that appear to Hachisuka to represent a solitaire-like bird, either white or brown, with a very large head and conical beak. These he considers to be Reunion solitaires, and, perhaps, overgeneralizing Leguat's rather specialized concept of feminine beauty, he depicts in his reconstruction the female as the more beautiful white bird, largely from a water-color drawing discovered by Killermann in Vienna. It is at first sight hard to assimilate this drawing to a dodo, but if the white dodo lost weight and the anterior sheath of its beak during the moulting season, such an identity might be possible [6]. The decomposed wing of the Vienna drawing is very like that of the paintings of white dodos, and it seems inconceivable that two raphid birds, whitish, with the same wings, should have evolved in parallel on the same island. Only skeletal evidence can now solve the problem, and unfortunately the volcanic caves on the island have not yielded bones. The matter is of considerable general interest in view of the difficulties that might arise in explaining the origin of two sympatric raphid birds on the same island. These difficulties are, moreover, presented in a more acute form by the probable former presence of three species of giant tortoise on Rodriguez and of even more on Mauritius. A re-examination of the available material of these animals using modern statistical methods might be interesting. Parenthetically, it may be mentioned that Peter Mundy in the seventeenth century wrote of the wingless birds of the Mascarenes and of a wingless rail that he, but no one else, observed on Ascension Island—"A question may bee Demaunded how they should bee here and not elsewhere, beeing soe Farre From other land and can neither Fly nor Swymme; whether by mixture off kindes producing straunge and monstrous Formes, or the nature off the Climate, ayre and earth in alltring the First Shapes in long time, or how" [7] When another English traveler asked a like question of himself off the Galapagos Islands nearly two centuries later the answer proved to change the ideas of the whole world.
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This guy is a real tool sometimes. Usually its Craig that has diarrhea coming out of his mouth, not this time.
This guy is a real tool sometimes. Usually its Craig that has diarrhea coming out of his mouth, not this time.
Gotta be in it to win it
giants will win division
2015 season tbd
Yeah, it's definitely getting close to Thanksgiving again.....the doubters are coming out of the woodwork.
"I like linebackers. I collect 'em. You can't have too many good ones." - Bill Parcells
"Name the starting linebackers from 2007." - Jerry Reese
can anyone seriously blame him?
Well, this division is rarely won back-to-back by the same team. It's really not that illogical of a thought.
Why do you guys view this as such a ridiculous statement? We are 6-4 and the rest of our schedule is the Packers, Redskins, Saints (who are as good as anyone in the NFL right now), Falcons, Ravens, and finally Eagles. The two "bad" teams on the schedule are a team that already beat us once, and another that almost beat us and is always a tough matchup.
The Cowboys mean while have the Browns and Bengals while we have the Packers and Falcons.
So again, why do you guys think that it's such a lock we make the playoffs?
Edit:The only thing we really have going for us right now is that 8-8 might be enough to win the division this year. and the Cowboys probably don't have enough time to catch up
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if i'm a dolphins fan asked about the giants ability to make the playoffs, i'd say the cowboys defense is WAY WAY ahead of the Giants, and they're offense is playing better right now too.
no brainer if you're not a fan. if you are, you know how quickly this team can turn things around.
but i don't blame anyone for questioning our ability to make the post season right now.


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HART's Winter Studio Season has had two hits in a row, and now comes the third offering for the winter, the Tony Award Winning drama "Frozen" by Bryony Lavery. The play, set in present day England, tells the story of the disappearance of a ten year old girl, Rhona, and follows the girl's mother and killer over the years that follow. They are linked by a doctor who is studying what causes men to commit such crimes. The themes of the play include emotional paralysis and forgiveness. The title is a metaphor of the state all four characters are in at the beginning of the play, and the journey they each take to thaw.
The play is the third in HART's winter studio season which so far has included "Agnes of God" and "Other Desert Cities" both sold out hits. "Frozen" has performances scheduled for February 14 and 15 at 7:30 and Sunday February 16 at 3pm, with possible hold over performances February 21-23. To make reservations simply call the HART Box Office any time at 828 456 6322 or go online to www.harttheatrecom . All performances are in the HART Studio Theater, 250 Pigeon St. Waynesville, NC 28786


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The neoprene stretchy case that comes with the Playbook is nice enough, but I find it hard to get my PB in and out. Having nearly dropped it a time or two, I decided to opt for the leather sleeve instead. I really like it, the fit is perfect, it looks great, and it is stiff and padded enough to offer some protection.
My only complaint is that it has a rather strong odor, and I strongly suspect (no pun intended) that letting it sit out for a few days will take care of that minor problem.
BTW, the metal Berry symbol looks hot.
User: Glen H, Nov 16, 2011
|It is a great sleeve, but wish it had a little flexibility so I could put my PlayBook into it with the rubber skin on.


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PINEBROOK, NEW JERSEY -- I took my truck to Wigder Chevy in Livingston for a brake fluid flush. They said they couldn't flush them because my brake lines are rusted & would burst if flushed. They suggested changing all the rusted brake lines for $2200.00. I went to your Pep Boys store in Pine brook store ID # 1616 service work order ** and they said if they aren't leaking the flush wouldn't cause a leak. ** assured me I was being taken. They are really honest and did the brake fluid, radiator, power steering fluids flushed, check my belts hoses and all was fine. I highly recommend this team way to go. Happy in Whippany NJ.
PHOENIX, ARIZONA -- Last year my brakes needed to be replaced so we went to Pep Boys where we bought the front brakes for my 2001 Chev Cavalier. We were told they had life warranty so we used my dad's Pep Boys reward card and used his phone number for the warranty information. But when we went back on July 3rd this year we were told they were not under warranty even though they did have a small deep scratches. They said worn out brakes are not under warranty. When they tried to look up the information using my dad's number, ** kept saying he was not in the system. My dad speaks Spanish but does understands and can speak some English.
My dad was telling the representative we had bought several other car parts and have always gives his phone number for warranty. ** my dad then found his rewards card and his name came up right away!!!!!! ** who was also at the front said "here we go again" and said he was going to get a Spanish associate from the tire department, to better explain the warranty policy. The representative that was looking at my dad's information told us that since the brakes were not installed by them that they wouldn't be able to warranty them because there was no telling what had happened to the brakes.
I then replied they had never said that when the brakes were bought. We then spoke with the Spanish speaking tire associate who said there were deep tiny scratches that they would be under warranty but that they did not have them in stock. So he called another location and said they would have them Friday morning by 9am. Since I had a car with no brakes I missed work on Friday and we (my dad and I) went to Pep Boys to pick up the brakes. We were told again that the brakes were not under warranty. After going back and forth we were back at square one again.
Why didn't they inform us that they were going back on their word and not honoring our warranty instead of making us drive there only to argue? We went to Auto Zone where we bought some brakes for $40 and were told they would have lifetime warranty and that we should get them changed out before they get really worn out or get cracks since it could be dangerous. Not only did Pep Boys not keep their word and promises but they cost me money - having to call off - and time! Someone should teach them some real customer service!
My dad then called Pep Boys Corp to file a compliant only to be told that they would return his call within 48 hrs. Only to get a call a week later from the same person we spoke with at the local phx location! The manager just said he was going to speak with the associate. How does that help the fact that I lost a full days of work, money and time?
LAUREL, MARYLAND -- I was driving my son's car from Florida to Maine for him and lost my brakes on I95. Was towed from Maryland welcome center to Laurel MD Pep Boys arriving at 2:30 pm Friday October 1st. Car examined and was told they would have it fixed and have me on the road by 9pm 10/1 for a whopping $856.00. At 8:30 that night was advised that they needed to order parts and they would get me on my way on 10/2 by 12 noon so I went to a nearby motel. I let them know I had to get to Maine asap and my flight back to FL would leave from ME on Tuesday 10/5.
There's not enough room on this site to go into the details of what transpired but to make a long story short, they ordered the wrong parts 3 times (and blamed me a 51 year old woman for this). The manager and district manager were rude, condescending, call me a liar, shouted at me in the store in front of customers and brought me to tears. And the real kicker is that the whole time they were ordering the parts 3 times mind you, they had them right there in the store to begin with.
They did offer a lousy 10% discount, never did offer an apology or show any empathy for my situation - a 51 year old woman stranded for 4 days while Pep Boys orders wrong parts all the while blaming me for not knowing the correct parts to order. This cost me $1400.00 plus with hotels, rescheduling flights, missing work etc. They then offered a $150.00 money order to be mailed to me, which I never received, and when I called them they again tried to insinuate that I was being dishonest and it was delivered October 12.
Well Pep Boys I never received this money order and will now focus on letting everyone I know about this ordeal and I will ask them to share this with others as well. After all I really don't want any other old ladies to end up going through what I went through. And for the record, ZERO STARS.
E. PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND -- I started my business with them by stating I've been taught to ask, whatever gets replaced on my vehicle, I want in a box when I pick up the car. I needed brakes. Long story short, 3 days later and $685, they said 2 of my calipers were frozen. I needed an air cleaner because "it looked like something was living in it" and an oil change. They didn't have the old air cleaner for me so I made them, after much complaining, remove the air-cleaner from the bill. So I got it for free. But that's only $25 so it's a very small win for the informed consumer. 2 of the pads didn't really need to be changed.
The seized calipers are probably because that the pads showed a big gouge on one side from where they used a single screwdriver to spread apart the caliper, instead of a caliper spreading tool. This probably caused the alleged caliper seize. I've done my own brakes numerous times in the past, I'm no pro, but I know if you don't apply even pressure to both sides of the pad while spreading it, it can cause damage. Anyway, they also lost my remote locker/unlocker which was initially with the key. (They did eventually find it, but still!!!)
They have a charge (sku#4120) for, and I quote "costs and profits to the motor vehicle repair facility for miscellaneous shop supplies (and fluids)". I know that when dealerships charge you $6 for a can of brake cleaner, (for example) they use 3-5 squirts and put the can back on the shelf and charge the next person the same, and the next person - using the same can. So I've been taught to get the remainder of the said cans or bottles. This is your lawful right. Pep Boys gets around this by the computer automatically figuring in a percentage.
This also includes, according to them, compressed air, hydraulic lift, rags, wear & tear on their equipment, grease etc. This is such a total scam it's preposterous. And I am in the process of writing to their CEO and complaining. There is no shortage of complete horror stories about Pep Boys. And no surprise they are not part of the B.B.B. Save your time and aggravation and go elsewhere for your service. Talk to people and find a local mechanic that's trustworthy. It may cost a few dollars more from time to time, but it's worth it. I know, my dad used to be one of those trusty mechanics who didn't make a whole lot of money but never had an unhappy customer.
And to top it off, they still charged me for a bottle of brake fluid. Brake jobs require brake fluid, it should be part of the price. But alas, Pep Boys loves money, anyway they can get it. Always ask for your old parts and remaining fluid/spray beforehand. Good luck.
MANSFIELD, OHIO -- I took my 1997 Buick Century to the Mansfield, Ohio location due to brake light being on. Once they checked it out they ended up replacing the pads and two of the rotors and bled the system. My total bill for the service was 221.00. When I got in the car to leave, I noticed the brake light was still on and went back to service desk to check on it. They told me since I didn't tell them to reset the light it would be 75.00 service charge to do so. When I tried to explain I came into their shop due to light and only a complete moron would think I would have to tell them to reset it, they informed me, it would be 75 dollars on light stays on. It stays on... A TOTAL AND COMPLETE RIP OFF.
QUAKERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA -- I was sold the Bronze brake service and alignment. The brake service included pad replacement along with rotor resurfacing. The cost was $129.99 of which $29.99 were parts. In their description of the service it includes machining of the brake rotors. This was not done so I paid $100 for them just to install pads. I later I was told by a mechanic working there that rotors are never resurfaced as their machine is not working properly. So anyone buying this service is getting ripped off. I also purchased an alignment and after driving away the steering wheel was still not centered.
I wrote my mileage down before going in and the mileage was the same when I picked it up. You would think the car would have been road tested after getting brakes replaced and an alignment. I will never go back.
I took my car for front brake service, they never repair the car completely and had to take the car back three times for service. The fourth time it seem to work correctly the store clerk told me they adjusted my rear brakes and for some strange reason they lock on me. Took it to another Pep Boys to be told they was over tighten causing them to lock. The first store would not admit to adjusting the brakes. The second store would not repair it for free and all they did was ignore my pleads to get my car fix. The Corporate office all they do is document the calls and never follow up. They also lie for over a month, neither the stores or corporate office contact me.
I had to call almost every other day for information. It's been a month and still have no car and they continue to lie. I have spent thousands of dollar at Pep Boys store and they don't seem to care about their service or the customer. I beg all cars owners please boycott them as they don't deserve to be in business.
My life was at risk three times, had my brakes lock on a major parkway and they still don't care. Here is my complaint number **. The corporate office does a worst job of customer care than the repair service techs and store managers. The worst part is that you would never talk to any other person higher than the corporate office so don't even waste your time calling, just take your car for service somewhere else.
PHILADELPHIA -- 2011-07-19 after a brake flush done at this store service area Colorado Springs 135 North Academy Road, Colorado Springs, CO 80909. 2011-08-04 vehicle's brakes completely seized and locked up. Patrol vehicle towed to store. Store reports back there has been a contamination of the brake fluid that they had put in our agency's vehicle. And the store in question had been the last to handle said vehicle. Store manager states that the full ABS and brake system is damaged and he will do me a quote for repair. I cannot believe we take a vehicle to their organization for a $62.99 brake flush.
And they put contaminated brake fluid in vehicle and expect our organization to pay $4500 to $5000 to replace and repair it all and the ABS. There is something seriously wrong when something like this happens. Definitely crook's desired outcome.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS -- First of all I will start by admitting the only reason Pep Boys has repeatedly disappointment my family and myself is because we were stupid enough to get pulled back in with their coupons and discounts. We have had almost every repair done to our three cars at this particular location (Oak Park, IL) and it has really cost lots of what I now believe were unnecessary repairs! After the last two incidents we are vowing to NEVER give them another hard earned dollar! We took our daughter's car in for what we thought was needing new tires due to an alignment issue.
After their inspection, we needed four new tires, struts and the alignment for a total of $900.00. Not having the cash on hand, decided to find a tire shop to get the new tires were new, we needed as well as a second opinion. To our pleasant surprise, my daughter's car only needed the two tires. Her car did NOT need struts or the alignment! The second and last straw for Pep Boys in the eyes of our family is I am on my way out to runs errands as most of us do on Sat & Suns and my oil light turns on and we just had an oil change no more than 2 months ago.
So after my husband takes a look at it, Pep Boys did not tighten the oil filter and I have been driving with no oil. God only knows... my light just turned on today so hopefully I did not blow my engine! :( Pep Boys you're a perfect candidate for the BBB.
LANGLEY PARK, MARYLAND -- I wanted my brake pad checked which was what I was told I need for the winter but when they told me I need a rotor and another pad I never thought it will be double charged. I live about a block away and my wife warned me that the store is a rip off.
I went there anyway but 3 hours later and my bill came out to be $325.65 for brake pads and oil change. I was given 3 separate wrong keys to my car and just went to pick up my car which was just sitting idly on their ramp without being challenged or asked any question. Anyone could have picked up my car just like that and just make away with it. Please be aware the economy is tough but these guys will never get my dollar again or anyone I know. It is pitiful.


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On October 22, 2013, Dr. Hao Wang, SUNY CIO will visit Oswego State. Dr. Wang is on a listening tour of SUNY campuses (http://www.suny.edu/
Dr. Wang has particularly said to "encourage participation by relevant campus constituencies. We welcome you to please extend this invitation to your campus communities including College Council members, student government representatives, faculty and staff."
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Skillet Rakes In Third Consecutive Gold Single With "Awake & Alive"
It's been 99 weeks since Skillet released Awake, the RIAA-Gold certified project that remains a best seller on the Billboard Top 200 with nearly 800,000 scans, and now the band has garnered their third consecutive RIAA Gold certified single with the No. 1 Active Rock and Christian radio hit, "Awake & Alive." In addition, Skillet continues to pound the touring circuit. With countless major market dates under their belt, this fall they will hit secondary markets as they headline their Awake & Alive Tour with Disciple and special guests Tooth & Nail rockers Manafest and Atlantic Records' labelmates We As Human. This tour hits following two solid years of heavy touring, including two successful AWAKE TONIGHT tours with TobyMac, numerous headline appearances at festivals, and tours with Shinedown, Papa Roach, Creed, the mainstream rock tour AVALANCHE, and more. The Skillet fan club pre-sale begins Tuesday, Aug 9th and the national on-sale starts Saturday, Aug 13th (see tour dates below).
With their latest single "It's Not Me It's You" just starting to impact Active Rock radio, and "Awake & Alive" currently featured on the TRANSFORMERS: Dark of the Moon soundtrack, the band has spent much of the summer headlining top music festivals in both the Christian and mainstream markets including Rockfest, Creation East and West, Sonshine, Kingdom Bound, Carolina Rebellion, Rocklahoma, XFest and Alive. This fall they will be featured on KROQ Los Angeles' Epicenter Rock Festival.