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Summer Infant Inc (NASDAQ:SUMR) - Summer Infant, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the design, marketing, and distribution of branded juvenile health, safety, and wellness products to retailers primarily in North America and the United Kingdom. It offers products in various product categories, including nursery audio/video monitors, safety gates, durable bath products, bed rails, related health and safety products, booster and potty seats, bouncers, and a line of soft goods/bedding, as well as cribs, baby gear, infant sleep positioners, head supports, portable changing pads, and nursery and feeding accessories. The company sells its products through various distribution channels comprising chain retailers, specialty retailers, and direct to consumers principally under the Summer Infant brand name. Summer Infant, Inc. is headquartered in Woonsocket, Rhode Island..
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Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp (NASDAQ:CIDM) - Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. provides technology solutions, financial services and advice, software services, electronic delivery, and content distribution services to owners and distributors of digital content to movie theatres and other venues. Its Phase I Deployment and Phase II Deployment segments engage in the ownership and licensing of digital systems to theatrical exhibitors. The companys Services segment provides monitoring, billing, collection, verification, and other management services to the companys Phase I Deployment and Phase II Deployment, as well as to exhibitors, who purchase their own equipment. It also develops and licenses software to the theatrical distribution and exhibition industries; and provides applications service provider service, and software enhancements and consulting services. In addition, this segment distributes movie features, trailers, and other alternative content to movie theaters and other venues with digital cinema equipment via satellite and hard drives; and provides non-theatrical satellite based distribution of content into various out of home networks and other channels. Its Content & Entertainment segment provides content marketing and distribution services to alternative and theatrical content owners, as well as to theatrical exhibitors; and in-theatre advertising services. The company was formerly known as Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. and changed its name to Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. in October 2009. Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. was founded in 2000 and is based in Morristown, New Jersey..
Kid Brands Inc (NYSE:KID) - Kid Brands, Inc. designs, imports, markets, and distributes infant and juvenile consumer products. It offers infant bedding and related nursery accessories and dcor, such as blankets, rugs, mobiles, nightlights, hampers, lamps, and wall art under Kids Line and CoCaLo brands; cribs, mattresses, and other nursery furniture under Babi Italia, Europa Baby, Bonavita, Graco, and Serta brands; and developmental toys, as well as feeding, bath, and baby care items for infants primarily under the Sassy brand. The company sells its products primarily to retailers. It sells its products directly, as well as through a distribution network in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia; and through independent manufacturers representatives and distributors internationally. The company was formerly known as Russ Berrie and Company, Inc. and changed its name to Kid Brands, Inc. in September 2009. Kid Brands, Inc. was founded in 1963 and is based in Wayne, New Jersey..
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It is blowing a gale from the north again today and its hard work on the bike into Phon Thong. I blame the Chinese ! It is cold again as well and I have to make it a three shirt morning.
Our gas cylinder ran out this morning just after we gad finished breakfast luckily so we stop and order a refill as soon as we get back to Khamnadie.
Jai goes to play cards again this afternoon and with no work allowed I am at a bit of a loose end. I get the bike out and go for a ride instead of just lazing around the house.
Leaving the house I turn right and immdeiately first left.
0.8km from the house take the first right turn down a narrow lane and 0.5km later, in a group of trees to the left, is the village spirit house. In most parts of the country you see spirit houses everywhere but you rarely see them around here. There are three larger houses on the site and they are shared by several villages. Offerings are left here occassionaly throughout the year to curry favour with the spirits. Once a year, in June, just before the planting of the new seasons rice, there is a festival here with everyone making offerings ranging from a small bowl of rice to a whole pigs head. People sit around and have a picnic and let off firework rockets.
Return 05km to main road and go right. After approximately 1km the first signs of rubber trees appear on both sides of the road.
The road is slowly climbing but it is barely noticeable; perhaps if I was walking. This part of Isaan is bereft of mountainds and even struggles to raise something that might be called a hill. 2.5km after rejoining the main road there is a frok off to the right which is a good place to stop and enjoy the view. It is surprising how much higher than the surrounding country you are just here. On a clear day, not like today, when the sugar cane is young or has just been cut, it is possible to see mountains all across the horizon some 40km+ away in the direction of Mukdahan
1km later and there are rubber trees everywhere you look. Most of them are mature trees but recently planted trees in adjacent areas suggest that the business is doing well and expanding. I continue riding through the trees for 1.5km, passing a water tower under construction and opposite this is an earthen charcoal oven.
A few hundred metres past the water tower the dirt road turns to concrete and drops alarmingly into a deep gulley. This appears to be a run-off area for when the reservoir floods in the rainy season. The reservoir is held back by an earth dam which carries the road across straight ahead. Biking over with the reservoir to the right there is also a couple of ponds to the left far below the height of the road which must get filled through the run-off. This is a lovely spot and in the west would no doubt be a picnic favourite with ice-cream, hot-dogs, etc on sale. They dont really go in for that sort of thing around here though so thankfully there is not another soul in sight.
Having crossed the dam I retrace my steps passing through the rubber trees again back to the viewpoint about 2km away. Approaching the viewpoint the country to the right of the road opens up to reveal views in the direction of Phon Thong
Take the left turn and enjoy the views now to my right as I descend along a dusty, bumpy, road almost through a tunnel of uncut sugar cane. Bear to the right at the weathered sign and keep descending. Shortly on the right I pass a field of mature palm trees and am surprised to see that some of them are still producing fruit well outside of what I thought their season was. Palm trees are still fairly uncommon around here but seem to be catching on.
I cross a small hump in the road over a dried up watercourse and am briefly back in rubber country.
A little more than 2km after leaving the viewpoint I begin to enter the village of Pak Chong through a back door. The village lily covered reservoir is on my right behind some trees and then comes the temple.
At the small crossroads at the edge of the village turn left then shortly afterwards left again leaving the village. 100m along this road is an irrigation canal. Built initially along an existing watercourse that flooded badly in 2012 it now carries water to the surrounding farmland.
Turn around and go back to Pak Chong turning left when arriving at the village again. This road continues straight on to the village school but take the second right
Take a left turn through the gap in the wall and after a few hundred metres reach the crematorium that is now used by several neighbouring villages. Cremations used to take place in the surrounding woods until the 'oven' was constructed in 2010.
Return to the small crossroads and head straight over down the narrow dirt track until reaching a surfaced road. A right turn here would take me back to Pak Chong but I turn left, almost straight on, back to Khamnadie, passing a couple of impressibe life-sized elephants on the way.
Arriving at the village take a eft at the crossroads passing the clearing where the Saturday evening market is held. Continuing straight on past a snall hospital and village school on the right and the now almost empty village reservoir on the left.
As the road curves to the left take the small track to the right opposite a snall petrol station. Go straight past the left turn, that leads out to the farm, then turn right after about another 100m. Pass the school sports field on the right and just as the houses start on the left an old water hand pump that is now being dragged back into use. There is s side entrance to the temple here on the right then a crossroads as you return to the village.
Turn left and 50m brings me back to the house just under 20km after leaving.


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By Chris Toronyi
Why can't we appreciate what we have and who we are? Have we been spoiled with riches? It's fair to say we've been a blessed Club with amazing successes, mangers and players. Our recent run this year (and last) hasn't been to our standards, but there is no need to knee jerk like other clubs' supporters.
Let's all take a collective breath, count to 10 and look where we are at. Not too bad, eh? Can we do better? No doubt. Does the manager want more? Of course. Do the players? Dumb question.
Look, our high expectations have remained the same, but the game's dynamics continue to morph -- evolving without true objectives or care.
But we care. We have true objectives. We have an identity. We are Arsenal. As with life, building blocks allow you to grow the "right way." And we will.
Be sure to check out this week's Arsenal America Podcast with Tom Watt of the Arsenal Fan's Forum and Hayley Wright. We're talking away support, United, Schalke and the weekend. Thanks for listening.
'Stateside Gooner' Chris Toronyi is a longtime Arsenal supporter and the host of The Arsenal America podcast, available every Thursday evening at ArsenalAmerica.com and on iTunes in the World Football Daily Club Podcast Feed. You can read more of Chris' thoughts on Twitter.
The views expressed by the author do not necessarily reflect those of Arsenal Football Club or Arsenal Broadband Ltd.
Previous entries:
October 29: Positive drama
October 19: Club and country
October 11: Social madness
October 9: Shoot first...
October 2: Uncomfortably numb
September 25: Feeling the love
September 21: A road win is a win
September 17: Saturday's synergy
September 9: (No) break time
September 4: The negotiation dance
August 28: Give it time
August 21: Game on!
August 10: Arsenal Ambition
July 26: The right silverware
July 6: Anti-anti-football
June 28: New additions
June 20: Failing chemistry
June 13: Summer school
May 8: Not the time to get ill
May 2: End of season variables
April 24: Making a point
April 18: Different kinds of tired
April 12: Emotionally spent
March 29: No doubt
March 23: An amazing run
March 13: Mad Men, mad season
March 6: Rush of emotion
February 29: Pride and joy
February 14: An evolving Arsenal
February 22: Anger is beautiful
February 14: An evolving Arsenal
February 8: A welcome display
February 1: The value of value
January 31: FA Cup magic
January 24: We have to be supportive
January 19: This is a massive game


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SANTA CLARA , Ca., ( June 7, 2005 ) – Global video games publisher, Namco Hometek Inc. announced today "Stargate SG-1: The Alliance(TM)," a squad based first-person shooter based on the acclaimed television series. Featuring innovative team gameplay, robust multiplayer features and an original "Stargate" storyline, "Stargate SG-1: The Alliance" will be coming to major console systems and the PC in Fall 2005.
In "Stargate SG-1: The Alliance," Stargate Command is preparing for battle to thwart the evil Anubis, who has been traveling throughout the galaxy in search of a powerful artifact with the ability to throw the universe into ruin. To avert the threat, General Jack O'Neill and his squad must travel to perilous alien outposts to secure the artifact before Anubis can reach it.
An intense, team based first-person shooter, "Stargate SG-1: The Alliance" places the player in the midst of an interplanetary struggle that encompasses the entire "Stargate" universe. Across 16 missions on a number of familiar alien worlds, players will utilize assault, stealth and reconnaissance tactics and a devastating arsenal of alien weaponry and massive armored vehicles to overcome the threat of Anubis and bring peace to the universe. Featuring dialogue from the original cast of the television series, "Stargate SG-1: The Alliance" lets players assume the role of the original SG-1 team, including General O'Neill, Teal'C, Colonel Carter and Daniel.
"Science fiction fans everywhere will rejoice at 'Stargate SG-1: The Alliance,' an authentic interpretation of one of the most beloved sci-fi series ever," said Garry Cole, executive vice president at Namco Hometek, Inc. "With an original storyline, intense team based gameplay and a host of competitive and cooperative multiplayer options, the game breaks new ground in delivering an engrossing deep space adventure."
Gamers can play through the story mode of "Stargate SG-1: The Alliance" alone or with up to three friends in a cooperative campaign, choosing to divide and conquer or group together for extra firepower. The game also lets players go head to head in a variety of competitive multiplayer modes, including Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Last Man Standing, Enslave and Jaffa . "Stargate SG-1: The Alliance" supports downloadable content for future updates, as well as a robust map editor that will let players create and share their own custom maps with other online players.


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Tibetan / Vajrayana
Vajrayana Buddhism is most closely associated with Tibet and can be characterized by the figure of the siddha, the master whose spiritual realization is so profound that he or she has power over the phenomenal world, and in whom the profundity and vastness of absolute truth is fully and completely manifested. Many of our most well-known authors come from this tradition of Tibetan Buddhism .
[Note: The tags for the various schools are not definitive as many books span multiple traditions, etc. They are meant to use as a starting point for exploring this collection.]
Healing from the Source
The Science and Lore of Tibetan Medicine
In this remarkable contemporary presentation of the theory and practice of Tibetan medicine, Dr. Yeshi Dhonden, twenty years the personal physician of H.H. the Dalai Lama, draws from over fifty years of practicing and teaching this ancient tradition of healing. This volume vividly presents a series of lectures Dr. Dhonden gave before a group of health care professionals at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. This lecture series was… Read More
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The Quintessence Tantras of Tibetan MedicineThe Quintessence Tantras of Tibetan Medicine is a thorough, detailed, and systematic analysis of the characteristics of healthy and diseased bodies. Discussed are the diagnostic techniques of pulse and urine analysis, principles of right diet, right lifestyle, and behavioral factors—and a treasury of knowledge about the beneficial applications of herbs, plants, spices, minerals, gems, etc. Also included are the subtle and psychological techniques of therapeutics, and the ethics and conduct… Read More
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Health through Balance
An Introduction to Tibetan Medicine
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Thanks, 4th! Things will turn around, I'm sure
I have a daughter. I tell her, "911 is what you dial after you're raped. 1911 is what you should have before they try."
I don't think he would help much, he'd be too busy looking for the parts stashIs Bluejack helping you guys?
Thanks for answering my question 7.62
I got another question/suggestion; Is it hard to make a sticky and remove them? Might want to make this a sticky until the show, then afterward move it back to the regular forum, I think this thread will get lost before the show.
"Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem" Ronald Reagan
"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
I bet we can trash a bar.
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Exhibition: 7th June – 1st September 2013
"No art is less spontaneous than mine," asserted Edgar Degas (1834-1917). "What I do results from reflection and the study of the great masters; I know nothing of inspiration, spontaneity and temperament."
With characteristic dry humour, Degas presents his artistic endeavours as the result of other people's hard work and artistic originality, but this is hardly the whole story. From the start Degas enjoyed acknowledgement and respect – and not only in contemporary Paris: posterity too has long established Degas as one of the absolutely critical figures in the story of modern painting.
Famous as he is for his ballet dancers, Degas needs no further introduction, but taken in its entirety his work contains more than the colourful tulle-clad female figures. Degas' approach to art is highly individual, ambitious and consistent. He invents new practices, new motif types and produces radiant compositions, the aesthetic of which is unparalleled.
In Degas' work there are a number of fundamental elements which exist across oeuvre and motif, technique and chronology. It is with these elements that Degas' Method is concerned: that which catches one's attention if the customary pigeonholing of the works is abandoned and the works themselves are returned to the creative ferment from which they emerged, where they exist side by side – and from whence Degas, in a manner entirely his own, has taken and combined them.
Degas' Method mixes painting, pastel, monotype, sculpture, drawing and several graphic disciplines in the desire to bring together the artist's production, ranging across motif, technique and chronology. The exhibition falls into four thematic sections:
- Degas and Impressionism
- Degas and Process
- Degas and "The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer"
- Degas and Artifice
From the media:
Huffington Post "An Insight Into Genius..."
Art Daily "Explores the complexities of Degas' artistic methods"
Phaidon: "Inside The Mind of Edgar Degas"
The Arts Desk: "This is a gorgeous, and thoughtful, exhibition..."
The exhibition is supported by:
The Augustinus Foundation
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Day 3: Share your voice
Almost a billion people don't have access to clean water, and more than 4,000 children die every day because of dirty water. Today, let's do something about it! Join World Vision's advocacy team in sharing the joy of clean water by asking Congress to pass the Water for the World Act.


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The Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series of Hope College will feature novelist Mak Winegardner on Tuesday, March 26th, at 7 p.m. in the Knickerbocker Theatre.
Mark Winegardner, who writes fiction and nonfiction, is the Burroway Professor of English. He was born and raised inBryan,Ohio, near what was once known as Exit 2, a town of 8,000 which supplies the world with its Dum-Dum suckers and Etch A Sketches. He is the winner of a University Teaching Award (2004) and a University Mentoring Award (2006). He has also won grants, fellowships and residencies from the Ohio Arts Council, the Lilly Endowment, the Ragdale Foundation, the Sewanee Writers Conference and the Corporation of Yaddo.
Winegardner's books have been translated into more than twenty languages and sold almost two million copies worldwide. They have appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List and in best-of-the-year lists by The New York Times Book Review, the New York Public Library, The American Library Association, Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, The Los Angeles Times and The Chicago Sun-Times. In 2004, Cleveland Magazine named Crooked River Burning the best book ever written aboutCleveland.
His work has appeared in such magazines as Doubletake, GQ, Men's Journal, The New York Times Magazine, The Oxford American, Playboy, Ploughshares, Story Quarterly, and TriQuarterly. The varied subjects of his nonfiction have included art forgery, Cuban defectors, Congressman Louis Stokes, the Clown Prince of Baseball, the Southern Literary Mafia, and beer. He also helped write the script for The Godfather video game (all platforms), creating original dialogue performed by such actors as James Caan, Robert Duvall, and Marlon Brando.
For additional information visit hope.edu/vws. The Knickerbocker Theatre is located at86 E. Eighth St.


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have a Mini-14 that will serve as my main go-to gun from now on. It has the Ruger factory synthetic stock at this time. Dressed that way, it is not included on Diane Swinesteins anti-gun hit list. That is a plus, I guess, although I am sure that if she can make her current list stick, it wont be long before she comes slithering back for the guns that she now exempts from that list.
ATIgunstocks.com makes a neat looking after market stock kit for the Mini. It comes with a 6 position collapsible, side folding buttstock. It can be fired from the folded position. It has 4 picatinny rails for mounting accessories. It has covers for the rails when theyre not in use. Both forestock and handguard are ventilated. It comes with 6 sling swivel studs. This stock is made from DuPont Extreme Temperature Glass Reinforced Polymer. And, best of all; it is manufactured in the USA! One downer, I have heard, is that installing this stock will add around 1.5 pounds to the gun. Also, putting this stock on my now legal gun, will place it on Swinesteins hate list.
ATI also makes accessories for their replacement stocks. For the Mini, they offer a bipod that can be adjusted from 9 to 13 inches. Best of all, it only weighs 6 ounces! They also have a few other items that would be of interest to anybody who installs this stock on their firearm.
I really like the looks of this stock. My local gun store was carrying them all last summer and I planned to get one someday. I figured that they would always be available. But, since the mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, my dealer is having a hard time keeping them on the shelf. I guess that I will have to special order one. j&gsales.com also has them. Prior to that tragedy, they were selling for around $100. I dont know if the price is higher now or not. Some dealers are taking advantage of that atrocity to make more money.
There are a few videos on YouTube showing how easy it is to mount this stock. It also (to me) makes the gun look a whole lot better. Im thinking seriously of installing it and telling Swinestein where to stick her anti-gun bill!


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|Census 1960 Tracts Only Set
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|State of Birth (Volume II, Part II - Subject Reports)
U.S. Bureau of the Census. U.S. Census of Population: 1960. Subject Reports, State of Birth. Final Report PC(2)-2A. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 1963.
Chapter Contents
This report, based on the 1960 Census of Population, presents 25-percent sample data on State of birth of the native population living in the United States at the time of the census. Statistics include cross-classification by age, color, sex, and State of residence in 1960, and are presented for the United States, by metropolitan-nonmetropolitan residence, and for regions, divisions, States, and standard metropolitan statistical areas of 250,000 inhabitants or more.
Additional information on the mobility of the population is available in other 1960 Census reports. Statistics for the individual States, the urban and rural parts of each State, the metropolitan and non- metropolitan parts of each State, and each standard metropolitan statistical area (SMSA), urbanized area, urban place of 10,000 inhabitants or more, and county appear in chapter C of the individual State parts of 1960 Census of Population, Volume I, Characteristics of the Population. Statistics in greater detail for the State and for cities of 250,000 inhabitants or more appear in chapter D of the report. Summary data for the United States, regions, divisions, and cities and standard metropolitan statistical areas of 250,000 or more are shown in the United States Summary chapters of the report. Other Volume IX reports on this subject include Mobility for States and State Economic Areas-PC(2)-2B, which presents statistics on changes of residence between 1955 and 1960; Mobility for Metropolitan Areas-PC(2)-2C, which contains statistics on the movement of the population during the same period to and from SMSA's of 250,000 inhabitants or more and among their component parts; and Lifetime and Recent Migration--PC(2)-2D, in which the 1960 population of States is cross-classified by division of residence in 1955, which, in turn, is cross-classified by division of birth. These data are presented by age, color, and sex, and in an abridged form by years of school completed. Several other proposed Volume II reports which are devoted principally to subjects other than mobility call for one or more tables presenting cross- classification of the major subject by region of birth and region of residence of the population.
Data on State of birth of the native population have been collected and published in every decennial census beginning with that of 1850, but there were separate reports on this subject only in 1950 and 1940. The 1950 report was the first to show a cross-classification of State of birth by age.
Data on State of birth of the native population have been collected and published in every decennial census beginning with that of 1850, but there were separate reports on this subject only in 1950 and 1940. The 1950 report was the first to show a cross-classification of State of birth by age.
Availability of Unpublished Data
Most of the 1960 data tabulated on the State of birth of the native population are presented in this report or other published reports. The statistics on the population by age of the type appearing in tables 30 to 34 have also been tabulated to provide a cross- classification of each State of 1960 residence with each State of birth. Because of space limitations, the statistics are shown for each State of birth by geographic division of 1960 residence. In addition, age in 5-year intervals was tabulated for that part of the resident population of each State born outside the State, by each State of birth. Similarly, the age data in 5-year intervals as shown for the standard metropolitan statistical areas in table 36 were also tabulated for central cities, the outlying ring by urban-rural residence, and the remainder of the State by urban-rural residence. This information is available on magnetic computer tapes. Information on the detailed contents of these tapes and their costs can be obtained by an inquiry addressed to the Chief, Population Division, Bureau of the Census, Washington 25, D.C. Inquiries concerning unpublished data should be transmitted to the Bureau as soon as possible, however, because tape files are not maintained indefinitely.


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SuperKombat WGP Final: Gerges, Samedov and more confirmed to participate
- Written by Rian Scalia
SuperKombat's WGP Final on December 22 takes place in Bucharest, Romania at the Polyvalent Hall, which seats 5000 people. The event features the tournament finals of SuperKombat's 2012 WGP series with a one night, four man tournament and also features a number of super fights. It will also be in association with K-1.
The tournament sees Sebastian Ciobanu fight Ismael Londt on one side of the bracket and on the other side, Benjamin Adegbuyi fights Pavel Zhuravlev. Londt and Zhuravlev are in the finals due to being in the Final last year, which gave them a spot in the Final Elimination where they won fights to qualify here. Ciobanu won also won at the Final Elimination and so did Benjamin Adegbuyi, who won one of the WGP qualifying tournaments this year.
Also on the card will be the K-1 veterans Hesdy Gerges, Zabit Samedov, Freddy Kemayo, Sergei Lascenko, Raul Catinas and SuperKombat veteran Daniel Sam. Be on the lookout for more details soon.


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David Backes, 29, Ice Hockey (U.S.A.)
Ice hockey player David Backes returns for his second Winter Olympics, after making his debut at the 2010 Games in Vancouver. As an international competitor, he also represented the U.S. in the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships every year from 2007 through 2009. At the 2010 Olympics, Backes played in a nail-biter of a gold-medal game against Canada. The U.S. team was one overtime goal away from winning, and capturing its first gold medal since 1980. With seconds left, Canada scored the final goal, beating the Americans 3-2. The U.S. team took home silver. Backes doesn't know if the U.S. and Canada will have a gold-medal rematch in Sochi, but in December, he told Sports Illustrated Kids that Team USA has "unfinished business" there. "To go into overtime in the gold-medal game and not come away with the gold medal, I think there's a fire burning in each one of us," he said. —By Glenn Greenberg
Torah Bright, 27, Snowboard Halfpipe (Australia)
The future looks bright for Australian snowboarder Torah Bright. She is set to become the first person to compete in three different Olympic snowboarding events. Bright will compete in halfpipe, snowboardcross, and slopestyle competitions. (Slopestyle is making its Olympic debut.) She took up snowboardcross after her brother Ben, who is also her coach, suggested it. At the last winter Olympics, Bright took home gold. She's looking to defend her halfpipe title at the Games this year. In December, she beat out Sochi favorite Kelly Clark at the Dew Tour Women's halfpipe. Bright says that to prepare for three events, she's been spending more time on the snow. "I'm riding more than ever, and I love snowboarding more than ever," she says. "It's such an amazing feeling." –By Stephanie Kraus
J.R. Celski, 23, Speedskating-Short Track (U.S.A.)
J.R. Celski is ready to step onto the ice as America's best hope for a medal in short track speedskating. The 23-year-old from Federal Way, Washington, has some big skates to fill. American speedskating legend Apollo Ohno has retired from the sport. Celski is expected to be the new face of men's short track speedskating. Sochi is Celski's second Olympic Games. He took bronze at the 2010 Vancouver Games, but is now ranked among the world's top 10 in the 1,000- and 1,500-meter events. "Mentally, physically, I'm healthy. I'm going to ride that momentum," Celski says. "I look forward to doing some damage over there." –By Cameron Keady
Kelly Clark, 30, Snowboard Halfpipe (U.S.A)
Three-time Olympian Kelly Clark is a force to be reckoned with this winter. The 30-year-old snowboarder is the most powerful women's halfpipe rider in the world today, and has been for more than 10 years. Clark has won 12 X Games, which is more than any other snowboarder in the history of the sport. In the 2014 X Games, she attempted a move no woman has ever done in snowboarding before: a cab 1080. Clark is the favorite for the halfpipe this year at her fourth Olympic Games. But, a medal at the Games would be extra special for her. If Clark wins, she'll be the first woman to win multiple Olympic snowboarding titles. She says the U.S. is bringing strong competition to this year's Games. "If you look at the top 10 competitors in international competition, the bulk of them are from the U.S.," Clark says. –By Stephanie Kraus
Meryl Davis, 27, and Charlie White, 26, Ice Dancing (U.S.A.)
Reigning world champion ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White could earn Team U.S.A. its first-ever gold in ice dancing. At the 2010 Vancouver Games, the pair won a silver medal. The gold medal went to their rivals, Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir. Both pairs, who train under the same coach at a rink in Michigan, will compete again in Sochi. Davis and White have been skating together since 1997. In January, they won a record sixth national title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. What will it take to win Olympic gold? More charisma, White suggests. "We've done a good job of blending the technical aspect of the performances and we felt the way to top the program off more is to really have fun with it," he told the Associated Press. "Sometimes, it's just going out and enjoying the performance." –By Kelli Plasket
Shani Davis, 31, Speedskating (U.S.A.)
In 2006, speed skater Shani Davis became the first black athlete to win an individual gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy. In Sochi, the 31-year-old aims to become the first male skater to win the same event—the 1,000 meters —at three straight Games. With more than 50 World Cup victories under his belt, Davis feels ready. "It's my time," he says. "I'm going to try to take advantage of it." –By Cameron Keady
Marie-Michèle Gagnon, 24, Alpine Skiing (Canada)
Canada hasn't won an Olympic medal in Alpine Skiing since 1994, so hopes in that country are high for skier Marie- Michèle Gagnon. Gagnon, who will compete in her second Olympic Games, has been on a roll. She recently won her first World Cup victory when she finished first in the super combine in Austria. Gagnon, a native of Quebec, started skiing soon after she learned to walk. She competes in different Alpine disciplines but is best known for her aggressive performances in the slalom event. When she isn't on the slope, Gagnon is an avid mountain biker and hiker. –By Melanie Kletter
Sarah Hendrickson, 19, Ski Jumping (U.S.A)
Sarah Hendrickson is the reigning ski-jumping world champion. The 19-year-old athlete will be among the first women to compete in the sport when women's ski jumping make its Olympic debut in Sochi. Hendrickson began jumping when she was 7 years old and has been competing internationally since she was 14. She is known as an efficient jumper who wastes little motion. Hendrickson's Olympic dreams almost didn't come true. She suffered a serious injury in August, and has been training hard to get ready for the Games in Sochi. Hendrickson told TIME that she hopes the debut of women's ski jumping will inspire girls to try new sports. "Just get out there and know you have the opportunities," she said. "Just try it." –By Melanie Kletter
Steven Holcomb, 33, Bobsled (U.S.A.)
Steven Holcomb earned a huge victory at the 2010 Vancouver Games. The athlete helped drive his four-man American bobsled team to its first gold medal since 1948. "It was a pretty intense moment, pretty incredible," Holcomb told TFK at a Road to Sochi event. He could soon be feeling that again. The reigning World Cup champ is favored to win the two-man bobsled event in Sochi—the U.S. hasn't won that event since 1936. Holcomb, who was born and raised in Park City, Utah, is a sled driver. His sled hurtles down a winding track at some 90 miles per hour. "Cold weather is my thing," he says. "It doesn't bother me one bit. So that may be an advantage come February." –By Kelli Plasket
Nick Goepper, 19, Freestyle Skiing-Slopestyle (U.S.A.)
Growing up in Indiana, 19-year-old freeskiier Nick Goepper dreamed of competing in the Winter X Games. Goepper would set up a rail in his backyard, far from any major ski resorts, to practice tricks. He even practiced through the summer by applying dishwashing liquid to the bottoms of his skis and gliding across fake grass. In 2012, his dreams came true. "I wasn't known," Goepper says. "But I guess I was convincing enough to people that they had a little bit of faith in me. I'm thankful for that." Goepper took a silver medal at the 2012 X Games in Aspen, Colorado. In 2013, he returned to the Games to take gold. Last December, Goepper took the win in the men's freeski slopestyle event at a Dew Tour. He was the first to qualify for the Team U.S.A. freestyle ski team for Sochi 2014. –By Cameron Keady
Gracie Gold, 18, Figure Skating (U.S.A.)
Figure skater Gracie Gold will make her Olympic debut in Sochi. She first learned to skate when she was 2 years old. Gold began training formally in second grade alongside her fraternal twin sister, Carly, who is now also a competitive figure skater. By 2010, at the age of 15, Gold was recognized as one of the nation's most promising young figure-skating stars. In 2012, she captured the junior title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. She also won silver at the U.S. International Figure Skating Classic—an achievement she would repeat in 2013. Gold continued her success last year by winning silver in her first senior U.S. Championships. This year, on January 11, she took home the gold in that competition—and was picked to be on Team U.S.A. the next day. "To represent the U.S.A. at the Olympics is the greatest honor I can imagine," she posted on Facebook. "I'm so blessed."—By Glenn Greenberg
Shiva Keshavan, 32, Luge (Independent)
Indian luge athlete Shiva Keshavan will take part in his fifth Winter Olympic Games. But this year, he won't be representing his home country. India's Olympic Association, which selects athletes to represent India at the Olympic Games, missed a key deadline. It failed to elect its new leaders before the start of the Games on February 7. The International Olympic Committee ruled that Keshavan can compete, but only as an independent athlete. "In my heart and mind I'm competing for India," he told the Associated Press. Keshavan hopes this will be the year he finally wins a medal. In past Games, he has not ranked higher than 25th. Keshavan mastered luge in his early teens. He has to be creative about his training. There are no luge tracks in India on which to practice. He replaced the blades on his sled with wheels and speeds down the steep, winding highways in the foothills of the Himalaya Mountains. —By Glenn Greenberg
Ted Ligety, 29, Alpine Ski- Giant Slalom (U.S.A.)
Ted Ligety is being called the new face of U.S. men's skiing. The 29-year-old began skiing at age 2 in Park City, Utah, and was racing by age 10. At age 18, Ligety became a member of the U.S. Ski Team. In 2006, while battling the flu, he won the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Torino, Italy. "I've raced sick so many times," he told the L.A. Times. "It's not really a big deal. You just deal with it." Ligety took home three gold medals last year at three World Championships. In January, he earned his first super-combined victory on the World Cup in giant slalom. It was a big win for Ligety, who had a gold medal in slalom but had oddly never won on the season-long circuit. ''This is definitely a big victory for me,'' he said. –By Stephanie Kraus
Mark McMorris, 20, Snowboard Slopestyle (Canada)
Snowboarder Mark McMorris of Canada will make his Olympic debut at the 2014 Winter Games. He will compete in snowboard slopestyle, an event that is also new to the Olympics. McMorris has already racked up some impressive victories in slopestyle, winning gold medals at the Winter X Games in Aspen in both 2012 and 2013. He is favored to win Olympic gold in Sochi, with Team U.S.A.'s Shaun White considered his strongest competition in the event. But McMorris faced a possible bump in his road to Sochi: He fractured a rib on January 25. It happened when he crashed while taking part in the 2014 Winter X Games slopestyle finals. McMorris managed to win the silver medal at the event, and he made it clear that he still intended to compete in the Olympic Games. "While I'm sore," he said in a statement, "I'm continuing on my road to Sochi." —By Glenn Greenberg
Noelle Pikus-Pace, 31, Skeleton (U.S.A.)
Noelle Pikus-Pace has her eye on the prize for the Sochi Olympics. It's been a long, slow journey for the athlete, who is used to speed. In 2005, Pikus-Pace nearly lost her leg when she was struck by a bobsled. At the 2010 Olympics, she missed getting a medal by one-tenth of a second. After those games, Pikus-Pace retired from the sport to give birth to her second child. But, despite the hurdles, she's back. The 2007 world champion came out of retirement and is sliding better than ever. Out of the eight women's World Cup skeleton races this season, she won four. Lizzy Yarnold, her biggest competitor, also won four. The two will have an ultimate head-to-head competition when they slide in Sochi. Pikus-Pace clinched a big win before the Games. "What a way to go into Sochi," Pikus-Pace said. "Finishing the World Cup with a win is definitely a confidence booster heading into the Olympics." –By Stephanie Kraus
Mikaela Shiffrin, 18, Alpine Skiing (U.S.A.)
Skier Mikaela Shriffin is a fast-rising star in the competitive world of international skiing. The 18-year-old skier from Vail, Colorado, has been competing in World Cup events for the past three years and is the current World Cup Champion in the slalom event. She is also the youngest World Cup champion in U.S. history. In Sochi, Shiffrin will compete in the Olympics for the first time, and she is a considered a clear favorite for a medal in the slalom and giant slalom events. Shiffrin is well known for her hard work, careful preparation, and passion for her sport. She frequently watches videos of herself skiing, as well as videos of other skiers, to see how she can improve. Her rigorous training and preparation could pay off big in Sochi. –By Melanie Kletter
Anton Shipulin, 26, Biathlon (Russia)
Biathlon, which combines cross-country skiing with rifle shooting, is one of the most popular winter sports in Russia. The sport will have 11 events at the Sochi Games, including spring, pursuit, and mass start. Biathlete Anton Shipulin could win multiple medals for the host country. He's the reigning world champion in the men's pursuit event. At the 2010 Olympics—where his older sister, Anastasiya Kuzmina, won gold in sprint—Shipulin won bronze in the relay event. The Russian biathlon team—which also includes mass start gold medalist Evgeny Ustyugov and two-time relay gold medalist Olga Zaitseva—set a goal to win two events at the Sochi Games. "If we get more than two [gold] medals then it will be a little heroic act," says the Russian biathlon federation's president, Mikhail Prokhorov. –By Kelli Plasket
Sara Takanashi, 17, Ski Jumping (Japan)
Sara Takanashi is considered the favorite for a gold medal in the new Olympic sport of women's ski jumping. She has dominated her sport recently, winning all but one of nine World Cup events this season. The 17-year-old high school student has said that her training in ballet as a child helps her maintain balance during the long, airborne jumps. Takanashi, a huge star in her home country of Japan, has said she will do everything she can in Sochi to make her fans proud. –By Melanie Kletter
Maggie Voisin, 15, Freestyle Skiing (U.S.A.)
Montana native Maggie Voisin grew up skiing with her twin brother. She wanted to be a racer, but he pushed her to try tricks and jumps. Maggie skied onto the scene last year when she was just 14. In her rookie year, she took wins at the U.S. Revolution Tour and the World Skiing Invitational (WSI) World Championship event in British Columbia, Canada. She has placed in both the Winter X Games and Dew Tour. Maggie says she is working to perfect tricks no other female freeskiier has done before. At age 15, she is the youngest athlete to compete in the 2014 Winter Games. "It'll be really fun and I'm excited to show the world what our sport is about," says Voisin. –By Cameron Keady
Shaun White, 27, Snowboard (U.S.A.)
Snowboarder Shaun White heads to his third Olympics as one of the Games' most famous athletes. "It's going to push me to do things I never would've done before," he told the Associated Press. The defending two-time gold medalist has some new tricks up his sleeve. For one, he's been working on a frontside double-cork 1440, which adds a half twist inside two head-over-heels flips on the halfpipe, his signature event. White, who has been snowboarding since age 6, has also added a new event to his roster: snowboard slopestyle. He faces some tough competition, but his goal is to leave Sochi with two new gold medals. "All these competitors in slopestyle, they haven't really had to deal with me," he says. "I'm hoping I can surprise them a little bit. Show them something new." –By Kelli Plasket
Updated February 6: On February 5, White announced that he would not compete in slopestyle in Sochi after jamming his wrist on a practice run and seeing other competitors hurt on the tough course. In a statement to NBC's Today Show, White says he will focus on halfpipe. "With the practice runs I have taken, even after course modifications and watching fellow athletes get hurt, the potential risk of injury [on slopestyle] is a bit too much for me to gamble my other Olympics goals on," White said.


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PLUTARCO - Fiera Milano City
Size70 m²
Floor No.
- Kitchen
- Internet/WiFi
- Family/child friendly
- Pets allowed
- Lockable room
- Towels
- Baby cot
Accommodation summary
|Via Plutarco, 20145 Milano, Italy
|Property type
|Property ID
|Acceptance rate
|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
The property is located in a tranquil district and in a high quality urban environment where you will find the services for the most demanding tourist.
The apartment is composed with a living room with sofa bed, separate kitchenette, large bedroom and bathroom;
A single bed can be added in the bedroom for a 5th guest
high speed wi-fi internet provided for free
House rulescheck-in after 02.00pm
check-out before 11.00
in case of difference need we can arrange other check-in check-out times
in case of one-night reservation requests do contact previously the host
For check-in later than 8.00pm an extra 10 euros fee will be charged
CHECK-IN: pick up of the keys by our office at the Central Station (where trains and buses from every Milan airport arrive)
CHECK-OUT: very easy, just leave the keys inside the apartment (no need to come back to our office)
We remind our guests the need to pay the city tax upon arrival: 2 euros per guest per night
per check-in oltre le ore 20.00 verrà richiesto un contributo di 10 euro
CHECK-IN: il ritiro delle chiavi presso il nostro ufficio in Stazione Centrale
CHECK-OUT: molto semplice: potrete lasciare le chiavi all'interno dell'appartamento
Ricordiamo ai nostri ospiti l'obbligo del pagamento della trassa di soggiorno da versare direttamente all'arrivo pari a 2 euro per persona per notte
|Price for > 2 guests
|€ 5 per guest/night extra
|Maximum Nights
|1 month
|Check-in After
|Check-in before
|On arrangement
|Check-out Before
|Cancellation Policy
Reviews for this host's other properties
For questions answer mail was always quick and kind so no stress of organizing the trip. Room was clean stylish comfortable for short stay of mine.
Perfect location for city holidays. Recommandable!
The apartment was nice and clean and had working AC. It was nicely decorated and the beds were comfortable. A great thing was that the renters had put out different trashcans for easy recycling.
Another thing to mention was how sweet and caring the renters were! Really helpful, me and my friends were overall very pleased with this stay!
My daughter and her partner went to the appartment. Picking up the keys was easy and convenient. Location of the appartment couldn't be better, near the metro and supermarket. Inside it was really noisy, next to a heavy door that people banged shut. Two of the nights the neighbours upstairs moved furniture around for more than an hour around 2.30 in the morning it was terrible. When you are out all day walking you really need to sleep.
A nice little lamp would be cosy instead of the bright light.
We were 5 friends in Milan for a week-end. The appartment was perfect and well-located to visit both the lakes and the city center.
Filiberto is very easy to contact and accept that we arrive late.
fantastic clean and spacious apartment, excellent service
The appartment has several very serious problems:
- It is not clear;
- Too cold - no option for increase of the temperature of the heating system.
- The messages everywhere are not very polite, you feel like your on school vacation;
- The heating system is very nosiy during the night;
- The appartment it is not look like the pictures in Wimdu;
- The bathroom has serious problems with water everywhere;
- Not enough sunlight;
+The service was very good and helpfull.
+ Perfect location.
+ Many supermarkets and restaurants near the appartment.
+ Close to metro station.
We had a mixed experience at RIPA-near the Canals. On the plus side, the apartment was in a great location and very roomy. On the negative side, only one of the two beds had been made up and there were no sheets for the second bed. Despite contacting the host immediately, we did not receive sheets for two days. Also, early one morning we lost all power, heating and hot water when we put the washing machine on. This overloaded the system and meant we were in darkness for a couple of hours until we could contact the host and get instructions for correcting the problem. Despite these issues, though, we were happy overall with the apartment. It was clean, had lots of space, and it's right on the canal where there are plenty of restaurants, a fabulous bakery, and good access to the trains.
very good location, impressive entrance but :
floor space max. 35qm, very cold downstairs, hot upstairs (due to funny heating system), practically no daylight, not clean.
bring your on caffe pads and toilett paper!
there are much better places available.
A nice cosy and quiet appartment in a very Italian building with courtyard. The neighbourhood is very nice, There are no cars in the street, just the picturesk canal (with an antique market when we were there) and restaurants. It's a nice area to walk around.
- Quality assured accommodation
- Every host is verified by telephone
- Secure payment via SSL encryption


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James Hutton
"The past history of our globe must be explained by what can be seen to be happening now. No powers are to be employed that are not natural to the globe, no action to be admitted except those of which we know the principle."
George Will
George Will: I'm a heathen.
Stephen Colbert: Are you an atheist?
Will: I'm not decisive enough to be an atheist.
Colbert: You're agnostic?
Will: Yes.
Trey Parker
Xeni Jardin: Are you afraid, if the network allows you to unveil the Prophet Muhammad, you will be bombed?
Trey Parker: We'd be so hypocritical against our own thoughts if we said, ok, well let's not make fun of them [Muslims], because they might hurt us, like, that's messed up to have that kind of a thought process. OK, we'll rip on the Catholics because they won't hurt us, but we won't rip on them because they might hurt us.
Matt Stone
"We're essentially atheists — I mean, I am; Trey I don't want to speak for. But coming from that point of view, we're atheists who don't hate religion, who are kind of fascinated by it and kind of admire it. [We thought], What would that look like? What would an atheist love letter to religion look like?"
Ira Cardiff
"What would Christ do about syphilis? Well, what should he do? Christ, being possessed of miraculous powers, why does he not obliterate syphilis from the face of the earth? Does Spirochaeta pallida, the organism causing syphilis, perform any useful function in the economy of nature? If not, why not obliterate it? Who is better equipped to do this than Jesus Christ?"
Summer Solstice
Happy Summer Solstice!
Pär Lagerkvist
"If you believe in god and no god exists
then your belief is an even greater wonder.
Then it is really something inconceivably great.
Why should a being lie down there in the darkness crying to someone who does not exist?
Why should that be?
There is no one who hears when someone cries in the darkness. But why does that cry exist?"
Hugh Laurie
James Lipton: Do you share House's skepticism?
Hugh Laurie: [laughing] I do. Big chunks of it, yes. I'm not a religious man. Again, I think this is connected to my father. My father was religious oddly enough, but I nonetheless I suppose was impressed by [and] enamored of his devotion to medical science. I find I am a fan of science. I believe in science. A humility before the facts. I find that a moving and beautiful thing. And belief in the unknown I find less interesting. I find the known and the knowable interesting enough.
Joy Behar
"I'm pathetically pragmatic. . . . I don't believe that there's a higher power that created human beings."
E. O. Wilson
"If someone could actually prove scientifically that there is such a thing as a supernatural force, it would be one of the greatest discoveries in the history of science. So the notion that somehow scientists are resisting it is ludicrous."


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East Asia
The earliest Rutgers ties with East Asia date back to the 1860's when Japanese students first came to study in New Brunswick, dispatched by the Meiji reformist government to pursue studies in western science and other academic disciplines at the Rutgers campus. By the 1960's, with the establishment of the Chinese language program, East Asia had become a focused area of studies at Rutgers.
Today Rutgers students can study the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages through the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures. The department offers majors in Chinese and in East Asian Languages and Area Studies with a concentration in China, Japan, or Korea, and offers minors in the languages of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, as well as in Asian Studies. East Asia is also the focus of courses and research offered by Asian Studies faculty in many other departments and programs in the School of Arts and Sciences, from Anthropology to Art History and History, to Religion and Women's and Gender Studies. The popularity of the new Global East Asia Signature course has also revealed students' strong interest in the region.
Other Schools at Rutgers such as the Rutgers Business School, the Graduate School of Education, and the School of Public Affairs and Administration also have active programs and initiatives focused on East Asia. In addition, the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) has recently developed a series of China initiatives providing exciting East Asia related opportunities for students. Undergraduate students in China earn dual degrees in Environmental Sciences at Rutgers with the first two years spent in their home institution, and the second two years spent at Rutgers.
Rutgers students have many options to expand their experience with the cultures and languages of East Asia in addition to academic course work. The East Asian House on the Douglass Campus offers a residential experience for students interested in combining the study of East Asian languages and regional cultures. Many students take advantage of Rutgers' study abroad programs in China, Japan, and South Korea to spend a summer, a semester, or a whole year at universities in those countries, including Jilin University in China, Ritsumeikan University in Japan, and Ewha University in South Korea. The Department of Political Science also has a very successful undergraduate study abroad program in Kyoto, Japan. The exchange programs are reciprocal - students from East Asia currently make up more than 40 percent of all international students studying at Rutgers.
Research and study of East Asia is also well supported by the East Asian Library at Rutgers. Established in 1970, the library has about 140,000 volumes of books and bound periodicals in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, the second largest East Asian collection of any public university in the Northeast. Rutgers University Libraries also hold a few special collections relating to East Asia, among them are the papers of William Elliot Griffis (1843-1928). An early American specialist on Japan, Griffis documents the experiences of Westerners in Japan and the history of U.S.-Japan relations, and includes historical photos and other materials relevant to the history of Korea and China as well.
In recent years, the university has undertaken many new initiatives to expand study and teaching about the region. In 2007, Rutgers opened its Confucius Institute in partnership with China's Jilin University to promote the study of Chinese language and culture and to serve as a resource center on China for New Jersey. Also in 2007, Rutgers won a grant from the Freeman Foundation to launch the Rutgers University K-12 Chinese Teacher Training Initiative, a project that aims to increase the number of certified teachers of the Chinese language in elementary through high school. This teacher-training initiative comes in addition to the Rutgers Multimedia Chinese Teaching System, which offers an award-winning online course on Chinese language from beginner to advanced levels.
Rutgers' engagement with China, Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea reflects the broad links that exist between the State of New Jersey and the western edge of the Pacific Rim. New Jersey has one of the largest Asian American populations in the U.S. and many businesses in New Jersey have strong ties to East Asia. In fact, Japan, China, and Korea rank 4th, 6th and 8th among the top ten markets for New Jersey's export activity. East Asia's Jersey connection is strong at Rutgers, whose global reach across the Pacific will continue to expand and strengthen long into the 21st century.
South Asia
South Asia is a diverse and multifaceted region, which has been at the center of global trade and cultural exchange for centuries, making it integral to the study of the contemporary and complex connections between nature, society, politics, culture, and religion globally. Indeed, it is not only home to one-quarter of the world's people, the region is also increasingly important in international politics, economics, and business. Further highlighting these complex connections and Rutgers' "Jersey Roots, Global Reach," the area surrounding Rutgers–New Brunswick has one of the largest and densest South Asian populations in the US. This diaspora adds to the diversity and richness of the Rutgers' student body, faculty, and staff.
To complement this diversity and the interconnectedness of the region, the range of study of South Asia is necessarily broad, covering politics, geography, anthropology, economics, languages, cultures, literatures, and the natural environment. Students and faculty researching the region are able to use Rutgers' connections with universities and institutions from India to Nepal to explore topics in development, agriculture, international policy, language, literature, and macroeconomic issues, among many others.
Rutgers' involvement in South Asia is anchored by the university's South Asian Studies Program (SASP), which defines the geographic region as including the countries of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Tibet, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The SASP, anchored with a diverse faculty, promotes its study through an interdisciplinary set of courses, speakers' series, public events and conferences. The SASP offers a minor in South Asian Studies giving undergraduate students the chance to study South Asian history, geography, economics, languages, and gender. Along with the SASP, many major South Asian languages are now offered through the Department of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures (AMESALL). Courses not only study the specifics of language, but also the literature and culture of the region giving students a broad understanding of South Asian life. The Rutgers South Asia Library collection also continues to expand as a resource for students and faculty studying the region.
Rutgers has research strengths in many parts of South Asia. For instance, faculty in the Department of Anthropology work on issues of gender, kinship, and marriage in Nepal. However, Rutgers and the SASP have exceptional research representation in South Asia's largest country, India. In the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS), faculty in the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics focus on agricultural economics and U.S. lentil distribution in Sri Lanka.
Rutgers recently applied and was accepted to the Institute of International Education International Academic Partnership Program for India (IAPP). Involvement in the IAPP will assist Rutgers in identifying universities in India that may be potential partners for academic exchange and collaboration, joint research projects, dual degree and study abroad programs, and will broaden and enhance Rutgers' thriving programs and initiatives in South Asian studies.
Southeast Asia
The School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) is proud of its strong research and agricultural extension in Southeast Asia. Mark Robson, professor and extension specialist in Entomology, and dean of the Agricultural and Urban Program, has a longstanding commitment to Thailand. Robson is a specialist in exposure science and pesticide use, primarily in developing countries. He has also conducted research extensively on the public health implications and health policies related to the use of pesticides. He is the only foreigner to have received an honorary degree from Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, the top university in Thailand. The degree was presented to Robson by the princess of Thailand during a three day celebration.


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I build all my own woodenware except for frames because I can build it for about a third of what you can buy it for out of the catalogs. I am not happy with my inner covers though, I built them out of masonite and just tacked and glued a rim on both sides, and cut the elongated hole in the cover. However the masonite soon warps when put on the hive so what you end up with is a bow either upwards or downwards and creates problems. If it warps upwards then the bees have a hard time accessing the top of the cover (because of the larger bee space) for when I feed an inverted jar. If it warps downward then the bee space is virtually nothing and the bees cannot cross the tops of the centermost frames with the inner cover on, also when you put the inner cover back on after doing an inspection it will crush a bunch of bees.
For those of you who build your own inner covers, what do you build them out of? Looking for something that will not warp to eliminate the problems I am having with mine. Thanks. John


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Hey all, I'm a huge Star Wars Enthusiast, have been since 77 XD Which thankfully my wife understands. I'm up here in Eastern Canada and in my particular province things like Trooping and conventions don't exist. I have in the past created a few costumes myself out of my own interest, namely a Tusken Raider, and Dark Jedi costume. Though it's been a while since I made anything and I want to take on something more meaty and intense. Naturally Fett's Mandalorian armor came to the top of the list.
I've been looking through alot of different things here over the last few days, ants helmet and Raf's which were amazing (wish I could have seen Ants final product) plus a horde of links and tips, some that don't exist anymore and so on...and well I'm not sure which information I should be following and which information I should casually file away. So could anyone be kind enough to direct me? I'm a little lost on the forums! I am thinking of attempting a cardboard helmet, and possible tin sheet or rolled aluminum armor pieces...Sintra isn't carried anywhere in this city it seems (though if I can finally nab some I will).


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I think this vid on twitter made me laugh so much
Even though the Federation is whining I'm sure they're happy that Plushenko skated the way he did in the Team Event. Once upon a time, some thought he might be the "weak link" on the Russian Team (especially after Russian Nationals). But he had two commanding performances and was 2nd in the SP (ahead of Patrick Chan) and 1st in the Free. His first performance was an incredible morale booster after the SP. That's when people started saying it's over for Canada, with an unexpectedly strong Plushkeno, Russia's winning is inevitable....
Who ever gets interviews of Plushy in english, please never correct him, he is adorable, CNN interview. Sorry I had to gush. I think he doesnt get the questions right but anyway.
Where is MK interview with Plush, so I can square - gush?
I think Evgeni did his best in the team, short and long and made a favorable impression. His only mistake was not acknowledging immediately after the team event that he was hurting and could never produce for the individual event. I think these physical ailments did not mysteriously appear during the short warm-up. He could have come up big for his county by immediately after the team event saying that his physical problems prevent him from producing at the highest level that Russia deserves for the individual. Give time for the other guy to step in. There would have been some fall-out but not as bad as pulling out during the warm up. This is where egos get in the way.


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Montana Farm Wedding from Jose Villa + Joy Thigpen Part IIt's here! The day our pretty little book hits stands. The day that we've been nervous/happy/excited about for more than an entire year! The day has come and we are literally bursting on the insides with pure and total glee.
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Why total light management holds the greatest opportunity for energy savings in commercial buildings
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Why total light management holds the greatest opportunity for energy savings in commercial buildings
DALI is the only recognized open standard mentioned I can see from this article.
Why is it lumped in some nefarious category "Two-wire, low-voltage digital control for fluorescent dimming (DALI specifications or similar designs)." ? Please let me know what other free topology two wire open protocol systems are out there to compare?
Compared to (three wire) EIA-485 based proprietary or open (article leaves undefined) DALI is a free topology system and is significantly better than 0-10v. It shouldn't even be compared with 0-10v systems because the only comparison is that both provide dimming. Additionally, the free topology and powered multi-sensors make it a superior installation to EIA-485 and 0-10v systems by far. No contest.
"A number of lighting equipment manufacturers offer a digital dimming system with the same general capabilities as a DALI system; however, they may use their own communication protocols and associated hardware to deliver a complete lighting system. " --- A serious understatement. These other "similar" systems deliver the goal with locked down single vendor solutions. Therefore, not really close to the "same general capabilities" because there is no ability for an open procurement and design of your lighting system.
US HVAC systems seem years ahead of lighting control systems delivered in the US market in regards to use of open protocols. The US is even years behind the world adopting DALI.
What I'd like to see is better comparisons made because equating something like DALI to proprietary and 0-10v systems at the same level is maddening.


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