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Well not that it went great but definitely not as bad as I thought it would be. She said our relationship has plateau'd for a while and she isn't happy with her current situation. She doesn't have a very good job and all here friends have moved away. I have been aware that she has been depressed for a while but wasn't really aware to what level. The main part of regarding the apartment goes as follows. Since we have been together for 8 years including high school she feels and I agree that we have somewhat of a teenage style relationship if that makes any sense. So she honestly was looking into an apartment to stay at as a place to start over and try to develop a more "adult" relationship. She actually had a decent write up in her diary that she let me read stating how she felt and what she wanted to accomplish in the relationship and her life. She had some good points including that I have not included her in major life decisions like buying a house and business. She proved pretty well that she isn't up to any funny business. Definitely told her that we could of talked about it sooner and if her moving out and continuing our relationship was the best option I would help her find and move to one. We will see where it goes from here but for now no titties.
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While its primary goal is to control the Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) and Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus (IAPV) infection crises, Beeologics' mission is to become the guardian of bee health worldwide.
What's more, Beelogics is recognized by the USDA, the USDA-ARS, the media, and 'leading entomologists' worldwide. The USDA, of course, has a great relationship with Monsanto. The government agency has gone to great lengths to ensure that Monsanto's financial gains continue to soar, going as far as to give the company special speed approval for their newest genetically engineered seed varieties. It turns out that Monsanto was not getting quick enough approval for their crops, which have been linked to severe organ damage and other significant health concerns.
Steve Censky, chief executive officer of the American Soybean Association, states it quite plainly. It was a move to help Monsanto and other biotechnology giants squash competition and make profits. After all, who cares about public health?
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My son hit my nose very hard this morning by accident… My daughter and I think maybe it looks slightly shifted but I really can't tell. When I called my doctors office to try to get in quick so he could take a look at it, the answering machine said they are closed until Monday. Thinking maybe that will be too long to wait. I could go to the ER but that seems silly if I am wrong. Any thoughts? Thank you. Tara
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ST. LOUIS – While the Detroit Red Wings have many things to learn about Swiss rookie Damien Brunner, they already know about his golf game.
"(His) golf game is not that good, so he's got to work on it, but I'm not sure they have too many golf courses in Switzerland,'' Red Wings captain Henrik Zetterberg said. "But he's come to a good spot for golf, so we have to teach him a little bit at the end of the year."
The Red Wings hope they don't hit the links until July. Their 48-game season starts tonight in St. Louis, against a big, young, physical and talented Blues team some believe will win the Stanley Cup.
It is not the ideal environment for Brunner's NHL debut or the best place to get acclimated to the smaller ice surface he'll be skating on in North America, as opposed to Europe with Swiss club EV Zug.
"The ice is going to shrink around you here tonight,'' Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said. "It's real small and big people on the other team making it small. It gets nasty.
"That's going to be a work-in-progress. I think he's a high-end, skilled player. He's shown in a man's league – he's done it (led Swiss league in scoring) two years in a row now. He must be all right."
Babcock said he thinks the Swiss league is "probably better than (the AHL).''
Brunner, 26, couldn't have asked for much better linemates to help with the transition; he'll be skating with Pavel Datsyuk and Zetterberg, the latter with whom he dominated the Swiss league during the lockout.
"It definitely will be an adjustment for him,'' Zetterberg said. "Everything will move faster, a smaller rink and a little more physical. But he is smart enough. He's been around and playing in a lot of international games, so it's not like I'm worried how he will do.''
Zetterberg knows Brunner, but others don't. That is why fans, opponents and teammates are so curious to see this highly skilled right-handed shooter.
"It's going to be a lot of fun tonight. I'm looking forward to watching him,'' Detroit goaltender Jimmy Howard said. "What a great way to break through in the NHL, playing on a line with Pav and Z.
"If he just continues to play like he did in that scrimmage (Tuesday), use his speed, find the soft areas, he's playing with two guys who'll get him the puck.''
Brunner, after Saturday's morning skate at the Scottrade Center, said it felt like every any other day in Switzerland, but added, "I'm sure after a short nap nerves will come.''
Brunner's family and friends downloaded NHL GameCenter back home and will watch tonight.
Brunner has seen only one NHL game in person. That was when he was 13 and traveled to Quebec for a Pee Wee tournament.
"We went to Montreal, they played Florida and Pavel Bure was skating, so that was fun,'' Brunner said.
He said he followed two NHL teams while growing up, Chicago and Pittsburgh.
"My buddy was a big (Mario) Lemieux fan, and I picked the Blackhawks because they had a nice logo,'' Brunner said.
Brunner enjoyed staying at Zetterberg's house for a few days in September, before the lockout.
"We went three, four times golfing, he took me out for dinner couple of times, showed me around Birmingham and Detroit,'' Brunner said. "We had fun couple days.''
As for his golf game, Brunner said, "He wasn't too happy with my performance. … I just started (golf) a year ago. I was pretty much last player on my team (in Switzerland, to golf).''
Having Zetterberg as his linemate for Zug during the lockout was not only a thrill on the ice, but also off the ice, for players and fans.
"He's such a great professional on and off the ice, how he treats his teammates,'' Brunner said. "It was big for all the young guys in Switzerland to see a superstar like him on the team.
"It was a big hype around him. The fans all bought his jersey, probably sold the most jerseys ever in shortest time. It was just fun to have a guy like him and see how he acts, like normal, and how he helps the team, puts the team first.
"Everyone loved him. We had sold-out nights every time because he was there. Swedish reporters flew in just because of him, Swedish fans flew in. It was definitely big.''
Brunner, like he did for Zug, will play the point on the first power-play unit.
"Most of the time he's been on the one-timers' spot, but he's been playing (the defenseman's point) and he's good at it,'' Zetterberg said. "He's got a good shot. He sees the ice very well so he will be natural.''
Former Red Wing Doug Shedden, Zug's head coach, sent the Red Wings video of Brunner on the power play.
"We tried to take off what he did and what Z did there and put it into our power play,'' Babcock said. "Now remember, we had five days, so we're going to go out there and watch them tonight, and we got all of these grandiose plans, but we'll see what happens."


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There isn't anything better than sitting in a good pub with friends and a few ales, unless it's sitting there for an entire afternoon.
The thought of wasting the best part of a day inside my local fills me with pleasure, because I happen to be very lucky to live close to a fantastic pub. I spent a few hours last weekend passing time and drinking a few quality pints when something else struck me.
I realised that I'd become a bit spoiled by having the Clare Inn on Dominion Rd as my local. Not only is it a great drinking pub, but the kitchen wins medals for its output in terms of quantity and quality.
Food is an important weapon in a bar's arsenal these days, as people expect a certain level of excellence in their food. In fact, people expect far too high a level of excellence and seem convinced that neighbourhood bars have an onus to produce restaurant-standard food at pub prices.
I blame the glut of food porn on telly for this unseemly obsession with high-end cuisine, as people who would have been happy enough with a soggy pie a few years back now demand rare baby echidna poached in Champagne with a balsamic reduction and a side of beetroot crisps.
I'm old enough to remember when the standard of cuisine in Kiwi bars was patchy to say the least and when the vegetarian option consisted entirely of a bowl of chips. These days you're lucky if you can lift the menu, so comprehensive are they.
I'm a bit torn about the very concept of food in bars anyway. I grew up in a time when pubs were for drinking and restaurants were for eating, but such demarcation lines mean nothing these days.
But I will admit to loving the fact that if you don't fancy leaving the bar in the afternoon, you can always order a meal and let some other poor bugger do the dishes. Which brings me back to my local, where the kitchen works miracles with food, from the humble potato to more esoteric dishes.
Indeed, the Clare Inn just picked up another award for its slow-roasted lamb shoulder, winning the best lamb dish trophy at the Hospitality New Zealand awards. I mention this because it's quite a big deal. The HNZ awards is a national competition and for a wee pub on Dominion Rd to be recognised for its food is a bit special.
And even better, this is the second time it has won the award. Last year, it picked up the award for best beef dish with its beef and stout wellington. Chef Campbell Sprague manages to turn out astonishingly good dishes for very reasonable prices and it's well worth a visit.


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It's the love child of Spider-Man 2 and Arkham City.
Americans disagree about plenty of things—the debt ceiling, gun control, religion, whether or not "Community" is still good now that Dan Harmon left—but there's one thing that we can all agree on, no matter what stripe: Spider-Man 2 is an amazing game. Released at the same time as the Sam Raimi movie, Spider-Man 2 is an open-world game in which Peter Parker web-swings through the Big Apple with reckless abandon, running up the sides of buildings, collecting collectibles, beating up purse-snatchers, and battling villains high above the streets. No other game before or since has gotten the feeling of being Spider-Man so, so right… until now. Beenox, longtime Spider-Man video game developer, has reached back through time to steal a bit of Spider-Man 2's mojo while also incorporating elements from Rocksteady's excellent Batman: Arkham City. The results are pretty spectacular.
The game takes place several months after the events of the 2012 movie. Peter Parker is still working at Oscorp with Gwen Stacy, and an interesting interactive cut scene at the beginning of the game sets up the plot: it would seem that Curt Connors' cross-species experiments kept going, and robotic engineer Alistair Smythe has been busy creating robots designed to destroy them should they ever escape (guess what happens). If you follow the comics, you'll know that the robots are Spider Slayers—you'll fight them and the wild cross-species creatures throughout the game. Most notably, Rhino and Scorpion are re-imagined as products of these cross-species experiments.
The gameplay is divided roughly into two parts: indoor segments and city exploration. Initially, you'll be doing a lot more of the former, as that's where your tutorials come in. Indoor environments are surprisingly diverse, but the gameplay is ripped straight from the Arkham games. Spider-Man fights thugs with a combination of straight attacks and parries, then uses his own version of a "takedown" on stunned enemies. Instead of grappling away from danger, Spider-Man web-zips. He can use objects in the environment to cause confusion or stun a group of enemies at once. Spider-Man uses a combination of physical and web-based attacks, and even stealth takedowns after a certain point. Our hero earns experience through finding collectibles and getting into fights. These experience points are used to upgrade your physical attacks or technology—just like Batman.
The game has some hiccups, however. The combat isn't nearly as smooth and rhythm-based as it is in the Arkham games, so direct combat feels a little more hit-or-miss. The camera also doesn't pull back when Spider-Man approaches a group of enemies, so it's easy to get hit from just offscreen. I shouldn't have to mess with the camera in the middle of a fistfight. While Batman's got lots of gadgets to supplement his physical attacks, Spider-Man gets some webbing-based attacks but not much else, and since he can't lock on to a target, I often found myself web-shooting the wrong guy. Combat's not really a problem when it's just you and one other dude, but in a crowd, it can get a little hairy.
When you're swinging around Manhattan, the game is an absolute joy—I prefer it to the actual story-driven gameplay segments in buildings. Holding down the ZR button makes Peter swing through the city endlessly—all you have to do is steer with the left stick. You can crawl (or run) up any building, stop and see the sights on the ground level, and even walk from one location to the next if you want to. There's plenty to do while you're exploring, too: finding comic book pages (some of which fly around the city), beating up thugs, returning mental patients (who utter hilarious dialogue), and taking photographs are just a few of the addictive side quests you'll take on. The city also makes great use of Spider-Man's slow-motion "Web Rush" ability. Technically you can use it anytime, but it's great for changing direction in mid-air. You hold down the R button to radically slow time, then aim at a spot and release the button to go in that direction. You can upgrade the amount of time Web Rush lasts, too. While it can be useful indoors (especially when your enemies are spread around), I found it much more useful for tracking down comic pages in the city.
The game is playable on both the Wii U GamePad and the Pro Controller. The GamePad basically displays your pause screen (which itself has many pages), but it's most useful as a map. You can set waypoints organically as you fly through the city, although you'll be looking down as you do (possibly missing comic pages in the process). I actually prefer playing on the Pro Controller; there's nothing inherently wrong with the GamePad, this is just the kind of game I'd rather have a traditional controller in my hand to play (a bit like Darksiders II).
But it's not all wine and roses for your friendly neighborhood wall-crawler. For one thing, the film's actors didn't lend their voices (or, apparently, their likenesses) to any of the characters. You'll never see Peter Parker, for instance, and Gwen Stacy looks nothing like Emma Stone. Whoever is voicing Spider-Man has made absolutely no attempt to imitate Andrew Garfield. It's a little jarring when you consider that this game is basically a sequel to the film. However, this is not to say that the voice acting is bad—it's quite good—just don't expect to hear voices from the movie. More troublingly, the game features an awful lot of minor but noticeable screen tearing, especially when web-swinging through the city. Because this is basically a "Game of the Year" edition of Amazing Spider-Man, you get all the DLC on-disc, but none of it is particularly noteworthy—it amounts to challenge maps and the ability to complete city missions as Spider-Man creator Stan Lee, which is enjoyable for five minutes.
The unlockable content is nice but predictable. Collecting comic pages coalesces into actual digital comic books you can read from the main menu as well as character statues with well-written descriptions (just like the Arkham games). You'll unlock concept art, too, but it's a little annoying that you can't just flip through it; you have to open one then close it before moving to the next. The comics are the most interesting bonus, but they're a little hard to read sometimes.
Overall, however, I love this game. It provides a fun Spider-Man story and my favorite aspects of Spider-Man 2, but with better graphics and more things to do. Yeah, the combat could be better, but all things considered, that's a minor complaint. If you have any love for Spider-Man, you owe it to yourself to check this game out.


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Using the UK id and the UK online passcode, i can download the online pass and it activates, yet when i'm back in the game menu it still tells me i need an online pass, even though i have just downloaded and activated it.
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Hualapai Plan January 2006 Dedication of Glass Bottomed Grand Canyon Skywalk 4,000 Feet Above the Canyon Floor
A press release indicates the Hualapai plan to dedicate a glass bottomed walk jutting 70 over the Grand Canyon and 4,000 feet above the canyon floor in January 2006.
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The Arizona Daily Sun reports Harold Fish has been charged again for the second-degree murder of unarmed Grant Kuenzli following a dog confrontration on a trail near Payson, Arizona
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Murder Charges Refiled in Arizona Trail Dog Confrontation
Arizona Central reports prosecutors have refiled the second degree murder charges against Harold Fish who is accused of shooting an unarmed hiker in a dog confrontation at a Coconino County trailhead near Payson this spring.
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Navajos Upset Over Wastewater Snowmaking at Arizona Snowbowl
The Christian Science Monitor reports that Navajos are upset with the Forest Service recent approval of a plan to use recycled sewage water for snow making at the Arizona Ski Bowl. 14 tribes have opposed the move and there were 10,000 comments before Cocincino Supervisor Nora Rasure made the annoucement. The Snowbowl occupies just 777 acres in a mountain forest covering 74,000 acres – 1 percent of which is directly impacted by skiing. The are 400 ski related Flagstaff jobs supporting the 150,000 annual visitors. The Navajo compare the San Francisco Mountains to the National Cathedral. In another related battle Devil's Tower in Wyoming is considering renaming the land "Bear Lodge" — its traditional name.
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Judge Throws Out Murder Charge in Arizona Shooting Over Dog Confrontation
Azcentral reports a judge has thrown out the murder charge against a man who killed another hiker in a dispute over dogs on a trail in Coconino County.
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Snowmaking Approved at Arizona Snowbowl
KPHO reports Coconino National Forest Supervisor Nora Rasure has approved a proposal that will authorize snowmaking at the Arizona Snowbowl as well as other improvements. The Forest Service had received 10,000 comments. Arizona Snowbowl encompasses 777 acres of national forest lands (approximately one percent of the San Francisco Peaks), and operates under a Special Use Permit issued by the Coconino National Forest. The FEIS, Response to Comments, Record of Decision and other information about this project can be obtained on the internet at www.fs.fed.us/r3/coconino/nepa. In addition, hard copies are available for review at the Peaks Ranger District, the Coconino National Forest Supervisor's Office, the Flagstaff Public Library and the NAU Cline Library government documents section. Hard copies and CDs are also available upon request. There will be a 45-day appeal period that begins after a legal notice appears in the Arizona Daily Sun. Any appeals will be filed with the Regional Forester of the Southwestern Region in Albuquerque, NM.
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Africa Bees Attack 32 Hikers in Saguaro National Park
Fox11 in Arizona reports that 32 members of a running club were stung by Africanized bees in Saguaro National Park. Two who were hospitalized with anaphylactic shock, authorities said. THe hikers scattered from the location and a helicopter search had to find four of them.
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Fatal Grand Canyon Rafting Accident During Intentional Flooding
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Perry H. and Lois Wetzel, formerly of Indiana, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Sept. 5. They were married in 1953 at Graystone Presbyterian Church in Indiana.
Perry is the son of the late William and Opal (Spence) Wetzel, of Indiana, and Lois is the daughter of the late Ralph and Mabel (Knupp) Cribbs, of Indiana.
Perry retired from Agway Inc. after 40 years of service, the last 25 of which were as manager of the Agway Feed Mill in Greenville. He is a graduate of Indiana High School (class of 1948) and Penn State University, where he was involved in the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity. In addition, he served as jump master in the 12th Company of the Airborne Rangers during the Korean Conflict.
Mrs. Wetzel also retired from Agway Inc. and is a graduate of Indiana High School (class of 1949). She was an active volunteer in the Republican Women and the Pennsylvania Farmers' Association. She remains active as treasurer of Fredonia United Methodist Church and as a bridge coordinator in various area groups.
The couple enjoys traveling, visiting with grandchildren, playing bridge and staying active in church activities.
They are the parents of five children: William (Kerri Cannon) Wetzel, of Greenville, S.C.; Karen Marquardt, of Milwaukee; Janice (Ronald) Sanders, of Norristown; Brenda (Michael) Morris, of Chardon, Ohio; and Lori (Daniel) Morris, of Pittsburgh. They have 13 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
They celebrated with children and grandchildren during a beach vacation in Virginia Beach, Va., in June.
Cards of well wishes can be sent to the couple at 945 Hamburg Road, Fredonia, PA 16124.


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This 4-star hotel is close to Pier 39 and University of San Francisco.
A stay at Hotel Nikko San Francisco places you in the heart of San Francisco, minutes from Westfield San Francisco Centre and close to Lombard Street.
Make yourself at home in one of the 532 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and flat-screen televisions. Your pillowtop bed comes with down comforters. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available to keep you connected. Private bathrooms have designer toiletries and hair dryers.
Be sure to enjoy recreational amenities, including a nightclub, a 24-hour health club, and an indoor pool. Additional features at this hotel include complimentary wireless Internet access, concierge services, and babysitting/childcare (surcharge).
Grab a bite to eat at the hotel's restaurant, which features a bar, or stay in and take advantage of 24-hour room service. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. Buffet breakfasts are available for a fee.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour business center, express check-out, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Planning an event in San Francisco? This hotel has 29000 square feet (2694 square meters) of space consisting of conference space and a meeting room.
About the Hotel Nikko San Francisco
Property Features
As a guest of Hotel Nikko San Francisco, you'll find an indoor pool, a 24-hour health club, a spa tub, and a sauna. There's a restaurant on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. WiFi is free in public spaces.
Business amenities include a 24-hour business center and a meeting room. Event space at this hotel measures 29000 square feet (2694 square meters) and includes conference space. A nightclub, a rooftop terrace, and tour/ticket assistance are also featured at the business-friendly Hotel Nikko San Francisco. Parking is available for a fee.
This 4-star San Francisco hotel is smoke free.
- 532 guestrooms or units
- 25 levels
- 29000 sq ft of conference space
- 2694 sq m of conference space
- Built in 1987
- Dining venue
- Nightclub
- Bar or lounge
- Childcare (surcharge)
- Terrace on the roof
- Business center (24 hours)
- Conference facilities
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Dry cleaning
- Front desk (24 hours)
- Express check-out
- Staff is multilingual
- Storage area for luggage
- Tour and ticket information
- Concierge
- Wedding services available
- Gift shop
- Beauty salon
- Newspapers in lobby (free)
- Television in lobby
- Bellhop
- Elevator
- No smoking on site
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
Hotel Nikko San Francisco offers 532 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and safes. Pillowtop beds feature down comforters and premium bedding. 42-inch flat-screen televisions come with pay movies. Bathrooms include designer toiletries and hair dryers.
Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and complimentary newspapers, as well as phones; free local calls are provided (restrictions may apply). Additionally, rooms include coffee/tea makers and irons/ironing boards. In-room massages and hypo-allergenic bedding can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.
- Pillowtop beds
- Minibar
- In-room dining (24 hours)
- Flat-screen television
- Premium channels
- Movies for purchase
- Coffee maker
- Luxury bedding
- Hypo-allergenic bedding
- Down blanket
- Cribs available
- Rollaway beds (surcharge)
- Housekeeping (daily)
- Newspapers (free)
- Local calls (free)
- Massage in room (surcharge)
- Hair dryer
- Safe
- Designer toiletries
- Telephone
- Iron and ironing board
- Desk
- Blackout drapes
- Climate control (air conditioning)
- Ensuite bathroom
- Connecting rooms available
Food & Drink
Guests can enjoy buffet breakfast for a fee.
Feinsteins - This bar serves light fare only. Happy hour is offered.
Anzu Restaurant and Bar - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
Kanpai At the Nikko - This lobby lounge serves light fare only. Happy hour is offered.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
An indoor pool (surcharge) and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a health club and a sauna.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
If you need to make special requests for accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when booking your stay.
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at 2 AM
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 18 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 35.00 per day.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available.
- Pets: USD 50 per pet, per night, plus a deposit of USD 150.00 per stay
- Only dogs are allowed
- Maximum 2 per room
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A credit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification are required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
- Deposit: USD 100-500 per day
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: USD 24 per person (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: USD 16 per person
- Valet parking fee: USD 50.00 per night
- Pet deposit: USD 150.00 per stay
- Pet fee: USD 50 per pet, per night
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 35.00 per day
- Facilities fee: USD 25 per accommodation, per stay and includes use of:
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- Hotel Nikko
- Hotel Nikko San Francisco
- Hotel San Francisco Nikko
- Nikko Hotel
- Nikko Hotel San Francisco
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You should know
Children 18 years old and younger stay free in the same room as the parent or guardian when using existing bedding. Registered guests are the only ones allowed to be in guestrooms. Connecting/adjoining rooms are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property at the number on your booking confirmation.
Awards & Affiliations
- The property is a member of Preferred Hotels & Resorts.


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Date of Stay: July, 2009
We enjoyed our stay at this Pennsylvania State Park campground. Most of the campground is located in shade/partial shade (loops A-C) and most seem to have power (loops B-D). We have a 40' coach and weren't sure we could navigate into spots in the A-C loops so we stayed in the wide open space D loop which has 50 amp power and hard surface parking pads. However, driving through C to get to D we counted at least 20 sites that were workable for us. Next time we may stay in the shaded C loop although power there is 30 amps but it is noticeably cooler. The park appeared to be well maintained and quiet. We stayed Sun-Tue and most of the spots throughout the park were empty. I'm not sure how busy it is on a Fri-Sun. Restrooms/showers were clean. The adjoining 1200+ acre lake is absolutely beautiful. We did take advantage of the $4.50 per night senior citizen (62+) discount. We will definitely camp here again.
Date of Stay: June, 2009
Excellent campground. The premium sites (concrete slab) are well spaced and landscaped to minimize the views of utility connections. Andie and Mat were both very nice hosts/staff and very willing to help if have questions regarding Asheville and local restaurants. We enjoyed our stay very much and would definitely camp here again.


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March 11, 2013
Monday, March 11, 2013
UPCOMING PITT SPORTS SCHEDULE (Complete Schedule)
Tuesday, March 12
Baseball: West Virginia, 3 p.m., Charles L. Cost Field
Thursday, March 14
Men's Basketball: at Big East Tournament Quarterfinals vs. Syracuse, Seton Hall or USF, 2 p.m., New York, N.Y./Madison Square Garden (TV: ESPN; Radio: Panther Sports Radio Network/93.7 The Fan)
Track & Field: at Charlotte 49er, All Day, Charlotte, N.C.
Friday, March 15
Swimming & Diving: at Zone Diving Meet, TBA, Piscataway, N.J.
Track & Field: at Charlotte 49er, All Day, Charlotte, N.C.
Softball: vs. Canisius, 12:15 p.m., Fairfax, Va.
Softball: vs. Ohio State, 2:30 p.m., Fairfax, Va.
Baseball: Niagara, 3 p.m., Charles L. Cost Field
Men's Basketball: at Big East Tournament Semifinals, vs. TBA, 7 p.m., New York, N.Y./Madison Square Garden (TV: ESPN; Radio: Panther Sports Radio Network/93.7 The Fan)
Saturday, March 16
Swimming & Diving: at Zone Diving Meet, TBA, Piscataway, N.J.
Track & Field: at Charlotte 49er, All Day, Charlotte, N.C.
Softball: vs. Canisius, 12:45 p.m., Fairfax, Va.
Baseball: Toledo, 3 p.m., Charles L. Cost Field
Softball: at George Mason, 5:15 p.m., Fairfax, Va.
Gymnastics: Aubrun, 7 p.m., Fitzgerald Field House
Men's Basketball: at Big East Tournament Championship, vs. TBA, 8:30 p.m., New York, N.Y./Madison Square Garden (TV: ESPN; Radio: Panther Sports Radio Network/93.7 The Fan)
Sunday, March 17
Swimming & Diving: at Zone Diving Meet, Piscataway, N.J.
Softball: vs. Ohio State, 10 a.m., Fairfax, Va.
Baseball: Niagara, 12 p.m., Charles L. Cost Field
Baseball: Toledo, 3 p.m., Charles L. Cost Field
Wrestling: Matt Wilps. The redshirt senior captured his third EWL individual title at 197 pounds and was named the EWL Most Outstanding Wrestler for the second-consecutive year at last weekend's championship meet. Wilps helped the Panthers win their third-straight championship title. (Read more).
Men's Basketball: J.J. Moore. The junior was a perfect 8-8 from the floor and tied his career-high with 21 points and eight field goals made against DePaul on Saturday. Moore also set a new career-high with five 3-pointers. It was his seventh time this season reaching double-figure scoring and he helped the Panthers defeat DePaul 81-66. (Read more).
Tennis: Amanda Wickman. Wickman won three of her four matches this weekend, including her singles match against Rutgers which clinched the victory for the Panthers. Wickman defeated Mariam Zein of RU in three sets and gave Pitt its first win over the Scarlet Knights in program history. Wickman has a team-best 10-1 singles record, and holds an 18-4 overall record in singles and doubles combined. (Read more).
Wrestling: Nick Bonaccorsi, Max Thomusseit and Zac Thomusseit: Along with Wilps, these three wrestlers were also crowned EWL individual champions. Bonaccorsi won the 174 weight class, while Max Thomusseit won 184. Zac Thomusseit captured the 285 pound weight clas title. The Panthers also had eight wrestlers earn automatic bids to the NCAA Championships. (Read More).
Gymnastics: Alyssa Adrian. Competing in the all-around for the first time in her career, the senior scored a 39.150 which was the highest score of the night. She tied for the floor title with a 9.875 and finished second on the vault and the bars (Read More).
Track & Field: Brycen Spratling and Carvin Nkanata. Both Spratling and Nkanata earned Second-Team All-American status in the 400 meter dash this past weekend at the NCAA Indoor Championship Meet. Spratling placed 10th overall, and Nkanata finished 16th. (Read more).
Baseball: Boo Vazquez. With the Panthers trailing Manhattan 5-3 in the bottom of the eighth inning, pinch hitter Boo Vazquez stepped to the plate with two outs and the bases loaded. The sophomore roped a bases-clearing triple to right field to give Pitt a 6-5 lead. The Panthers would retire Manhattan 1-2-3 in the ninth for the victory. (Read more).
Men's Basketball Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden, March 12-16, New York, N.Y.
NCAA Selection Sunday: Petersen Events Center Club, 6 p.m.
Panthers Baseball Classic II: March 15-17, Charles L. Cost Field
Since the league's inception in 1953, ACC schools have captured 127 NCAA Championships, including 67 in women's and 60 in men's. Additionally, NCAA individual titles have gone to ACC student-athletes 145 times in men's competition and 104 times in women's action.
PITT PANTHERS TELEVISION SCHEDULE (Comcast Channels 188 or 210)
Entire Broadcast Schedule Link
Sunday, March 10
Gymnastics vs. North Carolina (replay), 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Gymnastics vs. Michigan State (replay), 12:30-2 p.m.
Gymnastics vs. Auburn (replay), 2-3:30 p.m.
Women's Basketball vs. Georgetown (replay), 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Gymnastics vs. North Carolina (replay), 5:30-7 p.m.
For more information, please contact the Pitt Athletic Media Relations Office at (412) 648-8240.
Panthers Advance in Two Events on Final Day at East Prelims
Palmer Advances to NCAA Outdoor Championships
Fosam, Schriever Punch Tickets to NCAA Track and Field Championships
Pitt Men's Basketball Season Ticket Renewal Opens
Pitt Places 10 on Athlon's Preseason All-ACC Team
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The Soyfoods Association of North America
1050 17th Street, N.W. Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 659-3520
Contact: Katherine Raphaelson
Soyfoods Association of North America Elects New Officers
New Slate to Serve until March 2014
Washington, March 13, 2013 — The Soyfoods Association of North America (SANA) today announced the election of its 2013-14 Board of Directors and Officers. Kate Leavitt, Director of International Sales and Marketing for SunOpta Grains and Foods Group Inc. was elected President; Katy Raneri, Senior Director of Nutrition, R&D for WhiteWave Foods, was named Vice President; and Rebecca Zimmermann, Senior Brand Manager, Soylution at Pharmavite, will serve as Treasurer for the 2013-14 term. In addition, Aaron Skyberg. Business Development for SK Foods International, Inc., and Karl Weingartner, Director of the International Soybean Program (INTSOY) at the National Soybean Research Laboratory (NSRL) will serve as SANA's At-Large Board Members.
President Kate Leavitt commented, "As I gratefully accept the nomination as President of the Board, my vision for SANA is to continue in the great tradition that we have had and to focus on the mission statement that was crafted and validated in 2011 to simply "Increase the Consumption of Soyfoods.""
Leavitt continued, "Although the membership is diverse and represents different aspects of the total supply chain and various methods of soyfoods production, we are united in our belief in the health and well-being soyfoods provide to any diet and to growing the consumption of soyfoods. My personal motivation is simple: I believe in soyfoods, and I look for ways we can make more soyfoods available to more people through more channels. As part of fulfilling this vision and mission, I look forward to working with the staff and my fellow-board members to effectively conduct activities such as regulatory work on a variety of issues including the 2015 Dietary Guidelines; being the definitive source of information on soyfoods both to dispel the myths and misconceptions about soyfoods and to reinvigorate the wonderful truths about soyfoods; and to highlight the sustainability story of soyfoods, capturing this important feature to grow consumption and improve the health of our plant as well as our people."
Other member re-elected to the board include include James Chen, Principle Scientist at the Kellogg Company; Yoko Difrancia, Manager of PR and Marketing at House Foods America Corporation; and Kent Holt, Senior Manager, External Affairs for Solae, LLC; In addition, the following new members were elected to the Board: John Breen, Chief Operating Officer at Pulmuone Wildwood; Helen Kor, Corporate Director of Regulatory for the Hain Celestial Group; and Nicole Tomba, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Harvest Innovations.
The board and officers were elected at SANA's Annual Meeting on March 7th at Natural Food Products Expo West in Anaheim, CA.
The Soyfoods Association of North America (SANA) is a non-profit trade association that has been promoting consumption of soyfoods in the diet since 1978. SANA is committed to encouraging sustainability, integrity and growth in the soyfoods industry by promoting the benefits and consumption of soy-based foods and ingredients in diets. More information is available at www.soyfoods.org.


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Warming Marches in
March 2012 was the balmiest on record for the continental United States, setting a mountain of new records
By Janet Raloff, 15:58 PM April 10, 2012
People may argue about why Earth is warming, how long its fever will last and whether any of this warrants immediate corrective action. But whether Earth is warming is no longer open to debate. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has just published domestic examples to reinforce what Americans witnessed last month — either on TV or in their own backyards.
Let's start with the heat: March 2012 temperatures averaged 10.6° Celsius (51° Fahrenheit) — or 5.5 °C warmer than the 20...
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What if our 24-hour day grew longer, first in minutes, then in hours, until day becomes night and night becomes day? What effect would this slowing have on the world? On the birds in the sky, the whales in the sea, the astronauts in space, and on an 11-year-old girl grappling with emotional changes in her own life? One morning, Julia and her parents wake up to discover, along with the rest of the world, that the rotation of the earth is noticeably slowing....
©2012 Karen Thompson Walker (P)2012 W F Howes Ltd
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"Starts solidly, but fizzles out"
What would you do if all of a sudden both the days and nights got inexplicably longer, birds mysteriously dropped from the sky, and gravity seemed stronger? It would be hard to get your head around, right? Welcome to the world of 11 year old Julia, as she not only has to grapple with the shifts in the marking of time, but the budding onset of puberty and a fascination with the new boy in school.
I was initially captured by the author's brief synopsis and went into this expecting a 'Day After Tomorrow' tone; and for the first third it delivered. The narration was crisp and descriptive, with an air of mystery and danger. But as the rotation of the Earth further slowed, so too did any urgency to the plot, which became more focused on Julia's awkward relationship with Seth and her parents. Perhaps the tonal shift from macro to micro is intentional; showing that in moments of crisis the wider world becomes less important and we focus on things more immediate to us. However it is explored in a quite weak and superficial way. The further the novel went on, the more it became apparent to me that the target audience would most likely be teens much like Julia and Seth themselves.
I can't really fault the narration. Laurence Bouvard does a good job at bringing the source material to life, and as far as stories go I've read much worse. However if you are expecting an apocalyptic joyride to the end of the world, forget about it. 'The Age of Miracles' is merely the background for an average, teenage romance novel.
This was my first listen to one of Karen Walker's books and I was quite disappointed ..
The narrator, Bouvard, came across badly and her attempts at different vocals were inadequate to say the least.
I kept on waiting for the story line to take off....
Walker seemed to run out of steam towards the finish of the book and the ending was inconclusive and rather amateurish.
I will not be purchasing any more books from this author or narrator.
"Excruciating and dull"
It's a puerile waste of time and i am very glad it was only short. It totally trivialised and squandered what should have been a rollicking good story. Its populated by poor science and shallow characters incapable of understanding or reacting realistically to what was supposed to be happening. The story although about a child is being narrated by a 24 year old so no excuse for such a childish and emotionally retarded perspective to be maintained throughout the entire tedious exercise.
"Just don't"
I was really looking forward to this but alas it has taken me 6 weeks to get through it. I never give up on books and that was the closest yet
"Thought provoking"
I would recommend this book to a friend because it was a thought provoking book which captivated me.
When Julia and Seth were spying on Sylvia and Julia's dad and they were exposing themselves to the dangerous sun rays.
Listening to Laurence read the book made it come alive in a way that I couldn't experience if I had read it
Is the world about to end?
"Very thought provoking"
In the top third
The concept had been well thought out and researched and the psychological aspects of the people in the book were well thought out and credible
There were many that come to mind and I don't think any one stands out above the others
I found this book thought provoking
The end was a bit weak
"What a Book! Days that last longer than 50 hours!!"
This book was fantastic. It really made me think of all the effects of prolonged days and nights on earth.
When would you sleep? When would you work?
The book explained that when it started (The Earth Slowing down) to happen a day would increase to 25 hours, then 27 hours. The affect on this .... ! As you will read (how could you not!) some stayed on 24 hours and quickly realised how out of sync they became.
A very well thought out book and read very well.
It sparks ideas in your head that this could really happen.
One of those books you will tell others about.
"Brilliant read"
Seen through the eyes of a teenager, the story captures your imagination from start to finish.
"Great premise but the ending needs work"
I liked the idea of the book and hoped it would have some great science to it (as a science geek, I like to see good science in fiction) but the science wasn't great (everything was very vague). It can be forgiven though as it's told from a 11yr olds perspective.
The biggest problem I had with the book was that it was open ended and I wonder if there is meant to be a sequel?
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Barclays Touts Yandex After Slump as Ads to Beat SlowdownHalia Pavliva
Yandex NV and Mail.ru Group Ltd. will rebound from their cheapest ever valuations as Russian Internet advertising weathers the nation's economic slowdown, according to Barclays Plc.
Yandex, owner of Russia's most-used search engine, tumbled 11 percent in New York last week to trade at 18 times estimated earnings, down from a valuation of as much as 53 in 2011, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Mail.ru, which operates Russian e-mail, social networking and games websites, dropped 6.4 percent in London to a multiple of 15.8, a record low.
The Internet companies slumped as Russia cut its 2013 growth forecast to 2.4 percent and Ksenia Yudaeva, President Vladimir Putin's representative to the Group of 20 nations, said the energy-driven economy is probably already in recession. Association of Communication Agencies of Russia data shows web advertising grew 8.5 percent in 2009, when Russia's economy shrank 7.8 percent amid a 78 percent tumble in oil prices.
"It's a very good time to buy Yandex and Mail, it's probably the best entry point for the next two to three years," Boris Vilidnitsky, an analyst at Barclays in London who rates both stocks the equivalent of buy, said by phone April 19. "The market is overreacting as people fear slower economic growth in Russia would lead to reduced advertising spending. In Russia, Internet advertising increases even when the economy falls."
Yandex, based in the Hague, retreated 2.4 percent April 19 to an eight-month low of $20.10 in New York, while Moscow-based Mail.ru rallied for the first time in six days, adding 0.5 percent today in London to $25.88.
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Barclays is projecting a 76 percent jump in Yandex shares by March 22, and a 69 percent rally for Mail.ru, according to Vilidnitsky's price targets based on April 19 closing levels.
Mail.ru expects companies in Russia will further increase spending for online ads, favoring them over offline advertising, Matthew Hammond, the company's managing director, said on a conference call with investors Feb. 26, according to the transcript.
The Bloomberg Russia-US gauge, which tracks 14 of the most-traded Russian stocks in New York, fell for the sixth week last week, capping its longest stretch of declines since June.
Internet advertising in Russia remained the fastest growing segment of the market in 2012, according to the Association of Communication Agencies of Russia, known as AKAR. Web advertising grew 35 percent to 56.3 billion rubles ($1.8 billion) last year, after gaining 56 percent in 2011 and 40 percent in 2010, the data show.
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The Russian advertising market shrank 27 percent to 267 billion rubles in 2009 as the economy contracted, while online ads increased, AKAR data show. The government cut its 2013 growth forecast from 3.6 percent as demand for commodities, which accounted for more than 80 percent of Russian exports revenue in 2011, decreases and prices fall. Commodities are down 6 percent this year.
Vilidnitsky said he prefers Yandex over Mail.ru because it gets a bigger portion of its revenue from online advertising. Yandex got at least 84 percent of revenue every quarter since 2010 from text-based advertising, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Mail.ru got 35 percent of its 2012 revenue from the segment, while 22 percent came from selling games and 32 percent from social networks, he said.
"It's a good time to buy the stock at these levels," Maria Shipovskikh, an analyst at Infina Investment Co., who raised Yandex to a buy this month, said by phone from Moscow April 16. "A slowdown in advertising spending won't happen immediately and Internet advertising will be least affected."


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The scientific method is tried and true. It has led us to a reliable understanding of things from basic physics to biomedicine. So yes, we can rely on the scientific method. The fallible humans behind the research, not so much. And politicians? Don't get us started. Remember when one brought a snowball to the Senate floor to "prove" that global warming was a hoax? Oy vey.
ENCORE In astronomy, the rule of thumb was simple: If you can't see it with a telescope, it's not real. Seeing is believing. Well, tell that to the astronomers who discovered dark energy, or dark matter … or, more recently, Planet 9. And yet we have evidence that all these things exist (although skepticism about the ninth – or is it tenth? – planet still lingers).
Find out how we know what we know about the latest cosmic discoveries – even if we can't see them directly. The astronomer who found Planet 9 – and killed Pluto – offers his evidence.
Time passes like an arrow, but what if it flew like a boomerang? Scientists are learning how to reverse time's most relentless march: aging. But before we rewind time, let's try to define it, because there's plenty of debate about just what time is – a fundamental component of the universe or a construct of our consciousness?
Find out why, even though pondering the future may cause heartburn, mental time travel has an evolutionary survival advantage.
Plus, your brain as a clock; why "brain age" may be more accurate than chronological age in determining lifespan.
ENCORE Only two of the following three creations have had lasting scientific or cultural impact: The telescope … the Sistine Chapel ceiling … the electric banana. Find out why one didn't make the cut as a game-changer, and why certain eras and places produce a remarkable flowering of creativity (we're looking at you, Athens).
Exploration: It's exciting, it's novel, and you can't always count on a round-trip ticket. You can boldly go, but you might not come back. That's no showstopper for robotic explorers, though. Spacecraft go everywhere.
While humans have traveled no farther than the moon, our mechanical proxies are climbing a mountain on Mars, visiting an ice ball far beyond Pluto, plunging through the rings of Saturn, and landing on a comet. Oh, and did we mention they're also bringing rock and roll to the denizens of deep space, in case they wish to listen.
ENCORE Eat dark chocolate. Don't drink coffee. Go gluten-free. If you ask people for diet advice, you'll get a dozen different stories. Ideas about what's good for us sprout up faster than alfalfa plants (which are still healthy … we think). How can you tell if the latest is fact or fad?
You are your brain. But what happens when your brain changes for the worse – either by physical injury or experience? Are you still responsible for your actions?
We hear how the case of a New York man charged with murder was one of the first to introduce neuroscience as evidence in court. Plus, how technology hooks us – a young man so addicted to video games, he lacked social skills, or even a desire to eat. Find out how technology designers conspire against his digital detox.
ENCORE Ask anyone what extraordinary powers they'd love to have, and you're sure to hear "be able to fly." We've kind of scratched that itch with airplanes. But have we gone as far as we can go, or are better flying machines in our future? And whatever happened to our collective dream of flying cars? We look at the evolution - and the future - of flight.
Animals and insects have taught us a lot about the mechanics of becoming airborne. But surprises remain. For example, bats may flit around eccentrically, but they are actually more efficient fliers than birds.
We all may retreat to our protective shells, but evolution has perfected the calcite variety to give some critters permanent defense against predators. So why did squids and octopuses lose their shells? Find out what these cephalopods gained by giving up the shell game.
Plus why Chesapeake Bay oyster shells are shells of their former selves. What explains the absence of the dinner-plate sized oysters of 500,000 years ago, and how conservation paleobiology is probing deep time for strategies to bring back these monster mollusks.
We know how the stars shine, but how do you make a star? We take an all-night ride on a high-flying jet – an airborne NASA observatory called SOFIA – to watch astronomers investigate how a star is born. (Listen to the show in the player above, and read our reporter Emma Bentley's account of her adventure here.)
Whether they swim, slither, jump, or fly, animal locomotion is more than just an urge to roam: it's necessary for survival. Evolution has come up with ingenious schemes to get from here to there. Hear how backbones evolved as a consequence of fish needing to wag their fins, and why no animals have wheels.
Motion is more than locomotion. Test the physics of movement in your kitchen and find out what popping corn has in common with the first steam engine.
ENCORE Admit it – the universe is cool, but weird. Just when you think you've tallied up all the peculiar phenomena that the cosmos has to offer – it throws more at you. We examine some of the recent perplexing finds.
Could massive asteroid impacts be as predictable as phases of the moon? Speaking of moons – why are some of Pluto's spinning like turbine-powered pinwheels? Plus, we examine a scientist's claim of evidence for parallel universes.
And, could the light patterns from a distant star be caused by alien mega-structures?
Obesity, diabetes, heart disease … maybe even Alzheimer's. Could these modern scourges have a common denominator? Some people believe they do: sugar.
But is this accusation warranted? We talk with a journalist who has spent two decades reporting on nutrition science, and while he says there's still not definitive proof that sugar makes us sick, he can make a strong case for it.
ENCORE Congratulations, you have a big brain. Evolution was good to Homo sapiens. But make some room on the dais. Research shows that other animals, such as crows, may not look smart, but can solve complex problems.
Meanwhile human engineers are busily developing cogitating machines. Intelligent entities abound – but are they all capable of actual thought?
Hear how crows fashion tools from new materials and can recognize you by sight. Also, how an IBM computer may one day outthink the engineers who designed it.
ENCORE Meet your new relatives. The fossilized bones of Homo naledi are unique for their sheer number, but they may also be fill a special slot in our ancestry: the first of our genus Homo. Sporting modern hands and feet but only a tiny brain, this creature may link us and our ape-like ancestors.
Some anthropologists hail the discovery as that of a new hominid species. Not all their colleagues agree. Find out what's at stake in the debate.
Einstein thought that quantum mechanics might be the end of physics, and most scientists felt sure it would never be useful. Today, everything from cell phones to LED lighting is completely dependent on the weird behavior described by quantum mechanics.
For a half-century, space has been the playground of large, government agencies. While everyone could dream of becoming an astronaut, few could actually do so.
Things have changed. We hear how a geeky son of immigrant parents incentivized the ground-breaking launch of SpaceShipOne, and spawned the commercial rocket industry.
And while you're waiting for a ticket to ride, why not build your own satellite to keep tabs on the kids or just check out the back forty? A CubeSat could be your next basement project.
She's among the most famous missing persons in history. On the eightieth anniversary of Amelia Earhart's disappearance, mystery still shrouds her fate. What happened during the last leg of her round-the-world trek?
The record of the rocks is not just the history of Earth; it's your history too. Geologists can learn about events going back billions of years that influenced – and even made possible – our present-day existence and shaped our society.
If the last Ice Age had been a bit warmer, the rivers and lakes of the Midwest would have been much farther north and the U.S. might still be a small country of 13 states. If some Mediterranean islands hadn't twisted a bit, no roads would have led to Rome.
ENCORE Face it – your mug is not entirely yours. It's routinely uploaded to social media pages and captured on CCTV cameras with – and without – your consent. Sophisticated facial recognition technology can identify you and even make links to your personal data. There are few places where you're safe from scrutiny.


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Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 650791, 6 pages
Freeze-Thaw Durability of Air-Entrained Concrete
1School of Civil Engineering, Qingdao Technological University, Qingdao 266033, China
2State Key Laboratory of Structural Analysis for Industrial Equipment, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
3School of Civil Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
Received 3 January 2013; Accepted 2 February 2013
Academic Editors: S. Chen, M. Jha, Q. Q. Liang, and E. Lui
Copyright © 2013 Huai-Shuai Shang and Ting-Hua Yi. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
One of the most damaging actions affecting concrete is the abrupt temperature change (freeze-thaw cycles). The types of deterioration of concrete structures by cyclic freeze-thaw can be largely classified into surface scaling (characterized by the weight loss) and internal crack growth (characterized by the loss of dynamic modulus of elasticity). The present study explored the durability of concrete made with air-entraining agent subjected to 0, 100, 200, 300, and 400 cycles of freeze-thaw. The experimental study of C20, C25, C30, C40, and C50 air-entrained concrete specimens was completed according to "the test method of long-term and durability on ordinary concrete" GB/T 50082-2009. The dynamic modulus of elasticity and weight loss of specimens were measured after different cycles of freeze-thaw. The influence of freeze-thaw cycles on the relative dynamic modulus of elasticity and weight loss was analyzed. The findings showed that the dynamic modulus of elasticity and weight decreased as the freeze-thaw cycles were repeated. They revealed that the C30, C40, and C50 air-entrained concrete was still durable after 300 cycles of freeze-thaw according to the experimental results.


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Defining Characteristics of Honors Courses at TCNJ
The Honors Program nurtures a community of academic and intellectual leaders and fosters high-level interdisciplinary conversations across campus through small classes, enhanced coursework, and extracurricular opportunities. As such, honors courses are built on three pillars: they have an interdisciplinary focus, they provide students with opportunities to be leaders in the classroom, and they set high standards for academic rigor. Honors faculty are encouraged to be creative and innovative in achieving these goals. Below we define each goal and offer examples for how to achieve them.
- Interdisciplinary focus. The Honors Program represents an opportunity for students from a variety of disciplines to participate in high-level conversations on topics outside their primary major. This interdisciplinary focus of honors classes is achieved in a variety of ways, including:
- Enrolling students from many different majors
- Team-teaching with faculty from different departments
- Structuring the syllabus to tackle a single topic from different disciplinary perspectives
- Assigning readings from different disciplines
- Creating assignments that encourage students to apply their disciplinary knowledge to a new topic
- Student leadership in the classroom. The Honors Program represents an opportunity for some of TCNJ's strongest students to take an active role in directing the learning that happens in the classroom. Student-directed learning is encouraged in a variety of ways, including:
- Smaller class sizes (enrollment capped at between 75-80% of a non-honors course)
- Emphasis on student presentations, both formal and informal, of the material
- Independent research projects of the students' own design
- Independent group work
- Special projects with real-world outcomes around which the course has been designed (i.e., curating an art exhibit, helping to plan a symposium, conducting an assessment for a non-profit organization, etc.)
- Academic rigor. All courses at TCNJ are intellectually challenging. National standards recommend that honors courses exceed the expected level of rigor on a campus by approximately 20 percent. This higher-level of academic rigor is achieved in a variety of ways, including:
- Enhanced reading assignments, which are longer and include more primary source material
- Enhanced writing assignments, which require high-level integrative thinking
- Greater independence required by students in their academic work
- Higher standards for quantitative assessments
- Higher stakes for classroom assignments (e.g., the expectation the student projects will be presented at the Celebration of Student Achievement or the expectations that student work will solve problems for community members outside TCNJ)
- Courses taught exclusively by full-time faculty
Types of Honors Courses
There are six main types of Honors courses at TCNJ:
- Honors versions or Honors sections of regularly run departmental courses, usually at the foundational level. Examples: ECO 102-H1 Principles of Macroeconomics, HON 201 General Chemistry I Honors, and HON 203 Issues in Philosophy
- Courses cross-listed with departmental courses, usually upper-level specialized courses. Examples: Transnational Feminisms (200-level HON course, 300-level WGS course), Photography in India (300-level HON course, 400-level AAH course). **Students must enroll in the HON section of the cross-listed course. Students who enroll in the non-Honors section will not be allowed to count that course toward the Honors program.
- Courses that are unique to the Honors Program, typically with a heavy interdisciplinary focus, may be team-taught or involve a special project/experience. Examples: Creating and Contesting Sacred Spaces (team taught), Art Amongst War: Visual Culture in Afghanistan, 1979-2014 (students helped design and wrote catalogue and wall text for art exhibit), An Odyssey in Ancient Greece (J-term study tour in Greece and Turkey, team taught), The Natural History of the Galapagos Islands and Ecuador (course includes a Maymester study tour to the Galapagos and Ecuador)
- Honors-by-Contract, which is when a student proposal a project equivalent to approximately 20% of the overall workload of the course to be completed in order to make any 200-level or above course an Honors course. Students may have 2 HBC count towards their 5 Honors course requirements. Projects are student-led, usually research heavy, and often interdisciplinary. Examples of recent HBC projects include: Biology major in a Music course on electronic music composes an original piece using the DNA code as a starting point; Biology major in History course on the Holocaust completes a research project on the Nazis' genetic experiments; Psychology major in a WGS course completes a research project exploring the psychological impact of the advertising images found in Cosmopolitan magazine.
- Study Abroad. A few select J-term and Maymester faculty-led programs are Honors courses, but additionally, if you study abroad for an entire semester, the most difficult course you take abroad can count as an Honors course, fulfilling your global requirement. A few select study abroad programs, such as EuroScholars, contain significant work that two courses may count towards your Honors requirements. You must seek and receive approval for study-abroad Honors courses before departing for the study-abroad experience.
- Faculty-student Collaborative Research Seminar. This special experience is offered in the spring. 16-20 Faculty-student pairs apply and are chosen to take part in a research seminar related to the campus learning theme for the year (this year is College and Change). If you are chosen to take part, the seminar will count as an Honors course.
Each semester, from ten to fifteen honors courses and special seminars are offered. These change from year to year, providing a variety of course selection. Here is a list of recent Honors courses:
Recent Honors Courses
Spring 2016
- Principles of Macroeconomics
- General Chemistry II Honors
- Islam in Comparative Perspective
- Aesthetics
- Philosophy of Technology
- American English
- Literature by Latinas and Latin American Women
- Nomads, Warriors, Poets: The Poetic and Epic Traditions of Central Eurasia
- Asian American Literature
- Photography in India
- Ancient Greek Culture and Civilization
- Post-memory and the Holocaust
- Afghanistan
- Economic and Social Development in China
J-Term 2016
- The History and Literature of Apartheid in South Africa
Fall 2015
- Asian American Literature
- Born in the USA: 19th Century American Lives
- Cities and Sanctuaries of Ancient Greece
- Environmental Ethics
- Existentialism
- General Chemistry I Honors
- History and Culture of the Pamir Mountains
- Issues in Philosophy
- Popular Music & Cultural Politics
- Postcolonial Anglophone Literature
- Principles of Macroeconomics
- The Anthropology of Nutrition: Food, Biology and Culture
- The Witch in Literature
Spring 2015
- Ancient Athens
- General Chemistry II Honors
- Indian Philosophy
- Issues in Philosophy
- Literature by Latinas & Latin American Women
- Medieval Islamic History
- Nomads, Warriors, Poets: Literature
- Principles of Macroeconomics
- World Englishes
- US Studies
Fall 2014
- Biomedical Ethics
- Calculus A Honors
- Creating and Contesting Sacred Spaces
- Feminist Visual Culture
- General Chemistry I Honors
- 1989: Global Struggles for Justice
- Icons of Islamic Architecture
- Issues in Philosophy
- Principles of Macroeconomics
- Romanticism
- Visual Sociology: Visualizing Economic (In)Justice


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College Is More Valuable Than Ever, and That's Driving Income Inequalityby
The cost of college is deepening the divide between the richest and poorest segments of the country. Those who can afford a degree should pursue one, though, because they'll be far better off than those who don't, a new central bank report shows.
College graduates earn consistently more than people who don't go back to the classroom after high school, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said in a report this week.
"The return to a college degree has held steady for more than a decade at around 15 percent, easily surpassing the threshold for a sound investment," wrote New York Fed researchers Jaison R. Abel and Richard Deitz, who weighed the price of college and lost earnings from four years of school against the paycheck a degree yields.
That trend is good for the highly educated. But it is also the most influential driver of inequality, according to some economists.
"The growth of skill differentials among the 'other 99 percent' is arguably even more consequential than the rise of the 1 percent for the welfare of most citizens," wrote David Autor, an MIT economist, in Science magazine this May.
Over the past 40 years, people with college degrees earned 56 percent more than people with high school diplomas, the New York Fed study found. The wage gap between the two groups has grown over time, so even though people are shelling out more than ever to pay for college, they're buying into a bigger upside.
The upshot: the rise of the superrich has nothing on the advantage that degree-holders among the 99 percent have over their peers. The top 1 percent of Americans took in nearly a quarter of all U.S. household income in 2012, up from 10 percent in 1979. The earnings edge for college-educated workers widened dramatically over the same period. Families with two college-educated parents used to earn about $30,000 more than those whose educations stopped at a high school diploma. Now they earn $58,000 more.
The people most likely to get that leg up are those whose parents graduated from college. "When the return to education is high, children of better-educated parents are doubly advantaged—by their parent's higher education and higher earnings—in attaining greater education while young and greater earnings in adulthood," wrote Autor.
Focusing on very top of the income ladder can obscure the inequality that divides the rest of the country's earners. One of the deepest wedges between the haves and the have-nots of the 99 percent is also the cornerstone of upward mobility in America: a college degree.


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No. 15/14 Appalachian State University looks to keep its Southern Conference title hopes alive on Saturday when it travels to face No. 2/1 Georgia Southern.
Saturday's game will be broadcast live on the Appalachian IMG Sports Network. Live coverage begins at noon with Pigskin Prelude. Click HERE for a full list of Appalachian IMG Sports Network affiliates.
Saturday's game will be broadcast live on ESPN3 (Darren Goldwater - play-by-play; Doug Chapman - analyst).
• Saturday's matchup is the third-straight between Appalachian State and Georgia Southern in which one of the two teams has been ranked No. 1 nationally in one of the major NCAA Division I FCS polls (Georgia Southern is the top-ranked team in this week's FCS coaches poll).
• The No. 1-ranked team has lost the previous two Appalachian-GSU matchups. The top-ranked Mountaineers lost, 21-14, in overtime at Georgia Southern in 2010 and the No. 1 Eagles fell at Appalachian last season, 24-17.
• Appalachian State (6-3, 4-2 SoCon) must win Saturday's game in order to remain in contention for a seventh SoCon championship in eight years. If Georgia Southern (7-1, 6-1 SoCon) wins, it clinches its second-straight conference crown.
• Appalachian likely needs one win in its final two games (at Georgia Southern, Nov. 10 vs. Furman) to earn its eighth-straight NCAA Division I Football Championship berth. Seven Division I wins is generally considered the benchmark for inclusion in the 20-team playoff field for teams from upper-echelon FCS conferences.
• Five of the last six Appalachian State-Georgia Southern duels have been decided by seven points or less, including two overtime tilts. Not including a 52-16 Mountaineer victory in 2009, the other five Appalachian-GSU games since 2006 have been decided by a total of just 25 points.
• The visiting team won three-straight games between the Mountaineers and Eagles from 2006-08 but the home team has prevailed in each of the last three matchups.
• Appalachian is 3-5 all-time versus the nation's No. 1-ranked team. Both of its last two victories over No. 1 teams have come against Georgia Southern (1999 and 2011).
• The Mountaineers have never defeated a No. 1 team on the road (0-3).
• Saturday's matchup pits the SoCon's top offense (Appalachian State - 465.9 ypg) against the conference's top defense (Georgia Southern - 279.9 ypg).
• While Appalachian boasts one of the nation's top all-around offenses, ranking among the top 25 nationally in all five major offensive categories, Georgia Southern is one of the nation's top rushing teams. The Eagles' triple-option attack ranks second nationally (behind only SoCon foe Wofford) with 387.1 rushing yards a game but is last among 121 FCS teams with only 53.4 passing yards per contest.
For all of the information on Saturday's matchup, including links to live video, audio and stats, both teams' rosters, depth charts, game notes and much more, click HERE to visit GoASU.com's official Gameday Central page.