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Central Tientsin Tianjin (the municipality's urban core) lies about 60 75 miles (96 kilometres120 km) southeast of central Peking Beijing and about 35 miles inland from the Po Bo Hai (Po Gulf of Chihli), a shallow inlet of the Yellow Sea. Tientsin MunicipalityTianjin municipality, like Peking Beijing and Shanghai, is under direct control of the State Council and covers an area of about 4,365 square miles (11,305 square kilometres).Tientsin .
Tianjin (meaning literally Heavenly Ford"Heavenly Ford") has been an important transport and trading centre since the Yüan Yuan (Mongol) dynasty (1206–1368). It was famous as a cosmopolitan centre long before the arrival of the European trading community in the 19th century. Its maritime orientation and its role as the commercial gateway to Peking Beijing fostered the growth of an ethnically diverse and commercially innovative population. The city is noted for its woven handicraft products, terra-cotta figurines, hand-painted woodblock prints, and extensive seafood cuisine. Area Tianjin municipality, 4,540 square miles (11,760 square km). Pop. (2002 est.) city, 4,993,106; (2005 est.) Tianjin municipality, 10,240,000.
Central Tientsin Tianjin is located where the Tzu-ya and Hsin-k'ai Ziya and Yongding rivers and the north and south sections of the Grand Canal (Pei Yün-ho and Nan Yün-hoBei [North] Yunhe and Nan [South] Yunhe, respectively) meet before merging into the Hai Ho (Hai River), which then flows eastward to the Po Bo Hai. The city stands at an elevation less than 15 feet (five 5 metres) above sea level on a flat alluvial plain. Some low-lying areas east of the city are only about six 6 feet above sea level, and the majority of the built-up area is below 12 feet.
The municipality borders on the Po Bo Hai to the east, Peking Municipality Beijing municipality to the northwest, and Hopeh Province Hebei province to the north, west, and south. Between 1955 1958 and 1967 Tientsin Tianjin was a subprovince-level city, which served as the capital of Hopeh ProvinceHebei province. Its jurisdiction extended over the built-up urban core and eastward along the Hai Ho River to include the port at T'ang-kuTanggu. At that time, Tientsin Tianjin city was administratively separate from the Tientsin Tianjin Special District, which had its seat at Yang-liu-ch'ingYangliuqing, southwest of central TientsinTianjin.
In 1967 Tientsin Municipality Tianjin municipality was made a first-order, province-level administrative unit, and the area under its immediate control was expanded to include counties (hsienxian) formerly under the special district. The city simultaneously became the special district seat but lost its position as provincial capital. In the early 1980s Tientsin Municipality middle 2000s Tianjin municipality was composed of 13 15 urban and suburban districts (ch'uqu) and five 3 rural counties. The municipality was under direct jurisdiction of the central government in PekingBeijing.
Despite Tientsin's Tianjin's proximity to the sea, it has a distinctly continental climate with sharp daily and seasonal temperature fluctuations. It is subject to the full effects of the cool, dry Siberian high-pressure system during the winter (October to April), while in the summer (May to September) , the high pressure system over the North Pacific Ocean brings hot and rainy weather. Winter precipitation is minimal, and the air is dry, with relative humidity averaging 50 percent. In summer, moist , rain-bearing southerly winds prevail, and the average relative humidity exceeds 70 percent. The average annual temperature is 56° F (13° C56 °F (13 °C), with a January average of 39° F (4° C25 °F (−4 °C) and a July average of 84° F (29° C81 °F (27 °C). Severe winter storms are common, but typhoons seldom occur.
The Hai Ho River was long subject to frequent flooding. As the main outlet for the rivers of the North China Plain, it frequently became heavily silted during the spring and summer months; during the winter season its water level was often too low for navigation. Extensive water conservation began in 1897. The river was straightened to facilitate tidal action and to shorten the distance to the sea. Locks were constructed to regulate the flow of water from the river into its many canals, the river and the sand bars at its mouth were dredged, and silt-laden water was diverted into settling basins.
Since 1949 multipurpose flood-control, irrigation, and navigation improvements have been made. Construction of the Kuang-ting Guanting Reservoir on the Yung-ting Ho near Peking Yongding River near Beijing has helped alleviate flood damage within metropolitan TientsinTianjin. New diversion channels have also been built to control the floodwaters of the Ta-ch'ing and Tzu-ya Daqing and Ziya rivers to the southwest.
The marshy lakes and floodplains around Tientsin Tianjin abound with numerous varieties of reeds, bulrushes, and shrubs, such as tamarisk. Closer to the seashore, Russian thistle, glasswort, and artemisia can be found. Freshwater fish (including silver and golden carp) are raised in ponds and marshy depressions.
The urban core of Tientsin Tianjin extends for about seven miles from east to west and about nine miles from north to south. Ho-p'ingHeping, the central district, is located on the west bank of the Hai HoRiver, just below the large bend of the Hai Ho. It is the main commercial and financial centre, and its two main streets of Ho-p'ing Heping Lu (Ho-p'ing Heping Road) and Chieh-fang Jiefang Lu have several large department stores, restaurants, and hotels.
The old "Chinese" city is situated immediately to the northwest of Ho-p'ing Heping Lu. It is bounded by the four wide boulevards of TungDong, HsiXi, PeiBei, and Nan Ma-lu Malu that follow the course of the old rectangular wall. The street pattern in the old city is winding and irregular, in contrast to the more regular gridded pattern in the foreign-developed zones to the south and west. The old city is subdivided into four smaller sections, each of which in traditional times had special marketing and commercial functions.
North and west of the old city and continuing across the Nan Yün-ho Yunhe is the mixed residential and industrial Hung-ch'iao DistrictHongqiao district. It extends to the confluence of the Tzu-ya Ho, Pei Yün-ho, and Hai HoZiya River, Bei Yunhe, and Nan Yunhe. The northern outskirts contain workers' housing developments, and the area is best known for its domestic handicrafts.
The southern and western neighbourhoods of Hsin-hua and Ho-hsi and the Nan-k'ai District Hexi and the Nankai district were built on what (until it was drained) was marshy, low-lying land. Hsin-hua, at the bend of the Hai Ho well south of the central district, is the main trading, shipping, and administrative area. It has extensive shipping facilities and is the site of the customs office, the central post office, the harbour bureau, and the central police headquarters. Residential sections have been built in the southern part of this neighbourhood. Ho-hsi neighbourhood and Nan-k'ai District in the west and southwest are Nankai district in the west and southwest is given primarily to residential and recreational use, and Nan-k'ai . Nankai is also a major university and research centre. Hexi neighbourhood to the south is now one of the major industrial districts, with more than 120 large and medium-sized enterprises located there.
The eastern districts of Ho-pei and Ho-tungHebei and Hedong, east of the Hai HoRiver, centre on industry and transport. Ho-pei Hebei has a few technical and vocational educational institutions in addition to its residential quarters, while Ho-tung Hedong is mainly industrial.
The provision of housing for Tientsin's work force Tianjin's workforce has been a major concern of the municipal authorities. The emphasis since 1949 has been on suburban development, although residential areas in the urban core have also been rehabilitated. Major new residential and commercial construction was undertaken in the early 1980s in central Tientsin Tianjin as a result of damage incurred in the T'angshan Tangshan earthquake of 1976. Before World War II many of the suburban residential areas were built on marshy, poorly drained land subject to flooding, and sanitary conditions were especially bad. Most of the modern complexes have been constructed near industrial zones on the outskirts of the city.
Many of the large commercial and administrative buildings in the central city were built by foreign concessionaires. They are typical of European and Japanese colonial architecture of the 1920s and 1930s, with buildings of contrasting architectural styles juxtaposed helter-skelter, without any plan. Some of the public buildings dating from the 1950s were built in imitation of the Soviet monolithic style, and housing complexes are usually standard multistory rectangular blocks. More recent commercial and residential construction follows modern design, with individual balconies and multicoloured facades.
The majority of the population lives in the central city, where densities are probably in the range of 15,000 to 75,000 persons per square mile (6,000 to 29,000 persons per square kilometrekm).
Before 1949 most people were engaged in commercial or service occupations. Since then the occupational structure of the city has changed, and about half the population is employed by industry and only about one-fifth in commerce. The remainder are employed primarily in public services.
Ethnic minorities compose constitute a small proportion of the population; the largest groups are Tungans (Hui), Koreans, ManchusManchu, and UighursMongolians. Most of them live in the central city in areas that have special historical associations. The largest single community of Tungans is in the northern suburb of T'ien-mu-ts'unTianmucun.
Since 1949 heavy industry has been developed and the existing industrial base consolidated for greater productivity. Major activities are the production of heavy machinery, chemicals, and iron and steel and shipbuilding and repair. The Tientsin Heavy Machineheavy-machine-building plant in the city is one of China's largest manufacturers of mining equipment. Other products include machinery for textile mills and agriculture, machine tools, electrical equipment, bicycles, tractors, elevators, precision instruments, trucks, and watches.
The chemical complex complexes at Ta-ku, T'ang-ku, and also at Han-ku Dagu, Tanggu, and Hangu (north of T'ang-ku Tanggu on the rail line to T'ang-shanTangshan) produces produce agricultural fertilizers and pesticides, pharmaceuticals, chemicals and petrochemical products, plastics, artificial fibres, dyestuffs, and paints. The Yung-li Yongli (now Tianjin) alkali products plant at T'ang-ku Tanggu accounts for much of China's total output of purified soda, some of which is exported to Japan.
Textiles are the chief light industry. Other such products include processed foods, hides, rubber goods, and paper. Tientsin's industry is largely under the jurisdiction of the municipality and is subject to local price setting, planning, and raw-material allocationSince the 1980s dozens of the world's top companies have invested in Tianjin, following the city's adoption of economic reform policies.
Financial services include branches of the Bank of China, the Agricultural Bank of China, and The People's Insurance Company of China, and other banks. Retail and wholesale trade is managed by commerce bureaus that are responsible to municipal and provincial authorities. Pricing and personnel matters are managed locally, while the distribution of commodities, long-range planning, and high-level financial management are handled by provincial-level bureaus responsible to PekingBeijing. A municipality-run General Trade Corporation formed in the early 1980s helps coordinate and improve the efficiency of domestic and foreign trade by assuming functions previously performed by central government agencies.
Tientsin Tianjin is North China's leading transport centre. The Ching-p'u Jing-Hu (former Jin-Pu) railway runs south from Tientsin Beijing to Shanghai via Chi-nan, Shantung ProvinceJinan, Shandong province, and SüchowXuzhou, Kiangsu ProvinceJiangsu province. The ChingJing-shan Shan railway runs north from Peking Beijing through Tientsin and Shan-hai-kuan Tianjin and Shanhaiguan on the Hopeh–Liaoning Hebei-Liaoning border to Shenyang, Liaoning Provinceprovince. The lines are served in Tientsin Tianjin by three railway stations, classification yards, and extensive maintenance and repair facilities.
Heavily traversed inland waterways radiate to the south and southwest along the Grand Canal and Tzu-ya and Ta-ch'ing Ziya and Daqing rivers; they connect the city with Pao-ting, Ts'ang-chouBaoding, Cangzhou, and Heng-shui Hengshui in southern Hopeh ProvinceHebei province. The ChingJing-T'ang Kung-lu highway from Peking through Tientsin to T'ang-ku Jin-Tang expressway from Beijing through Tianjin to Tanggu is the main all-weather freight road to the sea. Other main roads extend southward along the ChingJing-p'u Hu railway into Shantung ProvinceShandong province, westward to Shansi ProvinceShanxi province, and northward to Ch'in-huang-taoQinhuangdao, northeastern HopehHebei, and the Northeast (formerly Manchuria).
Intraurban and suburban transport is extensive. Several dozen intraurban trolley, electric - trolleybus, and motor bus routes connect the city's light railway and subway stations and serve the near suburban districts. The first 7.5 miles (12 kilometreskm) of Central Tientsin's Tianjin's subway line was in operation by mid-1983 and had been extended to 16 miles (26 km) by 2006; three more lines are under construction. In addition, about two dozen long-distance motor bus routes connect the urban core with more distant rural areas.
Tientsin Tianjin is the main collection point and transshipment centre in North China for goods manufactured for export and is the chief port of entry for heavy machinery and other capital-intensive imports. Much of China's total foreign trade by value is handled through Tientsin's Tianjin's outport and fishing port of T'ang-kuTanggu.
The Tientsin Tianjin People's Congress is the city's chief administrative body. It's Its predecessor, the Municipal Revolutionary Committee, was established in 1967 during the political disruption of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966–69). Prior to 1967, responsibility for the management of the city's affairs was shared by a number of bureaus under both party and governmental control.
The Tientsin Tianjin Municipal Planning Commission plays a key role in managing industry and commerce. It controls the supply and distribution of industrial raw materials, sets production levels, allocates funds for capital investments, determines manpower needs, supervises product research and development, and coordinates transportation, public works, and environmental policy.
Major public works projects since 1949 have helped alleviate chronic flood damage and have improved the city's water supply and sewage disposal systems. Marshy, low-lying lands have been were drained and converted to agricultural and recreational use, new roads have been were constructed, and streetlights have been were installed.
The supply of fresh water has always been a problem because of the city's location near the sea at low elevation. Severe water shortages developed in the early 1980s because of industrialization, population growth, and drought that cut off the water supply from Miyun Reservoir northeast of PekingBeijing. These shortages were temporarily alleviated by diverting water from the Huang HoHe (Yellow River), to the south, but construction was also undertaken to divert water from the Luan HoRiver, to the northeast. The project began in late 1981, and its initial stage was completed in late 1983. Swampy lowlands to the southwest have been drained; one of the most extensive was converted into the large recreational area of the Shui-shang Kung-yüan Shuishang Gongyuan (Park on the Water).
Electricity is generated by thermal power plants (fuelled fueled with coal), and the city is connected by a power grid with Peking Beijing and T'ang-shan, HopehTangshan, Hebei province.
Tientsin Tianjin has many Western-style and Chinese hospitals, with separate facilities for children, workers, and members of ethnic minorities. After During the Cultural Revolution,Tientsin Tianjin also developed one of China's earliest and most effective urban planned birth programs. In 1973 1971 an Office of Planned Births was established by the municipality and was granted status and authority equal to the Department of Public Health.
Before the Cultural Revolution about one-sixth of Tientsin's Tianjin's population was enrolled in educational institutions. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, enrollments fell. By the late 1970s, to support China's modernization program, considerable investments had been made to improve and expand scientific and technical institutions, especially those supportive of petrochemical, iron and steel, and marine services and engineering industries. The general universities of Nan-k'ai Nankai and Tientsin Tianjin are located in Nan-k'ai DistrictNankai district, on the southwestern periphery of the city. Other higher educational institutions include the Polytechnic InstituteUniversity, the Central University of Technology, the Academy of Fine Arts, the Conservatory of art and musicMusic, a medical schooluniversity, and a teacher training schoola normal university, and other colleges and universities. Work-study schools attached to factories supplement formal educational programs.
The city has several museums and a major library. The Fine Arts Museum is noted for its collection of YüanYuan, Ming, and Ch'ing Qing dynasty paintings, while the City Museum of History and the Tientsin Tianjin Science Hall have more contemporary displays. The Tientsin Tianjin Library is the municipality's largest library.
Special exhibits are held at the Industrial Exhibition Hall and the National Minorities' Cultural Palace, and the People's Festival Hall is used for operas, plays, and concerts. The largest movie house is the Peace Cinema. There is also an astronomical observatory.
There are several dozen parks and recreation centres. Victory Park and the Children's Park are in the centre of the city, and the Hsi-ku, Nan-k'aiXigu, Nankai, People's, Chien-shan, Shui-shangChanghong, Shuishang, and Pei-ning Beining parks are in the urbanized area. Recreational clubs have also been built for industrial workers, and there are four stadiumsseveral stadiums—including the Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, built to host preliminary football (soccer) matches during the 2008 Olympic Games.
The marshy, poorly drained area surrounding contemporary Tientsin Tianjin was sparsely populated until the Sung Song dynasty (960–1126), when the settlement of San Ch'a K'ou Sanchakou was built on the west bank of the Hai HoRiver. The original settlement was later joined by the larger town of Chih-kuZhigu, built on high ground at the confluence of the Tzu-ya Ziya and Hai rivers. Chih-ku Zhigu grew rapidly as a port and commercial centre, and it became the chief storage, transfer, and distribution point for grain and other foodstuffs from central and southern China.
In recognition of the importance of Chih-ku Zhigu (then called Hai-chinHaijin) as a shipping centre, the Yüan Yuan (Mongol) government (1206–1368) established offices for the regulation of navigation and customs and expanded the town's warehouse and harbour facilities. The city also became a major salt producer when salterns were constructed along the Hai HoRiver.
The development of modern Tientsin Tianjin began during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), when the national capital was shifted from Nanking Nanjing to PekingBeijing. In 1368 1404 the settlement became a garrison town and was named T'ien-chin-wei (Defense Tianjinwei ("Defense of the Heavenly FordFord"). A large military base was built and a rectangular wall constructed in 1425at that time. The town prospered as it became the main gateway to PekingBeijing, and its population was swelled by immigrants from ShantungShandong, KiangsuJiangsu, and Fukien Fujian provinces.
By the beginning of the Ch'ing Qing (Manchu) dynasty (1644–1911/12), Tientsin Tianjin had become the leading economic centre of North China because of its location at the northern terminus of the Grand Canal (Ta Yün-hoDa Yunhe). As better inland waterway connections were established, there was a steady increase in the city's volume of trade. Members of the first Dutch diplomatic mission to China in the mid-17th century commented favourably on the well-constructed 25-foot- (7.6-metre-) high wall surrounding the city and noted the many temples and the large commercial and marketing area.
Economic prosperity declined temporarily during the mid-19th century when the European nations trading with China unremittingly pressed their demands for commercial and diplomatic privileges. The treaties of Tianjin (Tientsin), during the second Opium War (1856–60) against China, were signed by the British, French, and Chinese in 1858. They authorized, among other provisions, the establishment of British and French concessions in TientsinTianjin. Between 1895 and 1902, concessions were given to Japan, Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary, Italy, and Belgium. Hostilities were resumed in Tientsin Tianjin in 1860, and the city was shelled by the British and French; the Convention of Peking Beijing then declared Tientsin Tianjin an open trading port. Ten years later, a violent expression of Chinese antiforeign feeling erupted in the city when the French Catholic orphanage and cathedral were attacked. In 1900, renewed antiforeign demonstrations led to the shelling and occupation of the city by Allied (Western) forces and the destruction of the old city wall.
By the end of the 19th century, Tientsin Tianjin had grown to more than 200,000 people, with about half the population residing within the old "Chinese" city. Living conditions for the Chinese were in sharp contrast to those in the spacious, well-tended European quarters that were distributed to the southeast and along the riverbanks.
Tientsin Tianjin became an important ocean shipping centre by 1900. The Huang Ho He shifted its course, and the Grand Canal became silted up in the early 1850s, thereby restricting inland waterway traffic through the city, and shipping operations were shifted eastward along the banks of the Hai HoRiver. Facilities were also built at Ta-ku and T'ang-ku Dagu and Tanggu at the mouth of the Hai Ho.
Under the Republic of China (1911–49), Tientsin Tianjin became a special municipality (shihshi) under the direct administration of the National Nationalist government. In 1935 the Japanese attempted to extend their control over North China by establishing an autonomous area in eastern Hopeh ProvinceHebei province, which was to be administered by Japanese military authorities in TientsinTianjin. A year later , they presented demands to the Chinese authorities that were designed to weaken Chinese control over the area. With the onset of the Sino-Japanese War (1937–45), the Japanese occupied TientsinTianjin, and in 1939 they blockaded the British and French concessions in response to anti-Japanese demonstrations.
During the Communist Revolution civil war period in China (1945–49), Tientsin Tianjin remained under Nationalist control until mid-January 1949, when the city was captured by the Communistscommunists. Since then, Tientsin's Tianjin's growth as a trading and manufacturing centre has been responsive to internal development needs. Despite its proximity to PekingBeijing, the city retains a distinctive character, attributable to its functional and utilitarian origins. Tianjin was one of several cities outside Beijing selected to host events for the 2008 Olympic Games.
Kenneth G. Lieberthal, Revolution and Tradition in Tientsin, 1949–52 (1980), examines interrelations among economic development, administrative organization, and mass mobilization strategies during the early years of Communist communist control. Katherine Ch'u Lyle, "Report from China, Planned Birth in Tianjin," China Quarterly, 85:551–67 551–567 (1980), documents family planning programs in the late 1970s.


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Top Ten Superhero Movies
Worth Watching, April 2014
By Steven D. Greydanus
Captain America: The Winter Soldier, in theaters April 4, is the latest installment in the current glut of superhero movies that shows no signs of slowing down. A lifelong comic-book geek myself, I don't mind acknowledging some genre fatigue—but when it's well done, I'm over the moon.
Why do we love costumed crusaders? Larger-than-life heroes fill a cultural niche occupied in the 1950s by gunslingers, in earlier centuries by Robin Hood and King Arthur, and in antiquity by the likes of Hercules, Perseus, and Odysseus.
Tolkien contended that mythic images enchant reality, or rather, reveal its magic: "By the forging of Gram cold iron was revealed; by the making of Pegasus horses were ennobled; in the Trees of the Sun and the Moon, root and stock, flower and fruit are manifested in glory." At their best, likewise, Superman and Wonder Woman reveal manhood and womanhood, elevated above mortal frailty.
Think of the traditional qualities of the resurrected body: impassibility, subtlety, agility, clarity. Aren't these dimly reflected in various types of superpowers? Invulnerable, immortal heroes like Superman or Thor have a kind of "impassibility"; "ghost-type" heroes who walk through walls, like Vision and Shadowcat, suggest "subtlety"; radiant superhumans like Starfire or the Silver Surfer mirror "clarity"; heroes like Nightcrawler (who can teleport), Elastigirl, and Spider-Man in varying ways evoke "agility."
Yet superheroes are not glorified saints. When our heroes do right, they speak to our ideals; when they fail, they remind us that even the best of us have feet of clay.
The Avengers (2012)
The triumphant culmination of Marvel's carefully developed big-screen universe, Joss Whedon's monster hit is a rollicking blend of well-crafted spectacle, sharply sketched characterizations, sparkling banter, and even some moral resonance. It may not be the best superhero movie ever, but it's unquestionably the most superhero movie ever. Older kids and up.
Batman Begins (2005)
Possibly the most satisfying big-screen superhero origin story ever, Christopher Nolan's complex tale of a haunted young Bruce Wayne overcoming self-destructive demons to combat lawlessness hits everything that makes this hero who he is, from his reverence for life to his aversion to guns. Teens and up.
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Many fans consider the 1990s Batman: The Animated Series the best Batman ever, and this stylishly animated feature spin-off, which flashes back to Bruce Wayne's early crime-fighting career, captures the tone of the comics better than any live-action movie. Older kids and up.
The Dark Knight (2008)
The sprawling, nightmarish sequel to Batman Begins pushes the newly minted hero to his limits and beyond against the incalculable evil of Heath Ledger's chilling Joker. Though verging on nihilism, the film keeps a tenuous grip on hope. Teens and up.
The Incredibles (2004)
Among the best family films as well as superhero films, Pixar's tale of an underground family of supers in an age of mediocrity is a bold, funny, fast, and furious action movie that makes room for remarkably sophisticated social commentary, domestic wisdom, and moral rigor. Fine family viewing.
Iron Man (2008)
Belying the hero's bulky armor, Iron Man's inaugural film is light on its feet—a fast, funny, efficient popcorn blockbuster that's part screwball comedy, part conversion story. Robert Downey Jr. is a revelation as the brainy, egocentric hero with feet of clay, swapping barbed lines with the priceless Gwyneth Paltrow as his down-to-earth assistant, Pepper. Teens and up.
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Don't overlook this one! Zorro is the granddaddy of all superheroes, and this Golden-Age origin story, starring Tyrone Powers, is the best Zorro movie of all—witty, romantic, funny, and thrilling. Fine family viewing.
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Leave the grit and angst to the Dark Knight: Spider-Man is a wisecracking, freewheeling adventurer, and this superior sequel is the most rollicking, flat-out comic-bookiest superhero movie ever. Alfred Molina invests Dr. Octopus with unexpected humanity, and the set pieces, above all the train sequence, are genre standouts. Teens and up.
Superman (1978)
The first great comic-book movie, Superman blends portentous 2001-style mythmaking and Adam West "Batman"-style camp, embracing the iconic hero's implicit Christological echoes while nostalgically honoring the ideals of a more innocent time. John Williams' heroic score embodies the soul of the character. Teens and up.
X-Men (2000)
Marking a new beginning for superhero movies, Bryan Singer's franchise-launching film, with Hugh Jackman originating Wolverine, gets less props today than X2 and X-Men: First Class, but it's a solid ensemble piece that takes seriously the social and personal implications of superpowers in a way never before seen on the big screen. Teens and up.
Runners-Up: Captain America: The First Avenger (2011); Hulk (2003); The Mask of Zorro (1998). Superman II (1981); X2: X-Men United (2003). See also The Spectacular Spider-Man animated series and Disney's 1950s Zorro series; both are family-friendly, and Zorro has a gratifying pro-Catholic vibe.


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7th December 2013 12:08 AM #1
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It is safe to take birth control pills one month after giving birth?
17th December 2013 07:48 AM #2
Dear whiterose,
This depends on if you are breastfeeding or not. Breastfeeding is recommended as the best way to feed your baby and the World Health Organisation recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life (i.e. only giving your baby breastmilk and no other liquids or solids, you don't need to give your baby water they get everything they need from your breastmilk) and then introducing solid food from six months of age alongside continuing to breastfeed to two years of age and beyond.
If you are breastfeeding then only the mini-pill is safe to start taking after giving birth. You could use another type of contraception. Here is a link to a previous thread about contraception options.
Do you have a family planning clinic near you? This service should be able to give you support and advice with this.
Please post back if you would like to discuss this further or, indeed, have any further questions.
Warm wishes,
19th March 2014 07:36 PM #3
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It is very safe, I am a mother my self and started using birth control pills after three weeks but visit a family planning clinic for advice on the best pills to use if you will be breastfeeding exclusively .


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Kickstarter and Indiegogo, two of the most popular donation-based crowdfunding sites in the country, give creative people the opportunity to fund their projects via online donations or pre-purchasing of products or experiences. Each month, The Report on Small Business will provide a snapshot of the top 10 Canadian entrepreneurial crowdfunding campaigns of the moment. The figures are accurate as of April 1, 2014.
1. ForeverSpin tops are made in Canada out of one piece of high-grade stainless steel for precision and quality. Every spinning top is manually checked with the latest technology to ensure that only perfectly balanced spinning tops will get a serial number, and be allowed to carry the ForeverSpin seal. The Toronto-based team raised $130,447 of its $1,500 goal on Kickstarter.
2. Drake II: Horizons is a 28mm fantasy tabletop war game that blends incredible Dragons, horrifying beasts and powerful chant magic. You choose a great Dragon leader and his lieutenants and servants. The Vancouver-based company behind the game, Action Games Miniatures, has raised $125,585 of its $15,000 goal on Kickstarter.
3. The Helmsman is a timepiece made of marine bronze or steel. Bronze ages based on your experiences, creating your personalised story. Zelos Watches, the Singapore-based company creating the watches, has raised $81,934 of its $30,000 goal on Kickstarter.
4. HJ-Story Book Vol.1 & 2 all started as little doodles for Andrew Hou's girlfriend (now wife). Over time it became a large collection of artwork drawn over the last 3 years, illustrating their thoughts and stories. Now with more than 200 pieces and still growing everyday, they have decided that it's time to turn them into a book and spread the love around the world. The South Korean couple raised to-based team raised $67,495 of their $15,000 goal on Kickstarter.
5. Dysfunctional Systems is a series that revolves around the adventures of Winter Harrison, a student mediator from a utopian world. "Mediators" in Winter's world are those who travel between chaotic worlds, attempting to resolve the issues plaguing them. It has been released for Windows, Mac, Linux and iOS. Currently, there is one episode but the team from St. John's wants to create two more. So far they've raised $67,450 of their $49,000 goal on Kickstarter.
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'"We all just need to step it up a bit, maybe make one less little mistake a night," he said. "If we can do that we'll get our season turned back around and get in the right direction. We're not miserably behind as far as points. We need to turn this thing around, the sooner the better, and if we can put together a little stretch in the other direction we can get right back in the hunt."'
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Anyone know if Pedro Bessa Jiujitsu is still running in Cardiff?
Days, times, cost, location etc?
Anyone know if Pedro Bessa Jiujitsu is still running in Cardiff?
Days, times, cost, location etc?
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It's on Monday night still but not too sure where or what time unfortunately. I won't be in training this week but I'll see if I can find out when I'm in next.
Just had an email off Pedro, he's moved to the Fight Academy Wales- Unit 9 Cambrian Industrial Estate West Side, Coed Cae, Lane, Talbot Green, Mid Glamorgan, South Wales
This looks like areally good gym now.
Darren Wilson (Boxing coach / Coached Steve Robinson)
Gary Lockett (Boxing coach (29 wins (20 ko) - 1 loss))
Lee Power (Eagles Muay Thai) (Wednesday and Friday evening) (http://www.walesmuaythai.co.uk/)
Pedro Bessa (Brazilian Jiujitsu)
The gym is fully matted, 9 bags and a full size ring. Also offers nutrition and personal training.
Can't fu(king wait!!!!
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7 till 9 buy the way and 6 quid.
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Skrillex announces Takeovers 2014 tour
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Skrillex is taking over the world! Well, four cities around the world to be exact. The producer/DJ has announced his "Takeovers 2014" tour, with a string of shows in each of the cities he's making stops in.
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Did you check the md5sum?
Also hardware specs will help us to help you.
I'm trying to make a Live USB of BT4, but I keep running into an error I don't know how to get around.
I used Unetbootin to write the BT4-final ISO image to a 8GB thumbstick, It seems to complete fine.
However, when I try to boot from the USB drive it comes up with the following:
Could not find kernel image : Linux
boot : _
I tried typing "startx" or running other files from this prompt but I get the same response each time although "linux" is exchanged with whatever I type at the prompt.
I tried downloading the BT4 ISO again, and made several attempts to make a new thumb all without prevail.
I don't suppose I'm doing something wrong but can't find any clues as to what I'm missing here, hopefully someone can send me in the right direction?
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Did you check the md5sum?
Also hardware specs will help us to help you.
Hi Amael,
thanks for the reply.
yeah MD5 is verified.
trying to run on a laptop:
AMILO Pa 1510
AMD Turion 64x2 TL-50 1,6GHz
ATI Radeon Xpress 1100
nothing too exotic I presume...
I read that this error might have something to do with the syslinux.cfg file, all paths seem to be correct tho.
here is the print of the thumbstick I've made as well:
H:\>dir /p
Volume in drive H has no label.
Volume Serial Number is EC0F-88A2
Directory of H:\
14-12-2009 00:41 4.690.640 ubnkern
01-01-2010 00:15 8.555.925 ubninit
29-01-2010 19:20 <DIR> boot
29-01-2010 19:20 <DIR> casper
29-01-2010 19:20 25 ubnpathl.txt
10-01-2010 18:48 782 md5sum.txt
29-01-2010 19:24 292 ubnfilel.txt
30-01-2010 12:54 1.633 syslinux.cfg
29-01-2010 19:24 145.680 vesamenu.c32
10-01-2010 18:48 2.048 boot.catalog
8 File(s) 13.397.025 bytes
2 Dir(s) 6.417.813.504 bytes free
hope you can help me out
I was also wondering if the syslinux.cfg file is what it's supposed to be, do you know what it should state?
this is it now:
default vesamenu.c32
prompt 0
menu title UNetbootin
timeout 100
label unetbootindefault
menu label Default
kernel /ubnkern
append initrd=/ubninit BOOT=casper boot=casper nopersistent rw quiet vga=0x317
label ubnentry0
menu label Start BackTrack FrameBuffer (1024x768)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz
append initrd=/boot/initrd.gz BOOT=casper boot=casper nopersistent rw quiet vga=0x317
label ubnentry1
menu label Start BackTrack FrameBuffer (800x600)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz
append initrd=/boot/initrd800.gz BOOT=casper boot=casper nopersistent rw quiet vga=0x314
label ubnentry2
menu label Start BackTrack Forensics (no swap)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz
append initrd=/boot/initrdfr.gz BOOT=casper boot=casper nopersistent rw vga=0x317
label ubnentry3
menu label Start BackTrack in Safe Graphical Mode
kernel /boot/vmlinuz
append initrd=/boot/initrd.gz BOOT=casper boot=casper xforcevesa rw quiet
label ubnentry4
menu label Start Persistent Live CD
kernel /boot/vmlinuz
append initrd=/boot/initrd.gz BOOT=casper boot=casper persistent rw quiet
label ubnentry5
menu label Start BackTrack in Text Mode
kernel /boot/vmlinuz
append initrd=/boot/initrd.gz BOOT=casper boot=casper nopersistent textonly rw quiet
label ubnentry6
menu label Start BackTrack Graphical Mode from RAM
kernel /boot/vmlinuz
append initrd=/boot/initrd.gz BOOT=casper boot=casper toram nopersistent rw quiet
label ubnentry7
menu label Memory Test
kernel /ubnkern
append initrd=/ubninit
label ubnentry8
menu label Boot the First Hard Disk
kernel /ubnkern
append initrd=/ubninit
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Try this video link. Follow the example exactly and it will work. You will have to boot to Live CD but it will work as a persistent Boot due to the changes made in the video. Good luck.
when using unetbootin did you set the drop down menu to bt3
This is how l did it on my 8gb usb drive: [l did it all on Ubuntu Super OS]
1/ Put usb in drive [download the BT4-FINAL-ISO FIRST OF COURSE]
2/ Open Terminal window and enter:
mkfs.vfat /dev/sdb1 [or whatever your usb is - mine is sdb1]
3/ Next Enter:
mkfs.ext3 -b 4096 -L casper-rw /dev/sdb2
After it completes:
4/ Then you just use Unetbootin with the BT4-FINAL-ISO
5/ Open the menu.lst in boot/grub:
cd /mnt/sda1/boot/grub
vi menu.lst
Change default at top to 4 instead of 0
And the kernel line below should be changed to vga=0x317
Save and reboot.
it should start from the persistent live-cd or you can go to that line yourself.
Good Luck.
i face the same problem.
the final bt4 md5 is right
but boot error.
my comp is lenovo r61i
any one can help please


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Elie Nadelman
Ideal Head
Elie Nadelman
American (b.Poland), 1882-1946
Ideal Head, ca. 1910-1911
Height: 45.7 cm (18 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 20.310
Ideal Head is an interpretation of classical form that reflects Nadelmen's admiration for ancient sculpture. Its faint smile, downcast eyes, angled neck and smooth, generalized features relate it to a Greek head he had studied at the Louvre. The artist has enhanced the archaic appearance of his subject's coiffure by representing it as an incised, schematic braid.
Nadelman counted among his early patrons the French critic Thadee Natanson, collectors Leo and Gertrude Stein, and most significantly, the cosmetics entrepreneur Helena Rubenstein. When he exhibited his work in New York at the 1913 Armory Show and at Alfred Stieglitz's Photo-Seccession Gallery, he also attracted the attention of RISD president, Eliza Radeke, who purchased this sculpture and became one of Nadelman's first supporters in America.


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SMWC welcomes renowned artists
January 18th, 2012 |
January 26, 2012. This performance has been cancelled.
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Department of Music and Theatre presents acclaimed baritone Raymond Feener, D.M.A., and collaborative pianist Natalia Rivera, D.M.A., in a guest artist lecture and recital "The Evolution of Everyman" on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. in Cecilian Auditorium on campus.
The program will feature a multimedia lecture and recital based on the evolution of the 15th century morality play, "The Summoning of Everyman." The play examines the question of Christian salvation and what mankind must do to attain it. Using the music of Frank Martin and text suggested by Hugo von Hoffmansthal, a staged adaptation of Martin's "Six Monologue aus Jedermann" will be presented. Attendees have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the music by its sheer beauty and by putting each piece into its social and historical context. The performance is free and open to the public.
About the Artists
Raymond Feener, D.M.A., Baritone
A native of Bremen, Ohio, Raymond Feener, Ph.D., is known for his beautiful lyrical voice and outstanding acting ability. He has performed throughout Austria, Holland, Italy and the United States.
From 2001 to 2005, he served as assistant professor of voice at Ohio University. Since 2005, he has served on the voice faculty at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music. He earned his bachelor of music in choral education, master of music in vocal performance from Ohio University and a doctorate of musical arts from Florida State University in vocal performance/opera emphasis. With the Springfield Regional Opera, Feener recently performed "Faure's Requiem," Beethoven's 9th Symphony" and Puccini's "La Boheme."
Natalia Rivera, D.M.A., Collaborative Pianist
Pursuing a career that embraces song recitals, chamber music and opera, Natalia Rivera, D.M.A., achieved early success at the age of fourteen when she won the Jesus Maria San Roma Concerto Competition in Puerto Rico. Since then, she has performed in Austria, Holland, Italy and Japan.
Rivera earned a bachelor of music from the New England Conservatory, a master of collaborative arts from the University of Minnesota and studied at the Juilliard School of Music. She recently completed a doctorate of musical arts in piano performance at the University of Kansas. Natalia has served on the faculty at the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria Vassar College, Florida State University, Mannes Conservatory of Music and Ohio University School of Music. She is currently an assistant teaching professor of vocal coaching at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music.
For more information contact the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Department of Music and Theatre at (812) 535-5154 or .
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Where can u get the old ones if possible
Where can u get the old ones if possible
i just ordered myself some 228's but damn, did they get rid of the 228-c's? i was hoping to cop some bigger ones but seems im fuct.
@zaco : they should just be sitting out where they have the boxes and other packaging materials displayed
@madripz : the '228' labels are what ive been seeing around here that people have been using forever. its on page 2 of the label section of the store.
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is dhl free
if im tryin to order slaps of canadian dhl which do i order... what are waybills
eqs... idk if they have Staples in canada but go in there n they have sticker paper made by Avery like 8.5x11 in 100 pg packs, and there "only" $40 apiece. so stick one of them in your shirt n bounce. having used all kinds of different slaps i can tell u the adhesive is just as sticky as most labels n the surface is just like regular paper. free stickers, no ordering-shit hassle.
Calling all UK heads!
You have to pay for shipping but 1000 Hello mynameis stickers for £4 is proper.
Here https://www.hellomynameisstickers.com/home.php
merta- ill try that
OH and one other thing. make fucking absolutely sure you dont get the ones that are removeable cuz they come in the same exact packaging but for a tiny little "removable" at the bottom of the box. made that mistake once n didnt realize till i got home. fuckin bummer haha
... shit is gunna be hard to rack... for a noob to tha sport...
haha i know what you mean though ill pm you some tips if you want..not that im like fronting like a master thief or some shit but i used to run a little business n be on some best-buy level heisting...like ive got away with a lot of shit that had beeper tags n such
you fucking fail if you dont know how to get free stickers
You fail harder if you dont pass that knowledge to others
I dont do illegal work. Anything illegal done with my designs has been copied without my permission.
i think theres a thread for it.
in our post office in town the stickers etc are one side of the huge snaking crew and the counters the other. by the time you reach the end of the queue they are in your pocket.
tho i think your meant to pay for them in the shop its attached to as opposed to the post office counter.
I dont do illegal work. Anything illegal done with my designs has been copied without my permission.
....but in CANADA all i see is envolopes....anybody wanna ship usps slaps???
I orderd 500 of the 228 and 2000 of the express mail stickers..hypeed
everytime i order dhl stickers they never come
is there a certain way to do it or make an account?
alright so i ordered some 228's from usps more than two weeks ago and they have yet to arrive. has anyone recently gotten any?
EDIT: I finally got them three weeks after i ordered
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Spurred by a new campus resource center, Cal State San Bernardino has earned a No. 1 ranking in the state for its ability to cater to students from the military.
The Military Advanced Education's "2013 Guide to Military-Friendly Colleges and Universities" ranked the San Bernardino campus at the top of a survey that included more than 300 universities - public, private and nonprofit, according to campus officials.
It earned No. 1 among public colleges and sixth among all colleges in the state.
"This year, our guide delivers the best of both worlds," said Laural Hobbes, MAE's editor in a statement provided by the university. "While it's based on more comprehensive research, there's no need to navigate a data maze.
"Each school's performance ranking by category is represented by an easy-to-recognize dashboard. This will enable prospective students to quickly target schools that are strongest in the military-friendly policies that are most important to them, and then put these in context with other academic or career considerations."
The ranking for Cal State San Bernardino comes as its new Veterans Success Center sees its own success.
The center opened in 2012, supported by a portion of a student success initiative fee.
Services offered include advocacy programs, a computer lab with free printing services and a lounge where veteran students can relax between classes.
The center also sponsors events that promote military education.
It also supports and publishes a monthly newsletter, The Reveille.
Students have received it well.
At least one student is attending precisely because of the college's military student friendliness.
CSUSB veteran student Kenneth Jacobs, who has been a reservist in the Marine Corps for more than three years, is one of them, according to the university.
"For example, CSUSB was very accommodating with allowing me to attend a later...new-student orientation because I was away at Marine Corps training during my designated registration," Jacobs said in a news release. "Other campuses were unsympathetic to the fact that I was away at required military training.
"Thanks to the supportive veteran-friendly staff throughout the campus, I was able to register, obtain my priority registration and begin my academic career."
The schools were evaluated based on four categories: support, financial programs, military culture and flexibility.
"We are honored that MAE ranked CSUSB first out of the California public colleges and universities that were surveyed," said Marci Daniels, director of the Veterans Success Center in a statement. "This rating acknowledges the importance and strong commitment that CSUSB veteran-serving staff and faculty place on educating those who have served our country."


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i know ([a-zA-Z]+) matches any characters lower or uppercase
But i would like to what do these below 2 signs means and what do they match ?
1) ([a-zA-Z_]+)2) ([a-zA-Z_-]+)
First one also matches underscores (the _ )Second one also matches underscores (the _ ) and the hypen (the - )
hi cp
is _ underscore sign optional in ([a-zA-Z_]+)
All of them are optional.The + simply means one of the characters in found between [] needs to be found for the expression to be true, but it will capture all matching characters until the end or a non-matching character is found.\
To put that into perspective, the following will be captured
thanks cp
for the clarification
one more question :
whats the difference in (.*) and (.+)
The first is for matching any character zero or more times, the latter is matching any character 1 or more times
If you want an AWESOME book for Regular Expressions, I recommend O'Reilly Regular Expression Pocket Reference
Also, regex basics are quite nicely explained on http://www.regular-expressions.info/A lot of stuff I know about regex I got from there.
You really should add that Apache advises that the metacharacter (within a character range definition), the "-", should be the first character within the range definition so it can be understood to be the character (rather than the metacharacter used to define a range of characters). Under common usage, however, Apache accepts the - as the last character in the range (as vineet has in his code snippet).
WARNING: The references to the regex book and article are fine but mod_rewrite only uses a rather small and very basic subset of regex BECAUSE the Apache variables are not multi-line, they are not formatted (italic, bold, etc) and they must fit the format of the variable as required by Apache. That makes learning the subset used by mod_rewrite a relatively trivial task.
As for the definitive book on regex, let me recommend what most consider the bible on this subject: Jeffrey Friedl's "Mastering Regular Expressions" which is published by O'Reilly.
The reason I suggested the O'Reilly Regular Expression Pocket Reference is because it actually teaches you the regular expression syntax used by various languages (I think apache may be in there too, but I don't quite remember and my book is on my work desk). So you can see the C# implementation, versus PHP, Perl, Java, etc. It is very handy when you are trying to nail down a regular expression and can't quite remember some of the oddities a language may have implemented.
Even though this is in the URL Rewriting forum, I didn't want to assume it was meant for Apache, versus maybe .NET URL Rewrite, or just a regular expression to be used for some other purpose.


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Jay Glazer: The Patriots have agreed on the parameters of a trade to send 5-time All Pro guard Logan Mankins to the Buccaneers for TE Tim Wright and an undisclosed draft pick.
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WASHINGTON -- Leaders of the American Amusement Machine Association will make their quarterly visit to Capitol Hill on Feb. 26 and 27 to meet with members of the new Congress. Officials of the Amusement and Music Operators Association will join the AAMA delegation.
The associations did not disclose which issues would be the focus of their visit, other than to say they would discuss matters of interest to the industry. AAMA has made dollar coins a top priority on recent lobbying trips. But AMOA president Andy Shaffer told Vending Times last year that the operators' association is neutral on the issue, reflecting divided opinions among its membership. | SEE STORY
AAMA president John Schultz said the associations are "pleased to be working together as one industry to protect our members." Schultz will join two past-chairmen of AAMA, David Cohen of Firestone Financial and Rick Kirby of Betson, during February's trip to the nation's capital.
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People all across the nation cried out after learning that Josh Powell blew himself and his two young sons to smithereens in Washington State on Sunday. Powell has long been the primary suspect in the disappearance and suspected murder of his wife Susan. Last week a judge denied Powell custody of his two boys, ages [Read More…]
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Salisbury, N.C. - Josh Roper scored 20 of his game-high 27 points in the first half and Darius Moose pulled down a career high 12 rebounds as the Tornados survived a late second-half run by the Indians in Goodman Gymnasium on Wednesday night, 80-75.
Roper led Brevard (6-3, 4-1 SAC) with 27 points, hitting eight of 17 field goal attempts, including four three-pointers as the senior carried the team to a 39-24 first half lead. Drew Schauss added 11 points, hitting three three-pointers in the second half, while Gaither Hendrix had nine points to go with seven assists.
Keon Moore and Lee Martin led the Indians (5-8, 1-4 SAC) with pair of double-doubles, with Moore scoring a team-high 19 points to go with 10 rebounds, while Martin had 10 points and 11 rebounds. Justin Huntley added 17 points, while Stuart Thomson added 11 points as the Indians shot 75.0 percent (15-20) from the free throw line in the second half as Catawba attempted to complete their comeback.
Josh Jordan put the Tornados on the board to start off the game, converting a layup off an offensive rebound, but Kelvin Drakeford hit a hook shot in the paint over Moose on Catawba's next possession put the score at 2 apiece with 18:08 on the clock.
Roper converted a three-pointer to give the Tornados the 5-2 lead on Brevard's next trip down the court as the teams engaged in a back-and-forth game lasting the first six minutes of the opening period as a layup by Mayo put the score at 7-6 in favor of BC with 14:41 left in the first half.
After Moose and Huntley exchanged baskets, Jermichael Tanner hit his first three-pointer of the season, sparking a 14-5 run capped by a Roper acrobatic jumper in the paint as Brevard built a 23-13 lead with 6:32 left in the half. Roper closed out the first half with eight of the final 11 points, driving in for a layup and hitting back-to-back three-pointers as the Tornados went into the locker room with the 39-24 halftime lead.
Roper led all scorers at the halfway point of the game, hitting seven of 13 shots and four of five three-pointers in scoring 20 points, as the Tornados shot 47.1 percent (16-34) from the floor in the first half and 41.7 percent (5-12) from behind the arc. Catawba was led by Huntley as the junior guard from Mooresville, N.C. had seven points, hitting five of six from the free throw line to pace the Indians, while Martin had a game-high eight rebounds for the home team.
Moore broke a scoreless second half with a free throw at the 17:53 mark to cut into the Tornado lead and Drakeford hit a runner in the lane, before Schauss connected on his first three-pointer of the contest at the 16:17 mark to keep the Tornados up at 15, 42-27.
A jumper by Moore brought Catawba back to within 13 at the 12:34 mark at 49-36, but Tanner responded with a pair of free throws and a jumper in the right short corner, before Ryson Felder, the SAC's three-point percentage leader coming into tonight's game, hit a three-pointer from the left corner as Brevard took their largest lead of the evening at 20 points at the 11:42 mark.
Catawba steadily chipped away at the lead, bringing it back to within single digits at the 6:11 mark as Chris Tyree hit a three-pointer from the left corner off the assist from Huntley as the Indians closed the gap to within eight points at 64-56. Huntley drove in for a pair of layups, cutting the lead to four at 64-60 before a free throw by Hendrix ended the three-minute Brevard scoring drought at the 4:43 mark.
A jumper by Keon Moore in the paint brought the Indians back to within three points at the 4:24 mark, but a three-pointer by Schauss on the Tornados next trip down the court put Brevard back up by six at 68-62 and Brevard was able to hold off Catawba at the free throw line as Hendrix sealed the game with a pair of free throws with 1.7 seconds remaining as Brevard left Goodman Gymnasium with the 80-75 victory.
Roper added eight rebounds for the Tornados as Brevard and Catawba split the battle of the boards at 46 apiece. The Tornados shot 47.5 percent (28-59) from the floor and 40.9 percent (9-22) from the three-point line in their fourth conference victory of the season. Catawba forced 18 Brevard turnovers in the contest as three Indians players recorded multiple steals in the game, while the Indians went 72.4 percent (21-29) from the free throw line in the game.
The Tornados return home to Boshamer Gymnasium on Saturday, January 15th, as they host Lenoir-Rhyne University. Tipoff between the SAC opponents is set for 4 p.m.


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Select a peer-reviewed journal article that includes a general discussion of substance use in the United States (policy, trends, epidemiology, history) and write a two-page paper (double spaced) incorporating the following criteria:
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The publication, written by Richard Jauron, ISU Extension horticulturist, informs gardeners on how to select seeds, choose potting mixes and containers and move seedlings to the garden. Growing seedlings at home allows gardeners to select the specific cultivar they want and to control seedling growth.
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Air India said that regulators in India have grounded Boeing's 787 Dreamliners, too
After a series of issues with Boeing's 787 Dreamliner over the last week (including today), Japan decided to gound the planes until further notice. Now, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that
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The FAA made this decision today after a 787, which was an All Nippon Airways (ANA) flight to Tokyo, had an issue with its main battery only 15 minutes into a 90-minute flight. After 40 minutes, a burning smell made its way into the cabin and cockpit, and the plane made an emergency landing at Takamatsu Airport on the southern island of Shikoku. Thankfully, all passengers and staff evacuated safely.
"We are very sorry to have caused passengers and their family members so much concern," said ANA Senior Executive Vice President Osamu Shinobe.
Even later, Air India said that regulators in India have grounded Boeing's 787 Dreamliners, too.
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Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 8:00 PM - Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 12:00 AM (EST)
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Hey everyone, the weather did a real number to the venue this past weekend, so we're moving the party to Saturday.
EVR has agreed to some even better drink specials and several tables for us all night - so come for the launch or pre-game, and stay for their club night.
Hope to see you Saturday!
Keep telling your friends, "My friend is awesome, but...just not for me?"
We all have those friends. And now, with Valentine's Day weekend just a Hershey's Kiss away, you and your "unsignificant other" can meet all the other "just friends" couples at BUZZtheBar's soft-launch party.
At 9PM and 11PM, we'll send random male/female pairs a magic word. Find your match, complete your promo code and get a free drink for you both! We have a limited number of matching participants, so RSVP now!
And now, the wait is over! BUZZtheBar has emerged from its cocoon as a beautiful V2 butterfly.
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With so much BUZZ, we HAVE to celebrate, so we're hosting a soft-launch party for all our favorite folks before our big gig in March.
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A striking, rippled exterior gives the 81-story skyscraper the look of a tall, narrow waterfall. Inside, chic styling and amenities make a stay feel more like high-rise condo life. The 334 guest rooms have rain showers, flat-screens and window walls framing views of Millennium Park, the Chicago River and Lake Michigan. Blu started out as Radisson's luxe European chain, and this is the first to open stateside. An amazing 50-foot-long fireplace bathes the lobby's plush couches in a warm amber glow. Guests stay in the building's first 18 floors, sharing the health club (spin studio, pool and basketball court) and huge outdoor pool terrace with condo residents living in the ecofriendly building. The hotel's neighborhood-feeling Filini bar and restaurant dishes Italian fare, including a dreamy mushroom risotto. From $175. (312) 565-5258; radissonblu.com/aquahotel-chicago


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Eureka!® Solitaire Tent$89.99The perfect one-man backpacker tent is sleeping-bag sized, with enough extra space for gear storage. Sets up fast with easy post-and-grommet assembly and features 21.6 sq. ft. of sleeping area with 2'4" center height. Fly can be pulled back for bug-free stargazing! Includes two storage pockets and flashlight loop.2'8" x 8' x 2'4". Pack weight, 3.3 lbs. Learn More
Eureka!® Midori 2-Person Tent$139.99Side-entry tent with two-pole aluminum dome makes expert use of mesh fabric to enhance ventilation. Great value and performance for novice-to-intermediate campers. Learn More
Kelty® Acadia 6-Person TentOriginal Price:$249.99 Current Price: $184.98The Acadia is all about living comfortably at camp. The large dual-doors and vestibules offer spacious convenience while the three-pole design will rival any tent at your campground, especially when it comes to set-up time. Freestanding, three-season design offers a generous 6-person capacity, making it an ideal choice for family camping. Body features continuous pole-sleeve and clip and pole-sleeve construction. ArcEdge floor with taped seams provides added water resistance. Includes internal storage pockets. Fly features side-release tent/fly connection, taped seams, fly vents, noiseless zipper pulls, and guyout points. Learn More
Eureka!® Taron Basecamp 6-Person Tent$399.99Your sanctuary in the wilderness! With plenty of space for six people, this tent design features the V3 Enhanced Tent System to provide the utmost comfort while you camp. Imported. Learn More


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Introducing a brand new product from Cat Above, makers of the original Cat Hammock. Their newest product, available for the first time today, is the environmentally-friendly and affordable SnoozePal™ cat hammock-in-a-box. This extremely durable corrugated cardboard box measures 21.5 x 15 x 16.5 inches and houses a fleece-lined cat hammock that holds up to 20 lbs. Kitty can sit comfortably in her hammock and survey her surroundings through the porthole windows on both sides, and the box is strong enough to support a cat or two on top as well. The SnoozePal is easy to assemble, the hammock is removable and washable, and the cardboard is, of course, completely recyclable.
Be the first to have your own cat hammock-in-a-box! Cat Above is giving away one SnoozePal to a lucky Moderncat reader. Please leave a comment on this post with your feedback on the SnoozePal and you'll be entered to win. The winner will be chosen in a random drawing on March 22. If an international winner is selected, Cat Above would be happy to send the SnoozePal if you'll pay the extra shipping.