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Nelson Mandela said this about the Free State: 'The Free State landscape gladdens my heart, no matter what my mood. When I am here I feel that nothing can shut me in, that my thoughts can roam as far as the horizons.'
Experience some of the Free State province's many offerings in one day on the BBT Heritage Route, which takes in Bloemfontein, Botshabelo and Thaba Nchu (BBT).
City sights, struggle tales, wildlife and leisure are all part of this 70km route.
Starting in Bloemfontein, there is much to see and do. Some of the attractions include major sporting events; jazz clubs; pubs like the Mystic Boer, which hosts alternative music; the Orchid House with its intoxicating orchid species; the National Museum with its treasure of South African fossils and archaeological artefacts; the Oliewenhuis Art Gallery and its outstanding artworks and gardens; and the Loch Logan Waterfront for shopping and entertainment.
You may want to take a helicopter tour of the area, or hire a guide to accompany you, who knows how to get around Botshabelo, a vast township 60km east of Bloemfontein.
This township is part of South Africa's struggle history. It was established during apartheid when the Sotho people from the area refused to move from their ancestral farmland to the puppet homeland of QwaQwa, created for them by the National Party government. Following an uprising in the 1970s, the Sotho people took their case to court and won, securing their right to remain. Botshabelo township (meaning 'place of refuge') was established in 1979.
From Botshabelo, head east along BBT Heritage Route for 15km to the village and district of Thaba Nchu (which means 'Black Mountain'). It was named after a landmark mountain, which turns black in the afternoon shadows and which the local people regard as a holy place. Thaba Nchu is the traditional seat of the Barolong Bo Seleka clan, who also fought long and hard from 1833 to maintain their independence.
Just outside of Thaba Nchu is the Black Mountain Hotel and the 5 500-hectare Maria Moroka Nature Reserve. Enjoy the luxuries of this leisure resort and spa, where you can book a game drive to see rhino, buffalo and many other species. There is also a large dam for fishing and birding. And at day's end, you can enjoy a fine meal at the hotel under the stars.
And all this within an hour of Bloemfontein.
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Who to contact
Maria Moroka Nature Reserve
Tel: +27 (0)51 873 24 27
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Black Mountain Hotel
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Tony Horn
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How to get here
From Bloemfontein take the N8 towards Lesotho. Botshabelo is approx. 60km from Bloemfontein, and Thaba Nchu is a further 10km on. Follow the signs to the Black Mountain Hotel and the Maria Moroka Nature Reserve.
Best time to visit
All year round. Winters are cold, with snow often falling on the mountains in this area.
Around the area
The Naledi Sun in Thaba Nchu has a casino for those who enjoy gaming.
Tours to do
Contact Bloemfontein-based tour guide Tony Horn of Bush Junkies for information on tours: +27 (0)82 953 0737.
Get around
Self-drive or book a tour.
What will it cost
The game drive costs R100 per person for a 2-hour drive – bookings can be made at the Black Mountain Hotel. Accommodation rates in the region vary from about R250 to R900 per night per person.
Length of stay
1 to 2 days.
What to pack
Casual clothes, smart clothes, safari gear (hat, binoculars and muted-colour clothing).
Where to stay
There is a wide range of places to stay in Bloemfontein. And in Thaba Nchu there's the Black Mountain Hotel and the Naledi Sun.
What to eat
There is a choice of restaurants in Bloemfontein, and the Black Mountain Hotel and other establishments offer all meals.


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PM68179: JAX-WS web service generated from WSDL gives {SomeService}SOAPIm pl.java with 'slashes' instead of 'dot' ( '.') package name
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Abstract: RAD v8.0.4 targeting WAS v126.96.36.199. Regenerating a Web service java bean skeleton from a WSDL results in an error dialog with an 'IWAB0014E Unexpected exception occurred.org.eclipse.emf.common.util.DiagnosticException: A problem was detected while parsing a Java file.'. The generated {SomeService}SOAPImpl.java has 'slashes' instead of 'dot' ( .') for package names. The targeted web project contained unsuccessfully generated java files from some previous web service generation. Problem To recreate: RC on WSDL ? Web services ? Generate Java Bean Skeleton (set for Deploy and defaults) The top-down web services wizard: 1. throws the following error and fail to proceed and has to be Cancel(led): IWAB0014E Unexpected exception occurred. org.eclipse.emf.common.util.DiagnosticException: A problem was detected while parsing a Java file org.eclipse.emf.common.util.WrappedException: org.eclipse.emf.common.util.DiagnosticException: A problem was detected while parsing a Java file at org.eclipse.emf.codegen.merge.java.facade.ast.ASTFacadeHelper.cr eateCompilationUnit(ASTFacadeHelper.java:285) at ... .. org.eclipse.emf.codegen.merge.java.JMerger.createCompilationUnit ForInputStream(JMerger.java:317) at org.eclipse.jst.ws.internal.consumption.common.JavaMerger.merge( JavaMerger.java:174) at org.eclipse.jst.ws.internal.creation.ui.extension.PreServiceAsse mbleCommand.execute(PreServiceAssembleCommand.java:75) at org.eclipse.wst.command.internal.env.core.fragment.CommandFragme ntEngine.runCommand(CommandFragmentEngine.java:419) at ... at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1384) Caused by: org.eclipse.emf.common.util.DiagnosticException: A problem was detected while parsing a Java file ... 57 more AND, 2. generates a bad {SomeService}SOAPImpl.java containing 'slashes' instead of 'dot' ( .') for package names in the code. The other generated files are fine , and The cause of {SomeService}SOAPImpl.java being incorrectly generated from the WSDL, appears to be because of an {Some Java Utility Project:Types}.jar utility project on the Manifest Entries ( == MANIFEST.MF classpath) of the Assembly Deployment (hence Java Build Path) of the deployment target WebService Web project. Some Java Utility Project Types}.jar contains the same web service types as the web service being generated into the web project. This is in addition to the similar pre-existing web service class/java files in the project source folder. The {Some Java Utility Project:Types}.jar on the Deployment Assembly: Manifest Entries (MANIFEST.MF) of the target WebService Web project, ends up on the project Java Build Path and could leads to conflicts/confusion when generating the same web service types into this web project. It may not be a good practice to have a jar with duplicate web service java source and class files on the project Deployment Assembly: Manifest Entries (MANIFEST.MF) and hence the Java Build Path, when generating new similar class types. Regardless, the JAX-WS top-down web services wizard should not fail as it did and still generate the bad code. An outright clean failure by the wizard with a reasonable error message and without generating the bad code in {SomeService}SOAPImpl.java code should be expected. Warning:Even with a fix for the code generation error, the output of this whole process results in multiple copies of the same file on the classpath. There are files under WEB-INF/classes (which are compiled from what we generate) and then there is the user's library. This can result in unexpected behaviour depending on which class is expected to be loaded and if the implementations ever diverge. Workaround: 1. remove the {Some Java Utility Project:Types}.jar from the MANIFEST.MF of the Assembly Deployment of the WebService Web project. 2. remove the packages containing the generated web service code from the JavaSource folder of the WebService Web project. Actually it is enough to just remove the bad generated {SomeService}SOAPImpl.java file and do a project clean 3. Now it should be possible to repeatedly re-generate the web service from the WSDL without errors, using these steps.
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The fix for this APAR is included in Rational Application Developer v22.214.171.124.
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There is something about McGill that captures the imagination – or so it would seem given the many times the University finds itself mentioned in works of fiction.
"Coming of age" stories, featuring young, university-aged adults fumbling their way through the world, have always held appeal, so that's probably part of the allure. The fact that so many McGill graduates go on to make their mark in the world of literature – "write what you know," creative fiction teachers have long counselled – is likely another factor.
In any case, there is no shortage of fictitious McGill characters lining the shelves of bookstores. Authors as varied as Clark Blaise, Dany Laferrière, Brian Moore, Kathy Reichs and William Weintraub, BA'47, have incorporated McGill into their works. Heck, even Marvel Comics got in on the act – the hulking Canadian superhero Sasquatch once taught physics at McGill.
Here are a few of the more memorable characters that have been associated with McGill in novels, TV shows and films.
Sporting a slim moustache and a dour disposition, Gary Cooper portrayed a heroic, hot-headed McGill graduate in the 1935 film, The Lives of a Bengal Lancer.
Lieutenant Alan McGregor is part of an elite British unit stationed in the northern frontier of pre-independence India, where they regularly endure enemy sniper fire. "I'm just a fool Scotch-Canadian come into your outfit to get action," McGregor explains to one of his superiors.
McGregor isn't one for tact and his blunt talk tends to aggravate the people he reports to. "I can't keep my mouth shut," he muses, "that's my trouble."
He shares his quarters with a pair of recently-arrived junior officers, the needling Lieutenant Forsythe and the callow Donald Stone. McGregor is protective of the inexperienced Stone, in part, because he feels badly for the younger man – Stone's father, the unit's commanding officer, maintains a chilly distance from his son, fearful of evincing any hint of preferential treatment,. For his part, Forsythe enjoys teasing McGregor for his "maternal" qualities, frequently serenading the Canadian with a song about "Mother McGregor."
McGregor and Forsythe join forces, however, when Stone is kidnapped by Mohammed Khan, a Harvard-educated local chieftain who is organizing an uprising against the British. During a failed rescue attempt, the duo are captured by Khan and tortured for information. "We have ways of making men talk," warns Khan – a line that would enter into movie lore as a much-referenced classic.
McGregor and Forsythe are soon plotting their escape in order to destroy Khan's nearby arsenal stash. They quarrel over who is best qualified for the task, which requires a quick dash while dodging enemy fire.
Forsythe: "About 200 yards I'd say."
McGregor: "Nearer 100."
Forsythe: "My last year at Oxford, I won the 220."
McGregor: "I ran the 110 flat at McGill."
Forsythe: "It's nearer 200.
And where is McGill?"
McGregor: "McGill is in Montreal and this is a job for a 100-yard man."
The film earned seven Academy Award nominations (including Best Picture) and helped cement Cooper's status as an up-and-coming leading man.
Part-time McGill instructor and radio commentator George Stewart might be the narrator of Hugh MacLennan's The Watch That Ends The Night, but the self-effacing Stewart would be the first to admit that he isn't the book's most riveting character. That honor easily goes to Jerome Martell, the mercurial McGill-trained surgeon, who is simultaneously Stewart's friend, surrogate big brother and romantic rival.
The charismatic Martell can be remarkably tender in his dealings with patients, but he is impetuous and reckless in his personal affairs, causing great damage to both his marriage and his promising career.
Martell risks everything, including his life, to tend to the medical needs of Loyalist soldiers during the Spanish Civil War. Viewing fascism as a toxic force poised to sweep across the globe, Martell believes he must take action. Having survived a childhood trauma of Dickensian horror, Martell doesn't take civil society for granted.
Complicating Stewart and Martell's relationship is the fact that both men adore the same woman – Catherine Carey, who, though born with a dangerously fragile heart, is determined to live life to the fullest. It is during her undergraduate studies at McGill that Carey first displays a newly zestful approach to life, earning a reproach from the dean of women for her partying behaviour.
George and Catherine's romance is based, at least in part, on MacLennan's marriage to Dorothy Duncan. Like Catherine, Duncan was a talented artist who faced illness with uncommon grace.
Many have noted the parallels between Martell and the Royal Victoria Hospital's legendary Norman Bethune – like Martell, Bethune was a gifted and fierce-tempered surgeon who abandoned a comfortable life in Montreal to oppose fascism in Spain. In MacLennan's own mind, though, Martell drew inspiration from another McGill luminary altogether – law professor and social activist F.R. Scott, BCL'27, LLD'67.
The Watch That Ends The Night earned MacLennan, who taught English literature at McGill for almost 30 years, his fifth and final Governor General's Literary Award in 1959.
It sure wasn't love at first sight.
Jason Bourne, arguably the best-known pseudo-assassin in the annals of English fiction, is running for his life and suffering from amnesia when he first encounters Marie St. Jacques in the pages of Robert Ludlum's 1980 mega-best-seller The Bourne Identity. Bourne abducts St. Jacques at gunpoint from a conference she is attending in Zurich, forcing her to help him elude his pursuers. Initially, she is understandably anxious to get away from the guy.
Things quickly thaw, though, when Bourne risks his own neck saving her from a brutal thug. She returns the favour, arranging for medical care for his wounds. More importantly, St. Jacques is the first to grasp that Bourne isn't quite what he seems. With her help, he starts to uncover who he really is – and it isn't Bourne.
Turns out he is David Webb, a foreign service officer who has been trained by U.S. intelligence to masquerade as a contract assassin – it's part of a plan to flush out a deadly killer who regards "Bourne" as his chief rival.
As for St. Jacques, a French-Canadian who grew up on an Albertan ranch, she works for the Canadian government as an expert in international banking. At one point in the book, as she begins to enjoy a much friendlier rapport with her former kidnapper– the pair will soon become lovers – she tells him about how her time at McGill changed her life. "I'd looked at books as natural enemies, and suddenly, here I was in a place surrounded by people who were caught up in them, having a marvelous time."
Describing St. Jacques's academic path at McGill, Ludlum writes, "She gravitated first to history, then reasoned that most of history was shaped by economic forces – power and significance had to be paid for – and so she tested the theories of economics. And was consumed."
St. Jacques appears in all three of Ludlum's Bourne books. She gets kidnapped again in The Bourne Supremacy – shadowy forces use the abduction to manipulate Webb/Bourne into taking on a new mission in East Asia. Still, she is no hapless damsel – she demonstrates her mettle as she affects her escape, clubbing her guard "with the strength of a ranch girl quite used to the bullwhip in a cattle drive."
St. Jacques doesn't appear in the recent Bourne films that starred Matt Damon. Her spot is taken up by a different character – Franka Potente's Marie Helena Kreutz. However, St. Jacques did turn up prominently in the 1988 TV miniseries based on The Bourne Identity, with Jaclyn Smith playing the role.
Barney Panofsky first encounters the blue-eyed, dark-haired woman of his dreams at a wedding reception. Unfortunately, it is his reception and she isn't the woman he just wed. That Barney, rebounding from the wreckage of two disastrous marriages, eventually wins the heart of the quick-witted and graceful Miriam Greenberg, becomes the greatest triumph of his life. That he destroys their relationship through his own insensitivity and recklessness becomes his greatest regret.
Barney's doomed love for Miriam drives much of the action in Barney's Version, Mordecai Richler's final novel and an international bestseller when it was published in 1997.
In her student days at McGill, Miriam attracted the attention of enough admirers to make her a serious candidate for Winter Carnival Queen, but she declined the title, preferring to focus on lower-key, artsier activities. At McGill, she also earned the barbed envy of a shrill classmate who was also in attendance at that fateful wedding reception – the second Mrs. Panofsky, whose tenuous grip on her new husband's affections would soon be severed completely by Miriam's very presence.
Sweet-natured but no pushover, Miriam has a knack for drawing the best out of the frequently caustic Barney. She forgives him his foibles, but what she won't tolerate, after witnessing the damage done to her mother by her father's infidelities, is betrayal.
Miriam is far from the first McGill grad to turn up in Richler's work, but none of her predecessors were treated with such affection by the acerbic author. The McGill students and alums who turn up in books like The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz and Joshua Then and Now tend to be self-regarding jerks. Richler was also never shy about mentioning the discriminatory practices that once existed at McGill – how, in the thirties and forties, an unofficial quota system required prospective Jewish students to have higher marks than their non-Jewish counterparts to gain entry.
That said, Richler was pleased to receive an honorary degree from McGill in 2000. At the ceremony he ruefully acknowledged that his own marks weren't good enough to get into McGill, quota or no quota. Richler's family has recently been instrumental in establishing a new Mordecai Richler Writer-in-Residence Program that is raising funds to help nurture promising young authors at McGill.
Barney's Version won both the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour. A film adaptation, produced by Robert Lantos, BA'70, DLitt'00, will be released later this year, starring Paul Giamatti as Barney and Rosamund Pike as Miriam.
Cantankerous, abrasive and witheringly sarcastic, Gregory House is not an easy man to love. The fact that an all-around great guy like James Wilson does, gives millions of television viewers cause to think that one of TV's greatest curmudgeons might have a redeeming quality or two, apart from his brilliant diagnostic skills.
The two doctors, of course, are characters on the Emmy Award-winning TV series House, which debuted on the Fox network in 2004. Wilson, the head of oncology at the fictitious Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital where both he and House work, is the title character's best friend. In all likelihood, he is House's only friend.
Wilson tends to be House's polar opposite in terms of temperament. He is empathic, even-tempered and good-humoured – qualities that frequently draw scorn from his sardonic buddy. In one episode, as House impatiently knocks on Wilson's door, he declares "I know you're in there. I can hear you caring." In another instance, Wilson insists, "I'm not always nice. I'm not nice to you." House responds, "Because you know nice bores me. Hence, still nice."
Wilson is one of the few people on the show capable of matching wits with House. In the estimation of Entertainment Weekly TV critic Ken Tucker, "The dry interplay between [House and Wilson] has always been the best thing about the series." Robert Sean Leonard, the actor who plays Wilson, was nominated in 2009 along with his castmates for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama.
Wilson has been spotted in a McGill sweatshirt in at least two episodes of the show (and a now deceased girlfriend wore the garment on another occasion), sparking speculation that he might be a McGill grad. A representative for House creator David Shore (a Canadian, but not a McGill alumnus) recently confirmed Wilson's McGill bona fides. The good doctor did his undergraduate studies at McGill. A tale to be told in a future episode, perhaps.
It's no secret that Agnes White, the bold, brilliant, but occasionally befuddled heroine of Claire Holden Rothman's recent best-seller, The Heart Specialist, is based on the real life of one of McGill's most fabled professors, Maude Abbott, BA1890.
At a time when both the academic and medical communities were resistant – if not downright hostile – to the notion of women joining their ranks, Abbott persevered, emerging as a pioneering figure in the study of diseased hearts.
White's bumpy path in the novel mirrors many of Abbott's own experiences. Like Abbott, White becomes one of McGill's first female students, excelling in her studies only to find that McGill is unsympathetic towards her medical school ambitions. "Can you think of a patient in a critical case waiting for half an hour while a medical lady fixes her bonnet or adjusts her bustle," scoffs one McGill medical professor in the book.
White earns her medical degree at nearby Bishop's University instead, returning to McGill to supervise its mishmash of a medical museum, transforming it into an invaluable resource. Her accomplishments are all the more remarkable given her troubled childhood – her father abandoned the family, while she lost her mother to tuberculosis at an early age. Again, all this was true for Abbott as well.
Like Abbott, White picks up a powerful champion as her career progresses – William Howlett, a natural-born charmer and the most celebrated doctor of his day. Howlett's real-life counterpart is clearly Abbott's mentor, Sir William Osler, MDCM1872, though Howlett is eventually revealed to be a much more ambiguous figure than the revered Osler.
Rothman, BA'81, BCL'85, does a fine job weaving bits of real McGill history into her narrative – the fiery destruction of McGill's first medical building, for instance, and the establishment of an overseas McGill hospital during the First World War. And White is much more than simply a stand-in for Abbott. She emerges as a truly memorable character – a genius at examining hearts, but a little dense when it comes to deciphering the contents of her own. The Heart Specialist was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and was named one of Quill & Quire's books of the year.
Plenty of university graduates remember their undergraduate days as a period when they struggled to understand themselves and their place in the world as much as they struggled to understand the material in their textbooks.
Alice Charles, the tongue-tied and timid heroine of Golda Fried's Nellcott Is My Darling (a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Prize in 2005), is a case in point. Alice has led a fairly sheltered life in Toronto – she guesses that the only reason her parents allow her to leave the city for university is because her dad is such a ferociously proud McGill alum. "Her mom had cried as Alice was packing her duffel bag like she was going off to war. 'My baby, my baby, my baby,' her mom said." When Alice tentatively expands her horizons by joining the McGill Film Society, she feels "like a little tea cup full of fear."
Initially lost in the shadow of her more boisterous McGill dorm-mates, the man-eating Allegra and the snarky, sporty Cricket, Alice slowly, awkwardly, begins to find her way.
At one point, she muses about her favourite things about McGill: "She liked the old buildings of the campus, the tall black iron gates that guarded some of the entrances, the park in the centre where the architecture students would try to level some traffic-light-yellow tripod-like machines. The Arts Building steps where people hung out to see and to be seen. The main floor of the Redpath Library, which had a section called 'the fishbowl' because it was enclosed in glass and had comfy chairs where you could read."
Clara Stewart, on the surface at least, might be much more confident than Alice, but the two still have plenty in common. For one thing, both are stressed out by sex. Alice is increasingly uncomfortable with her status as a virgin, while Clara is confused by a newfound attraction to other women. "Liking girls was scary and, yet, not liking them would be disappointing," Clara frets. "What did she want? She had no idea. God, she wished she were 30 and had her act together."
The perpetually broke Clara shares an apartment with a pair of fellow McGill Daily staffers that's adorned with weirdly coloured walls, stacks of unwashed dishes and thick ashtrays nicked from local restaurants. A new friendship with Gabby, an assertive volunteer at the McGill Women's Union, evolves into something else. The story, set in 1989, involves the horror of the École Polytechnique Massacre and the painful memories the event stirs up for Clara.
Clara's tale is told in "Are You Committed," part of the 2009 short story collection This One's Going to Last Forever by Nairne Holtz. Both books zero in on McGill student life with a knowing eye. That's no accident since both authors – Fried, BA'94, and Holtz, BA'90, MA'93, MLIS'95 – experienced that life for themselves.
I owe a debt of thanks to Rob Michel, MA'69, PhD'86, who has long been interested in the way in which McGill has been portrayed in works of fiction. Rob suggested some of the books I referenced in this piece. He has also done some fine writing himself on this subject in the pages of Fontanus (see "Floreat Plutoria: Satirical Fiction About McGill" in Volume 9 [1996])


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Portland, Ore. … A salute to Italy through music and literature is the foundation for the next Oregon Symphony classical concert. Performances are Saturday, December 1 at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, December 2 at 7:30 p.m. and Monday, December 3 at 8 p.m. The concert is generously sponsored by RBC Dain Raucher, with additional support by Lufthansa Airlines and The Oregonian.
The program will open with Vivaldi's The Four Seasons. Inspired by a series of sonnets, the work is by far his most famous, so well known they have entered the collective ear of popular culture. Despite their overexposure, these concerti evoke the changing seasons with drama and elegance. The four concertos were written to go along with four sonnets. Though it is not known who wrote these sonnets there is a theory that Vivaldi wrote them himself.
Born in the United States and raised in Finland, violinist Elina Vähälä made her concerto debut at the age of 12 with the Sinfonia Lahti. In 1993 she was chosen to carry the title "Young Master Soloist" of the Sinfonia Lahti, and since then she has performed regularly with this Gramophone-Award-winning orchestra. In 1999 Vähälä won first prize at the Young Concert Artists International Auditions; the same year she gave her critically acclaimed New York recital debut. The 2007-2008 season includes the Finnish premiere of John Corigliano's violin concerto "The Red Violin" with the Turku Philharmonic and appearances with the Tampere Philharmonic, Sinfonia Lahti, West Virginia Symphony, Boise Philharmonic, Korean Chamber Ensemble and Virtuosi di Kuhmo.
The program also includes Elgar's In the South. The work is a musical portrait of the Ligurian Riviera on the Tuscan coast, peppered with quotes from Tennyson and Byron.
The program will conclude with Berlioz' Roman Carnival Overture.
Tickets are $15 to $98 and may be purchased at the Oregon Symphony Ticket Office, located at 923 S.W. Washington. Ticket office hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets may also be purchased anytime online at www.OrSymphony.org or charged by phone at (503) 228-1353 or (800) 228-7343, Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets are also available through ticketmaster.com or by calling (503) 790-ARTS.
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Powering Pop With '70s Name Recognition
By David Rothschild
June 9, 1995
What's in a name? The members of local band Black and Blonde hope to get some extra mileage from a tankful of premium power-pop name recognition. Black and Blonde, which features Cliff Johnson, Mimi Betinis, Mike Gorman and Rob Harding--the original members of '70s Chicago power-pop bands Off Broadway and Pezband--and come-lately drummer Randy Antlept, is changing its name back to Off Broadway in an attempt to recapture its original audience and win over some new pop fans. Driven by...
Review: Chris Mills' whip-smart tunes fill Schubas
By Chrissie Dickinson, Special to the Tribune
January 25, 2014
Chris Mills returned to his old stomping ground Schubas on Friday night. "Welcome home!" a man in the audience shouted early in the set. The crowd laughed. So did Mills. It was the warmest of homecomings. The singer-songwriter relocated to New York 10 years ago, but Chicago is where he originally made his name. Mills released his first album in 1996. Back then he moved in a circle of Windy City musicians who all fell loosely under the alt-country umbrella, including Jon...
Sloan keeping that power pop glow bright
By Rick Reger, Special to the Tribune
May 21, 2004
In the sometimes bizarro world of 21st Century popular music, classic Cheap Trick-style power pop has virtually disappeared from the Top 40 charts (Fountains of Wayne excepted) and has been reduced to a relatively arcane cult genre made of true believer bands and die-hard fans. As a result, too many rock lovers are missing the magic of Canada's Sloan. This veteran Halifax quartet bashes out beautifully crafted, high-volume pop brimming with great melodies, and its new album, "Action Pact"...
Tonight's top shows: Aimee Mann and the dB's
Greg Kot and Music critic
November 15, 2012
Aimee Mann: The singer's out with her first album ("Charmer") since 2008 and eighth overall in a career notable for its attention to craftsmanlike detail and haunting imagery. What's more, she'll be touring with the always ready-to-rock Ted Leo, 8 p.m. Thursday at the Park West, 322 W. Armitage Av., $35; jamusa.com. The dB's: Chris Stamey, Peter Holsapple, Gene Holder and Will Rigby defined power pop in the early '80s before parting ways. Now they're back with...
Power-pop hooks, clever lyrics give Fountains an edge
By Joshua Klein. Special to the Tribune
November 18, 2002
Fountains of Wayne sure has a lot going for it. The band exhibits an uncanny knack for upbeat new wave rock driven by primordial power-pop hooks, drawn from an endless well of delightfully half-familiar hooks. What's more, main Waynes Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger, the latter an Oscar-nominated songwriter, have a way with clever lyrics, attracting a cult fan base who knows each song's many puns by heart. And Friday night at Double Door, the faithful came...
Passion and power perfs pop: Road to the Emmys 2012: The Actress Nominees
Randee Dawn and Variety
August 14, 2012
These year's group of characters portrayed by Emmy-nominated leading ladies are unique -- determined, focused, eccentric, and increasingly mistresses of their own fate. And audiences can't get enough of them. "There's something seductive about characters who are powerful and manipulative and kind of opaque," says Glenn Close, who has won twice for playing lawyer Patty Hewes on DirecTV's "Damages" and is now nominated for a fifth time for the role. "There...
Downers Grove Power-pop Trio Makes Its Mark On `Party Of Five'
By Steve Knopper. Special to the Tribune
June 18, 1999
Some people remember where they were when John F. Kennedy was assassinated, or when the Space Shuttle blew up. Frank Gradishar remembers "Party of Five" episodes. He especially remembers one "Party of Five" episode last October, when Gradishar's Downers Grove power-pop trio, Thrift Store Halo, found its song "Crashing In" airing during a dramatic tattoo scene. "It got pre-empted several times during the World Series," recalls Gradishar, the 5-year-old band's...
Zion native power-poppers Shoes stun with first album since '94
Mark Caro
July 10, 2012
KENOSHA -- Having shuttered their Zion-based studio and record label before the failing businesses destroyed their friendship, the three guys from the power-pop band Shoes know firsthand how brutal the music industry has become. The conventional wisdom says you can't make money on CDs anymore because who still buys physical product? It also says you can't make money touring if you can't line up more than a few dates, preferably with sponsorship support. ...
Green waits for its day
By Greg Kot, Tribune rock critic
September 7, 2001
It's obscurity that discourages and finally kills most potentially great bands. Green, in contrast, has made a handful of consistently fine records over its 15-year existence, undaunted by the knowledge that most of the world isn't listening. For those who have been paying attention, Green's story is one of the great lost chapters in power-pop, culminating in the poignant blue-eyed soul of its latest release, "Eau De Vie" (Jettison). The album, recorded in a converted barn in the French countryside...
Pop stylists Collins and Case reunite for a look back
By Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune reporter
March 21, 2012
Peter Case and Paul Collins played in pop bands. Not an especially remarkable distinction for a pair of 57-year-old musicians. But look at it this way: Since 1974, folksier material aside, they have stayed slavishly, uncommonly committed to an archetypal pop band aesthetic - three-minute songs, negligible politics, guitars, drums, the sort of low-pretense, Top 40 ambitions once so ingrained in the culture you never thought of it as an aesthetic at...
Down Under Trio Is Hailed As Great Hope Of Power Pop
By Iain Blair
May 31, 1987
`The first thing everyone asks is, `How`d you get the name?` " says Neil Finn. The New Zealand-born singer/songwriter and one third of the eponymous Crowded House is the band's official spokesman, and although slightly uncomfortable with this new role, he is beginning to warm to the task. "Well, when we all arrived in Hollywood from Down Under (bassist Nick Seymour and drummer Paul Hester, who complete the trio, are Australian), we stayed in this tiny tacky bungalow while we...
Spears, Minaj offer show full of girl-power-pop
July 8, 2011
It's a girl-power-pop evening with Britney Spears and Nicki Minaj at the United Center. This is Spears' tour and she is clearly all the way back in the game, getting headlines for her music (the "Femme Fatale" album debuted at No. 1 in April) and not personal drama. Spears seems to have her pop star hat back on straight and is handling her business, for instance, by putting hip-hop/electronica divaette Minaj on her tour. The move surely adds another pile of cash to ticket sales.
Turning Up The Volume
By Tom Popson
January 28, 1993
Back in the second half of the '70s, Gary Stewart was a college student living in Los Angeles, hanging out at record stores (spending most of his time at the Rhino record store on Westwood Boulevard, he recalls) and patronizing clubs that were part of the L.A. punk/new wave/power-pop scene. Today Stewart spends a lot of his time at the offices of the Rhino Records label-the eclectic, reissues-and-more company that grew out of the retail record store-where he is Rhino's vice president of A&R. If he is...
The week's hot rock
By Greg Kot, TRIBUNE CRITIC
September 18, 2009
Health: The Los Angeles noise-disco quartet advises listeners to crank their new album, "Get Color" (Lovepump United), to "a minimum of 90 dB," likely to approximate the ecstatic din of the group's concerts. Friday at Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western Ave., $10; ticketweb.com Ida Maria: When last seen the Norwegian singer was tossing the stage at Lollapalooza, and offering fashion tips on a blistering afternoon with her hit "I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked." She's one of the year's most...
Chicago's next wave
By Greg Kot, Tribune music critic
June 12, 2005
It's 8:10 on a Wednesday night, and West Hollywood feels asleep. The second in a five-act bill is about to take the stage to a nearly empty room at the Troubadour, a landmark club hosting a midweek smorgasbord of mostly anonymous bands. But as the members of the Redwalls -- a quartet from northwest suburban Deerfield -- step to their microphones, it's as though someone outside has blown a whistle announcing that cash prizes will be given away indoors. More than 100 people hustle into the club so as not to...
Brendan Benson, 'My Old, Familiar Friend'
By August Brown, Tribune Newspapers
August 18, 2009
Brendan Benson, 'My Old, Familiar Friend' . (out of four) Brendan Benson has at least three good ideas before he ever parts his lips on "A Whole Lot Better," the first track of his new album "My Old, Familiar Friend" (ATO Records). First, a tiny synthesizer flutters into focus, then a big prog-rock riff stomps around a bit before finally building into one of the better updates of Alex Chilton's power-pop in Benson's career. Plenty of equally inspired singles made for doing...
Jason Falkner Bliss Descending Like Jon Brion...
By JOSHUA KLEIN, REDEYE SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR
November 5, 2004
Jason Falkner Bliss Descending Like Jon Brion, his onetime compatriot in Jellyfish and the Grays, Jason Falkner has become much better known for his behind-the-scenes session work than for his solo releases. But the man's an uncannily adept master at power-pop songcraft, as the EP "Bliss Descending" demonstrates. Take away: One-man power-pop band ---------- Edited by Cara DiPasquale (email@example.com) and Molly Marinik...
May, you rock!
By Matt Pais and Matt Pais is the metromix music and movies producer
April 29, 2009
Joe Pug May 1-2 at Schubas Two chances to see this exceptional young folk singer, a Portage Park resident sure to blow up at Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza later this summer. Read our interview with Pug on page 34. Kate Voegele May 1 at Park West Are we recommending this sweetly disarming, up-and-coming singer-songwriter (and "One Tree Hill" star) because of some silly crush? Uh, of course not. Her new record, "A Fine Mess," comes out May 19. Cavashawn May 2 at Beat Kitchen Sunny local...
Rooney Rooney Power pop is such a tried-and-true...
By Joshua Klein, Redeye Special Contributor. Steve Klinge, KRT. Edited by Cara DiPasquale (email@example.com) and Kris Karnopp (email@example.com)
June 10, 2003
Rooney Rooney Power pop is such a tried-and-true formula--take a dash of the Beatles, add dollops of the Beach Boys and sprinkle with the hard rock zest of the Cars--that it would take a truly awful band to ruin it. Just the same, power-pop mediocrities litter the bargain bins. Thanks to Keith Forsey's sharp production and Robert Carmine's bright songs, Rooney's self-titled debut has enough going for it to catch your ear, though a distracting resemblance to...
More shows you shouldn't miss
By Bob Gendron, SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE
November 21, 2008
Saturday: Whether insisting venues use recyclable cups or donating money to offset tour-bus emissions, more artists are going green. Psychedelic environmentalists Brightblack Morning Light are at the extreme forefront of the movement. The mellow collective recorded "Motion to Rejoin" (Matador) while living in an adobe on a mesa. Having generated all of its power from four solar panels, the band claims its output is anti-coal, anti-nuclear and in the line with the sun. That sort of mystical...
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Warren Buffett's Quotes About David Sokol
David Sokol, considered a possible successor to Warren Buffett's CEO role at Berkshire Hathaway, resigned from his post. In disclosing Sokol's resignation, Buffett said Sokol had purchased stock in a chemicals company Berkshire later decided to buy.
Here is a look back at Buffett's comments about David Sokol over the years.
"If I only had two draft picks out of American business, Walter Scott and David Sokol are the ones I would choose for this industry."
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From the moment he lays eyes on the Sinners' new soundboard operator, drummer Eric Sticks knows he has to make Rebekah his. Unfortunately, she's too busy trying to seduce guitarist Trey Mills to pay him much attention.Rebekah never planned to fall for the tall, goofy drummer with the weird sense of humor and a heart the size of the galaxy. But Eric makes her laugh and his constant attention makes her feel sexy and irresistible—exactly what she needs after the things her last lover said to her.
A woman who gives as much as she takes, Rebekah makes Eric feel like a total stud—exactly what he needs after surviving a decade of watching the incredibly talented members of the Sinners from the wings.
In the darkness, Rebekah rolled onto her back and stared at the bunk overhead. Trey slept up there. She could hear his soft snores. He hadn't spoken a word to her all evening. She'd had fun with the other guys, but Trey was obviously avoiding her. She rolled onto her side, restless and horny. She regretted making Trey and Eric stop their combined seduction more and more with each passing minute. Maybe they wouldn't notice that her body was weird. It had been almost two years since her surgery. Maybe things were better now. How could she know if she didn't try?
Feeling claustrophobic in her little curtained bunk, she tugged the curtain back. Across the way, the light in Eric's bunk was on. He looked up from the book he was reading. When she tried to see the title on the spine, he shifted it so she couldn't read it. The tease. Like her. Did Trey really think she was a cock tease? She hadn't meant to be. It had just sort of happened that way.
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The insurance playing field will look dramatically different in a digitally connected future. Sweeping changes across consumer behavior, technology innovations and big data are reshaping traditional insurance business models and what it takes to compete.
The most successful insurers (expecting growth of 5-7 percent) are the ones that will adapt proactively as the playing field and rules of competition evolve.
Explore three ways in which insurers can step up their game to boost competitiveness.
At the same time, the growing importance of Big Data is playing to their sweet spot. CFOs are looking to integrate increasingly rich data about markets, sales, customers and internal operations to identify opportunities to accelerate growth and enhance profitability.
Key Findings
The value at stake is substantial as erosion of the traditional insurance business will make it challenging for insurers to maintain competitiveness.
In considering their strategy, insurers need to weigh both what they stand to lose from their existing business, and the opportunity potential they will miss out on if they fail to respond. Carriers need to move at speed to protect their current profit pools and capture new opportunities.
Forty-four percent of carriers believe that new competitors from outside of the industry will take 2-5 percent of market share in the next three years, with 10 percent expecting them to gain between 5-10 percent in market share.
No single move will guarantee competitiveness, but there are definitive actions that better position insurers for the future.
Bolster your defense to protect the core
Move to flexible, transactional systems, digitize functions and build a data structure to capture insights.
Expand your playing field
Customer needs are defined by desired outcomes—so look for ways to expand insurance offerings to deliver those outcomes.
Build out your team
Insurers must consider becoming part of an ecosystem of providers that is able to meet more of their customers' higher-level needs.


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Chapter 24, The Candidate for Congress Summary and Analysis
Mr. Sands runs for congress on the Whig party ticket, and Dr. Flint, although generally a staunch whig, actively campaigns for the opposing candidate.
Mr. Sands wins the election regardless of Dr. Flint's efforts and prepares to leave for Washington. Linda wishes to secure her children's freedom before he leaves, however, so she arranges a meeting with him. She crawls out of her little den for the first time in two years and catches his attention en route to his boat for Washington. She asks him to arrange for her children's emancipation before he goes, and he tells her it will be done. She is so weak by this time that she cannot walk and can barely crawl. She is unable to get back into her den by herself and must wait for her Uncle Phillip to carry her into it. Her grandmother and her uncle disapprove of her leaving her den and speaking with Mr. Sands, but they pity her too much to reprimand her for it.
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Epidemiological investigations have shown that overcoming the risk of cancer is related to the consumption of green vegetables and fruits. Many compounds from different origins, such as terrestrial plants and marine and microbial sources, have been reported to have therapeutic effects of which marine sources are the most important because the diversity of marine life is more varied than other sources. Fucoxanthin is one important compound with a marine origin and belongs to the group of carotenoids; it can be found in marine brown seaweeds, macroalgae, and diatoms, all of which have remarkable biological properties. Numerous studies have shown that fucoxanthin has considerable medicinal potential and promising applications in human health. In this review, we summarize the anticancer effects of fucoxanthin through several different mechanisms including anti-proliferation, induction of apoptosis, cell cycle arrest and anti-angiogenesis, and its possible role in the treatment of cancer.
The incidence of cancer and the failure of conventional chemotherapy to achieve a reduction in the mortality rates for common epithelial malignancies such as carcinomas of the lung, colon, breast, prostate and pancreas indicate a critical need for new approaches to control cancer development [
Structure of Fucoxanthin.
Fucoxanthin is a xanthophyll with antioxidant properties [
Studies have shown that fucoxanthin exhibits anti-proliferative potential in different types of carcinomas including prostate cancer (PC-3, DU145, LNCaP), leukemia (HL-60, HP50-2, HP100-1, ATL), colon cancer (HT-29, caco-2, DLT-1, LS1174T), liver cancer (HepG2, S-Hep-1), urinary bladder cancer (EJ-1), gastric cancer (MGC-803), breast cancer (MCF-7), melanoma (B16F10) and lymphoma (PEL) in a dose dependent manner [
Apoptosis is the selective process of physiological cell deletion that regulates the balance between cell proliferation and cell death. The failure of apoptosis is thought to contribute generally to the development of human malignancies. The induction of apoptosis is now considered to be an attractive strategy for cancer therapy [
Fucoxanthin and the apoptosis signaling pathway.
The growth of cells is normally determined by the extracellular signals that control the gene expression and protein regulation required for cell division [
Fucoxanthin on cell cycle arrest. ↑ Up regulation; ↓ down regulation.
The JAK/STAT pathway is a conserved signal transduction pathway that has been implicated in a number of distinct developmental and disease processes. Cytokines mediate their responses through the activation of the JAK/STAT signaling pathway, STATs comprising a family of seven structurally and functionally related proteins and JAKs representing a family of four non-receptor tyrosine kinases, which selectively phosphorylate and therefore activate STATs [
The NF-κB pathway is known to suppress apoptosis through the loss of pro-apoptotic factors (e.g., functional p53 or Bax) or the activation of anti-apoptotic factors such as Bcl-2, Bcl-XL or IAPs [
The discovery of natural compounds as effective angiogenesis inhibitors has become an important approach in the prevention of cancer. In this context, Sugawara
Fucoxanthin has preventive effects on cancer through different mechanisms of action. Numerous studies have shown that the different mechanisms of anticancer action include anti-proliferation, cell cycle arrest, apoptosis induction, suppression of angiogenesis and antidrug potential. Moreover, fucoxanthin could attenuate the toxicity associated with the use of conventional medicine without compromising its therapeutic efficacy. The various molecular targets of fucoxanthin have been identified using various cancer cell lines; however, further research in animal models of disease is warranted to obtain more conclusive evidence for the molecular basis of fucoxanthin action. Despite its demonstrated therapeutic efficacy in tumor cell lines and animal models, there have been few clinical studies using fucoxanthin to date. Moreover, data on the bioavailability and other pharmacokinetic parameters of fucoxanthin are still incomplete. More studies need to be performed systematically before fucoxanthin can be developed into a drug for the potential treatment of various carcinomas.
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Census 2011 – It's time to get your form in
Census day was yesterday 27th March, and it's now time to send in your Census questionnaire to help bring funding to Birmingham. Census results are turned into anonymous statistics and used to fund and plan local services such as transport, healthcare and education.
Activities took place across Birmingham on Census weekend in locations including Star City, Aston Library, Saltley, Bordesley Green and the city centre. The Census team were on hand to answer questions and give advice as well as offer language interpretation support.
Residents are urged to send their forms in, either on paper or online, as quickly as possible to avoid being visited by Office for National Statistics (ONS) Census Collectors.
For lost or missing forms, or for extra help and advice call 0300 0201 101 or visit www.census.gov.uk.
Where forms have not been returned by next week census officials will be making door-to-door visits to collect the forms or help households fill in new ones.
It is a legal obligation that a census return is completed for every household in the country.
A full list of census support and advice sessions in Birmingham, with language interpretation, is available on www.Birmingham.gov.uk/censusdropin


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Been playing for 10 years, but never really picked up any pedals. I'm just getting to a point where I can support my hobby, so I'll probably be picking up some boxes in the near future.
I play a really cheap Maestro guitar I bought at Best Buy for less than 80 bucks. The Maestro guitar is made under the auspices of Gibson in China. It's not a great guitar, but it's good enough for me.
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Teachers and school staff will receive training in early intervention for depression and self-harm among students, under a plan to improve mental health support.
Clinical advisers from national youth mental health foundation headspace will run the sessions for 3500 teachers and staff by the end of this year.
The state government's Schools And Families Engaging Minds program includes online training with videos that parents and other school staff can also access.
The website that hosts the training program said early intervention would help tackle ''emerging'' mental health problems before they became more serious. It said emotional distress affected school communities every year.
''This may include mental health issues such as anxiety and depression, self-harm behaviours, suicidal ideation and suicide,'' it said.
Mental health organisations including beyondblue, Orygen Youth Health and the Centre for Adolescent Health helped develop the program alongside school principal groups. Staff from state, independent and Catholic schools will have access to the training.


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Twelve pieces of a picture from the movie were unveiled one by one, giving clues to Tintin's hair, shirt and shoe.
Paramount Pictures is teasing "Tintin" fans by sharing pieces of the first picture from "The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn" via Empire Online. The twelve pieces give glimpses of Tintin's hair, blue sweater, shoe as well as his dog Snowy.
Steven Spielberg directed a live-action footage, upon which the animation will be based, a year ago. The footage was then handed off to Peter Jackson and WETA, who went to work animating CGI footage based upon Spielberg's work.
The film will depict Tintin's (Jamie Bell) first encounter with Captain Haddock (Andy Serkis) and the discovery of a clue to the treasure of his ancestor Sir Francis Haddock. They set out to find it with protection from a prison escapee who tried to get the treasure as well as Detectives Thomson (Nick Frost) and Thompson (Simon Pegg).
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conducted in summer 2013 by the Alvernia Alumni Association, had more good news. This one showed continued progress with 76 percent of alumni remaining actively involved in community service or volunteerism after graduating. When compared to national data, Alvernia graduates are exceptional; according to a 2012 federal survey, on average 42 percent of college graduates age 25 or older volunteer in the community. Warchal and Ruiz attribute Alvernia's stellar profile to the university's integrated approach to experientialbased classes that include service learning. "For many years, college graduates began volunteering in their 30s and 40s, when they felt settled enough to serve their community," says Ruiz. "Now, thanks to a greater variety of servicelearning opportunities, they're volunteering earlier, sometimes right after graduation. It's clear that service-learning participants become leaders. They create projects. They take charge when they see the need." In addition to studying
its impact on volunteerism among graduates, Ruiz and Warchal teach the practice of developing life skills while developing communities. They supervise a new website devoted to psychology and ethics. And they present papers at service-learning conferences around the world, where they're highly regarded as a scholarly, personable tag team. Together, Warchal and Ruiz have helped make Alvernia a significant player in a significant movement. According to the National ServiceLearning Clearinghouse, at least a quarter of American institutions of higher learning have educational exchanges with community agencies. Off-campus organizations — AmeriCorps, Learn and Serve America, United We Serve — promote systematic, reflective "learning by doing" as a superior way of solving all kinds of problems and dealing with all kinds of people. It's an approach that has helped earn national recognition for Alvernia, including the prestigious Continued on page 61
The impact of service learning extends far beyond campus for Alvernia graduates. Above, Alyssa Wagner '14 tutors a young Reading, Pa., student as part of a community service program.
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na Ruiz and Judith Warchal know each other so well the pair can usually finish each other's sentences. Working closely together for 20 years, the two academics think alike, talk alike and sometimes even dress alike. They also share an unusual passion — for service learning — that has shaped their relationship and their work to understand its impact on Alvernia students and graduates. The duo conducted their first survey regarding the effects of service learning on employment choices and community engagement among Alvernia graduates in 2004. Results were illuminating, but the pair of psychology professors was surprised only by the modesty of the respondents. Some Alvernia graduates "didn't think that what they did was community service," says Warchal, a professor of psychology and counseling, and a licensed psychologist. "They considered it natural to help their school or church because their school or church helped them." While the number of respondents to that first survey was also modest — just 124 graduates — an impressive 72 percent of them were engaged in volunteering. Seven years later, Ruiz and Warchal expanded their alumni survey. This time they asked more questions on a wider range of topics about types of community service, job satisfaction and voter registration. The 2011 survey received more than 1,000 responses — almost 10 times as many as the 2004 survey. Seven years after the original research, nearly 67 percent of graduates said they were involved in volunteering. A separate survey,
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So, yes – the heavens did open and cover the earth in a blanket of death. For folks who don't live in a state that has snow as frequently as we do here in Michigan – fuck you. Also, so that you understand what we go through around this time of year – imagine rubbing astro-glide on the bottoms of your feet and then walk across a well-polished floor, covered with patches of broken glass… You'll want to be careful – but at some point, you know you'll be picking glass shards out of your rump. And that's the anticipation that driving on a well-iced road brings us… You always know that time that you're going to be fucked. It feels like it's happening slowly – like the road is buying you dinner, talking about the things that interest you, and then as soon as you get into the seedy motel room – BAM! Face against the carpet, ass in the air, railed repeatedly until you don't even remember your name.
Yes, I am now relating an icy road to date-rape… but its oddly fitting, I think.
I will say quite honestly that I'm busier trying to accomplish all my goals these days than I have been in years… In the past 12 years, I would honestly say that I've always had an online video game that I was immersed in. Be it Everquest, City of Heroes, StarWars Galaxies, WoW, Warhammer, etc… There was always SOMETHING – but these days, I can't even imagine how I would find the time to play something like that even if I wanted to. Granted, my time management skills suck. I spend way too much time driving back and forth to coffee houses so that I can find my inspiration, when I should just find a way to draw in the apartment and forsake all the devices of distraction that surround me… but hey – sometimes you just need a good cup of coffee… and what would my favorite barista Liz do if she didn't have me there several nights a week?
Okay, she might not really be affected, but I'm going to pretend there would be a "missing Bob" interval that happened… and an empty feeling in her soul.
But at least there is one thing, the thing that keeps me sane through all the troubles and turmoil. Pornography. I still have it. I still love it. And thanks to porn and Craigslist, I'm fairly certain that I will have an overabundance of material for this comic. But in a Nietzsche sense of the world – if I look long into the abyss, the abyss also looks back at me. Which means I must be careful when I watch porn, not to BECOME porn. Which for those folks who have seen some of my online profiles – I think I may have already failed there…
My bad.
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I know what that feels like honestly. It snowed here in Prescott, AZ not even 2 weeks ago and got 6 inches here. Black Ice sucked even worse. What sucked the most though? The fucking idiots driving on the shit when they have no clue how.
P.S. Craigslist here sucks for cruising sex, especially for a chub. I'm a vers bottom with a super chub vers top that can't top (biiiig tummy)… damnit. Come down here and give me a snow plow until I forget my name!!!
We were told we would get a huge amount of snow here. All the local schools were canceled, as well as the night activities I usually do. Once it hit… I'd say we got about a half-inch. Talk about petering out early.
BTW, don't feel guilty about driving back and forth to coffee houses. If people would be like you and just start spending money again, we could be out of this economic crisis.
we get lake effect around here so i feel your pain.
although i wouldn't call it angel seed.
more like satan's semen-sticks to everything and is a bitch to get out of your clothes.
Aww come one, the roads weren't that bad, at least not in Lansing – though we did get at least a good 7 inches
You had me at "seedy motel room" and "ass in the air."
Nice and sunny here in San Diego. Neener Neener Neener! Just pay no attention to the brush fires and earthquakes.
I too played EQ and SWG but like you, I just can't find the time to anymore. Way too much time spent looking at porn.


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Nordnorge: Nordnorge Cruise Review by antarcticacruiser
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Destination: Other
Embarkation: Puntarenas (Puerto Caldera)
Temperatures will drop to about -2 degrees C in Antarctica. Bring layered clothing, a good camera, binocs. and a willingness to be awestruck!
There is no doubt it was the 'trip of a lifetime'. Here are some observations.
Weather- we had very good conditions, despite it being early in the season. The crossing of the Drake Passage was a dream heading south, and a little lumpy coming back, but not bad! Santiago, Chile and Buenos Aires were warm, as to be expected. In Antarctica itself, the waterproof windbreakers they provided (and you get to keep!) were more than adequate with a decent polar fleece and turtleneck underneath. The coldest it got was -3 degrees C.
Food- Norwegian Coastal is Norwegian, and Norwegians eat fish, so expect eight kinds of More herring, plus anchovy paste, shrimp and crayfish salads, smoked salmon, gravlax, and the rest of it. I was in heaven, but others, quite frankly, had their fill after a couple of days aboard.
But fear not- there was also whole Patagonian lamb, suckling pig, Argentinean steaks barbecued on the aft deck, and lots of salads, endless versions of potatoes, and of course, truly excellent desserts. Especially good were the mousses (usually about three or four of them at lunch or dinner), and the cheesecakes. Most days were buffets, and they were favored over the more formal plate service. There was a Norwegian themed buffet one night, and a Philippine one on another (the staff, other than the Norwegian officers, were almost all Filipino, and a delight!). Ashore in Patagonia, take advantage of the excellent regional cuisine, and of course, drink lots of wine. Onboard, they offered a 4-pack of wine for about $60USD, a deal.
For those who needed more than three square, there was a 24 hour self serve cafeteria with coffees, teas, and yet more cakes, pies and other confections.
Amenities aboard- limited! No tv's or DVD's in the staterooms, quite a lot of down time between shore excursions and while crossing the Drake (36 hours each way). There is a good library, and you can sign out special books if you need that ornithological atlas or history of Antarctic explorers. There are puzzles and cards. There was a forward lounge that was almost always in use by guests just staring at the wondrous panoramas. A very small fitness room was hardly used, and remarkably, only a few cottoned onto the twin hot tubs located in a very sheltered spot on the 6th level aft deck. A great place to watch, again, the passing glorious viewscapes.
There is good internet, and one hour costs $10. What is absolutely extraordinary, though, is the telephone connectivity. A 40 minute card costs $17, and you can call home within seconds. You would think you're talking to someone in the next room, the service is so good. You'll get hooked, believe me.
Liquor prices and selection are not the greatest, but there were few serious imbibers aboard. You could bring your own booze if you drank in your stateroom. There was a nightly special, and Aquavit was the favorite.
Staterooms- I wouldn't encourage purchase of an inside cabin. With daylight extending 20 hours a day, there is always something to look at out the window. So spring for a decent category. I recommend N or higher. The berths are singles until you get into the junior suite category, and furnishings are spare. But immaculately clean, like the whole ship, and all you need. The bathrooms are snug, but absolutely workable. The wiring is 220 volt, so bring a converter to charge your camera batteries or run that small electronic device you might have brought along.
Itinerary-there is no doubt this is 'Antarctica Lite'- we didn't venture much south of 65 degrees, and in fact were blocked from entering Lemaire Passage because of ice conditions. However, we clearly saw the best-of-the-best. If you take an icebreaker, you will get further south but by all accounts from sea hardened expedition leaders we saw pretty much everything you might want to. Later in the season there are more whales- we saw only half a dozen or so, and the penguin chicks will have hatched, but we saw the spring snow fields in all their glory.
As well, we got to venture into the Weddell Sea, where giant chunks of the Larsen iceshelf have broken off and would float past in endless succession. The ship could maneuver to within a few meters of these behemoths- sometimes over a hundred feet high (with the other 800 feet or so below the surface). They were well over a kilometer long and half that width- containing about a billion or so gallons of ancient frozen water.
Which brings up the point about global warming- the lecturers talked about the issue a lot. Some populations of penguins have been dislocated due to warming conditions, and in Patagonia, the glaciers are rapidly retreating. In Antarctica itself, the ice isn't leaving any time too soon, but without doubt there are changes. The krill, on which the whales, pelagic birds and penguins feed, is diminishing, and areas that were once snow covered-eg at Port Lockroy, are now bare of snow even in their 'May'. If you really feel compromised traveling half way round the world and adding to the CO2 atmospheric load, we can arrange for you to purchase offsetting carbon credits. click here to find out how to offset CO2 Feel good about your adventure!
The five days we spent in Patagonia were phenomenal. Perfect weather for Torres del Paine- a long day aboard a coach to get glimpses of the Unesco Heritage Site National Park. Punta Arenas is actually a delightful town, and Puerto Natales, with its endless trekker services, beckons for a return visit. Even tiny Puerto Williams, jumping off point to Cape Horn, has its charms, and we spent a pleasant morning walking around and viewing the 'Yacht Club at the End of the Earth'. We even ran into Rolf Bjelke on the dock, captain of a 40 foot sailboat that he and partner Deborah Shapiro had sailed to Antarctica and overwintered in the very areas we were to visit. Their tale, published as Time on Ice, cemented their legendary status among bluewater sailors. Ushuaia is a sizable town with three excellent museums/galleries- one of them in an old prison! Strongly recommended.
Expedition leaders- there were historians, geologists, bird biologists, whale and penguin experts, even a glaciologist aboard. They gave lectures and showed slides/played naturalist themed movies pretty much every day. In German, French and English (separately!) You could not have asked for more topical information. Which suited the guests just fine- most were 50's to 70's, well traveled, well educated, and game for adventure. It was delightful to see a late 80's pair of identical twins decked out in polar gear, eager to get out onto the ice each day.
We got about 10 shore landings, each about an hour in duration. The loading of the Polar Cirkel inflatables was done by 'grupas'- in our case 9 groups who were called in rotating order. So you had a pretty good idea of when you needed to be on deck 2, decked out in your gear, lifejacket secured, ready to go. Once ashore, you could stay a bit beyond your allotted hour, because some people always went back a bit early. The boats were safe, fast, and very professionally handled. A couple of times, we just did a little driveabout, weaving between icebergs and along dramatic shorelines.
The ship itself was VERY agile, and could literally turn in its own length, thanks to fore and aft thrusters. We got into places I swear looked impassable. For sure, you don't do that on Princess Cruises, and the 100 passenger adventure ships that do get closer just aren't nearly as comfortable. NCV is very good compromise!
Most of all, you needed a good camera. I shot over a thousand pictures on my new Nikon D70s digital, and felt like a rank amateur compared to some of the real camera fiends. Despite the hackneyed term, this is a world class experience, and recording it HAS to be one of the greater pleasures. And if you missed the great shot, don't worry- the staff take loads of pictures and sell a CD of the best on the last day. We bought one...
Travel arrangements- The inclusive package includes air from a North American gateway city, a night in Santiago (at the 5 star Intercontinental), an internal charter flight to Punta Arenas, return to Buenos Aires with an overnight at the very deluxe Panamericano, then return home. Transfers are included.
I STRONGLY recommend air deviations to allow for a longer stay pre/post cruise. It is a long way to travel, and squeezing a couple of extra days either end makes a lot of sense. Our small sub-group got together and did day trips to wine country (Colchagua and Maipo Valleys) in Chile, as well as to Valparaiso and the seaside home of Chilean literary icon Pablo Neruda. We retained a van that comfortably seated seven of us and the knowledgeable driver/guide. The 12 hour tours cost about $90 each/day all in, with the independence to choose exactly what we wanted to see and for how long, plus delightful lunches. We did a half day self directed tour of Santiago, and in doing so ran into the same tour buses that would have been the alternative. Do eat out at any of the fantastic restaurants located within two blocks of the hotel. Imagine gourmet dining for $30/person with exquisite wines. By the way, generous buffet breakfasts were supplied at the hotels.
In Buenos Aires we retained a professional guide, who packed in more BA than could have been imagined. Everything from the San Telmo market to La Boca, eating huge steaks at the famous Parilla Las Lilas in Puerto Madero, visiting the Museo del Belle Artes (fabulous!), the trendy area known as Recoletta- with the grand Hotel Alvear as its striking hub, and time left over for shopping- leather and jewelry being very good buys.
Norwegian Coastal offers pre/post trips to Iguassu Falls, Atacama desert in northern Chile, even Easter Island. I tried to price these out independently, and their packages were very price competitive.
Tipping- is at your own discretion, but please, be generous. The crew on all ships work very hard, long hours, every day, away from family, for pretty low base pay. Your gratuities make all the difference. The recommended amount is $12USD/person/day, on your credit card. If you prefer, vary that, and leave envelopes with cash for your cabin steward and servers.
By the way, bank machines work well in Argentina and Chile, and cards are nearly universally accepted. But do take small denomination US dollars, for tips and for incidentals. These are still developing countries, and your dollar looks like three dollars to an Argentinean! A small price to pay for a big privilege in seeing this part of the world. Less
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