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Australia's big iron ore suppliers are facing a double whammy as Chinese steel makers demand lower prices and our biggest competitor, Brazil, moves to accept price cuts of about 10 per cent to steal market share.
The squeeze came as the pace of China's economic expansion slowed to a two-year low and federal Treasury secretary Martin Parkinson told Australian miners that Chinese growth was not "pre-ordained".
Chinese steel mill sources said they were seeking to renegotiate quarterly prices to secure rates more closely aligned to the spot price, which has fallen 15 per cent in the past five weeks to hit $US153.40 this week.
Brazil's Vale has agreed to adjust the pricing model with China's steel producers in a move that will undercut prices for
Investors sold resource stocks yesterday amid iron ore price concerns and figures showing China's economy is growing at a slower than expected 9.1 per cent.
Shares in iron ore producer Fortescue Metals Group lost 9.2 per cent and
But stronger than expected Chinese industrial production and an easing in inflation buoyed hopes that the world's biggest producer of iron and steel will maintain demand for Australian resources. China uses over 60 per cent of seaborne iron ore.
Australian suppliers are enjoying record prices, but markets have cut copper and gold prices amid global market turmoil.
The Chinese mills want the prices they pay to reflect the recent falls in the iron ore spot market rather than higher, longer-term contract prices.
Use of spot prices would also shift the burden of rising freight costs onto suppliers.
Brazil's Vale has asked Chinese steel mills if they want to dump quarterly contracts and instead pay around $US15 a tonne less than the $US175 a tonne rate that had previously been agreed as the quarterly rate for October to December.
Vale sent 41 per cent of its iron ore to China in the first quarter of 2011 and has plans to sell 130 million tonnes of its entire expected output of 310 million tonnes there next year.
The proportion of sales is expected to grow strongly as Vale expands its output to a planned 469 million tonnes a year by 2015, with European demand subdued and growth almost non-existent.
Rio Tinto is understood to be renegotiating its quarterly contracts on a case-by-case basis to try to avoid losing deals to a cheaper supplier.
CLSA analyst Ian Roper said the shift would hurt Rio Tinto and Vale more than BHP Billiton and Fortescue Metals Group, which are already selling iron ore at monthly or shorter prices, with prices 15 per cent off their September 7 peak. "BHP and Fortescue have already banked those higher prices, Rio and Vale will have to surrender them and just take the current spot rate," Mr Roper said.
However, a source at one of China's steel makers, Maanshan Iron and Steel, said BHP's monthly price is now around $US10 a tonne above the current spot price.
"I think they will have to lower their prices," the executive said of the major Australian miners.
China's efforts to dampen inflation by restricting the flow of money to small and medium sized enterprises meant new bank lending hit a 21 month low in September.
But Mr Roper said he was yet to hear directly of any Chinese customers having problems obtaining a letter of credit to import iron ore.
"They may use it as an excuse, but essentially they're just waiting for prices to keep falling," he said.
Trading sources say BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto have both been selling more cargoes into the spot market in recent days in line with expanded mine supply, which will also keep prices down.
It is understood that a cargo of Rio Tinto's Pilbara Blend product sold for as little as $US150 a tonne this week, indicating that there is plenty of room for prices to continue falling from the published indexed rate of $US153.
Mr Roper said seasonal increases in iron ore supply combined with a slight petering off in steel production across Europe and within China during September mean prices are poised to fall as low as $US120 a tonne to $US140 a tonne in the coming weeks. Data from China's National Bureau of Statistics shows crude steel production fell by more than 3 per cent from August to 56.7 million tonnes last month.
The Maanshan Iron and Steel executive said rising dry bulk freight rates were proof of the increased global iron ore supply, with freight from Australia to China rising to $US13 a tonne from $US7 a tonne and the Brazil to China route increasing to $US29 a tonne from $US20 a tonne earlier in the year.
Mr Roper said this would also hurt the iron ore miners as spot prices – under which the miners pay for the freight component – continue to fall.
A London-based analyst said the jump in freight reflected increased activity in the Pilbara, with BHP Billiton recently telling analysts and media it is operating at 165 million tonnes a year and Rio Tinto recording record quarterly sales and near-record production in the September quarter.
Analysts believe buying will increase ahead of the northern winter, with Mr Roper predicting prices will average $US150 a tonne throughout the final quarter.
Australian suppliers hope the Chinese authorities can contain inflation without dampening growth too rapidly.
China's industrial production also rose at a surprising 13.8 per cent in September, while the consumer price index fell from a 37-month high of 6.5 per cent in July to 6.1 per cent.
Mr Parkinson told a Goldman Sachs conference yesterday China was likely to avoid a "hard landing", and that it "has much policy space should there be a major slowdown in global growth.
"However, while the potential is there, continuation of strong growth in China isn't pre-ordained.
"The medium-term policy challenges China faces are daunting and even when the right policy decisions are made there will be risks in implementation. The good news allayed fears of a hard landing for the Chinese economy."
The Australian Financial Review


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"[D]ead on the money": Conservative media figures defend Paladino's anti-gay remarks
New York GOP gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino recently said he didn't want children "brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid and successful option" as "getting married and raising a family." Right-wing pundits have since defended his remarks, calling his comments "dead on the money," "defensible," and "[not] bad at all."
Paladino says kids shouldn't be "brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid or successful option"
While speaking to a group of Orthodox Jewish leaders in Brooklyn on October 10, Carl Paladino, the Republican candidate for New York governor, criticized his opponent for marching in New York City's gay pride parade with his two teenage daughters. He went on to say that "my children, and your children, will be much better off...getting married and raising a family," and that children shouldn't be "brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid or successful option." From the speech [1]:
PALADINO: We must stop pandering to the pornographers and the perverts, who seek to target our children and destroy their lives. I didn't march in the gay parade this year -- the gay pride parade this year. My opponent did. And that's not the example that we should be showing our children, certainly not in our schools. And don't misquote me as wanting to hurt homosexual people in any way. That would be a dastardly lie. My approach is live and let live. I just think my children, and your children, will be much better off, and much more successful, getting married and raising a family. And I don't want them to be brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid or successful option. It isn't.
Conservative media figures call comments "defensible," say Paladino is "dead on the money"
Paladino's comments have since been publicly supported by many right-wing media figures, including Bryan Fischer, Jonah Goldberg, the blogger Ace, Anne Coulter, and Dana Loesch.
Fischer: "Everything -- every single thing -- that Paladino said about the homosexual lifestyle yesterday was dead on the money." On the American Family Association's blog Rightly Concerned, conservative commentator Bryan Fischer wrote [2] that Paladino "told the truth about homosexuality, right out in front of God, the public, and vicious, mean-spirited homosexuals." Fischer concluded the article by asking, "Do you have the backbone of Mr. Paladino, or are you a nancy-boy who will try to finesse this issue or dodge it altogether?" From the post:
Carl Paladino, running for governor of the state of New York against Andrew Cuomo, trod yesterday where angels fear to tread: he told the truth about homosexuality, right out in front of God, the public, and vicious, mean-spirited homosexuals.
Paladino brought it yesterday, throwing a live grenade into what had already been a contentious campaign, the kind that makes politics the spectator sport it is in the Empire State.
Everything -- every single thing -- that Paladino said about the homosexual lifestyle yesterday was dead on the money. What he said is so true and so evident and so obvious that the real controversy here is that there is any controversy at all.
The fact that homosexual activists will now bare their fangs, veritably dripping saliva as they go for Paladino's carotid artery, and will do so with the full-throated blessing of the out-of-the-mainstream media, only illustrates the enormously dangerous clout these purveyors of perversity have been given in our culture.
Fischer concluded by calling anyone who isn't "with Carl Paladino" a "nancy-boy":
I frankly hope the Ministers of Propaganda at places like the networks, the Associated Press, the New York Times, and the Washington Post start pinning down other pro-family candidates on what they think of Mr. Paladino's remarks. It's time for pro-family candidates to put up or shut up. You're either with Carl Paladino or you're with them. We need to know where you stand. Do you have the backbone of Mr. Paladino, or are you a nancy-boy who will try to finesse this issue or dodge it altogether? Inquiring minds want to know.
Goldberg: "There's a lot of defensible things [Paladino] has to say." On Fox News' Special Report with Bret Baier, National Review Online editor Jonah Goldberg said that while he believed that Paladino should have made sure that the speech wasn't taped, he thinks that "if you want to read in a favorable light, there's a lot of defensible things he has to say."
From Fox News' October 11 edition of Special Report with Bret Baier:
GOLDBERG: I think if you want to read in a favorable light, there's a lot of defensible things he has to say in this. In that, there are a lot of people who maybe have questions on gay marriages, including the President of the United States and most of the Democratic politicians in this country, who at the same time don't want to discriminate against gays but don't like the importing of this kind of conversation to very young children in schools.
That all said, I agree with Charles on this. When pandering to ultraconservative, ultra orthodox Jews, say, "No cameras."
Ace of Spades HQ blogger Ace: "I don't think any of those latter lines are bad at all." In a post [3] responding to a Politico article [4] on the speech, blogger Ace said that the comments in the speech are not "bad at all," commenting: "The gay community has to understand that, contra their desires, they will not likely be wholeheartedly embraced by traditionalists." From the post:
[Quoting Politico:] "However, there were other lines in the speech -- saying Andrew Cuomo set the wrong example by marching in the gay pride parade, where the focus is not solely marriage equality, and saying kids shouldn't be 'brainwashed' into thinking a gay lifestyle is 'valid' and 'equally successful' -- that were criticized. Dickter's headline referred to the speech broadly as 'anti-gay.'"
Yeah, well, I don't think any of those latter lines are bad at all. The gay community has to understand that, contra their desires, they will not likely be wholeheartedly embraced by traditionalists, and should stop insisting that that be the goal or the bar for "tolerance." Unless they [sic] gay community thinks that 70% of the country is "anti-gay" (and a lot of the gay community does think that, of course), this goal has to be considered perhaps one to shoot for one day, but it can't be made the standard for determining who's "anti-gay" or not.
Coulter: "[G]ay, left-wing activists" were "the only thing [Paladino] was condemning." In an appearance on the October 11 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, Ann Coulter supported Paladino, saying, "I think someone on this network should." She said of his comments, "I think it's a little bit offensive to merge gays with gay, left-wing activists. That was the only thing he was condemning." Host Bill O'Reilly disagreed, saying, "He lumped the whole group of people," and added, "I think everybody but you in the world agrees this ain't going to help the guy."
From the October 11 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor:
Loesch: Paladino expressing himself as social conservative, talking about "his views on sex." Dana Loesch, Editor-in-Chief of Andrew Breitbart's BigJournalism.com, defended Paladino's comments in an appearance on Fox News' America's Newsroom, saying that he "was expressing his stance as a social conservative." Loesch added, "He is a Catholic. He's talking about his views on sex from a religious perspective."
From the October 12 edition of Fox News' America's Newsroom:
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- Ann Coulter [7], Jonah Goldberg [8], Dana Loesch [9]
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The Quintessential Summer Road Trip Playlist – Created By You
With Memorial Day Weekend upon us, Deminski and Doyle want to know what songs you would choose to include in the ultimate playlist for a summer road trip. Over the course of the 3pm hour, Jeff and Bill took suggestions from callers around the state.
What are some songs you would include on your summer road trip playlist? Share your choices in the comment section below.
Here is the full list of the songs, in order, our callers came up with:
D&D's Summer Road Trip Playlist
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good chemistry is complicated,
and a little bit messy -LW
Re: I like Python's interactive shell a lot better than Perl's debugger. What are my alternatives?by roboticus (Chancellor)
|on Jan 08, 2010 at 17:13 UTC ( #816360=note: print w/replies, xml )
|Need Help??
There are various REPL programs for perl, as a simple google search will attest. You might take a look at them and see if any fit your needs. With Terminal::Readline (IIRC) and the eval statement, it's not too difficult to cobble something together a simple REPL. So you might start with a simple one and add whatever features you want...
A couple links that google gave me are:
Update: I didn't even think of CPAN which has a few interesting REPL and Shell modules. (e.g. Devel::REPL, Carp::REPL, Perl::Shell, ....)
In Section Seekers of Perl Wisdom


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PresentationCase Findings: A 45 year old man complains of a rash on his chest and face for the past 6 months. He has tried "every cream under the sun" and they didn't help. He is worried they will scar.
1269% Discoid lupus
299% Psoriasis
376% Seborrheic dermatitis
73% Drug Eruption
642% Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL)
Discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) is a scarring photosensitive autoimmune disease and the most common form of chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus. It has a characteristic clinical appearance consisting of red, scaly plaques with resulting pigmentary changes; the plaques are frequently found on the face and scalp. DLE most commonly afflicts women in the third and fourth decades of life, though it may occur at any age. Black and Latino patients are at increased risk. Only 5%-10% of patients demonstrate systemic involvement or will go on to develop systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Squamous cell carcinoma may develop in chronic DLE scars, especially in sun-exposed areas.
What To Look For:
Raised or scar-like, atrophic, red plaques. The plaques are often covered with adherent scales and will heal so as to leave atrophy, scarring, and depigmentation in the center of the lesion with a peripheral rim of hyperpigmentation. In the most common localized form of the disease, only areas above the neck such as the scalp, bridge of the nose, cheeks, lower lip, and ears are affected by the lesions. The generalized form of the disease affects the torso and upper extremities as well as areas above the neck. Scarring alopecia may be seen. Mucosal lesions and nail involvement may also be seen.
Variants include hyperkeratotic DLE and palmoplantar DLE.
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Blue Like Jazz (2003)
by Donald Miller
No current Talk conversations about this book.
Wonderful book, and will make you think very carefully about how you look at others.
Everyday, basic language presents some thought-provoking commentary on life, love, the church, and many other topics of interest to Christians, and those who are interested in Christianity but can't get through the jargon. Short, casual sentences tell a very interesting story. Recommended.
Given to me to read by my Pastor when my son went to Reed College, featured in the book
References to this work on external resources.
Wikipedia in English (2)
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0785263705, Paperback)
"I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn't resolve. I used to not like God because God didn't resolve. But that was before any of this happened." ―Donald Miller
In Donald Miller's early years, he was vaguely familiar with a distant God. But when he came to know Jesus Christ, he pursued the Christian life with great zeal. Within a few years he had a successful ministry that ultimately left him feeling empty, burned out, and, once again, far away from God. In this intimate, soul-searching account, Miller describes his remarkable journey back to a culturally relevant, infinitely loving God.
For anyone wondering if the Christian faith is still relevant in a postmodern culture.
For anyone thirsting for a genuine encounter with a God who is real.
For anyone yearning for a renewed sense of passion in life.
Blue Like Jazz is a fresh and original perspective on life, love, and redemption.
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"An earnest evangelical who nearly lost his faith, [Miller] went on a spiritual journey, found some progressive politics and most importantly, discovered Jesus' relevance for everyday life. This book, in its own elliptical way, tells the tale of that journey. But the narrative is episodic rather than linear, Miller's style evocative rather than rational and his analysis personally revealing rather than profoundly insightful. As such, it offers a postmodern riff on the classic evangelical presentation of the Gospel, complete with a concluding call to commitment. Written as a series of short essays on vaguely theological topics (faith, grace, belief, confession, church), and disguised theological topics (magic, romance, shifts, money), it is at times plodding or simplistic (how to go to church and not get angry? "pray... and go to the church God shows you"), and sometimes falls into merely self-indulgent musing. But more often Miller is enjoyably clever, and his story is telling and beautiful, even poignant. (The story of the reverse confession booth is worth the price of the book.) The title is meant to be evocative, and the subtitle - "Non-Religious" thoughts about "Christian Spirituality" - indicates Miller's distrust of the institutional church and his desire to appeal to those experimenting with other flavors of spirituality" -- Publishers Weekly.… (more)
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Phase II Study of Perifosine in Patients With Refractory and Relapsed Leukemia
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|Drug: perifosine
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Phase II Study of Perifosine in Patients With Refractory and Relapsed Leukemia
- Overall Response Rate (CR + PR) [ Time Frame: Every 4 weeks ]
- Time to Tumor Progression [ Time Frame: Every 4 weeks ]
- Hematologic Improvement [ Time Frame: Every 4 weeks ]
|Study Start Date:
|October 2006
|Study Completion Date:
|October 2011
|Primary Completion Date:
|October 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Perifosine Daily
Perifosine Daily
Drug: perifosine
Perifosine Daily Dose
Detailed Description:
This is a Phase II study of perifosine in patients with refractory and relapsed leukemia. After a one time loading dose of 600 mg (150 mg x 4 at least 4 hours apart) during the first cycle, perifosine will be given orally at 100 mg once a day continuously. Cycles are 28 days in length. Intra-patient dose escalation for the maintenance dose to 150 mg daily will be done in the second cycle if no non-hematological toxicities beyond grade 0-1 occurred during the first cycle are observed.
Patients will be assessed for efficacy at the end of each 28 day cycle of therapy, +/- 7 days. Complete remissions, partial remissions and hematological improvements of any kind will be counted towards an objective response for all diseases.
A maximum total of 37 evaluable patients will be entered in each of two diagnostic groups, which are being distinguished due to different anticipated rates of accrual. Group 1: AML, MDS, CML-BP non-lymphoid, CMML, Agnogenic Myeloid Metaplasia (AMM); Group 2: CLL, ALL, CML-BP lymphoid. A maximum total of 74 patients will be enrolled on the study.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients must have relapsed/refractory leukemias for which no standard therapies are anticipated to result in a durable remission. Patients with poor-risk myelodysplasia (MDS) [i.e. refractory anemia with excess blasts (RAEB-1 or RAEB-2) by WHO classification] and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) are also candidates for this protocol. Relapsed/refractory leukemias include acute non-lymphocytic leukemia (AML) by WHO classification, acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), or chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) in blast crisis. Patients with agnogenic myeloid metaplasia (AMM) are also eligible.
- ECOG performance status of 0-2
- Sexually active men and women who are not surgically sterile or post menopausal must use acceptable contraceptive methods (physician will discuss acceptable methods) during the time on study and for 4 weeks following the completion of treatment. Women of child-bearing potential (i.e., women who are pre-menopausal or not surgically sterile) must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test within 2 weeks prior to beginning treatment on this trial.
- In the absence of rapidly progressing disease, the interval from prior treatment to time of study drug administration should be at least 2 weeks for cytotoxic agents, or at least five half-lives for noncytotoxic agents. Persistent chronic toxicities from prior chemotherapy must not be greater than grade 1.
Patients must have the following clinical laboratory values:
- Serum creatinine: <= 2.0 mg/dl
- Total bilirubin: <=1.5x the upper limit of normal unless considered due to Gilbert's syndrome
- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT), or aspartate aminotransferase (AST): <= 3x the upper limit of normal unless considered due to organ leukemic involvement
- Must be able and willing to give written informed consent
- Age equal to or greater than 18 years
Exclusion Criteria:
- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to uncontrolled infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
- Active heart disease including myocardial infarction within previous 3 months, symptomatic coronary artery disease, arrhythmias not controlled by medication, or uncontrolled congestive heart failure
- Patients with a history of severe hyper-reactive airway system (e.g. active asthma, COPD)
- Patients receiving any other standard or investigational treatment for their hematologic malignancy
- Pregnant and nursing patients are excluded because the effects of perifosine on a fetus or nursing child are unknown.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00391560
|Study Chair:
|Frank Giles, MD
|M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
|Responsible Party:
|AEterna Zentaris
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00391560 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
Perifosine 217
|Study First Received:
|October 20, 2006
|Last Updated:
|March 4, 2013
Keywords provided by AEterna Zentaris:
refractory leukemia
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on July 28, 2017


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Internal emails show that News International tried to influence the prosecution of former News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman for phone hacking, Britain's media inquiry has heard.
Goodman was sacked in February 2007 after being jailed along with private investigator Glenn Mulcaire for intercepting voicemail messages left on royal aides' phones.
He appealed against his dismissal, alleging that named News of the World employees knew he was hacking phones and supported him, and that other staff were involved in the practice.
Lawrence Abramson, then a partner with leading law firm Harbottle and Lewis, was asked by News International in May 2007 to examine some 2500 emails looking for any evidence supporting Goodman's claims, the Leveson Inquiry into press standards heard on Tuesday.
He reported back on May 29 with a formal opinion that he found no "reasonable evidence" that the ex-royal editor's actions were known about at the newspaper.
But Abramson did raise concerns about around a dozen of the emails because they could have embarrassed the company if they were disclosed at an employment tribunal hearing, the inquiry heard.
"They showed confidential sources, concerns not to reveal sources, they revealed cash payments," the lawyer said.
"They revealed quite an active involvement in Clive Goodman's prosecution, they showed trying to influence the way the prosecution was being conducted or the defence was being conducted."
He added: "I felt that these documents showed News (International) in an unfavourable light, and were the sort of emails that I had to flag up to them that, 'if this came to a tribunal and we had to disclose these, they could result in adverse publicity for you'."
The inquiry heard that News International later handed a further batch of earlier emails, dating from 2003, to Harbottle and Lewis but Abramson did not see them at the time.
Robert Jay QC, counsel to the inquiry, asked the lawyer: "Had you seen those emails back in May 2007, would your advice have been the same or different?"
Abramson replied: "Different."


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French Creek State Park
Once an industrial complex for the fledgling United States of America, today French Creek State Park is an oasis for people and wildlife. Straddling the Schuylkill Highlands, the 7,730-acre park is the largest block of contiguous forest between Washington D.C. and New York City. The forests, lakes, wetlands, and fields are a destination for the people of southeast Pennsylvania to hike, fish, camp, and bike.
Those same habitats are homes to many animals and plants that are rare in this corner of the commonwealth. French Creek State Park is an Important Bird Area and Important Mammal Area as designated by the National Audubon Society and also has Pine Swamp, a State Park Natural Area.
Trails - Mountain Biking - Horseback Riding - Picnicking - Swimming - Boating - Fishing - Hunting - Disc Golfing - Orienteering - Education - Cross-country Skiing - Sledding - Ice Skating - Ice Fishing - Organized Group Cabin Camps - Organized Group Tenting - Yurts - Cabins - Camping Cottages - Camping
Seasons and Hours: The park is open every day of the year, sunrise to sunset. Day use areas close at dusk. The park office is open specific hours. The pool, overnight areas, and other areas are open specific seasons and hours. Contact the park office for facility seasons and hours.
Picnicking: Tables are located throughout the park with a picnic area by each lake. Picnicking near Hopewell Lake offers easy access to a peaceful place for a family picnic.
Swimming: Swimming is offered at the swimming pool by Hopewell Lake from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day, unless otherwise posted. A fee is charged. The pool is near the shore of the lake and provides a beautiful setting for swimmers and sunbathers. Certified lifeguards are on duty when the pool is open. During the swimming season, a food concession is open at the pool complex. Firewood, charcoal, and other picnic supplies are also sold. A picnic pavilion inside the pool complex is available for rent. Reservations must be made at the pool entrance.
All children nine years of age or less must be accompanied and supervised by a responsible person. One such person shall supervise no more than five children. Swimming is prohibited in either lake.
GPS DD: Lat. 40.19881 Long. -75.78425
Explore swimming for more information.
Boating: electric motors permitted
Inflatable watercraft devices used on Pennsylvania State Park waters must meet the following requirements: the craft must be made of a tough material, have more than one buoyancy chamber, and be a minimum of seven feet long.
Air propeller driven boats, sea planes, air mattresses and surf boards are prohibited.
Motorboats must display a current boat registration. Non-powered boats must display one of the following: boat registration; launching permit or mooring permit from Pennsylvania State Parks, available at most state park offices; launching permit from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission laws apply. Complete information on boating rules and regulations in Pennsylvania is available from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Web site.
Boat Rentals: Boat rentals are available daily at the Hopewell Lake pool complex from Memorial Day to Labor Day and on weekends during May and September..
Hopewell Lake: 68 acres of prime water presents a challenge for anglers. A wide variety of Pennsylvania warm-water species are found at Hopewell Lake, including northern pike, chain pickerel, bass, walleye, muskellunge and many species of panfish. This lake is designated as a big bass lake and specific regulations apply. A fishing pier for people with disabilities is in the day use area.
Special Note: All Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission rules and regulations apply to all boating and fishing on state park waters. A fishing license is required for people age 16 and over.
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission laws apply. Complete information on fishing rules and regulations in Pennsylvania is available from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Web site.
Hunting and Firearms: The combination of habitats at French Creek offers a variety of hunting opportunities. Over 6,000 acres of the park are open to hunting, trapping and the training of dogs during established seasons. Common game species are deer, turkey, rabbit, pheasant and squirrel.
Hunting woodchucks, also known as groundhogs, is prohibited. Dog training is only permitted from the day following Labor Day through March 31 in designated hunting areas. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Pennsylvania Game Commission rules and regulations apply. Contact the park office for ADA accessible hunting information.
Use extreme caution with firearms at all times. Other visitors use the park during hunting seasons. Firearms and archery equipment used for hunting may be uncased and ready for use only in authorized hunting areas during hunting seasons. In areas not open to hunting or during non-hunting seasons, firearms and archery equipment shall be kept in the owner's vehicle or enclosed trailer. Exceptions include: law enforcement officers and individuals with a valid Pennsylvania License to Carry Firearms are authorized to carry a firearm concealed on their person while they are within a state park.
Approximately three miles southeast of the park is State Game Land 43, administered by the Pennsylvania Game Commission. These game lands consist of more than 1,800 acres of land and add considerably to the public land available to the hunters of the area. A public firing range is located at the end of Laurel Road. Hunting is prohibited in Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site.
Complete information on hunting rules and regulations in Pennsylvania is available from the Pennsylvania Game Commission Web site.
Hiking: 35 miles of trails
Boone Trail: 6 miles - blue blazes - more difficult hiking
Buzzards Trail: 3 miles - yellow blazes with red stripe - more difficult hiking
Horse-shoe Trail: 8 miles - yellow blazes - more difficult hiking
Kalmia Trail: 1 mile - purple blazes - more difficult hiking
Lenape Trail: 5.5 miles - green blazes - more difficult hiking
Mill Creek Trail: 6 miles - white blazes with a red stripe - most difficult hiking
Raccoon Trail: 1.7 miles - red blazes - more difficult hiking
Six Penny Trail: 3 miles - orange blazes - more difficult hiking
Turtle Trail: 3.6 miles - white blazes - more difficult hiking
Mountain Biking: 20 miles of trails
Horseback Riding: Horse-shoe Trail winds through the park and into adjacent lands. Horses are not permitted on other park trails.
Disc Golfing: The course winds through the woods by Hopewell Lake. This activity attracts visitors of all ages, year-round. Sometimes referred to as Frisbee golf, disc golf is a favorite sport for individuals and families. The challenge of tossing a flying disc through the woods is unmatched by any other sport. Friendly, local enthusiasts are always willing to give advice to first-time golfers. Score cards and maps are available at the course.
Orienteering: The art of map and compass reading has made French Creek State Park a favorite stop for novices and experts. Considered by some as the "Orienteering Capital of North America," French Creek has developed a permanent self-guiding course for use by visitors of all ages.
The objective is to locate markers in the park with the aid of a map, and if you like, a compass. Traveling in groups or alone, running or walking, orienteering is a healthy, fun way to exercise both mind and body. Maps are available at the park office.
Stay the Night
Camping: flush toilets, warm showers, some electric hook-ups
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Free Camping for Campground Hosts: 2 host positions
Camping Cottages: Three cottages sleep five people in bunk beds, and have wooden floors, windows, electric heat, porch, picnic table, fire ring and electric lights and outlets.
Yurts: Two round, canvas and wood walled tents are on a wooden deck and sleep four people in two bunk beds. Yurts have a cooking stove, microwave oven, refrigerator, countertop, table, chairs, electric heat and outlets, fire ring and picnic table.
Modern Cabins: Ten furnished, modern cabins, nestled among the hardwoods, offer a pleasant alternative to state park camping. Each cabin features sleeping for six, electric heat, kitchen, private bath with shower, and wall-to-wall carpeting. Bring your own dishes, cookware and bedding. Cabins can be reserved year-round.
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Organized Group Tenting: Qualified organized groups can camp in the rustic group tenting area April 1 through October 31. One site holds 60 people and 16 other sites each hold 30 people. Reservations are required.
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Organized Group Cabin Camps: Group camps are open to organized youth and adult groups from mid-April to mid-October. These facilities include dining halls, central washhouses, camper cabins and staff quarters. Camp One holds 135 people. Camp Two holds 68 people. Applications are accepted after January and reservations awarded after March 1.
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Winter Activities
Explore the Winter Report for the current snow and ice depths. Please be safe on the ice.
Cross-country Skiing: All hiking trails and open areas of the park can be skied with proper snow cover.
Sledding: The backside of the dam at Scotts Run Lake is popular for sledding.
Ice Fishing: Both lakes can be ice-fished when the ice is at least four inches thick. Ice thickness is not monitored.
Ice Skating: The natural ice of the lakes can be skated when conditions permit. Ice thickness is not monitored.
Environmental Education and Interpretation
The park naturalist leads walks and hikes and gives evening talks and demonstrations, during the spring, summer and fall seasons. Check the park activity schedule, bulletin boards, or at the park office for program times and locations. Organized groups such as scouts and schools may schedule activities by calling the park office.
Explore the Calendar of Events for a listing of upcoming events.
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Access for People with Disabilities
If you need an accommodation to participate in park activities due to a disability, please contact the park you plan to visit.
In an Emergency
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The heavily forested, scenic hills of French Creek State Park provide habitat for plants and animals in the ever-expanding urban environment of southeastern Pennsylvania. Large oak, poplar, hickory, maple and beech trees cover much of the park, with a sparse understory of mountain laurel, rhododendron and other brushy plants. Wetlands and pristine streams flowing through rich, damp creek valleys offer additional habitats for plants and animals.
This large, diverse environment supports many animals that take advantage of the high quality resources found at French Creek. Observant visitors might see deer, squirrels, raccoons, songbirds and numerous other small animals and birds. The park sustains good populations of resident birds and animals, but also serves as an important stop for migratory species using the woodlands, streams, lakes, and wetlands for food and cover. The park is an Important Bird Area and an Important Mammal Area as designated by the National Audubon Society.
The common birds brochure lists the birds most likely to be seen in the park and in which habitat. Common Birds of French Creek State Park (.pdf) (338 kb, 7/16)
For detailed information on the geology of the area, the Pennsylvania Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey created the brochure Trail of Geology 6 Park Guide, French Creek State Park.
The forest covering the park has changed since Hopewell Furnace began operation, producing iron for a young America from 1771 to 1883. It required tremendous amounts of charcoal to fuel the large blast furnace. Woodcutters chopped wood from the forest and colliers burned it in "hearths" throughout the wooded hills surrounding the furnace to produce charcoal. To sustain the furnace operations, the entire area now contained in French Creek State Park was timbered repeatedly to make charcoal. The original forest of predominately American chestnut was cleared and eventually mixed oak forests developed after the furnace closed in 1883. It is hard to imagine that the thickly wooded hillsides enjoyed by today's visitors were once barren and treeless. The forest of French Creek State Park played a vital role in America's industrial infancy.
During the Great Depression in the 1930s, the Federal government purchased much of the land used for charcoal production as part of a national project to reclaim marginal lands. This project provided jobs and improved local economies by developing recreation sites called recreation demonstration areas.
Two Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps were built at French Creek and operated until the early 1940s. The camps built two dams, two group camps, several tent camping areas, beaches, roads, picnic areas, and started the restoration process for the historic core of Hopewell Furnace.
For more information on the CCC explore the CCC Years.
In 1946, most of the property and recreation facilities were transferred to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, creating French Creek State Park. The historic core of the furnace operations and some of the surrounding fields and woodlands were retained and are administered by the National Park Service as Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site.
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Located adjacent to the park, the Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site features a cold-blast furnace restored to its 1830s appearance. Hopewell Furnace serves as an example of an early American ironmaking community. Ore for the furnace was obtained from the local area. The iron produced was used to make many items including arms used by American patriots during the Revolutionary War period. The air needed to keep the furnace burning was provided by bellows powered by a huge water wheel that gathered its strength from the waters of French Creek.
During summer months, costumed historical interpreters demonstrate, describe and tell the story of Hopewell's iron-making years (1771-1883). Hopewell Furnace is open to the public daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. throughout the year, except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day. There is an admission fee. For more information contact: Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, 2 Mark Bird Lane, Elverson, PA 19520, 610-582-8773. www.nps.gov/hofu/
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Education Programs
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DiscoverE has programs for young people ages 4 to 17, provided by Pennsylvania State Park educators. By combining recreation and education, we hope to motivate children to learn more and return often, leading to a lifetime of outdoor enjoyment and conservation leadership.
In Watershed Education, teachers and students assess water quality of a local stream on a quarterly basis and develop strategies to solve local water quality problems.
ECO Camp - Exploring Careers Outdoors - is a week-long residential camp for a cross-section of high school youth from across Pennsylvania, sponsored by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR). Participate in action-packed, hands on activities and recreational adventures in Pennsylvania's state parks and forests that expose youth to conservation, recreation and careers in natural resources. Learn how people make a living working in the outdoors.
Explore education for more information on these and other programs.
Explore the Calendar of Events to find a program near you.
Do you take conservation personally? iConservePA is a Web site managed by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources whose vision is to inspire citizens to value their natural resources, engage in conservation practices and experience the outdoors. Take conservation personally.
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Pennsylvania State Parks and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources offer a wide range of civil service and non-civil service jobs, from foresters, to rangers, to engineers, to educators, to botanists and so much more. Learn what is currently available.
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Nearby Attractions
Information on nearby attractions is available from the Reading and Berks County Visitors Bureau. www.readingberkspa.com
Located adjacent to the park, the Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site features a cold-blast furnace restored to its 1830s appearance. Hopewell Furnace serves as an example of an early American ironmaking community. Ore for the furnace was obtained from the local area. The iron produced was used to make many items including arms used by American patriots during the Revolutionary War period. The air needed to keep the furnace burning was provided by bellows powered by a huge water wheel that gathered its strength from the waters of French Creek.
During summer months, costumed historical interpreters demonstrate, describe and tell the story of Hopewell's iron-making years (1771-1883). Hopewell Furnace is open to the public daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. throughout the year, except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day. For more information contact: Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, 2 Mark Bird Lane, Elverson, PA 19520, 610-582-8773. www.nps.gov/hofu/
Maps and Downloadables
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Recreational Guide
French Creek State Park Map (.pdf) (3,771 kb, 4/13)
Interactive GIS Map
The Interactive GIS Map uses Geographic Information Systems to create a map that does not need to be downloaded and features driving directions, searchable park amenities and customizable maps. Please note that the background maps are maintained by a variety of public sources and driving directions usually go to the nearest large road.
Campground Map
French Creek State Park Campground Map (.pdf) (672 kb, 9/16)
Common Birds Brochure
Common Birds of French Creek State Park (.pdf) (338 kb, 7/16)
French Creek State Park is in Berks and Chester counties. You may reach the park from PA 345 south of Birdsboro, north of PA 23, and from the Morgantown exits (1A and 1 B) of the PA Turnpike. Entrances are located on PA 345; south of Birdsboro and north of PA 23.
GPS DD: Lat. 40.19824 Long. -75.79285
Driving Directions: The Interactive GIS Map has turn-by-turn driving directions to the park office from the Park Information Window. Please note that the background maps are maintained by a variety of public sources and driving directions usually go to the nearest large road.
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Hey, so I have been miserable at updating the blog since the ski season, my apologies. A few fun things have happened since then, mainly the fact that I was able to start school at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH this spring. Right now, we are almost 6 weeks into the 10 week term and things are going pretty well. It's funny being back at school for the first time in 3 years but I find that things come back quicker than I thought they would. I am meeting new people and hanging out with old friends that I haven't seen in awhile. And the weather has been pretty awesome, getting up above 90 degrees fahrenheit last weekend!
Another new facet to my life is that I switched ski companies from Dynastar to Rossignol. This is mainly due to Dynastar leaving the U.S. ski pool meaning that no skier on the national team can use their products for racing. It was an easy decision going to Rossignol, the skis are very similar and I will be working with the same staff as this past year. Hopefully this will turn into some great skiing for the upcoming season. I know I am also looking forward to getting some of the fancy rocker powder skis, haha.
That is all for now. I will keep toughing out the last half of the spring term and then off to Park City, Utah for a couple months of off-snow training before getting back at in New Zealand.


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A woman in eastern Kenya works under a screen around a garden. The structures are equipped with drip irrigation to provide the crops with access to water even during a drought and also provide protection from birds and other animals.
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Forget the screen of a smartphone or a TV screen.
For women in eastern Kenya, a screen around their garden is helping to make life better.
For over a decade, the P.E.I. group Farmers Helping Farmers has worked with the communities of Kiirua and Marega to help grow and sell more nutritious, drought-resistant crops.
Situated in the arid Eastern Highlands of Kenya, these villages are subject to periods of drought, inadequate rainfalls and recurring crop failures.
That, in turn, leads to frequent food shortages. Women in Kenya perform much of the agricultural work and produce and market the vast majority of food.
They also are responsible for care of the children, farming, cooking and wood collection.
That made women the perfect partners for a collaboration between two women's groups and Farmers Helping Farmers.
In 2011, with funding assistance from the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (DFATD) and support from the Andreas Baur Foundation as well as the Souris-based Village Feast, a three-year project was started to improve food security within these two communities.
The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) Students for Development Program provided support for senior nutrition, nursing, business and science students from UPEI, along with their professors, to work in these communities as well.
Kenyan horticulturists were hired and Canadian vegetable producers volunteered to work in Kenya during 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 to provide training and demonstrate how to grow more drought-tolerant crops and more diversified crops.
The women started to grow more appropriate varieties of maize and beans that matured in a shorter season and with less rain.
Farmers Helping Farmers also provided a number of women with access to an individual screen house or a shared greenhouse, shared by four women.
Screen houses and green houses are equipped with drip irrigation to provide the crops with access to water even during a drought.
The structures also provide protection from birds and other animals.
Having a screened garden has provided the women with a safe and secure location to grow cash crops such as tomatoes, onions and carrots.
Charlie van Kampen, an experienced P.E.I. greenhouse grower, went to Kenya and showed them how to produce tomatoes.
Now they have tomatoes to feed their families and to sell commercially.
There were also soil fertility problems, so Susan McKinnon and Roger Henry showed them how to make and use compost.
Winston Johnston worked with them to manage bacterial wilt in some of their greenhouses, and Margie Loo trained them how to rotate their crops in order to minimize disease problems.
Eddy Dykerman from Brookfield Gardens showed them how to seed and grow carrots with a small hand seeder supplied by Veseys Seeds.
Two Nova Scotia farmers, Patricia Bishop and John Lohr, helped with marketing.
The project results have been impressive. The number of women classified as severely food insecure over the three years was reduced by 50 per cent.
The number of households classified as food secure more than doubled.
But the biggest success rate was for the women who had a screen house or a green house.
The cash sales of crops grown in the screened gardens increased the monthly income of some families by $15 to $80 per month.
That money could then be used to supplement the family's diet.
Another encouraging finding for Farmers Helping Farmers and UPEI researchers Jennifer Taylor, along with Colleen Walton, was the increase in the number of women consuming vitamin A-rich yellow and orange vegetables.
Orange sweet potatoes were introduced in the area by Farmers Helping Farmers in 2012.
The importance of the orange sweet potatoes or squash in family recipes for githeri (stew) and uji (cereal) was a key message in the nutrition sessions.
The women in the study were also consuming more kale and other African leafy greens.
And there were increases in vitamin C consumption, mainly more tomatoes.
"This project also benefited over 1,500 school children by establishing a school lunch program at six rural schools in the same communities," said Carolyn Francis, president of Farmers Helping Farmers.
"The vegetables produced in the screened gardens at the schools combined with the maize and beans provided by the parents and cooked in the cookhouses funded by the Village Feast meant the students could concentrate more on their studies because they were not hungry."
Now that this project is over, Farmers Helping Farmers is hoping to find new funding to allow further monitoring, to see if the positive results are sustainable.
And they'd like to see if the initiatives in Kiirua and Marega could work in other parts of Kenya.
"This project has transformed the areas of Kiirua and Marega from one where families struggled to provide water and basic food to one where they are growing diversified nutritious crops they are selling in the market," said Teresa Mellish, co-ordinator of Farmers Helping Farmers.
"More funding could mean more screen houses and green houses, and more plentiful nutritious food for women and their families in eastern Kenya. That's the kind of simple screen that can really make a difference."
For more information, visit www.farmershelpingfarmers.ca.


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Taking nothing away from the Coogs' C-USA championship night, Houston was host to another athletic night to remember for all time this year. The 2007 Astros season opened with all eyes on second-baseman Craig Biggio as he chased the storied mark of 3,000 career hits; unfortunately, Bidge struggled at the plate and on the field, making the drama more of a slog than a celebration. All that changed on the night he finally reached the plateau, however. He entered the game June 28 three hits shy, no doubt creating dreams in owner Drayton McLane's head that several more nights of sold-out crowds were still to come. Instead Bidge blasted five hits that night, the most important one coming on a seventh-inning single that made him Mr. 3,000. Amid the ensuing wave of affection, cheering and hugs, Biggio marched to the Astros dugout and forced former teammate Jeff Bagwell to take the field with him. Seeing the beaming pair — with Bags shaggily resembling a surfer dude headed for the beach — is an image Houston sports fans won't forget.
Ryan Stokes is a tough, physical defense man for the Houston Aeros, not afraid to pile up the penalty minutes or take on the other team's banger in a fight. But he also has another title: Reigning Connect Four Champ at the Aeros' Power Playroom. The playroom is in Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital, and Stokes is a constant visitor, taking on all comers in Connect Four but also giving time to the patients. He's been active in educational projects, especially an anti-bullying effort in HISD. (Who better to help you take on a bully than a burly hockey defense man?) The Ontario native may eventually follow fellow defender Derek Boogaard up to the NHL's Minnesota Wild, meaning maybe some of those sick kids will finally get a chance to win at Connect Four. Not that they're complaining, of course.
This hasn't been Craig Biggio's finest year. The 41-year-old has struggled in the batter's box and on the field, and sports-talk has been filled with calls for him to be taken out of the lead-off position. But Bidge, in 2007, broke into the ranks of one of baseball's most select groups: players who've gotten more than 3,000 hits. While the push for the milestone has been uglier than it should have been, the controversy shouldn't detract from the accomplishment. Or from all that Biggio has done over the years in Houston with his tireless work for his Sunshine Kids cancer charity. Biggio's a future Hall of Famer, he's provided years of thrills for Astro fans and he's been an inspiration off the field. We'll miss him when he's gone, no matter how much of a struggle the twilight of his career was.
Hockey's a sport that truly needs to be seen in person. And the Houston Aeros make it possible to see the games while sitting in great seats with the best prices in Houston. The Aeros aren't a major league club. The team plays in the AHL minor league. But the team offers something that one doesn't see most nights with the Astros, the Rockets or the Texans: a group of kids who care. These kids need to hustle, to play at full speed, with passion and fire. That's the only way they're going to advance to the NHL. And one can sit in the lower bowl of Toyota Center for only 13 bucks and hear all of the hits and bangs. It's the best game in town for the best price in town.
Who ever thought the small school out on South Main would ever develop a sports dynasty? Rice's best athletic days were thought to be mere nostalgia, but that's changed big time, thanks to coach Wayne Graham. College baseball has evolved into a sport for rich white kids (players who are poor and/or minority tend to head to the minor leagues out of high school), and Rice, with its reputation for academic excellence, is tailor-made for that demographic. Graham, a crusty old-timer who once played for Casey Stengel, is just as good a fit when it comes to coaching those guys. He's led the Owls to a slew of appearances in the College World Series, winning it all in 2003. He can be a bit hard on his pitchers — some of whom have had a hard time in the pros because of injuries — but what other coach in town is regularly expected to be competing for the championship each year?
Forward Tina Thompson was the first-ever draft pick for the WNBA, and she's been proving why ever since. Part of the 2004 gold-medal-winning Olympic team, the 6-foot-2-inch Thompson was key to the Comets' sweep of the first four WNBA Championships (1997-2000). Thompson has earned a slew of MVP and All-Star nods, including MVP for the 2000 All-Star game. She holds the record for the highest percentage of team points scored by a single player in WNBA history: a career-high 35 points that was 56.5 percent of Houston's total points in a game against the New York Liberty. She was the second player in the league to score more than 3,000 points and once hit 13 of 13 free throws in one game.


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AND SO, TIME marches on. Joffrey Baratheon is no more, and Tommen, "First Of His Name," owner of the cuddly Ser Pounce, rises to take his place on the throne. But he's just a boy, able to be pushed around by the blustering of his advisors and those who seek to gain power in King's Landing. Tywin has Tommen's ear—especially after that birds and bees talk—and Margaery has her secret visits, but according to Olenna Tyrell, she'll have to out-maneuver Cersei to finally secure her place beside the Iron Throne as Queen.
That opening scene, between Margaery and Cersei (though it's still mostly about the other men in their orbits) is some of the best and most honest dialogue in the series. Instead of all the political blustering, they get to the root of the conflict between them. Joffrey was a demon, and everyone knew it, but Cersei couldn't help but love her first child. Again, like just about everything these characters do that goes against a moral grain, it's not an excuse for bad behavior or ignorance that harms other people, but it's a plausible and sympathetic explanation for a calculatingly callous character. She expresses grief, while accepting Margaery's condolence, and they reach a sad but hopeful conclusion for Tommen: he could be the first decent king in years, which "would be some consolation, for all the horror that put him there." And to top it off, they even talk about the politics of marriage while pursuing the Lannister/Tyrell alliance without threatening violence. A scene that begins with Cersei interceding between Tommen smiling at Margaery ends with an agreement so civil that Margaery once again jokes about whether she'll call Cersei her sister or mother—and gets away with it. That's a far cry from, "If you ever call me sister again, I'll have you strangled in your sleep."
It's from that point that Cersei goes to meet her father, still upset at the prospect of marrying Loras Tyrell, but resigned to it for the good of the family. She does have an ulterior motive though, since she's trying to go along in order to influence her father's power as a judge in Tyrion's trial. Tywin states definitively that he can't discuss the trial, but his feelings against Tyrion are well known to anyone familiar with the situation. But this conversation nibbles at one of the other problems resting on the outskirts of this world: the Iron Bank of Braavos, the most powerful financial institution in the realm, and a significant problem for the Lannisters now that their gold mines aren't producing anything. That's a nice glimpse into the fact that there are other factors affecting this world other that political machinations. Cersei can appeal to anyone she wants for the vengeance to quench her grief—even reaching out to Oberyn Martell to talk about her daughter Myrcella (who was shipped off to Dorne in a marriage pact)—and it looks like she'll get her way. But there are larger factors at play north of the wall and in Braavos that threaten to dwarf all the infighting in the capital.
I think it's useful to keep in mind that Game Of Thrones is a massive international production that shoots across multiple countries with an enormous cast that barely interacts with each other as a whole. A show like this can't pivot and respond to criticism on a week-to-week basis in the same way that a major broadcast network show could do. (Just for one example, The Good Wife altered an unpopular narrative path in its fourth season by excising a woefully unsuccessful new character.) So in the maelstrom of voices crying out about "that scene" between Jamie and Cersei two weeks ago, and all the assaults happening at Craster's Keep under the mutineers, there isn't a way for the show to alleviate fears within the narrative on a step-by-step basis. (That's not to say that interviews with episode directors and the creators couldn't serve this purpose. Part of the outcry over "Breaker Of Chains" was definitely due to a lack of recognition that the assault even took place.) Unlike broadcast networks, this is television produced much closer to the way the novels are released, with an extended narrative completed in advance, without audience participation affecting it in any way. I'm also hesitant to view the Game Of Thrones series through the lens of a grand scorecard that judges it against the books upon which it's based. While I think there's a value to pinpointing where the two stories differ and discussing why they succeed or fail based on those decisions, I don't see it as a list that adds up to better quality on either side.
Yes, "Breaker Of Chains" featured some fiercely problematic depictions of sexual violence, the latest in a long series of moments where the show has diminished the complexity of characters (like Khal Drogo in season one) in favor of flashier brutality. But two weeks later, scenes between Margaery and Cersei, or Lysa and Sansa, not to mention the arcs for Daenerys, Arya, and Craster's wives, reveals that the show is indeed concerned with women in relation to and separate from the men who dominate the power structures. All we had to do was demonstrate a little patience in getting there without dispensing with all the judgment before the midpoint of the current season.
All of those scenes with Cersei maneuvering for the upper hand in Tyrion's trial obfuscate what is perhaps the biggest reveal of the entire series up to this point. Petyr Baelish, now Lord Protector of the Vale, did not only switch his allegiances to the Tyrells by conspiring to end Joffrey's reign. He also initiated the events that began the entire series. The inciting incident to the entire series is the death of Lord Jon Arryn, the man who mentored Robert Baratheon and Ned Stark, serving as Robert's Hand in King's Landing. When he was poisoned, Robert sought out Ned to join him in the capital, which started the entire spiral of savagery up to this point in Westeros. All of that apparently stems from Lysa Tully's obsession with Baelish, a man who remains so in love with her dead sister Catelyn Stark that he rescued Sansa from King's Landing. Baelish not only coerced Lysa into killing her husband Jon Arryn, but also into sending a letter to Catelyn stating that the death was no accident—effectively kicking off the whole bloody mess that has spun out from that one deceptive murder.
It's a moment that certainly feels hidden within the creepiness of Lysa's existence at the Vale, with her son Robin flitting about, a hurried marriage, and haunting screams of pleasure. And as opposed to other points in the series, this drops out with all the preparation of a Rick Perry "oops." But there it is: Petyr Baelish, Architect of Westeros' Destruction. He's the world's most adept social climber, switching sides, making friends, breaking alliances, zigging when expected to zag, and climbing ever higher in his quest for "everything." Sansa, so tortured as a captive in King's Landing, toyed with by Joffrey, unprotected and even chided by Cersei during the Battle of Blackwater Bay, has now landed in tenuous protection under Baelish at the Aerie. Lysa knows who she is, though to everyone else she will be Petyr's niece, but doesn't trust why she's there—since she's still frightfully jealous about Peytr's ardent love for Catelyn. It's always interesting to me how some of the scenes most fraught with meaning are giant expositions dumps about the past between characters who have almost no reason to divulge a giant history. (Jamie telling Brienne about how he got his nickname, or Varys telling Tyrion the story of the sorcerer who made him a eunuch.) But this was fascinating, since it conveys all of Petyr's personal hangups, the little things that could undo him—from taking Lysa's virginity all those years ago to his continued affection for anything related to Catelyn now—mixed with his rapid ascension to power in a stronghold that has never been conquered.
OVER IN MEREEN, news of Joffrey's death has crossed the sea to Daenerys and her advisors. There, she's faced with a decision to make her big move on King's Landing. Daario helped to secure almost 100 ships, and with the soldiers already at her disposal, it's possible that they could make a successful assault on the capital through Blackwater Bay, now that the supply of wildfire has been used up. But then she gets the news that although she conquered the three major cities in Slaver's Bay, the other two major cities (Astapor and Yunkai) have descending into more unrest, instead of simply using Daenerys' army as a flashpoint for utopic, democratic independence. It's the first moment of real recognition in the would-be queen's face that she doesn't yet know the difference between conquering and ruling. So instead of rushing to a throne she can't hold on the other end of the world, sitting on the Iron Throne while houses in Westeros size up which side to join in an ever-expanding age of war, she must stay in the east and attempt to quell the uprisings in Slaver's Bay to prove her worth as a ruler.
IN THE NORTH, Jon Snow and his group of Night's Watch brothers scope out Craster's Keep. Locke, a mercenary who joined up with Jon's anti-mutineer group with a decidedly ulterior motive. When the assault begins—why does a stealth attack always end with the soldiers screaming right as they arrive into battle?—Locke goes straight for the hut where Bran, Jojen, Meera, and Hodor are being kept prisoner, in order to take Bran and cut out. Thanks to the "Previously on…" montage at the beginning of the episode, we know what's coming: Bran wargs into Hodor, and uses the gentle soul's untapped fighting prowess to break Locke's neck. A rather ignoble end for the wonderful Noah Taylor on the series, but it keeps that little group out of the central fray. It's another sad moment in this prophetic journey for Bran and the Reeds, as he can't stay to see Jon, or else be prevented from finding the three-eyed raven and that tree everyone keeps seeing in visions. The closest the brothers get to one another is having their direwolves locked up together—at least Ghost reunites with Jon after killing the last mutineer.
And to remind us all that Game Of Thrones doesn't just do explicit sex scenes, it also has gleefully detailed violence as well, Jon Snow Shoves his sword through the back of Karl's head, penetrating him in a final way that at least somewhat recalls the forcible acts of violence perpetrated by the mutineers. Craster's wives, held captive first by Craster and then by the mutinous night's watch Brothers, want no part of the place anymore. They won't go to Castle Black, and they won't stay: they want the filthy place burned to the ground. That's another moment of agency and independence in an episode that features some dispiriting developments but more than a few bright spots. A house of violence and torment erased from existence, the survivors freed and the Night's Watch protected for now against the upcoming Wildling assault. At the midway point of this fourth season, there's at least one big battle and a tense trial on the horizon—as well as whatever will happen with Stannis in Dragonstone, or Roose Bolton, Ramsay, and Reek as the new Warden of the North attempts to secure those lands. Whatever the rest of the season has in store (fans of the books seem tense for another big reveal, which should fit with the newbies who basically wait for the giant turn in episode nine each year), it's a good thing HBO divided this third book into two seasons. If it had been condensed into 10 episodes, there wouldn't have been any time for the world to breathe.
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• Noah Taylor did a lovely interview with Vulture on the occasion of his final appearance on the show.
• Those scenes between Podrick and Brienne don't really add much except to make Podrick more endearing. But they bond nicely over Podrick's battlefield story. Their back-and-forth makes me want to bring back the #TrueDetectiveSeason2 hashtag.
• Some people avoid spoilers of any type like the plague. If you'd rather not talk about the preview for next week's episode, then navigate away. All done? Holy crap, Mycroft Holmes from Sherlock is running the Iron Bank of Braavos! And since Stannis is venturing there, does that mean we get a shiny new city (with the Titan statute) in the beautiful credits sequence as well?


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Funny you'd say that. I've never had such a sweet gfx card before, never had one that needed a plug in of its own. I did the old switch stuff in and out until it stops beeping and narrow it down thing. Got it narrowed down to the gfx card and lo! There's a spot on there to plug in!
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Excused: Joan Earle Hahn, Tina Arora and Victor Pineda
Stephanie Fisher chaired the meeting in Dr. Hahn's absence, and introduced the newest Staff Representative to UCOD, Mark Ackerman, who is a physician at the Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center. She also introduced the 2008/09 Staff Representative-Elect, Alex Stavchanskiy, the Senior Network Administrator from the Law Library.
The Minutes of the January 12, 2007 meeting were reviewed and approved with the corrections, while the absence of a quorum was noted. Corrections to the January 12, minutes as follows:
Al Aubin moved to approve the minutes as modified, Stephanie Fisher seconded, and UCOD committee was all in favor.
Wendy Motch mentioned that at the last meeting, UCOD committee put together a content program proposal for faculty diversity session and from that dialogue, Joan Earle Hahn asked the UCOD subcommittee Activities Programs to take that on and she wanted to confirm if this is correct in the minutes. Al Aubin stated that on the very last page, it stated she would like the subcommittee to talk about this. Wendy Motch mentioned that they talked about it, and that it is on the agenda for today to finalize the proposed content and dates.
Stephanie Fisher stated that in May the UCOD will begin the nomination and election process for Chair and Vice Chair. Neither she nor Joan will be seeking re-election. She encourages voting member to consider holding one of these leadership roles on the UCOD. Stephanie Fisher also reminded the UCOD that she will not be serving as a staff representative but as an interested person next year.B. Activities and Programs Subcommittee
Wendy Motch reported that they had a good subcommittee meeting last month and that they decided to meet directly after the monthly UCOD meetings. Regarding the Collaborative Program with Faculty Diversity they are looking at May 7 date and that, they are looking at the proposed program content. Currently they are focusing on accommodation in the classroom geared specifically toward faculty tips and tools effectively on students and strategies for working with students with visible or invisible disabilities. Wendy added that they also discussed starting plans on disability awareness activities for the rest of spring quarter and into the fall. They are looking on how they would want to promote Programming and Activities on the UCOD website. Wendy will contact Patrick Burke regarding that process.C. Communications Subcommittee
Stephanie Fisher talked with Joan Earle Hahn and she stated that she did not have a report from the Communications Subcommittee. However, she wanted her to announce to subcommittee members that she would like to meet next month and that she will send out an e‑mail.
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Stephanie Fisher announced that two Community Representative positions are available and that one of the Alumni Representatives has not been able to attend the meetings consistently. She added that one Faculty Representative position is also available.
Wendy Motch added that the Faculty Welfare Committee addresses issues related to the campus and life in general in the community. Faculty Welfare Commissions specifically charged with addressing issues that concerns faculty and that they are interested in training environment. She explained that they would be a good resource.
Sam Schaffel announced that Michelle Tang is no longer with the Disabled Students Union (DSU). He went on to say that, the art event is going ahead as scheduled for February 22, 2008. Anyone interested to attend this event please email Sam at email@example.com. Graduate Student Association
Malinda Lee updated the committee on the historical review project she mentioned that it is moving along nicely and that she had a chance to interview key people, especially on the disabilities minor. She asked for recommendations of people to interview. Al Aubin suggested Helen Deutsch, from the English Department, Lucy Blackmar from the college and he stated that those are the two key people with the disabilities minor. Malinda Lee went on to say that, she would love to get more student perspective as well and that she is going through the 80's, 90's, flash points in the committee's history.D. Disabilities Computing Program
Patrick Burke conveyed that Andrew Tai and Chris Patterson have both attended the California web accessibility conference in Long Beach. He added that will be presenting at the campus web publishers meeting next Wednesday, sort of a back‑to‑the‑basics of adaptive technology on how their various software interacts with web pages.E. ADA and 504 Compliance Office
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F. Office for Students with Disabilities - No Report
G. Tarjan Center - No Report
H. UCLA Recreation
Wendy Motch reported that they received a grant this year for $40,000 and that some would go to equipment, specifically for the Marine Aquatic Center. They have appointed for scholarships for adapting equipment as well and are offering scholarships to both the UCLA community, including some of the local community organizations with which they interact. They just finished their adaptive recreation annual report and wanted to know if the UCOD was interested in receiving a copy of the annual report or having Jamie or herself do a presentation. Stephanie Fisher said that this would be put on the agenda of an upcoming meeting.
Jamie Hoffman announced that they are working with the Junior Foundation for the Blind and hosting an event for a group of eight students, ages 20 to 25. These students are from Tibet are completely visually impaired, they are going kayaking in the morning and rock climbing in the afternoon.
A. Graduate Ceremony, Accessibility
Chad Brown reported David Clark from the School of Public Health (SPH) is requesting to come to the next UCOD meeting to discuss a student who is requesting a reasonable accommodation in order to access the June SPH graduation ceremony. The discussion was about access to the stage in Royce Hall. Chad explained that a portable crank-by-hand lift was purchased several years ago and that might be used. They are also looking at funding to rent or purchase a new a lift. The student is scheduled to look at the old lift and is going to be a part of the testing process.
Michael Clark asked if the student was okay with the old lift. Chad Brown explained that at the meeting with the student she was requesting access via a ramp. Chad Brown went on to say that, they are doing everything they can and will continue to be involved until they get the situation resolved. .
A. ADA/504 Compliance Officer Search
Adrienne Malka, with the Employee Disability Management Services introduced herself and shared that she is a member of the search committee for the Compliance Officer. She shared that the search committee has completed their interviews and will be sharing recommendations with Monroe Gordon. Adrienne also shared that the EDMS handles issues involving disability and reasonable accommodations requests from campus employees, both faculty and staff.
B. The May 2008 UCOD meeting has been moved to Tuesday, May 20, 2008
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KEEPING THE PITY PARTY GOING.... Investors hoping to purchase the St. Louis Rams football franchise decided this week they didn't want to hang out with Rush Limbaugh anymore. In a Wall Street Journal op-ed this morning, the right-wing radio host is still complaining about it.
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