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Was that really "Sharknado 2" filming here?
By Alan Pergament
I ran into the filming of a movie on Lafayette Square Sunday morning that I was told had the tentative title of "Alligator Apocalypse" and was produced by the same company behind last summer's campy Syfy channel and social media hit "Sharknado."
Extras were supposedly battling imaginary alligators last weekend at the corner of Clinton and Washington Streets with chain saws, axes, pitchforks and shovels as Buffalo stood in for New York City, where the film is set.
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The cheesy film was the talk of social networks last summer, with celebrities heading to Twitter to give their snarky, sharky comments about a high-concept movie about thousands of flying sharks terrorizing Los Angeles after a tornado.
Some people involved in Sunday's filming here thought the director looked an awful lot like Anthony Ferrante, who directed "Sharknado" and is directing the sequel. If it was him, he had to hurry to Pasadena, Calif. for a Tuesday press conference about the film during meetings with the nation's television critics.
Additionally, some scenes were shot inside the Rand Building, which has been widely suggested as the inspiration for the Empire State Building.
It wouldn't be the first time a film company would have given out a phony title. When scenes from "Spiderman 2" were shot in Rochester, it had a phony title.
The Associated Press summary of "Sharknado 2: The Second One" certainly sounds suspiciously like "Alligator Apocalypse."
"This time the mayhem moves from Los Angeles to the East Coast, where a freak weather system unleashes sharks on the populace and famous sites such as Citi Field, home of the New York Mets," wrote the AP.
During the press conference in Pasadena, Ferrante told critics the film will feature the Statue of Liberty and Broadway.
Cast member Judah Friedlander of "30 Rock" reportedly cracked: "This to me is the most important film ever made about climate change."
I wasn't there. So I assume he was joking.
Because of the success of "Sharknado," "The Second One" has attracted a large cast of celebrities in addition to Friedlander doing cameos. Ziering and Ried are back as co-stars. The cast also includes Vivica A. Fox, Kelly Osbourne, Judd Hirsch, Andy Dick, Perez Hilton, Matt Lauer, Al Roker and Robert Klein. Syfy is owned by the same company that owns NBC, which may explain the presence of "Today" show stars Lauer and Roker.
None of the stars was here filming last weekend.
I suppose we may have to wait until close to 9 p.m. July 30 to find out if "Sharknado 2" was partially filmed here. That's when it is scheduled to fly into TV screens on Syfy.


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Current address: Department of Environmental Physiology, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo-shi, Shimane 693-8501, Japan.
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
Antibiotics exert several effects on host cells including regulation of immune components. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), e.g., cathelicidins and defensins display multiple functions in innate immunity. In colonic mucosa, cathelicidins are induced by butyrate, a bacterial fermentation product. Here, we investigated the effect of antibiotics on butyrate-induced expression of cathelicidins and beta-defensins in colon epithelial cells. Real-time PCR analysis revealed that ciprofloxacin and clindamycin reduce butyrate-induced transcription of the human cathelicidin LL-37 in the colonic epithelial cell line HT-29. Suppression of LL-37 peptide/protein by ciprofloxacin was confirmed by Western blot analysis. Immunohistochemical analysis demonstrated that ciprofloxacin suppresses the rabbit cathelicidin CAP-18 in rectal epithelia of healthy and butyrate-treated
Antimicrobial peptides/proteins (AMPs) are important effectors of the immediate host defense, exerting antimicrobial activity and immunomodulation [
LL-37 is expressed in neutophils, monocytes, lymphocytes, mast cells eosinophils, dendritic cells, and epithelial cells of different organs [
Antibiotics, apart from exerting bactericidal/bacteriostatic effects on pathogens, can render pathogens susceptible to the host immune system, such as killing of bacteria by polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) [
In this study, we determined the effect of several antibiotics on the constitutive and butyrate-induced expression of cathelicidins in colon epithelial cells
A selection of antibiotics,
Effect of antibiotics on NaB-induced expression of the
Since a prominent effect of ciprofloxacin was observed on transcriptional level of LL-37 expression, we further investigated the effect on the peptide/protein level by Western blot analysis. The effect of pivmecillinam, a non-responder on
Effect of ciprofloxacin and pivmecillinam on LL-37 peptide and hCAP-18 in HT-29 cell supernatants. HT-29 cells were stimulated for 24 h with NaB and/or ciprofloxacin (
The physiological relevance of the
We also examined the effect of ciprofloxacin on NaB-induced expression of β-defensins. Stimulation of HT-29 cells with NaB resulted in about 10 and 15 fold induction (
Effect of ciprofloxacin and pivmecillinam on CAP-18 expression in rectal epithelia of rabbit. Healthy rabbits were either treated with ciprofloxacin (
Effect of ciprofloxacin on butyrate-induced expression of HBD-1 and HBD-3 transcripts in HT-29 cells. HT-29 cells were stimulated for 24 h with 2 mM NaB alone or in combination with 150 µg/mL ciprofloxacin. RNA was extracted from cells and cDNA prepared, which was used to quantify expression of HBD-1 and HBD-3 transcripts by real time qPCR. Gene expression is presented as fold change to control (untreated) cells. Data are given as mean ± SD of four replicates. One way ANOVA of log-transformed data was utilized in comparing between different groups. Pair-wise effects between groups were compared by the Holm-Sidak
To further investigate the suppressive effect of ciprofloxacin on NaB-induced genes, we performed a microarray analysis on RNA, extracted from HT-29 cells that were stimulated with NaB alone or in combination with ciprofloxacin. The microarray data are deposited in NCBI's Gene Expression Omnibus and are accessible through GEO Series Accession Number GSE45220 [
Selected Genes, up-regulated with NaB treatment and subsequently suppressed with co-administration of ciprofloxacin.
|Entrez gene ID
|Gene symbol
|Upregulation (NaB
|Downregulation (NaB + Cip
|Fold change
|Fold change
|G protein-coupled receptor 17
|G protein-coupled receptor 128
|kallikrein 1
|ribonuclease, RNase A family, 1 (pancreatic)
|S100 calcium binding protein A3
|S100 calcium binding protein A1
|S100 calcium binding protein A14
|nitric oxide synthase 3 (endothelial cell)
|mucin 15, cell surface associated
|mucin 21, cell surface associated
|interleukin 18 (interferon-gamma-inducing factor)
|interleukin 17 receptor E-like
|interleukin 1 receptor, type I
|interleukin 1 receptor antagonist
NaB: sodium butyrate (2 mM); Cip: ciprofloxacin (150 µg/mL).
Butyrate and phenylbutyrate are histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi) and have been demonstrated to induce
Histone modifications in HT-29 cells after treatment with NaB alone or in combination with ciprofloxacin. HT-29 cells were stimulated for 24 h with 2 mM NaB alone or in combination with different concentrations of ciprofloxacin. Histone was extracted from cells and utilized for Western blot analysis to detect (
To approach the involvement of MAP kinase signaling pathway, the phosphorylation of ERK and p38 in HT-29 cells was investigated after treatment of the cells with NaB and/or ciprofloxacin. By Western blot analysis of cell lysates, no differences between treatment groups were observed at any time point starting from 5 min to 24 h (data not shown).
To investigate if the clinical observation that ciprofloxacin causing overgrowth of
Inhibitory effect of synthetic LL-37 peptide on clinical isolates of
In this study, we demonstrate that ciprofloxacin and clindamycin significantly suppress butyrate-mediated induction of cathelicidin in the colon epithelial cell line HT-29. Suppressed expression of cathelicidin by ciprofloxacin was also observed
Ciprofloxacin, a second generation fluoroquinolone antibiotic, has a broad spectrum bactericidal activity and acts by inhibiting bacterial DNA gyrase/topoisomerase. Several antibiotics including ciprofloxacin and other fluoroquinolones are known to exert modulatory effects on immunity such as down-regulation of proinflammatory cytokines [
We did not detect any effect on LL-37 expression by ciprofloxacin in HT-29 cells in the absence of butyrate. This could be in agreement with previous observations that quinolones only exert immunomodulatory effects in the presence of co-stimulant(s) such as endotoxin, cytokines or stress [
Ofloxacin and levofloxacin, second and third generation of flouroquinolones, respectively, did not significantly suppress the butyrate-induced LL-37 expression in HT-29 cells. The difference in the degree of suppression might be attributed to structural differences of these fluoroquinolones. Ciprofloxacin possesses a cyclopropyl ring at the quinolone ring, but ofloxacin and levofloxacin lack this ring. Quinolones having cyclopropyl ring were shown to have enhanced anti-leukaemic and haematopoietic effects, as opposed to the quinolones lacking this ring [
Clindamycin, a lincosamide antibiotic, at higher concentrations than ciprofloxacin significantly suppressed the induction of LL-37 by butyrate in HT-29 cells. In contrast, azithromycin, pivmecillinam, ampicillin, ceftriaxone, and isoniazid exhibited no significant suppression. These results show that the suppressive effect observed is specific for ciprofloxacin and clindamycin, indicating also a direct effect of these antibiotics on host cells and not only mediated by the disturbance of the microbiota composition.
Numerous additional genes were up-regulated in HT-29 cells after stimulation with NaB as revealed by microarray analysis, emphasizing LL-37 as a marker for mucosal immunity. Interestingly, many of these butyrate-induced genes were down-regulated by ciprofloxacin and are linked to innate immunity, including S100 calcium binding proteins, RNase A, mucins, a cathelicidin processing enzyme (kallikrein) and G protein coupled receptors (GPCR). Calgranulins (S100A8, S100A9 and S100A12) and calprotectin (heterodimer of S100A8 and S100A9) belonging to the family of S100 calcium binding proteins, which exhibit antimicrobial and immunomodulatory properties [
Western blot analysis of histone extracts of HT-29 cells revealed a rapid and persistent increase of phosphorylation and acetylation of histone H3 at Ser10 and Lys14, respectively, after stimulation of cells with NaB. Hyperacetylation was also found at Lys16 of histone H4. Notably, ciprofloxacin, at all time points (2 h, 4 h, 6 h and 24 h), dose-dependently suppressed the induced phosphorylation of histone H3, which was confirmed by immunofluorescence staining of the cells. However, ciprofloxacin did not affect the induced acetylation of histones. These findings imply epigenetic modifications as part of the ciprofloxacin mediated suppression of butyrate-induced gene expression. We have earlier shown that cyclohexamide, an inhibitor of protein synthesis, blocked the
Impaired immune responses have been reported as important factors for CDAD, apart from the disruption of the normal gut flora [
Experiment in animal model (Research protocol # 2007-065) was approved by the Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee (AEEC) of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) on May 07, 2008. All experiments conformed to the rules and guidelines of icddr,b, which was developed based on the recommendations in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Animal experimentation in this study complied with the "3Rs". REPLACEMENT: Live animals had to be used to evaluate the physiological relevance of the
Synthetic bioactive peptides LL-37 (LLGDFFRKSKEKIGKEFKRIVQRIKDFLRNLVPRTES) and CAP-18 (GLRKRLRKFRNKIKEKLKKIGQKIQGLLPKLAPRTDY), and affinity-purified chicken anti-CAP-18 antibody were purchased from Innovagen (Lund, Sweden). Monoclonal antiserum against LL-37 was developed in mouse hybridoma cells [
HT-29 (ATCC, HTB-38), a human colonic epithelial cell line, was maintained in RPMI-1640 supplemented with 10% fetal calf serum (FCS), 25 mM HEPES, 2 mM
The sequences of the primers for real time qPCR were: CAMP (LL-37 transcript), forward 5'-TCACCAGAGGATTGTGACTTCAAC-3' and reverse 5'-TGAGGGTCACTGTCCCCATAC-3'; human β-defensin (HBD) -1 transcript, forward 5'-ATGGCCTCAGGTGGTAACTTTC-3' and reverse 5'-CACTTGGCCTTCCCTCTGTAAC-3'; HBD-2 transcript, forward 5'-GCCTCTTCCAGGTGTTTTTG-3' and reverse 5'-GAGACCACAGGTGCCAATTT-3'; HBD-3 transcript, forward 5'-GCTGCCTTCCAAAGGAGGA-3' and reverse 5'-TTCTTCGGCAGCATTTTCG-3'.
A clinical isolate of
HT-29 Cells, grown up to 80%–90% confluence in tissue culture plates (Corning, Steuben County, NY, USA), were stimulated with 2 mM NaB and/or with different concentrations of several antibiotics for 24 or 48 h. Stimulations were performed in culture medium in the absence of FCS and PEST. Cells incubated with only culture medium served as negative control. The viability of cells was checked by trypan blue assay. To enrich peptides/proteins in culture supernatants, trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) was added to supernatants and were applied to acetonitrile (AcN)-activated OASIS cartridges (Waters, Milford, MA, USA) equilibrated in aqueous 0.1% TFA. Bound peptides/proteins were eluted with 80% aqueous AcN in 0.1% TFA and lyophilized. RNA was extracted from cells utilizing RNeasy RNA purification kit according to the manufacturer's instruction (Qiagen GmbH, Hilden, Germany). Corresponding cDNA was synthesized using a reverse transcriptase kit (Biorad Laboratories Inc., Berkeley, CA, USA).
cDNA samples from HT-29 cells were used to measure the level of the
Quality and integrity of RNA from HT-29 cells were assessed using the Agilent Bioanalyzer 2100 (Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA, USA). Individual samples were hybridized to Affymetrix Human Gene 1.1 ST arrays. The arrays were scanned using the GeneTitan scanner. Probe cell intensity (CEL) files were preprocessed in Affymetrix Expression Console (EC, version 1.1; Santa Clara, CA, USA) using the following methods; (i) summarization: Probe Logarithmic Intensity Error (PLIER); (ii) background correction: Perfect Match probes-Guanine, Cytosine composition-based background correction (PM-GCBG); (iii) normalization: Global Median. Expression levels between control and treatment groups and between treatment groups were compared using two-tailed, Student's
Stimulated/unstimulated HT-29 cells were lysed with RIPA buffer (Sigma-Aldrich). After centrifugation at 13,000 rpm for 10 min at 4 °C, cell lysates were collected and the remaining cell pellets were used for histone extraction following the method of Lee
Discontinuous sodium dodecylsulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), employing 4%–12% NuPAGE Ready Gels (Life Technologies) followed by Western blot analysis were utilized for detection of LL-37 in cell culture supernatants, phosphorylation of ERK and p38 in cell lysates, and phosphorylation/acetylation of histones in histone extracts. After electrophoretic separation, materials in the gel were blotted onto polyvinyldifluoride (PVDF) membrane (Life Technologies) by electrophoretic transfer. Immunoreactivity was detected by subsequent incubation of the membrane with specific primary antibodies and corresponding secondary antibodies conjugated with horseradish peroxidase (Jackson Immunoresearch Laboratories Inc., West Grove, PA, USA). The enhanced chemiluminescence (ECL) Western blotting detection system (GE Healthcare UK Ltd., Buckinghamshire, UK) was utilized to visualize protein/peptide bands.
HT-29 cells were stimulated with NaB and/or ciprofloxacin in 96 well tissue culture imaging plate (BD Biosciences, Woburn, MA, USA). Cells were fixed with 2% paraformaldehyde followed by permeabilization with 0.1% triton-X-100 (ICN Biomedicals, Solon, OH, USA). Cells were then subsequently incubated with rabbit polyclonal antibody for phospho-histone H3 (S10) and anti-rabbit antibody conjugated with AlexaFluor 594 (Life Technologies). DAPI, a nuclear die, was added to the cells and immunofluorescence staining was detected in an Operetta image analyzer (Perkin Elmer Inc., Alameda, CA, USA).
Inbred New Zealand white rabbits (Charles River Laboratories, Wilmington, MA, USA) of either sex, aged between 2.5–3 months and weighing 1.8–1.9 kg were maintained in the animal resource facilities of icddr,b. Healthy rabbits, free of enteric pathogens (e.g.,
Formalin fixed tissue pieces of rectum were embedded in paraffin and cut into three micron thick sections. Sections were deparaffinized, and stained with CAP-18 antibody (6.8 µg/mL) and corresponding secondary antibody. Immunohistochemical staining of CAP-18 was analyzed by using a microscope (Leica Microsystems GmbH, Wetzlar, Germany) and the image analysis system Quantimate Q550 (Leica). CAP-18 staining were quantified in the epithelial areas in each tissue section and the results were given as ACIA (Acquired Computerized Image Analysis) score,
LL-37 peptide (5 µM) was added to the isolates (see under bacterial strains) of
Statistical analyses were performed by using Sigma STAT for Windows version 3.1 and SPSS. Data were expressed as mean ± standard deviation or median with 25th and 75th percentiles. One way ANOVA was utilized in comparing effects between treatment groups. Data that were not normally distributed and/or failed the equal variance test were log transformed before ANOVA analysis. When significant effect was found between treatment groups, the pair-wise effects between treatment groups were compared by the Holm-Sidak
Our study shows that ciprofloxacin and clindamycin significantly downregulate butyrate-mediated induction of innate immune components in the large intestinal epithelia. The prevailing explanation for CDAD pathogenesis is that antibiotic treatment disturbs the normal flora. Here, we demonstrate that the antibiotic-mediated suppression of innate immune effectors might also contribute to CDAD.
This work was supported by "the Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with developing Countries (Sida, Project No: 0954-93016)"; "The Swedish Research Council, (Grant 58X-11217-14-3)"; "Swedish Cancer Society" (CAN2011/559); "The Swedish Strategic Foundation (SSF)" (RBd08-0014); "Karolinska Institutet"; "Karolinska Institutet Faculty Fund", "The Icelandic Centre for Research (RANNIS)", and "University of Iceland research fund". GHG is a visiting scientist at Karolinska Institutet supported by "The Wenner-Gren Foundations". icddr,b is thankful to the Governments of Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Sweden and the UK for providing core/unrestricted support.
We acknowledge the staff of the animal facility of icddr,b for their support in doing the animal experimentation. We thank Kristmundur Sigmundsson, the Laboratories for Chemical Biology at Karolinska Institutet (LCBKI), Sweden for assisting us in analyzing the immunofluorescence staining in the Operetta image analyzer. We also acknowledge Bioinformatics and Expression Analysis core facility (BEA), Karolinska Institutet, Sweden for performing the Microarray analysis.
P.S., S.J., P.B., R.R., G.H.G. and B.A. conceived and designed the experiments. P.S., A.M. and A.A.M. performed the laboratory experiments. P.S. carried out the statistical analyses. R.R. and B.A. supplied reagents/materials/analysis tools. P.S., G.H.G. and B.A. drafted the manuscript. S.J., P.B. and R.R. revised the manuscript. All authors approved the final version of the manuscript before the submission.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.


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The earnings results released over the past week are reinforcing the belief that small-capitalisation companies are on track to deliver robust top-line growth in 2010-11, if not beyond, with the magnitude of positive surprises outweighing disappointments.
Sixty two per cent of companies in the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Index had turned in earnings results by yesterday. About a third of them exceeded consensus expectations, while a further third have missed the mark.
So far this month, though, the small-cap index has slipped 0.56 per cent, against a 0.54 per cent gain for the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index.
Perhaps more notable is that companies with pleasing surprises have beaten expectations by an average of about 195 per cent and those with unpleasant news have missed expectations by 70 per cent.
Numbers on the dividend front are equally pleasing, although the number of juniors who had increased dividends equals the number who have cut. Twenty-two companies have lifted dividend per share for the half year to December 2009, compared with the same period for the previous year and they did it by an average of about 60 per cent, according to Bloomberg,
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"There haven't been any train wrecks by any means. It's bottom of the cycle earnings for a lot of these guys and general comments are that business is starting to emerge from the downturn," said the portfolio manager for OC Funds Management, Rob Frost.
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The outlook for IOOF is also positive, with the stock topping the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Index with a gain of 7.71 per cent yesterday, after its record underlying net profit before amortisation of $47.1 million.
"IOOF was merged with Australian Wealth Management and it looks like the synergies from that are coming through faster than the market anticipated, given the result was well ahead of consensus forecasts and obviously they are getting the leverage to an improved equity market," Mr Frost said.
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It isn't only IOOF that has been astute in extracting synergies.
However, now that these company-transforming acquisitions are largely behind the business telecommunications services company, the question turns to future growth sources.
"I don't think you can expect us to deliver a 100 per cent growth in revenues every year. But in terms of organic growth, I think we can actually get double-digit growth year on year," chief executive
"We've considerably lowered the cost base of the business and improved our wholesale buying arrangements with suppliers because we now have so much more scale, so our base earnings run rate is on the increase. You've seen it in our results and there is more to be realised."
M2 more than doubled its interim dividend to 5¢ a share and is tipping a gain of about 90 per cent in full-year revenue to between $380 million and $400 million, with a 112 per cent increase in underlying net profit to between $17.1 million and $18.1 million.
Mr Bowen declined to give a guidance for 2010-11. However, experts believe earnings growth of 25 to 30 per cent is easily achievable, given the additional synergies M2 is forecast to garner from last year's takeover of People Telecom and the acquisition of the small and medium-sized business assets of bankrupt Commander Communications.
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A new USA Today/Gallup poll fits a trend other surveys have been pointing toward, namely that the front-runners in both parties are slowly losing their headlock on the election. Hillary Clinton, though still in the lead nationally, has lost 11 points in a month while Barack Obama and John Edwards have both picked up a few. Meanwhile, Mike Huckabee, once firmly stuck in statistically insignificant territory, continues his climb, like that other famous Arkansan who surprised his way to his party's nomination.
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Clinton and Giuliani, who have topped each of 21 USA Today Polls taken this year, had never suffered such steep month-to-month drops before. And no contender in either party had scored as sharp a month-to-month boost as Huckabee.
"You can't argue that this is an Iowa-only event; it clearly has gone nationwide," Republican strategist Alex Vogel says of Huckabee's rise. A Des Moines Register poll published Sunday showed him leading in Iowa. "The real question is not 'Is it real?' It's 'Can the campaign organization catch up fast enough?' " (The Des Moines Register and USA Today are owned by Gannett.)
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Calling Krispy Kreme a donut shop is like calling a Boeing plant a workshop. The Krispy Kreme in Northgate is like the other Krispy Kreme locations I have visited, a small factory with an assembly line that rolls fresh donuts from the cooking area to the counter, where they are go on trays for display. The interior is bright green and white and there is a lot of space pabetween the counter and the booths, even taking into account the display stands of Krispy Kreme paraphernalia. The service is friendly and efficient, and we place our donuts in the back seat and head to the next shop.Link
I should mention that we have no way of tasting the donuts simultaneously under ideal conditions, so we will put all of them at a disadvantage. Each donut will sit in the back of our car, drying out and warming or cooling to about 80 degrees until it reaches the cool shade of our kitchen.


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Britain's society magazine Tatler has published a revealing cover with three naked women. Only the females aren't professional models but daughters of rock stars Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood and Bob Geldof.
Kimberly Stewart, 29, Leah Wood, 30, and Peaches Geldof, 19 all posed naked for the upcoming January issue.
Rocker Bryan Adams was behind the lens as the photographer for the shoot.
According to the magazine, "Bryan had the idea. A few eyebrows were raised but Kimberly and Peaches were in. Leah ran in crying 'I'll do it.' "
You can't tell in the photo but Leah Wood is pregnant. She and her husband are expecting their first child in the spring.
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Wednesday February 28, 2007
I have a large golf club house that had a major fly problem last season in the restaurant area. I was using light traps and baits but the problem still persisted. Problem was that the doors were always being opened to the outdoor eating patio, and there is a large pond directly in front of the building. I understand I have to find the source, but the dumpsters were far behind the building in the rear. I need to come up with better solutions for this coming season.
I'll begin with my sermon about identification, since you don't indicate what kinds of flies you were dealing with last year. This is pretty important, for the species of fly might tell you a lot about the source of them. That pond near the building is not going to produce house or blow flies, but it sure could produce midges, mosquitoes, and other kinds of aquatic bugs that would be happy to annoy patrons at the restaurant area. Phorid flies, drain flies, fruit flies - all have their little niches in the environment. House flies reflect some sort of decaying organic material somewhere, as do Little House flies, and these species may fly pretty good distances from their breeding grounds to the attractive odors of a food service account, so the dumpsters on the property could be a resource, but so could a horse stable a mile away.
Locating the source of the flies continues to be a vital component of any fly control program. Once located you may or may not have any ability to do anything about it, but at least you know. If the source turns out to be some property that you cannot deal with, even through public health agencies, then you are resigned to focusing on adult fly control, probably forever, which is your most difficult assignment. You probably will not change the habits of this account, and therefore those doors are going to continue to be propped open for the convenience of staff and customers, and the flies will continue to have easy access to the inside.
If the flies, or some of them, are those annoying Little House Flies that seem to hover forever, any increase in the air movement in the area will help to deter them. Fans could be positioned so that they sweep across the area enough to annoy the flies but not the patrons. Air doors are an option, and according to a recent seminar I attended on the use of air doors, the best place to position these devices is actually no more than about 3 feet above the floor surface. House Flies tend to enter at low levels, and a properly positioned air door would be pretty effective in redirecting the fly without annoying people by blowing on their heads.
Another key to fly control is to use a LOT of fly control devices. The more you place the better the odds that the flies will go to them before they go to people or the inside. I have been into fast food restaurants where flies were a problem, and the "manager" of that facility told me that they had control devices in place. Well, after a lot of looking I finally had to ask him where they were, and he pointed out the ONE small, sconce style light trap placed near the bathroom door, down the hallway, and about 6 inches from the ceiling. I believe that was putting a heavy burden on the flies to cooperate with him. With the abundance of attractive fly light trap options available now this facility needs to understand that the cost of the traps is a lot less than the cost to them of losing customers due to flies on the food. UV light traps (not zappers) would be the best option in the eating areas, and placed in many locations obvious to the flies.
Away from customer areas, but where flies are also gathering such as the rear of the facility where garbage is taken and probably left, baiting would be a good option too, and 2 baits that I get good feedback on are Maxforce Granular Fly Bait and QuickStrike strips. Both of these seem to be highly attractive to flies and kill them very quickly, so the flies are not going to struggle around to the dining areas and flop down on a burger to die. The Maxforce can be mixed with water to create a paste that is then "painted" onto surfaces, keeping it away from any possible wildlife or people. You also might place other kinds of fly traps in this non-customer area, such as sticky tubes or bottle traps. These are not the most aesthetic things to hang over dining tables, but are useful in other places.
So, fly control is best accomplished by preventing the production of the annoying stage - the adult flies. If that cannot be done then you are forced to focus on adult fly control, and since your goal is to nab them as quickly as possible the use of many devices is the best possibility.
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Huge crabs more than a metre across have invaded the Antarctic abyss, wiped out the local wildlife and now threaten to ruin ecosystems that have evolved over 14 million years.
Three years ago, researchers predicted that as the deep waters of the Southern Ocean warmed, king crabs would invade Antarctica within 100 years.
But video taken by a remotely operated submersible shows that more than a million Neolithodes yaldwyni have already colonised Palmer Deep, a basin that forms a hollow in the Antarctic Peninsula continental shelf.
They are laying waste to the landscape.
Video footage taken by the submersible shows how the crabs prod, probe, gash and puncture delicate sediments with the tips of their long legs.
"This is likely to alter sediment processes, such as the rate at which organic matter is buried, which will affect the diversity of animal communities living in the sediments," says Craig Smith of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, whose team discovered the scarlet invaders.
The crabs come from further north and moved in as Antarctic waters have warmed, probably swept into Palmer Deep as larvae in warm ocean currents. They now occupy the deepest regions of Palmer Deep, between 1400 and 950 metres.
In 1982, the minimum temperature there was 1.2 °C – too cold for king crabs – but by last year it had risen to a balmier 1.47 °C.


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Was Jesus a Zombie? by Jeff Cook (info at bottom). He came back to life after his death. He is chasing all human beings everywhere. Once he gets hold of people, his blood changes them and they in turn seek to change others. Could it be more clear? Jesus was a Zombie. I just started [Read More…]
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Reformed and Missional
The word "missional" has a history: it owes its origins in Karl Barth who spoke about the action of God in this world but it was captured by the ecumenical movement to become mostly social activism in the public sector. Two theologians, probably neither "evangelical," recaptured the term "missional" and reshaped it toward its more [Read More…]
Books You Should Know
My desk is like a revolving door. Books land on it, I have to discern if it is a book for the blog or not, I read some and I give some away (to Northern students) and I shelve a few. But some books are not for blogging through, yet they deserve to be mentioned [Read More…]
NCAA Crackdown?
The NCAA has announced crackdown measures. I don't know what you think, but my own belief is that "amateur" sports is a relic from the past, and I would think it would be wiser to figure out how to make these teams minor league professional sports … pay the athletes. Forget spending millions on policing [Read More…]
Racism Changing? No
From AP: WASHINGTON (AP) — Racial attitudes have not improved in the four years since the United States elected its first black president, an Associated Press poll finds, as a slight majority of Americans now express prejudice toward blacks whether they recognize those feelings or not. Those views could cost President Barack Obama votes as [Read More…]
European Socialists and Islam
From Colin Shindler: But the question remains: why do today's European socialists identify with Islamists whose worldview is light-years removed from their own?… The old left in Europe was forged in the struggle against local fascists in the 1930s. Most of Europe experienced a brutal Nazi occupation and bore witness to the atrocities of the [Read More…]
For Those Serving
A prayer for those serving those who are suffering and displaced due to hurricane Sandy: Heavenly Father, whose blessed Son came not to be served but to serve: Bless all who, following in his steps, give themselves to the service of others; that with wisdom, patience, and courage, they may minister in his Name to the suffering, the friendless, [Read More…]
Creation Groans; But Why? (RJS)
One of the passages that comes into play in the discussion of modern science and the Christian faith is Romans 8, especially verses 19-22. Certainly Romans 8 provides another reflection on Genesis 3 and the consequence of the Fall. Or so many think. In Genesis 3 we read: To Adam he said, "Because you listened [Read More…]
Spiritual Formation Movement: A Challenge
The spiritual formation movement, at times (not always), seems to suggest if you practice the disciplines you will be spiritually formed. That tendency has then been picked up by churches to create "programs" for each discipline with the hope that by providing the program the church will foster spiritual formation. And sometimes this happens. But [Read More…]
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Welcome to Canberra's day-night cricket revolution.
Many will say it's long overdue, but the installation of lights as part of an extensive makeover of Manuka Oval is the biggest step forward in Canberra's ambitions to become a major player at the elite level.
The majority of the six 47-metre towers were installed this month, with the remaining ones ready to be unveiled in time for the much-hyped Prime Minister's XI match with the West Indies on January 29, which will feature as the final international game of retiring great Ricky Ponting.
Australia's leading run-scorer in Test cricket history will captain the PM's XI against the reigning Twenty20 world champions.
Master blaster Chris Gayle will have an encore performance a week later in the first visit to Canberra by the Australian cricket team. Michael Clarke and company will take on the Windies on February 6 in what promises to be a sold-out one-day international, hosted as part of Canberra's Centenary celebrations.
Confirmation of an $8.5 million investment for the lights - which cost $5.347 million, with $2.5 million of that coming from the federal government - and upgrades to increase capacity at Manuka Oval to 19,000 in the ACT budget in June, led to the ACT government starting planning on Canberra becoming a host city for the 2015 cricket World Cup.
Next year's Ryobi Cup match between New South Wales and Queensland is to be a day-nighter, while having the lights means Manuka Oval is ready to be a Twenty20 Big Bash League venue.
Cricket ACT is eager to have a Canberra team if expansion is on the table, while it is also open to bringing other games to Canberra in the meantime.
This year's taste of top-class action was hit and miss.
Cricket ACT faced a six-figure financial black hole after the PM's XI match with Sri Lanka in February was washed out without a ball being bowled.
The tourists returned in December for a three-day match with a Chairman's XI.
While fans got to see star batting trio Tillekaratne Dilshan, who carved out a classy hundred, Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara tune up for the Test series, it came to a farcical end when both sides agreed to call the game off with two sessions remaining.
Traditionalists got their helping of first-class cricket when NSW edged out Queensland in a three-wicket thriller in November.
While it was the regular low crowds seen across the country in the Sheffield Shield, those who did show up witnessed a quality game, late inclusion Sean Abbott hitting the winning runs as the Blues struggled to chase down 97 on the final day.
Queensland got its revenge in the Ryobi Cup one-day game a couple of days later, holding on for a 30-run victory despite the late heroics of Blues batsman Ben Rohrer.
Wests fourth-grade bowler Steve Luby wrote his name into the history books by taking all 10 wickets in an innings in February.
In Test cricket, it is a feat only achieved twice in history.
On a sadder note, the Tuggeranong club was rocked when popular stalwart Glenn Thornton suffered a fatal heart attack during a lower-grade game in October. His son Sam showed incredible mental strength to score a match-winning century for the Tuggeranong first-grade team in December.
Queanbeyan recorded a clean sweep of all three trophies in the 2011-12 summer, taking out the Twenty20, one-day and two-day competitions.
The news wasn't as good for the ACT Comets, finishing bottom of the ladder in the Futures League last summer, but they have bounced back to be second on the ladder with one round to go.
Four players earned supplementary Big Bash League contracts - veteran all-rounder Mark Higgs and left-arm paceman Ben Oakley with the Adelaide Strikers, and brothers Jono and Blake Dean with the Melbourne Renegades.
The ACT Meteors finished third and fifth in Twenty20 and 50-over Women's National Cricket League competitions and appointed a new coach, ACT Cricket high performance director Andrew Dawson.


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Sandberg urges women to be assertive
At the second of two meetings Sheryl Sandberg had in Minneapolis earlier this month with readers and fans of her recent book, a few members of a critical audience were present: teenage girls.
One of them was Sarah Borntrager, 16, who listened closely as Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook Inc., encouraged a group of female military officers and federal staffers to "lean in," the admonition that became the title of her best-seller, which sparked a renewed national conversation on women and workplace issues.
Borntrager, a junior at Farmington (Minn.) High School and daughter of a woman who is a civilian Air Force financial analyst, said girls too often lean back.
"I see that actually a lot in high school," she said. "Someone who tries to make a stand for something, a girl, will be seen as obnoxious, as if she just keeps rambling, but a guy will be able to get his point across and be listened to. It's something that shouldn't be."
Sandberg gave a keynote speech at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, the nation's largest annual conference of women in high-tech. The night before her speech, she visited two of the thousands of Lean In circles that have sprung up since her book was released in March. Nearly 300,000 people have registered their support on Facebook for the Lean In Foundation, which receives all proceeds from sales of the book. About 9,000 circles have registered, and many more are active but unregistered.
Linda Brandt, a public health specialist for Hennepin County, Minn., describes her circle as "Girl Scouts for adults," and she hosts a group of about 30 at her home in southeast Minneapolis.
The women – ranging from photographers to dancers to librarians to advertising professionals – packed into Brandt's living room waiting for Sandberg to arrive. Among them was Sandberg's mother-in-law, Paula Goldberg, executive director of PACER, an anti-bullying group that advocates for children and young adults with disabilities.
When the black Chevrolet Tahoe pulled up to the front of Brandt's home, the doors popped open and Sandberg beamed as she started meeting the women. "Oh my God, this is so exciting!" she said.
Sandberg makes an economic case for the Lean In movement, and she likes to bring up Japan, a country with one of the lowest rates of workforce participation by women. Japanese women often stop working when they have a child, and Goldman Sachs projects the Japanese economy could be 15 percent bigger if 8 million more women worked.
"Japan's GDP cannot grow unless they get more women in the workforce," Sandberg said. "In two decades, three decades, the U.S. could face the same problem."
In order to continue to grow, the United States will need the full participation of the workforce, she said, which will require women to step up and their partners to split the work at home, something that she said is still not happening enough. When it comes to particular firms, any company with strong female leadership has a competitive advantage over those who do not, she said.
"This is about our economic growth," Sandberg said.
One criticism the superstar Facebook executive has taken since publication of the book is that she's part of the elite. She went to Harvard, was mentored by former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, and after perfectly timing her transition from Washington to Silicon Valley, became extremely wealthy.
Anna Picchetti, a project manager, said the group at Brandt's home helps rebut that criticism. The group is racially, demographically and professionally diverse, and the women live in a place that has been rated by Intuit as the fifth-best city in the U.S. for female entrepreneurs. The fact that the group is not elite, yet draws powerful inspiration from Sandberg, lends a certain grass-roots credibility to the Lean In movement, she said.
"It's not just a corporate movement, it's a movement for anyone who wants to lean in to their life, their job, their whatever, and I think this group, thanks to Linda, is a really good representation of that," Picchetti said.
The circles can serve whatever purpose the women want, Sandberg said. They're modeled on microcredit circles and book clubs. "Book clubs with a purpose," she said.
Even in the same occupations, women only earn 93 cents for every dollar men earn, and across the population, women earn 77 cents for every dollar men earn, partly because women tend to choose lower-paying professions. A big part of what explains both discrepancies and the lack of female leadership in the world's biggest companies is that women too often fail to display self-confidence. The result, Sandberg said: "Women are just as much a part of gender bias."


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Comics Alliance Holiday Card: Commissioner Gordon's Night Before Christmas (By Nedroid)
If hundreds and hundreds of holiday comics, TV specials and movies have taught us anything, it's that Christmas is a time of truly magical sights. And that even applies if you're somewhere like Gotham City, where"magical sights" tend to be the last thing you see before you're murdered by a mental patient or, if you're lucky, rescued by an equally terrifying vigilante. 'Tis the season for miracles!
So today, we're offering up the last of our four ComicsAlliance holiday cards, featuring art by the inimitable Anthony "Nedroid" Clark! Click through to see the full card and get a full-sized printable versionyou can give to your friends as a reminder that hey, maybe spending time at the grandparents' wasn't so bad after all!


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The cabins at Anglers Lodge lie with the Bitterroot Range to the west and the Sapphires to the east along Hwy 93. In contrast to our wilderness area, the terrain consists of rolling lodge pole ridges. We can take advantage of the closed roads and hunt on horseback or on foot for many of miles behind these locked gates. For the ambitious hunter, we have thousands of roadless acres available to hunt.
The Bitterroot fires of 2000 burned 300,000 acres creating excellent elk hunting conditions. We find ourselves using spotting scopes more than ever before.
This is some of the best spot and stalk hunting in the nation and is still producing trophy class bulls. It is not uncommon to see many trophy class mule deer bucks during your Winter Range Hunt. Hopefully you will be lucky enough to draw a limited mule deer permit for 261 or 270.
The Bitterroot Valley has a large population of Bighorn Sheep, Moose and Mountain Goats, so don't forget to apply. If you draw one of these tags, there is no trophy fee assessed to the price of your hunt.
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A delegation from the University of Dar es Salaam visited the Independent Institute of Lay Adventists of Kigali (INILAK) with the aim of examining areas of possible partnership with the faculty of Law at the institute.
The visit was planned by the Tanzanian-German Center for Postgraduate Studies in Law (TGCL) at the University of Dar es Salaam School of Law, in cooperation with the University of Bayreuth, Germany.
According to the Dean of Faculty of Law at INILAK, it was a great opportunity to explore and set possible avenues between the INILAK faculty of law and TGCL, consisting of the granting of Masters' and PhD scholarships to INILAK law graduates.
Among key personalities on the delegation were Dr. Christian Kirchen and Johanes of the University of Bayreuth who head the scholarships program within TGCL and Dr. Justice Bwana, student's advisor and lawyer of the Tanzania Supreme Court.
The delegation was composed of eleven people, mainly Law Master's students who are also professionals within their respective countries of origin from the East African Community.
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Madagascar: A Short History
University of Chicago Press, 2009 - History - 316 pages
Two thousand years ago, the island of Madagascar was likely uninhabited. Its unique flora and fauna had gone totally undisturbed by human contact until the first navigators landed on its shores. No one knows where those first inhabitants hailed from, but over the centuries Madagascar developed its own distinctive language and cultural systems. The only recent history of its kind in English, Madagascar, traces two millennia of human activity in one of the world's most fascinating, yet least-known, societies. Ā In graceful prose, Solofo Randrianja and Stephen Ellis, both leading historians of Madagascar, elucidate the three main phases of its history: the earliest settlements, the age of kingdoms, and the island's entry into intercontinental systems of commerce and exchange, including over sixty years under French rule. Through the course of this colorful and turbulent history, Randrianja and Ellis explore the tensions between the development of a unique culture and the absorption of immigrants, the development of strong social hierarchies, and the long-lasting effects of slavery and the slave trade.
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Tours - Kykuit, the Rockefeller Estate
Through November 04, 2012 - Sleepy Hollow
Kykuit, the six-story stone house and rolling hilltop estate that served as home to four generations of Rockefellers, is open to visitors beginning Saturday, May 5, through Sunday, Nov. 4. Tours are available daily throughout the season except Tuesdays. Kykuit's modern and classical art collection, architecture, and expansive gardens are consistently rated the top attraction in the lower Hudson Valley, and draw tens of thousands of visitors annually. Kykuit, which means "lookout" in Dutch, includes a six-story stone house, multiple terraced gardens, art galleries, outdoor classical and modern sculpture, and commanding Hudson River views. Its hilltop location overlooking the Hudson River and the Palisades is 500 feet above sea level. Visitors to Kykuit learn the story of the Rockefellers, beginning with John D. Rockefeller, founder of Standard Oil, whose business acumen made him the richest man in America in his day. He later became the country's first great philanthropist. By his death in 1937, he had given away more than half his fortune through various philanthropic programs. Visitors can choose from four tours: Classic, Grand, Timesaver, and Selected Highlights. The Classic, ideal for first-time visitors, is a shorter experience than the comprehensive, three-hour Grand. Besides the mansion, both of these tours include time in Kykuit's art galleries, gardens, and Coach Barn, with its collection of horse-drawn carriages, vintage automobiles, and equestrian equipment. The 90-minute Timesaver is ideal for those on tighter schedules, while Selected Highlights maximizes time in the gardens. Visitors can buy tickets online in advance, choosing the exact tour, time, and date they want to visit. Tickets are on sale at hudsonvalley.org. Historic Hudson Valley recommends advanced ticket buying, particularly for weekend tours, which fill up quickly. Besides online, tickets may be purchased by calling 914-631-8200 (service charge additional) or at the Kykuit Visitor Center at Philipsburg Manor in Sleepy Hollow. All tours start at the Kykuit Visitor Center; doors open at 9am.
'9 To 5: The Musical' - Irvington Town Hall Theater
November 04, 2012 - Irvington
The Clocktower Players Adult Troupe presents a hip, hilarious story of friendship and revenge in the male dominated corporate world of the 1970s. With a rollicking score by country music legend and seven-time Grammy Award winner Dolly Parton, "9 To 5: The Musical" is about teaming up, taking care of business, getting credit - and getting even! Please note: this show contains adult themes.
Axial Theatre presents Clifford Odets' 'Awake and Sing!' - St. John's Episcopal Church
Through November 04, 2012 - Pleasantville
Axial Theatre in Pleasantville will inaugurate its 14th season with Clifford Odets' classic Depression-era drama, "Awake and Sing!" This will be a first for Axial as the Westchester theatre company has, until now, exclusively produced new works, often by emerging artists. Howard Meyer, artistic director of Axial Theatre and HMActing, the affiliated acting/playwriting school, explains that the piece is particularly relevant in today's economic climate. He says, "A line reads, 'Life is not printed on dollar bills.' That's a central theme of this masterpiece, finding the balance between working to sustain a family and carving out time to truly be alive." Please make reservations at brownpapertickets.com/event/253189 or call 800-838-3006. For more information, call Jaki Silver at 516-984-4515. Performances Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8pm; Sundays at 4pm, Oct. 18-Nov. 4.
Gym Buddies - Play with the Big Kids! - Rosenthal JCC of Northern Westchester
November 04, 2012 - Pleasantville
Children in K-6th get a chance to play with the big kids - tweens and teens who act as role models and engage children with fun games.
Chocolate World Expo - Westchester County Center
November 04, 2012 - White Plains
Tastings and sales of gourmet chocolates, baked goods, specialty foods, gelato, wines, and much more. Tip: arrive early - the free goodies go fast.
Flash Gordon and the Heroes of the Universe - Stamford Museum and Nature Center
Through November 04, 2012 - Stamford
The exhibit showcases artwork by two Flash Gordon illustrators, Alex Raymond and Al Williamson, as well as numerous other science fiction cartoonists. The artwork and memorabilia on display, representing space adventure creations from Buck Rogers to Star Wars, provides evidence of the significant impact that these heroes of the universe have had on American culture.
The Great Pumpkin Caper - Westchester Sandbox Theatre
November 04, 2012 - Mamaroneck
Celebrate Halloween with this family musical directed by Broadway performer John Treacy Egan, and starring local teen and adult actors. Purchase tickets at wstshows.com.
Library Theatre: 'Love, Loss & What I Wore' - Croton Free Library
November 04, 2012 - Croton-on-Hudson
M&M Productions presents the popular play by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, fresh off a 2-1/2 year Off-Broadway run. Funny, compelling, and touching monologues and ensemble pieces about women, clothes, and memory covering all the important subjects - mothers, prom dresses, mothers, buying bras, mothers, hating purses, and why we wear black.
The Great Jack O' Lantern Blaze - Van Cortlandt Manor
November 04, 2012 - Croton-on-Hudson
The tri-state area's biggest Halloween event returns for 22 nights. Meander through an 18th-Century riverside landscape and discover a breathtaking display - more than 5,000 individually hand-carved, illuminated Jack O' Lanterns! Tens of thousands of visitors saw last year's sold out Blaze. The elaborate walk-through event features original, atmospheric music, sound effects, and synchronized lighting. Stroll through the Tunnel O' Pumpkin Love, and emerge to the incredible sight of a gourd-filled Jack-in-the-Box springing up and bouncing around. Flying pumpkin ghosts soar above the lantern-lit path. All admissions are by timed ticket only, which must be purchased in advance at hudsonvalley.org or by calling 914-366-6900 (phone prices include $2/ticket surcharge).
Celebrate National Adoption Month with Beauty Bar & Salon Charity Day - Beauty Bar & Salon
November 04, 2012 - Port Chester
Celebrate National Adoption Month with Beauty Bar & Salon Charity Day to benefit educational and community programs sponsored by Forever Families Through Adoption, Inc.(FFTA). Call 914-939-7800 to schedule your appointment. Walk-Ins welcome. All proceeds go to FFTA. Contact FFTA at email@example.com or visit foreverfamiliesthroughadoption.org.
Movies for Kids (and Their Families) - 'King Kong' - Jacob Burns Film Center
November 04, 2012 - Pleasantville
Generations come and go and special effects become ever more sophisticated, but this masterpiece, with its stop-motion dinosaurs, snakes, and giant, tragic ape never becomes dated. See the timeless tale of a beauty, a beast, and a very tall building as it demands to be seen: in glorious black and white on the big screen. 1933. 104 min. PG.
November Story Circle - Hudson River Museum
November 04, 2012 - Yonkers
Circle round to listen as volunteers read folk and fairy tales illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Today, hear bilingual stories.
Katonah Museum of Art's 2012 Himmel Award and Lecture - Chappaqua Crossing
November 04, 2012 - Chappaqua
Renowned architect Maya Lin will receive the Katonah Museum of Art's 2012 Himmel Award.
The Himmel Award, named in honor of Betty Himmel who was instrumental in defining the direction and mission of the Katonah Museum of Art and has served as an arts advocate and community leader for many years, recognizes those creators and conceivers, radical thinkers and risk takers who have demonstrated their ability to incite, excite, and provoke new thinking in the arts.
Reservations required; call 914-232-9555 x0.
About Maya Lin:
Maya Lin has maintained a careful balance between art and architecture throughout her career, having virtually redefined the idea of the monument with her highly acclaimed Vietnam Veterans' Memorial in 1982. She has since gone on to successfully pursue the creation of a remarkable body of work that encompasses large-scale site-specific installations, intimate studio artworks, architectural works and memorials.
Maya Lin (b. 1959, Athens, Ohio) graduated cum laude from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1981. She went on to earn her Master of Architecture degree from Yale in 1986, and has maintained a professional studio in New York City since then. She serves on the Board of Trustees of the Museum of Chinese in America, The Bloomberg Family Foundation, and The What is Missing? Foundation. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2005. In 2009 Maya Lin was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama.
Family Art Project: Dances with Leaves - Wave Hill
November 04, 2012 - Bronx
Play in the leaves on the lawn and fashion a festive crown or costume from fall leaves and leaf rubbings.
Forest Weekends - New York Botanical Garden
November 04, 2012 - Bronx
Explore the Thain Family Forest, the largest remaining tract of old-growth forest in New York City, and immerse yourself in tand gardening demonstrations, guided tours, and more; check the website for the full schedule.
Diwali: A Celebration of Light - White Plains Public Library
November 04, 2012 - White Plains
A program with stories, traditional Hindu dances, and other activities to celebrate the triumph of good vs. evil.
Touch A Truck - Stamford Museum and Nature Center
November 04, 2012 - Stamford
Get up close and personal with some larger-than-life vehicles. Find out how these trucks work, what purposes they serve and climb inside a few.
Family-Friendly Nature Adventure - Greenburgh Nature Center
November 04, 2012 - Scarsdale
Join the Center's Naturalists in a family-friendly nature adventure of their choosing. Will it be snakes or snowflakes, frogs or flowers, migration or hibernation? What wild fun will you have today?
Pack Chat for Kids (ages 4-8) - Wolf Conservation Center
November 04, 2012 - South Salem
An excellent introduction to wolves for families with young children. Kids learn about the mythology surrounding wolves and the important role of wolves in the natural world. Guests will visit Ambassador wolves Atka, Alawa, and Zephyr, as well as the center's other endangered wolves. Pre-registration required.
Tracking & Tracing the Wild - Marshlands Conservancy
November 04, 2012 - Rye
Learn how to find the best locations for spotting wildlife during a hike through the trails, streams, and salt marsh.
Youth and Nutrition: Teens Eating This, Not That! - Stepping Stones Museum
November 04, 2012 - Norwalk
In this YES2 Youth Forum tlearn ways to enjoy food while making smart choices for your health.
1st Annual Spooky Sunday Stories - The Center for Literacy Enrichment at Pace University
November 04, 2012 - White Plains
An afternoon of storytelling, arts & crafts, and lots of fun, with local celebrities as the storytellers. All elementary-age children are welcome. In the Tudor Room in Preston Hall.
The Skeleton Crew - Yorktown Museum
Through November 05, 2012 - Yorktown Heights
More than 50 everyday phrases (such as the term "lazy bones") are depicted and illustrated using not-so-scary skeleton figures.
The Riverdale Y Sunday Market - MS/HS 141
Through November 11, 2012 - Riverdale
Look for natural, organic, and local products every Sunday through Nov. 11. Wearable Collections facilitates textile collection every week, accepting used clean clothing, including shoes and hats. It also accepts household items such as curtains, linens, towels, handbags, and belts (no carpeting).
There's also a variety of produce, baked goods, eggs, meats, cheese, with a selection of fair trade and preservative-free and/or organic.
Vendors include:
- Adamah Farm (Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center): pickles, kraut, cheeses, yogurt, and jams
- Atara Designs: Designer Jewelry
- Bread Alone: organic, kosher, artisan breads, pastries, and pies
- The Cheese Guy/Old World Marketplace: kosher artisan cheeses
- Dines Farms: pasture-raised meats
- Doc Pickle: certified kosher pickles, sauerkraut, olives, and more
- Guyank Brand, LLC: The original Sweet-HOT Pepper Sauce, marinades, jams and jellies
- Hollengold Farms: family-operated farm offering farm-fresh vegetables and herbs
- Ilanit: Hand-knitted luxury goods
- Jewels by Mollie: Israeli jewelry, handmade jewelry, and scarves
- luvume Organics: Organic sugar and salt scrubs for the body, and aromatherapy products
- Manor House Soaps: handmade olive oil and glycerine soaps
- Marianna Marwell: ribbon leashes
- Migliorelli Farm, LLC: produce from Dutchess County
- Orchards of Concklin: farm produce, cider, and baked goods
- Popcorn Pawz: holistic dog and cat food and pet products
- Ronnybrook Dairy: certified kosher dairy products
- Wright's Farm: sustainable produce and baked goods
For information on becoming a vendor at the Riverdale Y Sunday Market, or for any other questions regarding the market, contact market manager Cynthia Galik at email@example.com.
Farmers' Market @ PepsiCo - PepsiCo
Through November 14, 2012 - Purchase
Local produce and specialty items made from local ingredients every Wednesday.
New Rochelle Farmers' Market - New Rochelle
Through November 16, 2012 - New Rochelle
Fresh, local baked goods, fruit, herbs, organic produce, specialty foods, vegetables, and more.
Bronxville Farmers' Market - Bronxville
Through November 17, 2012 - Bronxville
Vendors offer fresh produce, including organic produce, pasture raised meats, and eggs, fish fresh from Montauk, honey, maple syrup, pickles, cheese, breads, baked goods, quiche, dips, soups, herbs, lavender and lavender products, local wines, field-cut wild flowers, bottled milk, granola, soups, cookies, hand made soaps and lotions, home spun fibers for knitting, and chutney.
Pelham Farmers' Market - Pelham
Through November 17, 2012 - Pelham
Fresh, local baked goods, cut flowers, fruit, herbs, plants, prepared foods, specialty foods, vegetables, wines, and more.
Tarrytown Farmers' Market - Tarrytown
Through November 17, 2012 - Tarrytown
Fresh, local baked goods, artisinal bread, cheese, cut flowers, dairy products, fish, fruit, herbs, meats, organic produce, plants, specialty foods, vegetables, wines, soups, and more.
The Pound Ridge Theatre Company presents 'Love, Loss, and What I Wore' - Conant Hall
Through November 17, 2012 - Pound Ridge
A wonderful night out for women and their friends, daughters, or significant others. The popular play by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, fresh off a 2-1/2 year Off-Broadway run. Funny, compelling, and touching monologues and ensemble pieces about women, clothes, and memory covering all the important subjects - mothers, prom dresses, mothers, buying bras, mothers, hating purses, and why we wear black. Cabaret seating; bring your own food and drink to enjoy before the show. Performances Nov. 2,3,9,10,15,16,17 at 8pm; Sunday, Nov. 11 at 2pm; Thursday, Nov. 15 is Double Date Rate 4 tickets for the price of 3.) Tickets, go to prtc01.org, call 203-253-6771, or email email@example.com.
Shade and Shadow: A Selection of British and American Silhouettes - Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum
Through November 18, 2012 - Bronx
This exhibition presents a small selection of 19th-Century British and American silhouettes from Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum and four private collections. Before photography became widely available, silhouette portraits were quick, easy, and affordable. Elegant ladies, family scenes, charming children, and more, reveal a compelling slice of life from the golden age of this art form. Through November 18.
Croton-on-Hudson Farmers' Market - Croton-on-Hudson
Through November 21, 2012 - Croton-on-Hudson
Fresh, local baked goods, cheese, cut flowers, dairy products, fish, fruit, herbs, meat, organic produce, plants, specialty foods, vegetables, wines, and more.
White Plains Outdoor Farmers' Market - White Plains
Through November 21, 2012 - White Plains
An authentic, French open-air market offering everything from meats to produce to artisan cheeses and olive oil.
GreenMarket Farmers' Market - The New York Botanical Garden
Through November 21, 2012 - Bronx
The New York Botanical Garden's Greenmarket provides affordable, locally grown produce along with fresh, nutritious baked goods, and other specialty items. Talk to the farmers to learn more about the nutritional and health benefits of gardening and eating locally. Learn how to use produce from the market to make easy, nutritional meals at weekly cooking demonstrations and find out about composting, recycling, growing vegetables, and more at special demonstrations throughout the season. Hear "what's fresh" at the market each week by calling 718-362-9561 and pressing 406# to find out what you can incorporate into your meals. Open every Wednesday, through November 21, at the base of Library Allee inside the Garden's Mosholu Gate entrance. Free admission and parking to shop at the Greenmarket.
EXHIBIT - VIVIAN BERGENTHAL: A JOYFUL JOURNEY WITH NATURE - Greenburgh Nature Center
Through November 25, 2012 - Scarsdale
Scarsdale resident Vivian Bergenthal is an artist, poet, and environmental activist. Her work reflects "the spiritual and visceral connections that bind us to both the natural and man-made environment with which we engage." Working in mixed media, her work depicts her reaction to landscapes within her local neighborhood and the world she has traveled. Opening Reception with refreshments Oct. 6 from 2-4pm. Exhibit runs through Sunday, November 25.
Sunday Explorers Drop-In Programming - Stamford Museum & Nature Center
Through November 25, 2012 - Stamford
Every Sunday, the education staff offers a hands-on, interactive exploration of the Museum's many favorite features. Each week focuses on a different topic and includes self-guided and staff-led activities which run throughout the time period. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Free with gate admission. September 9-November 25, 2012. No class October 21.
'Fiddler on the Roof' - Westchester Broadway Theatre
Through November 25, 2012 - Elmsford
Composer Jerry Bock and lyricist Sheldon Harnick teamed up with librettist Joseph Stein to create this timeless classic musical, magically woven with universal themes, music, dance, poignancy, and laughter.
"Fiddler on the Roof" is based on "Tevye and His Daughters" and other tales by Sholem Aleichem that he wrote in Yiddish and published in 1894. Set in 1905, the musical takes place in Anatevka, a small Jewish village in Russia. The story revolves around the dairyman, Tevye, and his attempts to preserve his family's traditions in the face of a changing world.
In this production, Tevye the dairyman is brought to life by Bill Nolte. His wife Golde will be played by Emily Zacharias. The daughters are Rachel Prather (Tzeitel), Sarah Rolleston (Hodel), Dana Glaus (Chava), and local children Gianna Florio and Julia Gold, who will alternate as Bielke, and Samantha Robins and Shannon Stout who will alternate as Shprintze. Terry Palasz is the meddling Matchmaker, Yente. The girls' suitors are Andrew Boza as Motel the tailor, Eric Johnson as the butcher, Lazar Wolfe, Joe Longthorne as the student revolutionary, Perchik, and Chris Giordano as Fyedka, the Russian Cossack. The cast also features Michael J. Farina as Mordcha the Innkeeper, Drew Martin as the Rabbi, Benjamin Dean as Mendel, Stephen Tewksbury as the constable, Lucas Thompson as Nachum, and Stephen Valenti as Avram.
The production is directed and choreographed by Richard Stafford. Jesse Factor is the associate choreographer. The musical director is Leo P. Carusone, set design is by John Farrell, technical director is Steve Loftus, lighting design by Andrew Gmoser, sound design by Jonathan Hatton, costume design by Michael Bottari and Ronald Case, production stage manager is Victor Lukas and the assistant stage Mmnager is Ron Rogell. Properties are by Grumpy?s Props. As with all our productions, Lisa Tiso is the associate producer.
Magician Philip Klipper Will Astound You! - Ciao! Restaurant
Through November 30, 2012 - Eastchester
Every Thursday from 6-8pm, Magician Philip Klipper will astound and delight the whole family with his incredible sleight of hand at tableside. Hours/dates are subject to change; please check with restaurant. Nov. 1, 8, 13, and 29.
Magician Philip Klipper Will Astound You! - Cheeburger Cheeburger Restaurant
Through November 30, 2012 - White Plains
Every Friday from 7:30-9:30pm, Magician Philip Klipper will astound and delight the whole family with his incredible sleight of hand at tableside. Hours/dates are subject to change; please check with restaurant. Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30.
Family Fondue Sundays - The Melting Pot of White Plains
Through November 30, 2012 - White Plains
Fondue dining allows everyone to enjoy good conversation, eat slowly, and savor each bite. Parents can enjoy three-course meal (salad, entree, and chocolate), and kids under 14 can have two courses (entree and chocolate), all for a fixed price every Sunday in November from 12-4pm. Visit meltingpot.com/white-plains/specials for details.
Larchmont Farmers' Market - Larchmont
Through December 15, 2012 - Larchmont
Fresh, local baked goods, artisinal bread, cheese, cut flowers, dairy products, fish, fruit, herbs, meats, organic produce, plants, specialty foods, vegetables, wines, and more.
Ossining Farmers' Market - Ossining
Through December 15, 2012 - Ossining
Pleasantville Farmers' Market - Pleasantville
Through December 15, 2012 - Pleasantville
Rye Farmers' Market - Rye
Through December 16, 2012 - Rye
Fresh, local baked goods, cheese, cut flowers, dairy products, fruit, hand-made soaps, herbs, meats, organic produce, plants, prepared foods, specialty foods, vegetables, wines, and more.
Africa: From the Desert to the Sea - Maritime Aquarium
Through January 01, 2013 - Norwalk
Learn about the importance of habitat preservation and conservation while observing such exotic African species as the air-breathing lungfish and electric catfish that use bioelectric radar to sense surroundings and zap their food.
Native Voices: New England Tribal Families - Stepping Stones Museum
Through January 06, 2013 - Norwalk
This exhibit is an introduction to Native Americans living in New England today. By visiting five different communities from northern to southern New England, visitors learn about Native American traditions and how modern families balance contemporary life with preservation of important cultural identities through stories and songs.
Nybelwyck Hall: A Mansion in Miniature - Hudson River Museum - Glenview
Through January 08, 2013 - Yonkers
Nybelwyck Hall, a dollhouse representing Lilliputian life at its most luxurious, makes its appearance in Glenview, the Museum's 1897 river home. The 24-room, granite-and-mortar Glenview, and Nybelwyck, the 24-room dollhouse, share architectural features - a Great Hall and a double staircase that curves from the top floor down to the Hall. Nybelwyck's central facade is loosely based on the Hudson River estate, Staatsburg, the Ogden Mills House. The orange-and-green colors on its Victorian addition are reminiscent of Wilderstein, in Rhinebeck, the family home of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's personal secretary. Dollhouse enthusiast Mark O'Banks created Nybelwyck Hall over the course of a decade and looked to the wisdom of a ouija board to name his creation. The house is furnished with found objects in its 24 rooms, as well as rugs O'Banks designed. Among its 900 objects are minute musical instruments that play, doors with intricate locks that work, and a tiny dollhouse within the dollhouse's nursery.
Witness: The Art of Jerry Pinkney - Hudson River Museum
Through January 13, 2013 - Yonkers
In 100 books, Jerry Pinkney has turned his artist's eye and hand to the story - a classic, a folktale, a fable - and readers all over the world saw something new, something they wanted to read and to remember. Pinkney is the master of the American picture book. More than 120 watercolor illustrations by the artist, who lives in Westchester, will be on view in the first major overview of his career as a designer and illustrator in "Witness: The Art of Jerry Pinkney." The exhibition follows his 2010 award of the Randolph Caldecott Medal for "The Lion and the Mouse." The Hudson River Museum is the only New York showing for this exhibition on national tour, organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Pinkney has found it interesting to trace how the chapters of his life have knitted themselves into his art, touching on the cultural themes of the African-American experience. He uncovers, again and again, the energy in a small moment that surprisingly can change a life or turn an event in history. Most recently in his almost wordless adaptation of the Aesop fable, "The Lion and The Mouse," two creatures on a faraway African plain choose not the hard chase and bloody battle but, instead, exchange kindnesses. Fascinated with wildlife, Pinkney, in many books including "The Brer Rabbit" in "The Last Tales of Uncle Remus" shows us the human qualities of an animal as he shows us the animal in its natural setting. Pinkney, Philadelphia born and bred, and now a long-time New Yorker, has illustrated children's books since 1964, but it was not an easy path. Blacks were not expected to be able to forge careers in the art field. Trained as a commercial artist at a vocational school, he persisted and won a scholarship to the Philadelphia College of Art where his work took on the shading and detail for which he is now renowned, and he where he began to use color to convey mood and emotion. He has most often worked on children's books that celebrate multiculturalism and African-American heritage, as he took on the task of reshaping the perceptions of the stereotypes of blacks. He designed the first nine stamps of the US Postal Service's Black Heritage series. Art critics will look at the color of Pinkney's illustrations, the scarlet curve of Little Red Riding Hood's cloak, the golden blade of grass on the Serengeti plane. Sociologists will look at Pinkney the little boy, who without a visit to a museum or an art class, drew at home on the back of wallpaper samples. What the viewer will see though, in "The Art of Jerry Pinkney" is his wish: "It has always been my intent for my work to continue to breathe after publication. My hope is that (museum visitors) will believe that Jerry Pinkney cares deeply for people, making art, and visual storytelling." The exhibition includes a 96-page illustrated catalog that provides new scholarship into Pinkney's work in essays by the exhibition's co-curator Stephanie Haboush Plunkett, Dr. Gerald L. Early, and others. On view through January 13, 2013.
Sea Rex: Journey to a Prehistoric World - IMAX Theater, Maritime Aquarium
Through January 17, 2013 - Norwalk
Explore an underwater universe inhabited by such creatures as Liopleurodon and long-necked Elasmosaurss, enormous animals that were ruling the seas before dinosaurs conquered the earth. Encounter the gigantic Shonisaurus, the T-Rex of the sea. Through January 17, 2013.
To the Arctic - IMAX Theater, Maritime Aquarium
Through January 17, 2013 - Norwalk
The changing climate of the earth has effected people and animals that call the Artic home. See the impact on polar bears, a migrating herd of caribou and walruses. Meryl Streep narrates. Through January 17, 2013.
Born to Be Wild - Maritime Aquarium
Through January 17, 2013 - Norwalk
Academy-Award winner Morgan Freeman lends his voice to this film which follows orphaned baby orangutans and elephants, and the people who rescue and raise them for eventual release back into the wild. Through January 17, 2013.
'Ice Age' to the Digital Age: The 3D Animation Art of Blue Sky Studios - Katonah Museum of Art
Through January 20, 2013 - Katonah
This unique interactive exhibition looks at the imaginative work of Greenwich, Connecticut-based Blue Sky Studios, a leader in the animation industry for over 20 years. Creator of such blockbuster films as the "Ice Age" series, "Robots," and "Rio," the studio prides itself on technical innovation, while retaining a strong narrative heart. '"Ice Age" to the Digital Age' will guide visitors through Blue Sky's entire process of creating computer-animated films: from initial concepts, storyboards, character design, background art, and three-dimensional modeling, to the highly technical work of animation, rigging, materials, lighting, special effects, and sound. In addition to final movie clips, the exhibition will feature rarely-seen original concept drawings, sculptural models, props, and digital stills. Interactive stations will allow visitors to sketch a scene or manipulate computer-generated images to better understand the innovative technology that brings the films to life. Katonah resident Chris Wedge, a co-founder of Blue Sky in 1987, believes that the secret to the studio's success is in its inventive process. In his view, the art challenges technology and technology inspires the art. The Museum will be turning all the galleries, including the Learning Center, over to this exhibit. There will be gallery talks with Blue Sky co-founder Chris Wedge and "Ice Age: Continental Drift" directors Steve Martino and Mike Thurmeier, as well as a calendar of programming in partnership with the Jacob Burns Film Center. Details about these programs are available at katonahmuseum.org. The exhibition will be on view from Sunday, September 16, 2012 through January 20, 2013.
Vital Signs - New York Hall of Science
Through February 03, 2013 - Flushing
View original art inspired by our biological world with a special interest in what lies beneath its surface. Children under age 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
Manolo Valdes Monumental Sculptures - The New York Botanical Garden
Through May 26, 2013 - Bronx
Drawing inspiration from the natural landscape of the Botanical Garden, seven towering sculptures by acclaimed Spanish artist Manolo Valdes showcase the relationship between art and nature.
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Product Description
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