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I had the pleasure of attending the eTail West session hosted by Jonathon Colman of REI. I recently met Jonathon on Google+ and believe it or not, some people spend more than 3 minutes per month on Google+!
Here is my recap of the presentation:
Jonathon Colman
Internet Marketing Manager
5 Specific Ways To Build Enterprise SEO Traffic & Sales
1. Create Original Content
FOCUS: Increase Rankings And Portfolio Density For Traffic-Driving Keywords
When you create duplicate content, you are competing with your own site. STOP COMPETING WITH YOURSELF!
Check out this product page on REI. Above the fold, they include all of the standard information that shoppers are looking for.
But look what's going on below the fold. Each product page has 250 words of original content that you won't find anywhere else on the internet.
You can also create original content outside of your product pages.
Check out this article on REI about choosing the best barefoot running shoes. This article draws qualified traffic from over 1,800 unique keywords each week!
2. Minimize Duplication
FOCUS: Rank Higher And Increase Traffic
Duplicate content waters down your rankings for competitive keywords which reduces your traffic and conversion. You can see how much duplicate content you have on your site by checking your Google Webmastar Tools.
4 Strategies To Help Reduce Duplicate Content:
-Use rel=canonical used to point from a duplicate page back to the authoritative version of the content. Used for exact duplicates.
-Use rel=prev/next to handle paginated content, such as a large search result set.
–301 redirect from deprecated content or near duplicates to authoritative versions.
-Set your preferred domain to avoid duplication at the domain level.
Not sure if you have a preferred domain?
Type www.yoursite.com into your URL bar. Then type yoursite.com as well. If both URLs render separately then you DO NOT have a preferred domain and you have a duplicate content issue. This is simple to fix and will help your SEO.
Using these tactics, REI reduced duplicate content by 96% Y/Y driving increased traffic to authoritative content.
3. Go Fast Or Go Home
FOCUS: Increase Your Conversion
Jonathon started this section with some AWESOME stats:
-Customers expect your website to load in less than 2 seconds.
-40% of customers will abandon any site that takes longer than 3 seconds to load.
-The average Fortune 500 company web site takes 7 seconds to load.
-For every 1 second of load time, conversion drops by 7%.
-For every 1 second of load time, user satisfaction drops by 16%.
-A faster site reduces the costs of infrastructure by 50% or more.
REI worked hard to decreases their site speed and here are the results:
A 50% decrease in the time it took for Google to crawl an average page:
A 100% increase in the amount of total pages Google crawled per day:
By improving the load time by 1.5 seconds per page, REI saved their customers a total of 22 years!
Tools to speed up your site:
–Google Webmaster Tools speed report.
–Site speed data in Google Analytics.
–WebPageTest, Pingdom test suites.
4. Be Meta, Not Just <Meta>
Use product metadata to structure search results for your categories into faceted navigation.
These facets help users narrow down their searches and provide niche results for search engine crawlers.
Use rich snippets to make your ads more appealing. Which ad would you click on?
The Zappos ad is enabling Rich Snippets so their seller reviews show up next to their URL. Rich Snippets can drive up to 30% more clicks over standard search results.
Tools for Rich Snippets:
–Google's guide to Rich Snippets.
–Google Merchant Center feeds.
5. Link It All Together
FOCUS: Increase Rankings And Traffic
Learn from the JC Penney link buying fiasco. DON'T BUY LINKS under any circumstances, it's not worth the risk.
Instead of buying links, you should earn them.
Earn Links for Discovery – Search einges index the Web by following links to page after page of content. But most of the time they can't find content following a link so new pages without links are isolated from search engines.
Earn Links for Trust – For a search engine, links from one site to another are like a vote of confidence, similar to a citation in a scientific paper. This is the original basis behind Google's PageRank (link).
Earn Links for Authority – If all else is equal, pages with more links will receive more traffic from Google.
How Can You Earn More Links?
-Create useful content that fulfills a customer need – especially tacit needs.
-Be original, funny, engaging, or amazing.
-Hold a contest or a giveaway.
-Be timely or relevant to a current event that your customers care about
-Make your customers feel special by featuring them in your marketing materials and encouraging user generated content.
REI created this S'MORES infographic hoping that it would lead to a lot of new links:
Did it work? Yes, quite resoundingly.
The infographic was wildly successful in earning links and was covered by Forbes & Guy Kawasaki (who is speaking tomorrow at eTail).
In another example of REI benefiting from user generated content, an REI customer made this youtube video about one of their products.
The video has over 500k views which drove awareness, links, traffic, and dramatically increased the rankings for that product. In fact, the REI stormproof matches now show up third for a "stormproof" search on Google.
5 Key Actionable Takeaways:
1. Create original content that meets your audience's explicit and tacit needs.
2. Reduce duplicate content to stop competing with yourself.
3. Speed up your site to drive conversion.
4. Structure your content with metadata to make it more finable and easier to use.
5. Earn links by building great content or have your customers build it for you.
That's it!
Jonathon absolutely killed it during his presentation and we will definitely have to him participate in our next eCommerce SEO Roundtable.
Hopefully you can use some of his suggestions to improve your eCommerce SEO and here are the slides from his eTail West presentation:
The E-Commerce Business Owner's Guide to SEO Management
Lessons From Online Retailers Who Successfully Drive SEO Growth


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His chief political lieutenants were Dunning and barré, who at the time sat for his borough Calne.
In conjunction with barré and a few actors, he opened a theatre in the Rue de Chartres.
It will be enough to note that barré chose as the sentinel left in charge of the boat one of the firmest of the conspirators.
barré's soldiership impressed its character on his parliamentary conduct.
The Marquis of Lansdowne's friends, barré, &c., were with us.
Did I blame the pensions given to Mr. barré and Mr. Dunning between the proposition and execution of my plan?
barré informed Duchemin, and the twain kept the secret to themselves.
They adopted the name given by Colonel barré to the enemies of passive obedience in America.
Colonel barré moved an amendment to strike out from the resolution the words "in all cases whatsoever."
Albert, who was passionately fond of the chase, was easily persuaded by the representations of barré and his comrades.
1876, in reference to chords played on a guitar, etc., from French, literally "bar" (see bar (n.1)).

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Would you like to save as your currency permanently or for this visit only?
Not so luxury but cleanly, warm hospitality Nothing.
It is in a beautiful location. Our room had an excellent view. Close to the center - a quick and easy drive.
Large rooms, beautiful bathroom
staff were extremely helpful,friendly and efficient.Hotel was modern, clean and ideally situated.
Excellent room and meals well cooked /presented. Staff very attentive and all spoke good english. Felt mislead about the swimming pool which was thought to be in hotel but is in fact a lido down the road and very busy with little shade.
The staff was very gracious and accomodating. The room was clean and well appointed. The location was in close proximity to the city and Eurocopter (for business travelers). A limited amount (100-200MB) of free internet would have been nice. This would have allowed me to check and send email without using much data bandwidth. As an American, the absence of air conditioning was noticeable, but not unpleasant. This was due to cooler weather at the time of my stay.
Staff were very helpful and the room and bathroom were very clean. The food was excellent
Very good location with excellent service.comfortable rooms and good food The balconies were unusable because of their construction but the views were very good
The owner very helpful and nice welcome. Very good location!
I only stayed 1 nirgt but had a good feeling about the hotel and staff.
When we arrived we were made welcome and shown to our room it looked like the hotel had just been refurbished. Breakfast was good value. Our room was ok clean but it wasn't finished after window replacement bare concrete not painted. We had evening meal but the staff seemed new confusion with what we ordered. Thankfully some of the staff could speak a little english so it was sorted. Room was noisy above kitchen and there was noised from traffic with cobbled street. Not much to do in evening.
big breakfast, large room, silent place nasty and old moquette.
The position in a small town, Wemding, was ideal, in attractive surroundings but away from the major tourist hotspots.
The breakfast and food in general was great and the town is a pleasant place to wander around. The resturant part is modern and nice. The bathroom was a bit grubby and pillows could do with replacing, the rooms could do with a renovation.
The people were delightful; couldn't do enough for you and very accomodating. The hotel is located right in the middle of the old city and very close to all of the amenities in Wemding. The hotel, itself, is very basic; a no frills room. But, for the price it was worth it. We never could get the wireless internet (one of the selling points of the hotel as far as we were concerned) to work in our room. We could access the internet from the restaurant but that's not the same as having access from your room. Also, the hotel has no elevator and our room was up two very long flights of stairs--something of a problem carrying luggage.
Friendly staff The bathrooms were very small even by european standards
The hotel is perfectly situated in rothenburg, with easy access to the main square. The rooms are beautifuuly appointed and the hotel staff are most helpful. It was fantastic to have our own parking space in the mddle of Rothenburg.Wonderful hotel.
The staff was great, they were helpful, ffriendly, and eager.
I had low expectations due to that I've never stayed in a boarding house before. It was amazing! Brand new, built in November 2014. So much room and everything was really nice! It would have been nice if there were more locations for food within walking distance.
peaceful, quietness, attended every need , very special staff , spacious rooms, clean,relaxing atmosphere, good food and specialties no elevator in the building where we were, there is another part of the hotel with elevator.
What a delightful Hotel. Truly one of the highlights of our trip. A charming family run establishment. We particularly enjoyed meeting Josef who's family run the Hotel. He was a mine of information about the area and also an excellent chef who prepared a wonderful and memorable meal for us. Thank you Josef for making our stay so special.
family hotel - good quality to value i asked for a smoking room - not available.
Nice Location, although in the middle of nowhere. Good breakfast, good diner. I was unlucky with the service two nights.Good be little better.
Breakfast and evening meal good
There was a very nice atmosphere and I appreciated the hospitallity of the hotel staff.


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WATCH: Trina Braxton reconsidering her divorce?
It's finally time for Braxton Family Values to return to the small screen and the sisters have a lot going on this season.
Last time we saw Trina Braxton, she was announcing her divorce from her husband, Gabe Solis.
In a recent interview with CocoaFab correspondent, Cherise Nicole, Trina reveals she may be having second thoughts about the split.
"You know life is difficult. You know and when you are expressing personal decisions in front of America and in front of everyone, you open yourself up to a lot of opinions. And sometimes that kind of clouds your decision making," she said.
"So, I need some time to step back and let God and move myself out of the way. So, it's been a difficult transition. It really has, so it's more than just myself, it's more than just me and Gabe. It's me and it's Gabe and it's our family.
Trina seems concerned about how her boys would handle the split.
"We have two children who we both love. So, right now we're concentrating on being good parents," she said. "My oldest son is in college and my youngest is in 10th grade so, it's a long haul."
Check out the full interview, below!
Braxton Family Values airs Thursdays at 9/8c on WeTV.


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Well Played: Victoria Justice At The "Bully" Premiere
So, Nickelodean star Victoria Justice did something really awesome with her outfit here. Rather than going with a basic jacket and jeans combo, Justice picked an accent blazer and paired it with a basic shirt and jeans. I love this colorful striped blazer and think it's a great spring piece. Would you wear something like this?


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With the weather forecast predicting 70 degrees and sunshine at Brookings, OR, the banana belt of the Oregon coast, and 37 degrees with fog in Medford, there was no doubt where we wanted to be. As we swept through the curves of the Applegate Valley the sky got brighter, and was a sunny blue and we thought we were through with fog for the day. When another white shroud appeared in the distance, we decided to try to get above the clouds and hung a left toward Deer Creek Road.
The plan worked. It was still a bit chilly (note the partially fogged-over whindshield)...
...but we were out from under this blanket of white.
There is still some color left at 5,000 feet where we stopped to bask in the 48-degree sunshine.
This trike can corner like a sports car. He doesn't slow us down!
After an early lunch at the Patrick Creek Lodge on SR-199, we were back at sea level by shortly after noon.
Nature's sculptures:
I've never seen so many Pelicans in one place. We saw several flocks flying north (?) along the coast.
I can watch the waves for a long time. They were especially beautiful today, with the wind blowing the tops of them off.
We turned inland at Bandon on SR-42 and made short work of it's twists and turns, then slabbed it south to home - 400 miles, a fine rall day's ride!
In closing, a bonus. These weren't taken on a motorcycle ride, but I've got to share them, anyway.
And, here is the next-generation motorcyclist. My grandson just turned 2, and Grandma and Grandpa figured it was time to get him started. (He's already graduated from the ball cap to a bicycle helmet, so he's on the right track, but we're still working on getting him to wear his eye protection right side up! ) He's going to make a fine riding pardner for Grandpa!


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I just finished adding all my information from the Call of Duty Black Ops Content Packs over to the Call of Duty Black Ops Wiki. It's only DLC information and some Zombie info, so don't get your hopes up for my entire guide being transferred. I also added a few extras in there. I hope you like it.
The Moon Zombie Map is still under construction. It may take a day or two to fully complete.


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TOP STORY >> Cabots new health unit fully funded
Leader staff writer
The new health department building in Cabot is now fully funded with construction expected to begin in early June.
The Arkansas Department of Health announced Thursday that an additional $324,911 had been authorized to add to the $450,000 already set aside for the facility. It will be built in downtown Cabot on the corner of First and Elm.
The low bid of $764,911, plus $10,000 for contingencies on the 6,000 square-foot building, came from AMB General Contractors of North Little Rock, but all the subcontracts will go to Cabot companies: Steadfast Mechanical, Conrad Electric and Westlake Plumbing.
The new facility will be about five times the size of the one currently in use that was built about 25 years ago before Cabot started to grow.
Since the lot is small, Cabot architect Bob Schelle has designed the new building to attach to the old post office that was used for many years as the city water department. The metal-frame building will have a veneer of period brick to blend with others in the area.
Cabot applied for the new health unit in 2007.
Health Department officials said they needed a larger facility to allow for expanded services for women and children and to place more emphasis on communicable diseases such as tuberculosis, which is making a comeback.
Mayor Eddie Joe Williams wanted the new facility downtown to help ensure the continued stability of that area. If the health unit is downtown, more doctors and pharmacies are likely to locate downtown as well, he said.
Also, the new facility will be within walking distance of the high school and the homes of many elderly residents who might need the services it will provide.
Milton Garris, administrator over all three health units in Lonoke County, said Friday that Lonoke County Judge Charlie
Troutman will be in charge of the funds to build the new health unit.
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With one appellate court ruling the Obama administration's health care reform was constitutional, and another ruling that the individual mandate was unconstitutional but not voiding the rest of the law, the question looms: Could the reforms survive without the individual mandates? You know what insurance companies think. And the prospect of higher premiums could cause even Democrats who supported the law to balk. Of course, one state, Vermont, won't have a problem because they are planning on switching to a single payer system which will realize cost-savings anyway.
Politico looks at the state of the question as we all wait for the Supreme Court to take the case,
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Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973)
Graveyard Tramps (1973), also know as Invasion of the Bee Girls, is about a town of sexy women who experiment with a radiation-mutated bee serum that turns them into bee creatures that kill men by having sex with them. Well, if you have to go . . . And if you don't want to go, at least you can watch as Anna Aries, Rene Bond, Anita Ford, Sharon Kelly, Susan Player, Beverly Powers, and Victoria Vetri prove who's the most dangerous sex. They all get at least topless, some bottomless, and...Join Mr. Skin for the full review >>


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Like assets and evil snowmen, fruits are easier to deal with in liquid form. Wash down nature's nectar with this Groupon.
Choose Between Two Options
- $5 for $10 worth of 16-ounce Classic smoothies ($3.95 each)
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Fresh fruit, nonfat yogurt, flavorful sherbets, nutrient-rich boosts, and other wholesome ingredients are mixed to create a menu of health-conscious smoothies at Juice It Up! Lime sherbet adds a tangy edge to the pineapple juice and peaches that anchor the Congo Lime, one of 18 Classic smoothies. Dollops of no-sugar-added yogurt add velvety texture to Juice It Up!'s Delightful blends, which boast fewer calories and carbohydrates.
Customers can enhance their beverages with seven boosts, which include ginkgo biloba for those in need of extra energy and soy protein for those trying to help their muscles recover after wrestling a family of infuriated blenders. Juice it Up! provides the nutritional info for every menu item, so guests know exactly what they are getting with their order.


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He's not sure how he'll get to Haiti, or precisely what he'll do when he gets there.
But Leopold Montes of Orem isn't about to let a few uncertainties keep him from embracing friends and family in this, his impoverished homeland's most "desperate hour."
"They could use my skills," said the former Mormon missionary and a construction management graduate of Utah Valley University (UVU) who is pursuing further studies there. "We're so blessed to have governments rushing to our aid. But the Haitian people here in the states need to step up."
Even as worry over loved ones fills their hours, Haitian-born Utahns on Thursday set about arranging flights home to aid in the relief effort. A tight-knit group of 30 -- Utah County college students and young professionals with ties to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- convened at UVU to pray, console each other and talk logistics.
Some plan to depart as soon as this weekend. But others urged patience, heeding the advice of religious leaders who warn that travel to Haiti may not be safe, or practical, two days after an earthquake reduced much of the capital to rubble.
Rough estimates by the Red Cross peg the death toll at 45,000 to 50,000. Power and telecommunications aren't functioning, and roads are choked with debris.
"Haiti is essentially without a functioning government," said Salt Lake City resident Thomas Panuzio, a former FEMA official under the first President George Bush and CEO of Washington, D.C.-based Global Security Capital Group, which consults governments on homeland security.
Growing tension and urgency in Haiti are ripe for political unrest, said Panuzio, who suspects the growing presence of peacekeeping troops will help. But the delivery of food, water and medical supplies has been slow, and until aid arrives, private citizens can't do much good, he said.
Montes understands the obstacles. But he said, "it's hard because the people and places that you knew, people who you loved, one day they are just gone. I can't just sit here and do nothing."
After a sleepless 24 hours, Montes finally reached his brother by phone Wednesday night and learned his two sisters are safe. His cousin Jeralda Montes was killed when her office building collapsed.
Stephanie Betteridge booked a Tuesday flight to Port-au-Prince after learning her mom, dad and immediate family are safe. She intends to bring her three children, ages 4, 3 and 7 months.
"I heard from my Mom again today. I could hear people yelling for help and chaos in the background," said Betteridge. "But she says people are united, it's safe."
Haitians aren't alone in their haste.
In two days, about $35,000 in cash donations poured into Utah Red Cross chapters Thursday, said spokeswoman Susan Thomas.
Today, Real Salt Lake midfielders Andy Williams and Raphael Cox will join with the Red Cross for a daylong Haiti Relief Telethon broadcast on KUTV Channel 2.
Elsewhere at a Salt Lake City warehouse, a United Methodist mission team -- still reeling from news that three of their national colleagues were in the now-flattened Montana Hotel -- will assemble 20,000 hygiene kits.
Utah Latinos will announce a relief effort today at a news conference at Centro Civico Mexicano, 155 S. 600 West in Salt Lake City.
Meanwhile, aid groups and medical professionals are scrambling to secure flights.
Utah physician Jeff Randle, founder of Healing Hands for Haiti, said he has been inundated with donations. He's trying to find an organization willing to ship three large containers of medical supplies and land a spot himself on a plane chartered by the LDS Church.
Assuming he reaches Haiti this weekend, he expects to focus on triage. But as disease spreads, infection will become a huge risk.
"Pain medication and antibiotics are probably most vital apart from food and water," said Randle. "There are dead bodies piling in the streets and it doesn't look like there's any plan to remove them. It's so hot in Haiti. There's going to be dysentery and disease that just spreads."
Randle received mixed news about his charitable clinic, which provides braces, prosthetics and rehabilitative therapy to Haitians with disabilities. Banks in Haiti are closed, and the clinic's manager has reportedly run out of money. Some buildings on the charity's six-acre compound are still standing, but likely unsafe, while others were leveled.
"I am overwhelmed. So many dead children in the streets," wrote a colleague in Haiti. "We have tried to help everywhere we can, but did not have enough supplies. Please share this e-mail with others!"
ITTV Channel 2, is partnering with the American Red Cross to host a daylong telethon to benefit victims of the earthquake in Haiti. For more information visit http://connect2utah.com.
Other charities
Healing Hands for Haiti, www.healinghandsforhaiti.org.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, http://give.lds.org/emergencyresponse.
Red Cross, www.redcross.org. Donors can also text "HAITI" to "90999" and a donation of $10 will automatically go toward relief efforts.
Doctors Without Borders, http://doctorswithoutborders.org.
International Relief Teams, www.irteams.org/index.htm.
World Hope International, www.worldhope.org.
Oxfam, www.oxfamamerica.org.


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While Survivor's 23rd season is fully underway (our recap coming soon!) and the 24th season is set to premiere in February 2012, CBS is not wasting any time in securing Jeff Probst and crew for season's 25 and 26. Earlier today, CBS has confirmed that Survivor will be back for the 2012-2013 season with Probst at the helm. His syndicated talk show will NOT interfere with the plans to cast people away in the middle of nowhere and subject them to the social experiment many have come to know and love (or hate?).
Probst released a statement today in response to the news. "I am thrilled to continue working on the longest-running reality competition show with the world's greatest adventure crew for two more seasons. We are so thankful for the supportive fans who remain with us every season, and we promise to deliver another year of quality television."


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Submitted to: The Canadian Entomologist
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 12/19/2004
Publication Date: 9/1/2006
Citation: Henry, T.J. 2006. Revision of the New World Lygaeoid Genus Epipolops (Heteroptera: Geocoridae: Pamphantinae: Epipolopini), with descriptions of five new species and a revised key. The Canadian Entomologist. 138:504-530. Interpretive Summary: Big-eyed bugs, recognized by their kidney-shaped or stalked eyes, are a worldwide group of largely predatory true bugs. Many, such as geocoris bugs, are among the most important predators in U.S. agriculture ecosystems, feeding on the eggs and larvae of coexisting pest species. The feeding habits of the epipolops bugs, however, are not well understood. Review of the known species and new data from newly discovered species suggests that members of this genus may feed exclusively on plants, which would be the first record of phytophagy in the family. The five new species described in this paper brings the total known for the genus to 14. This information will help a broad array of scientists better understand relationships and feeding habits of these enigmatic bugs.
Technical Abstract: Five new species of the Neotropical geocorid genus Epipolops are recognized, raising the number of known species to 13. The new species E. angelae, E. kathrynae, E. scudderi, E. slateri, and E. thomasi are described, the identity of E. mucronatus Distant is clarified, and the nine previously known species are diagnosed and redescribed, and photographs and an identification key are provided to help distinguish species.


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mandagout rankings
Difficulty ranking world: 1413 (all)
Ranking France: 293 (all)
Difficulty score: 104.77 what?
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An Evening of Readings and Carols - SOLD OUT
A spectacular evening of holiday music for choir, organ and brass.
A spectacular evening of holiday music for choir, organ and brass performed in the grandeur of the Princeton University Chapel, featuring Westminster's choirs, the New Jersey Youth Chorus and the renowned Solid Brass.
Both performances are SOLD OUT.
Westminster Chapel Choir
Amanda Quist, conductor
Westminster Concert Bell Choir
Kathleen Ebling Shaw, conductor
Westminster Choir
Symphonic Choir
Joe Miller, conductor
Westminster Schola Cantorum
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text: Hello, Is it just me or is the epilogue.precancel documentation (http://www.clusterresources.com/products/torque/docs/a.gprologueepilogue.shtml) just wrong? It states that the epilogue.precancel script should be 500, but if I do that I get a permissions error in the mom log. Garrick answered a previous question saying it had to be 755 and that seemed to worked for me. The docs also appear to say that the script is run as root, but it looks to me like it's executed by the owner of the job (user privs), which makes sense with the 755 permissions, I suppose. The docs also seem to say that script stdout is hooked up to the job stdout, but that doesn't seem to be true either, I haven't actually found where stdout from epilogue.precancel is going, but it's not the job stdout. Lastly, it appears that this script is getting executed as the regular epilogue script as well as the precancel script (in addition to the regular epilogue script), so that it get's executed once for ALL jobs and twice for canceled jobs. Is anyone using the precancel out there that is seeing this double execution? I piped stdout to a file and staged it back out, but has anybody gotten this into the job stdout? Thanks, Nate


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GREENBELT, Md.—Chesapeake Hospitality has assumed management of the 117-room Four Points by Sheraton Louisville Airport hotel, adding it its full-service management portfolio. Kim Sims, president of Chesapeake Hospitality, made the announcement. Located in close proximity to downtown Louisville, the Louisville ...Read More »
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HEFEI, Anhui, China—Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide in partnership with Greenland Group announced the debut of Four Points by Sheraton Hefei, Shushan—the first Four Points hotel to open in the capital of Anhui Province. Starwood Hotels' Four Points brand has ...Read More »
Marcus Hotels and Resorts to Open AC Hotels by Marriott in Chicago
MILWAUKEE—Marcus Hotels and Resorts announced it will convert its Four Points by Sheraton Chicago Downtown/Magnificent Mile hotel into one of the first AC Hotels by Marriott in the United States with an anticipated opening in spring 2015. "We are excited ...Read More »
Starwood Hotels and Resorts Expects Robust Growth in North America
STAMFORD, Conn.—From the 2014 American Lodging Investment Summit in Los Angeles, Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc. announced that it expects another year of robust growth in North America with approximately 30 new hotels slated to open by year's end, ...Read More »
Four Points Opens Second Hotel in Jacksonville, Fla.
STAMFORD, Conn.—Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide announced its Four Points brand has opened its second hotel in Jacksonville, Fla. Four Points by Sheraton Jacksonville Beachfront features 72 oceanfront suites and is owned by Oceanfront Lodging II. The hotel just completed ...Read More »
Starwood to Launch Three New Hotels in Makkah
MAKKAH, Saudi Arabia—Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide has signed an agreement with Jabal Omar Development Company to open three new hotels in the Holy City of Makkah. As part of the Jabal Omar Development project, Starwood will add 1,496 rooms ...Read More »


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Actor Thomas Jane has unveiled that Stuart Beattie is onboard to pen new script for the sequel.
Sitting down cozily with BigFanBoy.com as the site interviewed him, Thomas Jane eagerly gave an update to "The Punisher 2" in which he is set to reprise his role as the title character.
Here the actor revealed that "Collateral" writer Stuart Beattie has been picked up to pen the movie's new script while he himself would like to develop the flick as a drama without any goofy stuff as it takes place in New York.
"Just straight noir, drama, with the inherent blood and guts in it," so he remarked.
Produced under Lionsgate banner, the picture is the sequel of Jonathan Hensleigh's 2004 adaptation of Marvel Comics' hero telling about FBI special agent Frank Castle who determines to punish all responsible for the death of his family. The second installment will see him return to serve more punishment to the guilty while still being tormented by the memory of his wife and son.


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Recently I had a conversation with a student that went a bit like this:
Q. So Prashanti, in class you said that the three Triphala fruits are amongst the most incredibly potent herbs that humans have commonly available to them.
A. Yes, it is true, in dozens of ways they are incredible medicines for all facets of our wellness, supporting tissues, organs and systems all around and within our bodymind.
Q. How can I be sure that the Triphala I use is safe?
A. Traditional knowledge regarding Triphala is to never use the seeds, which can be toxic. ORGANIC INDIA uses only fruit pulp, not the seeds in our Triphala Formula.
Q. You taught us that hyperbole is part of Vedic exegesis, so in this case is the tradition just being hyperbolic, and exaggerating?
A. Good point, and indeed, the pulp of the Triphala fruits are such incredibly highly potent medicines that we do not want to dilute our Triphala products with the Triphala seeds which rarely have any medicinal use. So preventing dilution of the Triphala pulp may be one reason why the ancients said that Triphala seeds were toxic. But in this case it is also true, the seeds are slightly toxic.
Q. So how can a fruit be powerful medicine if part of it, the seed or pit, is toxic?
A. Most of the seeds and pits of the fruits we love are toxic actually. Triphala is no exception here. For instance, the pits/seed fruits including cherry pits, peaches, plums, apples, pears, and apricots, contain cyanogenic glycosides, which are slightly toxic. And yet we eat a lot of these fruits. By the way, this is exactly why you always eat sweet almonds and never eat bitter almonds, though you can use bitter almond oil on the skin. You are right in that often the chemistry of a plant is pervasive throughout the plant, which is why we can use Bael leaves instead of Bael fruit to support GI issues, but usually the phytochemistry of the seed of the plant is unique. Part of the plant's strategy to survive is to make sure its seeds are not eaten by animals or bugs, so it makes sense that many pits are toxic.
Q. So what companies use the whole fruits with the seeds?
A. That is not for me to say here, but for you to find out. So ask your herb source about Triphala, but do not "lead the witness," per se, just ask questions and then be quiet and let them talk and see where it goes. It is up to the consumer to keep the herb company aligned with truth and to support them in doing what is right. An herb company that is either not informed and/or not transparent is the first sign that perhaps your support should go elsewhere.


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The ubiquitous Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is associated with several human tumors, which include lymphoid and epithelial malignancies. It is known that EBV persistently infects the memory B cell pool of healthy individuals by activating growth and survival signaling pathways that can contribute to B cell lymphomagenesis. Although the monoclonal proliferation of EBV-infected cells can be observed in epithelial tumors, such as nasopharyngeal carcinoma and EBV-associated gastric carcinoma, the precise role of EBV in the carcinogenic progress is not fully understood. This review features characteristics and current understanding of EBV-associated gastric carcinoma. EBV-associated gastric carcinoma comprises almost 10% of all gastric carcinoma cases and expresses restricted EBV latent genes (Latency I). Firstly, definition, epidemiology, and clinical features are discussed. Then, the route of infection and carcinogenic role of viral genes are presented. Of particular interest, the association with frequent genomic CpG methylation and role of miRNA for carcinogenesis are topically discussed. Finally, the possibility of therapies targeting EBV-associated gastric carcinoma is proposed.
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a ubiquitous human herpes virus with oncogenic activity. The EBV genome can be detected in malignancies of both lymphoid and epithelial cell origin, such as Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) and nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) [
EBV spreads by the oral route [
EBVaGC is a latency I neoplasm and expresses EBNA1, EBER, BART, and sometimes (40%) latent membrane protein 2A (LMP2A) [
Almost 10% of the gastric carcinomas throughout the world are monoclonal proliferations of EBV-carrying tumor cells [
Lymphoepithelioma-like subtype of Epstein-Barr virus-associated gastric carcinomas (EBVaGC).
Most studies did not show evident age dependence of EBVaGC frequency. Almost all studies have shown male predominance of EBVaGC, suggesting that risk from lifestyle or occupational factors may exist among males [
In contrast to BL and NPC, which are endemic in Equatorial Africa and Southeast Asia, respectively, EBVaGC is a non-endemic disease distributed throughout the world [
The most useful modality for the diagnosis of gastric carcinoma is endoscopy. By endoscopy, EBVaGC appears as superficial depressed (or ulcerated) lesions in the upper part of the stomach (
Endoscopic image of an early EBVaGC in the upper gastric body. The tumor shows protruded shape probably because of the abundant lymphocyte infiltration.
EBV infects human B lymphocytes and epithelial cells via different entry mechanisms. In case of B cells, the major outer envelope glycoprotein, gp350/220, is responsible for attachment of the virus with high affinity to CD21 or the human complement receptor type 2 (CR2) on B cell surface [
In contrast, the mechanism by which EBV infects human epithelial cells remains unclear. Human epithelial cells are CD21-negative or express CD21 at low level in some epithelial cells in culture and highly resistant to cell-free EBV infection [
Interestingly, EBV virions released from B cells are deficient in gp42 which renders them more efficient to infect epithelial cells, but less efficient to infect B cells [
The fusion of EBV envelope with the plasma membrane of epithelial cells requires a trigger gH/gL complex [
Cell-to-cell contact-mediated EBV transmission to epithelial cells. In cell-free infection, EBV preferentially infects B cells using CD21 receptor. EBV also infects CD21-negative epithelial cells as part of its normal life cycle, however much less efficiently. EBV transfer mediated by cell-to-cell contact with B cells increases the infection efficiency 1,000 to 10,000-fold compared with cell-free virus infection.
Several lines of evidence indicate that EBV infection into epithelial cells is mainly mediated by cell-to-cell contact [
The detailed molecular mechanism by which EBV infects epithelial cells still remains unclear. Some key factors involved in viral attachment, membrane fusion, and cell-to-cell contact-mediated viral transmission, have been identified [
EBV infects both B lymphocytes and epithelial cells, since the virus is discovered in BL cells, HL cells, NPC cells, and EBVaGC cells. Experimental EBV infection to B cells is very efficient, since EBV uses high affinity receptor, CD21 for its entry [
We have clearly proved direct infection of human gastric epithelial cells by EBV [
The KT cell is a good
Growth promotion by EBV infection was also observed in EBV-infected NU-GC-3 cells through secretion of insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1 as an autocrine growth factor [
A number of CpG islands in the promoter region of an tumor suppressor gene have been methylated in cancer cells than in normal cells [
DNA hypermethylation in EBVaGC.
However, the precise molecular mechanism of host DNA methylation during the early stage of EBV infection of the gastric epithelium is not fully understood. It is reported that LMP2A induces the phosphorylation of STAT3, which activates DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) transcription and causes PTEN expression loss through CpG island methylation of the
miRNAs are endogenous 18 - 25 nt RNAs and play important gene-regulatory roles in eukaryotic cells via posttranscriptional repression of gene expression. miRNA targets 3′-untranslated region (UTR) elements of mRNA and mediates mRNA decay through degradation of polyA (RNA silencing: RNAi) [
A clonal EBV infection has been found in EBV-associated epithelial tumors, such as NPC and EBVaGC [
EBV-derived miRNAs and their target genes.
EBV-encoded BART miRNAs target the 3'-UTRs of viral genes, such as LMP1, BALF5, and LMP2A genes, and negatively regulate expression of these viral genes [
Biological significance of viral miRNA in EBV-infected cells was searched using EBV recombinants. In these recombinants, mutations were systematically introduced in EBV's precursor miRNA transcripts to prevent their subsequent processing into mature viral miRNAs. Phenotypic analyses of miRNA mutants revealed that the viral miRNAs contribute to EBV-associated cellular transformation rather than regulation of viral lytic replication [
There are two complicated stories in EBV-infected cells. One is that expression of viral latent genes induces cellular miRNAs. Viral LMP1 induces human miR-146a and miR-155 expression [
EBER1-ISH is a most sensitive method to identify EBV infection. Application of EBER1-ISH to gastric mucosal biopsy samples from patients who have undergone upper gastrointestinal endoscopy is very useful to make diagnosis of EBVaGC before treatment. Patients with EBVaGC had elevated serum antibodies against EBV early antigen and EBV capsid antigen. However, EBNA1 antibody titers did not show significant difference between patients and healthy counterparts [
EBVaGC by site in the stomach.
Gastric remnant cancer (gastric stump cancer) after distal gastric resection for benign disease, such as refractory gastric or duodenal ulcer disease or recurrent ulcer with gastric outlet obstruction, remains a substantial clinical concern, because the incidence of remnant cancer is still increasing (
To date there is no specific therapeutic method for EBVaGC. Since the frequency of undifferentiated type of cancer is high in EBVaGC, most of the tumor is surgically resected. CpG island methylation of the promoters of various tumor-related genes plays important roles in the development and progression of gastric cancer [
Most of the previous reports did not observe any prognostic difference between EBV-positive and -negative gastric cancer [
Considerable studies suggest that EBV contributes to cell proliferation and survival, and may directly contribute to the development of EBVaGC through these effects. EBV affects multiple host proteins and pathways that normally promote apoptosis and regulate cell proliferation. However, the underlining molecular mechanisms of these effects are complex and certainly affecting each other.
In another aspect, inflammation of the stomach will recruit EBV-infected B-lymphocytes in the vicinity of gastric epithelia and may increase the frequency of EBV infection of epithelia. Differences in individual inflammatory response by either genetic and/or environmental effect, such as a predisposing loss of ARID1A in epithelial cells before EBV infection [
This study was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology of Japan (no. 23590534 to H.Y.) and by a Grant for Joint Research Program of the Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University (to H.Y.). The authors are indebted to Prof. Kenzo Takada and Dr. Hideo Yanai for their continual support. The authors would like to show sincere gratitude to Ms. Eri Kawanishi for critical reading of the manuscript.
The authors declare no financial or commercial conflict of interest.


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Gov't, conservation group partner to protect jaguars
The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the world's leading wildcat conservation group Panthera Corporation aimed at conserving jaguars in Guyana.
Guyana is the latest country to partner with Panthera in a regional effort to conserve the species and facilitate genetic flow between important jaguar habitats, the ministry said in a press release.
The jaguar is the country's national animal.
The MOU also provides a framework for research and surveys on jaguars, public education on the behaviours of these cats and the examination of economic opportunities associated with jaguar conservation. Initial works under the agreement will focus on research, education and identifying opportunities for jaguar conservation and related tourism activities.
Panthera will also provide technical and scientific expertise on conservation priorities, jaguar movement models and other resources aimed at facilitating long term benefits to local stakeholders and the country as a whole, the ministry said.
The MOU will also provide a solid foundation for new initiatives to understand and mitigate conflicts between humans and jaguars. These initiatives may include grants for local researchers, research institutions and the development of a conflict response mechanism to deal with problem animals, the ministry further stated.
In recent years a number of jaguars have been killed along the coast and in the interior for preying on livestock.
From this MOU, Guyana will now be in a better position to benefit from this regional project, release added. The Protected Areas Commission (PAC) has been identified by the ministry as the focal agency for this initiative and it will be moving forward shortly with the development of sub-agreements and project documents for on the ground implementation.
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January 18, 2014
Storytime - Barnes and Noble Utopia Center
January 18, 2014 - Fresh Meadows
To quote a line from Dr. Seuss..."Oh the places you'll go!" Kids can travel the world through reading, parents can foster the love of reading in their children. Each week different authors and themes will be featured. A wonderful parent-child activity, with something for everyone.
Open Play - Chilibeans Party Place
January 18, 2014 - Hempstead
Games, fun, entertainment. Perfect for a family with kids to get together with friends. Call to reserve spot.
'Pirate Pete's Parrot' - The Secret Theatre
January 18, 2014 - Long Island City
Ahoy, Matte! Climb on board and get ready for a musical adventure. This show revolves around Pirate Pete, a lovable rogue on a mission to find his beloved runaway parrot, Polly (who prefers pancakes to boring old birdseed). Music, mischief, and a boatload of laughs for both children and adults.
Family Art Project: Mapping Freedom - Wave Hill
January 18, 2014 - Bronx
As was the practice during the era of the Underground Railroad, draw a secret map of the places you want to go. In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King - and with a nod toward traditional African American quilts - transfer the maps to muslin and decorate them with cloth, yarn, and felt to embellish your own personal dream of freedom. Admission to the grounds is free until 12pm.
Winter Workspace Workshop: Color in the Garden - Wave Hill
January 18, 2014 - Bronx
Winter Workspace artist Cheryl Molnar's creative process explores the winter landscape as a source of inspiration. The artist demonstrates how collage can be used to discover the basic principles of color. Then, using found images of plants, flowers, stone, and wood, create color combinations for the garden while making mixed-media collages. Art materials are provided, but participants may bring their own magazine clippings. Workshop is open to all visitors ages 12 and older when accompanied by an adult. Registration required, online at wavehill.org, onsite at the Perkins Visitor Center, or by calling 718-549-3200 x251. Free with admission to the grounds.
Messy Afternoons - Long Island Children's Museum
January 18, 2014 - Garden City
Join in for the type of artistic activities that everyone loves, but not one likes to clean-up after. Except the LICM staff. The afternoon will offer a variety of sensory activities for children ages 18 months to age 4.
Animal Adaptations ? Bird Brains! - Alley Pond Environmental Center
January 18, 2014 - Douglaston
Calling all scientists! Kids ages 8-12 can be a part of the Young Discovers Club. Birds come in many different shapes, sizes and colors. These variations are adaptations to their environment. Come learn why adaptations are important for birds. See how wonderfully birds are designed to live and feed where they do, realize that being called a bird brain is a compliment after this class is through!
Kids can put on their thinking caps and answer important environmental questions with fun and easy experiments. Learn about the environment through studies and tests, some can be done with simple household supplies. Snack included.
Star Safari - Alley Pond Environmental Center
January 18, 2014 - Douglaston
Join professor/astronomer Mark Freilich for an exciting evening of star gazing. See the moon up close, learn about and view the Orion Nebular, the Pleiades Star Cluster, and Deep Space
Phenomenon. This program includes an indoor interactive question and answer session on basic astronomy, fun and games followed by outdoor viewing using a professional telescope. Participants are welcome to bring their own telescopes and binoculars. Dress warm! While this is an adult program, children ages 9 and up are welcome to attend as long as they are accompanied by a participating adult. Funded in part by Capital One Bank. To ensure the quality of all astronomy workshops the venue reserves the right to cancel if the weather forecast calls for
Nature Nook - Alley Pond Environmental Center
January 18, 2014 - Douglaston
Families, don't let the barren trees and chilly weather keep you inside! Make the most of the short daylight hours, bundle up and hit the trails. See the sun glitter through
the snow-lined branches and observe the birds and squirrels in peaceful, bug-free silence. This might not be the way people are used to enjoying the park, the plants and animals
also adapt to the colder temperatures and lack of food through hibernation, migration and other strategies. Snowshoe rabbits even turn white to camouflage in the snow.
Most of the park's trees are deciduous, which means they shed their leaves, which then decay and become hummus on the forest floor. The trees themselves stand dormant as they
endure frigid temperatures and strong winds. Conifers, or evergreens, are better suited to cold weather. Their waxy, cutin-coated needles last two or three years and help retain water, so they don't dry out. Squirrels, owls, wood ducks, and songbirds take refuge from severe weather beneath the needles
of conifers and within the cavities of hardwoods. Other animals take shelter in holes, logs,under rocks, leaves or underground. Chipmunks and other rodents dig tunnels to store food and
hibernate. Trees and bushes produce hearty fruits and nuts to help animals survive the winter, such as crab apples and berries. Some animals gather extra food in the fall, store it for the winter, while some spend the season nibbling on moss, twigs and bark. And though many birds are known for flying south, some stick around. Cardinals, blue jays,
woodpeckers, chickadees, and gold finches stay and feed off the thickets of berry bushes in the park.
Keep an ear out for bird calls and an eye out for animal tracks in the snow when walking in this local winter wonderland!
Bear Necessities - Alley Pond Environmental Center
January 18, 2014 - Douglaston
What is necessary for polar bears to live in the ice and snow? Children ages 5-6 will study polar bears and find
out. Learn the bear facts through story time, experiments, a craft and more. This program includes a snack, live animals, (sorry no polar bears), and a nature walk (weather permitting).
Participants must be toilet trained. Space is limited, pre-registration required.
Rev. Martin Luther King Youth Day - Brooklyn Public Library, central branch
January 18, 2014 - Prospect Heights
Celebrate Dr. King's legacy with readings and performances by young poets and music from the Noel Pointer Foundation.
The 29th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Scholarship Breakfast - First Baptist Church - Fellow Hall
January 18, 2014 - East Elmhurst
Celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. King, this memorial and ecumenical event provides college scholarships to students in the Queens community. In an attempt to keep the dream alive, and youth aware of the mighty works of Dr. King in his attempt to "eradicate racism and bring about justice, students are required to submit an essay theme, on various events of the Life of Dr. King, or the events of the Civil Rights Movement. The program features greetings from community orginations, an Afro centric dance salute to Dr. King, music and more. The winners of the essay contest will read their submission- 29 Years of Keeping The Dream Alive.
Superstorm Sandy Recovery Saturdays - World Cares Center Far Rockaway VCRC
January 18, 2014 - Far Rockaway
Volunteer to help Sandy survivors return to safe and healthy homes! World Cares Center's mission is to empower communities through disaster response training, support, and coordination.
Build hands-on and leadership skills by volunteering to gut and remove mold from homes affected by Sandy. WCC will provide the tools, training, and safety gear to make a difference in the lives of Sandy survivors. Volunteer schedules are flexible, Monday-Saturday, 9:00am-5:00pm. Visit the website for more information or register to volunteer!
Deconstructed Flowers - Queens Botanical Garden
Through January 25, 2014 - Flushing
H. David Stein's unique mosaic of flora is distinctively detailed in this exhibit, a series of intricate photographs that pull out the detailed beauty of flowers, using a special technique that layers several photographs into a single picture for a view of amazing depth.
Dr. Stein's work as the former chairman of surgery at Flushing Hospital instilled a dedication to the importance of detail. Since his retirement from the medical profession, his interest in photography has intensified. Studying at the International Center of Photography, and with several professionals he has garnered a renewed focus on the technical and visual aspects, and adapted a style that allows him to create photographs that express many aspects of a flower at the same time.
"There are many features of flowers that are beautiful and interesting, but each individual photograph can only show a single element of the flower". Unhappy with losing the depth and beauty of his subject, Stein focused on pulling out the dimensional presence of the flower.
"This meant taking multiple photographs and merging then into a single montage. I then allowed the flower to grow more naturally over the image's matting. The end result is a floral image that shows many views of the flower's beauty in a single image."
Dr. Stein's prize-winning photographs have been exhibited widely throughout the Northeast, including the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., the Salmagundi Club, The Mamaroneck Artist Guild, and other galleries in New York. His photographs can also be found in commercial establishments and in numerous private collections.
The exhibit will be open from Tuesdays to Saturdays, from 8am to 4pm, thur Jan 25, 2014 and is free to the public. For more information, contact Darcy Hector at (718) 886-3800, ext. 330 or email@example.com.
Queens Botanical Garden is an urban oasis where people, plants and cultures are celebrated through inspiring gardens, innovative educational programs and demonstrations of environmental stewardship.
Art in the Garden at QBG: "Deconstructed Flowers" - Queens Botanical Garden
Through January 26, 2014 - Flushing
H. David Stein's unique mosaic of flora is distinctively detailed in his exhibit "Deconstructed Flowers." His intricate photographs pull out the dimensional presence of flowers using a special technique which layers multiple photographs into a single montage. The end result shows many views of the flower's beauty in a single image.
All Aboard with Thomas & Friends - New York Botanical Garden
Through January 26, 2014 - Bronx
Join Thomas and Driver Sam on a new, fun-filled, sing-along, mini performance adventure by helping them decorate the station in time for the big Sodor surprise party before the guest of honor arrives! Parents: bring your camera to have a photo-op with Thomas to capture the special day! In the Ross Hall. Daily, Jan. 1-26. Times vary by date; see website.
LICM & Plaza Theatrical present �Go, Dog. Go!� - Long Island Children's Museum
Through January 26, 2014 - Garden City
P.D. Eastman�s classic beginner book "Go, Dog. Go!" comes to life on the LICM stage. Singing, dancing and plenty of humor surround Red Dog, Blue Dog, Green Dog and Yellow Dog. Watch these dogs at work and play, going in and going out, moving over the water and under the water and asking and answering that important question, "Do you like my hat?" The story is adapted for the stage by Steven Dietz and Allison Gregory with music by Michael Koerner. This event runs through January 26.
Flight of the Butterflies in 3D - NY Hall of Science
Through April 11, 2014 - Corona
Join millions of real butterflies on an amazing journey to a remote and secret hideaway. Weighing less than a penny, the monarch butterfly makes one of the longest migrations on Earth. Follow the monarchs' perilous journey to the remote mountain peaks of Mexico in this 3D film. For the first time ever, witness the transformation from caterpillar to butterfly, inside a chrysalis, thanks to advanced MRI and micro CT scans.
The award-winning production team, including Oscar-winner Peter Parks, followed the year-long migration cycle of the monarch butterflies, from Canada, through the United States to remote 10,000-foot-high peaks in the Sierra Madre Mountains of Mexico.
The film has won numerous awards including the 2013 Grand Teton Award in the category of Best Immersive 3D/Large Format at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival and awards at the 2013 Giant Screen Industry Awards, including Best Film, Best Cinematography, Best Film for Lifelong Learning, and Best Educational Program.
Lights, Camera, Astoria - Museum of the Moving Image
Through April 27, 2014 - Astoria
This exhibition traces the fascinating history of the Astoria Studio complex, which has been at the heart of filmmaking in New York City since 1920. The studio site was the east-coast home of Paramount Pictures in the silent and early talking-picture eras, a center for independent filmmaking in the 1930s, and the U.S. Army Pictorial Center from World War II into the Cold War era. After falling into disrepair in the early 1970s, the site has become a thriving cultural hub that includes Kaufman Astoria Studios and Museum of the Moving Image.
Using film stills, behind-the-scenes photographs, oral histories, film clips, and posters, the exhibition explores the rich legacy and renaissance of the studio complex. With material from silent-era films featuring Rudolph Valentino, early talking films starring the Marx Brothers, World War II training and propaganda films, such modern classics as The Age of Innocence, and television shows like Sesame Street, The Cosby Show, and Nurse Jackie, the exhibition reveals the significant role that the Astoria studio continues to play in energizing its surrounding community and making moving image history.
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Opium: Diary of a Madwoman
Shortly after taking a position at a mental institution, morphine-addicted psychiatrist Dr. Jozef Brenner (Ulrich Thomsen) finds an unusual connection with a gifted yet disturbed writer named Gizella (Kirsti Stubø), whom he's tasked with treating. Before long, Jozef and Gizella engage in a torrid and destructive affair that threatens to drive them both insane. Directed by János Szász, this disquieting tale also stars Zsolt László.


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I have one old laptop with 64 MB RAM and 266 speed of processor. But there is no Networking (RJ45)
Port. However, One USB port and it's also support USB LAN Card. My idea is using same laptop as
monowall router with the help of USB hub and 2 USB LAN Cards. Is it possible ? Any one can suggest
me that is it possible.
Thanks to all.
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Photo galleries: Thousands flock to sunny showground for Norwich's Race for Life
PUBLISHED: 13:41 19 May 2014
Glorious weather brought the sun, smiles and spectators out for Norwich's Race for Life this weekend.
The Norfolk Showground was awash with pink as hundreds of ladies took part in Cancer Research UK's 10k run and 5k run.
Despite starting the 10k at 10am, the temperature was already very warm and with the sun shining down it made for a difficult run for the 1,000 taking part.
Organiser Gemma Turpin said: "We have had some bad weather over the years but the weather has come out for us today.
"We will be making sure the ladies keep hydrated and we'll be expecting a lot of spectators too, who help to make it a great day and play their part in showing cancer we are going to beat it."
This year the course includes a pink foam area and a cheering zone, to give runners an extra boost as they run, walk or jog around the route.
Just under 7,000 women of all ages will be taking part in three runs over the course of the weekend.
Send us your finish line "selfie" photographs from this year's Race for Life by Tweeting them using the hashtags #norwich and #RaceForLife, email firstname.lastname@example.com or upload them at www.iwitness24.co.uk


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McDonalds is trying to mix it up. No all-day breakfast but cheap drinks. Will it work? Questions: 1. What are the profit margins on drinks? 2. Who is McDonalds' CEO? How long has he been there? 3. When does the drink promotion begin? 4. What is happening in the fast-food restaurant industry overall in terms… Read more »
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Who is watching you and why?
A number of companies have entered living rooms in recent years, emerging with new, granular ways for marketers to understand how people are watching television and, in particular, commercials. Questions: 1. Why has the appeal of this information increased? 2. How do they do this? 3. How much do companies spend on TV ads in… Read more »
If you have no credit score, is that a good thing?
According to the New York Times, about 45 million Americans lack traditional credit files. Now the federal government is investigating whether alternative credit scoring models could bring more of these consumers into the financial mainstream. Questions: 1. Which agency of the government is interested in the phenomenon of using alternative credit data? 2. Who created… Read more »
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Almost half of people in their early 20s have a secret, one they don't usually share even with friends: Their parents help them pay the rent. Questions: 1. What is the average amount that about 40% of 22, 23, and 24 year-olds receive from their parents, to help with the rent? 2. How do career… Read more »
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Healthcare companies have increasingly offered cash promotions and discounts to users who provide their Fitbit data. But could this be used by insurers rather than to improve customer health? Questions: 1. In what types of negative ways could this data be used, according to the article? 2. What issues in Congress could promote the negative… Read more »
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Ham and Cheese Souffle
READY IN: 1hr 5mins
Recipe by Kittencalrecipezazz
This is a great brunch recipe, and serves quite a few people, remember, this souffle needs to sit in the fridge overnight, so prepare a day ahead, which is great, as it gives you more time to spend with friends and family......oh, and may I add, this souffle is delicious!
Top Review by tiger7lady
Very rich but awesome recipe. It's a perfect recipe for leftover ham that you have no idea what to do with.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 16 slices white bread, crusts removed, cubed
- 16 slices ham, cut into bite-size pieces (about 1 pound)
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 2 cups shredded swiss cheese
- 5 eggs, beaten
- 3 cups milk or 3 cups half-and-half
- 1 teaspoon ground mustard
- 1⁄2 teaspoon onion salt
- 2 1⁄2 cups crushed corn flakes
- 1⁄3 cup butter, melted
Directions See How It's Made
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Grease a 9x13 baking dish
- In the baking dish, layer half of the bread, ham, cheddar cheese and Swiss cheese
- Repeat
- Combine eggs, milk, mustard and onion salt; pour over layered mixtured
- Cover, and refrigerate overnight
- Remove from refrigerator 30 mins before baking
- Combine cornflakes and melted butter; sprinkle over top
- Bake for 40 mins, or until hot and bubbly.


text: And Lees men thought Lee could do anything. Nitro and glycerin merge. Regards, Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Connell" <georgeconnell at mac.com> To: "GDG" <gettysburg at arthes.com> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 2:10 PM Subject: Re: GDG- Lee's Illness? Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: Tom, Your first reason is close to what Lee himself said: 'I thought my men could do anything.' Regards, George 26ª11'56"N 81ª48'19W" On Jan 28, 2012, at 3:03 PM, Tom Barrett wrote: > Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: > > I, too, go along with Pickett. The AoP had something to do with it. > > I'm still mystified as to why Lee persisted, unless he really didn't know > what he was up against. > > If Lee was so sick that he wasn't able to make decisions, he would have > been > obligated to "bench himself". Sometimes that's a tough decision in > itself, > just like the quarterback who convinces himself that he can go, only to > find > out that he really can't. > > Most historical records indicate that Lee was functional and firmly in > charge during the Battle. If he was having a stroke or a heart attack I > don't think he could have been. > > Lee wanted to meet and defeat the AoP piecemeal. He just might have > succeeded, if the AoP had cooperated. But they didn't. By the second > day, > most of the AoP was concentrated. No more piecemeal. Lee must have either > known that or had a pretty strong hint. Why did he persist? Just because > they were there? > > I suspect one of two reasons: > > a. Arrogance. He really believed in the superiority of the morale and > fighting skill of his troops, and really thought that the inferior AoP > would > just melt away before them. > > b. Drugs. If he was taking anything for dysentery, it was likely an > opiate, > maybe morphine. Morphine has different effects on different people, but a > common effect, besides relieving diarrhea, is a euphoric sense of > omnipotence. That's why junkies use it- not to stop diarrhea. And opiates > were readily available and heavily used. The benefits were thought to > outweigh any side effects. (not unlike amphetamines in more recent wars) > > I might not deify Lee, but I certainly don't think he was either dumb or > suicidal. > > What WAS wrong? > > Regards, > > TB > > -----Original Message----- > From: gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com [mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com] > On Behalf Of Mike Peters > Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 1:38 PM > To: Gettysburg Discussion Group > Subject: GDG- Lee's Illness? > > Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: > As an add-on, I do not think that Lee's sickness affected his decision > making capabilities in any way. I do not think the South got beat at > Gettysburg because of any malady. I am from the Pickett school of thought. > > Respectfully, > > Mike Peters > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > ----------------http://www.arthes.com/mailman/listinfo/gettysburg_arthes.com > -to unsubscribe > http://arthes.com/pipermail/gettysburg_arthes.com/ for Archives > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1901 / Virus Database: 2109/4772 - Release Date: 01/28/12 > > > ----------------http://www.arthes.com/mailman/listinfo/gettysburg_arthes.com > -to unsubscribe > http://arthes.com/pipermail/gettysburg_arthes.com/ for Archives ----------------http://www.arthes.com/mailman/listinfo/gettysburg_arthes.com -to unsubscribe http://arthes.com/pipermail/gettysburg_arthes.com/ for Archives


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Most really, really cheap – as in, under £700 – projectors are designed for a life of Powerpoint presentations or school classrooms, and are often terrible at playing films.
Inevitably, then, the home cinema buff in us wasn't expecting much from Optoma's £550 GameTime GT-7000 – especially as the GameTime bit of its name immediately suggests an exclusive console game focus.
But a few movies down the line, we've actually come away from the GT-7000 feeling quietly impressed.
Breaking the sound barrier
The GT-7000 is remarkably small for a fully functioning DLP projector; not quite pocket-sized, but certainly a doddle to stuff into the small rucksack Optoma provides in the box.
That's just the start of its portability, too. Uniquely, it also ships with a separate set of 2.1 speakers, finished in the same colour as the projector and tiny enough to share the same rucksack.
The provision of these iPod-esque speakers is significant because it immediately solves the problem you usually get with portable projectors of how to conjure up audio to accompany the pictures you're projecting onto a friend's living room wall.
Some portable projectors have speakers built into their bodies, but this leaves the sound considerably dislocated from the pictures. So being able to put the GT-7000's external speakers right under the picture, or at least somewhere near it, is an exceptionally elegant solution.
Spot-on spec
As well as offering an unusually thoughtful package, the GT-7000 has some surprisingly impressive specifications up its sleeve. It's got an HD-Ready resolution of 1280x720, for starters – by no means a given at the GT-7000's price level.
Plus it boasts a contrast ratio of 4000:1 that makes the contrast ratio figures of any similarly affordable rival look pathetic by comparison.
Its connections thankfully include an HDMI, alongside the anticipated component video and D-Sub PC inputs. And it's pleasant to set up, too, thanks to such unexpected bonuses such as a fair amount of optical zoom, Texas Instruments' BrilliantColour processor for boosting colour vibrancy, various Degamma settings, and even a degree of colour management.
Games are not the only fruit
Despite its apparent mere gaming ambitions, the GT-7000 is actually surprisingly effective with films too. The main reason for this is that it is far more capable of producing a believable black colour than any similarly cheap machine, so that dark movie scenes look credible and dynamic.
The GT-7000 also makes the most of its HD Ready resolution, reproducing Blu-ray films and HD console/PC games with terrific sharpness and detail. Its colours are vibrant yet mostly believable as well, and its high native resolution ensures that colour blends are likeably subtle.
While the GT-7000 definitely comes to life with HD, especially an HD game, it isn't by any means the disaster with standard definition sources we'd anticipated.
We've seen sharper standard def pictures from costlier projectors, certainly, but for the money the GT-7000's relative freedom from noise and colour tone glitches makes its standard def performance more than good enough.
Problems, problems
Inevitably, though, the GT-7000 isn't perfect. Its pictures aren't particularly bright, for starters. Also, we detected the 'rainbow effect': flashes of red, green and blue stripes over really bright image elements caused by the single-chip DLP technology's colour wheel system.
If you're forced to site the projector near your seating position, meanwhile, you might be distracted during quiet game or movie moments by the hefty amount of fan-cooling noise the GT-7000 churns out. We were a little disconcerted, too, by how hot the GT-7000 still gets despite the noisy fans.
Sound worth a pound
Our last moan about the GT-7000 is that its speaker system is really pretty feeble. There's precious little bass, nowhere near enough volume to produce a sound comparable in size to the king-sized pictures on show, and finally lots of distortion tends to set in when the going gets tough.
Probably the best thing we can say about the GT-7000's audio is that it's better than nothing. Just.


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Could Makeup, Golf Club Tax Cut Offer Economic Boost?
China's surprisingly high taxes on goods from makeup to golf clubs could hold the key to brining its economy back to life.
Yang Zhiyong, a researcher with the National Academy of Economic Strategy under the Chinese Academyof Social Sciences, says China should cut its consumption taxes, which hit a range of special luxury goods, as well as other taxes to give the economy a boost. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal this week, he argued that China has room to cut taxes this year by 500 billion to 600 billion yuan ($79 billion to $95 billion). That would amount to around 1% to 1.3% of China's 2011 GDP, a significant shot in the arm for China's slowing economy.
Although the leadership transition at the end of this year may make large policy changes difficult, "there are things that are easier to handle," Mr. Yang said, such as cutting consumption taxes and expansion of the experimental reform to replace business taxes with lower value-added taxes.
China levies a special consumption tax on certain categories of goods, including autos, liquor and cigarettes, and on luxury goods such as golf equipment. For instance, cosmetics such as perfume and lipstick are taxed at a 30% rate, while golf balls, clubs, and bags face a 10% tax.
Consumption taxes pulled in 693.6 billion yuan in revenue last year, or 7.73% of total national tax revenue. That made it the fourth biggest revenue generator after value-added taxes, corporate income taxes and the business tax, according to statistics from the Ministry of Finance.
China started experimenting with new tax systems for certain sectors in Shanghai by replacing the business tax with a lower value-added tax starting this year.
Mr. Yang said this reform could be expanded to other areas, and the minimum threshold level to qualify for value-added taxes could also be raised.
Concerns over China's slowing growth have intensified after a raft of weak economic data for April. Growth in industrial production, imports, exports, fixed-asset investment and bank lending all slowed in April.
Mr. Yang also pointed to slowing revenue growth as another warning sign.
In the January-April period, the country's national fiscal revenue grew by 12.5% from a year earlier to 4.075 trillion yuan, compared with a surge of 31.4% during the same period last year, the Ministry of Finance said last week.
"Declining growth of fiscal revenue shows that there are problems in the economy and this reaffirms that there should be more tax cuts," Mr. Yang said.
But Mr. Yang was less enthusiastic about another proposal making the rounds in Beijing to cut import taxes, saying such a move would primarily benefit other countries selling goods to China.
–Liyan Qi and Aaron Back. Follow Aaron on Twitter @AaronBack


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The deadly result of zero-rating women's work
Ian on Sunday
For God's sake, what is going on? A young Pakistani girl is shot in the head for trying to educate herself and others like her. A 23-year-old Indian female medical student is beaten, gang-raped and thrown out of a bus like a piece of old rubbish in New Delhi and subsequently dies. And these are just two of countless stories told and untold.
Here too it seems not a day, and certainly not a week, passes without our stomachs being turned by appalling news of women cruelly abused, beaten and, often enough, murdered in headline – hot, red blood.
Is this something new and terrible in our society or has it always been so but only now revealed by a more alert public, more concerned government services and a more vigilant media?
Whatever the case, the prevalence of this cowardly and gruesome abuse of women is a standing indictment and grievous affront in any society. Government and community action to reduce towards zero this scourge must clearly continue to be a priority.
But underlying the physical abuse of women is a larger, universal problem affecting the status and well-being of women. It is that the work they do as housewives and mothers is counted for nothing in economic models – which is extraordinarily ironic since the word 'economy' is rooted in the Greek for 'managing a household.' Zero-rating women's work in this way represents brutal, paternalistic discrimination which insidiously leads to women's degradation.
Consider, for instance, the case of children in the home – the countless tasks of nursing, nurturing, feeding, dressing, teaching which fall mainly on women from day one of life; none of that is included in GDP. All of that all-important work is ignored and unpaid.
Unpaid work like this "makes all the rest of work possible," says Marilyn Waring, a former New Zealand cabinet Minister and Professor at the Institute of Public Policy at AUT University in Auckland. "The market wouldn't survive if it wasn't able to exist on the backbone of unpaid work." Professor Waring calculates that unpaid work is the largest sector of any economy.
And, all around the world, much the greater part of that work is performed by women.
The UN states that although women make up half of the world's population, they own only one per cent of the world's wealth.
So imagine, for instance, this absurdity. Women in the countryside who do subsistence farming, producing food which is often healthier and more affordable than processed goods brought in by multinationals, do not have their output counted in GDP while money spent on imported goods does count.
It is astonishing that such vast, back-breaking, productive toil goes unrecognized.
The official lens through which we see the economy and the world is completely distorted.
Contrast, for instance, the zero counted for women's absolutely indispensable work in hundreds of millions of homes with, say, the destruction of age-old forests by lumber companies or the pollution of rivers by mining companies both of which attract huge additions to statistical national wealth. Mankind must be mad to be comfortable with such nonsense.
When I was in Toronto once Professor Waring spoke at a conference on the economics of mothering. She was utterly commonsensical and convincing.
Interviewed afterwards she said, "For me the patriarchal economic paradigm is the theory and practice of economics that says that women's unpaid work is not worth anything at all.
It's not that I want to estimate its monetary value. I want to make it visible for policy-making purposes, for fairness and equality. If you're not visible as a worker, then you're not visible in the distribution of benefits."
"If you're not visible as a worker, then you're not visible in the distribution of benefits." That is the key. If women as housewives and mothers were more visible economically, if the prodigious volume of devoted work they do day in and day out was given official recognition, do you think, for instance, that such valuable actors in society would have to use up as much as 85 per cent of their daily calorie intake to fetch water and suffer, as they do in many rural areas of the world, from anaemia and spinal and pelvic deformities from carrying heavy pails for miles before their families rise in the morning?
In such a case, if their true value was factored into national accounts, there is no doubt that the location of public sources of water would be very quickly improved. The fact is that if a woman's work is given no value she will be treated worthlessly.
"If you are not visible as a worker, then you are not visible in the distribution of benefits." That is a great cause of the belittlement and ill-treatment of women.
But it goes deeper. This belittlement of the role of women, this official obliviousness to the value of what they do in the home, creates an unspoken sense of their expendability, leading all too easily to neglect and cruel abuse as if such objects do not matter much in a man's world.
Give women's role as home-carer and mother its true and full value and the current extreme and odious level of physical abuse would rapidly diminish. Time for action.
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Tranquility Tunic
This pattern is from the book Finish-Free Knits which is available in print and eBook form.
This super-soft tunic has an interesting construction that begins with the body and sleeves worked separately in an easy-to-memorize cabled feather-and-fan pattern. The sleeves are joined to the body with decreases positioned along the body "armholes" and the back neck is raised by decreases positioned along the back sleeves. The remaining yoke is worked in the round with some raglan shaping before the bind-off at the neck.
Finished Measurements:
About 27¼ (31¾, 36¼, 40¾, 45¼, 49¾, 54½)" bust circumference
Yarn Requirements:
Road to China Light by Fibre Company
65% baby alpaca, 15% silk, 10% camel, 10% cashmere;
50 gram hank = approx 159 yards
• autumn jasper 6 (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14) hanks
Knitting Needles:
Body and Sleeves—U.S. Size 4 (3.5 mm): 32" circular and dpns.
Back and Yoke—U.S. Size 1 (2.25 mm): 32" circular. Or sizes needed to obtain gauge.
cable needle; markers; stitch holders or waste yarn; tapestry needle.
30 sts and 28 rnds = 4" in lace patt on larger needles.
28 sts and 42 rnds = 4" in garter st on smaller needles.
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Air show's WW1 dogfight disaster
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Two of the Masters of Disaster air stunt planes crash in mid-air at the Saskatchewan Airshow.
Photo: Adam Dombowsky
Thousands of people watched in horror as two small biplanes collided in mid-air at an annual air show in Saskatchewan, killing the two pilots.
The pilots, members of the Arkansas-based Masters of Disaster civilian aerobatics team, were killed instantly in the crash, police said. The victims' identities weren't immediately released.
Witnesses said three planes were simulating a World War I dogfight, and two of them had crossed past each other when the third came up from underneath and smashed into one of the planes.
The third plane landed safely.
The accident happened well away from the crowd, but the air show was immediately cancelled.
Witnesses said emergency vehicles were at the crash site within five minutes, spraying foam, but there was nothing that could be done to save the pilots.
"We are deeply saddened by this tragedy," said Clive Tolley, executive director of the air show.
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"My mother, Carolina Jones, was born in the state of Tenneessee and is buried there. My grandmother on my mother's side, Nancy Jones, was born in the state of Mississippi and is buried in White County, Tennessee. I was born April 3, 1849, at Stagestand, White County, Tennessee... "
This paragraph begins a fourteen page interview of William Perry Earles of Ringling, Oklahoma, 1938, as part of a project called The Indian-Pioneer Papers . In 1936, the Oklahoma Historical Society and University of Oklahoma requested a writer's project grant from the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in which they would obtain a grant to interview early settlers in Oklahoma who had lived on Indian land. The more than 100 writers conducted more than 11,000 interviews and were asked to "call upon early settlers and (record) the story of the migration to Oklahoma and their early life here."[1]
The University of Oklahoma Western History Collection has digitized the Indian Pioneer Papers collection which consists of approximately 80,000 indexed entries arranged alphabetically by personal name place name or subject. [2] An index to the Indian Pioneer Papers may also be found at OkGenWeb Oklahoma Genealogy
- ↑ A.M. Gibson, ed., The West Wind Blows: The Autobiography of Edward Everett Dale (Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Historical Society, 1984), 346-347; Grant Foreman, "The Oklahoma Historical Society," pamphlet, Vertical Files, Library Resources Division, Oklahoma Historical Society (hereafter cited as OHS LRD); "Indian-Pioneer History Project, W.P.A. 131," The Chronicles of Oklahoma, 37 (Winter, 1959-60), 507-509. As reportted on okhistory.org/battlecry.html
- ↑ The University of Oklahoma Western History Collections http://digital.libraries.ou.edu/whc/pioneer/


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They're coming by the busload to see our public Montessori schools
Surely, you've heard me say it before. Milwaukee Public Schools' family of public Montessori schools is unrivaled in the United States. No other city can boast seven traditional public Montessori schools plus one district charter Montessori program.
Among MPS' group of eight schools there is a rare Montessori high school program (at MacDowell), a groundbreaking public Montessori charter (Highland) and schools that are among the highest performing in the district. One of them, Fernwood, is one of just five or six percent of schools in the entire state that was credited with "significantly exceeding expectations" last year.
But don't take my word for it. In a report a couple years ago the Milwaukee NAACP said MPS' Montessori schools offer the best opportunity for African-American kids to get a great education in the city.
And now, folks are coming by the busload to check out the schools.
On Friday, March 7, a bus full of folks from Madison is coming to town for the "School Bus Tour of Milwaukee Public Montessori Schools."
The bus will leave Capital City at 8:30 a.m. and make stops at Craig Montessori on the Northwest Side, Highland Community School – now in larger digs in the former MacDowell Montessori building at 17th and Highland – and Fernwood Montessori.
While at Highland, the edu-tourists will enjoy lunch arranged by the community at Maryland Avenue Montessori School. You see, these schools are also a model of how individual programs within MPS can collaborate and share ideas (such as the annual Montessori summit, which took place in January).
The tour was organized by former Craig Montessori teacher Melissa Droessler, who returned to her hometown of Madison to open that city's first public Montessori school – Isthmus Montessori Academy – which is seeking a charter with Madison Metropolitan School District.
"On Feb. 13, Isthmus Montessori Academy submitted an application to become the first public Montessori school in the Madison Metr…Read more...


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Boston Proper: Women's beaded tie-dye tunic shirt
Let the sun shine in on a new year, bursting with vibrant possibility.
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