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Fancy dress firm shuts up shop
11:01am Wednesday 22nd February 2012
By Matt Smith
11:01am Wednesday 22nd February 2012
By Matt Smith
FOR decades it had ensured partygoers had just the right outfit for any occasion.
But now the party looks to be over for a popular fancy dress firm as bosses have begun closing down the Just for Fun chain of shops in Hampshire.
Directors have begun to move the company into liquidation with the loss of around 40 jobs.
Two stores in Queen's Way, Southampton and Upper Brook Street, Winchester have already closed. Staff at a third at Hedge End Trade Park said it would be closing within weeks after it staged a closing down sale.
The firm has also stopped taking any more orders for costume hire or purchase on its website.
The family run and owned firm, which was established 38 years ago, had grown into a thriving business with the three branches and an increasingly popular worldwide mail order department run from a Hedge End despatch centre. It offered nearly 10,000 individual items to buy online.
The company offered a one-stop shop for all manner of fancy dress costumes and accessories and even sold a range of outfits for dogs.
But company directors and founders, brothers Geoff and Peter Richards, said the "dire economic climate" was to blame for the closure and having taken advice had decided to move the company into voluntary trading.
A spokesman said: "After 38 years of successful trading, both Geoff and Peter would like to thank all of their loyal staff and customers over the years. They are, unfortunately another victim of the dire economic climate."
The finances of the firm will be laid bare to creditors at a meeting on March 7 when they will be asked to agree to put the company into voluntary liquidation.
The brothers have appointed London based Accura Accountants Business Recovery Turnaround
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Looking forward to iOS 6. Hopefully, we'll get more than a few features and start seeing some redesigns. With the competition getting hotter and hotter with each phone release, I think Apple needs to return to their roots and do some new innovations within their current product line instead of lightly building off old ideas. Also, as for the next iPhone, why are there many reports that no new iPhone will be unveiled? I remember last year after the earthquake hit Japan, many manufacturers were reporting delays. I always figured this is why the iPhone 4S was released in October opposed to the usual June/July window. But I also think iPhone sales sky rocket around the holidays, especially when the phone is newly released and is a hot buy (similar to video games and consoles). This approach makes perfect sense from a business standpoint. Any thoughts? Regardless of release date, I'm looking forward to the next iPhone!
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Screw the maps and the "do not disturb" crap...I want something like the new Razor Android phone has, "Smart Action" and it'd be awesome if it were integrated with the jailbreak "Cleverpin" the iPhone would be 10Xs more awesome!

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So much to see the past few weeks – cool girls in NYC, pretty in London, print mania in Milan and fantastic, final (Marc Jacobs bidding farewell to Louis Vuitton) fashion in Paris. But until now our look at the spring/summer 2014 ready-to-wear has been all overview, general impressions (spoiler: We LOVED EVERYTHING!) and buckets of drool (that's mostly me). Still, as the saying goes, style is in the details …
Flats were everywhere – maybe a way to keep models from stumbling and ending up on YouTube? They came in sandals (mostly), booties and pretty feathered slingbacks.
Heels also made an appearance, but instead of inches-thick platforms, they came in elegant, elaborate single-sole versions and were closer to the ground unless they came in the form of a sky-high perfect-for-summer wedge.
Clutches – whether held tightly to the body, grasped by tapered fingers or dangling from the wrist – are still big.
Totes, top-handled and cross-body, are classic and still are so-modern bag silhouettes.
Focuses from designers were on the waist, wrist, neck and head …
Skin, peeking out under sheer skirts and shirts, seemed to be the new neutral.


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While the rest of the market (Nasdaq) is down 2% for the week, Groupon (GRPN) is up 2.75%. And it's been particularly strong in the last three trading sessions -- right when everyone else was freaking out about Ben Bernanke's comments.
It stems back from last week when Deutsche Bank upgrade its Groupon price target from $6 to $10.
That was a huge upward revision. But the reasoning behind it has really seemed to trickle into the market this week.
Just a reminder that DB analyst Ross Sandler stated that he thought Groupon could go up to $16 in a "bullish scenario."
Here are his reasons for the upgrade:
- Groupon is in the midst of a shift from "push" marketing (think all their email blasts) to a "pull" one where users go to the Groupon app for learning about new deals. Groupon is also doing a lot more work to optimize its deals through SEO and SEM search techniques.
- There could be another 30% upside to consensus 2015 EBTIDA estimates.
- The company can do much better on personalizing deals to its 200 million members.
- Better selection offered.
- More business driven through goods.
- The "pull" strategy (especially through search optimization) greatly grows the addressable audience beyond those 200 million subscribers.
- Multiple expansion reflective of the company's ability to show growing revenue again.
I would add another reason to this list: Europe stabilization. Europe has been a sinkhole for Groupon for at least the last two years.
In a recession, you would think Europeans would be starving for Groupon deals. Perhaps. But the company was dealing with legacy issues around how they first aggressively entered Europe with their German brother management team. They've been cleaning up from this mess ever since.
In part, what doomed former CEO Andrew Mason was his inability to get his arms around Europe and finally right the ship there.
And, by righting the ship, I don't even mean making money. They just need to not lose a ton of money any more. That would be huge.
Their new COO Kal Raman seems to be on the cusp of this.
During its next earnings call in August, if Groupon can show success on the European front and progress in the other areas mentioned by Sandler, this is a stock that could easily blow past $10 afterwards.
It seems a lot of the strength this week is coming from people wanting to get on board the train now in anticipation of that.


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As the Dallas Voice cover story, "Responding to 'The Response," points out, there are a lot of people around the state — and around the country — who are angry over Texas Gov. Rick Perry's decision to partner with The American Family Association to present his day of prayer and fasting Saturday at Houston's Reliant Stadium. The list of people supporting and endorsing the event — like Pastor John Hagee — also has some people upset.
But what is it about the American Family Association and people like Hagee that has people so angry? As the Southern Poverty Law Center points out, it's not because they believe homosexuality is a sin. It's because of the hateful, discriminatory and outright false things they say to stir up fear and anger against LGBT people, Jews, Muslims, Catholics — in short, against anybody who isn't just like them.
What kind of things? Well, here are a few examples.
This is an actual trailer for a video called They're Coming To Your Town. The video, produced by the American Family Association, warns that gays and lesbians are trying to take over city governments across the country, using Eureka Springs, Ark., as an example.
Here's one where AFA's Buddy Smith reports to Bryan Fischer, AFA's director of issues analysis, on a gay Pride parade in which Home Depot participated and why Home Depot is wrong to promote diversity. In this clip, Smith says that "homosexuals are in Satan's grasp."
Here's Fischer again, explaining how the Nazis — including Hitler — were all gay and how Hitler chose to surround himself with gay soldiers because the straight soldiers were not "savage and brutal and vicious enough" to carry out Hitler's orders, whereas the gay Brown Shirt soldiers were happy to do so:
In this one Fischer explains that tribal reservations are "mired" in poverty and alcoholism today because the Native American won't convert to Christianity.
One more quick one from Fischer. In this clip, taped in the aftermath of the shooting at Fort Hood, he says Muslims shouldn't be allowed to serve in the U.S. military and that they probably shouldn't even be allowed to immigrate to the U.S. at all.
Here's one with Pastor John Hagee explaining that the Anti-Christ is coming and that he is partially Jewish ("as was Adolph Hitler"??) and he is gay AND he is fierce! Oh yeah, and the Anti-Christ will come from Germany.
Pastor Hagee, by the way, has also called the Catholic Church "a great whore" that "thirsts for the blood of the Jews." And after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Hagee said in 2006 it was because New Orleans was a sinful place that was planning a gay parade (the annual Southern Decadence party over Labor Day Weekend) and, basically, that the hurricane was God's punishment on the city. He later recanted.
We tried to find other videotapes of Hagee making these stories, but many of the videos containing some of his more controversial comments have been removed due to claims of "copyright infringement" according to notices posted on websites where the videos previously were displayed.
Want more evidence? Go to YouTube and do a search for American Family Association, specifically Bryan Fischer. Pastor Hagee might have had second thoughts about some of his more vitriolic statements and removed those videos, but Fischer's videos are there for everyone to see.
Of course, Hagee, Fischer and the Wildmons aren't the only ones on the list of those endorsing "The Response." Go here to read an earlier Dallas Voice post that includes videos of "Response" supporter Mike Bickle who claims that Oprah Winfrey is a harbinger of the Anti-Christ, and of "Response" supporter C. Peter Wagner who teaches that Japan is cursed because the emperor of Japan had sex with a demon.
Then there's David Barton, president and founder of "WallBuilders," who said opposes anti-bullying legislation, claiming that laws and policies to prevent bullying actually indoctrinate children into homosexuality. And he uses info from the American College of Pediatricians — a right-wing group that broke away from the American Academy of Pediatricians because the AAP supports gay and lesbian parents — to back up his claims. Read about that here at RightWingWatch.org.


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Circus feats propel Plymouth Meeting fourth-graders toward life lessons
"It's really hard because you go a little bit, then you fall," says Clare Robinson, 9. "It's really sad because you keep on falling."
Clare, a fourth-grader at Plymouth Meeting Friends School, has been learning to ride a unicycle since last summer. She now can confidently ride a 5-foot unicycle -- about as tall as she is -- around the perimeter of the school gymnasium.
But to be a better unicyclist, she had to put it down for a while.
"My problem was I kept on thinking about it -- like really kept on thinking about unicycling," said Claire. "Then what I tried to do was keep my mind off of unicycling. So it helped me not focus on it, to go further."
That's the kind of life lesson Clare and her classmates have been learning while training for the circus. This week, for the 10th year running, the fourth-grade class of Plymouth Meeting Friends will stage a fully produced circus: sets, costumes, storyline, juggling, aerial acrobatics, feats of coordination and balance, and clowning.
"I transferred to this school in second grade, so I found out in second grade," said Anabelle Coplan, 9, a wire walker, aerialist, gymnast, unicyclist, and a pretty good piano player. "I was, like, God! Make me two years older! Please!"
Math joins the circus
The circus program started with Will Starr, a teacher looking for a better way to teach math. He started writing a textbook for fourth-graders and needed a gimmick. "Most math books written for this age are quite boring, to be blunt."
He devised math problems dressed up as circus scenarios to make the subject more interesting. The next step was to get the kids to act out those math problems.
"For example, when we hang the trapeze at the beginning of the year, a trapeze needs to be hung at 90 degrees to be safe," said Starr. "So we actually get a protractor to measure the angles of the wire of the ropes and of the trapeze bar to make sure it is accurate and secure."
Math got them into the circus, but you can't compute your way onto a unicycle. Clare and her classmate Haven Arms are both accomplished riders, and they have worked up a trick. They face each other with linked arms and ride, Haven pedalling forward and Clare going backward.
"It's hard because she really has to rely on me to keep my hand steady," said Haven. "That's her source of balance."
"When I'm going backwards," said Clare.
Teamwork also takes a starring role
This trick does not have much to do with math as it does teamwork. The kids are learning to spot each other, support each other, keep an eye out for dangers, and pay attention to each other without adult guidance.
"We are not on stage during the show," said Starr. "I would like to say we hang out in the audience eating popcorn, but we're not doing that either. The kids do all the costume changes. The kids do all the scenery changes. It's really their performance."
Starr has to bring all the kids up to performance level by Thursday, but not all the kids are at equal level. While R.J. Edmonds, 9, is good at tasks involving coordination -- spinning plates on sticks -- he is less adept at skills involving balance, such as walking a wire. After two steps, he often falls.
"Well, I've been practicing and sometimes I really don't do that good," said R.J.
His father has been watching his progress on the unicycle, which R.J. is enthused about.
"He's not really into athletics or sports," said Roy Edmonds, who says his son prefers reading and computer games. "The thing I look for is for him to be a self-starter. It's easy for us to push the kid, but when kids start to push themselves, that's when they are making great strides."
Skills extend beyond circus ring
"He has really stepped up taking responsibility -- ownership for not only things he is responsible for in the circus but also his classwork and everyday life," Edmonds said.
A lot of the kids say they will keep up their skills after the performances this week, Realistically, few probably will.
Jennifer Arms' son went through the program two years ago and no longer does circus tricks. Now her daughter, Haven, is riding a unicycle and juggling.
"It's not just infectious. It's addictive," said Arms, who is competing with her 9-year-old daughter for most consecutive juggles. Haven is beating her mother handily, 265 to 105.
"I watched the kids at the circus last winter and thought, 'These kids are awesome! It can't be as hard as it looks. Well, it is hard," says Arms. "I practiced for a month before I caught on."
"One World Circus" will be performed Thursday morning (weather permitting), then on Friday and Saturday evenings for the school community.
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LOUIS Loader and Reece King scooped the top awards as Malvern Town brought the curtain down on their season.
Loader was player-of-the-year, while midfield colleague King picked up the players' player-of-the-year honour at the club's presentation night.
Malvern finished 14th in the West Midlands League Premier Division.
Also among the winners were Lee Hooper, who claimed the golden boot for being the team's top-scorer with 22 goals.
Striker Dave Reynolds bagged the manager's merit award and defender Harry Wickett was under 25s player-of-the-year.
Manager Les Jones said: "I am delighted for them. They are five outstanding players.
"We had a poor start to the season but from December we had a fantastic campaign."
For the reserves, who were fifth in the McDonald's Worcester League Saturday Division, Jamie Smith was player-of-the-year and Josh Fletcher player's player.
Lewis Doyle won the golden boot, Matt Glover the under 21s player prize and Anthony Taylor the manager's merit award.


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Watercolors Exhibit to Open March 4 at WCU
Hattiesburg, Miss., February 25, 2013 - The Lucile Parker Art Gallery at William Carey University will feature a watercolor exhibition by artist Paula Temple March 4-27. The opening reception will be in the gallery on March 19, from 5-6 p.m.
The work in this exhibition is a wide range of Temple's art with images of the human figure, fantasy works involving birds and winged images, and rose studies that she created while taking study abroad art students to Queens Mary's Rose Garden in Regents Park in London, England. Temple uses 140 - 300 pound watercolor paper with watercolor paint in tubes, watercolor crayons, and a variety of instruments from brushes, sponges, toothbrushes, spray bottles, sticks and objects that are stenciled onto the paper to create her paintings.
After earning her BFA degree in printmaking from the University of Memphis, Temple earned a MFA degree in painting from the University of Tennessee. Following five years of teaching art, she joined the Peace Corps in 1978 and went overseas to work in the Grenada Art Center in St. Georges, Grenada, in the Eastern Caribbean. In this area, she was isolated from the contemporary world of art in the U.S. and worked with self-taught artists in the region who taught her the importance of image choices and color.
"Isolating myself from other artists and movements in art history enabled me to reevaluate my role as an artist," Temple said. "I also found myself more able to understand criticisms of my work and to be more satisfied with the process of creating works of art."
Temple reentered the U.S. in December 1984, and in 1985, she began teaching at the University of Mississippi. Over the past 27 years, she has taught figure drawing, watercolor, mixed media on paper, and design courses to undergraduates and graduate students. She has also led study abroad art courses in Ortigia, Sicily, and London, England, and had faculty exchange exhibitions and workshops in San Jose, Costa Rica. This summer, Temple will be an Artist-in-Resident at the CAMAC Arts Centre in Marnay-Sur-Siene, France.
Temple has had three Visual Artist Fellowships from the Mississippi Arts Commission, an Honored Artist award from the Mississippi Committee for the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and received The Mississippi Arts and Letters Award in Visual Arts in 2000. She participated in the Centennial Art Exhibition "Art Who Teach" for State Universities and Land Grant Colleges at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, DC. Temple also received a painting commission from the American Cancer Society and this project was a large triptych painting that included a lecture tour and appearances throughout the U.S.
Temple's work is represented in the Carol Robinson Gallery in New Orleans, La.; the Southside Gallery in Oxford, Miss.; the Harrington Brown Gallery in Memphis, Tenn., and the Yellow Poui Gallery in St. Georges, Grenada.


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Find great rail deals and save big when booking train travel with the Amtrak SmartFares. Every week you'll find huge savings on Amtrak fares on different routes across the entire country.
Available every Tuesday - Friday only on Amtrak.com, these special one-way fares will save you a bundle. Fares are available for travel every day of the week except Fridays and Sundays. SmartFares may not be available on every route each week.


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At Naugatuck Valley, we want you to have fun and succeed at college, inside and outside the classroom!
We're constantly renovating our campus and updating our services to ensure that you have everything you need at your fingertips to have a well-rounded and exciting college experience.
We encourage you to get involved as much as possible - whether your experiences lead you to different areas of the campus or bring you out into the greater community.
The more involved you are, the more skills you develop for your future work and personal life. So join a club or engage in student government. Volunteer some free time for service to the local community or earn some credits through service learning.
Visit our wireless zones for a quiet place to study. Use our Learning Commons for meeting others and group studies, or visit our new ACE center for tutoring and building academic skills.
Hike Glacier Ridge Trail or walk around the campus when you need a break.
At night, come to one of our many outstanding events and performances such as concerts, dance recitals, guest lecturers or theater.


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An opinion piece published in one of America's most prestigious newspapers made a curious assertion this morning: women shouldn't serve in combat because "social norms" would make it "humiliating" for men.
After Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta's surprise announcement on Wednesday that women would be free to serve in most or all combat roles by 2016, the Wall Street Journal published an op-ed by former Marine infantryman Ryan Smith. Smith argued that since soldiers had to "defecate inches from his seated comrade's face" during his tour in Iraq, women could not be permitted in combat because it would "humiliate" men:
Societal norms are a reality, and their maintenance is important to most members of a society. It is humiliating enough to relieve yourself in front of your male comrades; one can only imagine the humiliation of being forced to relieve yourself in front of the opposite sex.Despite the professionalism of Marines, it would be distracting and potentially traumatizing to be forced to be naked in front of the opposite sex, particularly when your body has been ravaged by lack of hygiene. In the reverse, it would be painful to witness a member of the opposite sex in such an uncomfortable and awkward position. Combat effectiveness is based in large part on unit cohesion. The relationships among members of a unit can be irreparably harmed by forcing them to violate societal norms.
Smith's scatological suppositions don't stand up to scrutiny. As most know, irregular warfare against insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan blurred the lines between "combat" and "non-combat" roles, meaning that female soldiers have been fighting in combat in practice for roughly a decade. 292,000 American women served in combat zones during in these two wars, 152 of whom were killed in action. There is no evidence that these women's bravery damaged "unit cohesion" or in any other fashion worsened the ability of soldiers to do their jobs.
The evidence from foreign militaries suggest the same. Several American allies in Afghanistan allowed women to serve in "frontline roles," and found that it had no effect on the performance of the unit in question. Israel's Caracal Batallion, the country's famous mixed gender combat unit, has performed admirably in combat situations.
If Smith and the Journal were interested in gender problems inside the military, they'd be better served focusing on the growing threat of sexual assault inside the ranks rather than attempting to restrict women's freedom to choose their career path. One third of military women have been sexually assaulted, roughly twice the civilian figure.


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Compliance With Dietary Recommendations in Children at Risk for Undernutrition
This study has been completed.
Abbott Nutrition
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Abbott Nutrition
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: July 30, 2012
Last updated: January 19, 2015
Last verified: January 2015
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Detailed Description:
This study will assess compliance with dietary recommendations, in conjunction with a nutritional supplement to meet the nutritional requirements in children and the effects of the compliance on promoting growth in children who are at risk of under-nutrition.
|Children Under-nutrition
|Other: nutritional supplement
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Compliance With Dietary Recommendations in Meeting Nutritional Requirements in Children at Risk of Undernutrition
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MedlinePlus related topics: Dietary Supplements MalnutritionU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Abbott Nutrition:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Compliance with recommendation of a nutritional supplement consumption [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]
|Study Start Date:
|October 2011
|Study Completion Date:
|October 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|October 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Nutritional Supplement
Instructions and techniques to improve the quality of the diet to meet the child's daily nutritional requirements will be provided.
Other: nutritional supplement
2 servings per day
Other Name: Pediasure S229
Detailed Description:
This study will assess compliance with dietary recommendations, in conjunction with an oral nutritional supplement to meet the nutritional requirements in children older than 36 (>36) to less than or equal 48 (≤48) months of age, and the effects of the compliance on promoting catch-up growth and normal healthy growth in children who are at risk of under-nutrition.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|36 Months to 48 Months (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Child is between 36 and 48 months of age.
- Child has weight-for-height greater than or equal to 5th and less than or equal to the 25th percentile.
- Child is capable of oral feeding.
- Child's parent(s)or Legal Guardian is willing to abstain from giving additional non-study nutritional supplements to the child throughout the study period.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Child whose either parent has BMI greater than or equal to 27.5 kg/m2.
- Child allergic or intolerant to any ingredient found in the study product.
- Child who was delivered pre-term.
- Child was born small for gestational
- Child had birth weight < 2500 g or > 4000 g.
- Child has current acute or chronic infections.
- Child demonstrates presence of severe gastrointestinal disorders.
- Child has a diagnosis of neoplastic diseases, renal, hepatic and cardiovascular diseases.
- Child has a diagnosis of hormonal or metabolic disorders.
- Child has a congenital disease or genetic disorder.
- Child is diagnosed with infantile anorexia nervosa.
- Child has a developmental disability or physical disorder.
- Child has disorders of hemoglobin structure, function or synthesis.
- Child is participating in another study that has not been approved as a concomitant study.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01658267
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|Asian Hospital and Medical Center
|Manilla, Philippines
|The Medical City
|Manilla, Philippines
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Abbott Nutrition
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|Dieu Huynh, MD, PhD
|Abbott Nutrition, Singapore
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|July 30, 2012
|Last Updated:
|January 19, 2015
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Nutrition Disorders
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Dreamworks does it again with an animated superhero comedy for the whole family...
What else can I say: I love Megamind. It's a unique, heart-felt super hero story filled with tension, action, drama and plenty of laughs. In fact, of all the recently released animated films, it's Megamind that will resonate with the super hero fans and comic collectors. Like The Incredibles before it, Megamind does an awesome job of introducing viewers to an intriguing tale of two aliens - one the big-headed, blue skinned Megamind (Will Ferrell), typecast the villain; the other the tall, handsome super strong hero Metro Man (Brad Pitt). While the story plays on the time-old balancing act between good and evil and the need for each in our modern day society, the story also addresses what happens when evil wins and, unfortunately (and comically), finds itself bored.
Like other Dreamworks' animated pictures, the animation and voice work are both excellent, perfectly capturing the mood of the surrounding story while remaining enticing enough to entertain. While some themes might be a bit mature for some younger audiences, Megamind is no doubt a family film which can and will cause conversation on the need for us to do right, no matter our circumstance or situation. With luck, the film also helps everyone understand no matter who they are, they have redemptive qualities which can find them being the hero, no matter their past.
The video transfer is solid, clean and for the most part excellent. There are a number of scenes in which the picture suffers from issues like blurs and shimmering bars, and, though these are a distraction, they are also rare. As for the soundtrack, the blu-ray features a Dolby TrueHD 7.1 lossless track, a 5.1 Dolby Digital track, and 5.1 tracks in Spanish and Portuguese. The TrueHD 7.1 lossless soundtrack obviously delivers the best bang, impressive in its use of the side and rear speakers. Be it a car or truck driving past, a caped super hero (or villain) flying by, or electrifying eye beams, the audio perfectly enfolds viewers taking advantage of the surround tracks.
As for special features, this 2-disc blu-ray/DVD set includes plenty. 3 in-film tracks allow plenty of viewing options: a "Trivia Track" for those interested in behind-the-scenes type info about the film; an "Animator's Corner" track featuring picture-in-picture pop-ups throughout the film, providing viewers with even more info about the film's creation (from storyboards to animation comparisons and CGI) and lastly, a feature commentary track with director Tom McGrath, producers Lara Breay and Denise Nolan Cascino, and writers Alan Schoolcraft and Brent Simons provides viewers (listeners) with a full cross-section of the film, to include pre-production ideas, directing info, writer's comments and more.
Other special features include the fun "Comic Creator," which allows users the opportunity to make their own comic using nine different scenes, and adding their own phrases, words, etc. Viewers can even save their favorites to play back for friends later. A "Behind the Mind" feature allows viewers to get a better understanding of the character and his wares, including "Hideouts," "Inventions," and "Vehicles." A 10-minute "Meet the Cast of Megamind" introduces viewers to the voice actors and how they played their parts and became their characters.
A 7-minute feature, "Inside Megamind's Lair", shows fans the character's hangout, costumes, and gadgets while a "You Can Draw Megamind" short shows viewers - with the help of story artist Andy Schuler - how to draw the villainous hero. Other special features fans may want to check out include a short on what it is the animators really do, a "Mega Rap" song, and a "The Reign of Megamind" comic book. Lastly, a single, short deleted scenes ("The Toothbrush Scene") is also include.
Dreamworks continues to impress with their recent animated releases and, while Megamind might not be the next blockbuster animated film series (ie - Toy Story), it's one of the most fun, entertaining, and exciting, putting it right up there with other recent fan-favorites like Kung Fu Panda, Despicable Me, and The Incredibles.
Megamind is available now on blu-ray and DVD wherever fine home video is sold.
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Students in Pictou County get another snow day
Students in Pictou County are home today after the Chignecto Central Regional School Board deemed the weather severe enough to cancel classes.
NEW GLASGOW – Internet killed the costume shop. That's one of the reasons Darryl Moir thinks he's lost business.
Moir operates Moir's Costumes and Events on Provost Street in New Glasgow, for the next month or so anyway.
He's planning to close up shop in early 2014.
"What's killing all small towns is online (shopping)."
He needs more foot traffic to survive, and he's just not getting it.
He says he needs the kind of traffic malls receive, but he has had trouble breaking into that market in the past.
"It's the end of an era," Moir, who has been in the costume business for 29 years, said.
He says his 2,000-square-foot location is one of a kind in Atlantic Canada.
Moir has gone from a small-scale business with 100 handmade costumes to thousands of costumes and accessories jam-packed to the 15-feet ceilings in some rooms.
He has an overwhelming collection of costumes he's manufactured from many different periods and genres, including Victorian, Tudor, and Celtic.
It all started with a woman he met in Ontario who ran a successful hotel business with her husband.
He had no entrepreneurial training, but after talking to her, he decided he wanted to run a business.
"She held my hand throughout it all."
The only problem remaining was that Moir had no idea what kind of business he wanted.
He began writing in a journal every day for a year, only writing one sentence each about the best and worst part of his day.
"I found out this is what I'm interested in," he said.
He had no manufacturing education, but he found it came to him easily.
Since figuring out what he wanted to do, he's designed a room's worth of costumes as well as pieces that have been used in local productions.
"It's so great to be able to manufacture something that couldn't be found in the community."
He opened his shop in New Glasgow less than a year ago after operating in Truro for almost two decades.
Although the business may not be lucrative anymore, it is his passion.
The part he enjoys the most is the ability to be able to help someone, whether it's helping them find an elusive product to showing them how to put on theatrical makeup.
"It's about getting involved in the community."
He's looking forward to starting a new stage in his life, despite his financial losses. He plans to relocate out west.
Although he blames online costume purchases as much of the reason behind his decrease in sales, he says the state of the economy doesn't help either.
His store doesn't sell anything people necessarily need to have.
"When you're selling 'wants' through economic hardship, you'd better make sure you have enough (money) to keep you afloat."
Until the shop closes, all departments are 35 per cent off while Moir liquidates the entire store.
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Students and Muskingum community celebrate "John Glenn Friendship 7 Day" in Ohio
Muskingum University, the State of Ohio, The Ohio State University and the nation celebrated the 50th anniversary of John Glenn's historic orbit of the Earth on February 20
which has been designated as "John Glenn Friendship 7 Day."
To mark the day, students and alumni from
Muskingum and OSU participated in "Join Forces for Service" on February
17, in honor of John and Annie Glenn's commitment to giving back to
The United States Congress awarded the
Congressional Gold Medal to John Glenn last November. This is our
country's highest civilian award. Senator Glenn served in the U.S.
Senate, representing Ohio, for 24 years and in 1998, at the age of 77,
he returned to orbit aboard the space shuttle Discovery.
Senator Glenn's careers in the space program, in
the military, in business, and in politics have not diminished his
involvement with his alma mater. Senator Glenn is an active member of
Muskingum's Board of Trustees, and his wife, Annie Castor Glenn '42, is
an emeritus trustee. Senator Glenn was named a Distinguished Alumni
Professor in Public Affairs at Muskingum in 1998, the same year in which
Annie was named a Distinguished Alumni Fellow in Speech Communication.
In addition to "Joining Forces for Service," the following activities took place:
Orbit Media (Orbit TV and WMCO) offered
commemorative programming. In 1998, Muskingum's student radio station
became "The Orbit" as part of a student-initiated action that marked the
Senator's return to space aboard the space shuttle Discovery.
Muskingum's Library is highlighting Senator Glenn's career with a special display that will be in place until the end of March.
In the photo: More than 50 Muskingum University students ready to depart for Columbus to participate in "Join Forces for Service Day."
In the bottom photo: Alumni taking part were: Left to
right, back row: Alumni Director Jen Schultice Bronner '97. Marjie
Burlingame Hancock '91 and Stephanie Falter Wood '93. Left to right,
front row: Mary Scott '65, Ruth Backstrom Brown '52, Bob Brown '52 and
Elizabeth Hancock, daughter of Marjie Hancock.
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Thyroid Diseases
Adding Cytomel to Synthroid
After a total thyroidectomy almost two years ago (no cancer), I am still trying to find the right amount of medication. It seems that I only feel better when I`m on a too high dose of Synthroid (as evidenced by the TSH being too low). My free T4 is in mid-range, and my free T3 is at the low end of the range. My doctor and I decided to try adding Cytomel, once a day @10 mcg. and cutting the Synthroid in half to 50 mcg. I felt pretty good for a couple weeks, but then my hypothyroid symptoms returned. I am wondering whether reducing the Synthroid by 50% was too much. Could you tell me, please, in your experience how you prescribe the addition of T3 to T4? How much to begin the T3 and how much to reduce the T4? Thank you, Mary
There have been 9 randomised, controlled trials investigating the question of whether or not hypothyroid patients feel better when they take a combination of Cytomel and Synthroid as opposed to taking Synthroid alone. 8 of those trials have concluded that the addition of Cytomel to Synthroid does not have any more than a placebo effect, so your doctor is being quite open-minded in working with you this way. Therapy with Synthroid and Cytomel should be adjusted according to hormone levels drawn no earlier than 4-5 weeks after any dosage change. A drop in the Synthroid dose to about 62.5 mg per day with the addition of Cytomel 10 micrograms per day would be expected to maintain normal blood levels of T4 and T3, so your doctor is in the right ballpark. I would wait about 5 weeks and then check blood levels to decide what to do next. Since the half-life of Cytomel in the body is about one day, it might make your blood levels smoother if you took 5 micrograms of Cytomel twice a day instead of 10 micrograms once a day.
Thomas A Murphy, MD, FACP, FACE
Associate Professor of Medicine
School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University


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LAKELAND, Fla. — Retired Publix president and director emeritus Mark C. Hollis has passed away at that age of 78.
Born and raised in Lakeland, Hollis' career at Publix spanned almost 60 years, beginning in 1946 at the age of 12 where his first job was bagging potatoes. He worked in all areas of the company serving as store manager, director of personnel, director of warehousing and distribution and VP of public relations and public affairs. In 1974, he was elected to Publix's board of directors. He served as the company's president from 1984 until 1996, when he was elected vice chairman of the board. He retired in 1999 and remained on Publix's board of directors until 2005, when he was honored as director emeritus.
"The Publix family is deeply saddened by the loss of a great leader and co-worker who made significant contributions to the growth and success of our company," said Publix CEO Ed Crenshaw. "Mark will be sorely missed by his family, our associates and the community. He was a Publix icon who had a way of captivating an audience when he spoke. Most recently, in February of this year, he addressed our Miami Division leadership team for their annual conference and spoke about not looking back on the good old days, but moving forward to the bright future of our company; a message that will long resonate with our managers."
Mark earned a bachelor's degree in management and marketing from Stetson University in 1956 and a master's in business administration from Michigan State University. He also was awarded honorary doctorates from Stetson University and Florida Southern College. In 1996 he received the Sidney R. Rabb award, Food Marketing Institute's highest recognition of supermarket industry leaders. He was a co-founder and chairman emeritus of Florida TaxWatch and chairman of the Florida Retail Federation.
Mark and his wife, Lynn, were philanthropists who supported numerous organizations, including Florida Southern College, Stetson University, All Saints' Academy and Lakeland Regional Medical Center. For the enjoyment of Lakeland's residents and visitors, Mark and Lynn also funded the development of Hollis Gardens.
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LAKELAND, Fla. — Retired Publix president and director emeritus Mark C. Hollis has passed away at that age of 78.


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U.S. corn futures are expected to rise for a second day Tuesday as the market continues to recover from last week's steep slide.
Traders predict corn for December delivery, the most actively traded contract, will start trading up 12 cents to 14 cents a bushel at the Chicago Board of Trade. In overnight electronic trading, the contract rose 14 1/2 cents, or 2.2%, to $6.62 1/2 a bushel.
Prices are rebounding as it seems selling by commodity funds has run its course after the market dropped nearly 8% last week on global economic jitters. Traders said it appeared the market set a short-term low Monday when prices approached a three-month low overnight before finishing higher.
"The recent bout of liquidation has dissipated for now," wrote analysts for Barclays Capital.
Traders said last week's sell-off looked excessive, considering inventories of U.S. corn are historically low. Prices for the grain have pulled back 17% since reaching an all-time high in June, including an 13.5% dip since late August.
The decline in prices has attracted grain users who see the setback as a buying opportunity. Their purchases are helping the market rebound.
The Seoul-based Korea Feed Association on Tuesday bought two cargoes of corn totaling 110,000 metric tons, trading executives said, noting at least one came from the U.S. Traders also continued to talk about the potential for China to buy U.S. corn, although no deals have been confirmed. Traders pay close attention to chatter about China entering the market because it has the potential to buy major quantities and its import needs are unknown.
"China can now profitably import U.S corn," said Joel Karlin, analyst for Western Milling, a livestock and feed company in California.
In other news, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said farmers had harvested 15% of the corn crop as of Sunday. That was down one percentage point from the five-year average for that time of year and below traders' expectations that harvest would be about 20% complete.


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The innovative research of a Montana State University student who traveled half way around the globe to study engineering at MSU has taken her just a bit farther.
Neerja Zambare, a senior from Pune, India, majoring in both chemical engineering and biological engineering, was selected as one of the country's undergraduate researchers for her poster about a bio-cement that effectively plugs cracks near wells and drilling sites.
Zambare exhibited her research poster, "Biofilm induced biomineralization in a radial flow reactor," at the Council on Undergraduate Research's Posters on the Hill Exhibition April 23-24 in Washington, one of the country's most prestigious undergraduate research fairs. Zambare was accompanied by Robin Gerlach, MSU professor of chemical and biological engineering and Zambare's research mentor.
Sixty students from around the country were selected from more than 800 submissions to participate in the event held at the Rayburn Office Building, which houses offices for U.S. representatives. While in Washington, Zambare and Gerlach also had a chance to visit with senators and congressmen during the two-day event.
The experience has also cemented Zambare's interest in pursuing a doctorate and continuing her career in research, which is a long way from her goals when she was a high school foreign exchange student in Charlotte, N.C. Zambare said she knew that she was interested in both chemistry as well as engineering, a combination that put MSU with its degree in chemical engineering on her map when she was applying to universities.
She said despite the differences in her hometown of Pune, a city with eight million people in western India, and Bozeman, she immediately fell in love with the American college town.
"I come from a very big city, but I like living in a small town," Zambare said.
While Zambare thought she would finish her degree in four years and then leave for a job in industry, new horizons opened when she took one of Gerlach's classes when she was a sophomore.
Gerlach said Zambare convinced him that she would be the right person to join his lab group in the Center for Biofilm Engineering. The group trained her and then asked her to join a project that the lab had been working on for some time -- a bacterium that makes calcium carbonate and has potential applications in sealing ponds, plugging cracks emitting carbon dioxide near carbon sequestration wells as well as abandoned wells.
Zambare also was one of two students, along with Dayla Morris Topp, who developed an alternate method to reduce costly waste involved in the CBE's bioprocess lab in its study of biomineralization, a reaction that produces ammonium.
"She has been smart and hard working," said Gerlach, who is associated with both the MSU Center for Biofilm Engineering and MSU Thermal Biology Institute. "Basically she has done the work of a graduate student as an undergraduate researcher."
While at MSU, Zambare has been active in College of Engineering Ambassadors and twice has been a member of MSU's Undergraduate Scholar Program. Gerlach and Ellen Lauchnor, a postdoctoral researcher in Gerlach's lab who is also one of Zambare's mentors, encouraged her to enter the Posters on the Hill contest. Zambare said she plans to continue researching the bio-cement, and plans to base her Ph.D. on the research.
Zambare said that opportunity to do hands-on research while an undergraduate at MSU changed her life and has her looking into research and academia for a career. She plans to graduate in December with dual engineering degrees and is already looking at graduate schools. The research opportunities she has had at MSU, and the quality of her mentors, definitely have her considering the university for her postgraduate education, she said.
"I want to be in this field for many more years," Zambare said. "It was definitely a wonderful decision to come to MSU."
Robin Gerlach (406) 994-1840, email@example.com


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Netflix does not seem to be able to hit "pause" on the bad news. The stock is down 75 percent from its peak in July when it announced changes to its subscription plans. Since then, the company has lost more than 800,000 subscribers.
Netflix Stock Down 75 Percent From Its July Peak
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I've never keen on dropping humblebrags; in general the mantra I use is, if you support others, you in turn will be supported.
However, I'm stepping outside that doctrine today to bring you into the world that I call home. It's a world where you give advice on stocks to a wide audience -- and, when it all works well, life is good, 'cause everybody on Earth just had to digest it. When something does not go according to plan, you wonder who really executed the advice anyway.
I bring this up as I attempt to deconstruct where my head has been on Apple (AAPL).
Nov. 8, 2012: Don't buy Apple. We'll need to see a better quarter.
Jan. 8, 2013: Buy Apple into earnings. Expectations are too low. (I reiterated this in a Webinar chat the following week.)
Jan. 22, 2013: I got cold feet on the quarter, so I sent a message that we should absorb a 3.8% loss on Apple from Jan. 8. I hate losses, but I believed the risk-reward ratio had shifted, and the technicals gave me pause. This loss was canceled out by a short on Coach (COH) into earnings. So all was not lost.
Jan. 24, 2013: I realized, after a bit of soul searching, that what I failed to truly factor in Jan. 8 was the disconnect between the low sentiment and actual quite robust earnings expectations.
The numbers did support the selloff. So now investors must wrestle with the question of whether this is the bottom quarter that was appropriately priced in, or if it's the quarter that completely resets the mindset of the Street regarding sentiment and estimates. If it's the first option, you should go and buy the stock, since the second half will likely be fundamentally different. If it's the second, you don't buy off these numbers -- because Apple's fundamentals stand to deteriorate further in the next quarter or two.
Let's not try to be a hero. Stay clear of Apple until the market gives you the trade -- and, unfortunately, the impending 10-Q SEC filing is unlikely to tell us anything that could sway sentiment.
In Other News
Face the facts: The market is on freakish autopilot. It does not care about earnings that have come in mixed to outright weak, nor about the accompanying tepid outlooks. It does not care about any cautionary tales told in second-tier macroeconomic-data releases. The only vision the market is seeing is the one offered by the hopium growers.
Honestly, between today and the January employment report, where is the catalyst that might feed the empty stomachs of the bear community? I'm not sure such an event exists, though naturally people will continue to wage a technical debate -- that is, on the idea that stocks are overbought and due for a no-news-driven pullback.
But start thinking deeply on the January jobs report. Early on, I'm seeing a sort of lose-lose aspect to it.
First, softness has been implied by underlying leading components in Federal Reserve manufacturing surveys, and that could be tough to square with the jump in stock prices year to date, notably in the small-caps. Second, a number that surprises -- as the market advance has indicated could happen -- stands to reignite the debate over whether the Fed will end quantitative easing. That's especially so following the swift ascent in stocks, less near-term risk from debt-ceiling negotiations and a rise in inflation expectations.


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Comparisons of Serologic Response of Early Syphilis
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Syphilis and HIV are prone to occur concomitantly and the two diseases share several modes of acquisition and risk factors such as men who have sex with men (MSM), sexual workers, intravenous drug users, previous history of sexual transmitted diseases (STDs), and multiple partners. HIV infection rates of up to 50% have been reported among patients diagnosed with syphilis in several regions, with higher HIV infection rates among MSM. Besides, syphilis ulcers are proposed to enhance the transmission of HIV. In Taiwan, there is also an increasing prevalence of syphilis and HIV co-infection among MSM. Therefore, to treat syphilis is an important issue for public health.
According to literature review, whether patients with HIV and syphilis co-infection had higher serologic failure rate remains controversial, especially in the era after highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) was introduced since 1996. Ghanem et al recently demonstrated that the use of HAART may reduce syphilis failure rates among HIV-infected patients who have syphilis. In addition, the treatment guideline in 2006 suggested that the treatment of primary syphilis and secondary syphilis is single dose benzathine penicillin G regardless of HIV status; however, it goes on to suggest that "some specialists recommended additional treatments for HIV-infected patients", namely 3 doses, each a week apart. There is no reference and evidence of strength of the suggestion but only specialists' opinion.
In the study, we aim to compare serologic response of syphilis to penicillin treatment between HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected patients and to compare serologic response of early syphilis (primary or secondary) to 1 dose and 3 doses of benzathine penicillin G among HIV-infected patients. A longitudinal follow-up of serologic response will be conducted after syphilis treatment.
|Serologic Response of Syphilis Early Syphilis High Risk Behavior
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|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
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|Comparisons of Treatment Response to Standard Treatment With Penicillin Between HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected Patients With Syphilis
- To compare serologic response of HIV-infected patients co-infected with early syphilis who received 1-dose or 3-doses benzathine penicillin G [ Time Frame: Serial analysis every 6 months. From date of enrollment until the date of first documented treatment failure during 12-months follow up or till the complete of 12-month follow. Final accessed till June, 2013. ]
- To compare the serologic response among HIV-infected and uninfected patients after receiving benzathine penicillin G [ Time Frame: Serial analysis every 6 months. From date of enrollment until the date of first documented treatment failure during 12-months follow up or till the complete of 12-month follow. Final accessed till June, 2013. ]
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|January 2007
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2013
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|June 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Taiwan AIDS study group
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|20 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- persons aged ≧20 year-old, who had documented syphilis infection (RPR titer≧ 1:4 and TPPA ≧1:320)
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01944358
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|Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
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|Chia-Jui Yang, MD
|Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
|Principal Investigator:
|Chien-Chin Hung, PHD
|National Taiwan University Hospital
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|National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan HIV and Syphilis study group
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|NCT01944358 History of Changes
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|September 7, 2013
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|September 12, 2013
Keywords provided by National Taiwan University Hospital:
Syphilis; human immunodeficiency virus; penicillin
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Treponemal Infections
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections
Bacterial Infections
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial
Spirochaetales Infections
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Genital Diseases, Male
Genital Diseases, Female
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
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text: This news item expired on Friday, May 31, 2013 so the information below could be outdated or incorrect. Swarming is an instinctive part of the annual life cycle of a honeybee colony and is necessary for the species to survive. Swarming occurs when a colony of honeybees divide and 30 to 70 percent of the bees, along with their queen, leave the hive to start a new colony. You may find a swarm of honeybees hanging from a tree branch or resting on your clothesline while they are looking for a new home. The swarm can be the size of a softball or as large as a basketball. The tendency to swarm is usually greatest when the bees increase their population rapidly in the period before the honey-flow. Therefore, the cause of swarming is normally associated with a crowded brood (eggs/ larvae/ pupae) nest. Most swarming takes place in our area from April through June. There are other reasons why a honeybee colony will swarm: a lack of food, the age of the queen, bad odors, a heavy infestation of wax moths, repeated attacks by bears and other predators, and sometimes disease. If You See a Swarm... Please call the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Office at (828) 255-5522 if you notice a honeybee swarm. Cooperative Extension has a list of local beekeepers they can contact to catch a swarm. If the honeybees decide to take up residence inside the wall of your home or storage building, local beekeepers can help with that too.


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Every five years when renewing their credentials, California school employees will be required to read and sign a document that lays out the requirements for them to report suspicions of child abuse, if newly crafted state legislation is approved.
In addition, Assembly Bill2560, prompted by this newspaper's continued coverage of abuse reporting failures, would clean up language from the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, stressing that teachers must call either police or Child Protective Services when they suspect a child has been abused.
The bill, formally introduced in February by Assemblywoman Susan Bonilla, D-Concord, is the latest legislation aimed at improving school employee abuse reporting.
"It provides an ongoing refresher for those renewing their credentials," Bonilla said. "It also reinforces they can report to both law enforcement and child protective services."
Currently, teachers and other credentialed employees receive an email from the state credentialing agency confirming that they are "mandated reporters," and required by law to report suspicions to a "Child Protective Agency immediately."
Bonilla, a former high school English teacher who renewed her credential in 2012, said that language is confusing.
Her proposed language would specify that employees can report to either their local police agency or to Child Protective Services. The statement would spell out the responsibilities per the penal code, including that failure to report is a misdemeanor, and require an electronic signature by the applicant.
"It makes me very, very angry to know there are people exploiting children," Bonilla said. "And it's so unfair to the many very dedicated teachers who are then associated with the actions of those who are doing the exploiting."
Bonilla referenced the ongoing Mt. Diablo school district scandal as an impetus for the bill. This newspaper has reported how administrators failed to report to police a 2006 internal report that concluded "potential child abuse" by teacher Joseph Martin. The elementary school teacher was later charged with 150 child molestation counts involving 14 students.
The bill will not require the signature of an applicant seeking his or her first credential, only five-year renewals. The assemblywoman left that out because she said those applicants already must read and sign a similar form when they are hired at a district.
Bonilla also wanted to keep costs at a minimum and avoid duplicating other pending legislation, including AB1432, which requires annual child abuse reporting training for school employees, which Bonilla co-authored.
AB135, authored by Joan Buchanan, D-Alamo, would require school district boards, county offices of education and charter school administrators to create a specific policy on child abuse reporting, as well as hold an all-employees meeting within the first six weeks of the school year to review the law.
Bonilla hopes to continue working with state officials to create uniformity among colleges that offer credential programs and provide a standard child abuse reporting lesson plan.
AB2560 will be heard in the Assembly Education Committee on April 9 at 1:30 p.m. in Sacramento.
Contact Matthias Gafni at 925-952-5026. Follow him at Twitter.com/mgafni.


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Revere returns to lineup for finale vs. Reds
PHILADELPHIA -- Ben Revere made his return to the Phillies' lineup Sunday after beginning the previous four games on the bench.
It marked the first start in a week for the speedy center fielder, who was batting second in the order and laced a one-out double in his first at-bat. Revere had made some late-inning appearances on the bases and in the field lately, but he was held out of manager Charlie Manuel's lineup in the past week as the Phillies faced two left-handed starters, and John Mayberry Jr. was producing at the plate.
Mayberry went 6-for-12 in the first three games that he started in center field last week, but struck out in each of his four at-bats Saturday in the Phillies' 10-0 loss to the Reds.
Manuel said Revere -- who entered Sunday hitting .237 this season with a .286 on-base percentage -- has spent a little extra time in the batting cage with assistant hitting coach Wally Joyner. Manuel added that he has not given up on Revere, whom the Phillies acquired from Minnesota in the offseason.
"I look on almost every team I've ever managed, there's definitely at-bats for four outfielders, maybe even five, at times," Manuel said. "You can get plenty of at-bats -- you might not get 600 -- but you can get enough to be satisfied."
Prior to his week-long hiatus from the starting lineup, Revere had 10 hits in his last 28 at-bats, and his on-base percentage currently sits at .438 in May.
Stephen Pianovich is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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REHOVOT, ISRAEL--(Marketwire - April 04, 2012) -
The new ATHLETE™ 4.0 relies on a series of proprietary tools and algorithms, which substantially accelerate Evogene's gene discovery capabilities by integrating multiple levels of plant data types. ATHLETE™ 4.0 incorporates genomic data from over 200 plant species and more than 4,000,000 genes, thus enabling a more comprehensive and accurate cross-species discovery capabilities. As with previous versions of ATHLETE™, this version utilizes Evogene's powerful Information Technology (IT) infrastructure, which has been built to support one of the largest agbio-data sets worldwide.
Among the new version's proprietary capabilities:
Dr. Hagai Karchi, Evogene's EVP Development and CTO, stated: "ATHLETE™ 4.0 provides us with an even more powerful engine to gain valuable knowledge from the enormous amounts of data, both being generated from our field experiments and data becoming publicly available, in order to perform targeted gene discovery and provide our existing and future partners with high quality genes to improve desired plant traits. As a leading company in our field, a key objective being pursued by our scientists -- in parallel with their efforts pursuant to our various collaborations with major seed companies -- is to continue to invest both in improvements to our broad range of existing capabilities and in new capabilities. The launch of ATHLETE™ 4.0 is an excellent example of our success with respect to this objective since this next generation platform contains a significant number of new and improved proprietary technologies."
About ATHLETE™
ATHLETE™ is Evogene's proprietary computational technology for plant gene discovery. ATHLETE™ is designed for addressing Evogene's evolving requirements and capacity for gene discovery, thus taking advantage of the data explosion of the 'omics' era for the development of improved seeds and plants. The ATHLETE™ is comprised of proprietary algorithmic tools and data mining concepts, resulting in the discovery of a rapid and reliable list of genes relevant to each target trait. The technology is broadly applicable to different traits and crops, according to the needs of our various internal programs and partnerships. Additional information regarding ATHLETE™ is available at www.evogene.com/Technology/Computational-Technologies
About Evogene
Evogene is a world leading developer of improved plant traits, such as yield and drought tolerance, for a wide diversity of key crops through the use of plant genomics. The company focuses on utilizing its proprietary computational genomic technologies to provide a complete solution for plant trait improvement through combining state of the art biotechnology and advanced breeding methods. Evogene is collaborating with world leading seed companies to introduce its improved plant traits into key commercial crops under milestone and royalty bearing agreements. Evogene's headquarters are in Rehovot, Israel, and its stock is traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE: EVGN). For additional information, please visit Evogene's website at www.evogene.com
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" relating to future events. These statements may be identified by words such as "may", "expects", "intends", "anticipates", "plans", "believes", "scheduled", "estimates" or words of similar meaning. Such statements are based on current expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions, describe opinions about future events, involve certain risks and uncertainties which are difficult to predict and are not guarantees of future performance. Therefore, actual future results, performance or achievements of Evogene may differ materially from what is expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, many of which beyond Evogene's control, including, without limitation, those risk factors contained in Evogene's reports filed with the Israeli Securities Authority. Evogene disclaims any obligation or commitment to update these forward-looking statements to reflect future events or developments or changes in expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions.


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For five years I've discussed the inevitability of Black Swan events that change everything overnight – game changers. Certainly, the earthquake in Japan and the subsequent rash of Tsunamis are reminders of that phenomenon as is the ongoing escalated strife and instability in the Middle East.
Not only have oil prices shot up, we now face a whole new set of issues and concerns from the devastation and dislocation in Japan caused by the sudden earthquake. Further, we will have to remain on edge for the next several weeks as aftershocks are felt in the Pacific Rim and the specter of additional quakes loom throughout the world. The Haiti and Chilean quakes were about a month apart last year, and quakes in Australia and New Zealand preceded this massive quake in Japan.
So you may ask, why is this relevant to me, my home and real estate prices? The answer is simple. In Japan, for example, some areas will have so declined in value that the properties may be close to worthless for years, while other areas spared the devastation may over-night double in value.
In the U.S. where certain communities have an excess supply of homes, I have always considered that part of our nation's resources: an ark so to speak. God forbid, if America was to suffer the kind of devastation we are seeing in Japan, we will have the ability to move thousands of people quickly into homes that are vacant or abandoned. In fact, the latest estimates suggest 11% of all homes in the U.S. are currently vacant.
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Author Mark Foster has posted the remarkable story of how his beloved springer spaniel Dylan went missing and defied recapture for weeks, on the internet Mr Foster, from High Street, Erlestoke, recalls in the book, DogLost, how Dylan had an epileptic fit in their back garden on January 22 this year.
Mr Foster, a freelance author of children's books, wrote: "One minute he was tearing around in his habitual pre-walk excitement, tail wagging, tongue lolling.
"The next he was laying on his side in the mud, wild- eyed, foaming at the mouth and kicking in the air as if trying to rid himself of a terrifying vision."
But this was just the start of the nightmare because, when Dylan recovered from his fit, he ran off through the fence and onto Salisbury Plain.
Despite Mr Foster and his partner, Kate, scouring the area, there was no sign of Dylan and after weeks of fruitless searching they contacted the DogLost website.
Eventually they received an email from a woman named Poppy, who lives the other side of the Wiltshire/ Hampshire border with an attached image of a spaniel and asking "Is this your dog?"
The couple rushed to Sherfield English, and soon identified their missing pet. But things were not so simple after that.
Dylan ran off as soon as he was approached and it took many visits to the area before the prodigal animal was trapped and returned to his home.
Once home, the feral creature with bared teeth and skulking gait returned to his usual placid self.
Mr Foster told the Gazette: "We called the vet who checked him over and he was in surprisingly good condition considering his experiences. He is back to normal now, although he does tend to stick closer to us when we go out for walks and he is a bit more clingy than he used do be."
The story is told in DogLost available at www.blurb.co.uk/ b/5298248-doglost and is being sold in aid of the DogLost charity.


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So, it being July, I'm a little late checking on June's Campaign of the Month at Obsidian Portal. It sounded pretty cool, so thought I should check it out. A little late for sure, it's no longer open to the public.
Apparently, Paizo issued a C&D to the campaign owner, due to what he describes as tiny thumbnail images of item cards being handed out to his players (check the comments section at the bottom of the interview).
Seriously? If that is all there is to the offending material, tiny, unusable images, then this seems pretty silly to me. Sounds to me to along the lines of the good ol' days at TSR, or White Wolf's current draconian measures regarding use of their IP.
I like the guys and gals at Paizo, they do good work. But this, I don't like, just seems very player-unfriendly.
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CONCORD, N.C. — Rest easy, Junior Nation. Danica Patrick doesn't have her sights set on Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Most Popular Driver award.
Not yet anyway.
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Earnhardt was voted NASCAR's most popular driver for the 10th straight year last season, continuing to own an award that his large fan base takes great pride in.
Patrick, racing's biggest female star, won the award in the Nationwide Series and many have wondered if her immense popularity could be a threat to Earnhardt as she moves to the Sprint Cup Series full time this year.
Patrick said Monday that Earnhardt fans shouldn't worry.
"I don't want to make any of them mad," she said.
Patrick said during the NASCAR Sprint Media Tour Monday that she is grateful for the award last year, but is not counting on winning it again in the Sprint Cup Series.
"It was a big honor last year to be most popular driver in the Nationwide Series, especially being my first full-time year in NASCAR. It tells me that the fans are receiving me well," said Patrick, who finished 10th in the standings in her first full NASCAR season last year.
"Between that and all of our partners voting online — I'm sure we hassled them every week — that was nice. But I just need to be myself and if that happens, it happens.
"I'm sure there will be plenty of opportunities to show some personality and character this year. We'll just have to see if that is enough to make it interesting. Dale obviously has a huge following and he does a great job and he deserves it. We'll just play it day by day."
Patrick drove for Earnhardt's JR Motorsports team during her three seasons in Nationwide — which might have helped her with Most Popular votes — but will not drive for the team this season.
She will run the full Cup schedule for Stewart-Haas Racing and is hoping to run about 10 Nationwide races for Turner-Scott Motorsports, but that deal is not done yet.
Though she expects her large fan base to follow her to the Sprint Cup Series, Patrick does not plan to campaign for the most popular award. She has more Twitter followers — more than 600,000 — than almost every driver, but does not plan to use that to her advantage.
"That's a really awkward place for me to be in, I feel really weird voting for me," she said. "I know that my assistant and everybody on my team reached out to my sponsors and my followers and everybody and asked them to vote, and I'm flattered that they did. But that's an awkward place for me to be in.
"All I can do is go out and be the personality that I am, whether you like it or not, and if it resonates with people, it does. If it doesn't, it doesn't. No matter what happens, if I never get most popular driver, I know I have a great following and I know I have a lot of great fans and it won't ever change that opinion for me and it shouldn't for anyone else either.
"I'm a lucky driver, I'm really lucky. It's not really a concern for me. Those are the things that just sort of happen and if they go your way, they do, and if they don't, it's not a big deal."


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Crystal Palace boss Tony Pulis is adamant that staying in the Premier League is their number one priority again this season.
He is also determined to avoid the summer transfer deadline day chaos witnessed at Palace last year under Ian Holloway.
The Eagles suffered a setback on Saturday ahead of the new campaign, when goals from Glenn Murray and Marouane Chamakh could not prevent a 3-2 defeat at Championship new-comers Brentford.
The result was Palace's first defeat of pre-season, following two wins and a draw in their successful American tour and a 13-1 demolition of Austria's GAK Graz.
A second Palace side were in action on Saturday at Forest Green Rovers, and it was a debut to remember for Fraizer Campbell who banged in a hat-trick in a 3-0 win.
The win also marked a debut for Brede Hangeland, after his transfer last week (see right).
But Pulis is under no illusions about his side's ambitions for the season.
"We want to stay in the Premiership. That would be brilliant," he said.
"In terms of new signings we'll see what happens, but the transfer window does not close until the end of the month, not when the season starts.
"So there's still plenty of time for arrivals. One thing is for sure, we won't be signing 14 players again on the last day of the window like we did last season."
Meanwhile, Eagles winger Jason Puncheon praised Pulis for creating high morale in the camp following the American tour, and welcomed any new signings to Selhurst Park.
"Team spirit's been great again during pre-season, and I think that's down to the gaffer," he said.
"But whoever comes in has to adapt to our group. It's largely the same as we had last year and we've got to keep that spirit up.
"It's a team game and we need everyone collectively to secure that Premier League spot next season.
"I'd absolutely take 11th place again, we'd take 16th to be honest. We just want to stay in the Premier League.
"We take it one step as it comes and obviously the first step is the Arsenal game, so we'll go from there."
Palace depart for Germany on Friday ahead of their final pre-season game with Bundesliga outfit Augsburg.
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The game is out for a few days out and I'm sure countless people are going crazy playing it after school or after work, etc. Some (probably most) are loving it to pieces while others are probably disappointed. Count me in on the latter.
I got the PS3 version. The control system is changed, where as now the circle button is to pin, to pick the man up is moving up the right analog stick, and L2 is to drag. Ok, not too difficult to get used after a day or so of playing it.
This is (to me) the biggest let down. You can no longer do title matches of your choosing on exhibition mode!!! Someone explain to me why!? I have chosen every champion in the game, select them, and when I hit the square button for 'Advanced' all it asks for is the alternate attire or to add a manager. Nowhere to choose to put the title on the line. If you want to play a championship match, you must play the WWE Universe mode (remember 'Career mode' in the very first Smackdown game for the first Playstation?), get to the PPV and play the championship match the game gives you! If you try to change the participants, you certainly can but it immediately becomes a regular non-title match. I have to admit, I was PISSED about this... If want to make a title match of Sheamus vs Santino and put the WWE Title on the line, I want to f'n do it! In this game, I can't.
The other big let down to me was the Tag Team Champions entrance to the arena: They will NOT come out together! Doesn't matter if you have them set up as a team (game forces you to do that anyway), and if you set their entrance to come out together. As long as they're not tag team champions, every team will come out as you set them up to come out. The moment they become Tag Champions in the game, they will no longer do it. They will come out separate... and in the case of (for example) The Hart Dynasty, it looks retarded!!! Both come out separately with the same music, the same video and you hear the announcer say "representing The Hart Dynasty"... someone really dropped the ball on this one! But as disappointing as this was, it was not surprising as WWE can't care less about Tag Team wrestling anymore anyway.
Road to WrestleMania is definitely different. You walk around backstage, going to different rooms, building attributes by going to the Training Room. I finished Undertaker's last night and it was amusing. I started John Cena's but I went to bed instead. This mode so far is not too bad but didn't rock my world.
Everything else I've tried (Ladder Match, Tables Match, etc) has been an ok somewhat of an improvement in the gameplay I will admit. Graphics are good but the hair on the wrestlers with long hair does look worse than last games.
Overall the game is okay, I guess... don't know that it's worth $60, and this old fan is certainly not happy about the exhibition title matches being gone and tag team champions not coming out together, being that I've always been a huge tag team wrestling fan.
So for a 2-day review I'd have to say that it was a bit of a letdown. Next year I'm renting it first before I spend $60 on it only to be let down again.
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