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Beijing Xinghaiqi Holiday Hotel
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Beijing Xinghaiqi Holiday Hotel
About the hotel
Property Location
With a stay at Beijing Xinghaiqi Holiday Hotel, you'll be centrally located in Beijing, convenient to South Luogu Lane and Forbidden City. This hotel is within close proximity of Lotus Market and Jingshan Park.
Make yourself at home in one of the 101 air-conditioned rooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Your pillowtop bed comes with down comforters. Complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and slippers.
Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as bicycles to rent, or other amenities including complimentary wireless Internet access and gift shops/newsstands. This Art Deco hotel also features shopping on site and tour/ticket assistance.
Satisfy your appetite at the hotel's restaurant, which serves lunch and dinner, or stay in and take advantage of room service (during limited hours). Meet other guests and eat at a complimentary reception.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include a 24-hour business center, limo/town car service, and express check-in. Planning an event in Beijing? This hotel has facilities measuring 1076 square feet (100 square meters), including meeting rooms. Extended parking is available onsite.
Hotel Facilities
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Number of floors - 6
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Grocery/convenience store
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Conference space size (meters) - 100
- Express check-out
- Meeting rooms
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Free reception
- Total number of rooms - 101
- Free WiFi
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Multilingual staff
- Year Built 2008
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Porter/bellhop
- 24-hour business center
- Restaurant
- Designated smoking areas
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Conference space size (feet) - 1076
- 24-hour front desk
- Shopping on site
Room Facilities
- Hair dryer (on request)
- Climate control
- Daily housekeeping
- Soundproofed rooms
- Flat-panel TV
- Desk
- Free toiletries
- Cable TV service
- Air conditioning
- Room service (limited hours)
- Phone
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Yard
- Down comforter
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Access via exterior corridors
- Pillowtop mattress
- Individually furnished
- Private bathroom
- Shower only
- Slippers
- Premium bedding
Hotel Policy
Know Before You Go
- No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.


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I have an ia32 program which can be built on system A or system B both running Windows 7 32-bit with Visual Studio 2010 SP1 and IVF 2013.5.198
Either of these executables will work on system A but has an Access Violation on system B when it attempts to open a dialog which contains an ActiveX object.
This would seem to be a Windows 7 policy/permissions problem. No files beyond the executable are being accessed. This only happens when the dialog contains an ActiveX object. Does anyone out there know of a policy/permission which would be tied to using an ActiveX object in a Fortran program? The two machines have the same Windows 7 Enterprise 32-bit, but they were setup by different individuals so easily could have different policies/permissions. It's probably unrelated but system A has internet access while system B is isolated from the net.


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We women are very fond of makeup. It makes us look alluring and can even change our overall appearance. It gives us confidence and assists us in carrying ourselves well wherever we go.
However, some of us get lazy at the end of the day to remove the makeup that we had on our faces and some of us have the habit of sleeping with the makeup on, which can harm the health of the skin.
Our skin needs to breathe! Sleeping with makeup on can block the pores and can hamper the sweat to be excreted out properly. Hence, this clogs the pores and paves a way for blackheads, whiteheads, acne and pimples.
It also hampers the skin renewal process, causing more damage to the skin. The more you sleep with your makeup on, the greater is the skin damage.
Therefore, removing makeup before sleep is a must! Sleeping with makeup on has several disadvantages to the skin. Thus, in this article, we at Boldsky will be listing out some of them. Read on to know more about it.
Skin Problems: The chemicals present in your makeup can block the pores that thereby lead to skin problems such as whiteheads, acne and blackheads. Therefore, removing the makeup before sleep keeps the skin smoother and maintains a good skin health.
Chemical: Makeup is loaded with toxic chemicals that may cause a long-term damage to the skin like skin ageing, pores blockage, dry skin and so on. Therefore, it is advisable to remove every trace of makeup before you sleep.
Eye Infection: The chemicals present in your eyeliner and mascara can cause infections to the eyes when you are asleep. It can cause allergies and can even make your eyelashes fall off. Thus, it is crucial to remove all the traces of your eye makeup before sleep.
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London - If you are what you eat, then death row prisoners who demand a big last meal are, apparently, more likely to be guilty.
Researchers found that prisoners who denied their crimes were more likely to refuse a last meal or eat lightly before execution because they felt hard done by.
However, those who had confessed or apologised ate large, calorie-laden meals.
Experts at Cornell University in New York analysed the final meals of 247 people executed in the US between 2002 and 2006.
Those who denied guilt were 2.7 times more likely to decline a last meal than those who admitted to their crimes.
And people who agreed they were guilty asked for food with 34 percent more calories, and were more likely to request a brand name or comfort foods.
Researcher Kevin Kniffin said some inmates seemed to be guilty as served, adding: "The growing macabre fascination with last meals offers a window into one's true consumption desires when one's value of the future is discounted close to zero."
He said the average last meal contained 2 756 calories and was most likely to be fried and include meat, a dessert and a soft drink.
Earlier this month, murderer Dennis McGuire, who was executed with an experimental injection in Ohio, had a last meal of roast beef, cream cheese bagel, fried chicken, potatoes two ways, butter pecan ice-cream and Coca-Cola. - Daily Mail


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Saturday morning we hosted the Second Annual Easter Treat Hunt at the Missoula County Fairgrounds. Although we thought last year was a success, this year was even bigger and better...
Happy Easter
Every year for the past eight years, my wife and I have a debate at Easter time. It's time for you to settle it for us. Which is better? Peeps or Cadbury Creme Eggs?
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As a way to celebrate Easter and mark April as the "Month of the Military Child," First Lady Michelle Obama visited hospitalized vets and their families at the Fisher House on Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD., today.
As far as holidays go, Easter might not be as popular as Christmas or Halloween, but it still has traditions and treats that can raise anyone's spirit, mood or blood sugar level.
The most interesting part of this annual celebration of Spring and rebirth is the supposed difference in the ways they are celebrated.
If the days of excessive Easter weekends have come and gone, your Easter basket may need a healthy overhaul. Not to worry, a healthier Easter basket doesn't mean you have to throw out all the goodies and there's still plenty of room for chocolate!
The Easter Bunny is once again hippity-hopping his way toward our brightly-colored baskets. And while we may never be able to find the logic in a rabbit that lays eggs, (?!?!) we CAN say with certainty that the adorable cotton tails in these videos are sweeter than a Cadbury Creme Egg…and far less likely to melt in your purse.


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Press Credentials
Download the Press Credential Form in PDF format
Kentucky Three-Day Event
April 27-30, 2017
The Competition
The Kentucky Three-Day Event will be held April 27- 30, 2017, at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY. The event draws approximately 75,000 spectators and is seen by millions more on worldwide telecasts including a telecast on NBC in the United States.
The 2017 Kentucky Three-Day Event features the 20th Rolex USEF Four Star Championship for the U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation Pinnacle Cup. The Kentucky Three-Day Event attracts the world's best horses and riders to compete for their share of $400,000 in prize money as well as a shot at the $350,000 Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing, which is awarded to any rider who wins the Rolex Kentucky, Mitsubishi Motors Badminton and Land Rover Burghley Four Star Events in succession.
The only Four Star Event in the Western Hemisphere and one of only 6 in the world, the Kentucky Three-Day Event is the premier competition for the top horses and riders in the Olympic sport of Eventing.
Eligibility for Press Credentials
In order to be eligible to receive Press Credentials, you MUST:
1. Be an adult of legal age and a reporter, editor or photographer associated with or on assignment for a recognized publication, news service, newspaper, website or radio or television station;
2.Submit a letter of assignment, on the assigning company's letterhead, with the request for press credentials.
To ensure that those receiving press credentials are bona fide members of the press, and to maintain eligibility for the following year, you MUST provide this letter of assignment.
Editors assigning more than one photographer are asked to designate ONE primary photographer.
NOTE: Photographers wishing to shoot from within the arena will be expected to adhere to a strictly enforced dress code.
Use Accompanying Form to Request Press Credentials
Press credentials should be requested using the accompanying form. Press admission and parking passes will be mailed to those approved for credentials. Please mail the completed form to Classic Communications at the address on the form.
In order to qualify for Press Credentials one must be a working member of the press and be on assignment for a media outlet.
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Christmas came early Already got what I wished Merry Christmas, me #humpdayhaiku
Hump Day Haiku: Christmas Exploded
Christmas exploded in my house and my office. A controlled chaos. #humpdayhaiku
Philanthropy Friday: Holiday To Do List
I'm not sure how many people will actually look at a blog post on Christmas day, but I figure I may as well share something. It is Philanthropy Friday. And it is technically the giving season. Not everyone is joyfully sitting around a decorated tree with their loving families opening presents right now. I'm sharing… [Read More…]
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Wordless Wednesday: Getting into the Holiday Spirit
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Cooking Classes
Chinese Cooking Classes are offered quarterly by UNL-CI teachers. We started in September 2012 by making traditional dumplings, a cultural activity well-received by the community. Currently, instructors from Confucius Institute demonstrate by cooking two dishes in each class and attendees have hands-on experience following detailed recipes. Every person has the opportunity to sample the food made in class.
Many participants find stir-fry an easy way to fix meals, and have had fun making different shapes of Wontons and Crab Rangoon. Other popular dishes featured in past Chinese Cooking Classes include: Moo Shoo Pork, Chinese Pepper Steak, Cashew Chicken, and Kung Pao Shrimp.


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Georgia's economy is slowing down but is still in sync with the national economy, according to the Economic Forecasting Center at Georgia State University.
In 2006, the state was expected to add about 82,200 jobs, compared to 92,000 in 2005. Despite the slowdown, job-seekers still have bright prospects in several industries. The health care, tourism and retail sectors will continue to add jobs, but at a slower pace.
The Georgia housing market will continue to slump, but the shock will be less painful than nationwide. Home prices in the state never skyrocketed as they did in other areas of the country. That's a positive sign, as affordable housing is one of Georgia's greatest draws for prospective employees leaving high-cost areas along the East Coast.
The study predicted employment growth rates of 2.1 percent for 2006, 1.5 percent in 2007 and 1.8 percent in 2008.


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Systematic instruction in the field of history on a scientific basis is comparatively recent, dating in Europe from the early part of the nineteenth century. American, European, and especially German developments set the example. It was only in 1828 that Harvard, which led the way among American universities, established a professorship of civil history. Under these circumstances, the rather meager provision for the subject in the early years of the University of Michigan is not at all surprising.
In 1844-45, the year that the first class was graduated from the University of Michigan and the second year of the University Catalogue, the Reverend Daniel Denison Whedon (Hamilton '28, D.D. Emory '47, LL.D. Wesleyan '67), a Methodist Episcopal theologian and author — though apparently his repertory did not include any historical work of moment — was appointed to the chair of logic, rhetoric, and history. Thus history supplanted grammar in the medieval trivium, and the Reverend Professor continued to occupy his threefold chair until Page 613he left the University in 1852. Evidently ancient history was taught by the Department of Ancient Languages, where portions of Herodotus, Thucydides, and Livy were read by freshmen. Medieval history for sophomores, modern history for juniors, and additional ancient history for freshmen were added in 1846-47. Since each occupied only one of the three terms, the work was doubtless nothing more than a bare series of recitations. As yet, however, this was the method employed throughout the country in the few institutions where history was taught. In 1847-48 the term philosophy of history was substituted for mere history.
For the first two years of the Tappan administration no one was recorded as specially concerned with history, but in 1854 — such was the versatility of the men of those times — Erastus O. Haven, the future President, was transferred from Latin to history and English literature. He resigned in 1856, and, after a varied and useful career in the East, was recalled, in 1863, to succeed President Tappan. Haven taught throughout his administration. He held the chair of rhetoric and English literature until 1865, when he accepted that of logic and political economy. In 1868 he was transferred to the chair of mental and moral philosophy, which he had taught for one year along with his other subjects.
In the meantime, in 1857, a pioneer in historical teaching of the modern type had appeared at the University in the person of Andrew Dickson White (Yale '53, A.M. ibid. '56, LL.D. Michigan '67). A young man barely twenty-five, he had graduated from Yale four years previous to his call to Ann Arbor as the Professor of History and English Literature. Coming from a family of substantial means he had had the advantages of travel and had spent much of the interval in Europe; also, he had begun to collect that remarkable library which is now one of the distinctive possessions of Cornell. In spite of his prospective wealth he early sought a means whereby he could be of service in the world. With great mental alertness and boundless energy, he was at once a rapid reader and a copious and informing talker, who possessed human charm and was interested both in men and in things. Yet, throughout his busy academic and public life, he invariably found time to help and encourage young men, as the present writer can testify. His interest in the possibilities of the West seems to have been first aroused by an address at Yale by President Wayland of Brown.
When the third-year course was still coupled with acoustics and optics* he started with a threefold aim, as announced in the Catalogue of 1857-58: "First — to conduct the student through a careful review of modern history. Secondly — to exercise him in original investigation and close criticism of important periods and noted characters. Thirdly — to give him some insight into the Philosophy of History." His original plan was a modest one: for the first year, John Lord's (Ford's, in the Catalogue) Manual of Modern History; for the second year, private reading under direction; and for the third year, the philosophy of history, with Guizot's History of Civilization as a guide for the students. The fourth year the instruction was mainly by lectures, with collateral reading from the standard historians then available. He threw himself with ardor into the work. Not only did he break away from the old recitation method, he introduced the interleaved syllabus, he had students at his house one evening a week for discussions and reports, he went about the state lecturing, he bought books for the Library, and even planted trees on the campus. Indeed, for four years he was a Page 614member of a committee in charge of improvements on the campus, and for one of these years served as Superintendent of University Grounds, with "power to prepare and perfect a plan for improving and beautifying" them.
Although White retained his nominal connection with the University till 1867 and gave a few lectures, his residence and active teaching ceased in 1863 on his election to the New York Senate. He subsequently became president of Cornell University, 1867-85, and minister and ambassador to Russia and Germany.
In 1862 Charles Kendall Adams ('61, A.M. '62, LL.D. Harvard '86), who was only twenty-six years old but had had some previous experience as a teacher, was added as a second member of the staff. For the first year, while White remained, he was delegated to teach constitutional law and constitutional history. Then for a time, even though his chief was on the eve of departure, he was called upon to teach Latin as well; indeed, in 1865, he was appointed Assistant Professor of History and Latin. However, in 1867, when he was promoted to a professorship, he was able to devote himself solely to history. As a matter of fact, he secured a year's leave of absence for study in Germany. Up to this time he seems to have carried on the traditions of Andrew White in the main, even to the wording of the announcement in the Catalogue. Now he introduced some changes. The greatest of these was a seminar which he began to conduct in 1871-72 on the Prussian model. Though this class was not so described in the Catalogue, he apparently employed the seminar method of reports and discussions (Farrand, p. 269) — a method soon adopted by Moses Coit Tyler, who in 1867 began his brilliant term of fourteen years as a teacher in the University of Michigan.
It is a curious coincidence that three men bearing the historic name of Adams should have introduced the seminary method into their respective universities in the seventies. C. K. Adams apparently was the innovator in point of time (1871-72), but Henry Adams at Harvard and Herbert Baxter Adams at Johns Hopkins first showed tangible results in publication by their students. Moreover, undergraduates were admitted to the course at the University of Michigan, and the work seems to have been of a general character rather than detailed research. When the American Historical Association was founded in 1884, C. K. Adams and Moses Coit Tyler signed the call for the first meeting. Later, Adams was made a member of the council — one of five from the University of Michigan to hold that office. In 1885 he succeeded Andrew D. White as president of Cornell. Although he was energetic in academic and scholarly affairs and lectured with force and clarity, his few publications have not proved of enduring importance.
Meanwhile, history as a subject of study was gaining recognition. President Angell, who became an authority on international law, in his inaugural address on Commencement Day, 1871, included it with modern languages as a subject of increasing importance, and in 1878-79 it was made a part of the new English course leading to the degree of bachelor of letters. In 1881 a School of Political Science was established, with history as one of the required subjects. C. K. Adams was the first Dean. He was succeeded in 1885 by Thomas M. Cooley, the first chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission and one of the most outstanding jurists and legal writers this country has ever produced. Judge Cooley was at the same time appointed to the professorship of American history and constitutional law, which he retained until his death in 1898, though he was absent except for brief intervals after 1886 Page 615and ceased to lecture in 1894. The School of Political Science was absorbed by the Literary Department and did not survive even in name beyond 1890.
Men who afterwards went into other fields began as teachers of history; for example, Harry Burns Hutchins ('71, LL.D. '21), subsequently Dean of the Law School and from 1910 to 1920 President of the University, began as Instructor in Rhetoric and History in 1872-73 and was promoted to an assistant professorship in the following year. He was succeeded in 1876 by Isaac Newton Demmon ('68, A.M. '71, LL.D. Nashville '96), who taught rhetoric and history. Demmon completed the History of the University of Michigan begun by Burke A. Hinsdale. Subsequently, Demmon was for many years head of the Department of English; also, he was the very efficient editor of the Alumni Catalogue of 1911, and, as chairman of the Library committee, rendered invaluable service in building up the present collection. Thanks to the start made by Andrew White, C. K. Adams, and himself, the collection in English history is, after that of Harvard, one of the most complete in the country. During the year 1878-79 Assistant Professor Pattengill, of the Department of Greek, was added to the staff to teach the general history of England, while European history and advanced English constitutional history remained with C. K. Adams. Demmon, during his brief tenure in the department, taught American history.
In the Calendar of 1879-80 the Reverend Richard Hudson ('71, A.M. '77, LL.D. Nashville '01) was listed as Assistant Professor of History. After the first year the "Reverend" was dropped. Pattengill and Frieze for a time taught ancient history, and during the next few years Adams and Hudson took over all the modern history. Hudson had started as a Methodist minister, but finding that a change in his beliefs made it impossible for him to continue his original profession, he utilized his savings to study history for three years in Europe. In 1885 he was made head of the Department of History and in 1897 Dean of the Department (now College) of Literature, Science, and the Arts. He retired in 1911 and died in 1915. Having inherited a substantial fortune from his brother, a Detroit merchant, he left funds in his will for the founding of the Richard Hudson professorship in English history. This was the second of the endowed professorships at present existing in the University of Michigan. Richard Hudson, except for a few scattered articles, published nothing. He read widely and lectured with exceptional clearness, and, in his gentle and mildly humorous way, he had the courage to defend his convictions, but he was timid about expressing himself in print.*
President Tappan, from the time of his inaugural in 1852, had visions of graduate studies, and occasional "lectures" and some seminar and laboratory instruction were provided, particularly after 1870, for graduate students, but there was no specific reference in the catalogues for work leading to the degree of doctor of philosophy until 1874-75. In 1884 the first doctor's degree in history was awarded to George W. Knight, who later became head of the history and political science department of Ohio State University and, for a time, dean of the School of Education in the same institution. Three or four doctorates annually were conferred in the interval, but the second one in history (to Ephraim Douglas Adams) was not obtained till 1890. After a decade at the University of Page 616Kansas, Ephraim Adams was called to Leland Stanford, where he spent the remainder of his life. Altogether, during the fifty-six years from June, 1884, through June, 1940, eighty-eight doctor of philosophy degrees in history were awarded, and in the same period nearly eight hundred master's degrees in history were granted. The number of doctor's degrees might have been somewhat greater except for the inadequacy of graduate fellowships, especially in the earlier years. Moreover, some who have started their graduate work here have been advised to finish it elsewhere.
In 1886, the year after his graduation from the Law Department, Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin ('82, '85l, LL.D. '12) was appointed Instructor in Latin. The following year he was transferred to the Department of History and has taken his place as perhaps the most distinguished scholar ever connected with the department. He was made Professor of American History in 1891 and held that office till 1906, though from 1903 to 1905 he was absent in Washington as director of the Bureau of Historical Research, Carnegie Institution. Also, from 1901 to 1905, he was managing editor of the American Historical Review. Noted as a scholar, "Andy Mac" was an inspiration to students and graduates of the University for a decade. In 1906 he was called to the University of Chicago as head of the Department of History, a position which he held until 1927. He has been president of the American Historical Association and is a corresponding member of the Massachusetts Historical Society — an honor shared by President Angell, Regent Clements, and three of his past and present colleagues in the department. McLaughlin began a considerable list of publications with a life of Lewis Cass for the "American Nation" series in 1891, and since his retirement in 1935 has put forth what is the chief embodiment of his life work, A Constitutional History of the United States.
In the Calendar for 1888-89 it was stated that "with the flexible elective system it has been found unnecessary to retain an independent School of Political Science." McLaughlin seems to have taken over some of the work in American history and in 1890-91 was relieved of the teaching of English history by John H. T. McPherson (Johns Hopkins '88, Ph.D. ibid. '90), who also was assigned Greek and Roman history. Though Hudson and McLaughlin continued on the staff, the nineties witnessed the coming and going of various men well known in the profession who were birds of passage so far as Michigan was concerned. McPherson remained only one year and went to the University of Georgia, where he became chairman of the Social Science Group. He was succeeded by Herman Vandenburg Ames (Amherst '88, Ph.D. Harvard '91, Litt.D. Pennsylvania '25), who became an assistant professor, but left in 1894. At the time of his death in 1935 Ames was a professor of American history at the University of Pennsylvania, and from 1907 to 1928 had been dean of the Graduate School there.
During the absence of Professor Hudson on leave in 1892-93, an assistant professor, David Ellsworth Spencer, whom the writer has been unable to identify, taught in the department for one year. This same year came Earle Wilbur Dow ('91), who, save for two years' leave for study in Europe, taught in the department continuously for a period of more than forty years and retired as Professor Emeritus in 1938. In 1894 he gave the first courses in history to be offered in the summer session, which was formally established in that year.
Again there were temporary sojourners who later accepted positions in other institutions. Marshall Stewart Brown (Brown '92, A.M. ibid. '93) taught here Page 617during the academic year 1893-94 and then accepted a call to New York University, where he became a professor of history and the dean of the College. William Dawson Johnston (Brown '93, Litt.D. Rutgers '11) was three years in the department, from 1894 to 1897; he later went into library work. For some time he was in charge of the American Library in Paris. He died in Washington in 1928. During the absence of E. W. Dow, Frank Haigh Dixon ('92, Ph.D. '95) taught for the year 1896-97. The next year he was Acting Assistant Professor of Political Economy. In 1898 he left for Dartmouth, where he remained till 1919, and then was called to a professorship at Princeton. In 1897-98 two newcomers were Theodore Clarke Smith (Harvard '92, Ph.D. ibid. '96) and Wilbur Cortez Abbott (Wabash '92, A.M. Yale '09). Smith remained only one year. Since 1903 he has been a professor of American history in Williams College. Among his various writings perhaps the most generally known is his Life and Letters of James Abram Garfield (1925). Abbott, who remained for two years, was one of the few young Americans who studied history at Oxford before the days of the Rhodes scholars. After teaching successively at Dartmouth, Kansas, and Yale, he was called to Harvard in 1920. Although his specialty is the Cromwellian and Restoration period, he has written, among other things, a general work on the Expansion of Europe (1917) and two brilliant series of biographical sketches, Conflicts with Oblivion (1924) and Adventures in Reputation (1935).
When Arthur Lyon Cross (Harvard '95, Ph.D. ibid. '99) was called to the University in 1899 he was asked to teach the course in ancient history, which still was handed to the latest comer; but his main work was in English history — a general course primarily for sophomores and an advanced course which later developed into a seminar. The large introductory course was in the field of medieval history, and was given by Dow, who also conducted an advanced course and a seminar in the same field. Hudson devoted himself to modern European history and to the Near and Far East. McLaughlin was in charge of a separate Department of American History.
English history was assigned to a room with a gallery in the north wing of University Hall. There the floor was often littered with old newspapers to tempt an occasional idler to whom note-taking proved too great a strain. Outside the department Alfred Henry Lloyd gave a course in political theory; Roman Law was offered by the Department of Latin and in the Law School. In 1900-1901 John Archibald Fairlie (Harvard '95, Ph.D. Columbia '98) was called as Assistant Professor to teach political science. Political science was taught in the Department of History until the advent of Jesse Siddall Reeves in 1910, who in the next thirty years built up the present flourishing organization (see Part IV: Department of Political Science).
As attendance in the introductory courses in medieval and American history grew and other courses were developed, additional instructors were necessary. The greater number of them remained for a year or for two or three years at most until the depression in 1929, after which it was difficult to find places for young men. It was the policy after they had gained some experience to pass them on to institutions where there was a clear field ahead. Among those who thus went on to win distinction elsewhere were Chauncey S. Boucher, chancellor of the University of Nebraska, Edward S. Corwin, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton, Professors Paul V. B. Jones and F. G. Randall, of the University of Illinois, and Wynand Wichers, president of Hope College.
Page 618Meanwhile, there have been various changes in the more permanent staff — losses, replacements, and additions. In 1906 Frederic Logan Paxson (Pennsylvania '98, Ph.D. ibid. '03) was called as Assistant Professor of American History; he was promoted to a junior professorship the following year. In 1910 he accepted a professorship at the University of Wisconsin. There he remained till 1932, when he went to the University of California as Margaret Byron Professor. He is one of the better-known members of the profession and has written various works of general interest, including The History of the American Frontier, which was awarded the Pulitzer prize in 1924. He was president of the Mississippi Valley Historical Society in 1917 and was a member of the council of the American Historical Association 1921-25.
In 1908 Hudson's freshman course in general English history was introduced as an alternative to the European history course formerly prerequisite to all other work in the department. Hudson also taught the basic sophomore course in English history from 1909 until it was merged with the freshman course in 1911.
In the autumn of 1909 William Alley Frayer (Cornell '03) was called to substitute for Cross, who was invited to Harvard as a visiting lecturer for the second semester. Frayer proved an effective teacher and a popular lecturer throughout the state and even beyond. He was put in charge of the introductory year course in European history in 1911-12, when its content was changed from the history of the Middle Ages and Renaissance to that of modern Europe. In 1929, five years after being advanced to a full professorship, he went with the Bureau of University Travel. He subsequently became the executive secretary of the Cranbrook School.
The introductory English history was placed under Edward Raymond Turner (St. John's '05, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins '10), who came from Bryn Mawr in 1911. Turner also proved to be a clear and forceful lecturer and a prolific writer as well, of a painstaking and literal type. His chief work is an exhaustive History of the Privy Council in four volumes. In 1924 he accepted a call to Yale, but the following year went to Johns Hopkins on the retirement of Professor John M. Vincent. He died December 31, 1929, at the age of forty-eight.
Another newcomer in the year 1911-12 was Ulrich Bonnell Phillips (Georgia '97, Ph.D. Columbia '02). Already he was known as a leading authority in the field of Southern history, particularly with reference to slavery and plantation management — a reputation which he amply confirmed by his subsequent publications. In 1929 he was called to Yale, where he died January 21, 1934, at the age of fifty-seven. In addition to various biographies and special studies, he published American Negro Slavery (1918) and Life and Labor in the Old South (1929), his ripest and most significant productions. During 1918-19 he was in military service, having the rank of captain in the Military Intelligence Division. He was a member of the council of the American Historical Association.
Relieved of his classes in the general history of England, Cross was able to develop a course known as the Constitutional and Legal History of England, to turn his "studies" course into a seminar on the Tudor and Stuart periods, and subsequently (1919) to offer a course on the British Empire.*
Legal History and similar courses were designed mainly for "prelaw" students. Before 1897 a combined curriculum in letters and law had been perfected. By Page 619taking a special amount of required and recommended work and by attaining sufficiently high grades, a student could enter the Department of Law at the end of his third year, and, after a year of satisfactory work there, secure his bachelor of arts degree and his degree of bachelor of laws two years thereafter, thus shortening the requisite period for obtaining the two degrees. Among the required subjects were American constitutional history and subsequently English constitutional history.
With the coming of Arthur Edward Romilly Boak (A.M. Queen's University [Kingston, Ont.] '07, Ph.D. Harvard '14) in 1914 the department for the first time had a specialist in the field of ancient history, and the basic course in that field was opened to freshmen, as a third option for the introductory year in history. Boak's scholarly production and administrative capacity were recognized by rapid promotion. He was made a full professor in 1920 and, on the death of Van Tyne in 1930, was appointed Chairman of the Department of History. William Lytle Schurz (California '11, Ph.D. ibid. '15) came to the University in 1915 and was appointed to an assistant professorship the following year. In 1916-17 Schurz introduced the first course in Latin-American history, and a course was offered by Boak in military history. In 1918 Van Tyne, Turner, and Frayer offered a course on the issues of the war, and Cross gave a course in the summer for army mechanics. Various members of the department lectured to training camps and other groups and contributed to war literature.
After the departure of Schurz in 1920, Latin-American history was omitted for a year, but it was resumed in 1921 on the arrival of Arthur Scott Aiton (California '16, Ph.D. ibid. '23), who rose by successive steps to be a professor in 1929, and through his scholarship and teaching ability has developed Hispanic-American history to the point where it occupies an important place in the curriculum. In 1924 the department was greatly strengthened in the field of early modern European history by the coming of Albert Hyma ('15, Ph.D. '22), who achieved a European reputation by his studies on the early Christian Renaissance (1924) and Erasmus and the Humanists (1930). In 1925 another promising branch was started when Nicholas S. Kaltchas, a Greek, well equipped in languages, including Turkish, was appointed to give work on the Near East. Unfortunately, his health failed and after a leave of absence he was obliged to resign. In 1927-28 Esson McDowell Gale ('07, A.M. '08, Litt.Ph.D. Leiden '31) was a visiting lecturer in Chinese history. In 1932 John William Stanton (Missouri '29, Ph.D. California '32) was brought in, and, well versed in Russian, Chinese, and Japanese, developed courses until 1940 in the Near and Far East.
In 1927-28 the staff had reached a point where there were six professors, one associate professor, three assistant professors, and seven instructors. The associate professor was Preston William Slosson (Columbia '12, Ph.D. ibid. '16), who came as an instructor and was appointed to a full professorship in 1937. He is known as a brilliant and lucid lecturer on contemporary problems and for his books on recent European history. Arthur Louis Dunham (Harvard '14, Ph.D. ibid. '23), who came in 1924, is a specialist in economic history; as his chief work thus far he produced in 1930 a scholarly monograph, The Anglo-French Treaty of Commerce of 1860. He was made an associate professor in 1932. Among the new members attached to the department was Howard Meredith Ehrmann (Yale '21, Ph.D. ibid. '27), who became an associate professor in 1937-38. His studies on the war issues Page 620have made his name known abroad as well as at home. The years 1930 and 1931 were significant for many changes. Claude Halstead Van Tyne ('96, Ph.D. Pennsylvania '00), appointed Assistant Professor in 1903, head of the Department of American History in 1906, and head of the Department of History in 1911, died March 21, 1930. A stimulating teacher, a scholar at once careful and imaginative, a brilliant writer, and a vivid and masterful personality, he was a man of mark in the historical field. Though not afraid to oppose even with sarcasm those of his colleagues who held views contrary to his own, he was sympathetic with young men. His standards, nevertheless, were exacting, and he aimed, with the resources available, to build up a really strong department. He was known in France and in England; he gave the Harvard Foundation lectures in the former (1913-14) and the Sir George Watson lectures in the latter (1927). The Watson lectures were embodied in his suggestive England and America. Four years previously he had been invited to India to study the workings of the Act of 1919, and published his impressions in India in Ferment (1923). Of a long line of works, his two volumes on the Causes of the War of American Independence contain the culmination of his scholarship. The second volume, 1929, received the Henry Russel award of the University of Michigan and the Pulitzer prize posthumously. He had been an editor of the American Historical Review, a corresponding member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Phillips in the meantime (1929) had resigned. This left two major positions to fill. After a temporary appointment of a visiting lecturer, Dwight Lowell Dumond (Baldwin-Wallace '20, Ph.D. Michigan '29) came to take Phillips' work. He has shown his productivity by publishing a book on The Secession Movement (1931) and Roosevelt to Roosevelt (1937), and by editing two substantial collections since his arrival. In 1939 he was promoted to a full professorship. In 1930 Verner Winslow Crane ('11, Ph.D. Pennsylvania '15), a former student and onetime instructor in the department (1916-20) but at the time teaching at Brown University, replaced Van Tyne. Crane has been an editor of the American Historical Review and is known for his Southern Frontier, 1670-1732 (1928) and his studies on Benjamin Franklin. Under him a more general course in American history was introduced and the constitutional course was placed in the capable hands of Lewis George Vander Velde ('13, Ph.D. Harvard '31), author of The Presbyterian Churches and the Federal Union, 1861-1869 (1932). He came as Instructor in 1929, and was promoted to a full professorship in 1940. Since 1935 he has been devoting a portion of his time to assembling original materials relating to the history of the University and of the state and in 1938 was appointed Director of the Michigan Historical Collections.
Perhaps the most significant change in 1930-31 was the substitution of an introductory course known as History of Western Civilization — covering the period from ancient times to the present — in place of the three introductory courses which had been given for nearly twenty years. Although opinion in the department was somewhat divided as to the advisability of the change, the new course was started forthwith. It is now given in four parallel lecture groups, and its success has fully justified the experiment. Boak turned his introductory course, Ancient History, into one for upperclassmen, and the work in modern European history was superseded by new special courses given by various Page 621members of the department. For example, Benjamin Webb Wheeler (California '15, A.M. Harvard '16), who had been Instructor since 1924, was enabled to develop a course in the history of Prussia. Also, the general course in English history was again turned into a course primarily for sophomores and was entrusted to Seaman Morley Scott (British Columbia '21, Ph.D. Michigan '34); he, too, had been teaching in the introductory course since 1924. Wheeler and Scott became assistant professors in 1935.
The members of the faculty of the Department of History in 1940 were as follows: Professors Boak, Aiton, Crane, Hyma, Slosson, Dumond, and Vander Velde; Associate Professors Dunham and Ehrmann; Assistant Professors Scott, Wheeler, Long, and Throop; and Instructors Reichenbach and Stanton, besides five teaching fellows. There were in 1939-40 twenty-two semester courses primarily for undergraduates and twenty-one semesters of work for advanced and graduate students. Included in the graduate work were ten courses continuing throughout the year (two proseminars, a studies course, and seven seminars), as well as one-half of another year seminar, a semester course in historiography, noncredit reading courses, and directed research for doctoral candidates.
Though the William L. Clements Library of American History is described at more length in a separate article (see Part VIII: Clements Library), the Department of History must express its deep obligations to that library and to its efficient and accommodating director, Randolph Greenfield Adams. Housed in a magnificent Renaissance building, it was donated to the University and formally opened in 1923, and with the John Carter Brown, Lennox, and Huntington, ranks as one of the four best existing collections of Americana. During the last ten years previous to his death in 1934, Regent Clements devoted himself to accumulating a remarkable collection of manuscripts supplementing the Shelburne, Brougham, Croker, and other papers. It includes the Greene, Clinton, Germaine, and Gage papers; all of these are now in the Library.
The publications of members of the history staff, past and present, have been not inconsiderable, and recognition and opportunities for service have come to not a few. Three have received Pulitzer prizes, one the Toppan prize at Harvard, and one the Little, Brown and Company's prize. One has received the Henry Russel award, and one the junior award from the same fund. Two have lectured in foundations in England, one in France, and one in Spain. Four are or have been corresponding members of the Massachusetts Historical Society. One has been president of the American Historical Association, five have been members of the council, four have been on the board of editors of the American Historical Review — of whom one was managing editor — one on the board of the Journal of Modern History, and one on the board of editors of the Southern History Journal. Nearer home, at least three have been presidents of the University of Michigan Research Club; one has been president of the Michigan Schoolmasters' Club, and three have been presidents of the Michigan Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Moreover, in a recent survey by the American Council of Education, the University of Michigan Department of History has been rated as one among eight starred for distinction in directing research.
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Royals extend non-roster invites to five
Royals extend non-roster invites to five
KANSAS CITY -- Five Minor Leaguers have been invited by the Royals to join the Major League camp at Spring Training.
Included is outfielder Derrick Robinson, who stole 62 bases for Class A Wilmington and will be honored at Friday night's Royals Awards Dinner with the Willie Wilson Baserunner of the Year Award.
Another speedster is outfielder Jose Duarte, who had 28 steals and 10 homers for Double-A Northwest Arkansas. The other three are catchers: Cody Clark, who played for Northwest Arkansas and Triple-A Omaha; Jeff Howell, from Wilmington, and John Suomi, taken in the Rule 5 Draft from the Phillies organization.
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Peugeot 406 Estate 2.0
Estate, Saloon - Petrol
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Review of "Peugeot 406 Estate 2.0"
"Pretty & Perfect Pug"
The stage was set for a challenge - to buy a car for doing my new job in that was comfortable yet cheap and that fit into my budget. It had to be large enough to put the family in, comfortable on long journies, and relatively inexpensive to run. Gone are the days of my company cars or a funded fuel card for my own vehicles - this was serious. I had to buy a car that I was going to have to pay for, and it was coming as a bit of a shock.Even more shocking was what I could get for my money - which wasn't much. I had a budget of £3000 to spend and I had to buy something that was all of the above and would not break down on me while travelling to our London or York offices.
I had a choice - I could either go for an older car and pick up something Japanese, hopefully with not too many miles on it, or I could go for something newer, but with high mileage; something like an ex-rep mobile. As I scoured the presses and eBay looking for something suitable to buy, with - for once - my sensible-car-buying head on, my heart sank. I was resigned to buying either a four-year-old Ford Mondeo or a similarly aged Vauxhall Vectra.Fundamentally, there is nothing wrong with either of these cars but - call me a snob (and I don't mean to offend anyone here) - they're just a little bit too... common. But I had my sensible-car-buying head on, and if a Mondeo or a Vectra was the best I was going to get then, for the time being, that was what I was going to have to buy. So I started trawling the forecourts, looking at Mondeo after Mondeo and Vectra after Vectra.
Quite quickly I rejected the Mondeo. I simply did not like the car. Everytime I opened the door and sat in one I felt, well, old. I could see myself fifteen years from now, approaching fifty, balding, beer-belly paunch (that isn't quite ready yet) folding over the top of my fake crocodile-skin belt that wasn't really needed to hold up the trousers on my Marks & Spencers suit. Every Mondeo I got in had a cassette deck in it, no CD seemed to have been chosen, and half of them didn't have air conditioning. It sounds snobby, but these were cars that Ford called the GLX or Ghia model - it came equipped with a faux wooden dashboard, but none of the extras that you would associate with an above-basic model. Even worse, these cars didn't even have digital odometers; the numbers could be wound back by some half-incompetent dealer wishing to make the car look better than it really was. It sounds like a pedantic issue to pick on, but the majority of mainstream vehicles since the late nineties have had digital odometers to record the mileage with, and most models since then that weren't the entry-level model had at least a CD and usually air conditioning too. Or, at the very least, a compensatory electric sunroof. Nope, the Mondeo just didn't cut it for me, so I turned my attention to Vauxhall.The Vectra was much better. Getting into it I still felt like a rep, but at least I felt like a 32-year-old rep, not a 47-year-old one! Added to that, every Vectra I looked at had a CD player and air conditioning, and some even had a TrafficMaster fitted. Their odometers were digital, though apparently at the expense of electric wing mirrors, and they all had decent engines and chassis that seemed to drive well. Despite what Jeremy Clarkson might say about Vectras being boring, this looked like it was the type of car that was going to cut it for the job it was going to do. For my budget the mileage on a 4-yr-old Vectra was quite high, typically around 100'000 miles, but most dealers were confident enough in the car to offer a warranty so I whittled it down to three different models I'd seen and headed home to discuss it with the wife.
She could tell, however, that I was dejected about having to buy such a car. I liked cars with pizzazz, cars that were a bit different. I'm that rare breed of car buyer that's a fan of American cars and Citroens. I want my cars to have toys like climate control and cruise control; I want my cars to be a bit different in the car park to the other reps; I want my cars to stand out from those that the neighbours drive. OK, so my budget stopped this from happening a little bit, but the missus understood and she told me not to buy them. Instead, she said, she'd found a car forecourt near us that might just be worth a look, so we headed up there and I mosied around the selection.An ice-blue Peugeot 406 stood out from the crowd. At £4000 it was above my budget, but I could stretch to it if I needed to; most importantly, it ticked all the right boxes. Equipped with digital climate control and air conditioning, automatic windscreen wipers, electric mirrors, all round electric windows and a two-litre engine with automatic gear box, it - at the very least - deserved a test drive.
Fifteen miles later, the deal was done. For £3500 I was the proud owner of a five-year old Peugeot 406 GLX, and in that price the dealer did a full service, cambelt change, MOT and added a year's warranty to the car too.Now I have never, in my driving life, considered buying a Peugeot, despite their relationship to Citroen. So many times I have got in older Pugs and simply hated them - their very layout has been attrocious, strips of badly fitted plastic everywhere, and the Peugeot 405 I had the reputation of being driven by the most arrogant sales reps ever that the car simply never featured in my 'must look at' list.
But times move on, and I have to say that I've owned the 406 for almost a month now and I have been incredibly surprised and impressed by the comfort, durability, drivabilty and performance of this car.Peugeot are part of the PAS-Peugeot-Citroen group, the largest French automative manufacturer who recently boasted profits of $1.2bn from worldwide sales of cars and parts. Their people carrier model, the 806, shares its underpinnings with Citroen's C8 and Fiat's Ulysses models while the smaller models share their chassis with Citroen's C3 supermini.
With all this incest going on, it'll come as no surprise to learn that the 406's roots are also shared with Citroen's rather quirky Xantia, a car I've owned in the past, and despite people's opinions of the suspension system that Citroen use the car was always incredibly comfortable and reliable. The 406 is no different, but - like the Xantia - the driving position can take some getting used to. It would seem that only a person of a certain size and shape can get the exact setting they're looking for; if you're not that person then you'll struggle to get the steering wheel and seat position in exactly the setting you want. This is surprising, as the steering adjusts for both reach and rake and the seat height, length and back can all be fully adjusted; there is no adjustment for lumbar support, however, which is unusually on a model of this spec level.Once you've found a position you can drive in, however, the car itself is exceptionally comfortable and very quiet. On a motorway or main-road cruise into London or up the A1 to York, it's proven to be a very capable car. The two litre engine is powerful enough to get you in to - and out of - trouble, yet surprisingly easy to keep under control and sitting at sensible motorway speeds is very easy. The automatic gearbox is smooth and seamless in its upshifts but select the Sport mode and all hell breaks loose. Selecting Sport alters the engine management system slightly to allow more power and makes the automatic gearbox hang on to gears longer before shifting, giving access to more of the engine's power range. Equally clever, the torque converter allows the 'box to slip slightly to hold the revs at the right point for better acceleration, and under braking the gearbox will downshift in a more sporty manner, allowing the driver to maintain control of the car's power as you corner. Of course, for every-day driving the Sport mode isn't always necessary and does deminish the car's economy when used regularly. For the winter weather we've experienced recently, there's also a Winter mode on the auto 'box, that - rather than upping the engine's power - decreases it and keeps the gearbox on a tighter reign to prevent accidental wheelspin. This particular model isn't fitted with traction control, but this aided gearbox does help keep wheel spinning to a minimum in icy or snowy conditions.
Looking at the design of the switches for those functions on the automatic gearbox, you can tell they were placed with left-hand drive cars in mind; to get to the switches from a right-hand drive car such as those sold in the UK is slightly awkward as, with the gearbox in Drive, you have to reach around the lever to push the relatively small button; it's a bit of a stretch and you have to look to see where your finger is, which isn't the safest of things to do when belting up the motorway.Like all French car manufacturers - and many other mainstream automative companies these days - Peugeot put controls for the stereo within easy reach of the driver on all models. In my opinion, Renault have the most intuitive system, located just behind and to the right of the steering wheel within finger's reach, while Citroen put the controls on the wheel itself, within reach of the thumbs. Peugeot use the most awkward of methods, a small stalk located to the right underside of the steering wheel, that requires the driver to use their whole hand to operate some of the functions, rather than just a finger or thumb nudge. With the stalk, it's also easy to accidentally change the tuning of the radio station when you intended to simply increase or decrease the radio's volume.
The instrument panel is clean and easy to read and the controls for the heating system are large and identifiable buttons that don't require too much distraction to change the temperature or fan speed. Being climate control, it's easiest to leave the system in auto mode and let it control the fan speed while you drive.The French are good at building cars with safety in mind, and the 406 is no different. It comes with three point seatbelts for five occupants, driver and passenger airbags and sidebags as standard; anti-lock brakes are also fitted and the car comes with remote control central locking with deadlocks, an alarm and an immobiliser as standard.
Being a relatively mainstream car, insurance and servicing on Peugeots are cheap, though you will pay a premium on parts and labour if you go to Peugeot franchises for your servicing; Peugeot-approved dealers will save you quite some money and will still use genuine parts. Fully comprehensive insurance for me, with full no claims bonus, is just £300 a year, including business miles via What Car insurance, and that's with me leaving the car parked on a public road at all times too.When it comes to economy, my previous car was a 4.0 litre Jeep Grand Cherokee that did 17 miles to the gallon, so whatever I bought afterwards was bound to be more economical! Automatic cars tend to use more fuel than manual ones, but this 406 has proved to be very frugal; on the long distances I drive, it has returned a very economical 38 miles to the gallon, and I'm not somebody who uses his right foot lightly. Around town, the economy drops somewhat, but even with air conditioning on it's use of petrol is not painful on my wallet.
In short, this is one good looking, comfortable, well built, well equipped car... it is, indeed, a Pretty Perfect Pug.
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Belle published 15/03/2005We used to have one of these before it decided to bite the dust. Alas... K xxx
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Another alteration to the Revolution lineup was the substitution of goalkeeper Matt Reis for starting goalkeeper Bobby Shutteworth. Reis has an excellent track record against the Fire, and he proved his worth by stopping a couple threatening scoring chances that would have kept the Fire in the game.
The beginning of the match was marked by the Revs securing possession and Chicago mustering up two major counter-attacking opportunites that Reis saved. Kelyn Rowe also saw his long shot skitter wide of the post in the first half, but he found a way to tap-in his third opportunity off of Saer Sene's rebounded shot.
In the 53rd minute, Chris Tierney sent Agudelo behind the Fire's backline with a nice lob pass, but it seemed like Agudelo wouldn't be able to properly gain control of the Tierney's high-bouncing ball. The 20-year-old American proceeded to chip a back-heeled moon ball that sailed over goalkeeper Sean Johnson and landed into the back of the net before Bakary Soumaré could clear it away. It was a truly amazing goal for any footballer, and Agudelo's finish will definitely be a strong candidate for the MLS Goal of the Year.
How about Juan Agudelo. In his first match back from injury, he not only gives his team a magnificent goal, but also displays his excellent skill taking defenders 1-on-1. He was clearly the most skilled player on the pitch, and he demonstrates that assertion with his effective, flashy scissor-dribbling moves. He has the ability to create chances by himself, and it is obvious that the youngster boasts Premier League talent.
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Legwarmers emerged in the late 1970s, peaked in popularity in the early 1980s, and were out of fashion by the late 1980s. Though the trend was short-lived, legwarmers remain a famous pop culture symbol of the 1980s. They were featured in movies and made fashionable by celebrities. Today, they are used primarily for function, not fashion.
Dancer Attire
Legwarmers emerged in the late 1970s as a functional accessory for dancers. It is important for ballerinas to keep their leg muscles warm and limber, therefore legwarmers serve as a useful addition to a dancer's typical practice outfit. Typically, ballet dancers wear black legwarmers to match their standard black and pink practice outfits.
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Many gym buffs found legwarmers useful. Shortly after legwarmers became popular with dancers, fitness fanatics began using them to keep their muscles warm. Jane Fonda popularized legwarmers when she wore them in her famous 1980s workout videos.
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Though Jane Fonda was the chief trendsetter, many other celebrities wore legwarmers in the 1980s. Singers such as Cyndi Lauper and Madonna sported legwarmers, turning them into a fashion accessory rather than gym gear. By 1982, legwarmers came out in many colors, including turquoise, hot pink and orange—as opposed to just the standard ballet black. Legwarmers became pop culture icons when they were featured in the movie "Footloose."
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Legwarmers proved to be a fad, having only achieved real popularity for about 3 to 5 years. Legwarmers largely fell out of fashion in the mid-to-late 1980s. By the early 1990s, gym attire had shifted from body-hugging to baggy, and legwarmers no longer fit the style. Celebrities and runway models also stopped wearing legwarmers as a fashion statement.
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Legwarmers are still used today, though now they are completely functional rather than fashionable. Bicycle riders use legwarmers—as well as warmers for many other body parts—to keep their muscles warm, especially in cold weather. Companies such as Bike Radar sell spandex leg warmers, knee warmers, arm warmers, head warmers and many other types of muscle warmers. Ballet and ballroom dancers still use legwarmers during practices. Many of the professional dancers on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" routinely wear legwarmers during rehearsals.


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Plan B, or the morning-after pill, helps prevent the risk of pregnancy if taken within 72 hours post-sex. It used to be available by prescription only, and in 2006, non-prescription use was approved if you were 18 or older. But just this spring, the Food and Drug Administration, under orders from a federal court, changed the law so that anyone 17+ can get Plan B without a prescription. This is good news. It puts girls' health -- and their choices -- ahead of politics and governmental judgment. And as of last week, there's also a generic version of Plan B available by prescription to everyone under 17.
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October 23rd, 2007, 10:26 PM #1
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I'm just going to throw this out here to see if anyone has this problem or knows of anyplace doing clinical studies. I'm getting very desperate!
I have been diagnosed with Restless Leg Syndrome for the past 3 years. In that time I have been on every know medication to treat. The only med that even will help for a while is Mirapex and that causes the legs to ache really bad and tingle in the feet.
Does anyone know what I'm talking about? This crap will make you go NUTS.
I have also taken additional iron and magnesium. Any more ideas?
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I get that maybe 2-3 times a year. Not sure exactly why, figured it was from sitting too long or something. I used to say massage helped but I said that just to get a massage, not sure if it actually helped And it is annoying as hell when I get it. How often do you experience this?
October 24th, 2007, 12:00 AM #3
I had a boyfriend with RLS and I know what hell you're going through. There is an ABW member (I believe it's Rick Palmer) who has an RLS blog or site. He should find this thread and reply and give you the link.Peace,
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There's what looks to be a good forum on the subject, looks pretty active:
They have a thread gathering everything that people have said works for them:
And actually the massage, they say it works:
Massage - IIIII yes, II no
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When I was first diagnosed with diabetes one of the major problems was leg and muscle pain caused by neuropathy. The shooting pain (like needles being ripped down your legs to your toes) I wouldn't sleep for 3-4 days because of the severe pain as regular pain medicine (even ion) didn't work. Seemed worse when trying to sleep.
I know many of the symptoms are the same for RLS folks.
Eventually I was prescribed Lyrica, which was used for seizures in other conditions, and it's side effect was it helped diabetic nerve pain. I am not sure that Lyrica would help with RLS but it MIGHT. You could ask your doctor about it. I took it for about 3 months increasing the dosage, and then one day... the neuropathy just vanished. I stopped taking Lyrica and now only take it on very rare occasions.
I know there are several other medications similar that help with neuropathy and in my thinking, though I am not a doctor of medicine, it might help folks with RLS.
October 24th, 2007, 01:31 AM #6
I have severe RLS (hits me every 5 to 10 seconds starting at about 10 in the morning, all through the day, and through the night). I take Requip and it does a pretty good job of controlling symptoms, but there are several factors that make it still rear it's irritating head:
lack of sleep
foods high in protein
Exercise can help if it's moderate exercise, but vigorous excercise can actually make it worse.
I've had RLS as long as I can remember as a child, and just figured everyone else had it too. About 6 years ago I learned that there was treatment for it, but it does get progressively worse - I'm not sure how much longer meds will be of much help.
My site is http://www.restlesslimbs.com but I haven't touched it in a while. There are some interesting articles there though, about magnesium, exercise, and brain activities. I hope it helps in some way
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Thanks for replying!
This is an everynight/everyday situation with me. See what kind of fun I'm having? GGGGGGRRRRRRRR!
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As a practicing Orange County podiatrist in California for over 35 years, I have seen the positive effects of well- designed, well-fitting shoe on a person's overall general health.
As a practicing Orange County podiatrist in California for over 35 years, I have seen the positive effects of well- designed, well-fitting shoe on a person's overall general health. Wearing proper shoes during various activities can offer many benefits. Pain-free feet can allow a person to participate in walking and other physical activities. It is a proven fact that regular exercise and an active life style can increase circulation, improve heart and lung function, lower cholesterol and may lower blood pressure.
Let's get the "evil shoes" out of the way- so my clergymen states-we can concentrate on the good. Shoes that are bad for the feet:
Pointed-toe shoes-
Women have always been attracted to pointed-toe shoes-and this includes men as well who like to wear boots. Shoes that come to a point can cause a host of foot problems including hammertoes, bunions, corns, calluses and neuromas (nerve pain and inflammation in a specific nerve in the foot).
Flip-flops create instability when walking. The lack of an arch support can lead to pain in the heels and chronic problems such as plantar fasciitis (painful heels) and Achilles tendonitis. When wearing flip-flops the foot is virtually unprotected which makes the foot susceptible to injury-broken toes and metatarsals, sprained ankles, shin splints and foot pain in the heel.
Back-less shoes and clogs
Ironically clogs are very popular in the medical community. From a functional standpoint, these shoes can cause a number of problems. Since the toes tend to grab the ground, undue stress is placed on the digits when wearing backless shoes. This often leads to hammertoes and corns.
Now let's talk about the "good' shoes. An ideal walking shoe or sneaker should have the following features:
• Rocker-
A slight rise on the bottom of the shoe in the area of the metatarsal creates a mild rocking motion, which assists in stability and balance. A note of caution-some shoe companies have created a shoe with an exaggerated rocker-bottom sole. I do not recommend this shoe type as an exaggerated rocker-bottom can have the opposite effect, causing balance problems and instability when walking.
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As the foot hits the ground, it tends to spread out and flatten (called pronation). Pronation helps the foot adapt to various ground surfaces. Excessive pronation can cause many foot problems including, bunions, hammertoes, plantar fasciitis, foot fatigue and shin splints. A shoe with a good medial support counters the pronation effect.
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If the toes have sufficient "wiggle-room,"
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A shoe with a ½ inch heel rise alleviates pressure from the Achilles tendon and plantar fascia.
A final thought on good versus evil-as it is true in life-sometimes evil wins out. You have been great on your diet yet that chocolate cake looks so tantalizing that you give in to temptation. The same hold true with shoes-go ahead and wear that great looking, totally impractical shoe-as long as you wear it for short periods of time. Then slip your feet back into the "good shoe"-so once again good will prevail over evil.
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Mosquitoes, despite being tiny, have sensory powers that enable it to sniff out potential targets including humans and animals, a new study has found. The study, published by researchers in the laboratory of Michael Dickinson, the Esther M. and Abe M. Zarem Professor of Bioengineering, shows that mosquitoes have three sensors – olfactory, visual, and thermal – that detect where exactly your delicious blood is. Researchers found that mosquitoes are attracted by odour of carbon dioxide (CO2) gas that is exhaled naturally by humans and other animals.
Riffell and his colleagues hope these nerve cell recording experiments will help them understand how insects integrate and interpret different signals from their environment and use this information to make decisions.
So, researchers concluded that mosquitoes have full control over their senses, which they "gate" when on a hunting mission.
During the same experiment, the researchers also injected background air with a low concentration of Carbon dioxide.
Experiments by other scientists implied that the mosquito sense of smell might activate other senses in the quest for a host.
A team of biologists from the University of Washington and the California Institute of Technology has discovered the method mosquitoes use to find us.
Riffell believes the mosquitoes went to the black dot – a high-contrast spot in an otherwise featureless environment – thinking that a warm-blooded host was nearby.
In the study, mosquitoes were put in a wind tunnel that was plain and empty, except for a black dot on the floor to serve as a visual stimulus.
Researchers released hungry, mated female mosquitoes into a wind tunnel to find out how and when the mosquito uses each of its sensors.
The blood-drinking femme fatales in question are not, perhaps unfortunately, Kate Beckinsale style heavily beweaponed lady vampires clad in a variety of form-fitting outfits and very likely having got a bit wet by falling in a pool, getting caught out in the rain etc. No, these are just mosquitoes: but in all fairness mosquitoes are probably more of an issue for the human race than sexy vampires on any given day so it's hard to fault the priorities of the investigating boffins. "That means that they smell the CO2, then they leave the plume, and several seconds later they continue flying toward this little object".
When the team also released heat and water vapor around the dark spot in their experiments, mosquitoes seemed even more attracted to it. But contrary to the mosquitoes' visual attraction to objects, the preference for warmth was not dependent on the presence of Carbon dioxide. Even in this case, however, mosquitoes could still locate you by tracking the heat signature of your body. "Only when the mosquito gets closer does it detect an object's thermal signature", van Breugel said. But then if you were in a group of people, and somebody else wasn't taking those precautions, then a mosquito would follow their Carbon dioxide plume. "The independent and iterative nature of the sensory-motor reflexes renders mosquitoes' host seeking strategy annoyingly robust".