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Miniature Trading was started for collectors and players as a means to provide the most comprehensive database of miniatures available on the Internet. But since we weren't able to expend enough time to keep up with the ever-growing marketplace, we have decided to shut the site down. While it's sad to say goodbye, we are hopeful that you will continue your passion for card games of every and any kind. We regret any inconvenience this may cause you.
We appreciate everyone who has used and supported Miniature Trading. Thank you!
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Miniature of the Week, from Pirates CSG
Revenant, Revisiting a classic gunship
written by repkosai
General description:
In the collective human consciousness, it tends to be easier in some cases to define words or ideas not with a written (or spoken) definition, but with imagery closely associated with them. For the purposes of this vein of... ... [read more]
Fleet of the Week, from Pirates CSG
Fleet "HMS Grand Temple" - 45 Points for Pirates CSG
built by a7xfanben
In my 500 point game and my recent cumulative game (treasure is spent along the way), my HMS Grand Temple (acquired in the summer of 2011) was atrocious in play, being easily sunk in both games without barely touching my opponent. I was very disappointed with the performances, but since she has great stats and people on here rave about her like she's a saint, I decided to give her one more chance to prove her greatness. And has she proved me wrong so far!
The main reason I am posting this fleet is because it has been very successful. 29-13, as of 2/17/2017 (and 15-0 before that). This fleet was designed with just fighting in mind, so it is safe to call it a deathmatch fleet. The help she has consists of the HMS London with captain and helmsman, who are let onboard by Administrator Scott Bratley (the backup ship used to be HMS Meresman). The Temple is decked out with OE Calico Cat and OE Lord Thomas Gunn, as well as a helmsman.
The strategy is obvious and fun, but it has worked so far. I stay out of range of all enemy gunships and wait for an extra action from Cat. This is speeded up quite a lot by Gunn, who provides reroll (2/3 EA's instead of 1/3), and the necessary captain ability. Cat also gives me world-hater, so that two of my guns (S-range) hit 4/6 times, and the L-range guns hit 5/6 times (twos hit ). The Temple waits till the enemies are close enough, then moves 6S suddenly and swoops in and is able to dismast almost any ship (Harbinger was sunk in one broadside) unlucky enough to be there.
The London is the backup (now that I have acquired her), with 4 guns that hit 2/3 of the time. Before I strike, I position her to somewhat block the lines of fire to the Temple.
The first fleet that was mauled was a fleet with Enterprise, Recreant, and Ladron (with captains, +5 crew). The second fleet, with the Longshanks, Recreant, and Silverback, fell even quicker. Then I destroyed a fleet with the SM Harbinger and SM Sea Nymph. The fourth fleet I don't remember what ships I used. The last fleet, a swarm fleet with 10 ships, was blown out of the water (I could take out 3-4 ships per turn). All these fleets faced the HMS Grand Temple fleet in a series of three 40 point deathmatches, and all lost. I may not test this fleet again soon, so she goes on hiatus with an undefeated 15-0 record.
Edit: Just added a few nasty UT's if I run this fleet in a regular game (not deathmatch).
Edit: Fleet's record is now 18-6, read comment below.
Edit: Switched out Griffin for Lord Thomas Gunn, and made the helmsman English, so a canceler wouldn't be able to cancel all three crew at once by cancelling the Temple's ship ability.
Edit (1/6/13): Switched out HMS Meresman for the London, thanks to the suggestion by relvar99. This dramatically improves the potential of the backup ship to aid the Temple, as the firepower more than doubles with twice the quantity (4 guns vs. 2) and added quality (rank-2's with 2 being L-range). I will test this improved version of the fleet, possibly next month.
Edit (2/2/13): Another series of three games had this fleet facing an all-treasure fleet consisting of the Tiger's Eye, La Dijon, Le Bon Marin, Le Coeur du Lion, Coral, and Rover. It was no contest, with the GT fleet winning all three times in dominating fashion.
The final three games pitted the GT fleet against the Pirate fleet with the Darkhawk II, Raven, and Bonnie Liz. This fleet was harder for the Grand Temple and the London to defeat, but the English still won all three games. In addition, there was no English bias involved, as I even made the English HI extra-far-away from the rest of the islands for the last game, to give the Pirates a head start running gold.
This brings the record of this fleet to 24-6, and it appears that the GT fleet is only to be defeated by fleets utilizing defensive abilities or cancellers .
Edit (2/3/13): Today three games were played: 40 point deathmatches between the HMS Grand Temple fleet and the Acorazado fleet. It was the first time the GT fleet faced the Acorazado fleet with the London instead of the Meresman, so I expected the English to do better than before. They didn't. El Acorazado won all three games, and never lost more than two masts in any one game. Now this fleet is 24-9.
Edit (2/20/13): This fleet beat Norvegia in all three games. The GT was able to crush the treasure runners before they got back home. The devastating UT's helped a bunch, but the English still won the third game despite not using the UT's. The fleet's record is now 27-9.
Edit (1/20/17): After losing in the second round in VASSAL Tournament #2, this fleet's record is now 29-13 for a .690 winning percentage. At 42 games it's my most-tested fleet, and not many fleets out there have been put to the test like this one has.
|1 x HMS Grand Temple [PatOE: 044, Ship, R]
|1 x Calico Cat [PatOE: 038, Crew, R]
|1 x Administrator Scott Bratley [PofCC: 046B, Crew, C]
|1 x Maps of Hades [PofDJC: 103, Unique Treasure, R]
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June 19, 2019: Miniature Trading is shutting down.
Miniature Trading will be shut down 1 July 2019.
We strongly recommend you export your lists before this date as the site, together with your account, will no longer be available afterwards.
Miniature Trading was started for collectors and players as a means to provide the most comprehensive database of miniatures available on the Internet. But since we weren't able to expend enough time to keep up with the ever-growing marketplace, we have decided to shut the site down. While it's sad to say goodbye, we are hopeful that you will continue your passion for card games of every and any kind. We regret any inconvenience this may cause you.
We appreciate everyone who has used and supported Miniature Trading. Thank you!
May 21, 2015: Help maintain our miniature database
We want to have the most detailed and accurate data for collectible miniatures on the net, but it's difficult to maintain such an extensive database. So we are requesting your help. As you are the experts, you are best positioned to identify any mistakes or missing data on our site, and now you can correct them right away.
When you open the details window for a miniature you will see now an 'Edit' button:
Click on it and you will be taken to a form where you can make any necessary changes to the info for that item. It's that easy!
And as a reward for your help you will get 5 Friendship Points for each item that you correct on a miniature.
You can also add a new miniature to an existing set. You'll find an 'Add miniature' button at the bottom of the list of figures in a set.
Thanks a lot in advance for your help!
January 4, 2015: New main menu design
We have redesigned our main menu to be more clear, colorful, and convenient.
- It now shows complete at the top of the page so that you don't need to scroll down to go to any of our sections.
- It uses colors and images to better identify each available option.
- Each section expands dynamically to occupy less space while not in use.
Hope you enjoy it.
September 16, 2014: Insert miniatures in your text!
When posting your comments in our forums and discussions many times you talk about miniatures that your readers may not know by heart. Now you can make all the details and info about a miniature accessible whenever you mention it with a new tag that you can generate automatically by using the form at the top of your text area:
This will insert the miniature's name or image and will show all the info about that figure when you hover your mouse over that name or image, like this:
The name is also a link to the details page for that card.
This should make your comments and card reviews much more informative and clear. Try it out!
June 24, 2014: Average miniature prices
As you know, we already offer price data for most miniatures: in the miniature details window you can see the minimum, average and maximum price for the miniature, retrieved from multiple online stores. Up until now, though, you had to click on each miniature to check its price.
Now we are showing the average price value on miniature lists so that you can see this data without having to click on each item and so that it's easier for you to compare prices among different miniatures. You can see this information in your haves and wants and in other members' collections. This is also very useful when adding items to a trade.
Furthermore we are also showing the total average price for armies by adding up the average prices of all the individual miniatures. We are also doing this for trades. So you can now see the cost of building an army, and the total value of the miniatures sent and received in a Tracked Trade.
This feature is currently available for the following games: HeroClix, Dungeons & Dragons, Axis and Allies, Star Wars minis, and WoW minis.
April 19, 2014: Business cards for everyone!
You can now design your own business cards to let other people know about your web page at Miniature Trading and about your achievements on the site.
You can print these cards and hand them out to prospect traders you meet at the local store or tournaments. And you can also use them online as forum signature or avatars. They will link directly to your web page so that people can find it easily.
To create and customize your own business card, go to Your Profile and choose the option "Your avatar and business card". You can choose among multiple templates and include your own image.
Try it out and show off your membership in this community!
If you are looking for that miniature you are missing to finish your collection, or for that perfect deck, Miniature Trading is the right place.
In Miniature Trading we specialize in collectible miniature games and we provide the most comprehensive database of miniatures available on the Internet.
Here we will search for the person who has the miniatures you are looking for, and who is ready to trade them for what you have, and we will put you in contact with him or her.
You won't have to visit different forums ever so often in search for messages related to the trade you want to make. You just register, enter the miniatures that you have and those that you want, and our system will let you know automatically whenever another user offers for trading the collectible miniatures you are looking for.
Register yourself and try it!
It's FREE! And convenient!
For more information and some advice on trading collectible miniatures using MiniatureTrading.com, click here
You also have a multiple forums and chat rooms where you can discuss with other collectors and players of collectible and trading miniature games all the topics of your interest.
And with the new system of Tracked Trades you have a useful tool to register and keep track of your trades, and to know who has already traded successfully multiple times and is therefore more trustworthy.
And don't forget to spread the word and tell all your friends and colleagues about Miniature Trading, so that all miniatures for trade get listed here and are available for your trading pleasure!


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Room + Breakfast + Wi-Fi Deal
Room Rate Includes:
Room Rate Includes:
Continental Breakfast & WIFI
Terms & Conditions
Please note unutilized Breakfast and WIFI is non-refundable and non-transferable .
Continental Breakfast inclusive for two adults only. (Breakfast for extra Adults and children are at extra costs payable directly)
Free WIFI available on 2 devices per room
- 26.0 m²
- 1 Cama queen-size
- 1 Sofá-cama
- 1 Casa de banho
- Vista para a piscina
- Não fumadores
- Escrivaninha
- Ar condicionado
- Área de descanso
- Televisão
- Minifrigorífico
- Serviço de quarto
- Varanda
- Chá/Café
- Rádio-relógio
- Secador de cabelo
- Chuveiro - separado
- Roupa de cama e toalhas fornecidas
- Telefone
- Serviço de quarto diário
- Ferro/Tábua de passar
Termos & Condições
Requests for specific room views, numbers and locations are not guaranteed by the Hotel in advance .Requests are subject to availability.
- Check-in: 2pm
- Check-out :10 am
Policy on children staying with parents:
- Children 15 years and under (Maximum 2 children) can stay for free when sharing the same room with parents and using existing bedding in Deluxe Family Room.
- Baby cots are available at no additional charge (Infant 0-2 yrs ) in all rooms except for Budget Rooms and Suite.
Administration Surcharge
-3% service fee will be levied on credit/debit card payments.
-3% surcharge will be levied on all refunds .
-Credit/Debit card pre-authorization will be taken upon check –in as security deposit to cover for any incidentals
Complimentary return airport transfers .
After clearing Immigration & Customs, you will walk out of the Airport terminal into the Arrivals concourse and down towards the Coach terminal depot-Loading Zone. This is where you will find the Fiji Gateway Hotel courtesy shuttle.
Payment Policy
Fiji Gateway Hotel will charge 1 night accommodation as a deposit to secure your booking. The remaining balance will be charged 7 days prior to arrival.
Cancellation policy
- All cancellations must be made in writing and confirmed by the Hotel
- Cancellations received within 1-2 days prior to arrival or No Shows will be charged 100% of total accommodation .

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November 20, 2012
This is how I spend my time. I debated, for longer than I feel comfortable admitting, whether to call this recipe Apple Cider Jello or Apple Cider Gelee. It gets worse: I wanted to call it gelee, but thought you might think I'm a snob. I'm not. Not really, I don't think. Well, maybe about some things. Shit, I don't know—I just think jello is weird and sounds, well, junky. But then gelee sounds like I'm putting on airs.
Here's the deal: When I serve this plain to my kids, it's jello. When I use it more fashionably, it's gelee.
Most days this is jello, but this is Thanksgiving week so let's call it glee, shall we? Let's agree, here and now. I even want you to pronounce "glee" with a light French accent. Don't make it too heavy, just brush the word softly with a French touch the way you do when you say Bridget Bardot's name. Then, once you have that down, make Maple Yogurt Mousse, allow it chill while you make this apple cider gelatin and, once the gelatin is no longer hot to the touch, pour the magic liquid on top of the mousse until it comes up about a half-inch or so. Let the gelee set and serve it as part of your dessert spread on Thursday.
It's embarrassing how easy this dessert is to make, and all ahead of time. Look at how beautiful:
Serving Yogurt Mousse Cups with Apple Cider Gelee will make you look as effortlessly elegant as you'll sound when you say gelee.
"Jello? No, darling, it's gelee."
Wait. No, that went too far. That's what someone would say if they were trying hard. If a guest confronts (no matter how lightheartedly), "Gelee? This seems just like jello?" simply smile and say, "It is." Then watch everyone devour this bright, light, airy dessert. It's a gorgeous way to end a big holiday meal.
Apple Cider Jello
(can be shared with kids 10+ mos)*
Serves 2 as a snack or makes enough to top 6-servings of Maple Yogurt Mousse
1/2 cup cold apple cider
2 packets (about 5 teaspoons) powdered unflavored gelatin
1 1/2 cups apple cider, heated to boiling
Up to 1 tablespoon honey* (optional; not recommended if using to top Maple Yogurt Mousse)
1. Pour cold cider into a large bowl and sprinkle gelatin powder over the top; allow to sit for one minute.
2. Pour hot cider into gelatin mixture and stir until the gelatin completely dissolves, 2-3 minutes. Stir in honey, if desired.
3. Pour gelatin, dividing equally, into four serving cups and refrigerate until firm. If using to top Maple Yogurt Mousse, allow liquid gelatin to cool completely to the touch before pouring on top of set mousse; divide evenly among the 6 servings.
*Note: Though jello is hardly a choking hazard, I suggest holding off on this treat until baby is able to manage finger foods on her own. Also, omit honey if serving to children under 12-months-old for risk of botulism. I recommend holding off on sweeteners all together for young eaters but, if you want to use a little something, use a sweetener other than honey when sharing with babies under 1-year-old.


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Conference Speakers
We are very excited to announce our engaging and innovative speakers for LAK15! Please see the program schedule for details on each keynote and don't forget we will be streaming these live for those who cannot attend.
| Danielle S. McNamara is a Professor in the Psychology Department at Arizona State University. She focuses on educational technologies and discovering new methods to improve students' ability to understand challenging text, learn new information, and convey their thoughts and ideas in writing. Her work integrates various approaches and methodologies including the development of game-based, intelligent tutoring systems (e.g., iSTART, Writing Pal), the development of natural language processing tools (e.g., iSTART, Writing Pal, Coh-Metrix, the Writing Assessment Tool), basic research to better understand cognitive and motivational processes involved in comprehension and writing, and the use of learning analytics across multiple contexts. More information about her research and access to her publications are available at soletlab.com.
| Dr. Charles R Severance is a Clinical Associate Professor and teaches in the School of Information at the University of Michigan. He also works with the IMS Global Learning Consortium promoting and developing standards for teaching and learning technology. He also works for Longsight as Sakai Chief Strategist. Previously he was the Executive Director of the Sakai Foundation and the Chief Architect of the Sakai Project. Charles teaches two popular MOOCs to students worldwide on the Coursera platform: Internet History, Technology, and Security and Programming for Everybody and is a long-time advocate of open educational resources to empower teachers.
Charles is the editor of the Computing Conversations column in IEEE Computer magazine that features a monthly article and video interview of a computing pioneer. Charles is the author of the book, "Sakai: Building an Open Source Community" that describes the early days of the open source Sakai project. Charles is also the author of the book, "Using Google App Engine" from O'Reilly and Associates and the book "Python for Informatics: Exploring Information". He also wrote the O'Reilly book titled, "High Performance Computing". Charles has a background in standards including serving as the vice-chair for the IEEE Posix P1003 standards effort and edited the Standards Column in IEEE Computer Magazine from 1995-1999.
Charles is active in media as a hobby, he has co-hosted several television shows including "Nothin but Net" produced by MediaOne and a nationally televised program about the Internet called "Internet:TCI". Charles appeared for over 10 years as an expert on Internet and Technology as a co-host of a live call-in radio program on the local Public Radio affiliate (www.wkar.org). Charles has a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Michigan State University.
Professor Belinda Tynan joined the Open University (OU) in April 2013 as Pro Vice-Chancellor Learning and Teaching. She has a doctorate in education in the field of distance education from the University of Western Australia and is an active researcher, invited speaker and is passionate about online, open and distance education. She has more than twenty years of experience as a teacher, lecturer and senior administrator in the education sector in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and the UK. Her research includes numerous refereed publications on the learner experience, faculty development, workload and innovation in the use of technologies.
In her current role she has a specific focus in learning and teaching and is chair of several of the University main governance committees associated with policy and innovation for learning and teaching. She is responsible for ensuring OU students' distance and online materials are of the highest quality. She leads the development of informal to formal learning experiences via the Open Media Unit including iTunesU, BBC, OpenLearn, YouTube, Amazon, Audio Boo amongst others; and, the University library, the later having 24/7 access and a comprehensive digital collection for staff and students. A range of strategic University projects are lead from the PVC portfolio including Assessment, Tuition, Undergraduate and Postgraduate Frameworks, StageGate and Learning Analytics which is a University wide coordinated approach to supporting learners to reach their study goals.
Professor Tynan is also on the Board of FutureLearn, the Steering Committee of the Open data Programme in partnership with the Open Data Institute, UUK & JISC; on the Advisory Board of Research and Education Space (RES) (BBC); and the Student Experience Strategic Advisory Committee of the Higher Education Funding Council (HEFCE).


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Professor, Pediatrics (Rheumatology), Einstein
Chief, Pediatric Rheumatology, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
ArthritisJuvenile arthritisLupus
Pediatric rheumatology
Dr. Ilowite is an expert in pediatric rheumatology. He is working on new treatments for children with chronic arthritis and on strategies for preventing plaque buildup (atherosclerosis) in the arteries of children who have the autoimmune disorder lupus. Dr. Ilowite is also developing ways that children with rheumatic disorders can control their pain without the need for drugs.
Dr. Ilowite serves as chair of the Childhood Arthritis & Rheumatology Research Alliance, a clinical research network that performs investigator-initiated studies in pediatric rheumatic diseases. He is principal investigator on a number of NIH-sponsored projects, including studies of the use of interleukin-1 in juvenile idiopathic arthritis and comparative effectiveness research in pediatric rheumatic diseases. He is a recipient of the Lewis M. Fraad Award for Excellence in Resident Teaching at Montefiore and past chairman of the Sub-Board of Rheumatology of the American Board of Pediatrics.
Juvenile dermatomyositis, Localized scleroderma, Lyme arthritis, Systemic sclerosis, Systemic vasculitis in children
FoxNews.com (via WebMD) (print)
ABCNews.com (via HealthDay) (print)
Childhood Arthritis & Rheumatology Research Alliance
American College of Rheumatology
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: 718.430.3101


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Address: 110 Bassett Rd, Durham, NC 27708
Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium has served as the home of the Duke Blue Devils since 1929. Named for legendary Duke head coach Wallace Wade, the stadium is horseshoe-shaped in structure and nestled among the greenery and towering pines of the surrounding Duke forest.
Originally, known as Duke Stadium, the facility opened on October 5, 1929 with Pittsburgh defeating Duke in front of 25,000 spectators.
In July of 1967, Duke's Board of Trustees approved the renaming of the stadium to honor Wade, who coached the Blue Devils to a 110-36-7 record and two Rose Bowl appearances. The dedication took place September 30, 1967.
A lighting system was added in 1984, opening the way for night football at Duke. Lighting features include four 110-foot-high poles with 64 lights apiece, as well as illumination for parking and walkway areas. Duke became the first football facility in North Carolina to boast a video board, which was added prior to the 1998 season.
In 2002, the Duke football program moved into the Yoh Football Center, a facility complete with locker room, weight room, sports medicine area, indoor workout space, player lounge, computer center and meeting spaces. Later in the decade, the Brooks Practice Facility was completed with a full-length practice field with a FieldTurf surface as well as the Brooks Football Building, which houses a locker room, athletic training area, media room and storage space.
Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium's largest crowd flooded through the gates on November 19, 1949, when 57,500 people witnessed the annual Duke-North Carolina game. The current capacity is 40,004 and, in 2008, Duke drew a single-season record four crowds of 30,000-plus fans.
The stadium also owns a special niche in college football history in that it is the only facility outside Pasadena, Calif., to host the Rose Bowl. The 1942 Rose Bowl came to Durham during World War II when gatherings of large crowds on the West Coast were dangerous. Oregon State defeated Duke 20-16 in the contest. Today, in honor of that occasion, rose bushes from the Tournament of Roses Committee flank the bust of Wallace Wade at the stadium entrance.
A tribute to former longtime assistant football coach and a friend to the athletics department, Carmen Falcone, is also located near the student entrance.
Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium also has served as the site for the 1990 and 2000 NCAA Track & Field Championships, 1995 USA Pan Africa and 1996 Gold Rush meets.


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(and other long records in the library catalog)
by Aaron
Here in the Genealogy Center, we own a number of very large and comprehensive compilations of significant research created by individuals who have committed decades to their respective projects. One such recently cataloged set is the Lewis Ellingham's Family Papers. Its 363 volumes contain thousands of surnames, accompanied by pedigree charts and genealogical tables encompassing hundreds of years. However, there is no index to these volumes. So how does one find information about specific names of interest?
In the Allen County Public Library catalog, type the surname you seek followed by the word "family" (searching it as a subject and limiting your search to the Genealogy Center will help).
The results you get will look like this.
You'll notice that the Ellingham family papers (#3 above), includes 158 volumes–volumes 206 through 363. When you click on the Details button, you see this.
Then click on the Catalog Record tab.
This very long screen of information is easily searched by using the Find command in your browser. In the most common browsers (Internet Explorer and Firefox), hold the Ctrl key down and strike the F key. A box will appear on your screen. Enter the surname you are looking for in that box.
When you press enter, the browser will locate the text in the record, and in this instance you will know there is a significant reference to a Deetz family in vol. 276.


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SILVIS, Ill. -- For the past five years, Zach Johnson and Steve Stricker have had a near-monopoly on the John Deere Classic.
Johnson won in 2012, lost to Jordan Spieth in a three-way playoff last year, and tied for second in 2009.
Stricker won three straight beginning in 2009, tied for fifth two years ago and tied for 10th last year.
After 36 holes of this year's Deere, Johnson is a co-leader, and Stricker is tied for sixth, three strokes back.
The two Midwesterners -- Johnson is from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, while Stricker hails from Madison, Wisconsin -- go out of their way to say there's no rivalry. And Johnson gives the nod of supremacy to Stricker.
"I've won once. He's won three times," Johnson said. "I don't think it's a debate. Twenty-five years from now, nobody is going to remember who finished second, third or fourth."
Stricker kidded, "I thought I was the man here," adding he felt playing at TPC Deere Run was something of a home weekend, even though Madison is three hours away.
"We don't have a tournament in Milwaukee anymore, and this is the closest thing to home, I guess," Stricker said. "It looks like we could be playing this in Madison."
Johnson and William McGirt were tied at 12-under-par 130 after 36 holes, a stroke ahead of Steven Bowditch, Johnson Wagner and Brian Harman.
Stricker's 65 gave him 133 on the par-71 course, tied with Rory Sabbatini, Ryan Moore and Todd Hamilton.
Johnson shot 4-under 67 in the afternoon despite two bogeys in his last four holes. That dropped him into a tie with McGirt.
McGirt, 35, is looking for his first PGA Tour victory. He added a 66 to his opening 64, but like Johnson, he finished with a bogey. McGirt's best finish this year is a tie for sixth in the Northern Trust Open at Riviera. Since then, he's had one top 10 and has missed the cut in seven of 14 tournaments.
McGirt is winless on the PGA Tour in 111 starts, most of them in the past four years. His best finishes are a pair of ties for second in the Canadian Open, in 2012 and 2013.
Asked how he'd gotten to 12-under and the lead on Friday, he said, "I couldn't tell you what happened."
Four birdies in a row and seven in a stretch of nine holes happened.
One thing McGirt hasn't been doing well recently is sinking putts, but he's needed only 24 in each of the first two rounds.
"For some reason I'm able to see the line this week," McGirt said. "I feel I've putted better the last few weeks and haven't holed anything."
Bowditch opened his round with an eagle 3 on the 10th hole en route to a 67, while Wagner made it to 12-under before a bogey on his last hole.
Stricker matched McGirt's 5-under 30 on Deere Run's front nine to finish his round.
Hamilton, who grew up in the area, used a 69 to get to 133, while Moore shot 67 and Sabbatini shot 70.
Jerry Kelly and Charles Howell III were among those at 8-under. Howell, who shot 68, aced the uphill, 132-yard third hole.
Spieth was five strokes back of the leaders through 36 holes thanks to a 64 for 7-under 135. He was five back after two rounds last year.
Johnson's success in his home tournament has given him a comfort level absent previously, when he missed the cut three times in seven years and didn't finish better than 20th.
"I've grasped and embraced the fact I'm going to have a lot of friends outside the ropes, and it's terrific," Johnson said. "They don't care if I shoot 62 or 82. They're still going to be on my side.
"Trying to play for them may have been part of the issue years ago, but not anymore."
Stricker, 109 under par in 22 rounds since 2009 at Deere Run, got within sight of the leaders with his 30 on the course's front nine to finish his round.
"At least I kept pace," Stricker said. "This was an important day for me. I didn't go out with a specific number in mind, but I knew I needed something good."
Stricker won three straight at Deere Run starting in 2009 and has tied for fifth and 10th place, respectively, the past two years.
"I know how to play it, I guess," Stricker said. "There's a lot of short iron shots, which plays into my game, and I seem to putt the ball really well, too."
The cut fell at 2-under-par 140, leaving 77 players for the weekend. Former world No. 1 David Duval withdrew after an opening 81.


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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The arrest of Mexico's best-known trade union leader on fraud charges has thrown down the gauntlet to powerful interests standing between President Enrique Pena Nieto and his plans to shake up Latin America's second-biggest economy.
For a generation, even presidents shied away from taking on teachers' union boss Elba Esther Gordillo, making her Mexico's most prominent female politician and a formidable enemy to those who accused her of fostering corruption rather than education.
Pena Nieto, who has been in office for less than three months, crossed that line on Tuesday when police arrested Gordillo and three other people with her at Toluca airport near Mexico City.
Mexican television showed Gordillo, 68, wearing a prison uniform and standing behind bars as a state prosecutor formally charged her with embezzling around $200 million from union coffers and using the money to pay for U.S. property, luxury goods, designer clothes, works of art and plastic surgery.
She is not allowed to apply for bail under the charges.
Gordillo, who deferred comment to her lawyers, faces a maximum jail sentence of 30 years, though prisoners can apply to be moved to house arrest at age 70.
"It is clearly a criminal case," Attorney General Jesus Murillo said in a television interview. "The case is very solid."
A former grandee of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, Gordillo has denied accusations of corruption.
She was snared a day after Pena Nieto signed a law aimed at improving education standards that she had opposed because it would weaken her union's clout.
Pena Nieto said on Wednesday that he would work with the teachers' union to improve the education system and promised not to interfere in the investigation of Gordillo.
"This probe must be seen through to the end in strict adherence to the law at all times," he said in a televised address.
The Mexican president is preparing to launch a series of ambitious measures that aim to overhaul taxes, open up state oil giant Pemex to more private capital and ease tycoon Carlos Slim's tight grip on Mexico's telecommunications industry.
"The fundamental point is that resistance by the de facto powers to reform will be confronted with energy and determination," Federico Berrueto, director general of Mexican polling firm GCE, said after Gordillo's arrest.
In Mexico, the "de facto powers" refer to various entrenched interests that include Slim's business empire and dominant broadcaster Televisa, run by Emilio Azcarraga.
Both have repeatedly fought off regulatory efforts to loosen the control they wield over their respective markets.
The government is due to unveil a major telecommunications proposal in the next few days, while separate initiatives on overhauling Pemex and boosting Mexico's weak tax take are expected to go to Congress during the second half of 2013.
The education law signed by Pena Nieto on Monday still faces a fight from Gordillo's union because it requires a secondary law to be implemented.
Changes to the energy sector could face resistance from the Pemex union so Gordillo's arrest was also interpreted as a government warning to other labor bosses that they too might face close scrutiny.
Although Gordillo is unpopular in Mexico, her arrest has also stirred fears that Pena Nieto could be leaning toward the authoritarian past of the centrist PRI, which ruled Mexico continuously from 1929 to 2000.
Brasil Acosta, a PRI congressman from Pena Nieto's home turf, the State of Mexico, said the party had to be careful that the case against Gordillo was not brought for the wrong reasons.
"If it isn't legally proven, we'll be looking at an act of political repression, which would be dangerous," he said.
Carlos Salinas, who was president from 1988 to 1994, removed two troublesome union leaders as he embarked on his own historic reform drive, but his administration ended mired in allegations of graft.
Appointed by Salinas in 1989, Gordillo became one of the most controversial figures in Mexico.
She has been widely criticized for her lavish lifestyle and she became more vulnerable after splitting with the PRI ahead of the 2006 presidential election, when the party suffered its biggest-ever defeat.
"I imagine he (Pena Nieto) was looking to land a decisive blow against someone, and she was the easiest target," political analyst Denise Dresser told Mexican television.
Gordillo was taken to Santa Martha Acatitla women's prison on the edge of Mexico City on Tuesday night.
The PRI, reviled by many Mexicans as corrupt and heavy-handed by the time it lost power in 2000, pledged to mend its ways after Pena Nieto recovered the presidency last year.
The former State of Mexico governor vowed to usher in greater accountability and transparency, and his allies are portraying the investigation into Gordillo as part of the new PRI's broader efforts to clean up Mexico.
"They send a clear message. We're not playing games when it comes to governing," said Alejandra Del Moral, a 29-year-old PRI congresswoman.
Gordillo has long been a symbol of the PRI's cozy relationship with trade unions and established interests, which critics blame for fomenting inefficiency and helping to keep the economy lagging behind its emerging market peers.
Opposition lawmakers quickly argued that to realize lasting change Pena Nieto must go further than just arresting Gordillo.
"Today we're going to demand that Pena Nieto carries on with the others in the way he started with Elba Esther," said Armando Rios Piter, a senator for the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution, or PRD. "There are hundreds and perhaps thousands who represent this model of corruption."
Among these, he said, is Carlos Romero Deschamps, head of the oil workers' union at Pemex and also a PRI senator.
Revamping the state-run Pemex is one of the toughest tasks facing Pena Nieto. Created when the PRI nationalized the oil industry in 1938, the company became a symbol of Mexican self-reliance and his party has been very reluctant to touch it.
Romero Deschamps has denied taking part in corruption and fought off such allegations in the past, and both the PRD and the conservative National Action Party, or PAN, called for an investigation into his wealth after Gordillo's arrest.
With no outright majority in Congress, Pena Nieto needs support from opposition parties for any major reform of Pemex. They are likely to seek concessions in exchange for votes.
Additional reporting by Gabriel Stargardter and Lizbeth Diaz; Editing by Kieran Murray, Simon Gardner and Xavier Briand


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First third-party app to get Siri support demo'd
Proxy hack
Coders are beginning to take advantage of the Siri proxy server released last week to hijack Apple's voice assistant for other apps. First out the gate: FastPdfKit developer MobFarm.
The MobFarm team have used software writer
@plamoni's Siri Proxy code to allow Siri running on an iPhone 4S to enable their app to be voice controlled.
Here's the hack in action:
Siri Proxy sits between the 4S on a Wi-Fi connection and the internet bridge to Apple's
guzzoni.apple.com server, which interprets the voice recording and squirts back the decode as an XML file. Fresh Siri commands can be supported through Siri Proxy plug-ins.
The in-bound XML data gets relayed to the FastPdfKit, which performs the dictated actions accordingly, such as word searches and page navigation.
ModFarm demos it on a separate device to show it in operation - Siri takes up the whole screen on the iPhone.
Siri Proxy builds on developer Applidium's successful decoding of the protocol Apple uses to send data back and forth between Siri and its servers. ®


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Oscar Nominations for Gay Themed Movie
of "Just Josh" that made its worldwide TV
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The Oscar nominations are OUT & "The Kids Are All Right" held
their own in 4 top categories including Best Picture, Best Actress
Annette Bening, Best Supporting Actor, Mark Ruffalo & Original
Screenplay Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg. Missing was a
Best Director nom for Lisa Cholodenko. This is Annette Bening's
4th nomination so as Hollywood goes her chances of winning are
good. We'll just have to wait 34 days for the event on Sunday,
February 27th, @ the Kodak Theatre & broadcast live on ABC.
Anne Hathaway & James Franco will co-host. Updates to Come :)
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She wrote Girl in the Arena and I absolutely loved that novel. It was just so well done and I would love more from her – especially if it was in the Girl in the Arena world.
Famous for writing Derby Girl which was made into the movie Whip It. I loved both the book and the movie!
I really liked Sea Change and I would love to read a second novel.
Especially if she writes more fairy tale retellings like Entwined I'll be one happy reader!
After is this heartbreaking novel that I would rate as one of my top reads of all time, and Battle Dress was just so empowering and great.
The world needs more from her – period.
With the wild success of The Hunger Games, I would love to see another YA book (or 10) from her!
She has a novel coming out... in 2013. I wish there was something sooner.
I've loved all the books of his that I've read and while I like his Oz books, I would like more of his fairy tale retellings.
The Beginning of After was so good and was a debut. I can't wait for more from this author!


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Forum Post: Zimmerman Justice System
Posted 5 years ago on July 15, 2013, 2:07 p.m. EST by Toynbee
from Savannah, GA
This content is user submitted and not an official statement
Zimmerman's fate was predetermined by a dysfunctional justice system.
Read "The Collapse of American Criminal Justice" (Harvard) by the late Harvard Law Professor William J. Stuntz. (ISBN 9780674051751, Publication: September 2011)
Stuntz's book demonstrates why the justice system fails to work for poor folk, and particularly black Americans.
And when you disproportionately incarcerate black people -- who tend to vote for Democrats -- you rig the elections against poor folk and Democrats. Its a downward spiral.
Fix the justice system -- some 95% of people in prison don't even get a trial by jury, let alone a jury of their peers -- because the prosecutor holds nearly all the cards, and they can coerce the defendant to plead guilty. Prosecutor scores another notch on his score card, prosecutor avoids hassle of going to trial. Often innocent plead to lesser charge to avoid risk of longer sentences.
Fix Justice System
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Jazz Concert with Jon Batiste Set for Landmark on Main Street, 3/1
Landmark on Main Street will present Jon Batiste on Friday, March 1, 2013 at 8 PM. Landmark gratefully acknowledges our Season Sponsor Pall Corporation and our Partners in Performing Arts: Harding Real Estate, Town ofNorth Hempstead, Bank of America, The Peter & Jeri Dejana Family Foundation and Winthrop University Hospitaltheir support of our full season of programming.
Jonathan Batiste is an iconic jazz artist. With his voice on piano and dapper sense of style, he has ignited the NYC music scene. He has performed in over 40 countries, has appeared in Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, Concertgebouw, has released several CD's, among them "Times In New Orleans," "Live In New York: At The Rubin Museum Of Art," and "MY N.Y." On TV he has been featured in the HBO series "Treme." He has collaborated with Wynton Marsalis, Prince, Jimmy Buffett, Harry Connick Jr, Roy Hargrove, Cassandra Wilson, The Gilt Groupe fashion line, and filmmaker Spike Lee among others. Jonathan Batiste is the founder and leader of The Stay Human Band, a modern jazz ensemble noted for their world-class music, high energy and uplifting spirit.
All tickets $20. Tickets and information at the box office phone 516-767-6444 or www.landmarkonmainstreet.org.


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ALBANY, Texas (AP) - Searchers on the ground and by air have been trying to find a small airplane that disappeared from radar and lost radio contact over West Texas.
The Shackelford County Sheriff's office says the ground search resumed around 7 a.m. Tuesday. A Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter from Midland has been dispatched to assist.
The Federal Aviation Administration says a Piper Comanche bound from Abilene to Norman, Okla., lost contact around 7:30 p.m. Monday near Albany, about 150 miles west of Dallas.
FAA spokesman Lynn Lunsford said Tuesday that the agency has no information on how many people were on board the single-engine plane.
An FAA database indicates the plane is registered to Baga Air Inc. of Wilmington, Del. Public phone records had no listing for the company.


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This video is a zoom into a small patch of sky in the constellation Fornax. This is the target area for the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, which was first observed in 2003. The low density of bright foreground stars in this region of the heavens allows astronomers to clearly view approximately 10,000 dimmer, more distant galaxies. This latest image combines separate observations taken in ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared light. The composite yields the most colorful view of the far universe to date. It yields new clues to the birth rate of stars over the universe's 13-billion-year history.
NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI);
Acknowledgment: NASA, ESA, H. Teplitz and M. Rafelski (IPAC/Caltech), A. Koekemoer (STScI), R. Windhorst (ASU), and Z. Levay (STScI)
Publication: June 3, 2014


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It's key feature is the ability to lock your files with your own keyword. You can now hold secured your secrets, passwords, logins and others securely!
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Also you can exchange information with other persons strongly secured, without a risk of exposure to third persons. Even if third person has your file, without the keyword it is impossible to unlock the information.
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I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards, thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
LiquidSmooth is an aftermarket firmware based on the Android Open Source Project.
Dedicated to providing users with smooth, stable and fast ROMs. A Lightweight modified AOSP base, and then add the features you crave!
While we make every effort to test these builds as much as possible, we are not responsible for anything that may happen to your device.
We ask that you do your part to know your device and know how to recover from problems before you flash!
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When you wake up this morning and look out the window, you�ll either see a winter wonderland or more soggy rain.
As I write on Wednesday afternoon, a winter weather forecast of 3 to 6 inches for this part of the world has emerged seemingly from nowhere. The forecast is fluctuating, so we�ll see what Thursday brings.
One of my fonder memories from childhood was going to bed knowing that overnight snowfall was possible. Sometimes I awoke to find nothing and started getting dressed for school. On one memorable occasion, a night I slept at my grandmother�s house, the forecasters hit it out of the park. There was nearly a foot on the ground and the view of blinding white reflected by bright sunshine in my grandmother�s back yard has always stuck with me.
We get a lot of grief in the Southeastern United States.
Movie actors portray all of us with over-the-top accents usually reserved for off-broadway productions of �A Streetcar Named Desire.� In these same movies, we also seem to be living without air-conditioning. Everyone is constantly glistening with a fine sheen of perspiration.
But one stereotype of these parts that is, unfortunately, spot on is our overreaction to snow.
Now, to be fair, we don�t have the equipment here to keep our roads safe. An army of snow removal trucks and city employees stand at the ready in the Northeast, but doing the same thing in the South would be a colossal waste of time and money.
So you do have to be careful when you drive during a snowstorm around here. Perfect example: A few years ago, a mere dusting of snow delivered during the lunchtime rush absolutely shut down the city of Raleigh. A little bit of slickness on the roads sent everyone onto the streets at once. Accidents happened and streets backed up. Then, apparently, everyone lost their minds.
My father didn�t get home from work until 10 p.m. Kids whose school buses got stuck had to sleep in grocery stores. I talked to my father that night and what he told me just didn�t seem to make any sense. It was as if everyone in the city was drunk.
What amazes me the most is the run on bread and milk. It�s a running joke, and yet it still happens every time.
Folks, I am 39 years old. I�ve spent those 39 years living in North Carolina and Tennessee. I have been in exactly one snowstorm in which I could not drive to a grocery store if I wanted to.
That was in the winter of 2000, when we got more than two feet of snow in this part of North Carolina. I tried to get my vehicle out and I just couldn�t do it.
That had never happened before and hasn�t happened since.
Fortunately, my wife and I were living at Forestdale Apartments on Forestdale Drive in Burlington. I might not have been able to drive, but I managed to walk about 50 yards to the Kmart across the street.
I blame all this overreacting on television news stations. They turn every snow forecast into a disaster on par with a smallpox attack. Bless their hearts as they stand by the side of the road at 11 at night, shining a camera on what appears to be wet pavement.
So my prediction for this morning is a whole lot of nothing. But just maybe, like the child I used to be, I�ll awaken to a big surprise.
Brent Lancaster is the city editor at the Times-News. Reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com or 336-506-3040 or follow him at twitter.com/tnbrentl.


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'Carnage': Sometimes it's good when actors phone it in [video]
As Alan Cowan in "Carnage," Christoph Waltz constantly interrupts the conversation he's having with his wife (Kate Winslet) and another couple (Jodie Foster and John C. Reilly) -- the parents of a boy their son has injured in a fight -- by taking phone calls. He not only interrupts others by answering his cellphone, he picks it up in the middle of his own thoughts. It says a lot about his character and his willingness to be in the parental discussion in the first place. But those tinny voices you barely hear on the other end of the phone? Real actors holding a real conversation with him, Waltz reveals.
In this clip from the Q&A at the Envelope Screening Series with Waltz and Reilly and Times film writer Rebecca Keegan, Waltz discusses the phone calls, and Reilly reveals a couple of Alan's other social faux pas.
'Carnage': Alliances swiftly change during a 'civil' conversation
'Carnage': John C. Reilly and Christoph Waltz on Roman Polanski
'The Descendants': George Clooney on why he took the Matt King role
--Elena Howe
Photo: Jodie Foster, from left, John C. Reilly, Christoph Waltz and Kate Winslet in a scene from Roman Polanski's "Carnage." Credit: Guy Ferrandis/Sony Pictures Classics


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Choose your room
The hotel is an old building which dates from 1920 but was bought and restored by a lady in 2008. Today it looks more like a riad than a hotel because it has a small capacity, with 24 rooms beautifully decorated in a modern style, offering all the comforts for a pleasant stay. The air-conditioned establishment features a lobby with 24-hour reception and check-out service, a hotel safe, currency exchange facilities, a cloakroom, a restaurant and WLAN Internet access.
The rooms are decorated in a modern style, with a shower, towels, a toilet, and all the comforts for a pleasant stay. Rooms with either double or king-size beds are available. Further standard amenities include a satellite/cable TV, balcony or terrace.
The hotel can advise clients and make referrals to agencies, car hire services or travel agencies for tours. Sun loungers and parasols can be hired on the sandy beach.
The hotel offers only a bed and breakfast stay. Breakfast can be served in buffet form on the terrace.
Reviews: Hotel Enasma
2.4Very bad and dirtty cheap hotel in good placeZakaria - Jun 28, 2018
Low price with low service and bad quality
4No breakfast @ 07h34 todayZakaria - Jun 25, 2018
Always suffering with breakfast in this hotel.


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Queenstown on a budget
9 things to do around Queenstown that won't strain your wallet
Many a traveller faces the same situation while in Queenstown: there is so much adventure on offer, but they are on a budget and can't do everything.
They could fill a whole week going on adventures of varying shades of crazy, be that bungy jumping, a guided LOTR film locations tour, or speed boating.
Whilst great experiences, these activities come at a certain price, so you need to find other, less costly things to see and do during the remainder of your stay in Queenstown. Here are my 9 favourites.
1. Walk along Lake Wakatipu
Adventure activities promoted everywhere around town can be a little distracting from the very obvious sometimes. Make sure you take some time to walk along the shores of Lake Wakatipu.
You'll find it the perfect opportunity to take pictures of the beautiful natural scenery as well as parasailers and the TSS Earnslaw, a historic steam boat from 1912.
2. Play frisbee golf
There's an 18-object frisbee golf course in Queenstown Gardens right downtown by the lake. The gardens are stunning and allow for some marvellous views over the lake and a welcome break from the tourist hustle and bustle.
Bring your own frisbees or rent them at the Shoe Clinic on Beach Street. Cost: free; frisbee rental 7$/day
3. Treat yourself to chocolates and ice cream
Treat yourself to some locally produced, handmade chocolate at Patagonia Chocolates. Rather fancy a scoop of ice cream?
Choose among many a delicious flavour at the same store. Either in Arrowtown or by the lakefront in Queenstown.
4. Drive to Glenorchy and Kinloch
Now, I don't want to put any words into Jeremy Clarkson's mouth, but he would probably call the road between Queenstown and Glenorchy one of the best roads to drive, that's how stunning the route is.
Stop at the many viewing points and take in the amazing views.
5. Watch paragliders land
Just a wee 5 min walk from the centre you can watch paragliders land in a school field on Robins Road. On a nice day you won't wait long to see a few!
6. Visit LOTR film locations
There are so many Lord of the Rings film locations all around Queenstown. If you're a die-hard fan but don't want to spend money on a guided tour with props and tales about the filming of the trilogy, you may want to head out on your own and discover the sites yourself.
All you need is to do some research on the internet, or take your AA road atlas as guidance, in which you'll find ring symbols placed all over its maps.
7. Eat at Fergburger
Try a ginormous burger at Fergburger on Shotover Street. It is THE burger place to go to. Even at 3 am. You may have to queue for a bit, but it's worth it.
8. Watch bungy jumpers at Kawarau Bridge
Don't have the guts or the budget to try it yourself? You'll still find it entertaining to watch brave people jump off Kawarau Bridge.
It's just a 20 min drive outside Queenstown off SH 6. Spectators can watch from several viewing platforms. There's also the bungy centre offering information and videos on the history of bungy and the AJ Hackett bungy story.
9. Do a wine tasting
Finally, a wine tasting is a fabulous low-cost activity in or around Queenstown. There are plenty of vineyards along SH 6, such as Peregrine winery or Gibbston Valley winery, and several wine shops in town where you can do a wine tasting for free or a small fee. The local iSite should have a map of wineries for you to taste your way around Otago.
For more New Zealand travel info, see The Passport Philatelist.


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I had spent the last seven hours issuing threatening glares to the rambunctious SpongeBob SquarePants kid "seated" behind me who had Riverdanced on the back of my seat from Toronto to Amsterdam. Luckily I was able to turn my fixation to the burning sky of electric orange and grapefruit-flesh pink as the plane chased an eternal sunset. Crossing time zones at 800km/hour allows for such remarkable displays, creating skyscapes suitable for inspirational posters. The clouds looked like they could be walked upon, billowy white like my great-grandmother's hair in the morning, and then, to the west–ribbed like sand from ebbing ocean waters.
My fidgety seatmate was like a Jack Russell, minus her tongue up my nostrils and exploring my ear canals. She was deaf in one ear, and because I am a fantastic mumbler, she quickly gave up on communication with me and read all the information tucked in the seat pocket in front of her, including the barf bag and how to exit the plane in case of emergency. Is that even an option?
The KLM flight attendants were as lovely and manicured as Bob Barker's Price is Right wing-women. They passed out smoked almonds with pearly smiles, and I shot a pearly smile back. Thank god for European airlines and their pooh-pooh reaction to the peanut allergies that have created frantic high-alerts in North American elementary schools and airlines (who serve garlicky Bits & Bites as a shoddy substitute). Now, even packages of peanuts come with disclaimers: "This product may contain nuts." And everything that doesn't have an iota of a relationship with peanuts, like popsicles and tampons, also come with a disclaimer, "This product may have come in contact with tree nuts or dairy."
When the plane touched down at Schipol in Amsterdam at 6 a.m., anticipation, the fuel of dreams, longing, cravings and travel, percolated under my skin that was beginning to feel like ever-tightening sausage casing. My whole body had become a whoopee cushion of puffiness. The blood that should have been inching towards my feet was leaking into my eyes, making them as pink as an albino rat's.
My head had felt like a shook-up snow globe since I left Abbotsford on June 22nd, and now, finding myself on the Leidesplein in Amsterdam, walking through extended whiffs of skunky pot, calm was returning. I didn't even care that I spent most of my day completely lost. I had 12 hours before my flight to Kenya, and I didn't stop walking for 10 of them. I tried slimy smoked eel and cod at a herring shack near the Singel canal, had a sleeve of Palm and a "tosti" (poor excuse for a grilled cheese) along another houseboat-studded canal and poked around some supermarkets in between (discovering Paprika Lays potato chips, cans of already mixed gin and tonic and brie wheels as big as the tires on my Suzuki). I wrote reassuring postcards to indicate my aliveness to potentially fretting family members and Wanda, walked through the Red Light District with a non-averted gaze and took a cruise along the ambient canals in a four-language guided tour. At this point my head was snapping back uncontrollably in a narcoleptic-type sleep. The girl beside me must have thought I had Tourette's, without the swearing part.
I returned to Schipol airport confident that I had avoided a deep vein thrombosis with all my walking. I was unscathed and proud of myself for not getting smucked by a bike or a moped. They both seemed to be coming at me from all directions the entire day as I navigated the cobblestoned streets with names a minimum of 26 letters long, all ending with "splein," "strecht" or "straat."
I boarded the plane again, taking my coveted window seat with leg room adequate for a chihuahua and watched dreamy Amsterdam go poof under the cloud cover. Drifting through another eight-plus hours of flying time, I arrived ruffled and cramped in Nairobi, where everyone deplaned in a non-orderly fashion. Like the crush of excited children wanting to whack a birthday piñata. It was like the mobs you read about where six people die from getting trampled. I not-so-kindly told the guy behind me that standing closer to me didn't make the "line" go any faster. It was one of the survival lines I frequently used in Uganda.
I had completely forgotten about the miniature personal space bubble that Africans manage to maintain. My brother Dax and Wanda would have already thrown punches. Instead of inching forward in line, I purposely leaned back into the guy leaning on me—ha! Reverse psychology, but I bet he didn't even notice, or care. I was sleepwalking to the Lubumbashi gate when I learned that my Kenya Airways hop-over to the Congo had left an hour and a half early–proving that the concept of "African time" can still be predictably unpredictable.
The 20-hour flight delay I had in Toronto barely registered now as I had to digest the news of the hitch that came with missing the connecting flight. Unfortunately, because the Congo isn't exactly a tourist mecca, outgoing flights don't run at the same Westjet-greyhound-pace to sun-soaked destinations like Hawaii and Puerto Vallarta. I was told by a hot and bothered gate agent that the next outgoing flight was in two days, on Saturday morning. I could have flown to Addis or Johannesburg, but that would only take me further from my destination, to pace in a different airport.
Tired, without energy to battle and bitch, I made arrangements for Saturday with the backpack on my back slowly compressing my last remaining discs. I had intentions of crying, but was too dehydrated. I accepted my fate gracefully while the angry woman at the wicket beside me vocalized what I more accurately felt. She yelled so loud for so long that I had a ringing in my ears like one gets after a rock concert. I asked Hot and Bothered where I could find a phone and was told that there weren't any. Baggage lockers? Nope, none of those either due to security reasons. Internet? Two dollars a minute—oh, and that guy, who sells magazines at Gate 9, he will let you use his cell phone for $4 a minute. Phone sex operators don't even charge that much!
I phoned Chantal in the Congo, who was anticipating my arrival that morning. I emailed everyone else to vent and moan and illustrate my new surroundings. Missionaries and dusty travelers, barefoot and curled up in balls along the hallways, the ripe scent of armpits, like wasabi striking my brain. There was a mosque and a meditation centre being used as surreptitious napping quarters, stores selling giraffe carvings and beef samosas being sold for close to the same price as a carving and a one minute phone call. By now, my bags had already become a part of me, and delirious from lack of sleep I skulked to the Transit Lounge where I was told I could sleep for four hours for $25US.
This is where I found Betty– who herded me into her tourism office of faded safari posters from the 70s. She force-fed me the idea of staying at Central Park Hotel downtown. Her first quote was $170US a night, and we're not talking Royal York glamour and rose petals floating on the bathwater. The dated pictures she pressed into my hands showcased a bed as big as a tennis court (which turned out to be true), wi-fi in the rooms (not so true), a FREE gym (not true) and a bright bathroom that would allow me to take a shit and shower at the same time due to the proximity of both.
Betty insisted that I would be bored anywhere else and pushed the Central Park digs on me. And she would only accept cash and quickly escorted me to an ATM where she calculated how many Kenyan shillings I would need. I trusted her, but entering 25,000ksh into the ATM key pad made me quiver a little. It was the equivalent of $350US she told me more than once. When I asked about cheaper options she assured me that I would be robbed. "See your laptop—GONE!" She snapped her fingers for emphasis. "Everything you own, if you stay somewhere that I do not recommend, will be gone. Then you will say, Betty, why you not tell me about this and I will say, I did, Jules Trotsky. I did." I corrected Betty on my non-Russian last name and she asked if I was racist. Then she asked where I was really from, and when I said Canada, she had already guessed it. "You have all this hair on your face that I could shave. It is for the cold in Canada I guess." Betty was obviously a charm school grad. She then went on a rant about developed countries like Canada bringing the swine flu to Africa. "But, I will live longer than you, probably. My skin makes me resistant—you go pink and get rashes like the other white people, not so resistant. Like Michael Jackson, he tried to go white, and now—look—dead."
Betty did overextend her customer service by coming with me to the hotel with the hired driver, to tuck me in properly. I was pleasantly surprised with the interior and after a tepid shower under a showerhead that emitted water like a fireworks display, I ordered a room service: a buttery omelette, sausages sweet with nutmeg, milky tea and then collapsed in bed for five hours. Desperate for a workout when I regained consciousness, I went to the gym (the #1 reason why I picked Central Park over the other hotels where I would be robbed) and spun on a bike for an hour listening to Kenny Rogers, Africa`s hero. I had also forgotten about Kenny, Dolly and dear Celine Dion being blared in all the bars and buses.
Feeling brave and dismissing the tragic massages I had in Uganda with the woman who had me lie on a bed covered with a red checkered tablecloth while she made my hair into a bird`s nest with oil, I booked an hour with Priscah. "She is the brown one, not the dark one," I was informed at reception. "Selena is the dark one." It was euphoric and all-encompassing massage, meaning, if I were a Thanksgiving turkey, I was basted everywhere. There are no borders or polite draping with African treatments. In fact, I didn't even blink when Priscah climbed on the table to straddle me and massage my ass while Kenny sang "The Gambler," again.
Content after a kaleidoscope day of emotions, I made my way to the hotel bar for a warm Tusker and a curious chicken curry that came with a baseball-sized serving of ugali (maize flour with water). Before returning to my room I asked a staff member about a local wildlife orphanage called Sheldrick`s that I was interested in visiting. He gave me sketchy details, but I thanked him profusely anyway. "Maybe you would like to show your appreciation with a payment, madam. I will accept US dollars for my help."
Ahhh, yes. Everything has its price in this world. I remind myself that I am in Africa and that what I spent on my flight is more than a nurse's annual salary in Nairobi. And so the adventure continues. The only worrying part is that due to the unexpected delays over the last few days I have almost finished my first book (Attachment by Isabel Fonseca) which leaves me with two books—Growing Pains (Emily Carr`s autobiography) and Love in the Time of Cholera (which I assume will slow me down a little). Worst case scenario? I'll write a book if I run out of words to read.
Until the next dispatch, hopefully from the Congo…
I remain, Jules Trotsky.
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The Philadelphia Zoo has a new, old attraction. In one of the zoo's largest undertakings to date, the 1940s era Paul Cret pachyderm house, which used to house elephants, hippos and rhinos, has been renovated, restored and adapted into the Faris Family Education Center. Its grounds are now the Hamilton Family Children's Zoo, and together, the education center and children's zoo, KidZooU, have a green footprint that the zoo hopes will earn LEED Silver certification.
They just don't make buildings like this anymore, said Nina Bisbee, vice president of design and construction at the zoo.
The pachyderm house is one of two Paul Cret buildings at the zoo, and early conceptual drawings date back to 1938. Bisbee said the zoo sees itself as stewards of these historic assets.
It is with that sense of stewardship and its new strategic plan, which emphasizes sustainability and free range for animals, that the zoo embarked on the $32 million endeavor to renovate and adaptively reuse the pachyderm house.
To lead this elephant of a project, the zoo chose Philadelphia-based SMP Architects.
David Ade, a principal at SMP, said when the firm began talking with the zoo in late 2006, the elephants, hippos and rhinos were still living in the building, but visitors were not allowed inside. Instead guests could only view the animals and the building from the main path through the yard.
At that time the building was utilitarian, with concrete floors, low finishes, indoor pools and holding tanks and various floor levels, Ade said. It was also uninsualted and heated with hot water.
After years of brainstorming and construction, the completely overhauled and greened building opened this April.
In its new, sustainable state, the building features energy efficient windows and dormers that provide natural light and ventilation, green roofs and a cistern that collects rainwater, which is used to flush nearby toilets. Geothermal wells heat and cool the building by tapping temperature zones deep below ground.
Features like the new windows and dormers, which replaced skylights, were incorporated to make the building more visitor-friendly. Previously the combination of hot-water heat and skylights, "created hot, humid conditions inside the building, which was ideal for pachyderms that were used to that sort of climate in their natural habitat, but not a comfortable place for little kids," Ade said.
During construction, SMP Architects and partner firms used recycled ceramic tiles, countertops, structural steel and more. They used renewable materials made from wheat, sunflower seeds, cork and recycled and sustainably managed lumber.
With the help of Viridian Landscape Studio, the grounds of the children's zoo became home to rain gardens, original trees that the design made sure to preserve, and of course, animals – primarily of the hoofed variety, including goats and mini-horses.
Ade and Bisbee both said response has been very positive.
"One of the things I hear is that people didn't really appreciate the fact that there is this beautiful, historic building because it was always sort of this backdrop for the animal yards," Ade said.
"Now, for people to be able to get up close to the building, to actually enter the building through the doors where the animals used to come out into the yards, is one of the very positive things that I hear about the education center itself."
The pachyderm house renovation and reuse aligns closely with the zoo's new strategic plan, which among other things, aims to position the zoo as a conservation and education leader and to give animals free range to travel throughout the zoo.
SMP Architects brought in Cambridge Seven Associates to design education exhibits that would appeal to guests of all ages. In all of the exhibits, the emphasis is on making the connection between sustainability and animal conservation. For instance, a budgie exhibit shows children how recycling reduces carbon dioxide emissions, which in turn helps protect budgie populations.
Outside, treetop travel paths allow small primates to pass above the Children's Zoo. Goat walkways and climbing features let goats pass above the children's zoo main entrance and scale climbing towers adjacent to kid (human child) climbing towers. In this way, animals are able to move about freely, and it is almost the human travel that is controlled.
When it comes to conservation, the zoo is not simply educating. It is leading by example.
This project in particular was designed to meet LEED Silver standards. Because the LEED guidelines for barns and other buildings that house animals are not as well defined as they are for some other building types, Bisbee said, this posed an added challenge. By pushing ahead anyway, the zoo is helping to show how buildings and grounds like these can be not only adaptively reused but greened as well.
From 2012-2014 Christine covered transportation, writing about everything from pedestrian concerns to bicycle infrastructure, bridges, trail networks, public transit and more. Her favorite assignments sent her bushwhacking through Philadelphia's yet-to-be-cleared bike trails, catching a glimpse of SEPTA's inner workings or pounding the pavement to find out what pedestrians really think. Christine also covered community news for Eyes on the Street, where her work ranged from food sovereignty to public art and urban greening. She first joined PlanPhilly in fall 2011 as an intern through a partnership with Temple University's Philadelphia Neighborhoods website.


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When to begin procrit?
My husband is 48 years old and is 6'5" and weighs 400 pounds. He has been treated with Pegasys and Rebetrol for about 6 and one-half months. His hemoglobin has dropped to 10.3 in the last month. He can't do anything involving motion for more than 5 minutes without getting shortness of breath and heart palpitations. The nurse that I speak with frequently says that we should try to correct this with an iron-rich diet for a while then consider starting procrit. Should he begin procrit now? I'm afraid he's going to collapse at any time. He has a very demanding job in upper-management (fortunately nothing physical) and travels out-of-town frequently. Thank you. A Worried Wife
Hello Worried Wife,
I assume your husband is being treated for hepatitis C with Pegasys (pegylated interferon) and Rebetrol (ribavirin). Both drugs can cause side effects. Interferon can cause "the flu from hell" and depression. Ribavirin can often cause anemia. Your husband's hemoglobin is 10.3, which indicates he has significant anemia. (Normal hemoglobin for men is 14-18 g/dL.) So should he try an iron-rich diet or begin Procrit, a medication that stimulates the production of new red blood cells? I would suggest both! Certainly in light of his ongoing treatment with Ribavirin and his hemoglobin dropping to 10.3, Procrit is indicated and should be started at once. It will take two-six weeks before it kicks in! During Procrit treatment, iron deficiency may develop (either absolute or functional). Prior to and during Procrit therapy, your husband should have his iron status, including transferrin saturation and serum ferritin, evaluated. I recommend all patients on Procrit receive iron supplementation throughout the course of treatment to support the new red blood cell production and to avoid depletion of the body's iron stores. Transferrin saturation should be at least 20% and ferritin should be at least 100 ng/ml. Procrit can be easily self-administered at home with a simple once-a-week injection given just under the skin. If the nurse you spoke with only recommends an iron-rich diet, it's time to talk to your husband's doctor. Show him this post. The time to begin Procrit is now.
Good luck to both you and your husband.
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The most recent, comprehensive Pew higher education survey has gotten a lot of coverage for its findings on how important the public thinks college is, its financial payoff for grads, etc. For some reason, though, by far the most interesting statistic in the report has gotten roughly zero play, either from Pew itself or media coverage of the report: "Among all college graduates, 33% say they are in a job that does not require a college degree."
Wait. One-third of all college graduates are in jobs that don't call for a college education? So one-third of all college degrees are quite possibly total economic wastes? (To be fair, no doubt some of those grads are looking for jobs requiring a degree, mitigating this somewhat. On the flip side, many jobs probably require a degree without actually requiring college-level skills, counterbalancing that.)
In light of this, can someone please tell me why President Obama wants the United States to lead the world in the precentage of its population with a college degree by 2020? And please, explain why Washington furnished over $113 billion in student aid in the 2009-10 academic year? I'd really like to know.