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Planktons are known as the food source for whales. Did you know that these microscopic beings that lives in the ocean contribute to the formation of the clouds that are thousands of meters above themselves?
Most plankton produces a chemical material called dimethyl sulphide. This chemical combines with oxgygen and becomes sulfate. Sulfates form the condensation nuclei for the water vapour on the surface of the ocean and thus form clouds. These nuclei do not cause rain as they are too big; nevertheless they prevent clouds from reflecting or absorbing the rays coming from the sun. This is called "albedo," the albedo of an object is a measure of how strongly it reflects light from light sources such as the Sun. Dimethyl sulphide increases albedo. Thus, clouds reflect the rays coming from the sun; accordingly the solar rays reaching the earth also decrease. Plankton that many of us have never seen even once in our lives, have a significant role within the very delicate ecological balance of the world. Due to these tiny creatures consuming sulphur in the ocean; solar rays are kept in balance and do not overreach the earth and as a result the temperature does not increase much. This phenomenon prevents the earth's surface from being torrid and enables a livable atmosphere.
Contribution to the life on earth, performed by these organisms – whose role perhaps many of us have heard of for the very first time- is only one example of all the magnificent creations of our Lord.


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The female midshipman at the center of a court martial against a former Naval Academy football player took the stand Tuesday afternoon to answer questions about her alleged sexual assault at an off-campus party in 2012.
The woman described, at times tearfully, what she could remember from the night of the "Yogas and Togas" party at an off-campus Annapolis, Md., house rented for the football team, the events that led up to reporting the assault and the subsequent investigation.
Midshipman 2nd Class Joshua Tate faces charges of sexual assault. The case rests on whether the female midshipman was too drunk at the time to consent to sex with Tate.
Witnesses testified that the alleged victim seemed intoxicated throughout the party and that at one point she fell while dancing and was escorted to a nearby couch by partygoers.
The alleged victim testified that she took multiple shots with a friend from two bottles of rum that night, finishing the bottles.
She also testified that she didn't remember having sex with anyone at the April 14, 2012, party but learned via social media and from rumors relayed to her by friends that she had sex with multiple men.
A friend, Midshipman 1st Class Candice Tisdale, said she'd heard the alleged victim had been with Tate the night before.
After a text message conversation earlier that day, Tate came by his accuser's room to discuss the night before.
"He kind of looked at me and laughed and said, 'What, you don't remember?' " she testified. "He chuckled again and said, 'You were too turnt up.' "
That term, "too turnt up," came up several times throughout the day. Witnesses explained it means drinking heavily or otherwise going overboard while trying to have a good time.
Despite the rumors swirling around campus, the alleged victim said she didn't want to report the incident.
She said she attempted to make a restricted report, which would not have led to an investigation but said the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response office coordinator said that wasn't an option because "the cat was already out of the bag."
The alleged victim admitted to withholding details throughout the NCIS investigation into her assault. She also admitted to asking Tate to lie about having had sex with her.
"Even though I had so adamantly pushed that I didn't want this case, it was that I didn't want to be the one to push this case, because I knew everybody would retaliate against me," said the woman, who's now a senior at the academy. Navy Times does not name alleged sex assault victims.
However, she explained, she had a change of heart in early 2013, after the Naval Academy decided not to go forward with prosecution. She went back to the investigators with more details to move the case forward.
The prosecution called four witnesses throughout the day, three of the accuser's classmates, a forensic psychiatrist and the accuser.
The defense's cross examination of the mids focused on pointing out inconsistencies between their court-martial testimony and previous statements they had made during Article 32 proceedings and during the initial investigation, including timelines and recollections of conversations with others.
The prosecution also called a forensic psychiatrist as an expert witness to discuss the effects of alcohol consumption on decision-making and memory retention.
Dr. (Lt. Col.) Daniel Johnson, based at Walter Reed Military Medical Center, testified that research has found that acute alcohol intoxication can affect a person's ability to make decisions.
However, during questioning by the defense attorney, Johnson explained that alcohol doesn't necessarily make someone unconscious of what they're doing, but it can affect their ability to make memories of the event.
Johnson answered affirmatively when the judge asked whether a person can make informed decisions while drunk, even if they later have no memory of their actions.
NCIS originally investigated three midshipmen for sexually assaulting the accuser.
Following a September Article 32 hearing, Naval Academy superintendent Vice Adm. Michael Miller decided not to pursue a trial against now-Ensign Tra'ves Bush.
The alleged victim has admitted to a prior sexual relationship with Bush. Tisdale testified in the Article 32 hearing that the alleged victim told her she might have had consensual sex with Bush earlier in the night before becoming more intoxicated.
A military judge threw out a statement made to NCIS by the third accused, former-Midshipman 1st Class Eric Graham, after it came to light that the investigators had not read him his rights.
That statement, in which he admitted to having sex with his accuser, was the only piece of evidence linking him to the assault.
The trial is set to continue Wednesday and is expected to last throughout the week.

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Wedding Paper Divas is bursting with staff grooms and brides-to-be who are currently planning their weddings. We're happy to share their stories with you as a part of this fun feature!
Well, it is about three weeks before the big day. I can't believe how quickly time flew by since I got engaged a year ago! Since I still have a couple more important tasks to complete, I have made a wedding planning checklist of my last minute details that I am working on.
To-Do Before Wedding:
-Complete the final fitting for my wedding dress
-Order thank you cards and matching address labels. I'm loving these to go with my garden wedding theme:
-I still need to meet with my event planner tomorrow to finalize which linens, plates, and flowers I will use. I am completely inspired by these tablescapes below and am doing a combination of the two, with shades of pink, white and green flowers, off-white linens, bistro lights and hanging lanterns:
-Finalize ceremony vows
-Order wedding programs and wedding place cards (like these):
-Pick up bridesmaids gifts
– Make a schedule for the wedding weekend which includes a contact list of wedding vendors
– Attend the pre-wedding hair and makeup consultation (very excited for this one!)
-Meet with DJ for final walk-through at the venue
-Get marriage license (kind of a big one)
After I complete this list, then I will be able to breathe a bit easier! I can't wait to unveil how everything turns out for my big day. Cheers!
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Alison met David over six years ago while attending the University of Oregon. Alison and David are grateful for everything that they have gone through together while dating, since it has made them stronger and molded them into the couple that they are today.
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That's cool to know that someone still cares for not only older device owners but people who are stuck at 6.1.3 because of say a bug. Or for people who want to update but just not to 7.
I dont need this, im running iOS 5
Good I'm on 6.1.2
This will not see the light of day.
Never seen a backwards jailbreak. Has anyone seen a jailbreak that actually goes back for one particular firmware version? backwards compatible yes, (break new and old) but breaking just one ios version, no. 7 is here now not released to the public but it's here. one last bit, If he can do it I hope it's not an exploit remotely related to what developer are eyeing to jailbreak io7.
Dang it totally misread the report. Disregard the rantings of this idiot! My bad!
Will this work on my iPhone 5 with iOS7?


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Up to 4000 Tasmanian home and businesses could be thrown into a broadband blackspot when their local copper connections are switched off on May 23.
It follows claims from Senator Stephen Conroy that the Coalition government has axed fibre connections to 60,000 homes and businesses in the state when the rollout maps were revised by the incoming Coalition Government in October.
At a senate committee hearing on the National Broadband Network (NBN) in Hobart on Tuesday, Digital Tasmania (DigiTas) spokesperson John Dalton said that plans to deactivate six towns' copper services within 16 weeks would digitally isolate 4000 homes, or approximately 50 per cent of premises, which still don't have access to fibre.
Tasmania was the first state to connect to the NBN in 2010.
''Across those six towns, approximately 50 per cent of premises don't currently have an active NBN connection – that's approximately 4000 premises that only have 16 weeks in order to connect before the cut off date," Dalton said.
He said the number could be higher as in some cases, such as that of St Helens, only 30 per cent of premises had an active NBN connection.
About half of the homes and businesses in those were connected to the NBN over the past two years, but for the remainder the rate of connections could be further delayed by additional factors, including landlord co-operation, heritage building issues, and even contractors missing appointments.
"Due to low awareness of the copper switch off, as well as other difficulties and delays, the May 23 date is unrealistic and likely to cause damage to the NBN rollout."
At the hearing, Senator Stephen Conroy claimed that since the Coalition government was elected last year, 60,000 homes and businesses have been removed from the maps detailing the planned rollout of fibre connectivity.
Dalton was unable to confirm this figure as the rollout maps had become "maps of uncertainty."
"Who knows what will happen? We don't. We would love to see the government stand by its commitment to continue with construction as originally proposed, we'd like to see the maps leap back up in coverage."
Tasmanian Senator Lin Thorp also made an impassioned plea for Tasmania to continue to capitalise on its first-mover advantage of the NBN rollout.
"I can see a window here still, even if the rest of Australia misses out. The NBN review still holds the intention of about 26 per cent getting fibre-to-the-premises, and we can still be part of that and get what we were originally promised, and still get it by 2015," Ms Thorp said.
Referring to mentions of Secret Lab, a Hobart-based game and app developer that has epitomised the digital opportunity for start-ups, Ms Thorp invited Mr Dalton to explain the economic opportunity the NBN brought to the state.
"We think it's a once in a generation, once in a lifetime, opportunity to help Tasmania transform its economy to be less dependent on resources, or on any one section of the economy," Mr Dalton said.
"We want the opportunity to transform ourselves to be leaders and be able to operate with confidence on the world stage knowing our size and remoteness are no disadvantage.
"We want Tasmanians only to be constrained by their ingenuity and creativity, rather than by the technology available."
Dean Winter, executive officer of TasICT, told the hearing "NBN providers are reporting to me and to the business community that they are having incredible difficulties obtaining connection – in some cases it requires significant intervention to achieve connection whatsoever".
Mr Winter said the average waiting time was three months, with the worse case scenario being 13 months. He said one media printing business that had finished one ADSL contract last year could not be connected by another ADSL provider because NBN had passed its premises. The business was was still without a fixed connection, having to make do with wireless broadband dongles, he said.
Mr Dalton told the hearing DigiTas was very concerned information about the rollout had been redacted from the NBN Strategic Review released in December, including "considerable details" of construction and connections by lead contractor VisionStream.
"We don't believe it's conducive to open and honest debate," he said.


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My name is Genieve Long. I've lived in Mayflower, Arkansas for 28 years. In March 2013 an oil pipeline that ran right through the middle of Mayflower broke. The pipeline spilled 210,000 gallons of raw crude oil. The oil was knee deep and ran past our school and the senior center. It was so thick you could see the chunks of tar sands, and it smelled awful.
My friends and family are sick from the oil spill. We are suffering from headaches, nausea, asthma, bronchitis and coughing -- that just won't go away. The cancer causing chemical, benzene, has contaminated our air. Our water has been polluted with highly toxic substances.
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MANHATTAN, Kan. – A new Kansas State University study indicates that using sales transaction data in determining the value of Kansas farmland shows a higher – in some cases significantly higher – value for the land than the traditional survey method derived from producer estimates of farmland value.
"The current growth in land values and the many businesses and personal decisions affected by these values warranted more extensive analysis to obtain estimates that were less aggregated than either the state or crop reporting district-level values that were available," said K-State Research and Extension agricultural economist Mykel Taylor. "For this study, we obtained sales transaction data from the Kansas Property Valuation Department, which reflect agricultural land sales in Kansas."
A paper outlining the study is available online at (www.agmanager.info/farmmgt/land/lease/default.asp).
Taylor, along with K-State agricultural economist Kevin Dhuyvetter, embarked on the study in part because state budget cuts in 2009 forced changes in the way land values are reported in Kansas. Prior to 2009, the Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service conducted farmer surveys which allowed land values to be reported at the crop reporting district (CRD) level. There are nine such districts in the state.
"Unfortunately, the CRD-level estimates reported by KAS were discontinued in 2009, so now, no official government-reported data exist of regional values," Taylor said.
KAS does, however, report state average values for irrigated, non-irrigated, and pasture land, based on an annual survey of agricultural producers, asking for their estimate of the value of cropland and pasture land they operate.
Several potential problems exist with these data, however, Taylor said. "The data for these estimates is a survey of people's opinions, which may not be highly attuned to the current land market."
For example, she added, the KAS data have typically lagged behind estimates based on market data, suggesting that changes in land values are moving faster than people not actively engaged in the land markets realize.
Turning to the PVD data for a market-based estimate of land values, the team looked only at undeveloped parcels of land at least 40 acres in size, and only considered non-irrigated cropland and pasture. Characteristics such as parcel size, soil quality rating, percent of pasture and cropland within a parcel, and when a parcel was sold were all used to estimate county-level land values.
"In all cases, the survey-based estimates are lower than the market-based estimates derived from sales transaction data," Taylor said. "For non-irrigated cropland, the analysis using PVD transactions data suggests a state-level value of $2,516 an acre, a 48 percent increase over the 2012 KAS-reported value of $1,700 an acre.
Across the nine crop reporting districts, the differences range from a 15.4 percent increase over KAS values in the Southeast Crop Reporting District, to an 80.6 percent increase in the Northwest CRD."
Pasture values are similarly understated by the survey method, she added, noting that the transactions data estimate of $1,589 per acre for the state is 67.2 percent higher than the KAS-reported value for 2012. Regional differences range from a 17.5 percent increase in the Southeast to a 150.8 percent increase over KAS pasture value for the Northwest CRD.
Cropland Rental Rates Also Understated
A separate part of the study that looked at cash rental rates also indicated that USDA-KAS estimates are significantly lower than cash rent estimates using a method of calculating revenue from a crop share arrangement. The decision aid used to guide the latter is the KSU-Lease.xls Excel spreadsheet (www.agmanager.info/farmmgt/land/lease).
"As with crop and pasture land values, many people want to know how recent changes in both the land and commodity markets have affected rental rates for cropland," K-State's Taylor said.
Historically, the ratio of cash rent-to-land value (rent-to-value ratio) has been in the range of 5 to 7 percent, she said. This ratio indicates the annual return landowners can expect on their capital investment from renting land out, excluding capital gains. If that relationship still holds, then a state-level estimate for non-irrigated cropland of $2,516 per acre would imply cash rental rates ranging from about $126 to $176 per acre.
"That leaves a large amount of negotiating room for landowners and tenants," Taylor added, which prompted the economists to use another method. Rather than targeting a particular rate of return on non-irrigated cropland, which may or may not reflect the productivity of the land or current crop prices, cash rents were estimated using a method of calculating revenue from a crop share arrangement.
A comparison of the rental rates from USDA-KAS and those estimated using the KSU-Lease.xls crop share approach adjusted for risk reveals the USDA-KAS estimates are significantly lower – as much as 71.6 percent in the Southwest CRD and 57.4 percent in the Central CRD.
The higher rental rates estimated by Taylor and Dhuyvetter reflect current grain prices, which have been strong. However, any changes in either expected commodity prices or yields (from a continuation of the drought, for example) will alter the rental rate estimates.
"The most important part of negotiating equitable rental rates is to recognize that market and production conditions may change quickly, making continued communication essential to long-term profits for both farmers and landowners," Taylor said.


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Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Project Code: 145-05-19
"Nyina wa Jambo," or "Mother of the Word," is the title by which the Blessed Virgin Mary is known, loved and revered at the Shrine of Kibeho in Kibeho, Rwanda. This shrine, officially recognized in 2003 by the Catholic Church, is on a par with such shrines as Lourdes and Fatima and is the first Marian shrine of its kind on the African continent. The number of pilgrims coming here is rising steadily. It was in 1981 that Our Lady first appeared to three young girls. One year later, they saw a dramatic vision which, just over a decade later, was to become a horrific reality. The girls saw rivers of blood, people murdering one another and countless unburied corpses, decapitated heads, and more… The genocide of 1994, which within the space of just 100 days, claimed close to a million lives, and likewise the massacre that took place one year later not far from Kibeho itself, when 5,000 people were brutally murdered in an internal refugee camp, made terrifyingly clear what can happen when people forget God and give themselves over to hatred. This was the warning Our Lady had come to bring. As a result, the shrine of Kibeho has also become a place of memory, where the victims are remembered and the people of Rwanda today seek, with God's help, to ensure that such a thing may never happen again.The pilgrims who come to this shrine are ministered to by the Pallottine nuns who maintain the shrine. Many of these pilgrims have come from far away, sometimes on foot, sometimes walking for well over a week. Not a few have traveled barefoot because they possess no shoes. They carry canisters of water on their heads, yet they barely eat. Vast numbers of them endure the cold, the rain and weariness as they strive to follow the call of the "Nyina wa Jambo" and seek help and consolation from her. The small town of Kibeho lies at an altitude of over 6,000 feet and in the rainy season especially, the nights can be bitterly cold. Small wonder, then, that many pilgrims fall sick on the way. Others are already suffering from various infirmities and have come in search of healing. The Pallottine Sisters care for them all with great devotion. But even the healthy pilgrims still need help and support of various kinds. Now the Pallottine Sisters are planning to extend their convent in order to be able to accommodate more pilgrims. Otherwise many are forced to sleep outside in the cold and rain, because there is nowhere else for them to stay. The plan is to develop a center to accommodate up to 60 people. ACN is hoping to be able to help with a contribution of 7,200. Will you join in building this pilgrim guesthouse for the Marian shrine in Rwanda?
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When they were coming out of high school in the San Fernando Valley, Jordan Farmar unsuccessfully tried to talk his travel-ball teammate, Nick Young, into joining him at UCLA.
This time, Farmar's pitch worked.
Young, a former Cleveland High of Reseda and USC standout, signed a one-year deal worth the veteran's minimum of $1.2 million with the Lakers and was introduced at a news conference Friday.
A phone call from Farmar, a former Taft of Woodland Hills star who has agreed to a similar deal to return to the Lakers, pending a buyout with his team in Turkey, helped Young make his choice.
"Me and J, we've still been friends off the court," Young said of Farmar. "He tried to get me to UCLA -- I couldn't do that. He gave me a phone call to come on board here."
Of course, there was one problem.
"Jordan told me I couldn't get No. 1," said Young, who instead was holding a jersey with No. 0 on the back. "I picked this because I'm starting from the bottom again."
A six-year veteran, the 6-foot-7 Young has averaged 11.3 points in 23.1 minutes per game in his career. He played four years for Washington, then one each for the Clippers and Philadelphia, where he had 10.6 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists last season.
He averaged a career-best 17.4 points during the 2010-11 season with the Wizards, including a 43-point game against Sacramento.
"We're very happy to have Nick in Los Angeles," Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said. "We think there's a lot of playing time here for him. We see him at the small forward and guard positions. He's very gifted athletically and we know he can score. I think he can work on the rest of his game and become a complete player."
And Young is happy to be with the Lakers.
"I grew up in L.A. and it's a dream come true," he said. "My family, my mom and my dad, are all excited for this situation. Playing in front of the people who watched me grow up from high school to the pros will be good."
Plus, Young will get a chance to play with one of his boyhood idols, Kobe Bryant.
"The opportunity to step on the court (with Kobe) and pick his brain and see how he carries himself day in and day out is going to be big for me.
Young repeatedly used the word "opportunity" when discussing the reason he joined the Lakers.
"Over the years, I feel like I haven't got the credit I deserve. I feel with this stage and the opportunity with the playing time here, I can get my name back out there. Get the respect I feel I deserve.
"I know the history here, know what they're trying to do. I want to be a part of something big. I made it to the playoffs with the Clippers, but (reaching the second round) wasn't enough for me. I want to go further than that."
Of course, Young also was asked about center Dwight Howard spurning the Lakers to sign with Houston.
"That's the first time I've ever seen someone leave L.A.," Young said. "Dwight did what he needed to do.
"I still feel the Lakers have a chance. Everybody is counting us out. We've just got to prove people wrong."
As for those saying the Lakers have been passed by their Staples Center co-tenants and Young's former team, the Clippers?
"There's that feel, the people in L.A. saying the Clippers are the better team now, that they're loading up. You never know until you get on that hardwood.
"That man, No. 24 (Bryant), him and (Steve) Nash and Pau (Gasol) are trying to get to that championship. You've got to have that mindset. Anything less than a ring for Kobe is a disappointment."


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Review Roundup: THE PERFORMERS Opens on Broadway - All the Reviews!
THE PERFORMERS, David West Read's new comedy, began preview performances on October 23 and opens tonight, November 14th, at the Longacre Theatre (220 W. 48 St.) in New York City.
THE PERFORMERS is a romantic comedy set on the night of the Adult Film Awards. Produced by Robyn Goodman, Scott M. Delman and Amanda Lipitz and directed by Evan Cabnet, The Performers stars Cheyenne Jackson, Ari Graynor, Daniel Breaker and Jenni Barber, and also stars Alicia Silverstone and Henry Winkler.
Let's see what the critics had to say...
Ben Brantley, The New York Times: "The Performers" offers proof positive that it's possible to talk real dirty and still be the squarest show in town. Even in a season featuring two works by a king of Anglo-Saxon expletives like David Mamet, this comedy by David West Read may well clock the most obscenities per minute of any play on Broadway. Nonetheless Mr. Read's perky account of innocents in porn land, centered on a film awards presentation in Las Vegas, feels like a throwback to the more discreetly risqué entertainments of 40 and 50 years ago. Though its author is only 29, "The Performers" is like an early Neil Simon farcewith an X-rated vocabulary, or a blue-tongued episode of the smirky but sentimental TV series "Love American Style."…Mandrew's wife and sometime co-star, Peeps...is played by Ari Graynor, who turns out to be MR. Jackson's ideal comic match. In endowing cartoon characters, whose punch lines are visible long before they land, with something like sincerity and spontaneity, these two work wonders. Unfortunately, with "The Performers," wonders soon cease.
Mark Kennedy, Associated Press: Most of the jokes from the new Broadway comedy "The Performers" cannot appear in a family newspaper. The world of adult films doesn't lend itself to cleanliness…The funny thing is that the show has a pure heart and a traditional feel-good message despite the waving of adult toys, simulated sex acts and language that would trigger a seizure in a network censor. Read has somehow found sweetness in porn…Director Evan Cabnet has aimed at, and struck, the tender heart in a script that could easily be performed with more darkness or more cartoony. The great cast - especially a squeaky, muddle-headed Graynor and zesty Winkler - keeps the show giggling.
Elysa Gardner, USA Today: For all the under-served talent in Broadway's The Performers (* *½ out of four), the production boasts one indisputable stroke of casting genius. In David West Read's new play, which opened Wednesday at the Longacre Theatre, Henry Winkler appears as Chuck Wood, an aging porn star given to crowing about his, um, sizable credentials. Thus the actor who, as Fonzie on the '70s TV smash Happy Days, defined effortless cool for a generation of pre-adolescents turns up as a has-been stud trying way too hard to sustain his youthful glory.'
Joe Dziemianowicz, NY Daily News: There are huge boobs in the porn-themed play "The Performers," which opened Wednesday at the Longacre. That's not only a reference to one character's Double-G fake jugs, but to all the dimwits dreamed up by playwright David West Read. Everyone in the limp comedy hails from the planet Stupid. Nothing wrong with that, but it takes real smarts to make dumb people funny. A string of easy puns and double entendres and faux XX-film titles like "Spontaneass" aren't enough to elevate this beyond a raunchy extended skit. Don't read that as prudishness. It's disappointment that in his Broadway debut, Read ("The Dream of the Burning Boy") comes up with so few surprises.
David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter: The money shot of this production is an incandescent comic turn by Ari Graynor, her inventive line readings matched by the daffy expressivity of her face and body. As for David West Read's play, it's a so-so Broadway boulevard comedy with a generous dose of raunch. But while the material is as skimpy as Mandrew's suede microshorts, the cast works on this fluff like expert fluffers…The playwright has concocted himself a fertile setup for comedy but fails to do anything creative with it...Julian Fleisher's jazzy scene-change music underscores that, beneath all its licentiousness, this is at heart an old-fashioned Broadway comedy. Cabnet can't entirely dodge the lags in such featherweight material, but the appealing cast should satisfy undemanding audiences looking for light entertainment with a touch of the risqué.
Elisabeth Vincentelli, NY Post: David West Read seems to think that setting his Broadway debut, "The Performers," in the world of porn is hilarious in and of itself. So the show never bothers with anything besides raunchy wisecracks that get less and less funny as the evening wears on. Thank God the production features a spot-on cast that includes Henry Winkler, Cheyenne Jackson and Alicia Silverstone.
Scott Brown, NY Magazine: Truth be told, nothing feels entirely necessary in The Performers. Why is Mandrew named Mandrew? Straight male porn stars don't have names like "Mandrew." (Jackson has a prime physique more in line with the requirements of gay porn, but Read, beyond one intriguing little feint near the top of the show, doesn't go There, or anywhere near There.) So Mandrew is Mandrew because and only because "Mandrew" is funny to say - at least, the first sixteen times. And The Performers is acceptably funny, too, if you disconnect most of your brain, including the part connected to your genitals. Believe me, you won't need 'em: Light disdain and affectionate superiority toward cartoon sex dolls with crotches Barbie-smooth is all that's required of you. Sex comedy - even in gelded, rom-com form - probably ought to pump something carnal out of the subconscious. Read, it seems, is too busy drilling for corn.
Linda Winer, Newsday: There must be a way to say this without sounding prim. "The Performers," which finds a game but miscast Henry Winkler and a sweet Alicia Silverstone in Vegas at the Adult Film Awards, is not shocking because of the nonstop use of playground dirty words or because of its unblinking attitude toward its tired subject matter.
Matt Windman, AM New York: While "The Performers" is hardly an ambitious play and the characters tend to be either rigidly stupid or uptight, it is undoubtedly a crowd-pleasing show, combining raunchy humor with a simple setup and conservative emphasis on monogamy. As skillfully directed by Evan Cabnet, the likable and very attractive cast indulges in all the silliness without going too overboard. Of course, the real standouts are Graynor and Jackson for going to such ridiculous, childish and idiotic extremes. Winkler, whose character is three decades older than everyone else, appears to be having a good time. Silverstone, looking rather like a sad puppy, is effectively cute and pairs nicely with Breaker.
Adam Feldman, TimeOutNY: The Performers squeezes quite a few dirty laughs from crude, XXX double entendres-and Henry Winkler plays an aging cocksman, which is great news for anyone who wants to hear Henry Winkler talk about his dong a lot. But the raunch turns out to be mere dressing for a soggy rom-com salad...
Robert Feldberg, NorthJersey.com: Ever run into an Old Acquaintance who's way down on his luck? After you realize there's nothing you can do to help, you feel awkward and embarrassed, and just want to slink away. I had a similar emotion at "The Performers," which opened Wednesday night at the Longacre Theatre. The play, which is beyond wretched, stars Alicia Silverstone ("Clueless") and Henry Winkler ("Happy Days"), two actors who've earned our affection over the years. To see them slogging through a scuzzy "comedy" about moronic porn actors, amid a snickering procession of crude sex jokes, was distressing. Is work that hard to find?
Marilyn Stasio, Variety: "The Performers," David West Read's romantic comedy about a lovers' showdown at an Adult Film Awards ceremony in Las Vegas, is dopey fun. That's not because the sensibility is raunchy, but because the sentiments are so corny. There's not much to cheer in the thin plot about married porn stars who teach a prudish couple a thing or two about true love and great sex; the big pleasure comes from watching true comic artists spin this trite material into gold.
Tanner Stransky, Entertainment Weekly: The Performers is everything the masses want on Broadway: It's short (just 90 minutes), sexy (a send-up of the porn industry), and ruled by a ditzy scene-stealer (The Sitter's Ari Graynor). Oh, and it also stars Alicia Silverstone, Henry Winkler, and Cheyenne Jackson, whose ripped body is blessedly on display for the show's first 10 minutes. David West Read's laugh-a-minute script is light, but it fires on all cylinders. A–
Michael Musto, The Village Voice: Like sex itself, David West Read's The Performers--about two couples colliding in the adult entertainment arena--is kind of guiltily enjoyable while it lasts, though by the end, you think, "Did I really need to do that?"...The cast is fine, and Henry Winkler is especially sly and funny as Chuck Wood, the elder statesman of the porn-actor world, who's prone to emissions like "The world was my glory hole!" But despite the chuckles, The Performers tended to remind me of one of the satirical porn titles mentioned in it: I Ate Chinese and Now I'm Hungry Again.
Erik Haagensen, Backstage: Evan Cabnet does little but direct traffic as Jenni Barber (Sundown), Daniel Breaker (Lee), Ari Graynor (Peeps), Cheyenne Jackson (Mandrew), Alicia Silverstone (Sara), and Henry Winkler (Chuck) soldier manically on. The only thing they can be blamed for is signing on in the first place.


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SheleyDied, near New Bloomfield, Mo., January 26th, 1872, Benjamin Sheley, in the 86th year of his age. Deceased emigrated from Kentucky to Callaway County, Mo., more than forty years ago. He was the last survivor of a large family of brothers and sisters, most of whom were well known in this county.


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These cute candles can be used as Tea light Candles, or Floating Candles. Some are made with just Soy wax, and Some are made with Soy and Palm Wax. I love the effect the palm wax gives these candles. When the candle cools the palm wax gives the candle a Quartz look as you can see from the Photo. The pink, and Light brown are made with Palm wax. This is a great item to get because if you are interested in one of the larger candles, and not sure which scent to get then this little sampler pack will help you out. You will receive a total of 6 candles in the following colors and scents with this sampler. Orange = Stargazer Lily Purple = Birds of Paradise Green = Mary Jane Dark Brown = German Chocolate Cake Light Brown = Hot Cocoa Pink = Heather


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I was playing around with an idea today and got it working on this system. Now, it only works for Florida's Cash 3 at the moment because that's all I have importing into my database. But it's up on the site. Anyone, please check it out and I'm open to thoughts/ideas/criticism?
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My husband completed 6 weeks of a clinical trial last month. They wanted him to continue but the pain from spine mets was so bad he could barely get out of the house . The pain specialist we see locally kept increasing his OxyContin and condone but still he only had relief a few hours a day. Not to mention the severe constipation. It got to the point that even a saline enema would not work.
Last week we went to see dr Hirsfeld about the trial and whe he heard about the level of pain and continued constipation he admitted Dan into the hospital. He's been there for 5 days now and his pain is being controlled and he's having regular bowel movements.
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Excerpt from Mr. Adnan Oktar's Live Conversation on A9TV dated October 29th, 2013
Adnan Oktar: Finance should be developed, that is fine. But financial resources should be made available for the poor, for orphans, for lovers of God, for those who do not believe in God and everyone. "Hazrat Mahdi will distribute goods on an equal basis," says our Prophet (saas). The money spent on arms should be given to the people. The money spent on bombs should be given to the poor. The money spent on napalm bombs should be given to orphans.
That is really easy, yet the impression given is that it would be unbelievably difficult. And difficult things, ruthless things, are portrayed as really easy. It is really difficult to build a bomb. It is difficult to load it onto a plane. It is very hard to train a pilot. And it is very hard to drop it on top of people. What is wrong with you?
Drop food from those planes. Drop books. Drop chocolate for children. Why do bombs have to be dropped? "No," they say, "That is essential. Let us buy bombs and planes from here and missiles from there. There is a huge armaments race. My brother, what there should be is a disarmament race. There should be a contest of love, contest of affection. How can you have an arms race, my brother? Someone buys a hundred planes, bombers. "Now I had better buy 150," the other one says. Then this one says; "They have bought 150, so let us buy 200." That is a terrible thing.
Yet no servant of God stands up and says "What kind of world and policy is this? Let us stop doing this at once." Newly produced arms appear in arms catalogues. "Ooh, look how perfect that bomb is!" they say. "When you launch that rocket and it reaches the town it will wipe out at least 10,000 people," they say. "This is great technology, well done!" they say. "Now we have built a new napalm bomb," they say. "When you drop it not an ant will be left alive, not one living thing." "Right. Let me order one. That is real perfection," they say.
My brother, what kind of world and life is this? Resistance to the system of the Mahdi, Jesus the Messiah and Islamic Union have made people like this. There is no other explanation. It is a horrifying, terrifying thing. Yes, I am listening to you.
Didem Ürer: Master, America spent $1.7 trillion during the invasion of Iraq.
Adnan Oktar: Look at that mentality! If you sent that money to Africa, if you handed it out to the poor and to children, there would be more than enough. It would overflow, as food and clothing. What need is there for this, my brother?
If a change of Iraqi administration is desired, the Islamic countries should unite and issue an ultimatum. That would be that. But the Islamic world does not unite. A great many scholars and religious leaders are against Islamic Union and the system of the Mahdi. But they never speak out against ruthlessness and oppression.
Indeed, some scholars support oppression because it is in their own interests, for their own prestige. For example, they praise the man who carried out the coup in Egypt to the skies and make him the jewel in their crown. They almost give the impression that the Muslim brotherhood is the army of the dajjal. They used to say the exact opposite. They used to say the army was the army of the dajjal, and that the Muslim Brotherhood was the community of the faithful. My brother, you should stand up for both sides. Love one, but also love the other. Stand up for them all."


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Driving the natural-gas-fueled version of the 2012 Honda Civic brought me back to my high-school chemistry class. As I thought about how Honda derives a miles-per-gallon figure for this car, I considered the physical states of a liquid versus a gas.
That train of thought only explained why the natural gas tanks in the car impinged so much on the trunk space, yet still only carried 8 gallons. The 13.2-gallon tank in the 2012 Honda Civic EX-L used up much less space. As my chemistry teacher explained, a gas takes up more volume than a liquid.
It took a little Web research to find that Gasoline Gallon Equivalent (GGE) is a commonly used measurement for compressed natural gas (CNG). A GGE of CNG contains the same amount of energy as a gallon of gasoline. Being a gas, that GGE of CNG takes up more volume, and means there is maybe room for three grocery bags in the back of the Civic Natural Gas.
Given its smaller fuel capacity, the Civic Natural Gas does not boast the same range as its gasoline counterpart. A Civic EX-L goes an average of 422 miles on a full tank, while the Natural Gas version can only go, on average, 248 miles after its tanks have been topped off.
Add lesser range and trunk space to the fact that CNG filling stations are much, much rarer than gas stations, and the question arises, how does the Civic Natural Gas justify itself?
Not hurting its case is the fact that fuel economy is about the same between the CNG and gasoline Civics. Same amount of energy per gallon, remember?
The most immediate tangible benefit from the Civic Natural Gas is that CNG costs much less than gasoline. A survey of stations around the San Francisco Bay Area, using CNGPrices.com, showed prices ranging from $1.99 to $2.80 per GGE, with $2.09 being the most common price in an area where gasoline is going for over $4.00 per gallon. That means a full tank in the Civic Natural Gas for $16.72.
For those willing to think beyond the pocketbook, CNG produces less pollutants than gasoline. According to a Department of Energy study, the Civic Natural Gas emits 20 to 40 percent less carbon monoxide and 80 percent less particulate matter than an equivalent gasoline-powered car. It also reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent. Under California's emissions rating system, the Civic Natural Gas qualifies as an Advanced Technology Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle, making it eligible for the car pool lanes.
And the politically minded might want to consider that CNG is a domestic fuel source, so it lessens the pressure to become embroiled in foreign conflict.
The Civic Natural Gas suffers a power hit compared with its liquid-powered brethren. Where the 1.8-liter four-cylinder engine in the Civic EX-L produces 140 horsepower, that same engine only generates 110 horsepower in the Civic Natural Gas. Torque likewise goes down from 128 to 106 pound-feet.
That power loss becomes palpable when flooring the accelerator, either to merge on a freeway, pass another car, or through a misguided sense of fun. The Civic Natural Gas is not a fast car, taking its sweet time in the run up to 60 mph. Under this sort of acceleration, it showed a preference for very specific rev ranges, getting a boost after each gear change for a short amount of time.
The five-speed automatic transmission is only remarkable for the three low ranges it offers. There is no manual mode, but I could practically choose gears by rowing through D3, D2, and D1, each of which caps the top gear the transmission can go into. A sixth gear might seem like a good idea, but I found the engine speed maintaining just over 2,000rpm at speeds of 70 mph.


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My name is Brent Cook, and I am from Tucson, Arizona. I currently attend The University of Arizona, and am majoring in Physics, with a minor in Computer Science. I chose to study physics because it is challenging and interesting above any other subject I have looked into; it also has played key roles in the development of our everyday technology. Physics has proven to be a challenge at times, but the main attributes a person must have to get past the classes is to have determination, curiosity, and patience. These three traits will surely help a physics major rather than condemn, and I would stress that anyone going into this field try these avenues of behavior rather than become down, stressed or angry.


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Heisey $1.325 million.
"I never argue with people who say baseball is boring, because baseball is boring. And then, suddenly, it isn't. And that's what makes it great." - Joe Posnanski
Simon was a pleasant surprise last year.
Heisey (IMO) will be an even more important team member this year. A late inning defensive replacement in center field. Plus, I am guessing he may get some starts in center playing in American League ballparks with Choo or Bruce at DH.
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Yeah, I agree about Heisey subbing in at CF in the late innings. He will play alot of substitute fielding this year. And he will be the primary man in interleague games with the DH.
"I can't take this homerism anymore." - 10xWSChamps, August 11, 2010. A Cardinals fan having a problem with all the homerism on Redszone. Classic.
"Man do I miss the days where were didn't need a calculator and an encyclopedia of baseball metrics to enjoy a baseball game ... - MikeS21" - 8/2/12 game thread
Heisey will make $1,325,000 and Simon will earn $890,000. The deals were announced by the Reds on Thursday.
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Paris Hilton wears lingerie for a leisurely stroll
Paris Hilton scoped out an office building in LA yesterday and felt that lingerie was appropriate outdoor attire. This, of course, allowed paparazzi to snap a shot of her panties. There's nothing like seeing the thin layer of pink fabric that separates our world and Herpes Canyon. I wish she would wear something on her crotch a little more, I dunno, durable. Like the door to a bank vault. Or the hatch from a submarine.
NOTE: So I just noticed that she's not wearing any underwear. Wow, uh, Merry Christmas?
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Hi, not really a gaming thing I know, but I am after any recommendations for a graphics tablet, preferably for under £100.
Essentially what I want it for is to colour in my line art. What I want to do is scan in my hand drawn artwork and then colour it in basically. Nothing too fancy, mostly flat tones with a bit of shading. When it comes to going for a painted look, I prefer to, you know, actually paint the pictures. I don't know why but I always think stuff that's been painted in art packages all ends up looking a bit homogeneous somehow. A bit like the way you can always spot an Unreal Engine game, you can spot artwork done in these packages. And besides all that I actually enjoy the painting process; it can be very zen like. However sometimes I think certain pictures I do would benifit better from a clean digital look. I suppose I'm looking for more of a sort of clean inked in comic book style in the colouring. It's something I have done before in the past, but had no tablet then either, and using a mouse to do it was painstakingly slow and frustrating.
I know Wacom tablets are generally the ones to want, but they cost and absolute fortune. Can anyone recommend any cheaper brands? The last time I looked several years back there wasn't much choice, however looking at Amazon now things seem to have got a bit better now in that regard. Are those cheaper £50 Wacom Bamboo tablets any good/suitable for my needs?
Another thing is what size would you recommend? Is using a smaller A5 tablet easy to do? Not that I'd want something bigger than an A4 size on my desktop anyway.
And lastly can you recommend some good software for that sort of thing. I have Photoshop CS and CS3, is there a better alternative, anything else you'd rather use instead, Painter or Art Rage for instance?
Oh and also could you recommend another word to use as a good subsitute for recommend? I had a quick peak in the thesaurus, but nothing really won me over.
A low-end Wacom would suit you fine I think. The higher-priced models offer more sensitivity to pressure and so forth, but if you're just doing cell-shading you won't need any of that.
Always go with the largest size you can fit on your desk and afford though. The tablet maps itself to your entire monitor - pick up the pen and put it down on one side and the cursor will instantly move there. So the closer your tablet and monitor are to being the same size the more intuitive it'll be to use.
Lastly, use your tablet for all your daily computing except games to get used to it quickly. Once you get the hang of it, it'll feel perfectly natural.Virtual Pilot 3D NEVER NOT SCAM!
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Software wise Photoshop is still kind of king, however you could consider Gimp which is free, or you could look at autodesks Sketchbook pro. Like all graphics software they have their pros and cons. My advice would be to just invest in learning one or two well.
Lastly 'suggest' Vs 'recommend' ?
25-08-2012, 12:05 PM #4A bamboo should suit you fine.
Software wise Photoshop is still kind of king, however you could consider Gimp which is free, or you could look at autodesks Sketchbook pro. Like all graphics software they have their pros and cons. My advice would be to just invest in learning one or two well.
Lastly 'suggest' Vs 'recommend' ?
My all-time favourite art package has to be Autodesk Sketchbook, but it's more (as the name suggests) designed for sketching. It's utterly brilliant for what it does and even works well on my ancient Compaq TC 1100 tablet PC.
Cheers for the advice and "suggestions" ;). I shall get one of those Bamboo tablets on order then. That Sketchbook Pro 2011 looks pretty darn good as well. Only £54 too, unlike the hundreds of £ that Photoshop costs, looking at the reviews it's much more intuitive too, so will have to give it a go.
Another possibility is Monoprice who, kind of out of nowhere, decided to make graphics tablets. They're cheap and often get better reviews than Wacom tablets. The only drawback is that as far as I can tell there's no EU distributor and shipping is prohibitively high. :(
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If you're not going for a "painted look" the Wacom Bamboo's are really great. I've had one for years (and it's probably not even as good/accurate as the ones they are selling now) and it works great for inking scanned line art and colouring and shading (it is of course limited in this respect because of the lack of tilting but it's good enough for most things). Size wise I think I own an A5 version (it was called medium back in the day) and it's certainly large enough, but bigger is always better (if you've got the space and the money)
For software Autodesk sketchbook seems really great but I've personally never used it. Most of the time I use Photoshop myself but you might also want to check out the FREE MyPaint software, which is a great application which really puts the drawing in the centre and lets you forget about the software (without losing features and functionality), which I use for less "demanding" work.
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If you're after a bargain, take a look at the Used section of the Wacom site. You can pick up some of the refurbs and ex-demo units for silly-cheap money. If you have no experience with a tablet, there's little point spending a lot. The Bamboos definitely aren't quite as good for detail work, and don't respond to a change in angle the way the Intuos models do. But they are perfectly good value if you want something to start out with.
Personally, I use Painter most of all, but that largely reflects the work I use it for. PS is still an essential tool all the same.
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As everyone has said go Wacom, I have an Intous4 and it is frankly awesome
Adobe has started a new programme called the Creative Cloud (http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/creativecloud.html) which is a subscription service where you get access to almsot all of their software through it. While subscription services have their issues it does mean those of us on a tighter budget can get the most up to date software without shelling out hundreds up front.
This is still not as cheap an option as Sketchbook or Painter but is simply just an other option to consider
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THE tragic death of a much-loved Stourbridge GP was accidental, a coroner has concluded.
Dr Liz Pope, from the Three Villages Medical Practice in Wollaston and Amblecote, was found dead in the bath at her home in Claverley on November 27 last year – two hours after crashing her car on a country lane on her way to work.
An inquest, held at The Guildhall in Shrewsbury on Friday May 23, was told the 38-year-old GP died of flecainide toxicity following the earlier collision with a cyclist.
Shropshire coroner John Ellery said there was "no evidence" to suggest Dr Pope, a key member of Dudley's Clinical Commissioning Group, had intended to kill herself.
She may, however, have accidentally taken too much of the drug – which is used to regulate an irregular heartbeat.
He said: "It may well be that Dr Pope took more than the therapeutic level, it may have been because of stress because of the altercation with the cyclist in the collision, who knows?"
The inquest heard Dr Pope had received treatment for a hole in the heart some time ago and had been taking flecainide to maintain heartbeat rhythm.
Dr Tamara Sharma-Dekker, a GP at Claverley Medical Practice where Dr Pope was a patient, said the GP may have self-medicated to control palpitations after the crash but pathologist Dr Vivek Mudaliar and toxicologist Dr Colin Seneviratne couldn't say how many tablets the respected doctor may have taken.
The level of flecainide in Dr Pope's blood was found to be 22 times higher than the standard therapeutic dose of up to 1mg but the inquest heard blood levels of the drug rise after death.
Dr Pope's husband Trevor said his wife had been busy at work as one partner was off sick and another was on leave but he said up until the accident it had been "a normal Wednesday morning".
After the collision at Broughton, which left Dr Pope's car on its roof, Mr Pope collected his wife from the scene, took her home and then went out to get her prescription.
When he returned he found her dead in the bath.
The inquest also heard a vegetable knife was found on the side of the bath by investigating police officers but Mr Pope said he had no idea why it was there and how long it had been there.
He said: "We accidentally brought it back off holiday. I didn't really think anything of it until a policeman asked me whether I knew what it was."
He said his wife had shown no signs of depression and had just booked a riding holiday and he added that "she seemed fine" after the crash - just a little shaken.
The inquest heard Dr Pope took medication for a thyroid condition but was otherwise fit and healthy and was training for a triathlon.
Her father Rev Dr David Chantry said she "lived a fairly hectic lifestyle" and had been working 12 to 16 hour days for some time; she had also divulged anxieties about forgetfulness of late but he added that she was "very bouncy and excited about the things that were going to happen" including her next triathlon, a holiday in 2014 and volunteering at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
The coroner said he could think of no reason why the doctor would want to commit suicide and he concluded her death was accidental.
He said: "She had everything to live for; she was looking to the future. If, for whatever reason, she took the flecainide it was not to kill herself - it was for some other reason."
Rev Dr David Chantry said of the conclusion: "It leaves us with some uncertainty but it does seem to fit with the facts."
Dr Adrian Wild, senior partner at the Three Villages Medical Practice, said: "It's absolutely out of the question that she would have done anything to harm herself.
"She's sorely missed by us all still."


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A food allergy dad got the ball rolling with a phone call and one request: could Northwestern consider having a nut-free game so that his son could attend a game? Northwestern decided to not only grant this one request, but to do something that hasn't been attempted by a college athletics program to date: go peanut and tree nut free for many games in multiple sports during the year, offering students and fans with nut allergies plenty of opportunities to attend a game and cheer on the Wildcats.
To learn more about what it took to go nut-free at Northwestern, FARE interviewed Mike Polisky, Deputy Director of Athletics – External Affairs at Northwestern Athletics. Download this flyer to view the game schedule..
1. Why did Northwestern decide to go "all in" this season?
It all started with a simple phone call last year. We were contacted by the father of a Northwestern student who is affected by these types of allergies. The student is a big sports fan, like so many, but he wouldn't be able to attend a game at Ryan Field or Welsh-Ryan Arena because of those allergy concerns. The father wanted to know if there was a way for us to make that happen for his son. After doing our research and coming to a better understanding of the impact of tree nut and peanut allergies on tens of thousands of people who cannot participate, it made sense to take the next step.
We decided to break up our seasons to create more opportunities for families to attend Northwestern games in a safe environment. Ryan Field will be completely peanut and tree nut free for three football games and Welsh-Ryan Arena will be that same way for close to 30 events leading up to the Big Ten opener for the men's basketball team.
2. What changes needed to be made in order to accommodate the change?
We had to undergo a systemic change from the top down in order to change the way we do things on game day. From Northwestern President Morton Schapiro, to Vice President for Athletics and Recreation, Jim Phillips, to our ushers and security personnel, to our concessionaire partner, Sodexo, everyone needed to be fully on board with this idea, and they have been. Everyone needed to accept responsibility and support one another, and to this point, it's been fantastic.
3. What were some major challenges in going nut-free?
I think that the biggest challenge was in understanding the layers involved. The logistics are so broad; you have to think about the product you have in place already, the aggressive cleaning measures that need to be done and the unseen areas affected like cooking oil and candies. It's been important for us to understand all of the places that people are impacted.
4. What has the feedback been like from fans and the community?
The response we've seen and heard has been incredibly positive. After we decided to operate peanut and tree-nut free for one football game last fall, we received overwhelming support from all across the country. Even people who weren't able to be in Evanston that day were thanking us for raising awareness on a national level. That encouragement only strengthened our resolve to create increased opportunities and inspired us to do even more.
5. Any advice for other schools or teams that may add nut-free games?
We're able to help people attend a game who otherwise may not be able to do so because of severe peanut and tree nut allergies. It's something that so many people take for granted, and if your team is in a position to provide a memorable experience, why wouldn't you?
Northwestern is offering football and basketball tickets for their nut free games at a 15 percent discount! Northwestern also will not serve peanuts at Welsh-Ryan Arena for 10 men's and six women's basketball games, all 18 home volleyball matches and three wrestling events. For complete schedules or to order online, visit NUsports.com or Download this flyer.


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This valentine's day, whether you're single or taken, throw your own party and celebrate YOU! If you are single and don't want to hang around a restaurant full of canoodling couples than whip up some of these treats, grab your favorite party clutch and hit the down with your girlfriends. Check out our tips to celebrate your very own Single Girls Valentine's Day!
The national couple's holiday, Valentine's Day, is right around the corner. But, what about those people who aren't in a relationship? They deserve to celebrate something too! We want to direct your attention to Single's Awareness Day (SAD), also celebrated on February 14th. This year, Single's Awareness Day shouldn't live up to its acronym. While couples spend an arm and a leg to wine and dine, we thought of some fun DIY projects that you could try creating with some girlfriends.
There is no need to spend Valentine's Day alone, so call your friends over and grab some sweet treats because you all deserve it. Forget mourning and let Single Ladies by Beyonce be your anthem. Instead, paint the town red with a group of your equally relationship-free friends. Get decked out and dance the night away at a local club or bar. Chances are all the couples will be inside a restaurant so the dance floor is yours to take over!
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Throw your own party on Valentine's Day. I guarantee there are other single girls out there who want to celebrate themselves just as much as you do. Send out this fabulous "Good Friends Good Wine" invite to get the party started!
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You very rarely think of me. No gratitude, nor praise.
You often do bad things to me, as I serve you, all your days.
I worked for you both day and night, before you even knew,
And I continue to this day, but it seems that you haven't a clue.
You do not seem to care one whit that I work like a horse.
You just assume that I'll be true, and keep my steady course.
But, if I make just one mistake, then suddenly you care.
You rush to take good care of me. At last you know I'm there.
I do not ask a lot of you. Eat some oatmeal! Walk the dog!
Get off that chair for just a while. Jump rope or take a jog!
You'll find me not ungrateful. You'll find I can be true.
And both of us will last so long, that your heirs will get quite blue.
So give me away, but hold me close and I'll serve and try to be brave.
Just speak my name and pat your chest, and I may give you what you crave.
AnswerI am your heart.
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Kiwifruit still is classified as a specialty item in a category that includes guava, mango, cactus leaves, papaya and other exotic fruits and vegetables.
The last year, though, showed some upward sales movement by kiwifruit that even mainstream items couldn't manage.
In a period beginning July 1, 2011, and ending June 30, 2012, kiwifruit sales volume was up 11% and sales increased by 13%, according to the Nielsen Perishables Group.
That's an unusual combination, since most produce items have been declining in volume as prices have gone up, said Steve Lutz, executive vice president.
"The past year has been good with kiwi. It's momentum to grow on for the category," Lutz said.
Quoting numbers based on retailers in the Nielsen Perishables Group's database, Lutz said kiwifruit generated about $56 million at retail during that yearlong period.
The sales increases are a sign that kiwifruit marketing messages are hitting their marks, said Jean Ashby, marketing director and category manager for Pasadena, Calif.-based Sun Pacific Marketing.
"We feel strongly that consumer education is key to increasing sales," she said, noting the information on nutritional content, directions on how to eat the product, and the fruit's "ready-to-eat" status at retail as central messages.
The nutrition-focused message is important, said Chris Kragie, deciduous fruit manager with Madera, Calif.-based Western Fresh Marketing.
The Nielsen Perishables Group data likely doesn't capture the whole picture of kiwifruit's sales success, said Steve Woodyear-Smith, category director for tropicals at the Vancouver, British Columbia-based Oppenheimer Group.
"If you consider club stores, which are not entailed in our research, the growth could be even higher," he said.
Packaged fruit programs are particularly successful, so Oppenheimer is focusing on "delivering more kiwifruit in this format," Woodyear-Smith said.
If nutrition is a key to sales, then kiwifruit revenues likely will continue to shoot upward, said Doug Phillips owner of Visalia, Calif.-based Phillips Farms Marketing.
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He settled in Spanish Fort, a town that sits in the Red River Valley, right on the Texas-Oklahoma border about 50 miles east of Wichita Falls, Texas on the old Chisholm Trail. Celebrated in frontier lore and cowboy songs, the Chisholm Trail was the site of long trail drives. Over 1,500,000 cattle moved over the famed trail in three years.
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Wednesday May 2nd was the 1st Annual California Arthritis Advocacy Day put on by the California Arthritis Foundation Council (CAFC) and Rich and I were able to participate.
We went to the state capitol and had meetings scheduled every 30 minutes (from 1-4:30pm) with Assembly Members, Senators and/or their staff to discuss upcoming bills that would be voted on and why they should vote yes. In the meetings we introduced ourselves and then told our personal arthritis story so they could put a face with people who would be affected by the passing of these bills.
The bills aren't specific to arthritis patients, but if passed, they could/would have a huge impact to people with arthritis.
There were apx 45 of us there, some with JA, some with RA; with adult and kids stories so they had every end of the spectrum. The meetings had 4-7 CAFC members and each meeting you went with a different group, so not only did you get the chance to advocate at the capitol, but we also got to meet new people and hear what they've been thru.
The meetings went well, Assembly Members, Senators and/or staff who weren't familiar with the bills took down the info, ones who had voted no, we asked for their support when the bills came back thru and ones who voted yes or had written the bills, we thanked them for their support and asked for their continued support.
Bevin's story seemed to make a decent impact on a few of the people we met. Most weren't aware that kids could get arthritis or that more kids have JA than most other childhood diseases COMBINED (including Juvenile Diabetes, Cystic Fibrosis, etc), yet those disease get way more media, publicity and support.
We moved around one of our meetings so we could meet with staff member Tim Reardon from Assembly Woman Allyson Huber's office. Allyson Huber is the Assembly Woman for district 8 (which is our personal district) and she has a district office located in the city of Rancho Cordova. Due to the fact that's where we live, Bevin was on the front page of the local paper and the city has been extremely helpful and supportive of our recycling drive, I felt meeting with her office would be most beneficial. And it was!
Tim Reardon was the most receptive and interested out of all the meetings Rich and I had for the day. He took notes, asked lots of questions and really appeared to be interested in what we had to say and our personal stories. For our personal items we had a print out of Bevin's bio that was used for her honoree items for the walk and added her blog site, team site and facebook page links and I included a flyer for the walk (which has her picture) specifically because the walk is this coming Saturday and held AT the Capitol so since we were at the Capitol I figured that was a good thing to include. For Allyson Huber's office I had also brought an extra copy of the Grapevine (the newspaper Bevin was on the front page of) since I figured her office would be specifically familiar with that paper…and they were. AND Tim Reardon even went online after we left and made a donation to Bevin's walk team! How awesome is that!?!?
Us with Tim Reardon and other CAFC members
Overall it was a really great expierence; it was so neat to be there advocating for Bevin and other people with arthritis and actually talking to people who could make a difference for us. Currently none of the three bills apply to Bevin specifically, but down the road they would make a huge difference for her and it's so great to see that there are Assembly Members who are wanting and willing to work towards these changes.
Here's a brief summary of the bills we discussed:
AB Bill 1800 (Assembly Member Fiona Ma)
This bill is to establish an annual cap on ALL OOP (out-of-pocket) costs for covered benefits. The OOP will include consumer costs for hospitalization, physicians visits, prescription drugs, copayments, deductibles and any other form of cost-sharing the patient must pay out of their own pocket. Currently lots of OOP maximums don't include office visit copays, some prescription costs and some even have the deductible on top of the OOP. This bill will also allow you to file a grievance to dispute a denial of prescription drug coverage thru the Independent Medical Review (IMR) process (currently prescription drug benefits are not included in the IMR process).
AB Bill 1636 (Assembly Member Bill Monning)
This bill requires state departments and boards to collaborate and convene a special committee to review the health and wellness programs offered by health care service plans, health insurers and employers. There are insurance carriers as well as employers who currently offer health and wellness programs, which is great, but these programs aren't the best option (or even an option at all) for people with arthritis (or people with chronic illnesses in general). Currently programs may offer gym access or membership, but most people with chronic illnesses cannot just go to the gym and work out as any normal healthy person can, they have to have specific workouts to fit their needs. Going and working out the way a normal healthy person does can cause more harm then good for someone with a chronic illness.
AB Bill 369 (Assembly Member Jared Huffman)This bill would prohibit the practice known as "Step Therapy" protocol in which a health plan requires you to try and fail on more than two medications before allowing you to have the pain medication that your doctor would prefer you have. For example, if a person was taking a specific drug for 10 years and then they had to change insurance carriers and the new carrier had a "Step Therapy" provision for that drug, even thou you had been taking it for 10 years, the new carrier can/will require you to try different, usually lower cost drugs and show that those failed for you prior to approving the use of a drug you've been on for years. The same applies to a new prescription your doctor prescribes you, if the carrier has a "Step Therapy" provision on that drug, even if your doctor prescribed it to you, the carrier can require you to try and fail on other drugs before they will allow you to take what your doctor prescribed.
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By Gil BoggsStravinsky, Balanchine, and Caniparoli with more dancers on stage and musicians in the pit than you can imagine. Unlike anything we have done before, be prepared to be exhausted when you leave. In other words don't miss it, you want believe what you see!
The Rite of Spring, composed by Igor Stravinsky, has an almost primitive sound that when paired with the sharp movements and sometimes odd angles of the dancers' motions evokes a powerful response. It's not surprising that when this piece debuted in Paris in 1913 it caused audience outrage. At this point in time, no one had ever heard orchestral music and seen choreography with such raw, wild, unrefined sound and movement.
Even though this year is The Rite of Spring's 100th anniversary, this piece doesn't sound like anything else composed before most people had radios. The primal beat and dissonant chords in the music help the viewer really immerse themselves in the ballet's story of paganism and human sacrifice.
The level athleticism and technical difficulty in the dancing is incredible, the music and choreography are an excellent pair and the minimal costuming will certainly evoke primal feelings.
The dancers and musicians are going to blow you away! Performances Feb. 22-March 3.
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SAINT LEO, Fla. – The Saint Leo University women's basketball team (3-1) finished up its Saint Leo Invitational Tournament with a 73-66 victory over the visiting Lindenwood University Lady Lions (1-2) in Saturday night action from the Marion Bowman Activities Center.
All five starters contributed heavily for the Lions offense, with Chelsea Connelly collecting 14 rebounds while Kinara Lewis, Sarah Winans, Teresa Manigrasso, and Chelsea Williams each notched 13, 15, 16, and 15 points, respectively.
The contest began with an early 5-0 lead by the Lindenwood Lady Lions, but three minutes into the first half, junior-transfer Teresa Manigrasso assisted to junior Chelsea Connelly, who scored the Lions' first two points of the game. After four more points, Saint Leo and Lindenwood were tied at six points a piece, but a 3-pointer by Kinara Lewis in the seventh minute put Saint Leo ahead and the Lions never looked back from there.
After heading to the halftime break with a 9-point lead, 35-26, the Lions returned to the court to finish off the Lady Lions as well as the Saint Leo Invitational Tournament. As a team, the Lions collected 38 points and 14 rebounds in the second half, while shooting 66.7 percent from the 3-point line.
For the game, the Lions shot 49.0 percent (24-for-49) from the floor, and collected a 73.3 free throw percentage while forcing 22 Lindenwood turnovers.
The Saint Leo Lions will return to the court on Wednesday, Nov. 21 when they take on Palm Beach Atlantic University from the Marion Bowman Activities Center. Tipoff is scheduled for 4 p.m.
For more on the women's basketball program, visit SaintLeoLions.com. Also, be sure to 'Follow' the Lions on and 'Like' the Lions on Facebook.
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Visitor-Pleasing Upgrades Accelerating at Huntsville State Park
HUNTSVILLE — For years it was a hard-luck entry in the Texas State Park system, but once it opened for good, Huntsville State Park quickly attained major attraction status. Originally constructed in the 1930s by African-American Company 1823 of the Civilian Conservation Corps, the park was still being developed in 1940 when a heavy flood collapsed a dam and flooded the park, causing extensive and costly damage. The park did not open until 1956.
That's ancient history to the 177,000 visitors who enjoyed this large, richly-wooded park last year. Bigger crowds are anticipated in the future, from out-of-state overnight campers and day use guests from the sprawling Houston metropolitan area, just 70 miles away.
Texas Parks and Wildlife has responded with many recent updates to Huntsville State Park, and will continue the improvements this summer with several important upgrades. Thanks to bond funding authorized by the Texas Legislature and approved by statewide voters, TPWD will connect the park to the city of Huntsville's water and wastewater systems, improving the park's water quality. At the same time, work crews are adding two new camping area restrooms and upgrading two others — the park headquarters and nature center — to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
"In addition to making the new restrooms ADA-compliant, we are adding more toilets and showers to accommodate the increased visitation from park users." says project manager Thea Luong. "The facilities will be larger and more accommodating."
Construction crews are steadily working their way through the park adding new restrooms and making other improvements.
"Two years ago we replaced restrooms at our swim beach and two campgrounds," says Park Superintendent Chris Holm. "Now, new restrooms are being added to two more camp loops."
The approximately $3 million in new and renovated restrooms and the new wastewater connections at Huntsville add another checkmark to a long list of major Texas State Parks rejuvenation projects underway this year, all aimed at keeping the parks fun, safe and customer friendly. Texas State Parks general obligation bonds have been sold to fund more than $44 million in repairs and renovations to park cabins, bathrooms, electrical and water systems, and other state park infrastructure. Along with fixing up more than 40 state parks, the bonds provide an additional $25 million to dry berth the Battleship Texas.
Along with fixing up more than 40 state parks, the bonds provide an additional $25 million to dry berth the Battleship Texas, taking the proud veteran of two World Wars out of the corrosive water of the Houston Ship Channel.
While the connection to Huntsville's municipal water and wastewater will be a plus for visitors, they will probably never be aware of it.
"The majority of work on this will be outside the park," says project manager David Frank. "The work inside the park will not affect the park's function, so there won't be any adverse impact on visitation. In most cases, the people in the park will not know this is going on, because it will be in an area where they don't go."
There are a lot of other places visitors do go in the 2,083-acre park because there is so much to do.
"We have most of the things people look for in outdoor recreation," Holm says. "Camping, boating — it's a no-wake lake — fishing, hiking, picnicking, a big day use area with a swim beach. We rent canoes and paddle boats; pretty much whatever you want to do in a park."
The park, just seven miles from Huntsville, is bordered by Sam Houston National Forest on the north and east. It is dense with the thick piney woods of East Texas, with loblolly and shortleaf pines dominating. To better enjoy the trees, the park has 19 miles of hike and mountain bike trails.
Lake Raven — named for Texas hero Sam Houston's Native American name, The Raven — offers 210 acres for boating, fishing or swimming (in a designated area). The park has small boat rentals and two fishing piers.
"The fishing is actually one of the better kept secrets of the state," Holm says. "They stocked some ShareLunker bass in here about three years ago. They're getting fairly large and doing well. We've got crappie and catfish as well."
In a separately funded project, TPWD is currently upgrading the park's 157 camping sites and 30 screen shelters. All sites that currently have electricity are upgrading to 30-amp and 50-amp pedestals — the increased power needed by most new RVs. Thirty water-only sites will have electricity added. Already 25 sites in the Raven Hill loop have been upgraded for electricity, water and sewer service.
Holm says the electrical upgrades will be a boon to the park and area by bringing in — and keeping longer — many more Winter Texans, whose big rigs require full hook ups. "We haven't been able to get them without sewer and 50-amp service. They couldn't run their air conditioner and microwave at the same time. Now they can run it all and with the sewer service they can stay at their site a full two weeks.
Huntsville State Park has overcome ancient bad luck by making itself into an increasingly appealing destination for locals and out-of-towners alike.
Watch the official Huntsville State Park video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39L4SwFU-XQ or more information, call the park at 936/295-5644, or visit the website: http://tpwd.texas.gov/spdest/findadest/parks/huntsville.
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August 23, 2013 by Corey A. Edwards
It's August and, in Warren, Vermont, that can only mean one thing: The Vermont Festival of the Arts is in full swing!
Every August since 1997, the towns of the Mad River Valley host one of the most diverse arts festivals in New England. Regularly honored as a "Top 10 Vermont Summer Event" and featuring over a hundred multi-dimensional, multi-media, multi-age events, The Vermont Festival of the Arts has something for everyone, young or old.
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HOUSTON - Senior citizens living in a northeast Houston complex are leaving in fear after some residents were targeted by thieves.
Binnie Savage said he was ambushed by robbers at the Commons of Grace Senior Apartments in the 9100 block of Tidwell.
"It took me by surprise," Savage said. "I looked at him and saw the pistol. When I turned around, from the other side, the guy come over from the other corner and bust me in the face."
Savage said he was bleeding and had just $20 in his wallet. He said he begged his attackers to leave him alone, but they took his money and ran.
The attackers may have gotten into the complex through a broken gate.
Resident Marilyn Binoe said burglars have broken into cars at the complex, too.
"Last week they broke open my neighbor's car," she said.
She said thieves have also broken into an apartment and even the management office. She said TVs, computers and maybe even keys were taken.
Resident Lorena Littlejohn said she's worried about her safety.
"I worry about if they're going to jump on me when I'm in here," she said.
Property managers said they're taking steps to make sure residents are safe. They're working to change the locks on everyone's doors and they're adding daily security guards.
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