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SAINT LEO, Fla. – The Saint Leo men's basketball team and Coach Lance Randall have put the final stamp of approval on the 2011-12 schedule as the Lions play a 26-game slate against formidable competition.
"We have a very challenging schedule that includes three NCAA Division I opponents on the road and many games against traditionally nationally ranked teams," Randall said. "In order to reach our goals as a program, I feel it is in our best interest to compete against the best in the country. This is as difficult a non-conference schedule as there is in the region. We are excited about these rigorous tests that await."
15 home contests highlight the schedule as the regular season gets started on Friday, November 11, when the Lions host Southeastern University (Fla.). The matchup against the Fire marks the first of four November home games within the friendly confines of the Marion Bowman Activities Center as Saint Leo will also host NAIA powerhouse Southern Poly Tech (Nov. 12), the University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon (Nov. 23) and Trinity College (Nov. 26).
The road portion of the schedule begins on Saturday, November 5 with an exhibition in Ft. Myers against Division I Florida Gulf Coast. Once regular season play begins, the Lions will play 11 games away from home, starting on Tuesday, November 15 when they travel to Valdosta, Ga. to face fellow NCAA South Region opponent Valdosta State. The matchup with the Blazers is the only Division II non-conference road opponent with current Division I Stetson (Nov. 19) and transitioning Division I New Orleans (Dec. 13).
Three tough non-conference competitors come calling during December beginning with Valdosta State on Saturday, December 3. Two weeks later the Lions face possibly their toughest test when No. 3 West Liberty (Dec. 17), last year's regular season top-ranked team, tips off with the Green and Gold. The following day Saint Leo hosts Tuskegee (Dec. 18) as their final non-conference opponent.
Sunshine State Conference action begins on the final day of 2011 when the Lions host Lynn in a New Year's Eve showdown.
Once the calendar flips to 2012, January sees the Lions on the home hardwood just three times in seven games with matchups against seven of eight SSC opponents. Home games for the month feature Florida Southern (Jan. 11), Rollins (Jan. 14) and Barry (Jan. 25), while the road contests feature Tampa (Jan. 4), Florida Tech (Jan. 7), Eckerd (Jan. 18) and Nova Southeastern (Jan. 21).
Down the stretch into February, the Lions make their second swing through conference with an even split of eight games; four home, four away. A busy month with the Lions in action every Wednesday and Saturday begins at Lynn (Feb. 1) with road games at Rollins (Feb. 11), Florida Southern (Feb. 15) and Barry (Feb. 25) to close out the regular season. Home games during the month feature Florida Tech (Feb. 4), Tampa (Feb. 8), Nova Southeastern (Feb. 18) and a Senior Day meeting with Eckerd (Feb. 22).
The annual Sunshine State Conference Tournament is scheduled for March 1-4 at the Jenkins Field House in Lakeland, Fla.
All weeknight home games are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. on Saturday* but are subject to change. The Lions Pride Pass is available for season-long admission to all home events. Visit SaintLeoLions.com to view the up-to-date schedule, standings, and information on the Lions.
*Games Dec. 17 and 18 will be played at 2:00 p.m.


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By Brendan Brown
There is a magic monetary wand out there which could accelerate economies along the road to prosperity out of the widespread destruction wrought by the global credit bubble.
This wand is not the creation of another monetary time-bomb labelled "quantitative easing"; rather the source of magic is an emergency conversion of banknotes. Read more

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A STOURPORT man has been jailed for four and a half years for a series of burglaries in the town.
David Peoples, also known as David Rutledge, 42, of Areley Common, admitted carrying out five burglaries over the course of last summer and one offence of handling stolen goods. He asked for another eight burglaries to be taken into consideration.
Peoples was jailed for 54 months at Worcester Crown Court on December 23.
Several of the burglaries were in the Dunley Road and Areley Common area, with others in Moor Hall Lane, Lickhill Road, Gilgal, Oakhampton Road, Galahad Way and Wilden Lane.
More than £3,000 worth of items, mainly jewellery, were taken from a house in Areley Common and more than £3,000 worth of items, again mainly jewellery, from a house in Moor Hall Lane.
Peoples was caught after a further burglary at another house in Moor Hall Lane on September 15, after a neighbour rang police to say he had seen a man leaving the house and had found a window broken. Peoples was arrested in nearby woodland minutes later.
Detective Constable Marc Waring of West Mercia Police said: "Peoples is a prolific offender with a long record of previous convictions for burglary over the last 15 years.
"Between early July and mid-September there were a series of break-ins in Areley Kings and the wider Stourport area and it was quite clear these burglaries were linked.
"Most of the houses Peoples targeted were empty at the time, and in several cases the occupants were away on holiday. However at one house he came face to face with the householder, a woman in her 60s, who was shaken by the encounter.
"He stole mainly jewellery, including items of sentimental value, such as engagement and wedding rings, and a child's christening bangle, as well as laptops and items such as MP3 players. However other items he took were very personal such as perfume, hair straighteners, and even new nightwear still in the Marks & Spencer carrier bag it had been purchased in.
"Burglary is a very distressing offence, and many victims take a long time to recover from it. We hope the victims in these particular cases will be reassured by the jail sentence imposed, and that it sends out a clear message that burglary is a serious offence and will be dealt with accordingly."


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South African science hero Mark Shuttleworth trained for seven months in Russia for his spaceflight.
South African heroes of science have made some of the world's greatest contributions to the scientific fraternity, breaking down barriers, setting historic milestones and paving the way for future scientists to follow.
South Africa's science heroes are drawn from a broad range of disciplines, including medicine, genetics, physics and mathematics. Outside of these acclaimed academics, South African icons of science also include people with great vision, who dared to dream and went on to record extraordinary achievements.
One of the most famous South African heroes of science was Dr Christiaan Barnard. A renowned surgeon, Barnard performed the country's first kidney transplant and the world's first successful human heart transplant at the Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town in 1967.
Professor Himla Soodyall is regarded for her groundbreaking research in genetics. Her studies have opened new doors of understanding into the early history of humans.
Sydney Brenner, Aaron Klug, Max Theiler and Alan MacLeod Cormack were all born or raised in South Africa. All four won Nobel Prizes – Brenner for his molecular research and discovery of programmed cell death; Klug for his macromoleculer research; Theiler for his yellow fever research and vaccine development; and Cormack for his CAT research which led to the development of the CAT scanner.
Brilliant mathematician, Joseph Albert Mokoena, was another local genius, highly regarded for its efforts to promote maths in Africa.
South Africa's science heroes also include Mark Shuttleworth, an IT entrepreneur who made history by becoming the first African in space and only the second private citizen to self-fund his journey into orbit. Shuttleworth inspired the nation and now promotes science, maths and technology among South African learners.
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David Cameron Is A Fashion Prisoner
"When I go shopping, my wife doesn't allow me to look around the store at all. I am put in a changing room and things are passed to me like you would pass food to a prisoner."
–British Prime Minister David Cameron describes his usual shopping habits, which are apparently dictated entirely by his wife Samantha. When I first read this quote, I was kind of scandalized by the image of the Prime Minister trapped in a dressing room being forced to try on designer slacks, but then I realized I do the exact same thing to my boyfriend. Usually we do one lap of a store together, and then once he's safely locked away in the dressing room, I start throwing things over the door and using a combination of threats and bribes to convince him to try them on (this is how he came to own a purple cardigan). Do any of you pick out clothing for your partner? Do you let your partner pick out clothes for you? What are your shopping habits as a couple? [Refinery 29]


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12th Annual Altered Barbie Art Show: "Mission: Barbie" | Mission
The annual Altered Barbie Exhibition is a creative reuse art show where people transform these icons into not-so-everyday art reflecting our current society.
Ken and Barbie, modern day icons, permeate every corner of our culture. Making art from them creates dialog and community where there is none.
12th Annual Altered Barbie Art Show
Thursday October 23 – Sunday November 16, 2014
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At the 12th Annual San Francisco Altered Barbie Art Show, Barbie is on a mission to kick some long needed ass. Gather up your discarded ideologies and come to see what Barbie's mission is. Is it to save or take over the Mission District or San Francisco or the entire USA, or the world? Is her mission to eat you, prey on you or love you? Or all three?
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Check out the exhibit, with opening and closing receptions, the poetry night, and artist receptions.
- October 23, 6-9 pm: Pre-Opening – Where artists show off and discuss their Barbie masterpieces with the public.
- October 24, 6 pm to midnight: Artists Reception – Meet the 50+ artists who have resurrected and reinvented Ken and Barbie into art. There are live performances, and of course, the dolls made by local and not so local artists.
- November 6, 7-9 pm: Poetry Night – Meet local poets speaking their minds about Barbie and her mission to the backdrop of Alt music
- November 15, 6 pm to midnight: Closing Artist Reception – Meet the artists who are going to celebrate one last mission with Barbie at the closing artists reception. Live performances will be featured.
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ADRIAN, Mich. - New photos show the missing Skelton boys aged two years to represent what they would look like today.
Tanner, Alexander and Andrew Skelton were last seen at their father's home in Morenci near the Michigan-Ohio border on Thanksgiving 2010. The three Skelton boys were supposed to be returned to their mother.
The Michigan appeals court has declined to hear an appeal of the prison sentence ordered for John Skelton, the Lenawee County man blamed for the disappearance of his three sons.
--John Skelon pleaded no contest last year to charges of unlawful imprisonment
John Skelton pleaded no contest last year to charges of unlawful imprisonment.
Watch: Morenci mourns missing Skelton boys
Judge Margaret Noe exceeded sentencing guidelines and sent Skelton to prison for 10 to 15 years. The appeals court last week turned down Skelton's delayed request to challenge that punishment. A message seeking comment was left for his lawyer Thursday.
Watch: What Skelton boys' mother thinks really happened
Authorities believe the Skelton brothers are dead.
What John Skelton told Local 4
Local 4's Sandra Ali spoke with John Skelton about his missing boys in November of 2011.
Skelton said he believes his children were being abused. He said he reached out for help from a group of people who rescue children.
He said he agreed to give the boys up to the group for just one night, Thanksgiving night. He said it was supposed to be a "trial run" but he never saw his boys or the people from the group again
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Edward J. Blum
This is part 2 of my post-AHA/ASCH interviews with graduate students who seem to me will be altering how we think about our discipline during the next 10-20 years. The answers come from Sonia Hazard, a PhD student at Duke University, and Brett Grainger, a doctoral candidate in American religious history at Harvard University. Check out his recent article in Church History.
Q: How are US religious historians thinking differently or approaching the craft distinctly today than they may have 10-20 years ago?
Sonia Hazard: American religious historians are beginning to challenge many of the long-regnant conventions of cultural history, and I enthusiastically welcome most of these efforts. For example, I think that the injunction to take our subjects "seriously" as fully conscious and intentional "agents" is slipping a bit. A growing contingent of historians argue that empathy for subjects and attention to their self-understandings, while important, need not require turning a blind eye to the larger structures of power and social disciplines in which subjects are embedded, of which subjects may not have direct knowledge. Scholars like Marie Griffith and Katie Lofton are going beyond taking subjects' testimonies at face value, to ask: what are the social and material conditions that enabled and facilitated those utterances? I'm particularly interested in what other scholars will make of Lofton's point that capitalism, in addition to ushering in the so-called free market of religion, also shapes, limits, and generates religious practices in global ways.
I think we're also seeing the first few cautious steps away from the paradigms of "democratization" and "pluralism." These have been master tropes in American religious history, almost too big to fail. They are grounded in the quasi-sacred principle of religious choice, that is, the idea that Americans have been free to make religion for themselves, at least since disestablishment. Free choice is a beloved American ideal—and all the more so for American Protestants with an Arminian streak, which perhaps partially explains its hold on the field. But what social disciplines and larger patterns authorize this valorization of choice, among both historical subjects and the historians who study them? In his new book, John Modern argues that the confidence in one's ability to choose itself derives from larger binding social imaginaries that emerged at a specific historical moment in antebellum America. To believe in the power of one's own choices already reveals an embeddedness in a larger religious formation, one which the subject did not choose and which remains outside the subject's self-recognition.
This is to say that I suspect we'll be seeing more and more studies that ask what patterns seemingly different religious traditions share and what kind of common historical formations they engage in. This may also signal a move away from the kind of intensive specialization that has been the hallmark of American religious history (and cultural history more generally). In addition to studies that focus specifically on Mormonism or Methodism or Moravianism, I think we'll be reading more books that span the professed pluralism, along the lines of Tracy Fessenden's work on "nonspecific Protestantism."
I also welcome recent experiments with the elasticity of "religion" as a category. Historians appear to be no longer limited to self-identified adherents as their objects of study. Religion now appears in some surprising places, from Oprah to secularism to the American obsession with the thin body. I'm excited to see where it turns up next.
Brett Grainger: I'm not sure I have much that is original to add here. What I can say is that I'm struck by the ambition of my colleagues. It seems that after decades lamenting the loss of grand narratives, everyone wants a shot at putting Humpty together again. If that is true, then I suspect one factor—and it's certainly present in my own work—is the dismantling of the secularization narrative. Of course, such dismantling has been in the offing for many years, but I feel as though it's suddenly ever-present. The ground feels clear for something new, even if we aren't yet sure what that might look like. I also think historians of religion are still trying to figure out how to spend the new cultural capital accrued by the discipline since 9/11 among mainstream historians and in the broader culture. Is our work for ourselves, for American history more generally, or for The New York Times? When I was an undergrad in religious studies in Canada in the mid-1990s, no one could understand why I would choose to study religion if I wasn't in a ministerial stream. No one asks me that now.
Q: What is the best piece of mentoring advice you have received thus far?
Brett Grainger: Take your time choosing a project. It will pay off later. You need to find a project that genuinely excites you, that will spark you to get up and write during the dark night of the doctoral student's soul. And you need a topic that will open you up to a variety of opportunities when you're finished, rather than peg you down or push you into a corner. It takes time to find a project that meets all these requirements.
Sonia Hazard: Several mentors over the years encouraged me to read widely and take whatever courses I pleased. As I result I have had a hard time staying in one department for long. While I'm firmly situated in American religious history, I try to remain attentive to conversations in art history, anthropology, and cultural studies, and mindful of the ways in which I can bring American religious history to bear on them. While there are challenges to this interdisciplinary approach, the upside is that I constantly learn new things and I am never bored.
Q: What is your project and how did you come to it?
Sonia Hazard: My dissertation explores the surge in Protestant print culture in antebellum America. It builds on the historiography of this period with a new attention to the "agency" of the ever-changing material technologies—letterpress, boxwood blocks, lithographer's plates, canal systems, paper pulp, halftone screens, stereographs, and so on—that enabled the mechanical reproduction, distribution, and consumption of texts and images. I hope to show how religious print materials, sensorial engagements with them, and the religious imaginaries they enabled, were not only the results of preexisting religious ideas or intentions. More often they were the adventitious outcomes of the materiality of their mediums. I want to show how technological things were agents in religious history. Materiality mattered.
I came to the topic largely through the example and encouragement of my advisor David Morgan, who is at the forefront of efforts to bring the study of visual and material culture to the field. My approach also stems from the philosophical work of Gilles Deleuze, Bruno Latour, Jane Bennett, and others, who are sometimes called the "new materialists" or representatives of the "nonhuman turn." Such theorists argue that material things are not merely pliant, subordinate slaves to human agents. Humans and nonhumans, so-called subjects and objects, are not antagonists or mutually exclusive categories. Rather, they are fundamentally co-constitutive, mingling together in what Deleuzeans call an "assemblage." In this view, agency belongs not to human subjects alone, but is distributed across the assemblage. These are other trends I eagerly look forward to seeing develop in American religious history: the rise of material culture studies, and more and more adventures in contemporary theory.
Brett Grainger: My project looks at the ways that antebellum evangelicals pursued contact with divine forces in the natural world in ways that stirred delight as well as controversy. Through a number of practices, including some obvious ones (field preaching and camp meetings, outdoor baptism) and some not so obvious (private retreat for the contemplation of nature and alternative healing techniques such as "water cure") evangelicals chased the promises of "vital piety" through immersion in natural environments animated by vital spiritual presence. I'm arguing that these practices add up to a tradition of evangelical mysticism that has been overlooked in all the attention paid to changes in natural theology, providence, and the contemporary evidentiary pressures from science. For everyday evangelicals, engaging in religious practice in natural spaces opened pathways to personal transformation, including mystical union with Christ. But at the same time, evangelical mysticism awakened deep-seated fears, including the old bugbears of superstition and idolatry. Believers addressed these anxieties in a number of ways. By adapting the ancient doctrine of the spiritual senses, they defended their duty to worship Christ in nature without fear of idolatry. And by embracing a vitalist cosmology, they found a pragmatic middle path between "false" forms of enchantment (pantheism) and disenchantment (deism, materialism). However, many couldn't shake an underlying tension or ambivalence in their relationship to nature. They remained torn between a desire to cleanse the natural landscape of idols and an urge to sanctify spaces marked by the Holy Spirit. This tension persists in part, I argue, because both paths were affirmed in the scriptural record.
I didn't expect to write on this topic, but in hindsight, it feels obvious and inevitable. As an undergrad, I almost decided to study Romantic literature before I discovered religious studies. And the work that probably converted me to American religious history was Perry Miller's "From Edwards to Emerson." But it always bothered me how Miller dismissed revivalism. I love Emerson, but it seemed obvious to me that it wasn't only liberals who were interested in nature in the nineteenth century, or who felt the impact of Romanticism. It also seemed to me that there was a space for scholarship on cultural attitudes to nature that wasn't a prehistory of environmentalism or capitalist exploitation.
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I loved the reference to the "dark night of the doctoral student's soul." I'm not quite there yet, but I'm sure my time will come. I'm also glad to see that there is an increased openness to reassessing human agency. The pendulum had swung a little too far to the Arminian end.
Arminianism? Calvinism? Theology? I don't want to speak for my colleagues, but I don't think that's what we're talking about when we say we want to dismantle "agency." We're rather more interested in rethinking "agency" as a historically contingent cultural category. We're suggesting that the discipline may have taken the meaning of "agency" for granted for too long...
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- Welcome New Affiliates
- Toronto Secular Alliance wins SSA Best Website Award
- Go Off Campus to Start Campus Groups
- Religious Attitude, Part 1
- DefCon: Because the Religious Right is Wrong
- Delusion, or Catch-22?
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With the help of a generous grant from Atheists United in California, we are excited to announce that Ryan Langley is the new Secular Student Alliance Southern California Campus Organizer!
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Welcome New AffiliatesIn the last 3 weeks, the Secular Student Alliance has added six new groups to our official count of affiliates.
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Toronto Secular Alliance wins SSA Best Website Award
According to the SSA's Executive Director, August Brunsman, the Best Website allows people to get the most involved, is easiest to navigate, and offers a colorful look into the collegiate freethought movement. This year's recipient of the Best Website award is The University of Toronto's Secular Alliance (TSA).
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"Look down at me and you see a fool; look up at me and you see a god; look straight at me and you see yourself." While it's a frightening comparison, and one I'd never apply to a stereotype or organization per se, I feel my experience with at least one religious group came close.
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Professor Richard Dawkins's new book, The God Delusion, made its way into my mailbox a month or so before its publication date. I won't say how or why, but I will say I was thrilled to have it. I sent my critiques and praise to Professor Dawkins himself and decided to leave them for his perusal alone. Out of this comes the point of this article: to address the points I feel Professor Dawkins may have missed or edited out of his version of The God Delusion.
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When you try to start postgres with ssl set to true it fails because Postgres can't find a server certificate file named server.cert. Should we just create with openssl? Just did it it works. Thanks for your posting!!!
I just applied the latest batch of updates, as the twitter post announced.
Everything went well apart from the Postgresql upgrade, the following error was given.
Setting up postgresql-8.3 (8.3.8-0ubuntu8.10) ...
Starting PostgreSQL 8.3 database server: main* The PostgreSQL server failed to start. Please check the log output:
2009-09-29 12:21:43 BST FATAL: could not load server certificate file "server.crt": No such file or directory
invoke-rc.d: initscript postgresql-8.3, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing postgresql-8.3 (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of postgresql:
postgresql depends on postgresql-8.3; however:
Package postgresql-8.3 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing postgresql (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
Errors were encountered while processing:
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
I'm not conversant with Postgresql and after a bit of google'ing around I cant find a fix.
Anyone else got this problem or does anyone have any pointers or a fix??
Done some more Google'ing and found a fix, maybe.
Do we need ssl?, if not just turn off ssl in /etc/postgresql/8.3/main/postgresql.conf
And then /etc/init.d/postrgresql start and it runs
If we need ssl then we need a new certificate, the certs are linked to a snake-oil cert
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 Jun 22 17:19 server.crt -> /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 Jun 22 17:19 server.key -> /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
which is not present in the /etc/ssl/certs.
The new certificates can be created by :-
cd /etc/ssl/certs
make-ssl-cert generate-default-snakeoil --force-overwrite
Now retstart postgresql
/etc/init.d/postgresql restart
This should be everything back to life.
When you try to start postgres with ssl set to true it fails because Postgres can't find a server certificate file named server.cert. Should we just create with openssl? Just did it it works. Thanks for your posting!!!
Fixed my issue also. Thanks!
"You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone."
- Al Capone
I got the same problem, after a dist-upgrade,
and the trick done it well
thank's davehardy20
Same here. Searching for a fix last 2 days :-)
thanks for fix.
hello, I can not English so well, I have the same problem, I have made so
backtrack new install
cd /etc/ssl/certs
ls -ld /etc/ssl/private
sudo ls -l /etc/ssl/private/
make-ssl-cert generate-default-snakeoil --force-overwrite
BackTrack 4 Pre Final Kernel Update
apt-get update
apt-get install -d linux-image
cd /var/cache/apt/archives/
dpkg -i force all linux-image-18.104.22.168_18.104.22.168-10.00.Custom_i386.deb
apt-get dist-upgrade
apt-get install madwifi-drivers
apt-get install r8187-drivers
After a reboot, you might want to run:
no error with Postgresql
THX a lot DAVE..
I had this problem too but this fixed me right up.
Thank you!
WARNING: this command cannot work, because it's wrong. For make it work you must enter:dpkg -i force all linux-image-126.96.36.199_220.127.116.11-10.00.Custom_i386.deb
bye!Code:dpkg -i --force-all linux-image-188.8.131.52_184.108.40.206-10.00.Custom_i386.deb
Ora che ho perso la vista, ci vedo di più.
Same problem. Fix worked. I had spent a while learning how to make cert files, which was some righteous learning, but I couldn't figure out which directory they went in. Google searches all yielded advice that did not apply to BT4.


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The day before, we saw the mother-daughter duo, along with grandma Tina, out for a stroll in the Big Apple.
After the arrival of their first child, the popstar and her husband, R&B superstar Jay-Z, said they were "in heaven."
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She's passionate about food and proud of her Puerto Rican lineage. He's passionate about people and a former concierge at some of Seattle's finest hotels. Together, Sheena Lee Fuson and Jesse Lee Marshall make a cute couple, dressing as soda jerks and selling sweet (and savory) pancakes on sticks out of a tangerine-colored mobile kitchen.
My Sweet Lil Cakes is one of the newest food trucks to hit the Seattle streets. On weekdays, Lil Cakes is parked in a lot across from Li'l Woody's in Capitol Hill, strategically located to appeal to passers-by as they make their way to work or play downtown. As they build their business, Sheena and Jesse plan to take their pancakes to festivals, farmers markets, and special events.
The pancakes are cooked to order, taking about five minutes to appear and starting at five dollars apiece. Many have matching sauces for dipping, making them an interactive eating experience. Flavor combinations are interesting, ranging from a savory Cornbread, Cheddar, Jalapeno & Cilantro to a sweet Green Apple & Caramel with Pecans.
These pancakes are a snack or meal to go, albeit a little challenging to eat, as you can't easily slide the food along the stick. Sheena and Jesse say that's alright, as you can eat it like it's corn on the cob. Their positive and playful attitude makes My Sweet Lil Cakes a carnival of fun and a funhouse of friendliness. While open for breakfast, I can see this food truck someday serving as a fantastic late-night stop for post-party munchies. Right now, you can see a variety of the pancakes and scenes from the My Sweet Lil Cakes truck in the slideshow above.
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1208 Pine Street, Seattle, WA 98101 (map)
(206) 265-3002; mysweetlilcakes.com
About the author: Jay Friedman is a Seattle-based freelance food writer who happens to travel extensively as a sex educator. An avid fan of noodles (some call him "The Mein Man"), he sees sensuality in all foods, and blogs about it at his Gastrolust website. You can follow him on Twitter @jayfriedman.


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A SENIOR NSW Labor official has called for a ''one-strike'' policy for misbehaving members and urgent action on other party reforms following evidence at a corruption hearing involving the former ministers Eddie Obeid and Ian Macdonald.
John Graham, the party's Left faction assistant secretary, said the hearings at the Independent Commission Against Corruption had laid bare a ''rampant culture of self-interest'' within the former Labor government.
He said they confirmed the need for Labor's parliamentary leader to be directly elected by members to curb the influence of factional powerbrokers.
''I have spoken to many party members recently who are feeling distressed and angry at the state of NSW Labor,'' Mr Graham told the party's Hunter Regional Assembly on Saturday. ''I share those feelings. I do believe that these events give us a chance to drive a permanent change in the culture of NSW Labor.''
The commission is investigating the circumstances surrounding the issuing of coal exploration licences by Mr Macdonald from which the family of Mr Obeid is alleged to have stood to make up to $100 million. Evidence from the former premiers Morris Iemma and Nathan Rees has outlined the factional system which empowered Mr Obeid, who was a leader of a sub-grouping within the Right nicknamed the Terrigals in reference to the location of Mr Obeid's beach house where they first met.
The Terrigals dominated the Right faction caucus, which in turn dominated the full caucus, delivering Mr Obeid enormous power to make and break premiers and influence government decision-making.
Mr Graham described the system as ''a confidence trick that resembled a Russian matryoshka doll'' which ''has to be eliminated'' from the party.
He made apparent reference to the Wollongong MP Noreen Hay convening meetings of the Right in defiance of an edict by the NSW Labor general secretary, Sam Dastyari, that faction meetings should cease. ''We can't accept an attempt to rebuild a low-rent version of the Terrigal model in Macquarie Street, even though that is being attempted now,'' Mr Graham said. ''It has to be stopped.''
The change to election of the parliamentary leader by the rank and file, rather than the Labor caucus, was now a ''necessary measure'', he said. A committee within NSW Labor is examining the proposal.
Following evidence at the commission, Labor suspended Mr Obeid's membership at the request of the Opposition Leader, John Robertson. Mr Macdonald's membership was suspended following an earlier ICAC inquiry.
Mr Graham called for Labor to ''adopt a consistent and tough one-strike policy for misdemeanours''.
He argued that Labor should break from convention and hold a party conference in 2013, an election year, as a platform to respond to the issues raised at ICAC.
The comments came as the Foreign Affairs Minister and former NSW premier, Bob Carr, warned the ICAC revelations could damage the government at next year's federal election.
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A WAR memorial in Accrington could be set to undergo a £50,000 renovation, it was revealed.
The cenotaph, in Oakhill Park, Manchester Road, will be repointed and have its slate name plaques replaced if, as expected, planners agree.
A new flagged area will be installed and planter walls will be rebuilt, planning documents show.
The Grade II listed memorial, designed by Sir Charles Reilly, is the largest in Hyndburn and is dedicated largely to the Accrington Pals.
The appearance of the monument will not be affected, documents say, although several spelling mistakes on the green Welsh slate name plaques will be corrected after advice from 'a local historian'. And while the cost of the scheme is unknown, local councillor Tony Dobson said he expects the public to support the project.
He said: "The cenotaph is in decent nick but considering where we are with our history, as long as we are not spending hundreds of thousands, it's something we should be doing.
"As a council, we are trying to push the commemorative events in Hyndburn so we need to make sure everything is how it should be.
"Nine out of 10 people will think keeping our heritage and keeping the memorial presentable at this time in our history will be a good use of public money."
Council leader Miles Parkinson said: "We have worked up a scheme and have submitted a planning application for the cleaning, re-pointing, new paved area, re-building of planter stone retaining walls and possible renewal of some of the slate name plaques.
"We have an initial budget estimate for the majority of the works of £14,600 without replacing the slate name plaques, this will increase potentially by a further £49,300 if all the slate name plaques require replacing."
The imposing war memorial was originally built to remember those who fell in the First World War. It was unveiled in July 1922. The names of the Accrington men who died in the First World War are etched on the memorial, with casualties from the Second World War also recorded on an additional plaque.
Those who died during the troubles in Northern Ireland, and during the Falklands Conflict are also remembered there.


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CASSELBERRY, Fla. - It started as a day at the salon, Kathy Batista was with her mother, when in a moment, everything changed.
"When this man came into the salon, I honestly thought it was a robbery," Batista said.
Last month, Bradford Baumet stormed into the salon on State Road 436, ordered the women to get on the ground, and started shooting- killing Batista's mother, Gladys Cabrera, and two other women.
He then killed himself at a nearby home.
"It wasn't even her issue, she had nothing to do with it- and she was still a victim," said Batista.
According to police, Baumet was going after his estranged girlfriend, Marcia Santiago, one of the owners of the salon, who was shot five times but survived.
Two weeks before the shooting, she took out a restraining order against Baumet, and a court hearing was set- hours after the shooting.
Batista is now leading what she calls a movement in her mother's name, to bring awareness to domestic violence and help to victims.
"Tomorrow it can be your sister, your cousin, your friend, your neighbor, your co-workers, how many lives have to be lost before somebody actually gets up and does something," Batista said.
Marcia Santiago's family tells us she is still on a breathing machine, but is able to communicate with her eyes.
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A proposed tax on junk food is now firmly back on the Federal Government's agenda after recommendation made with the release of the National Preventative Health Strategy.
With 61% of all adults and 25% of all children either overweight or obese, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics, weight gain and the associated health risks such as cardiovascular disease (responsible for 34% of all Australian deaths) are now placing an ever-increasing burden on the health system.
The World Health Organisation has found that the following factors have increased the number of overweight and obese people globally:
The Federal Government's National Health Taskforce has now released a report that makes 174 recommendations to tackle obesity, smoking and alcohol-related disease. Among them is the recommendation that junk food attract a tax much like the taxes attached to cigarettes and alcohol.
The taskforce suggests that this may have a discouraging effect and lower the consumption of these convenience foods. Multiple surveys of regular Australians have shown that about 65% of us support a health tax on junk food.
Australia is not alone in considering a tax on junk food - currently both Taiwan and Romania are introducing such a tax, which will alleviate some of the pressure on their health systems.
A health tax on junk food in Australia would provide much needed revenue to an over-stretched healthcare system, and support education programs on better eating habits.
Written by Ella Walsh for Kidspot, Australia's best resource for family health. Sources include Food Safety Australia, The Sydney Morning Herald and the Preventative Health taskforce.
Last revised: Wednesday, 10 February 2010
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General Electric Co.'s fourth-quarter earnings rose 7.5% as the conglomerate said demand in China and other emerging economies offset an "uncertain" outlook in developed markets like the U.S. and Europe.
Profit climbed 12% in GE's industrial businesses year earlier, and the company said orders for big-ticket industrial equipment and services edged up slightly after two quarters of declines.
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Three years ago, Knox County Criminal Court Clerk Joy McCroskey hired a private collection agency to go after some $18 million in outstanding fines, fees and restitution owed to the county.
The move, however, violated state law and county code because McCroskey didn't competitively bid out the service.
Now, local leaders are negotiating with a new company to oversee collections for her office, which includes Fourth Circuit Court, General Sessions and Criminal Court.
McCroskey said she didn't intentionally do anything wrong and that then-Law Director Bill Lockett, who would eventually resign in disgrace, told her it was OK to hire the firm.
"I felt like I did what I needed to do when I went to the law director," she said. "I had no idea that I had to do anything else. When the law director tells you that you can do it, then what else is there? He told me that since it only involved my office I could do it."
Lockett, who stepped down from his post in April 2010 and later pleaded guilty to a felony theft charge connected to taking money from his former law firm, did not return a call seeking comment.
State law says that criminal court clerks who use private firms to collect fines must ask the county purchasing department where they work to "utilize normal competitive bidding procedures applicable to the county to select and retain the agent."
County code says officials must award contracts that exceed $10,000 through competitive sealed bidding. Such contracts also must be approved by the law department and signed by the county mayor.
McCroskey, though, oversaw the process herself. She reached out only to Solutia Revenue Recovery, and agreed to a contract put together by the firm.
"It was only later that I found out it was wrong, but I acted in good faith," McCroskey said.
Laura Boyd, president of Solutia, agreed, adding that her firm was not aware of the violation at the time.
"I just recently got an email from Joy, but I didn't know anything about it," said Boyd, whose company is based out of Columbus, Tenn. "It happens, I guess, but usually, in most counties, most clerks across the state get to decide who does collections for them. This is the first time we've heard about something like this."
Knox County Deputy Law Director David Buuck said McCroskey isn't in trouble.
"There wasn't a conflict of interest as I understand it," he said. "(Solutia) is a legitimate company that does a lot of work for a lot of different agencies. But there was an oversight and Joy needed to go through the procurement process, which she has."
Buuck added that the company, since it did perform a service for the county, can keep any money it earned while under contract.
McCroskey, long criticized for not taking a harder approach toward collecting outstanding debt, initially signed the contract with Solutia in late-October 2010. According to the contract, the county would pay the company $50 for each account it collected or 40 percent of the debt collected, whichever was cheaper.
Accounts, which are separated by individual criminal convictions, usually range from $50 to $2,000 each.
McCroskey said the firm came "highly recommended" from a number of her colleagues who also use it.
"They did a great job," she said, adding that she had no prior ties to the firm or its employees.
PDF: Solutia contract signed three years ago
PDF: Evaluation scores for initial 10 bids
PDF: Final evaluation scores for top three firms
Earlier this year, officials in the county's law department learned that the contract wasn't put out for bid. They then informed the county's purchasing department, which started the advertising process.
In April, 10 companies submitted proposals. The county picked Austin, Texas-based Municipal Services Bureau, which ranked the highest, scoring 278 points out of a possible 280, during the final stages of the evaluation process.
Solutia scored sixth with 202 points.
The committee, which included a number of county officials, based the grades on qualifications, experience, costs, proposed services, and references.
The purchasing department is currently negotiating a contract with MSB and is expected to bring something before the Knox County Commission for final approval in October, according to county Purchasing Director Hugh Holt. He said MSB "has accounts across the country and is well-versed in Tennessee law."
In the meantime, Solutia will continue to collect old debt for the county until the contract is signed.
"The good news is that we caught it as soon as we did and we were able to go back through the proper channels and go through the proper process," said Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett.
The mayor, however, said the contract matter should have initially "triggered red flags" in the criminal court clerk's office and in the future "it will be something to keep an eye on."
Officials are still crunching numbers, but it appears that the county is owed roughly $18 million from as many as 200,000 accounts tied to Knox County's Fourth Circuit Court, General Sessions, and Criminal Court during the past 10 years, according to records.
The county turns over debt to a collection agency if it hasn't received a payment in six months.
The county, according to bid documents, expects a 20 percent to 25 percent collection rate. Officials, though, acknowledge that going after debt is tough, since many of the offenders either can't afford to pay the fines, have no intention of paying the fines, or are in jail.
McCroskey operates what the county calls a "fee office," meaning it's supposed to be self-sustaining. Any money it receives covers $494,000 in monthly payroll, including benefits, and the rest is turned over to the county's general fund to help maintain overall day-to-day operations.
While under contract, Solutia collected just over $1 million, and made what appears to be about $144,000, according to records and officials with the company.
Laura Boyd, president of Solutia, said her firm "collects at about an 18 percent recovery rate." The national average is currently about 14 percent, she said.
Solutia is still collecting fines for the county, but McCroskey said she quit submitting new accounts to the firm after the bidding process started. She added that Solutia also will turn over any remaining Knox County accounts to the new firm once it takes over.
McCroskey says she has collection clerks in the office that help, but an outside agency is crucial to her operation.
"They have the means that we don't have," she said. "We collect a lot but they do better and these companies have equipment that runs 24 hours a day, looking up addresses and phone numbers. And they have the computer programs to use that I just can't afford."


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Washington (CNN) -- A day after formally beginning his second term, President Barack Obama on Monday takes part in the full trappings of his inauguration by reciting the oath of office in front of a crowd expected to number between 800,000 and 900,000 people.
The nation's first African-American president also will become only the 17th U.S. leader to deliver a second inaugural address before leading the traditional parade up Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House.
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I was pulling on a small side pull in an open-handed grip with marginal feet and heard a loud pop. After that my left ring finger felt unsupported and I couldn't weight it. There was a dull ache between the middle and last joint of my finger, which has since subsided to a slight pain. If it is a rupture of the A3 or A4 pulley [the slips of tissue that hold the flexor tendons close to the bones], is it necessary to see an orthopedic surgeon? Can I just go skiing for the winter and forget about it?
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Oh, joy, popping noises. This typically indicates the full monty of pulley damage. Though one rupture is foire standard, it is quite possible to rupture several: KA POW!
If it is A4, it is impossible to protect with taping, and climbing is not advisable for a good month or so. The A3 is easier to protect, hence the prospect of climbing is more tenable (see Bum Wraps, the truth about finger taping; No. 148).
Reconstructive surgery? Don't bother. Anecdotally, surgery doesn't appear to offer more than conservative treatment. I have seen climbers rupture A2, A3 and A4 in one foul interplanetary misalignment, and still return to their previous redlining best, plus some (and I am talking well into the 5.14 grade, or above V13).
Go and chase some snow bunnies if you haven't caught one already. Do a little skiing and start back slowly next season.
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Your muscle cells, where about 95% of total body creatine is stored, can only hold a limited amount of creatine. Once they're saturated (as happens after 'loading' with creatine), taking more than is required to maintain muscle saturation is a waste: Unable to store the additional creatine, you'll just end up excreting the surplus.
Creatine is carried into your muscle cells by a transporter mechanism. In order to function, this transporter itself requires energy as well as certain minerals (sodium, chloride; possibly magnesium, calcium).
In your body, creatine is converted to phosphocreatine (PC) for storage and transport. As muscle cells fill up with PC, the activity of the transporter declines. This 'down-regulation' may be most pronounced in your fast-twitch (a.k.a. type II, or 'white') muscle cells but affects all types of muscle cells. To avoid creatine transporter down-regulation, Dr. Theo Wallimann suggests consuming creatine for no longer than 3 months at a time, followed by a 1-month 'creatine-free' period.
Note, however, that no studies have been performed to demonstrate the superiority of one method of creatine 'cycling' versus another. Wallimann seems to base his advice on rodent studies, cell studies, and studies of creatine transport.
An alternative to creatine cycling might be to simply consume smaller amounts of creatine each day so as to gradually build your muscle creatine levels up to the point of saturation. Thereafter, consume as little creatine as you need to maintain your gains.
How much is that? About 2 grams of creatine a day. Interestingly, one study found 2 grams to be inadequate to prevent PC levels from falling to pre-supplementation values following the loading phase. However, the gains in lean body mass and exercise performance realized by the subjects were maintained!
Oh, and don't forget: At least in the first 24 hours of use, creatine transport into your muscles can be accelerated by consuming your creatine supplement with carbohydrate (e.g., dextrose, fruit juice).
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This collaborative project with the International Association of Forensic Nurses and Office on Violence Against Women, provides free training, technical assistance, and consultation to local SANE programs and State/Territory and Tribal SANE Coordinators.
The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) is pleased to present this targeted technical assistance project to strengthen the Office on Violence Against Women's (OVW) sustainability efforts regarding Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Programs.
Through the provision of free on-site technical assistance, information dissemination and follow-up consultation, this project aims to build sustainable SANE programs by increasing access to information, building SANE program staff capacity and enhancing collaborative efforts between victim advocates and forensic nurses.
About our Blogger: Jenifer Markowitz is a forensic nursing consultant who specializes in issues related to sexual assault and domestic violence, including medical-forensic examinations and professional education and curriculum development.
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Gross or Not Gross: "I Don't Shower Every Day"
Some people skip daily showering, shampooing—and deodorizing.
-Jane Farrell
If a coworker's hair looks a little oily, or that cute guy you've just met smells like a marathon runner at the finish line, don't assume that they're ignorant about personal hygiene. They may just not want to clean up every day.
According to an article in The New York Times, people are increasingly avoiding the traditional American routine of a daily shower, shampoo and deodorant application in favor of cleaning up, well, when they feel like it. Want examples? One 30-year-old guy interviewed by the Times said he shampoos once a month, just to reduce frizz a bit. A 55-year-old businesswoman who travels frequently uses sliced lemon instead of deodorant. (We had a few questions on this one: Does she routinely carry a large bag of lemons in her luggage? Or does she have to forage for them in unfamiliar cities?)
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The practitioners of alternative hygiene say they've got good reasons, including water conservation and the preservation of the skin's natural oils. Others are afraid of the aluminum that's in many mainstream deodorants, claiming that it might cause Alzheimer's. (This belief persists, according to the Times, although the Alzheimer's Association says there is no link.)
But as eccentric as these practices might sound, there are a few arguments in their favor: some experts say it's true that excessive showering can dry out your skin by getting rid of protective oils. In addition, there may be good bacteria on our skin that protects us from infection, in the same way good bacteria helps our intestines function well. And there's no arguing against the need to conserve water.
Of course, scientific research doesn't take the aesthetic factor into account—people who don't wash their hair every day, or even every other day, just might not be all that attractive to others. And though many alternative-hygiene adherents may want to "smell like myself" rather than a deodorant, perhaps that extremely authentic odor isn't appreciated by co-workers.


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THESE students from a school near Taunton got the chance to become stars for the day thanks to a nationwide school news project.
Year seven pupils at Heathfield Community School, Monkton Heathfield, were transformed into scriptwriters, interviewers, presenters, camera operators and autocue workers, to give them a glimpse at how the industry works.
Redrow TV assisted with editing the final footage, showing the students how their favourite programmes are made.
Peter Hoare, head teacher at Heathfield, said: "Heathfield Community School is one of the leading specialist performing arts colleges in the country and this school news project fits in perfectly with our ethos.
"A key part of our daily school life is giving pupils a voice and encouraging budding actors, musicians, performers and dancers.
"It is great to take students outside of the classroom and encourage them to learn in exciting new ways. The students taking part grew in confidence throughout the day and both students and staff are very proud of the final film."


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Although Mark Hosier was told he'd never walk again, the Indiana farmer is running a 500-acre farm and 10-sow showpig business entirely on his own. Injured in 2006 when a 2,000-pound hay bale rolled off his tractor on top of him and crushed two vertebrae, Hosier thought he wouldn't be able to continue farming. Today, he operates his tractor with the help of a mechanical lift; modifications to his facilities allow him to care for his hogs from a wheelchair.
A few months after his accident, Hosier and his family learned about AgrAbility, an organization that works to assist disabled agricultural producers in their effort to continue farming. AgrAbility is operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). A rural rehabilitation specialist from AgrAbility visited the Hosier farm and made recommendations regarding facility and equipment modification options. In addition to a wider aisles and the mechanical lift added to his tractor, Hosier had the hog stalls raised so he can assist the sows from his wheelchair. He also had a live-streaming video system installed so that he can monitor the sows from the house and avoid unnecessary trips to the barn.
An estimated 19 percent of farmers are unable to perform essential tasks due to a disability. However, in a study covering eight states, 88 percent of 366 farmers and ranchers with disabilities are able to engage in farming or ranching activities full- or part-time as a result of AgrAbility services, and 58 percent are able to manage their farms or ranches independently.
NIFA provides funding for 31 state and regional projects and one national project. Recently, Purdue University was awarded $1,930,513 over the course of four years to lead as the National AgrAbility Project (NAP).
Purdue's role is to provide training, technical assistance, and information on available resources to state and regional AgrAbility project staff and to promote ongoing growth of AgrAbility services in states that do not have federally-funded AgrAbility projects.
This is the second consecutive NAP award for the Purdue team, which is led by Dr. William Fields. More information on AgrAbility is available at www.agrability.org.
Through federal funding and leadership for research, education, and Extension programs, NIFA focuses on investing in science and solving critical issues impacting people's daily lives and the nation's future.


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By Gil BoggsColorado Ballet soared to new heights during the 2011-2012 season! We had a very successful fall with Swan Lake, which exceeded our goals and amazed everyone who had the chance to see it. Nearly 47,000 people attended our annual production of The Nutcracker, which was an incredible way to close out 2011.
This spring, we took flight with Peter Pan and dazzled audiences with high-flying adventure. Choreographer Michael Pink and composer Philip Feeney brought this timeless story to life and amazed audiences of all ages.
In March, we paid homage to our founders Lillian Covillo and Freidann Parker in Tribute. This collection three contemporary world premieres by three innovative female choreographers featured Emery LeCrone, Archetypes; Jodie Gates, Embellish; and Amy Seiwert, Traveling Alone.
We leave today to perform at the Gotham Dance Festival at The Joyce Theatre at the invitation of Jodie Gates. Gates chose two companies to show the span of her work: Colorado Ballet and BalletX from Philadelphia. We are so honored to perform Jodie Gates' Embellish this weekend in New York.
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Has anyone done clinical trials through the University of Texas in San Antonio? My mother will start receiving treatment on Monday 3/28/2011 and I was wondering if anyone had anything good/bad to say about their experience with the drugs/procedures and team of doctors. We are all nervous about this experience. Not only because of it being a "trial" but because mom will be 9 1/2 hours away from home!
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Did you know?
The Franklin Game Reserve is named after Sir John Stuart Franklin, mayor of Bloemfontein in the 1920s.
The Franklin Game Reserve is a unique 250-hectare wildlife reserve in the heart of Bloemfontein.
Giraffe, blue wildebeest and city views are on offer and apart from the game, there are many bird species, including Karoo scrub robin, the fairy flycatcher and violet-eared waxbills.
For safety reasons, it's best not to walk alone in the reserve, even though walking is permitted. You can also take a day drive to the top of Naval Hill in the reserve, where you can take in the city view.
An iconic feature on the east side of Naval Hill is the 'White Horse', a sculpture of a white horse created from rocks painted white. The most widely accepted origin of this sculpture is that it was created during the South African War (also known as the Anglo-Boer War) as a direction marker for the British cavalry who could see it from afar. A remount camp was stationed here after the British captured Bloemfontein from the Boers on March 15th 1900. The White Horse was most likely the handiwork of men of the Second Battalion of the Duke of Edinburgh's Wiltshire regiment, and is said to be the only Wiltshire white horse that is not in Wiltshire.
One of several urban legends about the White Horse is that every time a maiden is kissed on Naval Hill, it moves a step forward.
Tour guides are available – simply ask the host at your guesthouse, hotel or backpackers' lodge to advise you.
Travel tips & Planning info
How to get here
Fly or drive to Bloemfontein and ask to be directed to Naval Hill, a distinct landmark in Bloemfontein.
Best time to visit
All year round.
Get around
Walk or drive around the reserve. Visitors are advised to enlist the services of a recommended tour guide to show them the reserve. Enquire about a guide at your hotel, guesthouse or backpackers' lodge in Bloemfontein.
What will it cost
Visitors are welcomed into the Franklin Game Reserve at no charge.
Length of stay
Two nights in Bloemfontein would be ample.
Where to stay
Bloemfontein has a wide range of hotels, guesthouses and backpackers' lodges.
What to eat
There are lots of restaurants and supermarkets in Bloemfontein.


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Did you know?
The Khoi call the Augrabies Falls Aukoerabis, 'the place of noise'.
To understand why the Khoisan people referred to the Augrabies Falls as "the place of great noise", you need to come and experience them for yourself. Particularly when there has been plenty of rain and the Orange River is overflowing, you will experience the full might of the water as it thunders down the 56m-high falls. The might of this natural wonder will stay with you long after you have left the falls.
The Augrabies Falls are situated 120km to the west of Upington in the Northern Cape. They form part of the Augrabies Falls National Park, which is rich with endemic and indigenous plant and animal species.
On the menu of plant species is the enigmatic Quiver tree or Kokerboom (Aloe dichotoma). Traditionally, the Khoisan hunters made their quivers from this tree which dates back thousands of years and which produces vivd yellow flowers in May and June.
The Augrabies Falls National Park offers an ancient landscape that will take you back in time to the world of the first hunter-gatherers.
Just as they did thousands of years ago, if you sit silently you might be treated to the sight of a beautiful pair of klipspringers grazing - all the while keeping alert to the slightest sign of trouble from any of the predators, including leopards, jackals and the African wild cat. The klipspringers are not the only ones that are preyed upon. The park is the natural habitat for other antelope species such as steenbok, springbok, gemsbok, kudu and eland. You will hopefully see them all as you explore the park.
Complete your visit with a bird's eye view of the park from the top of the Moon Rock - a vast 'whaleback' dome which is a prominent landmark of Augrabies Falls. Walking to the summit will give one of the best views of the park and its surroundings.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
Augrabies Falls National Park
Tel: +27 (0)54 452 9200
Fax: +27 (0)54 451 5003.
How to get here
Augrabies Falls National Park is situated 120km west of Upington and 40km northwest of Kakamas on a tarred access route. National air links to Upington and a private airfield 5km from the park. Internal roads are gravelled.
Best time to visit
Best time to visit is in winter between March and October.
Around the area
Nearby attractions include the Spitskop Nature Reserve, Vaalbos National Park along the Vaal River with its abundant wildlife and Witsand Nature Reserve with its stunning 2500 hectares of brilliant white sand.
Tours to do
A diversity of tours are on offer, including the Namakwaland Daisy Tour.
Get around
Getting around can be by canoe trail, through day walks, hiking trails or by mountain bike.
Length of stay
Several days to one week.
What to pack
Visitors are advised to bring a hat, walking shoes, sun block, camera, binoculars and wildlife reference books. Hikers must always carry sufficient water.
Where to stay
Accommodation is available at the Augrabies Restcamp in the form of family cottages and bungalows.
What to eat
Picnic sites and barbecue facilities are available. There is a restaurant at the Augrabies Restcamp.
What's happening
The town's major event is the Kalahari Augrabies Extreme Marathon.
Best buys
Souvenirs include some local arts and crafts.


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Works by London-based illustrator Rob Pybus. More images below.
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Paintings by Seattle-based artist and illustrator Kelly Bjork (previously featured here). See more images below.
Collages by artist Rachael Jablo, currently living and working in Berlin. Informed by the work of English botanist and photographer Anna Atkins, Jablo tears up photograms of flowers, piecing them back together to create new shapes and patterns. See more images from "Where are you going, where have you been?" below.
A selection of playful work by Bristol-based artist and illustrator Ed Cheverton, including several animations based on some of his 3D toys! See more images below.
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SMWC launches Health and Wellness
April 1st, 2014 | SMWC
The future of our society depends on the health of its people. In fact, Hans Rosling, global health expert and TED speaker, makes the argument that the health of the people determines the prosperity of the country. Understanding and promoting better health are the focal areas of the new health and wellness degree at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC).
The new health and wellness major joins other health-related programs at The Woods including art therapy, equine assisted therapy, heath care administration, music therapy, RN to BSN and the most recent announcement of the development of an undergraduate nursing program. Additionally, the college offers pre-dental, pre-med, pre-pharmacy, pre-physical therapy and pre-vet. Healthcare remains one of the areas where job growth is expected, and this major will provide opportunities for students interested in pursuing a career in the field.
"This degree will prepare students for a wide range of opportunities to be part of health reform solutions," states Janet Clark, vice president for academic affairs at SMWC. "Successful graduates will provide leadership and service to their communities by promoting health lifestyles and creating awareness for disease prevention."
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of health educators is expected to grow by 37 percent from 2010 to 2020, much faster than the average for all occupations. Growth will be driven by efforts to reduce healthcare costs by teaching people about healthy habits and behaviors. This degree prepares student for careers as environmental health specialists, epidemiologists, food protection and safety technicians, health promotion and planning developers, researchers, health statisticians, and wellness promoters for businesses.
Beginning in Fall 2014, the major will be offered in the traditional campus-based program. Course offering include bioethics, biostatistics, biology, environmental health, epidemiology, global health, human anatomy, medical terminology, nutrition, physiology and public health. For more information, contact an admission counselor at 1-800-926-SMWC or .
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Photograph by Megan Seldon, National Geographic
Over the past few years, National Geographic has commissioned or collaborated on a number of reports and studies intended to help us, as well as our partners, vendors, and the industry at large, better understand the environmental impact of our printing and production activities. We are committed to continuous assessment and improvement and strive to do our work in a way that minimizes our environmental impact while delivering a quality product at an affordable cost.
Each of the reports in this section has provided important insights and analysis.
2009 National Geographic Magazine LCA (Life Cycle Analysis)
The National Geographic magazine LCA was done by the Society with its paper supplier, Verso Paper, and its printer, Quad Graphics. It was done in conjunction with Harmony Environmental LLC, a certified LCA practitioner. The goal was to establish the carbon footprint of National Geographic magazine.
We undertook this "cradle-to-grave" emissions assessment of a copy of the magazine (the functional unit) so we could understand the opportunities we have to reduce those emissions. We have made significant strides in reducing those emissions since 2009 and we will continue to pursue the goal of driving those emissions down as far as possible.
Download a pdf of the 2009 "Life Cycle Carbon Footprint for National Geographic Magazine"
2012 Analyses of Virgin Versus Recycled Paper
In 2012 Environ International Corporation was commissioned to produce a report, aided by several NGOs, to help National Geographic establish the relative benefits of using recycled paper versus using virgin paper in magazine printing. Since much of the decision as to which to use depends on the existing market conditions for recycled fiber (availability, quality, cost, and performance on press), we had Environ also do a market study to help us understand the market conditions so we could be better informed on the availability and cost of recycled paper.
When the Environ reports were completed, we had Harmony Environmental LLC do a comparison of the results.
Download a pdf of the 2012 "Life Cycle Assessment of Deinked and Virgin Pulp"
Download a pdf of the 2012 "Summary of the Life Cycle Assessment of Deinked and Virgin Pulp"
Download a pdf of the 2012 "An Evaluation of Deinked and Virgin Pulp for Use in Magazine Paper"
Environmental Performance of the Verso Paper Androscoggin Mill
In the winter of 2011, the National Geographic Society commissioned an independent environmental assessment of a paper mill owned and operated by Verso Paper Corp, located on the Androscoggin River in Jay, Maine. The study grew out of an ongoing dialogue with a coalition of environmental organizations and Verso Paper, a supplier to National Geographic, about the overall health of that river and the paper mill's impact on it.
While the Society is firmly committed to environmental sustainability, we also understand that these matters are complicated and are most appropriately debated and adjudicated locally among the direct stakeholders, including the State of Maine's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). That said, it is important to us as an institution that all entities with which we do business meet or exceed local and federal standards, comply with all local rules and regulations and work collaboratively within the communities where they are located. In this case, we think everyone can agree that healthier rivers are in everyone's best interests.
We wanted the study to be conducted independently and objectively, based on the most currently available facts and metrics, with considerable input from the main stakeholders, which include the mill, Green America, the Androscoggin River Alliance and the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) as well as the state of Maine, which sets and monitors environmental standards and compliance within its jurisdiction. The Society itself was expressly NOT a stakeholder; rather our institution acted as sponsor, underwriter and facilitator.
Paul Stuart of Processys, Inc. in Quebec, Canada, was commissioned to do the study after being selected from a list of experts identified by the stakeholders. His executive summary describes the process he undertook as well as the results he found, along with his recommendations. Stakeholder responses to his findings are also included.
While the project took far longer to complete than any of us could ever have imagined, we are pleased to share the final product. National Geographic appreciates the transparency, patience and spirit of cooperation exhibited by the stakeholders throughout this protracted process. We are also pleased that the report affirms that the mill with which we do business meets or exceeds current environmental standards as set by the community in which it operates, and that steady and measurable progress has been made in a number of areas in recent years. That said, it is always possible to do better, and National Geographic is committed to encouraging continuous improvement with all of our suppliers, including those that produce our paper. We appreciate Verso's expressed commitment to pursue a number of the recommendations made by Processys, including transparently conducting periodic third-party reviews going forward and sharing the results of such reviews with us as well as the public. The frequency should be determined by Verso and local stakeholders.
We also thank Green America, the Androscoggin River Alliance, and NRCM for their participation in this project. We greatly value the dialogue that it inspired.


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The Food and Drug Administration has announced the ShoulderFlex Massager, a personal massage device on the market since 2003, can strangle and kill.
On Wednesday, investigators in the Miami, Florida area are expected to announce that it was responsible for killing a woman in December.
On Christmas Eve, Dr. Michelle Ferrari-Gegerson was at her Parkland home wrapping gifts. According to detectives, when she wanted to soothe her aching neck, she used the personal massage device. At 9 p.m., her husband found her on the floor and unconscious.
The Broward Medical Examiner suspected Ferrari-Gegerson's necklace got caught in the device, which strangled her to death
The FDA warns people not to use the ShoulderFlex and urges those who own one to throw it out. Officials also suggest people throw away the parts separately so that no one else can use the ShoulderFlex.
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