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FCM conference a benefit for councillors
St. Albert councillors speak about experience at recent conference
Saturday, Jun 07, 2014 06:00 am
St. Albert city councillors descended on Niagara Falls, Ont. last week for more than just the scenery.
The mayor and Couns. Wes Brodhead, Cathy Heron, Tim Osborne and Gilles Prefontaine flew east to represent St. Albert at the annual conference of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM).
�It�s been an interesting and productive week,� Brodhead said, noting he and other councillors went a day early to participate in a regional workshop that brought in representatives of successful regional partnerships from across North America.
�We chatted around what it takes to be successful as a region, what it meant to collaborate and the benefit of not only working together for the region but it allowed the companies within the area to also compete better,� he said.
Brodhead also highlighted a pair of study sessions he went on, one to view the urban, completely accessible forest and the other looking at the trail systems.
With Brodhead�s interest in whistle cessation and railway safety, he found a session on the latter a natural fit.
�It was heartening to hear that municipalities � across the country are taking a greater interest in what it means to have rails going through their community,� Brodhead said. �The reality of it is we need to stay on our national railways to make sure their infrastructure�s maintained.�
Heron, a member of the St. Albert smart city master plan steering committee, found herself on a panel with city staff from Halifax and Winnipeg talking about their different approaches to having a �smart city.� Smart city is about using technology as a tool in a variety of ways for municipalities.
�I think the people in the room were really appreciative of having a politician speaking to them,� Heron said, noting she talked about the alliance St. Albert has formed with post-secondary institutions and technology companies and about how politicians can use the data to drive better decisions. �I got swarmed afterwards.�
There is a trade show that runs as part of the conference, and Heron noted there was a smart city focus there as well.
�So the profile of St. Albert I think was really elevated nationally on our smart city initiative,� she said.
Heron said she finds the side conversations with other municipal officials the most beneficial, something Prefontaine echoed.
�It�s not so much the sessions themselves as the opportunity to sit and talk with people,� Prefontaine said. �The presentations are wonderful but they open up that conversation.�
Prefontaine went on a study tour that he found interesting because it showed the differences in approaches to how municipalities deal with the rivers that flow through them in different provinces.
�It was really interesting to see the different model that is utilized in Ontario compared to what�s been done in Alberta in terms of river (watershed) alliances,� he said.
Prefontaine stayed behind for some extra time to attend the Canada Green Building Council�s conference.
For Osborne, the main benefit came from connecting with other municipal leaders.
�I have a lot of interest in some of the social issues that communities across the country are dealing with so some good conversations around affordable housing, seniors housing, things like that,� he said.
Osborne said he thinks municipalities have a stronger voice when they work together towards a common message.
�I think FCM is kind of one of our stronger mechanisms for doing that,� he said.


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Cabozantinib (Cometriq®, Cabometyx™)
Pronounced: ka-boe-zan-ti-nib
Classification: Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor
About Cabozantinib (Cometriq®, Cabometyx™)
Cabozantinib is a type of targeted therapy called a tyrosine kinase inhibitor. This means it works by targeting receptors present on the cancer cells. Cabozantinib targets several different receptors, which, in turn, blocks tumor growth and angiogenesis (the development of a blood supply to the tumor).
How to Take Cabozantinib
Cabozantinib comes in a capsule form, in several dosage strengths. It is taken once a day on an empty stomach. Do not eat for 2 hours before, or 1 hour after the dose. Swallow the capsules whole with a full glass (at least 8 ounces) of water; do not open or chew the capsules. If you miss a dose and it has been less than 12 hours since your regular dose time, take it as soon as you remember. If it has been more than 12 hours, skip the dose. Do not take 2 doses at once to make up for a missed dose.
The blood levels of this medication can be affected by certain foods and medications, so they should be avoided. These include: grapefruit, grapefruit juice, verapamil, ketoconazole, rifampin, phenytoin, St. John's wort, and modafanil. Be sure to tell your healthcare provider about all medications and supplements you take.
Storage and Handling
Store this medication at room temperature in the original container. If you prefer to use a pillbox, discuss this with your oncology pharmacist. Ask your oncology team where to return any unused medication for disposal. Do not flush down the toilet or throw in the trash.
Where do I get this medication?
Cabozantinib is available through select specialty pharmacies. Your oncology team will work with your prescription drug plan to identify an in-network specialty pharmacy for distribution of this medication and shipment directly to your home.
Insurance Information
This medication may be covered under your prescription drug plan. Patient assistance may be available to qualifying individuals without prescription drug coverage. A co-pay assistance program, which reduces the patient's co-pay responsibility for eligible, commercially (non-government sponsored) insured patients, may also be available. Your care team can help you find these resources, if they are available.
Possible Side Effects
There are a number of things you can do to manage the side effects of cabozantinib. Talk to your doctor or nurse about these recommendations. They can help you decide what will work best for you. These are some of the most common side effects:
High Blood Pressure
This medication can cause high blood pressure (hypertension). Patients should have their blood pressure checked regularly during therapy. Any hypertension should be treated appropriately. If hypertension cannot be controlled, the medication may be stopped.
Your oncology team can recommend medications to relieve diarrhea. Also, try eating low-fiber, bland foods, such as white rice and boiled or baked chicken. Avoid raw fruits, vegetables, whole grain breads, cereals and seeds. Soluble fiber is found in some foods and absorbs fluid, which can help relieve diarrhea. Foods high in soluble fiber include: applesauce, bananas (ripe), canned fruit, orange sections, boiled potatoes, white rice, products made with white flour, oatmeal, cream of rice, cream of wheat, and farina. Drink 8-10 glasses on non-alcoholic, un-caffeinated fluid a day to prevent dehydration.
Mouth Sores
Certain cancer treatments can cause sores or soreness in your mouth and/or throat. Notify your doctor or nurse if your mouth, tongue, inside of your cheek or throat becomes white, ulcerated or painful. Performing regular mouth care can help prevent or manage mouth sores. If mouth sores become painful, your doctor or nurse can recommend a pain reliever.
- Brush with a soft-bristle toothbrush or cotton swab twice a day.
- Avoid mouthwashes that contain alcohol. A baking soda and/or salt warm water mouth rinse (2 level teaspoons of baking soda or 1 level teaspoon salt in an eight ounce glass of warm water) is recommended 4 times daily.
- If your mouth becomes dry, eat moist foods, drink plenty of fluids (6-8 glasses), and suck on sugarless hard candy.
- Avoid smoking and chewing tobacco, drinking alcoholic beverages and citrus juices.
Fatigue is very common during cancer treatment and is an overwhelming feeling of exhaustion that is not usually relieved by rest. While on cancer treatment, and for a period after, you may need to adjust your schedule to manage fatigue. Plan times to rest during the day and conserve energy for more important activities. Exercise can help combat fatigue; a simple daily walk with a friend can help. Talk to your healthcare team for helpful tips on dealing with this side effect.
Nausea and/or Vomiting
Talk to your doctor or nurse so they can prescribe medications to help you manage nausea and vomiting. In addition, dietary changes may help. Avoid things that may worsen the symptoms, such as heavy or greasy/fatty, spicy or acidic foods (lemons, tomatoes, oranges). Try antacids, (e.g. milk of magnesia, calcium tablets such as Tums), saltines, or ginger ale to lessen symptoms.
Call your doctor or nurse if you are unable to keep fluids down for more than 12 hours or if you feel lightheaded or dizzy at any time.
Decrease in Appetite
Nutrition is an important part of your care. Cancer treatment can affect your appetite and, in some cases, the side effects of treatment can make eating difficult. Ask your nurse about nutritional counseling services at your treatment center to help with food choices.
- Try to eat five or six small meals or snacks throughout the day, instead of 3 larger meals.
- If you are not eating enough, nutritional supplements may help.
- You may experience a metallic taste or find that food has no taste at all. You may dislike foods or beverages that you liked before receiving cancer treatment. These symptoms can last for several months or longer after treatment ends.
- Avoid any food that you think smells or tastes bad. If red meat is a problem, eat chicken, turkey, eggs, dairy products and fish without a strong smell. Sometimes cold food has less of an odor.
- Add extra flavor to meat or fish by marinating it in sweet juices, sweet and sour sauce or dressings. Use seasonings like basil, oregano or rosemary to add flavor. Bacon, ham and onion can add flavor to vegetables.
Hand Food Syndrome
Hand and foot syndrome (HFS) is a skin reaction that appears on the palms of the hands and/or the soles of the feet as a result of certain chemotherapy agents being absorbed by the skin cells. HFS can begin as a mild tingling, numbness, pins-and-needles feeling, or pain or swelling of the hands and/or feet. This can then progress to painful swelling, blistering or peeling skin that can interfere with your ability to do normal activities. Be sure to let your oncology team know right away if you notice these symptoms, as they may need to adjust the chemotherapy dose or take a break to allow the skin to heal. Some tips to help prevent HFS include:
- Avoid tight shoes or socks.
- Avoid activities that put pressure on the palms or soles for 1 week after treatment.
- Apply moisturizer liberally and often.
- Avoid hot water for baths and showers.
GI Perforations and Fistulas
This medication can cause a tear in the intestinal wall, (gastrointestinal perforation) or a fistula (an abnormal connection between two parts of your body). Signs of this can include: new or worsening pain in the abdomen, new abdominal swelling, chills, fever, constipation, nausea, vomiting, or coughing, gagging and choking, especially when eating or drinking. If you experience any of these, contact your healthcare provider immediately or go to the emergency room.
Cabozantinib can cause abnormal bleeding. Contact your health care team immediately if you experience any bleeding, including: coughing up blood or blood clots, vomiting blood or if your vomit looks like coffee grounds, red or black stools, heavier than normal menstrual bleeding, or other unusual or heavy bleeding.
Blood Clots, Stroke and Heart Attack
This medication can increase the risk of blood clots, stroke and heart attack. If you experience symptoms of these problems, you should contact your healthcare provider immediately or go to an emergency room. Symptoms can include: swelling, redness or pain in an extremity, chest pain or pressure, pain in your arm, back, neck or jaw, shortness of breath, numbness or weakness on one side of the body, trouble talking, confusion or mental status changes. Let your care team know if you have a history of previous blood clots, as you may require preventive medication.
Wound Healing Complications
This medication can lead to slower or incomplete wound healing, such as a surgical wound not healing or staying closed. Therefore, it is recommended that the medication be discontinued 28 days prior to any surgery. In addition, any surgical incision should be fully healed prior to starting or restarting the medication. If you have a surgical wound that has not healed or begins to have signs of infection (redness, swelling, warmth), report this to your healthcare team.
Osteonecrosis of the Jaw
Osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) is a rare side effect, however, it is important that you know about it and take steps to protect your dental health. The maxilla (upper jaw bone) and mandible (lower jaw bone) are normally covered by gum tissue. In the case of ONJ, this tissue is gone and the bone is exposed. Typical symptoms associated with ONJ are: pain, swelling or infection of the gums, loosening of the teeth, exposed bone (often at the site of a previous tooth extraction). Some patients may report numbness or tingling in the jaw or a "heavy" feeling jaw. ONJ may have no symptoms for weeks or months and may only be recognized by the presence of exposed bone. ONJ most often occurs soon after a dental procedure, though not always. Stop treatment with cabozanitib at least 28 days prior to any dental procedures.
- Prior to starting therapy, you should have a complete dental exam, cleaning, and removal of any teeth in poor health.
- Dentures should be checked for proper fit.
- Brush your teeth after meals and at bedtime with a soft brush. Floss gently once a day. If your gums bleed, talk with your healthcare team to see if you can continue to floss.
- Check your teeth and gums in a mirror daily for any sores, swelling, loose teeth, pain or numbness, or other changes and report these to your dentist or oncology team immediately.
This medication can cause increased protein in your urine. Your healthcare team will monitor your kidney function while you are being treated with cabozantinib. If you experience swelling of your hands, arm, legs or feet, inform your healthcare team immediately.
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES)
PRES is a rare, reversible neurological disorder that can occur with use of cabozantinib. Symptoms of PRES include seizure, high blood pressure, headache, confusion, fatigue, confusion, blindness and other visual or neurological disturbances. If you experience any of these symptoms, contact your care team or go to the emergency room immediately.
Hair Changes
This medication can cause your hair to turn gray, lose its color or change color.
Reproductive Concerns
Exposure of an unborn child to this medication could cause birth defects, so you should not become pregnant or father a child while on this medication. Effective birth control is necessary during treatment and for at least 4 months after treatment. Even if your menstrual cycle stops or you believe you are not producing sperm, you could still be fertile and conceive. You should consult with your healthcare team before breastfeeding while receiving this medication.

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Talking to TVs was the talk of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this month, with voice and gestures being demonstrated as new ways of controlling internet-connected TVs that have become too smart in their interfaces and capabilities for regular remote controls.
But there are other uses for the cameras and microphones being introduced that can see and hear us. In this week's Personal Technology column, I have been comparing the telyHD and Biscotti TV webcams that promise better living room communications over Skype and Google Talk. Longer reviews of both are after the jump. Read more


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Book: Neurogastronomy: How the Brain Creates Flavor and Why It Matters
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Neurogastronomy: How the Brain Creates Flavor and Why It Matters
Dr. Gordon M. Shepherd, professor of neuroscience
(Columbia University Press)
In this book Dr. Gordon M. Shepherd lays the foundations for a new scientific field: neurogastronomy. Challenging the belief that the sense of smell diminished during human evolution, Shepherd argues that this sense, which constitutes the main component of flavor, is far more powerful and essential than previously believed.
Shepherd begins with the mechanics of smell, particularly the way it stimulates the nose from the back of the mouth. As we eat, the brain conceptualizes smells as spatial patterns, and from these and the other senses it constructs the perception of flavor. Shepherd then considers the impact of the flavor system on contemporary social, behavioral, and medical issues. He analyzes flavor's engagement with the brain regions that control emotion, food preferences, and cravings, and he devotes a section to food's role in drug addiction and, building on Marcel Proust's iconic tale of the madeleine, its ability to evoke deep memories.
Shepherd connects his research to trends in nutrition, dieting, and obesity, especially the challenges that many face in eating healthily. He concludes with human perceptions of smell and flavor and their relationship to the neural basis of consciousness.
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TWO wards are being closed at Wycombe Hospital this week as part of a controversial NHS shake-up in Bucks.
Specialist staff in wards 3b and 6b - both in the tower block at Queen Alexandra Road - are transferring to Stoke Mandeville Hospital, as part of plans agreed earlier this year.
This means patients needing an overnight stay for acute medicine for older people, diabetes, respiratory or gastroenterology services will be now be directed to Stoke Mandeville.
About 90 patients per week will be affected, but health bosses say the move is aimed to "ensure patients continue to receive safe and high quality services".
Focussing staff in fewer locations is seen as a more cost-effective way of delivering specialist care – though health chiefs argue also it will also improve care by increasing the presence of senior doctors on the wards.
However, campaigners still reeling from the recent loss of Wycombe Hospital's A&E and maternity wards have criticised the plans - arguing a town of Wycombe's size should warrant a 'fully-functioning' acute hospital.
There are also fears that Stoke Mandeville will not be able to cope with the extra patients. The number of beds at Stoke will remain the same, but health chiefs say this fits in with drives to reduce the time patients spend in hospital and to deliver more care at home.
Bosses stress that medical outpatients can still be seen at Wycombe Hospital, in a new assessment unit, while a 'step-down' ward has been created on 5b – for inpatients who do not require as much attention from specialist doctors.
Wycombe Hospital also retains some specialist services such as heart attack and stroke care.
The latest changes follow the closure of Wycombe's emergency room last month – which has been replaced by a Minor Injury and Illness Unit (see related links).
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, which runs the hospitals, said in a statement: "Staff have been planning and preparing over the past few months to ensure the changes happen as smoothly as possible.
"Prior to the ward moves, staff plan to discharge patients who are fit to leave hospital and only move those requiring ongoing care or treatment.
"Patients at Wycombe who require nursing care but no longer need specialist medical treatment will stay at Wycombe on the new step-down ward.
"Patients who need to transfer to Stoke Mandeville will be assessed thoroughly before being moved and will be accompanied by a member of staff in an ambulance. All patients and their next of kin are being kept informed throughout."


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Built on over 20 years of helping biopharma companies accelerate the development of their drugs, ICON Signature Series brings together ICON and industry experts to share knowledge and expertise across all aspects of clinical development and post-approval strategies. Knowledge will be shared using a broad range of communication channels, including webinars, articles, whitepapers, symposia, workshops and videos. The program also offers an interactive discussion forum for biopharma companies to engage with ICON experts and their industry peers on the latest industry trends and developments.
Commenting on the ICON Signature Series, Dr. Mark Roseman, Executive Vice President, Global Scientific Operations at ICON, said: "Our global team comprises a powerhouse of deep insight in all fields related to clinical R&D. This, coupled with their practical experience in local markets makes them uniquely qualified to offer expert guidance on development practices, comment on emerging issues, and help steer the industry's conversation on its future. The ICON Signature Series will be an invaluable resource to sponsor companies and is part of ICON's on-going commitment to provide clients with strategic development solutions."
The next ICON Signature Series webinar, entitled Enrichment Strategies for achieving greater clinical trial success takes place on 22nd April.
Expert Panelists include:
• Mr. Tim Clark, VP Scientific Affairs – ICON Clinical Research
• Professor Klaudius Siegfried – VP CNS – ICON Clinical Research
• Dr. Jamal Gasmi – VP Oncology, ICON Clinical Research
For more information on ICON Signature Series feature topics, visit http://www.iconplc.com/ICONSignatureSeries/
The statements made in this press release may contain forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. A description of risks and uncertainties relating to ICON and its business can be found in Forms 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31st 2012 and in the other forms filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, including the F-1, S-8 and F-3. ICON disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
About ICON plc
ICON plc is a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. The company specialises in the strategic development, management and analysis of programs that support clinical development - from compound selection to Phase I-IV clinical studies. ICON currently has approximately 10,045 employees, operating from 79 locations in 37 countries.
Further information is available at www.iconplc.com
ICON Media Contact
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JUST four weeks after undergoing life-changing surgery to help him walk unaided, Jack Pike has cycled for the first time.
Five-year-old Jack, of Penhill, suffers from spastic diplegia cerebral palsy, which causes stiffness in his leg muscles, making it very difficult for him to walk.
He underwent pioneering surgery on his spine in Bristol four weeks ago, more than two years after his parents Kylie and Gary launched a fundraising campaign to raise the £24,000 needed for the operation.
And now, he is making use of his first bike.
Mum Kylie said: "He is doing so good. It is unreal that only four weeks ago he had his spine opened for a life changing operation and now he is riding a bike for the first time.
"He is just doing so well at everything already, I am so proud of him."
As the Pikes were refused NHS funding for the £24,000 surgery, they launched a campaign to secure the sum.
Thanks to the help of generous Swindonians, they eventually reached the £32,000 mark.
Before the operation, known as a Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy, Jack had to undergo a test known as an ECG to make sure he would be able to cope with the surgery.
But the operation itself, which is a complex neurosurgical technique that targets nerves in the spine, did not go as seamlessly as the family had hoped.
The initial incision was too low, as what the bone surgeons were targeting was actually higher up his spine.
This prolonged the procedure and left Jack in excruciating pain, but he is now improving every day.
Kylie said: "He doesn't get a lot of pain now, just bad spasms in his legs but is on medication for that. He likes to show everyone the scar on his back. It's bigger than it was meant to be but has healed so well.
"His walking is also getting there – I took him into school before half term and he walked into class with flat feet and his teacher started crying. We're so proud."


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ARCHAEOLOGY enthusiasts are being urged to get involved with the third and final stage of a project looking at the industrial past of the Lake District.
'Reflections on History' is a joint project by the Lake District National Park and the National Trust and provides opportunities for local people to learn about the past industries of Windermere.
The project has already looked at the industrial themes of woodland and water power but the third stage, starting in April, will take place at the lead mines and slate quarries in Grasmere and Langdale.
An introductory day, including a guided walk to Banks Quarry, Langdale, will be held next month for would-be participants to find out more.
"No prior knowledge or experience is required and on-site training will be provided by qualified archaeologists," said LDNPA Archaeology and Heritage Assistant Holly Beavitt- Pike.
"However given the remote location and nature of the sites it is important that volunteers can demonstrate a reasonable level of fitness in order to take part in the work," she added.
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Note: One History Place is temporarily closed for renovations and will reopen later in 2017.
At The Strong museum, children and families can step into the past and experience a glimpse of life as it was a century ago. Amid artifacts and reproductions, guests explore mini-environments and go hands-on with activities reminiscent of an era of days gone by.
- Dip into a trunk of turn-of-the-century clothes and play "dress up" in the attic.
- Pump water, churn butter, and scrub clothes in the old-fashioned kitchen.
- Play the piano.
- Have a tea party in the parlor.
- Entertain guests in the living room or read books by the fireplace.
- Pretend to travel across the country at the train station.
One History Place is produced by The Strong.


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HOUSTON - A man and his wife were attacked and nearly robbed in their southwest Houston driveway.
Fred Clowe said the attack happened Monday in the 5400 block of Cheena Drive. The couple and two friends were on their way to dinner when two men jumped out of a car and asked them for some cash.
"They asked for money. My wife said, 'We don't have any.' They said, 'I'm sure you have a couple of bucks,'" said Clowe.
Clowe's wife told the men she would call 911, and they threatened to beat up the group.
The group decided to run back into the house and the attackers chased them, Clowe said.
"When we tried to close the door, they were trying to push it open. We got the door closed and got it locked. That's when they hit the window with the tire iron, or whatever it was that they had," said Clowe.
Because it was dark outside when this happened, the victims did not get a good look at the getaway car. They believe it is a light-colored, four-door Cadillac or Lincoln.
According to Houston police, there have been at least eight robberies in the couple's ZIP code in the past 30 days.
Copyright 2012 by Click2Houston.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Several inches of snow fell in Jerusalem from midday Wednesday into Thursday, blanketing the city in white. The event, which only happens once every few years, brought the capital to a halt, and turned the city into a massive playground for lovers of snow. From the white-capped Dome of the Rock to slush covered light train tracks, Jerusalem of gold has become a photogenic Jerusalem of white.
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Volunteers encouraged shoppers to make a donation to the homeless as part of Mitzvah Day yesterday.
More than 50 members of Golders Green Synagogue gave a few hours of their time to take part in the good deed day.
They collected food and toiletries outside Sainsbury's Yarden and Boots in Golders Green for Cricklewood Homeless Concern.
The group also knitted four blankets for World Jewish Relief charity, decorated part of the Marie Curie hospice in Hampstead, and collected warm winter clothing and blankets for families in Eastern Europe and old glasses for VisionAid in Africa.
Samantha Vaughan, coordinator of Mitzvah Day at Golders Green Synagogue, said: "It was fantastic that so many members of our community were willing to give their time to help make a difference to the wider community and worked so well together.
"I hope that our involvement in such worthwhile causes will continue throughout the year."
Rimon Jewish Primary School also took part in the good deed day. Schoolchildren sang to residents at Sage Nursing Home, in Golders Green Road, while other pupils painted recycled wellington boots to use as plant pots for the school garden.


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The Crap We Missed – Tuesday 3.15.11
Welcome to a new feature on The Superficial where I make our photo editor work even harder for my approval only to completely ignore him while I drink my beer and stare at the television. Builds character. Anyway, throughout the course of the day we don't get a chance to feature all the photos we want because Charlie Sheen shot another hooker or my tum-tum needs a nap-nap because writing penis jokes makes me sweepy. So here's the inaugural post featuring such wonders as: Tracy Morgan bare-chested with a lightsaber. A sad, dateless Dane Cook arriving to his own birthday party. That kid Taylor Swift is banging despite being named "Chord" and Vanessa Hudgens in a tank top because we're gonna get that Pulitzer, dammit.
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The Mid-Autumn Festival celebrates harvest, family reunions and hope for another year of good fortune.
Some believe the celebration's roots originated from the Chinese rebellion against the Mongols, who detested moon cakes.
The Chinese rebel leader, Zhu Yuanzhang, had a hard time organizing a coup because large gatherings were outlawed, reported ChinaTravel.com. So the rebels baked a slip of paper into moon cakes. It ordered insurgents to attack on the 15th day of the 8th lunar year. Thus the Chinese eat moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival to celebrate this successful overthrow.
The following places will have "Zhongqiu Jie" festivities:
— Riverside Metropolitan Museum
Sept. 19 from 6 to 8 p.m.
10th annual Chinese Moon Festival
8193 Magnolia Ave., Riverside
— Westfield Santa Anita's The Promenade (around Hai Di Lao restaurant)
Sept. 19 from 6 to 9 p.m.
400 S. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia
— 75th annual Chinatown Moon Festival
Sept. 21 from 5 p.m. to midnight
943/951 N. Broadway, Los Angeles
— Library Park
Oct. 5 from noon to 4 p.m.
1115 El Centro St., South Pasadena
Oct. 6 from noon to 6 p.m.
46 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena
This thanksgiving is only a day away, yet supermarkets aren't stocked with turkeys.
That's because the centerpiece for this Chinese and Vietnamese harvest celebration doesn't include a bulky bird.
During "Zhongqiu Jie" or the Mid-Autumn Festival, people give family, friends and colleagues moon cakes, a small but filling pastry embossed with a description of its innards or the name of a bakery. Others have patterns of clouds, the moon or a rabbit.
The treats are traditionally filled with an egg yolk embraced by lotus seed, red bean or jujube paste and five varieties of nuts and seeds.
"It's almost like a Christmas fruitcake. It's a traditional gift that people just give each other during the Moon Festival," said Becky Sun, a Pacific Asia Museum spokeswoman. "Adult children give them to parents and seniors. Friends and business partners give them to each other as an appreciation for their support in the past. It's best wishes for another year of harvest and prosperity (or) exchanging a good blessing."
Often called the Moon Cake Festival, the 15th day of the 8th lunar month is devoted to reunions, paying thanks to the year's harvest and (for Taoists and some Buddhists) praying for another year of sweet yields. This year the Mid-Autumn Festival falls on Sept. 19.
"It's a harvest festival. That's its origin, but it has a good deal more about it," said Clayton Dube, executive director of USC's U.S.-China Institute. "That's one of the striking things about it. The Harvest Moon is of course a bigger moon. You have this wonderful love story that is a part of it ..."
The legend of Chang'e and Houyi has become a product of a game of telephone, but the tale's core remains consistent.
Eons ago, 10 disobedient suns caused drought and death by all gallivanting in the skies when they were supposed to take turns roaming the heavens. Houyi, a talented archer, shot down nine of the scorching orbs.
People celebrated their beloved hero and came to him to learn martial arts. During this time, Houyi met and married Chang'e, a beautiful, virtuous woman.
The story diverges here, but one of the more popular versions says Houyi went to Kunlun Mountain, where the gods lived, and obtained an immortality pill from Xi Wangmu, the Goddess of the West. He gave it to Chang'e for safekeeping.
While Houyi was away, an evil disciple, Peng Meng, tried to steal the pill. Instead of handing the treasure over, Chang'e swallowed it and immediately floated to the moon.
Houyi spent his days and nights lamenting the loss of his wife. He put an incense table in his yard and put out a spread of Chang'e's favorite foods, which included moon cakes. People followed suit in camaraderie with their hero and to pray that goddess Chang'e bring them happiness and safety.
Last week Sandy La, 43, went to the 168 Market in Alhambra to buy moon cakes for her mother, sister and any family members older than her.
"It's what you do in our culture when you are part of the younger generation," said La, a San Dimas resident. "For the Mid-Autumn Festival and New Year — especially when you're married — you bring back to the family. It's a kind of respect for your mom. That's very special for her."
If La were in Vietnam, she would sit on her second-floor balcony, enjoy the full moon (which legend says will show an outline of Chang'e) and swap stories with her extended family.
But nobody has time for that in America, she said, so she'll just spend time indoors with her nuclear family. They will chat over a table of steamed taro, moon cake and tea after La burns incense and prays for a healthy family, for her children to listen to her, and for her husband to have job stability and even get a promotion.
A box of moon cakes at the 168 Market in Alhambra ranges from about $13 to $59, but every single employee is gifted a box to "boost employee morale and increase employee productivity," said Virginia Tan, a 168 Market spokeswoman.
In fact, institutions and businesses generally give their workers these dense pastries.
"Like it or not, you have to eat it because it's tradition," said Mary Wang, from San Gabriel.
But not everyone feels this way. Like fruitcakes, the re-gifting of moon cakes is commonplace. After a couple weeks of hot potato, people in Hong Kong threw away nearly 2 million moon cakes last year, Dube said.
Even though the heart of the festival is sometimes tossed out, the importance of the Mid-Autumn Festival and its legendary characters is a pervading Chinese tradition, Dube said. Mei Lanfang is one of the most famous Peking Opera singers, and he played the role of Chang'e. The name of Beijing's lunar orbiter in 2007 is Chang'e 1. Chang'e 2 rocketed into space in 2010, and Chang'e 3 will soon follow its loved ones.
"That is a way of reminding people of Chinese tradition and the moon," Dube said. "It speaks to that tradition in the same way that in the U.S., you had programs named after various Greek gods. You had the Apollo spacecraft, but you also had the Saturn rockets that carried it."


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The Internal Revenue Service has levied a federal tax lien on Duke City Gourmet, a limited liability corporation that runs the Santa Fe Airport Grill, a modestly sized American diner located next door to the airport's only terminal entrance. The Nov. 18 document says Duke City Gourmet owes more than $108,000 in unpaid taxes dating back to 2010.
But the troubles begin with what appears to be a sweetheart deal between the restaurant owners and city government. The two people listed as officers of the business—Lisa Van Allen, who works on a contract as Santa Fe's film liaison, and her domestic partner Jon Hendry, a union boss with deep ties to the film industry and the Democratic Party—are no strangers to local politics or controversy.
When SFR provided a copy of the lien to city airport Manager Francey Jesson last week, she said it was the first she had heard of it. Jesson referred SFR's questions to the city spokeswoman, but public records show Jesson's been trying to make Duke City Gourmet pay more for the space since shortly after she took the top job at the airport in the spring.
Duke City Gourmet is paying much less per square foot than other businesses that rent space in the airport. Originally part of a competitive bid in 1996 and since renewed seven times, the lease for the restaurant does not call for a fixed payment. Rather, it requires the restaurant to remit 5 percent of its gross sales every quarter.
"All other tenants in the terminal, both commercial and non-commercial have leases that stipulate a per–square-foot rate as a base rental rate that is fixed
revenue for the airport," Jesson wrote to the city manager and division director in a June email obtained by SFR through a public records request.
One of the airport's car rental tenants, Hertz Rent-A-Car, pays the city a fixed $580 rate each month—or $29 per square foot— based on the 240 square feet of office space it uses inside the terminal. But in calendar year 2011, Duke City Gourmet's rent payments averaged just $2.50 per square foot—or 11 times cheaper, proportionally, than what Hertz paid.
What's more alarming is that Jesson says Duke City Gourmet has still failed to live up to even these favorable terms. Older city records repeat that pattern.
Jesson started probing into the restaurant lease in June because she says she noticed "discrepancies while reviewing the airport's financials in general," she wrote in another email. In her own analysis of the restaurant's payments since 2010, Jesson found that Duke City Gourmet never paid rent to the city on time, and when the company did, it always underpaid. In all, the restaurant underpaid roughly $1,775 between January 2011 and June 2013.
"In some cases, the Grill has paid rent up to a year late, or reconciled its accounting of rent payments several months after the rent was originally due," Jesson wrote.
In 2008, for example, then-airport manager James Montman hand-delivered a letter to Van Allen and Hendry because they had not paid rent for more than a year. Records show they caught up on the payments the next month.
The restaurant's more recent underpayments, as well as the unusually low rates set in its lease, prompted Jesson to raise concerns to the city manager and her boss, city Transit Director Jon Bulthuis, that the situation may jeopardize Federal Aviation Administration guidelines that demand public airports be as financially self sustainable as possible.
"When compared to other terminal tenants, it could be difficult to defend the Grill's rates as being [fair market value], if we were to come under FAA scrutiny, since there has been no competitive process or [fair market value] assessment since 1996," Jesson wrote in June.
Currently, the city holds roughly $2.3 million in FAA grants for infrastructure projects.
According to the terms, the city has the right to terminate the lease at any time. But when Jesson raised the issue, the city manager ended up recommending that the restaurant lease be extended for another six months "during which time we can address the issues regarding uses, timely payment, rates, etc." according to an email sent to Jesson on June 25.
Three days later, Duke City Gourmet exercised its option to renew the lease for another three years without renegotiation.
City spokeswoman Jodi McGinnis Porter tells SFR that the city's relationship with Duke City Gourmet "began years ago when market profitability for the restaurant was meager" and that the city and restaurant are in the process of renegotiating the lease "to reflect current market conditions."
Still, it appears Jesson's experienced pushback from up the food chain. In an email sent last week to city councilor and mayoral candidate Patti Bushee, Jesson refers to a July meeting when Mayor David Coss, "who was wrapping up a meeting with [city manager] Brian [Snyder], mentioned to me to 'be nice to them,' in reference to the restaurant owners."
Coss, who accepted nearly $2,300 in campaign contributions from Van Allen and her business, does not recall making the "be nice" statement to Jesson, according to Porter. He "routinely instructs staff to be courteous in dealing with members of the public," she says.
Meanwhile, Porter denies that the restaurant has violated its lease. The federal lien placed on the restaurant does not violate a provision in the lease that states that the "lessee shall allow no liens," she says, because the lien is on the business assets and not the airport property. The lease also states that the restaurant must "promptly pay any and all taxes," but Porter writes in an email to SFR that the city "generally would not terminate a lease under this provision unless the failure to pay taxes impaired the lessee's ability to meet its obligations under the lease."
Still, Porter acknowledges that the restaurant didn't include a percentage gross receipts taxes in its rent payments "that may amount to a difference of about $1,000."
"Resolution of this issue is being discussed as a part of the ongoing lease renegotiations," Porter writes.
Though his name is still listed as an organizer of Duke City Gourmet in a corporation filing at the New Mexico Secretary of State's Office, Hendry says he's had no role with the restaurant for "at least a decade."
Van Allen did not return SFR's phone call but did respond in a brief email stating that she's OK with the IRS, but she didn't produce any documents to back her claim, and as of press time the lien is still in place with the Santa Fe County Clerk's Office.
Her version of events, however, is that the restaurant at the airport isn't a lucrative business and that she's done the city a favor by keeping it in place.
In a letter she wrote to Jesson, Bulthuis and other city officials in August, Van Allen defended the lease terms. She opened the restaurant in the '90s after being approached by the airport manager, and for years, while the sleepy airport saw few flights, she "took a loss for every meal I served," she wrote. Not until recently did things start to look up.
"It is ironic that I was promised for years that the airport would become the budding enterprise that it is today if I just hung in there," Van Allen wrote.
But Bushee says that the situation reeks of political favoritism and that she plans to ask the city Audit Committee to review it.
"The biggest concerns are that we may be out of compliance," Bushee says, "by having both a sweetheart deal of a lease and the fact that the principles also owe the federal government over $100,000."The IRS lien against Duke City Gourmet:
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Hi all.
I was just wondering if anyone else has seen an increase in Bumblebee activity since the stormy weather began a few days ago?
Up until the storms the lavender was unusually lacking in pollen gathering activity as were the rest of our bee friendly plants. Since the storms activity has increased by a huge amount.
This begs the question, does the rain/stormy weather do something to the flowering plants that increases the amount of pollen being produced leading to increased bee activity or is it something else?
Hi Ron
Since the storms I have had 30 plus bumble bees on a flowering plant every day all day, before we only had a few so perhaps you are right the storms may have had something to do with all the bees
I noticed a lot of activity yesterday, particularly on a long row of catmint.
It may be that the bees can sense the change in weather and every bee is out on doubled effort to collect as much as possible
Hi Ron, Clare & David,
Were the bumbles that you saw mostly males? I have a lot of drones & male cuckoos lazing around on my flowers at the moment. The hot weather and heavy rain has certainly finished off many of the flowers but whether it is post storms, or just normal behaviour for males at this time of year, they are spending a lot of time on marjorams, lavender, teasels etc. I always think of them as having completed their main role in life [mating with the new queens], to then spend their final days drinking nectar at the various "bumble pubs", until they die and fall to the ground.
The Bombus hypnorum colony in the blue-tit box has virtually finished now [ thanks to them for a lovely crop of blackberries & raspberries]; and the other bumbles around on the flowers are B. pascuorum, B.terrestris, and occasional B. lapidarius workers with pollen loads on the Campanulas and Teucrium. The last B. pascuorums of the year are usually seen in early November, so I wonder what it will happen this year.
Hi Clare, David and urbanbumble.
A thought on the increase in bumble bee activity that crossed my mind. During the dry hot spell the plants were getting less water, I wonder if the increase in water bought about by the heavy rain helps produce more nectar and/or pollen? This would increase the activity maybe? We had heavy downpours yesterday again lasting into the early hours (which also took out the electricity here) but again this morning the bees are in abundance, even on our lavender which seems to have taken a pounding and is looking rather battered right now.
Given your comments on gender visiting the plants urbanbumble we have just spent a little over an hour observing and I can confirm that all but five bees appear to be male, five having pollen baskets that were moderately full. It also gave us time to see if we could identify our buzzy friends, something I'm trying to get to grips with. In the main most are buff tailed although some may have been white tailed but they wont stay still long enough! The other main visitors were common carder. I was commenting while observing that we had seen no red tailed this year but spoke to soon as one solitary red tailed appeared on the clover (we try not to cut the grass while the clover is in flower). Meanwhile our ill fated tree bumble bees don't seem to be foraging anything from our garden and seem to fly off across the fence into a neighbouring garden or beyond.
Hi everyone
The bumble bees are still covering my flower ( I have no idea what the plant is) every day from dawn till dusk they are even sleeping on it over night, I don't have a clue how to tell a male bumble bee from a female but they mostly are white tailed with various sizes from very big to quite small. I do have pictures of them but I don't know how to download them onto this site, if someone could tell me how to put them on perhaps you could help me to identify them.
I have tried to download my pictures but the are too big does anyone know how to make them smaller?


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Neil Patrick Harris, Ellen Degeneres, George Takei and Martina Navratilova have all since spoken out on Facebook and Twitter in support of changing the policy since this announcement. For more about these stars' involvement, click HERE.
The Boy Scouts of America has opened a phone hotline for Americans to vote if they are "for" or "against" the policy. Neil Patrick Harris Tweeted the hotline number out. More info HERE.
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• autochthonous •
Pronunciation: aw-tahk-thê-nês • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Indigenous, native, that belongs where it is found.
Notes: Today's Good Word actually comes in three different flavors: autochthonous, autochthonal, and autochthonic. Although the first is preferable, all are legitimate adjectives from the noun autochthon "native, something that belongs where it occurs or is found". The abstract noun from autochthon is autochthonism.
In Play: Autochthonous is a synonym for native and indigenous that you may use when only the most esoteric term with this meaning will do: "When the Indo-European peoples moved into the Indian subcontinent, they apparently pushed the autochthonous populations to the south." Keep in mind, though, that the meaning of today's word is not limited to people: "Dewey Rose and Perry Winkle plant their garden only with autochthonous flowers, many transplanted from the fields around their home."
Word History: Today's Good Word is an adjective derived from the Greek noun autokhthon, made up of auto- "self" + khthon "earth". This Greek word for "earth" comes from the Proto-Indo-Euopean word dhghem- which, with the suffix -on (dhghm-on), apparently meant "earthling" (we have no written record of PIE so we can't be positive). The basic stem descended to Old English as guma "man" which picked up an [r] along the way to become groom today. By the time it reached Spanish, it was hombre. Chameleon and chamomile also derived from this root via the Greek variant chamai "on the ground". Chameleon was originally a lion (leon) on the ground while chamomile was the apple (melon) on the ground, so called because its flower has an apple-like scent. (Today we thank a certainly autochtonous member of the alphaDictionary family, Michael Oberndorf, for suggesting this down-to-earth Good Word.)
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I found "autochthonous" used in the book "The Hour" by Bernard DeVoto. He was speaking about using native grains to make native bourbon, apparently he held good bourbon & whiskeys in high esteem. The important word is "good".
Fear less, hope more;
eat less, chew more;
whine less, breathe more;
talk less, say more,
and all good things will be yours.
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A mother who suffered two miscarriages and two stillbirths has spoken for the first time about her heartbreaking ordeal in a bid to save St Helier Hospital's maternity unit.
Last month the Better Services Better Value review (BSBV) put forward its preferred model for the future of health services in south-west London recommending that St Helier lose its accident and emergency and its maternity departments.
Taya Cunningham, 43, from Kingswood, credited the hospital with helping her through her "darkest times" and has voiced her concerns for future mums should the unit close – which was only opened three years ago at a cost of £2.8m.
The mum-of-two had her first child, Siena, eight years ago, but it was another six years before she had her second daughter after four failed pregnancies.
After falling pregnant for the fifth time Mrs Cunningham said: "St Helier was amazing as I was totally paranoid at the time.
"They gave me lots of extra scans and I was introduced to their grievance counsellor.
"She would see me on a regular basis and made sure I wasn't getting too stressed.
"Unfortunately at six months I felt that the baby wasn't kicking and sadly the baby had died again.
"Having another child was the only thing keeping me going and I was in a very dark place."
Mrs Cunningham was referred to Maggie George, a midwife and the only counsellor in the area who caters to the emotional needs of pregnant women and is frequently referred patients from other hospitals and GPs, a service which would disappear from St Helier should the maternity unit close.
She said: "For all my patients I feel it would be a great loss.
"What we focus on is looking at their physical well being as well as their mental state – the two go hand in hand.
"If we don't look after them properly then women do commit suicide because they haven't been given the support."
Mrs Cunningham was then referred to a specialist a two-hour journey away in London by St Helier doctors.
She said: "When you are pregnant and stressed that's a long time to be travelling, but St Helier were happy to do the majority of my treatment and liaise back with the London hospital."
After falling pregnant for the sixth time Mrs Cunningham finally gave birth to baby Mia, now two, after an anxious 38-week wait.
She said: "That was probably my darkest time.
"Everyone is so happy and you finally have this baby, but actually you're not because you have that baby in your arms and you suddenly realise, two of these died.
"That's when you don't know who to talk to because no one really understands.
"You will never forget those babies you buried, having to give birth to them and carry them.
"The only people who really understood was St Helier because was they are coping with it all the time."


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92nd Bombardment Group of the 8th Air Force
25 April 1945 — Near Bedford, England
The attached photo is of Lt. James F Kromphardt - Navigator and Bombardier - and the crew from sqd. 407 (front row at the furthest right) in front of their B-17. The 92nd's motto was "Fames Favored Few." Lt . Kromphardt was in the Skoda Air Raid mission on April 25, 1945. He was in the lead plane for their squadron working the bombsite. The mission was a success - only losing one aircraft - and not only took out the Skoda facility, which was then being used to build arms for the Germans. but also wiped out the Pilsen brewing company, when it became a "target of opportunity."


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An Indian army soldier at a makeshift helipad at Joshimath, in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, on Monday comforts an injured pilgrim after he was rescued from the higher reaches of mountains. Soldiers have been clearing debris from towns and villages flattened by landslides and monsoon flooding that has washed away thousands of homes. Home minister Sushilkumar Shinde said the number of people who have perished could be more than the 1,000 deaths reported so far.
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I thought the Olympics was supposed to be about the world coming togther, but for some reason this board has turned into a very hateful place.
I thought the Olympics was supposed to be about the world coming togther, but for some reason this board has turned into a very hateful place.
I don't have hate for the skaters, but the commentators really get on my nerves. Scott and Sandra clearly WORSHIP some skaters.
I agree with the Original Poster. It's funny if you think about it. Here we are, grown adults (for the most part), hiding behind Internet anonymity to hurl granades at each other over the issue of whether one figure skater is prettier than another.
"I can't stand the Czech Republic because at 2008 Europeans the judges gave Tomas Verner a 6.75 in Interpretation, when I thought he deserved only a 6.50!!!! "
I thought the cold war ended years and years ago but NBC is hellbent on fanning the flames and keeping the hatred going. And even though Plushenko's programs (Lysaceks as well to be honest) weren't particularly inspiring I do like him as a person but I'm disppointed that he (Evgeny) doesn't mind playing into NBC's portrayal of him as the evil Russian. The other night Bob Costas was interviewing Lysacek and proceeded to read a list of all the things Plushenko had said since the mens event had ended. Why not ignore that and allow Lysacek to talk about his skating and his coach.
Part of the reason so many NA's believe that any good result by European and especially Russian skaters is all bloc judging is because of the years the American networks have spent drilling that into their heads. Look at how NBC was trying to rile up people before and during the pairs event. "The Russians" were finally going to lose their "stranglehold" on the pairs event. Will "The Russians" manage to keep their hold on the pairs title?
Even before the event began I think everyone knew the answer to that would be no. K&S are good but are just starting out and were contenders for bronze if they had good skates but they were not gold medal contenders. Of course why tell the truth when being so OTT dramatic might be more interesting. Even here people would rather upset themselves by getting all dramatic over something that wasn't going to happen. I lost count of how many times I read about people being disgusted that the Russians were going to cheat poor S&Z by pushing unworthy K&S onto the top of the podium.
Don't get me wrong, there have been instances in which teams were helped along or held up in the past but IMO most of the Russian and European triumphs in the past were deserved. The Russian had a "stranglehold" on the pair title because the Russian federation gave the same attention to their pairs that the U.S. has given to their own ladies skating program. I recall Peter Carruthers back when he was allowed to do pairs commentary explain why the Russian teams were almost always ahead. The basic skating skills and speed and polish of those teams were first rate. I remember reading an old copy of Blades on Ice and one of the American coaches stated that in the U.S. the kids wanted to do the big tricks but didn't pay as much attention to the basics.
Now with the influx of Russian coaches into the U.S. that dominated of course has ended and thus the pairs are good and have potential but aren't as good as their predecessors. Thus no Russian team on the podium in Vancouver. No drama required.
I wonder if Peter Carruthers' fairness and failure to automatically hint that certain teams were being cheated is one reason why he doesn't do color commentary anymore.
Even on the message boards the nastiness began. Automatically Russian D&S must have been held up if they are first in the CD. I got the feeling that some people just saw a Russian team and didn't pay attention to what was on the ice. I've seen some descriptions of D&S's CD last night that bear little or no resemblance to what I saw on my own television.
I'm American and for the most part am proud to see my country men and women do well but ever since I've become a figure skating fan I've also loved and appreciated the style of the European and Russian skaters.
It's sad to see so many nasty comments flung at the skaters and each other.
The irony of the whole pairs thing is that the Russian stronghold was toppled by ... a pair from a still communist country. I'm not trying to be anti-communist or anything, but am just noting that NBC is making such a cold war fuss about Russia, which is NO LONGER a communist country, but yet has completely ignored that the country that has shown its dominance in pairs now is from a communist country that has a similar skating program to what the USSR had in the 60s to the early 1990s. I have to find the link, but AP wrote a blog post about how basically that who Yao Bin is able to coach is hand picked by the Chinese sporting academies as opposed to people coming to him. Actually, I'm glad they didn't and I don't think they could anyway because quite frankly Yao Bin and his teams trascended those politics. They're just hard working skaters that really made the sport a bit better.
And yes Dom/Shabs did deserve first place in CD. They were sharp. And CD is their best element. And goodness there's only 3 points that separate 1st and 4th...so I don't know why everyone is calling foul already.
Um what? Modern China is about exactly as Communist as modern Russia is: not very. Both still have highly autocratic and centralized regimes that control the major industries, but have relaxed a lot of the ownership rules, enough to create a burgeoning and enterprising middle class. The difference is the US has intricate economic ties with China, far less so with Russia, with whom the US still has an often contentious relationship.
ETA: Please don't read too much into this!
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Passion. We're passionate enough to debate endlessly with people we don't know around the world about a sport we love. Things get heated.
You're right, and the odd thing is it actually happens in real life as well, not just limited to the boards. The cold war was on big time at the arena last night.
It's not about patriotism either. You can still love those from your country, but enjoy others. Yet, I didn't see that at the arena. All around me except for a few there was this big time hate against Evgeni. Now I see why people say that skating in one's home country or continent can help. I now believe that, which I never did before. It took attending the Olympics live to make me realize that there is validity behind that argument. As well as the home country/continent push.
Sports makes one's real self come out, prejudice & hate being a part of that...
Good god, if you think what's going on in these boards is hateful, try talking to some footie fans, or worse yet, attending one of them fútbol games. Or observe Korean speed skating fans. I think it was in 2002 or 2006, when Apolo Anton Ohno won over a Korean skater on a foul call, Korean fans responded by launching a denial of service attack on various American and Olympic websites. And that's just the beginning of their hateful festivities, you can read about the rest here:
The good-natured bickering and hilarious snarking on these boards is harmless fun.


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The North Manchester campus of Manchester University is located on a large, wooded campus in northern Indiana, about one mile north of the business section of North Manchester, a town with a population of 6,700.
The original campus, a 10-acre plot with large oak trees, fronts on College Avenue, with the Administration Building at the center. The entire campus and grounds, including the athletic fields and the University woods, cover an area of more than 120 acres. The Koinonia Environmental and Retreat Center in Kosciusko County adds 100 acres of natural land to University resources.
The Fort Wayne campus is located at Dupont and Diebold roads just east of Interstate 69.
Academic Buildings
Academic Center. Formerly known as Holl-Kintner Hall, the recently renovated Academic Center houses the campus Welcome Center - home of the Admissions Office and the Sisters' Cafe. Classrooms and offices for the Accouting and Business, Communication Studies, Economics, Education, English, History and Political Science, Modern Languages, Peace Studies, Psychology, Religion and Philosophy, and Sociology and Social Work departments are located in the Academic Center.
Administration Building. The central portion of the Administration Building was erected in 1921, combining the original Bible School and Bumgerdner Hall. The offices of the president, executive vice president and most vice presidents are located in this University landmark. In addition, the offices of Academic Affairs, University Advancement, Alumni, Financial Services, Media and Public Relations, Publications and Design, Printing Services, the Registrar, and Student Financial Services are located in the Administration Building along with Wampler Auditorium.
Calvin Ulrey Hall
Once a residence hall, this building now houses the Student Activites office on the lower floor. The Office of Health and Counseling Services and the Center for Service Opportunities are located on the first floor. The offices of Sudent Development, Human Resources and Residential Life are located on the second floor.
Clark Computer Center. Through a generous gift by John G. Clark, a 1932 graduate, the former Goshorn Building was completely renovated in 1984 into a multi-functional computer center. Housed in this building is the Office of Information Technology Services, a conference room, and one classroom.
Funderburg Library. The library provides materials to serve the University curriculum, bibliographic and interlibrary loan support for research, and instruction in the use of information sources.
Its 175,000 bound volumes, 385 printed periodical subscriptions, 5,600 sound and video recordings, and more than 20,000 online periodicals in 70 databases provide valuable research resources.
An interlibrary loan service delivers materials from potentially thousands of libraries.
Funderburg's three floors can accommodate more than 200 students. Comfortable lounges for relaxed reading are balanced by special areas for computers, audio and video equipment, group conferences, and after-hours study. The Teaching Resource Center contains thousands of textbooks and curricular materials for education majors. Special collections include the University archives, Brethren historical materials, and the peace studies collection.
Otho Winger Memorial Hall. This building, named for former Manchester President Otho Winger, contains the art and music departments. There are a number of art studios, classrooms, practice rooms for student use, a four-station computer music laboratory, and a 14-rank pipe organ. The Norman and Grace Wine Recital Hall and Link Gallery provide attractive and welcoming settings for recitals, lectures, meetings and art shows.
Physical Education and Recreation Center. Constructed in 1982 and renovated and expanded in 1997 and 2010, this building houses the exercise and sport sciences department, intercollegiate and intramural sports, and is the center for recreational activities. The multipurpose Stauffer-Wolfe Arena, seating 1,800, provides one competition or six practice basketball courts. Other facilities include the auxiliary gym, Brown Fitness Center, dance/multipurpose room, athletic training facilities, exercise and sport sciences offices, four classrooms, human performance laboratory and two racquetball courts.
Science Center. The Science Center contains 60 classrooms and laboratories, a large lecture hall, faculty offices, a greenhouse and an atrium. The Physics and Mathematics and Computer Science departments are located on the first floor.The Biology Department offices are located on the second floor, and the Chemistry Department is located on the third floor. Various artworks are on display in the three-story atrium, and displays highlighting the history of science at Manchester University are located along the hallways.
Residence Facilities
To meet the preferences and needs of its diverse student body, Manchester provides a variety of living options in five residence halls, each representing distinctive small groups within the larger University community. To complement classroom learning, to stimulate personal growth, and to spark interpersonal relationships, the residence hall councils and staff present programs and activities for students. A major responsibility of residence hall staff members is to motivate, encourage and advise students in the residential environment.
All residence hall rooms are wired to the campus computer system, which includes internet capability. In addition, each traditional residence hall houses a computer lab equipped with computers and laser printers available for student use.
East Street Apartments provide a number of housing options for students classified as juniors or seniors. Married students and students who are parents of dependent children may contact the Financial Services Office about the housing options that can be provided on a space-available basis.
East Hall is a residence hall for 183 men and women. The ground floor provides a large social room, cooking areas, laundry facilities and a TV lounge. The hall has a main lounge and smaller study rooms/ lounges.
Garver Hall provides a home for 269 men and women. This hall, named in honor of a former professor and dean, Earl S. Garver, has two separate residential areas with a shared lounge and recreational area. Garver also has a piano, a TV room and several smaller lounges.
Helman Hall, named in honor of former Manchester President A. Blair Helman, was constructed in 1993. This air-conditioned, co-ed residence hall houses 129 men and women in an alternate floor arrangement. Each suite contains two, two-student rooms and a bath. The Patricia Kennedy Helman Lounge on the first floor provides recreational, TV, meeting and informal conversation areas. Other amenities include elevator service, a kitchenette and vending area on the first floor, laundry facilities and study rooms on each floor.
Oakwood Hall, located on College Avenue, mirrors Helman Halls design, housing 129 students in four-student suites. A lounge on the first floor provides areas for recreation, conversation and watching TV. It has an elevator, a kitchenette and vending area on first floor, and storage rooms, laundry facilities and study areas on each floor.
Schwalm Hall is named for a former Manchester President Vernon F. Schwalm. This formerly all-male residence hall was renovated and refurnished in summer 2004 to accommodate 208 men and women in a variety of living options. A TV lounge and a recreational area are available for student use.
Computer Facilities
The University maintains multiple computer labs with almost 150 computers. A 30-seat lab is located in Funderburg Library, and Science Center houses a 16-seat lab. Each of the five residence halls contains a computer lab. In addition to these main labs, some academic departments have computer equipment. Lab hours are generally posted. Public labs contain computers capable of runing the latest software. Public machines run Windows 7. Software applications installed on the machines include Microsoft Office 2010 (Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Publisher, Visio, Project, and Expression Web) and several academic packages. Comprehensive wireless connectivity is available in the Academic Center, Clark Computer Center, Funderburg Library, the Science Center, the Union, and the residence halls. Most other buildings adn some outdoor locations also have wireless access.
Human Performance Laboratory
The Human Performance Laboratory, located in the Physical Education and Recreation Center, houses the laboratory areas for human biomechanics, exercise physiology and athletic training courses. Laboratory equipment includes a state-of-the-art isokinetic dynamometer for quantifying muscle function, oxygen analyzer, motorized treadmill, and cycle ergometer.
Natural Sciences Laboratories
The Science Center contains laboratories for biology, chemistry, physics and computer science. Located on the first floor are laboratories for computer science, physics, electronics, electricity/magnetism/optics, modern physics and physics research. An atomic force microscope allows imaging of atomic-level phenomena.
Biology laboratories are located on the second floor. These laboratories are for molecular biology, physiology and morphology, ecology and biodiversity, and microbiology. Molecular biology facilities include a DNA sequencer and a polymerase chain reaction thermocycler, and real-time polymerase chain reaction cycler. Additionally, three research laboratories and a special support room containing walk-in warm and cold rooms are located on the second floor. The greenhouse is located near the third floor of the atrium.
Third-floor laboratories are for analytical, organic and physical chemistry, and biochemistry. Four chemistry research laboratories and two instrumental support rooms including a separate nuclear magnetic resonance laboratory are also located on the third floor.
A recently acquired atomic force microscope allows imaging of atomic-level phenomena.
Other Facilities
Athletic Fields
The Kenapocomoco Athletic Fields are located on the east side of campus. The Carl W. Burt Field provides football facilities along the Eel River.* The stadium was named in honor of Burt, a coach and teacher from 1925 to 1942. The baseball team plays on Gratz Field, named in honor of Jim Gratz, a coach and teacher from 1962 to 1987. The University also maintains a softball field, soccer field, six tennis courts, an outdoor track and a cross country course along with numerous intramural athletic spaces.
Charles S. Morris Observatory
The observatory was built in 1973. A 14½-foot motorized dome and a 10-inch Newtonian reflector telescope are located in the dome building. The adjacent laboratory building includes a darkroom facility and other telescopes. Funds to build the observatory were provided by the family, friends and former students of Dr. Charles S. Morris, distinguished physics professor at Manchester University for 36 years.
University Chime
A long-standing tradition at Manchester University is the ringing of the chime each morning and evening while school is in session. The 10-bell chime, a gift of friends and alumni of the University, is located in the tower of the Administration Building.
The Union houses student dining, the Campus Store, The Oaks snack bar, an art gallery, the Success Center, and the offices of career services and conference services. The facility also includes meeting and conference rooms available to faculty, students and guests.
Cordier Auditorium
This auditorium was named for Dr. Andrew W. Cordier, a 1922 graduate of Manchester and former distinguished professor. Dr. Cordier also was a scholar, diplomat, conciliator, negotiator and administrator. Cordier Auditorium was completed in spring 1978. This spacious building seats 1,300 people continental style. A three-manual, 45-rank pipe organ was installed in 1981, funded in part by a generous gift from William H. and Miriam Waybright 39 Cable. Dressing rooms, stage preparation, storage areas and fly loft are provided in this facility. A large dividable meeting room is available on the lower level.
Koinonia Environmental and Retreat Center
Located 12 miles north of the campus, this 100-acre nature reserve includes a 5-acre lake and wetland complex, restored prairie, woods and a mineral resources trail created by Indiana Mineral Aggregates Association. A two-story building on the property houses the nature center, biological field station and retreat center. Class and seminar rooms, environmental laboratories, food preparation and overnight housing facilities are also part of the building. The original 80 acres was given to Manchester University in 1974. An adjacent 20 acres was added in 1992 as a gift from Ortho 50 and Dr. Ruth Mangon 50 Holland.
Manchester University Intercultural Center
This center on College Avenue across from the Administration Building houses the Office of Multicultural Service and Campus Diversity and offers a place for all students, particularly students of color and international students, to meet, socialize and study in a comfortable, homelike environment.
The lower level of the center includes a reception, lounge, kitchen and the Multicultural Affairs Programmers office. The upper level contains the office of the director of multicultural services and campus diversity, the AAFRO House library, a growing collection of books, magazines, CDs and videos. The upper level also houses an expanding computer lab, a conference room and a multipurpose office. These materials are available for check out to the general University community. The house is overseen by the Office of Multicultural Affairs and is open during regular hours.
Neher Maintenance Center
This building was named for Oscar W. Neher, a valued member of the Manchester University community from 1932 until his death in 1976. Mr. Neher was a teacher of biology until 1954 when, upon retirement, he joined the maintenance department, first as its administrator and later as a skilled cabinet maker. Maintenance administration offices are located there, as are several workshops.
Peace House
The Gladdys Muir Peace Garden, located on Wayne Street at the entrance to the University, was completed in 2001. It was built to acknowledge and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Universitys distinguished peace studies program and recognize it as the first of its kind in the nation. The peace garden is a place for quiet reflection and the refurbished small cottage is a meeting house.
Petersime Chapel
As a gift from the Ray M. Petersime family of Gettysburg, Ohio, this chapel, cruciform in shape, is the focal center on the south end of the campus quadrangle. The sanctuary seats up to 70 and has a six-rank pipe organ. Faith, higher education, and their relationship are illustrated in 30 stained glass windows. The structure also houses a meditation room, prayer rooms for individuals, conference room and lounge for groups, and offices for the campus ministry staff.
Power House
The central heating plant, constructed in 1967, furnishes heat for all the buildings on campus.
Success Center
The Success Center exists to assist students in defining, clarifying, and achieving their academic, professional, and personal goals to enhance their Manchester University experience. It combines a wide range of services at two easy-to-find locations. Academic Support, the Writing Center, the Honors Program, and Career Services are located at the Union second floor. Health and Counseling Services are located in Calvin Ulrey.
*The Eel River is better known to Manchester University students as the Kenapocomoco because of Native American history associated with it and brought to light by the research and publicity of a former Manchester president, Dr. Otho Winger.


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