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Meryl Streep utterly dominates "August: Osage County," the screen adaptation of Tracy Letts's Pulitzer Prize-winning 2007 drama of family dysfunction. In it, she plays another in a series of recent roles that tap into the actress's uncanny ability to evoke both horror and pity at her character's flaws. It's a list that includes Miranda Priestly in "The Devil Wears Prada," Sister Aloysius in "Doubt" and Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady" — each of which earned Streep an Oscar nomination. (She actually won in 2012 for her portrayal of the former British prime minister.)
Yet with her performance as Violet Weston, the venom-spewing matriarch of an extended family that includes three grown daughters, the actress may have outdone herself. Violet, who is suffering from mouth cancer and addicted to pain pills, is a woman given to such toxic utterances and such a corrosive style of mothering that it's a wonder more of her relatives haven't developed cancers of their own, simply from long-term exposure.
One of them actually has. But in a figurative sense they all have, as this intricately plotted story gradually reveals, during a gathering of Violet's clan for one family member's funeral. Unsurprisingly, that death is an apparent suicide — circumstantial evidence, as the film strongly suggests, that Violet is impossible to live with.
There are moments when the film, which is set in a sweltering Oklahoma August in and around Violet's house, seems a bit overheated for the screen. The inherent theatricality of Violet's character, which may be well-suited to the stage, is occasionally hard to take in such intimate close-ups, despite Streep's bravura acting. The film feels claustrophobic at times, and stagy.
It helps that the supporting cast is uniformly good. Next to Streep, Julia Roberts makes perhaps the strongest impression as Violet's bitterest daughter, Barbara, who is struggling with both a philandering husband (Ewan McGregor) and a sullen teenager (Abigail Breslin) on the cusp of making one particularly bad decision. Making Barbara's situation worse is her own suspicion that she herself may be to blame for her family's misbehavior.
For my money, though, the best and most nuanced performances are those delivered by Julianne Nicholson, Benedict Cumberbatch and Chris Cooper, as the tale's most tragic victims. Nicholson breathes life into mousy daughter Ivy, the one Weston girl who — unlike Barbara and the baby of the family, Karen (Juliette Lewis) — never escaped the homestead for saner pastures. She's left caring for Violet, and trying to carve out a small corner of life for her own happiness and healing.
Late in the film, which was adapted by the playwright for the screen and directed by veteran television producer John Wells, there's a bombshell that gets dropped, devastating the long-suffering Ivy, and more indirectly affecting her uncle, Charlie (Cooper), and her cousin, known as Little Charles (Cumberbatch). Like Ivy, Charlie and Little Charles have already been victims in their own right, having suffered years of humiliation at the hands of Violet's almost equally nasty sister, Mattie Fae (Margot Martindale).
But by the time the movie's climax comes round, the combined fate of this trio is heartbreakingly sad.
Despite some moments of caustic humor, highlighted in the film's misleading trailer, "August: Osage County" is in no way a comedy. Neither is it simply interested in wallowing in Violet's unrelenting ugliness. Two scenes — one in which Violet recalls her own mother's cruelty to her, and another in which she's shown dancing, a lonely and unlovable creature who is both a survivor and a perpetrator of abuse — reveal the not-so-subtly hidden message of Letts's play and film.
It's a message reflected in the several generations of women at the heart of the story, from Violet's unseen mother to Barbara's still salvageable adolescent daughter: Monsters aren't born, but made.
★ ★ ½
R. At area theaters. Contains crude language, sexual references and drug abuse. 119 minutes.


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Dr. Beom-Shik Shin
BEOM-SHIK SHIN is Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Incheon, South Korea. He is also a research member of the Presidential Committee on Northeast Asian Initiatives and a consulting member of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade, and Ministry of Unification of South Korea. Dr. Shin is the Director of the Committee for Foreign Relation of the Korean Association of Slavic Studies. Dr. Shin received his Ph.D. in political science from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO).
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Russian Nonproliferation Policy and the Korean Peninsula
January 25, 2007
Authored by Dr. Yong-Chool Ha, Dr. Beom-Shik Shin.
Efforts to resolve the threat posed to Northeast Asia's security by North Korea's nuclear proliferation through six-party negotiations are proceeding with great difficulty. As in any multilateral process, a major problem is understanding the goals and perspectives of each of the participants.


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Ford has smartly sharpened its product portfolio in the past three years, yet the same can't be said for the Blue Oval's supporting brands. Just this June, it was announced that Mercury would be put out to pasture after decades of carbon-copy engineering, and Lincoln's lineup suffers from virtually the same indifference. However, Ford tells us that the 2011 Lincoln MKX is the first vehicle in a product revolution that is planned for the luxury brand's lineup.
Ford says that the new models will bring genuinely distinctive bodies — not just fascias and soft points — over shared mechanicals, much like Lincoln's MKT three-row crossover related to the Ford Flex. But for now, the new MKX is simply a refresh that follows the same old formula: a Ford with a nicer interior, different looks, and more premium features.
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While the 2011 MKX update leaves the sheetmetal between the mirrors and the gas filler virtually untouched, the exterior facelift is more dramatic than the traditional mid-cycle update. Instead of tweaking the details, Ford has started fresh with both front and rear fascias. By dropping the old egg-crate grille in favor of Lincoln's signature split-wing opening, the MKX strengthens the brand's visual identity. It's a concept that most automakers have embraced for years, but Lincoln's lineup has somehow failed to build a cohesive look in recent times. With the MKX showing the family face, only the Town Car and Navigator remain as holdouts.
As significant as the exterior update is, the interior refresh has even more impact. Lincoln designers and product planners were well aware that the outgoing model lacked the effortless style and luxury of a well-executed premium interior. The new cabin is a fusion of Lexus quality with Cadillac modernity, features a more elegant, graceful design and smarter use of materials. Leather covers the dash, seats, steering wheel, and shift knob, while trim is either aluminum or one of two woods. The new My Lincoln Touch navigation and entertainment system dominates center stack and serves as a highlight of the interior.
In addition to the high level of craftsmanship, the cabin is marked with exceptional quietness thanks to acoustic laminated glass and insulating efforts. The seats are comfortable with generous amounts of room for three rear-seat passengers. Heated and cooled front seats are standard and heated rear seats are an option. Passive entry and keyless ignition, reverse sensors, and remote starting are also standard. Other available equipment includes a heated steering wheel, a panoramic sunroof, a backup camera, adaptive cruise control, and a 600-watt, 14-speaker THX II stereo. The MKX rolls on standard 18-inch wheels or optional 20-inch wheels. Pricing starts at $39,95, which makes the Lincoln more expensive than the Cadillac SRX, the Lexus RX350, and the Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class, and close in price to the BMW X3 and the Audi Q5.
Touch-and-tell technology
As it is today, Ford's Sync system encompasses so many functions that it's a challenge to comprehend its many abilities until you've spent time in the car. With the next generation, that becomes even more difficult as new features and a fresh interface create new ways to interact with the car. The Lincoln MKX is the first product to arrive with "MyLincoln Touch powered by Sync," the new infotainment system that will be standard on every new Lincoln model going forward. The system is centered around an eight-inch display with four core functions: navigation, phone, entertainment, and climate. Below that screen, Lincoln has replaced the traditional physical controls with touch-sensitive nubs. That affords designers increased freedom in how they style the center stack, but in our use it also comes with a few drawbacks. Using a button no longer provides the satisfying haptic feedback of a physical detent and you can't hunt for buttons by feel (unless you're willing hit six other buttons in the process), forcing you to take your eyes off the road. Touch-sensitive sliders have replaced fan-speed and volume controls, but trying to execute fine adjustment, particularly with the volume, is often unreliable. What was so wrong with the tried-and-true knob?
Consolation comes in the form of steering-wheel-mounted controls and improved voice command. Two five-way controllers on the wheel operate the 4.2-inch LCD screens that flank the central speedometer. The left display shows vehicle functions, such as the trip computer, fuel economy, or a digital tachometer. The right screen works as a redundant display of the center screen, allowing access to the four core functions. There are also dedicated steering-wheel controls for the audio system. The voice recognition system now has a larger vocabulary and has fewer menus to wade through. Passengers connect their devices through Bluetooth or the MediaHub with its two USB ports, an SD card slot, and a set of red/white/yellow RCA connectors. The vehicle can also connect to a Wi-Fi hotspot when parked or you can plug a USB modem into the car to create a mobile Wi-Fi connection for laptop-toting passengers.
Powerful, comfortable luxury
Power comes from a 3.7-liter V-6 with twin-independent variable cam timing. The engine is shared with the Ford Mustang and produces the same power output: 305 hp and 280 lb-ft of torque, and it provides strong acceleration. A six-speed automatic is the only transmission, but buyers can choose front- or all-wheel drive. In front-wheel drive form, the MKX is rated at 19/26 mpg city/highway. Those numbers allow Lincoln to claim best-in-class power and fuel economy for the luxury mid-size crossover segment. Opting for all-wheel drive brings a sizeable fuel economy penalty, dropping mileage to 17/23 mpg.
A retuned suspension and revised bushings have improved handling without adversely affecting ride quality. Wider wheel improve grip. The Lexus RX350 may be more willing to change directions, but won't hang on with the grip of the MKX. Steering that was once lifeless has been revived by reducing the friction in the steering gear using a new variable-displacement hydraulic power steering pump borrowed from the European Ford Mondeo sedan. Feedback is sorely lacking, but the effort and on-center response are excellent. Front-wheel-drive models transmit a noticeable — but not significant — amount of torque steer through the steering wheel during quick acceleration.
Lincoln's best…
Viewed in it's own context, the MKX comes off as a convincing luxury crossover, sumptuous inside with a cosseting driving experience and a bit of flair on the outside. This is Lincoln's best product — and that speaks to the quality of the Ford Edge on which it's based. However, savvy buyers will recognize that other luxury makes offer more distinctive five-passenger crossovers, that aren't so obviously based on a less-expensive vehicle. The Ford DNA may be a great starting point, but to truly thrive as a luxury brand, Lincoln still needs to establish its own character.
2011 Lincoln MKX
On sale: Now
Base price: $39,995
Engine: 24-valve DOHC V-6
Displacement: 3.7 liters (227 cu in)
Power: 305 hp @ 6500 rpm
Torque: 280 lb-ft @ 4000 rpm
Transmission: 6-speed automatic
Drive: Front- or 4-wheel
L x W x H: 186.7 x 76.0 x 67.3 in
Wheelbase: 111.2 in
Legroom F/R: 40.7/39.3 in
Headroom F/R: 40.0/39.3 in
Curb weight: 4251 lb
EPA rating (city/highway): 19/26 mpg (front-wheel drive)


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Music lovers won't be disappointed in Memphis, home to legends like Elvis Presley and B.B. King. But the city has a lot more to offer than just its vibrant musical history! Memphis also features fascinating museums, beautiful landscapes and some of the best barbecue on the planet. Use ApartmentGuide.com to help you find the perfect apartment for you in Memphis, TN.
If you can't get enough music, dining and nightlife, look to downtown Memphis for apartments near all the action. Families who want to be close to the Memphis Zoo might be interested in one of the great midtown Memphis apartments. Learn more about the nation's civil rights history at the National Civil Rights Museum, and if you're a full-time student, look for apartments in the Normal Station neighborhood to be near the University of Memphis.
Listen for soulful voices and slick guitar riffs as Memphis delivers night after night of world-class entertainment in spots like B.B. King's Blues Club. You can discover music history at places like the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, Elvis Presley's Graceland and the studios made famous by Johnny Cash, or you can attend a live show at one of the many well-known music venues along Beale Street.
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In addition to the Mud Island Riverwalk and unique attractions like the Center for Southern Folklore, Memphis also lures residents outside with other free things to do like the Hampline bicycle path and the 4,500-acre Shelby Farms Park.
Basketball is big in Memphis, where the Memphis Grizzlies play NBA ball at FedEx Forum. If you're a football fan, watch the University of Memphis Tigers at Liberty Bowl Stadium.
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Want to put your kids in the top schools? The Memphis area's best school districts are in the family-friendly eastern suburbs of Bartlett, Collierville and Germantown.
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RICHMOND — A 38-year-old transient found dead near train tracks in Richmond on Monday possibly jumped or fell from a train he was hitching a ride on, a railway spokeswoman said.
Investigators are not yet exactly sure how Chris Chisholm ended up near the tracks by Morton Avenue, not far from Richmond Parkway. No trains reported hitting anyone, and before his body was found a passenger on a Bakersfield-bound Amtrak train reported seeing someone hanging on the back of the train jump off, officials said.
The passenger's claim has not yet been verified, said Amtrak spokeswoman Vernae Graham. Another Oakland-bound train stopped after someone spotted the man's body around 7:30 p.m., Graham said.
The death remains under investigation.
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An insider's guide to Christchurch
Christchurch is truly a "City of Inspiration." Visitors from around the world are inspired by the "ocean to alps" views and amazing experiences on offer.
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Christchurch for Families
From little blue penguins to Hector's dolphins, and New Zealand's most important kiwi breeding centre, Christchurch is one on every families "must do" list. The World's Best Antarctic Attraction is based here – take a Hagglund ride or pick up a penguin backstage pass.
Christchurch for Footy Fans
Christchurch and the Canterbury region has a rich rugby heritage and visitors will spend days or even weeks getting to know the local footy culture and folklore. In New Zealand's proudest rugby province, countless All Black legends have been born. Visit country rugby fields, such as Southbridge, where their first matches were played.
Christchurch in a Glass
Christchurch is part of New Zealand's wine capital – follow the local Food & Wine Trails to discover the very best this special region has to offer, from the Waipara Valley to Selwyn and South Canterbury.
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There are few better places to explore on two wheels. The Port Hill have countless kilometres of mountain biking tracks, as does McLeans Island and Bottle Lake Forest Reserve. Only 20 minutes from Christchurch, the Waimakariri district is another mountain bikers' favourite. On Banks Peninsula, the historic Little River Rail Trail is a great family ride. The city centre has cycle-friendly lanes and is only 10 minutes drive from the Port Hills, where the Summit Road, "Short Bays" and "Long Bays" are popular after-work and weekend circuits.
Christchurch for Lovers
Whether it's punting on the Avon or a picnic in the hills, Christchurch city has a romantic spirit that's not difficult to find. For a memorable occasion take a drive up the Port hills, overlooking Lyttelton Harbour, the spectacular crater of an ancient volcano. You'll find many choices, and so many gorgeous gardens and uncrowded beaches for a weekend walk or special proposal.
Christchurch for Brits
Christchurch is often called the most English city outside of England – from the River Avon to the Court Theatre, to neo-Gothic architecture and award-winning gardens. Expats can indulge in feeling "right at home" (until the All Blacks take the field against their national team).
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I claim that it is commonly believed that Mathematical objects can be seen as genuinely static, with no "Platonic" time in which they do genuinely evolve.
Nevertheless time has its place in mathematics:
An endomorphism of a set (seen as a set of states of a system) into itself can be seen as evolution of the system in discrete time steps.
For a function of a totally ordered set into a set (seen as above) the ordered set can be seen as "time".
as the time-like component in Minkowski space
Questions (slightly modified after Qiaochu's comment and Vhailor's answer):
Which other constructs do give you a "time feeling" or give rise to "dynamic intuition"
admit a comparable straight-forward interpretation as "time"?
The examples above are set-theoretical ("concrete"). Is there a more abstract modelling of "time", maybe in category theory?


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Following the recent tragic passing of artist and creator Michael Turner on July 27th, 2008, Aspen MLT, Inc. is planning a very special tribute at the San Diego Comic-Con on Sunday from 1:00pm -2:30. Aspen Comics highly encourages any industry colleagues and fans wishing to pay their respects and help honor Michael Turner's life both inside and out of comics to attend this special tribute event.
In addition to Michael Turner's family and close friends and co-workers, Aspen will be honoring Turner's legacy with a host of special guest speakers from the comic book industry and beyond, all who were touched by Turner in some form or fashion in his tremendous life. As well, Aspen will be revealing an inspirational look into Turner's life and career throughout the tribute.
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull
The whole story is about a seagull. In the beginning of the story it describes how the main character; "Jonathon" lives with the other seagulls and how he is supposed to live by the rules of the flock. Jonathon breaks the rules of the flock by practicing flying, going higher and faster than any seagull has ever flown. At one point in his practicing flying faster, he nearly crashes into one of the other seagulls and gets banished for disobeying t...
The author is flying his plane when suddenly "space shifted and time bent." When he lands he is in the proper location, but in the wrong time. He meets up with himself, but he is an altered person. This other self is the person he would have been had he made different choices in life. The author continues his journey by flying and landing his plane at different points and discovering the different selves he could have become � the good selves and the not...
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Scribner, Oct 2003, 10.00, 160 pp. ISBN: 0743227565 On earth Shamrock Ferret has always answered questions almost from the day she was born so it is not surprising that she especially enjoys responding to those inquiries that seem impossible to obtain a reply. Her upbringing became her work and her skills have earned her a reputation as a successful sleuth. What Shamrock does is sit in the Cases Unsolved Chair to ponder the puzzle until she fi...


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Computer Science ColloquiumIm Rahmen des Informatik-Kolloquiums, das von den Instituten des Fachbereichs Informatik, der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Informatik (ÖGI), der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Datenverarbeitung (ADV) sowie der Österreichischen Computergesellschaft (OCG) abgehalten wird, spricht
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Methods of Numerical Inversion of Laplace Transforms for Electrical Engineering and their ApplicationsZeit: Tue 24.4.2018, 10:15, 60 Minuten
Ort: JKU, Computer Science Building (Science Park 3), room S3 047
ZusammenfassungInvestigation of numerical inverse Laplace transform (NILT) methods is an endeavor for researchers in science and engineering, especially in the electrical engineering field of applications. Mainly, NILT techniques assist on getting the time-domain simulations in related applications, e.g. solving partial differential equations that appear in linear distributed-parameter systems or those appearing while investigating signal integrity issues.
Generally, most available 1D NILT methods are very specific, i.e. they perform well on a few type of functions and hence on a limited number of applications; thus the aim of this research is focused on the development of universal NILT method and its expansion to multidimensional NILT which can cover a wide field of applications and could provide a practical mechanism for a better diagnosis and analysis of time-domain simulations, for example solving nearly non-linear circuits. This talk introduces the NILT fundamentals and concepts and presents several applications in the electrical engineering field.
VortragenderN. Al-Zubaidi R-Smith received the BSc. in Electrical Engineering and Telecommunication from Yarmouk University, Jordan in 2009 and consequently received MSc. degree in Electrical Engineering with emphasis on Radio Communication from Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden in 2013. During 2013 he was a research assistant at Aarhus University of Denmark. He has been a Ph.D. candidate at Brno University of Technology in the Czech Republic since 2014. His research interests are: Numerical methods, Computer-aided simulations, Fractional Calculus, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Signal integrity issues in electronic circuits.
Einladender: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Robert Wille, Institut für Integrierte Schaltungen, Abteilung Integrierter Schaltungs- und Systementwurf
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The former New York City mayor who has sometimes been mocked for
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forgotten -- or has mentally reclassified -- the worst terrorist attack
on American soil. "We had no domestic attacks under Bush," Rudy
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Giuliani then praised Obama for using the phrase "war on terror."
very hopeful that President Obama turned a corner yesterday," he said.
"He first used the words, thank goodness, 'War on Terror.'"
In 2007, while campaigning for the Republican nomination for president, Giuliani told a New Hampshire crowd
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Democrat was elected president the United States would suffer more
"But the question is how long will it take and how
many casualties will we have?" Giuliani said. "If we are on defense
[with a Democratic president], we will have more losses and it will go
on longer."
"I listen a little to the Democrats and if one of
them gets elected, we are going on defense," Giuliani continued. "We
will wave the white flag on Iraq. We will cut back on the Patriot Act,
electronic surveillance, interrogation and we will be back to our
pre-Sept. 11 attitude of defense."
"The Democrats," he added, "do not understand the full nature and scope of the terrorist war against us."
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The Potato Council is acting after a growing number of complaints that the classic new potato has become an all-year-round term used to describe a "small" or baby spud.
New guidelines have been drawn up describing new potatoes as those which are harvested between May and October, put on the supermarket shelf within a matter of days, and at least partially covered by a layer of thin skin that can rubbed off with a finger.
The council claims that any new potatoes stored for more than a couple of days, or sold outside of the traditional season, can no longer be classified as British new potatoes.
Trading standards officials at South Ayrshire Council called for action after a complaint by a local shopper.
The council bought potatoes from big name stores such as Aldi, Asda, Sainsbury's and Tesco between January and March this year and asked them for planting and harvesting information. Aldi and Iceland refused.
A spokeswoman said: "In nearly all of the samples, the potatoes had been harvested for some time before going on sale. In one case they didn't go on sale until March but had been harvested in August last year."
The Potato Council said the new guidelines will remove confusion and "celebrate the British season".
Caroline Evans, head of marketing, said: "Small salad potatoes need to be available all year round as they are a quick and tasty option. But we've lost the seasonality of the new potato, which means we can miss out on enjoying something extra special.
"Our description of a New Potato means that you know when you're enjoying them at their seasonal best."
Bruce Kerr, a grower from Suffolk, added: "We used to call them scraping potatoes as they would be available early and with a skin you can just rub off. You can't beat a proper new potato as they are specially grown and packed full of taste."
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How in the puck is it possible for hockey to be a TV hit in June?
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Saturday's Game 2 between the Los Angeles Kings and the New York Rangers averaged 6.4 million total viewers, according to Nielsen.
That may not sound like much compared with NFL ratings, but that was the most-watched Game 2 in a Stanley Cup final since at least 1994.
Hockey ratings suffer in comparison to basketball and especially football. Last year's Game 2 between the Boston Bruins and the Chicago Blackhawks on NBCSN drew just 4 million. In 2012, the Kings and New Jersey Devils gathered a crowd of fewer than 3 million.
But this year, the ice is finally cracking NBC's way. Game 2 scored giant-sized 21 audience shares in both New York and Los Angeles - which just happen to be the biggest TV markets in the nation.
Saturday was a great sports day for NBC overall. Coverage of the Belmont Stakes - where California Chrome failed in a quest for the Triple Crown - drew 20.6 million.
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Fifty-five people were sworn in as U.S. citizens during a naturalization ceremony put on by the Citizenship and Immigration Services, Seattle District 20, OneAmerica and the Seattle Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs at Seattle City Hall in Seattle. The ceremony was part of a larger event celebrating Flag Day.
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by Sue Ann Rybak
The words of Sharon Katz and The Peace Train's song "The Little We Have We Share" sum up the purpose of their concert for "Beds and Books," a fundraising effort to benefit HIV/AIDS orphans in South Africa.
"The little we have we share,
that's the way it must be.
In the world everywhere,
I carry you, you carry me."
Katz, a Mt. Airy resident, is raising funds for the project with a benefit concert and luncheon at noon Sunday, April 29 at the World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. Students at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, in collaboration with the Anna Crusis Women's Choir and students from Penn Alexander School, will perform the song "Jikele, Maweni Siyahamba" with Sharon Katz and The Peace Train. The piece features a traditional South African gumboot dance and step dance fusion.
"This is an exciting next step in SCH Academy's partnership with Sharon Katz and the Peace Train," said Christopher G. McGinley, director of Musica Mundi.
Musica Mundi is a middle school all-girls' performing arts group that includes the Musica Mundi choir, steel drum group and dance ensemble.
In addition to Musica Mundi, an all-boys drumming ensemble from SCH Academy Middle School for Boys, directed by Sheri Melcher, will be part of the performance at Live at the World Café.
"We have known them for years – we're able to collaborate with them this year at SCH Academy and are very excited to join them and raise money for Beds and Books at Live at the World Café on April 29," McGinley said.
Jazz guitarist Monnette Sudler will also be performing at the concert.
Katz said the audience is sure to "catch the spirit" from the band's "pulsating rhythms, rich harmonies and guitar-driven maskanda melodies."
Katz, who grew up in South Africa, saw first hand the effects of apartheid on the lives of blacks. As a teenager, she saw a production of a play by anti-apartheid writer Athol Fugard.
"It was an underground theater," Katz said. "The actors and the audience would have been arrested if the police found out."
It was a life-changing experience. She soon became friends with the actors and began illegally visiting them in their homes.
"I had to hide under blankets in the back of a car," Katz said. "It was my first exposure to the townships – it was like being in another world."
In 1992, Katz organized the orginal Peace Train, a 14-car train carrying South Africa's first 500-voice multiracial choir. The Peace Train traveled throughout South Africa to spread its message of peace and unity.
"The Peace Train was this amazing positive image of what a non-racial South Africa would look like," Katz said. "It was this incredible moving billboard. For the first time in the history of the country, people of mixed races were living together, traveling together and performing together."
Despite constant threats of being bombed, the Peace Train, Katz said, "steamed through barriers and let the humanity [of the South African people] come through."
"Music is the vehicle through what so much happens," she added. "The South African people said we are not going to let hate determine our future."
One of the goals of the Peace Train, according to Katz, was "to help them [the children] develop their sense of self, their self-esteem, leadership, commitment and to encourage them to do the right thing in their lives and in their community."
Katz said today many of the children from the Peace Train are active leaders in their community.
Last year, Katz and a small group of volunteers supervised and helped to build a school in a poverty-stricken area near Durban. A former student contacted her and asked her if she could help raise funds, so Katz held a series of concerts to fund the project.
"It's a very rural area that is devasted by poverty," Katz said. "The bricks were made from river mud and sand."
Whether its making bricks or building bonds of love and friendship, Katz sees music as a tool to bring people together.
April 27 marks South Africa's Freedom Day, and Katz said, "We will be celebrating 18 years of freedom this year."
"What better way to celebrate and also raise money to help the children who were short changed by the whole apartheid system?" Katz said.
For more information or to buy tickets, go to www.worldcafelive.com. Tickets, which cost $50, can also be purahased by sending a check to Friends of The Peace Train, 7207 Bryan St., Philadelphia, PA 19119.


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Manuscript Structure and Content, which outlines manuscript elements and introduces journal article reporting standards;
Writing Principles and Style, which describes organization of a manuscript with APA Style headings, principles of clear and concise communication, and reducing bias in language;
The Mechanics of Style, which covers punctuation, capitalization, italics, and the use of numbers;
Displaying Results, which offers basic guidance on creating tables and figures;
Crediting Sources, which includes guidance on the importance of citation, appropriate citation level, quotations, citing references in text, creating a reference list, and an introduction to online resources; and
The Reference List, which includes templates and examples of both online and print sources. Reference examples reflect technological innovations in electronic referencing such as the inclusion of the digital object identifier, or DOI, a unique alphanumeric string that provides a persistent link to content online. Many of the topics throughout the course are supplemented with relevant illustrative examples, such as tables and figures, to provide context. The course ends with 20 assessment questions.
Individuals are required to meet a passing score of 75 percent or higher. Individuals are allowed two attempts to successfully complete the program. If the individual is unsuccessful on the second attempt, access to the online test will no longer be available.
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Learn how to apply basic rules of APA Style in term papers, research reports, and journal articles. Content includes guidance on writing for the social sciences, manuscript structure and content, writing principles and style, the mechanics of APA Style (e.g., punctuation and capitalization), displaying results, crediting sources and creating a reference list.
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EPA has approved an amendment to the registration of Bollgard cotton that will allow producers in the eastern Cotton Belt to plant Deltapine 555 and other varieties containing the original Bollgard gene in 2010.
The agency also extended the registration for Bollgard until July 1, 2010, as part of its plan for discontinuing the use of the single-gene technology. Growers must purchase seed of those Bollgard varieties by Sept. 30 to be able to plant them in 2010, according to EPA.
"The extension is good news for farmers because they will have a registered product to plant in 2010," said Dave Rhylander, Delta Pine brand lead for Monsanto. "This means we will not have to turn in the names of the growers to EPA, which is one of the things the agency had initially said we would have to do."
Rhylander said farmers will be able to purchase about 33 percent of the amount of Bollgard seed that was available to them in 2009. That's up from the 24 percent in Monsanto's earlier discussions with EPA.
Producers in the Southeast have been concerned about the loss of Deltapine 555, a mid-maturity variety that was well-adapted to growing conditions in the lower Southeast. Deltapine 555 accounted for 58 percent of the cotton acres planted in the Southeast in 2009, according to USDA's Cotton Varieties Planted Report.
Monsanto Deltapine officials said two varieties from its Class of 2009 introductions have shown promise for replacing 555 and that some members of its Class of 2010 have produced higher yields than 555.
"In our broad exposure plots, which are module-sized blocks on grower fields, we've seen significant increases in yield," said Dave Albers, cotton germplasm manager for Monsanto. "These are yield increases that haven't been seen since 555 was introduced. We're very excited about those varieties."
Some growers have also reported yield increases with Deltapine 0935 and 0949, both of which are in its Class of 2009 and contain the Bollgard II technology.
EPA's registration of Bollgard II required that Monsanto/Delta Pine phase out the original Bollgard so that caterpillar insects would not continue to be exposed to the original Bacillus thuringiensis gene and, possibly, become resistant to it. The original Cry 1AC gene is one of the two Bt genes contained in Bollgard II.
"This transition is necessary to maintain the long-term effectiveness of biotech traits in cotton that control key insect pests by moving away from a single mode of action to a dual modes of action on Bt cotton products," Monsanto said.
Under the amendment, EPA has determined that Bollgard varieties may only be approved for planting in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida (north of Tampa), Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (excluding the ten prohibited panhandle counties of Dallam, Sherman, Hansford, Ochiltree, Lipscomb, Hartley, Moore, Hutchison, Roberts and Carson) and Virginia.
Bollgard seed will not be sold for planting in Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico in 2010 because pink bollworm eradication programs are under way, or EPA determined that there was very little to no Bollgard planted in these states in previous years.
"We have a number of people who will be working closely with farmers, retailers and others to provide local information on Deltapine variety performance and to help growers understand the varieties that may be best suited for their farms in these restricted areas," said Rhylander. He acknowledged that Monsanto's announced restructuring will present a challenge to the company as it implements the EPA-request plan for discontinuing Bollgard.
"A lot of the work had already been done prior to the restructuring," he said. "But it will be a challenge to get the products exposed now that some of the local sales reps are no longer there. Growers could switch to a competing company's products or quit planting cotton, and we don't want that to happen."
Information regarding the allocation process, ordering, invoicing, GPOS reporting, delivery and licensing/replanting will be posted at www.deltapine.com or www.monsanto.com/cotton.


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Each report is produced by a committee of experts selected by the Academy to address a particular statement of task and is subject to a rigorous, independent peer review; while the reports represent views of the committee, they also are endorsed by the Academy. Learn more on our expert consensus reports.
New research opportunities to advance hydrologic sciences promise a better understanding of the role of water in the Earth system that could help improve human welfare and the health of the environment. Reaching this understanding will require both exploratory research to better understand how the natural environment functions, and problem-driven research, to meet needs such as flood protection, supply of drinking water, irrigation, and water pollution. Collaboration among hydrologists, engineers, and scientists in other disciplines will be central to meeting the interdisciplinary research challenges outline in this report. New technological capabilities in remote sensing, chemical analysis, computation, and hydrologic modeling will help scientists leverage new research opportunities.
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- New capabilities in areas such as imaging Earth, chemical techniques to measure molecules in water and in organisms, and increased computational power, will allow hydrologic scientists to answer new research questions. In particular, there are four areas where progress is revolutionizing hydrologic science—chemical analytical instrumentation, remote sensing, embedded sensor systems, and computation.
- Three major areas define key scientific challenges and opportunities in the coming decade: the water cycle, the nexus between water and life, and clean water for people and ecosystems. These three research topics are intriguing areas of study and offer the potential for significant progress by taking advantage of new techniques, technologies and instrumentation.
- The Water Cycle, An Agent of Change: The water cycle—the movement of water through evaporation, transport through the atmosphere, precipitation, and river and groundwater flow—is central to the processes that formed Earth and continue to influence its evolution. Understanding how water has acted throughout the history of Earth, today, and in the future, and how water cycles work on other planets, will broaden the understanding of how Earth's water cycle functions.
- Water and Life: The evolution of life on Earth likely began with the formation of liquid water, and has been shaped by the availability and flow of water ever since. Over geologic timescales, changes in hydrology have been a major force in natural selection. Hydrologists can provide insight on how changes land masses and in the biosphere impacted the hydrologic cycle in earth's deep past. Across the modern Earth, annual precipitation and temperature help explain variations in vegetation cover and the distribution of many organisms.
- Clean Water for People and Ecosystems: Water transports vast quantities of dissolved chemicals and suspended matter through ecosystems. As the global population grows, demand for clean water continues to increase. There are few untapped sources of clean freshwater in the places on Earth where most people live, and therefore it's likely that greater water treatment and reuse will be necessary in the future.
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Express services are hot right now and for good reason. Americans are known for flitting from appointment to appointment never feeling content until their "to do" list is exhausted. Consequently, as popular as half-day and full-day packages are at spas, some spa goers find the investment of time anxiety producing and are opting for spa sampler packages and one hour or less service choices.
Many of the services offered as express specialties are perfect for on the go club members who want to treat themselves to a quick fix but don't want to break the bank or disturb the demands of their daytimer. The most popular express services have included:
Twenty minute, $20 manicures consisting of a nail bed nourishing massage, nail shaping, cuticle work and a complete polish job.
Thirty minute, $40 facials that offer that extra glow before a date or important business meeting. Express facials usually include a cleansing, light massage, masquing, hydration or steaming and a final treatment like an anti-oxidant serum. Because they don't include an extraction session these facials don't require recovery time from that red, blotchy look that facials can sometimes produce.
Thirty minute, $35 spot massage for that area of the body that is screaming for a quick rub down.
Sampler packages incorporating a number of quick services that make for a brief but comprehensive package are also popular. A mini-facial, basic manicure, spot massage and small homecare sampler kit at $99 allows spa enthusiasts to feel spoiled while also allowing them to interact with three technicians and experience three different treatments that could turn into full-time addictions.
Another winner is adding a therapy that doesn't require labor intensive care like offering a complimentary paraffin dip for the hands with a mini facial. Other ideal sampler combinations offer a couple of intensive pampering services with a treatment that focuses on homecare. A great example is a mini facial, reflexology foot massage and mini makeup lesson. While recipients of this kind of package will reap the benefits of 45 minutes of hands-on therapeutic care, they will also walk away with the knowledge provided by a one-on-one lesson that they will use for years to come when applying their makeup. Furthermore, by getting complimentary colors onto their skin so they can experience the magic of makeup well done first hand, retail sales are bound to follow. The combination of a lesson with a couple of mini sessions of decadent pampering allows the client to feel as though he or she received something tangible as well as spa indulgences during their visit.
While it is somewhat of a teaser to relax and comfort a client for such a short period of time, it is also a great way to introduce your spa services to club members who might not otherwise find your spa, take the time to indulge in onsite spa services or who may not be aware of the benefits of spa services. Moreover, with the economy creeping along as it has been, the cost of investment for an express service is often more appealing to a prospective spa goer.
Allowing the convenience of walk-in services for express spa care will increase participation. Handing out slips to members as they enter the club for services to be received after their workout can increase spa business by 60 percent or more. Try handing out a small paper filled with express spa services available with little or no notice. Mini facials, express massage services, 20-minute body exfoliation treatments, manicures and other services lasting less than one hour are all ideal for this type of offering. Simply ask members to choose the services of choice, sign the form and place their member ID and indicate at what time they anticipate they will be ready for their spa experience. The forms can be handed to the front desk clerk as members are checked into the club for their workout. While this type of impromptu spa selection will require more flexible staffing, it will also increase spa traffic and revenues. Moreover, many regular club members will begin to treat themselves to express services on a regular basis.
Finally, make sure that your members are aware of the express spa options. Including a descriptive list in your newsletter and on small shelf talkers throughout the club is only the start. Make sure that your front desk team, instructors, personal trainers and other key staff talk up the services as well. Many club managers and owners who have tried offering a more extensive list of express spa services have reported increases in spa traffic in only a matter of weeks after engaging in an in-house promotional campaign. "Express it" and they will come.
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Girls with eating disorders regain healthy fatty acid levels when their weight normalizes
A study of teenage girls with eating disorders has shown that reduced essential fatty acid levels returned to normal once the girls increased their weight to a healthy level.
The research, published in the August issue of Acta Paediatrica, suggests that it is not necessary to give omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplements to adolescent girls with eating disorders.
"Essential fatty acid status is altered in eating disorders that result in weight loss" explains co-author Dr Ingemar Swenne from Uppsala University Children's Hospital. "This is important because deficiencies in polyunsaturated omega-3 essential fatty acids have been implicated in the development of depression and other mental health issues."
Dr Swenne teamed up with child psychiatrist Dr Agneta Rosling, to analyse the red blood cells of 24 adolescent girls who had suffered from eating disorders and had lost an average of 10kgs. Their average age at the start of the one-year study was 14.3 years.
The researchers compared the results from the eating disorders group with 39 normal weight girls from local schools.
Key findings included:
- The girls in the eating disorder group had an average body mass index of 15 at the start of the study and this had risen to 19 at the one-year follow- up. This compared to the 21.2 recorded in the control group of the same age.
- Seventeen of the girls had anorexia nervosa and the remaining seven were classified as having an unspecified eating disorder.
- Twelve had depression at the start of the study, but this had fallen to two at follow-up. Only two were menstruating at the start of the study, but this had risen to 16 at follow-up.
- The girls in the eating disorder group showed marked differences in the levels of fatty acids in their blood cells at the start of the study, compared to the girls in the control group. In particular they had lower levels of essential omega-3 fatty acids.
- Once the girls' weight normalised, the differences between the two groups became less marked and the girls in the eating disorder group regained more healthy omega-3 fatty acid levels.
"This was sufficient to ensure that their essential fatty acid status improved and, in particular, their omega-3 levels recovered to a more healthy level.
"We believe that this research indicates that providing girls with eating disorders with omega-3 supplements is unnecessary if they normalise their eating behaviour and weight."


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Your Swimming Pool Carbon Footprint
by John Galcius, June 10, 2009
Your Swimming Pool Carbon Footprint
My pool, an energy hog? I hardly ever hear those words used together. Because a true standard hasn't really been set yet. National Green Building Standard does not address swimming pools, so there is not much to go by. As a matter of fact, I found out today, that an environmentally labeled "Green Home" can have a 35,000 gallon swimming pool in the backyard, a two horsepower pump running 24 hours per day, and you could still classify the home as "Green".
So, we have to "trail blaze", so to speak. Swimming pools have a reputation for being water, electricity and in some cases, fossil fuel hogs. And that might not be far from the truth. In homes with backyard pools, more electricity is used to power the pool pump than anything else except A/C or heating system. In fact, the average California residential pool uses enough electricity during the summer to power an average home for three months.
The typical backyard swimming pool holds 16,000 to 20,000 gallons of water. Pool evaporation amounts to 3 to 7 feet of water per year. For a 15 by 30 foot pool, the range is 10,000 to 23,000 gallons per year for evaporation, plus about 25% to account for splashing. If the pool is filled once a year, it requires about 38,000 gallons of water every year.
Is your pool heated with a gas pool heater? The low efficiency of gas heaters result in a high cost of operation. $1.00 worth of heat requires $1.20 or more of fuel. The typical pool averages $1000 to $1500 per year for heat with propane. Natural gas is approximately 30% less. Gas pool heaters exhaust a delightful mix of pollutants and contaminants into the air.
So, a typical pool can really leave a huge carbon footprint. With 7,000,000 backyard pools, that really is a dent on the environment.
What Can We Do?
There are so many ways to conserve energy, water and chemicals at the pool. Leaving a minimal carbon footprint is easier than you think. The following is a list of things you can do, to do your part in trying to leave as little impact on the earth.
10 Ways To Reduce The Carbon Footprint On Swimming Pools
1) Always cover your pool. Pool covers reduce evaporation, heat loss and chemical loss.
2) Reduce the size or horsepower of your pool pump.
3) Heat your pool with a solar pool heater. Or not at all.
4) Avoid horseplay and excess splashing.
5) Turn off waterfalls and water features when not in use.
6) Use a salt chlorine generator.
7) Use a cartridge filter. Cartridge filters use hundreds of gallons less than DE or sand filters
8) LED lights use much less energy that incandescent lights.
9) Use a pool cleaner that does not require electricity or a booster pump.
10) Use a good winter cover, to avoid draining the pool.