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The "Water: Precious Resource" map contains a wealth of information on surface water, ground water, water pollution, and water usage. This map was published in National Geographic in November 1993 in a special issue devoted to water. A map of the United States also accompanied it.
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3/4 lb skinless chicken breast
1 can whole green beans
2 to 3 large potatoes (cut into small pieces)
1 stick of butter (melted)
1 package of Italian dressing mix (any kind)
In the middle of a 8x13 pan place the chicken breasts. Pour the can of green beans on one side of the pan, and place the cut up potatoes on the other side of the pan. (Both of these should almost cover the chicken.) Then mix the melted butter and the Italian dressing mix together. Pour the mixture over the entire pan. Cook uncovered at 350 degrees for 45 minutes to an hour or until the chicken is no longer pink and potatoes are done. Makes 3 to 4 servings.
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A collection of scholarly works about individual liberty and free markets. A project of Liberty Fund, Inc.
1937 - ?
Historical Period:
The 20th Century and Beyond
Samuel Hollander, economic historian, was born in London and studied at the London School of Economics and Princeton University. He has taught all over the world, from Canada to Australia, and received numerous awards. His work on classical political economy includes detailed studies of Adam Smith, David Ricardo, John Stuart Mill, and Thomas Robert Malthus.


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Pope Benedict's 'Little Consistory'
Geographical balance will be added to the College of Cardinals Nov. 24.
Pope Benedict XVI has named six new cardinals as a "gesture of the universality of the Church" and "in the context of the New Evangelization."
The new members of the College of Cardinals, including one American — Vatican Archbishop James Harvey — will be appointed in an unexpected consistory, scheduled to take place Nov. 24.
Speaking extemporaneously Oct. 27 at the final session of the Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization, the Pope said the "little consistory" would "complete" a previous one held in February, at which 22 new cardinals were appointed. Many of those new cardinals hailed from Europe and Italy in particular. Ten were also cardinals of the Roman Curia.
The Holy Father said these six new cardinals do not come from Europe. This shows the Church is for "all peoples, speaks in every language," the Pope added. "It is always the Church of Pentecost, not the Church of one continent, but of the universal Church."
The Pope invited "everyone to pray for the newly elected, asking the maternal intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, that they will always love with courage and dedication to Christ and his Church."
The new cardinals, whom the Holy Father announced at the end of his weekly general audience Oct. 25, are: Milwaukee native Archbishop James Harvey, prefect of the papal household (the Pope also said he plans to appoint Archbishop Harvey archpriest of the papal Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls); the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, His Beatitude Béchara Boutros Raï; Archbishop Baselios Cleemis (Isaac) Thottunkal, major archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara rite), India; Archbishop John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria; Archbishop Ruben Salazar Gomez, archbishop of Bogota, Colombia; and Bishop Luis Antonio Tagle, archbishop of Manila, Philippines.
Archbishop Harvey
Archbishop Harvey was born in Milwaukee in 1949 and ordained a priest by Pope Paul VI on June 29, 1975. He studied at the North American College and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome before being trained as a Vatican diplomat at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy and earning a doctorate in canon law. In 1998, he was named prefect of the papal household by Pope John Paul II, who later elevated him to the dignity of archbishop in 2003.
During his service in the papal household, Archbishop Harvey gained a reputation as a trusted and valued official, often seen at the Pope's side on major occasions and responsible for arranging his audiences and other daily engagements.
Blessed John Paul II considered him one of his closest aides and would describe him as his "faithful collaborator in the Secretariat of State." And although he has spent 30 years as a Holy See official, he still keeps ties with the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and will occasionally return there to preach.
Other New Cardinals
Patriarch Raï, 72, is a well-respected leader of Lebanon's Christians who studied at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome and worked in the Arabic section of Vatican Radio in the 1970s. Elected patriarch last year, he was praised for his organization of the Pope's trip to Lebanon in September. He is seen as a unifying force among Middle-East Christians.
Cardinal-designate Thottunkal is the major archbishop of Trivandrum, India's oldest Christian community. His appointment underlines the increasing importance the Pope attaches to India and its Christian rites. Speaking to Vatican Radio after his appointment, Cardinal-designate Thottunkal said he was only notified about the appointment the day before the announcement, but added it was "a great honor for the Church in India." At just 53, he will become the youngest member of the College of Cardinals.
Sixty-eight-year-old Archbishop John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan of Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, has long been seen as deserving of a red beretta. Now that fellow Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze has turned 80, it's also likely the Pope felt it important to have another voting cardinal from this leading African nation (only cardinals younger than 80 are permitted to vote in papal elections). Moreover, as Islamists continue to target Nigerian Catholics with weekly deadly attacks, his appointment will be seen as a sign of solidarity with the country's suffering local Church.
Archbishop Ruben Salazar Gomez of Bogota, Colombia, 70, is known for standing up for the hostages of drug traffickers and for his work with the International Red Cross in Colombia. On his appointment as archbishop in 2010, he promised to focus on three priorities — "protecting marriage as the union between one man and one woman, saving innocent life in the womb and promoting peace in Colombia." Until his appointment, Columbia was lacking a cardinal of voting age, as three are now over 80.
Lastly, Archbishop Luis Antonio Tagle, 54, of Manila, Philippines, will be made a cardinal. Some have criticized him for showing support for the "Bologna School," which believes the Second Vatican Council represented a necessary break with Catholic Tradition and the beginning of a new Church more in tune with modernity. This is at odds with the Pope's own view, which sees the Council as a hermeneutic of continuity and reform. Nevertheless, the Pope has shown trust in Archbishop Tagle and allowed him to take a leading role in the recent Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization.
It is very unusual for a pope to call two consistories in the same year. The last time it occurred was in 1929, under Pope Pius XI. Pope John XXIII held two consistories within 12 months in the 1960s, but not in the same year (March 1960 and January 1961).
Benedict's Cardinals
This will also be Pope Benedict's fifth consistory, and with these appointments, he will have created 90 new cardinals. As of Nov. 24, the College of Cardinals will number 211 cardinals, of whom 120 will be eligible to vote in a conclave — in line with the limit of 120 set by Paul VI.
This means that of the cardinal electors nearly two-thirds have been created by Benedict XVI, making his own influence on the choice of his successor decisive.
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|Apply Mode
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Star Trek: Infinite Space is no Star Trek: Armada, but it is a little reminiscent of the 2000 real-time strategy game. And, hey, it's free!
In this short video, publisher Gameforge shows off a quick space battle between a single Federation ship and a couple of Klingon Bird-of-Prey. I'll be writing up my impressions of the game later this week, but thought you might want to see a bit of the game in action. Sorry it's not longer, but the devs had a time limit on how much gameplay would could record.
It's playable, I'm told, on any computer that can run a modern browser. We're watching it here in the full-screen mode, which gets rid of any signs of the browser it is running in. It's also important to note that this is the pre-alpha build.
The massively multiplayer online space action game will take place during the Deep Space Nine timeframe, lets you play as either Klingon or Federation and will have at least a dozen types of ships for each species to choose from. No hard date has been set yet for the release, just sometime this year.


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Hydrogen intercalation in MoS 2. Physical Review B. 94(8):085426.. 2016.
Strong correlation induced charge localization in antiferromagnets. Scientific Reports. 3. 2013.
Electronic and protonic conduction in LaFeO 3. Journal of Materials Chemistry A.. 2017.
On the diffusive scaling of R$\backslash$'enyi entanglement entropy. arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.12384.. 2019.
The entanglement membrane in chaotic many-body systems. arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.12311.. 2019.
Striking Effect of Intra-versus Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonding on Zwitterions: Physical and Electronic Properties. Journal of the American Chemical Society.. 2014.
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A new software framework for implementing crystal growth models to materials of any crystallographic complexity. Crystal Growth & Design.. 2020.
Symmetry lowering in extreme-electron-density perovskite quantum wells. Physical review letters. 110:256401.. 2013.
Cytoskeleton mediated effective elastic properties of model red blood cell membranes. J. Chem. Phys.. 129:65101.. 2008.
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At the foot of the castle: Allar sets the scene for Hungarian opera
The stage in Phi Beta Kappa Hall usually serves as the canvas on which Matthew Allar creates an array of theatrical worlds for William & Mary's students and patrons to enjoy throughout the year.
But this summer, Allar found himself creating in an entirely different venue: in front of a Hungarian castle.
Allar, assistant professor of theatrical design, worked on a production of the Donizetti opera L'elisi d'amore (The Elixir of Love) in the town of Sarospatak in northeast Hungary in July and August.
"It is approximately 3.5 hours, by train from Budapest, the capital of the country and very near the Slovakian border," said Allar. "The town is located in the Tokaj region of the country which is famous for its world-class vineyards and wineries, at the foot of the Zemplen Mountains."
Although he was primarily responsible for designing the lighting and the scenery for the opera, Allar said he "contributed to the overall aesthetic look of the show -- as is the tradition in the European art form of scenography, where all of the collaborative artists are working together in a holistic manner."
Because the opera begins on a farm, Allar and the others who worked on the show decided to integrate the area's tradition of wine-making into the production, setting it in a vineyard.
"As a result, I was able to meet and work with a
local winery, borrowing stage props from their facilities which include cellars
hewn out of rock 300 years ago deep within the Zemplen mountains to maintain
constant temperatures (before electricity, of course !)," said
Allar. "Several local villages were also very willing to lend regionally
appropriate antiques for the piece. Meeting these men and women, learning
a bit about their lives and working with the artistic team to translate that
into an original piece of storytelling is, without question, an experience that
I am eager to share with William & Mary students."
Like Allar, performers and theatre professionals from all over the world -- including other parts of Hungary -- travelled to the country to be part of the opera. For instance, the conductor came from Italy, and some of the principal singers hailed from Romania, Columbia, Russia and Malaysia.
"It is extremely humbling to work on a project that is originally written in Italian, performed for a primarily Hungarian audience, via collaboration with so many individuals from across the world," said Allar. "Without question, patience and a sense of cultural respect (and a little humor) is critical!
This is the second time that Allar has worked on an opera in Hungary. In 2009, he worked with the same production company, Crescendo Summer Music Institute, on Haydn's Le Pescatrici, which was also included in the Zempleni Music Festival.
Though 2009's production was presented in a renovated opera house, this summer's opera was held outside in front of Rakoczi Castle, which was completed in 1537. Because of the location, a custom stage had to be created for the show. However, the outdoor setting allowed Allar and the rest of those working on the opera to "take advantage of the location's natural acoustic, temperate summer climate (on the bank of the Bodrog River), and larger capacity for audience seating," Allar said.
"We were informed, by city historians that this was the first known opera to be staged in the castle courtyard in its nearly 500 years of existence," he added.
Allar said it was very rewarding – both personally and professionally – to work with artists with different backgrounds.
"Professionally, my training is in theatre whereas many individuals in this company have primarily studied classical music, voice, a specific instrument, etc.," he said. "Being part of the collaboration that produces a piece such as this is something that none of us could ever create alone, or in our native countries."
Though Allar will soon be back to designing for the William & Mary stage, the benefits of his summer of opera in front of a Hungarian castle are still fresh in his mind.
"It's hard to place a value, personally for me, on opportunities like this," he said. "They remind you of how diverse the world really is, even in your own subset of professional specialization."


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In their Monday email, the Family Research Council rained on the Condoleeza Rice parade. Describing her as a "non-starter", Tony Perkins said that she is not pro-life, pro-marriage or a strong defender of religious liberty. Perkins also noted that the Family Research Council would only accept a candidate who was strongly pro-life, not just someone who "checks the 'pro-life box'".
Will FRC stop promoting Mitt Romney if he chooses Condoleeza Rice as his VP? No. They supported Bush even though Cheney supported gay marriage. But now is the time to use their leverage as a group representing a large segment of fundamental Christianity and steer Romney towards a more socially conservative choice.
Condi is a great and extremely qualified candidate. But Romney should carefully consider the promises he has made regarding his VP selection process. If he is looking to shake the Etch-a-sketch image one of his staffers foolishly gave him, than now is a perfect time to take a principled stand. On the other hand, Romney may do the calculations and figure he will pick up more independents with Condi than he would lose from his base.
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I was impressed with the amount of meat in the Langostino ($42) although the vanilla sauce was quite unusual and maybe an acquired taste for some to appreciate including myself. The chocolate sauce in the Pato con chocolate ($36) was noticeable yet subtle enough to still appreciate the duck flavour from the meat. My favourite main was the Bife Ancho 400g ($37) of tender and flavoursome meat helped along with house made condiments for extra taste bud enjoyment. I wasn't a fan of the Tostones ($8) which I found a bit dry and tasteless although the accompanying Cuban aioli was really nice and actually went well with my potatoes on the steak dish. For dessert I mostly enjoyed the mocha dome in the Café y caramelo ($14) but didn't really enjoy the salted caramel ice cream and would have preferred just a simple vanilla ice cream instead. The La Lechera ($14) was quite rich in flavours although I found the shape of the chocolate swirl a little disconcerting and unappealing — perhaps a quenelle shape instead. For afters a selection of the bartenders and waiters rum choices were offered. My preferred out of the three sampled was the El Dorado 12 YO ($13) which I found more drinkable over the Diplomatico Reserva ($12) and Havana Club Barrel Proof ($16.50) for my innocent rum palate.
Other visits to La Bodeguita Del Medio:
• 19 Oct 2011 – Guest review of food and drinks
• 16 June 2011 – Mojitos and rum cocktails
|Table setting
Mojito ($14), Blood & Sand ($16), Ernest's Breakfast ($17), La Bodeguita Nojito ($6.50)
|Clover Club ($16), Nacional ($15)
Mary Pickfair mocktail version: Pineapple juice, Maraschino liqueur served Martini style ($6)
2010 Santa Ines Savignon Blanc, Chile ($8.50), 2009 Altozano Tempranillo Castilla, Spain ($8), 2008 Perez Cruz Reserva Cabernet Maipo Valley, Chile ($12)
|Embutidos: A selection of cured meats, arrollado & pickles ($22)
|Vieiras Cubanas: Half shell scallops, queso fresco & lime dressing ($21)
Empanadas de carne con pebre: Slow cooked oxtail with tomato salsa ($17)
Croquetas de malanga - Taro croquettes served with aji de gallina sauce ($15)
Ceviche del día: Peruvian style ceviche ($15) — would be great if served with something like prawn crackers to put on
|Ropa vieja: Tomato & yoghurt braised lamb neck, Cuban rice with black bean vinaigrette ($24)
Langostino: Tropical lobster, baby leeks, watercress & vanilla sauce ($42)
Pato con chocolate: Duck breast, sweet potato & spinach croquants & chocolate sauce ($36)
Sudado de Pescado: Market fish (Blue-eye Trevally), yucca, bugtail and roasted cherry tomatoes (MP) - seasonal scallops included, yucca replaced with potatoes
|Tostones: Fried plantains with Cuban aioli ($8)
Bife Ancho 400g: 120-day grain fed dry age rib eye steak served with Rosemary & Garlic roasted potato & house made condiments ($37)
Café y caramelo: Mocha dome with candied peanuts & salted caramel ice cream ($14)
|La Lechera: A classic ... LBDM style ($14)
El Dorado 12 YO, Guyana ($13)
|Diplomatico Reserva, Venezuela ($12)
|Havana Club Barrel Proof, Cuba ($16.50)
|Head Chef Danny Parreno (middle) with kitchen team
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Details for Western Carolina University
Western Carolina University, a constituent campus of the University of North Carolina system, is a coeducational public university located in Cullowhee, North Carolina.
Read more about Western Carolina University in these articles from the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy.
|Public or Private: Public
|Average High School GPA: 3.60
|Average SAT Score (Out of 2400): 1385-1660
|ACT Score: 19-24
|6-Year Graduation Rate: 50%
|Acceptance Rate: 39%
|Student-Faculty Ratio: 16:1
|Undergraduate Enrollment: 7627
|HBCU: No
|Women's College: No
|Religious Affiliation: None
|Location: Rural
|Website: http://www.wcu.edu/
|Academic Quality
|General Education Rating: D
|Shakespeare: No
|Academic Transparency: Somewhat Transparent
|Financial Matters
|In State Tuition: $6,096.00
|Out of State Tuition: $15,693.00
|Average Starting Salary of Graduates: $35,400.00
|Average Student Debt of Graduates: $0.00
|Good Economic Value?: Good
|Percentage of Funding Provided by Taxpayers: 56.00%
|Percentage of Alumni who Give: 6.00%
|FIRE's Free Speech Rating: Yellow
|Alternative Newspaper: Yes
|Student Political Involvement: Somewhat Political
|Faculty Political Balance: Unbalanced: Democratic
|Board of Trustees Political Balance: Balanced
|Pope Center for Higher Education Policy Articles
These articles mention Western Carolina University or the UNC system:
Know Thyself...and Get Ahead: Can career or personality assessments help students graduate earlier and find better jobs? (April 28, 2013)
Change at the UNC Board of Governors, or Not?: The Republican-dominated board may scrutinize the budget, but does it have an appetite for reform? (April 14, 2013)
How Did Your School Do?: U.S. News and Forbes disagree about North Carolina's colleges, and we have another recommendation (September 29, 2011)
Out of School and Into the Red: Debt-to-salary ratios reveal which North Carolina schools give students a good payback. (September 2, 2011)
A New Era for the Board of Governors?: Fiscal realities, new members, and a national re-examination of the college experience suggest that change may occur. (August 14, 2011)
This Won't Hurt A Bit: The North Carolina state government is rapidly taking over health care in the state through its university system. (July 26, 2011)
The Money Pit: Despite the economy, the University of North Carolina still has plenty of building projects going forth. (July 17, 2011)
The Little Budget That Could (Avoid New Taxes): North Carolina's probable new higher education budget is a mixed bag with lots of questions yet to be answered. (June 12, 2011)
An Enrollment Cap at UNC?: Limiting the number of students at UNC would reduce costs and improve academic quality. (June 5, 2011)
A Common-Sense Look at UNC Faculty Workloads (June 2, 2011)
Subdued Beginnings: The times are somber and the commencement speakers are serious. (May 15, 2011)
Community Colleges Show the Way: The UNC system could learn how to cut costs from our state's community colleges. (May 2, 2011)
Braking a Runaway Train: A budget proposal by a North Carolina legislative committee reverses the UNC system's longterm explosive growth trend. (April 17, 2011)
Hardly an Academic Sweatshop: A common-sense look at UNC faculty workloads indicates that professors teach less than the system claims. (April 10, 2011)
The Winners Are...Democrats!: The Pope Center's College Finder project reveals that the faculty at North Carolina colleges are mostly Democrats. (April 8, 2011)
Rainy Day Education Funding: North Carolina's new legislative majority may clean up some shaky financial practices in its higher education systems. (March 27, 2011)
How Does Your University Measure Up?: The Pope Center and ACTA examine the state of general education at colleges and universities in North Carolina. (February 24, 2011)
Starving the Academic Beast: Huge state deficits and a changing of the political guard mean that public university systems must downsize. (February 22, 2011)
Evangelists for Diversity: Offices of diversity are one thing the UNC system can do without. (February 16, 2011)
Should UNC Tuition Go Up?: Here's your chance to weigh in. (February 20, 2011)
Remediation: Still a Mystery: A Pope Center review of remedial education in the UNC system reveals that no one knows if it is helping the students who take it. (January 10,2011)
The Truth about Campus Crime: In spite of the headlines, campuses are generally safe; watch out for the neighborhood, though. (December 6, 2010)
How Much "Student" in Student-Athlete?: Academic progress rates suggest that many athletes are still falling behind and unlikely to graduate. (November 19, 2010)
The Potemkin Enrollment Policy: Like the infamous Russian village, UNC's newly proposed enrollment policy is all facade and no substance. (November 7, 2010)
Growing Pains: The difficult economy means that the UNC system's aggressive growth policy is likely to come to an abrupt halt. (October 10, 2010)
North Carolina's For-Profit Challenge: UNC's role in licensing nonpublic colleges (especially for-profits) may pose a conflict of interest. (September 12, 2010)
A Rule Made to Be Broken: Barely a month after the UNC system ignored its own self-imposed tuition cap, it is proposing another one. (September 5, 2010)
In With the In-Crowd: Bowles' replacement as president of the UNC system shares his insider status (August 27, 2010)
UNC's Middle Class Squeeze: UNC officials and the state legislature decide to empty the pockets of students who pay their own way instead of cutting waste. (July 25, 2010)
John Galt to the Rescue: Atlas has ceased to "shrug," and is now forcing his way back into the public discourse, and campus liberals are not pleased. (July 23, 2010)
UNC's 2010 Budget: It's All Greek to Me: North Carolina's legislators ignored the hard lessons forced on Greece due to fiscal irresponsibility in the 2010-11 higher education budget. (July 11, 2010)
Open Checkbook for Unchecked Growth: An attempt to limit enrollment growth in North Carolina state universities was shot down by legislators. (July 2, 2010)
Reforming the Academic Core: The Board of Governors should select a president who will revitalize student learning at the University of North Carolina. (June 1, 2010)
The Three-Day Wonder: The North Carolina Senate rams through a $19 billion budget that shores up UNC finances with taxpayer funds. (May 21, 2010)
"Will Work for State Appropriations": Governor Perdue's budget proposal kicks off the start of the serious higher education lobbying season in North Carolina. (April 25, 2010)
A Healthy University Needs Surgical Cuts: Legislative budget cuts can improve the UNC system by forcing sensible cuts to extravagant programs. (April 15, 2010)
Ed Schools, Leave Those Teachers Alone: A new study by the University of North Carolina could lead to major reform of education schools. (April 11, 2010)
The Myths of an Ivory Tower Watcher: A professor of English takes issue with Jay Schalin's article. (March 28, 2010)
Back to the Dark Ages: Jay Schalin gets in the final word about his article. (March 28, 2010)
Other People's Money: Government officials try to get creative with UNC tuition hikes instead of using proper fiscal restraint. (March 7, 2010)
Do North Carolina Students Have Freedom of Speech? (February 17, 2010)
Requiem for a Heavyweight: A conservative writer offers his take on UNC president Erskine Bowles, perhaps North Carolina's best known Democrat. (February 16, 2010)
What Are Faculty Paid, and Why? :The Pope Center's effort to make the UNC system more transparent to the public reveals a lot but raises more questions. (February 5, 2010)
Equalizing Outcomes Through Program Proliferation: The UNC system hopes to improve graduation rates by expanding expensive programs. (January 18, 2010)
In the Rearview Mirror: 2009: The Pope Center staff takes a look back at some of the big events and trends of the last year. (December 29, 2009)
How UNC Spends Its Money: We report on how much the university system spends on actual teaching as opposed to non-student expenditures. (December 17, 2009)
Putting the Scholar Back in Scholarships: The University of North Carolina's scholarship program can be crafted to make the state's entire education system more competitive. (December 4, 2009)
The Treaty of Chapel Hill: Formalizing the collaboration between the military and the University of North Carolina system makes sense for the entire state (and possibly the whole nation). (November 15, 2009)
What's In Store: Erskine Bowles has laid out his intentions for the UNC system for the upcoming school year. (September 27, 2009)
No Detours on the Big Government Highway, Part II: Despite lots of rhetoric about cuts to the UNC budget, the university system's expansionary agenda keeps rolling along. (August 16, 2009)
No Detours on the Big Government Highway, Part I: Despite lots of rhetoric about cuts to the UNC budget, the university system's expansionary agenda keeps rolling along. (August 13, 2009)
A Common Sense Way to Save Education Dollars: Shifting students and resources from universities to community colleges is cost-effective and academically sensible. (July 5, 2009)
It's Summer Time and the Reading is Easy: Freshman "common readings" look like a waste of time when compared to the classics some high schoolers are expected to study. (June 8, 2009)
The Privileged Class: The commotion about the university job of a former North Carolina governor's wife reveals a larger pattern of undue influence throughout the UNC system. (May 26, 2009)
No Time to Subsidize Silliness: UNC's leadership should regard the budgetary process in lean times as a reason to cut waste. (April 12, 2009)
Behind Closed Doors: The N.C. Senate's secretive method for electing Board of Governors members screams for greater transparency—and maybe some new people in charge. (March 26, 2009)
Who Pays the Piper Calls the Tune: UNC's low-tuition policy has some unexpected downsides. (January 12, 2009)
Avoiding the Taint of Christmas: The decision not to display Christmas trees at the UNC-Chapel Hill libraries reflects the view that Western culture belongs in the ash heap. (December 22, 2008)
College Admission Through the Back Door: You can attend your school of choice even if rejected with a little ingenuity. (July 31, 2008)
Big Spending, Little Results: A new study suggests that North Carolina's big investment in higher education might not be paying off as expected. (June 29, 2008)
Global Waste: The North Carolina in the World program is an unproductive use of taxpayers' money, at best. (June 22, 2008)
Required to Graduate: Mandatory Volunteering: A North Carolina Senate bill will add a community service requirement for graduation for almost every college in the state. (June 7, 2008)
A Tale of Two State University Systems: One proposes central control and rapid expansion; the other, better education at lower costs. (May 27, 2008)
Big Changes Bring Big Questions for UNC: Two growing programs illustrate the university system's changing role in North Carolina. (May 16, 2008)
Chancellor Search Should Be Transparent: North Carolina state universities have the most secretive hiring practices for top university officials in the nation. (March 27, 2008)
Ignoring the Ideological Elephant in the Room: Sometimes the most important questions are the ones never asked. (February 15, 2008)
A Broader Role for the University on Its Way?: Why K-12 and UNC need each other. (February 1, 2008)
Something for Everyone Might Mean Less for All: The UNC Tomorrow Commision's final report lacks focus. (January 25, 2008)
UNC Education Schools: Helping or Hindering Potential Teachers? (January 8, 2008)
Deconstructing America by Decree: Should North Carolina enroll illegal immigrants in colleges? (December 26, 2007)
Another Battle in the Student Fees War: Activity fees are often used for general expenses as if they were extra tuition. (December 5, 2007)
To Be or Not To Be: Shakespeare in the English Department (September 27, 2007)
Things We Could Do Without in the State Budget: Wasteful spending can be found in higher education package (July 31, 2007)
Summer Reading Selections: A list of summer reading offerings at campuses across the state (July 20, 2007)
UNC Tomorrow Commission: Making the University "Demand Driven": An interview with BOG member Peter Han (May 30, 2007)
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: A look at the recently-passed House budget (May 14, 2007)
Faculty Compensation in the University of North Carolina System: How UNC schools compare with their national peers (May 9, 2007)
Paying the Profs -- How Much is Enough?: UNC claims "brain drain," but does it exist? (May 8, 2007)
Legislature Should View "EARN" Scholarships with Caution: Easley wants to spend $150 million over two years on new program (February 23, 2007)
Glimmers of Good Ideas from "Emerging Issues" Conference: Few bright spots exist from higher education forum (February 15, 2007)
A Closer Look at the UNC Budget Request: System wants $299 million in new funding (November 30, 2006)
Textbook Prices Add Costs to Students: UNC looking at ways to reduce prices (September 14, 2006)
Two Studies Agree -- UNC Governance Should Be Changed: New report backs up earlier findings made by ACTA, Pope Center (August 31, 2006)
Bowles Makes Cuts to Streamline Administration: Move would eliminate 12.5 positions (August 10, 2006)
UNC Can Run More Efficiently: Comparison Shows State Could Spend Less (February 2, 2006)
UNC Should Pay Closer Attention to the First Amendment: Universities have policies that limit freedom of speech (January 12, 2006)
Budget Increases UNC Spending by 11 Percent: $2.08 billion budget approved (August 11, 2005)
Study Recommends Major Changes in UNC Governance: ACTA report recommends reduction in BOG members (June 10, 2005)
What UNC Needs in a President: System starting the process of replacing Broad (May 20, 2005)
How Much Does a State University Have to Cost?: Schools could save costs, find more private sources (May 13, 2005)
Show Us the Money: UNC officials seek more funds (March 4, 2005)
Easley Lays Out Higher Education Budget: Proposes $16.9 billion total budget (February 25, 2005)
UNC releases "focus growth" report: Six of seven schools have reached 20 percent growth mandate (February 3, 2005)
UNC Tuition -- Too Sweet a Deal for Nonresidents: Nonresidents pay less at UNC than at other institutions (December 16, 2004)
What Do Students Have to Learn to Graduate?: Students can graduate without learning anything (September 23, 2004)
Study: UNC's general-education core is weak: NAS reviews 11 institution's core requirements (September 22, 2004)
Inquiry #18: How Solid is the Core?: A study of General Education Requirements at 11 North Carolina Institutions (September 20, 2004)
University Projects Included in Proposal: Leaders reach compromise on bond plan (July 16, 2004)
General Assembly Considers Bills Affecting UNC System: Bond package, cap bill highlight session (June 25, 2004)
2004 Short Session Features a Slate of Higher Education Bills: Several bills focused on appropriation items (June 4, 2004)
Legislators Ponder $64 Million Increase in UNC: UNC to get big increase despite being "cut to the bone" (May 9, 2004)
UNC's five-step process to carp about budget 'cuts': For the UNC system a struggling economy means budget cuts. (March 17, 2004)
Inquiry #16: General Education Requirements at NC Public Universities: What Do Students Get in the Core Curriculum? (September 15, 2003)
UNC schools promise strong general education, but do they deliver?: Parents should take a look at college curriculum (August 27, 2003)
Policymakers mull proposals that would cut NC citizens' access to UNC: Plans would make it more difficult for illegals to enter UNC institutions (July 12, 2003)
UNC's Federal 'Overhead' Left Untouched -- For Now: Lobbyists claim money is vital to system (May 23, 2003)
The Top 10 Nuttiest Campus Events in N.C. for 2002: A look back at 2002 (December 20, 2002)
Study Finds Tuition Low, Higher-Education Appropriations High in N.C.: Numbers should alleviate concern over budget (November 1, 2002)
State budget crisis brings UNC 'overhead receipts' under scrutiny: Legislature concerned about duplicating funds (August 9, 2002)
UNC board votes to increase student group's budget by 6,600 percent: BOG's first systemwide increase ever (March 8, 2002)
Student fee increases are being overlooked in tuition discussions: UNC Association of Student Governments seeks fee increase (February 22, 2002)
Tuition and fees grow faster at UNC schools, remain among lowest nationally: Tuition at UNC schools still lower than the U.S. averages (December 14, 2001)
UNC students protest proposed budget cuts (June 1, 2001)
UNC Benefactor Sues To End Race/Sex Quotas: Walter R. Davis claims UNC Board of Governors uses an illegal quota system (May 22, 2001)
UNC Students Protest Budget Cut: 2000 students participate in march (May 4, 2001)
New Report on Higher Ed Unduly Praises, Criticizes UNC (January 15, 2001)
UNC Leaders, Legislators Discuss Faculty Salary Increases: Say campuses would suffer loss of top faculty if pay is not approved (September 1, 2000)
Flexibility May Hamstring UNC Capital Needs: Legislation may divert funds from capital requests (August 18, 2000)
Tax Increases from UNC Bonds a Virtual Certainty, According to New Report: Proponents have downplayed possibility of tax increases (July 22, 2000)
Capital Projects Approved; BCC Gets $9 Million: Projects to be financed with available funds (July 7, 2000)
Widespread Opposition to Broad's Plan, Little Talk of Spending Priorities: Traditional supporters raise questions (January 20, 2000)
The 'unthinkable' and Molly Broad: Spending and Floyd (January 13, 2000)
Study Rates N.C. Public Universities Second-Least Rigorous in Country: S.C. only state with a poorer ranking (September 23, 1999)
Will Spending on University Campuses Cause Prosperity?: Bond supporters pull out all the stops (July 8, 1999)
The Real Cost of University Bonds: Burden for Higher Education Falls on Taxpayers, not Students (July 1, 1999)
Study Urges UNC to Slow Down on Bond: Can't the necessary capital dollars come from existing growth in funding? (June 24, 1999)
Supreme Court case has implications for N.C. universities: Court agrees to hear cases on distribution of student fees (April 2, 1999)


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The upcoming artificial-insemination comedy "The Baster" may be undergoing a name change after the title tested poorly with a focus group.
"Seed Ya Later" and "Loads of Trouble" are just two alternatives mentioned by Vulture, who broke the news of the change.
Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman star in this presumably dark comedy, based on a short story by Jeffrey Eugenides, about a 40-year-old woman who decides to have a child by way of test tube.
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What she doesn't know is that her best friend (Bateman) swaps in his own specimen for the one she gets from the sperm bank. The film finds the two old friends reunited after seven years apart.
With the film due to come out Aug. 20, there's still plenty of time for a change, it's just a shame they feel compelled to. If this film is as demented as it sounds, it's not going to be a hit with the folks who helped "Marley & Me" take in more than $140 million.
This marks the second time this year a comedy has faced a late name change. The Tracy Morgan-Bruce Willis comedy "Cop Out," directed by Kevin Smith, was originally titled "A Couple of Dicks." In that case, the consolation title looked like an F.U. from Smith to the suits who called for the change.


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Gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms -- diarrhea, nausea, and stomach pain -- are among the most common problems that affect people with HIV. These symptoms can be challenging to sort out, as they can occur as side effects of HIV therapy and due to GI conditions related and unrelated to HIV. Try not to ignore GI symptoms -- they could be signs of a more serious underlying problem or require treatment for symptom relief.
Make keeping the gut healthy a priority for you and your healthcare provider -- successful HIV therapy depends on it! A healthy GI tract is necessary for proper absorption of medications. And controlling symptoms like nausea and diarrhea will improve your quality of life and help you adhere to your medications, causing better long-term treatment outcomes.
If GI symptoms persist and don't go away with standard therapy, it may be the sign of a more serious problem. Your provider may refer you to a gastroenterologist, a specialist in diseases of the digestive system, including the liver.
Adapted from Johns Hopkins University Pocket Guide to Adult HIV/AIDS Treatment by John Bartlett, MD, www.aidsmeds.com, and other sources.
Disorders of the Esophagus
The GI tract is a long tube with one entrance (the mouth) and one exit (the anus), and problems can occur in any section on the way down. The esophagus is the part of the tube between the mouth and the stomach. The muscles of the esophagus contract and relax to propel food down. A muscular valve at the base of the esophagus closes off the stomach so that its acidic contents can't leak back up into the esophagus.
Heartburn -- a burning sensation behind the center of the ribcage -- occurs when stomach contents travel back up the esophagus. If you experience heartburn, it usually happens thirty to sixty minutes after eating and is sometimes accompanied by a sour taste in the mouth. Heartburn can be prevented by waiting at least three hours after meals to lie down, by elevating the head of the bed or using extra pillows in bed, and by avoiding spicy or acidic foods. Other lifestyle changes to help prevent heartburn include maintaining a healthy weight and avoiding tight belts or pants.
Frequent heartburn is a side effect of some HIV medications. It may also be a sign of gastroesophageal reflux disease, called GERD for short. GERD can damage the lining of the esophagus and lead to other complications. Frequent heartburn should be discussed with your healthcare provider, as inexpensive, over-the-counter treatments are available. Further testing by your provider, including looking down the esophagus with a camera (an upper endoscopy), may be necessary if the symptoms don't go away.
Another symptom related to the esophagus is pain when swallowing or difficulty swallowing. Those symptoms should raise a red flag, especially for people with low immune function (CD4 counts less than 200), as they may be signs of a yeast infection (esophageal candidiasis), cytomegalovirus (CMV), or herpes virus (HSV), each of which requires specific therapy. Left untreated, swallowing problems can have a significant negative impact on medication adherence, nutrition, and, of course, quality of life. Treating AIDS with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) helps to cure esophageal infection and to prevent future infections.
Several medications -- some used to treat HIV and opportunistic infections as well as some used to treat other illnesses and conditions -- may cause direct injury to the lining of the esophagus if the pills get stuck in the esophagus as they travel down. They should always be taken with plenty of water while you're sitting up to make sure that the medications are appropriately washed down.
Stomach Disorders
Gastritis (inflammation of the stomach lining) is a common problem regardless of HIV status. Symptoms of gastritis include stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, decreased appetite, and, in severe cases, vomiting blood. Common causes of gastritis are non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like aspirin and ibuprofen, major health stress (patients who are sick enough to be in an Intensive Care Unit), heavy alcohol use, and infection with the bacteria H pylori. H pylori doesn't cause problems for most people who have it. And it is no more common in people with HIV than in those without HIV. But the presence of H pylori can negatively affect treatment success for people with HIV.
The breakdown of the stomach or intestinal lining causes an ulcer. Ulcers are extremely common -- 10% of adults have an ulcer at some point in their lives -- and they cause dull or gnawing pain in the upper abdomen. Contrary to popular belief, ulcers occur more frequently in the small intestine than in the stomach, and they are more commonly caused by NSAIDs, excessive acid production, or H pylori infection than by stress or too much coffee. An upper endoscopy is performed to diagnose ulcers, often accompanied by specialized testing for H pylori.
HIV gastropathy, a condition caused by decreased stomach acid secretion, makes affected patients more susceptible to bacterial infections like salmonella and shigella. These bacteria would normally be destroyed by acidic stomach contents. HIV gastropathy also decreases absorption of medications that require an acidic environment, such as Nizoral (ketoconazole) and Sporanox (itraconazole), two commonly-used antifungal drugs. There is no specific test for HIV gastropathy at this time, but your healthcare provider may make certain medication adjustments if he or she suspects this condition, such as switching to other drugs that don't depend on acid for absorption.
Intestinal Disorders
The churning action of the stomach breaks down food to help the absorption of nutrients in the small intestine. Malabsorption and diarrhea from intestinal problems are common in HIV and can result from both infectious and non-infectious causes.
Intestinal opportunistic infections are less frequent now than they were in the pre-HAART era, but people with advanced AIDS can develop Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) or other bacterial infections of the small intestine. Cryptosporidium, a parasite which causes chronic diarrhea in people with AIDS, other parasites such as giardia and microsporidia, and some viruses can all infect the small intestine. Symptoms of small intestine infection often include upper abdominal cramping, bloating, and nausea, along with diarrhea. Stool and blood tests are necessary to check for infectious causes of diarrhea. When an infection can't be found, the diarrhea may be the result of small bowel bacterial overgrowth or HIV enteropathy -- the direct infection of the intestine with HIV. HIV enteropathy alters the lining of the small intestine, decreasing the area available to absorb nutrients. This condition may also affect drug absorption, although it's difficult to test the effects directly.
Infection in the large intestine has a distinct set of symptoms -- diarrhea with lower abdominal pain, defecating blood, or feeling the need to defecate but being unable to do so. The large intestine is a common site for infection with CMV, HSV, and bacteria like salmonella and shigella. Antibiotic therapy can alter the environment of the gut, allowing for overgrowth of the bacteria clostridium difficile in the large intestine, which causes diarrhea 3-4 times a day.
* Available over-the-counter; † Alka-Seltzer also contains aspirin; ‡ Bromo-Seltzer also contains Tylenol (acetaminophen)
Anorectal Infections
Anorectal infections -- infections in the anus or rectum -- include gonorrhea, syphilis, and herpes. Unprotected anal sex also transmits human papilloma virus (HPV), which causes anal warts and, in some cases, anorectal cancer. An anal Pap smear, similar to the Pap smear done to screen women for cervical cancer, is used to screen for anal cancer.
Gastrointestinal Cancers
Two gastrointestinal cancers are associated with HIV -- Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. KS most often occurs in late-stage AIDS. Most people are familiar with the skin lesions of KS, but the disease can also affect the GI tract, the lungs, and other organs. KS may cause GI bleeding or malabsorption, but symptoms are rare, even though up to three-quarters of KS patients have it in their GI tract.
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma may occur at any stage of HIV disease and may be heralded by abdominal pain, weight loss, diarrhea, or a blockage of the intestine as well as enlarged lymph nodes. Lymphomas generally start in the lymph nodes when cancerous immune cells crowd out the healthy cells. The disease can start in the GI tract or spread there from lymph nodes. Treatment options include surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation.
Colon (large intestine) cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States, behind lung cancer. Most cases of colon cancer occur in people age 50 or older. As people with HIV live longer in the era of HAART, screening for colon cancer should be performed. After age 50, a test for blood in the stool (fecal occult blood testing) should be performed every year, with a colonoscopy (examination of the colon using a tiny camera in a long flexible tube) at least every 10 years.
Medication Side Effects
Overall, effective HIV treatment improves GI disease by improving immune function and decreasing opportunistic infections. However, GI symptoms are common side effects of antiretrovirals, especially early in treatment. The best way to handle side effects is to know what to expect from each of the medications you're prescribed and to have relief readily available before taking them.
If you have persistent diarrhea, your provider will run tests to rule out some of the infections described above. HIV medication may be the only culprit, however. Some of the protease inhibitors, especially Viracept (nelfinavir), are notorious for causing diarrhea. The good news is that diarrhea often improves two to four weeks after starting the medication, and your provider can suggest anti-diarrheal treatment in the meantime to help you out. You can also try some non-pharmaceutical interventions to decrease diarrhea. The most basic is dietary modification -- your provider may recommend that you leave out dairy, wheat products, and sugar. If you have long-term diarrhea and no infection or dietary intolerance is identified, work with your provider to control the symptoms as much as possible.
Likewise, many HIV medications can cause nausea and vomiting. Nausea can get in the way of good adherence. Quite simply, if you don't feel well enough to take your pills, you might skip them. Most protease inhibitors and nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, especially Retrovir (zidovudine), can cause these symptoms, but, again, they usually go away within a few weeks. Nausea from protease inhibitors can be relieved somewhat by boosting them with low-dose Norvir (ritonavir) to decrease the overall number of pills.
Another strategy to reduce nausea is to take your medications with food. Check with your provider or pharmacist to see which drugs can be taken with food. (See Table 1 above.) Other tips to reduce nausea include eating small, frequent meals, eating bland food, sipping ginger ale, and smelling a slice of lemon. If nausea causes you to lose your appetite or otherwise interferes with adherence or your quality of life, there are medications to help with your symptoms.
Listening to the GI Tract: Clues to Three Dangerous Toxicities of HIV Medications
The medication side effects described above can get in the way of good adherence and may disrupt your daily life. But there are some toxicities associated with HIV medications that can be life-threatening. Your first clue to these serious problems may be GI symptoms, so your best bet is to report any and all GI side effects to your provider.
Lactic Acidosis
Lactic acidosis is a condition associated with NRTIs, especially Videx (didanosine) and Zerit (stavudine), but Retrovir as well. NRTIs damage mitochondria, which are inside all human cells and use oxygen, fat, and sugar to produce energy for the cells. Mitochondrial damage leads to excess lactate production, which drives up the level of lactic acid in the blood. Lactic acidosis is more common in women, and it may be accompanied by liver abnormalities, including fatty liver. Symptoms of lactic acidosis may include decreased appetite, nausea, vomiting, or abdominal pain, although many people who experience the condition may not experience or notice the symptoms right away. Your provider can run tests to check the level of lactate in your blood if he or she suspects lactic acidosis.
Some HIV medications can cause pancreatitis, an inflammation of the pancreas that is life-threatening. This condition most frequently occurs with Videx (especially if it's used with Zerit, which it shouldn't be), Bactrim, and pentamidine (used to prevent Pneumocystis pneumonia [PCP]). Pancreatitis can cause abdominal pain which radiates to the back and is worst after eating, sometimes accompanied by nausea and vomiting.
Hepatic Necrosis
Viramune (nevirapine) has caused cases of sudden liver failure (hepatic necrosis), particularly during the first four and a half months on the drug. Although this is a very rare occurrence, people most at risk include women starting their first combination with CD4 counts above 250, men starting their first combination with CD4 counts above 400, pregnant women, and people with chronic hepatitis B or C infection. Early symptoms are often flu-like, including nausea, vomiting, muscle ache, and fatigue, followed by stomach pain, jaundice (skin turning yellow), and fever, with or without a rash.
Better Treatment Outcomes With a Healthy GI Tract
GI symptoms in HIV are extremely common and can have a profound effect on treatment outcome. Symptoms like nausea and diarrhea affect quality of life and can make adherence a challenge, while changes in absorption can make some HIV drugs much less effective. Keep your healthcare providers informed of your symptoms and try different interventions to reduce them. Many over-the-counter and prescription drugs are available to relieve GI symptoms and treat infections of the GI tract. Some of these drugs interact with HIV medications, so be sure to talk with your provider and pharmacist about any drugs that you're taking or considering. (See Table 2 above.) By minimizing the impact of symptoms -- and investigating the possibility of GI infections -- you have a better shot at long-term treatment success.
Anne Monroe, M.D., is an Internal Medicine resident with a longstanding interest in HIV treatment and clinical trials. A Virginia native, she is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine. Prior to medical school, she was a study coordinator for HIV clinical trials at New York Presbyterian Hospital. She currently resides in Miami, where she is training at Jackson Memorial Hospital and pursuing her Masters in Public Health.


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A new report published in this month's "Diverse: Issues In Higher Education," finds that University of Phoenix tops the list of universities ranked by the number of minority graduates they produce.
Thanks to @DrBruceJ for finding this and posting it on Twitter first.
It's interesting that U of Phoenix ranks so high with minority students…but to me, it's not that totally surprising. There are so many cases these days where minorities are more likely not to have continuing education until later in life, and going back to school is rough enough when trying to work full-time and raise a family. Additionally, going back to school is rather expensive as well. While this is not an endorsement for University of Phoenix (although I know several people who have graduated from there, including my brother in law), the principle of what this place of higher education stands for is important. It is a sign of opportunity. It shows that education is still seen as an important step in improving job opportunities and thus a betterment of one's standard of living. Minorities are most at risk, as they have been defeated, traditionally, from pursuing higher education. To me, this report shows that minorities are rising in the ranks, and being proactive about education.
This report, as it states at the end, also shows the importance of online education as a viable means of continuing education. University of Phoenix is a for-profit school; I attended an excellent, non-profit, public university that also is a prestigious brick-and-mortar university, but attended online. In either case, the online programs are viable and doing well, proving that online education is an important option for advancement. Its flexibility for continuing education students–like myself and those who also flock to the University of Phoenix–is vital to how mobile learning is emerging, and needs to continue to emerge.
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My intended point was that the potential for extreme cruelty, or the opposite, lies within every human being
Quote from: MacGuffin on May 24, 2011, 03:23:32 PMMy intended point was that the potential for extreme cruelty, or the opposite, lies within every human beingI guess I missed that fucking retarded point. I thought he was just speaking for him but now I reckon he was speaking for all of us. We're all nazis... I mean POTENTIAL nazis.There is no potential inside of me that could make me throw children in microwave ovens or throw stones in people's face because I ''can''. Anyone who tries to impose that potential on me is probably trying to justify something in his mind... Anyone who makes the claim ''You don't understand! Everyone has the potential to do it'' well how the fuck do you know that?In fact, history has proven time after time after time that there is a fringe of crazy people who sometimes are joined in craziness by otherwise less crazy people but in all cases there were others who stood up against atrocities. It would appear these people didn't have the ''potential for extreme cruelty''
Von Trier needs to hire some handlers or something because hes just continually digging his own grave and mostly sounds like some pretentious college kid who thinks their post-modern, ironic cynicism allows them to get away with outlandish and/or infantile comments. We love you Lars, but enough.


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The Canal Zone Travel Guide
Once feted as a triumph of nineteenth-century engineering and regarded as the linchpin of Britain's empire, the Suez Canal nowadays seems as the author Joseph Conrad described it: "a dismal but profitable ditch", connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. Except around the harbour mouths or where ships are glimpsed between sandbanks, it's a pretty dull waterway relieved only by the interesting cities of Port Said and Ismailiya.
Foreigners generally unfairly overlook both Port Said and Ismailiya, prejudging them on the basis of Suez, a neglected and untidy city but a vital transport nexus between Cairo, the Sinai and the Red Sea Coast. The Canal scarcely impinges on the leafy, villa-lined streets of Ismailiya, once the residence of the Suez Canal Company's European staff and now a popular honeymoon destination for Egyptians. By contrast, with its evocative waterfront, beaches and duty-free shopping, Port Said feels like Alexandria minus its cultural baggage – and a place that's somehow more authentic as a maritime city.
Brief history
The first attempts to connect the Red Sea and the Mediterranean are usually attributed to Necho II (610–595 BC). However, it was Persian emperor Darius, around 500 BC, who completed the region's first canal, linking the Red Sea and the Great Bitter Lake, from where an older waterway connected with Bubastis on the Nile and from there on to the Mediterranean. Refined by the Ptolemies and Trajan, these waterways were restored by Amr, following the Muslim conquest, and used for shipping corn to Arabia until the eighth century, when they were deliberately abandoned to starve out rebels in Medina.
The idea of a direct Red Sea-Mediterranean canal was first mooted – then vetoed – by Napoleon's engineers, who miscalculated a difference of ten metres between the two sea levels. The later discovery of this error encouraged junior French consul Ferdinand de Lesseps to present his own plan to Said Pasha, who approved it despite British objections.
Work began in 1859 and continued throughout the reign of Said's successor, Ismail, who went bankrupt attempting to finance his £19 million sterling investment. In 1875, he was forced to sell his shares to Britain – swooping before France could make an offer – for £4 million sterling. When the Canal opened in 1888, its vast profits went abroad with the Suez Canal Company, while two world wars transformed the Canal Zone into the world's largest military base.
Post World War II
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The 1967 War with Israel, and the subsequent "War of Attrition", led to the closure of the Canal until 1969. The Egyptians then stormed the Israeli-fortified Bar-Lev Line along the Canal's east bank during the 1973 10th Ramadan/Yom Kippur War. Although the Canal was reopened in 1975, both sides remained dug in on opposite banks until 1982, when Israel withdrew from Sinai.
The cities of the Canal Zone played an important role in the uprisings that led to the overthrow of President Mubarak in early 2011, notably Suez, where anti-regime protests were a catalyst for demonstrations throughout the country. In February 2012, 74 people were killed at a riot at a football match in Port Said. Many believe the violence was politically motivated, and rumours that the police had failed to intervene sparked days of clashes across Egypt in which a further sixteen people died.
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The Blu-ray Disc Association is trying to boost manufacturing of Blu-ray players in China with an eye towards getting the price of entry-level players down to $99. But cheap hardware isn't likely to do for Blu-ray what it did for DVD.
DVD players didn't overtake VCRs and spread throughout US living rooms until they hit the magic $99 price point. It has been argued that Blu-ray doesn't have a chance of going mainstream until they, too, drop below $100. Indications are that this may happen at some point this year—maybe in time for the annual holiday shopping frenzy.
A story on Blu-ray.com indicates that Chinese manufacturers may be preparing to enter the market en masse. Faced with a desire to make inroads in the world's largest consumer market and to face down any possible threat from the local competitor, CBHD, the Blu-ray Disc Association is trying to ramp up production in that country.
Aside from the presence of CBHD, which Warner Bros. has pledged to support, Blu-ray is hindered in China by relatively high licensing costs. The BDA plans to drop costs by making changes to the Blu-ray license and opening up the technology to Chinese manufacturers. The desired result: a flood of Blu-ray players sufficient to drive the price down to $99. Even if they break the $100 barrier only temporarily around the holidays, it's hoped that the price for entry-level players will stabilize there in early 2010.
Some analysts are skeptical that the players will drop in cost that quickly. "Black Friday, maybe. It's entirely possible you could see a few players down at that price level," NPD Group analyst Stephen Baker told PC World.
The bigger question is whether hitting a $99 price tag will do for Blu-ray what it did for DVD. Our Magic 8-Ball says "outlook not so good," and here's why. First and foremost, we're in a recession. While we may begin to pull out of it later this year, consumers are loath to spend money on luxury items, which leads us to the second reason. Even though Blu-ray's picture quality is stunning (watch Wall•E on a large 1080p HDTV and you'll agree), upscaled DVDs also look good on HDTVs—good enough for a lot of people, anyway. Lastly, Blu-ray is being challenged by HD downloads—if you want HD goodness, you've got plenty of alternatives to buying a Blu-ray player: your Xbox 360, Amazon, Apple TV, and cable/satellite TV provider, to name a few.
Getting the price of Blu-ray players down to $99—even if they're not Blu-ray 2.0 compliant—will definitely give sales a boost. But it's not going to set sales on fire as it did for DVD players back in the day.
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Ofcom said it was laying out the proposed new rules as required of it under communications laws. Under the UK's Communications Act Ofcom must set out a code of practice that sets standards on "the content of programmes to be included in television and radio services" that ensure that "there is no undue discrimination between advertisers who seek to have advertisements included in television and radio services". Broadcasters licensed by Ofcom will have to comply with the conditions of the Code under the terms of the Act.
"A television broadcaster must not unduly discriminate between advertisers that seek to have advertising included in its licensed service," Ofcom said in its proposed Code (17-page / 140KB PDF).
"A radio broadcaster must not unduly discriminate between advertisers that seek to have any commercial communication included in its licensed service," it said.
The regulator said it had defined 'advertising' in the same way 'television advertising' had been defined under EU broadcasting laws set out in the Audiovisual Media Services Directive.
Ofcom said it considered advertising to be "any form of announcement broadcast whether in return for payment or for similar consideration or broadcast for self-promotional purposes by a public or private undertaking or natural person in connection with a trade, business, craft or profession in order to promote the supply of goods or services, including immovable property, rights and obligations, in return for payment".
The regulator said its "commercial communication" rules for radio broadcasters would cover "a spot advertisement or a commercial reference" that was transmitted.
In reviewing compliance with the proposed Code Ofcom said it would first assess whether broadcasters did discriminate against advertisers before then assessing whether the discrimination was undue.
"In this context, discrimination means that the licensee does not reflect relevant differences between (or does not reflect relevant similarities in) the circumstances of advertisers in deciding whether or not to include advertisements in their licensed service and the terms on which a licensee agrees to broadcast the advertising in question," Ofcom said in its proposals.
"Discrimination can occur both where a licensee treats one third party advertiser in a different manner to another and where it offers more favourable terms to itself or an associated company," it said.
Ofcom said some discrimination between advertisers would not be considered 'undue' if broadcasters could show it was "objectively justified". "There may be various reasons why terms and conditions and access to airtime may differ between advertisers," it said.
The regulator cited examples of where discrimination between advertisers may be legitimate, including where broadcasters give one charity free advertising space "as part of a social responsibility policy" whilst charging other charities. Broadcasters may also refuse to carry advertising "for legal or moral reasons" and offer stricter terms to some advertisers over others if there is doubt over their "creditworthiness", Ofcom said.
Some complaints from advertisers regarding undue discrimination by broadcasters may need to be further investigated on competition grounds, Ofcom said.
Under the UK's Competition Act companies are generally prohibited from establishing agreements with other UK trading firms that "have as their object or effect the prevention, restriction or distortion of competition within the United Kingdom". Under the Act organisations are also generally prohibited from engaging in activity that amounts to an abuse of a dominant market position.
"Concerns raised by advertisers in relation to discrimination may require Ofcom to consider whether an arrangement or conduct is prejudicial to fair and effective competition," the regulator's proposals said.
"Ofcom is required before exercising any enforcement powers under the Code to protect fair and effective competition to consider whether it would be more appropriate to proceed under the Competition Act. Depending on the circumstances, it may be the case that concerns which relate directly to, for example, abuse of market power or agreements designed to distort competition, are more appropriately dealt with under the Competition Act," it said.
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) recently announced proposals to introduce higher maximum fines for anti-competitive behaviour. The OFT has general overall responsibility for regulating competition in the UK, but some sectors have additional regulators, such as Ofcom in regulating communications, to oversee compliance with the laws.
Respondents have until 2 December to submit comments to Ofcom on its proposals. Ofcom said it intends to issue a further statement on the Code before the end of the year.
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"The Crazies" director Breck Eisner has the bug for remakes. The director has signed on for his next project, a remake of David Cronenbergs "The Brood".
A new clip arrives online of the upcoming "Solomon Kane", giving us the first glimpse of James Purefoy in the title role.
The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards Nominations have been announced. Amongst the rubble are a few genre related nods including "Coraline" for Best Animated Feature as well as "District 9" for Best Screenplay.
With the success of "Paranormal Activity", it was only a matter of time before The Asylum sunk their claws into the subject matter. For your viewing pleasure, here is their low budget plot borrowing, "Paranormal Entity"
Speaking of "Paranormal Activity", do you need even more of the story? How about the first five pages of the upcoming IDW Comic Adaption entitled "Paranormal Activity: The Search for Katie"?
As if I didn't hate kids enough already, this week's selection is David Cronenberg's "The Brood".