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COVER- Drive-by history: GPS marks the spot
In a town with colonial origins like Charlottesville, you can barely spit without hitting a historical marker. And driving through Albemarle County and the Old Dominion, it's obvious lots of important things happened here, even if you can't actually read the markers when you're zooming by at 55 miles per hour.
Local history has just entered the 21st century. Up until recently, the only resource for tracking down and touring Virginia's more than 2,000 markers was A Guidebook to Virginia's Historical Markers, published in 1994 and available for $18.95.
Things have gotten easier for history buffs. Jason Watson has photographed and taken the GPS coordinates of 1,453 historical markers in 12 states, and 1,209 of those are in Virginia. He's put photos of text and interactive maps on his website, www.historical-markers.org, which is getting about 5,000 hits a month.
Watson was inspired to take on this project when he was working on his MBA and driving up to George Mason University from Charlottesville several times a week. "I do a lot of traveling and have always been interested in the thousands of gray markers that dot the highways, but, like most, was unable to read while whizzing by on the highway."
He had another motive: "There are several research ideas I wanted to work on related to mapping and searching," he says.
The historical marker program was ripe for mapping. A new guide is coming out from the University of Virginia Press, but the state has no online listing of its more than 2,000 markers on its website– although that is in the plan.
Virginia's historical marker program started in 1927, one of the first in the country. It's administered by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, which considers new candidates quarterly.
Anyone can sponsor a marker, as long as the person, place, or event has regional, state or national significance. And as long as the sponsor can come up with $1,350, the current cost of casting the aluminum alloy markers. Installation and maintenance are handled by the Virginia Department of Transportation.
Much like haiku, markers must distill down to 100 words the significance of, say, Monticello or the University of Virginia. Marker texts are rigorously scrutinized for historical accuracy. And occasionally, they're controversial [see sidebar].
Historian/radio host Coy Barefoot was founding chairman of Charlottesville's historic resources task force in the late 1990s. "We decided we needed more markers in the city, where people walk around," says Barefoot.
That impetus led to a marker for Woolen Mills, the Old Stone Tavern marker on Market between 4th and 5th streets, the First Baptist Church marker on West Main near the train station, Jack Jouett's Ride on High Street at Courthouse Square, and Charlottesville General Hospital on the corner of JPA and West Main.
Recent additions are the Monticello Wine Company marker on McIntire and Perry, the Georgia O'Keefe-stayed-here marker on Wertland, and the Buck v. Bell marker at Region Ten. That last one commemorates Charlottesville's dubious role in the state's early 20th century effort that made resident Carrie Buck the first of more than 8,000 people believed "genetically inferior" to be sterilized.
Over the years, the markers have moved from Revolutionary and Civil War commemoration to topics of social justice, such as Buck v. Bell, or the Jefferson School marker that remembers the city's segregationist past. The Monacan Indian Village marker on U.S. 29 notes the area's Native America presence.
Rule of thumb for an event to get a marker– 50 years or older, although exceptions may be made, such as for the Civil Rights movement.
Why dot byways with hard-to-read snatches of history, anyway?
"It reminds you history is not just written as words in books," says Barefoot. "It's written on the landscape, it's written on brick and on stone, in the built environment and in the natural landscape. These markers remind us of that, and they make the past really speak to us as we move through the city." And the county. And the state, and the country.
Jason Watson has avoided getting hit in the course of photographing almost 1,500 highway markers and putting their global position coordinates on a historical marker website.
An Albemarle County marker from 1946 focuses on the importance of Goochland in the county's history, and oh by the way, a guy named Thomas Jefferson lived here.
In the new-and-improved 2003 Albemarle marker, we learn that Jefferson was President, his home is called Monticello and he had something to do with the design of the University of Virginia.
Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes' 1927 opinion that "three generations of imbeciles is enough" made Carrie Bell the first woman sterilized in Virginia.
If only we knew who Baron de Riedesel was– or who the author Ford was who wrote Janice Meredith.
Albemarle's shortest highway marker...
The Edgehill marker on Route 250 near Shadwell has seen better days.
General George Custer sneaks onto his third historical marker in the area (the other two being the controversial "surrender" marker and the Rio Hill skirmish marker).
This is not an official historical marker– you can tell by the absence of a letter and number at the top. But someone felt it important to remember that the now-defunct St. Anne's Parish rector lived here, and the land was sold in 1779 to Joseph Cabell.
Jefferson studied here. And leisurely travelers on Route 231 know that Matthew Fontaine Maury was the "Pathfinder of the Seas."
Lesser, fifth President James Monroe has almost as many markers around town as Jefferson– although this one on Market Street is not an official state historical marker and could use a makeover.
One of the oldest area markers, this one isn't anywhere close to Jefferson's home. Strollers around Court Square can imagine what they'd say if they were writing the text for Charlottesville's most famous landmark.
The city's newest marker notes Charlottesville had a wine industry way before Patricia Kluge came to town.
Note of Edgar Allan Poe's brief tenure at the University of Virginia is a relatively new addition to McCormick Road.
The heroics of Technical Sergeant Frank D. Peregory likely would be forgotten were it not for this reminder at U.S. 29 and University Drive.
SIDEBAR- Historical rewrite: It's all who you know
He was born here in blah-blah-blah. He was a key figure in the great blah-blah-blah. He died uttering his trademark slogan....
Documenting the facts on somber historical markers sounds simple enough, right? And yet, dry footnotes to history can occasionally ignite controversy. In Charlottesville, it's happened twice.
First was the bogus Tarleton's Oak story. For much of the 20th century, a state historical marker proclaimed that the British colonel spent the night under a giant tree that used to shade Tarleton's Oak Service Station on High Street.
In 1997, however, the Virginia Department of Historic Resources yanked up the marker when it discovered that Tarleton did not camp there. It seems the myth began after Edison Moving Pictures came to town in 1912 to film Colonel Banastre Tarleton's raid and the failed capture of Jefferson, and made the oak a way station for the British troops. The movie set made its way into local lore.
A new and improved marker, "The Farm," was erected on Jefferson Street where Tarleton actually stayed to clear up the legend. And the ancient, diseased oak became mulch.
Another controversial sign pitted UVA heavyweights against General George Custer's fan club in a semantic battle. Did Charlottesville surrender to Union troops, or was it merely occupied?
In 2000, the Little Big Horn Associates got approval from the Department of Historic Resources for a marker near UVA Chapel titled: "Charlottesville Surrendered." It detailed how on March 3, 1865, a white-handkerchief-waving delegation led by the town's mayor, Christopher Fowler, and three university representatives met the victorious Major General Custer arriving from the west, and asked for protection so the university wouldn't be torched as Virginia Military Institute had been earlier. Custer agreed, and the university was spared during the federal troops' three-day occupation.
The marker went up in summer 2000. A few months later, then-UVA Rector Jack Ackerly complained.
"I didn't think the marker belonged there," he told Coy Barefoot, who reported on the incident in C-ville Weekly in June 2001. "We had already told the [Little Big Horn Associates] that we didn't want their marker. We didn't think it belonged on university grounds. In addition, there was an inaccuracy in the language of the marker. It said that the university surrendered when in fact it did not."
Another complaint: the zealousness of the Custer contingent in documenting every move the doomed general made, when local notables Thomas Jefferson and Edgar Allan Poe still didn't have their own markers at the university. (The latter become marker-worthy in 2003 with a notice of one term at the university near his room Number 13 on the West Range.) Custer is mentioned on the "Skirmish at Rio Hill" marker, and he managed to worm his way onto the revised Tarleton marker on Jefferson Street, which notes that Custer stayed at the same residence there that Tarleton earlier occupied.
The surrender sign was removed, and a new marker went up on Route 250 near Zazus restaurant, well west of the Chapel, where the event took place. The new marker, "Union Occupation of Charlottesville," made no mention of surrender or white handkerchiefs.
"The history that gets told depends on who's telling the story, under what circumstances, and why," Barefoot wrote. "The past stays the same. It's history that changes."
The process of marker text approval is very exacting, and some historians agree that, in fact, the university did surrender. Others argued, how can a university surrender?
Says Barefoot in a recent interview with the Hook, "We learn more about the power of telling a story because someone at UVA had the power to change the telling of the story."
That's a history lesson that won't appear on a historical marker.
The revised history of George Custer's stay is now safely away from where those events took place.
SIDEBAR- Historical markers we'd like to see
The Virginia Department of Historic Resources likes a good 50 years before commemorating a person, place or event as historic. Will these local sites one day bear the silver seal of history?
George Allen's office: The U.S. Senator, who lived on Montalto during his law school years, bought this historic building in 1978 as he started his law practice and his first runs for elected office. Although he hasn't lived in Charlottesville since elected Governor in 1994, he continued to own the East Jefferson Street building after starting his career in Washington.
Lane High School: A symbol of Charlottesville's segregated past, Lane was integrated in 1959, following a year of massive resistance in which the city shut down Lane and Venable Elementary rather than allow black students to attend. The building now houses Albemarle County's offices.
Trax: Dave Matthews, founder of the popular rock-jam group bearing his name, played Tuesdays at the nightclub here in the early 1990s before the band became world famous. The University of Virginia demolished the building in January 2003 to make room for its expanding medical complex. Alternate marker: Miller's restaurant.
Satyendra Huja's house: The visionary city planner urged Charlottesville to brick over its famous Downtown Mall in the mid-1970s, saving it from the dying-downtown syndrome so prevalent at the end of the 20th century. In the course of his 30 years with the city, the now-retired Huja also jump-started Charlottesville's landscaping and flowers, and its Percent for Art program that funds the city's famous Art in Place sculptures.
Charlottesville Pavilion: Coran Capshaw, the manager of the Dave Matthews Band who went on to own many commercial properties in Charlottesville, constructed the pavilion in 2005 after obtaining a long-term lease from the city. While the soaring canopy was derided as the "lobster trap," it may become the iconic landmark for the city, sorta like the Eiffel Tower for Paris– but with Lyle Lovett, James Brown, and Willie Nelson playing underneath.
C&O: Before Charlottesville became a gourmet mecca, the town was a dining backwater until 1976, when Sandy McAdams and Phillip Stafford took a former dive diner across the street from the Chesapeake and Ohio train station and made it a premier eatery. The restaurant received a rave review in the New York Times, putting Charlottesville on the culinary map.
The Ark: Crozet was just a sleepy village when a movie called Evan Almighty was filmed here in 2006 and the ark was constructed as part of its set. After Evan, could Crozet became a popular location for movies, leading to the moniker of "Hollywood East"?
Vinegar Hill: The Omni Hotel stands on what was once part of Main Street, where many African-American businesses stood, until city fathers razed them and the rest of the neighborhood in the mid-1960s, as part of a popular concept at that time called "urban renewal."
The Hampton Inn: Thanks to the sleuthing of a USA Today reporter, historians at Monticello now believe that Sally Hemings, the slave/mistress of Thomas Jefferson, lived and is probably also buried at the corner of West Main and 10th streets, today the site of the Hampton Inn. However, the wording for this historic marker could turn into a multi-year controversy!


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Marlins, 10th-rounder agree to deal before deadline
MIAMI -- Negotiations went close to Friday's 5 p.m. ET deadline, but the Marlins were finally able to complete a deal with University of Texas left-hander Dillon Peters.
Miami selected Peters in the 10th round of the First-Year Player Draft in June. Entering Friday, the Indianapolis, Ind., native was the team's only unsigned pick in the first 10 rounds.
The Marlins had remained confident throughout the process a deal would be reached, and by the deadline, Peters agreed to a bonus of $175,000.
Peters was projected to be taken in the top three rounds, but in May, he sustained a torn ligament in his throwing elbow, which required Tommy John surgery.
The Marlins had 12 total selections in the first 10 rounds of the Draft, and all are under contract.
In all, the Marlins reached agreements with 33 of their 42 selections. Miami, which also signed two undrafted free agents, reached agreements with its first 22 picks.
"You can call this Draft a success in terms of just the amount of players we signed with the Top 20, but I think we also got some athletic players," said Marlins vice president of scouting Stan Meek. "We got some athletic players up the middle that really addressed a need for us. Also, in addition to the second overall pick in Tyler Kolek, a big right-hander, we also got a good group of college left-handed pitchers that we feel add a lot of depth to the system.
"We feel good about the guys we signed, we're excited."
The headliner of Miami's class is the hard-throwing Kolek, a prep sensation from Shepherd, Texas. The 18-year-old signed shortly after being taken for $6 million, and he has already made four starts for the Gulf Coast League Marlins, for whom he is 0-2 with a 4.50 ERA in 10 innings.
Kolek's fastball was clocked as high as 102 mph in high school. He has 10 strikeouts thus far in his 10 frames.
Some of the early-round picks already impressing in the Gulf Coast League are speedy second baseman/shortstop Justin Twine (second-rounder), shortstop Brian Schales (fourth-rounder) and outfielder Stone Garrett (eighth-rounder).

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Mayor's Office
The public is invited to an open house Wednesday, January 25 on planned improvements for North 14th Street from Fletcher Avenue to Alvo Road. The open house is from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Kooser Elementary School, 7301 N. 13th St.
The project includes the following:
Work is scheduled to begin February 13 and will require road closures on 14th Street throughout construction. The project is scheduled for completion in May 2013.
Representatives from the City of Lincoln, its project consultants and the contractor will be available to discuss the construction phasing and answer questions. No formal presentation will be given and the public is invited to stop by at any time during the open house.
For more information, contact Devin Biesecker, Public Works and Utilities Department, at 402-937-5515, or Jon Olsen, Olsson Associates, at 402-458-5614. Information also is available at lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: projects).


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The new Captain Kirk might be the new Robocop. Smallville continues to take shape in Illinois. The story of The Thing prequel is finally revealed. Plus George R.R. Martin explains why his next Game of Thrones episode might bankrupt HBO!
Spoilers from this point forward!
Top image from Captain America.
Captain America
Director Joe Johnston explains the retro sci-fi elements of Red Skull:
"This is futurism in the 1940s; if you went to 1942 and thought of what the future would be, that's what the approach was. The villain has a much more futuristic style and his science and his apparatus - he has a whole design motif that is beyond 1942 but it's what you might have perceived as futuristic from a 1942 vantage point."
Meanwhile, Chris Evans explains that for all his heroism, Steve isn't necessarily a complete saint:
"He's given this amazing blessing, all of the ability that he has always wanted. That can easily corrupt. If you give anyone this power, it is easy to become a bully and let human emotion take over."
And the promo images just keep on coming. [IGN]
The Amazing Spider-Man
The first trailer is reportedly due to premiere at Comic-Con, and here are some highlights of what to expect, supposedly from a SDCC employee who got to see the trailer early:
- Shots of Dr.Connors [Rhys Ifans] being injected by a greenish fluid in a lab.
- Shot of Parker being bitten by a spider, in his own house in what appears to be an attic lab.
- Shot of an alley with Ben [Martin Sheen] and Parker, then one of a dying Ben who utters 'With greatest power must come greatest responsibility, never forget that.'
- Goes black for a few seconds, we hear some monstrous sounds and cut to Connors' lab where his foot transforms into a scaly one. Goes black and we hear roars.
You can read the rest of the details at the link, including the dramatic (and very, very New York) location where Peter dons the Spidey suit. [MovieWeb]
Emma Stone says she's now finished filming, and describes her reactions to the whole thing:
"I really liked it. I was drawn to that part because I really liked what happens between Gwen and Peter, and so I'm excited about that. That's pretty much what my involvement is, with Peter. I think that Andrew [Garfield] is incredible, and so that was really wonderful for me. Then I'm also excited – and this is weird, I guess, or I guess maybe it's not weird – but I think it's really interesting to be a part of something that so many people hold so close to their hearts, that so many people grew up with."
The Dark Knight Rises
There's no new information, but you can find a helpful roundup of all that we actually know (plus plenty of speculation) about the film at the link. [IGN]
Man of Steel
Here are some more set photos from Plano, Illinois, which is doubling for Smallville in the movie. [Kevin Otterness]
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Here's a poster. [ComingSoon.net]
A Craigslist ad purports to be a casting call for Neil Blomkamp's latest, and they're seeking "Mexican and Hispanic people of all ages" who should come dressed as "East LA gang characters" and "working class characters." Honestly, I'm more than a little skeptical, as the call sheet apparently thinks the movie stars Jodi Foster. Anyway, you can check out the full description at the link. [Craigslist]
Robocop Reboot
Star Trek's Chris Pine is reportedly the top choice of MGM for the title role in Elite Squad director Jose Padilha's remake. [Twitchfilm]
The Thing
Here's the official synopsis for the prequel to John Carpenter's film:
Antarctica: an extraordinary continent of awesome beauty. It is also home to an isolated outpost where a discovery full of scientific possibility becomes a mission of survival when an alien is unearthed by a crew of international scientists. The shape-shifting creature, accidentally unleashed at this marooned colony, has the ability to turn itself into a perfect replica of any living being. It can look just like you or me, but inside, it remains inhuman. In the thriller The Thing, paranoia spreads like an epidemic among a group of researchers as they're infected, one by one, by a mystery from another planet.
Paleontologist Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) has traveled to the desolate region for the expedition of her lifetime. Joining a Norwegian scientific team that has stumbled across an extraterrestrial ship buried in the ice, she discovers an organism that seems to have died in the crash eons ago. But it is about to wake up.
When a simple experiment frees the alien from its frozen prison, Kate must join the crew's pilot, Carter (Joel Edgerton), to keep it from killing them off one at a time. And in this vast, intense land, a parasite that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish.
The Hobbit
Here's the next round of dwarf photos, this time of Dean O'Gorman as Fili and Aidan Turner as Kili. [/Film]
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Here are some new promo photos for the sequel, featuring the return of
not Benedict Cumberbatch Robert Downey, Jr. as Sherlock Holmes. We also get a good look at Jared Harris as Moriarty. A few more details about the film have been released. The movie's story takes a number of elements from the original story "The Final Problem", and Rachel McAdams will indeed make a return appearance as Irene Adler. Director Guy Ritche also speaks to how they approached Moriarty:
"Moriarty is one of the most famous villains of all time. But we didn't want to make him a conventional character. The challenge was to still make him modern, believable. [Harris] brings a depth, a realism, that everyone was really excited about. He's very relatable.""
[USA Today via FirstShowing.net]
Evil Dead 4
There's lots of contradictory reports coming out about this project, all of which contradict the fact that this almost certainly won't end up actually happening. Anyway, it's not at all clear whether this is a sequel to the original movies or a reboot of sort - and of course Evil Dead 2 was a reboot of Evil Dead anyway, so the issue is hopelessly confused already - but the latest news is that the director will not be Sam Raimi, but instead Fede Alvarez, who made his name with the 2009 science fiction short Panic Attack! The film is supposed to be a low-budget film that Raimi can produce while doing Oz, the Great and Powerful. Still no word on Bruce Campbell in all this. [Bloody Disgusting]
Last Stand
I'm not at all sure this is science fiction, but it involves Arnold Schwarzenegger fighting some form of "super car" and it's directed by The Good, the Bad, and the Weird's Kim Jee-Woon, so it's getting at least a cursory mention. Here's the official synopsis for what sounds like Schwarzenegger's return to the sorts of 1980s ludicrousness that gave us the likes of Commando, The Running Man, and even Red Heat, at least assuming no new sexual deviancy comes to light:
Schwarzenegger will be starring as Sheriff Owens, a man who has resigned himself to a life of fighting what little crime takes place in sleepy border town Sommerton Junction after leaving his LAPD post following a bungled operation that left him wracked with failure and defeat after his partner was crippled. After a spectacular escape from an FBI prisoner convoy, the most notorious, wanted drug kingpin in the hemisphere is hurtling toward the border at 200 mph in a specially outfitted car with a hostage and a fierce army of gang members. He is headed, it turns out, straight for Summerton Junction, where the whole of U.S. law enforcement will have their last opportunity to make a stand and intercept him before he slips across the border forever. At first reluctant to become involved, and then counted out because of the perceived ineptitude of his small town force, Owens ultimately accepts responsibility for one of the most daring face offs in cinema history.
I realize I'm an idiot for being even remotely excited about this. I'm completely fine with that.
Doctor Who
The show will reportedly soon be filming at the RGHQ bunker on Ashdown Forest, which is also known as the real-life counterpart of Winnie the Pooh's Hundred-Acre-Wood. Since all filming is thought to have completed for series six, this is most likely for the 2011 Christmas special...assuming the reports are true, of course. [Life, Doctor Who, and Combom]
Torchwood: Miracle Day
Here's a trailer for the rest of the season. [Life, Doctor Who, and Combom]
Here's the synopsis for the season finale, "The Blood Line":
The Torchwood team travels across the world on a final, desperate mission, but the Three Families are unstoppable unless a terrible sacrifice is made.
It looks like Rex Matheson will try to take away Gwen's baby from her in the near future. [TV Guide]
Speaking of Rex, Mekhi Phifer explains how his costume changes reveal his shifting loyalties:
I'm suited and booted in the beginning, but as I'm drawn in, we start to form our relationship and I become a part of Torchwood, then my clothes relax. Because now I'm not necessarily in the CIA, I'm running from them now, as we all are.
So you go over to the other side?
Yeah. But we're still trying to find out what's going on here, and it takes us on all these different adventures.
Do you infiltrate the CIA?
Well, what happens is, without giving away too much, as I extradite them [the Torchwood team], as I get off the plane in the US, the CIA turns on me. The government turns on me. We have this great escape where we fight and do all this other stuff, and we try and find out what's going on. There's government shady stuff going on, pharmaceutical company shady stuff going on. Shady CIA stuff. And so once I become a part of Torchwood, we're against the powers that be, basically.
Here's an interview with Russell T. Davies and Julie Gardner. [Life, Doctor Who, and Combom]
And here's a lengthy morning show interview with John Barrowman. [Blogtor Who]
Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin discusses what he's writing for season two:
Which episode of Game of Thrones are you writing next season?
The Battle of the Blackwater, God help me. David and Dan must hate me.
That's the one where you have to be most conscious of budgetary decisions.
It's very tough because we don't have the budget to do the battle in the book. We just don't.
Well, they have to be able to show the ships and what happens to them, right?
I hope so. We'll see. I'm writing it. I'm cutting certain things. We'll see once I turn it in if we can do it.
There's a lot more at the link both for the TV show and the books, including Martin's explanation of why depicting sex on the show forced huge changes to the internal chronology. [Shelf Life]
Clive Standen, who recently appeared on that other premium cable fantasy show Camelot, reveals he's heard "some massive casting news" for the second season, and that of the three people cast, one is a Camelot alum and another appeared in some other Arthurian movie or TV show. That doesn't really narrow things down much at all - but I'm going to interpret that as ridiculously as possible and say this means First Knight's Richard Gere is joining the show - but there's some interesting speculation at the link. [Winter-is-Coming]
The Walking Dead
Robert Kirkman discusses season two's big trip to Herschel's Farm:
They're heading to the farm, it's going to be awesome. The first season was all about being in the city, and dealing with zombies in the streets. The second season is about zombies in the woods and what's behind that next tree. It's a much more rural setting. It's all the same characters, and they're going to be dealing with a lot of plots from the first season, but the setting is going to be almost completely different. I didn't realize how cool it would be until I was on set, running through the woods doing location scouting a couple weeks ago. Atlanta was almost a character in the first season, and I think it will be that way with Georgia in general in this upcoming season. We're going introduce some new characters. We're going to be seeing Otis, Herschel and Maggie, all characters from the comic book series. And possibly some more surprises before the end of the season. It should be pretty exciting.
Here's a promo and a sneak peek for the next episode, "Reprise."
And here's an interview with Felicia Day.
Executive producer Amy Berg says they're halfway through shooting season five, and then offers these hints about the just begun season 4.5:
The episodes this summer involve the continuing reverberations of the timeline shift. Carter, Allison, Henry, Jo, and Fargo have been trying to keep their trip to the past a secret, but that's becoming an impossible challenge. Also this season you'll meet Felicia Day's new character, Dr. Holly Marten. I had a lot of fun creating her. She's an homage to geek girls everywhere, and her storyline is wrapped up in a season-long arc involving a big mission that our gang gets involved with. As for what that mission is, you'll have to tune in to find out.
Warehouse 13
Here's a sneak peek at the next episode, "Trials."
Joanne Kelly reveals that H.G. Wells will return throughout the season and that the relationship between her and Myka will be "even more interesting" this season. When asked about a possible romance between Myka and Pete, Kelly says that, while she doesn't think any romances are in Myka's future, the closest thing to a romance she has is with H.G. Wells. She also explains Myka's journey in the aftermath of season two:
After [the incident with H.G.] we're once again seeing Myka as someone who's not all that emotionally trusting. She's gone back into her shell. That lack of trust goes all the way back to the pilot when Myka was this lonely and isolated woman. But as this new season progresses you'll see we're really pushing the envelope with the character. There's a great journey coming and huge changes in her makeup and personality. You'll see her really open up and grow and I'm proud of that because that's what happens in life - we either wilt or we blossom.
[TV Guide]
Syfy has released a bunch more promo images. [SpoilerTV]
Here's the synopsis for the second episode of season two:
While dealing with the mystery of her own identity, Audrey, Nathan and the other Audrey who's come to town must stop a terrifying epidemic spreading across town: people seeing their worst fears come to life.
Falling Skies
Here are some promo images for the next episode, "Sanctuary (Part 1)." [SpoilerTV]
Teen Wolf
Here's a preview for episode 8, "Lunatic."
Additional reporting by Mandy Curtis and Charlie Jane Anders.


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The closer we get to January 1st, 2013, the more we're hearing about the possibility of the US government going over the "fiscal cliff."
If a) the President and Congress fail to reach a deal and b) it turns out that the Mayans were wrong about the world ending, then the US economy will enter uncharted territory.
There's been no shortage of analysis and guesstimating over what will happen as the experts and pundits have taken to the airwaves and podwaves.
Here are some of this week's best selections, made with an ear towards context and substance.
That's it for this week's Sunday Playlist.
Have a great week, and here's to hoping that a sudden epidemic of compromise and sense breaks out inside the Beltway.


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By BanthamDuballstarz , 18-08-2006
Take it easy at Easybeach - Fantastic place, stay with Oystein at Easybeach less that 5 minutes away from the rock.Enjoy the culture and frienly nature of SriLankans. Off season it is not worth the effort if you are purely going to surf, ok for mix of touring and surf, mostly onshore and big,there are a couple of spots that Oystein knows where shelter offers big clean waves.Can't wait to return
By lee , 13-08-2006
Staying at the rock.. - Chilled place to stay, across the road, 'Kabalana Villa' sleeps 6, wave view from balcony...check it out...http://www.rentalsystems.com/villas/south-coast-villa-to-rent-24426-sum.asp?rag=29135R&rcam=ownerweb
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- kabbalana's a bit pricey for 'skint' surfer types stay at rams in middigamma and tuktuk there...loads cheaper...but i agree on the wave its amazing.........
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ecloga Journal of Literature and the Arts. Call For Papers 2013. Deadline 10th September 2012.
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The ecloga 2013 call for papers is now open:
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The Catholic character of CSB and SJU is shaped by the Benedictine communities that founded the colleges in the 19th century and continue to foster Benedictine Catholic values in the academic, spiritual and social life of the colleges. Today, Benedictine women and men remain actively involved in teaching and administration, and their prayerful presence in community life provides the stable sense of home for which CSB and SJU are so well known.
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By DAVID GREEN
Fayette's water and sewer service is expected to stay out of the red next year after council members approved a rate increase last week.
A six percent increase in water rates coupled with a 27 percent increase in sewer rates was approved unanimously Thursday, with Mike Maginn and Craig Rower absent from the meeting.
Village administrator Amy Metz has pushed in the past for a rate increase to keep the funds from losing money, but an effort in June was voted down.
A past proposal would have brought in enough cash to bring the funds into the black, as well as put money into the maintenance fund. The measure passed last week will allow the funds to break even, Metz said, but not contribute to maintenance, replacement and emergencies.
Dr. Thomas Brown, a guest from the Northwest Ohio Mayors and Managers Association, spoke to council members about the tough decisions needed to keep municipal services operating.
When he was mayor of Port Clinton, Brown said the decision was made to double water and sewer rates to stop sewer overflows and to add a four percent increase in the maintenance fund.
Brown said he has many state and federal contacts from his days of serving as an aide to Sen. Paul Gillmor and he will continue to help Fayette obtain federal funds for its sewer work.
CAR WASH—Council voted 5-0 to terminate a 10 percent water discount for Eagle Car Wash.
Mark Pilbeam, co-owner of the car wash, asked council to continue the discount, noting that he uses about 10,000 gallons of water a month and is often forced to leave water running in the cold weather to prevent freezing. He told council that the discounted water rates provide more income for the village than if the business discontinues operation.
Council member Jerry Gonzales said he didn't think a small community could continue to subsidize the car wash. Councilor Paul Shaffer said he considered the discount as start-up help when the business opened, but not a permanent rate.
Council president Ruth Marlatt said she appreciates the business being in town and she would pay an extra dollar for a wash, if necessary.
Council decided to give Pilbeam until the end of March 2010 to erect a fence at the back of the car wash, as stated in village zoning law when a commercial business abuts a residence. The renter in the house behind the car wash has requested the erection of a fence.
"I just want to be sure you understand," Metz told council. "We've already given him time. We gave him all summer."
ZONING—Council approved a change in zoning from commercial to residential at the corner of S. Cherry and Main Street. No one attended a hearing on the issue.
Jacob Barnes was appointed to fill a vacancy on the zoning board.
OEPA—Village utilities director Bob Seigneur is composing a letter to send to the Ohio EPA proposing a major change to the village's long term control plan. The plan is designed to eliminate illegal overflows of sewage into streams.
The new plan would eliminate Phase I because it is completed; eliminate Phase II, construction of a new sewage treatment plant; and move Phase III from 2017 ahead to 2010. Phase III addresses the remaining combined sewer overflow issues and calls for the separation of storm water from septic sewage lines. This will prevent a heavy precipitation event from flushing sewage into streams.
LEAVES—Metz requests that residents not blow or place leaves onto the street where they will often clog storm drains, sewer lines and lift stations.
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Good lord, this is Terrific:
Tom Seaver. Nancy Seaver. Singing with the Lettermen. Awkwardly joking with Eddy Arnold. Referring in detailed fashion to the World Series just recently won. This aired on NBC's Kraft Music Hall, November 5, 1969, not three weeks after the Mets commenced their reign as Earth's baseball champions, only 17 days since Tom and teammates confirmed "You Gotta Have Heart" for Ed Sullivan.
Clearly, humanity had reached its peak.
I'd read of this variety show appearance, but I never dreamed I would see it. Great thanks to my old friend Joe F. for finding it.


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Constructed from a motor and various bits of wood, plastic, and styrofoam, this retro gramophone kit offers the allure of carving grooves into compact discs and Dixie cups with a sewing-needle-based pickup and playback assembly.
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Hi steeltowncanuck! Thats a very cool story. I bet you wish you could have that day back.
I think it's amazing that Garth is still to this day just as appreciative and accessable to his fans as he was back then.
Have you ever met a star and not known it? I have. I met Garth Brooks and his wife in Edmonton Alberta back in 1991.
I know what your thinking I know what your thinking how could I have met the biggest name in country music and not known him well if you give me a moment of your time I'll explain .
I moved to edmonton in march of 1991 and started working as a security guard for a company called metropol .
I was a floater wich ment I was on call . meaning I had no life I would checkin twice a day to see if the company had a shift and if they did I went to work .
don't cry for me well not yet anyway . getting back to what you want to know one extreamly hot summerday in june around 530 I called in and got asked to work from 630 till 1230 and I said yes .
so off I went to the stadium to look after some trucks .
when I got to the back lot the other gaurd on duty met me and said do you wan't the top or the bottom of the ramp ? I said whatever is more out of the sun . he said cool I'll stay at the top and you can watch the trucks from the bottom of the ramp . I was on duty for about half an hour when a lady came out of a tour bus and asked me if I wanted a drink I said no thanks I was fine . anyway the lady introduced herself as misses Brooks and she was talking to two girls outside the stadium fence. she invited them in side the stadium grounds to chat they sat on a grassy hill next to the ramp I was watching .after a few mins misses Brooks went back on the bus and told the girls it was okay for them to sit where they were . less then 10 mins went by befor stadium staff told the girls to leave I informed them that misses brooks had said it was okay for them to be there . they seemed to get annoyed saying she shouldn't be doing that. any way about five mins later a man with ball cap brown hair about 6ft tall in a grey t-shirt and shorts asked me if I wanted an autograph? I said thanks but I was working and my company didn't allow me to take gifts well I was on duty. The man asked me again if I was sure and again I said thanks for the offer but I was on duty and would have to decline.
the man went back into the stadium to finish a preshow inspection. about 5 mins later a roadie came out on break and said hi and asked me how I was and I asked him who's concert is this anyway? He looked at me and said Garth Brooks . I told him I don't know the name what does he sing ?
the roadie Looked at me and said you must not be into country music I said I've been listening to country music my whole life.
he then laughed and said , you don't know Garth brooks? I said no. can name a song that he's known for ? after 5, or 6 songs I didn't recognize he got to my favorite song unanswered prayers I said I love that song .
he said your really gonna hate me when I tell you this you know the guy in the ballcap that was just out here .I said yeh he offered to get me an autograph but I had to turn down his offer as I was working . the roadie looked at me and said he didn't offer to get you an autograph he offered to give you one That was Garth . Till this day I still can't beleave I did that.
the reason I'll never forget that day is that after 3hours on stage Garth came out the door with his security and had the stadium security open the fence and he then went out into the crowd shaking hands and signing autographs .
He remembered what it was to be a fan and made me one in the process!!!
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Hi steeltowncanuck! Thats a very cool story. I bet you wish you could have that day back.
I think it's amazing that Garth is still to this day just as appreciative and accessable to his fans as he was back then.
Welcome to PG, dude! Very kewl story!
Very cool....are you still kicking yourself?
Listen not to the critics
Who put their own dreams on the shelf
~ How You Ever Gonna Know ~
Kent Blazy/Garth Brooks
What a great story that was to read. I have never met Garth and would like to he is a good singer and I like his music.
YES !!!,till this very day paula thanks for asking!!!Originally Posted by Paula
All kidding aside I wish I had accepted the autograph but then i wouldn't have had the same story to tell!!!
Amazing. I would recognize Garth even if he was dressed in rags. If I didn't, I'd kick myself for the rest of my life. Wow. But if you don't listen to that type of music, you're not gonna know.
In my defense was a huge country music fan, However at that time in my life I didn't have a tv and and had never seen a picture of Garth .
It was also 1991, so I can understand it. Garth had a few hits under his belt (many are classics of his now), but he was still relatively new. While he was a decent star at that point he wasn't the "Garth Brooks" phenomenon until 1992/1993. That's when he picked up momentum and really became a global act, as opposed to a local country singer. In 1991 I could spot Reba, George Strait and Trisha (only because I felt an instant connection to her voice) at that point. Actually, Trisha is why I started to listen to country music and why I gained an appreciation for Garth.
#1 Trisha Fan on Planet Garth (But I do love the G-Man too!)


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That's right, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., blame the subprime crisis on poor people ("Did we learn from subprime crisis?" April 21). Government over-extension of housing funds to marginal buyers is only one small part of why the crisis occurred. Instead, let's put the blame where it really lies.
That would be in the repeal of Glass-Stegall which enabled banks and insurance companies to become gambling establishments, the fraudulent and illegal bundling of good loans with bad while rating these packages triple-A, the teaming of Wall Street and insurance companies which encouraged credit buying and subprime loans, the ignorance and collusion of ratings agencies, and finally the intentional laissez-faire "putting the foxes in charge of the hen house" attitude of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Let's not look at the financial world's role in the Great Recession, or god-forbid, punish huge institutional wrong-doers. Let's get those greedy poor people who yearn to have a place to live.
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Correction: Australia-People-Russell Crowe story
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — In a story April 7 about actor Russell Crowe's auction in Sydney, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the price of a 128-year-old violin was exceeded at the auction by only a single painting. The price was exceeded by two paintings from Crowe's collection.
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Russell Crowe's $104K violin high note of Sydney auction
A 128-year-old Italian violin that Russell Crowe learned to play in a few months before he performed in the 19th century war drama "Master and Commander" has stolen the show among movie memorabilia on offer at the Oscar award-winning actor's auction
By ROD McGUIRK
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A 128-year-old Italian violin that Russell Crowe learned to play in a few months before he starred in the 19th century war drama "Master and Commander" stole the show among movie memorabilia on offer at the Oscar-winning actor's auction.
The rare instrument by Leandro Bislach sold for 135,000 Australian dollars ($104,000), the highest price for movie-related offerings among 227 lots up for sale in Sydney on Saturday as part of the Australia-based New Zealander's divorce settlement.
More surprisingly, a costume that Crowe wore in the same 2003 movie wasn't far behind, raking in AU$115,000.
While the violin was close to the top of Sotheby Australia's valuation, the winning bid for character Captain Jack Aubrey's dress uniform exceeded the auctioneer's hopes by AU$80,000.
The violin's price was exceeded only by two paintings from Crowe's extensive collection.
The auction, titled "The Art of Divorce," took place on the actor's 54th birthday and the anniversary of his wedding to singer Danielle Spencer in 2003.
A cheerful Crowe made an appearance after Sydney actress-singer Alisa Nasteski sang Happy Birthday and the crowd of bidders and spectators — some in formal wear, others wearing sports team-colored beanies — gave him three cheers
"G'day folks, how're you doing?" Crowe said to the crowd. "Are you having a little bit of fun? It's exciting, isn't it? So it's been a lot of fun putting it together for you."
Immediately afterward, the violin— which Crowe described as "a lot very dear to my heart" — became the 31st item to go under the hammer.
Before the auction, Sotheby's predicted the eclectic offerings, covering movies, guitars, art, watches, sporting memorabilia and Crowe's jewelry gifts to Spencer, would bring between AU$2.6 million and AU$3.7 million.
Crowe tweeted after the five-hour auction that he had earned AU$3.7 million, with potential sales worth AU$350,000 still under negotiation.
"A bunch of stuff I didn't really want to sell coming home ... not a bad hourly rate for a 5 hour shift," he tweeted.
Bidders' interest had been expected to focus on the violin and paraphernalia from "Gladiator," the 2000 blockbuster that earned Crowe his Academy Award for Best Actor. Demand for movie memorabilia often overwhelmed expectations.
Crowe's torso armor, expected to fetch up to AU$30,000, sold for AU$125,000.
A replica Roman chariot, thought to be worth up to AU$10,000, was sold for AU$65,000.
A leather boxer's protector, worn by Crowe when he played heavyweight champion James J. Braddock in the 2005 movie "Cinderella Man," estimated to bring between AU$500 and AU$600, sold for AU$7,000 after intense bidding.
Sotheby's was closer to the mark in valuing the maroon Doc Martens boots Crowe wore as the skinhead Hando in the 1992 movie "Romper Stomper." The pair sold for AU$10,000, while Sotheby's had anticipated between AU$10,000 and AU$15,000.
But some lots failed to reach reserve, including a 2008 custom motorcycle built by California's Orange County Choppers that was turned in on a bid for AU$35,000. It's painted a distinctive green and red, the colors of the South Sydney Rabbitohs, the Australian Rugby League team that Crowe part-owns.


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My name is John Raymond Bennett, born to Ted Rolland Bennett and Mary Jane Tapley Bennett. My dad's only sibling is Sharon Bennett George.
My father is originally from St. Louis Missouri. My mother originally from Pine Bluff Arkansas.
My grandfather abandoned my dad and his sister when they were still young. My grandmother eventually re-married John Yingling. My dad lived in Gallop New Mexico before entering into the Navy in the late 60's. My grandmother's name was Margaret Myers Bennett. I do not remember my grandfather's name. The first and only time I was introduced to him was in 1980, when I was 10. He claimed he had been living in California where he had another family.
My dad still keeps in contact with some of his family in Illinois. He has a cousin named Rodney Bennett.
I'm trying to do this research, without my father's knowledge, because he is a very reserved man and does not speak of his past very often. But, now that my mother is passed and he is growing older, it has dawned on me that neither myself nor my three brothers know much of anything about my father's past, let alone our heritage.
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NEW YORK – Fans can now follow every transaction made by their club in 2011 afer the league released of the full set of MLS player and roster rules on Friday.
The document outlines the current MLS roster structure and the mechanisms by which players can be acquired and released.
When it comes to incoming players, the newest feature of the player rules is the Re-Entry Draft, which was held for the first time in league history in December.
"One fundamental change from 2010 was the Re-Entry process," MLS executive vice president of player relations and competition Todd Durbin told MLSsoccer.com. "It gave players increased rights, it gave teams new ways to build their rosters and it helped make the offseason significantly more interesting."
Of the dozen methods that can be used to acquire a player, the new Home Grown player rules have left the biggest impact.
"It's gone incredibly well and we are ahead of schedule in terms of the numbers of players that we are signing," Durbin said. "Our teams continue to demonstrate a significant commitment to this initiative and I believe 10 to 15 years from now that the face of the league in terms of quality will forever be impacted by this initiative."
The rules allow MLS teams to sign an unlimited number of home grown players to their rosters.
"You can build an entire roster of home grown players," Durbin said. "Teams can sign an unlimited number of these players to their senior roster or the off-budget roster. That is up to the team."
Other highlights of the rules include: a total of 144 international slots available to clubs league wide, a roster freeze date of Sept. 15 and the two international transfer windows (Jan. 21 through April 15 and July 15 through August 14).


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Parise has four points as Devils win third straight on Niedermayer Night
NEWARK, N.J. - On a night the New Jersey Devils retired the No. 27 of former captain Scott Niedermayer, their current captain sent the fans home happy.
Zach Parise scored and set up three others, including a short-handed goal by Adam Henrique that ignited a game-turning, three-goal second period, and the Devils beat the Dallas Stars 6-3 on Friday night before a sellout crowd of 17,625.
"When you get a full house, you want to put on a show, no question, and these are the special nights where you really feel like you want to contribute," Parise said. "A lot of guys did."
No one did it better than Parise. His steal and assist on Henrique's goal that tied it at 2-2 was a thing of beauty. He stripped the puck from defenceman Stephane Robidas at the Dallas blue-line, skated into the zone and found Henrique between the circles for a one-timer.
Devils coach Peter DeBoer called the play special.
"Guys are remembered for certain goals," DeBoer said. "Niedermayer for the goal against Detroit in the playoffs, going end to end. That's vintage Niedermayer. That was vintage Parise, that goal."
David Clarkson, Henrique, Ilya Kovalchuk, Petr Sykora and Patrik Elias also scored as the Devils won their third straight and snapped the Stars' and rookie goaltender Richard Bachman's three-game winning streak.
Kovalchuk scored the winner at 12:12 of the second period, taking a drop pass from Parise and ripping it over the shoulder of the rookie goalie.
Kovalchuk heaped praise on his linemate.
"That's the way it should be," he said. "He's too good a player to not get his share of points. Especially with Travis (Zajac) back now, and we have some depth, we should be able to continue this."
Johan Hedberg finished with 33 saves for the Devils, who have won five of six.
Michael Ryder, Brenden Morrow and Toby Petersen scored for the Pacific Division-leading Stars, who went 3-2 on a road trip that covered 6.500 miles.
Niedermayer, who helped the Devils win the Stanley Cup in 1995, 2000 and 2003, became the third Devils player to have his number retired. He joined fellow defencemen Ken Daneyko and Scott Stevens.
Sykora, who played with Niedermayer on the Devils' 2000 championship team, stretched the Devils' lead to 4-2 late in the period by tapping the rebound of Cam Janssen's shot out of the air and into the net.
Parise gave the Devils a three-goal lead in the third period, redirecting a perfect pass by rookie Adam Larsson past a defenceless Bachman.
Ryder gave the Stars a 1-0 lead by putting in the rebound of Loui Eriksson's shot at 8:40 of the first period, but Clarkson tied it with a bad-angle shot from low in the left circle with less than five minutes left in the period.
Morrow put Dallas ahead again by capping a great tic-tac-toe play. He took a pass from Mike Ribeiro and put the puck into an open net.
Parise then changed the momentum with his steal and feed, and by the end of the night the crowd chanted "Niedermayer."
"I don't know if it was anything that New Jersey did," Dallas coach Glen Gulutzan said. "We made some turnovers ourselves. They worked real hard, and it was obviously a special night for them. They worked hard but we had some unforced errors, and that's what cost us."
NOTES: Devils D Henrik Tallinder was a late scratch because of back spasms. ... Parise has assists in three straight games. ... Stars C Tomas Vincour sat out after spraining a knee against the Islanders on Thursday. ... Zajac played for the first time this season after missing 30 games because of an Achilles' tendon injury sustained in the off-season. ... The Devils plan to start G Martin Brodeur on Saturday in Montreal.


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GLEN ALLEN, Va., May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Star Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ: CIGX) through its wholly owned subsidiary, Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals Inc., announces that it has received important new research findings from its research partner, The Roskamp Institute of Sarasota, Florida. The Institute has completed a successful animal study of nutritional supplementation with Rock Creek's specially formulated anatabine (patent pending), in an animal model of multiple sclerosis. The Roskamp Institute has previously reported on a successful study in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease using nutritional supplementation with a specially formulated version of Anatabloc® (patent pending).
In this report, entitled "Preliminary results of the treatment of a mouse model of Multiple Sclerosis with anatabine," the researchers at Roskamp describe how they assessed the effects of nutritional supplementation of the animal's diet with an animal formulation of anatabine in EAE (experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis). This condition is induced by vaccinating mice with myelin which induces an autoimmune reaction. As a consequence, there is a severe inflammatory process in the brain, which has the effect of destroying neurons and causing progressive paralysis. In this regard, the disease model looks very similar to that which occurs in human multiple sclerosis. Dietary supplementation with anatabine resulted in a dramatic reduction in the rate of paralysis of hind limbs [see figure 1].
In addition to the better motor performance of the mice, there was evidence of suppression of the normal inflammatory response that accompanies neuronal destruction in this model. In the affected animals that did not receive supplementation with an anatabine formulation, the spleen pro-inflammatory molecules, such as IFN-gamma, IL-8, IL-6 and TNF-alpha (which are all significantly raised by the induction of inflammation), were markedly elevated relative to control animals. In the mice that received the anatabine supplement, these inflammatory molecules were all reduced to normal levels [see figure 2]. These preliminary data all suggest the company's specially formulated anatabine supplement has a highly beneficial effect in this model of MS.
The report is available on the Roskamp Institute website at http://www.rfdn.org/ms_anatabine.html.
"These are encouraging results that show biological activity in a relevant animal model," said Dr. Curtis Wright, Senior Vice President and Medical Director of Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals. "Roskamp has shown that supplementing the diet of the test mice with an animal version of our specially formulated human anatabine product interfered with the myelin injections triggering the autoimmunity and inflammation that cause the paralysis. Not only did they show a reduction, prevention or delay in paralysis, but they showed a reduction in pro-inflammatory markers as well. The placebo mice rapidly developed inflammation and paralysis; the mice receiving anatabine dietary supplementation were less severely affected."
Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals and the Roskamp Institute have worked collaboratively on research relating to the company's anatabine compound for a number of years, occasioned by the Institute's interest in the effect of the compound on immune system support and inflammation in the nervous system. Inflammation and the proper or aberrant functioning of the immune system is a critical factor in a number of neurological disorders studied by the Institute, and using nutritional means in helping the immune system regain its natural balance is one path toward supporting current medical treatments for such conditions.
Paul L. Perito, Rock Creek's Chairman and CEO stated, "We continue to be impressed by the creative scientific insights and progress of the research team headed by Michael Mullan MD, PhD, along with his colleagues Drs. Crawford and Paris at the Roskamp Institute. We look forward to the development of this encouraging hypothesis and the initiation of human clinical trials when appropriate."
Certain statements contained in this release constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to statements identified by words such as "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "estimates," "intends," "plans," "targets," "projects" and similar expressions. The statements in this release are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of our company's management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Numerous factors could cause or contribute to such differences, including, but not limited to, results of clinical trials, the challenges inherent in new product development initiatives, including the continued development and market acceptance of our nutraceutical and low-TSNA tobacco products, our ability to license and protect our intellectual property, our ability to raise additional capital in the future that is necessary to maintain our business, changes in government policy and/or regulation, including with respect to our nutraceutical and low-TSNA tobacco products, as well as other risks discussed from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limitation, our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011. We undertake no duty to update any forward-looking statement or any information contained in this press release or in other public disclosures at any time.
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Star Scientific is a technology-oriented company with a mission to reduce the harm associated with tobacco at every level. It is engaged in the development of dissolvable smokeless tobacco products that deliver fewer carcinogenic toxins, principally through the utilization of the innovative StarCured® tobacco curing technology. Its subsidiary, Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is involved in the development of nutraceuticals as well as products to address neurological and mood disorders. Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals has scientific and research offices in Gloucester, MA, and a regulatory office in Washington, DC. Star Scientific has a Corporate and Sales Office in Glen Allen, VA, an Executive, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs office in Bethesda, MD, and a manufacturing facility in Chase City, VA.
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In a previous post linked here, I have added information comparing Italian divisional strength after the CRUSADER battle, comparing it to the authorised strengths of the division. I recently received Salvatore Loi's book Aggredisci e Vincerai, the history of the Trieste division. Most of it is focussed on 1942/43, but there is some good information about the division's role in CRUSADER in there. Here I want to use this information to show what the impact of the losses was, by showing the structural change of the division following the battle.
But first a bit of background on the division. It arrived on the big liner convoys in August and September, and suffered 450 killed when Gritti, Oceania and Neptunia were sunk. Loi states that the CO of IX Gruppo of 21 Artigliera died when the latter two were sunk by HMS Upholder. Montanari, the official Italian historian of the war in North Africa, puts the division was around Homs in early September. On 25 October small elements of the division already undertook recce towards Segnali and Mechili. On 8 November the division was in the sector Bir Hakeim-Bel Harmat-Mteifel el Chebir. There is an interesting diary entry at this link from a subaltern in 66 Reggimento Fanteria. The officer writing the diary was posted missing after CRUSADER, he is in the 66 Fanteria casualty list in Loi.
Based on the information in the earlier post, I am presuming Trieste lost about 4,000 men. It is the nature of losses in battle that they fall largely on the infantry, meaning that while the division as a whole may 'only' have lost 22%, the effect at the sharp end is likely to be far more pronounced, and this is shown when looking at the structural change of the division after the battle. In the case of the Trieste division, it started the battle with 7 infantry battalions and 4 battalions of AA/AT (armi di accompagnamento), and ended it with 6 infantry battalions and 0 AA/AT battalions, a 45% drop in frontline strength. Furthermore, the two infantry regiments went from three companies of 81mm mortars to one per regiment, severely reducing their firepower. The regiment most involved in the fighting, the 9th Bersaglieri lost two battalions, one infantry and its AA/AT battalion. In the process of the battle, the two infantry regiments lost their regimental mixed AT/AA battalions (my guess is that the guys in these battalions were used to make up numbers in the remaining two infantry battalions), and the divisional AT/AA battalion was also dissolved to provide reinforcements at the end of January.
OOB 101st Motorised Infantry Division Trieste September 1941
65th Infantry Regiment
2x infantry battalion
1x AA/AT battalion
Motorised transport column
66th Infantry Regiment (as 65th)
9th Bersaglieri Motorcycle Regiment
3x Bersaglieri battalion
1x Bersaglieri AA/AT battalion*
Medical Section
508th AA/AT Battalion (undergoing re-establishment – the battalion may have been disorganised because of losses suffered in transit)
21st Artillery Regiment
4x artillery battalion
1x AA battalion
52nd mixed engineer battalion
90th Medical Section (incomplete – might have suffered losses on transfer to Africa)
176th Supply Section
80th Motorised transport column
This changed as below by the end of the battle:
OOB 101st Motorised Infantry Division Trieste January 1942
65th Infantry Regiment
2x infantry battalion
1x 81mm mortar company
66th Infantry Regiment (as 65th)
9th Bersaglieri Motorcycle Regiment
2x Bersaglieri battalion (the AA/AT battalion was dissolved at the end of January to bring the rifle battalions up to strength)
508th AA/AT Battalion (dissolved on 22 January with remaining men going to the 65th regiment and the 251st independent gun company)
21st Artillery Regiment
52nd mixed engineer battalion
90th Medical Section (incomplete – might have suffered losses on transfer to Africa)
176th Supply Section
80th Motorised transport column
*According to a contemporary source provided by Michele, the "Battaglione di armi anticarro e di accompagnamento" (="antitank weapons and support weapons batalion") in theory had a contingent of about 600 men, and consisted of:
– 1 HQ-platoon
– 1 AA company (20 mm)
– 1 towed AT company (47mm)
– 1 mortar company (81 mm)
– 1 MG company (probably Breda MGs on tripods)
Source: "Nozioni di organica per i corsi allievi ufficiali di complemento", S.M.R.E., Roma, Luglio 1941-XIX, page 50.


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eye, organ of vision and light perception. In humans the eye is of the camera type, with an iris diaphragm and variable focusing, or accommodation. Other types of eye are the simple eye, found in many invertebrates, and the compound eye, found in insects and many other arthropods. In an alternate pathway to the one that transmits visual images, the eye perceives sunlight. This information stimulates the hypothalamus, which passes the information on to the pineal gland. The pineal gland then regulates its production of the sleep-inducing chemical, melatonin, essentially setting the body's circadian clock (see rhythm, biological).
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