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Meet Erica Zazo, Backpacker's Chicago Trail Scout
Follow Erica's adventures on her Instagram account: @onecurioustrvlr.
Age: 24
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Day job: Account Manager at Propllr doing PR for tech startups
All-time favorite local dayhike: Matthiessen State Park trails
Favorite local overnight hike: Manistee River Trail in the Huron-Manistee National Forest, Michigan. (It's close by Midwestern standards—5 hours away.)
Best prehike breakfast spot: I typically stick to a quick breakfast at home so we can hit the trail early. Highly recommend some sweet potato hash topped with an over easy egg and giardiniera. If I'm getting fancy, I'll add a strawberry banana smoothie on the side.
Best posthike dinner spot: Kuma's Corner in Avondale for a "Metallica" burger, fried pickles, and strong IPA to wash it down.
Favorite thing about hiking around Chicago: Escaping the city for an afternoon, but still being able to come back to all the action.
Top tip for Chicago hikers: Sometimes it may feel like you're trapped in the city, but there are some great Chicago resources for finding local hikes. Check out the Forest Preserves of Cook County's interactive map for a variety of trails all within an hour.

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Attempts to change standards that make school foods healthier stalled out this summer in both chambers of Congress leaving the current guidelines in place as the school year begins.
While the House Appropriations Committee approved language in their version of the agriculture spending bill that would allow schools to opt out of all meal standards established by the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, the bill was pulled from the floor. The Senate agriculture spending bill has language that could to delay sodium and whole grains standards. This bill has also stalled.
No changes to the law means that school districts that were dragging their feet will be required to stick with the standards put in place by the act.
"More than 90 percent of the country has implemented the new lunch standards in the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act," said Helen Phillips, American Heart Association volunteer and senior director of school nutrition for public schools in Norfolk, Virginia. "Students are used to (it) or are on their way and the food industry has spent millions reformulating, so no changes need to be made."
Results from a peer-reviewed study in Childhood Obesity showed that a majority of students actually like the new, healthy lunches and 63 percent of students are no longer concerned about the changes.
Healthy lunch supporter first lady Michelle Obama spoke about school lunches at a recent Drink Up event in the White House. She said that school districts need to market the healthier meals to students for greater participation.
"Make no mistake about it: When we make a real effort to promote healthy products, when we put as much energy and creativity into marketing healthy products as we do for junk food, then kids actually get excited about these products and families actually buy them and consume them," Mrs. Obama said.
The First Lady said those school districts that promoted the healthier meals have done well since ongoing implementation of the Act began during the 2012-2013 school year.
"They didn't just sit back and say, 'Well, the kids like junk food so let's just give 'em junk food.' Instead they embraced higher standards and more nutritious options and they worked hard to get the kids excited about them," Mrs. Obama said at the event.
Statistics from the Childhood Obesity study showed that rural areas generated the highest numbers of complaints about the meals at first and students in those areas purchased and consumed fewer meals. Some believe it is due to the higher cost associated with bringing in the healthier ingredients.
To combat that issue, Senators suggested more locally grown fruit and vegetables.
One concern about the new standards is the cost that can sometimes be associated with some healthier foods. Scott Clements, director of the Office of Healthy Schools and Child Nutrition for the Mississippi Department of Education, during a recent Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee hearing, said that one way they are making a difference in Mississippi is by using locally grown produce.
"During school year 2014-2015, over $1,000,000 of locally grown produce will be delivered to Mississippi schools," Clements said in a committee hearing. "Some of the items scheduled for delivery to schools include watermelons, tomatoes, cabbage, cucumbers, sweet potatoes, blueberries, and broccoli."
Detroit also served as an example of how to reduce costs during the committee hearing.
With about 87 percent of the children in Detroit being eligible for free school meals, Betti Wiggins, executive director of Detroit Public Schools Office of Food Nutrition, decided to plant more than 70 gardens to grow produce and teach students the importance of healthy eating.
Wiggins said the changes are truly making a difference in the lives of the children and employees.
"It is the improved nutrition standards that have allowed us to introduce new equipment in our kitchens … in addition to the new equipment, our food distribution partners are finding the products we need to provide our children the quality food they need and deserve," she told the Senate panel.
Wiggins added that we all must look at the benefits that the act has brought us rather than focusing on the challenges it has created.
The American Heart Association supports healthier school foods and is working to defend nutrition standards.
"This work will be particularly important when the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act is up for reauthorization next year and components of all the programs will be reviewed," the American Heart Association said in a statement.
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'Rape game' for mobiles targeted at young girls
MY FRIEND Doug was watching over my shoulder.
It took less than six seconds for us to understand that this game, Bidding for Love, was about rape.
"You are a 600 million yen thing."
The first three lines in this game are enough to make anyone who cares about women angry. This is not art exploring the depths of a horrifying and complicated issue. This is, as Doug put it "a profoundly creepy sexualised experience".
Dating Sims aren't common in these pages, as they're not frequently released here. There is a level of 'difference' common to these games that make them nearly impossible to mass-market in the west.
This is a polite way of saying that these games frequently ignore reality entirely in favour of LSD-worthy allegories for damaging power dynamics in romance.
"This is a free love simulation game for girls."
Really? Neither Doug nor I have ever begun a romantic relationship by purchasing another human being. According to the developers of Bidding for Love there are girls that do, and this is the game for them.
Good luck.
We played for a few seconds more. Apparently being tricked into being sold at a black market auction is fine if the blokes are hot.
This game is incomprehensible. The design, the interface and plot are impossible to follow. We keep clicking through and all we got was the choice of who purchased us.
So far there's nothing to recommend about this game.
We found a forked path in the story after about ten minutes, but it just seemed like three different ways of apologising to a man who'd just roughed us up.
Oh, and to continue past that point we would have had to pay money.
So far the story seems to be that we're a female secretary who's been tricked by her bosses into being sold off at a black market auction. Our next move is to fall in love with the person who's deprived us of our life and liberty.
How did I even find this game? It was pointed out to me by a friend: a mother of two who saw it advertised as being relevant to her interests.
This game is rated 4.3 out of 5 on the Google Play store. That's a frighteningly high score for something that is broken, abusive, and marketed at young girls.
The reviews on the front of the game's store page are overwhelmingly positive at the time of writing and give no indication as to the soul-destroying, woman-hating grooming that this game really is. I can't help but suspect that vote-tampering is responsible.
The in-app purchases are constant and confusingly labeled. The built-in social aspect of the game is ripe for abuse by predators.
This game is an absolute blight on civilisation, and you need to keep an eye out for this kind of rubbish.
To anyone playing this game, especially young people, I hope you see it for the horror it represents, not as a game about romance.


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Roundabout Devs' 100ft Robot Golf Is What You'd Expect
100ft Robot Golf [official site] – there's a fantastic game name for you. Pretty much everything it is can be deduced from that name. The second game from Roundabout folks No Goblin, it'll see giant golfbots playing on – and smashing through – courses across cities, mountains, and moons. It's golf with 100-foot robots, see? Okay, a PC release isn't confirmed yet, but I'm fairly sure it'll get one. Look, I really want to post about golf robots this morning. Look at this:
I don't know what I'd expect as the second game from folks who started with a perpetually-spinning limousine and adorable goofy FMV cutscenes but sure, giant robots golfing doesn't sound wrong. Those are customisable giant robots too, and with a range of pilots including "five small dogs in a suit." Grand! Along with your usual turn-based destruction-golfing, it'll offer real-time robogolf. Multiplayer will support up to four golfbots.
FMV is out, and instead we're promised a story mode which "tells the excitement, love, and intrigue of the Pro Robot Golf circuit through '90s-style budget mecha animation."
No Goblin say it'll come "first" to PlayThings in 2016, which probably means yeah sure, a PC release is coming later. Also, they sent us an e-mail about it, and surely they wouldn't taunt us cruelly like that? I've asked, and will let you know what I hear back.
Also, here's the cute origin story for 100ft Robot Golf, from a joke in a Let's Play of Neo Turf Masters with one No Gobliner:


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I was the originator and Principal Investigator for the SunSPOT project at SunLabs. I implemented the original proof of concept and managed the project in its early stages.
I am interested to see the uses people have put SunSPOTs to - mainly to see if the original concept of an accessible Java-based, battery powered, transducer platform has come to fruition!
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Sony has sold over 1 million PlayStation VR (PSVR) units thus far, and from that data it's found that owners of the company's enhanced PS4 Pro console are more likely to pick one up.
Speaking at last week's Develop:VR event in London Stuart Whyte, Sony London Studio's director of VR product development, revealed that there's a high ratio between people that buy PS4 Pro, which can improve the images and performance games that also run on the normal PS4, and also purchase PSVR.
"The ratio of PS4 Pro attachment for PSVR is high," Whyte said, as reported by GamesIndustry.biz. "One in five PS4s sold now are Pros, but that ratio [for PSVR] on PlayStation Pro is higher again."
Sadly, Whyte didn't reveal an exact ratio, but he did note that it was "definitely worth supporting the extra power available on Pro when you're developing for PSVR".
It's not too surprising to learn that PS4 Pro owners are more likely to pick up PSVR, as both devices could still be considered products for the enthusiast. The Pro, for example, is $100 more expensive than the base PS4 and doesn't have any exclusive games or experiences; it's literally only for people that might have a 4K screen or want to keep pushing the power of the current generation. PSVR, meanwhile, may be a consumer product but developers are still learning the master this new medium and there are still technological restrictions.
Pro doesn't erase all of PSVR's issues, but it does improve image quality and performance in lots of titles.
Whyte also revealed that Sony is ramping up production of the PlayStation Move motion controller that's compatible with PSVR thanks to its success in the first year. That's good news for motion-controlled games, though we're still wondering if the company has a better input device in the works for its headset.
London Studio, meanwhile, is working Blood & Truth, a full first-person shooter PSVR game that builds off of its London Heist demo from the PlayStation VR Worlds collection.


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Our favorite moments of the TV week:
12. Hardest-to-Root-For Good Guy: On Boardwalk Empire, agent Van Alden's creepy crush on Margaret Schroeder takes on a quasi-religious bent this week. As the pious prohibitionist looks longingly at a file photo of Margaret, he flogs himself with a leather belt. A topography of scars on his back reveals that this isn't the first time he's had to punish himself for impure thoughts.
11. Most Recycled Storyline: Kevin and Scotty, Brothers & Sisters' most beloved and functional couple, are dealt a blow when Scotty — almost out of nowhere — admits to his husband that he cheated on him a few months ago. This is, like, the 17th time infidelity has struck the Walker clan. Combined with Sarah's paranoia that Luc is cheating on her, it's time to come up with something new, writers.
10. Best Shout-Out: While discussing potential baby names with Marshall on How I Met Your Mother, Lily offers "Tara" as her first choice — a wink-wink to Alyson Hannigan's Buffy the Vampire Slayer lover/fellow witch Tara Maclay. Too bad Marshall rejects it.
9. Best Subject-Changer: Last week on The Big C, Paul learned that Cathy was cheating on him, which led him to ask for a divorce. This week, Paul cheats on Cathy with "the rugby slut" out of spite, but instead of making her angry, it makes her realize that it's finally time for her to tell him that she has terminal cancer — which she does, just before the episode fades to black.
8. Proudest Papa: Cougar Town shows its true heart when Ken Jenkins (Scrubs) guest-stars as Jules' dad. After he masters the fine art of Penny Can, Jenkins brings out the softer side of the Cul-de-Sac Crew, particularly Jules, when he bonds with his daughter over the death of his wife. Aw, more wine? In Big Joe, please.
7. Most Head-Scratching Cliff-Hanger: On The Event, Sophia and Thomas attempt to shake her CIA escort by escaping through a service tunnel beneath an abandoned building in Washington. They beg Simon to join them, but he refuses. Before Simon can warn his colleagues to evacuate, a localized tremor, apparently willed into existence by Thomas, implodes the building, leaving just a crater — and no sign of Sophia, Thomas or Simon. Who are these people?
6. Best Challenge: Joy Behar proves that she's not to be messed with ... again. Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle offends Behar with what the ladies of The View agree is a "racist," anti-immigration campaign ad. Behar challenges Angle to air the spot in the South Bronx, before calling her a b---- and saying she is "going to hell." Angle still sent her flowers the next day.
5. Most Erratic Censorship: When McKinley High (and Glee's producers) deem a performance of The Rocky Horror Picture Show to be too risqué for a younger audience, adjustments have to be made. Dr. Frank-N-Furter, the gender-bending role made famous by Tim Curry in the cult-classic film, is played by Mercedes, who wears a slightly less revealing leather corset and fishnet stockings, and of course blows the roof off with her solo. But it raises a question: If she's already singing a song titled "Sweet Transvestite," why won't the Fox censors let her say "transsexual"?
4. Best Match-Up: Desperate Housewives' Gaby and Renee are "both extremely beautiful," according to Renee, so it makes sense that Wisteria Lane's scheming divas would be frenemies. But when Renee reveals that Gaby had a nose job, the opera gloves come off and the ladies wrestle each other to the ground in the best-dressed grudge match since the Broadway production of West Side Story. Gaby's paid-for schnoz is broken, but a brilliant partnership/rivalry is forged.
3. Best Comeback: Jon Stewart puts President Obama on the hot seat during a Daily Show interview. Obama plays along, reeling off a list of his administration's accomplishments — both seen and unseen. "We have done things that some folks don't even know about," he says. In response, Stewart quips: "Are you planning a surprise party for us, filled with jobs and health care?"
2. Best Misunderstanding: Gloria's heavy Colombian accent has done a lot of the heavy lifting, comedy-wise, on Modern Family. Still, when she tells Jay's secretary to order him a box of the "baby cheeses" he likes so much, it's fun waiting for his reaction shot when he inevitably unwraps a package of tiny Jesus figurines. Even more fun: Sofia Vergara's version of a typical American accent.
1. Best Prank Pullers: Who hasn't wanted to get their hands on David Beckham? Ellen DeGeneres' in-house masseuse got the chance, but probably not in the way she expected. Pulling a hidden-camera prank on her, the soccer stud repeats bizarre and hilarious requests fed to him via earpiece by DeGeneres. "You can call me Ricky," he says, before revealing himself to be thumb-phobic and forcing her to hum "Happy Birthday" during the massage.
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North Korean defectors are deeply sceptical that the United Nations report into human rights violations in their country will have any effect on the regime.
The detailed report, collected from first hand testimonies of the defectors over the past year, is due to be released on Monday.
The defectors believe China, a close ally of Pyongyang, will block any action from the UN Security Council.
Shin Dong-Hyuk, one of the defectors, said, "So far China has neglected North Korea's human rights issue and supported its dictatorship."
He added, "Personally, the COI (Commission of Inquiry) is my last remaining hope. Even if there is little chance for change, I am betting everything I have."
North Korea is not a signatory to the International Criminal Court, so the UN's Security Council must decide whether to refer those named in the report.
China is a permanent member of the Security Council, so it can veto any action.
The inquiry's chairman, Michael Kirby, said last year that inmates in North Korea's prison camps suffered "unspeakable atrocities", comparable with Nazi abuses during World War Two.
Mr Kirby said, "The entire body of evidence gathered so far points to what appear to be large-scale patterns of systematic and gross human rights violations."
More than 200,000 people are thought to be held in North Korean prison camps.
North Korea calls attempts to question its human rights record a US-led conspiracy.
After more than two years in power, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shows no sign of reforming his father's style of rule.
He visited his father's mausoleum yesterday to celebrate the late leader's birthday.


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Hendon hails Orient's attitude
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Leyton Orient head coach Ian Hendon was thrilled to get off to a winning start in his first competitive game as O's manager in their opening League Two match of the campaign.
Jay Simpson and Paul McCallum struck within the space of a minute towards the second half to help defeat London rivals Barnet 2-0 at Brisbane Road.
The atmosphere inside the stadium was terrific all afternoon and Hendon was happy with the way his players stood up to the physicality of the Bees.
Although Martin Allen's visitors enjoyed more of the ball and created the better chances in the first half, the Orient boss was pleased with his side.
He said: "It was an ideal start. We knew it was going to be a tough game and it proved that way.
"We knew what they were going to be about and Martin's teams are very difficult to play against, we had them watched, but fair play to our players. They stuck to the plan and we got our rewards in the second half.
"Barnet load the balls into the box, they have set plays, corners, free-kicks and long throws going in there. We knew exactly what we were coming in to today."
The away side really should have taken the lead in the 15th minute when Michael Gash was set up inside the Orient box, but he fired wide when in space.
McCallum had missed an equally good opportunity, though, earlier on when he went through on goal and chipped wide of Graham Stack's goal.
Hendon was pleased with the way his side kicked on after the interval with the O's the much better team in the second period.
"Michael Gash has missed one in the first half, but we had the best chance with Paul McCallum earlier on," added the Orient boss.
"The way Barnet play they are going to get bits and pieces in the box and half chances. We have just got to be ready for the second ball when it drops down.
"I thought my two centre halves were excellent when it came to that. It was a team performance today, we came through and second half I thought we looked a much better side."
A huge positive for Hendon was both his first choice strikers, Simpson and McCallum, getting off the mark in the opening game.
He was also delighted with the amount of Orient supporters that turned out and hopes they come back for the next home game against Stevenage on August 18.
"The goals were taken well. Paul has been on fire in pre-season and Jay has been a little bit quieter," said Hendon.
"I said it would probably be Jay who gets the goals and Paul will have to take a back seat, but it was nice they both got one each. They could have had a couple more.
"It was great to see the good support today and just as well for us it was great to see a good performance, a win and I hope everyone comes back next time around."
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Welcome Adventurers!
Welcome To Winter Adventure Weekend
The Next Winter Adventure Weekend is January 28-31, 2021.
Many of the same great field trips and activities are back as well as some new ones. We guarantee the weekend to be jam packed with both outdoor and indoor adventure activities along with workshops led by many professional adventure enthusiasts. This is a great opportunity to cure your cabin fever, get outside, and enjoy the adventure.
Wild Caving, Walking Cave Tours, Rappelling, Rope Ascending, Rock Climbing, Tree Climbing, Canoeing, Kayaking, Hiking, Camping In A Cave, Adventure Presentations, Archery, Squeeze Box, Winter Survival, Competitive Fire Building, Campfire Cooking, Orienteering, Tomahawk Throwing, Corrugated Cave, Mine Lighting, Pit Plunging, Live Band & More!
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❆ Winter Adventure Weekend 11 Year Anniversary
❆ 243 Field Trips. A new record!
❆ New Field Trip: Three Bridges Beauty Hike
❆ New Field Trip: I-Did-A-Hike Challenge
❆ New Field Trip: Winter Walk: Walking Meditation, Journaling, & Yoga
❆ New Field Trip: Pit Plunging
❆ New Field Trip: Finding Mental Health on the Trail
❆ New Field Trip: Big Foot Adventure Hike
❆ New Field Trip: Orienteering: Adventure with Map & Compass
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❆ New Field Trip: Competitive Fire Building
❆ New Field Trip: Bat Cave Bewilderment Trip
❆ New Field Trip: LNT (Leave No Trace) Trail Adventure Challenge
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❆ New Merchandise Items: WAW 2020 Sticker and Patch
❆ Thursday Evening Presentation: Walking on Sunshine - A Thru Hike of the 1,100 mile Florida Trail
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Please refer to the top ledger and familiarize yourself with the steps and legal rights you have following an auto accident. It is critical that you seek medical attention and that you take the appropriate measures in processing your claim. Texas Spine and Joint Rehabilitation is knowledgeable with the current regulations and rights you have following an motor vehicle accident and can make sure you are taking the correct strides to get the care you need. To make it easier in your time of distress, bring your insurance claim information with you to our facility so we can better serve you.
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All must have heard this proverb- "First Impression Is The Last Impression" This quote not only applies to your personal aspect, but also in the professional aspects. If you own a website, you must have connected the proverb with website look and working. If your website is messy and unclear to the visitor, they will just press that dreaded CLOSE button and get exit from the website.
Let's now discuss the things that make your online review website THE BEST and resist user not only to stay on your website for long but also make them return frequently.
1. Look Good and Work Excellent
The combination of "Look Good and Work Excellent" must be followed by your website. This means the website not only look good, but also work excellent. Your website has proper navigation and menu. You have provided all the help and guidelines on the website. You can say that website look is just simple beauty and flawless working website is beauty with brain.
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Decide what your website is all about, then plan to make your website describe itself. Whatever your website niche is all about, your website must say it without any explanation. It should answer three questions without making visitor read the about us page-
What's your website?
What your website do?
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When any visitor visit on your website, your website must compel the visitor to stay and stick to your website. For this your website should be a place to nail your value proposition so that visitor choose to stay on your website for long. The concept is simple that a value proposition explains the primary reason why the visitor should write a review on your website and how it will help the visitor/others or what benefit his or her review can make. So make your website to present your value proposition as the first thing the user sees on your home page.
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Don't make your visitor to fill a long form with unnecessary questions. Most visitors just want hardly 4 or 5 fields of the login form and that too asking simple personal question. Visitor even prefer to get login access through Google Plus, Facebook and Twitter, so make your login page to make the feature to also create an account with social media profiles.
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Many times you overlook to check whether their website is optimized to get opened in all different devices with the same look and feel like it get opened in desktop version. If anyone is using a mobile he should not face difficulty while navigating your website and should not get "flashy"object pop up during browsing. The website should not make user to zoom in and see what is written on the page or look for scroll to slide the screen.
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When your review website also makes user to buy products, you need to add effective calls-to-action button to direct your visitor what he need to do next. Make your buying process secure and simple. Calls-to-action tells the user what he needs to do next so that they don't feel they are lost in the middle of the buying process.
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BANGKOK, Thailand — Are feelings of mutual admiration blossoming between two headline-grabbing, anti-Muslim factions: one in England, one in Myanmar?
Wirathu, the soft-spoken but sharp-tongued face of Myanmar's 969 movement, has told the Times of London that his organization aims to imitate the English Defence League or EDL, a movement that recently made headlines by launching angry street protests after two hardline Muslim men hacked a British soldier to death in a London street.
"People give me various names: the Burmese bin Laden, the bald neo-Nazi… we would like to be like the EDL. Not carrying out violence but protecting the public," the well-known Buddhist monk told reporter Richard Lloyd Parry.
More from GlobalPost: Myanmar's 969 crusade breeds anti-Muslim malice
There is much overlap between the two movements' world views. Both regard Islam as a force threatening to undermine the mainstream way of life in their respective nations. Both are accused of stoking violence, though each presents itself as merely calling attention to Islam's alleged dangers.
The 969 movement, which derives its title from Buddhist numerology, urges Buddhist merchants to brand their shops with signature emblems so that fellow Buddhists can discern a common faith and keep their money out of Muslim hands. "If you buy from Muslim shops, your money doesn't just stop there," Wirathu said in a February speech widely circulated in Myanmar, the troubled Southeast Asian nation formerly called Burma. "It will eventually go towards destroying your race and religion."
That quote is now posted to the Facebook page of EDL's Jewish Division with the tagline, "I really do have a soft spot for Buddhists."
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More recently, a Facebook page devoted to mutual admiration between the groups has appeared. Its title: "Myanmar Buddhists Who Support English Defence League."
Light violence, threats, vandalism and scores of arrests have accompanied the EDL's recent street rallies. But this is extremely tame compared to the backdrop of extreme violence that has exploded this year in Myanmar in concert with 969's popularity.
In multiple cities in Myanmar's interior, dozens have died in wild riots that have sent Muslims fleeing as their neighborhoods are torched. Along the coast near Bangladesh, home to a stateless Muslim minority known as the Rohingya, nearly 200 have died in systematic purges that have driven Muslims into squalid, makeshift camps.


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Homes for Sale in Riverside South Ottawa
Thinking of buying or selling your home in Riverside South Ottawa? Spring is the time to get started. Riverside South Ottawa's real estate market is hot and getting hotter as it develops into a major community with east expansions closer to Leitrim and to the south, closer to Manotick. This growing community is built with nature at the forefront of its design. Riverside South boasts over 750 acres of environmentally preserved woodlands, ravines, walking paths and a gorgeous waterfront park for residents, making it the ideal location for families.
Homes for sale in Riverside South Ottawa are on the rise as the community grows. Complete with beautiful, open floor plans, large kitchens, and spacious master bedroom suites, and ample play space for the kids, Riverside South Ottawa is a great place to find a home for your growing family. Riverside South is a sought after neighborhood so homes are selling quickly. This trend also makes Riverside South a hot market for investors looking to grow their bottom line. As Riverside South grows in demand, so will your investment in your new home. Your Riverside South home will be working hard for you by quickly building equity.
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Establish what your needs and wants are for your first or next home. Take a look to see some of the listings currently on the Internet for homes for sale in Riverside South Ottawa to get a feel for the area, types of homes, average size and to get a sense of some of the amenities that you need and then want in your first or next Riverside South home. Once you have that list, review it in detail with your Riverside South realtor to make sure you are on the same page.
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A Moment With James "Big Sexy" White
TheatreArtLife features articles written by live entertainment and theatre industry professionals across the globe. Contributor James "Big Sexy" White received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre Arts with an emphasis in acting from California State University, San Bernardino. He has worked with Second City, The Groundlings and IO Comedy Sports. He has performed in a variety of shows and musicals including Keep Hedz Ringin (A Hip Hop Opera), The Rocky Horror Show, Othello, Hamlet: The Artist Formerly Known as Prince of Denmark, and The Last Emancipation. In 2009 Big Sexy relocated to Las Vegas. He began hosting with Karate Karaoke and rejoined the improv community, performing with The Lost Episodes, heavy involvement in the All You Can Improv Jam and S.E.T. which were weekly improv shows where he performed with his troupes Big Fun, The Lumberjacks, Phil 'N Sexy and Words With Frienemies. He was a cast member of FREE BEER! The Improv Show, Evil Dead The Musical, The Aussie Improv Comedy Explosion at the V Theater, and Alibi The Show. Big Sexy is currently the School Program Director for the Shakespeare Institute of Nevada. He volunteers as an Improv coach at Mojave High School and works with Drama Kids International. Constantly writing he is now writing his first musical Reservate This!
Join us as we spend a moment with James "Big Sexy" White
How did you get started in your career?
I truly began acting for serious in high school after my then band director was a jerk. I quit band and joined the theater and haven't looked back.
What is the best role/job/gig have you done and why?
This is a toss up between Alibi The Show, Evil Dead The Musical and The Aussie Improv Comedy Explosion. Each one for different reasons. Alibi because I get to be silly and have a more intimate connection with my audience. Plus how great is it to play an Elvis impersonator without having to really impersonate Elvis?
Evil Dead was a chance to perform a semi-well known musical almost every night for a paycheck. I was a side character but I had the BEST death scene and ate it up every time.
The Aussie Improv Comedy Explosion represented my dreams and goals in one show; my very reason for moving to Vegas: to perform improv professionally on The Strip. The show was at Planet Hollywood and it was my highest paying per show gig I had ever booked.
What was the worst task you were given when you were starting out?
I have been fortunate that any work I have done in the industry has been desirable.
What do you think is your best skill?
Improv, poetry and establishing a comedic connection to an audience.
What do other people think is your best skill?
Comedic timing within my improv, burning intensity, teaching and song improvisation. (as told to me by my wife and some friends)
What advice would you give your 18-year old self?
Get to work, Take as many classes on your craft as you can. Audition more, move to your grandparent's house in LA and give it the best damn shot you can. Don't be afraid and don't worry about a back up plan. The universe is on your side and will provide when you need. You are lovable and that will work for you but don't rely solely on that as a skill. Hone your craft. And Move to Vegas as soon as you can, you'll love it there.
What is your job now?
I have so many. Here's the list…
- Writer/Director/Actor/Teacher with Ants In The Pants Productions
- Director/Actor with Shakespeare Institute of Nevada
- Teacher with Drama Kids International
- Coach with High School Jesters Improv
- Full Time Reservations Agent with Golden Entertainment
- Occasional Wedding officiant and/or DJ
- Occasional Karaoke Host with Karate Karaoke
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Telephone: +357 25 356095
Schedule: open daily from 11am – 12am (that's midnight!)
Parking: free next to the restaurant
A useful website to identify the fish mentioned below:
Fish meze is the tavern's speciality at EUR 22.50 per person. The portions are satisfactory but I didn't even manage to finish the last plate!
Starting with a large traditional Village salad accompanied by the standard Cypriot dips of Taramosalata – made with fish eggs, Tachini – grounded chicpeas with garlic, olive oil, salt and lemon, Tzatziki – made with yoghurt with garlic, virgin olive oil and small cubes of cucumber, black olives, boiled potatoes with butter and herbs, beetroot – careful, can stain your clothes and give you dark red lips!, cheese and marinated pork strips to wake up your taste buds.
Continuing this journey through flavours with fried red mullet – my personal favourite!, fried whole squid as well as soft squid rings, slow cooked octopus and cuttle fish in red wine with a touch of vinegar and ground fresh black pepper, fried medium sized prawns without the shell – for your convenience!, mussels – to boost sexual appetite!, parrot fish or dusky spinefood and grilled fresh sea bream or sea bass – depending on your liking!, served with parsley to enhance the flavour. As side dishes, rice and chips, but I would suggest try and finish the fish first before continuing with the sides to fill in the gaps – if any!
To clear the after taste of fish, enjoy a cool homemade desert made of nishiaste/corn flour, sugar, water, rose water and topped up with pistachio nuts, ripe dark red cherries and syrup. Yes, you guessed it…the one and only Mahalepi. Some say it's Turkish, some say it's Greek. I shall leave you to pick whatever helps you sleep at night.
Here is one of the many recipes of it:
"Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie." – Jim Davis


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Few years back, India didn't have its own mobile payment platform, but a Bangalore based company iKaaz made overcome the issue by launching an android app of mobile payment known as Mowa. No more, the users of the country needs to depend on the international app for receiving and making the payments as the app solves our problem by enabling us to do all this in much easier way.
Ease Of Carrying Money – HDFC Bank Digital Wallet
In an attempt to woo its customers HDFC Bank has launched Digital wallet – merchant payment service, which can be used across various online retailer outlets. Customers can make payments for their purchases on various websites by remembering their HDFC Bank digital wallet details.
Pay Your Bills Using Mobile Only With Momoe App
Thanks to the latest mobile revolution and the ongoing smart phone craze, you can move around anywhere completely cashless. Whatever the reason is, paying bills in a restaurant, paying the cab or recharging your phone, anything is possible with the latest smart phone application, Momoe. Gone are the days when you had to run the risk of carrying cash or cards everywhere.
CIBIL to include Mobile Payment in its Credit Score Report
CIBIL is trying to link the telecom utility payment history to the banking and financial records of customers and make it available as a Cibil record to banks and other financial institutions. And CIBIL is now looking at adding telecom bill payments of post-paid customers, landline users and broadband subscribers as a weightage in that Cibil score.


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Appearing in "Time-Lost!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Avengers (Main story and recap)
- Leader (Samuel Sterns) (Apparent death)
- Jackdaw (Heather O'Gara)
- Nazis
Other Characters:
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (1944)
- Bucky (James Barnes) (1944)
- The Howling Commandos (Mentioned)
- United States Army
- Robin Hood (See Continuity Notes)
- Black Duke (Only appearance; dies)[1]
- Tor Horvaald
- Modern Age
- 1944
- 12th Century
- Viking Age (Year Unspecified)
- Prehistoric Time (Year Unspecified)
- Captain America's Shield (Main story and recap)
- Captain America's Uniform (Main story and recap)
- Iron Man Armor MK V (Main story and recap)
- Mjolnir (Main story and recap)
- Hawkeye's Suit (Main story and recap)
- Hawkeye's Bow (Main story and recap)
- Trick Arrows (Main story and recap)
- Captain Marvel's Suit (Main story and recap)
- Wasp's Suit (Main story and recap)
- Bio-Synthetic Wings
Synopsis for "Time-Lost!"
The Leader has traveled back in time to expose early life on Earth to gamma rays in the hopes of conquering the present. To stop him, the Hulk and the Avengers traveled to his space station Omnivac. However, most of the Avengers vanished in the middle of their battle leaving only the Hulk and the She-Hulk left to try and stop the Leader's mad scheme. Learning that the Avengers have been sent to different points in time, they uncover the Leader's time platform. They then learn from Omnivac that the time machine is controlled by a mock organ that the Leader has constructed. The Hulk deciphers the notes that need to be played in order to activate the device. Soon, both the Hulk and She-Hulk jump into the time stream in order to recover the Avengers from different points of history so they can stop the Leader. As soon as they're gone, the remains of Omnivac's robot body begins inching toward the organ intent on destroying the device and trapping the two heroes in the past.
The two Hulks first appear in France, circa 1944, in the middle of World War II. In the heat of a battle between Allied and Axis forces, the pair spot Captain America and his wartime partner Bucky. Seeing the two legendary heroes in trouble, the Hulk suggests that they lend a hand. As they are fighting off the Nazis, they notice that Captain America finds them familiar but can't remember where he has seen them before. Banner learns that the time-displaced Avengers have had their memories altered to make them think they belong in the eras they are trapped in. The two Hulks then approach Captain America and they are spirited back into the time stream just moments before a Nazi bomb goes off. Bucky fears that Cap has been killed when suddenly he is joined by the Captain America of his era, who had actually been separated from Bucky when the battle first began.
The Hulks and Captain America find themselves in 12th Century England where Hawkeye is leading Robin Hood's Merry Men, thinking that he is the legendary archer. They are about to engage the forces of the Black Duke, led by Iron Man who believes himself to be the Duke. The three heroes get into the middle of the battle and pull Hawkeye and Iron Man from the frey. As they are sent into the timestream again, the real Robin Hood and Black Duke join the battle. The Avengers and the Hulk now find themselves in the Viking past off the coast of Greenland where Thor is leading warriors at sea. Once again, they subdue the errant Avenger, restoring his true memories as they are pulled through time once again.
They finally arrive in the prehistoric past, the Avengers and the Hulk witness as the Leader controls Captain Marvel, forcing her to spread gamma rays across the landscape. They are protected by the Wasp. As the She-Hulk subdues the Wasp, the Hulk blocks the gamma rays while the rest of the Avengers deal with the Leader. Captain America tosses his shield at the Leader, knocking him into an open lava flow behind him. Iron Man tries to grab their foe, but is too late and the Leader seemingly perishes in the lava. With their mission over, the Avengers and the Hulk are returned to the present. There they have found that Jackdaw managed to stop Omnivac before it could sabotage the time machine. In the aftermath of the battle, the Wasp asks if the Hulk would like to rejoin the Avengers.
Continuity Notes
- Bruce Banner now has control of the Hulk and its transformations since a series of bombardments of gamma radiation between Incredible Hulk #269-272. He retains this ability until Incredible Hulk #296.
- The Hulk and She-Hulk mention how in the present Bucky is presumed dead. As per Avengers #4, for the longest time, everyone believed that Bucky died in 1945. However, it is revealed years later in Captain America Vol 5 #8, Bucky survived and was recovered by the Russian, eventually conditioned into the assassin known as Winter Soldier.
- The identity of Robin Hood here is hard to ascertain as there are refuting accounts as to if Robin Hood was a real person, a fictional character, or someone posing as him. Knights of Pendragon #1, states that Robin Hood was a real person. However, Thunderstrike #18 claims that the Asgardian known as Fandral posed as Robin Hood. Clarification is unavailable at this time.
- Although the Leader seemingly perishes it is explained in Fall of the Hulks: Alpha #1 that the Leader and other members of the Intelligencia often worked together to pull each other out of near death scenarios.
- The Wasp says that the Hulk has been away from the Avengers for "too long." She is referring to the fact that the Hulk was a founding member of the Avengers as seen in Avengers #1. He quit shortly thereafter in Avengers #2 because nobody on the team trusted him.
See Also
- ↑ First and only known appearance to date besides flashbacks
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Westborough – A group of Westborough High School (WHS) students has been talking to local senior citizens as a way of ensuring that the elders" stories have been written down, in order to be preserved and shared with future generations.
The project called, "A Story to Tell," was founded by WHS senior Michael Colbert, who was inspired to document stories after enjoying many hours talking with his mother Liz's great-uncle, Stelio Repola. (For more information on "A Story to Tell," go to http://communityadvocate.com/2011/10/01/westborough-high-school-students-hope-to-hear-seniors%e2%80%99-stories/.
Here is Westborough resident Charlie Fay's story, as told to Michael –
Only three graduates of the Westborough High School Class of 1937 still make Westborough their home; Charlie Fay is one of these people. Fay was born on July 21, 1919 in Westborough, MA. He enjoyed delivering papers on his route through town throughout his time in high school and made eight dollars a week which was "a lot of money in those days," Fay says. Although he admits he did not enjoy reading Shakespeare, he was an honor roll student and excelled in economics. This pushed him to study business at Bryant and Stratton Business School in Boston. After college, Fay began working in the accounting department at Wyman Gordon in Worcester. He bought his first car, a 1937 Ford Coup which only cost two-hundred dollars, to get to work every day. Although he transferred to the Grafton branch after the war, he worked for this company for several years.
During the war, Charlie went to New Zealand and served as a sergeant in the dispensary clinic of the 39th General Hospital. For about three years he administered pills to and checked the blood pressures of wounded soldiers from the fighting in Japan. Being a career accountant, he enjoyed this change in work. It would be unlikely for people to go into his office at Wyman Gordon for first-aid assistance, so being in the field in New Zealand was a once in a lifetime experience. Sometimes Maoris, the indigenous people of New Zealand, came to the hospital to perform a show; Fay also got to witness the New Zealand culture through traveling on the weekends. He returned to America and married after spending three Christmases abroad and never returned to the clinic.
When in high school, Charlie sat in front of a girl named Anne. He gave her the answers and enjoyed talking to her in class. Once, he asked her to a school dance, but she was already going with somebody else. However, he didn't give up and, luckily, there was another dance later on in the year and she said she would go with him. Charlie and Anne stuck together and have now been married for sixty-seven years. He says of Anne, "She was the love of my life, and still is." Although Anne has been affected by Alzheimer's disease, they both still smile when they see each other and their love for each other shows in how Charlie cares for his wife.
The Fays enjoyed traveling to Bermuda. Anne had cousins and aunts in Bermuda, so they decided to take a cruise to this island. They had such a wonderful time that they went on the same cruise again. Mr. Fay laughs that there was food around every single corner.
Several aspects of Westborough have changed since Fay was a child. Fay went to Westborough High School in the Forbes Building, not on the campus we recognize as the high school today. Additionally graduation was in the Town Hall. While Westborough High School now boasts a number of sports teams, the athletic program offered when Fay was in high school was much smaller. However, there was an extremely popular horseshoe team, which Fay played on as a student.
Downtown Westborough has only recently seen the development of numerous corporate retailers. The town used to be home to many more local and family-run businesses. But, Charlie says that his neighborhood hasn't changed one bit. He lives in the same house where his children grew up. Though some things may be different, he is surrounded by welcoming and warm neighbors. Fay enjoyed working in and around the house. For fun, he used to take care of chickens in his backyard and gave their eggs away to friends and neighbors.
Charlie's humorous, considerate, and affectionate personality shines with his devotion to his loved ones and hometown. Fay served as a library trustee for six years and his wife was the school nurse at Westborough High School. While Anne used to play the violin, Fay says he can only "play the television."
Fay has seen many changes in Westborough during his lifetime and says that it's a great town. He has certainly contributed to making it the place it is today.


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Explore the BabyForest Creative colony here The Colony
Visit the current Gallery exhibitions here Gallery
We welcome you to join the adventure!
Explore the BabyForest Creative colony here The Colony
Visit the current Gallery exhibitions here Gallery
We welcome you to join the adventure!
Creators Unite!
BabyForest Is a Creative Colony, built 'By Creators for Creators and Lovers of Creativity'
We are an Independent, self curated platform where Artists, Creators, Makers, Innovators, and Creative Explorers can connect, collaborate, exhibit, present, promote and sell their work.
We are building a new kind of cultural, creative and social experience, a creative eco-system for both creator and audience, for connection and exchange both on and offline. Our aim is to become an identity that is recognised for quality, integrity and autonomy, where creators and supporters connect directly.
We are carving out a new space where audience, cultural supporters, curators, gallerists, collector/customer and creator can come together in one place. Where an audience has direct access to creators and their work. A place that fuses individual showcase/presentation spaces, with creator managed e-gallery and shops, curated exhibitions, editorial features and news with broadcasting, social sharing and curation tools.
Behind the scenes, creators collaborate, skill swap, share resources and dialogue with a network of their international peers. Front of house, we invite our audience into the colony to enjoy, experience, and buy our work. On Baby Forest, the creator is self empowering, self- sufficient, and receives the 'lion's share' of the income generated from their creative output. (85% from all sales). The colony provides a meaningful identity from which the creator can manage and grow their reputation and audience, in a space allied with quality and integrity - one that respects and reflects the talent and high standards of each individual's work.
Pioneered by creators internationally (seeded in New York, L.A, Berlin, London, Iceland, France, Ireland, Tokyo & Sydney), Baby Forest Creators are selected by the invitation of their peers or by an application process where creators recognise and acknowledge the quality and talent of other creators. As creator members of Baby Forest, artists, makers and creators are joining forces to define and build a multi-disciplinary, culturally meaningful colony identity.
We are at the very start of this exciting journey - we are inviting you to be part of something fresh and exciting - an independent alternative !


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PLATEFORMS is an international research project funded within the European SusFood2 network and consisting of 5 members located in Germany, Sweden, Norway, Ireland and Italy.
PLATEFORMS aims to produce in-depth knowledge on how food practices are affected by socio-technical innovations in food provisioning platforms, and communicate success stories of sustainability to platform owners and policy makers. In recent years, we have seen an increase in the range of food provisioning platforms available to consumers. Each platform presents consumers with a unique choice architecture. These emerge from both e-commerce development and consumer-driven food provisioning. Little is known about the impact of these new platforms on food choices, or to what degree they represent new opportunities to promote sustainable food practices.
Article about the project (German): Eine Frage der Zubereitung! Zwei Wissenschaftlerinnen des Thaer-Instituts erforschen Ernährungspraktiken aus der Genderperspektive.
Hortinlea (completed)
Hortinlea is an interdisciplinary research project addressing food security in East Africa, particularly in Kenya. 18 East African and German universities and research institutes work collaboratively to produce and distribute knowledge in order to increase horticultural production and consumption, especially of indigenous vegetables. The overall goal is to improve the livelihood and nutritional situation of the rural and urban poor.
|Gender Order
Gender Order: Embedding gender in horticulture value chains to close or reduce the productivity gap
This crosscutting subproject intends to empirically understand the gender dynamics in the horticultural value chain. It will investigate the changes within gender arrangements, in the division of labour and in productivity (productivity gap), that take place when a shift from a subsistence economy to a more market and partly export oriented production system takes place. Considering the important role of women in agriculture and horticulture with their overall contribution to food security, this project regards gender analysis and learning as important for understanding the complex interrelationship between food production, resources management and social relations.
|Meal Cultures
The Meal Cultures subproject aims at understanding the cultural, social and gendered embeddedness of food security by investigating food habits and meal cultures. The underlying argument is that it is important to take account of people's preferences and habits concerning food and nutrition in order to identify barriers to sustainable food security. Moreover, it is important to put nutritional habits and meal cultures in relation to social and gendered power hierarchies and socio-ecological problems. Ultimately, the objective is to broaden the concepts of food systems and value chains and thereby to significantly contribute to the improvement of the livelihood situation of rural and urban poor in Kenya.


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This was a very challenging floor! This is a hickory floor that has a hand scraped texture and hand eased edges. Carlisle calls it footworn, we call it awesome. But it is very challenging to glue and nail this plank flooring and then hand sand it to preserve the texture. This to be followed by hand dye'ing and hand staining!
The designer on this project gave us a sample that she wanted to match. It happened to be a veneer'ed board that was actually mahogany! So with this in mind we utilized W.D. Lockwood aniline dye and stain to get the color we needed out of the hickory floor. Finished with x-matte, we think it came out great.
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A scarce and very dark poem for children by Bishop. Atmosperic and very appropriate woodcuts by Grifalconi. The ballad of the escape, hunt for, and eventual gunning down of a robber and murderer in the slums of Rio de Janeiro. Residue remains from label removal on FFEP, otherwise fine in white linen boards. Unclipped jacket a little edgeworn with small tears at the folds.
Title: Ballad of the Burglar of Babylon
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Publisher: New York, Farrar Straus Giroux: 1968
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MRI Findings in Inguinal Hernia
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01505686
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : January 6, 2012
Last Update Posted : June 26, 2014
- Study Details
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- No Results Posted
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|Condition or disease
|Inguinal Hernia Pain
|Procedure: MRI scan
|Not Applicable
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|22 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|MRI Findings in Inguinal Hernia
|Study Start Date :
|May 2012
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|December 2013
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|June 2014
Experimental: study group
All patients in this study have MRI scan prior to hernia repair surgery. If inflammatory changes are present, the scan is repeated 6 months after surgery. If not, the scan is performed only if the patient has pain problems at 6 months.
Procedure: MRI scan
MRI scan with a 1,5 T MRI scanner
- Inflammatory changes in MRI scan [ Time Frame: 7 months ]MRI scan is performed preoperatively and 6 months postoperatively to find possible inflammatory changes in the inguinal area, and the changes that a hernia mesh repair causes. If preoperative MRI scan does not have inflammatory changes, 6-month-MRI is only performed on-demand (if the patient is experiencing prolonged pain.
- Pain scores [ Time Frame: 7 months ]Preoperative and postoperative patient questionaires are used. Preoperative values are examined to determine, if they can be used to predict postoperative pain problems.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 50 Years (Adult)
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Inclusion Criteria:
- age < 50 years
- painful inguinal hernia
Exclusion Criteria:
- conditions that do not allow the use of MRI
- conditions that prevent general anesthesia
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01505686
|North Karelia Central Hospital, department of surgery
|Joensuu, Finland, FIN-80210
|Responsible Party:
|Sanna Kouhia, Principal investigator, North Karelia Central Hospital
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|First Posted:
|January 6, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|June 26, 2014
|Last Verified:
|June 2014
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No, the Camaro hasn't ACTUALLY been to the moon, but mileage-wise, Dr. E.C. Krupp's 1968 Chevrolet has been on quite a journey. Read on. It's worth it.
There are landmarks you won't find in any guidebook. Get familiar with a town, and you'll recognize cars that tell the city's stories better than any cut-roof bus tour. Such is the mysterious Griffith Park Camaro, a faded Tripoli Turquoise 1968 Camaro that is as regular a Los Angeles sighting as the stars on Hollywood Boulevard or waves against the Malibu sand. The car is always parked in the same spot at the top of Observatory Road in the hills above Los Feliz, California. It sits there every day, headlights toward Hollywood, wheels turned hard to the left, employee parking badge dangling from the rearview mirror. Those in the know can tell you it's a one-owner car, a daily driver with a half-million miles on its well-spun odometer, but its full story is one of rockets and moon men. It starts both in outer space and in the scrub brush of California.
E.C. Krupp is the owner of the Camaro and the director of Griffith Observatory, three pleasingly symmetrical art deco scoops of vanilla stone against the wild green-gold hills of Los Angeles. The observatory sits in the hills on the south end of Griffith Park, L.A.'s wild, 4,310-acre answer to New York's manicured Central Park. The land came as a gift in the late 1890s from millionaire "Colonel" Griffith J. Griffith. His gift was controversial. Although he was vocal and poetic about the importance of public land and support for the sciences, he suffered from alcoholism and delusions and spent time in prison for attempted murder—he shot his wife. She survived but sensibly left him. The resulting scandal meant that Griffith's dreams of a public observatory and theatre in the hills over Hollywood wouldn't come to fruition until after his death. During his life, the city council wouldn't accept the donation, and he left it in trust as part of his will.
None of this violent history is apparent when you visit the observatory. To the west is the famous Hollywood sign, and to the east is the strange mirage of downtown L.A.'s skyscrapers rising from the suburban sprawl. In the dark, Griffith Park belongs to mountain lions and coyotes, but at sunset it's a mass of tourists. Spend any time there, and you'll know "Say Cheese," or its national equivalent in 30 different languages. Although most photographers aim their lenses and selfie sticks at the famous remains of Hollywoodland or the observatory dome, some face in toward the parking lot, framing their pouts and smiles against a backdrop of blue Chevy F-body.
They don't know, these visitors, that the #oldcar in their Instagram shots is the daily mule of the science center's big boss. Krupp bought the Camaro new in 1968, and it's been his sole transportation up until 2004, when he bought a backup car—a 1994 Miata. Krupp describes himself as "not a car guy" because he hires a mechanic to wrench on his fleet. He's a smart man, but he's wrong here. There are many ways of being a "car guy," and certainly keeping a classic on the road for half a century is one of them.
For an academically minded hippie in the late '60s, trading in a cool English sports car on something as "Establishment" as a Chevrolet was a bummer, man. A young Krupp attempted to reclaim his counterculture cred with painted "stained glass" graphics on the Camaro's quarter windows. "It was a Thomas Pynchon reference, [the muted horn from the novel The Crying of Lot 49] with an added astronomy reference [the sun]," he said.
Krupp has worked at Griffith Observatory since 1970, and his enthusiasm for the place is undimmed. When we met to talk about the Camaro, he took me on a mini tour inside the observatory. We followed the curve of the dome to a conference room, where he went immediately to the window and raised the blinds, giving us a view of the city, dollhouse-small below. He looked out for several breaths, maybe retracing his morning commute up the twisting park roads, then sat down and adjusted his glasses. "Start at the beginning," I said, and he told me about the Colonel, the building of the observatory in 1933, and his father—a mechanical engineer with a passion for the budding space program in the 1950s. "He told me he didn't want to go to the moon," Krupp said, "but he wanted to push the button." When E.C. was 12, Krupp Sr. moved the family to Los Angeles in hopes of finding work in Los Angeles' active space race scene. They settled in the San Fernando Valley, and as a kid, E.C. could see the glow of Apollo rockets being tested in the Santa Susana pass. As he got older, E.C. was also interested in the stars and studied astronomy at UCLA. While still a graduate student, he started working at the Griffith Planetarium. "I didn't care for it at first," he said. "But eventually I realized, 'Hey, I drive through a park every day to get to work, and the work is hands-on. It's immediate. It's a small team. I can make things happen."
The drive might have done something to win Krupp over to his work, but it was hard on his car at the time, a 1963 Austin-Healy Sprite. After expensive preventative maintenance and numerous breakdowns that didn't get prevented, Krupp's dad laid down an engineer's law of logic. "My father finally said, 'You need a reliable American car.'" Reluctantly, the young Krupp traded in his sporty car. "There was a deal on Camaros," he said. "I got the cheapest one, maybe $2,600. Straight-six, three-on-the-tree, manual everything. I hated it." Compared to the Austin-Healy, the Camaro was a big, sloppy boat. "I called it the mushmobile. But I just kept driving it." As the odometer turned, his dislike turned to acceptance and then affection for the F-body. "You keep something for a while for practical reasons, and eventually it becomes romantic."
In 2014, E.C. Krupp's one-owner Camaro had accrued 481,555 miles, the distance of a trip to the moon and back again. The timing matched up with Griffith Observatory's 80th anniversary and Krupp's 40th year at Griffith. He celebrated by driving the Camaro to the anniversary party in an Apollo 11 spacesuit replica. "I had to practice ahead of time to see if I could work the clutch in astronaut boots."
One of Krupp's priorities as director of the observatory is keeping it relevant. He modernized the planetarium and supervises new exhibits and technologies to keep the 80-year-old facility up to date in the modern space age. Knowing this, there seems to be a bit of a disconnect with the Wi-Fi in the Leonard Nimoy Theatre and the six-banger '68 parked outside. "The key with technology is pushing the edge to do the job you need," he said when I asked about it. "There is a big difference between style and need, and my personal ideas of style are more Luddite. I see no point in spending money or energy on things before I need them."
Even a long exposure can't blur out all the action of a sunset at Griffith Observatory. Griffith is the most visited public observatory in the world, and it was the third planetarium ever built in the United States. Observatory director E.C. Krupp works to keep the facility cutting edge, while at the same time commuting in a bone-stock 1968 Chevy Camaro he bought new.
For almost 50 years and 501,189 miles (more since we shot it), this approach has kept the Camaro on the road, through two engine rebuilds, four clutches, brake jobs, steering repairs, tune-ups, new upholstery, and three repaints. The whole time, Krupp has always gone for stock replacements. No LS-swaps or even four-bbl carbs for his Camaro. Again, that's a choice that started as sensible—why complicate a working system—and became emotional. "I don't mind spending the money for repairs," he said. "It's just getting hard to find people who will work on it the way I want. At this point, I don't have an interest in changing the car. You want as simple a technology as will do the job."
We asked Camaro chief engineer Al Oppenheiser what he thought of Krupp's odometer and he was pretty stoked to hear about it.
"As a '68 Camaro owner myself, to think that someone has logged over half a million miles on their classic Camaro is unreal. It just goes to show that Camaros were meant to be driven. I sure hope someone with a 5th or 6th Gen Camaro lets us know when they reach the same milestone!"
One of Krupp's concerns when he told us his story was that he didn't count as a car guy because he didn't do his own repairs. We don't think turning the wrenches is a requirement for loving cars, but we did want to hear from the folks who helped Krupp keep the Camaro on the road. In the '70s, finding a mechanic to work on a 1968 Camaro was easy—after all, it was still a new car. The trouble started when Krupp's long-time mechanic, Del Stapp, retired in the early 2000s. How do you find someone to keep everything stock and humming on a nearly 40-year-old car?
Many of Stapp's former clients were going to a new place in Eagle Rock called Rantz Auto Center, which was run by a father and son named Ricardo and Anthony Antunez. Krupp gave them a try and found kindred spirits. "We're old-fashioned, too," Anthony said. "We always tell him, 'Keep it stock; don't open that can of worms.'"
Since 2005, Ricardo, Anthony, and service manager Jesse Nuñez have been keeping the Camaro in tune. "It's his baby," Anthony said. "We always make it a priority when it comes in. He has a backup car now, the Mazda, but we know he prefers to drive the Camaro." Anthony said the car is a sort of neighborhood celebrity, attracting attention whenever it comes in for maintenance and repairs. "We do whatever it takes: go to the junkyard, find a parts car, research for original parts. Mr. Krupp is an amazing person, and we want to get him back out there."
Does Anthony have any advice for someone thinking of daily driving a classic? "Have a strong left foot if you want a manual car, stay out of traffic, and learn how to say no when people ask to buy it!"
In 1968 you could get a "big" 250ci six-cylinder or the most base of base engines, a 140-hp 230ci mill. Krupp's Camaro is the little one. "There was a deal on Camaro," he said. The engine has been rebuilt twice but never replaced or upgraded.
One of the biggest challenges for Krupp's mechanic was finding a correct steering column for the three-speed column shifter. "For a while I had an aluminum brace around it," Krupp said. "I didn't think it would last, but I figured I'd just keep having the machinist make me a new one. It actually worked fine and was still in place when we finally found a replacement column."
A clutch in L.A. traffic gets a workout, especially climbing the steep roads surrounding Griffith Observatory. Krupp said the benefit to a manual car and parking on hills is being able to jump-start from a roll when the battery dies. He's on clutch No. 4. That's about 125,297 miles per rebuild.
"I won't drive it when it comes in. I don't want to be responsible for putting one more mile on that clutch!"
– –Anthony Antunez, mechanic
Krupp and his mechanic, Anthony Antunez, agree on keeping the Camaro as original as possible. The only place where they differ is on the subject of paint. Anthony thinks the car deserves to be shiny but says: "Mr. Krupp, he likes that vintage look."
Krupp said a lot of keeping the Camaro running is getting attuned to changes in the way it feels. "You get used to its idiosyncrasies, and then you know the feel of the clutch or the brakes. You can predict when it's time to deal with them."
The first Camaro
A six-cylinder column-shifted Camaro might not be the first combo you think of when you think of that most bitchin' of cars, but the first Camaro of Camaros was exactly that. Camaro No. N100001 is known as a pilot production car, and it was used in press conferences and photo shoots to introduce Chevy's new ponycar in 1966. It then was sold to a dealer, who kept it as a display car for two years, so the first production Camaro didn't end up on the road until 1969. The Camaro went through numerous owners and was modified as a drag car until a 13-year-old kid named Logan saw it for sale and pointed it out to his dad. Logan and Corey Lawson bought the Camaro and restored it, building a database of Camaro history along the way. Spend some time on their site, www.pilotcarregistry.com, to learn more about Camaro numero uno.
Can you see photographer Wes Allison's blood pressure rising in this photo?