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GT Racing: Motor Academy Review
GT Racing: Motor Academy may be a car racing game, but it offers a truckload of content. You get 14 tracks that you can burn rubber on with over 100 licensed cars from 24 real auto makers. Three game modes are offered, featuring multiple styles of races and tons of personal options, from selecting your control input to upgrading your car's suspension. In short, you can drive it for a long time before it runs out of gas.
The tracks come in many shapes and sizes, with detailed graphics that look very sharp, save for the occasional pop-in. In most tracks it's not very noticeable, but while driving down city streets all of the buildings will appear at the same point in the distance, making it look sort of like the track is being assembled as you cruise along. But the cars all look exquisite, with shiny paint jobs and polished chrome that gleams in the sunlight. It's a shame you'll be too busy keeping your car on the road to admire them.
Nice day for a 220 km/h drive.
The career mode is where you'll cut your teeth in this game and get a feel for the physics. The first thing you have to do is get a license by completing some brief tutorials that ease you into the driver's seat. Once you get the basics down, you'll face sets of ever more difficult races. Each set unlocks the next and earns you credits you can use to buy more cars and upgrade the ones you own. In the After Market shop, you can pump funds into upgrading your engine, tires, suspension, and brakes. You can also add a spoiler, change out the body kit, or reduce your car's weight.
Arcade mode is where you do one-off quick races, and you can even choose from some of the tracks and cars you haven't unlocked yet in the career mode. Multiplayer mode allows you to race friends locally over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, or online. Our experiences with the online mode were pretty spotty, as we lost our connection more than once, and other players would frequently either lose their connection or flake out and quit mid-race.
Additionally, Gameloft has heaped on an impressive set of extras. You can watch replays of all of your races and upload them to YouTube. iTunes connectivity is integrated into the game, so you can jam to your own soundtrack as you blast through the finish line. You can even go into showroom view, where you can ogle the cars from all angles, and take screenshots with the press of a button. So when you drop megatons of hard-earned credits on an Enzo Ferrari, you can set it as the wallpaper of your iDevice and wow the ladies.
The logo on the dashboard makes it more realistic.
The biggest drawback to the game is the load times. Loading screens pop up before and after each race, and each one lasts between one and two minutes. We've actually turned our attention to something else and forgotten we were playing the game in the amount of time it takes to load up a track. So this isn't a game you can boot up for a quick match during a commercial break while watching TV.
Additionally, while the physics of the game are serviceable, they don't feel quite as tight as we'd like. Turns can be harsh, and oversteering can easily become a problem, especially when you first start playing. The options menu lets you set varying amounts of braking assistance to keep you on the road, but enabling it feels like cheating.
On the whole, though, GT Racing: Motor Academy is a hugely robust game. Gameloft threw everything they could think of into this package, and the result is largely positive. The loading times verge on inexcusable, and the physics don't feel quite as realistic as we'd hope, but the rest of the game gels into excellence far more often than not. If realistic racing is your thing, give it a spin.


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When the X boot up screen is displayed, I try to log in as root. I type the password in and get a box that say 'authentication failed'. The weird part about this is, when I type in the wrong pass I get no box, only when I type in the correct pass. Also, I have another user on the same PC, when I type in his password I get the same box.
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Militant group in Egypt says it killed officer
CAIRO (AP) — An Islamic militant group in Egypt has claimed responsibility for a bombing that killed a senior police officer the day before.
It says the attack was in retaliation for the killings and arrests by government forces of supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president.
Thursday's statement by Ajnad Misr, or "Egypt's Soldiers," a group which first appeared in January, was posted on its Facebook page.
It carried photographs of the slain officer, Brig. Gen. Ahmed Zaki, a commander in the riot police, showing him riding in a blue pick-up truck. The group claimed Zaki used a truck with no police insignia as a "disguise" for fear of being targeted.
Attacks against Egyptian forces have escalated since the military last summer removed Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.


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Hi Vincentvinasp wrote:Hi everyone,
Ven. Nanavira's Understanding Of the Aggregates.
Quote: "An arahat while alive, continues to be individual in the sense
that 'he' is a sequence of states distinguishable from other individuals.
Every set of pancakkhandha - not panc'upadanakkhandha in the arahats case
- is unique, and individuality in this sense ceases only with the final
cessation of the pancakkhandha at the breaking up of the arahat's body."
[ I have simplified this, so it's not an exact quote.]
[ Clearing The Path - Shorter Notes - Sakkaya, page 106 ]
From this passage I infer the following points:
1. He thought that the panc'upadanakkhandha have ceased for an arahant.
2. He understood that the arahant still has the pancakkhandha.
3. He thought that the arahants pancakkhandha only cease when literal
death occurs. Note 1.
4. It seems that he may have understood the form-aggregate as being
identical with the physical body.
Note 1. I can't be certain about this, it depends on how he understood
the expression: "breaking up of the arahants body."
Regards, Vincent.
Useful quote.
The physical body arises through nutrients. This explains 2, 3 and 4 in my opinion. I don't see any limitation in the statement that form is limited to body. Form (rUpa) includes the body but is not limited to the body. That is my view (unless I have misunderstood the term pancakkhandha).
- Bhutamidam Sutta link http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .nypo.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;"'By the cessation of nutriment, that what has come to be is bound to cease' — that one sees with true wisdom, as it really is.


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Lady Gaga shocked a group of lawyers by launching into a foul-mouthed rant about her former personal assistant during a sworn deposition for an ongoing court case.
The Poker Face hitmaker is locked in a legal battle with former employee Jennifer O'Neill, who claims she is owed overtime payments from her time on tour with the singer.
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Gaga also claimed O'Neill was bad at her job because she left the singer to carry her own luggage and unpack her own bags: "She didn't enough lay out all my stuff for me… I can't sift through everything (and unpack my bags). She would only open a couple of bags, and it was very stressful for me… I was very often… moving my own luggage and doing s**t by myself."
Gaga vowed that if she wins the legal battle with O'Neill, she will donate the money her former assistant demanded to her other employees because "I'm not going to give it to her so she can go to Intermix (store) and buy herself a new tube top."
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Getting there, but there's still no cigar.
If those were the release specs, It might have been worth a buy - for £800. Anything more and you're just urinating away money which could have been spent saving a bank. Money is still better spent on one of those new Samsung efforts and put up with something that's a couple of millimetres thicker.
Keep trying, Apple, and one day you might actually have a product worth buying to people that are neither mere fanboys or want something more than just a fashion accessory.


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(thanks mom for making the barbeque!)
weren't able to celebrate her special day with her
oh WOW!! the party, food, and CAKE are amazing!!! happy birthday zoe, wow, already 6!?!? soo big!!
Oh Jozen! What a fantastic idea! Zoe is growing up to be a beauty (like her mama!) Time sure flies :) Happy birthday Zoe!!
You have such fantastic ideas for parties, I love every year reading what you've come up with and it always turns out bigger and better... these children will remember it for years. I bet your relatives find it hard to match it for their own children.
this is precious! i can't believe you "threw this together." you must be a natural party planner.
Okay can you throw ME a party? I am majorly jealous, that looks like SO much fun!
Your parties are so pretty!!
And 2 birthday parties for Zoe! What a lucky girl! She is truly blessed to have lots of people who love her. :)
Such an incredibly sweet birthday party! She's one lucky girl! :)
i can't believe you pulled off 2 parties! what a lucky girl you have! and that cake your sis made is fabulous! I love the ribbon layers!
you are the best mommy ever! what an amazing birthday day! everything looked absolutely wonderful!
Madam, you are adorable. From H to T. I need you to plan all my parties ok??
wow what a lovely day
what a fantastic looking cake! Looks like the party was super fun!
Happy birthday to your little one! Such a sweet party. And digging the make your own lemonade idea. Super gourmet!
it was a great birthday indeed! i'm still dreaming of the cake - it was delish!
OH MY! that is a BIG cake and it looks so adorable too
I live in Chicago yes in the city so we have movies in the park. The most fun recent one was The Wizard of OZ in OZ park. There were kids in costumes and all sorts of fun another fun one was Charlie and the Chocolate factory next to a Chocolate factory.
i always wanted to do a movie under the stars at night, outside!!
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In the third match of their 2012 MLS Reserve League season, Vancouver Whitecaps FC reserves (1W-1L-1D) suffered a 3-0 home defeat to Pacific Northwest rivals Portland Timbers reserves (2W-1L-0D) on Sunday afternoon.
Goals by Brent Richards, Franck Songo'o, and Bright Dike gave the Timbers second string their second Reserve League win of the year at Swangard Stadium. The 'Caps reserves will be disappointed to lose the weekend contest by such a margin after creating numerous goalscoring chances and hitting the woodwork on three occasions versus a strong Portland reserve side.
"There were a lot of positives in the game, and I was delighted with the players' attitude and application today," Whitecaps FC assistant coach Paul Ritchie told whitecapsfc.com. "We showed a bit of naϊvity near the end of the match, but that is part and parcel of learning the game. I think the young lads will learn their lesson that if you don't take your chances, you don't win soccer matches. It was a tough one to take today, losing the way we did."
A decent crowd took in Sunday's proceedings in Burnaby, BC, with the 'Caps reserves creating a number of chances in the first half. Timbers reserves goalkeeper Brian Rowe made important saves from Carlyle Mitchell on seven minutes and youngster Russell Teibert four minutes later. On 33 minutes, Michael Nanchoff struck the post from close range before the midfielder set up Long Tan with a well-played cross, but the Chinese striker headed his effort over the Portland crossbar on 40 minutes.
Portland's reply saw Dike test Whitecaps FC reserves goalkeeper Brad Knighton on two occasions, but it just before the break that the Oregon-based outfit made the breakthrough, and against the run of play. On 44 minutes, Chris Taylor's cross was volleyed off the underside of the Vancouver crossbar and over the goalline by Richards for a 1-0 Timbers lead at halftime.
Despite trailing by a single goal, Whitecaps FC reserves kept pressing after the break, with Nanchoff cursing his luck again on 48 minutes, as his well-taken free kick struck the Portland crossbar.
As the 'Caps struggled to find a finishing touch to many promising attacks in the second half, the Timbers reserves made their best opportunities count. On 65 minutes, Portland extended their lead on the counter-attack, with former Whitecaps FC Residency player Charles Renken picking out Songo'o with a through ball. The Cameroon international slotted a shot past Knighton to make it 2-0 to The City of Roses outfit.
Undeterred, the Blue and White kept pressing forward, with Teibert having several chances, including one effort that deflected off the Timbers crossbar with a quarter of an hour remaining. Rowe played his part in keeping a clean sheet for Portland, as he made good saves from Mitchell and 'Caps youngster Bryce Alderson in the late stages.
The Timbers reserves wrapped up victory with a third goal on 89 minutes. Renken was the provider again, as his cross allowed Dike to head the ball into the far corner of the net for a 3-0 Portland result.
Whitecaps FC reserves will look to avenge Sunday's defeat in their return meeting away to the Timbers reserves at Portland's JELD-WEN Field on Sunday, May 27. The 'Caps second string also have three more home matches remaining this season. All three matches will be held at Thunderbird Stadium on the campus of the University of British Columbia: Tuesday, June 12, against LA Galaxy reserves; Monday, July 23, against Chivas USA reserves; and Monday, September 10, against San Jose Earthquakes reserves. Kickoff for all three matches is set for 11 a.m. PT.
Scoring summary:
44' - POR - Brent Richards (Chris Taylor)
65' - POR - Franck Songo'o (Charles Renken)
89' – POR - Bright Dike (Charles Renken)
Match Stats:
Shots: Vancouver 14 – Portland 14
Shots on Goal: Vancouver 5 – Portland 8
Saves: Vancouver 5 – Portland 5
Fouls: Vancouver 6 – Portland 12
Offsides: Vancouver 3 – Portland 5
Corners: Vancouver 6 – Portland 0
Vancouver Whitecaps FC reserves
1.Brad Knighton; 43.Bobby Jhutty*, 2.Michael Boxall, 19.Carlyle Mitchell, 32.Greg Klazura; 13.Michael Nanchoff (41.Reynold Stewart* 60'), 26.Floyd Franks (14.Jacob Lensky** 45'), 36.Bryce Alderson; 9.Atiba Harris, 23.Long Tan (30.James Farenhorst* 73'), 31.Russell Teibert
*Whitecaps FC U-23 PDL
**trialist/guest player
Portland Timbers reserves
40.Brian Rowe#; 28.Freddie Braun (32.Cam Vickers** 77'), 18.Ryan Kawulok, 98.Mamadou Danso (35.Andrew Jean-Baptiste 45'), 27.Chris Taylor; 7.Sal Zizzo (24.Sebastian Rincon 77'), 8.Franck Songo'o (38.Andreas Dober** 90'), 17.Eric Alexander (36.Chris Andre** 85'), 26.Charles Renken; 16.Brent Richards, 19.Bright Dike
Subs not used: 50.Pasha Hashemi*
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My friend, Leyla, makes some of the best baklava I have ever had. I never asked how long she had been making it or even how it all came together. All I knew was to be sure to thank her when she was kind enough to share.
My friend, Leyla, makes some of the best baklava I have ever had. I never asked how long she had been making it or even how it all came together. All I knew was to be sure to thank her when she was kind enough to share.
We worked together at the same newspaper in Denver some years ago. Although she left the paper before I did and returned to Minnesota to be near family, she was kind enough to send an entire sheet of baklava to Denver for my going-away party when I left for California a year or so later.
This is what jumped into my mind when I saw a baklava-making class was being held at Hutchins Street Square in Lodi.
I signed up and sent my friend a message which, I am certain, gave her a good belly laugh.
The only thing I knew about baklava was how to eat it - hold it horizontal, not vertical so the filling does not fall out.
I am handy enough in the kitchen and felt I had the skills to handle what I expected to be a complicated process.
The class was led by Mary Shaw, a kind, gentle and funny instructor who provided us 11 novices - yes, I was the only man in the class - with the basics of making baklava.
Shaw is Egyptian and her version of the Middle Eastern dish differs from others in that region.
Ours was made with walnuts. Some use pistachios or another filling. I even found a nut-free recipe online that called for sesame seeds (Shaw did not like that one). And we used a light simple syrup, instead of honey.
Whatever version you make, the keys to success are timing and technique.
Baklava, Shaw said, "is simple to make."
Simple sounded good. Simple sounded easy. Of course there is always a catch.
With baklava it is the dough. Baklava is made with phyllo dough.
"Phyllo dough can be difficult," Shaw said.
Phyllo dough is delicate, paper-thin sheets of unleavened flour dough used in Middle Eastern cooking. These sheets can dry out quickly. When the sheets dry, they tear easily and that does not make for good results.
Some instructions call for covering the sheets with a damp towel to keep the sheets moist.
Shaw found that method too cumbersome.
The best way to not have the dough dry out is to work quickly, she said.
So quickly we worked.
Layer two sheets of dough, brush on butter. Two more, more butter. Repeat this step for seven layers. Add the filling, then add one layer of dough, brush with butter, another layer dough, then more butter, for four layers on top. The single layers on top are buttered so they stick together, instead of coming apart, when baked.
Shaw provided comforting and encouraging guidance. "Don't worry how it looks, because it is going to be fantastic," she said.
After the baklava is assembled, slice to get that cool looking diamond pattern before baking. After baking it would be too hard to slice.
And then when it comes out of the oven, pour the syrup on liberally. As it cools, it soaks up the liquid and gains flavor.
The class was interesting and fun. I picked up skills. I discovered that this dish, once reserved for the wealthy, is actually reasonable to make.
I shared mine with family and colleagues a work. Let's just say, that it disappeared quickly.
Yet, what I made was not nearly as good as the baklava my friend, Leyla, makes. I will try this again. And perhaps one day I will send her some to try as well.
Contact Donald W. Blount at (209) 546-8251 or email@example.com. Follow him at recordnet.com/editorblog and on Twitter @donblount.


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This family appears with 2 children in the 1911 Census in Nelson, BC. The marriage of the parents occurred in Cranbrook, BC John B Jolin and Katherine May Wallace 30 October 1907. John died and is buried in Lethbridge but the information he provided when he married Katie does not match up with existing records ie he said he was born in Glenfarm, Ontario and his parents were Finlay Jolin and Katie. My interest in the family is because John and Katie's daughter Sarah Jane married my grandmother's brother Francis Ormand Jones aka Frank. I have been able to make some progress on the Wallace line but without proof I can go nowhere up the Jolin tree. I suspect he was actually born in Quebec and anglicized his name from Jean Baptiste to John and severed his French Canadian ties. It does not help that not every birth was registered in the 19th Century. There is no record of a Finlay and Katie Jolin in either Ontario or Quebec. The second child listed on the 1911 census was Maggie Jolin who was born in February of that year. If anyone has some pieces to this family history puzzle I would really appreciate the information.
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AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani has revealed that Santos are leading the chase for Robinho.
The Rossoneri chief is currently in South America attempting to sort out a transfer for wantaway attacker Alexandre Pato, but his fellow native Brazilian is another that is likely to leave during the January transfer window.
Galliani confirmed there is interest in the former Real Madrid man, but admitted that Flamengo is no longer a potential destination for Robinho.
"There is the possibility of a sale to Santos," the San Siro chief told Globo Esporte.
"We haven't been able to reach an agreement with Flamengo though, while I still don't know about Atletico Mineiro."
Pato's move back to his homeland looks set to be completed in early January, with Corinthians having shown concrete interest in sealing a deal.
Robinho's destination, however, is a lot less certain, and Sao Paulo's vice-president has confirmed that his side have pulled out of the running for the ex-Manchester City forward.
Joao Paulo de Jesus Lopes told ESPN Radio Estadao: "We have no interest in signing him.
"At one point there was an initial interest to understand how the business was, but internally we are convinced that, for a number of reasons, the athlete is not what we were looking."


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A Novel
Wallflower in Bloom
A Novel
Deirdre Griffin has a great life; it's just not her own. She's the around-the-clock personal assistant to her charismatic, high-maintenance, New Age guru brother, Tag. As the family wallflower, her only worth seems to be as gatekeeper to Tag at his New England seaside compound. Then Deirdre's sometime boyfriend informs her that he is marrying another woman, who just happens to be having the baby he told Deirdre he never wanted. While drowning her sorrows in Tag's expensive vodka, Deirdre decides to use his massive online following to get herself voted on as a last-minute Dancing with the Stars replacement. It'll get her back in shape, mentally and physically. It might even get her a life of her own. Deirdre's fifteen minutes of fame have just begun.
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Deirdre Griffin is more than ready for her fifteen minutes of fame. After years spent launching her brother Tag into the celebrity stratosphere as a New Age guru, Deirdre resents sacrificing her own life to keep him in the spotlight. Throw in two meddling Deadhead parents, two sisters, and an on-again-off-again boyfriend who announces he's getting married (to someone else), and Deirdre is ready for a fresh start. Borrowing Tag's fans to submit herself as a last-minute replacement on Dancing With the Stars, Deirdre finds herself in unfamiliar territory—in the spotlight.
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. It is tempting to divide the filmography of Gus Van Sant into two categories.
You have his intensely personal art films like Paranoid Park (2007), Last Days (2005), Elephant (2003), Gerry (2002), My Own Private Idaho (1991), Drugstore Cowboy (1989) and his remarkable feature debut, Mala Noche (1986). Then there are his more commercial movies, like To Die For (1995), Good Will Hunting (1997), and Finding Forrester (2000).
But then you have Milk (2008), which is sort of a model of an award-seeking "prestige" film, and Van Sant's shot-by-shot remake of Psycho from 1998. And where do you put the much maligned Even Cowgirls Get the Blues from 1993? And how does any of this reconcile with Van Sant's role as creator and executive producer of the (lamentably canceled) Showtime series Boss, which gave Kelsey Grammer his meatiest and most ferocious role ever (as the Machiavellian mayor of Chicago)?
Van Sant is a difficult filmmaker to categorize. I used to think I knew what to expect from a Van Sant film. But he has proved himself a more versatile - and maybe bankable - director than I ever imagined he'd become back in the 1990s. He places a high value on allowing his actors freedom and he's interested in experimenting with visual techniques, even in his "Hollywood films." He prefers to work with older technologies rather than with (faster, cheaper) digital cinematography, and he tends to give trusted members of his crew latitude to do their jobs as they see fit.
"I've recently not tried to control things," Van Sant says, when asked about how he achieved the look of his current film, the environmental drama Promised Land, which reunites him with Good Will Hunting collaborator Matt Damon, who co-wrote the script with John Krasinski. "In the past the most success I've had is when you don't control it, when you find it already made. If you want a Four Seasons hotel room, well, it's already done but the art director will come in and completely change everything around. So maybe it still looks like a Four Seasons, but every surface has been completely redone. Everything is different."
"I always feel when you do that it becomes too fake ... the original is kind of the most beautiful," he says. "My most favorite things in the past have been ... like in Elephant or Last Days ... those were just found places."
Van Sant says he'd also gotten away from using a color palette in his films because "when you're not conforming to a palette, things become more realistic."
But "literally behind my back," Van Sant says, production designer Dan Clancy and cinematographer Linus Sandgren established a color palette for Promised Land based on the earth tones of Andrew Wyeth.
"I said, 'If you choose a palette, I don't want to hear about it,'" Van Sant says, and the result was a visual triumph that recalls midcentury Kodachrome prints, and elevates what might have been a formulaic anti-fracking film. While Promised Land is probably not, as some of its television ads claim, "one of the best films of the year," it does have some sublime moments and a beautiful verdancy that honors its rural American setting.
Damon, who called on Van Sant after it became clear that he couldn't devote the time to directing the film (it was to be his directorial debut), says he has no doubt bringing Van Sant aboard improved his film.
"I saw all the things that he did that I was going to do, and then there were things that he did that I wasn't going to do, that I hadn't thought of," Damon says. "That first scene, where I go to pitch the farmer played by Tim Guinee, it's so wonderful.He's got that beautiful little daughter, with the golden, curly hair ... we go into the house and Gus framed the shot with the girl in the foreground, and he gave her a coloring book. And a little 6- or 7-year-old kid gets a task like that, well, they forget about the camera. So she's just diligently coloring her coloring book in the foreground, and then in the background you see Tim on the couch, and then you just see the hands of the land man, with the clipboard. And the camera is slowly pushing, with this girl in the foreground, innocently coloring ... as the men in the other room are making a deal that's going to have a huge impact on her life ... John and I looked at the framing of that shot, and we were like, 'We wrote this thing, we didn't see that.'"
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When you lose an election, there are three basic things you can do:
When you lose an election, there are three basic things you can do:
� Change your politics so they more closely line up with the voters.
� Keep your politics but change your message so it seems your politics more closely line up with the voters.
� Change your voters.
Moderate Republicans are urging their party to change, one example being a newfound appreciation for real immigration reform.
Conservative-base Republicans are urging a rebranding of their product, one example being the expected election next month of former state Assembly and Senate Minority Leader Jim Brulte as chairman of the state Republican Party. Brulte thinks fundraising, recruiting candidates and voter registration are the big issues facing the party.
The most insidious way to win is to either pick your voters or make sure voters leaning toward your opponent are kept away from the voting booth.
We've seen ample attempts at this recently in the form of voter ID laws aimed at ending what's claimed to be - but utterly without evidence - widespread voter fraud. Almost always those laws take aim at poor and minority voters. Almost always when they are challenged in court they are thrown out.
Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965, a law spun from the 15th Amendment that says the right to vote "shall not be abridged or denied ... on account of race" and "Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."
Critics say the law is a relic of the Jim Crow era and that blacks and other minorities are now fully integrated into the political process. They want the "pre-approval" provisions of the law - requiring federal approval before voting laws or boundaries can be changed - tossed.
The court's conservative wing has signaled for years a growing irritation with the Voting Rights Act. But it will be interesting, should all or parts of the law be tossed, how constitutional originalists on the court will parse a ruling that says Congress can't make voting laws when the 15th Amendment says precisely that it can adopt "appropriate legislation."
And should the law be chucked, how will the court justify not protecting voting rights in the face of blatant attempts to keep some Americans away from the polls through long lines, voter ID laws, moving precincts without notification and robocalls to minority voters telling them they can't vote?
Clearly the Voting Rights Act of 1965 remains appropriate and needed legislation.


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Carcharhinus limbatus
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Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller & Henle, 1839)
|Infra-specific Taxa Assessed:
|Regional Assessments:
Common Name(s):
Carcharhinus natator Meek & Hildebrand, 1923
Carcharias limbatus Müller & Henle, 1839
Carcharias abbreviatus Klunzinger, 1871
Carcharias aethalorus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
Carcharias ehrenbergi Klunzinger, 1871
Carcharias maculipinna Günther, 1868
Carcharias microps Lowe, 1841
Carcharias muelleri Steindachner, 1867
Carcharias phorcys Jordan & Evermann, 1903
Carcharias pleurotaenia Bleeker, 1852
Eulamia pleurotaenia (Bleeker, 1852)
Gymnorhinus abbreviatus (Klunzinger, 1871)
|Taxonomic Source(s):
|Müller, J. and Henle, F.G.J. 1838. Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. Veit und Comp, Berlin.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Near Threatened ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
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|Burgess, H. G. & Branstetter, S.
|Musick, J.A. & Fowler, S.L. (Shark Red List Authority)
This assessment is based on the information published in the 2005 shark status survey (Fowler et al. 2005).
The Blacktip Shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) is a modest-sized species that is frequently captured in commercial and recreational fisheries. Its meat is well-regarded and its fins are highly marketable. The Blacktip Shark is widespread in warm-temperate, subtropical and tropical waters throughout the world. It frequents inshore waters as adults and has inshore nursery areas, making it highly vulnerable to fishing pressure and human-induced habitat alteration.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|The Blacktip Shark is widespread in warm temperate, subtropical and tropical waters. Primarily it is a continental species, although it is found around some oceanic islands. In the western Atlantic it ranges from Massachusetts, United States, to southern Brazil; in the eastern Atlantic it is known from the Mediterranean Sea southwards to central Africa; it is widespread in the Indian Ocean from South Africa to western Australia, including the Red Sea and Persian Gulf; and in the Pacific Ocean it is recorded from throughout the Indo-Australian Archipelago, at oceanic islands such as Hawaii, Tahiti and the Marquesas, and in the eastern Pacific from California, USA, to Peru (Garrick 1982, Compagno 1984b, Last and Stevens 1994).
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Albania; Algeria; Angola; Australia (Northern Territory, Western Australia); Bahrain; Belize; Benin; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Brazil; Cameroon; Colombia; Congo; Costa Rica; Croatia; Ecuador; Egypt; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; France; French Guiana; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Greece; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Guyana; Honduras; Indonesia; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Italy; Kuwait; Lebanon; Liberia; Libya; Malaysia; Mauritania; Mexico; Morocco; Myanmar; Nicaragua; Nigeria; Oman; Panama; Papua New Guinea; Peru; Philippines; Qatar; Samoa; Saudi Arabia; Senegal; Serbia; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Africa; Spain; Sudan; Suriname; Syrian Arab Republic; Thailand; Togo; Tonga; Tunisia; Turkey; United Arab Emirates; United States (Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia); Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of; Western Sahara; Yemen
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Atlantic – southeast; Atlantic – western central; Atlantic – northwest; Atlantic – southwest; Atlantic – eastern central; Indian Ocean – eastern; Indian Ocean – western; Mediterranean and Black Sea; Pacific – western central; Pacific – eastern central; Pacific – northwest; Pacific – southeast
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|The Blacktip Shark is common in nearshore waters. It may be the most abundant large-coastal species in the north-west Gulf of Mexico (Branstetter 1981a).
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|Habitat and Ecology:
|The Blacktip Shark occurs in nearshore waters off beaches, in bays, estuaries, over coral reefs and off river mouths. In the western North Atlantic it migrates north seasonally as far as Cape Cod, Massachusetts (Bigelow and Schroeder 1948) and is common year-round in southern areas of the USA. In this region males and females generally remain in sexually segregated schools outside of the mating season and off South Africa there is similar segregation in the local population (Dudley and Cliff 1993b).
This species commonly occurs in loose aggregations. The Blacktip Shark uses coastal bays and estuaries throughout the south-eastern US as nursery grounds (Castro 1996). It has an unusual habit of leaping from the water, rotating as many as three times, and falling back in the water, usually on its back. For this behaviour, as well as its similar morphology, it is often confused with the Spinner Shark.
The Blacktip Shark primarily eats bony fishes, but its diet also contains smaller amounts of crustaceans, such as shrimp and crabs and cephalopods (Bigelow and Schroeder 1948, Dudley and Cliff 1993b, Castro 1996). Small-sized elasmobranchs are also consumed in lesser quantities. This shark commonly follows fishing trawlers, consuming discarded bycatch and rarely attacking the cod ends of trawl nets.
The species is placentally viviparous producing 4-11 pups (mean 4-6) after an 11-12 month gestation period (Killam 1987, Dudley and Cliff 1993b, Castro 1996). Larger females produce more and larger pups. The females have a one-year resting stage between pregnancies, making the reproductive cycle a two-year event. In the western North Atlantic, mating occurs in early June through early July; in South Africa it occurs in November and December. Implantation usually occurs during the 10-11th weeks of gestation (when embryos measure 178-194 mm total length (TL)) and pups are born in late May-early June the next year. Pups occupy specific nursery grounds in shallow coastal waters away from the adult population, which may reduce predatory mortality on the cohorts. Pups are born at 53-65 cm TL. The neonate stage lasts about a month and the juveniles continue to occupy nearshore nursery areas. Neonates increase by 25-30 cm during the first six months, have an annual growth of 20 cm during the second year of life and growth slows gradually through adulthood. This is a very fast growing species compared to its congeners. After reaching maturity, growth is less than 5 cm annually. The oldest fish aged have been 9-10 years of age. Von Bertalanffy growth parameters for western North Atlantic Blacktip Sharks are: Females: L∞ = 195 cm TL; k = 0.197 year-1 t = -1.15 year (Killam and Parsons 1989). Males: L∞ = 167 cm TL; k = 0.276 year-1 t = -0.88 year (Killam and Parsons 1989). Sexes combined: L∞ = 176 cm TL; k = 0.274 year-1 t = -1.2 year (Branstetter 1987).
There are regional differences in many biological parameters of Blacktip Sharks. In the western North Atlantic, males mature at 130-145 cm TL (or 4-5 years of age) and most females mature at 150-156 cm TL (or 6-7 years of age). In South Africa most males reach maturity at 146-150 cm pre-caudal length (PCL) and females at 151-155 cm PCL. The smallest pregnant female observed in South Africa was 146 cm PCL. Maximum reported size of females for the Northwest Atlantic population is 193 cm, with most large females ranging from 175-185 cm TL. Maximum reported size for males is 175 cm TL (128 cm PCL) and most are less than 165 cm TL in this region. In South Africa maximum sizes for both sexes occurs at 190 cm PCL, with modes of 161-165 cm PCL for males and 166-170 cm PCL for females. A female reaching 206 cm PCL has been recorded from the equatorial Indian Ocean The intrinsic rate of increase has been estimated at 0.054 (Smith et al. 1998). In the western North Atlantic, at approximately 100 cm TL the shark weighs about 10 kg, at 150 cm TL about 25 kg and when nearing maximum size (ca. 180 cm TL) it will weigh almost 50 kg. Weight-length relationships for Blacktip Sharks in this region are: Males: wt (kg) = 1.4 × 10-5(cm TL 2.9) (Killam 1987) Females: wt (kg) = 3.0 × 10-6 (cm TL 3.1) (Killam 1987) Sexes combined: wt (kg) = 1.44 × 10-5(cm TL 2.87) (Branstetter 1987a) For South African blacktips (Killam 1987), the relationships are: Males: wt (kg) = 1.18 × 10-5(cm PCL 3.05) Females: wt (kg) = 1.08 × 10-5(cm PCL 3.08).
|Use and Trade:
|Fished for recreational fisheries, but mainly targeted in commercial fisheries. Blacktip Shark meat is primarily consumed locally and fins are dried and shipped to the Far East where they are used in preparing shark-fin soup. In some areas the hides are utilised in preparing leather and the livers are used to extract oil.
|Major Threat(s):
|In the western North Atlantic this species has long been important in the recreational fishery and now is a primary target of the directed commercial fishery along the southeast coast from South Carolina to Florida and throughout the Gulf of Mexico (Branstetter and Burgess 1996, 1997). It is the second most important commercially landed species in that region after the Sandbar Shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) and its meat is considered superior to the latter species. In the USA, Blacktip Shark other carcharhinid meat is often sold under the name "Blacktip Shark" because of wide consumer preference for the product. It is a significant constituent of the substantial Mexican shark catch, from both Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Elsewhere, it is the most commonly caught species in the large Indian fishery (Hanfee 1996), occasionally caught in the Mediterranean Sea driftnet fishery (Walker et al. 2005), and surely constitutes a sizeable portion of the catch in smaller scale and artisanal fisheries throughout the northern Indian Ocean and South China Sea. In Australia, it represents a minor component of the shark catch in northern Australia (Last and Stevens 1994). Blacktip Shark meat is primarily consumed locally and fins are dried and shipped to the Far East where they are used in preparing shark-fin soup. In some areas the hides are utilised in preparing leather and the livers are used to extract oil.
|Conservation Actions:
|The Blacktip Shark receives management in only two countries, Australia and the USA. In Australia, it is one of a suite of species that is collectively managed in the limited-entry fishery of northern Australia (Simpfendorfer pers. comm.). A keystone species in the US Atlantic directed shark fishery, it similarly is managed through a management plan that addresses the entire group of species represented in the fishery. At the time of this writing, species-specific management of the Blacktip Shark in the region was forthcoming.
|Burgess, H. G. & Branstetter, S. 2009. Carcharhinus limbatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T3851A10124862. . Downloaded on 15 October 2018.
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Mon. 8/6/12 7:12pm
Danne D:
Yay Nardwuar :)
How 'bout that Soccer game today, eh? ;)
Doot Doo :)
Mon. 8/6/12 7:14pm
Marmalade kitty:
..Doot Doo! :D
Mon. 8/6/12 7:20pm
Marmalade kitty:
the night is young!
Mon. 8/6/12 7:20pm
Danne D:
The Muffs? :)
Mon. 8/6/12 7:25pm
Marmalade kitty:
we have to guess artist/song names of all of these tracks..! Davy Kramer
Mon. 8/6/12 7:28pm
Danne D:
Donde esta the Nard? And there he is now! :)
Sean Lennon starts with a Hitchhiker's Guide reference :) Cool
Mon. 8/6/12 7:28pm
Marmalade kitty:
Rufus who?
Mon. 8/6/12 7:31pm
Danne D:
Nard straight up with the questions here.
Mon. 8/6/12 7:31pm
Marmalade kitty:
shame John wasn't around to kick this guys butt into shape!
Mon. 8/6/12 7:33pm
Danne D:
This is a little edgier Nard. Perhaps the bigger the quarry the edgier the Nard?
Mon. 8/6/12 7:34pm
Danne D:
I have to give props to Sean Lennon for allowing the Nard to keep on keeping on but still standing up to him when he feels it's necessary.
Mon. 8/6/12 7:35pm
Danne D:
Palm Pilot FTW!
Mon. 8/6/12 7:36pm
Marmalade kitty:
Sean & Nard!
Mon. 8/6/12 7:38pm
Danne D:
Impressive that Sean is following that ;)
Mon. 8/6/12 7:40pm
Danne D:
And the most unexpected DOOT DOO! Victory ever!
Mon. 8/6/12 7:41pm
Danne D:
hmm 20 minutes left leaves me to think White Stripes may not have gone so well ;)
Will be in the car for the rest. Good night Kitty. DOOT DOO!
Mon. 8/6/12 7:42pm
Marmalade kitty:
Good night Danne!
Mon. 8/6/12 7:44pm
Marmalade kitty:
so long as you have no ties with Canada you avoid the molestation ;)
Mon. 8/6/12 7:52pm
Marmalade kitty:
never liked the white stripes :?
Mon. 8/6/12 7:56pm
Alicia Renee:
Excellent musical choices, brilliant & Hysterical interviews. & *such* extrordinary tidbits!!!
Merci, merci, merci Nardwar.
Mon. 8/6/12 7:57pm
Marmalade kitty:
Narduar, were you ever punched out straight by an artist?
Mon. 8/6/12 7:58pm
Alicia Renee:
(nardwUar, bien sur)
Mon. 8/6/12 7:59pm
Alicia Renee:
M.Kitty: I've often wondered just the same!
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The Nemertea, also called ribbon worms or proboscis worms, (and sometimes referred to as Rhynchocoela or Nemertini,) are a distinctive group of 1150 known species of mostly marine invertebrates, found world-wide (Gibson, 1995).
Nemerteans have an unsegmented body, thin and elongated with no differentiated head. Unlike flatworms, which they resemble in many ways, they have a separate mouth and anus, and a digestive tract that runs the full length of their body. Very distinctive is their eversible proboscis, which is stored in the body-length long fluid-filled rhyncocoel when not in use. When activated, it is forced inside out with hydrostatic pressure from body muscle contractions to wrap around its prey , often administering venom through rhabdites (holes). Some species (members of the order Hoplonemertea) are armed with a pointed stylet at the tip of the proboscis, which the animal uses to puncture and kill its prey. Since stylets are frequently lost or broken in hunting, and growing worms require larger stylets, the stylets are continually formed (in large epithelial cells) and stored so there is always one on hand to replace an old or lost one.
Nemerteans have more developed muscle than flatworms, and can contract their body to up to a tenth of their extended length. They use body muscles to locomote (and have cilia covering their epidermis and lots of gland cells for mucus production so they glide across surfaces). They also use body musculature to move food through their gut and blood through their circulatory system.
(Kozloff 1990; Brusca and Brusca 2003)
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Earthy, warm and organic. This piece of music mixes elements of folk, country and lounge music. Perfect for any easy-going video where you want to show relaxation and a great time. Imagine being out in the country with friends. The melody is played by guitars (acoustic and electric) and by rhodes keyboard.


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Bridging SharePoint's Faults
Although Microsoft SharePoint is a powerful, transforming technology in our enterprises, it presents many administrative obstacles in configuration, management, and security. Let's look at some common headaches that IT professionals face when implementing SharePoint Products and Technologies.
The Random Port for Central Administration
When you perform a basic installation of Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0 or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007, the setup routine makes all configuration choices for you. Along the way, SharePoint setup selects a random port on which to publish the Central Administration website. This means that you're forced to access Central Administration using a URL in the format http://server:port number, but you must know the port number. Remembering a random port number for one farm's Central Administration site is painful enough. Multiply that by several farms, and you'll quickly be checking yourself into the SharePoint funny farm.
Luckily, you can retrieve the port number by looking at the list of web applications in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) IIS Management snap-in. You can also use the Stsadm command (stsadm.exe). To use Stsadm, open a command prompt and focus it on the BIN folder by typing
cd %CommonProgramFiles%\Microsoft SharedWeb Server Extensions\12\bin
Then type the command
stsadm o getadminport
to get the port number.
Better yet, you can set Central Administration on each of your farms to a standard port number of your choice. There are two ways to specify the port for Central Administration. The first is to perform an advanced installation instead of a basic installation. After performing an advanced installation, run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard. The wizard presents the Configure SharePoint Central Administration Web Application page, where you can configure the port manually.
Alternatively, you can use Stsadm to configure the port after either a basic or advanced installation. From a command prompt focused on SharePoint's BIN folder, type
stsadm o setadminport port port_number
Stsadm also takes other switches, such as -ssl, which lets you enable Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption for the administration port.
The "Non-Fully Qualified" URL for Central Administration
Sometimes, the URL of a SharePoint web application isn't what you want it to be. SharePoint Central Administration, for example, might be tied to a non-Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN), such as http://server01:9999. You can change the URL of Central Administration to a more accessible name, such as http://server01.contoso .com:9999. To do so, open a command prompt and type
cd %CommonProgramFiles%\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\bin
Then type
stsadm o addzoneurl http://<currentURL> urlzone default zonemappedurl http://<newURL>.
In our example, the command would be
stsadm -o addzoneurl http://server01:9999 -urlzone default -zonemappedurl http://server01.contoso.com:9999
Drilling Down to Use Stsadm
You've seen several examples of using Stsadm commands in this article, and in each you've had to drill down to its folder in the Program Files directory. You'll quickly get tired of doing that. To make it easier to use Stsadm, use the following method to open a special Stsadm-enabled command prompt. Open Notepad and enter the following four commands, one per line:
@echo off set path=%path%;%CommonProgramFiles%\microsoft shared web server extensions\12\bin cmd.exe @echo on
Save the file as "STSADM Command Prompt.bat." Include the quotation marks, so that the file is saved as a batch file and is not given a .txt extension. Double-click the batch file, and a command prompt will open. The command prompt includes the path to Stsadm, so you can use the command without specifying its full path.
Missing Command-Line Administration Tasks
Although Stsadm lets you perform some important functions from the command line, there are several tasks it doesn't perform. Luckily, SharePoint MVP Gary LaPointe has contributed a phenomenal set of Stsadm extensions to the community. You can find them at stsadm.blogspot.com/2007/08/stsadm-commands_09.html. At the time of this writing, he had added 41 additional capabilities to Stsadm. Among my favorites are extensions that make it easier to copy content types, lists, and security settings between sites, but with as many extensions as Gary has created, there are sure to be a handful of useful options for you.
The Lack of a Check in Documents Permission Level
When a user checks out a document, then forgets to check it in, other users can't edit the document. This is particularly painful when the user leaves on vacation, resigns, or is terminated. Anyone who has Design (or Full Control) permissions to a library (or to the individual document) can check in the document or discard the checkout. But it's annoying to have to escalate such a simple matter to the site administrators. Many organizations want to allow a subset of a library's users—perhaps the managers of the team or department—to check in documents that are locked for editing.
The Override Check Out permission allows one user to check in a document checked out by another user. The same permission allows a user to discard the checkout of a document checked out by another user. This permission is part of the Design and Full Control permission levels. You can delegate this specific permission by creating a new permission level. To do so, follow these steps:
1. Open the Site Settings page.
2. Click the Advanced Permissions link.
3. On the menu bar, click Settings and choose Permission Levels.
4. Click the Add a Permission Level button.
5. Enter a descriptive name, such as Manage Check Out.
6. In the List Permissions section, select Override Check Out. Other required permissions will automatically be selected.
7. Click OK.
After creating the permission level, follow these steps to create a role that will be associated with the permission.
1. Open People and Groups.
2. In the menu bar, click the New button drop-down arrow, then choose New Group.
3. Enter a group name, such as Document Check Out Managers.
4. If you want the group to have this permission for all lists and libraries in the site, select the permission in the Give Group Permission to this Site box. If you want to assign the group permissions to one or more specific lists or libraries, then clear all permissions.
5. Click OK.
Finally, you can give the role permission to the site or to one or more specific document libraries (or lists). To assign the group Override Check Out permission to the entire site, select the permission in step 4, above. To assign the group permission to one document library, open the permissions for the library, add the group (click the New button and choose Add Users), and select the permission level.
When you assign the role to a site or library, that site or library may be inheriting permissions from its parent—the default security model in SharePoint. You'll have to break inheritance before you can assign a new permission at that level. To do so, click the Actions button and choose Edit Permissions.


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Family-Friendly Hotel Close to Cape Cod Attractions
Cape Cod is both a peninsula and an island—while it uncurls into the Atlantic Sea from Massachusetts, the base of the peninsula was cut through by the US Army Corps of Engineers in 1914. But visitors can still easily access the Cape by driving over the Sagamore or Bourne Bridge to enjoy more than 500 miles of coastline. Located in Cape Cod's West Yarmouth (about an hour's drive from Provincetown), Bayside Resort Hotel offers a front-row seat to Lewis Bay. Jacuzzi suites have a romantic feel—a two-person tub is set just a few steps away from the king-size bed.
The hotel is situated close to waterfront seafood restaurants, quaint shopping areas, and numerous golf courses. There are also kid-pleasing amenities, such as an expansive indoor pool and a large arcade and game room stocked with video games, billiards, and air hockey.
In the morning, a complimentary continental breakfast awaits in the dining room. Menu items include fresh waffles, hard-boiled eggs, and pastries. At the resort's Moby Dick Pub (open daily through Columbus Day, then open weekends), bartenders pour draft beers and mix cocktails beneath a Ceiling Hall of Fame thick with dollar bills bearing messages scrawled by regulars past and present.
West Yarmouth, Massachusetts: Year-Round Amusements Along the Water
Set on the southern shore of the cape, West Yarmouth is a small waterfront town renowned for its 1816 lighthouse, Point Gammon, which presides over the entrance to Hyannis Harbor. The main industry in the town is tourism—especially in the summer. But there's plenty to do all year round. Elegant waterfront restaurants and upscale boutiques are scattered throughout West Yarmouth, and there's excellent antiquing opportunities, particularly at the Antiques Center of Yarmouth, where more than 150 dealers operate out of a grand brick building near Mill Creek.
More than 20 golf courses lie within a 20-minute drive of Bayside Resort Hotel. Families can keep themselves busy with bowling alleys, movie theaters, and the ZooQuarium, where a petting zoo, daily live bird shows, and an aquarium teach kids about Massachusetts wildlife. The Cape's bevy of charming seaside hamlets, including Provincetown and Falmouth, are easily accessible for day trips.


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Dr. Jean T. Stevenson is the Director of the MetroHealth Medical Center Breast Clinic and the Community Breast Cancer Screening Program. She is a surgeon in the Division of Surgical Oncology at MetroHealth Medical Center, and is an Assistant Professor of Surgery and Assistant Professor of General Medical Sciences (Oncology), both in the School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Stevenson received her BA in Biology at Cornell University, and her MD from the Medical College of Virginia. She completed her residency at University Hospitals of Cleveland, as well as other post-graduate training.
Dr. Stevenson has headed a number of research projects, has lectured extensively (locally and nationally), and has served as an investigator in several clinical trials. She serves on several hospital committees and is a member of a number of professional societies. Dr. Stevenson teaches resident physicians and medical students in both didactic and clinical settings.
In 2005, the Community Breast Cancer Screening Program "BREAST" (Bringing Education, Advocacy, and Support Together) program was launched. The program focuses on overcoming barriers to breast cancer screening among Latin American and African American women through education, advocacy and support. That same year Dr. Stevenson received the Community Outreach Award from the Cancer Care Center at MetroHealth Medical Center.


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It has been said that art can heal, and nothing can be more true for Dolores artist Lara Branca.
Nearly eight months ago, Branca locked the doors to the Hollywood Bar for the last time. Thirty minutes after she went home, a fire was reported and soon the historical bar where Branca was a bartender at for three years was up in flames. The bar where she met so many people was then roped off, a crime scene.
Arson was suspected and to this day nobody has been caught.
For Branca the bar was more than just a work place, it was a home. It was a place full of memories.
As a painter, Branca said she wants to paint lots of things, but she had to paint the Hollywood first.
"It has been really emotional doing these paintings," Branca said. "I'm just trying to honor the space, capture the movement and the feel."
Five paintings in memory of the Hollywood will be on display at the Sideshow Emporium and Gallery starting Saturday as part of a show titled "Rural Gothic."
Because Branca misses the bar so much, she often found herself in tears while painting, she said.
"I spent thousands of hours there," she said.
She often found it easy to paint because of this.
"It's unique paining a space you spent so much time in," she said. "I would just know if something didn't look right."
When Branca is finished with the series, she hopes to move on.
"I'm calling the pieces 'In Memoriam' to acknowledge the space that died, because that space did die. Even if it is rebuilt, it won't be the same."
So far, no word has been received to the Star of any plans to rebuild the Hollywood and the Montezuma County Sheriff's Department recently told the Star that they are no longer actively investigating the fire.
"It's been a healing process," she said about the painting.
Branca said her large oil painting titled "The Wood" conveys a feeling of light, movement and emotion. The colors are warm, like fire.
For more information on Branca and her art go to larabranca.net.


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In addition to the rise of motor touring, other external factors also contributed to the demise of the grand Victorian resorts of the Gilded Age.
Events such as World War I and the Great Depression brought tourism to screeching halts.
The Rickers always blamed their declining fortunes on the introduction of the federal income tax in 1913. More decisive, however, were internal family dynamics and missteps.
The grandsons of Hiram Ricker did not possess the same "hotel blood" as the sons had. Edward, Hiram, and Alvan died between 1928 and 1933, just as the Great Depression hit in full force.
Within a few years the family lost control of the resort. It passed through a succession of owners, each of whom tried unsuccessfully to retain the Gilded Age ambience and elegance.
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The Utica City School District has missed out on two grant opportunities worth about $1.2 million each for teacher training and development after the teachers union failed to sign off.
The Utica City School District has missed out on two grant opportunities worth about $1.2 million each for teacher training and development after the teachers union failed to sign off.
"We're very disappointed," said Carla Percia, Utica City School District director of grants, contracts and compliance.
The money would not only have meant the continuation of a current grant for teacher development, but the additional hiring of about 16 full-time and six part-time teachers, Percia said.
And at a time when the district is facing financial difficulty, those extra positions could have been used to save the jobs of those employees likely to be cut from the expected 2014-15 budget shortfall.
Utica Teachers Association President Cherie Grant said she did not agree to the grant due in July because it was "incomplete" when she received it for review.
And she didn't sign off on the grant due Dec. 2 because teachers hired to fill positions left vacant by those participating in the grant-funded instruction would then be laid off once the money was gone.
"Longitudinally I didn't see enough benefit for my members, and quite frankly the bottom line regarding layoffs is that until the state adequately funds school districts like Utica, I don't believe that grants can make up the difference or fill the void," Grant said. "That's on the state."
Historically, all prior Utica Teachers Association presidents have been supportive of grants that would benefit students and teachers and always have signed off, Percia said.
The Strengthening Teacher Leadership Effectiveness Grant is part of Race to the Top money given to the state to distribute to districts to improve instructional practices in every classroom while targeting the highest-needs students, according to the state Education Department.
The Utica City School District was awarded a two-year, nearly $1.18 million STLE grant in 2012-13, with which the district was able to provide professional development to 46 teacher leaders and six administrative leaders.
"Any professional development you do is really aimed at enhancing teacher practices which in turn increases student achievement," Percia said. "Teachers teaching teachers is more effective."
When the state announced another $1.2 million in grant money was available through Round 2 of STLE, the district planned to apply, Percia said.
The grant, however, had to be signed off on by the superintendent and administrators' and teachers' unions — all of whom OK'd the grant proposal, except for the Utica Teachers Association, so the district was not able to submit the proposal.
"It was an incomplete application," Grant said.
Percia said the union was given as much of the proposal as was available at the time and asked if the district could do anything to address concerns prior to the deadline, and that Grant said no.
"That's on her," Grant said. "It's my understanding that when the grant application is provided to my office for review that it will come complete and that when she and I sit down after I've reviewed it she'll answer any (concerns)."
When Round 3 was announced, the district yet again aimed for the roughly $1.2 million state grant, which could be used for the rest of this school year and all of 2014-15. It was able to apply for Round 3 as it had not received Round 2--the district was only eligible for one or the other, not both.
The Utica Teachers Association, however, failed to sign off by the Dec. 2 deadline after all other parties did, including the school board.
"I do not object to incentives for professional educators, but the terms and conditions of those incentives need to be negotiated at the local level prior to the application being completed and moved forward for review," Grant said.
Her main objection was in the terms and conditions regarding the end of the grant, when the teachers with seniority who participated could get their jobs back and those hired to fill the spots would be once again laid off, she said.
Denise Dispirito, teacher leader and Elementary Academic Intervention Services facilitator, said the training has been immensely helpful and catered to the district's unique needs and it's something the teachers wouldn't have gotten if it hadn't been for the grant.
"They're hungry for strategies, they're hungry to learn how to use these modules," Dispirito said. "I don't think teachers will stop. It will just be more difficult for them to get it."
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Irish Repertory Theatre Presents NOCTU, Previews 9/6
The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) launches its 24th Season with the American premiere of the new Irish dance performance piece NOCTÚ, an Èriu Dance Company production, with previews set to begin September 6 on the Irish Repertory's Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage, prior to an official press opening September 12.
Choreographed and directed by RIVERDANCE Principal Dancer Breandán de Gallaí, NOCTÚ is a completely new departure for the Irish dance show genre. It pushes the boundaries of the Irish dance aesthetic and explores new expression possibilities. This performance allows the
audience to get under the skin of those who perform in the dance world and allows us a glimpse of what matters to them.
Support for this production was provided by Imagine Ireland, an initiative of Culture Ireland.
In NOCTÚ, there are no boundaries, no rules, no expectations - only pure organic movement - an unexplored, visceral aesthetic is bared. The centerpiece of the show illustrates the world as the dancers see it - from their point of view ... through their lens. It is an unearthing of a personal narrative ... an archaeology of the self. It is a shameless display of that which was previously unimaginable ... a devil-may-care attitude to the conventional. It is an honest celebration of who we really are. As the work develops, awkward spaces are rejected and marginalized characters unite - their uniqueness celebrated as exceptional. It champions three central disenfranchised
characters as they negotiate a new space in which to function - one in which they feel they can belong.
NOCTÚ climaxes with an unrefined and coarse tribal celebration, a return to our bestial beginnings. This savagely danced piece is a lustful and reckless display of that which lurks beneath the skin, yearning to penetrate the surface.
NOCTÚ ... Exposed Dreams - Revealed Passions - Naked Truths.
NOCTÚ was the subject of the RTÉ reality TV series "Dance Off." The American premiere stars the Éiru Dance Company - an international cast of world-class Irish step dancers from Ireland, Scotland, England, Australia, Canada and Hungary: Jack Anderson, Peta Anderson, Ellen
Bonner, Orlagh Carty, Joseph Comerford, Niamh Darcy, Gyula Glaser, James Greenan, Kyla Marsh, Kienan Melino, Megan McElhatton, Ashlene McFadden, Nick O'Connell, Katrina O'Donnell, Aislinn Ryan, and Callum Spencer.
The production features original music by Joe Csibi, the former musical director of RIVERDANCE, plus traditional Irish music, classical compositions, and contemporary songs. NOCTÚ has lighting
design by Michael O'Connor and costume design by Nikki Connor. Scripting consultant is Seán de Gallaí. Production Stage Manager is Caesar Arroyo.
Choreographer and director Breandán de Gallaí's professional dancing career began with RIVERDANCE in Eurovision 1994, and spanned 9 years. As Principal Dancer for 7 of those years, he performed in Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, and led the company at the opening
ceremony of the World Special Olympic Games in 2003. He has shared the stage with the principals of The Royal Ballet, Darcy Bussell and Wayne Sleep, and has shared headline status with José Carreras. He has performed live for Presidents McAleese and Robinson of Ireland. He has also performed for the late King Hussein of Jordan; the Emperor of Japan; the late Diana, Princess of Wales; Prince Charles; Queen Elizabeth; Prince Rainier of Monte Carlo; and Queen Sonia of Norway. In 2007 he returned to RIVERDANCE as Dance Director. Breandán de
Gallaí won a scholarship to study Ballet and Modern dance at the Gus Giordano Dance Academy in 1987 and holds an honors degree in Applied Physics from DCU. He completed "Balor," a 90-minute contemporary Irish dance show to music composed by Joe Csibi. He regularly presents TV
programs for RTÉ and TG4 and was external examiner for the MA in Irish dance performance in the University of Limerick from 2004 until 2008. He graduated with an MA in Ethnochoreology from the University of Limerick in 2009, and is currently completing a PhD in Arts Practice.
Co-founded by Producing Director Ciarán O'Reilly and Artistic Director Charlotte Moore, The Irish Repertory Theatre opened its doors in September 1988 with Sean O'Casey's THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS. The mission of the theatre was and remains to bring works by Irish and Irish American masters and contemporary playwrights to American audiences; to provide a context for understanding the contemporary Irish American experience; and to encourage the development of new works focusing on the Irish and Irish American experience, as well as a range of other cultures.
Currently at The Irish Repertory Theatre is TRYST, Karoline Leach's romantic thriller about two lost souls and their secrets, with performances running through August 21. Directed by Joe Brancato,
TRYST co-stars Andrea Maulella and Mark Shanahan.
Performances of NOCTÚ run September 6-October 2 at The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues): Tuesday-Saturday at 8pm; plus 3pm matinees on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday (with the following exceptions: no performance September 11; 7pm opening on September 12). Tickets are $55 and $65, and are
available by calling 212-727-2737 or online at www.irishrep.org.
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College Park, MD, July 24, 2012—While the eyes of the world were turning to London for the Olympics, physics was in the air in Estonia as America's best high school physics students participated in the 43rd International Physics Olympiad (IPHO). Teams from 88 countries joined in the 10 day competition.
Estonia was the host of the event, which was held July 15-23, 2012. The Olympiad was held in two locations, the capital Tallinn (team leaders), and the oldest university town in Estonia, Tartu (students). Estonian people and the organizers of the Olympiad provided a unique cultural experience, introducing participants to the innovative country.
International Physics Olympiads aim to propagate "natural and exact sciences amongst school students, stimulating young people's interest in physics, and promoting science education throughout the world by means of international contacts. IPhO is one of the oldest and largest International Science Olympiads: the first Olympiad took place in 1967."
According to the IPhO statute, each national team will comprise of up to five students and two leaders. The contestants shall be students of general or technical secondary schools; students who have graduated from their school in the year of the competition can be members of the team as long as they have not commenced their university studies.
China and Taiwan tied for first place with 5 gold medals, Singapore was second with 4 gold Medals, the USA, Korea, and Russia tied with 3 gold and 2 silver. The participants representing the 2012 US Physics Team were:
"AAPT is proud to lead the selection process that identifies such exceptional student scholars. Their outstanding performance in this international competition is a reflection of the work of their coaches, the entire 2012 Physics Team, the support of their families, and the best of physics education," said Dr. Beth A. Cunningham, Executive Officer of the American Association of Physics Teachers.
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James Rodriguez believes Colombia can beat Brazil in quarterfinal
James Rodriguez, one of the stars of the World Cup, is confident Colombia can beat hosts Brazil in their historic quarterfinal.
Los Cafeteros wrote themselves into the record books on Saturday as they made it through to the last-eight for the first time in their history courtesy of an impressive 2-0 win against Uruguay.
Rodriguez, like so many times over the past few weeks, was the undoubted star of the show at the Maracana as he netted arguably the best individual effort of the tournament before finishing off one of the best team goals.
The 22-year-old's brace means Colombia will now take on Brazil in Fortaleza on Friday – a match they approach with the pressure off.
"We're very happy because we are making history," Rodriguez said, collecting his third man-of-the-match award of the tournament.
"As a younger man, I always wanted to be here. That was a great dream of mine and we hope that we can make it far.
"It is a dream and we are making history and we want to do even more because this is a team that wants to win a lot.
"There is no pressure. Obviously they have their good players, they play well but I believe they must also follow us closely.
"We have good players and we can be dangerous, so this is going to be a beautiful match. It will be something extraordinary for us to play."
The Estadio Castelao clash is a mouthwatering prospect and one which the build-up is sure to focus on the individual merits of Neymar and Rodriguez.
The latter was praised to the hilt for display against Uruguay, with Colombia coach Jose Pekerman saying the Monaco winger has "every attribute of a top-notch player at a world level" and that he "never had any doubts that this was going to be his World Cup".
Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez also heaped praise on Rodriguez, who he believes has been the best player in Brazil and put him in the same bracket as Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez.
"Well, thank you," Rodriguez said when told of Tabarez's comments. "It is a matter of great pride that someone like him has said that.
"I only want to help us so that the team can win. I want to help and do my share so that Colombia will make it far.
"Regarding Brazil, they are a hard team, they have great players and they also have their history.
"I believe that we have to come out onto the pitch to win as we have always done and to always attempt to win.
"I only want to help. I am at a good level, we're also scoring goals and I am happy because of that."
While Colombia can look forward to taking on the hosts, Uruguay were left ruing missed opportunities and the absence of Luis Suarez.
The forward's four-month ban dominated the run-up to a match in which his clinical finishing was clearly missing.
"We knew Colombia had a very good side, one that is able to keep possession and featuring very good players who contribute to the team," Uruguay coach Tabarez said.
"In the first half, they dictated the tempo and we conceded one of the goals of the tournament.
"In the second half, we made mistakes and conceded again.
"Then we had to take risks to reduce the deficit, but we came up against a 'keeper who performed extraordinarily well and didn't let us back into the match.
"But I'm proud of these players. Once again they showed character and gave it their all."


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Saturday's 4-0 defeat to Chelsea was the Potters' first in 18 games at the Britannia Stadium, and will only make them more determined to bounce back straight away by winning on Tuesday.
Considering their own dominance at home, and the fact that Palace have not won any of their last six on the road, Tony Pulis' men should have little trouble in securing the victory, and must be backed at handy 8.13 (1.62) odds with William Hill.
The Eagles were absolutely flying at the beginning of the season, but with just one win in their last eight matches, have gone off the boil somewhat.
It would be a big shock should they somehow pull off an upset in this tie, at odds of 9/2 (5.50).
Ian Holloway's side have drawn three of their last five away trips, and you can get odds of 13/5 (3.60) on them taking this match into extra time with a stalemate in Staffordshire.
Although Wilfried Zaha has been grabbing all the headlines for Palace after making his international debut and prompting interest from several of the country's biggest clubs, the visitors' main goal threat is the less-celebrated Glenn Murray.
The striker is the top scorer in the Championship this season with an impressive 22 goals in 23 matches, and his presence was missed in the home game against Stoke.
With him back in the side, the Eagles will be much more confident of hitting the back of the net, and he is not to be missed at 2/1 (3.00) to score anytime.
This bet is particularly attractive as Murray is the club's designated penalty taker, and those services could well be called upon against a team that have conceded three spot kicks in their last five outings. Although Murray may find the back of the net, Stoke look decent value for the win and should be the main selection here at 8/13 (1.62).
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Packt Publishing is hosting the 2007 Open Source CMS Awards and LifeType made it to the final in the category "Best Open Source Social Networking CMS". We have some serious competition in our group: Drupal and Wordpress. (Although I don't think Wordpress can be considered "Social Networking CMS" as it's only a single blog installation, but that's another story. ;-)
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East Coast Excellent: Weinrib Rug, Credenza & Jenny Lind Bed
There are many great things about the eastern part of the country; here are five more.
- Somerville, MA: Pink Jenny Lind Bed - $500
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