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Six To Eight Servings
¾ pound thin egg noodles such as spaghettini or angel hair
1 ½ tablespoons olive oil
3 tablespoons minced fresh ginger
½ cup minced scallions, white part only
3 cups ¼ -inch sections scallion greens
3 tablespoons rice wine or sake
4 cups bean sprouts, rinsed and drained
Toasted Sesame Dressing, mixed together to dissolve sugar:
7 tablespoons soy sauce
3 ½ tablespoons toasted sesame oil
1 to 1 ½ tablespoons sugar
¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons Japanese rice vinegar
3 tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted until golden in a dry pan+
1. Heat 4 quarts water in a large pot until boiling. Add the noodles and swirl in the water. Cook until near tender, about 8 to 9 minutes and drain in a colander and rinse under cold water to remove the starch. Drain thoroughly in a colander. (It is considered bad luck, but you may clip in half the noodles to make them easier to stir-fry.)
2. Heat a wok or a heavy skillet over high heat. Add the oil and heat until very hot, about 15 seconds. Add the ginger and minced scallion whites, and stir-fry until fragrant, about 20 seconds. Add the greens, rice wine and bean sprouts and toss lightly for a minute.
3. Add the pre-mixed Toasted Sesame Dressing and the cooked noodles and toss lightly over high heat until the noodles are heated through. Add the toasted sesame seeds, reserving a little for the top. Toss lightly to coat and spoon onto a serving platter. Serve warm or at room temperature.
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Dim Sum Glossary
In some dim sum parlors in Hong Kong, where ingredients
are prime and innovation is encouraged, the dim sum are
extraordinarily diverse. The chef might experiment with
the traditional recipe, creating a new variation on an old theme,
or even a completely new type. There are, however, a number of
standard classics, and the following glossary covers the most traditional
forms which will be found in all fine dim sum restaurants – in any country.
CHA SHAO BAO (Barbecued Pork Buns) airy, globular buns with a
yeast dough skin stuffed with slices of barbecued pork coated in oyster sauce.
CHANG FEN ( Stuffed Sweet Rice Rolls) squat steamed rolls made with
a slippery, white sweet-rice skin and stuffed with a shrimp, beef, or scallop filling.
CHUN JUAN ( Spring Rolls) slender, deep-fried rolls stuffed with pork,
bamboo shoots, and shrimp and wrapped in thin skins made of flour and water.
DAN TA (Custard Tarts) flaky tarts with a rich and eggy custard center.
DOU SHI PAI GU (Steamed Spareribs in Black Bean Sauce) bite-sized
spareribs coated with a fermented black bean sauce.
LO PO GAO ( Fried Turnip Cake) slices of a steamed pudding-like cake
made with shredded daikon radish, chopped Chinese sausage, and rice powder
that are pan-fried until golden brown and crisp.
LUO MI JI (Stuffed Lotus Leaves) steamed packages of lotus leaves stuffed
with glutinous rice, chicken, diced shrimp, and black mushrooms.
(The lotus leaf merely provides flavor and is not eaten.)
SHAO MAI (Steamed Pork Dumplings) open-faced dumplings with a thin
flour and water skin, stuffed with ground pork and garnished with a variety of
ingredients, including peas, chopped ham, and crab roe.
XIA JAO (Steamed Shrimp Dumplings or HAR GAO) delicate dumplings with
translucent wheat-starch skins stuffed with chopped shrimp and water chestnuts.
Soy sauce and mustard are often mixed and used as a dipping sauce.
XING REN DOUFU (Almond Bean Curd) a refreshing almond-flavored jelly
usually cut into squares or diamond shapes and mixed with fresh or canned fruit salad.
JIAO YU (Stuffed Taro Balls) deep-fried balls made with a mashed,
steamed taro skin and a pork, shrimp, and black mushroom filling.
GUO TIEH (Pan-Fried Dumplings) crusty pan-seared dumplings stuffed with ground pork and cabbage


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Colgate University (Hamilton, NY)
There is no doubt that Colgate possesses one of, if not the, most beautiful college campus in the country. Set in a large bowl-shaped valley in the foothills of the Adirondacks, there are 360 degree views that are especially impressive in the fall. Facilities on campus are new, in many cases, and top-notch, in all cases. It is unique among similar liberal arts college in its slightly larger size, about 2800 students. Also unusual is the Division I athletic program; in fact, Colgate was voted the 2nd most fit campus in the country. Greek life is strong on campus with about 1/3 of the campus participating. International relations is an extremely strong program, as are English, philosophy and biology. Colgrate students seem a bit more preprofessional in their orientation than similar institutions, and Colgate alumni rank first among liberal arts college graduates in mid-career salaries. Perhaps due to the strong athletic program and the rural location, Colgate has a strong community feel. The political atmosphere on campus is probably a bit more conservative than peer institutions in the Northeast, and typical student dress is athletic and preppy. Opportunities for outdoor recreation abound, but the nearest city is Syracuse, about an hour away. KRead More

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Observational Study of Surgical Treatment of Necrotizing Enterocolotis (NEC Surgery)
|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: NCT01223261
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : October 18, 2010
Last Update Posted : September 26, 2017
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|Condition or disease
|Infant, Newborn Infant, Low Birth Weight Infant, Small for Gestational Age Infant, Premature Enterocolitis, Necrotizing Intestinal Perforation
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a condition, generally affecting premature infants, in which the intestines become ischemic (lack oxygen and/or blood flow). NEC occurs in up to 5-15% of extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants. Isolated or focal intestinal perforation (IP) is a less common condition, affecting an estimated 4% of ELBWs, in which a hole develops in the intestines leaking fluid into the abdomin. The outcomes for infants with NEC or IP are poor: 49% die and half of the surviving infants are neurodevelopmentally impaired.
Surgical options for NEC and IP include two possible procedures: peritoneal drainage, in which a tube is placed in the abdominal cavity through a small incision for fluid to drain out; or laparotomy, in which an incision is made in the abdomen and diseased intestine is removed. Infants treated with an initial drainage sometimes go on to need a laparotomy. Most surgeons now believe that a diagnosis of the intestinal perforation (IP) may actually be either true NEC or a different and distinct pathology, termed isolated intestinal perforation. The ability to distinguish these 2 conditions preoperatively, based on perinatal characteristics, physical examination findings, and findings on abdominal plain film imaging, remains unknown. If these 2 entities can be distinguished preoperatively, the intervention chosen and outcomes may be different. From the two available surgical options, tt is not known whether initial laparotomy or peritoneal drain placement is more effective for either NEC or IP.
This study was a prospective, multicenter observational study to describe the surgical outcomes (mortality, post-operative intestinal stricture, intra-abdominal abscess formation, etc.) in ELBW infants with either NEC or IP who underwent initial laparotomy or peritoneal drainage. We also evaluated the ability of surgeons to distinguish NEC and IP pre-operatively and the relevance of this distinction on outcome. Finally, an analysis of the impact of extent of intestinal involvement with NEC on outcome measures is reported.
All ELBW infants born at participating NRN centers were screened for the presence of NEC or IP that was thought by the pediatric surgeon and neonatologist to require surgical intervention. Data were collected enrolled infants, including: intraoperative findings recorded by the surgeon and specific post-operative complications.
Neurodevelopmental examinations were conducted on surviving infants at 18-22 months corrected age.
|Study Type :
|Actual Enrollment :
|156 participants
|Observational Model:
|Time Perspective:
|Official Title:
|Observational Study of Surgical Treatment of Necrotizing Enterocolotis or Isolated Intestinal Perforation
|Study Start Date :
|March 2001
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|September 2002
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|March 2004
- Feasibility of conducting a randomized trial [ Time Frame: 1 year ]Ability to enroll infants in a 1-year period
- Document variation in current surgical practices [ Time Frame: Until hospital discharge or 120 days of life ]
- Prevalence of infants who would qualify for the study [ Time Frame: Until hospital discharge or 120 days of life ]
- Frequency of postoperative complications [ Time Frame: Until hospital discharge or 120 days of life ]
- Neurodevelopmental impairment [ Time Frame: 18-22 months corrected age ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|up to 6 Weeks (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Infants born 401-1,000 grams at birth enrolled in the NRN Generic Database
- Sage III NEC or isolated intestinal perforation
- Pediatric surgeon decision to perform surgery for suspected NEC or IP
Exclusion Criteria:
- Decision not to treat
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): NCT01223261
|United States, Alabama
|University of Alabama at Birmingham
|Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35233
|United States, California
|Stanford University
|Palo Alto, California, United States, 94304
|University of California at San Diego
|San Diego, California, United States, 92103-8774
|United States, Connecticut
|Yale University
|New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06504
|United States, Florida
|University of Miami
|Miami, Florida, United States, 33136
|United States, Georgia
|Emory University
|Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30303
|United States, Indiana
|Indiana University
|Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202
|United States, Michigan
|Wayne State University
|Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48201
|United States, New York
|University of Rochester
|Rochester, New York, United States, 14642
|United States, North Carolina
|Wake Forest University
|Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 27157
|RTI International
|Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27705
|Duke University
|Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710
|United States, Ohio
|Cincinnati Children's Medical Center
|Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45267
|Case Western Reserve University, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
|Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106
|United States, Rhode Island
|Brown University, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
|Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02905
|United States, Texas
|University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
|Dallas, Texas, United States, 75235
|University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
|Study Director:
|Martin L. Blakely, MD
|The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
|Principal Investigator:
|Waldemar A. Carlo, MD
|University of Alabama at Birmingham
|Principal Investigator:
|William Oh, MD
|Brown University, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
|Principal Investigator:
|Avroy A. Fanaroff, MD
|Case Western Reserve University, Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
|Principal Investigator:
|Edward F. Donovan, MD
|Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
|Principal Investigator:
|Barbara J. Stoll, MD
|Emory University
|Principal Investigator:
|Charles R. Bauer, MD
|University of Miami
|Principal Investigator:
|James A. Lemons, MD
|Indiana University
|Principal Investigator:
|David K. Stevenson, MD
|Stanford University
|Principal Investigator:
|Abbot R. Laptook, MD
|University of Texas
|Principal Investigator:
|Seetha Shankaran, MD
|Wayne State University
|Principal Investigator:
|Richard A. Ehrenkranz, MD
|Yale University
|Principal Investigator:
|Ronald N. Goldberg, MD
|Duke University
|Principal Investigator:
|T. Michael O'Shea, MD MPH
|Wake Forest University
|Principal Investigator:
|Dale L. Phelps, MD
|University of Rochester
|Principal Investigator:
|Neil N. Finer, MD
|University of California, San Diego
|Principal Investigator:
|W. Kenneth Poole, PhD
|RTI International
Additional Information:
Publications of Results:
Keywords provided by NICHD Neonatal Research Network:
NICHD Neonatal Research Network
Very Low Birth Weight (VLBW)
Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW)
Isolated intestinal perforation
Focal intestinal performation
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Birth Weight
Intestinal Perforation
Enterocolitis, Necrotizing
Body Weight
Signs and Symptoms
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Intestinal Diseases


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Car Cruisers Banned From Cannock
'Street racers' in Cannock could face up to two years in prison or a fine as new powers are given to police.
Live updates
Car cruisers face prison if they gather in Cannock
'Street racers' in Cannock could face up to two years in prison or a fine as new powers are given to police.
The court injunction issued today at Birmingham High Court, comes into force immediately.
It prohibits street racing along The Orbital, Eastern Way, Watling Street, Lichfield Road, Walsall Road and A4601 Avon Road.
Over the last year complaints of up to 150 cars gathering each Sunday evening between 6.00am and 2.00am have been made to police and Cannock Chase Council with weekday meetings also becoming more common.
The injunction to stop the speedracers which drive at up to 100mph, was applied for because of the speeding, excessive noise, dangerous driving and un-roadworthy cars.
The court order defines car cruising as a 'congregation of drivers, of two or more vehicles, between the hours of 7.00pm and 7.00am on a public highway.
The 'car cruisers' are also banned from two retail parks; Linkway and Orbital.
The order comes after the death of a 22-year-old man from Rugeley, who was involved in an accident with three cars, police believe they were racing one another.
Chief Inspector Carl Ratcliffe said "Street racers have been a persistent and serious problem in Cannock for too long. Car cruisers not only put their own lives in danger, they pose a threat to other motorists and a major disturbance to local residents and businesses."


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Canisius to Host Open House April 27
BUFFALO, NY - Canisius College will host an Open House for prospective undergraduate students on Saturday, April 27 from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the college's campus located on Main Street in Buffalo, New York.
Faculty, administrators and students will be on hand to greet prospective students interested in any of the majors offered by the college through the Richard J. Wehle School of Business, the School of Education & Human Services and the College of Arts & Sciences. Parents of students are also encouraged to attend. Pre-registration is strongly recommended. Students and parents may also register at 9:30 a.m. the day of the event at the college's Montante Cultural Center on Main Street at Eastwood Place.
The program includes campus tours, a parent panel, academic presentations by faculty, and information involving financial aid, student life and the admissions process.
For additional details or to pre-register, call the Canisius College Admissions Office at 716-888-2200 or toll free at 1-800-843-1517.
One of 28 Jesuit universities in the nation, Canisius is the premier private university in Western New York


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Archaeology, Protohistory, and Ceremony in the Pee Dee River Valley . . .
For more than a thousand years, Indians lived an agricultural life on the lands that became known as North Carolina. About the 11th century A.D., a new cultural tradition emerged in the Pee Dee River Valley. That new culture, called "Pee Dee" by archaeologists, was part of a widespread tradition known as "South Appalachian Mississippian." Throughout Georgia, South Carolina, eastern Tennessee, western North Carolina, and the southern North Carolina Piedmont, the new culture gave rise to complex societies. These inhabitants built earthen mounds for their spiritual and political leaders, engaged in widespread trade, supported craft specialists, and celebrated a new kind of religion.
Pee Dee culture represents a regional expression of South Appalachian Mississippian culture that interacted and evolved with other centers located throughout the Southeast. Indians of the Pee Dee culture established a political and ceremonial center on a low bluff overlooking the confluence of Town Creek and Little River. In addition to being a major habitation spot, the Town Creek site served as a place for discussion of matters important to the collective clans of the tribe. In this way, it was the setting for significant religious ceremonies and feasts, which often lasted several days. There many socially high-ranking members of the tribe lived, died, and were buried.
The "busk" was the most important ceremony of Indians living in the South Appalachian Mississippian sphere. During the busk, houses were cleaned and the temple and grounds were repaired. All fires were extinguished and all debts and grievances were resolved. From outlying villages people came and gathered at the ceremonial center for rituals of purification: ceremonial bathing, fasting, scratching the body with garfish teeth, and taking cathartic medicines. Everyone prepared to begin the new year with the eating of new corn at the conclusion of the busk, also known as "poskito." At the close of the busk visitors returned to their villages, carrying with them embers from the sacred fire with which to relight the hearths in their own homes. Sharing the fire symbolized unity among the Pee Dee, making them "people of one fire."
Excavations began at Town Creek in 1937 and continued for fifty years. Today excavations continue on a limited basis. The property became a state historic site in 1955. During the 1950s and 1960s key features of the site were reconstructed, including the mound, two temple structures, the burial house, and the surrounding stockade. Today the Town Creek site remains the only state historic site in North Carolina dedicated to American Indian heritage.
Excavations revealed that the mound at Town Creek was constructed over an early rectangular structure known as an "earth lodge." The walls of the structure were formed by individual posts set in holes. Earth was then piled in an embankment around the walls and over the roof to create the lodge. Eventually this structure collapsed. Its remains and the surrounding area were covered, creating a low earthen mound that served as a platform upon which a temple was erected. This structure was later destroyed by fire. A second structure was built atop the new mound. An east-facing ramp provided access from the plaza to the top of the mound.
Public meetings and ceremonial activities took place in the large plaza or open area. Several structures, including some that served as burial or mortuary houses, were built around the edge of the plaza. The burial house was a special building containing the graves of people who probably belonged to the same clan. The mound, plaza, mortuary, and habitation areas were enclosed by a stockade made of closely set posts plastered with a mixture of clay and straw called daub. Archaeological investigations further revealed two guard towers, or gatesone each on the north and south edges of the stockade. Evidence of five periods of stockade building was found.
A visit to Town Creek Indian Mound offers a glimpse of pre-Columbian life in Piedmont North Carolina. The visitor center contains interpretive exhibits, as well as audiovisual programs that bring alive a rich cultural heritage from the buried past. Self-guided tours of the rebuilt structures and mound and other group activities are available.
Time before History:
The Archaeology of North Carolina
by H. Trawick Ward and R. P. Stephen Davis Jr.,
University of North Carolina Press, 1999.
Town Creek Indian Mound:
A Native American Legacy
by Joffre Lanning Coe,
University of North Carolina Press, 1995.


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Oil market 'can cope with more Iran export cuts'
Vienna, July 1, 2013
The top U.S. energy official said world oil markets could cope with further cuts in Iran's oil exports from tighter sanctions over its nuclear programme as rising supply from the United States and Iraq offsets the loss.
U.S. lawmakers are embarking this summer on a campaign to deal a deeper blow to Iran's diminishing oil exports, and analysts say the ultimate goal could be a near total cut-off.
But U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said growing U.S. and Iraqi oil output meant Iran was not now a "dominant player in the market" and that there was "quite a bit of potential for increased production to offset any further reduction".
There is also substantial reserve capacity in major OPEC producers such as Saudi Arabia, he said.
"So I would think that with further sanctions, the markets could be quite resilient to that," said Moniz, who took office last month.
From a technical point of view, "we can certainly manage a further reduction of Iranian exports", he said in an interview in Vienna.
Western sanctions aimed at choking the flow of oil money into Iran and forcing Tehran to negotiate on its controversial nuclear programme slashed crude exports to 700,000 barrels a day in May, the lowest in decades, according to industry sources.
But crude prices are still lower than they were a year ago.
Any further squeeze in Iran's oil exports could risk antagonizing China and India, the biggest remaining buyers of Iranian crude, and could push oil prices higher in a hit to the global economy.
Both political parties in the U.S. Congress are pressing for tougher sanctions, betting that a U.S. oil boom and ample global supply will prevent prices from spiking.
Iran says its nuclear programme is a peaceful bid to generate electricity, but Washington and its allies suspect Tehran is seeking the capability to make nuclear weapons.
Moniz also said he expected a "fair amount of action" by his department in 2013 in evaluating applications by U.S. firms to export natural gas.
Companies hoping to ship gas abroad have been frustrated by lengthy delays and rule changes as they await Department of Energy approval of their applications.
"I'm planning to go through them as rapidly as I can," he said.
Last week, U.S. President Barack Obama included a robust endorsement of natural gas use around the world as he sought to revive his stalled climate change agenda.
But how much the United States will supply remained unclear as more than a dozen companies await approval to sell excess gas to countries such as India and Japan, where it will fetch higher prices than in the domestic market.
The Energy Department has so far approved two projects to ship liquefied natural gas (LNG).
"I've committed to start that process expeditiously, and I certainly expect to have substantial numbers of that (evaluation of export license applications) this year," Moniz said.
The surge in shale gas production has helped make the United States a leading natural gas producer and potentially a major exporter. But some manufacturers and lawmakers have warned that a rapid push to export LNG could lead to a rise in U.S. gas prices and harm consumers and energy-intensive industries.
Moniz said applications would be handled on a case-by-case basis and suggested he would not change the order in which his department rules on applications - a policy made in midstream that put some players at a disadvantage.
"My intent is to move forward with the queue as it is spelled out," he said, making clear he did not agree with a major LNG trade group, which said it was unlawful. "Our lawyers feel it is certainly completely rational."
If the Department of Energy waits about two months between each export decision, as Acting Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Christopher Smith has signalled, projects near the end of queue might not get a DOE permit before late 2015.
Asked if this was a realistic timetable, Moniz said: "I would say it's not unrealistic. But maybe we can do it faster." – Reuters


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The Icecreamists by Matt O'Connor
Remember the whole controversy about Baby Gaga (since renamed Baby Googoo), the breast milk ice cream served by a London boutique? That was the work of Matt O'Connor and The Icecreamists, who have continued to provoke with their punk-inspired "vice creams," cocktails, sundaes, and other guilty pleasures, as they call them. I was ready to roll my eyes at their deliberately outrageous approach, but after flipping through their new cookbook, I'm more hungry than shocked.
Quick Facts
• Who wrote it: Matt O'Connor
• Who published it: Mitchell Beazley
• Number of recipes: 78
• Recipes for right now: A Chocwork Orange Dark Chocolate & Orange Ice Cream; The Ladychiller Rose Petal Ice Cream; Smack, Crack, and Pop Popcorn Ice Cream; Cold Sweat Chile, Ginger, and Lemongrass Ice Cream; Brain Freeze Watermelon and Vodka Sorbetto
• Other highlights: Though it contains recipes for The Icecreamists' infamous Baby Googoo Ice Cream and Sex Bomb Stimulant Ice Cream, beneath the subversive façade this book is really about making luxurious ice cream and gelato at home. Matt O'Connor is a passionate advocate for great ingredients, having fun, and being creative. Beyond the expected ingredients like milk, cream, eggs, fresh fruit, and chocolate, there are recipes featuring cake, popcorn, doughnuts, marshmallows, peanut butter, licorice, chile peppers, marmalade, and plenty of booze, from Guinness to absinthe.
The Icecreamists' aesthetic won't be for everyone, but I found myself gazing longingly at the gorgeous photos and innovative flavors — and I generally don't even like ice cream!
• Who would enjoy this book? people looking for new and bold ice cream and cocktail ideas, fans of The Icecreamists boutiques
Find the book at your local library, independent bookstore, or Amazon: The Icecreamists by Matt O'Connor
• Visit the author's website: The Icecreamists
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It poses a huge opportunity for development as it is such a large, open space; something rarely found in Downtown Boston and especially next to one of its most densely populated neighborhoods. Not to mention, the area is also surrounded by several hubs of mass transit, being a 5 minute walk from South Station and other public transportation stations, in addition to being located at the intersection of I-93 and the Mass Pike. According to the Globe, officials envision the area to become an iconic new south entrance to the city for commuters driving through on the interstate, abutted by modernly designed high-rise buildings. The goal is to integrate up to 1,500 housing units, several outdoor parks, recreation facilities, and space for retailers and restaurants. Attempts to attract developers in the past have failed, so this time the city has decided to start from square one and focus on smaller areas at a time, designating five separate parcels.
|Aerial View of Parcel 25
The department decided to try something new with this project by requiring the proposals to include opportunities for women and/or minority business owners. This requirement will be part of the criteria to judge each proposal. MassDOT will be accepting proposals through March 7.
Already set for development in the Spring is Parcel 24, sitting right across the street from Parcel 25, and bound by Kneeland, Hudson, and Albany Streets. In the past this area used to be a bustling and vibrant residential neighborhood, home to many Chinese, Syrian, and Lebanese immigrants before 300 of its residents were displaced by the construction of the Central Artery in the 1960s. This project hopes to restore the area to its original glory by constructing a six story north building and a ten story south building, providing 345 residential housing units, including condos and rentals, 42% of which will be affordable and reserved for low income families. Also included in the project will be 13,600 square feet of green space, a parking garage with 125 spaces, and 5,500 square feet of ground floor retail. 700 construction jobs and 24 permanent jobs are expected to be created.
In October, Governor Patrick and Mayor Menino announced that the city and state would provide money for the $130 million development, using funding from a $64.5 million federal aid package. Asian Community Development Corporation will be footing the rest of the bill and is the one responsible for the project. ACDC is a nonprofit, community based organization founded in 1987 and is responsible for other developments like Oak Terrace and the Metropolitan tower. They hope that this project will help revitalize Chinatown. Construction is expected to be finished by 2014.
At the moment the other parcels are not up for bidding, and it will be several years before they are even open to do so. It will take a long time before this "southern gateway" is complete, but Bostonians will be able to look forward to a larger skyline on their way into the city in the future.


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May 10, 2006
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. _ Lipscomb's Bisons used an 11-hit attack to beat Austin Peay 9-2 Tuesday night on the road at Raymond C. Hand Park.
The Bisons, 20-27 overall, make the short trip to Southeastern Conference foe Vanderbilt Wednesday for a 4 p.m. game.
The Bisons spotted Austin Peay a 2-1 lead with runs in both the first and second innings.
In the second the Bisons scored their first run on a solo home run to left field by Ryan Price.
The Bisons added two more in the fourth inning. Ryan Mitchell singled to left center to lead off. Nathan Sensing place a bunt single down the third base line. Zac Miller walked to load the bases. Price reached base on a fielder's choice to score Mitchell. After Whit Reed struck out Patrick O'Rourke was safe on a fielder's choice that brought Sensing home.
In the eighth and ninth innings the Bisons closed out the game with six runs, three in each inning.
Mitchell started off the eighth with a single to center field. Sensing put a bunt single down the first base line. Miller loaded the based when he reached base on an error by the pitcher. Price grounded into a double play, but Mitchell scored. Sensing, who had moved to third on the double play ball, then scored on a passed ball. With two outs Reed walked. O'Rourke singled through the left side. Preston Embrey reached base on a fielding error by the right fielder which brought Reed home.
In the ninth Tadd Brewer opened the inning with a single up the middle. He then stole second base. Mitchell walked. Sensing got hi third bunt single of the game, this one down the third base line. Brewer scored on a throwing error by the third baseman on Sensing's bunt. Allen Bolden singled through the right side scoring Sensing and Mitchell.
Sensing led the Bisons with three hits. Mitchell added two. Bolden and Price each had two runs batted in. Austin Peay sent seven pitchers to the mound. Mike Reynolds, who pitched five innings to start the game for Austin Peay picked up the loss, evening his record at 3-3.
Charles Williams started for the Bisons. He pitched four innings and allowed two runs, one earned, on seven hits. He did not walk a batter and struck out two.
Ryan Carroll pitched 2.1 innings of relief and earned the win, evening his record at 1-1. He gave up two hits and walked four, but did not allow a run.
Paul Piennette threw two-thirds of an inning of hitless baseball. Matt Schnelly closed out the game with one hit and four strikeouts in the final two innings.
After the Vanderbilt game , the Bisons will play their final Atlantic Sun road series Saturday and Sunday at North Florida.


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 Welcome to Campaign 4 Consent!
What is consent?
The concept of consent is easy. If someone wants to engage in sexual intercourse, they will give their consent – in other words, they will agree, so there is no confusion. There are no "blurred lines†when it comes to sexual activity. If someone is crying, admits to feeling pressured, says no or is unable to give consent (underage, incoherently drunk, etc), they have not given consent, and should not be persuaded or forced to do anything.
No-one should be taken advantage of when they are vulnerable, and that is a moral code which we hope a greater understanding of consent will promote. No matter what someone is wearing and no matter how much they may have been "flirtingâ€, no-one is ever asking to be assaulted – ever. We want every student in the country to know this, so that such terrible crimes as sexual assault can be taken more seriously and can be prevented.
Consent is important; it's there to protect us. It's there to make sure that people cannot force someone to take part in sexual intercourse without having committed a crime. It is not a guideline, it is a code to live by; if someone doesn't give consent, that is final – consent has NOT been given.
What is Campaign4Consent?
Campaign4Consent is a TYFA campaign to get sexual consent taught in schools as part to the SRE (sex and relationships education)National Curriculum. We believe that the current curriculum is lacking information in important areas of teaching teens how to have happy, healthy sexual relationships such as LGBT+ sex and relationships, abusive relationships or consent. We believe that all of these are important and need to be taught but it is immediately crucial for consent to be taught as it is universally relevant as well as just a very basic concept that should be common knowledge however is very often overlooked.


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Buhmann on Art
Spring gallery offerings addrress military, celebrity, domestic concerns
Organized by Greg Allen, this exhibition features multiple images and objects from the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey and Project Echo. Both were prominent projects from the early days of the Space Race. Including one object and two seemingly unrelated series of photographs, the show reveals the sudden transition in mankind's perception of outer space. As the launch of Sputnik heightened the Cold War's contentious dynamic, the U.S.'s aggressive and highly visual response transformed space into a site of military, political and cultural activity.
Through May 8, at apexart (291 Church St., btw. Walker & White Sts.). Hours: Tues.-Sat., 11am-6pm. Call 212-431-5270 or visit apexart.org.
For his first solo exhibition with the gallery, Merritt presents new work from his "Templates for a Machine Made From Earth" series. In addition to the featured gypsum cement tablets and objects made of wax, aluminum and magnesium, Merritt also works with sound and video. One of his site-specific projects involved collaboration with a city utility locator. Demarcating various lines of flow throughout the gallery space, the work reflects the Brooklyn-based artist's thesis that, "We are abstractions swimming through a concrete haze; constantly excavating, constantly sifting."
Through May 12, at KANSAS (59 Franklin St., btw. Lafayette & Broadway). Hours: Tues.-Sat., 11am-6pm. Call 646-559-1423 or visit kansasgallery.com.
- Image courtesy of the artist and apexart
Beacon satellites on display in the US Pavilion at Expo67, Montreal. See "Exhibition Space."
Since the mid-1990s, when Peyton reached critical acclaim, she has been one of the most influential figurative painters of our time. Her subjects range from close friends and boyfriends to European monarchy and celebrities. Many of her stylized portraits of rock stars such as David Bowie and Kurt Cobain have become well-known and frequently publicized images in the media landscape. Small-scale, these works are usually executed in oil paint, applied with washy glazes, watercolor, pencilz and etching. This show features new works by the artist, who splits her time between Long Island and Berlin.
Through May 13, at Gavin Brown's enterprise (620 Greenwich St., at Morton St.). Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Call 212-627-5258 or visit gavinbrown.biz.
- Image courtesy of artist and Gasser Grunert Gallery
From "Engines of War," Benjamin Lowy's "Iraq | Perspectives I" (taken from 2003-2008; Digital C-Print; 20 x 24 in., edition of 10 + 2 AP).
In this exhibition, curators Charles Dee Mitchell and Cynthia Mulcahy explore how the United States of America conducts war in the 21st century. Though images of drones and other material military equipment make up much of the content, Mitchell and Mulcahy's show stresses that it is still the men and women serving in the armed forces who remain the primary, highly trained yet fragile weapons of the United States military. Contributing artists to the exhibition employ a wide range of approaches.
Through May 4, at Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc. (524 W. 19th St., btw. 10th & 11th Aves.). Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Call 646-944-6197 or visit gassergrunert.net.
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Margaret Watkins' "Pan Lids" (1919).
In the 1920s, Margaret Watkins (1884-1969) was an instructor at the Clarence H. White School of Photography — the most prominent American pedagogical institution for pictorialism at the time. Her photographs are characterized by the nuanced interplay of light and shade. Inspired by Cubism, their overall aesthetic is distinctly modernist, while their subject matter is usually rooted in the domestic environment. Born in Canada, Watkins' professional success in New York in the 1920s was cut short when she moved to Scotland in 1929 to care for elderly relatives. Stranded by circumstance and then the arrival of war, she never returned to North America.
Through May 11 at Robert Mann Gallery (525 W. 26th St., btw. 10th & 11th Aves.). Hours: Tues.-Fri., 10am-6pm and Sat., 11am-6pm. Call 212-989-7600 or visit robertmann.com.


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Security, Reconsidered
A narrow focus on security keeps CIOs from addressing other IT risks, says MIT's George Westerman. The solution? Adjust how CIOs think about security and develop capabilities often overlooked.
Dr. George Westerman is a research scientist at the Center for Information Systems Research (CISR) at the MIT Sloan School of Management and co-author, with Richard Hunter, a group vice president at Gartner, of the new book IT Risk: Turning Business Threats Into Competitive Advantage (Harvard Business School Press, August 2007; 256 pages, $35). "When I first joined the Center for Information Systems Research, it was right after 9/11, it was right after these major worms had hit, and different security issues and Sarbanes-Oxley were hitting at the same time," says Westerman. "People kept asking us questions about risk, and we didn't have a good answer on what risk means to the organization." The book is the culmination of five years' thinking and research devoted to IT risk management, and on finding a way to flip the coin and turn IT risk into business gain. CIO Insight Executive Editor Allan Alter asked Westerman what he learned during that past half-decade. The following is an edited version of their conversation.
CIO INSIGHT: Our research studies have found many IT executives believe they take an enterprise risk management approach to security. Do they, or are they fooling themselves?
WESTERMAN: We haven't seen a lot of firms that take a full, holistic view of risk. Risk has four elements we call the four A's: Availability, keeping the systems and the processes running. Access, making sure the right people have information and the wrong people don't. Accuracy, making sure the information we have is accurate and timely and complete. Agility, is IT helping or hurting an organization's ability to make major strategic changes? Yes, IT security is a big element of those four risks, but this holistic view is different from talking about risk in terms of silos like continuity, security and regulations. It means thinking about risk in terms of tradeoffs among the four business risks that are most affected by IT, rather than in terms of silos. While it's very hard for a businessperson to engage in a discussion of the importance of strong authentication or encryption, we can engage the business executive in the question of which processes are most important, and what is the business impact of having an availability problem in this process. We can have similar discussions about access, accuracy and agility. Tektronix, a big electronics equipment manufacturer, wanted to do a major corporate restructuring back in the late Nineties, and it turned out they couldn't: To spin off one of their major divisions, they would have had to give a copy of basically every system in the organization to the buyer. They actually had to put an ERP system in place, spending over $50 million in three years, just to disentangle the system so they could do acquisitions and divestitures. That's a major, major agility issue.
I think we in IT have always known these things, and many of the conversations we have with business executives have been about risk. But because we tend to talk about risk in these technical silos, it appears IT is standing in the way of thinking about security as risk. This is not about failures in IT; IT people ask good questions on risk and try to put good procedures in to manage risk, although we call those procedures standards, governance, architecture. But we often have trouble making our case for investment and changing behavior when we are dealing with the business.
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This mod originally started when a couple of friends--myself and Idobek--decided to combine their small tweak packs into a single mod, christened the G3 Tweak Pack and hosted at the (then brand-new) Gibberlings Three modding community. As Baldur's Gate Tutu gained in popularity, the G3 Tweak Pack was spun off into the Tutu Tweak Pack. As modding tools became more advanced and as conversion projects began to overlap the G3 and Tutu Tweak Packs were recombined and, with the permission of Wes Weimer, included the Ease-of-Use mod. This effort resulted in the BG2 Tweak Pack. Once again, demand caused several spin off mods--Andyr spun off the IWD and PsT Tweak Packs; the bigg created the IWD2 Tweak Pack; grogerson made the BG1 Tweak Pack; and DavidW integrated several tweaks into the IWD-in-BG2 combo fixpack/tweak pack. Once again, technology has caught up, and all of these individual projects are once again being discontinued individually and combined--hopefully for good this time--into a monolithic mod, the Tweaks Anthology.
In short, the Tweaks Anthology should run on any Infinity Engine game, from the original Planescape: Torment through the impending Siege of Dragonspear expansion for Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition. In the nearly 18 months since the release of BG2 Tweaks v16, I've been grabbing bits of time here and there to work on this, and I think we're now at a place where you can install the mod without your computer catching fire. In other words, it's time for beta testing.
I'll try to delineate my points of concerns on a per-platform basis in the next few posts; for now here are the relevant bits you want:
Download Beta 4: Windows | OS X | Linux
Beta 4 Changelog
- Make Magic Shields Glow had two bugs preventing its installation; it would halt on games without an extended color palette (e.g. non-EE games or without 1pp) and would halt on shields without any colors set, such as IWD's Lyre of Progression
- Unique Containers was supposed to be available for BGEE, but was omitted from the allowed platforms list for the component
- The werewolf paws in Shapeshifter Rebalancing now get named explicitly
- Move NPCs from Baldur's Gate will now be skipped if the SCS version of same is installed. The component will also skip NPCs already moved by similar somponents in the BG1 NPC Project, or skip the component altogether if all three have been moved already.
- Change Experience Point Cap should now work on Siege of Dragonspear
- Included workarounds for incomplete 25stweap.2da in Siege of Dragonspear and IWDEE for the various components that touch kits (Enforce PnP Proficiency Rules on Dual-Classed Characters and Expanded Dual-Class Options), though the next patches should take care of this. In general, the component should be more forgiving for incomplete files.
- Remove Racial Restrictions for Single Classes and Remove Racial Restrictions for Kits will no longer allow non-human monks. Other races do not have monk animations so the engine tends to crash during character generation. Support for shamans has been added to both.
- If Druids Use 3e Alignment Restrictions was installed after Shapeshifter Rebalancing, which is the likely install order, non-true neutral shapeshifter druids would not be able to use their symbolic paws.
- On a suggestion from Sam., the component Stores Purchase All Item Types has been added.
- Minimum Stats Cheat now lets you specify minimums for the six attributes individually.
- Friendly Random Drops needed a few more fixes
- The 'Token Genie' was undead, meaning a cleric could turn or even chunk him.
- Items with charges should now be handled in a more robust fashion
- The library for fixing kit.ids as part of should now be up to date for Expanded Dual-Class Options
- The BG and IWD variants of Alter Weapon Proficiency System should now account for racial bonuses in the EE games
- Sensible Entrance Points only modifies the Beregost entrance point for BG content on BGT games, as BGT already defines good entrances for the other areas.
- Updated Italian translation, thanks improb@bile!
Beta 3 changelog
- Miloch's Unique Containers mod has been added to Tweaks as a cosmetic component, including all of its original options and translations. If Add Bags of Holding is installed after it, the new bags will use the unique icons.
- Added Use Character Colors Instead of Item Colors component
- Added components Everyone Gets Bonus APR from Specialization (subtledoctor) and Enforce PnP Proficiency Rules on Dual-Classed Characters (subtledoctor) courtesy of subtledoctor
- Make Magic Shields Glow will now try to read in an appropriate glow color from the palette bitmap instead of a (limited) lookup table
- Fixed a bug with Higher HP on Level Up > NWN-Style; withdrew the Low Variance Rolls option due to the same bug
- Fixed a math error in Change Experience Point Cap > Remove Completely that caused bards and thieves to need an extra 100,000 XP to advance from level 39 to 40
- Fixed a bug with Send BioWare NPCs to an Inn where it wouldn't install on vanilla Baldur's Gate due to bad tra references (thanks Angel)
- Friendly Random Drops was failing to account for two random drops in IWDEE that are different compared to IWD+UB; the fix in beta 2 caused it to not install on vanilla IWD, which is in turn fixed (thanks to Angel again)
- The Change Avatar When Wearing Robes or Armor (Galactygon) component is being withdrawn, as One Pixel Productions has a superior solution
Beta 2 changelog
- Fixed bug with Commoners Use Drab Colors where commoners ended up lookng like they were made of chocolate instead
- Unique Icons was expanded to BG2 games; also fixed a bug where it was not updating helmet animations
- After discussion, Rest Anywhere was expanded into mltiple components. The main component continues to work as the original, and Disable Non-Hostile Rest Spawns and Alter Hostile Rest Spawns have been added to give players a finer grain of control.
- Friendly Random Drops could pull from the wrong table in IWDEE.
- Fixed a bug with Friendly Random Drops > Choose Your Drop where it was not accounting for Orrick's reward after you bring him the Mythal book. Also fixed the bug that would cause the Kuldahar merchant to leave after the orog attack, for real this time.
- All BAMs in the mod converted to uncompressed for better cross-platform goodness.
- Fixed a couple of bugs where Faster Chapter 1&2 Cut-Scenes & Dreams was not quite matching and replacing verything it should and Gaelan's dialogue lacked the shortcuts it was supposed to have
- Faster Chapter 1&2 Cut-Scenes & Dreams will skip adjusting the Irenicus-Cowled Wizard cutscene in the Promenade if the player has installed Extended Waukeen's Promenade Cutscene from Almateria's Restoration Project. Other cutscenes and dreams are still affected in this case.
- Fixed bug with Increase Potion Stacking where it handled items with multiple charges incorrectly; thanks argent77!
- OS X version now up to date with WeiDU v239, as the Windows version; thanks argent77 again!
Beta 1 changelog (compared to BG2 Tweaks v16):
- New components:
- New - Baldur's Gate Casting Graphics, Max HP at Level One, Recoverable ammunition (argent77), Recoverable throwing weapons (argent77)
- From BG1 Tweaks - Make Magic Shields Glow (plainab/grogerson), Send BioWare NPCs to an Inn (DavidW/Zed Nocear), Portable Containers (Zed Nocear), Friendly Arm Inn Hidden Container Restoration (plainab), Move NPCs from Baldur's Gate, Bardic Reputation Adjustment, Change Cloakwood Mine Chapter End Change Trigger to Non-TotSC Behavior, Paladins Use IWD-HoW Spell Progression Tables (grogerson), Rangers Use IWD-HoW Spell Progression Tables (grogerson), Druids Use 3e Alignment Restrictions, Loosen Item Restrictions for Multi- and Dual-class Clerics, Loosen Item Restrictions for Multi- and Dual-class Druids, Taerom Makes Additional Ankheg Armors (Icendoan/grogerson), Give Coran A Legal Dexterity Score of 19, and Make Xan a Generalist Mage (Mike1072)
- From IWD-in-BG2 Fixpack/Tweaks - Game ends when the main character dies; NPCs respond to the main character, not to whichever character talks to them; Make Heart of Winter accessible at any level; and Restore BG2 spells and make scrolls available, and Never lose access to Orrick the Grey's trade goods
- From IWD Tweaks - Friendly Random Drops, Restore IWD Loading Screens (icelus), and Unique Icons
- Fixed an original game bug with Alter HP Triggers for NPC Wounded Dialogues that would affect Edwin's wounded dialogue
- Fixed a bug with Gradual Drow Item Disintegration; items should have a chance to break upon use
- Improved Improved Multi-Player Kick-out Dialogues further with input from BG1 Tweaks; NPCs in BG now have more places to go when kicked out
- Gems and Potions Require Identification now uses different scales for determining lore for gems vs. potions; also capped max lore to identify at 100
- Fixed multiple bugs with Multiple Strongholds. In the No Restrictions variant, it would fail to account for the shifted clerical stronghold alignments in BG2EE. Notably, this meant no one would spawn after Gaal's speech in the Temple district. Also fixed a bug where the druid restriction was still in place, preventing the messenger who would summon you back to the Grove. Also fixed a bug where both variants could bypass the bard stronghold XP reward from Raelis for rescuing the troupe from the Planar Prison.
- Bonus Merchants (Baldurdash, Weimer) now places a little more nicely with other mods.
- Streamlined and combined code from Two-Handed Bastard Swords, Two-Handed Katanas, and Two-Handed Axes. Also fixed weapon breakage issues for BGT games.
- Change Experience Point Cap > Remove Completely should now tackle rules tables in a more robust fashion
- The armor lookup table used by Allow Stealth and Thieving Abilities in Heavy Armor per P&P, Allow Arcane Spellcasting in Armor, and Icon Improvements has been expanded with new items and now allows for individual armor values instead of trying to broadly categorize items.
- kit.ids is now properly patched as part of Expanded Dual-Class Options
- Fixed a fairly large and glaring oversight with Wear Multiple Protection Items > P&P Restrictions where the items with AC bonuses could still be worn together
- Alter Weapon Proficiency System underwent a significant revamp. Most notably, DavidW's IWD options from IWD-in-BG2 are now available, and the BG system was improved with some of the techniques from the IWD system.
- True Grandmastery is now one option in Change Grandmastery Bonuses instead of a standalone component, as a BG2 option has been added.
- Added two new options to Higher HP on Level Up: Average and Low Variance Rolls. Also adjusted NWN-style to be a little more accurate.
- Expanded and renamed Increase Ammo Stack Size, Increase Jewelry and Gem Stacks, Increase Potion Stacking, and Increase Scroll Stacking to include four options: 40, 80, 120, and unlimited (999). Increase Jewelry and Gem Stacks also covers furs, pelts, and other miscellany like bandit scalps
- Expanded Rest Anywhere to include options for disabling rest spawns.
- Fixed a bug when adding Friendly Random Drops > Wandering Merchant that would cause the Kuldahar merchant to leave after the orog attack
- Added more NPCs to the Improved Fate Spirit Summoning component
- ToB-Style NPCs should now have a more robust method of finding joinable NPCs and their creature files
- Consistent Stats: Viconia should now better adjust her spellbook to account for the gain or loss of bonus spells due to the change in wisdom
- Fixed similar issues with Make Khalid a Fighter-Mage (Domi) and Make Montaron an Assassin (Andyr); now it checks for walking speeds on non-Tutu games, better adjusts proficiencies for the alternative schemes, and now work if installed after ToB-Style NPCs
- Faster Chapter 1&2 Cut-Scenes & Dreams (Karzak, Blucher, aVENGER, Weimer) no longer overwrites scripts, which was causing a compatibility issue with BGT
- Added compatibility for EET
Edited by CamDawg, 01 May 2016 - 03:46 PM.
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by Grayson » Fri Apr 26, 2013 2:29 pmI'm still very torn on this book. I absolutely love the fact that Remender is continuing plots and ideas from his Uncanny X-Force run. Obviously, Wolverine's kill team didn't get the job done as well as they thought they had and now their problems are slowly becoming Avengers problems. I wonder if any of this will have repercussions that will be felt by Wolverine in the future.
Once again, the weakest part of this issue for me personally was Acuña's art. Honestly, I feel that Acuña took a step back this issue. In my opinion, his art was a little bit stronger and more defined last issue. I was a little disappointed that Remender killed Jeb Lee the Horsemen of Famine but I have faith in the direction he is going, so it's a minor complaint because the character was the most interesting of the current batch of Horsemen.
Finally, I will echo the sentiments that others have already voiced. I am not a fan of the characterization being used to depict the main characters. It feels like all of Rogue's growth since she joined the X-Men in 1983 has been thrown out the window and the Scarlet Witch is the last person who should be closed minded and judgmental. I don't have a problem with a potential romance between Havok and Wasp but I don't believe that Janet would be that strong and forceful about it and could somebody please tell me what happened to Havok and Polaris?
by e_galston » Fri Apr 26, 2013 2:36 pm
i'm guessing Havok and Polaris
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split up when he left X-Factor and she didn't. He didn't seem comfortable with that group, and she did. That and fully getting her memories/sanity back probably factored into the break up. I don't think there was that much of an "on panel" break up. Just they went their separate ways, Alex joining the Avengers and Lorna staying with X-Factor
by Grayson » Fri Apr 26, 2013 2:46 pm
Oh...that sucks.
I liked them and they have been through a lot together! Dammit Marvel, quit breaking up perfectly good couples!
by Draco x » Fri Apr 26, 2013 5:04 pm
I so agree here. After how long Alex and Lorna have been together, the best they can do is have them apparently break up off panel? I'm really getting sick of Quesada and co's anti-marriage/ relationship fetish.
by Amoebas » Sat Apr 27, 2013 11:23 am
Never read his X-Force, but as Apocalypse is a villain I have no interest in, I guess I can skip this book for now.
by Grayson » Sat Apr 27, 2013 12:12 pm
Remender's Uncanny X-Force run was actually quite good and just like Uncanny Avengers, it actually has very little to do with Apocalypse himself. Uncanny X-Force deals with the fallout from Apocalypse's death, a successor being chosen, and that successor filling a role given to him by the Celestials. Uncanny Avengers picks up the pieces that Wolverine's merry little murder crew left behind...but multiplies them because Kang is now involved.
by Stephen Day » Tue Apr 30, 2013 11:00 pmI seem to be the only one who didn't like the killing of the Celestial.
To me it came across as a writer going, "see see, isn't this weapon cool!" My reaction was more, "give me a break."
Maybe a little more build up to see what the axe can do? Maybe kill a minor character here or a minor character there to show that it is very powerful before you go right for a Celestial? But to go ahead and kill a Celestial right off the bat with the villain's first use of the axe just strikes me as very over the top in an unwanted kind of way.
by Keb » Tue Apr 30, 2013 11:43 pmI hate celestials so I liked that.
by Stephen Day » Tue Apr 30, 2013 11:59 pm
I'm indifferent to them myself actually. In the end, my problem with this is the question -- where does he go with the axe from here? Making a big splash with something to start off isn't a bad thing. However, in this case, I think the splash might be too big. Now that it's been used to kill a Celestial, is anything else going to seem as big a deal? That's going to hurt this story in the long run I'm thinking.
by Punchy » Wed May 01, 2013 4:52 am
I suppose it was a bit like when Loeb had Red Hulk punch The Watcher in the face, but then I liked that too...
I dunno, I just like seeing these sacred cow uber-cosmic powerful entities get brought down a peg.
by Keb » Wed May 01, 2013 7:36 amI'm with Punchy ( ), as someone who does not like the Eternals and thinks it's Kirby's weakest Marvel work, I like the fact that the Celestials are being brought down a bit here. It shows that they aren't the super-powerful cosmic force that they've been made out to be. I really like that as a pairing with the whole idea of the builders in Hickman's Avengers. It shows that there are all kinds of things going on in the MU and that one supreme entity doesn't trump all others.
I also like the fact that with Odin's enchantment, it gives the Asgardians an edge in terms of god-stuff. With all of that, it really increases Thor's personal stake in the series and also ties to Thor: God of Thunder and promotes that "shared universe".
As much as I think a throw-down between Jarnbjorn and Mjolnir is cliche, I'd love to see it go down.
by Zechs » Wed May 01, 2013 12:38 pm
X-Men Legacy by Mike Carey.
by MikeinLA » Wed May 01, 2013 2:47 pmThe idea that a Celestial can be killed with one whack of a magic ax is silly. Especially in the issue beforehand we see the same ax used just to wound, not kill, Apocalypse, who's a servant of the space gods and nowhere near as powerful.
The scene where Wasp all but throws herself at Havok was just as terrible.
by Keb » Wed May 01, 2013 5:20 pm
Word. I only read up to Messiah Complex and never bothered with X-Men Legacy.
by dairydead » Wed May 01, 2013 6:25 pm
maybe he is as powerful, or even more powerful? He is, after all an imaginary character.
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President Barack Obama's State of The Union address tonight is not only expected to reflect his very publicized gun control and immigration agenda, but it will also refocus his economic and job creation priorities.
Referring to the tragedy in Newtown as a "call to action," U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said Monday that he hopes Obama doesn't just endorse gun control in his speech, but also "strongly make the case" for a ban on assault weapons and high capacity magazines.
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There's some interesting data from Mckinsey about the value of the Internet and the activities we use the web for. Have a look at the graphic below which depicts services that we'd pay for that are currently free to use.
Image source: Ross Dawson
We pay 30 billion for online services and to avoid pop ups and web clutter – McKinsey estimates that we'd pay another 20billion
So that leaves about 100 billion 'surplus' value which is categorised across the different channels. Many consumers couldn't live without email – and it's the lifeblood of some companies that haven't fully embraced collaborative solutions internally.
We'd be miserable without the internet and spend far too much time on there… but with a mind boggling value of 100billion as a surplus, these channels will be incredibly attractive to advertisers and others who would like a piece of that projected revenue…
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The ROW narrows in this area and runs through active industrial property, notably the Caddell shipyard. Much of the ROW is being used for storage but no permanent structures have been built on it. Elevation and relocation of the track above grade would presumably be required to preserve the businesses here.
The West Brighton station was supposedly located at the foot of Broadway, presumably someplace on the Caddell Dry Dock facility.
Markham Gardens sits just to the south of the rail line in West Brighton. It was originally built in 1943 as housing for workers in nearby shipyards that were extremely active during WW-II. The 23 two-story buildings were small and frail and were emptied in 2004 to be replaced by subsidized private redevelopment. The new Markham Gardens includes 240 mixed-income rentals, 25 attached two-family homes and senior housing. The hope is that the new buildings will solve the physical woes and the mixed-income structure will solve the spiritual woes, although urban renewal projects invariably involve insensitive displacement in an attempt to dissipate critical masses of poverty. A new rail station just steps away would be a nice amenity as well. (NYC.gov 2009, SILive.com 2009)
By contrast, West Brighton Houses I is an old school post-WW-II high-rise housing project that sits just to the southwest of Markham Gardens. It has 488 units and opened in 1962. West Brighton II was opened in 1965 just to the south with 144 units in one-story buildings. The West Brighton II buildings were boarded up when I visited in 2009.
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Those experienced in utilizing a defined marketing strategy effectively understand that there is a way to track and quantify the dollars earmarked for law firm marketing, while others still view any monies allocated to these non-billable efforts as a "black hole."
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Lawyers are no strangers to having a plan in place for helping their clients evaluate the safest, most cost-effective course of action to resolving their problems. It is this same approach that should be taken to any marketing and business development effort so that upon reflection and analysis, a measurable return on investment can be determined.
Before embarking on any marketing and business development effort, it is critical that the lawyer and law firm first define the goals of these efforts. Knowing what you want to achieve from the sponsorship of a particular conference, developing an advertising campaign for a particular practice or clarifying your overall efforts with the firm's strategic plan is critical. This requires time, effort and input from multiple areas of a law firm including the marketing department, accounting, practice group leaders and individual attorneys. Taking the time on the front end will allow you to calculate your return on investment.
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