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In October of 2004, Reality Shack.com interviewed Cycle 3's Julie Titus. The interview discusses her future plans, what she was thinking when she told Tyra her true career plans and the most valuable thing she learned while on Top Model. Here is the text from the article (written by "Aurora"):
Interview With Julie Ann Titus of America's Next Top Model 3
After telling Tyra and the judges that she wanted to learn about modelling so she could become an apparel manufacturer, Julie was eliminated from the competition. Here, she explains her comments, gives her impression of the whole Cassie/bulimia thing, and more!
Hi Julie! Last night you said that you were using modelling as a launch pad for a different career. Could you explain your comments in a bit more detail please?
Wow! Okay, what I actually said was that I wanted to learn more about modelling because I wanted to get into apparel manufacturing AND also modelling. I do want to become a model! Of course I want to learn as much as I can about the industry so I can accomplish both of these things.
Did you realize the moment those words left your lips that you were a goner?
No, that was the smartest move ever! Seriously, it was like I heard myself say I wanted to get into manufacturing and I was thinking, "Why am I talking? Why did I say that?" I didn't want to cover anything up and I was trying to be honest, but I guess that's not what they wanted to hear.
What was the most valuable thing you learned while on the show?
I gained a true sense of self from the show. You know, you just have to stick to being you. That's what got me on the show in the first place, being myself.
Do you plan to continue modelling now?
Yeah, I do. I still plan to do both modelling and manufacturing.
What are your thoughts on the situation with Cassie and her eating disorder?
Oh, that whole thing was totally blown out of proportion. Amanda is great you know, she's the free-spirited, hippy woman in the group. But Cassie wasn't looking for a counsellor, she just wanted to talk.
I was part of that conversation – Cassie talked to Amanda and me about it. And she said that sometimes when she goes to bed, if she feels too full she goes and throws up because she can't sleep. I'm disappointed that Amanda said anything to the other girls. I know she was trying to help Cassie and not hurt her, because she's just not like that. But I understand where Cassie is coming from. She wants to be thin, and I don't think she really has an 'eating disorder'.
You seemed disappointed with your makeover. Was there anything you wanted them to do differently?
I wasn't disappointed! I laughed because I was saying that they're not doing too much with me, but then I realized that it was a compliment! All the other girls were getting worked over, but I didn't have to have that much work done.
And you know, someone said on the show that I only have one look. Well that's the only look I need!
For sure, and you don't want to come out looking all weird with bleached-blond hair or what-have-you.
Yeah, I don't want to be the Indian RuPaul!
What advice would you like to pass along to other young East Indian girls who want to pursue modelling?
Go for it! Indians are some of the most beautiful people in the world; why not show that off?
Thanks for your time today Julie, and best of luck to you!
Thank you!
To learn more about Cycle 3's Julie Titus, visit her bio page here.
Source: Reality Shack.com
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Clash of values mires Thailand in cycle of coups
BANGKOK—Over the past decades, Chalad Worachat has resisted military regimes and dictatorial legislation by staging hunger strikes, five of them. Now the 71-year-old onetime parliamentarian is back on water and honey, despondent that after so many years and so much bloodshed, Thailand has been unable to break out of a cycle of military coups to achieve true democracy.
"We are not moving toward full democracy. We're going backward to dictatorship," he said on the 25th day of his sixth fast, which he vows to continue until the latest military regime adopts democratic principles. Sallow-faced and dressed in black, he reclined on a mat spread over a curbside across the street from the Parliament building, now empty.
Chalad has lain there before, sometimes to protest against individuals, at other times to stop moves like a 1983 bill that would have allowed unelected bureaucrats and military officers to become prime minister. But basically he has been fighting the same battle again and again.
"Thais have never learned about democracy, never really compared democracy with dictatorship to see which is better," he says. "They just look at what's in front of them and see a hero, but a hero never lasts long."
A military man has led Thailand for 54 of the 82 years since the Southeast Asian country ended absolute monarchy in 1932. It continues to bounce between coups and fragile democratic governments despite numerous advantages over many of its neighbors normally regarded as conducive to liberal democracy, including a vibrant economy, no rigid class structure and virtually no war on its soil in almost 250 years. This while once power-grabbing militaries have returned to their barracks in South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, the Philippines—even Myanmar to some extent.
Clash of core values
At the heart of the instability is a clash of core values that has been with Thailand's constitutional monarchy from the beginning. The traditional Hindu-Buddhist culture—emphasizing deference to authority in a hierarchical system, acceptance of one's fate and avoidance of confrontation—runs against emerging individualism, egalitarianism and rule of law. The old values also breed power brokers who dole out rewards to subordinates whose loyalty flows to them rather than to state institutions.
"Patronage relations dominate all aspects of Thai society and have a crippling effect on democratic institutions and political culture," said Marc Saxer of the Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung, a German foundation promoting democracy. "Never mind the democratic facade, key decisions are made by a network of patrons in the backroom."
For more than a decade, Thai politics has been a bitter struggle between two sides that have both resorted to undemocratic means, leaving genuine democrats within all camps largely marginalized.
On one side are former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his supporters, who have won every Thai election in the 21st century. Thaksin, now living in self-imposed exile in the United Arab Emirates to avoid a prison sentence for corruption, is popular among the rural poor but hated by many wealthier Thais for his winner-take-all methods.
Amnesty bill for Thaksin
As prime minister, Thaksin gutted agencies designed to curb executive power, stocked key positions with his relatives and attacked the media. The most recent elected government—led by his sister, Yingluck Shinawatra—began to crumble late last year after it tried to push through an amnesty bill that would have allowed Thaksin to return home.
The main opposition, the Democrat Party, has not won an election in more than 20 years but managed to gain power at times by siding with the traditional order. Yingluck's government was weakened by longtime Democrat leaders who orchestrated massive demonstrations, and by institutions widely regarded as lacking impartiality. Yingluck dissolved the House of Representatives and called for elections, but protesters blocked many polls and the Constitutional Court annulled the voting that did take place.
Coup leader Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha, who took over May 22, said late Friday that general elections would be held around October 2015 after an appointed reform council and drafting committee write a long-term constitution. He has warned all groups not to oppose the military.
Even some who disagree with military intervention say that after six months of crippling political deadlock, an economic downturn and sometimes violent street demonstrations, Thailand had no Plan B on offer.
"It's deja vu. Times have changed, but we Thais have not yet found a way acceptable to most people to solve our political problems," said Sainarong Siripen Rasananda, a retired, Cambridge University-educated businessman.
Modern Thailand has gone through an astonishing 18 constitutions, none of which proved the hoped-for magic bullet. The argument goes that as long as traditional values dominate the country's elite, and thus underlie its key institutions, whatever legislated reforms are made are hardly worth the paper they're written on.
The 1932 rebellion left the old order largely intact, and the institutions created were top-down and heavily centralized. Political parties formed along patron lines, personalities and money, not ideology. Thailand was never colonized, and Western-style, democratic ways were not as deeply embedded as, for example, in India, where the British seeded the rule of law.
"The fundamental questions of politics have revolved around political status—how shall the rewards of goods, prestige and power be distributed within the ruling class?" wrote American political scientist David Wilson in 1962. Not much seems to have changed.
For decades authoritarian regimes, strongly backed by the United States in the 1950s and '60s, may have served the country well. With Thailand flourishing economically, and with some of the benefits trickling down to the rural poor, the impetus for change wasn't compelling.
King at center stage
An important factor is that for most of Thailand's modern history, King Bhumibol Adulyadej has been center stage. Now 86 and the world's longest-reigning monarch, the king buttressed the then-fragile constitutional monarchy, garnering widespread respect and affection for his decades of labor on behalf of the poor, and for stepping in to halt bloodshed during several political crises.
"For many Thais, the monarchy evokes a stable social hierarchy in an increasingly unpredictable world," said Grant Evans, an Australian expert on Southeast Asia.
In recent years, some foreign and Thai scholars have, however, theorized that the monarchy has also held back democratic progress, either by the conservative nature of the institution itself, or because Thai people have looked on the king as a crutch, someone who will intervene to solve their critical problems. The king, who has been ailing for several years, formally endorsed the coup but otherwise has not publicly weighed in on recent political events.
These scholars describe a "network monarchy"—not a homogenous entity commanded by the king, but myriad groups with vested interests in a strong, enduring monarchy as a political and social institution. This network has tight, longstanding links to the army, elements of the bureaucracy and elite families, together forming a loose but formidable force.
"The fact is to build a democracy in the Western sense, you really need key institutions and their leaders to be behind it. And neither the military nor the palace have been behind it. Both see it as messy, ugly, ineffective and more corrupt than they might be themselves," said Paul Handley, author of a biography of the king which is banned in Thailand.
Indeed, Saxer and others describe Thai politics as rife with corruption, cronyism and vote-buying. "In the eyes of many these flaws of 'Thai-style democracy' have become synonymous with democracy. Accordingly the attitude of many Thais, particularly the Bangkok middle class, toward democracy is negative," Saxer said.
Charles Keyes, an American anthropologist who has studied Thai society for more than 50 years, said that "while the traditional value of hierarchy is still shared by the military and royalist elite, it is not shared either by the middle class or the rural people."
Middle-class Thais, however, have for now being aligned themselves with the old elite, even though they don't share the same values, Keyes said. He said two populist revolutions converged and then came into conflict: a middle class revolution that began in the 1970s with student protests, and a second based in the rural population that widely supported Thaksin's policies.
'Many steps backward'
Thongchai Winichakul was one of those student leaders. He saw police kill his friends in a brutal 1976 crackdown, and was himself imprisoned for nearly two years. Now a professor of Southeast Asian history at the University of Wisconsin, he said that "what happened in Thailand now is anti-democracy, it's many steps backward."
He said there is a "deep structural conflict" that "cannot be solved by pushing the political system backward even further."
"Several values and ideology are very similar to 100-plus years ago: distrust in the people, trust in a virtuous elite, especially the king and his servants, including the military," Thongchai said.
Kim McQuay, head of the New York-based The Asia Foundation in Thailand, describes Thai political history as "one of forward and backward cycles rather than a steady progress toward democracy."
"After each coup, many Thais have seemingly acquiesced—perhaps naturally averse to confrontation—and a critical pro-democratic mass has yet to break the pattern," McQuay said. "While change is inevitable, I don't see Thailand breaking out of this unfortunate cycle in the foreseeable future."–Denis D. Gray with Thanyarat Doksone in Bangkok
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Corey Graham will complete a first in his professional career Sunday for the Baltimore Ravens.
Graham, a 28-year-old Buffalo native, will get to play a regular-season game in his hometown for the first time when the Ravens visit the Bills.
"It's fun. I definitely grew up going to the Bills games. I was a big-time Bills fan growing up. My uncles still are die-hard Bills fans," Graham said Thursday night in a radio interview with WGR 550. "I'm hoping they're all going to be rooting for me and not the Bills, or they'll never get tickets from me again. … It should be a fun environment, a fun place to play, and I'm looking forward to coming back home."
Graham will do so as a Super Bowl champion. He was a key part of the Ravens' run to the Super Bowl XLVII title in February, stepping in as a starting cornerback midway through the regular season after the loss of Lardarius Webb to injury.
Graham, who's entering his seventh NFL season, is a graduate of Turner-Carroll High School. He's believed to be just the seventh player ever from Western New York to win a Super Bowl championship, joining Mark Murphy (Washington Redskins, XVII), Jim Burt (New York Giants, XXI; San Francisco XXIV), Phil McConkey (Giants, XXI), Daryl Johnston (Dallas Cowboys, XXVII, XXVIII, XXX), Josh Thomas (Indianapolis Colts, XLI) and James Starks (Green Bay Packers, XLV).
Graham, who expects to have at least 30 fans and friends in Ralph Wilson Stadium on Sunday, was joined in New Orleans by several family members in February.
"It was definitely amazing. I had the opportunity to have my family down there with me, enjoying the festivities and all the things that were going on," he said, "but I was down there for a reason, you know, and that was to win a Super Bowl."
Graham is in his second season with the Ravens after starting his professional career with the Chicago Bears. He's currently the No. 3 cornerback behind Webb and Jimmy Smith, playing about half the defensive snaps.
"You see so much three wide and spread-type offensive stuff, so you really need three starting corners," Ravens coach John Harbaugh said. "So I'd consider all three of those guys starters."
Harbaugh was instrumental in the Ravens signing Graham before the 2012 season, along with special teams coordinator Jerry Rosburg.
"I think that Jerry Rosburg and myself, you know, were the two that had the highest hopes for him, because we had seen him play the most, and then very quickly the whole coaching staff realized what we had," Harbaugh said. "He's just a gem. He's played that way. He's off to a great start again this year, so we're just really pleased with him."
Graham started the season opener against the Denver Broncos, the same team he stepped onto the national stage against in last year's playoffs. In that divisional round game, he intercepted Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning in double overtime, setting up a game-winning field goal by Justin Tucker. It was Graham's second interception of the game – he returned the other for a touchdown.
"Sometimes, you look at this guy, and he does everything so well, you almost go without noticing him," Harbaugh said of Graham to Baltimore reporters prior to the season opener. "To me, that's a great compliment, especially for a defensive back. He's just out there doing his job every day and doing it really well."
After taking over for Webb, Graham recorded 60 tackles, eight pass deflections and two interceptions in the regular season. This year, he's got 14 tackles in the first three games, helping the Ravens to a 2-1 start.
Ravens defensive coordinator Dean Pees likes Graham's intelligence.
"I think the biggest thing any corner needs is to be smart," Pees told Baltimore reporters. "There are a lot of talented, talented defensive backs out there that can run like the wind, and they might even be big, but can't play very well."
Graham has also been a positive presence in the Baltimore locker room – an important trait that has been in the spotlight this week with the Ravens.
Former Baltimore linebacker Ray Lewis said Monday the Ravens were "missing leadership" after an incident that morning on a party bus involving wide receiver Jacoby Jones – who was allegedly assaulted by a stripper.
Harbaugh told reporters he was "not very impressed" after the incident, but both the coach and current Ravens players were quick to disagree with Lewis' take.
"I'm on record regarding the leadership of our team," Harbaugh said. "I've got to probably agree with what Torrey Smith said, you know, I didn't really see the connection there and would not agree with those comments."
Harbaugh said it's a "long list" when he looks at the leadership of his team, especially on defense.
"Terrell Suggs has done a great job. … Lardarius Webb, James Ihedigbo, and there's a lot of other guys as well," the coach said. "Corey Graham, he's one of our best leaders. I love being around Corey every day."
Graham said the Ravens have "moved on" from the loss of Lewis and safety Ed Reed, among others on defense.
"The defense as a whole is coming together. We're understanding of where guys are going to be at. … We like the guys we have here as of right now. Guys know their role, what they're supposed to be doing, so we're starting to get in sync," he told WGR.
"As a defense, we feel pretty good. At the beginning, it's tough when you lose guys like that, but we've moved forward. We've got a lot of guys who have stepped up in the leadership role and we've got a lot of guys who know what we want to get accomplished here."
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By Bode Brooks, The WOLF News Director Protesters packed Newnan streets by the hundreds on…
By Bode Brooks, The WOLF News Director Protesters packed Newnan streets by the hundreds on…
Counter-Protesters Drown Out Neo-Nazis at Newnan Rally – The WOLF News
By Bode Brooks, The WOLF News Director
Protesters packed Newnan streets by the hundreds on Saturday as Neo-Nazis held a planned rally at Greenville Street Park. Roughly three dozen members of the National Socialist Movement attended the rally and were met by massive barriers and lines of police in riot gear separating the hundreds of screaming counter-protesters that were only 75 yards away. Roughly 700 law enforcements officers representing more than 40 different agencies assisted Newnan police in maintaining security at the event. At least 10 arrests were made, according to the Newnan Times-Herald, however, the protest remained peaceful.
The WOLF News spoke with many of the protesters who had a clear message for Neo-Nazis:
"I am here today because I want the Nazis to go away," said one protester, Meg Ingham. "Just because we are in rural America doesn't mean we are sympathetic to your message."
"To see that it's 2018 and we got somebody, talking about American Nazis, right? Talking about white hate and white supremacy, right? When all we should be talking about is unity and solidarity," said Cedric Sims, General-Commander of the Black Panther Liberation.
Flying above downtown Newnan was an airplane reading "NEWNAN BELIEVES IN LOVE FOR ALL." Russell Campbell organized the flight and gave an exclusive interview with The WOLF News.
"I just wanted to send a message and I figured nobody could mess with a plane up there," said Campbell. "So I came up with the idea — I just set up a GoFundMe page and a lot of great people donated and we got it set up. I wanted to send a message from Newnan to say that we don't like this we want love, we don't want hate. They chose Newnan for whatever reason and I wanted to send a message back from Newnan."
You can see more of Bode's pictures from the rally here on our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/thewolfuwg/posts/10160530721035195
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Exploring Malaysia's Northwest
Chasing sharks by day and a yacht's wake at dusk. MARCO FERRARESE discovers a few more surprises tucked down the less-visited coast or northwest Malaysia's Kedah state. Photographed by KIT YENG CHAN.
Published on Jan 23, 2017
"Stop being a fool or it will bite you."
My companion and voice of reason is right: trying to grab a baby blacktip shark by the tail is an act of pure madness. But conformity and safety be damned, for I have never swum that close to such a fearsome but elegant creature before, in the emerald green waters of Pulau Payar, midway between the better-known Malaysian islands of Penang and Langkawi.
Baby blacktip sharks tempt swimmers in the shallows of Pulau Payar.
I'm not crazy, just overcome by temptation. Wherever I wade in this sea, a missile-shaped baby shark comes wriggling its tail in front of my nose, and the game's on. It zooms forward, circles around the pier's poles, and then loops back, darting all around me. From the water, the shark looks as if it were an unruly remote-controlled toy with no sense of direction, hell-bent on driving me crazy. The chase is unfair: I have no fins nor the buoyancy of a shark, and every time I get anywhere close to gripping its tail between my fingertips, the creature twists away. Luckily for my tired shoulders, I don't have to fire off after that particular rocket, because as soon as it's lost in the deep blue, another mini-shark drifts my way, and I have a new tail to chase.
After a good half hour of serious paddling, I'm the exhausted loser of this man-versus-wild challenge. Letting the snorkel out of my mouth, I emerge to the placid sea surface, floating and soaking in all the sun I can as if I were a spent battery in need of a solar recharge. I close my eyes, feeling giddy on top of gentle waves that rock me up and down like liquid lullabies.
The unspoiled horizon.
I am in Pulau Payar, the best-preserved marine park on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia, the largest in a single file of four protected and uninhabited islands—Payar, Lembu, Kaca and Segantang—30 kilometers southeast of Langkawi. With no hotels, it's a great place to escape the development of other nearby Malaysian beach destinations. Diving and snorkeling here still feel like being lost in a remote paradise. The only way to visit Pulau Payar is as a day trip from either Langkawi or Penang. After a two-hour ferry ride operated by Langkawi Coral from the latter, we are ushered on a floating platform moored off the island, the waiting station for all visitors to the marine park. In a gambit to preserve the reef from global warming, a life-jacket-wearing guide briefs us on the local dos and don'ts.
There are more than a dozen dive sites around Payar and its three smaller sisters, but since we are only here for a day trip, we opt for Coral Garden, the closest to the platform. As I descend toward the bottom of the sea, I'm distracted by a few large rocks that seem to be a bit too alive. I'm surprised when I realize the boulders are actually three grouper fish the size of my body, their scales perfectly camouflaged to look like they're part of the reef. I keep breathing slowly as they separate me from groups of industrious clown fish wriggling among the tips of anemones. Their dance continues until a shadow looms in from one side, scaring them away in a dash of orange and white. I gulp and swim away, too, when the ugly mug of a barracuda emerges from the reef, its sabre-sharp teeth a reminder that life in this marine underworld means survival of the fittest.
Making friends.
By midafternoon, we arrive at Kuah's port in Langkawi, and sea salt still stiffens our skin. No point in washing it off, though, because before retiring to our cozy chalet at Panji Panji, a peaceful gem on the northern end of an otherwise bustling Pantai Cenang, we have more water-borne activities to come. Lounge chairs wait for us on the deck of a Tropical Charters' yacht that will take us around Langkawi's southern islets, this time chasing the tail of the sun. Piña coladas in hand, we leave Langkawi's port sailing over peaceful waters and among viridian-covered atolls that emerge from the ocean like the backs of colossal, shy ostriches. We are sharing the boat with a group of Kiwis on a bachelor's party holiday, and things are about to get a little wild.
"Ladies and gentlemen, get into your swimming clothes, for our own marine Jacuzzi is waiting," a thin but muscular Malay in shades and red trunks announces from the upper deck. He's Jay, our chaperone for the night. We all gather at the back of the yacht, where a rope net is slung into the sea.
Sunset snapshots on the southern Langkawi waters.
"C'mon, jump in," Jay urges, throwing beer cans to the first few who are already dangling on the net. Soon we are all floating in the ocean, enjoying a natural whirlpool-like massage in the trail of the yacht. Munching on marinated shrimps and barbecued chicken fresh off the grill, we end the day admiring the sun dive into the ocean and leaving a sparkling trail of stars in its wake.
Maybe it was the sunset cruise's free flow that inspired our change of plans. Instead of returning to Penang, we venture into Kedah state proper, a place that rarely makes it on Malaysia's travel routes despite all it has to offer. We rise early the next day to catch a 90-minute ferry ride to Kuala Kedah's jetty, a mere 12 kilometers from Kedah's capital city, Alor Setar. Rising on the flanks of the Kedah River, this sleepy town is dotted with magnificent mosques and is noted for being the home of Malaysia's former prime minister, Mahathir Bin Mohamad.
Our cab passes by his gracious wooden home on our way across the river to find the city's main attraction, the sumptuous Zahir Mosque. With its black onion domes and starkly contrasting white marble pavilions, it's a piece of Islamic architecture right out of an Arabian Night's fairytale. In the vivid light, the mosque looks as if it were breathing peacefully, like a sleeping giant protecting the heart of this slow-paced yet intriguing town.
Zahir Mosque in Alor Setar.
It's time to catch a bus south along the green paddy fields that flank the 65 kilometers to Sungai Petani, Kedah's second most important town, but a hive of activity compared to Alor Setar. We decide to break the journey here at M Season, a centrally located boutique hotel with airy rooms and complimentary massage chairs in the lobby.
An eclectic mix of Malay and Chinese hawkers and patrons eat, cook and chat around the imposing clock tower in Old Town, a relic of the past compared to Sungai Petani's recent development. We slurp the local flavor with cups of ais kacang–shaved ice served with syrup, grass jelly, sweet corn and topped with condensed milk—at riverside coffee shop Ch'ng Chong Kooi.
Next, we're headed for west Malaysia's richest archeological area, a reminder of the Hindu-Buddhist influence that the seafaring Chola kingdom brought from South India to Southeast Asia between the 10th and 13th centuries. Bujang Valley, sandwiched between lush Mount Jerai and the Muda River near the village of Merbok, holds 90 ruins of candi, the ancient brick and stone Hindu and Buddhist terraced sanctuaries. We hire a taxi to take us 15 kilometers to the foot of Batu Pahat hill, the main tourist spot where four of the original candis have been relocated from other excavation sites in the valley. At the top, a swarm of visiting high school students from Tanjung Malim in southern Perak state is trawling on the temple bases, filling a solemn place with their youthful curiosity. When some come forward to interview me, the only foreigner here today, for their research project, I feel awkward drawing attention to myself from this ancient beauty. I also, as a reporter, feel a slightly disconcerting role-reversal.
Amid the millennium-old ruins of Chola religious sanctuaries, in Bujang Valley.
After so much beach, the dry shade here makes us heartsick for water, and we make a final pit stop at the Merbok River Jetty Complex. It's too late to catch a cruise upriver, but a perfect time to lounge with a coconut in hand, sipping fresh juice as the sun drips gold into the placid river below. Our taxi revs impatiently in the parking lot, but we have no intention of leaving just yet. Missing the direct boat to Penang was real travel eureka. From chasing sharks in Payar to absorbing ancient history in the Bujang Valley, nearly 100 kilometers of Kedah's coast packs a bounty of underwater and newly unearthed charm.
Pulau Payar is accessed from both Penang and Langkawi. Two daily ferry connections from Penang to Langkawi leave the Sweetenham Pier Cruise Terminal at 8:15 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. (langkawi-ferry.com; RM60 one way); the first makes a direct stop at Pulau Payar. From Langkawi, you must book an excursion with one of the snorkel- and dive-tour operators that depart Kuah ferry terminal. If you fly from Kuala Lumpur to Alor Setar via AirAsia, take a taxi to Kuala Kedah and catch one of the 10 daily boats to Langkawi between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. (langkawiferryline.com; RM23 one way).
Panji Panji An intimate cluster of wooden-furnished chalets and a villa set around a secluded pool and in walking distance to a lonesome bend of Pantai Cenang, the mouth of a river, and a romantic fishing pier. 965 Jln. Pantai Cenang, Langkawi; +60 4 952 3319; doubles from RM350.
M Season Hotel Spacious rooms with wooden floors in walking distance to Sungai Petani's Old Town. 119-120 Jln. Masjid, Sungai Petani; +60 4 424 2133; doubles from RM140.
La Sal at Casa del Mar Haute cuisine in a romantic setting right on the beachfront. Jalan Pantai Cenang, Mukim Kedawang, Langkawi; +60 4 955 2388; casadelmar-langkawi.com; meal for two from RM100.
Restoran RT The Malay-Chinese fusion restaurant in Kedah's capital, Alor Setar. Jalan Tunku Abdul Hakim, Teluk Wanjah, Alor Setar; +60 16 418 8575; 11 a.m to 2:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.; meal for two from RM30.
Ch'ng Chong Kooi Coffee Shop Sungai Petani bus station's hawker center off Jalan Petri; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.(closed on Wednesdays); meal for two from RM20.
Langkawi Coral diving and snorkeling trips from RM295 per person, daily trips from Langkawi to Pulau Payar leave 9:30 a.m., return 3 p.m.
East Marine Diving Pulau Payar Experience Scuba Introductory Diver package RM350 per person.
Langkawi Sunset Cruise by Tropical Charters cruises from RM260 per person.
Lembah Bujang Archaeological Museum free admission.
Clown fish hide-and-seek in Pulau Payar.
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Here's something truly amazing that sprouted recently in my backyard. They are plants called Indian pipe, or ghost plant, or corpse plant. The Latin name is Monotropa uniflora. It has no green to it because it has no chlorophyll! No chlorophyll means no photosynthesis. This plant is a parasite. It derives its energy from a fungus which in turn get's its energy from a tree (probably the American beech in my backyard). Here's a great little article about M. uniflora.
Think about it: an elegant, but ghostly white little flower living out it's life cycle like so many other flowering plants. It's pollinated by bees, produces seeds, germinates and grows in the rich forest soil, but it makes it's living so very differently from other plants.


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Women Who Fought Hard for Women's Rights
The struggle for woman rights started in the 19th century, with public convention in New York.
Buzzle Staff
Sep 30, 2018
American women today often speak of women's rights in terms of advances made in the last few decades that have allowed women to serve as politicians, ministers, and work in professions usually relegated to men. But in the mid-19th century, they had almost no rights at all.
They were not allowed to vote, they could not hold public office, they were not given custody of children if they divorced, and they could not serve on juries. Nearly all colleges and other institutions of higher learning were unavailable to them, and they could not work in the top professions of the day.
Women who did work always earned much less than their male counterparts, and while men were the masters of the public arena, a woman's primary domain was in the house.
When women got married, they were by law under the control of their husbands. They could not sign contracts, and they could not claim personal possessions or property that they brought with them into the marriage.
In July 1848, a group of women organized to protest the oppression of American women and demand change. Their first public convention was held at Seneca Falls, New York.
The document that contained their mission was titled, "The Declaration of Rights and Sentiments,", and it offered a challenge to the wording used in the Declaration of Independence by stating that "All men and women are created equal."
After that first Seneca Falls convention, a group of women then worked hard against enormous odds and challenges to help ladies all across the country claim the rights they believed they were entitled to, as citizens of a country that espoused belief in democratic ideals.
Most of the women involved in the protest held paying jobs, but they faced daunting issues and made choices that still impact their lives. One of the principal organizers of the protest, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, was one of the most intellectual and radical leaders, but after bearing seven children she pulled out of the movement.
Although she wasn't directly involved during the formative years of the movement, she contributed her thoughts and ideas by sharing letters and essays at the conventions. Her husband and her father sharply criticized her involvement in the movement.
Another important contributor to the woman's suffrage movement was Lucy Stone, a committed abolitionist who at first rejected the notion of marriage, criticizing laws that legally bound women to their husbands.
But at the age of 37, she fell in love and married Henry Blackwell, who promised to support her in her efforts to participate in movements against slavery and in support of women's rights. Two years later, when her daughter Alice was born, Lucy gave up her public persona temporarily in order to raise her child.
One of the most noted female protesters, Susan B. Anthony, never had to face the challenges experienced by mothers and wives because she never married. Therefore, she was able to devote all of her time to championing women's rights, but she was notably impatient with fellow protesters who were pulled in different directions by their obligations.
When Stanton kept having children and Stone wasn't as attentive to the movement because of her domestic and maternal obligations, Anthony expressed irritation and criticized them publicly for not being as committed as she was.
Nevertheless, women continued to work individually and together in groups to expand life's opportunities and break down traditional barriers to achievement. Elizabeth Blackwell wanted to attend college to become a doctor, but found that all medical colleges were closed to women. Undeterred, she submitted numerous applications anyway.
Geneva College finally admitted her, believing that her application was just a joke. However, Blackwell attended and graduated with her medical degree in 1849. Around the same time, Lucy Stone was the first woman in Massachusetts to earn a college degree after working multiple jobs to put herself through school.
In 1870, Blackwell joined with others to publish
The Woman's Journal,
a weekly newspaper focused on women's issues. The paper was later credited by suffragists as having an incredible impact on the women's movement.
Women began to challenge social norms and break laws that prevented them from enjoying the same rights men had. They began wearing bloomers rather than confining corsets and restricting undergarments; they refused to pay property taxes; they petitioned Congress and lectured in support of women's suffrage.
They also challenged regulations that prohibited them from becoming lawyers. In the 1872 presidential election, nine women cast ballots, including Susan B. Anthony. When she was arrested for breaking the law, she refused to pay the fine.
There was significant opposition to the women's suffrage movement, from audiences throwing rotten vegetables at women lecturing to ministers quoting scripture advocating the silence and subservience of women as second-class citizens.
Congressmen and state legislators insisted that if women were allowed to vote, marriages would fail and families would fall apart. Politicians claimed that women were not able to make sound political judgments, because they were not intelligent and well-informed.
The most discouraging roadblock to achievements during the movement was the fact that many women were indifferent or actually opposed to the idea of equal rights for women. Many were too busy, overwhelmed, or just plain exhausted to have the energy to work beyond the normal obligations of their everyday lives.
But by the late 19th century, the movement began to gain steam and throughout the next century, little by little, the rights became closer and closer to being equal to men's. Although gender equality is still not perfect, the women who fought so valiantly for equality a century ago would be proud of how their beginning protests led to these advancements.
Women across America need to recognize and applaud the indelible strength and determination of these women who first called attention to the oppression of females and devoted their entire lives to changing America into a democratic society for all.
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Pharmacy Valuations, Selling a Pharmacy, Buying Pharmacies, Financing a Drug Store
PharmacyValuations.com specializes in pharmacy valuations, manage the mergers and acquisitions of local and regional pharmacies, and works with lenders who understand the dynamics of financing a pharmacy. We work exclusively in the pharmacy industry and our team is committed and dedicated to assisting pharmacy owners finding the answers and solutions they are seeking.
Experience plays a major role in understanding the current market conditions of the pharmacy industry, calculating realistic pharmacy valuations, and having the ability to provide expert guidance throughout an acquisition or financing process. Many years of successful experience places PharmacyValuations.com at the top of all companies who value and manage pharmacy transactions.
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PharmacyValuations.com specializes in pharmacy. Receive your answers from a knowledgeable source.
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PharmacyValuations.com has been working with pharmacy owners just like you for many years. When you are searching for answers contact us for some friendly conversation.
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Our librarians and volunteers complete requests to assist others in gathering information on their families and friends. We are receiving many requests and ask for your patience as we process your request. Minimal fees are charged to cover operating expenses and to acquire additional materials for continuing genealogical research.
Types of Fees:
Copy & Print Fee in WAGS Library: Copies made are 25 cents per copy for letter/legal size; 50 cents per copy of 11 x 17 size. All copies made from network printer are 25 cents per page for black/white and 50 cents per page for color.
Basic Fee: This fee is for photocopying documents and information that has been researched, indexed. Available in our library are Obituaries, Cemeteries, Marriages, Books, Scrapbooks and Journals. This fee is $6.00 for non-members ($4.00 for members). There is a form, on this Website, to fill out and mail to the above address. Copies will be sent on receipt of the form and fee.
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Research Fee: Our minimum research fee is $15.00 for the 1st hour of research and $10.00 for each additional hour for non-members ($13.00 and $7.00 for members). Photocopying and mailing expenses are included. (Research Requests must be typed or clearly printed using the WAGS Form provided – additional letter may be attached to form.)
Research includes In-House and Internet activities. You may request that we check specific resources for you.
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Foodilizer Tablets (4-Pack)
Make Your Own Nutrient-Rich Soil Amendment
Foodilizer tablets are a soil probiotic that can be added to your lawn or garden. The tablets add beneficial bacteria and fungi back into your soil to provide the optimum nutrient & microorganism level for vegetation growth.
Pair It With Your FoodCycler
Foodilizer tablets pair perfectly with your FoodCycler's organic soil amendment to create better compost material that can support vegetation growth. The FoodCycler's end product itself is sterilized and cannot be used as a compost alternative, but Foodilizer tablets can be combined with your soil directly.
How It Works
Store the organic end product from your FoodCycler until you're ready to apply it to your garden or soil.
1. Evenly spread out your FoodCycler's material atop your garden/soil or mix it together.
2. Fill up a spray bottle with 1L of water and add 1 Foodilizer tablet. Allow the tablet to dissolve.
3. Evenly spray the water over your garden or soil.
Benefits of Foodilizer Tablets
Produces plant hormones helping plants to grow.
Replaces beneficial organisms that are lost to chemicals, heat, drought, fire, flood, erosion, cold and frost.
Increases root mass creating stronger plants.
Restores biota balance for beneficial bacteria and fungi.
Degrades organic material making nutrients available to plants.
Reverse root oxidation replenishes old roots.
Prevent biota imbalance that can cause crop failure.
Processes nutrients making them more soluble and mobile.
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Our system uses a special formula of activated carbon to keep the naturally potent smells of food waste contained, and your space free from its lingering odour.
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- Denebola - http://www.denebolaonline.net -
Lacrosse shoots for dominant defense
Posted By Noah Rivkin On May 21, 2010 @ 2:04 am In Sports | Comments Disabled
The Girls' Lacrosse team has experienced improvements fueled by consistent play from its defensive front. This defense, the team hopes, can help improve both its record and its reputation among South students.
"We have a really, really good defense, and our goalies are amazing, [but] sometimes we don't get enough shots on net, freshman Kayla Kee said.
Sophomore Michaela O'Flaherty's presence in net bolsters the team's defense, as she makes multiple saves each game. While her play has influenced the outcome of games this season, O'Flaherty seems to be an integral piece of the team's future.
"She's only a sophomore, so we're going to have her around for a little while, freshman Charlotte Levine said.
The defense playing in front of O'Flaherty has thrived from a new, more aggressive mentality. According to senior Karina Berenbaum, the style, combined with an emphasis on staying with the opposing offenders, has greatly affected the team's defensive performance.
A strong defense has helped neutralize a struggling Lion's offense. While the defense has been proving its worth by preventing goals, it has struggled to relay the ball back to the offenders. A smooth transition between the two phases is critical to the development of a dynamic offense.
Overall, the Lacrosse team has seen some improvements from the last few years. "We actually aren't doing too badly this year, senior and captain Estie Martin said. "We've been working all season. The increase in success puts the program in the right direction, as the team has proven it can overcome the departure of last season's graduates.
"The girls are definitely doing better than expected this year. They lost some good players to graduation, Athletic Director Scott Perrin said.
Much of the unexpected success comes from the progress and good performance of Kee, Levine, and classmate Emily Caggiano. These freshmen have proved themselves to be qualified replacements for the graduated lacrosse players of last year's team.
The Lions must also address a lack of urgency on both sides of the ball in the first half. A tendency to falter early in games often puts the team in situations difficult to overcome. By elimnating the lack of readiness in the first half, the team would legitimately increase its chances of winning.
In a loss against Arlington High School, South surrendered six goals in early in the game. The Lions fought back in the second half, scoring four goals to make the margin respectable.
"A [big problem] is that we are a second half team, where it takes until the second half to warm up and really get into our A-game, Martin said.
A full, two-half performance could potentially be the difference between a sub-.500 winning percentage and a playoff contender.
Another way in which the Lacrosse team aims to improve will be by attempting to make a new reputation for itself this season and for years to come.
"We're working to get rid of the kind of label that the Girls' Lacrosse team usually carries. We work really, really hard in practice and we really care about the sport; I think we'd love for more people to come out and support [us], Martin said.
If the team can improve getting up the field, and getting shots and pressure on the opposing team's goalie, they should be in good condition to compete with the best.
Already, these improvements seem to be presenting themselves and coming into place on the team.
The Girl's Lacrosse team started off the season not really even knowing where they would be or how many games they could win, and have ended up with three wins.
"Yeah, we're pretty good, Levine said.
The conscious effort to improve the defense and to make the first half of the game stronger should nicely supplement the already strong goalies and defensive skill that the team has brought to the table this season.
Overall, the Girls' Lacrosse team looks like it could be a major competitive threat in the Dual County League with a suffocating defense and a will to compete.
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[1] More to Varsity Sports than a winning record: http://www.denebolaonline.net/2009/09/30/more-to-varsity-sports-than-a-winning-record/
[2] Lacrosse cradles hope despite struggles: http://www.denebolaonline.net/2010/04/14/lacrosse-cradles-hope-despite-struggles-2/
[3] One for the left side: http://www.denebolaonline.net/2009/10/21/one-for-the-left-side/
[4] Laxters go for two in a row: http://www.denebolaonline.net/2011/02/15/laxters-go-for-two-in-a-row/
[5] Sports Spotlight: Joey Ives, AJ Koger, Tim Donovan, and Dan Marks: http://www.denebolaonline.net/2009/05/13/sports-spotlight-joey-ives-aj-koger-tim-donovan-and-dan-marks/
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Sometimes your first homestay placement can be difficult to get exactly right because we do not know you yet. Please be patient because everything will seem different at first.
If you wish to change your homestay, please talk to the NMIT cultural advisors who can assist with options and provide you with the necessary forms. Homestays require a minimum of two weeks notice and payment, even if you move out before that time.
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Silverlight TV 77: Exploring 3D
This week Aaron Oneal, program manager of the Silverlight 3D efforts, joins John to discuss the 3D APIs in Silverlight 5 beta. Aaron was instrumental in working on the 3D features and helped to create the 3D Solar Wind and 3D HouseBuilder demos. Aaron reviews the features and explores how they all work by demoing the Solar Wind sample application. This is a great walk through of a nice app that you can apply to your own 3D efforts.
Relevant links:
John's blog and on Twitter (@john_papa)
Aaron's blog and on Twitter (@aaron_oneal)
Shawn Hargreaves' blog on game programming with XNA
Housebuilder demo
- Balder 3D engine
Follow us on Twitter @SilverlightTV or on the web at http://silverlight.tv
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Nice talk guys !
About the Babylon toolkit, there is another project, built by the same guys (and that has good interop scenario with babylon) that allows to use the Xna content pipeline to export models to SL5 beta : http://sl3dmi.codeplex.com.
For example, you can export an FBX model with bones, skinning data and animations, and load it an use it in a Silverlight scene.
Hope it can help !
Yeay, looks as though my XNA 3D skills, will be useful in Silverlight 5 and rich web apps.
I don't believe w can do that in HTML 5/ JS, unless someone proves me wrong.
We just need SL5, 3D on the WP7. I guess that is sort of what the Mango SL/XNA Interoperability gives us.
NB I do my modelling in Google Sketchup, and a third party .X exporter for use in XNA. (Blender is much too big for novices to get into) so reading models from Google Sketchup compatible formats would be a real boost. I would hope we can still use .X models in SL5.
A Question for you guys I could not find the answer to anywhere. What about the Mac port of the 3D API? Is it in the schedule?
Hi John. I'm still having severe rendering problems to a degree where the 3D part of the screen is completely distorted and the application unusable, for example with the House Builder sample. This happens on several machines, with different video hardware, different versions of (WHQL certified) drivers and in different browsers.
If I can help with analyzing this problem or provide additional data, let me know and/or feel free to contact me.
After some more investigation and debugging I finally found the problem. I've posted a description and the fix here:
more skin
During the video you talked about helpers for projections between 2D and 3d. Where are those located?
I'm looking for things like:
1) Which 3d triangle was clicked?
2) Pinch to Zoom type Gesture processing for 3d objects.


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136.38 acres in Coryell County, Texas$589,000
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- Total SqFt: 2331
- Acres: 136.38
- Price: $589,000
- Beds/Baths: 4/3
- Address: 1001 Bowen Ranch Road
- City: Evant
- State: Texas
- Zip: 76525
- County: Coryell
136.38 acres on the Cow House Creek with over 1 mile of Creek frontage. The property has a nice 4 Br 3 Ba modular Home with fireplace, decks and 2 car garage. There is a nice 8 stall horse barn and a light roping arena. The ranch has a high bluff that is approx. 80 to 100 ft high over lookin the Cow House Creek. the property has rolling terrain with approx. 50 acres of coastal. The ranch has Multi-County Water and 1 stock tank. This is a must see place.
Parking/Garage: 2
Bedrooms: 4
Baths: 3
Square Feet: 2331
Year Built: 1993
School District: Evant I. S. D.
Water: Coop Water, 1 tank & Cow House Creek
Terrain : Rolling with good tree cover
County : Coryell
Terms: Cash or Third Party Financing
From Evant go east on Hwy 84 10 miles then turn right on FM 183 and go 2 miles, the property will be on your left as you cross the Cow House Creek bridge.


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new Dälek album (MP3), 2009 European tour w/ Oddateee ++ Earth dates too
by Black Bubblegum
DOWNLOAD: Dälek – "2012 (The Pillage)" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Oddateee – "Ricans" (MP3)
Shadowy New Jersey (anti) hip hop crew Dälek, have released Gutter Tactics on Ipecac Records. The track "2012 (The Pillage)" is downloadable above; check it out in all of it's RZA's-Ghost-Dog-on-barbiturates glory. Recorded in their Union City studio, Gutter Tactics features the instrumental embellishments of Destructo Swarmbots from Dalek's Deadverse roster.
Here's a fascinating quote from MC dälek on their brand of menacing hip hop:
"…it's the philosophy of diggin' through crates to find sounds you make your own regardless of genre. Afrika Bambaataa sampled Kraftwerk, while we draw on the essence of Faust, or My Bloody Valentine…"
How many hip hop crews claim Faust and My Bloody Valentine as an influence? Producer Oktopus goes further:
"Gutter Tactics is more about us continually doing some early hip-hop sh*t but with the attitude of the Melvins or Black Sabbath."
Schweet. The band is currently gearing up for a European tour with Deadverse's Oddateee which includes the Dälek-curated De Kreun Sonic City Festival with Earth, Guapo, Joshua Booth, and Destructo Swarmbots! How many hip hop crews would curate a show with Earth & Guapo?!?
Oddateee released Halfway Homeless on Nov 4th, 2008 via Deadverse.. check out "Ricans" from that record above. Full Dalek/Oddateee and Earth tour dates below.
In other Destructo Swarmbots news, Mike Mare of DS has teamed up with MGR, aka Mike Gallagher of Isis fame to release Amigos de la Guitarra out NOW on Neurot Recordings. Recorded at Deadverse studios by Oktopus, Amigos consists of a single 42-minute song, "Amor en el Aire" and… well, let's let the amazing must-read press release do the talking….
Last year, Mike Mare of Destructo Swarmbots and Mike Gallagher of MGR/Isis "fame" fell in love.
From across the room at The Toolbox, Gallagher's rakish grin and platinum-plated construction helmet caught Mare's ever-discerning eye. Gallagher was similarly impressed with Mare's state-of-the-art hairdo and glistening pecs.
"I was immediately impressed with Mike's state-of-the-art hairdo and glistening pecs," Gallagher recalls.
"Mike's rakish grin and platinum-plated construction helmet caught my ever-discerning eye from across the room," Mare adds.
The Toolbox walls were slick with perspiration that night and the place smelled like a public pool. In the dark recesses of the gold room (pants optional!), a skinny guy with a Hitler mustache and black leather vest was slow-dancing with a much larger, bearded gentleman in Louis Vuitton chaps and a black leather vest. There was definitely a Cher remix blasting through the house sound system–predictably, it was "Believe"–and everyone was shirtless and shitfaced. And gyrating. Come to think of it, it was like that movie Cruising with Al Pacino, only much, much gayer. To make a long story short, the two Mikes shared a blended strawberry margarita and made a night of it.
In the months that followed, the Mikes played a few shows in Brooklyn, held hands in public and took a romantic carriage ride around Central Park. At night, they'd share a bunk bed in a friend's loft while visions of sugar plums and The Rock in a Peter Pan costume danced in their heads.
The civil procedure was performed hastily at Boston City Hall in August 2007, with a more elaborate ceremony (for friends and family) performed by Robert Goulet in Las Vegas shortly before his tragic passing.
Once officially wedlocked, the two Mikes decided to consummate their vows the only way they knew how: With their guitars. They lovingly recorded a single 42-minute song entitled "Amor en el Aire" at Deadverse Studios in glamorous downtown Union City, New Jersey, with Alap Momin, a.k.a. Oktopus from hip-hop revolutionaries Dälek.
After last year's MGR release, Wavering On The Cresting Heft, was lavished with such breathless and punctuationally-challenged praise as "I want my money back" and "fuck you mike," it seems likely that Amigos de la Guitarra will be received similarly and with as much enthusiasm. Please purchase a copy before it is available for free on the Interhole. The lawyers keep sending us bills and strongly-worded letters.
Mar 27 L'Appel d'Air Trebry
Mar 28 – le VIP Saint Nazaire
Mar 29 – La Fourmi Limoges
Mar 30 – Grrrrrnd Zero Lyon
Mar 31 – Nouveau Casino Paris
Apr 2 – Noumatrouff Mulhouse
Apr 3 – La Cartonnerie Reims
Apr 4 – De Kreun Sonic City Festival Kortrijk*
Apr 5 – De Kreun Sonic City Festival Kortrijk*
Apr 7 – Le Bikini Toulouse
Apr 8 – Krakatoa Bordeaux
Apr 9 – L'Abordage Evreux
Apr 10 – 6 par 4 Laval
Apr 11 – Le Camji Niort
* w/ Guapo, Earth, Joshua Booth, Destructo Swarmbots
February 26 2009 – Tractor Tavern, Seattle, Washington*
February 27 2009 – Dantes, Portland, Oregon*
March 26 2009 – Paradiso, Amsterdam
March 27 2009 – Stuk, Leuven
March 28 2009 – L'Olympic, Poitiers
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April 21 2009 – Whelans, Dublin
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Cilia are built from bundles of microtubules made of a protein called tubulin. Scholey's team discovered how two subunits of tubulin are winched into place by a type of protein motor belonging to a family of proteins called kinesins.
Scholey's laboratory works with the soil roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans, whose cilia are essentially the same as those of humans and other mammals. Postdoctoral scholar Limin Hao, Scholey and their colleagues screened a collection of worms for those with mutations that affected the cilia.
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What is a minor II V I Progression?
The minor II-V-I sequence is equivalent to the major II-V-I sequence, but played in minor harmonic key. It is a must know for any guitarist who wants to learn to solo over tunes in minor keys.
You will find minor II V I progressions in many jazz tunes as Autumn leaves, Blue Bossa, Black Orpheus, Stella by Starlight, The nearness of you, I love you, Speak low, Soul eyes, Valse Hot, Along came Betty, Stablemates, Are you real, I'll remember April, I hear a rhapsody, In your own sweet way, Nuages...


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The "Scream Queens" star Lea Michele , who was in news earlier this year for shedding clothes on new year eve,is in the news again.
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