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Three cheers for tasty salted pig parts! The Charleston Wine and Food Festival kick-off party, held Thursday night at Charles Towne Landing's new Founders Hall, was a rapturous extravaganza of all things porcine—and not just your mama's Sunday bacon! Tables were laden with every conceivable edible iteration of pork, and a slew of local food scene stalwarts were on hand to be inducted into the prosciutto, pate, and pancetta society.
Chef Frank Lee (Slightly North of Broad) talked about his house-made sausage, which he infuses with marjoram grown in the restaurant's herb garden. Chef Sean Brock (McCrady's)—also a pig farmer working on a signature charcuterie—busied himself in a back alcove, but his drippings-infused butter was being eaten by the spoonful according to the whispers that rippled through the crowd. Chef Craig Deihl (Cypress) dished up hearty portions of his recipes and attracted a healthy crowd of hungry guests. Meanwhile, a handful of other chefs traded toques and white jackets for plain clothes and wandered through the event as merry guests, including Chef Bob Waggoner (U Cook with Chef Bob), Chef Donald Barickman (Magnolia's), Chef Kelly Wilson (soon to be serving her outstanding pastries on Kiawah Island), Chef Iverson Brownell (Iverson Catering), and Mary Zapatka (Square Onion) to name a few.
Nearly everyone with a hand in Charleston's cuisine scene was in attendance. Rick Jerue (Art Institute of Charleston), Tradd Newton and Sarah Nielsen (Fleet Landing), Holly Herrick (food writer), Jackie Tyler and Libba Osborne (Leapfrog PR), Angel Postell (Charleston Wine and Food Festival director), and Mitchell Crosby (JMC Charleston) comprised the wave of familiar faces clustered near the entrance when I arrived.
Official announcements came midway through the event, naming two nonprofits—Louie's Kids and Slow Food Charleston—as beneficiaries of the 2010 festival and name-checking superstar chef Daniel Boulud, who will cook at an already sold-out $750 per person dinner on Saturday night during the festival.
Tickets for the March 4 - 7 festival are now on sale, so visit charlestonwineandfood.com for details.


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Family: Odontophoridae, New World Quail view all from this family
Description ADULT MALE Has mainly gray upperparts, with scaly feathering on nape. Head markings comprise chestnut crown and black face and throat, colors defined by white lines. Neck is blue-gray and underparts are otherwise mainly buffy yellow, but note dark belly patch and chestnut flanks adorned with pale streaks. ADULT FEMALE Similar to male, but duller; male's head markings are absent. JUVENILE Similar to adult female, but with less distinct markings.
Dimensions Length: 10-11 1/2" (25-29 cm)
Habitat Common in deserts with dense scrub cover, often in the vicinity of waterholes.
Observation Tips Easiest to find in winter.
Range Rocky Mountains, Southwest, California, Texas
Voice Male utters kup-werr-kip or kup-keWerr-kip calls.
Discussion Attractive quail. Males are particularly well-marked and have an evocative call. Both sexes are adorned with a forward-curving, "comma-shaped" head plume, a feature shared with superficially similar California Quail; subtle plumage differences, habitat preferences, and geographical range (little overlap) aid separation from that species. Gregarious outside breeding season. Sexes are dissimilar.

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By Steve Sears
Thomas Peterffy, the founder and chief of Interactive Brokers (IBKR), was around at the creation of the modern market. He was one of the first people on Wall Street to use computers to price stocks and options.
As one of the architects of the modern securities market, we reached out to him for insights into what can be done to make the securities markets more stable a day after problems at the Nasdaq Stock Market essentially shuttered the U.S. stock and options markets for about three hours. Nasdaq's (NDAQ) chief, Bob Greifeld, told a reporter that Nasdaq's systems, and those of the securities industry, need to be more robust.
There will be problems along the way, however.
"We should all recognize that computer systems are inherently complex and subject to failure," Peterffy wrote in an email. "This has always been plainly obvious to computer programmers but not so to the general public."
In an email, Peterffy offered what he called a few simple steps that could be taken to greatly reduce the vulnerability of the system:
1. Exchanges should examine and reject each order the execution of which would result in an invalid trade. But they do not want to do this because it would slow up trading and exchanges could possibly lose revenue.
2. Eliminate potential single points of failure. Broker/dealers and exchanges should have individual connections for all messages, so if any B/D or exchange fails the system continues to function.
3. Before Nasdaq was given the authority to consolidate and charge for quotations, B/Ds had built their own quote consolidation systems. Had that remained in place, yesterday's issue would not have arisen. Nasdaq would have stopped trading but all other venues that list those stocks could have continued transmitting their prices and quotes to all their participants.
Shares of Nasdaq OMX Group have gained 0.4% to $30.58 today, while CME Group (CME) has fallen 1.1% to $71.89, IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) has dropped 0.2% to $185.16, and NYSE Euronext (NYX) has ticked down 0.1% to $42.66.


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Visiting Somali journalist shot dead in Mogadishu
EDITOR'S NOTE: Subsequent to the publication of this report, questions were raised about the veracity of the account given by the primary sources. CPJ has published two follow-up reports detailing those questions, which raise doubts as to whether a killing took place as described. CPJ continues to monitor the case.
Nairobi, March 25, 2013--Somali authorities must immediately investigate the murder of a radio journalist who was shot dead on Sunday evening in Mogadishu, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.


text: About a month ago I did a stupid thing, I left my favorite flyrod in my small inflatable, on top of the truck, then drove home, about 55 miles, needless to say, it wasn't there when I got home. I have been using one of the first graphite rods I built 20 some odd years ago, an arm killer. Last week I sent to Cabella's for a rod blank and components to build a new rod. When I got back from fishing Monday, I found the blank in the garage. Tueday I had to go to the doctor's so it just sat there. Wednesday I started assembling it. Today Thursday I have it all built, and tonight the finish is curing. Should be done tomorrow. I will be using it next weekend at the RI Clave if anyone is interested. It is a 9 ft. 8 wt.. cost including shipping about $140.


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Historic landmark Taliesin West, located outside of Scottsdale, AZ in the desert foothills of the McDowell Mountains is home to the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, as well as Taliesin, The Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture.
Walking tour of downtown Tucson, we go to about 10 different locations and hopefully get to explore inside of 3 of them.
Small group van tours! Day tours incs., pk up and drop off from your location, IMAX Theater, park entrance fee & LUNCH. You see the most popular panoramic views of the canyon, the Colorado river, the Bright Angel trail as you watch the mules.
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CK-12 Algebra II with Trigonometry Concepts
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Equations and Inequalities
This chapter covers real numbers, solving equations, inequalities, absolute value equations, and absolute value inequalities.
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Linear Equations and Inequalities
This chapter covers slopes and equations of lines, graphing lines and inequalities, relations and functions, graphing absolute value equations, and analyzing scatterplots.
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Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalities
This chapter covers solving linear systems, including systems of linear inequalities and systems of linear equations in three variables.
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This chapter covers matrix operations as well as solving matrix equations and systems of linear equations with and without a calculator.
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Quadratic Equations
This chapter covers solving quadratic equations, complex numbers, and analyzing graphs of quadratic equations.
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Polynomial Functions
This chapter covers operations with polynomial functions and analyzing the graphs of polynomial functions.
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Roots, Radicals, and Function Operations
This chapter covers rational exponents, nth roots, solving radical equations, function operations, and inverse of a function.
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Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
This chapter covers exponential and logarithmic functions.
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Rational Functions
This chapter covers graphing and solving rational functions and equations.
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Conic Sections
This chapter covers parabolas, circles, ellipses, and hyperbolas and solving nonlinear systems.
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Sequences and Series
This chapter covers patterns, sequences, and series of numbers.
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Introduction to Probability
This chapter covers the fundamental counting principle, factorials, permutations, combinations, binomial expansion, and difference kinds of probabilities.
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Trigonometric Ratios
This chapter covers the trig ratios, their inverses, radians, and solving right triangles.
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Trigonometric Functions and Identities
This chapter covers graphing the trig functions and using trig identities to simplify expressions, prove trigonometric statements, and solve equations.


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Something very, very odd's after happening.
Very odd. Worrying, even.
My Advogato account disappeared.
Not completely, mind you.
FusionWiki was still listed with me as lead developer. Quite odd.
So I created a new account under the same name, and lo and behold, all my diary entries were still there.
But all the certification was gone. Disappeared. Kaput.
Any of the certification I'd given to others was gone, and all the certification I'd got was gone.
And all this happened without any notice.
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New Delhi, Aug 12, IRNA -- The launching of a US air war against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) will only compound a catastrophe that has "Made in the USA" stamped all over it.
The overrunning of much of Iraq by the Al Qaeda offshoot is the result not of a "failed policy," but of criminal decisions that go back nearly twenty-five years.
Tehran, Aug 11, IRNA - An English-language paper on Monday urged the US to identify and help block the financial donors of the terrorist group ISIL, instead of striking the criminal group.
The following is the urgent statement of the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch, Louis-Raphael I Sako on alarming Situation of 130,000 Refugees and Other Grave Matters.
The following letter was sent by His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV, The Patriarch of Assyrian Church of the East to His Excellency Martin Schulz, President of the European Union
The following letter was sent by His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV, The Patriarch of Assyrian Church of the East to His Excellency Ban Ki-Moon
Assyrians Without Borders has recently been informed of the situation in northern Iraq. AWBs partners are reporting of a terrible and tragic suffering of the people. Region by region, the etno-religious minorities of the country are being subject to killing and persecution.
Baghdad, Aug 6, IRNA – Iran's ambassador to Baghdad Hassan Danayee-Far in a meeting with representative of the Christians in the Iraqi parliament voiced Tehran's readiness to help reduce the problems and pains of the Christian refugees in Iraq's Mosul.


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From Betty's Soul Food Collection... Mmm! Bake up a wonderful aroma and taste with sweet and cinnamony biscuits.
To make drop biscuits, instead of kneading and rolling dough, drop dough by 12 to 15 rounded spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown.
If you don't have a round biscuit cutter, a glass that's 2 1/2 inches in diameter is a good substitute.
Dried sweetened cranberries can be used in place of the raisins. Their slight tartness gives these biscuits a different flavor.
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Banana Nut Cheerios® cereal and peanut butter stir up into an easy no-bake snack bar.
*To toast almonds, sprinkle in ungreased heavy skillet. Cook over medium heat 5 to 7 minutes, stirring frequently until almonds begin to brown, then stirring constantly until almonds are light brown.
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The Land
Cities & Suburbs
Boom & Bust
Patriotic Duty
At Ease
Theme: At Ease
Artist: Russell DRYSDALE
Birth/Death: 1912–1981
Title: The cricketers
Credit Line: Private Collection
National identity had been established on the cricket pitch as early as 1877 when a combined team from New South Wales and Victoria defeated the English touring team in the first test match. Edmund Barton, Australia's first Prime Minister, was a cricket umpire, and most of his successors have shared his passion for the game. Russell Drysdale's The cricketers succeeds as art by abandoning any pretence to illustrative realism. It is one of the most original and haunting images in all Australian art.
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I just checked with Mrs Gooser!
She told me no self respecting lady would put up with a guy that has to travel with wool socks,, a sippy cup,, and juicy juice!
Sorry,,, I have to back out
It is far easier to spit on the work of others than it is to produce something better yourself.
Brynmoors Prairie Sage JH (Sage) Just a dang fool huntin Dawg
HRCH Calypso Seven Bales High SH (Bailey)
HR Calypso Zoomin Loosies Mad Hader (Maddi) We loved you baby. R.I.P.
HRCH FlatLanders Broken Pistol Ricochet MH (Flinch)
My Christian Name is Michael Baker..
I have gone by "Gooser" since I was a "gossling"
You are not shooting anything,, Dollars to donuts you can't wipe your own mouth... But what the hey...
If you and your dog pass I will kiss both of you on the lips and yes,,, It will be on RTF....
If you and your dog does not pass?? What says you the gallery?????
What says the gallery??
We're goining to need a poll for this decision,
Pass = lips
Fail = on the "cheek" You pick which one Angie!!
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Roland JP-8000
The JP-8000 Music Synthesizer has been designed using a first-of-its-kind Roland Analog Modeling sound source, combining the fat, powerful sounds associated with vintage analog synths with the flexibility of digital technology and MIDI. Like the classic Roland analog synths of the past, the JP-8000 sports a collection of 38 front-panel knobs and sliders for powerful real-time control, opening a brand new world of sonic possibilities. Innovative "Motion Control" feature memorizes all sequential slider and knob movements, ensuring that a great real-time "tweak" will not be lost. "Analog" synth functions like oscillator sync, ring modulation, -12/-24 dB filtering, cross modulation, an assignable ribbon controller and powerful pitch bend/modulation lever make the JP-8000 a very powerful synthesizer for live and studio use!
The JP-8000 is excellent for use in any music where classic synth sounds are needed. For techno, dance, drum&bass, hiphop, film scoring, synth pop and more! It is used by the Crystal Method, BT, Orbital, Ken Ishii, Vince Clarke, Goldie, Dave Holmes, Prodigy, Groove Armada, Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode, ATB, Überzone, Faithless, Gary Numan, Ferry Corsten, Scooter, Konflict, William Ørbit, Paul Van Dyk and Garbage.
Lookup Roland JP-8000 Prices
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- Demos & Media
Roland JP-8000 - demo (2 of 2)
Audio Clip 1 - A series of demo sounds, from the Future Music CD, issue 53.
Audio Clip 2 - Another series of demo sounds, from the Future Music CD, issue 53.
Audio Clip 3 - This is 'The Human Comedy' an interesting demo song created on the JP-8000 submitted by Jason Dictos.
Manual - Roland has made manuals for most of their products available as free PDF downloads.
Patch File - Courtesy of Roland, here are several patches in .mid and Midi SysEx formats. They are for Macintosh and Windows/PC.
- Specifications
- Polyphony - 8 voices
- Oscillators - 2 Roland Analog Modeling DSP oscillators: Saw, Square (PWM), Triangle (PWM), Super Saw (7 de-tuned Saws), Triangle Mod, Feedback OSC, noise
- Filter - Resonant 12/24dB/oct low pass / band pass / hi pass; ring modulator
- Effects - Onboard digital delay and chorus
- Memory - 128 preset patches, 128 user patches, 64 performances, 64 user performances
- Arpeg/Seq - Powerful vintage-style arpeggiator with beat patterns; Programmable real-time Phrase Sequencing (RPS) functions
- Keyboard - 49 keys (with velocity)
- Control - MIDI (2 parts)
- Date Produced - 1996
- Websites of Interest
Roland JP-8000 / JP-8080 AudioUnit & VSTi Editor Plugin
- Shop for Keyboards, MIDI & Gear
Guitar Center: Synths and MIDI
Sweetwater: Hot items in Keyboars section
The Musician's Friend: Keyboard gear
AMS: Brand synths and accessories
The Woodwind & Brasswind Store
music123.com: Synth Blow Out Deal Section
zZounds: Keyboards and MIDI equipment
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If anyone can rock these awesome Itsy swim bottoms, it's you! Wear these with your favorite L Space swim top and you'll have a suit everyone envies!
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Setting Sail to Search for Marine Debris in the Gulf of Maine
Posted On August 14, 2013 by Allison Schutes
This week, I'm sailing with Rozalia Project as a guest scientist onboard American Promise. I joined the crew in Bar Harbor, Maine, and I'm spending seven days sailing south through the Gulf of Maine with our journey concluding at the ship's home port of Kittery, Maine.
My home away from home is Rozalia Project's "mother ship," American Promise. Not originally meant to be a garbage-hunter, American Promise has a storied past. She was designed by America's Cup champion Ted Hood to sail around the world in record time. From November 1985 to April 1986, American Promise did just that when Dodge Morgan became the first American to sail around the world alone in record-breaking time.
One of the main goals of this sail will be to remove as much trash from the water as possible. Much of our work regarding marine debris is centered around the items found along our coastlines and floating on the surface of coastal and inland waterways. However, we know marine debris comes in all shapes and sizes and is present throughout the water column.


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Currently, I only have the Anakin AOTC FX lightsaber, and I've been meaning to get one of the new ones. Especially with the new features, and more realistic feel(not so bulky) from what I've heard. I'm just not sure if I want to get Mace Windu's saber, or Vaders 1st. Surfing around on Ebay, I see auctions for both of them that claim they are out of production. Now I know Ebayers tend to be full of ****, but can anyone tell me if one of them is about to go out of production? So I'd rush to get that one first.
I missed Luke's saber alltogether, now they can be had on Ebay for upwards of $300. Hopefully MR will make them again. Speaking of which, what FX sabers are being planned for the future? I'd kill to get a Darth Maul double bladed saber, as well as Dooku's.
Also, I'm selling my Anakin saber on Ebay to get a ROTS version. New features, plus it's also Luke's first lightsaber.


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Since Hollywood has abandoned creativity and originality in favor of making old T.V. shows and cartoons into movies, I thought we could make up a list of other shows to make into bad movies.
And yes, the Garfield thing inspired this.
Here's my current list:
Mama's Family
Sanford and Son
Small Wonder (I could actually see this being done)
and, while they're making freakin' COMIC STRIPS from the PAPER into movies, why not make a feature film about Hagar the Horrible or Beetle Bailey? Heck, lets give Hi and Lois their own reality series!
Apparently, this is all it takes to be a "writer" in Hollywood, so I'll be moving out there soon to start my new career rehasing other peoples ideas.


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Food and Faith is a blog of the Presbyterian Hunger Program.
Tomorrow is Independence day. The day we American's celebrate the signing of a document that asserted that all men were created equal and with the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. On the Forth we normally assert those rights and pursue our happiness with flag waving, gracious displays of fireworks, and grilled food. I'm not knocking it, I enjoy a good cook out. But I do find it interesting that many think of this day as display of patriotism.


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B-U-S-Y. That is what I have been lately. But haven't we all? It seems like every day there has been something both fun and time-consuming. And there has been a lot of ice cream + laughter in my diet this weekend.
Friday night we went over to some friends' and watched a movie, just randomly. We ate key lime pie ice cream (if you have not tasted this goodness yet, getyourselfsomeasap. I command you.), laid around and laughed at everything. Saturday night we went for dinner at another friend's house, ate more ice cream and laughed at everything. Sunday night, I went to a buffet with some more amazing friends--just because--and we stuffed ourselves + laughed at everything. Yes, there was ice cream in the mix there, too.
Health freaks, you can beat me up now. :]
Yesterday I got back on schedule and completed my entire school list, cleaned the kitchen, swept the floors, went on a long run in the delicious sunniness Oregon had for one blessed day, read a large portion of Uncle Tom's Cabin and endeavored to begin this blog post--but, as you can see, in that I failed.
Now. I have some giveaway winners to announce, do I not? Huge thanks to my sponsors and entrants for participating. There were 5,249 entries altogether--amazing! And here are the {very} lucky winners...
The winner of the "I Love Paris" necklace from Anya Cloud is...Bekah W.!
The winner of the heart bowls from JD Wolfe Pottery is...Phioniray!
The winner of the Coral Enamel charm locket from The Blooming Thread is...Jenoelle!
The winner of the Mustard Rosette Headband from Brydeferth Studios is...Eyebright L.!
The winner of the Baja Turquoise Ring from MaaP Studios is...Prerana!
The winner of the ECD Dancing DVD is...Susanna!
Congratulations, ladies. :) I will get your sponsors your e-mails, and you should be hearing from them soon!
...To those who were not winners this time, make sure to stay tuned. ;) I am planning a lovely surprise for you this coming March, in celebration of the 900 follower milestone, if and when it is reached (wow, guys, I am so amazed and blessed!). Here is a little sneak-peek of only a few of my sponsors' gorgeous prizes:
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YOU have asked me to recall to you Rome as I first saw it, in the spring of 1857. It is as if one tried to revive the beauty of a dead cyclamen, for the old poetic charm of Rome is withered away. In all ages that city, which was the centre of the civilized world, must needs have been subject to change and to large destruction. Rome has been sacked and burned, overthrown and rebuilt, its pagan palaces have half sunk beneath the soil, in the lapse of centuries the Field of Mars became covered with the modern quarter, and a strange tangle of associations was silently and unconsciously created, the disentangling of which was a delight to the poet and the antiquary; but the total effect remained that of a very old picture, harmonized and browned by time. That picture has been cleaned, revarnished, and the lover of Rome page: 65 must dwell in his old impressions if he hopes to revive the past.
In the spring of 1857 no railway came within many hours of the Eternal City. She sat in isolated majesty upon the wild Campagna, and the traveller entered her gates as Cæsar and Cicero, Leo and Pius, and kings and pilgrims from time immemorial have approached, by travelling along the Aurelian Way. In 1818 six English youths sent to colonize the desolate and half ruined English College, similarly crossed the Campagna, and one of them, a famous man in later years, tells us of the "great cupola, cutting like a huge peak into the clear winter sky, increasing in size with every mile." For indeed the rolling Campagna is like the sea, across which you may see the snowy sails of a ship, herself invisible. And that period of forty years had in 1857 made but little change. To us also the dome appeared faintly upon the horizon; beautiful was the wealth of flowers in the southern spring, the wayside bright and delicate with asphodel, and spaced with the mile‐stones of the famed Aurelian Way. The far mountains were filmy in the distance, the page: 66 classic mountains which are the best guardians of ancient traditions, for man cannot change their outline; and in Rome itself Mrs. Anna Jameson was waiting to receive one young traveller, and she was perhaps the most wonderful cicerone in the world, dearest, wittiest, most cultured of women, and though sixty years old, retaining all the fire and enthusiasm of her youth. It is impossible to give to another generation any adequate idea of many men and women whose personality was greater than their achievement, or whose achievements were practically those of the improvisatore.
Mrs. Jameson was born in the year 1794 in Dublin. Her father, Brownell Murphy, married an English wife; he was a well‐known miniature painter, who came over to England and became eventually Painter in Enamel to the young Princess Charlotte of Wales in the year 1810. It is told of Mr. Murphy that he once took the liberty of asking Her Majesty Queen Charlotte whether she recollected a famous picture of Nell Gwynne, known to have once existed in the Windsor Gallery. The Queen replied at once, that most assuredly since she had resided at page: 67 Windsor there had been no Nell Gwynne there! At the sad death of Princess Charlotte, the hopes, fortunes, and happiness of many to whom she had shown kindness failed, and the Murphys suffered with the rest, but Anna Murphy was tenderly devoted to her parents, and both before and after her own marriage she never ceased to be the most devoted of daughters. Her life, with all its varying fortunes, has been well told by her favourite niece, Gerardine, the wife of Robert Macpherson of Rome. It was published by Longmans, and to it we must refer those who would fain know more of one of the best and brightest women of the earlier years of the Victorian era.
Mrs. Jameson's writing was like eloquent speech; she was an interpreter of art and nature, she was a human Irish harp; to see her kindle into enthusiasm amidst the gorgeous natural beauty and the antique memorials and the sacred Christian relics of Italy was an experience not to be forgotten. There is not a cyprus upon the Roman hills, or a sunny vine overhanging the southern gardens, or a picture in those vast sombre galleries of foreign palaces, or a page: 68 catacomb spread out dark under the martyr churches of the City of the Seven Hills, which is not associated with some vivid flash of her intellect and imagination, and with a dearer recollection of personal kindness from the old to the young.
And now began a period of such vivid intellectual happiness as can fall to the lot of few; in Rome with Mrs. Jameson. She was visiting her niece Gerardine, whose house was a centre for the English in Rome, and a room had been arranged for me in the dwelling of a friend; so that I came into the midst of all that was going on. The Macphersons then lived in a villa just on the outskirts of the city, with a heavenly view towards the mountains. My first visit was to St. Peter's, whither I was taken with a sort of solemnity, Mrs. Jameson herself raising the great leathern screen and watching me as the vast nave met my view. So that of the Catholic and mediæval world my first vision was through the eyes of Michel Angelo. She then took me to see Gibson. The famous sculptor was a little, gentle old man with whom it seemed to me that the Greek gods had literally come down to live in the Via della Fontanella. In 1821 Mrs. Jameson had seen him at work on a beautiful group of Psyche borne by the Zephyrs; page: 71 in 1847 she had found him in the self‐same studio, modelling the bas‐relief of the Hours leading forth the Horses of the Sun, and had felt that "there was something inexpressibly touching, and elevating too, in the sense of progress without change; all appeared the same in that modest, quiet little room, but round it extended lofty and ample ateliers, crowded with models of works, already executed or in progress, and with workmen, assistants, students, visitors." And here, after the lapse of another ten years, she brought her young English friend. Gibson told Mrs. Jameson that his first commission in Rome was from "a tall young man" who said he had been "sent by Canova." It was the Duke of Devonshire who made a happy man that day! "Mars and Cupid" are now at Chatsworth.
In 1844, when Gibson visited England, the Queen sent for him and commanded a statue of herself, intimating at the same time a desire that the "statue should be a faithful portrait such as her children should recognize, and calculated for a room in the palace, not for any public institution." The young Queen of five and twenty sat every day for ten days. Gibson was wont to say page: 72 that he owed his start in life more to the praises bestowed on his work by Mrs. Jameson in the pages of her "Diary of an Ennuyée" than to the fact of the group of Psyche borne aloft by the Zephyrs having been purchased by Sir George Beaumont. The Diary, her first work, was published after her marriage in 1825, and her only remuneration was a guitar!
From Gibson's studio the entranced visitor naturally turned to that of his favourite pupil, Miss Hosmer, who had come from Boston five years previously. Of all her admirable work, "Puck" was, perhaps, the most appreciated by her public and by me. The Little Man struck a Shakespearian note amidst the endless classic beauties of Rome. Gibson had evidently in some previous existence been intimate with Phidias, but Miss Hosmer was of a newer time, and at that youthful period she herself resembled a charming boy with a curly crop, except that few boys ever show such dogged determination to succeed. She went on from strength to strength, and was then working at a reclining figure of the Cenci. Many happy hours I spent in Miss Hosmer's studio, and for the first time page: 73 understood the sculptor's art and how the human image gradually formed itself in the wet clay and died in plaster, to resuscitate in marble.
To a dark, endless catacomb, I think it was Santa Agnese, Mrs. Jameson took me in the company of Sir David Brewster; and his keen intellect played vividly on the most diverse associations. He was quite an old man, but had lately entered into his second marriage with extraordinary freshness of feeling. He had a private hobby, a fine collection of engraved gems, and brought them out one evening for inspection. In that cosmopolitan Rome the strangest side‐lights fell upon well‐known figures.
Another image which rises to memory is that of Dr. Auguste Braun, the most learned of German archæologists. He lived in a house on the top of the Tarpeian Rock, from the windows of which was seen a splendid view over the Forum, and there he carried on a great controversy about the site of the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus, a question upon which Germans and Italians were bitterly opposed. One party page: 74 said the foundations existed under the church of Ara Cœli, the other party assigned them to the opposite hill; but as the two hills were extremely near together and densely covered with buildings of all ages, it was indeed a very pretty quarrel, and one in which I took at the time a youthful and quite fantastic interest. Little did the disputants foresee that within thirteen years a new Italy would arise, and Rome be given up to a generation of railway‐makers and building speculators. Who now cares for that poor old vanished temple? It is as extinct as the dispossessed Lion on the roof of Northumberland House, whose tail pointed to so many quarters of the compass that nobody could ever say which was which. Dr. Braun the archæologist died in 1860, and one is inclined to say that it was fortunate for him.
The excavations of the soil of Rome at that epoch had been very partial, and a sense of the mystery of the haunted ground enhanced its charm. They have since been "Systematized," and suggest an Examination in Ancient History. For instance, in the Fifties the Coliseum was decorated with a rich flora. page: 75 Delicate ferns and mosses and creeping greenery flourished among the huge steps and corridors, and were said to be unique, springing from the blood of the martyrs. Total ignorance of botany prevents my putting forth this as other than a legendary statement; but nature had wonderfully softened the horrors of the pagan amphitheatre; the floor was a soft mat of grass, and in the centre stood a black mission cross, where some monk had preached of grace and redemption. The cross is gone, and half of the vast area is deeply dug, and reveals the subterranean passages which ministered to the cruel show. He who now walks in the Coliseum by moonlight moo nligh would do well to walk warily, lest in some dark corner he slip through the rails and plunge downwards into the dens of the wild beasts. If, on the other hand, the traveller approaches the Coliseum at noon, his eyes will be fatally attracted to the left of the great building, and to that hill‐road, once so picturesque, but now blocked by a huge depôt for the sale of olive‐oil, the Pears' soap of Italy.
That old Rome wherein Shelley was portrayed by Joseph Severn, where Wiseman came to study page: 76 and remain as Rector, where Wilkie renewed his youth after long sickness, where Hawthorne imagined Donatello, has for ever faded away.
Of the overpowering ugliness of the great new buildings erected in the meadow below the Castle of St. Angelo, and on that high site beyond the Baths of Diocletian, once covered by lovely vineyards and gardens, what adequate description can be given! Peabody's Lodgings and Queen Anne's Mansions, half‐finished and already old, dirty, and dilapidated—such is the vision that meets the eye inside and outside the San Lorenzo gate. The financial troubles of Italy have stopped the works, and it is a moot question whether what they meant to do or what they half achieved is the more deplorable. One complete handsome result has, however, been effected, the Via Nationale cuts through Rome like a Parisian boulevard, it recalls the architecture of Florence, and should fairly be praised as a beautiful street, but in the very nature of things Rome cannot be effectually Haussmannized. The mementoes of the pagan past are too numerous and too important to be disregarded, and the great churches and colleges belonging to every nation page: 77 in the civilized world cannot be erased for the formation of new structures, though here and there they stand out as huge blocks in the midst of clearings, and puzzle the old tourist as to their identity. In Rome we all have a vested interest; to the English College, the Scotch College, and the Irish College is now added a beautiful new Canadian College with the Imperial right of sanctuary. The French have St. Louis des Français, and French Sisters of more than one Order have standing room in Rome. That far‐famed English College, "where many a pilgrim, gentle or simple, has knelt leaning on his trusty staff, cut in Needwood or the New Forest," and where among many other memorials of our dear land are the tombs of Sir Thomes Dereham, of a Prior of Worcester and an Archbishop of York, is standing evidence that the city of Rome guards other associations than those of her own citizens. And putting aside those ecclesiastical treasures about which men so widely differ, but of which it may be fairly said that all men of the slightest culture regard them with interest, none can deny that the art treasures of the Eternal City are the heritage of the world.


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International Festival to Begin February 25
Posted February 24, 2000; 10:25 p.m.
Princeton's International Festival will begin Friday, February 25, at 7:30 p.m. in McCosh 10. It will feature Ballet Forklorico, the Black Arts Company, the Mideastern Dance Troupe, the Ballroom Dance Club, and a presentation of Indian classical music with Pandit Kinnar Kumar Seen on the sitar and Manjul Bahargava on the tabla.
International snacks will be served immediately following the performances.
From 10 p.m. until 2 a.m., there will be a semiformal party organized by the International Students of Princeton in the basement of Chancellor Green.
For more information, call the International Center at 8-5006. Photos from previous International Festivals are posted at the International Festival website.


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Many of the most innovative films and filmmakers in the world are coming out of Brooklyn. Kicking off our series in Downtown BK, we present daring shorts by local filmmakers.
This collection of films includes many that play with form, showing radical new methods of storytelling. Others are astonishingly compact classic narratives. Fittingly for a group of emerging filmmakers, these films focus on coming-of-age, transitory times and places, and finding your place in a bustling world. And while this program offers a trip around the world (and under the sea), it all comes back to the creative vibrancy of New York.
- Mark Elijah Rosenberg
All the screenings at Metrotech Commons are presented in partnership with Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and Forest City Ratner.
Aaron Burr, Part 2 (Dana O'Keefe | USA | 8 min.)
An American revolutionary updates his place in history in this radically inventive and modern bio-pic. Shown in 2012.
A Chjàna (Jonas Carpignano | Italy, USA | 21 min.)
An intimate epic of race riots and liberation.
BOY (Topaz Adizes | 9 min.)
In this gentle but stark narrative, a child's enthusiasm for father-son bonding has brutal and haunting consequences.
BELLY (Julia Pott | USA | 7 min.)
Oscar is coming of age, against his better judgment. In doing so he must experience the necessary evil of leaving something behind, but can still feel it in the pit of his stomach.
The Hunter and the Swan Discuss Their Meeting (Emily Carmichael | Brooklyn, NY | 8 min.)
A mythical romance forged in fantasy comes apart under the scrutiny of a Brooklyn dinner party.
Wounded Man (Zachary Volker | New York, NY | 6 min.)
"(Indecipherable.) (Indecipherable.) Check his left pocket." Two career criminals debate the merits of letting an associate bleed to death in a motel bathroom. zacharyvolker.com
The Strange Ones (Christopher Radcliff and Lauren Wolkstein | New York, NY | 15 min.)
A man and a boy, traveling to an unknown destination, find respite in a motel swimming pool. But an unseen tension begins to mount, exposing a complicated, dangerous, and secret world lurking beneath the surface. thestrangeones.com
Henley (Craig Macneill | New York, NY | 11 min.)
Ted Henley lives with his father in their run down motel on a desolate stretch of road. He earns his tiny allowance by collecting the roadkill that litters the highway. But when the motel cash register starts to run dry, Ted decides to turn his attention to bigger game. northlakefilms.com
Ami Dang
Amrita "Ami" Kaur Dang is a vocalist, sitarist, and composer/producer from Baltimore, MD and New Delhi, India. Her sound ranges from North Indian classical fused with noise/ambient electronics to experimental dancepop that comes together to create a new genre she calls "Bollywave."
Dang began studying music at a young age and picked up the sitar when she was twelve years old. After years of North Indian classical music training, she studied Technology in Music and Related Arts at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music. Her current sound references her musical education as well as the grit of the urban landscapes of both Baltimore and New Delhi. Released in February 2011, her debut album "Hukam" was heralded as
#7 among top albums of 2011 by Chapel Hill's WXYC 89.3 FM and one of the best 30 albums of 2011 by Small World Music.
Upon the completion of her debut album, Dang's live set expanded to include drummer and producer K8 Levitt. A Brooklyn, NY native, Levitt began frequenting DIY shows as a young adolescent and, inspired by the movement, took up the drums at age 13. In the recent past, Levitt has performed with the Dan Deacon Ensemble, playing shows such as Bonoroo and Lollapalooza, and was a founding member of the band Teeth Mountain. She is also a current member of the Baltimore-based arts collective Wham City, and continues to be inspired by the interplay between sound and visuals.
Since 2009, Dang has been working with Schwarz, one of Baltimore's most prolific DJs and producers. Schwarz has been writing songs and making tapes since kindergarten and is one-third of the DJ crew that throws the dance party Deep in the Game, lauded by Baltimore's City Paper as "Best Dance Night" in 2011. He has also produced tracks for Rye Rye, Juiceboxx, Lil Ugly Mane, Sewn Leather, Wish, DDM, DJ Dog Dick, Kevin Jz Prodigy, BBU, and Issue.
Currently, the trio is working on their next full-length album "Sun on Our Skins," to be released in the fall of 2012.


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South Asian documentaries to be shown, April 18-20
Posted April 16, 2002; 03:17 p.m.
Fifteen recent South Asian documentaries will be shown April 18-20 in Friend Center rooms 108, 109 and 110. The screenings begin at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and at 5 p.m. Saturday.
The documentaries are among the best non-fiction films from the 2001 Film South Asia festival. All films are in English or subtitled in English. Free samosas will be served.
The film festival is sponsored by the Council on Regional Studies and the International Center . For a description of the films and a film schedule, visit the South Asian Students Association Web site.
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By Brad Locke/NEMS Daily Journal
STARKVILLE – Four members of Mississippi State's 2013 football signing class are on campus.
The school officially announced the arrival Tuesday of receiver Jeremey Chappelle, defensive back Kivon Coman, defensive back Justin Cox and tight end Artimas Samuel.
All four players have been enrolled for the new term and will be able to participate in spring practices in a few weeks.
Chappelle and Cox both come from the junior college ranks, the latter from nearby East Mississippi Community College.
Chappelle (Tyler, Texas) should help shore up a receiving corps that's losing four seniors, while Cox could ease the losses at cornerback.
Coman and Samuel both signed with MSU last year but wound up at Hargrave Military Academy in Virginia this past fall.


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In 1999 or thereabouts, another corporation made its move to ensnare its helpless consumers with another ploy to exploit their weaknesses. This time, the victims were "us."
And here came the Star Wars Buddies: the first run for little plus Beanie-Baby type Star Wars characters including Chewie, Wicket, Salacious Crumb, a Jawa, R2D2 and C-3PO, Watto, JarJar, the Wampa and whatever else you could possibly make "cute" out of the Star Wars universe. And we were suckers for it! (fess up if you collected the Star Wars buddies - I did. They're cute!)
But in 2002 Hasbro attacked again. Their Playskool Brand released the beginnings of what would later become the Galactic Heroes action figure and accessory line:
An N-1 Fighter, Darth Maul, Obi-Wan Kenobi, a Battle Droid, and Anakin Skywalker
with subsequent sets making not only Darth Maul "cute," but Chewbacca who is irresistable to most Star Wars fans, and a Millennium Falcon for him to fly in - complete with an interior with as many features as the mainline Falcon counterpart!
2003 saw the release of the Clone Wars Animated Figures - cartoon versiosn of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Durge, Asajj Ventress, Count Dooku, Clones - and more on the way! Worse yet, there's more coming and the cartoon show became a must-have on DVD (soon to be released).
Now in 2004 get set for the JediForce Again, Chewbacca is the most dangerous - one look and you'll have to have him! But they make even Darth Vader look cute, plus there's Luke X-wing and R2D2 and C-3PO for $6.99 each. When will it stop?
In the event it doesn't, are handpuppets next? Too late - a JarJar Binks one that burbs and farts was released in 1999 and when you stick a plush chubba in his mouth, he slurps and finally shuts up. Sad thing is, that while I didn't buy this, I think I might wish I had.
The Truth is - it started in 1983 with cute plush Ewoks, Ewok TV movies that are now DVD hits, and a cartoon show that spawned its own line of figures for Ewoks and Droids that we were all suckers for way back when.
So who here collects:
Star Wars Buddies?
Galactic Heroes ships and figures?
Clone Wars Animated Figures?
JediForce figures and vehicles?
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Colloquium explores 'cannibalism' in Caribbean text, Nov. 3
Posted October 19, 2004; 02:41 p.m.
A colloquium titled "Feasting on Words: Cannibalism and the Caribbean Text" is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3, at Theatre Intime, Murray-Dodge Hall.
The colloquium will bring together top scholars from around the country to discuss a provocative literary strategy in Caribbean literature known as "cannibalism," which is an important mode of resistance for minority writers and involves the creative appropriation and rewriting of major works of the Western canon.
The discussion will focus particularly on this technique in the works of Maryse Conde, who will read from her most recent work. Conde is the award-winning author of more than a dozen novels and an internationally renowned literary critic and scholar. She is a professor emeritus at Columbia University.
The opening address will be delivered by Kwame Anthony Appiah , the Laurance Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy and the University Center for Human Values at Princeton. A full agenda and listing of participants are available online .
The event is sponsored by the Office of the President, Graduate School, Council on the Humanities, Davis Center for Historical Studies, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, Program in African Studies, Department of French and Italian, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures and Program in the Study of Women and Gender.
For more information, contact Kathryn Lachman .
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Can some one give us some insight on how dogs determine distance...? Steve S
Can some one give us some insight on how dogs determine distance...? Steve S
"Your dog learns as much by doing his work right,by your praise and encouragement, as he does by your displeasure and correction." DLWalters
My guess. Dogs can detect moving objects. They do have limited ability to focus. But they do have a wider field of view to see more. So at the line important to have the dog watch the area of where the bird falls or he might be clueless as he runs out?
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"Dont cry because its over. Smile because it happened."
Dr. Seuss
Stereoscopic vision and parallax explain this. Not all animals have this.
"I love the rod and gun and where they take me."
"Do not judge a man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins."
Some dogs measure distance in METERS some in YARDS... It really goes back to the English vs American.
Or Canadian. Be inclusive.
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When I had my first MH, I swear I could see her doing the geometry calculations--working out all the angles and distances! She was amazing...I was only there to take the birds. We miss you Scarlett ! (Ruthless Scalawags Scarlett, CD, MH pointed in breed ring).
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The e-Science Portal for New England Librarians is live!Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
On April 6th at the third annual University of Massachusetts and New England Librarian e-Science Symposium, the e-Science Portal for New England Librarians was officially launched. Initiated by the Lamar Soutter Library with funding from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine New England Region, the portal has been developed by a collaboration of New England area science and medical librarians. It provides links to resources about e-Science, data management, current library projects, e-Science news/opportunities, and science primers—specifically for science and medical librarians working in research organizations. The e-Science Community blog portion of the portal serves as a discussion forum for librarians as well as a community bulletin board for the latest e-science news, events and opportunities.


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I think I'm going to get into the groove of entering diaries daily. When I do it so sporadically I just feel lost when I finally come to write one. So I'll just sum up todays events.
Had a conversation with Keith about groupchat inside of transports. We came to the conclusion that we'll use subagents, should work out nicely. I also got a great start on the Client Implementation Guide. That document should really help us get on a level playing ground client wise.
I got my cell phone today. I was surprised at how painless it was to setup the account and get the phone. I guess it helped that I had a nice, helpful, and knowledgeable salesman. I was surprised at the bill, it was A LOT cheaper than I thought it would be. I guess they are averaging the cost of the phone across a few bills. Not too bad for right now.


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Everything you need to know about today's media coverage of Israel and the Mideast. Terror targets Israeli envoys in India and Georgia. Commentaries slam world paralysis on Syria. And a closer look at that the explosive email Rupert Murdoch's sweating over. Embassies Under Attack • Coverage of the attack in New Delhi and failed bombing in Tbilisi was the same across the board, describing what happened, the blame and denials. AP suffices. Shortly before publishing this IDNS, the Bangkok Post reported another failed bombing with emphasis on fail. Connected to yesterday's attacks? Too soon to say.
An Iranian man was severely injured when he threw a bomb at police that hit a tree and bounced back towards him and exploded in Bangkok on Tuesday afternoon, reports said.
• Iranian foreign ministry spokesman: Israel attacked it's own embassies "to tarnish Iran's friendly ties with the host countries." • Although Alan Dershowitz (WSJ via Google News) was referring to attacks on US soil when he wrote this, this argument would also apply to India and Georgia:
Under international law, an attack on an embassy is an attack both on the embassy's country and on the country in which the embassy is located. And under the charter of the United Nations, an attack against a nation's citizens on its territory is an act of armed aggression that justifies retaliatory military action.
• Jackson Diehl: Iran must be desperate if it is responsible for the attacks: India's one of the few countries still buying Iran's oil and opposing Western sanctions. • Time: Can India really walk the Israel-Iran tightrope?
India now finds itself caught in the geopolitical mire between Israel and Iran, two countries that both share friendly relations with New Delhi. The coming few weeks will be a test for Indian diplomacy as well as its security establishment. It's unclear whether Hizballah is gaining a foothold in the country, which has suffered no terrorist attack since a blast at Delhi's High Court last September.
• NYPD director of intelligence analysis: you have to assume Iran or Hezbollah will target the Big Apple. • Jennifer Rubin: If indeed Iran's responsible, what does this attack mean?
The idea that we have "isolated" and weakened Iran's desire for terrorism with sanctions is one of the many myths the Obama administration is perpetrating in an effort to stave off Israeli military action and quell domestic critics of his Iran policy. If this is Iran now, imagine Iran with the bomb.
Spring Winter • A Syrian army defector says Assad's regime's already using chemical weapons "under the supervision of Iranian and Russian experts" in Homs. YNet adds:
The defecting officer added that the Syrian army's Fourth Division and Republican Guard are expected to use chemical weapons elsewhere.
• Navi Pillay, the UN's top dog on human rights, slammed Syria, demands intervention and referral to the International Criminal Court. And the blood still flows. More at Bloomberg News. • While injured Syrian soldiers blame the Mossad or MI6, an opposition cleric calls on Israel to treat wounded Syrians. Check out Memri's find:
• Michael Young explains why subjugating Homs is critical for Assad and an Alawite "mini-state" that appears to be in the works. • Tim Marshall wonders why the Saudis are suddenly championing human rights. • Anne Bayefsky asks why the UN's refusing to call an emergency special session on the Syrian atrocities? • Peter Hartcher ties together why Syria and Iran are "bedfellows with their backs to the wall." • Dr. Aidan Hehir on why he wants to see the Security Council scrap the Big Five's veto power:
Lost in the recent chorus of outrage is the fact that the use of the veto is not the preserve of the Russians and the Chinese; the idea that Russia and China are uniquely recalcitrant or cynical overlooks the willingness of the three Nato states to actively support known human rights abusers, such as Israel, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to name but three.
Rest O' the Roundup • In an impressively well thought out piece, the Financial Times (via Google News) crawls into Bibi's headspace on Iran. • An Israeli planning commission green lights controversial plans to develop the Kings Garden park in Silwan. AFP coverage. • If you're following the UK news hacking scandal, you'll like this NY Times piece focusing on the email chain explosively calling into question what the Murdochs knew and when they knew it. The messages were deleted from News International's database — but a hard copy turned up:
In mid-November, News International says, investigators searching the seized materials found a storage crate that, judging from a sticker on top, had come from the office of Colin Myler, the paper's last editor. It contained a hard copy of an e-mail sent from Mr. Myler to James Murdoch on June 7, 2008 — in reality a chain of e-mails that included correspondence with Tom Crone, then an in-house lawyer.
"Unfortunately, it is as bad as we feared," Mr. Myler wrote, speaking of an impending lawsuit that threatened to reveal that voice-mail hacking at the paper was endemic.
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I'm heading downtown this afternoon around 3:00. Sounds like I should head straight for Hasbro THEN the gift shop. My "fast pass" time is from 7:00 to 9:00.
I'm heading downtown this afternoon around 3:00. Sounds like I should head straight for Hasbro THEN the gift shop. My "fast pass" time is from 7:00 to 9:00.
Just got back from CIV, might go back later on though
it was nice to see familiar faces like Speck and Bluesnags there. however, the hasbro and gentle giant lines were not so nice. if you have GG preorders, make sure to go there first thing in the morning because for some reason, they didn't want to separate all the preorders from that day's allotment of exclusives to sell. i heard a lot of people saying that they weren't able to pick up their preorders yesterday and had to return this morning to get them.
if you go to HTS' line in the morning, beware of the lies that the "end of line" watcher will tell you. it seems like 2 lines in opposite ends of the booth but instead of telling you flat out, he'll tell you that no one can line up past him and that you'll have to disperse and come back later. if you do hear that from him, just linger around or head to the other end of the booth where you'll probably see a line.
thankfully, things at the CIV store were much easier. at least early in the morning they were. i just walked up to get the McQuarrie droids and only 3 people were in front of me.
i don't like the holiday fett maquette as much as the normal one and that's a good thing because i'd be irate right now over how starwarsshop handled that exclusive
Tycho, i got Amy Allen's autograph...she is as nice as you said she is (i think it was you). Jeremy Bulloch was nice as well.
Yeah, Amy Allen is great.
Today I got 5 free POTC figures by buying 10. Toys R Us "Buy 2 get 3rd Free" sale. The figures (mostly everyone except Captain Jack) can be easily inserted in Star Wars dioramas.
On top of that, for each $25 sales ticket, you get a free pass into POTC3. Of course the movie ticket is good only at a theater no where near convenient for you. I couldn't use it at my local theater, so I just paid the $6.50. Seeing multiple erotic close-ups of Kierra Knightley's legs was worth paying the price of admission! Oh, besides her legs, the movie's about pirates shooting at each other or something like that. It was good, but I just remember her legs...(stay after all the credits, btw! In the POTC tradition, there's an extra scene after the credits that's really important this time.)
BAD Pts Need: R5-C7 lf leg (x2), , R4-P44 right leg BAD Pts Offered For Trade: PM me - I have lots of parts now including BG-J38!. New Kyle Katarn is also available.
Wow, day 2 is over. I'm spent (physically and fiscally). Thank god for the fan club lounge (and bar). I actually witnessed a middle age dude from Florida pick up on a single mom (with kid) at the bar. It was amusing. They left together, so who knows?
I'm loving my R2/Yoda maquette. I ended up buying a signed litho from one of the artists- I only wish I would have found it before buying the official C4 poster- this one is 100x better. Too bad I just couldn't justify buying that $100 signed litho of Vader's army kicking ***. I'd have no place to hang it.
Picked up a loose '77 vintage Luke w/ yellow saber to replace the one I, my Mom or brother lost when I was a kid. After scouring the exhibit hall, then seeing Jorg Sacul (C2 exclusive) for $90 and $65, I gave up and headed to the car. Just as I was about to leave, I spotted one booth that I hadn't checked. BINGO! They had one Jorg left, for $35!! That was my final purchase. I think I can actually say that I'm done- but might visit over the weekend to catch up on some panels.
I feel bad for folks who showed up today (or tomorrow) and won't be able to get the C4 official pin or patch. It really sucks that that stuff sold out on Thursday, especially when you see the exhibit hall vendors selling them at a premium!! And don't get me started on how fast the Ralph McQuarrie signed lithos sold out.
I gotta give a big recommendation to a couple of exhibits: Droid Makers- very awesome! Check out the Lucas Archives stuff- some really gruesome props (Luke's severed head in Vader's helmet, Vader's burned facemask/helmet), and the Vader Helmets exhibit with all the different paint jobs and sculpts. Really great stuff. I didn't make it to any panels- just too tired to wait.
I'm looking forward to hearing more L.A. area stories...
I missed out on the GG R2-D2 and Yoda exclusive again. Got in line at 10am and it was already around the booth. Didn't move for 30-45 mins. and then they annouced that it was sold out. Doesn't look like I'll be able to get it this show. Made it to a bunch of the collector's panals and managed to get 2 of the three coins they gave out today.
i read some comments on the GG blog that if you have multiple items on preorder and one of them isn't available but the others are, they won't let you get the ones that are in stock. great going GG!
did you guys get the EE catalog in the mail? they have 2 mandolorian sets coming later this summer.
BAD Pts Need: R5-C7 lf leg (x2), , R4-P44 right leg BAD Pts Offered For Trade: PM me - I have lots of parts now including BG-J38!. New Kyle Katarn is also available.
It was SSG day at CIV today. Saw Swabie, CrunchyNug, Figgy B, Speck and Commtech. Picked up the new ACME Sketchplate (McQuarrie R2) and all the GG exclusives today, along with a few more McQuarrie lithos. Heading back tomorrow, hope to see you guys again.
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i didn't feel like heading to C4 again so i hit some stores instead. Got Alpha/Obi Wan from Los Feliz TRU, added 2 more Marines from Crenshaw WM, got another snowtrooper from La Cienega TRU.
Trailer Park Target put out some VTAC despite no stores having these within a 50 mile radius and it looks like they're done resetting the action figure aisle. there are still 6 pegs for TSC.


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Brad BednarYEAR SeniorSCHOOL Riverside Brookfield Bednar led RB with five sacks and 8.5 tackles for loss, including one for a safety, from the defensive line. He also was second on the Bulldogs in tackles.
Jemari BurksYEAR SeniorSCHOOL Lyons Township While Matt Harris was hurt in the middle of the year, Burks stepped up as the Lions' top offensive threat. Burks was LT's leading receiver with 941 yards and a team-high 13 touchdowns. The speedy wideout was also deadly on kick returns, averaging just short of 34 yards per return.
Gino CavalieriYEAR JuniorSCHOOL Fenwick There's a lot of pressure on the quarterback, and Cavalieri stepped up big time in his first year starting on varsity. The Friar passer threw 21 touchdowns on the year and averaged more than 10 yards per completion.
Danny DeSimoneYEAR SeniorSCHOOL Nazareth DeSimone keyed the Roadrunners in just about every major defensive category to earn an all-conference nod in the East Suburban Catholic. The linebacker had team highs in tackles and tackles for loss and was second in sacks.
Anthony DorseyYEAR SeniorSCHOOL Proviso West Dorsey was one of the best dual-threat quarterbacks in the West Suburban Silver. His athleticism helped him rack up rushing yards, and he was able to keep defense off balance with the air game as well.
Deonte EilandYEAR SeniorSCHOOL Proviso West The fullback and defensive lineman did a lot of the dirty work for the Panthers. Eiland was one of the keys to the program's turnaround. The Panthers made the playoffs all four years Eiland was on varsity.
Jake ElliotYEAR SeniorSCHOOL Lyons Township As one of the top kickers in the state, Elliot gave the Lions a huge edge in special teams and an extra scoring weapon. The LT crowd would get excited for his booming kickoffs that regularly went into or out of the end zone. Elliot made five field goals in the playoffs including four in the second-round win over O'Fallon.
Emilio EngleYEAR JuniorSCHOOL Morton The Mustangs' quarterback led the team in rushing and passing. Engle ran for 455 yards and four touchdowns and passed for 970 and eight more scores. He was also Morton's primary punter and converted four extra points as a kicker.
Matt Harris (MVP)YEAR SeniorSCHOOL Lyons Township Harris missed three games during the regular season so his overall numbers aren't tops on the Lions, but his impact was made clear by his absence. The Lions were 2-4 before Harris' return and won the next five games to make the Class 8A quarterfinals for the third year in a row. He totaled seven touchdowns on offense and had two more on defense.
Pat HartYEAR SeniorSCHOOL Fenwick If there was a play to be made on defense, Hart wasn't far from it. The linebacker averaged 12.5 tackles per game and had four interceptions, two of which he returned for touchdowns against St. Laurence in Week 5. He also received the Chicago Catholic League's Lawless Player of the Year award.
Patrick KelleyYEAR SeniorSCHOOL Lyons Township Kelley was the source of a number of big plays for the LT defense. The linebacker had 31 tackles and 30 assists while also contributing a fumble recovery and blocked punt. His standout performance came in the first-round win at Marist where he had two key interceptions.
John LattnerYEAR SeniorSCHOOL Fenwick The namesake grandson of the 1953 Heisman Trophy winner did the name proud this fall. The defensive back was second on the team in tackles and had an interception and a fumble recovery in the Friars' 10-9 win over Huntley in the playoffs. It was Fenwick's first playoff win since 2008.
Zach MahoneyYEAR SeniorSCHOOL Lyons Township The LT quarterback was the maestro pulling the strings for the Lions' talented offense. Mahoney passed for 2,173 yards and 21 touchdowns this fall and was LT's second leading rusher with 515 yards and three more scores.
Jamaal PaytonYEAR SeniorSCHOOL Proviso West Payton's strong season got off to a hot start with a four-touchdown performance against Hubbard. The running back helped the Panthers return to the playoffs.
Leonard RossYEAR SophomoreSCHOOL Lyons Township Ross wasn't the top threat for the Lions' offense, but by the end of the year it was clear that he was a blossoming talent. The running back had 550 yards and eight touchdowns during the season. Three of his touchdowns came in the postseason.
Robert SpillaneYEAR JuniorSCHOOL Fenwick The physical running back anchored the Friars' offense and eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark as a rusher. Part of what made Spillane so impressive was that he led the Friars in both rushing and receiving touchdowns.
Jameer ThurmanYEAR SeniorSCHOOL Proviso West The defensive back has drawn interest from Division I programs because of his standout play. Thurman used his skills as a standout wrestler to be a tough safety.
Joe UrbanskiYEAR SeniorSCHOOL Riverside Brookfield Urbanski was the main man for the Bulldogs' defense. The linebacker made a team-high 103 tackles, 8.5 for loss. He also had three sacks and a team-high three interceptions. Urbanski was good for a couple tricks on offense, rushing for a touchdown and even passing for one.
Pat VitekYEAR SeniorSCHOOL Nazareth Vitek was a two-time all-conference pick in the East Suburban Catholic Conference for his strong play on the defensive line. He led the Roadrunners with 5.5 sacks.
Aeneas WhiteYEAR SeniorSCHOOL Nazareth White was a two-way weapon for the Roadrunners. As a running back he totaled three touchdowns and as a linebacker he had two interceptions and a pair of forced fumbles.
Honorable mention
Fenwick Zach Laszkiewicz, Danny Lattner
Lyons Township Billy Cramsie, Jimmy Heim, John Phillipp
Morton Adrian Cardenas, John Duarte
Nazareth Robbie Brindley, Josh Moore, Tyler Van Dahm
Proviso West Demetrius Streeter, Denzel Tolliver
Riverside Brookfield Louis Grigoletti, Mitch Malloy, Joe Odeh
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Leukoplakia are patches on the tongue, in the mouth, or on the inside of the cheek.
Hairy leukoplakia; Smoker's keratosis
Leukoplakia affects the mucus membranes of the mouth. The exact cause is not known. Doctors think it may be due to irritation such as:
The disorder is most common in elderly persons.
A type of leukoplakia of the mouth called hairy leukoplakia is caused by the Epstein-Barr virus. It is seen mostly in persons with HIV/AIDS. It may be one of the first signs of HIV infection. Hairy leukoplakia can also appear in other people whose immune system is not working well, such as after a bone marrow transplant.
Patches in the mouth usually develop on the tongue (sides of the tongue with hairy leukoplakia)and on the insides of the cheeks.
Leukoplakia patches appear:
The goal of treatment is to get rid of the leukoplakia patch. Removing the source of irritation may cause the patch to disappear.
If removing the source of the irritation does not work, the doctor may suggest applying medicine to the patch or using surgery to remove it.
For hairy leukoplakia, taking antiviral medicine usually causes the patch to disappear. The doctor may also suggest applying medicine to the patch.
Leukoplakia is usually harmless. Patches in the mouth often clear up in a few weeks or months after the source of irritation is removed.
In some cases, the patches may be an early sign of cancer.
Call for an appointment with your health care provider if you have any patches that look like leukoplakia or hairy leukoplakia.
Stop smoking or using other tobacco products. Do not drink alcohol, or limit how many drinks you have. Have rough teeth treated and dental appliances repaired promptly.
Allen CM, Camisa C. Oral disease. In: Bolognia JL, Jorizzo JL, Schaffer JV, eds. Dermatology. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 72.
Habif TP. Clinical Dermatology: A Color Guide to Diagnosis and Therapy. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Mosby; 2009:chap 21.
Mendoza N, Madkan V, Sra K, et al. Human herpes viruses. In: Bolognia JL, Jorizzo JL, Schaffer JV, eds. Dermatology. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 80.
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By NEMS Daily Journal
TUPELO – The National Park Service reported 5.7 million people visited the Natchez Trace Parkway in 2011 and spent $93 million in nearby communities.
This spending supported more than 1,200 jobs in the local area, the NPS said.
"We attract visitors from across the U.S. and around the world that come here to experience the Parkway and then spend time and money enjoying the services provided by our neighboring communities," said acting Parkway Superintendent Dale Wilkerson.
Statistical information for the Parkway is part of a spending analysis of national park visitors conducted by Michigan State University. The report shows $13 billion of direct spending by 279 million park visitors in communities within 60 miles of a national park.
Visitor spending had a $30 billion impact on the entire U.S. economy and supported 252,000 jobs nationwide, the report showed.
In Mississippi, the state's seven national parks generated nearly 1,500 jobs, with visitor spending hitting $101 million in 2011.
Most visitor spending supports jobs in lodging, food and beverage service followed by recreation and entertainment, retail, transportation and fuel, and wholesale and manufacturing.
But with the threat of sequestration, those numbers are threatened.
For example, the Natchez Trace Park is expected to cut back visitor services as a consequence of sequestration, if it goes into effect on Friday.
The Parkway plans to close its 25 restroom facilities one day a week and will not hire part-time summer employees.


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Woodward speaks on 'Balkan tragedy,' April 26
Posted April 18, 2001; 03:25 p.m.
Susan Woodward, author of "Balkan Tragedy: Chaos and Dissolution after the Cold War," will speak on "Surviving Milosevic: The Construction of 'Normal States' in the Balkans" at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 26, in 2 Robertson Hall.
Woodward is a professor of political science at the City University of New York, a senior visiting fellow at the International Institute of Strategic Studies in London and a visiting fellow at the London School of Political Science and Economics. "Balkan Tragedy" was selected by Choice as an "Outstanding Academic Book of 1995," and her book "Socialist Unemployment: The Political Economy of Yugoslavia, 1945-1990" won the 1996 Hewett Prize of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies.
Woodward's address is the sixth in a series of Cyril Black Memorial Lectures. It is sponsored by the Center of International Studies.
Contact: Marilyn Marks (609) 258-3601


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It's back to basics for babiesChristina Medici Scolaro at Big Data Download 2 yrs ago
The baby food category has been on a downward slope for nine years as more moms are getting in the kitchen and making their baby's food themselves. In fact, 70 percent of moms are cooking their own food, according to internal research at Beech-Nut. "What we're seeing is really a revolution in baby food driven by millennial moms. Since 2005 actually, the baby food category has decreased by a third. Thirty-three percent of category pretty much has gone away," said Jeff Boutelle, president and CEO of Beech-Nut Nutrition.
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What restaurants can do to win back families
Americans have been dining out less frequently since the recession, but while the economy has been recovering, consumers' willingness to spend at restaurants hasn't, according to recent data.
"During this recession, the restaurant industry covered a steep decline of 3 percent. We since then have leveled off, but we've not been able to recoup those losses," said Bonnie Riggs, food industry analyst at NPD, which surveys about 3,000 people per day on their restaurant spending habits.
That's largely because Americans ages 18 to 34 and families with children have cut down on dining out, and many still don't feel like the economy has improved enough to justify their prerecession restaurant spending, according to NPD's research.
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In the year ending February 2014, families with kids made 1 billion fewer visits to U.S. restaurants than they did in the year ending February 2008, while adult-only parties made 306 million fewer visits, according to a recent NPD report.
Food trucks moving in on restaurants' territoryErika Santoro at Big Data Download 2 yrs ago
Food truck catering now competes with "traditional" catering as consumers are looking for alternative food options and are turning to food trucks to satisfy that need, that's according to Ross Resnick, founder of the online food truck tracking platform Roaminghunger.com.
Based on a Mintel survey, which polled 2,250 adults in September, Roaming Hunger found that 24 percent of Americans had eaten from a food truck at one point or another in 2013.
Related: Americans Love Food Fast, More Than Fast Food
"Over the years, a large number of people embrace food trucks as a new medium of eating and that sort of awareness for the industry is really pushing the growth of the food truck industry forward," Resnick said.
According to Roaming Hunger's database, they also found that a lot of that growth is happening in areas that consumers wouldn't normally expect.
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More Americans planning summer vacations
More summer travelers are expected to take to the skies and the roads for a vacation this year, according to recent flight and hotel booking data.
About 88 percent of Americans are planning leisure travel this summer, between May 23 and Sept. 1, according to travel booking site Orbitz.com. That's an 11-percent increase from a year ago.
"This year we're seeing more Americans traveling and, in fact, taking advantage of smart tactics to save costs and upgrade vacations," said Jeanenne Tornatore, senior editor at Orbitz.com. "The majority of consumers said that they would redeem credit card points on their summer vacations so if they have been using a card with good travel rewards it could be a big help in offsetting summer vacation costs."
And those costs have been rising. On average, airfares are up 6 percent and hotel prices are up 12 percent among top summer vacation destinations, according Orbitz.com data.
The time is now to buy equitiesChristina Medici Scolaro at Big Data Download 2 yrs ago
Despite record highs on the S&P 500 and the Dow, Darren Wolfberg, head of U.S. cash equity trading at BNP Paribas said it's a great time to enter the equity market. Wolfberg said technical issues have been overlooked in the Treasury market causing investors to doubt equities can head higher than current levels.
Wolfberg thinks people are looking at the price action in the treasury market incorrectly. "A lot of times, people look at the treasury market to see the rotation in to bonds and out of equities. I think what we have here is a technical situation, which has caused this buying in the treasury market and leading some to think we're seeing recessionary price action," Wolfberg said. Between what we've seen in the Ukraine and the economic slowdown in China, Wolfberg thinks the market has performed well.
RELATED: What target-date fund investors are doing wrong
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What target-date fund investors are doing wrong
Target-date funds may seem simple enough: Retirement savers can take a set-it-and-forget-it approach with them, determining how much of their salaries to contribute and letting a fund manager adjust asset allocations over time based on a target retirement date.
But a majority of savers with money in target-date funds aren't using them correctly, according to Financial Engines, a firm that sifted through data on more than 700,000 workers with about $55 billion saved in 401(k) retirement plans.
RELATED: Social Security may not be as simple as it seems
"The idea is, you put all your money in one fund and you get a diversified 401(k) account. What we've seen though is a lot of folks start off on the right foot, and ultimately sort of spread their money out over time and as a result of that, see lower returns," said Financial Engines CEO Jeffrey Maggioncalda.
Target-date funds are intended to be used exclusively since they inherently control for risk and provide good diversification, according to the firm.
More graduation party planners ditch paper invitationsAlthea Chang at Big Data Download 3 yrs ago
Graduation season is getting underway, and more party planners are looking to the web to create invitations for college, high school, even pre-school and other graduations, according to recent data.
Graduation season is actually the third most popular time of year for parties, following Christmastime and Halloween, according to Evite, a website which, like Paperless Post and Punchbowl, helps users customize electronic invitations and manage replies to those invitations.
In the first four months of 2014, Evite users planned 28,686 graduation parties, vs. 28,419 parties in that same period in 2013, likely because party planners are getting more comfortable with using free or affordable electronic invitations, which can make it easier to track responses.
RELATED: Holiday party time
"We're really just entering the peak of the graduation season," said Evite Chief Marketing Officer Jennifer Dominiquini, who adds that many more parties are still being planned from May into June.
Want a job? Don't forget your 'soft' skillsChristina Medici Scolaro at Big Data Download 3 yrs ago
It takes more than an impressive resume to land a job. It takes what hiring managers and human resource professionals call "soft skills."
A national online survey conducted earlier this year by Harris Poll on behalf of CareerBuilder found that 77 percent of employers believe less tangible skills associated with one's personality—such as a positive attitude—are just as important as hard skills. "In order for candidates to really stand out and be successful, they've got to communicate both their tangible and intangible skills," said Eric Gilpin, president of staffing and recruiting at CareerBuilder. "Things not necessarily just around your competency—around certain skill sets or certain languages—but really some of the emotional intelligence in your communication style of how you communicate with folks at work."
RELATED: More CFOs at top firms feel comfortable enough to retire
Some of the most important soft skills, according to CareerBuilder, are a strong work ethic, self-motivation, and the abilities to work in teams and under pressure.
More CFOs at top firms feel comfortable enough to retireAlthea Chang at Big Data Download 3 yrs ago
Many CFOs who initially put off their retirement from top U.S. firms as a result of the recession have recently decided that their companies are financially fit enough to leave to a successor, according to recent data.
More than 36 percent of CFO departures were retirements versus a historical average of about 23 percent, according to a report from the Korn Ferry Institute, which analyzed company and CFO data on the top 1000 U.S. firms by revenue.
"Some of those CFOs planned to retire earlier on but stayed through the recovery and they found that as the shareholder value increased, they found it as a good time to cash out and take the retirement," said Bryan Proctor, global co-leader of Korn Ferry's Financial Officer Center of Expertise.
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Last year, industrial and financial services firms saw the highest turnover as those companies saw improved financial results, but turnover is expected to level off in those sectors this year, according to Proctor.
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Despite a topsy-turvy first-quarter, there were decent inflows in to the equity and bond markets. On the equity side, funds saw total inflows of about $73 billion.
About $68 billion flowed in to open-end funds and just about $4.5 billion went in to Exchange Traded Funds (ETF).
Equity income products have fallen in and out of favor with investors since this time last year but seem to be seen in a positive light again.
"With the market gyrations we've seen recently in the tech and biotech space, we're starting to see some flows come back in, so this could be back on again in Q2," said Bob Jenkins, global head of research at Lipper Thompson Reuters.
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Bond funds didn't quite match to equities, with $44 billion coming in to the space.
Loan participation funds were another bright spot in fixed income. An additional $7 billion flowed in to the space, continuing a long positive trend. It's grown to $140 billion from $20 billion since 2009 Jenkins said.