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Overall nice weather starting in the low 80's for daily highs with wind from N-NE changing to SW with cold front passing through on day 5. Some rain followed but soon turned to sunny days in the low 70's. Low tide on Atlantic side on day 2 was around 11:00am. Full moon was in phase.
The good news: finally, repeat, finally caught a tailer on Savannah Sound. 4 fish nosing around so I threw a #6 chartreuse clouser in there, short strip, and hook up. It was a nice 4-5 pounder. Also hooked up a cruiser on same fly throwing it right on top of him and stripping right away. So nice getting some good fish the first day so I didn't have to worry about getting skunked. Wish I could carry a second rod there with something shiny for the barracudas when the tide gets high. I almost always see a 3.5 footer cruising up around the corner. Not to mention the small sharks but I don't know if they like the same flies as cudas.
Rock Sound was successful as well. Not really interesting from a visual aspect but this was about catching fish.
A couple of days were overcast and a bit windy so I went north and visited Spanish Wells for the first time. Walked 40+ blocks in search of a cool place for a drink and lunch and ended up at the Ship Wreck which was very near the spot I landed on from the water taxi. It was a nice diversion.
Took a friend to Harbour Island as well to break the trip up and have a nice lunch at the Blue Bar at Pinks Sands Hotel.
George Clooney and Gwyneth Paltrow had a wrap party at Tippy's the week before I arrived. They filmed a movie partly on Club Med Beach.
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Grand Theft Auto IV - General News | @ 01:55 PM MDT | By cyrix
Here are the updated details to the May Game Informer preview:
* The protagonist's name is Niko Bellic. (Likely to be Crotian in origin)
* Niko was persuaded to move to Liberty City by his cousin Roman, who claimed to be living a wonderful life there with two beautiful women, fifteen sports cars, and lots of money etc, but he was infact telling a lie in order to hide his own failures. Roman is the only person you know in Liberty City at the beginning of the game, and he becomes one of your major connections at the start. Niko is a tough character whereas Roman is friendly. Roman is heavily in debt and a lot of people are after him - he needs Niko's support. They are constantly bickering.
* Variations in the terrain cause realistic changes in the walking animation of Niko. The physics have also improved and character movements are more realistic.
* Multiplayer will exist, but it will be something that coincides with single-player and will not be an MMO.
* The MetLife building now bears the name Getalife, the Statue of Liberty is now the Statue of Happiness, and DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) is called BOABO (Beneath the Offramp of the Algonquin Bridge Overpass).
* In Grand Theft Auto IV, Rockstar have recreated 4 of the 5 boroughs in New York, as well as part of New Jersey. Broker is the GTA IV equivalent of Brooklyn, Manhattan is now called Algonquin, Queens is now Dukes, the Bronx is Bohan, and New Jersey is Alderney.
* There is only one city. There may be motorcycles, but there will be no planes, rollerblades or unicycles, and I wouldn't expect jetpacks or Harriers. Rockstar wants the city to feel realistic and fit the style of the character.
* The city is almost as large as San Andreas, but will not have any useless space like countryside or desert. Every space will be cram-packed with detail.
* The city will be highly contrasted between daytime and nighttime.
* Freedom is emphasized. You continue to take orders from mission givers, but you are not forced to spend your time being a slave to them. You can go see who you want to, practically when you want to. You just call someone up and see if they are available.
* The story unfolds in a number of different ways. R* is giving people more freedom, more choice and more sense of control over their destiny - the structure of the storyline is quite different to previous games.
* Contacts will be called from your cell phone. Its LCD screen has options for Phonebook, Messages, Organizer and Camera. Niko's Phonebook has options such as: City Contact, Docks Friend, and Cab Contact. The cell phone will allow the player to call contacts instead of meeting them in person, which should make the player feel more independent.
* Game Informer playtested the Xbox 360 version. It is to be identical to the PS3 version except for episodic content.
* The voice talent for GTA IV will be less big names and more suited to the characters. The soundtrack will also be geared more towards the feel of the city and less focused on big names.
* The game will load once and then never again, and not even during interior transitions.
* It is implied that there will be greater emphasis on pedestrian AI, and they will come with all sorts of temperaments. They will also be seen doing realistic things like smoking a cigarette, reading a book, sitting on a bench, etc.
* You will also see a lot more of pedestrian criminals being arrested by the police.
* Rockstar have now spent over 3 years developing the game, and Dan Houser compares the leap from GTA III to GTA IV, to the leap from GTA to GTA III.
Special thanks: Demologik, GTA Network
The article has some gorgeous city pan shots and more closeups of Niko. Rockstar insists that the screenshots will only look better nearing release. Remember to pick up the May issue of GI for the entire article, and as always feel free to discuss this and all things GTA related in the GTAGaming forums.
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Well, hey, at least they're both using guns this time! The Ghost and the Darkness is decidedly less light-hearted than The Phantom, though, as it's based on the true story of two lions in Africa that killed 130 people over the course of nine months. Alongside Val Kilmer, Michael played one of the guys trying to hunt the lions down and kill them.
Though Catherine had actually had quite an impressive career in musical theatre early on, it was her straight acting work on the British television adaptation of H. E. Bates' novel The Buds of May that first got her noticed. The show followed a large, boisterous family in Kent in the 1950s; Catherine played Mariette on the show for three years.
While Catherine was off in the idyllic countryside, Michael was getting hot and heavy with Sharon Stone. Quite the contrast!
Honestly, it's been so long since I've seen The Phantom that I can't remember whether it was any good; but even though it tanked in the cinemas, it's apparently had a pretty healthy life on VHS and DVD. It was based on Lee Falk's comic strip of the same name, and Catherine plays a pirate named Sala. Arrr.
Well, hey, at least they're both using guns this time! The Ghost and the Darkness is decidedly less light-hearted than The Phantom, though, as it's based on the true story of two lions in Africa that killed 130 people over the course of nine months. Alongside Val Kilmer, Michael played one of the guys trying to hunt the lions down and kill them.
Ah, yes: The ill-advised attempt to revive Zorro. I dig Zorro. I really do. I did not dig this film. But Catherine got to sword fight, and she and Antonio Banderas do make a smashing onscreen couple.
Wall Street isn't the only movie Michael has played a moneyman in; there's also A Perfect Murder. Unfortunately, Steven Taylor, his character in A Perfect Murder, is no nicer a guy than Gordon Gecko; he's trying to murder his wife for her money in this one. Hopefully this isn't indicative of Michael's own personality.
These are both terrible movies. In some ways it's sort of a shame that these two films are how Catherine spent 1999, but at the same time, maybe it's a good thing that she got them out of the way in one go. The Haunting is particularly egregious; it bears absolutely no resemblance to the amazing Shirley Jackson novel it's allegedly based off of. Sigh.
Now THIS is a wonderful film! Strictly speaking, Wonder Boys came out in 2000, but it's close enough to 1999. Consider it a two-for-one deal. Unfortunately, this one also failed at the box office, which is something I will never understand. Anyway, Michael plays a professor at a Pittsburgh university (the university is unnamed, though it was shot at Carnegie Mellon) who's wife has left whom, who is having affair with the university chancellor, and who has spectacularly failed to repeat the massive success of his first novel. Worth checking out if you haven't already.
By the time the happy couple appeared together in Traffic, they had already met. When and where did the meeting happen? At the Deuville Film Festival in France in August 1998. Danny DeVito introduced them. They were dating by March of 1999, and they got engaged on December 31 of that year. And in the meantime, they made drug trade drama Traffic with director Steven Soderbergh. Quite a busy time!
Wait, what? That cartoon on PBS about American history? Yes. Michael voiced founding father Patrick Henry on Liberty's Kids in 2002. Weird.
There's nothing quite like the Coen brothers, George Clooney, Catherine Zeta Jones, Geoffrey Rush, Billy Bob Thornton, and Cedric the Entertainer working on the same movie, is there? The usual ups and downs of Coen brothers films apply.
Apparently Michael was still on his American history kick, because he spent 2003 as Benjamin Franklin in Freedom: A History of Us. He also reunited with his dad, Kirk, in It Runs in the Family, which told the tale of a dysfunctional New York family attempting to reconcile.
Oh, right! The cooking movie! With Abigail Breslin and Aaron Eckhart! Did anyone actually see this one?
To be fair, I'm not sure many people saw this one either, but I'm kind of thinking that I might have to hunt it down because it looks really interesting. Evan Rachel Wood has been abandoned by her mother, while her dad, who is, of course, Michael Douglas, is spending some time in a mental institution. Things get wacky when he gets sent home, because he's sort of obsessed with the idea that the long-lost treasure of a Spanish explorer is buried somewhere near their house. Sounds fun!
A rom com with Justin Bartha. Because everyone needs more Justin Bartha in their lives.
A mid-life crisis film with an A-list cast: Susan Sarandon, Jenna Fischer, Jesse Eisenberg, Mary-Louise Parker and Danny DeVito. Nice.
You guys! They're making a movie of the Broadway musical Rock of Ages! Catherine is playing the meanie who wants to stop the music, so this might be an interesting change of pace for her.
Yep: Michael is playing Liberace in a biopic about world-renowned entertainer Liberace.
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Brown Widow (Latrodectus geometricus) the newcomer to North America.
That's A Matter Of Preference
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- http://cisr.ucr.edu/brown_widow_spider.html
- http://www.entsoc.org/
- http://research.amnh.org/iz/spiders/catalog/
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- http://www.invasivespecies.gov/
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We're still coming off of the big rush of the year-end kickboxing shows when Shootboxing gives us something to look forward to over the next year. There will be 5 shows spread out over the rest of the year, the first in February and the last in November. Expect the big names to return, with Buakaw Por. Pramuk looking to defend his Shootboxing S-Cup Championship honor, as will newcomer Toby Imada who made a giant impression making it further than anyone expected a MMA fighter who specializes in submissions and judo would make it in a stand up tournament. Also returning with be Andy Souwer, Takaai Umeno and Hiroki Shishido.
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This lecture has been postponed due to illness and is expected to be rescheduled for the fall semester.
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Schaub is chair of the Department of Political Science at Loyola College in Maryland and has been a member of the President's Council on Bioethics since 2004. She will discuss what guidance the U.S. Constitution offers in thinking about the ethical dilemmas posed by biotechnology, drawing upon views of America's founding fathers.
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Starting at 5:30 p.m., all youth under age 14 can participate in an Interactive Sports Expo hosted by Princeton's female student-athletes. Children will be able to try a variety of varsity and club sports offered to Princeton students, as well as learn about the "Science of Sports" from volunteers from Princeton's Teacher Prep Program.
Prior to the 7 p.m. women's basketball game against Harvard University, WNBA President Val Ackerman will deliver an address. There will be a halftime performance by the Excelled Gymnastics Team, and an autograph session with the Princeton women's basketball team will follow the game.
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Arent you a Christian until you pull the trigger? Or is it when you are planning the attack? Are you still a Christian if you miss your shots? How about if your gun jams on the first shot of an attack, still good with Jesus? How about if you commit a massacre, but no one recognizes you, still considered Christian? Would you enter double negative points for Christianity if your planned killing occured on a Sunday? Speaking of that, how much credit of Christianity do you have to build up in order to have a believable conversion after a horrific attack? Because getting a number figure on that would make things easier.
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The Phillies acquired minor league second baseman Albert Cartwright from the Houston Astros in exchange for left-hander Sergio Escalona, who was designated for assignment over the weekend. Escalona, 26, spent last season with Double A Reading, where he went 4-8 with a 3.81 ERA in 50 games. He had 53 strikeouts in 54.1 innings. He appeared in 14 games with the Phillies in 2009. The Phillies had ...


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Jabbar the Powerful is a Saudi Arabian teen with superhuman strength. Jami the Assembler is a Hungarian prodigy who can instantly create gadgets and weapons. Sami the Listener, from Sudan, has super-hearing.
Those are just a few of the colorful members of The 99, an international team of young superheroes who battle bad guys in comic books, not unlike the X-Men. But while the X-Men have attracted some criticism for the violence in their cartoons, nobody ever accused them of trying to indoctrinate American children in Islamic values.
The 99 are the brainchildren of Naif Al-Mutawa, a Kuwaiti clinical psychologist. As chronicled in "Wham! Bam! Islam!", a documentary airing tonight on PBS, the Columbia Business School graduate set out to create positive role models for Muslim children like his own five sons, who range in age from 2 to 15.
"What I wanted to do was reposition Islam to Muslims — secularize some of the content," Al-Mutawa told TODAY.com.
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That proved to be a tall order. Unlike Western superheroes, who fight evil in skintight spandex, Al-Mutawa's characters — particularly the female ones — had to be modestly attired to suit Middle Eastern sensibilities. Even so, cultural gatekeepers initially blocked distribution of The 99 in Saudi Arabia. There was even talk of a fatwa against Al-Mutawa.
Yet against long odds, The 99 found footholds in the Middle East, India, and Indonesia. And even the United States: Last year, DC Comics partnered with Al-Mutawa's Kuwait-based Teshkeel Comics to publish a six-issue miniseries teaming The 99 with DC's Justice League, which includes such icons as Superman and Batman. There were also reports that The Hub, a fledgling children's cable channel co-owned by Discovery Communications and Hasbro, would air the animated version of "The 99" produced by Endemol, the Dutch entertainment giant behind such popular reality-TV franchises as "Big Brother."
Al-Mutawa's efforts even caught the eye of the White House. At the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship in April 2010, President Obama singled out Al-Mutawa for creating "superheroes who embody the teachings and tolerance of Islam" and noted that "Superman and Batman reached out to their Muslim counterparts."Story: DC do-over: Superman and friends start over from scratch
Truth, justice... and indoctrination?
But not everyone shared Obama's enthusiasm. In an article titled "Meet the Muslim Superheroes who are Ready to Indoctrinate American Kids," Family Security Matters — a group sponsored by the Center for Security Policy, a Washington, D.C., think tank — called The 99 "the latest exercise in Muslim propaganda" and criticized "Obama's totally inappropriate promotion." And in the New York Post, columnist Andrea Peyser warned: "These Islamic butt-kickers are ready to bring truth, justice and indoctrination to impressionable Western minds."
"They say don't judge a book by its cover, but they haven't seen the cover; they're judging it by the demons in their minds," Al-Mutawa told TODAY.com. "My characters are being judged by the color of my skin."Story: Gay characters take center stage in comic books
In her column, the New York Post's Peyser drew particular attention to a character called Batina the Hidden. Pamela Geller, cofounder of a group called Stop Islamization of America, also spotlighted the character in her blog, Atlas Shrugs. In "The 99, New Origins," a special issue of the comic that reveals the origins of many of the characters, Batina is described as a 17-year-old Yemeni with stealth powers. She is the only member of the team who wears a burqa (whose hood she removes, revealing her face to her teammates); several others wear the hijab, a head scarf worn by many Muslim women, but other female teammates are bare-headed.
The comic makes no explicit reference to Islam, Allah, or the Quran; rather, The 99's powers are explained as rooted in mystic gems created in ancient Baghdad. "There is no mention of prayer in the comics," Al-Mutawa noted.
Though Al-Mutawa is a Muslim, "I don't want my own religion shoved down people's throats," he added. He explained that having trained in psychology at New York's Bellevue Hospital in a unit for survivors of political torture, "I'm very sensitive about the issue."
But others may be sensitive in a different way. Although "The 99" is listed among planned series in a May 2010 release on Discovery's corporate website and Al-Mutawa told TODAY.com that "they've been meticulously involved in the production," Mark Kern, a spokesman for The Hub, told TODAY.com: "The 99 is one of many series we're considering for The Hub's future schedule, but at this point no scheduling decisions have been made."Slideshow: When real people star in comic books (on this page)
"All that I know is that we're waiting for a year," Al-Mutawa said. "The most surprising thing for me is not the pushback we've been receiving in the U.S., but how it's being appeased by corporate America. Even though we've been covered in thousands of articles, it only took three of four people saying things that were really unfair.
"We have a thing in Arabic that when you get bitten by a snake, you become afraid of rope," he added. "The only way to tame extremism is through art and culture."
Al-Mutawa attributed much of the outcry against his heroes to political opponents of President Obama who mobilized when the president singled him out in April 2010. Still, he said, "Whatever the outcome, President Obama talking about The 99 in that conference will forever be one of the proudest days of my life."
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Cape Hatteras
National Seashore
North Carolina
A thin broken strand of islands curves out into the Atlantic Ocean and then back again in a sheltering embrace of North Carolina's mainland coast and its offshore sounds. These are the Outer Banks of North Carolina. For thousands of years these barrier islands have survived the onslaught of wind and sea. Today their long stretches of beach, sand dunes, marshes, and woodlands are set aside as Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
- It can be a lonely place; you may walk along the beach unseen except by shore birds searching for a meal.
- It can be a place of discovery; you may visit the 1870 Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, one of many monuments to man's encounter with the sea.
- It can be a wild place; you may be buffeted by an approaching gale or surprised by the honking of large flocks of migrating geese.
- And it can be an exciting place, where you may explore many opportunities for recreation: surf fishing, sunbathing, swimming, beachcombing, canoeing, sailing, surfing, snorkeling.
Where Land and Sea Merge
Cape Hatteras is at the ocean's edge. But no well-defined boundary marks where the sea ends and the land begins. Here land and sea work together in an uneasy alliance. They share many valuable resources. But the sea rules the barrier islands and there are few places that escape its influence. On your visit take a moment to discover this seaside kingdom.
Dwarfed, odd-shaped trees may catch your eye. Severely pruned by salt-laden winds, these trees are just one example of how the sea affects living things. Closer to the sea, shore birds patrolling the beach for food are interesting to watch. Some catch small fish or crabs carried by waves, while others probe the sand or search under shells for clams, worms, and insects. On a hike through the maritime forests you will leave the sea behind briefly. These woodlands of oak, cedar, and yaupon holly grow on the islands' higher, broader, somewhat protected parts.
Bright red holly berries and wildflowers offer a brush of color that enlivens the mostly green, brown, and blue landscape. It is a landscape that is usually peaceful—but not always. Storms sometimes batter the islands with fierce winds and waves. Over the years you can witness the retreat of the shoreline from these violent attacks. For the tiny ghost crab, living on the beach in a wave-washed underground burrow, survival is a matter of adaptation, adjusting to meet the demands of the land and sea.
In the protected waters west of the islands you can find excellent opportunities for crabbing and clamming. The ocean also harbors a bounty of life, which includes channel bass, pompano, sea trout, bluefish, and other sport fish. Wintering snow geese, Canada geese, ducks, and many other kinds of birds populate the islands. The best times for observing birdlife are during fall and spring migrations and in the winter. Salt marshes are a source of food for birds and other animals year-round. Here sound waters meet the marsh twice each day as tides come and go, exchanging and replenishing nutrients. At the ocean's edge, you are always on the threshold of a new experience.
Graveyard of the Atlantic
The treacherous waters that lie off the coast of the Outer Banks bear the name Graveyard of the Atlantic. It is a grim, but fitting, epithet, for here more than 600 ships have wrecked, victims of shallow shoals, storms, and war. Diamond Shoals, a bank of shifting sand ridges hidden beneath a turbulent sea off Cape Hatteras, has never promised safe passage for any ship. But seafarers often risked the shoals to take advantage of north or south flowing currents that passed nearby. Many never reached their destination. Fierce winter norteasters and tropical-born hurricanes drove many ships aground, including the schooner G.A. Kohler in 1933. Other ships were lost in wars. During World War II German submarines sank so many Allied tankers and cargo ships here that these waters earned a second sobering name—Torpedo Junction. In the past 400 years the graveyard has claimed many lives. But many were saved by island villagers. As early as the 1870s villagers served as members of the U.S. Life Saving Service. Others manned lighthouses built to guide mariners. Later, when the U.S. Coast Guard became the guardian of the nation's shores, many residents joined its ranks. When rescue attempts failed, villagers buried the dead and salvaged shipwreck remains. Today few ships wreck, but storms still uncover the ruins of old wrecks that lie along the beaches of the Outer Banks.
Nineteenth century island rescue crews returned shipwreck survivors to safety in small oar-powered boats. Today the U.S. Coast Guard patrols the Outer Banks with helicopters and other modern equipment. The Gold Lifesaving Medal, the highest peacetime honor for saving a life has been awarded to many Hatteras rescuers for their extraordinary heroic deeds.
The General park map handed out at the visitor center is available on the park's map webpage.For information about topographic maps, geologic maps, and geologic data sets, please see the geologic maps page.
A geology photo album for this park can be found here.For information on other photo collections featuring National Park geology, please see the Image Sources page.
Currently, we do not have a listing for a park-specific geoscience book. The park's geology may be described in regional or state geology texts.
Please visit the Geology Books and Media webpage for additional sources such as text books, theme books, CD ROMs, and technical reports.
Parks and Plates: The Geology of Our National Parks, Monuments & Seashores.
Lillie, Robert J., 2005.
W.W. Norton and Company.
9" x 10.75", paperback, 550 pages, full color throughout
The spectacular geology in our national parks provides the answers to many questions about the Earth. The answers can be appreciated through plate tectonics, an exciting way to understand the ongoing natural processes that sculpt our landscape. Parks and Plates is a visual and scientific voyage of discovery!
Ordering from your National Park Cooperative Associations' bookstores helps to support programs in the parks. Please visit the bookstore locator for park books and much more.
Information about the park's research program is available on the park's research webpage.
For information about permits that are required for conducting geologic research activities in National Parks, see the Permits Information page.
The NPS maintains a searchable data base of research needs that have been identified by parks.
A bibliography of geologic references is being prepared for each park through the Geologic Resources Evaluation Program (GRE). Please see the GRE website for more information and contacts.
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General information about the park's education and intrepretive programs is available on the park's education webpage.For resources and information on teaching geology using National Park examples, see the Students & Teachers pages.


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A message from Ecuador to Chevron CEO John Watson.
Over the New Year, from their homes in the Amazon, the people of Ecuador recorded this heartfelt video message for the new CEO of Chevron, John Watson. The communities of the Ecuadorian Amazon have been suffering from Chevron's massive contamination of their rainforest homelands for over four decades. Their message to the new chief of Chevron is clear and resolute, and full of years of pain and hope: "We don't want to continue dying from cancer... Please clean up the areas affected by your company."


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Several state lawmakers are fuming over the selection of state highways to be repaired via a fund that was set up last year by the state Legislature.
Legislators approved the State Highway Improvement Fund to address worn state highways in rural areas that are not eligible for federal funds for repairs. The SHIF plan uses about $50 million that is generated annually from commercial vehicle registrations and license fees to secure bonds to pay for the roadwork. The money is to pay off the bonds in 20 years.
About 1,100 miles of rural roads qualify for the repair work.
But some lawmakers complained after no roads in their districts were included on the list slated for repairs this year.
''I've asked and I keep getting nothing,'' said state Rep. Terry Brown, No Party-Colfax, who added that he would like to have a crumb or two tossed his way.
''It's not working out for me and some other folks,'' said state Rep. Sam Jones, D-Franklin.
Road projects in Southwest Louisiana scheduled to be bid this year include La. 389 and La. 399 in Beauregard Parish and La. 399 and La. 469 in Vernon Parish. No roads in Allen, Calcasieu, Cameron or Jeff Davis parishes are included in this year's project list.
Some lawmakers have insinuated that Gov. Bobby Jindal may be using the road plan to reward legislators who have supported his initiatives and punish those who have opposed them. They and the public would be naive to assume that was not within the realm of possibility. And if their assertions are true, Jindal wouldn't be the first governor who used road projects as leverage.
DOTD officials, however, say that politics is not a factor in the road selection.
DOTD Deputy Secretary Eric Kalivoda said the list is derived from a priority plan which uses formulas to determine which roads attain top priority.
Kalivoda's boss at DOTD, Secretary Sherri LeBas, said that SHIF is a three-year program that will address the needs. DOTD officials said that all but 11 of the state's 64 parishes will see some sort of repairs in the first two years of the program.
State lawmakers and motorists will have to be a bit more patient as the state goes about repairing rural roads that are long overdue for a face lift.
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This editorial was written by a member of the American Press Editorial Board. Its content reflects the collaborative opinion of the Board, whose members include Bobby Dower, Ken Stickney, Jim Beam, Crystal Stevenson and Donna Price.


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Can Americans trim their waistlines by spending less time at the dinner table? In "The 8-Hour Diet," best-selling authors David Zinczenko and Peter Moore argue that people can lose weight (and combat our 24-hour eating culture) by only consuming food during a set 8-hour time period. Here's an excerpt.
Standing in a dark conference room at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California, Satchidananda Panda, Ph.D., is at the epicenter of a research movement that has rocked conventional weight-loss thinking to its core. Gesturing toward a big-screen display, Panda clicks over to a pair of maps. The one on the left shows the varying degrees of darkness and light pollution in the night sky over the continental United States. The one on the right: diabetes incidence, county by county, in the U.S. population. The charts have been adjusted to control for the greater population numbers in city areas, but still, the two are mirror images of each other.
"Where there are more lights," he says, "there is more diabetes." Those aren't refrigerator lights depicted on the night map, but they might as well be, given the effect on all of us. Panda goes on to explain what may be happening: "My hypothesis is that staying up and eating late may be the cause. [Early on] we didn't know how to use fire. In the daytime, human beings would hunt something, eat something; but in the nighttime they had to protect themselves against predators. It was only about 200,000 years ago that we learned how to control fire, and only a few people could use fire to stay up past sunset. For the past 50 years or so we've been staying awake late into the night. That's when we see the rise of weight problems."
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He has a theory about the mechanism behind it: The advent of artificial light has also led to an artificial extension of our feeding times. Our circadian rhythms have a natural stop sign built into them, and we run into that sign almost every day.
Think about how you regularly sidle up to a bowl of ice cream while watching Leno, or stop at Wendy's for a late-night drive-thru snack. Modern technology has created an artificial daytime for us, and we're filling it up with meal four, meal five, and meal six. That extended eating interval throws our digestive system off-kilter and messes with the many hormones and enzymes that manage it. Our bodies can't process the food we eat, and those calories end up where they shouldn't — around our bellies and butts.
Not convinced yet? Hang in there. Panda's laboratory devised an ingenious study to test his ideas on mice. The mice were divided into two groups and put on the same high-calorie, high-fat diet: One group was given the freedom to eat anything at any time of day. The other mice could eat as much as they wanted but only within an 8-hour time frame. The study went on for 100 days. Guess which group was plumped up? "Simply limiting food intake to 8 hours gives you all the benefits — without having to worry about food intake," Panda explains. For years we've been told, "You are what you eat." Turns out, we are when we eat too.
Beat the Flab
What Panda and his voluptuous vermin are discovering isn't entirely new. For several years, researchers have also seen remarkable weight-loss results in people using a technique known as "intermittent fasting."
Don't let that f-word scare you. In this case, fasting isn't about denying yourself anything. Instead it's about simply eating what you want but staying within a sensible 8-hour window. The fact is, you're already fasting on a daily basis. Think for a moment about the word "breakfast." It is exactly the sum of its parts — the point of the day at which you break the fast you started whenever you stopped eating the night before.
In the simplest terms, the 8-Hour Diet is a way of extending the period between your last snack and your "break fast," giving your body the chance to burn away your fat stores for the energy it needs. And burn them it does.
Consider this 2007 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition study: Researchers divided study participants into two groups and had each group eat the same number of calories — enough for them to maintain their weight. The only difference: One group ate all their calories in three meals spread throughout the day, while the other practiced intermittent fasting, eating the same number of calories but in a restricted time frame. Among the results: Participants who ate in a smaller window of time had a "significant modification of body composition, including reductions in fat mass."
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Part of that fat burn comes simply from the body's searching for energy and finding it in your belly. But part of it is also from a surprising source: According to Panda's research, restricting the time period during which you eat makes your body burn more calories throughout the day. That's right: The longer you feed, the lazier your metabolism becomes. But fit your food intake into an 8-hour window and your body steps up to the plate, burning more calories day and night. And new evidence shows that weight loss is just the beginning of intermittent fasting's range of health benefits.
Beat Diabetes
Diabetes may well be our nastiest national plague, one that can simultaneously increase your risks of heart disease, stroke, hypertension, sexual dysfunction, blindness, amputation, and kidney disease. Yes, it's that bad. But fasting, as it turns out, can help prevent the disease from even developing. In a study at the University of Copenhagen, researchers found that when men fasted every other day for 2 weeks, the insulin in their bodies grew more efficient at managing blood sugar. It's the physical cliff of our age, and it may be that we've now found a simple way to keep from plunging over. Take regular breaks from eating, and watch your waist and risk shrink.Video: How to make restaurant favorites at home (on this page)
Beat Heart Disease
Imagine eating whatever you want (within reason) and being able to slash your heart attack risk just by watching the clock. That was the promise offered up by a study published last year in the American Journal of Cardiology. The researchers found that people who followed a regular fasting plan — stretching out the period between their last meal today and their first meal tomorrow to 24 hours — enjoyed a 58 percent lower risk of coronary disease, compared with those who didn't follow this plan. This backed up the findings of a 2008 study of nearly 448 people, who demonstrated a similar ability to sidestep the cardiac ward with the same eating strategy.
Excerpted from The 8-Hour Diet: Watch the Pounds Disappear Without Watching What You Eat! by David Zinczenko with Peter Moore. Copyright (c) 2012 by David Zinczenko with Peter Moore. Reprinted by arrangement with Rodale Books.
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Jamie Oliver
As the so-called Naked Chef, Jamie has long since established himself as one of the most interesting and well-known chefs of his generation.
AppealThough Jamie's been off the market for quite some time now -- he married Juliette Norton (better known to TV viewers as Jools) in 2000 -- there's simply no denying his widespread appeal with the ladies. Jamie's quirky looks, coupled with his self-deprecating personality, have afforded him the reputation of someone who isn't terribly impressed by material, superficial things. Add to that the fact that he can cook with the best of them, and it's little wonder that Jamie is considered one of the hottest chefs in history.
SuccessThough Jamie will always be best-known in his native England, he has deftly established himself as a worldwide phenomenon thanks primarily to his matinee-idol looks and undeniable charisma. But there's no doubt that his level of fame continues to climb as he opens more restaurants, writes more books and hosts more television shows. His willingness to take on a variety of paid endorsements for companies has raised his profile exponentially, although he has yet to make his North American commercial debut.
Jamie Oliver BiographyJames Trevor Oliver was born on May 27, 1975, in Clavering, Essex, England. Born into a food-conscious family -- his parents owned and operated a pub/restaurant called The Cricketers -- Jamie has been preparing for his current career as a top chef ever since he was a small boy. He began working in the kitchen of The Cricketers once he turned 8, and by the time he was 11, Jamie was an accomplished and skilled chef.
School, on the other hand, was always a problem for young Jamie. Plagued with dyslexia, Jamie eventually grew frustrated with his education and dropped out, choosing instead to sign up for cooking classes at the nearby Westminster Catering College when he was 16 years old. Following his graduation, Jamie moved to France and continued his culinary education there for several years. He returned to England after landing the title of Head Pastry Chef at the prestigious Neal Street Restaurant, where he was to work side by side with his mentor, Gennaro Contaldo.
jamie oliver makes his television debutThough it's hard to imagine Jamie Oliver not being on television, the young chef actually stumbled into the gig completely by accident. A documentary crew was filming a behind-the-scenes look at the goings-on in a popular London establishment, The River Café, where Jamie just happened to be working as a chef. As the program started making its way from the editing room to British television screens, Jamie found himself receiving more and more face time due to his ample charisma and natural comfort in front of the camera.
By the time the show premiered, Jamie was fielding phone calls from various producers and production companies, all of whom wanted to put the up-and-coming star on the air immediately. He eventually decided to sign with Optomen Television, and a short while later, The Naked Chef was born. Named after the simplicity of his recipes, the program transformed Jamie into an overnight success and ran for two blisteringly triumphant seasons in 1998 and 1999.
jamie oliver opens his first restaurantFollowing the success of The Naked Chef, Jamie decided the time was right to open his own restaurant, but like everything else in his career, he didn't take the conventional route. Jamie signed a contract with Britain's Channel 4 to produce a documentary series called Jamie's Kitchen, which followed his efforts to open his first restaurant, Fifteen. Rather than populate the kitchen with skilled chefs, Jamie instead decided to find and mentor 15 unemployed, disadvantaged youths -- a decision that certainly raised his image among fans and detractors alike. It was also around that time that Jamie married his longtime girlfriend Juliette, and the couple has since had two daughters, Poppy Honey in 2002 and Daisy Boo in 2003.
After becoming a father, Jamie grew concerned over the lack of healthy eating habits among small children, and subsequently cooked up a show called Jamie's School Dinners. The four-part series followed Jamie as he attempted to completely remake the menu at a British elementary school, eschewing junk food and candy in favor of healthy alternatives. The program led Jamie to create the Feed Me Better campaign, which pledged to similarly change the poor quality of meals in Britain's various schools. To call the program a success is a wild understatement, as it wasn't long before the British government promised £280 million over a three-year period to increase the healthiness of school meals.
Even though Jamie was incredibly successful and rich beyond his wildest dreams by this time, he showed no signs of slowing down. In addition to his cooking show Oliver's Twist, Jamie premiered the travelogue Jamie's Great Escape in 2005, and began the slow process of opening more Fifteen restaurants around the globe.
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Been playing lately with App Engine. My first experiment is Atrack, a (BitTorrent) tracker that relies purely on memcached, it is fast and efficient, and less than 100 lines of code.
There is demo open installation in appspot, add http://bittrk.appspot.com/announce (or if you are paranoid https://bittrk.appspot.com/announce) to any torrents you like, I could use the stress testing!
So far I'm tracking a few thousand torrents (after torrentfreak broke the news) and barely using %1 of the App Engine quota.
Of course one of the cool things about atrack is that there is no way for me to really what torrents or how many torrents exactly are being tracked! This makes me happy but it is hard to shake the curiosity to know who and what for people are using your code! Ah, the wonders of privacy :))
While reading on the Bittorrent tracking protocol I realized that the problem it solves is much more general and a subset could easily be used for decentralized online gaming, chat systems, and to help other 'grid' like applications find each other inside the cloud.
So I started to write up an spec for Ntrack, a generalized and simplified tracker scheme, that should be backwards compatible with bittorrent clients and trackers, but makes all the bt-specific functionality optional. This is pretty much the subset implemented by atrack; I'm working on a distributed chat system that uses it and I hope others come up with other apps that take advantage of this.
P.S.: I know others have built trackers on app engine in the past, but they seem to be out of quota most of the time, and by looking at the source this is not surprising given how over-engineered they are. *sigh*


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ASG Bragg concludes her visit to DRC
DRC: Life-saving assistance must be complemented with development, stabilization and security
ASG Catherine Bragg today concluded her five-day visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). She met with Congolese people affected by violence and poverty, DRC Government officials, and humanitarian workers.
Travelling to two of the provinces worst affected by conflict, Ms. Bragg visited displaced families at Linakofo camp in Dungu, who have no prospect of going home soon, and heard how the senseless violence of armed groups, notably the Lord's Resistance Army, daily affects hundreds of thousands of people, including children. She also visited the 'Women for Women' centre in Bukavu, South Kivu, where socially–excluded women, including those who have survived sexual violence, are provided with training and skills.
"Let me say again: the use of sexual violence by armed groups to terrorize civilians is unacceptable, and those who commit such crimes, as well as other gross human right violations, must know that sooner or later they will be brought to justice," stressed ASG Bragg. "The Government of DRC is ultimately responsible for the protection of its people. The Government must act to prevent abuses by the military and security forces, as well as prioritizing reforms of the security and strengthening of the justice systems. I encourage the Government to resolutely embark on these reforms and extend state administration to the most remote areas."
While the situation in South Kivu seems to be gradually evolving, with some 600,000 people having returned home in the last year, a further 600,000 have been forced to leave their homes due to attacks and insecurity. Peacekeepers, aid workers and local authority officials told Ms. Bragg that that these displacements are occurring in the more remote areas where access is difficult because of insecurity, but also because there are no roads. Ms. Bragg also heard from humanitarian workers and peacekeepers about the challenges and dangers of attacks they face daily in delivering humanitarian aid.
"In all my meetings, I heard that the response to this humanitarian crisis is providing life-saving assistance but that this needs to be complemented with development, stabilization and security," underscored Ms. Bragg at a press conference in Kinshasa on 4 June. "Throughout my meetings with aid workers, they stressed the need for Member States to empower MONUSCO to be present in far more locations throughout the areas where armed groups operate."
Meeting donors in Kinshasa ASG Bragg called on the international community to continue supporting crucial humanitarian efforts to alleviate suffering, while also complementing Government efforts to reduce poverty, reform the justice system, generate economic opportunities, and provide basic and social services. "We need to scale up aid, especially to the more remote areas. A collective action, led by the Government but involving the donor community, humanitarian organizations, and the peacekeeping mission, is needed if we want to provide a life of dignity, which is free from violence and fear."
More>> ASG's statement [English - French] - RDC humanitaire (DRC Portal)


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Detroit Pistons Announce New Radio Broadcast Partnership with Greater Media Detroit
Detroit Sports 105.1 FM To Serve As New Flagship Radio StationAUBURN HILLS, Mich. – The Detroit Pistons announced today that the club has agreed to a multi-year radio agreement with Greater Media Detroit. Dennis Mannion, CEO of Palace Sports & Entertainment and the Detroit Pistons and Steve Chessare, Market Manager of Greater Media Detroit made the joint announcement. Detroit Sports 105.1 FM will serve as the flagship station for the Pistons Radio Network which includes stations throughout Michigan and Northwest Ohio.
"We are pleased to have reached an agreement with Greater Media Detroit and look forward to collaborating on innovative ways to enhance coverage of Detroit Basketball for our fans," said Mannion. "Detroit Sports 105.1's alignment with ESPN Radio is a natural fit for our organization given its extensive coverage of the NBA. We are also pleased to have the ability to partner with Greater Media sister stations like WRIF-FM (101.1 FM) and WCSX-FM (94.7 FM) to provide ancillary Pistons programming as well as PS&E concert and event promotions."
"We are delighted that fans will find themselves tuning to Detroit Sports 105.1 to hear all the excitement of Detroit Basketball," said Greater Media's Chessare. "Our partnership with the Detroit Pistons and Palace Sports & Entertainment is another example of how Detroit Sports 105.1 is committed to offering our listeners the best sports programming experience."
As part of the agreement, Detroit Sports 105.1 will broadcast all 82 regular-season games as well as all preseason and postseason playoff contests. Pistons fans and Detroit Sports 105.1 listeners will receive extensive pre- and postgame shows, special weekly interviews with coaches, players and personalities as well as expanded Pistons coverage throughout each broadcasting week.
Additional programming, including extended pregame and postgame coverage, interviews, news reporting and feature specials will also be available on Detroit Sports 105.1's HD2 channel. Selected content from the HD2 channel will also be distributed digitally on Detroit Pistons and Detroit Sports 105.1 mobile apps. Breaking team news, feature programming and game analysis will also appear on Detroit Sports 105.1's website at www.detroitsports1051.com.
"We are thrilled to be partnering with Palace Sports & Entertainment," said Detroit Sports 105.1 Program Director Jason Dixon. "This is more than a standard rights agreement, it's a content creation agreement. The Pistons and Detroit Sports 105.1 will be generating an unprecedented amount of team related content that will be distributed over multiple platforms. The structure of the deal allows for creativity and innovation that we intend to take advantage of. I truly believe this could become a model for future professional sports rights agreements."
Pistons broadcasters Mark Champion, Rick Mahorn and George Blaha (when not performing television duties for FSD) will continue their play-by-play and analyst roles under the new agreement. The club will also handle the sale of advertising time for all games under the agreement.
For in-depth analysis by website editor Keith Langlois and special inside-access videos, visit www.pistons.com, the official source for news and features on the Detroit Pistons.


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Crispy, Thin Crust PizzaThe average take-out pizza can run you 300 calories and 550 mg. of sodium per plain slice. But when you make these personal pizzas with healthy GOYA® products, like GOYA® Low Sodium Tomato Sauce, you'll be munching on cheesy-crunchy goodness, while cutting more than 60% of the calories and sodium. !Buen Provecho! (Serving Size: 1 pizza 190 Calories 5g Fat (1g Saturated, 0g Trans); 5mg Cholesterol; 26g Carbohydrate; 4g Sugar; 9g Protein; 3g Fiber; 450mg Sodium)
Makes 4 Servings
Prep time: 10 min.
Total time: 30 min.
4 6" GOYA® Flour Tortillas
˝ tsp. GOYA® Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 cups sliced mushrooms (like white button or baby Portobello)
1 green bell pepper, thinly sliced (about 1 cup)
1 red onion, thinly sliced (about 1 cup)
2 tsp. GOYA® Minced Garlic
˝ cup GOYA® Low Sodium Tomato Sauce
˝ cup shredded fat-free mozzarella cheese
2 tsp. grated reduced-fat parmesan cheese
|Heat oven to 400°F. Place tortillas on 2 large baking sheets. Cook, flipping once, until crisp, about 10 minutes; set aside.
|Meanwhile, heat oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add mushrooms, peppers, onions and garlic. Cook until vegetables are soft and tender, about 10 minutes; set aside.
|Spread tortilla crust with 2 tbsp. tomato sauce, Ľ cup vegetable mixture, 2 tbsp. mozzarella cheese and ˝ tsp. parmesan cheese; repeat with remaining crusts and toppings ingredients.
|Transfer pizzas to same baking sheets. Cook until cheese is melted, and edges of tortillas are golden brown, about 10 minutes.
Personalized pizzas.
Set up a pizza-making station in the kitchen. Use low-fat cheese, and cut-up vegetables or fruits for toppings. Let kids choose their own favorites. Then pop the pizzas into the oven to cook.


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Frasier to bring magic, comedy to Pequot Lakes Jan. 12
The Greater Lakes Area Performing Arts (GLAPA) season continues at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, with the comedy magic of Jerry Frasier in the Pequot Lakes High School auditorium.
This national entertainer celebrates three decades of magic. His lively comedy magic, infused with his distinctive voice and "in the moment" sensibility, has been described as Jim Carrey meets Tony Robbins meets Houdini.
Everybody will be involved in the craziness. Frasier will even float a person from the audience on air.
Call the Pequot Lakes Community Education office at 218-568-9200 for ticket reservations. Ticket prices are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors (ages 60 and older) and $8 for youth (ages 18 and younger).
Tickets will also be sold at the door starting one hour before the 7:30 p.m. Show.


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Spacious St. Stephen's Square Apartment
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Floor No.2(with elevator)
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|Szent István tér, 1051 Budapest, Macaristan
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The apartment is located on St. Stephen Square ('Szent István tér'), 2 minutes from Deák Ferenc Square (junction and access to major public transport lines). Andrássy Avenue, where the Opera House, most theatres, restaurants, cafés and pubs can be found, is 1 minute walk away. The river Danube and the Chain Bridge ('Lánchíd') are 3 minutes walk from the apartment.
From the airport terminals: Bus number 200 to the terminus ('Kőbánya-Kispest' metro terminus), change to Metro 3 (blue line) to 'Deák Ferenc tér' (10th stop). It takes approx. 1 hour and 20 minutes. You'll need tickets for the public transport. Or you can choose our quick and easy airport transfer service (€24).
From the Eastern ('Keleti') Railway Station: Metro 2 (red line) to 'Deák Ferenc tér' (3rd stop), approx. 20 minutes.
From the Southern ('Déli') Railway Station: Metro 2 (red line) to 'Deák Ferenc tér' (4th stop), approx. 20 minutes.
From 'Kelenföld' Railway Station: Tram no. 49 to the terminus, 'Deák Ferenc tér' (11th stops, approx 40 minutes.
From the International Bus Station ('Népliget Buszpályaudvar'): Metro 3 (blue line) to 'Deák Ferenc tér' (6th stop), approx. 30 minutes.
Ev kurallarıPlease be quiet in the staircase and courtyard after 10 pm.
Smoking is allowed only on the balcony!
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|TRY 41 misafir başına/ekstra gece
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Ich war mit 4 Freunden in dieser schönen Stadt und pal's Appartment hat uns den Aufenthalt echt versüßt! Haben auch sein Transferangebot wahrgenommen. War alles sehr gut organisiert und die Ausstattung war unseren Vorstellungen entsprechend. Rundum gelungen!
Wir waren mit dem Apartment in Budapest sehr zufrieden.Die gesamte Abwicklung
mit Abholung vom Flughafen und zurück hat vorbildlich geklappt.
Es hat uns allen dreien gut gefallen.
Gruß Leonore
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We had a perfect stay in Pals apartment. Very close to everything. Nice and clean. very friendly reception of us.
The only thing I missed where some clothes hangers or an other way to pack out your clothes. So bring your own hangers.
My best recommandation.
We had unforgettable trip ! It was great, we enjoyed with our staying in Budapest . Apartment has excellent location , very comfortable, clean . Our hosts were very friendly, attentive and careful ! Thank you so much!
This is a fantastic vacation apartment!
The location is central, the views are stunning, and the flat is well appointed,
comfortable and extremely convenient.
Also: Pal's team was friendly and highly user-friendly, a big plus
in the overall experience.
My entire family loved it and we have fondly talked about it since then.
We will definitely want to stay there again when we return to Budapest.
Everything was great, thank you!
A very pleasant stay. The appartment was great and the view magnificent. Situated in the middle of everything :)
Great apartment at a magnificent location. The square in front of the apartment is lively with many bars and restaurants present in it's surroundings. It is also well located in relation to different tourist-sites and subway-stations. In advance we were a bit worried about late night noise (basilica-clocks e.o.), but it turned out not to be a problem at all. Nice to have reception available juist a few houses down the road. The were very helpfull there.
The appartment is very spacious and well-equiped. Beds are allright although mine squeaked horribly at every move. The other beds were just fine though. We had some problems getting a hot shower a couple of times. Somebody should fix the central heating boiler. But we managed to restart the boiler ourselfes :). The building has a small elevator, which is helpfull with luggage.
All in all this appartment is great value for money
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Philips SHS8105A/28 Ear-Hook Headset for Android (Black)
The Earhook headset for Android comes with 8.6mm speaker drivers for suberb sound and supreme comfort. These rotatable earhooks adjust to your ears for a soft but highly secure fit. The choice of three ear cap sizes ensures a perfect seal to enhance the premium quality sound.
Westone 3 True-Fit Earphones
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Patients with colon cancer who used multivitamins during and after being treated with post-surgical chemotherapy did not reduce the risk of the cancer returning or their dying from it, according to researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
In a study of patients with stage III colon cancer -- characterized as cancer in the large bowel area with some cancer cells in a few nearby lymph nodes -- the researchers found that while multivitamin use had no beneficial effect on patients' outcomes, it also did not have a detrimental effect. The findings are reported online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology and later will be published in a print edition.
Kimmie Ng, MD, MPH, the paper's first author and a gastrointestinal oncologist at Dana-Farber, said that despite conflicting evidence on the efficacy of multivitamins to reduce cancer risk and death, studies suggest that approximately 30 percent of Americans take multivitamins to prevent and treat chronic diseases such as cancer. Among cancer survivors, between 26 and 77 percent report using multivitamins.
"With such a high proportion of cancer patients utilizing multivitamin supplements in the belief that it will help them fight their cancer, we felt it was important to really examine the data to see what impact multivitamins had on cancer recurrence and survival," said Ng.
The researchers used two questionnaires to track multivitamin use during and after chemotherapy. Of the 1,038 patients who completed the first survey, nearly half (518) responded they used multivitamins while receiving chemotherapy. Of the 810 cancer-free patients who completed the second survey six months after chemotherapy, more than half (416) reported multivitamin use.
Ng and her colleagues found no statistically significant differences in the rates of disease-free survival (the study's primary endpoint), recurrence-free survival, or overall survival between those who used multivitamins and those who didn't.
They also determined that an array of factors, including socio-economic status, household income, multivitamin and individual vitamin dosage, and consistency of multivitamin use did not impact their findings.
However, they did find a small beneficial association between age and weight and the use of multivitamins while receiving chemotherapy. Those 60 and younger experienced some survival benefit, as did obese patients. There were no benefits for either subgroup when the multivitamins were taken after chemotherapy was completed. Ng said additional studies are needed to confirm their findings and to investigate whether there were other factors that influenced the outcomes.
"This study adds to a growing body of research that questions the purported benefit of multivitamin use, and it underscores the need to investigate the use of individual vitamins, such as vitamin D, which may, in fact, provide real benefit," said Charles Fuchs, MD, director of gastrointestinal oncology at Dana-Farber and the paper's senior author. He noted that the average multivitamin typically contains only a small to modest amount of vitamin D.
The study was funded in part by the National Cancer Institute and by an American Society of Clinical Oncology Young Investigator Award.
In addition to Ng and Fuchs, the other authors are Jeffrey A. Meyerhardt, MD, MPH, Jennifer Chan, MD, and Robert J. Mayer, MD, Dana-Farber; Donna Niedzwiecki, PhD, and Donna R. Hollis, BS, Duke University; Leonard Saltz, MD, Memorial Sloane Kettering Cancer Center; Al B. Benson, III, MD, Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chicago; Paul L. Schaefer, MD, Toledo Community Hospital Oncology Program, Toledo, OH; Renaud Whittom, MD, Hôpital du Sácre-Coeur de Montréal; Alexander Hantel, MD, Edward Cancer Center, Naperville, IL; and Richard M. Goldberg, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, N.C.
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Hopefully Amy or another MR Rep will see this, but does anyone know if MR is planning to rerelease display cases for their full scale sabers? I know they sold them for their earlier sabers like the ROTJ Luke and the AOTC Obi-wan, as well as a limited commission run of Darth Maul custom display cases with acrylic covers.
I'm sure a bunch of you would desire a replacement case because of damage caused by a freak accident, or want a case for older sabers or that extra long double bladed maul saber for those who missed out the first time. They could focus on this before releasing rehashing previous sabers or if they have a dry streak for products (probably between ROTS and the planned TV series)
anyone else this this would be a good idea?
Oh, and that reminds me... if Aayla Secura is indeed the main character for the TV series, maybe you guys can produce her lightsaber. It can be your first female Jedi saber.


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Symposium marks Beckett centenary, April 14
Posted April 6, 2006; 09:23 p.m.
A symposium celebrating the life and work of Irish writer Samuel
Beckett is set for 2:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, April 14, in the Stewart Film
Theater, 185 Nassau St.
The Samuel Beckett Centenary Symposium will take place one day after what would have been Beckett's 100th birthday. The playwright, novelist and poet, most renowned for his play "Waiting for Godot," died in 1989.
Leading off the symposium will be an illustrated lecture by John Minihan, whose friendship with Beckett resulted in some of the most striking black and white portraits of the writer. His lecture is titled "Samuel Beckett and the Wake of Katy Tyrell." At 3:30 p.m., John Harrington of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, who has written extensively on Irish literature and theater, will speak on "Beckett and America."
"Beckett Now," a discussion about the current status of Beckett's reputation, recent trends in Beckett studies and issues related to the performance of Beckett's works in the theater and on film, will follow at 4:30 p.m. Moderated by Michael Cadden, director of Princeton's Program in Theater and Dance, this session will feature Princeton scholars Kimberly Bohman, Maria DiBattista and Michael Wood.
The symposium will conclude at 8 p.m. with Irish filmmaker Seán Ó Mórdha introducing a screening of his classic documentary, "Samuel Beckett: Silence to Silence." Shot on location in Dublin and France, this film traces the artistic life of Beckett through his prose, plays and poetry.
Each section of the symposium will be followed by questions and discussion. The event, which is open to the public, is sponsored by Princeton's Fund for Irish Studies. For more information and a schedule, visit the symposium's Web site.


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Re'em blood is the blood of a Re'em. It gives the drinker immense strength for a short time, making it a highly desired substance. However, due to the rarity of the Re'em, which makes acquiring the blood extremely difficult, and the demand far exceeding the supply, their blood is rarely available for purchase on the open market.
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- The creature Re'em is often described as a form of unicorn or giant horse whose blood was rare. References to the beast and its blood are made often in the Bible.
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Bubble Fears Fail to Thwart Investment Into Chinese P2P Lenders
Renrendai has become the latest Chinese peer-to-peer lender to secure funding, despite investor concerns about the lack of regulation in the market and the recent closing of some lending businesses.
Beijing-based Renrendai, operated by Beijing Renren Youxin Investment Co., has closed a Series A round totaling $130 million, backed by investors including Trustbridge Partners, which put in $65 million, one person with knowledge of the situation said. A representative from Trustbridge wasn't immediately available for comment.
Investment into Renrendai, which links people or small businesses offering and seeking loans, far outshines a recent $12 million first round banked by Dianrong.com, a Chinese peer-to-peer platform set up by Lending Club Corp. co-founder Soul Htite. Northern Light Venture Capital was the lead investor in Dianrong's round.
Renrendai, which was founded in 2010, said on its website that proceeds from the A round will partly go toward business expansion, increasing its products and services, as well as improving credit risk control.
Peer-to-peer lending has grown in popularity in China, given that traditional banks are very conservative in offering loans to individuals or small businesses, but a lack of regulation over the small-but-growing portion of the loans market is raising concerns. According to Wangdaizhijia, another a peer-to-peer lending business, 49 lending companies went into bankruptcy or faced capital problems in 2013.
Investment professionals, who asked not to be identified, from one fund manager with an Asia-focused program that invests around half of its capital into China recently voiced reservations about peer-to-peer lending businesses in the mainland, given the very sudden growth of platforms and the lack of regulation.
Shenzhen-based Wangying Tianxia is one peer-to-peer lender that went bust last year, having handed over 780 million yuan, or around $130 million, of loans via its platform since its inception last March until its demise in October, according to the Financial Times, citing official newspaper Shanghai Securities News.
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Once upon a rhyme this past September, after returning from a three-week performance dash across Europe and Asia, Roots drummer Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson heeded a friend's advice to reject exhaustion and check the Off Broadway Fela Kuti bio-play Fela! Thud junkie that he is, ?uest simply couldn't fight the lure of a revue celebrating the Nigerian luminary's genius. Hours later, after basking in pounding percussion and impassioned dialogue, he didn't turn in but instead churned out a 1000-word-plus e-mail to friends, fans, and family titled "Tonight I witnessed a miracle." It began:
Ladies and gentleman this is Ahmir. it is 5:58am in the morning and I just got home. i witnessed a miracle tonight and it is a MUST you read this. and when I say miracle you have to think this on the level of sam jackson trying to convince john travolta in pulp fiction to acknowledge the miracle that just occurred (them escaping death by *this* much).
The letter, in which ?uest assures everyone that "this is NOT just some 'oh ahmir is being dramatic shit,' " applauds what he describes as "the BEST MUSICAL EVER CREATED." To his surprise and delight, Fela! was not at all Broadway-ized, and thanks to a certain predominantly Caucasian New York collective, its sonic component was especially resounding. Assigned the Jurassic task of conjuring Kuti's massive Africa 70 and Egypt 80 bands, Bushwick Afrobeat outfit Antibalas didn't just step to the plate. "These funky white boys," as ?uest calls them, homered with the bases loaded:
next to the dap kings, the antibalas are the 2nd most important retro/revision band working today. the scrutiny and standard they uphold in creating AUTHENTIC afrobeat music can only impress the music snob in me. they have the baton when it comes to carrying on fela's torch . . . yes even more than fela's two sons who record today.
?uest is one of music's foremost advocates of authenticity. He's jammed with bassist Christian McBride as the Philadelphia Experiment, recorded with Joshua Redman, and produced for D'Angelo and Al Green. So after witnessing Antibalas "gel" in ways that he hadn't seen a "group of black musicians do in 30 years," he had no choice but to reach out.
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