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These are the buildings at Zazu's. The one to the left is the Macaw free flight building. There the birds are in a heated well lit building with trees and toys, where they are allowed to fly freely. (Currently Zazu's is looking for someone who would volunteer to build a waterfall for the birds to bath in so it will be more like nature for them) The structure in the middle is one under construction. This building will contain special rooms for the birds that are too agressive to hang with the flock, so that they will have more free flight room. I believe that the lower half will be a free flight area for Greys, and Amazons - but I think its still up for grabs :), the building on the right is the special needs building. This is where birds that have special medical needs or have been abused by prior owners or are not Macaws live. I found this building to be my favorite. (But that is because as an African Grey owner - I do have a soft spot for the greys)
Here is about Zazu's written by them:
www.facebook.com/zazushouse.parrotsanctuary/info About
We provide a new world for birds, offering plenty of free flight opportunities, social interaction with other birds, and plenty of loving attention. We provide a permanent refuge for these magnificent birds.
Our mission is to simply provide a safe and interesting
environment for all birds who find their way to Zazu's House.
Company Overview
At Zazu's House we are a 501(c)3 charitable organization. We are not a breeding facility. Each bird is a unique individual - their personalities are as varied as their plumage. Our large, heated facility is both a sanctuary and a social club for our flock. We do not sell birds, nor do we purchase them.
We want to give each bird their own little paradise. No entertaining or performing on command. We offer the choice to live cage free, and the chance to fly.
Our passion is to allow them to be the unique and magnificent creatures that they are. To let them be themselves and explore in a safe environment.
Our mission is to make this their last home. No bird will be bought or sold. We believe Macaws are best with other macaws. We will work with any parrot owner to find and be the final home.
General Information
Zazu's House is operated as a non-profit shelter to large parrots.
All workers are volunteers that love to be around birds.
We are always in need for new voluteers or for donations to help feed and care for the birds.
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Want to get another ram
I just bought a blue balloon ram the other day (or a deformed GBR as I later found out).
I would like to add one or two more rams to my tank to make it complete. I know that they are territorial and am thinking maybe just one more would be enough. I have a lot of plants for them to hide in, a piece of driftwood that forms a cave and a cave I made from rocks. (My pictus cats are currently camped in the rock cave). No one is currently calling the driftwood home.
Would a Bolivian be more apt to have issues with my current ram or should I just get another GBR or two? What about sexing?
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I really think that adding the one maybe an issue depending on how the paradise fish acts toward him/her. See how that pans out first. The rams are territorial and a 55gal could be ok because most of their aggresion is conspecific. I really would just look for another ram of the opposite sex to maybe get a pair or at the very least get less aggression than 2 males would provide. Be careful on the barbs as they can be nippy too.. The pictus may eat it one day when it grows up but thats a gamble too... Also remember that with that many bottom dwellers, you are hindering on overstocking the bottom of your tank..
I do agree that the bottom of my tank has reached it's limit. Although the most I have of any one type is the 3 Cory's, I'm definitely not looking for any more. They are kept fat and happy with a zucchini slice once in a while.
That's probably a good idea with the Paradise. Although I did have a pair and I recently gave the male (and more aggressive one of the two) to a friend, she seems even more docile towards everyone. She can get a little pushy with food, but so can the barbs. So far I haven't seen the ram get into tifts with anyone. It is pretty shy and when it does go in the open water, everyone ignores him so far. A little curiosity at first but that has worn off. They are too busy chasing each other around to bother with the fat guy that just sort of floats. lol Never had any nipping from the barbs, maybe because there are 11 in total.
I guess I'll just try and determine the sex of the ram I have and get one of the opposite sex.
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Also get a few more corries... 6-10 is best. They school and all that fun stuff but are a little more comfortable in larger numbers. The #s in this tank are stocked/overstocked but I would seriously recommend getting propper schooling #s and eliminating a barb group, paradise, the pictus and the SAE (they get very teritorial as they grow). If you dont and the set up works (which it may) then great but its rough around the edges to say the least.
The Cory's are probably my favorite fish in the whole tank. I would have to re-home the pictus and SAE's like you said before getting any more. I hear what you're saying about the barbs, but I haven't seen any issues at all with them. The Golds usually stay together and the cherries are all doing their own thing. Sometimes all of them will even group together for a minute or two. The potential wild card is the Paradise, definitely. But so far with the male gone she is fine. The male never hurt anyone, but he was getting territorial. If anything, he picked on the female Paradise the most.
I realize I'm at the high end of stocking, (that's why I'm getting only one or two more fish) so I recently got another filter to ensure clean water. I have a Aqueon 70 and a Aqua Clear 70 for a 55g.
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(May 4, 2007)--The Joan Grona Gallery presents an exhibit of photographs by Arturo Almeida, UTSA Art Collection curator, through May 27.
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The company witnessed the growth of 43.56 percent in 2011
North China Pharmaceutical Group (NCPC) is a nationwide provider of bulk pharmaceuticals in China, including antibiotics, pharmaceutical intermediates, nutraceuticals, veterinary products, semi-synthetic antibiotics, biotechnology products, and vitamins. It also offers finished preparations, which comprise capsules, granules and dry syrups, injections, lyophilized powders, oral solutions, powders for injection, and tablets.
The annual sales volume for antibiotic bulks is up to 8,000 tons, for vitamins it is 23,000 tons, for antibiotic intermediates 5,000 tons, and for formulations it amounts to 4.1 billion vials or tablets or capsules; and the main products now occupy a considerable share of the domestic market. The output and sales volume of penicillin, amoxicillin, streptomycin sulfate, cefradine, 7-ADCA, vitamin C, and vitamin B12 are ranked high.
The growth in the volume of products sold by NCPC supported the growth in the revenue as well. The company witnessed the growth of 43.56 percent in 2011 as the sales revenue for 2011 reached $2.18 billion from $1.52 billion in 2010.
NCPC has developed strong production base for antibiotics with advanced technology, and is recognized as a leading antibiotics producer in the country, securing its position among top 500 enterprises in China. Expanding its business, NCPC is closely cooperating with foreign companies and institutions, and the company has established 16 joint and cooperative ventures.
At present, NCPC is the second largest penicillin enterprise in the world, and is the largest manufacture of amoxicillin, streptomycin, cefradine, 6-APA and 7-ADCA in China. Based on the company's new strategy, NCPC is now developing biopharmaceuticals.
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Words of Bow Tie Wisdom
Over the past few months we have had a lot of interest from ladies around the world regarding women's bow ties. Some are interested in softer more feminine ties, others inquire about ordering our men's products in a smaller size.
So today, we are pleased to announce the launch of Smith Brand for Her. A small collection of cozy wool bow ties made for women.
The bow tie, as an object, is very masculine, these ties take that edge off and a allow for a bit of stylistic crossover.
So any ladies out there that have been wanting to give this look a shot, now is your chance. And gentlemen, don't be shy, I would, and will wear every one of these ladies ties (especially that Mint Chip!).
*I hold no guarantees that by purchasing a ladies bow tie will you look as fabulous as the lady in the above photos, sorry.
I finally got around to watching Tom Ford's film, A Single Man. I watch a lot of film, and see a ton of fashion from day to day, and I really struggled to find the separation here.
The big issue I had was that of the "costumes". Good costume design in film needs to be more than beautiful clothing. It needs to support the characters, help tell their story and build their personal narrative. George Falconer's suits did not tell me anything about him. Did not say sad, lonely, depressed, and unfortunately it never crossed my mind that he was a professor.
I love Tom Ford's clothing, both men's and women's. I thought this movie was nice. I reccomend watching it. But it does come across as a 99 minute Tom Ford runway show more than it does a piece of cinema.
Check it out for yourself, let me know what you think...
The Solutions Foundation is a Las Vegas based non profit focused on drug and alcohol prevention and awareness for teens and young adults. Once a year they have a fundraiser to gather and thank their supports and build community awareness. This years event was an enormous success, I'm sure somewhat to do with the presence of a few Smith Brand Bow Ties.
All Joking aside, The Solutions Foundation is doing some really incredible work in the Las Vegas valley. To find out more or to get involved, check out www.solutions-foundation.org
You see that there logo? We are test driving what will hopefully be the new Smith Brand identity.
It's called a Kamon; a Japanese family crest. We tweaked the original a little to encompass the process driven and quality focused work taking place at Smith Brand.
The family crest we started with is the Daki Ine (抱き稲). I know you are saying, "Hey wait a minute, this looks like a rice farming family, not a dynasty of bow tie makers?"
You would be right about that, but we like to be constantly reminded that the work we do started with nurturing and harvesting fibers like cotton and wool.
The delicate and tedious process we go though to make a bow tie does not start with us, it goes clear back to the moment a cotton seed was planted, or a lamb was let loose in a fertile and lush field of grass.
We like to remember that the work we do, putting the finishing touches on these rich and natural textiles, would never be possible without the hard work of every pair of hands before ours.
We are Super excited to announce "The Bold Italic" sale happening right now (yes, right this moment) at Huckberry.com.
Huckberry is a members only guide to apparel, gear and travel for the active life. For the next 8 days they will be hosting an exclusive sale curated by The Bold Italic, featuring Smith Brand Bow Ties at about 20% off. These ties are not available anywhere else, and for a seriously good price.
So stop reading this, and get over there and support a good company that supports other good companies. Smith Brand is only 1 of 7 great local San Francisco companies that are being featured this week.
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Headline Shirts awesome graphic tees celebrate our vices, failings, shortcomings and the unique charms of San Francisco. Headline's take on the "I Heart SF" shirt - with a lone twisted mangled bicycle wheel standing in for a heart - perfectly captures the frustratingly lovable charms of living in our city.
This dude, Eric Lozano, is really making a bad name for all bow tie enthusiasts.
I would recommend many, many activities while wearing a bow tie, anything from getting married to nervously picking up a prom date, walking your dog or working nearly any job, operating heavy machinery or going on a blind date to name a few. However, one past time I would not suggest, is the one taken up by Mr. Lozano: getting in an argument with your previous roommate about an article of clothing while sitting at a stop light in separate cars and proceeding to shoot him in the head.
The bow tie tattoo is apparently worn by the Playboy Surenos gang of Omaha, Nebraska, giving the perception of the members being gentlemen.
Call me culturally insensitive and or regionally ignorant, but where I'm from, shooting another human being in the head is generally frowned upon and considered very much un-gentlemanly.
This is a second grade class at Garfield School in Canal Funton Ohio in 1938. I'm sure the kids were "dressed up" for picture day, but it's still impressive that nearly every 7 year-old in this photo is dressed better than most of the San Francisco work force.


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Renowned Thai fighter Bovy Sor Udomson has been around the block in the fight game, including a few shootboxing bouts. Toby Imada is a relative newcomer to shootboxing from MMA, having had four shootboxing fights before he collided with Bovy. Both men threw down, resulting in a really great fight. The video just got out almost two months after the fight, so check it out below.


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He thought of the idea, and wanted something like it to use at training days,, or just on Camping trips when Table and chairs were not available.
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On Sunday evening, Charleston Yacht Club, the City Marina MegaDock, and a handful of exclusive yachts swung their doors (and hatches) open wide for supporters of Communities in Schools,
a private nonprofit dropout prevention agency that connects needed community resources to schools to help at-risk students graduate from high school and become equipped for life beyond the classroom.
My wife, Elisabeth, and I hardly got out of the rain and into the door at the club before we saw our dear friend Jennie Hood, who serves on the Yacht Affair Committee and who first made us aware and invited us to the event. Jennie was there with practically her entire family, and speaking of family, just steps away we toasted Vitré Ravenel and Cal Stephens, who just spent the day registering after becoming engaged hardly two weeks ago during what may be the most romantic proposal I've ever heard (but I won't spill the beans—you'll have to ask them).
After mingling awhile inside and sampling the tasty fare of some fine Charleston chefs, we braved the damp weather to tour the yachts. A few steps down the dock, we boarded the Frolic, and caught up with Captain Rob Robertson. He and his wife, Martha Ann, filled us in on "the rest of the story" after Rob's and my crazy day aboard the Frolic with the Darby sisters, who proved to be the life of the party during Charleston Race Week.
We missed seeing Frank Lynch aboard the always elegant Innisfail, but hospitable and amiable first mate Hunter Craig showed us around and filled us in on some of the exciting plans for the stunning wooden Art Deco vessel. From there we visited another half dozen boats ranging from the classic 1963 Trumpy Blue Moon to Viking's new ultramodern 75-foot luxury yacht, all decked out in teak and plush leather.
Back to the clubhouse, we caught the tail end of the results from the silent auction, caught up with a few more friends, and swayed briefly to The Carolina Cruisers. While leaving, it was heartwarming to reflect for a moment on how many Charlestonians braved the foul weather to benefit this worthy cause.


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Solid ep. I like the Brit intern.
And Padme? What a coincidence.
I really like how they shuffle the interns in and out for the episodes. I think Vincent Nigel-Murray is my favorite though. His infinite amount of useless (depending on your point of view) facts are amusing. I can associate with his never-ending quest for approval from Dr. Brennan too.
I don't really like that they have Wendel sleeping with Angela. Hodgins is my favorite character and it just sucks for him, especially since he and Wendel have been buddies in the lab.
Dang, I am making this sound a little too much like a soap opera. Sorry
Anybody else see last weeks episode? Bones and Booth worked a case one year prior to the pilot episode. While it was nice to see a few funny moments like Bones be there person to suggest that Zack and Jack do an experiment I'm not so sure about having Bones, Booth and Cam meet prior to what we saw in earlier episodes. I'll have to go back and watch the pilot but it seems as if the writers took a few too many liberties re writing the past.
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noted political analysts will evaluate how George W. Bush has faired in his first 12 weeks in office in a roundtable discussion at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 12 in Robertson Hall (Dodds Auditorium) on the Princeton University campus.
Despite the troubled 2000 election, Bush "hit the ground with astonish professionalism," said Fred I. Greenstein, chairman of Princeton's Program in Leadership Studies and professor of politics in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. "But more recently, questions have arisen about how effective the new president has been in advancing his ambitious agenda."
The discussion, "The Presidency of George W. Bush: An Early Appraisal," brings together well-known presidential analysts: David Gergen, co-director of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and former aide to Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton; Ronald A. Heifetz, co-director of the Center for Public Leadership; Barbara Kellerman, executive director of the Center for Public Leadership; and Norman Ornstein, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington. Greenstein will moderate the discussion.
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|Bonefish, Tarpon, and other Obsessions Turquoise water, silver demons on the fly
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|Nice report Jim. Will be going down there in 07. FishHawk
Nice report JimW...I'm new to the board and I'm glad I've found another board that covers my obsession - tarpon <grin>.
Can't wait to get back down there...counting down...6 more weeks <sigh>...
|Ah! Key West Apres fish
Thanks for the photos, and report!
Will feel like an eternity before I get back to the keys..
That thing is a PIG! Looks like the wind didn't do you any favors but it appears that you had a great trip just the same.
Lots of shots at big permit eh?
|The wind was tough but at least the sunset was good.
|Cool fish.
|The water color still blows me away.
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Well its been a week since I returned from a trip to the Florida Keys. Even though the weather could have been better it was a blast. I learned a lot in the process of preparing and attempting to fish the flats down there.
My guide was great we had tarpon rolling all around the boat after a 10 minute cruise out of the slip in Cow key, some really large fish mixed in too. Chris gives me the 12wt rigged with an intermediate and a toad. I start flailing the 12wt around, had a hard time getting off a decent cast, later I realized I was holding the rod at the top of the cork as I normally do but that was all wrong on this rod, unfortunately I discovered this a little too late. I did have 3 very large permit chase the toad but I guess the 80lb shocker was a tip off for them. There was a small window for hitting these fish in the channel so we headed for the flats.
First flat we hit had been loaded with permit the days before but the weather took a turn the night before, definitely cooled things off no perms but we saw a couple of cudas. I managed to scare off the cuda but the good new was I could see the fish very easily. We tried several flats and I had three shots at permit but couldnt connect. Even managed to spot one on my own, even though they are good sized fish from the side view if they are not tailing they look almost transparent, just a slight difference in the water. I wasnt clicking with the 10wt floater long leader and heavy crab so I chucked a blue crab at a couple of fish but do dice. These are very cool fish and Id take one any way I could hook it.
More flats and some great scenery later we see some more cudas and sharks but only 2 bones Ive kicked over to the 9wt. now and can get a descent cast off, not great but descent. 2 bones come out of nowhere and are about a leaders length away, took a shot at them but my close in presentation was awful. No more bones, not for lack of trying though Chris worked his butt off poling what must have been miles, motoring from flat to flat somewhere off Boca Grande we decided to head back to the tarpon. Weather on the Atlantic side was not conducive to sighting layed up fish so back to the honey hole.
While Im still not exactly sure where we were most of the time I know the Marquesas were well within sight, almost went there but the buddy boat bailed and for good reason, the wind was due to pick up and it wouldnt have been a fun ride making the crossing in the 16 skiff.
We get back to the tarpon who are not really into the fly but Ive got the casting down on the 12wt now and can make a respectable cast. Chris has a backup plan and live lines a pinfish off the back. After a few drifts and a lot of blind casting we have a taker apparently the pinfish looked better than my fly. At this point Im ready to catch one of these guys anyway I can and LT spin gear is a challenge on these bruisers. Many jumps and about 20 minutes later the fish is at boat side, ~50lbs is the guesstimate a great day of fishing made much better with a little catching.
I dont mean to taint the fly board with my live bait fish but considering it was entirely a fly trip up to that point and the days after I figured Id post. The next couple of days I only saw baitfish sharks and cuda and my casting improved when using my own gear. Lesson learned, bring your own gear but I opted to go with the guides rigs which were all top end stuff, Tibors, T&T Winstons, etc I just would have been better off with my own 9 & 10wt. The crab on a long leader still eludes me but with more practice I will get that figured out too.
Thanks for all the advice and great patterns posted on this board.
Wading I ended up going with the Simm flats sneakers fantastic boots and in they do come in a wide size. Ive got to say with the wet wading socks they were the most comfortable boots Ive worn. I did my homework and hit all the spots that had shore access, quite a few spots once you find access. Got in the lee of the wind but the water temp was noticeably colder Thursday through Sunday with a 35mph wind on Friday. Hey thats weather.
Weed guards Ill give them a shot up in my neck of the woods, a small mono guard works surprisingly well and while I cannot attest to it spooking fish or not, Ill go with the general consensus that it doesnt bother the fish.
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Reality Check: Walker touts job numbers from quarterly census
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics hasn't verified new jobs numbers
MADISON, Wis. - Following the release of better jobs figures by Gov. Scott Walker's administration, which job numbers should Wisconsin residents believe?
And what's the truth about the timing? The new figures Walker issued on Wednesday come less than three weeks before voters will decide whether he should stay in office or be replaced with Democratic Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett.
Walker took the unusual step Wednesday of releasing fourth-quarter data due out in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' June 28 national employment report. Walker's administration said the numbers show Wisconsin added 23,300 public- and private-sector jobs last year instead of losing 33,900.
First, it's important to understand the difference between the numbers released Wednesday by the Walker administration and the monthly jobs figures.
The job ups and downs that are released for every month are based on a survey of 3.5 percent of businesses. The federal Department of Labor calls a pre-set sample of companies and asks them how many people are employed. Those numbers are put into a formula that estimates preliminary jobs numbers for the state that can be revised later.
The monthly numbers are used across the country because they're the quickest way to get an economic picture of an area. It's an indicator the governor has relied on and touted before when it is to his benefit.
"The good news for us is in the state of Wisconsin in the month of June, we saw a new job increase of 9,500 jobs," said Walker in July of 2011 to applause.
The figures released by the Walker administration Wednesday are called the "Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages." These numbers are based on actual reports from more than 96 percent of businesses. They're reported four times a year and are typically used to "benchmark" or adjust those monthly numbers.
Which numbers should you rely on, or which are more accurate? WISC-TV found the monthly numbers come fast and are as accurate as they can be at the time. Technically the census data is the most complete picture of employment because it's an actual accounting of jobs.
Can the monthly jobs figures really be more than 57,000 jobs off? It's possible, but the difference is larger than it has been in the past.
Since 2006, the numbers have been adjusted up or down, but never more than 1 percentage point. In this case, the change would be more than 2 percent. A spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics told WISC-TV that numbers can be off because the numbers are just a survey.
It's also important to know that the jobs figures Walker released Wednesday have not been verified, nor are they usually released at this point.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics would typically work with the state for about 30 days to verify and edit the numbers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics is scheduled to release the final jobs count on June 28, three weeks after the recall.
While the Walker administration is sticking to these figures, the month-to-month numbers for April should be released Thursday.
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Yes, but I take proper safety measures 120 votes36.14%
Yes, I'm not worried about it 36 votes10.84%
No, it's too dangerous 52 votes15.66%
No, I never recreate in the backcountry 78 votes23.49%
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I ski almost daily in the backcountry practically from our door in Columbine. The snowpack this year is very dangerous. The base layer is has a very unstable sugar like consistancy. Then we recieved a warming trend and rain and then freeze which created an ice layer, followed by 2 ft. of snowfall last week. We immediately saw naturally and user created avalanches and many deaths even on ski areas last week. The avalanches seem to be going down to this freeze layer and are about 2 ft. deep. I would recommend being very informed and well equiped before venturing into the backcountry this year. That means reading avalanche reports and warnings before venturing into the backcountry and being equiped with beacons, shovels, probes when skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, snowmobiling anything over 30 degrees. Tell someone where you are going beforehand. BE CAREFUL!
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The senior thesis production "Four Rooms Waking" -- which runs Jan. 11-14 at the Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St. -- features four tales of war and liberation from around the world. The gay liberation movement is the backdrop for scenes set in New York in 1967, in which a young bartender named Carrie deals with a bizarre encounter. Above, junior Glenn Brown plays Joel, an old friend of Carrie's who appears in her imagination as she thinks back to her past.
In Havana in 1975, teenager Catalina Del Mar (senior Catherine Cushenberry, seated) seeks advice from her mother's friend Libertad Martinez (senior Ronee Penoi) as she deals with her feelings for a childhood friend who has been fighting in the war for independence in Angola.
Top left: In Algiers in 1955, during the Algerian War of Independence, a young woman named Nassima (senior Annie Preis) is caught in the middle of an argument between friends.
Above left: From left standing at the table, Nassima and her friends Leila (Cushenberry) and Fatia (Penoi) are making dinner, while Leila's brother Hakim (sophomore Chris Inniss, far left) appears in her thoughts as she remembers the letters he has written to her while studying in Paris.
Bottom left: Zoe Hanscombe (freshman Katy Pinke) and Peter Odhimabo (Inniss) are Oxford-educated archaeologists studying the statue-makers and the Birdman Cult of Easter Island in the weeks after Kenyan liberation. In this scene, the ghost of the Birdman has come to Zoe in a nightmare.
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'Four Rooms Waking' weaves tales of war and liberation, Jan. 11-14
Posted January 11, 2007; 11:16 a.m.
Tales of war and liberation from four countries are the focus of "Four Rooms Waking," a senior thesis production presented by the Program in Theater and Dance at 8 p.m. Thursday through Sunday, Jan. 11-14, at the Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.
"Four Rooms Waking" begins in the first year of the Algerian War of Independence. In Paris, on May Day of 1955, a Muslim student is killed when his friends choose to carry the flag of free Algeria in a parade. One day later, in Algiers, his sister impulsively saves a French soldier from a massacre. At the center of the play is the conversation between the soldier and the girl while they are trapped together in her apartment, six floors above the fighting in the streets.
These scenes interweave with three other stories of conflict from around the world. On New Years Day of 1964, an Oxford archaeologist and her Kenyan lover, who are dealing with political tensions of the Kenyan liberation movement, make an unusual discovery while working thousands of miles away on Easter Island. In the spring of 1967, two years before the Stonewall riots in New York that spurred the gay rights movement, a young bartender has a bizarre encounter with an Antillean drag performer and the camp filmmaker Jack Smith. And on Christmas 1975, a Cuban teenager tries to reconnect with her childhood friend after he returns from the war for independence in Angola.
The production is a thesis project for seniors Julia Cain, who directed and co-wrote the play, and Annie Preis and Catherine Cushenberry, who play multiple characters.
Cain said the play focuses on "quirky individuals in four different colonial situations -- drawing out both the uniqueness and the universality of four historical moments."
"While this project certainly posed a writing and directing challenge, it also poses a serious acting challenge," Cain said. "Most actors must draw their audience into one world; these actors must draw the audience into four. And although the stories involve extensive social issues, they all occur in very private space and within very short periods of time."
Cain co-wrote the play with senior Josh Williams, who is one of many non-thesis students involved in the production. Actors include senior Ronee Penoi, junior Dan Kublick, sophomores Glenn Brown and Chris Inniss, and freshmen Katy Pinke and Adam Zivkovic.
Tickets for "Four Rooms Waking" are $8 for students, faculty, staff and senior citizens, and $10 for others. They can be purchased online through University Ticketing.


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DRC: Aid operation is effective but not sufficient, warns John Ging
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OCHA Operations Director John Ging called on Monday for a greater response to the "dire humanitarian situation" affecting millions of people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This year alone, violence by armed groups including the M23 has led to massive displacement and abuses against civilians in the east of the country.
"This emergency adds to what are already monumental humanitarian needs in the DRC," said Mr. Ging, who travelled to the vast African country in October with Mark Bowman from the UK's Department for International Development and Catherine Wiesner from the US State Department.
"Among the challenges the country faces: 4.5 million people are suffering from food insecurity; 1 million children under five are suffering from severe acute malnutrition; and there have been 27,000 cholera cases this year," he added.
The group visited North and South Kivu in eastern DRC and saw for themselves the impact of the conflict on civilians. More than 2.4 million people are displaced across the country and about 1.6 million of them are in the Kivus. Since the beginning of 2012, aid organizations have provided food, water, shelter and healthcare to millions of people.
In North Kivu, the delegates visited a trade fair organized by UNICEF and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). More than 6,500 people gathered at the fair and received vouchers to pick up essential products such as food, mattresses, pots and utensils that they needed.
"It is a very innovative way of distributing aid and meeting the needs," said Mr. Ging. "Rather than having a standard set of items for distribution, people could choose in accordance with their needs from a much larger range of products."
It is crucial that aid organizations continue to step up their work in the DRC, stressed the Operations Director. "There is an effective aid operation, but it is not sufficient," he said highlighting the need for more funding to continue addressing the enormous and ever-growing challenges in DRC.
"We need more food assistance, we need more support for healthcare and we need more support for the essential household items that people need when they are displaced. We are not capable of meeting those needs without additional funding," he added.
Earlier this year, UN agencies and humanitarian partners appealed for US$791 million to provide life-saving aid in the DRC, but they have only received 54 per cent of the funding so far. "Sadly the news of suffering in the DRC does not receive the same attention, globally, as other crises. We have seen a fall-off in the funding," said Mr. Ging.
While the humanitarian needs in the DRC have risen consistently in recent years, funding for the relief response has decreased steadily since 2009, with annual contributions falling from $541 million in 2008 to $391 million in 2011.


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Immunization: You Call The Shots
Immunization: You Call the Shots-Module Six-Hepatitis A
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Hamborsky, Jennifer MPH, MCHES, Health Education Specialist, CDC, NCIRD
Strikas, Raymond MD, MPH, Medical Officer, CDC, NCIRD
Weaver, Donna RN, MN, Nurse Educator CDC, NCIRD
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Mark Doty and Albert Goldbarth will read from their work in a program at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, in the Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
Doty is the author of six books of poetry and a memoir, "Heaven's Coast," which won the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction. His collection, "My Alexandria," won the National Book Critics Circle Award, Britain's T.S. Eliot Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Award. He also has written a second memoir, "Firebird," and a new prose book, "Still Life with Oysters and Lemon."
Goldbarth's "Saving Lives" is nominated this year for a National Book Critics Circle Award. He won the award in 1991 for "Heaven and Earth: A Cosmology." He also is the author of "Many Circles," "Troubled Lovers in History: A Sequence of Poems" and "A Sympathy of Souls: Essays," among others. His other honors include the Chad Walsh Memorial Award and the Ohio State University Press/ The Journal Award in Poetry.
The poets will be introduced by James Richardson, professor of English. The program is part of the Creative Writing Program's Althea Ward Clark Reading Series .
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New York, November 17, 2010--Iranian authorities announced on Tuesday that two German reporters for Bild am Sonntag will be charged with espionage, according to international news reports. They were arrested in October while interviewing the son of a woman sentenced to death by stoning on charges of adultery. The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by these developments and calls on Iranian authorities to drop the charges and release the reporters immediately.


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JACKSON – The Republican leadership of the state House on Thursday killed a Senate bill re-authorizing Medicaid to ensure that the chamber does not get to vote on expanding Medicaid as part of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Gov. Phil Bryant praised House Speaker Philip Gunn, calling his action blocking debate on Medicaid expansion "a bold move."
"Until we have a clearer understanding of all the ramifications of Obamacare and its proposed expansion in Mississippi, there will not be a debate in the Mississippi House," said Gunn, R-Clinton, in a news release.
Rep. Steve Holland, D-Plantersville, said if the leadership would allow the issue to be debated in the chamber there might be a better understanding.
"That is all we are asking is to have a conversation," said House Democratic Leader Bobby Moak of Bogue Chitto. "…For some reason our colleagues are afraid to have a conversation."
The Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, allows states to opt into a program to expand Medicaid to cover those making up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level or about $15,000 per year. Bryant – an outspoken opponent of the federal law – has said the state cannot afford to participate.
But others say studies indicate Mississippi will suffer in delivery of health care and in economic development if it does not participate.
Earlier this session Democrats killed a House bill that re-authorzed Medicaid because it did not include the language that could be amended to opt into the Medicaid expansion.
The Senate re-authorization bill did not expand Medicaid, but it could be amended to allow for the expansion. Senate Public Health Chair Dean Kirby, R-Pearl, said he opposes the expansion, but wants to keep all options open throughout the session as more information is gathered.
But on Thursday, Gunn sent Kirby's Senate bill to the Rules Committee that killed it. The bill normally would have gone to the House Medicaid Committee.
Gunn said House leaders will try this morning to revive the House bill that Democrats killed earlier this session. It will take a three-fifths majority to pass that measure.
If the leadership is unsuccessful, Gunn said Bryant might have to run the agency by executive order.


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A bone x-ray is an imaging test to look at the bones.
X-ray - bone
The test is done in a hospital radiology department or in the health care provider's office by an x-ray technician. For the test, you will position the bone to be x-rayed on the table. Pictures are then taken, and the bone is repositioned for different views.
Tell the health care provider if you are pregnant. You must remove all jewelry for the x-ray.
The x-rays are painless. Changing position for getting different views of the bone may be uncomfortable.
A bone x-ray is used to look for injuries or conditions affecting the bone.
Abnormal findings include:
Additional conditions under which the test may be performed:
There is low radiation exposure. X-rays machines are set to provide the smallest amount of radiation exposure needed to produce the image. Most experts feel that the risk is low compared with the benefits.
Pregnant women and children are more sensitive to the risks of the x-ray. A protective shield may be worn over areas not being scanned.
Clement J. Basic imaging techniques in the adult. In: DeLee JC, Drez D Jr, Miller MD, eds. DeLee and Drez's Orthopaedic Sports Medicine. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2009:chap 13, section A.
Clement J. Imaging consideration in the skeletally immature patient. In: DeLee JC, Drez D Jr, Miller MD, eds. DeLee and Drez's Orthopaedic Sports Medicine. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2009:chap 13, section B.
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This section provides descriptions of the most prominent and distinctive geologic features and processes in Mount Rainier National Park.
At present, the Cascade Province contains four national
parks and one volcanic monument: Mount Rainier
National Park (WA), North Cascades National Park
(WA), Crater Lake National Park (OR), Lassen Volcanic
National Park (CA) and Mount St. Helens Volcanic
Monument (WA), managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
These parks, as well as other Cascade Mountain areas,
contain world- class examples of volcanic and glacial
features. The geologic features and processes in MORA
are divided into the following sections:
Glacial Features and Glacier Processes
Depositional features are formed from material eroded from the mountain that is transported down valley and deposited as rock debris termed drift. Glacial till is unconsolidated, poorly sorted drift that forms end and lateral moraines, undulating mounds composed of boulders, cobbles, pebbles, sand, silt, and clay clasts. Many of the deposits left by mudflows, debris flows, and avalanches also are associated with the glaciers on Mount Rainier.
The valley glaciers that create the backcountry of Mount Rainier radiate like spokes on a wheel from the summit of the volcano (Figure 1). About 35,000 years ago, the Cowlitz Glacier on the southeast side of the mountain extended 65 miles (105 km) from the mountain and about 8 miles (13 km) west of the present town of Randle (Kiver and Harris, 1999). The end of the Pleistocene Ice Age came about 10,000 years ago, about the same time as the eruptive event that formed the main cone of Mount Rainier.
The extreme height and massive character of the volcano allows it to intercept moisture- laden westerly winds from the Pacific and to receive abundant snowfall that helps maintain glacial cover. For example, during the winter of 1971- 1972, slightly more than 102 feet (31 m) of snow fell on the mountain, setting a world's record at an official weather station (Kiver and Harris, 1999). Since the mid- 1800s, however, the glaciers have lost as much as 35 percent of their surface area. This trend is synchronous with glacier retreat recorded elsewhere around the world and reflects global warming trends from natural perturbations and human influences. From 1900 to 1960, the Nisqually Glacier retreated about 1 mile (1.6 km) upstream from the old highway bridge (Kiver and Harris, 1999). Paradise Ice Caves, once a major attraction for visitors, collapsed in the fall of 1991 due to the effects of global warming.
The glaciers of Mount Rainier form the largest glacier system in the conterminous United States. Some of the glaciers originate from the summit of the volcano while others extend down the mountain flanks from cirques located in the high- precipitation zone at middle elevations. Linear rock ridges or arêtes, locally known as cleavers, separate the glaciers. The Willis Wall is the 3,600- foot- high (1,100 m) vertical headwall that marks the Carbon Glacier cirque. Over a mile wide, the Carbon Glacier cirque is the largest in the Cascade Mountains (Kiver and Harris, 1999).
Over one cubic mile of snow and ice is estimated to perpetually cover Mount Rainier. Only a relatively thin veil separates this ice from the "Mountain of Fire". If this ice were to melt during an eruption, huge floods and mudflows would easily reach the densely populated areas in the Puget Lowland.
The following points of interest are associated with Mount Rainier glaciers or glacial processes. Emmons, Ingraham (Cowlitz- Ingraham), Nisqually, Tahoma, and Winthrop glaciers are the predominant glaciers originating on the summit of Mount Rainier.
Emmons Glacier: Named for geologist, Samuel F. Emmons, the Emmons Glacier is the largest glacier in the contiguous United States. Located on the east slope of Mount Rainier, the Emmons Glacier covers 4.3 square miles (11.1 sq km). A landslide in 1963 covered the lower glacier with rock debris, which insulates the ice from melting. As a result if irregular melting, a vast hummocky topography has formed over the area.
Cowlitz- Ingraham Glacier: The Cowlitz- Ingraham Glacier is currently thinning and retreating although it made a notable advance in the mid- 1970s and continued to slowly advance until the mid- 1980s.
Nisqually Glacier: One of the most accessible glaciers on Mount Rainier, Nisqually glacier can be viewed from Nisqually and Glacier Vistas. Nisqually Glacier holds the record for the fastest measured downhill movement for a Mount Rainier glacier: 29 inches per day (74 cm/d). The glacier thinned by 53 feet (16 m) in the region immediately west of Glacier Vista between 1985 and 1991, but the retreat may be slowing.
Winthrop Glacier: With an area of 3.5 square miles (9.1 sq km), the Winthrop Glacier is the second largest glacier on Mount Rainier. The glacier extends from the summit to the 4,700- feet level (1,433 m) of the West Fork White River Valley. Winthrop Glacier was named for Theodore Winthrop who visited the mountain in 1853, described his experiences in his book Canoe and Saddle, and died on the field of battle during the Civil War.
Carbon Glacier: Measurements of the Carbon Glacier, the largest in the park, recorded a thickness of over 700 feet (215 m). Although the third largest glacier by area on Mount Rainier, Carbon Glacier has the greatest thickness and volume (0.2 cubic miles) of any glacier in the contiguous United States. It is 5.7 miles long (9.2 km), which makes it also the longest glacier on Mount Rainier. Beginning just below the imposing 4,000- foot- high (1,219 m) Willis Wall, the glacier's terminus is surrounded by mature forest and shrubbery at an altitude of 3,500 feet (1,067 m).
Kautz Glacier: Kautz Glacier, named in honor of Lieutenant (later General) A.V. Kautz, is one of the primary glaciers on the mountain. In 1857, Kautz made the first attempt to scale the peak by climbing along the edge of the glacier that bears his name. He failed to reach the summit by only a few feet. Kautz Creek originates in the Kautz Glacier and flows into the Nisqually River. Paradise Glacier: The Paradise Glacier area was one of the main attractions for visitors in the early part of the twentieth century. Because of this attraction, the Paradise Inn was built and opened for business in 1917. Russell Glacier and Wilson Glacier: These two glaciers are tributary glaciers of major glaciers in the park. Russell Glacier is named after Professor Israel C. Russell, the first scientist to describe the glaciers of the park, and is one of the largest inter- glaciers of the park. It is a tributary to the Carbon Glacier on the north side of Mount Rainier.
Wilson Glacier is a tributary to the Nisqually Glacier on the mountain's south side. It was named for A.D. Wilson. In 1870, Wilson and Professor S.F. Emmons made the second successful ascent of Mount Rainier. Stevens Glacier, Van Trump Glacier, and Sluiskin Falls: The Stevens Glacier and the Van Trump Glacier are on the southern slope of the mountain. In 1870, Philemon Beecher Van Trump and General Hazard Stevens made the first successful ascent to the summit of Mount Rainier. The Yakima Indian brave, Sluiskin, guided the two men. They named the falls at the head of the Paradise River after their guide.
Sunset Amphitheatre: Chiseled and dredged by rockslides, glacial erosion, and frost action, Sunset Amphitheatre is a cirque- like gouge near the summit of the mountain. Puyallup Glacier originates in Sunset Amphitheatre. A cliff collapse that formed this cirque may have triggered the Electron Mudflow about 500 years ago. This mudflow inundated at least 14 square miles (36 sq km) of Puget Sound Lowland and formed the valley surface around Orting, Washington.
Volcanic Features
Echo Rock and Observation Rock: Echo Rock and Observation Rock are dissected satellite volcanoes. Olivine andesite erupted from these satellite volcanoes on the northwestern flank of Mount Rainier.
Little Tahoma and McClure Rock: Northwest American Indians named the mountain Takhoma, Tahoma, Taco- bet and other names that mean "big mountain", or "snowy peak", or "place where the waters begin". Little Tahoma is a prominent rock outcrop on the east side of Mount Rainier.
McClure Rock is a prominent point on the southern shoulder of the mountain. The point was named for Professor McClure, University of Oregon, who fell and died while doing scientific research on the mountain. Ptarmigan Ridge and Wapowety Cleaver: The rugged surface surrounding Mount Rainier is evidence of thick intra- canyon flows. At least 1,200 feet (366 m) thick, Ptarmigan Ridge is an example of a thick flow that was once confined in a canyon. Since deposition, the canyon walls have eroded away, leaving the flow as a resistant ridge in the surrounding landscape.
Wapowety Cleaver is another ridge of rock located between the Kautz and the Wilson Glaciers. Kautz climbed the ridge in 1857 and the ridge was named after Kautz's Indian guide.
The Palisades: Located at the northwestern corner of White River Park, The Palisades form a great cliff of columnar- jointed black rock that rises abruptly from the headwaters of Lost Creek. The cliff is composed of a rhyodacite welded tuff that is as much as 800 feet (244 m) thick.
Willis Wall: Willis Wall forms the rear wall of the cirque of the Carbon Glacier. Named in honor of California geologist, Bailey Willis, the wall is an almost sheer wall of lava some 3,600 feet (1.097 m) high. Willis explored the north side of the mountain and blazed the first trail to the Carbon Glacier in 1881. He was also influential in securing the passage of the bill that created Mount Rainier National Park.
Thermal Features and Ice Caves
Fumeroles at the summit of Mount Rainier are small vents that release steam in an area where the ground temperature is 174o to 185o F (65o to 71o C). The summit thermal area, upper- flank thermal areas, and the Winthrop and Paradise Springs on the lower flanks are thought to be part of a single geothermal system within the edifice of the volcano (Korosec, 1989). Hot acid sulfate- chloride water flows from the upper part of the cone outward toward areas of leakage on the lower flanks (Frank, 2000).
Thermal groundwater flowing from the cone appears to be neutralized by reaction with andesite and cooled by dilution with cold groundwater prior to being discharged into surface waters. Elevated sulfate and chloride were found in two sets of thermal springs near Paradise and Winthrop Glaciers. Cold neutral water with elevated sulfate and chloride discharges was found issuing from Winthrop Glacier (Frank, 2000).
The vented steam at the summit continues to melt ice to form ice caves. The creation of ice caves by the steam vents in an active glacier area represents an unusual geologic feature. The two craters atop the summit of Mount Rainier contain the world's largest volcanic icecave system (Zimbelman et al., 2000A). In 1997, two active fumeroles were sampled for stable isotopic, gas, and geochemical studies. Data indicate that the hydrothermal system in the edifice of Mount Rainier consists of shallow, meteoric water reservoirs that receive gas and steam from an underlying magmatic system.
In the eastern crater, 2,300 feet (700 m) of caves were mapped in 1997- 1998 (Le Guem et al., 2000). Researchers found the main fumaroles located at the eastern entrance. Very few fumeroles were observed deep within the cave. No sulfur was detected in the gases and CO2 concentration in the cave atmosphere was close to 300 ppm and around 1 percent in the fumaroles.
155 meters (508 feet) of caves were mapped in the western crater. H2S concentrations in the cave atmosphere were 2 to 5 ppm, giving it a rotten egg odor, and 0.3 percent CO2 (Le Guem et al., 2000). Isotope data indicate that meteoric groundwater has diluted the H2S concentrations, but samples taken from incrustations around a dormant vent record a past history of magmatic components episodically venting at the surface (Zimbelman et al., 2000A).
Ice caves also are usually visible at the base of Paradise, Carbon, and other glaciers. However, these caves formed as a result of glacial meltwater rather than hydrothermal processes.
Longmire Mineral Springs are part of a separate geothermal system. The heat source is probably related to the volcano's magmatic system at depth and may be fault and/or fracture controlled. This system is of limited extent and has a volume of perhaps three cubic kilometers covering about three square kilometers.
Ohanapecosh Hot Springs consists of 25 springs, ranging from small seeps to small springs. The springs are located near the base of Mount Rainier in the southeast part of the park and like the Longmire Mineral Springs are part of a separate geothermal system, also of limited extent. The springs are indicators of subsurface thermal processes. Temperatures have been reported as high as 122o F (50o C). Flows have been measured between 110- 250 liters per minute.
Yellow- orange to white travertine deposits of unknown thickness underlie parts of a meadow at Longmire and a small area near Ohanapecosh campground (Crandell, 1969B). Travertine is a calcium carbonate mineral and has formed by warm spring water present at both localities.
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