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Indiana 80, Illinois 64
CHICAGO -- Cody Zeller collected a game-high 24 points and four teammates also scored in double figures as top-seeded Indiana opened Big Ten tournament play with a 80-64 victory over Illinois.
The Hoosiers (27-5), who earned a first-round bye after winning the regular-season champioship, advanced to Saturday's semifinals as Chris Watford scored 15 points, Victor Oladipo and Kevin "Yogi" Ferrell each had 12 while Will Sheehey added 11. Oladipo also had a game-high 11 rebounds.
Brandon Paul and Tracy Abrams each had 16 points as the eighth-seeded Illini shot just 34.5 percent from the field (20 of 58). Joe Bertrand added 10 points.
Indiana meets Wisconsin or Michigan in Saturday's semifinals at the United Center.
The Hoosiers, ranked No. 3 nationally, made a case for a top seed in the upcoming NCAA tournament as they jumped to a big early lead and never trailed.
Indiana maintained double-digit leads through most of the second half and hit a high-water mark of 20 points with 53 seconds to play after a Ferrell layup.
The Hoosiers and Illini met only once previously this season, a 74-72 Illini victory over then top-ranked Indiana on Feb. 7 in Champaign
The teams were a collective 2 of 15 from the field through the first six minutes until Sheehey hit a baseline 3-pointer for an 8-2 Indiana lead. He added a shorter jumper 42 seconds later to make it 10-2.
Illinois went 6:41 between field goals before Bertrand broke the drought on a fast-break layup at with 11:32 showing.
Zeller reached 10 points for the game with 7:33 left in the half on a steal and fast-break layup that gave Indiana a 22-7 lead.
He closed the half with 14 pooints as Indiana opened a 35-21 lead. Paul had nine for the Illini, who shot 25.9 percent from the field (7 of 27).
Illinois' shooting improved in the second half, but the Illini weren't able to trim the deficit despite Abrams' 10 points in the first 9 1/2 minutes. Illinois never cut Indiana's lead below 10 points in the span.
The Illini got within eight at 60-52 on Richardson's two free throws with 8:17 left. But the Hoosiers responded with an Olapido layup and a Watford 3-pointer to boost the lead back to double digits at 65-52 with 5:31 left.
Zeller was 9 of 11 from the field (81.8 percent) and the Hoosiers were 27 of 50 (54 percent). Indiana also had a decisive 38-26 rebounding advantage.
NOTES: Indiana has 21 Big Ten championships, but this was the first time in the 16-year tournament that the Hoosiers were the No. 1 seed. ... Indiana finished 14-4 in Big Ten play on the way to its first outright regular-season title since 1993 and is 10-15 all time in conference tournament play. ... The No. 1 seed is 9-2 all time against the No. 8 seed. ... Illinois has won the most tournament games of any team with a 24-14 record and has the second-best winning percentage (.631).


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Today, the city is still recovering from World War Two and communist occupation, though there are now a few hundred of museums in the city limits alone, such as the 5 interconnected state museums found on Museum Island. Whether you come during the week or the weekend, Berlin has all the traditional tourist destinations such as churches and castles, as well as the popular GDR sites in the Eastern half of the city - the Brandenburg Gate is perhaps the most visited such site. A great many of the higher priced Berlin hotels can be found in the downtown and historical areas, though even in Berlin, cheap hotels can easily be found within short underground, tram or bus commute of all the great sights such as the ornate Gendarme Market. The number of cheap hotels in Berlin start to grow as more and more tourists discover this great city.

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Jelly Bean now includes an all-new gesture-based keyboard eerily reminiscent of SwiftKey, a popular free and fee-based keyboard replacement for Android smartphones and tablets that employs a predictive engine that chooses from stored words and phrases without a data connection and adapts to user patterns. It supports multiple keymaps and more than 20 languages, including the latest Danish, Finnish, Polish, Swedish and others. Jelly Bean adds more accurate versions of English, French and Russian.


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The Hare Krishnas founded their community in Alachua in 1977. More than 35 years later, they say it is the largest Hare Krishna community in North America.
ALACHUA — The Hare Krishnas founded their community in Alachua in 1977. More than 35 years later, they say it is the largest Hare Krishna community in North America.
It's become a wonderful home for devotees over the years, said Miriam Tassinare, president of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, or ISKCON, of the Alachua temple. It's been the perfect place, she said.
But the Krishnas are feeling squeezed and are pursuing approval from the Alachua County Commission for a planned development on their property at 17306 NW 112th Blvd. that would give them the flexibility to expand their operation over the course of the next 20 years.
Their plans include building a retreat center and a new temple, but they'll add those developments in phases since they'll need to design and gather funding for each project.
The master plan, if approved by the County Commission, would give them the ability to implement their long-term plans at their own pace, said Jay Brown, president of Brown and Cullen and principal engineer on the project.
After two years of working with county staff, Tassinare watched Wednesday as the Alachua County Planning Commission unanimously approved ISKCON's proposal. Their plan will come before the County Commission in June for final approval. If the planned development is established, the Hare Krishnas will be free to move forward with their ideas for a new temple, retreat facilities and other structures at their leisure.
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The Hare Krishna Temple in Alachua stands on a 127-acre spread of land, lying across a dirt path from a charter school with green-and-cream buildings and a playground.
The temple and the Alachua Learning Center are the first two places you'll pass as you enter the rural community. Next comes a barn housing pottery and woodworking stations along with farming tools, which sits beside a fenced-in field of grass.
Past that, you'll see organic gardens where Hare Krishna devotees grow kale, Brussels sprouts and other vegetables for their Sunday feasts and for their Santa Fe College lunches. (A separate Krishna community brings lunch to the University of Florida's Plaza of the Americas each weekday.)
A little farther down, kindergarten-age girls in navy blue skirts and light-blue shirts and boys in matching pants and shirts wave rainbow-colored cloth streamers and walk around the playground on makeshift stilts made of small upside-down buckets attached to strings.
They're students at Bhaktivedanta Academy, a Montessori school that sits on the property.
Modular homes where some devotees live are interspersed between the schools, fields and gardens of ISKCON of Alachua.
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Tassinare says she is impressed by how the Gainesville area and the Krishna community have melded over the years.
"We are really interwoven into this community here as a culture, and we really appreciate that about Gainesville actually," Tassinare said. Alachua is quiet and close to the natural beauty of nearby springs, and residents are within reach of the University of Florida's resources.
The congregation has always felt welcome here and has tried to stay engaged with the greater Gainesville area, devotees say. But the Hare Krishnas have decided it's time to further develop their land and grow their community in ways that will welcome more visitors to experience life at the temple.
Tassinare said Wednesday's planning commission meeting went "beautifully," largely due to the cooperation between ISKCON and the county. The Hare Krishnas worked with the county on a couple versions of this proposal before county staff determined a planned development would work best. ISKCON has spent around $40,000 on the effort, she said.
Jerry Brewington, senior planner with Alachua County Growth Management, said the planned development is a zoning master plan that covers everything the Krishnas want to do.
"We don't want them to have to keep coming back. They don't want to have to keep coming back," he said.
While ISKCON wants to add several facilities, Brewer said much of the Hare Krishnas' land will remain conservation management areas.
Tassinare considers the proposal less as an expansion and more as broad development since they're planning additions within their existing property instead of buying more land. Although the changes will be significant, they fit with the overall feel of the community, she said.
"We're not trying to put in Disneyland out here," she said. "We have a vision of what works for us for our religious practices, for our culture and for what we want to do for Alachua County."
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With 500 families who worship there and a congregation of 3,000 people on the books from the local area as well as cities like Orlando, ISKCON wants to build a larger temple.
Their current temple is packed on Sundays as devotees dance and chant while a few sit cross-legged on the black-and-white checkered floor, eyes closed and bodies still as they meditate.
The Hare Krishnas also want to set up retreat facilities so people can stay there for a weekend to get away from the noise of everyday life and experience the simple way of life at the temple, Tassinare said.
Twenty-five or so people live there and devote their time to working for the community in various ways, such as cooking or gardening, she said.
"You know, our philosophy is captioned with 'Simple living, high thinking,' " Tassinare said. "We're going to create programs for all kinds of people, not just Hare Krishna devotees."
To establish the retreat, they'll build a space where they can hold seminars as well as cabin lodging for visitors. They also plan to build some additional housing for farm workers.
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Brewington said the Hare Krishnas' planned development is the first rural retreat the county has worked on extensively in his 15 years here. Other groups have discussed such a plan but never followed through.
The Krishna complex in Alachua is already well-prepared for such a development because of its pre-existing facilities and infrastructure, he said.
ISKCON needs the county to approve the planned development in order to add those facilities, but it's already working on plans for an eco-teaching farm that's separate from that proposal. Through the teaching farm, community members can teach visitors about farming, organic gardening and caring for the cows and bulls they keep on the property.
"It's like an old-age home for the cows and bulls, because we don't kill them," Tassinare said. "We see God in all living entities, so we would not presume to kill any of them."
At the eco-teaching farm, they can teach children where beef comes from and explain to both kids and adults the realities of how cow's meat reaches their dinner table.
"McDonald's would have you think burgers grow on trees, seriously," she said.
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ISKCON's plans for growth in Alachua over the next couple decades aim to bring in more visitors. But the Krishnas already have a big, bustling community that's active at the temple as well as in the greater Gainesville area.
Locals might see them chanting on the corner of West University Avenue and 13th Street on Fridays, and Santa Fe College students and faculty often see them providing Krishna lunch on campus.
On Sundays, much of the congregation gathers for an evening temple service and a communal feast. The devotees maintain a vegetarian diet that excludes certain foods, such as onion and garlic because they are malodorous in the body, Tassinare said.
Many are converts like Tassinare, who was Jewish before becoming a devotee after she visited a Hare Krishna temple in Detroit for a collegiate world religion class in the 1970s.
Vaismavi Rodriguez, who is raising her 6-year-old son Laksman as a devotee, used to be Catholic. "This is a process that connects us with God," she said of the Hare Krishna movement. "That is when you feel real happiness."
Devotees sporting everything from floor-length floral garb to jeans dance and clap as they chant. Some, but not all, wear the tilak markings on their foreheads, which devotee Sridevi Dasi says serve as a reminder their bodies are temples of God.
Dasi, who has been a devotee for almost five years, said she was drawn to the Hare Krishna philosophy. Devotees believe in reincarnation and worship a supreme lord who manifests in different forms, she said. Every living entity is part of him — whether a person believes it or not.
Dasi emphasized the importance of chanting the Hare Krishna mantra, which she said is the most important part of the religious process in the modern age. "It cleanses the heart basically and cleanses our misconceptions," she said. "It's divinity encased in sound."
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|Kaname Madoka
|Akemi Homura
|Miki Sayaka
|Tomoe Mami
|Sakura Kyoko
|Shizuki Hitomi
|Kamijou Kyousuke
|Kaname Junko
|Kaname Tomohisa
|Kaname Tatsuya
|Saotome Kazuko
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|2011-05-07, 08:46
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Do the Kyubey Dance ~ ♫
Join Date: Apr 2011
Age: 28
Favorite Characters eh?
Homura - who doesn't like a girl who's cool (referring to Hawt Homu) and Moe (referring to Megane Homu) and at the same time someone who's extremely devoted to keeping promises to her friends
Madoka - perhaps because of her selflessness, kindness (that's enough to melt all the polar ice caps in this world XD) and a brave and noble heart
Kyubei - I also have my vote for this guy... He's the most intriguing "Frienemy" anyone will ever encounter... hands down
|2011-05-08, 07:54
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
My list:
Homura - if there is anyone who doesn't like her, they must be crazy especially if they saw episode 10... She had to go through the same pain of lose over and over, not everyone can handle it. And each time she had to change her tactics and develop, I must say it is one of the best excuses as to why she acts cold towards everyone. Much better than many other characters have.
Mami - was really sad when she dies so quickly... what I really liked was tgis mysteriouse look she was giving, almost like psycho. And I liked her gun magic, she also is a nice person. Too bad she snapped in one of the lifetimes...
Kyoko - didn't like her at first, when I saw her first I was like "Ah great, another mean character with some complecated past has appeared... so who is going to brainwash her now?". Thankfully I was wrong, she did have bad past but she was not forced by anyone to become all goody goody. She was kind hearted on her own and acted on her own as well, no one had deep into her soul to make her good like it is usually done. And it was a huge sacrifice she had done at the end. Also liked her design the most as well as the weapon, though time machine full of guns is also cool
Kyubei - the reason I vote for him is because I can't call him cruel, more like clueless. He didn't have bad intentions, only that he was doing things wrongly and most of his logic wasn't really that much off. I had to agree with a lot of things. And now that the world has changed, he is not evil. He is just working by the new scheme that was created. And he didn't lie about wishes, he really grants all of them. Even if they back fire on him.
Junko - because she is a nice, carrying and understanding mother. Too bad she doesn't remember Madoka anymore...
|2011-05-09, 08:20
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Australia
Homura became the most interesting character for me, considering the timp skips of conflict she had to go through for friendship. I really symphathized with her the most. Otherwise, I voted for Homura but I also liked the way Madoka came to her senses about her wish and trying to understand and resolve everyone's moments of dread and conflict. Other then that, both votes for them,
|2011-05-09, 08:36
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Glory to the Wind!
Kyouko - Since I love her personality and her lifestyle. We have the same attributes too XD I'm so much of a rebel. And also, her personality is what fans should look up to. She is a character that should be respected much like Homura. And she's honest too, and religious. Her weapon is basically what I use in my training, and during Episode 9, she's special that her ultimate attack has been shown for her to be able to save Sayaka. And no, I don't count Mami's Tiro Finale as an ultimate attack, it's just a signature one.
Homura - her cold-heartedness made me hate her in the first few episodes, but in the last four I started to show sympathy over her and welcomed her to my faves list. She's an amazing character at that, and would do anything to save the person important to her. Her real attitude, I miss that a lot. I cried so much at Episode 10 knowing what Homura and Madoka had gone through. The way Homura handles her weapons is magic-related (manipulating trucks and some other things, so cool~).
Sayaka - I love her because of her idiotic side. Sure, we all know she became a witch due to her feelings of depression over her loss on Hitomi, but aren't we mostly like her? We experience sad things, and we intend to get angry...Sayaka is the representation of a girl's feelings when she's madly in love. And wow, what amazed me on Sayaka is her skill to wield a sword and her extremely incredible power to heal. She's a rare Puella Magi, due to her wish having connection to her powers. AND HER WITCH FORM IS OSM TOO. XD
Madoka - One thing's for certain, I loved her at Episode 12 only. No questions asked. And yes, Kriemhild Gretchen. Yes, that. XD
Mami - Totally loved her until her death...she was a strong and dependable character (although she denies this) and a role model. But it greatly shocks me that she can be mentally impaired when she learns the truth about the Puella Magi. We learn the truth about her true personality, and of course some of you would avoid a person like that. But for me, Mami is still a cool character and that won't change.
|2011-05-09, 11:32
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Twilight lander
Speaking of Sayaka's swordsmanship... Madoka's profile and CV gives us no info of her ever joining an archery club, and I'm not sure if Kyouko used to walk around with a spear since childhood either. I think it comes with magic powers. Magical girls don't have many chances to practice (especially if your weapon is like Mami's), and engaging a witch without being able to use your powers efficiently... cannot end well. Incubators had to work out the technology to this extent at least.
And no, I'd never try to avoid Mami, she's a great and relatively sane person. Her breakdown in ep 10 looks pretty justified in the context.
|2011-05-09, 11:44
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Haters Gonna Hate
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: UK
Age: 27
Anyway, it looks like I'm the only one who's voted for Kamijou...
|2011-05-09, 16:59
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Austria
Actually, when Mami first appeared her controlled and calm behaviour made me so suspicious, I didn't trust her any more than Kyubei. They so looked like a team. (How wrong I was.)
Mami is the only of the girls who didn't get a vote from me. I've always been sort of wary of her, especially all that focus on style while fighting, and the way she put the gun to doll-charlotte's head and pulled the trigger with an expression of smug satisfaction... that was sort o creepy to me. (Though her transformation theme is one of my favourite pieces of music in the show.)
Still, I'd be proud to have any of them as a daughter, even Mami. (Boy, did I just say "daughter". When have I grown so old, lol.)
Unlike many, I never disliked Kamijou for his behaviour towards Sayaka. Not that I condone it, but I think it's understandable. It's just that, since we only have Sayaka's perspective, I don't know what he really thinks about her. That "Sayaka" on stage after the show, thus, came across as a bit contrived and cheesy to me.
|2011-05-10, 07:45
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|2011-05-10, 22:22
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Join Date: Dec 2006
The main girls... weren't really that likeable, despite the interesting story.
Mom and co. didn't have much character anyways.
But Q-Beh! Dang, talk about evil character made just to be hated. Total a**, but that is what is good. So bad that it is actually good.
|2011-05-10, 23:56
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Philippines
Age: 41
I suppose you're expecting depth of character, lots of facial expressions and memorable, colorful personalities, but you have to fathom more into their minds than just watching these girls onscreen. Lest you're watching carefully (and not just once but twice or even thrice), you may have a hard time getting the gist of what Urobuchi Gen is telling you about through his characters in a twelve-episode straitjacket.
OBTW, judging from your previous posts, you do sound cynical, as if you've just seen it all and done that.
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|2011-05-11, 11:52
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Born to make history
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Shibuya Psychic Research
Voted for
1- Homaru - was my fave magical girl from the minute I saw her. Under all the tsundere that she had for nearly half the show, epi 10 was my fave. I love a good backstory and knowing that really she was the reason for all this was a twist I didnt see coming. Sucks she had to once again loose her best friend though.
2- Kyubei - sorry but I like him/it. He's basically if you crossed a Vulcan with a cat The fact that he never believed what he was doing was wrong for the entire series yet he's seen so many girls become witches and die and keep the balance of the universe in tact is kinda creepy I dont view him as evil basically he was a business man with a bit of used car salesman on the side, had to keep his commodity up so why not only tell the good things about being a magical girl. As he stated "you didn't ask". And they didn't. Good character.
|2011-05-11, 12:34
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
Voted for Tomoe Mami. Gun and binding magic. Loved how she snapped at episode 10, just shows that every single one of them are just normal people.
Not that I really like any of the characters, even Mami is a bit dull. But the others are even worse...
Madoka: "I absolute do nothing but manage to be the most important person anyway! Instead of directly wishing to be god, I used a roundabout way to achieve the same thing while not sounding childish!"
Akemi: "I wonder how many other characters in other shows have my personality."
Miki: "Don't feel like confessing to Kamijou even though Shizuki gave me the chance. Instead I pretend I already lost Kamijou to Shizuki."
Sakura: "I was antagonistic at first, but then I turned friendly all of a sudden!"
Kyubei: "I need to keep pretending not to understand humans despite being here since the beginning of humankind! I need to make this clear to everyone all the time too."
Shizuki: "Sorry guys, I'm only here for the love-triangle."
Kamijou: "I've no idea that Sayaka-san was in love with me even though she kept visiting me and buying me CDs! I even shout at her for being nice!"
If I didn't vote for Tomoe, I would've voted for Madoka's mother Junko. Best thing Madoka did in the entire series was killing Mami when she snapped. Maybe Madoka isn't as innocent as we imagined?
|2011-05-11, 22:47
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Philippines
Age: 41
So I think some of you feel that character development is an issue, which explains for personality and relationship discrepancies, and sudden changes in behavior.
I suspect that when this show was at its planning stages, they were considering how many episodes they want to devote to this show, but at the time they suffered severe losses from previous productions that failed to sell (i.e. Maria+Holic, Arakawa, etc.), so to save production money, one of their ways to stretch their budget was to limit the number of episodes to 12 (or 1-cour) instead of the riskier 26 episodes. This restriction, IMHO, severely impacts the amount of time needed for character development, hence the sordid fact we could glean little much in the way of the girls' personalities and rely on visual cues for further guidance, and thus this issue makes it too easy for some critics to blame Gen for not giving more depth and personality into his "children".
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'Dancing with the Stars' Season 13 Week 4 – Three Memorable Moments [VIDEOS]
The nine remaining contestants on 'Dancing With the Stars' shook their respective wild things to movie themes this week. Carson Kressley was called "butch," the judges told Nancy Grace she was kind of a wuss, and Rob Kardashian was almost sexy. It was madness!
Here are some highlights:
Ricki and DerekTango to 'Psycho'
Most of the contestants got music that was at least lyrical — but not Ricki Lake and Derek Hough. They were tasked with doing a tango to the theme from 'Psycho.' Given the jumpy nature of the tune, Hough's choreography was brilliant, and Lake captured the urgency of the dance beautifully. The judges agreed, with two of them handing out the first 10s of the season. Score: 10 9 10
Hope and MaksFoxtrot to 'You've Got a Friend in Me' from 'Toy Story'
Hope Solo and Maksim Chmerkovskiy did a sweet dance as Woody and Jessie from 'Toy Story.' The judges seemed every bit as charmed as the audience was. Score: 8 8 8
Chaz and LaceyPaso Doble to 'Rocky'
Lacey Schwimmer brought in the big guns to help train Chaz Bono this week — Richard Simmons. Chaz clearly worked hard during his 'Rocky' dance, and while it was far from perfect, he got his highest score yet. The pride and joy on his mom Cher's face (she was there in person for the first time) was palpable, making more than one person a little misty. Score: 7 7 7


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Tallahassee, FL - An FSU fraternity is standing behind two of their members who are undergoing cancer treatment. Oliver Bucknell was diagnosed with Stage 3 Melanoma and Adam Jankowski was diagnosed with Stage 4 Lymphoma. Their Theta Chi fraternity brothers started a fundraiser where they are shaving their heads for donations. Carter Mack, a member of Theta Chi says people immediately responded to the idea. He says ""I put a jar in the office and said first person to put one hundred dollars in there can shave my head. Within 20 minutes, there was one hundred dollars in that jar and I was the first person to shave my head."
The response was so overwhelming from both the Greek community and students at Florida State as well as people in Tallahassee that they increased their goal from $10,000 to $25,000. Theta Chi Public Relations Chairman, Billy Capito admits "we thought that we would raise a couple thousand dollars at most but over the course of four days we raised over $5,000 and now we're at $18,000."
Mack has been a friend of Adam's since 8th grade and met Oliver through the fraternity. He says their diagnosis caught everyone by surprise and admits "it's really hard to hear something like that because they have so much more to live for. They are not even through all of their experiences in college. Adam turned 21 about 3 weeks after he was diagnosed."
Bucknell and Janckowski are doing well with their treatments and hope to make it back to school before football season next fall. In the meantime, the fundraising and head shaving continues. Theta Chi member John Robison says "I'm actually going to shave my head again and keep doing it until Adam and Oliver are okay" and according to Capito, "it looks like the entire chapter is going to have to shave their head now. It's just for a good cause and we're all down to do it."
A Theta Chi Alumni will be shaving fraternity members heads and making a large donation to the fundraiser on March 17, 2013. If you would like to contribute, go to their fundraising website: http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/support-adam-and-oliver-/42312 If you are interested in watching a video made by the Theta Chi fraternity members about the fundraiser click on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16yUT3_SUlw


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Excerpts from the Globe's "Voices of New England'' blog at www.bostonglobe.com/podium
The true audacity of the Obama administration lies less in its proclaimed foreign policy hopes than in its insistence that its record is one of foreign policy success. It has, rather, been one of embarrassment, failure, and in some cases, disaster.
Because of the last four years, we face a world in which our enemies do not fear us, our friends do not believe they can trust us, and those who maneuver between the two camps feel that they will not get in trouble by crossing us.
The face of poverty has changed. It is now the face of children, with 16.4 million children — or 22 percent of children in America — poor in 2010. Six million of them are under 6 and nearly half — 7.4 million — live in extreme poverty, defined as 50 percent of the poverty level. It is estimated that up to half a million children may be homeless in the United States.
It is the face of women with a third of all families headed by single mothers in poverty. Poverty rates for blacks and Hispanics far exceed the national average. Poverty is spreading across many groups, from underemployed workers and new immigrants to suburban families to discouraged workers who are giving up on the job market.
Just as the nation rallied in the Kennedy era around the Peace Corps and Vista and the War on Poverty, now is the time for us to come together to give all Americans a foothold on the ladder of economic opportunity. We ask the public and private sectors, government, philanthropy, academia and all others to join us in that effort. It would be an investment with a huge return.


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Skip to comments.Chinese researchers may look for Bigfoot
Posted on 10/11/2010 1:21:20 PM PDT by JoeProBono
WUHAN, China, - Some Chinese scientists say they want to embark on a thorough search of mountainous central China for the legendary creature "Yeren," or Bigfoot.
It's been nearly 30 years since the last concerted attempt to prove the existence of the ape-like creature that has been the subject of hundreds of unconfirmed sightings through the decades.
Wang Shancai, vice president of the Hubei Wild Man Research Association, says today's technology will give researchers a better shot at finding the reclusive creature, if it does exist, the Chinese news agency Xinhua reported Saturday.
"Unlike expeditions three decades ago, the better technological support will help us get closer to solving the mystery," said Shancai, a 75-year-old expert with the Hubei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology.
"We are now working together with the China Three Gorges University to develop long-time energy-supply devices to support cameras that will be installed in the ape man's possible habitat."
Prime "Yeren" habitat is believed to be deep in the remote mountains in Hubei's Shennongjia Nature Reserve.
Previous expeditions in the 1970s and '80s produced hair, footprints, excrement and sleeping nests but nothing that conclusively pronounced that Bigfoot slept here.
Wang said, however, test results showed the hair samples found did not match humans or any known animals.
Luo Baosheng, another vice president of the association, which was created last November and boasts more than 100 members, says a new search would target caves.
"We will have three expedition teams search every cave in three important regions in Shennongjia where the unidentified beast would be mostly likely to appear," Luo said.
Hint to chicoms: Check upstairs at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
If you don't include the "Monsterquest" episode that the History Channel did a year or so ago.
And you owe me a new monitor! Ha!!!
Check the White House. There's Bigfoot and BigEars.
Is that Chewbaca's mug shot?
And when they find it, they're going to bind its feet.
You beat me too it. LOL
LOL! Yes, they do dislike large feet.
They probably want to use him in a "traditional Chinese medicine."
The Hong Kong-based team rebutted skepticism over their claims of finding Noah's Ark in Turkey, though they said further research is needed to prove beyond doubt that they have located the fabled biblical boat.
Yeren, yiren or man-monkey in Hubei, China
Doesn't she have Secret Service Protection?
Chinese Secret Service
MMMMMMM Bigfoot Egg Fu Young.....
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jones_supa writes: The Wikimedia foundation has marked its 12th anniversary by launching a Creative Commons licensed travel guide called Wikivoyage. Like other Wikimedia projects, Wikivoyage contains material written collaboratively by volunteers. The site has launched under the aegis of Wikimedia with around 50,000 articles and approximately 200 volunteer editors. Wikivoyage started in 2006 as a travel guide in German and Italian, backed by the German non-profit Wikivoyage Association. The transition to a Wikimedia project was initiated by contributors and the Association, and content is currently offered in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish. The purpose of the Wikivoyage is to promote education and knowledge of all countries and regions in the world, as well as understanding among nations. There's a huge global demand for travel information, but very few sources are both comprehensive and non-commercial. That's about to change.


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Bloodied Kelly loses no-hitter in eighth05/24/2011 11:07 PM ET
By John Parker / Special to MLB.com
If Joe Kelly were superstitious, he'd have to get a teammate to punch him in the nose before his next start.
After suffering a bloody nose during warmups, the Cardinals prospect took a no-hitter into the eighth inning Tuesday night as the Palm Beach shut down the Brevard County Manatees, 3-1.
"I got the bloody nose and wasn't throwing strikes in my bullpen session [before the game], so I'm pretty happy with how things turned out," said Kelly, who combined with relievers Tyler Lyons and Brett Zawacki on a two-hitter.
Kelly, a third-round pick in the 2009 Draft, worked in and out of trouble much of the evening. He hit a batter in the first inning, worked around a two-out error by shortstop Domnit Bolivar in the third and dug himself a big hole in the fourth by walking the first three batters.
"I had a little trouble with my command, hit a guy in the first, then walking those three batters, but I was able to get some ground-ball outs with my two-seam fastball," said Kelly, who recorded 15 groundouts against three fly balls.
The Cal-Riverside product induced a run-scoring double play from Shea Vucinich and a groundout from Mike Brownstein to limit the damage.
Kelly (2-2) issued a two-out walk in the sixth but was otherwise untouched until Scooter Gennett lined a changeup to center field for a one-out single in the eighth.
"I'd gotten pretty lucky earlier in the game," Kelly said. "I didn't feel like I had my best stuff."
The hit ended Kelly's night after a career-best 7 1/3 innings. He was charged with one run while walking four and striking out four.
The 22-year-old right-hander had never taken a no-hitter that deep at any level of his baseball career.
"Toward the later innings, the only guy who would talk to me was our strength and conditioning coach -- he's not real baseball-savvy, he's more of a basketball guy," Kelly said. "He'd come over between innings and ask how I was doing and I'd say, 'Pretty good.'"
Lyons allowed a single to the first batter he faced but got Kentrail Davis to pop out. Zawacki followed with 1 1/3 perfect innings to notch his second save.
The Cardinals got on the board with two runs in a strange third inning. After two quick outs, Brevard County starter Hiram Burgos drilled D'Marcus Ingram. Both players, along with Manatees pitching coach Fred Dabney, were tossed by plate umpire Jonathan Bailey.
Kelly wasn't sure if the beaning was a response to Monday night's game, in which two Cardinals and one Manatee were plunked, or retaliation for Kelly having hit Davis in the opening inning.
"I definitely wasn't trying to hit their guy, I was just pitching inside," he said. "[Ingram and Burgos] started talking at each other, though, and then the umpire threw everyone out."
After Jarred Bogany ran for Ingram, reliever Mark Willinsky gave up a walk, a run-scoring single to Rainel Rosario and an RBI double to Kyle Conley, giving the Cardinals a 2-0 lead.
Conley finished 3-for-4.
The Cardinals tacked on an insurance run in the ninth on a throwing error by first baseman Brock Kjeldgaard.
Burgos fell to 1-3 after allowing a run on one hit in an abbreviated 2 2/3-inning outing. He struck out two and did not walk a batter.
The victory was the third in a row for Palm Beach, while the Manatees suffered their seventh straight loss.


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Visitors who love the Frick often believe that the permanent collection is unchanging and that the displays remain as they have been since the era when Henry Clay Frick and his family occupied the house. However, the museums program of exhibitions, loans, and gallery renovations quite often affect the permanent displays. Sometimes, these changes are so subtle they go unnoticed; at other times they transform the galleries as well as our understanding of the works of art presented there. A case in point was last summers refurbishment of the Living Hall, which prompted the two-week installation of its six Renaissance masterpieces in the Oval Room. The experience of seeing these paintings in a different context was deeply appreciated by visitors aware of the special opportunity.
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has just completed a series of reinstallations that are broader in scope and will be longer lasting. The refurbishment of the East Gallery, which began in early August and continued into September, has provided an occasion for curators and conservators to rethink that rooms display for the first time since 1945. In the West Gallery, the important loan of two late fifteenth-century Florentine paintings from The Mari-Cha Collection has introduced large-scale Renaissance narratives into that grand space. In the adjoining Oval Room, the display of four full-length Whistler portraits and a seascape, shown together for this summers acclaimed special exhibition, will be extended through the winter. Finally, the Dining Room has been reinstalled in the spirit of Henry Clay Fricks original conceit, which was to create an interior dominated by British full-length portraits of female sitters. In the new hang, Gainsboroughs dramatic full-length paintings The Hon. Frances Duncombe (c. 1777) and Mrs. Peter William Baker (1781) enlivens the elegant English-style interior, just as they did in Fricks day. With five works by Gainsborough, including The Mall in Saint Jamess Park (c. 1783), the Dining Room is now the most concentrated presentation of this artists masterpieces in New York.
Comments Director Anne Poulet, Just as the Frick residence and collection were developed togetherwith acquisitions affecting architectural plans and vice versawe are able to revisit the presentation of our holdings as well. Each time this occurs, our staff and the public may make fresh observations, and we are all rewarded with new insights. Adds Associate Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator Colin B. Bailey, The subtle refurbishment of several spaces this autumn, to a degree unprecedented in our nearly seventy-five-year history as a museum, is a very exciting undertaking. In the Dining Room, we have returned to a type of installation that reflects Henry Clay Fricks taste and preferences, and reminds us how admired British eighteenth-century full-length portraits were by Gilded Age collectors, particularly when the subjects were beautiful women. The restoration of the East Gallery―a room added to the residence after Mr. Fricks deathhas inspired us to reconsider the groupings of works in this room. We have been particularly attentive to issues of scale and lighting in enhancing the viewers experience. Our goal has been to maintain and, in some cases, create for each gallery a distinct character, which enhances the depth of our holdings in each room.
East Gallery Refurbished, Rethought, Relit
At the core of this project was the refurbishment and relighting of the East Gallery, an addition made to the Frick mansion in the 1930s when the residence was converted into a public museum. Through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah M. Bogert, the gallerys brown velvet wall covering has been replaced with a soft coral textile that provides a rich backdrop for the works of art. The floor and wall paneling were also refinished. These improvements provided the impetus for reconsidering the gallerys display. The transformation of the East Gallery was made complete with the addition of a new lighting system this month. In the mid-1990s, much of the picture lighting throughout the museum was updated through the generous support of the Annie Laurie Aitken Charitable Trust at the direction of Mrs. Irene Roosevelt Aitken. Since then, the Fragonard Rooms lighting has been redesigned, and the improvement of lighting in the Boucher Room is in the planning stages. The new system is the first change to that rooms illumination since the museums opening in 1935.
In reconsidering the display of paintings and sculpture in the East Gallery, the curators and conservators were particularly attentive to the relationship between the rooms wide proportions and the scale of the pictures. In the new installation emphasis is given to a single full-length work, El Grecos incomparable Vincenzo Anastagi (157176). Placed at the center of the east wall, on axis with the rooms main entrance, the Anastagi portrait commands the view into the gallery.
The arrangement of mid-sized paintings along the East Gallerys two long walls reflects the Fricks customary combination of portraits, landscapes, and genre pictures. Works from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries predominate. Centered on the north wall, Guardis View of the Giudecca and the Zattere (c. 176570), on loan from a private collection, anchors the room with a magnificent vista of Venice. Goyas masterful late work, The Forge (181520), hangs opposite on the south wall. These imposing pictures are surrounded by balanced arrangements of smaller works that are often grouped by theme to invite comparison. The juxtaposition of Davids Comtesse Daru (1810) with Goyas María Martínez de Puga (1824), for example, sets the formers finished society portrait against the latters penetrating psychological study. All of the Collections paintings by Goya are shown together for the first time, a gathering that allows a fresh appreciation for the breadth of the artists output: from his delicate early masterpieces, such as the Don Pedro, Duque de Osuna (c. 1790s) to dark, vigorously painted works such as The Forge (c. 181520). Goyas late paintings inspired nineteenth-century artists like Manet, whose Bullfight (1864) hang nearby, as does Millets Woman Sewing by Lamplight (187072). The East Gallery retains many perennial favorites, like Chardins Lady with a Bird-Organ (c. 1751) and Greuzes Wool Winder (c. 1759), a picture recently enhanced by a beautiful period frame. The new installation also encourages visitors to view afresh works that had become familiar fixtures in their old locations, such as Hogarths Miss Mary Edwards (1742) and Reynoldss General John Burgoyne (1766), which generally have hung as pendants in the Dining Room since the end of World War II.
Mr. Frick's Dining Room
For longtime visitors to the Frick, little suggests that the gallery known as the Dining Room ever appeared otherwise. The furniture has remained the same since the house was a residence, and the paintings, which have always been of the British school, harmonize with the English-style interior. The polite domestic atmosphere evoked by this familiar installation masked the original intentions of Fricks display, which had established a more dynamic and opulent setting, featuring full-length portraits of beautiful women, painted with virtuoso brushwork in brilliant colors. Yet the records of his installations in 1918 and 1919 indicate that this is so.
The correspondence of 1913 between Henry Clay Frick and his interior designer, Sir Charles Allom, suggests that Frick conceived the installation of his paintings and the design of the Dining Room in concert. At that time, Frick owned three full-length works: Romneys Henrietta, Countess of Warwick, and Her Children (178789) and Charlotte Lady Milnes (178892), and Gainsboroughs The Hon. Frances Duncombe (c. 1777). The grand scale of these pictures may have been, in part, responsible for the generous dimensions of the rooms paneled walls, and thus inspired the conception of the room as a whole. In 1915 Frick acquired a smaller full-length portrait, Hoppners The Ladies Sarah and Catherine Bligh (c. 1790), which was fitted above the fireplace. The location of these works is first noted in the catalogue of the collection compiled in 1918. By 1919, Frick moved to the Dining Room two previously purchased full-length canvases: Gainsboroughs Mrs. Peter William Baker (1781) and Van Dycks Anne, Countess of Clanbrassil (c. 1636). These augmented Gainsboroughs exquisite mid-sized genre scene, The Mall in Saint Jamess Park (c. 1783), which had been acquired in 1916. When Fricks Dining Room was complete, the full-length portraits stood out against the cool green walls, and their glittering frames, which he demanded be retained, were complemented by the elegant gilded moldings surrounding them.
After 1945, during the Collections early years as a public museum, four of the Dining Room full-lengths were taken to the Oval Room, which had been designed in the early 1930s by the architect John Russell Pope as a formal gallery for large-scale paintings. Smaller pictures replaced them. Hogarths half-length portrait of Miss Mary Edwards (1742) was moved from the Library to the Dining Room. The other replacements were new additions to the Collection, Reynoldss General John Burgoyne (1766), which was acquired in 1943, and Gainsboroughs modestly scaled oval portraits of Richard Paul Jodrell (c. 1774) and Grace Dalrymple Elliott (1782), which entered the Collection in 1946.
When the Gainsborough full-length works The Hon. Frances Duncombe and Mrs. Peter William Baker were recently returned to the Dining Room, their dramatic effect highlighted Fricks talent not only for acquiring paintings of superb quality, but also for envisioning settings that would show them to full advantage. The rooms modest proportions make the pictures seem exuberant, almost over-sized, evoking the effect they would have had in a grand eighteenth-century English domestic interior. In Fricks Dining Room of 1919, The Hon. Frances Duncombe and Mrs. Peter William Baker were hung beside The Mall in Saint Jamess Park. Today that scene is flanked by Gainsboroughs oval portraits, while his full-lengths command the space from across the room. The Dining Room now presents five beautiful paintings by Gainsborough, allowing that artists work to become a splendid focus in a new installation ultimately indebted to the vision of Henry Clay Frick.
Remarkable Loans Added to the West Gallery
The Frick is often temporary home to special long-term loans that complement its permanent holdings. A pair of imposing, late fifteenth-century Florentine panel paintings are now displayed in the West Gallery, on loan from The Mari-Cha Collection. Painted in 1487 to embellish a marriage chamber, the so-called Tornabuoni-Albizzi panels depict scenes from the Argonautica, the famous myth of Jasons quest for the golden fleece. The Departure of the Argonauts by Pietro del Donzello (14521509) and The Argonauts in Colchis by Bartolomeo di Giovanni (active 14751511) are rare examples from a complete suite of painted domestic decoration that illustrates the high level of achievement typical of the artists who worked in Florence at the same time as their better known contemporaries, Ghirlandaio and Botticelli. When recently shown at The Metropolitan Museum of Arts exhibition Art and Love in Renaissance Italy, the panels notably illuminated aspects of Florentine culture during the golden age of Lorenzo the Magnificent. At the Frick these compelling works bring the gallery a fresh focus and offer a new point of departure for appreciating many of the Collections Renaissance masterpieces.
The Tornabuoni-Albizzi panels were painted for the marriage bedroom of Lorenzo di Giovanni Tornabuoni (14681497) and Giovanna degli Albizzi (14681488). The marriage, which took place in the summer of 1486, was a dynastic alliance between two patrician families that had been mediated by the de facto ruler of Florence, Lorenzo de Medici. Such political marriages were celebrated typically with lavish entertainments and the commissioning of magnificent art objects and paintings, many of them meant to adorn the nuptial chamber. Lorenzo and Giovannas was one of the most splendid of its kind. An inventory of the chamber, taken in 1497 after the couples tragically early deaths, describes it as beautiful. Ranking among the grandest accouterments of that room, the Tornabuoni- Albizzi panels mark a crucial transitional stage in the development of Florentine domestic interiors when the custom of decorating rooms with paintings set into wall paneling at shoulder height (spalliere) began to complement the practice of presenting newlywed couples with pairs of elaborately carved and painted chests (cassoni).
At The Frick Collection, this generous loan of paintings roughly contemporary with Renaissance masterpieces such as Bellinis St. Francis in the Desert (c. 1480) offers a fascinating opportunity to compare developments in narrative and landscape among different Italian schools. Hanging at the far opposite end of the West Gallery, these brilliantly colored panels also complement Piero della Francescas luminous St. John the Evangelist (c. 145469). For the next two years in New York, these remarkable paintings from a Renaissance palace may be appreciated by museum goers in a palace built during the Gilded Age.
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[Podcast] San Francisco Federal Building, Thom Mayne
There's an interesting podcast with architect Thom Mayne, principal at Morphosis, and Andrew Blum (contributing editor at Metropolis and Wired). This article at Treehugger explains the building's green features and striking exterior. Notably, it's designed to use about half as much energy as a similar-sized office building. Via Andrew Blum.


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The FAA has finally released their guidance for personal electronic devices on planes. And simply put, it is simply a slight extension of what most airlines already do. However, as a frequent traveler I must say that some airlines go to incredibly long lengths to ensure that your personal electronic devices are OFF, not just in airplane mode. Currently most people are not allowed to turn on their personal electronic devices until they reach 10,000 feet, which is ridiculous for basically any device other than a cell phone or any cellular capable device.
The new FAA rules basically state that people with devices that don't communicate with cellular towers or make phone calls can remain on during the entire duration of the flight from gate to gate. Which, if anyone understands how most of these devices are made, makes sense. Realistically, the only possible technologies that could pose problems are the cellular data and voice technologies on most phones and some tablets and laptops. However, heavier personal electronic devices will still have to be stowed (like bigger laptops). There is still too much vague wording in this part of things since some ultrabooks are actually lighter than most tablets are, so that may pose some issues for people using Ultrabooks or convertibles like the Lenovo Yoga 2 that we're currently testing.
The FAA has also created a simple infographic to explain the new rules and what is and isn't allowed.
Based on all this information, we can state that the FAA expects airlines to adopt these newer, more relaxed policies by the end of 2013, however there is a possibility that not all planes will have these newer more lax rules due to some belief that an older plane may be more susceptible to interference. I'm personally tired of flight attendants telling me to power off a device that is already in airplane mode since it basically makes no difference. No phone or tablet that has actually passed FCC certifications could ever emit enough interference from non-cellular usage to affect the plane's instruments. We applaud these new rules and hope to see them implemented very quickly. Just remember, as long as your devices are in airplane mode, you should have no issues from gate to gate, theoretically.


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Bush Proposal Shifts Resources to Rural AIDS, Medical Care
Hardest-Hit Cities, Essential Services Would Lose Funding
August 24, 2005
Chicago -- The Bush administration unveiled a proposal today to shift billions of dollars for HIV/AIDS-related services away from hard-hit urban centers in order to expand medical care in poor and rural parts of the country with increasing rates of HIV.
The announcement, made today by Health Secretary Michael Leavitt, is the clearest indication yet of the administration's position to address the nation's expanding HIV/AIDS crisis without committing new discretionary federal funds.
Secretary Leavitt's recommendations are expected to shape legislation being prepared to extend the Ryan White CARE Act -- the landmark HIV/AIDS relief program first created in 1990 and reauthorized by Congress in 1996 and 2000. The current authorization expires on September 30, 2005.
The proposal would decrease overall funding to the 51 hardest-hit cities that receive Title I grants by reducing their state's Title II allocations, a share of which also supports services in urban areas. By limiting CARE Act funding for states with large urban centers, a greater share of available resources would go to states with less dense epidemics, especially in southern states where HIV/AIDS has increased rapidly in recent years.
Requiring that no less than 75% of CARE Act dollars support medical care, the proposal would limit CARE Act funding for essential services such as transportation, housing, food, and legal assistance. Another provision would allow the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to reallocate unspent Title I and II funds to cash-strapped AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAP) across the nation.
Furthermore, local community planning groups would no longer be required to prioritize funding by service categories or assist in shaping the local service system. Under the proposal, these groups would become advisory to the municipal grantee -- typically the city or county health department -- which would gain greater autonomy in determining how local CARE Act dollars are to be spent.
Overview of Recommendations
Focus on Medical Care
Focus on Rural
Focus on Populations With Greatest Needs
Prevention Focus
Expanded Reporting and Accountability Requirements
ReactionThe AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) supports access to comprehensive services for all people living with HIV/AIDS. Inadequate access to an array of essential services -- including but not limited to drug therapies and HIV specialty medical care -- puts people with HIV/AIDS at risk of dangerous health complications. Failure to adequately respond to the HIV/AIDS crisis in the U.S. is costly and dangerous to the public health, and undermines efforts to promote voluntary HIV testing.
Without a commitment to adequate funding for CARE Act services, geographic inequities will persist in the delivery of HIV/AIDS services. Unfortunately, the proposal advanced today by the Bush administration would shift inequities from rural and poor states to the inner cities. Improving HIV care in rural America -- an important goal -- should not come at the expense of poor people with HIV/AIDS who live in urban centers, including Chicago. According to the CAEAR Coalition , more than 70% of people with HIV/AIDS in the U.S. live in a metropolitan area served by Title I. Moreover, rural residents in states with Title I funding will likely have their care disrupted by the administration's proposal. Shifts in resources will mean less funding for rural care in these states. It will also mean that essential services, such as transportation to medical and social service appointments, will be reduced.
AFC agrees that medical care should be prioritized for those in greatest need but does not believe the proposal will realize this principle. Expanding medical care should not come at the expense of enabling services that have proved effective at helping vulnerable populations gain access to and stay in care. Enabling services such as housing, substance abuse treatment, case management, legal services, and nutritional assistance, among others, are cost-effective ways to improve the quality of life of low-income people with HIV/AIDS and sustain engagement in healthcare services. Diminishing funding for these essential services will prove counterproductive.
AFC also opposes plans to make stakeholder input in the planning and prioritization of Title I services optional. The engagement of community stakeholders, especially people living with HIV/AIDS, has helped ensure that service systems are responsive to community needs.
AFC urges members of Congress to draft legislation that responds to the needs of people with HIV/AIDS across the U.S. and retains funding for all essential services.
Learn MoreAFC has compiled online the policy position statements of various regional and national AIDS advocacy groups as well as other relevant documents, including the administration's proposal. Learn more at AFC's CARE Act Action Center at www.aidschicago.org/advocacy/care_act.php.
This article was provided by AIDS Foundation of Chicago.


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I love the annual "Best of 2012" lists. As a huge music fan, I pour over these lists and compare what I picked up over the year to what is actually on the list. KPL staff have been posting our lists each of the past few years and I hope you have had a chance to check out my favorite CDs (The list only contains CDs in KPL's collection.) In my opinion, 2012 was an incredible year for music! What impressed me the most is that one-third of the list contained debut albums. Below is a "mixtape" of my favorite tracks from each album on the list.
"The Way We Move" by Langhorne Slim
"Hold On" by Alabama Shakes
"Pretty Girl From Michigan" by The Avett Brothers
"Clear Eye Clouded Mind" by Nada Surf
"The Crane Wife 1, 2, and 3" by The Decemberists
"Sixteen Saltines" byJack White
"Mountain Sound" by Of Monsters and Men
"Flapper Girl" by The Lumineers
"North Side Gal" by JD McPherson
"Emmylou" by First Aid Kit
"Lost Without You" by Rhett Miller
"Duquesne Whistle" by Bob Dylan
"Here in the Deadlights" by Brendan Benson
"Lakeside View Apartments Suite" by The Mountain Goats
"Take A Walk" by Passion Pit
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Arboretum declared open at dawn ceremony
The smell of smoke wafting from near the visitor centre high on a hill overlooking Canberra was oddly appropriate for the beginning of a new era in Canberra's history - the opening of the National Arboretum.
More than 500 people, including dignitaries, Friends of the Arboretum and Canberra school children have had their early morning start justly rewarded with a stunning sunrise over the capital, providing a beautiful backdrop to the official opening ceremony of the 10-year, 42,000 hectare, $70 million venture.
Visitors were met with a traditional smoking ceremony at the Village Centre to cleanse the land - an ironic, but apt welcome to a project that was essentially born from fire back in 2001 and 2003.
Chief Minister Katy Gallagher, Senator Kate Lundy and Regional Affairs Minister Simon Crean were all present to officiate the sprawling new park's opening, but it was former chief minister and Arboretum founding father Jon Stanhope who received the biggest applause.
Mr Stanhope took three flights from his new Christmas Island home to arrive in Canberra on Thursday night, and was greeted by congratulations all round on Friday morning.
"I love this project. I've loved it from day one," Mr Stanhope told Fairfax. "It's really great the people of Canberra can now treat this as their own, which it is."
But while Mr Stanhope said he was looking forward to taking another look around - he hadn't visited in about eight weeks - he was quick to point out that the Arboretum is still a growing project.
"There's still work to be done," Mr Stanhope said. "It's another day in the life of the project."
Ms Gallagher was quick to praise the hard work put into the Arboretum over the past 10 years, and paid tribute to Mr Stanhope's perserverence.
"Without him it wouldn't have happened," Ms Gallagher said. "It would have been very easy to shelve that idea, and now look at what we've got."
Ms Gallagher said the perfect sunrise complemented what was already a special event.
"This is just what we ordered, a clear, crisp morning, while the sun came up," she said.
"It was a little bit emotional actually, I think just because I've been on the journey the whole time. It's had a controversial history, the Arboretum, and it took a lot of fighting and a lot of defending of the concept to get it to this point, and it's just lovely to get it here and to be here."
After the official opening, staged mainly to complete formalities and acknowledge the work of those involved, the Arboretum will open to the public with a special community open day on Saturday from 10am until 3pm, and will then be open seven days a week, every day of the year.
Ms Gallagher said Saturday's open day, which will include live music, workshops and activities, had been well-planned, but warned Canberrans against driving to the event.
"I hope to have lots of people who haven't been up here come here tomorrow and see what a magical place it's growing into," Ms Gallagher said.
Getting to the event
Please note, there will be no parking available on site except for holders of a disability parking permit, event staff and volunteers.
The best way to get to the opening festival is to catch a free Arboretum shuttle bus from one of six pick-up/drop-off locations. These are:
- Bus stop at western entry to Canberra Stadium, corner of Battye and Masterman Streets, Bruce
- City Bus Station, rear of Platform 3
- Bus stop at the Waldorf Apartments, 221 London Circuit, Civic
- Bus stop at the front of the Federal Treasury building, western side of Langton Crescent, Parkes
- Stromlo Forest Park off Uriarra Road, Stromlo
- Woden Bus Station, Platform 10.
Shuttle buses will operate at regular intervals from 9.30 am with the last service departing the Arboretum at 3.30 pm. All buses will be labelled'Arboretum Shuttle'.
For more details on the opening festival, including transport arrangements, visit www.nationalarboretum.act.gov.au or call Canberra Connect on 13 22 81.
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LAWRENCE, KS (WIBW)-- Lawrence Police say one person is in custody and charged with a single count of Attempted Murder in the Second Degree after a man was shot in the northwest part of the city early Friday morning. The alleged shooter has been identified as JD Turner, 34 of Lawrence.
Sgt. Hayden Fowler said that officers were called to Dad Perry Park at 1200 Monterey way around 2:13 a.m. where they found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. That man was air lifted to a Topeka area trauma center.
Through the officers' investigation, the victim gave the identity of the alleged shooter and a description of the vehicle he left the area in. Officers say the suspect and victim know each other and were involved in a verbal altercation before the shooting happened.
Officers located the suspect vehicle around 3:00 a.m. and stopped the car near 23rd & Harper. The suspect was taken into custody without incident and transported to the police department to be interviewed.
Turner was arrested at 1611 E 23rd Friday morning and is being held without bond for Attempted Second Degree Murder at the Douglas County Jail.
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This week, we've revisited the topic, canvassing another set of location-based studios for their assessments of the current state of the genre.
Massive Damage CEO Ken Seto believes that "we're only scratching the surface in terms of how we can effectively use location."
However, location-based gaming is fairly unique in that it has to ask its players for permission to activate its most compelling feature. This is a significant hurdle, but one that's slowly being overcome, according to Seto.
"People are less hesitant to use location-based games and apps. So many other apps are using location, that it's become common-place to see that 'use your location' prompt, and people are now a lot more savvy and accepting."
Red Robot Labs' chief product officer Pete Hawley agreed.
"I think for a location game to hit true mass market, top grossing iOS standards, it would have to be a very simple, delightful game that removed any fears around revealing your location to publishers or other players. "
"That day will come," he concluded. But enough thinking of the future – let's turn our gaze to the past instead, as we move on to our bite-sized overview of the last seven days' worth of news.
Platform wars
- RIM schedules a series of worldwide BlackBerry 10 'launch events' for 30 January 2013.
- Mere weeks after the global launch of Windows 8, the head of Microsoft's Windows division Steven Sinofsky announces he's leaving the company.
- Due to a trademark claim from a German board game company, Apple is reportedly asking the creators of any iOS app with the word 'Memory' in its title to either rename their app or pull it from the Store.
- GREE adds HTML5 compatibility to its platform, announcing it will roll out the functionality via an open beta set to start in November 2012.
- Unity Technologies officially launches the latest version of its multiplatform games engine – Unity 4.0
- Rovio suggests it's looking to generate more than half of its annual revenues from the sale of physical goods within a few years.
- 22Cans begins accepting donations for its Android and iOS experiment Curiosity, apparently in response to 'popular demand.'
- In this week's edition of the PocketGamer.biz Charticle, we take a look at the use of the Star Wars license in mobile gaming – its shaky past, avian present and Disneyfied future.
- PocketGamer.biz contributor Zoya Street analyses the monetisation mechanics at work in NimbleBits' Pocket Planes.
- Despite reports of an Apple crackdown on incentivised installs, Tapjoy CEO Mihir Shah insists this isn't the case, claiming that Apple "approves hundreds of apps that integrate and leverage Tapjoy" each week...
- But one of Tapjoy's key partners, Glu Mobile, is clearly under the impression that this crackdown is very much in effect, and expects to lose around $7 million a year as a result.
- Kontagent announces that its suite of intelligence tools will enable mobile developers to track their campaigns through Facebook's mobile app install ads.
- Is games journalism a hotbed of corruption? The PocketGamer.biz mobile gaming mavens discuss their experiences of dealing with the gaming media.
- As US publisher Majesco shifts from games retail to digital distribution, VP Stephen Saiz explains the company's plan to release 10-12 mobile titles in 2013.
- In his regular PocketGamer.biz guest column, Applifier evangelist Oscar Clark argues that "the success of a game is ultimate down to the love players have for the brand."
- Glenn Corpes gives PocketGamer.biz the inside story behind the making of Topia World Builder. http://www.pocketgamer.biz/r/PG.Biz/Topia/feature.asp?c=46562
- PocketGamer.biz editor at large Jon Jordan outlines nine tips and tricks to ensure your mobile game gets the best possible PR.
- We're still only scratching the surface of location-based gaming, reckons Massive Damage's Ken Seto.
- We're rendering the real world in 3D, says Red Robot's Hawley.
- The future's not about location, it's about context and location, says Gbanga's Rafael Morgan.
- Game worlds built around location data will be mind blowing, says Grey Area's Vesterinen.
- Location-based games aren't about location, but ownership, reckons PerBlue's Justin Beck.
- Speaking at the Social Gaming Summit 2012, Facebook's Owen O'Donoghue explains that the platform's future gaming growth will be defined by mobile.
- Gamesbrief founder Nicholas Lovell argues that developers need to "find the fun," and that virality is dead and buried.
- Down the hall at the Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit 2012, an industry panel debates the current state of games on HTML5, and reach some wildly different conclusions.
- Later, as part of a panel discussion multi-platform monetisation, Koolbit CEO Gerard Cunningham declares that the 'golden age' of low-cost user acquisition is over.


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**Update January 6 2013:
We've finished this website and are currently coding the trialling backend for the psychometric profiling. We are therefore only live with a holding page to encourage signup but this does contain a short animation that gives a wider overview of the whole Omnifolio project.
Project Description
1. What do you propose to do?
PortfolioFusion (now part of Omnifolio) is a service intended to make it easier to identify, measure and communicate your transferable knowledge, skills and other work related preferences.
2. Is anyone doing something like this now and how is your project different?
There are other online portfolio tools such as Behance, Pebblepad and open source portfolio software such as Mahara. However, the proposed service is different in that it is data-based, audience neutral (i.e. anyone can use it) and free for individuals: It will fund itself via a small hiring fee paid by employers if they find someone they'd like to hire using the service. However, as this is intended as a non-profit service, we'll only do this to cover costs.
3. Describe the networks with which you intend to build or work.
This isn't yet clear but we're talking with several organisations (covering public, private and social sectors) and other networks who support the principles of the scheme. It's a collaboration and scale dependent service though so the more organisations involved, the better.
4. Why will it work?
Unlike many job/learning profile services, users will be able to own, control and update their profile and on their own terms. In addition, we're looking to make the data formats as simple and open as possible so that people will be able to create their own analysis tools as well.
5. Who is working on it?
Just one person full-time but with generous help from a wide and diverse group of advisers. From the Spring of Code, Flaviu, Yene, Ivan, Muhammad, Marc, Philo & Mihai have all provided helpful input and ideas.
6. What part of the project have you already built?
The technical tools are not yet built but the support technologies have been identified (such as faviki) and work has begun on a more detailed technical specification.
7. What do you need to move your project forward?
More input on the designs from both a user and technical perspective.
8. How will you sustain the project?
This isn't set but, as mentioned earlier, the current plan is to levy a small charge employers for any 'hiring' event using the service. However, employers using the service to recruit apprentices, the long-term unemployed or those without prior work experience will probably be exempt.
**Update June 21, We've been awarded a small grant by The RSA to redo our trialling web-site and are looking for a designer to pay to help with this. It's not a big project (and alas not a big budget) but please feel free to email email@example.com if you'd like to know more.


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RVC Outdoor, Pilot Flying J Form Partnership
May 17, 2011 by RVBusiness 2 Comments
RVC Outdoor Destinations announced today that it has formed a marketing alliance with Knoxville, Tennessee based Pilot Flying J – the largest retail operator of travel centers in North America.
According to a report on Examiner.com, as part of the program RVC is helping their guests sign up for the Pilot Flying J rewards program – a free rewards program for RVers.
"We wanted to partner with Pilot Flying J not only because they are a top-rated company, but also because we feel the pain of the rising gas prices, especially for RV travelers," said Yale Spina, RVC vice president and director of operations.
RVC is providing guests with a membership pack that includes a Pilot Flying J frequent fueler advantage card plus an RV travel guide in an effort to keep RVers on the open road. The frequent fueler card provides discounts on gasoline, diesel, propane fuel and dumping fees at over 550 participating Pilot Flying J locations. The nationwide travel guide shows the location of participating Pilot Flying J travel centers along with the facilities offered at those locations; like restaurants, RV parking, RV dump station and bulk propane.
Existing members of the Flying J Real Value rewards program can continue to use their old loyalty card but will need to register their information at the frequent fueler advantage website. Registration brings additional member-only benefits including travel center discount coupons that can be used on in-store merchandise or in Pilot Flying J restaurants. More importantly, the new loyalty card will allow RVers to use the "Pump Start" program in the Pilot Flying J truck diesel lanes.
After RVers have accrued 500 gallons of fuel, you will be able to unlock Pump Start to turn on the pump just by swiping your loyalty card. After registering your card, visit any Pilot or Flying J front desk to sign up for Pump Start. All you need to do is present your driver's license to the cashier along with your Frequent Fueler Advantage card.


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Okay, now that we have that outta the way.. My name is Brad Guzek, and I'm from northern Indiana. I'm currently a junior in high school and take something of a detatched interest in security. Thus, I find your site here to be of interest, even if I don't understand everything.
If anyone's interested, I do have a small bit of experience in security, though nothing on the professional level. About a month ago, I won first place in the regional competition for networking and computer security at BPA (Business Professionals of America).. which thoroughly astounded me, but I'm proud of it. On that same note, I'm also proud of my good friend Michael, who I've mentored in the ways of computers and such things for a long time now, who came in right behind me with second place in the same contest.
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Beta Sigma Phi to meet
Beta Sigma Phi, Laureate Delta Xi will meet today, March 13, at Suzy Meuwissen's residence. Officers at 7:15 p.m. and members at 7:30 p.m. Visiting Betas can call Jan at (239) 694-9624.
Florida Native Plant Society announces speakers
The Coccoloba Chapter, Florida Native Plant Society will meet at 7 p.m. March 14 at the Rutenberg Park Eco-Living Center in Fort Myers. Social time and information corner at 6:30 p.m.
Doug Caldwell, of the Collier County Extension Office, will speak on the non-native spiraling white fly and other bugs that may impact native plants.
There is no fee to attend.
For information, visit online at: www.fnpscoccoloba.org.
FEMA workers to talk about storm aid
The General Women's Club of Lehigh Acres will meet at 1 p.m. March 15 at Faith Lutheran Church on Leeland Heights Boulevard.
The speaker for the day will be Amos Johnson, husband of Bunnie Johnson. They both work for FEMA, and Amos will talk about what FEMA did for the people of Storm Sandy and what they did.
There will also be a book sale, so bring any books.
Car show to feature antiques, classics
The First Community Congregational will host a car show from 4:30 to 8 p.m. March 15 at 200 Leland Heights Blvd.
Antique and classic cars from 1924 to the 1980s will be featured. Food will be available to purchase, and there will also 50/50 drawings and raffles with prizes.
For information, call 369-1615.
Elk's Lodge to host St. Patty's Day party
The Fort Myers Elk's Lodge 1288 will host a St. Patty's Day party on March 16.
Dinner of corned beef and cabbage or chicken will be served from 4-7 p.m., with music by Ron. Tickets are $10 per person.
For reservations, call Jean at 275-9704.
Lehigh Concert Band to hold free concert
The Lehigh Concert Band will perform at 3 p.m. March 17 at Faith Lutheran Church, at 705 Leeland Heights Blvd.
Enjoy the sound of music with a St. Patrick's Day theme, including Irish tunes to sing along with, as well as the standard show tunes. The event is free, though, donations will be accepted.
The band members are retired teachers and military, as well as part-time musicians from all walks of life, who get together to have a good time.
If you play an instrument, the band is welcoming new members. Contact Lynne Criss at (239) 949-1834 or stop by a rehearsal at 7 p.m. Tuesdays in the annex of Faith Lutheran Church.
Children's Hospital Diamond Dinner tickets on sale
Tickets are on sale for the Boston Red Sox Children's Hospital Diamond Dinner at 6 p.m. March 19 at JetBlue Park.
The event offers an interactive panel discussion with Red Sox players and management and the chance to bid on auction items, like hand-signed memorabilia.
All funds raised will be matched dollar for dollar by a philanthropist. Proceeds will benefit the construction of a new Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida.
The event is presented by Outback Steakhouse of Fort Myers and hosted by The Boston Red Sox.
Tickets are $50 or $375 for a table of eight. Children under 10 are $20 per ticket. Game day tickets are not included in the price.
For information or to buy tickets, e-mail email@example.com or call the Lee Memorial Health System Foundation.
'Inspirations' art show seeking submissions
Visual artists are invited to submit up to two framed or gallery-wrapped pieces of art for the first annual "Inspirations" art show to be held April 14 at the Majestic Golf Course, at 350 Homestead Road S.
Hosted by the Arts of the Inland, this is a judged show. Art mediums that will be accepted are: watercolor, mixed media, pen and ink, oil, acrylic, pastels and charcoals. The work must be original and completed within the last two years.
The fee is $10 per art work for Arts of the Inland members and Art Council of Southwest Florida members; the non-member's fee is $20 per art work.
Applications must be received by April 5. Visit the Web site at: www.artsoftheinland.com.
For information, contact LaVon Koenig (239) 303-5849 or email@example.com.
Fashion show set
The General Women's Club of Lehigh Acres will host its annual fashion show April 6 from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Colonial Country Club, at 9175 Independence Way, Fort Myers.
This year's theme is "Fashion in Paradise." Fashions will be provided by Anthony's of Fort Myers.
The cost is $25, which includes lunch, the show and an auction. For tickets and information, contact Mary Beck at (239) 368-6076.
Proceeds from the event will go to the General Women's Club Scholarship fund, which helps young women in Lehigh Acres fund their education.
Lee County Community Band to perform
The Lee County Community Band will perform April 7 at Cape Coral High School, at 2300 Santa Barbara Blvd. The event is free of charge; donations are accepted.
Band members are musicians from all walks of life - career musicians, amateurs and folks renewing skills from years past - who reside in Lee, Collier, and Charlotte counties.
The band rehearses from 7-9 p.m. Thursdays at St. Michael's Lutheran School in Fort Myers; new members are welcome.
For more information, visit: www.leecountyband.org or contact Norman Jones at 995-2097.
General Woman's Club to award scholarships
The General Woman's Club of Lehigh Acres will award several $500 scholarships to single parents with minor children living at home.
Applicants must be a resident of Lehigh Acres and enrolled in continuing education classes at an accredited college, university or technical school.
There is no pre-printed application form. The guidelines are:
- Resident of Lehigh Acres: Send proof of residence, such as a utility bill or rent receipt.
- Provide street address and telephone number where you can be contacted; P.O Boxes will not be accepted.
- Single parent with minor children living at home.
- Name of college, university or technical school in which you are currently enrolled.
- Brief biography that includes your area of study.
Application must be received no later than April 20.
Mail application information to Diane A. Lashua, Scholarship Chairman, 123 Sebring Circle, Lehigh Acres, FL 33936.
Awards will be issued May 17.
For information, contact (412) 708-0422 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Mom's Morning Out program for families
Mom's Morning Out will be held May 10 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Alva Community Center, at 21471 N. River Road, Alva.
The program provides supervision for preschoolers ages 3-5 so mother can have a few hours to themselves. Participating children must be potty trained.
It includes inside games, play time, short movies, snack, playground, arts and crafts, and fun time with music.
Cost is $10 to register.
For information, call Sandra at (239) 728-2882 or visit: www.leeparks.org.
Farmer's Market set for Saturdays
A Farmer's Market is held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays at the Majestic Golf Club, at 350 Homestead Rd.
The market offers fresh fruits and vegetables, crafts, music and food vendors. Admission is free. For information on being a vendor, contact (954) 648-5458.


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Active Minds at Gannon University is sponsoring PostSecretU to create an outlet for students to express their secrets, thoughts, fears, desires or confessions. An ongoing display of the secrets, as well as other artwork, submitted by students will be held from April 24 until May 10 at the Schuster Gallery located on the third floor of Nash Library. There will be a free reception for the community held Wednesday April 24 from 6-8 p.m. at the Schuster Gallery including art from PostSecretU, and other Gannon forums, a Totem poetry reading and a dance performance.
Active Minds, Inc. is a national nonprofit organization and the leading voice in college student mental health. PostSecretU is one of Active Minds' many programs for students. Created by Frank Warren, the program supports Active Minds' efforts to change the perception about mental health and wellness on college campuses.
From April 8 until April 19, Gannon's chapter of Active Minds collected postcards from students that were submitted into an anonymous lock-box. On each postcard students wrote down a secret they may have been too embarrassed or ashamed about to tell anyone. According to Active Minds, these secrets can burden or impact our mental health. PostSecretU aims to create a safe, comfortable and anonymous space to share secrets.
"PostSecretU brings people together and allows those who have felt isolated or alone to connect to a larger group," says Frank Warren. "It starts a conversation that brings people together."
The student-submitted postcards will be artistically exhibited at the Schuster Art Gallery located on the third floor of Nash Library. At the reception on April 24, Active Minds of Gannon University will also be distributing information on local mental health resources to direct students whom wish to follow-up and speak to someone about their secret(s). Active Minds hopes the PostSecretU program will help create a community of support on campus where students can share their thoughts, feelings and fears more freely.


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Thinking to visit Yosemite for some cross-country skiing this weekend or the next one. The idea is to get to Merced Lake and then to head towards Mt Lyell. Tried to google winter conditions along this route but there's surprisingly little information available.
Is it possible to get to Merced Lake directly from the valley? I'm worried about the first section, from the valley to Nevada Fall, since the elevation is low and the normal hiking trail is rather steep. Is it passable either on skis or on foot? Also, would it possibly be easier to go there from Badger Pass?
Is that an avalanche-prone route?