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A summary of resources, research, news and events in open scholarship for the preceding two months
Special focus - Paying for open access publishing
Here is a list of articles which look at setting up funds for payment of open access publication charges:
Pinfield, S. and Middelton, C. (April 2012), Open access central funds in UK universities, "Learned Publishing" Vol 25 (2) http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/alpsp/lp/2012/00000025/00000002/art00005
Universities UK and Research Information Network, (March 2009)"Paying for open access publication charges: Guidance for higher education and research institutions, publishers and authors" http://www.rin.ac.uk/openaccess-payment-fees
Pinfield, Stephen (January 2010) Paying for open access? Institutional funding streams and OA publication charges, "Learned Publishing" Vol 23, (1) http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/alpsp/lp/2010/00000023/00000001/art00008
Friend, Frederick (August 2011) "Open Access business models for research funders and universities" – Knowledge Exchange briefing paper http://www.knowledge-exchange.info/Default.aspx?ID=459
Hubbard, Bill; Hodgson, Amanda; Fuchs, Willow (March 2011) "Current issues in Research Communications: Open Access – the View from the Academy" 4th report to JISC http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1480/1/RCS_March_2011.pdf
Nariani, Rajiv; Fernandez, Leila (March 2012) Open Access Publishing: What Authors Want to be published in? "College and Research Libraries" http://crl.acrl.org/content/early/2011/06/10/crl-203.short?rss=1
Schroter, Sara; Tite, Leanne; Kassem, Ahmed (October 2006) Financial; support at the time of paper acceptance; a survey of three medical journals, "Learned Publishing" Vol 19 (4) http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/alpsp/lp/2006/00000019/00000004/art00008
Joint Information Systems Committee (2009) "JISC Open Access Publication Charge Surveys: Conducted in Collaboration with the UK Working Group on the Payment of Open Access Publishing Fees", http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/aboutus/workinggroups/jiscoapubcharge.doc
Research Councils UK (2008) "Open Access to Research Outputs: Final Report to RCUK", http://www.rcuk .ac.uk/cmsweb/downloads/rcuk/news /oareport.pdf. Annexes: http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/cmsweb/downloads/rcuk/news/oaannex.pdf
Resource – 'OA Journal funds' - http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/OA_journal_funds
Help for developing OA policies
A careful, thorough, well-informed, evidence-based and comprehensive review and analysis of guidelines for open access policy and promotion -- released by UNESCO and written by Alma Swan. "Policy Guidelines FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION OF OPEN ACCESS" http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002158/215863e.pdf
You can use this as basis for any argument it is very comprehensive: "Statement of Stuart M. Shieber before the Committee on Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight U.S. House of Representatives March 29, 2012" http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/pamphlet/2012/03/30/statement-before-the-house-science-committee/
Digital Curation Centre is pleased to announce our refreshed and replenished catalogue of tools and services for managing and curating research data. The catalogue is at http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/external/tools-services
Yet another ranking of journals - from Google this time
Announced 1 April 2012: http://googlescholar.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/google-scholar-metrics-for-publications.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+GoogleScholarBlog+%28Google+Scholar+Blog%29 Commentary: "Google Scholar Metrics service follows the same principle that has made Google's web search engine so successful - when you are unsure what a user is looking for, give them a list of options ranked by a metric of popularity. Scholar Metrics offers a database summarizing the sway of the distributors of scholarship "to help authors as they consider where to publish their new research". http://www.significancemagazine.org/details/webexclusive/1788885/Google-starts-ranking-journals.html
Development of an international Registry of Research Data Repositories
Due to disciplinary requirements, the landscape of data repositories is very heterogeneous. The goal of re3data.org is to create a global registry of research data repositories. The registry will cover research data repositories from different academic disciplines. re3data.org will present repositories for the permanent storage and access of data sets to researchers, funding bodies, publishers and scholarly institutions. re3data.org
This discussion paper about an oA policy could be useful for people considering putting a paper together for their own institution http://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/openaccesspolicy/UCOLASC-Open-Access-Policy-Discussion-Documents-March2.pdf
The big question for economists - Will An Institutional Repository Hurt My SSRN Ranking
Possibly helpful for people struggling with reistance here. The article concludes - use both! AALL Spectrum 16, no. 6 (2012): "Will An Institutional Repository Hurt My SSRN Ranking? http://www.aallnet.org/main-menu/Publications/spectrum/Vol-16/No-6/institutional-repository.pdf
Scholarly Open Access - blog listing dodgy OA publishers
New open access blog that critically analyses journals and publishers promoting themselves as scholarly open access outlets. The blog is by Jeffrey Beall, an academic librarian with 21 years' experience, who is currently working at Auraria Library, University of Colorado Denver. In addition to the blog, the website helpfully lists dodgy journals and publishers that are probably best avoided. http://scholarlyoa.com/
Enabling readers independently to enrich scientific PDFs and make them web-linkable
The new version of the free Utopia Documents scientific PDF-viewer has been released. The Utopia Documents PDF-viewer bridges the 'linkability gap' between HTML and PDF, and makes the latter just as easily linked-in to the Web as the former (as long as you are online, of course). Utopia Documents allows you, if you so wish, to experience dynamically enriched scientific articles. It is freely downloadable from http://utopiadocs.com and currently available for Mac and Windows with a Linux version coming shortly.
It includes over 100 selected English-language articles and technical reports that are useful in understanding the curation of digital research data in academic and other research institutions.Most sources have been published from 2000 through 2011. http://digital-scholarship.org/rdcb/rdcb.htm
The Open Knowledge Foundation has released it Open Data Handbook http://community.ands.org.au/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=2021&sid=5fc4e0054587b67383a3a39f3aee926c
Presentation - "Artcile level metrics"
Peter Binfield from PLoS (SPARC webcast), including the slide that says "Article level metrics are important, yes, but much more important for an Institutional Repository, is the ability to show Author level metrics, and Institution level metrics," http://www.arl.org/sparc/bm~doc/binfield-alm.pdf
Google offers a number of screencast videos to walk you through various aspects, from basics to more advanced usage. They're nice, short videos (many under five minutes), which is great for when you only have a few spare minutes. The downside is that they can skip through things rather quickly, but it's easy enough to rewind back (they even have a table of contents which allows you to skip through the sections of each video easily). http://www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/iq.html?
Professional development advice for academic librarians
Summary of a chat panel held by The Guardian - comiled 22 March http://www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network/blog/2012/mar/22/professional-development-for-academic-librarians
Does making a thesis OA mean it won't be published?
This is a big question for many students. Abstract: An increasing number of higher education institutions worldwide are requiring submission of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) by graduate students and are subsequently providing open access to these works in online repositories. Faculty advisors and graduate students are concerned that such unfiltered access to their work could diminish future publishing opportunities. This study investigated social sciences, arts and humanities journal editors' and university press directors' attitudes toward ETDs. The findings indicate that manuscripts which are revisions of openly accessible ETDs are always welcome for submission or considered on a case by case basis by 82.8% of journal editors and 53.7% of university press directors polled. The preprint: "Do Open Access Electronic Theses and Dissertations Diminish Publishing Opportunities in the Social Sciences and Humanities?" to appear in College & Research Libraries is available here: http://crl.acrl.org/content/early/2012/04/05/crl-356.full.pdf+html
PhD students support OA theses - if they knew about it
Stanton, K. Liew, C. (2011) "Open Access Theses in Institutional Repositories: An Exploratory Study of the Perceptions of Doctoral Students" Information Research vOL 16 (4) Abstract: Qualitative and quantitative data were collected through interviews with eight doctoral students enrolled in a range of disciplines in a New Zealand university and a self-completion Web survey of 251 students.... While awareness of open access and repository archiving is still low, the majority of interview and survey respondents were found to be supportive of the concept of open access. The perceived benefits of enhanced exposure and potential for sharing outweigh the perceived risks. The majority of respondents were supportive of an existing mandatory thesis submission policy. http://informationr.net/ir/17-1/paper507.html
Reference Services Review 40, no. 1 (20012): Includes "Demystifying the Data Interview: Developing a Foundation for Reference Librarians to Talk with Researchers about Their Data" and other articles.
"In Italy academic curricula do not meet the repository managers' educational needs. Academic programmes should be developed to include communication, project management and team work skills and pay more attention to copyright issues. Until that time repository managers will have to spend a considerable part of their working lives on professional training and self-directed learning." Liber Quarterly: The Journal of European Research Libraries 21, no. 3/4 (2012): "Fostering New Roles for Librarians: Skills Set for Repository Managers—Results of a Survey in Italy" http://liber.library.uu.nl/publish/articles/000553/article.pdf
Gunther Eysenbach, "Can Tweets Predict Citations? Metrics of Social Impact Based on Twitter and Correlation with Traditional Metrics of Scientific Impact" Journal of Medical Internet Research 2011;13(4):e123) Conclusions: Tweets can predict highly cited articles within the first 3 days of article publication. Social media activity either increases citations or reflects the underlying qualities of the article that also predict citations, but the true use of these metrics is to measure the distinct concept of social impact. Social impact measures based on tweets are proposed to complement traditional citation metrics. The proposed twimpact factor may be a useful and timely metric to measure uptake of research findings and to filter research findings resonating with the public in real time.http://www.jmir.org/2011/4/e123/
Public sector saves £28 million through open access, but much greater rewards to come, says report
JISC news release: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/stories/2012/04/openaccess.aspx The report: Look, H and Marsh, K (2012) Benefits of Open Access to Scholarly Research to the Public Sector. Project Report. UNSPECIFIED. Available - http://ie-repository.jisc.ac.uk/575/
Why Google Scholar Has Trouble Indexing Institutional Repositories
"Google Scholar (GS) has difficulty indexing the contents of institutional repositories (IRs) because most IRs use Dublin Core metadata, which cannot express bibliographic citation information adequately for academic papers. GS's Webmaster Inclusion Guidelines site cautions to "use Dublin Core only as a last resort," and recommends other metadata schemas instead. It also recommends specific guidelines to facilitate crawlers, including writing metadata from the repository database to HTML headers...." Presentation for a paper that will be published shortly: http://www.cni.org/topics/information-access-retrieval/why-google-scholar-has-trouble-indexing-institutional-repositories/
How UK is coping with their new repository regime (and how it fits with IRs)
Adoption of CERIF in Higher Education Institutions in the UK: A Landscape Study: includes some discussion of CRIS and institutional repository interaction. http://isc.ukoln.ac.uk/2012/03/15/adoption-of-cerif-in-uk-heis-report-just-published/
April 27 - "The world's richest university - and second richest not-for-profit organisation in the world after the Catholic Church - has told staff it can no longer afford to pay for journal subscriptions and they should publish in open access alternatives." http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/journals-too-expensive-go-open-access-harvard-decree/story-e6frgcjx-1226339169404
Open access not as simple as it sounds: outgoing ARC boss - The Conversation, 23 April 2012 http://theconversation.edu.au/open-access-not-as-simple-as-it-sounds-outgoing-arc-boss-6628
'The great publishing swindle: the high price of academic knowledge'
Peter Suber responds - Why ARC hasn't adopted an OA mandate for publicly-funded research
23 April 2012 - "Margaret Sheil explains why she opposed an OA mandate at the Australian Research Council, and still opposes one. In doing so, she reveals two deep misunderstandings.." https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/RuvqjUsxpVD#109377556796183035206/posts/RuvqjUsxpVD
Impact of Social Sciences Blog: We should aim for open refereeing of academic articles in the information age James Hartley argues that new technology used for submitting papers to academic journals increases the possibilities for gathering data, analysing it and improving the refereeing process. http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2012/05/01/open-refeering-information-age/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ImpactOfSocialSciences+%28Impact+of+Social+Sciences%29
When research is funded by the taxpayer or by charities, the results should be available to all without charge… Apr 14th 2012 http://www.economist.com/node/21552574
Open access on a roll by: BERNARD LANE From: The Australian April 19, 2012 Increase THE Economist magazine has joined the open access movement. In an editorial this month, the magazine argues that research funded by taxpayers or charities ought to be available free to the public… http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/open-access-on-a-roll/story-e6frgcjx-1226330587230
Editor of The Conversation talks on The Science Show
Andrew Jaspan talked about how science stories are the most read ones, but he also talks about open access at the end of the interview Teranscript available: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/the-conversation-e28093-sharing-of-knowledge/3963126
Who'd have thought - telling people about research gets hits
In her April 19 blog "The verdict: is blogging or tweeting about research papers worth it?" Melissa Terras says 'Yes!' http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2012/04/19/blog-tweeting-papers-worth-it/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ImpactOfSocialSciences+%28Impact+of+Social+Sciences%29
Analysis of the numbers to work out if a library can survive without the Big Deal The upshot was that RLUK libraries could manage without Elsevier's big deal, but timely access would suffer. "Plan B: Life After the Big Deal", April 10, 2012 http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2012/04/reference/plan-b-life-after-the-big-deal/
"Visibility is currency in academia but it is scarcity in publishing. The push for open access shows that academic publishers can't serve two masters " Blog from Mike taylor - http://www.miketaylor.org.uk/dino/pubs/popular/Taylor2012-LSEImpact-two-masters.pdf
UK making all publicly funded research OA
David Willetts, the UK Minister of State for Universities and Science made a speech at the Publishers Association annual general meeting 2 May, including the statement "The debate on open access will inform HEFCE's planning for the research excellence process that succeeds the current one which concludes in 2014. Open access could be among the excellence criteria for qualifying articles in the future." http://www.bis.gov.uk/news/speeches/david-willetts-public-access-to-research "Britain Announces Plan to Make Publicly Financed Research Freely Available" The Chronicle Higher Ed - 2 May: http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/britain-announces-plan-to-make-publicly-financed-research-freely-available/36256 "The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) welcomes David Willetts', the UK Minister of State for Universities and Science, support for publishing and sustainable open access" Note they are pushing for gold OA? http://www.stm-publishing.com/stm-welcomes-uk-ministers-support-for-sustainable-open-access/
UK elisitng Wikipedia founder to sell OA to research
This has raised a few eyebrows! A selection of commentary "Wiki founder to build open access site for UK research " - 2 May: The Conversation.http://theconversation.edu.au/wiki-founder-to-build-open-access-site-for-uk-research-6797 "Time for publishers to panic." 3 May: The Common Room blog http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/thecommonroom/index.php/theaustralian/comments/time_for_publishers_to_panic "Wikipedia founder to help in government's research schemeAcademic spring campaign aims to make all taxpayer-funded academic research available for free online" The Guardian - 1 May: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/may/01/wikipedia-research-jimmy-wales-online
Harvard: journal subscription fees are prohibitive - The Conversation
Justin Norrie 24 April 2012. Harvard Library says it can no longer afford the vast cost of academic journal subscriptions, and has advised staff at the university to support open access publishing instead… http://theconversation.edu.au/harvard-journal-subscription-fees-are-prohibitive-6659
BioMed Central. BMC has partnered with LabArchives<http://www.labarchives.com/> to work together for the shared goal of making datasets supporting peer-reviewed publications available and permanently linked to online publications – and available under terms which permit reuse freely, as Open Data. http://www.biomedcentral.com/presscenter/pressreleases/20120404
Discussed in an interview with Richard Pynder on 23 April :Interview with Carlos Rossel, Publisher at the World Bank " In April 10th this year — the Bank announced its plans to introduce an Open Access Policy. To come into effect the day the new president takes office, the OA policy will mandate that the Bank's research outputs and knowledge products are deposited in a newly-created institutional repository called the Open Knowledge Repository (OKR), to be made freely accessible on the Internet. The OKR is already live, and contains a great deal of data. http://poynder.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/oa-interviews-carlos-rossel-publisher.html
Plan for OA in Europe for publicly funded research
April 16, 2012 - Pressure is growing in Europe for open, free access to research results, particularly if they are publicly funded. The European Commission (EC) said this week it will propose a plan for open access soon, while the Wellcome Trust and Research Councils UK are cracking down on researchers who don't comply with their policies.http://www.ip-watch.org/?p=20549 http://www.ip-watch.org/2012/04/16/changes-coming-for-open-access-to-research-in-europe/
Elsevier Experiments With Allowing 'Text Mining' of Its Journals
Interesting story in Chronicle of Higher Education, Jennifer Howard, 6 May 2012 http://chronicle.com/article/Hot-Type-Elsevier-Experiments/131789/?key=TDl1JFRhMyxLNHk3NmsQZG1danFtNxgmZHEQPi0pblFRFQ%3D%3D
30 March 2012 - The Australian Law Reform Commission announced an enquiry into the operation of copyright exceptions in the digital environment. The draft terms of reference include considering whether further exceptions should be provided to: • facilitate legitimate use of copyright works to create and deliver new products and services of public benefit; and • allow legitimate non-commercial use of copyright works for uses on the internet such as social networking. The Commission is to report no later than 30 November 2013. Draft terms of reference at: http://www.ag.gov.au/Consultationsreformsandreviews/Documents/Final%20-%20Revised%20draft%20terms%20of%20reference%20ALRC%20review.pdf
"Newcomer promises to shake up the model" 2 April 2012 A new online publishing company aims to shake-up traditional methods of publishing academic research. Social Sciences Directory is being launched by Dan Scott, and will provide an online database of academic research and other content, such as presentations, interviews and news reports, as well as providing discussion forums through social media including blogs, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. Social Sciences Directory will charge the academic £100 to cover editorial and production management costs. www.socialsciencesdirectory.com http://www.iwr.co.uk/academic-and-humanites/3011270/Newcomer-promises-to-shake-up-the-model
Elsevier has launched a pilot project aimed at improving the quality of peer review. Review reports for articles in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology will be published alongside the article on SciVerse ScienceDirect. The pilot will last until the end of 2012. If successful, the initiative will also be applied to other Elsevier journals..... http://www.dailymarkets.com/stock/2012/04/02/elsevier-tests-peer-review-report-transparency/
Not good news - Open access to Dutch research stagnating
Open Access to higher education research results is not increasing. This is shown by the *Dutch Research Repositories Monitor 2011… https://groups.google.com/a/arl.org/group/sparc-oaforum/browse_thread/thread/8e724966deb25895?pli=1
They are going to start preventing people who don't comply with OA policy frfom getting another grant. Times Higher Education 29 March 2012 http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=419475
Wellcome Trust starting up own high profile life sciences OA journal
Called eLife, the open access journal will launch in late 2012: http://wellcometrust.wordpress.com/2011/11/07/elife-a-journal-by-scientists-for-scientists/
Lets get digital author identifiers organised
Digital Author Identifier Summit Held 13-14 March 2012 http://www.knowledge-exchange.info/Default.aspx?ID=499 The report is here: http://www.knowledge-exchange.info/Default.aspx?ID=62&M=News&PID=2379&NewsID=145
Presentations from the workshop on data management planning - held on Friday 23 March - are now available at http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/di_researchmanagement/managingresearchdata/dmpworkshop.aspx
Clarifying the roles of libraries in research data management
Held by RLUK, of particular interest is Sheila Corrall - Skills which librarians need: Are libraries and ischools ready to meet these new demands? http://www.rluk.ac.uk/content/clarifying-roles-libraries-research-data-management-discussion-day-find-creative-solutions
11-13 March in Kansas. Covered topics like Digital repositories, National and Institutional policy adoption, autjor rights, OA publishing http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/sparc-open-access-meeting-speaker-slides.shtml
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Imagine you are lying in a hammock on the beach, relaxing and enjoying a spot of fresh air, when suddenly a ten-legged beast, measuring about three feet across, starts slowly climbing up the palm tree in front of you, or, worse, drops down right next to you. It'd almost be enough to make you drop your piña colada with horror and run for cover.
Photo: Bo Floyd
The coconut crab, the largest crab on land, and indeed world's largest land-based arthropod, can have that effect on people.
Photo: Angelo O'Connor Villagomez
Coconut crabs, also known as robber crabs or palm thieves, might be large – the length of their bodies alone can extend upwards of a foot – but sadly their numbers are not. These huge creatures were once quite plentiful, but thanks to human appetites for crabmeat, they are now on the IUCN Red List as Data Deficient, meaning we don't know exactly how many are left but that the numbers are most likely low.
Here, we'd like to share some amazing pictures and a few equally amazing facts about these unusual crabs, all of which demonstrates that they're definitely a species worth preserving.
Photo: Angelo O'Connor Villagomez
This photograph should give you some idea of just how big these crabs really are. As you can see, these are two impressively sized critters! The man holding them is obviously either very brave or familiar enough with coconut crabs to know how to handle them. As mentioned earlier, these crabs can grow up to a foot in length, sometimes more, but it is not only their body size that is arresting – just look at those claws!
Photo: Eddy Rademaker
Here's a wonderful specimen of this giant crab from Christmas Island. The photographer, Eddy Rademaker, reports that this particular crab measured 18 inches across! Rademaker was careful to stay out of reach of those pincers while taking this picture, which sounds like a very wise idea. If you want to see a coconut crab in the wild for yourself, Christmas Island is a good destination as it reportedly has the biggest population of the species in the world.
Photo: JR Manuel
Blue is the most common color for coconut crabs, although they can also be found in more orangey or reddish shades. The coconut crab is actually not a proper crab at all, but rather a type of hermit crab. Whereas true crabs have smaller abdomens that they tuck under their bodies, coconut crabs – as you can see from this picture – have large abdomens that are hardened for protection, like those of lobsters.
Photo: Rebecca Dominguez
Those pincers may look pretty powerful, but how effective they are at cracking open coconuts on their own is debatable. They can, however, be used to tear the husks off coconuts, as well as to cut open fruit, shred carrion – or even, in one reported incident, to catch and eat a rat. You certainly wouldn't want to tangle with those pincers. As a creepy aside, coconut crabs may even have been responsible for the disappearance of legendary aviator Amelia Earhart's body, as reported by Environmental Graffiti here.
Photo: Island-Life
This has to be one happy coconut crab: it's enjoying its namesake meal, after all. Coconut crabs have a few tricks up their sleeves (or do we mean claws?) when it comes to getting inside the hard exterior of the fruit. One method observed is that the crabs climb up a palm tree, coconut in tow, and drop it from a height. The crab itself then drops from the tree (which they can do from a height of 15 feet, unharmed) to hopefully find its meal conveniently cracked open from the fall.
Photo: Brocken Inaglory
Coconut crabs use the pointed tips of their second and third pairs of legs and the pincer-like endings on their fourth legs to climb trees. They can get up to 20 feet high this way, which must be quite a sight for those who aren't expecting it. Once they're up there, they can drop the coconuts they're carrying to be broken open on the ground below.
Photo: fearlessRich
We're not sure what's at the top of the tree that has interested this coconut crab so much. Maybe some fruit? Coconut crabs have a very keen sense of smell and can detect the odor of fruit, or rotting flesh, from a long way off. This is just as well, since the crabs don't see very well, although they can detect vibrations in the ground, much the way snakes do.
Photo: Laura Beauregard/USFWS
Coconut crabs, like this one pictured on Palmyra Atoll, south of Hawaii, are scavengers that sometimes mistake human objects for food. This is the origin of their other names, 'robber crab' and 'palm thief'. They especially like shiny items and, during WWII, were known for stealing from soldiers' trenches.
Photo:John Tann
Once again, here are a couple of Christmas Island crabs. According to photographer John Tann, this is a rather curious critter that wandered up to him for a closer look. Although this is obviously a daytime snap, coconut crabs are actually mostly nocturnal. During the day, they either hide in crevices or dig themselves burrows in sand or loose dirt.
Photo: James Humphreys
The beautiful blue hue of this Cook Islands crab makes it look lovely, rather than scary. However, as you can see, in comparison to the person holding it, it's still one very large arthropod. The front claws alone are enormous! You can also see in this picture how the coconut crab's body is divided into two sections – the front and the abdomen. Also clearly visible are the crab's four front pairs of legs. The fifth pair is normally kept tucked into the upper part of the exoskeleton, or carapace.
Photo: The Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust
It's not only the juicy contents of the coconut that these crabs use, either. They also utilize the husks, like those pictured, to line their burrows. Once in their underground lairs, coconut crabs seal the entrance, using their large pincers as spades. This serves the double purpose of both keeping the crabs protected and ensuring that the air in their burrows is kept nice and damp, making it easier for them to breathe.
Photo: Jebulon
Here's another coconut crab, looking a little spider-like, on its way up to grab a tasty coconut snack. On some islands, these formidable creatures have spiritual significance. For example, Mariana Islanders believe that the crabs may be the returned spirits of deceased humans.
Photo: Angela Kirkpatrick
The name coconut crab doesn't necessarily refer only to the species' diet. When they are young (like this one), coconut crabs will use the discarded shells of mollusks or gastropods for protection, just as hermit crabs do. When they can't find a suitable mollusk shell, they will occasionally use a coconut's. Then, once they've grown their own hardened exoskeleton, they no longer need to use these second-hand coverings.
Photo: Drew Avery
One reason for the massive size of coconut crabs is that they continue to grow all through their lives – which can span 60 years! So the bigger a crab, the older it is. Although they are not the largest species of crab (there are bigger specimens in the ocean, with the Japanese spider crab the largest of all living arthropods), they are certainly the largest that live on land.
Photo: yemaria
Here's another formidable looking crab. Note the gorgeous blue and purple colors of its exoskeleton. Although unlikely to attack a person unprovoked, a coconut crab will snap at someone they consider threatening. And just in case you are ever caught in one of those vice-like grips, you can try a trick reportedly used by the Micronesians; that is, tickle the crab on the soft parts of its body until it lets go. Better yet, stay out of the crabs' way in the first place!
Photo: Ryshard Antonio
Looks like it's time for this coconut crab to leave the tree hollow and go look for some food. According to Ryshard Antonio, who took this photograph, the crabs are easier to hear than to see at night. They apparently make a loud clanking noise that he describes as being similar to a rock hitting the ground. Not hard to believe, looking at those huge pincers.
Photo: Ryukyu Mike
Coconut crabs have a wide-ranging habitat and can be found on shores in both the Indian and Pacific Oceans; like this one, from Sesoko Island, Japan. We love its stylish-looking blue stripes! Unfortunately for coconut crabs, their shells are prized as souvenirs, just as their meat is sought after for eating. Because of human appetites, the crabs no longer exist in heavily populated areas like Australia, Indonesia, New Guinea or Madagascar. And they face a similar fate in places like Guam and the Solomon Islands.
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Although it might seem impossible to stop the harvesting of these tough yet vulnerable creatures entirely, several countries, including Guam and Vanuatu, are trying to minimize the dangers to their coconut crab populations. The nature reserve of Palmyra Atoll also provides the crabs with a safe habitat in which to live. While farming the creature has also been considered, a lot still has to be learned about coconut crab reproduction for this to be viable.
Hopefully, these combined efforts will see coconut crabs continue to climb palm trees, grow to amazing sizes, and live out their long lives for generations to come.


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Mexico City, Mexico - Mexico's economic resurgence is gaining widespread attention. Optimism about the country's prospects is on the upswing, as evidenced by the term "Aztec Tiger," a clever coinage by the Financial Times. It's a welcome change in focus and tone. And by adding dimension to the country's story, without diminishing the security challenges Mexico faces, it allows a more balanced and accurate portrayal to emerge.
President Enrique Peña Nieto has been in office just three months, yet there is already a sense of urgency attached to his ambitious agenda. Substantial challenges loom and surmounting them will require the president's and the administration's full complement of skills: from political deal making and legislative maneuvering, to strategic communications and diplomacy.
There's some trepidation on the domestic front given the scope of change and the sectors it will touch, but there's also optimism. There are at least five reasons why Mexico should be able to maintain its new momentum and also transition to a higher-profile global leadership role.
An Open Economy
Mexico's economy ranks among the world's most open and competitive. Since opening its economy in the mid-1990s, Mexico's trade with the world has risen rapidly: registering a 475 percent increase in exports between 1994 and 2011 and a 342 percent increase in imports during the same period.
Trade makes up a bigger portion of Mexico's gross domestic product (63 percent) than of any other large country's, including the US and China. Annual exports of manufactured goods are roughly equal to the value of all exports by the rest of Latin America.
Mexico currently boasts 12 Free Trade Agreements that provide preferential access to 44 countries - more than any other country. It was the first Latin American country to gain preferential access to the European Union (2000.) Its agreement with Japan (2005) was the first comprehensive trade pact that country had signed with any nation.
And Mexico continues to lead. Last year, it joined negotiations for the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP,) the multilateral free trade agreement that the US considers central to its "Asia Pivot." Mexico views the TPP as an opportunity to be part of the first 21st century Free Trade Agreement, implying both an opportunity to "update" the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and to build out a more strategic approach to hemispheric trade relations.
Shared Democratic Values
Mexico has developed its stature on the international stage largely through trade. In contrast to most Latin American countries, their pursuit of trade alliances hasn't been driven by ideological concerns but by a pragmatic focus on economic policy and strategic geopolitical interests.
With NAFTA, Mexico became a pioneer among emerging markets of economic integration and trade liberalization. The agreement provided an institutional framework — in essence a "rule of law" governing trading practices — on which Mexico has built a global presence while developing closer connections with the world's largest and most dynamic economy.
NAFTA also facilitated meaningful change in Mexican society. The country is now majority middle class: 17 percent of Mexicans joined the middle class from 2000 to 2010 according to the World Bank. This new middle class is younger, more educated, wealthier, and far more likely to protect their economic gains and hold their government accountable.
Today, as Europe and Asia look to build stronger ties to Latin America, Mexico is of priority interest because of its core values and its strong record of promoting trade and investment along with growth and effective institutions.
Solid Economic Fundamentals
Mexico's economic transformation under NAFTA has been profound. Few countries have an economic record as impressive as Mexico's: more than 17 years of macroeconomic stability, low inflation and interest rates, manageable debt, record high international reserves, economic openness, and increasing competitiveness.
Though Mexico suffered a brutal recession during the global financial crisis, it has clawed its way back. GDP growth has been in the 4 percent range for three years running, making the country a top performer regionally. And Mexico has supplanted Brazil as the main focus for economic optimism in the region: over the first nine months of 2012, its stock market received five times as much investment as Brazil's.
Pragmatic Leadership
The global economic turmoil of recent years has made this much clear: arguably the most important determinant of economic success is leaders who understand and can implement the reforms required for growth. It's far too early in the Peña Nieto administration to declare success, but the president and his team have been highly effective thus far.
Labor, accounting, and education reform measures passed during the transition were substantive accomplishments and signaled a break from years of inaction and gridlock. The "Pacto por México," announced after hours of the inauguration, saw the three main political parties presenting a unified front for the first time in decades.
Fiscal and energy reform are top priorities, as both are essential if the country is to accelerate growth and improve its competitiveness. The mere fact that a PRI government is willing to tackle both, underscores the generational shift within the party and growing acceptance of the need for change in how the country manages its economic affairs.
A Favorable Convergence of Issues
A short list of the issues and developments that appear to be trending positively includes: a recovering US economy; growing global demand for US and Mexican manufactures; a likely reform of US immigration policies; the rising costs of doing business in China; and transatlantic interest in deepening trade and investment ties with Latin America.
Mexico faces brighter prospects than it has in decades. But to fully realize the promise of what the president has termed "Mexico's moment," the administration must do more than ensure progress on the economic front. It must also modernize institutions, strengthen its commitment to good governance, assert the rule of law, support human rights, lead on the environment, and promote greater inclusiveness.
Mexico has set its sights high. By aiming even higher, it just might find itself not only growing, but leading in Latin America and transitioning into a global leadership role.Antonio Garza served as US Ambassador to Mexico from 2002-2009. Mr. Garza is now counsel in the Mexico City office of White & Case and Chairman of Vianovo Ventures, the cross-border business development unit of Vianovo, LP.


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Members of the Plant Kingdom grow from an embryo into a multicellular organism with cellulose in their walls. They photosynthesise (employing the sun's energy to make sugars from water and carbon dioxide) using chlorophyll (the green coloration). A vascular plant is one that contains special cells that allow water to move through it. Non-vascular plants lack these special cells.
Of the 300 000 species of plants in the world today, about 250 000 are flowering plants (angiosperms). Their diversification started in tropical regions during the Cretaceous and by the Palaeogene they had spread globally. The oldest known fossil angiosperms were found in Lower Cretaceous rocks in America and Russia. They are known from their leaves, pollen, seeds, branches, etc. Flowers are short-lived, delicate and rarely fossilised.
The Earth blooms in the Palaeogene forest (about 50 million years ago).
Conifers are the largest and longest-living plants ever to have grown. The giant redwood, Sequoiadendron giganteum, which grows in the mountains of Sierra Nevada, California, was once much more widespread than today. They grew in Derbyshire, for example, only six million years ago.


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- 8 oz. pkg. of lite cream cheese softened
- 2 Tblsp. apricot or pineapple preserves
- 2 green onions thinly sliced
- 1 tsp. soy sauce
- fresh spinach leaves
- shredded carrots
- cucumber, seeded, cut in long spears
- 1 large red pepper, cut into strips
- shredded cheese, Colby, Monterey Jack or Cheddar
- Combine: cream cheese, preserves, onions and soy sauce, stir until smooth.
- Spread each tortilla with 2 Tblsp. of cream cheese mix.
- Cover cream cheese layer with fresh spinach leaves.
- Arrange chicken strips, or a slice of deli turkey, on top of spinach.
- Sprinkle with shredded cheese blend.
- Top with red pepper, cucumber and shredded carrots according to preference.
- Roll up tightly and serve with fruit or a cup of soup!
Terri's Notes
~ Perfect to 'make-ahead' the night before for lunches or to have on the ready for after school snacks, nothing gets soggy!
~ These ingredients would make a great filling combo for pita pockets too.
~ Colorful, flavored wraps in Spinach Herb or Tomato Basil are fun too.
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I was a little worried about working with the coconuts and wasn't sure how much fighting it would take to poke their eyes and then bust them open. It actually wasn't difficult. For each one, I used a pick and a hammer to make holes in the eyes, and I let the coconut juice drain out by setting it on a strainer over a measuring pitcher. Then, I covered the coconut with a towel and whacked it with a hammer.
When the coconuts are opened, their gorgeous color scheme is revealed. Bright, perfect white is surrounded by a dark, chocolate brown with a lighter, softer brown on the outside. And that is how I became enamored with the coconut. I plan to use this color scheme whenever and wherever I can. The remaining tasks in processing them were more tedious. The broken pieces were baked to cause the flesh to pull away from the shell. The shell was pulled off or pried off. The brown covering was peeled from the outside of the flesh, and the cleaned flesh was peeled into strips which were toasted.
Moving on to the rest of the salad, I chose to use only half of the specified amount of sugar syrup. I prefer the taste of fruit without any added sugar, and the orange and pineapple delivered plenty of natural sweetness. However, because the sugar syrup was simmered with ginger, I wanted to include some for that flavor. The fruits I used were: orange, pineapple, papaya, pluot, kiwi, and strawberry. The recipe also calls for shredded sweetened coconut which I skipped. I'd like to point out that the flavor of fresh coconut is much, much better than the bagged, sweetened stuff. That cloying, whangy, coconutty thing is nowhere to be found in the mild, warm nuttiness of fresh coconut.
The last item in the preparation is the whipped cream. Amaretto was to be added to the cream, but I had none so I used rum instead. Of course, I had rum. Just thinking about this combination of ginger, pineapple, lots of other fruit, fresh coconut, whipped cream, and rum provided a mental, tropical getaway. Eating that combination from a coconut bowl made me feel the sand between my toes. And, now I have left-over coconut juice and toasted, fresh coconut.


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Renee Kesterson-Klein Receives Gateway Presidents Award
Renee Kesterson-Klein of Florence received the Presidents Award May 15 as the most outstanding member of the Gateway Community & Technical College class of 2014.
The Presidents Award is given annually by the college to a student who has made significant
contributions to the overall development of the college. Faculty and staff nominate
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Kesterson-Klein received an associate in applied science degree and graduated with a 4.0 grade point average. She is a veteran of the United States Air Force and the mother of two sons.
Renee has proved to be an exceptional contributor to the Northern Kentucky community, to Gateway student organizations, and in the classroom, said Ed Hughes, Gateway president/CEO. She is intelligent, organized and focused, always willing to assist others and tends to lead by setting the highest standards for herself.
At Gateway, Renee has been incredibly involved in numerous leadership activities, has mentored fellow students, and has served admirably in the Phi Theta Kappa academic honorary, as a peer tutor and with the Gateway VETS organization, Hughes added.


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ALBANY — The city has settled a lawsuit filed on behalf of Albany Housing Advocates and 28 people who have been living on the Albany Bulb over the city's enforcement of its anti-camping ordinance.
Under the agreement, the city has agreed to pay each person named in the lawsuit a $3,000 "relocation payment" in return for the promise by each camper to not return to the Bulb, the area known as the Albany Neck, city-owned property on Pierce Street or the Albany Hill area for 12 months, even during daytime hours. Those who accepted the payment must vacate the Bulb by Friday.
In the suit filed in November by law firm Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton along with the East Bay Community Law Center and the Homeless Action Center, the plaintiffs accused Albany of "violation of federal and state disability laws and homeless Bulb residents' constitutional rights, including Fourth Amendment property protections."
The 28 people covered by the settlement include both those who were named in the lawsuit and others who requested accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The city will work with Superior Court to dismiss any pending curfew or camping citations filed against those who agree to the settlement.
City Attorney Craig Labadie told the City Council on Monday that 28 of the 30 people eligible for the settlement are expected to accept its terms. The council could not discuss the settlement because it was reached too late to make the meeting agenda.
Homeless people have been camping on the isolated Bulb, a former waterfront landfill, for years. The city tried to remove the population in 1999, but the encampments returned.
Estimates are that about 60 people were living on the Bulb a year ago when the council first voted to begin enforcing Albany's anti-camping ordinance so that the property could be turned over to the East Bay Regional Park District to be made part of the Sylvia McLaughlin Eastshore State Park. The district won't take the land until the campers are gone.
The stay-away agreement addresses "concerns raised by the East Bay Regional Park District about ensuring that there was a long-term commitment to not permitting illegal camping there before they would consider accepting that property for incorporation into the McLaughlin Eastshore State Park," Labadie told the council.
In its current effort, the city has funded two groups — Berkeley Food and Housing Project and Solano Community Church — to reach out to Bulb residents to help them find housing.
According to City Clerk Nicole Almaguer, 13 have been housed so far.
If original estimates are correct, that would leave just under 20 residents at the Bulb. It's unknown when the city might try to evict those residents. Police have been citing residents and arresting those who have outstanding warrants or are found in possession of drugs.
Labadie told the council that those who have already transitioned into housing are not eligible for the payment. Also, those who accept the payment will be ineligible to receive further financial assistance from the city but would remain eligible for other sources of financial assistance, Labadie said.
They also would be eligible to receive "human services," according to Almaguer, including services offered by BFHP.
"We expect the total cost of the settlement to be under $90,000, and that will be preliminary calculations offset in whole or in part by other cost savings from having a more orderly process of relocating those individuals," Labadie said.
The city also will offer storage for belongings for 120 days.
The Homeless Action Center will act as a "financial agent" to disperse the payments, Labadie said
"For a number of Albany residents experiencing homelessness, the Bulb has been a place they call home for 15 or more years," said Maureen Sheehy, who led the effort for Kilpatrick Townsend, in a statement. "To simply evict them without providing any compensation to assist with additional housing arrangements was not acceptable. This agreement gives these residents recognition that they have a voice and are not simply anonymous individuals."
Amber Whitson, one of the two Bulb residents named in the lawsuit who did not agree to the settlement, spoke after Labadie announced the settlement. She told the council, "Albany has consistently acted in ways that would benefit wealthiest residents while simultaneously neglecting its poorest residents. This settlement is no different."


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We broke the news the other night that Verizon Wireless was set to roll out the latest (or nearly the latest) Windows Phone OS update, version 8107, to HTC Trophy users on its network. That update not only fixes security issues but addresses the disappearing keyboard bug that has driven many mad for the last few months.
We've now received a flood of tips that the update is currently live and if you plug in your Trophy to Zune Desktop you'll be greeted with an update notification. Actually, you'll eventually have three updates to install as it's cumulative:
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In a surprising development in the tense American-Iranian relationship, the US announced this week that it would send a high-level State Department official to attend talks with Iranian nuclear negotiators in Switzerland over the weekend. This unexpected policy turn comes after a tense, saber rattling summer during which the US, Israel, and Iran have traded threats, staged war games, and tested weapons. But observers suggest that the shift in the US's longstanding tactic of isolating Tehran may be motivated by a desire to ensure that other countries such as China and Russia do not make too many concessions to Iran during the negotiations.
The New York Times reports that the decision to send Undersecretary of State William Burns to Saturday's negotiations in Switzerland will be the highest-level contact between US and Iranian officials since 1979, when revolutionary students seized the US Embassy in Tehran and took 52 diplomats hostage for 444 days. Sending Mr. Burns to the meeting represents a major two-pronged policy shift, the news analysis suggests.
First, the Bush administration has decided to abandon its longstanding position that it would meet face to face with Iran only after the country suspended its uranium enrichment, as demanded by the United Nations Security Council.
Second, an American partner at the table injects new importance to the negotiating track of the six global powers confronting Iran – France, Britain, Germany, Russia, China and the United States – even though their official stance is that no substantive talks can begin until uranium enrichment stops.
The move comes at a time when escalating US-Iran rhetoric is peppered with mixed signals that have created conditions for both parties to come away from the negotiating table with a claim to victory, reports The Washington Post.
For more than two years, the Bush administration has had the same bottom line: Iran must suspend its enrichment of uranium – a route to a nuclear weapon – before serious talks can begin. U.S. officials insisted yesterday that such a demand, also shared by European allies, had not changed, but the diplomatic lines have become sufficiently hazy that if negotiations start in earnest, Iran will also be able to claim a diplomatic victory.
Iran last week sent its own mixed signals, test-firing long-range missiles in the Persian Gulf while appearing conciliatory on possible negotiations.
While the American media were focused on the new US role in this weekend's nuclear negotiations, the Guardian broke the news that the US intends to announce next month the opening of an American interests section in Tehran. It will be the first US diplomatic post in Iran since the two countries cut ties after the 1979 hostage crisis.
The US plans to establish a diplomatic presence in Tehran for the first time in 30 years as part of a remarkable turnaround in policy by President George Bush.
The Guardian has learned that an announcement will be made in the next month to establish a US interests section – a halfway house to setting up a full embassy. The move will see US diplomats stationed in the country.
The news of the shift by Bush who has pursued a hawkish approach to Iran throughout his tenure comes at a critical time in US-Iranian relations. After weeks that have seen tensions rise with Israel conducting war games and Tehran carrying out long-range missile tests, a thaw appears to be under way.
The surprising twin changes in US policy came a week after Iranian missile tests near the strategic Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf sent world oil prices skyrocketing to 1$47 a barrel. After the decision to send a US diplomat to the talks was announced, oil prices dropped by $4.14, reports Agence France-Presse.
"This is the most significant US diplomatic contact since the 1979 Islamic revolution, and represents a dramatic shift in US foreign policy. For our purposes, it will certainly take some of the force out of a major source of the geopolitical premium in oil prices," said John Kilduff, an analyst at MF Global.
The price reduction built on a decline of $6.44 the day before, spurred by an unexpected growth in US oil reserves.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told reporters from the country's state media that the government has yet to receive an official request from the US to open an interests section, but added that he welcomed American diplomats to Iran, according to the Tehran Times.
President Mahmud Ahmadinejad declared on Sunday that he welcomes a U.S. proposal to set up a diplomatic outpost in Iran and to establish extensive relations between Iranian and U.S. citizens.
The Islamic Republic of Iran sees no limit to the establishment of relations with the world's nations, even with the people of the United States, Ahmadinejad told reporters after Sunday's cabinet session.
"Iran welcomes any proposal for improving ties even from the White House leaders," the president asserted...
Asked about the report about opening a mission in Iran, the president said, "We have not yet received any official request in this regard."
"But Iran had previously proposed starting direct flights between the two countries so that hundreds of thousands of passengers including students, academics, and business travelers can directly fly to the two states," he added.
Some observers say that a softer approach toward Iran by the US would mirror its diplomatic efforts with North Korea, which have been less tense than the Iranian-American relationship. Much like North Korea, Iran's biggest incentive for possible nuclear disarmament is the prospect of a warmer relationship with the West, led by a better relationship with Washington.
A report in the Chicago Tribune suggests that Iran's desire for better diplomatic relations with the US explains why the policy of communicating through European go-betweens has been largely unsuccessful.
The current strategy of having the Europeans negotiate with Iran is widely seen as not having made progress, perhaps because one of the biggest incentives for Iran is the prospect of normalized relations with the United States.
"The U.S. realized that the old pattern of diplomatic negotiation, through the Europeans, was just not working," said Vali Nasr, an international politics professor at Tufts University. "Just like with North Korea, the only time things began working was when the US joined the talks. There was an acknowledgment that if you don't want war or the status quo, you have to try something new."
Gary Samore, the vice president of the Council for Foreign Relations, agrees that the decision to send Mr. Burns to the Switzerland talks represents a change in administration strategy, according to Reuters.
Another reason for sending Burns, a former U.S. ambassador to Russia and the third-ranking official in the State Department, was to ensure not too many concessions were made, particularly by players such as China and Russia that have shown more sympathy toward Tehran.
"He is there as the bad cop. There is nervousness that Solana and some of the other countries, such as China and Russia might be willing to settle for less than full suspension (of uranium enrichment)," said Gary Samore, vice president of the Council on Foreign Relations.
"The administration wants to be absolutely sure that it is a participant over the shape of this," he added.


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Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa both produced very strong drives at the Gilles Villeneuve circuit to keep very much in the hunt for both championship titles. The Spaniard went from sixth on the grid to second on the podium, while the Brazilian battled all the way from sixteenth at the start to eighth, with both men pulling off an endless series of overtaking moves. The 22 points they brought back home today sees the Scuderia maintain second place in the Constructors classification and Fernando jump back up to second in the Drivers. Felipe is still fifth place. However, championship leaders Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull produced a dominant performance for both driver and team to take their first ever Canadian victory. Completing the podium trio was Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes.
Finally on Sunday at the Ile Notre Dame, the rain jackets could be put away as the race got underway under sunny skies and warmer temperatures. The top 16 runners all started on the Supersoft Pirelli. The run down to turn 1 on the opening lap in Canada is always a tense moment and as the lights went out to signal the start of the seventh GP of the season, the cars left more or less in grid order, although Bottas was soon dropping back from third in the Williams after banging wheels with Webber at Turn 1 and Fernando passed him to go fifth at the end of the opening lap. Felipe made up two places to lie fourteenth. By the end of the second lap, Vettel had a 2.8 lead over the field in the Red Bull, followed by Hamilton, Rosberg, Webber, Alonso, Bottas, Vergne, Sutil, Ricciardo with Raikkonen rounding off the top ten. Felipe was thirteenth.
Bottas was passed by Vergne on lap 6, promoting the Toro Rosso to fifth and on the same lap Sutil spun the Force India when fortunately the cars behind managed to avoid him as Felipe moved up to twelfth. The gaps at the front were growing, with leader Vettel 4.5 ahead of Hamilton in the Mercedes, with Rosberg a further behind. Fernando was 11.4 off the leader. Felipe? His progress continued as he was eleventh on lap 8 and one lap later, the hard charging Brazilian had got into the points places in tenth. In eighth place, Ricciardo was causing the bottleneck so that he had Raikkonen, Felipe and Hulkenberg all nose to tail behind him. As they started lap 11, Felipe pulled the F138 alongside Raikkonens Lotus but could not make the pass. Lap 12 and Raikkonen passed Ricciardo and when the Toro Rosso driver pitted on lap 13, Felipe moved up to ninth. Hulkenberg and Maldonado also changed tyres on this lap. Webber came in from fourth on lap 13 in the Red Bull followed by Vergne from sixth in the Toro Rosso and Perez also changed tyres on the McLaren. The run of stops meant that Fernando was fourth and then third on lap 14 when Rosberg pitted, with Vettel and Hamilton still leading. The leading Red Bull came in on lap 16 followed by Fernando, with the majority of drivers now switching to the Prime Medium tyre, although Rosberg was still running Supersoft as he fought off Webber in a wheel to wheel battle for third. Felipe came in from eighth on lap 17, fitting a new set of Options, rejoining in fourteenth place, but he soon dispensed of Bottas and Guttierez to take twelfth.
Hamilton was going for a very long first stint, but he finally came in from the lead on lap 19 in the Mercedes. With 50 laps to go, the order was Vettel, Hamilton, Rosberg, Webber, Fernando in fifth, Raikkonen, Vergne, Di Resta, Grosjean, the Frenchman yet to stop, having started last and Button tenth. Behind them Felipe was engaged in combat with Sutil, getting alongside and nearly touching wheels. Raikkonen had also gone long and came in on lap 22 for Primes, but it was a slow stop. Fernando was having something of a lonely race in fifth, 1.4 behind Webber and over 20 ahead of Vergne. Sutil and Felipe both passed Buttons McLaren and again, Felipe nearly got the better of the Force India. Lap after lap, Felipe tried to pass the German, mainly at the end of the pit straight, while further up the order, Webbers pursuit of third placed Rosberg was providing plenty of close action. However, as they duelled, so they let Fernando close up on them with the Spaniard just 0.2 off the Australians gearbox on lap 27. The crucial move came at the start of lap 31, when after Webber had passed Rosberg, Fernando also managed it going into the first corner, so that the Spaniard was now fourth.
The Mercedes driver immediately pitted next time round. Lap 37 saw Webber clip Van der Garde at the hairpin and a piece of the Red Bulls front wing came away in the impact. At the same time, Fernando put in the fastest lap of the race so far and closed back to within 0.7 of the Red Bull. It seemed like the only two drivers not having an exciting Sunday afternoon were the two cars out in front, as Vettel led Hamilton by 16.2 and the Englishman had a 7.6 cushion to Webber. Felipe was ninth on lap 40 of 70, at which point, the two cars directly ahead of him, Di Resta and Grosjean had yet to pit at all. At the start of lap 42, Fernando finally got the better of Webber, on the run down to the first corner, so that he now had one foot on the podium. On the same lap, Felipe came into the pits to fit the Prime tyre for his final stint. The Ferrari man went down to twelfth and then up to eleventh after Perez changed tyres on the McLaren.
Webber made his second stop on lap 46, with Fernando doing the same on lap 47 and one lap later it was Hamiltons turn to pit, followed by Vettel on lap 49, but the positions remained unchanged for the top four. Felipe finally got back into the points by passing Grosjean for tenth on lap 53, just as Fernando popped in another quickest lap as he chased Hamilton, 3.4 ahead.
Lap 57 and Rosberg pitted from fifth, followed by Vergne from sixth, and on the next lap, it was another fastest lap for Fernando, as he closed the gap to Hamilton to one second and then 0.4 on lap 59. On lap 62 on the run to the hairpin, the Spaniard edged his F138 alongside the Mercedes but it didnt stick, however a few corners later, yet again the run to the first corner, Fernando moved up one more place with just 7 laps to go to the flag. Felipe hadnt finished his race either and on the very last lap, he slipped past Raikkonen to claim a very hard fought eighth place.
One third of the season is now over and now the F1 circus can pause for breath until the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in three Sundays time.
Stefano Domenicali: Today, we absolutely had to make up for the difficult day we had yesterday, because we knew the more normal weather would allow us to demonstrate our true potential. The podium was in our sights and we can claim to have hit the target, in a race that was complicated from start to finish by our grid positions. Fernando produced an absolutely extraordinary performance, especially when taking into account that today, our competitors operated at a really high level. Felipe also showed exactly what he could do: managing to bring home points after starting from the back was the best response to those who felt he was affected by the unfortunate incidents of the last few days. I must congratulate the winners, because even if its easier to get the job done when starting at the front, its also true that they managed to produce a perfect qualifying, a task which we know we must improve on. Todays race demonstrated how two of our closest rivals, Red Bull and Mercedes, have managed to make a step forward and thats the same direction we are working in, so that we can be contenders right to the end of the Championship.
Fernando Alonso: At the end of an extremely complicated weekend, this second place tastes like a win, because we were competitive and managed to fight with the front running drivers. You never feel in danger with them, because, even wheel to wheel at 320 kilometres per hour, they have the necessary intelligence and experience to know to leave a margin of safety. The overtaking moves on the two Mercedes had an almost identical dynamic, although maybe the pass on Hamilton was more intense because we were running at the same pace, while with Rosberg, I knew it was only a matter of the laps going by, thanks to the advantage of having the Medium tyres, while he was on the Supersoft. In terms of points this is a great result: now we only have Vettel ahead of us, who was untouchable here and deserved the victory. Even if he has increased his lead, theres still a long way to go in the championship and theres plenty of time to catch up. I dont know if I could have done better if Id started further up. Qualifying, even in the wet, is our weak point and an aspect we absolutely must improve on: we are working very hard on that, both back home and at the track.
Felipe Massa: I am very happy with my race today, which was a real battle from start to finish. After going off the track yesterday, I knew it wouldnt be easy starting from sixteenth place, but I also knew I had a good car and I tackled the race on the attack, managing to pull off several nice passing moves. However, because of a problem with graining, I lost precious time behind Sutil in the Force India: thats why I think a strategy based on using two sets of Medium tyres would have seen me gain at least one or two places. Even if I cant be satisfied with this result it was still a positive day, in which we showed we had a good pace and that we were able to fight. Now Im looking ahead to the next race with a lot of confidence, because Silverstone is very similar to Shanghai and Barcelona, where our car worked very well.
Pat Fry: The long straights and the DRS zones at the Montreal track, which usually help with overtaking, meant we were hopeful of being able to race up the order, while aware that starting from sixth and sixteenth would not make that an easy task, especially as the performance levels of the front runners were very similar today. Fernando got a great start and managed to pass Bottas, moving up to fifth. From then on, he did an amazing job of managing his tyres, pushing at the most opportune moments which brought him in touch with the leaders. The climb up to second place was a performance worthy of his talent, with some daring passing moves, like the one on Hamilton. Felipe fought hard all race long, also pulling off several overtaking moves, including a very important one on Raikkonen right at the end. Maybe if we had opted to fit Mediums at his first stop, Felipe could have gained another place. From the pit wall, we had to manage the race for both drivers in very different track conditions to what we experienced in the past couple of days and all in all, after all the difficulties we encountered yesterday, it was a good result. Now, our priority is still to improve our qualifying performance and on this front, we will try to do that right from the next race in Silverstone.


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Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is a
ITP is sometimes called immune thrombocytopenic purpura.
Alternative Names
Immune thrombocytopenic purpura; ITP
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
ITP occurs when certain immune system cells produce
The antibodies attach to the platelets. The spleen destroys the platelets that carry the antibodies.
In children, the disease sometimes follows a viral infection. In adults, it is more often a chronic (long-term) disease and can occur after a viral infection, with use of certain drugs, during pregnancy, or as part of an immune disorder.
ITP affects women more frequently than men, and is more common in children than adults. The disease affects boys and girls equally.
- Abnormally heavy menstruation
Bleeding into the skincauses a characteristic skin rash that looks like pinpoint red spots (petechial rash)
- Easy bruising
- Nosebleed or bleeding in the mouth
Signs and tests
Laboratory tests will be done to see how well your blood clots and to check your platelet count.
- A complete blood count (
CBC) shows a low number of platelets.
- Blood clotting tests (
PTTand PT) are normal.
- Bleeding time is prolonged.
Platelet associated antibodiesmay be detected.
In children, the disease usually goes away without treatment. Some children, however, may need treatment.
Adults are usually started on an anti-inflammatory steroid medicine called prednisone. In some cases, surgery to remove the spleen (
If the disease does not get better with prednisone, other treatments may include:
- A medicine called danazol (Danocrine) taken by mouth
- Injections of high-dose gamma globulin (an immune factor)
- Drugs that suppress the immune system
- Filtering antibodies out of the blood stream
- Anti-RhD therapy for people with certain blood types
People with ITP should not take aspirin, ibuprofen, or warfarin because these drugs interfere with platelet function or blood clotting, and bleeding may occur.
Expectations (prognosis)
With treatment, the chance of remission (a symptom-free period) is good. Rarely, ITP may become a long-term condition in adults and reappear, even after a symptom-free period.
Sudden and severe loss of blood from the digestive tract may occur. Bleeding into the brain may also occur.
Calling your health care provider
Go to the emergency room or call the local emergency number (such as 911) if severe bleeding occurs, or if other new symptoms develop.
The causes and risk factors are unknown, except in children when it may be related to a viral infection. Prevention methods are unknown.


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Next Up: What's For Dinner? by Fay Ripley, review, first makes and one copy to give away.
Cooking, cookbook reviews and food chat. From an obsessed cookbook collecting Scottish woman's kitchen.
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Cake Slice Baker March 2012 – individual Warm Chocolate Cakes
10 comments:
- Emily said...
I enjoyed this more than the molten lava cake I baked previously.
Its decadent!
- 20 March 2012 at 05:39
- Cucina49 said...
Yours are more molten than mine were--I'm envious--but I loved this recipe nevertheless.
- 20 March 2012 at 09:11
- Becca said...
It looks so me that you achieved perfect molten success in the first picture. Way to go. :)
- 20 March 2012 at 20:30
- OvenDelights said...
Those rasberries I bet were fantastic, why didn't I think of that? Love how moist your cake turned out!
- 20 March 2012 at 20:35
- Katie said...
Your cakes look yummy. I love a bit of molton gooey middle.
- 21 March 2012 at 05:01
- Please Do Not Feed The Animals. said...
My ones were a bit overcooked. I think you do have to experiment with your cooker to get it spot on. I reckon you'll be absolutely perfect with 12mins!
Looks great with the raspberries.
- 21 March 2012 at 14:37
- missflash said...
Looks delicious, anything with chocolate in is a winner and your dessert looks so inviting xx
- 21 March 2012 at 16:00
- Cucina49 said...
Yours turned out so well--how did sugaring the ramekins work? I thought it would be easier to use the baking spray instead.
- 28 March 2012 at 14:48
- Kelly-Jane said...
Cusina 49, The buttering and then sugaring the ramekins worked well, it gave the puddings a sort of crispy outer coating. I've only ever used butter and cocoa powder before to 'line' the dishes. Both ways work well but the sugar makes for a bit of crunch.
- 29 March 2012 at 06:22
- Maggie said...
Individual Warm Chocolate Cakes - the title alone is enough to make me want to make them. I love chocolate cake and raspberries with a dollop of cream every time.
- 2 April 2012 at 06:54


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Dragons of Atlantis Newbie Walkthrough Strategy Guide (Updated 2/27/12)
This guide was written with haste, hence the spelling errors. This newbie quick-start guide is for people that play Dragons of Atlantis, and for members of the alliance I was in. Click the image for a guide to the building. UPDATED 2/27/12


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The combination of a fast car and the unlimited speed limits of the German autobahn are surely a slice of gearhead heaven if ever there were one. Luckily for those of us on the wrong continent and lacking the right car for the job someone who didn't face either of these obstacles recorded these two videos of a few high speed runs on the autobahn.
We're not going to try and argue that Youtube videos are any kind of a substitute for driving a 570 horsepower 458 Italia 200 MPH down the autobahn, but honestly what is? While waiting to make our own Autobahn dreams come true, we're just glad someone is out there doing what they should be doing with a high horsepower supercar on a stretch of highway without a speed limit.


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Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center and 46 community partners will launch Niagara's first state-designated health home at 11 a.m. Friday.
This one-stop care management network will provide an unprecedented level of care coordination and service linkage to patients and their families. The network consists of collaborating care providers from across Niagara County who supply services ranging from specialized medical and mental health care to food, housing, home care and heating assistance.


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True colours: Asiana Airlines' new Airbus A380 shines in its unique livery
With its vibrant seven-colour vertical tailplane, Asiana Airlines' initial A380 jetliner will soon be making quite the first impression at airports around the world.
Responsible for this unique – and complex – livery is the highly-advanced and eco-efficient Airbus A380 painting facility in Hamburg, Germany, which paints all of the company's double-deck jetliners prior to their deliveries to customers.
"The paint shop in Hamburg is one of the most modern in the world with regard to the reduction of emissions and cleaning of air," said Christoph Hettwer, Head of A380 Paint Shop. "In addition to our commitment to environmentally responsible painting, it is also important to satisfy customers' requirements for gloss, thickness and cleanliness of paint."
Airbus uses Chromate-free paint for primer, intermediate and top coats for its A380 jetliner, which reduces the process' environmental footprint. In addition, Airbus also utilises electrostatic pistols to minimise paint mist and used air is cleaned and washed through a multi-stage process to ensure paint particles are disposed separately.
A380 jetliners are painted at Airbus' Hamburg location in two specially-built hangars – each more than 22,000 square metres – along with separate facilities for painting and handling the vertical tailplane.
The entire A380 painting process takes approximately 10-14 days – including aircraft preparation – with some 650 kg. of paint used to cover the A380's more than 3,100-square-metre surface area.


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How to Successfully Track Your Fitness Progress
It has been 12 weeks since you started your fitness journey. You've been eating the right foods and getting your workouts in at least three to four days a week, but you don't notice any changes. You start to doubt your body and your ability to achieve your fitness goals. How many of you can relate to this scenario? Tracking your progress is essential when working towards reaching your fitness goals. Here are some reasons why you will benefit from tracking your progress along with a few great tips on how to do so successfully!
Benefits of tracking your fitness progress:
Find out if your current workout routine is effective.
If you don't keep track of your progress, how will you know if what you are doing is actually working? Being able to notice changes to your body will tell you that all the hard work you're doing is paying off.
Build your motivation.
It is much easier to stay on track, if you can look back and see that you lost a few pounds or shaved a few seconds off of your last run. Seeing that you are getting closer to reaching your goal will motivate you to keep up the great work!
Understand your body.
Understanding comes from the practice and experience of trial and error. There are many factors that impact our body; eating habits, sleep, how often you exercise and the intensity of your workouts to name a few. Monitoring your progress will teach you how to properly respond to your body's needs.
How to start tracking your progress;
Circumference Measurements -
Measure your progress by tracking the measurements of your waist, hips and chest. Record your numbers every 15-20 days. Be sure to wear form-fitting clothes when taking your measurements, and always be sure to measure in the same place each time. Remember the numbers on your scale won't show you how many inches you've lost around your waist!
Take a "Before" Photo -
Not many people are happy with the way they look in their "before" photos (I didn't either), but it's a great way to track your progress. Take a progress photo every month, so you can notice the physical changes to your body. Sometimes it's hard to notice a change in your body when you see yourself every day, but placing your "before" and "after" photos side by side will help you see that you are making progress!
Fitness Apps -
Oh the joys of modern technology! If you have a smartphone, there are MANY great apps you can use to track your fitness journey instead of having to write down your calories and foods in a journal! Play around with a few different apps and find which one suits you best. Here are a few good ones I have used:
- MyPlate
- MyFitnessPal
- Lose It!
- Nike+Running (awesome app to track your runs)
How your clothes fit-
I personally find this method to be one of my favorites. Of course the feeling sucks when I can't button a pair of pants, but it also motivates me to work my butt off in the gym. So, find a piece of clothing you would like to fit into and try it on after a designated amount of time. If they start to fit better or become easier to put on, then you're getting closer to achieving your fitness goals!
Try to remember that weight loss can take longer than you anticipated, but that doesn't necessarily mean your fitness routine is not working. If you incorporate strength training and cardio into your fitness routine while tracking your progress, you will not only start to see results in how you look but also in how you feel.
For a kick-butt workout that offers strength training and cardio, check out 9Round Fitness!


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Campaigners fear controversial cost-cutting plans could have a "catastrophic" effect on scores of vulnerable young people.
SAFE – which helps disadvantaged 16 to 24-year-olds – faces extinction because of a proposed 85 per cent funding cut from cash-strapped Derbyshire County Council (DCC).
The group fears its demise would ruin the lives of hundreds of needy young men and women in Derbyshire and is rallying to defeat the contentious proposals.
SAFE – which is made up of the Framework, Adullam and Stonham organisations – supports young people who are the victims of family breakdown, domestic violence and sexual abuse as well as those with mental health problems.
Andrew Redfern, of SAFE, said: "These deep, unprecedented and unfair cuts would mean the loss of more than £800,000 annually – leaving us with just £172,000 a year – and we wouldn't be able to continue.
"This would have a catastrophic effect on Derbyshire's most disadvantaged and troubled young men and women.
"The council would effectively be abandoning the county's most vulnerable young people to a life of transient homelessness and social exclusion.
"Unless something is done to reverse this disastrous plan there will be no safety net for these very needy young people," he added.
Young people who have been helped by SAFE descended upon DCC headquarters in Matlock on Thursday to lobby Councillor Clare Neill, cabinet member for adult social care.
The authority is having to make a raft of difficult decisions as it bids to slash £157million from its budget as a result of Government cuts.
Nathan Harding, 19, of Chesterfield, has been receiving support from Framework for the past few months. The depression sufferer got into financial difficulty and feared he would end up homeless.
He said: "I've received vital, life-changing help and I'd urge DCC not to make this cut – a lot of people would end up in a lot of trouble."
Teresa Harding, a support worker at Framework, added: "We provide vital services to hundreds of vulnerable young men and women and I'm really concerned that many of them will get left behind if this plan goes ahead."
SAFE is urging members of the public to write to DCC leader Anne Western to oppose the proposals, which are set to be debated by county councillors next Tuesday before going out to a three-month consultation.
Cllr Neill said: "I have some very difficult decisions to make and I am fully aware that there will be very grave consequences to those decisions. If I don't cut this service, I have to cut another and I will be lobbied by the people who will be affected by that.
"I've asked SAFE to think about where the council wastes money and where we duplicate activities with other agencies. I would gladly cut money by improving how we do things rather than cutting services like this one. It is not a legal requirement for us to provide this service.
"Homelessness rests with the district and borough councils so if any young person becomes homeless as a result of the cuts to this service they would need to contact those authorities."


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Raising money for charity while having fun. Dinner Dances, Golf Competitions, Sunday Lunches, High Teas & Barbecues. With the cost of the food at all events being donated back to the named charity.
The owners of London Beach Hotel, Spa and Golf Course were born and raised in Zambia. They retain numerous business and personal links to the Country and to the Continent as a whole and are always keen to help any charity fundraising activities orientated towards Central and Sub-Saharan Africa. This has been extended to include good works and charitable activities in and around Tenterden and the Weald, as this is where London Beach Country Hotel, Spa and Golf Club is located and the owners are committed to supporting the local community, especially the Tenterden Day Centre that is such a valuable resource for our older residents.
To this end, London Beach, through its association with its own Charitable Trust, is now geared to offer numerous novel and potentially lucrative fund raising opportunities. For example, £3,500 was recently raised for TEPTA, a Tenterden school PTA, simply by the school holding its Summer Ball at the Hotel with 100% of the food value being donated back to the school.
A number of sports clubs have also raised funds through the scheme from lunches, golf days and other functions.
London Beach is is proud to support local communities, sports organisations and charities to help raise funds for good causes local to kent causes as well as Zambian and African causes over the last few years. The Charity Events at London Beach raise much needed funds with the total value of the food bill (excluding drinks) being donated back to the specified Charity at each function.
If you would like any further information about how to organise such an event please contact Sue on 01580 766279 or firstname.lastname@example.com. To see details of donations for various events at The London Beach Hotel visit our Blog where there is a monthly record of the activities. London Beach Charity Blog http://www.londonbeach.com/Charity-Blog/
To download our charity Press Release with more information Click Here.
Sunday Lunches
The value of your meal will be donated to a Local Charity of your choice (excluding drinks). Min of 4 people maximum 100 Booking Essential.
Dinner Dances
For a more formal occasion why not organise a dinner and dance or special lunch. All the money spent on food (excluding drinks) will be donated back to your chosen charity and your guests will enjoy a delicious dinner prepared by our expert chefs.
Cream Teas
A delicious Cream Tea with Scones, clotted cream and luscious strawberries plus raspberry or strawberry jam and a pot of tea.


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The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission is going after Apple for advertising the new iPad as 4G capable, even though it's not compatible with their networks. The ACCC says they're after "injunctions, pecuniary penalties, corrective advertising and refunds to consumers affected" in this case. Simply enough, Australian LTE operates on on 1800 MHz, while the two new iPad models currently available run on 700 MHz and 2100 MHz. Presumably, Apple will offer support for a wider variety of LTE flavors eventually, but for the time being, Australians and others will have to make do with 3G if they want cellular data on their new iPad.
Telstra, Vodafone, and Optus are both saying the new iPad has "ultrafast wireless" instead of 4G in their banners, but the proper model name for the new iPad in their online shops comes with "Wi-Fi + 4G" tacked on the end, so it's easy to imagine some consumers being mislead. As AT&T has proven, the definition of "4G" is very flexible these days, but it's good to see that marketing wordplay doesn't fly in Australia; with any luck, the ACCC will win this case and get the carriers and Apple to change around the branding.
Australia was one of the first regions to get the new iPad, having joined Canada, the U.S., U.K, France and lots of others on March 16. In fact, it was the first country to put it on sale, and was where the new iPad was disassembled for our viewing pleasure.
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Ahh, I have so many points I want to bring up in thist post!
1. Looking a little bit like Joey Ramone in these glasses, huh? I don't know what it is, maybe my hair?
2. I have Photoshop again! And it's NOT Elements! I had looots of fun editing these photos, and it reminded me of what I love about photo editing and graphics making, LIKE MY NEW BANNER.
3. My hair! Buzzed the side of it, and now I look like a dyke...but that's okay, because at least I look less like a thirteen year old in real life. I'm thinking of curling the rest of my hair sometime, and see how that turns out.
4. I'll be getting an iPhone soon, so you know what that means? INSTAGRAM POSTS! ♥ Are you stoked? No? That's okay.
5. SOULMATES is still on its way; packaging materials have arrived, and though I'm running a little short on cord for a few pendants, I'm gonna try to get my butt into gear, finish up the photos, and start listing items. I'll announce an official date soon.
6. Are you jelly of my brass claw earrings from L.S.D.? Won 'em on Clothed Cameleon's blog. How unimaginably lucky am I?


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If he's only curious about Good Friday, a New Testament would suffice. Or maybe "Christ the Conqueror of Hell" by Met. Hilarion Alfeyev, though I've not read it myself.
If he's more interested in Christianity in general, "Surprised by Christ" by Fr James Bernstein, a Jewish convert to Orthodoxy, might be of interest.
Google search revealed this
I need something like it, longer, more detailed and Orthodox of course....


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- Status : Released
- Release Date of film : 1987-11-13
- Original title : The Running Man
- Tagline : A game nobody survives. But Schwarzenegger has yet to play.
- Movie Genre : Science Fiction,
- Languages spoken : English
- Film Note : -movie_rating-
- Societies of production : Braveworld Productions
- Vote Count : 132
- Duration of movie : 101
- Average rate : 6.2
- Youtube Id : -youtube_id-
- Arnold Schwarzenegger Character (Ben Richards)
- Richard Dawson Character (Damon Killian)
- Mara Conchita Alonso Character (Amber Mendez)
- Yaphet Kotto Character (William Laughlin)
- Jim Brown Character (Fireball)
- Jesse Ventura Character (Captain Freedom)
- Erland van Lidth Character (Dynamo)
- Marvin J. McIntyre Character (Harold Weiss)
- Gus Rethwisch Character (Buzzsaw)
- Professor Tanaka Character (Subzero)
- Mick Fleetwood Character (Mic)
- Franco Columbu Character (911 Security Officer)
- Sven-Ole Thorsen Character (Sven)
- Dweezil Zappa Character (Stevie)
- Karen Leigh Hopkins Character (Brenda)
- Edward Bunker Character (Lenny)
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