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Suzuki Vitara Suzuki Vitara - ID 1269
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Situated in the north-eastern part of Romania, Iasi is the most important city in Moldavia. From a cultural standpoint, Iasi is the first city to ever publish a newspaper in Romania and the first Romanian university was established here. For many centuries, it has been a very significant trading crossing point, making the connection between Poland, Hungary, Russia and Constantinople. When in Iasi, you need to at least visit some of its monasteries (Cetatuia Monastery or Galata Monastery), take a romantic stroll through the Copou Park and visit the Moldavian History Museum, the Art Museum or the Natural History Museum. Iasi is a universe on its own and it's worth becoming a part of it even if temporarily.
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Sixties muppet coat
Added Dec 3, 2012
by janelee1984
London, United K...
I have had this fabric in my stash for a whole year. The idea was to make a cape, but it turns out that I look terrible in all capes, so that plan was abandoned. According to the shop it was 'Italian wool- ex Prada stock'. I thought this was probably nonsense, but I took advice and did a burn test, and it is indeed wool of some kind (it stank!), though probably not merino as that makes me itch.
The pattern is V8860. World's easiest coat pattern, which is a good job because it was my first coat. Turns out coats= not that scary. The only change I made to the instructions was to bag the lining instead of lining the sleeves separately, because that just seemed silly,
The pattern has quite a bit of ease. I measured the pieces and went for a 10. I have a 36 inch bust measurement, and I could definitely fit a big jumper under it. The lining is from Abakhan's, and the buttons are too. They were dirt cheap, and I slightly regret skimping on them, but I was so certain it was going to go horribly wrong that I didn't want to spend the extra money. I also interlined with a piece of micro fleece I got on ebay. This has made the coat really warm, but also breathable. However, the fleece is stretchy, and the lining is not. Some bad stuff happened attaching the lining to the interlining. I will definitely fork out for Thermolam next time.
For all the problems I do really like it. I think it looks kinda Twiggy meets Fraggle Rock. In the Spring I think I will make the hooded view in a waxed cotton with a fun lining. It has got me over my coat fear, and I'm keen to start burning through all the wool in my stash.
Material Notes
Wool outer, polyester lining, fleece interlining
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Jan 13, 2013, 11.20 AMby nelluzza
really lovelyan :) and by the way i see the fabric to fit better with the line of this coat,rather than the cape you wanted to make. thanks God you waited a year! keep on sewing XXX
Dec 3, 2012, 08.39 PMby Mary Athey
I love.the.shape.of.this.on.you. The fabrics lovely.as well.and.it.does.have a.60.s.look x
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Dec 3, 2012, 09.28 PMby janelee1984
Thanks so much, that's really kind. I normally don't go for tent like things, but this is super comfy. Definitely investing in some turtle neck sweaters and mini skirts to go with it!
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A KosherEye Heirloom Recipe
My aunt Ruthy, who came to America from Sziedlce, Poland, never learned to write English – just Yiddish. This recipe was written down by her sister Rose, step by step, in real time, as the recipe was made. The flour was actually measured in a Yahrtzeit glass. We have updated the measurements.
4 eggs, lightly beaten
1/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup oil (canola)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup orange juice
4 teaspoons baking powder
4 – 5 cups flour
4 large apples - peeled and sliced thin (we suggest gala apples)
1/2 cup sugar and 2 teaspoons cinnamon
8 ounces strawberry, plum or peach jams
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons sugar
1/4 additional cup oil (canola)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease a 9 x 13–inch baking pan and set aside. For easy clean-up, you may wish to line the pan with parchment.
Mix dough ingredients together either by hand or with a dough hook until typical dough consistency. Separate dough into 2 pieces and roll each to fit size of pan. Place and stretch dough to fit bottom of pan; it will be rustic, not perfect.
Spread all of jam on top of dough. Add all of apples; spreading to cover the dough. Then sprinkle on a mixture of 1/2 cup sugar and 2 teaspoons cinnamon. Top with the second piece of rolled dough.
Brush 1/4 additional cup of oil on top of strudel. Sprinkle with mixture of 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and 2 teaspoons sugar. Cut into squares with a sharp knife (cut all the way through).
Bake 30-40 minutes or until brown.


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CITY OF NEWBURGH — The family of a Newburgh man shot and killed by a state trooper during a struggle following a traffic stop in October will ask the U.S. Attorney's office to investigate the case.
CITY OF NEWBURGH — The family of a Newburgh man shot and killed by a state trooper during a struggle following a traffic stop in October will ask the U.S. Attorney's office to investigate the case.
That announcement came Monday as the Orange County District Attorney's office said a grand jury had completed its investigation of the shooting, and no charges will be brought against the trooper.
The grand jury's findings were filed in Orange County Court about 11 a.m.
About 90 minutes later, after meeting with members of the district attorney's staff at its City of Newburgh office, about a dozen members of the late William Curlin "Curley" Baynes' family had a news conference accompanied by two lawyers.
Derek Sells, one of the lawyers, said the family does not accept the grand jury's findings as the final word, and they will call on the U.S. Attorney's Office to investigate and bring federal civil rights charges against Trooper David Ruderfer.
"They want him to explain why he shot an unarmed man in the back," Sells said.
"We want justice," added Harold Baynes, the dead man's father.
The U.S. Attorney's office had no comment.
According to a statement released Monday by District Attorney Frank Phillips, Ruderfer stopped Baynes' car at about 7:35 p.m. Oct. 4 near the intersection of routes 32 and 300 in the Town of Newburgh.
After the stop, the two men struggled. Ruderfer fired a single shot from his service weapon, fatally wounding Baynes, 51.
Phillips said an autopsy found Baynes had an undisclosed quantity of heroin and crack cocaine in his esophagus, indicating he'd tried to swallow them just before he died.
Sells said he has not seen the autopsy report but said the presence of drugs did not justify the shooting.
Authorities have not yet said why Ruderfer stopped Baynes nor what started the fight between the two men. Phillips said he could not say more because of secrecy rules governing the grand jury process.


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Just as with Java, Scilab is able to interact with any code written in Python thanks to its PIMS module.
Through an interconnection with Python interpreter, Scilab calculation engine can exchange transparently while using Scilab data types to code written in Python. This extension intrinsically supports Python advanced data structures (Dict, Set, Tuple, etc.) but also Numpy ones.
For example, the following Scilab code makes a call to "math" Python package and call the "eye" function:
pythonMath = pyImport("math", %f) a=pythonMath.ceil(2.5); a == 3
PIMS is an output of OASIS R&D project, funded by Systematic Paris-Région competitiveness cluster.


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Creve Coeur Lake
Total Maximum Daily Load, or TMDL, Water Body Record
Creve Coeur Lake
Approved Nov. 19, 2001
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, approved the TMDL document for Creve Coeur Lake, WBID 7255, in St. Louis County.
303(d)-listed pollutant:
- Chlordane.
To address the listed pollutant, a TMDL was calculated for:
- Chlordane.
Documents in this record:
- Approved Creve Coeur Lake TMDL.
- Creve Coeur Lake TMDL Information Sheet.
- EPA approval letter - This includes the EPA Region 7 TMDL Review pages in which they document how this TMDL meets all of their requirements.
- Submittal letter transferring the TMDL to EPA for approval.
- Comments and responses - The department received no comments during the public notice period, which was from Aug. 3 to Sept. 2, 2001.


text: Hello Clonetrooper friends. I have completed my Clone Pilot tutorial and am moving onto a Clonetrooper suit tutorial. I have been building these suits since 2005 and plan to share some of my tips and tricks with you here. I have build around 10 suits for myself, friends and local 501st members. Hopefully this tutorial can help you with your build. Maybe I can also learn some new tricks and ideas from fellow board members. Once the tutorial if finished the suit will be for sale. Please contact me if you are interested. Please feel free to add to the discussion. We are going to take a pile of plastic, reins and rubber and turn it into something like this! These photos were taken a few weeks ago at Wonder Con in San Francisco. As you can see, the suit can be made to fit troopers big and small. The bigger troopers in these photo's are around 6'1" and the smaller ones are around 5'8".


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Make new international connections, meet fellow Startup Entrepreneurs, and network for jobs - all while enjoying great conversation and the best events in SF!
Why limit your business ideas to just a US market? Mingle with people from many different cultures and backgrounds to see if your ideas would work well on a global level. Maybe you'll find a gap in the international market that you never knew existed - all while enjoying the best events in the city!
Hope to see you at our next event! Because the best way to network for jobs and make new business connections is by casually meeting like minded people from different industries around the globe.


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Kanye West Says DW Twitter Account Is 'Fake'
Kanye West is ready to take the fashion world by storm with his womenswear line DW Collection. Which means a new Twitter page called DWByKanye, right? Wrong.
This would have been a good branding tactic for Mr. West — being able to attract other fellow designers to his account. But, after news broke assuming the account was linked to his, he tweeted the following update: "I really appreciate the fake DW twitter page but since it's not official I can't co sign any information on it."
There were only a few tweets of wisdom under the account. On Jan. 1 a tweet was posted saying, "Art filled opportunity. 2012 and beyond." In another, dated Jan. 2, it states, "Art knows no boundaries."
So far, the Twitter account is following only a few fashion mavens including A.P.C. founder Jean Touitou, Central St. Martins, model Anja Rubik and of course, Ye. Interestingly, Yeezy has been linked to Rubik and mentions her name in his 2010 leaked song, 'Christian Dior Flow.'
As we previously reported, West is making London his home base for his DW clothing line, simply called Kanye West. The DW design stands for his late mother, Dr. Donda West. He's expected to debut his collection during Paris Fashion Week in March.


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I was wondering if there was a compiled list of (presumed) bugs? Should we have a sticky?
I noticed Lifelike Toad takes strong damage from Poison Fang even though Poison Fang as being is strong against critters.
A Bandicoon used Tongue Lash against my undead pet and the first hit of TL killed my pet. At that point my pet revived and the Bandicoon took dot damage that killed it. Then the Bandicoon's corpse continued with 2 more hits from Tongue Lash!
Often times when battling the Beasts of Fable XP and/or "end of battle heal" health won't be rewarded, but sometimes it will.
I'm sure there are more bugs. What have you seen?


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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Catholic News Service is now on the ground in Port-au-Prince preparing to cover the recovery efforts of thousands of relief workers who are trying their best to aid hundreds of thousands of injured and homeless earthquake victims.
Even 17 days after the quake hit, people remain in great need. Thousands of people have taken up residence in city parks and public space in what can be described as sheet communities. Few people have tents. The overwhelming majority are using tarps, plastic sheeting, bed sheets, curtains, blankets tied to trees and posts with rope for shelter. Fortunately, the rain has held off for days.
The traffic coming into town today was backed up for blocks. Often our bus, which was filled with about 20 relief workers — including a team of trauma and orthopedic specialists from the University of Maryland Medical Center; representatives of the Haitian Ministries program of the Diocese of Norwich, Conn.; and a foursome of social workers from Caritas Lebanon — had to wait in traffic for up to 15 minutes in the congested Haitian capital.
The noisy, exhaust-laden air is good though because that means fuel is making its way into the country again.
"If you look at the traffic, it looks like things are getting back to normal," Farid Moises, project manager for Catholic Relief Services Haiti in Port-au-Prince, told CNS late this afternoon. "But people are living with anxiety that we will have another, bigger (quake)."
At some collapsed buildings the bus passed, people could be seen digging by hand through mounds of rubble. What they were looking for is anyone guess. Loved ones or friends? Salvageable possessions? Hope?
Photographer Bob Roller and I will continue our journey through Haiti for the next week, documenting the impact of the quake on this poor country and its beleaguered people.


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I suppose I am due for an update. I have been working on the Ultra series robots, Mega and Max. I have been updating UltraMega, aka Mega, eventhough it has been retired.
There were some wiring issues where the ISP header wasn't making good connections, and so updating the firmware was a problem. Also, the IR Sensors were on the same connector, so this had to be fixed as well. So I made these changes to Mega.
Also, replacing the AT90S8515 with the ATMega8515 was done since AVR Studio 4 doesn't support the older chip, and I'm using the AVR ISP MKII. Now, Mega and Max have the same code, and are able to run more or less the same.
At this time, Mega has a 2 IR sensors, and is able to do some basic obstacle avoidance routines. Another behavior that Mega has is the ability to get unstuck if it gets snagged somewhere. It seems to work pretty well. I'm fairly impressed, and it resembles seeing a child get out of some issue in its environment, and it seems as if they are learning. However, Mega is not learning, but given certain states of it's sensors, it triggers the behavior to get unstuck. I will do some more basic stuff with Mega, then have it running around again, for demonstrations, etc.
[Later I will probably have Mega and Max in some robot team tasks.]
The progress on Max is steady. I added the XBee Interface, so now Max may be controlled remotely, via serial commands. This is mainly for telemetry purposes, such as sensor and odometry debugging. I have added some code to read the odometry encoders, and later will add the code for speed control. It's not getting the wheel rotation fast enough, so I'm still working on the ISR code.
I have also been working with the I2C Compass and Ultrasonic Sensors with the Arduino. The Compass seems to work pretty well, as I have an actual analog compass (from my Orienteering days) to test the accuracy of the Digital Compass. I have also installed the Digital Compass in a plastic case to mount away from any magnetic/metallic objects.
The Ultrasonic sensors are impressive, as the readings are coming in real-time. I am thinking of getting a few more of these, since they work so well. I am thinking of adding the Ultrasonic sensors and the analog GP2D12 IR Sensors to the front of Max's chassis. Experiments with the correct placement will be done, for best results. On the left and right sides, I will also place some GP2D12 sensors as well, for wall following, and other behaviors.
I have also gotten the shell for Max's body, and it is nice and slick looking. I'm doing some tinkering to see what mounting method works best, something that's easy for the body to either remove, or open to work on the innards of Max's base. I also just picked up some threaded rods, to install on Max's chassis, to add a couple of decks.
I'll try and take some pictures and vids, so please stay tuned…lots to do…til next time.


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LAFAYETTE — Students and tourists have been flocking to the small Acadian town of Arnaudville to soak up the French language and culture.
In Vacherie, a rural community about 20 miles north of Thibodaux, employees of a plantation home offer tours in French.
Across south Louisiana, scholars say, a younger generation is finding pride in a language that has been in a deep decline in the state named for a French king.
For those struggling to revive the language in Louisiana, the cause is morphing from education initiatives to a focus on business.
"We have tens of thousands of students who are taking French as a second language and nearly 4,000 in French immersion learning environments," said Joseph Dunn, executive director of the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana, the state agency charged with developing the language. "We've got to be looking to create opportunities for them, so they are eventually anchored in this linguistic identity."
Forty years ago, about 1 million people in Louisiana could speak French fluently. Today, CODOFIL estimates, about 150,000 people in Louisiana are fluent in the language.
The decline is due, in large part, to natural attrition — the deaths of people who spoke French as their primary language at home. The state's declaration of English as the legally-recognized language and attempts by educators in the 1920s to punish children who spoke French on school grounds led to the social and economic decline of French, Dunn said.
In 1968, the state created CODOFIL, which has been promoting French education and recruiting native speakers from Francophone countries to teach in Louisiana classrooms.
CODOFIL also plays a part in developing Louisiana immersion teachers. In the past two years, the agency broadened its efforts to include economic development and tourism in French.
Dunn pointed to his former workplace — Laura Plantation — as an example of how the French language boosts the economy. Located in the St. James Parish community of Vacherie, the plantation home attracts about 15,000 to 20,000 Francophone visitors annually and maintains at least four French-speaking tour guides on its roster to handle the demand for tours in French, said Jay Schexnaydre, assistant manager of Laura Plantation. Those tourists are spending $20 to tour the plantation, and while in the area they will likely tour other sites, eat at local restaurants or stay overnight at local accommodations, Schexnaydre said.
Focusing on the economic angle, CODOFIL is launching a "Franco-responsable" program, encouraging French speakers who own businesses or provide services to do business in French. The program — its name means "French responsible" — is designed to encourage French speakers to take responsibility for promoting the language in their daily lives and at work.
Participating businesses will be identified with a "Franco-responsable" sticker. The program, still under development, is an update on a program initiated about 30 years ago that identified businesses with another sticker: "Ici on parle fran�ais" or "French is spoken here."
The goal, Dunn said, is to create a statewide database accessible to tourists and Louisiana residents.
"It's important and essential for the people in Louisiana who speak French to take personal and professional responsibility for their linguistic identity," he said. "French is spoken across the state. We want to begin to build that network."
The new CODOFIL initiative is encouraging to business owners like Lori Johnson Walls, owner of Johnson's Boucani�re in Lafayette. The small restaurant and meat store is an homage to her family's grocery store and meat market, Johnson's Grocery in Eunice, started by her grandfather, who spoke little English.
Her father, Wallace Johnson, as a young boy would take care of the English-speaking customers in his family's store. Johnson, now 85, learned English before he started school for practical reasons — to play with "the little American boy" who lived near his house.
It was also for practical reasons that he and his wife didn't teach French to their daughter. "When we wanted to say something we didn't want her to hear, we said it in French," Johnson said.
Walls matched her dad's smile. "They spoke French a lot around Christmas," she said.
Walls learned French in school and can understand conversations better than she can speak the language.
Her dad is the resident-speaker in the shop, conversing with French-speaking customers, both locals and tourists, who visit.
"We're about continuing the Cajun tradition, and the language is another way to show commitment to those traditions," Walls said.
Johnson said he's not worried about the decline in French speakers. He said he still hears the language spoken between Lafayette and his hometown of Eunice.
Scholars such as Thomas Klingler and Amanda LaFleur sense a renewed advocacy for the language — among both old and young Louisiana French speakers.
"The inter-generational transmission of the language at home is certainly in decline and very furiously threatened, but we are also witnessing, currently, a real enthusiasm for maintaining French, largely among the younger generation who did not learn the language in the home, but in school and in immersion programs," said Klingler, an associate professor of French and head of the French and Italian department at Tulane University.
Klingler and LaFleur, coordinator of Cajun studies at LSU, have both taken groups of their students for field experiences in Arnaudville, a town of about 1,100 some 30 miles north of Lafayette, to document native speakers' dialects and stories and to learn more about cultural traditions. A group of French speakers in town is marketing Arnaudville as a place for tourists and university students to experience the language and culture.
In Arnaudville, the "Franco-responsable" movement is already underway and it's encouraging locals to speak "en francais."
"Many French speakers in Louisiana are not quite aware of the potential positive effect that speaking French in their public lives can have on the cultural and economic well-being of the area," said LaFleur.
And the more the language is heard, the easier it will be for even the most timid of speakers to begin practicing what they know, she said.
"It's sometimes tough to overcome what we call the 'honte' factor, a sort of shyness that comes from not being quite convinced that our French is 'good enough,'" LaFleur said.
"But most things worth doing involve sticking our necks out."
Interest in French turns into growing business
LAFAYETTE — Students and tourists have been flocking to the small Acadian town of Arnaudville to soak up the French language and culture.


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While his attorney maintained John P. Heaney III was suffering from a medical condition in a double-fatal crash in July 2010, the prosecution insisted today that his behavior that day was the result of recklessness and negligence.
While his attorney maintained John P. Heaney III was suffering from a medical condition in a double-fatal crash in July 2010, the prosecution insisted today that his behavior that day was the result of recklessness and negligence.
Closing arguments in Heaney's trial came this afternoon following one last doctor's testimony, which had been recorded at a previous date. Dr. Mitchell Roslin, a prosecution witness, spoke of his expertise in the subject of hypoglycemic issues following gastric bypass surgery. He said he didn't believe that's what happened to Heaney on July 1, 2010.
"He is different and it's going to have a different impact," Roslin said of the alcohol Heaney ingested that day. "I believe alcohol was more of a factor than hypoglycemia seeing as he left a bar and not a bakery before the accident."
He called the likelihood of such a severe episode of low blood sugar to disable Heaney that day as "exceedingly rare to nonexistent" considering Heaney's previous medical history.
Heaney, a former Plainfield, N.J., police officer from Lopatcong Township, was driving north on Route 512 near the Bangor border when he collided with a caravan of motorcyclists from the Last Chance Motorcycle Club, a group committed to sobriety. The collision instantly killed riders Keith Michaelson, 52, and Micahel Zadoyko, 47. Four others were injured in the crash.
Judge Paula Roscioli this afternoon instructed jurors on the charges they must evaluate. Deliberations lasted into the night without a decision.
Earlier in the day, Heaney had been fishing and drank about 24 ounces of beer during lunch. He later stopped at Jacksonian Democratic Club in Bangor after feeling ill and consumed a few more drinks totaling about two ounces more of vodka. The collision occurred only three minutes after leaving the club.
Heaney's attorney, Dennis Charles, said in closing arguments that the prosecution in the case failed to establish that the 50-year-old was drunk when he plowed into the motorcyclists. Instead, Charles told the jury, his client suffered a severe hypoglycemic attack set on by low blood sugar.
Heaney had gastric bypass surgery in April 2008 and was susceptible to hypoglycemia since, doctors testified. Charles argued that his client was a man of strong character who didn't drink much and would never have gotten behind the wheel drunk.
"He's honest and he's law-abiding. He's sober. And he's worth saving," Charles told the jury during closing arguments. "He's an innocent victim in this case. They all were."
The same surgery Charles worked to explain the crash is being used by the prosecution to explain why a small amount of alcohol could have impaired Heaney.
Northampton County Assistant District Attorney Bill Blake walked the jury through testimony about Heaney's field sobriety test and video that showed him straying from walking a straight line. He said Heaney began to perform the tests for medics before being asked because he knew what was suspected.
Blake said Heaney failed to, at first, tell authorities he'd come directly from a bar. He also failed to tell anyone about fainting right before the crash or, Blake said, that he awoke to being assaulted. The story about who veered into whom was also inconsistent, Blake said, and Heaney declined to provide a blood sample at the DUI Center.
"He's changing his story because he knows he's guilty," Blake said.
The courtroom today was full of family and friends of the motorcyclists killed that day — including many members of the Last Chance Motorcycle Club — who dabbed their eyes during some of the arguments. Women in the front row visibly shifted in their seats when Blake mentioned the names of Michaelson, of West Milford, N.J., and Zadoyko, of Pompton Lakes, N.J.
Even if alcohol was not the cause of the crash, Blake said Heaney knew about his blood sugar issues and was negligent the day of the crash.
"He should have known that under those conditions, he was going to kill somebody or seriously hurt somebody," Blake said. "And guess what? He did both."


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U.S. Rep. Walter Jones visits ECU dialysis patients
At left, U.S. Rep. Walter Jones talks with dialysis patient Stanley Robinson of Ayden on Wednesday. Photo by Cliff Hollis
GREENVILLE, N.C. (Aug. 19, 2009) — U.S. Rep. Walter Jones visited dialysis patients in Greenville on Wednesday, calling for more research into kidney disease and discussing the importance of education and nutrition.
Jones visited the Fresenius Medical Care North America ECU Dialysis Center. Fresenius contracts with ECU physicians for patient care. Dr. Cynthia Christiano, ECU clinical assistant professor of internal medicine-nephrology, is the medical director of the facility. Mary Blick is Fresenius' area manager. Blick met with Jones in Washington, D.C., earlier this year and invited him to visit the center on Arlington Boulevard.
"We're very excited for the congressman to be here," Christiano said. "We want to heighten awareness and improve education and to use this as a starting point to improve the lives of our patients in eastern North Carolina."
The center has 38 beds and about 130 patients who typically receive dialysis three times a week for up to four hours each visit, Blick said. Dialysis is a method that removes waste from blood when the kidneys can no longer do it. Blood is pumped out, cleansed and put back in the body.
Kidney failure or end stage renal disease disproportionately affects minority populations specifically African-Americans, Native Americans and Hispanics. In 2006, North Carolina ranked 11th in the nation for the number of new cases of kidney failure per year and 10th for the number of people being treated for kidney failure, according to the U.S. Renal Data System.
Stanley Robinson of Ayden has been receiving dialysis for eight years. He arrives at the center by 5:30 a.m. each Monday, Wednesday and Friday for his usual four and half hours of treatment.
"It's saving my life. It's something I have to do. If you don't do what the doctors tell you, you're really in trouble," said Robinson, 50, who was diagnosed with high blood pressure in his 20s and began experiencing health complications in his late 30s.
"You know people are sick, you know people have health problems, but when you come to a facility like this, it's a vivid reminder of the health care problems people face," Jones said.
While Jones said there are no easy answers to the health care problems Americans face, he commended Fresenius and ECU for working together to provide care.
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Just a couple of weeks ago NVIDIA launched their 8600 series of cards with the 8600 GTS and 8600 GT. Aimed at the bread and butter price segment of the market, $150-$230, they produced a solid card that has great HD DVD / Blue-Ray Disc playback and will able to play upcoming DirectX 10 games. Today we are looking at the higher end model 8600 GTS from Albatron. Though they aren't one of most well known add-in card partners here in the states they do sell and support some great hardware. Let's take a look at what we got from them.
Albatron shipped us out a retail sample of their GeForce 8600 GTS. The card itself adheres to the NVIDIA reference design and is clocked at the speeds recommended by NVIDIA. This is a good move on their part as it ensures that you will get a quality part that is working at the designed and tested specifications. It means that barring a random part failure you will likely not have any problems with the card failing as some overclocked models may, if not designed correctly.
Looking at the front of our card we see a carbon look sticker with the Albatross logo, that Albatron is well known for, clearly displayed. Personally, I think the heat sink looks nice, not overdone or flashy. The rest of the card is set up just as NVIDIA intended it to be, with a single power connector on the right side, and an SLI adapter on the top. The core speed of the GPU underneath the heat sink is running at 675MHz while the 256MB of DDRIII memory is clocked at 1.0GHz.
On to the back side of the card we see various stickers displaying the part number and type, as well as a RoHS sticker, meaning the part is made from lead free materials. The card is equipped with two Dual-Link DVI connectors, both of which support up to 2560×1600 resolutions. It also includes a 9-pin S-Video style adapter that you can use for TV out functions.
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By Derek Bonnett: It was bound to happen. I've been having a ball over the past year ripping the sanctioning bodies for handing seemingly unworthy boxers title fights. My Title Shots Here! Getcha' Free Title Shot series has prompted numerous SecondsOut readers to reach out and voice their own disgust at some of the match-ups they feel are being peddled off as world championship caliber fights. But, alas, I got one wrong.
On April 14, Peru's Alberto Rossel, 28-8 (13), became an interim WBA world champion after outpointing previously unbeaten Jose Alfredo Rodriguez over 12 rounds. Now, I maintain that Rossel's work since losing his previous world title attempt against Hugo Fidel Cazares in 2010 did not merit a title shot. Even an interim title shot. His three wins over nondescript opposition did amount to a hill of teeth leading into this one. However, my error was made by looking heavily into Rossel and giving a pass to Rodriguez, whom had been matched softly. While he may have lost, Rossel possessed valuable experience his unbeaten opponent lacked. Rossel has tangled with such world caliber opponents as Cazares, Vusi Malinga, Luis Alberto Lazarte, Brian Viloria (twice), and Ivan Calderon throughout his career.
Numbers, it appears, can in fact lie. Looking over the landscapes of the boxing world today, there are a multitude of legitimately world class labeled fighters with non-threatening records number-wise. Some have made their names known while others are just a win away from permanently being removed from the "written off" list. light middleweight Carlos Molina, 19-5-2 (6), and lightweight Richard Abril, 17-3-1 (8), have recently risen to prominence in their respective weight classes in spite of spotty records. Here are some unheralded fighters, who just might climbs the ranks and shake up the boxing world if given the right opportunity.
1.) Garrett "The Ultimate Warrior" Wilson, 13-5-1 (7), hardly has the numbers on paper to send his opponents running for a softer touch. However, it's likely the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA native is going to find it harder and harder to line them up. At twenty-nine, Wilson has earned a number seven cruiserweight ranking by the IBF. After an 8-5 start to his career, Wilson has run off a 5-0-1 streak against his best opposition to date. In that run, Wilson drew with Andres Taylor, who was 16-1-1 at the time. In his last outing this month, he stopped Taylor in the twelfth to gain revenge. Amid that streak, Wilson also overturned a fourth round TKO loss to Omar Sheika by nearly shutting Sheika out at the close of 2011. One-time prospect Aaron Williams, then 20-2-1, got TKO'd by Wilson in seven. Chuck Mussachio, 17-1-2 going in, fell by twelfth round TKO as well. Wilson currently holds both the NABF and USBA cruiserweight titles, so additional rankings are bound to arise as long as he can keep winning. Whether he can compete with the top ten of today's cruiserweight division remains to be seen, but I'd love to see him take on SecondsOut's number ten ranked Mateusz Masternak to find out.
"I lack an extensive amateur background. That is what I contribute most of my losses to," Wilson stated. "I learn pretty quickly, but not being able to experience different styles and techniques is one of the biggest setbacks that I had early in my career. Also, I wasn't sure what weight I was most comfortable. So, I fought in three different weight classes from super middle to cruiserweight. Some would say the fact that I will fight anyone at any time is a contributing factor [to my spotty record], but that hasn't changed. I was willing to fight Aaron Williams, Andres Taylor, and Omar Sheika. However, being closer to a world title means I have to be a little more selective."
2.) Kerry Hope, 17-3 (1), may have a power shortage in his fists, but his career is at an all-time high. The unlikely middleweight contender crashed the world rankings last month after scoring a majority decision over unbeaten contender Grzegorz Proksa. Proksa was coming off a career defining third round stoppage of former world champion Sebastian Sylvester. Now, Hope has gone from being unranked to number five under the WBA and thirteenth by the IBF. Prior to the Proksa victory there wasn't that much for Hope to be hopeful about. He had twice been stopped by Matthew Hall and Taz Jones. Most recently, he lost a decision to Caleb Truax in 2009. Hope is riding a five bout win-streak and owns the European middleweight title. Hope's prospect of winning another significant bout at 160 are good, but his lack of pop will surely make it difficult against the division's elite. An all United Kingdom clash with recent world title challengers Darren Barker or Matthew Macklin would make for solid match-ups all round.
"I don't consider myself a dishonest person, but my record will always tell a lie," Hope expressed. "It feels great to be European Champion, but I have three defeats and one KO. The nature of the defeats need to be looked at and I punch a lot harder than the knockout stats suggest. But as an whole I enjoy being underestimated."
3.) Carson Jones has been on a lengthy run to overcome a rough start to his career. At 33-8-2 (23), Jones is a very well-seasoned twenty-five year old. The welterweight contender has earned a number three IBF ranking and the USBA welterweight title in spite of early career losses to such notable names as Alfonso Gomez, Freddy Hernandez, Roberto Garcia, and Jesus Soto-Karass. Jones is on a seven fight win-streak since a disputed split decision loss to Rogerio Pereira in 2009. Among his best achievements are stoppages of then unbeaten Tyron Brunson, Said Ouali, and Ricardo Williams Jr. Those last two came in his latest bouts. Jones has an April 26 bout scheduled against Allen Conyers to keep busy. However, with Mike Jones and Randall Bailey squaring off for the vacant IBF crown on June 9, Carson Jones could be eying the number one contender slot before too long. Mark my words, whomever emerges as IBF champion on June 6, that man will lose his title should he defend his title against Carson Jones.
"I think an advantage is my age. I'm still very young and also very, very strong-willed which might have helped enable me to overcome those losses," Jones explained. "Better yet, the biggest advantage may very well be the eight losses. It's kind of give me a cloaking device and allows me to sneak up on opponents. After seeing the eight losses, they are surprised when they get in the ring what they are up against."
4.)Armando "Ichiro Ozeki" Torres, 31, has been professional since 1998. In his debut he outpointed eventually two-time world title challenge Shingo Yamaguchi. In his final bout of 2011, he avenged an early third round TKO loss to Sammy Gutierrez by stopping "Guty" in eight rounds to gain the WBC Silver light flyweight title. The win nabbed Torres a number five ranking by the WBC. However, in between his debut and the rematch win over Gutierrez, Torres went 15-9. That was after a 7-0 start! Also adding to Torres' loss column were world rated Juan Carlos Reveco, Ganigan Lopez, and Juan Palacios. Torres has amassed a two fight win-streak to raise his record to 18-9 (13). Win-streaks have never been Torres' cup of tequila, so it's very unclear how long this one will last. However, with his silver belt, he might be able to land a title shot. In the meantime, I'd say let's settle the score once and for all. Torres-Gutierrez III, anyone?
5.) Mario "Dragoncito" Rodriguez has nearly as many blemishes on his record as he does wins. At 13-6-4 (9), Rodriguez, 23, now holds the NABF minimumweight championship, a number five ranking by the WBC, and a number nine ranking by the IBF. In spite of a 10-5-3 record, Rodriguez found himself in a world title bout with then WBO champion Donnie Nietes. Although he lost a unanimous decision, it set him on his current 3-0-1 streak which includes a draw with then 14-0 Pedro Guevara, a decision over unbeaten Manuel Jimenez, and a first round stoppage of 16-2 Karluis Diaz. Last time out, Rodriguez stoppage former "Cinderella Man" world champion Gilberto Keb Baas with a body shot KO in the fifth. Ganigan Lopez and Denver Cuello are scheduled to face off for a WBC title eliminator on May 19. Both are also currently the top two leading contenders for the IBF. Rodriguez' unlikely run might be coming to a close soon regardless, so he might has well take on the best available contender after these two. Fellow Mexican Juan Hernandez would make for an excellent choice.
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April 26, 2012
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WASHINGTON (AP) — John Wall scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half as the Washington Wizards took advantage of a rare off-game from hometown star Kevin Durant in a 96-81 win over the Thunder on Saturday night that stopped Oklahoma City's 10-game winning streak.
Two days after being selected to the All-Star game for the first time, Wall also had 15 assists and six steals and went 7 for 11 from the field after halftime, more than making up for an 0-for-7 first half. Trevor Ariza added 18 points and did a solid job defending Durant, whose 26 points came on 8-for-21 shooting, including 0 for 6 from 3-point range, along with five turnovers.
The victory moved the Wizards to .500 for the seventh time this season. A win Monday against Portland would give Washington a winning record for the first time since October 2009.
NEW YORK (AP) — LeBron James had 30 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, as Miami avoided a winless season in the Big Apple by ending New York's four-game winning streak.
Dwyane Wade added 22 points for the Heat, who avoided becoming the first team to go 0-4 in New York this season after losing on their previous trip to Madison Square Garden last month and both games in Brooklyn.
Carmelo Anthony had 26 points and eight rebounds for the Knicks, who had been 4-1 against the Heat over the last two seasons but were overmatched in this one. They finished 4-4 on their eight-game homestand, which matched the longest in franchise history.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jamal Crawford scored 27 points off the bench, and Blake Griffin had 25 points and 11 rebounds as Los Angeles pulled away in the third quarter to beat Utah.
The Clippers, looking to win their second straight division title, are 19-7 since Dec. 14 and 11-4 since All-Star point guard Chris Paul separated his right shoulder. They lead second-place Phoenix by 3½ games in the Pacific Division standings following the Suns' victory over Charlotte. DeAndre Jordan had 14 rebounds and 10 points during a foul-plagued 35 minutes.
Enes Kanter led Utah with 23 points and 14 boards, while teammates Derrick Favors and Jeremy Evans sat out with injuries. Favors has inflammation in his right hip, and Evans has a bruised tailbone and right elbow.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Paul George and Roy Hibbert both had 20 points as Indiana overcame an early deficit to beat Brooklyn.
Lance Stephenson, left out of the All-Star game despite leading the NBA in triple-doubles, added 14 points for the Pacers (36-10), who improved the league's best home record to 22-2. David West had 17 points and George Hill scored 10.
Shaun Livingston had a season-high 24 points for the Nets, who couldn't hold an early seven-point lead against the Eastern Conference leaders.
Joe Johnson, an All-Star selection, spent much of the night dueling with Stephenson and scored 16 for Brooklyn, which has lost three straight since starting January with 11 wins in 12 games.
PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — LaMarcus Aldridge had 27 points and 15 rebounds, and Damian Lillard hit a go-ahead free throw with 11.8 seconds as Portland pulled out the victory after holding off Toronto's furious second-half rally.
The Raptors wiped out a 19-point deficit to take a 103-102 lead on two free throws by DeMar DeRozan with 25 seconds remaining.
Lillard and Wesley Matthews scored 21 points apiece for Portland and Nicolas Batum added 18.
DeRozan finished with 36 points and 12 assists, doing most of his damage during a 30-point second half. He accounted for 22 of the Raptors' 26 second-half baskets with 12 field goals and 10 assists.
Kyle Lowry added 23 points for Toronto.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Tim Duncan had 23 points and 17 rebounds, and Tony Parker added 18 points and 10 assists as San Antonio snapped a three-game slide by rallying past skidding Sacramento.
Patty Mills scored 15 points and Boris Diaw added 14 for San Antonio.
Isaiah Thomas had 26 points, Rudy Gay scored 23 and Derrick Williams added 14 for Sacramento, which has lost seven straight.
After being outplayed by Gay and Thomas for much of the game, the veteran Spurs took over down the stretch to end their longest losing streak of the season.
Parker and Duncan scored San Antonio's final eight points.
HOUSTON (AP) — James Harden returned from injury to score 28 points and Jeremy Lin had his first career triple-double to lead Houston to its third straight win with the victory over Cleveland.
Dwight Howard added 26 points and Lin came off the bench to tally 15 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists.
Harden sat out the last two games with a bruised left thumb. It showed no signs of bothering him Saturday, when he also had four assists and three rebounds.
Luol Deng had 24 points and Kyrie Irving added 21 points and seven assists for Cleveland, which lost its fourth straight game.
AUBURN HILLS, Michigan (AP) — Andre Drummond had 22 points and 14 rebounds as Detroit's talented frontcourt overwhelmed short-handed Philadelphia.
Greg Monroe added 21 points and 12 rebounds. He and Drummond combined to go 18 of 21 from the field. Brandon Jennings and Kyle Singler added 20 points apiece for Detroit.
Philadelphia was without rookie of the year candidate Michael Carter-Williams, who sat out with a sore right shoulder. Tony Wroten led the 76ers with 18 points.
The Pistons have won back-to-back games at The Palace for the first time since their first two home games of the season. Detroit is 9-15 at home.
ATLANTA (AP) — Kyle Korver scored 24 points, including a trio of 3-pointers in a third-quarter stretch that gave Atlanta the lead, as the Hawks overcame Kevin Love's 43 points to beat Minnesota.
Paul Millsap, guarded by Love much of the night in a matchup of All-Stars, had 20 points and 13 rebounds before fouling out late in the game.
A jam by Minnesota's Corey Brewer with 2:55 remaining cut Atlanta's lead to 107-104. Jeff Teague, who had 19 points, drove for a layup and DeMarre Carroll's free throws pushed the lead to seven points.
Love's 3-pointer again trimmed the margin to three before Atlanta's Gustavo Ayon banked in an unlikely scoop shot to thwart the comeback attempt.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Anthony Davis scored 24 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead New Orleans past Chicago.
Tyreke Evans added 11 points for the Pelicans, who have won four of their past five games.
D.J. Augustin scored 23 points, Taj Gibson added 17 and Joakim Noah had 14 for Chicago.
Davis also blocked six shots and the Pelicans dominated in the paint, outscoring the Bulls 50-34.
New Orleans led 50-39 at the half, and with Davis dominating the middle the Pelicans maintained a double-digit lead for most of the second half.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Nick Calathes, subbing for an injured Mike Conley, scored a career-high 22 points as the surging Grizzlies defeated the Bucks.
Zach Randolph had 23 points and 10 rebounds for Memphis, which won its season-best sixth straight and 11 of 12 overall. Marc Gasol had 19 points and James Johnson scored 14.
Brandon Knight led Milwaukee with 23 points, including 18 in the second half. Knight also had seven assists and six rebounds. Ersan Ilyasova finished with 14 points and 13 rebounds for the Bucks, who have lost six in a row. Khris Middleton scored 12 points, while Larry Sanders and Caron Butler finished with 10 each.
The Grizzlies were playing their first game without Conley, the starting point guard who sprained his ankle in Friday night's win at Minnesota. The team announced before the game that Conley will miss at least a week.
PHOENIX (AP) — Goran Dragic scored 25 points and Phoenix made almost 57 percent of its shots through three quarters to defeat Charlotte.
Marcus Morris added 15 points for the Suns, who have won five straight games and seven of their last eight. It's the second time the Suns have won five in a row, matching their longest winning streak of the season.
Phoenix held Charlotte to 14 second-quarter points, the lowest total in that quarter for an opponent this season.
The Suns limited Al Jefferson, Charlotte's leading scorer, to just 10 points after he'd logged three straight 30-point games. He was 4 of 15 from the field and didn't play in the fourth quarter.
Reserve Anthony Tolliver led the Bobcats with 14 points and Jannero Pargo added 12 points and six assists.


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Oscar-winner Christopher Walken will talk about his life and career in "A Conversation with Christopher Walken" on Sunday, Feb. 17, at noon at Stratford's Scottish Rite Theatre, (formerly the Stratford Movie Theater), 2422 Main St..
This is the second in a series of American Shakespeare Theatre Alumni Talks to benefit the Stratford Arts Commission and th SCA, the Stratford Center for the Arts at the American Shakespeare Theatre.
Yours truly will conduct an on-stage interview and question-and-answer with Walken, a resident of Wilton, about his 40-plus years in stage, film and television.
Tickets are $25 and seating is general admission. VIP tickets with priority seating are available for $50 for the first few roads. Tickets may be reserved by calling 203-572-8177.
Walken played "Henry IV, Part One," and "Hamlet" in 1982, the latter directed by Peter Coe that also featured Anne Baxter, Chris Sarandon and Fred Gwynne.
Earlier this month actor Ed Asner spoke on behalf of the theater, talking about his career and his work at the American Shakespeare Theatre in 1959.
Walken won an Oscar for his supporting role in "The Deer Hunter" and received a nomination for "Catch Me If You Can."
His films include "Annie Hall," "Pulp Fiction," "Sleepy Hollow," "Batman Returns," "The Wedding Crashers,""Next Stop, Greenwich Village," "Biloxi Blues," "Pennies from Heaven," "Heaven's Gate," "At Close Range," "Hairspray," "A View to a Kill" (as the James Bond villain Max Zorn) and recently "Seven Psychopaths" and "A Late Quartet."
Walken, 69, worked as a child actor starting in 1953, during television's Golden Age. He received an Emmy nomination for Hallmark Hall of Fame's "Sarah, Plain and Tall." He hosted "Saturday Night Live" seven times. (A "Best of Christoper Walken SNL" DVD was released.)
Walken made his Broadway debut in 1958 in the play "JB" and as a chorus dancer in 1964's "High Spirits" and 1965's "Baker Street." His breakout stage role in New York was in 1966's "The Lion in Winter" where he played King Philip of France. That same year he was in a revival of Tennessee Williams' "The Rose Tattoo," which starred Maureen Stapleton. He played opposite Irene Worth in "Sweet Bird of Youth" in 1975. Other Broadway roles included "The Unknown Solider and His Wife," "The Merchant of Venice," "Hurly Burly," "James Joyce's "The Dead" and most recently, 2010's "A Behanding in Spokane."


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Here is a tribute to Sylvia Hatchell, an outstanding Gaston County native who has accomplished great things without ever forgetting who she is.
Last weekend, my wife Julia Lee, our son Josh and friend Lee Spencer were privileged to attend the enshrinement process for Coach Sylvia Hatchell as she was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass.
With more than 38 years of coaching women�s basketball and still counting, Sylvia and her teams have racked up 908 wins placing her second behind her mentor Pat Summitt (past coach at the University of Tennessee) for the most career wins. In addition, Sylvia has won three national championships, two at Francis Marion and one at North Carolina.
After all these years, Sylvia continues to impress having just been acknowledged as having the No. 1 recruiting class for year 2013. The wins are likely to continue.
But while all of her accomplishments have landed her among the greats, Rick Barry, John Wooden, Michael Jordan, our own James Worthy and Pat Summitt to name a few; Sylvia never lost touch with reality and her sense of purpose in life.
Great accomplishments are enhanced when the awards and ability to achieve them are balanced with an understanding of where �all good things come.� Sylvia never forgot that truth.
During her brief speech to those in attendance and millions watching by television, Sylvia spoke of the balance she has in life as she outlined the priorities (in order) that control her � faith, family, job!
Remembering her childhood growing up at Unity Baptist Church and high school at Hunter Huss, Sylvia spoke to the solid foundation she received during her formative years in Gastonia and Gaston County. Today she continues to come back and acknowledge her roots. Sylvia individually is responsible for starting and maintaining the annual Hunter Huss High School class reunion held at Ocean Drive each summer, where past Hunter Huss classmates ranging over a 10-year period congregate for fun, reminiscing and the rekindling of past friendships.
Gastonia, Gaston County all should be proud that Sylvia Rhyne Hatchell has achieved what so few will accomplish. Enshrinement into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class of 2013! Congratulations to Sylvia Hatchell and to her great accomplishments in coaching but more importantly in how she has lived and continues to live her life.
Walter and Julia Lee Payne are residents of Gastonia.


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Of all the things you were worried about before your baby's arrival, comforting her probably wasn't one of them. Of course you'd know how to calm her tears -- and what would she have to be fussy about anyway? Reality check: The average infant cries anywhere from two to three hours a day, and any pediatrician will tell you that a huge percentage of phone calls come from parents desperate to calm their cranky charges. Sure, you can go through the proverbial checklist of possible problems: Is the baby wet? Hungry? Tired? But for the times when you've exhausted those possibilities and your baby is still crying, turn to these inventive ideas discovered by weary moms like you. These twists work on the same principles as soothing techniques in standard baby books, but may be easier for you to manage. Here's to some peace and quiet at last:
Steady motion
The standard advice: Gently bounce or rock your baby from side to side.
Why it works: The experts call it "vestibular motion," but most moms don't need big words to understand that moving a baby up and down and around as you hold her almost always helps, at least for a bit. The rhythmic swaying is calming because it resembles the movement that infants got used to in the womb, says Paula Elbirt, M.D., author of Dr. Paula's House Calls to Newborns: Birth Through Six Months. But any mom who's ever done some midnight pacing with a wailing baby knows how exhausting that can be.
How moms add their own twist: Dana McMahan of Richmond, California, has her husband, Josh, to thank for a way to keep their twins in motion that doesn't involve walking: "We used to do that awkward bounce-and-hold as we walked around the room with our girls," she says. "But Josh figured that if he was going to bounce, he might as well sit down. So he sat on a fitness ball and held the girls in the crook of each arm, with their heads against his chest. It worked so well that we've used it ever since!" Emily Strong of Little River, California, discovered that using her stair-climbing machine calmed her 14-month-old, Eliza, who was miserable with an ear infection. As she waited for Eliza's meds to kick in, Strong held her and stepped up and down on the machine. "Thankfully, it worked when nothing else would distract her," she says.
Julie Tilsner is the author of Planet Parenthood and Attack of the Toddlers.
NoisemakersThe standard advice: Turn on a fan in the nursery.
Why it works: A baby's developing neurological system isn't able to tune out surrounding stimuli yet. White noise helps shut out everything else.
How moms add their own twist: Jill Whalen of Ashland, Massachusetts, stumbled into her kitchen late one night with her crying baby. She turned on the tap to get a drink of water -- and Timmy, 1 month old, stopped crying. She turned it off, and he started up again. On, off, on, off. And so it went, until his crying tapered off. Radio static worked equally well, and Timmy spent the first three months of his life listening calmly to nothing on the radio. "I just discovered this by mistake!" Whalen says. "I wish somebody had told me about it earlier."
Other moms find that, contrary to common wisdom, noises that are considered triggers for crying can be just the opposite. Jen Grogono figured out that her baby not only didn't pitch a fit in a restaurant, but the background din actually put him to sleep. The Austin, Texas, mom dined out a lot in those early days.
Unfortunately for Joyce Grzybek of Ramsey, New Jersey, her infant son, Kevin, quieted down only to the sound of the vacuum cleaner. But at least her carpets were spotless. Tape recordings of running water or the vacuum may work just as well (but your house won't be as clean).
Let's rideThe standard advice: Drive your baby around the block.
Why it works: You're actually combining steady motion and white noise, so it makes sense that a car ride can do the trick. But it's hardly convenient at 2:30 a.m.
How moms add their own twist: Baby-equipment manufacturers do a brisk business selling vibrating bouncy seats, but many moms make their own versions of the white-noise-movement combo. Cheri Schulzke, a Pleasant Grove, Utah, mom of four, turned to her clothes dryer whenever her babies wouldn't stop fussing. "I put the bouncy seat on top of a towel on the dryer, turned it on, and watched it work its magic. They loved the movement, the hum, and the warmth," she says. (Stay close by if you try this with your baby; the seat may bounce around.)
Sometimes even the notion of motion works. Deborah Phillips spent a lot of time driving her daughter, Megan, 6 weeks old, around the block of their Snohomish, Washington, home to calm her down enough to sleep. But late one desperate night, she simply brought the car seat inside and set it on the living room floor. "She nestled right in and fell sound asleep," Phillips says. "I could've saved a lot of gas if I'd thought of this earlier!"
Tune inThe standard advice: Play or sing soft lullaby music.
Why it works: Gentle, rhythmic melodies are time-tested calmers, that's for sure. If you sing a particular song at night as your baby drifts off to sleep, she may start to connect it to nodding off, so try that song first if she's fussing.
How moms add their own twist: Elisa Mikiten of Berkeley, California, says she knows several moms who rely on Bob Marley to soothe their babes. "I've also found that Paul Simon's Graceland works," she adds.
If a CD isn't handy, don't let a limited vocal range keep you from singing: Even if you're tone-deaf, the soft, crooning nature of your voice can calm your baby.
When Kim Frank of Albany, California, was pregnant, she spent a lot of time listening to a popular drumming circle that jammed every day in a local park -- maybe that's why her son, Lev, 9 months, instantly quiets whenever his dad starts to play his West African drum.
The right touchThe standard advice: Give your baby a gentle massage.
Why it works: Touch stimulates pressure receptors in the brain that calm your baby. Research shows that long, smooth strokes work better than short, brisk ones.
How moms add their own twist: "One trick that worked with my two girls was to stroke their cheek with the tips of my index and middle finger," says Rajean Blomquist of Huber Heights, Ohio. "My older daughter, who's now 10, still asks me to do this whenever she's feeling stressed."
My own daughter, Anna, loves a back scratch -- never a massage. It calmed her down in her earliest months, and five years later it still succeeds at putting her to sleep fast.
Many moms swear by the water method: giving their baby a bath. Use either an infant tub or the sink, and support her body the whole time. The sound of the running water and the warm touch on her skin will do the rest.
Tone it downIf you've tried everything and your child is still worked up, maybe you're trying too hard. Some young babies don't like to be handled as much and need to be left alone before being able to fall asleep. "Sometimes they just need to cry a bit before they conk out," says Ann Froese-Fretz, R.N., director of the Fussy Baby Clinic of the Children's Hospital, in Denver. "We don't recommend letting an infant under three months cry it out, but it's okay to let her fuss for five minutes. You need to give her the opportunity to figure out how to soothe herself."
At times, visual overstimulation may be the problem. Froese-Fretz once treated a child whose parents had set up a beautiful nursery, decorated with tartan plaids. "But their baby went nuts -- it was too much," she says. Once the parents removed the mobiles, covered the crib bumpers, and replaced the sheets with plain ones, "the change was miraculous -- like they had a different baby."
Most important, when you stumble upon a strategy that works, stay with it. Trying something different every five minutes can backfire if it overstimulates her. Limit yourself to two or three methods that seem to work best at soothing your little one -- if one fails in one instance, try the other, instead of introducing several new techniques. "You almost always get results after a day or two if you stick to a consistent pattern," says Froese-Fretz.
Of course, no method is absolutely foolproof. Keep in mind that temperament is a big factor, and some babies simply weren't born to be soothed -- you can rock them all day long and they'll still only calm down a bit. If that is the case in your house, don't forget to tend to your own psyche. And remember that this too shall pass.


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WEST DES MOINES, IOWA -- Undeterred by the cold or by a steady drizzle, some 600 Iowans came out this morning to hear Mitt Romney, along with his surrogate and enforcer, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, rally the troops before Tuesday's Iowa caucus begins the 2012 primary campaign in earnest.
Romney, as he has done all week in Iowa, set the stakes for 2012 high, telling the crowd the race was not about just changing occupants of the oval office, but also about "saving the soul of America."
No one wages that fight better than Christie, said Romney; the New Jersey governor returned the favor.
"As we always do every four years, America's watching Iowa and Iowa's gonna be, gonna be the folks who are gonna help to start this process to get us going to make sure that the Republican Party nominates the very best person to take on President Obama in November," Christie told the shivering crowd. "Now when you look at that stage in these debates, I think you've gotta come to the conclusion I've come to: there is no person better qualified by his experience and his character to take on Barack Obama and to lead the United States of America than Gov. Mitt Romney"
Christie also jokingly warned the crowd that there would be consequences if they did not support Romney at Tuesday's caucuses. Christie said that he would return to Iowa "Jersey Style," a statement with different, but equally terrifying meaning, to fans of "The Sopranos" and "Jersey Shore" alike.
And while Romney largely focused his message today on sweeping patriotic themes and his own "business guy" credentials, the pugnacious New Jersey governor made certain to dispense some harsh words for President Obama in his closing thought.
"President Barack Obama came out to Iowa three years ago and he talked to you about hope and change. Well let me tell you, after three years of Obama, we are hopeless and changeless and we need Mitt Romney to bring us back, to bring America back," Christie said.


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Some of the most commonly encountered arthropod pests found on plants are those that feed on plant juices, i.e. sap-sucking pests. These pests all have needlelike "piercing-sucking" mouthparts that allow them to puncture plant tissue and remove sap or cell contents. Examples of sucking pests include aphids, scales, mites, leafhoppers and plant bugs. Some of these pests can also act as vectors of plant diseases.
Sucking pests usually are small and delicate in appearance. Many species cover their bodies with waxy or wool-like substances. They usually are found in great numbers, covering foliage, twigs or whole stems. Typical plant damage associated with sucking pests includes wilted leaves or stems, dying branches and reduced growth.
The purpose of this publication is to discuss the damage, biology and control of three commonly occurring groups of sucking pests found on home garden and landscape plants: aphids, scales and mites.
Aphids are common pests that can attack a variety of home garden and landscape plants. They are typically found clustering on succulent young shoots and leaves, although some species occur on flowers, twigs, branches and roots. Some of the home garden plants frequently attacked by aphids are beans, cabbage, cucumber, melons, peas, potato, pumpkin, squash and tomato. Examples of trees and shrubs often infested with aphids are ash, birch, elm, euonymus, hydrangea, linden, maple, oak, pine, tulip tree, viburnum, walnut, and many others.
Figure 1
Typical aphid.
Aphids seldom kill a plant, but when abundant they remove large quantities of sap, which reduces the vigor of the plant and can result in stunted plant growth. Leaves often become curled, puckered and yellowed due to aphid feeding. Some aphid species produce galls on stems and roots. Others transmit viruses or inject toxins into the plant when feeding.
Many aphid species take in more plant sap than they can absorb and use. The excess is excreted as a clear, sweet, sticky substance known as "honeydew." Some tree-feeding aphids can produce such large amounts of honeydew that it often can be seen covering leaves, pavement or other surfaces below the infested tree. Often found growing on the honeydew is a black, sooty mold (fungi) that not only disfigures the appearance of plants but may also restrict photosynthesis. Honeydew is attractive to ants, flies, wasps and bees, whose populations around infested plants can become a nuisance.
Aphids are small, usually 1/8 inch or less in size, soft-bodied, pear-shaped with long legs and antennae; their color can vary from green, yellow, black, gray or red. They may have a pair of transparent wings held rooflike over the body, but wingless forms are more common. Also, aphids can be recognized by their cornicles, a pair of tubelike structures projecting from the rear of their bodies. These projections vary in length and width, depending upon the species.
Aphids can reproduce very quickly. The life cycle of most aphids can be as short as 1 to 2 weeks. Females usually reproduce without mating and give birth to living young — usually more females. Males are produced by some species only during the fall months. A typical species will produce several wingless generations in the spring, followed by a generation of winged forms. These fly to other plants where many more wingless summer generations are produced. As the days become shorter and cooler, a generation of winged aphids is produced which flies back to the winter host plant. Some species overwinter as eggs; others survive as immature or adult females.
Biological control
Many naturally occurring predators and parasitic wasps prey upon aphids. Examples of aphid insect predators (which consume the entire aphid) include ladybird beetle (ladybug) adults and larvae, green lacewing larvae and syrphid fly larvae. Certain tiny parasitic wasps are among the most effective natural enemies of aphids. The adult female wasp (non-stinging to humans) deposits an egg inside the aphid's body. The egg hatches into a larva that grows and consumes the aphid's internal parts. As the wasp larva matures, the aphid becomes stationary, dies, and looks mummy-like. The larva pupates inside the aphid and emerges as an adult wasp through a small exit hole it chews through the aphid's outer skin.
Under many conditions, these beneficial predators and parasitic wasps provide very effective control of aphids, especially as the season progresses. Before any insecticide application is made, check the plants for the presence of natural enemies and make sure that they are not already reducing aphid numbers. If pesticide treatments are warranted, confine the applications to only those plants most seriously infested; this will help conserve the natural enemy populations. Some natural enemies may be purchased from commercial operations for release around the garden and yard.
Cultural control
Strong, durable plants can be sprayed with a forceful stream of water to dislodge aphids. Most will not be able to return to the plant after this treatment, and the water will also remove recently deposited honeydew. This tactic can be used as often as needed.
Pruning aphid-infested new growth can also be effective. Some populations grow to large numbers in the dense inner canopy of large trees, and thinning out the tree will make the habitat less suitable. Aphids on house and other small plants can be removed by gently rubbing the infested plant part with a damp cloth. In addition, vegetable and weed plants that were badly infested during the season might act as sites for overwintering aphid eggs and such plants should be destroyed in the fall.
Chemical control
When natural enemies are not abundant enough to provide effective aphid control, despite your efforts to encourage their presence, insecticide applications are sometimes needed to prevent plant injury. Table 1 lists insecticides (both conventional and alternative) that should be effective in controlling aphids in home garden plants, trees and shrubs. The chemicals listed should be, with few exceptions, readily available to the homeowner. Examples of trade names are found in parentheses.
Please check the label to make sure that "aphids" and the name of the host plant are listed before any insecticide application.
Scale insects are common pests of many trees and shrubs, but not of vegetable plants. Homeowners can have difficulty controlling these insects, because scales are often overlooked since they remain immobile for most of their lives and do not resemble other insects.
Heavily infested plants are often covered with small, disklike or waxy coverings, and underneath each covering is the scale organism feeding on the juices of the plant. Examples of trees and shrubs that can become infested with scale are arborvitae, azalea, birch, boxelder, euonymus, honeylocust, juniper, magnolia, oak, pine, yew, and many others.
Figure 2
San Jose scale.
There are two general types of scales: armored scales (e.g., oystershell scale, San Jose scale, euonymus scale and pine needle scale) and soft scales (e.g., cottony maple scale, magnolia scale and tuliptree scale). Trees heavily infested with armored scale often look water stressed. Leaves turn yellow and drop, twigs and limbs may die and the bark cracks and gums. Armored scales can kill trees and must be controlled when their populations rise.
Soft scales also reduce plant vigor, but usually not enough to kill the tree. The main problem this type of scale causes is that unlike armored scales, they produce large amounts of honeydew (like aphids) that can cover leaves and fruit and act as a growth medium for black, sooty mold. Honeydew also attracts ants, flies, wasps and bees, whose populations around infested plants can become a nuisance.
Armored scales usually have several generations a year, while soft scales typically have a single generation. Scales spend most of their lives underneath a covering feeding on the same spot of the plant. Eggs hatch underneath the mother's cover into "crawlers." At this stage, scales are motile because they have legs. New plants can be infested when crawlers walk or are blown by the wind to other plants. Armored scale crawlers settle down permanently after a few days, molt (and lose their legs), and begin to form the species' characteristic cover. As the scale continues to grow, it remains underneath its waxy covering. In a relatively short time, winged adult males crawl out from beneath their covers and mate with covered females. Adult male scales are tiny, winged and seldom seen.
Soft scale crawlers move about the plant a little longer after hatching before they settle down at a permanent feeding site. Some soft scale species move around during their immature stages and retain their legs for life. Their covers may be smooth or cottony, but they are firmly attached to their bodies. Soft scales tend to be larger than armored scales. Mature scales never move once they firmly attach themselves to the plant.
Biological control
Natural enemies, such as the predatory ladybird beetle (ladybug) and small parasitic wasps, can play a major role in controlling many scale species. You can estimate the extent of parasitic wasp activity by checking scale covers (a small 10x hand lens would be helpful) for round exit holes made by the emerging adult parasites. Before any insecticide application is made, check the plants for the presence of the natural enemies and make sure that they are not already reducing scale numbers. If pesticide treatments are warranted, confine the applications to only those plants most seriously infested; this will help conserve the natural enemies.
Cultural control
Keep your trees and shrubs well watered and fertilized. Scales will thrive on plants that are under stress. For plants that are fast growers, pruning out heavily infested shoots or limbs will help reduce the population and foster the growth of uninfested shoots. Scales can also be rubbed off plants by using your hand or a toothbrush. When adult scales are rubbed off, their mouthparts are broken and they will not be able to reinfest the plant.
Chemical control
When natural enemies are not abundant enough to provide effective scale control, insecticide applications are sometimes needed to prevent further plant injury. Many scale species on deciduous trees can be effectively controlled with a dormant spray of a refined horticultural, superior-type oil. If during the growing season you notice light leaf discoloration, minor production of honeydew and branch dieback from scales, apply an oil or insecticidal soap spray. Oils and insecticidal soaps work by smothering the insect, both adults and crawlers. In addition, such alternative pesticides are less harmful to natural enemies than conventional insecticides.
Because of their protective covering, scales can be fairly resistant to many conventional pesticides. Broad-spectrum insecticidal treatments are most effective when applied during crawler emergence. Make a thorough search of the plant to determine crawler activity. This can be aided by wrapping two-sided sticky tape tightly around some branches throughout the tree or shrub. Emerging crawlers migrating to new locations will stick to the surface of the tape. These crawlers will appear as tiny, pale yellow specks on the tape.
Nearly all scale species go through a crawler stage in late spring and early summer. But by midsummer, some scale species (especially armored species) can have overlapping generations, and the population may contain scales in every stage of development. In such a case, multiple spray applications, such as 2 to 4 applications at 10-day intervals, are needed so that the scales are killed as they reach the susceptible crawler stage.
Scale coverings may remain harmlessly on the plant for some time after the death of the insect. To evaluate the effectiveness of treatments, slide your thumb across a group of scales. If scales are dead, they will be hollow and the coverings will flake off easily. If still alive, the crushed scales will be wet from the body fluids.
Table 1 provides a list of insecticides (both conventional and alternative) that should be effective in controlling scales on trees and shrubs. The chemicals listed should be, with few exceptions, readily available to the homeowner.
Please check the label to make sure that the type of scale and the name of the host plant are listed before any insecticide application.
Several types of mites can cause damage to foliage; the most common are spider mites. These mites are capable of infesting many garden, tree, shrub and bedding plants found around the home. Mites are not insects, but arachnids, related to ticks and spiders. Garden plants that are typically susceptible to mites are asparagus, beans, melons and squash and other cucurbits, peas, tomatoes and strawberries, as well as several weed species. Some landscaped trees and shrubs that are often attacked are arborvitae, azalea, cotoneaster, crabapple, linden, mountain ash, rose, spruce and walnut.
Figure 3
Two-spotted spider mite.
Mites damage plants by sucking cell contents from leaf tissue. The initial damage appears as a stippling (or peppering) of light dots on the leaves. As feeding continues, the leaves turn yellow or bronze in color and drop off. Heavily infested leaves and branches can be enclosed in fine silken webbing, although mites infesting conifers generally do not produce large amounts of webbing.
The premature loss of leaves on fruit trees, especially during mid to late season, will not typically affect the yield of the current year's crop; however, such damage may adversely affect next year's crop. On annual vegetable plants, the loss of leaves can have a serious, immediate impact on production.
Because spider mites are very small, they can be difficult to see on plants. You can determine the presence of mites by holding a piece of white paper underneath a branch or shoot and shake or tap the branch sharply. If mites are present, some will be dislodged from the leaves and fall onto the paper, where they will be seen as tiny moving specks.
Spider mites are small (ca. 1/20 to 1/60 inch long), eight-legged arthropods that may be brown, red, green or cream-colored. They live in colonies, mostly on the lower surface of leaves. Adult females deposit small, red to cream-colored eggs on a leaf, bark, or in webbing. Immature mites resemble adults, except they have only six legs during the first instar stage. Spider mites reproduce rapidly in hot, dry weather. With favorable temperatures and adequate food, a generation can be completed in seven to 10 days. Mites can catch wind currents and disperse to other plants when the foliage quality declines on heavily infested plants. Mites can overwinter in several stages of development, such as adult females under rough bark scales or ground litter, or as eggs deposited near dormant buds.
Biological control
Some of the natural enemies that feed on spider mites are small, black ladybird (ladybug) beetles, lacewing larvae, some thrips species, minute pirate bugs, and predatory mites. These enemies often occur naturally, but sometimes they do not prevent mite populations from reaching damaging levels. Because mite predators are extremely susceptible to many insecticides (especially conventional pesticides), do not apply pesticides until the health or appearance of the plant is threatened by the mites. If pesticide treatments are warranted, confine the applications to only those plants most seriously infested; this will help conserve the natural enemies. Some natural enemies, such as predatory mites, may be purchased from commercial operations for release around the garden and yard.
Cultural control
Spider mites flourish on plants under stress. Keep plants well watered and fertilized, because damage is increased when the plant does not receive sufficient water. In trees, mite outbreaks can be triggered by dusty conditions along unpaved roads, for example. Because these conditions adversely affect mite predators, water at regular intervals, when necessary, any dirt pathways that might be next to infested plants. Mite populations can also be reduced by forcefully spraying plants with water, especially on the underside of leaves, to break up the webs and wash the mites off. You can apply this technique as often as necessary.
Chemical control
On deciduous fruit trees, a dormant oil (superior-type) spray will help control mite populations by smothering any overwinter adults or eggs found on the tree. However, some spider mite species do not overwinter on woody plants and would not be affected by a dormant oil spray. Multiple applications of a horticultural oil or insecticidal soap, applied every seven to 10 days, to many tree fruit and ornamental woody plants during the growing season will also provide good mite control.
When natural enemies are not abundant enough to provide effective spider mite control, conventional miticide applications are sometimes needed to prevent further plant injury. Table 1 provides a list of miticides (both conventional and alternative) that should be effective in controlling mites on home garden plants, trees and shrubs. Because mites can reproduce rapidly, they may develop a tolerance to a conventional miticide used repeatedly. Consequently, it is recommended that you alternate the use of conventional miticides with other types of pesticides, such as soaps and oils. The chemicals listed should be, with few exceptions, readily available to the homeowner.
Please check the label to make sure that "mites" and the name of the host plant are listed before any pesticide application.
Figure 4
Common natural enemies of aphids, scales and/or mites.
Table 1
Some common insecticides labeled for aphid, mite and scale control on home vegetable and landscape ornamental plants
Before using any chemical, please read the label carefully for directions on application procedures, appropriate rate, first aid, and storage and disposal. Make sure that the chemical is properly registered for use on the intended plant and pest.
Certain chemicals may cause plant injury if used at the wrong stage of plant development or when temperatures are too high. Injury may also result from excessive amounts or the wrong formulation or from mixing incompatible materials. Please read label carefully for phytotoxicity warnings.
If applied properly and at the recommended rates, a dormant oil spray will not be phytotoxic to any species of deciduous tree or shrub commonly found in Missouri. This is true for most conifers, except for the blue spruces in which the oil removes the bluish frosted material (glaucus bloom) from the needles. There are additional precautions when applying oils during the summer. Please read and follow the label directions before you apply any oil spray.
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Screen Shrinkage—Despite the box office bonanza that seems to be going on right now, summertime is looking like a bad time to own a movie theater in Albuquerque. Last month, we abruptly lost our eight-screen art theater, Madstone. To add insult to injury, the venerable Coronado 6 theater shut its doors unexpectedly last Thursday. That's a total of 14 screens Albuquerque has lost during the height of the summer movie season. That's like eight percent of all the screens in our city gone. Needless to say, this is not a good trend. If all you want to do is see Spider-Man 2 on the biggest, loudest, most crowded screen in town, you'll do just fine. Plus, shutting down theaters frees up lots of room in Alibi's Film Capsules section. But if you actually want some sort of variety here in Albuquerque, the loss of movie screens is a deadly blow.
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Napoleon Dynamite
Nerdy high-schooler makes for hilarious hero in hometown farce
Who is Napoleon Dynamite? Well, fans of Elvis Costello might know him as a one-time pseudonym of the British rocker. But that's not the Napoleon Dynamite we're talking about here. Our Napoleon Dynamite is a creation of the feverishly bored imagination of 24-year-old BYU film student Jared Hess. Napoleon is a painfully awkward high school senior residing in tiny Preston, Idaho (which just happens to be Hess' hometown). He's also the star of the surprise Sundance Film Festival hit Napoleon Dynamite.
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The Saddest Music in the World
Hallucinatory musical comedy is pure Maddin-ess
During the Great Depression, a contest is held in Winnipeg to determine who makes the saddest music in the world. The prize is $25,000 and the winner of each round gets to swim in an enormous vat of beer. Do you really need to know more? The title alone is so good not even Oliver Stone could screw it up. Thankfully, the director of this absurdist comedy is not some Hollywood artisan but a true artist: Canadian Guy Maddin.
Idiot Box
Orange Alert
"The Grid" on TNT
Cops have been a staple since the dawn of the video age. Private detectives run a close second. Firefighters and rescue workers have had their moment in the sun. Currently, medical examiners are on the verge of running their course. So if it weren't for George Bush and the war on terrorism, I don't know what television programmers would have resorted to. (Postal inspectors?) Thankfully (maybe), the concept of Homeland Security has given networks a whole new genre of crime-fighting television to exploit. Whether American audiences want to watch an hour's worth of news about terrorism and then tune into a couple more hours of drama about terrorism remains to be seen.
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The Week in Sloth
"Kingdom Hospital" (KOAT-7 7 p.m.) In case any of you are still watching (and, based on the steadily declining ratings, not many of you are), here's the season finale for Stephen King's haunted hospital saga. It's actually the series finale as well, since it won't be returning next season. King implied in a recent Entertainment Weekly article that the show was too smart for TV viewers. That would not be my take.
"Stargate: Atlantis" (Sci-Fi 7 p.m.) A new "Stargate" crew accidentally hops one of the alien portals to the ancient city of Atlantis and find themselves trapped in a waterlogged spin-off series. Think "Seaquest: DSV," but less sucky.


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Island: A Story of the Galapagos by Jason Chin
Follow the birth of a group of islands to the present day in this book that beautifully documents the wonders of the Galapagos. Opening with the drama of a volcanic eruption six million years ago, the book shows how plants and animals arrive at a new island in the ocean. As time goes by, the island turns from barren rock to a place of lush green. Specific attention is paid to the evolution of creatures and plants that are found only on these islands. Young readers will fully understand why finch beaks grew larger, seagulls got larger eyes, and tortoise shells changed shape. The book ends with Darwin arriving on the shores of one of the islands. This book is a celebration of these islands and the wonders of nature.
Chin's book offers information that is solid and fascinating packaged with illustrations that capture the details of what is being explained. It makes for a book that is bright and energized and that is clearly nonfiction as well. The story of the birth and life of an island makes for a magnificent tale that readers are sure to respond to.
In his art, Chin brings the reader up close to what is happening on the island. We get to look between the mangrove roots at sharks, watch pelicans feast on fish in the lagoons, and see land iguanas float on logs to reach the island. Even better, as I mentioned earlier, the process of evolution is detailed so that readers can see the gradual but necessary changes that occurred.
This is one incredible nonfiction book that teachers, parents and students will enjoy looking through and learning from. Appropriate for ages 6-8.
Reviewed from library copy.