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Without the support of generous private and corporate sponsors our expeditions and virtual classroom would not be possible.
Please contact us for more information regarding sponsorship opportunities. Join the Virtual Classroom by making a donation or registering your classroom today.
|Wallenius Wilhelmsen is a market leader providing a global service in ocean and inland transportation solutions. They have a fleet of over 60 modern vessels and 600 transporters. The company, whose roots date back to the 19th century ship-owning business, is a specialist in Ro-Ro transportation. WWL has committed to providing ALF with international shipping of our Expedition Vehicle from continent to continent during The World of Wonders Project.
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company is the Official Tire Sponsor of the World of Wonders Project. Cooper Tires has provided a set of eight (8) new Discoverer S/T-C for our expedition vehicle to take us across Africa, Europe and Asia. The Discoverer S/T-C is Cooper's premium all-purpose light truck traction tire that utilizes a special cut and chip resistance tread compound. A hybrid of three designs – all-terrain, high void and commercial traction – the Discoverer S/T-C is especially suited for off-road applications where cutting and chipping of the tread that leads to reduced mileage is of primary concern.
Maxtrax is an innovative new lightweight. super-tough vehicle recovery device designed to make vehicle recovery fast, easy, safe and simple. The modern updated version of the old aluminum sand ladder makes vehicle recovery from sand and mud an easy one person job. Reinforced nylon with built in grab points for tires makes for a nearly indestructible recovery device! A must for self rescue of our expedition vehicle whenever we venture off of paved roads.
Trojan Battery, a world leader in deep cycle technology, has provided ALF with two 8D series and two 31 series AGM dual purpose batteries for our living cabin and as starting batteries. Trojan's AGMs are maintenance free and require no watering – perfect as expedition quality. Additionally, the AGM batteries provide a high-rate discharge and recharge capability and are non-spillable – great qualities when traveling off-grid and over rough roads. Trojan's AGM batteries are ideal for applications, such as our expeditions, that require higher discharge rates, light-duty cycling and as backup power
Hema Maps Pty Ltd is a Brisbane-based private company. Hema Maps also has a subsidiary's in New Zealand called Hema Maps NZ Limited and in North America called Hema Maps North America. Hema Maps publishes more than 200 map titles of their own and distributes an unequalled range of maps, travel guides, globes and other products around the world, representing more than fifty publishers. Our friends at Hema have provided us with their excellent maps, road and off-road atlas' for both the Australia and New Zealand Expeditions.
Dirty Weekends is an independent off-road researcher and publisher who had provided us with their books covering the State of Queensland, Australia. The easy-to-use volumes contains full planning information and detailed directions for tours in the region from northern New South Wales to Fraser Island and as far west as Texas. The island and bush trips described traverse historic coach roads, easy forest drives and rough bush tracks. Trip notes include cumulative and intermediate distances, any signs or relevant cultural and natural history info, plus GPS co-ordinates. The guides have helped us to experience this fabulous region's beaches, magical rainforests and fair dinkum Aussie bush with the 'peace of mind' of knowing what's around the next corner.
Tracks4Africa (T4A
for short) is a NON-PROFIT organization run by 'Environmental users'.
Their core purpose is MAPPING AFRICA. What's the main focus? The main
focus is the GPS mapping of eco-destinations in rural and remote Africa.
Outdoor activities including hiking, mountaineering, mountain biking,
river rafting, scuba diving, bird watching, flower viewing, paragliding,
skydiving and the off-road users (the bikers, the quad'ers and the 4x4
people), all have an environmental impact on the diversity of plant and
animal life.
Kingfisher operates the Fraser Explorer Tour Company and provided us with vehicle transport on their barges to Fraser Island from Inskip and from Fraser Island to Hervey Bay. In addition, the company operates resort accommodations on and provide tour options to people exploring Fraser Island on their own.
Memory-Map's designs easy to use, powerful and affordable navigation software and accessories to the outdoor recreation and marine markets. For our New Zealand and Australia Expeditions Memory Map provided great software for use with our mapping and GPS programs. The Memory-Map Navigator software includes navigation, printing and planning tools which when combined with the fully geo-referenced Memory-Map Cartography and a GPS unit, provides a complete state-of-the-art solution that is fast, efficient and easy to use!
Aquapac is an industry leader of waterproof bags. Its range of innovative waterproof cases will protect all types of items: money and passports through to mobile phones, camcorders and cameras. The Aquapac product line will keep our cameras, GPS and outdoor equipment safe and dry. We will even be able to take photos while snorkeling and kayaking. The amazing sealing system makes their bags completely waterproof, sand and dust proof and guaranteed submersible to 15ft!
|Power Bright develops and manufactures 12 Volt & 24 Volt DC to AC Power Inverters in both Modified & Pure Sine Wave. In addition we manufacture Step Up & Down 110V-220V Voltage Transformers. Through their website voltageconverters.com, they are the world's largest voltage converter distributor. Power Bright has provided ALF with a 500w Step up/down voltage transformer to allow our explorers to use their 110v equipment around the world, even in countries where the voltage is 220.
|Telenor Satellite Services is one of the world's leading providers of global mobile satellite communications, offering a full range of land, mobile, maritime and aeronautical services via the INMARSAT satellite network. Telenor Satellite Services offers high-quality voice, data, e-mail, fax and telex services. Solutions such as remote LAN/WAN access, e-mail, e-commerce, Internet & Intranet access, image transfer and "store and forward" video can now be used wherever needed as well as high quality voice and fax. Telenor Satellite Services is providing an M-4 Inmarsat-GAN terminal for high speed Internet access via the satellite network and is also providing all of the satellite airtime during each expedition.
|Lonely Planet is renowned for its first-hand approach, up-to-date maps and commitment to providing the best information for travelers. All Lonely Planet products are intended for adventurous, independent travelers. These include guidebooks, phrasebooks, walking guides, atlases and maps. The guides cover the must-see spots but also encourage travelers to get off the beaten track to really get to know the place and people they are visiting. Lonely Planet has provided books and guides for each expedition to be used by the Adventure Learning Foundation Explorers.
|Princeton Tec is recognized worldwide as an industry leader for personal lighting products. Founded in 1975, today Princeton Tec is a diverse global company, committed to developing high quality products for the personal lighting industry. Manufactured in the USA, Princeton Tec products offer waterproof integrity, a lifetime warranty, and the highest power-to-weight ratio in the industry.
|California Innovations' products has 18 years of experience in perfecting the design and insulating capabilities of coolers. The Collapsible Cooler combines state-of-the-art cooling capabilities with an advanced design so they collapse into a flat, compact pack when empty. The "fits anywhere, goes everywhere coolers" keep things cool for hours and have revolutionized the way the food and beverages can be transported. California Innovations has provided our expedition team with their top of the line 14 gallon Thermal Freezer Tote to use not just as a cooler back as a back-up to our refrigerator.
|Pegasus Imaging Corporation delivers research-driven digital imaging software development tools and compression technologies to a wide variety of industries. Pegasus has provided ALF with software to prepare expedition photos for the Virtual Classroom. The JPEG Wizard and PICShow create smaller, faster downloading images without compromising quality.
Simple Star makes easy to use personal media software that enables people to manage, make and share personal media in fun and creative ways. Simple Star has provided ALF with the PhotoShow software to create multimedia slideshows from our expedition photographs.
Avalon Publishing Group
|Moon Handbooks aren't your
average guides. For more than 30 years, these books have appealed to an
eclectic group of travelers, from backpacking students to solo
adventurers to families on vacation (and a budget). With expert writers
delivering a mix of honest insight, first-rate strategic advice, and an
essential dose of humor, Moon Handbooks ensure that travelers have an
uncommon and entirely satisfying experience—and a few new stories to
tell. Our explorers have a set of Moon Handbooks for our Central America
|A world leader in the development and application of sophisticated optical technology, Olympus has created innovative solutions for consumers, health care and industry for over 80 years. Olympus has provided the explorers with a D-490 Zoom digital camera to use for posting expedition photos to the online photo album.
|Bushnell® has been the industry leader in high-performance sports optics for over 50 years. Bushnell has provided one of their new Perma Focus binoculars. The binoculars will allow the explorers to have a better view of the wild animals found on safari and of the 2001 African Eclipse.
|General Ecology, Inc., a worldwide provider of drinking water purification systems, has provided the Foundation with a Nature Pure Undersink Purifier with Faucet for installation in the expedition vehicle. The Purifier will provide clean water anywhere the explorers travel. The system removes microbiological contaminants naturally without creating waste water. When traveling without their vehicle, the explorers continue to rely on the First Need Portable Purifier for their fresh water needs.
|ADCO Products is an RV cover and soft-goods manufacturer. ADCO has provided ALF with an SFS Aqua-shed RV Cover to protect the expedition vehicle from the elements. All of ADCO's products can be ordered through Camping World.
|Victoria Industries Limited has been manufacturing an ever expanding line of products for the Recreational Vehicle Industry since 1967. Victoria has provided their five (5) step Aluminum Camper Step for use on our expedition vehicle. This will make entry into the camper much easier and the steps fold up for easy storage when not in use.
|Fan-tastic Vent Corporation provided the high efficiency thermostatically controlled ceiling vent fans installed on both our original and custom Expedition Vehicles regulating the temperature inside the camper. Incorporated in 1984, the company began the production of a patented 12-volt high efficiency ceiling fan. Products are marketed primarily to the recreation vehicle industry worldwide.
|AIRE provided the explorers with a Caracal Inflatable Kayak a lightweight high performance boat. AIRE designs and manufactures inflatable kayaks, rafts and catarafts utilizing their unique AIREcell system—a separate airtight inner tube (AIREcell) with a highly puncture and wear resistant outer shell which makes their boats safe, durable and easy to repair. An environmentally friendly, glue free process with our AIREcell system insures a long lasting and tough high performance AIREcraft.
|Xantrex and Store4power.com is a one-stop-shop for compact, portable power products and accessories. A user-friendly site provides information on battery charging, and portable and backup power solutions. XANTREX has provided a RV2012 - a 2000-watt Inverter with 100-amp Charger together with a RC7 Controller. Store4power has donated a Jazz 500 and a Portawattz 140 power inverter to Adventure Learning Foundation. The inverters provide the Foundation's explorers with household electricity from the expedition vehicle's battery to run things like laptops, satellite terminal and other equipment.
|In-Sink-Erator® is the world's largest manufacturer of food waste disposers and hot water dispensers for home and commercial use. In-Sink-Erator® has supplied the HOT-1 Instant Hot Water Dispenser to provide the expedition vehicle with instant near-boiling 190°F water water right at the kitchen sink. The low profile and compact nature of the HOT-1 makes it the right accessory for our kitchen.
|For over 30 years, Ventline has been an industry leader and sets the standard in range hoods, roof vents, and monitoring systems for recreational vehicles. Ventline has provided the monitoring panels for holding tank and propane levels, as well as an exhaust fan for the expedition vehicle.
|Manchester Tank
|Manchester Tank is a leading manufacturer of low-pressure vessels for propane, air, refrigerant, and industrial applications in North America and Australia. Manchester Tank has provided a 30# horizontal propane tank for our expedition vehicle.
|KC HiLiTES
|KC HiLites has been a dominant force in automobile auxiliary lighting for over 30 years. They have designed, engineered and manufactured the most advanced auxiliary lighting available. KC HiLiTES have provided the off road auxiliary lighting installed on the expedition vehicle.
|Superwinch manufactures a wide variety of electric winches and have sold over two million units worldwide. Superwinch has provided the top of the line S9000 winch installed on the expedition vehicle to allow for self recovery if the vehicle gets stuck.
|Paramount Manufacturing
Paramount Manufacturing provided the sleep system (queen size mattress) installed in the expedition vehicle.
|Dometic Corporation
|Dometic Corporation is a leading systems supplier to the recreational vehicle and pleasure boat industry. Dometic provided the Horizon Case Awning installed on exterior of the expedition vehicle.
|Dometic/Tundra has provided the top of line T80 Refrigerator/freezer to be installed in the expedition vehicle to provide safe storage of all the expedition perishables.
|Link Manufacturing, Ltd.
|Link Mfg., Ltd. is a manufacturer and marketer of high quality, suspension and tire pressure maintenance systems for the transportation industry. For the expedition vehicle, Link Mfg. provided the Cat's Eye to make checking the air pressure in our dual tires fast and easy.
|Kinro is the premier manufacturer of aluminum and vinyl windows and doors for recreational vehicles and manufactured homes. Kinro provide all of the windows installed in the living cabin of the expedition vehicle.
|Mitsubishi Fuso
|Mitsubishi Fuso supplied the FG model, four wheel drive medium-duty cabover that is the chassis of our expedition vehicle.
East Penn Manufacturing Co., Inc.
|Deka has provided two 198ah Deka Sea Mate RV AGM batteries to power the cabin of the expedition vehicle. The Absorbed Glass Mat (AGM) batteries are the perfect fit for expedition use as they can handle the deep discharge of our power demands, yet are spill proof and leakproof no matter how rough the road that we travel.
|Thin-Lite Corporation
|Thin Lite Corporation is a leader in the production and manufacture of 12 volt DC fluorescent lights the solar, trucking and RV industries. Thin Lite has provided for all the lighting needs of the cabin of the expedition vehicle.
|Blaupunkt is a full-line audio manufacturer with products in radios, speakers, subwoofers, amplifiers, navigation and mobile video. Blaupunkt has provided for our audio needs by donating a AM/FM MP3/CD Player, 10 disc CD Changer and speakers for the expedition vehicle.
|Blue Sky Energy, Inc.
|Blue Sky Energy, Inc., has provided a Solar Boost 2000E charge controller and battery temperature sensor that will safely allow a 30% increase in the power generated from our solar array.
|MTI Industries, Inc.
|MTI Industries, Inc. manufactures alarm systems for homes, recreational vehicles and boats that monitor gas, CO2, smoke and intruder alerts. MTI has provided for the safety of our explorers by donating a carbon monoxide alarm and a propane/LP gas alarm.
|Shurflo Pump Manufacturing Company
|Shurfo manufacturers small high performance pumps and fluid handling systems for many industries, including recreational vehicles. Shurflo provided the water pump, faucet, filters and accessories now installed in the expedition vehicle.
|Atwood Mobile Products
|Atwood Mobile Products designs and manufactures products for Recreational Vehicle and other mobile application for more than 90 years. Atwood is the largest supplier to the American recreation vehicle industry. Atwood has provided a high output stove top for our explorers to cook their meals while on expedition.
|KYOCERA Solar Inc.
|Kyocera is one of the world's largest vertically-integrated producers and suppliers of solar energy products. Kyocera supplied two 120 watt solar panels to provide all the power necessary to charge the batteries and operate the equipment in our expedition vehicle.
|Viair Corporation is a manufacturere and worldwide distributor of high performance 12 volt air compressors and air accessories. Viair has provided the air compressor, tank and accessories installed in the expedition vehicle to keep it rolling along.
|FireAde Source
|FireAde 2000 is a Multi-Featured Fire Extinguishing Agent and Control Medium that combines the benefits of 6 different chemical technologies all in one product. Our expedition vehicle carries 2 fire extinguishers for safety.
|RKRP Inc.
|RKRP manufacturers RV Accessories and RV Leveling and Stabilizing Equipment. RKRP has provided 2 sets of levers for use when setting up camp in our expedition vehicle.
|Tuffy Security Products
|Tuffy Security Products manufacture extremely heavy duty security lockboxes and products built to withstand a lifetime of abuse. Tuffy is supplying our expedition vehicle with lockboxes for all of our security needs.
|Thetford Corporation
|Thetford Corporation manufacturers a wide range of sanitation products and has supplied a 200CWE cassette toilet for the expedition vehicle to save space by eliminating the black water holding tank.
|Paneltronics Inc.
|Paneltronics specialize in electrical control panels, instrument panels and instrument clusters. The expedition vehicle utilizes circuit breakers manufactured to our specifications to protect our electronic equipment.
|Webasto Products
|Webasto Products North America is a leading manufacturer of roof and temperature management systems providing increased comfort in vehicles. Webasto has provided the Airtop 2000 air heating system installed in the cabin of the expedition vehicle.
|ARB 4x4 Accessories
|ARB is Australia's largest manufacturer and distributor of 4x4 accessories. ARB USA has provided the recovery equipment to be used in conjunction with our winch.
|Stiebel Eltron manufactures environmental control and system engineering for the building industry and is the largest manufacturer of water heaters in Germany. Stiebel Eltron has donated the tankless electric water heater installed in the expedition vehicle.
|Duo Form Plastics
|Duo Form Plastics has provided the surround and pan used in the bathroom of the expedition vehicle.
|Unicell Body Company, Inc.
|Unicell is a creative manufacturer whose major products are fiberglass truck bodies. Unicell incorporated our design specifications to build our custom cabin and living quarters for our expedition vehicle.
|Yokohama Tire Corporation provided tires for our Mitsubishi-Fuso FG 4x4 Expedition Vehicle during the WOW America phases.
|Truck-Lite is the sponsor of our LED vehicle lighting for the exterior of the Expedition Vehicle. LED lighting lasts for 100,000 hours and eliminates the need to replace burned out light bulbs. Truck-Lite has also provide interior lights of the cab of the EV so that the explorers can read their maps at night and hopefully not get lost.
|Keen Footwear manufactures a full line of waterproof performance footwear for both the adventurer and urban outdoorsman. The footwear gives attention to design details while staying rugged yet comfortable. Keen has provide our explorers with Newport Sport Sandals that provide great traction both on land and on wet surfaces.
|Visual Link Spanish
|The Visual Link Spanish program by The U.S. Institute of Languages provides our explorers with an interactive Spanish language program on CD-Rom that will help our explorers master the Spanish language to better communicate with the people they meet throughout the Americas.
Marshall Gas
Marshall Brass
|Marshall Gas and Brass are divisions of the S. H. Leggitt Company producing high quality, competitive products for the LP gas, RV and plumbing markets. The two divisions have provided our expedition vehicle with gas controls for propane cooking and for hookup of our outdoor barbeque.
|Eberhard Hardware
|For more than 100 years, Eberhard has been an industry leader providing high-quality hardware for for industrial, vehicular and specialty use. Eberhard provided assistance with door hardware and folding steps for our expedition vehicle.
|Topline manufactures a large line of aluminum accessories for the Rv and automotive market. Topline provide assistance to ALF through use of a bunk ladder to provide easier access to the bedroom.
|Patrick Industries offers a multitude of different manufactured products from their 15 manufacturing divisions including laminated products such as the vinyl laminated luan that we utilized to cover the walls and ceiling inside the expedition vehicle.
|Kwikee Products Inc. are manufacturers of many products that have become essentials on today's RV. For us, Kwikee provided a slide out battery tray to make access to the batteries more convenient.
|Marinco's divisions are leading manufacturers in electrical systems for boasts and RV's. Marinco has provided ALF with AC Power Inlets, Cordsets for electrical power and a MiniVent 1000 Solar powered exhaust ventilation to help circulate the air inside the expedition vehicle.
|GoPower! has been providing equipment for the solar market for over 15 years. Go Power! has helped ALF by supplying a DC Fuse Block with an extra heavy duty DC rated fuse to protect our inverter and power supply system in the expedition vehicle.
|For 40 years Con-Ferr has produced the ultimate in heavy-duty roof racks, the "Porthole Roof Rack". The Porthole Roof Rack was provided along with holders for our off-road lights and hi-lift jack. The Rack is designed and built for superior strength and rigidity for maximum cargo security in extreme off road conditions such as will be experenced during the World of Wonders Project.
|Scepter we specialize in designing and manufacturing unique molded plastic products to meet the needs of our customers around the world. Scepter developed the first plastic Jerry Can which are rustproof, unbreakable, non-corroding. Scepter has provided ALF with cans for back-up diesel fuel and water storage.
|Camco Manufacturing helps RV and homeowners with their wide variety of products. Camco has help out ALF with vent covers, chemicals, hoses and accessories to make handling our fresh and gray water systems easier and environmentally sound.
|Knaack Manufacturing Company is a leading manufacturer of job site storage equipment and WEATHERGUARD truck and van equipment. For the expedition vehicle, Knaack has provided an Underbed aluminum storage box.
|Quick Cable develops, manufactures, and sells specialty electric connectors, cables, tools and related products for commercial and industrial equipment which is battery-powered, battery-started, or uses batteries to condition or store electrical power. Quick Cable provided ALF with cable and connectors for the electrical system of the expedition vehicle.
|Since 1959, Inca Plastics Molding Company has been an industry leader for RV Waste and Water Tanks. Inca has provided ALF with 2 gray water tanks and a 60 gallon water tank for the expedition vehicle.
|Gold Coast RV Products manufactures top quality RV accessories at surprisingly affordable prices. Gold Coast provided ALF with an Open Air Screen Room for the expedition vehicle.
|Eagle Creek is a manufacturer of quality travel gear. They have provided our explorers with Independent Journey Backpacks to carry all of their supplies while exploring Africa and around the world.
|Forrest Tool Company has provided a Max Ax tool for the Expedition Vehicle. The Max Ax is the ultimate emergency preparedness tool designed to be carried as standard equipment on four wheel drive and off road vehicles and pickups. It incorporates seven basic hand tools into one compact and versatile unit .
|The Ride-Rite Division of Firestone Industries have provided the Foundation with Air Helper Springs for installation on the expedition vehicle. Ride-Rite air helper springs are heavy duty, quality air springs designed to become an additional weight supporting element of the vehicle's suspension system which allow the expedition vehicle to carry all necessary equipment without fear of overloading the vehicle while allowing optimum handling and performance
|EV Solar Products offers renewable energy solutions for every situation. They specialize in the design, installation, and sale of fully integrated solar electric, wind, water pumping and emergency back-up systems for all residential and RV applications. EV Solar Products has provided and installed a solar panel, inverter and meter to provide electrical power to the Foundation's expedition vehicle.
|Cobra Electronics Corporation is a leading global manufacturer of two-way mobile communication products designed to keep families and companies in touch. Cobra has a 40-year track record of innovation and award-winning products, and leads the industry in developing many technology "firsts." Cobra has provided the Foundation with two of their microTALK line of Family Radio Service communicators which feature high performance and an extremely compact design to make it even easier for our explorers to stay in touch while they're on the go.
|Sun Performance Products is a manufacturer of accessories for Jeeps and Off-Highway vehicles. Sun Performance has provided a QuickAIR Deflator and Compressor for installation in ALF's Expedition Vehicle. The Deflator is a tool that will allow the explorers to air down quickly while monitoring the tire pressure. The Compressor will be used to keep the tires filled to the optimal pressure in all types of driving conditions.
|Talkeetna Air Taxi has been flying visitors, climbers and explorers in Alaska for over fifty years. They hold a special concession for glacier landing operations in Denali National Park. Talkeetna Air Taxi provided flight services to our Alaska Expedition, including an aerial tour of the Alaska Range and a glacier landing in the Don Sheldon Amphitheater.
|The MILEPOST® logs all major highways and most secondary roads, from the 1,488-mile Alaska Highway to the 1.6 mile Anchor River Road. The MILEPOST® includes logs of attractions, activities and services along 88 scenic highways and roads in Alaska, Yukon Territory and other parts of Western Canada. It also includes general information on the region as well as the Inside Passage. . Morris Communications Corporation has provided copies of The MilePost and Logbook to help the Explorers find their way around the far north.
|Rainbow Symphony Inc. is a leading supplier of 3D glasses and has been manufacturing quality paper eye wear and specialty optical products for over twenty five years. Rainbow has provided our African Expedition with Eclipse Shades™ which will be provided to the students in Zambia so that they can safely view the sun and the solar eclipse.
|J & L Self Defense Products offer a full line of personal safety equipment as well as law enforcement equipment and supplies. J & L has provided the explorers with key chain pepper spray units for peace of mind and which we hope will never be necessary.


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Yes, it's about 6 inches tall. But I found it interesting that that's what caught my eye, as I was going thru a HUGE antique mall in Hancock, MD.
In fact, it's pretty interesting or slightly puzzling, (or maybe flat-out bizarre) that I'm going to all these swap meets, flea markets, antique malls. And I know better than anybody that I already have too much stuff & shipping it all over the planet can really start to add up. So mostly, I only buy things that are consumable (horchata!) But this little cottage-bank just really spoke to me.
Another anomaly: I'm SOOO excited about the Shenandoah Crawl. I've been to it twice now, but this time I'm really going to do it right. I have instructions! It's an almost continuous yard sale that stretches all the way down Rt 11.
(I guess I have my own "high holy days": MaryJane's Farm Tour, the Barter Fair in Tonasket and now the Crawl.)
The other things that I've bought recently are equally odd. My PT wardrobe is not working too well in sticky VA summertime, so I'm filling in from flea markets (need to get a naked lady party going here…) At any rate, in the last wk, I've bought 3 cotton shirts… and they're all pink! <insert twilight zone music> Maybe my VA personality wears pink instead of garnet? Will I next start drinking mint juleps on the screen porch instead of americanos on the ferry? Y'all stay tuned…

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Martha Burk Doesn't Like 'My NHL'
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The organization that led efforts two years ago to allow women to be members of the prestigious Augusta National golf club is now targeting the NHL. Martha Burk, the chairwoman of the National Council of Women's Organizations, said she intends to write letters of protest to the league and to U.S. television network NBC over the NHL's advertising campaign, which is set to debut next week. Burk called offensive a 30-second ad the NHL produced to trumpet its return to the ice. The ad, which was unveiled Wednesday night during an event for the league's corporate partners, opens with a quote from a Chinese military philosopher. It shows a hockey player being dressed in his equipment by his female partner and ends with him walking to the ice. A young boy is shown cheering before the ad ends with the tagline My NHL. Burk said the ad is ''offensive on many levels''.more
update 8:21am, USA TODAY via Yahoo chimes in about the 'My NHL' campaign.
Have a seat on the bench, Patty Smyth and Scandal. There's a new "Warrior" in town. Rather than "Shootin' at the walls of heartache, bang, bang" as Smyth sings in the pop song, this hockey warrior shoots pucks - and is lovingly dressed for battle by a voluptuous warrior princess.
That's the "sex sells" theme of a new multimillion-dollar ad campaign coming next week from the NHL. Part Xena: Warrior Princess, part Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai, the cinematic spots are designed to get sports fans jazzed about the Oct. 5 return of the NHL after a lockout.
The normally conservative NHL is sure to raise eyebrows with the risqué campaign from Los Angeles shop Conductor, which has created ads for Hollywood blockbusters such as Spider-Man 2.
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Even though Forza 5 was lauded as an amazing driving simulator that caters to both the hardcore car enthusiasts and casual car fans, many have been quite upset about the game's economy system, paying out players very little amounts of money, making the higher end cars a grind to acquire unless you pay real money. Turn10 is changing that up in the latest update.
Today, Turn10 announced this:
This content update includes the first wave of adjustments to the Forza 5 economy, which we initially announced in early December. These adjustments are based on player behavior within the game, as well as feedback received from the Forza Motorsport community. First of all, we are dramatically increasing the rate at which credits are being earned in the game. For example, driver level payouts have more than doubled (from just over 15,000 credits to 35,000 credits). Players using average difficulty settings will also see approximately a 60 percent increase in credits earned per hour of play — a number that can dramatically increase by upping the Drivatar difficulty and assist settings used during races. Wherever your skill level lies, however, you'll be earning more credits per hour in Forza Motorsport 5 to spend on the cars that matter most to you.
In addition to increasing the payout, we have also reduced the price of the best cars in the game. In fact, the cumulative price of all on-disc cars in the game has decreased by 45 percent. To use a specific example, the Ferrari 250 GTO, one of the most expensive cars in Forza Motorsport 5, will cost 2 million credits after the content update, down from 6 million credits when the game launched. By comparison, that same car cost 10 million credits in Forza Motorsport 4.
By increasing the amount of credits available to players and lowering the prices of cars, it's never been easier to earn the best cars in the game; in fact, thanks to these economy updates, Forza 5 will be able to earn their dream cars in approximately one-fifth the amount of time it took to earn those same cars in Forza 4. Naturally the most exclusive cars in the game will still take some strategy (and some saving) to acquire, but these changes mean that even the fastest cars in the game are now within every Forza 5 player's reach.
This sounds like great news for players who never wanted to touch the microtransaction portion of the game. This new update should make getting those really expensive cars just slightly easier.


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Thursday January 12, 2012
Jennifer Hudson has offered her Dreamgirls co-star Beyonce some baby advice - try to get some sleep.
The US singer and actress, who starred with Beyonce in the 2006 film and is mum to David Otunga Jr, now two, said Beyonce should "embrace" her new role, reported Us Weekly.
"Girl, get your sleep! We talked about this when I had my munchkin. It goes so fast. She's going to look up and (Blue)'s going to be six months," Jennifer said.
"Next thing you know, she's going to be walking."
Jennifer, speaking during a Good Housekeeping press event in New York, said Beyonce should relish motherhood.
"Embrace it. Especially because of the lives we live... you have to have that mommy time," she added.
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text: Hi netter, I have do a lot of PCR reaction with the SSLPs and CAPs primers to amplify the Arabidopsis (ler) genomic DNA template, and it work O.K. Recently, I have changed my protocol not to include the TaqStart antibody. I used the traditional hot start, all the PCR condition are same except no TaqStart antibody, no PCR products got. Then I follow the condition suggested in the " The Plant Journal 1993 written by Ausubel F M and Konieczny. I increase the no. of amplification cycles and increase time for polymerization. Fortunately, I can reproduce a band(in the col background) by using the ADH primer as before, but not in the ler background. Before I start the experiment, I check the template concentration in both backgrounds, they are the same (about 10-20ng of arabidopsis genomic DNA 20ul PCR reaction). My genomic DNA were prepared by the CTAB method. Could you give me some advice to make the progress, I really want to reproduce the result without adding the TaqStart Antibody. Any suggestion will be appreciated. Regards Regina


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Muslim Girls tend to feel more alienated than Muslim boys because of their conservative dress. When they wear the traditional green Girl Scout sash, they feel more accepted by mainstream American society.
According to Neil MacFarquhar from the New York Times,
"Sometimes when Asma Haidara, a 12-year-old Somali immigrant, wants to shop at Target or ride the Minneapolis light-rail system, she puts her Girl Scout sash over her everyday clothes, which usually include a long skirt worn over pants as well as a swirling head scarf.
She has discovered that the trademark green sash â€" with its American flag, troop number (3009) and colorful merit badges â€" reduces the number of glowering looks she draws from people otherwise bothered by her traditional Muslim dress.
"When you say you are a girl scout, they say, 'Oh, my daughter is a girl scout, too,' and then they don't think of you as a person from another planet,†said Asma, a slight, serious girl with a bright smile. "They are more comfortable about sitting next to me on the train.â€"
Implications - Though modern society has seen a lot of changes in the passed few years, some cultural differences remain.
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Gardiner impresses in pre-season opener
Senators forward Colin Greening and Maple Leafs defenceman Matt Lashoff collide dat the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ont., Sep. 19, 2011. (ALEX UROSEVIC/QMI Agency)
It may not be Jake Gardiner's time yet, but it's coming.
The big, slick defenceman, who is high among the list of Leafs prospects, did his best to fast-track the process with an impactful debut to the pre-season.
Gardiner, who came here from Anaheim in the trade that brought Joffrey Lupul to Toronto, got a pair of power-play assists in the Leafs' 4-2 win over Ottawa and was one of the strongest skaters on the ice.
"It's nice to get that one under my belt. It was tough to sleep last night," said Gardiner, who knows big things are expected of him. "The coaches told me to just keep playing the way I have been. That's all I can do, the rest will take care of itself."
Though he's just getting up to speed as a pro, Gardiner figured the 10-game taste he got with the Marlies last season was a huge help.
There will be no rush to get him to the big team, but Leafs coach Ron Wilson certainly was impressed with Gardiner's NHL debut.
"It's fun to see someone like Gardiner, the way he skates," Wilson said. "He's going to be a really good hockey player. We're just going to have to be patient with him."
But not too patient. The coaching staff encouraged Gardiner not to be too tentative and it paid off. On the Leafs opening goal, Gardiner moved in from his point to get himself in perfect position to feed a pass to Colby Armstrong at the side of the Sens net.
Play of opening night goes to Tyler Bozak, who got in behind the sleepy Ottawa defence for a breakaway, for the game-winning goal (his first of two). Best thing about centring the third line is that Bozak may get his chance to grow into his role. So far in camp he's looked comfortable alongside Nazem Kadri and Colby Armstrong, a line that delivered three goals Monday. "We're still not sure who is going to be playing with who, but right now we're pretty comfortable with each other," Bozak said ... Wilson likes what he has seen of Bozak so far in camp. "He's about 10 pounds heavier. He looks a little more mature, so that helps" ... Even though it's a third line, Wilson likes to think that group could log 14 to 16 minutes a night if they are together when the season starts ... Pretty comfortable in saying that the Leafs have faced tighter defensive efforts in their weekend scrimmages.
On the weekend, Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf made the point that he was ready to hit someone in anger. He didn't wait long, clocking Ottawa's Tim Conboy with a huge hit five minutes in that earned him an elbowing penalty and a scrap with Ottawa's Jared Cowen. "It's part of the game. It seems like any time you hit somebody, it happens," Phaneuf said. "It felt good to get out and (hit someone not in blue and white.) You can only scrimmage and run summer hockey for so long" ... As the fight unfolded, shockingly no one booed and no one left the building ... Perspective from Wilson: "This wasn't anything like (an NHL game)" ... Defenceman Carl Gunnarsson is high on the list of players needing a big pre-season to be around opening night and he got off to the start he wanted. His power-play goal in the second was helped by a nice screen, but he didn't waste any time taking advantage of a nice feed from Mikhail Grabovski ... Gunnarsson, who led all players with five shots on net, just missed getting a second when Robin Lehner robbed him from in tight late in the third.
There may not be many jobs available, but that doesn't mean Wilson isn't going to reward strong play during camp. On Monday, he gave Kenny Ryan his first taste of NHL game action. The former Windsor Spitfire, and the Leafs second choice (50th overall) in the 2009 draft, did his best to continue to make an impression, showing a willingness to jump in and block shots, something veterans aren't always so willing to do in the pre-season ... Jonas Gustavsson was damned if he did and damned if he didn't on the Sens' first goal. With Ottawa's Nikita Filatov setting up shop behind the skinny nets used as an experiment, he didn't dare leave his post. But when Filatov fired a puck to a cruising Cowen, Gustavsson was caught too deep in his crease, a problem that has dogged him in the past ... The Monster looked generally steady, if not overly tested, other than the one goal to beat him on 15 shots in a little less than 29 minutes work ... Only one puck got by Ben Scrivens, who replaced Gustavsson midway through the second, was a Cowen shot that was clearly deflected. For the rest of his night, the likely No. 1 goalie for the Marlies looked steady and strong positionally in his crease ... Monday's game was streamed live on the team's website but crashed early in the first because of traffic and continued to have problems throughout the game.


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Parliament approves Kuwait Airways privatisation
Dubai: A parliamentary committee in Kuwait has approved the privatisation of struggling flagship carrier Kuwait Airways, but says the process could take up to three years.
The report by the official Kuwait News Agency gave no further details. But officials on Tuesday suggested there were no major changes to previously announced plans to offer a 35 per cent stake to shareholders.
Kuwait Airways faces several challenges including high labour costs, an aging fleet and stiff competition from other Persian Gulf carriers such as Qatar Airways and Dubai-based Emirates. The move comes four years after Kuwait's parliament first approved a plan to restructure the airline.
Kuwait relies on oil exports for nearly all its revenue, but like other Gulf states it hopes to bolster its private sector and reduce dependency on oil revenue.


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Skip to comments.Heightened state of alert at Japan atom plant: IAEA
Posted on 03/11/2011 5:07:04 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
(Reuters) - Japan has told the U.N. nuclear wathchdog that a heightened state of alert has been declared at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after Friday's major earthquake, the Vienna-based agency said.
The International Atomic Energy Agency also said it had been told that the plant had been shut down and that no release of radiation had been detected. Japanese media reported separately that a leak was possible at the plant as water levels fell.
"The IAEA is seeking further details on the situation at Fukushima Daiichi and other nuclear power plants and research reactors.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Terrible situation, but I can see the cries from the liberals now against nuclear power.
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New monoclonal antibodies currently in advanced stages of development that target interleukin-17 (IL-17) or its receptor include secukinumab and ixekizumab. Those that target IL-12/23 include ustekinumab and guselkumab.1-3
Emerging monoclonal antibodies that target IL-17 or IL-12/23
Secukinumab (AIN457) is a monoclonal antibody targeting IL-17A that is being developed by Novartis. Secukinumab is formulated for subcutaneous (SC) administration and is a fully human monoclonal antibody. The significance of this is that, unlike monoclonal antibodies that are derived from animals such as mice, fully human antibodies have less risk for certain side effects. In Phase 2 studies conducted in patients with moderate to severe RA, secukinumab has resulted in significantly greater rates of ACR20 responses and reductions in 28-joint disease activity scores (DAS28) versus placebo, with rates of side effects slightly higher than placebo.4 Long-term results from one Phase 2 study suggest that these significant responses are durable.5 Three Phase 3 studies and one long-term extension study of secukinumab are currently ongoing and scheduled for completion through 2018.
Phase 2 and 3 RA program for secukinumab
- Secukinumab + MTX versus placebo + MTX in patients with inadequate response to MTX
- Secukinumab + MTX in patients with inadequate response to, or were intolerant of, one or more TNF-α inhibitors
- Secukinumab in patients with inadequate response to, or were intolerant of, one or more TNF-α inhibitors
- Sarilumab versus abatacept (Orencia) in patients with inadequate response to, or were intolerant of, one or more TNF-α inhibitor
- 4-year extension of core Phase 3 study
*Projected enrollment. MTX=methotrexate; TNF-α=tissue necrosis factor-alpha.
Ixekizumab (LY2439821) is a humanized monoclonal antibody that targets IL-17A. Ixekizumab, which is formulated for SC administration, is being developed by Eli Lilly and Company and is currently in Phase 2 development.1
In 2012, results from a Phase 2 study were reported. The study was conducted in 448 patients with RA who comprised two populations, patients who had not received biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) treatment (this group included 270 patients) and patients who had received an anti-TNF-α agent and had an inadequate response (this group included 178 patients).2,6
Patients were randomized to a range of doses of ixekizumab + conventional DMARD treatment or placebo + DMARD treatment. At week 12, among patients who were anti-TNF-α naive, ixekizumab at all doses resulted in higher rates of ACR20 responses versus placebo. However, the 30 mg dose was the only one that resulted in a significantly higher rate of ACR20 responses versus placebo (70% versus 35%, respectively; P<0.05). In patients who had an inadequate response to prior anti-TNF-α treatment, both ixekizumab doses produced ACR20 response rates of about 40% at week 12, compared with just over 20% with placebo (both P<0.05). Ixekizumab also resulted in greater reductions in 28-symptom disease activity scores (DAS28) versus placebo, as well as greater decreases in C-reactive protein (CRP) levels. The most common side effects with ixekizumab included upper respiratory tract and urinary tract infections, hypersensitivity (allergic) reactions, injection site pain, and headache, none of which were seen in greater than 10% of patients.2,6
Ustekinumab and guselkumab
Ustekinumab (Stelara) is a monoclonal antibody targeting IL-12/23 being developed by Centocor and guselkumab (CNTO 1959) is a fully human IL-23–targeted monoclonal antibody under development by Janssen. Both drugs are formulated for SC administration. Stelara and guselkumab are currently being compared in combination with methotrexate in an ongoing Phase 2 study (the study has completed recruitment) in patients with active moderate to severe RA who have had inadequate response to methotrexate.2


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Forgiven and Forgiving
"Only the strong can forgive. God, who is strongest, forgives best," writes Dr. L. William Countryman in this fresh look at forgiveness. Unlike most books on the subject, Forgiven and Forgiving is not about a step-by-step process. Rather, it is about conversion. Once we truly understand the depths of God's love for us and know deep-down that we are forgiven, we begin to see the world anew through God's eyes. Only when we are able to accept God's forgiveness for ourselves can we offer forgiveness to others. Biblically based with sound academic research, yet written in a conversational style, Forgiven and Forgiving offers valuable insights for clergy, laity, and church study groups. L. William Countryman is an Episcopal priest, professor of New Testament at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, California, and the author of The Good News of Jesus, Biblical Authority or Biblical Tyranny?, Language of Ordination, and The Mystical Way in the Fourth Gospel: Crossing Over into God (Trinity Press International), and Living on the Border of the Holy: Renewing the Priesthood of All.
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UPDATE: As of November 19th, 2017, the birth house and museum of the Dionne Quintuplets has been moved to the North Bay waterfront, installed on Oak Street (between the Heritage Museum and Marina Point seniors residence).
The museum has been closed since 2015. Local council paid for the $150,000 move and a group, the Dionne Quints Heritage Board, is negotiating with the city – and raising money – to operate the home and conserve its contents. expects to re-open the museum in 2018.
If you'd like to donate to their fundraising efforts, click here.
It's hard to know who to trust. ~ Elzire Dionne
On May 28, 1934, Franco-Ontariens Elzire and Oliva Dionne gave birth to five identical girls in this house in Corbeil, Ontario. Yvonne, Marie, Cecile, Annette and Emilie joined five existing children. Four more would follow. Local country doctor Allan Roy Dafoe attended the birth, spontaneously ascending to international superstardom.
Their miraculous birth offered a bright spot in the crushing darkness of the Great Depression. The intimate details of their daily lives – what they ate, how they grew, the toys they played with – made front page headlines for the next nine years. They became the most photographed, sought-after children in the world.
And everyone wanted a piece of the action. Promoters and showmen from across North America descended on the Dionne homestead. A few days after their birth, their father, under pressure to support a large family, signed an agreement to exhibit the quints at the World's Fair in Chicago. (Source: A. Wallace)
The Ontario government – bolstered by an outraged public – became concerned about the safety and exploitation of the quints at the hand of Oliva. On July 27th 1934, Premier Hepburn's attorney general, Arthur Roebuck, obtained a judicial order removing the quintuplets from their parents' authority. The following year, the Liberal government introduced a bill in the Ontario legislature to make the babies wards of the Crown until their 18th birthday. The Dionne Quintuplet Guardianship Act passed without amendment and the Dionnes became parents in name only.
Source: The Evening Independent, March, 1935
In order to accommodate, study, and display the quints, the government constructed the Dafoe nursery, aka Quintland, a hospital compound for the children and their caretakers directly opposite the Dionne homestead.
Dr. Dafoe described the compound:
…at present they live in a fully equipped, comfortable home, containing all modern conveniences.
Their little estate is made up of about seven acres, and is surrounded by a heavy metal fence seven feet high and topped with barbed wire.
The grounds within are prettily landscaped and contain many planted trees, a tiny garden, patches of lawn, and three buildings. At one side of the children's house, or main building, is the observation playground's structure. Here the general public may watch their play (through glass and a fine screen) from a protected [dark] corridor. By this means the observation periods are carried out with minimum noise for, and distraction of, the children.
Source: North Himsworth Museum
Nine permanent staff included two nurses, one teacher, three policemen, one housekeeper, and two maids. The nurses were responsible for "the care and training of the children and for carrying out the plans laid down for their early education." They performed the duties of a surrogate mother. Police kept staff locked in and undesirables, including the remaining Dionne family, out. Dr. Dafoe was not only concerned about the potential for abduction, but about their exposure to germs.
The general protective measures include isolation from the public and wearing of face masks and gowns by the attendants caring for the children.
With thousands of visitors and two "shows" every day, Dr. Dafoe described the quints' care as carefully regulated. "They eat, sleep, and play at regular hours and nothing is allowed to interfere with this routine." Each day was divided into 27 precise segments such as: 8:45am "drink of water," 10:45am "put away toys," and 4:30pm "directed play." A freakish experiment in child-rearing, every response, action, and emotion was meticulously recorded, analyzed, and shared with the press. Dr. Dafoe was king of the Quintland castle.
The children attracted 3 million visitors to North Bay and area during the peak of the depression. The associated cottage industry provided employment for thousands of locals.
From 3,000 to 6,000 people daily crowd the roadway before the Dafoe nursery. Business booms, land is sold at unheard-of figures. Inns, hotels, tourist camps are full every night. The resultant jobs have almost entirely erased relief rolls…Every hotel room and every bed available for tourists within 10 miles is occupied…I counted license plates from 31 states and Canadian provinces at one "showing"….Parking is free, and so is the "show," but if you want postcards and souvenirs, refreshments and gifts, you will pay well. Source: City of North Bay Archives
One financial expert described the babies as "a perfect example of a benevolent and natural monopoly with no living competitors." Locals referred to the quints as "the nuggets."
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The quints were early global celebrities, shilling everything from food and personal hygiene items to automobiles and pocket knives. The fees and royalties earned through endorsements and movies were to be kept in trust by the government, and invested wisely, for the girls until their 18th birthdays. In November 1937, Dr. Dafoe estimated their worth at $500,000 (Source: The Canadian Medical Association Journal, Nov. 1937).
And Dafoe believed that earning money – as much as possible, as quickly as possible – was imperative to their long-term well-being.
They can't live the normal life of ordinary individuals so there isn't any point in bringing them up as ordinary children…They must learn to be looked at, talked about, written to and studied…And because they will always have to buy their privacy and pay dearly for it…we are trying to build up sufficient funds to make it possible for them to have peace and freedom as the years go by.
Everyday life for the quints was extraordinary. For the first year of their lives they knew only each other. For the first five years, with the exception of one ten-minute ride in their father's car, they never left the hospital playground. Their trip to Toronto in 1939 to meet King George VI was the first of only a handful of outings.
In 1943, after nine years of legal wrangling, coupled with the waning popularity of the children and English-Franco tensions, Oliva and Elzire regained control of the quints. Dr. Dafoe, their surrogate father, was relieved of his guardianship duties and a year later was dead from pneumonia. Using money from their trust fund, an 18-room mansion (the "big house") was built next to the existing nursery to house the reunited Dionne family and staff. The nursery transformed into a Catholic school and ten hand-picked French Canadian girls formed their first social circle.
"It's lovely to have mamma and daddy always near. I am so happy," eldest Yvonne told the press. "It is just like the picture books, our new home is so nice." But life was not easy for a family chock-full of bitterness, resentment, and payback. Twenty years later that sentiment would be revised by Annette, Cecile and Yvonne: "It was the saddest home we have ever known."
With few social or life skills, and continuing under close public scrutiny, the quints left home at eighteen to attend the convent of the Sisters of the Assumption at Nicolet, Quebec. Marriage, children, divorces, estrangements, and death ensued.
Emilie died at age 20 of an epileptic seizure. Marie died alone and alcoholic, the victim of a blood clot. The remaining three lived together in St. Bruno, Quebec, existing on a few hundred dollars a month. They severed all contact with their parents and other siblings.
In 1998, Annette, Cecile and Yvonne (who died in 2001) received $4-million in compensation from the Ontario government for their childhood exploitation.
Oliva and Elzire moved out of the big house to a more modest one just up the road. The mansion sat empty for twenty years before its sale and conversion to an old age home.
The rest of Quintland has fallen into quiet sadness and disrepair. The passage of time is slowly granting the five Dionne sisters their wish: to be left alone.
1. Unless otherwise noted, I confirmed/compared my research with Pierre Berton's The Dionne Years, McClelland & Stewart, 1977
2. Quintland lies between the villages of Corbeil and Callander. The family identified with the rustic Corbeil, which was primarily French-Canadien.
3. Click here for directions, opening hours and admission rates for the Dionne Quints Museum in North Bay and the Callander Bay Museum. The log/frame house that houses the museum was moved to North Bay in the early 1980's.


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TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc., ARI, -1.05% the New York investor in mortgage assets, priced its initial public offering of 10 million common shares at $20. The underwriters have an option on 1.5 million more shares if demand for the offering requires. When the offering closes, Apollo Commercial plans to privately place 500,000 additional common shares at $20. The company expects proceeds from the offerings, after fees and expenses and excluding the underwriters' option, of $208 million. Apollo Commercial is managed and advised by a subsidiary of Apollo Global Management LLC. J.P. Morgan Securities, Citigroup and Barclays Capital are running the books.
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Favorite Figure Skater of All Time
The Contenders: Page 4
Love her "O" it has so big pleasure and beauty.
Her skating was full of pleasure!
It makes me really happy.
I love her performance!
I love her artistic skating. She can transform herself into anything: a cute girl Maria in WSS, a passionate dancer in Libertango, an impressive bird in O, and now an evil but enchanting Black Swan. Though she left competitions two years ago, she is still making progress as a professional skater. Also expect Akiko to succeed as a choreographer.
The one and only representation person!V 16 Comments
I do not feel sorry for Nancy, because she was too much in love federation inflated to its persona, style and marketing + sponsors. She was bathed in luxury and delight of the American public, but Tonya was actually stronger,to Nancy! Tonya has earned respect as a minimum in her address because she did 3A, although she doesn't a great love of the American public.Tonya doesn't in the event of an attack on to Nancy
She overcame an assault planned by HER OWN TEAM MATE only to have the best performance she had done so far. That's saying enough.
Just something about her jumps mechanics... A shame really. She's got some killer skating skills and is comfortable with emoting.
Miyahara skating be Junior! I worry that she is going to get buried in next season Miyahara's jumps have never been the most stable I certainly didn't like the Miyahara package last season! I think that the place Miyahara in junior competitions, but never in an adult, it's not right to keep the little ant with disgusting jumps senior grand prix, let her back in junior kindergarten. Now she has a coach and a choreographer no one has heard of!
She has amazing soul!
I love her performance!
It has a loss in part-rotation jump!V 11 Comments
He floated over the ice and made it all seem so effortless! He had magic!
I can't forget his airy tuck axel even after 35 years. He had combination of elegance and strength.
Superb. On television he looked amazing but seen live he seemed to float. And his slow skating was a masterpiece of control.
Maxim, a very promising athlete. I really like his skating, his jumps, his program. I wish him only success. This could be our next Olympic champion
The way he jumps and the way he lands are superb! Especially the landing.
He is the unusual figure skater. I like its powerful jumps, high-speed driving, male style.
He will be a champion!V 8 Comments
The most beautiful and artistic skater the US has seen for a long time. I will miss seeing him in competition, but I know his influence will live on through others.
His artistry is so beautiful. I love it!V 1 Comment
I am very unhappy because you are not adding me your Facebook. But my vote is your.
I have loved his performance even now!
I love his performance!
He's entertainer skater. He's by far my favorite skater!
Russian figure skater.
In love with his style of skating, classy programs and music!
She is to be just an ordinary middle skater nothing attractive on the ice! Her hooked nose and face ugly to be unattractive everything she does there. The Cizeron should be glad that stands on the ice, but to him is the place be in the circus as a clown. I will never accept this repulsive unaesthetic couple
The best after the duchesnay! Avec guillaume CIZERON, ce sont des ETOILES DE LA DANSE, rarissime de transposer la danse sur la glace, MAGNIFIQUE COUPLE ILS ONT TOUT, CHARISME, beauté, ils ne font qu'un danseur étoile. MAGNIFQUE
Dice's jumps are very beautiful. I love his smiling face.
His quad Salchow-jump is very beautiful. - nozomirai5
His jump and skating is very beautiful! And his performance gives us passion!
I love his beautiful skating and clean jump!V 6 Comments
Tatyana is an amazing skater and a wonderful person. She and Roman are the best of ice dance figure skaters
I really like Tatiana and Roman dancer!V 3 Comments
His skating is so beautiful and make me happy.
He is like a sun! The best, forever
so talent!
She fought racism during her career... Had she been "white skinned" she wouldve won the olympic gold medal in the early 1990's... She has spunk, grit and tremendous determination and that's why she remains a fantastic figure skater of all time.
I want to vote for her she still amaze me, she still doing her trade mark back flip!
An amazing jumper with great power. Can land quad jumps.
Fantastic.amazing skater.great jumps,
Oksana Grishuk is the most extraordinary and most successfully skaters ever. She's so talented, her technical skills, speed and gliding are perfect. Her charming performance is just incredible! We LOVE Oksana very much.
Queen Oksana Grishuk. Completely agree! She's absolutely magnificent, just breath-taking! She is not only a genius in figure skating, she's also one of the most beautiful women in the world. And it's very natural, that she's often associated with Marilyn Monroe - the greatest actress ever. She's really Great!
Oksana, I'm so grateful that you exist! THANK YOU!
Oksana is very beautiful, stylish and sophisticated. Greates skater in sport history.
A beauty on ice. A treat to watch her skating. Wonderfully talented and technically superb. A two time Olympic Gold winner and rightfully so. She's also won the World Championships four times. This makes her one of the most successful figure skaters of all time, very popular and loved.
She is just kosmos!V 3 Comments
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I suspected even before the semester began that a breaching experiment might be part of my sociology course. I had already seen several students from other schools mimic one another's breaching experiments online. I was determined to do something unique, so I grew a beard. Yesterday, I cleanly shaved half of it, starting in a straight vertical line down the middle of my face. For good measure, I shaved my scalp on that side as well. Even though I knew it was just hair, I instinctively felt ill at ease. It turns out there's a good reason for that.
Humans value bilateral facial symmetry. We subconsciously use it to judge attractiveness and reproductive fitness in potential matesii. One study observed that women preferred facial symmetry over masculinity as a component of attractiveness. But the effects of facial symmetry aren't just limited to the arena of mating. They can even affect your chances of landing a job.iii Would a really bad haircut affect me in similar ways?
Day One
February 3, 2013. My birthday. My family and I had a big dinner at planned at a nice restaurant. Freshly shaven, I walked out to the kitchen with only half the beard they'd finally gotten used to and started talking about our plans. My wife looked up, saw my face and looked confused for a moment, and then looked away. When she looked back, she laughed nervously and then said, "Oh, I know what this is about. This is for your Sociology class, isn't it?" I moved in for a kiss, and she hesitated for a moment, laughing. "I guess this means we're not going out to dinner tonight?"
My three-year-old was baffled. Also laughing, she said, "Daddy, you cut your moustache!"
"Isn't that ok?"
"No, you look silly and ridiculous!"iv
From that point on she made a game of it. She wouldn't look me straight in the eye, and would only kiss my bearded cheek. She insisted that I tell her bedtime story sitting sideways. It seems that even if our symmetrical preference isn't strictly biological, the social conditioning takes root very early on. v
We were greeted at the restaurant by a small, timid, young woman who seemed an extremely unlikely candidate for the job. She looked right past me and asked my wife how many of us there would be. I tried, but I couldn't get her to look at me. I did catch her stealing glances from around a corner later on, though.
The waitress (a different person) took our drink orders ahead of dinner and asked for our IDs. I looked straight at her, and running my fingers through the graying demi-beard at the end of my chin said, "Are you kidding me?" She smiled broadly, the kind of smile you see on someone who can't laugh uncontrollably, but can't run away, either. "Ha, ha! Yup, sorry!"
When she came back to take our order, my teenager asked for a full rack of ribs. My wife said, "Did you want the full rack, too?" Turning again to the waitress, I locked eyes and said, "No, I think I'll have the half." This was too much. As soon as she made her way around the corner, my entire family burst out laughing.
Later, I confessed to making her the unwitting subject of my little half-bearded experiment. "Oh, it wasn't that bad," she insisted. "I hardly noticed it at all." But she had noticed. Of course she had. Why did she feel the need to downplay it to me, as if I had some horrible, permanent disfigurement? I suspect that it's because the same mechanisms that automate our personal reactions to asymmetry influence our social responses to it.
That humans are compelled to seek out facial bilateral symmetry seems strongly supported in just my brief anecdotal experience. The reactions of people on the train to school the next day alone would have provided me with more than enough information to write this paper a second time. One woman put her bags down and almost sat across from me. When she saw me, she picked up her bags, turned around and made her way to another car. This happened a few times, and when someone finally did sit across from me, it seemed a final resort—the other seats were already taken. On the ride home, people stood for nearly an hour rather than take the empty seat next to me.
To be fair, I don't think their judgment is entirely ill-founded. After all, no one would deem it wise to sit next to the crazy-looking guy when there are other options available. The fact remains, however, that I'm not actually insane, and I'm certainly not dangerous. If attribution errors are this easy to make over something as trivial as an odd beard, we might do well to reconsider the harm we inflict when we unfairly judge other people based on their appearance.
Leigh W. Simmons, Gillian Rhodes, Marianne Peters, and Nicole Koehler Are human preferences for facial symmetry focused on signals of developmental instability? Behavioral Ecology (2004) 15(5): 864-871
Robert P. Burriss, S. Craig Roberts, Lisa L. M. Welling, David A. Puts and Anthony Heterosexual Romantic Couples Mate Assortatively for Facial Symmetry, But Not Masculinity C. Little Pers Soc Psychol Bull 2011 37: 601
See her reaction on video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBmddr4hU64.
This seemed reinforced the next day when I dropped my daughter off at daycare. The other kids couldn't stop staring. When I finally broke the silence, they were all giggles.


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Colorado Shootings Day 2
****Update 8: Matthew Murray kicked out of YWAM, "strange behavior", heard "voices":
Matthew Murray was kicked out of a missionary training program five years ago for strange behavior, and talked about hearing voices, according to a man who served at the center with him.
Crime scene tape is placed near a Youth With A Mission sign in Arvada, Colorado, on Sunday.
Murray was the gunman who killed two people at the Youth With A Mission center on Sunday and two others at a Colorado Springs megachurch later that day, police said. He was shot by a church security guard and died of his wounds.
Richard Werner, 34, said Monday he was a worker at the center in Arvada, Colorado, in 2002, the same time as Murray.
He said Murray was told in December 2002 he would not be allowed to join a mission trip to Bosnia. That was five days after Murray performed a pair of dark rock songs at a concert at the mission that made fellow workers "pretty scared," according to Werner.
The performance -- which included a song by rock band Linkin Park and another that had been recorded by controversial rocker Marilyn Manson -- followed months of strange behavior, Werner said.
Werner, of Balneario Camborius, Brazil, said he had a bunk near Murray's and that Murray would roll around in bed and make noises.
"He would say, 'Don't worry, I'm just talking to the voices,' " Werner said. "He'd say, 'Don't worry, Richard. You're a nice guy. The voices like you.'"
Jeanne Assam
****Update 7: Jeanne Assam describes her experience, "hands didn't even shake":
The guard who saved untold lives at New Life Church gives credit to God for giving her cover, and boosting her firepower as she shot a heavily-armed gunman.****Update 6: Arvada, Colorado Springs shootings forensically linked; more details emerge from the final confrontation:
"I give credit to God. I say that very humbly," said Jeanne Assam. "God was with me, the whole time I was behind cover. Based on the firepower he had, compared to mine."
Assam spoke at a press conference in Colorado Springs this afternoon. She is one of about 12 armed security officers at New Life Church, according to Pastor Brady Boyd.
She responded when Matthew Murray, 24, began targeting church members in Colorado Springs, after a rampage hours earlier in Arvada in which two missionary training center staff members were killed and two were injured. Two teenagers at New Life were killed, and three others injured before Assam could shoot Murray.
She calmly described how the incident unfolded.
"I heard shots fired, there was chaos," she said. "There was a lot of people in the church. People were running away from shots fired.
"I saw him coming through the doors, and I took cover, and I waited for him to get closer...I identified myself, engaged him, and took him down."
She spoke unemotionally, but the first words she said were in tribute to the victims.
"I just want you to know it's an honor to be here and I want to extend my sympathy to the families of the victims and of the gunman. And I mean that very sincerely," she said.
"I just prayed for the holy spirit to guide me...my hands weren't even shaking."
Bourbonnais says he was in the cafeteria when the gunfire started.****Update 5: Gunman ignored security officer Jeanne Assam's order to drop his weapon, fired at her before being shot himself, "thanks God"; two other armed male guards refused to fire:
"He (Murray) had shot a couple out in the parking lot and by the time I got there, he had entered the two doors on the northeast side," said Bourbonnais. "I kept saying to the security guard, 'Give me your handgun, I'm going to take him out."
Bourbonnais says Murray was dressed in all black with combat boots and he had an assault rifle. Bourbonnais says Murray reminded him of a SWAT officer.
"I jumped out, got his attention and called him a name. And then he just looked at me and then he started to shoot me and so when I realized that, I jumped back," said Bourbonnais, "and all I got were two pellets in my arm so I thought, 'Well, I'll jump out again' and then I noticed the lady to my right. He shot a few times. She shot a few."
"She (Assam) was yelling, I recall, 'Surrender.' I didn't want to get in her way. I was unarmed, so I ran kind of up and parallel because I couldn't see," said Bourbonnais. "She fired off 10 or 12 shots and we both came around the corner and he started sliding down and he started bleeding. He looked pretty dead. I told her to take a headshot and she said, 'No, I think he's dead.' I took a handgun out of his hand because I was unarmed. I cleared it. It had jammed, I remember that."
"I told her that's the bravest thing I've ever seen and she said, 'I was just praying. It was the Holy Spirit to help me do this right.' That was pretty powerful stuff, very, very brave," he said.
The gunman who killed two at a Colorado Springs church Sunday refused a guard's order to drop his weapon and fired before the guard shot him to death and ended the attack, according to a church official.Vietnam Vet Larry Bourbannais details two male guards who did not fire, refused to give him their weapons:
The guard, a member of the New Life Church who provides security as a volunteer, was called a hero by church officials today.
"She's the hero," Senior Pastor Brady Boyd said. "She saved 100 lives yesterday."
Michael Ware, pastor of Victory Church in Westminster and a New Life overseer, said the security guard is a small woman, "110 pounds dripping wet."
Relating the account he had been told, Ware said the woman ordered the gunman to drop his weapon and they exchanged shots. The attacker shot at the guard, missed, and kept walking into the church, Ware said. The woman fired again, taking down the gunman.
Near an entryway in the church, Bourbonnais came upon the gunman and an armed male church security guard who was there with his gun drawn but not firing, he said.
Bourbonnais said he pleaded with the armed guard to give him his weapon.
"Give me your handgun. I've been in combat, and I'm going to take this guy out," Bourbonnais recalled telling the guard. "He kept yelling, 'Get behind me! Get behind me!' He wouldn't hand me his weapon, but he wouldn't do anything."
There was an additional armed security guard there, another man, who also didn't fire, Bourbonnais said.
Bourbonnais yelled at the gunman to draw his attention, he said.
"First, I called him 'Coward' then I called him 'S---head' " Bourbonnais said. "I probably shouldn't have been saying that in church."
Rachael Works, 16, back left, and Stephanie Works, 18, front right, died in the shootings at New Life Church. They are pictured with their parents, David and Marie, and sisters. David Works was wounded in the attack.
****Update 4: "Gunman hated Christians" according to police, "like a commando on a suicide mission", worked for YWAM 3 years ago but was kicked out, sent "hate mail"; Murray's religious affiliation unknown:
A law enforcement official says the deadly rampages at a megachurch and a missionary training school were believed to have been carried out by the same person — Matthew J. Murray, a 24-year-old Arapahoe County man who "hated Christians."
Murray had recently sent "hate mail" to the Youth With A Mission training center after being kicked out of the program three years ago, a search warrant affidavit obtained today says.
"The common denominator with both locations of (the shootings), is a church based group called 'Youth With A Mission' (Y-WAM)," Colorado Springs Detective Bradley Pratt wrote Sunday in a statement supporting of search warrant for Murray's family home in Arapahoe County.
"It appears that the suspect had been kicked out of that program approximately three years prior, and during the past few weeks, had sent different forms of hate mail to the program, and/or its director," Pratt wrote.
Murray's expulsion from the school was confirmed by Cheryl Morrison, whose husband, George Morrison, is pastor of the Faith Bible Chapel adjacent to Y-WAM Arvada. She didn't know specifics of the conflict.
"I don't think that 'run-in' is the word, but they did have to dismiss him," Cheryl Morrison said. "It had to be something of significance, because they go the nth degree with people."
The search warrant affidavit shows that Murray assaulted New Life Church like a commando on a suicide mission.
**Yesterday's coverage here
*Update 3: Same gunman, Matthew Murray, at both shootings; Murray had worked with YWAM, sent threatening notes:
The shooter at both a missionary center and a church Sunday in Colorado was a man who once worked on a mission with the center, a source familiar with the events said Monday.One of the wounded--and a likely hero--Larry Bourbannais, a Vietnam veteran, ran toward the shooter to distract him as he was confronted by the security officer:
The source said the gunman -- who was killed by a security guard at the site of the second shooting -- was Matthew Murray.
The shootings left four people dead, in addition to the gunman, and five wounded.
The source -- a long-time member of New Life Church, site of the second shooting -- said Murray had a falling out with Youth With a Mission after working with the organization a couple of years ago and that he sent antagonistic and threatening correspondence afterward.
Murray fired on people at the missionary center in Arvada early Sunday, then drove to New Life Church in Colorado Springs, where the center has a satellite office, the source said.
Murray, carrying a great deal of ammunition, threw a smoke grenade into an area in which some people were gathered at the church after services, then got in his car and drove around to a different entrance, where he fired into a car -- killing two teenage girls and wounding their father, the source said.
Murray apparently fired at other cars as well, the source said.
A security guard confronted him and shot him.
A Vietnam veteran is among the survivors, hit by gunfire at the New Life Church in Colorado Springs.
Larry Bourbannais, 59, was eating a hamburger in the cafeteria on the church campus when he heard gunfire, said his daughter, Sherry Smith.
Bourbannais headed in the direction of the shots as frightened people ran past him looking to escape to safety.
"Where's the shooter, where's the shooter," my dad kept yelling, Smith said.
Smith, 28, and other family members met Bourbannais at a hospital Sunday where he was treated for a gunshot wound in the arm and released.
Bourbannais was alert at the hospital and told Smith in detail about the shooting.
Bourbannais came upon the gunman near an entry way in a building and yelled at him to draw his attention, Smith said.
That's when the shooter pointed a handgun at Bourbannais and fired, she said.
Bourbannais had ducked behind a hollow, decorative pillar and was hit in the arm by the bullet and fragments of the pillar.
At about that moment, a woman with a drawn handgun turned a corner and walked toward the gunman and yelled "Surrender," Smith said.
When the gunman pointed his weapon at the woman, she fired at him and kept walking toward him as she continued firing, Smith said.
"My dad said it was the bravest thing he had ever seen," Smith said.
The woman fired off about 10 to 12 shots as she kept walking toward the shooter.
After the gunman went down, Bourbannais asked the woman, who has only been identified as a volunteer security guard with the church, how she remained so calm and focused.
Smith said the woman told Bourbannais: "She was praying for guidance from the Holy Spirit."
**Update 2: The alleged gunman in the shootings at New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is 23-year-old Matthew Murray, CNN confirms; from 9NEWS, gunman described as a "loner," didn't talk to neighbors:
The identity of the gunman in the shooting at a 10,000-plus member mega-church has been uncovered by 9Wants to Know.Homeschooled and lived with his parents:
9Wants to Know has learned 24-year-old Matthew Murray was killed after opening fire at New Life Church on Sunday.
Murray was home schooled and his last known address was at his parents' home in unincorporated Arapahoe County – the same home investigators searched Sunday night.
9NEWS was unable to find a record of Murray earning a high school diploma in the Cherry Creek School District.
It is still unclear whether there is a connection between Murray and the shooting at an Arvada missionary training center.
On Sunday evening, authorities from several jurisdictions searched Murray's home in unincorporated Arapahoe County.
Authorities could be seen coming and going from the home, and at one point searching the bushes in front and the back yard. The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the Arapahoe County bomb squad were also involved in the search at the home on East Berry Place and Havana Street.
After the lengthy search -- during which many boxes of material were removed -- authorities took down crime scene tape at 5:30 a.m. and left the home without disclosing what they found.
Neighbors said the family has lived at that home for 10-plus years and has two sons, one of which attends a religious school. A Cherry Creek School District spokeswoman said that Murray was homeschooled and she doesn't have any record of him attending a high school in the area or receiving a diploma.
Murray lives with his father, a neurologist with a practice in Lone Tree, his mother and brother.
"It's just crazy just hearing about it. I was thinking about how I knew them so long ago ... They were a really religious family," said neighbor Cody Askeland.
USA Today blog reports the gunman was carrying 500 rounds of ammunition, and worked on a mission with the first group targeted in Sunday's shootings.
**Update: no BOLO issued after Arvada shooting; RMN issues bios for Arvada victims--Tiffany Johnson, Philip Crouse, Dan Griebenow, and Charlie Blanch; witnesses describe shooter, gunfire at New Life church; New Life church members suspect anti-Christian motivations for the shooting:
A few members speculated that the attack was motivated by hatred for Christianity, or New Life Church in particular.
"You get a lot of weird looks when you say you go to New Life," said a member who declined to give her name. "It's just a lot of judgment because we're so big."
Another New Life member saw a possible link with a shooting that killed two staff members at a missionary training center early Sunday in Arvada, a Denver suburb.
"Something's going on," said Melanie Vaughn. "I think people are so bitter about Christians. There are a lot of issues, killing, stealing and destroying. I think some people think the church is an easy target."
An update on victims of the Colorado Springs shooting:
Police today identified two teenagers as the victims who were fatally shot in Sunday's attack on New Life Church.
According to a statement to media outlets, the dead were 18-year-old Stephanie Works and 16-year-old Rachael Works.
The two girls were sisters, Pastor Brady Boyd said this morning.
The other shooting victims included:
David Works, 51, who suffered two gunshot wounds to the abdomen. He was listed in fair condition at Penrose Hospital.
Judy Purcell, 40, who suffered a gunshot wound to the right shoulder. She was treated at the hospital and released.
Larry Bourbannais, 59, who suffered a gunshot wound to the left forearm. He was treated at the hospital and released.
Pastor Boyd praised the quick reaction of the courageous female volunteer security officer who he credited with saving more lives:
The gunman was killed by a member of the church's volunteer security staff before police arrived.Not much detail on the house searched in Englewood, but witnesses at both shootings described the alleged shooter in the same way.
"He never got more than 50 feet inside our building," said Boyd. "(Our security guard) rushed toward the attacker and took him down in the hallway. She probably saved 100 lives."
Boyd said the church "looked like a war zone" and that about 40 shots were fired in all. He called it a "senseless random attack."
The security guard was a woman in plain clothes who volunteers with the church and uses her own personal weapon, Boyd said. She has a law enforcement background and is licensed to carry a weapon. Boyd said she was the one who suggested the church beef up its security Sunday following the Arvada shooting, which it did.
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