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James Till (Ontario Cancer Institute)
Published in socio.philica.com
ObservationOn the basis of qualitative evidence, awareness of the open access (OA) movement increased substantially in 2006 (Suber, 2007; Morrison, 2006), and OA has become an academic area unto itself (Morrison, 2006). Could a simple quantitative indicator be used to measure growth of interest in OA?
Social bookmarking services, such as Connotea (Lund, 2006), can be used to tag noteworthy articles. There were 104 entries in Connotea tagged "open access" in 2005. This number increased dramatically in 2006, to 738 (a 7-fold increase).
However, social bookmarking itself increased markedly during the past two years.
For example, entries tagged "internet" in Connotea increased from 299 in 2005 to 907 in 2006 (a 3-fold increase) and entries tagged "neuroscience" increased from 177 in 2005 to 491 in 2006 (also a 2.8-fold increase). Similar increases from 2005 to 2006 were also observed for other tags, such as "cancer" (920/320, a 2.9-fold increase) and "diabetes" (242/90, a 2.7-fold increase). Because awareness of topics such as these were not expected to have increased significantly between 2005 and 2006, it was assumed that these 3-fold increases were a result of the increasing popularity of tagging via Connotea, and not of increased interest in the topics themselves.
A chi-square test of association (Lowry, 2006), in which the observed numbers of entries for "open access" in 2006 and 2005 (738 and 104) were compared with those obtained for "internet" (907 and 299) in a 2x2 contingency table, indicated that the difference in the 2006/2005 ratios for these two tags was highly significant at the P < 0.0001 level.
These results provide preliminary quantitative evidence that interest in OA is indeed burgeoning, and that frequencies of Connotea tags may provide a useful indicator for tracking these changes.
ReferencesSuber, P. (2007). Open access in 2006. SPARC Open Access Newsletter, Issue 105, 2 January.
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/01-02-07.htm - 2006
Morrison, H. (2006). Dramatic growth December 2006 & predictions for 2007. The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics, 31 December. http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com/2006/12/dramatic-growth-december-2006.html
Lund, B. (2006). Tagging and bookmarking in institutional repositories.
Nascent, Nature's blog on web technology and science, 13 March. http://blogs.nature.com/wp/nascent/2006/03/tagging_and_bookmarking_in_ins.html
Lowry, R. (1998-2006). Chi-Square test of association. VassarStats For a 2x2 Contingency Table. http://faculty.vassar.edu/lowry/tab2x2.html
Information about this ObservationThis Observation has not yet been peer-reviewedThis Observation was published on 8th January, 2007 at 15:40:39 and has been viewed 10739 times.
1 Author comment added 10th April, 2007 at 17:11:56
Matt Hodgkinson has posted an item about my "Observation" in Philica, in his Journalology blog (10 March 2007): Tags track growth in open access (and a dig at Philica). I have posted a response in his blog. As noted in my response, the "Observation" had its origins in an item posted on December 31, 2006 to my own blog. See: Tags as indicators of growing awareness about OA? I've subsequently added some further comments to this blog entry of mine, and may add more in the future.
2 Author comment added 10th April, 2007 at 17:21:53
The link for Matt Hodgkinson's comment in his Journalology blog is: http://journalology.blogspot.com/2007/03/tags-track-growth-in-open-access-and.html
The link for the item in my own blog, entitled "Tags as indicators of growing awareness about OA?" is:


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There are many voices "out there" protesting the destruction of our historic buildings. Landmarks hopes to unify those voices to help identify, record and preserve those structures which best typify the history of Washington County.
We strive to provide the educational tools needed to influence governmental bodies in their planning, help individual homeowners in restoring or sensitively rehabilitating their home, and support our members in their endeavors to preserve our architectural past.
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The laboratory of 2D materials' optelectronics was created in April, 2016 in the framework of the MIPT program for promotion of competitiveness 5-100. Since October, 2016 the laboratory became a part of the MIPT center of nanoscale optoelectronics. The laboratory aims at investigating optical and electrical properties of 2D materials for further creation of optoelectronic devices with unique properties on their basis.
Laboratories & Research Centers
There are over 50 laboratories at MIPT which conduct research in different fields of science, both fundamental and applied study. All of them are highly equipped and has every opportunity to create and develop. Heads of the laboratories are involved in educational process as well as students are involved in scientific research. The majority of MIPT's labs teams consist of university's professors, students and alumni. Many of them participate in international collaborations and has exchange programs.
The laboratory conducts research in the following areas: molecular genetic mechanisms of aging and lifespan, treatment of age-dependent pathologies with advanced target proteins, and geroprotective characteristics of various substances. The research employs methods of molecular and classical genetics with the use of various model systems (yeast, drosophila, mice, human cells, long-lived mammals and fish species), bioinformatics and systems biology. The laboratory conducts analysis of genomes and transcripts of animal species and model systems with delayed-aging and increased lifespan traits.
Atmospheric research of primary planets with ground and spacecraft observations by methods of high resolution spectroscopy in ultraviolet, visible light, and infrared. Development of advanced aircraft equipment for spectral sensing of planetary atmospheres. Computer simulation of planetary climates and evolution of planetary atmospheres with the use of high performance supercomputing systems and 3-D general circulation models. Development of high resolution heterodyne spectrometry equipment. Space project Driada (Mermaid-2). The aim is to test new measurement methods of high resolution spectra and GHG reconcentration
The laboratory conducts research in tissue engineered bioconstruction with targeted organ or tissue replacement functions. The process of bioconstruction involves tackling a number of interdependent issues, such as creating a brassboard of a two-circuit perfusion system meant for artificial revitalization of an extracellular biological, combined, or artificial matrix; developing a vascular graft based on a revitalized, homogeneous, collagen and elastic matrix; developing sustained release peptide-based drugs from defined and standardized mesenchymal stem cells cultivated in ex vivo expansion conditions.
The laboratory of biophysics of excitable systems was established at MIPT in the end of 2010 as one of the laboratories of the "mega-grant" program of the Russian Government (http://www.p220.ru/). The main focus of the laboratory is the investigation of excitable biological tissues, such as cardiac tissue. For that purpose, methods for optical mapping of biological samples and tissue engineering techniques are being developed in the laboratory.
Our lab develops novel methods for computational materials discovery, and applies them to a wide range of exciting scientific problems. Positions in the lab are extremely competitive and we choose the select the brightest young talents and nurture them. We use some of the world's most powerful supercomputers, and our lab has its own supercomputer. Importantly, we have developed unique computational codes and use state-of-the-art visualization tools. Each year we host many visiting researchers and students.
The Laboratory for the Development of Innovative Drugs conductsvalidation testing of approaches developed by Sharpless that aim to significantly improve the quality of drugs that affect biological and metabolic processes in the cell. New methods are based on the use of innovative click-chemistry, which is researched on different cell models, including carcinogenesis, inflammation and Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. There is one doctor of sciences and six candidates of sciences among the staff working in the laboratory.
The Laboratory was founded in 2015 as a part of the MIPT Life Sciences Center for carrying out of fundamental and applied scientific researches in the field of neural systems and deep training for creation of computer intelligence.
Current Projects :
- iPavlov project
- The Conversational Intelligence Challenge
- DeepHack
The Laboratory of systems biology conducts the researches in the sphere of the problems of data integration of transcriptional, proteomic and metabolic activity of the genome of biological objects. In the research projects carried out in the sphere of post-genomic biology and medicine, not only information about the complete DNA sequence of the studied object is used, but also the persistence of the genome is studied, its micro- and macroheterogeneity is described as well as cause-and-effect relationships that occur in case of the DNA instability on the level of matrix RNA and proteins.
The Laboratory of Theoretical Nanophysics was established at MIPT in 2014. The laboratory is a part of the MIPT Interdisciplinary Center for Basic Research.
Research in the laboratory is supported by the 5-100 program for improving the competitiveness of MIPT, the Russian Science Foundation and grants from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research
The laboratory is headed by Yuri Kovalev, ScD in physics and mathematics, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. We focus on observational and theoretical research into the relativistic objects of the universe: pulsars, young stars, binary systems, galactic nuclei, massive black holes. The objective is to further our understanding of their nature and use the obtained information to improve the precision of the inertial frame of reference.
Space Informatics Laboratory is an organized research unit based in the Phystech School of Radio Engineering and Computer Technology (Department of Radio Engineering and Cybernetics) at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT). The purpose of the Space Informatics Lab is to foster research and education in the areas of aerospace and engineering systems and applied mathematics in a broad sense and in an interdisciplinary mode.
The laboratory's field of experimental research is focused on ion cyclotron resonance (ICR) mass spectrometry. The Laboratory of Ion and Molecular Physics has close cooperation with Russian and international experts, presents its project work at national and global conferences, and is regularly published in peer-reviewed journals.
Areas of research include hypersonic flows, numerical simulation, spacecraft engineering, and automated design engineering systems. One of current projects is developing a mathematical modeling system to study high altitude hypersonic aerodynamics of advanced spacecraft within the Reynolds and Knudsen number ranges. The project features a unique combination of high precision and efficiency computing algorithms that allow for live recording of physical effects in a wide range of modes of hypersonic spacecraft motion.
The laboratory conducts research in the following areas: interaction modeling in protein ligands, toxicity predicting, and QSAR modeling. The laboratory has engineered and implemented Smart Mining - a unique software system for studies in computational chemistry. The laboratory employs Kohonen artificial neural networks to predict specific target activity of compounds and their characteristics, such as CYP3A4 (Cytochrome P450) binding, hematoencephalic barrier permeation, plasma protein binding, acute toxicity, plasma half-life, etc.
The main areas of the experimental and computational-theoretical studies carried out in the laboratory include the physics of pulsed gas discharges (spark discharge from streamers to flash, barrier discharge, nanosecond space discharge, etc.) and their internal processes, research on the impact of plasma of nanosecond discharge on the processes of inflammation and combustion of blended fuel, research on the physical and chemical processes in strong shock waves, control of gas streams using non-equilibrium plasma, and atmospheric electricity.
The laboratory's aim is to conduct experimental research of quantum effects in semiconductor and hybrid nanostructures. The combination of low-dimensional structure, topological complexity of the electronic spectrum, strong interaction and nanolithography capabilities attribute to the system's unique physical properties.
In line with the 2009-2018 Development Program for Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Professional Learning "Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology" as a research university, the Laboratory of Physical and Mathematical Problems in Wave Processes was renamed as the Laboratory of Wave Processes and Control Systems. S.N.Garichev took D.S.Lukin's position as laboratory head, and the laboratory was respectively reassigned from the Department of Problems of Physics and Energetics to the Department of Radio Engineering and Cybernetics (a Subdepartment of Wave Processes and Control Systems).


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RSS Feed won't show up
I'm puzzled about why you would post this title into the css customization forum with no message in the post. It sounds like a support topic so I hope I'm not wasting my time giving you these instructions.
-> dashboard -> presentation -> sidebar widgets
scroll down to RSS feed widgets - choose how many you want - for example 1 - click on "save" and it will then appear in your "available widgets" box
drop and drag it into your "sidebar" place it where you want it to be and click on it to open it so you can configure it
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I worked for Starbucks for seven years, and while their official policy is to control that trademark within an inch of their lives, they do sometimes just let it go, particularly if it's a fan thing.
I'm also not seeing an RSS button in the sidebar. You do need to fill in the sidebar widget as tt has said before it'll show up. Otherwise it will appear on your dashboard that it's there, but it won't show up on the site.
I didn't see one either. I assumed it hadn't been configured properly so that's why I spent all that time typing up the instructions.
If you speak French will you please answer the post entitled "message"? thx.
I used to speak French, but I took a crack at that post and it's beyond my skills at this point. Been in BC too long, I guess. There's got to be someone around who can do it, though.
Thx, I was still working it out when I hit "send" - I actually got The Motley Fool
run but I couldn't get the RSS feed from Comedy Central's The Daily Show to work no matter what I did. That was where I was stuck. I'm such a newbie to RSS that I don't even know the questions to ask at this point...give me a week ;)
What's the URL that you're trying to use for the feed?
That's the link they gave from their "subscribe to RSS feed" button
Looks like it's seriously broken.
A quick test within WP gives me this error:
Error: could not find an RSS or ATOM feed at that URL.
Bloglines.com takes it but I'm thinking it's one of the special feeds since it gives me a logo as well.
Best bet would be to send in a feedback but I don't think this one is going to work.
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A Sumner County teacher accused of directing a third grade student to punch a second grader in the face has resigned from her position.
Rebecca Cassel was initially suspended for her alleged actions.
The mother of the second grade victim, Brandie Dobson, previously told Nashville's News 2 she wanted Cassel arrested or fired for her actions.
"He was scared to go back to school, but I told him it is fine," Dobson said. "They shouldn't have to go through that."
Dobson said the violent act stemmed from an incident involving the two elementary school students that occurred on the school bus Friday.
Following the altercation on the bus, Cassel is said to have brought the two students into the same room where she then allowed the third grader to punch the younger student in the face.
"He had to go back to his class, bawling, crying, red-faced [and] humiliated," Dobson said. "There's two teachers in the classroom. Someone could have notified me or the other teacher could have stopped it."
Officials with Sumner County Schools said Cassel has been a teacher since 2008 and released a statement which read in part, "We intend to thoroughly investigate this matter to fully determine if this incident occurred and the circumstances surrounding it. If these allegations are indeed proven true by our investigation, our Director of Schools will take appropriate corrective action, as we will not tolerate this type of conduct within our school system."
News 2 was unable to reach Cassel for comment regarding the incident, however, on a children's literacy Web site she was described as quiet, kind, gentle and nurturing.
Police investigated the incident and brought it before the district attorney, though News 2 has learned since Cassel was forthcoming in the investigation it is not currently being considered a criminal matter at this point.


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The Golden Age of Cars Is Now
Many men look back on bygone eras of motoring and proclaim that they were "the golden age of cars." But there is no universal agreement on when that golden age existed.
I say we're in it now.
Like a lot of nostalgic perceptions, seeing the golden age of cars as occurring 50 to 100 years ago doesn't hold much water when considered objectively. Though cars such as the 1935 Auburn Boattail Speedster, the 1922 Duesenberg Model J, the 1907 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, and even the 1969 Chevrolet Camaro evoke passionate feelings of romantic and adventurous motoring, the fact is that these cars, while attractive and powerful in their day, cannot hold a candle to today's automobiles when it comes to performance, comfort, safety, and efficiency.
While those classic car designs were able to get the pulse of red-blooded men racing at that time, car design has continually evolved higher standards of beauty, aesthetic appeal, and quality since.
The romantic and nostalgic definition of "golden age" is: an idyllic, often mythical time of well-being and contentment.
For this article, I prefer to go with a more objective definition of "Golden Age":
Golden Age: The period when a specified art, skill, or activity is at its peak.
In other words, I'm going with qualitative superiority over romantic, gauzy images of bygone automotive glory.
And I'm saying this as someone who's owned some cool cars in the past. My very first car was a 1966 Jaguar E-Type coupe. The second car I bought was a 1970 Pontiac Firebird Formula 400. They were fun cars and I had a blast with them. But, from an engineering and design standpoint, cars as a whole are cooler today in all respects.
There is no doubt that car design and manufacture is at a peak of art, skill, and activity right now.
Who knows how long this current golden age of cars will last? Many pessimists predict that our oil-based technological society is headed for an inevitable decline and that automobiles based on the reciprocating engine will be an unfortunate casualty of the depletion of petroleum.
Aside from the disappearance of oil, there are technological and societal trends that suggest that cars will become primarily automated transportation appliances, ferrying us via hands-free GPS and computer-aided guidance systems from point A to B. Some think the visceral experience of driving will become a thing of the past. Though we'll be able to multi-task while our cars drive themselves, getting one's pulse racing by driving a car on the open road will become a rare experience.
Cars will be no more exciting than a microwave oven, as opposed to lust-inducing mechanical steeds enhancing personal freedom, prestige, prowess, and adventure.
But that hasn't happened yet and, given the definition above, I maintain that we are in the golden age of cars right now.
Or are you one of those who think that past makes and models of cars truly epitomized automotive excellence, that they stand head and shoulders above today's pale excuses for automobiles?
Fair enough. But allow me to offer a few examples to counter that viewpoint. Below I've listed some cars that support the notion that cars have never been built better, have never been more fun, have never been more interesting, and certainly have never been more useful than they are now.
There are upwards of 500 models of cars available in today's global marketplace. (That is one reason why cars have improved so much — relentless competition.) Consumers shopping for cars have never had more choice than they do right now. All models of cars last longer, warranties are more comprehensive, maintenance has become easier, fatalities from traffic accidents are at a record low, and standard amenities on cars are at levels of luxury and convenience unheard-of even as recently as the 1980s.
Out of all the cars you might want to own and drive — or simply lust after — here are 7 models that I think bolster the case for this being a golden age for cars.
Ferrari F12 berlinetta
With a V-12 engine that puts out 730 horsepower and a top speed of 211 mph, the Ferrari F12 berlinetta is the fastest Ferrari ever. Road and Track called it "mind-meltingly potent." It is akin to a missile on wheels. Yet it can be driven every day.
Pagani Huayra
The Pagani Huayra (pronounced "why'-ra") is Top Gear magazine's Hypercar of the Year for 2012. It is EVO magazine's 2012 Car of the Year. About this singular beast of a car, with its cutting-edge, intricate engineering — including mechanical aero-stabilization — the Wall Street Journal wrote: "If Da Vinci made a sports car, this would be it." Da Vinci, in this case, is Horacio Pagani, the Argentine designer (now based in Italy), who has built perhaps the most radical supercar ever. And it works. The reviewers at EVO called it "pretty bloody wonderful."
Cadillac CTS-V Wagon
The most badass station wagon ever built, with a 556-hp supercharged engine, 6-speed manual transmission, and a top speed of 190 mph. Being a wagon, it's also got 58 cubic feet of cargo space. The Cadillac CTS-V Wagon was developed and tested on the Nürburgring. Its magnetorheological shock technology was pioneered for the Corvette. It does 0-60 in about 4 seconds. It has been one of Car and Driver's 10Best Cars 3 years in a row. Those who enjoy driving tend to fall in love with this improbable car.
Ford Mustang
Since this is the golden age of cars, you can buy good looks, superior performance, and practicality for about $25,000 when you opt for the Ford Mustang (V-6 version). This useful, enjoyable car produces .91 g on a skidpad, accelerates to 60 mph in 5.2 seconds, and gets north of 25 mpg on the highway. Who needs a BMW 3-series? Of course, given the extensive line of Mustang models, you can always opt for the BMW-slaying Shelby GT500 ($54k). The thing is, there's so much competition that you can now find several other makes that are approaching the Mustang's blend of value and performance.
Mini Cooper S
With the hundreds of car models now available, there is a car to fit virtually any personality. Of course, cars are not just about transportation, they are indicative of personal values and a means of self-expression. From the Fiat Abarth to the Volvo XC, there's an automotive statement for everybody (and if you want a bespoke car, try Wiesmann). Case in point: the Mini Cooper S. Here's a unique little car with an English lineage that received a dose of automotive steroids from BMW in 2001 and starred in its own movie in 2003 (The Italian Job). Beyond the iconic styling, there's absolutely nothing wrong with a compact car that handles like a go-cart, gets combined city/highway gas mileage of 29 mpg, has a top speed of 140 mph, and offers useful cargo space (with the rear seat down). What kind of person is drawn to the Mini? Steve McQueen owned one. So did James Garner. It was also selected as the second most influential car of the 20th century, behind the Model T. So the answer is, it seems, lots.
Tesla Model S
The Tesla Model S incorporates some of the most advanced technology on the planet. It is a car that blasts the notion that electric cars are nerdy and too limited out of the water. Seating for 5 adults plus 2 children. 0-100 mph faster than a BMW M5. Supple ride and handling. A range of 265 miles. You can surf the Internet on the dashboard's 17-inch touchscreen (but don't do it while driving). 😉 Oh… the BMW M5 gets 15 mpg. The Tesla Model S, 89 MPGe (miles per gallon equivalent). This is a cool car. Hopefully, Tesla Motors will survive to keep building them.
Porsche Boxter
In essence, the very first car was a roadster — i.e., topless. Some still feel that the purest motoring experience is to be had in a car with no roof. In fact, most of the car models pictured above — the Pagani, the Mustang, the Cadillac, etc. — are available as convertibles. So we'll end this brief survey of the current state of automotive technology with a roadster — the Porsche Boxter. It is the consensus of automotive journalists, car testers and reviewers that the Porsche Boxter is the best roadster in the world. Which makes it (since this is the golden age of cars) the best roadster of all time.
How to Get the Best Car for Yourself
When you decide you want to get your own slice of automotive goodness, start by visiting CarsDirect. You can get detailed specifications for hundreds of models of cars (including Ferrari and Tesla) and use their free quote system to find the best price. They offer convenient financing. You can even sell your current car on their site.
The customer service at CarsDirect is top-rated and they offer many detailed reports and features that their competitors do not (they wouldn't have been named by Time Magazine as one of the "50 Best" websites in the world otherwise). They are rated the #1 site for buying a new car online by PC World, Forbes, PC Magazine, and others.
Happy motoring!
Enjoy it while it lasts…


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Twist Style Friday: Alenia
Every Friday we feature one of the garments from the magazine in a post about styling. We suggest different ways to wear the garment in question using mock-ups from Polyvore. We encourage readers to tell us what they think about these outfits via our Facebook page or Twitter, and if folks want to make their own outfits, please tweet them at us with the hashtag #twiststyle. You can find all of the Style Friday posts here.
You probably want to know what sweater we're playing with this week. It's a great one! Alenia is versatile and super pretty.
I really love the slightly raw neckline, and that the lace panels are echoed on the back panel of the cardigan. I am also really into the crystal buttons, but you could choose plainer ones to make it a little less precious. The belt adds a retro touch, but you can also leave it out on days when it doesn't mesh well with your outfit.
I've been watching a lot of (the original) 90210 and am having a serious 90s revival, so I want to wear Alenia every day, open over a slightly ill fitting floral dress that ties in the back; a high femme substitute for grunge's flannel shirt. You can imagine that one yourself. Here are some other ideas.
You can tell I have summer on the brain. The outfit on the far right is inspired by popsicles.


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BURBANK, Calif., June 30 — Last week Disney Channel's PRINCESS PROTECTION PROGRAM was crowned royalty as TV's number one entertainment telecast of 2009 in Kids 6-11 (3.1 million) and Tweens 9-14 (3.2 million) and as cable's most watched scripted telecast (viewers) when the exciting adventure/comedy debuted. Since its premiere in EMEA in May '09, and now the U.S. and Canada, Disney's "Princess Protection Program" has reached 28.1 million unique Total Viewers around the world, including 3.7 million Kids 6-11 and 3.5 million Tweens 9-14 for the June 26th premiere.
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Disney Channel's Summer of Stars Debuts Friday, May 29
Disney Channel's special summertime lineup, Summer of Stars, kicks off FRIDAY MAY 29, with a cavalcade of special event episodes, new double-feature movies and marathons of kids' favorite series. Highlighting Disney Channel superstars Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato, Summer of Stars celebrates the strong connection that kids age 6-14 have with the entire lineup of Disney Channel talent. Disney Channel.com, the #1 entertainment website for Kids 6-14, will also launch a new supersite, game or activity every Saturday to coincide with Summer of Stars.
First Look: Princess Protection Program 'Royal B.F.F. Extended Edition' on DVD
We are proud to be one of the first to bring you this sneak peak at the upcoming DVD release of the newest Disney Channel Original Movie, Princess Protection Program, starring fan favorites Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato.
In the movie, royalty meets reality with Carter Mason (Gomez), a rural Louisiana teen, and Rosalinda Marie Montoya Fiore (Lovato), the soon-to-be teenage monarch of the tiny country of Costa Luna. The pair meets after Carter's father, an agent in the covert international Princess Protection Program, rescues Rosalinda from a military take-over. He whisks Rosalinda to a PPP base where she receives a temporary new identity, Rosie Gonzalez, and is placed in his care until order can be restored in Costa Luna. When he arrives back in Lake Monroe, both teenagers are shell-shocked when Rosie moves into Carter's room and the princess, posing as Carter's visiting cousin from Iowa, begins adjusting to country life and enrolls in Carter's school. Despite their differences, the girls slowly learn that there's not only a lot to like about each other, but lessons to learn as well. That's apparent when Rosie nominates Carter for homecoming queen over the heated objections of two jealous rivals, Chelsea and Brooke. And with her newfound realization, Carter brainstorms a way to help her new best friend regain her throne, even if it puts her own well-being at risk.
Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato's Princess Protection Program to Premiere June 26, DVD June 30
Two of the most popular young actresses, Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato, star in the adventure comedy "Princess Protection Program," a Disney Channel Original Movie about two very different girls – a princess from a small kingdom and a small town girl who, when fate brings them together, must team up to help the would-be queen pass for a regular teen. Filmed in Puerto Rico, "Princess Protection Program" premieres FRIDAY, JUNE 26 (8:00 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel and Family Channel Canada. The "Royal B.F.F. Extended Edition" will be available Tuesday, June 30 on Disney DVD and will feature an exclusive new music video of "One and the Same" performed by Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato, a behind-the-scenes look at the film with the teen stars, and a free "B.F.F" necklace set.


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Savannah's own Emoticon is a relatively new band that has spent many hours over the past few weeks rehearsing in a President Street storage locker — which the band utilizes as their studio — in preparation for Saturday's Square Fest.
The trio formed last March after coordinating through Craigslist postings and is comprised of Russell Shostak on guitar and vocals, Justin Smith on bass and David Suggs on drums.
Concertgoers can expect a unique sound from Emoticon, which the band categorizes as "adventure rock" due to the difficulty of applying a particular label to their sound.
"When you go to apply yourself to a genre … why not adventure rock?" said New Jersey transplant Shostak. "It's not like there are CD stores anymore. It's not like they are going to have an adventure rock section at Best Buy."
The band says their music includes a wide variety of influences, sighting talents such as Metallica, Umphrey's McGee and Rush.
All three members grew up with fathers who were traveling musicians, and their very different backgrounds create the sound that is Emoticon.
"If you look at all of our influences and stuff — Russ is very alternative rock, grunge and stuff like that," said Suggs, who came to Savannah from Seattle. "I'm more of the metal side and (Smith) is country — how that all works: I don't know."
Savannah-born Smith grew up playing country music on the road for his father's band, but said that he is more influenced by bands like Tool and prefers playing harder music.
"He was a wild man when he first came in the band," Suggs said. "We've tried to scale him back and at the same time he's kind of bloomed out and made it his own."
"He was like The Hulk in 'The Avengers,'" Shostak added. "We just had to direct that Hulk anger."
Emoticon has only been together for five months but has already released a four-track EP "Coffee is for Closers" — a pop-culture reference from the 1992 film "Glenngarry Glenn Ross" — which they recorded in their storage facility studio.
The band said they are excited to play with the other acts in Square Fest's lineup, especially Kota Mundi, Royal Noise and KidSyc.
"KidSyc is the future of hip hop in Savannah," Shostak said. "That guy is … incredible"
Emoticon also said that they bring a certain flavor to the stage that is largely improvised and difficult to emulate in the studio.
"All of our different backgrounds and different things that we can bring to the table, and the different experiences that we have had, are the adventure that is in our songs — hence adventure rock," Smith said.
On stage: 5:50 p.m. Aug. 25 in Forsyth Park
Genre: Adventure rock
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Watch it as a kid, and it's as entrancing as The Thief of Bagdad. It's not until years later that you notice the Babylonian statue in the middle of a Greek plaza, or the leviathan flattening Mediterranean cities when he should be swallowing Viking ships somewhere in Norway. Mount Olympus is a health spa for toga-clad thespians, Zeus (Laurence Olivier) is a fate-manipulating horndog -- he beams with that's-my-boy pride at Perseus (Harry Hamlin) while vengefully deforming Calibos (Neil McCarthy). Both mortals vie for Andromeda (Judi Bowken), who has the sphinx's burden of repeating the fiend's riddles to unfortunate suitors. The juvenile couple's premature happy ending is interrupted by Thetis' (Maggie Smith) demand of a vestal sacrifice for Poseidon's pumped-up pet salamander, the Kraken. Only a gorgon's stare can quell it, say the Stygian witches, so off goes the hero on a voyage of winged horses, two-headed watchdogs, Grim Reaperish gondoliers, and comic-relief robotic owls. "I was partial to tragedy in my youth," the old playwright (Burgess Meredith) mutters, possibly trying to figure out the film's tone. The great Ray Harryhausen's swan song, this mythological mishmash showcases one of his grandest creations: The Medusa, a slithering Hellenic Wicked Witch whose toxic blood gives birth to giant scorpions. (Her decapitation is out of Caravaggio, the camera lingers on her headless body for one last rattle.) When the creatures take over the screen, this affably tacky fantasy becomes a noble tribute to the stop-motion artisans who could play deity with dolls and maquettes, and a poignant eulogy to Harryhausen's handcrafted illusionism in a decade of increasingly synthetic effects. Directed by Desmond Davis. With Claire Bloom, Ursula Andress, Sian Phillips, Flora Robson, Jack Gwillim, Susan Fleetwood, and Tim Pigott-Smith.
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One little recognized ingredient in Amway's success is the way it has managed its relationship with its distributors. This is saying a good deal, too-effectively managing this relationship is perhaps the single greatest challenge any network marketing company faces. Leave them entirely on their own to do their own thing, and soon you'll have thousands of people saying who knows what, making who knows what kind of product claims and income promises, running afoul of every imaginable state and federal regulation in their missionary zeal. Untrammeled abuses can rain down a maelstrom of regulatory action-even shut a company down. ( it has happend far too many times in this business) What's more, nothing kills the momentum of an independant business like the chaos of an anything goes, flavor of the week, hundreds of channels to choose from palette of business "systems" and "success strategies". Solution? Regulate the field. But how much? Just a little too much, and they feel squashed, stomped on, and resentful. ( Hey this is starting to feel like the corporate rat race I'm trying to escape) Amway maintains a healthy "church and state" sort of seperation from the IBOAI. At the same time, the company has had to rein in the IBO force at times. A quick visit to Amways web site today reveals "Q&A" style efforts to manage some of the most common public perceptions of IBO abuses such as religiously oriented, strong arming, high profit tools loading, and the infamous "curiousity approach" ( where I invite you over for coffee and cheesecake, whip out a white board, draw circles and deny that its Amway) These are the behaviors that have given Amway its sometimes uneven reputation, and Amway corporate and top field leaders strive mightily to prevent them and keep the overzealous troops in check..without inordinately crimping their style. Its a delicate balance, and Amway has it managed masterfully. End of that part!
Okay, not sure if they did or not, but maybe Amway did have it delicately balanced, However some thangs have changed since Quixtar cause shit aint like they say here that they dont do or try to prevent from being done. Yeah okay well I was taught to do JUST EXACTLY those things, and nobody did or said crap upline to prevent it or discourage it. I learned this crap somewhere, UPLINE, so why are they back tracking? If they wanted to prevent it or stop it, why are they turning the other cheek now? Was this article crap? I think so.


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If your water heater is starting to leakage or should be altered what should you do? You can try to repair or change it your yourself or you can employ a Service supplier. If you are going to set up the water heater yourself the first thing you have to do is buy one. You can go to Lowes or House Depot and get many types of cost-effective routine and tankless water heaters. Then you need to discover one that has a terrific reputation and can be credibled, if you want to work with a water heater repair work expert.
If work is going to be done, among the very best things that you can do as a property owner is ensure that the area is easily accessible to the worker or workers. They must be able to get in, have a look and move around the area with tools and devices. Generally, water heaters lie in some quite tight areas, you don't need to pull it out from the wall or anything like that. Simply ensure that whatever else runs out the method. For instance, if it lies in the garage, make sure to park your cars and truck someplace else to give workers the optimum amount of area they need.
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, if you are faced with a burst pipe the first thing to do is to shut off the water supply through the main stopcock which is generally found under the cooking area sink.. Understanding beforehand where this stopcock is located will save valuable time and prevent unneeded damage if confronted with a burst pipeline emergency. Let the pipeline drain out the water by switching on all cold taps. All leaks ought to stop as soon as there is no more water ranging from the taps.
When there are unexpected issues, or if you think specific issues that might make complex matters, then instantly call an emergency plumber for upkeep. Bear in mind that in order to prevent major issues, repair the small ones if you think there are any. Resolve this, and you'll be able to prevent any future more costly problems.


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PDI, August 15, 2005
"Silliness is an assertion of youthfulness," wrote The New Yorker theater critic John Lahr, and nowhere is this truer than in Tanghalang Pilipino's newest production, "R'meo Luvs Dew-lhiett."
The Cultural Center of the Philippines' resident theater company has got itself a bona fide hit with this show, an exhilaratingly funny jologs adaptation of the Shakespeare classic on young love that manages to be both inane and irresistible at the same time. The roars and cheers of the mostly young crowds that have packed CCP's Tanghalang Manuel Conde since the play opened last week couldn't be any more emphatic. This savvy send-up of everything low-class in Pinoy society is hitting the right chords, and how.
"Romeo and Juliet," of course, has gone to the tenements before, most famously in "West Side Story." But directors Herbie Go and JV Villareal's impudent inspiration in transposing this tale of the warring Montesco and Capuletto families to an urban slum area called Barangay Verona is to strip the play of its veneer of elitism.
Gone are the high-flown rhetoric, the precious verses, the struggle for an overfreighted romantic transcendence. Too many productions have zoomed in on the arched, delicate sugar of "Romeo and Juliet," but Go and Villareal's mutant work bravely goes for the grimy, the tacky, the vinegary. The result is a glorious master class on Pinoy street culture at its most pungent and picaresque.
Earthy language
First off, don't expect to hear any of Shakespeare's soaring soliloquies here. The show uses National Artist Rolando Tinio's Filipino translation in some stretches, but for the most part the earthy, colorful, brittle exhalations of everyday masa living have taken over the Bard's words.
So a dainty, petticoated phrase like "What's in a name? That which we call a rose/By any other name would smell as sweet," uttered by Juliet in the famous balcony scene, now has assumed a scruffy pose: "Ang rose, kahit ano pang itawag sa rose/Alam mong hindi mag-aamoy gross."
Or how about Romeo's dazzling rhapsody upon seeing Juliet on the balcony?
"But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?/It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!/Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon/Who is already sick and pale with grief/That thou her maid art far more fair than she."
"R'meo Luvs Dew-lhiett's" version of this gem is a killer.
"Woah! Ano yung naggi-glitter sa bintana nakadungaw?/Oh wow, si Juliet parang araw na nakakasilaw./Sige, tuloy mo lang ang pag-shine! Kahit pa ang moonshine, kaya mong i-outshine."
Vibrant culture
If the rhythm of the verses sounds suspiciously like rap, well, it is. Go and his team of adapters thought hip-hop poetry expressed this vibrantly garish culture best, and they gleefully trawled the panoramic expanse of jologs phraseology to come up with a script that shoots and zaps punchlines to the audience like a cannon run amuck.
The obscenities fly fast and furious (Juliet's stock expression is "Sh*t na malagkeet!"); gayspeak is everywhere (Benvolio—a delightfully cross-dressing Wowie De Guzman—convincing his cousin Romeo to gatecrash the Capuletto disco party: "Bayaan mo silang magtaray/Basta rarampa tayo tapos eeskaflu sabay fly"); and everyone speaks in that odd patois where English and Filipino are forced to fornicate in new-fangled ways: "Men, what a night! Parang panaginip sa sobrang all right!"
Sometimes you do miss Shakespeare, and the sublime graciousness of his words. Juliet's poignant lament after learning of Romeo's provenance--"My only love sprung from my only hate"--is now a thin, inelegant "Ang true love ko at mortal enemy, iisa lang."
And, occasionally, the punning and allusions don't make much sense to young audiences. Of his lady love, Romeo says, "Ay peks man, kamukha mo si Paraluman!" That line falls with a thud. Apparently, in the age of Claudine and Jolina (from whose name the word jologs supposedly came), few, if any, have heard of that legendary beauty.
But in the face of the show's effervescent embrace of everything bakya and baduy, such quibbling is, of course, pointless. There is nothing to do but swoon hysterically as the lovers exchange such monuments to kitsch as "Ba-bye, ba-bye! Mapuno sana ang iyong good night's rest/Ng excess sweetness na umaapaw sa aking breast." Done, if anyone fails to get it, right after the lovers sing their theme song--Lara Fabian and Josh Groban's "Broken Vow."
Ah, yes, the music. "R'meo Luvs Dew-lhiett" throbs with the soundtrack of the gutters, from the Aegis' "Halik" and Luha" to Sampaguita's "Nosi Ba Lasi" and every honky-tonk's No. 1 song, "My Way." Now sporting new lyrics that comment on the plot, these songs are belted out by cast members videoke-style, complete with a thundering score in the end.
Class distinctions
Any exercise in camp or farce, especially one that simultaneously celebrates and skewers class distinctions, could just as easily lapse into condescension. In less-than-sincere hands, the sheer stinky gaudiness of the back-alley culture that "R'meo Luvs Dhew-lhiett" purports to portray--the cheap gangsta shorts! the violence! the vulgarity!--would be an invitation to mockery.
Fortunately, the show has a talented ensemble of actors whose faith in the material shines through with every unprintable word or sugar-coated line. There is something to be said for mouthing dialogue that springs from everyday life--the inflections have the rank immediacy of fire burning your hair. You wince at the vulgar dialogue of Tybalt and Romeo, but realize you've heard it somewhere before in real life.
"R'meo Luvs Dew-lhiett" has a real find in Noel Escondo, who plays the title role with a knockout combination of appeal and fierce energy. Catherine Racsag as Dew-lhiett is a bit more earthbound, but her sweet yet foul-mouthed Juliet is no less engrossing.
Together, these two diminutive actors form a pair of mini-tornadoes onstage, successfully sustaining the play's tightrope spirit of mischief and earnestness right up to the end.
If they weren't tenacious actors themselves, Escondo and Racsag would have been buried by two effortless scene-stealers, Wenah Nagales as Juliet's yaya and Cris Pasturan as the nervy rapper Mercutio. Pasturan, in particular, is sorely missed when he is dispatched midway through by Tybalt. (He exits with the memorable line, "Bagsak ko nito, pulutan ng mga uod.")
Just when you thought "R'meo Luvs Dew-lhiett" couldn't get any more playful or audacious, the double suicide moment near the end coughs up two deranged twists that practically reinvent the story and leave you gasping for air.
In this mad, no-holds-barred adaptation, "the vulgarity, the noise, the glorious gossamer folderol are all a bold and fierce declaration of life," to use John Lahr again. But put more simply, it's a "Romeo and Juliet" you've never seen before, and likely won't forget.
(Thanks, Angeli, for the pictures!)


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Best flowers for balcony garden are those which are easy and flexible to grow and looks beautiful.
Best flowers for balcony garden are those which are easy and flexible to grow and looks beautiful. You can grow them anywhere in window boxes, hanging baskets or containers without any difficulty. Flower gardening is a very good hobby, where in you get time to be amidst nature and get divine peace. Selecting the best flowers for balcony garden is an add on. The time you spend in your garden keeps you away from tension and stress, because you are completely lost with the beauty of the flowers.
Another important thing to remember when selecting balcony flowers are the pots in which you keep them. You can select the size and type of pots that best suit your balcony. Also make sure you use the proper manure and keep them fertilized. You can also match the colour of the balcony flowers with the colour of the paint on your balcony walls. Here are some flower plants for your balcony.
Best Flower plants For Balcony Garden
Its diversity is remarkable. Hundreds of its varieties differ in shape and size and color of flowers, comes in various shades of pink, purple, white, orange and red. Thanks to the hanging down of the delicate stems on which its lovely flowers lilt in the wind, this gives them a fascinating look. Fuchsias need fertile and moist soil to grow.
Roses are always exotic and one of the best flowers for balcony. They have a variety of colours and can grow even in small pots. If you keep them fertilised well, they will come out with all their beauty. Roses have a wide range from very small sizes to very large ones. Select the colour and variety that you like.
Hibiscus is another nature's beauty ideal & is one of the best flowers for balcony garden. They have glossy, dark green leaves shining behind six inch flowers in shades of red, orange, yellow, coral, pink, blue-purple, and white. To keep hibiscus blooming, provide high light. Several hours of direct sun per day are best. Keep the soil evenly moist but not wet.
pansies grow easily on the balcony. They are versatile and can be planted not only in the window boxes but also in large pots. They feel best in fertile, neutral or slightly acidic soil and sunny position.
Every flowering plant of this list is easy growing and low care. Zinnia is best known for its bright colored flowers that attract butterflies, it blooms vigorously. It comes in single and double petals both. Best Flowers for balcony garden are quite easy to grow, if you choose them correctly according to the season and climate In spring to fall in cold and temperate zones and winter to spring in tropical and subtropical zones.
Bromeliads are very elegant flowers with a fantastic display. They are very easy to grow. The distinctive feature of this plant is the cup shaped rosette of leaves that hold water, which nourishes the plant and the flowers emerge from the center.
Dianthus comes in pink, red, white and salmon hues. It is low growing plant that create a riot of color in its growing season. Dianthus is one the best container flowers, easy to grow and can be mixed with other flowers.


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August 10, 2006 - Paul Discovers Dinosaur Footprint, More Evidence Uncovered
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Last night over another meal of dehydrated delight, Paul mentioned he found a possible dinosaur track a mile up from our quarry. Tony was excited to hear the news and first thing this morning we followed Paul to the track. Well almost! Paul led me on a suicidal hike up a near vertical dead end that left my feet aching with cramps as well as a few other body parts. Since it is his daughters birthday today and he expressed disappointment in missing it, I decided not to harass him too much. When we finally arrived at the sight, Tony agreed that it was a dinosaur track. As he pointed out the features of the track to me, he commented, Ya know, I wish my daughter Olivia was here to see this. She would think it was the coolest thing in the world.
Back at the quarry, the discovery of bones continued. The difficult part of this quarry is not only the bone density, but also the condition of the bones. The cycles of freezing and thawing have really turned this dinosaur graveyard into a jig-saw puzzle. Amazingly, the preparators back at the museum somehow get all of the pieces back together. The difficulty of the quarry was relaxed when Tony realized we may have an intact skull of a pachyrhinosaur. He spent the later part of the afternoon uncovering it and it was obviously a great specimen. The beak and nasal cavity were clear as day. Tomorrow Tony is going to try and uncover the eye socket, but it will be tricky because we are starting to hit permafrost.
Dr. Tony Fiorillo tracing a foot print left by a dinosaur between 65 and 70 million years ago.
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☆☆ Thanks to everyone who voted! We won! ☆☆
A couple of weeks ago I had this grand idea of creating a video entry for a Contest to win 7 nights accommodation in Orlando, Florida. Well, the grand idea didn't really go off as planned thanks to the 2 mini-me's But in the end I think the result was still quite funny and it is has made us a finalist in the contest!
I wasn't going to post this here, but we are now neck in neck with one other entrant and actually have a chance of winning. If you have a couple of minutes to spare, I'd love it if you could do a one-time vote for our family. I could tell you that we "really deserve" a break, but hey don't all families! All I can hope is that as you wander over to Facebook you'll take the time to vote for us
I'd really appreciate it and can't thank you enough in advance. Voting closes Friday, September 21 at noon EST (super soon!).
Here is a sneak at the video, when your done laughing (I hope!) Head over to Global Resort Homes on Facebook, "like" the page and then click "vote" next to the "Ghada V" video.
Thanks again and enjoy!


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AppNewser: Bang With Friends has been removed from the Apple app store because too many guys actually thought it would work.
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TVNewser: Fox News is going to "unequivocally defend" James Rosen against the DOJ.


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As you can see there were a few spots where the paint had chipped away as well as a few rusty loking spots.
While looking for spray paint at True Value Hardware I spotted the Appliance paint (usually found on the top shelf of the spray paint section). AHA! I picked up a can of black and didn't look back! I also picked up a roll of 3/4 inch blue painters tape (it's the perfect width for the Kitchen aid).
After cleaning the machine well and removing any bits that can come off, I carefully taped off the rest of the silver. It doesn't take long to do this, but it makes a HUGE difference. Like the difference between "Look I spray painted my mixer" and "Wow! You got a new mixer!!!".
After taking this photo I noticed I still needed to tape off the mixing attachment piece so don't forget that!
Now follow the directions on the appliance paint and WALA! You have this beauty!
It looks just as amazing in person. The appliance paint made all the difference. Great sheen, perfect finish not that spray painted look.


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Lets face it,
a large percentage of people really enjoy being frightened,
but why? To understand why, we must first realize that there is both a physical
and mental component to fear and Halloween, with its
frightening images and sounds, provides a perfect environment
for stimulating these.
While the physiology and psychology of fear work
hand-in-hand, we will try to describe them separately, to
better understand the entire process of fright. Knowing your
personal fear comfort level is important for controlling and
actually enjoying any frightful experience.
Be sure to read
our article for
surviving a haunted attraction.
Psychology of Fear
believe that people who enjoy being frightened, do so
simply because they get pleasure from the physiological
response of the increased adrenaline in their body and while
I agree that this is usually part of it, I don't believe
that this is the whole equation.
Many people
see it as a physical, mental and emotional challenge to survive
a scary
event on a person level, even if they know that it is all
just make believe. For example, I've seen people standing in line at a haunted
attraction repeatedly saying to themselves, "Okay, I can do
this, I can do this". They need to do it just so they
know that they can.
I think for
many people, being terrified is exhilarating, and the
eventual release of the tension produced by fear can be
emotionally cathartic. The relief afterwards and the
knowledge that one has overcome and survived a intimidating event
can be very empowering. It gives you a feeling that you are
emotionally strong and that thought that "If I can handle
seeing this, maybe I can handle anything." Once they have
made it through a particularly gory haunted, they feel that
emotional rush of power, exhilaration and adrenaline. It
fells good!
psychologically initiated response is screaming and one only
has to look at the animal kingdom to see why. The most
common reasons why people scream when confronted by intense
danger is from intense surprise, as an audible alarm to alert the
rest of the tribe to the perceived danger as a warning
and/or as a call for help, and to make one's self seem more
dangerous in an attempt to frighten away or deter the
perceived threat.
people scream in fear, particularly young women with their
high pitched shrills, is one of my greatest Halloween
pleasures. If I am able to elicit a scream, I know that I
have succeeded in producing the desired emotional response
and given them a real thrill. This is a double edged thing,
they get a release and thrill at what they have seen that
makes them scream and I get an emotional thrill knowing that
I have created something that caused this to happen.
there are people that do not like being frightened, even in
a simulated and safe way, it is simply too much for them to
handle. This type of person should never be forced or coerced
into going into a frightening situation, even a simulated
one, as it could be emotional harmful. I have a friend, a
male, who went with our family to a haunt a few years ago.
He made it through two of the tamer of the five haunts
because he could not stand the emotional fear he was feeling
even though he knew that none of what he was seeing was
real. Even being lead by me and holding my wife's hand, he
just couldn't make it through the other haunts. This shows
that even people who enjoy being frightened to a point, have
a comfort level for fear either real or imagined.
We have
another friend, a female, who likes to be scared to a small
extent. One year we were going to check out a local haunted
attraction that we had heard about. While waiting to go
through the haunt, they had a scare-actor come out and try to
frighten those seated in queue. One of them actually grabbed
her by the ankle and tried to pull her off the seat. This
freaked her out so much that she refused to go through what
turned out to be a very sorry excuse for a haunt but also
broke the cardinal rule that scare-actors never touch the
patrons. She also went with us that year to Universal
Studios haunt, which was very gross and did fine because no
one touched her. This just shows that it's all about your
comfort level.
Physiology of Fear
people enjoy the physical sensations of the "adrenaline
rush" that accompany being scared, whether its going to a
haunted house, encountering spooky Halloween decorations and
props, watching a horror movie, or listening to a scary story,
its like riding a roller coaster.
look at what happens to the human body when a
person becomes frightened. When the brain detects a
potential danger, whether on a conscious or subconscious
level, it invokes the "Fight or Flight" instinct for
survival. My personal experiences with people being
frightened from a variety of stimuli, have been that there
are actually three responses, "Fight, Flight or Freeze."
I have been
to many Halloween haunted attractions specifically to
observe the people going through them. Some have little or
no fear, or control the fear they feel and press on, others
run past to avoid the danger or even retreat in fear, but
some simply freeze in place. And there are some people, like
my wife and myself who work in tandem to scare the people
working the haunt who are trying to scare the visitors. They
are so busy trying to do their job that they don't notice
one of us behind them ready to yell Boo! or scream right
behind them. We get a kick out of scaring people, we really
enjoy it. But that's a whole other article.
In any event,
adrenaline (also known as epinephrine) is instantaneously dumped into the body from the
adrenal glands, causing a
higher heart rate to pump more blood to the muscles and
brain, increased respiration to pass more oxygen through the
lungs and into the body, the pupils of the eyes dilate to
increase visual acuity, all in preparation to meet the
danger with increased strength and heightened
senses. It gives your body a
natural "rush", like a "runner's high" and it does feel
good. Since we, as humans, all like to feel pleasurable
feelings it makes sense that some of us love being scared
for the pure feeling of it.
biochemical's produced by the body that are similar in
nature to morphine, can also be produced as a reaction to
being frightened. There effects usually occur directly or
shortly after the event and produce analgesia comparable to
taking a pain killer and a feeling of well-being.
There are
other reactions your body has to fear, the two most common
being the hair on the back of the neck standing up and the
second of having goose bumps, both of which are related to
each other and part of the physiological response to a fight
or flight situation. Goose bumps are created by a nerve
discharge from an involuntary portion of the nervous system
called the sympathetic nervous system. This discharge causes
a contraction of tiny hair erector muscles just under the
skin. As these muscles contract, they elevate the hair
follicles above the rest of the skin, causing goose bumps
and sometimes the hair to literally raise. Do you experience
these more on Halloween night?
In extreme
cases, some people have been known to faint
from fear as part of a Vasovagal response,
known as Vasovagal syncope. A very small
percentage of people actually have the
opposite reaction than most when frightened,
where the nervous system slows the heart
rate and lowers the blood pressure,
contracting the arteries and veins resulting in a lack of blood to the brain,
which causes them to faint.
In Closing
After a night
of Halloween scares, people often relate their personal
experiences of fear to tell their friends and family, "Oh my
gosh, that haunted house was so scary!", they say as they
tell their story. Being frightened can be a lot of fun, just
remember that after the fear has faded away, have fun with
it and laugh about it, after all, its only make believe...
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SAN FRANCISCO — Google's mystery barge floated Thursday to its new home in the California delta after the Internet company was ordered to move it from San Francisco.
The odd-looking, four-story vessel — made of recycled shipping containers — departed from Treasure Island to comply with a Jan. 31 regulatory order concluding that Google Inc. didn't have the proper permits to build it there.
Construction stopped on the project late last year.
Google says the barge will serve as an interactive technology center when it's done. However, various theories have been floated about its purpose. Among the most popular have been that Google is building a party boat, roaming data center or aquatic store.
The vessel's new home will be Stockton, a city about 80 miles east of San Francisco on the Sacramento-San Joaquin River delta. The Port of Stockton falls outside the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, the agency that forced the barge to leave Treasure Island.


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Energy Center to host two-day Hydrogen Symposium
April 15, 2009
The symposium will be held April 22-23 in Stewart Center. More than 15 presentations from industrial, governmental and academic leaders will center on the basic science of hydrogen; on production and storage; and on research into transportation uses.
"We are particularly pleased that we have been able to include discussions of hydrogen use in transportation in this year's symposium," said Jay Gore, director of the Energy Center. "We will explore state-of-the-art and future plans for hydrogen-fueled cars and space vehicles."
A featured speaker will be William Gerstenmaier, NASA associate administrator for space operations. NASA has been a pioneer in the use of hydrogen since the Apollo era. And its extensive use of hydrogen for the space shuttle program may be key to helping the United States move toward a clean-energy hydrogen economy.
"Having a chance to interact with a NASA administrator and learn from decades of experience with hydrogen-powered fuel cells and rocket engines is a great opportunity," said Timothee Pourpoint, research assistant professor of aeronautics and astronautics and symposium chair.
Gerstenmaier will discuss the space shuttle's use of hydrogen fuel for its main engines and the use of hydrogen as NASA transitions to Constellation, the next generation of space vehicles.
Purdue students can attend Gerstenmaier's talk and any of the other presentations free of charge. However, they must register in advance. Cost for Purdue faculty and staff is $50.
A complete agenda and registration information is available athttp://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/energy/
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On Friday and Monday we publish the problems that will feature in a forthcoming Dear Jeremy advice column in the Guardian Money supplement, so readers can offer their own advice and suggestions. We then print the best of your comments alongside Jeremy's own insights. Here is the latest dilemma – what are your thoughts?
I'm an ambitious 27-year-old who has been working in corporate responsibility since graduating. The major project I have been working on for three-and-a-half years is about to conclude. I have decided to take my redundancy payout and my savings and invest it in a full-time MSc at Birkbeck College (evening course) to study corporate governance and business ethics. It is an area I find exciting and believe has lots of potential for interesting career paths in the future.
Getting a good MSc is important to me. I don't want to overstretch myself and do a bad job of the studying and paid work, which is why I decided to study full time and work part time (three days).
However, I recently got approached by a specialist CR recruitment consultancy (there aren't that many of them, which is why what she said has bothered me), and the consultant gave me rather firm advice that working part time would jeopardise my future options, and that I should take on a full-time role within the industry and fit my studies around that.
She practically said that doing an MSc wouldn't really improve my career choices, and that employers and recruiters like her are only interested in practical experience.
I want to do this MSc; I am firmly set on that. And I think working part time will enable me to focus on it and enjoy it more. But given how fiercely competitive the job market is, I am worried that going part time will make it hard for me to get back into the kind of senior role I will want next year.
• For Jeremy's and readers' advice on a work issue, send a brief email to email@example.com. Please note that he is unable to answer questions of a legal nature or reply personally.


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For related articles and more information, please visit OCA's All About Organics page, Whole Foods and the Myth of Natural page, Genetic Engineering page, Millions Against Monsanto page, and our Illinois News page
In Wednesday's Tribune, we look at genetically modified foods and those trying to get them labeled as such or pulled from stores like Trader Joe's and Whole Foods.
The subject of genetically modified crops is full of passionate voices on both sides. We covered the issue in Wednesday's story. Even so, some readers may still walk away with questions about whether to avoid them or how to do so if they wish.
These extra morsels may help make this huge subject more digestible:
How much do stores like Trader Joe's and Whole Foods Market vet their products for eco- and health-conscious shoppers?
We had discussions with both stores for the story. Both companies are very attuned to customer concerns about GMOs, and say they are doing what they can to remove and reduce them in their stores. Representatives for the Non-GMO Project give high marks to Whole Foods Market for doing such things as getting their 365 Every Day Values store brand verified non-GMO -- and strongly encouraging suppliers of their other products to enroll in the non-GMO program.
In a statement, Trader Joe's told us that "all products in Trader Joe's private label are sourced from non-genetically modified ingredients. Our efforts began in 2001, when we determined that, given a choice, our customers would prefer to eat foods and beverages made without the use of genetically engineered ingredients. Our process has been to identify any product containing ingredients that could potentially be derived from genetically engineered crops and work with our suppliers to replace offending ingredients with acceptable alternatives."


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Which Giant Monster Movie Will Guillermo del Toro Choose To Direct Next?
Producer Don Murphy cleared the air to say that there's no way they are ready to firm up a shoot date as Universal is still balking at the budget. As a result, del Toro may be wooed to another project. Legendary Pictures is charging ahead with a giant monster project called Pacific Rim. They know that del Toro likes the project and they hope to get him by pushing it through to production.
This is a tough place for del Toro. He spent the last few years waiting for The Hobbit, only to have to walk. And At The Mountain is his dream project. What is he supposed to do while the studios do their thing? Sit around and NOT direct giant monster films? (Deadline)


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The primary mission of Otsego Land Trust (OLT) is to protect our region's productive lands, clean water and rural landscapes. OLT believes in a philosophy of reciprocity and responsibility: in order to have the healthy lands and clean water that enable us to live productive and healthy lives, we need to take care of the earth that takes care of us.
To contribute to the conservation of land in water in our unique region, Otsego Land Trust employs a growing number of innovative and flexible land protection tools. Conservation easements, purchase of development rights (PDRs), acceptance of outright donations and bargain sales are all ways to protect the landscapes we cherish and the lands and waters that sustain us.
The most common way to protect land, water, and open space is to create a conservation easement. A conservation easement is a legal document that protects a property and its unique conservation attributes by permanently limiting the potential uses of the protected land. It is a form of deed restriction that will remain with the property in perpetuity. Once a conservation easement is created, it is the responsibility of the landowner in partnership with OLT to sustain the land's conservation values. OLT is also responsible for monitoring the property annually to ensure the agreed upon easement provisions are met.
Conservation easements allow landowners to continue to own, use, sell or bequeath their land. The terms of the conservation easement apply to the original donor and all future land owners.
Conservation easements protect the land's natural values in perpetuity. Conservation easements vary widely in the types of limitations they include. OLT works with individual landowners to make sure their easements meet their individual needs and vision for their properties. Whether it be the conservation of open land, working fields, productive forests or special vistas, a conservation easement can accomplish an owners particular wants and needs.
Once an easement is in place, the appraised value of land is often reduced. This reduction means that land can be transferred to family members with reduced gift or estate tax impacts.
In addition, the original donor of an easement may claim a charitable deduction on his or her federal and state income tax returns in an amount equal to the value of the easement. Such deductions can be used in the year of the donation or can be carried over for the next 5 years (as of 2014). Additionally, a current owner (not just the original donor) of a property with an easement may receive a rebate of real estate taxes paid on the protected land. This rebate takes the form of a New York State income tax credit for the property owner up to an annual maximum of $5,000.
If a large farm is subdivided and developed, its productive agricultural life effectively ends. However, without selling or mortgaging their land, owners of working farms can receive financial compensation by selling just the rights to subdivide and/or develop their property and receive financial compensation. In exchange, the owners agree to limit their use of their land to agriculture. This limitation is reflected in a conservation easement.
Additionally, removing the development rights from farmland generally reduces its value. This makes land more affordable for future farmers or others who want to buy it for agricultural purposes.
For landowners who no longer want to own a particular parcel but want to see it protected in perpetuity, an outright donation to Otsego Land Trust may be an excellent option. Donating land for the express purpose of conservation establishes a permanent legacy for future generations.
Upon donation, Otsego Land Trust takes one of the following actions:
If the land has value as a site for public access allowing outdoor, recreational or educational activities, OLT may retain ownership of the property as a permanent public access site or may transfer ownership to another suitable owner such as a government agency or other non-profit organization.
If land has value as a public access site and OLT holds it, a sustaining financial endowment will also be necessary. These endowments are created by landowner donations and/or grants.
If the land is not suitable for public access, OLT may sell the land subject to a conservation easement or other restriction on development and then use the proceeds to protect additional lands.
Outright donation of property is considered a tax deductible gift equal to the appraised value of the land.
On occasion, OLT may suggest the possibility of a bargain sale for properties with exceptional natural attributes or special historic or cultural value. A bargain sale means that the land trust will purchase the parcel for a price that is less than current fair market value. The ability of the land trust to engage in a bargain sale is completely dependent on the availability of grant monies dedicated to this purpose. In most cases, bargain sale properties are properties that are suitable for public access.
Bargain sales may also result in tax benefits to sellers, entitling them to report a charitable deduction equal to the difference between the full market value of the property and their proceeds from a bargain sale.
We encourage you to call Otsego Land Trust with any questions or to help you begin the process of protecting your land.


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Giampaolo Pazzini says Mario Balotelli is 'another guy' away from the cameras and that his reaction at Cagliari was because 'he feels the game'.
The striker picked up a yellow card at the weekend [12] for gesturing towards the Isolani supporters on Sunday after scoring late on against their team.
Triggering an automatic one-game ban, [13] Balotelli has come under scrutiny for his reaction, but has support from his strike partner.
"Away from the cameras he is another guy," Pazzini has considered on Tiki Taka this week.
"He must improve, even he knows it, but he is a good lad. Then, on the field he is very emotional. With his penalties he looks very cool, but he feels the game.
"His reaction at the weekend? It happens every now and then, Mario has these reactions. Unfortunately it happens at some stadiums, there may be taunts.
"Can we play together with the national team? We have different characteristics, Mario really likes to move in the field, whilst with Milan we have done well and to be at the World Cup would be a dream."
Pazzini also netted at the weekend, to mark his latest return from injury.
"I had been out previously for so long, I wanted to play for lost time, the goal on Sunday gives me that enthusiasm and morale. I want to feel good and to take full satisfaction, for me and for the team.
"The goals are what a striker is all about, the feelings are why we are attacking players. When it happens, we are much happier.
"How have I seen the team in trouble from the outside? Bad, you feel powerless. Now we are a little broken down, we need to find continuity and do better in the second half of the season.
"Seedorf? I haven't worked with him a lot yet, I have only had two training sessions with the team.
"He has an important personality, he has won everything when he was here, he can give us a hand, but the input must come from the players.
"And Allegri? He was an impeccable Coach. In these cases it is the Coach who pays, and there is particular regret at a personal level, as he has given so much to the group.
See the latest Serie A predictions and betting tips with Eurotips.co.uk [14]


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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- adj. Of or relating to chemistry.
- adj. Of or relating to the properties or actions of chemicals.
- n. A substance with a distinct molecular composition that is produced by or used in a chemical process.
- n. A drug, especially an illicit or addictive one.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- adj. Of or relating to alchemy.
- adj. Of or relating to chemistry.
- n. Any specific chemical element or chemical compound.
- n. An artificial chemical compound.
- n. An addictive drug.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Pertaining to chemistry; characterized or produced by the forces and operations of chemistry; employed in the processes of chemistry.
- n. A substance used for producing a chemical effect; a reagent.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining to chemistry: as, a chemical experiment.
- Pertaining to the phenomena with which chemistry deals and to the laws by which they are regulated; accordant with the laws of chemistry.
- Also chemic.
- CaCl2 + Na2CO3 = CaCO3 + 2NaCl.
- This is a true equation in the algebraic sense, because the value of the two members is the same. Since matter is indestructible, nothing is lost in the reaction, and the weights of calcium chlorid and sodium carbonate which reacted must be precisely the same as the combined weights of the resultant calcium carbonate and sodium chlorid.
- n. A substance produced by a chemical process; a chemical agent prepared for scientific or economic use: as, the manufacture of chemicals.
- Versed in chemistry; engaged in the study of chemistry or in chemical research or investigation: as, a chemical philosopher; a chemical friend.
- Of or pertaining to alchemy or alchemists. Also chymical.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. of or made from or using substances produced by or used in reactions involving atomic or molecular changes
- n. material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules
- adj. relating to or used in chemistry
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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In a second experiment, the HML team mimicked a chemical pollutant challenge by injecting blue crabs with a chemical** known to inhibit oxidative phosphorylation, a metabolic process that manufactures energy.
The term chemical was used by the Lebanese Association for Human Rights. text was changed per Mirvat's request
By the term chemical properties we have reference to the chemical composition of the soil, the chemical changes which take place in the soil, and the conditions which influence these changes.
Since the system will probably never change, so that we learn all of these effects before a chemical is allowed into use, we have to be vigilent in studying the effects after said chemical is introduced into the environment.
The qualification of the chemical is theirs, not mine.
Most of people, though, that I've spoken with -- and I spoke to a couple friends this morning on the phone -- say it's absolutely ridiculous that he would have put himself through what I described as chemical torture -- Soledad.
Scientists studied the air a mile away from the site and found what they called a chemical factory.
Through the industrialist and a retired British defence force officer, he came into contact with what he called the chemical and biological warfare mafia.
It some such fashion the periodic strokes of the smaller ether waves accumulate, till the atoms on which their timed impulses impinge are jerked asunder, and what we call chemical decomposition ensues.
That mysterious property in matter which we call chemical affinity, a property beside which human affinities and passions are tame and inconstant affairs, is the architect of the universe.


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If you're visiting this site, you most likely found us via a search result. Although I haven't actively posted here since 2013, there is still plenty of information for landlords buried in the 100's of posts and articles here.
However, if you're looking for specific information about the Eviction Process in Alberta and want to know more about either evicting tenants or simply your rights as a tenant, you should visit my site dedicated to information about the eviction process in Alberta
Alberta Eviction Information
If you're more interested in information about being a landlord, I also have another useful site you can visit called The Educated Landlord.
Thanks for taking the time to stop by.


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A Year Filled With Love…2014
Sorry it has been so long since I have updated my blog. I was so blessed last year with new clients and returning clients and friends and family that my fall was so busy that I still think I am recovering. I know as a mom we are always trying to find balance in our lives and I felt this past fall was extremely tough to devote enough time to my son and husband as well as the time needed for my photography business. Luckily with a little lack of sleep and wonderful patient clients I made it through the busy season! With that being said, my blog, Facebook, and staying in contact with all of you fell a little behind.
I am blessed to say that I am so extremely excited for what 2014 has to bring for Jill Hotujec Photography. I have been blessed with some beautiful weddings that I am lucky to be a part of this year and all of them are unique in their own way with so much love in the air it makes me smile. I love to meet the engaged couple in person first to go over my process, paperwork, and to show them my work and albums as well as get to know them and have fun on their engagement session. I love every single engagement session I did this past 2013 in preparation for their weddings this year. I will post a few of my favorite images below from each of the fabulous couples in LOVE!
One thing all of them will verify is that as much as I love the emotion and feelings that photography can capture I also LOVE natural sunlight. I get giddy and literally do a happy dance with perfect light! I know there is something special about being engaged and getting married but I recently read a blog post by Julie Paisley Photography that inspired me and touched me in a way that I wanted to share with all of you that have been married for 5 years….10years…15year…20years……and many more! The feelings you get when you are newly in love with butterflies in your stomach and looking forward at your life together is irreplaceable but it is equally as important to know that love changes. Love takes on new forms. When I read Julie's blog it touched my heart as this real love is what I have been living and my husband has stood by my side through all the ups and downs life has brought us. It makes us stronger and it changes the lens you look through to see the many blessings around you. Here is part of Julie's blog that touches me personally:
Written by Julie Paisley Photography:
"You see, young love is just amazing. It's all butterflies in your belly, electric shocks when he touches you, a smile that can melt you in a heart beat and while that is the most wonderful feeling in the world, it's not really reality. I think that is why the divorce rate is so high. So many people think that if any of that goes away, well, it just means that you are no longer in love. People just have accepted that it happens, you move on and find someone else. This my friend is so, so sad.
Let me be a little honest with you. You see, real love is so much more. For me, real love is when you are at your worst, have gained weight, or received a terrible too short haircut and he still thinks you are the most beautiful person in the world. Real love is when you are puking your guts out but he is there with a cold washcloth to wipe your face all the while he is gagging and trying not to puke himself! Real love is sitting there holding your hand and just being quiet while you cry and question God why you cannot get pregnant and give him a child. Real love is when he overlooks your mess on the side of the bed while it's totally driving him crazy. Real love is when he sleeps with headphones on because you snore instead of sleeping in the other room. Real love is no matter how many times you change the paint color, he just says nothing and patiently paints it again. Real love is when he quits his job to be a "stay home dad" so that your career can flourish and Real love is when he is willing to go back to work so that you can take a break. I could go on and on but I hope you get the picture. REAL LOVE is not a "feeling" REAL LOVE is action."
As my title states…LOVE is in the air this year:) I am honored to capture some of these moments on camera to last a lifetime and would love to have capture those that have been married for years together to relive that wedding moment with a special place you cherish together, a romantic love letter you write to each other, a walk in the woods together to show a place you shut out the rest of our busy chaotic world and just be "in the moment" together. I would love you to have these moments to cherish for a lifetime and show that you have grown together as a couple and grow more and more in love with each other as the years go on.
This would also be a wonderful gift for your parents and grand parents to have a session to get dressed up and a special place to share a letter with each other about how much they mean to you! Please feel free to contact me with questions and I cant wait to see this year filled with love!


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Well I'm 36 years old, weigh 210 and I'm 5'6". I need help laying some weight. I drink a ton of water. Trying to limit my carbs, that's the hardest part. Extremely busy with the kids schedule. Not sure where to start
Welcome, Jessica!
Time crunches can make it tough, but it's not impossible. Remember that you don't have to change everything at once- start with the water and ditching the refined carbs, and go from there. Next work on portions or something else that's a big part of it for you, then add in walking or DVDs or some kind of exercise, etc. All of those changes add up over time! Plus, it'll be easier to make them work for YOUR life. Our lives are all different, so making it realistic for you is really important if you want it to work.
Remember that not all carbs are created equal. Carbs from whole grains, beans and legumes, fruits, and vegetables are healthy and necessary. I try to limit my carb intake to 40% of my food intake, and for me, that works (I split the other 60% equally between protein and healthy fats).
With your busy schedule, consider splitting up your workouts. I've been known to sneak in a 10-12 minute run or lift session because it's what will work that day (if that's all that happens, okay, but ideally I'll do a few of those when possible). I'll keep my kettlebell and running gear in the car if necessary, if I think I might be able to get in a short workout somewhere. You can also involve your kids- my son has been doing videos with me since I started this, when he was 18 months old (of course, he's never had the attention span for a whole 30 minute video, but he'll pop in and out). Now he's a very fit 5 year old with BOUNDLESS energy that I can thankfully keep up with, and he is itching to do triathlons like mommy! NOT where we were 3 years ago, when I was 269 lbs. =)
You can do this!!
"Don't sacrifice what you want most for what you want right now."
Welcome to the group Jessica! Suzanne has some great advice...hugs and good luck!
Welcome to the group