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Jewels in the Land of Eldorado
In the novel Candide, written by Voltaire, the main character, named Candide, is traveling through Europe in search of a means for paying the ransom of his recently captured girlfriend, Cunégonde. Candide has fallen in love with Cunégonde and needs something of value to bribe the captor, Don Fernando, for her release. He eventually makes his way to a village and encounters children at recess playing with emeralds, rubies, and diamonds. Candide knows that these marvelous jewels would be an excellent way of paying the ransom, so he stops to watch the children. Soon a teacher comes out of the nearby school and calls the children in for the remainder of the school day. Candide notices that, upon leaving the playground, the children left the jewels behind. When he tries to return the jewels, the teacher simply throws them back to the ground in apathy.
When venturing further into the new land, called Eldorado, Candide quickly discovers that gold and other fine jewels cover the streets and buildings. The city is lined with dazzling gems. Candide is later invited into a palace to share in an extravagant meal, and he tries to pay for it with two large gold pieces that he had picked up off the ground earlier. The host laughs at Candide for trying to give him what he refers to as "pebbles."
After a month of living in the land of Eldorado, Candide decides that he will gather as many "pebbles" as he can in order to provide Don Fernando with a ransom for releasing Cunégonde. Even though jewels are not valuable in Eldorado, they bear a significant amount of value in the land in which Don Fernando and Cunégonde reside. The citizens of Eldorado do not mind giving away countless gold pieces and precious stones to Candide, because their society has not placed any value on its plentiful supply of these items. When Candide asks the king of Eldorado if he would be allowed to take a wagon full of various jewels, the king laughs at him and finds him foolish. Nevertheless, Candide is granted permission and leaves the land overjoyed.
Candide's situation helps explain the economic concept of monetary value. For an economist, money is anything that serves as a medium of exchange, a unit of account, and a store of value. A medium of exchange is anything that is used to determine value during the exchange of goods and services. Candide could not pay for his grand meal in the palace with the gold pieces he found on the ground. Gold could not be used as a medium of exchange in Eldorado, signifying that the gold is not of any monetary value in the land. However, when Candide went to the location of his girlfriend, Cunégonde, he could use the gold as a medium of exchange for her release. Therefore, in that land, the gold did have monetary value. Don Fernando could decide how many gold pieces would equate to the release of Cunégonde, whereas the host in the palace could not decide how much gold would equate to the meal.
Money also serves as both a unit of account and a store of value. It can be used as a means for comparing the values of goods and services, and it keeps its value when it is not spent. If Candide wanted to buy something different with his gold pieces, such as shirts and pants, he would be able to compare the prices of several different items before making his decision. Similarly, had Candide decided not to pay Don Fernando for Cunégonde, the gold and jewels would still have retained their value. He could still have used the jewels for purchasing, even after holding on to them for several weeks.
There are many characteristics that economists use to judge how well an item serves as currency. Two of the most important characteristics are a limited supply and acceptability. In the land of Eldorado, gold was not in a limited supply. Anyone could simply scoop up a handful of gold at will, because it was all over the streets and the buildings of the town. Therefore, the gold was not useful as currency, and the government in Eldorado was wise to not accept it as such. In addition, the citizens in Eldorado did not accept the gold pieces when Candide offered them as a medium of exchange, because the gold could not be spent to buy something that the citizens need or want. When Candide gave the gold to Don Fernando, however, the Don was able to spend it for something else if he chose. In the land outside of Eldorado, gold was scarce and therefore acceptable as money.
In conclusion, Candide discovered the economic concept of monetary value when he visited the land of Eldorado. He realized that although the people of Eldorado did not use gold as currency due to its unlimited supply and lack of acceptability, it could be used as payment for the release of his girlfriend in a different land. Outside of Eldorado, the gold could be used as a medium of exchange, a unit of account, and a store of value.
- O'Sullivan, Arthur, and Steven Sheffrin. Economics: Principles in Action. 1st ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005.
- Voltaire Candide, or Optimism. New York: Yale University Press, 2002.


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Slavery Memorial in Ogier-Fombrun Museum in Haiti. Sculpture depicting the walking slaves.
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Slavery Memorial in Ogier-Fombrun Museum in Haiti. Sculpture depicting the walking slaves.
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For Nona Faustine the restitution of her sense of wholeness as an African American woman and artist manifests in the guise of a restoration of the past, emphasis on guise. Although we see her marching up the steps of City Hall in Manhattan with nothing on but her white Sunday shoes and a pair of shackles in her left hand…she is not really trying to restore anything. It took me a while to realize it.
Her on-going photography and installation project Reconstructions is precisely that – reconstructions that attempt to replace something that was lost in the history of Blacks in America. This should not be confused with an attempt to relive the past through reenactment. Faustine's images are more are like markers that indicate a place, an institution, an event or a person so that with her presence on that spot she does not merely remember them for the sake of remembering, she rewrites a new history for them. There on the steps of City Hall's Renaissance Revival facade that abuts a slave burial ground or standing on her soap box at the intersection of Water and Wall Streets where a market once trafficked in humans, she is the fearless daughter of them all, the new Venus of Willendorf reborn to reconstruct a history, the ultimate act of fecundity.
Faustine easily acknowledges the impossibility of getting at what is essential with this task she has set for herself, because to reconstruct a history is an altogether different action than to restore one. Hers is not an attempt to historicize the present but to re-write the past. She did the research, discovered who bought and sold black slaves in colonial New York, and where, and how they were transported in and out of the city. But there is no Aushwitz or Treblinka for the victims of slavery in America despite the common knowledge that an estimated 10-12 million Africans died in the Middle Passage alone, and countless others succumbed to starvation, physical abuse and disease once on these shores. In a way the images function as memorials that she makes herself, one at a time, with her body, the naked truth of its blackness braced against a cold city, reconstructing a narrative where the enslaved has dignity and is not afraid.
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my friend at UK, Dr. Adam Banks, is hosting an highly academic forum in Chicago next spring that will focus on afrofuturism and its roll in digital communication (and vice-a-versa, i'd imagine) … he asked me to come up with a few concepts to run as promotional material for the event; this is my favorite so far, but sadly, it's one he's rejected so far in favor of a work still in progress. - he did say he might want to use this one for one of his own personal projects / if i dont beat him to it!
those well-versed in the history of American barbarism will recognize the artistic license taken with the image above, replacing the vicious scarification with vévé of Eshu Elegbara as constellation. it also owes a nod to the works of Bearden and Matisse. in future revisions, i think i'll stylize his entire silhouette as a constellation and have it entirely white on black.
this is beautiful!
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Tim Rollins and K.O.S. Slave Girl, (2008).
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"A woman with Iron Horns and Bells on, to keep her from running away"
Source: Moses Roper, A narrative of the adventures and escape of Moses Roper from American slavery (London, 1837)
As shown on http://www.slaveryimages.org, compiled by Jerome Handler and Michael Tuite, and sponsored by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and the University of Virginia Library.
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Kara Walker, b. 1969 African/American, 1998, Linoleum cut Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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Harriet Powers (1837-1910) was an African American slave and folk artist that would find recognition for her complicated quilt work. Sadly only two of her quilts survive today; they are her Bible Quilt (1886) and her Pictorial Quilt (1898) which can be found at the National Museum of American History and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, respectively. Her quilts would make their first public debut in 1886 at a cotton fair. Impressed by the work, a teacher at the Lucy Cobb Institute named Jennie Smith offered to buy Powers's Bible Quilt; she refused to sell it but would after five years due to financial necessity. At the time of the sell, Powers explained the imagery on the quilt and Smith recorded their meaning. The origin of the second quilt is not as clear, but it is known to have been presented to the chairman of the board of trustees at Atlanta University in 1898. Her quilts are renowned for their rich storytelling and African and African American stylistic influences. Her figures are intricately stitched appliques and celestial bodies figure heavily in her work. Although we do have recordings of the meanings of her works, it is not known how much influence the recorders had on the meanings. It is possible that Powers originally intended to use her quilts as a way to teach Biblical stories despite being illiterate. In 2009 she would be inducted into Georgia Women of Achievement.
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Cargo is the seventh in a series of inspired collaborations between two of South Africa's most exciting movement theatre companies, Jazzart Dance Theatre and Magnet Theatre. It uses performance to re-imagine the archive of slavery in the Cape, bringing it to the attention of a wider audience while linking the past to our present reality.
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Cudjoe Lewis is believed to be the last African born on African soil and brought to the United States by the transatlantic slave trade. He was a native of Takon, Benin, where he was captured in 1860 during an illegal slave-trading venture. Congress outlawed the importation of slaves in 1808. Together with more than a hundred other captured Africans, he was brought on the ship Clotilde to Mobile, Alabama. Cudjoe and 31 other enslaved Africans were taken to the property owned by Timothy Meaher, shipbuilder and owner of the Clotilde. 5 years later slavery was over so Cudjoe and his tribespeople requested to be taken back to Africa, but it was left ignored. He and other Africans established a community near Mobile, Alabama which became called Africatown. They maintained their African language and tribal customs well into the 1950s. He died in 1934 at the age of 94. Before he died, he gave several interviews on his experiences including one to the writer Zora Neale Hurston. During her interview in 1928, she made a short film of Cudjoe, the only moving image that exists in the Western Hemisphere of an African transported through the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Between Zora and Du Bois… seriously. They did everything I can only hope to be able to scratch the surface of doing.
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Pyrethroid resistance widespread in UK populations of cabbage stem flea beetle
In a collaborative project, funded by HGCA to look at resistance to pyrethroids in CSFB, scientists at Rothamsted Research have found a mutation (kdr) that is known to confer resistance. A wide range of samples collected at various locations in the UK, mainly from East Anglia and Yorkshire, have been found to be resistant to pyrethroids.
20 years of physical and atmospheric measurements reveal changes in the environment at Rothamsted
The ECN was established in 1992 as a multi-agency programme, supported by fourteen independent government departments and agencies. Rothamsted Research, which is strategically funded by the BBSRC, is a founding member because of its long-term experiments, data and archived samples. Rothamsted is one of twelve terrestrial sites that cover a range of ecosystems including lowland grassland, arable agriculture, woodland/forest and upland moorland/mountain.
Carbon stored in the world's soils more vulnerable to climate change than expected, new study shows
The response of soil microbial communities to changes in temperature increases the potential for more carbon dioxide to be released from the world's soils as global temperatures rise, scientists have revealed.
The role of no-till agriculture in climate change mitigation may be over-stated
An international group of scientists, led by Professor David Powlson, Lawes Trust Senior Fellow at Rothamsted Research, have published a critical review in the journal Nature Climate Change which concludes that the role of no-till agriculture in mitigating climate change may be over-stated.
Animal foraging tactics unchanged for 50M years
Researchers analysed fossilised Eocene-era sea urchin trails from northern Spain and found the tracks reflect a search pattern still used by a huge range of creatures today.
The pioneering mathematical biologist D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson argued that "Everything is the way it is because it got that way", meaning that to understand a phenomenon like optimal searching you must first know how it came about.
RoCRE receives funding boost through the Herts Local Enterprise Partnership
The Rothamsted Centre for Research and Enterprise has received £500,000 funding as part of a historic Growth Deal with the Government which will see £199.3million invested in Hertfordshire.
New evolutionary mechanism in fungicide resistance
Pests and diseases can develop resistance to chemicals used for crop protection, and this poses a major challenge for future food security. The phenomenon of resistance is not unique to agriculture – the issue of drug resistance by microbiotic organisms poses serious challenges for human health also.
Frequent adverse weather events may threaten the future of wheat yields in Europe by 2060
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All levels offer well-designed private spaces allowing each guest to find their own personal sanctuary. With three large bedrooms this retreat is ideal for couples or large groups who also want privacy and romance.
The Master Bedroom has direct access to its very own pool with private bathroom and deck with sea views. It also features bathrooms with bathtubs that open onto the lap pool off the deck. This is stylish and elegant tropical architecture that showcases Phuket's finest ocean views and sunsets. The other 2 suites are spacious and offer private decks with sea views. The 4th bedroom is on the pool terrace level and boasts a large nicely appointed room with queen bed, Flat Screen TV on wall and a connecting bathroom with shower and toilet and change room.
Feel the tranquility as you float at the edge of the infinity pool situated on the cliff edge with views of the ocean. Living Room defines tropical style and sophistication with a 3 level open plan that offers extensive indoor and outdoor living centered around the cliff side infinity pools and stunning panoramic views.
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Exploratorium Unveils New Mural-Sized Hubble Space Telescope Images
The 4-foot-by-6-foot image of M51 reveals striking details of how clusters of stars are born in the galaxy's long, curving spiral arms. The 3-foot-by-6-foot photograph of the Eagle Nebula shows a gaseous landscape sculpted by ultraviolet light from a group of massive, hot, young stars. These views are among the largest and sharpest images ever taken by the Hubble telescope. They show the awesome beauty of space.
The Earth-orbiting observatory was deployed in space on April 25, 1990. Hubble orbits above Earth's murky atmosphere, which distorts light from celestial objects. During its 15 years of viewing the universe, the Hubble telescope has taken more than 700,000 snapshots of celestial objects such as galaxies, dying stars, and giant gas clouds, the birthplace of stars. The telescope gave the world a front-row seat to watch chunks of a comet slam into the giant planet Jupiter. Hubble also photographed galaxies that existed billions of years ago, when the universe was a youngster.
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I chose to attend Mount Union because of the small class sizes and the one-on-one attention students receive from professors. At the University, you aren't just a number. Professors really care about you and your progress in and outside of the classroom. They also are really approachable and personable.
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#25 in white is Blair Riley, playing for Ferris State. Riley was signed by the Springfield Falcons today, which is a very interesting item. Riley is 6.02, 220 and 24-years old. This past season he blossomed offensively (40gp, 18-20-38) and was listed by Redline report as one of the most sought after college free agents this spring.
Quoting Redline report Riley is a "thick, rugged winger with soft hands and a hair trigger release. At his best when battling below the circles and in front of the net. Lacks quick feet but knows how to use his limited speed judiciously." He also "creates space by utilizing tremendous shielding abilities and strength on the puck."
I'm not quite sure what "shielding abilities" means but look forward to seeing it. Riley's signing is confirmed here and it'll be interesting to see if he's an AHL hire or if he's in the Oilers plans. This kind of signing was exactly what I was hoping for here and here.


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From the "You Can't Make This Stuff Up" Department...
After nearly a year of planning a destination wedding for my oldest daughter in Italy, my wife and I, along with our other daughter, arrived at Louisville International Airport on Friday, Aug. 31, for a flight to Charlotte, N.C. The bride to be and her fiance were meeting us there for a connecting flight to Munich, Germany with final destination in Naples, Italy.
With confirmations in hand, we checked in with the U.S. Airways ticket agent for the flight to Charlotte -- and thus began a series of events you wouldn't believe could happen.
But they did.
Upon presenting our flight confirmation, we were told we were no longer booked on our confirmed flight but had instead been move to a flight earlier in the day.
A flight that had already departed.
The ticket agent couldn't explain how or why we were moved, and indicated that the only option available was a flight leaving on Monday that would get us to Naples by Tuesday afternoon. This would make it impossible for me to be at the wedding in time to walk my daughter down the aisle.
I immediately called Orbitz customer service, only to be routed to some offshore call center that provided absolutely no help. Fearing there was no hope of getting to my daughter's wedding if I didn't get to Charlotte in time to make the connecting flight to Germany, I opted to charter a private jet.
Problem solved? Oh no. It gets better.
After confirming our party would be picked up in Louisville at 2:30 p.m. and arrive in Charlotte at 3:45 p.m., we booked the private jet and rushed by taxi to the Executive Air terminal to meet the chartered jet.
We waited. And waited. And waited...until the jet finally landed at 3:30 p.m., one hour later than quoted.
Despite the late arrival, both pilots assured us we would get to Charlotte by 4:30 p.m., which still gave us time to make our flight to Munich at 5:10 p.m. When the jet landed in Charlotte at 4:55 p.m., we realized we were not only going to miss the flight to Germany, but we would also be out $7,800 for the effort. The response from the company owning the private jet was essentially, "We tried. We don't guarantee flight times. No refund."
For the next three hours we stood at the U.S. Airways ticket counter in Charlotte determined to find a way to get to Italy in time for the wedding. Thankfully, we got that accomplished and were provided tickets for a flight from Charlotte to Chicago, then on to Munich and finally Naples the next day, with the possibility of making a flight scheduled shortly after our estimated arrival in Munich, which would have prevented any kind of layover.
With the Democrat National Convention about to begin, the next challenge was getting a room in Charlotte. Unfortunately, we would have to pay for our hotel stay because U.S. Airways contended it was our fault we missed the flight in Louisville.
We finally found a room and got checked in about 10:30 p.m. on Friday.
The next afternoon we boarded our flight to Chicago, but before takeoff were informed that Hurricane Isaac was stalled over the Midwest, and we would have to fly around the weather problem by flying over Atlanta, and then Memphis, before arriving in Chicago. This detour -- we were told -- would result in a one-hour delay and jeopardized our flight to Germany.
The pilot made up some of the delay and was going to get us in a bit earlier than indicated, until he got too close to the plane in front of him on approach and had to pull out of line, circle O'Hare and get back in line for landing, effectively adding 20 more minutes to the flight.
Thankfully, our gate was next to the international shuttle, so we made the flight to Munich with about five minutes to spare, and settled into our seats.
At least my wife and daughter did. My seat cushion for some reason wouldn't stay in place and my wife's video monitor wouldn't switch channels, so we asked the flight attendant to see if the problems could be corrected. He said he could replace my cushion and came back with what I've learned is actually a flight attendant's take-off/landing seat, which is significantly smaller.
There was no remedy for the video monitor, so for the next nine hours I sat on about half a seat cushion, while my wife's video monitor played an endless loop of a Robin Williams comedy special. For the inconvenience, United Airlines gave us a certificate for $50 off our next trip. How gracious of them. End of the story? Nope, things keep getting better.
Thirty minutes after take-off, a German gentleman (and I use that term loosely) seated across the aisle from me decided his assigned seat was simply too small for his long legs, and demanded an upgrade to first class.
Wouldn't we all.
This debate went on for some time until the flight attendant finally threatened to have the flight aborted and returned to Chicago if he got out of his seat. With some "encouragement" from me, he opted to live with the seat he was assigned and the flight proceeded to Munich.
I thought nothing else could dampen our trip. It was wishful thinking. It gets even better.
Upon landing, the vehicle pulling our plane into the gate broke the tow bar on the plane -- about 100 feet from the gate. Passengers of course were kept on the plane for safety reasons until the tow bar was replaced, which took quite a bit of time and killed any chance we had of making an earlier flight to Naples. So we had to endure a 10-hour layover until the next available flight.
Thankfully that flight was on Lufthansa, so we were out of the incompetent hands of U.S. Airways and United Airlines, and the remainder of our flight was pleasant and uneventful.
With a private transfer to Sorrento, our party finally arrived at the hotel to meet our daughter and her fiance at midnight on Sunday, three days after our journey began which resulted in us missing two pre-planned wedding activities.
Our stay in Italy and the wedding was wonderful. The bride and groom went on to their honeymoon on Wednesday and my wife and I along with our other daughter went on to Rome for three days before returning home. Wanting to make sure we wouldn't have the same experience on the return trip, I called Orbitz to confirm nothing had changed with our itinerary. Our flights were confirmed, but Orbitz recommended we change to a later flight to Washington D.C with only one connection, rather than the three that were on the original itinerary.
I approved the changes and asked to be sent a confirmation. I called United Airlines and Orbitz each day until our departure to confirm the flight bookings, and was assured we were booked on the flight from Rome to Washington D.C., with a connecting flight to Louisville.
Think the story is over at this point? Oh no, it gets better.
Upon our arrival at the airport in Rome, we presented our confirmation to the ticket agent and were promptly told that we were not booked on the flight to Washington D.C, but were booked on the original flight to Brussels/Chicago that had already left at 6 a.m.
After being informed that this was the second time this had occurred on our trip, the ticket agent was able to get us on a flight to Newark, N.J. within the hour, with connecting flights to Chicago and Louisville.
We rushed to make that flight and settled into our seats on the last row of the plane, which I found out do not recline, and are about four inches closer to the seats in front, which do recline. For the next nine hours, I sat with an Italian gentleman's bald head about 10 inches from my chest.
This story doesn't end here. It gets better. Weather in Newark on arrival was beautiful, and we were happy to be on this side of the "pond." While waiting for our flight to Chicago, we watched CNN on the airport monitors and, during their weather segment, saw red boxes displayed over the New York area. Being from Louisville, we knew exactly what those meant.
Sure enough, 30 minutes later, tornados touched down in the New York area, closing the airport for seven hours.
Our flight to Chicago was obviously late leaving Newark, so we missed our flight to Louisville.
We arrived in Chicago at 11:30 p.m., were re-booked on a flight to Louisville the next day, and once again spent the night at a hotel at our expense of course, and without our luggage because the missed flight was weather-related.
We thought this saga is finally over, but it gets better.
We arrived at our gate the next day for the final flight to Louisville, and watched as our plane arrived and were told the flight would board shortly. After more than 20 minutes, United Airlines announced the flight had been canceled due to an oil leak in the engine.
We rushed to the ticket service center only to be told there were no other flights available to Louisville until Tuesday.
At that point, we terminated our tickets and opted to rent a car and drive the six hours to Louisville, but unfortunately no major car rental company would rent us a car for a one-way trip to Louisville.
Our only option at this point was to contact Southwest Airlines out of Midway Airport and hope for seats on any flight to Louisville before Tuesday. Fortunately, we were able to book a flight later in the afternoon to Louisville and spent $80 on a taxi for the 20-mile trip to Midway Airport. We boarded our flight without any headaches, only to be told before the plane left the gate that it would be delayed or canceled due to an exit light that was out on the cockpit control panel.
Thankfully the light was fixed about 45 minutes later, and we departed Chicago, finally arriving in Louisville that evening. Unfortunately, one piece of luggage arrived on Monday, with the other two on Tuesday, which we took as a major miracle given our experience with U.S. Airways and United Airlines to that point.
End of the story? No. It gets better.
None of the airlines has acknowledged any desire to discuss our various complaints. All complaints are handled through their Web sites, which may take up to eight weeks for a response.
Our request for ticket refunds for the canceled flight from Chicago to Louisville (again through United Airlines' Web site) has been denied because their records show we were on the flight!
How can that be? It was canceled!
End of the story? Hopefully it's not. This trip will be forever known within our family as the "you can't make this stuff up tour." Of our 10-day destination wedding/vacation, five days were spent in an airport or on an airplane. Our unplanned expenses for the charter flight, hotels, meals, taxis and tickets on Southwest Airline total about $9,000. None of this would have happened had U.S. Airways not changed our flight to Charlotte without notifying us of the move.
It certainly makes you wonder how U.S. Airways or United Airlines is able to keep a plane in the air much less get anyone to their destination.
Weary & Frustrated Travelers,
Rick WookeyBrynne WookeyFallon Wookey
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•Nakiska Mountain Resort, Alberta - Technically the 1988 Olympics were held in Calgary, but all alpine ski events were held at Nakiska on Mount Allan in Kananaskis County. A relatively small resort, Nakiska boasts only 64 ski runs, but you're almost always guaranteed good skiing. Nakiska is now an official training centre for Alpine Ski Teams around the world every year. Nakiska averages about 95 inches of snow per year, but has extensive snow-making abilities.
•Whiteface Mountain, New York - The first Winter Olympics hosted in the US were held in Lake Placid, New York, and were officially opened by Franklin D Roosevelt in 1932. Then in 1980, Lake Placid hosted the Winter Olympics for a second time. Whiteface Mountain, where the alpine ski events were held, stands to be one of the tallest mountains in the Adirondacks. Home to more than 22 miles of ski trails and 87 ski runs, Whiteface also averages more than 230 inches of snow per year.
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St. Matthew 62, St. Paul II 39
Mark Essenburg led St. Matthew to victory with 15 points. Wally Wieniewski chipped in 14 points. Andy Kudell netted 12 points and Justin Kromowyk added 10 points.
Micah Puscheck topped St. Paul II with a game high of 13 points. Adam Puscheck chipped in 12 points, including 10 points in the second half.
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Slumbering Greek Volcano Stirs
Over the past year, Greeks have become accustomed to the feeling of the Earth shifting beneath their feet. Now, it's not just the economy that's making them uneasy. Measurements from GPS instruments indicate the ground near the mouth of the island volcano Santorini has deformed by about 2.5 inches since January 2011. In that time, the magma chamber has been growing.
The island is what remains of one of the largest volcanic eruptions in recorded history 3,600 years ago. It destroyed Minoan settlements and may have inspired the legend of the lost city of Atlantis.
According to a post on LiveScience.com by reporter Stephanie Pappas:
If a Santorini eruption did occur, [Andrew] Newman said, it would be nothing like the Minoan eruption of 1650 B.C. that birthed the myth of Atlantis. That eruption was a once-in-100,000-year event, and the expansion of the magma chamber happening now is only 1 percent of what would have gone on prior to the ancient blast.
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There's a small percentage of listeners who email me every time I bring up abortion on the show. They rail on me for talking about it and are convinced it's killing the conservative movement. To them, and all who read political tea leaves, this survey is telling. At one point during the 2012 presidential campaign at least one poll showed pro-choice had again topped pro-life. It would be interesting to drill down and see what impact Kermit Gosnell has had on public opinion on abortion.
And two things are very telling here. As recently as twenty years ago pro-choice held a twenty point lead. And most Americans think their fellow Americans are pro-choice. As The Weekly Standard argues, that's likely a product of media bias on the issue. But what has caused the shift? Abortion and gay marriage have been seen as twin social issues; yet America seems to be going in separate directions on them. There is no question gay marriage is increasingly popular while America is growing increasingly anti-abortion. Why?
I believe technology is a big part of the answer. Sophisticated imaging today makes it quite laughable to suggest a woman is carrying "a clump of tissue." This creates a cognitive dissonance with the love fest coverage Texas State Senator Wendy Davis' brave efforts to keep killing viable babies legal. And as WS points out, this complicates the issue for those right of center who believe Republicans should let go of social issues.


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Tsuyoshi Wada fired five innings of shutout ball with seven strikeouts, Javier Baez collected three hits and three RBI, and Josh Vitters ripped a solo HR and an RBI double, as the AAA Iowa Cubs defeated the Salt Lake Bees (Angels AAA affiliate) 7-1 on Field #6, and C. J. Edwards and four relievers combined to toss a two-hitter and Rubi Silva stroked an RBI single and an RBI double, stole a base, and scored a run, leading the Tennessee Smokies (Cubs AA affiliate) to a 4-1 victory over the Arkansas Travelers (LAA AA affiliate) on Field #3, in Cactus League Minor League doubleheader action this morning at the Under Armour Performance Center at Riverview Park in Mesa, AZ.
Nothing. The allure of Stanton would have to be that he puts up WAR numbers above whatever is left of Rizzo, Baez, Castro, Bryant, Soler, Alcantara, Almora, Russell once a number of them are traded for him. In other words, whatever is left of this group plus Stanton is more WAR than the group without him. Also, the Cubs have to be OK paying him $12-15M in 2015, probably $20M+ in 2016, and a $200M plus 6 year contract beginning in 2017.
Does Watkins really suck this bad at defense, or is he just having the week from hell?
...and awesome.
As an Elkhart native, I would love this! I'd finally have one reason to go home and visit family.
That makes me sad...
And in breaking news, South Bend rooftop owners have just sued the owner of the new South Bend Cubs.
Improved? At least the numbers seem to say he was the worst in baseball in 2014. In his defense, it's a cumulative counting stat, so he has more opportunities to hurt his score than part-time players, and he's partly being penalized for catching so many innings. But the number is what it is.
I'm wondering if the South Bend Silverhawks will become the South Bend Cubs. The owner has already mentioned they will grow Ivy on the OF walls and do something that is Cub Marquee-like. Supposedly they will announce those type of changes next Thursday.
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Actually, I am pretty sure Captain Happy hates Valbuena. He was 1-3 with a Run and a Walk on Tuesday, 2-4 with Run and RBI on Wednesday, 2-5 with a Run and RBI on Thursday, and then he is BENCHED Friday. WTF??!?!??! He clearly hates him and is out to get him. Free Valbuena!!!
same...and when he gets that 0-2, 1-2, etc...it's time to pound the zone with sliders.
the batters know sliders are coming, and his slider is good, but not that good.
In the few games I've followed EJax on gamecast I sense just the opposite...lots of times of him being up 0-2 and 1-2 and then letting the batter get away. Very Carlos Zambrano. No data, just opinion.
Murakami? That's the thing where you fold paper into swans, right?
rizzo/soler/bryant seem to be the 3/4/5 of the future (in no particular order).
i still don't get this m.stanton thing, though...the cubs intentionally tank the team for years and then trade away a huge chunk of their haul to pay a bat they don't need $25m a year? yeah, they can afford it, but bats seem to be the last thing they need with bryant + a.russell knocking at the door of the bigs with rizzo/castro/soler already here. add baez to the mix along with the support bats and there's plenty of hitting to go around even if it doesn't all pan out.
Normally I'd be annoyed with all that, since stats don't like and most prospects don't make it. But right now I'm having a very hard time thinking Soler isn't an impact player - I just hope he stays healthy, and Bryant seems as close to can't miss as they come. That alone will be huge, even if none of the others make it, and the chances are at least one will.
Most of the stuff I read say it's pretty teachable. One thing about Castillo is that he works well with Arietta and Hendricks - they both seem to like his pitch calling. I know a lot of people keep expecting Hendricks to go Travis Wood on us, and he might, but he does seem to have a knack for the game.
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As professional, one-to-one labor supporters, doulas can provide gentle, reassuring assistance for a couple through pregnancy, labor, delivery, and the postpartum period.
Deahdra-Lynn and her husband chose a doula mainly to provide emotional support for their young son during a homebirth, but the couple found their doula was a great birth attendant as well. "After 30-some hours of labor … I was getting a little grumpy and [the doula] said maybe she could come to the house and show me some different things to help me," says Deahdra-Lynn, who appreciated learning an effective position that helped her lengthy labor progress. "My doula gave me words of encouragement. We're very glad we had her."
Because a doula is familiar with all aspects of labor and delivery, she can offer a constant nurturing presence and serve as an advocate for the mom with the medical staff during a hospital birth, if need be. Deahdra-Lynn's husband was concerned that the doula would assume his primary role as coach during the birth, but the couple found that didn't happen. Instead, she was a welcome presence during labor.
Making Your List, Checking It Twice
Childbirth is undoubtedly a highly emotional and physical experience. It's crucial that a couple give thoughtful consideration to who will share this time with them, as women tend to carry their birth experience with them for the rest of their lives. There is no guarantee of how a woman will feel or act during labor. Does she want an audience if she's moaning in pain, throwing up, or baring herself to everyone in the room? If her relationship with her mother-in-law is tense, will having her there make the experience more or less comfortable? Is the thought of laboring without the nurturing support of her mom unthinkable? Will having her dad there fulfill a dream of hers?
Kim had her mom and sister with her during labor and asked her father-in-law, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law to come into the room at the very end as the baby was being born—but things didn't turn out as she planned. "They came in beforehand while I was in labor and I didn't realize it," she says. "I found out later and I was crushed. I felt very disrespected. I cried for hours that night—it was supposed to be a happy time and I felt very violated and upset about it."
Women must be selective and clear about who can be in the room at what time. "It can really matter to you how you feel about the people [in the room]," says Kim. "If you have any negative feelings about them at all, you don't want them in there. Your hormones and emotions are going whacko, and when you're in labor those feelings will be multiplied."


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Special deal: $5 off this Saturday's show in Albany for college students, state workers, groups of 6 or more
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT – I was just informed that if you come to Saturday's show with a group of 6 or more, each one of you will get $5 off your ticket.
Also, present your college ID at the door and receive $5 off. (Note: can't be combined with other discounts/offers).
State worker? That's $5 off as well. Just show your ID at the door.
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Jeffrey Lazenby has been appointed to fill Meredith Riley's position as finance director for the city of Blaine. Riley retired at the end of 2008 after 20 years with the city.
Lazenby started his new position January 2 and said he plans to focus on public service and giving back to his community.
As finance director, Lazenby will be responsible for protecting the long-term economic viability of the city, acting as a safeguard to the city's funds and ensuring all funds are spent as wisely as possible.
The California native said he is looking forward to becoming intensely involved in the workings of Blaine, a city in which he and his family have lived in for three years. He said he sees his new position as an opportunity to grow with the city.
"To be able to give back to the community and feel I am adding something to this area is very important to me," Lazenby said. "I've always had the desire to give back to the community and be actively a part of the community.
"This position is just one way for me to do that."
In California, Lazenby developed a six-year background in budgeting and financial analysis.
In 1997, he received a bachelor's degree from Southern California's Vanguard University and in 2003 earned his Master of Public Administration from California State University, Fullerton.
Lazenby served as the administrative analysis for the city of La Habra's public works department, and later dealt with staff analysis, budgeting and payroll for the Riverside and Orange counties.
Lazenby, along with his wife and two children, moved from California to Blaine in the fall of 2005 to be closer to family who live in the area.
His 11-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son are in the Blaine school system.
Blaine city manager Gary Tomsic, who was involved in Lazenby's hiring, said his enthusiasm and potential is what set him apart from the other candidates. Tomsic said Lazenby had the best understanding and vision that the job of finance director entailed.
"Jeff has embraced and truly believes in public service," Tomsic said. "It's not just a job for him, but what he wants to do with his life. I hope his work here launches his career into the public sector and hopefully a large portion of that time will be spent with us."


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Retrieve the contents of any URL to a variable
sUrl - The Url to get
sCaption - Oprional, default is "". Set to a non empty value to show a dialog with the percentage status of the download, and this caption in the title bar. Useful when downloading large files. Set to "" or leave out this parameter when downloading small files or web pages and you don't need this status. Note: Not all Urls return the size of the contents being downloaded (some web pages for example) so this dialog is mainly only useful when downloading files.
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012
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COVINGTON -- Newton County's budget is projected to increase despite a decrease in the tax digest, a hopeful sign that the county's financial situation is improving.
The proposed budget presented to commissioner at a Monday night work session is $44,898,056, an increase of $649,880 from the current budget.
That is based on maintaining the millage rate at 10.91 mils.
The Newton County Sheriff's Office would see the biggest increase under the proposal, at $625,890, for a total budget of $18,661,433.
Most departments would also see a budget increase, with the exception of the chief executive, fleet and planning and development departments.
County Manager John Middleton has also proposed phasing out employee unpaid holidays over three years. For this upcoming budget, fiscal year 2012, Middleton is proposing reducing the number of unpaid holidays from 15 to 10, thus restoring five paid days. This would increase productivity and paid hours worked by nearly two percent, according to his calculations.
Though the tax digest is projected to decrease, additional revenues are expected by way of sales tax and fee increases by the state, such as for vehicle tags and titles, said Chairman Kathy Morgan. "There are a lot of little things that up," she said.
"We have seen an upward trend in sales tax over the last four months or so," Morgan added, noting that collections have been exceeding projections even before the new Walmart opened in March.
Morgan said higher sales tax collections are being observed throughout the state, but state officials have indicated to her that the increased revenue is from staples like groceries and gas sales, not luxury items.
The county commission will receive final digest numbers in July.
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Darrun Hilliard scored 22 points and Ryan Arcidiacono and JayVaughn Pinkston both scored 11 to lead Villanova to a 60-56 victory over No. 17 Marquette on Saturday night.
The Wildcats (18-10, 9-6 Big East) beat their third Top 25 conference team this season. They also beat Louisville and Syracuse to help bolster their bid to earn an NCAA tournament bid. The Wildcats are coming off a 19-loss season and missed the tournament for the first time since 2004.
Hilliard scored 14 of his 22 points in the second half to spark the Wildcats.
Junior Cadougan led Marquette (19-7, 10-4) with 12 points. He was the only player in double figures.
The Wildcats shot 57 percent in the second half to help them pull away.
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I was warned by my daughters when they entered their teens that I mustn't embarrass them. Apparently, there is nothing worse than a mother who says things like "far out" or "gnarly." Additionally, it is nearly a mortal sin to wear clothing that indicates the generation of the wearer, especially if this means the wearer is over the age of 50.
I am guilty as charged, and it is getting harder and harder for me to get dressed every day. Although I used to spend my life advising women (and sometimes men) on what to wear, I am clearly not able to do so for myself anymore. I mustn't wear a cardigan. Fred Rogers ruined those for the rest of us. What my generation calls "sneakers" are for workouts or sports only. If either of my children caught wind of the fact that I considered wearing my Nikes to the mall, I might face a wardrobe intervention. Crocs are completely humiliating to the wearer. And no matter how many times I lose my glasses, I am forbidden to wear them on a decorative chain around my neck.
Ok, these rules are clear cut enough. But when it comes to what I used to call "slacks," it gets dicey. According to the two fashion mavens I raised, any pair of pants that fastens around the actual waist of the wearer is a pitiful indication that the wearer is a lost cause. This also applies to any garment that has an elastic waistband. These articles of clothing, often available at Sears, or featured on the cover of "The Vermont Country Store" catalog, are on the verboten list. My daughters refer to them with a great deal of scorn as "mom pants."
It gets worse. There also are mom skirts, mom coats and mom underwear. Mom garments are different from things like "big girl panties," which are desirable, as in, "Strap on your big girl panties and take over the company." Mom garments involve the waistline, which is something we were all born with, but that we mustn't acknowledge by actually wearing anything anywhere near it. Instead, there are things like "thongs." A thong is a pair of underpants that looks innocuous enough from the front, but looks more like dental floss from the rear. We won't go into what they feel like. Thongs are supposed to solve the problem of "visible panty lines." But anyone over the age of 50 must have panty lines that can be seen from space. And then there are Spanx, a clever little invention — kind of a more modern girdle — that's supposed to hold you together and that made over a billion dollars for the inventor, a woman of about 30, who is a size 0. It was a great idea, and clearly many millions of people bought and are still buying them. But try to wear them! They don't stay put. They roll up uncomfortably — to the tops of your legs or up past the stomach they are supposed to be cinching in. Or they roll down uncomfortably, to just below the stomach they are supposed to be cinching in, giving the wearer the appearance of being six months pregnant. Take it from me: Spanx don't stay put. There is a very funny bit in the movie "The Heat," in which Melissa McCarthy tries to give Sandra Bullock fashion advice that involves Spanx. It's worth watching. And, just for the public record, no one wearing mom garments has ever taken over a company, except possibly on TV.
My closet is full of things that would mortify my girls. I have one or two blazers. No one wears blazers, let me tell you. Blazers were worn during the Stone Age, often accompanied by archaic inserts called shoulder pads. Any woman considering the adage that "everything old is new again" and contemplating hauling out that classic Harvé Benard orange wool number to wear over jeans is looking for trouble. And remember belts? Worn around the waist?
I do my best. I gave all my Crocs to Goodwill. I wear sweat pants and cardigans only in the privacy of my own home. I have stopped wearing dresses, because the "no panty hose" rule is impossible, with my varicose veins and in the winter. I never wear shoes that tie, except to the gym. My girls will actually be seen in public with me.
I rebel occasionally. I went out to lunch yesterday, and I wore a V-neck sweater. It was a chilly day, so I wore what looked like a white turtleneck under it.
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I ask the question because i'm thinking of going swimming soon and to make it a weekly thing to do.
Just wondered if anybody thinks,or knows if swimming helps acne atall?.
What sport is the best/worst for acne?
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Posted 14 October 2004 - 10:03 AM
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Posted 14 October 2004 - 11:50 AM
i heard swimming is good, don't ask me why though
i think it's something to do with the chlorine
i think it's something to do with the chlorine
Posted 14 October 2004 - 02:11 PM
Probally gonna go swimming saturday then
Posted 14 October 2004 - 09:35 PM
When I swim regularly my skin is totally clear. 100%, I don't even worry about it!. My hair gets fried thou, be sure to get swimmers shampoo. Good luck with it.
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Super Gerball - Gerbil in a Ball!
- Publisher: Si Design
- Genre: Entertainment
- Released: 9 Jul, 2010
- Size: 13.9 MB
- Price: $0.99
- App Store Info
DescriptionGerry the gerbil has his eye on some shiny balls!
In particular, Gerry loves shiny GOLD balls.
In order for Gerry to get his hands on some shiny gold balls, he must spin and roll across 50 levels contained within 5 rooms of Gerry's house!
Gerry's house is not just any house though! No, Gerry's house is very dangerous. It contains many traps and hazards that Gerry might bump into, but worst of all - Gerry might fall off the edge of a level, and SMASH his own ball into a million tiny pieces!
So what are you waiting for - hurry and help Gerry collect his shiny balls!
Game features:
* Amazing 3D graphics - push your iPhone and iPad to the max and see what it can do!
* 60fps - silky smooth gameplay!
* Full 3D ball physics - playing with a gerbil has never been so much fun!
* 50 levels - from the weird and wonderful to the twisted and tormenting!
* 5 stages - starting from the beautiful green garden and ending with the spooky...???
* 5 a-maze-ing levels - will you reach the end??
* 3 unique endings - play well and watch all three wonderful endings!
* 51 online high scores tables - are you the best in the world?
* 5 player profiles - all the family can play!
* 2 control methods - slide or tilt, it's up to you!
* 4 views - tilt your device while in the menu to change the view!
What's New in Version 1.20iPhone 5 support
iPad Retina support
Game Center support*
4 new levels
10 improved levels
Better difficulty curve
Improved appearance of ball and buzzers
Finishing a level always wins a gold ball. You can no longer get silver or bronze balls
Fixed bug that caused last completed level not to be unlocked
Fixed bug that caused device best times not to be saved correctly
Tweaks and improvements
*Note about Game Center support - for online score data to be saved, you must be signed in to Game Center. Unfortunately, due to adding Game Center support, we've had to reset all previous scores - sorry for the incovenience.