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That facility, called Staten Island Terminal, is also being financed with stimulus money—up to $28 million in tax-free bonds, approved this spring. And like the sewage plant overhaul, it has the wide support of the area's lawmakers. Besides that, the two projects have something else in common: They both reflect local leaders' vision for the waterfront, and the tension over what the North Shore, one of Staten Island's most environmentally troubled areas, should look like.
A question of capacity
Since opening in 1953, the Port Richmond WPCP has had several bad days, but one of the unluckiest came on July 12, 1988, when a series of power outages caused 25 million gallons of untreated waste to spill into Kill Van Kull and New York Harbor.
The spill, which led the city to close all of Staten Island and Brooklyn's public beaches for days before water tests declared them safe, was a freak event brought on by the rare simultaneous failure of two power supplies. It was unique, too, in another way: It was the rare incident in which the Port Richmond plant's unpleasant side effects, long familiar to North Shore residents, reached beyond its immediate neighborhood. Large spills and widespread beach closures are uncommon. But smaller overflows and the stomach-turning smells that can accompany them, neighbors say, are a part of everyday life near an aging sewage plant.
"When I lived there, a couple of nights in the summertime it got pretty ripe," said Joseph Carroll, district manager of Community Board 1, which represents the area.
Fortunately, he added, the situation is improving: A new throttling gate, installed in May, should prevent the overflow of about 30 million gallons of sewage and stormwater per year. And an even more ambitious project, beginning this year, will install three new boilers and upgrade the plant's sludge digesters, where organic material is broken down into more manageable parts. The work should improve the plant's energy efficiency and also, officials say, reduce foul smells.
The latter undertaking is being funded by $29 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act as part of a larger overhaul of city sewage plants.
Local civic and environmental activists, some of whom have protested against new industry on the waterfront, say they understand the necessity for the treatment plant. But they note that the island's population has doubled in the years since the facility was built—from roughly 200,000 to more than 400,000—and say Port Richmond's condition reflects the heavy burden that larger population places on the area's sewage system.
Part of the problem, said Dee Vandenburg, president of the Staten Island Taxpayers' Association, is that sewage plant construction has not kept up with population growth. The only other plant on the island, at Oakwood Beach, was built in 1956.
A true solution to the area's sewage problems, Vandenburg believes, would involve building new plants and doing more extensive work at Port Richmond—a much more costly approach than upgrading the old plant.
"I don't see this as a long-term fix," Vandenburg said of the more modest Port Richmond repairs that are currently planned. "They have to do something. I understand that, and whatever it is, do it. But in the meantime, somebody has to take a step back and look at the bigger picture."
An ideal fix, she said, might also overhaul the North Shore's sewers, in which—as in much of the city—stormwater and human waste flow through the same channels. This makes the whole system more susceptible to overflow during heavy rains, but is also impossible to fix without tearing up the area's whole sewage network, Vandenburg said—an unlikely option considering the expense and the amount of new construction taking place on Staten Island all the time.
What shade of green?
The stimulus money, at least, has the advantage of being available immediately. Federal government assistance has also proven valuable to Staten Island Terminal, a private development that was having money problems of its own. The transfer station, where cement from Peru will be unloaded from barges, stored in a silo and shipped out, has been planned for years and is allowed under the current industrial zoning on its site next to the Bayonne Bridge. But last fall, the terminal's owners filed papers with the city's Capital Resource Corporation (CRC) arguing that because of the bad economy, conventional financing for the $51.7 million project was unavailable.
The shortfall was erased when the corporation's board came to the rescue, voting in April to approve $28 million in federal Recovery Zone Facilty Bonds for the project. The board cited the terminal's modern, enclosed facilities, its promises of job-creation—200 in construction and 150 permanent positions on-site—and its support from local officials, including Senator Charles Schumer, Congressman Michael McMahon and Borough President James Molinaro, among others.
At an April public hearing before the vote, CRC spokesman Kyle Sklerov said, two people spoke in favor of the project, and none against.
"From my memory, this was a very well-supported project," Sklerov said. "We obviously want to support projects that the community supports."
But there is some local opposition. While the terminal's supporters have emphasized the environmental benefits of the facility—the fact that is brings cement into the city by water rather than by truck—its local opponents focus on the end-stage of the process, when trucks still come into play. The facility's president, Richard Sabatini, told the Staten Island Advance that when cement leaves the facility, partly on local streets, the terminal will generate about 50 truck trips a day, between 5 a.m. and noon. (Sabatini did not return calls for comment for this story.)


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May 11, 2011
Expedition Video
Here is the expedition video that was shown at the Academy's Big Bang Gala on May 5th, 2011.
May 10, 2011
New species up the wazoo
Very few biodiversity specialists can look at their plant or animal in the field and immediately be fairly certain that they have found a new species or not. Working on nudibranchs provides a luxury in that regard. When we find something we can be pretty sure that whatever we find is something recognizable or something we have not seen before. That provides us with a huge advantage when undertaking surveys like the 2011 Philippine Biodiversity Expedition. Things started off slowly, and we did not find any new species on the first eleven dives we made. I was starting to get a little concerned that maybe the trips here over the last 19 years had finally reached saturation; that we had finally found everything that was here. Boy, was I wrong. The next night dive, we found 8 new species on one dive. It was a shallow dive of only 17 feet, but it was slug city. Most were fairly smallish (about 0.5-10 mm) and several were fairly cryptic, but they were clearly new.
It is almost as exciting to find a known species that has not been found previously in the Philippines. We have come across several of these old friends from different places. One species, Trapania darvelli is striking and had been previously known only from Hong Kong, Malaysia, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands. Our always sharp-eyed dive guide, Peri Paleracio, turned up a gorgeous specimen in 60 feet of water on a morning dive.
Last year my former postdoctoral collaborator, Shireen Fahey, and I named a new species based on only one specimen collected from Okinawa. It is always a bit dangerous to name a new species from one specimen, but we were convinced that it was so different from all known species that we felt confident enough to name it Dermatobranchus dendronephthyphagus. And while that sounds like a mouthful, it was given this name because it was found on the soft coral Dendronephthya. One of the other season dive guides at Club Ocellaris, Alexis Principe, spotted three more Dermatobranchus dendronephthyphagus on a night dive at a dive site called Basketball, the first records for the Philippines.
Again logic prevails in the naming of dive sites. The site is located off a basketball court near the southern tip of the Calumpan Peninsula.
The hunt for new species is back on a normal pace. We are now up to 27 new species and have another four known species never recorded previously from the Philippines. We are back to the pace we have been on for the last several years of finding an average of one new species per dive.
May 9, 2011
Team Arachnology get real
Team Arachnology (Hannah, Natalia, Matt Lewin and me, Charles) are finally on the ground in the Philippines. We arrived at Los Baños, and the foot of famous Mt. Makaling, at 0730 this morning after an overnight flight from SFO. Driving through the university campus to the guesthouse we say fallen trees and debris everywhere, evidence of a big wind. Our botanical colleagues, Peter, Darin, and Jim, were on the mountain last night when typhoon Aere blasted through. They came down this afternoon to dry out, organize their data, and prepare for another foray. The arachnologists are organizing all of our gear: pitfall traps, pooters, mini-winklers, duct tape, soap, yellow pans, berlese funnels, puffers and spoons, flight traps, beating sheets and sweeping nets, skilly jars, buckets, string and sieves, litter sifters (a left handed one custom made for Hannah!), claws and shovels. Tomorrow we will climb the mountain and get to work. Since we are still on California time, night, and sleep, should come early.
May 8, 2011
Rubble with a Cause
While other Shallow Water researchers are busily gathering sea urchins, sieving sediment for sand dollars, spotting vibrant and cryptic miniature sea slugs, stalking elusive reef fish, and gardening the reef to harvest symbiotic barnacles, I….as odd as this is going to sound….am collecting rocks.
Not just any rocks, mind you….. specifically coral rubble rocks. Coral rubble consists of fragments of hermatypic (reef-forming) coral which, over time and during storms, have broken from the reef and rest on the seafloor, providing habitat and surface area for the settlement of new recruits. I collect these coral rubble fragments in search of polychaete worms.
When diving on a coral reef, several fairly obvious species of polychaetes can be observed. Polychaetes are a highly diverse (about 10,000 known species) group of segmented marine "bristle worms" distantly related to earthworms and which occur in all habitats of all marine ecosystems. Polychaete worms vary in size from a couple of millimeters up to 2 meters in length. These organisms serve as an important food source for birds, fish and other invertebrates, function in symbiotic relationships with various other reef organisms, and may even bio-engineer reef environments.
Examples of polychaetes you may have encountered in photos or on reefs include the "Christmas tree worms" and "feather duster worms". These two types of sedentary polychaetes can be easily observed living in tubes deeply buried within large sections of live coral. Many other polychaetes are free-living and do not form permanent tubes.
We are strongly against destructive sampling activities that would adversely affect the reef, so I don't collect these worms burrowed in live coral. Many of these are common species, anyhow, and are quite well-studied (although others may benefit from taxonomic revision or DNA comparisons with other populations).
However…let me tell you….the really interesting stuff is in the rocks! As I dive, I typically head for the "dead" looking section of the reef. You know, the area you might pass over accidentally on your way to the cool-looking colorful stuff but would certainly not intentionally photograph because it's all basically one greyish color and has little interesting macro-fauna living associated with it.
This is my hunting grounds.
I carefully turn over all the most interesting-looking rocks and coral rubble in the immediate area. Sometimes I get lucky and there might be an obvious larger animal sheltering under the rubble, using it for cover from daylight as it waits to forage at night. Other times, there may be a nice fat worm tube stuck to the underside of the rubble…that one's a keeper.
Most of the time, though, I just select a few rocks that I think look particularly promising, bag them up in whirlpacks and add them to my collecting bag. My rock collection helps keep me stay neutrally buoyant as my tank grows lighter at the end of the dive, but if I go overboard on collecting heavy stuff our Dive Safety Officer, Elliot Jessup, is often around with a lift bag (similar to an orange partly-deflated balloon) to help me slowly transport my rubble to the surface.
Collecting rubble may seem like sort of a weird activity, and perhaps folks don't get quite as worked up about admiring my catch of rocks at the end of a dive as they might, say, a cool new fish. However, after the rubble sits in the tub next to my microscope for a few hours, it becomes apparent that these chunks of rubble abound with tiny yet fascinating cryptic organisms. In most cases, animals that live within rubble remain hidden for part or all of their lives, and thus are less likely to have been studied yet by humans. We can learn a great deal about the true biodiversity of a coral reef from closely examining its rubble communities.
Small organisms use the crevices and spaces within rubble rocks for a hard surface to attach to or for a refuge that is safely hidden from large predators. Miniature food webs occur within a chunk of rubble. Algae is fed upon by grazers, who may in turn be fed upon by small predators. Many organisms live within rubble crevices for much of their reproductive lives, releasing gametes or buds into the water column from these safe confines during their reproductive periods (more about this in a future posting).
Communities of organisms inhabiting coral rubble have been used in scientific studies for measuring diversity, productivity, and general reef health. Some organisms living in these communities assist in the breakdown of the rubble itself, permitting the release of calcium carbonate into the water for use in building new reef structure.
For me, examining coral rubble is an excellent way to sample for the small and cryptic "sleeper" critters (such as polychaete worms) which live hidden lives buried deep within the reef ecosystem, quietly providing critical services to the community.
Once I have my samples, I can return the rubble back to the seafloor to be colonized again.
Got the tools and they know how to use em'
Scientific Diving involves an extensive toolbox, some that might be familiar to the technical, commercial, or recreational diver, and some that are completely unique to science underwater. One of the biggest challenges scientific divers run into is task loading. The scientific diver is operating life support equipment while monitoring time, depth, and decompression status as they complete the scientific tasks underwater. This can involve everything from running transect tape, laying line, working in quadrats, operating video and photo equipment, collecting, sampling, and recording all of this information accurately!
Proper education is a must and includes a minimum of 100 hrs of advanced training in areas such as physics, physiology, decompression, nitrox diving, navigation, site survey, collection, diver rescue techniques, CPR, 1st Aid, AED use, O2 Administration and more. After scientific diver authorization the training doesn't stop – underwater researchers are always learning new techniques and increasing their efficiency underwater with the proper tools for the job. The following are a few of the tools we are using on the 2011 Philippine Biodiversity Expedition:
EMT Shears double as a required cutting device and a collection tool used for taking small clips of corals without remove more than what's needed. "Whirl-pak" bags are used for storing specimens individually in salt water until they are preserved for future study, all the collections are then stored in a mesh collecting bag with a rigid opening and clipped to the diver with a double ended bolt snap.
Underwater notebooks are a great addition to a research divers toolkit, enabling date recording and communication without the limited space of a slate which must be erased after each use. Auxiliary pockets can be useful storing smaller items that the diver might not want to clip to one of the d-rings on the backplate/wing/harness configuration. Surface Marker Buoys (aka Safety Sausages) are a must for ocean diving, they can not only be a life saver if caught in a current or diving with heavy boat traffic, but can also be used for live-boating to identify the divers location. LED lights are useful during night dives and during the day to make up for lost light associated with depth – very helpful when searching for the next new species!
Lift bags are used carefully for bringing samples such as live-rock to the surface.
The hip-mounted canister light provides considerably more lumens than the standard dive light, and allows for hands free operation. These lights from Hollis Gear are 16 watts and provide up to 5 hours of burn time with a lithium battery. Also worn in this shot is a Datamask by Oceanic – this mask was designed for military use and provides the diver with a heads up display showing depth, dive time, decompression status, and tank pressure (via transmitter) all in the bottom right corner of the mask. This one is new for me. I have to say I was quite skeptical at first, but after testing the mask extensively I've found a new tool that definitely improves a scientific dive!
Underwater photo and video equipment can play a key role for the scientific research diver allowing them to document the worksite, specific species, and can even be used as shown leaving a weighted tripod at the bottom of the water column to record animal behavior without divers disturbing the habitat. Underwater housing and cameras can range from a few hundred dollars to tens of thousands for production quality media. With recent improvements in dSLR technology a research diver can capture both high resolution photos as well as high definition video all with a single mid-range priced camera.
With 140 safe dives under our belt and 28 new species discovered, the first two weeks of 2011 Philippine Biodiversity Expedition have been very successful for the shallow water team. Stay tuned for more posts from the rest of the team!
Elliott Jessup
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California Academy of Sciences
May 7, 2011
Entomologists to the Philippines
The CAS entomologists are heading to the Philippines. We are Hannah Wood, Natalia Chousou Polydouri, and me (Charles Griswold). Hannah and Natalia are Berkeley PhD students with the joint CAS/UCB program. We are not just entomologists, we are arachnologists: we all study spiders! We'll look for all the terrestrial arthropods, including insects, arachnids and myriapods, but spiders are our favorites. We'll use yellow pans, berlese and winkler funnels, pitfalls, malaise traps for flying insects, we'll shine a light on a sheet at night, and we'll spend time hand collecting day and night. The last is my favorite: there's almost nothing that I would rather do that walk around in the jungle at night looking for spiders. In particular we'll be looking for goblin spiders, orb builders and the beautiful spiders that we call "rubies of the forest" (Stenochilidae: see the picture). Philippines arachnids are not very well known, so we hope to make some exciting discoveries.
May 6, 2011
There's just some sting about you…
This may surprise some of you out there, but I hear a lot of talk about sea urchins. Especially from divers and snorkelers who've had the good/bad luck of encountering these gorgeous beasts. The good luck is in observing some of the strangest of all the Earth's marine animals. The bad luck is in getting a bit too close to certain kinds. I would like to highlight the latter concept a little bit, and perhaps clear up some of the misinformation out there. Or simply add some information that isn't all that easy to come by, even though urchins are among the most common and conspicuous animals you can see on a dive or in a tidepool. Doing this during the Expedition is easy because, well, the diversity of the urchins here is pretty amazing, and they're right out there off the place where we are staying in the case of most species, especially the ones who can cause some damage.
To recap, sea urchins (Echinoidea) are in the phylum Echinodermata ("echino" = spiny; "derm" = skin). The urchins are related to things like starfish, brittlestars, sea cucumbers, and sea lilies. The most familiar of the sea urchins are globose things, adorned with spines distributed over the body. The shape of the urchin is maintained by a skeleton of tightly sutured columns of plates made of a type of limestone (a.k.a. calcium carbonate) secreted as a biological form of calcium carbonate called "stereom", making a structure not unlike your skull in that it is covered with skin. In urchins, this skin, or epithelium, even forms a thin layer over all the external appendages, including the spines. The columns of plates are arranged in a radiating pattern based on five. Why five is a subject for another day, perhaps. Nevertheless, this is a powerfully unique way to identify an echinoderm. Look for that 5-part radiating symmetry. The mouth of a sea urchin is on the bottom, and the anus is on the top. Because the skeleton is technically internal to the epithelium (and not external like the shell of a snail or clam), it gets a special name, the "test". There are lots of puns I could make here, but I'll largely refrain and instead only indicate that terminology tests us all at times. But new terms add precision, and that's what science is all about. So test it is.
Back to stinging. It always startles and pleases me to learn just how many divers have learned the genus name of a sea urchin: Diadema. Necessity is the mother of learning, I guess, because the memory of the name is almost always linked to a negative encounter with this black-spined urchin that decorates so much of the world's coral reefs. I actually really like this animal, but this is not a unanimously held reaction. However, with a little caution and awareness of where your body parts are while drifting over a mass of Diadema, you can enjoy the encounter quite unscathed. I've been collecting and observing these guys for many years, and I've only been hit once in a way that really mattered. It served to instill respect that I hold close to this very day. Most of the black urchins with the really long spines belong to the genus Diadema. There are two common species of Diadema in the Philippines' reefs. Here they are:
The one on the left, D. setosum, is arguably the most common species 'round these parts, and is easily distinguished from the one on the right when seen alive and under natural light by the amazingly bright red ring in the little raised area on the top of the body (called the anal sac). In both species, there are beautiful patterns of iridescence on the top of the test, and this makes urchin-watching just that much more special.
When hidey-holes under coral rubble are available, D. setosum tends to be solitary and able to defend against attacks (usually by triggerfish if anecdotal reports hold) by directing spines outwards. However, out in the open they become more gregarious, gathering in small gangs of nervous pincushions, with the spines just touching to maintain their own respectful distances, spines constantly waving a little, particularly towards changes in light and pressure waves from passing animals such as fish or divers. The effect can be dramatic, with just the right hint of menace.
Look, but don't touch. The long spines are very, very sharp, and come to a point so fine that it's hard to see precisely where they end in a watery medium where distances can be deceptive to start with. The spines can penetrate flesh so easily and quickly that once you feel it, it's way too late. You've been perforated. More than likely, the spine (or spines, if you are really unfortunate) will break off in the skin. You can try to pull them out, but the delicate and easily broken structure of the spine (which is hollow) makes that difficult. Most people know about the barbs, but what they don't realize is that the barbs don't point backwards toward the animal, but towards the tip of the spine. So the damage is done going in. The other common misconception is that these spines are poisonous. It only feels that way. Most of the post-encounter discomfort comes when tissues inside the hollow spine start to decompose and attract bacteria.
And remember that epithelium I mentioned? It also can break down and cause infection in the wound. Best way to deal with that is to immerse the afflicted body part in vinegar. This does three things. It makes the urchin tissues inert to bacterial feasting, kills the bacteria themselves, and dissolves the spine skeleton, which is also made of the calcium carbonate stereom described above for the plates in the test. Being limestony, this material fizzes and dissolves readily in any acid such as vinegar. Vinegar adds to the hurtin' at first, but trust me, it helps and greatly reduces future damage that can be caused by leaving the spine in there whole. If you don't have vinegar, you can also roll the skin around the spine or tweeze the spine in the wound until it crushes up into smaller pieces for your natural immune system defenses to deal with.
Although the long spines of Diadema are not venomous, there are toxin-bearing spines on all members of the family Diadematidae, to which Diadema belongs. In Diadema, these are relatively short, very sharp (yes, even sharper than the long spines), and almost never reached by an errant hand or foot or whatever, because you hit those long "guard spines" first. That generally keeps you from reaching the stinging spine layer, unless you are really unfortunate and set up for a trip to the hospital because you put all your weight down on a Diadema. Each of these shorter spines has a slight swelling at the tip where gland cells in the epithelium make and accumulate a toxin that causes a real, honest-to-goodness sting.
Although these gland-bearing spines are hard to reach (or even see) in Diadema, they are really prominent in another diadematid genus, Echinothrix:
Again, we have two species common in the Philippines. E. calamaris has lighter spines, with beige or brown on the test, a nicely speckled anal cone (not a phrase you will see everyday), and very obvious and exposed, light brown spines tipped with poison glands, as in the close-up below (red arrow).
Note that the long spines of this close relative of Diadema are not sharp. In fact, they are hollow with thin walls, like a straw with the end closed off. In the juveniles, these spines are so large relative to the test that the urchin looks like it's carrying little, narrow vases sticking out from its test. Weird.
The other Echinothrix, which is very black with very nice, blue iridescent patches on the test, also has these shorter, poison-bearing spines. You can see this iridescence and the poison glands (red arrow again) well when you get close up.
Then there is the fire urchin, Asthenosoma varium. This is an urchin whose characteristics are so unusual I just have to tell you about it. It's also common in coral reefs just about everywhere. Nature has found a special way to tell us "do not touch this animal". The bright colors might be inviting, but when you see that in nature, it usually hints at something dangerous. This lovely photo is courtesy of Terry Gosliner, who has the same respect for this relatively large and powerful stinger as I do:
The test of this urchin, which can exceed 20 cm across, is flexible because the plates that make it up are separated by connective tissues that allow the plates to hinge against each other. The urchin keeps its shape by gently inflating itself with sea water, but if you poke it (use something other than a body part, please), it yields a bit like a crunchy balloon. The fire urchin uses this feature to get into crevices, and possibly also to economize on the metabolically expensive calcium carbonate that other urchins use to make up their stiffer tests. This isn't so much a factor in coral reefs, where dissolved calcium carbonate is relatively abundant. But this urchin species has as its closest relatives a bunch of equally bizarre forms that live in the deepest parts of the ocean. Evolutionary studies show that the ancestors of the fire urchin live in the abyss where calcium carbonate is harder to come by and to shape into urchin skeletal parts, selecting for species with thin, flexible tests in which calcium carbonate is used sparingly. And guess what? Those deep-sea relatives of A. varium compensate for the relative lack of an armored test by having the worst stinging capability of any urchin that I know. I got hit by one in my left middle finger while doing deep-sea work in the Bahamas — just a tiny pinprick of one spine — and my left arm was useless for several hours.
Here is a close up of the spines on a fire urchin. Most of that blobby, balloon-like tissue on the spines is filled with toxin. Never pick up a fire urchin. There is some evidence to suggest that you could go into shock if enough spines zap you at the same time.
Finally, I would like to mention one more stinging urchin with a difference. This one hurts a lot, but not because of the spines. The so-called "flower urchin", Toxopneustes pileolus, is another one very pretty to look at, but deserving of respect:
The flowers are not spines, but a special structure unique to urchins called pedicellariae (for you sticklers — pun intended — out there, the pedicellariae on starfish are an independent evolutionary invention and only superficially similar to urchin pedicellariae). Pedicellariae (singular: pedicellaria — not "pedicellarium") are ice-tong-like pincers mounted on the ends of stalks interspersed all over the test among the spines. All urchins have pedicellariae, but they are usually small and inconspicuous, and too small to do any damage unless you are a tiny barnacle larva trying to find a nice home to stick to on the top of a sea urchin. This is the usual type of thing that pedicellariae are used to defend against. In Toxopneustes, the spines are very short and not very sharp. This urchin protects itself from larger animals with the grossly enlarged pedicellariae instead. Although they look like flowers, inside the pink fleshy bit that makes the "bloom" are three tongs that meet together at their points when the "flower" closes, tearing a hole in the transgressor's flesh and injecting a toxin into the wound:
You can tell when the animal is all worked up and in the urchin equivalent of "DEFCON 1″ when the whitish spines lie down to expose the open jaws of the pedicellariae. Put your hand on that and you'll get a powerful dose of toxins from several pedicellariae at once. A complicating factor is that this urchin, like many other species, likes to cover itself with bits of coral rubble, sometimes making it hard to see in the shadows. Still, a beautiful animal and always interesting to see in its native habitat. It's a real favorite of underwater photographers with an interest in abstract art.
So that's my primer on stinging urchins. I wanted to call this blog, "Oh test, where is thy sting?", but I wasn't sure if that might have been a bit unforgivable — or even obscure. Heck, I don't know my Shakespearean sonnets or Corinthians either.


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This month we're happy to exhibit a new piece of art created for Sol Flare. The artist was given this guideline prior to beginning work – It can be in any medium, picture, painting, sculpture, you name it, the only prerequisite is that is hand made.
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Doctor Who Comic-Con 2013 Panel Highlights: MATT SMITH, JENNA COLEMAN, STEVEN MOFFAT & more!
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So this Friday, Matt Smith and Doctor Who Executive Producer Caro Skinner will take the stage at MCM London Comic Con to talk about all things Who. The good news is that the panel will be livestreamed!
To mark the launch of the DVD of Doctor Who Series 7 Part 1 on Friday 26th October Matt Smith will attend MCM's London Comic Con.
The hugely popular British actor who plays the eleventh incarnation of the Time Lord will participate in a panel discussion with the show's Executive Producer, Caroline Skinner. For a chance to hear the inside gossip on their favourite show, fans will need to head to the event's MCM Theatre.
The panel discussion will also be freely available online so all Doctor Who fans can tune in. Matt Smith will also sign 100 copies of the new DVD. The first 100 people to purchase the new series' DVD at the BBC Worldwide stand will receive a wristband for the signing at the venue's Signing Hall.
We will have an embed of the livestream available on this blog on Friday at around 4pm London Time (11am Eastern/8am Pacific)
For the second year running, there was a Whovian Sunday at San Diego Comic-Con. Sonic screwdriver-brandishing fans packed Hall H for a panel that featured Doctor Who's Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill, lead writer/executive producer Steven Moffat, and executive producer Caroline Skinner. The atmosphere was as electric as panels past, with zings of oddball wit from überfan and moderator Chris Hardwick from The Nerdist.
But amongst all of the cheers and celebration, there was an inescapable feeling of sadness. After all, the upcoming season of Doctor Who will see the departure of the Doctor's beloved companions the Ponds – played by Gillan and Darvill.
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Comic-Con: 'Doctor Who's Matt Smith on TV Guide's Fan Favorites Panel
Doctor Who's Matt Smith appeared to be every bit the rock star as he graced the stage for TV Guide Magazine's Fan Favorites panel.
The panel's roster included stars like Community's Joel McHale, Castle's Nathan Fillion, Nikita's Maggie Q, Teen Wolf's Tyler Posey, Spartacus' Liam McIntyre, Fringe's Jasika Nicole, Grimm's David Biuntoli, and The Walking Dead's Sarah Wayne Callies.
But all eyes were on Matt as the audience took to the podium to ask questions. And we mean that literally every fan question was directed at Matt. (If we downed a shot for every time the words "This question is for Matt Smith" were said during today's TV Guide Fan Favorites panel, we'd wouldn't be posting right now. We'd be hospitalized.)
This is a great writeup. Go read it over at Anglophenia
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(They also happen to be the other ones who will be posting the trailer as soon as it plays in San Diego.)
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Sanaa Lathan, Terrence Howard, Blair Underwood and Harry Lennix to Star in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' set in the Caribbean
William Shakespeare's most horrific and bloody tragedy, Macbeth, is getting an update via a new all-African American feature film adaptation.
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Overview Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. And Sethe?s new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved. Filled with ...
- Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publication date: 6/8/2004
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The novel "Beloved" is a very good book. If you like books with action and mysterious things going on, then this is the book for you! It's all about a mother murdering her daughter and the family trying to figure out why. It's all full of suspense. Enjoy! :)
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this book was good but not as great as many people say it is. it is too abstract and many of the things that are written shouldnt have been written in the first place
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The topic of slavery is quite fascinating, and this well-written book certainly adds to the intrigue. It certainly seems worth a second read for better understanding. The well developed style of the writing makes the text captivating, and the historical and cultural details make it educational.
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Of course it flopped as a movie. Beloved has to be read, as it is the most exquisite collection of words ever put on paper.
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Age: 19-24 Skin: Oily, Fair-Medium Hair: Brunette Eyes: Brown
I'm on a curious kick right now! I just recently bought fantasy and while I do like it, it's a little too sweet at times. I wanted a more floral perfume that smelled fresh and clean. I remembered always liking the samples of curious from magazines and testers at the store, so I went and bought a little bottle of it. I'm so happy I did! It smells exactly as I remember it. I love the white florals, they smell so fresh and summery to me. It's different than your average viva la juicy or pink sugar and I love that. It lasts quite a while. Others can smell it on me when I can't at all. I don't think this is a juvenile fragrance either, it seems appropriate for all ages.
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*TOP REVIEWER* valmont32677 on 5/18/2014 8:27:00 PM more reviews by valmont32677
Age: 36-43 Skin: Very Oily, Fair-Medium, Neutral Hair: Brown, Curly, Fine Eyes: Grey
A fun scent!! I am not in the target range demographic neither, but this is fruity & clean. I don't really like her or her music but this & Fantasy are super good perfumes!! They do seem a bit overpriced however which keeps me from purchasing this (& other celebutard perfumes) on a regular basis when I can get 7 for $35 at VS!! :)
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Gjones7 on 2/28/2014 11:48:00 AM more reviews by Gjones7
Age: 19-24 Skin: Combination, Fair, Cool Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Coarse Eyes: Green
I'm surprised at the reviews here, I actually really like this perfume. Yes it is sweet and more suited to younger individuals but I really like the scent. Packaging looks cute, it was really cheap too.
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Andiec100 on 1/28/2014 12:27:00 PM more reviews by Andiec100
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As a major Britney fan when I was a teen, I of course wanted to own her perfume so when curious came out I purchased it. I loved it then and 7 years later I still love it. It's not too strong and I have received a load of compliments on how nice it is. I got a bottle of it for Christmas and I hadn't worn it in so long that I had forgotten how nice it is. Will deffo use up the bottle I got and would recommend buying. If in the market for a Britney perfume I think it's the nicest, steer clear of Fantasy, that stuff is so sweet that it's sickening!
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twinkle70 on 1/25/2014 2:01:00 PM more reviews by twinkle70
Age: 36-43 Skin: Sensitive, Fair Hair: Blond Eyes: Green
I am clearly not in the age demographic for Curious, however, I love it. It does not give off that "juvenile" scent vibe like some other celebrity scents do and actually some non-celebrity scents (Aquolina Pink Sugar - i'm lookin' at you !!!). It is a creamy, soft white floral w/ a hint of vanilla that dries down to a more musky floral. It is a clean, cozy fragrance that makes you feel good. I also think it is appropriate for any occasion, season or time of day. It is soft but has staying power and has a decent sillage (the kind you want to have when people are within close range, NOT the kind that drives people screaming from an elevator. You can get this on sale at drug stores. You can get this at discount stores like TJ Maxx....so it's very cost effective. I like that she still does the gift sets w/ special little lip glosses or trinkets (because it's no longer carried at Macy's you don't get the REALLY fabulous gifts, but at least there's still cute girlie trinkets to be had). The bottle is fabulous..... I think any age can wear this and wear it well. Don't be prejudiced because you don't like Britney or you think it's "too young" .... bust outta your shell and try it :) I think you'll be glad that you did.
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butny on 11/25/2013 1:23:00 PM more reviews by butny
Age: 25-29 Skin: Oily, Olive Hair: Brunette Eyes: Hazel
damn i hate this white floral semelling perfume... dont know why did i ever bought it. im gonna get home and throw it to the toilett. ewwwwwwwwwww
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paulamichelle on 8/29/2013 10:09:00 AM more reviews by paulamichelle
Age: 19-24 Skin: Normal, Olive Hair: Brunette Eyes: Brown
First off let me say this is a personal favorite. Curious is a great option for casual daily wear- it has a memorable, clean, enticing scent to it. For more serious events, or a night out I usually go for something heavier. But all in all, this is a fantabulous* perfume. Matter of fact, I own the body spray for now, and plan on buying the perfume.
Buying in the near future. <3
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aleachhunter on 5/26/2013 6:32:00 PM more reviews by aleachhunter
Age: 25-29 Skin: Dry, Fair Hair: Red Eyes: Hazel
True (and embarrassing) story: I used to wear this perfume. It took my poor roommate two years to get up the nerve to tell me that this perfume smelled like "rotting cat piss" - this perfume has a habit of turning sour and rotting in the bottle. Once I switched it out for a more high-quality scent and came back to it later, I realized how cloying it really is. It's sickeningly sweet. I can't believe I ever wore this.
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*TOP REVIEWER* sillage on 5/6/2013 11:37:00 AM more reviews by sillage
Age: Unknown Skin: Normal, Fair, Cool Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium Eyes: Brown
I absolutely LOVE Britney Spears Curious and hope they never discontinue it. I finished a big 3.4oz bottle, and I now have another 3.4oz, plus two 1.7oz bottles, plus a mini -- plus 2 lotions & 2 shower gels. (I actually ordered 2 discounted gift sets online once so I'd have plenty of back-ups -- that's how I acquired all the pieces mentioned.)
Below is how I realized how great it was:
I was once squirting perfumes at TJ Maxx, and there were 2 girls on the other side of the stand, also squirting perfumes, and all of a sudden there came this AWESOME scent from where they were squirting. I had to run over & ask them what they had just sprayed -- it was Curious -- and it sure beat the heck out of every other perfume there, in my opinion.
Curious is a soft, languid, skin-musky floral -- this is the type floral I love most (no tuberose, gardenia, rose, or big jasmines for me -- my florals are usually on the light, sweet, clean, skin-musky side). The main floral note is magnolia, and there's also pear and vanilla in it. It's soft & skin-musky -- just so nice!
Tocca Stella smells *very* close to this wonderful scent -- but it seems more high-quality -- but then, of course, the Tocca Stella is more expensive too.
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*TOP REVIEWER* JaneWayne on 4/24/2013 3:10:00 PM more reviews by JaneWayne
Age: 36-43 Skin: Sensitive, Fair-Medium, Neutral Hair: Blond, Curly, Fine Eyes: Green
Sshhhh...I am going to be one of those ladies that suddenly "forgets" what she's wearing if someone asks what perfume I am wearing. I doubt anyone will, but I can't see this offending anyone, I have a body spray, which is a lighter version of the EDT, obviously. It's a non soapy, "shower fresh"kind of scent, nothing too sharp or spicy. I think there is a VS Pink scent that is similar..."Fresh and Clean"? It was cheap so I threw in my cart, I figure it will be a nice alternative when the South's monstrous humidity grabs us all by the throat. Meh. If not, I'll just keep it by the toilet for "poopourri".
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We resolutely denounce the Abe regime's decision to invoke the right of collective self-defense, which intends to justify aggression and militarism
I believe that 99% of the world's people could benefit and feel much safer and have a much better quality of life if we were to end our addiction to war as a means of resolving conflict
Policy analysts, pundits, and politicians have long predicted that the North Korean government will go the way of East German Communism
Historians, like journalists, play their most honourable role when they myth-bust
No one performs Shakespeare in the theaters of Pyongyang. Instead, he is enacted in the corridors of power
Yves Engler's latest book is The Ugly Canadian: Stephen Harper's foreign policy. He's also the author of Lester Pearson's Peacekeeping: the truth may hurt where the footnotes for this article can be found.
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Definitions for Continuityˌkɒn tnˈu ɪ ti, -tnˈyu
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word Continuity
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
con•ti•nu•i•tyˌkɒn tnˈu ɪ ti, -tnˈyu(n.)(pl.)-ties.
the state or quality of being continuous.
a continuous or connected whole.
a motion-picture scenario with all details of the action, dialogue, effects, etc., in order.
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(on a radio or television program) narration or music that serves as an introduction or transition.
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Math. the property of a continuous function.
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Origin of continuity:
1375–1425; late ME < AF < L
Princeton's WordNet
uninterrupted connection or union
a detailed script used in making a film in order to avoid discontinuities from shot to shot
continuity, persistence(noun)
the property of a continuous and connected period of time
Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time.
Considerable continuity of attention is needed to read German philosophy.
A characteristic property of a continuous function.
A narrative device in episodic fiction where previous and/or future events in a story series are accounted for in present stories.
Webster Dictionary
the state of being continuous; uninterupted connection or succession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the continuity of fibers
In fiction, continuity is consistency of the characteristics of people, plot, objects, and places seen by the reader or viewer over some period of time. It is relevant to several media. Continuity is particularly a concern in the production of film and television due to the difficulty of rectifying an error in continuity after shooting has wrapped up. It also applies to other art forms, including novels, comics, and video games, though usually on a smaller scale. Most productions have a script supervisor on hand whose job is to pay attention to and attempt to maintain continuity across the chaotic and typically non-linear production shoot. This takes the form of a large amount of paperwork, photographs, and attention to and memory of large quantities of detail, some of which is sometimes assembled into the story bible for the production. It usually regards factors both with-in the scene and often even technical details including meticulous records of camera positioning and equipment settings. The use of a Polaroid camera was standard but has since been replaced by the advent of digital cameras. All of this is done so that ideally all related shots can match, despite perhaps parts being shot thousands of miles and several months apart. It is a less conspicuous job, though, because if done perfectly, no one will ever notice.
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Rank popularity for the word 'Continuity' in Nouns Frequency: #2451
Translations for Continuity
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
the state of being continuous or logically related
It is important to children to have some continuity in their education.
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And Dansby was a monster in his return to the desert, tallying 122 total tackles with 6.5 sacks and 4 interceptions, two of which he returned for touchdowns.
Unfortunately, neither was selected to participate in the Pro Bowl, but that doesn't mean their efforts went completely unnoticed.
Friday, USA Today's Nate Davis honored both players as part of his 22nd All-Joe Team.
The team is meant to recognize the league's unsung players, guys who had great impacts but have never been to the Pro Bowl.
Of Campbell, Davis writes:
The best 3-4 end in the NFL not named J.J. Watt, Campbell posted a career-best nine sacks while crushing tailbacks for the NFL's top run defense. He also excels at blocking kicks with his 6-8 frame.
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Returned to the desert after three years in Miami and turned in his best season. His career-high 114 solo tackles complemented 6.5 sacks. He also picked off four passes (returning two for scores) and broke up 19 passes, tied for most among linebackers.
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Why Aren't Older Adults Buying Smartphones?
Posted By Jody Holtzman On November 1, 2012 @ 3:33 pm In The Download | Comments Disabled
There's an app for that – but usage by older adults is stalled. Boomers and beyond have the spending power [2], but they aren't snapping up tablets and smartphones. Pew's latest smartphone numbers tell the story – smartphone usage has not grown beyond 11% among the 65+ [3]. And tablet ownership, despite many cute stories, has only grown to 13%. Yet you and I both know that that these phones and tablets provide significant utility, from easy access to discounts and savings [4] to calculating insulin levels [5] to preserving information [6]. That is, the utility exists for those that have the phones.
For reasons that may range from worry about advertising targeting to cumbersome usability to price to youth-orientation of the apps, many older adults aren't convinced. So what could help eliminate barriers and engage them? Vendors must demonstrate interest in acquiring them as customers – because they already have functionality and capabilities that users of all ages need. Consider a few tactics and incentives to accelerate adoption:
Sponsor competitions and hacker incentives for app creation and device migration. Last month USAID sponsored a Hacking for Hunger [7] weekend – in which software developers, online and in person, joined a round-the-clock marathon of software development aimed at solving the global issue of food insecurity [8]. And this past week, the National Council on Aging received a $2 million grant from Atlantic Philanthropies to streamline the disparate processes that enroll older adults in programs that could reduce food insecurity. Sponsoring competition for innovation, as AARP just did at Life@50+, will also bridge the device and app gap. AARP's foundation and nonprofit peers could combine initiatives and incentives to create the next wave of apps that make a difference in people's lives. Get a few apps that highlight product discounts [9], devices and services, plans, into the hands of the 50+ population that does not have them now and may not see the benefit.
Target device deployment through special interest groups. Microsoft's Surface announcement and launch last week [10] comes on the heels of the latest iPhone 5 [10], now top-selling Samsung Galaxy [11] and just before the upcoming mini iPad. This creates a competitive window of opportunity. Imagine if a carrier like Verizon or a Microsoft regional sales organization partnered with local nonprofits [12] and social service support groups [12] to contribute and distribute Surface tablets? These have adjustable touch (among other accessibility features), that could be especially useful to those with arthritis or Parkinson's disease.
Highlight useful applications in carrier demonstrations. Carriers like Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T are missing a sizable opportunity to convert feature phone loyalists to smartphone plans – searching online will find little from them indicating they want these customers. Where are the ads that show a person over the age of 50 enjoying the phone? Why not show how boomers and seniors can find travel and caregiving tips [13] from any location, speak requests to Siri, get turn-by-turn spoken directions from Google? How about sponsoring a contest of how best to reach them? As the AARP and USAID initiatives prove, if you challenge talented people to be innovative – then engage the resources of large vendors like Microsoft, Google and Apple, the device gap will eventually just be an artifact that is so yesterday.
Photo via Phil Roeder [14] on Flickr.
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[2] have the spending power: http://blog.aarp.org/2012/09/11/hey-entrepreneurs-whats-your-50-strategy/
[3] has not grown beyond 11% among the 65+: http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Smartphone-Update-Sept-2012.aspx
[4] easy access to discounts and savings: http://www.aarp.org/money/budgeting-saving/info-05-2012/smartphone-apps-that-save-money.html
[5] calculating insulin levels: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/insulin-calculator/id320616301?mt=8
[6] preserving information: http://blog.aarp.org/2012/05/10/app-of-the-week-paper-piles-be-gone/
[7] Hacking for Hunger: http://blog.usaid.gov/2012/10/usaid-hack-for-hunger-winners-showcase-open-data-on-world-food-day/
[8] food insecurity: http://www.aarp.org/aarp-foundation/our-work/hunger.html
[9] apps that highlight product discounts: http://www.aarp.org/money/budgeting-saving/info-10-2012/shop-smart-with-these-apps.html
[10] launch last week: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57536675-75/microsoft-surface-tablet-back-ordered-as-new-ipad-looms/
[11] Samsung Galaxy: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57505552-37/upset-iphone-4s-surrenders-u.s-crown-to-galaxy-s3/
[12] local nonprofits: http://createthegood.org/
[13] caregiving tips: http://www.aarp.org/relationships/caregiving-resource-center/info-12-2011/set-up-caregiving-team.html
[14] Photo via Phil Roeder: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tabor-roeder/5601654995/sizes/m/
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Pronunciation: /ˈbuːtləs /
(Of a task or undertaking) ineffectual; useless: remonstrating with him seems ever to have been a bootless task
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Complete your boardwalk look in these summer espadrilles from Boutique 9. Illy has a 5 inch espadrille wedge, back strap, and a 1 inch platform. black colored straps embellish the vamp adding a cute mix of texture to this style.
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Illy - Black Leather
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Illy - Dark Brown LE


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Cannonballs is a daily series where we will gather up links to other interesting stories from the Columbus Blue Jackets blogosphere, as well as general NHL and hockey news. While we strive to bring you the best coverage of the Columbus Blue Jackets here at the Union and Blue, there are several other CBJ blogs that do a great job as well. So with that, here is today's edition of Union and Blue Cannonballs!
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Stakes High For Blue Jackets' Russian Olympians An article about the pressure our guys face in representing their country this year in the Sochi Olympics [ Blue Jackets Xtra ]
Metro Update: Olympic Break Edition A breakdown of the Metro standings going into the Olympic Break [ The Cannon ]
A Closer Look At Sochi 2014 And The Blue Jackets A breakdown of the Olympic hockey tournament with a Blue Jackets focus. [ BlueJackets.com ]
Fantasy Hockey: Marian Gaborik and Others to Target After Olympics With all the trade talk about Marian Gaborik, here is an interesting article on why you might want him on your fantasy team. [ Too Many Men On The Site ]
And The Starting Goalie For USA Hockey Will Be…. Who should USA hockey go with between the pipes in the Olympics? Find some analysis here. [ Too Many Men On The Site ]
The NHL Should Use An Olympic Size Ice Surface Should the NHL make the switch to a larger playing surface? [ Too Many Men On The Site ]
NHL Could Decide On Future Olympic Participation Soon The NHL Players' Association is close to making a decision on whether or not they will participate in the 2018 games in South Korea [ CTV News ]
During Olympics, Minor League Teams Gladly Borrow Vacated NHL Ice Some arenas are featuring minor league games during the NHL Olympic break. [ New York Times ]
Why We Need To Fix Fighting In Hockey And The NHL: Our Kids Does the NHL need to rethink its fighting rules? [ Globe And Mail ]
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