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CORE Ensemble to launch women's conference
The 24th Annual Women's and Gender Studies Conference gets under way Tuesday, March 15, with a performance by the CORE Ensemble, an international musical quartet that combines the art of theater with chamber music.
Co-sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences' Women's and Gender Studies Program and the School of Music, the ensemble will perform "Mona Lisa Speaks: Bemused by the Folly of Men" 8:15 p.m. in the School of Music recital hall.
This event is free and open to the public.
Set in Paris in the early 1920s, this "chamber music theater" work is based on the actual theft of the "Mona Lisa" from the Louvre Museum by Italian worker Vincenzo Peruggia, in whose apartment the performance takes place. "Mona Lisa" comes to life during the performance in narrative and in song, revealing her true feelings for the men who have obsessed over her for centuries, including Leonardo da Vinci, her creator; Pablo Picasso, her antagonist; and Peruggia, her kidnapper. Music for voice, piano, cello and percussion address topics that are timeless and universal.
The CORE Ensemble has toured throughout the United States and in England, Russia, Ukraine, Australia and the British Virgin Islands. Consisting of Tahirah Whittington on cello, Hugh Hinton on piano and Michael Parola on percussion, the ensemble has received many accolades, including the 2001 Eugene McDermott Award for Excellence in the Arts awarded by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The ensemble also receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs.
For more information on the CORE Ensemble performance and the Women's and Gender Studies Conference, visit http://www.cas.sc.edu/wost/conferences/11/conference11.html.
CORE Ensemble performance
- What: Concert to kick off 24th annual Women's and Gender Studies Conference
- Who: Ensemble includes Tahirah Whittington (cello), Hugh Hinton (piano), Michael Parola (percussion)
- When: March 15, 8:15 p.m.
- Where: School of Music recital hall


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Sultan M. Munadi
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News about Sultan M. Munadi, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Selected Articles About Sultan M. Munadi
Sultan Munadi: A Gentle Stalwart
The Afghan reporter, who died during a rescue by British commandos on Wednesday, worked for the Kabul bureau of The New York Times.September 10, 2009 worldNews
As Menace to Hostages Grew, British Moved In
Britain feared the Taliban would move the Times reporter and his Afghan interpreter to Pakistan, an official said.September 10, 2009 worldNews
Hell? No. I Won't Go.
I would not leave Afghanistan. I have passed the very hardest times of my life in my country.September 2, 2009 blogsWeb Log
Ex-Captive's Account of a Brazen Taliban Force Bent on Taking Kunduz
Stephen Farrell, a Times reporter, was held by the Taliban in 2009 and was pulled along as insurgents operated with impunity near NATO positions....
October 3, 2015, Saturday
MORE ON SULTAN M. MUNADI AND: Terrorism , Kidnapping and Hostages , Taliban , Afghanistan , Kunduz (Afghanistan)
A Calm Guide to Afghan Chaos Moves On
Waheed Abdul Wafa was the man behind a decade of The New York Times's coverage from Afghanistan....
November 7, 2011, Monday
MORE ON SULTAN M. MUNADI AND: New York Times , News and News Media , Afghanistan War (2001- ) , Taliban , News , Afghanistan , Wafa, Waheed Abdul
A Calm Guide to Afghan Chaos Moves On
Waheed Abdul Wafa was the man behind a decade of The New York Times's coverage from Afghanistan....
November 7, 2011, Monday
Dealing With Assange and the WikiLeaks Secrets
Is Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, a puppet master of the news media? He would like you to think so. But The Times's dealings with him reveal a different story....
January 30, 2011, Sunday
U.S. Raid May Have Killed Briton Held by Taliban
The American command in Afghanistan had said that an aid worker was killed by her captors, but Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain said that a grenade may have killed her....
October 12, 2010, Tuesday
MORE ON SULTAN M. MUNADI AND: United States Defense and Military Forces , Taliban , Afghanistan , Norgrove, Linda
Taliban Leader Captured; Tied to Reporter's Abduction
The Taliban commander is implicated directly in the Sept. 5, 2009, kidnapping of a New York Times correspondent, Stephen Farrell, and his translator, Sultan Munadi....
October 6, 2010, Wednesday
MORE ON SULTAN M. MUNADI AND: Taliban , Munadi, Sultan M , Farrell, Stephen , Afghanistan War (2001- )
Drones as Occupational Hazard
A Times correspondent ponders why the Taliban seemed so unconcerned about the drones overhead....
September 28, 2010, Tuesday
Taliban: Bomb the Ban
The Taliban offers an oddly eloquent defense of the First Amendment in its criticism of the Afghan government's proposed ban on press coverage of militant attacks....
March 3, 2010, Wednesday
A Thank You From the Friends and Family of Sultan Munadi
The family, friends and colleagues of Sultan Munadi, a slain New York Times translator, would like to thank readers for their contributions to an education fund for his children....
January 25, 2010, Monday
Deadly Explosion Arouses New Afghan Anger at U.S.
American forces inspecting an engineering project in Afghanistan paused to toss candies to curious Afghan children when a large explosion tore through the crowd....
January 7, 2010, Thursday
MORE ON SULTAN M. MUNADI AND: Afghanistan , Bombs and Explosives , Civilian Casualties , Children and Youth , Afghanistan War (2001- ) , United States Defense and Military Forces

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PRESS RELEASE – Colorado Ski Country USA (CSCUSA) reported today that total skier visits at its 21 member resorts decreased 11.5 percent during the first period of the 2012/13 ski season, defined as opening day through December 31, 2012, compared to the same period last year.
Several factors contributed to the first period totals, most notably the variable snow conditions and a few late openings. "First period is largely fueled by in-state visitors, and an unseasonably warm October and November kept many Coloradans from tallying lots of ski days," said Melanie Mills, president and CEO of CSCUSA. "Snow did not arrive in earnest until mid-December, but when it came, it was in time for in-state and out-of-state guests to enjoy wonderful wintery holidays at resorts."
Ski areas saw a strong holiday period with conditions more in line with an average year. Resorts started the New Year reaping benefits of the December storms, which adds to the energy and excitement of skiers in Colorado and bodes well for the rest of the season. "There is some real buoyancy in the indicators for the months ahead: February and March hotel bookings are pacing ahead of last year by 3.5% and 8.6% respectively, according to MTRiP; Carnival and Easter are well-timed for ski visitation this year and Colorado's traditional snowier months lie ahead," continued Mills.
Colorado has one of the longest ski seasons that often stretches late into spring. "We're optimistic that some of the best skiing of the season is still ahead of us," commented Mills. "We are encouraged by early January numbers and spring bookings, and our resorts are looking forward to an exciting and busy rest of the season."
Skier visits are the metric used to track participation in skiing and snowboarding. A skier visit represents a person participating in the sport of skiing or snowboarding for any part of one day at a mountain resort.
Colorado Ski Country USA (CSCUSA) is the not-for-profit trade association representing 21 Colorado ski & snowboard resorts. CSCUSA is the global voice of the Colorado ski industry. The Association's primary functions are concentrated in marketing, public policy and public relations. Information about CSCUSA and its members can be found at www.ColoradoSki.com, on Twitter @ColoradoSkiUSA and on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/


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Hilton Head Island, S.C. – The Brevard College women's tennis team was unable to top Ashland University on Monday morning as they fell 5-4 after winning four of five singles matches.
The Tornados fell to 4-3 on the season and 1-1 on their spring trip.
Ashland and Brevard opened up with singles action. Michelle Prata picked up the first point of the match for Brevard by defeating Corinne Pasley 6-1, 7-5 at the #4 singles spot. Lindsay Hostetter was able to win in the #3 singles spot when she took down Paige Cooper 6-3, 6-1. Elise Labus took the #6 singles spot in three sets, 4-6, 6-0, 11-9, defeating Alex Ware. Lindsay Shaeffer won the final match of singles play by beating Torrie Goudy in straight sets in a hard-fought match, winning 7-5, 7-6.
The Tornados were unable to take down Ashland in any of their doubles matches. Dillman/Hostetter dropped the #1 doubles spot 8-4. Shaeffer/Nyman fell 9-7 at #2 doubles and Prata/Labus dropped the #3 spot 8-5 as the Tornados fell 5-4.
The Tornado women are back in action on Wednesday, March 9th at 8 a.m. when they take on the University of Indiana (Pa.).
Singles Competition
1. Lindsay Shaeffer (BCW) def. Torrie Goudy (ASHU) 7-5, 7-6
2. Erika Sullivan (ASHU) def. Claire Dillman (BCW) 6-3, 6-0
3. Lindsay Hostetter (BCW) def. Paige Cooper (ASHU) 6-3, 6-1
4. Michelle Prata (BCW) def. Corinne Pasley (ASHU) 6-1, 7-5
5. Kira Kotova (ASHU) def. Jennifer Nyman (BCW) 6-0, 6-1
6. Elise Labus (BCW) def. Alex Ware (ASHU) 4-6, 6-0, 11-9
Doubles Competition
1. Torrie Goudy/Paige Cooper (ASHU) def. Claire Dillman/Lindsay Hostetter (BCW) 8-4
2. Corinne Pasley/Alex Ware (ASHU) def. Lindsay Shaeffer/Jennifer Nyman (BCW) 9-7
3. Erika Sullivan/Kira Kotova (ASHU) def. Michelle Prata/Elise Labus (BCW) 8-5


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Stanley, who was probably involved in a design for sending Perkin to invade England, was tried and executed.
I think I should like to call you "Perkin," if you don't mind.
Although Perkin escaped (as I haue said) vnto sanctuarie, yet manie of his chiefe capteins were taken and presented to the king.
I like to have names of my own for some people, and I really thought yours was Perkin.'
Perkin Warbeck was the rightful King, or he was an impostor.
Manufactured on a large scale after Perkin's discovery of mauve in 1856.
During the episcopate of his successor, Bothe, the city was besieged by Perkin Warbeck.
"Why, to be sure," breaks in Mr. Robert, Perkin' up all of a sudden and starin' at me.
But the Cornishmen were quite ready for another revolt, and indeed had invited Perkin to their shores.
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GSA Issues SATCOM-II Request for Proposals
Seeks Satellite Communications Services
February 10, 2006
Contact: Neil Franz, (202) 501-1231
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) today announced it has released a solicitation for proposals to provide commercial worldwide satellite communications solutions. Proposals are due March 14, 2006.
SATCOM-II will replace the existing GSA Satellite Services program. It will provide agencies with a full range of end-to-end satellite solutions, including:
Fixed and mobile satellite transport services;
Application solutions;
Engineering and operational maintenance support; and
Satellite professional support services, which will be set aside for small businesses.
SATCOM-II, a multiple award, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Fixed Price contract, will provide Federal government civilian agencies and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) with:
- Commercial, end-to-end solutions.
- Direct order-direct bill relationships among agencies and providers.
- A flexible modification process that enables new technologies to be added as they become commercially available.
SATCOM-II will continue to successfully provide civilian and DoD agencies with satellite communications to meet expanding requirements for emergency response, Continuity of Operations (COOP), broadcast services, distance learning and mobile user requirements.
GSA is a centralized federal procurement, property management, and policy agency, created by Congress to improve government efficiency and help federal agencies better serve the public. It acquires, on behalf of federal agencies, office space, equipment, telecommunications, information technology, supplies and services. It also plays a key role in developing and implementing government-wide policies. GSA's 13,000 associates provide services and solutions for the office operations of more than 1 million federal workers located in more than 8,000 government-owned and leased buildings in 2,000 U.S. communities.


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Besides beetroot for sugar, clover and sainfoin are grown, little or no barley, and neither turnips nor mangel-wurzel.
His neighbour had, however, got a fine field of mangel-wurzel.
Have some castor-oil boiling, slice three large heads of mangel-wurzel, and put them in your castor-oil till quite crisp.
He still calls the beet a beet-root and the rutabaga a mangel-wurzel.
He soon discovers that the melon has no more flavor than a mangel-wurzel, and that the apricot tastes like a turnip radish.
He had cabbage and mangel-wurzel plants to put in their stead.
Of beets, with mangel-wurzel, we have almost as great a variety; so also of carrots.
They have begun already; and it is curious that they have begun on the mangel-wurzel roots.
The Red Beet, as well as the mangel-wurzel, we owe to this humble seaside plant.
This mixture is made up of equal proportions of dried cubes of potatoes, carrots, cassava, and mangel-wurzel.


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Sydenham Hospital, which is giving fifty per cent, free medical service to the poor, is an example of the contributions of the Jewish community toward the well being of this city, declared Mayor Walker, speaking at dinner Sunday night at the Biltmore Hotel. More than $150,000 was raised at the dinner toward the $250,000 building debt of the hospital. About 400 guests, who paid $100 a plate, were present and listened to the addresses of Mayor Walker and Dr. Stephen S. Wise.
David Tishman, president of the hospital, announced a contribution of $25,000 from his father, Julius Tishman Leon Schinasi, who gave the site on which the hospitals building was erected sent a donation of $10,000 from his sickbed.


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Home to the Book of Kells, biting humour, great craic and moments of disarming charm, Dublin is a small capital with a huge heart
This place needs no introduction. Dublin is, after all, home to the "Black Stuff" (Guinness) and the Book of Kells, to the statue of Molly Malone whose bust beams out from a billion postcards. It's home to some of the island's finest Georgian architecture and boasts a mind-boggling array of must-dos.
The only trouble with the Republic's capital is deciding what to leave out. Dublin boasts a cracking zoo, the 11th-century Christ Church Cathedral, and a plethora of literary pubs befitting its status as one of just five Unesco Cities of Literature on the planet.
You can raise a pint to writers like James Joyce and Bram Stoker, or explore the life and works of poet WB Yeats at the National Library. You can even have a pint with a local for free.
Our advice? Mix things up. There's much more to Dublin city than Trinity College and Temple Bar.
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As well as the National Museum, what about a trip to the Little Museum of Dublin, or the Dublin Writers Museum? Did you know you can buy a bar of lemon soap at Sweny's Chemist – just as Leopold Bloom did in the pages of Ulysses a century ago?
Capital coastline
While it's easy to get caught up in the city centre, it's also worth remembering that Dublin is a capital between the mountains and the sea. A ride on the suburban Dart train whisks you north to cliff walks around Howth, or south to the coastal villages of Blackrock, Monkstown, Dun Laoghaire, Glasthule, Dalkey and Killiney. It's in these seaside gems that you'll find some of the city's best seafood, waterfront festivals and sandy beaches.
Recently, Dublin Bay has even tempted two water-loving visitors to postpone their stay indefinitely – two resident dolphins. Watch out for them playing in the wake of yachts or paddle-surfers as they glide from Dun Laoghaire's Victorian pier to the historic Dalkey Island.
A city in flux
You can't step in the same river twice, the Greek philosopher Heraclitus once said.
It's ditto for Dublin –– the city is constantly changing, closing one door to open several more. Visit today, and you'll find funky boutiques, old-school bars and design collectives making a scene out of Smock Alley or South William Street.
Come back in a year's time, and there will be a whole new energy somewhere else – fuelled by the fashionistas and baristas of the future.
"Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age," as James Joyce, Dublin's most famous literary son, wrote.
It seems this decadent city is taking him at his word.
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crazy couple of nights on the door this weekend, loads of incidents went down, we had a girl faint in the toilets, i did wonder what state the girls toilets ended up in after a busy night, and this fainting only confirms my suspicions that its not a pretty sight. The Police got called in due to some dodgy geezer dry humping one of the glass collecting girls. She wanted to press charges, and at one point i was asked to watch him while we waited for the police to arrive. He wanted to tell me his side of things but everything he said was really creepy like "she was into it" and "she was gagging for it!", and when i was re-telling this to my colleagues, i described him as being a bit rape-y. Since then the phrase "watch him, he's a bit rapey" has gained a memetic quality at the club we work at, and i have heard it used several times. In fact one old guy who come in and sits near the dancefloor staring at all the girls dance has been nicknamed "old rapey"
There were plenty of other incidents, but hardly anything note worth, except for one rather comical series of events that happened to one happless chap.
It was friday night and i was upstairs standing by the pay in desk making sure everyone paid in and got a stamp on their hand. Despite the fact that its only £1 to get in people can still be miserable fuckers, but at least it give me a chance to decide if we want them in the club to begin with, if they are going to be abusive to the staff at the door over a measly pound then then can go elsewhere.
I just watched a bunch of lads walk out for a ciggy, and then turned my attention back to the desk, when i heard a scuffle outside and saw two lads, one of whom was in the crowd that just left, pushing and shoving each other around. One of my colleague was a bit closer than me so he seperated them and the usual argument of culpability ensued.
"he just smacked my mate in the face" shouted the somewhat bug-eyed, over-tanned, pec deck enthusiast who had been passing the club as his nemesis was leaving.
"i dont know what you're talking about" said the lad who until seconds ago had been a patron of our establishment.
"we dont care", my colleague and i drone in weary unison.
The arguement between the two lads now continued verbally for sometime back and forth, with the lad who had been in our club standing inside the club behind us arguing with bug eyes who was standing outside the club calling him out. i let it go on for a few sentences but quickly tired of the trash talking pseudo alpha male bullshit, i told bug eyes he was being a silly sausage and that it was time that he was moving on.......or words to that effect.
Then the lad behind me, possibly having gotten over the shock of having been manhandled without warning moments earlier suddenly grew a pair and decided he wanted to go out and have the fight proffered to him by bug-eyes mearly seconds earlier. He walked past us and got straight in bug eyes face eyeball to eyeball. They looked kinda comical stood there in an over dramatic face off, all fake-tan and shit for brains, they were both so miscoloured they conjured up an image of two already crispy pieces of bacon fighting over extra time under the grill.( but maybe thats just because i was hungry)
After a few seconds of this WWE style faceoff bugeyes bottle went, and he started backpeddling and stuttering, until he came out with the line that floored us all, by this time he had walked a little down the road away from the incident to catch up with his very embarressed looking mates, when he shouted back to his tan-emesis "you wait here, im going to get my dad, he's gonna want a word with you!"
What happened next was hard to put into words. The complete loss of face/credibilty was audible, people in the street started laughing, the older alpha males rocked their heads back and belly-laughed, their friends barked out a stunned guffaw, while the sixteen year old girls who had been knocked back for having no I.D. let out a cruel snigger, and there was every type of laughter inbetween, some were holding onto each other for balance as they laughed others had tears in their eyes. it is no exageration to say that mirth was apparent.
Now as funny as that all was, it was one of those moments where you just had to be there to fully appreciate it, and knowing this it would hardly be worth my while relating it to you dear reader if that was all that happened. But for the end to this event i must fast forward roughly 24 hours to saturday night.
Due to my over flirtatiousness with the ladies as they entered the club on saturday night, the head doorman, banished me downstairs to mind the dancefloor, so that my popularity with the ladies could no longer interfere with his own (clearly inferior) mojo. As you can probably imagine i begrudgingly went downstairs, muttering under my breath like muttley from the wacky races as i went. I had only just found my usual spot near the D.J. booth when i got a call on the radio to take the fire escape shortcut and meet smiler at the bottom of the stairs. i rushed out to help, and smiler one of my colleagues, was there trying to sort out an incident. He asked me to keep a hold of a lad he had by the scruff of the neck so i brought him down to the fire escape door which can only be opened from the other side so he was effectively in a dead end. smiler went round the corner to deal with the incident. so i couldn't see what was happening.
The guy i was minding was yet another tanning calamity, i'm sure he thought he looked tanfastic, but he looked more like he'd been left out in the sun to long, sounded like it too, but from his barely coherant drunken mumbling i gathered that he felt that he was not at fault for the incident, that a complete stranger had come up to him without warning and punched him in the face without any provocation or prior incident between the two of them. I thought to myself "yeah sure" but i just let him ramble on in case he let slip some important detail.
Finally the police arrived and took away both the lads and i was able to finally get filled in on what happened. It turns out that the lad i was watching was telling the truth, a lad come down from upstairs where he had just entered and paid walked straight up to him and without provocation or any prior interaction punched him in the face, the security cameras recorded the whole thing. Tanfastic had in reponse to this punched the stranger with one punch and knocked him clean out. that was the entire incident. two punches thrown and not a word spoken. We all remarked on how strange it was that he would just punch a random stranger, when smiler informed us that it wasnt random, he had spoken to the aggressor and it was ol' bug eyes from the previous night and he had come in to extract his revenge.
"makes sense now" said one of the lads.
"hang on", i said "get revenge on who?"
"that lad, the one you were minding a few minutes ago, the one that embarressed him last night when he told him he was going to get his dad on him"
"but..... thats not the same guy from last night, he not even in the club tonight"
Within seconds we were all rolling around laughing at bug eyes, who on friday night accused the wrong person of punching his friend ( the guy he accused had been downstairs dancing when the incident occured) then on saturday night came in and punched the wrong person, who he had mistaken for the other wrong person from the previous night.......and got knocked clean out for his trouble.
When i signed off at the end of the night, and checked the incident report someone had put a printed out photo of bug eyes in the list with the heading BANNED, triple under lined. Seeing the felt tip pen nearby i couldn't help but add "SHOULD HAVE GONE TO SPECSAVERS" as a subtitle.
TL;DR Unicorns are real and the above story proves it.


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Shania Twain announces new Vegas dates
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Shania Twain has more Vegas dates booked! The country star has announced her first performances of "Shania: Still The One" for 2014.
The singer will take the stage at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on January 22nd to launch a 15-date run. She'll give a total of seven performances in January, and follow with eight dates in February, wrapping up on February 15th.
Tickets for the new dates go on sale this Friday.
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STROUD District Council's chairman John Hudson is considering his future as he recovers from a heart attack at his home in Cam. The independent councillor for east Cam said that at 47 and being relatively fit he had not expected to have an attack and was now taking stock. "Having this has been a bit of a wake up call for me so I need to look at my options, there will be more to come," he said. "I am feeling quite well but get tired quite easily at the moment. "I have still to find out what the precise restrictions are on me, what I can and cannot do." As well as coping with his own health problems, Cllr Hudson has had to deal with the loss of his elderly mother Elizabeth Hudson, who sadly passed away the same day he was rushed into hospital. Known to everyone as "Lily", the 82-year-old former Dursley resident had been living at Breadstone House Dementia Care Home in Berkeley at the time of her passing. Cllr Hudson began having chest pains on Saturday, December 22, but put the feeling down to indigestion following a bout of flu. "Like a lot of people I just ignored it," he said. "I had my sisters visiting for Christmas and I had been told that my mother was unwell so that was taking priority for me. "The pain did ease but it didn't go away. Thankfully my wife convinced me to go to the GP's and they called an ambulance for me." Cllr Hudson, who was re-elected chairman of SDC by fellow members in May, spent three days in the coronary care unit in Gloucestershire Royal Hospital before he was transferred to the general cardiac ward. He was informed that he had suffered at least one heart attack and medics have now told the politician to take it easy. After spending Christmas Day in Gloucestershire Royal, doctors operated to remove a blockage in one of his arteries on Friday, December 28. The father-of-three, who returned home just in time to celebrate his daughter Hettie's seventh birthday, said he hopes to be back chairing meetings at Ebley Mill early next month before he makes any decisions over his future.
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By Allison Gould ('10), JMU Public Affairs
Christian Schwantes works in the lab where he hopes to find a cure for a deadly amphibian fungus.
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Christian Schwantes was not expecting to receive an award at the International Society for Chemical Ecology Conference in Neuchatel, Switzerland this summer. He also was not expecting to be one of the only undergraduates to a give an oral presentation in front of an international panel of chemistry and ecological experts.
However, that's exactly what Schwantes, a chemistry and math major, experienced.
"Since I have been working on the research for three years I knew the material so it was not too difficult to present. . . . It was cool to know that I can present stuff with anyone else. I am at the same level."
For the past three years, Schwantes, a senior, has been researching the chemical properties of a bacterium that could save several amphibian species from extinction. Schwantes was introduced to the research by Kevin Minbiole, associate professor of chemistry, his freshman academic advisor. Minbiole was looking for students to help him find a cure for an amphibian fungal disease with Reid Harris, professor of biology. Swchantes said, "When we had the meet and greet with the faculty, Dr. Minbiole mentioned his research and I thought it sounded kind of interesting so I went and talked to him about it. So it just kind of worked out."
Research on the anti-fungal bacterium started over two decades ago when a fungus called Chytridiomycocis started attacking certain amphibian species. The fungal virus infects the skin on amphibians and hinders their respiratory process.
Most of the research with this bacterium is done in the labs.
"Some of the research is done in the field. We go out into the arboretum and collect salamanders if we want to use them, but most of it's done in the lab," Schwantes.
Schwantes' part in the research, which is continuing, involved analyzing beneficial bacteria found on certain amphibian species that gave them immunity against the fungal disease. His goal is to find anti-fungal chemical properties that could be extracted from the bacterium and re-introduced into other species.
Schwantes was one of 23 students selected to present at the conference. He gave a 15-minute presentation on the history of Chytridiomycocis fungus and his research analyzing the chemical properties of the bacterium used to fight the fungus. The International Society for Chemical Ecology had published the research by Harris and Minbiole in its journal, the Journal of Chemical Ecology.
Schwantes, one of the only undergraduates to give an oral presentation at the conference, received second place overall in the student oral presentation. His second place award came with a prize of 730 Swiss Francs ($705.65).
"Being the only undergrad, it was really cool to be awarded."
Schwantes is also using his bacterium research in his honors thesis, which he will present this spring.
Schwantes will continue researching with Dr. Minboile this year and is hopeful that his work will provide a cure for amphibians against the fungal disease.
"It is just exciting for anyone that does not know anything about amphibian decline or wants to help out with different population decline."
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Rancho Urbano
Rancho Urbano (The hostel is located on Corrientes Ave, the more traditional street in city. We have singles, doubles, triples & quad´s privates with or without private bathrroms and dorms for 3,4, 6 and 8 people with or without private bathrooms, all them with personal security lockers.
Credit cards accepted :Diners, Amex, Mastercard andVisa (+5% Charge) .
We at Rancho Urbano have no rules of the house only that you respect other peoples privacy. We have lots of activities for the adventurer or if you just want to relax you can do it here. At Rancho Urbano we will help you achieve the most out of your time in Buenos Aires. Welcome!
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hostel Facilities & Policies
- 24 Hour Reception
- 24 Hour Security
- Airport Transfers
- Bar
- Bicycle hire
- Bicycle parking
- Free Breakfast
- Cable TV
- Café
- Card Phones
- Common Room
- Currency Exchange
- Free Internet Access
- Late check-out
- Linen Included
- Security Lockers
- Luggage Storage
- Outdoor Terrace
- Reception (limited hours)
- Steam Room
- Tours/Travel Desk
- Towels For Hire
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
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Subway (Metro): 'Medrano' station, Line 'B'
Buses to Rancho Urbano: 19-24-26-36-71-92-99-105-109-124-127-128-151-160-168
20 from Retiro Terminal Bus (by subway)
40 from Ezeiza Intl Airport
30 from 'Aeroparque' Local Airport
Located Near
5 to Abasto / Boedo (Tango)
10 to Palermo Soho and Palermo Hollywood.
15 to Obelisco, Congreso, Plaza de la Republica.
20 to San Telmo, Puerto Madero, Casa Rosada, Downtown.
25to La Boca (Boca Junior Stadium), Caminito, Campo de Polo


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'"He was just telling me if I'm not going to work hard, if I'm not going to play well and stuff, he's going to sit me," Vanek said. "I told him that I understand that. I just said that I could have helped out in the third period, and I was surprised I got benched. So I just told him I guess I've just got to show up and play harder and make his job easier."'
Vanek, Ruff see eye to eye
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There's no shortage of Android tablets to choose from, so how are you supposed to pick the right one? Of course there are spec sheets to compare, and on the outside they range from examples of high class engineering to plasticky trash, but beyond that it can be the tweaks and customisations to the Android interface that can mark out the best from the rest. It might be that you want a 100% vanilla Android experience; nothing added, nothing taken away. In that case the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 isn't for you, but if you want a more calm, focussed and joined-up multimedia experience, this might just be your ideal partner.
App store
While this latest Kindle Fire is built on Android, its creator Amazon has customised the interface to such a degree that it feels like a whole new operating system. There's no access to the Google Play Store – instead you get your apps from Amazon's own curated equivalent. These are Android apps which have been vetted by Amazon and approved for the Kindle Fire range. As a result, not all Android apps are available. For example, you're not going to find Bit Torrent downloaders (this is a well behaved app store for well behaved people). The omission of the more shady apps from the Google Play Store is hardly surprising as Amazon is in the business of selling content, both physical and digital, and that's really the whole point of the Kindle Fire HD 8.9.
On-demand movies and music
This isn't just a tamed Android tablet. Amazon has neatly integrated its own offerings into the Kindle Fire HD 8.9, combining free cloud storage (which can also be used to store your existing media) with its digital music and book stores, along with its own LoveFilm subsidiary for on-demand movies and TV shows. The idea is that you're buying into the whole Amazon ecosystem. It's an ethos much closer to Apple's than the standard Android free-for-all.
Hi-res screen
The headliner for the new hardware, previously available in the US but only just released in the UK, is the hi-res screen. Its 1920x1200 resolution beats the iPad Mini on pixels per inch, rendering fonts very cleanly – great for e-reading. Not so great is the slightly yellow hue to the display, which makes whites appear a little creamy. It's nothing major but it can feel as if the brightness is permanently pegged back a few stops.
LoveFilm free trial
You're likely to watch a lot of video on the Kindle Fire HD 8.9in, even if it's only for the first month as you wring out the maximim value from your free LoveFilm trial. Such is the luxury of picking out movies and TV shows for instant viewing, you might also be inclined to sign up for £4.99 a month. However, handheld video viewing highlights an issue with the speakers, which are muffled by your hands unless you spin the tablet around, in which case the power and volume controls are prone to accidental presses from your left hand.
Despite Amazon's claims of "Booming sound" those speakers aren't great. In fact they're notably worse than those of other quality tablets, with a very thin, tinny sound. There's better news emanating from the headphone socket, with impressive control over high frequencies and stereo separation, and fullsome bass that doesn't compromise the midrange. For music listening it's a winner.
As an ebook reader
The Fire HD 8.9 begins to feel rather sharp at the edges after you've been holding it for a while, but less so in portrait mode, so if that's your preferred ebook orientation you should find it quite comfortable, aided by a slightly rubbery rear panel. A microUSB port and micro-HDMI complete the ins and outs.
Music and video playback
Talking of in and out, the Kindle Fire would rather you bought, stored and streamed all of your media from its own servers, and while you can play content from the device itself, it's not keen to do so out of the box. The in-built music app does indeed play MP3s but lacks panache in its visual presentation, and can also allocate incorrect album art to certain files. It gets better once you download third party media apps, but unfortunately some of the best (such as DoubleTwist) aren't available from the Kindle store.
It's a similar story with video, but once MoboPlayer is installed you'll be able to play most popular video formats, and in general the Fire HD 8.9 keeps pace with framerates. That should be enough to get you through some off-grid jaunts, flights and train journeys.
Just one camera
We're used to seeing front and rear cameras on tablets, but the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 has just one front-facing lens, designed for video calls. It's another nod to the notion that the Fire HD is made for consuming rather than creating.
Ease of use
As you navigate the main interface you could be forgiven for thinking this was a whole new operating system. Apps are accessed from a familiar tiled icon menu, but the homescreen is devoid of any widgets. Instead, most of the space is taken up by a carousel of recent items, which can be apps, websites, movies, books, music, documents or photos. It works as a shortcut menu to the items you use most often but lacks structure and can become messy. If you take the cheapest price option from Amazon you'll also see ads beneath the carousel and on the lockscreen. You can pay an extra tenner when you buy or after the event to keep it ad-free.
Where are the widgets?
Along the top you get a main navigation menu, with options for Search, Shop, Games, Apps, Books, Music, Videos, Newstand, Web, Photos and Docs. These are your main entry points, used to access your local and online media and browse the web. It's a simple way of working that makes sense if you want a tablet primarily for media-munching, but removes much of the immediacy that has become the key strength of vanilla Android.
As a first-time user there will be times when you find yourself flapping and tapping randomly in an attempt to bring up a settings menu, quit reading a book or perform some other seemingly basic function, but that stage will soon pass.
Web browsing
Browsing (and streaming) benefits from dual-channel Wi-Fi, and the hi-res display brings text into sharp focus. Once you're zoomed in and scrolling around, the built-in Silk browser sometimes needs a fraction of a second to draw in parts of the page before they appear.
This is not really a device for serious work but the main email app combines with built-in Swype text entry for a neat experience all round. Twitter, Facebook and Skype apps are also available.
It would be easy to criticise the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 for lacking numerous features available on rival tablets, but that would be missing the point. While the likes of Samsung and Sony offer similar digital media services with their tablets, Amazon is the only rival that comes close to matching the sense of calm, security and family-friendliness that's been such a major selling point of the iPad.
For some, the Wild West nature of Android is its greatest asset, but for others, quite the opposite. If you're in the latter camp and don't like the taste of Apple, the Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 should be top of your shopping list.


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Not just a passing FAD
A question I've been asked more than once over the past few days is, "How long, exactly, were you on the train?" Taking a train from Oakland, California, to Osceola, Iowa, consists of a total travel time of 46 hours, most of it without connectivity (Note to Amtrak: More people would travel by train if they could connect. Just sayin' . . . ).
I bring up this now-unconventional mode of travel — especially a mode of travel that flies in the face of jet-setting — because you would think that if I sat in a train for 46 hours (not as bad as it sounds, really), the event to which I was going would have to be pretty special.
The event in question — the Fedora Ambassador Day North America 2010 — was that special and more.
Those of us who work on our chosen distro sometimes get into a routine where we are content with working with people around the world through electronic means — IRC, e-mail, etc. Work gets done, things move forward despite never coming face to face with those you work with.
It isn't until you have face to face contact with the people with names you know from channels that the process becomes more human, and more real. The difference in working alone from a remote location and working together with people you know, even though you've only met them for the first time a few hours ago, is literally night and day — and being in the same physical room, as opposed to the same IRC channel, makes a remarkably positive difference in the process.
For FADNA 2010, items on the agenda were discussed, debated, argued, duelled-at-ten paces — OK, I made up the last one — and while we had a good time, we also put our heads down and moved forward dealing with getting some things fixed as well as dealing with some significantly tough decisions.
There were several decisions made which will be discussed in a future blog and discussed in other blogs around this subject. More importantly, however, working sessions like FADs that Fedora holds is a trend that should be expanded, not only in Fedora, but among other distros and FOSS programs as well.
A huge "thank you" goes out to John Rose, who coordinated the event and hosted a great party on Saturday. Dennis Gilmore, barbeque chef par excellence, prepared a huge barbeque feast on Saturday eve, for which we are grateful. Thanks go to Max Spevack for his guidance and coordination with Red Hat, and for wearing a new type of "red hat" courtesy of the Iowa State's bookstore (hopefully he will blog about it) and thanks to my highly esteemed colleagues — Clint Savage, David Nalley, Robyn Bergeron, Ivan Makfinsky, Ian Weller and Justin O'Brien — for being so willing to chop wood and carry water, in the Zen sense, in moving Fedora forward.
(Fedora ambassador Larry Cafiero runs Redwood Digital Research in Felton, California, and is an associate member of the Free Software Foundation.)
May 24, 2010 at 12:47 pm
LtFSG took the train? That elevates you even higher on the Colonel's
esteem list. After the indignities of your government's TSA people fondlers, back in the early days of TSA fondleing, this old boy does not fly.
Surprised you did not have your "wireless card" for the trip.
Now for the comment: Thanks Larry for being the Free Software Guy. And the Free Community Guy. Whatever distro one uses there are a huge bunch of Larry's going and doing. Whether it is manning the Bully Pulpit or blogging the good news, being there for a LUG meeting and a long list of other little things that make such a huge difference for all of us trying to use Linux. Thanks Larry. Thanks to all the Larry's.


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Hey guys,
think here would be the best place to write my question:
I am looking for a nice "d"
I want to make a new logo. I already designed a circle. In this circle I want to place a small "d" – but I can not find a good "d".
Do you know some nice calligraphic or handwritten fonts with this letter?
Have you tried fontsquirrel or dafont? I assume you want free ones
Demorfoza said
Have you tried fontsquirrel or dafont? I assume you want free ones
Thanks, yes of course
Could be non free also.
Check 'Candy Script', loads of alternates and ligatures
Since you didn't specify what kind of calligraphy or handwriting you want (and there are tons of styles), I can't be more specific. You could browse them and throw some styles here
Foos said
Thanks, yes of course Could be non free also.
d D – there are two d's to choose from. That will be $5
The "Candy" is too playful
I search for something like this:
This "d" looks to simliar to a "S" I guess.
Why dont you design your own d?
aleluja said
Why dont you design your own d?
Good question. But I am not sure what I want
That should narrow your search.
And I second aleluja, even though my "D" may not be nice enough, I like it.


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New coin machine is nice fit for bulk operations
Sometimes big ideas come in small packages. The innovative coin-op company Wedges/Ledges has taken the wraps off its new compact skill crane, 1 Shot. This diminutive piece boasts an impressively small footprint, measuring only 12" x 12" x 52" and weighing less than 100 lbs.
"It's a great game for locations that are square-foot-conscious, like convenience stores, mom-and-pop markets, mall stores, truck stops and gas stations," said the manufacturer's Stuart Renner.
He pointed out that the 1 Shot is particularly well-suited to bulk vending operators and their locations. The unit is readily accommodated by the type of route vehicle many bulk operators employ, and is an easy one-person install.
"The 1 Shot easily fits in the back of a minivan," he said. "I recently put three of them in the back of my Jeep Cherokee."
The gameplay is intuitive, familiar fare for experienced players and easy to grasp by newcomers to skill cranes. Using buttons and a joystick, the player maneuvers a ball with extensible arms -- the company calls this a "gauge" -- into a cup. If all three of the gauge's adjustable arms clear the rim of the cup, then the customer wins a prize or tickets. A switch inside the cup detects and actuates the win.
Designed to dispense high-end products, the unit can hold as many as 10 digital music players or similar items inside its 4" x 2" x 1.5" prize dispenser. In tests, prizes required replenishment on average every month or two, a schedule Renner noted is more in line with the typical bulk operator's service periods, compared with the demands of large crane operators who might make multiple visits a week for some locations.
PHOTO: AT left, 1-Shot playfield is stocked with tickets. Small crane uses ball with extensible arms called a gauge, and cup for its play and win mechanism (pictured at right).
The 1 Shot's cabinet is formed of 3/4" pressboard with scratch-resistant dark oak woodgrain veneer. The playfield is illuminated by a 50W. quartz halogen lamp that highlights the prizes.
Wedges/Ledges of California Inc. is based at 531 North Francisca Ave., Redondo Beach, CA 90277; tel. (310) 374-9982; wedgesledges.com.


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'I was the Sabres' pick after Alexander Mogilny. As it turned out, we stayed in the league a lot longer than their top picks. Joel Savage went to Buffalo in the first round and Darcy Loewen went in the third. The Sabres also took Keith Carney in that draft, so they were pretty good at picking in the late rounds.'
Ray's fit to be tied
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