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'Stand': Sheriff Arnold Guns Down Shaky Plot
First he was the Terminator, then the Governator. Now Arnold Schwarzenegger has cast himself as the Rejuvenator, breathing huffs and puffs of new life into his screen career. Much of "The Last Stand" is a wheezy setup for an enjoyably preposterous showdown in a sleepy Arizona border town called Sommerton Junction. That's where the sheriff, Mr. Schwarzenegger's Ray Owens, represents this nation's last hope of stopping its most-wanted fugitive, a Mexican drug-cartel kingpin who is driving toward the border at barely subsonic speeds. The main source of dramatic energy is the fugitive's ride, a modified Corvette with a 1,000-horsepower engine. Still, the movie comes up with a couple of tender moments that could pass for human, and a mano-a-mano climax in which the superhero of yore, the glint in his eye dulled but not extinguished, functions as a weirdly touching tyrannosaurus.
The best way to see this munitions-intensive action adventure, if you must see it at all, is in the context of a shrewd commercial enterprise. The production is far from lavish. Sequences play out in sub-TV settings; even Las Vegas, where the villain, Gabriel Cortez (Eduardo Noriega) escapes from his FBI captors, has more than its share of empty streets and blank walls. That said, the action component pays off with ritual car chases (in the context of product placements, they come down to the black Vette versus a red Chevy Camaro); heavy weaponry, such as a World War II Vickers machine gun from a historical-weapons museum that happens to be situated in Sommerton Junction's sandy outskirts, and a reasonably buoyant spirit that pits the drug lord Goliath, with his small army of tactical support troops, against Mr. Schwarzenegger's long-in-the-tooth David.
"The Last Stand" marks the English-language debut of the Korean director Kim Jee-woon, whose eye for graphic action is more reliable than his ear for English nuance; the ponderous pacing of dialogue scenes, and the frequency of barely audible lines, suggest that the actors were on their own. But the movie isn't about eloquence, it's about giving Mr. Schwarzenegger a chance to take on new enemies that include advancing age. Johnny Knoxville is likable as the goofy proprietor of the weapons museum, and the script provides such agreeably sententious nonsense as the kingpin's comment to a terrified hostage in the passenger seat when he puts the Corvette's pedal to the metal. "Death," he tells her, "is waiting in the kitchen when you get up at night for a glass of milk."
The Mama of this supernatural thriller is not your average nurturer, while "Mama" itself is above average as a piece of filmmaking, even if its scare quotient is middling or below. That's OK with me. I was content to be impressed by the skill of the first-time director, Andrés Muschietti; absorbed by the performances and smitten by some startling images. It's also OK that several characters keep asking one another if they're OK. This gets to be a running gag in a film where no one is OK for a single moment—not young Victoria or younger Lilly, two feral sisters who may have spent the last five years alone in a cabin in the woods; not their uncle Lucas (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), who must now help care for them, and certainly not Lucas's wife, Annabel, a Goth rocker who becomes the children's primary caregiver, then finds herself engulfed by gothic horror.
Annabel is played by Jessica Chastain, though you might not know it at first, thanks to her mop of black hair and abundant tattoos. It's no stretch to see a commonality between this no-nonsense bass player and Maya, Ms. Chastain's CIA operative in "Zero Dark Thirty." Like Maya, Annabel combines fear with steely courage. She needs as much of the latter as she can summon up when Megan Charpentier's Victoria, wide eyes peering out from behind wire spectacles, and Isabelle Nélisse's Lilly, scuttling around on all fours, turn out to have some sort of protean, and wildly possessive, guardian they choose to call Mama.
"Mama" was produced by Guillermo del Toro, the masterly Mexican director of such action fantasies as "Mimic," "Hellboy" and the memorably lyrical "Pan's Labyrinth." This film's Argentine director, Mr. Muschietti, wrote the script with his sister, Barbara, and Neil Cross; it's an expansion of a surreal short that can be seen on YouTube. At times Mr. Muschietti seems to be the cinematic equivalent of an art student learning from the masters by copying them. Many of his tropes will be familiar to Mr. del Toro's fans, of whom I am one, the difference being that the storytelling here can be confusing, and the supernatural threat manifests itself in so many differing forms as to be diffuse, and in horror terms, defused.
All the same, "Mama" announces the arrival of a director who works unusually well with actors—the two children are truly scary—and who creates highly charged environments, effective sound designs and powerful fantasy sequences. One irresistible parallel is not to Mr. del Toro's work but to François Truffaut's transcendently beautiful "The Wild Child," in which Truffaut himself played Dr. Itard, the physician who undertook to civilize a feral boy discovered in the forests of 18th-century France. The doctor in "Mama," played by Daniel Kash, is a psychologist, and a shameless hustler. Academics can be feral, too.
'Broken City'
There's no joy in the city of the title, which isn't Mudville but a contemporary version of Sam Spade's Manhattan, tainted by the moral murk of Gotham City. The only reason to see this dreary parade of deception and venality is Mark Wahlberg's performance as a disgraced ex-cop caught up in the thick of menacing events he can't understand. It's striking how this tightly focused actor can find his own firmly grounded reality in the falsest of surroundings.
The film was directed, lugubriously, by Allen Hughes from a script that Brian Tucker recycled from livelier sources—the films of Sidney Lumet leap to mind. Mr. Wahlberg's Billy Taggart, now a private eye struggling to make a living, is retained by Mayor Hostetler, a smug popinjay played by Russell Crowe. Billy's task is to find out who the mayor's wife, Cathleen, is sleeping with; she's played by Catherine Zeta-Jones, who seems slightly disconsolate, and no wonder. But Billy's fate is to be used and confused by everyone around him, including the city's police commissioner, Carl Fairbanks; he's played by Jeffrey Wright, who gives his character a nicely menacing ambiguity. The only source of genuine vitality is Alona Tal, bright and appealing in the role of Billy's adoring secretary and ad hoc bookkeeper. But Ms. Tal's role lies between small and tiny, and a whole chunk of it is devoted to a discussion of accounts receivable.
DVD Focus
'Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines' (2003)
Arnold Schwarzenegger's guardian robot is back, with his vast chest and freeze-dried visage, to protect mankind's young savior-to-be, John Connor, who is played in this go-round by Nick Stahl. This Terminator lets it be known that he's an obsolete design. Kristanna Loken's killer robot, T-X, is not obsolete; she's drop-dead beautiful and mesmerizing. And so, in her way, is Claire Danes as John's reluctant accomplice, a veterinarian named Kate Brewster. "T3" was directed not by James Cameron but by Jonathan Mostow. While it lacks the elegance of its predecessors, it's an efficient entertainment at the very least.
'The Devil's Backbone' (2001)
Of the many striking images in Guillermo del Toro's dark and absorbing horror film, the most memorable is the starkest—an unexploded bomb that stands, like the black slab in "2001," in the arid courtyard of a Spanish orphanage. The time is the late 1930s. Inside the orphanage, which shelters children of Republican fighters and politicians, the pale ghost of a young student named Santi wanders the grounds. Outside, civil war rages; that's a horror story in itself. This is a horror flick that also functions as an allegory of the war that still haunts Spain eight decades later.
'Three Kings' (1999)
With Mark Wahlberg making "Broken City" look better than it is, and David O. Russell's "Silver Linings Playbook" up for multiple Oscars, the time has come to remind you once again of Mr. Russell's action adventure set in the poisonous aftermath of the first Gulf War. A visionary film that leaves you elated and agog, it's pandemonium with a moral purpose. Mr. Wahlberg is Sgt. Troy Barlow, one of three soldiers enlisted by George Clooney's Capt. Archie Gates to liberate tons of gold bullion stolen from Kuwait. The other two are played, con brio, by Ice Cube and Spike Jonze.
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Description: A group of strangers find themselves in a strange forest. Unbeknownst to them, they have no idea how or why they got there. All they know is, they are stuck together, being forced to get to know each other and more about themselves, they go on an adventure in this forest, which happens to also be in the middle of nowhere, to hopefully find their forgotten memories.
Behold, this is not any ordinary forest. Strange and eerie things occur on an every day basis. Is it the supernatural? Is it some sort of magic? This forest is a questionable place, indeed. Anything could happen. Monsters could appear at any instant, the possibilities are endless - and frightening. Will these strangers learn to live together, or die trying?
* * * Prologue * * *
She awoke, eyes adjusting to the sudden change in scenery. She tried to gather her bearings, soft grass beneath her, a bit itchy to her skin, hot sun, white passing clouds, it must have been the season of spring, perhaps. The scent of the air just had that spring scent. Trees, there were lots of trees. This place must have been a forest, a forest where she knew she had to find a way out of. How did she even get here?
She couldn't remember.
Slowly picking herself up, she felt her knees weak and bones a bit frail, just how long has she been passed out in this clearing anyway? Stretching around a bit and letting out a long groan in exasperation, she continued to survey the area while she was here, hoping to find food and water soon.
She spotted a bush, squinting her eyes as she noticed something in the bush move. She watched a bunny hop out in front of her, white and fluffy with big black eyes, and then it scurried away before she could even process that that might have been her only source of food that just ran off.
She had no desire to kill a poor, innocent creature, but she would get hungry soon, and she knew her stomach would overpower her mind so she can no longer sympathize for that creatures life. With a sense of desperation, she continued walking around some more, watching up above as birds would fly across some tree canopies, chirping a song she continued to mimic while she walked, whistling to the tune in hopes of calming her nerves.
As she walked around, she realized the scenery never really changed; it was like walking in a maze. Maybe that's just what it was, a forest of mazes. She tried to think back, think back long and hard, but she couldn't receive any answers. Her memories were completely gone, and any memories that she thought she had, were of dark shadows and unexplained events that she couldn't even understand.
She didn't know her name, where she was from, or even how old she was. All she knew now, was that she was in this forest and she was alone.
She heard something. From a distance, it seemed like the sound of water.
She listened well, and ran to the sound with a hopeful smile on her face.
Not watching her feet, she stumbled upon a log and tripped over it, face first into the ground. Laying there, she found herself unable to get up. The bones in her limbs and arms refused to move, and she lay there, weeping. She tried to find a reason to cry, but only found one she dwelled on. Who was she?
* * * *
A few minutes, perhaps hours must have passed, and it was dark. At least in her mind, it was dark. She was running aimlessly in a straight line, breathing hard as she kept running, running, running...
Gradually opening her eyes, she felt her body being carried somewhere, on top of someones back.
A quiet gasp of air left her, as if being the first time, in a long time. She dropped her head against the strangers back, quietly sobbing.
The feeling felt like a prick of a sword to her heart, and the tears wouldn't stop running down her cheeks; they met her mouth and tasted of salt. She didn't know why she was crying, she didn't have a reason. She couldn't remember a reason to. She would guess it would be the emptiness that accompanied her forgotten memories.
There was a tinge of warmth in her pale cheeks as the voice of a male spoke to her, so softly, almost as if his effort alone was to cease her heart from crying.
"Hey," the voice was a polite whisper, "Don't cry."
Through still moistured eyes, she watched the back of his head move with each step he took, closely examining his hair line, black hair, a bit spiky. Their was a certain scent to him, she couldn't describe it. He smelled like Spring itself, maybe like a flower. She had finally calmed down a bit when he lay her on something soft, looking toward the source of water she'd heard before. It was a waterfall, and she'd watched the man walk toward it with such grace.
"What is your name?" His voice was soft and warm, she sensed not even a bit of hostility toward him, almost as if he'd lived in these woods for a long time.
There was no response from the girl though, but she let her senses take everything in. The sights and sounds of her surroundings, the smell of everything, the splashing of the water soothing her soul.
"Do you... not have one?"
At this, she shook her head to answer him, somehow, she knew she would still be accepted by this stranger.
"Hmm. . ." He turned around then, looking like an angel standing in front of the waterfall.
"Mila." He said, almost making it sound so natural, like that had really been her name.
She found herself smiling, her eyes glowing with a certain reassurance. She liked that name, she liked that name a lot.
The strange girl who had forgotten her past, had just been given a name. She didn't know why she was here, but one thing for sure, she wasn't alone anymore.
She would live on. She would live on with this new name, this new identity.
Yet, she had a lack of knowledge of this new world, but she trusted this man to feed her that knowledge, to re-create her memories.
Who was she now? She was Mila.
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Benchmark oil prices are likely to extend gains this week on expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will restate its commitment to its asset purchase program and maintain its ultra-low rates policy at a two-day meeting starting on Tuesday, according to CNBC's weekly oil market sentiment survey
Nine out of 15 respondents, or 60 percent, forecast prices will rise, building on last week's 1.6 percent gain in U.S. crude futures. April delivery crude rose 42 cents to settle at $93.45 a barrel on Friday, the highest settlement since Feb. 20. Brent crude for May delivery gained 86 cents, or 0.8 percent, to close at $109.82 a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange on Friday.
However, bullish respondents appeared to be cautious and some said any rally in U.S. crude may not surpass the mid-ninety dollar a barrel mark and a not insignificant minority of survey respondents - six, or 40 percent - said prices would fall this week.
(Read More: Fed's Fisher: Too-Big-to-Fail Banks Are 'Crony' Capitalists)
"I'm looking for WTI (West Texas Intermediate) to rise to the $95 area before moving lower," said Tom Weber, senior commodity adviser at Portfolio Managers, Inc. Commodity Futures & Options in Los Angeles.
"The global macro picture does not argue for a strong recovery. While positive anecdotes will appear, they will be too micro and too few."
The U.S. dollar will continue to exert a tight inverse correlation on commodity markets, including oil, traders said.
(Read More: Fed Sent Record $88.4 Billion Profit to US Treasury Last Year)
"The dollar should continue to be driven higher" by softness in the Japanese yen and the euro, Weber said.
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The euro tumbled to its lowest level for 2013 against the dollar on Monday after a plan to tax bank deposits as part of an EU bailout deal for Cyprus sparked fears that the same may happen in the eurozone's larger troubled economies such as Spain and Italy should they need financial assistance.
The euro fell to as low as $1.2880 on Monday, its weakest level since Dec. 10, before paring losses to trade at$1.2953 early Tuesday in Asia.
"Brent has fallen to $108.30 per barrel at the start of the new week of trading and is thus trading only just above a three-month low," wrote Eugen Weinberg, Head of Commodity Research at Commerzbank in a report on Monday.
"The reason for this is increased risk aversion in the wake of the controversial bailout package for Cyprus at the weekend. In the short term the pressure is likely to continue as further financial investors are expected to withdraw from the market."
Despite the renewed headwinds from Europe, Portfolio Managers' Weber said U.S. equities should continue to rise from the 'Bernanke Put,' although volumes were expected to be low.
The dollar index, which tracks the greenback versus a basket of currencies, fell 0.5 percent to 82.219 on Friday as investors opted to book profits after U.S. inflation data kept the door open for the Federal Reserve to continue its bond-buying program for the foreseeable future, Reuters reported. It had risen to 83.166 on Thursday, the highest since early August, buoyed by positive data on U.S. employment and consumer spending released over the past week
Oil's "recent weakness has largely been a function of the stronger dollar in general and as such, price action in euro/dollar will very important going forward especially as the euro approaches its 200-day moving average" of $1.2869, said Dhiren Sarin, Barclays' Chief Technical Analyst for Asia-Pacific.
"We are ultimately looking for Brent crude to test $104.75, the lows from November 2012," Sarin added. "However, near term, the decline is likely to become more erratic and would prefer selling bounces while beneath $110.75 rather than chasing weakness."


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Treatment for people with
tuberculosis (TB) who also have
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is nearly the same
as for people who don't have HIV. But there are some important differences,
Experts recommend one of the following treatments to cure a latent TB infection in people with HIV infection.
People who are infected with HIV take a combination of four medicines
daily for 2 months to treat active TB. This is followed by two medicines daily
for the next 4 months.1
CitationsAmerican Thoracic Society, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, Infectious Diseases Society of America (2003). Treatment of
tuberculosis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 167(4): 603–662.U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2011). Recommendations for use of an isoniazid-rifapentine regimen with direct observation to treat latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. MMWR, 60(48): 1650–1653. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6048a3.htm.Tuberculosis Coalition for Technical Assistance (2006). International standards for tuberculosis care (ISTC). Available online: http://www.who.int/tb/publications/2006/istc_report.pdf.
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If you're a certain type of evolutionary biologist you will immediately ask yourself what kind of selective advantage could have led to the fixation of stotting alleles in antelopes? Here's a list of possibilities that Jerry offers ...
Here's another example of animals jumping up and down in a stylized manner. Surely there are specific alleles that make them behave this way? And the alleles must have become fixed in the Maasi population by natural selection. In other words, it has to be an adaptation, right?
- It allows an animal to jump out of high grass to look for predators
- The behavior startles the predator, giving the gazelle more time to escape
- It's an alarm signal (like bird alarm calls), alerting herd members that a predator is nearby. This would probably evolve only if herd members were closely related, so the behavior could evolve via kin selection (assuming it's individually maldaptive, which isn't proven).
- It's simply play behavior. But not only the young do it: adults pronk too when they're chased by predators.
- It's a way, in young gazelles, of letting the mother know the baby has been disturbed. This may be one function, but doesn't explain stotting in adults.
- It confuses the predator. Presumably a herd of gazelle, all pronking, would puzzle a pursuing cheetah or wild dog, making it hard to pick out a given individual to chase. I don't believe this for a second; predators aren't that dumb, and in fact a predator would probably either learn to or evolve to concentrate on the stotting individuals because they might be easier to catch. (This "confusion" explanation was once used to explain zebra stripes: it might be hard to single out one zebra in a mass of fleeing stripey equids. But see my earlier post on another explanation for stripes.)
- It's a way to attract mates, possibly by showing how fit you are. Sage grouse in the western U.S. form "leks" in which males group together and jump up and down for hours (making loud noises at the same time) while the females watch from nearby. Invariably it is the males who jump the longest that are chosen as mates. Females want a fit father for several reasons. This doesn't wash for gazelles since both sexes do it, and not in a sexual context.
- This is a favored hypothesis: the "honest signal" theory. This posits that the behavior is saying to potential predators, "Don't bother trying to catch me as I can bounce really high, so imagine how fast I could run if I wanted to!" In other words, the behavior deters the predator from attacking that individual.
- This is the hypothesis I find most credible: stotting warns the predator that it has been seen, thus discouraging it from pursuing the stotting animal. (Predators like to sneak up on a prey, getting as close as possible before they're detected.) That is, stotting evolved via individual selection. Remember that predators often don't go after a whole pack of quadrupeds at once, but single out certain individuals—often young or weak ones—to pursue.
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Daniel J. Kenny, Brothers of Mercy administrator
Dec. 7, 1938 – June 18, 2013
Daniel J. Kenny, of the Town of Tonawanda, retired administrator of the Brothers of Mercy Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Clarence, died Monday in the Brothers of Mercy Center after a short illness. He was 74.
Born in the Bronx, he attended the Teachers College at Columbia University and New York University, earning master's degrees in health education and social gerontology.
Before coming to the Buffalo area in 1980, he was a nursing home administrator in Philadelphia. After serving as the first lay administrator of St. Francis Nursing Home in Williamsville, he became administrator at the Brothers of Mercy Center in 1983. The Western New York Association of Homes and Services for the Aging presented him its 1994 Meritorious Service Award for excellence in service to the elderly. He retired in 2000.
A former minister of the Secular Franciscan Order, he was an active member of St. Christopher's Parish Council and a volunteer in the parish's outreach program.
Survivors include his wife of 39 years, the former Barbara Voghtsberger; a son, Daniel A.; a daughter, Mary Anne Konieczny; a brother, Tom; his twin sister, Kathleen Corr; and another sister, Mary Dunn.
A memorial Mass will be offered at 9:30 a.m. July 13 in St. Christopher Catholic Church, 2660 Niagara Falls Blvd., Town of Tonawanda.


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Careers in Mathematics
The study of Mathematics is excellent preparation for a variety of vocations and professional careers in Business, Economics, Education, Finance, and Mathematics. Almost every branch of government employs Mathematicians. Furthermore, the logical and analytical skills of the discipline is an excellent primer for other professions, such as Law, Music and the Pastorate.
But did you know that according to a recent survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers, "The top 15 highest-earning college degrees all have one thing in common - math skills."
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And that the Mathematicians median annual income is $94,160!
Doing the Math to Find Good Jobs
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Surrogate keys
A surrogate key is a row identifier that has no connection to the data attributes in the row but simply makes the whole row unique. And that property is also the downside of it. Because it has no connection to the data...
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Although 2009 was a volatile year for the markets, most companies had dramatic upswings in share prices from March lows. At the same time, many CEOs came under criticism for recessionary belt-tightening amid high unemployment.
Some CEOs, however, are looking at what the Associated Press calls a "once in a lifetime pay bonanza," because they received stock compensation when the market was at its lows and later profited from its huge recovery.
As most public companies have released information on executive compensation, CNBC.com reviewed information from Capital IQ on "total calculated compensation" which includes salary, bonuses and estimates of stock and stock option awards. For comparison, we've also provided information on stock performance over the past year, although for some of these CEOs, their first day on the job was sometime mid-year 2009.
So, who were the most highly compensated CEOs in 2009? Click ahead to find out!
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With a few days between now and Passover (first night Seder is April 6), you've got time to break in some new options. All of them can be made in advance.
Instead of gefilte fish for a first course, try snowy fillets of halibut prepared "plaki" style: roasted with vegetables. I add seedless green grapes for sweetness and color. The popover rolls I do for Passover are soft and chewy; easy enough to bake daily for sandwiches, even.
Passover Halibut Plaki
6 to 8 first-course servings or 3 to 4 main-course servings
MAKE AHEAD: The dish can be refrigerated up to 3 days in advance.
2 tbsp. olive oil
1 1/2 pounds skinless halibut fillets or other firm white-fleshed fish, preferably about 1 inch thick, rinsed and patted dry with paper towels
Freshly squeezed juice from 1 lemon (2 tablespoons)
Kosher salt
Freshly cracked black pepper
1 large rib celery, cut into small dice
1/4 medium Spanish onion, cut into small dice (2 or 3 tablespoons; may substitute another assertive onion)
1/2 small fennel bulb, trimmed and cored, then cut into small dice (about 1/3 cup)
1 thin carrot, cut into small dice
1/4 large red bell pepper, cut into small dice
10 yellow or red grape tomatoes, each cut in half (may substitute 6 Campari tomatoes, cut into quarters)
10 to 14 large seedless green grapes, each cut in half
1/3 cup packed flat-leaf parsley, rinsed, dried, then finely chopped
Preheat the oven to 350 F.
Use the oil to grease a baking dish that is slightly larger than the fish.
Place the fillets in the dish. Sprinkle the lemon juice evenly over the fish, then season the fillets with salt and pepper to taste.
Combine the celery, onion, fennel, carrot, red bell pepper and tomatoes in a medium bowl, stirring to mix well. Scatter evenly over the fish, covering it as much as possible. Scatter the grape halves evenly over the vegetables, then sprinkle with the parsley. Bake uncovered for about 30 minutes; the fish should be tender and cooked through. If any of the vegetables seem a bit underdone, cover the dish with aluminum foil and bake for up to 10 minutes.
Let the fish cool. Serve at room temperature, or cover and refrigerate for up to 3 days.
Passover Popover Rolls
Makes 15 to 18 rolls
1 cup water
1/2 cup safflower oil
1 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. sugar
2 cups matzoh meal
4 large eggs
Preheat the oven to 375 F.
Combine the water, oil, salt and sugar in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. As soon as the mixture comes to a boil, remove the saucepan from the heat. Add the matzoh meal and stir until well combined.
One at a time, add the eggs and stir to combine, making sure each egg is fully incorporated before adding the next. The dough will be sticky but firm for forming into rolls.
Have a small bowl of water next to the saucepan to use for moistening your hands while forming the rolls. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Wet your hands in the bowl and use them to scoop up about 1/4 cup of dough; the water will keep it from adhering to you. Form the dough into an oval shape, like a quenelle (or a football).
Place the portions of dough on the baking sheet as you form them, spacing them about 2 inches apart to give them room to puff up.
Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, until the rolls are a dark golden brown. Do not underbake, or they will collapse, because the only leavening is the egg, and the rolls are partially hollow.
Passover Fruit Crisp
8 to 10 servings
MAKE AHEAD: The crisps can be baked and refrigerated up to 3 days in advance. Allow to come to room temperature or reheat before serving.
Adapted from California cooking instructor Linda Capeloto Sendowski.
For the filling
1 pound large strawberries, hulled and cut in half
1 pound fresh blackberries
6 ounces fresh raspberries
6 ounces fresh blueberries
2 ripe Bartlett pears, peeled, cored and cut into 1/4-inch dice
1 tsp. freshly squeezed lemon juice (from 1 lemon)
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 cup sugar (C&H pure cane sugar is kosher for Passover)
For the topping
1 cup matzoh farfel
1 cup matzoh cake meal
1/2 cup slivered almonds
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons Passover brown sugar or Passover confectioners' sugar
1 tbsp. maple syrup
Freshly squeezed from 1/2 lemon (1 tablespoon)
8 tbsp. kosher for Passover margarine, chilled, cut into 1/2-inch slices
For the filling: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Arrange eight or 10 (10-ounce) ramekins on a rimmed baking sheet.
Combine the strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, blueberries and pears in a large bowl. Add the lemon juice, cinnamon and sugar, and gently stir to combine. Divide the filling evenly among the ramekins.
For the topping: Combine the matzoh farfel, matzoh cake meal, almonds, sugar, syrup and lemon juice in a medium bowl. Add the margarine; use your fingertips or two knives to blend it in until the topping is chunky and the margarine or butter pieces are smaller than peas. Evenly divide the topping among the ramekins. Bake for about 25 minutes, until the topping looks golden and crisp and the fruit filling is bubbling at the edges.
Serve warm or at room temperature; or cool, cover and refrigerate for up to 3 days.


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No single food or food component can protect you against cancer by itself. But scientists believe that the combination of foods in a predominantly plant-based diet may. There is evidence that the minerals, vitamins and phytochemicals in plant foods could interact in ways that boost their individual anti-cancer effects. This concept of interaction, where 1 + 1 = 3, is called synergy.
In addition, vegetables, fruits, whole grains and beans are low in calorie-density and protect against weight gain. According to the second expert report, carrying excess body fat is implicated in the development of cancer. Eating a predominantly plant based diet can help prevent weight gain and protect against those cancers whose risk is convincingly increased by higher body fat (cancers of the colorectum, esophagus, endometrium, pancreas, kidney and breast in postmenopausal women).
That is why AICR recommends that at least 2/3 of your plate should be filled with vegetables, fruit, whole grains and beans.
Much of the laboratory research on diet and cancer suggests that eating vegetables, fruits, whole grains and beans will protect against cancer. Scientists are investigating how and why these foods may prevent the development of tumors.
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Wed, 15 July 2009 at 11:08 pm
Sarah Michelle Gellar: Baby Bump Alert!
A very pregnant Sarah Michelle Gellar drops off some clothes at the cleaners on Wednesday morning (July 15) in Sherman Oaks, Calif.
The 32-year-old former Buffy actress later was seen holding onto her baby bump while taking her dog Tyson to the vet in Toluca Lake.
Earlier this week, SMG was seen taking a pilates class in Encino.
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Cheap Eats in the Big Easy!
When people plan a trip to a New Orleans Bed and Breakfast, they are usually expecting comfortable, convenient accommodations and Good Food, Good Music, and Good Times!
The Marigny Manor House Bed and Breakfast Is only 3 blocks from the Frenchman Street Music District and 5 blocks from the French Quarter. Our guests enjoy the best of what New Orleans has to offer! And they depend on us to recommend our local favorite restaurants, jazz clubs, and attractions. There is a lot of information out there on the famous restaurants and music clubs of New Orleans. And the great thing about eating out New Orleans, the price is lower than most major cities.
In our blog, we will be focusing on the many great local food and music spots that are very reasonable on the pocket book. We call it Cheap Eats in the Big Easy!
And just because its cheap doesn't mean it's not good. In fact , it's a foodie's dream.
Our definition of a Cheap Eats Meal for one person is:
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Lunch---under $12.00
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Total Security 2008 is the latest version of BitDefender's internet security solution and, in terms of look and style, it looks like it went back to the drawing board.
The interface and new applications owe a great deal to Symantec's Norton 360, as you'll find a cleaned-up and streamlined interface that takes most of the mystery out of setting up and managing your internet security.
The interface consists of four key functions: Security, Parental Control, Tuneup and Backup. When the system is fully protected and optimised, you'll see a row of four ticks. Traffic light colours, also help highlight if there is a potential problem.
If a problem does arise, click the Fix It button and the problem will usually be resolved. This simple approach to securing your laptop is great for the family, as even the first-time user can feel as if they've done a good job of setting it up.
It's not just the new interface that makes this package impressive. When it comes to checking for viruses, with anti-virus and anti-spyware tasks grouped together instead of run separately.
BitDefender has always been a powerful package, but this version is better than expected. As with similar tools, you can choose to run it manually or set up a schedule to best suit you. Updates are automatic and when we were testing it out, seemed to arrive almost daily.
The firewall has been beefed up and can now protect all ports by dropping them into stealth mode. Spyware functions have also been overhauled and there is now support for dealing with rootkits and malware. There is also a Games mode, which disables popups when you're online.
With a name like Total Security 2008, BitDefender has a lot to live up to, but we were surprised how apt the title actually is. At £36 (inc. VAT) for three licences, you can load this on all the machines in your house, safe in the knowledge they will be fully protected.


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Sec Clinton's Concussion
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I am sure that it is just a coincidence that she now claims to be unable to testify. Like last time when it was so very crucial for her to be wherever she was, East Timor or Australia or Greenland. If she is injured, I wish her well in her recovery. I question the timing. 😉


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I have 2 new installs of 2015 R3 and both of them don't show anything under the Recipient Statistic > Detailed analysis. I have an older 2015 install and it shows every day of the month and the count in the specific columns for each day.
In the new 2015 R3 install it looks like this -
Detailed analysis: January 2017
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Total: 0 0 0
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Saint Swithbert
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- Apostle of the Bructeri
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Studied in Ireland with Saint Egbert of Rathemigisi. Benedictine monk. Preacher. Spiritual teacher of Saint Willeic. One of a group of twelve English missionaries led by Saint Willibrord of Echternach who worked in Friesland, a group of islands off the coast of the Netherlands, evangelizing the Frisians and Bructeri. Bishop in 693. Worked with Saint Wilfrid of York. Founded a Benedictine monastery at Werth on the Rhine (modern Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth, Germany) where he lived the rest of his life under the direction of his co-worker missionary, Saint Velleicus who served as the abbot.
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NRO has posted its summer reading symposium with contributions from humorist Rob Long, Professor Jonathan Adler, "Morning in America with Bill Bennett" producer Seth Leibsohn, NRO editor Kathryn Jean Lopez and others including me. Daniel Casse submits a funny list of the books he won't be reading this summer. Thanks to K-Lo for inviting me to contribute.
To my symposium list I would add The Amorous Busboy of Decatur Avenue by comedian Robert Klein (first chapter here). I noted the favorable New York Times review of Klein's book in "World's funniest busboy" when the book was published. Now that I'm reading it, I can vouch for it myself. Like me, Klein is a child of the '50s. Unlike me, he's funny. He also writes surprisingly well, though he strains just a little to give his narrative a literary flair. Here is a near-perfect paragraph recalling his days in elementary school at P.S. 94 in the Bronx:
Our teacher, Miss McIntosh, wore a black dress every day, in mourning for her long-dead brother, along with a three-by-two-inch iron crucifix that looked like it weighed five pounds and could coincidentally incincerate Dracula in four seconds. Whether it was the dearth of dry cleaning or the infrequency of her baths is unclear, but an odor emanated from the woman like the bottom of a bird cage. I used to say that she wore a perfume called Keep Your Distance, one of the first jokes I ever made up. The perverse thing is, she knew she stank; she made excellent use of this fact in exacting her many punishments in the enforcement of discipline. If a student talked too much, she would order him under the desk for the full array of olfactory torment. If he fidgeted excessively, he was required to sit in her stench for the alloted time.


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'DNA editing' enzyme could fuel breast cancer
Genetic errors driving the majority of breast cancers may be caused by a hyperactive enzyme called APOBEC3B, according to US researchers.
The finding could lead to new ways to diagnose and treat breast cancer, exploiting the root cause of genetic damage - 'DNA editing' by the enzyme - rather than the damage itself.
Under normal circumstances, APOBEC enzymes help repair damaged DNA and protect against viruses like HIV.
But the University of Minnesota researchers showed in a research paper published in Nature that one particular form of APOBEC was found in high levels in breast cancer cells.
Lead researcher Dr Reuben Harris and his team measured the activity of seven related enzymes known collectively as the APOBEC3 family, in breast cancer cells grown in the lab and breast tumour samples.
They found that only one, known as APOBEC3B, was present in high levels inside cancer cells.
But APOBEC3B appears to be a biological "double-edged sword", as it protects some cells from viruses such as HIV, yet can produce changes giving rise to cancer in others.
In 2009, researchers funded by Cancer Research UK found evidence that a related enzyme, called AID, could similarly edit breast cancer DNA when activated by oestrogen.
And adding to the picture, last year researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge published a detailed analysis of the DNA damage in breast cancer, and spotted signs that looked like the activity of APOBEC enzymes.
"Our next steps will focus on the connections between high levels of APOBEC3B, age and other genetic risk factors that are known breast cancer markers," said Dr Harris, who stressed the need for additional research.
"Ultimately, we hope our discovery leads to better therapeutic outcomes for patients."
In 2010, about 50,000 women and 400 men in the UK were diagnosed with breast cancer, and there were nearly 12,000 deaths from the disease.
If future studies confirm that high APOBEC3B levels indicate the early presence of breast cancer, a simple blood test could be a strategy for early detection.
Cancer Research UK's Professor Charlie Swanton, who studies the genetic complexity inside tumours, said it was a "fascinating and important study" which showed how researchers are beginning to understand the precise mechanisms that drive the genetic chaos found in cancer cells.
"Pinpointing these mechanisms give us new avenues to try to limit this chaos, or maybe even exploit it to tip cancers over the edge.
"There's a long way to go before we get a handle on the cancer's true genetic complexity, let alone turn this into treatments to help patients," he added.
"But studies like this show that important and tangible progress is being made in understanding this disease."
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The gaming industry sometimes seems married to the idea that "more is better." But bigger budgets do not by themselves make a game great. Witness the original Puzzle Quest, a little game that attached a sort of competitive RPG structure to classic Bejeweled-style gameplay and became the digital crack of choice for a surprisingly large cross-section of the GameSpy staff. It's with that in mind that we hailed the launch of the five-level demo for Puzzle Quest: Galactrix. The sequel to Puzzle Quest adds quite a few new features to the game, and a little time in the demo will show skeptics why this game is a more than worthy member of our 2009 "Most Wanted" list.
Six Degrees of Freedom
The first thing players will notice when they fire up the Galactrix demo is that there's now at least the illusion of more freedom. The universe of Galactrix is split up into a huge number of star systems linked by a series of star gates. Most of these will be locked at the beginning of the game and will have to be hacked open. Unlike the original game's towns, which consisted merely of menus, each star system in Galactrix has a number of planets, space stations and asteroids for the player to visit. Each of these will have their own quests or challenges. Asteroids, for example, are used to mine resources that can be sold or crafted into starship components on space stations.
Each star system will also sport a number of spacecraft zipping around. These are independent ships that owe allegiance to one of the game's four megacorporate factions or the pirates. While not necessary, attacking these ships will affect the player's reputation with the factions, and being loved or hated by that particular faction will open up new missions and other opportunities throughout the game. The first few missions (identified by a flashing square around a celestial body) don't touch on this, however. They're about learning to fly the ship between worlds and eventually challenging a pirate vessel to single combat.
It's the first combat where both newbies and Puzzle Quest veterans will learn how different fighting is in this particular RPG. All combat and many of the game's other activities revolve around a "match-3" style game in which players must slide gems back and forth to make strings of three or more like-colored gems. The kicker is that unlike classic versions of these games, Galactrix uses hexagonal gems that can slide in any of six different directions. This can be particularly confusing because it creates opportunities for matching that may not be immediately obvious to players familiar with the original.
In our case, the biggest issue we had was trying to figure out from which direct gems would slide once we had made a match. The direction gems in Galactrix slide in completely dependent on the first gem players click on when moving them around. If, for example, two gems are directly above one another, sliding the upper gem downward will cause new gems to fall "down" toward the bottom of the screen. Sliding the bottom gem upward will cause the new gems to slide "up" toward the top. As players get better at identifying potential matches, this will grow to have a profound impact on the game. Clicking the wrong gem could be the difference between simply getting a three-gem match and triggering a cascade that can devastate an opponent.


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SOURCE: BioCNG, LLC
February 06, 2013 12:16 ET
WASHINGTON, LA--(Marketwire - Feb 6, 2013) - St. Landry Solid Waste Disposal District, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana has received the federal Environmental Protection Agency's 2012 LMOP Project of the Year Award for its efforts to fuel Parish vehicles with cheaper, cleaner-burning compressed natural gas (CNG), executive director Katry Martin announced today in a joint release with BioCNG, LLC, one of the private companies that partnered with the Parish.
The District and its partners accepted the federal Environmental Protection Agency's 2012 Project of the Year Award for the St. Landry Parish as part of the agency's Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP).
"On behalf of the District, I am proud to have received this prestigious award," said Martin. "We evaluated all the potential beneficial uses for the landfill gas collected at the St. Landry Parish Landfill and determined that the biogas-to-vehicle fuel project was the most economical alternative. We are extremely pleased that the efforts of the District and its partners have been recognized."
The fuel is used for Sheriff's Department cars, light duty trucks and a light duty van, and the solid waste district's utility trucks. As part of the project, the Sheriff's Department committed to converting twelve of its vehicles to bi-fuel capability, and added a passenger van fueled solely on CNG. The District's system can produce 250 gallons of gasoline equivalent (GGE) of CNG per day from 50 scfm of biogas containing 55 to 58 percent methane. This can be expanded by adding multiple units if necessary.
In 2011, the District partnered with several private companies that specialize in turning landfill gas into CNG, including BioCNG, LLC, GT Environmental Finance, LLC, Aucoin and Associates, and Franklin and Associates. Unison Solutions, Inc. manufactured the BioCNG unit. Together the partners implemented the BioCNG system, enabling the District to produce CNG fuel at less than half the cost of gasoline. The unit began operating in March 2012, and the District has since hosted hundreds of groups and individuals interested in implementing similar systems.
"The BioCNG technology is truly advancing the waste management industry by providing a new, clean fuel source at a significantly reduced price for municipalities and industries alike," said Michael S. Michels, PE, vice president of BioCNG, LLC. The company also participated in the team that received a 2011 LMOP Project of the Year Award for Dane County, Wisconsin's Rodefeld Landfill BioCNG Vehicle Fuel Project.
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Relevance and Priorities of ICT for Women in Rural Communities: A Case Study from Nigeria
Kazanka Comfort, Lydia Goje and Kachong Funmilola can be reached at The Fantsuam Foundation, Kafanchuan, Nigeria; satellite telephone: 00881631447772; e-mail: email@example.com; firstname.lastname@example.com
The use and deployment of information and communication technologies (ICT) in Nigeria has been largely an urban and upper-class activity. It was therefore unusual for an NGO to attempt to promote ICT for rural communities and especially for women.
Fantsuam Foundation uses Microfinance and ICT as complementary tools for poverty alleviation. The ICT program starts with two rooms provided by the community. One of the rooms is the Community Library and the second is the IT training room. This article reports the preliminary results of the evaluation of an information and communication technologies program for women in rural communities in Nigeria.
This research was conducted using focus group discussions, interviews and participant observation. The focus group consisted of eight women, all of whom were literate in the Hausa language. One of the interviewees was a graduate who has lived in an urban center where there are ICT facilities.
Issues Investigated
The following issues were discussed at the focus group and in the interviews:
Content of messages usually has to do with emergencies, family health, financial assistance for school fees, farm inputs, leaking roofs and communal violence.
The most common means of communication used are verbal messages and letters, either to distant places or nearby; the danger always exists of inaccurate delivery of these urgent messages. Letters are sent by hand at the bus stops through willing drivers or passengers traveling in the direction of the messages destination.
The problem with verbal messages is that the message may not be delivered as it was sent, or the content may be distorted a message that Mothers cow is dead might be delivered as Mother is dead. Such messages can have drastic consequences for those affected.
One of the women had used radio messages for news about her fathers health. Two had used telephones for similar reasons. No one had used these media for exchange of greetings: the cost was too high, and only emergency messages were delivered through them.
All the women have heard of telegrams but have not used them and did not consider telegrams relevant to their daily lives. Those who used the telephone and radio messages are people who had once lived in cities. At the moment we do not have telephone access in Bayan-Loco village.
None of the women had ever used the Internet or e-mail. It was exciting for them to know that they can be connected to the whole world through the Internet and that e-mail can be instantaneous like the telephone, and they wished it were available.
Perceptions about ICT
The women attending the ICT training are those who are involved in the microfinance program. The economic empowerment of microfinance gives them the confidence to engage in acquiring computer skills, which are regarded as an elite activity.
There was need to explain that ICT covered a range of facilities (electronic and paper-based). However, they will only use ICT facilities if they meet immediate needs for them and their families, e.g.
Factors that influence attitudes to ICT include
ICT Is Desirable, but Is It Feasible?
The following are the main challenges to implementation of ICT:
Fantsuam Foundation is promoting access to ICT for women in rural communities using four strategies:
1. Part of the cash prize of the Hafkin Africa Prize was set aside to provide scholarships for women to acquire IT skills at the Bayan Loco Community Learning Centre.
2. We have invested in a satellite telephone (the only one that serves a population of over 300,000). Callers from the diaspora are able to talk to families in the villages. Fantsuam takes the phone to the receiving family and the caller pays the bills: a sustainable service.
3. We have a van that serves as Mobile Community Telecentre to carry two laptops on specific days to remote communities to provide IT training. The vision is to provide a wireless Internet access to the van so that it will provide e-mail post office service to the communities. An affordable technology has not made this dream a reality.
4. Women are the primary agents of their communities information shops.
Women attend the IT training because it
This paper was originally presented at the Kampala Know-How Conference 2002, organized by ISIS-WICCE (Women's International Cross-Cultural Exchange,) July 22 27, 2002, Kampala, Uganda.
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Information Science and Technology


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Côte d'Ivoire
Earth : Africa : West Africa : Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire [1] (Ivory Coast) is a country in West Africa. It has a southerly facing North Atlantic Ocean coast, and is surrounded by Ghana to the east, Liberia to the west, Guinea to the northwest, Mali to the north, and Burkina Faso to the northeast.
Close ties to France since independence in 1966, the development of cocoa production for export, and foreign investment made Côte d'Ivoire one of the most prosperous of the tropical African states, but did not protect it from political turmoil.
In December 1999, a military coup - the first ever in Côte d'Ivoire's history - overthrew the government. Junta leader Robert Guei blatantly rigged elections held in late 1999 and declared himself the winner. Popular protest forced him to step aside and brought runner-up Laurent Gbagbo into liberation. Ivorian dissidents and disaffected members of the military launched a failed coup attempt in September 2002. Rebel forces claimed the northern half of the country, and in January 2003 were granted ministerial positions in a unity government under the auspices of the Linas-Marcoussis Peace Accord. President Gbagbo and rebel forces resumed implementation of the peace accord in December 2003 after a three-month stalemate, but issues that sparked the civil war, such as land reform and grounds for citizenship, remain unresolved.
The northern government has yet to exert control over the northern regions and tensions remain high between Gbagbo and opposition leaders. Several thousand French and West African troops, and a moderately-sized United Nations contingent, remain in Côte d'Ivoire to maintain peace and facilitate the disarmament, demobilization, and rehabilitation process.
Elections were finally held in 2010. The first round of elections were held peacefully, and widely hailed as free and fair. Runoffs were held 28 November 2010, after being delayed one week from the original date of November 21. Laurent Gbagbo, as president, ran against former Prime Minister Alassane Ouattara. On 2 December, the Electoral Commission declared that Ouattara had won the election by a margin of 54% to 46%. The majority of the rest of the world's governments supported that declaration, but the Gbagbo-aligned Constitutional Council rejected it and then announced that country's borders had been sealed. An Ivorian military spokesman said, "The air, land and sea border of the country are closed to all movement of people and goods."
There has been an armed insurgency ever since, with pro-Ouattara forces on the one side and pro-Gbagbo forces on the other. By 1 April 2011, pro-Ouattara forces had penetrated Abidjan and street-level combat between the two sides was occurring. Most governments are still advising their citizens against travel to the country.
Tropical along coast, semiarid in far north; three seasons - warm and dry (November to March), hot and dry (March to May), hot and wet (June to October). The coast has heavy surf and no natural harbors; during the rainy season torrential flooding is possible.
Mostly flat to undulating plains; mountains in northwest. Most of the inhabitants live along the sandy coastal region. Apart from the capital area, the forested interior is sparsely populated. The highest point is Mont Nimba (1,752 meters).
Other destinations
Three National Parks are on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Get in
Effective February 15, 2009, all non CEFA country citizens visiting Côte d'Ivoire must obtain a visa before arrival. The process is online at the Official Website for Visa.
By plane
The Felix-Houphouet Boigny International Airport has daily scheduled flights to and from Paris (Air France [2]) and Brussels (Brussels airlines [3]). There are also regular flights to other West-African capitals. The airport is a modern facility and increased security has shaken its old reputation as a place for travelers to be ripped off.
By train
The train journey between Abidjan and Ougadougou cuts through rebel territory and should not be attempted by foreign travelers.
By car
It is ill advised to try to enter Côte d'Ivoire from Guinea, Liberia, Mali, or Burkina Faso. The Ghanaian border is fairly secure. If you enter at Elubo, you can easily catch a shared taxi to Aboisso and then a bus to Abidjan. There are about ten military check-points between the border and Abidjan so have your documents ready. If you do not have proper documentation of your inoculations at the border you will be forced to pay a small fine and they will give you an injection at an on-site clinic.
By bus
Busses run daily between Abidjan and Accra. The service is offered alternating between the STC (Ghana) and its Ivoirian equivalent.
By boat
Abidjan has a beautiful evening ride on the lagoon in the city for tourists. It might not be breath taking, but is a very good pleasure trip. Daily, hundreds of Ivorians take the lagoon route to reach offices on the port side.
Get around
Inter-city travel in Côte d'Ivoire is usually more comfortable than travel in neighboring African countries. The roads are generally in good condition and the bus service is relatively modern. The down side is the very frequent military check-points which add hours to a trip. Though the stops are a hassle, Ivoirian soldiers tend to be pretty professional and don't hassle non-French western travelers. Soldiers in Ghana for example are much more likely to demand a bribe than in Côte d'Ivoire. Most western governments recommend that their citizens steer clear of Côte d'Ivoire. This should be taken particularly seriously by people travelling on French passports. An Ivoirian soldier's attitude towards you will change very quickly when you explain that you are not French.
Travel in Abidjan is the best when you have your own vehicle to travel around. The roads are very good and the traffic rules are obeyed to the T, excepting some taxi drivers who steer everywhere on the road. Lane discipline and traffic lights are followed with rigor.
Taxis are a great and easy way to get around in Abidjan. Just look for an orange colored car and flag it down. Fares are very affordable: US $2-4 depending on the length of the journey. Always negotiate before you get in the taxi, but they are overall reasonable (unlike in Accra).
The official language is French, but there are 60 native dialects as well. The most widely spoken is Dioula. Other native languages include Hamdunga, Loftus Africanus, Gigala, Oloofid, and Ulam. But one cannot survive without French for longer time duration. And business travelers need French on their tongue to close any small deal.
Good eats are cheap and you can find very good restaurants in Abidjan. You should get a vaccine for Hepatitis A before coming but even street foods are fairly clean. Try the national dishes like "garba", "alloco" and "attiéké". Alloco is simply fried plantains, mostly accompanied by a spicy vegetable sauce and boiled eggs. L'attiéké--grated yams that look like couscous but taste slightly sour--is often served with grilled fish and vegetables (tomatoes, onions, cucumber) and a must-try. Braised fishes and chickens are also very good and can be found on every corner. The most established chain is Coq Ivoire. When you order, make sure that you let them know whether you want the intestines. You can always ask for extra vegetables, especially avocados, which are amazing during the season. Another specialty is the excellent "shougouilla" a blend of charbroiled meat! For the ones who are not adventurous you can find the Hamburger House or the French restaurant at the Sofitel Hotel.
It is recommended for travelers from the west to visit bars and night clubs with security. Bidul Bar, Havana Club and others are in Zone 4 or Zone Quatre. If you do go, be aware of prostitutes that will want to talk to you. Other places are in Treicheville and Cocody but you should have private transportation or a cab. If you do drive at night do not stop fully at lights or signs. Be aware of car jackers. Keep a brisk pace so they cannot carjack you.
The better place to stay is the Tiama Hotel. Quite expensive but safe. There is a wonderful hotel called Licorne in Deux Plateaux. They have a pool, great restaurant, and wireless internet. The rooms are clean and charming. Prices are 18-30,000 CFA per night. They are located behind the Total Station, around the corner from Pako. Ask anyone where Pako is, and you'll be able to find it from there.
Stay safe
The UK's Foreign and Commonwealth office as well as the U.S. State Department advises against all travel to Côte d'Ivoire at this time.
Most of the crime committed in Abidjan is by unemployed youth. Should you ever feel in danger it would be wise to seek the help of a middle-aged man. This older generation is often very contemptuous of young criminals and will likely help you out if you are being hassled. Generally Ivoirians will recognize the dangers to foreigners in their country and will often be very protective of naive travelers. This is especially true in the Abidjan neighborhoods of Treichville and Adjame.
Stay healthy
HIV/AIDS has once reached epidemic proportions in the country, but has since saw huge improvements with an adult prevalence of 4.7%.
Although the country was previously referred to in English "Ivory Coast", the country has requested that it be called "Côte d'Ivoire" (the equivalent in French). Pronouncing it "Coat di-VWAR" is close enough for an English-speaking person.


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Electronic Recordkeeping
Implementation of Imaging Technology for Recordkeeping at the World Bank
by Clive D. Smith
Also, as many as 25 separate files may be used to generate a single complex bank document. Recent studies have shown that, even with improvements in technology, it is still easier to publish such complex documents from printouts generated from the various electronic files used to create them, than to try to combine those files. Consequently, paper has continued to be the medium for preservation, even for the documents created electronically. Furthermore, some members of the World Bank Group are engaged in litigation that can occur in almost any country in the world. Therefore, the bank's recordkeeping practices cannot be governed solely by U.S. rules of evidence, legislation or practice in the admissibility of records. For these reasons, the bank's official records are still primarily in paper.
As tools to support requirements have gradually become available (or promise to become available), the bank has moved to position itself to transition from paper-based recordkeeping systems to systems that would enable records to be created and maintained solely in electronic form. The implementation of a standard bank-wide network (the Enterprise Network) has solved the problem of a bank-wide delivery mechanism. It has greatly facilitated the sharing of documents and the standardization of applications and platforms. Document imaging technology has provided an additional means of implementing Tier 3 - capturing of final-form documents at an institutional level and making them accessible across the institution. The more recent development of reliable collaborative or work group tools promises to enable Tier 2.
The technology selected was Electronic Filing System (EFS) from Excalibur Technologies. This was chosen primarily because of its search engine, especially its "fuzzy" search logic, which eliminated the need for clean text for searching purposes. More than 13,000 documents have now been scanned and included in this collection, and they are now available to bank staff via the bank's Intranet, although this does not support searches on the text of the documents. Staff can search by a range of profile fields, including country, sector, date, author, title, report number, loan number and type of document. They can view either the image or the text of each page or can place a request for a paper copy. Copies are printed from the image files and have proven to be better quality than copies reproduced from the microfiche.
An early decision was not to store the images and text files within EFS; rather they are stored on separate servers and EFS merely contains pointers to their location. This was not only to reduce dependency on proprietary software, but also to facilitate simultaneous use of other access software that might become available. This has already enabled the documents to be made available via the bank's Intranet, and is also expected to permit access to the same document from a variety of access points utilizing whatever technology or software is most appropriate for the user. Similarly, the master copy of the profile data is also maintained outside EFS in a suite of Oracle tables which can be accessed via other software that might be more appropriate for particular users or in particular situations.
The studies of the recordkeeping systems had already resulted in a major initiative ("File Improvement Program") under which teams of records managers visited individual work units to establish a comprehensive filing system within each. The records managers analyzed the business processes, workflows and information needs of the work units in order to design relevant and useful filing plans, and this work has also provided a sound basis for the design of appropriate imaging systems for records.
EFS is built around the metaphor of a fileroom. Each EFS application is an electronic fileroom, containing electronic cabinets, which in turn contain electronic drawers, which hold electronic folders, which contain the documents themselves. To be filed in EFS, a document must fit into this hierarchy. With minor modifications, the filing plans that had been developed for paper records were easily adapted to fit this electronic hierarchy. This was an important factor in gaining user acceptance - the users were presented with a familiar environment. The fileroom structure for the bank's main operational vice presidencies is shown at Figure 1.
The profile attributes serve a number of purposes. While some are almost purely descriptive and are intended to facilitate retrieval, others are included specifically for records management or system management purposes. For example, Originating Unit tells us which organizational unit first received or created the document; Owner tells us which organizational unit is now responsible for the business process or transaction to which the document relates, as the bank is subject to frequent reorganization. Business Process will later facilitate appraisal and disposition, as will Document Type, although in practice over three-quarters of the documents are either memorandum or letter. Retrofit tells us whether the document was scanned in the normal course of business or was scanned as part of a backfile conversion; Action Flag is intended for use with the correspondence management system under development (see below) and will be used to trigger appropriate routing and tracking mechanisms depending upon whether a document requires action or is merely for information.
Different business processes require different combinations of profile attributes for document descriptions. For example, documents relating to general country information or the country portfolio performance are not related to lending projects, and so a number of profile attributes (Project Name, Loan #, etc.) are not required. Because these attributes are mandatory for describing project-related documents, it has been necessary to develop a number of customized data entry screens, so that the data entry operator has to select the screen appropriate to the relevant business process. A sample profile is at Figure 2.
In practice, the profile attribute that causes the most difficulty for the data entry operators is Document Name. The maximum length permitted for this attribute is 100 characters, and within this limit the operators have to construct a meaningful name for the document. The Document Date (in the format YYYY-MM-DD) is concatenated with Document Name to construct an EFS document label; the inclusion of the date enables EFS to display the list of documents within a folder in chronological order, the most rational order for a recordkeeping system. EFS assumes that within the same folder a document label is unique; the inclusion of the date within the label helps to achieve this, but operators need to bear this in mind also when constructing a document name.
Although the EFS system with its associated documents and Oracle databases is intended to be a recordkeeping system, it is important to note that records are not created within the electronic system itself; rather they are captured and stored within the electronic system after they have been created. Also, whereas EFS serves as a retrieval system for the images, the images and electronic texts themselves are separately stored, as are the profiles. The data, thus, is not actually attached to the document, as is envisaged in the Pittsburgh approach.
The Pittsburgh study recommended four tactics for meeting requirements: policies, design, implementation and standards. The bank concluded that all are necessary and also placed a high degree of stress on training.
Generally the study concluded that the electronic system met most of the requirements either wholly or partly. There was some uncertainty about the others. For example, the system came out well in the following areas:
However, the electronic system was less impressive in the area of Compliant Organization. It could only partly be said to comply with legal requirements. This latter conclusion is not particularly surprising considering the plethora of jurisdictions within which the bank operates. Given that the electronic system is not intended to include all records, these findings were sufficient encouragement to press forward.
Admittedly, some requirements are implemented somewhat awkwardly in the present system. For instance complete records requires that linkages between records be preserved. EFS has no way of linking related documents, such as a letter and an attachment, or a letter and a reply. Consequently, attachments and covering letters have to be treated as a single document, and the name needs to show that the document includes both, e.g., "Letter enclosing feasibility study for bridge on highway." This adds to the problem of creating a document name. Similarly, although a letter and a reply are treated as separate documents, it is often useful for the reply's Name to refer to the original letter, e.g., "Reply to Minister's letter of Apr 2 re cost overrun."
In units where the imaging system has been implemented, incoming documents, such as mail or faxes, are scanned before being forwarded to the relevant action officer. Because EFS does not now support document routing and tracking, the paper originals are still forwarded to the action officer. Action officers are then responsible for forwarding the original paper copy to the relevant paper files. The file copies of outgoing correspondence are forwarded to the scan station for scanning prior to filing. Electronic mail messages, of course, are received or sent directly by the action officers, who then must forward them electronically to the scan station for import into the system. At this stage, the paper files are, for the most part, still regarded as the records.
The implementation of an imaging system for correspondence and documents, however, has not resulted in a reduction of the workload in managing records. Instead of individual items being classified and filed, they are now scanned and described. In fact, database descriptions are now at the individual item level, rather than at the file level. If anything, the number of information professionals seems likely to increase. This, however, is offset by other savings. Documents no longer need to be copied and physically distributed. Only one paper copy is retained, eliminating a large volume of duplication in the archives. As many staff as need can have simultaneous access to the images, and their search times have been reduced significantly. Office space requirements for the storage of paper documents have also been reduced significantly. Further economies are expected when field offices are added to the system.
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Freddy Galvis isn't trying to do too much, is listening to the veterans and is just putting his head down and working hard.
He's playing a new position, and ready to learn it on the Major League level, yet Galvis is obviously enjoying his stay with the Phillies.
He's expected to be the starting opening day second baseman, with Chase Utley out and Galvis is taking nothing for granted.
"I just have to keep working hard," he said after going 2 for 3 with a triple and RBI in the Phillies 4-3 exhibition win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday at Citizens Bank Park.
A career shortstop, Galvis has made a smooth transition to being Jimmy Rollins' double play partner at second base.
"I knew he could play defense and to me, making the adjustment to second base wasn't that hard for him," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said.
The key for Galvis, a .246 career minor league hitter, is how he will do on the offensive end.
This spring he is now batting .273 (22 for 81). He has struck out eight times and walked twice, so selectively will be a key.
"I think his hitting will keep improving," Manuel said.
Galvis says he has had a blast with the parent club.
"I really like it," he said. "I would love to play here."
He said he is learning more each day about his new position.
"I am getting there," he said. "I played shortstop all my life."
He said the biggest difference in the positions is the double play.
"Usually when you play shortstop, the runner is coming to you on a double play," He said. "It is usually different at second."
Galvis says he has leaned on veterans to help him out.
"Our guys have helped me out a lot," he said.
And along with leftfielder Juan Pierre, the 5-foot-10, 170-pound Galvis has brought an element of speed to the Phillies lineup.
"I don't want to try to hit home runs," he said. "My game is getting on base and moving runners."
His teammates and Manuel have appreciated Galvis' business-like attitude and his transition to second base has been one of the positive developments this spring.


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Tina Davis: Chris Brown's Mystery Woman
A three-page text message on Chris Brown's cell phone from manager Tina Davis was what left Rihanna battered and bruised, reports TMZ.
Tina, who turns 40 next month, is rumored to have had a relationship with Chris when he was 16.
The text message to Chris "from a woman who Brown had a previous sexual relationship with" talked about hooking up later. Rihanna apparently found out and she slapped and hit him. Chris retaliated.
Meanwhile, according to E!, Chris and Rihanna are currently recording a duet together.


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EVMS Psychiatry Residency - Program Overview
The Psychiatry Residency Program is a fully accredited program leading to eligibility for certification by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Multiple training sites provide diverse experiences for well-rounded training in psychiatric care. Resident life is enhanced by reasonable call schedules, scheduled social activities, all of which promote a feeling of camaraderie among residents.