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WESTFIELD – The Westfield Rotary has announced its May program schedule.
Upcoming programs include:
May 4 – PHILHOWER AWARD
The Rotary Club of Westfield is pleased to announce the 18th annual Charles Philhower Teaching Fellowship to an outstanding elementary school teacher. The Fellowship recognizes the importance of teaching in the elementary grades and honors former Rotarian and noted educator Charles Philhower. This is a fitting memorial to an educator who gave so much to the children of Westfield and to education in general. The Philhower Fellowship recipient will be honored at this luncheon and will receive a grant to further professional growth or to enhance classroom activities for students.
May 11 – COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANTS AWARDS LUNCHEON
The Westfield Rotary Club, in accordance with one of its goals of community service, will be awarding grants to local non-profit agencies for programs and projects that directly serve people in the community. Grant recipients will be recognized at this Rotary luncheon and will receive grant funding to continue and enhance the work of their non-profit organizations. More information is available on the club's website.
May 18 – IRAYNA COURT: ENDING HOMELESSNESS
Irayna Court is a housing program with support services for young women, ages 18-21 years old, who have aged out of the State's foster care system, young men being released from juvenile detention, homeless Veterans and homeless single women and children. It was founded by speaker Reverend Seth Kaper-Dale, pastor of the Reformed Church of Highland Park, along with his wife and co-pastor Stephanie Kaper-Dale.Together they created a nonprofit organization, Making it Possible to End Homelessness (MIPH), which built facilities on their church rooftop and now provides staff and support services. These services focus on bringing the residents to a point where they can live independently and includes life skills building, mental health and substance abuse support, financial literacy, good tenancy, education and career planning, mentoring, and various support groups.
May 25 – FOOD & MOOD – YOU FEEL WHAT YOU EAT
Learn about how to maximize physical and emotional health through your food choices. The presentation by Karen Ensle Ed.D., RD, FADA, CFCS, Dept Head/Associate Professor/FCHS Educator at Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Union Co, includes a set of guidelines intended to improve one's eating habits and includes a discussion of the brain and nervous system functions and how they are affected by food intake which in turn affects one's mood and emotional health. If you are depressed or stressed and you want a nutritional approach to improving your mood, this presentation will be helpful.
One of 33,000 clubs in 160 countries worldwide that make up Rotary International, the Westfield Rotary is the largest provider of scholarships to Westfield students, a major contributor to community grants as well as several international projects. They meet 50 weeks per year between 12:15 – 1:30 p.m. for lunch and a program at the Westfield Area Y, 220 Clark Street in the second floor Kellogg room. They welcome guests to join them at any of their weekly meetings.
Anyone interested in attending a program or learning more about Rotary in Westfield may visit http://westfieldrotary.com or contact President Mark Swingle at 1-908-379-2705 or email email@example.com.
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Comfort Movies
"Anyone else got a pile?" asks Darren.
Right now, my night-stand contains a pile of books: Emily Dickinson; alt-comics artist Jaime Hernandez's Locas In Love; Vladimir Nabokov's Speak, Memory; and Donald Barthelme's Not-Knowing: The Essays And Interviews. In addition, there are two piles of DVD's. Here's why:
It's late. I'm awake but I know I'll be sleeping peacefully within the hour. I put down the book I'm reading and reach for a DVD to ease into oblivion with. Two choices here.
• DVD pile #1: Canon Movies — great, amazing films, all of which I've seen before and love but could see a dozen times more. At this moment:
- Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris
- Max Ophuls' Lola Montes
- Jean-Luc Godard's Contempt
- Alain Resnais' La Guerre Est Finie
- Chris Marker's La Jetée
- Alexander Sokurov's Mother And Son
- the John Cassavetes box set.
- Steve Kloves' The Fabulous Baker Boys
- Hal Hartley's Surviving Desire
- Whit Stillman's The Last Days Of Disco
- Wes Anderson's Rushmore
- Ernst Lubitsch's The Marriage Circle
- Jean-Luc Godard's A Woman Is A Woman
- Jacques Tati's M. Hulot's Holiday
- Howard Hawks' Hatari and The Big Sleep
- To be added this week: the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers box set
Comfort movies serve an important purpose in my life. For a recovering insomniac, they lay down a plush ambience for me to drift off in. And when I'm gone, they keep me clear of nightmares or anxiety dreams. It's quite funny — I mean, is there no end to the service that we call upon art to perform for us in our lives?
So, your comfort movies?

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At Chicago's Anti-Cruelty Society, we find one of those stories that's very hard to understand. It's about black dogs. Nice black dogs. And, black cats, nice black cats.
But, no matter how nice they are, when these animals end up in shelters, many of them experience something called "black cat and black dog syndrome."
"They are the hardest dogs to get out of an animal shelter," said Chicago Anti-Cruelty Society's Karen Okura. "We can only suspect but people don't like to talk about it ... But we can only assume that black dogs are harder to read. It's harder to see their eyes."
That could be one reason, but it also could have something to do with the books we read and the movies we see as kids. Often, there is a conflict between black and white.
"You know, the guy with the black hat is the bad guy, the guy with the white hat is the good guy. So I'm sure that's part of it," said Okura.
This isn't something that's just happening here at the Chicago Anti-Cruelty Society. It's happening across the country. So, if you're a black dog or a black cat, it's bad luck.
There are no statistics showing how many black cats and dogs go un-adopted because of their color, but those in the business say the black cat and dog syndrome is very real.
So, the next time you head to Anti-Cruelty -- or any animal shelter - - look at them like they look at us. They're color blind.


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Release Date:
Friday, April 29, 2011
Michael Barber
National Federation of the Blind of Iowa
(515) 771-8348
NFB-NEWSLINE® for the Blind
Receives Funding for 2011
Des Moines, Iowa (April 27, 2010): The National Federation of the Blind of Iowa (NFBI), Iowa's largest consumer group of blind people, announced today that NFB-NEWSLINE®, a free, audible, newspaper-access service, will continue to operate through September 30, 2011. Thanks to a generous appropriation from the Iowa General Assembly to the Iowa Department for the Blind, blind Iowans will continue to have access for another year to newspapers, magazines, and other information not otherwise accessible to print-disabled individuals. NFB-NEWSLINE®(www.nfbnewsline.org), a service of the National Federation of the Blind, gives print-disabled individuals anytime, anywhere access to over 300 national and local publications and wire feeds, as well as TV listings. Through the service, subscribers can easily and independently access their favorite publications on the phone, on the Web, or by download to a digital talking-book player or MP3-playing device.
"Thanks to the efforts of Senator Matt McCoy of Des Moines, we were able to secure $20,000 from the State of Iowa to help continue NFB-NEWSLINE® for one more year," said Michael Barber, president of the National Federation of the Blind's Iowa affiliate. "This money will be matched with other federal dollars," Barber added.
"In 1995," Barber explained, "the National Federation of the Blind launched NFB-NEWSLINE®, and Iowa was one of the first states to embrace this wonderful service. Before NFB-NEWSLINE®, I and other blind Iowans were in what you might call an informational desert, but with NFB-NEWSLINE®, we now have an information oasis."
"We have easy, timely access to not only hundreds of publications, but also to information from state agencies and entities such as the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division. Thanks to the efforts of Senator McCoy, this accessibility tool will continue to be a reality here in Iowa. We are truly grateful for the funding that will allow blind people to obtain the vital access they need for success."


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Let's see if I've got the story straight:Last week Parke Kunkle, who teaches astronomy in Minnesota, noted in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune that the zodiac should actually have 13 (not 12) constellations, the addition being Ophiuchus, the Serpent Bearer. Then he added that, over time, the precessional wobble of Earth's spin axis has shifted the astrological Sun signs a bit. Those who'd long believed they were under the influence of Leo were actually associated with Cancer, and so on. This revelation spread through the Web like wildfire, swamping Kunkle with interview requests from around the world.
It must have been a slow news day.
As pointed out by my S&T colleague Tony Flanders (our go-to guy for matters mythological), the ancient Roman polymath Claudius Ptolemy was perfectly aware of all this when he established both modern astronomy and modern astrology two millennia ago. He was content to have a portion of the constellation Ophiuchus poking over the ecliptic (the Sun's path among the stars) without counting it as a zodiacal constellation. "Needless to say," Flanders adds, "Ptolemy was also very well aware of precession — and very intentionally chose to ignore it."
Now, the point of telling you this isn't to lock horns with astrologers. But if asked they'll openly admit that the zodiacal signs used to derive their horoscopes reflect the Sun's position among the stars as would have been the case long ago, not now. Besides, even before astronomers established modern constellation boundaries in 1930, the Sun never spent exactly one month in each of the 12 wayposts along the zodiac. Sun signs have always been an approximation.
Just to prove that this really is old news, here's a humorous essay by California optician David Hasenauer that Sky & Telescope published in June 1998.
What's Your Sign?
It has happened to most of us. In the course of casual conversation we mention our interest in amateur astronomy, and someone within earshot approaches, smiling, and with great interest starts to discuss … astrology! The person is usually sincere and well meaning, which makes the confusion between the two "astros" especially disheartening! I must admit that in such encounters I used to clarify the difference between astronomy and astrology without too much patience or diplomacy.
Now I embrace the adage "If you can't beat them, join them." I'm not implying that I read my daily horoscope to determine whether to get out of bed in the morning. Rather, I find that any interest in something celestial, even astrology, can be used to introduce people to the joys of astronomy.
These days, when approached by an astrology enthusiast, I ask what his or her birth sign is — which the person is only too happy to share. "But what is your real birth sign?" I follow up. "The traditional ones listed in the newspapers generally aren't correct unless you were born a couple thousand years ago." At this point my unsuspecting student is intrigued, and the door is open to discuss all sorts of astronomical concepts.
For example, people often do not realize that an astrological birth sign means the Sun was "residing" among the stars of a particular constellation when a person was born. I'll often ask someone what month is the best time to view his or her birth-sign constellation in the sky. The usual answer is the month of the person's birthday, which of course is the worst choice! At that time of year the Sun and the given constellation are up together — it's daytime and the stars behind the Sun can't be seen. I explain that the best time to view your birth-sign constellation in the evening sky will be several months before your birthday.
Or I'll mention that every year the Sun drifts through the 12 common zodiacal constellations lying along its path in the sky (the ecliptic). But actually there is a 13th constellation on the ecliptic: Ophiuchus. So it comes as a surprise to most people that if you were born in the first half of December, you're an Ophiuchus.
The reason that a person's "real" birth sign isn't necessarily the one listed in the newspaper is due to the slow, 25,800-year wobble (precession) of Earth's rotation axis. We define one year as the interval from one vernal equinox to the next. The vernal equinox occurs in March when the Sun appears to cross the celestial equator heading north. However, this point shifts among the zodiacal constellations because of precession. Astrologically speaking, this means that for a person born on March 21st some 2,000 years ago (about the time that astrology was systematized), the Sun would have been among the stars of Aries, the Ram. But nowadays the Sun sits in Pisces on that date.
The traditional linking of birthdays and birth signs suggests the Sun spends about 30 days crossing each of the 12 zodiacal constellations. Actually, there is a lot of variation. Each year the Sun spends the most time in Virgo (more than 40 days) but only about a week within the boundary of Scorpius. (So true "Scorpios" are definitely in the minority.) And, as noted, for those born in early December, the Sun spends some time within Ophiuchus, the Serpent Bearer. Although it's one of the largest constellations in area, Ophiuchus is the unrespected Rodney Dangerfield of the zodiac.
Here's a table listing the dates and number of days that the Sun will reside within the boundaries of each constellation during the year. Precession causes these dates to slip about one day later every 70 years.
|Sun Signs, Then and Now
|Actual (2011)
|Dec. 22 Jan. 21
|Jan. 20 Feb. 16
|Jan. 22 Feb. 21
|Feb. 17 Mar. 12
|Feb. 22 Mar. 21
|Mar. 13 Apr. 19
|Mar. 22 Apr. 21
|Apr. 20 May 14
|Apr. 22 May 21
|May 15 June 21
|May 22 June 21
|June 22 July 21
|June 22 July 21
|July 22 Aug. 11
|July 22 Aug. 21
|Aug. 12 Sep. 17
|Aug. 22 Sep. 21
|Sep. 18 Oct. 31
|Sep. 22 Oct. 21
|Nov. 1 Nov. 22
|Oct. 22 Nov. 21
|Nov. 23 Nov. 30
|Dec. 1 Dec. 18
|Nov. 22 Dec. 21
|Dec. 19 Jan. 20
Armed with this information, you may not succeed in dissuading people from a belief in astrology. But if you build on their interest, you will certainly impart a better understanding of the science behind the pseudoscience.


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Bhavnagar City map showing Few points of tourist interest of Bhavnagar like Takhteshwar Temple, Nilambag Palace, Barton Library and good citise.
good place for tourist to visit in picnic as well as in holidays.
Taxi: visit Bhavnagar city tourist place from Bhavnagar by bus or car.
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A blackbuck at the grasslands of the national park. Blackbuck National Park at Velavadar is situated in the Bhavnagar District of Gujarat .Flat land, dry grasses and herds of antelope have always attracted visitors to this park. Successful conservation programs for the blackbuck, wolf and lesser florican are ongoing. place for picnic and holidays to visit by tourist.
Taxi: visit Blackbuck National Park tourist place from Bhavnagar by bus or car.
Takhteshwar Temple is a white marble temple.Takhteshwar Temple high plinth, offering a commanding view of Bhavnagar. The high shikhara rising above the pillared rectangular mandapa makes it an important landmark Takhteshwar temple. tourist place to visit in picnic or in holidays.
Taxi: visit Takhteshwar Temple tourist place from Bhavnagar by bus or car.
Gopnath is a very beautiful temple in bhavnagar. place for holidays to visit by tourist or in picnic.
Taxi: visit Gopnath Mandir tourist place from Bhavnagar by bus or car.


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Chef D teaches nutrition lessons twice a month. The lessons focus on the four basic food groups, how to make healthy selections, and why eating healthy is important. Other topics include the importance of brushing after meals and reading labels. The key message is for the participants to learn about the healthful benefits of eating right, and the value of what they put into their bodies.
They are also given the opportunity to cook in each class. The recipes are easy to make, with easy to find items and often involve no heat to make them. All the recipes and worksheets are collected in a folder students take home at the end of the year.


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Look closely at Museum Hours . As this entrancing movie unfolds, your eyes will wander to the corner of the frame and see a plethora of details: smoke emanating from a distant warehouse, steam wafting from a coffee cup or perhaps a lonely piece of discarded trash pushed along by the wind.
Initially, because of their placement in the frame, these details might seem unimportant to director Jem Cohen. Nothing could be further from the truth; like the multifaceted Brueghel paintings the film so often references, each composition in Museum Hours contains markers of life frozen by art, some grotesque and some sublimely beautiful.
On paper it's the story of Johann (Bobby Sommer), a museum guard who's spent six years watching over the Kunsthistorisches Art Museum in Vienna. His life is not so much interrupted as it is affirmed when he meets Anne (Mary Margaret O'Hara), a stranded Canuck from Montreal visiting an estranged comatose relative.
Together, the two glide through the museum passageways discussing their own past histories. Eventually, they leave the haloed perfection of the exhibition halls for the open streets beyond.
Museum Hours —which opens Friday, Sept. 20, at the Ken Cinema—is a romance not between people, but ideas. The delightful way Johann and Anne and share stories calls to mind the best sort of artistic expression.
They speak in possibilities, not finite arguments. It's the kind of perspective Brueghel specialist Gerda Pachner (Ela Piplits) cherishes during her lecture on the alternate themes of one harrowing painting. The film's most horrific moment involves an interruption perpetrated by a snobby couple capable of only faux-academic close-mindedness.
Museum Hours argues that to truly live is to see past the obviousness of bias and rhetoric. Viewing the world with fresh eyes is a radical and priceless act of bravery.
A Single Shot : An experienced hunter (Sam Rockwell) accidentally kills a woman while poaching deer in the forest, setting off a string of events that will get him embroiled in a seedy criminal plot.
Los Amorosos : Daniel Martinez and Marimar Vega star as estranged lovers who reunite during a lyrical visit through the Chiapas region of Mexico. Screens through Sept. 26 at Digital Gym Cinema in North Park.
Battle of the Year : Get your groove on with a bunch of fit young people competing for bragging rights in the ultimate dance competition.
Museum Hours : The Kunsthistorisches Art Museum in Vienna becomes the backdrop of a burgeoning friendship between a museum guard and Canadian woman visiting an estranged relative. Screens through Sept. 26 at La Jolla Village Cinemas. See our review on Page 22.
Prisoners : A desperate father (Hugh Jackman) takes the law into his own hands after his daughter disappears, despite the ongoing investigation by a dedicated police officer (Jake Gyllenhaal).
Salinger : An expansive and controversial look into the life of the reclusive author of The Catcher in the Rye .
Sign Painters : Passionate documentary about the resurgence of traditional sign painters trying to save a dying art form in the face of computer-designed and inkjet lettering. Screens through Sept. 24 at Digital Gym Cinema in North Park.
Thanks for Sharing : Romantic comedy about three friends who meet in a 12-step program for sex addicts. Awkwardness ensues. Stars Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins and Gwyneth Paltrow.
You Will Be My Son : A father and son clash over the future of their prestigious vineyard in France.
One time only
Pearl Peep's Movie Choice: It's a leap-of-faith kind of night. Surprise! Something screens at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, at The Pearl Hotel in Point Loma.
Obselidia : If the world's going to end tomorrow, how are you going to live today? Part road movie, part love story, part bittersweet meditation on the ephemeral nature of everything. A librarian believes love is obsolete, until a road trip to Death Valley with a cinema projectionist teaches him otherwise. Screens at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, at Scripps Ranch Public Library.
La Camioneta : Doc follows the path of decommissioned school buses from the U.S. to Guatemala, where they're used for public transit. Also focuses on a plague of murders perpetrated by gang members when Camioneta drivers refuse to pay protection money. Presented by San Diego Latino Film Festival's Que Viva! Cine Latino, it screens at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, at Otay Ranch Town Center
Damaged Goods : After finding an abandoned pit bull in a field, a young British boy encounters a savage new world of underground dog fighting. Screens at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, at Queen Bee's Art and Cultural Center in North Park.
Roman Holiday : Audrey Hepburn stars as a disgruntled princess eager to find love outside the limits of royalty. Gregory Peck is her American newsman prince. Screens at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, through Saturday, Sept. 21, at Cinema Under the Stars in Mission Hills.
Pete's Dragon : A young orphan and his magical dragon make waves in a seaside town while trying to escape the worst parents ever. Screens at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, at the Lafayette Hotel in North Park.
Barrio Film Festival: The Roots Factory and the Museum of Photographic Arts present the second annual fest, showcasing independent films. It happens Friday, Sept. 20, through Sunday, Sept. 22, at MoPA in Balboa Park.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show : Play dress-up and sing like crazy. You know you want it. Screens at midnight Saturday, Sept. 21, at the Ken Cinema.
El Manzano Azul : A grown man reminisces about a pivotal summer he spent on his grandfather's country property in Venezuela. Presented by San Diego Latino Film Festival's Cine en el Parque, it screens at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at Grape Day Park, California Center for the Arts, Escondido.
Wreck-it-Ralph : The titular video-game villain breaks out of his archetypical shell and finds being good quite infectious. Screens at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, at 4S Ranch Sports Park.
North by Northwest : Alfred Hitchcock takes crop-dusting to a new level, at Cary Grant's expense. Screens at 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22, at Arclight La Jolla.
Humble Pie : An overweight grocery clerk sets out to become an actor and prove all of his detractors wrong in the process. Screens at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, at Hervey Branch Library in Point Loma.
The Goonies : Me Chunk, you Sloth! Screens at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, at The Pearl Hotel in Point Loma.
Ginger and Rosa : Two teenagers living in 1960s London attempt to transcend the looming menace of the Cuban Missile Crisis and retain some of their youth. Screens at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, at the Mission Valley Public Library.
Now playing
An Oversimplification of her Beauty : An artist begins to reflect on his life after being stood up by a mystery woman, initiating a series of memories and observations that send the film into a stream-of-consciousness narrative. Screens through Sept. 19 at Digital Gym Cinema in North Park.
The Family : Robert De Niro's career continues to plummet in this dark comedy about a New York City family of mobsters living in France under false identities.
Insidious Chapter 2 : More horrific and ghostly images from director James Wan, the devious auteur behind Saw , The Conjuring and, of course, Insidious .
Populaire : This fluffy and sweet ode to 1950s comedies follows the roller-coaster relationship between a secretary and her handsome boss, both of whom become obsessed with a speed-typing competition. Through Sept. 19 at the Ken Cinema.
Short Term 12 : SDSU alum Dustin Cretton directs this award-winning film about the complex relationships populating a foster-care facility. Starring Brie Larson ( The Spectacular Now ) and John Gallagher Jr. ( The Newsroom ).
Afternoon Delight : Written and directed by Jill Holloway, this indie comedy follows a Los Angeles woman's (Kathryn Hahn) pursuit to transcend the drudgeries of everyday life and marriage by giving shelter to a young stripper (Juno Temple). Ends Sept. 19 at Hillcrest Cinemas.
The Patience Stone : A magical-realist parable about an Afghan woman living in a war-torn state who gains her voice in the face of adversity and patriarchy. Directed and co-written by Atiq Rahimi, from his best-selling novel. Ends Sept. 19 at La Jolla Village Cinemas.
Riddick : Vin Diesel returns as the titular criminal badass who must battle an alien race of predators and brutal mercenaries.
Ain't Them Bodies Saints : Set in the 1950s, David Lowery's poetic crime film tells the story of an escaped prisoner (Casey Affleck) who returns home to a small Texas town to retrieve his wife (Rooney Mara) and young daughter. Ends Sept. 19 at La Jolla Village Cinemas.
Closed Circuit : Two British lawyers (Eric Bana and Rebecca Hall) get caught up in a deadly terrorist plot that exposes the dangerous and pervasive power of the secret intelligence community.
Getaway : When his wife is kidnapped, Ethan Hawke must get behind the wheel and follow the orders of a mysterious man who may be responsible for her disappearance. Selena Gomez co-stars.
The Grandmaster : The story of kung-fu master Ip Man in his early days, created through the hyper-realized style of filmmaker Wong Kar-Wai.
Instructions Not Included : A smarmy playboy (Eugenio Derbez) gets a rude awakening when an ex-flame drops off a baby at his doorstep, forcing him to become an unlikely father figure.
One Direction: This is Us : Go behind the scenes with the famous boy band from England as they embark on a worldwide tour, to the delight of thousands of screaming fans.
Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation : The venerable edgy 'toon-fest has returned to the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego's La Jolla location with a 20th-anniversary show that runs through Nov. 23.
Austenland : A single, 30-something woman (Keri Russell) obsessed with Jane Austen sinks her life savings into a lavish English vacation to an Austen-themed manor hoping to find her Mr. Darcy.
The Hunt : Mads Mikkelsen (NBC's Hannibal ) stars as a humble school teacher accused of an unthinkable crime in a small-town Danish community. Ends Sept. 19 at La Jolla Village Cinemas.
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones : Clary Fray (Lily Collins) finds out truths about her past and bloodline when her mom is attacked and taken from their home in New York City by a demon.
The World's End : The creative team behind Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz return with this sci-fi comedy about a group of estranged childhood friends who reunite for an epic pub-crawl, only to find a menacing alien presence occupying their home town.
In a World : Lake Bell wrote, directed and stars in this film about an underachieving vocal coach who makes a play at becoming a voiceover star, following in her famous father's footsteps.
Jobs : The life and times of Steve Jobs (Ashton Kutcher), from college dropout to one of the most respected and revered entrepreneurs of his time.
Kick-Ass 2 : Costumed heroes Kick-Ass (Aaron Taylor-Johnston) and Hit-Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) are back fighting crime in this sure-to-be bloody sequel to the popular 2010 film.
Lee Daniels' The Butler : Cecil Gaines (Forest Whitaker) serves as a butler in the White House for seven consecutive presidents, witnessing shifts in civil rights and foreign policy from a fascinating vantage point.
The Spectacular Now : An alcoholic high-school senior (Miles Teller) romances an inexperienced fellow student (Shailene Woodley) and inadvertently falls in love.
Elysium : After being diagnosed with a terminal disease, a factory worker (Matt Damon) attempts to infiltrate a manmade space habitat where the world's wealthy now live in permanent luxury. Directed by Neill Blomkamp ( District 9 ).
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters : The titular son of Poseidon must embark on a quest to the Sea of Monsters in order to stop a rising tide of ancient evil.
Planes : The kids will probably do flips for this animated Disney film about a crop-dusting plane who dreams of competing in a famous aerial race.
We're the Millers : In order to sneak a huge Mexican weed shipment into the U.S., a veteran pot dealer (Jason Sudeikis) creates a fake family in hopes of bypassing authorities. Co-starring Jennifer Aniston.
2 Guns : Plenty of bullets will be spent in this action comedy starring Mark Wahlberg and Denzel Washington as dueling law-enforcement officers trying to clear their names.
Blue Jasmine : Woody Allen's latest comedy showcases the amazing Cate Blanchett as an entitled 1-percenter who experiences a harrowing fall from grace.
Blackfish : SeaWorld and its potentially corrupt business practices take a shellacking in this documentary about the killer whale responsible for three deaths during its time in captivity.
Smurfs 2 : Another Smurfs movie, because why not?
Storm Surfers 3D : Surfing legends Tom Carroll and Ross Clarke-Jones travel the globe seeking the ultimate wave, in 3-D.
The Wolverine : Hugh Jackman reprises his iconic role as the immortal clawed X-Man battling a brutal band of Yakuza in modern Japan.
The Conjuring : Ghosts and demons haunt a large suburban family who just moved into a rickety Rhode Island home with a dark past. It's directed by horror maestro James Wan ( Insidious , Saw ).
The Way, Way Back : A 14-year-old boy finds self-worth during a summer vacation with his mother (Toni Collette) and her combative new boyfriend (Steve Carell).
20 Feet From Stardom : Backup singers for today's superstars finally take center stage in this music documentary featuring a range of inspirational stories about artistic endurance and passion.
Despicable Me 2 : Gru (Steve Carell) and his army of minions attempt to transcend their roles as villains and save the world in this sequel to the popular 2010 animated film.
Monsters University : Professional frighteners and quibbling buddies Mike (Billy Crystal) and Sully (John Goodman) are back for Pixar's first-ever prequel set during their wild college days.
This is the End : It's the end of the world as we know it, and the Judd Apatow reunion tour feels just fine. Directed by Seth Rogen, this comedy apocalypse is sure to include multiple plumes of ganja smoke.
Rocky Mountain Express: The IMAX theater at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center was recently overhauled. This latest entry takes viewers through the Canadian Rockies without leaving San Diego.
Cosmic Collisions : So, that asteroid that might smash into Earth in 20 years is much bigger than previously thought? Awesome. This new IMAX movie at the Reuben H. Fleet looks at what happens when things bash into each other in outer space. On the bright side, if we go the way of the dinosaurs, at least future species will have a new source of fossil fuels.
Flight of the Butterflies: It turns out Monarch butterflies are much like SDSU students—every year, thousands of them head to Mexico. This IMAX film captures their beautiful trip. The butterflies, that is.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: The camp classic continues its ongoing run, Fridays at midnight at La Paloma Theatre in Encinitas.


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England is fine what time line are we looking at?
July sounds fine to me funny thing is I am heading to England in July to my wife's brother's wedding. I will have internet access so I will still be able to post and I will have all my information on my flash drive so that shouldn't be a problem.
I am still working on my guy you have the basics now I'm starting as a human right? I wanted to know so I can adjust him accordingly.
Here is what I have so far take a look and see what you think.


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Browse Faculty A-Z
Alan G. Watts
Department of Biological Sciences
Neurobiology Section
President, The Society for the Study of Ingestive Behaviors
Research Topics
- Systems neuroscience
- Neural control of metabolism
- Ingestive behaviors
Research OverviewOur work is directed towards understanding how the brain contributes to the development, manifestation, and complications of diabetes and obesity. We do this in two projects that focus on the neural control of energy metabolism.
The first project investigates how peripheral metabolism interacts with the brain to generate adrenocortical and sympathoadrenal hormonal responses. In particular, we are interested in the way that two critical metabolic signals--glucocorticoid hormones and blood glucose (glycemia)--are sensed by the brain, and then generate appropriate counter-regulatory responses.
How the brain and the body senses changes in blood glucose is a fundamental physiological process, the understanding of which is critical to the etiolology of both forms of diabetes. We are interested in how glucocorticoids and neurotransmitters interact with neurons in the hypothalamus, which is a major integrative locus for metabolic control. A major focus of our work is on sets of hindbrain catecholaminergic neurons that project to the forebrain. These neurons are crucial for detecting and encoding information about blood glucose levels. We investigate the way that catecholaminergic neurons and glucocorticoids affect signal transduction and gene regulatory mechanisms in sets of forebrain neurons responsible for regulating metabolism in health and disease.
The techniques we use include: whole animal physiology, in situ hybridization, immunocytochemistry (with confocal and conventional immunofluorescence), tract-tracing, behavioral analysis, and neuroinfomatics.
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Jokiaho, A J., Donovan, C.M. & Watts, A.G. (2014). The rate of fall of blood glucose during hypoglycemia determines the necessity of forebrain-projecting catecholaminergic neurons for male rat adrenomedullary responses. Diabetes 68: 2854-65.PubMed
- Bohland, M., Matveyenko, A.V., Saberi, M., Khan, A.M., Watts, A.G. & Donovan, C.M. (2014). Activation of hindbrain neurons is mediated by portal-mesenteric vein glucosensors during slow-onset hypoglycemia. Diabetes 68: 2866-75. PubMed
- Watts, A.G. (2014) How do we know if the brain is wired for type 2 diabetes? Current Diabetes Reports 14: 465. PubMed
- Khan, AM, Walker, EM, Dominguez, N & Watts, AG. (2014) Neural input is critical for arcuate hypothalamic neurons to mount intracellular signaling responses to glycemic challenges in male rats: implications for communication within feeding and metabolic control networks. Endocrinology 155: 405â416. PubMed
- Watts, A.G. & Khan, A.M. (2013) Identifying links in the chain: The dynamic coupling of catecholamines, peptide synthesis, and peptide release in hypothalamic neuroendocrine neurons. Advances in Pharmacology 68: 421-444. PubMed
- Wamsteeker-Cusulin, J.I., Fuzesi T., Watts, A.G., & Bains, J.S. (2013) Characterization of corticotropin-releasing hormone neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus of Crh-IRES-Cre mutant mice. PLoS One 8(5): e64943 (pp 1-10). PubMed
- Kaminski, K.L. & Watts, A.G. (2012) Intact catecholamine inputs to the forebrain are required for appropriate regulation of CRH and vasopressin gene expression by corticosterone in the rat paraventricular nucleus. J. Neuroendocrinology 24: 1517-1526. PubMed
- Khan, A.M., Kaminski, K.L., Sanchez-Watts, G., Ponzio T.A., Kuzmiski, J.B., Bains, J.S., & Watts, A.G. (2011) MAP kinases couple hindbrain-derived catecholamine signals to hypothalamic adrenocortical control mechanisms during glycemia-related challenges. J. Neuroscience 31: 18479 â18491. PubMed
- Watts, A.G., Sanchez-Watts, G., Liu, Y. and Aguilera, G. (2011) The distribution of messenger RNAs encoding the three isoforms of the Transducer Of Regulated CREB Activity (TORC) in the rat forebrain. J. Neuroendocrinology 23: 754-766. PubMed
- Watts, A.G. & Donovan, C.M. (2010) Sweet talk in the brain: glucosensing, neural networks, and hypoglycemic counterregulation. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology 31: 32-43. PubMed


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Explore the Tour of Mont Blanc
The Tour of Mont Blanc (TMB) is Europe's most popular long-distance walk, encircling the highest mountain in the Alps (and arguably in the continent). This classic alpine route runs for 170 km (106 miles) and takes up to 11 days. You walk through France, Italy and Switzerland, overnighting in alpine refuges. Although the route involves a lot of ascent and descent, its highest pass is at only 2665 m (8750 ft), and no technical skills or equipment are needed. The scenery is superb: majestic glaciers and snow-laden peaks overlook peaceful lakes and alpine meadows.
This guidebook to the Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB) contains all you need to plan and enjoy your holiday:
- the TMB in daily stages, with summaries of distance, terrain and where to find food and drink
- concise background on climbing Mont Blanc, geology, and wildlife
- planning information for travel by train, bus or plane
- in full colour, with 55 photographs
- drop-down map showing the Tour of Mont Blanc route in four panels (1:100,000)
- on waterproof paper throughout.
For more, please use the buttons at far right: click to Look inside the book, view a Gallery or read its Reviews. Follow our Tour of Mont Blanc links for other useful websites.
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- Explore the Tour of Mont Blanc
- Gareth McCormack
- October 2005
- UK price £12.50
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A person is guilty of criminal homicide if he intentionally, knowing, recklessly or negligently causes the death of another human being. In Pennsylvania, homicide is the generic term that includes murder, voluntary manslaughter, and involuntary manslaughter.
Murder is further classified as first degree murder, second degree murder, or third degree murder. A criminal homicide constitutes first degree murder when the killing is committed with intent. An intentional killing is willful, deliberate, and premeditated. One who has been convicted of a murder of the first degree can be sentenced to serve a term of life imprisonment or receive the death penalty – there are no other options.
A criminal homicide constitutes second degree murder when the killing is committed during the commission of a felony. The commission of the felony can include the attempt to commit a felony or the flight after committing a felony. One who has been convicted of murder of the second degree can be sentenced to serve a term of life imprisonment.
All other kinds of murder are considered to be third degree murder. Essentially this is a killing involving gross recklessness rather than intentional conduct. Third degree murder is a felony of the first degree. One who has been convicted of murder in the third degree will be sentenced to up to 40 years in jail.
Voluntary Manslaughter
A person who kills an individual without lawful justification commits voluntary manslaughter if at the time of the killing he is acting under a sudden and intense passion resulting from serious provocation by either the individual killed or another person whom the actor endeavors to kill but negligently or accidentally causes the death of the individual killed. Pennsylvania law also provides for a voluntary manslaughter charge when a person intentionally or knowingly kills an individual if, at the time of the killing, he believes the circumstances would justify the killing-even though the belief is unreasonable. Voluntary manslaughter is a felony in the first degree and punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
Involuntary Manslaughter
A person is guilty of involuntary manslaughter when, as a direct result of the doing of an unlawful or lawful act committed in a reckless or grossly negligent manner, causes the death of another person. Involuntary manslaughter is a misdemeanor of the first degree and punishable by up to five years in prison. Where the victim is under 12 years of age and is in the care, custody, or control of the person who caused the death, involuntary manslaughter is a felony of the second degree.
Pennsylvania and the Death Penalty
Pennsylvania's death penalty statute is still in effect. The prosecution may only seek the death penalty in cases where a defendant is found guilty of first degree murder. A death penalty case is tried in two parts: the guilt phase and the penalty phase. It is after a judge or jury finds a defendant guilty of first degree murder that the penalty phase is held. There, a judge or jury determines whether aggravating and/or mitigating circumstances are present to warrant the application of a death sentence.
Homicide Defenses
The only way to determine whether defenses may exist in a homicide case is to consult with a skilled homicide defense attorney. Every case is different. Having said that, some of the more common homicide defenses include self defense, defense of others, intoxication, battered person syndrome, and diminished capacity defenses. Some of these defenses provide a complete defense to the charges while others only reduce the degree of guilt. It is highly recommended that anyone who may be facing homicide charges seek out the counsel of the most highly skilled defense attorney that he or she can find.
Assault and other offenses
Simple Assault
The Pennsylvania statute sets out four ways one can be found guilty of simple assault:
- Attempting to cause or intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causing bodily injury to another person;
- Negligently causing bodily injury to another person with a deadly weapon;
- Attempting by physical menace to put another person in fear or imminent serious bodily injury; or
- Concealing or attempting to conceal a hypodermic needle on his person and intentionally or knowingly penetrating a law enforcement officer or an officer or employee of a correctional institution, county jail or prison, detention facility or mental hospital during the course of an arrest or any search of the person.
Simple Assault is usually a misdemeanor of the second degree. It drops down to a misdemeanor of the third degree if the defendant was in a fight or scuffle entered into by mutual consent. It increases to a misdemeanor of the first degree if the defendant is over the age of 21 and the victim is a child under the age of 12. 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 2701
Aggravated Assault
The Pennsylvania statute sets out seven ways one can be found of aggravated assault:
- Attempting to cause serious bodily injury to another, or causing such injury intentionally, knowingly or recklessly under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life;
- Attempting to cause or intentionally, knowingly or recklessly causing serious bodily injury to any of the officers, agents, employees or employee of an agency, company or other entity engaged in public transportation, while in the performance of duty (this includes but is not limited to a police officer, firefighter, probation or parole officer, sheriff, jail or prison employee, district attorney, assistant district attorney, public defender, assistant public defender, emergency medical service personnel, parking enforcement officer);
- Attempting to cause or intentionally or knowingly causing bodily injury to any of the officers, agents, employees, or other persons enumerated above, in the performance of duty;
- Attempting to cause or intentionally or knowingly causing bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon;
- Attempting to cause or intentionally or knowingly causing bodily injury to a teaching staff member, school board member or other employee, including a student employee, of any elementary or secondary publicly-funded educational institution, any elementary or secondary private school licensed by the Department of Education of an elementary or secondary parochial school while acting in the scope of his or her employment or because of his or her employment relationship to the school;
- Attempting by physical menace to put any of the officers, agents, employees or other persons enumerated above while in the performance of duty, in fear of imminent serious bodily injury; or
- Using tear or noxious gas or using an electric or electronic incapacitation device against any officer or other person enumerated above while acting in the scope of employment
Aggravated Assault under the first two points constitutes a felony of the first degree punishable by up to 20 years in prison. Aggravated assault under all the other subsections constitutes a felony of the second degree punishable by up to 10 years in prison. 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 2702
Recklessly Endangering Another Person
A person is guilty of recklessly endangering another person when he recklessly engages in conduct which places or may place another person in danger of death or serious bodily injury. Recklessly endangering another person is a misdemeanor in the second degree. 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 2705.
Terroristic Threats
A person is guilty of terroristic threats if the person communicates, either directly or indirectly, a threat to:
- Commit any crime of violence with intent to terrorize another
- Cause evacuation of a building, place of assembly or facility of public transportation; or
- Otherwise causes serious public inconvenience, or cause terror or serious public inconvenience with reckless disregard of the risk of causing such terror or inconvenience.
Terroristic Threats is usually graded as a misdemeanor of the first degree. The charge is upgraded to a felony in the third degree, however, when the threat causes the occupants of the building, place of assembly or facility of public transportation to be diverted from their normal or customary operations.


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iPad 2 Smart CoverApple CEO Steve Jobs shows off a new, bendable, magnetic case specifically designed for the iPad 2 and called the Smart Cover.
-Some is gonna be even more popular though, we call Smart Covers. For the original iPod, we did a case. Case is pretty cool, can prop the iPad up for typing or for watching movies, work pretty well except that we went to all these troubles to make a beautiful design and we covered up with this case, right, but more than that, we added thickness and weight to the product and we made it more difficult to use with some of the accessories. So, we thought, we could do better than this for iPad 2, and we started from the very beginning to design the case right alongside the product and we have done that, but is not a case anymore, it's a cover, to cover the glass. It's a smart cover. This is what it looks like and it bends and folds around just like this as a typing stand and to watch movies on just like the old one, looks great with black, looks great with white, and it even automatically instantly wakes up the iPad from sleep when you open it and automatically puts the iPad to sleep when you close it. Now, how was this held on? Do you we have some screws to screw in. What do we do? No, we use magnets. Out engineering and ID team came up with such idea of using magnets that grasp it and auto align it, so it's always in perfect alignment and I'll show little video of this, you won't believe it. It's so cool and you can remove it in a second. You can add it in a second. It adds minimal weight and thickness because it's just covering the top. It's got a microfiber lining that cleans the screen every time you move it, open it or close it, again, it automatically wakes on open, puts the iPad to sleep when you close it. It's really easy to remove or change the cover. So, you can have a bunch of them and pick which cover feel like today, and easily just put it on, and they come in polyurethane, which is used to make space suites of leather, and so I've got a little video to show you how this thing works and let's run that video. It's one of my favorite little videos. It actually kind of reminds me of picks or shorter something like that, but as you see, we actually build magnets right in to the iPad itself and then there's magnets in the hinge for the smart cover and it not only holds the cover on, but it auto aligns it. It's really cool, and of course, what would these cases be if they didn't come in colors. So, we got 5 polyurethane colors and 5 colors of leather and they are really, really beautiful. It looks great with the black unit. They look great with the white unit. The polyurethane cases are $39. The leather cases are 69 dollars. and we think this is gonna be-- we think people are gonna love these cases.


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Move aside bland, old food porn. There's a new trend in Korea and it's spreading fast. "Mokbang" is a mash up of the Korean words for "eating" and "broadcast," and that's exactly what 12,000 people on Afreeca TV sign on to watch every night.
A South Korean peer-to-peer online video network, Afreeca TV, launched the mokbang into popularity. In a unique format, viewers give virtual currency to their favorite live-streamers, aka "Broadcast Jockeys." The virtual currency is sold in denominations ranging from $1 to $50, and broadcast jockeys can then turn them in to earn real-world money.
One of the most popular mokbang broadcast jockeys is "The Diva." By day, she works at a consulting agency, and by night she gobbles down enormous portions of food--adorably of course. The Diva streams her meals daily after work, with her broadcasts going on for hours. Her plates of choice range from two medium pizzas, to 30 fried eggs and a box of crab legs, to five packets of instant noodles. Once she ate twelve beef patties, twelve fried eggs, three servings of spicy pork kimchi soup and a salad in one sitting.
The Diva insists that she does not have an eating disorder, is not regurgitating her meals, and has no health problems. To prove her point, she often sits and chats with her viewers for hours after eating, showing that she does indeed actually digest all of the food. Another popular broadcast jockey, Lebi, devours meals (like an enormous pot of sizzling budaejigae) while answering questions from her fans, including how much she can eat and how often she uses the toilet, all live on air. Her videos have now swept across YouTube, where they have several hundred thousand views.
The Diva admits she's put on about 20 pounds since she started mokbang, but that the weight doesn't bother her as she loves the opportunity to make new friends and money at the same time.


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Wayne A. Hershberger and J. Scott Jordan
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H&M targets 300 more new stores
Fashion chain H&M has vowed to step up its expansion by targeting more than 300 new stores this year.
The pledge came even though higher costs and investment in a new brand resulted in a slight dip in its fourth quarter profits to 5.29 billion kronor (£524.2 million).
Stockholm-based H&M, which recently unveiled & Other Stories as a new fascia for the business, is planning the net addition of 325 stores this year, with the highest rate of expansion in China and the United States.
This compares with the opening of 339 stores and closure of 35 during the last financial year to November 30, giving a net addition of 304. It had originally planned to open 275 outlets.
Chief executive Karl-Johan Persson said H&M "stands strong" in a challenging clothing market which in many countries was tougher in 2012 than in 2011.
He said an 11% increase in sales in local currencies in the last financial year - up by 1% on a same-store basis - proved that customers "appreciate our collections". Group profits for the year rose 7% to 16.87 billion kronor (£1.67 billion).
Mr Persson said long-term investments in areas such as online shopping and the launch of & Other Stories, which includes a store on London's Regent Street, weighed on fourth quarter results.
The chain currently has more than 200 of its 2,800 stores in the UK and employs in excess of 104,000 people. It will open stores in Chile, Estonia, Lithuania, Serbia and Indonesia for the first time this year.
Mr Persson added: "We are looking forward to an exciting 2013 full of opportunities.
"We have the greatest respect for the macro-economic climate and how it may affect the consumption in many of our markets, but we have a strong belief in our offering and are convinced that H&M will continue to maintain its strong position."
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TILGHMAN ISLAND -- Maybe big things come in small packages, but after a balmy spring day on the Chesapeake, I suggest that better things come in large packages. Like bluefish.
The same holds for rockfish -- even if one is obliged to release them until the special trophy season opens May 11. The bay has become alive.
The blues aren't thick yet, but they're whoppers. They're not the usual early racers, thin and long. They're legitimate whoppers.
Ask Chris Lenz, a senior at the Naval Academy, whose previous fishing had been restricted to dunking worms under a bobber back home in Akron, Ohio.


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…and read this. It is Mets By The Numbers' q&a (third part of a three-part series) with longtime beat writer Marty Noble, formerly of Newsday, now with mlb.com. It may be the best and most eclectic history of the New York Mets ever recorded.
Kudos to mbtn and its founder, Jon Springer, on beginning a tenth year of tracking Met numerology with such understanding, insight and wry humor. He and fellow obsessive Matt Silverman (who's got a fun new blog of his own, Metsilverman, worth checking out) have released a book based on Mets By The Numbers and it will be reviewed here early next week. Until then, ya gotta read the Noble piece. You'll never think of half the Mets you think you know the same way again.


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Some residents refuse to evacuate, concerns Highway 87 could become impassable
BOLIVAR PENINSULA (Sinclair Broadcast Group) - Voluntary evacuations are in place all along the Texas coastline, but on the Bolivar Peninsula some are deciding to stay in place as Hurricane Harvey bears down.
Some fear Highway 87 could become impassable, trapping those who decided to ride out the storm.
At least one shelter in La Marque is still open and continues taking people in who need to stay safe.


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No one knows for sure who the Magi were that brought gifts to the baby Jesus, or exactly what their country of origin was. Matthew simply says they came "from the east," first going to Jerusalem and then on to Bethlehem. Still, scholars generally believe these "wise men" likely came from one of three places in the ancient world: Persia, Babylon, or the desert areas east of Palestine.
Interestingly, Magi at that time were not followers of the Hebrew God. They were "disciples of Zoroaster…an important Persian religious leader who believed in one God." Magi were known as studied in the "science" of astrology, and as experts in magic. Given Old Testament prohibitions against sorcery, it's surprising that Matthew included these wise men as part of the history of Christ because they could be viewed negatively in the eyes of his Jewish readers. The only real reason for Matthew to include them in his account is simply because they were actually there—regardless of what people would think of that fact.
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After rising through the week, bond yields shot up to a one-year high of 8.24% on Friday. Fears of monetary tightening dominated market sentiment, after RBI governor YV Reddy said on Thursday that the central bank was ready to take recourse to its complete range of instruments to allay inflationary expectations.
Yields on the 10-year benchmark bond, the 8.24% paper maturing in 2018, ended the day at 8.23%, above the Thursdays close of 8.19%. The days high of 8.24% was also the highest level the bond has seen since it was issued in April this year.
Traded volumes remained thin, as dealers remained wary of what the next few weeks have in store. A dealer with a private bank said, "The governors statement was the confirmation that the rumours of a rate hike lacked."
The market has been expecting a hike in the repo rate - the rate at which banks borrow from the RBI - ever since the fuel price hike raised expectations of inflation crossing the 9%-level. Further, market participants do not see yields coming down from these levels any time soon.
"With liquidity set to come under strain next week after Fridays auctions and advance tax outflows, we could well see yields heading towards the 8.5%-mark," said a senior official with a bond house. The RBI auctioned Rs 10,000 crore of two government securities on Friday. It also announced that Rs 3,500 crore of treasury bills will be auctioned on Wednesday.
However, liquidity remained comfortable on Friday, with banks parking surplus funds worth Rs 22,025 crore with RBI through reverse repo operations of its liquidity adjustment facility. Meanwhile, the rupee rose after the market experienced lesser demand from oil companies.
RBI had announced last week that it would directly sell dollars to oil companies, in exchange for oil bonds. The move was aimed at easing dollar demand from oil companies which had pulled the rupee down over the past month.
According to dealers, some action from RBI appears imminent considering that the rate of inflation is the same as the yield on 10-year g-secs.
"If inflation continues to remain high real interest rates will turn negative. Money supply growth at 22.5% is also way beyond RBIs comfort level," said a dealer adding that the central bank is likely to come out with monetary measures to keep inflation in check.
The central banks decision to sell dollars directly to oil companies has helped to provide support for the rupee. The rupee ended the day at 42.66/67 against the dollar, rising from Thursdays close of 42.90/91.


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Staff & Board
Ryan Owens
executive director
Ryan joined the Monadnock Conservancy as a conservation project manager in 2006 and was promoted in 2008. He completed his master's degree through the Field Naturalist Program at the University of Vermont, where he studied natural resource inventory and interpretation with an eye to applying science and communication to land conservation challenges. Prior to that, he worked in nonprofit development with The Wilderness Society in Boston. He holds an undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College, where he studied ecology and environmental studies. He is vice president of the New Hampshire Land Trust Coalition and is a member of the Chamber Singers of Keene. When not working, Ryan can be found identifying plants, pondering overgrown cellar holes and baking sourdough bread. He lives with his wife and son in Walpole.
Anne McBride
land protection director
Prior to joining the Conservancy, Anne worked for the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. She first moved to New Hampshire for an AmeriCorps program, teaching environmental education and doing trail-work in numerous state parks. After spending time on the coast of Maine and in the Hudson Valley of New York, she returned to the Granite State for a master's degree in conservation biology at Antioch University New England. Her undergraduate degree is in environmental studies from Mount Holyoke College. Anne enjoys hiking, cross-country skiing and following old woods roads to see where they take her. Anne lives with her husband, daughter, and son in Nelson.
Stacy Cibula
conservation project manager
Stacy lived and worked in Maine for 13 years, primarily in land conservation. Most recently she was a project manager at Maine Farmland Trust, where she gained a particular fondness for farmland conservation. Stacy holds a bachelor's degree in urban planning from Michigan State University and a master's degree in public administration from the University of Maine. In her free time, she loves doing anything that takes her outside, including cycling, hiking, skiing and gardening. Stacy lives in Keene with her cat, Mrs. Murphy.
Rick Brackett
land manager and GIS specialist
Rick oversees the monitoring, management planning, habitat improvements and public access for the lands owned by the Conservancy. He holds a bachelor's degree in geography from Keene State College and a master's degree in resource management and conservation from Antioch University New England. Rick enjoys hiking and fishing, and volunteering his time as a member of his town's planning board and conservation commission. He and his wife live in Fitzwilliam.
Rebecca DiGirolomo
stewardship manager
Rebecca has worked in land management and land conservation for 15 years, including at Natural Lands Trust (Pa.) and Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. She has a master's degree in forest ecosystem science and applications from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, and a bachelor's degree in geography from West Chester University (Pa.). She loves hiking, canoeing, practicing yoga and baking.
Shauna Sousa
stewardship assistant
Shauna comes to the Conservancy from the Harris Center for Conservation Education where she was an intern for three years. During her time at the Harris Center, Shauna worked on several different projects including vernal pool mapping, a large-scale road mortality study, and also served as an educational naturalist for the school programs. Shauna graduated from Keene State College with a bachelor's degree in geography and environmental sciences with studies focusing on habitat management. She grew up riding horses, and currently spends much of her free time riding and training horses, as well as hiking with her dogs, camping, canoeing, and gardening. Shauna is a caretaker on a farm in Nelson where she lives with her small herd of rescue animals.
Lindsay Taflas
development director
Lindsay joined the Conservancy in 2017 after previously working for Keene State College in the alumni relations and fundraising office. Prior to that, she worked for Stonewall Farm where she was responsible for community outreach. She holds a bachelor's degree in communications and dance performance from Keene State College and is a certified yoga instructor. Lindsay currently serves on the board of directors for the Little Ossipee Lake Association in Waterboro, Maine, where she spends summer weekends with her extended family. Lindsay lives in Jaffrey, with her husband and daughter, where she can often be found practicing yoga while weeding her garden.
Katrina Farmer
communications manager
Katrina joined the Conservancy in 2009, after working for Yankee magazine. Previously, she worked for an independent book publisher and as a freelance writer and editor. Katrina is currently on the board of Historic Harrisville, and has served on the board of the Peterborough Folk Music Society and the Monadnock Institute of Nature, Place and Culture. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a master's degree from the Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College. She enjoys traveling and being outdoors as often as she can whether hiking, biking, camping, fly-fishing, canoeing, cross-country skiing, or snowshoeing. Katrina lives with her husband and son in Harrisville.
Melissa Whittemore
office manager
Melissa Whittemore joined the Conservancy in 2017. She earned a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from Vermont College in 2003. Her academic pursuits in women's studies, gender and cultural studies, writing and art have fostered in her a love for beauty, reflection and connection. Her warm and friendly nature, attention to detail and organizational skills have added greatly to the vibrancy to the office. Melissa enjoys hiking, exploring and spending time with her family. She lives in Keene with her husband and daughter.
Board of Trustees
Monica Lehner
For most of her life, Monica has worked and volunteered in the nonprofit education sector both in the states and overseas. She currently serves on the board of the Himalayan Education Foundation, the MacDowell Colony and Friends of MacDowell in Boston. She chaired the board of The Well School in Peterborough, N.H., and also co-chaired the Well's fundraising committee. Monica received a bachelor's degree from Wheaton College and a master's degree from the School for International Training. She enjoys daily walks in the woods behind her house and up the region's small mountains, alone or with friends or family. She lives with her husband and four children in Greenfield.
Steve Larmon
vice president
Steve, a physician, has been an oncologist for the Dartmouth–Hitchcock system for the last 27 years. He works primarily in Keene and Peterborough. He enjoys sailing, skiing, and running, and is on the DeMar Marathon organizing committee. He also sings in the Peterborough Chamber Choir and the Keene Chorale. Steve is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. He and his wife, Jane, moved to Keene from Andover, Mass., in 1989. They have three grown children who live out of the area.
Drew Landry
Drew is a tax principal with John G. Burk and Company, CPAs, P.C. He also renders forensic accounting services for a wide variety of clients, and has assisted state and federal authorities in the prosecution of complex financial crimes. Previously, Drew was a revenue agent with the Internal Revenue Service. Drew currently serves as a trustee for the Mayhew Program for Boys, the Mount Washington Observatory, the Monadnock Community Foundation and Historic Harrisville Inc. Drew has bachelor's and master's degrees from Bentley College. Drew resides in Harrisville with his wife, Carol. They have two grown children.
Hillary Irwin
Hillary has worked in antibody development for international pharmaceutical and technology companies in Germany, France and the United States. She earned her Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Utah prior to joining a research team at Roche Diagnostics. She also serves on the board of the Harrisville Children's Center. A Salt Lake native, Hillary Workman grew up camping, hiking, and snowboarding in the Uintah Basin, Wasatch front and Utah's southern canyons. She now lives in Dublin with her husband and young daughter.
Jim Beard
Jim's career was in sales and marketing with various aircraft manufacturing companies, locally, nationally and internationally. He retired from a management position and then spent nearly a decade consulting for the airline industry. Since then Jim has been very involved in his local community, serving as chair of the Lempster Conservation Commission, chair of the library trustees and president of the Sand Pond Association. He received his commercial pilot license at age 18, and holds a bachelor's degree from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. He was born in Keene, spent his childhood years in West Swanzey (when his father was chair of the Industrial Arts program at Monadnock Regional High School) and now lives in Lempster.
Swift Corwin
As a consulting forester with Calhoun & Corwin Forestry, LLC, Swift learned how to be effective from his mentor, John Calhoun. The biggest lesson learned: that forestry is as much about the people as the trees. Some of his favorite projects have involved land protection, working with children and creating trails that showcase special places. Swift studied forestry at the University of Wisconsin. He has been involved with professional and service organizations serving on boards including the Peterborough Conservation Commission, the Granite State Division of the New England Society of American Foresters, Project Learning Tree and the Monadnock Rotary. Swift enjoys biking, skiing, swimming in lakes, writing poetry and capturing what he sees through his photography. He and his wife live in Peterborough.
John Hann
John and his wife, Nancy, own and operate a small family farm in Winchester, specializing in grass-fed lamb and Cotswold wool products. Prior to learning about life in the woods and on tractors, John worked for Verizon and its predecessor companies primarily as a labor negotiator and planner. He was chair of the Winchester Zoning Board of Adjustment for many years and helped prepare the Winchester Master Plan. Currently, John is on the Winchester Conservation Commission. He attended Mount Hermon School, received a bachelor's degree at Union College, a master's degree from Pace University and studied labor relations at Cornell University. His most recent learning experiences are taking piano lessons, singing in local choirs and improving his skill with an excavator while building horseback-riding and skiing trails at Full Measure Farm.
Betsey Harris
Betsey and her husband, John, were longtime property owners and residents of Dublin. During that time, she worked in land use and conservation with town boards, the Land Conservation Investment Program (the precursor to LCHIP), Southwest Region Planning Commission and several other groups. Betsey was a founding trustee of the Conservancy and donated its first conservation easement. She has performed nearly every job in the organization, both on and off the board. In 2006, Betsey and John were recognized as Dublin's Citizens of the Year. A graduate of Radcliffe, Betsey enjoys reading, walking, kayaking, and meeting new friends. She now lives in Peterborough.
Peter Kenyon
Peter works for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as the senior regional criminal enforcement counsel. In that capacity, he has investigated and prosecuted environmental crimes throughout New England for more than 30 years. He has also designed and taught environmental crimes courses for investigators and prosecutors in the United States, Central America, Europe, and Asia. Peter graduated from Middlebury College with a degree in history and received his J.D. from The Boston University School of Law. His wife's family has deep family roots in Dublin, where Peter and his wife now live. They have five grown children who live elsewhere, but visit often.
Paul Kotila
Paul is a professor of biology and environmental science at Franklin Pierce University, and also has been an adjunct faculty member in the environmental studies department at Antioch University New England Graduate School. His primary teaching and research interests are in freshwater ecology and water quality problems. Paul has been a member of the Fitzwilliam Conservation Commission for more than 20 years, currently serving as chair, and is a past member of the Natural Resources Advisory Committee for the Southwest Region Planning Commission. He returns to the Monadnock Conservancy Board of Trustees after serving from 1997 until 2005 and continued service as a member of the stewardship committee. Paul holds bachelor's and master's degrees from Michigan Technological University and a doctorate from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He lives in Fitzwilliam.
Charlie Massin
Charlie is president of The Frank Massin Agency in Fitzwilliam, N.H., which was started in 1963 by his parents, Frank and Elizabeth. He is the trustee and owner of 250 acres of woods under forestry management. Being outside whether on foot, bike or skis, and ideally with family, is a perfect day for Charlie. He also spends as much time as possible fishing nearby rivers and often takes to the trails with Bodhisattva, his Bernese mountain dog. Charlie holds a bachelor's degree from the University of New Hampshire. He lives with his wife in Fitzwilliam; they have three grown children.
Peggy Pschirrer
Peggy's first career was as a school teacher, then, after stepping out of the job market to raise three children, she returned to work for Xerox Learning Systems teaching courses in sales, management and basic communications. Peggy worked in the nonprofit world for the Association of Junior Leagues International for a decade followed by 15 years as an administrative hearing officer in public schools until she retired. Her volunteer work started in high school and has never stopped. Currently, Peggy serves on the select board, as trustee of Trust Funds and as chair of the Hooper Study Committee, now the Hooper Preservation Fund. She holds a bachelor's degree from Denison University, a master's degree from Southern Connecticut State University, and a juris doctor from the University of Connecticut School of Law. Peggy and her husband live on conserved land in Walpole.
Peter Rotch
Peter is an attorney who practiced law with a firm in Manchester, N.H., and focused on finance, commercial development, and land use matters. He has been involved in a wide variety of real estate matters representing both developers and landowners. He enjoys boating, hiking, and generally being in the out-of-doors. Peter earned his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College and his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School. He and his wife live in Peterborough and have two grown children.
Bridges Smith
Bridges currently runs a product management team in the mobile division of Nuance Communications, a global technology company. His career has arced from professional services to engineering, starting with statistical software and moving to speech recognition and mobile phone applications. Bridges' love for the outdoors grew during his experiences with the Johns Hopkins University Outdoors Club. His free time is often spent running the streets and trails near his home in Peterborough, or else hiking, skiing, cycling, or swimming. He is happiest when sharing these pursuits with his wife, Ruth, and their two daughters.
Jane F. Taylor
Jane is "of counsel" with the law firm of Gardner, Fulton & Waugh, PLLC, in Lebanon, N.H. She is the retired city solicitor for the City of Claremont and a former general counsel of Peerless Insurance Company, and she has served four terms in the N.H. House of Representatives. Jane has been a volunteer for the Monadnock Conservancy since 1989. Over the years, she has also served on the Keene Conservation Commission and the Zoning Board of Adjustment, as well as on land use planning subcommittees for both the Southwest Regional Planning Commission and the Keene Master Plan Committee. A graduate of Tufts University and UNH Law School, she lives in Keene.


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