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Well that isn't really surprising.Cornuck wrote:Now the NHL is censoring team interviews?
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Look at the way Bettman gets all squirmy every time the integrity of the league is questioned in regards to officiating. He won't answer a question directly when it is directed towards the possibility of the NHL playing favorites or having an agenda when it comes to throwing "on-ice bones" the way of teams that are in non-hockey markets and struggling. He just deflects and points to other issues or successes in other leagues. So now given the opportunity to censor a reporter he (and the league) is of course going to jump on it.
I'm not sure why though to be honest. Half the players that spout off in press end up saying something that makes them seem like spoiled kids who think they are entitled to their millions and don't give a damn about their working-class fans. It's been many of the press releases and moves by the PA that have soured me to the players this time around. Instead of negotiating and getting it done, they selfishly refuse to budge on their issues and try distraction ploys like the ones in Quebec and Alberta where they attempted to have the government over turn the lockout and declare it illegal. That's a good showing of solidarity there. Let's get 60 guys paid to sit around while 650(ish) are locked out.

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Blind Reading
Why would booksellers buy a title without knowing anything about it?
Christopher Ciccone's new celebrity tell-all, Life With My Sister Madonna, hit store shelves on Tuesday. News reports say that his publisher, Simon Spotlight Entertainment, sold the book (co-written with Wendy Leigh) "blind" to retailers, meaning they purchased the book without knowing the author, the subject matter, or whether it would create a gossip maelstrom. Why would retailers make that gamble?
Because "blind" books are almost always big sellers. Publishers rarely try to sell a book blind, and when they do, it comes with a promise that the title will make a big splash. Sales reps might keep the details of a blockbuster hidden to make sure no juicy bits are leaked to the press ahead of publication. Under normal circumstances, the reps would provide book buyers with lots of detail on the titles they purchase, occasionally sending along excerpts. So, if they try to sell something blind, a buyer can be pretty sure that the publishing house is holding an ace.
The practice is most closely associated with the Oprah Book Club. Whenever a selection is made, that book's publisher is notified ahead of time, but the information is embargoed until Oprah makes her official announcement. Until then, the publisher can try to sell the title blind. Sellers get e-mails informing them that a previously issued book will be an Oprah pick, but they don't learn the title or the author. The seller then orders a certain quantity of an unknown book only to discover what they've ordered a couple of months later. (Massive chain stores may get special treatment in this regard: Borders says it knows the titles ahead of the announcement; Barnes & Noble declined to comment.)
Booksellers can also purchase a book semiblind; for example, they might order a title from an established brand author without knowing what it's about—often because the author hasn't finished writing it. The next Michael Moore book was offered semiblind in May with only his name to sell it; as of July 7, he was still writing. Michael Crichton's publisher shopped his next book around this month, despite its projected December release. Book shops are willing to buy early in order to stay ahead of the printing, fulfillment, and shipment processes. That way, they can be sure to get the first available copies.
In general, very few books have the cachet to merit such treatment, and the publishing house is in essence staking its good word on the anticipated success of anything it tries to sell blind. That's why celebrity tell-alls and the top-selling authors tend to be the only books marketed in this fashion.
Sometimes this backfires. O.J. Simpson's infamous pseudo-confession, If I Did It, was sold blind by now-defunct ReganBooks—and then canceled before it hit shelves. Retailers got a refund for their blind orders, but many felt betrayed. William Morrow sold blind copies of a tell-all by Princess Diana's butler in 2006, but since he'd already told nearly all in a previous book, some retailers felt they'd been snookered. Still, retailers say they couldn't turn down blind sales even if they wanted to, for fear of missing out on the next big publishing juggernaut.
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The Bay Area's most talked-about food truck party is in Oakland! Join OMCA and Off the Grid on 10th Street every Friday for a family-friendly take on a festive night market. Savor California beer and wine around the Koi Pond while enjoying live music, art activities, and more! The galleries are open late featuring activities in the new Gallery of California Natural Sciences. Don't miss weekly OMCA Pub Trivia with Senior Curator of Natural Sciences, Douglas Long. Bring the whole family to OMCA for a sampling of the best in Bay Area curbside cuisine—and all that OMCA has to offer!
What to expect on August 2:
- Local beer and wine specials in the Blue Oak beer garden
- DJ Hey Love spinning hits from 5 to 6:30 pm
- Family-friendly drop-in workshop with nature rock painting from 5 to 8 pm
- Makers & Tasters Series with Jennie Schacht, author of I SCREAM SANDWICH, in honor of National Ice Cream Sandwich Day from 6 to 8 pm
- Popping and robotting dance lessons with Agatron in the amphitheater from 6:30 to 7 pm
- OMCA Pub Trivia with Senior Curator of Natural Sciences, Douglas Long, from 7 to 8:30 pm
- Live performance by Valerie Troutt's MoonCandy Live House Ensemble from 7 to 9 pm
- Garden Hunt Card self-guided activity for all ages in the Museum gardens
- Extended hours in the galleries and special exhibitions
- The swanky East Bay Express lounge where you can kick back and take it all in
- Gourmet food trucks from Off the Grid featuring the best in local cuisine: Arki Truck, Cupkates, Hapa SF, Kasa Indian, Kinder's BBQ, Little Green Cyclo, Mayo & Mustard, Sanguchon, Seoul on Wheels, Twister Truck, Whip Out
Cost: Half-price gallery admission for adults, ages 18 and under are free. Admission for Members is always free. Cash bar. Prices vary for Off the Grid food trucks.
Transportation: OMCA is conveniently located one block from the Lake Merritt BART Station. Event parking is available at the Museum garage for a $5 flat fee after 5 pm.
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Three minutes of weightlessness for materials physics experiments
On Friday 22 May 2009 at 12:32, the Mapheus research rocket of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) lifted off from the Esrange launch facility near Kiruna in northern Sweden. Mapheus is an acronym for Materialphysikalische Experimente unter Schwerelosigkeit – Materials Physics Experiments under Weightlessness. Scientists from the DLR Institute for Materials Physics in Space, located in Cologne, used this flight to investigate how liquids behave in conditions of weightlessness. The focus was on the characteristics of liquids – particularly solidification and separation. Under conditions of weightlessness, the absence of perturbing forces allows for precise measurements under controlled and defined experimental conditions – in contrast to experiments on Earth.
The scientists and engineers from the Mobile Rocket Base (MORABA) of DLR Space Operations in Oberpfaffenhofen developed and built the Mapheus rocket for this purpose. The project is managed by the DLR Institute of Space Systems in Bremen. The 113 kilogram scientific payload on the maiden flight of Mapheus consisted of three experiment modules and a battery module, developed and built at DLR in Cologne. There was also a measurement platform from Aachen University of Applied Sciences – Department of Aerospace Technology and the DLR Microgravity User Support Center, Cologne.
The heart of the rocket is the service module, which takes care of data transmission and the timing of the scientific experiments and contains all the sensors required for measuring acceleration, yaw rate and position – needed to guide the rocket. Using compressed gas and jet systems, the rate control system (RCS module) is able to minimise all rotational movement during the ballistic (coasting) flight phase above the dense atmosphere and thus create ideal conditions for microgravity, a state of minimal gravity.
Three minutes for experiments under conditions of weightlessness – with 20-fold gravitational acceleration into space
The Mapheus experiments were transported to a height of 140 kilometres by a two-stage solid-fuel rocket motor. The first stage took the rocket to a speed of 1940 kilometres per hour. The second stage fired about nine seconds after lift-off. Following the separation of the second rocket stage, a device known as a 'mechanical Yo-Yo system' reduced the spin around the longitudinal axis of the rocket to low levels at a height of 70 kilometres. Ice skaters use a similar principle when they extend their arms during a pirouette to slow down their spin. The normal spin around the longitudinal axis during rocket launches and flights stabilises the trajectory of the rocket during its ascent but for these experiments it had to be neutralised to achieve weightlessness.
Then, at a height of more than 100 kilometres, the experiment phase of about three minutes – the key stage for the scientists – began. Once that was completed, the rocket section with the experiments re-entered Earth's atmosphere. The stabilising parachute of the recovery system opened at a height of about five kilometres. Finally, the payload with the experiments landed safely in an uninhabited area in northern Sweden with a rate of descent of about eight metres per second (about 29 kilometres per hour).
The Mobile Rocket Base of DLR Space Operations in Oberpfaffenhofen was responsible for preparing the flight and executing it. The Mapheus research rocket is financed by the DLR's 'Weltraum' (Space) research and development programme. Following Mapheus' successful maiden flight, the aim is to launch it in a regular annual program to enable a systematic study of materials physics.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama fully supports the Pentagon's decision to lift a ban on women serving in frontline combat roles, White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Thursday.
Ahead of the Pentagon's formal announcement later on Thursday, Carney told reporters Obama is "very pleased" with the decision and "fully supports this effort to expand opportunities for women."
Carney said the recommendation emerged from military commanders, although Obama had discussed it with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and others.
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TGI..... Everyday!! Welcome to the end of a wonderful week!
Today's Daily Word is dedicated to being anxious about the future! Stop it!! Anxiety is the number one killer among people who have dreams and aspirations! I once watched an interesting video by Art Williams that said, "All you can do, is all you can do." Anytime you begin to feel your anxiety kick in, it is imperative that you repeat that line to yourself as many times necessary.... I repeat.... All you can do is all you can do!!
Yes, you have a perfect plan! Yes, you want it to come into fruition yesterday! Yes, you're envisioning what your new life will look like once you've accomplished your goal... But the most important part is to finish step one! Don't constantly look at your goals as one big piece! Instead break them down to small pieces and begin tackling them one by one. What was done in the past has no bearing on what will be done in the future! One day at a time is all you can do!!
Stop being anxious! Take a deep breath and remind yourself that TODAY is going to be a GREAT day! Know that, TODAY, you will be focused, and everything that you desire will appear before your eyes. Remind yourself that you are in perfect health and harmony with nature, and that you are exactly where you are supposed to be!! You feel GREAT, ENERGIZED, PROSPEROUS, and PEACEFUL!! TODAY is YOUR day!!! (Special s/o to Team @PowergyLLC for the affirmation) -Ash'Cash
"Telling the future by looking at the past assumes that conditions remain constant. This is like driving a car by looking in the rearview mirror." -Unknown
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." -Eleanor Roosevelt
"Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day." -Samuel Butler
"The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be." -Marcel Pagnol
"Whatever your past has been, you have a spotless future." -Unknown
"The best way to predict the future is to invent it." -Alan Kay
"He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future." -George Orwell
"I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today." -William Allen White
Ash'Cash is a Business Consultant, Motivational Speaker, Financial Expert and the author of Mind Right, Money Right: 10 Laws of Financial Freedom. For more information, please visit his website, www.IamAshCash.com.


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Quebec's iconic Winter Carnival back for another year
Q: Have dates been announced for the Quebec Winter Carnival? Can you recommend any hotels and restaurants in Quebec City?
— Merci. B. Pecora, Richmond Hill
A: Quebec's signature event will take place Feb. 1-17. This huge crowd-pleaser and its frosty activities get everyone outside to celebrate winter. For carnival details, see carnaval.qc.ca/en.
On the accommodation side, check out Auberge Duchesnay (1-877-511-5885) just outside the city, overlooking Lac St. Joseph. This luxe country-style lodge has everything you want in a Quebec retreat and makes a great base for ice-fishing, skating and cross-country skiing. Its restaurant menu features local products.
Looking for urban chic? In Vieux Port, the refurbished Hotel Le Germaine Dominion sizzles. Completed in 1912, the eight-storey hotel was once the city's most modern and tallest building.
For city dining, Le Parlementaire, in the sumptuous beaux-art Parliament building, is a well-kept secret. In addition, there are many funky restaurants and cafes in the Saint Roch district.
For general travel information on Quebec, see bonjourquebec.com.
Q: Do you have any information on the ski and snowshoe festival happening around Collingwood?
— S. Kowalski, Toronto
A: Outdoor winter enthusiasts are prepping their cross-country skis and snowshoes in anticipation of the NordicFest Cross Country Ski and Snowshoe Festival taking place on Feb. 2. The Scenic Caves near Blue Mountain turn into a winter wonderland backdrop as participants hit groomed trails along the escarpment. Insiders say you can even cross Ontario's longest suspension bridge. Other highlights include snowman-making contests and scavenger hunts. After the event, warm up beside a toasty firepit with some free hot chocolate or apple cider. See NordicFest.ca or sceniccaves.com/nordicfest for full details.
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Kendall-Whittier Library will be closed Sep. 24 - Oct. 7 for library improvements
The Owasso Library has one meeting room with a seating capacity of 75.
There are 18 computers.
This location also has an on-going book sale.
In 1961, a tax levy was voted by Tulsa County voters to build and re-furbish county libraries. Because Owasso was a fast growing city, the first new branch was built there and opened in 1963. The library was housed in a leased space of 1300 square feet at 124 West 1st Street. The Owasso library committee headed by Yolanda Charney hosted a seven hour dedication program. Mary Manning was the first librarian and said that the people of Owasso had a hunger for books as they checked out 1,257 books in the first five days the library was opened. The library was only open four days a week approximately twenty hours.
A 2400 square feet facility at 118 S. Main Street was leased from D. M. Sokolosky in 1972. This storefront facility served many school children and preschoolers coming to story time, but it eventually became too small. After the passage of the 1988 bond issue, the first project was to build a new stand-alone building for the Owasso Library which was completed in 1990. Five lots were acquired from five different owners to permit the construction at 103 W. Broadway, just a couple of blocks north of the leased location. City officials were insistent that the Library should be located in the downtown area. Designed by Olsen-Coffey, the new building featured a large meeting room, and a comfortable 5,800 square feet interior holding 18,000 items. The Harold Charney family donated a small bronze called "End of the Trail" for the lobby.
In an effort to try to keep up with community needs, the branch was expanded to 8,800 square feet in 2001, under the guidance of Olsen-Coffey. The main feature of the added space was a castle-like tower for the preschool area, with a rain forest theme mural. Debbie Bettinger was the artist who designed the murals and other paintings around the building. In anticipation of future expansion needs, adjoining land has been purchased to the north of the building.
Service to families and children is very important at the Owasso branch. We offer a summer reading program to both children and teens. We have storytimes for children under the age of five on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. We offer lapsit story times for newborns through two-year-olds and their caregivers, preschool story times for three through five-year-olds, and a stay & play time after storytime. We offer other special programs throughout the year for children, including The Polar Express, Little House on the Prairie, Fancy Nancy, Yoga, and a Star Wars Anniversary Party, just to name a few. We also have special programs for teens and tweens such as Minecraft, a Mother Daughter book club, and various craft activities.
We have expanded our space to include 18 Internet computers, several study tables, and a collection of 45,000+ books, CDs, DVDs, audio books, videos, and magazines. We have a staff of 13 people to serve our customers. Our meeting room holds 75 people and is available for community groups and non-profit organizations. We became a Family Place Library in 2013, specializing in services to families with young children under the age of three.
Librarians who have guided the Owasso Library are Mary Manning, Velma Ward from 1964-1983 who was beloved and innovative, evidenced by her popcorn machine which she put to good use before her story times and summer programs; Rose Lambert from 1983 to 1985; Fran Ambrus from 1985 to 1997; Barbara Barnes from 1997 to 2014, and Jennifer McQuade from 2014 to the present.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the U.S can reduce its budget deficit by closing tax loopholes and making "smart" reductions in spending.
Obama says closing tax loopholes should enable the U.S. to "continue to fund things that can help us grow" without raising tax rates again.
In an interview on CBS a few hours before the Super Bowl, the president said he wants the tax system to be "fair and transparent," noting that the average taxpayer can't take advantage of things like offshore tax havens.
Obama also called for further health care reforms, noting the U.S. spends "more than every other country does." He says there's "no doubt we need additional revenue coupled with smart spending reductions."


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Wofford's Mungo Center is a space where students can launch their business ideas through mentoring, networking, project-based experience, and consulting and project management.
On a lime green wall in Scott Cochran's office, the dean of Wofford College's Mungo Center for Professional Excellence uses a dry erase marker to draw a picture.
By TREVOR ANDERSON
On a lime green wall in Scott Cochran's office, the dean of Wofford College's Mungo Center for Professional Excellence uses a dry erase marker to draw a picture.
The image he depicts is that of a square.
To the casual observer, it might appear to be an average quadrangle, with congruent sides and four right angles. But in Cochran's entrepreneurial-centric world, it carries significant meaning.
The interior of the box is a metaphor for what he calls "the space." It's a place where interdisciplinary studies, curiosity, hard work and preparation converge and come into focus.
Outside of the box, those concepts become vague and peripheral. Within the box, anything is possible.
And that is what he's aiming for within the walls of the Mungo Center.
Cochran said it's a space where students can launch their business ideas through mentoring, networking, project-based experience, and consulting and project management — a step up from the job listing and resume editing services traditionally offered by college career offices.
"This is where higher education needs to go," Cochran said. "I really believe that we are staking out new territory. We are on the tip of the spear."
Cochran, a 1988 graduate of Wofford and father of three, stepped away from a lucrative career in finance to teach. He developed and founded the Mungo Center in 2010, starting in a small office in the Campus Life building.
"I was out there (in the corporate world) interviewing people, and I noticed that many of them just seemed to be missing x or y," Cochran said. "We developed these programs around those x's and y's to make our students better prepared when they leave college."
Last year, the center took up residence in the college's new, three-story Michael S. Brown Village Center. Completed in the fall of 2011, the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED Silver certified building houses 80 students in four-bedroom apartments on the top two floors. The building includes office and meeting spaces, classrooms, a market and a caf�.
The Mungo Center's wing is on the ground floor. The facility is clean and contemporary. Students huddle at round tables, drinking coffee and talking. They have access to technology and other amenities. The walls are painted with whiteboard paint, and the students are encouraged to write their ideas on them.
"This was the perfect fit for us," Cochran said. "It gives us more visibility, and allows us to do a lot of things. The students really like it. It's a great place for them to do what they need to do. It feels like a place where anything can get done."
On Saturday, the center hosted a gala where it unveiled what Cochran referred to as "The Mungo Center 3.0," which encompassed the launch of its new "The Space" brand and programs designed to give more students an opportunity to participate.
A crowd that included local business leaders, alumni, donors, potential investors and others were able to take a look at 14 student-led companies competing in the center's business plan competition. It also featured dozens of exhibits from the 60 students involved in its Success Initiative, a program open to students of all majors that emphasizes innovation and creative problem solving


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These came of the Boy Scout Trail website:
(This Joke is meant for Boy Scouts.)
1. Any stone in a hiking boot migrates to the location of maximum pressure.
2. Remaining distance to a given campsite remains constant as twilight approaches.
3. Number of mosquitoes at any given location is inversely proportional to the volume of remaining repellent.
4. The probability of finding a latrine is one over the number of poison ivy plants per acre.
5. The square feet of level ground available for tents equals the degrees from horizon of the setting sun.
6. The need to urinate at night increases in direct relation to the hour past midnight, layers of clothing worn, occupants in your tent, and inches of rain since sunset. Curiously, it increases in 'inverse' relation to the outside temperature.
7. The ground under shoulders compresses without sunlight while the ground under feet expands.
8. Rocks and sticks rise above dirt when irritated by tent flooring fabric.
9. Feet expand when removed from hiking boots. The same law applies to tents and tent bags, clothing and backpacks, and sleeping bags and stuff sacks.
10. Backpack strap widths decrease with the distance hiked. To compensate, the weight of the backpack increases.
11. Average local temperature increases with the amount of clothing packed.
12. Tent stakes come only in the quantity 'N-1' where N is the number of stakes necessary to stake down a tent.
13. Fuel in sealed bottles spontaneously evaporates.
14. Fuel in stove reservoirs evaporates 10x as fast as fuel in sealed bottles.
15. All available humidity and moisture will congregate on match heads.
16. If no match heads are in the vicinity, all moisture will congregate inside waterproof clothing.
17. The one new tent on the trip that leaks will be yours.
18. The side of the tent that leaks will be your side.
19. All food assumes a common taste and color when freeze-dried.
20. Divide the number of servings by two when reading the directions for reconstituting anything freeze-dried.
21. When reading the instructions of a pump-activated water filter, 'hour' should be substituted for 'minute' when reading the average quarts filtered per minute.
22. A backpack's weight load migrates up and back the longer it is in motion.
23. All tree branches in a forest grow outward from their respective trunks at exactly the height of your nose. If you are male, tree branches will also grow at groin height.
24. Swiss Army Knife toothpicks and tweezers evaporate open contact with air.
25. Rain happens.
26. Waterproof clothing isn't. (However, it is 100% effective at containing sweat).
27. Non-stick pans aren't.
28. Waterproof matches aren't.
29. One size fits all don't.
30. Anything bug-proof isn't.
31. A backpack's weight is not affected by the amount of food eaten out of it.
32. The minimum temperature rating for any sleeping bag raises as the external temperature lowers.
33. Ropes holding bear bags stretch.
34. The loudness of an animal at night grows as the size of the animal shrinks.
35. The sun sets 47% faster than normal when setting up camp. It sets another 28% faster if rain is eminent.
36. Of a 25% chance of rain, 100% will fall in your campsite.
37. When hiking, you take half as many downhil steps as uphill.
38. 95% of a backpack's contents could have been left at home.
39. The 5% left at home will be needed.
40. The memory of misery approaches zero as the memory of joy approaches infinity.
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9. Feet expand when removed from hiking boots. The same law applies to tents and tent bags, clothing and backpacks, and sleeping bags and stuff sacks.
that ones true, especially sleeping bags, hah.
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It's not every game that lets you play the bad guy, but that's what today's App of the Day on Pocket-lint is all about. But what happens when the bad guy turns out to be the good guy? Does that justify the badness in his past? Does that mean he'll stay the good guy once the fight is done?
We have no idea, but buy this game. It's pretty good.
ORC: Vengeance
- Platform
- iPad
- Price
- £1.99
- Where
- iTunes
ORC: Vengeance is not particularly original. It's a dungeon crawler. You pick up swords, you pick up armour, you smash open barrels to scrape up a pittance towards upgrades which are normally better found than bought anyway and you level and you level and you level. But if that's your cup of mead - and it's a lot of people's cups of mead - then there's absolutely no reason not to buy this game.
Orc is a kind of third-person RPG that didn't used to work on mobile devices until the screens got bigger and the chips more powerful, but we're very pleased to report that this game runs very smoothly indeed.
You play the part of a - yes, you guessed it - an orc. Not just any orc, of course, but a chosen orc; a special orc. As it goes, the game doesn't lay that stuff too heavily on you to begin with. You're just an orc, but you happen to be sharing a prison cell, within a castle of the undead, with one of a handful of orc chieftains who were gritty and strong enough to fight back against the evil scourge let in from another dimension through Man and his greedy and arrogant ways. How's that for some fantasy talk?
With a quick change of armour here and a weapon or two there, you take on the persona of such a chieftain and head off on an adventure to banish the evil back to whence it came.
The gameplay is all touch and swipe based and it works very well. The auto-run feature could be a bit better but it's just about good enough. Combat is simple, if a bit too easy; there are enough special skills and potions to keep you interested and the odd flash of character humour especially from the shopkeeper.
ORC: Vengeance is cheap at £1.99 given the bang you get for your buck. It's far less casual than most mobile titles, though we'd really recommend the iPad version to get the most out of it.
If you're after an RPG to keep you going both on your travels and on your sofa, then it ticks all the boxes right down to the pointless lore tomes which you can choose to read if you must. Now pick up your worn blade and get bashing.


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He's equally familiar with the quiet panic of
pharmaceutical giants who can read the writing on the wall.
The big drug companies, according to recent reports, may
have known for years of the potential risks of thimerosal, a
mercury-based preservative used in many common vaccines.
Mercury exposure has been linked in several studies to
neurodevelopmental disorders that afflict children,
including autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity
Ayoub has plunged into the scientific literature — and
emerged fully convinced that the case against the
preservative is "unequivocal." He's helping lead the push in
Illinois to ban mercury from vaccines, an effort that's
gaining momentum even though it has yet to be embraced by
much of the medical and public-health community.
Not the sort to put much faith in the establishment,
Ayoub says that trust in government and mainstream medicine
can be badly misplaced.
"The debacle with Vioxx and other drugs should be a
warning," he says. "The system can fail. Sometimes it can
fail spectacularly."
Ayoub, 45, isn't one to seek the limelight, but it often
finds him. At Peoria High School, he set a state track
record that still stands. At the University of Illinois, the
two-time All-American in track and field earned a Big Ten
title. In the honors program there, he was thinking fast,
too. He critiqued scientific studies weekly for two years
and says it helped him hone his ability to spot flawed
As an undergrad, in 1983, he broke another record when
his work was published in the elite journal Science.
The coup led to a flurry of national media coverage, and
Ayoub recalls being teased for being "sex-obsessed" by a
Peoria newspaper reporter because the study he co-authored
was focused on differences between neurons in the brains of
male and female juvenile macaque monkeys. "Sex differences
in the brain was a hot topic at the time," Ayoub says.
Since then, Ayoub's been teaching and practicing
radiology. He's lived in Springfield 14 years and works
part-time at Memorial Medical Center in addition to carrying
out the duties of his post as director of the Prairie
Collaborative for Immunization Safety.
In 2003, while reading medical journals, Ayoub decided to
investigate breakthrough biomedical treatments at a Defeat
Autism Now! conference in Washington, D.C. "Once you attend
a DAN conference, you don't come back the same," he says.
Now he's begging physicians to take a closer look at new
treatments and old problems. He's summarized his exhaustive
research on an extensively documented CD, which he's titled
The Science and Politics of Vaccine-Induced Autism.
He says that physicians can no longer afford to blindly
trust the literature.
Ayoub has joined forces with others, such as Springfield
lobbyist Laura Cellini, whose son Jonathan is autistic.
They're pushing the Illinois General Assembly to pass
legislation banning the use of vaccines containing
thimerosal. The effort is similar to last year's
unsuccessful push in neighboring Missouri, where a
filibuster in the state Senate killed the bill.
Illinois' version, the Mercury-Free Vaccine Act, is
sponsored by Rep. Kurt Granberg, D-Carlyle. The bill
specifies that no one in Illinois under the age of 3 years
or who is pregnant may be given a vaccine containing more
than 0.5 micrograms of mercury per 0.5-milliliter dose, or
an influenza vaccine containing more than 1.0 microgram of
mercury per 0.5 milliliter dose. The bill was approved in
the House Feb. 16 by a vote of 115-0, and moved on to the
Senate, where it was set for first reading on Wednesday,
Feb. 23. The Senate bill is sponsored by Senator Mattie
Hunter, D-Chicago.
Even if the bill becomes state law, Illinois could be
trumped by Congress, which is considering Senate Bill 3, the
Protecting America in the War on Terror Act of 2005. The
proposed federal legislation, which increases benefits for
the families of U.S. soldiers who die in Iraq, also includes
language protecting vaccine makers from product liability
under the guise of bioterrorism protection.
According to the Coalition for SafeMinds (Sensible Action
for Ending Mercury-Induced Neurological Disorders), a
nonprofit advocacy group based in Cranford, N.J., the
federal legislation would block civil claims for injuries
caused by mercury in vaccines. Lujene Clark of St. Louis,
president of nomercury.org, which serves as an information
clearinghouse for advocates of a thimerosal ban, says the
legislation would also prevent states from banning mercury,
regulating drugs, or warning citizens that
mercury-containing vaccines or other drugs may be dangerous.
Clark says it includes sweeping changes in
pharmaceutical-product liability, research, and the Vaccine
Injury Compensation Act, which already gives drug companies
unprecedented protection.
With federal bills pending, states are moving fast to
pass mercury bans. Last year, Iowa and California passed
laws restricting the use of mercury in vaccines. Nine states
— including Illinois — are considering similar legislation.
The anti-mercury effort also extends to the dental
In Arizona, a bill to warn parents and pregnant women
that mercury fillings can harm the developing brain of a
child or a fetus has garnered bipartisan support. Another
bipartisan effort in New Mexico resolves to study the health
and environmental impact of mercury amalgam fillings.
This flurry of legislative action provokes reactions
ranging from skepticism to fear among many health
professionals. They contend that thimerosal's critics are
alarmists, that an outright ban risks the return of dreaded
Dr. Lawrence Frenkel, professor of pediatrics and
microbiology at the University of Illinois College of
Medicine at Rockford, says people are being needlessly
"It's the bogeyman," says Frenkel.
"The level of thimerosal, or the ethylmercury [in
pediatric vaccines], is very, very low," he says. "Yes, it
reaches the safety margin for methylmercury, but that's not
been proven to be an issue or a problem."
Frenkel says the risk doesn't outweigh the consequences
of not getting children immunized.
"I'm old enough to have seen children suffer and die with
many vaccine-preventable diseases," says Frenkel. "The
vaccines are better than the disease."
Mercury occurs naturally in the environment, in either
inorganic or organic forms. According to the federal
government's Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry, organic forms of mercury, such as ethylmercury and
methylmercury, have "a significantly greater toxic effect
than other mercury compounds." Federal regulatory agencies
have set limits to the exposure from ingestion of
methylmercury — found in fish — but not ethylmercury, found
in vaccines.
That doesn't mean, however, that state and federal
agencies have failed to limit exposure to thimerosal. In
1982, FDA officials said that thimerosal was "not safe for
over-the-counter topical use." Thimerosal has also been on
California's Proposition 65 list of known reproductive and
developmental toxins for more than a decade. It was removed
from animal vaccines in the '90s.
U.S. Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind., chaired the oversight
committee that in 2003 produced a report on the use of
mercury-based vaccines titled Mercury in Medicine.
The committee heard expert testimony and examined research
from leading universities. Burton concluded: "It should be
crystal-clear by now that mercury is a toxic substance that
does not belong in pediatric vaccines."
Drugmaker Merck & Co. Inc., still contending with the
Vioxx controversy, is one of the companies embroiled in the
thimerosal dispute. According to an internal memo obtained
by the Los Angeles Times, thimerosal was on Merck's
radar as early as 1991. Merck executives expressed concern
that babies could be exposed to dangerously high thimerosal
levels. The memo noted that some 6-month-old children would
get a mercury dose "up to 87 times higher than guidelines
for the maximum daily consumption of mercury from fish."
Eli Lilly and Co. introduced thimerosal around 1930 with
minimal safety testing. According to the Burton committee
report, a 1935 internal document noted that Merthiolate, the
brand name for thimerosal, was unsatisfactory as a serum for
use on dogs.
Mercury foes don't like GlaxoSmithKline, either. The
pharmaceutical giant hired Dr. Thomas Verstraeten, a Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention scientist and lead author
of a controversial study published in Pediatrics in
2003. Activists criticized the journal for failing to
disclose that Verstraeten was now employed by GSK, a
vaccine-maker named in thimerosal litigation.
In June of 2000, Verstraeten had presented the results of
his review of vaccination data, which suggested a link
between thimerosal and neurological disorders. However,
after several drafts, the version published in Pediatrics indicated
that a link could not be confirmed.
National media headlines trumpeted that thimerosal had
been cleared, fueling the anger of parents who had seen the
original data showing a link. After much public outcry,
Verstaeten wrote to Pediatrics to say that the
results were inconclusive and more research was needed.
The controversy heightened when activists obtained
transcripts from an off-site meeting convened by the CDC in
2000. Vaccine experts — including pharmaceutical company
representatives — gathered to discuss Verstraeten's
findings. According to the transcripts, Verstraeten said
that when he saw the literature, he was stunned because he
thought a link was plausible.
Advisory-committee member Dr. David Johnson said that he
was concerned enough that he did not want his grandson to
get a thimerosal-containing vaccine.
After analyzing the Verstaeten data, researchers at
SafeMinds found strong evidence of a link. A SafeMinds
release reports that Verstaeten's initial analysis indicates
that CDC officials were aware in 1999 of an 11-fold increase
in autism risk among children who received
thimerosal-containing vaccines. Noted impairments included
"an unspecified developmental delay," ADHD, tics, language
and speech delays, and "the entire category of
neurodevelopmental delays."
In 2001, the CDC commissioned the Institute of Medicine
to examine the thimerosal-autism evidence. The IOM's first
analysis found the hypothesis "biologically plausible" and
called for further research. A 2004 reanalysis rejected any
According to nomercury.org's Lujene Clark, IOM
committee-meeting transcripts were leaked and turned over to
authorities. The transcripts suggest that CDC officials
pressured committee members.
"The CDC contracted and paid for this series of reports
from the IOM," says Clark. "They made it very clear that
they wanted the IOM to give the nod, to say that 'We see no
problems.' That's very, very frightening."
Emerging evidence suggests that mercury was the last
biochemical straw for some kids — especially those who got
187 micrograms of mercury during the first six months of
life. Autism may be caused by a genetic predisposition
triggered by heavy metal or pesticide insults that damage
metabolic pathways.
Dr. Jill James, a University of Arkansas biochemist,
recently published a study showing that kids with autism
have a highly abnormal metabolic profile. "They have very
low levels of … glutathione," says James. "Glutathione is
well established to be the major mechanism of mercury
detoxification and excretion.
"Given an equal exposure to heavy metals — and we'd want
to focus on any of them; mercury could be one, arsenic, lead
— if you've got less glutathione around, it's going to be
more toxic."
Scientists have found heavier body burdens of mercury in
autistic kids, implying an impaired ability to get rid of
the heavy metal. Additional research has found that
thimerosal induces DNA breakage, membrane damage, and cell
death in human neurons. Inherited DNA breakage could leave
each subsequent generation more vulnerable to heavy-metal
Replicated studies of baby hair and teeth have shown that
autistic kids have lower mercury levels, again implying that
these children's bodies retain mercury.
"These kids with autism have three times as much mercury
in them," says Dr. James Adams, chemical-engineering
professor at Arizona State University. "You know there's
something very wrong with their mercury metabolism."
Other findings include evidence of brain inflammation,
gastrointestinal inflammation, and autoimmune activation in
autistic kids. The authors of a breakthrough Columbia
University study reported that they induced autism in mice
with the suspected genetic predisposition by giving them
vaccine-comparable doses of thimerosal.
With all of the mounting evidence, David Ayoub wonders
why vaccine makers are still putting 25 micrograms of
thimerosal in flu vaccines given to babies, pregnant women,
and senior citizens.
For the first time, the CDC recommended this year that
babies get flu shots earlier, at 6 months of age. Pregnant
women were also encouraged to get flu shots.
The package insert for Fluzone — an influenza vaccine
distributed by Aventis Pasteur — states, "It is not known
whether Influenza Virus Vaccine can cause fetal harm when
administered to a pregnant woman or can affect reproduction
"The EPA's allowable daily exposure limit is 0.1
micrograms per kilogram of body weight," Ayoub says. "To
meet this guideline, those who receive a flu vaccine must
weigh at least 550 pounds. The fetus would receive a dose
exceeding federal limits by several hundredfold."
In 2000, an FDA neurotoxicology study found that
thimerosal crosses the placental and blood-brain barriers.
According the CDC, one in 12 women of childbearing age has
an unsafe level of mercury in her body, putting newborns at
"There is as far as I know no definitive plan . . . to
remove mercury from flu shots," Ayoub says.
According to an Aventis Pasteur spokesman, the world's
largest flu-vaccine producer, supply is not an issue.
"This is the third year that we've produced the
preservative-free formulation," says spokesperson Len
Lavenda. "We have never sold out — even this year, or last
year, when we had a shortage.
"They [healthcare providers] have a choice. Both
formulations are approved by the FDA for people aged 6
months and older . . . I think the preservative-free is a
little more, but we're not talking dollars more — it's cents
Ayoub says that shows why voluntary removal doesn't work.
"A law banning thimerosal is necessary," Ayoub says.
"Voluntary removal or reduction doesn't assure safety."
Parents say the best way to restore public confidence is
to "come clean" and fix a broken system.
"Get the mercury out," says Lujene Clark, "and reassure
parents that you are finally starting to make decisions in
the best interests of the citizens."
Ayoub agrees: "The autism epidemic is largely the result
of heavy pharmaceutical industry influence. To prevent
future tragedies, we need major reform.
"Exposure of the truth is the first step."


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Kendrick Lamar had one of the best years ever in 2013. Since releasing his instant classic, good kid, m.A.A.d city, in 2012, the Compton rap god has nabbed seven Grammy nominations, landed a coveted GQ Man of the Year cover and ruffled a few fitteds with his controversial "Control" verse. Remember?
The scariest part? This is only the beginning. Under the leadership of Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith, the lyrically intimidating camp that Kendrick rolls with has plenty of dogs ready to bite this year. Here are 5 reasons why the rest of Top Dog Entertainment will eat in 2014. —Samantha Kennedy


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Vinnie has a problem…. He has just been released from Rickers prison after serving a three year stretch. Unfortunately, his dreams of the quiet life on the outside and seeing his girl didn't quite work out as planned…. His younger brother Tony has went and got himself into some serious trouble….
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The Central School Board announced late Tuesday it's holding a special closed meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday to review security measures at its five schools and to hear a report from Superintendent Michael Faulk.
The agenda for the "strategic planning session" calls for the board to go behind closed doors, holding an executive session for the meeting, but no votes are planned.
The meeting will take place at Trade Construction, 17043 Joor Road.
The state's Open Meetings Law allows for private discussion of security personnel, plans or devices. Any votes, however, must be held in public.
Faulk said the meeting is sparked by the Dec. 14 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where 20 first-graders and 6 adults were killed.
"I've had quite a few parents in the community raise some concerns and raise some issues with the School Board," Faulk said.
He said wants to get feedback from board members and expects the entire meeting will be behind closed doors. He said he plans to make recommendations for improving school security in time for the board's Jan. 28 meeting.


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A frame is not included with this artwork!
Approximate Measurements
Artwork Panel: 134.2cm x 68.4cm ≈ 52¾" x 27"
Silk/Brocade Border: 152.6cm x 77.7cm ≈ 60" x 30½"Information about how this Asian painting is mounted
This is a beautiful landscape painting. It features a rising sun over a waterfall with small village on the bluffs below.
The result is a simply stunning waterfall landscape painting. Vivid colors great your eyes from everywhere you look on this painting
If you have navigated much of our website, you already know this is a great all-around artist that does wonderful work in many categories. But of course, there is a story...
I was supposed to be on vacation, and I just wanted to see the karst mountain landscapes of the Li River near Guilin. As luck would have it, I stumbled across a very inspiring artist.
In fact, this man is probably the most courageous person that I have ever met. He certainly has my respect and admiration.
As I watch him finish one of his paintings, I find myself
in awe of this man that can do amazing things with only
one arm that most people can't do with two.
While he is a wonderful and talented artist, that is only part of his story
His full name is Ou-Yang Guo-De. He and his sister now live in Guilin. He keeps himself busy painting, while his sister sells his art at a small gallery not far from the center of the city.
When they were very young, their mother died. Their father didn't make much money, and with their mother gone, he had to remarry quickly for financial reasons (very common in Chinese culture under those circumstances and that time in history). Their father found a new wife in a village, and they all moved into the woman's family home.
Part of young Ou-Yang Guo-De's chores included collecting corn cobs that fell from the passing train cars at nearby railroad tracks. The corncobs are burned and used as fuel for cooking, and even heating homes in poorer villages where people cannot afford coal.
One day, when he was about 11 years old, Ou-Yang Guo-De came upon a train that had stopped on the tracks. Under the train he saw a bounty of corncobs. He climbed under the train to get the precious cobs when tragedy stuck. The train began to move, and literally cut him in half...
Every time I put my glass down, Mr. Ou-Yang would
say, "Cheers!", and quickly our
glasses go "bottoms up" again.
Between drinks we eat from a steaming hot pot
full of chicken, cabbage, and other vegetables.
The details he told me about this event were so vivid that they are a bit too graphic for a happy art listing. He still remembers everything that happened until he lost consciousness, expecting to die.
Though pieces of his story are missing from when he was unconscious, there must have been a miracle involved because somehow he survived. The nearest hospital was far away, and while he has no idea how he got there before bleeding to death, that's were he woke up. But both of his legs and his left arm were gone forever.
In China, the most likely occupation for a disabled person like him would be to become a beggar on the street, but not Ou-Yang Guo-De!
He continued to study and go to school, and went to work at an umbrella and parasol factory. He showed a lot of natural artistic talent, so the factory owner sent young Mr. Ou-Yang to art school for two years. After graduation, he went to work hand painting beautiful scenes on rice paper and silk parasols.
All of the cheers took their toll, if my flushed red face
doesn't tell the story, the fact that I am singing a
Neil Diamond song should tell you something.
After many years at the factory, working for low wages, he decided to make a change. He took a leap of faith and went out on his own as an artist. It was a little rough at first, but it turned out to be a good decision.
He has done well, and has quite a following. Also, he is a little famous for more than his art. You see, a few years ago, he was given an award by the government of China for being an example of what disabled people should aspire to.
But there is something about him that is different. This guy totally loves life. He is truly happy and good-natured. He laughs and tells jokes and is the life of the party. He is not a social outcast, but rather a social phenomenon. He is surrounded by a lot of friends because I think his friends feed off of his enthusiasm for life - I certainly felt it myself.
I spent several days with the artist, and I may be forever changed. Whenever I think I am in a tough spot, or difficult circumstance, all I have to do is think about Mr. Ou-Yang. If he can overcome what he did, then I can overcome my petty problems.
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Gary's random little things about China:
Parking your car on the sidewalk is legal in most places in China. I am talking fully on the sidewalk, and fully blocking the sidewalk, so that nobody can walk there at all. After all, there is a perfectly good roadway for pedestrians and cars to share just past the edge of the sidewalk - right?
In many urban areas, there is a sidewalk parking attendant who will ensure that you park in such a way that no one can use the sidewalk at all. They will also charge a fee of 2 Yuan (26 cents) for up to a full day of sidewalk parking privileges.
The green light means "go". The Yellow light means "20 more cars should enter the intersection". The red light means "5 more cars enter the intersection and become a nuisance to pedestrians trying to cross the street".
Actually, the green light means "Try to go, but you'll probably have to wait for the yellow or red light before you get your chance".
If you get in a car accident, it's best to argue briefly with the other driver, and then both drive away. When the police get involved, everyone gets fined, and someone might lose their license. The fines are generally higher than what it will cost to fix your car, so hanging around to exchange insurance information is rare in minor fender-benders.
If your car is too damaged to drive away, you are screwed. The police own and operate all of the tow trucks in most Chinese cities. You will be fined, charged for towing, charged an impound fee, and may lose your license.
On long stretches of highway, police checkpoints are occasionally set up. They may be stopping drivers and summarily fining them for wearing sunglasses or talking on a mobile phone while driving. However, in the next stretch of highway, another police checkpoint may be issuing fines for driving without sunglasses.
Under certain circumstances, and if you are really unlucky, drivers who get in injury accidents while drunk may be executed. If you are caught drinking and driving just once, you will be fined, and will probably lose your drivers license for the rest of your life.
Thus, drunk driving has become very rare in China.
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the Denver Post's description "some of the only color photographs taken of the effects of the Depression on America's rural and small town populations" .
Isn't this a moot point, what with the word 'effects'? As - with some dramatic exceptions such as the dust bowl - it took longer for the effects (emotional and physical) of the depression to hit small towns and rural areas, as sometimes did the effects of the recovery. Remember also, these are people who in those days didn't have much, who lived frugally and were used to doing without before the depression hit.
(My information is anecdotal. I have always received the impression from the stories I have heard, rural and urban alike, that the ending of the US depression was a fade out. Perhaps the closest one could come to a definitive ending is 1941 and the US involvement in WWII. I do think statistics are helpful in providing a framework, but they are also misleading when it comes to the human story, each story, which these photographs definitely are.)
The photos are gorgeous. I love black and white, but there is absolutely no comparison when it comes to identifying with the subject and the immediacy in human portraiture done in color.
This is a side note, but it doesn't warrant a new thread. Today, I was reading about the US depression and specifically, the migration to California as I was remembering stories told by those who migrated here from Oklahoma, many of whom were proudly "Scotch". I thought some might find it interesting to find the origins of that Americanism and also the role these people played during the depression and the organization of unions, and elsewise and elsewhere - like American music.
Okie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okie (notice the term "Scotch Irish" in paragraph four)


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Pseudophryne corroboree
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Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Pseudophryne corroboree Moore, 1953
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|Taxonomic Source(s):
|Frost, D.R. 2014. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6 (27 January 2014). New York, USA. Available at: http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html. (Accessed: 27 January 2014).
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Critically Endangered A2ace+3ce; B2ab(ii,iii,iv,v); C1 ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
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|Jean-Marc Hero, Graeme Gillespie, Peter Robertson, Frank Lemckert
|Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
Listed as Critically Endangered because of an observed drastic population decline estimated to be more than 80% over the last ten years, and a projected decline of more than 80% over the next ten years, perhaps due to chytridiomycosis; and because its Area Of Occupancy is less than 10km2, its distribution is severely fragmented, and there is continuing decline in its Area of Occupancy, in the extent and quality of its habitat, in the number of subpopulations and in the number of mature individuals; and because its population size is estimated to number fewer than 250 mature individuals and there is an expected continuing decline of at least 25% within three years or one generation.
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|Range Description:
|Prior to the detailed survey undertaken by Osborne (1989), there were museum records of P. corroboree from only seven locations, all in the Snowy Mountains of southeastern New South Wales, Australia (Guthega, Smiggin Holes, Happy Jacks Plain, Round Mt., Alpine Hut, Pretty Plain and Tooma Swamp). Osborne (1989) subsequently recorded the species at most of these sites (although was unable to find the species near Guthega and Alpine Hut) in a survey that included 257 potential breeding sites, recording the species at 63 locations. The extent of occurrence of the species was reported to be about 400km² in a relatively narrow band between 1,240 and 1,710m asl (Osborne 1989). Osborne, Hunter and Hollis (1999) surveyed 170 potentially suitable breeding sites across the known historical range of the species and detected P. corroboree still inhabiting 63 sites during the period 1995-1998. However, in this survey only a single individual was found in the southernmost extent of the former range, few extant populations were found along the entire eastern edge of the former distribution and only a single individual was found at low-altitude sites near Tooma Dam in the northern Snowy Mountains. In the central region of the former distribution the species was only located at 21 sites with the numbers at each site being critically low. This represents an extensive collapse of the population in this region.
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|The population size in the wild is now believed to number fewer than 250 mature individuals.
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|Habitat and Ecology:
|The Corroboree Frog is a habitat specialist, restricted to montane and sub-alpine woodlands, heathland and grassland above about 1,000m asl. Breeding sites are associated with shallow pools, fens, seepages, wet grassland, and wet heaths. Non-breeding habitat occurs in forest, woodland and heath adjacent to breeding sites. It breeds in shallow pools or seepages. Osborne (1990b) summarised the main features of their reproductive ecology (after Pengilley 1966, 1971, 1973; W.S. Osborne unpubl.). Field measurements (Pengilley 1973) suggest that the species reaches sexual maturity at three years of age (i.e., one year as an embryo/tadpole and two years as a juvenile/sub-adult), which is consistent with observations of captive-reared individuals (Osborne 1990b). It is unlikely that many adults survive for more than one breeding season (Osborne 1990b). Breeding occurs from January to February (Pengilley 1966, 1973; W.S. Osborne unpubl.) and 16-40 eggs (Pengilley 1973) of ovum diameter 3.1-3.6mm (capsule diameter 6.0-10.0mm W.S. Osborne unpubl.) are deposited terrestrially (Pengilley 1966; W. Osborne unpubl.). Tadpoles develop within the egg capsule and hatching occurs when high ground-water levels after rain cause the nest to become flooded (Osborne 1990b). Hatching occurs at four to six months (W.S. Osborne unpubl.) and the tadpole development period is six to eight months (Pengilley 1966, 1973; W.S. Osborne unpubl.). Metamorphosis occurs between December and early February (Pengilley 1966, 1973; W.S. Osborne unpubl.).
|Terrestrial; Freshwater
|Major Threat(s):
|The Corroboree Frog is one of a number of Australian alpine amphibian species that have experienced pronounced population declines for unknown reasons (Osborne, Hunter and Hollis 1999). There is no single aspect of the field biology of these species that stands out as a feature in common, and that might help explain the declines (Osborne, Hunter and Hollis 1999). Pseudophryne pengilleyi is still widespread and abundant at lower altitudes (Osborne, Hunter and Hollis 1999). Osborne, Hunter and Hollis (1999) reviewed some of the possible factors contributing to population declines at high altitudes including long-term weather patterns and pathogens such as the chytrid fungus (Berger, Speare and Hyatt 1999). Chytrid fungus has recently been detected in museum specimens of the Corroboree Frog by R. Speare, although the level of virulence in wild populations is unknown (W.S. Osborne pers. comm.). Planting of exotic trees, such as Willows (Salix spp.), has been widespread in the Snowy Mountains (Osborne 1990b). Although no breeding sites are directly threatened by willow invasion, in the longer-term the spread of willows by vegetative growth along seepages and streams might present a problem for the management of some sites (Osborne 1990b). Excavation by feral pigs has also been identified as a potentially threatening process (Osborne 1990b; W.S. Osborne pers. comm.). The bushfires of 2002/2003 destroyed over 90% of the species' habitat.
|Conservation Actions:
|Research is currently being undertaken to examine the potential role of captive husbandry in aiding the recovery of small populations through direct manipulation of recruitment to the terrestrial development stage (Hunter et al. 1999). The range of the species includes Kosciusko National Park. Since 2001, Melbourne Zoo has raised/maintained tadpoles and frogs as part of the national recovery program. After the devastating bushfires of 2002/2003, all eggs were removed from the wild to increase the intensity of the captive-breeding program.
|Jean-Marc Hero, Graeme Gillespie, Peter Robertson, Frank Lemckert. 2004. Pseudophryne corroboree. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T18582A8484537. . Downloaded on 25 September 2018.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, two self-assured and firm-speaking conservatives, joined forces in the early 1980s and drastically changed the economic and political landscapes in both of their countries.
Their calls for more-austere government and lower taxes still resonate with conservatives on both sides of the Atlantic. And their side-by-side standing up to Soviet communism is credited by those of all political stripes as hastening the end of the Cold War.
Thatcher died Monday in London of a stroke at 87.
The British prime minister and the American president had the kind of personal bond that is extremely rare at such high levels of power.
She was the first and last White House State Dinner guest during Reagan's eight-year presidency. And when he died in 2004, at 93 after suffering for years with Alzheimer's disease, a frail Thatcher attended his state funeral.
"They had similar backgrounds and in some ways could understand what the other was experiencing," said Heather Conley, director of Europe programs for the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
"And they had unique solidarity. They were tough, they were single-minded in many ways. Some have argued that that lack of complexity was their shortcoming. But in some ways, their focus was their strength," Conley said.
Reagan and Thatcher forged a special friendship "from the very beginning, the first time they met," former first lady Nancy Reagan said Monday.
"I loved it that she and Ronnie were as close as they were," she told Fox News.
Thatcher led Britain's Conservative Party to three election victories, governing from 1979 to 1990. Reagan was president from 1981 to 1989.
Both cut income taxes deeply and reined in national government spending. Both favored privatizing many government functions. Both stood up to organized labor. Both tackled inflation. Both were strong advocates of free markets and increased open international trade.
And both had a lasting — and controversial — impact on their own and opposing political parties in their respective nations.
Reagan's supply-side theories that lower taxes can stimulate growth — like a rising tide that lifts all ships — was derided as "Reaganomics" by critics and even once called "voodoo economics" by the Republican who went on to serve as his vice president and later as president himself, George H. W. Bush.
Even today, it is hard for American Republicans to support any increase in taxes — a Reagan legacy that still makes it difficult for Democrats and Republicans to find common ground on tax legislation.
In Britain, Thatcher's policies were dubbed "Economic Thatcherism."
"Using deregulation and privatization, she restored Great Britain, once dismissed as the 'sick man of Europe,' to its position as a world power. Indeed, her policies led the way and inspired other nations — including those in newly free Eastern Europe — to adopt similar reforms to boost their economies," Ed Feulner, former president of the conservative Heritage Foundation, wrote Monday in a tribute.
"An intrepid warrior for freedom and human dignity, Prime Minister Thatcher stood with her 'noble friend,' President Ronald Reagan, to confront the Soviet empire when it was at its peak," Feulner added.
Thatcher's efforts in advancing conservative causes and programs in Britain may have strengthened Reagan's hand in selling his conservative agenda at home, and vice versa.
Conservatives at the time viewed the political victories of the two allies as part of a worldwide trend moving in their direction — a trend that has since run into a lot of bumps in the road.
Today's widely held warm and fuzzy image of the Reagan-Thatcher alliance of three decades ago may have been fortified and blurred somewhat by the passage of time.
"They were actually very similar, but very different from what many people today think they did," said Bruce Bartlett, an economic adviser to Reagan and Bush.
While Thatcher and Reagan were both economic conservatives at heart, "they were also much more pragmatic about what could be done" than many of today's conservatives, Bartlett said. "And they both accepted the legitimacy of the welfare state. They just tried to make it work better and reduce its cost."
While both are known for slashing taxes and cutting spending, Reagan also supported many later tax increases and backed raising the government's borrowing authority many times. Thatcher raised her nation's value-added tax.
The two had vastly different governing styles. Reagan projected radiant optimism and cheerful agreeability. Thatcher, who came to be known as the "Iron Lady," exhibited relentless determination.
And they sometimes disagreed. For instance, Thatcher didn't get the level of support she wanted from Reagan during the Falklands War crisis. And Thatcher was miffed and annoyed by Reagan's 1983 invasion of the tiny Caribbean island nation of Grenada.
Still, "she was a great partner with the United States," said former top State Department official Nicholas Burns, including being the one who persuaded Reagan that Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was "someone we can do business with."
Apparently her warmth with Reagan didn't fully convey to Bush, Reagan's successor.
While she fully supported Bush on confronting Saddam Hussein after Iraq's August 1990 invasion of Kuwait, she was a little concerned about his resolve. "So this was the reason I said, 'Look, George, this is no time to go wobbly," she later recalled.
The elder Bush issued a statement Monday declaring: "America has lost one of the staunchest allies we have ever known."
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In the practice of shamanic journeying, rhythm fuses with intent to carry us into the unseen worlds for wisdom, healing, and insight. With Soul Journeys, Sandra Ingerman presents a unique collection of musical journeys made to transport you into an expanded state of perception.
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The Forsyte Saga (Dramatised)
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Galsworthy's epic story chronicles the decline and fall of the Forsytes through almost 50 years of material triumph, emotional disaster, and a terrible feud that splits them asunder. Beginning in 1886, The Man of Property starts with the family wealthy, successful, and united.
But the actions of the arrogant Soames Forsyte and his beautiful wife Irene are to have disastrous consequences. In Chancery has marital discord as its theme, as various members of the family find themselves dealing with domestic dramas, affairs and divorce. To Letsees the second generation experiencing both the pain and the promise of love, as the sins of the father are visited on the Forsyte children.
With an all-star cast of over 30 experienced actors, and enacted over the course of 23 episodes, this thrilling tale of sex, power, and money will enthral you from beginning to end.
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By The Driver on 02-05-16
British Drama at it's best
I remember, as a child, watching the Greek Tragedy of the Forsyte Saga unfold over many evenings. I didn't appreciate the complexities in those days. I've since watched both the original series and the newer one before deciding the read the books. This BBC radio rendition of the books is so true to the origin. I've laughed with George and Darty cried with Irene and brooded, menacingly with Soames. The deaths of old Jolyon, Balthazar, young Joly and young Jolyon affected me greatly. And through it all, Soames lurks, casting a shadow and destroying himself...
Well worth the listen. Highly recommended and worthy of five stars.
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By Alison St Pierre on 10-02-14
Haunting tale of destructive passion.
Much darker than the 60s drama. I wish I had read/listened to the book before I bought the drama series. The actors from the drama filled my imagination as oppose to embarking upon the story as a blank canvas. I found myself completely engrossed in this novel and the extreme stances that the characters took made more sense after absorbing the book as oppose to watching the drama. The TV series was watered down to suite the audience and the time. This book strongly recommended!
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By Maria on 09-06-12
Poor Soames
The Story
Whenever I see or hear a version of The Forsyte Saga, I always feel sorry for Soames.
The much-maligned Soames Forsyte is the character that we are supposed to loathe, as most of the characters in the story do. But I can't. I much prefer him to his smug, watercolour painting cousin, Jolien. Or Jolien's useless windbag daughter, June. Or Irene, the unforgiving hypocrite who married him. Soames and his daughter Fleur have more spunk and personality than the rest of the Forsytes put together. And this story is redeemed by them.
The Performances
The male voices in this production are wonderful. At times when people die, the dialogue is very moving and is beautifully performed. I actually cried. Twice.
As usual, a couple of the female voices let the show down. The oft referred to as beautiful character of Irene is voiced in a dull, low monotone in the mistaken belief that it makes her sound beautiful and ladylike. But she just sounds like a creepy bore devoid of personality or humour. The character of soames 2nd wife, being french, is also voiced wrongly. She sounds like an imbecilic five year old. Poor Soames, if only he could get a wife who could speak like a norman woman. But i'm particularly sensitive to these voice traits, so don't let it deter you from the production. On the whole, it is beautifully done, with love, care and affection by the actors and the producers.
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By Sarah on 08-10-10
Nervous breakdowns galore
I don't know who directed this production, but they must have been going through a bad time in their life because some of the characterization in this series is really over the top. Half the characters speak their internal monologues as though they're Hamlet: Low, dramatic voices with lots of heavy breathing, and there are frequent sound effects of crying children and screaming women (to emphasize the tragic bits).
I've read the Forsyte books and I know they're supposed to be fairly serious, but I feel confident they weren't supposed to be this fraught.
The narrator is good (Michael Hordern, famous for being Jeeves in BBC radio series, among other roles) and the characters who aren't acting like they're having nervous breakdowns are pretty good. And of course the story itself is quite interesting.
I have a feeling that this production was done in the 1970s, when BBC radio actors still took themselves very, very seriously, and no radio show was immune from Acting with a capital A. (There's a weird version of Dorothy Sayers 'The Nine Tailors' which has the same problem - the book is supposed to be funny, but the radio drama comes off as High Drama and Major Tragedy.)
So if you like your radio shows with a nice dose of Macbethian craziness and a fair amount of weeping and wailing, you'll like this. Otherwise, you may find yourself rolling your eyes a lot.
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