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Most family vacations are remembered for endless car rides, packed tourist beaches and a string of poorly decorated hotel rooms.
But not former Nebraskan and current Coloradan Kari Williams. Her family vacation memories center on smells of cow manure, adventures on horseback and roosters with bad attitudes on farms in central Nebraska.
âMy parents, both of them grew up on their family farms, one in Lexington (Nebraska), one in Elwood. And my dad was a teacher so we spent a lot time in the summer out there,â Williams said. âA lot of times when we were headed out to the farm it was for a holiday or for summer vacation.â
Though she grew up in Grand Island, Neb., Williams still has those quintessential farm memories. She and her pack of cousins explored the landscape, jumping on hay bales, climbing trees, running into electric fences.
âWe were like a little swarm of bees,â Williams said. âThere were ten of us on either side of the family. I remember that frenetic energy.â
She has taken those memories and those experiences with her throughout her career. She currently works in Denver as development director for Farm Aid, or âthose Willie Nelson farm concerts,â as Williams notes with a smile.
âThere was a year when I was just a little rugrat when we received the Farm Family of the Year award in Gosper County, Nebraska. There was a lot of pride in that,â Williams said. âWe had had the farm for, at that point, for 125 years -- now itâs 150. Thinking about our history there and growing up there and where our roots were.â
Those farm vacations in Nebraska faded off as Williams and her cousins grew up and spread across the country. She still holds on to that nostalgia though, stopping to check out catte on her trips throughout Colorado farm country, or taking friends to a Denver-area goat farm.
âThe smell of the farm is something that would probably turn a lot of people off if they werenât used to it. But the smell of cow manure, that smells like home to me, I love that,â Williams said.
The fate of her familyâs farms in Nebraska right now is uncertain. The farmers currently running the operations, Williamsâ uncles, are getting close to retirement. None of her cousins are clamoring to take over. The family is just starting to have the difficult conversations about inheritance and transition.
So far, itâs looking like theyâll sell the land to another farm family in the region, Williams said. Soon that land may not be available for future farm vacations.
âIâm trying to get spiritually sound with that,â Williams said. âWeâre all just stewards of the land for a period of time.â
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Ctenochaetus marginatus
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Ctenochaetus marginatus (Valenciennes, 1835)
Common Name(s):
Acanthurus marginatus Valenciennes, 1835
Ctenochaetus cyanoguttatus Randall, 1955
Ctenochaetus magnus Randall, 1955
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Least Concern ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Clements, K.D., Choat, J.H., Abesamis, R., McIlwain, J., Myers, R., Nanola, C., Rocha, L.A., Russell, B. & Stockwell, B.
|Edgar, G. & Kulbicki, M.
Ctenochaetus marginatus is widespread in the eastern and central Pacific. It is common and abundant (offshore islands in the Eastern Tropical Pacific) in parts of its range. It is a minor component of the aquarium trade. There are no major threats known and it occurs in marine reserves in parts of its distribution. It is therefore listed as Least Concern.
|Range Description:
|Ctenochaetus marginatus is found in some scattered localities in the tropical central and eastern Pacific. It occurs in the Marshall, Caroline, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Johnston, Marquesas, Society and Line Islands (Randall 2001a). This species occurs in the tropical eastern Pacific from Costa Rica to Colombia, including all the offshore islands.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Colombia (Malpelo I.); Costa Rica (Cocos I., Costa Rica (mainland)); Ecuador (Galápagos); France (Clipperton I.); French Polynesia; Kiribati (Gilbert Is., Kiribati Line Is., Phoenix Is.); Marshall Islands; Mexico (Revillagigedo Is.); Micronesia, Federated States of ; Panama; United States Minor Outlying Islands (Howland-Baker Is., Johnston I., US Line Is.)
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Pacific – eastern central; Pacific – southeast; Pacific – western central
|Additional data:
|Range Map:
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|Ctenochaetus marginatus was common at Kosrae (R. Myers pers. comm. in Randall 2001a). It is common at Palmyra and Jarvis, Line Islands and Balcer and Howland in the northern Phoenix Islands (B.C. Mundy pers. comm. in Randall and Clements 2001). C. marginatus is common in Niutao, Tuvalu (Randall and Clements 2001). It is abundant at Clipperton and Cocos, uncommon throughout the rest of its tropical eastern Pacific range. According to Robertson and Allen (1996), this fish was frequent enough to have a resident population in Clipperton Atoll. Surveys conducted in the Galapagos (Edgar et al. 2004), Costa Rica (Dominici-Arosemana et al. 2005, Espinoza and Salas 2005, Figueroa 2001) and Colombia (Rubio 1986) did not observe this species, indicating that it may be quite rare in the tropical eastern Pacific region.
|Current Population Trend:
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|Habitat and Ecology:
|Ctenochaetus marginatus inhabits shallow, seaward reefs (Lieske and Myers 1994). Small schools may also be found in relatively turbulent waters of the surge zone (Krupp 1995). It was observed in small rapidly moving schools in moderately rough water in broad shallow surge channels on the lee side of Onotoa Atoll, Kiribati (Randall and Clements 2001). In the Gulf of Chiriqui, Panama, this species could be found over sand and rubble substrate (Dominici-Arosemena and Wolff 2006). The sexes are separate among the acanthurids (Reeson 1983). Acanthurids do not display obvious sexual dimorphism, males assume courtship colours (J.H. Choat pers. comm. 2010).
Maximum age was recorded as 15 years at 25.1 cm (FL) in the Marquesas (J.H. Choat pers. comm. 2010).
The genus Ctenochaetus feed on fine detrital material. They whisk the sand or rocky substratum with their teeth and utilize suction to draw in the detrital material that consists of diatoms, small fragments of algae, organic material and fine inorganic sediment (Randall and Clements 2001). Species of Ctenochaetus share the presence of a thick-walled stomach (Randall and Clements 2001), this character is significant with respect to the nutritional ecology of this genus (Choat et al. 2002b).
|Use and Trade:
|Ctenochaetus marginatus is a minor component of the aquarium trade (Global Marine Aquarium Database accessed 19 March 2010). There were no prices listed online (L. Rocha pers. comm. 2010).
|Major Threat(s):
There are no major threats to this species.
Surgeonfishes show varying degrees of habitat preference and utilization of coral reef habitats, with some species spending the majority of their life stages on coral reef while others primarily utilize seagrass beds, mangroves, algal beds, and /or rocky reefs. The majority of surgeonfishes are exclusively found on coral reef habitat, and of these, approximately 80% are experiencing a greater than 30% loss of coral reef area and degradation of coral reef habitat quality across their distributions. However, more research is needed to understand the long-term effects of coral reef habitat loss and degradation on these species' populations. Widespread coral reef loss and declining habitat conditions are particularly worrying for species that recruit into areas with live coral cover, especially as studies have shown that protection of pristine habitats facilitate the persistence of adult populations in species that have spatially separated adult and juvenile habitats (Comeros-Raynal et al. 2012).
|Conservation Actions:
|There are no species-specific conservation measures in place for this species. However, its distribution overlaps a few marine protected areas within its range.
Choat, J.H., Clements, K.D. and Robbins, W.D. 2002b. The trophic status of herbivorous fishes on coral reefs. 1. Dietary analyses. Marine Biology 140: 613-623.
Comeros-Raynal, M.T., Choat, J.H., Polidoro, B.A., Clements, K.D., Abesamis, R., Craig, M.T., Lazuardi, M.E., McIlwain, J., Muljadi, A., Myers, R.F., Nañola Jr., C.L., Pardede, S., Rocha, L.A., Russell, B., Sanciangco, J.C., Stockwell, B., Harwell, H. and Carpenter, K.E. 2012. The likelihood of extinction of iconic and dominant components of coral reefs: the parrotfishes and surgeonfishes. PLoS ONE http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0039825.
Dominici-Arosemena, A. and Wolff, M. 2006. Reef fish community structure in the Tropical Eastern Pacific (Panamá): living on a relatively stable rocky reef environment. Helgoland Marine Research 60: 287-305.
Dominici-Arosemena, A., Brugnoli-Olivera, E., Cortés Núnez, J., Molina-Urena, H. and Quesada-Alpizar, M. 2005. Community structure of Eastern Pacific Reef Fishes (Gulf of Papagayo, Costa Rica). Tecnociencia 7(2): 19-41.
Edgar, G.J., Banks, S., Farina, J.M., Calvopina, M. and Martinez, C. 2004. Regional biogeography of shallow reef fish and macro-invertebrate communities in the Galapagos archipielago. Journal of Biogeography 31: 1107-1124.
Espinoza, M. and Salas, E. 2005. Estructura de las comunidades de peces de arrecife en las islas Catalinas y Playa Ocotal, Pacífico Norte de Costa Rica. Revista de Biología Tropical 53(3-4): 523-536.
Figueroa, R.E.R. 2001. Caracterización de la ictiofauna de los arrecifes de la parte interna del Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica. Universidad de Costa Rica.
Global Marine Aquarium Database. 2010. Species Trade Details. Available at: http://www.unep-wcmc.org/GMAD/species.cfm. (Accessed: March 19).
IUCN. 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2012.2). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 17 October 2012).
Krupp, F. 1995. Acanthuridae. Sangradores, cirujanos, navajones. In: W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds), Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental, pp. 839-844. FAO, Rome.
Lieske, E. and Myers, R.F. 1994. Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific and Caribbean including the Red Sea. Harper Collins Publishers, New York, USA.
Randall, J.E. 2001a. Surgeonfishes of the world. Mutual Publishing and Bishop Museum Press, Hawai'i, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Reeson, P.H. 1983. The biology, ecology and bionomics of the surgeonfishes, Acanthuridae. In: J.L. Munro (ed.), Caribbean coral reef fishery resources, pp. 178-190.
Robertson, D.R. and Allen, G.R. 1996. Zoogeography of the shorefish fauna of Clipperton Atoll. Coral Reefs 15(2): 121-131.
Robertson, D.R. and Allen, G.R. 2006. Shore fishes of the tropical eastern Pacific: an information system. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panamá.
Rubio, E.A. 1986. Notas sobre la ictiofauna de la Isla de Gorgona, Colombia. Boletin Ecotropica 13: 86-112.
|Clements, K.D., Choat, J.H., Abesamis, R., McIlwain, J., Myers, R., Nanola, C., Rocha, L.A., Russell, B. & Stockwell, B. 2012. Ctenochaetus marginatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T177964A1504292. . Downloaded on 21 September 2018.
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It's got dozens of luxurious homes worth $300,000 to $2.5 million, all with sunrise-on-the-water views, high ceilings and hardwood floors.
There's a world-class fitness center with a recent $11 million face-lift.
And don't forget the gazebo and the marina.
No wonder Hampton Mayor Ross A. Kearney II has real estate developers begging him for a shot at Fort Monroe.
"It's one of the most prime pieces of property in the Hampton Roads area," says Dan Hassett, regional vice president of Virtexco Inc., a construction company that spent several years and $25 million fixing up the base's housing. "You've got water views all around."
You've also got an estimated 1,300 places in the 570-acre site where buried explosives might have to be removed.
Not to mention National Historic Landmark status, putting it among the crown jewels of historic and architectural sites in the nation.
That's the conundrum of Fort Monroe, now that it's officially on the Pentagon's base closure list.
If the Army marches away, Monroe has all the earmarks of the next upscale mix of expensive housing and more expensive office space, a place that could bring in the bucks that would erase the memory and effects of the 3,500 paychecks the military wants to move elsewhere.
But Fort Monroe also has those two big strings attached - historic and environmental - that might severely restrict what can be done there.
For now, Kearney and other Hampton officials say they don't want to talk much about what benefits might result from the closure. Officially, the focus is on saving the base, not selling it.
But those same politicians can't help but allude to the possibilities.
"I hope it remains Fort Monroe," Kearney says. "Yet we are prepared to move forward."
In the past few months, he says, several developers have brought the city proposals for turning the property into a tax-producing casserole of residential, office and commercial spaces.
If it comes to that, Kearney says, the quality of the proposals and the people involved show that "it's not going to be helter-skelter, with Motel 8s and things like that."
Kearney even has visions of snatching victory from the jaws of defeat by luring developers to build high-rise office buildings designed for federal workers.
Under this vision, some of the 22,000 men and women who must leave leased offices in Northern Virginia because those buildings are not sufficiently protected from terrorists would come to Hampton.
The reason they have to leave the offices is that new rules for protecting Department of Defense workplaces call for physical barriers to thwart car bombers, including an 82-foot buffer around each building.
Kearney notes that there's a bigger buffer than that at Fort Monroe, plus a moat and a secure checkpoint that already meets military security regulations.
No one questions that there are already some high-end houses at the base. Hassett's company spent five years and $25 million in tax money fixing up about 100 homes there, ending in 2000.
Much of the cost was because the company was repairing parts of a historic site, with some housing dating to the 19th century.
But the rest was because the fix-ups were first-class, made to order for generals and other high-ranking officers, he says.
"They were unbelievable houses with unbelievable views of the water," he says. "The last one we did there was the house for the four-star general," a 12,000-square-foot, four-story building that entailed $1.2 million of work and would now be worth $2 million to $2.5 million, he says.
Twelve-foot ceilings, heart-pine floors, tin and metal decorative ceilings, new kitchens - all of today's trendy and expensive features were put into these buildings, Hassett says.
On another part of the base, $11 million was spent on what base officials routinely call a "world-class" fitness center - a converted YMCA that boasts the latest in exercise equipment, including a 20-foot climbing wall.
The base also manages a marina, a meeting center with catering facilities that can host sessions for 10 to 350, and a collegial campus for the Army's Training and Doctrine Command.
There are also a number of substandard properties the military has been planning to demolish or replace.
Hampton has been complaining for years that it doesn't have enough high-end housing to attract corporate executives. It has coveted a community like Kingsmill or one of the other residential showplaces on the Peninsula.
Fort Monroe could be that place, real estate experts say.
But that might take a lot of time. And luck. And work.
And lawyers.
If Monroe stays on the closing list, one of the first hurdles to figuring out what happens next will be deciding who owns it.
That won't be easy, predicts A. Paul Burton, Hampton's city attorney.
The city hired a real estate lawyer to do some research just in case what happened Friday happened, he said.
He found out that the base comprises a number of properties, assembled from 1838 to about 1917. There's even a two-acre splotch of land where a lighthouse for shipping traffic was acquired in 1798, during the administration of John Adams, the nation's second president.
Several, but not all, key pieces of the land that are now combined and known as Fort Monroe had what lawyers call reversion clauses as part of their sale to the federal government, says Burton - the original sale laid down conditions for what happens if the Army stops using the land.
"It's probably one of the most complex land title situations you've got around here," Burton says.
The only thing that is clear is that the state and city have no easy claim to any of the properties once the Army leaves, he says.
Kearney says he's confident the city will have a significant say in what goes on at the site. That's in part because of a promise from Gov. Mark R. Warner and in part because the city has formed a redevelopment authority for the fort property, the first step toward getting the government's assistance in making a transition to nonmilitary use.
Normally, federal law gives other federal agencies first crack at a property coughed up by the military. But the sales and contracts that helped assemble Monroe make that normal picture murky at best, Burton says.
Federal and state authorities declined to comment on what stake they might hold or claim, saying it's too early to make such statements.
Another complication is the environmental laws that govern the transfer of military property.
Normally, all hazards have to be removed or neutralized before the transfer can take place, a requirement that in previous rounds of base closings has delayed the process for more than a decade in some cases, leaving sites surrounded by fences and "No Trespassing" signs.
There is a provision that allows a local government or private owner to take possession - and the responsibility for cleanup - and thereby speed up the process.
That might be riskier than normal at Fort Monroe because the extent of the environmental problem is so poorly known. Cleanup estimates, all more than a decade old, range from $22 million to $263 million. Until the last two rounds of closings, the uncertainty and potential magnitude of the environmental cleanup has helped spare the fort from closure.
Fort Monroe's environmental difficulties primarily involve buried ordnance - tons of it.
The whole idea of putting a fort there was to give the government a place to park massive cannons capable of hitting ships that might dare to enter the James River and Chesapeake Bay. That was back in the 1800s, when ships, not planes and missiles, ruled the day.
Since then, cannons, rifles and other weapons have been fired there, mostly for practice and testing, from the mid-1800s through World War II. No one thought those chemical-laden, toxic lead target-practice items were a problem when they sank into the beach and soft soil, but they were wrong. In addition to the chemical poisons, some of them can still explode.
The most recent study of how big and expensive a problem exists was completed in 1995.
The researchers found more than 73,300 objects buried on the grounds of the fort that might be old ordnance. An additional 79,900 were found in the moat around the stone fort, but no one contemplates digging there.
After unearthing 581 objects outside the moat and finding out that belt buckles, a horse harness and other harmless objects accounted for most of the underground metal, the study concluded that there were probably only 1,309 objects of concern outside the moat. Most were toward the north end of the property.
The only people who needed to be concerned were those who might be in construction or other jobs where digging was necessary, the study found.
Of course, there is the alternative of not digging at all. Nearly all the fort's acreage and structures are considered historic as a matter of law, given their inclusion on the national historic register and status as a national historic landmark, the top level of historic status bestowed by Congress.
That doesn't make the site immune to development or demolition but legally commands consideration for its nonmonetary value, says Kathleen Kilpatrick, director of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources.
"The assumption is that important resources will be saved unless there are no reasonable alternatives," she says of the law protecting these sites.
It's too early to say what that could mean for Fort Monroe, Kilpatrick says. That's echoed by the U.S. National Park Service, where a spokesman says it won't even consider evaluating the site for federal parkland until Congress and the president make a decision on base closings later this year.
The Pentagon's base closing announcement said the Army would work with Kilpatrick's agency "to ensure that historic properties are continued to be protected."
Kilpatrick says she's confident the Army won't drop the ball. "They've done a fantastic job," she says.
If thoughts turn from saving Fort Monroe as an active military base to saving Fort Monroe for posterity, Kilpatrick says, the best question would be, "How do you put it back to work for the area?"
That might entail appropriate use as a historical tourist attraction that would build on the area's existing treasures of Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown.
Maximizing the value of the site for tourists might not be incompatible with developing some land for residential or commercial use, she says.
Michael Cobb, curator of the Hampton History Museum, says the question of value isn't just monetary in this situation.
"Fort Monroe is important, not only to Hampton but to America," he says. "There are few places that have its historic significance."
It is the first and largest fort in the United States made of hand-cut stone, which by itself provides architectural and historical clout worthy of respect, he says.
But it's also a part of the nation's soul, where Gen. Benjamin F. Butler got the emancipation ball rolling by declaring slaves who'd come there in the early days of the Civil War "contraband" and therefore not subject to being returned to their masters under existing federal law.
It was the launch point for Gen. George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign in that same war, and the place President Abraham Lincoln came to watch the progress - and failures - of his army.
It was also the prison, after the war, for Jefferson Davis, who led the Confederate rebellion.
The federal government might end up keeping the site, says Cobb, because the public will demand a fitting end for such a place.
"I think the American people would be disappointed if their government did not protect that site." n


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Lukewarm Stove: Soler, Soto, Garza, Oswalt
The Lukewarm Stove is finally settling down for the year. There will probably be rumors throughout Spring Training, but I reckon those'll be reported on a one-off basis, rather than in a Stove-like set. It's kind of sad…
- In addition to the big update last evening on Jorge Soler and the Cubs' non-signing, there is a rumor going around that Blue Jays' GM Alex Anthopoulos is headed to the DR today to see and meet with Soler. I'm not saying it's true, but, if it is, it's hard to see him going to all that trouble if everyone understood Soler to have a preliminary agreement in place with the Cubs. Of course, there remains a whole lot of room between "signed to a contract" (which we know Soler isn't) and "some kind of understanding with the Cubs" (which Soler may have). And in that room might be a chance for other teams to swoop in with a compelling offer.
- There have been more reports today about a other teams interested in Soler, including the Phillies, says Buster Olney. The Cubs, I suspect, can go toe-to-toe with all other bidders in terms of cash, but will some other team go nuts (especially if they feel like the Cubs already have the inside track)? The Cubs' recent influx of teammates/friends of Soler's will help if the money is close. I'm still at 51% Cubs.
- Bruce Levine chatted yesterday and touched on a variety of rumors. Notably, he revisited a Geovany-Soto-for-Wade-Davis swap, which didn't make much sense the first time it came up. Now, Levine agrees – he doesn't see anything like that happening, but doesn't rule out Soto being a trade candidate in-season. If Soto is hitting well this year (and if Welington Castillo is performing well at AAA), I think you can pretty much guarantee Soto will be a frequent subject of trade rumors.
- Levine also noted that the Cubs have had discussions with Matt Garza about an extension (which we knew), but a sticking point between the sides is the Cubs' refusal to offer a no-trade clause on a long-term deal (which I previously reported). The Cubs will continue to listen to offers for Garza should they come along and improve upon the unacceptable offers the Cubs received this Winter. A key injury or two in Spring Training is never something to root for, but it could certainly help the Cubs' bargaining position.
- Roy Oswalt is somehow still a free agent. We've heard at various times that the Red Sox, Reds, Rangers and Cardinals are trying to move salary to open up enough cash to sign Oswalt, but apparently none has been able yet. I presume it will happen soon enough, with Spring Training around the corner, but what if it doesn't? Does Oswalt pull a Roger Clemens and continue to sit on the sidelines until one of his preferred destinations gets desperate? Or does he get as much money as he can from wherever he can?


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"Cologne, Germany"
Built by the ancient Romans, Cologne is a mixture of old and new - 60, 000 university students keep it young, a thousand-year-old cathedral gives it maturity. In this program, Burt visits the cathedral which is Germany's most visited tourist attraction and finds out how it can reconnect travelers with their spiritual feelings. He also stops into the city's best restaurants and presents Cologne's traditional foods and drinks. D
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Mr. Neal Holland
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Professor of Visual Arts
M.F.A., National University
M.A., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
B.A., Ouachita Baptist University
Mr. S. Neal Holland began his career at John Brown University in 1998 as the first full-time instructor in Digital Media Art.
Mr. Holland received his B.A. in Telecommunication from Ouachita Baptist University. Soon after graduating Holland moved to the Dallas metro area to pursue educational opportunities from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. While studying there, Holland earned the M.A. in Communication and taught courses in video and photography as the SWBTS Presidential Teaching Fellow recipient. Soon after that diploma Holland returned to Southwestern to teach adjunctively and continued adjunct instruction until leaving the Dallas area.
An amazing opportunity helped to propel Professor Holland into Digital Media in 1993. He was offered a job by a ground level digital boutique (RISE International) servicing the Dallas area. This small boutique grew from a start-up business to a major digital media provider for national and international fortune 500 clients like Coca-Cola, Reebok, Nike, and General Motors.
Holland left RISE International for JBU in 1998 - That first year welcomed him with 6 returning students (returning from the inaugural year of the degree program) and 6 new freshmen. The program grew from there to be the largest major in the university, before eventually dividing resources and combining with what is now the Art Department. Holland has served as both a department and division chair within the Communication Art Department. He finished his last degree, an M. F. A. in digital cinema with National University in 2006.
Mr. Holland has been a champion of non-traditional programs and study-abroad partnerships, and he continues to head a series of programs to promote off-campus study. His work with the start-up Fields and Frames promotes that desire and helps photography students get international experience while encouraging the responsibility for Christians to engage with social justice issues.
The Holland's (Neal and Shannon) have one son, Taylor. Mr. Holland spends his free-time fly fishing, firing handguns, printing in the darkroom or print lab, and attempting to capture illusive images that might change the world.


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Between wife Rebecca Romijn and their 4½-year-old twin daughters Dolly and Charlie, Jerry O'Connell is surrounded by women — and still getting used to it.
"Do I mind playing with dolls? Yes, I have an issue playing with dolls. Do I play with dolls? I play with them every day," he jokes to PEOPLE. "My daughters are right in that sweet spot for that princess stuff."
In addition, their changing personalities have begun to come to a head in a way that recently caught O'Connell off-guard.
"I have two girls. One was always feminine, always [wearing] dresses and very girly and then the other one only wanted to wear pants and t-shirts," he says. "But the one who wore pants and t-shirts now wants to wear dresses and they had their first argument over a dress."
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"I know I'm supposed to buy two of everything, but you have to understand, one of my daughters refused to wear dresses until three days ago," he continues.
"I saw a physical altercation. I've never seen anything like it. I have a brother. I'm not used to people fighting over clothes. My brother and I lived together for 20 years, we never fought over an article of clothing in our lives. It was crazy; it was like an episode of Bad Girls Club."
But beyond their wardrobes, there is one thing both girls can agree on: their love of public restrooms.
"Everywhere we go, they want to know if there's a bathroom because they want to use it," O'Connell says. "They're big girls now and they go number one and number two in bathrooms and they want to see every bathroom that they can across this great land of ours."
Getting Dolly and Charlie out of the house is an important aspect of the lifestyle O'Connell and Romijn hope to impart on their children. It is also the reason the actor partnered with GoGo SqueeZ applesauce to promote playfulness among families.
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"My kids just started doing those trailer bikes, where they have a wheel at the back of the bicycle," he says.
"My wife is really the master of it. I do have to say I'm guilty of turning the television on and being like, 'Okay girls, let's just zone out for a second,' but my wife is really the good one about getting us outside and being more playful."
Romijn, as it turns out, is also the one who lays down the law in all matters of the household.
"I don't know if it's tough for girls and dads, but I tend to do what they ask me to do if they say it enough and they say it loud," O'Connell, who will star in CBS's We Are Men this fall, says.
"I know that's bad parenting, but there's nothing I can do about it. I think it's a genetic thing where as a dad, if a little girl asks you 15 times for a bowl of Rice Krispies at 9:30 at night, you say, 'No' 14 times and then the fifteenth time, you go, 'Okay, whatever you want.'"
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Alec Baldwin Jokes That He's Gay In Latest Attempt To Repair Damage
Alec Baldwin's "I'm Not A Homophobe" tour continued Wednesday, when he asked a member of his entourage to stand up before a large audience in San Francisco. "I want you to be my lover, Matt," Alec beamed to his friend in front of the crowd. "I love you, Matt. I love you in that way."
Alec went on to tell the tech crowd that had gathered for his appearance that he has loved plenty of men in his life, some more than women, though he stressed never in "a sexual way." The embattled actor let the laughter die down before reiterating that he didn't say "fag" during that gaffe with a paparazzi last week.
"If in any context in the world that we live in today, if any word is remotely offensive to people, then I'm perfectly willing to learn a different word," he added.
During his speech, Alec also told listeners that he hopes his daughter doesn't have as much of an issue with temper as he's experienced and pleaded with the audience to take everything they read on the Internet with a grain of salt.
"There is a drive-by justice to the Internet society," Alec said. "They indict you, convict you and hang you on the same day."
What do you think of Alec's attempts to repair his anti-gay reputation with these kind of jokes?
(Source: AP)
I have always been a huge fan of his even after he started having these ridiculous outbursts but enough is enough he needs to stop and pay the price for these out of control anger outbursts it's obvious he has issue's with he gay community but he keeps denying it but you're anger speaks for itself and you can't keep blaming the anger, the issue here is him he is the thing that needs fixing but unfortunately there is no cure for what he has but...... if he doesn't already smoke pot he should seriously start.


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Indigofera australis
Austral Indigo
Austral Indigo (Indigofera australis) is a slender shrub of the Pea family
found in all States, varying in size, habit and colour which is not surprising
as it occurs over such a wide area. When growing wild in harsh conditions it is
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Leaves are pinnate, openly spaced on the stems, around 10 cm long and velvety smooth to the touch. Their appearance is clean and fresh at all seasons, unblemished by pests and diseases, and their beautiful blue-green colour is most apparent during colder months.
Flower colour is unusual, ranging through soft purple hues, often pinkish and a change from other species flowering at the same time. The flowers are smooth, in short spires in the leaf axils, freely produced and showy, outlining the curves of the stems. They may open at any time from mid-September and may continue till November in a cool spring. After flowering the shrub is hung with shiny, bright-green pods ripening to produce squarish, hard seed. This is always plentiful and is the means by which young plants are raised. The seeds are hard and need soaking overnight in hot water before sowing. Most soils are suitable as long as they are free from lime, and with ordinary attention to watering the plants grow quickly after planting out and can be expected to have a fairly long life if protected from extreme drought. Most nurseries dealing in native plants stock this species. Only healthy specimens should be chosen as plants may not grow away from a check.
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Name meaning: Indigofera australis
Indigofera - recalling the fact that the dye indigo comes from the leaves of some species;
australis - of southern lands


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A World Elsewehere – A Play by Alan Franks
Date(s) - 03/02/2014
7:45 pm - 10:00 pm
A World Elsewhere is a play by Alan Franks, presented in Theatre 503 Battersea from the 22nd of January to the 15th of February at 7:45 Tuesday to Saturday and 5pm Sundays (Pay What You Can Sundays – for Sunday performances of A World Elsewhere you decide the ticket price!)
Tickets can be bought from the Theatre503 website www.theatre503.com or by phone at 020 7978 7040
In A World Elsewhere you are transported back to the collegiate surroundings of Oxford college in Autumn 1968. It is the days running up to the US presidential election with protests in full voice against the Vietnam War.
The play dwells not only on the conflict of the young Americans, facing the ever-rising draft back at home but also on the so-called special relationship between the New World and the moribund, if changing, old one. It focuses on questions of public demonstration and the role of student protest, drawing parallels to organised protest, their history and present manifestations. In today's landscape, some of that same spirit and ideology of the 1960s is arguably captured in the the approach of the Occupy movement, making this piece ever more relevant.
You're living in the most amazing old buildings and studying the literature of the greatest language there is. You don't do a stroke of work and all your cooking and washing is done for you. It doesn't cost you a penny because the tax-payer is footing the bill. It's a scandal really.'
1968. The world is in uproar. Industrial chaos, Vietnam, Nixon on the threshold of The White House. Amidst the dreaming spires of Oxford University a girl is losing her heart to a brilliant young American with a dark secret. This is a scorching study of old politics and young love set during an unforgettable moment in modern history, as the old world tangles lethally with the new.
Alan Franks was a student at Oxford with Bill Clinton. His latest novel, The Notes of Dr. Newgate, was a Guardian Book of the Week in November.
Director Sally Knyvette's latest production was Judgement at Nuremburg at The Tricycle Theatre. She was a star of Blake 7 and Emmerdale.


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The resurgence of hook-and-bullet conservation
When mule deer populations plummeted across much of the West in the 1990s, some sportsmen took aim at a familiar target. Kill the coyotes, which are adept at finding fawns in the grass, they said, and the herds will rebound.
Here in western Colorado, the state Division of Wildlife responded with a five-year study on the Uncompahgre Plateau. Researcher Chad Bishop compared mule deer fawn-survival rates on two plots of similar terrain. On one, he provided extra feed during the winter months. The results: 46 percent of the fawns survived in the treated area, while only 28 percent survived in the untreated area.
"If predation was the primary cause of depressed survival, we wouldn't have seen this dramatic response," says Bishop, who will soon publish the study results. The real culprit, he says, appears to be the poor forage provided by mature piñon pine/juniper forests that have not been allowed to burn and rejuvenate on a natural cycle. Bishop's findings reinforce earlier studies in Idaho, which found that killing coyotes and mountain lions did nothing to help depressed deer herds there to recover. Together, the studies make a convincing case that hunters should focus on protecting and restoring the West's diminishing wildlife habitat rather than blowing away coyotes. And, indeed, groups like the Colorado Mule Deer Association, which initially pushed for coyote control, have adjusted their focus away from predators and toward habitat conservation. But, as writer Hal Herring notes in this issue's cover story, one group — the rapidly growing Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife — continues to be all but obsessed with predators. The group's "predator derby," held last January in Montana, is a throwback to our pioneering past, when farmers linked arms to drive out and slaughter all the predators in their area.
But it would be a mistake to equate Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife with some old-fashioned backwater hunting group. Under the leadership of founder Don Peay, the organization has attracted thousands of members across the West, raised millions of dollars, and gained political influence in high places — especially Republican ones. It has even won respect from conservation groups, such as The Nature Conservancy, for its efforts to cut through bureaucracy and fund habitat-restoration work.
Still, the group seems a step behind the times. Most notably, it has steered clear of energy development — perhaps the single biggest issue confronting the West's wildlife — even as its colleagues have taken the plunge and supported drilling limits. Sportsmen's groups have emerged as a powerful force to counter the seemingly boundless power of the oil and gas industry under a sympathetic Bush administration. They have created their own alliances, such as the influential Teddy Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, and they have joined with green groups to fight for more regulation and restraint in the energy fields. And it's working. Last month, Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, D, signed into law a bevy of bills reducing the power of the oil and gas industry and requiring it to be more accountable to landowners and wildlife. These reforms wouldn't have happened without the steady hands and quiet passion of the hook-and-bullet groups.
As the West grapples with the forces of energy development and population growth, it will need the combined efforts of everyone who cares about wildlife and the wild places. The question is: Will Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife join the team?


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1)how long it takes nmap to make a full connect() scan (normal home user computer)
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Just as I predicted, this turned out to be a fairly bloody turn.
Skeleton Turn
After reaching an alliance with the Witches off-screen, the Skeletons do an about face to attack the Girls.
Witches Turn
To honor their peace treaty, the Witches move up and unleash their magic on Princess Leia.
Girl Turn
Unafraid of goo and teleportation, the Girls charge the bridge.
Meanwhile, Blue Spandex Girl fires off a shot at condiment girl as Vase Girl hangs on to the boat for dear life.
Blue Spandex Girl's shot goes wild.
Soccer Player Turn
Eager to protect their boat, the Soccer Players whack the CROSS Agents with their food.
With some help from Pizza Hero, the attack somehow succeeds!
Drone Turn
The Drones continue their march across the desert, stopping only to fire off two missiles at The Storm Slayer.
Taking down ally and secret ally alike.
Knight Turn
The Hero, Lord Timothy, approaches the Drones, confident that they would be willing to join forces.
The Drone Hero, D-001, thinks otherwise.
Dejected, Lord Timothy shrugs off the energy blast and heads back to his castle.
CROSS Turn
After being attacked by the very team they vowed to protect, Agents Snipe and Teck take off to go after the Drones.
Quickly firing a missile directly at their bridge, the Agents attempt to eliminate the Soccer Players as a threat.
Thinking quickly, Pizza Hero ducks out of the missile's way, letting the captain have the honor of blowing up.
End of Day 2
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Witches: 1
Girls: 0
Soccer Players: 2
Drones: 2
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Occupy Des Moines activists on Saturday vowed to shut down President Barack Obama's campaign offices and set up a camp outside they plan to maintain around the clock.
"We have every intention to keep this place closed down until we are satisfied," said Frank Cordaro, an activist and founder of the Catholic Worker group in Des Moines.
A handful of activists went to Obama's nondescript office in a downtown strip mall after larger rallies to mark the three-month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York. They had hoped to read a statement demanding Obama cut military spending by half and "dismantle our U.S. military empire ... so we can create jobs, balance the budget, meet our peoples' needs here and help the human community to heal our dying planet."
When they arrived, they found the doors locked.
"You wouldn't even have known this was a campaign office," said Julie Brown, an activist who recently moved to Des Moines.
To highlight its tenets, the protesters put up a hand-written sign on cardboard: "Obama's Former Headquarters."
Brown backed Obama four years ago _ "he was the lesser of two evils," she said _ but has since soured on the whole political system.
"We need a real leader who will put this country back to work," she said.
That anti-establishment flavor runs through the growing Occupy movement that has sprouted up across the country.
"This is not a Republican or a Democratic issue. This is about the whole system being against us. The corporate elites own all of the politicians and they set the agenda," Cordaro said. "What we are doing here is trying to win back our bought-and-sold political empire. We need to dismantle it because there is no difference between George Bush and Obama."
Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt declined to comment.


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Napa Pantry: 7 Picks From Michael Chiarello
We've spent more time than we care to admit gushing over the lighting and copper pans in Michael Chiarello's Napa Pantry store. Although beautiful, they're not exactly in our budget, so instead we've rounded up 7 colorful picks from Michael himself, that are a little more in reach for home cooks! He loves them and so do we!
These picks are a great way to bring in a little color in some unexpected places (who would have thought a griddle could have been colorful?!). And just in case you're curious about the lighting and pans we mentioned earlier, you can find them in the Napa Style Store as well.
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• NapaStyle Artisan Series Reversible Griddle: 10 3/4"x20" for $100
• Rectangular Earthenware Bakers: 9x13 for $69.
• Set of 3 Nesting Earthenware Bakers: Ranging in Sizes from 7 1/2"- 11 1/4" for $99
• Coverflex Silicone Lids: Priced individually starting at $7, or a full set for $24 and 3 full sets for $50
• Microfiber Kitchen Mat: 22"x60" for $169
• Big Bottle Base Bowls: 4 1/2"-6"x2"-2 1/2" for $29 (on sale from $39) and made from recycled wine bottles.
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FDA to hold tattoo webinar: Are tattoos and permanent makeup safe?
The inks and pigments used in tattoos can cause allergic reactions, infections and scarring, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which will be holding a 30-minute tattoo safety webinar at 1 p.m. CT on March 15.
Bhakti Petigara Harp, an expert from the agency's Office of Cosmetics and Colors, will talk about potential problems, including the misrepresentation of the inks and pigments as "FDA approved."
What most people don't realize when they get tattoos is how painful they are to remove, said my brave colleague Shamontiel Vaughn. Some say laser removal feels like the snapping of a rubber band against the skin. Vaughn, who spent about $150 getting one tattoo and three cover-ups--and so far, $900 getting them removed--called the process of laser tattoo surgery "insane."
"Each time I got laser surgery, there were a bunch of small bumps that resembled keloids, rock hard skin and a little bit of bleeding," said Vaughn, a digital news editor here at the Chicago Tribune who detailed her experience in Pencil this in: Tattoo removal expensive and costly. "I made the mistake of falling asleep on that arm the day after surgery, and I woke up and thought something was crawling on me. It turned out that my arm went completely numb. I woke up screaming and jumping around trying to get my own arm off of me because it'd turned into dead weight. After I turned on the light (while still jumping around), the feeling slowly came back into my fingers."
The FDA's 30-minute tattoo webinar will be held Tuesday, March 15 at 1 p.m. (CT). You'll have a chance to ask questions at the end.
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Nashua officer out of hospital, on paid leave following shootingBy KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Union Leader Correspondent
March 28. 2014 8:10PM
NASHUA — Following department protocol, Officer Stephen Morrill has been placed on administrative leave after shooting a reported thief who allegedly tried to grab his handgun during an arrest last weekend.
"He is on administrative leave. That is absolutely typical," Police Chief John Seusing said of Morrill, who has been with the department for nearly four years.
Although Morrill sustained minor injuries during the altercation March 22 in the area of 5 New Haven Drive, Seusing said Morrill has been released from the hospital and is improving.
"He seems to be doing pretty well. He is a strong kid," Seusing said of Morrill.
Morrill used his police-issued handgun to shoot Craig Riley, 41, two times after Riley retrieved the officer's baton, swung it at Morrill and allegedly attempted to grab his gun from the holster.
The incident unfolded after police in Bedford reported a possible shoplifting in their community, and Nashua authorities located the vehicle suspected in the theft.
Riley, a convicted felon with no fixed address, was driving the vehicle and fled when police arrived.
Following two separate altercations with Morrill, the officer used his gun to shoot Riley twice.
Authorities have not stated where Riley was shot, but said he has since been released from the hospital and is being held on $75,000 cash only bail charged with attempted first-degree assault on a police officer, possession of heroin, two counts of resisting arrest, being a felon in possession of a weapon and a habitual offender.
When any type of deadly force is used by a police officer, Seusing said departments have their own set of procedures to follow.
In Nashua, Seusing said it is customary to place an officer on administrative leave following an incident like this, for a vast array of reasons.
"Obviously, it is a very traumatic event for the officer. Because of the stress the officers are under, I think everyone would handle something like that differently," said the chief. "We want to make sure that (Morrill) is doing okay, and there is certainly no rush to come back."
In addition to the paid administrative leave, Seusing said that counseling resources are made available to officers, and members of the department's critical incident management team are on hand to discuss these matters further.
"I think it is really a case-by-case basis. Each incident is different," he said, declining to speculate on when Morrill will return to work. "It is a combination of us feeling comfortable and him feeling comfortable enough to come back."
During Morrill's administrative leave, the department will conduct an internal review to determine if any procedures or policies were violated, focusing on training aspects and equipment, according to Seusing.
A professional standards bureau will put together a review of the situation, which will then be studied by the chief who will make a determination as to whether the deadly force was justified.
Even though Riley survived the shooting, the review is still warranted, according to Seusing. The New Hampshire Attorney General's Office is also investigating the case.
Riley, who was admitted to an area hospital following the shooting, has since been released and is being held on bail until a probable cause hearing Friday at the 9th Circuit Court, Nashua District Division. Additional charges against Riley could be forthcoming. In a separate incident, Riley was arrested in 2007 for a robbery at Bill Cahill's Super Subs in Hudson.


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I admit - I'm a sado masochist. This game has f*d me so many times and so many times, I've bitched about it. Trolls have told me "why don't you just delete the game and quit?" Why? Because 2k does so much right. And in its purest form, it is an amazing game. I marvel at the graphics, the sweat glistening off skin so detailed you can pick out the goosebumps. I love the animation, the almost broadcast-like quality. I love that the 2k team has listened to every complaint and incorporated things that we've requested (like in-game saves and abetter online experience), whereas the EA team has just told us to "suck it. " The game is amazingly fun.
Except for the scripting. The ridiculous momentum swings. The times when CPU Curry bricks 2 free throws so that you have a chance to catch up. The times when your normal passes get stripped because the computer deems momentum is against you. It happens in every single game. And I absolutely hate it. Back in the day, this was called "cpu assist" and you could turn it off. It's a cheese way for the computer to make games more "interesting" instead of allowing blowouts to happen, like it should. You can see it happen. Like when I'm down 7 with 30 seconds left, you can bet your sweet ass that the cpu is going to super turbo boost my fg percentage so that I can make the next shot. It is absolute bullshit. This scripting nonsense has been in 2k for as long as I've been playing 2k (2k9 on the pc). And it is freaking high time the 2k team do something about it. Put in a damn slider. Please. I am sick and tired of losing or even winning because of bs. A video game company only succeeds if it lets the player think they have control. And I feel like I have zero control in the last 3 minutes of a game.


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Madame La Guillotine chomps her blade hungrily in the background during the first act of "Figaro."
Theatre de la Jeune Lune's idiosyncratic coupling of opera and theater begins in 1792, as the revolution blazes through Paris during the Reign of Terror and flashes back and forth in time from there. Monarchies fall, wars are lost and won and yet the bonds between master and servant shackle Figaro to his fate as tightly as ever. When the muddled Count Almaviva (Dominique Serrand) frolics down the Champs-Elysées wearing nothing but a powdered wig, it's still up to his manservant Figaro (Steven Epps) to plot out an exit strategy, in this case a handy pine box.
Jeune Lune, a Minneapolis-based ensemble widely hailed for their revival of Moliere's "The Miser'' last year, is famous for casting off on adventures but "Figaro'' takes their experimental aesthetic over the top to scoff against the dictates of form. Here Epps and Serrand cleverly stitch together bits of the Figaro narrative from Mozart's operas (notably "The Marriage of Figaro'') to Beaumarchais' trilogy ("The Guilty Motherâ€) but, alas, the marriage of opera and theater does not go happily ever after.
Beaumarchais' theatrical frame fits awkwardly over Mozart's arias. A note of chilly elegance too often seeps into the dramatic segments, which can be off-putting, while the music invokes sheer sonic bliss. This dissonance undermines the glorious eccentricity of this unlikely pairing, which runs through June 8 at Berkeley Rep.
Serrand, who also directs, lets "Figaro'' reverberate like an echo as the elderly Count (Serrand), a figure of abject helplessness, twitches like an infant as Figaro, or Fig, (Epps) tends to his every need. As the two old men reminisce, their memories of their lost youth pop into existence right along side them. They remember the count as a dashing young cad (Bradley Greenwald) neglecting his beautiful wife (the luminous Jennifer Baldwin Peden) right up until they both get entangled in a coup-de-tittilation with the flirty rake Cherubino (Christina Baldwin), the apple of Figaro's eye Susanna (Momoko Tanno) and the title rogue himself (Bryan Boyce).
Unfortunately the musical scenes captivate so entirely, the singers bend the notes with such passion, that it highlights the lack of an emotional connection onstage in between the arias. The opera portions of the evening, despite their technical artifice, have an emotional authenticity that the rest of the staging lacks. Despite Serrand's exquisite mastery of slapstick, there's not quite enough comedy here to buoy the show through its inert patches. When Figaro sits all alone and bemoans his fate, his face magnified onto a video screen, the moment feels a bit indulgent.
Sometimes it's almost as if this "Figaro'' is trying to keep us at arm's length, by backflipping to and fro through time and switching tone and motif on a dime. The contrast between opera and theater, classic narratives and multimedia, can throw the viewer off-balance. And some of the riffs on America, the Dubya jokes and "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?'' bits, feel out of place.
Still, the wedding of high-tech and high opera has its beauties. Serrand projects the most tender moments onto a gigantic video screen. One startling tableaux after another teases the eye. Almaviva sadly drags his wife the Contessa along on a rose-strewn barge. Susanna hides under the hem of her mistress' dress. A singer's mouth arches triumphantly over a note. These images may distract us from the live performers before us but that makes them no less hypnotic.
The camera caresses their faces like a lover, always hovering, always rapt. It's an intimacy that's hard not to envy in a "Figaro'' that too often thwarts our affections.


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Queen's Gambit
A Reliable and Ambitious Weapon Against 1.d4
The Vienna Variation is a particular and independent system of the Queen's Gambit. It arises after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4, when black's capture on move 4 is strongly reminiscent of the Queen's Gambit Accepted. On this DVD, GM Yannick Pelletier offers you a complete repertoire in the Vienna, while covering the numerous possible deviations by White. He also analyses thematic games which illustrate the most important middlegame ideas.
The Vienna Variation - Yannick Pelletier
This book is simply a must for anyone who wants to be fully prepared to engage in battle against a gambit player. If you are a gambit player yourself, you need to this to prepare yourself for new challenges to your systems.
Gambit Killer
When facing gambits the most important thing is not to panic, a feeling usually induced by lack of knowledge. Keep calm, learn the antidotes and face the aggression with renewed confidence. This DVD, ideal for players up to 2200 level, will help you to do just that. Andrew Martin is an English chess player with the title of International Master. He has won various national and international tournaments and was a commentator on the chess world championship between Kasparov and Kramnik in 2000. He is known as a professional chess teacher and head trainer of the English youth team. He is a chess columnist, an author of chess books and the author of various instructional videos. He was the publisher of the series Trends Publications. Andrew Martin has recorded extensively for Chessbase since 2004.
Meeting the Gambits – Gambits after 1.d4 - VOL. 2 - Andrew Martin
The Nimzo-Indian and Queen's Gambit Declined are amongst black's soundest and most universal answers to 1.d4. In his trademark style, Milos investigates the most positional ways to proceed after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6. He analyses all the critical lines whilst also taking a close look at all the sidelines and gives Black many new possibilities to spice up the game. We are convinced that this book will bring you inspirational games and results.
Positional Repertoire - The Modernized Nimzo - Queen's Gambit Declined
Brought together in one volume as part of Everyman Chess's series of compilation books: Starting Out: Queen's Gambit Accepted, Starting Out: Queen's Gambit Declined and Starting Out: Slav and Semi Slav. These three classic titles from the Everyman Chess Starting Out Series provide a complete repertoire with the Queen's Gambit.
A Complete Guide to Queen's Gambit Play
A Black repertoire based on the Queens Gambit Declined. All the opening variations for Black have been chosen according to the latest fashion in the games of the top-class grandmasters.
Play 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6!
The Queen's Gambit Declined is one of the central pillars of chess opening theory. Virtually every world champion has played the opening with both the white and black pieces and it is a great favorite at all levels in chess. The reason for its enduring popularity is that it is rich in the classic strategic themes. Either side can end up with an isolated d-pawn, White can pursue a queenside initiative while Black counters on the other wing or White can attempt to build a powerful centre that Black hopes to undermine.
The Queen's Gambit Declined - Move by Move
Opening with the Chigorin shows your intention to play for a win right from the outset. After 2...Nc6 Black's pieces fly into the game putting pressure on White's position from a very early stage. This opening is ideal for the type of player who strives for an unconvential yet attacking game right from the start. This DVD will take you through all the things you need to know in order to play this opening in a fun and exciting way. Simon Williams describes all the main concepts that you will need to know; so even if you forget the actual moves you will have the right reasoning already imprinted in your mind.
The Tactical Chigorin - Simon Williams
The Queen's Gambit is one of the great classical openings. All the world champions and elite players have played this opening – most of them for both sides. In this book the highly experienced coach international master Andrew Martin explains the basic ideas behind all the different variations you can encounter after 1 d4 d5 2 c4.
First Steps - The Queen's Gambit
The Albin Counter gambit is a magnificent weapon for club players. It even works well at master level, although tends to be used as a surprise higher up. On this modern DVD, IM Andrew Martin develops a repertoire for Black, based mainly around an early ...Nge7 in most of the main lines. This is the approach used by super GM Morozevich and an exciting life is guaranteed.
Foxy Openings - Volume 169 - The Modern Albin Counter Gambit - Volume 2 - Aggressive Repertoire for Black against the Queen's Gambit
When Boris Avrukh released his 1.d4 repertoire in 2008, it revolutionized chess opening books. Now Avrukh is back with an expanded, updated and revamped 1.d4 repertoire. Volume 1B supplies a top-class repertoire for White with the Queen's Gambit, covering defences such as the Slav, Queen's Gambit Accepted, Chigorin, Tarrasch and various others.
Grandmaster Repertoire 1B - 1. d4 - The Queen's Gambit
The Albin Counter gambit is a magnificent weapon for club players. It even works well at master level, although tends to be used as a surprise higher up. On this modern DVD, IM Andrew Martin develops a repertoire for Black, based mainly around an early ...Nge7 in most of the main lines. This is the approach used by super GM Morozevich and an exciting life is guaranteed.
Foxy Openings - Volume 168 - The Modern Albin Counter Gambit - Volume 1 - Aggressive Repertoire for Black against the Queen's Gambit
Alexey Dreev analyses many different ways for White to fight for the opening advantage in two modern schemes, in the Slav Defense and in the Queen's Gambit Declined. His choice in the Slav Defense is the exchange variation, which is becoming more and more popular among the average level chess players, as well as at top level. It looked like Black could equalize, but lately White often managed to create problems for Black. By playing 3.cxd5, after the moves 1 d4 d5 2.c4 c6, White tries to obtain an advantage, but also avoids the main lines of the Slav Defense, which may arise following 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4.
Bf4 in the Queen's Gambit and the Exchange Slav
The Queen's Gambit Declined (QGD) is one of the most reliable openings against 1 d4. With a rock of a pawn in the middle of the board, Black refuses to be pushed over in the centre. Establishing central control gives Black good chances to launch an attack against the enemy king. On this DVD Grandmaster Daniel King offers you a repertoire for Black with the QGD.
POWER PLAY - A Repertoire for Black with the Queen's Gambit Declined - Daniel King - VOLUME 23
The Ragozin Variation (ECO code D37–D39) occurs after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4. An important line in this variation is the Vienna variation where the game continues: 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4. On this DVD, the host covers D38 sometimes called the Alekhine Variation.
Queen's Gambit Declined - Ragozin Defense - 2 DVDs - Chess Lecture - Volume 148
Even though the Semi-Tarrasch cannot offer a complete repertoire against 1.d4, being conditioned of White's move order, it is an excellent complement to the Nimzoindian Defence. Moreover, it is a viable way of escaping the strategic pressure in the Exchange Queen's Gambit while also presenting a reliable weapon against the main Symmetrical English systems
Semi-Tarrasch - A Universal Weapon Against 1. d4 - Mihail Marin
The Queen's Gambit Declined ("QGD") has arguably been the most important opening in World Championship matches and elite tournaments for over a century. On this DVD, Sam Collins presents a repertoire for Black based on the rock-solid Lasker variation, reinvigorated with new ideas by former World Champion Vishy Anand and forming the cornerstone of many strong GM repertoires today.
Queen's Gambit Declined - A Complete Repertoire for Black Based upon the Lasker Variation - IM Sam Collins
A Surprise Weapon for Black
Alexey Bezgodov provides a complete chess opening repertoire for Black against 1.d4. After replying with 1…d5, the former Russian Chess Champion advises you to take up the Double Queen's Gambit and play 2…c5! against both 2. c4 and 2. Nf3. In The Double Queen's Gambit Black's attitude is as active and ambitious as that of White in the Queen's Gambit. This ambition may seem premature at first sight, but many strong grandmasters have already successfully played this system.
SHOPWORN - The Double Queen's Gambit
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A Surprise Weapon for Black
Alexey Bezgodov provides a complete chess opening repertoire for Black against 1.d4. After replying with 1…d5, the former Russian Chess Champion advises you to take up the Double Queen's Gambit and play 2…c5! against both 2. c4 and 2. Nf3. In The Double Queen's Gambit Black's attitude is as active and ambitious as that of White in the Queen's Gambit. This ambition may seem premature at first sight, but many strong grandmasters have already successfully played this system.
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CLEARANCE - The Double Queen's Gambit
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On this DVD, we will look at a simple-to-learn yet surprisingly effective system that White can play after 1 d4 d5. In all cases White will play 2 c4 - and if given the chance, 3 cxd5! This leads to fixed pawn structures where piece play takes center stage, and in these systems, White's pieces are always stronger than Black's! The main ideas and concepts are thoroughly explained by taking a detailed look at how the best players in the world handle this system.
Simple But Powerful - Exchange on d5 in the Slav and Queen's Gambit - Simon Williams
The QGA is a positionally sound and reliable opening, played by world champions Kasparov, Karpov, Anand and Topalov. The authors consider the Classical System with 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6, but they in fact prefer alternative, sharper approaches. Against 3.e4 they recommend 3...Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6!?, against 3.e3 they choose 3...e5! and against 3.Nf3 their weapon of choice is 3...Nf6 4.e3 Bg4!? Other choices and drawish alternatives are given.
Understanding the Queens Gambit Accepted
by FM Dennis Monokroussos
In this line of the Tarrasch, White forgoes the fianchetto, with its direct play against d5, opting to keep central tension for the moment by playing 4. e3, after which 4... Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 is the normal continuation. Dennis shows us how Black blasts through this and wins the day.
Black's Blasting Bishops in the Symmetrical Tarrasch - Chess Lecture - Volume 126
The Ragozin Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4) is at the forefront of chess theory. The Ragozin is being played by every top grandmaster in the world - it is time you also add it to your repertoire to get interesting and dynamic positions against 1. d4! The DVD is based around a solid system of play for Black. It favors positions that are strategically complex while trying to minimize any claim that White might have at an opening advantage.
The Ragozin Defense - Alejandro Ramirez
by the Masters of ChessLecture.com
Akiba Kiwelowicz Rubinstein (1880 –1961) was a Polish chess Grandmaster at the beginning of the 20th century. In his youth, he astonished the chess world, defeating many famous players, including Capablanca and Schlecthter. .Rubinstein originated the Rubinstein System against the Tarrasch Defense variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined. See Rubsinstein employ his system in games against Tarrasch, Marshall, Cohn and Capablanca.
Rubinstein and the Tarrasch - Chess Lecture - Volume 122
The Meran Variation in the Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5) is a s trategically and dynamically complex opening full of tactical possibilities. And this DVD provides you with a comprehensive overview of typical tactical patterns for both sides. Positional concepts are also explained. In interactive format IM Robert Ris offers you a lot of exercises, including hints and advice that help you to know key tactical patterns of this variation to play it with success. The DVD is a must for those who want to learn more about this opening, and a pleasure for those who enjoy razor sharp battles of the world's greatest players!
Tactic Toolbox Meran Variation - Robert Ris
By FM Dennis Monokroussos
The Queen's Gambit is one of the oldest known chess openings. In early modern chess, queen pawn openings were not in fashion, and the Queen's Gambit did not become common until the 1873 tournament in Vienna. As the appreciation for positional play increased and was developed by both Steinitz and Tarrasch the Queen's Gambit grew more popular. The Queen's Gambit is still frequently played and it remains an important part of many grandmasters opening repertoires.
The Queen's Gambit and Friends - 2 DVDs - Chess Lecture - Volume 95
The Tarrasch is an ambitious defense to the Queen's Gambit. Black's concept is a fearless one – he willingly accepts an isolated queen's pawn but in return seizes space in the centre and gains freedom of development for all his pieces. In this book, International Master and Tarrasch expert Sam Collins invites you to join him in examining this popular opening and its many variations.
The Tarrasch Defense - Move by Move
This Slav DVD is a complete opening repertoire for black after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6. GM Nick Pert has played the Slav defence for over 10 years and provides all his la test and most up to date analysis crammed into 1 DVD. Nick has spent man y hours studying the best Slav lines, and he explains his favourite variations in this DVD. In addition t o the usual video explanations of the French there are some interactive clips where the viewer is tested on a range of theoretical questions and tactics arising from Slav games.
The Solid Slav Defence - Nicholas Pert
2nd Edition
The Tarrasch Defence to the Queen's Gambit, which arises after 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Ne3 c5, is one ofthe most flexible systems at Black's disposa. He can choose the aggressive attacking play of the Von Henning-Schara Gambit, sharp positional play of the isolated pawn positions in teh Classical Tarrasch, or take a chance on the risky Swedish variation.
Play the Tarrasch
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Theorie der Schach-Eroffnungen - GERMAN EDITION
A Complete Plan of Attack with 1. d4 and 2. c4
Such has been the acclaim for John Watson's ground-breaking works on modern chess strategy and his insightful opening books, that it is only natural that he now presents a strategic opening repertoire.
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CLEARANCE - A Strategic Chess Opening Repertoire for White
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In addition to the standard lines, this book contains a number of interesting suggestions that have never been implemented. This book has been updated with a supplement containing the latest games and grandmaster analysis in 2012.
Queen's Gambit Declined - Orthodox Variation
The Tarrasch Defense arises after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3._c3 c5 and leads to wildly complex and dynamic play. With deep analysis and countless novelties, Ntirlis and Aagaard have revived the coolest classical chess opening for use by grandmasters and amateurs in the 21st century.
The Tarrasch Defense - Grandmaster Repertoire 10
This book provides a repertoire for Black with the ever-popular "Queen's Gambit Declined". Opening expert John Cox covers not one but two key options for Black. The Tartakower Variation is a sophisticated defence used successfully by world champions such as Kasparov, Karpov and Kramnik.
EBOOK - Declining the Queen's Gambit
The Smyslov Variation was developed by World Chess Champion Vasily Smyslov and used in top level competitions by him and by other World Champions. One advantage is that it can be used frequently. If White plays 1. d4 and Black responds with 1. ...d5, White will almost always play 2. c4. Then after the natural moves 2. ...dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3, Black can play 4. ...g6 which is the Smyslov Variation. The Smyslov Variation is a form of the Queen's Gambit Accepted.
Queen's Gambit Accepted - Smyslov Variation
Dazzle Your Opponents!
Are you tired of playing the same old openings time and time again? Fed up with constantly having to keep up with modern chess theory? Or perhaps you simply wish to play something new and inspiring, but cannot decide between the numerous options available? Don't despair - help is at hand!
In Dangerous Weapons: The Queen's Gambit, opening experts Richard Palliser, Glenn Flear and Chris Ward team up to investigate one of the most popular openings in chess history, but in a revolutionary way. They concentrate on little-explored and fun-to-play variations of the Queen's Gambit, selecting a wealth of 'dangerous' options for both colours. Whether playing White or Black, a study of this book will leave you confident and fully-armed, and your opponents running for cover!
EBOOK - Dangerous Weapons - Queen's Gambit


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Anti-government activists massed to voice support for hard-line opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, who has been held in a military prison since being arrested in February on charges of fomenting violence as a result of the initial protests. A judge ordered last week that Lopez proceed trial.
Those at Sunday's protest also renewed their call for President Nicolas Maduro to leave office and for Venezuela to hold a new presidential election.
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Trial to Evaluate Steady State Pharmacokinetic Parameters, Efficacy and Safety of Nevirapine in Antiretroviral Drug naïve Pediatric Patients
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00273975
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : January 10, 2006
Last Update Posted : October 31, 2013
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|Condition or disease
|HIV Infections
|Drug: Nevirapine Drug: Lamivudine Drug: Zidovudine
|Phase 2
A randomised open label multi-centre trial to evaluate the pharmacokinetic, efficacy and safety parameters of nevirapine 150mg/m2 and nevirapine 4 or 7mg/kg when administered in combination with ZDV and 3TC for 48 weeks in antiretroviral naive pediatric patients.
Primary objective: To evaluate steady state pharmacokinetic parameters of nevirapine 150mg/m2 in antiretroviral drug naive pediatric patients.
Secondary objective: To assess efficacy and safety of nevirapine 150 mg/m2 and nevirapine 4/7mg/kg after 24 and 48 weeks of treatment
Study Hypothesis:
Evaluation of recent pharmacokinetic data has suggested that a dose based on body surface area rather than body weight might be a better therapeutic regimen to achieve steady state plasma concentrations. The goal in this study was to determine if a Nevirapine suspension dose of 150 mg/m2 BID, following a two week lead-in of 150 mg/m2 QD, produces plasma nevirapine steady state concentrations of 4 - 6 ?g/mL in all age groups as was observed in adult safety and efficacy trials.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Enrollment :
|123 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
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|Official Title:
|A Randomised Open Label Multi-centre Trial to Evaluate the Pharmacokinetic, Efficacy and Safety Parameters of Nevirapine 150mg/m2 and Nevirapine 4 or 7 mg/kg When Administered in Combination With AZT and 3TC for 48 Weeks in Antiretroviral naïve Paediatric Patients.
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|January 2002
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|December 2004
|Study Completion Date :
|December 2004
- Area under the concentration-time curve over one dosing interval (AUCτ) [ Time Frame: 1, 3 and 6 hours on Day 28 ]
- Maximum observed concentration (Cmax) [ Time Frame: 1, 3 and 6 hours on Day 28 ]
- Minimum observed concentration (Cmin) [ Time Frame: 1, 3 and 6 hours on Day 28 ]
- Oral clearance (Dose/AUC) at steady state [ Time Frame: 1, 3 and 6 hours on Day 28 ]
- Change in HIV-1 RNA count [ Time Frame: week 2, 4, 8, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42,48 ]
- Virologic Response [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]
- Time to Virologic Suppression [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]
- Virologic Failure [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]
- Time to Virologic Failure [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]
- Treatment Failure [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]
- Time to Treatment Failure [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]
- Change in CD4+ cell count [ Time Frame: week 2, 4, 8, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42,48 ]
- Change in CD4+ percent [ Time Frame: week 2, 4, 8, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42,48 ]
- Occurrence of Adverse Events [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]
- Occurrence of Rash [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]
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- Evidence of HIV-1 infection
- Patients who are antiretroviral drug naive
- Plasma viral load detectable
- CD4 >=50 cells/cc3
- Written informed permission
- Active assent given by the patient if the child is capable of understanding the given information
- Reasonable probability for completion of the trial
- Any significant disease, other than HIV
- Any acute illness within 2 weeks prior to Day 0
- Patients requiring the continued use of inhibitors or inducers of P450 metabolic enzymes
- Patients requiring systematic treatment with CYP3A4 substrates
- Patients with malabsorption, severe chronic diarrhea
- Receipt of any cytotoxic therapy for malignancy
- Current grade 3 or 4 clinical or laboratory toxicity
- Pregnancy or breast-feeding
- Females of childbearing potential not using adequate contraception. allergy or known drug hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs intravenous drug abuse, alcohol or substance abuse
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|South Africa
|Groote Schuur Hospital
|Cape Town, South Africa, 7900
|Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
|Pretoria, South Africa
|Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
|Soweto, South Africa, 2013
|Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
|Tygerberg, South Africa, 7505
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|Boehringer Ingelheim Study Coordinator
|B.I. South Africa (Pty.) Ltd.
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|January 10, 2006 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|October 31, 2013
|Last Verified:
|October 2013
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Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
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Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
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