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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Julian Assange's reign as the star of the WikiLeaks story could be coming to an end.
The charismatic and enigmatic WikiLeaks leader — who remains holed up in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London to avoid extradition to Sweden for a sexual misconduct investigation — became the face of the freedom-of-information movement in 2010 when his website published hundreds of thousands of classified U.S. Army and State Department documents.
But it was Army Pfc. Bradley Manning who provided those documents, and the 25-year-old emerges as the sympathetic star of the new documentary, "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks," which opens Friday — just weeks before Manning's trial for those security breaches is set to begin on June 3.
"I hope that people see this film and have the kind of sympathy for Bradley Manning that I have," said director Alex Gibney. "I think he's gotten a really rotten deal. He's been treated extremely unfairly. And I don't think that's widely known."
Gibney himself didn't really know about Manning when he first began working on the WikiLeaks documentary at the behest of producer Marc Shmuger. It was 2011, and Assange was a worldwide star who declined the director's invitations to be interviewed on camera. Gibney went looking elsewhere and found a bounty of published online chats between Manning and the man who would ultimately turn him in, Adrian Lamo.
"We all hear about WikiLeaks, but WikiLeaks was a publisher, they weren't the source. They weren't the leaker," Gibney said. "The leaker was Bradley Manning. And nobody was really paying attention to Bradley Manning ... and nobody really knew that much about him."
Gibney didn't have access to the soldier, who was tightly confined to the Marine Corps Brig in Quantico, Va., but he did have the texts that had recently been made public. Included in the mater were messages in which Manning, then anonymous, revealed his personal confusion over his gender identity and his professional confusion over how to handle documentation of military behavior he found deeply troubling.
Manning reveals himself in the film through his typed words on screen.
"Once we had the courage to think that we could create a whole relationship out of text, it changed the film," Gibney said. "Because it made (Manning) a central character. Suddenly he wasn't a character who would just be referred to. Suddenly we were intimate with him; we were just intimate with him in a very different way, and it was through print, through his texts. So he's at the heart of the film."
What intrigued Gibney about the intelligence analyst's correspondence with Lamo, who Manning met in an online chat room, was how it revealed "the human element" of the unprecedented leak of classified materials. Manning was alone and he needed someone to talk to about it.
"The hard irony is that he reaches out for human connection with somebody at a moment when he needs to be recognized for every facet of his personality — and I think he also did reach out to Adrian Lamo partially because he was bisexual — and that person ends up being the one who turned him in," Gibney said. "And after all, this is a story about a leaking machine that's supposed to keep everyone anonymous, but it turns out it's not that simple. It turns out that leaking ends up being a human relationship, and so in that context you have to know about Bradley Manning. You have to know about who he is and why he was troubled and what he was going through."
Earlier this year, after the film was finished, Manning released a 10,000-word statement as part of his defense.
Nathan Fuller, a spokesman for the Bradley Manning Support Network, said he wishes some of that content could have been included in the film.
"For people who hardly know his name or just know it associated with WikiLeaks, this (documentary) does give a little more background, but again, that's the audience that needs to hear his political convictions," Fuller said after seeing an early screening. "Far fewer people have heard Bradley's own words in February explaining his decisions, his work in the Army and how becoming an intelligence analyst made him complicit in some of these abuses he was investigating and he didn't want to be a part of it anymore. That's an essential part of the story."
In his statement, Manning detailed how he discovered military abuses, including video footage of the killings of unarmed civilians (including two Reuters journalists) in Baghdad, and was conflicted about where his national responsibility lied.
"I believed that if the general public, especially the American public, had access to the information contained within the (documents) it could spark a domestic debate on the role of the military and our foreign policy in general as it related to Iraq and Afghanistan," he said. "I also believed the detailed analysis of the data over a long period of time by different sectors of society might cause society to reevaluate the need or even the desire to engage in counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations that ignore the complex dynamics of the people living in the affected environment every day."
"We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks" ends before Manning made his public statement, with both he and Assange silenced by their confinements.
Though Assange has sometimes been hailed as a hero, Shmuger, the producer who originated the film, said Manning's story is "the most heartfelt of the human stories" of WikiLeaks.
"I think (the film) really just helps humanize Bradley and I hope that will have an impact," he said. "In many circles, Bradley Manning is a hero. In many other circles, he's clearly not. He was a young man barely out of adolescence when this started who both undertook some incredibly brave actions and some incredibly naive actions, and I think he's guilty of both, but I also think there is a clear and strong morality to the choices that Bradley made and I think it came from a place of doing what he thought was right."
U.S. military representatives did not respond to requests for comment about the film or concerns it could impact the Manning case.
AP Entertainment Writer Sandy Cohen is on Twitter: www.twitter.com/APSandy .
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What's it like inside the highly selective, invite-only Young Entrepreneur Council?
The exclusive founders-only club is not shy about naming names.
A quick scroll through its member directory shows that Joe Fernandez (Klout), Jennifer Fleiss (Rent the Runway), Adam Goldstein (Hipmunk), Jake Nickell (Threadless), Neil Patel (KISSmetrics), Shane Snow (Contently), and Slava Rubin (Indiegogo) are all part of the family.
To date, the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) has received more than 14,000 applications to join the group. Yet fewer than a thousand people can proudly carry the YEC member label. [Full disclosure: I joined the YEC, as the co-founder of Blank Label, more than two years ago.]
It was never about recruiting big names or keeping numbers artificially low for vanity's sake though.
Scott Gerber, Founder of the YEC, envisioned an organization, created by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, that provided founders with the resources and tools they needed to keep growing. And that meant only accepting more candidates when the YEC staff was capable of providing more members with a wide variety of services such as virtual and in-person networking, online forums, VIP access to events, PR opportunities, exclusive discounts on business products and services, and an outlet to "give back" as a #StartupLab mentor.
The YEC in action
Much of the value from organizations such as the YEC comes from networking. If you're looking to expand your network, someone will put you in touch with relevant contacts. For example, I met Matt Wilson, co-founder of Under30Media, through YEC in New York and got access to the launch party for Under30Experiences, a new kind of travel company. If you have specific problems, the group can direct you to someone who has been-there-and-done-that and may even have a foolproof "how-to" manual for resolving the issue.
YEC also provides its members access. The organization has brought members into highly exclusive events including one at the White House. The YEC also hosts private lunches and dinners with angel investors, venture capitalists and government officials.
It all comes from the comfort and support intrinsic in knowing you are not alone. Gerber says, "you don't have to go search for yourself, and not really know where to start. You can rely on us not just to find who would be right for you, but also make warm introductions on your behalf. So ultimately we turn you into a superconnector without having to put all of the time and effort, and frankly, trust for every person that you're meeting because we as the intermediary have done all of the work for you by vetting the community."
Increasing value to members
Gerber discloses that the YEC is preparing to offer more back office services. He says that the group is about to launch national healthcare, with bookkeeping and accounting will soon be available too.
"Our goal is to also help our members to save money [and] to have the most efficient services possible to support their businesses."
If time and money are the two most limited resources founders have, the YEC looks to help save its members both.
Although the YEC does not publicly state how much annual member dues are, Gerber is confident the fees are fair, given the services the YEC offers. In my experience, I'd agree. Most small business owners could easily afford the cost, and they would be able to justify it because of the value they get in return.
"At the end of the day, we are building a brand for the long run," says Gerber. "With one core goal always remaining constant, and that is to help entrepreneurs worldwide and empower them in a variety of different ways."
Alternative organizations
I love the YEC, but I am biased.
There are several other organizations business people can join that offer similar value. These include Sandbox, Young Presidents' Organization, Entrepreneurs' Organization, and Founders Card. Each has its own advantages, but I can't speak to personal experience.
The point is: Whether you're a founder, executive or manager, you should know that you don't have to run your business alone. There's a community somewhere with entrepreneurs who may happily extend a helping hand.

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Townsend: Fool's gold or not, Mavs win season-best 4th straight game
Season-best four-game win streak is fueled by key stops late in game
The Mavericks reached new territory Wednesday night, recording their first four-game winning streak of the season.
Whether this little jaunt has been paved in part with fool's gold, as coach Rick Carlisle suggested, scarcely mattered as Dallas made several key defensive stops to pull out a 105-100 victory over Houston at American Airlines Center.
The biggest stop occurred with 1:05 remaining and the score tied at 97. James Harden, held to 20 points on 5-of-23 shooting, drove through the left side of the lane, with impunity, and rose above the rim for an apparent layup or dunk.
Mavericks 33-year-old center Elton Brand shocked everyone in the arena except himself by leaping with perfect timing and surprising dexterity to block the shot and avoid fouling Harden.
"I knew he was going to drive strong left, and he's one of the best finishers in the league," Brand said. "I just tried to do what I could to get a stop right there."
Brand's block led to a scramble for the ball, which led to O.J. Mayo getting fouled and making two free throws, putting the Mavericks up for good.
After Jeremy Lin made one of two free throws, Dirk Nowitzki (19 points) made two free throws with 25.8 seconds left, giving Dallas a 101-98 lead. The Mavericks forced Lin into a turnover with 14 seconds left and put away the game with free throws.
"It's an important win for us," Carlisle said, after Dallas (17-23) pulled within four games of the Rockets, who are tied for eighth place in the Western Conference. "We need anything and everything we can get now."
Houston's losing streak reached a season-high five. Harden had torched the Mavericks for 39 points on Dec. 8.
The Mavericks' last three victims were coming off of a game the previous night. Carlisle said Dallas would need to have its scrambling shoes on against the Rockets, and that was the case.
"It feels good, but we've got to keep going," Brand said.
"We're climbing out of a hole here," Carlisle said. "We can't allow winning a few games to erode our edge, at all. And there were times tonight that we lost our edge."
In the early going, the Rockets looked the part of a team with tired legs. After taking a 15-10 lead, Houston got sloppy, committing six turnovers during a 19-0 Mavericks run.
The first 14 points of that Dallas run occurred after Vince Carter replaced Nowitzki in the lineup.
Both teams shot poorly in the first half, with the Mavericks making 38 percent of their attempts to Houston's 36 percent. The difference was that Dallas protected the ball, committing only three turnovers to Houston's 12, en route to a 52-44 halftime lead.
The Mavericks' committed five turnovers during the third quarter, helping Houston climb to within 71-69 with 2:41 left, but a late Dallas flurry, culminating with a Nowitzki 3-pointer from the corner, gave Dallas an 80-73 lead entering the fourth.
That gave Nowitzki nine points for the night. He continued to warm up in the fourth, scoring six points as the Mavericks took a 93-82 lead with 6:42 remaining.
At that point, though, Carlisle took Nowitzki out for a rest. Houston drew within 95-91 before Nowitzki's return.
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On March 28, 2013, Drew Endy and his team of researchers at Stanford University published a paper#Bonnet in Science that outlines how to create single-layer, transcriptor-based logic gates utilizing a three-terminal device architecture to control the flow of RNA polymerase along DNA. Endy has open-sourced these transcriptors through the Registry of Standard Biological Parts, and an informational video is available [http://youtu.be/ahYZBeP_r5U here].
On March 28, 2013, Drew Endy and his team of researchers at Stanford University published a paper#Bonnet in Science that outlines how to create single-layer, transcriptor-based logic gates utilizing a three-terminal device architecture to control the flow of RNA polymerase along DNA. Endy has open-sourced these transcriptors through the Registry of Standard Biological Parts, and an informational video is available [http://youtu.be/ahYZBeP_r5U here].
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DNA Computing is the performing of computations using biological molecules, and DNA specifically, instead of traditional silicon. The idea of using molecules in general for computation was first proposed by in 1959 by American physicist Richard Feynman, but it took until 1994 for the first successful experiment using molecules for computation to be completed.
A computer scientist at the University of Southern California named Leonard Adleman first came up with the idea of using DNA for computing purposes after reading "Molecular Biology of the Gene," a book written by James Watson (co-discoverer of the structure of DNA).
In 1994 Adleman published an article in the journal Science[1] that proposed how DNA could be used to solve a well-known mathematical problem, called the directed Hamilton Path problem, also known as the "traveling salesman" problem. The goal of the problem is to find the shortest path between a number of cities, going through each city only once. This experiment was significant because it showed that information could indeed be processed using the interactions between strands of synthetic DNA.
"He represented each of the seven cities as separate, singlestranded DNA molecules, 20 nucleotides long, and all possible paths between cities as DNA molecules composed of the last ten nucleotides of the departure city and the first ten nucleotides of the arrival city. Mixing the DNA strands with DNA ligase and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) resulted in the generation of all possible random paths through the cities. However, the majority of these paths were not applicable to the situation–they were either too long or too short, or they did not start or finish in the right city. Adleman then filtered out all the paths that neither started nor ended with the correct molecule and those that did not have the correct length and composition. Any remaining DNA molecules represented a solution to the problem."[2]
Adleman's experiment is an example of an NP-complete problem (from non-polynomial) for which no known efficient (i.e. polynomial time) algorithm exists. It has been proposed that these types of problems are ideal for the massive parallelism of biology. Whereas traditional computers are designed to perform one calculation very fast, DNA strands can produce billions of potential answers simultaneously.
However, because in most difficult problems the number of possible solutions grows exponentially with the size of the problem, even relatively small problems would require massive amounts of DNA to represent all possible answers. For example, it has been estimated that scaling up the Hamilton Path Problem to 200 cities would require a weight of DNA that exceeds that of the earth.(source) For this reason and others, the field has changed focus to other areas.
DNA-based Logic
The fundamental building blocks of computing are based on logic circuits or "gates", such as AND, OR, NOT. Using Adleman's work, other researchers have been developing DNA-based logic circuits that are useful in a variety of ways, like performing mathematical and logical operations and recognizing patterns. Progress is even being made in in-cell programming, opening up the doors to, for example, advanced cancer treatments.
Strand Displacement
Perhaps the best-known advances in the field are by a group of researchers at Caltech led by Erik Winfree. In strand-displacement, the inputs are free-floating single strands of DNA or RNA, and logic gates are made from two or more strands, with one being the future output signal. If an input strand has a complementary "tab" to a logic gate, it binds and then displaces the output strand, which then detaches. The output strand then becomes an input to another logic gate, in propagation. In a 2011 paper, Winfree together with colleague Lulu Qian used this technique to build a circuit, made of 74 different DNA strands, capable of calculating the square roots of four-digit binary numbers (aka 0 to 15).[3]
At Columbia University, Milan Stojanovic has built circuits using a sister to strand displacement based on deoxyribozymes or DNAzymes (synthetically made, single-stranded DNA sequences that cut other DNA strands in specific places). Stojanovic makes logic gates by adding "stem loops" to the DNAzyme, which prevent it from working. When input strands bind to complementary sequences on the loop, the loop breaks, thus allowing the DNAzyme to activate and turning the gate on. It then interacts with other strands in a cascading fashion, allowing the creation of more complex logic. Stojanovic used this method to build circuits able to play tic-tac-toe.[4]
Logic can also be created using methods that more closely resemble natural operations inside of living cells. A group led by Yaakov Benenson at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) and Ron Weiss of MIT is creating circuits using common enzymes like polymerases, nucleases and exonucleases that operate inside cells, utilizing existing cellular infrastructure. In 2011, the team created a circuit capable of first recognizing cervical cancer and then destroying the cell it is found within. It works by looking for five microRNAs specific to cervical cancer; when all five are at the right levels, the circuit activates, producing a protein that causes the cell to self-destruct.[5]
Algorithmic self-assembly
DNA computing has benefitted from the separate and distinct field of DNA nanotechnology. The founder of the field, American biochemist Nadrian Seeman, has worked with Erik Winfree to show how two-dimensional sheets of DNA "tiles" could self assemble into other, larger structures. Winfree and his student Paul Rothemund then demonstrated how these structures could be used for computing purposes in a 2004 paper that describes the self assembly of a fractal called a Sierpinski gasket, which won them the 2006 Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology. Winfree's major insight was that the tiles could be used as "Wang tiles", meaning the assembly of the structure was capable of computation.[6]
DNA can be treated as a highly stable and compact storage medium. In 2012, George Church, a bioengineer and geneticist at Harvard, succeeded in storing 1000 times the largest data size previously achieved using DNA. Church encoded 700 terabytes of information into a single gram of DNA. For comparison, storing the same amount of information using the densest electronic medium would require 330 pounds of hard-drives.
His methodology was synthesizing 96-bit strands, with each base representing a binary value (ex: T and G = 1, A and C = 0). The "data" in question was 70 billion copies of his latest book, "Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves"
To read the DNA, Church simply sequenced it using next-generation sequencing, converting each of the bases back into binary. Each strand of DNA had a 19-bit address block at the start, so the DNA can be sequenced out of order and then sorted back into usable data by following the addresses.
Breaking News / iGEM Connection
On March 28, 2013, Drew Endy and his team of researchers at Stanford University published a paper[7] in Science that outlines how to create single-layer, transcriptor-based logic gates utilizing a three-terminal device architecture to control the flow of RNA polymerase along DNA. Endy has open-sourced these transcriptors through the Registry of Standard Biological Parts, and an informational video is available here.
A complementary development was published in Nature (January 2013) by scientist Timothy Lu at MIT that details how to store information about a cell's lifecycle events, like key moments in a cell's ancestry.[8]
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- Parker, J. "Computing with DNA", EMBO Rep. 2003 Jan;4(1):7-10., PMID: 12524509
- Seelig, G.; Soloveichik, D.; Zhang, D. Y.; Winfree, E. (8 December 2006). "Enzyme-free nucleic acid logic circuits". Science 314 (5805): 1585–1588. doi:10.1126/science.1132493. PMID 17158324
- Milan N. Stojanovic, Tiffany Elizabeth Mitchell, and Darko Stefanovic (2002) Deoxyribozyme-Based Logic Gates Journal of the American Chemical Society 124(14), 3555-3561
- Xie, Z et al., "Multi-Input RNAi-Based Logic Circuit for Identification of Specific Cancer Cells", Science 2 September 2011: Vol. 333 no. 6047 pp. 1307-1311 DOI: 10.1126/science.1205527
- Rothemund, P. W. K.; Papadakis, N.; Winfree, E. (2004). "Algorithmic Self-Assembly of DNA Sierpinski Triangles". PLoS Biology 2 (12): e424. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0020424. PMC 534809. PMID 15583715
- Bonnet et. al., "Amplifying Genetic Logic Gates", Published Online March 28 2013, Science DOI: 10.1126/science.1232758
- Siuti, P., Yazbek, J. & Lu, T. K. Nature Biotech. advance online publication, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nbt.2510 (2013)


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Southern Primary and General Election Data, 1920-1949 (ICPSR 71)
Principal Investigator(s): Heard, Alexander; Strong, Donald S.
These data were originally collected as part of a study of the electoral process in the South conducted by the Bureau of Public Administration at the University of Alabama. The collection contains county-level electoral returns for selected general and primary elections in 11 southern states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia) for the period 1920-1949. Data are provided for raw vote totals and selected percentages for candidates in gubernatorial, senatorial, and, occasionally, presidential elections. Information on these primary election returns was provided mostly for Democratic nominations, but some variables also provide information for a few Republican primaries. Additional information is provided for returns for selected referenda and poll tax payments.
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Heard, Alexander, and Donald S. Strong. Southern Primary and General Election Data, 1920-1949. ICPSR00071-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR00071.v1
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Fuller alum serving as chaplain at 2014 Olympic Games
Olympic athletes - they're at the top of their game, at the peak of physical fitness, and they have whole teams helping them to get there. From personal trainers, to coaches, to physical therapists, these Olympians need people to care for their physical well-being. As for their spiritual well-being? That's where Fuller alumnus Jörg Walcher (MAGL '06) comes in. Walcher, an ordained pastor, nutrition and fitness coach, and sports chaplain for the past 11 years, is currently in Sochi, Russia to serve as a chaplain for the Austrian Team competing in the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. "I've been meeting with athletes for whole days," Walcher says. He arrived in Sochi on February 5th with groups of athletes, who arrived to prepare for the competition. "With the Austrian Ski Jumping Team we were able to make an ecumenic church service." Walcher himself is a top athlete, who competed in snowboard races in the International Snowboard Federation World Pro Tour up until 2001. His background, he says, has helped him to understand and relate to the athletes. "It's important to know how an athlete thinks, lives, and acts," Walcher says. "It's very good if you have an athletic background yourself to understand the lifestyle and their language." In addition, professional athletes are wary of people, even pastors, whom they do not know. "The most important thing is your personal relationship with them," Walcher says. He's known many of the athletes for many years as an athlete and a chaplain, which aids in his success as a sports chaplain. Walcher was first asked to serve as a chaplain in 2003 after returning home to Austria having completed his first six months of classes at Fuller. A friend who led the chaplain team at the Ski World Championships in St. Moritz in 2003 asked Walcher to join in. After that he was asked back to more and more major sports events, and was providing pastoral care for athletes and coaches in their time of preparation until it eventually became his full-time job. This year's Olympic Games is his 15th major event, and his third time serving as a chaplain for the Winter Olympics. Walcher was at the Olympics in Turin in 2006, and in Vancouver in 2010, as well as the Alpine Ski World Championships in Schladming, Austria (his hometown) in 2011, the 2012 Sky Flying World Championships in Norway, and various World Cups and World Cup Finals. As a result of his chaplaincy support to athletes during one of those events, the senior ecclesial committee of the Protestant Churches in Austria (Lutheran and Reformed) requested that the Austrian Olympic Committee accredit Walcher as Olympic chaplain for the Austrian Protestant Churches at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. As a chaplain, Walcher conducts services, provides pastoral care and spiritual guidance, makes sickbed visits, and is there to talk and pray with athletes and coaches. The issues he encounters with athletes, he says, can be very specific. "They need guidance in dealing with pressure, identity, self-value, and disappointment," Walcher says. "If you're the fifth man on a four man bobsled team, or you're the best in training and World Cup, and sustain an injury two days before the Olympics, and have to watch the Olympics knowing you would have won the gold, those are difficult times for these athletes to face." And just like everyone else, athletes also go through personal losses of family, friends, fellow athletes, and coaches. Walcher provides a place for those athletes to talk with someone confidentially, and to offer encouragement. Walcher says his Fuller education has helped him in counseling and guiding the many athletes he's encountered. As a student in Global Leadership, Walcher took classes on mentoring with Dr. Robert Clinton that have proved extremely valuable. His classes in intercultural studies, he adds, helped him relate to people from different countries in sensitive and nuanced ways. That skill is proving particularly helpful now as there are 88 countries represented at Sochi this year, he says. It'll be another week before the Olympic Games are over, and Walcher's schedule is extremely full. Some of the athletes will have been there for three weeks once the games are over - another source of stress that Walcher anticipates he will help to navigate.
In addition, Walcher is at the games representing Beyond Gold, a non-profit sports ministry he and his wife (a 14-time Swiss diving champion and Olympic finalist in Sydney 2002) started to serve high-profile athletes, and coaches throughout their careers with mentoring and chaplaincy. It's an Olympic size calling, but Walcher is up for the challenge. In the meantime, he sends his blessings from Sochi.Photo above: Jorg Walcher (center) with 2014 Austrian Olympic ski jumping team after a church service in Sochi, Russia.


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Mayflies belong to the order Ephemeroptera, which refers to the short-lived nature of the winged adults. They are extremely important to fish diets and thus to fly fisher-men and -women. In some parts of the country, certain families are well-known because of their spectacular mass emergence. These coordinated emergences can clutter bridges and roads with mayfly bodies and make a mess of car windshields. Nearly all immature mayflies survive by eating detritus, diatoms, and other algae, and thus play a crucial role in decomposition in aquatic ecosystems. Mayflies are also valuable as biological indicators of water quality.
Ephemeropterans inhabit a diversity of aquatic habitats, which is reflected in the diversity of body shapes, behaviors, feeding strategies, and movement seen in this order. Generally, mayflies are either sleek and torpedo-shaped, minnow-like (swimmers) or robust or flattened clingers. Many of the clingers have evolved traits that help them hang on in fast water, such as gills or fine hairs for suction and extreme flattening of the body.
The Xerces Society details the status of a couple of at risk mayflies – the Lolo mayfly and the Moqui minnow mayfly – in the red list of aquatic invertebrates.


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Anyone know what accessory mirrors I can buy for my 2004 R1150RT?
I have the old ones from my R1150R, and they fit loosely into the control
shifters, but, what I'm lacking the spacer and washer and bolt, or fit collar of some type.
I was about to contact A&S cycles to look into parts, but, thought I'd
start here first.
Was told that the oval K1200RS mirrors might do the trick.
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The award winning Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air presents a fully dramatized production of the Robert Louis Stevenson adventure classic, The Black Arrow.
Set in England during the War of the Roses, this swashbuckling historical epic tells of a young man betrayed by his brutal guardian and forced to seek the help of a mysterious society. Brimming with action, adventure, suspense, and romance, it is a classic portrait of England during one of its most tumultuous eras.
Colin Budzyna (The Canterville Ghost), Natalie Vatcher (Beacon Hill), and J.T. Turner (The Father Brown Mysteries) lead the Colonial Radio Players in this feature length production complete with a full music score and thousands of sound effects.
Robert Louis Stevenson's The Black Arrow is an adventure for the entire family.
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She was born Nov. 4, 1934, in Atkins, the daughter of Willie and Pauline Ferguson Harelson. She was preceded in death by her parents and her sister, Glenda Lucille Harelson.
She is survived by her husband of 60 years, Charles "Bill" Kolb; daughter and son-in-law, Joyce and Allen Crawford; son and daughter-in-law, William Charles "Chuck" and Priscilla Kolb; six grandchildren, Shellie Kemp, Shane and wife Monica Crawford, Shelby and Sidney Thomas, and Seth Kolb; five great-grandchildren, Alexander, Madeline and Ben Kemp, and Jordan and Cole Crawford; two brothers, Billy Carroll Harelson, James and wife Kathy Harelson; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Margaret and Dain Duvall and Nancy and Andy Berkemeyer; numerous nieces and nephews and other family and friends.
Funeral services are at 2 p.m. Monday, March 26 at Union Grove Free Will Baptist Church with Rev. David Bishop officiating. Burial is in Oakland Cemetery by Lemley Funeral Service of Atkins.
Visitation is from 6-8 p.m. today.
Pallbearers are Jackie Ferguson, Johnny Ferguson, Jeff Duvall, Jason Duvall, Gary Simmons, Mark Simmons, Shane Crawford, Drew Berkemeyer and Super Harelson.
Memorials may be made to Union Grove Free Will Baptist Church, 403 Ave 2 NE, Atkins, AR 72823.
Online obituary and condolences are available at www.lemleyfuneral.com.
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Grunwald doing that work.
Grunwald doing that work.
I still think felton should start.
one reason Prig is playing well might be because he comes off the bench when the game opens up a bit and it fits perfectly to his fluent passing style. He doesn't EVER look to shoot. Even when hes wide open he is looking to pass. I think if he starts a lot the better defenders will be able to contain him a lot more because of his lack of offense so far. Felton is a much more versitle player and offers more as a starter imo.
But I could be wrong.
Forrest17, starting Felton will keep this tea mediocre with his turnover prone and eager style of play...Felton never paces himself and the offense is out of rhythm when he's on the floor. Prigioni will keep this team in flow and get easy shots for our guys. Prigioni doesn't look to shoot because he's too busy trying to break down the defense with his sense of direction.
What would Felton do when double teamed?
What does Pablo do when doubled team?
The Knicks summer league team with Copeland, White, Thompson look like Shiiit because our coaching-staff and Grunwald did not put a PG on the team. The trio of players above started showing their true talent in the few weeks of working with Prig, Felton, and Kidd.
I want all our preseason bench roster that dont make the team put on the Erie Bayhawks d.league team.
Or at the very least just leave that spot open for any potential good pick ups out there


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Boy Scouts of America volunteers are given opportunities to fine-tune or improve their communications and relationship skills, outdoor and survival skills, as well as management and leadership skills. A variety of training opportunities are offered by the Boy Scouts of America to assist and provide resources for both new and experienced volunteers.
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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Week: New Spidey Loves Him More Than You
Welcome back to Amazing Spider-Man week! The Webhead's tale is being rebooted July 3, 2012 in theaters with new direction, new stars, and a decidedly new feel to the film.
In the build up to the movie's release, we have insights into the filmmaking process from all those involved. Thanks to a series of press conferences held in New York, NY early June, we can tell you exactly what to expect, and what these actors, writers, directors, and producers think about Spider-Man.
Today we catch up with the star of the show, Peter Parker, Spider-Man: Andrew Garfield. Garfield is a self-proclaimed Spider-Fan. His "Comic-Con confessional" went viral, with rapper Adam WarRock even making a song about it on his album "You Dare Call That Thing Human?"
We talked with Garfield about fulfilling this lifelong dream, training for the role, and just what it was like putting on that costume.
Question: First off, Congratulations on everything!
Andrew Garfield: Oh thanks! All my life! I have a very blessed life, thank you very much!
Question: What was the difference in this versus stage craft?
Garfield: Not much difference really, weirdly enough. In terms of how I approach it, my only intention is to honor the character. That goes for Willie Lowman or for Peter Parker/Spider-Man. That's everything to me. My approach was the same, from my heart and guts, I got really stressed out and wanted to do it a certain way.There are certain things that are challenging about both. The repetition of going through the trauma every night on stage is a killer, and your body doesn't know it's not real, even if your mind does. So your body's in a lot of pain and your heart is in a lot of pain, but it's worth it.
With this movie, the technical aspects, the thing that was a challenge, it was difficult to get into a rhythm with the 3D cameras. The new technology was difficult for everyone involved. They take a lot of care and delicacy. It meant that we were stopped occasionally. I love just going and going and going and keeping everything rolling and screwing up and screwing up and screwing up, and occasionally you get something right and you don't know how. That's kind of how I like to work. That's why I loved working with David Fincher, he does so many takes, I discovered how that kind of painful exactness really suits me, that's kind of cool.
Question: You got to work with mechanical webshooters- did they actually work, did anything come out of them?
Garfield: Hmm, do I lie? No, it was a nice exercise in imagination. That car jacker scene, that was all improvised, so I had this idea that I could draw the Spidey insignia over the guy's crotch, I think at one point they had that in and took it out, I thought that was kind of cool. To be able to have the imagination of doing whatever you wanted and they'd add it in post was kind of liberating. So I could shut that door in the guy's face as many times as I wanted, I could web him in the face, web the lock shut. It was kinda fun, but difficult. It would've been awesome if it was real though!
Question: I interviewed Andy Armstrong about all the training, what was that like?
Garfield: Thank you for that question. Any mention of Andy Armstrong, my heart swells. He turned into a father figure for me on this film and remains that way. I will write a book about him one day. He and his team, the safest group of hands you could ever meet. And passionate, supportive, loving. It's a tribe that he has, and he was generous enough to allow me to be part of that tribe. I got no special treatment, and he's amazing for that. He's a real person and he likes real people. We had an amazing time and he pushed me. There were things I was scared about and like any good father, he told me to go beyond what you think you can do, you might surprise yourself. For that reason it was kind of a spiritually overwhelming experience to work with him.
Combined with the physical sensation that I've wanted to do since I was three years old, and I think pretty much everyone in this room has wanted to do since they were three years old, i got to live that for a second! I'm eternally grateful to everyone at Sony Pictures for allowing me to do this.
Question: Any feedback from Tobey Maguire on the character?
Garfield: To my knowledge he hasn't seen the movie. But I got feedback, when I got cast, he sent an email to Matt Tomach immediately and it made me feel like I could take the torch. I had the support in him. He didn't need to do that, and it was a testament to him as a person. We're all a part of the Spider-Man family.
Question: How would you describe the work that Spider-man does?
Garfield: I think what's cool about this movie, is that he discovers the power of what he's created; he doesn't create the symbol with any high-mindedness, he creates it so he can protect himself while he searches for his uncle's killer. He is a vigilante for part of this story, this particular story. I think it's true for any teenager who goes through any amount of tragic events, to have the impulse to kick out and rebel, to use their power in a way that they're not thinking responsibly or not thinking at all. That whole section is Peter running away from the pain, the guilt. he's putting it into something physical, and sweating it out.So there's a period where he's acting out these impulses, he accidentally discovers the symbol he's created that's bigger than him, that can be used for good.
It's also important that he started with a heroic impulse, without any power to do anything with it. That was always how I felt like growing up. I felt like the underdog and I was the skinny kid, and now I'm not obviously (laughs)! I'm a huge bruiser. So I got over that problem.
Now I just realize that being skinny is okay. I always thought I should've been bigger, for some reason, because society tells you that, I guess. Or everyone played Rugby. I played Rugby and I was good at it, but I got concussed all the time because I was a weakling. That was something I always identified with Peter is that he always felt stronger on the inside than he was on the outside. There's nothing better than seeing a skinny guy beat the crap out of a big guy. (laughs)
Question: You've said what Spider-Man meant to you as a child, given your long history, what was it like to meet Stan Lee for the first time?
Garfield: I've been nervous for the last two years! Every day I've had something to suppress shaking. Stan Lee was a weird one, because he wasn't real, it's like he's too iconic to be real! So I wasn't in a room with a human being, it was like I was in a room with a wax figure. I was in Madame Tussaud's. It made no sense.
So I wasn't nervous, I was just one of those annoying people who's like (Stares with jaw down). And he's amazing, he's everything you think he is.
He came on set, I met him in the make up trailer once, then he came on set again and he did his amazing cameo.
It was just beautiful because when you really truly understand what he's given to us. He's given so many kids hope and joy, and he cannot be thanked enough for that. It was like being in a room with Mickey Mouse or something, it was bizarre. So I wasn't actually nervous, that was the one day.
Question: What was behind your famous Comic-Con Confessional? What made you do that, open up about your personal connection to Spider-Man?
Garfield: It wasn't thought out (laughs), I was compelled for many reasons, I think. I am terrified to take on this role, it means so much to me, so I know it means so much to other people. I wanted to be on the ground, in the audience watching the panel not be on the panel. That's where I felt I belonged more. I kind of wanted to do that whole speech in the mask to have that protection!There's something odd about the separation between the actor and the audience that I don't really care for, that's what I love about theater. I just wanted to feel connected to the fans in a real way, cause I'm a fan, first and foremost. It felt like the right thing to do, and it just felt like an opportunity to have fun as well!
Question: What did you do besides just memory to play a teenager effectively?
Garfield: I agree the teenager element is vital to this particular superhero and this person, the character. The fact that he goes through the same things that I go through. He's all of us, he really is! So the teenage thing, I don't know. I did spend time in queens hanging out with teenagers! Especially for getting the voice, intonation, and picking up phrases I might not be aware of, the feeling, a general malaise, or the awkward shyness, every aspect.
There was a great book I found called "Teenage," a book of photographs. I wouldn't buy it because it was too expensive, but Sony bought it for me very generously as a gift. It was awesome, the energy in that is what I was trying to capture. You know, head out the window, that need to express, to kick the walls down irrationally. When you combine that with being a superhero it's kind of awesome!
There's a scene in Gwen's bedroom on her floor, she's nursing me, and we have that heavy moment. She's terrified I'm going to die, I'm terrified of what I've done to my mentor, and at the end I just say "let's just get out, we gotta get out of here!" In a previous version we shot a lot more where we had a date night where it's expressive and free and teenage and romantic and silly.
That feeling is something I really wanted to capture, especially in those scenes with Gwen and Peter.
Question: Given the physical and emotional intensity of this role, how did you shake that off as a human being?
Garfield: I really didn't! I didn't sleep very much. I dedicated myself to it, really, that's an embarrassing thing to say but I really did.
It's a weird thing, we all have that one fictional character that we have that we care about so so much. Where if you have an opportunity to play that… When that moment comes, I thought I'm not allowed to sleep, I need to dedicate everything to this person that's given me so much in my life, I need to give all of myself to it. So I really didn't shake it off.Next time I might, cause I do love sleeping (laughs) and eating and all that. And I realize you obviously have to look after yourself to bring your best game. It was tough.
Question: Can you compare the anxiety levels between romance and action?
Garfield: They're all pretty scary things! I actually felt more safe when I was swinging around because you have a very very strong, safe pair of hands holding you up. The romantic scenes are free falling in a way. As they should be, they have to be spontaneous and free and terrifying. Because that's what first love is, it's the scariest thing that you'll ever go through and the most exhilarating, you have so much to lose. They were actually more frightening, than swinging through the building, in a weird way. Especially because it's Emma and she's terrifying. (laughs)
Question: Can you talk about the physical transformation to capture the Spider-Man moves? Was there any physical move you liked the most?
Garfield: It's so nice to be able to look at the movie and feel ownership, because of Andy's trust of me and his encouragement of me. There was something specific that I wanted to do with the physicality. It isn't just a guy in a suit throwing kicks and punches and saying cheesy lines. I wanted it to be a SPIDER boy. In a way that, if we're grounding this movie in reality, what happens when Spider DNA goes through your body? What happens to a teenage boy? He discovers that he can now have the patience of a spider. There was another scene that they cut out, which was awesome, where I was doing different things with all four of my limbs, doing different things. I was moving a lamp with my left foot, I was typing with my right foot, I was eating chinese and getting something behind me… and it didn't get in. It didn't make it. Maybe it'll be… maybe I'll cut my own movie (laughs) of bits that I liked.
So yeah that was really fun. There was a lot of great physical stuff that made it in. Like for instance, the scene where I got all the food out of the fridge. That spacial awareness where Peter doesn't move like that, Peter doesn't glide like that, before the spider bite. The way he's moving throughout the space, he's moving along the wall, with his back to the wall. The thing drops off and he was able to catch it with his elbow without even being phased.
But then of course the training was horrible, you know, the physical training to change my body, because I'm a laaaazy guy. And I'm vain, but not vain enough to care about the gym. Armando Alacorn, my trainer, he was a fantastic trainer and a terrible person. I have very confused feelings about Armando, wherever he is, he knows that, he's hiding from me (laughs). He kept me on an even keel all the way through. That combined with all the stunt team was an amazing experience.
Question: Any issues with the costume at all?
Garfield: (laughs) Come oooon. I had many issues with that costume. It's the weirdest thing. Every actor who wears a costume says it sucked. We should get together and talk about it, because we can't talk about it in public. It's like, how dare we complain? You know what I mean? We're the ones that get to wear it! it's the dream! But it was so terrible (laughs). Let me put it this way, the fantasy is really awesome, and just enjoy that.Stay tuned later this week for more interviews including a special one on one interview with director Marc Webb!
- AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Week: Emma Stone Becomes Gwen Stacy
- AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Week: Webb & Arad On Why They Rebooted
- 1st AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Reboot Reviews are ... Amazing!
- The 10 Greatest SPIDER-MAN Villains of ALL TIME!
- 10 Things You Might Not Know About SPIDER-MAN!


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Coaptite is a gel-like substance that is used as a bulking agent. It is injected around the sphincter where the urethra and bladder meet. Sphincter muscles control the release of urine from the bladder. The substance supports the urethra, decreasing incontinence.
Reasons for Procedure
This procedure is for women who have stress urinary incontinence. This is the leakage of urine caused by weakening of the muscles around the bladder and pelvis.
Possible Complications
If you are planning to have a coaptite injection, your doctor will review a list of possible complications which may include:
- Trouble passing urine due to urethra swelling
- Blood in urine
- Painful urination
- Urinary tract infection
- Feeling the urge to urinate
- Frequent urination
- Continued incontinence
- Bleeding
- Damage to the urethra
- Reaction to anesthesia
You should avoid this procedure if you have a history of:
- Urinary tract infections
- Current irritation of your bladder or urethra
Be sure to discuss these risks with your doctor before the injection.
What to Expect
Prior to Procedure
Your doctor may do the following:
- Physical exam, blood and urine tests, and imaging tests
- Discuss with you the type of anesthesia that will be used and the potential risks
Talk to your doctor about your medications. You may be asked to stop taking some medications up to one week before the procedure.
Other things to keep in mind before the procedure:
- Arrange for a ride home from the hospital.
- If instructed by your doctor, do not eat or drink for 8 hours before the procedure.
This procedure can be done under local, spinal, or general anesthesia. It will block any pain. Sedation may also be used to ease anxiety.
Description of Procedure
An IV will be placed in your arm. It will deliver fluids and medications directly into your bloodstream. A special jelly or fluid may be placed into your urethra to numb the area. If you are having spinal anesthesia, it will be injected into the spine. General anesthesia will be given through an IV.
A tiny camera will be inserted into your urethra. This will allow the doctor to see the bladder. The coaptite substance will be passed through the scope. It will be injected into the urethra wall near the bladder. The procedure will be repeated on the other side of the urethra. The gel will create a bulge just under the bladder.
Immediately After Procedure
You will be monitored as the anesthesia wears off.
How Long Will It Take?
The procedure usually takes 15-30 minutes.
How Much Will It Hurt?
Anesthesia prevents pain during the procedure. Ask your doctor about medication to help with pain after the injection.
Post-procedure Care
After the procedure, the hospital staff may provide the following care:
- Monitor you while you recover from the anesthesia and/or sedation
- Help you to eat and move around again
- Give you pain medication
You will not need to stay overnight.
When you return home, do the following to help ensure a smooth recovery:
- Avoid difficult activity and heavy lifting.
- Do not have sex until your doctor says it is safe to do so.
- Be sure to follow your doctor's instructions.
Call Your Doctor
After arriving home, contact your doctor if you have any of the following:
- Increased pressure or pain
- Inability to urinate
- Changes in frequency, odor, appearance, or volume of urine
- Signs of infection, including fever or chills
- Blood in urine
- Painful urination or a burning sensation
- Leaking urine
In case of an emergency, call for emergency medical services right away.
Revision Information
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Shania Twain announced today (May 7) that she'll partner with cat conservation organization Panthera as Global Ambassador for Panthera's newly launched leopard conservation initiative Project Pardus.
"The image and spirit of the leopard is an inspiration to millions around the world, including myself," Twain said in a press release. "That it is also the most oppressed of the big cats is almost unknown. If we're to save this animal in the wild, we have to get ahead of the curve before it suffers the same fate as so many other species that we once felt to be secure in their numbers. I feel privileged to give back to a creature that depends for its future on what we do now to save it…and I urge the wider world to join Panthera and me in this mission."
Currently, leopards are threatened by the destruction of their habitat and are being killed by livestock herders, trophy-hunting and poaching their skins and body parts. Project Pardus will launch new conservation initiatives that will target endangered leopards.


text: it's hard to argue about instances of verbal bullying in the abstract, but usually in cases where bullying has led to suicides, there's a lot more going on there, both in terms of the bullying behavior, or psychologically, with the victim. And to clarify: if a student is getting verbally abused by a classmate and a teacher is there, of course it's the teacher's responsibility to put a stop to it, or if it's happening somewhere else in the school. But I don't really see how someone can argue that verbally teasing/making fun of others is not a natural part of kids being kids. I was the victim of it, and I participated in it. I'm sure many here can say the same, as can most people from the beginnings of organized schooling. So if it's a common behavior that almost all kids do, then how is it anything other than kids being kids? I'd rather teach a kid to either not let it get to him/her, or to stand up for themselves rather than teach them that they should expect that their peers will always be nice to them. That's a pretty unrealistic and unhealthy expectation. (this does NOT apply if the child has a behavioral or learning disability obviously, since they likely won't have the skills to cope with the teasing or respond to it in an appropriate way.)


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UNT Opera Theatre sets sail for English comedy in 'Pirates'
Gilbert & Sullivan's operetta Pirates of Penzance goes down like tiramisu — it's a light, fluffy amusement that means to make its audience smile.
And yet its easy-on-the-ears libretto is full of technical flourish and puts a vocalist through his or her paces.
Paula Homer, director of the University of North Texas Opera Theatre, said Pirates is a starter opera — perfect for the newbie who likes classical music, but isn't ready to compete with a Wagnerian plot and lots of supertitles.
"I think in particular this Gilbert and Sullivan opera has number after number that is a delight," Homer said. "It's terrific, and it's funny."
The story goes like this: Frederic has been indentured to a band of soft-hearted pirates (pillaging might be too bruising for this bunch). Mabel is the daughter of the Major-General Stanley. Frederic and Mabel fall in love in the midst of a mess made up of the major-general's meddling and the antics of Mabel's siblings.
The opera is a comedic love story wrapped in a playful slap at the English class system, pitting the Cockney accents against the proper Queen's English of London.
The elements of farce make Pirates an approachable project. That W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan were chief song-crafters in British light opera of their age means the opera will be performed in English.
The UNT Concert Orchestra will be conducted by Stephen Dubberly. Dubberly will also give an informal lecture before each performance for ticketholders.
Performances are at 8 p.m. Friday and March 1, and 3 p.m. this Sunday and March 3. Performances are at the Lyric Stage at the Murchison Performing Arts Center, located alongside Interstate 35E. Tickets cost $15 to $35, depending on seating. For reservations, call 940-369-7802.
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Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?)
In less than six months, the camera will no longer power on and the lens is stuck open. I guess I will soon find out what, If anything than Nikon will or will not do for me.
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Archer Prewitt
Archer Prewitt has graced 7 of the 25 releases on Carrot Top Records over
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the last 8 years. His eighth, Gerroa Songs,
is his most haunting and evocative work to date, on this label or any other.
The recordings were made at a seaside house in Australia in March, 1999.
The house, a former nunnery and now haunted, and the setting, by the ocean
with rocky windswept beaches and dolphins leaping in the sun just outside
the windows, would infuse the recordings & the entire experience from
the outset.
While no ghosts were seen during their stay, the simple recording procedure (8 track, few mics and plenty of room sound, a la Cowboy Junkies' Trinity Sessions would capture the unique & captivating ambience of their surrounding beyond anyone's expectations. Creaking floorboards, the rhythmic thrum of insects all around as the sun set over the ocean, and the chords and harmonics bouncing playfully around the room the dilapidated old structure permeate these special recordings, making them an irreplaceable document of a special time for Archer and his Australian friends & companions. An aural snapshot of a few days by the remote Australian oceanside.
The music itself also reflects the surrounding and the recording procedures. Delicate. Simple. Windswept like the beach. And at times, even a little spooky. Austere pop music without the studio trappings that have made Archer's recent solo albums so dear to people's hearts. Fine Australian musicians (Tony Dupé, Ian Bothams, Leo Mullins, & Kirsty Stegwazi) played guitar, bass, drums & cello, all captured as they were played. Upon returning to Chicago, Archer's only nod to the studio was to bring in the incomparable Susan Voelz (Poi Dog, Archer's other solo LP's) to record violin parts of her making & Tania Bowers to add backing "Aaaahs" that both only add to the airy qualities already captured.
8 songs of his finest work done in a simple, inimitable manner.
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While White Sky continues in the same vein as In The Sun, it is most undoubtedly the work of a more mature, more focused, reflective and confident singer, songwriter, musician and arranger. The album moves from the lush, fully orchestrated pop of the opener "Raise on High", "White Sky", and "Final Season", through strong driving rock cuts like "Motorcycles" and bittersweet, introspective, Nick Drake-ish ballads such as "Shake", the fragile baritone flute strains of "Summer's End" and the final, acoustic guitar, strings & lilting flute strains of "I'll Be Waiting". Recorded shortly after their return from tour, "White Sky" benefits from their newfound cohesion, especially the intricate and well executed string and horn arrangements of Mertens and Prewitt.
Archer's musical accompaniment comes from the same group of top flight musicians as his debut, including Steve Goulding (drums-Mekons, Poi Dog Pondering, Graham Parker), Paul Mertens (sax, flute-Brian Wilson, Poi, Chicago Jazz Ensemble), Dave Crawford (horns, keys-Poi), Susan Voelz (strings-Poi), Mark Greenberg (bass-Coctails, Log Letters), and Edith Frost (vocals). Once again, Kingsize's Ken Sluiter has played the role of sonic mastermind at the control board adding many nice touches as well.
Read this review of White Sky at Pitchforkmedia.com
From the pages of the CMJ
New Music Report, Issue: 638 - Oct 11, 1999:
"The music of Chicago's Archer Prewitt is marked by its utterly pristine songcraft. On his dusky and melancholic second solo effort, White Sky, Prewitt's silky string arrangements, tasteful horn sections, and droney mellotron cries augment the mellow and pastoral settings of his compositions. Much of this effort, as evidenced by the song titles "Summer's End," "Last Summer Days," and "Final Season," evoke feelings of impending change and isolation. Prewitt's light, sun-baked voice elegantly bends and twists around impeccable arrangements, while he pensively reflects on life's fractured, intimate moments. He's clearly grown as both a songwriter and an arranger since the release of his 1997 solo outing, In The Sun. The musician experiments with a variety of subtle textures throughout White Sky's nine songs, masterfully displaying his uncanny ability to erect complex pop forms that leave ample room for his uncluttered melodies to blossom. Regardless of whether he's blowing a somber harmonica, strumming a jangly guitar or caressing a soothing vocal melody, Prewitt always manages to propel his tunes to their creative peak."
-Glen Sansone
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[A record of] exquisite melancholy and parched charm...[Prewitt] is an individual of impeccable and idiosyncratic tastes, who has crafted an album that recalls the sorrow of Nick Drake and the intricacies of Felt; a man prone to sadness, but not to writing love songs; a musician who strolls through the outlying fields of Chicago, orchestrating trumpets in his head and pondering the meaning of it all. He writes songs of scuffed beauty and astonishing originality."--James Oldham, NME (read the full text of this review at NME)
"Incredibly intricate, thoughtful but not academic composition, and a lightness that flows throughout the album are what carry it to its subtly stunning success." Liz Clayton, CMJ Monthly
"Sometimes funky, sometimes sublime, this album by Prewitt and friends is a melodic rock fan's dream. The former Coctails/now Sea and Cake member proves good production in Chicago isn't limited to those named Albini." --Tower Pulse
"Prewitt is responsible for some of the most luminous pop around. He shows a knack for Burt Bacharach-style orchestration, utilizing a string section as well as horns, piano and organ. Although he's not the most expressive vocalist, his hangdog voice works well with his tales of codependency. Say, if I didn't know any better, Archer, I'd say this guy's in love with you."-Express
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"He is very pleasant and congenial, but he's tougher than he appears in public. If he had to move someone aside or get rid of someone, he'd do it, even if there were sentimental obstacles and personal relationships. He tends to do what's best for the corporation."
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Could it be? Is this actually happening? Is this some sort of vile trickery on the part of Nintendo? Whatever it is, for now we can assume that La-Mulana is headed to WiiWare next month.
Just a couple of short months ago, developer Nicalis announced that it wouldn't be releasing the remake of La-Mulana, a freeware indie gem, on Nintendo's download service. It was a sad day for gamers who wanted to experience the challenging 2D title on their home consoles. Of course, digital download site Playism immediately picked up the remake and released it for folks to enjoy.
Now it seems as if La-Mulana is landing on WiiWare after all. The game is scheduled to appear on the download platform on Thursday, September 20 to coincide with the Big N's usual round of digital titles. It's being published by EnjoyUp Games and will be priced at 1,000 Wii Points.
I'm glad to see that La-Mulana is going to be available on WiiWare. If this all goes as planned, you can definitely expect a review of the game right here on GameZone. Stay tuned, indie game aficionados!
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text: I have been thinking about starting a memory quilt for each of my boys...it will be a quilt that will take a few years...I was thinking of doing a quilt that would be all the things that I did or enjoyed and tv shows, cars whatever of me in the past growing up through the years. I will not tell them about it...I will write a letter for each stating what the different blocks mean to me....and also part a bit of them in each...maybe a piece one of their shirts from a sports. When I am no longer here I will have whoever is taking care of my things give it to them....hopefully I will have another 20 years before they will get them...it will be made of love and something they can hopefully enjoy.


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CHICAGO, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Any measure to encourage the export of liquefied natural gas from the United States would be a blow to energy security, an industry official said.
The Nikiski terminal on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska is the only one in the country permitted to sell domestic natural gas to Japan. A similar permit for Chenier Energy Inc. was awarded by the U.S. Energy Department this year. The company has plans for an LNG terminal in Sabine Pass, La.
American Public Gas Association President Bert Kalisch said LNG exports would interfere with a push for more energy independence.
"We believe this is an energy security issue," he was quoted by the Platts news service as telling a Chicago gas forum. "America is now in a unique position to make a significant stride toward energy independence. Let's not fumble this opportunity away."
Advancements in technology used to extract natural gas from shale deposits have positioned the United States as a world leader in gas reserves.
Kalisch said information from the U.S. Energy Department suggests exports could cause LNG prices to double, which he said would discourage a move away from coal.
Environmental groups have opposed more LNG export terminals. They say exports could lead to more hydraulic fracturing, an extraction method viewed by some groups as harmful to the environment.


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Oh Gorgeous: More RPattz Behind the Scenes VMA Photos to Swoon Over
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Oh, RPattz! You kill us all with that smile. And I die happy.ReplyDelete
Now you can go back to your comfy Stoli shirt that we all love and cherish! :)
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Move over, Twilight Star -- I was there first!LOLReplyDelete
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Instead of the Stoli it looks as if he's come in pyjamas, or is that really a shirt?ReplyDelete
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So you have been looking around reading reviews, watching YouTube and you are pretty confused with regard to CPU coolers.
What's all the fuss about? Simply put, the hotter the CPU runs the shorter its lifespan will be. One should not be led astray by anyone talking about "safe" temperatures. Your CPU will die at some point as the heat generated by it burns it up, it is the coolers job to drag out that inevitability. There is also no "safe overclocking". A CPU with a temperature of 48 degrees Celsius will last longer than one running at 60 degrees. Anyone telling you otherwise is just - how do I put this politely - lying. There is an exception (see "Silicon Lottery" below).
There is something known as "The Silicon Lottery" which means that your CPU will be randomly more or less resistant to failure (heat death). If you do overclock then one CPU may run stably at a certain speed whereas another will just crash. There is no way of telling short of actually using the CPU if you are a winner or a loser in this lottery. You also cannot send a CPU back the manufacturer which will not run stably at even a mild overclock because technically you are running it outside the manufacturers specification.
If you have an Intel CPU then the cheapest way to knock a few degrees Celsius off the CPU temperature is to turn off HyperThreading in the BIOS.
There are two kinds of coolers and those can be split into two general categories:
1) Air Coolers
a) Stock Coolers
b) Third Party Air Coolers
2) Water Coolers
a) Custom Parts Water Coolers, Liquid Nitrogen
b) AIO (All In One) Water Coolers.
The easiest ones to discuss are those falling into the category 1a, the Stock Coolers. These are the ones you will get with your CPU when you buy it. The only thing that can be said about them is, "Better than nothing, but not by a lot". In other words they are garbage and should be consigned to the bin at the earliest possible opportunity. From my own recent experience, I bought an AMD A8-5600k processor for my NAS and I put the stock cooler that came with it onto it to see how it would perform before putting a real cooler on it.
I booted up the system, started the hardware monitor to check the CPU temperature then I started Prime95 to put the CPU under load. Within seconds after starting Prime95 the CPU temperature shot up to 62 degrees Celsius, which is totally unacceptable and I stopped the testing immediately so as not to damage the CPU.
The next easiest to discuss would be the ones fitting into the category 2a or "Custom Parts Water Coolers". For this solution you have to buy all the pumps, radiators, reservoirs, tubes, joints etc. yourself and put it all together. These will give you the greatest cooling of your CPU if you have done it right; however they do have major drawbacks:
1) You will have to permanently monitor the system because they are prone to failure and leaks.
2) You will have to run all kinds of routine maintenance on them from checking the fill level of the coolant to making sure that all the joints are tight and not leaking, check for algae.
3) It is exorbitantly expensive
4) You will have to sacrifice a significant portion of the expandability of your chassis to the components of the cooling subsystem (coolant reservoirs)
5) They are only as efficacious as the builders ability to construct the complete system.
6) No warranty and dubious reliability. This solution has a VERY limited field of application (especially Liquid Nitrogen which has the added downside of being extremely dangerous if the LN is handled incorrectly).
The next two, 1b "Third Party Air Coolers" and 2b "AIO (All In One) Water Coolers" are the ones that the overwhelming majority of people will choose from. This is also the portion of the post where I will get the most grief.
Let's start off with Third Party Air Coolers. These range from only slightly better than the stock coolers but with advantages like having a smaller dimension. The one thing which can generally be said is that the lighter (in weight) the cooler is, the worse the cooling performance will be. These types of coolers also are, if one is not looking at overclocking, relatively cheap and one can buy one which will fit any kind of chassis one might choose to put the system into. The cooling performance ranges from good enough to great. The "great" will depend on the size of your chassis and your wallet.
How well an air cooler performs is heavily dependant on things other than the design or efficiency of the cooler itself. Essentially what the air cooler does is that it takes heat away from your CPU and dumps it into your case. It is up to the case ventilation to get rid of that heat. In a poorly ventilated case essentially what happens is that warmer and warmer air is recycled and used to "cool" the fins of the air cooler. The other thing is that a higher ambient temperature within the case will also effect the cooling of other components on the motherboard or the graphics adapter.
Then there is the elephant in the room - literally. To achieve the best cooling of the CPU air coolers have to be massive. All their weight is supported by the motherboard and generally they are oriented horizontally to the vertical alignment of the motherboard. This means that if you are moving your system and you drop it then there is a chance that the cooler will break the motherboard. This is apart from the permanent strain the weight of the cooler puts on the motherboard.
Then there is the design of the cooler itself, or rather the mounting system the manufacturers choose. These range from very easy and well thought out to the feeling that the manufacturers of the cooler are bloody-minded sadists hell bent on making your life a misery. Then there are the coolers which have a clip on system for the fans, however if the clips ever spring open for some reason there is a good chance they will short-circuit your graphics card.
Another thing to take into account is whether or not the components UNDER the CPU cooler will get any ventilation or that it effectively insulates the capacitors, VRMs around the CPU from any airflow which might cool them. If a capacitor blows due to excessive heating then it is game over for your motherboard.
If you are going to choose an air cooler for the CPU then you will have to plan the choice of things like RAM with regard to that choice. In many cases RAM slots will be blocked to anything other than low profile RAM. So you could end up having bought the cooler, bought your RAM and end up not being able to put your system together. Another scenario could be that you have bought the components and although the RAM fits, you won't be able to put the side panel onto the chassis because of the height of the cooler.
Personally I would say that if you are considering an air cooler then the gold standard against which you should judge the competition are the Noctua series of coolers. As I have tried to point out, air cooler benchmarks with regard to how well they cool the CPU are not the entire story - by a very long shot.
Last but not least we come to 2b "AIO (All In One) Water Coolers". These kind of coolers have a small footprint on the CPU itself and remove the heat via the liquid to a radiator to be disposed of as you see fit. The main advantage of the water cooler in my estimation is that the weight of the business end is taken up by a component of the system which is specifically designed to take the stress of the weight, namely the chassis itself - if you drop your system then you might dent your chassis, but you are unlikely to destroy your motherboard. No air cooler other than the highest end ones even come close to giving the cooling performance of a water cooler. The highest end air coolers are also more expensive than a water cooler offering the same performance.
The one thing one thinks about with regard to water coolers is "leaks". This possibility has been pretty much eliminated and I have not heard of any such failure - although I am sure such a thing has occurred.
So the choice is a no-brainer right?
Water coolers are expensive and if you only need something which is good enough or have a processor and system which is energy efficient then it is hard to justify the expense of a water cooler. Even though mounting the radiator to the chassis is the best place for the business end of any cooler to be there are many systems where there is just not enough room to do so. If you want to build a system as small as possible then this will be a deal breaker with regard to a water cooler.
If the pump on the water cooler fails then you will not be able to repair it yourself. With an air cooler, if a fan fails then it is very simple and relatively cheap to replace it and restore the cooler to its former glory.
The other problem one has with regard to water coolers is the tubes taking the liquid from and to the pump. Even if you do have a spot to attach the radiator to the chassis you might not be able to get the tubes to cooperate. Jamming the water cooler into your chassis and placing stress on the joints where the tubes connect to the radiator or the pump is a recipe for disaster if even one of those joints ever give and a leak occurs. If you kink the tubes on the water cooler then the coolant will not be able to circulate and your temperatures will shoot up.
I have tried to be as fair as I can with regard to the choices one has with regard to cooling a CPU and I hope this doesn't disintegrate into a series of fanboy rants.


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OCEAN CITY – As global growth slows and the dollar begins to regain its strength, U.S. equity markets are poised for recovery, says Merrill Lynch Research Chief U.S. Sector Strategist Brian Belski, who offers five investment themes that may benefit from this shift in market leadership.
At the beginning of 2008, non-U.S. equities and currencies were among the investment themes favored by strategists. Now, however, global growth has slowed. Despite this slowdown — and the financial crisis affecting the U.S. and global economies — encouraging signs point to renewed strength in U.S. investment opportunities. U.S. equities are poised to outperform over the next six to 12 months, says Belski.
He points to three factors driving this shift: a strengthening dollar; relatively stable earnings and GDP growth in the U.S., compared with international markets; and the increased likelihood of higher volatility in global markets, compared with the U.S.
Belski also offers five ideas for re-entering the U.S. equity market, which investors can use as they reposition their portfolios for a recovery:
1. Companies that produce environmental solutions;
2. Companies that cater to bargain-hunters;
3. Companies that grow through innovation;
4. Companies that benefit from reduced commodities pricing; and
5. Companies that expand through merger-and-acquisition activity.
A question to ask yourself is: Are These Investment Ideas Right For You? Some questions to ask your Merrill Lynch financial advisor include:
— Is now a good time to rebalance my portfolio with an eye towards the global slowdown?
— Would the periodic rebalancing in a Merrill Lynch Consults Diversified Portfolio automatically cover such shifts in market leadership?
— How can I best take advantage of the strengthening dollar relative to other currencies?
— Which sectors and companies are poised to grow through innovation?
— How will U.S. multinational companies perform as growth returns to the U.S.
— Should I consider reducing my exposure to the commodities market?
(A Merrill Lynch Senior Financial Advisor. She can be reached at 410-213-8520.)


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VC names trustee to fill vacant position
Oct. 25, 2011 at 5:25 a.m.
A Victoria College committee recommended at a special meeting Tuesday a District 3 trustee to fill the seat left vacant by Roger Welder.
The board of trustees unanimously approved the appointment of Bland Proctor, who is expected to be sworn in next week as VC's newest trustee.
"I'm honored and ready to go," Proctor, 44, said.
Proctor is an attorney from Victoria who has proven his commitment to education in the Crossroads, said committee chairwoman Kay McHaney.
He "has worked with us in education areas for an extended amount of time," she told the board. "We were all aware of his immediate, right now, up-to-date interest in education."
Before graduating from the University of Texas with a bachelor's degree and the University of Houston with a degree in law, Proctor attended St. Joseph High School.
He was on the school board at St. Joseph for six years, three of which were spent as chairman.
Proctor also served on the University of Houston-Victoria's committee for downward expansion and on state Rep. Geanie Morrison's Crossroads Commission on Education.
"I certainly have a keen interest in education in Victoria," Proctor said. "VC's been a strong asset to the community, and I think it will see continued importance as our area strives for a more vibrant economy."
McHaney said the committee received from the elections administrator a list of people eligible to serve as District 3 trustee. The committee pored over the names and came up with a list of about eight to 10 people they thought were qualified for the job, with Proctor coming out on top.
In the spring, Proctor traveled with VC President Tom Butler and another volunteer to Amarillo to meet with community leaders about how the city is meeting its demographic's education needs. During the meetings, Proctor said the group came back with ideas for how to bring more students to VC who would otherwise not go to college.
After being sworn in, Proctor will next week join the rest of the board at a retreat and conference for a crash course on the board's work.
"I'm honored to have been appointed. I look forward to working with the board and the community to maintain VC's strong presence in the community and to seize its opportunities," Proctor said.
Proctor's grandfather, Fred Proctor, also served on VC's Board of Trustees.
He will fill the position until the end of Welder's term in 2014, at which time he can run for election.
Welder resigned in September to join the University of Houston Board of Regents.


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PCI Program at Mercy Hospital Named "Program of Excellence" by Independent Health
Home » About Us » News » 2009 News » PCI Program at Mercy Hospital Named "Program of Excellence" by Independent Health
December 22, 2009
The Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) program at Mercy Hospital of Buffalo, home of the Catholic Health Heart Center, has been named a "Program of Excellence" by Independent Health. Also known as angioplasty, PCI is a minimally invasive procedure used to open narrowed blood vessels to improve blood flow and heart function.
This distinction is part of a growing list of recognitions for Catholic Health's Heart Center and the Cardiac Services Department at Mercy Hospital. "Catholic Health is leading the way in offering some of the most advanced cardiac surgery and cardiac interventional procedures in the area, including robotic assisted cardiac surgery," said John Bell-Thomson, M.D., chair of Mercy's Cardiothoracic Surgery Department. "This latest recognition from Independent Health is an important acknowledgment of the quality of care we provide to patients throughout the region."
The program earned its designation based on Independent Health's review of clinical and quality data, which references New York state and national benchmarks, as well as American College of Cardiology standards of care. The Heart Center exceeded many quality indicators, including the most current New York State PCI mortality data.
According to the state report, based on 2006 data (the most current available), Mercy Hospital has the lowest risk-adjusted mortality rate in WNY for PCI with individual physician rates below the NYS average. "This data, when combined with the Independent Health designation, helps area residents make more informed decisions about their cardiac care," said Salvatore Calandra, M.D., director of Interventional Cardiology at Mercy Hospital. "Our entire team is to be congratulated for their skill and dedication in achieving these outstanding clinical outcomes."
As part of its continuing effort to provide affordable, quality health care, Independent Health developed the "Programs of Excellence" initiative to recognize local health providers and the high-quality services they offer. "We're pleased to include Mercy Hospital's PCI in our Program of Excellence," said Thomas F. Foels, M.D., M.M.M., chief medical officer, Independent Health. "The Program of Excellence designation is an easy way for our members to know that they can choose facilities that provide the best outcomes using national benchmarks."
Catholic Health offers cardiac testing services at its hospitals including Kenmore Mercy, Mercy, Sisters of Charity and its St. Joseph Campus. Advanced cardiac procedures including robotic assisted surgery; open-heart surgery, including coronary artery bypass and valve replacement; electrophysiology, angioplasty; and PFO closures are available at the Catholic Health Heart Center at Mercy Hospital.
The Heart Center recently received it second consecutive three-star rating – the highest available – from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, placing its heart surgery program among the top 12% in the nation.