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For the week's top 25 broadcast TV show ratings click here.
With repeats galore, a massive Cowboys-Giants Sunday Night Football was more than enough to lift NBC to the top. NBC led the week with adults 18-49 with a 2.0 rating average, ahead of CBS' 1.7 adults 18-49 rating. Univision was third for the week with a 1.4 adults 18-49 average. ABC was fourth with a 1.3 rating average. FOX fell to fifth with a 1.0 rating average. The CW finished sixth with a 0.3 adults 18-49 rating average.
CBS won the week with total viewers averaging 7.16 million viewers, ahead of second place NBC's 6.34 million average. ABC was third with 4.71 million, followed by Univision with 3.49m, FOX with 2.91m, and the CW with 0.90m.
Each adults 18-49 rating point is a percentage of the adults 18-49 US TV population and equals 1.279 million adults 18-49.
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Pipe Dreams (1976)
You had to be there to understand it. The trauma of the '73 war (the Yom Kippur War to us) was behind us. Surely the unwillingness of "our cousins" to accept us as part of the Semitic family would fade with time. Surely the cycle of war could and would be broken. Or were our dreams just self delusion?
And then, some guy shows up in the Holy Land. A fellow with a dream of his own: a dream of freeing the world of nicotine addiction. His answer was... Lettuce cigarettes!!! And his plan was to have these lettuce "smokes" manufactured by Jews and Arabs working in harmony!
His dream of an end to nicotine and our dream of peace and partnership would forge ahead together! A small cigarette factory in Bethlehem was to be purchased. Samples of lettuce "smokes" were circulated in Jerusalem.
And then came the threats to the Arab businessmen... And the whole thing, well, went up in smoke. I don't remember the name of the lettuce-pusher guy, but I suspect it was Puzant C. Torigian.
Because at a website for "Bravo Smokes" Puzant C. Torigian writes:
"My commitment to a safer smoke has taken 40 years to realize. The pro net, BRAVO smokes, looks and smokes like a cigarette but is made from fresh lettuce treated by a process I have patented. Now, it is available to the public. Because of my commitment, there is a safer smoke."
Puzant C. Torigian refuses to give up his dream, and to tell you the truth,
neither will I!
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2018 Chevrolet Volt
Premier 4dr Hatchback (gas/electric hybrid DD)
Estimated Payment
Price Analysis
128 Days on Lot
Selling slowly, this dealer is motivated to sell soon
Vehicle Details
Ext. Color:
Satin Steel Metallic
Int. Color:
Jet Black/Jet Black leather
Drive Type:
front wheel drive
All Features and Specs
Digital Audio Input
Chevrolet MyLink
Audio System Premium Brand: Chevrolet MyLink
Audio System Premium Brand Speakers: Bose
SiriusXM AM/FM/Satellite Radio
SiriusXM Satellite Radio(TM)
Speed Sensitive Audio Volume Control
Total Number of Speakers: 8
Braking Assist
ABS and Driveline Traction Control
Stability control
Privacy glass: Light
Machined aluminum rims w/ painted accents
Wheel Diameter: 17
Wheel Width: 7
Driver and passenger knee airbags
Leather/metal-look steering wheel trim
Leather/chrome shift knob trim
Chrome dash trim
Chrome center console trim
Video Monitor Location: Front
Trip computer
External temperature display
Power remote driver mirror adjustment
Heated driver mirror
Heated passenger mirror
Electrochromatic rearview mirror
Power remote passenger mirror adjustment
Dual illuminated vanity mirrors
Daytime running lights
Driver and passenger heated-cushion, driver and passenger heated-seatback
Remote window operation
Audio controls on steering wheel
OnStar Guidance
Front and rear reading lights
Anti-theft alarm system
Leather seat upholstery
Bucket front seats
Rear bench
Fold forward seatback rear seats
Rear seats center armrest
Tilt and telescopic steering wheel
Heated steering wheel
Speed-proportional electric power steering
Suspension class: Regular
Interior air filtration
Automatic front air conditioning
Tire Pressure Monitoring System: Tire specific
Remote activated exterior entry lights
Cargo area light
Vehicle Emissions: LEV3-SULEV30
Fuel Type: Regular unleaded
Fuel Capacity: 8.9 gal.
Instrumentation: Low fuel level
Clock: In-radio display
Headlights off auto delay
Dusk sensing headlights
Coil front spring
Regular front stabilizer bar
Independent front suspension classification
Strut front suspension
Front Independent Suspension
Coil rear spring
Semi-independent rear suspension
Torsion beam rear suspension
Front suspension stabilizer bar
Variable intermittent front wipers
Metal-look w/chrome surround grille
Center Console: Full with covered storage
Overhead console: Mini
Curb weight: 3,543 lbs.
Overall Length: 180.4"
Overall Width: 71.2"
Overall height: 56.4"
Wheelbase: 106.1"
Front Head Room: 37.8"
Rear Head Room: 35.8"
Front Leg Room: 42.1"
Rear Leg Room: 34.7"
Front Shoulder Room: 56.5"
Rear Shoulder Room: 53.2"
Front Hip Room: 53.7"
Rear Hip Room: 51.3"
Two 12V DC power outlets
Seatbelt pretensioners: Front
Rear center seatbelt: 3-point belt
Door reinforcement: Side-impact door beam
Engine immobilizer
Cargo tie downs
Floor mats: Carpet front and rear
Rear area cargo cover: Roll-up
Cupholders: Front and rear
Door pockets: Driver, passenger and rear
Seatback storage: 2
Tires: Width: 215 mm
Tires: Profile: 50
Tires: Speed Rating: H
Diameter of tires: 17.0"
Type of tires: AS
Tires: Prefix: P
Left rear passenger door type: Conventional
Rear door type: Liftgate
Right rear passenger door type: Conventional
Body-colored bumpers
Integrated roof antenna
4 Door
Mobile hotspot internet access
Driver airbag
Automated exterior parking camera
Manual child safety locks
Rear View Camera
Keyless ignition w/ push button start & keyless door entry
2 USB ports
Apple CarPlay/Android Auto mirroring
Automated reverse sensing system
LED low beam projector beam headlights
Ambient lighting
SiriusXM Satellite Radio
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The duties of a caregiver include assisting or performing any task a person cannot perform for himself due to age, mental disease or any injury or other medical condition. Common tasks include assisting with hygiene related tasks, preparing meals and light housekeeping duties. Caregivers commonly run simple errands for clients.Continue Reading
In addition, caregivers may be required to accompany clients to places such as medical facilities and church. They may also be required to monitor the health of their clients, and keep records of any changes. It may also be a caregiver's duty to remind clients when it is time to take their doctor-prescribed medication. In some states, caregivers are licensed and required to administer doctor-prescribed medication to their clients.
Providing adult companionship to clients is another job duty of a caregiver. Often clients are unable to leave the home, and thus isolation occurs. In many cases, caregivers are the only source of regular adult companionship for their clients. The companionship is important because it offers clients breaks in the periods of isolation or prevents the feelings of isolation all together.
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Hey there! I am Maria and I love food, eating out, trying new dishes and exploring different cuisines. I am not a professional chef. I just love to cook and have been doing so since I was a little girl.
I am also one of those people that stares at the food I am eating. If food had feelings, it would feel uncomfortable. But for me, I just love to observe how the food is presented and analyze the taste of every ingredient that goes into the dish. One of my favorite things to do is go out, eat great food and then go home and recreate the recipe. In fact, I have often dreamed of using my somewhat successful ability to recreate recipes to open up a restaurant that literally sells the best food of every restaurant I have ever dined in. I'd get sued probably, but I think it would be a hit!
For me, cooking is a fun leisurely activity, a necessity and well... a way to feed my boyfriend. Dating a half-Italian, half-mishmash man who grew up in America isn't easy! Those are countries known for their great food. And lots of it. Part of the reason for starting this site is that if I didn't, my boyfriend would probably make me eat out…everyday. And as much as I love eating out, it isn't always practical or affordable to do so on a daily basis. I also love to know what goes into my food and cooking is a fun way to be more in control of what you eat.
I hope you enjoy checking out the recipes I have shared and have fun cooking with me. This blog is a place for me to jot down the recipes I've learned and developed whilst exploring my love for food, photography and well…my boyfriend.
Maria x
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- Cheese is a divine creation and must be savored.
- I am alive because of coffee but I survive because of tea.
- Eating sweet food isn't all that bad, but if you are going to do it, it must be the very best sweet food you can eat and worth every calorie.
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Competing military drills heat up the region this summer. Continue reading
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Things To Do in Sir Lowrys PassBoegoekloof Hiking Trail
Hiking Trails Cape Helderberg Cape Overberg
Where? Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve, Western Cape
When? Booking is required.
How? Call Cape Nature on +27 (0)21 483-0190
How much? Price on request
Overnight? Stay at accommodation in Sir Lowrys Pass, in Cape Town
Start: Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve
Finish: Hottentots-Holland Nature Reserve
Duration: 17 km, roughly 8 hours
Fitness: moderate to tough
Our tip: there is a fair amount of scrambling, climbing and some exposure to heights
Boegoekloof trail is one of several trails in the Hottentots-Holland reserve. The others are Nuweberg to Landdroskop Hut via the Sphinx; Nuweberg to Boesmanskloof Hut also known as the Orchard Route, Nuweberg to Boesmanskloof Hut and Boesmanskloof to Landdroskop Hut. There is also a kloofing trip up the Riviersonderend and a there and back Palmiet River trail (that is a shorter option).
There is a limit of 12 people per permit for overnight and day trails , so book in advance.
The entrance to the reserve is at Nuweberg on Viljoen's Pass between Grabouw and Villiersdorp � a rugged, mountainous reserve that is perfect for hiking.
Boegoekloof trail starts at Nuweberg and shares the first part of the route with the Palmiet trail and the Boesmanskloof (Nuweberg to Boesmanskloof Hut) trail. It is an out-and -return route through a kloof that begins along a jeep track beneath a grove of pine trees, heading up through fynbos to the Palmiet River.
Crossing the river and heading right takes you on to Suicide Gorge, but if you keep on along the edge of the Palmiet you will reach a series of pools that then take you in to the kloof (Eensbedrogen pool).
It is possible to do the hike without an overnight, and it should take most of the day, particularly with a lunch break in the Boegoekloof.
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Date: 5/5/2015
Writing in an article in The Planner, Mike Kiely, Chair of POS, is firmly of the belief that "planning is key to meeting housing needs and aiding economic growth with sustainable development."
Kiley added that "we invited a new government to work with us to build a more efficient planning system to ensure that community needs, particularly housing, are met. Some features of the system need refinement to work better for communities."
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Savvas is a Structural Engineer specializing in Computational Mechanics. Before coming to Nottingham, he was a Lecturer at Brunel University London (2013-2014) and previously a post-doctoral researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) at Zurich (2012-2013). He holds a PhD in Civil Engineering (2011), an Msc in Structural Analysis and Design (2006) and a Diploma in Civil Engineering (2004) from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece.
Dr. Triantafyllou is also a member of the Centre for Structural Engineering & Informatics Research Group.
Dr. Triantafyllou's primary research interest is in the nonlinear static and dynamic behaviour of structures and materials. He focuses on macro-modelling and micro-modelling computational methods to simulate the nonlinear response of large scale structures using smooth hysteretic models. Within this framework he has developed a family of hysteretic one-dimensional macro-elements and a generic method for the derivation of hysteretic finite elements.
Dr. Triantafyllou is currently developing a hysteretic multiscale finite element framework, capable of effectively simulating the nonlinear response of composite materials.
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CLARK — Ms. Hamilton's senior students at Arthur L. Johnson High School recently had a visit from Christian Tibok, a representative from Everest College, as part of their college and career unit. Tibok conducted a very engaging and interactive presentation about college and career readiness. The students were each provided with an iPod to use in conjunction with the presentation. While Tibok asked questions about professionalism and etiquette, the students were instructed to use the iPods to wirelessly respond using a survey-style model. As the students would complete each question, pie charts and discussion topics would be projected onto the board. At the culmination of the presentation, Tibok showed a brief video clip about what Everest College has to offer to students interested in several career options such as massage therapy, medical assisting, and dental assisting. In the picture above, Christopher Purcell, Zak Hijazi, and Marc Avena are interactively participating in the presentation by completing a survey regarding college interview etiquette. (Photo courtesy of Clark Public Schools)
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When a charge hits a person's bank account and there are not enough funds to cover it, the bank may refuse the charge or allow the account to go into a negative balance, explains Balance. For each transaction that overdraws the account, a fee is usually applied, states Forbes.Continue Reading
Many banks allow the customer to overdraw his account as long as he is in good standing, according to U.S. Bank. If a bank receives multiple overdrawn charges per day, it may rank those charges in order from largest to smallest so the customer can pay his most important bills before he hits the overdraft limit, notes Forbes.
Customers can avoid overdraft fees by applying for an overdraft protection, or a savings account or line of credit that can be used to cover the items that would otherwise be overdrawn, explains U.S. Bank. A bank may also allow a customer to opt out of overdrafts entirely and simply refuse any item that would bring the customer's account to negative.Learn more about Bank Accounts


text: how often to you meet a couple getting married + the groom plans the wedding? well for that matter, how often do you meet a couple getting married, + the groom plans the wedding... + does an amazing, inventive, + creative job??? meet mike. wedding planner extraordinaire, groom, + now jeehye's husband. meet jeehye. fun, easy going, bride, + now mike's wife. i had the brilliant (insert sarcasm) idea of hanging jeehye's dress in the shower to get a good long shot of it... lo + behold showers do what showers do + wait for it... yep, the dress more than a little wet. moments before putting it on. the bride. the raddest. laughed a ton, dabbed it dry, shrugged it off, + said it was a good thing it wasn't red wine. um yeah. i had lots of fun shooting these two's engagement session a few weeks back + even more fun hanging out with them more on their wedding day. fun was the name of the game. oh yeah + mike. he loves food. almost more than me. dinner was bbq by brother jimmy's, (word to the wise... if you want your guests to love your wedding food, you really can't go wrong with some ribs, brisket, coleslaw + cornbread) cake was the delicious courtesy of momofuku's milk bar , + ice cream truck courtesy of van leeuwen's. a picnic style wedding at a great venue, with amazing food, surrounded by so many wonderful friends + family is an amazing way to start what's sure to be an amazing life... together. so happy you two found each other! (+ that you like food... + like to have fun!) p.s. big huge thanks to mike simonitsch for 2nd shooting... some of his images are included below.


text: BtoB's Best - Microsite: Agilent Technologies Published on October 08, 2012. Agilent Technologies Agency: Tminus1 Creative, Exton, Pa. Campaign: Planet Agilent Launch date: July 2011 Creative credits: At Col Voce: marketing strategist: Diane Rodwell; At Dakota Diesel: interactive: Steve Klein; At Tminus1 Creative: creative director: Terry Scullin; account director: Meg Dolan; copywriter: Gina Signorella-Arlen; At Agilent Technologies: marketing: Kathy Mills, Christine Cox, Beth Eurotas Why we liked it: Agilent Technologies' microsite does exactly what a microsite should: It offers extensive information in a straightforward and easy-to-navigate way. Visitors can explore the well- designed site by choosing one of two interactive landscapes—a farm scene that explains the company's food-testing applications or a city scene that addresses its environmental applications. They can then access information by mousing over different parts of the animated scenes and clicking for more information. Clicking on the tractor, for example, leads the user to various types of information on soil analysis—from literature and videos to webinars and calculators. It has an appealing look and feel, and offers visitors a lot of content to explore. Plus, when users are ready for the next step, it's clear how to request a quote or contact a sales rep. Most Popular In this article: BtoB


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Research suggests that frequent hugs and perceived social support can help people avoid contracting the common cold. more...
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Mucuna pruriens is the scientific name of the velvet bean or cowitch plant, thus named for the intense itching produced by touching the plant's seed pods or foliage. While generally grown as a fodder plant for livestock, the seeds of the plant may be eaten if meticulously processed to remove the potent, pharmacologically active chemicals within it. Of these chemicals, the most potent is levodopa, or L-dopa, the phytochemical thought to be responsible for the aphrodisiac and anti-parkinsonian properties attributed to the herb. Levodopa alone is a prescription drug used to increase the level of dopamine in the brain, primarily for treating the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. It is this powerful activity in the brain that led to the plant's use as a treatment for depression and movement disorders in Ayurvedic medicine as well as Siddha medicine for over 1,000 years.
The parts of the plant that are considered to be the most pharmacologically active are the seeds and hairs. Many formulations used in alternative medicine that make use of Mucuna pruriens employ a concentrated ethanolic extract of the plant, dramatically reducing the amount of plant matter that must be consumed to be physiologically active. The sale of a total extraction of Mucuna pruriens' active ingredient may, however, require a prescription in some countries, as it is pharmacologically identical to a prescription medication. By increasing the levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the brain, Mucuna pruriens may help reduce the frequency or severity of some of the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, such as muscular weakness, rigidity, tremor, slowing of voluntary movements, depression, and the decline of cognitive function. The same mechanism of action is likely to be responsible for its traditional use as a libido enhancer in both men and women.
In addition to its action as a direct precursor to the neurotransmitter dopamine, Mucuna pruriens is unusually rich in a number of nutrients, including magnesium, calcium, iron, manganese, phosphorous, zinc and copper. It is possible that these or some other compound within the plant may be responsible for the findings from a study that indicate Mucuna pruriens may lower blood sugar levels in diabetic patients. As of 2011 this study has yet to be replicated, however, and the finding must still be considered speculative.
Like the drug levodopa, Mucuna pruriens may produce side effects. These side effects are likely to be more pronounced when the herb is used in higher doses. Insomnia occurs in many users, while increased heart rate and body temperature occur infrequently.
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The various liturgical services offer many opportunities for service to the community, both in proclaiming the Word of God and assisting the clergy at the altar.
Tonsured Reader: John Eller
Readers: Dionysius Rusnak, Xenia Pollard, Diakonissa Helena Kocher
Altar Servers: Thomas Maty, Reader John Eller, Andrei CondratevChoir -
The choir sings at all liturgical services and is made up of singers both young and old. Rehearsals are held weekly, and new members are always welcome.
Choir Directors: Denise Norman & Lidya Gulizia
Sopranos: Xenia Pollard, Diakonissa Helena Kocher, Denise Norman
Altos: Kassiane Eller, Lidya Gulizia
Tenors: Dionysius Rusnak
Bass: Benjamin GuliziaEducation -
According to the Church Fathers, the goal of formal education is to allow a follower of Christ to come closer to God, to spread and defend the Faith, and to act as a good steward of His creation.
Adult Education: Rev. Fr. James (Bohlman)
Catechumenate: Rev. Fr. James (Bohlman)
Teens: Fr. Deacon Vassily Kocher
Children: Diakonissa Helena, Deborah Andrews, and Suzanne UpchurchSt. Mary Magdalene's Sisterhood -
Sisters: Justina Andrews, Katherine Bright, Nonna Eller, Lidya Gulizia, Hilaire Hughes, Diakonissa Helena Kocher, Dorothy Kocher, Denise Norman, Xenia Pollard, Tabitha Popiela, Paula Zaharko, Mary Roth, Laura Howard, Marianne Haugh, Rachel Bright, Laura Homyk, Beverly Cook, Suzanne Upchurch, and Aurora Condratov
The Sisterhood is a way for the women of the parish to build up each other and the Body of Christ through prayer, service, charity and hospitality. The Sisters meet once monthly, and all adult women of the parish are invited to join.St. Mary Magdalene's Brotherhood - Father James, Rev. Deacon Vassily Kocher, Reader John Eller, Gregory Givan, Dan Condratov, Dennis Rusnak, Cole Andrews, Lanny Cook, Neil Pasternak, Benjamin Gulizia, Thomas Maty, David Homyk, Kyril Wickenburg, Jeff Bright Parish Council -
The Parish Council brings together the priest and the laity in the Orthodox spirit of conciliarity to provide for the needs of the church and to be good stewards of the temporal blessings God has granted our community.
President: Rev. Fr. James (Bohlman)
Warden: Dennis Rusnak
Treasurer: Mary Roth
Secretary: Kathy Eller
Finance: Benjamin Gulizia
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ALLIGATOR RECORDS 45th ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION (2CD)
Alligator (ALCD127-28)
37 tracks from Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials, Son Seals, Koko Taylor, Guitar Shorty, Jarekus Singleton, Hound Dog Taylor, Marcia Ball, Toronzo Cannon, Shemekia Copeland, Lazy Lester, Johnny Winter, Curtis Salgado, Joe Louis Walker, Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Anders Osborne, Mavis Staples, James Cotton and more...
Any record label still going strong after 45 years in business must surely be doing something right. Set up in Chicago in 1971 by Bruce Iglauer, initially just to release an exciting album he had co-produced by the then largely unknown Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers, Alligator Records took its modus operandi from this first album's title, Genuine Houserockin' Music. And as evidence that Alligator Records has been, and is, is doing something right, here we have a testament to the label's enduring capacity to still turn out knock-out blues and roots recordings that fully meets their own 'genuine' and 'houserockin' criteria.
This new compilation celebrates the label's latest landmark by presenting 37 storming examples of their legacy, packaging together tracks from a stunning back catalogue. Eschewing any tracks that have previously been included in earlier anniversary milestone samplers (20 years, 25 years, 30 years, etc), this offers up a fabulous blend of tracks from Alligator's most recent releases alongside plenty of reminders of how fine their earlier recordings were (and still are).
Of the older recordings, Hound Dog Taylor's Houserockers are naturally represented with a typicallyragged and infectious slide guitar-led Take Five from back in 1974, while Jimmy Johnson's taut and controlled after-hours blues, Your Turn To Cry, from 1977 is a notable delight. Other highlights from the earlier material include Koko Taylor's funky and feisty, Voodoo Woman and Johnny Winter's fun-filled and all-too-brief version of Elmore's Shake Your Moneymaker.
From the more recent material it is clear just how far Alligator's scope has extended over the years, adding to the blues mix plenty of other influences to keep their recordings contemporary and invariably interesting. Check out the sassy soul and tasteful rock embedded into Curtis Salgado's lovely (and recent) Walk A Mile In My Blues, or try the satisfying southern-rock influenced sounds of JJ Grey and Mofro's 99 Shades Of Rock from 2013 and Moreland & Arbuckle's Take Me With You (When You Go) from earlier in 2016. Best of all perhaps is Shemekia Copeland's Afro-beat tinged 2015 version of Devil's Hand.
Presented with a neat 24 page booklet, with notes by Bruce Iglauer, and a brief profile on each artist, this 2CD for the price of one is a superb opportunity to catch up on some fabulous music from a great label.
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Mapping Zoo StandardsPosted on Sep 24, 2013
Though there are hundreds of zoos in the United States, only 167 zoos meet the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA's) standards and practices for the welfare of exotic animals. These are the zoos we looked into in depth by their location and the different kinds of exotic animals they have on-site for viewing. The first map below shows the locations of the 167 zoos certified by AZA spread across the United States. Currently there are 167 zoos located in 45 states including the District of Columbia. These zoos vary from being located in museums to a private boarding school in the state of New York. There are some parts of the United States that are without certified AZA zoos. Five states do not have zoos certified by AZA. Also several metropolitan areas such as Austin, Charlotte, and Las Vegas are without zoos certified by AZA.
The next four maps below reveal which zoos have a certain exotic animal. We chose four exotic animals to map. These four exotic animals are giant pandas, giraffes, elephants, and gorillas. The first map below shows the location of giant pandas in the United States. The National Zoological Park in Washington D.C., the San Diego Zoo, Zoo Atlanta, and the Memphis Zoo are the only four zoos in the United States that have giant pandas on display.
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Goodman, Brenda. "Eats Shoots, Leaves and Much of Zoo' Budgets" The New York Times. NYTimes.com. February 12, 2006. Retrieved October 1, 2012.


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London 'to lose finance jobs spot'
London is on course to lose its top spot as the world's biggest financial centre by number of jobs, it has been reported.
The number of jobs in financial services in London will be below the number in New York and Hong Kong by 2015, the Sunday Times reported.
London is losing its dominance due to a shift to the east, according to researchers at Cebr, the economic consultancy, but also due to "short-sighted over-regulation, penal taxation and banker bashing" in the UK.
The Government could reportedly lose about £30 billion to £40 billion a year in tax receipts because of the decline in City activity, compared with revenues received at the peak of 2007.
London's financial services sector employed 280,000 people in 2011, compared with 262,000 people in New York.
However, City jobs will fall to 249,500 this year against 254,000 for America's financial capital, according to the Cebr.
By 2015, London will employ 237,000 - a third less than at the peak in 2007 - against 249,700 in New York and 247,900 in Hong Kong.
Cebr economist Rob Harbron told the Sunday Times: "Hong Kong has jumped from half London's size to overtaking London within a decade."
London reportedly holds the largest share of the world's foreign exchange trading at 38.1%, compared to 17.9% for the US and 5.6% for Singapore.
Douglas McWilliams, Cebr's chief executive, said: "Much of this shift is inevitable as a result of the world's changing economic geography. And Hong Kong will be boosted by the internationalisation of the renminbi. But we have accelerated the shift through."


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Ferrette: The French village giving hope to migrants
It's been almost a year since Ferrette, a tiny village in France's Alsace region, transformed one of its old army barracks into a reception centre for refugees seeking asylum. After having spent months on the road, or ending up stuck in the notorious "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais, families from Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria are increasingly finding renewed hope as they arrive at this calm and serene village set deep in the French countryside.
In light of the European migrant crisis and an influx of Syrian, Iraqi, Afghan and east-African refugees, France has tried to pull its weight by expanding its network of reception centres for asylum seekers. Ferrette turned out to be one of the French villages that ticked all the boxes in its capacity to accept some of them, as it had two abandoned army barracks, a willing mayor and a network of local associations ready to take on the task of welcoming those in need.
What hadn't been accounted for, however, was that not everyone living in Ferrette was open to the idea. Some villagers voiced concern over accepting the refugees. Who were they? Did they pose any danger? Would it cause villagers problems having them there? The questions were plentiful as the arrival of a total of 80 asylum seekers would see Ferrette's population jump by as much as 10 percent.
A year later, our reporters went to Ferrette to meet some of its newest inhabitants, including a Syrian family who was forced to seek refuge from heavy bombardment at home, and an Afghan couple and their two young daughters who recently received their residence permits and now feel happily integrated in the little village. Our reporters also met with Aziz, from Afghanistan, who moved to Ferrette after receiving his residence permit. Feeling welcome and integrated, he is now looking for a job within the building industry. Little by little, the smiles seem to be returning to these refugees' faces. But they now face the next chapter of their journey, that of starting a whole new life.


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Good behavior is naturally part of the evening of all of us. We are all different and let´s respect that. So the evening would be as nice as possible to everybody, we have made these instructions. There are always some new people in our events, so let's pay attention to the comfort of everybody. Our evenings are much liked because of the atmosphere and feeling. You may just watch or be with your couple. There is no coercion to anything. You may familiarize with interesting people just the way you like by talking or more intimately. For some couples action in smaller groups and some want to be part of bigger group.
Ask permission:
Before participating to any activity you have to ask permission from all the participants. If somebody is not capable to follow regulations they may be removed from evening. Discuss courageously about your likings and get to know each other. Using the word no is totally acceptable to everybody and no one should feel offended because of it. We all have become turned down some times.
Following instructions:
We hope that you inform us immediately about the possible bad behavior (begging, participating without permission etc.) to Mistress Ira. It is difficult to intervene afterward by phone and emails who did and what and in which event. If we intervene immediately to situation during the evening we have best possibilities to clear out the situation. We hope that you may give us feedback about our reserve guys in evening.
Many of our quests want to keep this side of their life as a secret. Evening is private and we have made an agreement that we keep our mouths shut and do not write to social media who visits in our events. If you wish to be totally anonymous you may also use mask. When you meet people in the evening you are all very much in same situation.
In our evening you may:
* Watch, chat, dance and enjoy erotic atmosphere
* Experience difference variations of sex like sex with one's own couple or sex when others in same room
* Changing couples with other couple
* Threesome sex
* Group sex in bigger groups
* Agreed sex with others than one's own couple.
* Bi/Lesbian/Gay experiences
You will see more terms from our glossary.
Reserve men: (Single men)
For making things more clear we mark and number all our reserve men with necklace pass. New, good behaving, men are also welcome to our evenings. You may send your application to our email address.
Our staff consists of nice persons who are here for you. You will recognize them of their patch on chest.
In our evening we dress to scanty clothes and we have decided that long trousers and shirts like outdoor shoes we leave to lobby. Erotic dressing is advisable and everybody decide themselves how they wish to dress up. Outfit may be undergarment, imaginable, erotic, role costume, and your favorite material, even very bold.... For female there are more options like underwear, corset, socks, skirt, dress, fetish materials etc.. For men the dressing has usually been t-shirt and boxers stylish. You should not stress about dressing. You can also change outfit during the evening.
Storing belongings:
Leave your expensive property to home or car. We have little safety boxes to your items. Take just little stuff with you and you will get them to same box with your companion. Plastic back is for shoes. The key of the locker you may put to your wrist with elastic band and take good care of it. We have only single pieces of the keys. Remember to leave the key to the locker door before leaving. Those of you who smoke cigarettes may leave your jacket to rack and we borrow you smoking slippers.
Lost and found items:
The lost and found items are in gray box at indoor terrace. We hold them for six months from the evening. At May and at October we carry them all and deliver to local UFF store.
It is not allowed to use camera or cellphone. Sometimes we have photographer who takes photos in certain room. We don´t record any video material from the evening.
You may dance at hall and in some rooms will ring some emotional music. Sometimes we have also some questing performers at evenings. Frequently we have some theme at our evening, but those do not limit dressing or activities during the evening.
Our environment is clean and we clean our mansion before and after every event. Please, put your used condoms and mugs to trashcan for the comfort of other quests. For genital wash we have showers ate sauna and bide at "Loordi room" toilet. For washing hands we have soap, disinfector and towel in every toilet.
Safe sex and squirting
We offer you condoms by house recommend all to practice safe sex. If you are man who is allergic to rubber or have bigger equipment, you should take your own condoms with you. There is clear box in every room and there is safety equipment's like plastic bags for licking, condoms, cloves, lubricant, disinfector to clean the environment and paper. Squirting are is in the divan at Sauna area, so all the seats stay dry and clean and nobody have to go to wet bed.
Food and beverage
We hope everybody to be able to control their own drinking. We have no license to serve alcohol at Wildclub so take your own beverages with you in plastic bottles or beverage can. We drink alcohol only in bar area. We have fritz where you can storage your own drinks. By house we offer some non-alcohol drinks and snack at bar. Smoking should be done at indoor terrace. Our evenings are drug free.
Big Sauna and Jacuzzi for 5 personnel are waiting you. Towels you get in change for your name from cloakroom. To go to sauna and Jacuzzi it is highly recommended to through shower. Our quests have made a wish that nobody should have sex in Jacuzzi.
Most of the mansion rooms are in use for many couples at same time. Our popular Mirror room has a door which you can close and there you may have thirty minutes private time. In downstairs we also have a closeable Gloryhole (there is a hole in the door and male can put their penis in there). For socializing and dancing the middle hall is best and also the bar (where eating and drinking happens). At downstairs we have a big group room and also some smaller rooms for the use of our quests. In good weather terraces are also in use. Different equipment's allow the use of imagination in session.
Entry and Fees
By your first name or nickname we put you to our list. You can make reservation also for your partner. Fee is 50 euros for person and it should be paid by cash at the indoor when you arrive. We open the doors 8pm. And close the Club 3am. People have made the wish that all the quests would arrive at same time when we open. If you can´t arrive, please let us not that you are not coming.
Wildclub is located the area of Uusimaa, by Kehä III and about 25 kilometers from Helsinki railway station. You can arrive by train from Helsinki railway station to Kauklahti station. (U-Train) From Kauklahti station can be found taxi station and take cab from there. If arriving by car, please leave your car to the Kaulahti train station, since there is limited parking places. (Kauklahti)
Note: We send info letter before party where can be found as attachment instruction of address and how to get here!
Different accommodation possibilities may be found several from the nearby area of club. For example Scandic Espoo (scandichotels.fi), or Langvik (langvik.fi). In this club we have no accommodation option, but with motor caravan you can stay overnight at the parking area. More options www.google.fi
Renting and Photographing
Mansion is great place for one's private erotic moments of couples. Wildclub has made many couples to arrive once and once again even from distance, and no wonder. It is also possible to arrange photographing and video shooting thorough us. We rent studio for couples at weekdays after 8pm. And some weekends 12pm.-6pm. Price is 100 euros for an hour for couple.
Our events have been very much liked and feedback is very important to us because we want to develop our events. Remember this: You build as a group the great parties and we offer you the best possible environment! Feedback discussion should be arranged without third persons or Internet forums straight with organizer. Development ideas, program idea etc...We take with pleasure.
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My wife and I were entertaining guests who had just moved here. They didn't have a clue about what to see first. Their questions were common ones for out-of-towners who first arrive in Charleston: Who specializes in southern cuisine? Which beach is family friendly? Where's the best spot to park the car and get out and walk?
The Lowcountry, it turns out, can be a tad intimidating. So I grinned and excused myself from the dinner table, returning with a copy of last year's My Charleston. I watched as our guests devoured the pages of advice on planning a beach excursion, the lessons in local history and the extensive rundown of big events. This, they said, will help.
You are Wholding the third edition of My Charleston, our most extensive, reader-friendly one yet. This year it's is all about ditching the rental car, pounding the pavement, borrowing a fishing rod, buying a paddle board and making the reservation for a fine meal. Essentially, it's all about how to "do the Charleston." What's more, this edition ventures away from the expected haunts and guides you towards some of Charleston's hidden treasures. And it offers our deepest look into the area's rich golf history and a course-by-course guide so you can hit the links.
This advice comes from the award-winning journalists of The Post and Courier and other local experts. They call this beautiful area home and are the quintessential experts on everything from where to spike your umbrella into the sand to where to snag a bottle of FireFly Sweet Tea vodka or a bag of grits.
So read it, keep this copy on your coffee table, then get out there and "do the Charleston."


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First Female Ascent of Predator:
As reported in the UKC Forums and in yesterday's Malham Round-Up, Yorkshire based climber Jenny Woodward has climbed Predator, the classic F8b at Malham cove, North Yorkshire.
"I actually did less moves than taller people, which must be a first!"
Jenny's ascent of this route is the first by a woman and is one of very few F8b ascents by a British woman. F8b is the highest grade of sport climb climbed by any woman in Britain.
Some foreign women have ticked super-hard (up to F9a+) routes overseas, and Lucy Creamer is the only British woman to climb harder than F8b with her ascent of Kalea Borroka (F8b+) earlier this year in Siurana, Spain (see UKC News).
Predator was first climbed by John Dunne back in 1988 and tackles the wall just right of the F8a Zoolook on the catwalk at Malham.
Commenting on Predator Jenny said:
"It's great climbing - technical, balancy and most importantly not super powerful. It also seems to suit the short - I actually did less moves than taller people, which must be a first!"
The 22m long route is notoriously technical with very poor footholds and classic crimpy Malham climbing.
"The actual redpoint went relatively easily, partly because I thought there was little chance of success. We'd turned up at the crag with two hours to go before dark, it was raining and so cold that Gareth (who was belaying) was having to wear a T-shirt on his head. The holds felt great though (that elusive sticky damp?) and someone had kindly tick-marked the footholds so they were visible through the gloom. I'm just sorry that Gareth's redpoint was kyboshed, it was so dark by then I could barely see him climbing and only floodlights would have helped!" said Jenny after her successful ascent.
As the summer sport climbing season draws to a close the race is on to get this year's projects in the bag before the winter rain. It was a close run thing for Jenny:
"I'm relieved to have done it as it was starting to feel like I'd run out of time. It's definitely bouldering season now. I might even finally learn how to climb the green problems at Leeds Wall!"
Jenny Woodward is sponsored by Moon Climbing and Wild Country
Thanks go to Steve Crowe (Climbonline) for the photograph.


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Oh sure, it sounds kind of sick now, but back then this was standard practice for preserving saints. That's right--this heretic of the church was believed by his, er, mutilators, to be a saint of science!
From CNN:
They were purchased recently at an auction by a person who brought them to the Museum of the History of Science in Florence, suspecting what they were, museum director Paolo Galluzzi said.
Three fingers were cut from Galileo's hand in March 1737, when his body was moved from a temporary monument to its final resting place in Florence, Italy.
Seems like an odd way to honor the dead, "HEY! Let's take a PIECE OF HIM!". Poor G.
The museum has had the other finger since the 1920s and is hoping to set up a reunion (of sorts). Interesting tid-bit, the fingers that were removed were the same ones he'd have used to hold a pen. Must have been some magic in those crusty old fingers!
Read more about the gruesome find. MSNBC has an article as well.


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Not Mincing Words
On his way out the door, Robert Gates gives the military some refreshingly frank advice.
And so it seems, Robert Gates really will be leaving the Pentagon soon.
He's been going around to the military academies—West Point last week, the Air Force Academy today, Annapolis sometime soon—bidding farewell to the cadets, pointedly noting at the start of each speech that it will be his "final" address to them as secretary of defense. But Gates is not indulging in valedictory bromides. He's using the occasions to lay out his vision of what each branch—and each future officer—of the U.S. armed forces must do, and not do, to meet the threats of the 21st century.
He's given bits and pieces of these speeches before: The Army needs to shift from a garrison peacetime force that's preparing for a possible head-on armored clash against a foe of comparable strength to a mobile force that's fighting actual "asymmetric" wars against rogue states and insurgents. The Air Force needs to pull back from its traditional obsession with high-tech air-to-air combat and focus more on joint operations—surveillance, precise air strikes, cargo transport, and rapid rescue—that help the troops on the ground. The Navy needs to focus less on aircraft carriers and more on vessels that can maneuver in coastal waters.
In short, as he put it in these most recent speeches, the "defense bureaucracy," with its "parochial tendencies" and "institutional constipation," must abandon its "nostalgia" for Cold War ways and adapt to the modern, messy world. The Pentagon has to learn the lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan, and incorporate those lessons into its culture.
Gates has spent much of these past two years force-feeding these lessons to the Pentagon bureaucracy, and his big worry is that—once he's gone and, especially, once the current wars wind down and thus the urgency dissipates—things will revert to form. The bureaucrats will heave a sigh of relief and go back to doing what they've long thought a "normal" Army, Air Force, and Navy should be doing.
His still bigger fear is that, as the restoration sets in, the most creative and capable junior officers will leave the military out of frustration and boredom. These officers have led men and women in multiple combat tours, charted the boldest innovations, taken the most extraordinary risks, accepted the responsibilities and rewards. Yet when they're rotated into a staff job, often in the prime of their professional lives, they find themselves trapped in a cubicle, reformatting PowerPoint slides and preparing quarterly readiness reports. "The consequences of this terrify me," Gates said in his West Point speech.
Gates urged the cadets to take adventurous detours in their careers—go to graduate school, teach for a few years, become foreign-area specialists: in short, to broaden their perspectives, diversify their talents. Some of the most prominent officers of the past decade—Gen. David Petraeus among them—have done just that.
In 2007, soon after Petraeus took over the command in Iraq and shifted to a counterinsurgency strategy, Gates brought him to Washington to chair the Army's annual promotion board. Several of the most creative colonels, who had adapted to the new strategy in Iraq with greatest success and innovation, were seeing their careers blocked by the traditionally minded generals who usually ran the promotion board (and who had no experience in this style of combat).
The Petraeus-run board (which was packed with other like-minded generals) rammed through the creative colonels' promotion—and thus took the first steps at fomenting a cultural revolution within the Army.
On another front, Gates rammed through several weapons systems that he saw as vital to the war effort but that the defense bureaucrats were resisting. The systems included, most notably, new "unmanned aerial vehicles" (popularly known as "drones") and a new armored troop-carrier, the MRAP, which provided more protection against the roadside bombs that were beginning to kill so many U.S. soldiers and Marines.
Gates told the Air Force cadets today that getting their top generals to go along with the drones in particular was like "pulling teeth." (He didn't tell them, though most of them must have known, that one way he finally got his way was to fire the Air Force chief of staff and replace him with an officer in more accord with Gates' views—namely, Gen. Norton Schwartz, who rose through the ranks not as a bomber or fighter pilot, like every Air Force chief before him, but as a Special Forces pilot and head of the Transportation Command.)
In his four years as defense secretary, split 50-50 between Presidents Bush and Obama, Gates has managed not only to get these new kinds of officers promoted and these kinds of weapons systems funded and deployed—he's also begun to see a broader acceptance of a new view of warfare and what kind of personnel, equipment, and training it requires.
But the reforms are far from complete, and, as Gates put it in his West Point speech, "the tendency of any big bureaucracy is to revert to business as usual at the first opportunity." For the military, "that opportunity is, if not peacetime, then the unwinding of sustained combat"—which is already underway in Iraq and will be in the next few years in Afghanistan. If Gates really does leave this year, as he has said he'd like to do, then the first steps of this bureaucratic relapse could coincide with his last steps out the door.
Some in the defense world are incredulous that Gates might leave with so much of his legacy as yet unsettled. But part of this incompletion is of Gates' own making. For better or for worse (and probably for a bit of both), Gates has never wanted the total overhaul that his rhetoric has at times suggested. As he emphasized in both of his recent speeches, he has never called for the elimination of heavy armor or fighter planes or aircraft carriers. To the contrary, his budgets have added, and continue to add, billions of dollars for these sorts of weapons. He has slashed or killed some of the services' most cherished programs (the Air Force's F-22 fighter plane, the Army's Future Combat Systems, the Navy's DDG-1000 destroyer), but he has boosted alternative programs that perform the same mission. He has pursued efficiencies, sometimes in rapier fashion, and he has forced the services to take on new missions. But he has rarely ordered them to drop the missions that they've long cherished.
He has always stressed—and did again in his two speeches to the cadets—that he is aiming for "the right balance" between what's needed for "conventional" combat (which, though unlikely, may still happen decades from now) and what's needed for the sorts of "irregular" wars that we're fighting now and that we're more likely to face in the near future.
But he hasn't spelled out what the right balance is or how to go about calculating it. Perhaps it's because he hasn't figured it out himself (who has?). Perhaps, as a product of the Cold War himself, he can't break away completely from that era's assumptions. Perhaps the defense bureaucracy, against which he's inveighed so often these past four years, is just too entrenched to challenge too much.
During an interview that I conducted last August for Foreign Policy, Gates noted at one point that, while he was cutting lots of Navy programs, he wasn't cutting out any aircraft carriers. When I asked why not, he replied, "I may be bold, but I'm not crazy."
In one sense, then, it's a shame that Gates isn't sticking around for another couple of years, until at least the end of Obama's first term, so that he can continue grinding his reforms into the gears of the bureaucracy. He may be the only person with the experience and credibility to do this with the full backing of the president and at least the tolerance of Congress. It may be that a still-bolder defense secretary is needed to carry what Gates has done to the next stage. The problem is that, at this point, it's just not clear who this figure might be.


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American Idol Ratings Continue to SoarMatt Richenthal at . Comments
Tuesday's episode of American Idol, featuring auditions of pop star wannabes in Alabama, drew 33.7 million viewers, once again dominating the prime-time schedule and giving a hefty lead-in to House, Nielsen Media Research reported on Wednesday.
The hospital drama starring British actor Hugh Laurie as a cranky but brilliant physician averaged 27.3 million viewers, its largest audience in three years and the biggest for any scripted TV show on any network during the 2006-2007 broadcast season.
But American Idol, the smash hit talent competition that has produced several chart-topping recording stars since its launch in 2002, remains the principal ratings engine for the Fox network, a unit of News Corp. and the most watched show overall on American television.
Ratings should only increase, also, as we head to Hollywood and hopefuls such as Sundance Head, Jory Steinberg and Brandon Rogers have a chance to shine.
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The Cambridge University Institute for Automated Language Teaching and Assessment (ALTA) is a virtual institute which brings together teams from computing, engineering, linguistics and language assessment to investigate new ways of using technology to enhance language learning and to develop cutting-edge approaches to assessment which will benefit learners and teachers worldwide. It forms part of Cambridge University's interdisciplinary Language Sciences Initiative.
Sponsorship from Cambridge English Language Assessment will provide the funding for a team of PhD students and post-doctoral researchers and will focus on a range of topics, including:
The initial period of funding is for 5 years beginning in October 2013. However, the ALTA institute is intended to be a rolling research programme with funding renewed for a further 5 years towards the end of the current period.
Cambridge English already has extensive experience in using technology to support language learning, including the multi-million word Cambridge Learner Corpus which is a uniquely extensive database of learners' English which is used to enhance Cambridge English exams and learning materials. Huge advances in areas like speech recognition and machine learning mean that computers can now complement the work of human assessors, giving surprisingly accurate evaluations of language and helping to diagnose areas for improvement. A lot of ground-breaking work is being done within Cambridge University, and the new Institute will bring this together, adding a new dimension to language learning.
We do not believe that automated assessment will replace human teachers and examiners anytime soon, but it can add great value to their work. For example, it can provide additional layers of quality control, speed up processes and allow teachers to offer more objective in-course tests which give detailed diagnostic feedback to help students to improve their English more effectively.
The ALTA Institute is administered by the Computer Laboratory and includes principal investigators from the Departments of Engineering and Theoretical and Applied Linguistics.
The remit of the institute is to conduct research in computer systems and platforms, corpus linguistics, computational linguistics, speech processing and machine learning relevant to the activities of the sponsor.
For brief, non-technical introductions to some of the research we are undertaking, please see the videos of Mark Gales' and Ted Briscoe's talks at the recent Cambridge English Centenary Conference.
In the academic year 2013/14, we are offering fully-funded three year doctoral studentships and one to three year postdoctoral research associate positions to suitably qualified applicants wishing to work in any of the above areas of research on problems such as automated assessment of textual or spoken material, error detection and correction, etc. (See the English Profile Programme for examples of research undertaken so far.)
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Coiling Dragon, Meiji period, late 19th century
Dragon base: 44 1/4 x 48 1/4 x 28 7/8 in. (112.5 x 122 x 73.5 cm)
Gift of Charles F. Olney, 1904
Listen to a podcast about this artwork here
Used for many years as a fountain in the museum's courtyard, this recently restored bronze dragon is an important example of Meiji-period (1868-1912) Japanese sculpture.
This coiling dragon, with head uplifted, originally provided the support for an incense basin that rested on a stylized plume of water spouting from the dragon's mouth. Although currently separated from its top portions, the dragon is still magnificent and powerful in its own right.1 It reveals the technical brilliance and vibrant imagination that characterize much Meiji-period Japanese art.
The Meiji Restoration of 1868 was accompanied by severe economic turmoil that placed great financial strains on nearly every area of Japanese artistic production.2 Forced to seek patronage wherever they could find it, many artists and craftsmen looked to the West to find markets for their works. The Japanese government supported this endeavor in the hope of enhancing the reputation of Japanese industry and culture within the international community. As a result, during the last quarter of the nineteenth century, a significant portion of Japan's cultural economy shifted its energies to the production of export goods for the European and American markets. Although many of the techniques, forms, and decorative motifs remained the same as in traditional Japanese arts, Meiji craftsmen also deliberately incorporated qualities intended to appeal to Western sensibilities. Hence many Meiji export objects were elaborately crafted and ornately decorated in styles that harmonized with the Victorian and Edwardian tastes dominant in Western culture at that time.3
This sculpture is not signed or dated, but is attributable to the Meiji period on the basis of its size and style. One of the main modes of Japanese export during the Meiji period was through the World's Fairs and Expositions that were held every few years in the West at that time. Many of the Japanese objects sent to the West for these occasions are characterized by their monumental size, rococo style, and/or opulent visual effects intended to immediately attract the attention of viewers. Although there are no records to prove this piece was ever exhibited at a World's Fair, its grand scale, energetic form, ornate decoration, and stereotypically "Oriental" subject all support such a possibility.
For decades this dragon was installed as a decorative fountain in the courtyard of the Allen Memorial Art Museum. The years of exposure gradually took their toll on the piece, and in 1995 the badly damaged sculpture was removed for renovation. The restorers removed the iron rods and core material that had caused the bronze to split, repaired the cracks and corroded areas, and repatinated the dragon so that it approached its original color.4 Upon completion of this work, the whole sculpture came alive again as a vibrant example of Meiji-period Japanese metalwork.
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With C. A. Seltzer, Cleveland, until 1895
Collection Charles F. Olney, Cleveland
Bequeathed by him to the museum
Mason, Charles Q. "Charles Olney, Charles Freer and the History of Asian Art Collecting in America." Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 49, no. 2 (1996), pp. 44-45.
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The body of the dragon is cast in four main pieces: head, upper body, central body, and tail, each attached to the others by sleeve and socket joints secured with copper pins and molten zinc. Many of the decorative elements such as the spines, horns, and eyes were cast separately and attached with pins. The water spout forms a second element of the sculpture, and appears to have been cast as a single piece. The incense basin is the third element, and is composed of two main pieces (the basin and lid), with some of the additional decorative elements on these pieces also cast separately. The dragon was severely damaged by years of exposure, but the cracks and corrosion have been repaired, and the surface repatinated. The water spout and basin were never placed outside, and so are truer to the original color of the piece.
1. The museum owns the water plume and basin, but for conservation reasons, they are not currently displayed with the dragon.
2. The Meiji Restoration refers to the overthrow of the last Shogun by forces loyal to the emperor Mutshuhito (who took Meiji as the name of his reign period). It marked the end of Japan's traditional feudal society and the beginning of its development into a modern nation-state.
3. For more information about Meiji art, consult Frederick Baekeland, Imperial Japan: The Art of the Meiji Era (1868-1912) (exh. cat., Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1980).
4. The restoration was performed by Daedalus, Inc., and completed in April, 1996.


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- 1/4 cup Kalamata or ripe olives, chopped
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The Green Home Tour is the only exclusively "green" tour of homes in our community – each of the homes featured on the tour has been officially certified green by our award-winning green building program, joining the ranks of the over 5000 homes we have certified to date.
Located throughout the central San Antonio Corridor, the homes on this year's tour are an eclectic mix of historic, new construction, and retrofit. Guided by our mobile tour brochure, you will have the opportunity to see how beautiful design and efficient features blend seamlessly in each of these green homes.
As you visit the neighborhoods of Olmos Park, Dignawitty Hill, and Lavaca, you will see energy efficient technologies and practices at work. You will have the unique opportunity to speak with the builders, developers, architects, and vendors who worked to make these homes efficient. Not only that but many of the home owners will also be present to answer questions about the performance of their home, and why the chose to build or own a green home.
This year's tour will feature between 6 and 9 homes. Builders included this year are, CVF Homes, Varga Endeavors, & PSW Homes. The tour offers more than just the opportunity to see inside these beautiful efficient homes, but the additional chance to take an up close look at the infill and revitalization efforts taking place in some of San Antonio's oldest communities.
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Dorset Innovation Park Enterprise Zone is an advanced engineering cluster of excellence for the South West, building on strengths in marine, defence and energy.
A single site accommodating 50 hectares of land, of which 35 hectares is developable, it is the second largest strategic employment site in the Dorset LEP area.
Dorset Innovation Park lies at the intersection of the burgeoning aerospace, marine, defence and energy clusters. It offers a secure facility and the presence of two world leaders in defence technology - Atlas Elektronik and QinetiQ.
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The site is in public ownership and it is envisioned there will be in the region of £30m of retained business rates to be invested in improving the site and local infrastructure over the next 25 years.
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There have been many books published about BMW motorcycles, but until now none has covered the evolution of the BMW sport bike to the BMW café racer. A marque not commonly associated with the café racer scene, the growing trend of custom BMW café conversions is illustrated in detail with stunning images of sporting, racing and 'caféd' BMWs.
Showcasing fantastic BMW customs from all over the globe, and from the old to the new, this book presents them in all their innovative glory. Featuring owners' stories and technical descriptions, BMW Café Racers is a book guaranteed to interest BMW fans and members of the café racer scene alike.
From Airheads to Oilheads, modified singles to parallel twins, Fours and Concept 6s - see the 'caféd' side of BMW.
Author: Uli Cloesen
Format: Hardcover
Although in production for only three years, the R90S was the most significant post-war production BMW motorcycle. Its release coincided with the 50th anniversary of the BMW boxer motorcycle, and started a new era for the boxer twin.
Before the R90S BMW motorcycles were idiosyncratic, expensive and primarily luxury touring machines designed to appeal to the older rider.
Although the new-generation R75/5 did much to change the staid image that existed during the 1960s, the R75/5 still couldn't compete with the new high-performance Japanese Superbikes that came in the early 1970s. That all changed when Bob Lutz persuaded BMW's conservative management to sanction the development of the R90S, a sporting machine that could take on the best in the world.
As ace BMW tuner Udo Gietl says, "The R90S was a pivotal bike for BMW. It showed the world that the 'always black' bike could be very pretty, and win races. The R90S provided a new face for BMW motorcycles around the world and is to BMW as the 300SL Gull Wing is to Mercedes-Benz. Neither was perfect but they were iconic. The R90S wasn't BMW's best product, but it had a profound impact on their marketing direction. The R90S was an example of the perfect combination of timing and product."
Author Ian Falloon tells the story of this important bike and how it evolved, noting all significant changes from year to year. Beautifully laid out with big full-color pictures, this book could stand alone as a coffee table book. But it's much more than that. Falloon writes with enough detail to make restoring these great bikes much easier, and also includes a chapter on how to live with an R90S, using them as reliable daily commuters, making popular upgrades, and what to look for if you are in the market for one.
Because the R90S was built in relatively large numbers, it is still possible to buy one at a reasonable price. Excellent parts availability, a wealth of specialist services, and an enthusiastic owners circle ensure the R90S is not merely a show pony, but a classic motorcycle to be ridden. Restoration is relatively straightforward, and with outstanding looks and high-quality equipment, the R90S has justifiably garnered a huge following.
Author: Ian Falloon
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BMW: Motorcycles of the Century is a reference book written by collectors, for collectors, and serves as an essential guide to estimate and buy vintage motorbikes from this prestigious international brand. The first BMW (the R32) was created in 1923, and some 90 years later, this magnificent volume serves as a unique source of reference for all collectors and enthusiasts of vintage BMW motorbikes. With precise images and technical information on every single model produced between 1923 and 2000, this book provides precious advice and suggestions, as well as in-depth analysis of the motorbikes' characteristics. For the first time, all the specific details are gathered in a single publication: chassis, motor numbers and engines of every model, economic values, and original auto parts. This accurate and practical guide is accompanied by a historic overview of the Bayerische Motoren Werke, from its origins in 1917 to the present day.
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Format: Hardcover
BMW began its life in aero-engineering ... as anyone who's ever ridden one of its motorcycles might guess. These are bikes as close to airborne as any get. And what's more, 50 percent of all the motorcycles BMW has manufactured are still flying down the world's roads. These are the best, and in this book, the best of the best get their due, with brilliant, full-color photographs of BMW's classic models and detailed descriptions of their features, all located within the context of a concise history of this legendary marque. From the first engines that brought BMW its first fame, these are the bikes that made history ... and, better yet, gave the most demanding riders a taste for flight.
Author: Peter Gantriis
Format: Hardcover
The Complete Book of BMW Motorcycles is a thorough year-by-year guide to every production machine ever built by Germany's leading motorcycle manufacturer. All the classic bikes are here: pre-World War II BMWs such as the R5 that defined performance in that era; the military R12 that carried the Wehrmacht as it blitzkrieged its way across Europe; the Earles-forked R69S that offered the perfect platform for mounting a Steib sidecar; the R90S café racer; the K1 "flying brick"; and the GS (Gelände Sport) series that launched a dual-sport revolution, right up to today's world-class S1000RR.
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Complete technical specifications for each model make this book a must-have for any serious BMW aficionado. Don't miss the most thorough reference to these outstanding German motorcycles available today!
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All celebrities spend much of their money on enhancing their personal lifestyles and spoiling their children and other family members. Some donate a little each year to charities in an effort to look respectable. Relatively few truly make an effort to use their power and funding for the good of others. This post is an honorable mention of some golden-hearted celebrities who throw themselves into helping American military veterans and show their honest appreciation of those who've served our country.
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Real American cowboy, Tim McGraw has spend many years working with Operation Homefront, a charity that partners with Chase Bank and helps veterans by providing them with mortgage-free homes to get them back on their feet. An avid supporter of US troops, McGraw has helped more than 100 veterans to find a home after their return from action.


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Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
a. Type of Application: Amendment of License to Remove a Portion of the Project's Transmission Line.
b. Project No.: 2678-003.
c. Date Filed: August 4, 2010.
d. Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
e. Name of Project: Narrows No. 2—Smartville T.L.
f. Location: The project is located in Yuba and Nevada Counties, California.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 USC 791a-825r.
h. Applicant Contact: Forest Sullivan, Strategy and Regulation, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, 5555 Florin Perkins Road, Sacramento, CA 95826, (503) 305-5690 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
i. FERC Contact: Any questions regarding this notice should be directed to Jeremy Jessup at (202) 502-6779 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
j. Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene and protest: September 24, 2010. All documents may be filed electronically via the Internet. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. If unable to be filed electronically, documents may be paper-filed. To paper-file, an original and seven copies should be mailed to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. For more information on how to submit these types of filings, please go to the Commission's Web site located at http://ferc.gov.filing-comments.asp. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information at the end of your comments.
Please include the project number (P-2678-003) on any comments, motions, or protests.
k. Description of Request: Pacific Gas and Electric Company seeks an amendment of license to delete approximately 2.7 miles of the Narrows No. 2-Smartville Substation 60 kV transmission line extending between the new Narrows 2 distribution substation to the Smartville Substation from the Project license. The licensee states that this portion of the transmission line is no longer a "primary line" for the Narrows No. 2 Powerhouse Project and thus is not subject to licensing by the Commission.
l. Location of the Application: The filing is available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public Reference Room, located at 888 First Street, NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426 or by calling (202) 502-8371. This filing may also be viewed on the Commission's Web site at http://ferc.gov using the "eLibrary" link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/esubscription.asp to be notified via e-mail of new filings and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, call 1-866-208-3676 or e-mail email@example.com, for TTY, call (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item (h) above.
m. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission's mailing list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission.
n. Comments, Protests, or Motions To Intervene: Anyone may submit comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214. In determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission will consider all protests or other comments filed, but only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified comment date for the particular application.
o. Any filing must (1) Bear in all capital letters the title "COMMENTS", "PROTEST", or "MOTION TO INTERVENE" as applicable, (2) set forth in the heading the name of the applicant and the project numbers of the application to which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone number of the person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All comments, motions to intervene or protests must set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). All comments, motions to intervene or protests should relate to project works which are the subject of the license amendment. Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the applicant. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served upon each representative of the applicant specified in the particular application. If an intervener files comments or documents with the Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document on that resource agency. A copy of all other filings in reference to this application must be accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed in the service list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.Start Signature
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|Adenomatous Polyposis Coli-mediated Control of β-catenin is Essential for Both Chondrogenic and Osteogenic Differentiation of Skeletal Precursors
Miclea, Razvan L; Karperien, Marcel; Bosch, Cathy AJ; van der Horst, Geertje; van der Valk, Martin A; Rawadi, Georges; Akçakaya, Pinar; Löwik, Clemens WGM; Fodde, Riccardo; Wit, Jan Maarten; Robanus-Maandag, Els C; Kobayashi, Tatsuya; Kronenberg, Henry Morris
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|Miclea, Razvan L, Marcel Karperien, Cathy AJ Bosch, Geertje van der Horst, Martin A van der Valk, Tatsuya Kobayashi, Henry M Kronenberg. 2009. Adenomatous polyposis coli-mediated control of β-catenin is essential for both chondrogenic and osteogenic differentiation of skeletal precursors. BMC Developmental Biology 9: 26.
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|Background: During skeletogenesis, protein levels of β-catenin in the canonical Wnt signaling pathway determine lineage commitment of skeletal precursor cells to osteoblasts and chondrocytes. Adenomatous polyposis coli (Apc) is a key controller of β-catenin turnover by down-regulating intracellular levels of β-catenin. Results: To investigate whether Apc is involved in lineage commitment of skeletal precursor cells, we generated conditional knockout mice lacking functional Apc in Col2a1-expressing cells. In contrast to other models in which an oncogenic variant of β-catenin was used, our approach resulted in the accumulation of wild type β-catenin protein due to functional loss of Apc. Conditional homozygous Apc mutant mice died perinatally showing greatly impaired skeletogenesis. All endochondral bones were misshaped and lacked structural integrity. Lack of functional Apc resulted in a pleiotropic skeletal cell phenotype. The majority of the precursor cells lacking Apc failed to differentiate into chondrocytes or osteoblasts. However, skeletal precursor cells in the proximal ribs were able to escape the noxious effect of functional loss of Apc resulting in formation of highly active osteoblasts. Inactivation of Apc in chondrocytes was associated with dedifferentiation of these cells. Conclusion: Our data indicate that a tight Apc-mediated control of β-catenin levels is essential for differentiation of skeletal precursors as well as for the maintenance of a chondrocytic phenotype in a spatio-temporal regulated manner.
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Business correspondence has an essential place in today�s business, financial, and marketing worlds, and this heavily revised and updated book shows how to set up correct formats for business letters of many different kinds, including letters of inquiry, credit letters, collection letters, congratulatory letters, business announcements, invitations to business functions, and others. A wealth of new material in this edition covers virtually all varieties of electronic communication, including business e-mail, job application and r�sum� samples, and information on networking and corresponding via the Internet as a means of seeking new career opportunities. This new edition has been given a brand-new graphic design, includes a new section on e-mail etiquette, and features improved and appealing page layouts that are more useful than ever.
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Stigma, including self-stigma, can be a major barrier to people seeking support for mental health issues. A recent study undertaken by researchers from the University of Queensland suggests that employees' attitudes in Community Managed Organisations (CMOs) and mental health nurses may create a low stigma inclusive pathway to seeking, and continuing to receive, mental health support. 172 Neami staff along with staff from two other CMO's participated in this study.
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