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How Google Penalized RapGenius
On Tuesday, the song-lyric site RapGenius attracted nearly 650,000 visitors, according to research firm Quantcast. On Wednesday, traffic fell by nearly two-thirds, to fewer than 225,000 visitors.
The difference? Search-engine titan Google changed how RapGenius would show up in its search results. By Wednesday, RapGenius's home page did not appear until the sixth page of results to the search "rapgenius."
The move appeared to be a response to RapGenius's attempt to boost its search standing by asking blogs to insert links to its site in return for traffic-driving tweets. It stirred debate across the Web, and recalled previous incidents of Google penalizing sites for what it considers to be "gaming" of its search algorithm. Past victims include Overstock, JCPenney.com and lesser-known destinations such as Backlinks, Ghost Rank and BuildMyRank.com.
RapGenius apologized in a blog post for having "fallen short in terms of making sure that the links people post are natural." The company did not respond to requests for further comment.
But the discussion so far mostly overlooked a central question: Just how does Google punish such Web spammers?
Danny Sullivan, founding editor of Search Engine Land, suggests two possibilities.
- Google manually makes the offender appear lower in search rankings for a specified period, often 90 days, but sometimes as long as a year.
- Google changes its search algorithm to recognize and penalize types of websites, such as sites that scrape news stories from other sites and republish them without any original content. These sites would appear lower in rankings unless Google changes its algorithm again, or the sites changes their practices.
In the case of RapGenius, Sullivan thinks Google took the manual approach, and the penalty will be relatively short-lived.
But Google could also pose a long-term threat to RapGenius, and other lyric sites, Sullivan says. "It's probably only a matter of time before Google serves up lyrics on its own as it does today when you search for the weather, or a sports score."


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2013 Brings Strange New State Laws Around The Country [VIDEO]
With the beginning of a new year, comes many new and strange state laws that took effect yesterday across the country.
In Wellington, Kan., the city now will restrict the number of cats in a household to no more than four.
In Illinois if you pop a wheelie on a motorcycle while speeding, it'll cost you a fine of $1,000!
Concord, Mass., plastic bottles will be considered contraband. Concord will be the first town in the nation to outlaw (single serving) plastic bottles.
If you love to fry food take note! In North Carolina it's a misdemeanor to steal used cooking oil! Oh, and the grease law states, it's a felony if the value of the stolen grease - or the grease plus its container - is worth more than $1,000.

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BRADENTON, Fla. - Russell Martin won't be moonlighting at shortstop after all.
Pittsburgh's new catcher will not play for Canada in the World Baseball Classic because Canadian and Pirates officials weren't enamored with the idea of Martin moving from his normal position.
"It's a pretty simple reason," Martin said Sunday. "The Pittsburgh Pirate organization wasn't comfortable (with) me going to play shortstop over there. I don't think the Team Canada organization was too comfortable with me going to play shortstop."
Martin, who is from East York, Ontario, said he would rather not add to his workload by catching during the WBC. The three-time All-Star was drafted as a third baseman by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2002 before he was moved to catcher.
"I didn't want to put my body in a position where I'm going to have to catch however many innings of baseball during the tournament," Martin said. "I didn't want to put my body through the taxing experience."
Martin said last week he was looking forward to playing shortstop for Team Canada. The 30-year-old signed a $17 million, two-year contract with the Pirates in December and he said he'll use the extra time in spring training to get familiar with Pittsburgh's pitching staff.
"It wasn't that hard of a decision," Martin said. "There's the feeling of I might be letting my teammates down, my Canadian teammates, but that's something that I'm sure I'll get over."


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Between the presidencies of Richard Nixon/Gerald Ford (1974) and George W. Bush (2006), Ann Beattie published 48 stories in The New Yorker, one of which was included in "The Best American Short Stories of the Century." These stories are collected in this single, chronologically organized volume, "The New Yorker Stories," and are amplified by an excerpt of a wonderful interview with Beattie (conducted by Christopher Cox) that recently appeared in The Paris Review and illuminates the arc of her career.
Beattie's voice, and concerns, evolve over the decades. Her early stories are distinguished by their minimalism, which was so imitated by a generation of writers. Her first story in the volume, "A Platonic Relationship," is about a woman who leaves her suburban house and lawyer husband for a job as a high school music teacher, living in a house with "splintery floors that had to be covered by rugs." The last stories in the volume are of later life concerns — Alzheimer's disease, disappointment with children. Together they feel like an intimate, and urgent, set of dispatches from the emotional front of the past, one we might have neglected, repressed or forgotten without Beattie's imagination.
'The New Yorker Stories'
By Ann Beattie
Scribner, 514 pages (paperback), $18


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Heading into the weekend there are some great match-ups. Here is a highlight of some the highly ranked teams playing. There are many others playing this weekend.
The headliner is UNC visiting Wake in a 3 vs. 4 match-up. Wake presents an interesting problem for UNC; athletic big men o' plenty. The match-ups will be interesting, but Wake is just bigger at every position. UNC is more skilled in the backcourt, with only Wake's Jeff Teague capable of play at UNC's level.
Kansas at No. 12 Michigan State
Match-ups to watch:
- PG Kansas' Sherron Collins vs. MSU's Kalin Lucas
- C Kansas' Cole Aldrich vs. MSU's Goran Suton
Winner: MSU by 5 – MSU has too much speed.
No. 22 West Virginia at No. 15 Marquette
Match-ups to watch:
- G WV's Alex Rouff vs. Marguette's Jerel McNeal
- F WV's De'Sean Butler vs. Marguette's Wesley Matthews
Winner: Marquette by 11 – It is very tough to beat Marquette at home.
No. 21 Louisville at No. 17 Villanova
Match-ups to watch:
- PG Lousville's Edgar Sosa vs. 'Nova's Scottie Reynolds
- F Louisville's Samardo Samuels vs. 'Nova's Dante Cunningham
Winner: Louisville by 4 – I don't have a lot of faith in the Cardinals, but they need a statement win to prove they are still a relevant team in the Big East.
No. 3 UNC at No. 4 Wake Forrest
Match-ups to watch:
- G/F UNC's Danny Green vs. WF's James Johnson or Al-Farouq Aminu
- G UNC's Ty Lawson vs. WF's Jeff Teague
Winner: Wake by 2 -This game will be won in the paint and WF has too much depth and atheltism in their post players.
No. 7 UCLA at USC
Match-ups to watch:
- G UCLA's Daren Collison vs. USC's Daniel Hackett
- G UCLA's Josh Shipp vs. USC's Dwight Lewis
Winner: UCLA by 13 – USC's turnover prone. Should UCLA with plenty of easy layups
Wisconsin at No. 14 Purdue
Match-ups to watch:
- F Wisconsin's Marcus Landry vs. Purdue's Robbie Hummel
- G Wisconsin's John Bohannon vs. Purdue's E'Twaun Moore
Winner: Purdue by 10 – Unless Wisconsin can control the temp and make this a ugly/physical game, Purdue wins by double figures – Depends on the status of Hummel


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One of the most glaring bad calls in Super Bowl XLVII, which inexplicably didn't draw much attention during the CBS broadcast, came when Ravens defensive back Cary Williams applied a two-handed shove to an official after early-game chippiness erupted into a full-blown brouhaha.
Williams was neither flagged nor ejected. Both should have happened.
The looming free agent recently addressed the situation during a visit with our pals The Sports Junkies on 106.7 The Fan in D.C.
"It was in the moment, man," Williams said, via SportsRadioInterviews.com. "It was one of those situations where you let your emotions get the best of you. As far as I'm concerned, I remember my helmet getting ripped off by No. 49 or whatever, and I just reacted. I didn't see the ref; I didn't realize he was there. I just pushed whoever to try to get to him.
"I just think that with the Baltimore Ravens, I feel like we play aggressively but we play between the whistles. There was a lot of things that was going on outside of the whistles or whatever, and it was frustrating. But at the end of the day, it happened. The ref saw that I wasn't trying to intentionally get him or hurt him or harm him in any way, and I think he played it the right way. He made the right call, he made the right decision."
But he didn't make the right call. And he didn't make the right decision. Williams should have been flagged, and he should have been ejected. There's simply no discretion in the rule book on that point.
At a minimum, Williams can expect to be fined.
"The league hasn't contacted me," Williams said. "I don't know if I need to contact them or whatever, but it's a situation . . . and I just gotta deal with that. So whenever it comes, I gotta cross that bridge when we get there."
Don't worry, Cary. They know where to find you. And find you they will.


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Source: AP
Around the world, a handful of scientists are trying to create life from scratch and they're getting closer.
Experts expect an announcement within three to 10 years from someone in the now little-known field of "wet artificial life."
"It's going to be a big deal and everybody's going to know about it," said Mark Bedau, chief operating officer of ProtoLife of Venice, Italy, one of those in the race. "We're talking about a technology that could change our world in pretty fundamental ways -- in fact, in ways that are impossible to predict."
That first cell of synthetic life -- made from the basic chemicals in DNA -- may not seem like much to non-scientists. For one thing, you'll have to look in a microscope to see it.
"Creating protocells has the potential to shed new life on our place in the universe," Bedau said. "This will remove one of the few fundamental mysteries about creation in the universe and our role."
And several scientists believe man-made life forms will one day offer the potential for solving a variety of problems, from fighting diseases to locking up greenhouse gases to eating toxic waste.
The article goes on to discuss the hurdles scientists face in creating an artificial cell. The first one is expected to be leapt within the next six months.
So what will it mean when this actually happens? Will the whack jobs on the right dig their feet in and try to say we're meddling in their god's sandlot? Will it explain how life began? Will anyone really be able to believe in creationism and keep a straight face?
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Osuitok Ipeelee
Canadian, 1923–2005
Owl and Young, 1991
50 x 27 x 8.6 cm
Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery; Acquired with funds from The Winnipeg Foundation
Osuitok Ipeelee began carving at the age of 13. He and his younger brother Sheokjuk Oqutaq, also an artist, learned how to make ivory carvings by watching their father, Oqutaq. Osuitok was one of the earliest carvers to create stone sculptures for export in the early 1950s, and he was instrumental in developing a printmaking program shortly thereafter. Osuitok's sculpture is known for its delicate detail, and his subjects are often precariously and humorously balanced on a small base. He created realistic animals and female figures, but his range of expression could also be abstract, as in this sculpture of an owl with an owlet peeking out from the protection of the mother. The details are confined to the expressive faces of the two birds.
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Diabetes is a higher level of glucose in the blood than is normal. Glucose travels through your body in the blood. A hormone called insulin then helps glucose move from your blood to your cells. Once glucose is in your cells it can be used for energy. A problem making or using insulin means glucose can not move into your cells. Instead the glucose will build up in your blood.
In type 1 diabetes, the body does not make insulin. This will lead to the build up of glucose in the blood, also called hyperglycemia. At the same time, your cells are not getting glucose they need to function well. Over a long period of time high blood glucose levels can also damage vital organs. The blood vessels, heart, kidneys, eyes and nerves are most commonly affected organs.
Type 1 diabetes is often found during childhood and young adulthood.
Understanding Type 1 Diabetes
In type 1 diabetes, the body does not make insulin. This will lead to the build up of glucose in the blood. View type 1 diabetes transcript.
What Causes Diabetes?
Our immune system keeps us well by fighting off and destroying viruses and bacteria. Unfortunately, sometimes the immune system attacks healthy tissue. Most type 1 diabetes develop because the immune system attacks and destroys the cells that make insulin. These cells are in the pancreas.
It is not yet clear why the immune system attacks these cells. It is believed that some people have genes that make them prone to getting diabetes. For these people, certain triggers in the environment may make the immune system attack the pancreas. The triggers are not known but may be certain viruses, foods or chemicals.
Type 1 diabetes may also develop as a complication of other medical conditions. It may develop in:
- People with chronic type 2 diabetes who lose the ability to make insulin.
- Some with chronic pancreatitis or pancreatic surgery. They may lose the cells that make insulin.
Are You at Risk?
Risk factors include:
- Family history (parent, sibling) of type 1 diabetes
- Age: starts as early as age 4 with peak at ages 11-13
- Sex: more common in males than females
- Ethnicity: Northern European, Mediterranean, African Americans, Hispanics
- Increased age of mother during pregnancy
- Risk increases with increase in birth weight
- Obesity during childhood
- Other autoimmune illness, including:
- Hashimoto's disease — disease of thyroid
- Graves' disease — disease of thyroid
- Addison's disease — disorder of the adrenal glands
- Pernicious anemia
- Celiac disease — autoimmune disease of the digestive tract
- Vitiligo — disorder that affects the skin cells
- Cystic fibrosis
Diabetes Symptoms
If you have any of these symptoms, do not assume it is due to type 1 diabetes. These symptoms may be caused by other conditions. Tell your doctor if you have any of these:
- Weight loss
- Increased urination
- Extreme thirst
- Hunger
- Fatigue, weakness
- Blurry vision
- Irritability
- Headaches
Without insulin your body will need to find new forms of energy. This will cause an imbalance in the body called ketoacidosis. It is a severe state that can lead to coma or death. Symptoms of ketoacidosis include:
- Vomiting and nausea
- Abdominal pain
- Dehydration (not enough fluid in the body)
- Drowsiness
- Abnormally deep and fast breathing
- Coma
- Dry skin and mouth
- Fruity breath odor
- Rapid pulse
- Low blood pressure
Testing for Diabetes
Type 1 diabetes is diagnosed based on the results of blood tests and other criteria. These include:
- Symptoms common with diabetes and a random blood test showing a blood sugar level greater than or equal to 200 mg/dL* (11.1 mmol/L)
- Fasting blood test showing blood glucose levels greater than or equal to 126 mg/dL (7.0 mmol/L) on two different days — test is done after you have not eaten for eight or more hours
- Glucose tolerance test results with blood glucose greater than or equal to 200 mg/dL (11.1 mmol/L) — test is done after you eat glucose
- HbA1c level of 6.5% or higher — measure of blood sugar over the past 2-4 months
*mg/dL = milligrams per deciliter of blood, mmol/L = millimole per liter of blood
You may also need other blood tests to confirm diabetes is type 1 and not type 2. These may include:
- Insulin level or C-peptide tests — to see how much insulin is being made by the pancreas
- Tests that look for antibodies that are working against your pancreas
Treating Diabetes Type 1
Diabetes treatment goal is to maintain blood sugar at levels as close to normal as possible. Regular medical care is important for preventing or delaying complications.
While diabetes makes blood glucose levels too high, treatment can make blood glucose levels go too low. This is called hypoglycemia. It can cause confusion, shakiness, anxiety, heart palpitations and more. If the levels fall too low it can cause seizures and loss of consciousness. You and your doctor will plan and adjust your medication and diet to keep the risk of hypoglycemia low.
Insulin injections replace the insulin you are missing. The amount given is based on your individual need and a blood glucose test you take before and after meals and at bedtime. You will need to have insulin shots two or more times daily.
You may also have an insulin pump that automatically gives you small amounts of insulin through the day.
Amylin is made in the pancreas along with insulin. In people with type 1 diabetes, this hormone like insulin is missing. The missing amylin may be responsible for the blood glucose rise after a meal in people with diabetes. The drug pramlintide may be used when insulin therapy is not enough to control blood sugar.
Glucagon can be injected to quickly increase blood glucose level. People with type 1 diabetes should always have an emergency supply available in case of hypoglycemia.
If you are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes consider getting a medical alert ID. It will let others know you have diabetes in case you are unable to communicate.
Eating Habits for Diabetes
If you have type 1 diabetes, you should meet often with a registered dietitian. Generally speaking, it is best to:
- Follow a well-balanced meal plan with a variety of food groups.
- Eat at regular times each day. Include a bedtime snack in your meal plans. Do not skip meals.
- Avoid highly refined carbohydrates. This includes sugar or high fructose products like soda.
Exercising With Diabetes
Exercise is encouraged as long as blood glucose levels are under control. Follow your doctor's advice on activity levels and changes you may need to make.
You may need to adjust your insulin dose or diet if you are having low glucose levels after exercise.
Blood Sugar Testing
Regular blood glucose checks throughout the day will help you manage your diabetes. Testing is often done with a blood glucose monitor. You can also ask your doctor about continuous monitoring systems that you wear all day.
Keep a record of the results to show your doctor. Your treatment plan may change based on your test results. The HbA1c blood test is also used by your doctor to assess your overall glucose control.
Pancreatic Islet Cell Transplant
This is a procedure that is still being investigated. It involves transplanting islet cells from a donor to a person with type 1 diabetes. After the transplant, these new cells are able to produce insulin. In some cases, people who receive these transplants may no longer need insulin injections.
Closed-Loop Artificial Pancreas
This device is still being studied and developed. It is a continuous glucose monitoring system (CGMS). This system can automatically checks glucose levels through the day. Insulin is then delivered as needed through the day and night. The monitoring system will allow you to keep your blood sugar levels within the normal range without daily testing or injections.
Pancreatic Transplant
A pancreatic transplant may be recommended if you have:
- Severe kidney disease that requires a kidney transplant
- Acute diabetic complications or emergencies that can not be prevented by insulin
- Severe problems due to injecting large amounts of insulin
- Severe and frequent complications related to diabetes such as severe recurrent hypoglycemia
Follow your doctor's instructions for best results.
Content was created using EBSCO's Health Library. Edits to original content made by Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. This information is not a substitute for professional medical advice.


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N by Natori is another brilliant concept by designer Josie Cruz Natori, a native of the Philippines who moved to the United States to attend college in New York. She felt that lingerie was frumpy and boring, so she turned it into something she would love to wear herself. Natori designs have evolved from one sleepshirt to lingerie collections that include Natori, Josie Natori, Josie and N by Natori, as well as home, fragrance and eyewear. Designer Natori is a member of the CFDA (Council of Fashion Designers of America) and the Committee of 200. Beyond just being stylish, she received the Fashion Group International's Humanitarian Award, for establishing facilities in the Philippines to handle 50% of all Natori production.
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Revere, Mohegan Sun to discuss casino agreement
BOSTON (AP) -- Officials from Mohegan Sun and Suffolk Downs are scheduled to be in Revere on Monday to discuss details of a host community agreement for a resort-style casino there.
State gambling regulators cleared the way last week for a vote on a Revere-only casino plan by waiving a requirement that Mohegan Sun have a referendum and submit results by Dec. 31.
An earlier proposal for a development on the Boston-Revere border was rejected by voters in East Boston.
Mohegan Sun now wants to build a casino entirely on Suffolk Downs property in Revere.
Mayor Daniel Rizzo says he's confident voters in his city will back the revised plan. It would likely compete for the sole eastern Massachusetts resort casino license with a plan by Wynn Resorts for Everett.


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Cryptic Murmurs Give 'CNN Cyborg' Anderson Cooper His Own Metal Theme Song
If any journalist deserves their own metal anthem, it's Anderson Cooper. And Canadian metal band Cryptic Murmurs have given him just that.
Cooper paid tribute to the metal band that supplied him with his own metal anthem as the tune became the focus of his 'Ridiculist' segment on CNN last night. Cooper states, "I think the song captures my easy going essence" as the song played with the lyrics, "Anderson Cooper! Anderson Cooper! CNN Cyborg."
With further lyrics like, "Usually has a stern look on his face / Stands in the middle of hurricanes" Cooper humorously stated, "This song makes me feel warm and cozy."
The geniuses of Cryptic Murmurs also sing the epic lyrics, "Stole his hair from the mane of Pegasus." After showing a split image of himself and a Pegasus, which did have a striking hair resemblance the CNN Cyborg, Cooper stated, "That Pegasus wishes he had my hair, not to mention my steely blue eyes."
Cooper isn't the only mainstream news journalist to show some love to heavy metal. MSNBC's Rachel Maddow has had Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich on her show and has spoke thoroughly about the Tampa death metal scene.
Check out Cooper's 'Ridiculist' segment on his metal theme song above, and hear the whole tune below.
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Biological Sciences
Research Highlights
January 2005
Enhanced yellow fluorescent protein enables definition of bystander-specific transformation response
A manuscript illustrating the use of a variant color of green fluorescent protein-enhanced yellow fluorescent protein (EYFP)-to define the transformation response of mammalian bystander cells to low-dose radiation will appear in an upcoming issue of Molecular Carcinogenesis.
The transformation response represents an index of carcinogenesis frequently used in vitro. Using a newly developed co-culture model, the researchers examined whether low-dose gamma radiation induces the transformation of JB6 mouse epidermal cells and non-irradiated neighboring, or bystander, cells.
In the co-culture model, sham exposed or irradiated JB6 cells were mixed with non-irradiated JB6 cells that constitutively express the EYFP to distinguish fluorescent bystander-specific colonies. A significant increase in the number of bystander-specific colonies was observed in co-culture with 10 cGy irradiated JB6 cells relative to the number of bystander-specific colonies arising in co-culture with sham-exposed JB6 cells. The bystander response indicates that cells that were not hit by radiation are becoming transformed in response to paracrine factors that are secreted by irradiated cells.
The manuscript authors are Thomas J. Weber, Lye M. Markillie, William B. Chrisler, and Xingye C. Lei, all PNNL; Nancy H. Colburn, National Cancer Institute; and former PNNL staff member Robert W. Siegel. This research was supported by a grant from the Low Dose Radiation Research Program, Office of Biological and Environmental Research, U.S. Department of Energy.
Image illustrates differential interference contrast (DIC) image of anchorage-independent colonies from JB6 or EYFP-expressing cells (left panel) and corresponding epifluorescent image illustrating specific detection of EYFP colony (right panel).


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The Mob Doctor was an early favorite in cancellation pools across the land when it debuted with a 1.5 adults 18-49 rating and fell further in subsequent weeks. Since then, while several other shows have been axed, it has managed to outrun the Cancellation Bear. FOX has just announced that all 13 episodes that were filmed will air, though a couple are getting the dreaded Saturday burn-off. Though the program's continued existence has made it the subject of a lot of jokes, in all fairness it premiered early, before it became clear that many new shows were going to perform poorly this season. Its ratings actually rose to a 1.2 this week, up from a 0.9 on November 19.
Per Deadline, the final four episodes of The Mob Doctor will air on Saturday, Dec. 29, Monday, Dec. 31, Saturday, Jan. 5, and Monday, Jan. 7. Since no more were ordered, go ahead and consider it canceled.


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West Coast League Baseball Coming To Yakima In 2014
The void at Yakima County Stadium left when the Yakima Bears of the Northwest League exited for Hillsboro, Oregon at the end of last season looks to be short-lived.
Pacific Baseball Ventures, a sports entertainment company which features former Seattle Mariner and M.L.B. All-Star Jeff Cirillo as a member, announced today that they have been awarded a West Coast League Membership in Yakima. The soon-to-be-named team will begin play in 2014. The same group currently operates the Walla Walla Sweets of the same league.
"The West Coast League is extremely excited about this new opportunity in Yakima," said WCL Vice-President Eddie Poplawski, a member of the WCL's Executive Committee. "We believe that the passion for baseball in Yakima coupled with the market's central location within the league's footprint are key ingredients for enabling PBV to create a fun, family-friendly environment at Yakima County Stadium for many summers to come."
According to their website, "the West Coast League is The Diamond Standard of summer wood-bat collegiate baseball. Based in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, the league is a developing ground for aspiring professional baseball players and provides an affordable, wholesome, family-oriented entertainment alternative for its member communities. The eleven-team league extends from Kelowna, British Columbia to Klamath Falls, Oregon. For more information about the WCL, please visit www.westcoastleague.com."


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kearly wrote:-Marcus Trufant had a brutal missed tackle that allowed a catch and run 3rd and long conversion- which would later result in a Vikings TD. He also got burned on a play later on and committed a no-doubter DPI. Pretty much his only highlight was a fumble recovery. The broadcast said he forced it too, but to my eyes it looked like Bobby Wagner was the one who stripped it. Still, it's games like this that should make a certain roster decision easier when Thurmond is activated again.
In the eyes of Seahawks.com and NFL Statisticians, Marcus Trufant both forced the fumble and recovered the fumble. There were a couple of Vikings who broke tackles and made a number of Seahawk defenders miss tackles. A lot of Seahawk defenders also failed to maintain gap integrity and proper containment angles. Singling out and unloading on one player seems rather unfair. Biased perhaps? Overall, I think Marcus has had a measure of success in transitioning to a nickle back. His tackle form and technique, for the most part, has been excellent IMO. I also believe the coaching staff values the veteran maturity that CB Trufant and LB Hill bring to a young Seahawk defense.
From a "be carefull what you wish for" perspective >> Marcus Trufant has been the coaching staffs nickle back of choice. Trufant is also the primary backup for Richard Sherman. Byron Maxwell's reoccuring hamstring injuries have derailed his development throughout his first two years. Maxwell bounces back and forth between active and inactive status as a special teams contributor.
As for Walter Thurmond, they must handle his return just right. His "career potential" is at stake. I think there is little room for another major set back or injury. It is reasonable to anticipate that there will be definitive plan to ease him back into real game speed reps. I think we are all wishing Thurmond success on the eve of his comeback effort.


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The Sunday Intertitle: A Girl Called Bruce
"The Magical Kingdom of Shortened Fingers." I think that's part of what the above says.
The Shinji Somai retrospective began with an appropriate rainstorm outside — Somai's characters are always getting soaked to the skin. In this one, PP RIDER (aka SHONBEN RAIDA) three kids (Jishu, in his waistcoat and tie, Jojo Kawasaki in his sleeveless T-shirt, and the tomboy girl named Bruce in her male drag) set out to rescue the school bully from kidnappers — so they can get their revenge on him for a scuffle at the start of the film.
The subject is sort of John Hughes meets The Hardy Boys, but the style is HIGH — practically every scene is an elaborate single take, with the camera crabbing through the scene, while voices from further ahead filter though onto the soundtrack — what's going on up ahead? We'll find out soon! In one scene, galaxies of soap bubbles serve this purpose, drifting into frame from the shot's future. (At the end of MOVING, Shomei's child protagonist is asked where she's going: "The future!" is her forthright reply.)
Plus, I can't think of a John Hughes film with so many bags of white powder figuring in it.
Bruce seeks the cathartic effects of water.
Festival director Chris Fujiwara has been inviting some of the Japanese filmmakers in town to help introduce the films, which gives an insight into how important Somei is in his homeland, and here the Hughes analogy does seem somewhat apt — his films encapsulated the pangs of adolescence for a generation (though he also made purely adult films in a way Hughes never quite managed). Atsushi Funahashi (NUCLEAR NATION) talked about Shomei's love of water, and how his characters are always throwing things back and forth — he traced this tendency into the work of Kiyoshi Kurosawa, a former Somei assistant. And Toshi Fujiwara (NO MAN'S ZONE) talked about Somei's gradually emerging mythical side, and those trademark sequence shots, which have a unique flavour in Somei, different from Mizoguchi, Tarr, Welles. Since Somei shoots almost every scene in a one-er, I'm particularly intrigued by his occasional decisions to cut within a scene…
And everybody is always bursting into song, but not as in a musical — these are naturalistic singalongs and recitals, except they're not quite naturalistic at all.
Definitely a unique sensibility already apparent.
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Oh, why can't Delaware be Scotland for just one day? I have no idea how I'll ever get my hands on this film.
So the Delaware to Scotland thing, that's off the table then.


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Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day
• The Nuggets were helped by Mr. LaLa's 26 points and inspired team unity speech to go down 3-2 to the Utah Jazz. To the East, where Joe Johnson and the rest of the Hawks have decided that Milwaukee really needs this playoff series win more than they do. Tonight we'll see if Brandon Roy and the Balzers can keep up with the Snus.
• Here's a nice story about finding a common bond of Mets fandom in an unusual place.
• Hockey.
It's official: The Tampa Bay Rays will kill anything that moves. James Shields mowed down 12 A's and then the offense did the rest. Everyone's having fun!
• Yeah, these guys are searching for Kevin Ollie or something weird. They keep bothering us. So here's their link.
• Drew Brees continues to be good at everything, including charity softball home run derbies. That's why NoLa restaurants have odd oil paintings of him in their dining rooms. He's a transcendent hero.
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Among the Sahariyas, India falls apart5 min read . Updated: 03 Nov 2011, 10:17 PM IST
Among the Sahariyas, India falls apart
Among the Sahariyas, India falls apart
Baran, Rajasthan: Three-year-old Bagmati Sahariya lies listlessly on a string cot inside an unlit mud-and-thatched home in Baran district's Amrod village, 292km south of Rajasthan's capital Jaipur. When her father Janki Lal (36), a daily wage labourer, lifts her on his shoulder, her bony hands and legs dangle like a rag doll. She cannot crawl or walk.
Taking Bagmati to the government hospital at Shahabad 35km away is not an option, says Lal. "We lose out on our normal wage-earning time; just half the promised amount is paid to us (at the nutrition rehabilitation centres) and no improvement comes to the child's health. No use taking her to the hospital again."
Typically, under a state government welfare programme for the tribe, the parents of every malnourished Sahariya child brought to the nutrition rehabilitation centres for a 10-day treatment are paid ₹ 100 as an incentive.
The Sahariyas are Rajasthan's poorest tribal community, and as the first part of this series revealed, the ₹ 72 crore set aside for them between 2007 and 2012 is either unspent or spent on homes for officials or other infrastructure, when the tribe's needs are more basic.
In five tribal villages that Hindustan Times visited in Baran district—Amrod, Kasbathana, Laitherabaseli, Sanwara and Brahmpura Swas, all dominated by the Sahariyas—government-run creches, also known as anganwadis, were closed, dysfunctional or semi-functional. Anganwadi workers were either poorly trained or disinterested.
Each anganwadi nurse and compounder is responsible for six villages. At many of the creches in the five villages, several of them turn up about once in three months instead of the stipulated once every week.
"Victims of poor governance, neglect and misguided policies, the tribals have largely remained poor, asset-less and illiterate," said N.C. Saxena, a member of the National Advisory Council (NAC), which sets the social agenda for the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government at the Centre.
The worst placed among them are primitive tribal groups such as the Sahariyas.
Also Read |Previous stories on the hunger series
The number of tribal people categorized as being below the poverty line increased from 14.8% in 1993-94 to 17.5% in 1999-2000, according to Census 2001. In Rajasthan, this share increased from 28.8% to 36.5% over the same period. Corresponding statistics for the 2011 Census have not been declared. Just 47.1% of India's tribals are literate (the country's average literacy level is 65.38%) and 55.9% of them are malnourished (the India average is 47%).
Tribals make up less than 9% of the population but 55% of those displaced by dams, factories, mines and roads.
How the state fails in Baran
In the five villages, scores of tribal people have not been issued ration cards that would show them as belonging to the below poverty line (BPL) category and make them eligible for subsidized food. Many of them do not have job cards either to register themselves for work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), a Central scheme that promises 100 days of employment to every poor rural household.
Without jobs, money for food is scarce.
Malnutrition levels among Sahariya children of up to three years are as high as 66.3%, according to a survey last year sponsored by ActionAid India, a non-profit body, raising questions about the chances of survival for children such as Bagmati.
Those numbers compare with an average malnutrition level of 54% for Rajasthan for the same age group and 47% for all of India, according to official data.
Over the past decade, the Centre has pumped in about ₹ 54,791 crore to run the ICDS scheme across the country. But the average malnutrition level of children up to age six in Rajasthan has remained static at the 1992-93 mark in terms of height and weight against age, according to the Rajasthan Human Development Report of 2008.
Tribal dominated Baran figures prominently as a "hot spot" in the list of 22 Rajasthan districts (comprising 65% of the state) that have been designated as being "food insecure" in a 2010 report jointly prepared by the United Nations World Food Programme and the Institute of Human Development.
Lots of money, but where?
The state government's expenditure per child went up from ₹ 130 in 2007-08 to ₹ 196 in 2009-10. In effect, the state's expense per child per day went up from 35 paisa in 2007-08 to 53 paisa in 2009-10.
The Supreme Court, which is monitoring the hunger scenario at Baran, has emphasized that the Rajasthan government increase this allocation to at least ₹ 1 per child.
If that happens, Bagmati's parents may begin to find it worthwhile to take her to the village anganwadi centre. At Amrod, as at many of the Sahariya-dominated villages, the tribal people complain the food supplements meant for them are usually exhausted when they take their children to the centres.
The outcome of such skewed budgetary planning is obvious. Of the 21,049 children identified for the supplementary nutrition programme in Baran district's Kishangarh block last year, benefits reached only 13,997, according to a survey conducted by the Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability, a Delhi-based body.
Powerless empowerment
Swatting mosquitoes as she sits on a plastic chair outside her mud-house in Kasbathana village, Gajri Bai Saharia, the panchayat chief of Shahabad block, complains about her powerlessness.
"They (state government officials) do call me for meetings but never give me an account of the money spent on development," she says. "I do not even have the powers to get the hand pump outside my house to throw up water."
On paper, the Rajasthan government has empowered the Panchayats to implement schemes of five departments—health, social welfare, education, women and child development, and public health engineering.
But the state government is yet to fully implement the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, which provides for people's control over community resources and a central role to the gram sabhas, or village general bodies.
Subjects not integrated with the Act in Rajasthan include land acquisition, excise, and the forest produce and agri-produce market. States including Madhya Pradesh and Chhatisgarh have a better compliance record, official documents show.
The report is the second and concluding part of the two-part series on malnutrition in Rajasthan.
(The "Tracking Hunger" series is a nationwide effort to track, investigate and report India's struggle against hunger and malnutrition. This special report on malnutrition is the result of a fellowship jointly awarded by Save The Children and Mint. To know more about Save The Children, go to:www.savethechildren.in)


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|Goofy face with glasses, do I look like I'm happy to go to work? haha!
I recently told you how excited I was when I heard of the launch of the new Illamasqua Skin Base foundation.
Well of course, as soon as it was available, last week on Thursday, I hit the order button on the Illamasqua website!
My package was with me on Monday, I was very impressed considering it's international and our post don't work on Saturdays. Good point, Illamasqua.
So today I'm test driving it for the first time (yesterday was definitely too hot for any foundation with 31°C/88°F !!) The shade I got is #3. Here it's warmed up with bronzer because I'm fake tanned and it looked a bit pale.
I'll do a full review when I will have worn this for several days and applied it different ways, but so far I am really impressed: the blending wasn't too difficult, the coverage is impressive, the finish is luminous, and it's still going strong after 6+ hours of wear. Plus, you don't see it on the pics, but I do have a few breakouts around the nose and forehead, and this foundation covers them quite well.
Maybe a new winner in my book? We'll see...
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Bobbi Brown concealer kit in Warm Ivory
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The first performances of Giselle over one hundred and fifty years ago took place at a time of remarkable innovation in the world of dance. Giselle delighted audiences then, and to this day remains at the centre of the classical repertory. Its popularity can be attributed to its fulfilment of the ideals of both Romantic ballet and of classical technique – a captivating combination of plot and spectacle, reality and fantasy, achieved through challenging choreography and dramatic storytelling. The balance of these two elements is brilliantly encapsulated in the mad scene, where the joyous atmosphere established in the first act unravels and the village descends into turmoil. The focus of this scene is, of course, the peasant girl Giselle. Unable to cope when she discovers that her fiancé Loys is in fact Count Albrecht in disguise, and that he is engaged to another, she loses her mind and commits suicide.
Peter Wright stressed that when performing Giselle 'The important thing is to make the story and the characters believable'. His production preserves much of the mime woven into the fabric of the ballet at its first performances in the 1840s. The use of mime as a dramatic device was popular in 19th-century ballet, and precise descriptions of gestured conversations and monologues in early rehearsal scores for Giselle suggest that mime was almost as important as the ballet's danced choreography. In the mad scene the characters on stage portray a whirlwind of emotions and thoughts; disbelief, horror and – for Giselle – heartbreak and loss of reason through gesture, body language and facial expressions. The ability to make Giselle's mime coherent and believable, and to sustain the drama of the scene until she drops dead, is regarded by many as the ultimate endorsement of a prima ballerina's talent as a performer.
However, the mad scene calls for more than an accomplished actress alone. It is carefully structured to support and enhance the actions of Giselle and those around her in order to achieve maximum pathos. Adolphe Adam's score for the ballet plays an important role here. The composer clearly collaborated closely with Giselle's original choreographers, Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot (whose work influenced that of Marius Petipa and Peter Wright). Each dramatic development is skilfully reinforced by a musical idea – for example, an obsessive repeating figure in the violins played at a gradually rising pitch increases the tension as Giselle discovers who Albrecht really is, and an eerie high-pitched trill over disturbing, pulsing strings seems to signify madness creeping in.
Towards the end of the mad scene we hear themes that have appeared earlier in the ballet. These musical leitmotifs and their accompanying choreography originally illustrated Giselle's youthful exuberance and devotion to Loys; their reappearance here highlights her downfall. The bouncing staccato tunes of the dance motifs have become distorted and fragmented, morphing into a haunting oboe lament, while the choreography that originally comprised light, sprightly ballonnés, ballottés and jetés is now performed with no elevation, feet dragging along the floor, head flopping and arms flailing. There is even a premonition of Giselle's fate in the fleeting chromatic gestures from the theme of the Wilis as she stumbles distractedly from one side of the stage to the other.
By the time Giselle collapses at the end of the scene, the Romantic unity so skilfully established during the rest of Act I has been utterly annihilated. This demolition, achieved through the consummate skills of choreographers, composer and dancers alike, is not only a gripping spectacle in its own right but also gives credibility to Giselle's descent into the haunted world of the second act. In this realm, where nothing is familiar, we are able to understand the plight of the eerie, shrouded Wilis.
Giselle runs from 26 February-15 April 2016. Tickets are still available.
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The production is given with generous philanthropic support from Mrs Aline Foriel-Destezet, Celia Blakey and the Jean Sainsbury Royal Opera House Fund.


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> Aerobics
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Step aerobics, Kickboxing, Tae Bo®
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Aerobox, body composition, boxaerobics, boxercise, cardiorespiratory fitness, cardiovascular fitness, fitness class, flexibility, group exercising, kickboxing, muscle strengthening, muscular endurance, muscular strength, step aerobics, Tae Bo®, physical fitness.
Aerobics is a program of physical conditioning designed to enhance circulatory and respiratory efficiency that involves vigorous sustained exercise.
Certified instructors lead a wide variety of aerobics classes at fitness centers or gyms. However, television programs and videos are also available so individuals can workout in the privacy of their own home.
A typical aerobics class lasts about 30-60 minutes. Aerobic workouts typically begin with a warm-up routine and end with a cool-down segment that includes stretching exercises.
Step aerobics
: Step aerobics is one form of aerobics that involves stepping up onto and down from a portable platform (the step). While step aerobics is an aerobic activity, the platform also allows for strength training.
: Kickboxing is a generic term for a sporting martial art that, while similar to boxing, uses the feet as well as the hands for striking. Kickboxing classes (also known as cardio-kickboxing) have become a popular form of aerobic exercise.
Cardio-kickboxing classes vary but generally feature a variety of punches, kicks, knee strikes and other self-defense moves interspersed with a bouncing "base" move.
Some cardio-kickboxing classes spend at least part of the time kicking and punching weighted, padded targets or engaging in actual sparring. The class may also incorporate traditional exercises, such as jumping jacks, abdominal crunches, leg lifts and push-ups to create a total body workout.
Tae Bo®
: Tae Bo® is an exercise program combining elements of boxing, dance, and tae kwon do to provide an overall workout. It combines self-awareness and control of martial arts, the focus and strength of boxing and the grace and rhythm of dance. Tae Bo® stands for: Total, Awareness, Excellence, Body, Obedience.
Tae Bo® was developed by seven-time World Martial Arts Champion Billy Blanks in 1976. The first Tae Bo® workout video was released in 1998.
Certified Tae Bo® instructors lead the classes at fitness centers or gyms. However, instructional videos are also available so individuals can workout in the privacy of their own home.
Theory / Evidence
Aerobics may enhance cardiovascular fitness and improve muscle tone.
Regular exercise may have a positive impact on an individual's health. For instance, obesity has been linked to an increased risk of hypertension, dyslipidemia, type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, stroke, gallbladder disease, osteoarthritis, sleep apnea and respiratory problems and some cancers. Since exercising regularly can help individuals maintain a healthy weight, it may also help reduce the risk of certain health problems.
Not only does exercise help control weight, but it also helps build and maintain healthy bones, muscles and joints. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), regular exercise reduces the risk of dying prematurely or dying from heart disease. It also reduces the risk of developing diabetes, high blood pressure or colon cancer. It has shown to reduce feelings of depression and anxiety. Physical fitness also promotes psychological well being.
: According to a study by the American Council on Exercise (ACE), cardio-kickboxing burns an average of 350-450 calories per hour.
In addition to improving and maintaining cardiovascular fitness, cardio-kickboxing increases strength and flexibility, improves coordination and balance and sharpens reflexes, according to ACE. Cardio-kickboxing is also believed to reduce stress
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American Council on Exercise. 12 May 2006.
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International Sports Conditioning Association (ISCA). ISCA Guidelines for Boxing and Kickboxing Based Program. 12 May 2006.
Stepping Guidelines. 12 May 2006.
Step aerobics
: The height of the step depends on the individual's aerobic fitness level, leg length, stepping skill and coordination, choreography and music tempo. Individuals should use the lowest possible step height that will allow the individual to stay within an appropriate aerobic training zone (60-75% of an individual's maximum heart rate).
Beginners usually start with a four-inch step. As this height becomes easier, risers can be added. It is recommended to increase height at two-inch intervals to a maximum of 10 inches.
Choreography can also increase the level of difficulty of the workout. Intermediate and advanced step classes will include a series of jumps and hops, also known as power moves, to increase the aerobic intensity.
: 12 or 16oz. gloves may be added to the workout for additional resistance and protection and for sport specific training. Once gloves are added, the duration of punches needs to be reduced. Continuous punchingfor longer than 10-15 seconds is not recommended with the same arm.
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ImmunoCellular Therapeutics Selects Averion International Corp. To Conduct Phase II Glioblastoma StudySeptember 19th, 2010 -- Posted in Immune System | No Comments »
ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd. (OTCBB: IMUC), a biotechnology company focused in continuance the development of novel immune-based cancer therapies (the "Company"), has announced that it has contracted with the clinical research organized being (CRO) Averion International Corp. to conduct its planned Phase II study of ICT-107, the Company'session show the way cancer-vaccine candidate for the usage of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).
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Averion International is a Southborough, Mass.-based CRO with proven expertise in supporting global clinical trials in the place of pharmaceutical, biotechnology and curative device companies. Averion has significant oncology actual trial thwart varied treatment modalities, including approved and investigational agents in brain cancer.
Averion order have charge of the enrollment and execution of ImmunoCellular Therapeutics' planned double-blind, placebo-controlled, 1:1 randomized Phase II study of ICT-107 in approximately 100 patients with newly diagnosed GBM. The study command be conducted in not fa from 15 clinical trial centers in the U.S. and Canada in collaboration through leading experts and opinion leaders in neuro-oncology. Enrollment of patients is expected to begin in Q4 2010 and is anticipated by the Company to be completed nearly 12 months after opening.
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About MalawiMalawi is filled with friendly people, with a range of affordable activities and attractions for travelers to enjoy. Malawi backpacking tours offer a taste of laid back African charm with many highlights.
Malawi Budget Travel
Below is a list of Malawi's top destinations, click on the link to view all details and tours.
Kande Beach, Lake Malawi, Lilongwe, Senga Bay, Zomba Plateau
Fast Facts
Malawi Kwacha (MWK)
Dialing Code
Malawi HIV/AIDS is a major health risk for many locals, with factors such as poor healthcare, lack of education, prostitution, poverty, tribal customs and inherited wives adding to the problem. Awareness campaigns are not strong enough, and very few locals can afford proper treatment and often transmit the disease due to lack of understanding about AIDS. Many professionals including teachers and doctors are dying of AIDS, causing problems in lack of skilled resources.
Malawi airports include: - Lilongwe International Airport - Blantyre International Airport
Malawi birdlife offers some beautiful habitats, with well over 600 species to be found across the plateaus, wetlands, lakes and surrounding forests and savannas. Lake Malawi offers a number of key birding areas, and Dzalanyama Forest Reserve is also a popular bird watching destination.
Malawi conservation efforts are mostly based around the Wildlife Center in the capital, which rehabilitates orphaned and rescued wildlife ranging from a large number of primates, to leopard, lion and other species. The center also has a number of rare wild flowers and plant species as part of the nature reserve within the grounds.
Malawi cultures include the following: - Art dates back to ancient history - Food and cuisine plays an important role in social and family gatherings - Nightlife and entertainment is a popular pastime in all towns - Sports is also important in Malawi, especially soccer - Music and dance is an integral part of many ethnic groups' cultures
Malawi customs allows free import of the following for persons over 16 years of age: - 200 cigarettes or 225g of tobacco - 1 liter of spirits - 1 liter of beer - 1 liter of wine
Malawi health facilities are generally poorly maintained, with only the most basic of equipment and medication available, and very few doctors. There are a number of health risks, ranging from malaria, to AIDS, tick bite fever, sleeping sickness and other lesser illnesses. It is best to take out health insurance, and ensure you are vaccinated before visiting Malawi.
The following Malawi inoculations are required: - Yellow Fever - Hepatitis A & B - Typhoid - Polio - Rabies
Malawi languages include: - English (official language) - Chichewa - Chiyawo - Chilomwe - Chitumbuka - Chitonga - Chisena
Malawi malaria medication includes the following: - Mefloquine (Lariam) - Doxycycline - Atovaquone/proguanil (Malarone)
Malawi money and banking information is as follows: - Banking hours are Monday to Friday from 08h00-14h00 - Travellers cheques can be exchanged at banks, hotels and other airport - Credit cards are accepted to some degree, but not at all vendors - It is easier to exchange Dollars, Euros, Pounds or South African Rands - There are a few ATMs in larger towns, not all accept foreign cards however
Malawi people include the following groups: - Chewa - Nyanja - Tumbuka - Yao - Lomwe - Sena - Tonga - Ngoni - Ngonde - Asian - European
Malawi local phrases in Chichewa include: - Hello - Moni - How are you? - Muli bwanji? - I am fine - Ndiri bwino - Thank you - Zikomo - I am happy - Ndakondwa
Malawi plant life ranges from beautiful tropical vegetation to dry grasslands, with a number of medicinal and edible plants including aloe, herbs, banana and other fruit trees. Vegetation includes indigenous woodland and riverine vegetation, with key wetlands also found in and around the towns and villages. A number of rare plant species can be found in the reserves in the capital and surrounding areas.
A 2008 UN estimate puts the population in Malawi at 13,931,831.
Malawi religion groups include: - Christianity - Islam - Judaism - Hinduism - Baha'ism - Traditional beliefs
Safety Tips
Malawi safety tips include the following: - Malawi is generally very safe to visit but travellers should take basic precautions to ensure a fuss-free holiday - Petty crime can sometimes occur in the large cities so keep valuables secure and out of sight - Avoid large crowds and street demonstrations which may turn violent - Be wary of market scams when buying curios, some ebony carvings can be wood painted with black shoe polish! - Be cautious when visiting game areas and do not try to touch or feed any wildlife you see
Malawi local transport includes: - Car - Bus - Taxi
Travel Books
Malawi recommended travel books include: - Malawi Bradt Travel Guide 4th Edition by Philip Briggs and Mary-Anne Bartlett - Lonely Planet Malawi by David Else - Spectrum Guide to Malawi by Kelly White - Shifting Boundaries: Social Security in the Urban Fringe of Lilongwe City, Malawi by Barbara Rohregger
Visa Requirements
Malawi visa requirements are as follows: - Most foreign nationals do not require a visa to enter Malawi - A valid passport of 6 months minimum is required - Copy of return tickets plus proof of sufficient funds is required - Length of stay granted in Lilongwe is generally 3 months (90 days) - Visa requirements can change at any time, consult your local embassy before travelling to Malawi
What To Buy
- Good, sturdy backpack plus a decent moneybag - First aid box filled with basic supplies - Lilongwe city guide plus a good map of the city - Plug adapter for UK and US visitors - Sleeping bag and camping mattress if you are on an overland tour
What To Pack
- Loose, lightweight clothing with long sleeves for mosquito protection - Long skirts and shirts covering shoulders for women - Warm jacket for colder days - Sunglasses, sunhat and sunscreen - Camera, batteries, spare film or memory card and binoculars
When To Go
- July is the coolest month of the year - The dry season runs from early May to late October - The best month is August, but this is also the busiest time as schools are on holiday during this month - The best months for birding are October and November, however this is also the hottest and wettest time - Roads are almost impassable during the wet season
With a number of reserves and game centers including Lilongwe Wildlife Center, Malawi wildlife includes a number of primates, lion, hyena, leopard and other species. There are also a number of insects in Malawi, including beautiful butterflies, plus a large number of lizards and other reptiles. Fresh water and salt water fish, including brightly coloured fish in Lake Malawi can also be found.
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The highlight of my trip had to be Gweru in Zimbabwe, it was my idea of paradise. So much to do there with the animals and the location of it was just beautiful!
— Anne B (27) from Ireland
The trip was great! A very relaxed ride in a mokoro, followed by camping in the Okavango Delta and watching the animals on the islands was awesome!
— Michael & Silke from Germany
I loved every millisecond of the entire trip... Guess what I did in Swakopmund? I skydived out of a plane - woohoo was that AWESOME :-)
— JoJo E (61) from Switzerland
Finally home and had a great time…. I loved the shark diving, Sossusvlei and Himba people. Saw Lions, a Leopard, Elephants, Giraffes, everything really! Thanks for…
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I did not believe in god till i visited Chobe National Park.
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Do this on the 14-day Kruger and Mozambique Safari.Tours with Kruger National Park Game Drive
Do this on the Best of South West Africa.Tours with Okavango Delta Mokoro Excursion
Do this on the Best of East Africa.Tours with Serengeti National Park Excursion
Do this on the Best of South West Africa.Tours with Victoria Falls Flight of Angels
Do this on the Best of South West Africa.Tours with White Water Rafting on the Zambezi River
Visit Etosha National Park on the Best of NamibiaTours through Etosha National Park
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Medicine's Answer to Instagram, Figure 1, Raises C$2M
A Toronto startup called Figure 1 Inc. raised 2 million Canadian dollars in seed funding to scale a new, photo-sharing app built especially for the needs of medical professionals, VentureWire has learned. Rho Canada Ventures and Version One Ventures led the investment.
Chief Executive Gregory Levey, a co-founder of Figure 1 with Joshua Landy and Richard Penner, said it's flattering when bloggers call the company's app an "Instagram for doctors," yet that is something of an oversimplification.
Figure 1 users share, annotate, discuss and discover high-quality medical images within their fields of specialty–such as patient photos, brain scans or x-rays–rather than selfies and vacation snapshots.
Since the blockbuster acquisition of Instagram by Facebook for $1 billion, and contrasting shutdowns of funded photo-sharing apps like Everpix, Color Labs and PicPlz Inc. (to name just a few) the very concept of funding a photo-sharing app draws criticism.


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This post has been updated due to changes in the North Carolina State Archives website. Please read my updated post here.
I consider Mitchell's "Will Index" to be my #1 resource material to researching NC families. It is a two volume set that sits out on the main counter at the NC State Archives. It can be searched online using the NS State Archives MARS search Engine. This is how I went about finding the last will and testament for Henry Williams:
Go to NC State Archives webpage
Click on the MARS Catalog link on the left side and a new window will open. It may take a couple of minutes to completely load. You will see the main search page. I have included a screen shot below:
Next I type in "Henry Williams" in the search box and I put a check mark beside the Mitchell Will Index listing. Then I click on the search button.
The database loads the Mitchell Will Index and reports back that there are 7 hits in the County Records Part 1 section and 9 hits in the County Records Part 2 section. This index is alphabetized by county name. Counties starting with a letter in the first half of the alphabet are in County Records Part 1 and those in the second half of the alphabet are in County Records Part 2. The actual published copy of the index is alphabetized by last name.
If I wanted to look for a will for Henry Williams in Caswell County, NC only, then I could type in "Henry Williams Caswell" into the search box and it would bring up 1 hit in County Records Part 1.
Click on the County Records Part 1 link and I get a display of 1 record for Henry Williams.


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Affairs of the Vine creates and conducts outstanding Wine Adventures in Wine Country or they will bring Wine Country to you. They will engage, educate and entertain your group. Affairs of the Vine is prepared to exceed expectations while assisting you in producing a flawless program.
For companies seeking to rebuild and reengage teams fractured by corporate change, Affairs of the Vine creates unique team building workshops and events incorporating wine and food that will reestablish a strong working culture and enhance team execution within your company.
The Affairs of the Vine team boasts extensive business experience and decades in the wine business. They understand corporate team culture and how wine workshops and events draw employees, customers and vendors together.
Affairs of the Vine welcomes the opportunity to help you create a memorable and dynamic event. Affairs of the Vine's interactive adventures provide an ideal opportunity to solidify and strengthen relationships.
If you really want to get your team moving in the same direction, I highly recommend Barbara's Wine Boot Camp®. Truly a unique experience that has tremendous take-away value and is a blast to participate in!
"At Affairs of the Vine events, folks walk in single file and walk out hand-in-hand."
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Employee Engagement, Relationship & Team-Building Workshops
Developing the Perfect Balance" A Wine Blending Workshop stimulates interaction and excitement as each team blends a bottle of wine for each of their team members from selected varietals. The blends will be judged by Affairs of the Vine and the winning team will be awarded bragging rights. A trophy and a prize for each participant on the winning team can be included. A great team building or relationship enhancing workshop!
Wine Component Workshop: Learn to identify the components of wine such as tannin and acid. Discover the importance of a balanced wine. Learn the secrets for defining the sensations imparted by wine and understand the difference between recognizing a wine characteristic and liking that trait. Be empowered and acquire a personal vocabulary that will enable you to communicate your observations about wine.
Get Creative..Wine Label Design Competition: The team competition will continue as your attendees bring their creative flair to the table. Each team will be encouraged to name their wine blend and design their own label.
Making Sense of Wine…An Aromatic Workshop stimulates interaction and excitement as each team has four minutes to identify ten aromas often found in wine. This experience will encourage the creation of a culture that values collaboration, fostering a teamwork environment that rewards cooperative thinking,
planning and working together. The winning team will receive special recognition.
What Is That Scent? "An Aromatic Team Building Competitionstimulates interaction and excitement as your guest have only four minutes to identify ten aromas often found in wine. Your guests may work alone or with a team. This experience will encourage the creation of a culture that values collaboration, rewards cooperative thinking, planning and working together. You may choose to have prizes for those who successfully identify all ten aromas.
Interactive Team Building Wine Receptions create conversation, intrigue, excitement and interaction. Our Wine Evangelists will share their knowledge and passion with your group. Wine reception themes can be customized for your group, such as, wines that are good for the heart for cardiologists or wines you can count on for accounting firms. This wine adventure can be conducted as a reception only or we can incorporate some interactive wine related games for your group. Let Affairs of the Vine help you to customize a wine reception that will WOW them!
Food & Wine Pairing Adventures: Affairs of the Vine Wine Evangelists will present Food & Wine Pairing Adventures for your guests. The Evangelists will discuss and demonstrate the secrets in selecting the perfect wines to complement the flavors of a meal. The experiences will be interactive. These can be conducted in a classroom setting, as part of a meal or as free flowing walk around experiences. As your guests enjoy any of these adventure, they will develop the ability to taste the differences in wine and apply them to food pairing experiences.
The Original Wine Challenge (A Blind Tasting) ~ Affairs of the Vine Wine Evangelists will introduce your guests to the art of blind wine tasting by tasting two wines. The remaining wines will be tasted blind. The group is given clues to identify the wines. The theme of the tastings may vary. The group may be asked to identify the varietal, the appellation, the common or diverse flavor characteristics, the relative price of the wine, or any combination of these.
The Ultimate Food & Wine Pairing Challenge is a never-to-be forgotten experience. This interactive wine pairing dinner that creates excitement, laughter and discussion…a unique event that is sure to please. Designed to develop Relationships, create Access, activate Response, and focus on Empowerment, this incredible dining adventure is available only through Affairs of the Vine.
Wine Boot Camp® is customized program that provides the experience and knowledge needed to become totally confident in the understanding and appreciation of fine wine. Wine Boot Camp® is designed to engage attendees that possess all levels of wine knowledge. This event works well as a relationship building experience. Relationships will grow stronger as the attendees are divided into teams and work on exercises in the vineyard, cellars and grounds of the winery. This is an experience that your prospects/clients will not forget.
The Wine Country Scavenger Hunt requires team members to plan a strategy for locating obscure and hidden elements around a selected winery and capturing those using cell phone cameras or Polaroid cameras if technology is not an option on the winery property. The team must include themselves in the pictures in all of the photo challenges. The challenges include using vital business skills such as listening, negotiating, deductive reasoning, and collaboration"all skills that make them better employees. They work either in groups comprised of their current work team or work with people that they don't have interact with on a daily basis. Either way, they end up with a better understanding of their team mates, and learn new ways of dealing with work challenges.
A Walk Through the Vineyards, a unique progressive wine dinner with the attendance and active participation of winemakers, provides a fabulous and intimate wine country experience even for large groups. The group is divided into a minimum of four different teams. Each terrific course will be paired with a different wine. The winemaker from each winery will be at the event to talk about his (or her) wine with the specific course and speak with each team individually. A night to remember!
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All of us past a certain age had one of these when we were kids. They attach to the kitchen wall, probably above the counter, and swing away towards the wall when not in use. They are still available and lots of folks like them. We have them in stock!
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Shuttles to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) are offered at the start and end of fall and spring semesters, but not University breaks.
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Broccoli & Cotswold Quiche
I've had Cotswold on the brain since my birthday, when my friend J. served it as an appetizer at a little birthday soiree. Cotswold is a sharp, pungent cheese, a Double Gloucester with chives. (Shop around for prices on this cheese of the moment: $15.99/ lb at Whole Foods, $22.99/lb at Safeway.)
This quiche was an inspired blend of mouthy, succulent broccoli florettes, the sharp tanginess of Cotswold, the creamy egg custard , and an indulgently crumbing crust. Perfect for lunch or dinner with a little salad, or a bold breakfast treat (but I don't think they'll be any leftovers!)
Broccoli & Cotswold Quiche:
1 cup small broccoli florettes
1 premade frozen pie crust (I used Marie Callender's)
2 oz cheddar cheese, grated
1 egg
1 egg yolk
1 cup half & half
2 oz Cotswold grated
Preheat oven to 375 F degrees.
Cook the broccoli florettes in salted water for 5 minutes until just tender. Drain and rinse with cold water.
Beat the egg, egg yolk, and half & half. Salt and pepper.
Grate the cheddar cheese into the bottom of the premade frozen pie crust. Arrange the broccoli florettes over the cheddar (cut any that are large into halves). Pour in the egg custard. Top with 2 oz grated Cotswold cheese. Press down on florettes and cheese with a spatula to insure all are covered with the custard. Salt and pepper.
Place crust on a baking sheet and bake for 40 minutes, until custard is set.
Serve with a simple salad.