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MERCI opened in march 2009 in the arty neighborhood of Haut Marais in Paris. More than just a retail project, it is a unique place, a destination store with 3 cafés and restaurants as well as a very rich programme of exhibitions and scenographies that made the reputation of Merci.
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Historically, tin ceillings were introduced to North America as an affordable alternative to the exquisite plaster work used in European homes. It was between 1890 and 1930 that thin rolled tin-plates were being mass-produced. Tin ceilings were traditionally painted white to give the appearance of hand- carved or molded plaster. But, today the irregularity and the aging give all the appeal to this American architecture icon.
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An epiphyte is a plant that grows harmlessly upon another plant (such as a tree) and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, and sometimes from debris accumulating around it. Epiphytes differ from parasites in that epiphytes grow on other plants for physical support and do not necessarily negatively affect the host. An epiphytic organism that is not a plant is called an epibiont.[1] Epiphytes are usually found in the temperate zone (e.g., many mosses, liverworts, lichens, and algae) or in the tropics (e.g., many ferns, cacti, orchids, and bromeliads).[2] Many houseplants are epiphyte species due to their minimal water and soil requirements. Epiphytes provide a rich and diverse habitat for other organisms including animals, fungi, bacteria, and myxomycetes.[3]
Epiphyte is one of the subdivisions of the Raunkiær system.
The term epiphytic derives from the Greek epi- (meaning 'upon') and phyton (meaning 'plant'). Epiphytic plants are sometimes called "air plants" because they do not root in soil. However, there are many aquatic species of algae, including seaweeds, that are epiphytes on other aquatic plants (seaweeds or aquatic angiosperms).
The best-known epiphytic plants include mosses, orchids, and bromeliads such as Spanish moss (of the genus Tillandsia), but epiphytes may be found in every major group of the plant kingdom. 89% of epiphyte species (about 24,000) are flowering plants. The second largest group are the leptosporangiate ferns, with about 2800 species (10% of epiphytes). In fact, about one third of all ferns are epiphytes.[4] The third largest group is clubmosses, with 190 species, followed by a handful of species in each of the spikemosses, other ferns, Gnetales, and cycads.[5]
Epiphytic organisms usually derive only physical support and not nutrition from their host, though they may sometimes damage the host. Parasitic and semiparasitic plants growing on other plants (mistletoe is well known) are not "true" epiphytes (a designation usually given to fully autotrophic epiphytes), but are still epiphytic in habit. Plants such as New Zealand species of Griselinia – which send long roots down towards the soil while fixed high in another plant and reliant upon it for physical support – are also epiphytic in habit.
Some epiphytic plants are large trees that begin their lives high in the forest canopy. Over decades they send roots down the trunk of a host tree eventually overpowering and replacing it. The strangler fig and the northern rātā (Metrosideros robusta) of New Zealand are examples of this. Epiphytes that end up as free standing trees are also called hemiepiphytes.
Epiphytic plants use photosynthesis for energy and (where non-aquatic) obtain moisture from the air or from dampness (rain and cloud moisture) on the surface of their hosts. Roots may develop primarily for attachment, and specialized structures (for example, cups and scales) may be used to collect or hold moisture.
The first important monograph on epiphytic plant ecology was written by A.F.W. Schimper (Die epiphytische Vegetation Amerikas, 1888). Assemblages of large epiphytes occur most abundantly in moist tropical forests, but mosses and lichens occur as epiphytes in almost all biomes. In Europe there are no dedicated epiphytic plants using roots, but rich assemblages of mosses and lichens grow on trees in damp areas (mainly the western coastal fringe), and the common polypody fern grows epiphytically along branches. Rarely, grass, small bushes or small trees may grow in suspended soils up trees (typically in a rot-hole).
Epiphytic plants attached to their hosts high in the canopy have an advantage over herbs restricted to the ground where there is less light and herbivores may be more active. Epiphytic plants are also important to certain animals that may live in their water reservoirs, such as some types of frogs and arthropods.
Epiphytes can have a significant effect on the microenvironment of their host, and of ecosystems where they are abundant, as they hold water in the canopy and decrease water input to the soil.[6] The epiphytes create a significantly cooler and moister environment in the host plant canopy, potentially greatly reducing water loss by the host through transpiration.
See also
- Epiphyllum - a genus of epiphytic cacti
- Parasitic plant
- Epilith, an organism that grows in a rock
- Epibiont, an organism that grows on another life form
- Epiphytic bacteria
- ↑ Hickey, M.; King, C. (2001). The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms. Cambridge University Press.
- ↑ Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged. (1976). Vol. I, p. 764. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Chicago.
- ↑ Sydney E. Everhart; Joseph S. Ely; Harold W. Keller (2009). "Evaluation of tree canopy epiphytes and bark characteristics associated with the presence of corticolous myxomycetes" (PDF). Botany. 87: 509–517. doi:10.1139/b09-027.
- ↑ Hogan, C Michael, 2010. Fern. Encyclopedia of Earth. National council for Science and the Environment. Washington, DC
- ↑ Schuettpelz, Eric (2007), The evolution and diversification of epiphytic ferns (PDF), Duke University PhD thesis
- ↑ Stanton, D.E., Chávez, J.H., Villegas, L., Villasante, F., Armesto, J., Hedin, L.O., Horn, H. "Epiphytes Improve Host Plant Water Use by Microenvironment Modification", Functional Ecology (journal), doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12249
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Brussels, 7 July 2004
Commission adopts new rules governing aid to firms in difficulty
The European Commission approved today new Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty. These new Guidelines shall enter into force on 10 October this year and replace the current rules.
"The revision adopted today aims at establishing a clear, objective and readable set of rules. The new Guidelines will also close existing loopholes and tighten up current practice. But the new Guidelines are based on the existing set of rules and do not substantially alter the state of play." Commissioner MONTI stated today.
The main changes introduced by the revision are:
Common provisions
The rules introduce a clarification regarding eligibility of the firm: a firm is regarded as newly created (and thus ineligible for rescue or restructuring aid) during 3 years from start of operation.
The so-called "one time, last time" has been reinforced to exclude all kinds of repeated interventions in favour of one undertaking.
The new rules also reinforce the Commission's recovery policy barring new rescue or restructuring aid for firms that did not reimburse aid previously declared as being illegal.
Rescue aid
Unlike the current rules, the new Guidelines allow execution of urgent restructuring measures, even in the rescue period. The rescue period is now clearly limited to six months. At the end of this rescue period, the aid needs to be reimbursed. Rescue aid can still only be granted in the form of reimbursable loans. Irreversible capital injections by public authorities remain prohibited.
In order to speed up procedures Member States have the possibility to opt for a lighter procedure to approve rescue aid if the amount of the aid does not exceed the result of a standard formula and, in any event, € 10 million.
Restructuring aid
The Commission will no longer assess the viability of restructuring plans for SMEs. This allows the Commission to concentrate resources on those cases that pose a genuine threat to competition.
Compensatory measures can take the form of divestiture of assets, a reduction in capacity or market presence or a reduction of entry barriers. Activities that would have been abandoned anyway are not assessed as compensatory measures.
The new Guidelines clarify that the beneficiary should make a real contribution toward the cost of its restructuring. This contribution needs itself to be free of aid.
For SMEs, the contribution should amount to at least 25% of the restructuring costs, for medium-sized enterprises 40%, and for large undertakings the percentage shall be established on a case-by-case basis but it should normally be at least 50%. In exceptional circumstances and in case of extreme hardship the thresholds for small and medium-sized enterprises can be reduced to 20% and 35% respectively.
The rules have been considerably simplified. For processing and marketing of agricultural annex-I products, the normal rules will apply, with the exception of the one time, last time principle, which will only apply for a period of 5 years instead of 10.
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Annual to tree
Leaves generally compound, alternate, stipuled; leaflets generally entire
Inflorescence: generally raceme, spike, umbel or head; flowers sometime 12 in axils
Flowers generally bisexual, generally bilateral; hypanthium generally flat or cup-like; sepals generally 5, fused; petals generally 5, free, or the 2 lower ± fused; stamens 1many, often 10 with 9 filaments at least partly fused, 1 (uppermost) free; pistil 1, ovary superior, generally 1-chambered, ovules 1many, style, stigma 1
Fruit: legume, sometimes including a stalk-like base above receptacle, dehiscent, or indehiscent and breaking into 1-seeded segments, or indehiscent, 1-seeded, and achene-like
Seeds 1several, often ± reniform, generally hard, smooth
Genera in family: ± 650 genera, 18,000 species: worldwide; with grasses, requisite in agriculture and most natural ecosystems. Many cultivated, most importantly Arachis , peanut; Glycine , soybean; Phaseolus , beans; Medicago ; Trifolium ; and many orns
Reference: [Polhill & Raven (eds) 1981 Advances in legume systematics; Allen & Allen 1981 Leguminosae]
Family description and key to genera by Duane Isely.
Annual, perennial herb, shrub, unarmed
Leaves generally odd-1-pinnate (sometimes ± palmately compound, rarely some or most simple); stipules conspicuous or not; leaflets 3many, often irregularly arranged
Inflorescence: umbel or 12-flowered, axillary, generally peduncled, often bracted
Flower: corolla generally yellow (sometimes white or pink), fading darker; 9 filaments fused, 1 free
Fruit dehiscent or not, exserted from calyx or not, ovoid to oblong, ± beaked
Seeds 1several
Etymology: (Greek: derivation unclear)
Reference: [Isely 1981 Mem New York Bot Garden 25:128206]
Spp. generally variable; intermediates may be hybrids. Key below separates natural groups.
Annual, generally hairy
Stem prostrate to erect, simple or openly branched, 0.56 dm
Leaf pinnate or ± simple; stipules gland-like; leaflets generally 3, generally 12 cm, lanceolate to elliptic
Inflorescence 1-flowered; peduncle bracts simple
Flower: calyx 36.5 mm, lobes >> tube; corolla 59 mm, yellow to pink, wings ± = keel
Fruit dehiscent, widely spreading or pendent, 1.53 cm, oblong
Seeds few
Chromosomes: 2n=14
Ecology: Coast, chaparral, mtn forests, water courses, and roadsides and other weedy areas
Elevation: 02400 m.
Bioregional distribution: California (except Sonoran Desert)
Distribution outside California: to Canada, c US, Mexico
Flowering time: MayOct
Synonyms: var. glaber (Nutt.) Munz
Many races and ecological forms
Horticultural information: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24; STBL and forage.


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1307.6 - Tasmanian State and Regional Indicators, Mar 2010
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The 2007–08 National Health Survey (NHS) found that Tasmanians continue to exhibit a number of health risk factors, relating to diet, alcohol consumption, body mass index (BMI), exercise level, and smoking status.
In 2007-08 approximately 73% of Tasmanians aged 18 years and over reported sedentary or low level exercise levels. In the population aged 65 years and over, sedentary or had low exercise levels was greater at 78%.
Around 64% of Tasmanians measured were found to be overweight or obese as determined by the body mass index (BMI) measure.
In 2007–08, 25% of Tasmanians aged 18 years and over reported that they were current smokers, while a further 30% reported that they were
ex-smokers, and 45% reported that they had never smoked.
The 2007–08 NHS found that 48% of Tasmanians aged 18 years and over reported low risk alcohol consumption while a further 13% of Tasmanians reported risky or high risk consumption ( i.e. more than 50 mL average daily consumption of alcohol for males and more than 25 mL for females).
The bulk of the Tasmanian adult population (79%) in 2007-08, aged 18 years and over, ate 4 serves or less of vegetables per day. At the same time 80% of the Tasmanian population aged 18–64 years and 75% of the Tasmanian population aged 65 years and over consumed 4 serves or less vegetables per day. Under half (44%) of people aged 18–64 years reported that they ate 1 or less serves of fruit per day, while 36% of those aged 65 years and over indicated this to be the case.
The 2007–08 NHS found that 11% of the Tasmanian population reported having a long term mental or behavioural problem that was identified by a medical professional. To complement this information, the NHS also collected information on mental health from adults using the Kessler 10 scale (K10), a 10 item scale of psychological distress. Over two-thirds (257,000 persons, or 70%) of Tasmanians experienced low levels of psychological distress, while 68,200 or 19% of the total of the Tasmanian population reported moderate levels of distress. About 11% (40,300 persons) reported high/very high levels of psychological distress, levels that possibly indicate a need for professional help. Of those reporting high/very high levels of distress, people aged 45-64 years accounted for 44%, followed by those aged 25-44 years (24%).
In 2007–08, the most prevalent of the selected long term conditions suffered by Tasmanians were long sightedness (124,100), short sightedness (110,000), and arthritis (96,500).
Over half of Tasmanians aged 65 years and over suffered from long sightedness (54%) and arthritis (53%) while just under half of this age group reported suffering hypertensive disease (47%). In 2007-08 14% of all Tasmanians aged 65 years and over, reported suffering diabetes mellitus/high sugar levels in blood/urine.
The 2007-08 NHS found that around 46% of Tasmanians aged 18 years and over reported some form of disability. A disability or restrictive long term health condition exists if a limitation, restriction, impairment, disease or disorder, has lasted, or is expected to last for six months or more, and which restricts everyday activities. There was little difference in the percentage of males and females with a disability (around 47% and 45% respectively).
The rates of Tasmanians taking medications covered in the general schedule under the Prescribed Benefits Scheme (PBS) in 2008–09 were highest for cholesterol-lowering medications such as atorvastatin and simvastatin. The Tasmanian rate for taking atorvastatin (414 per 1,000 persons) was lower than the Australian rate (477 per 1,000 persons) while the Tasmanian rate for taking simvastatin (291 per 1,000 persons) was higher than the Australian rate (222 per 1,000 persons). Overall the rates of Tasmanians taking PBS medications in 2008-09 were higher than the rates of Australians taking those medications, reflecting Tasmania's older population.
To be fully immunised means that children should have received the full schedule of vaccinations appropriate to their age, as determined by the National Immunisation Program. As at June 2009, data from the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register revealed that 90.3% of Tasmanian children aged 12 months to less than 15 months were fully vaccinated, compared with 91.3% for Australia. Rates for children aged 24 months to less than 27 months were higher (93.0% for Tasmania and 92.9% for Australia respectively), while rates for children aged 60 months to less than 63 months were lower (78.6% for Tasmania and 82.4% for Australia respectively).
In 2007 the main causes of death in Tasmania included diseases of the circulatory system (1,414 registered deaths), particularly ischaemic heart disease (679 deaths). The second main cause of death was malignant neoplasms (cancers), with 1,200 registered deaths. Diseases of the circulatory system accounted for over one third (34.2%) of all deaths in Tasmania in 2007, while malignant neoplasms accounted for a further 29.0%.
The standardised death rates for most causes of death have fallen between 1997 and 2007, with the largest decline for deaths caused by diseases of the circulatory system (down from 400.8 deaths per 100,000 to 228.9 deaths per 100,000). The standardised death rates for diabetes mellitus have increased over the same period (up from 22.7 deaths per 100,000 to 23.4 deaths per 100,000), as have deaths caused by mental and behavioural disorders (up from 15.9 deaths per 100,000 population to 27.5 deaths per 100,000).
The 2006 Census of Population and Housing revealed that there were 5,628 nurses in Tasmania, with 90.1% of them being female. The Greater Hobart and Southern Statistical Divisions (SDs) had 53.0% of the state's nursing population, while Northern SD had 29.0%, and Mersey-Lyell SD had 18.0%. To relate this to the distribution of the State's population, there were 12.7 nurses per thousand people in the Greater Hobart and Southern SDs, 12.2 in the Northern SD and 9.5 in Mersey-Lyell SD.
There were 845 general medical practitioners (GPs) in Tasmania. Some 57.5% of GPs in the state were located in the Greater Hobart and Southern SDs, while a further 27.2% of GPs were located in Northern SD, and the other 15.3% of GPs were located in Mersey-Lyell SD. This equated to a rate of 2.1 GPs per thousand people in the Greater Hobart and Southern SDs, 1.7 in the Northern SD and 1.2 in Mersey-Lyell.
Dental practitioners totalled 134 in Tasmania, with 59.7% located in the Greater Hobart and Southern SDs, 23.9% located in Northern SD, and a further 16.4% located in Mersey-Lyell SD. The rate per thousand was 0.3 in Greater Hobart and Southern SDs, 0.2 in the Northern SD and 0.2 in Mersey-Lyell.
Australian Demographic Statistics (ABS cat. no. 3101.0)
Causes of Death, Australia (ABS cat. no. 3303.0)
Census of Population and Housing, ABS, 2006. Data available on request.
Involvement in Organised Sport and Physical Activity, Australia (ABS cat. no. 6285.0)
Medicare Australia, Australian Childhood Immunisation Register statistics, Pharmaceutical Benefits Schedule Item Reports (Copyright, Commonwealth of Australia, 2009)
National Health Survey: Summary of Results, 2007-08 (ABS cat. no. 4364.0)
National Health Survey: Summary of Results; State Tables, 2007-08 (ABS cat. no. 4362.0)
Further information can also be found on the Health Statistics Theme Page and the Census Statistics Theme Page on the ABS website.
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UW Classroom Upgrades Boost Teaching, Learning
For students in Rachel Watson's lower-division microbiology classes at the University of Wyoming, there's little opportunity to be bored.
On the screens at the front of the room, Watson uses animations of her own creation to show the basics of cell biology. She projects images from the Internet and through the use of document cameras. She employs both a whiteboard and a digital tablet to write key terms and points. And using the computer installed in the classroom, she poses questions that students answer via their cell phones to provide instant feedback from the large groups.
It all makes for an engaging and interactive learning experience that wouldn't have been possible without UW's significant investment in classroom technology and other upgrades the past five years.
"It's about finding ways to make the learning experience fun and meaningful, and technology is huge for that," Watson says.
Private donations and legislative appropriations have fueled a building boom at UW in recent years, including several brand-new facilities with state-of-the-art classrooms and research areas. In addition, many existing classrooms in older buildings -- some of them dating to the early 1900s -- have been upgraded to conform with modern heat, ventilation and lighting standards and to meet the technological needs of today's students.
The result is improved instruction and learning, which lies at the heart of UW's mission.
"When I started (working here), we were really in the backwaters as far as technology," says Andy Bryson, a 21-year employee who's now the instructional media services coordinator in UW's Ellbogen Center for Teaching and Learning. "The last five or six years, we've just made huge strides. We're providing all kinds of services -- better than many other schools."
Bryson remembers the days when UW's audio-visual staff carted film and overhead projectors around campus in response to instructors' requests. That's no longer necessary. UW's new classroom standards call for the rooms to have fixed data and video projection capabilities, Internet connectivity for teachers and students, DVD players and instructor controls for audio and other features.
UW's recent investment in classroom upgrades began with a $14.6 million renovation and expansion of the Classroom Building, completed in March 2007. The building now contains 27 high-end technology spaces, including three triple-projection rooms, 11 dual-projection rooms and 11 single-projection rooms - all featuring DVDs, document cameras, laptop connections, and sound systems with multiple microphone choices.
At the same time as the Classroom Building project was funded, the 2005 Wyoming State Legislature also appropriated $4 million to begin renovating other highly used classrooms around campus. Such upgrades have taken place in facilities including the Anthropology Building, the Education Annex, Coe Library, the College of Law and the Agriculture Auditorium. High-end technology classrooms also can be found in the new Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center, the Information Technology Center and the new Visual Arts facility.
UW's showpiece for classroom technology, however, is the new College of Business facility. It features 34 high-end classrooms, seminar rooms and conference rooms, many of them tiered with state-of-the-art multimedia systems.
"This building is the university's flagship and marker which represents a change to the new digital future," says Gary Boulware, UW's instructional technology manager.
The College of Business contains six of UW's 18 classrooms in the WyoCast system, which records instructors' lectures and accompanying multimedia presentations for later access by students and others.
UW's Outreach School also has benefitted from classroom technology upgrades, with improved audio and video for classes delivered through video conferencing, increased multimedia capabilities in online courses, and upgraded electronic access to UW's library collections and laboratories.
Improved technology isn't the only noteworthy feature of the newly constructed or renovated classrooms at UW. In the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, where 12 classrooms were recently renovated, the physical transformation itself "has been just an amazing change," says Steve Barrett, associated dean and professor.
In addition to the installation of new overhead projectors and whiteboards, the classrooms have new configurations, paint, sound-proof tile and heating/ventilation systems. Pointing to those features in Room 3076 of the College of Engineering, Barrett says the improvement was dramatic.
"This room was hot and cramped -- just not a good teaching environment," he says. "The renovation completely changed the ambiance of the room. Now it's a model classroom."
Additional upgrades and an addition to the College of Engineering facilities are high on the list for future UW construction projects. Other classroom renovations remain to be done as well. UW uses close to 400 classrooms, labs, seminar rooms and lecture halls each semester, and university officials say 182 of those rooms -- about 150,000 total square feet -- still need some level of improvement. The estimated price of those improvements is $20 million to $25 million.
Supporting the new classroom technology with proper maintenance and equipment replacement is another expense the university must shoulder.
The investments, while expensive, are paying dividends for UW instructors including Watson and their students. While it's true that technology itself doesn't produce good instruction, Watson says she now has more tools to help students grasp the concepts she's teaching.
"It isn't about bells and whistles -- it's about finding better ways to display concepts," says Watson, UW's 2011 John P. Ellbogen Meritorious Classroom Teaching Award recipient. "Using technology, I'm able to reach different kinds of learners and hear different kinds of student voices."
Watson's students say they appreciate that approach.
"She uses contemporary technology combined with a flexible teaching style for a dynamic environment that is unlike any I have ever seen," says James Caitlin Caines, a microbiology undergraduate student from Hyattville in the Big Horn Basin.
Because of Wyoming's investment in UW's core teaching and learning infrastructure, more and more students will have that type of experience.


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|Hours and hours of legal argument, because we live in a democracy where the tyranny of the majority is possible, instead of a republic based on the principle of individual rights. The California Proposition 8 vote is a microcosmic example of the vast majority of laws that are made in this country.
As a teenager, I read about the Rock Island Bridge case in the 1850s. Abraham Lincoln focused in on showing that people have as much right to cross the Mississippi River as to navigate along it. My reaction was, "of course". Not to equate the complexities of that case with Proposition 8 (complexities that would not have existed in a society of private ownership of all land and water), in fact to just make a simplistic comparison to it, my view of the statement that homosexual couples have as much right to choose the same legal stature as heterosexual couples is, "of course".
Yet, here we are in a society where those who want to protect their turf, whether it be in concrete or in the abstract, can band together and infringe on the rights of others. Proposition 8 an affront to simple common sense. It is one that should never have progressed even to the signature verification stage. Proposition 8 is an indictment, not so much of regression, but of how far we have to go before individual rights are secure in this country. The Founding Fathers were not perfect, but they were excellent at portending the future possibilities and warned against political tyranny.
The legal texts are full of anti-individual rights' laws that need to be stripped away, a task that the current culture will not permit.
Footnote: The legal arguments included many references to the California terms Constitutional Amendment and Constitutional Revision. The California Constitution can be modified in two ways. Firstly, Constitutional Amendments, representing minor changes that do not require a vote in the legislature. Secondly, Constitutional Revisions, which are pertinent for major changes and must pass a 2/3rds vote in both State houses. This system is flawed on two counts. Not only is the notion that a vote, no matter by how much of a majority, can be used to destroy the rights of others, antithetical to individual rights, but, in practice, all it takes is a Constitutional Amendment to do so.
A clear indication of people's lack of understanding of individual rights is the number of articles I've read that consider the passing of this Amendment as tyranny of the majority, but claim that this would not be the case if it had been, instead, enacted through a Revision. I roll my eyes in horror – destruction of rights by a simple 50%+1 vote is not acceptable, but by a super majority in the legislature is! The "separate, but equal" nature of Proposition 8 smacks of the "separate, but equal" Apartheid laws enacted in South Africa. It is simple tyranny, regardless of how enacted.
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BANNER ELK, N.C. --- Wednesday's scheduled Conference Carolinas softball doubleheader between St. Andrews University and Lees-McRae College has been cancelled due to inclement weather, announced Bobcat Director of Athletics Craig McPhail. The twin-bill will not be made up.
Lees-McRae is expected to return eight letter-winners from this year's squad, including rising juniors Karli Robb (Hayes, Va.), Lori Fulmer (Prosperity, S.C.), Hollie Crickenberger (Boydton, Va.), Jessica Smith (Gastonia, N.C.), and Alison Armstrong (Bellingham, N.C.).


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Books with more than eleven authors
- List the first seven author names followed by "et al", the first name being the only one inverted
Lumpkin, L. R., C. Simpson, A. Simpson, M. Burns, J. Lovejoy, B. Gumble, S. Christian, et al. 1989. Country singin' ain't for me. 3rd ed. Washington, DC: Country Press.
Books with no authors
- If there are editors, put the names of editors, "a comma (,) followed by the abbreviation "eds"
- If there are no authors and editors, begin with the title
Simpson B., N. Callahan, eds. 1989. Country singin' ain't for me. Washington, DC: Country Press.
Country singin' ain't for me. 3rd Ed. 1989. Washington, DC: Country Press.
Books with both authors and editors
- Place the author's name first, the abbreviation "ed." follows the title, then put the editors
Lumpkin, L. 1989. Country singin' ain't for me. 3rd ed. Powers R, Simpson L, eds. Washington, DC: Country Press.


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Listen Up: Something's brooding in Drake's 'Nothing '
Canadian hip-hop king grows more confident - and uneasy - on new 'Nothing Was the Same.'
"I wouldn't change a thing if you paid me," Drake raps on Tuscan Leather, the darkly atmospheric opening salvo on Nothing Was the Same (*** out of four). But for a guy sitting on top of the world, he sounds awfully moody — just as you'd expect.
On his latest album, Canada's leading hip-hop export continues to juggle bravado with brooding, though he sounds more empowered in the latter. The dissonant chords that twinkle behind his boasts in the previously released single Started From the Bottom give way to flecks of bitterness in the eerily ambient Own It, and to defiance in the stark, thumping Worst Behavior.
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Drake's introspection is softer and more complex on From Time, enhanced by Jhené Aiko's delicate singing, but in the soberly insinuating Pound Cake/Paris Morton Music 2, he approaches guest Jay Z in vigor. Drake may never match Jay's regal ease, or his wit. But Nothing finds the younger rapper asserting his own angsty authority with increased confidence.
Download: From Time, Pound Cake/Paris Morton Music 2


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I am so tired. I've been waking up at 7 am almost every morning to catch the first game of the day. Then I spend an inordinate amount of time on Twitter watching the games with my friends, which is so much more fun than watching alone.
If you want to watch with me, come on over! (A small warning though, I got overly passionate during Mexico's game and let loose a few dozen "Viva México Cabrones!" … This is not the Spanish I intend to teach my kids. My apologies to those with delicate ears.)
Yesterday, Mexico's historic win against France had me feeling breathlessly excited for a country I have absolutely no roots in, ("I wish I was born Mexican, but it's too late for that now." – Morrissey), and today, I am proud of how the U.S. played against Slovenia, yet simultaneously pissed that their third goal was taken away, leaving it a 2-2 tie, instead of a win.
Whatever the outcome, I'm exhausted and my productivity is laughable. Somehow I've managed to keep up with the 2 articles per week deadline over at Copa Café. I will keep links to those posts here for those who want to go read them.
*U.S. Latinos: Never Offsides When It Comes To Team Loyalty
*On this day, we are all Mexicans
* Cheaters Never Win (Except in Fútbol)


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Apr 16, 2012
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – UC Santa Barbara women's basketball assistant coach Courtney Locke has accepted a coaching position at the University of Central Florida, head coach Carlene Mitchell announced on Monday.
Locke, who had helped the Gauchos to the 2012 Big West Tournament title in her first season in Santa Barbara – the Gauchos' 14th, which is easily the most in the conference – returns to UCF where she had worked in the three previous seasons before joining UCSB's staff.
"Courtney was a big part of our success this past season and we are sorry to see her leave," Mitchell said. "We wish her the best at UCF and in the remainder of her career."
A nationwide search for a new member of Mitchell's staff will begin immediately.


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Is a Fashion Career Right For You?
If fashion design is your passion, then this field is the right career move for you. If you have an intrinsic sense of style and can even infuse your own distinctive style into your common everyday appearance then you might want to think about pursuing a fashion career. Whether you wish to go creative or stick to the traditional, fashion has a lot to offer the aspiring designer.
Clothes used to be worn for protection against the elements. Today, your clothes represent your style and fashion statement. The colors you choose influence the way you feel. To put it simply, your clothes reflect your personality. It says volumes about your image and the way you think. If this is the way you think about your clothes then you're ready to launch your fashion design career.
A Successful Fashion Design Career Depends on These Traits
High levels of creativity and style: The world of fashion design is very dynamic and new trends evolve almost everyday. You need to be able to adapt to changing styles and thought processes. Your creativity has to give birth to new ideas for different market segments. Originality has to be your middle name.
A strong business sense: Artistic vision is only part of the game. You need to have a head for business to understand both consumers and the marketplace. A good understanding of budgeting and fashion merchandising take your fashion design career to the next level.
Excellent communication skills: Your skills cannot be restricted to the drawing board. As you climb higher on the ladder, you should be able to convey your vision to those concerned and sell your ideas and creations.
Powerful sketching expertise: A fashion design career demands exceptional drawing skills for converting concepts into pen-and-paper diagrams – which is the blueprint of the production process.
Sound sewing skills: At a very basic level a fashion designer should be able to construct the desired garments. Although a seamstress may be responsible for this activity, good sewing skills will give a designer an upper hand.
Understanding of materials: A fashion designer should be able to innovate with color and fabric to make a design unique. If you can identify which material would be best suited for the design then you are already on the route to success.
Abreast of new trends: Do you have a thirst to know more about fashion? If you are pursuing a fashion design career, you need to research existing trends and follow upcoming trends. This only comes as a result of hard work and an in-depth understanding of this sector.
Belief in teamwork: Garment designing and manufacture involves activities such as pattern-making, sewing, merchandising and so on. Be a team player as it takes a team to bring out an exceptional outfit.
Ability to work under pressure: Working under tight deadlines, with various people, can be very stressful. Criticism can also be brutal. You need to take criticism constructively and learn from it.
Education at a Fashion Design School
To get a formal education in fashion you need to attend a fashion design
school. Numerous fashion design schools are often listed in art school
Attending a school helps you:
- Study latest styles and test your skills
- Learn about patterns
- Get business training in fashion merchandising
- Acquire knowledge on mixing and matching colors
- Gain practical experience
While looking through a fashion design school directory, try to find one that is accredited. Such schools provide quality education and hands-on experience.


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Computer audio is all the rage now, with many people moving their entire digital collections to music servers, and the laptop taking the place of the CD player in many systems. The technologies behind USB DACs have evolved rapidly to where the interface is now on the same level as Coaxial or Optical interfaces. One area that hasn't been addressed as well is the portable audio market, as most USB DACs are rack-sized components that require a wall power supply. This is certainly not a convenient option for those of us that want high-resolution audio on the go.
At this year's CES, Meridian gave us a special sneak preview behind closed doors of their new portable DAC, the Explorer. A small, USB powered, 24/192 DAC housed in a stylish silver chassis, it certainly had the look of a solution for those of us that want to take our high-resolution music with us. Long known for their high-end products, this also came in at a very different price point for Meridian: $299. Could a high-end DAC be designed and manufactured in England and still hit this price point without sacrificing quality? We certainly wanted to find out!
Meridian explorer usb DAC SPECIFICATIONS
- Design: 24/192 USB DAC
- Digital Inputs: USB 2.0 (Asynchronous)
- Analog Outputs: 3.5mm Headphone, 3.5mm Line Level, 3.5mm Mini Optical
- Dimensions: 4″ H x 1.25″ W x 0.7″ D
- Weight: 1.76 oz.
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The Design and Setup
The Meridian Explorer is tiny enough to fit in your hand, or pocket and looks quite unassuming for what it is capable of. There is a Mini-USB input for connecting to your PC with the included cable, and dual 3.5mm outputs. One 3.5mm output is a variable level headphone jack for you to connect your headphones straight to. The other 3.5mm jack serves a dual purpose: With a 3.5mm to RCA adapter it functions as a fixed 2V line output for your stereo, or with a MiniToslink to Toslink optical adapter it turns the Meridian into a USB to Optical converter. While that bypasses a lot of the functionality of the Explorer, it does fill a role for many people.
Having the Explorer connect via a separate USB cable might seem a bit cumbersome at first, but if you use a laptop, having a device stick out several inches from the side is annoying and potentially dangerous to your equipment if accidentally wacked. It also puts stress on the USB port once you add a hefty, high quality analog cable to the mix. Having a cable connection from computer to the Meridian Explorer is clearly the best way to go and, if it makes you feel better, you can then experiment with stupidly expensive USB cables.
The front of the Explorer has three white LEDs on it to indicate your current sample rate. The first indicates 44.1 or 48 kHz, the second 88.2 or 96 kHz, and the final 176.4 or 192 kHz. There are dual oscillators inside the Explorer to support both 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz based sample rates without adding an extra conversion step, maintaining the most accurate audio as possible. The optical output only supports 96 kHz sample rates, but the analog outputs will do full 24/192 audio.
As a Class 2, Asynchronous USB Audio device, those people using a Macintosh computer need to simply plug it in to start enjoying high-resolution audio. No drivers are necessary and the Explorer is fully powered off the USB bus. Windows users will need to install a driver provided by Meridian which allows for ASIO compatibility, allowing bit-perfect audio from your computer.
In Use
My first test of the Meridian Explorer is with the new Sennheiser Momentum headphones connected directly into the headphone output. The low noise floor is immediately apparent as cranking up the volume on a 24/96 recording of the Goldberg Variations revealed nothing more than the piano solo. Each note has body and dimension through the Sennheisers. On the 24/96, 2012 remaster of Smashing Pumpkin's Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness the sounds is as rich and smooth as butter, a quality I never heard in the CD release. The Meridian Explorer injects lovely, analog-like warmth to the digital files stored on a hard disk that I found hard to argue with.
The Meridian Explorer may be entry level priced, but I wanted to see how it performed with some higher end gear. To do so, I fed the fixed line level out to a Burson Soloist headphone amp and listened through Audeze LCD3 headphones. The analog signal produced by the Meridian Explorer immediately makes me giddy with excitement. Tracks from the live concert album Inni by Sigur Ros only sounded better as I cranked the Burson Soloist louder and louder. Jonsi's voice can be harsh on poor equipment, but the Meridian shows no signs of that. R&B music can often sound heavy at the bottom and hot at the top, with the entire midrange being forgotten about. A few tracks from Alicia Keys and Kanye leave that notion at the door. Lyrics are clear and balanced with barely a hint of sibilance. The aggressive low end is energetic and controlled.
Lossless ripped CD audio, something we all have a large abundance of in our collections, is given new life on the Meridian Explorer. I simply let Foobar shuffle through my entire collection and every song from Norah Jones to Sufjan Stevens sounds lively, open, and welcoming.
Soundstaging on the 24/192 version of Norah Jones' Not Too Late is wide open in all directions. A guitar is not flat and neither is the sound that emanates in all directions from it. The added resolution does wonders for the dimensionality of music, adding depth to both the placement of instruments, as well as the sound they create. The 16/44.1 version has less dynamic range, but it is especially notable in Norah's voice, which struggled to feel free at peak crescendos. I look forward to the day my entire music collection is stored in a high resolution format.
On the Bench
The Meridian Explorer DAC was tested using a MacBook running BitPerfect over iTunes as a source to make sure nothing was resampled or otherwise sent at anything than the original bitrate. From there the fixed line output was fed to a Lynx Two card on a PC running SpectraPlus to provide the data analysis.
On a 1 kHz test tone with CD quality audio, distortion is very low at 0.001% THD+N. Even order harmonics are larger than odd order ones, but even those are well over 100 dB below the fundamental frequency.
With a 10 kHz tone, the THD+N rose to 0.0014%, but we still have very close to 100 dB of dynamic range available here, and a very low noise floor that is over 120 dB below the fundamental.
With 60 Hz and 7000 Hz IMD test tones, the IMD is very, very low at 0.0006%, and if there is a 14 kHz harmonic, I can't see it. The noise floor is still over 120 dB down, offering really excellent performance.
With 19000 Hz and 20000 Hz IMD test tones we do finally see some sidebands that are visible, and a little B-A peak down at 1 kHz. That peak is almost 100 dB below the test tones, but the sidebands are only around 80 dB down. It is still very nice, but not as amazing as the first couple of tests.
Stepping up to 24/96 Test Tones, we see a bit more THD+N with the 1 kHz test, and there is a bit more noise present in the spectrum as well. Once again the even harmonics are more prevalent than the odd harmonics. The main reason for the noisier looking spectrum is that the noise floor is now down below 130 dB instead of 120 dB, letting more actual noise be visible.
The 10 kHz tone shows slightly different results, with the odd harmonics being more prevalent than the even ones, and THD+N rises up to 0.0038% this time. Overall the noise floor is very low, but the 10 kHz peak itself is a little slower to raise and fall.
Once we move up to 24/96 on the 60-7000 IMD test we can see the 14 kHz spike, it was just obscured by the noise floor before. It won't be any more relevant this time, as it is still over 120 dB down, but it does exist. IMD remains incredible low, just like it was at CD resolution.
With the 19000-20000 IMD test the results also look the same, only with a lower noise floor. The A+B peak is present and visible but around 90 dB below the primary tones.
Moving up to 24/192 sourced files, we see very similar performance at 1 kHz as we did with 24/96 files. The noise floor remains around the same level, as does the dynamic range. The one thing we can see is a peak way out at 65 kHz, though that appears in every 24/192 test so it could be background line noise that is showing up at this resolution, or an artifact from the Meridian, but again it is so low and outside the audible range that I don't worry about it.
With the 10 kHz tone at 24-192 we see data almost identical to at 24-96, with even order harmonics being lower than odd order, though the noise floor is a bit higher than with 24/96 test tones.
The 60-7000 IMD test continues to perform very well, with that 14 kHz bump almost hidden away again. The IMD level is incredibly low, just like it was with prior IMD tests.
The 19000-20000 IMD test again has a B-A peak at around 95 dB below the primary tones, and sidepeaks at 80 dB below them.
Overall the Explorer does well on all of the bench tests, 24/96, 24/192, and CD Audio. The noise floor is clearly better with the higher resolution content, and not at the expense of any of the other bench test measurements that I could see. A very fine DAC for playing back all your high resolution audio files.
I have been looking for a simple, affordable way to use my laptop as a source at home and at the office without sacrificing quality. Given the increased availability of 24/192 files, I felt the need to have that playback ability and that greatly lowered the number of choices on the market. That is, until the Meridian Explorer became available. When Meridian first showed us the Explorer in Las Vegas, I was cautiously excited. I was convinced a product from Meridian would be priced out of the affordable zone I wanted to stay in. We were taken aback by the $299 price tag for a piece of Meridian equipment. As it turns out, sacrificing quality to meet a low price was never an option for the folks at Meridian. It may be slim and light, but the Explorer is well built and you won't have any trouble bringing this with your laptop to work or on travels. Best of all, you won't have to sacrifice on sound quality when listening to your music collection. At $299? My highest recommendation.


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A Japan Festival will be held at Spitalfields Market, London, on the 19th September.
More info here:
http://japanmatsuri.com/ [1]
Details of food stalls are still to be announced but a food related highlight will be food blogger and author, Yukari Elliot, who will be taking part in some demonstrations.
http://japanmatsuri.com/?p=715 [2]
Unfortunately, this event coincides far too closely with a momentous occasion for me and there's no way I'll be able to attend. Hopefully it will be successful enough to be repeated next year.
[1] http://japanmatsuri.com/
[2] http://japanmatsuri.com/?p=715


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|Infant Storytime (HAG)
Event Type: Children's
Age Group(s): Infants (age 6-18mos)
Date: 2/20/2019
Start Time: 10:15 AM
End Time: 11:00 AM
Share books, rhymes, and music with your baby at the library. Open to children 6-18 months. Pre-registration for the session with the Children's Department for the session is required. Current session runs September-November. Contact the Children's Department for details.Library: Hagerstown (Central) Washington County Free Library
*** Due to the high level of interest for this program, families who are absent for more than 3 consecutive weeks without notice may have their place given to a family on our wait list. In this event, you can to add your name to the wait list and resume attending when space permits. Thank you for your understanding!
Location: Story Time Room - 227 (Hagerstown)
Contact: Children's Department
Contact Number: 301-739-3250 x 250


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If women weren't so damn forgiving of slobbiness, if they weren't prepared to look for the diamond buried in the rough of a man's beer-belly, men might have to shape up a little. The only reason gay men are - on the whole - better turned out than straight men is because they have to appeal to other shallow, beauty-obsessed males to get laid, find a mate, etc. The corollary, of course, are lesbians. Now there are many glamorous lesbiterians, but even the most enthusiastic Sapphic-lover will have to concede that many are not exactly, shall we say, stylish. The reason? They don't have to be to attract other women; and since women find monogamy easier, they also slide into the I'm-married-so-what-the-hell-have-another-pretzel syndrome. When straight women really do insist on only dating hot guys, men will shape up. Until then, it's hopeless.
Sullivan makes more sense than Kipnis (and is also much more amusing to read). Both observe that there is a disadvantage to women rooted in the different attention men and women pay to beauty, and neither has a solution.
Feminists like Kipnis tell women to stop concerning themselves about their physical beauty and accept the consequences. Women who take her advice and let themselves go will be less competition for the women who still try to look good. By the way, Kipnis herself looks great and wears plenty of makeup. The competition among women will continue, and those who took Kipnis's advice will just lose in that competition.
Sullivan would have women insist that men uphold higher standards of beauty themselves. Again, the women who take the advice merely remove themselves from the competition: there will always be another woman ready to accept the man with his faults. The competition for men will continue, and those who took Sullivan's advice will just lose in that competition.
The problem of women having to put more effort into beauty than men do is thus heavily reinforced and not susceptible to easy dismantling. You can't explain a reason for it and persuade people to see the light and thereby solve the problem.
Oh, did you want me to solve the problem? My solution would be very non-grandiose. Women should continue to concern themselves about how they look, but without overdoing it. You don't need to buy expensive products or spend a lot of time using them. You don't have to drive yourself crazy comparing yourself to everyone else. Just take reasonable care of yourself. And let men do the same. Women could be a little more in touch with the fact that men who don't take care of themselves aren't attractive. Maybe if people behaved a little more sensibly, some equilibrium between the sexes could be reached.
UPDATE: Judging from the email I'm getting, there are a lot of men who think that nature created them to want to see beauty in their mate, but that women lack the same desire. I recommend looking critically at beliefs that are that convenient. You may think the woman doesn't mind or doesn't notice, but I don't. A woman may be willing to accept less beauty in return for economic security, but that doesn't mean she lacks the appreciation for beauty. It just means she appreciates the money more. You could also compensate for lack of looks with great sexual technique or witty conversation. But then, couldn't she compensate that way too?


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ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Under gray skies and constant rainfall, the Birmingham-Southern men's soccer team recorded its fourth win and fourth defensive shutout of the season, Sunday, with a 1-0 win against Westminster College in St. Louis.
The Panthers now stand at 4-2 on the season.
Senior Tyler Evans scored his second game-winning goal of the season in the 37th minute of the game. Senior Nicolas Reitmeier intercepted a distributed ball from the hands of the Westminster goalkeeper and quickly played the ball to freshman Tobias Winter, who played the ball across to Evans to finish the goal from 12 yards out.
Westminster out-shot BSC, 5-4, but shots-on-goal were even at two for each team. Sophomore goalkeeper Sveinbo Grimsson made two saves and handled several physical crosses to keep the ball out of the net.
For the year, Evans leads the Panthers with five goals, while Winter's assist was his second of the season.
The Panthers are back in action next Sunday, Sept. 25, hosting Berry College in BSC Soccer Park at 2 p.m.


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Considering Combuco for first 2 weeks in Jan
What is daily wind pattern like?
What are probabilities of wind during that 2 week period?
What sizes should I expect to fly on a daily basis?
Is there wind from morning to eve? And will I need diff kites for diff times?
What's wind like to practice tricks? Gusty?
Do I need rent a car?
Any current info appreciated, I've read conflicting info reg Jan. does not appear like right time to expect wind everyday. ?!
Thanks. Max


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Shakira Attacked by a Sea Lion
Poor Shakira! A sea lion attacked the Colombian crooner in South Africa this weekend. Don't worry, though: the 'Hips Don't Lie' singer is okay. So, what exactly happened?
During Shakira's vacation in Cape Town this weekend, she and her group wanted to get closer to some seals and sea lions because, well, they're freakin' adorable! However, the animals may not have wanted the company.
Shakira says that she was speaking to the animals in a baby voice, taking photos and trying to pet them when one of the sea lions lunged at her. "Suddenly, one of them jumped out of the water so fast and impetuously that it got about one foot away from me, looked me in the eye, roared in fury and tried to bite me," Shakira posted on her Facebook page. "Everyone there screamed, including me. I was paralyzed by fear and couldn't move, I just kept eye contact with it while my brother 'Super Tony' jumped over me and literally saved my life, taking me away from the beast."
Yikes! So why did the sea lion attack her? She suspects that it was a bit hungry — and it mistook Shakira's cellphone for its lunch. "I believe what happened is that it confused the shiny reflection of the BlackBerry I was taking these pics with," Shakira explained, "with some sort of fish. It probably thought I was teasing it with food and then taking it away from it."
Luckily, Shakira's just fine and even has a sense of humor about the incident. "It's funny that only half an hour before I was complaining to my guide Andrew that I never get to see wild animals up close on adventurous trips," she wrote. "Oh well, I can't say that anymore!! Now I'm off to see some penguins! I hope they are a bit more friendly!"


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Carol Woods Brings BROADWAY TO BLUES to 54 Below, 10/15
On October 15th at 9:30pm Carol Woods moonlights from the Broadway musical Chicago to appear in concert in Broadway to Blues at 54 Below, 254 West 54th Street. Directed by Leslie Dockery, Broadway to Blues features Shelton Becton on piano and as musical director.
Audiences around the world know Carol Woods for her brilliant stage, film, television, concert and nightclub successes. Ms. Woods' Broadway credits include Chicago, One Mo Time, the 2001 revival of Stephen Sondheim's Follies, Smokey Joe's Café, the Tommy Tune directed Stepping Out, Neil Simon's The Goodbye Girl. Grind, Big River The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, and the hit revival of "Blues In The Night," which ran in San Francisco's Post Street Theatre and many more.
Carol Woods' movie and television career includes the 2005 Paramount Pictures release of The Honeymooners, Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown, Eddie Murphy Raw, Night And The City, Stepping Out (opposite Liza Minnelli) and Copland. Woods, who performed at last year's Grammy Awards, also appeared in the recent feature films "Across The Universe," directed by Julie Taymor and "Steam." Carol's numerous television roles include guest appearances on "The Practice," "Third Watch," "Law & Order," and as a series regular on "The Parent Hood."
Carol's nightclub and cabaret performances span the globe-from London to Tokyo, from Las Vegas to Honolulu. In New York, she has appeared at Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops, The Village Gate, B. Smith's, Rainbow and Stars, Michael's Pub and Town Hall.
54 Below is located at 254 West 54th Street (Cellar) Cover charge: $20 - $30 - Food & Beverage Minimum $25 Doors open at 8:30 pm for 9:30 pm show tickets, call TicketWeb.com at (866) 468-7619. For more information and questions, call the club directly at: (646) 476-3551


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As Election Day approaches, it's useful to look at the murky political transition taking place in China this month. It's a reminder of the benefits of America's sometimes chaotic democracy.
The Chinese are facing a once-in-a-decade political shift as President Hu Jintao prepares to transfer power to Xi Jinping, his long-designated successor. But beneath this pre-cooked surface, many key issues are still bubbling, with a decisive Communist Party congress scheduled to start Thursday.
Imagine if the United States were deciding Tuesday not just on a president and members of Congress — but on the size and scope of the executive branch, oversight of the military and new constitutional rules. China's leaders are still thought to be haggling over all these issues on the eve of the party congress and behind a curtain of secrecy that feeds rumors and gossip.
The coming political transition will replace most members of the country's two key executive bodies — the standing committee of the party's Politburo and the Central Military Commission. What's amazing is how little even the best-informed U.S. experts know about how these personnel decisions will be made.
Given China's lack of transparency, this arcane subject is left mostly to China-watchers in and out of government. But the political stakes in Beijing this month may be as important for the world as are those in the U.S. election. Here are some of the big "ifs" that experts are following:
●How big will the Politburo's standing committee be? The rumor is that membership will be reduced from nine to seven — and that the two portfolios to be removed are propaganda and law enforcement. "The decision to eliminate those two positions and reduce the membership from nine to seven is closely linked to political reform," argues Cheng Li, a leading China scholar at the Brookings Institution.
China will remain a police state, even if propaganda and law enforcement are less visible in the Politburo. And it may be a more decisive dictatorship, with a streamlined group that can reach consensus more easily on thorny topics. But the pressures for change are building. And this will be a group of new faces — with five or seven new members, depending on its size.
●Will the retiring president, Hu, keep his seat on the Central Military Commission? His predecessor, Jiang Zemin, kept his hand in military matters in the same way, and Hu may want this token of status and patronage, too — modestly reducing the power of the incoming president, Xi. But the story here is also of change. A large majority of the 12 members of the military commission are likely to be new. This represents a big turnover for a Chinese military that has been increasingly assertive on such issues as the South China Sea.
●Will the problems of corruption and patronage that exploded in the Bo Xilai scandal last February be manageable? So far, the Chinese have done a good job of containing the fallout from the purge of Bo, the charismatic former Chongqing party chief. But Li at the Brookings Institution sees a deep factional split between Hu (whose followers have roots in the Communist Youth League) and Jiang (whose elite supporters are often described as "princelings"). Jiang's cosmopolitan supporters are said to favor continued rapid development, while the Hu group stresses party organization and domestic security to check the unrest that accompanies fast growth.
Xi's challenge will be to bridge this gap, and so far he seems to be pretty deft. He's certainly a princeling himself (his father was one of Mao Zedong's close advisers), but he has also built bridges to the Hu camp.
●Will the party consider changes in its constitution, perhaps asserting that the party is subordinate to the state? Li predicts there may be edicts that "the party should be under the law rather than above the law."
The volatility beneath the placid surface of Chinese politics was evident in recent exposés about the fabulous wealth party leaders have accumulated: Bloomberg News reported in June that Xi's extended family has nearly $1 billion in assets; last month, the New York Times documented that the family of Wen Jiabao, the outgoing prime minister, secretly owns assets of $2.7 billion. Similar tales could surely be told about most of the top leaders.
Somehow, over the next two weeks, this corrupt, secretive leadership will have to chart the course of the world's second biggest economy. Their challenge makes electoral democracy seem easy, by comparison.


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The Hope College Flute Choir will perform on Tuesday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m. in Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of Music.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
Composers from every era have used flutes to represent birds, and the flute choir will highlight some of these pieces: "The Goldfinch Concerto," by Antonio Vivaldi; "As Eagles Flew," by Phyllis Louke; and selections from Camille Saint Saens, Sergei Prokofiev and Luiz Gonzaga.
Featured in the concert will be soprano Staff Sergeant Amy Gould, who will sing "The Bird Song" with the flute choir. Gould is a flutist and singer who sings with the 126 Army Band. Her performances include singing during the seventh-inning stretch during the third game of the World Series in Detroit this past fall.
The Flute Choir is directed by Julie Sooy. She received her B.M. and M.M. in music education, performance and theory from Bowling Green State University. She also studied music in Salzburg, Austria, and Gamelan in Bali, Indonesia. Sooy was a winner in the Crane School of Music New Music Festival, a finalist in the Kalamazoo Bach Festival Competition, and a Concerto Competition finalist in both undergraduate and graduate school at BGSU. She has performed at two National Flute Association Conventions premiering new works for flute, and has produced a recording of sacred music for flute and piano. She is currently the president of the West Michigan Flute Association, where she is an active member.
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Israelis on Tuesday evening began the painful process of remembering the 22,993 soldiers and civilians who have fallen in war and terrorist attacks since the Jewish state's rebirth 64 years ago.
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Monday, December 16, 2013
Plan B for women....
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- Desi Babu said...
Dear Mrs. De,
A long time ago, a Sadhu told me, that there is a second line to, "Men are from Mars, and women are from Venus." And it goes like this: "But then, they decided to live together on earth, and make peace." They also decided to make a lot of other things together, that Sadhus don't like to talk about.
India is going through a hard time, but we will eventually figure this one out. I am sure, your grandma used to say, "This too shall pass!" Mine, always said, that it has to.
In the mean time, you should enjoy some of the other things that life has to offer, like bright colors and loud music -- something like a Desi wedding! And you are always welcome to read "The Peanut Express", where someone you know very well, is now being appreciated as the new Flora Aunty.
Desi Babu
- December 17, 2013 at 1:03 AM
Like always, I am in agreement with you, but for the following caveats, Shobhaa!
What does a girl do after being molested by a very powerful and highly connected perpetrator like former Supreme Court judge Ganguly?
And then, when some political types tell the truth and point out that Justice Ganguly's pawing the girl is being used by all those hurt by his judgements to get even, what does the girl in question and more importantly India's womanhood - someone so well informed like you - and someone so well connected - like you again - do?
And what do political jokers in the pack who understand most things - like poor old me - who know that (i) Ganguly is in the wrong when he had pawed the girl (b) Ganguly was right in his slamming the villains of 2G and (c) ex-judge Ganguly agreeing to quit the post in West Bengal would open the can of worms to set aside all his earlier judgements so that those who raped India's economy would walk free - end up doing? Do a frustrated Bhangra on the road?
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- December 17, 2013 at 6:36 PM
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- December 17, 2013 at 6:45 PM
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- December 21, 2013 at 8:31 PM
I am afraid, your Plan B is not going to take place. Because, there is something that is not addressed properly. "The Men's Perspective". Men are tired of being told how to be gentlemen by women. Day by day this sermoning increasing, after Nirbhaya incident, it increased exponentially. Now, men are sensing what's going around them, how unfairly they were treated even for petty issues. So, even if women are ready for N-Word, men may be not ready for that this time. Up to now, war is one sided. Now, it is not. All the best.
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"Written on the 21st of November"
Just yesterday, my copy of The Legend of Zelda: A Link between Worlds arrived, and since it arrived, I've been doing hardly anything else outside of school than enjoying this gem on my 3DS. I'll be honest, the game was actually just planned as a time filler for me, until I could get my hands on Super Mario 3D World. After all, though, Super Mario is still my favourite franchise.
That's why A Link Between Worlds comes as a huge surprise. Sure, the reviews of the game had been overly positive, but I didn't expect to be sucked into the game as much as I am right now.
Too keep things clear, while I'm not in love with the franchise, I've always respected the Zelda games. I never witnessed games like Ocarina of Time, A Link to the Past or Majora's Mask when they were released. In fact, the first Zelda game I played fully was the 3D remake of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. And it was a blast, I'll admit. I also played parts of Twilight Princess, at times where my brother needed help or I just wanted to give the game a try. The other 2 Zelda games I played were Phantom Hourglass and Skyward Sword. Phantom Hourglass was quite disappointing. It wasn't bad, not by a far shot, but it wasn't particularly good either. It was simply okay. Skyward Sword is a completely different case. As it was my first console Zelda game for me too tackle, I was pretty excited to play this game. And it received outstanding scores. In the end, however, I was a little disappointed with the overall package. That doesn't mean it wasn't good in my opinion, it had lots of great and outstanding moments, like the temples and the boss battles that followed. But it also had many flaws for my taste that ensured both frustration and exhaustion, especially towards the end. Up until now, I actually never quite finished the game.
But with that, let me get to the main topic here. I'll keep my impressions short, since I don't have too much time. So, A Link Between Worlds is quite a surprise for me. But there are reasons. Now first of all, the only game that I had played that seemed to have a bit of the same style and camera perspective was Phantom Hourglass, which as you know now wasn't my favourite game of all time. However, the newest adventure of Link is much more appealing than I initially thought it would be. The controls are spot on, but it's the rather simple yet extremely effective world and dungeon designs that make this game a blast. Instead of having an epic plot with rather spectacular storytelling and the more epic, grand feeling like the console Zelda games have, A Link Between World treats these features as secondary and treats the gameplay as it's one and only primary. With A Link Between Worlds, you get as little of a tutorial as possible, instead letting you right away into this big world full of surprises and collectibles. The story is definitely present, and quite interesting, but it focuses more on the pure enjoyment that comes within exploring the world at your own.
Up until now I've already experienced 3 dungeons, each one with outstanding design, as well as the following bosses of each dungeon, which weren't as equally impressive as the dungeons. The first boss battle was fantastic, presenting an epic and exciting battle in a classic way. The second boss battle was over within seconds, without any kind of a lasting impression. The third boss battle was better, with a much bigger length and more challenge, though that battle wasn't really memorable as well. Yet, none of these boss battles were bad in a way of being to lackluster or boring. Just not memorable at all, except the first battle.
Of course, wondering around the hub world of the game took away the majority of my playing time up until now. It's incredibly well designed, with many secrets and collectibles to find. The more items you have, the more can be found within the world, and it's just incredibly fun exploring the world and taking down all enemies in your way. Of course, I can't say anything about the comparison of the hubworld of A Link to the Past and this game, since I never played A Link to the Past.
Also adding to the game is the ability to rent items. Unlike past Zelda games, items that are mandatory for beating dungeons can all be grabbed at once, very early into the game. This makes for a level of freedom that hasn't been present in a Zelda game until now. And it's an incredibly good feature that let's you tackle dungeons and other areas within the hub world in the order you want to tackle them.
Presentational wise the game is quite solid as well. It's a great looking game, even if the environments can look a little inharmonious at times. The soundtrack is also quite good. While I'm not sure, I think most of these tracks are just remastered versions of the old game, either way, the game has some great music playing along the adventure.
And that sums it up for right now. I was expecting a fun, entertaining experience with this newest Zelda title, but I wasn't expecting it to be this good. I hope to post a review as soon as possible, though who knows when that will be. But one thing is sure: A Link Between Worlds has the potentional to be one of the best titles of the 3DS in my eyes.


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Atletico de Madrid is going thru a terrific time, their coach Diego Simeone aka Cholo not not much, after almost two decades of being married to former model Carolina Baldini, three children together, splits, reconciliations, affair rumors, they have decided to part their ways and divorce. 43-year-old Argentine coach and former player Diego Simeone was 17 when he signed with Velez Sarsfield, in 1990 three years later he moved to Italian Serie A team Pisa and played with Sevilla in 1992 and in 1994 Simeone el Cholo arrived to the team that holds his heart Atletico Madrid. He played for two season with Internazionale and with Lazio in 1999, by 2003 he came back to Atletico where he stayed … [Read more...]
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Through this series of portraits of animals, I wanted to convey an emotion while disregarding the reconstituted/prefabricated environment found in zoos and focusing entirely on the subject.I played on contrasts, pushing them to the extreme, and also on original framings, resulting in a minimalist and highly stylised series.Read more Read less
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Nicolas Evariste is a photographer from the Granville region, in the English Channel, and his first forays into photography were in 2006. From the outset, he favoured black and white and the square format. He thus places a lot of importance on aesthetic research and minimalism. He considers photography as a means of expression and escapism. He does not necessarily confront his images with reality, but shares a personal and artistic vision of the world we live in.


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Car Video: Super Bowl Xlvii
A swimsuit and a scorpion star in the Super Bowl ad for the 2013 FIAT 500 Abarth Cabrio. The ad, dubbed Topless, shows a scorpion snipping off a sunbather's top just as the new "topless" FIAT 500 Abarth Cabrio rockets past.
The 500 Abarth Cabrio rounds out the 500 lineup, which now includes three flavors of its 4-cylinder engine. Base models get a 101-horsepower non-turbo engine, while the new 500 Turbo features a 135-hp turbocharged version. The high-performance Abarth is on top, with the turbocharged 4-cylinder tuned up to a peppy 160 hp.
But until now, the Abarth version has only been available as a hatchback. That changes early in 2013, when the FIAT 500 Abarth Cabrio convertible goes on sale. It will use the same engine as its hardtop sibling, though prices will likely start slightly higher than the Abarth hardtop's $22,700 base price.
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Dust Explosion Protection using Flameless Venting
This 18-page white paper explores a new option flameless venting which has recently been developed for dust explosions and is being actively marketed as an alternative to vent ducting.11/03/2008
Emergencey Relief System Sizing Software Methods & Practice10/22/2008
Design and Rating Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers
This 30-page paper discusses the basic design, construction and performance of shell and tube heat exchangers.10/22/2008
Special Report: Energy Efficiency
Reducing energy consumption and your plants environmental impact is a hot topic. In this Special Report we take a look at the organizational obstacles to avoid, how to enroll your employees in the quest, and the steps you need to take in order to manage your energy costs. We also delve in to practical energy efficient applications such as recovering exhaust heat in air conditioned facilities and the use of carbon synchronous belts.10/01/2008
Improving Plant Production with Wireless Condition Monitoring
Mechanical failure of motors, drives and other vital electromechanical equipment are among the most common reasons for production stoppages. Fortunately, recent advancements in vibration monitoring and data analysis have lead to condition monitoring systems that can accurately detect a problem before failure, thus reducing costly machine shutdowns and maximizing production output. These systems are installed on the monitored equipment and are typically networked back to a central computer for data analysis and alarm annunciation. Because the machines may be in remote locations where network infrastructure is not available, or on moving platforms where hardwired network connectivity is not practical, wireless communications is a networking alternative that offer installation cost savings, quicker deployment and even improved reliability in certain situations.09/30/2008
Using Operator Interfaces to Optimize Performance of Industrial Wireless Networks
The performance of wireless networks can change over time due to increased performance demands, changes in the radio frequency (RF) environment and changes in the physical environment. This article will explore the use of a wireless diagnostic OLE for Process Control (OPC) server technology to embed diagnostic information in human machine interfaces (HMIs), thus optimizing industrial wireless network performance.09/30/2008
Particle Image Understanding A Primer
This paper will discuss the use of pattern recognition techniques to identify and differentiate different particle types contained in a heterogeneous solution. This application involves imaging the microscopic particles in real-time as they flow in a solution, segregating each individual particle as a separate image, and then applying pattern recognition techniques to differentiate the individual particle types.A framework for discussing the complexity of a pattern recognition operation in this application will be proposed, along with some specific examples showing how this framework applies.09/03/2008
Make the most of control system migration
The right strategy may lead to significant improvements in plant performance07/24/2008
How To Use Projects to Master Asset Management
Learn why project management functionality that is tightly integrated with Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and Asset Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools is essential to executives of asset-intensive industries. Without such integration, data needed for both strategic decision-making and tactical maintenance of plant assets is at risk.07/01/2008
Intelligent Rotary Control Valve
NELES rotary control valves with Q-Trim have greater capacity than comparable globe-style linear valves with noise reduction trims widening rangeability, reducing weight and valve dimensions, and a 50% cost reduction compared to linear valves of comparable Cv. NELES rotary control valves from Metso Automation. Intelligent Reliability leads to Intelligent Results.06/16/2008
Installing Fieldbus
Many automation engineers are coming face to face with real fieldbus applications for the first time. Fieldbus offers many benefits, but installation requires some additional considerations over and above normal 4-20mA projects. This whitepaper discusses some of those issues, and shows you how to deal with them.06/06/2008
Special Report: Chemical Industry Sees Green
For years the industry has been talking green. But what real strides have been made? Will a Presidential Executive Order compel the industry to speed up efforts to actually go green? While pollution prevention was the original goal of green chemistry, todays efforts promise to have a substantial economic impact. This Special Report will bring you up to speed on fruitful efforts to go green including an update on the growing interest in bio-based feedstocks.05/27/2008
IT Security for Process Control Using Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7
Ensuring the security of industrial control systems is hardly a new topic. The earliest users of modern control systems in power stations and chemical plants saw the need to protect access to vital control functions from unauthorized use. Similarly, in industries such as fine chemical or pharmaceutical where the process is the product, manufacturers have always sought to protect the secrets of their unique processes from the prying eyes of industrial spies. This white paper by ARC describes how the Siemens AG PCS7 Security Concept bundles key security measures in seveal specific areas to create a deep hierarchy of security known as defense in depth.02/25/2008
Anticipating and Resolving Resource Overloads
This white paper by Project Success Incorporated focuses on the resource that is of greatest concern to most organizations personnel. In a project management system, personnel resources may be identified as individuals by name or as functional groups, such as computer programmers.02/25/2008
Developing Operating Procedures For Projects Involving Multiple Organizations Using a Linear Responsibility Chart
One of the difficulties of managing projects that involve several (perhaps many) organizations is that the group has no pre-established procedures for handling actions that cross organizational boundaries. This white paper by Project Success Incorporated discusses the development of a procedures manual.02/25/2008
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Very humid day... during my summer job, it sapped my strength, and I struggled to keep from nodding off while the kids I'm mentoring Photoshopped pictures they had taken. I knew a nap was in order as soon as I got home. It coincided with thunderstorms from an approaching cold front, making it tranquil and easy to fall asleep.
I awoke no later than I wanted to, and while still very groggy I headed out. It had stopped raining, but with the sun now out the humidity was even worse. 92% to be exact. Granted, it was only in the mid-70s, but it sure felt worse.
Just wasn't very energetic today because of those factors. Still managed the pace I had intended, but the thick air made it tough. I couldn't keep my sunglasses from fogging up and my shorts were soaked after a few miles.
Enough whining about the weather though. The cooler, dryer air following the front will be in place by tomorrow. Forecast looks great for the weekend and into next week. Most excellent.
Ran 10.5 miles @ 7:53/mile pace.
Paved roads.
Slightly hilly.
Mid 70s, extremely humid.
Saucony Kinvara, shorts, hand-held water bottle (diluted lemonade)