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Pediatrics (American and British English differences paediatrics or pædiatrics) is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, and Adolescence. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends people be under pediatric care up to the age of 21. (''pais'' "child") and (''iatros'' "doctor, healer"). Pediatricians work both in hospitals, particularly those working in its subspecialties such as neonatology, and as outpatient primary care physician.
Already Hippocrates, Aristotle, Celsus, Soranus of Ephesus, and Galen'' ("In general, boys should not be treated in the same way as men").Celsus, ''De Medicina'', Book 3, Chapter 7, § 1.
Some of the oldest traces of pediatrics can be discovered in Ancient India where children's doctors were called ''kumara bhrtya''. ''Sushruta Samhita'' an ayurveda text, composed during the sixth century BC contains the text about pediatrics.
A second century AD manuscript by the Greek physician and gynecologist Soranus of Ephesus dealt with neonatal pediatrics.P.M. Dunn, "Soranus of Ephesus (circa AD 98–138) and perinatal care in Roman times", ''Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition'', 1995 July; 73(1): F51–F52.[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2528358/] Byzantine physicians Oribasius, Aëtius of Amida, Alexander Trallianus, and Paulus Aegineta contributed to the field. The Byzantines also built ''brephotrophia'' (Day cares). Islamic writers served as a bridge for Greco-Roman and Byzantine medicine and added ideas of their own, especially Haly Abbas, Yahya ibn Sarafyun, Avicenna, and Averroes. The Persian philosopher and physician Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (865–925) published a monograph on pediatrics titled ''Diseases in Children'' as well as the first definite description of smallpox as a clinical entity.U.S. National Library of Medicine, "Islamic Culture and the Medical Arts, Al-Razi, the Clinician" [https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/islamic_medical/islamic_06.html] Also among the first books about pediatrics was ''Libellus [Opusculum] de aegritudinibus et remediis infantium'' 1472 ("Little Book on Children Diseases and Treatment"), by the Italian pediatrician Paolo Bagellardo."''[https://books.google.com/books?id=dhB2qVWw9SoC&pg=PA1&dq&hl=en#v=onepage&q=&f=false Achar S Textbook Of Pediatrics (Third Edition)]''". A. B. Desai (ed.) (1989). p.1. In sequence came Bartholomäus Metlinger's ''Ein Regiment der Jungerkinder'' 1473, Cornelius Roelans (1450–1525) no title Buchlein, or Latin compendium, 1483, and Heinrich von Louffenburg (1391–1460) ''Versehung des Leibs'' written in 1429 (published 1491), together form the ''Pediatric Incunabula'', four great medical treatises on children's physiology and pathology.
The Swedish physician Nils Rosén von Rosenstein (1706–1773) is considered to be the founder of modern pediatrics as a medical specialty, while his work ''The diseases of children, and their remedies'' (1764) is considered to be "the first modern textbook on the subject". Pediatrics as a specialized field of medicine continued to develop in the mid-19th century; German physician Abraham Jacobi (1830–1919) is known as the ''father of American pediatrics'' because of his many contributions to the field."''[https://books.google.com/books?id=d1YRx5d6_K8C&pg=PA4&dq&hl=en#v=onepage&q=&f=false Broadribb's Introductory Pediatric Nursing]''". Nancy T. Hatfield (2007). p.4. ), which opened in Paris in June 1802 on the site of a previous orphanage. and it continues to this day as the pediatric division of the Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, created in 1920 by merging with the physically contiguous ''Necker Hospital'', founded in 1778.
In other European countries, the Charité (a hospital founded in 1710) in Berlin established a separate Pediatric Pavilion in 1830, followed by similar institutions at Saint Petersburg in 1834, and at Vienna and Breslau (now Wrocław), both in 1837. In 1852 Britain's first pediatric hospital, Great Ormond Street Hospital was founded by Charles West (physician). The first Children's hospital in Scotland opened in 1860 in Edinburgh. In the US, the first similar institutions were the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, which opened in 1855, and then Boston Children's Hospital (1869). Subspecialties in pediatrics were created at the Harriet Lane Home at Johns Hopkins Hospital by Edwards A. Park (doctor).
A major difference between the practice of pediatric and adult medicine is that children, in most jurisdictions and with certain exceptions, cannot make decisions for themselves. The issues of guardianship, privacy, legal responsibility and informed consent must always be considered in every pediatric procedure. Pediatricians often have to treat the parents and sometimes, the family, rather than just the child. Adolescents are in their own legal class, having rights to their own health care decisions in certain circumstances. The concept of legal consent combined with the non-legal consent (assent) of the child when considering treatment options, especially in the face of conditions with poor prognosis or complicated and painful procedures/surgeries, means the pediatrician must take into account the desires of many people, in addition to those of the patient.
In high school future pediatricians are required to take basic science classes such as, biology, chemistry, physics, algebra, geometry, and calculus and also foreign language class, preferably Spanish (in the United States), and get involved in high school organizations and extracurricular activities. After high school, college students simply need to fulfill the basic science course requirements that most medical schools recommend and will need to prepare to take the MCAT (Medical College Admission Test) in their junior or early senior year in college. Once attending medical school, student courses will focus on basic medical sciences like human anatomy, physiology, chemistry, etc., for the first three years, the second year of which is when medical students start to get hands-on experience with actual patients.
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The training of pediatricians varies considerably across the world. Depending on jurisdiction and university, a medical degree course may be either undergraduate-entry or graduate-entry. The former commonly takes five or six years, and has been usual in the Commonwealth of Nations. Entrants to graduate-entry courses (as in the US), usually lasting four or five years, have previously completed a three- or four-year university degree, commonly but by no means always in sciences. Medical graduates hold a degree specific to the country and university in and from which they graduated. This degree qualifies that medical practitioner to become licensed or registered under the laws of that particular country, and sometimes of several countries, subject to requirements for "medical intern" or "conditional registration".
Pediatricians must undertake further training in their chosen field. This may take from four to eleven or more years, (depending on jurisdiction and the degree of specialization).
In the United States, a medical school graduate wishing to specialize in pediatrics must undergo a three-year residency composed of outpatient, inpatient, and critical care rotations. Specialties within pediatrics require further training in the form of 3-year fellowships. Specialties include critical care, gastroenterology, neurology, infectious disease, hematology/oncology, rheumatology, pulmonology, child abuse, emergency medicine, endocrinology, neonatology, and others.
In most jurisdictions, entry-level degrees are common to all branches of the medical profession, but in some jurisdictions, specialization in pediatrics may begin before completion of this degree. In some jurisdictions, pediatric training is begun immediately following completion of entry-level training. In other jurisdictions, junior medical doctors must undertake generalist (unstreamed) training for a number of years before commencing pediatric (or any other) Specialty (medicine). Specialist training is often largely under the control of pediatric organizations (see below) rather than universities, and depend on jurisdiction.
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A Colonial Narrative: The Portrayal of American Indians in "The Twilight Saga"
Posted by rsedlak1 in Film, Research Paper on February 14, 2011
This past summer (2010) I took a journalism class called Women, Minorities, and the Media. In it, we discussed how the media, historically and in the present day, uses stereotypes to represent the non-white male, among other things. Our last assignment in that class was to write a research paper on any text and topic we wanted, so long as it pertained to the class. I chose to write about the portrayal of American Indians in "The Twilight Saga" movies by Summit Entertainment, based on the novels by Stephenie Meyer.
I chose "Twilight" for a number of reasons.
- The movie Elipse had just been released in theaters.
- I had, admittedly, enjoyed the books (especially the first one) when I read them in high school.
- In May 2010, I had attended a conference at the University of Oregon called Console-ing Passions, which focused on feminism and the media. One panel was on Twilight. Anne Helen Petersen, a celebrity blogger focusing her dissertation on star studies, had talked about a blog post she'd written and come under fire for, called Why Kristen Stewart Matters. She talked about how the media presents Kristen Stewart, the actress, as synonymous with the major character she plays on screen: Bella Swan. The idea of legitimately looking at pop culture from a scholarly, critical point of view and analyzing it and any stereotypes it perpetuated completely interested me.
So, without further ado, here's my paper:
A Colonial Narrative: The Portrayal of American Indians in "The Twilight Saga"
The movies of "The Twilight Saga" are a prime example of popular culture phenomenon: the advertisements are ubiquitous in the media, the stars are known around the world, and the franchise has made the paranormal genre—and vampires, in particular—an ongoing fad in books, television and movies. Though "Twilight" may simply be viewed as pop culture kitsch by some, it would be a mistake to not recognize its widespread influence. The very popularity of "Twilight" among its target audience of adolescent girls, as well as other fans, speaks to the weight of its images.
Much has already been made of the traditional portrayals of gender roles in "Twilight" by feminists (Clark, Seifert). Conclusions find that adolescent girls who are fans of the series often develop misguided or unrealistic ideas about relationships, love, boys and femininity.
Similar criticism can be focused on the race relations in "Twilight." One of the main characters in the saga, Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner), is an American Indian, a member of the Quileute Nation in Washington State; the Quileutes are a main group featured in the books and films. The dominant ideology of race in U.S. culture creates a racial divide between "white" in one group and "color" in another. Studying the portrayal of American Indians in "Twilight" is important because the depictions, even though they take place in fantasy, contribute to dominant notions about race. Furthermore, these blockbusters give a very modern portrayal of American Indians. If any stereotypes appear in "Twilight," they are worth noting because they perpetuate and enable traditional views of native peoples and support dominant race ideology. The widespread media coverage of the films also sends these messages and influences many members of society, including younger generations.
This paper will examine the three released films of "The Twilight Saga": Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse. The movies will be examined as separate from the novels because the films have a larger consumer audience and the images on film often come to mind when the topic of "Twilight" is raised. This paper will contribute to the discourse on race relations in "Twilight." I am ultimately seeking to discover how American Indians are portrayed in "Twilight," what traditional stereotypes are perpetuated or violated, and how these stereotypes are presented in the series.
All three "Twilight Saga" films were viewed for this paper, with special attention given to the overall portrayal of Quileutes, as well as dialogue between Jacob Black and other characters. The movie posters and advertisements were also analyzed. Critical essays focusing on race in "Twilight" were read, as well as the history of American Indians in films and common stereotypes.
"The Twilight Saga" is essentially a colonial narrative that perpetuates the stereotypical racial divide of whites as civilized and indigenous people as savages. The narrative involves the "civilized" whites forming a treaty and ultimately changing the way of life of the "savage" indigenous people. The colonial narrative is driven by the Eurocentric mind/body binary, where "culture is signified by the higher intellectual functions of the mind/brain while nature is signified by the lower biological functions of the body" (Guzmán 211). This mind/body binary is constructed in the contrasts between the mortal enemies of the vampires and werewolves: the Cullen family and the Quileute Nation's werewolves.
The members of the Cullen family are associated with mind/culture through their tastes and activities. As Wilson writes, the "vampires are not only pale, they are uber-white, dripping with all the cultural accoutrements associated with white privilege – cars, houses, nice clothes, fancy degrees" ("Got Vampire Privilege Part 3: The White Guy is Still the Hero"). Alice's fashion sense, Edward's appreciation of classical music, and the family's garage of expensive cars are all images viewed by mainstream American society as typical cultural refinements that are appreciated through intelligence.
Carlisle (Peter Facinelli), the "father" of the coven, contributes a direct European — and thus "high culture" — connection to the Cullen family: he was born in England, and Facinelli uses a faint British accent in the films, most noticeably in Eclipse. Jasper Hale, the mate of Alice Cullen, became a vampire during the Civil War, and his back-story connotes ideas of the romanticized southern gentleman. Edward (Robert Pattinson) represents the hyper-white male figure and embodies the ultimate symbol of culture simply by the fact that he can read minds: the mind/culture fusion is nowhere more apparent than in his portrayal. Additionally, Edward is continually compared to romantic characters like Heathcliff and Romeo by Bella (Kristen Stewart), thus associating white European heroic aspects with his character, as well as a high-minded literary culture.
Throughout the films, the Cullens come to represent wealth, intelligence, beauty, and heroism. These signifiers of "culture" are subtly tied into the Cullens' class privilege and whiteness. Guzmán writes that "whiteness is associated with a disembodied intellectual tradition free from the everyday desires of the body" (211). That is, the Cullens' mind/culture symbolism denies any bodily urges. Though vampires are traditionally bodily creatures in that they must feed and kill, the Cullens feed off of wild animals instead of humans, and Bella (and the audience) never observes this action in these first three films. Additionally, Edward continuously denies sexual contact with Bella and restrains himself from his instinctual urge to kill her when he first scents her blood. Thus the Cullens are represented as culturally above bodily desires.
In contrast, the members of the Quileute werewolf pack are constantly associated with the body/nature. Wilson holds that "they are depicted as decidedly less civilized than the ultra-white vampires. They run in packs, they smell, howl, and eschew clothing" ("Got Vampire Privilege Part 3: The White Guy is Still the Hero"). The Cullens live in a coven as a family, and the Quileutes live as a tribe on a reservation; yet the young Quileutes who can transform into werewolves constantly move together as a "pack of muts," both as wolves and as humans (New Moon). The transformation of the Quileutes into wolves is always present in the mind of the audience; they are always vaguely animalistic, even whooping in a howling manner while in human form. At the end of Twilight after Edward finds Bella talking to Jacob, he comments, "I leave you alone for two minutes and the wolves descend." While this line is foreshadowing the appearance of Quileute werewolves in New Moon, it also labels Jacob's presence as animalistic, wild, and predatory.
It is noticeable that while in the books both the vampires and werewolves contemptuously complain about their enemy's foul odor to Bella, in the New Moon and Eclipse films only the Cullens voice to the audience the "stink" of the Quileute werewolves. Though Jacob can determine the distinct scent of vampires, he never actually describes the smell in derogatory or unpleasant terms, compared to Alice's description of the Quileutes' "God-awful wet-dog smell," and Edward's description of Jacob's "stench" as "revolting" (New Moon, Eclipse). The odor description is one-sided, focused negatively on the Quileutes and their bodies.
Not only are the Quileute werewolves often portrayed as uncivilized animals, they are also completely defined by their bodies and objectified as only bodies. In every scene of New Moon featuring other members of the wolf pack in human form, as well as the prevalent movie poster images of the group, the actors are naked from the waist up. After Jacob transforms into a werewolf in New Moon, he, too, basically "ceases wearing a shirt; a moment of objectification the film never truly explains but does acknowledge and exalt in" (Wente).
In fact, Jacob's bare chest in New Moon is more prominent than Edward's, even though Edward had a plot-important reason for losing his (i.e. exposing his sun-sparkling skin to humans in order to provoke the law-keeping Volturi vampires to kill him because he thinks that Bella has committed suicide and has no other reason for living, thus prompting Bella to race to Italy and save him). This points to the sexualization of the non-white male: Edward's chest-baring is plot-important and not sexualized, while Jacob's constant bare chest is supposed to invite pleasure and admiration from the audience.
In Eclipse, Edward jokingly asks "doesn't he own a shirt?" when Jacob is once again stripped from the waist up. Though "Twilight" seems to be acknowledging and poking fun at the highly publicized image of Jacob's bare chest in New Moon, it still stands that Jacob and the other Quileute werewolves continue to lack their shirts throughout Eclipse for no apparent reason. This perpetual state of undress in both films serves to objectify the male American Indian body as a sexual object: biceps, pectoral muscles, and abs displayed for the intended adolescent girl audience's pleasure.
The lack of clothes echoes the stereotypical representation of American Indians in the media as always naked, sexualizes and objectifies bodies of color, and also reinforces the idea that a lack of clothing is evidence of a people's "uncivilized" or "savage" nature. Ultimately, the physical portrayal of the Quileute werewolves contributes to the overarching colonial narrative of "The Twilight Saga."
The werewolves also uphold stereotypical notions about the inherent violence of American Indian men. The unruly body again is prominent: temperamental and impulsive, the werewolves have trouble controlling their anger and consequential transformations. In New Moon, Paul loses it after Bella slaps his face, transforming uncontrollably into a werewolf and fighting with Jacob, who comes to her defense. Although the other members of the pack later tell Bella that Paul and Jacob are just wrestling—the equivalent of playing—the scene of the actual wolf fight is anything but playful. It is filmed the way that Bella (and the audience) first sees and recognizes the werewolves: as dramatic, terrifying, and monstrous. The consequences of this uncontrollable anger are concretely realized in the scars Emily bears on her face, which Jacob explains: "Sam got angry, lost it for a split second, and was standing too close. He'll never be able to take that back" (New Moon). Furthermore, this predilection towards violence is a genetic trait; as Jacob says, "it's not a lifestyle choice"; he "was born this way" and "can't help it" (New Moon).
Jacob's pursuit of Bella's affections—though romantic—is troubling in that they can be read as a stereotypical portrayal of the sexual threat of American Indian men. The perceived threat of men of color violating white women is a long-held preoccupation of white culture. For instance, the enormous popularity of captivity narratives in the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries "was undoubtedly due in part to the fact that some accounts dwelt on the Indian sexual threat to captured white women" (Buscombe 42). In Eclipse, Jacob physically embodies this threat: he refuses Bella's denial of love (Bella: "I don't feel that way for you." Jacob: "I don't buy it."), forces her to kiss him, shrugs off her attempt to punch him, explains it all as "a misunderstanding," and insists to Edward, "She's not sure what she wants!" (Eclipse). Not only do Jacob's actions fulfill the stereotype of sexual threat, they also, once more, point to the overwhelming Quileute werewolf body. Yet again, "non-Whiteness is associated with … the everyday needs of the body to … reproduce sexually" (Guzmán 211).
The treaty between the Cullen family and the Quileutes also contributes to the colonial narrative. As Jacob reveals to Bella in Twilight, his ancestors made a treaty with the immortal Cullens, allowing the animal-hunting vampires to live in the area so long as they did not trespass on Quileute tribal land or bite a human. As Leggatt points out, "the failure of federal and state governments to observe the principles of the treaties they negotiated in good faith [with American Indian tribes] is a constant refrain in American history" (Chapter 2, Section 1, Paragraph 3). However, in "The Twilight Saga," the treaty is respected by both the Cullens and the Quileute people, and "the narrative never makes an allegorical connection with the history of treaty rights in North America" (Wente). By not acknowledging the history of treaty violations, "Twilight" effectively ignores the historical treatment of American Indians. Furthermore, in creating a treaty between vampires and the Quileutes (a real life American Indian tribe), the series "has the effect of fictionalizing Native people and their history" (Wente). That is, not only is historical treaty violation not mentioned, but the treaty between the Cullens and the Quileutes essentially equates American Indians with fictional vampires and thus absolves America of its historical treatment of indigenous peoples.
The colonial narrative is also evident in the forced turn of the Quileute young men into werewolves. Since vampires and werewolves are mortal enemies, the werewolf transformation only occurs when vampires are near. Until the Cullens revisited Forks, the Quileute people lived normal human lives, but with the Cullens' reappearance in greater numbers, as well as the continual lurking presence of Bella's enemy Victoria and her new-born vampire army in Eclipse, the adolescent Quileute boys transform into werewolves in order to protect their tribe and the humans of Forks. In Eclipse, Jacob tells Bella, "I didn't want to be in a pack, let alone be its leader." The forced transformation of the Quileute boys into werewolves can be read as a result of "white conquest": not only are the Quileute werewolves no longer fully human, they must deal relatively peaceably with their mortal enemies as the treaty requires, both of which "lead to a shift in power away from the Quileute people to the newcomers" (Wilson "Part 4: Edward's mind versus Jacob's body, or, Twilight as a Colonial Text," Leggatt Ch 2, Sec 1, P 4).
The love triangle and Bella's final choice also supports the colonial narrative. The entire series asks whether she will "pick the nice, white boy (Edward) or the dangerous dark-skinned outsider (Jacob)" (Wilson "Got Vampire Privilege Part 3: The White Guy is Still the Hero"). By the end of Eclipse, Bella chooses the boy that the audience expected from the beginning: Edward. The historical lack of American Indian protagonists or successful interracial romances in Hollywood leads to the conclusion that "apparently the Euro-American public cannot watch a movie about Indians unless it is really about Euro-Americans" (Mihesuah 10). The fact that Bella chooses Edward and that Jacob must come to terms with and accept her choice "symbolizes the fact that assimilation and accommodation were always considered necessary for the Quileute people in order to survive their contact with non-Native people" (Leggatt Ch 2, Sec 1, P 4). Jacob is forever changed by his relationships with Bella and Edward: he becomes a werewolf and has his heart broken.
Admittedly, "Twilight" does establish American Indians as people of the present, not the past: the Quileutes do not wear beads or feathers but dress in modern clothes; they do not live in teepees or ride horses like the stereotypical Hollywood Plains Indians, but live on a reservation in modern houses and drive cars and motorcycles. However, although the Quileute people are not depicted in overtly recognizable stereotypes, "The Twilight Saga" is still a deeply rooted colonial story that uses the subtle stereotypes of Critical Race Theory to enable a racial divide between whites and non-whites. Additionally, the contact and treaty between the Cullens and the Quileutes reads as a colonialist interaction with indigenous people: the Quileutes are forced to change while the Cullens earn territory and actually expand in number over time.
Some of the fault lies at Summit Entertainment's door: a few stereotypes could be remedied if the Quileute wolf pack wasn't depicted as half naked for a majority of the time.
If this paper was written again, more attention would be given to the casting of the Quileute characters, the actors' own American Indian heritage, and the treatment of the actual Quileute Nation by Summit Entertainment, the media, and fans.
Works Cited
Buscombe, Edward. 'Injuns!' Native Americans in the Movies. Cornwall: Reaktion Books, 2006.
Clark, Krystal. "Twilight's Bella Swan is a Feminist's Nightmare." Nov 11 2009. Screen Crave. uCrave. http://screencrave.com/2009-11-11/twilights-bella-swan-is-a-feminists-nightmare
Eclipse. Dir. David Slade. Summit Entertainment, 2010.
Guzmán, Isabel Molina, et al. "Brain, Brow, and Booty: Latina Iconicity in U.S. Popular Culture." The Communication Review. 7. (2004): 205-21.
Leggatt, Judith and Kristin Burnett. "Biting Bella: Treaty Negotiation, Quileute History, and Why 'Team Jacob' Is Doomed to Lose." Twilight and History. ed Nancy R. Reagin. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010. E-book.
Mihesuah, Devon A. American Indians: Stereotypes and Realities. Atlanta: Clarity, 1996.
New Moon. Dir. Chris Weitz. Summit Entertainment, 2009.
Seifert, Christine. "Bite Me! (Or Don't)." Bitch Magazine. 2008. Bitch Media. http://bitchmagazine.org/article/bite-me-or-dont
Twilight. Dir. Catherine Hardwicke. Summit Entertainment, 2008.
Wente, Jesse. "Avatar and Twilight: Native Representation on screen 2.0." Jan 29, 2010. http://www.reelinjunthemovie.com/site/blog/guest-blog-jesse-wente.
Wilson, Natalie. "Got Vampire Privilege Part 3: The White Guy is Still the Hero." Seduced by Twilight. 22 Aug 2009. http://seducedbytwilight.wordpress.com/2009/08/22/got-vampire-privilege-part-3-the-white-guy-is-still-the-hero.
Wilson, Natalie. "Part 4: Edward's mind versus Jacob's body, or, Twilight as a Colonial Text." Seduced by Twilight. 23 Apr 2010. http://seducedbytwilight.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/part-4-edward%E2%80%99s-mind-versus-jacob%E2%80%99s-body-or-twilight-as-a-colonial-text.


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BUENA VISTA, Va.—The Southern Virginia University men's and women's cross country team will compete against 26 other schools at the USCAA nationals meet November 11, in Lake Placid, New York.
Led by first years Tori Faulkner (Mesa, Ariz.) and Ryan Hatch (Orem, Utah), the Knights hope to improve upon last year's nationals, where the women's team tied for fifth among ten teams and the men took sixth of fourteen teams.
The women's team returns five runners—senior captains Tori Isham (Snohomish, Wash.) and Cassie Cooper (Kelso, Wash.), sophomores Kera MacFarlane (Yorktown, Va.) and Cameryn Lee, and senior Bridget Gonzalez (Riverside, Calif.). But most of the team members—eight runners—are in their first year of collegiate competition. One of these newcomers is Leah Huber of Castle Rock, Colorado, who finished in the top 15 in every single meet this year, including a remarkable five top-five finishes. Fellow freshman Shelbi Prince of Mexico, Missouri finished in the top ten in four races, including a sixth-place finish in the Knights' team win at the Hood Invitational on October 22nd.
First year Tori Faulkner leads the women's team into nationals after an outstanding regular season. Twice the USCAA runner of the week, Faulkner took third place at Berea and Roanoke, came in second in the home opener and at Virginia State, and won the dual meet against Salem as well as the Hood Invitational. Faulkner's first-place finish at Hood was the first individual major-meet victory by an Southern Virginia cross country runner in years, and it led the Knights to a commanding 19-point victory.
The 2010 USCAA women's champions, the St. Mary of the Woods Pomeroys (Terra Haute, Ind.) return five of their top six runners, including the USCAA individual champion Logan Fry along with 2010 All-Americans Steph Runyon and Cassandra Barnett. This year Runyon has led the team in almost all its meets, running at a faster pace than last year's second place 24:43 finish in the USCAA nationals 6K. She finished her last two 5K races in 19:40 and 19:42.
The Southern Virginia men's team returns senior captain Casey Mundell (Dededo, Guam) as well as sophomore Chris Werner (Mansfield, Texas) and senior Tyson Babbel (Bryn Mawr, Pa.). The rest of the eleven-man team is rounded out by first years, including Jacob Smoot (Bakerfield, Calif.) and Cory Prince (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) who have consistently finished in the Knights' top five.
The pack is led by freshmen Hatch and Jefferson Chandler (West Linn, Ore.). Hatch took second in both of the team's dual meets this season, and added top ten finishes in the major meets at Roanoke and Hood, where the Knights took third of eight and fourth of nine respectively. Chandler joins Hatch as another sub-30 minute runner in the 8K, and has taken two top-25 finishes in major meets, along with top-five finishes in the home opener versus Hampden-Sydney and the Virginia State meet.
Last year's USCAA men's champion Spalding University of Louisville, Kentucky returns four of last year's top five harriers, including 2010 USCAA individual champion Abram Deng. Deng finished last year's 8K race in 25:22 as his team won the title easily, with all of their front five placing among the top nine finishers. More recently, Deng led the Spalding men to victory in the 2011 St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships on October 29.
Men's and women's cross country have won more national titles than any other sport at Southern Virginia University since 1996. The women's team won nine national titles in their first nine years in the USCAA, starting in 1998. But if they win nationals this year, it will be their first national championship since 2006. The men's team also has a national title, won in its first year of USCAA competition in 1998.
The 2011 USCAA cross country nationals is held in Lake Placid, New York at the site of the 1980 Winter Olympics. The 8K and 6K courses follow the path of cross country skiing runs, covering grassy rolling hills. This year's nationals are hosted by Paul Smith's College of Upstate New York. The women's race, which starts at 11 am, is expected to include 11 complete teams and 133 total runners. The men's race, which starts at noon, is expected to include 183 runners and 16 complete teams. The weather forecast calls for temperatures in the high 30s or low 40s, with some chance of snow or rain.


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The success of the Xbox 360 has been staked largely on "Halo" and "Gears of War," but the PlayStation 3 has never had a flagship shooter. Into this gap Sony once again tries to shove "Resistance," a much improved but still significantly flawed sequel to the disappointing 2006 original. The massive, deep and accessible online multiplayer modes will appeal to a core group of fans, but the miserable single-player campaign leaves "Resistance 2" as more of a party barge than the flagship Sony needs.
Despite a unique attempt to draw in players by setting its narrative in a sci-fi version of Earth's recent past instead of the more typical far-off planet, "Resistance 2" is ultimately just a confused amalgam of alien invasion, alternate history and zombie motifs. It's the 1950s, and a strange virus is spreading through the world, somehow turning people into monsters with radiators on their backs and laser guns in their claws. The player controls an infected soldier named Nathan Hale who survived when Europe was overrun in the first game and is now defending America from an evil octopus overlord. Plot is just as incoherent as in the first "Resistance," introducing spaceships hovering around the countryside, various giant monsters and the requisite mad scientist claptrap.
For those who play alone, "Resistance 2" is simply a bad shooter. The levels are relentlessly linear and contrived, stocked with cheap "gotcha!" deaths to pad playing time. There are monster closet ambushes, invisible creatures that instantly kill the player, and frustrating boss battles that can only be beat through pattern memorization.
The game takes place in a variety of locations, all of which carefully lead the player from point A to point B, fighting calculated pockets of monsters along the way. One minute Hale is in a lovely small town in a redwood forest hemmed in by a convenient traffic jam, the next he's in a majestic ruined Chicago jumping from car to car to get over the flooded streets. Visual design is largely disappointing and occasionally downright lazy, such as an alien base that seems to have been created out of leftover artwork from "Halo."
These disparate levels work much better as playgrounds for the multiplayer games, where "Resistance 2" is at its best. In addition to the usual deathmatches, there are massive skirmishes fought with up to 60 competitors on wide-open maps. Players select a weapon and special ability from a variety of choices, giving the matches lots of flexibility. As with the first game, the connections are smooth, the servers are always busy, and the gameplay is accessible for rookies.
But what really sells "Resistance 2" as a multiplayer game are the cooperative campaigns, which can be played online with up to eight people working together or split-screen with two in the same room. On each map, a series of objectives is dynamically generated by the game to keep teams on task: Disarm a bomb, for instance, then clear a room of monsters, then press a switch. Or do the same tasks in reverse order. It's all simple and mostly mindless, but because it's shuffled up and randomly fitted together, it doesn't feel like the grind it actually is.
Players' progress earning new weapons and abilities is saved whether done in single player, online competition or co-op. This gives every element of "Resistance 2" a gratifying sense of progression, lending the game a slightly addictive quality that will help players forget how frequently they're stuck in a mediocre shooter.


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Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev - Troparion & Kontakion
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Having acquired the patience of your Forefather, / and having resembled the Baptist in abstinence, / you shared the divine zeal of both / and were counted worthy to receive their names. / You were a fearless preacher of the True Faith; / in this way you brought a multitude of monastics to Christ. / You strengthened all people in Orthodoxy, / Job, our venerable father; / pray that our souls may be saved
Kontakion — Tone 4
Podoben: "Today You have shown forth..." / You were a pillar of the True Faith; / a zealot of the commandments of the Gospel; / a denouncer of pride, / and a defender and teacher of the humble. / Therefore, those who honor you pray for the remission of their sins, / and that this, your holy habitation, be kept safe from all harm, / Job, our father, who resembled the long-suffering Patriarch of old.


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WWW.energytaxincentives.orgThe Tax Incentives Assistance Project (TIAP), sponsored by a coalition of public interest nonprofit groups, government agencies, and other organizations in the energy efficiency field, is designed to give consumers and businesses information they need to make use of the federal income tax incentives for energy efficient products and technologies passed by Congress as part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and subsequently amended several times.
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Several tax incentives were extended and changed through the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, also known as the "fiscal cliff bill," which passed Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. The residential tax incentives for existing homes, including purchases made in 2012, were extended through 2013. These incentives include the following measures:
- Windows, insulation, air sealing homes and duct sealing;
- Air conditioners, heat pumps, furnaces and water heaters.
There were also two incentives that were both extend and changed. The new homes credit provides an incentive to builders for new homes that reduce energy use relative to the IECC-2006 building code by at least 50%. This is a change from prior law that used the IECC-2003 as a base. The appliance credit provides an incentive to manufacturers for increased production of very-efficient refrigerators, clothes washers and dishwashers. These credits had several efficiency tiers in 2011; for 2012-2013, the higher tiers remain but the lowest (least efficient) tiers for clothes washers and dishwashers ended.
These other five incentives remain in place and unchanged from the prior law:
- New and retrofitted commercial buildings that use half the energy of a building built to model codes, scheduled to extend until 12/31/13
- Plug-in electric drive vehicles scheduled to extend until 12/31/16
- Combined heat and power systems scheduled to extend until 12/31/16
- On-site renewable energy systems including ground-source heat pumps, scheduled to extend until 12/31/16
- Fuel cells and microturbines scheduled to extend until 12/31/16
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In the race for governor, Democratic candidate Matt Dunne stands alone in the crowd for one clear reason: He is outside the political beltway — the other four Democrats and Republican Brian Dubie are entrenched in state politics and have been for a long time. The question is whether that's a help or hindrance, and many analysts, as well as Dunne himself, see it as a major plus.
News this week that Exxon-Mobil not only paid no U.S. taxes last year, but also a received $156 million tax refund from the federal government, won't go over well with the average American taxpayer.
That Addison County might be the location of one of the state's largest solar farms is exciting news in as much as it is another example of "green energy" being built for a future that is not so directly tied to fossil fuels. It is exciting, too, because when new technologies for such basic commodities as energy are used locally, that often sparks a corresponding interest in jobs related to that field — among students of solar energy, as well as niche businesses that might one-day feed into the solar energy industry.
As five Democrats, an independent and a Republican compete in the race to become Vermont's next governor, the focus is all about job growth, who can do it better and what their particular qualifications are to get the job done.
At a recent candidates' forum in South Burlington addressing the Vermont Business and Industry Expo, Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie, R, told the group: "I know that we need to have a state that welcomes new businesses and fights tooth and nail for the companies that we have in the state."
The year was 1971. It was late May and in Kansas, in those years, we graduated before the summer's heat was too unbearable in classrooms without air conditioning.
Graduation was that Saturday, and the night before I had been to one of those post '60s senior parties. I woke up a bit late that next morning (some things don't change), threw on my cap and gown, jumped on my brother's Yamaha 175cc dirt bike, and shot off to the graduation ceremonies just in time to make the entry with classmates — with just a slight bit of chain grease on the gown.
The Bristol Selectboard faces an interesting question concerning its proper role in the upcoming Act 250 board's ruling on the proposed Lathrop gravel pit. It is common for town selectboard's to contribute to such hearings with information concerning how the proposed development fits in with the town plan and any other matters that may contribute to the board's over-all understanding. The dilemma facing the Bristol selectboard is how strongly they should present the controversial nature of the proposal and the public's opposition to it in a letter to the Act 250 board.
As Middlebury bids John and Bonnie McCardell its fondest farewell and best wishes in their new venture, there is yet one more reason to treasure their arrival in town (separately) more than 30 years ago: with a new challenge to meet emerging needs through the United Way, the McCardells have again set the bar a notch higher in ways to give back to one's community.
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MELBOURNE, March 5 (UPI) -- Some native Australian flowers have shifted away from using insects as pollinators by evolving their colors to a red hue favored by birds, research has shown.
Scientists at Monash University said flower colors evolved to attract bees but some flowers have changed to suit particular pollinators -- like birds -- and may continue to evolve in particular environments depending on the availability of effective pollinators.
"We found that flowers exclusively pollinated by birds had initially evolved to suit insect vision, but more recently the spectral signature of bird pollinated flowers had shifted towards longer wavelengths," Monash researcher Mani Shrestha said.
The longer color wavelengths better suit the tetrachomatic (four color) vision of many Australian native birds, he said in a Monash release Tuesday.
"Bird pollinated flowers may have evolved red signals to be inconspicuousness to some insects that are poor pollinators, whilst also enhancing the discrimination of bird pollinators."
The findings suggest flower colors have long been evolving to attract particular pollinators, the researchers said.
"The color cues in Australian flowers would be easily detected by honeyeaters, the most important family of nectar feeding birds in Australia. Hummingbirds in the Americas have similar visual systems to honeyeaters, so we expect to find similar color signals among American flowers," researcher Martin Burd said.
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Wish I had the space to wax extensively about each of them. But even the internet has limits. So I'll give you highlights from the musical feast that drew more than 5,000 fans to a middle-of-the-week festival.
Surprisingly, especially to me, I had never seen Anderson in concert. Glad I finally did. The Country Music Hall of Fame member, taking the slot of an ailing Ray Price, was in fine voice and jovial spirits. He was so old school, right down to pedal steel guitar and fiddle in the band. Anderson even got a surprise visit from Johnson to perform "Give It Away," the hit they co-wrote for superstar George Strait.
Stoney LaRue gave us passion and robustness in concert. (Jeff Lautenberger/The Dallas Morning News)
Smith, LaRue and Whiskey Myers were also concert newbies to me. I was impressed by their genuine passion and robustness. Smith and LaRue, backed by potent bands, had the Rodeo Plaza crowd fist-pumping engaged. Ditto Whiskey Myers inside on the Honky Tonk Stage. The band was loud and proud Southern rocking country.
Smith, in his picnic debut, showed confidence during a rocking rendition of "Good Hearted Woman," and a couple of thoughtful originals, "The Baseball Song" and "Twenty-One." LaRue has forever etched "Down In Flames" onto my brain.
I've forgotten how many times I've seen Shaver and Hubbard onstage. It never gets old. The moment Shaver, accompanied by three band members, launched into "Live Forever," I felt right at home. That is his most reflective, transcendent song. It's one for the ages. Sing it again, Billy Joe.
Jamey Johnson brooded through an hour-long set. (Jeff Lautenberger/The Dallas Morning News)
Hubbard was a hoot, what with his sly humor between songs and his swampy good tunes, especially "Snake Farm," "Screw You, We're From Texas" and "Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother." Also, how cool to once again see his son Lucas Hubbard playing guitar in his band.
And then we have Johnson, who brooded through an hour-long show that cemented his intense outlaw reputation. He gave us great songs – "High Cost of Living," "In Color" and a cover of Waylon Jennings' "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way" – and even an inspired guest appearance from Lukas Nelson.
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His guitar playing was fluid and frenetic; his singing was signature behind the beat, almost jazzy and bluesy. Excellent stuff. In that picnic menu, Willie Nelson is the hearty sandwich.
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NCSF Supports Google's Refusal to Violate Internet Privacy
On January 20, 2006, the U.S. Justice Department subpoenaed Google to compel the Internet search engine to turn over records on millions of its users' search queries. NCSF believes that Internet users have the right to an expectation of privacy in their web use, and supports Google's refusal to comply with the subpoena.
Google has stated that the government's request could expose identifying information about its users, as well as being unnecessary, overly broad, and onerous to comply with. The subpoena also requests a random list of a million Web addresses in Google's index. If the disclosed search logs show evidence of criminal activity, prosecutors could return with a second subpoena to demand the identification of one or more Internet addresses linked with those search terms.
The government has requested the data to establish a profile of Internet use to help defend the controversial 1998 Child Online Protection Act. Under COPA, website operators face criminal charges for publishing sexually explicit material that may be considered "harmful" to minors, unless they have a way of verifying that viewers are over 17.
Though Google might be criticized for their business practices in China, where they have filtered keywords like "human rights" and "democracy" out of their search-engine results, in this case NCSF calls for support for Google in their opposition against the U.S. government's subpoena for search queries.
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An extraordinary transparent car is set to fetch as much as $475,000 when it goes up for auction.
The motor, dubbed the 'Ghost Car', is a Pontiac Deluxe Six which, bizarrely, has been covered in the see-through material Plexiglas.
Built in 1939 by General Motors and chemical company Rohm and Haas at a cost of $25,000, it was the first transparent full-sized car to be made in America.
Billed as a vision of the future, it was made for the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, where it became a sensation at General Motors' 'Highways and Horizons' pavilion; and it continues to cause a stir today.
Just two were ever made and this model, which has a three-speed manual transmission, and is thought to be the last of its kind.
It has clocked up just 86 miles in its lifetime; and now its set to go on sale for the first time since the early 1980s. It last sold for an undisclosed amount.
American auctioneers RM expect it to sell for between $275,000 and $475,000 when it goes under the hammer on July 30.
A spokesman for RM Auctions said: 'The car is in a remarkable state of preservation.
'It's a testament to the longevity of Plexiglas in an era when automotive plastics tended to self-destruct within a few years.
'Although it has acquired a few chips and cracks, it is structurally sound and cosmetically clear, showing off the Ghost Car's innards as it did in 1939.
'This motor still turns heads as much as it ever did. It is not, obviously, suited for touring but as a unique artefact from automotive and cultural history.'
The car has was the result of a collaboration between General Motors and Rohm & Haas, who developed the ground-breaking material Plexiglas in 1933.
The material went on to be used in military planes during World War II and then expanded in to signs, lighting, fixtures, trains and other cars.
Rohm & Haas used drawings for the Pontiac four-door Touring Sedan to create an exact replica body out of the transparent acrylic.
It was completed with structural metal underneath, which was given a copper wash, and chrome-plated hardware.
Rubber moldings were made in white, as were the car's tires. The only recent mechanical work has been replacement of the fuel lines.
The model also boasts an L-head six-cylinder engine, coil spring independent front suspension, live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, and four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes.
According to the GM Heritage Center, a second car, on a Torpedo Eight chassis, was hurriedly constructed for the 1940 Golden Gate Exposition on Treasure Island, a man-made island in San Francisco Bay.
Once their respective showcases had closed, both 'Plexiglas Pontiacs,' or 'Ghost Cars' as they were sometimes known, toured the nation's dealerships. The 1939-40 Deluxe Six is the only one known to survive.
Following the dealership tour, it went on display at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. and was reportedly there until 1947.
It was later owned by a succession of Pennsylvania Pontiac dealers. It appeared at the first annual meet of the new Pontiac-Oakland Club International in 1973 and was purchased by Don Barlup of New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. Barlup commissioned a partial restoration from S&H Pontiac of Harrisburg and sold it to collector Leo Gephart in 1979.
The current owner's father purchased it from Gephart in the early 1980s, and it has remained in the same family ever since.
Not surprisingly, it has no conventional vehicle identification number; even the machined boss for the engine number is blank.
A collection of period photos and other memorabilia accompanies the car, which still turns heads as much as it ever did.
* The collaboration between GM and Rohm & Haas was made for the 1930-1940 World's Fair in San Francisco
* At a cost of $25,000, it was the first transparent full-sized car to be made in America
* Two Ghost Cars were made but the 1939-1940 Pontiac Deluxe Six is the only won known to survive
* It toured the nation's dealerships and went on display at the Smithsonian until 1947, and was subsequently owned by a series of Pennsylvania Pontiac dealers
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Kidnapping victim Hannah Anderson, 16, attended a fundraiser Thursday for her family near San Diego where her father said she was "doing good day by day."
The fundraiser at a Boll Weevil restaurant in Lakeside is meant to help the Anderson family as they come to grips with Hannah's kidnapping. Her father, Brett Anderson, spoke briefly to the media there and thanked the community for all of the support.
"Thank you all for coming. This is a small community that we're a part of, and the community came together and put on this great fundraiser for Hannah and her future and healing," said Brett. "This is how Lakeside rolls."
Hannah Anderson did not address the media.
The restaurant, located at 9741 Winter Gardens Blvd., just off of Hwy. 67, is donating 20 percent of its proceeds from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. to the Anderson family, and is also holding a raffle from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m.
Brett said he has been in touch with the horseback riders that spotted Hannah and her suspected kidnapper James DiMaggio in the Idaho backcountry on Aug. 7, ultimately leading law enforcement officials to the pair.
"I have talked directly with the horsemen, and that went very well, and gave them our thanks and our love and gratitude. It was a wonderful thing. It was a chance encounter, but it did save my daughter's life," he said.
Brett said Hannah was attending the fundraiser at the restaurant along with her family members and friends and was "happy to be there."
"Other than that, Hannah sends her love. She's doing good day by day. We'll just keep moving forward from here," Brett continued.
He said the money raised at the event would help cover expenses for Hannah's future.
"We're just looking for her future and to get her settled," he said. "We have a lot of expenses in front of us. Like I said, I'm not a rich man by any means. We'll probably end up donating some of the money if there's extra to exploited children."
After his brief statement, Brett went back inside the restaurant.
Hannah went missing for nearly a week and was rescued on Saturday in Idaho backcountry with the suspect in the case, DiMaggio, 40.
TIMELINE: The Search for Hannah Anderson
DiMaggio, who was killed during Hannah's rescue, is also a suspect in the deaths of Hannah's mother, Christina Anderson, 44, and 8-year-old brother, Ethan Anderson, whose charred remains were found on a burned out property in Boulevard on August 4, according to investigators.
Hannah's kidnapping and subsequent rescue hit close to home for the woman behind Thursday's fundraiser, Boll Weevil Manager, Brigitte Pinkham.
Pinkham's daughter, also 16, attends the same school as Hannah, El Captan High School, where the two are acquaintances.
"I can't imagine the pain the family is going through," Pinkham said. "With Hannah going missing and the deaths of Christina and Ethan, my heart just goes out to them. I just wanted to do something to help."


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Stress and Physical Health
Other physical symptoms to watch out for include stiff or tense muscles, especially in the neck and shoulder, headaches, sleep problems, shakiness or tremors, recent loss of interest in sex, weight loss or gain and restlessness.
Behavorial symptoms can include procrastination, grinding teeth, difficulty completing work assignments, changes in the amount of alcohol or food consumed, taking up smoking or smoking more than usual, increased desire to be with or withdraw from others and frequent talking or brooding about stressful situations.
Emotional symptoms to be on the lookout might involve crying, overwhelming sense of tension or pressure, trouble relaxing, nervousness, quick temper, depression, poor concentration, trouble remembering things, loss of sense of humor and indecisiveness.
By identifying symptoms and stress-causing situations in your life, it's easier to come up with specific strategies to improving health.
Eating as a crutch
Meryl Hershey Beck is an author, therapist and former binge eater who counsels compulsive overeaters. In her new book, "Stop Eating Your Heart Out," she offers a 21-day plan to help "emotional eaters" change their attitude toward food.
"As I disclose my ordeals with food and out-of-control eating, I am telling the story of millions of others who use food to self- soothe. With the focus on recovery I share the modalities that worked with me." She separates the book into day-by-day chapters, providing one small task or challenge at a time, such as creative visualization or recording a food-mood diary.
On Day One, for instance, you'll examine your own eating history and read examples from what some of Beck's clients have written, such as "We had big family celebrations with a lot of food," and "I was always a normal weight until my sister died when I was 20." Day Four is all about creating a support system, and Day Eight is devoted to the power of prayer and meditation. By Day 19, Beck has moved on to forgiveness.
These daily topics may not be for everyone, but by the end of the book at least you'll be aware that planning your meals ahead of time, packing snacks and leaning on a support person can keep you from using food in unhealthful ways.
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2014 Volkswagen Golf: 2012 Paris Auto Show
- A rock of certainty amid times of change.
- The GTI and the R survive as well.
- Americans have to wait until 2014.
Never let it be said that the 2012 Paris Auto Show is unimportant. Not when the seventh generation of Volkswagen Golf makes its world car show debut here.
The 2014 VW Golf has a Golf-ness about it that's as reassuring as it is conservative. It even follows the usual formula of being bigger than its predecessor. Passenger and cargo space have all been increased, thanks to a body that's 2.2 inches longer and half an inch wider, plus a wheelbase (the distance between the front and rear axles) that's stretched out by another 2.3 in. Those numbers might seem small, but they still make a difference.
One area where the new Golf makes a departure is weight. Instead of being heavier, which is the normal state of affairs as new generations bring more safety equipment and sturdier bodies to the table, the seventh-gen Golf is around 200 lb lighter. This is good news for performance and economy figures alike, especially since an automatic start/stop ignition function is part of the package.
Not that safety has taken a back seat. The new Golf has not one but two computer-activated emergency braking features. One becomes available at 19 mph, the other from 93 mph. If those numbers appear rather arbitrary, the kilometer-per-hour equivalents of 30 and 150 have a ring of German logic.
Volkswagen has also created a GTI concept based on the upcoming Mark Seven model that could easily pass for a production version. The familiar honeycomb grille and red trim pieces join a turbocharged 4-cylinder engine for a sprightly 217 horsepower. Zero to 60 mph should be around 6.5 seconds.
Meanwhile, at European testing areas, spy photographers have caught sight of an R version. The current all-wheel-drive model kicks out 256 hp and 243 lb-ft of torque. This kind of output in a lighter body can only make the R even more attractive.
The regular Golf is expected to go on sale in the United States in early 2014. Then it's another wait for the hotter versions.
What it means to you: The VW Golf is a landmark car that makes premium feel affordable and affordable feel premium. The recipe has just been refined.


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The Test
As for the unit test itself, I wrote a base class DataDependantEJBTestCase that helps initialize OpenEJB with the data source during setup as shown below.
As you might have noticed, the inclusion filter (like that above) can load specific objects. This feature is useful in large projects with lot of EJBs because it cuts down load time. Just the necessary EJBs required for each specific test can be loaded using this feature. This setup method also creates and stores the handle to context object and data helper for the subclasses to use. All unit tests can extend this base class to perform the setup.
TicketBookerTest is the test class for ticket booking session EJB. It extends DataDependantEJBTestCase and calls its setup method to initialize as shown below:
It also gets handle to EJB using obtained using JNDI lookup. The key thing to note here is that it prepares the database using seed data stored in XML file by invoking data helper. This is the critical step to create repeatable data dependant test. It does it with the help of the Ticket_Seed DBUnit XML data file which contains ticket data as shown below:
That's all there to it for setup. Now let's take a look at individual test methods and how the setup helps it.
The first method tests the booking logic as shown below:
Since the setup method cleans up existing data everytime before running the test, it should always succeed as long as the implementation is correct.
The second method tests the branch of booking code that is supposed to validate and throw an error message if the data already exists:
Since the booking data of Pakkirisamy is always seeded in the setup for that destination as mentioned in the XML, this test should always pass as long as it throws validation exception correctly.
The next method tests if the seat availability checking method correctly returns True as shown below:
Since the setup cleans up existing data, this also should always pass as long as the logic is implemented correctly by the session bean.
The final method tests if the seat availability checking method correctly returns False:
Since we inserted five bookings from Marudhur to Mars using the XML file, this should always return False if the logic is implemented correctly.
All of these tests can run independent of application server and within your IDE. So developing, debugging, and testing become less time consuming and less painful.


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How to Crochet Thumbless Baby Mittens - 2-Ply Yarn
Crochet Thumbless Baby Mittens - 2-Ply Yarn
Video Tutorial: Crochet Baby Thumbless Mittens
Written by Teresa Richardson
Crochet Abbreviations
FPSC = Front Post Single Crochet
BPSC = Back Post Single Crochet
SC = Single Crochet
Size G Crochet Hook
2-ply yarn
The are approximately 2" across and 2-3/4" long.
These mittens are done with 2-ply yarn. I do have a variation done with 4-ply yarn.
Crochet Thumbless Baby Mittens - 4-Ply Yarn
You can make them larger with a larger hook and by adding more stitches at the beginning and adding more increase stitches on round 2.
This is two ways to start the pattern.
Start 1: Magic Circle
Start 2: CH 3, join
Round 1: CH 1, 10 SC in loop, do not join. The rest will be worked in a continual round. Attach a scrap piece of yarn for a yarn marker. This is to keep count for the remaining rounds.
Round 2: 2 SC in each stitch around. (20 Single Crochet total)
Round 3-8: 1 SC in each stitch around (20Single Crochet total)
This next round is a ribbing variation to gather the mitten opening.
Round 9-10: *2 FPSC in next ST, 2 BPSC in next ST, complete 10 times total from *. There will be a total of 20 front post, back post single crochet
Once the rows are complete skip in stitch and slip stitch in the next stitch. This will even out the ridge left by the continual round.


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During the early Eocene epoch, North American mammals were quite different from what we see today. Here's one example: researchers have just uncovered a 2-inch-long fossilized hedgehog in British Columbia. That's the size of your thumb.
It's the tiniest hedgehog known to science. The researchers, writing in the most recent issue of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, named the critter Silvacola acares, which translates to "tiny forest dweller."
Above: The proto-tapir Heptodon takes a drink, while the small hedgehog Silvacola acares stalks a green lacewing in the foreground. Copyright Julius T. Csotonyi, used with permission.
At the LA Times, Deborah Netburn describes the creature:
This little guy was so eensy-weensy that that his back molars were just 1 millimeter in length. His bones were so delicate that the researchers were worried his fossil would break apart if they tried to get it out of the rock.
Instead, they decided to leave the fossilized parts of the animal's skull embedded in the rock and do a micro-CT scan on it to figure out exactly what mammal they were looking at.
"I compared the scan of his molars to hundreds of little, tiny teeth," said Jaelyn Eberle, who studies ancient mammals at the University of Colorado at Boulder. "But before too long I realized there isn't anything that looks exactly like this guy's teeth."
Thanks to its unusual teeth, Eberle realized she didn't just have a new species of hedgehog, but an entirely new genus.
Along with the hedgehog, Eberle's team also uncovered a new early tapir which they called Heptodon. Modern tapirs look something like tiny rhinos, but in the place of the horn, they have an elephant-like trunk or proboscis. Heptodon doesn't have the trunk, and its about half the size of its modern descendents.
What's special about the fossil find is that today's tapirs live in the tropics, not in the Great White North. Given the fossil plants that were found nearby, the find lends support to the idea that tapirs are a good indication of habitats characterized by dense forests and lots of rain. Paleontologists of the future who find fossil tapirs can therefore make certain predictions about the local environment more generally.
David Greenwood, a co-author of the study, explained to the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology that "Driftwood Canyon [where the fossils were found] is a window into a lost world - an evolutionary experiment where palms grew beneath spruce trees and the insects included a mixture of Canadian and Australian species. Discovering mammals allows us to paint a more complete picture of this lost world."
[LA Times; Society of Vertebrate Paleontology]