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Clear skies over these next few nights and enough personal stamina to stay awake will afford a view of one of the flashiest meteor displays of the year. The annual Perseid Meteor Shower has been slowly ramping up in intensity since this past weekend and viewers from around the world have been delighted by views of these bright streaks of light darting across the night sky. In some special cases, they've put on spectacular—albeit brief—shows.
On Saturday, Ernõ Berkó from Ludányhalaszi, Hungary witnessed a Perseid that he estimated at magnitude -10; more than one-hundred times brighter than the planet Venus (which, along with Mars and Saturn currently adorns the southwest sky right after sunset).
Excellent New England weather last weekend brought more than a thousand amateur astronomers to the 75th Stellafane Convention, just outside of Springfield, Vermont. While the emphasis was on observing the sky with telescopes, many participants also enjoyed the views of an occasional Perseid cutting a path across the sky. Every time one was seen, the watchers said: "Ooooohh!" Steve Lieber of the Astronomical Society of Long Island (ASLI) notes: "On Saturday night, one bolide (exploding meteor) lit up the field. Looked like a flash going off. Saw the vapor trail for 15-20 seconds after that." And the best is yet to come!
The peak of this year's Perseids is forecast (for North America) to come during the afternoon hours on Thursday (Aug. 12), which means that greatest number of meteors will probably be seen late that night into the predawn hours of Friday. At these times a single observer might count anywhere from 60 to 100 per hour.
But don't overlook late Wednesday night (Aug. 11) into early Thursday morning, when about two-thirds of that number might be seen. And even late on Friday night (Aug. 13) into early Saturday hourly rates will still be respectable, though probably numbering about one-quarter to one-half of the numbers seen on the peak night. Over this upcoming weekend you can still probably catch sight of a lingering few.
The Perseids are the remnants of Comet Swift-Tuttle, which last visited the inner solar system in 1992. Every August, like clockwork, our planet Earth cuts through the "river of rubble" left behind along the orbit of the comet. And yet, while comets are composed chiefly of frozen gas, meteors are very flimsy. They're material that has flaked off comets and they're similar in consistency to cigar ash; they litter up our solar system. Most are scarcely larger than pebbles or sand grains. In the case of the Perseids, they come crashing into Earth's atmosphere at estimated speeds as high as 37 miles per second—133,000 miles per hour. These tiny visitors from the cold, vast voids of stellar space, have been orbiting in the solar system for perhaps hundreds or even thousands of years, but cannot survive the shock of entry, and end up streaking across the sky in a brief, blazing finale lasting but a few seconds. Their kinectic energy is used up in such processes as the production of light, heat and ionization. Thus, such a tiny particle bursts into incandescence from friction, producing the shooting star effect and can be seen from more than 100-miles away.
But it's really the light energy it develops, not the particle itself that we see.
Astronomers offer this advice: Get as far away from bright city lights as you can, although a few of the brightest meteors may be glimpsed even over the sooty curtain of large, light polluted metropolitan areas. Hope for a clear, dry night. You can start your watch as early as 10 p.m., although the best views will come between 2 a.m. and the first light of dawn. Any lawn or rooftop can serve as an observatory when it comes to meteor watching. Relax in a lawn chair and scan the heavens from the south over toward the northeast. They are named the Perseid meteors because their fiery trails, if extended to a common point of intersection, would seem to originate near to the Double Star Cluster in the constellation Perseus , which on mid August evenings rises from the northeast.
But their associated meteors could make their fiery plunges into the atmosphere over a wide range of the sky. As the night progresses, the stars of Perseus, which lies low to the northeast horizon before midnight, will slowly climb progressively higher into the sky. During the first part of the night, the meteors may appear to describe rather long paths across the heavens; after midnight they'll appear more like short, swift streaks. As has already been noted, some Perseids leave particularly long-enduring trains in their wake. With binoculars one can see these trains drifting against the backdrop of the stars, indicative of swift winds in the very high atmosphere. But generally speaking, binoculars and especially telescopes are not particularly recommended because your unaided eyes can take in much larger areas of the sky.
And there is absolutely no danger in getting hit by a Perseid because they are consumed high above our heads at altitudes of 60 to 80 miles. One former Chief Astronomer at the Hayden Planetarium, the late Dr. Kenneth L. Franklin, often would point out that the only dangers from watching a Perseid shower is getting drenched in dew and falling asleep.
For those who sleep through the Perseids, the next really prominent meteor shower will come in mid-December, the time of the Geminid Meteors.


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Petition of the day
The petition of the day is:
Shelby County v. Holder (Granted )
Note: Goldstein & Russell, P.C., whose attorneys work for or contribute to this blog in various capacities, is among the counsel to Representative F. James Sensenbrenner et al., who filed an amicus brief in support of the respondent in this case.
Docket: 12-96
Issue(s): Whether Congress' decision in 2006 to reauthorize Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act under the pre-existing coverage formula of Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act exceeded its authority under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments and thus violated the Tenth Amendment and Article IV of the United States Constitution.
Certiorari stage documents:
- Opinion below (D.C. Cir.)
- Petition for certiorari
- Brief in opposition
- Brief in opposition for respondents-intervenors
- Amicus brief of Cato Institute
- Amicus brief of Former Department of Justice Officials
- Amicus brief of Alaska
- Amicus brief of Arizona et al.
- Amicus brief of Mountain States Legal Foundation
- Amicus brief of National Black Chamber of Commerce
- Amicus brief of Pacific Legal Foundation
- Reply of petitioner
Recommended Citation: Ben Cheng, Petition of the day, SCOTUSblog (Oct. 15, 2012, 11:03 PM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2012/10/petition-of-the-day-353/

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Research from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Princeton University and other collaborators suggests that inactivation of an essential gene responsible for the cell survival process known as autophagy can suppress the growth of non-small-cell lung cancer tumors and render them more benign. The findings published in the July edition of Genes & Development suggest a possible role for autophagy blockers in the treatment of this type of lung cancer, which has a 5-year survival rate of only 30 to 50 percent for early-stage diseases.Learn more
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Paramount Vantage is hoping auds will be as bullish on bears and walruses as they were on "March of the Penguins," although it remains to be seen if they will warm to "Arctic Tale," an expertly assembled docu with an underlying message about multiple species threatened by man's pigheaded behavior. National Geographic imprint ensures the pic will, in any case, have long, healthy life in tube and video preserves.
Married helmers Adam Ravetch and Sarah Robertson spent six frigid years following various animals through harrowing seasonal changes, with special focus on a newborn polar bear, Nanu, and a baby walrus, Seela. The anthropomorphism is relentless, as animal communities are mined for their most recognizably human characteristics — not hard to do, given the outsized personalities of the main subjects.
Some realistic deaths add a tragic dimension, although there's more emphasis on in-the-wild comedy; when all else fails, a film can always rely on walrus farts for easy giggles.
Al fresco carnality is notably absent — and is perhaps the only reason the filmmakers omit "You Sexy Thing" from the soundtrack, especially when they manage to slip in "Celebrate" and "We Are Family" during a 10-minute seg. Elsewhere, there are crowd-pleasing tunes from Cat Stevens, Aimee Mann and the Shins to help underscore the gorgeous, blue-tinged lensing, while the lush orchestral music sticks to Disneyesque pomposity.
Queen Latifah proves an amiably authoritative narrator, and is allowed more personality than most script readers; Morgan Freeman never told his penguins they'd "best be goin'." (Co-writer Kristin Gore, Al Gore's daughter, is the only connection to Par Vantage's similarly themed docu hit, "An Inconvenient Truth.")
Beth Spiegel's editing is the sharpest achievement here, with extremely smooth transitions connecting protagonists over great distances and sometimes time periods. Attentive viewers will eventually realize many of the principal critters rarely or never appear in the same frame, although clever assembly suggests otherwise. Some of the bestand least programmatic moments are interludes featuring other species, such as shots of jellyfish floating underwater, or an overhead sweep of a channel filled with migrating dolphins.
Drama is heightened by the undeniably frightening changes in weather patterns over the past few years. Overall effect, regardless of aesthetic quibbles or kudos, is to make auds aware of how imminent the risk is to these environmentally interdependent creatures.


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Feb. 24, 2008
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Bulldog fencers claimed sixth in the Three-Weapon Team Competition at Sunday's IFA Championships, hosted in New York, N.Y. Sophomore Rebecca Moss had the best day individually, finishing fourth in the Individual Epee Championships. The women's 47-51 record helped Yale to a fifth place finish in the Six-Weapon Team Competition (98-90).
Penn (75-32), Columbia (68-30) and Harvard (68-30) claimed first, second and third in the Three-Weapon Team competition. Weapon squad championship results were not available late Sunday night and will be updated as they become available.
Moss advanced to the bronze medal match of the Individual Epee Championships but lost the closely-fought, 15-14 match to NYU's Samantha Frons. The fourth place finish was a repeat of the sophomore's performance during her freshman campaign.
Yale will head to Poughkeepsie, N.Y., for the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships on Mar. 2.
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Extreme makeover-- Paramount edition: Tarting up a tattered theater
The night before glittering diamonds and tailor-made tuxedos flooded the lobby of the Paramount and less than 24 hours before Tony Bennett crooned, "I left my heart in San Francisco," under the theater's newly restored chandeliers, a gold brocade couch occupied center stage. It was 11pm. Workmen milled about taking care of last-minute details, as Paramount executive director Chad Hershner and board members Alison Dickie and Michael Gaffney stood mulling how to transport the sofa to an upstairs lounge.
Exhausted, the three plopped down on the cushions and stared out across the empty theater. "We found ourselves just sitting there for an hour, just looking at it from the stage," Dickie recalled. "It was a sea of gold."
Hershner added, "It's going to be one of those times that we'll look back on 15 years from now and say, 'Remember when we sat on the couch and spent an hour and a half just enjoying the surroundings."
Fifteen years past, that "sea of gold" was more like a brackish puddle. Crumbled plaster littered the interior of the long-dark theater. Moths gnawed its carpets, and mildew crept across its seats. Like an heiress turned cart-pushing bag lady, the once-grand Paramount was down-and-out and destined for the wrecking ball when a group of concerned citizens rallied to its rescue.
For nearly a decade and a half, local arts and architecture fans devoted time and energy (and money!) to restoring the Paramount to its original grandeur. And when the construction crew at last removed the bandage-like plywood barrier from the front of the theater in mid-December, revealing the theater's renewed opulence, it was the final chapter in a riches-to-rags-to-riches story worthy of the stage.
Back in the Day
Although the Paramount's re-opening gala on December 15 dazzled, with a red carpet stretching onto the mall and searchlight beams crisscrossing the sky, it lacked the eight "aerial bombs" that shot from the roof when the Paramount first opened its doors on November 25, 1931. At the time, "A line, with people three and four abreast, was extended down the block to Second Street East, and around the square to the postoffice," reported The Daily Progress in its November 27, 1931 edition.
Those lucky enough to make it into the theater that night enjoyed the "thrilling football drama Touchdown" along with the musical stylings of a Wurlitzer-playing musician named "Brownie." According to the Progress, "The popular impression of the playhouse was that it is a place of charming design, harmonious varicolored lights and luxurious seats."
In creating the state-of-the-art theater (it was even air-conditioned!), the Chicago architectural firm Rapp & Rapp opted to ignore the then-current rage for art deco and instead created something distinctively Virginian. Octagonal in shape, the Paramount was an ode to Thomas Jefferson, with two colossal colonial-era murals painted on silk and plaster molding budding with dogwood blossoms. Less admirable was its separate entrance on Third St. for African-Americans, who ascended a staircase to segregated seating in the balcony.
Although forgotten today, Touchdown played for the Paramount's first three months. The shows that followed during the next decades were a mix of movies and live shows. A midnight fire in January 1934 severely damaged the stage, forcing the theater to cancel the next day's acrobatic performance by "Alexander's Variety Wonders." Later that year, police charged a Paramount fan dancer named Corinne Reynolds with indecency, alleging she was baring all behind her feathers. A judge dismissed the case, however, when Reynolds produced her near-nude costume bits in court.
Sandy DeKay, Hershner's assistant and the Paramount's unofficial historian, noted the Paramount was also involved in community affairs from the outset. "During the '30s and the Great Depression," she said, "the management would hold movie events, free of charge to the organizers, in order to raise money or goods for such worthy causes as feeding and clothing local children."
During World War II, the Paramount held events to encourage people to donate blood and buy war bonds. DeKay said one old-timer even told her that someone drew the faces of Hitler, Stalin, and Tojo above the men's urinals in the theater.
The Dark Years
But the Paramount's good times stopped rolling in the late 1960s and early 70s. As businesses moved out to new-fangled malls like Barracks Road, Charlottesville's downtown became desolate. Adding insult to injury, the already decrepit Paramount caught fire again in March 1974. The minor blaze caused only $1,000 damage, but it marked the end of an era.
The families of the Paramount's original owners, Hollis Rinehart and P.H. Faulconer, sued current tenants ABC Southeastern Theaters, Inc. for allowing the Paramount to fall into disrepair while ABC built a new movie theater on Hydraulic Road (the Terrace Triple, which, ironically, now sits abandoned– see "Recent Passed," The Hook, April 14, 2004). While the case was in court, the Paramount shut its doors for good June 30, 1974. The last picture show? A "blacksploitation" film entitled Thomasine and Bushrod.
Although Charlottesville made a valiant attempt in 1976 to revitalize downtown by bricking over Main Street to create a pedestrian mall– an initial bust despite its now booming popularity– the Paramount remained shuttered as dust settled on its once-grand remains. In 1981, the owners proposed razing the building to make way for an underground parking garage, and the city gave them the go-ahead. Fortunately, the demolition was delayed. A few years later, a UVA professor proposed turning the old theater into a jazz hall of fame, but that plan, too, fizzled.
In 1986, Charles Knight penned an editorial for The Daily Progress's "Your Right to Say It" page. "I once stood inside the Paramount Theater building– and it is an old dump– but I imagine it as it was in its heyday, and how it could be again," he wrote. Knight's opinion piece brought several letters of agreement, including one from Sandy DeKay.
The following year, developer Tom Hickman bought the theater with an eye to transforming it into a restaurant, a nightclub, or possibly condominiums. At the same time, Patricia Kluge hinted she wanted to acquire the Paramount to house the fledgling Virginia Film Festival, known then as "A Virginia Homecoming." The Festival went forward, but the theater stalled.
By 1989 Hickman had come to consider the Paramount an albatross that could only be removed from his neck through demolition. Recognizing the Paramount's days were numbered, a group of concerned citizens banded together to try to buy the Paramount and approached Hickman about a stay of execution. He issued a deadline for an initial deposit on the theater. The group failed to meet it. But perhaps influenced by a 1990 City Office for Economic Development report that cited the Paramount's restoration as a key to downtown revitalization, Hickman relented and offered an extension.
In 1992, the newly formed nonprofit The Paramount Theater, Inc. assumed ownership of the dilapidated theater and began the enormous task of raising funds for its makeover. An early pronouncement that the theater would operate in the black by hosting shows 200 nights a year brought scathing attacks by business-savvy critics. The final 2004/2005 schedule has 34 shows over six months, nine of which have already sold out, says community relations director Kristen Gleason. To keep the theater in the black, Gleason says 75 percent of the theater's operating budget will come from ticket sales, and the other 25 percent from donations.
New Millennium
When Sheldon Anderson, current president of the Paramount's board of directors, joined the Paramount in 1993, the theater's estimated restoration cost was pegged at $1.6 million.
"At the time I thought, 'Oh my, that's more than we'll ever be able to raise,'" Anderson recalls. Longtime board member Ethel deNeveu said her daughter Kate, now a student at UVA, used to sell lemonade and donate the proceeds to the theater.
The coffers gradually filled, however slowly, and in 2000, the Paramount's board hired executive director Chad Hershner, who had recently raised $17.3 million for the restoration of The Strand Center for the Performing Arts in York, Pa. When Hershner arrived in Charlottesville, the theater's renovation estimate had already escalated to $6.6 million
But Hershner came bursting with ambition and contagious enthusiasm, and he conducted several focus groups to examine the Paramount's potential. With his encouragement, the Paramount plan changed from merely saving the building to transforming it into a first-rate performance venue and community center. The additional cost? A cool $7.8 million.
Undeterred, the Paramount began a capital campaign dubbed "Setting the Stage." Donors began to step up to the plate, with several contributing over a million dollars apiece. Reflecting on her six-year involvement with the theater, major contributor Janice Aron summed up a common attitude, "It's not just money, honestly. It's momentum and energy and optimism– and board members' painting the bathrooms [of the Paramount's temporary Water Street office]."
Finally, in March 2002, a mound of dirt was heaped onto the Downtown Mall in front of the theater so board members could dig in their shovels, symbolically breaking ground for construction to begin. David Nobles, the project supervisor for Nielson Construction, had gotten his first look at the theater three months earlier, and his first reaction was "What have they done to me?"
Nevertheless, Nielson set up the building to be monitored, installing seismographs, conducting stress tests in nearby buildings, and reinforcing supports to prepare for the first major undertaking: digging a new basement to house dressing rooms and other facilities. A short time later, the Paramount's dusty silk murals no longer flanked the theater's seats and stage; instead they hung above a deep dirt pit.
Even as construction progressed, delays and ever-expanding plans (more money meant more possibilities) pushed the Paramount's anticipated opening date from late 2002 to mid-2003 to sometime during 2004.
A few snags also tangled the works. Besides being inconvenienced by reduced parking along Market Street and Third Street, businesses complained about lack of access and other construction-related problems. The nastiest incident involved concrete seeping into an old city sewer line that ran beneath the Mall. The hardening muck caused waste to back up in several Main Street basements. Eventually City workers had to dig up the Mall itself to resolve the issue.
The Pace Quickens
Determined to open the theater by the end of 2004, the Paramount began to ramp up its preparations in September. In addition to hiring five part-time employees, the theater's full-time staff grew from three to nine. Donald Leffert moved to Charlottesville from Joplin, Missouri, to become the theater's production manager and technical ace. When asked what his reaction was when he first saw the Paramount's still-raw interior, he admitted, "It was actually, 'Is this thing going to be ready?'"
Leffert joined a crew of carpenters and electricians to pull together the technical aspects of the theater. He pointed out the biggest hurdle was "the unknown." "It's always a little nerve-wracking whether if you flip the switch, it all comes on," he explained.
He was surprised and grateful that night after night the construction workers voluntarily stayed up with him as he tested and adjusted equipment, just in case he needed their help. "I'm really kind of proud to have been working with those guys on it," he said.
Another new hire was Alex Caines, who took over as the Paramount's affable house manager. Having grown up going to New York's Radio City Music Hall (his first show was Dumbo), Caines said for 14 years he walked by the Paramount every day, thinking, "Wow, I can't wait to see that open." He began volunteering for the Paramount during the past four years, and in October he left his job as concierge at the Omni to join the theater's fulltime staff. "It was a birthday present to me," he said smiling.
In addition to making sure all the physical areas of the Paramount are up to snuff (to walk with Caines through the theater is to tour someone's trophy house– he's proud of the 12 handicap-accessible aisles, proud of the 22-stall women's restroom, proud of the diaper-changing area in the men's room), Caines took on the daunting task of coordinating the volunteer ushers and ticket-takers. For the opening night gala he recruited people he'd worked with in the past, but he said, "My phone just kept ringing." Hundreds of people wanted to get involved.
Meanwhile, as time wound down to the December 15 D-day (D, in this case, standing for "Debut"), workmen chiseled the words "Box Office" in granite over the door of the new three-story annex, applied gold leaf to the theater's ornamental molding, carefully hung the newly restored chandeliers from the ceiling, installed the new gold cut-velvet seats, laid carpet, built the bar in the Founders Lounge, installed the showers in the dressing rooms, framed walnut doors, and completed other numerous tasks. Supervisor David Nobles said, "Sixty or 70 of us worked 30-some days straight."
Despite putting in 10- to 12-hour days under the pressure of a ticking clock, carpenter David Walta was impressed by how well everyone cooperated on the project. "I've had a fun time," he reflected. "Everybody got along. This has been real nice."
A Literal Run-Through
During the final seven days leading up to the Paramount's grand re-opening, community relations director Kristen Gleason buzzed about getting programs ready, dealing with press requests, taking ticket orders, and answering questions from the public. "Gosh, there's been so much going on," she said after the opening, " I don't know what I was doing." Board member Michael Gaffney sighed, "I tell you the last week I don't think I got more than four hours of sleep." And Alex Caines discovered "that if I can just run fast enough, I can get it done."
There were moments of doubt mixed in with moments of satisfaction. Executive director Chad Hershner's heart skipped a beat when the City's Building Code inspector announced, "You have a code situation in your bathroom." Hershner replied, "Oh my God, what?" And the inspector pointed out, "You realize you have way more toilets than you need in your bathroom." Hershner sighed with relief
Among the highpoints of the week were the removal of the plywood barrier that had long hidden the theater from public view and the lighting of the marquee. According to Caines, the workmen just stepped back and said, "Wow."
To thank the construction crew for their dedicated long hours, the Paramount hosted a pre-grand-re-opening show, featuring the Canadian Brass, just for workmen's families on December 10. Caines said, "I saw them take their wives and kids around and say, "I did that.'"
The Big Night
At 5:30pm on December 15, less than three hours before Tony Bennett took the stage, staff members were still trying to hang the chandeliers in the Paramount's new ballroom. But an hour later, when the theater's doors re-opened for the first time in 40 years, the be-furred and be-jeweled guests walking the red carpet from the tented outdoor coat check into the theater were oblivious to any last-minute problems.
In the green-and-gold carpeted lobby, waiters serenely carried trays of white wine and shrimp skewers amid what looked like a Charlottesville casting call for Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. Chamber of Commerce president Tim Hubert joked, "I was waiting for someone to say, 'Who are you wearing?' "
The prolonged anticipation of the Paramount's unveiling seemed to make the occasion that much sweeter for those whose tenacious belief in the theater's potential had finally been vindicated. Smiles and laughs sparkled as much as the diamonds in the house. "It's very, very overwhelming," said Janice Aron, looking lovingly at both the lobby and its occupants. "Don't you feel that?"
Savoring the moment, no one was eager to rush to his or her seat. "We must have flashed the lights three times," the Paramount's Gleason recalled. "People were just so happy to be there." Once inside the auditorium, guests stood and turned around, their heads tilted back, taking in the meticulously restored murals and the elaborate details of the ceiling.
Finally, people sat, and Hershner, decked out in a gold brocade vest and bow tie, boomed, "Welcome to your Paramount Theater!" Following a song-and-dance number by three buxom blondes– who some mistook for drag queens (Charlottesville is progressive, after all)– the obligatory thanking of the major donors, the City, the County, the workers, the staff and volunteers, a ribbon cutting, a commemorative-plaque giving (albeit from Tiffany's) and a few scripted-yet-spontaneous words from local celebrities, the lights went down and Tony Bennett's incomparable voice filled the Paramount's restored auditorium.
Bennett spun and danced. He sang "Fly Me to the Moon" un-amplified to demonstrate his delight in the theater's acoustics. His band wowed. The appreciative audience responded with standing ovation after standing ovation.
And then the night was over.
But it was just the beginning of the Paramount's revival celebration.
The Weekend Lineup
Two nights later, people lined up outside the Paramount, as opera diva Denyce Graves finished her on-stage rehearsal at 7:15pm, delaying the theater's opening at 7:30pm. But no one complained, and Graves thrilled the capacity crowd by performing without a microphone. Graves was apparently so taken with the Paramount that following her concert, she remarked to Hershner that she'd like to pack the theater in her suitcase and carry it with her around the world.
The next day the line for the Saturday matinee screening of The Wizard of Oz was reminiscent of the Paramount's opening night in 1931, snaking around the block onto Second Street. It was the same scene all over again for the evening presentation of Casablanca. The movies, at a quarter a pop, provided the first chance for many to see the inside of the Paramount.
But for Charlottesville natives Maxine and Henry Buron and Nancy and Oran Oakey, their Saturday trip to the Paramount was like visiting a long-lost friend. Oran Oakey had worked as a Paramount usher in 1943, and Maxine Buron recalled, "I saw Gone With the Wind here I don't know how many times." Although they agree the restored Paramount has more green whereas the original Paramount had more red, the four are thrilled with the renovation. "I thought it was going down," said Oran Oakey. "I'm glad it didn't."
Leslie and Eric Scholz sat with their 5-year-old daughter Isabel and 8-year-old son Sam in the balcony for The Wizard of Oz. "I thought it was stunning," Leslie said, remarking on the Paramount's interior. "And it's great to have a new place to go!" Isabel Scholz offered a more concise review. How was the movie? "Good." How was the theater? "Good." How were the flying monkeys? "Good."
For sisters Daniella and Tenese Benton, ages 14 and 13, who attended the matinee with their grandmother, Delores Wildy, and cousin Devyn Wildy, it was their first viewing of both the movie and the theater. "It was really nice," said Daniella. "She can't wait to come back and try out for the Amateur Hour," added Delores, referring to the Showtime at the Apollo performance scheduled for May 6.
The final show of the Paramount's debut weekend was the nostalgic song-and-dance revue In the Mood, which played to yet another sold-out house on Sunday, December 19.
As In the Mood's 1940s-era songs lilted in the background (a state-of-the-art sound system carries sound from the stage throughout the theater), Chad Hershner, Alison Dickie, and Michael Gaffney took a well-deserved time-out in the Paramount's upstairs Founders Lounge. "Fabulous!" was Hershner's one-word summary for how the weekend came off. "People have just been so appreciative. People have said everything just seemed to be flawless."
Relieved to have gotten through the Paramount's re-opening without a hitch, the three sat joking together on the same gold brocade sofa they occupied the previous Tuesday night. Suddenly they grew quiet, intent on listening. Dickey whispered, "Do you hear that?" In the Mood had just finished its final song, and applause from the auditorium was thundering through the theater. Three exhausted but delighted smiles spread across their faces. The Paramount lived.
Nielson Construction crews went to work in March 2002, both digging a new basement and adding extra height to the theater structure.
Construction and planning delays pushed opening day from 2002, to 2003 and finally late 2004.
Carpenter Mike Walta was among those putting in 10 and 12-hour days as opening night approached.
House manager Alex Caines gives proud house tours of the new building including the first celebrity signatures on the backstage corridor by the dressing rooms.
December 15: the Paramount top donors are the official cut-ups.
Opening night is black and white and gold all over.
Song and dance numbers warmed up the audience waiting for Tony.
"Welcome to your Paramount Theater!" Chad Hershner's opening line
The stars come out tonight: Hershner greets locals Sissy Spacek, Howie Long and John Grisham on stage
Tony Bennett gave top billing to the new theater's acoustics.
After seeing Casablanca, Charlottesville natives Maxine and Henry Buron recalled old memories (like repeated Gone With the Wind viewings.)
The Scholzes made Saturday's 25-cent showing of The Wizard of Oz a family outing.
Teenage sisters Daniella and Tenese Benton, plus grandmother Delores and cousin Devyn Wildy, were all smiles after the Paramount's first afternoon movie matinee. More film showings are promised but not yet scheduled.


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The César Chávez celebration at Hope is named in honor of César E. Chávez (1927-93), who played a leading role in the 1960s in organizing the nation's migrant farm workers, and was the first head of the National Farm Workers Association, later the United Farm Workers. March 31, his birthday, is the official César E. Chávez Day of Service and Learning, which is a holiday in multiple states, including Michigan, and dozens of cities and counties throughout the nation. The lecture series is organized by the college's Office of Multicultural Education with additional sponsorship by a variety of programs at Hope.
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Economists polled by MarketWatch predict gross domestic product will reveal a 0.6% decline in the first three months of the year instead of a meager 0.1% increase as originally reported. The report – the second of two updates to first-quarter GDP - will be released at 8:30 a.m. Eastern.
Does it really matter? Not all that much. The economy was repeatedly disrupted by cold and snowy weather and much of the activity that did not take place then is occurring now during the warmer spring months. Wall Street expects second-quarter growth to snap back with a 3.8% gain.
Keep an eye on corporate profits in the first quarter, a number the Commerce Department releases for the first time. Pretax profits adjusted for depreciation and the value of inventories climbed 1.9% in the fourth quarter to a record $2.13 trillion on a annualized basis. Corporate profits as a percentage of GDP stood at 10.2% in the fourth quarter, just a touch below a record high.
At the same time Thursday, the Labor Department will issue weekly jobless claims. They are forecast to fall slightly to 322,000 from 326,000 two weeks ago. And pending home sales for April will be released at 10 a.m. Pending sales rose 3.4% in March.
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Located in the center of campus across from The Diana Center.
Altschul Atrium
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The Diana Center opened in January 2010 and is located in the center of campus.
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Judith Shapiro Faculty Room
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Bella & Elsa S. Mehler Parlor
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During construction of The Milstein Center, outdoor lawn space is available to the east of the North-South Walkway and to the south of The Diana Center. This space is ideal for small receptions, concerts, or tabling events.
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The Quad is located at the south end of campus and includes four residence hall buildings: Brooks Hall, Hewitt Hall, Reid Hall, and Sulzberger Hall. BC IDs are required for entrance into the residence halls. If non BC ID guests are invited to events in one of the Quad buildings, a guest list is required. Please give the list to Events Management 3 business days prior to the event. An event organizer must help identify guests at the Front Desk the day of the event.
The Arthur Ross Courtyard
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Weber Living Room
The Weber Living Room, located in 118 Reid, 1st floor Reid Hall, is a recessed space accessible by a short staircase and a lift. Monday through Friday, this space is scheduled for academic film classes and as an academic film production space.
Weber Living Room Set-Up and Capacity
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Jan R. and Marley Blue Lewis '05 Parlor
The Jan R. and Marley Blue Lewis '05 Parlor is located on the 1st floor of Brooks Hall and is a reading room for quiet study.
The following areas may be requested for tabling (e.g. registration, student bake-sale, student club and organization activities): Barnard Hall Lobby; Jolyne Caruso-Fitzgerald '81 Lobby (Main Lobby, The Diana Center); Lower Level Lobby (LL1) The Diana Center; 2nd floor Lobby The Diana Center; Lehman Walkway.
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WELCOME to our Friday blog. Every Friday we hand over to Carl and Alex Smith – known online
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YOU may remember that last week our blog was about couple of short sessions on a small river where I caught a barbel and a handful of chub. Well this week I had been planning to go back and attempt to do the same… but the river had different ideas!
My dad suggested we leave at around 10.00; it had stopped raining and the sun seemed to be pushing through the dark grey clouds. I put my river tackle in the car, on top of all the carp gear for that night's fishing. I was going to use my light quiver rod, as in the shallow water last weekend the chub were quite shy biting. I dropped a few cage feeders into my rucksack and then added three big gripper leads, just in case. I was ready, so off we went…
On arriving at the river, I walked across the car park and peered into the deep channel that the river has cut out of the land. To my surprise the channel was almost full; full of murky, tea coloured water, swirling, boiling, swelling, and then tumbling down into a now very flooded weirpool.
My first thought was how on earth am I going to fish? Would even my large gripper leads hold the bottom in this powerful current? There was only one way to find out!
As usual my first choice swim was chosen so I climbed up the path, only to see that where I normally sit was under a foot of water. I did locate a small slack though. My gripper lead and large halibut pellet were quickly flicked into it. As I placed my rod into the rest the tip flew over, but I left it because I could see a branch had been washed down into my line.
The delicate quivertip bounced all over the place; leaves, sticks, even branches were being washed down the river. I know for a fact that when the River Wye floods you might see the odd oak tree or sheep drifting past, but I hadn't expected this little river to change so dramatically, she was a different beast today!
Eventually the tip pulled round much more strongly; I was inclined to leave it and dismiss it as yet another branch but when the rod buckled right over and the clutch started spinning, I had the best excuse to get excited. A strong fish ploughed itself into the near bank snags and after a fair bit of tussling the unseen fish managed to shed the hook.
I was so annoyed to have messed up my big chance. And with the river as it was, I was unlikely to find another slack where my lead would have a chance of holding the river bed. I tried the same spot again but whatever I had lost had spooked the swim entirely. I reckon it was probably a barbel because a chub, even in the swollen river does not pull like that.
I decided to move as the current swim was failing to produce anything. I headed upstream only to find the gate locked up and a note saying that 'Due to people using the gate to access private property and stealing items we have locked this gate and boarded it up'.
No option, I had to return downstream to try and find a slack there. I had a look into the weirpool and was blown away by the noise and power of the water. Completely unfishable I thought. However I noticed that there was a slower piece of water tight to the side of the pool. Perhaps my lead would hold bottom down there?
I gave it a try and after a few minutes I was snagged, and then snagged again, and then again. I was on the verge of giving up altogether when the tip smacked over and I hooked into a big barbel! It tore off down the pool and got wedged in a snag; my rod was completely inadequate and was helplessly bent double.
Somehow the fish came free of the snag and then dived under the weir sill. I was quite frankly terrified and my dad suggested that it was fighting me rather than the other way round! Finally I caught a glimpse of the fish, a big deep bodied, barbe… wait, no… that's a carp!!
I could not believe it, my biggest river carp for sure. In a way I was disappointed because I had big barbel in my head but I was also very pleased to have my largest carp from a river on the bank.
A cast back to the same spot brought another surprise. I cast out a large lump of meat just like before. A second after it hit the surface I saw a swirl and something charged off with my bait in its mouth.
The fish flat rodded me until it finally came to the surface where I watched as a high double-figure pike rolled before me and the hook pulled from its jaw. Nooooo! That would have been a PB.
For my next cast I tried a pellet wrapped in paste and after a wait of around an hour the tip nodded. I picked up the rod and felt it was solid again. Grrr, snagged for the fourth time today!
I pulled from all different angles but it was well and truly wedged. I tried the technique of letting the fish take some line and swimming out of the snag. And then I was back in business. At the end of the short scrappy fight I had a pristine chub in my net.
I released it into the pool and was impressed to see it swim back strongly into the main flow. How fish cope with such a powerful flow is beyond me!
That was the end of the session. We headed home to pick up Alex and then to Tanyard Fishery to go carping for the night. Let's just say that there is a reason for not including that session in this blog! I did hook one carp though.
We are looking forward to going west this week, to try for the mighty River Wye's barbel, chub and pike. Please don't rain anymore. Please!
Tight lines from me, hope you all have a good weekend.
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Supreme Court Strikes Down Anti-Prostitution Pledge, Saying it Violates First Amendment Free Speech Rights
"In a ruling [.pdf] backing robust free speech rights for recipients of government funds, the Supreme Court on Thursday struck down as unconstitutional the federal government's requirement that groups accepting U.S. aid declare their opposition to prostitution," Politico reports. "In a 6-2 decision, the justices found a 2003 law violated the First Amendment by demanding that groups receiving funding to fight HIV, AIDS and certain other diseases affirmatively reject prostitution," the news service notes (Gerstein, 6/21). Under PEPFAR, "organizations receiving ... U.S. funding had to comply with two separate conditions laid out by Congress," Scientific American's "Observations" blog writes, adding, "The first was that funds could not be used to promote or advocate the legalization of prostitution. The other, more controversial, provision -- and the one struck down by the Supreme Court [Thursday] -- forced groups receiving U.S. funds to sign a pledge saying they would not provide 'assistance to any group or organization that does not have a policy explicitly opposing prostitution and sex trafficking'" (Maron, 6/20). "The Alliance for Open Society International and Pathfinder International ... sued in 2005, citing the guarantee of free speech in the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment," Reuters states (Hurley, 6/20).
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Could Boeing make inroads into the small satellite market niche of Orbital and Ball?
Seems the company is optimistic. It is developing a family of three small satellites – from 4-1,000 kilograms in size – to whet the growing appetite of commercial and government customers interested in pursuing lower cost space platforms.
This small satellite market is one that is "coming of age," potentially worth in the billions over the next 10 years, says Alex Lopez, vice president of advanced network and space systems at Boeing. The company has yet to get a committed customer but has been briefing the government and commercial operators.
The company unveiled the concept, developed by its Phantom Works advanced development arm, April 8 on the eve of the 29th National Space Symposium here. Called Phantom Phoenix, the platform options will share a common architecture and flight software, potentially cutting down on unique research and development costs for customers. In the past, each Air Force satellite program required dedicated software, a large development cost for uniquely designed or modified busses.
Boeing officials are also boasting that the designs will simplify integration work for missions including intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance for government customers to civil planetary science.
"Building upon the success Boeing has had with out 702 satellite family, we've rapidly a line of satellites to address the market between large geosynchronous spacecraft and nanosatellites," says Darryl Davis, president of Boeing Phantom Works.
The three designs are as follow: Phantom Phoenix (500-1,000 kg. designed for single and dual launch); Phantom Phoenix EELV Secondary Payload Adaptor (180-kg. class spacecraft designed to mate with the ESPA ring capable of carrying up to six satellites on an Atlas V or Delta IV Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle); and Phantom Phoenix Nano (a 4-10 kg. class spaceraft optimized for space and weather missions.
Though prototype work is under way for each of these satellite classes, much of the focus is in reducing risk in common software and avionics. "It is less about the structure and more about being able too plug and play for the mission," says Bruce Chesley, director of advanced space and intelligence systems. "The structure is not he difficult part" of the development. The software is the "crux of the investment we are making now," he says. Boeing is paying for this work out of its internal research and development accounts.
Customers can expect delivery within two years of an order, Lopez says.
These options could interest the U.S. Air Force, which is exploring opportunities to disaggregate missions in the future so as not to have to develop massive, $1 billion satellites such as the Space-Based Infrared System or Advanced Extremely High Frequency constellation. Though this may not be a cheaper approach than building large satellites, it could offer more flexibility and resiliency than today's architecture, says Gen. William Shelton, Air Force Space Command chief.
The nearest term opportunities for the Air Force to buy into such a smaller satellite option are likely in a few years when the service must decide on whether to buy a 7th Sbirs and AEHF satellite. In the meantime, however, Shelton tells Aviation Week that he will be a "very demanding task master on the weather satellite" being developed in the wake of the demise of the National Polar Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System's termination in 2010. "It has got to stay very small," he says, adding that hosting weather sensors on other satellites is also an option in the trade space as the Air Force looks for new environmental monitoring concepts.
Boeing officials say Phoenix customers can tailor the avionics and designed-in redundancy based on unique needs.
The concept grew out of two influences at Boeing. The company delivered two Space Environmental NanoSat Experiment satellites to the Air Force last year; and this was a jumping off point for the Phantom Phoenix concept. Additionally, the rapid prototyping and production team behind the 702 SP all-electric satellite was shifted to work on the Phantom Phoenix in order to repeat the process.
Though Boeing has sold small satellites before, it is best known for its larger, more expensive bus offerings. Branching into smaller satellites is a move to cut into business traditionally held by such companies as Orbital Sciences or Ball. Lopez says he expects no problems competing in this market. "If the price is the wrong price then they won't sell," he says.
Initial development work is being handled at the company's Huntington Beach, Calif., facility.


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The best team won. The Denver Broncos dominated the standings, headlines and the record book in the AFC all season long. Now they will represent the conference in Super Bowl XLVIII.
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The Broncos are headed back to the big game for the first time in 15 years after outlasting the New England Patriots 26-16 Sunday. John Elway was the team's quarterback the last time Denver made it to the NFL's mountaintop. Now he's the architect of the highest-scoring offense in NFL history.
Elway's biggest executive coup, of course, was recruiting Peyton Manning to Denver. A couple of years removed from missing an entire season due to multiple neck surgeries, Manning is headed to his third Super Bowl. His performance Sunday was typical, making 400 passing yards and two touchdowns through the air look effortless.
Denver's offensive line dominated all day, allowing Manning to construct clock-killing, soul-destroying drives on New England's undermanned defense. Manning set the tone early by hitting on three third-and-long plays in the first quarter, choosing the right receiver and checking to runs at the right time. He fit the ball into more tight windows all day than Tom Brady.
The Broncos had six straight scoring drives, then killed the clock to end the game after a late Patriots rally. New England dared the Broncos to run all day when the teams first met. This time, Manning and company didn't take the bait. They spread out the Patriots and picked them apart, especially after New England's best cornerback Aqib Talib left with a knee injury. It was a fitting end for a Patriots defense that hemorrhaged its best players all year.
After a punt by the Broncos on the first drive, the Patriots' defense didn't stop Manning again. We mean that literally.
We expected the Broncos' offense to play well. Denver's defense was the bigger surprise, playing outstanding for three quarters for the second straight week. Terrance "Pot Roast" Knighton blew open running plays and sacked Tom Brady on a crucial fourth-down snap. The Broncos were better on third downs on both sides of the ball all day.
So many of Manning's playoff losses came because of an imbalanced roster. But this Broncos team is a complete group from the offensive line to the wide receivers to the peaking pass rush. Elway's free-agent signings, from Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie to guard Louis Vasquez to pass rusher Shaun Phillips, all have paid off. The Broncos are built to win any style of game, including a ball-control contest like this AFC Championship Game. They earned this win.
This performance in front of the Broncos' faithful is why Elway returned to the organization he once led as a player. This is why Manning joined him. Denver was the best squad in the AFC all season long, and on Sunday, it emphatically proved why.
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Tet Celebrations: Canh Hoanh Thanh (Wonton Soup Recipe)
This week marks the beginning of the Tết celebrations. A tradition of Tết is that you eat vegetarian (ăn chay) on the last day of the previous year and first day of Asian New Year, so I decided this week I will be sharing several vegetarian Vietnamese dishes with you until the celebration commences this weekend.
I haven't made wonton soup (canh hoành thánh in Vietnamese) in a while, which is a shame because it's not all that complicated. The filling consists of carrots, tofu, chestnuts, green onions, wood ear mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms. I also made a simple broth to let the flavorful vegetarian dumplings be the shining stars.
Yields: 6 servings1 (1-pound) package round thin wonton wraps
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
6 fresh chestnuts (optional), boiled, shelled and coarsely chopped
½ (19-ounce) package firm tofu
2 cloves garlic, freshly grated
4 shiitake mushrooms, finely chopped
8 wood ear mushrooms, finely chopped
½ carrot, peeled, boiled and diced
2½ teaspoons mushroom seasoning salt (or regular salt)
1½ teaspoons Chinese brown sugar (or granulated sugar)
1 teaspoon rice vinegar
2 teaspoons rock sugar (or granulated sugar)
2 Fuji apples, quartered
½ teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground
¼ cup green onions, thinly sliced
¼ cup cilantro, chopped
1 teaspoon sesame oil
Prepping the tofu: Cut the tofu into 1-inch slices. Heat the oil in a large, deep non-stick saucepan. Pan-fry the tofu until lightly golden, flip the tofu slices and cook for another 2-3 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes, then finely cut into shreds. Set the tofu aside.
Making wonton filling: In the same saucepan, add more oil if necessary. Add the grated garlic; cook until fragrant. Add the chopped mushrooms and the green onions. Cook for 2-3 minutes, then add the carrots. Season with brown sugar, mushroom seasoning salt and pepper. Allow to cool a little. Add cilantro and the chestnuts. Transfer to a bowl and let cool until you're ready to wrap.
Making the vegetarian broth: In the same saucepan, place the apples and add 2½ quarts of water. Bring to a boil and cook the apples for about 30 minutes until they're very soft. Regularly skim the impurities rising to the surface of the broth using a fine mesh strainer. Add the rock sugar (the amount of sugar varies with the sweetness of the apples) and lower the heat to a bubbly simmer. Cook for about 10 more minutes. Add the rice vinegar, 1 teaspoon mushroom seasoning salt and black pepper. Remove and discard the apples from the broth. Adjust the seasoning if necessary. Add a drizzle of sesame oil.
How to wrap wontons (this is one method; there are a dozen of other ways of forming these dumplings): Fill a small bowl with cold water. Moisten your finger with a little water, then holding a wonton wrap in the other hand, brush the edges of the wonton. Place about 2½ teaspoons of the wonton filling. Fold in half, forming a half moon. Lift the curvy side up, forming a little "cowboy hat", then moisten both ends and join them, pointing them down. Seal by pressing firmly. I made 34 dumpling with 1 pound of wonton wrap.
Assembly time: Bring the vegetarian broth back to a boil. Place 5-6 wontons at a time in the pot. Bring back to a full boil and cook for about 3-4 minutes until the wonton skin is just cooked through. Drain the wontons using a slotted spoon and immediately transfer to a bowl.
When you're ready to serve, bring the vegetable broth to a full boil again. Cover the wontons with the hot liquid.
Note: Count 5-6 dumplings per person.
Fresh chestnuts were available at my local market. They added natural sweetness and starchiness to the filling. You could omit them if you prefer.
Mushroom seasoning salt brings a very distinct, earthy flavor to the broth. You can find it at gourmet specialty stores or in most Korean stores. I buy mine at Marina Foods -10122 Bandley Drive -Cupertino, CA 95014.
You can find wonton wraps in the fresh section of Asian stores and sometimes at the fresh aisle of many supermarkets such as Safeway. I buy mine at Ranch 99 market. My favorite brand is New Hong Kong Noodle Company (this same brand is also excellent for thin egg noodles).
If you're a vegetarian, infusing apples gives a natural sweetness that tastes similar to chicken broth. You can substitute 2 tablespoons of frozen apple juice concentrate for the fresh apples. When I make vegetable broth, I tend to use Fuji apples or Golden Delicious, which are some of the sweetest varieties.Published By: on February 4, 2013.


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Conservation & Environment, Tropical Dry Forest Conservation in Costa Rica by Tim Burroughs
First Impressions of Costa Rica
I arrived in San Jose in the evening and found it surprisingly hot for that time of night. Outside of the airport was busy and quite disorientating, but I soon found Gunnar, the driver, who was easily recognisable in his Projects Abroad livery. He was incredibly welcoming and friendly and happy to answer all of my questions.
He took me to the hotel Santa Maria, where we would stay the night before going on to Barra Honda. I met the other volunteers who had flown in that day, 3 of which I would spend the next 2 weeks with. We then went out to the local Denys diner for dinner - a new experience for me, being the only non American present. After this we returned to the hotel for the night.
Getting to the National Park
The day started fairly slowly as we prepared to leave for the long journey up to Barra Honda. We travelled up in comfort in a small group in a spacious minibus; we stopped a few times for toilet and lunch breaks. The thing I noticed most was the lush beauty of the landscape and the amazing coastline that we travelled along. The landscape that we passed was so amazing that I was in awe the whole journey.
After several hours we finally arrived at Barra Honda. The air was thick, heavy and humid and it was swelteringly hot. Coming from a fairly cold country it was a huge temperature difference. For the rainy season it was surprisingly dry; in fact it only rained twice the whole trip. Shortly after arriving and being shown to our rooms we were introduced to the staff and read through the safety rules.
The Conservation Project Manager showed us around and introduced us to the work that the volunteers did at the park. Then there was an opportunity to settle in, explore and meet the other volunteers. Throughout my time I made many friends and there was plenty of time to socialise. In the evening we watched a film in the open walled dining area, accompanied by some enormous insects, a first introduction to the varied wildlife at the park. Then it was off to bed for the first night in the bunked dorm accommodation.
First Days on the Conservation Project
The first few days went very smoothly, everyone made it very easy to fit in and we all got on very well. The only issue was the large number of insects which liked to bite me to bits. For such a remote location it was actually well supported with a local bar, swimming pool and a wonderful little cafe with wifi that did very reasonable ice creams. I spent a lot of my free time down there getting some refreshments, sending emails and playing with the resident puppy.
Conservation Work
Right from the beginning we were involved in the conservation work. This involved long hikes into the dense jungle. Apart from being very tiring and hot and sticky, the environment was beautiful and lush. Two of the main projects involved setting and collecting the butterfly and camera traps. We learnt about the different species of butterfly and how they camouflaged themselves and set traps using overripe banana so that we could identify the different species and count them. This involved attaching stones to ropes and throwing them over different height branches and pulling the traps up. We left the traps out for a day and then returned to remove the butterflies and record the data.
The cameras were set up to photograph particularly shy, rare or nocturnal animals, in particular the rarer species of mammals of which little was known of their numbers or movements. The collection of photos taken goes into a database which helps to keep track of some of the population sizes and variety of animal life in the park. The camera traps have allowed for the photography of a few very rare species some of which were thought to not even exist in that region anymore.
The cameras are motion activated and are attached to trees at low levels in a square formation, each camera overlooking small clearings in the jungle. This allows for the clearest pictures with a lower risk of something like falling leaves activating the cameras which are quite sensitive.
There is also the more manual tasks, which although less glamorous, are still just as vital to the conservation work of the park. These included clearing the trails using machetes in order to allow easier access around the park as well as easier access for tourists as a way to encourage them to keep to the set paths to cause the least amount of disruption to the environment.
Tourism plays a large role in the national parks in Costa Rica due to the very low level of government funding and so the main source of income is from tourism which is why it is important to make the park accessible as well as to educate people about the park. We also cut down the overhanging branches over some park buildings in order to prevent them from falling down in storms and causing damage.
Other activities
As well as getting involved in conservation work we had the opportunity to try some of the activities that the tourists got to do. One day we visited one of the tourist caves. We had a guided tour and got to see some of the work that some previous volunteers had done in carving out steps in the rock. As well as them being beautiful bits of natural scenery we were also educated on the types of formations and the extreme length of time they take to form.
Another excursion we went on was a 14 kilometre round hike to a waterfall in the middle of the forest. Due to it being an extremely brittle piece of Kast scenery, this part of the park was not open to the public and required a knowledgeable guide to get to. The formations were incredibly elaborate and magnificent looking, especially since it was exposed due to reduced rainfall. We got to swim in the pools which was very welcome after the long hike in the heat.
At the weekends the conservation work stops and the team have a well deserved break. For longer term visitors this often meant visiting the beach. For us on the 2 Week Special, we spent the day on an adventure tour. This helped to maximise the enjoyment of the time and allowed us to experience life outside the park. The tour was amazing and we got to ride horses along rough trails, ride the rapids in rubber rings and go on a canopy tour using zip wires high above the forest floor and waterfalls.
What did I learn?
I learnt about the importance of the conservation work and about the beauty of the natural environment. I learnt about the struggles of the local people to get by and how difficult it was for the government workers at the park and how vital the volunteers were in this work. I also learnt how respected the volunteers were by the locals as we got invited to a local school's play and were given lunch, although not all the food and drink were to my taste.
As I have had the opportunity to reflect on my time in Costa Rica and have been involved in telling others about the work I was involved in there, I have realised that I really care about social justice and the importance of being able to give something back to society.
What was my best bit?
When I spoke about the conservation work, I missed an important bit out as I wanted to save the best 'til last. One day, instead of our usual afternoon project, we had to wait until the cover of darkness to hike off deep into the forest and set up nets across the paths known to be frequent flight paths for the bats. We then set up a base camp and did rounds on the nets checking for any bats caught up in them. We untangled them and put them in little bags in order to keep them calm and transfer them back to base camp.
At base camp we weighed the bats, measured their wing span, recorded the gender and species and painted their toe nails in order to record which bats had already been seen! We had an unusually active evening; on average we were told that we might see eight bats but we actually caught over 40 that evening, including two rare species, one of which had only been recorded once before in the length of this project.
Would I go again?
Definitely! I thoroughly enjoyed my time; it was one of the best experiences of my life and I would go as far as to say it was life changing. It opened my eyes and widened my horizons and I would like to thank everyone who I met and worked with over those two weeks who helped to make it so amazing.
Tim Burroughs
Ce témoignage est basé sur l'expérience unique d'un volontaire à un certain moment donné. Nos projets s'adaptent constamment aux besoins locaux, ils évoluent au fur et à mesure que des volontaires s'impliquent et s'adaptent aux saisons, ainsi votre expérience sur place pourra être différente de celle décrite ici. Pour en savoir plus sur cette mission, vous pouvez consulter la page de ce projet ou bien contacter l'un de nos conseillers de volontaires.


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Talk:1141: Two Years
There are no words to convey how awesome you guys are. Thank you.
Also, great Portal reference.
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Like. Jimmy C (talk) 12:29, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
Flip cancer. Lost my mother-in-law to it and now my dad is undergoing chemo for stage IV lung cancer.
Did anyone else think the second to last panel was a couple who were sitting close to ground zero of a nuclear bomb? It took several glances to finally see a tree instead of a mushroom cloud. Sayno2quat (talk) 15:35, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
- When I first saw that panel from my peripheral vision, I also thought it was a mushroom cloud.CityZen (talk) 17:46, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
The language of referring to Randall's girlfriend as "wife" before they were married is awkward.CityZen (talk) 17:47, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
Panel 3 is possible reference/inspiration for comic 1024: Error Code--Shine (talk) 18:56, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
- Given what we know from Randall's past two years, I would rather infer that comic 1024 was inspired by one of these activities as seen in panels 3 and 8.


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Sunghyun Kim finished his collegiate career earning All-Big West Conference First Team honors ... was the only senior in the Big West Conference to earn All-Big West accolades each and every season as an undergraduate ... finished with a team-high seven assists ... took 61 shots, the second-highest total amongst all of his teammates ... finished tied with Cameron Sims for the team-lead with 27 shots on goal ... competed in all 20 games ... finished with four goals, the second highest total on the team ... earned his first assist of the season vs. LMU (9/6) ... took the only penalty shot earned during the season and scored vs. Wisconsin-Milwaukee (9/13) ... scored the game-winning goal at the Prego Italian Express Tournament vs. Tulsa (9/18) ... earned a point in his third consecutive game with his assist earned vs. SMU (9/20) ... earned his third goal of the season and earned a game-winning assist at UC Riverside (9/30) ... earned another assist at Cal Poly (10/24) ... earned another point against UC Riverside by earning an assist (10/31) ... earned an assist and scored a goal in the same game for the second time this season at UC Irvine (11/7).
Was one of two Matadors who earned All-Big West First Team honors for his performance on the pitch during the 2008 season ... received All-Big West honors for the third consecutive season ...named to their Far West-All Region Second Team by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) ... started in every game for the Matadors in midfield ... earned a team-high seven assists ... tied for the second-most goals scored ... tied for the team-high in total points with 17 ... 19 of his 48 total shots were on-goal, the second highest figure in each respective category ... scored his first goal of the season against Alabama A&M (8/31) ... earned his first assist of the season against Cal State Bakersfield (9/5) ... scored the first goal of the game and earned an assist on the second goal at UCLA (9/28) ... earned an assist at UC Santa Barbara (10/8) ... scored the first goal of the game and assisted on the game-winning goal against Cal State Fullerton (10/18) ... scored the go-ahead goal, the second tally of the game at UC Davis (10/22) ... scored the equalizing goal at UC Riverside (11/1) ... earned two assists, including the game-winning goal, at Cal State Fullerton (11/5) ... earned the final Matador assist of the season on the equalizing goal against UC Irvine (11/8).
Kim started 19 of 20 Northridge matches in his sophomore campaign ... led the Matadors with 30 shots and 14 shots on goal, and was tied for the team lead with four goals and 11 points ... scored and assisted in the Matadors' opening match, a 6-1 victory over Detroit ... collected the only Northridge goal in a 2-1 loss to Michigan ... scored in consecutive matchesat Cal State Fullerton (10/3) and at UC Irvine (10/6), a pair of 1-1 ties ... assisted on goals in the final two matches of the season ... played a season-high 91 minutes vs. Memphis (9/9).
Kim led the Matadors in points (14), shots (44) and was tied for first with six goals in his freshman season ... earned All-Big West Conference Second-Team honors ... tied for seventh among Big West players in goals and tied for eighth in points ... team was 5-0-2 when he had at least one point ... also added two assists ... had an assist in his first collegiate start against UCLA (8/26) ... scored his first career goal in his next match against Oakland (9/8) ... had a three-point match with a goal and an assist in a win over UC Irvine (10/11) ... also scored in wins over Santa Clara (9/17), UC Santa Barbara (9/27) and Oregon State (10/31) and in a tie against UC Davis (10/1) ... had at least one shot in 16 of his 18 matches and at least four shots in four matches, including a season-best six against UCSB ... started 15 times.
Kim played four years of soccer at Los Angeles High School ... earned All-CIF honors in 2003 and 2005 with the Romans ... was a member of the Korean U-15 National Team ... competed in the 2005 Scholastic Soccer Cup ... graduated in 2005 with a 3.0 grade point average.
Born on February 17, 1986 in Seoul, South Korea ... parents are Woo-Seob and Eok-Bong Kim ... brother is Ji-Hoon ... favorites include Manchester United, English soccer star Wayne Rooney, the movie "Ladder 49" and actresses Angelina Jolie and Nicole Kidman ... prays as a pre-game ritual ... person in history he would most like to meet is Bill Gates ... states the biggest obstacle he has had to overcome was having ACL surgery and not being able to practice for a year ... would want Pele to star in a movie about his life ... majoring in Graphic Design.