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All pets being groomed at Pet Styling by Sherry must be current on all vaccinations: DOGS: Rabies, DHLPPC, Bordetella CATS: Rabies, FVRCP
GROOMING We groom all breeds of dogs and cats here at Pet Styling by Sherry. Our professional groomers can do any type of hair cut, from a light trim to a full summer shave. A full groom includes the hair cut of your choice, a nail trim, ear cleaning, expressing of anal glands, and a bath and blow dry. Price depends on breed, clip and coat condition.
DELUXE BATH For those pets not requiring a hair cut, we offer a deluxe bath. This includes a nail trim, ear cleaning, expressing of anal glands, and a bath and blow dry. Price depends on breed and coat condition.
SPECIAL SHAMPOOS Our regular grooming and bathing services include professional shampoos and conditioners. We also offer special shampoos for your pet's specific skin and coat needs. For sensitive skin, we have a hypoallergenic shampoo that is gentle and non-irritating. For dry, itchy or flaky skin we have a Moisturize Package that hydrates the skin while gently cleaning the coat. Our Soothe Package is also excellent for itchy or irritated skin. For those pets with special skin conditions, we also have a medicated shampoo with 3% Chlorhexidine.
Shed-Less For pets that shed excessively, we have a Deshedding Program. We start with a special tool that helps pull out undercoat, which is what usually is shed in your house, on your furniture, and on your clothes. We remove undercoat from your dog before the bath, then use a special conditioner that helps loosen up the remaining undercoat. We then use a conditioning mist before a high velocity blow dry. Last we go over your pet once more with our deshedding tools and we finish with either a Coat Oil or Silk Sheen Finishing Product. When done regularly, this program can help reduce shedding up to 60-80%. Price depends on breed and coat condition.
TEETH BRUSHING While your pet is getting groomed or bathed, we can brush their teeth for you! Each pet gets their own disposable toothbrush with toothpaste and a mouth rinse. Teeth Brushing is $10.00
FLEA CONTROL Fleas can be irritating pests to both you and your pet. If your pet has fleas, we have a special flea shampoo that will rid your pet of fleas. We also carry Frontline®, a topical once-a-month flea treatment that protects your pet from fleas and ticks. If you have any questions about flea control and how to treat your house, feel free to ask our friendly staff! Flea Shampoo is $4.00 (small), $5.00 (medium), and $6.00 (large) in addition to the bathing/grooming price. Frontline® can be purchased for $16.00 (cat), $16.00 (small dog), $17.00 (medium dog), $18.00 (large dog), and $20.00 (extra large dog).
DEMATTING When pets get matted, there are several health concerns that arise. The skin directly underneath a mat does not have access to air and sores and hot spots can form. Also, brushing out mats can be very uncomfortable and even painful for your pet. We can brush out a matted dog for an additional $10.00 per 15 minutes of brush out time. However, this will only be done at the groomers discretion and a severely matted dog will have to be evaluated at the time of grooming. For extreme cases we recommend shaving the coat. Your pet's health and comfort are our top priorities and although we are in the business of making animals beautiful, we will not put their health second. We appreciate your cooperation and understanding.
NAIL SERVICES A nail trim is included in any grooming or bathing service. After trimming the nails, the edges can be rather sharp. We can grind down the tips of your pet's nails so they are smooth and round. A nail trim without a bath or groom is $10.00 and a nail grind is $10.00 in addition to the bathing/grooming price.
A.S.A.P. SERVICE If you are short on time and need your pet to be in and out as soon as possible, we have an ASAP service. You can drop your pet off at 9am and pick them up by 11am. This is especially convenient for older pets who do not cope well with unfamiliar places. ASAP Service is $10.00 in addition to the bathing/grooming price.
UNCOOPERATIVE PETS It is our goal to make your pet as comfortable as possible during their time here. Some pets do not like getting groomed or bathed and can be difficult to handle. An uncooperative pet is more likely to get injured during the grooming process, and is more likely to injure one of our staff. For cases such as these, we have a $10.00+ handling fee. For extreme cases, tranquilizers may be required in order to groom your pet. If this is the case, we ask that you obtain tranquilizers from your vet and medicate your pet before bringing them to their grooming appointment. We always have the health and safety of your pet in mind, as well as the safety of our grooming staff. Again, we appreciate your cooperation and understanding.
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Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Mount Sinai Doctors Brooklyn Heights pediatrics group is located in the heart of Brooklyn Heights. Our office is comprised of four general pediatricians, all of whom have received excellent training at top institutions. Whether offering general well child care, developmental surveillance, vaccinations, or focusing on specific diseases and conditions of childhood, we are dedicated to providing high-quality medical care to your children in a warm and friendly setting.
We believe in evidence-based practice of medicine and stay abreast of the latest trends and research. At the same time, we have great respect for your feelings and opinions as parents, and will follow your lead in creating an individualized health plan for your child. Our comprehensive approach focuses on the entire family.
Same day visits for newborns and sick children are offered Monday through Saturday. Appointments for well check-ups, vaccinations, and form completion are easily available. We welcome expectant parents for free prenatal consultations, also by appointment. In case of an emergency, 911 should be called and/ or the child should be brought to emergency room.
Our Physicians
- Margarita Aronov, MD
- Paula Elbirt, MD (Adolescent Medicine)
- Hugh Gilgoff, MD
- Meridith Messinger, MD
- Stephen Turner, MD
Mount Sinai Doctors Brooklyn Heights
Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
300 Cadman Plaza West
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Tel: 929-210-6040
Fax: 929-210-6041
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Monday, Tuesday & Thursday
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Thursday, May 7, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
More fun out on the town
Well I had a busy weekend again. David played both nights, Friday night at Chase Park Plaza Hotel and Saturday at Harry's. We had a lot of fun. Did I mention I was like five feet from George Clooney! He is so much cuter on the movies ;).
This is Ricki, my best friend here
Michelle Ricki and me
Michelle and Ricki
This is Anita and me. She is funny and a sweetheart to me :) so far ;)! I love her, her husband is Jaybird the saxophonist. They practice at their house all the time, so she puts up with a lot!
Michelle Ricki and me
Michelle and Ricki
This is Anita and me. She is funny and a sweetheart to me :) so far ;)! I love her, her husband is Jaybird the saxophonist. They practice at their house all the time, so she puts up with a lot!
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
Well my friend TheAnna and I went to a restaurant called Tequila. They had a special going on a pitcher of Margaritas for $10.99. Before that we went to Hobby Lobby and spent like two hours there just goofing off. They had a sign in there for your house that said the word "Apothecary" Which in the dictionary is is defined as "One that prepares and sells drugs and other medicines." Hmmmm What made it worse is that this was the order of the signs:
1:Wish upon a Star
2: Child of God
3: Apothecary
4: Groceries
So we pointed it out to a worker and thought it was bad enough you guys would have a sign that had that word on it, but to have it after a Child of God and before groceries. OK Groceries really... really, someone had to have known what that word meant when they set it up like that.
So after Great Clips we went outside and the Mexican restaurant called Tequila was just down the sidewalk, so TheAnna said lets go get a margarita. Well again the special was a pitcher of a margarita a big pitcher and two big glasses. We drank all but a little bit of it with nothing in our stomachs but chips. Chips really.... come on we should have been thinking. Well then we went to David's practice and got into some trouble.... our bad! Then we went to a bar, don't remember the name right now but David and TJ came and met us there. It was fun, I am sleepy! I know I wouldn't have gotten any sleep that night anyways because my antibiotics are keeping me awake, actually they are making me hyper, oh well. that was my fun night i am going to go take a nap now!!! ;)
Love ya,
David Joseph Winton
This is David
We met at work when he worked there. We have known each other for a few years and would talk when he worked. After he went to another job; I decided to text him one day.I got his number from Mowesha who works here. After that the rest is history. December 08, 2009.
As you can see he has a personality that is one of a kind. There isn't a day that he doesn't get me to smile in some way. I love that about him. He has a really big heart and will do anything for the ones that he cares for. One thing that I am still trying to get used to is how he opens all the doors for me. You don't meet too many guys that do that anymore. He has helped get through a lot and he makes me happy. :) He plays in a band called FatPocket, they play funk music and they are awesome. Check them out at fatpocketfunk.com. He is a hard worker and likes to eat taco sauce on everything.... when i say everything i mean everything. Mac n Cheese, mashed potatoes and everything. hes messed up in the head.
His family is awesome and I am glad i got to meet them. I can't wait to get to know them better. They did an awesome job raising a great Man. My family loves him, his personality is easy to get a long with and is a joy to be with.
I am glad that God decided to put us together. He and I were meant to find each other i truly believe this. so we will see David says 6 years is the magic number :) I can handle that :)
Love you!
My Family
Left: Mark & Doris Below: Lori, Mom, Susie
Left: Susie Below: Matt
Left: Melissa and Me Below:Mom and I
Left: Melissa Below:Mom and Dad
Left: Mom and me Below: Dad and me
Left: Susie Below: Matt
Left: Melissa and Me Below:Mom and I
Left: Melissa Below:Mom and Dad
Left: Mom and me Below: Dad and me
Well this is some of my family. They are all great and I appreciate them very much. You know how they say you don't know what you had until its gone, well I don't need them to be gone I know how special and important each and everyone of them are to me.
My Dad.... He is a rock, he taught me at a young age to never give up and I don't. I remember my 8th grade year I went out for track; OK those of you that don't know this but I HATE TO RUN. So I hated it and wanted to quit, dad made me stick it out through the rest of the season at least; I did and I am so grateful for that. Sometimes I would get frustrated at him and he would get frustrated at me:) One time we were at the Fertile ball diamonds and he was hitting me fly balls I don't know how old I was but I kept missing them and they would just roll and roll. So I started walking after them when they went over my head; dad said, "If you don't start hustling after them I am going home." Well another one went over my head and I walked towards it. Dad had enough he grabbed his stuff and got in the car and left me there. OK the ball diamond is like 4 blocks from my house but it was the most devastating thing to have to walk it home. He had a funny way of showing me things about life, but it worked I got the point, it may have took me a while but I got it dad. Thanks!
My Mom, OHHH mom one thing that I love hate about my mom is that she just says what is on her mind. She says she holds back, so I think I wonder what would come out if she didn't???? :) But she is the type of person that can inspire you without knowing it. She has away of speaking and it sounds so true and good, probably because whenever she speaks she does it from the heart. We can get crazy together, we enjoy shopping together and even though sometimes hardly ever but sometimes we don't buy anything we still have fun. Its how we act with each other that is fun; when I was younger we had totally opposite tastes, but now we are almost on the same page ;0. I remember that she use to come pick me up at school and one day she decided to embarrass me, she pulled up with the wheel all the way up towards the dash board and the seat up as far as it would go. she looked like a mini semi driver it was funny. i was embarrassed at first but after that i would tell her to do it because it was fun. Mom did scar me for life though, when we were younger and it was time for bed she would chase us to the stairs and i would run up them while she would pound on them and say, "I'm gonna get you!" I have a heard time relaxing if someone is behind me when I walk up any stairs now.
Matt, my bro...... We really didn't get a long at all when we were younger. We got into trouble and we told on each other. I blamed him for somethings too. When we were younger I mostly remember him holding me down and spitting on my face, putting me in wrestling moves, giving me Charley horses in the car when i was going to tell on him, when he started the yard on fire, and him picking on me. But i was the same towards him we froze his underwear once, i blamed him for stuff i did, and i would tell on him all the time. In Middle school or something he told me about something that he tried once and told me to never do it. I will always remember that. And now i know he has my back, he always did but i know it for sure now. The best thing about him is his heart, he is so kind hearted and wants to get people things that they like all the time. and it was a signature of his to wrap presents in news paper. :)
Melissa- You kind of semi-newish to the family, but it feels like you have been in it forever. You fit right in and we all love you very much. Never having a sister it is fun to hang out with you and do sisterly things. I like it when you come and visit and i am so happy that Matt found you. you are very good for each other. i am looking forward to spending more time with you when we can and getting to know each other more. Love you!
This is my immediate family, my aunts, uncles, grandpa, grandma (who i miss), and close friends are all good. I don't have pictures of all of them, but they all have something unique that makes me, me. they all had a part of making an impact in my life; whether they know it or not. I will always be grateful to all of them. I love you all!!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Well Mom, Dad, Melissa, and Susie all came down to see me this past weekend. We had a lot of fun "stupid" moments. I will not forget somethings that we laughed so hard about.
We went to see David and Fatpocketfunk play Saturday night. It was fun and we all danced well everyone but dad. :)
Us Girls went shopping both Friday at a mall and Saturday on Main St. we met the Jelly Belly man. Susie got so mad at a restaurant that she lost her shoe. hahaha. We had a lot of fun us girls; we got giggling hard many times. We tried this sparkling wine on Main it was so good we got two bottles, never opened them though. Mom left one with me I plan on drinking it soon.
Don't worry dad did actually leave the hotel room 3 times the whole weekend :) !! But I can't really blame him I mean we did a lot of shopping and hes not really into that! I had a lot of fun with them I wish my bro could make it but I totally understand you have a lot going on and there will always be a next time so I will see YOU in May. Thanks for coming guys I had a blast with you and it was a lot of fun.
Love you all,
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View printer-friendly version << Back Kindred Healthcare Ranked 477 on Fortune 500 List for 2010 and Paul Diaz Named One of the Top 25 Minority Executives in Healthcare LOUISVILLE, Ky., Apr 19, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE:KND) today announced that it has been ranked 477 on the 2010 FORTUNE 500 list based on revenues of $4.3 billion. The full list and related stories appear in the May 3 issue of Fortune magazine. The annual FORTUNE 500 list ranks all U.S. companies by revenue. More information is available at www.fortune.com/500.
In addition, the Company announced that Paul J. Diaz, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, has been named one of the 2010 Top 25 Minority Executives in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare magazine.
Modern Healthcare is a national trade publication that covers the healthcare industry. The April 19 issue features a list of the Top 25 Minority Executives in Healthcare. Recipients are selected based on leadership, showing the ability or power to effect change in the healthcare industry, demonstrating a willingness to share expertise with others in the field, serving as a role model or mentor to other minority healthcare executives, and assuming a leadership position in the industry outside of the candidate's own organization or company.
Mr. Diaz has served as Kindred's Chief Executive Officer since January 1, 2004 and as President since January 2002. Mr. Diaz served as the Company's Chief Operating Officer from January 2002 to December 31, 2003.
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Kindred Healthcare, Inc., a top-200 private employer in the United States, is a FORTUNE 500 healthcare services company based in Louisville, Kentucky with annual revenues of over $4 billion and approximately 54,100 employees in 41 states. At December 31, 2009, Kindred through its subsidiaries provided healthcare services in 621 locations, including 83 long-term acute care hospitals, 222 nursing and rehabilitation centers and a contract rehabilitation services business, Peoplefirst rehabilitation services, which served 316 non-affiliated facilities. Ranked one of Fortune magazine's Most Admired Healthcare Companies in 2009 and 2010, Kindred's mission is to promote healing, provide hope, preserve dignity and produce value for each patient, resident, family member, customer, employee and shareholder we serve. For more information, go to www.kindredhealthcare.com.
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LEEDS, UNITED KINGDOM -- (Marketwire) -- 11/17/12 -- Grown up children in need of a bit of money often turn to the bank of mum and dad for support, however, this could put them at a disadvantage in the long term as they fail to build up viable credit histories.
The list of financial responsibilities that parents take on for their children has continued to grow as the economy worsens. A number of individuals in their 20s and 30s are allowing their parents to pay for their phone bills, loans and credit cards: in some cases even mortgages are in the parent's name(i).
New research from Noddle (a credit report organisation)(ii) found that there are an estimated 7 million credit virgins who have never taken on any form of credit. This could make it difficult for them to apply for loans, mortgages and credit cards in the future.
A survey found that 40% of Brits in their 20s had no credit record, 18% of those in their 30s and a fifth (22%) of adults in their 40s also don't have credit records.
Two thirds of parents (63%) give their adult children financial support: handing over an average of GBP 3,632 in the last 12 months. A further one in 10 say they make monthly payments totalling GBP 240 to cover everyday living costs for their grown up children.
Credit companies often rely on credit reports to identify how risky or reliable a potential customer could be. Credit records are often looked at when someone is applying for a large financial product such as credit card, personal loan or mortgage.
Without any record at all in place, it can be difficult for lenders to paint a picture of the customer's financial habits.
Asda Money offers these three top tips on how to boost your credit record:
1. Register on the Electoral Roll. Lenders use this to see you are who you say you are and as a precaution against fraud.
2. Pay your bills on time - this will show that you are able to commit to a financial product and are credit worthy.
3. Build a credit history: no history of borrowing leaves lenders with no idea how you manage your repayments. Cashback credit cards could be a good place to start.
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(i)As reported in http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2012/may/18/credit-virgins-struggle-build-borrowing-history?newsfeed=true
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(i)Balance Transfer Terms and Conditions: Balance Transfer fee of 2.9% (minimum fee GBP 3 per transaction) will be charged in respect of each Balance Transfer. Subject to account status. Account Terms and Conditions apply. You can Balance Transfer up to 80% of the available credit limit within the first 90 days of account opening. Balance Transfers from existing storecard accounts and loans issued by Creation Financial Services Ltd or Creation Consumer Finance Ltd and credit card accounts issued by Sygma Bank UK are not permitted. Minimum value for Balance Transfer is GBP 50. At the end of the promotional period you will be charged the Standard Rates of Interest in accordance to your Account.
Asda Money is a trading name of Asda Stores Limited. Asda Stores Limited uses a selection of companies to provide its products and services. Please refer to www.ASDA.com/money for details of our product partners and the relevant terms and conditions for each of our products and services.
Subject to status. Applicants must be aged 18 or over and UK resident (including Isle of Man and Channel Islands). The Asda Money Credit Card is issued by Sygma Bank UK, a Creation Group company, Chadwick House, Blenheim Court, Solihull B91 2AA.
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Since I don't have a working emulator right now, this video is not considered an "official" GM ranking because it was completed on a simulator. But the achievement is still respected, and not too many people have seen it yet, so I thought I'd share it on here :). As far as I've been told, I am the only person in America so far who has completed this mode on TGM.
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Very sad. It should be sufficient for people to recognize Christlike behavior in one's conduct.
That is what is stated in the "good book". For those interested, see 2 Corinthians 3:1-3, which basically says, among other things, our lives (attitude, actions, words & deeds, etc.) are a book that others are reading. Therefore, no need for pretentious tats or bumper stickers, IMHO.
Just live it.
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ohhhhhhhhhhhh, THIS is Forum Gold, amigos.......
beezlebub will likely cease spamming us at 665 & open up his 4th posting 'identity'
BTW, my week wouldn't be complete without an infarc-shun. Gotta keep up with Sandblasters & GitCarter on the HOTY14 race to space somehow.
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if you have to talk about it or get tattoed, you arent being about it
just stfu and be about it if you can
So, wayne, dont TALK about Jesus, BE like jesus
start by zipping it and curing aids, now get to work
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Yah, yah, yah, Hayduke c'mon chirpy you can do better than that. Pretty transparent attempt by you to get me to tell you to go bang beezlebub's mama, because she's got that Thursday 3-way for 20 buck special going on, but I won't say that.
I would never say that you chose a fantasy moniker that keeps you all stiff & drooling in your imaginary keyboard-inspired wanker's world, no, I couldn't say that, not with any accuracy, of course. Not I ! Didn't say that!
Nor would I ever indicate that the gnome has his head buried so far up your poseur arse that he finally realized why he is bald. I wouldn't say that kind of thing.
I surely wouldn't state that the clown arse prince of SI Forum hell, aka Fitzpedo, is a teacher, beezlebub hep me, hep me, hep us all & routinely posts borderline lobotomized items here. I wouldn't dare say anything about his ignana arse.
I would also never make the observation that Carter's gig where he's slamming his angry member into the tailpipe of an androgynous creature, could be chucka-boo-boo, could be that moron from philly, philo-something, could be beezlebub on a bad night in a dark van, could be Trout Stuffer aka the shredmachine............but I would never, ever insinuate any of that.
So, I really haven't said anything much at all. But it was a pleasant enough moment of your trying to draw me out.
Surf's up. Somewhere. Concentrate on that, sparky, and try not to stir up twoubble you silly wabbit.Last edited by yankee; Jun 6, 2014 at 02:51 AM. Reason: those effing contrails .....
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Hi, I'm Juilia (Juu-ee-lee-ah) haha wierd parents. Anyway I hope to eat some virtual cake with all of you because I love you (awkward)
You can call me Juilia, Jui(juu-ee), Ju, ilia, weird, I'm not picky
I like anime, but I am working very hard on realism. I'm not good at english so please help me as much as you can xP I love you all.
yes > let's eat some virtual cake
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Hi Juillia~~~
Hina likes cakes too. It's her fave. Let's have cake and tea next time.
Hullo and welcome Juilia!
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OH! I hope it's wedding cake. I love wedding cake!
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Thompson: Hard Facts and Spin
Dean is a hard act to follow. After reading Tom Toch's original document, as opposed to his Education Week article, I still see the same pattern. The Education Sector and the Eduwonk have long battled with themselves over facts and their meanings. Now, Tom Toch and the Education Sector agree that Charter Management Organizations (CMOs). have won "congratulatory coverage in the national media," at a time when Secretary Duncan hopes they can play an increasing role in turning around the toughest schools. But Toch then writes "the research for a report on CMOs that I've produced for the think tank Education Sector reveals that many of these organizations are going to be hard-pressed to deliver the many schools that Duncan wants from them." The Education Sector sees the same evidence and writes "state and national leaders increasingly see leading CMOs as an important part of their larger plans for educational reform in the toughest educational environments." (emphasis mine)
Toch describes "four dozen charter networks' opening about 350 schools with some 100,000 seats over the past decade. This is a long way from the 5,000 failing public schools. ..." The Education Sector introduces the report, writing "nearly four dozen new nonprofit enterprises ... or CMOs, have set to work alongside Achievement First (which hopes to open 30 charters) to replicate the nation's best urban charter schools, .... There are an estimated 4,600 charter schools serving some 1.4 million students."
Echoing Toch, the Education Sector reports "CMOs have expanded more slowly and required more resources than they had hoped" facing "the extraordinary demands of educating disadvantaged students." Somehow, this record is mitigated because CMOs have "sought to create "proof points," evidence that large numbers of disadvantaged students can achieve at sharply higher levels than most do now ..."
While clearly supporting charter schools, Toch writes "getting good results also has required CMOs to spend more heavily than they had expected to support their schools." Moreover, "CMOs increasingly face the challenge of either paying their teachers more as they gain seniority, or churning through teachers and making it tougher to sustain their schools' powerful cultures." Also, "student attrition is high in CMO schools, fueled by higher standards, long hours, and transient families. A study of four San Francisco Bay Area KIPP middle schools found that 60 percent of entering students departed before graduating. The loss of revenue from so many departing students is devastating, but the price of bringing in replacement students is also high."
The actual Education Report, "Growing Pains," as opposed to the Education Sector's characterization of the report, then tells the same story. It is particularly astute in explaining the dire lack of principals that would spearhead any expansion of CMOs. "It was a point of perverse pride that [running a KIPP school] had to be a job only for Superman," says John Kanberg, a senior official at the KIPP Foundation. Also, "principals in schools run by prominent CMOs tend to be as young and nearly as inexperienced as their teachers. Aspire Public Schools hired four principals in 2006–07—ages 24, 25, 28, and 30. In contrast, the average public school principal is 49."
So, the difference between Toch's interpretation of evidence and the Education Sector's may be no greater than the continued differences between the Education Sector's research and the spin that it gives to the evidence. And the same dynamic seems to be producing those discrepancies. The Education Sector research duly reports the disappointing results of its favored reforms, but to the Education Sector spin masters, those shortcomings are not as important as the ambitions of "reformers." And it may also be illustrative that the Education Sector concludes by praising "the core mission that unites all leading CMOs" while Toch ends with a plea for collaboration between charters and public school systems.


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Really like the blue, think it was only available on the 29er though?
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Aye...think it was only 29. The new 650 comes in red or blue which tempted me...then remembered its 650
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that new blue is metallic turqoise hope it looks better than it sounds.
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BikeSwanky has some deals on 26 and 29er Bandits - don't know if they are good deals or not but keep seeing reference to them:
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Thanks Turner Guy for the mention.
The Bandit is definitely one of the best MTB we've ridden. Great to see so many positive comments on here. It'd be great to see more of them on the hills.
We may be able to help with that
Plus, if anyone who is involved in trail building, buys any one of our Clearance Bandits this week, we'll donate £100 towards their chosen trail building team. If you're not connected with any trail builders, we'll donate it to the Hurtwood Trails.
Here's the links to those bikes he mentioned:
Bandit 29er Build Kit 1 - Large - Stealth Black
Bandit 26 Build Kit 2 - Orange - Medium
Bandit 26 Build Kit 2 - Lemon Lime - LargeWe hope that you agree that 25% off, 2 years 0% finance, just a £99 initial payment and full manufacturers warranty is a reasonable offer.
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Anyone know the Fox shock tune on the 2013 CTD for the Bandit 26"?
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Not sure... But a fair few on mtbr say it blows through its travel and requires a spacer to adjust the volume... I get the impression the rp23 Kashima was better suited to it...
I have a rp23 Kashima for sale brand new unused 190x50 straight off a bandit...let me know if your interested...
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Might be, out of interest where did you get your frame? Got mine now.
Mail me offline if you prefer.
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Mailed you sir....
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Can somebody post up a pic of the cable routing for the direct mount front derailier. I have it routed up to the last stop behind the seat tube, how do you run it into the der body?
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Here's a pic of mine mid-build ... it was my first ever self build mind, so I could of done it totally wrong, seems to work OK though.
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Cheers,FB, looks a great build love that Yellow.
Its a slightly different set up (Sram) to mine but I get the idea,thanks.Now built up and ready for first ride tomorrow.
Thanks to Michael at York Cycleworks for his help and advice with the build. Seems like a top guy and real Transition nut!
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The Transition website has updated with the 2014 Bandit details, although it's crawling for me at the minute.
Quite like the new blue colour.
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I was advised you didnt need a spacer if you're of average(ish) weight 12stish
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Can anyone tell me what brake hose lengths they are running front and rear please on a size large... Just trying to sort some new brakes out...
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i'm looking for a small.......if anyone has one for sale?
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After a medium 26" also
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The smalls are really small...couldnt you get away with a medium? Theres a new yellow frame on pinkbike.
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Si, on my large my hoses are 740mm front and 1500mm for the rear.
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Evanescence performing in Heineken Jammin' Festival at Fiera di Rho a Milano, Italy on 6th of July, 2012.
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Origin | Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |
Genres | Alternative metal,[1][2] Gothic metal,[2][3][4][5][6] Alternative rock,[7][8] |
Years active | 1995–present |
Labels | Wind-up |
Website | Evanescence.com |
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Amy Lee Terry Balsamo Tim McCord Troy McLawhorn Will Hunt |
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Will Boyd Rocky Gray David Hodges John LeCompt Ben Moody |
Evanescence is an American alternative metal/rock band. It was founded in 1995 in Little Rock, Arkansas by singer Amy Lee and former-guitarist Ben Moody. The band gained local popularity and released a number of EPs before signing a record deal with Wind-Up.
The band released Fallen, their first full-length album, in 2003. Fallen gained popularity after two of its songs were featured in the film Daredevil. The album was a critical and commercial success and sold more than 17 million copies worldwide; spawning the hit singles "Bring Me to Life" and "My Immortal". It also helped the band win two Grammy awards.
In 2006, the band released their second studio album, The Open Door, which was positively received. It debuted at #1 in the Billboard Hot 200 chart, and sold more than 447.000 copies in its first week. The album sold more than 6 million copies and its third single, "Sweet Sacrifice", was honored with a Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock Song.
After concluding "The Open Door Tour", the band went on a lengthy hiatus. The band announced that they would be working on a new album in June 2009, but the production was delayed several times. Evanescence, the bands' self-titled third studio album, was eventually released on October 11, 2011. It debuted at #1 in 5 Billboard charts, including the Hot 200 and Rock Albums charts. "What You Want" became the first single off the album, and was released in August 9, 2011 to positive critical reception. "My Heart is Broken" was chosen as the second single and sent to radio stations in October 31, 2011. An accompanying video premiered on Evanescence's Vevo account on YouTube on January 28, 2012. Lee has confirmed via a Twitter message that the third single will be "Made of Stone". A remixed version "Made of Stone" was featured in the soundtrack of the 2012 film Underworld: Awakening.
The band has suffered many line-up changes throughout the years. David Hodges was the first member to exit the band in 2002. Co-founder Moody left the band mid-tour in 2004 due to creative differences with frontwoman Lee, followed by Will Boyd in 2006. In 2007, Lee fired guitarist John LeCompt and drummer Rocky Gray announced he was quitting the band shortly after. As of mid-2007, Lee is the only original member left in the band.
Evanescence was ranked at #71 on the Best Artists of the Decade chart. As a female-fronted band that utilizes dramatic vocals and orchestral elements in their music, critics and fans have drawn parallels between Evanescence and other female-fronted symphonic and gothic metal bands such as Lacuna Coil.[9][10] The band is recognized for their dark music and lyrics, Lee's vocals and piano instrumentations against the background of "chugging" guitar riffs and their use of electronic elements.
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The people who founded Evanescence are singer, songwriter and pianist Amy Lee and guitarist and songwriter Ben Moody who is no longer a member in the band. They met in a youth camp in 1994, when Moody heard Lee playing a song on the piano.
After that, they started writing music together. Two of their songs were played on the local radio station and the listeners wanted them to do a concert. They later appeared live and became a popular act in their area.
They chose "Evanescence" as a name for their band because Lee thought "it is mysterious and dark, and places a picture in the listener' mind." Evanescence means "to disappear" or "to fade away".
Before Fallen was released, Evanescence made two EPs (Evanescence EP and Sound Asleep EP) and one Demo CD called Origin. Some of the songs on Fallen can be found on their previous records, like My Immortal.
Fallen and Anywhere but Home (2003 - 2005)[change | change source]
Three of Lee and Moody's friends joined the band. They were John LeCompt, Rocky Gray and Will Boyd. The three also worked on previous Evanescence songs. The band also signed their first major label in early 2003 and started working on Fallen.
Fallen became a worldwide success, and spent 43 weeks on the Billboard top 10 charts. It sold over 15 million copies and was certified 7x platinum in the United States. It is also one of the eight albums to stay for at least a year within the Billboard Top 50 charts.
Their most successful single from Fallen is Bring Me to Life, which won a Grammy award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2004. Another popular single is My Immortal, which was nominated for a Grammy in 2005. The other two singles are Going Under and Everybody's Fool. All four songs had videos to promote them.
Ben Moody left the band while they were touring in Europe. The reason given for this is because of creative differences with the band's singer Amy Lee. Moody was replaced by another guitarist, Terry Balsamo.
In 2004, Evanescence released Anywhere but Home, their first live album. It includes a concert in Paris, some behind-the-scenes features, and the single Missing, which reached #1 in Spain. The CD also had three live songs, Breathe No More, Farther Away, and the band's cover of Korn's Thoughtless.
The Open Door and Hiatus (2006 - 2010)[change | change source]
Will Boyd left the band in 2006 for "not wanting to do another big tour" and for wanting "to be close to his family". He was replaced by Tim McCord.
The Open Door is the band's first album to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. The album had four singles with videos, which are Call Me When You're Sober, Lithium, Sweet Sacrifice and Good Enough. In 2007, Evanescence was nominated for a Grammy award for Sweet Sacrifice.
The band toured two times to promote The Open Door. The first tour was held in countries such as the United States, Canada, Japan and Australia. In the second tour, they returned to the US and had more concerts there. They also joined the Family Values Tour 2007 with the band Korn and the Argentinean festival Quilems Rock 07 with the bands Aerosmith and Velvet Revolver.
On May 4, 2007, John LeCompt said that he was fired from Evanescence, and that Rocky Gray left the band. They were replaced for some time by Will Hunt and Troy McLawhorn, who are from the band Dark New Day.
Evanescence (2011- present)[change | change source]
Lee announced in June 2009 that Evanescence were working on a new album and explained the reason behind the lengthy absence:
"I believe that to make great music you have to give yourself the freedom to evolve. I don't see the point in making the same record twice, so I always want to challenge myself to make something better, stronger, and more interesting than before. That takes time, but it's worth the wait for me. Hopefully, it will be for the fans too. Look out for new music next year…"
Lee later posted more information about the album through Evanescence's fan forum, EvThreads. She described the music as "dark, sarcastic, fun, strange, familiar and very different at the same time", stating that it's not music people would expect from the band. In another post, she mentioned that she was collaborating with Will "Science" Hunt and Balsamo in writing for the album.
The band played a sold-out "secret show" at the Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom in New York City on November 4, 2009, along with label-mates Civil Twilight. The tickets sold out in five minutes. Lee told the audience that the bands' appearance was a warm-up for their headlining appearance at the Maquinária festival in São Paulo, Brazil, which took place on November 8. The Maquinária show featured an intro containing a brief sample of the bands' new music. Lee later posted the lyrics to the intro on EvThreads and stated that she was "glad" to share "at least just a minute of new music". Both these appearances featured James Black of Finger Eleven as a fill-in guitarist.
Evanescence entered the studio on February 22, 2010 to begin recording and chose Steve Lillywhite to produce the album. Will Hunt joined Evanescence as a drummer while Will "Science" Hunt participated as a programmer and secondary drummer. Despite his collaboration with Lee on most songs of the album, he eventually didn't join the band. The album was initially more electronic music-oriented and slated for a late 2010 release. However, according to Lee, Lillywhite "wasn't the right fit" and the music "wasn't coming together right". He was eventually replaced by producer Nick Rasculinecz and the band started over with writing new material and developing songs from the previous session.
In June 21, Lee announced in Evthreads.com that the band have temporarily left the studio to work further on the songs and that their label company was going through "uncertain times", which could delay the release of the album. However, she stated in her post that the band would return to the studio "soon enough". Evanescence reentered the studio in early April, 2011 with producer Nick Rasculinecz, and the album was speculated to be released in fall 2011. Because of the change og producers, Lee indicated that the album would be heavier in its sound. She also noted the band's growing participation in the songwriting process, saying that she felt like she was "finally in a real band". Additionally, Troy McLawhorn rejoined Evanescence as a primary guitarist for the album, though not as a permanent band member. On June 12, Lee announced through her Twitter account that McLawhorn was officially back with Evanescence and that the new release date for the album was October 4, 2011.
Members[change | change source]
- Amy Lee - Vocals, piano/keyboards, harp
- Troy McLawhorn - Lead guitar
- Tim McCord - Bass guitar
- Jen Majura - Rhythm guitar
- Will Hunt - Drums and percussion
Discography[change | change source]
- Evanescence EP
- Sound Asleep EP
- Origin
- Mystary EP
- Fallen
- Anywhere but Home
- The Open Door, Sony/BMG - 2006
- Evanescence
Singles[change | change source]
- Bring Me to Life
- Going Under
- My Immortal
- Everybody's Fool
- Call Me When You're Sober
- Lithium
- Sweet Sacrifice
- Good Enough
- What You Want
- My heart Is broken
- Lost in Paradise
Radio Singles[change | change source]
- Imaginary
- Missing
- Weight of the World
References[change | change source]
- ↑ http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/bio/evanescence/2515781
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.allmusic.com/artist/evanescence-p554863/biography
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/08/style/a-night-out-with-amy-lee-the-goth-candidate.html
- ↑ Berelian, Essi (2005). The Rough Guide to Heavy Metal. London: Rough Guides.
- ↑ http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/Blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=25262
- ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/the-open-door-20061005
- ↑ http://uk.music.ign.com/articles/737/737281p1.html
- ↑ http://musicmight.com/artist/united+states/arkansas/little+rock/evanescence
- ↑ http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1490596/lacuna-coil-evanescence-europeans.jhtml
- ↑ http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=34077
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A list of all facilities in the area with squash courts can be found at the US SQUASH website at this page. Scroll to the bottom of this page to see a map with all squash courts in the area.
Membership Open to the Public
Chevy Chase Athletic Club, The Barlow Building , 18th fl, 5454 Wisconsin Ave , Chevy Chase , MD. Three new international courts that opened in late 2011. Parking in the building is free Sundays, $1 for 2.5 hrs other days. Contact Squash Director Connie Barnes firstname.lastname@example.com 301 807 9905 http://www.aussienicksquash.com
McLean Racquet & Health Club — The Squash Center – 1472 Chain Bridge Road, McLean VA, 22101 (half-timbered building next to the Giant Shopping Center) Three International courts opened in November 2013. Free parking. Contact Director of Squash, Jahangir Naseem email@example.com or 410-905-6317 or www.jahangirsquash.com/mclean.
Potomac Squash Club, Potomac, MD. (Three international courts) This is a member key club exclusively dedicated to squash. It is located off Montrose Road near I-270. www.potomacsquash.com
Sport & Health Clubs — Sport & Health Clubs with regulation sized courts are located in Washington DC (four courts on Capitol Hill), Bethesda (four courts) and Herndon (four courts). Converted racquetball courts are located in McLean (three courts) and Gaithersburg, MD (two courts). For more information go to Sport & Health's Squash Page or Squash Revolution's Squash Page.
Squash on Fire at the Equinox Club, Downtown DC, 22nd and M Streets NW. (Four international courts). Website is here. Squash on Fire is building a new facility with 8 international courts at 23rd and M Streets NW and the facility is expected to open in late April 2017.
Local Private Clubs with Squash Courts, Members Only
The University Club (1135 Sixteenth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C.) offers a full service squash program and has two international courts. More information here.
The Metropolitan Club (1700 H Street, NW) has one international court and two hardball courts. For more information on membership call 202-835-2500. For information on squash, contact the club at (202) 835-2540.
Local Schools with Squash Courts
Schools generally only make their courts available to students or others with connection to the school community. Here is a list of local schools with squash courts:
- American University, Two Converted Racquetball Courts
- Episcopal High School, Alexandria, VA, Nine International Courts
- George Washington University, Six International Courts
- Georgetown University, 2 International courts, 3 American courts and one Racquetball court.
- Potomac School (K-12), McLean, Va, 4 International Courts
- University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2 International Courts
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WWE star Darren Young gave a TMZ cameraman the shock of his life.
During a standard interview at Los Angeles Airport LAX, the cameraman began quizzing Young about his opinions about gay wrestlers, asking if "a gay wrestler could be successful within the WWE."
Young caught the cameraman off guard by taking the opportunity to reveal that he is gay.
"Absolutely. Look at me. I'm a WWE superstar and to be honest with you, I'll tell you right now, I'm gay. And I'm happy. I'm very happy."
The floored cameraman stumbled over his words briefly and thanked Young for sharing the news.
The star was then asked how he thought his fellow wrestlers would take the news.
"We're all adults. All sports are physical. When I come to work, I come to work," he said. "Business is business."
He added: "Some people might not like it, and some people will like it."
But the wrestler said regardless he is comfortable in his own skin.
"I'm happy [with] who I am. I'm comfortable with myself," he said. "I'm hoping to be able to make a difference. It's very important to me that people understand that someone's sexual preference doesn't really matter."
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We are home to 1700 students from 40 nationalities. We are inclusive and celebrate our diversity by welcoming students of all faiths.
SJI International High School opened its doors in 2007, and was followed in 2008 by SJI International Elementary School. Together they are part of a group of seven Lasallian schools in Singapore with a history dating back to 1852.
The realisation of the vision of SJI International was a labour of love for a team of SJI Alumni, who, having benefitted so profoundly from their own education at Saint Joseph's Institution (SJI), one of Singapore's oldest and most respected schools, then sought a way to offer Singaporean and expatriate children a similar life-changing experience.
Our School is a non-profit organisation, overseen by the SJI International Board of Governors, comprising SJI alumni. The School's patron is Dr Tony Tan, President of Singapore.
Saint Joseph's Institution, a Catholic school founded by the De La Salle Christian Brothers in 1852, embodies the tradition of St John Baptist de La Salle, the French priest who, in 1680, started this order of religious Brothers to provide education for poor boys in France. It welcomes students of all faiths to be part of its inclusive community. From its inception the brotherhood has been dedicated to bringing education to all, especially 'the last, the lost and the least'. Its cornerstone values are faith, community and service. Today there are 4,450 Lasallian brothers and 50,000 Lasallian teachers, working in 80 countries around the world. SJI has been notable over the years for its capacity to develop leaders of Singapore society, including members of the current government. Underpinning the remarkable success of SJI has been the role played by the De La Salle Christian Brothers. They place a major emphasis on the need to give special care to each student and are held in the highest possible esteem by generations of SJI old boys.
At SJI International we are driven by the same values as SJI even though we differ in several respects, not least because of our fully co-educational, pre-university and international dimensions. The schools share a common mission: Enabling students, within a Lasallian community, to learn how to learn and to learn how to live, empowering them to become people of integrity and people for others.
We are proud of our Catholic and Lasallian heritage. Being a school firmly rooted in the Catholic faith, there are many opportunities for Catholic children to explore and deepen their faith. They may participate in weekly catechism classes as part of the extra-curricular activity programme co-ordinated by the Faith Formation Leader for the Elementary School, and we offer classes for preparation for the sacraments of first Reconciliation and First Communion which are celebrated in the School Chapel. In the High School the Religious Education programme we offer is intended to deepen a student's conviction in his or her own belief, as well as to create in our students a deeper understanding and appreciation of people's differences, religious as well as cultural, in order to make the world a more peaceful place. We stimulate the inter-religious relationship by including the study of Lasallian tradition and heritage within the RE curriculum.
All families are invited to attend the weekly Mass on Friday before school and Masses are also celebrated on holy days of obligation and special days. Our school enjoys a strong and active parent community and there is also the opportunity to join the Catholic Parent Support Group and contribute to the spiritual life of the school.
With children from 40 nationalities at the school, our community includes families from many different cultures, faiths and traditions. We are a school where the culture, faith and traditions of each child are respected and celebrated. In the Elementary School the values education programme, the Virtues Project, provides the vehicle for character development and, being non-denominational, is appropriate for all the children in the school regardless of the culture, faith and traditions of their family.
SJI International shares the crest of St Joseph's Institution, introduced in 1950 to replace an older one and to bring greater clarity to its symbolism. The green field of the crest (Pantone 348C) is divided into four quadrants by a white cross, the symbol of the Christian faith. In the centre of the cross lies the logo of the Brothers, a five-pointed star, the Signum Fidei, the Sign of Faith. Its origin is the Star of Bethlehem which led the Magi to the birth of Christ. In fact, Signum Fidei is the motto of the Brothers of the Christian Schools founded by St John Baptist de La Salle. It reminds all Josephians to centre their lives on faith and to reach always for the reachable star of their convictions and ideals. In the top left quadrant are three interlocking circles, symbolising games and the sporting spirit of all Josephians while the top right quadrant holds the lamp of knowledge on a book, which is a symbol for learning. The Lion at the bottom left quadrant represents the courage and determination with which Josephians face the many challenges of life. It also reminds us that SJI, the flagship of the Lasallian enterprise in Asia, was established in Singapura, the Lion City, in 1852. The bottom right quadrant holds the monogram of the school. The crown surmounting the crest symbolises victory – the victory of faith over the forces of evil, and it also reminds us that St Joseph's Institution was founded in the days when Singapore was still a British Colony. The Latin motto of the school, Ora et Labora (Pray and Work), is inscribed on the scroll at the bottom of the crest.


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Eugenics (the science or pseudo-science of improving the quality of the human stock) attracted the grandson of another great man. Thomas Huxley (Darwin's first great defender) begat Leonard, who begat (Sir) Julian Huxley. This Huxley and Sir Charles Darwin were both presidents, in their time, of the Eugenics Society.
I'm trying to get my brain round eugenics partly because I'm writing a Radio 4 Analysis programme on the population bomb and the ideas that have been brought to bear on it. The early feminist birth controllers (especially Margaret Sanger in the US and Marie Stopes in the UK) were both keen on contraception for the twin reasons that it liberated women and because its purposes could legitimately include the idea of increasing the quality as well as reducing the quantity of the human gene-pool. I am mischievously delighted that feminist ultra-liberals have eugenics in their thought-baggage.
One might think that Hitler had more or less done for the eugenic idea, and that people who pursued it after the Final Solution must have been nutty. Perhaps the Darwin and Huxley scions were. But I doubt it.
I came across several copies of the Eugenics Society journal from the Sixties in an Oxford bookshop last week. In them, there is evidence of Darwin's seriousness. Even more obviously, Huxley appears to believe that people's choosing not to pass on genes which tend to make offspring miserable cannot be thought absurd. Indeed, is it not exactly what many women have scans for now? He goes further and wonders if it is wrong to think about the way modern societies tend to produce a type of family which seems "to have ceased to care, and just carry on the business of bare existence in the midst of extreme poverty and squalor". These people are, to put it in blunt terms Huxley eschewed, thick, gloomy and fertile.These problem families and society at large would be happier, he says, if they could voluntarily or semi-compulsorily be induced to contraceive.
These are deep waters. And yet one doesn't have to be a rocket scientist to see the problems which might befall a small minority of families when getting on for 100 years of compulsory education seems to have left them with only the dubious joy of having offspring at everyone's expense while filling their heads with high-octane drivel from their video machines.
I am by instinct far too much of a liberal to apply anything like tough eugenic principles to this problem. All the same, it is worth speculating what might happen if family benefit was withdrawn from highly functional middle- income people and applied instead as a small-family bonus to people marooned in failure. No: I see it's impossible. But I wouldn't put it past a more tough-minded generation to contemplate such ideas.
The point is that time really brings extraordinary flips in moral thinking. Natural selection and birth control were first thought important by people who are at the core of the history of modern liberal thinking; both had strands which went towards eugenics, which became the epitome of illiberalism. Who is to say that eugenics will not again appear both liberal and necessary? Or is the larger point that the forces of religion and reaction might hold greater truths, which merely from time to time appear neanderthal?
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text: Two of Hal Roach's short-subject stalwarts, Patsy Kelly and ZaSu Pitts, are teamed in the Roach-produced feature Broadway Limited. The whole story unfolds on a Chicago-to-Manhattan express train; among the passengers are Hollywood starlet April (Marjorie Woodworth), her producer Ivan (Leonid Kinskey) and her wisecracking secretary Patsy (Kelly). Hoping to stir up publicity for April, Patsy and Ivan conspire to adopt a baby for their client. Trouble is, the authorities are convinced that the child has been kidnapped, causing no end of trouble for such innocent bystanders as engineer Mike (Victor McLaglen), bookish young doctor Harvey North (Dennis O'Keefe) and garrulous clubwoman Myra (Pitts). The film is stolen by infant performer Gay Ellen Dakins, who spends most of her scenes smiling at the camera, oblivious of the adult slapstickery. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi


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- "So, you have come this far, and still you understand nothing. Every light must fade, every heart return to darkness!"
- ―Ansem, Seeker of Darkness[src]
Ansem, Seeker of Darkness is the main antagonist of Kingdom Hearts and the "Reverse/Rebirth" mode in Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories. He is the Heartless of Xehanort, and retains the dark "guardian" which belonged to his original self.
Prior to Kingdom Hearts
In the pursuit of knowledge, Xehanort, at the time calling himself "Ansem", willingly gave his heart to the darkness, creating both his Heartless and his Nobody, Xemnas. His Heartless was able to retain its selfhood for uncertain reasons, though it was believed by the true Ansem that this was due to Xehanort's willing abandonment of his heart, which is reinforced due to the fact that Sora, the only other person ever to keep his mind as a Heartless, also willingly surrendered his heart.
He and legions of Heartless at his command continued his original self's pursuit of knowledge, believing it would be found in darkness, and stole countless hearts from both humans and worlds in search of this knowledge. But his ultimate goal was Kingdom Hearts, a supposed repository of tremendous power and knowledge. However, to access the heart of all worlds, he would need to open the Final Keyhole. For this, the Princesses of Heart were needed to complete the Keyhole. He also realized that the wielder of the legendary Keyblade needed to be found, for the Keyblade's ability to seal away the hearts of worlds from the preying Heartless could prove dangerous. So, believing that the Princesses and the Keyblade wielder are connected, he sent Kairi, a supposed resident of The Radiant Garden, as well as a Princess of Heart, to another world where a future Keyblade wielder lived and Xehanort's original home. As he waited for his theory to be proven, Ansem continued on his path towards stealing many hearts.
Kingdom Hearts
Ansem, after ten years of being a Heartless, appears in a brown robe by the Destiny Islands Keyhole before the world's fall into darkness, insulting Sora's ignorance of what was to come, and completely ignoring Sora's questions.
The villain appears again to Riku, after his loss to Sora at Hollow Bastion. Shaken by his loss of control over the Keyblade to Sora, Riku lets himself be influenced by Ansem and his promise of power. Riku then lets his heart open up to the darkness, allowing Ansem to possess him.
Firmly in control of Riku's body, Ansem creates the artificial Keyblade of People's Hearts from six of the Princesses of Heart's hearts. This Keyblade possesses the power to unlock hearts, a property he soon tests on Maleficent, transforming her into a gigantic dragon. The dragon is felled by Sora and his friends, leading the Heartless to comment that the dark fairy was arrogant to believe that she manipulated the Heartless when it was actually the other way around. He insults Maleficent and takes his leave, waiting for Sora in the chamber of the Final Keyhole.
Sora arrives, finally reunited with Kairi, though she is comatose due to the loss of her heart. Ansem comments that she lacks a heart, and from his impersonal comments and unusual nature, Sora realizes that who he sees as Riku is not truly the friend he knew. Riku introduces himself as "Ansem, Seeker of Darkness". The Heartless goes on to explain that Kairi's heart is in Sora, and that his dark Keyblade is necessary to remove the imprisoned heart. Sora refuses to agree with the plan and they battle. Sora wins the duel, and Ansem retreats. However, his efforts are not in vain, as Sora stabs himself with the dark Keyblade, in order to free Kairi's heart as well as the six other Princesses. But this ends up opening the final Keyhole and the way to Kingdom Hearts, as well as the loss of Sora's heart and his brief transformation into Sora's Heartless.
Ansem shortly returns, having expelled Riku's heart and shaped his body into one resembling his original human self. Now that the final Keyhole is open from Sora's sacrifice, he plans to kill Kairi now that her purpose in his plans has been fulfilled. Donald and Goofy bravely make a stand against Ansem in order to protect Kairi, but both know that, without Sora, they may not be able to stop him. Before he can dispose of the three, Riku projects himself from Xehanort's stolen body and manages to establish enough control to stop the Heartless in his tracks, allowing Donald and Goofy to escape with Kairi. This leads to an internal struggle between the two that Riku ultimately loses. His heart is forced out of his body, and Ansem completely takes control. Ansem then allows himself to be enveloped by the darkness flowing out of the Keyhole, and travels to the End of the World and Kingdom Hearts.
As Sora, his humanity having been restored by Kairi's light, arrives at the remnants of Destiny Islands at End of the World, Ansem appears, bearing Riku's form. He explains the fall of Riku to darkness, that he desperately sought to escape the island "prison" enough to open his heart to darkness. Afterwards, Ansem explains his philosophy: that worlds and hearts begin and end in darkness. Thus, darkness is the heart's true essence. Sora denies this, in words and in battle, with Ansem. During the battle Ansem summons both his familiar, the Guardian Heartless, and a Darkside Heartless to assist him. As the battle rages on, Ansem leads the trio to the endless abyss where the Door to Darkness resides. This time, Ansem merges himself to the World of Chaos, a monstrous Heartless ship, and captures Donald and Goofy, though Sora rescues them.
After several more rounds of combat, Ansem, weakened, opens the Door to Darkness, imploring Kingdom Hearts to fill him with the power of darkness so that he can gain enough power to destroy Sora, Donald, and Goofy and shroud the universe in darkness. However, Ansem is horrified to see light pour out of the door. The overwhelming light of Kingdom Hearts envelops and destroys Ansem, allowing Riku to take back his body.
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
However, because Riku served as the host for Ansem, a piece remains even after his destruction by the light of Kingdom Hearts. This bothers Riku greatly, who ends up in Castle Oblivion thanks to his heart resonating with Sora's, who is also in the castle.
Guided by a mysterious voice, Riku climbs through the basements of Castle Oblivion, trying to rid himself of his darkness. However, Ansem appears early on, intending to overcome Riku, but fails. Still, Ansem remains, and even stirs the darkness in Riku's heart so that he may use it in battle, if he so chooses. The dark being remains confident that Riku will eventually give into the darkness.
At times, Riku almost becomes overwhelmed by the darkness, but King Mickey's light continually comes to the rescue, frustrating Ansem. Eventually, Riku overcomes his fear of the darkness, intending to use it as well as the light. He also additionally receives some guidance from the enigmatic DiZ, the true owner of the mysterious voice, who in turn leads Riku to Naminé. Naminé offers to seal away Riku's darkness and Ansem, but he instead chooses to face the Heartless on his own. DiZ then gives Riku a card that will give Ansem form, so that Riku can finish him off once and for all.
Ansem again tries to turn Riku to the darkness completely, and tries to defeat the young boy so that he can take over again. However, though he is defeated, Riku realizes that Ansem still lingers in his heart, and sets off with King Mickey in order to rid himself of the Seeker of Darkness forever.
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
Though Xemnas, the Nobody counterpart of Ansem, soon becomes the main threat, the dark being still has a presence. In fact, the part of him that lingers in Riku starts to eat away at him, even forcing him to put on a blindfold over his eyes to keep him from "lying to himself".
This comes to a head when Riku travels to The World That Never Was at the behest of DiZ, with the intent to capture Roxas, the Nobody of Sora and a member of Organization XIII, so that the two can join and Sora can awaken from his slumber. However, Roxas proves to be too powerful for Riku to handle, so Riku is left with one option: Riku unleashes the darkness in himself, in order to gain the power necessary to defeat Roxas. However, this has the side effect of giving Riku the appearance of Ansem, as well as manifesting his guardian, which constricts Roxas in its fists and leaves him unconscious. In his new form, Riku mimics Xehanort before him and takes on the name Ansem.
Kingdom Hearts II
During the Battle of the 1000 Heartless at Hollow Bastion, King Mickey reveals the truth about "Ansem" to Sora, Donald, and Goofy; that he wasn't the real Ansem, but the Heartless of an impostor. While the trio are shocked and dismayed to learn this, Mickey assures them that Ansem still needed to be stopped. He also reveals that the Nobody spawned at the same time as Ansem is the leader of the Organization (as he had met the original Xehanort and been near his Nobody, it "kinda felt like bein' around the same fella.").
Riku remains like this for some time. His new appearance prompts him to refuse making contact with Sora and Kairi, despite him being able to easily do so. Still, when push comes to shove, Riku aids his friends, but never reveals himself as Riku (though Sora begins to suspect his mysterious helper's true identity), secretly leaving clues for Sora, Donald, and Goofy to find. He also took a proactive stance in aiding the people of The Land of Dragons, and briefly engaged Sora in battle before going to speak with The Emperor and informing him that Sora and his friends would be coming to help them deal with a Heartless dragon created by Organization XIII. But when Naminé chooses to use Riku's true name after he rescues her and Kairi from the Organization at The World That Never Was, things take a turn. Kairi, in her excitement, removes Riku's hood, only to see the face of the one who had endangered her a year ago. Still, she sees Riku underneath the dark form, and takes it in stride.
Riku is also forced to meet Sora when Kairi prevents him from taking his leave when Kairi and Sora reunite. At first, Sora does not realize it is Riku, refers to him as "Ansem", and informs him that he is grateful to him for Kairi's rescue while still enraged at the very thought of the evil deeds he had committed. Kairi helps him see through his altered form. They all then travel through the Nobody castle, and end up reuniting with King Mickey and DiZ, whose true name is Ansem the Wise. However, the machine that Ansem was using to encode Kingdom Hearts into data ends up exploding, allowing Riku to regain his true form. "Ansem" and his hold on Riku's heart are thought to be destroyed at this point, as the explosion's light fully restores Riku to the extent that he is robbed of his ability to open corridors of darkness.
Kingdom Hearts coded
Ansem appears in a memory from Jiminy's Journal in Destiny Islands, opening a Corridor of Darkness for Riku to Hollow Bastion.
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
It is revealed, that before possessing Riku, Ansem went back in time and met an alternate version of his younger self on Destiny Islands. He tasked Young Xehanort with gathering 12 different versions of themselves together from time/space to make up the thirteen hearts of darkness Master Xehanort needed to create the X-blade, giving him the power to move through time.
While Sora and Riku wandered through the worlds in the Realm of Sleep, Ansem appears before them a few times, having been brought from the past/alternate past. In The World That Never Was, he sits to Master Xehanort's right, making him Number 3, and is the one who holds Riku down to prevent him from saving Sora from being the thirteenth vessel for Master Xehanort's heart fragment. However, when Lea, Donald and Goofy arrive, he flees along with his other selves.


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IT'S the plane that is supposed to change the experience of flying.
No more stuffy noses, dry throats or severe fatigue. Larger windows to provide a stronger connection to the world outside. And mood lighting that can either ease jet lag or turn the plane into a nightclub at 40,000 feet (12,192m).
And for the most part, Boeing's 787 succeeds.
Pictures: Aboard the 787 Dreamliner
Flying it is more enjoyable. But it's still flying. Just because the plane is new doesn't mean the food will taste better or you won't be stuck in front of a kicking kid.
There has been plenty of hype surrounding the 787, a long-range plane marketed as The Dreamliner that carried its first passengers on Wednesday on a four-hour flight from Tokyo to Hong Kong.
It has been called "revolutionary" and "a game-changer".
And, indeed, a sleek design makes the plane stand out the moment you step on board. A higher ceiling - at least the perception of one - reduces claustrophobia. And natural light pours in, creating a welcoming feeling.
Maybe that 10-hour flight won't be so bad after all. Maybe.
The biggest benefit should come from features that fight jet lag. Those couldn't really be experienced by the 240 reporters and aviation enthusiasts who made the relatively short inaugural flight.
They include a doubling of the humidity, to 16 per cent, and bringing the cabin's pressure closer to what it feels like on the ground.
Planes are normally pressurised to 8000 feet, higher than any point on the East Coast. Air inside the 787 is made to feel the equivalent of 6000, slightly higher than Denver.
The pressure and humidity changes should lead to fewer headaches and leave passengers with more energy after long trips.
The short flight also didn't provide for a test of the full impact of LED lights that slowly change colour, another feature designed to fight fatigue.
The impact was felt when the cabin lit up in a funky rainbow display, turning the plane into something out of Saturday Night Fever. Add some loud music and it's not too hard to imagine a bachelor or bachelorette party at 40,000 feet.
The lighting concept is being rolled out on other aircraft, including new models of the narrow-body 737. European aircraft maker Airbus also offers something similar on new A320s.
Another feature a passenger should notice on the 787 is the windows. The plane's strong carbon-fibre frame, which allows for the humidity and pressure improvements, enables windows 30 per cent larger than those on traditional aluminium-body planes.
Just don't expect window shades. Boeing replaced them with an electronic tinting feature. Click a button below the window and it slowly starts to darken.
The window never becomes completely blacked out - you can still see out - but enough light is blocked to make sleeping possible.
Not that anybody was trying to sleep during the boisterous inaugural flight. At the very least, you can picture little kids playing with the windows for hours.
Boeing also tackles the problem of crowded overhead bins. Getting bags into the bins, and opening and closing them when they are heavy and full, was easier than on any other plane.
The plane's manufacturer says they are the largest bins on any plane, with enough room for one carry-on bag per passenger. While the bins are much larger, the only way that seemed feasible was with identically rectangular bags stacked in optimal order.
The plane is also supposed to be much quieter, both for passengers inside and people on the ground. Engines with a wave pattern in the metal lower the roar, although Boeing won't say by how much.
And a lighter plane allows for more padding to protect passengers from noise and vibration. Wednesday's flight seemed quieter, but a handheld sound meter registered noise levels similar to Boeing's 777. (Maybe those soothing lights were playing tricks on the mind.)
The most-promising feature of the 787 will come on later models: a turbulence-dampening system.
Accelerometers in the plane's nose will register a sudden drop and sent a signal through fibre-optic cables to the wings. What would have been a nine-foot drop is cut to three. No other plane has this technology.
Airlines have already purchased almost 800 of the original 787 because of promised fuel savings and the ability to open up new routes. Japan's All Nippon Airways is the first to fly it.
There are some features that Boeing can't control. Individual airlines determine how much legroom passengers get. They also pick between a roomy eight-across seating arrangement or a more cramped nine-across layout.
All Nippon has eight seats in each row and installed a double armrest for the middle seats, providing a few extra inches of personal space.
And in the end, isn't that all we want?
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Originally published as First review! On board the new 787 Dreamliner