text: Students always enjoy working outside in the mud at the National Aquarium's wetland restoration events, and the Aquarium saw an opportunity to take their enthusiasm to new levels by developing a conservation-action program that would engage them further. The Wetland Nursery Program is a yearlong experience that helps students form a more meaningful connection with the habitat they are restoring. Students help build a nursery pond on school grounds and raise native wetland plants there. At the end of the school year, they transplant their own plants to a local wetland restoration site. Throughout the year, Aquarium Conservation staff members visit the classes to introduce lessons in environmental science that help to drive home the ecological importance of wetlands, and teach students about the positive impacts they can have on the Chesapeake Bay. Most participating schools grow smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora), but the program has several adaptations that allow us to take it to various habitats and areas throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed. In central New York, at the headwaters of the Susquehanna River, students grow freshwater wetland plants like iris and marsh marigold. On Maryland's Eastern Shore, Wetland Nursery Program schools are growing rare Atlantic white cedar trees to help restore freshwater forested swamp habitat at nearby Nassawango Creek Preserve. Some schools have even adapted their Wetland Nursery ponds into full-fledged aquatic ecosystems, which include a 210-gallon aquaculture tank. Native fish, such as white perch or striped bass, are housed in the tank, which is linked directly to the plant pond. Just as in nature, the plants help to filter the water by taking up excess nutrients from the fish waste. Participation in the Wetland Nursery Program is limited by availability of grant funding. For more information, please contact email@example.com. Participation in the Wetland Nursery Program is limited by availability of grant funding. For more information, or to request to be added to the waiting list, please click here and complete the following form. Back to the Top


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Problem: Given ${a_n}$ and that 2008 and 2009 are partial limits of ${a_n}$. Also, for all $n$, $|a_{n+1} - a_n| \le 1/2$. Prove that ${a_n}$ has at least 3 partial limits.
I attempted to prove it using the definition of partial limits of a sequence and assuming that there are only two partial limits and show some contradiction, but got nowhere.

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Galveston woman already published book about Triumph
Christina Peaden brought a notebook and laptop on her family's vacation aboard the Carnival Triumph this month, hoping to keep a journal to remember the details of her time aboard with her husband and three daughters.
In her first entry on Feb. 7, the 36-year-old Galveston resident wrote details about the security aboard the ship, what her family had for dinner that evening and how they unpacked their belongings. The somewhat mundane, but detailed entries take a turn after an aft engine fire on the Carnival Triumph left the ship dead in the water, stranded in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico with a disabled propulsion system.
Peaden took copious notes about the now-infamous trip aboard the 893-foot vessel that spent several days being tugged toward an Alabama port after it broke down 150 miles from the Yucatan Peninsula on Sunday, Feb. 10. Media reports over several days described the horrific details aboard with somewhat limited details, including the shortage of water, electricity and food.
Peaden decided to publish her journal as a memoir. She self-published an e-book, "Triumph Over Calamity" penned under the name C.A. Peaden on Thursday. At least 850 people have already purchased it after it was posted on Amazon.com.
Peaden, her husband, Mark, and three daughters Sophia, Soliel and Shiloh decided to go on their first cruise that weekend, meant to last only three days. The 4,200 passengers and crew members spent days in the Gulf and eventually were taken by three tug boats to a port and were then flown by charter planes to Galveston. Several lawsuits have since been filed.
When Peaden returned home, read the media reports and saw the lawsuits springing from passengers complaining about their experiences, she was inspired to publish her journal to present what she says is a more honest point of view.
"I had full intentions of writing a journal," she said. "I'm outraged by what really did happen as opposed to what was being reported. The book covers everything ... It was all very unreal and very moving and very touching at the same time."
She denied some of the horrific passenger experiences that proliferated in the media, such as the crew serving onion sandwiches and sewage running down the walls. Peaden said passengers were served meals with several choices and many aboard had positive attitudes. She did say, however, the experience had some frightening moments. The first day when they faced the unknown, not sure what would happen, she admitted she was very afraid. The tilt of the ship as it was adrift gave her the feeling it could topple over, compelling her to make her daughters wear life jackets at all times.
Tensions rose as the passengers remained adrift, she said. Peaden describes some of the testy attitudes, selfish behaviors and how many were apparently over-served in the first days with an open bar on the ship.
"Your life experiences determine how bad a situation is," she said. "If you are ugly to people, you still aren't getting off the ship."
She also describes some moving moments, such as when a woman gave the Peaden family her room with a balcony and stayed with her friend instead. She said she was proud when her 9-year-old Soliel gave a woman who collapsed her beloved teddy bear, placing it under the woman's head.
A few readers have already given Peaden's e-book positive reviews on Amazon.
"I think the readers are curious about what really happened," Peaden said. "In the midst of the lawsuits, it's really important to get it out what the truth really is. What people hear they think that's the law and that's not true."
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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 28 January 2010 (IUCN) – Mr. BONGO Gravier, Driver at the IUCN Cameroon Programme Office, receives the title of 2009 Best Employee for the entire IUCN Central and West Africa Programme (PACO).
This choice proposed by the Appraisal Committee set up for this purpose by the staff itself was confirmed by the Regional Director of PACO, Prof. Aimé NIANOGO. This decision is coming at the end of the launching of the IUCN-PACO Appraisal Programme of 27 February 2009 that announced the beginning of a process aimed at acknowledging any deserving permanent staff working full-time for PACO and who would have demonstrated this through the quality, the exemplary nature and regularity of his duties. This is an initiative that is aimed at fostering the culture of excellence and its acknowledgement among the staff of programmes and offices of the entire PACO region.
Mr. BONGO Gravier has 14 years of longevity in IUCN. He joined the IUCN team on 23 September 1997 as Driver of the erstwhile Central Africa Regional Office (ROCA). Since September 2008, he is carrying out the same duties and works for the IUCN Cameroon Programme. He is the Staff Delegate and assumes this function very well. He has been married since 1983 and is father of 4 children.
He is a very devoted, tireless, respectful, kind, serviceable, very punctual and hardworking member of staff.
Overwhelmed with emotions upon the announcement of the results, the laureate expressed himself in the following words "I am very happy and would like to thank all my colleagues for their trust. I consider this prize as a call to do better and I seize this opportunity to encourage my colleagues to continue with the collaboration and team spirit that reigns within PACO".
For any information go to: www.iucn.org/paco
- Aimé J. NIANOGO, Regional Director IUCN-Central and West Africa Programme, +226 50 36 49 79, [email protected]
- Fabienne DIALLO, Regional Head of Human Resources, +226 50 36 49 79, [email protected]
IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, helps the world to find programmatic solutions to the most pressing challenges of our environment and development. It works with more than 1000 government and NGO members and close to 11,000 benevolent experts in some 160 countries. The Headquarters of IUCN is in Gland in Switzerland. www.iucn.org
The Central and West Africa Programme (PACO) was created at the end of a regionalisation and decentralisation process started by the Secretariat of IUCN in 2006. The Regional Office is based in Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso.
It covers 26 States and has programme offices in eight countries: Burkina Faso, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It hinges on the following five regional thematic programmes (RTP): Forest Conservation; Water Resources and Wetlands; Coastal and Marine Ecosystems; Protected Areas and Biodiversity; and Law, Policy and Governance.
Perspectives are being analysed in other countries of West Africa, the Congo Basin and the Great Lakes.
For the 2009-2012 period, IUCN-PACO will be working on five major thematic priority areas: biodiversity, climate change, energy, livelihoods and greener economy. www.iucn.org/paco


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This is a really sad story—the tragic existence of Kate Upton. You see, Kate is so poor that she can't afford any clothing except one tiny bikini. Day after day, Kate wanders through the beach, lying down on the sand, with nothing to eat except the occasional raw lobster, which she hunts with her bare hands.
But don't worry, my fellow human beings! This story has a happy ending. Kate is soon going to be out of this terrible situation: she now makes ads for DirecTV, right on the beach, with her only tiny bikini. I'm sure that, the next time we see her, she would be wearing other clothes. Perhaps a Speedo swimsuit! I hope so.
Good luck, Kate! Life is hard, but you have all our support.


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Papier-Mettler is the European market leader for service packaging made from paper and plastic. Our product portfolio provides packaging solutions for the retail sector and industry.
It includes paper and plastic carrier bags, mailing bags for online purchases, packaging solutions for system catering as well as MAP-trays for fresh food counters in supermarkets or flexible films like stretch film and shrink film. We are able to supply everything to you from a single source.
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Family Tree Search – Archives.com
September 30, 2011 by © Joan Miller - Luxegen Genealogy.
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Family Tree Search – Archives.com One of the most visited posts on my blog is a 2010 review I did of Archives.com. Recent updates to their collections and the news that they have partnered with Geni.com to offer records, provides a fresh opportunity to review this company. Archives.com offers family tree search services for the [...]


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Plans for amendments to the treaty governing the European Union will be discussed at a summit in Brussels tomorrow, but trouble lies ahead: British Prime Minister David Cameron is threatening a veto, and Ireland's Constitution could trigger a referendum – unless the EU invokes an obscure clause in its Constitution.
First proposed Monday by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, the amendments to the Lisbon Treaty would centralize national budgetary powers in EU institutions.
The move highlights a growing point of tension in the EU: the question of national politics overriding EU interests, and vice versa. Opposition could upend momentum toward greater unity, as Ireland showed was possible when it initially vetoed the Lisbon Treaty in 2008.
But a leak from the European Council says the EU plans to circumvent national parliaments to ensure passage of the effort.
A document from the office of European Council President Herman van Rompuy, seen by The Christian Science Monitor last night, detailed a number of potential changes, along with methods for obtaining them. The European Council is composed of the 27 heads of government in the EU.
Such moves toward fiscal union would require major changes to national constitutions. In the case of Ireland, a difficult-to-pass referendum would be required.
But the European Council document indicates the EU may attempt to avoid a referendum using a "passerelle" clause in the Lisbon Treaty. Passerelle, French for "overpass," means the European Council is enabled to override the need for an intergovernmental convention. But any changes via this method will not amount to the sweeping centralization of powers that Merkel in particular wants.
Article 126 of the treaty, which deals with excessive deficits, allows heads of government to change a protocol attached to the treaty without having to go to a convention involving national parliaments or, in the case of Ireland, a referendum.
"Passerelle clauses are narrow and small," Ben Tonra, professor of EU politics at University College Dublin. "You can't shove an elephant through a back door."
The proposal would create "automaticity" of sanctions, giving the European Court of Justice the power to impose fines on countries that failed to balance their budgets.
Political impact would be significant
Mary C. Murphy, lecturer in politics as University College Cork, says invoking the clause could be politically problematic.
"Certainly in Ireland it would have been considered a sneaky inclusion [in the treaty]. I can't see it going down well. Most people will probably be torn but this won't sit well with them, or indeed with national governments," she says.
Despite this, Ms. Murphy says any decision to attempt to do so can be understood: "There was an understanding that it would only be done in an emergency. If ever there was an emergency situation, this is it."
A post-democratic phase?
Businessman Declan Ganley, who led the campaigns against the Lisbon treaty in both 2008 and 2009, says he warned of the EU's ability to override the national parliaments and Ireland's Constitution in 2009.
"We [the No campaign] labeled Lisbon the self-amending treaty [because] they could make changes to the treaty without consulting parliaments and the public. To force a change such as this through, boy, are they making a point. If they do this, we are fundamentally entering a post-democratic phase in European affairs, and that is alarming."
Ireland's emboldened left, composed of Sinn Féin and the United Left Alliance, remains steadfast in its opposition to handing over any more powers to Brussels, now viewed as a cipher for the political will of Berlin, and will demand a referendum.
"There can be no treaty changes without it being out to the people," said Sinn Féin's spokesman.
Paul Murphy, a United Left Alliance European MP from Ireland, said action would be taken to secure a referendum.
"There's a large chance of a need to take a court case over this. It looks like they're going to push the clause to the maximum. What's happening is a major move toward fiscal union," he said.
Should one come to pass, getting the Irish to say yes to anything proposed by the EU could prove a Sisyphean task.
Two possible strategies are the carrot and the stick: debt forgiveness or ejection from the euro.
"There's a lot of hostility [to the EU] at the moment," says Tom McDonnell, policy analyst with the Dublin-based think tank Tasc. "If it was presented in such a way as [to be] the price of a write-down on Ireland's banking debt, it could pass."
Alternatively, the threat of having to go it alone on the markets could be enough to pacify Irish voters.
"An ejection of Ireland from the euro would be traumatic. Our currency would devalue, standards of living would fall, and our bank debts would become unaffordable," says McDonnell.
"The devil, as always, will be in the detail. There's a problem with the system and we need a systematic response. It can be fixed if the right policy options are pursued."


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Tour de France video: Vaughters on Wiggins
Throughout the Tour de France 2009 we will be presenting exclusive video interviews with key riders and team staff.
Today, Garmin-Slipstream team boss Jonathan Vaughters talks about Bradley Wiggins' chances in the opening Tour de France stage one time trial in Monaco.
There will be another new video clip tomorrow and every day during the Tour courtesy of Halfwheel.
Click on the play button below to start the video.
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Homocons Denounce SCOTUS Ruling
Log Cabin Republicans
Today's ruling by the United States Supreme Court upholding Obamacare is a license for Washington to continue its expansion into the lives of American citizens and businesses. Writing for the majority, Chief Justice Roberts wrote, "Simply put, Congress may tax and spend." "By upholding even the most intrusive provision of Obamacare, the individual mandate, the court has enabled Washington's addiction to big government and coercive taxes," said Christian Berle, Log Cabin Republicans Deputy Executive Director. "The individual mandate forced through Congress was an unprecedented expansion of federal power in blatant disregard of the will of the American people. Log Cabin looks forward to working with our Republican allies in Congress to repeal and replace Obamacare with real, market-driven reforms that will lower costs while preserving the standard of care Americans deserve.GOProud
Today, the Supreme Court has ignored the Constitution and given the federal government unfettered and unchecked power. Today is a good day for big government and a bad day for individual liberty. This decision reminds us of how important it is to elect conservatives to the House, Senate and the White House that will protect our individual liberties, because it is clear that the Supreme Court is unwilling to do so. Free market healthcare reform would expand access to domestic partner benefits and put gay people in charge of their healthcare decisions. By upholding Obamacare, the Supreme Court has upheld legislation that hurts all Americans, but especially hurts gay and lesbian families.
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tiago156 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 292 diseños de 54 diseñadores freelance.
Innovatio Technologies
Innovatio Technologies is a new company formed by a group of young and ambitious Brazilian guys. We worked for years in big companies of software/automation solutions. Now we decide to follow our own way and we want to break down the old style of software development and integration for industry solutions. There are a lot of new technologies around the world that are not applied for industry solutions, our mission is to put them there.
Our guidelines are:
- New concepts of interfaces and design
- Ease of use
- Easy and fast changes
- Ease of integration
- Cutting edge technology
- Many many features to empower the user
Innovatio is the Latin word for innovation.
Our target are the companies that are tired of expensive, ugly, hard to use and hard to change systems, and those who never tried a automation solution because of the same reasons.
Besides, the companies have lots of solutions lacks, that are not met because of high costs and long term to extend current systems. So we can join everything, avoiding spreadsheets and handwritten.
We want something creative, out of the box, so we will not define to many guidelines. We haven't a visual identity yet, so feels free to try colors and forms. This logo will define the company colors.
- We want a iconic logo where both, the icon and the text "innovatio", must have a identity even if separated.
- It must look professional, we will work with companies.
- It must remember innovation, new way to do things.
- It needs to be easy to print with colors and B/W version, and be great to a impressive website.
- We appreciate to see a sample of business card
We need a layered Photoshop (psd) and a vetorial file format.
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Ana Tijoux In Concert
Ana Tijoux In Concert
Performing as part of the 2012 Latin Alternative Music Conference showcase at Celebrate Brooklyn, the Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux faced a daunting challenge in opening for Calle 13, whose fans are dedicated, impatient and often vocal. But when she hit the stage, her supporters were ecstatic, and newcomers to her music appeared thunderstruck.
A lyrical machine gun, Tijoux delivers verses rapidly and without wincing, never missing her target. Although "Shock," the song that has become an anthem for student protest movements across Latin America, was a crowd favorite, it was especially thrilling to hear her close her set with "1977." That intimate track about growing up a Chilean exile feels like having a secret told in your ear, but it's also a story to which many in the audience seemed to relate.
This show was originally broadcast live by NPR's Alt.Latino on July 13, 2012.
Set List
- "Crisis De Un MC"
- "Partir De Cero"
- "La Bala"
- "Las Cosas Por Su Nombre"
- "Shock"
- "Sacar La Voz"
- "Sube"
- "En Paro"
- "La Rosa De Los Vientos"
- "1977"


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Dancing on the Volcano
Since the elections to the Egyptian parliament, a play which is showing at a theatre in Alexandria has caused anger among many Muslims. It tells of a young Copt who converts to Islam and then back to Christianity, because he finds Islam repugnant.
The Muslim religion does not appear in a very good light in this play, which includes insulting comments about the Prophet Mohammed. Demonstrators demanded that the Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church issued an apology for the play, which is also being distributed on CD.
The church refused to apologise and that led to further demonstrations. Some of the 5,000 protesters became violent, and several Copts and Muslims were injured.
This was the first time that there have been such large protests by the Muslim population in Egypt.
Reasons for the escalation in violence
The Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights published a report on the incidents. It listed reasons for the escalation in the violence, such as the provocative intervention of the security forces and the government's unwillingness to get involved in the crisis. It tried to keep the incidents quiet and claimed the situation would calm down of its own accord. As a result, it failed to take the action which was necessary.
The report accuses religious institutions like the Azhar and the Coptic church of having no interest in investigating the reasons why the situation has got worse. The report says that nobody was trying to analyse the phenomenon or to work energetically to prevent it from happening again.
Hafez Abu Sa'ada, General Secretary of the Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights told Qantara how important he thought it was to discuss such sensitive topics openly and honestly. He said his organisation had made proposals to the relevant authorities as to how one might work against the causes of the crisis and prevent repetitions.
For example, they had pointed to the necessity of establishing a committee for religious affairs in parliament, which would include influential representatives of media, education, charitable organisations and state security, as well as representatives of the Coptic Church, the al-Azhar and NGOs.
The committee would deal with issues presented by citizens and work out practical solutions to prevent conflicts between the adherents of different confessions and religions. The committee would also establish uniform regulations for the construction of houses of worship.
Copts are discriminated against
Youssef Sidhom, editor of the weekly newspaper "Watani," the only Coptic newspaper in Egypt, has accused the government of making it difficult for the Copts to become involved in politics. There were, for example, only two Copt names on the list of candidates for the parliamentary elections.
Sidhom describes as empty rhetoric the grand speeches made during official state events and at conferences in which promises are made to strengthen the position of minorities and to ensure peaceful coexistence between the different population groups.
The writer Samir Marquis also says the Copts are discriminated against. And that discrimination goes much further than just a theatre play which has given so much offence. More important was the fact that Copts were finding it increasingly difficult to get jobs in government and the public services.
Plans to build churches are confronted with difficulties, although President Hosni Mubarak recently issued a directive requiring mayors to permit the construction or the restoration of churches.
Under this directive, decisions on the construction of a new church or the restoration of an old one have to be made within thirty days of an application.
This directive supersedes a directive from the period of the Ottoman Empire under which Copts had to get the approval of the head of government before the building or restoration of a church.
Marquis says the Egyptian government has been pushing the Copts out of political life since the fifties and that it is only in rare exceptional cases that government offices were held by Copts. The state thus reduces the Copts to a religious grouping standing outside the general community.
Lack of democracy and civil rights
George Ishaq, coordinator of the "Kifaya" movement, is convinced that the political climate in Egypt—in which a lack of democracy and the free expression of opinion is a typical characteristic—leads to people turning to what is the weakest uniting factor in Egyptian society: religion.
It is not only the Copts who are discriminated against, he says. Muslims too suffer from the fact that the principle of equal rights has not been implemented. It is not an issue between Muslims and Copts, he says, but a crisis of culture and democracy.
One Copt who did not wish to be named says that Copts in Egypt suffer from daily insults, for which they never receive apologies.
Only twenty new churches have been built in Egypt in the last thirty years. In their Friday sermons Muslim preachers describe Copts as "unbelievers." Copts are mocked in films and most Copt students studying at Egyptian universities feel isolated as Muslim fellow-students avoid them and reduce communication with them to a minimum.
Scheich Ibrahim Rida, who is employed by the Ministry for Religious Foundations ("Awqaf") as a preacher and teacher, says that the crisis between Muslims and Copts cannot be solved by security measures or apologies from the religious institutions.
He believes that what is needed is rather a fundamental political and cultural change in society which will allow Copts and Muslims to live together as citizens in peace.
Foundation of a Centre for Prevention
Nabil Abd al-Fattah of the "Al-Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies" edits an annual report on the religious situation in Egypt. His view is that Coptic organisations in the Coptic diaspora are being used as a way of putting pressure on the system. The aim is, with their help, to fight movements of political Islam and their anti-Coptic positions.
According to Abd al-Fattah this pressure from diaspora Copts on the movements of political Islam and on religious institutions could lead to the suspicion that the Copts, especially in the USA and the EU, are gathering their strength to strike a blow against the system, and especially against the Islamists. It was this suspicion which had led to the violent reactions of some Islamists.
Abd al-Fattah has proposed the foundation of a Centre for Prevention which could act as an early warning of possible religious or confessional conflicts with a view to preventing them. New laws are also needed, he says, punishing religiously insulting or rabble-rousing behaviour.
Movements for Christianisation and Islamisation
One of the reasons for the worsening of the relations between the two religious groups is the recent rise of campaigns for Christianisation and Islamisation.
A few months ago, several hundred Copts demonstrated in Cairo, protesting about a Copt who had converted to Islam. They accused Muslims of having kidnapped the Copt and having forced her to convert to Islam.
In another case, a young Muslim woman, Zeinab, fled from her home and sent a message to her family telling them that she had converted to Christianity. Zeinab took the name of Christine and said she had converted after she had come into contact with Christianity as a result of a Christianisation campaign.
The case which has been attracting the most attention and has recently been very much in the public eye was that of two sisters, Marian and Christine, who married two young Muslims and converted to Islam. The mother of the two young women appeared on television and claimed that her daughters had been kidnapped.
T he two women responded by sending a videotape to the television station on which they stated that they had converted to Islam voluntarily.
All this increases the tension between Muslims and Copts. And it is in the context of these incidents that the Organisation for Personal Rights, which is active in Egypt, has accused the interior ministry of not respecting the rights of Egyptian citizens who have converted either to Islam or to Christianity, in that it does not allow them to declare their faith in public. This is the case even after some of the individuals affected have won court cases allowing them to do so.
The writer and historian Yunan Labib Rizq comments laconically, "While throughout the rest of the world, people are concerning themselves with progress and technology, we here are worried about who's converted to Islam and who's become a Copt. These are clear signs of backwardness, since religious issues are the private matter of each citizen. After all, there is no compulsion in religion!"
Nelly Youssef
© Qantara.de 2006
Translated from the German by Michael Lawton
Imams and Priests in Dialogue
Copts and Muslims Move Closer
In Egypt, Islamic and Christian scholars meet in a regular program of exchange. Within a short time, the project helps them to reduce prejudices and practice tolerance. Nelly Youssef spoke to some of the participants
Elections in Egypt
Take Advantage of the Brotherhood's Gains
The recent parliamentary elections in Egypt - in which the Muslim Brotherhood emerged as perhaps the strongest opposition movement in the entire Arab world – could be a trigger for democratic reform, say Nathan Brown and Amr Hamzawy


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Family: Woman accused in baby's death was 'trusted friend'
Sonya Perry has previous assault convictions
A Grandview baby-sitter with a violent past has been charged in the death of an infant she was watching.
Sonya Perry is charged with second-degree murder, abuse or neglect of a child and endangering the welfare of a child. Police said she shook and beat 3-month-old Stephon McCoy to death.
Police said when paramedics arrived at the house, they found Stephon lying on a chair in the living room, not breathing. Doctors said he had injuries consistent with physical abuse, including brain damage and bruises all over his body.
While investigating the case, police said they learned that Stephon got a black eye while Perry watched him in December. She said the boy had fallen off a couch.
Family members said they had considered her a trusted family friend and baby-sitter.
"You can't trust everybody. I never would have thought that she would have did that to my son," said Stephon's mother, Ashley Johnson.
According to the police report, Perry was baby-sitting for the boy on Jan. 14 when he started crying. The report said she told police she had become frustrated, put him down hard on the couch and had lightly shaken him, trying to find out what was wrong.
Records show that Perry had two previous assault convictions on her record, as well as one conviction on charges of resisting arrest.
Stephon's grandmother said the police report doesn't reflect the Perry she knows.
"Sonya was like a daughter to me," Shelly Johnson said. "This is the woman who had been around my other grandkids."
She said she doesn't know how someone could have hurt such a happy child.
"He's look up at you and he'd smile," she said. "That was my baby and my baby didn't deserve that."
Family members said they are relieved the case is moving forward, but they know justice can't bring Stephon back.
"I miss my son. I look for him," Ashley Johnson said. "When you roll over and reach for him and he's not there, it's hard."


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- Kayak portage to Ometepe's Rio Isthian.
Mesmerizing Ometepe
Lush (and inexpensive) volcanic island in Lake Nicaragua.
Approaching the island of Ometepe is a bit foreboding.
As the ferry moves nearer and nearer, it's too easy to invoke movie images of Jurassic Park or King Kong. The tops of the two volcanoes are more often than not obscured in clouds. Or could it be CO2?
The island is formed by two volcanoes: one dormant, the other active. One is lush tropical rainforest; the other, Concepcion, has sides stripped bare, exposing the cone. Forest is replaced by sheer volcanic rock.
All fears are quickly dashed when the ferry lands at the small town of Moyogalpa. We made the mistake of taking our rental car with us. Not only is a car unnecessary, but it cost an extra $60 for the transportation. Plus only a few roads are passable without four-wheel drive. Since there are no traffic lights, they have speed bumps – more aptly described as speed humps. Sitting at least six inches high and a foot across, they definitely slow you down.
The town opens up onto one main street. It supports restaurants, hotels and hostels. Taxis, bicycles and motorcycles are available for rent.
We eventually rented a small 250cc motorcycle and were able to explore any part of the island we wished. Many of the roads felt more like a motocross course than a point of passage.
A small strait of land connects the two volcanoes and is home to Rio Isthian. For $20 you can take a three-hour kayak tour along the shore of Lake Nicaragua and into the swamp and river.
On the lake we passed fishing boats and women hand-washing clothes on rocks projecting from the water (left). After about an hour of paddling, we arrived at the mouth of the river. Since the rainy season had not yet begun, our guide was forced to pull the kayak through the sludge until we hit the swamp.
The word "remote" is used so often, but when we once again put our paddles in the water and moved toward the interior of the island I felt I truly understood the definition. The abundance of life was overwhelming. The black water spread out, surrounded by rainforest on both sides where the intensity of green gave the color new meaning.
It was a birding paradise: Great white egrets stood like sentries over our passage, holding to the last minute before lifting off the water effortlessly. So close we could hear their wingbeats and see an occasional feather fall. Birds were everywhere. Along with the egrets, we spotted green herons, whistling ducks and black vultures, just to name a few.
Not to be out done by their avian brothers, iguanas peered out at us from shore and turtles lazed on fallen trees.
Highlighting the adventure were the caiman (or as our guide referred to them, alligators). Their sinister, prehistoric-looking eyes and snouts barely broke the surface, watching us as we paddled by. We were treated to the sight of one of the reptiles propelling half its body above the water line and feasting on a fish.
If Nicaragua's beauty is a secret to many, Ometepe is top secret, and Rio Isthian was certainly for "our eyes" only. Like the rest of the country, the tour was inexpensive and worth multiple times the cost.


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When the Superman movie franchise reboot was officially dubbed Man of Steel, it was generally acknowledged that the title for director Zack Snyder's movie was in the same vein as The Dark Knight - the second chapter in Man of Steel producer Christopher Nolan's Batman movie trilogy - with regard to how the title has artistic implications for the film.
Pretty much all other superhero films that have been released to date have featured their protagonist's name in the title (or protagonists' names), but the degree of public awareness surrounding Kal-El and Bruce Wayne allows filmmakers room to be more creative with the titles for movies about them (i.e. deviate from the numeral and/or subtitle tradition). However, it was screenwriter David S. Goyer who originally suggested that the Man of Steel sequel will probably have a straightforward title such as Batman vs. Superman (or maybe Superman vs. Batman).
Fusible has broken the news that Warner Bros. went ahead and quietly registered several possible titles for the Man of Steel sequel this week, through the internet brand protection company MarkMonitor. The list includes:
- Man of Steel: Battle the Knight
- Man of Steel: Beyond Darkness
- Man of Steel: Black of Knight
- Man of Steel: Darkness Falls
- Man of Steel: Knight Falls
- Man of Steel: Shadow of the Night
- Man of Steel: The Blackest Hour
- Man of Steel: The Darkness Within
We should mention that MarkMonitor is also the registrar for both the Superman vs. Batman and Batman vs. Superman domains that WB owns. As such, this news isn't at all tantamount to a confirmation that the Man of Steel sequel - featuring Henry Cavill as Kal-El and Ben Affleck playing an older/more experienced Bruce Wayne - is going to have a subtitle, rather than the Batman vs. Superman title that has started to look more and more like the real thing for a while now.
Possibly though, the actual title will be one of the 10 options presented here (until more options are registered, anyway), which probably comes as disappointing news for those who're hoping that the film could be called World's Finest (after the Superman/Batman animated feature).
Then again, Snyder and Goyer's new Superman movie appears to be taking inspiration from comic books such as Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns and/or Alex Ross and Mark Weid's Kingdom Come, which both feature seasoned iterations of Bruce Wayne, who has grown increasingly unstable and seemingly lost his moral compass in his old(er) age. If so, then one of the more ominous titles registered by WB might be more befitting of Snyder's film, much in the same way that the Batman vs. Superman title alludes to the philosophical/physical skirmish between the two superhero titans (better than a more positive title like World's Finest does, anyway).
Marvel Studios has favored the subtitle option with its "Phase 2" sequels (save for Iron Man 3), which is something that 20th Century Fox has - for the most part - also done with sequel installments in the Marvel franchises that it owns (X-Men and Fantastic Four). Meanwhile, Sony may be going in that direction with The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (as it's currently known), with rumors now pointing to The Amazing Spider-Man: Rise of Electro being a possibility (as opposed to The Spectacular Spider-Man, which had been floated earlier on).
However, there are significant differences between the Marvel and DC universes, which (arguably) ought to be further reflected in everything from the tone to titles of their respective comic book movies. Indeed, if the Man of Steel sequel is going to focus on how a more physically/emotionally-hardened Batman's views on superheroism don't align with a younger and more vulnerable Superman, then it's going to be quite serious.
And frankly, a title like Man of Steel: The Darkness Within (along with the other new possibilities) might be a little too close to more light-hearted (read: cartoony) superhero fare like Thor: The Dark World, to be an appropriate title for a clash of the (superhero) titans.
How about it - what do you think the Man of Steel sequel should/will be called?
Batman vs. Superman/Man of Steel 2 will open in theaters on July 17th, 2015.
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The resumption of the trial of two Libyans accused of bombing a Boeing 747 in 1988, killing 270 people, was delayed Tuesday because of technical problems, a court official was quoted by AFP as saying.
The trial of Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, 48, and Al-Amin Khalifa Fhimah, 44, had been due to resume at (0745 GMT) but problems with the court's stenography system pushed the expected start time to midday, the official said.
The two men have pleaded not guilty to planting a time bomb on the flight that exploded over Lockerbie, southwest Scotland, AFP added.
The trial, which began on May 3, was adjourned on May 11.
In another development, the Lockerbie Trial Briefing Unit has refused to comment on reports that its coordinator, Professor Andrew Fulton, was a member of British MI6 intelligence, but denied its coverage of the trail has been compromised, reported Iran News Agency (IRNA) Monday.
"The Unit has consistently offered impartial advice and assistance to those with an interest in the trial," John Grant from the LTB was quoted as saying in a press release published Monday.
"The news organizations throughout the world, which have spoken to members of our team, can bear testimony to our impartiality," he added.
The LTB was established within the School of Law of Glasgow University in 1998 with the declared aim of providing guidance and legal expertise particular to the media in covering the trial of two Libyans accused of the 1988 Lockerbie air disaster, the agency added.
The denial followed several British newspapers claiming that Fulton, a former British diplomat, used to be head of the MI6 station in Washington. Some suggested that he was now being asked to resign from the LTB, added IRNA – (Several Sources)
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According to Fox News, lawyers for the Jackson family are trying to make the case that AEG should have done a background check on Dr. Murray and quickly realized he wasn't fit to look after the now deceased pop star. Not surprisingly, however, the defense doesn't see things the same way. AEG's litigators are countering the claims by arguing Dr. Murray was never officially hired by anyone but MJ. Since MJ was the one who picked his doctor, he's the one ultimately responsible for how that decision turned out, at least in their estimation.
With billions of dollars at stake as well as plenty of emotional baggage, this case could last months. Dr. Murray is expected to be called as a witness, as well as pretty much everyone else greatly involved with MJ's life. We'll keep you updated as it progresses forward. Until then, feel free to make up your own mind as to whether Jackson himself or AEG is more responsible for the singer's death.


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The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 listed a wide range of spellings throughout ancient England: Motte (without surname), Buckinghamshire; William Moth, Norfolk; Basilia Motte, Cambridgeshire; and Richard Mote, Oxfordshire. [2]CITATION[CLOSE]
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
"In the 13th century, Motte, sometimes written Mot, was a common Cambridgeshire name, but it also occurred then in Essex, Hunts, Kent, Bucks, and Oxfordshire." [3]CITATION[CLOSE]
Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
However, Yorkshire proved to be a stronghold for the family for many years: "The Motts have found a home in this county for at least 600 years. In the 13th century the name of Motte occurred in Bradfield in this county. From the 14th to the 17th century there resided a notable gentle family of Mott at Shalford; some of the members lived at Braintree, in the same neighbourhood, in the 16th and 17th centuries; Sherne Hall, Shalford, was in the possession of the family in the 17th century." [3]CITATION[CLOSE]
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Wondering what to do with all those extra plastic Easter eggs? Save the bottom half of each egg for crafts next year!
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July 24, 2008 – As creative chair for jazz at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, bass player Christian McBride gets to program four concerts a year. The moment he got the job, he put Charles Mingus' monumental, 2 1/2-hour jazz symphony "Epitaph" at the top of his list.
"When you hear Mingus' music, that's about as advanced as you can get," McBride says. "But it's always rooted — it's always coming out of that real indigenous black tradition. I'm talking about, like, work songs and gospel, you know, all the way up through Ellington, all the way up through the strife of the '60s. All of that is in his music."
Jazz historian and composer Gunther Schuller conducted the entire concert in front of a 31-piece jazz orchestra. He says that Charles Mingus was a man of many moods — and that he sees them in the very fabric of Mingus' masterpiece.
"I knew him quite well," Schuller says. "He could be as gentle as a baby, and he could also be so full of tantrums and explosive and angry, and all of this range of feelings is in this piece. It's all there: It's like a musical picture of Mingus' personality — from the most beautiful gentle ballads, lyric pieces, to these extremely chaotic, disorganized, wild pieces."
By the time "Epitaph" premiered in 1962, Mingus was already well-known as a composer, bandleader, and virtuoso bass player, a musician who had worked with Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, and Duke Ellington, among others. But how Mingus came to write the piece remains something of a mystery.
Gunther Schuller says Mingus probably composed most of the piece over a three-year period in the late '50s. He scored it for a 31-piece double jazz orchestra, and got an all-star group to play it. But the first performance was a travesty.
"There's this famous, legendary disastrous concert and recording session in Town Hall [in New York], where I happened to be present," Schuller says. "And it was one of the most chaotic and frustrating and disastrous concerts that anybody has ever heard, because the music was so difficult and so strange. He hadn't had a chance to rehearse it properly and the copyists were, indeed, even still copying some of the music –- it wasn't even fully ready. And so the musicians couldn't handle it, and so eventually the concert was aborted when the union stage crew said, 'Wait a minute, it's midnight, we've gotta stop this.'"
Distraught, Mingus never visited the score again in his lifetime. But 10 years after his death in 1979, the score — four feet high and 4,235 measures long — was discovered in a closet in his apartment. Composer and arranger Andrew Homzy reconstructed it, and Schuller conducted the premiere in 1989. According to Schuller, the work was titled "Epitaph," because a few movements in the score had that word in block letters.
Astonishingly, when the enormous score for "Epitaph" was found, it was missing one thing -– a finale. So Schuller says that he and the band improvised one, using Mingus as a guide.
"I decided, in putting this piece together, that we should do what he did so many times in his own appearances at clubs with his groups –- that is to say, he dictated an ending," he says. "And he would cue everybody: What they should do and when they play and be hollering and playing on his bass at the same time. And so we did something like that for the entire orchestra."
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Close as they've come to toppling the All Blacks in two Tests, England admit they're still not yet worthy of dining at world rugby's top table.
The tourists once again pushed the world champions to the limit in a 28-27 loss at Dunedin on Saturday to follow a 20-15 defeat in Auckland last week.
While the second Test scoreline was closer, it flattered England who scored two late tries.
However, they were still highly competitive, dominating the opening half hour before getting blown away when New Zealand increased the tempo.
Assistant coach Andy Farrell said the All Blacks' ability to deliver and to play an intense, error-free game at high speed still set them apart.
"In the second half they showed why they are world champions. Their speed of thought and speed of the game was outstanding," he said.
Coach Stuart Lancaster was proud his team were able to absorb the assault and respond with their own late strikes.
It only took a couple of key mistakes early in the second half to open the door, he said, lamenting some poor choices to offload and some loose kicking.
"It's decision-making at the highest level that we need to look at," Lancaster said.
Flanker Tom Wood, one of five first-choice players restored for the second Test, admired New Zealand's ability to withstand another fierce England challenge.
"They weather the storm and back themselves with their fitness to turn up the heat in the second half and blow teams away. They're used to that feeling," Wood said.
Manu Tuilagi, so effective as a blockbusting centre for England in the first Test, played a limited role on the wing.
Lancaster won't consider his selection options until after the tour match against the Crusaders in Christchurch on Tuesday.
"I thought we created lots of opportunities and three tries in Dunedin isn't a bad return either so we're heading in the right direction," he said.


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In order to make our event unforgettable for athletes, spectators, media representatives and VIPs from all over the world, more than 1,500 volunteers are needed every year for each event. There are many ways in which you can be part of this great experience. Whether you want to work at an aid station or at the finish line – we look forward having you in our Team!
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John Radford has given invaluable support as the main volunteer organizer of last year's Phil Liggett Challenge Ride. Despite falling off his bike and badly breaking his femur in January 2010, John has helped coordinate this ride for years checking the route and performing numerous other tasks.
Last year, John was limping badly, using a stick to walk and was in a lot of pain but he arrived early as usual and was on his feet throughout the day making sure everything was running smoothly. He then drove around the course collecting signs, which took nearly 2 hours.
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How Fasting and Exercise Protect the Brain Against Diabetes
Mark P. Mattson, Ph.D., Senior Investigator
Chief, Laboratory of Neurosciences
National Institute on Aging Biomedical Research Center
Professor of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Diabetes Solutions - why diabetes worsens over time despite drug therapy
Drs. Stephanie and Tom Chaney, D.C.
Living Health Integrative Medicine, LLC, Annapolis, MD
Achieving Ideal Health Through Ayurveda-The Science of Mind-Body Wellness: Food as Medicine
Stuart Rothenberg, MD
Medical Director, Veda Health Associates, PC, Rockville, MD
Managing Stress - The Tool Kit for Everyday Living
Melissa F. Crown, LCSW-C
Women's Health Specialist, Bethesda, MD
Beneficial Effects of Cinnamon on Diabetes and Alzheimer's Disease
Richard A. Anderson, PhD
Lead Scientist, Diet, Genomics, and Immunology Laboratory, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center
Short Chain Fatty Acids in Coconut Oil and Ketogenic Diets Food for Thought
Beverly B. Teter, PhD, FACN, CNS
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The Importance of Vitamin D in Diabetes: The State of the Science and the Practice
Ryan R. Bradley, ND, MPH
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Nutritional Benefits of Pasture-Raised Meat, Poultry, and Broths
Sara Bachman Ducey, MS, CNS
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Metabolic Typing - No One Diet is appropriate for Everyone
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Natural Remedies for Diabetes - The Naturopathic Approach
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Managing Your Diabetes - Basics and Beyond
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Notre-Dame de Paris
Notre-Dame de Paris nô´trə-däm də pärē´ [key] [Fr.,=Our Lady of Paris], cathedral church of Paris, a noble achievement of early Gothic architecture in France. It stands upon the Île de la Cité, a small island in the Seine. The cornerstone was laid in 1163 by Pope Alexander III. The high altar was consecrated 20 years later, and the nave was completed except for the roofing in 1196. However, in 1230 the nave was reconstructed and the present flying buttresses were added. Soon after, chapels were installed between the buttresses, which radically altered not only the plan but the entire aesthetic of the building. The towers were finished c.1245, but the building was not completed until the beginning of the 14th cent. Among the master builders are the names Jehan de Chelles, Pierre de Montreuil, Pierre de Chelles, and Jehan Rave. The plan consists of a wide central nave rising 110 ft (34 m) high and flanked by double aisles, with a transept of slight projection from the main body. The aisles continue around the east end, which, with the projecting chapels, forms a chevet. Three sculptured portals are deeply recessed in the majestic west front. Above them a row of sculptures in niches extends across the facade, and over this, in the center, is the huge traceried rose window. In the French Revolution rioters converted the cathedral into a
Temple of Reasonand destroyed the sculptures of the west facade. Skillful restorations were begun in 1845 by Viollet-le-Duc.
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Law enforcement agencies from across the U.S. have reached out to Jalopnik for help with car identifications since your input was "critical" to solving a hit-and-run earlier this year.
On Tuesday, investigators with the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. released video and stills of a vehicle in which three men believed to be involved in a brutal beating rode away from the scene.
As for the details of the case, 29-year-old Thomas Maslin, of D.C.'s Capitol Hill neighborhood, was beaten unconscious, this, after he sought help from neighbors during the early morning attack on Aug. 18.
The alleged attackers apparently tried to use his credit cards after the assault, leading police to release video from a gas station about two miles away.
"I think this will happen again if we don't find out who is responsible here," [the victim's wife] Abigail Maslin told reporters outside the MedStar Washington Hospital Center, where her husband remained hospitalized Tuesday. "It is crucial, absolutely critical that people watch the video and we find out who is responsible for this."
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Who's Cooking: Catherine Pappas
A stay-at-home mom whose children are grown, Pappas, 57, recently became an Avon rep, lives in Amityville and blogs at livingthegourmet.blogspot.com.
What are your culinary inspirations? My parents were Italian and loved family gatherings, good food and beautiful music. These memories are a fountain of strength for me.
What are your favorite things to cook? Vegetables, pasta, chicken, pork.
Why did you decide to start a cooking blog? My son wanted me to write down all my recipes because I cook the way my mom did: a little of this, a little of that. Nothing tastes the same way twice. He suggested I start a blog. I had no idea what that was. But my son and my daughter both helped me, and Now I'm blogging, I'm on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.
How many recipes have you blogged? I started in 2008, and I think I have almost 1,000 now.
How has it changed your cooking? Once you start writing down recipes and sharing them, your imagination catches on fire. It makes me excited about what I cook every night.
Who is your audience? It's a lot of foodies and food bloggers. I've made friends from all over the country and the world.
Tell us about this recipe. In Sandy I lost the whole bottom of my house — including the kitchen. It took until March to rebuild. I got a new stove and a new refrigerator and new cabinets. The first thing I made that first night was lemon chicken with rice.
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon brown sugar
1 lemon, zest and juice
2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breast
For sauce:
3 tablespoons olive oil
3 cloves garlic, chopped
2 lemons, zest and juice
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1/4 to 1/2 cup chopped fresh Italian parsley
Olive oil for sauteing
6 cups cooked white rice
1. Combine spices, brown sugar, lemon zest and juice in a large bowl. Slice chicken breasts across the grain into 1/4- to 1/2-inch slices. Toss the chicken in the marinade and cover bowl tightly with plastic wrap or transfer contents to resealable plastic bag. Marinate, refrigerated, for one hour or up to overnight.
2. Sauce: Heat half the olive oil in a small frying pan with the chopped garlic until garlic is fragrant and slightly golden. In a small bowl combine garlic and oil with remaining sauce ingredients.
3. Finishing: Film a large (10- to 12-inch) skillet with olive oil over medium heat. Saute chicken slices until golden and cooked through, about 2 to 3 minutes on each side depending on thickness. Do not crowd the pan; work in batches, adding more oil as needed.
4. Arrange the cooked chicken on top of the white rice. Drizzle on the sauce and serve. Makes 4 to 6 servings.
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Fight for your life in the survival, action game, Call of Tomsk-7. Horrifying monsters are pouring out of the forgotten and abandoned Soviet-era Tomsk-7 biological weapons facility. It is your job to battle the creatures and try to wipe them out. As you improve your score, you will unlock new weapons to aid you in your fight as well as new perks in the form of hats that give you special upgrades and attributes to help survive the onslaught of creatures. In the world of Tomsk-7 running and gunning is only half the battle. You must strategically use your secondary weapons which consist of Molotov cocktails, land mines, Tomahawks, and anti-bug smoke bombs in order to ensure your long term survival.
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Think you can take on one of the world's top ultra runners? We asked this year's Ultra Trail World Tour silver medallist Gediminas Grinius for his favorite places to run around the world. Check out his list below, then hit the Movescount links to analyse his route and performance. Be sure to share your own favorite routes and efforts via #SuuntoRun.
Squaw Valley, California, USA
Distance: 13.22 km (8.2 miles)
Elevation: 970 m (3,182ft)
Time to beat: 1:49'51
The route: Movescount page here.
Why: If you want to feel the Olympic atmosphere of the resort and at the same time climb the very first and the most beautiful part of the legendary Western States race this trail is for you.
Click for Gediminas's tips on transitioning from road to trail running
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Mt Teide, Tenerife, Canary Islands
Distance: 63.95 km
Elevation: 4,671 m
Time to beat: 10:29'21
The route: Movescount page here.
Why: Long, but an amazing run, especially if you start in the evening. With a bit effort you can see the sunrise from the Volcano, which is the highest peak in Spain.
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Roque Nublo, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
Distance: 38.23 km
Elevation: 2,189 m
Time to beat: 5:25'42
The route: Movescount page here.
Why: A nice run from Artenara Cave hostel to the picturesque Roque Nublo from where you have all the island stretched out on your hand. If the sky is clear you can see Mt Teide on Tenerife on the horizon.
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Piton de la Fournaise, Reunion Island
Distance: 12.01 km
Elevation: 544 m
Time to beat: 2:18'30
The route: Movescount page here.
Why: It is must to run this trail, as it is in the middle of la Reunion island and part of the Raid de la Reunion race, also known as the Diagonale des Fous – the route of crazies. At the end of the trail you are on the top of a still active volcano. It's an incredible and very difficult trail.
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LTU Trail Running People trail, Lithuania
Distance: 28.37 km
Elevation: 1,263 m
Time to beat: 3:08'45
The route: Movescount page here.
Why: This is what you are forced to do when you don't have real mountains :) But it is home and a place where the (local) LTU trail running community was born, so it's close to my heart.
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Funeral Held for American Student Killed in Egypt
(WASHINGTON) -- An American college student who was teaching kids in Egypt when he was killed last month has left behind an inspiring letter he wrote to a 12-year-old boy, telling him the secret to a happy life was "good friends" and "good deeds."
Andrew Driscoll Pochter, 21, a junior at Kenyon College from Chevy Chase, Md., was watching a protest in Alexandria, Egypt, when he was fatally stabbed on June 28.
At his funeral on Friday at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., Pochter's sister, Emily Pochter, read the letter that Pochter wrote June 10 to a boy named Justin, whom he was paired with at Camp Opportunity, a week-long sleep away summer camp for at risk children in Baltimore.
In the letter obtained by ABCNews.com, Pochter apologized to Justin for not being able to be at the ceremony since he was in Egypt teaching English to students who were around the boy's age. Pochter also gives Justin words to live by as he leaves Camp Opportunity and enters the next phase of his life.
"Egypt is hazardous right now because the country is feeling the consequences of an enormous political revolution. I lose electricity and water all the time, but that's okay because I have many Egyptian friends to help take care of me. When I am in trouble, they take care of me and when they are in trouble, I always take care of them," Pochter wrote.
"Good friends do not come easily, but as a rule, I always appreciate the good deeds people do for me even if I don't know them well. What is most important is that I am trying to do my best for others."
Pochter goes on to say that his personal philosophy was inspired by people like Justin. Without whom, he said, he "would probably be a mean and grumpy person."
"Your kind heart and genuine character serve as a model for me. I hope that you will never stop your curiosity for the beautiful things in life," he wrote. "Surround yourself with good friends who care about your future. Fall in love with someone. Get your heart broken. And then move on and fall in love again. Breathe life every day like it is your first. Find something that you love to do and never stop doing that unless you find something else you love more."
"Don't blame others for their mistakes. It makes you weak. You are a strong man who does not need to be weighed down by people who complain and say negative things," Pochter wrote. "Speak with conviction and believe in yourself because your personal confidence is just as important as your education."
Camp Opportunity counselor recruiter Allison Gardner told ABCNews.com that she gave a copy of the letter to Pochter's family upon news of his death.
"I felt it was really important to make sure Emily, his sister, and Emily's parents, got a chance to see the letter once Andrew had passed," Gardner said. "It was a beautiful representation of Andrew, so well-written and special."
Gardner said she and Pochter had discussed working on something for Justin's graduation, since he would not be able to be there in person.
"The letter was more special than we even knew once Andrew was killed because it was so recent that he wrote it," she said. "It's something we're all going to cherish now that he's gone."
Pochter had emailed Gardner the letter to give to Justin, whom she and other camp staff have spoken with since Pochter's passing.
"Andrew cared for Justin deeply," Gardner said. "Justin definitely learned a lot from Andrew and I think vice versa. I think they were a good pair."
Pochter had been a volunteer at Camp Opportunity since 2008, Gardner said.
Camp Opportunity issued a statement on its website upon news of Pochter's passing, calling Pochter "an incredibly kind and compassionate young man."
"Andrew, we thank you for your personal contribution to a world where children are victims of birth and circumstance," the statement said. "Your sense of responsibility and servanthood reached well beyond your years. Many live longer than you, but few achieve true significance and achieve such personal greatness as you have."
The Pochter family declined to comment to ABCNews.com.
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Walmart confirmed Thursday that it closed and is closing 63 Sam's Club stores across the United States, including several in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut.
In some instances, employees reportedly weren't told before they showed up for work and found the doors locked and a notice taped to them.
"After a thorough review of our existing portfolio, we've decided to close a series of clubs and better align our locations with our strategy," Sam's Club said in a release Thursday. "Closing clubs is never easy and we're committed to working with impacted members and associates through this transition."
Among the stores closed are Sam's Clubs in New Jersey – in Budd Lake, Linden and Princeton.
Sam's Clubs also were closed in New York in Syracuse, Jamestown and Rochester (two stores) and in Connecticut in Manchester and Orange.
News of the closings came as Walmart announced plans to increase starting hourly wages to $11 while expanding benefits and offering bonuses.
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Cape Dorset, Nunavut Territory, Canada
Working alongside his contemporaries, Itee's focus has been the northern landscape. His print Two Seasons (2008) explores the changing seasons of the Arctic landscape in broad colour fields that evoke the interplay between land, sea, ice and sky.
Spirit Wrestler Gallery
101-1669 West 3rd Ave.
Vancouver, BC
Canada V6J 1K1
Toll Free: 1-888-669-8813
Phone: 604-669-8813
one block West of the Granville Island gates
Between Pine St. and Fir St.
Tuesday to Saturday, open 10-5
Sunday and Holidays, open 12-5
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A great stop-motion short by Orlen Lavie, made in collaboration with Yuval et Merav Nathan. I've been meaning to post it a few weeks ago, but it got lost amidst the piles of work and school I was in.
Her Morning ElegancePublished January 31, 2009 asides , entertainment 1 Comment
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