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5 on April 26, 2018
We enjoyed our trip so much. The lodge is clean and comfortable. The grounds are beautiful. We would definitely love to return soon! Sheila and Rusty are wonderful hosts! They make you feel so welcome and comfortable.
Innkeeper Response
Thanks, Danielle. You know we love having you all visit us. Thanks for the lovely review!
- Sheila (innkeeper)
4.2 on April 25, 2014
Really enjoy my stay in tranquility lodge! The owners are really nice people! I definitely will return in the future!
5 on October 11, 2010
We had a long travel day and arrived late. Sheila and Rusty were outside waiting for us when we arrived. Sheila had on her apron and dinner was waiting. How wonderful. We felt like family and the food was absolutely terrific. Sheila and Rusty Nale are terrific hosts. Sheila is a fabulous cook and Rusty is social and friendly and made us feel like we were at home. Even his jokes are funny! The rooms are clean, well-decorated and welcoming. The upstairs dining area is screened in with a view of the jungle. We loved the Tranquility Lodge and the surrounding jungle - complete with a swimming hole! We recommend the Tranquility Lodge.
4.0 on September 05, 2010
We were there for 3 days and it was such a great experience. Everything was perfect including the room, the service, the great food (Sheila is a fantastic cook), the river, the jungle, the butterflies and, specially, the owners, Sheila and Rusty. We want to go back there !!! If you go in southern Belize, YOU MUST GO THERE!!!
5 on June 15, 2010
Sheila and Rusty provided an amazing place for our service group to relax after long days of service work. The food was absolutely delicious (our group loved food a little bit too much). I would recommend Tranquility Lodge to everyone! Amazing!
4.8 on June 07, 2010
A co-worker and I found Tranquility Lodge by "accident" on a scouting trip for an international service trip for university students. This was the best accident we ever made. Sheila and Rusty were amazing to work with and set up trip arrangements---their knowledge of the area helped us set up a great trip. Their extreme generosity while we were staying with them made us never want to leave! The meals were better than great (and we had big appetites after doing service all day!) and the rooms were perfect for our group (they even fed our coffee addictions!) This is a great spot for groups! We were able to reserve the whole lodge and the great room upstairs was ideal for meetings and daily debreifs. The swimming hole is a great place to cool off and the lodge is at a perfect location to get to PG, Mayan ruines, and other villages in towns in Toledo.
5 on June 04, 2010
Rusty and Sheila Nale have definitely figured out the way to run a B&B! Their hospitality, friendliness and helpfulness far exceeded our expectations. The rooms in this jungle setting are very well appointed and clean. The furnishings are unique and lovely. The meals prepared by Sheila, Rusty and their staff were a definite surprise -- as good as, if not better than, any meal served at 5-Star hotels in the States. We would highly recommend the Tranquility Lodge to anyone wanting a comfy room and a fantastic meal in an absolutely beautiful setting. Tami and Chuck Swanson Ogden, Utah
4.8 on April 24, 2010
What a lovely stay we had at Tranquility Lodge in April -- having learned I am a birder, Sheila and Rusty arranged for Agapito, an excellent local birder, to not only go birding around the lodge itself but also to lead tours to local sites including Mayan ruins and an organic cacao farm, birding along the way. This was such an easy and pleasant trip; both room and food were very good. I hope to return someday soon and recommend this lodge enthusiastically, especially to birders.
5 on April 08, 2010
I thoroughly enjoyed my too brief of a stay with Shelia and Rusty at the Tranquility Inn. Their previous experience (decades as hotel and inn managers in Belize) is obvious – they are most gracious hosts. The Inn is well managed, clean, and is all one needs to relax and enjoy the nature and culture of the area. The surrounding grounds are lush in tropical plants and teeming with a plethora of birds. (A high point was seeing Belize's national bird – the colorful Keel-Billed Toucan my last morning there.) Shelia prepared great meals, enough so that I asked for seconds, which she gladly served. They recommended tours (Mayan ruins, Cacao Trail, caving, snorkeling, diving) – there is something for everyone. I hope to return; next time I will spend more time in this corner of paradise!
5 on February 12, 2010
We spent part of the first week of February 2010 at Tranquility Lodge near Punta Gorda. The lodge itself is a great place for birding, and the hosts Sheila and Rusty are extremely helpful in locating and identifying birds and orchids. The accommodations were excellent and clean; the food was delicious. We felt quite at home and were able to do day excursions from here. Sheila and Rusty were able to recommend guides, birding spots, restaurants in Punta Gorda, and other good places to stay in the north. We will be going back!
5 on January 22, 2010
We were very well cared for our entire visit. Airport transportation, terrific tours, local information, and thoughtful assistance. That just covers the mechanics of traveling. The room was spacious, clean, and very comfortable. The meals were delicious, and we really enjoyed the enteraining stories and jokes. The Nale's made sure our visit was safe, ecological, educational and very enjoyable. We look forward to bringing our family back to enjoy the peace and quiet and beautiful surroundings at Tranquility Lodge. The plants and grounds and swimming hole provide a fantastic getaway. The hosts were generous in their assitance to provide whatever we needed, TV, Internet, Laundry, and Transportation. The tours they arranged, diving, and local interest sites were smooth and hassle free. We really had a great time in our last days in Belize at Tranquility Lodge, thanks to our hosts, Rusty and Sheila Nale.
4.4 on January 07, 2010
The owners, Rusty and Sheila Nale, run a top-quality operation at Tranquility Lodge outside of Punta Gorda in Southern Belize. Tranquility Lodge is picturesque, quiet, comfortable, clean and exceptionally well run. The rooms are clean, comfortable and very well appointed. The grounds are attractive, clean, safe and private. Sheila's cooking is wonderful and she had no problems creating a vegetarian menu for the entire week that I was there. What impressed me the most, however, was there efforts in helping to plan out my week. Sheila worked with me on the itinerary and put together a perfectly-balanced week of tours, activities and experiences: everything from jungle tours and Mayan ruins to scuba diving and birding. Southern Belize is definitely an up-and-coming area and Tranquility Lodge is going to be a big part of that.
5 on January 04, 2010
Tranquility Lodge is located in a convenient location not far from the main southern highway. The place is much higher quaility than many others that I've stayed at around Belize for same price. Rooms are well decorated, breakfast is delicious. Rusty and Sheila are great hosts, they really made our stay at Tranquility Lodge very enjoyable. There is also a great swimming hole that they have on their property where you can go take a dip in the nearby river. Highly recommended
5 on November 19, 2009
We really enjoyed our stay at Tranquility Lodge. It feels like a hidden treasure in the jungle, even though it's very convenient to town. There are big, tall vine covered trees, bamboo and lots of tropical flowers, some of which I had never seen before. We even heard howler monkeys! One of our favorite things about Tranquility Lodge is the way the innkeepers, Rusty and Sheila Nale, make you feel right at home. Whether it's Rusty's great sense of humor and knowledge of the surroundings and ability to answer our many questions or Sheila's way of pampering her guests with delicious meals that had me asking for the recipes, the whole effect is warm and welcoming. We especially enjoyed the spacious upper palapa, where we spent many hours relaxing, reading and birdwatching. The rooms are each unique and offer different setups based on your needs. We chose the large family suite and it was perfect for my husband and I along with my 19 year old brother. It was very well decorated and had all of the comforts of home. The air conditioning ran nice and cold, just like we like it, and we even had an Ipod dock and a flat screen tv. The beds were super comfy and we all slept really well, making sure that we had our energy for some more sightseeing! The only problem that I had is that the three nights that we stayed there almost seemed too short because there is so much to do there. We're already planning our next trip down, we want to try out the Cultural Culinary Tour that Sheila told us about. We were able to visit some of the Mayan villages this trip, and I can't wait to take the cooking classes from all of the cultures unique to Belize, including Mayan, Garifuna, East Indian and even seeing how the natural cacao becomes chocolate, in the way that the Mayans have been doing it for centuries. All in all, we had a great time and I would recommend it highly. I can't wait to return, and I know my husband and brother heartily agree.
4.6 on October 20, 2009
Our stay at the Tranquility Lodge was great! We went there for our anniversary and had a very relaxing time. This is the place to go if you want to get away from it all! The rooms were so comfortable, the food outstanding, and the hosts were great. We have recommended this lodge to all our friends! Sylvin & Mary Forman
4.0 on October 17, 2009
You can experience the true Belizean rain forest "the real deal" and also go back to a cozy room with TV and AC if you like. The food was similar to a fine restaurant except you can be relaxed and wear your shorts and flip flops if you want to. Rusty and Shelia are the perfect host's concerned enough to look out for you, but letting you have your privacy too. They really know how to do it . Only bad thing...I wish I could remember Rusty's jokes then I would be the hit of the party!
5 on October 06, 2009
Our stay with Sheila and Rusty felt like a home away from home. They treated us like family! They have a lovely lodge and went out of their way many times to make sure we were accomodated and happy. Sheila is a great cook and we were fed well the whole time. The grounds are wonderful to walk around on in the morning and evening and Rusty was always there to point out the birds and creatures. The A/C blew cold and the water ran hot. The bed was very comfy and the room was always clean. We didn't want to leave. I was actually surprised at how few bugs there were and didn't have a problem with any while there. We'll be back for sure and highly recommend you stay too! This couple knows how to run a business!


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"Child pornography is great," the speaker at the podium [Johan Schluter] declared enthusiastically. "It is great because politicians understand child pornography. By playing that card, we can get them to act, and start blocking sites. And once they have done that, we can get them to start blocking file sharing sites".Of course, this is no surprise, but having him say so directly is a bit surprising. He goes on to admit that the entertainment industry is planning to use child porn as a wedge to demand "a giant filter" for copyright:
"One day we will have a giant filter that we develop in close cooperation with IFPI and MPA. We continuously monitor the child porn on the net, to show the politicians that filtering works. Child porn is an issue they understand."Of course, those filters don't actually work, and using them to force entire sites to be blocked, despite them having a relatively tiny proportion of such content isn't just dishonest and underhanded, but dangerous. We're all in favor of trying to stop child porn, but you do that by focusing on the source, not by putting up filters willy-nilly in a misguided attempt to get politicians to also protect your business model.
Either way, it's incredibly disgusting to have anyone claim that child porn is "great," just because it can be improperly exploited for the sake of protecting another industry's business model. That he's basically admitting that he doesn't remotely care about stopping child pornography, but prefers to use it to his advantage is downright sickening.

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It wasn't the aboriginal Guanche, who lived on this archipelago before the Conquest, nor the Spanish Conquistadors, who named the island chain, but Juba ll of Mauritania, well, at least according to Pliny it was. The word Canaria (Canary) coming from the Latin word for dog, canis, and having nothing at all to do with our feathered friends. Apparently, back in history, multitudes of wild dogs roamed the islands, or, another theory postulates, possibly it was seals, canis marinus, but whatever, the name stuck.
There is an abundance of myths surrounding the islands, which some claim are the Lost Garden of the Hesperides; and others claim to be the site of Atlantis. They were also known as The Fortunate Islands – an ancient Greek version of paradise, which was somewhere in Macronesia, they say. Take your pick, and remember that perhaps choosing one name does not preclude another.
Whichever name you like to use, there is no doubting that the Canary Islands are idealized, and that is, largely, because of their climate, which is, overall, warm, rather than hot, and rarely extreme; even when snow falls on the mountains of Tenerife (remember that El Teide is the highest peak in Spain) it never settles long. When you put the gentle climate together with the rich and porous, volcanic soil you have a veritable Garden of Eden (and, yes, that is another theory).
So, is there a Spring? Are there seasons at all? I've written about Autumn here before, about how different it is from countries further north, and about how much I miss it, but I've hardly mentioned the other seasons apparently. Odd in one way, because Tenerife's nickname is The Island of Eternal Spring. In a way, that confirms the idea that there is no change in season, and that's not really true, and yet in another way it is! If you've lived in countries where seasons are more clearly defined as the year rolls around, it takes a while to get used to the subtle seasonal changes.
Summer is a state of mind in the Canary Islands. A change comes over the islands. Local television celebrates the onset of the season every bit as much as if it signaled the major weather change which it does further north. Familiar faces disappear from local tv as long holidays are taken. Life moves outdoors whether beach or mountain barbecue, or simply sitting on a terrace or balcony, however humble, to catch the morning sun, or the evening breeze. It's that evening breeze which keeps us sane, curtails the temperatures, so that when you step outside after 7 or 8 o'clock there is a pleasant balminess, a breeze which can feel even cool on sunburned skin.
Many offices grind to a near halt in late June, and school is out until early September. Flights are more expensive – which makes me feel trapped. In an emergency I would have to pay a small fortune to get to mainland Europe. A weekend visit to Santa Cruz is a delight as the city streets empty and residents flock to the coasts. The highest temperature I ever experienced here was in Santa Cruz, an unpleasant, but not unbearable, 43º. As in all cities, the heat bounces off the concrete, hence the weekend exodus. Many residents of the capital have holiday homes in the south, or elsewhere along the coasts, and it isn't unusual for mom and the kids to decamp for the entire summer, to be joined by dad on the weekend. Yet, with low humidity and Atlantic breezes the heat isn't nearly so exhausting as I've experienced elsewhere in Europe.


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U.S. Seen Losing to China as World Leader
People in the U.S. and China view each other with increasing suspicion, and many others around the world see the U.S. losing its place to China as the leading economic and political power. Kenneth Lieberthal of the Brookings Institution and John Bussey discuss the results of a new survey. Photo: Getty Images.
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Kenneth was also the National Security Council senior director for Asia and a former ... special assistant to secure the full for national security it has to present them thank you so ... you have all offered onto a ... wearer of said when prices ... my pleasure to be here so let me just read recap some of things that we got the new creed new Pew Research study finds a U S losing ground to China thirty seven percent of the USB China politically ... than forty percent aam of China views the US ... of ... a favorably what it what deal for some ... well first for the ... big question in this survey was ... it is China now or will it be calm ... of the dominant superpower and the answer was around the world basically more people think that that is the case that was ... true of the last time they did this survey ... the prom with that question is when you say will it ever become ... the dominant superpower ... you know ... it is really driven by people's images ... of a rapidly growing Chinese economy will actually two years from now ... a way to get the same kind of response the second issue was on soft power ... who knew him I are MYE ... and there ... China was widely not admired for its domestic system ... to was admired for advances in science technology and ... economic activity ... the US with widely admired for protecting human rights not confident enough to play ... so I think what we see is a mixed picture here ... Mr. Eoin where China is viewed as an extremely serious country of by a significant percentage of people around the world ... and you mentioned it ... to have that about the the economy of mapping a key reason people say ... China eventually overtaking that the US because of the fleet departed strong growth but you also alluded to the fact that ... China's ... growth data saw someone aspirational rather than actual right is that is out of that summary of that that word ... well that ... is used to extrapolate from past growth figures the last two decades of the contract creamer totally spectacular ... I think no serious economy would simply ... are no serious economists to do a straight line extrapolation Chinese economy ... is entering a new phase ... it may sustain growth at the seven seven per cent ... level for some years to come is not going to get up double digits again in the feature ... an eight run some risk of slowing down quite dramatically for prolonged periods ... so we'll have to see how that plays out is interesting in that survey ... is the country's ... closest to China ... who had the ... lowest expectations ... of China's becoming the dominant superpower Japan South Korea ... the country's right around the periphery ... are much less optimistic about China's features that are countries in Europe or Africa ... or Latin America ... so one of things that surprised you with with regard to neighbors of China's that found that ninety five percent of Japan is China and negatively ... I knew say hey the Mosby mnemonic is that the Japanese come to agree on money but the son of an effect ... well let me twenty five percent unanimity on any issue in the national survey and the Russian cultural country ... is really extraordinary ... I can't think of another issue ... that can get back on a percentage in the advanced industrial country around the world ... so that really does reflect ... the extraordinarily bad ... feelings between China and Japan right now ... tensions over maritime character of his peers and just a real breakdown in trust between the two societies ... even more remarkable because her level of investment rate is at an all-time high and consistent with us when bring in John posse of The will Street gentle who was ... you were a ... kid China bureau chief Tom and I were damaged for that you want access to the gentleman included about ... twenty twenty make of this guy ... was very juicy an obvious in asking canvas that ... you sometimes is a distinction that on the country's people make ... between viewing China as an economic power in chem was alluding to this ... um ... as opposed to an international leader ... so if we were to look out Don could come across a rise in ... two of those countries that look favorably upon hundred truly expect China to take that sort of ... international issues leadership role down as opposed to just being a big economic power to content ... I know what you what he thing to do what they ... do it's like I was I to everybody take the money get when you get with the rate of ... four Britons already Reckitt accepted an international ... drumroll America it all really rich the second time after all is not just the way in a sea of well based on an interest in staying rich so that means protecting your trade routes that means protecting your military with a blue water navy all those it's ... um but that's a time horizon that might be yours out into the future before ... China really is beginning to step up on big sticky International on issues such as the go ... well with which I may have done docking costs of for example with China have played a European leadership role on it is China going to find a way to ameliorate regional tensions in Asia ... over some of China's projections by into ... of land set herself of China for oil rights and fishing rights Center ... what's the what's good bookings on the stock at ten of twenty twenty you think when you when you make of that is it just like a lot like this ten times aam and and maybe it'll be awhile before they were the step up ... I do think it's very important distinction I'd I think he is exactly right and his comments by what had been in this survey ... of one of the questions I ask is whether to what extent China considers ... the interest of others when it makes policies ... as the center brushed knocking on his face what was ... interesting and that ... is a very large for charity people around the world thought that China does not consider the interests of others or is that ... even though it is increasingly a global power ... it is a totally self absorbed mobile power more so than they see the United States in the air ... I think that reflects on some reality after I do think is gonna be a long time before China acts ... for the common good or to preserve the global Commons and constructive way ... of rather than looking for small to his own security and economic ... for interest ... can we have to leave it that thank you Brian much chemically the fall of the Brookings


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Snowboarders are drawn to Whistler like flies to light, like kids to candy, like-you get the idea. Canadian riders come here from every little mining, timber, and fishing town-lured away from the familiarity of their homes and the cities of Quebec and Ontario, traveling across the country's vast midsection through Alberta all in pursuit of the dream and the lifestyle. Whistler serves as the Tahoe, Mammoth, Mt. Hood, and Summit County of Canada packaged into a coastal corner of British Columbia. Every year perfection gets improved upon-new urban Vancouver discoveries, improvements in the parks at Whistler/Blackcomb resort, access to the surrounding backcountry, more opportunities for debauchery in the village-all this with a ten-month snowboard season.
Whistler: Best Overall Resort
The resort of Whistler/Blackcomb is still the foundation of the B.C. snowboarding scene. Comprised of the two looming mountains of Whistler and Blackcomb, which are joined by a common base area, there's something for every type of shred. The resort nurtures riders in the park, and builds their stamina with over 5,000-foot vertical descents through challenging terrain, as well as giving them somewhere to train early season. It's the spot to ride when the backcountry is a big whiteout, and it's the place to shred during the summer months. Riders may venture into the backcountry on sunny days, into the city for rails when it snows, and up to the city resorts under the cover of darkness, but they always return to Whistler … even if it is sometimes just to drink at The Brass.
In the four years that TransWorld has conducted the Resort Poll in the Resort Guide, Whistler has always ranked top three in the Best Park and Best Pipe categories, but it's the resort's position as the four-time reigning king of the Overall Best Resort that really seals the deal. Nowhere else comes close to matching Whistler's complete package.
The 1,720-foot-long Highest Level Park on the top of Blackcomb has lines of four or five large tabletops and links up like a champ to the 400-foot-long Superpipe. You can ride the pipe, hit the park, jib on the logs, and grab the chair back up all day long with plenty of good company. The Peak and Harmony Chairs on Whistler are a freerider's dream. Get in a few laps on the upper mountain and then get lost in the endless pillow lines on the Peak To Creek run. Blackcomb freeriding includes runs off the Glacier Chair, the T-bars, misto pow stashes and aerial opportunities on the Crystal Chair.
When it's all over, there's the village. Riders pack onto the sundeck at The Brasserie and commence the tourist heckling. At night, you'd be hard-pressed to find more options in any resort town. There's no need for driving, coordinating, or even supervising-let the youth run free! Sushi Village fills the bellies of the pros, and for parties, Maxx Fish, Garfinkels, Tommy Africas, Amsterdam, and The Brasserie serve as the meet-up spots for partying.
Bonus Acreage
In recent years, "Whistler" riding has come to encompass everything from the Whistler/Blackcomb resorts themselves and the area's huge, snowmobile-access out-of-bounds to (during a good year) downtown Vancouver and everything in between. The backcountry accesses of Callaghan and Brandywine, less than half an hour south from the slopes, offer more bulk backcountry acreage than conceivable (extending to the Pemberton ice fields), and some riders stick almost exclusively to this snowmobile access.
Other shreds have been moving out of Whistler Village and snatching up houses in the town of Squamish, 40 miles down the road. Jonaven Moore, Kendra Starr, DCP, Craig Ballantyne, Gaetan Chanut all call this town home. And then there's Vancouver itself with the snowboard areas of Mt. Seymour, Mt Currie, and Grouse Mountain-low ticket prices, fun parks, more backcountry access, and night riding. Vancouver, Canada's third largest city, serves as an enormous urban-rail park. According to local rider Jeff Keenan, riders from Whistler swarm the city, hitting every rail during the one or two weeks that Vancouver gets snow. Shredders like Leanne Pelosi, who can't get enough during the daylight hours at Whistler, make the drive to the slopes here for night riding. While roommates Jesse Fox and Daryl Trinidad make the opposite commute to the slopes of Whistler from Vancouver.
Crews On The Up
Whistler's a breeding ground for up-and-coming snowboarders, with a surplus of filmers, photographers, and Snowboard Canada magazine there to document it. But with the number of talented riders and established pros, you can't imagine a more difficult scene to break into.
Aware that a revolution is best orchestrated en masse, young Canadian shreds band together-a migrant population sticking tight to their crews, pulling one another up by their bootlaces. These riders are reaching for something more from snowboarding-seeking and achieving a higher level of skill. Not content to wait for discovery, they've turned to the tools of the digital age to make a name for themselves, by themselves-producing their own videos and Web sites. Busy day and night snowboarding, filming, editing, updating, blogging-it's an exhausting process.
Photographer and born 'n' bred Whistlerite Dano Pendygrass has spent his career rallying through snowfields capturing the top pros: Devun, J-F, Lukas, Tadashi, riders at the peak of their careers with the biggest film crews. Last winter Dano pulled back on the reins-he wanted to focus on these up-and-comers. The talent pool in this corner of B.C. is deep, and more are wading in every year. The packs are prolific, from the loosely affiliated Skids, Gnarcore, and Fun Boys, the structured Whistler Valley Snowboard Club team, all the French Canadians-there's even a strong Japanese showing. Let's have a casual look around at what's making a blip on the radar at TWS.
"I grew up riding in North Vancouver at the base of Mt. Seymour-it has amazing cityscape sunsets, rolling backcountry, and the nighttime powder laps. Whistler picks up where Seymour lacks-vertical and more diverse terrain. And an hour and a half back down the road, Vancouver picks up where Whistler drops off in urban rails."-Jeff Keenan
"The town I came from in Ontario is the kind of place where a lot of kids just didn't leave. I left a small icy mountain in hopes of something more. Whistler is the best place to snowboard-it's also the STD capital of Canada. I guess you win some, you lose some."-Jesse Fox
"I moved here five years ago-the great journey west was natural progression. We grew up riding these little hills in Ontario, so the mountains of the West just seemed like the thing we all wanted to do. There's only so much one can accomplish in a small pond."-Jon Roth
"There's a new breed of rider coming out of Whistler. I think it's all the amazing riding right here at our doorstep mixed with the abundance of media and industry hype. We're creating these all-around great riders who are self-promoting, very competitive, and determined to make a name for themselves. And it's not just the guys, either-the Whistler girls are some of the best in the world."-Kevin Sansalone


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BOSTON, Mass.—Arlindo Goncalves (Brockton, Mass.) scored with less than six minutes remaining and UMass Boston men's soccer held on to an earn a 3-2 victory over the University of Southern Maine Saturday afternoon in both team's Little East Conference openers.
Freshman Edmilson Barros (Boston, Mass.) and junior captain Marcus Pizzetti (Malden, Mass.) each recorded a goal and an assist to help UMass Boston move to 7-2 on the year and earn their first 1-0 start in Little East play since 2009. Southern Maine tied their season-high for goals, but couldn't withstand the Beacons attack as they fell to 0-7-1 and 0-1 in Little East play.
The Beacons rebounded from a first-half deficit to score three second-half goals, capped off by Goncalves' first collegiate goal, the game-winner at the 84:05 mark.
Sophomore keeper Alfonso Rosales (Revere, Mass.) made two saves to move to 6-2 on the year, while freshman Adam Verreault made 12 saves for the Huskies.
Despite holding a massive 28-12 shot advantage and dominating ball possession, the Beacons found themselves pressing for much of the afternoon, as many players made their Little East Conference debuts.
Tyler Rand lifted the Huskies to just their second lead of the season in the first half, when the junior blasted a shot from the top of the box into the upper left-hand corner of the net at the 9:06 mark.
The Beacons would go on to earn a 14-5 shot advantage of the half but couldn't put anything past Verreault.
UMass Boston got onto the board less than six minutes into the second half though, as Barros dribbled the ball through traffic and scored his Little East leading sixth goal of the game to tie the game at 1-1.
Just over ten minutes later, Barros found a streaking Pizzetti and the junior captain slid the ball into the left-hand corner past Verreault, to put UMB ahead 2-1 at the 60:34 mark.
Southern Maine answered right back at 64:42, when Jonathan Varney blasted a shot past Rosales, that bounced by the keeper and into the far corner of the net.
UMass Boston picked the pressure up from there, creating several strong chances that ended up just high or wide, leading to a dramatic final six minutes.
With six minutes to play, Pizzetti sent a through ball to Goncalves who sent a curving left-footed shot into the far netting, to give UMB the lead for good.
Southern Maine mustered one final chance in the waning seconds, as they earned back-to-back corners. On the final play of the game, Luke Pugsley's corner kick connected with a Huskies player's header, but the shot went just high, preserving the Beacons win.
The University of Southern Maine will finish off their two-game road trip when they visit Colby Colllege Tuesday at 4 p.m. UMass Boston will have a week off, before they take on in-state rival UMass Dartmouth next Saturday at noon in a Little East Conference showdown.


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Iron Maiden Connects With Fans And The Fans Buy
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A lack of radio exposure may have created challenges, but these prepared Iron Maiden for the digital era, when the industry's traditional business model has broken down. Now, a hot radio single is more likely to send listeners to the Internet in search of a free, pirated copy than into the record stores.The article notes that, with the album's latest release, sales of the actual CD are pretty high (it entered the charts at number one in many countries around the globe -- oddly, including Saudi Arabia -- and number four in the US), while unauthorized downloads are pretty low. Of course, there is a potential alternative explanation: the band's fans may come from a somewhat "older" generation (the band's members themselves are all in their fifties). The fact that authorized downloads are pretty low may support this claim, though an exec from the band's label says it might be that fans really want the physical CD for the artwork, lyrics and such.
Because Iron Maiden's songs do not fit the mold of a radio single -- three of them, on the newest release, are more than nine minutes long -- the band does not suffer as much from this problem.
Of course, what strikes me as amusing about all of this is that the band is on EMI internationally, and Universal Music in the US -- and the exec from EMI quoted in the article makes it sound like it's a no brainer that fans want to buy high quality physical goods from a band that really connects with their fans. It's nice to see EMI finally recognize that simple fact, but it does sort of make you wonder: why haven't they been able to do that with other acts as well?
Still, the advice from the band's manager definitely is pretty straightforward and dead on:
"Invest in the long term. Apply an image. Give the fans what they want. Tour and keep touring. Play the festival circuit. Embrace new technology. Be innovative. Be honest. Be original. Write good songs."


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Maida or plain flour-2 cups
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Mix above ingredients in a big bowl and make it into a soft dough. Pour 1-2 tablespoons ghee on it and keep it aside for half an hour.
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Grated jaggery-1/2 cup
Cardamom powder-1 teaspoon
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Japan's QE Plans Still Rattling Markets
John Shipman explains the impact of Japan's bond-buying plans on global markets. Photo: AP Images.
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... the ... looks like U S stocks start higher update falling to lead ... Asian markets overnight which continued to climb ... in European markets which are ... seeing a ... decent rally so far this morning ok he is saying that ... really did the ... Japanese central bank's policy the money printing that that really is still having ... a major positive effect on market sentiment I believe it is and it's not just its ... right now it's immediately the Bank of Japan ... why ... did this is on top of wallet this often see from the Fed is well and another overall central bank action worldwide exactly and you think it's a little bit dull for us in your everyday and say ... markets are up because of ... central banks providing on liquidity but ... really that it remains an underlying story ... and then you'll see incremental things along the way ... that also ... add to the positive bias that we have the markets and so when I saw things like John ... actual trade deficit in China so ... really yet suggesting that ... China was importing more ... common in the of the month of March ... by the freeze that the first time this happen on the church is the first time it's happened but it's a it's it's you ... you can see Tennessee's most connections that because of their ... Chinese New year and so there's there it is probably a one off ... but ... the ... markets are taking that as an encouraging sign that ... the economy and China's cooling enough that there is demand there for them to be imported stuff aam get some good news out of France they had a ... better than expected in Duster production over there right as I can use any or any idea but that's also true that so a couple months going on that number is the little that better than expected but it was in February an up January drop was revised on ... to all all all work to do was the wasn't as bad as expected ok its first report and in by the way we've got to the FOMC minutes out today at two o'clock what are we looking for from this well I think the expectation ahead of ... the jobs report on Friday was that ... what you will be listening for any hints or any sort of fun indication that the Fed might ... be ... inclined to it and the bond buying ... anytime ... soon and craftsmen ... I think after ... the Friday Friday sweep weak March jobs report ... um that's of any sort of concern that the Fed is going to stop buying bonds off the table ... as the midst of minutes coming out of which when was it they have been eating this was the mood of the most recent meetings so we've been anxious at the ... end of January ... yes Emma said ... whatever you're eating in a deal free anything into it began as a heavy numbers that will change people's opinion it was only stopped for stocks or were at all-time highs and so ... could there be some choppy moves as people swim ... we threw the minutes and and ... and distill their interpretations ... yes but overall it's it's probably can be an honor that okay ...


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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Crape Myrtle
Crape Myrtle trees are blooming in San Diego right now. I love them and am fascinated with all the colors they come in. I took these photos on my neighborhood walk.
The red is my favorite.
Below is one right in our backyard, that I see everyday from my kitchen window.
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Nice post! I didn't know that about the trees.ReplyDelete
I love 'em too, but we have two right by our pool, and their falling petals require 24/7 surveillance so that they don't clog the filter! Poor planning during planting!!! (but that was the previous owner, and I love the trees too much to remove them!)ReplyDelete
These are beautiful trees. I wish we had them here.ReplyDelete
I also love the funny pods they leave behind after the bloom is gone. I hope you'll share pictures of the pods in a few weeks!ReplyDelete
- whyducks9/13/2011 9:12 AM
Oh how pretty, like frilly petticoats. Wish we had them in the UK, so lovely. Thanks for showing us.ReplyDelete
And they bloom after most of the usual summer flowers are on their last legs!!! Such welcome brightness!!ReplyDelete
I love them too for late Spring, Summer flowers. I've ten in my gardens, and with it just being early Spring here in Australia some are just starting to leaf up only. The colours you captured with your camera are delightful Jane.ReplyDelete
Je ne connaissais pas ces fleurs... Elles sont incroyablement belles et leurs couleurs sublimes...ReplyDelete
Gros bisous et merci pour ces belles photos.
Crape Myrtles have really grown on me since moving to Annapolis, Maryland. We have one in our front yard now but the flowers are not nearly as gorgeous as the ones in your post!ReplyDelete
I love these trees, planted purple & pink in my yard. they bloom all summer here. If you look on mt website, you will see several pieces done about these trees.ReplyDelete
They line the streets here - I have a "white chocolate" crepe myrtle in my yard. Brownish purple leaves and white blossoms.ReplyDelete
We call the purple ones "grape turtles."


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Hello Kiters,
The other day, my bar got stuck in the hook of my Harness. Just where the bar joins the line.
I almost died.
I droped the kite in the water, surfing. Then, I dont know how, the bar and line were stuck in the hook.
The wind was 35 knots, the kite 6 meters started to loop like krazy... I used the quick release, and that was for nothing... The bar and line were stuck in the hook. I went in land, and was taken like 150 meters, until the kite bang in the floor... I had 3 seconds to unhook the line, and he started to loop again, this time by the leash... The quick release didnt depowered the kite because the lines were all twisted. I took the last pull, and the carabiner of the leash broked.
After that, talking to people, I heard about similar accidents.
Then, I started thinking... Why do I use a hook? I never unhook kiting... So, there is no need for a hook. That is really dangerous.
So, I will adapt a locking carabiner to attach the chickenloop, instead of a hook. Nothing will get inside a locking binner, no lines, no bar. Then, I will be safe.
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DailyDirt: Computers Becoming More Like Us
from the urls-we-dig-up dept
- Algorithms deep inside the secretive Google X lab have been watching millions of YouTube videos -- and have learned to identify cat faces. This feat was accomplished with unsupervised learning -- so no one explicitly programmed anything to look for cat faces. Maybe those computers figured out for themselves that kittens are good for productivity... [url]
- Eugene Goostman is a chatbot that has come very close to passing the Turing Test by fooling a panel of human judges into thinking it was a real boy 29% of time (Passing the Turing Test requires a 30% fooling rate). This chatbot was given the fake personality of a 13yo boy living in Odessa, Ukraine -- so expect next year's competition to include a lot of fake teenagers with strange idiosyncrasies. [url]
- DeeChee the iCub robot is learning how to talk like a human baby by listening to adults speaking and babbling until recognizable words form. DeeChee is a project in the field of embodied cognition -- which asserts that cognitive processes are shaped by the bodies in which they occur. This robot doesn't think like a human baby, but it could help understand how biological brains create language. [url]


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Appearing to want to string out this story as long as possible, the Air Force released more photos on Friday of the infamous Air Force One flyover of the Statue of Liberty that panicked thousands of New Yorkers in April.
Adding to the continuing public relations fiasco, emails written about the event (before and after) have been released as a result of Freedom of Information Act requests by many news outlets.
Had the photographs and emails been released months ago, it would no longer be a news story prompting some to wonder if those who orchestrated the ill-fated mission have also been in charge of the continuing handling of the event.
Regardless, the emails between those involved in the screw-up show that they knew just how big of a mistake the flight was. Unfortunately, that understanding was recognized after the fact.
Before the event, Col. Scott Turner, commander of the Presidential Airlift Group, appeared to be optimistic about the flight even providing a cheerful weather forecast in an email to George Mulligan, the deputy director of the White House Military Office.
"So far we appear to be on track for our photo shoot around the Statue of Liberty on Monday," he writes. "Wx looks like it will cooperate and the FAA has aligned 'all the stars' to protect the airspace for us."
Just to be sure nothing could go wrong, Turner asks Mulligan, "Do you have any issues/reservations, whatsover?"
Not at all. Mulligan even asked for a souvenir of the flyby.
"Sec Caldera and I have no issues," writes a confident-sounding Mulligan. "Wish I was flying with you (or at least on the ground to see it) . . . it's going to be quite a sight. Score me a 8x10 glossy if you think of it when you get the pics back."
A seemingly excited Turner responded, "You bet -- Boeing has agreed to the cost of the prints; you can wallpaper your new office with 8x10s!"
You can say this for Mulligan, he shouldn't have any problems scoring any photos with the release of 146 of them yesterday.
Unlike the jolly exchange between Mulligan and Turner, at least one person expressed concern about the mission. USAF Maj Gen Brian P. Meenan, wrote, "Odds could be remote but for your SA -- NYC populace can be sensitive to airplanes that appear lower than normal or tracks not normally seen over the NYC area. Influenced by 9/11. Have seen one or two instances of civil aircraft cleared for visual arrivals that triggered inquiries to media and local officials concerning unusual flt activity from folks on the ground."
Apparently his concern was dismissed, however, and the flight commenced that Monday morning.
Shortly after the flight, things got gloomy. One email provided a real-time assessment of how the public was reacting to the mission.
"Web site blog comments 'furious' at best. Twitter search reveals 'tweets' regarding two F-16's chasing commercial airliner. Rate of 1 tweet per minute and growing," it reads.
We had plenty of those blog comments. Like:
"We are hurtling toward a government of the stupid, by the stupid, for the stupid". just another example." and "Haven't these DoD dimwits ever heard of PHOTOSHOP???" and "This just proves that you don't need a "brain" to get a job in the Federal Government."
No way out
Credit this same person, however, in realizing that there was no way out of it. "No positive spin is possible. Admit mistake," the email reads.
As you recall, this advice was taken. Only hours after the event, Louis Caldera, the director of the White House Military Office, released a statement taking full responsibility for the fiasco. Less than two weeks later Caldera resigned.
Of course, the objective of the flyover -- despite its result -- was not to create panic as Turner explained in an email: "Again, my apologies sir. Real intent here was to honor NYC, not cause mass chaos," he said.
Three Stooges
One Pentagon spokeswoman summed up the event appropriately: "Nothing like having everyone point the finger at someone else so we ALL look like a big bunch of buffoons ... can you say Moe, Larry & Curly!??!?!"
You can read the full report here. Be cautioned, however, that the report is 553 pages and is 121mb (it takes awhile to download).
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Well Time Team last night didn't disappoint. Or rather, it did – but it was so disappointing from a historical point of view, it didnt disappoint my premonitions!
The expressed aim of the programme was to uncover the history of the medieval Hospital at the Governors Green area of old Portsmouth, adjoining what is now known as the Garrison Church, which has its origins as part of the Hospital complex. Known originally as Domus Dei, or God's House, the Hospital was razed in 1540 during Henry VIII's disolution of the monasteries. The chapel survived, however, and the adjoining land was used to build the Governors House.
The concept of a medieval hospital is very different from our image of operating theatres, accident and emergency et al. Medieval hospitals did exactly what they said on the tin – provided hospitality in a godly setting and manner. In particular pilgrims would use hospitals during their travels to shrines – such as nearby Winchester of Chichester, and places further afield such as Santiago de Compostela in Spain. They have a very rich and interesting social history, particularly in a port such as Portsmouth, a place that was so important to the defence of the realm too.
The feeling I had from the programme was that the team had not done their research properly at all. They were speculating about things that we already knew about, if only they had bothered to listen to people who tried to tell them! The geophysical survey told us everything that we needed to know, namely that there is an impressive range of buildings under Governors Green, and with some clever use of maps, documents and overlays it shouldnt take too much to interpret them, without the need for digging. I'm also surprised that they thought they could overlay an old tudor map on the current OS map without any errors at all – of course there are going to be anomalies. How you make such a cock-up in the most mapped town in the kingdom is beyond me.
What's also disappointing, is that Time Team found plenty of interesting 18th Century finds, such as military uniform buttons and clay pipes, but these weren't shown in the programme – probably because the aim of the programme was to look at the medieval hospital. Yet it would also have been interesting to find out more about Portsmouth's history as a garrison town. All of the finds, incidentally, have been handed over to Portsmouth City Museums and Records Service, as the local Museum.
Predictably we also had the ubiquitous Portsmouth Grammar School kids turning up in their blazers, as always happens when anything of any significance happens in Portsmouth. You would think there aren't any other schools in the city. A chance to involve other young people in Portsmouth's history was missed.
So, essentially, much research, three days digging, much expertise and resources were spent telling us that what we already knew was there, was in fact, actually there all along! I'm really not sure what the programme achieved at all. It seems to be more about the programme than any kind of historical importance. Don't get me wrong, Time Team have done some fascinating things over the years, and I used to love it when I was younger, but finding out about how the programme works behind the scenes has been kind of like meeting your idols, only to feel let down.
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Believe the Hype About Jack White's New 'Freedom at 21′ Video
Talk about hype! When it was announced that Jack White had teamed up with acclaimed hip-hop director extraordinaire Hype Williams for the video accompanying 'Freedom at 21,' a song off White's 'Blunderbuss' solo album, the possibilities seemed endless. The teaser clip, which dropped last week, seemed to prove that all the anticipation would be lived up to. And now that the full video is here, see for yourself just what this meeting of the minds brings to the table.
It all starts off with what looks to be White cruising in a neon green muscle car, speeding his way around town and past an attractive female cop, who quickly flashes on her lights and goes on a high-speed chase after him. The pursuer and pursued enter a tunnel, some crazy stuff goes down, and then suddenly White -- who now clearly has a blueish face for some reason -- is getting thrown against his car, handcuffed and taken into jail by said attractive female cop.
But it only gets crazier from there. Blue-faced White is soon behind bars with another foxy lady -- who knew our criminal justice system had so many? -- while the normal version of him is pictured rocking a fierce guitar solo. Soon the guitar shredding is somehow equated to a not-seen-but-definitely-hinted-at sexual liaison, and then, next thing you know, White is free and back to cruising in his hot rod. We don't want to give away the end, but it's definitely worth watching. After all the build up, how could it not be?
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The electric car manufacturer first approached Moab City Mayor David Sakrison in August about installing a charging station in town, but it took several months to iron out a lease agreement and get approval for the building plans.
The charging station is located at the Canyonlands Best Western hotel, 16 S. Main St., and will be able to accommodate up to four cars at a time. Tesla claims that its charging stations are the fastest charging stations available.
"Superchargers provide half a charge in about 20 minutes and are strategically placed to allow owners to drive from station to station with minimal stops," according to the Tesla website.
Tesla was founded in 2003 in an attempt to "prove that electric vehicles could be awesome," according to the company's website. Sakrison said that Tesla vehicles can travel 365 miles between charges, depending on how they're driven. When hooked up to a Tesla charging station, the cars are charged at no cost to the owner.
Sakrison said the company has already installed charging stations up and down the East and West coasts. Tesla is now moving inland to offer more options for car owners.
"They're working their way from Denver to Moab," he said.
The company will have several charging stations along the I-70 corridor, including stations in Grand Junction and Glenwood Springs. The first Utah charging station opened in Blanding earlier this month.
Sakrison said the company tried to choose scenic places along the route. "Their thinking behind this is that people that drive Teslas will want to visit special places," Sakrison said.
Zach Bynum, the manager of the Canyonlands Best Western, said the construction is almost done, and they're just waiting on Rocky Mountain Power to hook them up.
Bynum said that he hopes that the station will draw Tesla car owners to visit the area.
The technology isn't affordable for most Americans, despite hefty tax credits for the purchase of the electric vehicles. The model that Sakrison rode sells for approximately $69,000, he said. Sakrison said he was told that Tesla is working on a sport utility vehicle that it hopes to release within a year, and that the company is hoping to have a more affordable, mass-market car available within the next three years.


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Dave's Rating:
The Haunting of Two Random Costco Shoppers
You should know that this review contains a lot of spoilers. But then again, so does the film's own trailer and TV spots. If you've seen them, the whole thing's already pre-ruined for you. You know exactly what happens to the main characters and, more to the point, you've already witnessed the final shot of the movie. This is how little the marketing department cares about your viewing experience.
Okay. First spoiler. Poor Costco. I thought I'd never see the day when I felt concern over the mom-and-pop-store-wrecking megashopping entity. But I now officially feel sorry for them. Whoever is in charge of positioning the Costco brand in films needs a reprimand from his or her corporate higher-ups. After the Dane Cook/Jessica Simpson rom-bomb Employee of the Month, Ben Stiller's aliens-turn-bulk-shopping-retailer-into-hellpit flop The Watch and now this film, which suggests that if you're going to buy homesteading supplies at the warehouse of bargains, you're going to be killed by freaky ghosts right there in the store, they might want to reconsider the wisdom of their outreach program. According to these films you're safer in the safe house from the movie Safe House -- where, according to its own tagline, "no one is safe"-- than you are in Costco.
Second spoiler(s). Paranormal Activity. Also Insidious. That's really all that needs to be said, but here goes anyway: two young people (Sebastian Stan and Twilight's Ashley Greene, both disconnected from whatever spirit moves actors to act) rent a house that sprouts a grody bubbling goo cluster. Black mold? Supernatural bacteria? Only Tom Felton knows for sure. Luckily for us he's ready to talk: we learn that the artist formerly known as Draco Malfoy has conjured a spirit from brainwaves and it wants to be free and live among the electrical power grid until it finds suitable hosts it can study and devour. To get away from it you have to go live in an apparition-repellent cage ("A bomb shelter for brainwaves," says Felton, his funniest line of the movie.)
And then not-terrifying events take place. When objects floating around your haunted house all Bedknobs and Broomsticks-style, when bedsheets creep around with no human assistance, when the little kid next door tells you "Your house killed my dog" and you've got no response because the kid's right, when you leave your haunted house and the ghost-thing-whatever is still with you and you realize that it's you who's haunted, then you're in a movie that was already made. Made several times, in fact. Sure, the allusions to the housing crisis, toxic environments and failing American infrastructure give it a topical edge that'll be referenced by whoever decides to publish the paper on Horror Films As Economic/Environmental Anxiety, but by this point, that stuff is all components of a big game of follow the leader and until someone else comes along to tweak the formula, the scares have been wrung out and left to dry.
Maybe writer-director Todd Lincoln, here making his feature debut, had another movie floating around in his mind. Maybe this one was taken out of his control. It seems unlikely that his first shot at a big studio feature was supposed to wind up unscary, copycattish, rote and unintentionally hilarious. But sometimes it happens like that all the same.
18 out of 100 Metascore®
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Personal Beliefs Can Pit Healthcare Workers Against Patients and ColleaguesAn EMT instructed to transport a woman to an abortion clinic declines, citing personal beliefs. A nurse ordered to administer a large dose of morphine to a terminal cancer patient in pain refuses, saying the medication could hasten death. A physician turns away a gay patient, apparently on the basis of his sexual orientation. Are these scenarios examples of healthcare workers ...
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Ethics in Managed Care Contractingh4. Introduction Patients are at the center of the health care process. Physicians use their knowledge, skills, and defined processes to provide or coordinate health care for patients. It is the extent to which this relationship is valued, developed, nurtured, and maintained that determines the success of the patient-physician relationship. This important position at the center of the health care process ...
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The Boston University Farmers Market returns next week!
When: Thursdays, 12:00pm – 5:00pm, August 12 through October 14
Where: George Sherman Union Plaza, 775 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215
The vendors:
- Lanni Orchards
- Big Sky Bread
- Gold Meadow Farms
- Ward's Berry Farm
- Smaht Farm
- Danish Pastry House
- Fran Kronstadt Studio
- Polka Dog Biscuits
- The Pebble Collection
- And more!
For other farmers markets in the area, check out the Farmers Markets Map and Farmers Markets Google Calendar by the Boston Localvores.


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Effective Options Are Available for Treating Rosacea Inflammation
While some signs and symptoms of rosacea can be challenging to control, effective medical therapies have been extensively studied and approved for the treatment of the bumps and pimples of subtype 2 (papulopustular) rosacea, according to the standard management options for rosacea recently published by the National Rosacea Society.1
"Fortunately today, there are proven therapies that can be tailored by a physician for each individual case to help bring this common form of rosacea under control on both an immediate and on a long-term basis," said Dr. Richard Odom, professor of dermatology at the University of California-San Francisco, chairman of the consensus committee and review panel of 26 rosacea experts who developed the new standard options. Subtype 2 rosacea is characterized by persistent facial redness and acne-like bumps and pimples, and is often seen after or at the same time as the flushing and redness of subtype 1 (erythematotelangiectatic) rosacea.
In mild to moderate cases, doctors often prescribe oral and topical therapy to bring the condition under immediate control, followed by long-term use of the topical therapy alone to maintain remission, Dr. Odom said. He noted that a controlled-release formulation of oral therapy with low blood levels may also be used for an indefinite period.
"Clinical research has demonstrated that rosacea patients who continue therapy on a long-term basis are substantially more likely to maintain remission," Dr. Odom said. In a study of rosacea sufferers over a six-month period, 77 percent of the patients who continued long-term topical therapy remained in remission, while 42 percent of those who did not experienced a relapse.2
In addition to long-term medical therapy, Dr. Odom stressed the importance of a gentle skin care program and minimizing environmental and lifestyle factors that aggravate the condition in individual cases.
- Odom R, Dahl M, Dover J, et al. Standard management options for rosacea, part 2: options according to subtype. Cutis 2009;84:97-104.
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Odegaard Renovation 2011-2013
After temporarily closing for renovation during the Summer, the Odegaard Library reopened for business on September 24, 2012. Though construction continues our collections, computing, research and writing services are available 24/5 (Sun-Fri) on the 2nd and 3rd floors for UW students, faculty, and staff.
Please note the following Fall 2012 renovation related changes:
- The Libraries Media Center has move from the Mezzanine level of Odegaard to the 3rd floor of Suzzallo Library.
- Odegaard course reserves services are available on the 2nd floor of the library.
- The Writing and Research Center has reopened in its 3rd floor space in Odegaard.
- The Learning Commons computing lab (2nd floor) has reopened for business. Alternative computer lab locations.
- The Computer Vet is available once again on the 2nd floor.
- Study rooms on the 2nd and 3rd floors can be checked out from the Information Desk on the 2nd floor.
- Books and other materials located in Odegaard are once again accessible for public browsing.
- Room 220 is available for bookings.
- Instruction Lab (Room 102) will not be available for bookings from June 9, 2012, to September 2013
- Alternative wireless locations.
- View renovation progress.
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Many people suck at Ruby. Many people think Ruby is Python with lax whitespace, or PHP with better OO. Ruby uses a lot of idioms you're familiar with, which is very deliberate. It's supposed to be very easy to get started on. But it also incorporates powerful advanced techniques from Lisp, Smalltalk, and CLU. Your first five minutes with Ruby will be easy, but don't expect to uncover its hidden power if you're just writing code the way you always have. Rails makes it easy to get started too, but there's a huge difference between cobbling together some scaffolding and scaling a real Rails app.
When the economy gets tough, you want to be one of the people who really knows Ruby. The best way to do that is to get training from people who know Ruby inside-out. For instance: Dr. David Black, long-time Rubyist, author of "Ruby For Rails", and RubyConf organizer; Jeremy McAnally, who wrote "The Humble Little Ruby Book" and publishes "The Rubyist", whose programmatic templates project recently merged into Rails, and who Ruby Inside named Top Hitter of 2008; and Rick Olson, Rails core team member and creator of all those essential Rails plugins like attachment_fu and restful_authentication.
Jeremy and David will lead a three-day Ruby course on April 1st-3rd, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia at the Georgia Tech Hotel & Conference Center. Rick will be on hand to pair program with you and answer questions one-on-one. Want to become a Rails dev who knows exactly what they're talking about? Ask people whose code ships as part of Rails. Want cutting-edge skills and the edge in your next job interview? Pair program with a prolific open source developer. Want to understand Ruby's OO? Ask David Black. David's book contains an explanation of Ruby's object model that is (in our opinion) the single best, simplest, most coherent, and most comprehensive explanation out there.
You can get better training in Ruby, if you fly to Japan and kidnap Matz. However, this is illegal, plus mean, so we don't recommend it. Plus, Japanese etiquette is complicated even under normal circumstances, and there's really no way to politely kidnap someone.
We're currently testing out our new curriculum, so you'll get this cheap. We're including ample time for hacking and individualized questions. This is not the one-size-fits-all approach you might get elsewhere. We're going to make sure you learn Ruby, and learn it better than you would anywhere else.
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One Washington Navy Yard Victim Graduated From A South Jersey High School
One of the victims of the Washington Navy Yard shooting graduated from a south Jersey High School.
Martin Bodrog, who had worked at the Navy Yard since January, was born in Woodbury, graduated from Audobon High School in 1977 and lived in Annandale, Virginia according to WPVI TV.
He was also a 1981 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy.
An obituary written by his wife Melanie posted to the Huffington Post said he had retired from the Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer after 22 years and was overseeing the design and procurement of ships.
Bodrog was a Boston Bruins fan, taught pre-school Sunday and was involved with the Christian outreach program Young Life. He and his wife of 25 years had three daughters: Isabel, 23; Sophie, 17; and Rita, 16.
"Marty was a kind and caring man. He had such a sweet spirit and was in every way, a man that lived his life to honor Christ," wrote Steve Holley, Immanuel's pastor of ministries on the church's Facebook page.
The obituary says he spent part of his childhood in North Andover, Massachusetts and also lived in Indiana and New Jersey.
A Path To Destruction
Gunman Aaron Alexis' path to Washington is coming to light but investigators still seek a motive that caused him to kill 12 people on Monday.
He told police in early August that the voices were harassing and following him. In the following weeks, Aaron Alexis moved on to the Washington area for work, and law enforcement officials say he was being treated for serious mental problems. But his security clearance was not stripped, and the 34-year-old Alexis entered the sprawling installation Monday with a valid pass.
What happened in the 30-plus-minute rampage emerged the day after the shooting that killed 12 victims and injured eight. But his motive remained a mystery, and other questions were left unanswered. Investigators have found no manifesto or other writings suggesting a political or religious motivation for Monday's massacre.
Meanwhile, attack has prompted at least three investigations into government security and background screenings. The secretary of the Navy is ordering a pair of security reviews -- focusing on how well the Navy protects its bases, and how accurately it screens its workers. And President Barack Obama has ordered his budget office to examine security standards for government contractors and employees across federal agencies.
The Associated Press contributed to this report