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This post was originally published shortly after John Levy's death late last week. Click the audio link above to hear a remembrance of Levy by NPR's Sami Yenigun.
This weekend, we learned that the jazz businessman John Levy died on Friday. His wife, Devra Hall Levy, announced the news on Saturday in a press release available on John Levy's website, Lushlife. He was nearly 100 years old.
Levy was once a musician of some renown — he played bass with Billie Holiday, Stuff Smith, George Shearing and many others — but he's primarily remembered for his advocacy. He was named an NEA Jazz Master in 2006 for representing dozens of musicians as a manager, and also produced concerts and recordings.
According to Devra Hall Levy's statement, John Levy's clients included "Cannonball Adderley, Betty Carter, Randy Crawford, Roberta Flack, Herbie Hancock, Shirley Horn, Freddie Hubbard, Ahmad Jamal, Abbey Lincoln, Ramsey Lewis, Herbie Mann, Les McCann, Wes Montgomery, George Shearing, Dakota Staton, Stanley Turrentine, Joe Williams, and Nancy Wilson, who remains a John Levy Enterprises client to this day."
When Levy was given the NEA award, Sara Fishko created this story about him for NPR's All Things Considered:
If we stop right there, that's already an incredible career. But it becomes extraordinary with a few other details.
- John Levy was a black man. That makes him the first, or at least one of the first major African-American personal managers in music. By extension, he was also dealing almost entirely with club owners and record producers who were white, representing clients with national, even international reputations. His first client was the white Englishman George Shearing, who he began to manage full-time in 1951 — an era where overt racism and segregation were still prevalent in the U.S. Not only was he able to navigate this situation; the work that he did resulted in new models of black success in the U.S. during the civil rights era. For example, in working with vocalist Nancy Wilson, he helped broker the deals which won her many television appearances and eventually her own NBC program, The Nancy Wilson Show, in the 1960s. And of course, his own career was pioneering in and of itself.
- John Levy was a musician. As someone who lived through the experiences of touring and recording, he was very perceptive about how musicians actually made a living. When he graduated from being George Shearing's bassist to his full-time manager, he insisted on creating a publishing company in Shearing's name so he could collect royalty payments from his compositions, a practice he followed with all his clients. At the time, many musicians weren't aware of these revenue streams, often signing away rights to their compositions to record labels or other entities. John Levy taught himself about things like this. He wasn't formally trained in music or music business — he never finished high school. But he was a very good observer. When Cannonball Adderley first came up from Florida with his own rhythm section, Levy realized that his initial reception by critics would determine the course of his future career. So Levy made sure to surround him (and his brother, trumpeter Nat Adderley) with a top-notch rhythm section of Junior Mance (piano), Sam Jones (bass) and Jimmy Cobb (drums). That band became the Cannonball Adderley quintet.
- John Levy didn't usually draw up contracts with his clients. At a point, he realized that the music business — the jazz sector in particular — relies heavily on interpersonal respect and trust. When a deal with the singer Dakota Staton went sour, he walked away from it rather than pursue expensive legal action. When he saw that his association with pianist Ramsey Lewis had outlived its usefulness, he simply left the business end and preserved the friendship. He understood how the music business blurs the lines between the formal and informal, the personal and professional. His knowledge of this dynamic, it would seem, helped him to be as successful as he was.
A further recommendation: Much of the information referenced here can be found in the Smithsonian's oral history with Levy, and his interview with Marc Myers of JazzWax.
John Levy anchored the George Shearing Quintet in the 1950's from behind his double bass.
SIMON: But John Levy's best remembered for his business acumen as a manager of many of the 20th century's most famous jazz musicians. John Levy died last week, January 20th, just months before his 100th birthday. We want to take some time to remember the man who was named a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master in 2006 - not for his playing - but his work behind the scenes.
NPR's Sami Yenigun has this remembrance.
SAMI YENIGUN, BYLINE: John Levy got into the business side of jazz while he was on the road with Shearing's Quintet. And as the group's profile rose, so did its need for a manager, says Levy's widow Devra Hall Levy.
DEVRA HALL LEVY: And George, to his credit, trusted John. So here you have an English, white, blind man trusting an African-American young man with his very life and career. And that was the key transition.
YENIGUN: At the time, it was unusual to have an African-American involved in the business side of the music industry at that level. Shearing was a jazz star. And Devra Hall Levy says that on more than one occasion, her late husband's skin tone posed a problem.
LEVY: There are always the funny stories about getting to the gig and John saying, well, the piano's going to have to be turned such and such a way. And the guy looks at John and says, well, I don't know who you are, but we'll wait for Mr. Levy. John says, I am Mr. Levy. They were waiting for a nice little white Jewish guy.
YENIGUN: But John Levy's levelheaded approach won him a roster of jazz musicians.
LEVY: For instance, he worked for the Stuff Smith Trio.
LEVY: Well, Stuff drank like a fish and the other musicians drank a lot and John was sober and able to take care of business.
YENIGUN: He took care of business for Cannonball Adderley, Nancy Wilson, Ramsey Lewis, Ahmad Jamal and Roberta Flack, to name just a few.
JOHN LEVY: You know, I had more than I could handle. So many people it would take 10 minutes to name all the different people during that era that I was handling.
YENIGUN: That's John Levy speaking to NPR in 1999, when he described his duties as manager for another artist, Wes Montgomery.
LEVY: I just took care of arranging his bookings and arranging his travel and just before he died, set up his business arrangement for him, set up his music publishing, which has made more money for him since he's dead than it did while he was living.
LEVY: That publishing thing has paid off for him. A lot of different people have recorded his material that he wrote during that era. And I did the same thing with Cannonball and Ramsey Lewis, Ahmad Jamal, all of them. I set up that. That was one of the best things I did for them as a manager, for all of them.
YENIGUN: For Levy, the relationship with an artist was personal first, then business. So he made sure their personal business was taken care of. In the case of Wes Montgomery, he saw that the guitarist had homeowners insurance. Something that turned out to be important when Montgomery died just a decade after Levy took him on.
And the way Levy did business was personal. There were contracts, but Levy preferred handshakes. And his widow Devra Hall Levy says his artists trusted him to do everything.
LEVY: What happened in John Levy Enterprises is business would be done, deals would be made, schedules would be set, artists received an itinerary, tickets and off they went, no questions asked. That was the level of trust between John and his clients.
YENIGUN: The success of that approach built Levy's reputation.
LEVY: Over his career, we never got a final count but we came really close to 100 artists having been represented by him at some point in their lives. And of that list, I want to say only one or two are people that he sought. They all came to him because of the success of the people he represented.
YENIGUN: That was the case with Nancy Wilson, who said she wanted to work with Levy since she first heard about him at the beginning of her career.
NANCY WILSON: Aside from being very smart about the music, he was a true gentleman in the true sense of the word, you know, like the old sense of the word. He was really special. He was like my dad.
YENIGUN: And like any good dad, Levy took care of his family in jazz.
Sami Yenigun, NPR News.
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Some black clergy see no good presidential choice between a Mormon candidate and one who supports gay marriage, so they are telling their flocks to stay home on Election Day. That's a worrisome message for the nation's first African-American president, who can't afford to lose any voters from his base in a tight race.
I think that this is a bullshit issue. In my conversations with people, the voter suppression of efforts of the Republicans have infuriated far more people than Obama's stance on marriage equality might have...especially since...let's be real, most people observing believed he was being cagey when he claimed to be "evolving" on the issue. I'm not aware of anyone that seriously believed that Obama was against marriage equality as a personal matter before he came out and said he was for it.Here's what's going to happen. 96 percent of black voters will vote for him in November. How much of the black electorate turns out is anyone's guess. We had ourselves a moment in '08 that's not quite the same this time around. And I think it's still an open question how many people will be denied their vote behind these new laws. But the notion that Obama doesn't have the support of blacks or of his base more broadly, is a bullshit narrative.
No church official has any business telling religious believers how to vote, or to "stay home". If they want to get involved in politics, they can start paying taxes.

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Selected content from volume 26, number 6, of Reports of the National Center for Science Education is now available on NCSE's website, including Jim Lippard's account of the 2005 schism of the young-earth creationist ministry Answers in Genesis, Nick Matzke's report about the latest creationist textbook to come down the pike, Kevin Padian's review of Donald Prothero's
After the Dinosaurs: The Age of Mammals, Lawrence S.
A special issue of the McGill Journal of Education (vol. 42, no. 2) focusing on evolution education is now freely available on-line. In their preface, the issue's editors, Jason Wiles of McGill University and Anila Asghar of Johns Hopkins University, write:
the teaching and learning of evolution has faced difficulties ranging from pedagogical obstacles to social controversy.
The following is a press release, dated October 17, 2007, from People for the American Way.
Earmark for Anti-Science Creationist Group Must Be Removed
People For the American Way today called for the Senate to remove an earmark for an anti-science creationist group from the FY08 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education appropriations bill. The earmark, inserted by Senator David Vitter of Louisiana, would send taxpayer money to the Louisiana Family Foundation (LFF), a leading advocate of creationism in the state.
Speaking on the Senate floor on October 17, 2007, Senator David Vitter (R-Louisiana) withdrew a controversial $100,000 earmark that he previously added to the appropriations bill for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. The earmark was to the Louisiana Family Forum, a religious right group with a long history of promoting creationism and attacking evolution education in the state, including backing a "strengths and weaknesses" policy in Ouachita Parish.
In its new official statement on evolution, adopted on March 28, 2007, the California Academy of Sciences reaffirmed that "Evolution is a central concept in modern science, including biology, geology, and astronomy.
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Hazleton: Immigration Debate's Battleground Town Suffers an Identity Crisis
Hazleton, Pa. – Picturesque, it was not.
If you took a stroll down this small town's main drag two decades ago, you would have encountered a virtual ghost town. Blighted storefronts, torn-up sidewalks and little foot traffic gave the impression of life during wartime, with people huddled inside waiting for the bombs to drop.
The nearby coal mines had closed up and the area's major businesses shuttered their doors, leaving the town that once boasted 40,000 plus people after World War II with half that number by the turn of the millennium as an older generation died off and the town's youth fled for better-paying jobs.
This northeastern Pennsylvania town lay in a state of slow decay, as well-maintained neo-colonial brick homes with groomed yards and screened-in porches sat on the same block as grime-encrusted, vinyl-sided homes with broken screens flapping in the breeze.
"It was real bad a couple of years ago," said Angel Gonzalez, a local barber who works on Wyoming Street, Hazleton's commercial hub. "Nobody wanted to come around here."
Actually, a brave few did come. They saw untold opportunities.
Immigrants already in the country flocked here from places like New York and New Jersey, as well as new arrivals from distant lands such as the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Peru. They were drawn here by cheap rents, work in the area's factories and a feeling it was a decent place to raise a family.
I just hope the ruling comes soon...This has been going on for years and we just need a decision so we can figure out what to do either way.
"I came here because of the quiet, and because my family said it was a good place to live," said Julian Figuero, the owner of El Caribe Restaurant on Wyoming Street.
Leaning on the counter in his restaurant as two of his employees prepared a lunch of roasted chicken, beans, rice and plantains, Figuero explained that when he arrived in Hazleton, even the town's busiest street was in shambles.
"Wyoming was a tough place, it had all kinds of problems," Figuero said with a New York swagger he hasn't lost even after 13 years in Hazleton. "It's much better now."
Signs of Latino culture are ubiquitous. Sazón Latino gives Figuero's restaurant a run for its money for the town's best roast chicken. Across the street from El Caribe sits La Ocoeña bakery. And a slew of Latino barber shops offer customers the sharpest coiffes.
And so with the evident demographic shift, formerly mostly white Hazleton began mirroring other parts of the country with the recent influx of Hispanic newcomers.
Money started flowing into Hazleton, long abandoned buildings took in new dwellers and the city saw its first population growth in decades. But not everybody welcomed the change with open arms. For some locals, the population growth attracted the wrong kind of neighbor.
Increased crime levels, dismal job prospects, a failing city budget and xenophobic undercurrents dug a wedge between Hazleton's immigrant community and residents born-and-bred in the Luzerne County town.
The immigrant influx ushered a slight crime increase, with undocumented immigrants being the top suspects in a brazen murder and a vicious rape of a 6-year old girl in 2006. While the murder charge was eventually dropped by the Luzerne County District Attorney for lack of evidence, Hazleton's undermanned police force – the town currently has 36 officers on patrol – is still wary about new immigrants due in large part to the difficulty tracking them down if they evade arrest.
"We don't have resources available to the city and the city police department to combat any of these crimes; illegal theft, illegal homicides, illegal aliens," Hazleton Police Chief Frank DeAndrea said in an interview with Fox News Latino.
A thin man with a graying flat top and a police officer's confident, somber demeanor, DeAndrea said that his force couldn't even start to combat illegal immigration due to restraints imposed on him by federal law.
"If it's not a felony and if they're not wanted in another country for a felony offense, the federal government won't even come to pick them up and deport them," DeAndrea said.
'A Lightning Rod'
Tensions came to a breaking point in 2006 when then-Mayor Lou Barletta introduced the Illegal Immigration Relief Act, a city ordinance that barred landlords from renting apartments to undocumented immigrants and business owners from hiring them.
"After making a trip to the capital, I realized that Washington wasn't going to do anything to help us," Barletta told Fox News Latino.
Barletta, a tall, solidly built career politician with a wide grin, strong jaw and deeply proud of his Italian-American heritage, made headlines across the country as the U.S.'s toughest man on undocumented immigrants, long before Arizona's Sheriff Joe Arpaio claimed that title. Now a Pennsylvania congressman, Barletta has parlayed his prominence in the immigration debate to success at the ballot box.
"He's a politician who knows how to get people fired up and win votes for his next election and that's not right," said Amilcar Arroyo, the owner of northeast Pennsylvania's Spanish-language newspaper, Molinegocios USA, who has lived in Hazleton since 1989. "The undocumented immigrant issue was a way for him to gain prominence."
Built on top of an old cemetery, Hazleton City Hall is a two-story, stone structure nearing its centennial. On the day of the council meeting on the ruling, the narrow streets were clogged with pro-immigrant demonstrators on one side and defenders of the ordinance on the other. The outnumbered Hazleton police officers in between tried to maintain order as insults flew and taunts were hurled across the street.
"It was a lightning rod," Barletta said, referring to Hazleton's new immigration ordinance. "I had no idea what was going to come after that."
The ruling came down in favor of the ordinance, but celebration for its supporters was short lived.
Hazleton's ordinance never took effect, as a judge invalidated the laws following challenges from the American Civil Liberties Union and a number of Latino advocacy groups. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the ruling in 2010, seemingly putting the issue to rest for good.
In 2011, however, the ordinance was resurrected following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that affirmed a facet of Arizona's immigration law punishing employers who hire undocumented immigrants.
"I just hope the ruling comes soon," said current Hazleton Mayor, Joe Yannuzzi. "This has been going on for years and we just need a decision so we can figure out what to do either way."
Since taking office in late 2010, Yannuzzi – a stocky man with a gravelly voice, a deeply-creased faced and a penchant for camel hair coats and orthotic shoes – has spent much of his time dealing with repercussions the proposed ordinance dealt the town.
The act's current status may be in legal limbo, but the verdict from many pro-immigrant activists is already out in Hazleton.
With Yanuzzi supporting Barletta's legislation and Latinos still feeling slighted, Hazleton has become stigmatized as an anti-immigrant, anti-Latino town. This label to many – including some members of the town's Latino and immigrant communities – doesn't fairly represent Hazleton.
"There are all kinds of people in Hazleton. People who like us, people who don't care, racist people," Figuero said. "But they're getting used to us here. We're not going anywhere."
Coal Crackers
In the early 19th century, the discovery of anthracite coal in Hazleton's nearby Beaver Meadows drew the interest of the country's coal barons and railroad developers, who saw the region's vast deposits as fuel for growing cities like New York and Philadelphia.
As the mines and surrounding towns grew, immigrants from Ireland and Germany began pouring into Hazleton, attracted to a surplus of jobs as laborers in the mines. Italian, Polish, Russian, Lithuanian, and Slovakian immigrants followed the first wave of immigrants from the 1860s to the 1920s.
"We had immigration from the points you would expect from Europe," said Robert Parsons, a professor of Latin American studies at the University of Scranton, near Hazleton. "From Italy, from Ireland, from some of the Eastern European countries."
In a pattern repeated throughout modern history, word of mouth carried the way — the first families to immigrate to Hazleton let their relatives and friends know that the town was a good place to live and enticed them to join them, Parsons added.
By the turn of last century, Hazleton became a patchwork of European immigrants, each with their own distinct neighborhoods and commercial zones. Italians, for example, moved their businesses to Wyoming Street, where they set-up restaurants, markets, clothing stores and other shops in similar fashion to what Latino immigrants are doing today.
In the post-war years, silk replaced coal as the town's main export when the Duplan Silk Corporation opened up, producing in its heyday about 25 million yards a year.
But the silk industry couldn't keep the town afloat economically by itself and, like other factory towns throughout the country, Hazleton's workforce began drying up as jobs were outsourced overseas.
"The silk mill moved out at the same time the coal went down, so we ended up losing all of our industries," Yannuzzi said. "From that point on, we kept losing population until about 2010."
The Rebound
Hazleton was on the precipice of extinction when the new wave of immigrants arrived in the mid-2000s, attracted by cheap housing and factory work in the surrounding hills.
Seven years after the fervor surrounding the immigration ordinance – and in the midst of the revived national immigration debate – Hazleton has become a town that defies characterization. Acceptance is still met with animosity, progress with poverty and change with skepticism.
The increase in population in Hazleton from 2000 to 2010 – around 2,000 people – can mainly be attributed to influx of Latinos, both from within the U.S. and from abroad.
At the turn of the millennium, only four percent of the town's population was Hispanic, while in 2010, 37 percent of Hazleton identified as Hispanic – a 735 percent increase in just a decade. Conversely, Census data shows that the rest of Hazleton's population declined by more than 28 percent in the last ten years.
While a definitive count of the current Latino population is speculative, city officials and community leaders put the percentage somewhere between 40 and 50 percent. Yet they decry a lack of proportional representation in city leadership positions.
"We don't have a bilingual person at city hall, we don't have bilingual police officers," said Arroyo, the newspaper owner.
City officials acknowledge the language gap that exists between the Latino community and city hall, but the struggling town faces the two-fold problem of being unable to attract bilingual workers and lacking the money to pay them.
Budget issues due in part to low tax revenue — a problem some blame on undocumented immigrants — has put Hazleton in a financial bind. The police department has been especially hard hit, functioning with just 36 officers when DeAndrea said he needs 60.
"We're not going to learn a new language overnight," DeAndrea said. "I don't have the money to go spend a couple hundred dollars for Rosetta Stone and I'm not going to give each officer two hours of overtime five days a week to sit and study because I can't take them off the road."
DeAndrea cited the rise in both violent crime and drug dealing coinciding with the arrival of immigrants as the main problems facing his force. This is a common gripe heard in town: While Latinos have boosted the local economy with new businesses, they have also increased the crime rate.
"We can't contribute that entirely to newcomers," said Donna Palermo, the president of the Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce. "But there has been some increase in crime in that population segment."
Palermo added that despite the cultural stigmatism associated with Latinos by some members of the Hazleton community, it is almost universally acknowledged that the growing number of Hispanic-owned businesses has kept the town financially afloat.
Walking down Broad Street, Hazleton's main thoroughfare, it's hard to imagine the current hustle-and-bustle without Latinos. Alongside long established town institutions like the Can Do Association and Hazel Drugs, there is the Dominican restaurant The Second Base, and the Lorenzo Wright Insurance Agency.
SM Enterprise Inc. doubles as a notary public and botánica where immigrants can wire money to relatives back home while they shop for candles and incense.
"There are now probably over 100 Latino-owned businesses in Hazleton," said Arroyo, whose office in the Broad Street Exchange building is surrounded by lawyers and doctors catering to Spanish speakers. "This is just the beginning. Hazleton, and the entire area of northeast Pennsylvania, is experiencing a new wave of immigrants."
Locals are flummoxed by the newcomers. They're cognizant of the obvious shot in the arm they've given the town, yet some decry they've stolen local jobs and also driven down wages.
"The majority of the Latinos here are hard workers and they're doing a lot of good for the city," said Mary Kirkpatrick, a local housekeeper, as she sipped on a watery Bud Light and puffed away on a USA Gold cigarette at Henry's Bar on Broad Street.
"Unfortunately [immigration] has raised our rents and wages have gone down, so that's why Latinos are getting blamed for the city's problems," she said. "I've never worked for minimum wage in my life until now, but I can't blame immigrants as I would do the same things if I had to."
With the town's financial woes, immigrants have had to rely on family, friends and the help of concerned citizens to ease their transition to the sometimes inhospitable northeast Pennsylvania cold climate.
Two long-term residents who decided to lay out a welcome mat for newcomers are Bob Curry and his wife Elaine Maddon. The couple helped found the Concerned Parents of the Hazleton Area, an organization that helps young students from Spanish-speaking homes with schoolwork. Curry is also putting the finishing touches on the Hazleton One Community Center, a free after-school recreational center for the town.
"All our friends out in Northern California always ask us why we still live in Hazleton," Curry said. "They have enough do-gooders out there, we need some do-gooders here."
Maddon, a Luzerne County councilwoman, is the cousin of Joe Maddon, manager of the professional baseball team, the Tampa Bay Rays. The couple has used his star power to attract attention for the Latino community in Hazleton through events bringing baseball players for visits.
While the city is far from being back on its feet, at least for now immigrants are tolerated by locals who know they're helping prop it up. Yet most seem to agree that a ruling either way on the 2006 ordinance — which continues to cast a perennial dark cloud over the town — would make things easier so people at least know what's to come.
During a mid-afternoon lull at his barber shop this month, Gonzalez sits in a chair splitting time between watching a Bruce Willis movie and the traffic passing by on Wyoming Street.
With his New York Yankees baseball cap pulled down low over his face, diamond-studded earring adorning both his ears and a dark blue sweatshirt bunched up around shoulders, Gonzalez's thug life wardrobe is a fitting symbol of a culture that many people in Hazelton, he feared, don't yet understand.
Behind the tough-guy exterior is a hard working barber who just wants a quiet place to live and run his business. While he knows there is still opposition to the town's new arrivals, Gonzalez said that there is beginning to be a thaw in icy cross-culture relations.
"It's not as bad as bad it was, especially with the younger generation," Gonzalez said. "They're getting used to seeing more of us."


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High School: Santa Margarita high school as a four year member of the varsity basketball team…Helped lead her team to a CIF (California Interscholastic Federation) 2010 Division IIIA Championship…Named to All-CIF Division IIIA first team and All-Trinity League second team in her senior season… As a junior she garnered All-CIF Division IIIAA second team honors as well as an All-Trinity League honorable mention...Led her team in blocks for four consecutive years, posting at least 2.0 blocks per game in three of those seasons…Posted a career highs 7.3 rebounds per game and 8.8 points per game…During her four year tenure at Santa Margarita the team posted a composite 93-30 record…Four year member of the California Scholastic Scholarship Federation…Twice received the Presiden't Volunteer Service Gold Award…Received Santa Margarita high school Christian Service Award & ASB Special Recognition honor.
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Holidays Merry-Go-Round
by Serhiy Grabarchuk
The thirteen balls scattered around the star make
two words, HAPPY and HOLIDAYS, and two balls are with asterisks. The
challenge is to place all these balls on the nodes of the star so that
they form the very same words separated by asterisks, something like
this: *HAPPY*HOLIDAYS. Each word can be read in any directions,
clockwise or counterclockwise, and can start at any node of the star.
Sounds easy? Well, there is one rule to be observed while you put
balls onto the star nodes.
To place a ball, first you must put it on any vacant node of the star,
and then move it to another vacant node along a straight line segment
connecting them. To put a ball simply click it first; then click a
chosen vacant node on the star; then click another vacant node which
the ball should be moved to along the connecting (!) line segment. Use
"Undo" and "Redo" (or B and N keys, respectively) for the respective
backward and forward moves of balls on the star in accordance with
your solution.
Note that the final ball is placed directly on the last vacant node.
That's all! Once you form both words, and they are properly separated
by asterisks, you will see a congratulation message.
Happy Puzzling!
*This puzzle is based on old challenges with
placing seven chess knights on a 3 x 3 chessboard; or placing seven
beads on an octagram.


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Granite Staters headed to March for Life in D.C.By SHAWNE K. WICKHAM
New Hampshire Sunday News
January 18. 2014 8:57PM
Hundreds of Granite Staters are heading to Washington, D.C., this week for the national March for Life.
Among those attending Wednesday's events will be 75 students from Trinity High School in Manchester.
Brian Flaherty, director of campus ministry at the Catholic school, noted today's teens were all born after Roe. v. Wade. "For a lot of them, it strikes home there was the potential they would not be here if their mother had made another choice," he said.
It's not a luxurious trip, Flaherty said. The students and 10 adult chaperones travel by bus to D.C., where they stay overnight at separate boys' and girls' schools, sleeping on the floor. "That's another powerful witness, that people are willing to give up a lot of their comfort, sleep and time in freezing cold to speak out on this issue," he said.
Valerie Lynn Somers of Nashua organizes a bus trip to the Washington march for the Diocese of Manchester each year. This year, about 300 people are going.
They'll leave early Tuesday morning, arriving in Washington in time for Mass at a local church that evening. Bishop Peter Libasci will say Mass for the New Hampshire contingent Wednesday morning before they all head to the Mall for the march, she said.
Somers has been going to the march since she was 9 years old, when her parents organized the diocesan trip.Those early years, she said, "I remember that there weren't many kids. There weren't many young people at all...My parents actually seemed young in that crowd.
"But each year, she said, the crowd has gotten "bigger and bigger, and younger and younger.
"Young people have actually seen abortion affect their lives personally, and so they're starting to take a stand because of it," she said. "They've seen people be hurt by it and they're starting to crave the truth on this issue."
Somers said participants each year tell her how inspiring it is to see hundreds of thousands of people from all over the country come together for life. "On this issue, you can feel alone at times. You go home knowing that that's not the case."
Somers, 33, is the mother of two young sons, who will accompany her and her husband to Washington this year. Having her own children only deepened her commitment to the issue, and the march, she said.
"When I got down there and people had signs with pictures of abortion and started sharing their stories about lost babies through abortion and how they regretted that, it broke my heart," she said.
It's the same for Flaherty, who has three children. "When my wife was pregnant and I'd see their ultrasounds, or when I see them born, it just strikes me: what would my life be without them," he said.
And as a Catholic school teacher, he said, "I think it's important...to bring these kids down there, to let them know they are not alone and there are other people who think just like them."
The highlight of the annual journey for him is the youth rally and mass hosted by the Washington archdiocese in the Verizon Center before the march.
While some of the speeches on the Washington Mall can get partisan and political, he said, "What I like about the youth rally is it's so positive and uplifting."
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Crash closes I-93 North in Londonderry Tuesday eveningBy APRIL GUILMET
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March 06. 2013 10:55AM
LONDONDERRY - A two-car vehicle crash left motorists with only minor injuries, though it forced state police to temporarily close the northbound travel lanes near Exit 4 on I-93 Tuesday evening.
Local and state police responded to the crash shortly before 10 p.m.
While initial reports indicated there were four or more vehicles involved in the accident, state police later confirmed just two vehicles were involved.
One motorist was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of non- life-threatening injuries and was later released, police said. Another driver was treated at the scene.
The highway was reopened shortly before 11 p.m.


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Baruch College Exceeds $150 Million Goal of
Baruch Means Business Campaign
Baruch Thanks and Celebrates Record Number of Donors
NEW YORK, NY - June 19, 2013 - Baruch College has plenty to celebrate after exceeding its $150 million fundraising goal of its Baruch Means Business Campaign. Baruch College raised more than $157 million for its campaign, setting a new record for the number of individuals supporting the Baruch College Fund (BCF)-6,287.
In addition, Baruch's leadership giving club, the 17 Lex Society, had a record number of annual members-551. Baruch hosted a dinner at New York City's 21 Club on June 18 to celebrate and thank donors for supporting the campaign.
Dr. Mitchel B. Wallerstein, Baruch College President, says the success of the campaign is evidence of the dedication and loyalty of its supporters.
"Despite having to cope with the worst fundraising environment since the Great Depression, the Baruch College community came together and triumphed in this ambitious fundraising campaign, which has been completed on time and over goal," said President Wallerstein. "The Baruch Means Business Campaign will improve the learning experience and opportunities for all Baruch students, boost the College's national reputation, and enhance the value of a Baruch degree. Baruch is grateful to the many alumni and other donors who gave generously, despite the uncertain economic situation."
Joel Cohen '59, President of the Baruch College Fund said he is proud of the successful completion of the Baruch Means Business Campaign.
"We exceeded our campaign goal, and in the process we helped secure a bright future for Baruch College thanks to the generosity of alumni and other donors," he said. "The entire Baruch community will benefit from this tremendous accomplishment."
At the dinner, Larry Field ('52, DCS [Hon.] '11) was presented with the Newman Medal of Philanthropy by Bill Newman ('47, LLD, Hon. '97). Mr. Field has been a long-supporter of Baruch College, most recently through his contribution to help create the pedestrian plaza on 25th street. The medal has been presented to only four other recipients who include Bernard Baruch, Bill Newman ('47, LLD, Hon. '97), George Weissman '39 and Lawrence Zicklin ('57 LHD, Hon., '99).
The Baruch Means Business campaign was created to support student excellence and opportunities, to strengthen the Zicklin School of Business, and to enhance the value of the Baruch degree. The success of the campaign recently earned Baruch College the 2013 Educational Fundraising Award, an honor given by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) to superior fundraising programs at educational institutions across the country. Baruch College received the Overall Performance Award based on analysis of three years of fundraising data submitted to the Council for Aid to Education's annual Voluntary Support of Education Survey (VSE).
In the course of the Campaign, there were over 180 gifts made at $100,000 or greater. The generosity of donors created more than 95 new scholarships for students, endowments of three departments, an endowed center, and four endowed faculty chairs. In addition, donor gifts supported the naming of more than 19 classrooms, two conference rooms, and a variety of campus centers that enhance the education experience for students.
The silent phase of the campaign began on January 1, 2007. Baruch's academic leaders, faculty, volunteers, and advancement team secured leadership gifts that provided the foundation for the overall success of the campaign. These gifts came from BCF trustees, key volunteers, and the College's most generous and engaged donors.
The public launch was made at the annual Bernard Baruch Dinner on April 28, 2009, where the campaign objectives were unveiled. The campaign focused on three primary areas: Student Excellence and Opportunity; Building Our National Reputation; and Enhancing the Value of a Baruch Degree. Lawrence Zicklin ('57 LHD, Hon., '99) and Lawrence J. Simon ('65) served as campaign co-chairs and received special recognition during the dinner for their leadership.
Some of the key milestones that occurred during the course of the Baruch Means Business campaign were:
- In 2007, the largest capital campaign in Baruch's history begins with one of its first, and largest, gift from Lawrence Zicklin ('57 LHD, Hon., '99) and his wife Carol.
- In 2008, David Krell (MBA '71) establishes The David Krell Chair in Finance and Economics. Endowed Chairs allow a professor to conduct research, to work closely with junior faculty members in their research, and to co-author professional papers. In 2011, the Valetin Lizana y Parrague Chair of Latin American Studies is created by Hedwig Feit.
- Baruch unveils Studio H, a state-of-the-art journalism laboratory to bring cutting-edge technological capabilities into the classroom. The facility is made possible by Ruth Ann (LHD, Hon., '11) and William F. ('68, DCS, Hon., '11) Harnisch.
- School of Public Affairs (SPA) receives a gift from Baruch alumna Amelia Hagedorn ('58) to support scholarships and paid internships for undergraduate and graduate students in SPA, as well as general support for SPA and the College.
- In 2009, the campaign goes public. Baruch College publicly announces the most ambitious campaign in its history, Baruch Means Business, at the 20th annual Bernard Baruch Dinner, having already secured $96 million in gifts and pledges.
- In 2010, Mitchel B. Wallerstein became the 7th President of Baruch College and initiated an effort to ensure Baruch continues to provide a quality and affordable education for bright and deserving students, by focusing the final phase of the campaign (Baruch Means Business 2.0) on raising funds for scholarships, faculty support, a student center, residence hall, global outreach efforts and the creation of a pedestrian plaza on 25th street.
- In 2011, the Department of Marketing and International Business is dedicated to Allen G. Aaronson ('48) as he makes a generous gift to rename the department as the Allen G. Aaronson Department of Marketing and International Business.
- In 2011, Lawrence J. Simon ('65) and his wife Sandra provide an infusion of flexible funds, and in recognition of this donation and his accomplishments as BCF president, the College names the largest conference room in the Newman Vertical Campus in their honor.
- More than 75% of students receive need-based financial assistance. Thanks to the Baruch Means Business campaign, the Baruch College Fund provided scholarship aid to more than 600 students with an average scholarship amount of $2,867.
- In early 2013, with the generous support from donors Daniel Clivner ('85) and Lawrence Field ('52, DCS [Hon.] '11), Baruch College officially opens the Interim Pedestrian Plaza on 25th Street.
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Baruch College is a senior college in the City University of New York (CUNY) with a total enrollment of more than 17,000 students, who represent 160 countries and speak more than 100 languages. Ranked among the top 15% of U.S. colleges and the No. 5 public regional university, Baruch College is regularly recognized as among the most ethnically diverse colleges in the country. As a public institution with a tradition of academic excellence, Baruch College offers accessibility and opportunity for students from every corner of New York City and from around the world.� For more about Baruch College, go to http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/.
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Before the draft there was many out there who though Luke Kuechly would be a great fit for the Seahawks, some even wanted to trade up to get him. Through 5 Weeks our Rookies have been doing very well. I read an article on ESPN that caught my eye. Carolina's MB Jon Beason is doubtful for Sundays game VS Seattle and here is what Pat Yasinskas had to say about that.
Phillips seems like the better option
"The Panthers could play it safe and start Jason Phillips in the middle. Or they could take a chance and move outside linebacker Luke Kuechly to the middle, where he played in college. Kuechly isn't off to a great start and switching positions could make things more difficult for him."
So after looking at these stats how do you feel about our first two pick this year.
Luke Kuechly - 12 solo/14 ast/26 tkls/0 sks/5 tk loss/2 Pd/0 Int/0 FF/0 F rec
Bobby Wagner - 17 solo/6 ast/23 tkls/0 sks/3 tk loss/0 Pd/0 Int/0 FF/0 F rec
Bruce Irvin - 2 solo/1 ast/3 tkls/2.5 sks/0 tk loss/0 Pd/0 Int/0 FF/0 F rec
I feel pretty good about PC/JS decisions in this draft and the fact that "Kuechly isn't off to a great start" makes me even happier that we have Wagner plugging the middle for us. I'd love to see Lynch bulldoze Kuechly as a reminded he will never be worthy of his top 10 draft position.


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Trending on: National Twitter, Baltimore Twitter Why: The Los Angles Clippers and Golden State Warriors got into a bit of a chippy stretch during the third quarter of their game, climaxing with this Festus Ezeli flagrant foul on Blake Griffin. After a lot of groans from the crowd, tweets coming in about exactly what went down and incredulous reactions from the Warriors' broadcast team, the foul was eventually ruled a flagrant-1. [The Bleacher Report]
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Locals spot bear family hiding in neighborhood
Trio of bears seen in Lake Mary tree
Locals spot bear family hiding in neighborhood
LAKE MARY, Fla. —
Three Florida black bears were spotted atop a tree in Seminole County late Tuesday.
An adult female and her two cubs stayed the night in the tree.
"To be able to get pictures of bears this close, it's a joy. It's a blessing to live in this environment," Margaret Summers said.
One of the cubs was seen climbing out of the tree for a drink from a puddle. The bear scurried right back up the tree afterward.
Bear sightings have become more common recently in Central Florida. Over the weekend, a bear was spotted in a tree in Eustis.
Last year, the Florida black bear was removed from the endangered list because of population growth.


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you guys should trust my instincts more...
that article doesn't tell us anything.
besides, anyone thinking that the possibility of a cameo appearance by any of the principal actors would be shortsighted. there's this overriding assumption that any sequel wouldn't work because they're too old, but there's no rule saying that a sequel would pick up the story immediately after the events of jedi. the next chapter could take place at any point in time after jedi, 1 year, 10 years, 100 years, etc. i mean star trek tng managed to do cameos with the original cast, so anything's possible really.


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How to accessorize like an NBA star
If you're around NBA players, you quickly notice that despite differences in skill level and ability, they all have a few things in common. Virtually every player has three things: Beats by Dre headphones, a Louis Vuitton or Gucci toiletry bag, and shoes made by either of those high-end designers. RedEye asked Bulls players if they own these items and got some interesting thoughts on the science behind this phenomenon.
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ATLANTA — Julio Teheran gave up only one hit in seven scoreless innings, Pedro Ciriaco's pinch-hit single in the seventh scored the only run and the Atlanta Braves shut out the New York Mets 1-0 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.
The Mets have lost five straight and scored no more than one run in four of the losses.
Matt Harvey (7-5) matched Teheran through six scoreless innings before giving up Ryan Lavarnway's two-out double and Ciriaco's run-scoring single up the middle.
Teheran (5-3) improved to 4-0 at Turner Field. He allowed two walks — both to Curtis Granderson — with five strikeouts.
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Loneliness burdens most college freshmen, though precious few find lasting relief from it in the realm of ideas. So it happened for one freshman in 1935, when he left behind the isolation he had experienced at Texas A&M for the University of Texas and "the big discourse," his term for the Enlightenment humanism that extended him both refuge and inspiration. Once a diffident student who reserved his compositions for private display, he quickly gave to this tradition the allegiance of an apostle. At age 20, he wrote his father: "I work and live very rapidly these days. Mine is a pen from whose point much ink will flow and some day into the brains of the populace. But let that be."
Much ink did indeed flow from the pen of C. Wright Mills. As a professor of sociology at Columbia University, Mills wrote prodigiously throughout the forties and fifties, publishing in major newspapers and journals of opinion and in "little magazines" in equal measure. Two of his books, White Collar (1951) and The Power Elite (1956), sold widely outside the academy, exerting a profound influence on the early New Left. A heart attack in March 1962 cut short his life at 45 years. But ten books and nearly 200 articles, essays and reviews had already won him an international reputation. His books, now translated into twenty-three languages, remain widely circulated, as these anniversary editions and a new book of letters and autobiographical writings indicate.
Mills departed Austin in 1939 for doctoral work at the University of Wisconsin. Two years later, he completed a dissertation that fused the pragmatist philosophy he had learned at Texas with his new métier, sociology. "A Sociological Account of Pragmatism" disappointed him. Yet that dissertation, and particularly three innovative articles on the sociology of knowledge that preceded it, impressed influential members of the profession. In December 1940 Robert Merton, himself a theorist only six years Mills's senior, privately named him one of the three most promising sociologists in the nation.
A young prince in a rising discipline, Mills accepted an associate professorship of sociology at the University of Maryland, but he turned much of his attention to the lonely task of left-wing political agitation. In these years, whispers of a "permanent war economy" traveled among New York's Trotskyist community, to which Mills began to appeal for contacts, and his political writings expressed fear that monopoly capitalism was generating a proto-fascist domestic apparatus underwritten by cultural insensibility and mass discipline.
Unusually sensitive to the fast-changing character of liberal social structures, Mills proved impervious to the bitter ironies of reform. Unlike so many of his elders, he did not know firsthand the capacity of entrenched power to co-opt and redirect dissent; nor had he suffered the lost promises of international Communism. "I did not personally experience the thirties. At that time, I just didn't get its mood," he explained in one of the 150 letters published in C. Wright Mills: Letters and Autobiographical Writings, a beautifully edited volume by Kathryn Mills with Pamela Mills (his daughters). "Only with the onset of World War II did I become radically aware of public affairs."


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Free speech for gangs?
Recently, the moniker "6NO south side" turned up on the tarp covering the free speech wall at the east end of the Downtown Mall. So is this the name of a Charlottesville gang? According to Charlottesville police detective, Brian O'Donnell, it is.
O'Donnell says it's the name for the gang located in the 6th Street South East, Friendship Court area. Just last night, Charlottesville hosted a Gang Identification and Prevention Forum, where experts told the 100-plus audience to stop denying that gangs exist and that gang activity was increasing in Virginia. In fact, O'Donnell says the local 6NO south side moniker recently started turning up in Harrisonburg. According to one forum expert, graffiti is a way to stake out territory or send messages to other gangs. Other Charlottesville gangs include the PJC (project crud) in the 10th and Page Street area, and PSpect from the Prospect area.
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This is America, man. Gangs deserve free speech as much as anyone. Don't forget that if it weren't for "Our Gang," we wouldn't have Darla, Buckwheat, Spanky, and Alfalfa.
Time for a reality check. Who didn't think this would happen once you put up a giant chalkboard accessable to *anyone* in the public!? Idealism is nice. But you've gotta be prepared to take the good with the bad. And you've gotta figure taggers are going to be some of the people exercising their right to free speech.


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The Bourne Legacy (PG-13) Despite a few missteps, The Bourne Legacy — which attempts to reinvigorate the series sans star Matt Damon — fits nicely into the existing cinematic universe of its predecessors. While director Paul Greengrass, who directed the last two movies, is no longer around, we're in no less capable hands with Tony Gilroy, who had a hand in the screenplays of each previous film. What's curious about Legacy is that we're not left with a reboot or a reimagining. Instead, this fourth entry starts around the beginning of The Bourne Ultimatum (or towards the end of The Bourne Supremacy if you want to get really pedantic and complicated), branching off into its own story and, conceivably, its own set of sequels. The idea is that the government has a whole cadre of genetically enhanced superspies, much like Jason Bourne, stashed away around the world. With Bourne out running amok, they've decided to get rid of them and anyone with knowledge of their existence. That's fine, except they let one of these guys — Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner) — get away, and he of course decides to get to the bottom of why his bosses are trying to kill him. This leads to the usual: a lot of narrow escapes, fist fights, and even a motorcycle chase. But there's something missing. The scope of this installment is narrowed. We're no longer traipsing around as many exotic locales (we get Alaska, the Midwest, and the Phillipines), and action is pruned down, for better or worse, in favor of more story. The plot, which is specifically focused on Cross and his need for medication that's supplied by his higher-ups, seems smaller and less urgent. But the point of Legacy — and really each of the films that came before it — is to expand its own mythos, and within these modest aims, the movie works. There's a genuine attempt at making something new while keeping in the spirit of what came before it. —Justin Souther
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Producer: Frank Marshall, Patrick Crowley, Jeffrey M. Weiner and Ben Smith
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Edward Norton, Rachel Weisz, Joan Allen, Oscar Isaac, Donna Murphy, Albert Finney, Scott Glenn, David Strathairn and Stacy Keach
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There are certainly common fears that unite all of us, but the truth is that we are all have our own personal terrors and horrors that drive us straight into shock. A person can be completely fine around snakes - a species that gives many the frights - but completely lose bowel control when a spider skitters past their feet. In the film world, a person might only be able to watch a slasher movie through the slits between their fingers, but be skeptical enough to be completely unfazed by ghost stories. It's a challenge that The Conjuring director James Wan has faced his entire career.
A couple weeks ago I had the chance to fly up to San Francisco, California where I was given the opportunity to sit down one-on-one with the filmmaker and dig deep into his latest movie. Check out our conversation below, in which Wan discusses finding the real terror in the story of the Perron family, the impact that being based on a true story has on a movie, the mind-melting process of making three films - The Conjuring, Insidious Chapter 2 and Fast & Furious 7 - at the same time.
How's your day been going so far? It's still early.
It is early. I think I just woke up.
Honestly, I'm kind of amazed that your brain isn't completely mush by this point.
Oh, it is mush.
What has been your schedule these past couple of weeks? It must be completely insane.
It's pretty crazy. It's been pretty hardcore. Basically, I'm literally doing three movies back to back. I literally just flew back from Atlanta, back to LA, to work on stuff and then skip here literally the next morning to come in to do this press stuff, literally going from Fast 7, back to Insidious to push that off, then here to promote this, then back to promoting Insidious 2. It's kind of crazy.
Do you kind of thrive on that pressure?
No, I don't. I prefer sleep [laughs] But, you know, this is the kind of stuff, that when they happen, it's a good thing. It's a good problem to have, as they say.
You had Dead Silence and Death Sentence come out in the same year previously…
Yeah, but I didn't make those movies at the same time.
Oh ok, I guess that would explain it.
This time, I'm making all three at the same time.
To kind of talk more about The Conjuring, one element that separates this film from any of the previous films you've made is that it's based on a true story. How much that changes your film making process?
It definitely dictated a lot of my filmmaking process. That was really the only reason why, or one of the main reasons why I did The Conjuring is after Insidious I didn't really want to do another supernatural ghost story, haunted house movie, but the chance to make a movie that, make a movie about the Warrens and to do, you know, a true life, you know, a true life story based on characters that are still alive today, was what made it very fascinating for me. That was what made it interesting because then I feel like I can know attack the film and the filmmaking from a perspective that I've never kind of approached before.
How has that changed specifically?
One of the things I really wanted to do, was to stay as true to the characters as I could, you know. So, very early on, the writers would really get in there and talk to the Perrons family and talk to the Warrens, talk to Lorraine and just basically, and not just talk about the case itself, but talk to them about who they are and what makes them tick and I think that was really important in helping me shape the characters on the page so that when my actors came on board I could really help them through the movie.


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Phrenological head, United Kingdom, 1901-1970
Phrenologists believed that the shape and size of various areas of the brain (and therefore the overlying skull) determined personality. Phrenological heads were used as reference guides for people carrying out consultations. Although phrenology became popular with large numbers of people in the 1800s, it soon became controversial within medical circles, and was eventually dismissed by the medical profession as quackery. However, phrenology was still studied in the United Kingdom until 1967, when the British Phrenological Society finally closed.
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And the Babe of the Week is…Danielle Souza
Our winner this week is a 26-year-old model from LA who has modeled for some of the biggest brands in fashion, and can be seen in the film 'Step Up 2: The Streets' and on TV's 'Entourage.'
Danielle Souza conquered this week's Babe of the Week competition by snagging almost 31% of your votes, despite this intensely hot competition. What's next for her? Danielle moves on to fight for a spot as Babe of the Month, an even tougher race to win. Think she has what it takes? We do:
Here's the deal: At the end of the week, each Babe of the Day will compete for your votes and the winner will become Babe of the Week. Each week's winner will then face off to become Babe of the Month, and those winners will then duke it out for – you guessed it – the Babe of the Year title. Only those lucky ladies will be inducted into GuySpeed's Hall of Fame, an honor reserved for the hottest of babes.


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WHY is this medicine prescribed?
Nystatin is used to treat fungal infections of the skin, mouth, vagina, and intestinal tract. Fungal medicines will not work for colds, flu, or other viral infections.
This medication is sometimes prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information.
HOW should this medicine be used?
Nystatin comes as a tablet, capsule, and a liquid to take by mouth; a soft lozenge (pastille) to be dissolved slowly in the mouth; a tablet and vaginal cream to be inserted into the vagina; and in powder, ointment, and cream to be applied to the skin.
Follow the directions on your prescription label carefully, and ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain any part you do not understand. Use nystatin exactly as directed. Do not use more or less of it or use it more often than prescribed by your doctor.
Allow the lozenges (pastilles) to dissolve slowly in your mouth. Do not chew or swallow lozenges whole. Continue to use nystatin lozenges (pastilles) for at least 48 hours after symptoms of your mouth infection disappear.
Nystatin liquid usually is used three to five times a day for mouth infections and three times a day for intestinal infections. Shake the bottle well before each use to mix the medication evenly. If you are using liquid nystatin for a mouth infection, place half of the dose in each side of the mouth and hold it there or swish it throughout the mouth for several minutes before swallowing. Good oral hygiene, including proper care of dentures, is important for the cure of mouth infections.
If you are using liquid nystatin for an intestinal infection, just swallow the liquid you measured from the dropper; there is no need to hold it or swish it in your mouth.
Nystatin skin ointment or cream usually is used several times a day for skin infections. Wash the affected area thoroughly. Apply a small amount of cream or ointment and gently and thoroughly massage it into your skin. If you use this medication on your face, keep it out of your eyes.
If you are using powder for infected feet, dust the powder inside your shoes and stockings as well as on your feet.
Nystatin vaginal tablets and cream usually are used once or twice a day for vaginal infections. Nystatin vaginal tablets usually are used for 2 weeks in women who are not pregnant and for 3 to 6 weeks before delivery in pregnant women. Continue to use the vaginal tablets and cream even if symptoms improve after a few days. Insert the vaginal tablets or cream high into the vagina. They each come with a special applicator for inserting them and directions. Unwrap the vaginal tablets just before inserting them. Read the directions provided with the tablets or cream and follow these steps:
- Fill the special applicator to the level indicated.
- Lie on your back with your knees drawn upward and spread apart.
- Gently insert the applicator into your vagina and push the plunger to release the medication.
- Withdraw the applicator and wash it with soap and warm water.
- Wash your hands promptly to avoid spreading the infection.
You may wish to wear a sanitary napkin while using the vaginal cream to protect your clothing against stains. Do not use a tampon because it will absorb the drug. Do not douche unless your doctor tells you to do so. Continue using nystatin vaginal cream or tablets even if you get your period during treatment.
What SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS should I follow?
Before using nystatin,
- tell your doctor and pharmacist if you are allergic to nystatin or any other drugs.
- tell your doctor and pharmacist what prescription and nonprescription medications you are taking, including vitamins.
- tell your doctor if you are pregnant, plan to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding. If you become pregnant while using nystatin, call your doctor.
What should I do IF I FORGET to take a dose?
Use the missed dose as soon as you remember it. However, if it is almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose and continue your regular dosing schedule. Do not use a double dose to make up for a missed one.
What SIDE EFFECTS can this medicine cause?
Nystatin may cause side effects. Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms from the vaginal tablets and cream or skin ointment or cream are severe or do not go away:
- itching
- irritation
- burning
If you experience any of the following symptoms from the oral tablets and liquid, call your doctor immediately:
- diarrhea
- nausea
- stomach pain
- skin rash
If you experience a serious side effect, you or your doctor may send a report to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting program online [at Web Site] or by phone [1-800-332-1088].
What should I know about STORAGE and DISPOSAL of this medication?
Keep this medication in the container it came in, tightly closed, and out of reach of children. Store the tablets and liquid at room temperature and away from excess heat and moisture (not in the bathroom). Store nystatin powder, lozenges (pastilles), and vaginal tablets and cream in the refrigerator. Do not allow nystatin to freeze. Throw away any medication that is outdated or no longer needed. Talk to your pharmacist about the proper disposal of your medication.
What OTHER INFORMATION should I know?
Keep all appointments with your doctor and the laboratory. Your doctor will order certain lab tests to check your response to nystatin.
Do not let anyone else use your medication. Your prescription is probably not refillable. If you still have symptoms of infection after you finish the nystatin, call your doctor.
It is important for you to keep a written list of all of the prescription and nonprescription (over-the-counter) medicines you are taking, as well as any products such as vitamins, minerals, or other dietary supplements. You should bring this list with you each time you visit a doctor or if you are admitted to a hospital. It is also important information to carry with you in case of emergencies.
Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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The growing use of mobile devices for work has raised the profile of mobile security to new heights in government. Whether agency-issued or personally owned, network access for these devices must be managed and the security of the device itself must be assured. A recent survey on password usage for the security company ESET by Harris Interactive suggests some guidelines for mobile security: Allow the devices to be used only by old, rich married people.
According to the results of the survey, the more stable and economically secure a person is, the more likely he or she will use a strong or complex password. The survey queried 2,129 U.S. adults about how they use passwords. Those most likely to use passwords containing letters, numerals and symbols are:
Single users under the age of 35 are the least likely to use complex passwords, at 77 percent. Other measures of password security followed similar patterns.
Feel free to take these results with a grain of salt, however. Overall, the number of people who claimed to use strong passwords was 84 percent. Based on personal experience, this seems awfully high. I know that I never use a complex password unless forced to. I believe it's more likely that either a lot of applications are requiring strong passwords, or a lot of people are, well, lying.
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The Georgia Peanut Commission announces Donald Chase of Macon County as the new District Five board member-elect for a three-year term. Chase defeated Jimmy Thompson of Randolph County, 56.39 percent to 43.61 percent after a 30-day balloting period, which ended April 30.
Chase succeeds Wilbur Gamble of Terrell County, who did not seek re-election.
Chase farms 1,150 acres including 260 acres of peanuts. He also produces corn, sweet corn, wheat, vegetables and poultry. He serves on the board of directors of the Macon County Farm Bureau and previously served on the Georgia Agricultural Commodity Commission for Corn.
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Chase will serve a three-year term.
District Five represents the counties of Chattahoochee, Clay, Lee, Macon, Marion, Peach, Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Stewart, Talbot, Taylor, Terrell and Webster counties.
The Georgia Peanut Commission represents all peanut growers in the state of Georgia and carries out programs in the areas of research, education and promotion. The Georgia Peanut Commission Board of Directors represents Georgia's 5,000 peanut farmers.
Current members on the board include Chairman Jimmy Cheney of Calhoun County, District 1; Armond Morris of Irwin County, District 2; Commission Vice Chairman Joe Boddiford, Screven County, District 3 and Commission Treasurer Rodney Dawson of Pulaski County, District 4.
Morris and Dawson who also were re-elected without opposition were sworn in for another three-year term at the Georgia Peanut Commission May board meeting.


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With a studded trimmed hoodie and pockets and lightweight cotton blend fabric, this bebe hoodie makes an edgy-cool way to go off-duty.
- 94% cotton, 6% spandex
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Rated 5 out of 5 by Michelina from Very soft & warm I'm usually an XS in Bebe clothing so I ordered that size and it fits perfectly. It was also on sale so that was great. I love the studded look and I've always loved hoodies so this one was no exception. I wore it on a recent boat trip & it kept me toasty & dry from the sea mist.
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Mets 3, Orioles 1
The streak lasted so long, the New York Mets found it
After going nearly 11 months without winning two straight on the
road, the Mets finally broke though Saturday night by defeating the
Baltimore Orioles 3-1.
Combined with their 5-1 win Friday, New York ended a drought
that began after victories over Houston last July 25-26.
"It's embarrassing, it really is," said Jeff Francoeur, who
homered to back a strong pitching performance by Hisanori
Takahashi. "As a team, it's something we can laugh about, because
we're playing well and we know what kind of team we have this
"It just kind of shows you how bad things were last year and
how bad we've been on the road this year. It's almost hard to think
that that's actually possible," he said. "I guess it is."
Jose Reyes also homered for the Mets, who are now assured of
winning the three-game series after going 0-7-2 away from home –
their longest series drought to start a season since 1983.
"There is no doubt about it, that it's been a big issue, a big
story," manager Jerry Manuel said. "To put that in the rearview
mirror and keep playing is probably a confidence builder for the
guys in the clubhouse. That they can win road games, that's
Takahashi (5-2) gave up one run, six hits and a walk in seven
innings. The rookie left-hander yielded a total of 11 runs in his
previous two starts but had little difficulty against the AL's
lowest-scoring team.
"We did a good job (Friday)," he said through an interpreter.
"I just wanted to keep the flow going."
Pedro Feliciano worked the ninth and Francisco Rodriguez got
three outs for his 13th save.
Orioles starter Brian Matusz (2-7) lost his seventh straight
decision despite allowing only three runs and five hits in eight
innings. The rookie right-hander was again victimized by a lack of
offensive support – in his last nine starts, Baltimore has scored
only 11 runs while he was in the game.
Matusz took consolation in that he kept the light-hitting
Orioles within striking distance.
"It's one of the best starts of my career," he said. "I
didn't walk a guy today and I threw a lot of strikes. I made a
couple mistake pitches with the solo home runs, but that's going to
happen when you're throwing a lot of strikes. I was just attacking
the zone today, and unfortunately came out with the loss."
Baltimore has lost 14 of 16 while being outscored 96-35. The
Orioles are 0-9-1 in their last 10 series.
New York snapped a 1-1 tie in the sixth. With runners at the
corners and one out, David Wright hit a comebacker. Matusz got the
out at second, but the high relay from Julio Lugo pulled first
baseman Ty Wigginton off the bag as Ruben Tejada scored from
"When you're in a funk those things happen. It seems like you
don't make the play and it costs you," interim manager Juan Samuel
said. "When things are going right, you don't make the plays and
it does not cost you."
Francoeur homered leading off the eighth.
"That was nice – a run to get to 3-1 and get us some breathing
room," Francoeur said.
The Mets got off to a quick start behind Reyes, who hit the
fifth pitch of the game into the left-field seats. It was his 15th
career leadoff homer and New York's first this season.
Rookie Ike Davis then reached on a two-out error and stole
second, but Matusz struck out Jason Bay.
Baltimore used doubles by Corey Patterson and Nick Markakis to
pull even in the bottom half. But the Orioles would not get another
runner past second base the rest of the game.
The Orioles went 1 for 10 with runners in scoring position after
going 3 for 17 in that situation Friday.
Luke Scott took exception to a called third strike by Tom
Hallion with a runner on first in the sixth, insisting the ball was
outside. But that's how this season has been for Baltimore.
"The ball is in the other batter's box. You can't hit that. You
can't even put it in play. You can't foul it off," he said.
"Things like that have been happening to us consistently. And it
makes it really tough to overcome."
NOTES: The crowd of 42,248 was fortified by plenty of Mets fans.
… Davis' steal was his first in the majors. … Matusz has
yielded seven homers in his last six starts after giving up only
two long balls in his first eight. … Bay is in an 0-for-16


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"Sun today announced new benchmark results involving the performance of the open source MySQL database running online transaction processing workload on 8-way Sun Fire V40z servers. The testing, which measured the performance of both read/write and read-only operations, showed that MySQL 5.0.18 running on Solaris 10 executed the same functions up to 64 percent faster in read/write mode and up to 91 percent faster in read-only mode than when it ran on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Advanced Server Edition OS." Take a look at the item below, though.


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Q. I recently bought a flat-panel LCD TV. I was having trouble hearing talking at normal volume levels, especially on HBO. I bought a soundbar to get better sound. It does sound much better now, but I get a distinct echo, like the TV sound and soundbar are out of sync. I get this effect both when I drive the soundbar from the DVR box or the TV. Could it be because the TV speakers are in the back side of the TV? Do you have any suggestions on how to get rid of the echo?
-- P.S., Wisconsin
A. Your TV speakers should be turned all the way down or off when you use a separate sound system such as a soundbar. Using them with the soundbar may cause echoes, and the TV speakers do nothing to improve the sound.
Look at your TV's audio menu. If you can, turn the TV speakers off completely at the menu. Also see if you can set the analog audio output to "variable." This will allow you to control the soundbar's volume with the TV remote.
Speaking of soundbars, as I write this I am at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Since I have been here, I have seen a lot of soundbars at many different price points. It is the fastest growing category in home audio, and soon I will be writing about some great products I experienced here.
Q. I have recently been seeing commercials for a "GoPro" Camera. I have yet to see anything in your column about it. Do you have any recommendations for or against this camera?
-- R.L., Fremont, Calif.
A. Your question popped up on my iPhone here at the electronics show when I was standing about 25 feet from the GoPro booth, with the huge "GoPro" sign staring me in the face. Given the size of the show, those are pretty long odds for such a coincidence, so I decided your question will be investigated and answered in print immediately.
The GoPro is an action camera for sports use. It records video and stills but does not have features typically found in a compact camera such as an LCD screen or viewfinder.
I have not tested the GoPro, but the footage from the camera was very impressive, even when viewed at large magnifications. There were a lot of show attendees who were also enthusiastic GoPro users discussing the product as I walked around, which is another good sign, as is the wide variety of accessories available for mounting the unit on different surfaces and vehicles, taking it underwater, etc. If you are looking for an action camera, it looks to be a good choice. See it at www.gopro.com.
For something tiny and so cheap you will not mind if you destroy it, check out the keychain cameras I wrote about two summers ago. They are less than $10, include a rechargeable battery that charges via USB, and record on MicroSD cards. They record video with audio, and the quality is surprisingly good for the size and price. I sent one up on a model rocket and posted the footage on my website. Go to www.soundadviceblog.com/amazing-keychain-video-camera-for-800-delivered/ to see the video and learn about the camera.
Contact Don Lindich at www.soundadviceblog.com and use the "submit question" link on that site.
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The Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute is designed for elementary, middle, and high school social studies educators who teach U.S. history and government. These intensive, week-long Institutes sessions and NEW three-day themed seminars immerse participants in American history.
Elementary and middle school teachers focus on the colonial and early national period "on location" in Williamsburg. High school educators explore how issues continually recur throughout American history. Teachers debate some of these issues using the framework of tensions between American values—including unity vs. diversity, private wealth vs. common wealth, law vs. ethics, and freedom vs. equality. These values underlie how generations of American citizens have taken action to address problems facing our nation, and to change the course of American history.


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Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Yes! There are over 47 million adults in the United States who smoke cigarettes or about 1 in every 4 adults. In addition, about 3,000 adolescents begin to smoke cigarettes each day and there are about 4 million youth ages 12 to 17 who are smokers.
The good news is that there are fewer cigarette smokers in our country than 30 years ago - or even 5 years ago. But we need to do better and there are differences in the percentage of people who smoke in different groups.
Smoking rates among adult African Americans and whites are similar, but the majority of black smokers choose menthol cigarettes and this may change the exposure to the cigarette and its ingredients.
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You gain +10 condition damage each time you kill a foe. (Mas 25 stacks and ends on down or weapon swap.)
Since Elementalist do not swap weapons does this drop when we switch attunments?
Also does it only count your personal kills? Say you and a buddy both down a guy and he plants the flag just before you do, does that still count as a kill for you to gain a stack?
EDIT: Apparently the tooltip on gw2db does not say "or weapon swap" is this confirmed?
Edited by Draax, 24 August 2012 - 02:46 AM.