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Board chairman says trustees are "98 percent" of the way to a deal with Carol Probstfeld
State College of Florida's new president Carol Probstfeld has some specific goals for her tenure as president, including increasing student enrollment and getting some building projects off the ground.
And if Probstfeld doesn't achieve those goals, she's okay with it affecting her compensation.
A tentative contract presented to the Board of Trustees on Tuesday would hold Probstfeld accountable for seven goals in order to earn money for a tax sheltered annuity plan.
"I wanted the contract to reflect some measurable goals," Probstfeld said Tuesday. "It gives everybody some focus."
Though the trustees decided not to finalize Probstfeld's contract until a special meeting scheduled for March 18, Probstfeld said she takes little issue with the contract draft, and trustees said Tuesday that the process is close to complete.
"We're like 98 percent of the way there," Board Chairman Carlos Beruff said, adding that there were a few compensation points to refine and trustees wanted legal counsel to look over it.
Probstfeld would earn a $235,000 base salary under the current contract language, up significantly from the $147,000 she earned as the vice president of business and administrative services.
Though trustees have sung Probstfeld's praises since naming her president in January, the contract would give much termination power to the board, who went through a drawn out process to reach a $363,000 settlement deal with former president Lars Hafner in October.
Probstfeld would receive no severance pay if her contract is terminated by the board "with cause" — if she is convicted of any crime involving fraud or theft or if the board uses "reasonable judgment" to determine she has failed in her duties or conduct. In other situations, her compensation pay would be limited to 20 weeks, as state statutes dictate.
Hafner left SCF this fall after months of disagreements with some trustees who said they weren't informed of the costs of various construction projects. He survived a forgery investigation by the state after signing a former president's name on official college documents.
A new trustee
The contract currently would give Probstfeld leave benefits outlined by state statutes and $1,000 for monthly expenses. It suggests giving her a 2008 Lexus RX 400, a vehicle the college already owns, for the first contract year.
The board may pay $20,000 to help Probstfeld relocate to Sarasota or Manatee counties, a requirement Probstfeld said would help her do her job better. She currently lives in Pinellas County.
On Tuesday, the board also unanimously finalized rules and procedures that members have previously said will ensure checks and balances and a more transparent financial decision-making process.
Now, trustees will review changes in work orders approved by Probstfeld monthly, as opposed to the quarterly reviews Hafner presented to the board. Probstfeld can approve purchases up to $65,000 and construction projects up to $150,000 without board approval first — the same spending limitations that were placed on Hafner in September. Presidents since 2007 have had the ability to spend $250,000 for construction and $150,000 for other spending without involving the board. The new rules apply to the SCF Collegiate School too.
Trustees also established parameters for what Probstfeld can spend on change orders based on the size of construction contracts.
New leadership was welcomed at the meeting.
Shortly before the trustees meeting, Gov. Rick Scott appointed Bradenton businessman Marlen "Rick" Hager to the board for a term ending in May.
The small crowd clapped for Hager, who was president of the Student Government Association when he attended State College of Florida — then Manatee Junior College — when he returned from serving in the U.S. Air Force in 1967.
Hager co-owns Goodwood and Stone Builders with his son and is a long-time member of the Hernando de Soto Society.
Probstfeld welcomed Hager warmly on Tuesday.
"Its been very rewarding and exciting," Probstfeld said of her first month. "I'm very optimistic as to where we are as an institution."


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The Ithacan has once again been named a national Newspaper Pacemaker Finalist by the Associated Collegiate Press. This is that organization's top honor, commonly referred to as "the Pulitzer Prize of collegiate journalism." The award is for work produced during the 2012-13 academic year (Kelsey O'Connor, editor in chief).
The Ithacan is an Online Pacemaker Finalists as well. The winners of both awards will be announced at the fall National College Media Convention in New Orleans, October 24-27.
In addition, the paper has been named a Gold Medalist for 2013 in the Columbia Scholastic Press Association's annual college newspaper critique. This recognition is for print and online work produced during the 2012-13 academic year (Kelsey O'Connor, editor in chief).
Each year the CSPA evaluates member papers on overall content, news, depth reporting, features, opinion/editorial, sports, arts/entertainment, editing/headline writing and design/graphics based on 150 specific criteria. This year the paper scored 976 points on the critique's 1,000-point scale. The CSPA consistently ranks The Ithacan as a Gold Medalist, its highest category.
Among the judge's comments: "The Ithacan has continued to maintain the gold standard of journalism at Ithaca College. Congratulations on publishing an outstanding print and digital newspaper and your Gold Medalist and All Columbian honors. You entertain, inform, practice enterprise journalism and serve as a student forum, all in an exceptional manner."
Finally, the paper was recognized at the Society of Professional Journalists' annual convention in Anaheim, Calif., August 24–26 for being one of two finalists in the Best All-Around Non-Daily Student Newspaper category in SPJ's annual Mark of Excellence Awards competition. The paper won first place last year.

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Blauherd - Fluhalp
The winter walk from Blauherd to Fluhalp (theme trail "Surviving of the animals in winter") is perfect for soaking up the sun.
- Type Winter hiking
- Difficulty easy
- Duration 1,00 h
- Distance 2,2 km
- Ascent 116 m
- Descent 72 m
- Lowest point 2523 m
- Highest point 2612 m
(Hiking time for the walk back: approx. 1h)
- Good footwear
- Hiking poles (optional)
- Warm winter clothing appropriate for the weather
Additional information and recommendations are available from the guest information centre on Bahnhofplatz (by the railway station).
- Plan every mountain tour carefully and adapt to participants' fitness level as well as the weather and season.
- Weather conditions can change quickly in the mountains. Appropriate clothing is therefore essential, along with adequate supplies of food and water. In uncertain weather, turn back in good time.
- Inform others of planned route, and whenever possible avoid going alone.
- Do not leave the marked routes; do not venture onto glaciers without a mountain guide.
- It is forbidden to walk on the ski pistes.
- Please be considerate to other walkers and to plants and animals.
Note: In case of avalanche risk, check that the trail is open (information panels at the lift station).


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NBA Playoff Preview - San Antonio vs. Golden State
The San Antonio Spurs have been home resting for a week since they swept the Los Angeles Lakers. Now, they face the upstart Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference semifinals, starting Monday in the Alamo City.
The rest has been welcome for the Spurs.
"It's been good. We're taking advantage of it," said the venerable Tim Duncan. "We're using the time to rest up. You don't want to lose the rhythm. We're practicing hard."
The Spurs faced the Lakers without Kobe Bryant and without Steve Nash for two of the four games. The Lakers pounded it inside to Dwight Howard and Pau Gasol, now the up-tempo Warriors await.
"The pace is going to be different than the last team we played," Duncan said. "It's going to take a little while."
The Warriors scored 1.0 ppg than the Lakers, but the manner they did it was starkly different. Golden State is younger than the Lakers and tries to get out and run the floor.
Golden State beat the third-seeded Denver Nuggets in six games. The clincher came Thursday night in front of a raucous crowd at Oracle Arena.
The Warriors haven't advanced to this point in the postseason since 2007. They haven't won two series in the playoffs since winning the NBA title after the 1974-75 season. In fact, they haven't taken more than a game in this round of the playoffs since 1977.
"This is a scrappy group," said Golden State coach Mark Jackson. "I'm extremely blessed to be in this position. That's a special group. This is the greatest group of men I've ever been around as a team."
The Warriors and Spurs split the four regular-season matchups with the home team winning each time. When Golden State beat the Spurs on Feb. 22, it snapped a 16-game losing streak to San Antonio.
It's worse for the Warriors in San Antonio. They've dropped 29 straight as the visitor in this series and their last victory in San Antonio came on Valentine's Day in 1997.
For some perspective, Warriors star guard Steph Curry was one month away from turning nine years old the last time Golden State won a game in San Antonio.
"If I was picking this series, I'd give them the check-mark," acknowledged Jackson. "It's a model organization. They've got three future Hall of Fame basketball players, a future Hall of Fame coach. It's going to be a tough task. They are clearly the favorite.
"It's going to be fun."
BACKCOURT: The point guards in this series are spectacular.
Tony Parker was a fringe MVP candidate before going down with a sprained ankle with about a month to go in the regular season. He averaged 20.3 ppg and 7.6 apg during the regular season and his playoff numbers are up to 22.3 ppg. Danny Green was a double-figure scorer in season, but he's down to 7.0 ppg in the postseason.
Curry has become a superstar before our eyes. He is fifth in playoff scoring at 24.3 ppg and leads the postseason in assists at 9.3. Curry made the most 3- pointers in a season in NBA history and he and his backcourt mate, Klay Thompson, own the league's record for successful 3-pointers by teammates. Thompson's scoring is down almost 2.0 ppg in the postseason.
EDGE: WARRIORS (slightly, very slightly)
FRONTCOURT: Duncan has enjoyed a career resurgence with averages of 17.8 ppg, 9.9 rpg and 2,65 bpg. The rebounding and blocked shots numbers are down in the postseason, but the Spurs haven't needed him that much. Kawhi Leonard is scoring more in the postseason and has emerged as a great perimeter defender. Center Tiago Splitter improved greatly during this campaign, but sprained his left ankle in Game 3 against the Lakers and didn't play in Game 4.
The Warriors battled serious injury problems on their frontline. David Lee tore his right hip flexor in Game 1 against the Nuggets and was ruled out for the postseason. Naturally, he returned in Game 6, but only played 1:30.
"I felt like I could go out and energize the crowd a little bit," said Lee. "I've gone from not being able to walk to play on one leg. We're going to have to see what happens."
Jackson and Lee both commented that Lee's status for this series is unknown. He won't be at full strength, that much is certain. He led the NBA in double- doubles. Harrison Barnes, the rookie who started all season, jumped his scoring numbers from 9.2 ppg to 14.7 ppg. Andrew Bogut struggled scoring against the Nuggets, but had a 21-rebound game in the clincher.
BENCH: The Spurs have 10 players averaging at least 10 mpg in the playoffs. Granted, some of San Antonio's wins were blowouts, but eight Spurs average 6.5 ppg or better during the Lakers series. Manu Ginobili is a Hall of Famer, who, when healthy, is still an elite play-maker. Matt Bonner went 6-for-8 from the 3-point line against L.A.
Eight Warriors played in every game against Denver. The bench received a blow when Lee went down. Jarrett Jack finished third in Sixth Man of the Year voting, but started some in the playoffs. Carl Landry is a huge contributor and Draymond Green, the rookie from Michigan State, and Festus Ezeli both became significant parts of the Warriors rotation. But, if Jack or Landry have to start in Lee's absence, the bench just doesn't have enough pieces.
COACHING: Gregg Popovich has four NBA Championships and will go into the Hall of Fame.
Jackson has gotten everything possible from this roster. You can feel the love he has for his players and the feeling is mutual. Jackson played the game in the first round, accusing the Nuggets of playing "dirty." He denied it was a ploy to buy some calls in Game 6, but Kenneth Faried picked up three quick fouls at a crucial time. Jackson is a great coach, but nowhere near the Pop level.
PREDICTION: Well, if Jackson is going to give the Spurs a "check-mark," why shouldn't everyone?
The Spurs are battle-tested and the best thing that could have happened to them is rest. Maybe they're a little shaky early on, being out of game action for a while and playing a different type of team like the Warriors, but they'll get it together.
With the experience and that incredibly daunting home winning streak over Golden State, it just seems like everything points in the Spurs' favor.
SPORTSNETWORK PREDICTION: SPURS in 5.


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Selling, socks, and sun
Speaking of patterns, look who just needs their toes knit on:The Balearique Gentlemen's Socks are going to be finished today! Soon they'll be soaring across the ocean to their new home. I'll be working on the pattern this afternoon, as this heat wave we're having is making the even the thought of sitting on my porch unbearable. I wish I could bottle days like this and take the tiniest of swigs in the middle of a cold, grey November. That said, if you're an Achillea, you're loving this sun and heat. I, unfortunately, am not, but I'll endure it for their sake.
9 comments:
- themagicalbean said...
Wow that's awesome! Published? What an honor. :D Hope you finish your toes knit soon... I'm still working on mastering socks. haha
- July 5, 2010 at 11:01 a.m.
I can't wait to see your design in knitty!!!
- July 5, 2010 at 11:19 a.m.
- JelliDonut said...
Congratulations! And those socks are gorgeous.
- July 5, 2010 at 11:24 a.m.
- Steph said...
congrats! and those socks are just gorgeous.
- July 5, 2010 at 11:48 a.m.
- Knit and Purl Mama said...
Congrats on getting your design in Knitty & in the LYS!
- July 5, 2010 at 7:11 p.m.
- Maryse said...
It's really hot here too in Montreal! Yesterday, I was all settled to knit outside and after not even a row, I changed my mind! My flowers are looking awesome though (as long as I don't forget to water them!) I really look forward to seeing your next Knitty pattern!
- July 5, 2010 at 10:12 p.m.
- Ariane said...
Congrats! Looking forward to your upcoming pattern!
- July 6, 2010 at 6:43 a.m.
- Rainy Daisy said...
Congratulations! You can't see it, but I'm doing a little cha-cha-esque dance for you.
- July 6, 2010 at 12:24 p.m.
- OzB said...
What wonderful news! I love your designs....and the socks above look fabulous!
- July 8, 2010 at 8:11 p.m.


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Portugal crisis abates, but expected to return
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal's immediate political crisis is contained but the country's president, Anibal Cavaco Silva, may have inadvertently pushed it further into political uncertainty and the possibility of another international bailout.
Following 10 days of political tension and suspense during which the coalition government come close to breaking up, Cavaco Silva sought Wednesday to restore calm by ruling out snap elections and keeping the current government in office.
Cavaco Silva's announcement ensured the country continues, for the moment at least, complying with the terms of the three-year 78 billion euros ($101 billion) rescue it received two years ago.
But it was what came next that raised concerns about how Portugal will survive beyond the bailout and whether the country, like Greece before it, may need a second lifeline.
In his presidential address Cavaco Silva asked the country's feuding political parties to surrender their political agendas and work on a shared medium-term economic recovery strategy. He also suggested the possibility of an early election in the middle of next year, but with the agreed economic strategy covering a period beyond that so as to ensure stability.
Investors are afraid the politicians may fail to find common ground on Portugal's economy and consequently pitch the country into chaos, or come up with a watered-down compromise plan that fails to reassure financial markets.
Either result could end in the country being unable to support itself financially and going back to its creditors for more help. That is precisely the kind of development the other 16 countries sharing the euro currency have long feared and fought to avoid after struggling for more than three years to escape their debt crisis.
Citigroup economists said in a note Thursday "the political crisis in Portugal is far from over." It added that "the president's proposal is likely to keep political uncertainty high in coming weeks."
The Lisbon stock exchange closed down 2.01 percent, at 5,423, Thursday while Europe's main bourses were higher. The interest rate on the country's 10-year bonds, an indicator of how risky investors see the country, crept up to 6.79 percent.
Portugal first had to go its fellow euro countries and the International Monetary Fund for help in 2011 to avert bankruptcy after investors, spooked by its high debts and low growth, stopped lending it money.
The bailout program runs out in a year's time. After that, Portugal needs to go back to markets — where investors dislike uncertainty.
The three major international ratings agencies still classify Portugal's credit worthiness at junk status. And in 2014 and 2015 Portugal has to issue bonds worth 14 billion euros and 15 billion euros, respectively, to service maturing loans and bonds, according to its bailout creditors.
Despite two years of spending cuts and labor reforms demanded in return for the bailout, Portugal remains mired in debt and recession and with the burden of a 17.6 percent jobless rate. That kind of economic record is unlikely to endear it to lenders.
Any failure to stick to economic discipline once the loans end would also exclude Portugal from the European Central Bank's offer to buy the bonds of countries struggling with high borrowing costs. To qualify for the ECB program, the mere promise of which has already helped out Spain and Italy maintain their debts, a country must promise to reform their finances.
Portugal's fiscal health has improved over the course of its bailout program — the deficit fell to 6.4 percent of GDP last year from 10.1 percent in 2010 — but the sacrifices made are now at risk.
The chance of a compromise plan is slim. Austerity policies, such as pay cuts and tax hikes, have already split the two governing coalition partners and angered the main opposition Socialist Party, which wants to change course toward growth measures and is still insisting on early elections.
Coaxing the parties to overcome their differences won't be easy and could backfire by driving them further apart.
"This could go very well or very badly," Jornal de Negocios said in an editorial Thursday.
The three parties said they would consider holding talks, but their perfunctory responses demonstrated how they were stunned by the president's unanticipated proposal, which heralded what will likely be weeks of political jockeying for advantage.
One thing the head of state did seem to get right was catching the mood of the people, as the Portuguese increasingly express ill-feeling toward squabbling politicians.
The politicians "have to unite and to say yes" to the president's proposal, said Maria Luisa Sousa, who was selling fish at Lisbon's Ribeira market, next to the River Tagus. "It doesn't work if the parties pull one way and then the other. They cannot govern that way. We have to have faith now, we will see. It could work."
Market shopper Helena Antunes, 57, was less confident. "Our politicians have no class," she said. "Everybody knows they are the ones that sacrifice people, but they don't sacrifice themselves."
A protest erupted in Parliament when several dozen demonstrators in the public gallery yelled "Resign!" at lawmakers and threw down confetti of red and yellow cards, used in sport to signify admonishments.


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Elaine Strong was just 17 when her fiancé, Donald McPherson, announced he was dropping out of high school to join the Navy.
It was 1941, just a few months before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
"He said, 'I want to be a sailor. I'm not graduating,'" said Strong, now 90, a diminutive force with soft, wavy hair and a beaming smile. "I said, 'No, you're not going to do that. I'm not marrying you then.'
"And he said, 'Take me or leave me, I want to be a Navy man.'"
So Strong, a Los Angeles teen barely out of high school, was whisked off to war.
Strong sits in her living room in Irvine, surrounded by crinkled photographs and clippings.
Today is commemorated in history as Victory over Japan Day, when Americans poured out into the streets and celebrated the end of the war with famous kisses in Times Square.
Strong still remembers life during wartime, but the memories are fading with age.
She holds up a 1940s photo of herself and her husband on the Tustin base. During World War II, it was known as Naval Air Station Santa Ana. Strong, a devoted wife, looked after their young son amid the orange groves and buzzing planes; her husband was an enlisted seaman who dreamed of flying.
Rich Adler, OC Parks' interim deputy director, is working on the park project for one of the hangars and said he's encountered plenty of people who were at the hangars during the Korean or Vietnam wars. But, he said, it's rare to find someone who can remember World War II.
During the war, the airship base NAS Santa Ana was developed to protect the coastline from Japanese attack. The hangars housed massive blimps that patrolled for hostile ships and submarines. McPherson's utility squadron checked and tested planes before they went back into combat.
Life on the base around 1943 was often a challenging affair.
Strong was generally kept in the dark about her husband's assignments.
"We never knew what was next for our husbands, never knew when they would say, 'Goodbye, we've had our training,'" Strong said. "Everything was so secret."
But she was proud of her man, who managed to skirt routine while moving up the ranks. During the war, there was such a shortage of pilots that the Navy tapped people with special skills – like McPherson, who had been a radioman on the East Coast and had undergone flight training – even if they were not officers.
He had achieved his dream of becoming a naval aviation pilot. He was later promoted to ensign, despite not attending officer training school or college. Getting to skip those steps was slightly unusual, said Alan Renga, an archivist at the San Diego Air & Space Museum.
"He must have shown uncommon aptitude," Mark Aldrich, another museum archivist, said. "All things considered, he did extremely well."
McPherson had proven himself a talented pilot. Although his squadron did not enter combat, the men still faced dangers of flying planes.
One night, he and his wife sat with other officers in their dress blues, drinking and relaxing. The next day, one of the men died testing a plane when he missed the landing on an aircraft carrier.
"It gets to you," Strong said. "You never know when your husband takes off just where they're going or what they're going to do."
The couple stayed at the base until a year or two after the war ended. The military at that time was developing drones – a precursor to the high-tech weapons seen today. McPherson flew planes that controlled small, pilotless drones by radio. They were used as airborne targets to train gunners.
His next stop would have been a naval base in Hawaii had he stayed in the service. But McPherson's father wanted him to run the family furniture store in Los Angeles. So the Navy family returned to civilian life. But like the 17-year-old running to enlist in high school, McPherson just wanted to be in the air.
"I think he always regretted it because he loved the Navy," said Jane Vogel, 65, McPherson's daughter. "He loved flying more than anything. … It was kind of like his preferred life ended when he left the Navy."
The world had changed. Many men who left the service at the war's end were in a "real big hurry to pick up life where they left off, which was easier said than done," Aldrich said.
The furniture store had difficulties and folded; McPherson and Strong divorced in 1964 and both later remarried. A talented musician, McPherson died in 1994 of lung cancer metastatic to the brain. For the past decade, Strong has been recounting stories of the war on her own, passing down a valuable generation of memories.
It has been 66 years since Strong was inside the Tustin hangars. She holds onto a walker as she enters the vast empty space, more than 1,000 feet in length and 17 stories tall – one of the world's largest freestanding wooden structures.
Her mouth opens in awe: "It's a majesty."
There are no longer crewmen offering rides in the blimps, Navy children running about or planes stacked like ominous metal "bats" in the hangar. But that is what Strong imagines when she looks around the empty military base, abandoned and mostly unused.
"Isn't this something else?" she asks with a smile. "It's déjà vu."
The hangars might change, but the war memories stay the same.


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Ultimately we have only two areas to encrypt. The first area is encrypting our network connection, and the data that goes against them. The second is encrypting the actual data when it is "at rest", which is an industry term indicating encrypting the data where it had permanent or near permanent storage.
Different Compliance standards requests different things. Some only care about the storage, others only the "in flight", and some require both. You have to know what your requirements are if you only want to do some encryption, versus going wholesale.
Important to remember is that any encryption requires a performance cost. Some less than others, but a cost nonetheless.
My next post on this comment will be the network options for encryption.


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As topical as today's newspaper headlines, these rich monologues bring to life nine distinct Iraqi women whose very different stories convey the complex and harrowing reality of being female in modern-day Iraq. Their monologues quickly become a series of overlapping conversations leading to a breakdown in communication as the chaos of Iraq intensifies. Layal is a sexy and impulsive painter favored by Saddam's regime, breezily bohemian one minute and defensive the next; another woman mourns the death of her family in a 1991 bunker, and another—a blonde American of Iraqi descent--painfully recalls a telephone conversation with Baghdad relatives on the eve of the U. S. invasion. Other characters decry the savagery of Saddam Hussein in terrifying detail and express an ambivalent relief at the American presence; still others--like a Bedouin woman searching for love—transcend politics.
This drama is written by Heather Raffo and directed by Alysha Reller.


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Entameba(redirected from Entameba invadens)
Also found in: Dictionary.
Related to Entameba invadens: Entamoeba hartmanni
any ameba of the genus Entamoeba.
a genus of amebas parasitic in the intestines of vertebrates. Member of the family Endamoebidae.
Entameba bovis
found in cattle; nonpathogenic.
Entameba bubalis
an ameba with a single nucleus in the cysts in its trophozoite.
Entameba canibuccalis (syn. Entameba gingivalis)
in the mouth of cats, dogs, humans and primates; nonpathogenic.
Entameba caviae
found in guinea pigs; nonpathogenic.
Entameba coli
a nonpathogenic form found in the intestinal tract of humans. Its importance is that it may be confused with the pathogenic E. histolytica.
Entameba cuniculi
found in large bowel of rabbits.
Entameba equi
found in horses.
Entameba equibuccalis
nonpathogenic; found in the mouths of horses.
Entameba gedoelsti
found in horse large intestine; nonpathogenic.
Entameba hartmanni
found in large intestine of humans and the colons of dogs; nonpathogenic.
Entameba histolytica
a species causing amebic dysentery and abscess of the liver in humans. Found also in monkey, dog, cat, rat, pig.
Entameba invadens
cause of entamebiasis in reptiles. See amebiasis.
Entameba moshkovskii
found in sewage. Resembles E. histolytica.
Entameba muris
found in large intestine of rats and mice; nonpathogenic.
Entameba ovis
found in sheep.
Entameba ranarum
found in tadpoles.
Entameba suigingivalis
found in the mouths of pigs.
Entameba suis
found in swine.
Entameba wenyoni
an entameba with eight-nucleated cysts in the trophozoite.


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The Zerg are known for their tenacity and numbers. While they may be lacking in technology and power, they excel in sheer numbers and speed. Mastering this race requires true focus and concentration. Is the Overmind feeling a little sleepy? Crack open a Zerg Rush Energy Drink and let no Terran or Protoss stand in your way!


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|WowCity Points - Instant Ad Gratification
Advertising in the WowCity advertising network is fast, simple and easy!
What are the points for?
Points can be used to achieve your desired position in the search results for both the Business Listings and Classified Ads. The simple rule is, "The higher the points applied, the higher the position."
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All members of WowCity.com can buy and earn points they can use to advertise in the listings and classifieds in order to achieve better position and visibility.
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Nikki Sixx's Girlfriend Performs Dance Routine at Motley Crue Show
Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx's girlfriend, Courtney Bingham, made good on her birthday wish for herself to perform a burlesque dance routine onstage at the band's show in Michigan.
Bingham recently revealed her desire to add a little something extra to the show and announced her intention to perform on her 27th birthday while the band played their hit song 'Girls, Girls, Girls.'
The group was initially expecting to play on Sept. 5 in Clarkston, Mich. at the DTE Energy Music Theater, but their gig was delayed a day after a transport truck carrying part of their pyro stage setup crashed en route to the show. The time off didn't derail Bingham however, as she was ready to take the stage Sept. 6.
After the performance, Nikki Sixx stated via Facebook, "It was a blast for me watching Courtney get all excited to dance on stage with our background dancers for her birthday. She really kicked ass, too."
He also added via Twitter:
When my brothers in @motleycruewelcomed @ms_courtney_b to dance with us on stage for her bday she said it was "the best b day ever ".;)
— Nikki Sixx (@NikkiSixx) September 7, 2012
Sixx has been dating Bingham since 2010, not long after his split from tattoo artist Kat Von D.


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REAL ESTATE- $old
Old Trail Creekside III LLC to Craig Enterprises Inc., lot in Old Trail Creekside, $217,000.
Albemarle Ventures LLC to Craig Enterprises Inc., two lots in Phase 3, Ballard Field, Old Trail, $182,000.
Thomas N. Macon III to Alice McDonald Micklem, 2608 Commonwealth Drive, Berkeley, $235,000.
Philip G. Wendel to Commonwealth of Virginia, 0.016 acres, $21,500.
Eagle Construction of VA LLC to Lynvel Johnson, 659 Tyree Lane, Belvedere, $435,344.
Steven R. Weber to David B. Scholes, 104 Northwest Lane, Key West, $425,000.
Emily M. Ferguson to Serena Soulia, 2411 North Berkshire Road, $230,000.
Professional Foreclosure Corp. to Federal National Home Mortgage Assoc., condominium unit, $261,730.
Samuel I. White, trustee, to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 3.0809 acres at 716 Wolf Trap Road, $341,948.
Foothills Crossing Inc. to Craig Enterprises Inc., two parcels in Foothill Crossing, $300,000.
Paul W. Nichols to Mark W. Wells, condominium unit at 137 Hessian Hills Circle, Hessian Hills, $133,000.
Margaret M. Gangloff to Larry F. Mundy, 1325 Branchlands Drive, Branchlands Retirement Village, $212,500.
Min Qing Zhao to Roger Gore, 8462 Brooksville Road, Mountain Hollow subdivision, Greenwood, $300,000.
Johnie R. Muncy, trustee, to 3420 Cesford Grange LLC, parcel in Glenmore $678,100.
John M. Hart Jr. to Nancy D. Bolton, trustee, 2711 Cardinal Ridge Road, $552,500.
Donald L. Ross to Jeffrey W. Knies, 2.685 acres on State Route 729, 2840 Buck Island Road, $43,163.
Joseph J. Herder to Michele McDade, trustee, 0.512 acres at 3194 Darby Road, Glenmore, Keswick, gift.
Stan Powell to Patrice L. Laclef, 5211 Brookview Road, Ballard Field, Old Trail, Crozet, $490,000.
Sidney B. Worthington to Frances E. Sargent, 491 Worthington Drive, Ednam Forest, $600,000.
Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. to J.R. Murphy Investments LLC, parcel, $106,300.
Professional Foreclosure Corp. to Federal National Mortgage Association, parcel in Ballard Field, Old Trail, $341,100.
James A. Stalfort to Phillip E. Hubrig, 3.75 acres at 1105 Taylor's Gap Road, $352,300.
Paula C. Spiller to Jan Squires, 2038 Shepherd's Ridge Road, Rivercrest at Dunlora, $470,000.
Stephen E. Scarce, trustee, to Bank of Hampton Roads, parcel in Briery Creek Village, $401,200.
Bank of America to Jason S. Viar, 13.09 acres at 3078 Rolling Road, Scottsville, $329,000.
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. to Samuel M. Ndungu, 4743 Wren Court, Briarwood, $178,000.
Branch Banking and Trust Co. to Thomas H. Dudley Jr., 22.120 acres on State Route 682, 4500 Hidden Valley Trail, $1,250,000.
Courtney L. Barbour to Samuel W. LeBeau, 729 Newtown Road, Greenwood, $11,500.
Peter A. Ricciardelli, trustee, to Lynn L. Hamer, condominium unit in University Village condominiums, 500 Crestwood Drive, $410,000.
Shaun Redgate to Michael C. Sutherland, 1092 Amber Ridge Road, Highlands at Mechum's River, $196,000.
Timothy W. Wyant to Angie M. Britton, 5440 Breakheart Road, Crozet, gift.
Hunter K. Lynn to Anne C. Strickler, trustee, unit in Huntington Village condominiums, $225,000.
Wittstadt Title & Escrow Co., LLC, to Thomas J. Ross II, trustee, parcel in Townwood, $154,000.
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. to Xiaofeng Jiang, 3385 Worth Crossing, $183,200.
Roderick G. Stanley to Virginia Camping Resorts LLC, 27.55 acres at 3825 Red Hill Road, $1,116,500.
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Environmental science professor Stephanie Pfirman is the co-chair of the authoring committee of The Arctic in the Anthropocene: Emerging Research Questions, a new report released by the National Research Council this week. The report focuses on the effects of climate change on the Artic and their implications for the rest of the planet. The Arctic in the Anthropocene reviews research questions previously identified by Arctic researchers, and highlights new questions that have emerged and expectations of further rapid Arctic change, as well as new capabilities to address this change.
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Farmingdale, N.Y. - Nassau Community College easily captured the Farmingdale State College Golf Invitational played this past Thursday-Friday at Bethpage State Park's Red Course. Nassau shot a school record 286 on Thursday and posted a 300 on Friday for a two-day total of 586, defeating second place Farmingdale State College (310-318) by 42 strokes.
Nassau CC freshman Colin Dolph won the individual championship shooting two-over par 142 for the Tournament with scores of 70 and 72. Nassau's Juan Sanchez finished second individually (147) while teammate Jonathan Edwards placed third with a total of 148. All five of Nassau players finished in the top six, as Oliver Hudesman (5th place � 153) and Matthew Livolsi (tied for 6th place � 154) rounded out their impressive team performance.
Second place Farmingdale had three players finish in the top ten, led by sophomore Andrew Schwartz (Commack, N.Y./Commack), who posted rounds of 75 and 77. Junior Kyle Havas (Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst) finished tied for 6th after rounds of 75-79 while Senior Ryan Williams (Westbury, N.Y./Clarke) placed 8th with a two-day total of 157 (78-79). St. Joseph's had two players round out the top ten individually, as Chris Manzello (9th place � 159) and Mike Keaveny (10th place � 161) led the Golden eagles to a third place team finish.
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YCSD Emergency Services received a 911 call reporting the discovery of a body at the Oxford Eagle newspaper offices on Sunday, November 25, 2012.
YCSD Forensics provided an inventory of the victim's desk and file cabinet.
YCSD investigators found what appears to be a a log of the victim's outgoing calls and their purpose on her office computer.
YCSD investigators obtained the Oxford Eagle visitor logs from August 2012 through November 25, 2012.
Investigators retrieved Monica Drum's November 2012 appointment calendar from the computer taken into evidence in her office.
The Oxford Eagle provided the personnel file of terminated employee Bettina North.
The Oxford Eagle provided the personnel file of terminated employee John Winter.
The Oxford Eagle provided the personnel file of terminated employee David Ledford.
A caller reported the discovery of an unusual object concealing a key in Monica Drum's residence.
From the Yoknapatawpha County Sheriff's Department Archives for 2007, Monica Drum filed this report regarding Melvin Roberts.
YCSD investigators traced the safe deposit key to a bank in Memphis, TN. Detectives coordinated with Shelby County, TN authorities to execute a search warrant.
Monica Drum's will was found in her safe deposit box.
Handwritten correspondence from Lori to Monica was found in her safe deposit box.
The lab analyzed the Drum case ballistic evidence to determine caliber and possible weapon. Melvin Roberts's surrendered handgun was compared with the findings.
At the YCSD's request, Dr. Paula Bryant of the county health department conducted a preliminary evaluation of Melvin Roberts's mental condition.
The lab examined the handwritten note found in Monica Drum's safe deposit box. A graphologist also provided non-scientific observations about the note.
YCSD investigators located video of a person of interest in the Monica Drum case at the time of the murder.
The lab examined the trace evidence and latent fingerprints recovered from the Monica Drum crime scene and provided their preliminary findings.
Preliminary report from the Yoknapatawpha County Coroner's Office on the autopsy of Monica Drum. Additional analyses are ongoing.
Det. Armstrong's old partner, PI David Anderson, located former Eagle employee David Ledford and had an informal conversation with him.
The lab conducted additional analyses of the soil samples found at the Monica Drum crime scene.
Investigators summarized the alibis for persons of interest in the investigation and whether those alibis could be corroborated.
YCSD investigators ran a check on Mississippi license plates matching the partial number Frannie Grace provided.
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|Mar 22nd, 2011 12:19 AM
|One of my favorite moments that didnt make it is the guy in TOD getting his heart ripped out.But the swords man getting shot will always be numero uno in my book.
|Jun 10th, 2008 06:11 PM
|Yeah, I love that part because it's one of the very few times when Jones Senior is not only comedic relief but saves Indy when it looks like they're going to die. I'd also like to add that Sean Connery retiring tore a hole through my heart, as he was one of the great actors of our age.
|Jun 10th, 2008 05:15 PM
|And it's truly awesome, one of the best moments in the series, no doubt. But it's not something Indy did, it was his father. If I'd called it "Dr. Jones's Ten Finest Moments" I could have cheated and used that one, but I didn't.
|Jun 10th, 2008 04:11 PM
|I'm surprised the "father using umbrella to kill guy with seagulls" moment didn't make the list, it's one of the most unexpected things I've ever seen in a movie.
|Jun 6th, 2008 01:36 AM
|"No time fo' love, doctah Jones!"
|May 29th, 2008 01:30 AM
|Oh, man. Did this ever bring back memories. My favorite Indy moment: "Chilled monkey's brains, Dr. Jones." The most memorable dinner party ever.
|May 26th, 2008 11:51 PM
They're all kickass. The skewer through the stomach would rank higher than the bridge cutting in my book, but that's nitpicky. The shooting of the swordsman in Raiders is easily #1.
And I blame Lucas for Jar Jar. Part of the reason kids don't write movies is because they're fucking stupid.
|May 26th, 2008 11:33 PM
|Kybo Ren
Good ol' Hitler: "He's as clumsy as he is stupid"
Found out Indy's horse in crusade was Rambo's horse in III.
gotta agree with #1 moment, specially since Ford winged it.
Don't blame Lucas for Jarjar, his adopted kid was responsible for that crapper.
Blame Lucas for listening to poor advisors. and the kid was the jedi on the platform w/ bail in sith.
sure lucas should learn to say no, but that might've stopped Indy from comin back.
|May 26th, 2008 10:05 PM
|Count Mek
|Never seen any of them, but I'm meaning to; Indy looks bad ass :D
|May 23rd, 2008 07:14 PM
|Colonel Flagg
I liked the bit of (probably edited) choreographed fighting in ToD between the prince and Short Round juxtaposed with Indy and .... was it big thugee dude? Anyway it was nicely done.
It probably doesn't make your top ten, Proto, but I liked it.
|May 22nd, 2008 11:15 PM
After watching Raiders this past weekend, I was actually thinking about sending you a "10 things I like about Raiders", but then I thought better of it. One of the things on my list was that Alfred Molina was in it. I was going to call that entry "Dr. Octopus double-crosses Indy for the Idol.
Oh well, I'll leave the 10 things list to the pros.
|May 22nd, 2008 10:01 PM
|It's not an Indy moment, but I liked the scene in Crusade where the Imam gave the Nazis aid in permission for a sweet roadster. "You shall have men, camels, supplies, equipment... And Tanks."
|May 22nd, 2008 07:04 PM
|Duct Tape Ninja
|Knowing the movie didn't change the list makes my dicision final, i'm not seeing the new movie until the dvd comes out because i'm a cheapo. The skewer scene has to my favorite, it was unexpected.
|May 22nd, 2008 04:22 PM
|I'm glad the Hitler moment was included. I was like 'oh sh--- haha' when I first saw it.
|May 22nd, 2008 10:05 AM
|Relaxing Dragon
|Kinda expected, though I'd be lying if I said some of the new scenes didn't wow me.
|May 22nd, 2008 04:54 AM
|Gutted to hear the list remains unchanged!
|May 22nd, 2008 04:53 AM
|Great list. My favourite moment is definitely when he joins the mourners in Last Crusade. Funny stuff.
|May 22nd, 2008 03:30 AM
Well, I just saw the new movie, and the Top Ten list remains unchanged.
By the way RaNkeri, I'm glad you mentioned the nod to that sword fighter moment in Temple of Doom. I meant to make a reference to it in the piece, but I ended up forgetting about it when I was writing that section. So I'm glad someone mentioned it, because it was truly a great moment!
|May 21st, 2008 09:58 PM
One that was great was when Sean Connery wrestles with a random Nazi in the WW1(?) area tank. And squirts the guy in the face with is pen and blinds the guy.
But I love when Hitler signs the note book his men where looking for.
|May 21st, 2008 06:08 PM
|Harrison Ford is immortal.
|May 21st, 2008 04:23 AM
|ah, classic moments every one, and most of them hillarious
|May 21st, 2008 03:46 AM
I can definitely agree with the list. I remember seeing the Hitler scene in the theater and going "Oh Sh--" when Hitler took the book and the the collective sigh of relief in the audience. Glad to see the empty holster mentioned, too. That was great.
I know, too, it's not "best scenes" but one of my favorites is when he and Marion are recovering on the 'pirate' vessel and she accidentally clocks him and then tends to his wounds. "Dammit, Indy, where doesn't it hurt?!" and he holds up his elbow and goes "Here!" and then realizes the more places he names, the more kisses he gets...
|May 21st, 2008 01:31 AM
|Relaxing Dragon
Just got back from Crystal Skull. I'm sure this site will do a full review so I'll save myself until then, but here's the short story (short to me at least):
Really enjoyed it, kept me entertained the whole way through. Had some really awesome scenes, and at least one that not only crosses the line into fantastically over-the-top, it takes a piss on it (who likes nukes?). Of course, I really enjoyed that scene as well. Generally, the plot goes quite... well, it's a bit hard to explain without spoiling some stuff. Definitely goes deep into paranormal region (really deep), and I liked it. It seemed amazingly cool.
Overall (after just one viewing, I'll need more. So many more), I'd peg it at above Temple of Doom and below The Last Crusade (being closer to the former than the latter). Not exactly a bad thing, mind you, since I really enjoyed Temple of Doom as well. A pretty good series revival, if you ask me (now I need to see it again, see how it holds up).
Also: I was very happy to see Janitor getting some more roles, even if it was little more than a cameo. Totally love him ^_^
|May 20th, 2008 11:45 PM
|Great list, but I can't believe you left out Indy's immprtal line, "I hate Snakes!"
|May 20th, 2008 11:10 PM
Awesome list Proto - #1 was fantastic, and I love the tip of the hat to it in Temple of Doom where his holster comes up empty.
Really, Really looking forward to Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and it's going to have to really go out of its way to suck for me to not enjoy it. What's really making my arse clench in fear right now however is Lucas's comment about how he can see Shibby LaBarf taking over the main roll in upcoming Indy movies, with Harrison stepping back into more of the Sean Connery roll in Last Crusade. That would be a travesty worse than...well, Jar Jar.
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For the second time in the past several months, vandals struck the Obama mural on a building on the southern edge of Midtown that served as local Democratic Party headquarters during the presidential campaign.
Splashes of black and red paint mar the 10-foot image of the 44th president in the 3700 block of Travis near West Alabama. The mural had been restored in October after vandals had defaced it with splashes of paint. That previous vandalism was also discovered on a Monday.
"It's bad," said Jose Fermin, as he stared at the ruined painting early Monday morning. Fermin works across the street at the Breakfast Klub, a popular eatery which uses part of the building for storage. He said he supports Barack Obama because he is the country's president. It's unclear when the mural was damaged.
The mural, originally unveiled during the 2008 presidential campaign, has been a symbol of hope for Obama supporters.
"We think it's absolutely horrible," said Chuck Vivian, who was visiting Houston with his wife, Carly Vivian, from Scottdale, Ariz. They were at the Breakfast Klub early Monday to eat. The couple supports Obama.
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"We hope," Chuck Vivian said, "this is not indicative of what Houston is all about."
The mural project was done at the request of state Sen. Rodney Ellis. It was completed without pay by local artists Reginald Adams, GONZO247, Mr. Bristle and Christian Azul. After it was damaged in October, the mural was redesigned and repainted.
At the time the mural was completed, International Studies professor Rogelio Garcia Contreras of the University of St. Thomas said it spoke more about the movement of change and hope than about Obama as a candidate. With the exception of propaganda campaigns in Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, he said, murals generally don't express ideas about a person.
"I think it reflects the idea that Obama is helping America move toward something they really need, and that's hope," Contreras said, "and that's something different than what we've had in the last two centuries as it relates to ethnicity, links to power and some sort of network of support."
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Location: Toxicology & Mycotoxin ResearchTitle: Microbial endophytes: future challenges Author
Submitted to: Advances in Endophytic Research
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Publication Acceptance Date: 3/7/2013
Publication Date: 1/1/2014
Citation: Bacon, C.W., Hinton, D.M. 2014. Microbial endophytes: future challenges. In: Verma, V.C., Gange, A.C., editors. Advances in Endophytic Research. XXIII edition. New Delhi, India: Springer. p. 441-451.
Interpretive Summary: Endophytic microorganisms are those that dwell within plants and confer some positive benefits. Such benefits include disease suppression, insect resistance, and environment stress relief as drought and temperature tolerances. All plants are naturally infected with endophytes and the tendency not is to dissect these from plants and utilize them both in native host and in agricultural uses in crop plants for biological improvements. Fuel for the use of this group is based on the environmental concerns for the use of highly toxic chemical pesticides. The authors of this paper were invited to review and comment on the present and future status of both bacterial and fungal endophytes as biocontrol agents and other uses of this group of endophytic organisms. The major thrust of this work was to address the concerns that have not been addressed scientifically or politically that are required before advancements and exploitations for endophytes can be fully utilized. In this work we identified and addressed several scientific and political concerns that should be considered during various research activities by scientist universally. Positive research results were acknowledged, questions posed that should further address research on key issues. It was concluded that the use of these organisms is on firm grounds and that their use in the future is secure and their exploitation will be successful.
Technical Abstract: Endophytes are represented by a diverse group of prokaryotic (bacteria or cyanobacteria) or eukaryotic (fungi or parasitic vascular plants) organisms that form life-long associations within tissues of plants. Ecologically, these associations are usually viewed as advantageous although in some instances we also know that there are some disadvantages that may be in the direction of either the plant or the microorganism. Nevertheless, most of the associations are viewed as sources of secondary metabolites capable of serving as novel medicinals and agrichemicals. It is this area that serve to stimulate the large research investigations from all parts of the planet. Since the work demonstrating the production of ruminant deterrents in pasture grasses in 1977, much emphasis has been placed on these and many other microbial endophytes. Still, after several decades of active research involving an international cadre of research scientists, we have not learned the essentials necessary to predict nor maintain associations, but have developed some important hypotheses and most of these have not been tested. Of consequence is the central dogma that these associations are of merit and play an important role in plant defense. Thus, the hypothesis of defensive mutualism serves to drive the thinking of so many endophytic systems. There are however objections to this hypothesis, although poorly supported and not replaced by another rationale for existence. Regardless of the raison d'être, if endophytes are to be used for biotechnological explorations, we must put into place several basic concepts to assist in understanding microbial endophytes that will aid in making intelligent uses of such mutualists. Many attempts have been made at surrogate transformations of endophytic systems with the hope of obtaining specific material for specific areas. However, this is not always the case as some endophytes are mysterious and appear not to effect a change in the host. The manner in which specific endophytes of vast genetic diversity effect host fitness traits is unknown nor how long term or stable are these effects within a population. Are these traits environmentally triggered or are they manifested regardless of the environment? The challenges as we see them are multifaceted. These include an understanding of the genetics nature of fungi, how endophytes communicate and partition themselves within hosts, and how do these biotrophic fungi obtain nutrients, and is nutrient acquisition key to the final effects observed? Are there basic differences between bacterial endophytes and fungal endophytes? What influence the host interactions to produce the desired effects, and how is the stability of the system affected. These and many more future challenges must be defined before we can truly say we have made advances in endophytic research.


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Friday marks the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination. His death remains a national obsession, as indicated by the dizzying array of TV programs that have popped up to mark the occasion. DirecTV is running JFK: A President Betrayed, TLC has Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy, National Geographic Channel aired Killing Kennedy, Smithsonian Channel gave us The Day Kennedy Died, CNN premiered The Assassination of President Kennedy and not to be outdone, the History Channel is pulling out JFK Assassination: The Definitive Guide. Our obsession stems not just from Kennedy's death but rather, the mysteries surrounding the tragic event. Did Lee Harvey Oswald act alone? Or did he have assistance? Was the mob behind Kennedy's killing? The CIA? Maybe Lyndon Johnson? At some point, just about everyone has been suspected of JFK's murder—even Joe DiMaggio, whose supposed motive was his belief that the Kennedys had killed his beloved Marilyn Monroe.
Almost all of those conspiracy theories are contained within Oliver Stone's film JFK. When the director set his sights on the Kennedy assassination, he was riding high from the success of Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July, both of which won him Oscars for Best Director. Yet JFK, which hit theaters in December 1991, was his most ambitious work. The three-hour movie—about district attorney Jim Garrison's (Kevin Costner) pursuit of the men he believed conspired to kill Kennedy—was part detective story, part courtroom thriller. Stone's mission was to dismantle the Warren Commission's assertion that Oswald acted alone and prove that Kennedy's assassination was hatched by a group of shadowy U.S. military and CIA figures that didn't want Kennedy scaling back the country's provocations with its rivals. "He was starting to end the Cold War," Stone told Roger Ebert in 1991. "He made a deal with Khrushchev and Russia in 1962 to end the missile crisis, and he furthered the deal when he signed the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in 1963. … [U.S. military leaders] wanted him to invade Cuba; he didn't. They wanted him to send combat troops to Vietnam and Laos; he didn't."
Before its release, JFK attracted plenty of negative publicity. Those attacks were epitomized by Newsweek, which published a cover with the headline "The Twisted Truth of 'JFK': Why Oliver Stone's New Movie Can't Be Trusted." The magazine's criticisms centered on Stone's faith in the unreliable Garrison, whose book On the Trail of the Assassins the filmis partly based. "I don't think a normal guy could be around Garrison without realizing what he was doing, that he's crazy, a strange man, a megalomaniac," reporter Hugh Aynesworth said before JFK's release. Another reporter, Rosemary James, recalled to Newsweek that Garrison "went from a highly intelligent eccentric to a lunatic in the period of a year" while pursuing his case.
Despite the controversy—or, more likely, thanks in part to the controversy—JFK scored at the box office and with the Academy, earning an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. But its electric pacing and stirring sentiment didn't deflect criticism that the movie's conspiracy case was slippery. That's even truer today. Back in 1991, JFK was hardly airtight in its logic. (For example, Garrison's crucial encounter with Donald Sutherland's mysterious Mr. X, who reveals government secrets that confirm the military's involvement in Kennedy's killing, never happened.) But in the years since JFK's release, its main arguments against Oswald acting alone have been debunked—for instance, by showing how the unusual alignment of the seats in Kennedy's car perfectly explains how only one so-called "magic bullet" could have wounded Kennedy and Texas Governor John Connally. In theory, JFK should now be a dated relic, the work of some crazy old hippie shaking his fists and yelling incoherently. Yet the opposite is true. JFK might be filled with one-note characters; it might lack insight into the emotional consequences of pursuing an obsession; and it might get just about every fact wrong. But it remains astoundingly vital.
That vitality stems from Stone. Few current filmmakers take their movies so personally in the way he did during his heyday. A Vietnam vet, Stone seemed to be desperately re-fighting that war (and the period that spawned it) throughout most of the 1980s: Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, The Doors. JFK wasn't just a love letter to Kennedy but also an angry rebuke to the military-industrial complex that President Dwight Eisenhower warned about in his 1961 exit speech, which tellingly opens the film. Garrison is portrayed by Costner with such unsullied heroism because Stone clearly identifies with him. It's not Garrison going after businessman Clay Shaw (Tommy Lee Jones) and the other conspirators—it's Stone. And so, it's no surprise that JFK buzzes with the caffeinated energy of a filmmaker who can't wait to nail the men he perceives to be the bad guys—the men he blames for escalating a war that stole his formative years.
Today, we don't often get movies that feel like a one-man crusade. And when we do, they're on the far margins: paranoid partisan documentaries such as the Obama takedown 2016: Obama's America or Stone's own Untold History of the United States, which purported to be an exposé of the country's secret history since World War II. By comparison, Warner Bros. released JFK in the midst of holiday blockbuster season, and while Stone had plenty of pull back in 1991, these days no major studio would ever allow a filmmaker (no matter how popular) to produce a movie this willfully speculative. Political, "controversial" movies like Zero Dark Thirty and United 93 still get made, but they're largely reflecting our agreed-upon version of history—they're not forwarding arguments that the U.S. government has been lying about its involvement in the murder of a beloved president. It would be akin to Steven Spielberg making Lincoln and arguing that the 16th president was gay.
JFK also existed in an era before Oscar season became choked with rampant attacks against each contender's factual accuracy. (Not that those grumblings stop movies based on true stories from winning Best Picture: Argo got hammered for the historical liberties it took.) It could be argued that most films' overall entertainment value trumps the fudging of a few facts, but with JFK, the facts are the movie. Stone brilliantly weaves together archival footage with re-created scenes and imagined scenarios. Even when he's dealing in wild conjecture, though, Stone is absolutely convinced there was a conspiracy. As such, everything we see gets funneled into his hurricane of fact and hunches, only to be presented as a form of truth.
No modern studio movie has so boldly pushed against history—and yet, JFK has also proved to be disturbingly prescient. The film's final segment, which focuses on the court case, consists mostly of Garrison making his case for a conspiracy and lecturing the jury (and us) about the importance of average Americans standing up to power. JFK is suffused with anger and sadness about the country's shared trauma over Kennedy's assassination. That pain translates surprisingly well to post-9/11 life, where once again Americans experienced shock in the wake of tragedy but also wondered if their leaders had failed them—in this case, by getting involved in the pointless Iraq War. The circumstances and people are different, but Garrison's emotional final soliloquy about the power of ordinary citizens to restore America's best values feels forever timely: "This is not the country in which I was born and this is certainly not the country I want to die in."
It was a moving speech that served as the perfect finale for JFK. And maybe for its maker as well: Stone has never made a film as thrilling as JFK since. National Born Killers is hallucinatory but also obnoxious and repetitive. Films like U-Turn, Any Given Sunday and Savages find him all too happy to slum it as the over-the-top sensationalist, trying to inflate substandard material with the hyperkinetic flash that was revelatory in JFK but is now numbingly routine. Even in his good subsequent efforts like Nixon and W., he wasn't the same Stone hell-bent on exorcising the ghosts of the 1960s. And most strikingly, when he addressed 9/11—tangentially in W., inspirationally in World Trade Center—there wasn't the same inner fire. That trademark crusading anger—that frenetic belief that he needed to make this particular movie—just wasn't there anymore.
Strangely, though, Stone's cold streak also seems to work to JFK's advantage. At the end of the movie, Garrison walks away defeated, a martyr who tried to make a difference. No doubt Stone thinks of himself in the same way. JFK is a searing movie that tried to expose the government's lies. Twenty-two years later, our government still covers things up, as the Edward Snowden leaks made clear, and ordinary Americans still need to speak up. That's why the movie's factual inaccuracies don't much matter.There probably wasn't a conspiracy to Kennedy. Oswald probably acted alone. But JFK still tells a kind of truth.
Tim Grierson is Playboy for iPhone's critic-at-large. His new biography of Wilco, "Sunken Treasure," is available now on Amazon. You can follow him on Twitter.
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- What happens to my pelvis during pregnancy?
- What causes pelvic pain?
- What is pelvic girdle pain (PGP)?
- What are the symptoms of PGP?
- What makes the pain worse?
- At what stage in pregnancy does PGP happen?
- How is PGP diagnosed?
- How is PGP treated?
- Will having PGP affect my labour?
- How soon will PGP go away?
- What can I do to help myself?
What happens to my pelvis during pregnancy?During pregnancy your body produces a hormone called relaxin. Relaxin softens the ligaments (the tough, flexible tissues that connect your bones) in your pelvis and other joints.
It happens for a good reason. Having softened ligaments helps your baby to pass through your pelvis during birth. But it does mean that your joints move more during and just after pregnancy (Bjorkland et al 1999, 2000, Kristiansson 1997, Vleeming et al 2005, Vollestad et al 2012).
What causes pelvic pain?It's thought that if one side of your pelvis moves more than the other then this can cause pain (Vleeming et al 2005).
Normally, when you lie down, stand up or walk, your pelvis is in a locked, or stable, position. If you have pelvic pain, you're probably doing these activities with a less stable, or unlocked, pelvis (Hungerford et al 2004). The result is irritated joints and pain.
These sorts of discomforts are a common feature of pregnancy. About half of all mums-to-be and about a quarter of women who are already mums are thought to have some sort of back or pelvic pain in pregnancy (Wu et al 2004, Vleeming et al 2005).
What is pelvic girdle pain (PGP)?Pain at the back of the pelvis is known as pelvic girdle pain (PGP). It is sometimes also called sacroiliac joint (SIJ) pain. The sacroiliac joint, at the back of your pelvis, is where problems can arise.
If you feel pain on or around your pubic bone at the front, you may have symphysis pubis dysfunction (SPD), a condition to do with ligaments in another part of your pelvis.
What are the symptoms of PGP?The pain is often one-sided and may be concentrated in your buttocks (Sturesson et al 1997). It may appear to jump from side to side or be accompanied by a general back pain or pain at the front of your pelvis.
PGP can send shooting pains into your buttocks or down the back of your legs. You may also have pain in your hips. One or both of your legs may feel very weak and you may not be able to lift your legs, particularly when lying down (Mens et al 1999).
What makes the pain worse?The pain is usually made worse by lying on your back, turning over in bed, walking and standing from a sitting position. PGP is often worse at night, particularly if you've been very active during the day. Moving your legs apart, especially when sitting in a slumped position or lying down, can be painful.
At what stage in pregnancy does PGP happen?PGP can begin as early as the first trimester or as late as the last few days before giving birth. If the pain comes on at the very end of your pregnancy, it may be because your baby's head is engaging, or moving down into the pelvis. If this is the case, it is unusual to have pain after giving birth.
If you experience PGP in one pregnancy, it is more likely to recur earlier in your next pregnancy, and without treatment, may be more severe (Bjelland et al 2010). Health professionals advise letting the symptoms from one pregnancy settle before trying for another baby.
How is PGP diagnosed?PGP is not widely understood. You may have been told by your doctor, midwife or physiotherapist that you have sciatica. If you see a chiropractor or osteopath, make sure that they are experienced in treating pregnant women.
Your physiotherapist should examine your back and hips to make sure the problem is not coming from these joints. She'll take a detailed look at how the muscles of your tummy, back, pelvis and hip are working together.
Your physiotherapist can carry out tests to estimate how long your pain will last after the birth of your baby (Robinson et al, 2010).
How is PGP treated?You can try a number of tactics:
- Be careful during everyday activities. Your physiotherapist can show you how to lock out your pelvis during painful movements such as walking or standing up.
- You may be given a pelvic support belt. These can give immediate relief and can be worn safely during pregnancy (Mens et al 2006, Ostgaard et al 1994, Vleeming 1992).
- Exercises, especially for the tummy and pelvic floor, improve the stability of your pelvis and back (Gustafsson & Nilsson-Wikmar 2008).
- Your physiotherapist can gently manipulate your hip, back or pelvis to loosen stiff areas (ACPWH 2007).
- Acupuncture may help, but your practitioner must be trained and experienced in treating pregnant women (Bourne 2007, Elden et al 2007, Kvorning et al 2004, Lund et al 2006, Ternov et al 2001, Smith & Cochrane 2009).
Will having PGP affect my labour?With the right advice, it is rare for PGP to cause problems in labour. If possible, try not to lie on your back to give birth. Upright or kneeling positions protect your pelvic joints and are generally more comfortable.
If you have to sit on the bed during labour, sitting as upright as possible makes parting your legs easier (ACPWH 2007).
It may be worth discussing with your midwife or doctor which positions would be best in case you need an assisted birth. If you have an assisted birth, you'll be asked to lie on your back and may have your legs in stirrups. Read our expert question on SPD in labour for more information.
If you're in severe pain, and can't move much, you may be offered a caesarean section. This really would be a last resort (Vermani et al 2010).
How soon will PGP go away?In a few cases, PGP can linger after birth (Vleeming et al 2005). If it does, you can help yourself to recover by carrying on with your treatment (Ostgaard et al 1994). You're unlikely to have pain that persists. You, may, however, have a mild recurrence just before your period. Hormones released at this time can have a similar effect to relaxin.
What can I do to help myself?
- If you find turning over in bed very painful, pull your knees as far towards your chest as your bump will allow. Then try sitting up directly from lying on your back. This moves your pelvis from an unstable to a locked position. Tighten your pelvic floor and lower tummy muscles before moving.
- Avoid lying on your back or sitting slumped, particularly with your legs straight. It's particularly easy to slip into this position when you're on the sofa or in the bath. If you do have to lie on your back, place a rolled towel under your back, at waist level and bend your knees.
- Try not to push through pain. If something hurts, if possible, don't do it. If this type of pain is allowed to flare up, it can take a long time to settle down again.
- When you are walking, arch your back and swing your arms as though you are marching. This locks your pelvis in a stable position and activates the muscles that stiffen your joints.
- Doing regular pelvic floor exercises may help to strengthen your pelvic joints (Richardson et al 2002, Van Wingerden et al 2004).
- Avoid heavy lifting or pushing. Pushing supermarket trolleys can be particularly painful. Shop online or ask your partner or a friend do the shopping.
- Rest regularly, preferably by sitting on a large exercise or birth ball or by resting on your hands and knees.
- Move little and often. You may not feel the effects of what you are doing until later in the day.
- Sometimes sleeping on a softer surface can help. Try placing a doona or mattress protector under your sheet.
- When dressing, sit down to pull on your underwear or trousers.
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David Venafro is an actor who, was along with Glen Hambly, one of the regular background Andorians throughout the run of Star Trek: Enterprise. As a background performer Venafro received no credit for his appearances. Two of his costumes were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. [1] [2] Venafro filmed his scenes for the first season episode "Two Days and Two Nights" on Wednesday 27 March 2002 on Paramount Stage 9.
Venafro attended the George Mason University and graduated with a BA in Broadcasting. He also studied at the University of Reading in England and is a member of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) and the Screen Actors Guild (SAG).
Beside Enterprise, Venafro had parts in episodes of Arrest & Trial (2000), That's So Raven, Stripmall, The Orlando Jones Show (2003), Cold Case (2004, with Michelle Krusiec), and Campus Ladies (2006). His film credits include the action film Lethal Force (2001), the television special Last Laugh '04 (2004), the comedy The Holiday (2006), and the short comedy Learning to Score (2007). In addition he had a parts in Mary J. Blige's music video No More Drama and in Baha Men's music video Move It Like This, worked as an internet radion DJ, and has lent his skills to various commercials for products and companies such as Volkswagen and Hewlett Packard.
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