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The United States Navy Tissue Bank is generally accepted as the first full tissue banking service of its kind in the world although it is not the largest or only tissue bank today.
Most medical schools need donated bodies for teaching students about the anatomy and physiology of the body, as well as how to perform medical procedures. There are no upper age limits for donating your body to science. Each school has different policies and procedures for donated bodies.
Act 368 of the Public Acts of Michigan 1978, Article 10, Part 101, authorizes an individual to will their body to a medical institution. Medical institutions will only accept a full body, meaning the body cannot be used for organ donation prior to body donation because it would leave the body incomplete. At the time of death, the institution where the body is being donated to should be contacted as soon as possible. The decision to accept or reject the donation will be made at that time. A body could be turned away if it has already begun decomposing, the person was extremely obese, recent surgery was conducted, thoughts of possible contagious disease or severe trauma to the body occurred. There is no an age restriction as long as the donor or the donor’s legal representative gives consent. It is very uncommon for a school to turn down a body due to having an adequate supply; they are always in high demand. At Michigan State University people can choose whether to donate their body for three years or without any restriction as to the length of time. A body donated for an indefinite period can be used for educational purposes as long as it remains an effective teaching tool. At the end of that time the body is cremated and the family's instructions for disposition are followed.
In Brazil, the Brazilian Legal Code allows teaching to be done on cadavers that are unclaimed from the Institutes of Forensic Medicine. This means that if a family does not claim a body, it gets put to use for teaching purposes. The number of cadavers available for teaching has declined in Brazil due to an increasing number of families choosing to claim their relative's body. Many Brazilians are unaware that a body can be voluntarily donated to a university after death, which also contributes to the shortage of cadavers for teaching. In 2008, a program officially started at The Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Algre making body donation official and also creating terms that the donor must agree to so that the program does not come under legal trouble. This provides the university background information about the donor as well, which may be beneficial to research or use of the body.
In the Netherlands, organ donation and whole body donation are regulated by two separate acts and have distinct differences. The Organ Donation Act regulates organ donation in the Netherlands during life and after death. The Burial and Cremation Act regulates whole body donation. This document states that body donation to science is a third party option of body disposal. Organ donors are actively recruited by the Dutch government whereas body donors are not. A contract must be signed by both the institute and the donor to donate one's body. After organ donation, the body is returned to the family for burial or cremation. Whole body donation uses the entire body and no part of it is returned to the family. Any remains from scientific study are cremated.
There are different types of body donations that involve different organs. Organ donation and whole body donation are not one and the same. The body needs to be complete in order for many medical institutions to accept the bodies. This means that specific organ donation may not occur before a whole body is donated.
Blood, bone marrow, eye, kidney, liver, lung, pancreas, and tissue are acceptable organs for donation.
A Willed Body Donation program is a program that allows people to donate their bodies after death. Most U.S. tissue bank companies get their supply of cadaver tissue through Willed Body Donation programs run by the tissue bank itself.
These programs then charge their customers (mainly medical instrument companies) for services associated with preparation of the cadaver tissue (e.g. transportation, refrigeration, and recovery) rather than charging money for the donated tissue itself, though it is not illegal to do so for non-transplant and or research organizations per the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act as it is for transplant and/or therapy.
The American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB) is the most recognized accrediting body for American tissue banks.
Many universities across the U.S. also offer tissue to surgical training facilities meant for medical research and education on cadaveric specimens. Most universities obtain this tissue through their own whole body donation programs.
In 1991, Dr. Hans Burchard of the AATB stated that over 300,000 musculoskeletal grafts are transplanted annually.
At the first European Conference on Problems of Tissue Banking and Clinical Applications, held in Berlin on Oct 24-26, 1991, many European countries joined together to adapt common practices regarding tissue banks and the European Association of Tissue Banks was created.
In Eastern Europe, the Humboldt University Medical School has had a tissue bank since 1956 and supplied 50,000 bone grafts to more than 250 hospitals between 1956 and 1991.
Throughout Europe, the European Bone Bank Foundation, Bone Implant Services, and the Euro-Skin Bank are a few organizations that prepare donated grafts for surgery.
Pakistan, Indonesia, Bangladesh, and Malaysia use amnion in reconstructive surgery and burns.
Body brokers are firms or individuals that buy and sell cadaver human body parts for use of research. Trade in these body parts is performed in a manner similar to other raw materials, though many brokers insist they charge fees as opposed to selling body parts.
House Bill 4341 was passed in 2014 regarding permission given to all schools in Michigan to receive cadavers for the promotion of education. The medical school must have a mortuary license. The law protects the bodies to be used from anything other than learning purposes. The school has to be credited by the Department of Community Health in order to receive a body and to be able to practice on it. There is a limit to the number of cadavers they have at one point in time at the house.
At the University of Washington, a body may be refused if there are signs of decomposition, severe trauma, infectious diseases, significant bedsores, obesity, jaundice, recent surgeries, or autopsied remains. The University of Washington’s School of Medicine has a continuing need for donated bodies to the Willed Body Program and accepts bodies of ages 18 years and older anywhere and only in the state of Washington. The School of Medicine is to be notified immediately at time of death. If the potential donor family does not call at this time, the donation is cancelled. The family is to be informed of any and all decisions made regarding body donation. When the study is complete, the cremated remains are either buried at the university community plot or are sent to the person on the Donor Registration Form, both at no cost.
Families will not receive compensation for the body donation. The school will typically pay for cremation costs, transportation costs and embalming. The family takes over cost responsibility of embalming if they request a funeral and the funeral home provides this service. The family is also responsible in making alternate arrangements for final disposition if the donation cannot be completed for reasons previously stated.
Anatomy is taught in the first year of most medical schools and serves as the foundation for many other courses during a medical student’s education. The donated bodies are used in anatomy labs as a learning tool giving students hands on experience. According to research done, the use of real bodies as opposed to computer stimulation has produced a better understanding of anatomy in students. The research, appearing in Anatomical Sciences Education, compared the use of cadaver based learning and computer based learning of human body structures. This research showed higher scores on anatomy exams for students using cadavers for learning opposed to computer stimulation. Uses for the bodies include teaching other health fields as well, such as nursing or physical therapy. Current physicians use bodies to study new surgical procedures before practicing on live patients. The cadaver should be donated to the nearest medical school and not cross state lines. Faculty, staff, and students of health professions are authorized to use the anatomy lab and outsiders are restricted access. Outside of the medical field, bodies can be used for research to increase safety in military, law enforcement, sports and transportation crashes.
There is no common model used between organizations to determine whether utilization of cadaveric images is ethical or not. There is no agreement made with the donor about images being taken or used for any purposes after death so current practice is that the choice is up to the organization in possession of the cadaver. If images of a cadaver were to end up in the wrong hands,[clarification needed] there are no laws or guidelines in place as to what can be done with the images. Technology makes up a large portion of information transfer so it is likely that this could happen through hacking or misappropriation of images.
In one study published by Clinical Anatomy, doctors unanimously agreed that willed body donations are important for teaching and learning purposes, but only 52% of male doctors consented to donation of their own body and only 29% of female doctors consented. This study found that the actions of doctors while in anatomy labs and other areas where they have been exposed to a cadaver have led them to avoid donating their own bodies.
Willed body donation programs do not always run smoothly, as is evident in the 2004 case against UCLA for distribution of body parts to other companies under the pretense that they had already been tested for infectious diseases. Specifically, Johnson & Johnson was purchasing body parts from the director of UCLA’s willed body program at a steep price. The representative from Johnson & Johnson claimed that he had no reason to suspect that the body parts were distributed to him illegally.
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Nawazuddin Siddiqui has done several jobs before becoming an actor and even worked as a watchman once.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui had lived life the hard way before entering Bollywood. He once worked as a watchman during his struggling days and now will be playing the role of a failed actor in his next.
Ever since Nawazuddin Siddiqui appeared in Sujoy Ghosh’s Kahaani, he has not had to look back. The actor even went on to win the National Award recently for his performance in Gangs Of Wasseypur. However, as ironical as it may sound the actor apparently will be playing the role of a failed actor in Dibakar Banerjee’s film.
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Straddling the North Carolina – South Carolina border, Farmstead Golf Links is truly a cut above the typical Grand Strand course. Its most distinguishing feature is the mammoth 767 yard, 18th hole, a par 6 that begins in South Carolina and ends in North Carolina.While the dual-state 18th hole is the stuff that golf dreams are made of, it is complemented by 17 other holes that also deliver their own brand of charm and challenge. As the course layout rolls over the natural contours of the land, it provides countless views of the area’s native grasses and sparkling lakes. Playable for golfers of all skill levels, this par 72 designed by Willard Byrd with enhancements by Dave Johnson offers five sets of tees and three par 3s on the backside.
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For students interested in the Accelerated Track, the minimum overall (cumulative) GPA must be 3.0 from your previous degree. A grade of ‘C’ must be earned in all prerequisites and required course work for the BSN program.
I took Civics during my 1st bachelor’s degree, do I still need to take it?
Based on information given from the FAU Registrar’s office; if a student graduated from a Florida State college or community college then they do not have to complete the Civics requirement.
What does the track cost?
Tuition cost is per credit hour along with required fees. Tuition information can be found in the FAU University Catalog under Tuition, Fees, and Refunds.
There are scholarships available. Please click on Financial Aid & Student Scholarships.
What if I have completed all items and am ready to apply to Nursing CAS?
If an applicant has all items completed, then they can go directly into the Nursing CAS application and apply to the program. Applicants no longer need an FAU email address to apply.
Do I need to apply to FAU first before going into Nursing CAS?
No. Only applicants who are offered a seat in the nursing program will have to apply to FAU and send their transcripts to the university admissions office– this occurs only after a seat has been offered.
What if I still have prerequisites left, and need to speak to an advisor?
What are the hours of the program (or how much time will be involved)?
Depending upon the study, you will spend approximately 24 - 40 hours per week in classes and clinical nursing practice, which does not include study time. Study time is in addition to the 40 hours. For the Accelerated and Traditional tracks, we do not recommend working while in the BSN program. For the Freshmen Direct Admission track, students may be able to work during the freshmen year; however, during sophomore, junior and senior years after that we do not recommend working while in the BSN program.
Our nursing practice sites are dependent on the location and may vary year to year. In general, nursing practice courses are from 6:30 am to 7pm and are at least 3 days per week and it is possible that there will be clinical nursing practice on weekends.
A general rule of thumb for study time is for each credit hour, a student needs to study/complete assignments three hours to earn a ‘C’. So, for courses that are classroom (didactic) for 12 credit hours, a student needs to study 36 hours per week to earn ‘C’s.
Do I have to take my prerequisites at FAU?
Students can take pre-requisites at another school and apply to FAU once completed. However, priority may be given to students who are FAU natives (have taken 30+ credit hours/pre-requisites at FAU). All prerequisites must be successfully completed at the time of application.
Do you have dorms on campus?
FAU has dorms. If you are interested in living on campus, please contact the FAU Department of Housing and Residential Education.
Will I need to send immunization records for FAU Student Health?
Immunization information is at: http://www.fau.edu/shs/.
Will I be required to complete a background check and drug testing?
Part of the admission process is that each student must undergo a background check and drug testing. You will be given more information about this as you progress through the process (Background Check & Health Records).
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Hot chocolate can warm your body. Chicken soup can calm your soul. But what is the solution for a bored and depressed mind? Winter days such as we have been having the past few weeks can bring out the best or the worst in people.
Oklahomans are generally skeptical about venturing out into twenty-below weather. When a case of cramped family combines with the winter blues, strange things are bound to happen. We find ourselves stuck doing more laundry than usual. The house starts to smell like cookies every day. Suddenly the old Disney movie obsession pops up. Why? Because when we step outside, we are suddenly reminded of the Arctic, a strange and scary place most humans have never been. Our minds want to hibernate. They wish to fantasize about a world where the weather and the characters inhabiting it are warm and welcoming.
Nevertheless, instead of using time to plan ahead, get fitter or get more connected, we settle for coziness. Rather than succumbing to the 2014 Winter Blues, why not beat them? Take the opportunity to try something new this winter. If you have the courage to undertake the icy roads, you should find some entertainment outside your home. Recently, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast the Musical, was in town for the weekend of February 14th -16th at the Civic Center Music Hall in Oklahoma City. This type of indoor activity provides great outlets for energy and entertainment during cold days.
Another way to beat the winter blues is to avoid using food as an antidepressant. It is easy to gain extra weight during this weather. Laziness likes to set in, it is dark and cloudy outside. We forget how close spring is and decide to get that second helping of cherry pie with ice cream. Cupcakes call our name louder than usual. “This will cheer you up,” your stomach says. And indeed, it is true. For hundreds of years food has been known to be a great morale-booster for survival. But this is not WWI, the ice age or the zombie apocalypse. Food is plentiful and there is no need to stock up for winter. If you learn to depend on food for comfort during the winter months, it will be hard to quit when summer comes.
Furthermore, get active. Experts say walking is cheap therapy. Pick an indoor activity with a start and ending point so you can set a goal. Search for a gym in your area that offers diverse classes such as Zumba, Yoga or cardio kickboxing. You could also join a fitness club. The number of personal trainers for both men and women has steadily increased and makes being active even easier.
Additionally, pet therapy is sometimes the best bet for people who do not like getting out in winter weather. If you own a dog or a cat that you have a strong bond with already, this will become an easy task. Look up pet tricks and or games online. There are a surprising number of articles on creative pet sports. Overall, the real key to beating the 2014 winter blues is to find activities that will be fun and provide a mental challenge while avoiding the temptations of hibernation.
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ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals have signed free agent defenseman Dustin Stevenson to a three-year entry-level contract beginning next season, vice president and general manager George McPhee announced today.
Stevenson, 20, is a 6’5”, 220-pound native of Gull Lake, Saskatchewan, who plays for the La Ronge Ice Wolves of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL). The La Ronge captain was named the SJHL Player of the Year after posting 47 points (11 goals, 36 assists) and 134 penalty minutes in 56 games. He finished third among league defensemen in scoring and tied for eighth in the league in penalty minutes.
Stevenson and the Ice Wolves are currently playing in the SJHL’s Credit Union Cup Finals. He leads all SJHL defensemen with 17 points (seven goals, 10 assists) in 17 playoff games. The winner of the Credit Union Cup will face the winner of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League for the Anavet Cup.
Stevenson has spent three seasons with La Ronge, totaling 99 points (28 goals, 71 assists) and 323 penalty minutes in 163 regular-season games.
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Financial, Inc., and GMAC Mortgage, LLC. If you are a homeowner struggling to pay your mortgage or facing foreclosure, or if you have already lost your home to foreclosure, it is possible that this settlement could help you. Not every homeowner will qualify for relief under this settlement. Those who do qualify may receive various forms of relief depending on their individual circumstances. For information about the National Mortgage Settlement, please see the California Attorney General’s press release and FAQ document. The federal government also has a National Mortgage Settlement web site with additional details.
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Anyone else have this on constant rotation right now?
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For more information, please see the Pest Management Update flyer.
Did you know, the older the caterpillar gets the wider the strip is? We mainly see the Wooly Bear Caterpillar in the fall. These caterpillars are not poisonous and are safe for kids to play with. For more information about the Wooly Bear Caterpillar please view the Hands on Gardening video: The Wooly Bear Caterpillar.
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The Micra is the top-selling hatchback by the Japanese multinational automaker, Nissan. With timely upgrades, the present generation Micra still holds the position of the top-selling Nissan vehicle in this segment. It is an affordable car with striking features and good quality.
The inside of the Micra Active looks premium with an all-black piano finish theme. The dash features a piano-black central console. The cabin is spacious with adequate head/shoulder/leg room for all the occupants. The upholstery is of good quality and feels premium. The central console houses a refined audio system with USB/Aux-in/hands free Bluetooth along with a remote control, four speaker and roof antenna.
For the comfort and convenience features, Nissan has equipped the Micra with steering wheel audio with hands free control, tilt steering, rear power window, i-key with push button start, tachometer, drive computer front power window with driver side auto—up and anti-pinch.
The Nissan Micra Active is powered by a 1.2L DOHC 12 valve 3-cylinder petrol engine which churns out 68Ps of power and a peak torque of 104Nm, and comes mated with a 5-speed manual transmission.
The Micra Active features height adjustable driver seat.
The ride and handling is also sorted with McPherson Strut suspension in the front and torsion beam suspension at the rear. The Micra Active is equipped with front ventilated disc brakes and rear drum brakes.
For the safety purpose, a driver’s airbag is available as standard in all variants, while the top-end variant gets a passenger air bag too, along with ABS with EBD, brake assist, immobilizer, speed sensing auto door lock and seat-belt or key warning indicator.
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According to reliable sources, such as MI6, Baron Munchausen and Geppetto’s son, the deceased Labour leader was seen acting ‘suspiciously dead’ in the vicinity of a recent poison attack. Despite having alibi witnesses – like his coroner – Mr Foot is accused of spying for Russia and by implication having helped Jeremy Corbyn make ‘lefty jam’.
The very personification of a ‘sleeper agent’, Mr. Foot is alleged to have lain very still in Golders Green Crematorium since 2010. However, once contacted by his Moscow handlers, Mr. Foot set about terrorising the people of Salisbury with Marxist ideas, such as a national health service, free at the point of delivery.
While alive Mr. Foot was charged by ‘The Times’ for being a communist, fascist and wearer of donkey jackets. Although subsequent court cases proved Rupert Murdoch to have committed libel and to be a complete failure at recognising a duffle coat.
Three of the last ten Labour Leaders were known Soviet spies, while the others were simply Tories. Meanwhile, Salisbury remains a favourite haunt for fans of spires and espionage; said one MI6 operative: ‘The suspect may have been exposed to nerve agent, so keep on the look out for anyone with one Foot in the grave’.
This entry was posted on September 24, 2018 by Wrenfoe in International Defense and tagged Comedy News, Flib News, Labour, Michael Foot, Russia, Satire.
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When it comes to having a sense of security about salvation the two most common questions people have are “Am I really saved?” and “Can I lose my salvation?” The answer to the second question is a lot easier than the answer to the first. We’ll come back to the issue of whether or not you can lose your salvation tomorrow but first, let’s be sure you really are saved.
Only you and God can know for sure if you really are saved. However, I can offer you some insights that you may find helpful. First of all, as Jesus taught in Matthew 18:14, it is not God’s desire for anyone to be lost. That’s the starting place for this discussion. God does not want anyone to be separated from Him for eternity. The Bible, from start to finish, is all about salvation. It’s about God drawing people to Himself. Matthew 18:14 is just one of the many places where Jesus helps us to understand the heart of the Father about this. God is even more concerned about your salvation than you are.
Second, it is the job of the Holy Spirit to draw people to faith in Christ so they can be saved. That is one of His primary roles on earth. “When he (the Holy Spirit) comes, he will convict the world about sin, righteousness, and judgment.” (John 16:8). And, “When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth.” (John 16:13).
There are other verses that teach the same lesson about the role of the Spirit in drawing people to Jesus, but I think you get the point. All throughout your life the Holy Spirit works to create opportunities for you to be exposed to the truth of the Gospel, and He creates situations that help you to appreciate your need for a Savior – all to draw you to faith in Jesus. This is a direct result of the Father’s desire that none be lost. This doesn’t mean that all will be saved, but it does mean that the Father wants all to have the opportunity to place their faith in Christ for the forgiveness of their sins.
God wants your salvation even more than you do. Therefore if you have ever had that moment in time (as we discussed in yesterday’s devotional), when you made a sincere profession of faith in Jesus for the forgiveness of your sins, then you are saved. God loves you and He wants you in heaven with Him. He sent His Son Jesus to pay the penalty for your sins, and then He sent the Holy Spirit to draw you to faith in Jesus. So if your profession of faith was sincere then you are saved.
Now the question is whether or not you can lose your salvation once you have it. We will discuss that tomorrow.
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"I could barely walk," he said. "I couldn't sit. Couldn't lay down. I really couldn't do much of anything.
"Luckily, I had the procedure on my back, which gave me a chance at having a normal life. But then all of a sudden, I realized I could actually swing a golf club again. I felt if I could somehow piece this together that I still had the hands to do it. The body's not the same as it was a long time ago, but I still have good hands."
Woods, in his newest green jacket, used those hands to lift the Masters trophy Sunday as he stood in the middle of the Augusta putting green, which was encircled by thousands of fans chanting his name. At 43, he became the second-oldest Masters winner behind Jack Nicklaus, who was 46 when he won in 1986.
Woods set a record for the longest period between Masters wins. It had been 14 years since his last victory in 2005, beating the mark of 13 years held by Gary Player (1961-74).
"A big 'well done' from me to Tiger," Nicklaus tweeted after the win. "I am so happy for him and for the game of golf. This is just fantastic!!!"
Woods shot a 2-under-par 70, with three birdies on his final six holes, to overtake 54-hole leader Francesco Molinari – who outdueled him in last year's British Open – and edge Dustin Johnson, Xander Schauffele and Brooks Koepka by one stroke.
Every other time Woods had won a major, he began the final round with at least a share of the lead. This was the first time he overcame a 54-hole deficit to prevail.
Sports history is replete with comeback stories, among them golfer Ben Hogan returning from a car accident that nearly killed him to win the 1950 U.S. Open, George Foreman stepping back into the boxing ring at 45, and quarterback Peyton Manning winning a Super Bowl after being sidelined by four neck surgeries. Woods weathered a messy divorce, a DUI arrest and a career that had corkscrewed into the ground.
"It's crazy," said fellow golfer Rickie Fowler, who finished tied for ninth. "I have no doubt this is going to be his most special one yet. To get his 15th (major) after a lot of years away from competitive golf, to be in a position where he wasn't sure he'd be able to play again, it's cool stuff."
As he was leaving the course and heading for a cart to take him to the media center, Woods spotted a familiar face in the crowd, Hal Jacobs of La Jolla, Calif., and gave him a bear hug that lifted him off his feet. The two have become friends in recent years after playing in a pro-am tournament together.
"We were with him three years ago when he could barely walk," said Jacobs, owner of Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa. "And now for him to come back and win the most important tournament in the world for him is just amazing.
"Even at that time three years ago, we were having dinner with him and he was saying, 'I just need one hot streak.' It was really important for him to get back out there."
In September, Woods picked up his first victory since 2013 when he won the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. But that wasn't the magnitude of winning a major.
Woods – who has gone from an excitable, fist-pumping icon to a calmer, guarded, more introspective father – said he was determined to win a major for his children. They saw him lose a final-round British Open lead to Molinari last July in Carnoustie, Scotland.
"I wasn't going to let that happen to them twice," he said with a smile. "So for them to see what it's like for their dad to win a major championship, I hope that's something they will never forget."
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2019-04-23T12:28:10Z
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https://www.sacbee.com/sports/golf/article229259979.html
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Bronze medallist earlier in the year in Argentina, Sharon Alguetti of the United States emerged as the somewhat surprise winner of the Junior Boys’ Singles title at the 2017 Serbia Junior and Cadet Open in Belgrade on Thursday 5th October.
The no.4 seed, at the final hurdle he beat India’s Manav Vikash Thakkar, the top seed and having won the previous week in Slovenia, very much the man in form; the 16 year old American emerged successful in hard fought seven games duel (11-7, 12-10, 6-11, 14-12, 8-11, 8-11, 11-7).
A career first ITTF World Junior Circuit Boys’ Singles title, in the latter stages Sharon Alguetti accounted Romania’s Paul Mladin (12-10, 11-5, 4-11, 11-5, 12-10), before overcoming Bulgaria’s Stefan Todorov (11-4, 11-8, 11-5, 11-7) and India’s Manush Utpalbhai Shah, the no.5 seed (11-3, 11-7, 4-11, 11-7, 11-8) to reserve his place in the final.
Notably, Manush Utpalbhai Shah was a player very much in form, at the quarter-final stage, by the very narrowest of margins, he had beaten Portugal’s José Pedro Francisco, the no.2 seed (5-11, 7-11, 11-5, 12-10, 6-11, 11-5, 12-10).
Impressive from Sharon Alguetti on his path to the final, it was the same from Manav Vikash Thakkar. He accounted for the Czech Republic’s Tomas Koldas (11-6, 11-5, 11-5, 7-11, 11-4) and Sweden’s Jonathan Thimon (11-8, 11-4, 11-5, 11-6), prior to reserving his place in the final courtesy of success in opposition to Portugal’s Vitor Amorin, the no.6 seed (11-6, 11-7, 11-4, 11-4).
Defeat for Vitor Amorin but like his colleague, José Pedro Francisco, he had impressed. In the round of the last eight he had recovered from a three games to nil deficit to beat Ireland’s Owen Cathcart, the no.10 seed (8-11, 10-12, 6-11, 11-9, 15-13, 11-6, 11-6), the second round winner in opposition to Canada’s Jeremy Hazin, the no.3 seed (11-4, 11-6, 11-8, 6-11, 11-9).
An earlier than expected departure for Jeremy Hazin; in the Junior Boys’ Doubles event, life was very different.
Partnering Paul Mladin and occupying the third seeded position in the draw, the duo secured the title at the final expense of Manush Utpalbhai Shah and Manav Vikash Thakkar, the top seeds. They emerged successful by the very narrowest of five game margins (11-7, 9-11, 11-6, 11-13, 12-10).
Earlier at the semi-final stage, Paul Mladin and Jeremy Hazin had beaten the combination of Ireland’s Owen Cathcart and Montenegro’s Filip Radovic, the no.6 seeds (11-3, 11-9, 11-9); in the opposite half of the draw Manush Utpalbhai Shah and Manav Vikash Thakkar had ousted Portugal’s Samuel da Silva and Tiago Li, the no.5 seeds (11-5, 11-6, 9-11, 11-5).
The Junior Boys’ Singles and Junior Boys’ Doubles events over, attention now turns to the Junior Girls’ Team and Cadet Girls’ Team competitions.
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2019-04-26T12:09:21Z
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https://www.ittf.com/2017/10/06/sharon-alguetti-responds-wins-belgrade/
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George Valentin: [first lines, heard in one of his films] I won't talk! I won't say a word!
Q: To whom is the film dedicated?
Q: Why didn't George Valentin make talkies?
I managed to catch a screening of this at Cannes, and if you're thinking about skipping this film because it's silent and black and white, you're going to be missing out on a very special experience.
Everything about this film is exceptional. The acting is top-notch, the story is intriguing, and despite being black and white, the film is visually appealing. The filmmakers really make great use of the medium, and even though there are no voices or color, my interest was never lost.
Jean Dujardin gives a great performance. You like him instantly and, without giving too much away, you want him to succeed. This movie is really chock full of great actors and actresses. You'll see some familiar faces, but they all blend in well with the world of the film.
I really don't know a whole lot about the director Michel Hazanavicius, but after seeing this film I'm definitely interested in seeing what he does next.
233 of 340 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you?
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2019-04-22T18:45:48Z
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1655442/
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U.S. Foods Full of Banned Ingredients.
Digitization process for human ears. The anatomy of a 5 year-old female was scanned (A, D), processed to remove noise (B, E), and digitally sculpted to obtain via 3D-printed ears that look and act like the real thing.
Subretinal implant (credit: K. Stingl et al./Proc. Royal Soc. B) German and Hungarian researchers have brought sight to nine blind patients with hereditary via New retinal implant gives sight to nine blind people.
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2019-04-21T20:22:19Z
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https://nuggets4u.wordpress.com/2013/02/
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SAN DIEGO, Apr. 07, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Shareholders Foundation, Inc. announces that a lawsuit was filed on behalf of certain purchasers of shares of Inogen Inc (Nasdaq:INGN) over alleged Federal Securities Laws Violations by Inogen in connection with certain allegedly false and misleading statements.
Investors who purchased a significant amount of shares of Inogen Inc (Nasdaq:INGN) between November 12, 2014 and March 11, 2015, and/or investors who purchased any (Nasdaq:INGN) shares prior to November 2014 and continue to hold any of those shares, have certain options and for certain investors are short and strict deadlines running. Deadline: May 12, 2015. (Nasdaq:INGN) investors should contact the Shareholders Foundation at [email protected] or call +1(858) 779 - 1554.
The plaintiff claims that Inogen made certain allegedly false and/or misleading statements about the accuracy of Inogen’s financial statements and the effectiveness of Inogen’s disclosure controls and procedures. Furthermore, the plaintiff alleges that Inogen failed to disclose material weaknesses in its internal controls over financial reporting.
On March 11, 2015, Inogen Inc announced that during the first quarter of 2015 certain potential accounting matters were discovered by management, which prompted the Audit Committee, with the assistance of independent advisors, to commence an internal investigation. Shares of Inogen Inc (INGN) declined to as low as $30.53 per share on March 12, 2015.
The lawsuit seeks to recover damages for certain Inogen investors.
Those who purchased Inogen Inc (Nasdaq:INGN) shares have certain options and should contact the Shareholders Foundation, Inc. by e-mail at [email protected] or call +1 (858) 779-1554.
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2019-04-23T04:39:36Z
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https://www.cnbc.com/2015/04/07/globe-newswire-deadline-in-lawsuit-for-investors-in-inogen-inc-nasdaqingn-shares-announced-by-shareholders-foundation.html
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From I-90, take US Hwy 97 north to US Hwy 2, turn left to town.
Oktoberfest, but buildings always look Bavarian.
Fake Bavaria really shines around Christmastime.
Leavenworth, Washington is a Bavarian town that hold a huge Oktoberfest Festival every year for several weekends throughout September and October. All of the buildings in town have a Bavarian theme. Even McDonald's and Starbucks have conformed to the theme by altering their fonts and logos to fit. During Oktoberfest there is Lederhosen as far as the eye can see.
Don't miss the Nutcracker Museum while in town.
Nutcracker Museum, Leavenworth, WA - < 1 mi.
Giant Suit of Armor, Leavenworth, WA - < 1 mi.
Cashmere Museum and Pioneer Village, Cashmere, WA - 11 mi.
Statue of the Sign Language Chimp, Ellensburg, WA - 42 mi.
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2019-04-18T17:20:07Z
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https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/30883
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2019-04-22T12:48:02Z
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A promotional photo of Jeff Ray.
Published Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014 | 4:07 p.m.
Updated Monday, Jan. 20, 2014 | 11:22 a.m.
A well-liked and highly respected artist in the Las Vegas entertainment community and a member of the “Jersey Boys” family has died, killed in an almost unfathomable tragedy Saturday afternoon near Seattle.
Jeff Ray, a busy musician in Las Vegas who played guitar nightly in “Jersey Boys” and, occasionally, was the show’s onstage drummer, was killed when he was hit by an Amtrak commuter train in the Seattle suburb of Auburn. The 42-year-old musician was in the area to perform with the Top 40 cover band The Jone$ at Muckleshoot Casino in Auburn.
On Saturday afternoon, Ray and Trina Willardson, who is the manager of the band and the wife of Jason Tanzer, a Las Vegas musician and the founder of Dustree Productions that booked the band on this two-night appearance, walked through an open crossing to an area where Mount Rainier could be seen in the background. Willardson is a photographer who takes publicity shots of local entertainment acts, and Ray had needed updated promotional photos for an upcoming CD.
According to a blog posted on the Seattle Times website, an Auburn police commander said the train was traveling 79 mph while heading southbound from Seattle to Portland, and Ray was unable to move out of the way of the Amtrak Cascades train. It was reportedly the second fatality on Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad property in Washington's King County this year.
In the Times blog, a BNSF spokesman said, “We cannot emphasize enough how important that the public realize that the trains move on any track, at any time, at any direction. Please be aware of our no-trespassing policy." There were no other injuries among the 130 passengers. The train continued to Auburn and stopped, and the passengers were rerouted to Seattle by bus.
Word of Ray’s death spread rapidly among his friends and fellow artists in Las Vegas. “Jersey Boys” music director Keith Thompson has worked with Ray, a particularly gifted jazz guitarist who could play any genre, regularly since 2011.
Ray played second guitar, to Jimmy McIntosh’s first guitar; the chief distinction in “Jersey Boys” is that the first-guitar performer is the one seen onstage. But Ray often took the first-guitar role and also was the onstage drummer in the show whenever needed.
"He was a utility player in the show, but he was a lot more than that," Thompson said. "He was a brilliant man."
McIntosh says his friend and bandmate was a serious student of the instrument.
"Jeff was interested in rock, but he was always studying jazz," McIntosh said by phone today. "For a younger-generation guy, he was a very sophisticated jazz player. Sometimes we tend to stay at a plateau as musicians, but he was the rare guy who was always studying, nonstop."
Originally from Ohio, Ray moved to Las Vegas after living in Harlem as an adult and performed at lounges at Mandalay Bay, Wynn Las Vegas, Bellagio, MGM Grand, Palazzo, Paris Las Vegas, Excalibur and Stratosphere. He’s played in the bands for Boyz II Men at Flamingo, “Mamma Mia!” and “Disney’s The Lion King” at Mandalay Bay, “Vegas! The Show” at Saxe Theater in Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood, “Sinatra, Dance With Me” at Encore Theater in Wynn Las Vegas and often performed with Skye Dee Miles and her band at Tropicana Lounge.
Ray long maintained an affiliation with the jazz quintet The Onus, with whom he recorded three CDs, and taught jazz guitar studies at UNLV. He also was often called onstage to jam with Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns, further reinforcing his status as one of the city’s great musicians.
Ray's mother, Alice Chumbley Ray Lora, also posted a message on her son's Facebook page. "My only consolation is that Jeff was at his peak in so many wonderful ways and that he died taking photos, something he loved."
Plans for a celebration of life for Ray are to begin this week.
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2019-04-22T21:19:51Z
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https://lasvegassun.com/blogs/kats-report/2014/jan/19/jeff-ray-member-jersey-boys-band-killed-after-bein/
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Chris Christie repeatedly told President Trump not to tweet about special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, the former New Jersey governor and off-and-on Trump confidant said on TV Tuesday morning.
Michael Flynn, Trump’s national security adviser, had been dismissed by the president the day before for lying to Vice President Mike Pence about his contacts during the transition with Sergey Kislyak, the Russian ambassador to the United States.
“What do you mean? Flynn met with the Russians. That was the problem. I fired Flynn. It’s over,” Trump replied.
“That’s right, firing Flynn ends the whole Russia thing,” Kushner said, according to Christie.
Valentine’s Day 2019 will be in just over two weeks, and there’s no indication the Russia investigation will be over, much less forgotten, by then.
Christie, who was reportedly considered for several positions in Trump’s Cabinet, did not mince words when discussing the people who have been giving Trump strategic and legal advice.
The president did not heed Christie’s advice.
Since Feb. 14, 2017, Trump has tweeted about Mueller, Russia or the special counsel’s investigation — which the president frequently describes as a “witch hunt” — at least 92 times.
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2019-04-20T04:47:13Z
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https://news.yahoo.com/chris-christie-says-told-trump-stop-tweeting-russia-probe-151421531.html
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First, I did not receive the alert for virtual school.
Next, I received the alert for cyber school, but there were no relevant items.
Finally, I also did not receive the alert for K-12 online learning.
So nothing to report this week.
First, I received the alert for virtual school, but there were no relevant items.
Next, I also received the alert for cyber school, and again there were no relevant items.
Finally, I did not receive the alert for K-12 online learning.
First, the alert for virtual school.
AB- Learning sciences is an interdisciplinary field that studies teaching and learning. The sciences of learning include cognitive science, educational psychology, computer science, anthropology, sociology, neuroscience, and other fields. The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences, first published in 2006, shows how educators can use the learning sciences to design more effective learning environments – including school classrooms and also informal settings such as science centers or after-school clubs, on-line distance learning, and computer-based tutoring software. The chapters in this handbook each describe exciting new classroom environments, based on the latest science about how children learn. CHLS is a true handbook in that readers can use it to design the schools of the future – schools that will prepare graduates to participate in a global society that is increasingly based on knowledge and innovation.
Next, the alert for cyber school.
1. TI- Online self-paced high-school class size and student achievement.
Next, I did not receive the alert for cyber school.
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2019-04-20T18:22:59Z
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https://virtualschooling.wordpress.com/tag/ebsco/
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I hope everyone enjoyed the lovely weather this weekend and all the Fathers enjoyed Father’s Day with their families!
Sunday, June 19th was our Father’s Day Pool BBQ and Entertainment! We had a packed crowd and a wonderful performance by Benjamin; who showed us magic tricks and more!
Get excited for our next Poolside event which is Saturday, July 3rd from 1:00-4:00 PM!
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2019-04-18T18:44:37Z
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https://www.baskingridgecc.com/2016/06/20/fathers-day-pool-bbq/
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Last edited by Tonio; 02-05-2019 at 04:03 PM.
Last edited by vetsvette2002; 02-05-2019 at 04:19 PM.
Yup - they have Amanda!
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2019-04-23T20:31:07Z
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https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c1-and-c2-corvettes/4239175-which-would-you-pick.html
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Critics Consensus: From the riveting opening scene to its electrifying final moments, "init1.asec" is packed with consequential moments that set the stage for Elliot's future.
Critic Consensus: From the riveting opening scene to its electrifying final moments, "init1.asec" is packed with consequential moments that set the stage for Elliot's future.
Say what you will about Mr. Robot, but it rarely if ever does anything without a purpose. I can't think of one gun Sam Esmail has brought into center-frame he didn't eventually fire.
This week's episode belongs to Darlene, and its a great showcase for Carly Chaiken.
This week's Mr. Robot opened with a blast from the past, in the form of a flashback that answered some questions we perhaps didn't know we had.
When a show is taking place as much inside the main character's head as Mr. Robot is at the moment, this length is incredibly hard to sustain without feeling the weight of every minute ticking by.
Similar to last week's episode, "init1.asec" answered several questions we forgot we wanted to know.
"eps2.2_init_1.asec" was a another thrilling episode.
This week's hour-long episode, entitled "eps2.2_init1.asec," (because Mr. Robot, people) is about as bright and shiny as this show is ever likely to get. We even see a real smile out of Elliot - no Adderall involved.
This episode was stuffed with information, but the most compelling moments came when Elliot and Darlene's lives started to intertwine again.
Contrary to its signature visual style, Mr. Robot delights in narrative symmetry, and tonight's episode is no exception. "eps2.2init1.asec" begins in the past and ends pointing toward the future.
Dreams provide a counterpoint to the central conceit of this episode: The chess game fought for control of Elliot's mind. Or rather, the game Elliot thinks is going to be played, and Mr. Robot knows is going to quietly end in a stalemate, time and again.
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2019-04-24T14:49:38Z
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https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/mr_robot/s02/e04
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Greetings from Smithtown, New York. We had the pleasure of having our State President, Mike Bloss, and his lovely wife Pat, stop by our lodge while he was in the area yesterday. They were accompanied by Stephen Bariteau, PER and his wife, Judy. It was a pleasure meeting them all. We had a very pleasent chat and took some pictures, one of which is posted on our website's news page.
I am looking forward to seeing them all again at the State and National Conventions later this month and in July.
I must also complement you on your web-site one of the nicest and most complete I have seen. I had visited your site and signed your guest book some years ago when I was doing research learning to be the cyber assistant. I see the posting is still there.
Sorry it took so long to get this thank you out to you but Rotterdam had a huge success with our 5th Annual Poker Run for Cerebral Palsey, largely because of your hospitality which was outstanding. Special thanks to Mike Semian and Henrietta Plominski.
This virtual website is extremely informative and easy to use! Compared to other lodge's websites, this one has so much more information on events at the lodge and information on the major activities the Elks' sponsor.
Wanted to extend a special thanks to the Elks for the car show on Sat. Oct 20th. We had a wonderful time and showed my Grandfather's car for the 1st time in 20 years. It was a very special day for us and my family was extremely please to hear that the car won 2nd in the un-restored class. I guess you can bring the old back to life. We are looking forward to next year. Thanks again for the wonderful event, it will go unforgotten.
Just checking out your webpage, very nice.
You have a beautiful site which has given us ideas for our own. Thanks.
I just learned about your sight tonight when I was looking thru the Elks Webpage Messageboard. I am interested in getting a Virtual Home Page or Cyberasst going for my lodge. I hope my lodge will look forward to it when I present it. Thanks for having me as your guest. I am now going to look at your other sight.
Hello, I've been reviwing your website, thank you for allowing your website to be used as the example. Its been a big help in my efforts to get our site up.
Just reviewing your web site and making sure you guys are still looking after my ex lodge. Keep up the good work of elkdom. All the very best to all. Alan.
It is great to see more Lodges using the VHP's features.
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https://www.elks.org/lodges/GuestBook.cfm?LodgeNumber=2466
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what ‘counts’ as suicidal thoughts/feelings?
Suicidal thoughts and intention are often paired with mental illness, although not all mentally ill people are suicidal, and not all people experiencing thoughts of suicide are mentally ill. Likewise, suicidal thoughts and feelings are not always connected to specific intention. Regardless of if you have a detailed plan, or have experienced vague thoughts without intent behind them, suicidal thoughts and feelings indicate a state of emotional stress and difficulty. It is always worth seeking help.
A safety plan is a written set of guidelines you can draft with a therapist, or someone close to you who you trust. It should include a person/hotline you can call if you are feeling suicidal, and any de-escalation techniques that work for you personally.
BeyondNow is an app for making a safety plan, and reachout has a guide to safety plans for more information.
Office Hours: 9am – 5pm, Monday to Friday and 9am – 7pm, Wednesday (except January and December).
Suicide Call Back Service – Free counselling for anyone affected by suicide. Their services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Having someone you care about express suicidal thoughts can be very distressing and overwhelming. Remember, their reaching out to you is a very positive sign. It’s important to take them seriously, even if they didn’t seem like they would be contemplating suicide to you before they told you about it. On the other end, catastrophising responses like “what would your family do?” or “but that would really hurt the people who care about you” can make the person feel attacked and overwhelmed. Stay calm and listen to what they have to say, and figure out what the best course of action is from their.
You can encourage them to reach out for professional support or to call a helpline like Lifeline (13 11 14) if they feel in need of immediate support. You can stay with them while they talk on the phone, or walk with them to counselling services (9-5pm weekdays) if you are on campus. If you are very concerned about their safety and need to let someone else know, don’t keep it a secret.
After talking to a suicidal person, you may yourself be feeling distressed and vulnerable. Talking to someone like a trusted friend or family member is a good start to processing these emotions. It’s also a good idea to talk to a GP or therapist if you feel you need further support.
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2019-04-18T16:42:58Z
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https://umsu.unimelb.edu.au/communities/disabilities/resources/suicidal-thoughts-feelings/
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Welcome to the joys of my daily work, there’s a reason for the black humour!
The leased BMW sounds like a good plan. That’s an AirBnB for a long weekend every month straight away!
Morbid but a big reality check.
There are probably things which I could have done more of or less of but there’s nothing I regret – I’ve pretty much always had a good work/life balance, have a great group of friends and on my journey to FIRE, don’t think I’m making any sacrifices.
Interesting that the risk of money running out is likely to be tiny compared to the likelihood of you being dead!
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2019-04-24T09:49:48Z
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https://thefireshrink.wordpress.com/2019/02/10/the-full-english-accompaniment-are-you-ignoring-the-biggest-risk/
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Maryland celebrates Black Business Week with a number of events in the Baltimore region.
The 18th Annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards Conference, to be held from Thursday through Saturday at the Baltimore Convention Center, is expected to have a large economic impact on the city.
More than 7,000 participants, including at least 3,500 corporate executives from out of town, are expected to attend, according to Tyrone D. Taborn, chairman and CEO of Baltimore-based Career Communications Group Inc. He also is the event's founder.
Taborn estimates the gathering will bring $10 million to the city. His firm publishes several magazines, including U.S. Black Engineer & Information Technology, Hispanic Engineer & Information Technology and Women of Color Conference Magazine.
"Superior technology will provide the future for this country, and particularly for African-American children -- but what they lack is a road map on how to fulfill their tech dreams," Taborn said. "What the Black Engineer of the Year conference does is give them real-life, relevant role models.
"The men and women we honor come from the streets of big cities and the farms of the south -- and the American experience has created the soul of their achievement," he added. "Corporate America sees the value of diversity and how it ties into their long-term competitiveness. This conference serves as a conscience to remind everyone of how critical minority talent management is."
The event -- which also includes seminars, as well as a jobs fair and trade show -- attracts students, college administrators, recruiters, scientists and engineering and IT professionals, Taborn said.
This year's Black Engineer of the Year is Anthony R. James, president and chief executive of Savannah Electric Southern Co., a Georgia-based utility company. Other honorees include Byron M. Green, a DaimlerChrysler Corp. subsidiary vice president; Angela Barbee-Hatter, an engineering manager; and Dallas Delaney, a manager for Abbott International Inc.
For more information, call 410-244-7101.
The fifth annual African-American Business Forum will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Baltimore Hyatt, 300 Light St.
Speakers include Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele, University of Maryland-Baltimore President Dr. David J. Ramsay and Joshua I. Smith, chairman of the Washington-based Coaching Group, a management consulting group.
"These events are important for information-sharing and gathering -- and they help entrepreneurs to identify sources of capital and markets for their goods and services," said Ackneil M. Muldrow II, president of the Development Credit Fund, which lends capital to small businesses.
Muldrow also is president of the Baltimore Marketing Association, which is sponsoring the forum. For more information, click here or call 410-235-4427.
The Howard County Economic Development Authority sponsors a seminar entitled "Marketing Basics for Business Growth" at 2 p.m. at the Center for Business and Technology Development in Columbia. For details, call 410-313-6550.
A town hall meeting will be held on the State of Black Business from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathedral St. For more information, call 443-858-2684.
The Greater Baltimore Committee and the Greater Baltimore Technology Council will sponsor a "2004 Biotech Series" session on venture capital funding from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the GBC's offices at 111 S. Calvert St.
Speakers include Chris Cantarella and Rene Salas of Ernst & Young LLP. For more information, call 410-727-2820.
Making vacation plans? The African American Tourism Council of Maryland can help. The group meets from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore, 300 Light St. to discuss cultural tourism. For more information, call 410-783-5469.
Learn about tourism in Maryland at a joint meeting of the Baltimore Marketing Association and the National Association of Black Accountants.
Robert L. Steele III, vice president and general manager of the Inner Harbor Hyatt Regency Hotel will discuss "The Impact of African-Americans on Tourism and the Maryland Economy."
The session takes place at 6:15 p.m. at the St. Paul's School for Girls at 11232 Falls Road in Brooklandville, near the end of the Jones Falls Expressway, in Baltimore. For more information, call 410-467-7502 or send an e-mail to [email protected].
The Chesapeake chapter of the Society for Marketing Professionals sponsors its GSA FSS Program Luncheon at 11:30 a.m. at the Maritime Institute, 5700 Hammonds Ferry Road. Call 443-423-1252 for details.
A month-long show celebrating "Diversity in Unity: Contemporary African American Ceramics," begins today. It is sponsored by Baltimore Clayworks and the American Craft Council. For details, call 410-578-1919.
See herds of SUVs in their native environment. The Maryland Recreational Vehicle Show runs through Sunday, and also Feb. 27-29, at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium. For details, call 410-561-7323.
The latest figures for housing starts are released by the U.S. Commerce Department.
Initial unemployment claims report is released by the U.S. Labor Department.
For next week Put this on your calendar: The biennial Jack the Ripper Conference will be held April 16-18 at the Comfort Inn at Baltimore-Washington International Airport. But you must register by March 1 if you want to attend this academic seminar. For more information, send an e-mail to Stephen Ryder [email protected].
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I hate to admit it, but you’re totally right!
Well I’m glad you do. A lot people take it personal and don’t see the reality in my point. I’m simply stating the obvious.
Is that how it works? Lol Now I know! But more than anything I think we become aware of the things we try to ignore. In this case the things women would like to ignore. Glad we can discuss this and exchange information.
Well, one thing about your post that really got my attention was the part about the importance of the ‘relationship title’ for us. My explanation is that the title itself reassures us that the other person is really ‘with us’, and that the man has nothing to hide. Women tend to be anxious and to seek protection. So the fact that the man will put a title to the relationship will just increase our level of trust.
I see exactly what you mean and I must admit that is part of the problem. That creates the lie in the first place. The good thing is that not women are that way. But I do love the fact you’re admitting it. I just had someone else say I was being bias lol. At least they’re reading my stuff.
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2019-04-19T16:35:11Z
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https://everydaylifewithmo.wordpress.com/2012/08/24/the-lie-women-love-to-hear/
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Natrona County International Airport10 min./8.27 mi.
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Offering nearly 3,000 sq. ft. of adaptable space in two spacious meeting rooms, two impressive ballrooms and one boardroom, these meeting rooms in Casper, WY, feature on-site dining, catering and a full bar. Guests will appreciate our location 10 minutes from Natrona County International Airport. This hotel accommodates up to 140 guests for a wedding reception, gala, party, business conference or grand family celebration. Expect an LCD projector with projection screen, a DVD player and monitor, a flip chart and markers, a teleconference speaker phone, a microphone, a podium, and A/V options. Enjoy complimentary internet access and excellent service in all of our beautiful, professionally designed and decorated meeting spaces. Our experienced catering staff will provide for your needs, from important coffee breaks to seated dinners.
Celebrate your family reunion, wedding, anniversary, or any social event with 20 to 140 friends and family members in the Dahlia or Heart of the Garden ballrooms. Spaces for more intimate gatherings are also available at this event venue near Casper, WY.
Our Casper, Wyoming hotel's event planning service makes organizing your meeting or event easier. Ask about our other services and amenities.
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2019-04-26T04:45:54Z
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https://hiltongardeninn3.hilton.com/en/hotels/wyoming/hilton-garden-inn-casper-CPRCAGI/event/index.html
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I’m not a foodie. If someone wants to cook for me, I’m going to like it even if I don’t because they’ve gone to the trouble (unless they’re cannibals; I’d have to draw the line there. Hopefully they would have a dog under the table I could slip it to). Somehow my diet became healthier over the years, more so after I was away from home. My parents ate some pretty damning stuff — Mom dredged bread in bacon drippings and ate it and Dad had burgers & fries daily under the golden arches during his letter-carrier career. They were simple, wonderful people and did an awesome job parenting three kids, each of whom has at least a dozen separate personalities, but they’re not on terra firma anymore. Their diet was a significant contributing factor in their premature heavenly recall.
We ate cake for breakfast. My Mom made frosting basically from butter, sugar and evaporated milk. I’ve never been able to duplicate it. I’m guessing there was a secret “mom ingredient” that’s the equivalent of the magical-sounding “grains of paradise” used in beer brewing, that only Mom knew how to add for the perfect, creamy spreading consistency over that two-layer chocolate treasure.
I’ve struggled for years to find a decent meatloaf recipe. Mom pretty much put hamburg in a loaf pan and drizzled ketchup on the top, which nearly sent me to cooking therapy in adulthood. (“Tell me about your earliest meatloaf memories.”) She’d eat chicken fingers, always a safe choice, every time we went to a restaurant. She mailed me a ham bone once so I could make soup with it. I think it took about a week to cross country, unfrozen, in the mail. She meant well.
My Dad sprang from the womb already working. He had no idea how to not work. He’d deliver mail through rain, snow, sleet and dark of Pennsvylvania, then head to job #2, making milk boxes. Go ahead, ask me. In the summer he’d come home from work and mow the lawn in his postal uniform, then throw back a well-earned beer. He’d get a fire going in a hole somewhere in the nether part of the backyard, let it get to coals, and put corn on the cob wrapped in wet burlap in the hole. I’m not sure where he got that idea, but I remember clouds of smoke foaming up the slope and into the neighbors’ windows. The corn would take hours to roast. He could turn a steak into cowhide on the grill. But he was a man who loved to eat, and made no excuses for it. He had some sort of connection with the military reserve, and we’d go on these reconnaisance missions with those guys to a frozen food place where we’d get enough frozen pies to feed 50 people for a year. Each one had at least a can of whipped cream on top. We ended up giving them away to neighbors.
But this isn’t about the food. It’s about the folks. It’s always about the folks, and the fam, and the friends. It’s about the memories you’re making as you’re making them. Who cares if the pizza’s smoky? (You know who you are.) Does it matter if the cheese isn’t made by dwarf nuns in the darkest Bulgarian forests? Does it really matter if the coffee is half-calf or full moo? No. It really doesn’t. It matters who’s across the table from you, and what’s being said between you, and what’s not being said between you. It’s about the stories being told, and the memories being made, how the light looks in their eyes, and how goofy some of us sound laughing. That’s what matters, because when everything else is gone, including those people in your life you can never replace, or get a second chance to tell how much they matter to you, or just spend more time with, you’re not going to be thinking the spaghetti sauce needed more basil.
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Very well said, and Don has your mother’s recipe for meatloaf, it turns out really good every time he makes it.
I think I’m a foodie as long as it’s easy. My friends will talk about spending the day making something- I have lost interest and gone on to something else a LONG time ago. I remember dipping bread into the grease from the steak- that was actually a side dish when we had steak. Whenever I would take the girls home I remember the lack of vegetables or fruit. Not to say we didn’t have them, just not as plentiful as the food pyramid says we need them. Probably made my girls happy b/c there was always a lot of sweets. I remember my mom always happy with scoring some bounty from Dudt’s bakery- day old sweets or bread that still tasted great. Even as a young kid I pictured Mom on a hunt for the perfect bargain and happily snagging it with a big net. As far as cooking I remember one of my grandmother- making noodles with her and hanging them on a hanger. Or potato soup with lots of pepper. Always having homemade jams and jellies either from her kitchen or a friend’s. One time during our summer stay, Mike and I and sometimes Mom would go to Kitanning and spend a week in the summer, One year when we went by ourselves, Mike was about nine and I was tweleve, we went to Reynoldsville, the old Geisler house where Aunt Nell (married to one of grandma’s brother) lived by herself. She made a dinner and a scrumptious rhubarb pie. What I wouldn’t give for a piece of that now. I also recall Mike asking for the bullets that sat in like a display upstairs that Aunt Nell said were from the Civil War. Why she had them? Also the Geisler’s didn’;t come over to America until 1870. So there remains the mystery- maybe Aunt Nell’s family- I don’t know her maiden name.
I do remember my mother cooking the middle of the night- at least for me it was – like around 1 o’clock. I remember getting up and there she was making cookies or whatever, then getting up again at 6.
The computer was being funny so I need to continue now.
With my Mom’s heritage of both Irish and German one night we might have corned beef and cabbage, for breakfast scrabble and then for dinner the next night spatzle and potato pancakes.I’d be curious what Mike remembers……He loved spatzle and potato pancakes!!
My kids don’t have nearly that ethnic flavor growing up that I did!
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2019-04-25T08:17:39Z
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https://magicbusstop.wordpress.com/2011/08/02/when-spaghetti-was-spaghetti/
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Liz Lemon: Happy Birthday, Jack. I got you a card. It's one of those new ones where you can record a message.
Liz Lemon: [Jack opens the card] "Test, test, test. This is a test for Jack's card.
Liz Lemon: Wonder Woman! Excuse me, how do you re-record on these things? Whatever. I'll definitely figure it out."
With a sensational triumph of six Golden GLobes, 30 Rock is undeniably critics' choice and the buzz pays off with Fey; the creator, at the heart of it, whose vision is crystal clear and on the mark.
It is a single camera sitcom about a writer of a TV Show and the behind-the-camera chaos it goes through before it goes on air. The somewhat distorted concept isn't what the series relies upon, its ideal vacation is to reach for a mature audience with wise and not funny writing.
The soul of the series is certainly its huge cast who can easily charm their way out of anything but Baldwin and Fey does invest a lot in it and are flat out hilarious in it.
Layered, satirical and thought-provoking writing, ironical humor and injected with enough content to run for its twenty minutes are the high points of this brilliant sitcom. Few cameos and a knack of taking bold moves factors a lot on keeping the audience tangled in its exhilarating flashy world.
This season has a new theme involved which is that it cracks up jokes and notions that is actually meant to be off the story line, it is often referenced to the cast or the network or any hip controversy, in addition to that it also focuses a lot on the love track.
The ping pong natured script is soothing and dramatic that elevates Baldwin's plot into more juicier but unfortunately Fey's track is dull even though the dream sequence is flat out hilarious.
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2019-04-21T10:09:09Z
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1635824/
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Just some thoughts, summary and such regarding the first installment of the trilogy.
First of all, I really like this book. Out of the three it is my second favorite. I like That Hideous Strength better, I think due to the overall scope, but will say that it suffers from a slow start, which OOTSP doesn’t. Ransom is on the ship by the 15th page, and he has already been drugged and had a acid-esque vision of the Queer People saying Hoo Hoo Hoo like owls.
Ransom’s Growth: The book sees a great change in Ransom. In the beginning, Ransom is just a happy go lucky man of the world. He’s got certain morals and scruples, but he lacks a lot. Bravery and courage? Had the Ransom of the beginning known what was to come, he never would have crossed that hedge. He spent his early time on Malacandra, likewise, running for his life. It wasn’t until he met the noble Hrossa that he began to see things in a different light. Death was no longer the ultimate evil as he grew to truly value life. And though he began as a product of Western Christianity, with its education, attitudes and values, there was quite a sprinkling in of Darwinianism sprinkled in, an idea that one must survive at all costs. More than once, Ransom advises Malacandrians to kill all three of the earthlings, himself included.
Having not lived through the early 20th century, I can only speculate, but I think this attitude has grown throughout the years. Not that the survival instinct was absent prior to Darwin and Nietzsche and the social engineers who followed, but it seems that it moved from something to be ashamed of to something to be proud of. The red badge of courage, injury in battle, was honored. We award the Purple Heart to soldiers injured in battle in the States. Many still admire the courage and dedication it takes to earn that award, an award no one would volunteer for, but which many accept the risk involved in earning it. As I write a man is running for President who has publicly made statements disparaging Purple Heart recipients and compares it to his own battle against sexually transmitted diseases.
Meanwhile all around the culture we see a “me first” and “my rights” mentality. For a growing segment of our society there is nothing worse than being a victim, of someone offending your rights or sensibilities. Saying that black lives matter offends some. Saying that all lives matter offends others. We mustn’t let anyone show their concern by kneeling during the national anthem. We mustn’t let anyone refuse to bake a wedding cake due to a personal disagreement about the meaning of the ceremony. We mustn’t expect men and women to have separate locations to “do their business” as has been done for thousands of years. You can’t wave that flag; it may offend someone. You can’t tell me to take my flag down; that offends me. We mustn’t suffer. We mustn’t let anyone slight us in any way. We mustn’t consider others better. We mustn’t love. It seems the era of sacrifice and mercy, even tolerance, has passed us by in this hyper-outraged, electronically-networked age. Turn the other cheek? Do the right thing even when it hurts? That’s so 1900s.
Can we expect that great of a change in Book Two? I can’t remember off the top of my head, but I would suspect not. Going to a second foreign planet must not be as effective as going to your first. But we’ll see I guess. By the time of the third book Ransom has “arrived,” so to speak, and doesn’t even figure prominently in the action. He’s more of a general, less of a grunt.
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2019-04-25T20:43:39Z
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https://mrbultitudesmusings.wordpress.com/2016/10/06/notes-on-out-of-the-silent-planet-ransoms-growth/
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The following is the message text and audio recording of a sermon titled "Godly Perception" delivered to the Teaching God's Infinite Wisdom (TGIW) Men's Bible Study Group in Parkville, MO on September 21, 2011.
As a child, I remember this massive oak tree in the vacant lot where we would often play. Underneath its towering height, we dug a large hole and called it our fort. We stocked it with all the things important to seven and eight year old boys -- comic books, plastic army men, and silver cap pistols. I recall looking up into the large branches thinking it looked at least a mile to the top. None of us dared climb this tree. It was just too intimidating. Many years later, I was visiting this town where I spent my elementary school years and took a drive through the old neighborhood. Where the vacant lot stood, was a house with a tidy yard. There with lush green grass growing under its shade was the old oak. Somehow, when I stopped in front of the house, it looked remarkably smaller than what I remembered. Actually, I couldn't believe how dwarfed it was compared to my memory. It was still large as ever, but not gargantuan like I recollected. Reflecting on this incident, I understand how its often possible to see and yet not see. We can get one idea in our heads and find out later that our perception was way off. Objectivity is often the arbiter between imagination and reality. Only when we can honestly perceive the truth can we objectively understand where we have allowed ourselves to be subjectively influenced.
Caleb's insistence that they could take the land and its inhabitants fell on deaf ears as they declared to Moses and the congregation that they were too small and weak to overcome the pagan nations. In addition, they said that the Nephilim the descendents of Anak, the giant clan, was living there also. What comes out of their mouths next truly revealed their perceived reality. By stating that "... we became like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight," they were stating three important things regarding their understanding of the situation. First of all, their "sight" or their perception of themselves was a selfish, self-centered, fear-driven understanding with no consideration of who they were in the Lord. Second, by seeing themselves as weak and without a Savior, they increased the size of their enemies in their own imaginations. Lastly, they projected their own perception of how they believed about themselves onto their enemies. Whether or not the Anak even saw the Israelite spies or not is moot. They had become convinced that the enemy saw the Israelites exactly as they perceived themselves. For the timid, this had become their reality. The battle was lost even before it began.
As most of us know, God pronounced a judgment of 40 years exile upon the nation of Israel from their desired destination. They would wander aimlessly through the wilderness until the rebellious generation that refused to go in, perished. Their children would be the ones to enter the Promised Land and take possession by defeating these so-called formidable tribes with their unassailable walls. The difference between their parents and the children who took possession was evident. The children grew up, becoming strong and mature in the Lord, with the ability to hear the voice of the Lord and to obey it. They saw themselves as the chosen of God and understood that nothing could keep them from their destiny as long as the Lord was on their side. Similarly, they operated in three ways that were diametric to that of their parents reaction 40 years earlier. First of all, they knew who they were and where they were going in the Lord. Second, they saw themselves as strong in the power of God's might to defeat any enemy that would defy the chosen people of God. And lastly, they projected this perception upon every foe they encountered, eventually dispossessing all the pagan nations, including the Anak clan.
Paul stated poignantly in his first letter to the Corinthians that ... When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things (I Corinthians 13:11). Just as an entire generation of Israelites had to die off before God could take them into the Promised Land, there needs to be a similar death in us before He can take us into that place of complete rest. We have to die to our preconceptions about what we can or can't handle. If we take the time to think about all the times God has rescued us in the past, it's not hard to believe that He will always be there for us in the future. Our thoughts, words, and actions will reveal who we are, proving to God that we either understand who He is, what He has done for us, and what He will do for us or that we don't we don't have a clue. We must be vigilant to allow God to grow us up and to remove any doubt that He can do far more than we've ever thought or imagined. Will there be seemingly unassailable walls and giants in our future? Without a doubt. It's our choice to either die in the wilderness and to stumble about in an aimless manner the rest of our lives, or to die to self and to grow up in our perceptions regarding who we are in God. If we choose the latter, we have only begun to understand the peace and victory in the days ahead.
Heavenly Father, thank You that You give us everything we need to live godly lives in Your Son. Grant us the ability to seize the day, to die to self and our selfish perceptions and to see as You see us. As we do so, may we enter into Your rest through Your victory. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
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2019-04-18T14:59:28Z
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http://barefootrunner.org/reflections/baresoul_9-25-11.htm
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The purpose of this study is to examine the manner in which the media covers men’s and women’s athletics and how it may affect the public’s perception of women’s athletics. The study also seeks to examine how the hegemonic devices and primes that the sports media use can affect viewers’ enjoyment of women’s athletic coverage as well as the effect that sports fandom plays on viewers perceptions. Using an experiment exposing participants to heavy men’s college and women’s college basketball coverage, the results showed that sports media coverage did not elicit negative perceptions toward women’s athletics.
Jones, Gabrielle P., "March madness for men" (2013). LSU Master's Theses. 2045.
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2019-04-22T06:01:11Z
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https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/2045/
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This entry was posted on April 11, 2007 at 11:35 am and is filed under Uncategorized. You can subscribe via RSS 2.0 feed to this post's comments. You can comment below, or link to this permanent URL from your own site.
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2019-04-26T12:44:10Z
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https://phamilton.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/intentionally-disabling-children/
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INTRODUCTION: Interleukin-1 (IL-1) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) are up-regulated in injured and osteoarthritic knee joints. IL-1 and TNF-α inhibit integrative meniscal repair; however, the mechanisms by which this inhibition occurs are not fully understood. Transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) increases meniscal cell proliferation and accumulation, and enhances integrative meniscal repair. An improved understanding of the mechanisms modulating meniscal cell proliferation and migration will help to improve approaches for enhancing intrinsic or tissue-engineered repair of the meniscus. The goal of this study was to examine the hypothesis that IL-1 and TNF-α suppress, while TGF-β1 enhances, cellular proliferation and migration in cell and tissue models of meniscal repair. METHODS: A micro-wound assay was used to assess meniscal cell migration and proliferation in response to the following treatments for 0, 24, or 48 hours: 0 to 10 ng/mL IL-1, TNF-α, or TGF-β1, in the presence or absence of 10% serum. Proliferated and total cells were fluorescently labeled and imaged using confocal laser scanning microscopy and the number of proliferated, migrated, and total cells was determined in the micro-wound and edges of each image. Meniscal cell proliferation was also assessed throughout meniscal repair model explants treated with 0 or 10 ng/mL IL-1, TNF-α, or TGF-β1 for 14 days. At the end of the culture period, biomechanical testing and histological analyses were also performed. Statistical differences were assessed using an ANOVA and Newman-Keuls post hoc test. RESULTS: IL-1 and TNF-α decreased cell proliferation in both cell and tissue models of meniscal repair. In the presence of serum, TGF-β1 increased outer zone cell proliferation in the micro-wound and in the cross section of meniscal repair model explants. Both IL-1 and TNF-α decreased the integrative shear strength of repair and extracellular matrix deposition in the meniscal repair model system, while TGF-β1 had no effect on either measure. CONCLUSIONS: Meniscal cell proliferation in vivo may be diminished following joint injury due to the up-regulation of inflammatory cytokines, thereby limiting native cellular repair of meniscal lesions. Therefore, therapies that can promote meniscal cell proliferation have promise to enhance meniscal repair and improve tissue engineering strategies.
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2019-04-21T02:46:14Z
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https://scholars.duke.edu/display/pub774902
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A pow-wow is a gathering of North America's Native people, at least that was the original meaning. Nowadays, a pow-wow is a specific type of event where both Native American and non-Native American people meet to dance, sing, socialize, and honor American Indian culture. This is the first time that I attended a pow-wow although I have seen images of pow-wows over the years. What an eye-opening experience it was!
This particular pow-wow was arranged by the Chumash Indian based in Southern California or around Santa Ynez Mountains to be exact and it took place in Malibu. A lot of tribes from throughout the continent came to this pow-wow and celebrated this multi-tribal event. I stayed for good 6 hours and at the end of the day, I left that place exhausted but I enjoyed the experience very much. I think I am ready for the next pow-wow.
Although I did talk briefly to a few dancers but I didn't have the opportunity to exchange any information. If you see yourself in the pictures or know the people here, I would be more than happy to provide you with the images. Please contact me by email for that. I am not using any of the images for commercial purposes and please respect the privacy of these people and do not use any of the images as such. The main reason for me to post the images is because I really enjoy photography and for strictly personal uses.
The toughest part is to blur the background to get a nice smooth bokeh for better target isolation. With tents surrounding the fire in the middle, and the dancers circling around the fire, it was seriously difficult. I used a 300mm prime lens and a 70-200mm lens, both at wide open aperture 99% of the time to throw the background out-of-focus as much as possible and I also tried to compose tighter. In addition, the dancers moved at a good speed and I used the continuous AF (AI Servo) mode and just follow their eyes but at time, I could only follow their faces while triggering the shutter. Yes, I also used a portable flash to fill in shadow and the flash was set at -1 on the camera body.
Thank you for visiting and please leave a comment on the images or on the gallery as you see fit. Enjoy the images!
Definitely a Crowd Pleaser! Bravo!
Dear Guest who made the comment.. before dropping the "race" judgement open your eyes and look at the photo. They have princess written on their head gear. I am sure the assumption of the photographer is that they earned a princess award at the powwow.. Any well traveled photographer has long lost ANY prejudice towards a race but cherishes the diversity of human kind..
There are no Indian princesses. Please use respectful terms that native want, NOT your European ideals that are incorrect.
Great gallerie with colourful portraits !
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2019-04-18T22:34:23Z
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https://pbase.com/ageojo/indian_powwow
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“This summer, if things are fine, I imagine there isn’t going to be a lot of momentum to do something,” Steven Schleimer, senior vice president of government and regulatory affairs at Houston-based Calpine Corp., said Thursday. Calpine, which recently closed a $625 million purchase of a power plant near San Antonio, is the state’s third-largest generator with more than 8,000 megawatts.
Calpine’s plants are part of the more than 75,000 megawatts of total resources ERCOT has to meet demand. The state’s largest power grid, serving about 85 percent of Texas electricity use, has a target reserve margin of 13.75 percent — meaning the surplus of available capacity above expected peak demand.
While ERCOT’s reserve margin will fall just short of that target in early summer, the forecast margin tops that target starting Aug. 1 and continuing through at least 2016.
Judging by recent projections, he said Thursday in an interview from his Austin office that the state’s biggest power grid doesn’t face a potential shortage of electricity “until 2020, and even then that doesn’t count new power plants” that probably will be added.
John Fainter, who heads the Association of Electric Companies of Texas, agreed that there’s not support for a capacity market today, but said that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a dead issue.
“When you look at it, the time is stretched out some,” Fainter said, but the issue of adequate power supply still needs to be addressed.
Terry Hadley, spokesman at the Public Utility Commission of Texas, said it’s fair to say the PUC has shifted from a decision-making mode to an information-gathering mode. The agency has scheduled a workshop in May to examine what kind of reliability standard the state should pursue.
While the chances of adopting a capacity market have faded, it wasn’t the only measure policymakers pursued to encourage more investment in new supply.
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has raised the maximum price caps for wholesale power in the state in a separate effort to give generators another opportunity to earn better returns.
That price cap, now at $5,000 per megawatt-hour, rises to $7,000 per megawatt-hour in June and goes to $9,000 next year.
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I didn’t have the luxury of getting to know my little sister as well as I would have liked growing up. I was raised by my grandma (my dad’s mom) and Melonie was raised with our mother. Our mom didn’t offer the best of environments for her growing up, so needless to say she’s had her share of challenges along the way. I was very fortunate to grow up with my grandma. Although she was very strict, I appreciate every sacrifice she made for me, all the rules I had to follow and for giving me the chance to grow up within a much more positive atmosphere.
Today however, my sister (28) and I (33) share a very special thing in common – motherhood. We are both moms of two little boys of the same ages & stages. We both have a four-year old and a ten-month old. Ever since I was little, I wanted a relationship with Mel, but because of the differences in our lives, it was never quite possible. But now, these little boys have brought us closer. We spend a lot of time together, which is great for us and the kids. I’m so glad that we both reached a point in our lives where we could become the “sisters” I’ve always hoped we would be. And I love that our little boys will grow up close to each other, as one of the greatest memories of my childhood was playing with my cousins.
Although I had lots of aunts, uncles and cousins around me while growing up, and I’ve always had an “entourage” of friends nearby, nothing makes me happier than having my sister. I look forward to many memories to come as well as knowing that my boys will have each other as they grow up too.
Just the other day, Gaige (almost 4) and Eion (4 ½) were on the deck having a grand old-time watercolor-painting themselves, while Gavin & Finn (both ten-months) baby-yelled at each other over the toys. There’s nothing sweeter. And nothing that makes us laugh harder together.
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In October 2015 we attended two IEEE conferences in the USA. Daniel Rough presented a full paper at the IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, October 18–22, in Atlanta, Georgia. Uta Hinrichs presented a full paper at the IEEE Information Visualization (InfoVis) conference as part of VizWeek, October 25-30 in Chicago, Illinois. You can find details of these and all our papers on the publications page.
On November 10th, Daniel and Uta will reprise their talks here in St Andrews and everyone is welcome to attend. You can find the details for the two talks below along with links to the papers via the University of St Andrews research portal.
Authors: Rough, D and Quigley, A.
Abstract: The Experience Sampling Method (ESM) captures participants’ thoughts and feelings in their everyday environments. Mobile and wearable technologies afford us opportunities to reach people using ESM in varying contexts. However, a lack of programming knowledge often hinders researchers in creating ESM applications. In practice, they rely on specialised tools for app creation. Our initial review of these tools indicates that most are expensive commercial services, and none utilise the full potential of sensors for creating context-aware applications.
We present “Jeeves”, a visual language to facilitate ESM application creation. Inspired by successful visual languages in literature, our block-based notation enables researchers to visually construct ESM study specifications. We demonstrate its applicability by replicating existing ESM studies found in medical and psychology literature. Our preliminary study with 20 participants demonstrates that both non-programmers and programmers are able to successfully utilise Jeeves. We discuss future work in extending Jeeves with alternative mobile technologies.
Hinrichs, U., Forlini, S. ; Moynihan, B.
In this paper we exemplify how information visualization supports speculative thinking, hypotheses testing, and preliminary interpretation processes as part of literary research. While InfoVis has become a buzz topic in the digital humanities, skepticism remains about how effectively it integrates into and expands on traditional humanities research approaches. From an InfoVis perspective, we lack case studies that show the specific design challenges that make literary studies and humanities research at large a unique application area for information visualization. We examine these questions through our case study of the Speculative W@nderverse, a visualization tool that was designed to enable the analysis and exploration of an untapped literary collection consisting of thousands of science fiction short stories. We present the results of two empirical studies that involved general-interest readers and literary scholars who used the evolving visualization prototype as part of their research for over a year. Our findings suggest a design space for visualizing literary collections that is defined by (1) their academic and public relevance, (2) the tension between qualitative vs. quantitative methods of interpretation, (3) result- vs. process-driven approaches to InfoVis, and (4) the unique material and visual qualities of cultural collections. Through the Speculative W@nderverse we demonstrate how visualization can bridge these sometimes contradictory perspectives by cultivating curiosity and providing entry points into literary collections while, at the same time, supporting multiple aspects of humanities research processes.
Hinrichs, U, Forlini, S & Moynihan, B 2015, ‘ Speculative practices: utilizing InfoVis to explore untapped literary collections ‘ IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics .
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(a) An out-of-state political committee is required to file reports for each reporting period under Subchapter F, Chapter 254, Election Code, in which the out-of-state political committee accepts political contributions or makes political expenditures in connection with a state or local election in Texas. Section 254.1581, Election Code, applies to a report required to be filed under this section. An out-of-state political committee that files reports electronically in another jurisdiction may comply with Section 254.1581, Election Code, by sending a letter to the commission within the time prescribed by that section specifying in detail where the electronic report may be found on the website of the agency with which the out-of-state political committee is required to file its reports. An out-of-state political committee that does not file reports electronically in another jurisdiction may comply with Section 254.1581, Election Code, by sending a copy of the cover sheets of the report and a copy of each page on which the committee reports a contribution or expenditure accepted or made in connection with a state or local election in Texas.
(b) An out-of-state political committee that files an appointment of campaign treasurer with a Texas filing authority is required to file reports under this title.
(c) A political committee must determine if it is an “out-of-state political committee” each time the political committee plans to make a political expenditure in Texas (other than an expenditure in connection with a campaign for a federal office or an expenditure for a federal officeholder). The determination is made as follows.
(1) Before making the expenditure (other than an expenditure in connection with a campaign for a federal office or an expenditure for a federal officeholder), the committee must calculate its total political expenditures made during the 12 months immediately preceding the date of the planned expenditure. This total does not include the planned political expenditure triggering the calculation requirement.
(2) If 80% or more of the total political expenditures are in connection with elections not voted on in Texas, the committee is an out-of-state committee.
(3) If less than 80% of the total political expenditures are in connection with elections not voted on in Texas, the committee is no longer an out-of-state committee.
(d) Sections 20.29 (relating to Information About Out-of-State Committees) and 22.7 (relating to Contribution from Out-of-State Committee) of this title contain other provisions regarding requirements applicable to recipients of contributions from out-of-state political committees.
(e) An out-of-state political committee planning an expenditure in connection with a campaign for federal office voted on in Texas is not required to make the determination required under subsection (c) of this section. However, an expenditure in connection with a campaign for federal office voted on in Texas must be included in the calculation set out in subsection (c) of this section for an out-of-state committee making an expenditure in connection with a non-federal campaign voted on in Texas.
(2) timely file a certified copy of the out-of-state committee's statement of organization that is filed with the Federal Election Commission.
(2) timely file a paper copy of the information required by § 253.032(a)(1) or (e)(1), Election Code, as applicable.
(c) Except as provided by subsection (d) of this section, § 251.007, Election Code, applies to a document filed under subsection (a)(2) or (b)(2) of this section.
(d) A document filed under subsection (a)(2) or (b)(2) of this section for a pre-election report is timely filed if it is received by the commission no later than the report due date. A pre-election report includes reports due 30-days and 8-days before an election, reports due before a runoff election, and special reports due before an election.
(2) accepts political contributions from a person that in the aggregate exceed $5,000 during the reporting period for special pre-election reports.
(b) The period for special pre-election reports begins on the ninth day before election day and ends at noon on the day before election day.
((c) Except as provided by subsection (d) of this section, a report under this section must be received by the commission no later than the first business day after the contribution is accepted or the expenditure is made.
((d) A special pre-election report that is exempt from electronic filing under § 254.036(c), Election Code, must be received by the commission no later than 5 p.m. of the first business day after the contribution is accepted or the expenditure is made.
((e) Expenditures and contributions reported under this section must be reported again in the next applicable sworn report of contributions and expenditures.
(2) an employee or agent of a person described by subsection (a)(1) of this section who communicates directly with the chief clerk, or an employee of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts who exercises discretion in connection with the vendor's bid or contract, about a bid or contract.
(2) for each political committee directly established, administered, or controlled by a vendor whose aggregate campaign contributions equal or exceed $500 during the reporting period, a notation that the contributor was a political committee directly established, administered, or controlled by a vendor during the reporting period or during the 12 month period preceding the last day covered by the report.
(D) may not be made in conjunction with a solicitation for an additional campaign contribution.
(d) The comptroller, or a specific-purpose committee created to support the comptroller, must report the information required by subsection (b) of this section that is not provided by the person making the political contribution and that is in the comptroller's or committee’s records of political contributions or previous campaign finance reports required to be filed under Title 15 of the Election Code filed by the comptroller or committee.
(e) If the comptroller, or a specific-purpose committee created to support the comptroller, receives the information required by this section after the filing deadline for the report on which the contribution is reported the comptroller or committee must include the missing information on the next required campaign finance report.
(f) The disclosure required under subsection (b) of this section applies only to a contributor who was a vendor or a political committee directly established, administered, or controlled by a vendor on or after September 1, 2007.
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Free and confidential emotional support for anyone experiencing a mental health crisis including thoughts of suicide or homicide. All hotlines are available 24/7 with the exception of The Mobile Crisis Response Team. The MCRT is available to respond to concerns in the community but may not be able to respond immediately. Please call for further information.
Counseling and therapeutic supports available for a broad range of personal and emotional concerns.
Psychiatric services including medication evaluation and management.
Short-term hospitalization for individuals in significant emotional distress. Some of these hospitals offer low-cost or sliding scale fee options as well as options for indigent clients.
Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHPs) and Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOPs) offer intensive partial day services to individuals that were recently hospitalized and are wanting to transition back into the community and/or for individuals that need a higher level of care than outpatient counseling.
Services that offer specialized treatment such as dialectical behavioral therapy, ECT, TMS, etc. Additionally, services that offer treatment for specific concerns and disorders such as eating disorders, substance abuse, gambling addictions, etc.
LGBTQ+ affirmative therapists in the community. Some providers listed may provide letters for gender confirmation surgery and/or hormone therapy.
National support organizations for individuals and families diagnosed with a mental health disorder. These organizations have local Hillsborough and/or USF chapters.
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WASHINGTON — President Bush said Thursday that increased stability in Iraq would allow the withdrawal of more American forces there, reflecting an emerging consensus at the White House and the Pentagon, though a cautious one, that the war has turned a corner.
Mr. Bush’s remarks, made in an unusual early morning statement outside the Oval Office, came as the month ended with the fewest number of deaths of American troops — 13 — since the war began in 2003, according to a group that tracks American casualties.
Mr. Bush and his aides have been reluctant to declare the sharp drop in ethnic and sectarian violence over the last year as irreversible.
Still, he gave the clearest indication yet that conditions in Iraq would allow him to begin reducing the number of American troops there before he leaves office in less than six months.
He also said that the United States was “making progress” in negotiations with Iraq’s government over the terms for American forces to remain in Iraq after a United Nations mandate expires at the end of the year.
An informal deadline for reaching an agreement expired on Thursday. Officials said that negotiations were continuing and predicted that there would be a deal, though it could take several more days or weeks.
The administration propelled those negotiations after Mr. Bush agreed to a “general time horizon,” which many Iraqis like to view as a timetable for withdrawing American and other foreign troops and turning over security to Iraqi forces.
Mr. Bush used his statement to highlight what he described as the success of his decision last year to deploy a “surge” of 30,000 American troops.
He noted that violence had reached the lowest levels since spring 2004 and had remained at low levels for three consecutive months, even as the last of the additional forces left Iraq.
American deaths have paralleled the ebb. The previous monthly low came in May, according to icasualties.org, which tracks the figures, when 19 soldiers died. Deaths among Iraq’s civilians and security forces fell to 865 in July from 975 in June, the Ministry of Interior reported.
Mr. Bush said that Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker and the American commander in Iraq, Gen. David H. Petraeus, were confident enough to speak of “a degree of durability” to the gains.
Mr. Bush also highlighted his decision, first announced in April, to reduce tours in Iraq to 12 months, from the current 15 months. The longer tours, imposed last year with the “surge,” badly strained forces and were widely unpopular in the Army.
The issue of American forces has been a contentious one in American politics, and the reductions Mr. Bush foreshadowed could be announced in the thick of the presidential campaign. Senator Barack Obama, the Democratic candidate, has called for a withdrawal of all combat forces within a timetable of 16 months, a position the Republican contender, Senator John McCain, has ridiculed as defeatist.
Mr. Bush praised what he called the growing proficiency of Iraq’s government and its security forces, noting that Iraq now had 192 combat battalions. Yet he appeared eager not to declare victory prematurely, something that has haunted him since he appeared before a “Mission Accomplished” banner in 2003.
The American military disclosed on Thursday that soldiers had killed three unarmed people during an operation northwest of Samarra on Wednesday, and injured a fourth. Ali Salih Jubarah, a spokesman for Salahuddin Province, the region where the killings occurred, said that Dahia Hussein and her two sons, Ali Jassim and Muhammad Jassim, all civilians, were killed during a raid on a house. He identified the injured person as Ms. Hussein’s daughter, Sabeiha Jassim.
The military said that soldiers had been fired on from the area where the people were killed and had arrested a man who “admitted working with explosives,” in the same area. It said that no weapons had been found with any of the Iraqis.
Earlier in July, American soldiers killed the son and nephew of the governor of Salahuddin Province, and last week, the American military acknowledged that three Iraqis killed on their way to work near the Baghdad airport in June were civilians.
In Mosul, in northern Iraq, a bomb on Thursday killed three policemen, wounding four others.
Steven Lee Myers reported from Washington, and Sabrina Tavernise from Baghdad. Suadad al-Salhy, Ali Hameed and Mohammed Hussein contributed reporting from Baghdad.
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Federal prosecutors in Chicago escalated their assault on the Almighty Latin King Nation on Thursday, revealing a new 20-count indictment that lays six murders dating back to 1999 at the feet of the violent street gang.
The new 53-page document also adds 14 new defendants to a prosecution that began in summer 2016. That brings to 34 the number of alleged gang members charged in an indictment that could land some of them life sentences.
Several of the new defendants were arrested this week.
The gang is also accused of three attempted murders, three arsons, robbery, extortion, witness tampering and drug dealing.
Nine alleged Latin Kings are now accused of murder. They include Jose Jaramillo, who is charged with the November 1999 murder of Jeremy Ward; Thomas Luczak, who is charged with the June 2000 murder of Juan Serratos; Juan Jimenez, who is charged with the January 2007 murder of Isiah Cintron; Geronia Ford and William Hayslette, who are charged with the May 2012 murder of Sergio Hernandez; Dean Trevino and Emanuel Mendez, who are charged with the November 2012 murder of Ismael Perez; and Alonzo Horta and Geovanni Lopez, who are charged with the April 2017 murder of Alfonso Calderon.
Trevino had previously been charged with Perez’s murder in state court. At the time, prosecutors said Trevino had been flashing gang signs to cars near 97th and Exchange, then went to a home in Whiting, Indiana, and came back with an assault rifle. They said Trevino, driving a car with a passenger in the front seat, pulled alongside Perez’s car. After the men flashed opposing gang signs, Trevino’s passenger allegedly shot Perez once in the chest.
Court records show Trevino was taken into federal custody in September 2016 — after the original indictment — and six months later, the state charges were dropped.
The new indictment against the Latin Kings also accuses Mendez, Roy Vega and Orlando Marin of attempted murder, and it accuses Vega and Hayslette of witness tampering through arson.
But the feds also said new members endured vicious beatings. And if one stepped out of line, he could be subject to a so-called “SOS” — or “shoot on sight” — order.
Federal authorities actually announced two separate indictments at that time. Then-U.S. Attorney Zachary Fardon told reporters they were the culmination of an investigation that began in 2013, which included secretly recorded wiretap evidence.
A three-month jury trial had been set for September in the case that suddenly expanded Thursday. It’s not clear whether that will be postponed given the new allegations.
A conviction for racketeering conspiracy — faced by 33 of the alleged gang members — generally carries a maximum 20-year prison sentence. But a life sentence is possible for some of the defendants — especially those accused of murder.
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https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/latin-kings-charged-with-six-murders-in-fresh-federal-indictment/
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Likes: my husband, my Harley, barbells and my animals.
Dislikes: Kool-Aid stains on the upper lip.
Injuries: Torn rotator cuff in the 2009 season.
Motto: Well behaved women rarely make history.
Favorite Music: Anything that will make me move.
Favorite Drink: Water and Redline.
Bio: Happy to be home. HELLLLO Seattle.
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"It's with deep regret that we have to push our event forward to the 29th of June 2019 due to circumstances beyond our control," Hype Entertainment said in a statement.
However, Nairobi News has since established that the reason for the concert's postponement has everything to do with low ticket sales just two weeks to the event, which would have been an all-Kenyan affair.
"We will be issuing refunds to all those who wish to get refunded for their purchased tickets to this edition of the event," the promoters said.
"A young promoter puts up an all Kenyan artistes line up concert. Less than 50 tickets sold 2 weeks before the concert. I'm surprised nobody is talking about this. The concert has been cancelled due to low ticket sales," Budhaa Blaze said.
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In nature, atoms of almost all the elements on the periodic table are found in combination with other atoms. When atoms of one element combine wiht atoms of a different element, they form a compound. In an ionic compound, one or more electrons are transferred from the aoms of metals to atoms of nonmetals. In compounds of non metals, covalent bonding occurs by atoms sharing one or more valence electrons. There are many more covalent compounds than there are ionic ones!!!
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Some 8,000 firefighters are battling 23 wildfires across northern California. The fast-moving Lower Lake fire had burned three homes by Friday and was threatening 450 other structures.
Firefighters spray a hose at a fire along Morgan Valley Road near Lower Lake, Calif., Friday, July 31, 2015. A series of wildfires were intensified by dry vegetation, triple-digit temperatures and gusting winds.
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With Yorkshire ham hock. Purveyors of great British soups. No artificial flavours or colours.
(Based on 750W Oven) Empty contents into a microwaveable container, cover and vent. Heat on full power for 3 minutes, stirring halfway through. Allow to stand for 1 minute before serving. Heating times are a guide only. Adjust times according to your appliance.
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https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/cross-blackwell-best-of-british-ham-hock-broth/431265-518842-518843
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Welcome to the Watson Scrap Book page. Here you will find pertinent information about various items relating to Preston Watson and pioneering aviation. Letters, articles and newspaper clippings will be posted to enable a better understanding of Preston Watson and what he achieved.
Prominent aviation author reviews The Pioneer Flying Achievements of Preston Watson, by Alistair W. Blair and Alistair Smith.
For those who have researched aviation to any degree will be familiar with Philip Jarrett's work. In Issue No.17 of The Aviation Historian magazine, Philip has some less than complimentary comments to make about this publication.
"Just when we thought that the claims regarding alleged powered flights by Preston Watson of Dundee in 1903 had been laid to rest, this small volume regurgitates all the old worn out arguments. Unfortunately it is so full of errors regarding the work of Watson and other pioneers that it is grossly misleading. as far as Watson is concerned, the authors give prominence to the facts, opinions and reports, which favour their hero, much of which is extremely unreliable and invalid belated testimony.
"It is very wrong to "invite readers to arrive at their own conclusions" after presenting an extremely biased and misleading case. Where is the evidence that "Watson and the Wrights may have been in touch with each other" (p136)? The Wrights meticulously kept all their correspondence, but the authors have found none. There is only a very vague second hand rumour from the 1940s that Orville spoke of Watson (p29).
"It is certainly wrong to state as fact that "it is known, for instance that at some point he was in correspondence with the Wright Brothers." Yet, on page 103 they again assert the link, stating: "Watson was known to the Wright Brothers, suggesting he had been in correspondence with them, but at what date and on what subject is not known." - an outrageous leap of assumption.
The authors are clearly out of touch with current understanding of other pioneers' achievements. The accounts of the work of "Cody" (actually "Cowdery", not "Chowdery" as the authors have it), Roe and Mozhaissky are sadly awry. Nor are they very well informed with regards to precedents. The first control column to operate rudder and elevators in the manner now accepted was incorporated by Penaud in his prophetic 1876 design for a full size aeroplane. That was the first "Joystick". They also go to some lengths on the origins of laminated propellers, but seem unaware that those on the Wright's 1903 Flyer were laminated.
"The postscript overflows with unjustified assumption and unfounded claims. For example, Watson's rocking wing was totally different from the fixed parasol wing, apart from the fact that they both employed pendulum stability. Watson might have been the first to conceive the rocking wing system , but there is no evidence that anyone else was inspired or influenced by him to take it up. Similar systems were subsequently adopted by Spratt in the USA with his "control-wing", and much later still by the hang glider fraternity, but there is nothing to suggest that Watson's work inspired either of these developments.
"Nonetheless it is said that Watson's rocking wing system "must have enlightened and informed the field of aviation", but where is the evidence? There is none. To say that wing warping "certainly waned after Watson's invention" is simply silly. There is nothing to show that Watsons system had any influence on the way things developed. This is not "a matter of opinion"; it is a matter of fact.
"The authors' assertions that Watson made "lasting contributions" and deserves "a more prominent place" in aviation's early history is nonsense. He was just one of a great many who pursued their own notions with little or no effect on anyone else. That is why his name does not appear in the authoritative histories, something that seems to baffle the authors.
Dundee Courier, Saturday 9 July 1910 ISSUE ADVISES OF WATSON'S ENTRANCE OF HIS NO.2 INTO THE LANARK AIRSHOW AND CONFIRMS CONSTRUCTION DATE OF HIS FIRST AEROPLANE.
In a piece with two revelations of interest to us, the year of construction of Watson's first aeroplane is confirmed, and Watson was hoping to enter the Lanark Airshow held in August that year - only the second international flying meet in the United Kingdom by that time.
"Dundee will be represented at the forthcoming aviation meeting at Lanark. An enthusiastic airman, Mr Preston A. Watson, The Retreat, Dundee will compete with an aeroplane which is being built in the city and the construction of which new ideas have been introduced. The Tay Motor Boat and Engine Company have been entrusted with the building of the airship [sic]. This is the second aeroplane which has been built by this firm for Mr Watson.
The first was finished about a year ago and has given entire satisfaction after a protracted series of trials in Perthshire.
The second vessel, now nearing completion, is designed on a larger and more powerful scale and in it will be seen the outcome of months of experimenting and exhaustive calculations."
This piece confirms that I was right in my estimation of the completion date of his first aeroplane - 1909, which puts things into perspective. The rest of the article is worth including here since it gives a description of his second aeroplane and a simple overview of the rocking wing concept.
"Mr Watson's airship is neither a monoplane nor a biplane. It is a compromise between both. It is designed on the 'bird' plan, with two wide out stretched wings from the centre where the motor is placed, and above is a plane of smaller dimensions than the wings. By this plane the inventor will steer his vessel in flight through the air.
At the back of the machine is a boxplane for raising and lowering the ship. The frame work is of bamboo and light wood, while the wings are of canvas. When preparing to rise, wheels and runners give the necessary motion that the aviator requires to create flight. The motor engine, which is of 30 hp propels the screw-tractor that drives the machine on its course.
In accordance with the rules of the Lanark Aviation committee, the machine is of British materials and workmanship throughout. When completed the machine will probably be conveyed to Forgandenny, where trials will take place."
Regarding Watson's first aeroplane, since we know that its first trials began in November 1909 at Forgandenny, reference the 2 November issue of The Aero, see the Aviation History page of this site for text from this article, its completion date can be estimated as being around October 1909 and that it was built by the Tay Motor Boat and Engine Company. This also denounces any suggestion that it was built and flown any earlier - of which there is much!
The text above nicely describes Watson's No.2, specifying that it was fitted with wheels and was powered by a 30 hp engine, of which Watson's No.1 was not. The most significant part regarding the No.2 is that it had to be of all-British manufacture, which makes the selection of a British engine, the three cylinder 30 hp Humber natural.
My guess is that the machine was built specifically with display at the Lanark air meeting in mind, as well as to fulfil Watson's desire to continue research into the rocking wing concept of control, especially since his first aeroplane did not fly. It's sad that Watson did not get to fly at Lanark, as in a later article in the Dundee Courier of 29 July 1910 states that during its first engine runs, its propeller disintegrated.
I will be making alterations to this site and the Wikipedia page on Watson to incorporate information from these newspaper columns.
Watson's No.2 at Errol awaiting its first flight trials in August 1910. When Watson began testing the aircraft, he must have felt a little cheated that he did not get to fly the machine at the Lanark Airshow, taking place by the time he had the machine moved to its testing site from Dundee.
Dundee Courier, Monday 15 August 1910: DUNDEE AVIATOR MAKES SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT. AEROPLANE TRIALS AT ERROL.
On the Preston Watson Wikipedia page, which is based on the text on this site is a correction to the entry about Watson's second aeroplane, stating that it first flew in August 1910.
The Wikipedia entry reads "First flown in August 1910", with a link to the heading above, which alludes to Watson making his first flight in his second aeroplane in the first half of August 1910. This is a rather stunning piece of information and is concrete evidence as to when Watson flew his No.2, placing his achievement into perspective and putting him firmly among the first Britons to have made a powered flight in an indigenous aeroplane. I have made alterations to entries on various pages regarding the No.2's first flight.
Unfortunately I do not have a copy of the clipping from which this wee gem comes from, therefore I cannot comment further on the article. I am hoping it provides further information on what was essentially Watson's first powered flight in one of his own aircraft, that is, unless there are earlier such headlines hidden within the archive of the Dundee Courier. Aside from the alteration previously mentioned, the Wiki Preston Watson page is also now linked from an entry on James Manson (see below on this page), although there is no information provided on him and clicking on his name links directly to the Watson page.
The Pioneer Flying Achievements of Preston Watson, by Alistair W. Blair and Alistair Smith Reviewed.
When I first heard of this book, I was hoping I’d be wrong about what I thought it might contain, but alas, I am not.
The first issue I have with it is that it presumes that Preston Watson made a powered flight in 1903. This has been widely proven to be false, yet, within its pages are the same eye-witness accounts and anecdotes that have been doing the rounds for over fifty years now as so-called ‘proof’ that it happened. Unfortunately for the authors and supporters of the Watson legend and indeed the eye-witnesses themselves, the individual who collected the accounts, James Y Watson (JY) denounced his original claim that his brother made a powered flight in 1903, thus leaving the eye-witnesses without the support of the very person they entrusted their versions of the tale to in the first instance.
Despite the intent of the book’s authors, their text is fundamentally lacking in several key areas that they should have picked up on during their research. The first of these is their lack of understanding of what it takes to design and build a successful powered flying machine from scratch. Their definition of what constitutes ‘flight’ is vague and follows similar interpretations by others attempting to justify successful flight before the Wright Brothers. The definition of flight by a powered aircraft is simple - sustained, controlled and powered - every heavier-than-aircraft in the sky follows the same principles indisputably uncovered and revealed to the world by the Wrights, no less. The execution of it in the early 20th Century when pioneers had so little understanding of aerodynamics was not and this raises the question as to whether any of the notorious claimants to powered-flight-before-the-Wrights really understood what was required to achieve successful flight in a competent aeroplane at all.
One fact that many authors, including good ones often overlook is how much effort and time the Wright Brothers spent experimenting with gliders before they built the 1903 Flyer, and indeed afterwards. By the end of 1903, no one had spent more time in the air in heavier-than-aircraft than the Wrights, not Otto Lillienthal, nor Percy Pilcher. The very first aircraft capable of being fully controllable about all three axes of movement of an object in the air was the Wrights’ 1902 glider. By the end of 1905, the Wrights had flown more than 100 flying hours in three different powered aeroplanes, the last of which, the 1905 Flyer was the very first aeroplane capable of carrying a load greater than just its pilot. These are indisputable facts that the authors steadfastly ignore and claims by them and others that Charles Gibbs-Smith and Tom Crouch of the Smithsonian simply refuse to acknowledge any different claimants to powered flight other than the Wrights are hollow when these facts are considered.
Concerning aerodynamics, the authors do not mention Watson’s 1908 book Power Necessary in Flight once. It has also escaped them that Watson’s wildly off the mark 1907 patent demonstrated a complete lack of understanding of what constituted a successful aircraft, yet they believe he had still managed to build an aeroplane and make a successful powered flight in 1903? Then, a year after the 1907 patent Preston published Power Necessary in Flight, then another year later, produced his 1909 patent for a rocking wing aircraft. Clearly in the space of his 1907 patent being approved and the issuing of his 1909 patent, much had changed in his mind of what a successful flying machine was. Regarding his indigenous aeroplanes, the authors’ assessment of them follows the same range of dates and anecdotes produced by the various eye-witnesses; inconsistencies and all.
The greatest flaw the book suffers from is the unswerving belief by the authors in the evidence uncovered by JY; particularly the eye-witness accounts. Any first year psychology student will advise that the human memory is fallible and individual memories can be manipulated by differing external factors and therefore cannot be relied on as competent sources of historical fact. These eye-witness accounts are quite different from one another and vary in consistency - also JY himself changes his story on numerous occasions, often in the same publication - see the two articles in Aeronautics magazine in 1954 and 1955 submitted by JY himself where he claims the aircraft flown by Preston in 1903 was a glider - not mentioned in the book at all. The authors denounce Gibbs-Smith’s assessment of JY’s evidence by claiming he sounds like a grumpy old man refusing to accept anything other than what he believes is simplistic considering that JY repeatedly changed his story, and that Gibbs-Smith knew he was telling fibs. In JY’s differing accounts one begins to wonder whether he isn’t indeed making it up as he goes along.
This is all unfortunate and the book probably does more harm than good in attempting to inform the public of what Watson actually got up to, despite the authors’ intent.
The suggestion that Watson's aeroplane be manufactured under licence by Lithuanian born Leo Jouques within his aircraft firm is revealed in letters written by Watson and published within the book are insightful, but lead to nothing. Reference to this has been made within the text on this site.
Wikipedia page on Preston Watson updated.
Preston Watson's Wiki page has been updated with passages from this website in an attempt to accurately inform the public of his aeronautical achievements.
The continuing support for the claim that he made powered flights in the summer of 1903 has had a detrimental and arguably harmful impact on how Watson is perceived publicly and completely overshadows his aeronautical work, to the extent that few have any real understanding of what he achieved in his lifetime. Hopefully this might prompt a greater awareness and understanding of what Watson was attempting to accomplish with the patents and aircraft he constructed and steer focus away from the erroneous claims of powered-flight-before-the-Wrights.
New book on Preston Watson published.
"Preston Watson was born in Dundee in 1881 and from an early age showed an innovative interest in developing a flying machine which could take off and land under its own power. While records are incomplete, many believe that Watson beat the Wright brothers into the air by a margin of months in 1903. His wood and wire machine was hoisted by ropes and weights into a tree and catapulted, with the engine running. He flew 100-140 yards before landing. His subsequent two machines aimed to improve this performance. He is credited with inventing the joystick – the idea is still in use in every aircraft today.
Whoever was the first to fly is not the object of this book but to record the hitherto unsung efforts of this son of Dundee whose short life – he died at the age of thirty-four – had a marked influence on the history of aviation."
Before even having received a copy of the book, my first criticism is that it presumes that James Watson's assertions that his younger brother built and flew a powered aeroplane in 1903 are accurate, which, has been conclusively proven to have been a fabrication - see The Watson Controversy in the links above. Bearing in mind the fact that his first aeroplane was not likely to have been completed until around mid 1909 and the fact that it did not get airborne under its own power makes the premise that he had "a marked influence on the history of aviation" a fallacy.
Further comment on the book and its contents will follow on review of it.
The Watson myth of Powered-Flight-before-the-Wrights debunked on BBC Scotland.
Broadcaster Paul Mitchell: " Now, Scotland, as everyone knows is the land of hard work, ingenuity and inventiveness. Two million tea towels can't be wrong. We can lay claim justifiably to the pneumatic tyre, the steam engine, even the world wide web, but can we put dibs on flight too?"
"The first powered flight is always attributed to the Wright Brothers at North Carolina on 17th December 1903, but we got a call from Bill Pratish who reckons that a Scot, Preston Watson got there first. He says it was six months before the Wrights and it took place at Errol, near the Tay. I've got Grant Newman on the phone now from the RAF Museum at Hendon. So Grant, is it true, can we claim the first powered flight for Scotland?"
Grant Newman: "No, unfortunately not. I'm sorry; it's a great little story, it's something I've spent a little bit of time researching, but it is very much an unequivocal 'No' in spite of what most of Dundee will have you believe."
Paul Mitchell: "So, what are the facts about Preston Watson, then?"
Grant Newman: "One of the main facts about Watson is that little that he did prior to 1910 can actually be verified, so it's quite easy for somebody to say, 'well, yes, of course he did', without producing any evidence. He's relatively unknown outside of Scotland. The first inkling that he flew a powered aeroplane in 1903 came about in 1953, fifty years since the Wright's first powered flight, when Preston's brother James claimed that he and Preston had built and flown a powered aeroplane in the summer of 1903. Later James changed his story stating that it was just his brother who did this."
"At the time there was a prominent aviation historian called Charles Gibbs-Smith, who refuted the claim and pressed James to provide more information. James eventually changed his story again in an article in the December 1955 issue of Aeronautics magazine stating that Preston's first aeroplane was without an engine. And then he goes on to say that these trial flights took place in the summer of 1903. Now, before his death, James then wrote a letter to Gibbs-Smith stating that, and I quote; 'I make no claim that the machine that Preston used at Errol in 1903 was a powered machine.'"
"Furthermore, Preston Watson himself also stated in an article in the May 15th 1914 issue of Flight magazine, which I have in front of me here, says that these gentlemen, the Wrights, were the first to fly in a practical way, and throughout his short life never made any claims that he flew before them."
Paul Mitchell: "When you say 'short life', I take it he didn't live to a ripe old age and die in bed?"
Grant Newman: "Sadly no, in 1915 he enrolled in a flying school down here at Hendon and he paid for himself to fly aeroplanes and then he enrolled in the Royal Naval Air Service and shortly after he got his flying ticket, his aeroplane disintegrated in mid air and crashed and he died, which is rather sad. He was only 34 when he died."
Paul Mitchell: "Grant, I can't remember the last time a myth was so comprehensively debunked, or indeed with such authority. Thank you very much for talking to me."
James Elder Manson, son of the local cobbler was born in the tiny Caithness fishing village of Lybster. At 19 he moved to Dundee and took a labouring job with Messers Watson and Philip food producers; he became a store foreman. During this time he watched the experiments of the "boss's" son - Mr Preston A. Watson. When the latter prophesied that man would one day fly like birds, everyone laughed, everyone but Mr Manson. He often watched the inventor dropping cardboard "aeroplanes" over the bridge at Ninewells.
Watson soon found that Manson was a handyman and often invited him to Errol to repair his second aeroplane, built in 1908. One of Mr Manson's greatest moments came when he was released from warehouse duty to build Watson's third aeroplane in 1913. He worked in the boiler shop of the old Gourlay Foundry on Dock Street. The plane was made from duraluminium tubing, a substance so light and flexible that it could be waggled like a fishing rod. The wing coverings were of canvas. Borrowing his wife's sewing machine - and carrying it to the boiler shop on his head, Mr Manson put the canvas together himself. He made bags, rather like pillow slips and drew them over the wing framework.
This machine was built to take part in a Paris competition in 1914. "I was in France with Preston Watson from March until July" he recalled. "The plane was in my sole charge during most of our four month stay. Mr Watson could only spare the time to visit occasionally to interview pilots. A pilot jumped in at a wage of 3 quid a week then."
"The one we started with was a Londoner. He was an absolute dud so we sent him home. We got a French pilot who flew very well, but the French army stepped in to prevent him flying a foreign machine."
During the trials, the fastest speed any flier could reach was about 80 mph. "Because of its moveable top wing, Mr Watson's plane was dubbed the "Wiggle Waggle". It took third place in the competition for an invention to counteract sideslip." "The plane was broken up when war broke out; it was purely experimental and no use for this."
Only once in those early years did Mr Manson have a crash. "I felt pretty safe, but I made a mistake one day. I didn't have enough practise with the machine and crashed her in a 300 foot dive at Bleriot's aerodrome. However, I had her fit for the air again within seven days." "After the smash I had to take it easy for awhile - a day because I was a bundle of nerves. I didna ken [did not know] where I was; I wasn't physically hurt, not even a scratch. It was just nerves."
Letter to George Bolt from Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith.
I hope you will not mind my writing to you direct and also frankly about the Pearse claims. I am sorry that these come just a little too late for inclusion in my large official book, which I have written for the Science Museum entitled The Aeroplane: an Historical Survey, which HMSO will publish next spring. I hope you will not think that I am either flippant or cynical from what you read in my letters in Flight [magazine]. I am, for my sins, in this history game professionally and I have had to deal on and on with claims for years. To say that I am browned off is putting it mildly, but I try and bring whatever brains I have to bear on every new claim. I am, very seriously, extremely pleased that you are investigating the Pearse claims. As I expect you know, I am on the committee of the new history group of the Royal Aeronautical Society, so I shall be in the thick of it when you turn in your report.
The reason I am browned off is that those advancing claims seldom have either the intention or the means by which to establish facts. In my experience you find a claim put forward with the intention to demonstrate it to be true far in advance of any wish to demonstrate facts and assess the claim. For example, it took me from 1953 till 1955 to explode the Preston Watson claim: after my friend Oliver Stewart had rather naughtily published both the claim and the so-called 1903 photo without letting any of us know, the first thing that struck me was the completely non-1903 configuration look of that machine in the photo. The rest was plod, plod, plod until the late J.Y. Watson admitted that his great edifice was false, and this after producing eye witnesses to the actual event. The eye witness who tells you what he saw fifty or more years after is, as often as not, completely unreliable, and this was driven home forcibly in the Watson case. People simply do not remember without prejudice.
Even A.V. Roe before he died had his solicitors issue a statement on his behalf stating that at no time did he ever use the "pull-up" slope at the end of the Brooklands finishing straight, either in gliding or powered tests in 1908; yet we finally dug out a photo in a French paper dated bang on the spot, which showed him right at the top of it. So, I pray you, beware of eye witnesses.
I would also like to know everybody's age at the times in question; also why Pearse left the act of patenting so late, if, that is to say, the control system in the patent is similar to that in the alleged 1903 aircraft. I found that the rocker mechanism which [Preston] Watson was claimed to have incorporated in 1903 in his machine was actually suggested in his mind as a result of having learnt of the Wright's method in 1908 and was not patented until 1908 - 1909. I would also like to know if there was any contemporary newspaper account, any diary entry or what have you, of the Pearse test.
As you will see from my latest letter in Flight [magazine] published before your last leter, the Library of Congress aeronautical experts can find no trace of material which the present Mr Pearse [Richard's younger brother Lawrence]specifically claims existed.... But once again, be extra careful about eye witnesses: they are often not worth the paper they are written on, if that paper is not contemporary or near contemporary.
This page will be regularly updated, so keep coming back for more.
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With a student-teacher ratio of 14:1, your professors will know you. They’re invested in helping you succeed. As you work towards your career goals, you will find your professors become more—they become your mentors who can help you along your journey, and ones you can still get advice from years after graduation.
Kent A. Davis , Ph.D., associate professor, specializes in physical chemistry and surface science. He has taught at PUC since 2003 and has also been a visiting professor at Texas State University-San Marcos and an adjunct professor at Trinity College. He enjoys reading, jazz, listening to classical music, and much more.
Georgina Barcelow Hill, Ph.D., specializes in rhetoric and writing, writing assessment, linguistics, and children’s literature. She is particularly interested in the rhetorical strategies for explanatory texts and rhetorical choices for academic persuasion. Hill has taught at Andrews University and at Western Michigan University, where she directed the first-year writing program. She has been an active presenter at the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Hill serves as director of the Honors Program at PUC.
Sara Kakazu has presented research at the College English Association, NeMLA, and the International Conference on Narrative. Her teaching and research interests include nineteenth-century American literature, early American literature, and African American literature, with particular focus on women's, captivity, slave, encounter, and travel narratives. She also teaches creative nonfiction and poetry.
Paul McGraw, chair, associate professor, specializes in American religious history with a specific focus on Adventist history and the development of the designation "cult." His Ph.D. dissertation was titled "Born in Zion?: The Margins of Fundamentalism and the Definition of Seventh-day Adventism." He is currently working on a biography of LeRoy Froom for "Adventist Pioneer" biography series. He also is interested in pretty much anything involving hockey, and loves to travel.
Tammy McGuire, Ph.D., professor, specializes in organizational communication. She taught English for 19 years at Sunnydale Academy (Missouri) and Upper Columbia Academy (Washington) and has written and presented extensively on communication topics, with several presentations to the 2007 National Communication Association Convention. She loves mountain climbing, rock climbing, backpacking, mountain biking and kayaking.
Asher Raboy is a composer, conductor, lecturer, and writer who lives in Napa and has been the music director of the Napa Valley Symphony since 1990. He directs the PUC symphonic wind ensemble and teaches classes in theory and composition. He enjoys racquetball, cooking, and chess.
Gregory Schneider, Ph.D., professor of religion and social science, specializes in the conflicts and compatibilities of religion with psychology and the other social sciences. He also studies the history of American Wesleyan and Holiness traditions in America. He has been active in the American Academy of Religion, serving on the steering committees of two program units: the Wesleyan Studies Group and the Person, Culture, and Religion group, a unit dedicated to the interface between psychology and religion. He won a year-long Fellowship for College Teachers from the National Endowment for the Humanities in 1985 and served on several review panels for that agency in the 1980s and 1990s. At PUC, he was the Walter C. Utt Visiting Professor of History for 2005-06. Outside the classroom, he regards his faculty sponsorship of the local Amnesty International chapter and his occasional roles as actor for the Dramatic Arts Society as his most important and rewarding contributions to PUC's community of learning. He also loves kayaking (flat water), sailing (dinghies), biking (mostly off-road), classical music (a virtuoso at spinning CDs), and fantasy novels (yes, even Harry Potter).
L. Jean Sheldon, professor, specializes in Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East. She has worked as an instructor of religion at Hong Kong Adventist College, a graduation analyst for PUC, and a religion professor. Recently she has been working on "Mother Versus Child: A Feminist and Comparative Look at Exodus 21:22-25," in preparation for publication in a book to be published by Phoenix Sheffield. She enjoys writing, gardening, music, and cat psychology.
Steve Waters, D.A., specializes in pure mathematics, especially abstract and linear algebras. In addition to teaching at PUC since 1982, he has been a visiting professor at Idaho State University. He enjoys music, reading and cats (often all at once). If (or when) time once again allows, he would also be interested in returning to the stage. He has recently published articles in the Missouri Journal of Mathematical Sciences and the PanAmerican Mathematical Journal.
Professor Ross E. Winkle teaches biblical studies. He has a professional focus in the New Testament and wrote his doctoral dissertation was on clothing imagery in the book of Revelation. He is a member of the Andrews Society for Religious Studies, Society of Biblical Literature, and the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. He has received several PUC Faculty Development Research and Honors awards as well as two Herber Faculty Development Awards. He has been a student missionary in Tokyo, Japan, a chaplain in Portland, Ore., and a pastor for thirteen years in three successive church districts in Oregon. He is an ordained minister and occasionally leads adult Sabbath School discussions on campus and preaches in surrounding churches. He is married to Darla, a health professional, and they have three children: Tristan, Elise, and Alexis.
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2019-04-18T11:00:37Z
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https://www.puc.edu/faculty?dept=16908
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This social media black-out of women happened last year for women in India. The article posted here shares some competing thoughts about it.
When I was an early twenties student in Chattanooga, I participated in the very first National Day of Silence, 1996. I thought it was pretty exciting. Because I was in my early 20s and I hadn’t really thought, deeply, about what it means for LBGTQIA voices to be self-silenced, to be unheard, to be, basically, in the same position the voices had always been in: the background. Yes, LGBTQIA students spoke in class; I spoke in class, frequently, yet, my “status” as queer was never discussed/seen. I was simply a student who was speaking. Not speaking invalidated my existence, but in my early 20s, I didn’t know that. I do recall feeling strangely strangled, however, and feeling more devoted to the cause than to myself. My sense of loyalty radically erasing my individuality.
I found power in the national walk-out of women last year, particularly as so many institutions of higher learning, including the one where I teach, a women’s college, punished women for not showing up to work on that day. You see, there’s something to be said about not showing up to labor, the deep significance of not providing service to those who have oppressed, suppressed, repressed us and who will continue to do so, unless they are forced to face the reality of a day without women. I wondered, however, how many women walked out of their domestic labor lives.
This blacking out of an image on social media fails, for me, significantly, in the way that the National Day of Silence fails, for me, significantly. I’d love to see more campaigns that advocate for women, queer people (LGBTQIA), people of color, differently abled people, financially poor people, to rise in collective power instead of being collectively erased. We do, after all, live in a world in which women already feel invalidated, so much so that we invalidate women we see as less powerful than us. Searching desperately for any modicum of power, of visibility.
Of course, you will do you and I’m not asking you to not do you. But there are enough of these calls to be invisible in my inbox, calls by White women, for a woman of color to be invisible, that I feel compelled to explain why my visibility is the most threatening, most dangerous, most vital reality in many a White life.
& thank you to Allyson Kapin for this reminder of the recent call to action.
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2019-04-23T02:04:46Z
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https://mettamss.wordpress.com/2018/10/01/im-not-erasing-myself-or-im-already-black-and-blacked-out/
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Vito Wedge: The leading ningyotsukai of Yurugaha. (Ningyotsukai= puppetmaster, someone who can control androids by projecting his consciousness into them) He was granted enhanced psycic abilities by Rumizabia but made to sacrifice his voice and eyesight. Vitos great rival is Vilog, a ningyotsukai of the floating city Yanues.
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2019-04-20T17:12:12Z
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Driver’s face is a rich source of information for understanding driver behaviour. From the driver’s face, one could get an idea of the driver’s emotional state and where s/he looks at. In recent years, naturalistic driving studies and field operational tests have been conducted to collect driver behavioural data, which often includes video of the driver, from many drivers driving for an extended period of time. Due to the Data Privacy Act, it is desirable to make the driver video anonymous, while preserving the original facial expressions. This paper describes our attempt to make a system that could do so. The system is a combination of an automatic Facial Action Coding System (FACS) coder based on Active Appearance Models (AAMs), a classifier that analyses local deformations in the AAM shape mesh and a 3D visualisation. The image acquisition hardware is based on a SmartEye eye tracker installed in a vehicle. The eye tracker we used provides a constant image quality independent of external illumination, which is a precondition for deploying the system in a vehicle environment. While the system uses Action Unit (AU) activations internally, the evaluation was done using the six basic emotions.
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2019-04-22T12:51:54Z
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https://research.chalmers.se/en/publication/149333
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Given the currently modest reach of this blog we’ll go with a similarly modest goal of $1000. When the ride is over in August we’ll pick a Boise chapter of a breast cancer non- profit organization and donate 100% of the proceeds to it. I’ll announce the charity we pick here.
To make a pledge, just leave a comment here. Make sure I have your email address– if you leave it in the comment form it will be visible only to me. You can pledge by the mile, a single amount, or any other way you want. Keep in mind our goal for the ride is 5,000 miles and our current route is around 5300 miles so calculate accordingly. I’ll use 5000 miles for planning purposes and will not include side trips or horribly botched navigation in the mileage calculation.
Here are some pictures of the family. Kellie’s husband Darin is pictured at the bottom. Darin created the business cards for our ride—Thanks!
We’re now in the process of gathering the pledged donations, close to $2500! If you made a pledge here, I’ll contact you via email with instructions on where to route the money, either to Zoe or directly to the program. Either way, all the donations will go to the MSTI program as one lump sum coming from Zoe. They’re planning to print one of those big checks that Zoe can present to them.
Bon Voyage Kurt and Zoe, I would like to pledge $200 for Five Wheels for the Cure. Love Mom.
Bikes away, wheels up, and keep on truckin! Good luck and good times, Kurt and Zoe. Brad and I will donate $50. I think that translates to about a penny a mile. But, it’s the thought that counts, right?
A penny a mile sounds great to us– Thanks Theresa & Brad.
Kurt, since we lost Steve’s mom and sister in law to breast cancer, we are certainly in. Put us down for $100. Good luck on the big ride, we are with you every step of the way (turn of the wheel? Circle of the pedal? What’s the right metaphor here?) and we will see you in Kansas! Love, Joni, Steve and Hannah.
I think the correct metaphor may be “squeak of the trike”– we’re hearing all kinds of strange sounds. I blame the salt air. But everything is running great. Thanks for the donation!
Done. They’ll need to confirm the reply they get from WordPress. Let me know if trouble.
Thanks for adding us to you website Kurt. What a great adventure for you and Zoe. Stay safe and we’ll donate $100 .
What I get out of your ride is (approximately) 5331*2 people-miles of inspiration for every lazy morning I have PLUS an endless stream of great stories (and as an engineer, a stream of any length of great stories is a godsend to both me and the people standing around me as I guzzle a beer) PLUS the satisfaction of making a donation to a good cause that comes with a warm personal connection to it.
To paraphrase a tall lanky dude who did some way awesome stuff: “I cannot dedicate — I cannot consecrate — I cannot hallow these freebies from Zoe and Kurt. They have consecrated them way past my poor power to add or detract.” Recognizing I’m too cheap to try to balance that equation, I’d still like to pledge $250 and live with my noisy conscience beyond that.
Awesome Dan. Zoe’s eyes glazed over a bit but a great introduction to “abstract algebra”. Thanks!
Thanks guys and thanks for the update on Lisa’s whereabouts! Wish you could join us for a leg.
Great cause, great effort, great name! I pledge $100 and will triple that if you both make it to the Atlantic.
The gauntlet has been laid down, thanks!
Wonderful cause! I’m in for $100. Good luck and best wishes!
Thank you Mark Henninger for your donation of $100. I really appreciate it and I know Zoe will too. She’s really dedicated to this cause.
Loved your visit. Hope all is going smoothly. I want to pledge $100 to your cause. Janet, my friend who is valiantly fighting breast cancer, wants to pledge, too. I am sending her your blog address so she can follow your trip if she chooses to do so as well as make a pledge.
Thanks Katha! I have your pledge and will follow up when we complete the ride. Janet can leave her pledge in the comments here as well. We’ll find a good research-oriented organization in Boise when we return and donate to it. It was great fun catching up with you in Manhattan!
Inspired by your journey and Zoe’s commitment to the cause. On behalf of the Howe family and in tribute to my dad, who would have thought you were crazy….but would have loved hearing all about your trip….I pledge $100. Saying a prayer for Aunt Muffy!
Thanks Cindy! We’ll collect when the ride is over and donate to a local research-based breast cancer charity (need to investigate that some more).
Well, since you both made it past Kansas, I guess you’ve earned a donation. Count the Gustafsons in for $100.
Kansas was a breeze compared to Kentucky. Thanks for the donation!
Hi Kurt this is Betsy and Tim Shults from NY! We are Maddy’s parents. We’d like to donate $50.00.
We are so happy you all met eachother!
Thank you! Meeting Maddy was one of the highlights of our trip!
Looks like you are closing in on my home state, NJ. And we will both be there at the same time…me lounging on the beach at the shore while you pedal past. I’ll wave to you in my mind. Congrats on such an amazing adventure. Count me in for $25.
Thanks Carol! Maybe we’ll float past, we’re taking the ferry from Middletown to NYC.
I met you during my ride today, the two of you were eating lunch at a small convenience stort off of Falls Road near Butler MD. Again what you’re doing is most impressive.
My family and I wish you all the best in your adventure and we wish to pledge $100 to your important cause. Cheers and safe riding!
It was great meeting you, thanks for the pledge!
We’d like to pledge $100 – go team! Hurray for the last leg!
Thanks guys! Looking forward to catching up back in Boise.
NYC and return trip to Boise. So glad we met!
Great meeting you! Thanks for the pledge, I’ll contact you directly with details.
Thanks Kara N. for your donation of $100!
Thanks Shelley for your donation of $20!
Thanks Pat and John Glidewell for the donation of $50, and the “you did it” cards! I owe a lot of my adventuring to you guys, it was great to see you in Topeka.
Hey, congratulations to the two of you! I am so proud talking about this big adventure of yours, and want to pledge $50 to the cause and your accomplishments! We missed you in VT!
Thanks Katelyn! Sorry we missed you in VT and NYC.
We’ll kick in $145 to make the final tally an even $3,000! We expect to donate this to the St. Luke’s Health Foundation soon, possibly before Christmas but most likely in early January.
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The Best African Restaurant & Bar in KASUKABE-SHI!
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1. Exquisite taste of African food mainly from Mali, Senegal and Ivory Coast!
2. Perfect for those who likes spicy food!
3. Various musical live events take place every Friday!
Enjoy African food and music in a luxury atmosphere!
– Malian and Senegalese cuisine is served here, along with South African wines. Good taste!
– More than just a friendly little dinner, Calabash serves as the focus for Tokyo’s small francophone West African community. There’s often live music.
– Calabash is much more than just a restaurant-bar; it’s an unofficial cultural center for Tokyo’s disparate diaspora of Francophone West Africans.
– The kitchen produces a good selection of meat- or fish-based stews that are eaten with rice, couscous or fufu, the thick, dough-like staple made from yam starch.
– The wine list mixes generic New World varietals from South Africa with the thin, sour traditional wines of North Africa.
– One of the specialties at Calabash is tilapia, a medium-size freshwater fish, sometimes known as African perch, which they grill whole with a spicy sauce popular in Co^te d’Ivoire. But we chose instead the tieb djen (pronounced “cheb jen”), a Senegalese dish of grilled swordfish served on a pilaf of long-grain rice, fancifully called “paella,” with a good selection of cooked vegetables.
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come to pick up your milk for the first time.
We do not sell raw milk BECAUSE “The official position of the American Veterinarian Medical Association is that all milk for human consumption should be pasteurized.” This position was proposed and accepted by veterinarians and is based on sound scientific facts that goats and cows no matter how healthy they appear can be shedding infectious diseases that are contagious to humans in their milk.
These are called Zoonotic diseases. Yes, it is true that our goats are very healthy. In fact we take EXTREME precautions to protect the health of our goats and test our goats routinely for several goat diseases to make sure they do not have these diseases. If you were to compare our herd health programs and biosecurity programs with those of other goat dairies in the country we would rank as extremely concerned and cautious about the health of our goats.
But even with all these tests and precautions we cannot be sure that ALL our goats are free of EVERY disease. One of the reasons for this is MANY of the zoonotic diseases do not have reliable tests available to determine if goats have the disease, are shedding the disease in their milk, or if they have even been exposed and/or gained immunity to the particular disease.
Most healthy humans can drink raw milk containing pathogens and not get sick. BUT, since many of our customers are babies or people that are immunocompromised we have decided that we cannot accept the risk that EVEN ONE baby or person might get a zoonotic disease. We do not want to take the risk with your health and therefore heat-treat/pasteurize all our milk to make sure it is safe.
CUSTOMERS MUST READ THIS HANDOUT AND SIGN THE AGREEMENT AT THE END.
Pasteurization of milk is regarded as one of the greatest developments in ensuring a safe food supply. Zoonotic diseases are diseases shared between humans and animals. Many zoonotic diseases are easily spread by consumption of raw milk. Historically, pasteurization of cow milk was instituted to prevent the transmission of brucellosis and tuberculosis, but transmission of many other zoonotic diseases is prevented by milk pasteurization as well. Increases in the recommended temperature for pasteurization at lower temperatures for longer times were changed to prevent the transmission of Coxiella Burnetti, or Q-Fever. The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) position on pasteurization of milk is as follows; “The AVMA directly and through each of its state and allied associations promotes the passage of state laws requiring pasteurization of all milk to be sold within the state and consumed as fluid milk or to be used in the manufacture of dairy products”.1 The veterinary community knows that many animals infected with zoonotic disease(s) may never become ill, even though they are fully able to pass the infection on to humans, so relying on clinical signs to develop in the animal as a sign to not drink the milk is not advisable. The AVMA specifically recommends pasteurization of milk for prevention of the spread of Listeriosis, caused by Listeria Monocytogenes, especially since listeria can multiply at refrigerated temperatures.1 Many of the raw milk certification standards rely on proper refrigeration of milk to prevent bacterial overgrowth of the milk, but, refrigeration will not prevent Listeria from multiplying.
Significant human health risk is associated with consuming raw milk. A recent increase in the number of human cases of Q-Fever in Bulgaria was linked to the consumption of raw goat milk.2 The mode of infection in a Q-Fever serological investigation study was suspected to be tied to consumption of raw goat’s and cow’s milk.3 Human E. coli O157:H7 infection was associated with consumption of raw goat’s milk.4 Human E. coli O157:H7 infection was also shown to be associated with the consumption of raw cow’s milk.5 Toxigenic E. coli was shown to be present in cheese made from raw cow’s milk.6 As stated previously many of the individuals who benefit from consumption of goat’s milk are young babies or immunocompromized persons due to cancer therapy or HIV infection, these individuals are at much increased risk for development of zoonotic infections. Other zoonotic disease agents that could potentially cause infection include: Salmonella, Camphylobacter, Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, and Chlamydia. There may also be other agents that could cause illness that are not mentioned in this document.
1. Voigt, A. ed. American Veterinary Medical Association Membership Directory and Resource Manual. Policy and Statement Guidelines. . Schaumburg:AVMA; 2000, p.86, 91.
2. Serbezov, V.S.; Kazar, J.; Novkirishki, V.; Gatcheva, N.; Kovacova, E.; Voynova, V. Q fever in Bulgaria and Slovakia. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1999 May-Jun 5(3):388-94.
3. Stoilaova, J.; Kamernarova, R.; Troyancheva, M.; A study on Q fever among children hospitalized for pneumonia. Folia Medica, 1996, 38(3-4):45-50.
4. Bielaszewska, M.; Janda, J.; Blahova, K.; Minarikova, H.; Jikova, E.; Karmali, M.A.; Laubova, J.; Sikulova, J.; Preston, M.A.; Khakhria, R.; Karch, H.; Klazarova, H.; Nyc, O. Human Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection associated with the consumption of unpasteurized goat’s milk. Epidemiology and Infection, 1997 Dec, 119(3):299-305.
5. Heuvelink, A.E.; Bleumink, B.; van den Biggelaar, F.L.; Te Giffel, M.C.; Beumer, R.R.; de Boer, E. Occurance and survival of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 in raw cow’s milk in The Netherlands. Journal of food Protection, 1998 Dec, 61(12):1597-601.
6. Quinto, E.J.; Cepeda, A.; Incidence of toxigenic Escherichia coli in soft cheese made with raw or pasteurized milk. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 1997 Apri, 24(4):291-5.
Please sign the Raw Milk Education Handout and Liability Waiver when you come to pick up your milk for the first time.
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May 31, 2013 5:32 pm / 2 Comments on What to sell?
Companies like Adlandpro, Commission Junction, ShareaSale, Google, and Clickbank, just to name a few, offer a variety of ways to implement their affiliate programs seamlessly into your blog.
In fact, there are so many things you can sell online that it can be really hard to figure out what YOU should be selling. Many people get caught trying to sell everything and anything in sight, and unfortunately, end up with a very messy blog and no sales.
In Lesson 5 we will look at 2 useful tools that can help to make your marketing more efficient, professional and successful.
Online marketers agree that the most important resource that you MUST develop is a mailing list. The more targeted your List is, the better the results it will produce for you.
AdlandPro offers 2 tools to help you build your list and for those who are just getting started, our Mail List Builder is designed to make it easy for you to build a well targeted list of subscribers.
There is nothing that you have to do to publish these newsletters – they are produced and hosted entirely by AdlandPro and sent out to the subscribers you get to sign up – with YOUR ad in it.
– in exchange for a subscription to a List is a proven method of list-building, but your mailing management needs to be automated.
You write a series – usually 5-7 marketing emails and set them up to be automatically sent out at whatever frequency you choose.
– but even better, the quality of leads and prospects who choose to opt-in are generally superior.
Again, from the Tools tab in your Member area you can click on “more” to get additional details of the benefits of Autoresponders, and how to use them.
I stopped promoting this program years ago but since I have more than 50 referrals, I am still receiving some $ every now and then surprising me when I need additional funds.. . Many of you don’t know what adlandpro is but it’s worth trying if you have no choice and especially to those people who denied by adsense.
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Former legislative staffer for the Colorado House of Representatives and currently Director of Communications for Colorado Christian University. Nearly a decade of professional experience that includes tactical communication strategies, strategic digital marketing, social networking, project management and implementation approaches. Academic areas of interest and research include modern-Communist states and economies, microfinance, fiscal and monetary policy, globalization, and international political economy.
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Nuclear power sector is a highly technology intensive industry wherein execution expertise is very essential.
NEW DELHI: Infrastructure firm Tata Projects Wednesday said it has bagged order worth around USD 321 million from Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL).
"This 2X700 MW power plant order valued around USD 321 million is the company's third contract in the nuclear power sector," Tata Projects said in a statement.
"Once completed, this project will provide much needed power supply...and ensure developmental initiatives receive an impetus. Tata Projects believes that nuclear projects provide a clean source of power thereby ensuring a more environment friendly future," Tata Projects COO - Industrial Systems- Satyanarayana K said.
As nuclear power remains critical to fulfilling India's long-term energy requirements – the need for timely completion of such projects meeting world-class quality criteria is a prerequisite, it said.
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A wireless control unit includes a controller having at least one user operable switch and wireless transmitter circuitry for transmitting game information, including a auto activate start information, and a console interface having wireless receiver circuitry for receiving the game information, including the auto activate start information, from the controller and for modifying the game information so that an activate signal is continuously sent from the console interface to the console and at least one object in a game being played with the video game system is continuously activated.
The present application generally relates to electronic device controllers.
More particularly, the present application relates to wireless electronic device control units that include an auto activate function.
Home video game systems generally have a game console coupled to a television monitor and one or more game controllers connected to the console which permit user interaction with a game being played. Most video game systems are sold with game controllers that are connected to the console through a hard-wire link. More recently, wireless game controller accessories have been developed which provide players with more freedom of movement. Such wireless controller accessories replicate the basic control features found on conventional hard-wired controllers but use infrared or other electromagnetic radiation to send signals to the console.
To operate the video game system, a user (or player) inserts a game program which may be stored in a game cartridge or on a compact disc into the console and typically depresses a start switch to begin play of the particular game programmed into the cartridge or on the compact disc. As a game is played, a player or players control various visual aspects of the game using either the hard-wired or wireless controllers. For example, certain video games allow players to maneuver persons or aliens over various types of terrain, through tunnels, under water and over other various obstacles in order to score points. Some of these video games allow players to fly planes, helicopters, tanks and the like to attack various installations and score 1 ~~ points. Other video games allow players to maneuver a person and to fire weapons at program generated images or at images of a person controlled by another player.
To allow players to continuously fire a weapon some conventional hard-wired video game systems include a auto fire function. in the hard-wired systems, the auto fire function can be activated by a single switch or the activation of a sequence of 'l5 switches on the game controller. Activation of the auto fire function causes the game controller to continuously send to the gams console a fire signal which results in the continuous firing of one or more game weapons.
Some current wireless game controllers include a power save (or sleep) function intended to conserve battery power when the controller is not in use for a 20 predetermined period of time. The sleep function was mainly developed to conserve battery power when a controller's power switch is inadvertently left on after a player finishes playing a game. The sleep function automatically monitors the activity of the controller switches and turns off the power to the internal circuits of the controller after a predetermined period of time elapses without any switches on the controller being actuated.
However, since certain current wireless game controllers include the sleep function it is impractical to also include the auto fire function because if the auto fire function is activated and a user stops playing a game but fails to turn the controller power switch off, the auto fire function will continue to function so that the controller continues to generate and send the fire signal. The fire signal would then be detected by the sleep circuitry so that the sleep function does not activate and the controller would continue to draw battery power to generate and send the fire signals.
The present application pr ovides various embodiments of wireless game control units that provides an auto activate function that is activated by a controller in the game control unit and maintained by a console interface in the game control unit.
In one embodiment, the wireless control unit includes a controller having at least one user operable switch and wireless transmitter circuitry for transmitting game information, including a auto fire start signal, and a console interface having wireless receiver circuitry fior receiving the game information, including auto activate start information, from the controller and for modifying the game information so that an activate signal is continuously sent from the console interface to the console and ~at CA 02248745 1998-09-29.
least one object, such as a weapon, in a game being played with the video game system is continuously activated.
In an alternative embodiment, the wireless control unit can be configured for multiple player operation. The control unit includes a plurality of controllers each having at least one user operable switch and wireless transmitter circuitry for transmitting game information, including auto activate start information, and at least one console interface having wireless receiver circuitry for receiving the game information, including the auto activate start information, from each of the plurality of controllers and for selectively modifying the game information from each controller so that when the auto activate start information is received at least one fire signal is continuously sent from the console interface to the console and at least one object, such as a weapon, in a game being played with the video game system is continuously activated. The console interface can also include at least one connection port to receive at least one memory cartridge for storing game information associated with a game being played with each controller.
The present application also provides a video game system that includes a game console, a controller having at least one user operable switch and wireless transmitter circuitry for transmitting game information, including auto activate start information, and a console interface connectable to the game console and having wireless receiver circuitry for receiving the game information, including the auto activate start information, from the controller and for modifying the game information so that an activate signal is continuously sent from the console interface to the console and at least one weapon in a game being played with the video game system is continuously activated. The video system may also include a connection port for receiving a memory cartridge that stores game information.
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention there is provided a wireless control unit for converting a video game system having a console with game controller ports and being adapted to operate with wired game controllers connected to the game controller ports into a system operable with wireless controllers, the wireless control unit comprising: a game controller having a plurality of user operable switches for producing a plurality of game information signals including an auto activate signal, wireless transmitter circuitry for encoding the game information signals into a bit stream and for transmitting the encoded bit stream, and a sleep function for powering down said game controller in response to detected inactivity of said plurality of user operable switches for a period of time; and a console interface connected to the game console via at least one of the game controller ports and having wireless receiver circuitry for receiving the encoded bit stream representing the game information, said receiver circuitry having logic circuitry for decoding the bit stream and detecting the auto activate signal in said bit stream and for modifying the game information such that an activate signal is continuously sent from the console interface to the game console via the at least one of the game controller ports, wherein at least one object in a game being played with the video game system console is continuously activated via said console interface in response to the received activate signal, wherein said activate signal being transmitted from said console interface via at least one game controller port operates independent of said sleep function in said game controller.
and at least one console interface connected to the game console via at least one of the game controller ports and having wireless receiver circuitry for receiving the game information, including the auto activate start signal, from each of the plurality of game controllers and for selectively modifying the game information from each game controller so that when the auto activate start signal is received by said console interface, an activate signal is continuously sent from the console interface to the game console via at least one of the game controller ports, wherein at least one object in the game being played with the game -5a-console is continuously activated via said console interface in response to the received activate signal, wherein said activate signal being transmitted from said console interface via at least one game controller port operates independent of said sleep function in said game controller.
Fig. 5 is a block diagram of transmitter circuitry for the controller of Fig.
-5b-- Fig. 10 is a block diagram of an alternative embodiment for the wireless control unit according to the present invention having separate console interfaces which support multiple player use of the system; and Fig. 11 is a block diagram of another alternative embodiment of the wireless controller unit for bi-directional communication between the controller and the console interface.
The present application provides a wireless control unit for video game systems that provides a auto fire function that does not interfere with the proper operation of a sleep function incorporated into the wireless control unit.
Preferably, the wireless control unit transfers game information by infra-red transmissions.
However, other electromagnetic radiation techniques, such as radio frequency transmissions, may be employed. Referring to Fig. 1, an exemplary embodiment of a video game system incorporating the wireless control unit of the present application is shown. In this embodiment, the video game system 10 includes a game console 12, a video outputting device 14, such as a television monitor, and the wireless control unit 16. The game console 12 includes a housing having at (east one controller (or game) cannection port and a game cartridge port. A game cartridge has a video game program stored therein. Alternatively, the console 12 may include a disc drive mechanism in which a disc, such as a compact disc, has stored thereon a video game program.
r The game console 12 also includes known circuitry for executing the video game program stored in the cartridge or on disc. For example, the console may include a processor, memory and stored system programs for controlling the operation of the console, controller interface circuitry, and audiolvideo generating arid outputting circuitry. An example of suitable game consoles are included in the Nintendo N64~, SEGA Genesis and Sony Playstation game systems. In the video game system 10 according to this embodiment of the present invention, the console 12 is connected to a video outputting apparatus 14 via a direct wire link.
Further, the wireless control unit 16 can be connected to the console by, for example, a direct 1 ~ wire link or by mating connectors.
Referring generally to Figs. 1-4, the wireless control unit 16 according to one embodiment of the present application includes a controller 20 and a console interface 50. As seen in Figs. 2-4, the controller 20 has a housing 22 defined by a control section 24, left and right side handles 26, 28 extending out from the control 5 section 24 and then angled downwardly, and a center handle 30 extending from a center portion of the control section 24. Since in this embodiment signals are transmitted from the controller 20 to the console interface 50 via infrared, the housing 22 preferably includes a transmission window 32 for emitting infrared signals.
However, if the trans~nissiqn of control information from the controller 20 to the 20 console interface 50 is by other electro-magnetic radiation techniques then a transmission window may not be necessary. A plurality of user activated switches 40 are mounted to the housing 22 and accessible from outer surface portions of the housing 22. The controller 20 also includes ~a battery (not shown) that supplies power to the internal components of the controller.
Typically, a player grips the center handle 30 and one of the side handles 26, 28 during play and operates the switches corresponding to the handles gripped.
player may also grip the left and right side handles 26, 28, where rocker switch 38 and push-button switches 40 are the user activated switches. Rocker switch 38 can be used for two or three dimensional movement of an object controlled by the controller 20 and, push-button switches 40 can be used for performing control functions associated with the object. Further, the orientation of the switches 40 and the three handle configuration of the controller 20 also facilitates single handed as wel! as two handed gripping and operation of the controller by a player. For single handed gripping and operation, a player can grip the center handle 30 and joystick 34 and trigger switch 36 are the user activated switches. Joystick 34 can be used for two or three dimensional movement of an object controlled by the controller 20, and '! 5 trigger switch 36 can be used for performing at least one control function associated with the object. 1n this embodiment, trigger switch 36 is typically used to fire weapons during a game.
Referring to Fig. 5, the controller 20 also includes transmitter circuitry 42 operatively connected to.the various switches, which receives game information from the switches, formats the game information into, for example, bit streams for wireless transmission, and transmits the game information to the console interface 50.
The transmitter circuitry 42 includes control logic 44, transmitter driver logic 46 and at _g_ least one transmitter source 48. The control logic 44 receives the game information from the various switches, and encodes the game information into, for example, a serial bit stream which is suitable for wireless transmission preferably by infrared.
The bit stream may be configured such that one or more bits in the stream represents one switch on the controller 20. The transmitter circuitry 46 receives the bit stream from the control logic 44 and amplifies (if necessary) and modulates the bit stream at a predefined frequency band (e.g., 38 kHz) to energize at feast one infra-red source 48 (e~.g., an LED) which emits infra-red signals.
To conserve battery power in the controller, the control logic 44 can be configured control battery power to the internal components of the controller and to monitor the activation of the switches and if none of the switches are activated for a predetermined period of time, e.g., about 2 minutes, the control logic shuts off the battery power to the internal circuits of the controller. This function is also known as a sleep function.
Referring now to Figs. 6 and 7, the console interface 50 has a housing 52 that includes a cartridge port 54 and, if necessary, a transmission window 56 for receiving the infra-red transmissions from the controiier 20. The cartridge port 54 is configured to receive a memory cartridge (or memory card) 58 and includes a connector 60 that connects to a connector in~ the memory cartridge. An example of a suitable memory cartridge is the N64~ CONTROLLER PAKT"" manufactured by. Nintendo. A cable 62 extending from the console interface 50 connects to the game console 12, preferably at the player controller connection ports on the game console. Alternatively, a _g_ connector compatible with the player controller connection ports on the console may extend from the console interface and plug directly into the game console.
Game information from the controller 20 and game condition information saved cn the memory cartridge 58 are transferred to the game console 12 for subsequent processing via cable 62 cr a connector extending from the console interface.
In addition, when a player wants to end a game, the player can instruct the game console 12 to save the current game conditions in the memory cartridge 58 in the interface console.
Referring to Fig. 8, the console interface 50 also includes receiver circuitry that receives the transmitted bit stream, extracts the game information from the bit stream, formats the game information into a form suitable for processing by the game console 12, and transfers the game information to the game console 12. More particularly, the receiver circuitry 70 includes a sensor 72, such as a photosensitive transistor, which receives the infrared signals from the controller 20, and receiver logic 74 that amplifies the received bit stream, demodulates the amplified bit stream and decodes the game information from the bit stream. Console interface logic then formats the game information for transfer to the game console 12 via, for example, cable 62, seen in Fig. 7.
As noted, the auto activate function in hard-wired systems is actuated and generated at the corttroiler so that the controller continuously sends an activate signal to the game console. In the wireless control unit according to the present application, the controller 20 sends auto activate start information which is included in the bit s stream to the receiver circuitry 70 which decodes the game infiormation from the bit stream. The console interface logic 76 also monitors the bit stream for the auto activate start information, and when auto activate start information is detected in the stream the console interface automatically includes in the game information to be transmitted to the game console 12 an activate signal so that one or more objects, such as weapons, in the gams being played and controlled by tha controller continuously activates. The console interface logic 76 continues to insert the activate signal into the game information sent to the game console 12 until the receiver circuitry 70 detects auto activate stop information from the controller. When auto activate stop information is detected by the receiver circuitry 70 the receiver circuitry stops inserting the activate signal into the game information sent to the game console 12.
By having the controller 20 send a information to start the auto activate function and the receiver circuitry 70 in the console interface 50 to continuously provide the activate signals to the game console 12, the auto activate function does not prevent the activation of the sleep function in the controller. That is, the controller of the wireless control unit according to the present application does not continuously send the activate signals when the auto activate function is active and the sleep circuitry in the controller does not continuously detect the auto activate start 20 information even after a player has stopped playing a game but has inadvertently left the controller power switch on.
The embodiment discussed above for the controller and console interface is for single player applications. For single player applications the controller 20 and the console interface 50 are pre-configured to transmit and receive the bit streams at one frequency band, e.g., 100 KHZ using one data coding scheme. However, many game programs executed by the game console permit multiple players to play at one time. For multiple player applications, a plurality of controllers 20 and either a single console interface 50 having receiver circuitry 70 to receive game information from the plurality of controllers (Fig. 9), or a plurality of console interfaces in one to one correspondence with the plurality of controllers (Fig. 10) are used. !n either configuration, the game information transmiiaed from a controller 20 to its corresponding receiver circuitry 70 is differentiated from game information transmitted from other controllers 20 to their corresponding receiver circuitry 70 so as to avoid cross-talk between the controllers. To achieve this, the controller 20 and console interface 50 for each player may be configured to transmit and received the bit streams at the same frequency band but the frequency band for each controller and cor responding receiver circuitry is different. Alternatively, each controller may transmit the game information at the same frequency but the data coding scheme used by each controller and corresponding receiver circuitry is different. To select the operational frequency band or data coding scheme for the controller 20 and corresponding receiver circuitry 70 for each player, player select switches are provided.
In an exemplary embodiment for two players in which the frequency band used is different for each player, the controller 20 includes player select switch 80, seen in Fig. 3, which allows a player to select a frequency band for player 1 (P1 ) or player 2 (P2) operation. Similarly, player select switch 82 on the console interface 50, seen in Fig. 7, allows the player to select a frequency band for player 1 (F1 ) or player 2 (P2) operation. In this embodiment, by selecting player 1 on the controller 20 and the console interface 50, the controller is set to transmit and the console interface to receive at one operational frequency band, for example, about 38 KHZ. By selecting player 2 the controller is set to transmit and the console interface to receive at another operational frequency band, for example, about 100 KHZ.
For multiple player applications, the transmitter driver logic 44 of the controller 20, seen in Fig. 5, is modified to be able to transmit the bit stream at different frequencies which can be selected by the player select switch 80.
Similarly, the receiver logic 74 of the console interface 50, seen in Fig. 8, is modified to receive bit streams at different frequencies. Such receiver logic may include for example a band pass filter which sets the frequency band for receiving the bit stream before the stream is demodulated. More detailed descriptions of the transmitter and receiver circuitry can be found in U.S. Patent Nos.
5,435,573 and 5,605,505, which issued on July 25, 1995 and February 25, 1997, respectively.
As noted, an alternative embodiment for the wireless control unit 16 is shown in Fig. 9. In this embodiment, the console interface 50 includes a plurality of sensors 72 and a plurality of corresponding receiver logic blocks 74 each block being reconfigured to receive bit streams at one frequency band. Fig. 9 shows two sensors 72 and two corresponding receiver logic blocks 74 which are used to separately receive game information from two controllers 20 for two player operation.
However, the present application contemplates using more than two controllers so that more than two sensors and corresponding receiver logic blocks may used for more than two players.
- In this embodiment, in order to allow each player to save his own game information, multiple memory cartridges 58 may be used, one for each player.
However, a single memory cartridge may also be used to store game information for every player. Data transfers between each memory card and the game console would be by separate cables 62 (or connectors) connected to the player port on the game console.
Referring now to Fig. 11, an another alternative embodiment of the wireless control unit 16 according to the present invention is shown. In this embodiment, the controller 20 and the console interface 50 are configured for bidirectional wireless communication. For bi-directional wireless communication, the controller 20 and the console interface 50 both would include the transmitter logic 42 (shown in Fig. 5) and the receiver logic 70 (shown in Fig. 8). As discussed above, the transmitter and receiver circuitry for each player playing a game would operate at different frequency bands (or use different coding schemes). Information transmitted from the controller to the interface console includes game information, and information from the console interface to the controller includes information to, for example, reconfigure the functions of the switches and information that provides interaction, between the controller and a game being played. The information from the interface console to the controller is collectively defined as controller information. Thus, the controller can include a connection port 86 (seen in Figs. 2 and 4) for connecting different peripheral devices to the controller which are responsive to the controller information , transmitted by the console. Such peripheral devices include memory cartridges, vibrating members (e.g., a rumble pack), and other devices that can respond to controller information transmitted by the console. To illustrate, the vibrating mechanism can be excited at times during play which coincide with certain conditions of the game, such as during a crash. When a crash occurs, the console sends to the controller information to energize the vibrating member so that the entire controller vibrates and the vibrations are felt by the player. A suitable vibrating member is the Rumble PakT"'' manufactured by Nintendo.
In addition, Fig. 11 also illustrates using a single memory cartridge for storing the game condition information for each player at one time. However, as noted above multiple memory cartridges may also be used. Further, in this embodiment gun controllers which require bidirectional communication with the game console can be substituted for the controller 20. Such gun controllers would include the transmitter and receiver circuitry discussed above and information transfers would operate in a similar manner as described above. .
In the two player embodiments, each controller 20 in the wireless control unit according to the present application can send a auto fire start signal which is included _1 s in the bit stream to the corresponding receiver circuitry 70 which decodes the game information from the bit stream. Similar to the above-described embodiments, the console interface logic 76 for each controller monitors the bit stream for the auto activate start information, and when auto activate start information is detected in the stream the console interface logic automatically inserts into the game information to be transmitted to the game console 12 an activate signal so that one or more objects, such as weapons, in the game being played continuously activate. The console interface logic 76 for each controller 20 which sends the auto activate start information continues to insert the activate signal into the corresponding bit streamuntil the receiver circuitry 70 detects auto activate stop information for the corresponding controller 20. When auto activate stop information is detected by the receiver circuitry 70, the receiver circuitry stops inserting the activate signal into the game information sent to the game console 12.
As noted above, by having the controller 20 send a information to start the auto activate function and the receiver circuitry 70 in the console interface 50 to continuously provide the activate signals to the game console 12, the auto activate function does not prevent the activation of the sleep function in the controllers. That is, the controllers 20 of each wireless control unit according to this embodiment does not continuously send the activate signals when the auto activate function is active and the sleep circuitry in each controller does not continuously detect the auto activate start information even after a player has stopped playing a game but has inadvertently left the controller power switch on.
It will be understood that various modifications can be made to the embodiments of the present application without departing from the spirit and scope thereof. For example, various types of game consoles executing various types of game programs and interacting with various video outputting apparatus may be used with the wireless control unit. Likewise,, various memory cartridges and other peripheral devices may be used with the wireless control unit. Further, the wireless control unit may use other transmission techniques for transferring game information andlor controller information. Therefore, the above description should not be construed as limiting the invention, but merely as disclosing preferred embodiments thereof. Those skilled in the art will envision other modifications within the scope and spirit of the invention as defined by the claims appended hereto.
a game controller having a plurality of user operable switches for producing a plurality of game information signals including an auto activate signal, wireless transmitter circuitry for encoding the game information signals into a bit stream and for transmitting the encoded bit stream, and a sleep function for powering down said game controller in response to detected inactivity of said plurality of user operable switches for a period of time; and a console interface connected to the game console via at least one of the game controller ports and having wireless receiver circuitry for receiving the encoded bit stream representing the game information, said receiver circuitry having logic circuitry for decoding the bit stream and detecting the auto activate signal in said bit stream and for modifying the game information such that an activate signal is continuously sent from the console interface to the game console via the at least one of the game controller ports, wherein at least one object in a game being played with the video game system console is continuously activated via said console interface in response to the received activate signal, wherein said activate signal being transmitted from said console interface via at least one game controller port operates independent of said sleep function in said game controller.
2. The wireless control unit according to claim 1, wherein the controller has a housing with a control section, left and right side handles extending from the control section and a center handle extending from the control section between the left and right side handles.
3. The wireless control unit according to claim 1, wherein said console interface further comprises a connection port for receiving a memory cartridge for selectively storing game information.
4. The wireless control unit according to claim 1, wherein the controller transmits the game information at a predefined frequency.
a plurality of game controllers each having at least one user operable switch, wireless transmitter circuitry for transmitting game information, including an auto activate start signal, and a sleep function for powering down said game controller in response to detected inactivity of said at least one user operable switch for a period of time; and at least one console interface connected to the game console via at least one of the game controller ports and having wireless receiver circuitry for receiving the game information, including the auto activate start signal, from each of the plurality of game controllers and for selectively modifying the game information from each game controller so that when the auto activate start signal is received by said console interface, an activate signal is continuously sent from the console interface to the game console via at least one of the game controller ports, wherein at least one object in the game being played with the game console is continuously activated via said console interface in response to the received activate signal, wherein said activate signal being transmitted from said console interface via at least one game controller port operates independent of said sleep function in said game controller.
6. The wireless control unit according to claim 5, wherein the at least one console interface comprises a plurality of console interfaces and wherein one console interface corresponds to one of said plurality of controllers, and wherein each console interface includes wireless receiver circuitry for receiving the game information, including the auto activate start signal from the corresponding controller and for selectively modifying the game information so that when the auto activate start signal is received an activate signal is continuously sent from the console interface to the console via the game controller ports, wherein at least one object in a game being played with the game console is controlled by the corresponding controller is continuously activated.
7. The wireless control unit according to claim 5, wherein said console interface further comprises a connection port for receiving a memory cartridge for selectively storing game information.
a game controller having at least one user operable switch, wireless transmitter circuitry for transmitting game information, wireless receiver circuitry for receiving controller information, and a vibrating member; and a console interface connected to the game console via at least one of the game controller ports and having wireless receiver circuitry for receiving the game information from the game controller, said console interface including wireless transmitter circuitry for wirelessly transmitting controller information to the game controller, said controller information including control signals for activating said vibrating member.
9. The wireless control unit according to claim 8, wherein the console interface further comprises a connection port for receiving a memory cartridge for storing game information.
10. The wireless control unit according to claim 8, wherein the controller further comprises a connection port for receiving a peripheral device.
11. The wireless control unit according to claim 10, wherein the peripheral device comprises a memory cartridge for storing game information.
12. The wireless control unit according to claim 10, wherein the peripheral device comprises said vibrating member.
13. The wireless control unit according to claim 8, wherein the controller further comprises said sleep function for detecting inactivity of the at least one operation switch and turning off the power to the internal circuitry of the controller in response to a predetermined period of time of detected inactivity, wherein said activate signal being transmitted from said console interface operates independently of said sleep function.
a game controller having at least one user operable switch, wireless transmitter circuitry for transmitting game information, wireless receiver circuitry for receiving controller information, and a connection port for receiving a vibrating member; and a console interface having wireless receiver circuitry for receiving the game information, from at said game controller, said console interface including wireless transmitter circuitry for transmitting controller information including control signals for activating said vibrating member to said game controller.
15. The wireless control unit according to claim 14, wherein said console interface further comprises a connection port for receiving a memory cartridge for storing game information.
16. The wireless control unit according to claim 14, wherein the controller further comprises a sleep function for detecting inactivity of the at least one operation switch and turning off the power to the internal circuitry of the controller in response to a predetermined period of time of detected inactivity, wherein said activate signal being transmitted from said console interface operates independently of said sleep function.
17. The wireless control unit according to claim 8, wherein said game information includes an auto activate start signal, said console interface detecting said auto activate signal and modifying the game information so that an activate signal is continuously sent from the console interface to the game console via at least one of the game controller ports, such that at least one object in a game being played with the video game system is continuously activated in response to the received activate signal.
18. The wireless control unit according to claim 14, wherein said game information includes an auto activate start signal, said console interface detecting said auto activate signal and modifying the game information so that an activate signal is continuously sent from the console interface to the game console via at least one of the game controller ports, such that at least one object in a game being played with the video game system is continuously activated in response to the received activate signal.
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2019-04-25T02:30:11Z
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https://patents.google.com/patent/CA2248745C/en
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I love to browse Etsy. As of right now, there are 1336 items in my list of Items I Love with even more in several other lists. I’d love to own every single one of them, but at the same time then I’d have to figure out where to put them, so it’s probably best to collect them in my lists and treasuries. But browsing Etsy? My favorite. Finding new yarns I have yet to work with? My favorite.
One thing I notice through all of this browsing is that most – if not all – Etsy shops have made many, many more sales than their reviews will show. It doesn’t matter the size of the shop, they will not have as many reviews as they have sales, or even anywhere close to that number.
From my own experience I’ve discovered that many people don’t know how to leave a review. It’s very simple, a series of clicks, but it’s knowing the series and the number and where exactly you’re supposed to end up.
Step One – Log into Etsy.com. You should immediately see your homepage. Here’s mine today.
Scroll downward to the item(s) you would like to review. Sometimes there is a wait period before you are allowed to review an item (even an instant download), so if the owner of the shop is a quick shipper and you absolutely love your purchase, you might still have to wait a few days to leave a review. These are earrings I’ve purchased from Juniper and Ivy. They are still marked as in transit, but I’m able to leave a review if I so choose.
I prefer to review items I’ve received and sampled, so I’ll skip over the earrings and move to the next order. Frankincense and Myrrh Body Spray and Lavender and Chamomile Shampoo from Plunk Soap.
Before you can actually write a review, you must click the number of stars you would rate the product.
You can change the number of stars at any point in the review process, or even later if you become dissatisfied with the product.
Each item in the order must be reviewed individually.
Every honest review you leave helps a shop owner out. It also assists their future customers. For many, positive reviews can be the deciding factor when choosing to make a purchase. Don’t let the lack of know-how keep you from reviewing something you love or something you hate, go do it! And remember, many shops offer discount codes to those who take the time to leave a few stars.
Do we ever keep our resolutions? In the past, I have resolved to get organized, to stay organized, to eat better, to exercise more, to lose weight, to destash my stashes, to cut down on my clutter, to start and finish my Christmas shopping early, to blog more, to keep my journal updated with happy things, and I have failed.
So this year I’m going to make it easy. I resolve to be happy, to cut back on stresses, to stop feeling guilty for saying no, I don’t want to. I resolve to communicate more, whether it is here, with my family, or with my friends. I resolve to make more than I buy, to use my cameras more often, and to strongly consider the benefits of a smoothie with/for breakfast. I resolve to consume more vitamin C, and to teach more things more often. And to finish my Christmas shopping early.
I remember visiting fabric stores with my momma when I was little. “I’m going to make you a dress,” she’d say. “But first we have to pick out a pattern.” We’d go through pattern book after pattern book. She’d see something cute and point it out to me. I’d say no, I didn’t like the color, or the print, or too many flowers. Because the picture was made in a fabric that didn’t suit my tastes, I would rule the pattern out completely and keep looking. Most of the time we both ended up frustrated. Sometimes she would find a pattern she liked and we’d go straight to picking out material. It was years before she made me realize that I was only supposed to be looking at the shape of the dress, that the rest was completely up to our discretion and we could do whatever we wanted.
I like to think that I’m better about that now. I like the freedom of being able to take what I want and like about a pattern and change all the rest of it. I have an easier time doing that when it comes to sewing.
This dress is a perfect example. The inspiration was white and blue. I was presented with green satin. I had some very overwhelming pink organza. I love how it turned out, and so did the owner.
Crochet patterns are ever challenging though. I see a gorgeous pattern, and I love everything about it. Then I look at my yarn stash, and see nothing that will do justice to that pattern. Much of my stash is a collection of hand-dyed single skeins. They are the most beautiful yarns I’ve ever seen, but finding the perfect patterns to showcase their beauty is difficult. To that end, I will be showcasing my collection of one-skein patterns. Many that I have used, many that are in my ravelry queue. Reviews will be provided where appropriate, of both pattern and yarn. My work schedule is about to get crazy with the upcoming holiday season, so hopefully this will provide an opportunity to reflect.
I’ve always found it particularly difficult to blog during the summer. There’s always something to do. This year my something to do was taking a break from everything except work in an effort to deal with stresses. I did quite a bit of creating over the summer (though I’m now on forced hiatus from that so I can make myself accomplish several time-sensitive projects) so I’ll hopefully have several yarn and pattern reviews coming up and several other things as well.
Sometimes a girl just needs a break. My need came from six-day workweeks, from stressful jobs and coworkers, from not enough sleep and too much on my to-do list and laundry that simply wasn’t getting caught up. The creating didn’t stop though, as the following images can attest.
Also from Yarn Baby, this is a Polwarth Wool which perfectly matches my bedspread. It has been cowled, and I LOVE it. I’m hoping to get a pattern review up soon because it is gorgeous.
This is my Shades of Sunflowers necklace (now available on Etsy). Malachite, shell and wooden beads hand-wrapped in brass wire are set off by a silver-tone sunflower charm.
I love this bracelet! Hemp, malachite and brass wire, crocheted together for a beachy, summery wrap bracelet. It’ll be available on Etsy soon, I hope.
I have several “new” projects in the works, a few original patterns, etc. I’ll try to stay on top of those while keeping y’all updated on Craft Show planning!
I’m so excited about warm weather I can’t stop working with lightweight summery things. This is the newest and I can’t wait to see how it comes out!
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2019-04-26T14:07:29Z
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https://justmadison.wordpress.com/
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Over 25 years of progressive technical and managerial experience with diversified experience in military & large and small scale civilian ADP and telecommunications projects. Extensive experience in planning & implementing major information technology operational programs. Specialized experience in DoD Information Assurance and security program management, project management, network and systems management, systems engineering, systems integration, network & software engineering, & systems analysis; configuration, crisis, personnel, production & operations management involving 40-100 plus technical staff and subcontractors. Demonstrated briefing skills, strong organizational & interpersonal skills experience at all levels of management functioning as a highly motivated, totally goal-oriented team player. Extensive experience in systems lifecycle management, facilities management, cost accounting, proposal management, business process re-engineering & strategic planning. SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY!
Established requirements and was the catalyst for the only accredited Information Systems Security MS degree program in the United States, Eastern Michigan University, 1994.
Various OOA/D (JAVA, C++, UML) & programming and data communications courses, 1997- 1998.
TS/SCI – Aug 1997 to Sep 1998; CI Polygraph in Apr 1998.
Responsible for several systems/security engineering related projects and tasks. Provide worldwide DITSCAP/DIICAP Certification Authority and systems security compliance support, lead DOD related architecture and design engineering efforts associated with classified and unclassified systems and cross domain information solutions for Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). Additionally, lead, plan and execute penetration and red team exercises for DOD organizations in order to assess enterprise security posture. Other organizations supported in this capacity include the DTRA, IC CIO, JWID, DIAP, OASD/C3I, NSA, JTF-CND, JCS, COCOMs, CNO/Navy. Perform Critical Infrastructure Protection Assessments and Analyses of mission critical and realtime systems identifying single points of failure, vulnerabilities, and formulating remediation strategies and solutions. Responsible for providing various architecture and engineering planning, prototyping, and product delivery for enterprise, fixed and tactical software and systems; perform cradle-to-grave large scale lifecycle systems engineering and integration projects for several systems, communications and infrastructure technology programs. Perform strategic and implementation planning, security certification and accreditations, security test and evaluation, risk management, and technology assessments to in the areas of communications, networking, operating systems, applications, security, messaging, and wireless. Requested to speak at a GSA/FTS Technology Conference on wireless communication technologies. Also, provide combatant commands IA exercise planning and execution related to the security of the evolving defense and intelligence, national, and Global Information Grid Infrastructures.
Analytical support includes research and development of defensive information warfare concepts and strategies, particularly within the national security framework. Coordinate related intelligence community and DOD DISA Federal Department and Agency IA planning activities and identification of policy, technical, and programmatic issues crossing organizational, functional, and program boundaries. Manage and participate in software, systems, and security engineering activities, such as: small and large scale systems and security engineering and development efforts; technology lab development for system and security application prototyping; architecture and infrastructure analysis; INFOSEC requirements definitions; technology evaluation and assessment; information management and workflow automation utilizing Lotus Notes and Domino R5; e-commerce, public key infrastructure (PKI) design and deployment; multi-level security technologies; intrusion detection and analysis; simulation and modeling; development of IA concepts and strategic implementation planning for Intel community CIO Office and DOD DISA organizations; web site and content design and development and integration of DIAP IA policy and guidance system to serve as centralized and authoritative source of IA policy, legislation, directive; perform and conduct system-level designs, reviews, and risk management assessments; develop certification and test and evaluation, technical reports, and project plans; perform systems integration and monitoring of the implementation of processes, hardware and software solutions, and technical writing.
Responsible for successfully completing the architecture, design engineering, installation and testing and transition to operations of a heterogeneous Multi-Level Security (MLS) TCP/IP communications and messaging infrastructure with automatic redundant fail-over to support mission and time critical intelligence customer applications and messaging systems. The infrastructure utilized IBM MQSeries messaging COTS and customized security and messaging GOTS was developed to permit three different security levels to communicate reliably and securely via priority message based queuing providing 100% data availability, integrity, and confidentiality. This was a large scale legacy migration effort transitioned a point-to-point mainframe based environment to a distributed multi-platform (Sun, SGI, Dec Alpha, IBM AIX/RS6000, Windows NT, and IBM 3090) environment. The systems communication infrastructure permitted remote site locations integration, interfacing and messaging across customized firewalls, routers, high-speed switches, public key encryption. Customized systems and network management platforms/software and intrusion detection monitoring and analysis were incorporated to operate & administer the critical mission applications and message queuing environments.
Provided extensive technical and managerial expertise, direction & support to various internal company programs and initiatives. Prepared the engineering and management proposal to win a $95million 5-year Information Technology and INFOSEC Security Engineering contract with NSA. Engineered a Fortezza-based Multi-level Secure (MLS) e-mail system, integrating COTS/GOTS software. Focused technology expertise included firewall, encryption, network and host-based intrusion detection, secure configuration of operating systems, network operating systems, EC/EDI, data mining and warehousing, secure messaging and e-mail service applications.
Project engineer and technical manager for major Federal Aviation Agency effort to increase capacity/efficiency and reduce costs of information systems infrastructure. Applied engineering cost analysis techniques such as return-on-investment (ROI). Developed candidate architectures and process models. Served as company-wide senior INFOSEC and network management expert developing secure architectures & strategies, risk management, security posture and penetration analyses and assessments with corrective countermeasures and solutions, and product evaluations. Customers included Army Materiel Command (AMC), DISA, DoD, Defense Nuclear Agency, Internal Revenue Service, and General Accounting Office. Developed technical input to: Internet & intranet LAN/WAN/MAN strategies, concepts for offensive Information Warfare, INFOSEC, electronic commerce/electronic data exchange, systems and network management, data communications, e-mail.
As Technical Program Manager for 5 subcontractors and 80 technical staff for developing, designing, documenting, testing, and implementing an IRS asynchronous nationwide-wide system. Engineered technical and workflow concepts and build-out and physical and communications security of three distributed data centers. Implemented RAPTOR firewall, customized communications server to implement security multi-authentication, hashing & public key encryption techniques. Systems security engineering was audited by NSA/ARCA representative who reported no flaws.
Served as Senior INFOSEC/Network engineer consultant in support of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), performing various INFOSEC, network management design and integration activities. Provided network and security guidance and assistance to Pentagon Network Integration and Design team. Formulated INFOSEC technical papers and briefings and provided design and access solutions for security and network issues associated with Internet and remote access, encryption and MLS cryptography implementation. Developed a liaison relationship with the National Security Agency (NSA) pertaining to MLS and COMSEC cryptographic equipment, practices, and future solutions and strategy associated with MISSI program planning and implementation. Maintained relationships with organizations such as IETF, NSCA, CERT and ASSIST regarding INFOSEC and network management.
Developed and implemented an Information Systems Security Program for the US Army’s Information Systems Command-Pentagon (ISC-P) to protect the network management of a heterogeneous dual-Broadband Communications Network (BCN) that is basis for a centralized "joint service" data center. Prepared and maintained security accreditations. Performed 24x7 traffic monitoring, analysis, and incident reporting. Performed COMSEC/cryptographic equipment integration and operations. Planned and implemented penetration testing. Provided network design, security, training and accreditation guidance to other services. Worked closely with DoD, law enforcement and intelligence organizations to develop policy, perform incident investigation and provide training (Dept. of Justice, DoD Office of SecDef, CIA, NSA, etc.). Developed and implemented several SAP initiatives and covert operations. Functioned as Sr. Technical Expert and Representative for ISC-P sponsor on various INFOSEC & Network Management and STAMIS/MDW Data Center consolidation task forces -- created, reviewed and provided evaluation and comment on various network management, security and strategic planning documents. Drafted regulatory requirements & updates to Army Regulation 380-19 on information security. Key requirements input to INFOSEC Masters Degree program at Eastern Michigan University. Performed network management and engineering of BCN components; assisted with implementation of an ATM test network.
Served as Project Manager performing requirements analysis, design, and installation of a customized dual screen Video TeleConferencing (VTC) CLI-based system for the Director of DMA at four separate CONUS locations interfaced to JWICS and provided operational training; designed and installed an autonomous Novell Netware 3.x based, high speed FOIRL AutoCad Network; Planned, coordinated and managed the delivery and shipments of over 500 Cabletron network component devices (value over $2.x million) to multiple locations supporting enterprise network upgrades; served as a Deputy Project Manager for a Department of Education Pell contract involving all phases of the systems development life cycle process to maintain stringent deliverables that enabled national disbursements of more than a billion dollars of financial aid; developed a prototype electronic document handling system and strategic management and migration plan to migrate from a manual paper-based processing system to an electronic-based submission processing system which was successfully implemented; performed technical writing; designed, managed, and executed the management and technical business and transition plan to create a centralized ADP operational facility (10,000 sqft), optimizing operational systems and work-flow activities; provided facilities and operations management support for a multi-million dollar IRS nationwide customer support center contract operation.
Managed and implemented various contract projects--supervising over 42 employees; systems life cycle management, systems analysis, configuration management, systems security, programming, database development, requirements and test specification definition for various applications; designed and programmed a corporate executive information system to streamline contract billing, cost tracking, graphic, invoice production-audit-accounting, and electronic time-sheet at the corporate and project levels utilizing various cost accounting and budget control techniques for various contract types; installed a 3COM ethernet network connecting three remote offices to corporate headquarters. Designed physical security for a data center.
Developed multi-dimensional, statistical, data acquisition, modeling and simulation programs and performed code conversions in support of the Army’s Night Vision Electro-Optics Laboratory Visionics Division and Data Acquisition Field Testing Programs; developed optical recognition and imaging software and I/O peripheral and instrumentation device driver systems; Assisted with scientific technical reporting for world wide distribution.
Operating Systems: IBM Mainframe(VM,MVS,VS1,CMS), DEC Alpha, SUN OS/Solaris, HPUX, AIX, Linux, DOS, Windows 2000/XP/NT Server/WS, Windows ME/98/95, Novell, Apple/Macintosh, Prime, and various others.
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Selected by Division Management for Company funded Master's Degree & Certificate Program in Systems Engineering Management with George Washington University, Sep 1999 - Jun 2003.
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2019-04-20T20:38:36Z
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http://christopherlong.tripod.com/
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Who is to blame for road rage and danger on the country's streets? That depends on who you ask, according to a new study.
Whether you're a cyclist or a driver, chances are you've cursed under your breath — or out loud — at someone who has cut you off or almost hit you.
But who is to blame for the road rage and danger? That depends on who you ask.
A new study from Angus Reid Institute found 43 per cent of respondents believe there is "quite a bit of conflict" on the roads. Within that group, a majority say cyclists are to blame.
"The reason I say [the results] are not surprising is because there are simply more drivers on the road today than cyclists," said Shachi Kurl, executive director of Angus Reid Institute.
"We are really at an intersection of more bike lanes and changing mindsets over how drivers and cyclists share the road."
The study also shows a divide in perceptions from respondents depending on where they live in the Greater Toronto Area.
Some 77 per cent of respondents from suburban 905 areas said they do not see much conflict between drivers and cyclists.
However, 60 per cent of respondents from the more dense and urban 416 areas perceive conflict to be common.
To date, 21 pedestrians and cyclists have been killed in collisions with motor vehicles in Toronto in 2018.
Bob Sutton knows how aggressive drivers can get on the streets of Toronto. He's worked as a bike courier for 13 years and has seen every illegal and dangerous move under the sun.
"You've really got to watch traffic. Even with the new bike lanes on Richmond and Adelaide, drivers don't look — I'd say 50 per cent of the time — before turning," Sutton said.
He said tension and anger continues to grow on the streets and called on drivers to do their part.
"People who drive downtown feel like cyclists aren't allowed to be on the road," he said. "But we're legally part of traffic, expect that we're going to be there."
Liz Sutherland of Cycle Toronto, a cycling advocacy organization, said bike riders are usually the most aware road users.
"Knowing that we will be the ones that take the brunt of it, that if there's a collision, it'll be our bodies that the violence will be perpetrated on," she said.
Faizal Mohammed gets frustrated daily by the moves cyclists make. He's been to every corner of the city working as a cab driver and said there is bad behaviour everywhere.
"[Cyclists] don't follow the rules. There's no safety measures, no helmets, they don't follow the lights. No anything."
Mohammed said it can be difficult for drivers to see cyclists in the mix of traffic and hopes there will be a licensing program, similar to how drivers need to take tests before hitting the road.
"If there are ever any mistakes, they hit the car and are abusing, then they run away."
While the study finds that Canadians perceive cyclists as being the ones to blame, Yvonne Bambrick, an urban cycling consultant, said data proves that to be false.
According to Bambrick, data from a 2015 report from London, England's Department of Transport suggested that 60 to 70 per cent of the time drivers were solely responsible, while cyclists were to blame 17 to 20 per cent of the time.
Cycle Toronto also cited a 2012 study from Ontario's Office of the Chief Coroner that reviewed 129 cycling deaths.
Both drivers and cyclists shared 33 per cent of the blame in those instances, with the remaining percentage showing both sides as responsible.
But Bambrick said ultimately, playing the blame game between two sides solves nothing and that city officials need to be held to account.
"The transportation department is failing all of us...none of us should be in a position, drivers and cyclists alike, where we are put into contact with each other, where an inevitable mistake happens," she said.
Both Bambrick and Cycle Toronto are calling for a lowering of speed limits and more separated bike lanes to make roads more manageable for cyclists and drivers.
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2019-04-21T15:49:08Z
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/drivers-vs-cyclists-who-s-at-fault-new-study-reveals-who-canadians-blame-for-road-dangers-1.4725764
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Firmly Afoot… Wherever That May Be.
Streaming images on social media are an endless temptation to pack it all up, sell my dog and see, see, see the world! Okay, a bit ridiculous, no one would ever pay me for my dog… but you get the gist.
As a part-time, obsessive-compulsive perfectionist, I’d love someone to give me ONE concise list of where I should travel. The options and subjectivity surrounding the awesome affluence of opinions make my mind dream in a flurry. I’m a realist after all. I know I can’t go everywhere but letting go of my tendency to over-think my choices and just get my feet somewhere, is… well, a bit daunting.
Three weeks. Threeee weeks. We’re talking ‘working’ weeks. So, subtract 10 of those days for summer fun with my children, 3–because you just never know what might come up, and you’re (I’m) left with 2. Days, that is. See why I’m neurotic.
Have you ever really listened to what Kermit is singing? It’s time… don’t you think.
A greater poet I have not met in a Frog.
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2019-04-26T10:03:48Z
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https://colormehip.wordpress.com/
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The massive Whitewater-Baldy Complex fire continues burning and rugged terrain in the Gila National Forest in western New Mexico and generating a lot of smoke as seen by NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites. Smoke advisories are in effect throughout the region and the state.
This image of smoke and fire from the Whitewater-Baldy Complex Fire was taken on May 28, 2012 at 20:55 UTC (4:55 p.m. EDT) from the MODIS instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite. The heat from the fires is outlined in red in the image, and the smoke from the fires appear light brown in color.
There are now mandatory evacuations for the community of Mogollon, and road/trail/area closures on the Gila National Forest. For more information visit the Gila National Forest website: www.fs.usda.gov/gila. As of May 29, the U.S. Forest Service reported that 152,012 acres have been burned by the fire. The fire began on May 9 from a lightning strike. For updates on the fire, visit the Inciweb website: http://www.inciweb.org/incident/2870/.
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2019-04-20T06:47:06Z
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https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/fires/main/usa/nm-20120529.html
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Uncontrolled runoff from barnyards and open lots can contain nutrients and manure. If allowed to enter nearby surface water like streams and ponds, it can cause significant harm. This fact sheet discusses ways to prevent or reduce the possibility that runoff from barnyards and open lots will pollute the surrounding environment.
though the lot is polluted. Therefore, if 80 acres of pasture runoff drains through a one- acre lot containing manure, the result is 81 acres of polluted runoff. Even though the runoff is watered down, it is still considered a pollution risk (Figure 1).
However, there are ways to reduce the pollution caused by manure and runoff from small barnyards and open lots. Place grass or other plants below the lot where it can filter runoff before reaching streams and ponds. Try to have at least 100 feet of grass between barnyards and surface water.
If you follow these six principles, you can reduce the chance that barnyards, wintering areas, or open lots will pollute. Livestock owners can change fencing, divert clean water around lots, regularly collect manure from lots, control manure runoff, manage nutrients, and protect water wells from pollution to reduce the possibility that their farm will pollute and to be a good steward of their land.
State and federal regulators and environmental groups look for a connection between where animals are penned and surface water when determining if a farm is polluting or has the potential to pollute the environ- ment.
Examples of surface water include streams that contain water only when it rains; streams and rivers that flow year round; and lakes, ponds, and wetlands. Some state regulators may view road ditches or waterways as surface water.
enough room for the animals and minimize the area that contributes polluted runoff. This is the first step to decreasing environmental risk. Table 1 can be used to properly size open lots.
If buffer space outside a pen is limited, reduce the number of animals in the lot before reducing the pen space. Keeping the same number of animals in a smaller lot may negatively affect animal health and comfort. If grass can be established or if an adequate buffer area is available, the amount of space for each animal may be increased.
“Dirty” runoff should filter through grassy areas before reaching ditches, streams, and other surface water. “Clean” water is runoff from crop fields, hay fields, pastures, roofs, or farmsteads. Direct clean water away from the barnyard or open lot.
Joe Farmer was rebuilding a wintering lot near the home place and wanted to know how much dry lot space he needed for his 25 beef cows. He uses it to keep cows and calves for four months before turning them out to pasture in the spring. Currently the lot is 170 feet by 170 feet.
From Table 1, cows-calves need 500 square feet per pair.
The new lot needs to be 170 feet by 74 feet. Joe decided to move his fence back 96 feet and plant the old lot space to brome for a filter treatment system.
Separate “clean” water from “dirty” barnyard runoff.
Clean water ditches, channels, waterways, and terraces help control the runoff from elevated areas. Direct roof water using gutters (Figure 2).
Figure 2. Shed with gutter drainage system. Guttering prevents roof drainage from entering lot.
the chance manure will leave the barnyard. Pull-type blades, such as a box scraper or a three point blade, work best to clean lots (Figure 3).
Collect manure from barnyards and lots monthly.
Figure 3. Collecting manure with a pulltype blade works best for maintaining lot surfaces.
position wastes feed and reduces body condition. Using concrete or geo-textile fabric around the feeding area eases manure collection.
Manure should be stock- piled in locations where run- off will not drain into surface water. Manure can be stock- piled in a field, away from surface water, and spread when it is more convenient.
If manure runoff reaches a ditch or stream when it leaves a lot, it pollutes the environ- ment. If runoff from a lot passes through a grass strip before it reaches the ditch or stream, it will be treated. The plants will use the nutrients and excess runoff water. In- stalling a debris basin, filter fence, or similar device provides additional treatment by settling manure solids before the liquids flow through the vegetation. These are called vegetative treatment areas (Figure 4). A rule of thumb is that a vegetative filter or treatment area should be at least as large as the lot area.
Rule of thumb: Vegetative filters should be at least as large as the lot area.
Figure 4. Vegetative filter using gated pipe to take runoff from a lot to a brome filter.
Manure contains valuable nutrients that plants need. If the nutrients are not used, how- ever, they become a pollutant.
A ton of chicken manure can contain up to 70 pounds of nitrogen. If commercial fertilizer costs $0.30 per pound of nitrogen, the nitrogen in the ton of chicken manure is worth $21.
collected and spread on grass- land or cropland. Otherwise, the manure is wasted.
Loamy and sandy soils and shallow groundwater indicate areas that are easily polluted. Both water wells and wellheads should be installed according to state codes and located uphill of livestock feeding areas and runoff water. Apply less manure on loamy and sandy soils that are close to groundwater because they tend to allow liquids to flow easily through them. Stop using cisterns or hand-dug wells located near feeding sites. Properly plug any watering system that is no longer being used (Figure 5).
Animals should have a clean and reliable source of drinking water. Letting animals drink in a stream is the same as dump- ing a small amount of their manure in the stream everyday. Providing water from a water bowl, water tank, or automatic waterer keeps both the stream and your animals healthy (Figure 6). An alternative solution is to limit your animal’s access to streams or ponds with a watering ramp.
Am I Subject to Regulation?
with surface water. If a small farm has a filter strip, debris basin, holding pond, or infiltration field that prevents runoff from directly flowing to surface water, it will probably not be subject to regulation. However, farms that have a connection to surface water could be required to install controls and obtain permits.
Try to maintain as much grass in and below open lots as possible (Figure 7). The grass helps to filter and use nutrients. It is best to bale and feed this grass rather than let livestock graze on it.
Figure 7. A vegetative buffer area below an open lot will filter runoff before it reaches surface water.
When am I Regulated by EPA?
of operation can be considered a CAFO. To avoid needing a permit, small-scale farmers should manage their farm so that they will not meet the definition of an AFO. To avoid being called an AFO, small farmers may need to manage their lots near crop fields, pastures, and range land differently than in the past. They may need to limit the amount of time that live- stock spend in lots. To be a good steward of the environ- ment, small farmers will need to actively encourage the growth of grass in confined areas and to reduce the chance that runoff will reach surface water.
Do animals spend time in any area that does not contain grass or other ground cover?
If the area is com- pletely bare and is not used for crops or hay, it may concern regulators.
Are animals restricted to the area more than 45 days during the year?
Housing animals in lots, wintering areas, and barnyards for a short time does not concern regulators as long as it is temporary. Regulators will thorough- ly inspect lots and areas that are obviously used more than 45 days if they think they are polluting streams, lakes, or wells.
A small farm must first be an AFO before it can be considered a CAFO.
What is a Small CAFO?
Brown-colored water is leaving your lots or barn- yards and noticeably flowing into a stream, lake, or even ground- water.
Brown-colored water is leaving your lots or barn- yards in a man-made A pipe has been installed to drain runoff water from the property.
polluting. They have sent you a letter asking you to correct the problem.
Do not place a pipe or ditch from the barnyard or open lot to surface water.
Place a grass buffer or filter strip between your barnyard or open lot.
When animals are present, it is best to clean the open lot once a Cleaning lots once a year is not enough.
Take steps to prevent extra water from drain- ing into your lot or barnyard from a field.
Provide the right amount of lot space for your animals.
Avoid a bare open lot that is larger than the animals can use.
Plan to spread manure to use the nutrients, not just to get rid of it.
Do not allow water to collect near wells or wellheads.
Fence off streams and ponds next to your Do not allow animals to drink from them.
Chris Henry, Extension Engineer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, can be reached at [email protected] or 402-472-6529. Joe Harner, Extension Agricultural Engineer, Kansas State University, can be reached at [email protected] or 785-532-2930.
The authors wish to thank Diane Huntrods, the LPES Project Manager, at MidWest Plan Service, Iowa State University, for editing this fact sheet and coordinating its completion.
The authors wish to thank Herschel George, Kansas State University, Robert Frisbee, Kansas State University, and Nancy Swarts, University of Nebraska for their review of this fact sheet.
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Nanda, Anupam, "Essays on the determinants of housing prices" (2006). Doctoral Dissertations. AAI3231244.
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University of Illinois scientist Aaron Hager pulls a Palmer amaranth plant. The superweed, which chokes agricultural crops, has strong roots, and its long panicles can spread 250,000 seeds.
Thirty-five members of Congress are questioning Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy about her agency's review of a controversial Dow Chemical Co. weedkiller that was the subject of a Chicago Tribune investigation last year.
In a letter sent to McCarthy late last week, Democratic lawmakers from across the country said they were concerned about the health risks posed by Dow's Enlist Duo herbicide, which combines 2,4-D and glyphosate as a one-two punch to battle weeds that have evolved to become impervious to glyphosate alone. Dow has genetically modified corn and soybeans to make them immune to Enlist Duo so that farmers can spray entire fields with the herbicide, sparing the crops but killing the weeds.
When the EPA approved Enlist Duo in 2014, the agency tossed aside evidence of kidney lesions in lab rats that Dow's own scientists said were caused by 2,4-D, clearing the way for children to be exposed to levels considered for decades to be unsafe, the Tribune investigation found.
"We were concerned to learn that, during this process, EPA dismissed a key study linking 2,4-D to kidney abnormalities based on one scientist's analysis, and in doing so, effectively gave the green light for 41 times more of the chemical to enter the America diet than was previously allowed," the lawmakers wrote.
The EPA is reconsidering its approval of Enlist Duo, but agency officials told the Tribune last December that its scientists solely are determining whether bigger no-spray zones are needed to protect endangered plants near the edges of farm fields. The fact that the agency's review is focusing only on plants and not people was troubling to the lawmakers.
"These actions do not address questions about serious potential health risks brought to light by the Chicago Tribune," the lawmakers wrote.
The congressional group is led by Reps. Earl Blumenauer and Peter DeFazio — both Democrats from Oregon — and includes Rep. Mike Quigley, a Chicago Democrat. The group asked a dozen questions about the EPA's review of the chemical and urged the agency to scrutinize everything from the human cancer risks to the environmental threat that the monarch butterfly faces when the herbicide wipes out its food source, milkweed.
A federal appellate court decision this week handed a victory to Dow Chemical Co.'s efforts to revive a World War II-era weedkiller and brought the next generation of genetically modified crops closer to America's dinner tables.
"Given the widely-known adverse impacts of 2,4-D on human health and the environment, and with little understood about the implications of combining 2,4-D and glyphosate, EPA should use the utmost caution in assessing the safety of Enlist Duo before approving it for continued use," they wrote. "... The public deserves to know how EPA intends to address all of these concerns."
A Dow spokesman did not return a phone call and email seeking comment Friday. Dow has said Enlist Duo is safe and that 2,4-D is one of the most widely studied weedkillers in history.
An EPA spokeswoman declined to comment Friday. The EPA last year said 2,4-D was so safe that nobody would be harmed even if every corn and soybean farmer in America sprayed Enlist Duo.
The EPA's own worst-case estimates of exposure show that young American children could be exposed to levels of 2,4-D that the World Health Organization, Russia, Australia, South Korea, Canada, Brazil and China all consider unsafe, the Tribune found.
The World Health Organization's cancer research agency reviewed scientific studies and last year ruled that 2,4-D is possibly a carcinogen and glyphosate is a probably a carcinogen to people. In addition, 2,4-D — half of the formula for the Vietnam War-era defoliant Agent Orange — has been linked to Parkinson's disease, hypothyroidism and other health problems.
Quigley's office said the Chicago congressman decided to look into this issue after reading last year's Tribune investigation.
"It is clear that many questions still remain regarding Enlist Duo's effect on both human health and the environment, so I hope that the letter to EPA Administrator McCarthy will push her to fully and methodically reevaluate Enlist Duo's risk," Quigley said in a written statement.
A federal appeals court last month denied EPA's request to vacate its approval of Enlist Duo, a decision that keeps the weedkiller on the market while the EPA takes a second look.
Dow also is awaiting regulatory approval of its genetically modified crops in China before broadly marketing Enlist Duo to U.S. corn and soybean farmers. American grain elevators won't accept Dow's new crops until China approves them.
The market for Enlist Duo is potentially huge. Today 94 percent of soybeans and 89 percent of corn planted in the U.S. are genetically engineered to survive herbicides, primarily the glyphosate in Monsanto Co.'s Roundup. But overuse of Roundup has spawned weeds that can survive and grow 8 feet tall and as thick as baseball bats.
To battle those so-called superweeds, Dow, Monsanto and other companies are genetically modifying a new generation of crops to be immune to multiple weedkillers. Rather than replacing one weedkiller with another, they're adding more.
Blumenauer called this a "terrible cycle — and one with serious health and environmental implications."
In an email Friday, he wrote, "More attention is needed and extra care should be taken for the sake of our health and environment. That's why I'm urging EPA to re-think this, and that's why we have such strong support."
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Tonga Landscape Photography: Fine-art travel photography from the islands of Tonga. Vava'u island group is famous for sailing, swimming with whales, spectacular beaches and unspoiled islands. This gallery contains a taste of the incredible beauty that is Tonga. As the people as a big part of the landscape here, I've included some photos of their friendly faces and activities.
Beautiful Tongan Woman on a Walk around the town of Neiafu.
Blue Lagoon of Tonga lives up to the name.
Catch of the Day for the Tongan Beach Resort.
Cottonball Puff Clouds Floating over the Tongan Islands.
Dugout Canoe sitting ready for higher waters in Hunga, Tonga.
Dusk over A'a Island in the Vava'u group of Tongan Island.
Escape to Tonga with its stunning beaches and islands.
Euakafa Coast with a solitary sailboat in the distance.
Euakafa Green Waters in August.
Fisherman and His Beloved Boat. On a small uninhabited island, this fisher set up a camp to dry his squid and other fish he caught. He wades in the water in this photo preparing to go back out fishing.
Five Islands of Tonga, each small and uninhabited.
Four Sailboats in Blue Lagoon with gorgeous blue waters!
Green Crab found in a tide pool.
Green Jungle, Mangrove Flats. The snake-like stream of sea water coming out of the higher ground attracted my attention here.
Humpback Whale Long Fin extending into the air in Tonga.
Hunga Bay at Low Tide with a dugout canoe at the ready.
Hunga Lagoon on overcast day.
Jungle Hike on Kenutu along the western cliffs.
Jungle Stretches to the Sea with long arms of trees and vines. These long branches have bushy heads like yucca leaves. The beach is beautiful.
Kenutu and Yellow Sailboat. This is the most east and remote of the Vava'u island group. It's fun to explore the island.
Kenutu Exploring: for such a small island, there are so many plants.
Kenutu West Cliffs facing the great Pacific Ocean and its' powerful waves.
Kenutu Western Cliffs: walking around here is on jagged lava rock.
Kenutu Western Cliffs get pounded by big regular waves.
Lost in Tonga, Don't Find Me. I like it here on the most beautiful beach in the world.
Luxury Sailboat at Anchor in Vava'u bay.
Mangrove Branches Out into a tidal mud flat.
Mangrove Manual: these arm and hand and finger-like projections help the mangroves hold their own in the jungle and tide pools.
Mangrove Roots into Mud, seawater, tidal flats and other sea things. Though only visible at low tide, the root system is fascinating and beautiful.
Maninita Anchorage in sandy water. The island only has birds for residents. I circumnavigated it on foot in 20 minutes of pleasure.
Maninita Sand is rough but abundant.
Marlin weighing 200 pounds takes six men to carry it to shore.
Ngau Aquamarine Waters invite any traveler to stop and swim. Here a lone woman enjoys this beach in paradise.
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The full chemical or product name. Mixtures of hazardous chemicals must be inventoried by listing all the components and their concentrations as well as the matrix solvent.
The Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) number, as these are unique identifiers which may help when there are multiple, or confusing, chemical names.
The storage location where the hazardous chemical is normally kept.
Research Laboratory & Safety Services' User Dashboard hazardous chemical inventory screen allows for Approval Holders (AH), Approval Safety Coordinator (ASC), or designated laboratory workers to update their hazardous chemical inventory in real time. Once a laboratory enters its chemical inventory into this system, the User Dashboard automatically provides the hazard information, relevant (M)SDSs, and GHS-compliant container labels for each chemical. Laboratory workers can request the addition of a chemical to the RLSS Chemical Database by completing the Chemical Database Addition Request Form. Once this chemical is available in the database, the AH/ASC or designee must add the chemical to the laboratory inventory through the User Dashboard.
A Material Safety Data Sheet [(M)SDS] provides information on the characteristics and hazards of a chemical. This information includes the hazard statements, pictograms and precautionary statements related to a chemical. The GHS SDS provides a common format for relaying the hazard information about a chemical in the United States and internationally. By December, 2015, manufacturers and distributors of chemicals must not distribute hazardous chemicals unless they are labeled in accordance with the GHS and they have an attached SDS.
Every AH must have a (M)SDS or SDS readily available for every hazardous chemical that may be used or stored in their laboratory/laboratories. As long as the hazardous chemical inventory is kept up-to-date through the RLSS User Dashboard, this requirement is automatically met. If a chemical is in the RLSS Chemical Database, but it does not have an associated (M)SDS, or if a different (M)SDS is needed, the AH/ASC or designee should complete the (M)SDS Database Addition Request Form to request the addition of a (M)SDS to the database.
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Getting good terms on the student loans you need in order to obtain your degree may sound like an impossible task, but you really should take heart. By seeking the best information on the topic, you have the ability to educate yourself on exactly the right steps to take. Continue reading for more facts.
The process of financing your education need not be frightening or complicated. All you need to do is utilize the advice you have just digested in order to compare your options and make smart decisions. Making sure you do not get in over your head and saddle yourself with unmanageable debt is the best way to get off to a great start in life.
Homeschooling has become very popular. By homeschooling their children, parents have the opportunity to provide one on one attention and ensure that their kids learn everything they need to learn to prepare for a successful future. This article contains a plethora of great homeschooling tips, so if you home school your kids, keep reading!
When you take a vacation with your kids, use them for teaching purposes. Plan family vacations which involve zoos, science centers, historical landmarks and museums. In any given day on your vacation, you can include a learning opportunity in your itinerary. Your entire family will enjoy the togetherness and the opportunity to learn new things.
As was discussed earlier in this article, homeschooling has become very popular. With homeschooling, parents can directly control what their children are learning and provide them with guidance and one on one attention. If you home school your kids, or are thinking about it, use all of the tips and advice contained in this article.
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Melania Trump And The 'Daily Mail' Settle Libel Lawsuits : The Two-Way The Mail will pay a reported $2.9 million, far less than the $150 million the first lady had sought. The lawsuits concerned an article that made false claims about her time as a model.
First lady Melania Trump arrives in West Palm Beach, Fla., last week. On Wednesday, she reached a deal to settle defamation claims over an article published in the Daily Mail tabloid about her time as a model.
The Daily Mail has agreed to pay damages and issue an apology to first lady Melania Trump to settle defamation claims over the British tabloid's insinuations that she "provided services beyond simply modelling."
The basis for the lawsuits in the U.S. and the U.K. was the Mail's report about Melania's time as a model, published online and in a two-page article last summer under the headline, "Racy photos and troubling questions about his wife's past that could derail Trump."
"The allegations strike at the heart of the claimant's personal integrity and dignity. The claimant has not acted as alleged. The suggestion that such allegations even merit investigation is deeply offensive and has caused a great deal of upset to the claimant."
We accept that these allegations about Mrs Trump are not true and we retract and withdraw them. We apologise to Mrs Trump for any distress that our publication caused her. To settle Mrs Trump's two lawsuits against us, we have agreed to pay her damages and costs."
The terms of the settlement were not released in court. The Associated Press reports that the total for the U.S. and U.K. lawsuits is $2.9 million.
"Plaintiff had the the unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, as an extremely famous and well-known person, as well as a former professional model and brand spokesperson, and successful businesswoman, to launch a broad-based commercial brand in multiple product categories, each of which could have garnered multi-million dollar business relationships for a multi-year term during which Plaintiff is one of the most photographed women in the world. These product categories would have included, among other things, apparel, accessories, shoes, jewelry, cosmetics, hair care, skin care and fragrance."
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Kimmie (youngest daughter) was invited to join the National Honor Society today.
Go Kimmie!!! Congrats for all your hard work!
Congrats Kimmie!! Make sure Mom brings the camera to the pinning ceremony.
Kimmie- Kudos on a job well done!
You and Brad must be very proud. I remember when she was crawling through a little tykes barn in the old shoppe on Neptune. Congratulations!
What a fantastic honor. YOU GO GIRL !!!!!!!
CONGRATULATIONS to Kimmie and Mom and Dad! They apparently do it differently than they did in my day (back in the dark ages)! I used to be a secret from the students, and the parents were only notified the night before so they could attend the surprise induction. Way to go!!!
Images from our 2008 layout classes. Look for a new album beginning January 2009 for our new class samples. These will not be taken off the blog.
This is the second class that you received a kit for but did not have time to complete. Each page should be bagged in it's own bag. There will be two pieces of background paper, one for the front and one for the back. You will also need to lightly paint the box and album edges pink if desired. Also, I cut off two of the panels (the one with the ribbon and the adjacent one). Please email the Shoppe if you have any questions. [email protected].
We have fun and savings in the works for all of our customers. Be on the lookout for information soon. We love to tease, aren't we bad?
These are images from the CHA SuperShow kits.
These are copies of the many kits we have for sale during 2009. Please refer to these samples when assembling your layouts. Any questions? Give us a call or stop by.
One page layout samples from our 10 for $25.00 classes.
Photos from our second cruise to the Western Caribbean!
New Blog, come on over.
Our disappointment is your gain!
This fish has found a new pond.
Vote for the Rays on the MLB AllStar ballot.
Reminder- 40% off sale, fixture sale and backroom sale.
Just braggin' on my Rays!
Sale this weekend! 30% more!
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The 1872 Cup or is it the 1995 Cup ?
This writers fascination with the Inter City goes back to the early 1950s when the match was traditionally played on the first Saturday in December at Old ANNIESLAND and was either frosted off or the game was played in fog when you could hardly see across the pitch"
My grandfather played in the contest in the 1890s when on one occasion it was reported that in 1891 Glasgow gave Edinburgh "a good thonging"
It had the sponsors’ name on it. That sponsorship remained for the following season, but for 1997-98 a new sponsor came on board – Inter-City Trains. So for that season it was the Inter-City Cup.
By then the Inter-District Championship was a qualifying competition for Europe. However, in late March 1998 came the SRU decision to condense from four teams to two for European competition. That sounded the death knell of the IDC. But Glasgow and Edinburgh played a one-off Inter-City match in 1998-99.
The IDC was resurrected for season 1999-2000. But that lasted only three seasons, ending in 2001-2002. Thereafter the Inter-City Cup languished in the Glasgow District office in Somerset Place for a few years. It found a new life when the pro teams revived it in 2007.
Glasgow’s 97-98 win was at Scotstoun! The ground that season was Glasgow’s first home in the Heineken Cup, though the home matches in the European Challenge Cup the previous season (the four Scottish teams’ first season in Europe) had been played at Hughenden.
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Lana Jean Giberson and William R. Auld III were married March 30 in the First United Methodist Church of Winter Park. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Giberson, Orlando. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Auld Jr., Fort Worth, Texas. After a wedding trip to San Francisco and Lake Tahoe, Nev., the couple will live in Orlando.
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WARSAW (Reuters) - Greenpeace activists climbed a 180-metre (590 feet) chimney at a power station in Belchatow, central Poland, on Tuesday to protest Warsaw’s coal policies ahead of U.N. climate talks this month.
The state-run plant is Poland’s biggest power producer, Europe’s largest polluter and one of the biggest coal power plants in the world.
Nine activists climbed an internal ladder to the top of the conical chimney at the plant, which is fueled by lignite and belongs to PGE.
Activists say Poland’s dependence on coal and the disputes between the conservative nationalist government and the European Union could make the climate talks difficult.
“I am from a mining family, we have been connected to coal mining for generations. There is no future in coal. What we need is a just transition from coal and fossil fuels to renewables,” Marek Jozefiak, an activist climbing the chimney said.
Last week the energy ministry said in a draft document that by 2030 60 percent of power will come from coal and existing onshore wind farms will disappear.
Poland also plans to replace some coal with nuclear power plant, photovoltaics and offshore wind farms by 2040.
“The draft ignores the threats and challenges resulting from the climate crises and proves that the energy minister completely does not understand the changes, which take place in the world’s energy,” Pawel Szypulski from Greenpeace said.
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Micah Bishop netted the only goal of the game with a deft header nine minutes from time to secure Hallam's win over the North West Counties League side.
“I thought we controlled the game from start to finish, barring 15 minutes, which is tremendous against a team from a league above us,” Hallam assistant boss Dean Bamforth said.
Alex Lill scored a hat trick as Swallownest also eased through the second qualifying round with a 4-1 win over AFC Blackpool.
Lill fired Swallownest ahead on seven minutes after Blackpool had threatened early before he added a second on the quarter hour.
Josh Lill made a superb save to deny Blackpool before Alex took centre stage again, completing his hat trick just after the hour mark with a fine finish from an acute angle.
Blackpool pulled a goal back on the hour but any hopes of a comeback were quickly snuffed out when Alex Layne added a fourth for Swallownest 15 minutes from time.
Staveley MW also secured their passage with a 4-1 win over Maine Road.
Jahmal Riley gave the Trojans the lead inside two minutes only for Maine Road to quickly equalise.
Liam Greenfield restored the advantage for Staveley before the break before Riley put them in full command with his second early in the second half.
Sam Finlaw added a late fourth.
Dronfield Town came from a goal down to beat Harborough Town 3-1 to reach the first round proper.
Callum Mawbey, Matt Ord and Mark Fereday all netted within 14 second half minutes to see Dronfield through.
Parkgate exited the competition with a 3-1 defeat at Glasshoughton Welfare.
Worksop Town are also out after losing 5-0 at Winsford United while Rossington Main were beaten 2-0 by Winterton Rangers.
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Their show has had a longer run than any Broadway production. But the pit band they lead performs only one night per week, and never, ever repeats itself.
"Our function on the show is not to be a centerpiece, but to serve the show very much the way a pit orchestra would serve a Broadway show," said Cheryl Hardwick, co-director and keyboard player for the "Saturday Night Live" band. "We're there to keep the house happy."
"It's a supportive role," added co-director and saxman Lenny Pickett. "A lot of the attitude of the room has to do with our input--we keep the place buoyant, play with the mood. We are in the tradition of being a musical complement to a party."
'Twas ever thus. Since "SNL" made its debut in October 1975, the house band has backed up guest musical acts, performed specialty numbers, acted as a bridge between sketches and commercial breaks, and served to entertain the show's live audience. But a lot of what the 11-member aggregation does is not seen by TV viewers: When "SNL" goes to commercial, the band and its funky, rock 'n' roll/blues sound is heard only in the studio.
"It's like vaudeville," said Pickett, who played with Tower of Power, Hall and Oates and other groups before joining the band 10 years ago. "In vaudeville, when they were doing the changeover, the band always played. The whistling lady came on, then you had the midget troupe, and then you were back on the band again. We're like that. So there's sketch, sketch, then band."
The band, which has 300 numbers in its repertoire, concentrates on what Pickett calls "proto-rock, where swing and rock 'n' roll sort of separate. We don't do contemporary covers." But, added Pickett, "We have a motto, which is `All Kinds of Music Played Here.' We do klezmer, Irish tunes, Latin stuff. Even `Eine Kleine Nachtmusik' is in the book."
This season, the first time in 10 years guitarist G.E. Smith has not been with the band as co-director and most visible soloist, the group will concentrate on ensemble work. "We'll have more horn arrangements, solos featuring the horns," said Hardwick. "From the repertoire standpoint, it's classic rock 'n' roll, maybe with some jazz."
As co-directors, Hardwick and Pickett have well-defined duties: Pickett runs the band, Hardwick works with "SNL's" writers on special musical material. Despite their supportive role, however, they have not been insulated from the turmoil "SNL" has undergone the past few years.
"In that I have to interface with the writers all the time, I always feel it," said Hardwick. "You're directly with the people who have all the pressure on them to crank up the show, and they basically just wanna quit, and I get lyrics that reflect that sentiment."
"It's like a Broadway show--when they start putting the notices up on the door, everybody catches it, and that's what it felt like," added Pickett. "But it's a very different experience this year; it's really fun."
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2019-04-21T15:34:19Z
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School students of Carterpuri Government School in Sector 23 had a unique opportunity on Tuesday to learn about the importance of trees for the human race, deforestation taking place in and around their city, its consequence.
GURGAON: School students of Carterpuri Government School in Sector 23 had a unique opportunity on Tuesday to learn about the importance of trees for the human race, deforestation taking place in and around their city, its consequence, and rising global warming around the world. Gurgaon Ki Awaaz, a community radio station, organized a tree plantation event at the school.
Ward 5 councillor Gaje Singh Kablana and horticulture specialist Ritu Mathur addressed the students during the event which aimed to create awareness and concern for the environment among the children.
Mathur spoke to children on the different varieties of trees in the school compound and told them about the different ways to maintain them. "Trees are one of the basic necessities of our life. Be it for increasing groundwater level, a pencil to write, or giving us clean air to breathe, trees are our friends forever," said Mathur.
Station director, Gurgaon Ki Awaz, Arti Jaiman, told the students that protecting, preserving and planting trees is what everyone should learn about and do.
Councillor Kablana said, "Trees are our friends who grow with us. They are our companion in every way possible, be it air, water, books, they all come from trees." This is specifically true for the city where most of the trees are being chopped by land sharks for raising concrete high rises.
The trees were planted in groups of ten by the students accompanied by Kablana, Mathur, the school principal and the staff. Selection of the trees for planting were made taking in view their unique qualities which make them ideal for planting inside the school premises. Pilkhan, Kachnar and Calandra's lush green fruits were a popular for plantation purpose, apart from the fact that they attract hundreds of birds in summer. Jacaranda tree, which was also planted, usually announces the start of summer with its bright purple flowers while Arjun tree is planted primarily for its cool shade.
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2019-04-20T04:54:12Z
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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/Green-event-in-Gurgaon-school-teaches-kids-importance-of-trees/articleshow/15397000.cms
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Long, far and distant. That is the way all seems right now, I’ve seen it in my mind, felt it in my heart but it is not a reality yet. I feel the wind blowing hard lifting up the fabric wing. I would love to hang glide and soar high in the air, just like I have long to fly in different moments of my life. Sometimes to runaway and other to hurry things up and yet many times I just stand still.
It is a quiet night and I hear nature sing outside the window, every once in a while a car passing by changes the tune but it soon become silent again. The darkness envelopes my senses and I wish I could fly to where my soul wants to be. I breathe in deeply waiting for the words to emerge and it is so unreal that as frequently I used to write, I don’t do it as I used to. I miss it.
I always wonder over the fact that at times everything comes together so beautifully and as we treasure the moment we would like to linger with it for a while, maybe forever. I want that moment; when the altitude, the wind and my strength comes all together right before the take off. When all fear is left behind and excitement is free to move in. When the beauty of God’s creation is beneath me as I look around and see the majestic view. I know it will be hard to take all in at once and yet very possible to achieve. I can only imagine but one day my imagination will stop, and I will face reality and then, only then I will say I lived!!
When in doubt look back at your own blog.
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2019-04-24T01:53:04Z
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Students will explore the principles and visual elements of sculpture through the elements of the face. Working in plasticine or clay, learn how to measure and replicate the ear, mouth/nose, and eye, learn the process of building the larger shapes first and then the details, and the ways in which these can be altered and exaggerated to capture expressions. Then use these acquired skills to make a mask. This will help to understand the anatomy of the face, and the proportions and relationships between the face elements. Following this class, students will have the opportunity to register for a weekend workshop to learn how to use their plasticine or clay sculptures to create a silicone or plaster mold.
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2019-04-24T13:50:17Z
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https://ccderegister.usask.ca/Course/Sculpture-I-Face-Elements/ASCAA630/
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life insurance on John and Barbara March Tell Their Story!
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The origin of the word AMNESTY is derived from the Latin word amnesita – meaning forgetfulness [Merriam Webster]. It seems that President Bush and Ted Kennedy have developed such a habit of forgetfulness every time they promote their so-called “guest worker” program. I don’t know how you can support such a policy while at the same time, claim to oppose amnesty for illegal aliens. It would appear as if their position on this issue is more driven by personal polling research rather than personal ideology.
The American people overwhelmingly oppose the rewarding of those who violate our immigration laws, which is what we do right now. No politician this side of Karl Marx is going to be stupid enough to actually say that they are supportive of a new round of amnesty, and for good reason.
the legalization of 3 million aliens overnight backfired and the illegal alien population was quickly doubled in a decade-- and is estimated to have tripled it in less than a decade and a half.
Even the bill’s co-author, Sen. Allen Simpson has since admitted that amnesty was a huge mistake. The fact remains that the IRCA has led to more illegal immigration than any single piece of legislation, and why not? If jumping the fence or over-staying your visa results in the President and Congress passing an amnesty bill that moves you to the front of the line, why follow the law when there is no real penalty for breaking it? The real victims of amnesty however, are the would-be citizens who are trying to play by the rules and abide by the process but end up getting shut out because their place in line ended up going to someone who came here illegally.
If the government is going to pass and enforce a “guest worker” bill that isn’t direct amnesty or an unofficial “back door” pass to America, then it must have two essential components. First, the law must require all applications to be made outside of the United States unless the applicant is LEGALLY in the country. Any law that allows a foreign national to apply for a job while being in the country illegally violates the fundamental principle of fairness that we as a nation have tried to foster throughout the world. If an illegal immigrant is caught six months after the policy is enacted, they should be immediately deported. Then, once they are outside of our country’s borders, should they be allowed to apply for “guest worker” status.
The second element to keep the “guest worker” program from becoming another back door illegal “portal” is to require that a large percentage of the salary earned by the “guest-worker” be held in a trust by the Department of Homeland Security until the “worker” departs this country. The withholding of that salary will be a crucial step in ensuring that the “worker” doesn’t go underground and disappear like so many so-called refugees have before. If illegal aliens are going to be able to acquire driver’s licenses, enjoy hospital and school privileges and vote in our elections, there must be a substantial financial incentive for them to return home such as withholding 30% or 40% of their salary.
This component is essential because the federal government has not implemented any meaningful interior enforcement in this country. Once foreign nationals are past our borders, there is little or no effort spent trying to catch them and bring them to justice. The perpetrators of the 9/11 terrorist attacks were in our country with expired visas. How many more people are in our country right now that shouldn’t be? The only way to identify those who are here illegally is to implement proactive enforcement measures inside our own borders. Any kind of “guest worker” program won’t be effective unless we hold those who choose not to comply with the law accountable.
Now, I’m aware that many people are against implementing any kind of “guest worker” program at all. Some will ask “don’t we have enough people in this country already?” or “once you break the law, shouldn’t that be the end of the discussion?” but we have 53 members of the United States Senate who, in an impressive display of infinite wisdom, voted for an amnesty bill that masquerades as a “guest-worker program.” If such a program is going to exist, then we have to do everything possible to make it a real “guest-worker program” and not another repeat of the 1986 amnesty scheme. We must ensure that any law that addresses illegals in this country does not lead to another new wave of illegal immigration like the ’86 Amnesty did.
The story of America is the story of expanding liberty; an ever-widening circle, constantly growing to reach further and include more. A nation built on the promise of freedom. That freedom extends to its citizens and to those who abide by our laws. This most basic principle of freedom is why so many flock to our nation. We are the land of opportunity, but it is because of our laws that we can sustain the liberties we enjoy. It is our fundamental right and responsibility to maintain and defend the laws that govern our land and no one should be exempt from them.
I oppose amnesty! I oppose any guest worker program until the border is secured and a fool proof method of accounting for them is in place and proved to work. All illegals should be deported. There conduct is disrespectful to this nation and it's laws. Go home, get in line and enter legally. How disrespectful are they to the people waiting in line?
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2019-04-23T04:25:31Z
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October | 2011 | I have to write something EVERYDAY?!
This is the last full week for me for quite a while. Next week we’ll have parent conferences on Monday. The week after that there will be a two-day holiday followed by a field trip. The next week I have a workshop to go to. The following week is Thanksgiving holiday.
I cannot tell you how glad I am.
We’ve been needing a vacation for a while. First graders get antsy if there is nothing to look forward to. That’s why I gave them something to look forward to this week: “the matter show.” Jack and one of his grad school pals came and did some states of matter demonstrations for kinder, first, and second today. We’ve had a matter show countdown during calendar time for the past two weeks! It all culminated today when the kids got to see racquet balls shatter, a not-quite-a-liquid-not-quite-a-solid substance, and ice cream made with liquid nitrogen. My little munchkins were so happy!
In language arts we finally finished our first published work of a personal story. They’ve also been continuing their literacy groups (which are going really well). We also had about 19 tests during this week of everything from a running record of their words per minute to their listening skills. Poor munchkins.
In math we finished our unit our unit on understanding subtraction and began working with a ten-frame. They’re really catching onto how to use the ten-frame quickly. Math takes about 30 minutes now. Yay!
You’ve already heard about science a bit, but we talked about states of matter and then they took a test where they looked at pictures and then told which state of matter it was. The bonus was: what state of matter is lava?
ASIAN NOODLE- I boil some whole grain spaghetti while I heat soy sauce, sesame oil, ginger, and a bit of salt in a sauce pan. After I have drained the noodles, I turn off the heat on the sauce pan and mix in some spinach until it is limp, but still crunchy. Then I stir in the noodles. Yum Yum Yum!
FIESTA (usually followed by a siesta)-This is even easier! I dump some black beans, hominy/corn, and mexican-style tomatoes into a pot and cook them for about 10 minutes. Yum Yum Yum!
Today I was really tired so I got an apple out of the fridge, laid on the couch, and fell asleep watching ‘Blues Brothers’. Don’t judge me. I could have had all those cakes, laid on the couch, and fell asleep watching ‘Blues Brothers’.
You only thought last week’s wrap up was late. Oh well. Last week was dominated by two things: Pink Week and picture day. In support of breast cancer awareness month, our school wore pink. I have more than twice as many boys as girls, so I thought that we would get a very small percentage of participation. Not so! Many of my boys came to school wearing peach or faded red shirts. I thought their participation was so sweet! And everyone remembers picture day from elementary school. What you probably don’t remember was how badly you behaved all that day for your poor first grade teacher!
In language arts we began working on, editing, and publishing our first story. They are absolutely enchanted by the books that I created for them to write their final copy. We’re also working on reading fluency, which they are learning means reading the right way, not reading as fast as their little mouths can move.
In social studies, we finished up our unit on good citizenship by writing what it means to be a good citizen and drawing a picture. Examples ranged from George Washington to mommy. In science, we finished talking about physical properties and displayed our excellent knowledge by writing a physical property book!
I recently read a story about a personal trainer who is making himself obese…on purpose. He is going to gain 100 pounds by eating badly and not working out. He’s already gained 70 pounds. I thought he and all his bulging muscles looked bad before (I’m into the “skinny smart” type), but at least he looked healthy! Now he looks like someone who inhaled the entire buffet at a chinese restaurant. His blood pressure is 161/113 now.
He has been interviewed regarding what he has learned about what it feels to be obese. He said that he definitely feels the intense cravings, which was very surprising to him. He used to not like drinking soda, but now he can’t go a day without it because it gives him headaches. While I appreciate the fact that he wants to be empathetic towards the people with whom he works, he’s making things extremely difficult and dangerous on purpose.
Here’s the problem. They asked him if he is enjoying all the junk food that he has been eating. He said that while it tastes good at first, it makes him feel like crap later. Whatchoo talkin’ bout?
Junk food tastes delicious! It doesn’t make you feel bad later! Eating a lot of junk food makes you feel yucky. But heck, eating a lot of healthy food makes you feel yucky. He just doesn’t know what it feels like to eat a little junk food. Drew! You’re confused. You ate a little bit of healthy food and now you’re eating a lot of junk food. There is more than one variable! That isn’t a true experiment! Try eating a (one, uno, eins, un) candy bar. It’s scrum-diddly-umptious! And if you eat a reasonable dinner, you won’t feel crummy.
Tuesdays are my alone days. Jackson goes to Men’s Bad Movie Night, which is part of our men’s ministry at church (Jackson, who has been even more lax than I have about blog posting lately, will have to explain how eating dinner and watching bad movies is a ministry). He doesn’t get home until pretty late, so I have the evening to myself.
Now, I don’t really enjoy being alone. One time my dad tried to explain to me that just because you’re dating someone, doesn’t mean you need to spend all your time with them. He told me that he and my mom used to not even see each other everyday. I told him that Jackson and I just loved each other so much, why would we want to spend time with someone else or apart? He didn’t like the assumption that went along with that statement.
4:50-Write a blog entry, hopefully.
6:30- Make dinner. It is either of no nutritional significance or it is so nutritionally significant that Jackson wouldn’t want to eat it.
8:00- Begin/continue on my Netflix queue of Cary Grant movies/prison documentaries.
Sometime late: Jackson comes home.
It’s been a week? Really? Sorry folks. My computer went to the computer doctor and came back blank on Wednesday. So, the biggest news about school this week is: we don’t have A/C. It broke a few weeks ago, got fixed and then broke again on Wednesday. My munchkins were miserable today. It was 90 degrees inside our room even with the windows open! Eventually we tromped outside to read Curious George because it was five or ten degrees cooler and had a breeze. We’re talking about good citizenship in social studies, and George is an example of being a good citizen because he makes mistakes, but he tries to do the right thing and he is truthful.
In science we’re talking about physical properties. We explored mass by putting objects on a balance and trying to guess how many cubes would be needed to balance. Then we used cubes to measure the length of objects. Today we attempted to talk about color, but the munchkins were so tired and hot by the end of the day that we just named things and told their color.
In math we’re beginning our unit on understanding subtraction. At first, they were upset about how hard it was. Now, they’re mad because “breaking numbers apart is baby stuff.” Man, they learn fast!
In Language Arts we’re reading. A lot. And writing. Even more. We’re also talking about predictions. To illustrate this, I was going to hide something and give them clues to find it. So, I hid our class bear, Sandy, somewhere in the room. Then I told them that Sandy was gone. The kids FREAKED OUT. They were yelling that someone had broken into the classroom. Since the windows were open (see first paragraph regarding A/C) they were all convinced that someone had climbed through the window. Some of them were telling me to call the police. They began blaming the second graders, the “big friends” (middle school and high school). Then they started making up people: “I saw a man wearing a mask on the playground.” I was shocked. I assumed they would know it was a game. I told them that there were three clues to finding Sandy. The kids were like, “the robber left clues?!” Eventually it all got figured out, they predicted where Sandy would be, found him, and we were able to talk about how we use clues from the text and our brains to make predictions.
I know I know, I’m late again. It’s been a long week. I found out that the muscles in my back are torn, my computer died, the car was declared totaled, and the A/C went out. So I’ve been pretty busy fixing things this weekend.
In language arts, we wrapped up our poetry unit by taking a quiz that most of the kids did well on, and took our first spelling test that ALL of the kids did well on. We’re writing stories about a self-selected topic now. I modeled for them how to write a story by telling them about the time I broke my arm. Now they all want to write about the time I broke my arm. I told them that they needed to write about something different, so most of them are writing about the time they broke their arm… We’re also practicing how to ask questions while we read. We use post it notes to write down questions and put them up on the board in categories (Questions we ask Before, During, and After we read).
In math, we’re finishing up our unit on understanding addition. The kids have discovered that you can add in any order (4+3=3+4) which they are exceedingly excited about. We’ll see how excited they are when they take their quiz on Tuesday. In social studies we’re began a unit on good citizenship that starts with learning about chronological order (I have no idea how this relates to good citizenship, but the curriculum guide said to do it, so who am I to argue?). They have learned that things happen in order: First, Next, Then, Last. And in science, we did our mini-unit on bats. The kids learned a lot, but they still call vampire bats “rabies bats.” No idea where they got that.
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*WZTA Radio Show - Appearing w/ Theory of a Deadman, Godsmack, 3 Doors Down, American Hi-Fi, etc.
*WXTB Radio Show - Appearing w/ Theory of a Deadman, Def Leppard, Powerman 5K, Oleander, etc.
*WJRR Show - Appearing w/ Theory of a Deadman, Godsmack, 3 Doors Down, Seether, Powerman 5K, etc.
*KBPI Show - Appearing w/ Powerman 5K, Ra, Outspoken, etc.
KLOL Show - Other acts tba.
KISS Show - Other acts tba.
KXXR Show - Appearing w/ Theory of a Deadman, Godsmack, Sevendust, Powerman 5K, 3 Doors Down, etc.
WAQX Show - Appearing w/ Powerman 5K, Ra, Outspoken, etc.
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2019-04-22T22:19:04Z
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Homelessness – After two years in Las Vegas, I returned to Los Angeles in November, 2015. I was struck by all the new real estate development, much of it clearly luxury. I also couldn’t help noticing the huge increase in the homeless population. Tent cities are hard to miss. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that real estate developers have gotten much of what they wanted. The result being: more homeless. Thanks to the criminal actions of a San Diego based landlord failing to provide essential services where I lived in Las Vegas, I returned to Los Angeles couch surfing. When couch surfing transformed into the butterfly of homelessness, in shameful desperation I pursued and received emergency temporary housing from the city. Or rather a voucher to stay at a sketchy hotel the Mayor would immediately condemn if in front of news cameras. That was an eye-opening experience! I can testify under oath that the system presumes those without homes are addicts or criminals or both. Regardless of one’s politics, it is really hard to argue that anyone profiting from real estate in the city of Los Angeles is remotely paying their fair share. That must change. Such experiences inspired me to coin the word “Heroteer“. When I have the resources to fund the idea, eliminating homelessness in Los Angeles will be a central mission.
Tenant Rights – Hollywood exemplifies the real estate mantra “location, location, location”. Landlords exploit this market reality. Without significant financial and legal resources, tenants are forced to accept what is offered, even if it is illegal or not up to code. Los Angeles tenants are not equally protected. Property owners are more equal. Too much burden falls on tenants who lack the resources to adequately and effectively protect their rights without risking financial hardship or homelessness.
Patient Dumping – It happens. Is it now happening at Hollywood Bowl? When will the city investigate? What is the city doing to help the many wandering the streets of Hollywood daily who clearly need mental health care? What is the City doing to confront, bill for expenses and seek federal prosecution for any crimes committed by Las Vegas and other cities who put their “undesirables” on buses to Los Angeles?
“Hollywood Entertainment Zone” – this city council proposal was drafted without consultation with recognized Hollywood busker community leaders. It treats buskers like criminals. The proposal imposes free speech restrictions in clear violation of the First Amendment. It ignores the fact the city refuses to properly enforce or prosecute laws already on the books. Los Angeles law enforcement and City Hall must stop blaming the ACLU. Start prosecuting criminals who literally reach into wallets and purses to grab currency.
Busker Rights – When will civic leaders begin to defend the rights of buskers in Hollywood? Unless one is prepared to smear the names of Penn & Teller or Tracy Chapman or Rod Stewart or Robin Williams, stop conflating buskers with criminals! We who live, work, pay taxes and vote here resent it! I’m a busker. I’m also an expelled student editor placed on the same FBI Subversives List as Tom Hayden and Abbie Hoffman. (Feel free to verify with your own FOI request. Or interview my brother’s Marine Corps recruiter. Or interview my college roommate’s father, former California Congressman Bill Baker.) I’m an Eagle Scout, a SAG-AFTRA actor and (because the furiously waving flags demand I declare) an American. I’ve paid for the sin of free speech in the Land of the Free for most of my adult life. I take busker discrimination personally. Like Tom Petty, I won’t back down. Maybe that is why with only 1,000 followers on Twitter, mine include Amnesty International, President Obama, Nancy Sinatra and Pentagon Papers author Daniel Ellsberg. Buskers entertain locals and tourists alike on Hollywood Boulevard. People bring their family to the Boulevard for the entertainment buskers provide. Some local businesses and officials recognize this and treat buskers with respect and even admiration. However, too many businesses and officials, especially high profile ones, treat buskers as untouchables. Treating all buskers as criminals would be like shutting down the US Bank at Hollywood and Orange because Wells Fargo was caught systematically stealing from its customers. Treating buskers without qualification as a public nuisance, threatening arrest of buskers who pass through walkways, selectively enforcing laws unequally against buskers, these are all common events. This treatment is immoral, unethical, bad business and certainly a violation of the spirit of civil rights at the very least. On one of his Hollywood Boulevard visits during the Presidential campaign, Bernie Sanders walked up to me amid his Secret Service detail and shook my hand. I was in costume, busking (ask the embedded LA Times and other local reporters for any photos). I’ve yet to meet either the Mayor or my Council Person. Why is that? Buskers deserve legal rights. They deserve respect. They deserve a Hollywood parade. They’ve earned it. It’s time.
Dept of Water & Power (DWP) – besides the fact tax-payers paid for Vegas parties enjoyed by DWP contractors (complete with prostitutes), they raised industry eyebrows with a sweetheart lease Councilman O’Farrell moved to approve.
Business Tax and the Creative Artist Exemption – to claim the exemption and avoid penalties, the burden lies with the artist to be aware of the tax and exemption and to properly file the exemption. This is an unnecessary burden on working and especially struggling artists. It does not welcome new emerging talent to Los Angeles. Unless you can afford to hire a CPA, you shouldn’t be burdened with paperwork requirements. This is basic common sense that requires no party affiliation. One would think that both Republicans and Democrats attempting to better listen to the working poor after the 2016 Presidential election would eliminate any and all paperwork or unreasonable (if any) tax burdens on the working poor.
Public Transit – Measure M was a major step in the right direction, but more needs to be done. Los Angeles is woefully behind the rest of the “civilized world” in regards to public transportation.
I do not own or drive a car. Frankly I think taxes on those who do make sense as a subsidy to people like me to use either for public transit or ride share services such as Uber or Lyft. Especially if one owns more than one vehicle. Or luxury vehicles. Where are the city council proposals for that?
Clearly not enough taxes are being collected from all the new development. If you create new traffic with your new building, you should pay for it. Seems like basic fairness and common sense.
O’Farrell, Mitch – the incumbent I’ve never met. Has he even visited Hollywood Boulevard? In the last year? Maybe I missed him. I only live and work here daily. I tweeted that I did not feel represented by him. Moments later one of his opponents tweeted me how I could meet her to discuss district issues and my concerns. Hours later Councilperson O’Farrell tweeted the number of his Field Deputy I should call. In regards to how his office is “making Hollywood safer”. If his idea remains the “Hollywood Entertainment Zone” he authored, he’s not. I already expressed that to his Field Deputy over the summer, who at that time seemed to have little interest in any opinion a busker might have.
Haines, Doug – I’m not fully versed on the Target at Sunset and Western controversy. Apparently I can learn more about stuff from 2014, 2012 and earlier at Save Hollywood. I suspect neighborhood leaders have valid points. I suspect that given the Fortune 500 culture, Target’s corporate bulls eye lacked much community input. But what else does Mr. Haines want to do for the district, besides foil Target? What is his platform? Where is his campaign website? Where is his modern presence on Twitter? Why is he the only story in this district in the eyes of the LA Times?
Markos, Juan – He’s a chef who likes fine art, food and property management. That’s what a learned from his website. Where is his campaign website? What is his plan for District 13?
Salans, Jessica – The only woman running. The only candidate (who’s not the incumbent) actively on Twitter. She has an encouraging and progressive LA platform, what she calls the “Four Pillars of Justice” (social, racial, economic, environmental). She wants to meet with me this week to discuss her vision for the district. I’m eager to hear what she has to say about the issues I’ve discussed above.
Zide, Bill – He’s also a neighborhood leader foiling Target, just less visible than Mr. Haines, but with the same issues and lack of campaign accessibility and transparency in the Age of Twitter.
OTHERS – Sorry, but if you’re not available on Twitter or making news in the district, it’s difficult for me to take your campaign seriously. If anything changes, feel free to let me know!
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2019-04-23T16:55:46Z
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From east to west, north to south, small towns and rural places are under siege from a man-made crisis — the crisis of addiction. I recently met a judge from a rural county in the southeast. Faced each day with the wreckage of lives torn apart by drugs, she told me that she hardly practices law anymore. Instead, she is running a social service agency, getting victims of addiction back on their feet.
While no corner of our country has gone untouched by this crisis, the recent surge in drug use has hit rural America particularly hard, impacting quality of life and economic opportunity in small towns from Alaska to Maine.
Between 1999 and 2015, drug overdose deaths in rural counties jumped by 325 percent as compared to 198 percent in metropolitan areas. Last fall, Harvard University released a survey of rural Americans who identified drug addiction as the biggest challenge facing their community. And, in 2017, two leading farm groups, the American Farm Bureau Federation and National Farmers Union, conducted a survey that found nearly 50 percent of rural Americans and 74 percent of farmers have been directly impacted by opioid misuse.
To fight back against the scourge of addiction, the Trump administration has deployed an all-hands-on-deck approach to make critical resources available to our local communities. A year ago, President Trump launched an Initiative to Stop Opioid Abuse and Reduce Drug Supply and Demand. As just one example since then, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) partnered with local leaders to build infrastructure for prevention, treatment and recovery in rural America, facilitate partnerships and drive innovation in rural communities on the front lines of this battle. Through its Distance Learning and Telemedicine grant program, USDA helped rural leaders in 68 communities access treatment, counseling services and prevention education through remote connections in 33 states.
In Kentucky, these awards included projects like funding the Grace Community Health Center to provide mental health and substance-abuse treatment services in nine communities. Working with the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), USDA also compiled a federal rural resource guide to help rural leaders navigate the various federal programs available to empower locally led responses to address the opioid crisis in small towns. And, partnering with Isaiah House, a faith-based organization in south central Kentucky, USDA launched an innovative agreement to convert foreclosed homes into transitional housing for people in drug treatment and recovery. For Rockcastle and Hart County, two eastern Kentucky counties that have been deeply impacted by drug addiction, this means that community leaders have a new and powerful tool to harness in defeating this crisis.
Under the leadership of President Trump and in partnership with State leaders, this administration is stepping up to do even more to address the significant needs of rural communities in this crisis. Access to treatment services, broadband connectivity to enable telemedicine and transportation resources are critical challenges we are meeting head on.
The addiction crisis plaguing our country, including rural Kentucky, is more complex and demanding than ever before. To this end, we cannot do things the same way that we have in the past. To defeat this crisis, we are taking action to fill the gaps in rural communities around critical assets such as drug courts, transitional housing and teleservices for treatment, recovery and prevention education.
Working across the federal government to ensure that the needs of rural America are met, we can empower rural communities, youth, parents, caregivers and families to combat drug addiction, get their loved ones who need help into care and back into the workforce, and adopt new techniques to keep drug traffickers off of Main Street.
From ZIP code to economic class, the crisis of drug addiction knows no boundaries. As this crisis continues to strike small towns and rural places in Kentucky and beyond, we are committed to being a strong partner to rural leaders to meet the needs of rural America in this fight. Together, we can build healthy, strong and drug-free rural communities now and for generations to come.
Anne Hazlett is Senior Adviser for Rural Affairs, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.
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2019-04-20T20:44:41Z
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https://ux.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/2019/03/21/trump-administration-official-say-white-house-helps-battle-addiction/3232865002/
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Sun, Hua, Khaldoun I. Al-Romaih, Calum A. MacRae, and Martin R. Pollak. 2014. “Human Kidney Disease-causing INF2 Mutations Perturb Rho/Dia Signaling in the Glomerulus.” EBioMedicine 1 (2-3): 107-115. doi:10.1016/j.ebiom.2014.11.009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2014.11.009.
Mutations in Inverted Formin 2 (INF2), a diaphanous formin family protein that regulates actin cytoskeleton dynamics, cause focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) and Charcot–Marie–Tooth Disease (CMT) in humans. In addition to directly remodeling actin filaments in vitro, we have shown that INF2 regulates intracellular actin dynamics and actin dependent cellular behavior by opposing Rhoa/Dia signaling. As a step towards a better understanding of the human kidney disease, we wanted to explore the relevance of these findings to the in vivo situation. We used dose dependent knockdown of INF2 to first define an in vivo model and establish an overt glomerular phenotype in zebrafish. This simple assay was validated by rescue with wild type INF2 confirming the specificity of the findings. The edema, podocyte dysfunction, and an altered glomerular filtration barrier observed in the zebrafish pronephros correlate with mistrafficking of glomerular slit diaphragm proteins, defective slit-diaphragm signaling, and disinhibited diaphanous formin (mDia) activity. In contrast to wild-type human INF2, INF2 mutants associated with kidney disease fail to rescue the zINF2 morphant phenotype. Of particular interest, this INF2 knockdown phenotype is also rescued by loss of either RhoA or Dia2. This simple assay allows the demonstration that INF2 functions, at least in part, to modulate Dia-mediated Rho signaling, and that disease causing mutations specifically impair this regulatory function. These data support a model in which disease-associated diaphanous inhibitory domain (DID) mutants in INF2 interfere with its binding to and inhibition of Dia, leading to uncontrolled Rho/Dia signaling and perturbed actin dynamics. Methods to fine tune Rho signaling in the glomerulus may lead to new approaches to therapy in humans.
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2019-04-19T02:35:35Z
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https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/17820932
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Happy Veterans Day. I sincerely want to thank all of those who have served our country.
Have you been making your plans for next summer? I thought today would be an appropriate moment to mention beautiful Kings Canyon National Park, which is found next door to Sequoia National Park.
Kings Canyon is home to the General Grant Tree. In 1926 it was declared by Calvin Coolidge to be our National Christmas Tree, and in 1956 President Eisenhower dedicated it as a memorial for all those who died in war. The breathtaking General Grant is our nations only living shrine and the 3rd largest tree in the world.
Nestled among the other Giant Sequoia found in this park, General Grant Grove is a lovely place for a walk and a little contemplation on some of nature’s most extravagant gifts.
Today you are not at work, and I am sorry for that. I wish I could do something to help you, but unfortunately the only thing I can do is hope that the government shutdown will be short lived, that the parks will re-open quickly, and that you will be back on payroll soon. In the meantime, I would like to share a note of thanks. I’m ashamed to say that I’ve not thanked you before. For the past five years you have helped us, inspired us, protected us, guided us, taught us, made us laugh, and become a part of our own unique family memories at America’s parks.
You’ve ensured the safety of my family by monitoring the road, campground, and weather conditions. You’ve watched animal movement, and taught us how to keep both ourselves and the animals safe. You’ve maintained trail signs, bulletin boards, safety notices, and relayed vital up-to-the minute visitor information. In 2009, after receiving a worried phone call from my husband, a Park Ranger in Sequoia National Park even hunted down my kids and I just to make sure we were ok. A few days later we were in Yosemite National Park and another Park Ranger took the time to stop by our campsite and invite us to a twilight ranger walk. He made the effort to get to know my kids, taught them a game and made them laugh, and during our walk together he even inspired a five year old to see the great mystery and beauty of a park meadow. Thank you for making our first experience at the parks a great one.
You have guided us through so many beautiful places and taught us about why they are preserved. We have followed you through underground caves, mountain passes, over rivers, and on forest trails. You have taught us not only the names and locations of the plants and animals that live within the boundaries of the parks, but also about the unique roles they play in the environment. You have humored my kids as they always, always, push through to the front of a group and nag you with dozens of questions and tell you their stories as we hike along together. You’ve listened to them, just as much as you’ve talked to them. Thank you.
You’ve taught my children that learning is fun! Not only do you incorporate funny voices and crazy animal imitations into your fireside chats, but you also make our trips memorable with your incredible park ranger stories. You’ve included life long learning into your career simply because you love the outdoors and you love our parks, and we get to witness your passion for the wild places on every trip. You’ve served the people of our country every single day by making our lives a little bit better, and a little bit brighter. Thank you for being such a phenomenal example to all of us.
You have shared your hands-on knowledge with us as we’ve listened to your ranger talks all over the country. You have let us touch, see, smell, and hear the whisperings of our country’s great wildernesses. You’ve taught us about the indicator species of different forests, about endangered species protected within park boundaries, and about our changing climate and disappearing glaciers. You’ve told us about what it’s like to work at the parks and the usually funny but always rich stories of how the parks were established. You are always patient and happy to relay the information you have learned through your training and your travels. You’ve taught us that learning takes a lifetime. Thank you for your priceless service.
You took every single Junior Ranger badge seriously. I know this could not have been easy, with three excited kids in front of you after you’d probably already seen a dozen of them that day alone, repeating the same information over and over and over… but you made them feel important, and you took the time to ensure that they not only learned something, but that they would remember what they learned. You greeted them with patience and laughter. I remember a crowded visitor center at Hawaii Volcanoes, and there were pushy adults trying to vie for your attention over the heads of the kids. You made the adults wait in line while you taught something to my children. It made them feel connected to you, made them feel connected to their park, and maybe it even gave them a glimpse of how important they are to the future of our nation’s park service. Thank you.
Thank you for always being there when we come to visit. Thank you for your time. Thank you for your inspiration, information, protection, and passion. Thank you for sharing the Nation’s Greatest Treasures with us. Thank you for everything. We hope to see you again very soon!
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2019-04-20T20:41:35Z
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https://cassieclemansdotcom.wordpress.com/tag/sequoia-national-park/
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Sora was born on a place called Destiny Island, where he grew up with his friends and family. However, when he was fourteen, the place was swept by a wave of Darkness, and Sora was carried on a strange adventure across other worlds. He eventually learned that a group of faeries from the land of Arcadia had chosen him to fight the powers of Darkness that might threaten the various worlds of the metaverse, and so he became the wielder of the magical Keyblade, opposing those who would do harm to the world of Arcadia and its sister realms. He met many allies and enemies along the way, encountering many strange stories and situations, but he always returns where he is needed, even if he never truly finds his way home again.
Sora is, on one level, just a really good guy. He's pure of heart, not in the sense that he's been totally sheltered his whole life, but in that he really is good and compassionate within himself. He cares a great deal for others, even those he doesn't know, but he'd do almost anything for a friend. He is very open-minded and tolerant of others and honestly doesn't understand the word "hate" on an emotional level — he's never felt it before. In some ways, he really is still an innocent. He's been through some rough times, but he's always come out with his idealism and good heart intact. He's naturally very straight forward, disinclined to lie or decieve, and rather friendly. He tends to believe the best of others whenever he can and accepts them for who they are quite readily. Everyone has flaws, and so he is not inclined to condemn others for their shortcomings when he knows he has plenty of his own.
This blade allows Sora to open doors to other worlds and travel through them. It does resemble a large key, only its "teeth" are razor sharp, and it is made of powerful magic and cannot be broken. It can be collapsed down into a pendant that resembles a tiny golden crown, and Sora can summon it at will. It does especially severe damage to creatures of darkness, while it does only minimal effect against light-aligned beings.
Sora can cast several very basic spells, such as a fireball, a blast of freezing cold, and a simple lightning bolt. He can also cure minor injuries with magic. When wielding the Keyblade, Sora's magic makes him faster and stronger as well, enabling him to perform otherwise impossible feats of strength and acrobatics, as well as making him tougher against taking damage.
Sora has developed the ability to shift his form and clothing to fit the other worlds he visits. When he changes form, his clothing or appearance change and he gains abilities that suit the world he's visiting.
Sora wears a caped costume and gains the ability to fly at high speeds and carry heavy loads. If he "hides" his keyblade, he can also trade its immediate power for greater unarmed strength and durability in combat. His spells must be used in the form of "vision" powers, like eye beams.
Sora can run at super-speed, allowing him to cross water, go up the sides of buildings, and do other speed stunts. He cannot attack or dodge using the speed. His spells may be used normally when not at super speed.
Sora can use gadgets like a glider cape and grappling line to travel around like a costumed crimefighter. His spells all become utility belt gadgets.
Sora gains fangs, claws, and animalistic senses, such as night vision, acute hearing, and a keen sense of smell. He also becomes stronger and faster and gains a healing factor, but he cannot cast spells.
Sora gains shiny armor and gains holy protective powers. He is much harder to hurt and, though he loses access to all his offensive spells, he becomes very resistant to magic and mystic influence.
Sora becomes a stealthy thief who can melt into the shadows like a ninja master. He gains the ability to steal and pick pockets with great skill, and he is much faster and harder to hit, though his offensive abilities are halved.
Sora is charismatic and charming, and he's very good at making friends and speaking sincerely to others. Apart from that, he's quite athletic and a very capable fighter with a sword, even if it's not the Keyblade. He knows a bit about sailing and survival, and he has picked up a variety of knowledge from his travels throughout the world.
Sora is loyal to a fault, and he will do literally anything, even sacrifice his own life, to protect others. He is also quite naive and can be easy to trick or fool. He cannot easily be mind-controlled or compelled, but his mind would be quite easy to read for a telepath. Also, he has no powers when he has not summoned the Keyblade.
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2019-04-20T08:17:16Z
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http://flightsntights.wikidot.com/sora
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One activity that students often have to do, and one that can be stressful for them is subject selection. A typical approach is to tell them about the various options available and then to give them some time to decide. Today we’re going to use the quiz activity to support this with a questionnaire that will offer useful feedback.
The wiki is an awesome tool for collaborative learning. Let’s take it one step further though and add some motivation. Let’s turn it into a competition.
How often have you thought about what frame of mind you are in while you are doing something? Have you ever thought about how your frame of mind might effect how you approach that activity? I’m willing to bet your students mostly give little thought to this as well. Let’s see if we can change that.
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2019-04-21T22:34:20Z
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https://mintranet.wordpress.com/tag/education/page/2/
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Sports
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I hope you all are well! I know I need to spend more time blogging, and I will. I am making space in my life to do so, but that is still taking some time. For now, I am working on myself physically by working out, but also realizing that I need to take more time to meditate.
It’s dangerous to push meditation to the back burner, because it’s the energy that feeds everything. It is vital. Your soul needs it. And guess what is creating your miracles? Guess what is creating your reality? The energy that your soul and that your thoughts put out. Your thoughts become reality – positive or negative. So make it positive!
Easier said than done, right? haha I KNOW!!
But if you can concentrate on aligning your thoughts and feelings into a pure, ecstatic, positive vibe, you CAN make what you want happen. I’ve done it before in the past… time to clear my space, clear my thoughts, and make it happen again, for me.
Tell me how your progress is going in creating your reality and the Law of Attraction in your life?!
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2019-04-20T21:19:27Z
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https://celestialk1.wordpress.com/tag/poem/
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bbc
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Visualising your digestive system as a river may not seem the most obvious way of treating an illness.
But that is exactly how hypnotherapists at a unique centre in Withington Hospital, Manchester, have been helping people with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).
The condition can leave people in constant discomfort and can cause severe pain.
And it can prevent them from working or socialising normally.
Dr Peter Whorwell, the gastroenterologist who founded the centre, devised the "river" concept.
The aim is to make the river flow smoothly. If there is a blockage or a flood, they are asked to visualise a way the problem can be solved.
Sessions with a therapist, interspersed with home practice using a CD, are aimed at "retraining" a patient's gut and eradicating their problems.
Since IBS affects everyone differently, the therapy is tailored to each patient.
So someone with constipation may visualise rocks which are blocking the river and have to be removed, while someone with diarrhoea may want to shore up the banks to prevent the river running so swiftly.
The therapy has proved highly effective, with a recent study showing it had helped 71% of patients for up to five years after their course of treatment.
Vivien Miller, one of the team of hypnotherapists at the centre, said: "We are helping people control what's going on in their bodies, and telling them they can control their symptoms."
The centre is the only one of its kind in the UK and treats around 160 patients from across the country each year.
IBS affects between 10 to 15% of the UK's population. Most will only have minor symptoms - but a fifth of them will suffer from faecal incontinence.
Patients are referred to the centre if they are experiencing severe IBS - where their lives are constantly affected by feelings of bloating, discomfort or constipation, or diarrhoea which can strike at any time.
Dr Whorwell became interested in the potential of hypnotherapy for IBS patients over 20 years ago.
He kept his new interest under wraps from sceptical colleagues until research proved it was effective.
"We had to stay in the closet to begin with and doctors can still be a bit sniffy about it."
He stresses the hypnotherapy he and his team use is nothing like the TV or stage hypnotists who make people dance like chickens or take their clothes off.
And he says it is no cure-all.
"I give a lot of lectures to sceptical doctors. A lot of hypnotists take things very seriously and say they can cure anything. I don't.
"But IBS is a nuisance to treat. There are no treatments that are effective, so I thought we should try hypnotherapy."
He added: "People are suspicious because they have seen stage hypnotists.
"But you cannot be hypnotised against your will. And you won't act out of character while you're hypnotised."
Dr Whorwell is trying to spread the word to other doctors around the country. But he says many are still reluctant to use the technique.
There are two theories for why hypnotherapy works for IBS.
One is that by making people less anxious, it in some way makes the bowel less sensitive, thereby reducing symptoms.
One study showed patients could put their hands into boiling hot water without registering pain after being hypnotised, when they had earlier experienced intense pain.
The hypnotherapy reduced the amount of activity in the ACC.
While many doctors may still be a little suspicious of using hypnotherapy, Dr Whorwell says patients have no such qualms.
"They are falling over themselves to have the therapy, particularly the younger ones.
"Many are on antidepressants, because they have the effect of lessening pain sensations at low doses.
"But if you're 25 and you had the option of a long-term course of antidepressants or having hypnotherapy that will put you right, which would you choose?"
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2019-04-26T01:55:20Z
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3341093.stm
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I am a very methodical and structured kind of person. I like my plans.
Heck, I like planning to plan my plans! Did you follow that?
So imagine my surprise this last quarter when nothing went how I planned it.
In fact, it was so scattered that we simply stopped our book work a month early.
Yep, done. I am not a fan of homeschool burn out. It’s never necessary.
We haven’t even reviewed stuff for state testing.
I figure either they know it, or they don’t, eh?
Oh wait, I don’t usually share the results do I?
So what have we been doing this month?
Katie has been working on creative healthy snacks for the boys.
We have gone on nature walks.
Watch this cute-patootie on Fridays.
as Katie-girl gives lessons of her own.
Katie also continued practicing her braiding skills.
while Andrew observes small bugs.
(Bryson, 6; TJ, 17, & Grandpa Paul) and Mother’s Day.
however, she is still student teaching til the end of the month.
We also had an unexpected tragedy this month and my favorite uncle died.
Additionally, we’ve had some nice weather to enjoy the river and parks in our area.
Then I can finally say our school year has came to an end.
Sounds wonderful ! Hope you guys have a great summer !
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2019-04-23T04:11:09Z
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https://travelingthenarrowroad.wordpress.com/2014/05/27/l-i-f-e-academy-end-of-the-school-year-craziness/
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The agent AV2 by Weigl represents an entity (e.g. person, organization, etc.) associated with resources found in Randwick City Library.
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2019-04-19T16:38:51Z
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http://link.randwick.nsw.gov.au/resource/k0QZAxV0tq4/
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All of us are heading into dangerous times. Week 11 was the beginning of the last weeks that several of the A – Number – 1 players will be needed to score big. So now some winning faux franchise may become also-rans. Is yours next? That is why Fantasy Football is the toughest to win. All it takes is one early Home Field Advantage around week 14 and BAM…your #1 QB/RB/WR is resting up for the playoffs. Is resting up for the playoffs? Those thoughts and what happens when a Voodoo woman comes aboard the Demolition highlight this weeks article.
Weeks 11/12/13 are the weeks in the NFL where the wheat is separated from the chaff. Where the cream rises to the top. Where the … oh you get the picture. Interesting times these are. Interesting and dangerous all at the same time. Little y’s start appearing in the standings in the sports section. The y stands for clinched division title. That in combination with home field advantage throughout the playoffs spells DOOM for the fantasy football owner who played that All-Star QB/RB/WR that got the team where they needed to be. It is ironic that the very best players which got you to the record after this last week may not be in the games that will decide the Fantasy Football championship. I don’t need to mention specific teams, but the standings presage the inevitability of it all. So those desperate teams that have not made the playoffs in a few years will be grinding and scoring and most of all PLAYING whilst the others may be RESTING. Resting only means one thing and that is losing. The only solution is to hope that your backups were players on desperate teams needing desperate offense to desperately get to the playoffs. The bold trade McNabb for Brees this time of year…will you? If you don’t 2nd or 3rd place may be in the offering. As for my team, it was an incredible week where we dropped a 140 point effort. It was fantastic. On the Demolition, what did Mawu bring this week? She brought the big “O” …for Offense that is.
The din of sawing and repairing cluttered the deck with the smell of money. The Boatswain repaired whilst I made withdrawals from the safe. The ship was faring a bit better but it could have been all avoided if we coulda just won one or two more. “Cap’n, what is that?” asked Artemis as Mawu made her way across the bow holding a peculiar object. It appeared to be a bottle or decanter of some type. The bottle was emerald green and had a big “O” encrusted in something like diamonds. She handed me the bottle and I said…”Mawu, wha’ in sea devil ya’ got here?”. Her response was in a voice that penetrated the deck and all the surroundings…”I bring for you the big ‘O’. It shall inspire greatness to all that smell the aroma that wafts up from the bottle.” I said .. “Mawu, this is almost a tight ship meaning the boys only drink after the work is done for the week. We are almost dry.” The wry smile on her face implied that I was not as good a liar as I thought. “The elixir of ‘O’ will only sharpen the mind and bring an acute sense of purpose to those that protrude their proboscis toward the opening. The rest is up to the individual.” I translated to the crew that a proboscis was a the same as the human nose for ol’ Smelly Britches, the ships cook, seemed ready to do something really rude. So we lined up and protruded for a waft and true to Mawu’s word, the mission for every individual became resolute. And this was evident by the week we had. And the Demolition showed all of her glory flying by the obstacle and making the first week with Mawu a complete success. So this week hope won out and the crew basked while the boatswain muttered about going to a real bad ship because this one may be turning around. So may yours.
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2019-04-25T18:18:01Z
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https://www.fantasysharks.com/the-diary-of-a-fantasy-virgin-week-12-2/
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Sports
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wordpress
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This is a preview from an eclipse in Norway of what the sky looks like in the middle of the day when a Total Solar Eclipse sends the moon passing by the sun!
The Total Solar Eclipse on Monday, August 21st is just around the corner and it is ramping up to be an event like no other. Even local schools in are are opting to let out school for the day to extending the school day so children are not riding the bus at the time of the event. The Forest Service in are are are warning that our little home in the Chattahoochee National Forest may be quite the hotspot for viewing the event. As many visitors to Mountain Crossings know, we are located at the very top of the mountain as far as road traffic is concerned and the roads leading to us are steep and winding. These roads make for a wonderful drive through the mountains and are even part of several well known loops for motorcyclists and bicyclists. Add in being the closet point to Atlanta to view a Total Solar Eclipse that won’t happen for another several hundred years and you’ve got a recipe for some traffic!
For all who are driving towards Blairsville and Dahlonega to catch a glimpse of the moon passing over the sun (in totality for just shy of 2 minutes!) we urge you to be patient, plan ahead with a possible back up plan or two, and be thoughtful and considerate to others in where you choose to park a car and view the eclipse. In an estimation from the Forest Service, the already potentially treacherous roads carving through the Chattahoochee National Forest may be lined with cars wanting to catch a clear view of the Eclipse. There are many safe pull off areas on these roads, but the number of them are far less than the expected number of visitors. Please do not put yourself of other motorists at danger in choosing a spot to watch the eclipse.
There are many places that are hosting viewing parties where parking will be much safer than on the side of a road. Mountain Crossings is one of those places where you can safely watch the eclipse! We will have lunch and eclipse glasses, which are needed to view the eclipse without the danger of damaging your vision. In fact, there are plenty of places where you can catch a glimpse of this phenomena in our area! Union County is expecting to more than double its population for a day as 40,000 viewers are projected to find a places within the totality band to catch the eclipse.
Besides careful driving, the most important factor of safety on the day of the Eclipse is wearing the proper eye protection. While the sun will be no stronger than it is on a typical day, we typically are not staring at it waiting for a once in a lifetime event to occur! It is massively important that if you are planning on viewing the solar eclipse during the times it is entering and existing totality that you wear NASA Approved Solar Eclipse Glasses. Mountain Crossings will have glasses available for all who attend our event but we urge all viewers anywhere to make sure they are properly protecting their eyes against the strong UV rays of the sun. The retina of the eye does not feel pain, so you are unaware that you are damaging your eye sight until the harm is irreversible. Please be safe, wherever you choose to view the Eclipse!
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2019-04-25T08:31:34Z
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https://mountaincrossingsatneelgap.wordpress.com/2017/08/15/psa-eclipse-day-saftey/
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