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(February 1, 2019)— The Hagerstown Community College Alumni Association is currently seeking vendors and exhibitors for its 25th Annual Flower & Garden Show, which will be held on Saturday, March 16, and Sunday, March 17, at the college's Athletic, Recreation and Community Center (ARCC).
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I am delighted to announce a new date for my Isle of Skye Workshops! I will be running another 5-day workshop on the beautiful Island from 18th – 22nd March 2019.
For just £695, you will receive my tuition throughout the week in a small group size and we will explore the island extensively. You will also get a single occupancy room as well as transport while on the island. We will be staying in a large and comfortable self-catering cottage which helps keeps your other costs down as well. There is opportunity to share a room with a partner or friend and receive a 50% discount on the second place, only raising the workshop group size from 3 to 4.
The Isle of Skye is one of my favourite locations in the UK and in my opinion is a world class location for photography with stunning and classic viewpoints scattered all of the island. So much so, you'll often see them used in movies and adverts where a touch of drama is needed!
We have stunning cliff edges, lochs, lighthouses, coast, landslips, mountains and more! Often with easy access from the car.
We will have 5 days exploring and photographing the misty isle with me as your tutor. With a maximum group size of just 4 people, you will get plenty of 1-2-1 time with me to really help you throughout the week.
The dates have been chosen for this particular time of year because both sunrise and sunset are at sensible times, allowing us to be out during the best hours for photography, though we are likely to be out all day if the weather is good!

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Excerpted from the handout "The Pathology Investigation" found on your CANVAS course page for Biology 582: Anatomy and Physiology.
Assignment Timeline:
Paper topic due Dec. 3-7
Should be a paragraph explaining the proposed topic, including the general topic (the normal system and the pathology/disorder you are focusing on), as well as any ideas you have about your specific angle on the topic.
Proposal due Dec. 10-14
In the proposal, you should present:
Brief Outline with sources due Jan. 7-11
For the brief outline, you should be able to envision the broad structure of your paper. Start an outline (skeletal) including major points you want to include, in a logical order – showing that you know how you're going to use information to build towards the argument you're making. Include in-text citations (author's last name, year) – example (Johnson, 2007) - in the appropriate places so that they will be there as you build around and fill in your outline. PLEASE USE A LITERATURE CITED FORMAT RATHER THAN FOOTNOTES and then include a complete list of all references at the end in alphabetical order by author's last name.
Detailed outline due Jan. 28 - Feb. 1
Continue filling in your outline with lots of details and specifics. Make sure that you include citations as you use the information (in parentheses in text) and be very careful to avoid unintended plagiarism. The best way to avoid this is to 1. Never copy/paste any text from a source! 2. Always write the information in your own words right from the beginning. Also include a bibliography (in alphabetical order by author's last name, in your chosen common format).
Final paper due Feb. 11-15
This submission should represent your best effort at researching and arguing for a specific position regarding something pathology-related. Final project – 5-7 pages, very focused, well-organized, well-written, edited, and cited. 1.5 spacing, 11pt font, 1inch margins.
Writing Guidelines: (common themes that can help you write better)
First person: often more engaging, easier to follow academic integrity guidelines clearly
Interpretation/personal hypothesis: what do you contribute to this paper intellectually? After accumulating other peoples' intellectual work, how do you use that as a starting point to add your own thoughts to this topic?
Target audience: non-expert with general education
Figures can be worth a thousand words!
Adjectives and short descriptive phrases are tremendously useful in helping to remind a reader of a complex argument using technical terms. Ex., when describing a specific pathway instead of just saying, "protein A catalyzes a reaction where precursor B is cleaved into products C and D", instead write "the stress-activated protein A catalyzes a reaction where inactive precursor B is cleaved into products C and D, which function respectively to stimulate energy metabolism and increase hunger; in this way, the use of energy and desire to get more by eating is regulated by stress via the molecular mechanism of protein A" . You may do a great job of introducing this pathway in one paragraph, or each individual protein player, but a page or two later your reader will have forgotten those details. So, for the rest of the paper keep referring to things with a short adjective to help prompt your reader's memory of each key function (in this example, forevermore always refer to product C as "metabolism-activating C" or similar).
Academic Integrity:
Maintaining academic integrity is incredibly important for this project. Therefore:
A) The work done for these projects will be your own. If you receive assistance from other people (parents, other family, students) you will consult with Mr. Robinson about those sources and cite them appropriately.
B) The writing in your paper is your own. You will not plagiarize from any sources. You may receive editing help from colleagues/faculty and/or the writing center. If you did receive editing help, you will state the name of the editor(s) that helped you.
C) Where you chose to quote your sources, you will use quotations properly and cite the source of your quotation appropriately. However, before you do a lot of quoting, you should probably consult with us for some guidance.
D) You will cite your sources accurately (using parenthetical citations and APA style) and list all of your sources in the bibliography.
E) You will go back and review the Academic Integrity policy (under the Academic Expectations & Policies section of the Blue Book).
F) You will consult with me if you have any questions or concerns about these rules, and if you have any questions about how or when to cite. If you have any doubts, ASK!.
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When exactly did the traffic jam start? 500 metres after the exit that I could have taken to avoid the problems. I had to just drive up to the next exit, then wait more there coz the road couldn't swallow all the extra traffic, squeeze my car between an iron guardrail and a truck (had about 2 cm's of spare room on each side) then turn right coz everyone else was going left and I then took the 'stealth route'.
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By: Cary Smith
Let's be honest. As an issue, trail access is nothing compared to famine, poverty or violent crime. But, on a local level, at least in my town, it garners much more conversation. I have been fortunate to be included in some discussions with "the players" in this field over the last few weeks and it started me thinking about my actions, both good and bad, and how I can improve.
Put place before self. This idea was presented to me and it gave me pause. Instead of thinking about how wild spaces can work for me, I should think instead of what would happen if it was gone. If I'm honest with myself, this is a difficult concept. I want to be able to enjoy the land and don't want to be denied access. Yet I'm fully OK with denying access to mining, logging, development and horses. In other words, give me free rein but lock out other user groups who don't improve my experience. This is a selfish outlook that will obviously lead to confrontation. So, I hope to see the land through the eyes of other user groups so we can all enjoy it. On the other hand, I will try to educate the other groups about what they can do to help all of us have a good experience as well.
Get involved. The more I learn about how decisions are made, the more I realize how important individual voices are. If there's a public comment period about a decision to be made, submit a comment. Don't just talk about it at the trailhead. If a trend develops, good or bad, inform the proper entity. The people who make decisions can't read minds and don't know everything that happens. Help them out by relaying what is seen and heard.
The Forest Service is not the enemy. In my area, most of the land is controlled by the USFS. They love the land and are doing everything in their power to protect it. Unfortunately, they are woefully underfunded and understaffed. This may lead to the perception that they don't care and would rather close the land to everything. I don't think this is the case. They are in the unenviable position of trying to please everyone, which will often leave nobody feeling pleased. Again, tell them what is seen and heard so that they can base their decisions on what the public wants.
Be nice. This is easy to do when everyone else is being nice, but the true test is my reaction when I experience something inconsiderate, mean, dangerous or illegal. Nobody wants to hear that they're doing something wrong. It is a goal of mine to be tactful and educational when I see a problem with someone's actions. I need to be very cautious, however, to not overreach and ask them to change solely to improve my experience.
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This weekend's best music in Kansas City: Tori Kelly, Catfish and the Bottlemen, and Rhiannon Giddens
Tori Kelly
Thursday, Oct. 8, at the Midland theater
Beyoncé's inability to be everywhere at once creates opportunities for talented mimics like Tori Kelly. With assistance from superstar producer Max Martin and the guidance of music industry mogul Scooter Braun, Kelly's ascendance to pop stardom seems inevitable. With Johnny Stimson.
Tickets are $22 in advance through midlandkc.com.
Dirty Ghosts
Thursday, Oct. 8, at the Replay Lounge
Angular indie-rock band Dirty Ghosts will celebrate the Oct. 9 release of its second album, "Let It Pretend," at the Replay Lounge. The members of the trio from San Francisco have experienced personal and professional turmoil since the release of their debut album in 2012. With Me & the Mrs.
The cover charge is $3. Details are available at replaylounge.com.
Catfish and the Bottlemen and Kodaline
Friday, Oct. 9, at KC Live
Anglophiles, Welshmen and Irish rock enthusiasts will jockey for prime positions in the courtyard of the Power & Light District during Friday's free concert. The show features trendy Welsh band Catfish and the Bottlemen, the epic Irish rock of Kodaline and British blues-rocker Jamie N Commons.
Details about the free concert are available at powerandlightdistrict.com.
Fed Up Fest
Saturday, Oct. 10, at Crossroads KC
The benefit for regional food bank Harvesters features a bevy of food trucks and an impressive lineup that's headlined by up-and-coming British rock quartet Wolf Alice. Beautiful Bodies, Hembree, Not a Planet and Your Friend are among the locally based bands on the bill.
Tickets range from $20 to $75 in advance through crossroadskc.com.
Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán
Saturday at Helzberg Hall
Although Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán is best known in the United States as the lively ensemble that backed Linda Ronstadt on her 1987 album "Canciones de Mi Padre," the expansive Mexican institution has been entertaining audiences around the world since 1897.
Tickets range from $49 to $79 in advance through kauffmancenter.org.
Rhiannon Giddens
Sunday, Oct. 11, at the Folly Theater
Rhiannon Giddens has arrived. After paying dues as a member of the old-timey Carolina Chocolate Drops, she has become a face of American folk music. Giddens is likely to focus on material from her acclaimed solo debut album "Tomorrow Is My Turn" on Sunday. With Bhi Bhiman.
Tickets range from $25 to $50 in advance through follytheater.org.
The Internet
Monday, Oct. 12, at the Granada
One of the most tradition-minded members of the Odd Future collective, the Internet's Syd the Kid is an innovative hip-hop producer and bandleader. The R&B she creates as the Internet evokes the likes of Prince and Michael Jackson. With Moonchild and Duncan Burnett & the Ministry.
Tickets are $17 in advance through thegranada.com.
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Monday, Oct. 12, at Knuckleheads
Even viewers who were frustrated by the indecipherable elements of the most recent season of HBO's "True Detective" may recall Lera Lynn's recurring role as a barroom troubadour. The Nashville-based singer-songwriter will perform her haunting ballads at Knuckleheads on Monday.
Tickets are $15 in advance through knuckleheadshonkytonk.com.
Wednesday, Oct. 14, at the Riot Room
Vampire Weekend bassist Chris Baio creates whip-smart electronic pop with his frothy side project Baio. A critic for Spin magazine suggested that the debut album by Baio's London-based ensemble is "flush with an unassumingly busy intellect." With Yes You Are.
Tickets are $13 in advance through theriotroom.com.
Chance the Rapper
Wednesday, Oct. 14, at the Midland theater
Chancelor Bennett, 22, who performs as Chance the Rapper, has cultivated a loyal audience even though he has yet to release an official album. His 2013 mix-tape "Acid Rap" and the new jazz-tinged effort "Surf" showcase his engaging personality.
Tickets are $34.50 in advance through midlandkc.com.
Beats Antique
Wednesday, Oct. 14, at Crossroads KC
Beats Antique's embrace of vintage analog sounds and styles from around the globe is a perfect antidote for listeners repelled by the digital chilliness associated with electronic dance music. Zoe Jakes' riveting dancing adds visual appeal to the California ensemble's performances. With Moon Hooch and Pinky D'Ambrosia.
Tickets range from $21.50 to $61.50 in advance through crossroadskc.com.
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Guests can turn showers into wedding dress show-and-tells
Invitations to a bridal shower can request the honor of your presence -- and a few other things.
If every guest brings her own wedding dress and photo album, the shower can be more than a gift-giving experience. Whether you are a guest or a host, this party will be a memorable and meaningful bonding experience among the bride-to-be's family and her closest friends.
Here's what shower guests should do:
Dig up your dress. It's a safe bet the dress you wore on such an important day is stored in a box or bag. What a shame not to see or touch that beautiful dress for years! This shower is a chance to once again stroke the gorgeous silk or satin and admire the fine lace and beaded details.
If you are single, you can be part of the fun, too. Bring a bridesmaid or flower-girl dress if you still have it.
If their dresses have been preserved, guests can have them resealed or preserved again after the shower (see below). The shower also might be a good opportunity to get dresses cleaned, because stains can appear years later.
Dust off the photo albums. Guests should pass around their photo albums and discuss the memorable moments of their wedding, says party planner Jenny Steffens of Fairway, owner of Occasions Entertaining (occasionskc.com).
Wedding dresses are fashion statements of their times, so the bridal shower is richer if guests are of different ages. If someone was married before the digital photo age, her older black-and-white wedding photos will be particularly interesting. It's fun to look at the ultra-formal portraits of the bride and groom and to check out what the bridesmaids wore.
Here's what the shower host can do:
Serve "safe" food and drinks. The host should be the anti-stain warrior, prohibiting red wine, cranberry juice, coffee, salsa, tomatoes, dyed icing and punch (unless it's on the clear side). But Champagne, lemonade, tea sandwiches and sugar cookies can make the cut.
Give the party the white-glove treatment. Pass out white cotton gloves to guests so they can touch dresses and albums. These will prevent skin oils or food from staining gowns and photos, Steffens says. The gloves also make fun party favors because they can be used again.
Host a fashion show. Guests aren't required to model their dresses because they may not fit. Instead, guests can either hold the dresses in front of them, each recounting how she discovered the perfect one. Don't forget to ask guests to bring veils, shoes and purses.
Another option is to hang dresses in a room separate from the food. Or, to go the extra mile, the dresses can be placed on dress forms.
Document the details. Take a lot of photos with a digital camera. Send prints of the bride-to-be with each guest and her dress. Steffens suggests that the bride-to-be can include the pictures in thank-you notes to each guest.
- Dress cleaning, $85
- Cleaning and preservation, $195 (includes dress and veil packed in acid-free materials in a display box, which is placed in another box. It includes a lifetime warranty).
- Resealing process after opening box, $20 (negates warranty)
- Shoe cleaning, $7
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Greek-Russia ties bloom as default looms
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller agreed last week on a "roadmap" for a multi-billion dollar pipeline project to transport gas from Russia to Greece. The long-term plan is a further sign of warming geopolitical ties between Athens and Moscow, at a moment when the Greek economic crisis appears to be worsening.
In effect, Greece is now engaged in a very high stakes game of poker. It has issued a legislative decree to tap pockets of cash reserves across the public sector and has reportedly made plans to potentially nationalize the banking sector and introduce a parallel currency to pay bills in the event its cash reserves are exhausted.
Tsipras insists he wants Greece to keep the euro, but doesn't appear to have a clear strategy for negotiating with international creditors. What he has warned repeatedly of are "major clashes" that are needed with these creditors to ease the country's debt burden which is over a staggering 175 percent of its GDP.
Earlier this month, he also agreed to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. The session, billed as routine, had originally been planned for May but was brought forward, serving as a prelude to the meeting between Tsipras and Gazprom over the pipeline roadmap.
While most Greek officials have dismissed the idea of receiving wider Russian aid, Defence Minister Panos Kammenos has floated the idea in public. And Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has indicated that Moscow would consider such a request were it made.
The meeting with Putin was most likely an attempt by Tsipras to raise pressure on Greece's creditors. It and the announcement of the pipeline roadmap will raise fears in some circles of a potential pivot toward Moscow in the event that relationships between Athens and its creditors break down completely.
While the intensifying crisis in Greece could yet be resolved before the May deadline for repayments to the IMF, this is far from sure. And no developed country has ever fallen into arrears to the IMF or any other Bretton Woods institution. Greece appears perilously close to risky and uncharted territory.
Which, in turn, raises the issue of potential Greek exit from the euro (the so-called Grexit). The prospects for such a rupturing of the euro zone have grown since Greece's January election, when a radical-left party won power for the first time in the EU in years.
The party, Syriza, comprises a broad spectrum of socialists and communists, anti-fascists, environmentalists, anti-globalization campaigners and human rights advocates. And it is, notably, staunchly anti-austerity.
As Syriza fell just short of an absolute majority in the Greek Parliament in January's elections, it formed a coalition with the conservative Independent Greeks party, which shares a strong anti-bailout position. This has reinforced Syriza's instincts that the country's economic "humiliation" must come to an end.
But while the possibility of a Grexit cannot be dismissed, it's hard to predict what its impact would be.
Today, more than 80 percent of Greece's public debt is owned by institutional investors, whereas private investors held the vast bulk of Greek bonds in 2011. This may reduce the likelihood of further turmoil in Athens spreading significant contagion through the euro zone.
But even under the mildest of financial stress scenarios, it is estimated there would potentially be a contraction in euro zone GDP of at least 1.5 percent. This is greater than the current contribution of the Greek economy.
Perhaps most striking, Grexit would show that euro zone membership is reversible, changing investor perceptions of risk.
Whether or not Grexit happens, increased saber-rattling from Athens could heighten investor fears about the strength of populist and euroskeptic parties across the EU. In this respect, the Greek election result may represent only the first rumblings in 2015 of potential political and economic earthquakes on the European horizon.
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Relation between Greece and Russia may indeed warm up further, as Greece is looking everywhere to find a way out of the crisis. I think, the most important issue is written in the last paragraph: Investors' fears of " populist and euroskeptic parties". The current economic policies are favouring "investors" over the broader public. Among investors there are indeed industrialists, tradesmen, but the bulk of them are speculators. As long as governments follow policies of protecting the interests of a fraction of speculators instead of the working people, there would be more tensions and crises.
Greece should join the Euro-Asian Union.
Relegation of Yanis Varoufakis is not enough. Unless this is a stage-descending-strategy before a compromise and/or concession is to follow. The best is to replace Syriza. The earlier is the better as harms have been made badly already.
Greece and Russia would get along very well together. Both full of extremely lazy, hairy people. All the motivated ones left decades ago.


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Here are some reasons to join:
- More parental involvement will be a win/win for your skater.
- You will have a direct link to all the information provided by your club and U.S. Figure Skating.
- You will have a voice and a vote in club business.
- By being more involved, you are more likely to have a positive experience in the sport.
- When nominations are being sought for club board positions, you would already be a club member.
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A New Coat of Paint to Welcome Hari Raya Aidilfitri
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BEST USE OF ACTIVATION: Chef Wan hits the ground and goes on-air as well to entice Malay consumers to get cuddly with Ayamas' Bubur Lambuk, a popular Malay dish
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The first child makeover reality show takes off in Malaysia and the target, celebrity parents, become fashion stylists for their kids. The programme averaged 300,000 viewers/episode
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BEST USE OF NEWSPAPER: Carat's strategy for AirAsia delivers deeper insights about local destinations to ramp-up local tourism among the Malay community
Dugro Doubles Planned ROI!
Dumex targets Malay consumers, opts for a contest supported by TV advertising to drive consumption of their product over 2 months
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Apparently all we ever want is a reunion, until it happens. Blues Brothers has given everyone false hope that getting the band back together is going to be a roaring success. In reality they are more police cars at the end of the most famous cinematic car chase.
Have we learned nothing from catching up with high school reunions. Despite all of the cliques and power struggles of our youth everyone has turned out pretty much the same. The high school athlete, the prettiest girl at school and the academic super star are all now middle aged, over weight and. slightly balding. Even the magic from your closest friends has gone. The rapport, the timing just isn't quite there any more.
Despite this, the media and some fans are desperate for any former television show with either a cult following or high ratings in its prime consistently call for the cast to reunite.
Hey Hey It's Saturday should be a warning to us all. It was a rating juggernaut in its day and every international celebrity gracing Australia with their presence would want to be book onto the show. Saturday nights did not start until 8.30pm.
Then after ten years off the air, the cast reunited for a series of shows in 2009…crickets and tumble weeds.
What was fast, improvised and sharp-witted was now awkward, forced and cringey.
The chemistry was right for its time. But times change and even with the greatest sense of nostalgic anticipation, the reboot is never quite like the original.
The latest call is for the cast of Married With Children to reunite after they all gathered to celebrate Katey Segal's star on Hollywood's walk of fame. Ed O'Neil whilst still a great comedic actor is now looking a lot older, heavier and balder. Would the politically incorrect, misogynistic and exploitative humour still get the same laughs from either the live audience or the laugh track? Or would it soon appear to be a bit worn and same-same.
I personally have wanted a Seinfeld reunion since the day the final episode first aired. I loved the mini reunion between Jerry Seinfeld and Jason Alexander/George Costanza for an episode of Jerry's web series, Comedian's in Cars Getting Coffee. It was great, very funny, but relationship was only a shadow of its former glory. The timing had slipped. In the show Jerry played himself, and Jason played George. In this reunion Jerry was playing Jerry playing himself and Jason was playing Jasonplaying George. As desperate as I was for this to be one of the great moments in entertainment history, what I got was more like an impersonation of one of the great shows in sitcom history. Don't get me wrong still it was still miles ahead of any sitcom being produced now
Along with being older Jason was also fatter and balder!
Arrested Development was ground breaking and won critical acclaim. The 2013 reboot series was critically dismissed.
Friends was a stalwart of television through the 90s into the early 2000s and is another show that regularly gets touted for a reunion Depending on the timing of any reunion Matthew Perry will have either gained or lost a lot of weight.series. This would raise the other awkward challenge of a television reunion. The casts careers and personal lives have taken vastly different trajectories. Apparently, for some of them, no-one told them that life was going to be this way.
At least the actors, if not their careers, are still alive. Unlike the cast of Golden Girls. Sophia, Dorothy and Blanche are now in the Golden Palace in the sky. On the upside they no longer have to worry bout their weight.


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After Oprah Winfrey's Golden Globe Award speech, the news headlines have been a buzzing. Was that her "hat-tip" she is running for office?
Well, according to her longtime lover, that is the case.
CNN's Brian Stelter reported on it stating she is "actively thinking" about a 2020 presidential campaign.
Stelter received his information from a few of Winfery's closest friends. This coming just after her longtime love interest, Stedman Graham, spilled the beans to the LA Times, saying she "would absolutely" launch a campaign.
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"It's up to the people," Stedman Graham told The Times. "She would absolutely do it."
Gayle King, Winfrey's best buddy, echoed Graham's sentiments: "I thought that speech was incredible. I got goosebumps," she also told The Times.
Should she choose to run against Trump, there is no lack in ammunition against the mega-star.
Back in 2013 Oprah strongly hinted to Anderson Cooper during a CNN interview that Americans are racist — even if they have no "ill will" towards people of color.
Winfrey said, "People don't feel its race because people don't call it race…A lot of people think if they think they're not using the n-word themselves, they physically aren't using the n-word themselves, and do not harbor ill will towards black people that it's not racist. But to me, it's ridiculous to look at that case and not to think that race was involved."
But the controversy doesn't stop there. The celebrity invited an Islamic Scholar on her show who believes jihad is a "spiritual battle" and not a "holy war."
Varun Soni, dean of Religious Life at the University of Southern California, appeared on Winfrey's "Belief" series. During this segment she dismissed all the terror attacks committed in the name of Islam as a misunderstanding of the religion.
"One of the most misunderstood concepts of Islam is 'jihad', which many people interpret as 'a holy war,'" Soni said. "But there is nothing holy about war. What 'jihad' actually represents is an internal struggle, the battle that is raging in our own heart. And all of our religious traditions talk about that internal struggle. In that respect, jihad is not just a Muslim idea but it's a reality of the human condition."
Clearly, Winfrey and Soni are in denial.
Islam's holy dude, Mohammad, speaks of jihad, a holy war, consistently throughout the Quran. The very word jihad, since its first use, was reference to armed conflict.
This "greater jihad," where there is a spiritual battle against sin, has only been a concept in Islamic teachings in the 11th century.
If you don't think that is so bad, how about Winfrey's loose ended suggestion of genocide?
Back in 2013 she said entire generations "just have to die" to solve the racism problem. Speaking to BBC's Will Gompertz, Winfrey was asked if the racism problem was solved.
Her reply: "Of course problem is not solved. You know, as long as people can be judged by the color of their skin, problem's not solved. As long as there are people who still, there's a whole generation – I say this, you know, I said this, you know, for apartheid South Africa, I said this for my own, you know, community in the south – there are still generations of people, older people, who were born and bred and marinated in it, in that prejudice and racism, and they just have to die."
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Finally it seems like the superstar likes to falsely accuse others of racism too.
Using her power to accuse a store clerk of racism, when journalists discovered the clerk it was very clear they and the store were not, and Winfrey was a liar:
"This is not true. This is absurd. I would never say something like that to a customer. Really, never. Good manners and politeness are the Alpha and the Omega in this business," the woman told SonntagsBlick.
"It is absolutely not true that I declined to show her the bag on racist grounds. I even asked her if she wanted to look at the bag," she said.
"I didn't hurt anyone. I don't know why someone as great as her must cannibalize me on TV. … If it had all taken place as she claimed, why has she not complained the next day at the wedding of Tina Turner with Trudie Goetz, my boss? She was there also at the Turner wedding as a guest. I don't understand it. … I spoke to Oprah Winfrey in English. My English is OK but not excellent, unfortunately. … I didn't know who she was when she came into the store. That wouldn't have made any difference if I had."
Winfrey's only reply was a half-hearted apology and it wasn't even to the clerk she lied about. She was sorry the story became blown up in the news.
"I think that incident in Switzerland was just an incident in Switzerland," Winfrey told reporters. "I'm really sorry that it got blown up. I purposefully did not mention the name of the store. I'm sorry that I said it was Switzerland."
Watch out Winfrey, presidential campaigns get ugly and this is what was revealed with just a little digging. Imagine what would come up if we did a deep dive.


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SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- The Santa Clara University men's basketball team returns to the Bay Area for the first time since Nov. 27 to play in the annual Stanford Invitational Tuesday and Wednesday at Maples Pavilion (capacity 7,391).
The Broncos will play Portland State in the first game of the tournament at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The Vikings are 3-5 on the season with wins over Boise State, Arizona State and Portland. Stanford (4-1) will play Belmont (4-3) in the second game at 7 p.m.
On Wednesday, the consolation game will be played at 4:30 p.m. with the championship game tipping-off at 7 p.m. The title game will be televised live locally on KRON-TV.
Santa Clara is 1-6 on the season following back-to-back losses at undefeated Ohio State and Wright State last week in Ohio. The starting five for the Broncos is expected to be Steve Ross and Jordan Legge at the forward positions, Jim Howell at center and Bakari Altheimer and Kyle Bailey at the guards.
The Broncos will be facing Portland State for the first time in program history. Santa Clara has faced Stanford on 72 occasions with the Cardinal taking 49 of those meetings. The Broncos own a 1-0 series edge over Belmont from the Atlantic Sun Conference.
Santa Clara returns home to the Leavey Center Saturday against Chico State. Tipoff against the Wildcats is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
Tickets remain available for the 35th annual Cable Car Classic, scheduled for Dec. 28-29 at the Leavey Center. The Cable Car Classic will feature a field that includes Detroit, UC Santa Barbara and UMBC. The event will also serve as the public unveiling of the newly-renovated West side of the Leavey Center. For tickets, contact the athletic ticket office at 408/554-4660 or click here.


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Hengdian World Studios
Coordinates: 29°10′45″N 120°17′53″E / 29.179068°N 120.298083°E
Hengdian World Studios (Chinese: 横店影视城) is a film studio located in Hengdian, a Chinese town in the city of Dongyang, Jinhua, Zhejiang Province. It is the largest film studio in the world.[1] The movie studio is operated by the privately owned Hengdian Group founded by Xu Wenrong. Sometimes called "Chinawood", Xu turned acres of farmland in central Zhejiang into one of the largest movie studios in Asia. Construction began in the mid-1990s and has been ongoing ever since with the possible recent addition of the replica of the Old Summer Palace.[2] A film about extras working at the studio, I Am Somebody, was released in China in 2015.[3][4]
The studio consists of 13 shooting bases with a total area of up to 330 ha. and building areas of 495,995 square meters.[5] In addition to its huge scale, the studio also has several records which includes:
- Largest Indoor Buddha Figure in China.
- Largest Scale Indoor Studio.
- Highest number of Films and Teleplay Shoots as of 2005.[citation needed]
One of the studio's largest buildings is the Imperial Palace Building built in the Early Chinese Dynasty style in the Qin and Han periods. That area is still frequently used to shoot movies based on these eras. The director Zhang Yimou used this building as the backdrop for the Emperor Qin's palace for his 2002 movie Hero.[6] A Hong Kong TVB drama serial titled A Step into the Past which tells the story of the First Qin Emperor also used the same building as the main backdrop. The studio was also used to film The Forbidden Kingdom, the first on-screen collaboration between actors Jackie Chan and Jet Li.[7] In addition, it was also used for the filming of the popular Korean drama serial Empress Ki.[8]
The large number of movies being filmed at Hengdian has supported employment in surrounding villages by employing local villagers as 'extras' in these large movie sets.[9]
Today, Hengdian World Studios consists of a theme park and has attractions such as Guangzhou and Hong Kong Street areas, Emperor Qin Palace, Dazhi Temple and Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
- ^ Maggie Lee (June 17, 2015). "Film Review: 'I Am Somebody'". variety.com. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
- ^ Remaking China's 'Garden of Perfect Splendor' - World Blog - msnbc.com Archived 2008-02-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Maggie Lee (June 17, 2015). "Film Review: 'I Am Somebody'". variety.com. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
- ^ 我是路人甲 (2015). movie.douban.com (in Chinese). douban.com. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
- ^ Hengdian World Studios, Yiwuen.com
- ^ Stephen Short and Susan Jakes. "Making of a Hero", TIME Asia. Retrieved on 2007-05-21.
- ^ Arthur Jones "Chan, Li's 'Kingdom' coming soon", Variety.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-06
- ^ "Fact vs. fiction in TV drama". koreatimes. Archived from the original on 2016-02-29. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
- ^ Clifford Coonan. "Hengdian back lot grows to epic proportions", VarietyAsiaOnline.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-21.
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Favourite movies growing up
I have always been a huge movie buff. Growing up, and still, watching a movie was one of my favourite things to do. I had a huge movie collection filled with Disney movies (I wish I had that still) and so much more.
Now I don't even know half of the movies that Scott and I own because there are so many, and where we have them is too high for me to reach most of them – I'm too short to see them.
I doubt I'll ever get through all of the movies we now own, but lately I have been feeling nostalgic and have been wanting to re-watch some of my old faves.
Here were some of my faves!
- Pretty much any Mary-Kate and Ashley film. Passport to Paris, Double double toil and trouble, Our lips are sealed is what inspired me to move to Australia, Getting there, Holiday in the sun, Winning London, just to name a few. I grew up re-watching their movies over and over again. I still to this day regret donating them all when I moved to Australia. They were the best!
- The Notebook. This one is an obvious one for most girls my age I believe. We get to see Ryan Gosling as a scrawny, yet adorable boy, then as a muscled up, sexy man. Too good. And so romantic. So many girls I know hold their men up to what Noah was like in the Notebook. Aka perfection.
- Mean girls. Another obvious choice. All I wanted after seeing this movie was to have a clique as tight as the Plastics…but you know, not as evil as Regina George. Coming from a small town though, we were pretty much all friends, so no need for cliques.
- Where the Red Fern grows. This is a movie to break your heart. I first watched it after my childhood dog died. WORST.IDEA.EVER….but it stuck with me and was a movie I continued to watch over and over.
- 13 Going on 30. This was on TV the other night…I watched it, and still felt like the child who first watched this movie. It is such a good, happy go lucky; bring it back kind of movie. Even though the movie was saying not to grow up too fast, as a child who grew up very fast, I wanted to be just like Jenna in her gorgeous penthouse apartment, with an amazing, successful job. It is such a fun movie!
- Rock-A-Doodle. This was a fave from when I was a kid, and I mostly loved all of the songs in it.
- Troll in Central park. Also a fave from when I was a kid. I still have a stuffed troll that I named Stanley after the troll from the movie. I will never throw that troll away.
- The Page master. I loved how it went from live action to cartoon, and incorporated all of these famous stories that I had heard about for as long as I could remember. This was just such a magical movie.
- Any Disney movie. No explanation needed. Am I right? But my favourite was by far The Fox and The Hound, and it still is. It breaks my heart every time Todd gets dropped off in the woods. I cry every time.
- Titanic. I fell madly in love with Titanic, and I remember getting grounded from watching this movie because I watched it all the time and would sob uncontrollably, and not focus on homework. So yeah, they took it away from me.
- My Girl. So heartbreaking, but such a beautiful story of childhood friendship, loss, and growing up. I watch this movie any time I can.
There are SO many other favourite movies I had as a child. I was the typical 'become madly obsessed with a movie for a month, watch nonstop, then choose a new one' like any normal child.
Now I want to re-watch all of these movies.
What were your favourite movies?


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Lenders retreat as housing market plummets
As the nation's housing market swoons, lenders are tightening their grip on their money. Last month, that credit crunch reached Brent Meyers.
To all appearances, he's an unlikely victim. A well-paid chief executive of a small consulting firm, he owns a substantial investment portfolio and a million-dollar house in Moraga. He pays his bills on time and has no credit card debt. His credit score, he says, is around 800, a rating more or less in the stratosphere.
But in mid-March, Bank of America cut off his home equity credit line of a little more than $180,000, citing a decline in the value of his property. Meyers, 40, is now scrambling to come up with $75,000 to pay for a major landscaping project and is canceling other big spending plans.
"My wife would like a new car, but that's going to have to wait," he said. "We're taking a $75,000 cash-flow hit, and I want to boost savings."
The credit crunch made big news last month when brokerage giant Bear Stearns Cos. was forced to sell itself on the cheap after it was unable to borrow money to cover losses in its portfolio of mortgage securities. But the chill in the credit markets is not something that's hitting just big banks and securities firms.
In thousands of ways big and small, across the Bay Area and the nation, lenders are retreating after booking losses in the mortgage market. Households and businesses are suffering the consequences as money becomes tougher to get and more expensive to borrow.
That in turn spells bad news for the economy. Credit is the grease that lubricates the economic engine by giving individuals and businesses the means to spend.
Borrowed money pays for everything from new outfits at the clothing store to house purchases and major home improvement projects. When individuals and entrepreneurs can't get loans at interest rates they can afford, they spend and hire less. Tight credit ripples through the economy. The result is a slowdown, and, if severe enough, a contraction of economic activity, in other words, a recession.
Households, which gorged themselves on easy credit for most of the past decade, are bearing the brunt of lender caution. In a wide variety of consumer loan categories, particularly those backed by real estate, lenders are cutting back on loan amounts, charging higher interest and stiffening qualifications.
Take home equity loans. In the past decade, borrowing against the value of their homes became the money source of choice for homeowners who wanted large sums to pay for such items as home improvements, college tuition or luxury spending.
By 2004, Americans were taking out $180.5 billion in home equity loans, according to the Federal Reserve. Much of that cash was pumped right back into the economy, buying cars and furniture, renovated bathrooms and kitchens, airline tickets and hotel rooms.
'Unprecedented' conditions
But as home prices started to sink, homeowners had less equity to draw on. Lenders including Bank of America, Washington Mutual and Countrywide Financial cut back on home equity loans to reduce their exposure to the housing market.
"These are unprecedented market conditions," said Bank of America spokesman Terry Francisco.
By the last three months of 2007, home equity borrowing dropped to an annual rate of $26 billion, the Fed calculates. And home equity borrowing has undoubtedly fallen further in 2008.
Cutbacks in home equity loans and other forms of consumer credit are one of the factors behind a stall in retail spending.
Total retail sales fell 0.6 percent in February, according to the U.S. Commerce Department, led by slumping car and truck purchases. Forecasters predict consumers will barely boost spending above the rate of inflation this year, the worst performance in more than a decade.
Consumer spending represents about 70 percent of all economic activity in the United States. "For the economy to expand, it will have to come from the other 30 percent," said Carl Steidtmann, chief economist at the consulting firm Deloitte Research.
Warren Leiber, Brent Meyers' landscaping contractor, sees the spending slowdown every day. Leiber Landscape Services, his Walnut Creek business, serves an affluent corridor from Benicia to San Ramon. A typical job comes in at $30,000 to $40,000.
He estimates that 80 percent of his clients used home equity loans or mortgage refinancings to pay for his services. Now, with that tap choked off, his strapped clients are backing off, knocking $10,000 or $20,000 off their work orders, if they go ahead at all.
"Things started to really go south back in October," Leiber said. "We would get to the point of reviewing proposals, and people would say, 'That's great. Looks terrific. But it's more than we can spend right now.'
"It wasn't like it used to be when people weren't worried. People just don't feel wealthy and secure, like they used to."
Meyers began his landscaping project in January, expecting to draw on his home equity loan to pay Leiber.
When Meyers took out the credit line in November 2006, his home was valued at $1.475 million. With less than $1 million in principal outstanding on his first mortgage, he had a comfortable equity cushion to cover the line.
A few weeks ago, Meyers got a letter from Bank of America informing him that the line had been suspended in its entirety. When he called to ask why, he was told that his house had dropped to an estimated $1.09 million in value, which left insufficient equity to cover the line.
He insists his house has not lost that much value. He's asked the bank to reconsider. His appeal is pending.
For its part, Bank of America is reducing home equity lines for some customers "in areas of the country that are experiencing consistent and significant home value declines," Francisco said.
The bank is acting when customers "have used home equity lines beyond newly updated home values," he added.
Deferring expenditures
Meyers isn't exactly a hardship case. Unlike some who have had their credit cut off, he has other resources to fall back on. He intends to complete his landscaping project and will sell stock to pay for it.
"If I weren't able to pay cash, I would toss (Leiber) and his five-man crew out on the curb," he said.
Still, losing the credit line is prompting him and his wife, Deborah, to retrench.
"I'm going to change my spending behavior because I lost access to $180,000," he said. "We're going to be deferring other expenditures to build a pot of money to replace what Bank of America took away."
For example, the couple had planned to remodel the master bathroom once the landscaping work was finished. Now that's out the window. And any vacation this year for Meyers, his wife and their kids, Julia, 7, and Justin, 3, will be within driving distance of the Bay Area to save on airfare.
Economists stress that there are other factors besides tight credit behind the slump in consumer spending. Ordinary Americans have been slammed by a series of blows to their pocketbooks.
Wages are growing too slowly to keep up with rapidly rising prices, particularly those for necessities such as food and fuel. Homes and stock portfolios are dropping in value. Many people feel they're falling behind. And they can't borrow easily to fill the gap.
That witch's brew - stagnant incomes, rising prices, evaporating wealth and reduced access to credit - is fostering a fundamental change in attitude and behavior, economists say.
"We've seen a significant shift over the last year," said Richard Curtin, director of the Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. "People are more cautionary minded. They want to increase their reserve funds and decrease the amount of money they spend."
In essence, the borrow-and-spend game that sustained American households - and boosted economic growth - reached its limit. By the fourth quarter of 2007, households devoted a record 14.2 percent of their incomes just to service debt, according to the Federal Reserve.
That "record debt servicing burden ... is affecting people's ability to feed their families, make their utility bills and to discharge their health and education responsibilities," Merrill Lynch economist David Rosenberg wrote in a recent report.
Hence, the newfound reluctance of lenders to lend coincides with growing consumer disinclination to borrow.
"We are seeing signs of a major sea change taking place," Rosenberg wrote. "Debt is now being viewed as a four-letter word at best, a ball and chain at worst."
Watching labor costs closely
Meanwhile, Leiber is starting to worry about his business and his seven full-time employees. Spring is the busy time in the landscaping business, and Leiber has enough work to keep his crew fully employed. But he's nervous about what will happen when the seasonal surge is over.
"I'm going to be watching our labor costs very closely," he said. "If things slow down, the very first thing that will go will be labor costs."
So far, no clients have shut down a project because they ran out of money. But there are straws in the wind.
"Some of our clients have not been paying on time," he said. "I have quite a few clients who owe me various amounts of money. There were just a few at first, but it's growing.
"People have their pride," he added. "They won't say they're having a hard time. That's started to concern me."
Credit crunch leads to drop in equity lending
As home prices soared in the middle of the decade, consumers tapped the rising value of their property as a source of cash by refinancing first mortgages or taking out home equity loans. But in 2007, as home prices fell and foreclosures skyrocketed, lenders turned wary of the housing market. Home equity lending volume fell sharply in 2007, tumbling to $60.5 billion. By the last three months of the year, such lending slowed to an annual rate of $26 billion.
Note: Figures in billions
Source: Federal Reserve


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Two quick items:
Please welcome our new author/contributor Jeff S. His bio will read:
Jeffrey S. is a married father of two girls who is a lifelong resident of the Chicagoland area. He got his B.A. degree in Economics at the University of Michigan (and studied abroad for a year at the London School of Economics, where he lived in a row house in the East End and still misses fish and chips!) and his Masters degree in Public Policy from the University of Chicago. He currently lives in Chicago where his girls attend public school and he attends one of the most beautiful Catholic churches in the country. Jeff is a revert to the Catholic faith but says a prayer of thanks whenever he remembers his Protestant brothers and sisters who helped lead him back to Christ. As a result he has a strong interest in Christian apologetics, as well as Christian art, literature and music. He also loves the classics of Western civilization as well as more modern political and policy writing and does a lot of reading in his free time. He recently read a blogger who described himself as an "urban progressive" — Jeff considers himself the exact opposite — a reactionary lover of cities who hopes to someday be considered the Christian Theodore Dalrymple of the blogosphere.
Item two is to urge prayer for our countrymen in Colorado afflicted by terrible fires. I heard from a friend that in the beautiful city of Colorado Springs, damn near everyone west of I-25 is on evacuation notice. That's staggering. And this is on the heels of a horrific blaze near Ft. Collins, another glorious town on the Front Range. May the God of all peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, equip Colorado with everything good, and bless, keep and uphold the folks there.


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How to Use Data from Economic Indicators in Trading
Plenty of economic data is available, but not all of it is relevant to the types of stocks you want to trade. Organizing your data collection and tracking the trends can make choosing economic signs and analyzing which part of the business cycle is driving the markets easier for you. Here are a few steps that can make this task much easier:
Maintain a calendar of the release dates for the key economic indicators you decide to follow.
The markets may move in anticipation of this data, so if you know that a key economic indicator is about to be released, be sure to watch stock price trends for the possible impact the anticipated release may be having on the market.
Know the parts of the economy that are most impacted by the economic indicators you're following.
For example, the GDP strongly suggests the path of economic growth, but PPI and CPI are strong measures of inflation.
Know which economic indicators are most important to the market.
For example, in times of inflation, economic indicators that reveal key data regarding inflation are the biggest market movers. If the markets are worried about growth, the growth components of GDP and other indicators will have the greatest potential for moving the markets.
Know what the market is expecting to see in the numbers.
The actual number is not as critical as whether that number was expected by the markets. Surprises are what move the markets.
Know what parts of the economic indicator are important.
Newspapers may write headlines for shock value, but the parts of the index they cover may not be critical to your decision making. For example, traders know that food and energy components of the CPI are volatile, so the more important number to watch is the core CPI, which doesn't include food and energy. The news media may focus only on the more volatile number.
Don't overreact to a newly announced economic indicator that didn't meet market expectations.
Indicators frequently are revised after they're initially issued. The difference may merely be related to a revision and not an indication of a shift in the business cycle. However, be sure to check information about revisions to the previous month and how those revisions have impacted the current month's trend.
Monitor the trends.
On your calendar, keep track of key components of each economic indicator that you watch. Follow the trends of the most important data components to get a good idea of where the business cycle is headed.
Keeping a tight watch on economic indicators is the best way for you to determine at what point the economy is in a new business cycle. Waiting for official pronouncements is much too late. By the time they're released, that phase of the cycle may be over and a new cycle may be driving the markets.


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Gurpreet Singh Sarin sure got the raised-eyebrow treatment when he first walked in front of an "American Idol" camera — the whole hmmm, doesn't look like a pop star! set-up that reality TV producers love to give quirky contenders like Clay Aiken or Susan Boyle.
But it turned out they could sing, of course — and so, too, can Singh Sarin, who this week narrowly missed a spot in the finals of this season's hit TV singing competition. With his long beard and colorful turbans, the 22-year-old from North Potomac, Md., was one of "Idol's" most memorable non-finalists — and as the first Sikh contestant in the show's 12-year run, a major rallying point for Sikh-American fans.
"You are a winner!" read a typical tweet aimed his way today. "You opened doors for Sikhs, and showed the world how amazing our people are!" Another Indian-America wrote: "A little kid pointed at me and said that looks like the guy from American Idol last night. [Gurpreet], you have made a difference."
While some sensitive viewers may have winced at first at "Idol's" jokes about "The Turbanator," the nickname was one that Singh Sarin claimed for himself, and he welcomed the curiosity his appearance drew.
"I knew that my uniqueness would catch the producers' eye, but I wasn't sure how much of an impact that would make," he told us Friday. "The opportunity to show my culture and my religion has been amazing."
A Wootton High School grad, Singh Sarin spent his first three years of college majoring in computer and information science at the University of Maryland Baltimore County but took a semester off for a Department of Defense internship around the time he attended one of "Idol's" cattle call auditions in Newark last summer. Judges were pleasantly surprised by what his husky light tenor could do to Maroon 5's "Sunday Morning" — but were on the fence until he charmed Nicki Minaj by noting he owned a marigold turban that would match her hair color of the moment. After the cutthroat Hollywood auditions, he easily ascended to the top 40.
Alas, that's as far as it went: On Wednesday night in Vegas (for the episode that aired Thursday), the judges felt he'd made the wrong choice with his take on James Morrison's "Nothing Ever Hurt Like You."
Singh Sarin admits he was surprised to be eliminated. "As you get past one or two steps, you get closer to the prize, it's harder to see yourself leaving so soon," he said via phone while beginning his trip back east. "I really got to bond with the other contestants and the producers."
What's next? He'll finish his degree in May via University of Maryland University College's online program, but for a guy who only began his public singing career a year ago — entertaining the lunch crowd at the Potbelly in Gaithersburg's Rio Center — this sudden blast of fame has him wondering if he should pursue more than just computer science.
"My experience on 'American Idol' has definitely opened a portal," he said. "I want to see what I can do with singing."
(Video: Gurpreet Singh Sarin audition for American Idol)
(Video: Gurprett Singh Sarin Hollywood audition)
Earlier: White House intern Molly DeWolf Swenson took time off to try out for "American Idol", 1/27/11
D.C. native Austin Bisnow's rough treatment on 'American Idol,' 2/3/10
Also in The Reliable Source:
Judd Watch: Ashley Judd makes rounds in D.C.
Quoted: Ann Romney on turning down 'Dancing With the Stars'
Dennis Rodman on North Korea's Kim Jong Eun: "He's a good guy to me."
Read this: Van Cliburn, Lindsay Czarniak, Caroline Kennedy, 'Great Train Robber', Bob Woodward
Michelle Obama on critics of her Oscars appearance
Georgetown Day alum Andrew Weiner recruits pals for his horror movie 'The Frankenstein Theory'
Ted Kennedy's McLean property listed for $45 million; house to be replaced with mega-mansion


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|Growth factor expression pattern of homologous feeder layer for culturing buffalo embryonic stem cell-like cells.
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|The present study examined the expression profile of buffalo fetal fibroblasts (BFF) used as a feeder layer for embryonic stem (ES) cell-like cells. The expression of important growth factors was detected in cells at different passages. Mitomycin-C inactivation increased relative expression levels of ACTIVIN-A, TGF-β1, BMP-4 and GREMLIN but not of fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2). The expression level of ACTIVIN-A, transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1), bone morphogenetic protein-4 (BMP-4) and FGF-2 was similar in buffalo fetal fibroblast (BFF) cultured in stem cell medium (SCM), SCM+1000IUmL(-1) leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), SCM+5ngmL(-1) FGF-2 or SCM+LIF+FGF-2 for 24h whereas GREMLIN expression was higher in FGF-2-supplemented groups. In spent medium, the concentration of ACTIVIN-A was higher in FGF-2-supplemented groups whereas that of TGF-β1 was similar in SCM and LIF+FGF-2, which was higher than when either LIF or FGF-2 was used alone. Following culture of ES cell-like cells on a feeder layer for 24h, the TGF-β1 concentration was higher with LIF+FGF-2 than with LIF or FGF-2 alone which, in turn, was higher than that in SCM. In the LIF+FGF-2 group, the concentration of TGF-β1 was lower and that of ACTIVIN-A was higher in spent medium at 24h than at 48h of culture. These results suggest that BFF produce signalling molecules that may help in self-renewal of buffalo ES cell-like cells.
|Ruchi Sharma; Aman George; Nitin M Kamble; Manmohan S Chauhan; Suresh Singla; Radhey S Manik; Prabhat Palta
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Microbiology: A microbial contribution to regional wine identity
Scientific Reports
Genetically different populations of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae may affect the flavour and aroma of a wine according to research published in Scientific Reports this week.
Crops that have the same or very similar genes can produce geographically distinct products with unique physical and sensorial signatures. Previously it was thought that geographic differences in crops were due to interactions between genes, the local soils, climate and agricultural practices. However, a link between microbes and the geographic characteristics, or terroir, of an agricultural product had been thought to exist, although it had not been verified.
Using six genetically different populations of S. cerevisiae from six major wine growing regions in New Zealand, Sarah Knight, Matthew Goddard and colleagues investigated the effect of this microbe on the terroir of a wine. The authors quantified the concentrations of 39 compounds, including esters and alcohols, derived from yeast during wine fermentation, that affect flavour and aroma. They found that 29 of the 39 compounds vary with respect to the region of origin of the yeast used.
The authors note that other species of fungi and bacteria may also contribute to the characteristics of a wine and that further studies are needed.


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What do you do over your morning coffee? Scan the news? Gab with the water cooler champs? Some people make more sales by eight o'clock than others accomplish all day...or all week.
Try this!
Every morning, commit to sending three Sales Makers:
- one thank you,
- one note to an old customer, and
- one referral.
It doesn't matter if it's an Email Greeting, Greeting Card, or Postcard. Using Ace of Sales, it should take you less than five minutes.
Do this for a couple months, and when your pipeline is bursting at the seams, hire someone to send 100 for you every morning!