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Stephon Fuller from StephonFuller.blogspot.com join us on today's show to share how he paid off $15K in consumer debt in 18 months. Stephon got into debt by just trying to live month to month. However, he was living like most people: without a plan. He got the motivation to pay off his debt when he first put all of his financial info into Quicken. He was quite surprised to see where all his money was going so he sought out help from books, the radio, and podcasts.
One of the main things Stephon learned about himself was that he could become debt free without getting a big acting job or winning the lottery. Before getting out of debt, he never thought he could ever become debt free. Stephon was able to stay motivated for 18 months by focusing on the end result.
Stephon currently is an actor living in L.A. He started getting into acting when he lived in Virginia in 1993. One of the things people might not know about acting, according to Stephon, is that acting is a real profession and not just putting on make-up and having muscles. Stephon shares all his auditions on his blog stephonfuller.blogspot.com. He started writing about them in 2001 and they go all the way back to 1993. You can also find more information on his past work at his site StephonFuller.com.
"I'd say unless you're going to go completely underground you're going to have a relationship with money…you might as well make it a good one." ~ Stephon Fuller
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text: How Nobel Prize winners changed regenerative medicine 6 October 2015 The 2015 Nobel Prizes are announced this week. Every day Christie Norris from our Research Communications team will look at how the work of previous Nobel Prize winners has influenced our research. Today she looks at the regenerative heart. Building on the work of the 2012 Nobel Prize winners, we support innovative research exploring stem cells as a potential treatment for conditions such as a heart attack or heart failure. A heart attack happens when blood flow to the heart is restricted, starving the heart of oxygen, which can kill heart muscle cells. Most heart attacks are a result of coronary heart disease, which is the narrowing or blockage of vessels which supply the heart with oxygen-rich blood. The longer blood flow is restricted to the heart, the larger the area of heart muscle that dies. Heart failure means the heart is too weak to pump enough blood around the body. This means organs and tissues do not receive enough oxygen. Once it begins to fail, the heart will find it more and more difficult to function properly. Heart failure can occur as a result of many causes including heart attacks, if the damage to the heart is severe. The research of the 2012 Nobel Prize winners has helped us explore new and exciting ways of treating cardiovascular diseases. Pluripotent stem cells Professor Sir John Gurdon and Professor Shinya Yamanaka were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the 'discovery that mature cells in the body can be reprogrammed' to pluripotent stem cells. Pluripotent means the stem cell can become all cell types found in the body. At present, there is no cure for repairing damaged hearts. Thanks to the pioneering work of Sir Gurdon and Yamanaka, the use of stem cells is a hot topic of our research. Can we manipulate our own cells to help us when we need it? Our scientists are exploring whether heart muscle cells can be regenerated using the body's own store of stem cells following damage. Using our own cells to mend our hearts Our Mending Broken Hearts Appeal is a campaign which helps fund research into the field of regenerative medicine. Since the campaign's launch, we have successfully raised over £10m, which has helped fund three pioneering Centres of Regenerative Medicine in major UK universities. As part of the Mending Broken Hearts Appeal, BHF Professor Michael Schneider and his team at Imperial College London are looking at signals which could help dormant stem cells in the heart become new muscle cells. BHF Professor Paul Riley and his team at the University of Oxford have shown that a key protein called thymosin β4 (tβ4) can help stimulate certain human heart cells to turn into new heart muscle. With new muscle cells, the heart can pump more strongly. When asked about his work, Professor Riley said "My vision is a world where heart damage is temporary and repairable. Our research discoveries could trigger a revolution in cardiovascular medicine." The discovery of stem cells with the most potential A recent publication in Nature Communications describes the research of Professor Schneider and Dr Michela Noseda. They have found a particular stem cell in mice that could have great regenerative potential in the heart. Their study showed that mice treated with this stem cell could repair a significant amount of damaged heart muscle after just twelve weeks. They now hope to find a similar cell in human hearts. The discovery of reprogramming mature cells to become stem cells has inspired our researchers to explore the ability of the human heart to fix itself after injury. The world of stem cell research is an exciting one and we look forward to what our scientists have in store. Our research could help treat people like Richard. Help us to continue funding research in the field of heart regeneration. Donate

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Did you receive a Nook, Kindle or other electronic device as a holiday gift this year? The Summit Library is your source for free electronic materials. The reference staff can help you get started if you need some guidance. Come on over to the library to find out how to download eBooks, audiobooks and magazines to your device for free. If you're already a pro, visit our website at www.summitlibrary.org and click on the "eBooks and more" tab to find links to eLibraryNJ, OneClick Digital and Zinio for magazines.
The library has ebooks for kids too. Check out TumbleBooks and TumbleBook Cloud on the teens and kids tabs on the website for great interactive books for children and teens.
Remember: "our ebooks are free books" at the Summit Library.
If you haven't responded to the library's community survey, there is still time to do so. The Summit Free Public Library wants to hear from YOU! We want to hear from people who use the library, why they use it and what we can do to improve our service. We also want to hear from people who don't come to the library. Why not? What can we do to serve your needs? Let us know. You may access the survey through our web page at www.summitlibrary.org or access it directly at http://www.surveymoz.com/s/summitlibrary. Don't like online surveys? That's okay. Stop in at the library and fill out a paper form and we'll take care of the input.
Wintertime is a great time to check out the events at the library. Movies are shown every Monday at 12:30 and 6:30 pm in the Hickok Meeting Room. The January and February films will include some of the hottest films and some Oscar winners from the past two years. Film buffs will also enjoy the monthly independent film offered one Friday of each month at 12:30 pm. Check our website for information on upcoming films. The monthly Brown Bag Book Club meets on the third Friday of each month at 12:30 pm. On January 17, the group will be discussing The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books We Shared by Alice Ozma.
Two special live performances will also be offered in January. In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Traveling Stage Company will present "Let Freedom Ring!: The Coretta Scott King Story" on Thursday, January 16th at 7:30 pm. Singer Carmen Artis will bring Mrs. King's story to life through song and narrative.
Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland will also be brought to life on Sunday, January 26th at 2:00 pm when Francine Evans and Joel Zelnick present "Frank and Judy: A Musical Romance." The performance will be presented in the beautiful rotunda in the adult section of the library. This performance is made possible in part by a grant from the Union County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs.
The Youth Services Department will be busy as well with a full schedule of story times being offered six times each week on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays beginning January 7th through February 28th. Check the schedule to pick the right day for your child and join Mrs. Wheeless for songs and stories to pass away the cold days of winter.
Remember if the snow and cold weather keep you at home, you can still access the library catalog to renew your library materials, place a hold or check our catalog. The book return boxes in the municipal parking lot adjacent to the library are also open 24 hours a day. You may also access many of our databases and check out electronic materials from our website at www.summitlibrary.org without leaving the warmth of your home.
Winter is no reason not to visit the library whether you do come in or visit us electronically. The Summit Library is here for you!
Susan Permahos, Director
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What do you do when waiting for a prescription to be filled at the pharmacy?
My children find a basket of cups and make towers. What else would you expect?
And Isaiah did his tower all by himself! You should be impressed, I promise - fitting in a little OT during those random times of the day.


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Jesus Is Lord ~ Assembly of Love
The Ministry of Children's Church
Elder Sherry Shepherd, Deaconess
Ministry Leader, Samantha Shepherd
Pastor – Steven Norman
Vision – To Save the Lost; To Transform the Saved
Mission -
Under the leading of the Holy Spirit, we seek to bring our youth into the family of God where they can have age appropriate Christian education providing them with a personal experience with our Lord. Graduates of Children's Church go on to assume ministry roles.
Proverbs 22:6: Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is older, he will not depart from it.
There is a place for every child at Jesus Is Lord ~ Assembly of Love. An important component of Family Ministry at Jesus Is Lord is our Children's Church, which evolved from our Sunday School. As we began to see more children in the morning service than in our 9:30 Sunday School, we saw a need to change and we did.
Children's Church currently is held on the second and third Sundays during the morning service. Our plan for 2016 is to expand to three Sundays a month and to have an active Young Men of Integrity and Triumph group.
Our staff is comprised of members who have received intensive orientation and background screenings and who have a minimum of one year membership with the appropriate background checks. All teachers are committed to praying for and executing the Vision of the children's church ministry.
This ministry provides spiritual guidance using the Bible to help children build a lifelong relationship with God. Anyone who loves children is encouraged to volunteer as a teacher. Parents who use the ministry should give back by serving in the teacher-assistant rotation.
Our ministry exists to bring children into age appropriate WORSHIP where they can BELONG to the family of God, GROW in their relationship with Christ, learn to SERVE and then go SHARE Christ in the world!


text: The proposed blanket ban by the Commission on ships over 15 years old which have been detained twice over the preceding two years is also criticized by the AMRIE paper on the grounds that it would unfairly penalize many ships do not pose a risk. While the AMRIE report broadly welcomes the Commission's proposals on Port State Control, it would prefer to see a comprehensive examination on all ships which have been detained twice in two years, involving her flag state, her owners and the relevant classification society. This would require a radical increase in the number of qualified port state inspectors. AMRIE argues that the present level of inspectors is unacceptable - there is only 250 inspectors across the entire European Union, 100 of which are in the U.K. alone. The organization contends that more emphasis should be placed on higher risk categories of ship rather than on arbitrary age limits; 'an old ship is not necessarily a bad ship', says the paper. AMRIE is surprised that there has not been more emphasis on high-risk ships such as the elderly tankers under the MARPOL limit, carrying heated cargoes. AMRIE has also called on the Commission to tackle related problems when it will announce further reform as later in the year, such as the question of 'ports of refuge', 'chartering agreements', 'transparency of ownership' and 'training initiatives'. N. Sea Troll To Deliver 9.85M Barrels In August Norway's Troll crude system in the North Sea is scheduled to deliver 9.85 million barrels in August, slightly down from July's original program of 9.95 million barrels. The July schedule comprises 10 cargoes of 600,000 barrels, two stems of 800,000 barrels, four shipments of 400,000 barrels and two of 325,000 barrels. The program means an average loading rate of 317,742 barrels per day, as against 320,968 bpd in July.


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Cold, wet, dark afternoons. The foothills looked mystical.
Hand-quilting my Scrappy Trip-Along quilt, which is finished and in use. More on that soon.
Sleepy, sick small Bears. The LB made himself a nest on the couch in the family room.
Stuffed peppers (recipe here) for dinner on Tuesday were a hit as always. Leftovers for lunch, too.
Etsy purchases come from far and wide. Japan has a lot of pretty things.
A new crochet project, for a teacher's end-of-year gift.
Pulled weeds in the front yard but couldn't pull these wild asters, the birth-month flower of both small Bears.
Making birthday cards for my twin sisters. I would so much rather make cards than buy them.
It has been a long week. But we're getting back to normal now. The LB went back to school today. This afternoon, we have a parent-teacher conference at the GB's preschool; we're looking forward to discussing her progress. At the same time, I feel it's a bit unnecessary: she's doing great, making friends, is happy and well-adjusted. I already know these things about her.
I'm going to make my delicious Italian sandwiches for dinner when we get home from the conference. I have to pick up a loaf of Italian bread when I go out to get the LB from school. Tomorrow night, we plan to go out for dinner. I'm very excited. I've been feeling that old cooking fatigue lately.
We're starting to plan a family vacation to Colorado. We're planning it for June. I worked on finding accommodations this week and booked something wonderful. I used a website called Airbnb to find it. This company is really cool. They have rentals all over the world and they specialize in interesting, funky, unique places to stay. You could stay in a castle, or in a retro camper, or in a Victorian house. It's so much fun to browse.
I'm so glad it's Friday. The GB seems well enough to go to her pre-ballet class this morning so I think we'll head out soon. And I'm thinking my four days home with sick children has earned me a cup of coffee I didn't have to make for myself. Skinny latte, here I come.
Please note that I have added buttons for Bloglovin' and RSS to my blog, at the bottom of the right-hand sidebar, below my labels cloud. Feel free to use them to follow my blog after Google Reader goes away. I don't use Google Reader myself, I usually read blogs via my Blogger homepage. As long as Google Friend Connect remains, it should be okay. But Bloglovin' looks good, I may join that as well.


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Let's Celebrate! Join us for the 26th annual RBC Canadian Entrepreneur Awards Gala at the Fairmont Royal York on November 21, 2018.
Our Women of Influence Evening Series is designed to motivate and inspire the next generation of emerging leaders and provide a platform for them to meet their peers and role models who have had early success and high-profile careers. Keynote speakers share tactical advice on negotiation, leadership, entrepreneurship, communication and personal branding and a structured "Connecting Activity" enables our guests to make career-defining connections.
Event Agenda
6:30 – 7:00 pm Registration and Cocktail Reception
7:00 – 7:55pm Fireside Chat and Q&A
7:55 – 8:20pm Connecting Activity
8:20 – 8:30pm Door Prize
** Your ticket includes complimentary Wine and Hors d'Ouevres.
Aurora Browne is proud to be one of the co-creators, writers, executive producers and stars of CBC's new sketch comedy series, Baroness von Sketch Show. Browne graduated from York University's theatre program with a BFA in Acting, and has been honing her sketch chops since 2000 when she was hired by Toronto's Second City Troupe. Since then she has appeared on Comedy Inc, The Gavin Crawford Show, Comedy Now, The Ron James Show, InSecurity, Corner Gas and many others. She recently co-created and starred in Newborn Moms, a web series about new motherhood on ABC Digital. She is also currently in development for season 2 of The Writer's Block with Frantic Films.
Browne has been nominated for numerous Canadian Comedy Awards for her work in Toronto's red hot live sketch and improv scene, and in 2008 won the CCA for Best Female Improviser. She was also a nominee for the Tim Sims Encouragement Fund Award. Her son thinks she is hilarious.
An alumnus of Second City Toronto, Jennifer Whalen is a co-creator, executive producer, writer and star of Baroness von Sketch Show. She was head writer for the award-winning satirical comedy This Hour Has 22 Minutes and developed long-running shows Little Mosque On the Prairie (CBC/Mind's Eye) and Instant Star (CTV/Epitome). She has also worked on The Ron James Show (CBC), The Jon Dore Show (Comedy Network/IFC) and the critically acclaimed Gavin Crawford Show (Comedy Network/Shaftsbury). She originated the role of the Aviatrix in the Tony Award Winning Drowsy Chaperone.
Whalen won a CSA for Best Show and one for Best Writing for her work on Baroness von Sketch Show and has been nominated for three Geminis, four Canadian Comedy Awards and won both a WGC Award and a Canadian Comedy Award for her work on This Hour Has 22 Minutes.


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This week's digital round-up brings Hideyuki Kikuchi and shojo fans their fix with digital editions of Yashakiden, Maohden, Demon City Shinjuku (the complete city, not just a Demon City suburb), and Planet Ladder! Happy reading!
This week's digital round-up brings Hideyuki Kikuchi and shojo fans their fix with digital editions of Yashakiden, Maohden, Demon City Shinjuku (the complete city, not just a Demon City suburb), and Planet Ladder! Happy reading!
Even if the temperatures are rising outside, you still can't say no to some yaoi that's a little "hotter" than the rest! Hunker down in your (hopefully climate controlled) reading cave of choice and dig in to some of our newest "Too Hot For Kindle" titles, available on Nook and NEW DRM-free WOWIO PDFs!
That's right, did we mention that you can get all our digital titles as DRM-free PDFs on WOWIO? Because you totally can — that means that whether you like to read manga on your computer, your Kindle, your Nook, or your tablet, you have full access (yes, even you international readers!) to our full digital library, dirty dirty yaoi and all! Yes Kindle owners, that means you can now have all the books Amazon won't allow in their own Kindle Book shop — find out how to transfer PDFs to your Kindle (gen. 2 or later) here!
Looking for more "Too Hot For Kindle" titles? Check out our past features here and here! Click on to see this edition's list of hot, hot titles!
Is Morinaga dreaming? Now that he and the ever-stubborn Tatsumi have made their house a home, it looks like they're finally a legitimate couple! But will a sudden visit from a troublingly familiar face shatter the illusion and throw everything (and everyone) into chaos? The Tyrant Falls in Love pits a research superstar "against" his smitten assistant and watches as they frolic and fight their way through a truly combustible relationship! Every couple encounters a speed bump or two on the road to bliss…but what happens when you can't stop hitting the brakes?
It's shojo week here at the digital round-up! From heroic student teachers to mythological gods and old favorites on new digital platforms, we've got it all here for you! And as an extra bonus, the round-up now features easy access to our WOWIO PDFs — one click and you're staring at the buy button! Give 'em a test spin if you haven't already, they're DRM free!
Our Digital Manga Guild Members have been hard at work bringing you the very best in digitally distributed manga — check out the fruits of their stunning labor: over 100 titles to sink your manga-loving claws into! These titles are available on emanga.com, Nook, Kindle, and most excitingly, through WOWIO as DRM-free, downloadable PDFs. DMG books are now more accessible and portable than ever! Grab a few if you haven't already, it'll be well worth your time! (more…)
This past week we've got a couple exciting new fujoshi favorites in stock at Akadot: one by fan favorite CJ Michalski, and the other the long awaited 7th installment of Rieko Yoshihara's yaoi classic, Ai no Kusabi! Don't miss out on all the great reads in this stunning conclusion to YAOI WEEK!
Riki is back in Eos and under Iason the Tanagura Blondy's power once again.
Under the watchful eye of his new furniture Cal, Riki endures being a captive again as best he can. Ignoring the hateful glances and whispers of the other pets in the salon, Riki escapes to the tranquility of Eos's garden where he can relax alone. But Riki's fragile peace is shattered by the reappearance of a singular Paradita hybrid—a pet of unusual breed—who is obsessed with a certain slumdog.
Meanwhile, Riki's old friends Guy and Luke find themselves in a dicey situation. Kirie's betrayal and Riki's disappearance from Ceres force Guy to seek information from Zico, a mysterious data broker in the dangerous slum wastes of Nier Darts. Will the answer lead Guy to Riki—or to a truth about the Guardians and Eos that will shake Riki's old Bison members to their core?
The Paradita's obsession with Riki reaches a devastating climax and Iason Mink is forced to take action. Riki's captivity reaches a new level of depravity as Iason proves once and for all that Riki completely belongs to him—mind, soul and body.
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When bar owner Tamaki finds a bruised and battered stranger in the street, he's instantly won over by the man's sad, soulful puppy-dog eyes! But will this instant attraction only spell trouble? What happens when kindness suddenly turns into something just like love?
The Man I Picked Up shares the sweet and sour sides of romance in stories filled to the brim with humor, hang-ups and hot connections! Can a desire to cut ties with a painful past help passion blossom? And who gets the last word in an all-out fight for their feelings?
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Expanding the manga library on Apple's iBookstore, Digital Manga jumps in to add their backlist of digital content to the ever-popular App on iTunes. Digital Manga titles can now be found under the Comics&Graphic Novels/manga section on iBooks.
Digital Manga's titles are optimized, fixed-layout ebooks for the iBookstore, which are also designed to allow you to jump to the other side of the book to start your reading in the right-to-left eastern reading format common for reading most manga—combined with iBooks' superb reading interface, this gives customers a richer experience whle reading manga on the Apple iPad, iPhone and the iPod Touch. Download the iBooks app, (http://www.macworld.com/appguide/app.html?id=460630&expand=false ) available for free in the App Store.
"We like to accommodate Apple's high standards, so we handpicked the best selection from our back list to launch our titles on iBooks." – Fred Lui- VP Publishing and Digital Content
Digital Manga titles will include selections from the DMP, Juné, and DMG imprints and are priced between $2.99 – $12.99. For a direct link to all Digital Manga books available on iBooks (through iTunes) click here, or go here.
The following 25 titles are now available:
Let's Draw Manga – Using Color
Hush A Bye Baby
Late Advent vol.1
· For a web browser listing of available manga, including Digital Manga titles, go to the following link which will take you to the manga section under the Comics & Graphic Novel category in iBooks: Books> Comics & Graphic Novels> Manga : http://itunes.apple.com/us/genre/books-manga/id10016?mt=11
A listing of available manga on iBooks (from iTunes), including Digital Manga titles, can be found here.
Gardena, CA (August 6, 2012) Digital Manga Inc., one of the manga industry's most unique and creative publishers, is proud to officially announce the distribution of their digital library on Wowio.
Wowio, an Alliance Acquisitions, Inc. company, is a unique ebook marketplace that stands apart from the crowd by offering significant advantages to readers, authors, publishers and advertisers. With their wide selection of ebooks ranging from children's books, crafts & hobbies and fiction & literature to textbooks, they are no strangers to the ebook business. Additionally, their ebook storefront includes a dedicated category for comics & graphic novels, showcasing over 150 comic book publishers and their ebooks.
"It's a pleasure to be one of the first "manga" publishers to not only break new ground in mainstream ebook marketplaces, but to also sit alongside our American comic book counter-part brothers. One of Digital Manga's mottos is "continue to evolve"; that is why Wowio is such a fitting partner for us." – Fred Lui- VP Publishing and Digital Content
Over 240 o Digital Manga's titles are now available for download as PDF files on Wowio, including: DMP, Juné, 801 Media and Digital Manga Guild books. Prices range from $2.99 to $12.99. Select titles include: (DMG) Betting My Life With You, Blooming Darling vol.1-2, Career Gate ; (DMG Hentai) Three-Star Ladies, Vulgar Darling, Mature Diaries ;(DMP) Vampire Hunter D , Erementar Gerade, Itazura Na Kiss; (Juné) Flutter, Duetto, Blue Sheep Reverie, Kiss Blue; (801 Media) King of Debt, Black Sun, A Fallen Saint's Kiss.
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TCU women's tennis makes net gains, but young team aims higher
TCU women's tennis coach Dave Borelli expected a rebuilding season this year.
The foundation, walls and roof of a winning team were finished quicker than Borelli expected.
TCU finished its schedule with an 11-match winning streak and Mountain West regular-season and tournament championships. The young Frogs -- TCU's top two players, Stefanie Tan and Simona Parajova, are freshmen -- will be tested again in the regional round of the NCAA Tournament starting today at Duke in Durham, N.C.
"We are going into the NCAAs knowing we are a team that no one wants to play," Borelli said. "That's how we are looking at it. We are worried about ourselves playing well and nobody else."
TCU's turnaround came after two consecutive losses in March, 5-2 defeats at Alabama and at Florida State. Then the Frogs closed the season on their current streak without a conference loss to finish 18-5.
"We've got a long ways to go, but we are certainly headed in the right direction," Borelli said. "We are a team that can be a top 20 team right now when we play to our ability, and we are on our way there. We don't feel the pressure going in."
The Frogs are hoping to add another win to move on to the NCAA second round for the sixth time in school history.
"I'm already really proud of what we have done this year, winning both Mountain West titles," senior Gaby Mastromarino said. "From here on out, it's just icing on the cake."
Mastromarino is TCU's only senior and one of two players on the roster with NCAA Tournament experience.
"Playing in the tournament is all about fighting hard and not letting the pressure get to you," Mastomarino said. "We have younger players, but all of us have been in other pressure situations. We will all fight for the team."
Sophomore Millie Nichols is TCU's other player with postseason experience; she played for Tennessee as a freshman before transferring.
"We have to go out, have fun and play hard," Nichols said. "I feel comfortable going in, because I know what to expect because I played in regionals at Tennessee. I'm ready to compete."
TCU will play South Carolina in the first round, a rematch from TCU's last regional appearance, when the Frogs lost 4-2 in 2010. The winner will play either Duke or Winthrop for a spot in the Sweet 16.
"It's a whole different ballgame with completely different teams from two years ago," Borelli said. "But it's exciting because we are two evenly-matched teams."
For Mastromarino, who wants to finish her final season with the Frogs on a high note, playing South Carolina is fitting.
"Remembering losing to them gives me great motivation to get past them into the second round," she said. "I feel like our team this year is really strong, and we have a lot of momentum going into this match."
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My produce drawers runneth over these days. Bowls of juicy blackberries, fat blueberries stirred into oatmeal, roasted zucchini and rutabaga wrapped in tortillas for tacos, and a simple mango avocado salsa spooned over grilled chipotle chicken.
Summer is here.
And summer has brought with it a quiet contentedness that has settled in around me like a gentle breeze. I feel lighter these days and less burdened. The grief, wound tight for so many months, has started to unravel like a ball of yarn. The sharp-edged memories have softened. Acknowledging the pain, instead of shoving it in a dark corner, has helped. Accepting what is has helped. Recognizing the here and now has helped. It's taken me a while to get to this place.
Last week, Feynman and I ventured out for an evening walk. It's a habit and with warmer weather these days we take our time. We meandered around the neighborhood while the fireflies hovered in and around the grass and trees. As I watched them flicker I thought about that day last July when he left. It's been almost a year now and I realized the deep loss of last year has transformed into something new. There's a path ahead and for the first time I could see it clearly.
As we walked home that night amid the twinkling fireflies I couldn't help but see more than just their gentle illumination. Each flicker was a reminder. Shine on, they seemed to say. Glow and light your way.
A new season has arrived.
Mango Avocado Salsa
A day or so after the walk with Feynman and the fireflies I bought some mangoes. Their tropical scent wafted from the paper bag and a gentle squeeze indicated their ripeness. I was tempted to dice them up as a snack right then, but I resisted the urge and, instead, mixed them up with some diced jalapeno, red onion, and creamy soft avocado. I added fresh lime and cilantro and, with a significant amount of will power, placed it all in the fridge to chill. I had a hunch my patience would be rewarded after all the flavors mingled together for a few hours.
Later, I sat down to a plate of grilled chicken flavored with a simple chipotle pepper marinade (Remember the huevos rancheros? I used the leftover chipotle peppers from that recipe). I spooned the salsa over the top so each bite had a little bit of sweet, spicy, smoky, and sour.
It was like summer on a plate. Light, fresh, and bright.
Mango Avocado Salsa with Grilled Chipotle Chicken
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
A fresh and light dinner idea perfect for a warm summer night. Prep the chicken and salsa ahead of time (up to eight hours for both) and when it's time to grill it all comes together in less than 15 minutes.
For the Chipotle Chicken
- 1 chipotle pepper, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons adobo sauce
- 1 clove of garlic, smashed
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 4 boneless skinless breasts (see note)
For the Mango Avocado Salsa
- 1 mango, diced
- 1 jalapeno, diced
- 1/4 cup diced red onion
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro
- Juice from 1 lime
- 1 small avocado, diced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Marinate the Chicken: Place all the marinade ingredients for the chipotle chicken in a large resealable bag. Place the chicken in the bag, seal it, and sort of mush it around with your hands to coat the chicken in the marinade. Place in the refrigerator for up to 8 hours.
- Make the Salsa: Mix all of the ingredients for the salsa together in a medium bowl. Cover and place in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
- Grill the Chicken: Heat the grill to medium high heat. Grill the chicken for five minutes or so on each side, flipping once. Chicken should reach an internal temperature of 165 degrees. Let the chicken rest a few minutes before serving. To serve, spoon some salsa over the top of the chicken.
Look for chicken breasts that are approximately the same size. If needed, beat them with a meat mallet until the are of equal thickness. Do this before you add them to the marinade.
- Category: Main Course
- Calories: 454
- Sugar: 14.1g
- Sodium: 806.4mg
- Fat: 17.5g
- Carbohydrates: 21.6g
- Fiber: 6.5g
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Dr Oz: Surprise For Woman Abandoned At Birth
A woman named named Amy was backstage with headphones on, making it impossible for her to hear anything that was going on. Dr Oz then explained that, thanks to a simple DNA spit test, he was able to put together a reunion for Amy, with two sisters she never even knew she had. Just by testing your saliva, you can uncover information about your ancestry and whether you're a carrier for medical conditions. But for Amy, her sample solved an unimaginable mystery.


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Eighty-eight percent of Henrico County students who received iBooks as part of the countyis four-year old laptop initiative bring their iBooks to school every day, a new study commissioned by the Henrico School Board found.
Additionally, 91 percent of the 20,409 students surveyed -- representing 80.5 percent of total students with iBooks -- use the iBooks at home, on average for 1.8 hours per week. Most teachers use the computers and support the laptop initiative as well, despite it increasing their workload.
The surveyis results, published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch Friday, also found that 71 percent of parents support the program as well as the $50 fee they each pay per computer for insurance.
The four-year old program has cost the county $43.6 million, or $10.9 million a year, David Myers, Henrico Countyis Assistant Superintendent for Finance, told the School Board Thursday. Leasing the 26,000 iBooks has cost $26.5 million, with the remainder of the costs coming from network infrastructure, software, content filters, and support. Without the iBooks, the county would have spent $15.6 million over the four years to comply with state technology standards.
Virginiais Henrico County made headlines in 2001 when the school district announced that it would be providing students with 23,000 sleek new iBook G3 laptops. Henrico County expanded the program one year later to include sixth-grade students, on top of the seventh- and eighth-grade students who already had received their iBooks.
Last July, the school district turned down a one-time $5 million offer from Apple to upgrade the leased iBook G3 systems to newer iBooks, saying their current needs were being met by the original iBooks.


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My name is Marin Ryan and I am a student teacher from Kent State University. I will teach at Suffield Elementary until March 4th, then move to my second assignment at Field Middle from March 21st to May 6th, and finally graduate in May with a Bachelor's degree in Art Education, with minors in Studio Art and Education. In my own artwork, I enjoy figure drawing and ceramics most, and I hope to continue taking art classes throughout my teaching career. Although I'm from Harmony, Pennsylvania, a small town north of Pittsburgh, I recently studied abroad in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and hope to continue to travel in the future. So far my teaching experience has only been with high school students and preschoolers, so I am very excited to be working with the elementary students here! They are a great group of kids and I hope I can teach them as much as they're teaching me.
Here are the lessons I've started (or will soon begin!) with some of the grade levels:
1st Grade: Silent Buddies
The children will be making simple stuffed animals to donate to patients at Akron Children's Hospital after talking about how nice it is to have a "silent buddy" to comfort them when they are alone. Although I will do the sewing for the project, the students will get to draw their own animal design, stuff it, and decorate it with marker designs.
2nd Grade: Imperfection Self Portraits
Second graders learned what imperfections are, and how we all have them (even models!). They are making realistic self portraits including one imperfection, and adding color to them using tissue paper.
4th Grade: Press Pause: Zig-Zag Paintings
In this lesson, students talked about busy activities they did and relaxing activities that help them to "press pause." They will be making "zig-zag" paintings that show them doing a busy activity from one angle and a relaxing activity from another angle. To brainstorm what makes an artwork look busy or calm, they found similarities and differences in two artworks- you can check these out in the hallway!
|This is an example of a "PostSecret"
5th Grade: Secret Box
The students will look at some of Frank Warren's PostSecret postcards to learn that sometimes people have a secret goal or a secret fear that they aren't ready to share yet. They will make a box to hold a secret of their own, and decorate it using stamping and collage.
I am also finishing up two of Mrs. Tannert's lessons right now: Kindergarteners are working on "Ugly Bugs" and Third Graders are finishing up a project on color theory. I am excited to start my own lessons with these students soon!


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Leading independent Scottish property consultancy CKD Galbraith is offering for sale Knoweholm, a secluded Ayrshire country house situated within its own grounds of some 21 acres with far reaching views towards the Carrick Hills.
The property lies about one mile from the village of Minishant – a small yet thriving village formed along the A77. The village was known historically for its blanket weaving factories but is now a popular base for commuters to both Ayr and Glasgow. There is a general store and post office in the village as well as a small primary school and two well regarded family run restaurants.
The property was built in the mid-sixties and is a sprawling ranch style country house designed with light and space in mind. The driveway winds upwards towards the house and the elevation is sufficient to afford wonderful views across the countryside to the Carrick Hills. The stables are located adjacent to the house and were originally built for thoroughbred racehorses. There are six good sized loose boxes and two larger boxes of approximately 16 foot square. The stables are currently being used as a cattery and the current owners run a profitable business with a license to house 26 cats.
Internally the accommodation is well planned and predominantly on ground level. There are three good sized bedrooms with the fourth bedroom or home office being the only room upstairs.
The drawing room is of particular note with its open beamed ceiling and wall of windows looking over the garden.
The kitchen was recently replaced and the adjacent dining room is also a bright room with a large picture window. There is a cosy sitting room with patio doors which open to the courtyard and joined to the house by a covered portico is a laundry room.
The gardens of Knoweholm are mature and provide natural seclusion and shelter. A well tended lawn lies on either side of a tarmac drive and an area of mixed woodland marks the southern boundary. The lands of Knoweholm extend to about 21 acres with the grazing in two large well fenced fields. There is also a double garage.
Offers Over £590,000 are being sought.
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Polarized lenses have a filter laminated on them that only allows vertically oriented light to pass through, while non-polarized lenses are usually just tinted to block light. Non-polarized lenses do not contain a filter to remove glare.
Sunlight can be reflected in many directions off of horizontal surfaces, such as water, land, wet roads and the hood of a car. These horizontal reflections create a glare that can blind a driver, causing an accident. According to Perfect Glasses USA, polarized lenses are good for people who drive for a living and need to see well at any time of the day. People who like to fish or boat appreciate polarized lenses, as the lenses remove the glare and help the fisherman see fish or spot rocks that might damage the boat. Polarized lenses are mainly gray and yellow.
There are some disadvantages to polarized lenses. When trying to view an LCD TV or some touch screen displays, the screen may seem to disappear at certain angles. According to Perfect Glasses USA, this means that polarized lenses are not a good choice for an airline pilot or any profession that relies on LCD or touch screen displays. Photographers may find it impossible to see through the lens of the camera at certain angles as well. Although polarized lenses remove the glare from snow, skiers and snowboarders do not like to use them because they depend on light variations to see ice, hills and bumps.


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Samsung's new 2-in-1 is comparable to Microsoft's hybrid offering, but it has a faster processor, better keyboard and more storage than the Surface Pro 4.
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The Samsung Galaxy Book 2-in-1 combines the familiar form factor of a tablet and detachable keyboard with many of the features you won't find among competitors.
The 12-inch model of the Windows 10-powered Galaxy Book comes with a Super AMOLED display that businesses should pay attention to. With a detachable backlit keyboard, the inclusion of Samsung's S Pen for digital stylus input and a 7th generation Intel Core i5 CPU, business users will quickly discover the Samsung Galaxy Book 2-in-1 offers far more than Microsoft's Surface Pro 4.
Plus, the Intel Kaby Lake CPU and super-speedy solid-state drive (SSD) storage should help it keep up with just about any desktop task or Windows app you need to run. The keyboard delivers comfortable spacing for typing (similar to a larger 13-inch laptop), and the keys offer more vertical travel than the shallow Surface Pro 4 keyboard.
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I've wanted to be a fashion blogger from the moment I found out what a fashion blogger was. Fashion is the thing I am most passionate about and I can't even describe how much I love sharing that passion through writing. If there were to ever be a way for me to make a living sharing my love of fashion with the world through this blog, that would be the ultimate dream. But before I (hopefully) become the next @weworewhat or @songofstyle, I knew I had to stop dreaming and start doing.
You may have noticed by now that the ole blog looks a little different. There's quite a few new bells and whistles to check out and plenty of new content coming your way. You also may have noticed my new domain, xokateday.com. I realized that buying my blog domain was the first step to making my blogger dreams a reality. Investing in my blog is me starting to do it.
With this re-launch comes a promise to push weekly fashion, college lifestyle, beauty, and travel content and grow the XO, Kate Day community. You can now join the XO, Kate Day community on multiple platforms including Instagram and Facebook and subscribe to the blog via email.
So welcome to the new and improved XO, Kate Day. For those of you who have been following along since the beginning, thank you. Your constant love and support means the world to me. And for the newbies out there, an extra special welcome. Hopefully, you'll all stick around, XO, Kate Day is only going up from here!
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TWICE's "Cheer Up" MV surpasses 75 million views and breaks another record
Twice's "Cheer Up" is now the fastes kpop group MV to reach 75 million views, doing it four months (122 days) after it was released on April 25. The music video is breaking now the record previously hold by Big Bang's "Bang Bang Bang" with 5 months and 5 days.
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Mountain gorilla conservation through public health, Uganda
Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka is Founder and CEO of Conservation Through Public Health, a non-profit organisation working to protect the mountain gorillas of Bwindi, a remote and densely forested area in south west Uganda that is the only major stronghold of the species outside Rwanda. CTPH is unique, and works to prevent the spread of disease from wild animals to humans, and vice versa, by improving primary healthcare for people and animals in and around protected areas in Africa.
Gladys first learned about Uganda's gorillas as a teenage wildlife advocate in Kampala where her passion for animals led to her starting a wildlife club at her school, setting up bird feeders and nature areas in its grounds, and organised trips to the Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Her interest was fuelled further when she won a scholarship to train at the Royal Veterinary College in London and heard lectures about Africa's great apes and their conservation needs. At 25, she became Uganda's first wildlife veterinary officer with a brief that included protecting the health of gorillas in Bwindi where ecotourism was rising and increasing the level of contact between gorillas and people.
There, Gladys proved that crossinfection is possible when in 1996 and again in 2000 she traced an outbreak of scabies in the mountain gorillas to the local community where access to healthcare and health education was extremely limited.
Today, CTPH is addressing the issue by galvanising local people to adopt better health and hygiene approaches which benefit them and the gorillas, and enthusing them to help with surveys and monitoring through community-led outreach and education. She is helping
the community to improve facilities to attract ecotourists and ensure that tourists themselves do not bring disease to the gorillas.
The next step of her work is to develop house visits in order to contact the people living in the most remote homes bordering the park, and the 500 or so people who see gorillas most often. Many challenges remain. In March this year, concerns were raised about virulent new strains of diseases, such as polio, entering Uganda prompting a mass new vaccination programme. The good news is that Gladys and her team are now prepared to respond to crises. She is working to train local people in gorilla health monitoring, cultivating a winning attitude to conservation and public health in local communities.


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In weighing a bid for The Los Angeles Times, Rupert Murdoch finds himself in a familiar role: waiting for rule changes from the government. With the resignation last week of Julius Genachowski, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, he may have to wait a little longer.
Mr. Murdoch, who has never shied away from a regulatory battle, has been beefing up News Corporation's lobbying efforts in Washington in the last few months to urge regulators to revise a media ownership rule that would prevent the company from acquiring The Los Angeles Times and other newspapers in markets in which it already owns television stations.
"He wants it," one person close to Mr. Murdoch said of The Los Angeles Times.
"They're working on getting a waiver now," added this person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal talks. But another person close to Mr. Murdoch said he currently considered a potential deal more trouble than it is worth given the regulatory hurdles in Washington.
The resignation of Mr. Genachowski, a Democrat, could further stall a plan favored by the departing chairman that would relax a longtime ban on consolidation between television stations and newspapers in local markets. The F.C.C. signaled on Friday that a vote on easing media ownership rules would move forward despite Mr. Genachowski's departure.
Initially expected to be presented for a vote early this year, the measure has already faced several setbacks. Last month, Mr. Genachowski said there would be no vote until the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council, a Washington-based nonprofit, completed a study of the impact of cross-ownership on news gathering. That process could take several weeks, potentially pushing a vote to the summer.
In a series of letters sent to the F.C.C. late last year, Maureen A. O'Connell, News Corporation's senior vice president for regulatory and government affairs, and Jared S. Sher, a vice president and associate general counsel at the company, argued that regulators should dissolve the cross-ownership rule. "There can be little debate today that the newspaper industry faces existential threats," Ms. O'Connell wrote in a Dec. 7 letter documenting a meeting with agency officials. "We urged the F.C.C. to eliminate the cross-ownership rule as a relic from a bygone era."
Any easing of the media ownership rule would face fierce opposition from groups that say too much consolidation threatens a free press. If Mr. Murdoch owned a major Hollywood studio and a newspaper known as the paper of record for the entertainment industry, it could spark additional skepticism.
Mr. Murdoch has given mixed signals about his interest in The Los Angeles Times, which is being put on the market by the Tribune Company, along with its other seven newspapers. A longtime reader of the paper, Mr. Murdoch is weighing whether a bid would be worth the headache and regulatory battles, said several people close to him who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations. (The Tribune Company has indicated that it may prefer to sell its newspapers as a bundle.)
Under the Obama administration, Mr. Murdoch has lost some of his muscle in Washington. Even Representative Eric Cantor, Republican of Virginia, considered a Murdoch ally, recently supported shelving the Stop Online Piracy Act, which News Corporation and other media companies had lobbied to pass.
"It won't get through with the Democratic administration in place," Mr. Murdoch told a Los Angeles Times reporter when asked at the Golden Globes in January whether he wanted to buy the paper.
This summer, News Corporation will separate its newspapers into a smaller, mostly publishing-based company. Even if regulators were to grant a waiver of the cross-ownership rule, The Los Angeles Times would need significant investment that could strain the new company, said one of the people close to Mr. Murdoch.
News Corporation spent $6.3 million on lobbying last year, working mostly with the Washington firms Fritts Group, Glover Park Group, Cormac Group and Quinn Gillespie & Associates, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
A spokeswoman for News Corporation declined to comment.
Under Mr. Genachowski's proposal to modify media ownership rules, a company or an individual could own both a television station and a newspaper in the same top-20 market as long as the station was not in the top four in audience size based on Nielsen ratings. News Corporation owns the Los Angeles stations KTTV and KCOP, and KCOP rates between fourth and fifth among local stations.
A spokesman for the F.C.C. has said the proposed rules would make it more difficult to acquire a waiver. "The assertion that the F.C.C.'s order would make it easier for a top-four TV station — or for a TV station that moves between fourth and fifth in the rankings — to acquire a newspaper is simply false," the spokesman, Justin Cole, said in a statement last month.
Craig Aaron, president and chief executive of Free Press, an advocacy group that supports diverse media ownership, agreed that there was "very little wiggle room" in the current rules. But if the rules change, he said, "the opportunity to obtain a waiver becomes much closer to reality."
Cross-ownership rules were first put in place in 1975, when the media landscape was drastically different. From Nov. 26 to Dec. 5 last year, officials from News Corporation's government affairs office met with all five F.C.C. commissioners to discuss cross-ownership and other issues affecting the media industry, according to documents filed with the commission.
The company and many of its competitors have long argued that local television stations and newspapers should be able to share resources. In 1993, after threatening to shut The New York Post, Mr. Murdoch received a permanent waiver from the F.C.C. to own the tabloid and the local television station WNYW.
Ms. O'Connell, a company lobbyist who specializes in the cross-ownership issue, pointed out in News Corporation's letters to the F.C.C. that The New York Post's daily circulation declined 42 percent from 2002 to 2011, to less than 345,000.
"In an era of profound distress for the newspaper industry, the commission should embrace the ways in which television stations and newspapers can share resources and realize economic efficiencies," she wrote.
Analysts said the coming split could help News Corporation's chances of receiving an F.C.C. waiver, because the Los Angeles stations will be part of the Fox Group, along with the company's cable assets and Hollywood studio. Mr. Murdoch will be chairman of both companies. In 2014, the Fox Group is expected to have to renew the stations' licenses with the F.C.C.
"If their TV stations are going to be spun off from the larger conglomerate, then they might be given a waiver on the instance that they won't directly own newspapers and stations in those particular markets anymore," said Justin Nielson, an analyst at SNL Kagan.
News Corporation's publishing company will receive a $2.6 billion infusion of cash and have no debt when it separates from the cable channels, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. (In 2007, News Corporation paid $5.6 billion for Dow Jones & Company, publisher of The Wall Street Journal. That deal was not subject to F.C.C. cross-ownership rules because The Journal is considered a national newspaper.)
The F.C.C. cannot rule specifically against Mr. Murdoch or News Corporation; it must instead create broad regulations that apply to all media companies. But Mr. Aaron of Free Press said the continuing investigation into phone hacking at the company's British tabloids would complicate a deal.
"We're talking about Murdoch owning more newspapers in a year when people are still being arrested at the News of the World," he said.


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Estee Lauder Announces Misty Copeland as its New Modern Muse {Fragrance News} {Perfume Images & Ads}
Beauty giant Estée Lauder announced yesterday that the new global spokesperson for its pillar perfume Modern Muse has been named as Misty Copeland, principal ballerina at American Ballet Theatre...
Copeland was chosen for her exceptional talent as a ballerina as well as her work for bringing more diversity to the world of arts and ballet in particular. She is the co-author, together with journalist and author Charisse Jonesof of a bestselling memoir entitled Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina, which is said to serve as a source of inspiration for countless young women. More recently, she published in March 2017 Ballerina Body: Dancing and Eating Your Way to a Lighter, Stronger, and More Graceful You. Finally, she also managed to issue a picture book in collaboration with Christoper Myers entitled Firebird
"When Estée Lauder launched the Modern Muse fragrance in 2013, we embraced the idea of women as muses, living life on their own terms, achieving great things and inspiring everyone around them," said Stephane de La Faverie, Global Brand President, Estée Lauder.
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"Misty has challenged the status quo to achieve her dreams and inspired so many young women along the way. Misty will bring the fragrance concept to life through her unique story."
Aerin Lauder Style and Image Director, Estée Lauder explained,
"Misty is the perfect representation of today's modern muse. She is all about feminine strength, power, dedication and passion, and you see that in what she does every day, whether she is performing or inspiring the next generation of dancers. I think she is a wonderful role model and I am thrilled to welcome her to the Estée Lauder brand."
Misty Copeland rejoiced,
"I am so honored to represent Estée Lauder Modern Muse. My two passions are dance and giving back, and I love passing on knowledge to the next generation. I also have a strong connection to the scents I wear when I perform. The Modern Muse campaign is the perfect way to see another side of my story."
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Dear Ms. Vicki,
My son was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) by a pediatrician at a hospital two years ago. He was never very hyperactive, but he had a tough time focusing and staying on task while in school.
He was prescribed the lowest dosage of Concerta and took it only on school days. Then we began to notice a decrease in his appetite and a change in his personality.
We stopped giving the meds and worked on organization strategies and how to self-monitor.
Now, we have a totally different kid. My son is very organized and can attend to different tasks that require long periods of concentration. In addition, he is doing well academically.
I've requested a re-evaluation because I think there was a misdiagnosis after teacher and parent rating scales for ADHD were completed. I believe my child was being compared to kids a year and half older and just needed time to mature.
I would like the diagnosis removed or at least annotated to reflect that he is currently showing no signs of ADHD.
How do I go about doing this? What do you suggest?
-- Advocating Parent
Dear Parent,
There is nothing wrong in advocating for your child. Hooray for you for acting on this situation!
You should be able to start the process to remove the diagnosis by requesting a new meeting to discuss your concerns.
Diagnoses are not final. The special education chairperson would be able to give you guidance in this matter.
Generally, parent and teacher rating scales are not the only determinants used to diagnose ADHD. There are cognitive and achievement assessments that are given to the child, a careful assessment that includes a history of the child, and several observations to help with an accurate diagnosis.
In the school's defense, when a child is off-task, teachers know this will affect his or her academic performance. As a result, they try to remedy the problem so the child won't suffer academically.
I agree with your attempt to employ behavioral modification techniques to help your son. Many times, these efforts will be successful, but it takes a combined effort from parents and educators for them to work.
There is a lot of research that suggests ADHD is overdiagnosed when other factors may influencing a child's behavior -- like a young child who is not as mature as other students in a class.
I think you made the right decision. Please let me know what happens.
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Publications 2009
Los estudios de posgrado en química sostenible en España
Antonio de la Hoz, Educación Química, 2009, 405-411
Flavonol 3-O-Glycosides Series of Vitis vinifera Cv. Petit Verdot Red Wine Grapes
Noelia Castillo-Muñoz, Sergio Gómez-Alonso, Esteban García-Romero, M Gómez, Aldrik Velders, Isidro Hermosín-Gutiérrez. To gain knowledge of the characteristic flavonol 3-O-glycosides of red grape Vitis vinifera varieties, we isolated the flavonol fraction from V. vinifera cv. Petit Verdot grape skins by solid-phase extraction using a combination of reverse-phase and ion-exchanging materials. This procedure allowed us to separate a fraction of anthocyanin-free flavonol 3-O-glycosides that was further split into neutral and acidic subfractions, thus facilitating flavonol identification. By means of semipreparative reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography, we isolated several of these flavonol 3-O-glycosides for structural elucidation. The identification of different flavonol 3-O-glycosides was based on liquid chromatography−diode array detection−electrospray ionization−tandem mass spectrometry and NMR data when available. The results suggest that red grape flavonol 3-O-glycosides comprise three different complete series, according to the nature of the sugar moiety linked to the C-3 position. The 3-O-glucosides were the main derivative of the six possible flavonol aglycones (kaempferol, quercetin, isorhamnetin, myricetin, laricitrin, and syringetin), whereas the 3-O-galactoside derivatives were found as minor compounds for all of the flavonol aglycones. The 3-O-glucuronides are the third kind of red grape flavonol derivatives and normally account as minor compounds for all of the flavonol aglycones, with the exception of quercetin 3-O-glucuronide, which was as abundant as quercetin 3-O-glucoside. In addition, the presence of quercetin 3-O-(6′′-rhamnosyl)-glucoside (rutin) was also detected as a trace compound in the skins of Petit Verdot grapes. – Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (2009) vol. 57 (1) pp. 209-219
NMR Characterization of Fourth-Generation PAMAM Dendrimers in the Presence and Absence of Palladium Dendrimer-Encapsulated Nanoparticles
M. Victoria Gomez, Javier Guerra, Aldrik H Velders, Richard M Crooks. High-resolution solution NMR spectroscopy has been used to characterize the structure of Pd dendrimer-encapsulated nanoparticles (DENs), consisting of approximately 55-atom nanoparticles encapsulated within fourth-generation, hydroxyl-terminated poly(amidoamine) PAMAM dendrimers (G4-OH). Detailed analysis of 1D and 2D NMR spectra of dendrimers with (G4-OH(Pd55)) and without (G4-OH) nanoparticles unambiguously demonstrate that single nanoparticles are encapsulated within individual dendrimers. This conclusion is based on the following results. First, the NMR data show that signals arising from the innermost methylenes of G4-OH(Pd55) are more highly influenced by the presence of the Pd nanoparticles than are the terminal functional groups. This means that DENs are encapsulated within dendrimers rather than being adsorbed to their surface, as would be the case for aggregates consisting of multiple dendrimers and nanoparticles. Second, extraction of DENs from within their dendrimer hosts results in an increase in the NMR intensity associated with the interior methylenes, which corroborates the previous point. Third, NMR pulse-field gradient spin−echo experiments demonstrate that G4-OH and G4-OH(Pd55) have identical hydrodynamic radii, and this finding excludes the presence of dendrimer/nanoparticle aggregates.J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2009) vol. 131 (1) pp. 341-350
Nanoparticle Size Determination by 1H NMR Spectroscopy
M Gomez, Javier Guerra, V Myers, Richard Crooks, Aldrik Velders. High-resolution solution 1H NMR spectroscopy has been used to characterize the size of Pd dendrimer-encapsulated nanoparticles (DENs). The Pd nanoparticles measured by this technique contain 55, 147, 200, or 250 atoms, and they are encapsulated within sixth-generation, hydroxyl-terminated poly(amidoamine) PAMAM dendrimers (G6-OH). Detailed analysis of the NMR data shows that signals arising from the innermost protons of G6-OH(Pdn) decrease significantly as the size of the encapsulated nanoparticles increase. A mathematical correlation between this decrease in the integral value and the theoretical number of Pd atoms in the nanoparticle is extracted. It enables the elucidation of the size of Pd DENs by 1H NMR spectroscopy. NMR pulse-field gradient spin−echo experiments demonstrate that G6-OH with and without DENs have identical hydrodynamic radii, which excludes the presence of dendrimer/nanoparticle aggregates. – J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2009)
Antitumor Activity and Prolonged Survival by Carbon-Nanotube-Mediated Therapeutic siRNA Silencing in a Human Lung Xenograft Model
Jennifer Podesta, Khuloud Al-Jamal, M Herrero, Bowen Tian, Hanene Ali-Boucetta, Vikas Hegde, Alberto Bianco, Maurizio Prato, Kostas Kostarelos. Carbon nanotubes are novel nanomaterials that are thought to offer potential benefits to a variety of biomedical and clinical applications. In this study, the treatment of a human lung carcinoma model in vivo using siRNA sequences leading to cytotoxicity and cell death is carried out using either cationic liposomes (DOTAP:cholesterol) or amino-functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (${\rm MWNT – NH}_3^ +$). Validation for the most cytotoxic siRNA sequence using a panel of human carcinoma and murine cells reveals that the proprietary siTOX sequence is human specific and can lead to significant cytotoxic activities delivered both by liposome or ${\rm MWNT – NH}_3^ +$ in vitro. A comparative study using both types of vector indicates that only ${\rm MWNT – NH}_3^ +$:siRNA complexes administered intratumorally can elicit delayed tumor growth and increased survival of xenograft-bearing animals. siTOX delivery via the cationic ${\rm MWNT – NH}_3^ +$ is biologically active in vivo by triggering an apoptotic cascade, leading to extensive necrosis of the human tumor mass. This suggests that carbon-nanotube-mediated delivery of siRNA by intratumoral administration leads to successful and statistically significant suppression of tumor volume, followed by a concomitant prolongation of survival of human lung tumor-bearing animals. The direct comparison between carbon nanotubes and liposomes demonstrates the potential advantages offered by carbon nanotubes for the intracellular delivery of therapeutic agents in vivo. The present work may act as the impetus for further studies to explore the therapeutic capacity of chemically functionalized carbon nanotubes to deliver siRNA directly into the cytoplasm of target cells and achieve effective therapeutic silencing in various disease indications where local delivery is feasible or desirable. – Small (2009) vol. 5 (10) pp. 1176-1185
Carbon Nanotubes and Microwaves: Interactions, Responses, and Applications
Ester Vázquez, Maurizio Prato. The interaction of microwaves with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is an interesting topic for a variety of potential applications. Microwaves have been used for the purification of CNTs and for their chemical functionalization, providing a technique for simple, green, and large-scale protocols. In addition, the selective destruction of metallic CNTs under microwave irradiation could potentially result in a batch of semiconducting-only nanotubes. As an innovative application, the combination of microwaves with well-aligned CNTs could produce a new illumination technology. Moreover, the microwave absorbing properties of CNTs and their different behavior from typical organic compounds may open the door to the preparation of a wide range of new materials useful in many fields. A few examples of practical applications include electromagnetic interference for protecting the environment from radiation and microwave hyperthermia for cancer treatment as well as other medical therapies requiring precise heating of biological tissues. – ACS Nano (2009) vol. 3 (12) pp. 3819-3824
Efficient functionalization of carbon nanohorns via microwave irradiation
Noelia Rubio, M Herrero, Moreno Meneghetti, Angel Diaz-Ortiz, Mauro Schiavon, Maurizio Prato, Ester Vazquez. Multifunctionalization of carbon nanohorns (CNHs) is easily achieved by microwave activation. We describe an efficient strategy to produce multifunctionalized CNHs using a combination of two different addition reactions, the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine ylides, in solvent-free conditions, and the addition of diazonium salts in water, both a simple and fast microwave-induced method. The new CNH derivatives are soluble in common solvents as well as in water. The doubly functionalized CNHs may be valuable new tools for many interesting applications. – J. Mater. Chem. (2009) vol. 19 (25) pp. 4407-4413
Microwave-Controlled Preparation of Alkenyl-(1H)-1,2,4-triazoles: First Heck Reaction on a (1H)-1,2,4-Triazole Moiety
Angel Diaz-Ortiz, Pilar Prieto, Cozar de, Cristina Cebrian, Andres Moreno, Antonio de la Hoz. A new synthetic approach for the prepn. of alkenyl-1,2,4-triazole derivs., e.g., I based on microwave-induced C-C cross-coupling Heck reactions is described. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first application of the Heck reaction to a dihalogenated 1,2,4-triazole. This approach allows the introduction of a wide range of equiv. or different alkenyl substituents in the 5- and/or 3-positions, thus extending the possibilities for the prepn. of these valuable derivs. A similar microwave-induced synthetic procedure has also been applied to the Heck reaction of 4-vinyl-1,2,3-triazoles. – Aust. J. Chem. (2009) vol. 62 (12) pp. 1600-1606
Synthesis and Characterization of a Carbon Nanotube−Dendron Series for Efficient siRNA Delivery
M Herrero, Francesca Toma, Khuloud Al-Jamal, Kostas Kostarelos, Alberto Bianco, Tatiana Da Ros, Fouzia Bano, Loredana Casalis, Giacinto Scoles, Maurizio Prato. A new series of dendron-functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWNT) derivatives, characterized by the presence of numerous positively charged tetraalkyl ammonium salts at the periphery of the dendron, has been synthesized. The positive charges on the MWNT surface, coupled with the unique ability of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to penetrate cell membranes, make the new derivatives potentially ideal vectors for siRNA delivery. Using a fluorescently labeled, noncoding siRNA sequence, we demonstrate that cytoplasmic delivery of the nucleic acid is remarkably increased throughout the different dendron generations. The work reported here highlights the fact that dendron-functionalized CNTs can be rationally designed as efficient carriers of siRNA that can eventually lead to gene silencing. – J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2009) vol. 131 (28) pp. 9843-9848
Microwave-assisted reactions of nitroheterocycles with dienes. Diels-Alder and tandem hetero Diels-Alder/[3,3] sigmatropic shift
Gomez Victoria, Ana Aranda, Andres Moreno, Fernando Cossio, Cozar de, Angel Diaz-Ortiz, Antonio de la Hoz, Pilar Prieto. Diels-Alder cycloaddn. of 3-nitro-1-(p-toluenesulfonyl)indole (I) with dienes under microwave irradn. in solvent-free conditions gave carbazole derivs. after elimination of the nitro group and in situ aromatization. While 3-nitro-1-(p-toluenesulfonyl)pyrrole afforded indole derivs., 4-nitro-1-(p-toluenesulfonyl)pyrazole with cyclohexadiene did not afford the expected cycloadduct but instead gave 1-cyclohexen-2-ylpyrazole. This process occurred by hydrolysis of the 1-(p-toluenesulfonyl) group, protonation of the diene and nucleophilic addn. of the pyrazolate ion, as elucidated by computational studies. Reaction of nitroindole I with cyclohexadiene afforded exclusively the endo stereoisomer II in a tandem hetero Diels-Alder/[3,3] sigmatropic shift, as detd. by computational calcns. – Tetrahedron (2009) vol. 65 (27) pp. 5328-5336


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Randy Morgenson, disappeared July 21, 1996, body found July 2001, Window Peak drainage, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, California.
Randy Morgenson, 64, was midway through his 28th season as a backcountry ranger at Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks and was the most senior ranger in the High Sierra with unparalleled experience of the wilderness. On July 21, 1996, he left a note on his tent (the date he'd written was June 21st even though it was July) to say he would be away for two or three days and then he left his station near Bench Lake leaving his Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum behind. Randy was never seen alive again.
This is a fascinating case of adultery and death in the High Sierra wilderness involving one of the most experienced park rangers. Randy was sick and tired of what he called "Swinus Americanus," the species of backpacking tourist whose litter he had to pick up and whose foul temper could be the bane of his existence.
Kings Canyon National Park is a national park in the southern Sierra Nevada in California and includes Kings Canyon, a glacier-carved valley more than a mile (1,600 m) deep, several 14,000-foot (4,300 m) peaks, high mountain meadows, fast flowing rivers, and some of the world's largest stands of giant sequoia trees. Kings Canyon is north of and adjacent to Sequoia National Park, and the two are jointly administered by the National Park Service as the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Sequoia National Park is in the southern Sierra Nevada east of Visalia, California and has 404,064 acres, with Mount Whitney, at 14,505 feet (4,421 m) above sea level within its boundary.
The park is famous for its giant sequoia trees, including the General Sherman tree, the largest tree on Earth. The General Sherman tree grows in the Giant Forest, which contains five out of the ten largest trees in the world.
The combined Pacific Crest Trail/John Muir Trail, a popular backpacking route, traverses the entire length of the park from north to south. It is estimated that 99 percent of the parks' backcountry visitors stay on designated trails, which means that most of the park's landscape is left to backcountry rangers.
Randy was a seasonal ranger for the National Park service which meant he had to reapply for his job every season with no medical benefits or retirement plan. Out of fourteen backcountry rangers, more than half of them who reported for duty in 1996 had been coming back every summer for more than a decade, many for two decades. They certainly weren't in it for the money, it is often said that Rangers like Randy are paid in sunsets. In the event of death, their families were eligible for a one time $100,000 payment but no pension.
Before the start of the 1996 season, Randy has seemed depressed to colleagues saying "You know, after all these years of being a ranger, I wonder if it's been worth it." It was not surprising since Randy had recently received divorce papers from his wife Judi. For many years she had accompanied him in the backcountry but in recent years had decided to pass. Randy had recently had an affair with a fellow ranger, Lo Lyness, and this was the consequence. He had told a close friend and fellow ranger that at times he felt suicidal. On July 20th, 1996 he had radioed the same colleague and his wife to ask some mundane questions that they interpreted as "Randy just wanting somebody to talk to." The short conversation had ended when Randy said abruptly, "I won't be bothering you two anymore."
Four days later, Randy was reported missing. Randy was always known to have a low impact on the environment but the rain that day meant that his exact direction and destination were unknown.
Randy Coffman, the incident commander, had instructed the Rangers searching for Randy to read Morgenson's logbook to gather any hints where he had gone. He also conducted a secret ballot amongst them to assign each segment of the search area a POA (Probability of Area) and then a ROW (Rest of World) probability if Randy was somewhere outside the designated search area. The percentage points assigned by each ranger for 16 segments plus the ROW segment had to add up to 100 points. Nobody could assign a zero for any area.
The Bench Lake Basin area was the highest-percentage POA at 26.2 percent, while Marion Lake and its surrounding cirque was the second highest at 19.2 percent. The ROW option was voted as the lowest POA by everybody except Ranger George Durkee, a close friend, who assigned that choice a high percentage knowing his depressive tendency at the time. Each segment was between 500 and a gigantic 7000 acres, making the operation difficult and hazardous to the rescuers. What if Randy didn't want to be found?
Nearly 100 rescue personnel searched in 80 square miles of wilderness. They hoped his radio was not working because it was in a dead zone on the mountain or had broken. A short time before his disappearance, Randy's radio had stopped working and he was forced to hike to another station to pick up a replacement.
A Special Investor employed by the park service found out that Randy had been threatened with violence on two separate recent occasions, but both of these individuals had alibis. Some speculated he had just left the park to start a new life, but Randy's car was found where he'd parked it. Bank records showed no withdrawals and credit cards were unused.
The computer program, CASIE (Computer-Aided Search Information Exchange), was used and designed to simplify most of the calculations involved in managing a search emergency. A computer printout provides basic information about how each segment has been searched (air, foot, dog, horse) and how effective the searchers believe they were in clearing that area. Using this method, the leader of the search, can cross off search segments once they were clear. However, the system presumes the missing person is not on the move and has not re-entered an area already cleared. In addition, segments searches are generally limited to surface areas–meaning they don't factor in locations underwater, underground, or under a rockslide.
Over the following days, there was plenty of frustration as dogs followed scents that seemed to abruptly stop and random pieces of gear were found in several different locations, but none could be positively linked to Randy. A FLIR helicopter equipped with an infrared camera picked up a campfire burning on a hillside but with no one in sight tending it. Eventually the search was called off with no sign of Randy or a body.
Then a letter arrived at Randy and Judi's Morgenson's home in Sedona, Arizona, from Randy. Judy opened the letter and noted it had been postmarked 2 days after his supposed disappearance. Since there is no postal service in the national park, she couldn't understand how Randy could have mailed this letter. That added to the suspicions that had left the area.
Finally, in July 2001, five years after the search was called off, a trail worker found some new evidence near a creek in a gorge in the Window Peak drainage, very near the outermost borders of the search area, below the pools of a waterfall. Rangers soon discovered a tattered shirt with Morgenson's badge. Then a backpack with the buckle fastened and a boot. On close examination of the boot which was half submerged in water, it had something white protruding from it - a leg bone. The boot and pack seemed to match the description of gear that Randy reportedly had been using.
Investigation and recovery teams were flown in. Shortly after, a functioning, park-issue radio was discovered resting on top of the falls, not at the bottom like the other evidence. It was turned to the on position. This discovery confused matters even more. Although these remains seemed to confirm Randy had been in the mountains the whole time, investigators weren't certain whether this is where Randy had died. Rangers had remembered searching this gorge, and crossing at the exact spot where the radio was found.
Retired Sierra subdistrict ranger Alden Nash, believes Morgenson had fallen through a snow bridge and broken his leg, and his body had simply been hidden beneath ice throughout the search. (During the rescue attempt, Judi had dreamed of a dead man floating in a lake.)
"I don't think it was an accident," says Eric Blehm author of The Last Season, a book about the disappearance of Randy Morgenson (well worth a read). Blehm says Randy may have wanted to appear to have died on the job to make sure Judi, his wife at the time, got her $100,000 benefit from the government, a policy not honoured in the case of suicide. "If he wanted to throw off the dogs or sucker people into believing something happened, he did a great job," Blehm says. "After so many years, with the bones gnawed, there's no way to say exactly what happened."
Eric Blehm "The Last Season" book
Disappeared episode "Radio Silence" (Season 5, Episode 8)


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