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"We've never met in person, but we rarely go a day without talking," she says in her introduction.
I gush. She's my closest friend, but this is the first time I've actually seen her. I've seen pictures, of course, but not a living, breathing, fully animated Angela.
We met in 2011 during a Skype job interview and instantly hit it off. She's right: In the five years we've known each other, hardly a day goes by without us communicating. We share the ups and downs, successes and failures, and even the latest gossip all through email. Even though she lives thousands of miles across the country, she's the closest friend I have — and she's only a click away.
Our relationship bridged a gap between the two hemispheres of my social life: pre-family and after-family, as I call them. Before starting a family — I have five kids — I had an abundance of friends. There was never a shortage of something to do or someone to do something with.
Now that I have a family, life has become an endless to-do list. Along the way, I lost the ability to maintain "real-world" friendships — the kind where you meet in person for coffee, catch a movie on a Sunday afternoon, or just call to vent about the latest episode of a popular sitcom. Who can hear over five kids fighting?
Despite my best intentions and endless Post-it notes reminding me to visit or call my friends, I did nothing. I was stretched too thin. Being a wife and mother didn't allow much room for the upkeep of additional human companionship.
It hurt to have old friends slip away. But I'd be lying if I didn't say that it also came with relief. Traditional friendships are a lot of work — requiring availability, constant interaction and, most of the time, pants. So much was already expected of me at home that the real-world friendships I had once cherished started to stress me out. I didn't want to say no, but I also didn't want to make plans I knew would be broken. My friends deserved a better friend than I could be.
So for years I was the friendless Annie who celebrated, and cried, in solitude. It wasn't like I didn't have someone to fill the void. Kids, husband, FedEx delivery people. Or so I thought.
Then one day, I had a defining moment. I had some big news I wanted to tell someone. But I had no one — except the cat. In many ways, I had been alone.
It wasn't long after that I met Angela and realized I could have the best of both worlds. I could be a good, evergreen friend without the stress of a traditional friendship. Online friends are always present, but there are no huge expectations or broken promises. You don't have to return a call at midnight. Or try to fit cocktails in after work when there are kids to pick up from day care. There's no pressure to get dressed and go somewhere. No one can see if you're still wearing pajamas at 3 p.m. or if you haven't had a moment to wash your hair. Online, friendships are easier.
Today, I have no traditional friends. But I'm okay with that, because I have an abundance of online friends. And in my opinion, those are the best kind of friends to have.


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Your Daily Dispatch of Celebrity Shenanigans
Rihanna's Half A Million For One Night!: Half a million dollars is not too shabby for a night's work. According to the New York Post's Page Six, Rihanna is being paid $500,000 to perform at a New Year's Eve party at the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. "She was supposed to perform back in May [in Abu Dhabi], but she cancelled in the aftermath of the assault [by ex-boyfriend Chris Brown]. This is a make-up date," a source told the paper. A rep for the singer had no comment when contacted by the paper, but we're expecting any upcoming statement to start with, "Cha-Ching!"
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Jerry Runs With Miley: Who helps Jerry O'Connell go that extra mile? Miley Cyrus of course! TMZ spotted the actor singing along to Miley while jogging yesterday in LA. Check out Jerry doing his best Miley karaoke, HERE!
Sandra Bullock Goes Loco: George Lopez is really making his guests work when they stop by his new talk show, "Lopez Tonight." Last night Sandra Bullock got a "chola" makeover – yep, it's come to that point! Maybe next week George will have Reese Witherspoon get a single tear tattoo under her eye. Check out Sandra's "chola" makeover, HERE!
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Rihanna: Music's Style Superstar
Daily Eww!: Lisa Rinna treated all her Twitter followers to something special! "This is what it looks like before beauty team arrives. Just keepin it real ppl!" she Tweeted and posted this photo. Sorry, but "Lisa Rinna" and "real" in the same sentence just makes us giggle. XOXO – Roll Call!
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Resources on Where to Eat in NYC after Hurricane Sandy
Many restaurants are still assessing the scope of the damage to their businesses, and others already know they're in for the long haul. Though much of downtown is still in a state of recovery, we've heard encouraging things about restaurants north of midtown and in Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx.
Eater, Grubstreet, and the Village Voice are maintaining updated guides on restaurants, bars, and shops that are open for business all around the city. The Lo-Down is also bringing news from the Lower East Side about businesses, including many restaurants, as they hear. Seamless is keeping tabs on restaurants open for delivery. On Twitter, restaurants and eaters have started using #openinnyc to mark spots open for business. And as always, if you hear any news, let us know by email or on Twitter.
Any businesses that are open now could definitely use the revenue, as can the employees who work hourly and on tips. So if you can go out to eat and want to do some good for your local economy, spend hungrily and tip generously!
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The interview is a bittersweet thing, really. On one hand, you've been dying to score an interview — you want the job badly and this is how you're going to get it. However, it also means that you actually have to go to an interview.
Interviews can be scary. After all, you need to be perfect, it's stressful, and sometimes the interviewer just gives off that creepy imposing feeling.
They don't have to be that scary. All you need is a little practice. Check out these four ways to practice your interview skills and get the job:
Mingle with your mirror
It's the tried-and-true practice method to prep for an interview. Your mirror has seen everything, so practicing your interview skills with it can't embarrass you. Practice eye contact, smiling (without being creepy), and speaking in front of your mirror.
Introduce yourself
One of the hardest things about interviewing is the fact that you're talking to a stranger that you need to impress. For the week leading up to your interview, introduce yourself properly to everyone you meet. When you see a retail store associate, your friend's dad, or the mailman, hold out your hand, keep eye contact, and introduce yourself. By the time your interview comes around, you'll be cool as a cucumber.
Wha-a-a? Cheat on an interview? Heinous! Evil! How do you even cheat on an interview? It's simple. Make a cheat sheet. Sure, an interview should be full of off-the-top-of-your-head responses to show that you are the ideal employee, but get real. In an interview, you're nervous and stressed. Do you really want to wing it on the questions?
Make yourself a worksheet of some interview questions you can expect and answer them all, with well-thought out responses that you'd ideally use in an interview. Read through them, study them, recite them, and have your roommate/mom/hamster quiz you with them. Cheating never felt so good.
Mock interview with friends
What are friends good for if not to practice interviews with? Try to simulate an interview situation in your house and borrow a couple friends to help you interview. Everything from handshakes to post-interview questions can be practiced again and again.
What do you think? How else can a job seeker practice their very best interview?
Sean Weinberg is the COO and co-founder of RezScore, a free web application that reads, analyzes, and grades resumes – instantly. Also the founder of Freedom Resumes, Sean has dedicated his career to helping job seekers write the best possible resumes. You can connect with Sean and the RezScore team on Facebook and Twitter.
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Celebrate Friendsgiving with Lamb
Oct 19, 2016 01:31AM
By Family Features
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This year, flex your culinary muscle and opt for something adventurous at your Friendsgiving table.
American lamb is the perfect choice for anyone who wants to share something deliciously different at their feast. It's sourced from local farms and its versatility lends itself to a variety of flavors and celebrations.
The American Lamb Board offers impressive yet approachable recipes fit for Friendsgiving, from a Sheet Pan Rack of Lamb with Maple-Roasted Brussels Sprouts, Delicata Squash and Pears to this Lasagna with Lamb Ragu. For more recipes to include lamb at your feast, visit AmericanLamb.com.
Lasagna with Lamb Ragu
Serves: 12
- 3 1/2 pounds American lamb stew meat
- 2 cans (28 ounces each) whole peeled tomatoes
- 1 can (6 ounces) tomato paste
- 1 medium yellow sweet onion, finely diced
- 1/4 cup fresh oregano leaves
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 3 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt, divided
- 3 containers (15 ounces each) part-skim milk ricotta cheese
- 1 ball (8 ounces) fresh mozzarella cheese, coarsely grated
- 1 1/2 cups finely grated Parmesan cheese, divided
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced fresh basil
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- extra-virgin olive oil
- 20 ounces oven-ready lasagna noodles (about 24 noodle sheets)
- 1 pound fresh mozzarella, cut into 12 slices
- 12 fresh basil leaves
- In large Dutch oven, combine lamb, tomatoes and their juice, tomato paste, onion, oregano, garlic and 2 1/2 teaspoons salt. Bring to boil over medium-high heat then reduce to low and slowly simmer, covered, until meat is tender and shreds easily, 4-6 hours.
- Once tender, shred meat and stir into sauce (gently pressing meat with potato masher works well). If necessary, continue simmering 5-10 minutes uncovered to thicken slightly. Taste and adjust seasoning with more salt, as needed.
- Heat oven to 375° F.
- In large bowl, combine ricotta, mozzarella, 1 cup Parmesan, basil, parsley, eggs, remaining salt and pepper until smooth. Cover and refrigerate until needed.
- Grease large roasting pan (14-by-10 inches) with olive oil.
- Spread 1/4 of the sauce on bottom of pan, and top with 1/4 of the lasagna noodles followed by 1/2 of the ricotta mixture. Top with another 1/4 of the lasagna noodles, followed by 1/4 of the sauce and 1/4 of the lasagna noodles. Next, top with remaining ricotta mixture then 1/4 of the sauce. Finish with remaining noodles and sauce.
- Sprinkle top with remaining Parmesan then arrange sliced mozzarella in single layer. Lightly spray piece of foil with cooking spray, cover lasagna and bake until hot and bubbly, and cheese on top is melted, about 45 minutes.
- Switch oven to broil. Remove foil and position lasagna so that the top is about 4 inches from broiler. Broil until cheese is crusty around the edges and blistered in spots, 3-5 minutes.
- Remove from oven and rest about 10 minutes. Slice and garnish with basil to serve.


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Polar Plungers across Illinois will be freezin' for a reason Feb.
22-March 17
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NORMAL -- It's not every day that
people are willing to "go jump in a lake" -- particularly in the
winter -- let alone do so with thousands of other people, including
members of the law enforcement community. But that's exactly what
will happen on various weekends in February and March as part of the
annual Law Enforcement Torch Run Polar Plunge to benefit Special
Olympics Illinois presented by GEICO.
The event has grown from one location in 1999 to 20 locations
across the state this year. The Polar Plunge series will kick off
with a Super Plunge -- where participants raise a minimum of $2,500
and plunge into Lake Michigan once every hour for 24 hours -- on
Feb. 22-23 at Northwestern University's North Beach in Evanston.
The Logan County plunge will take place on Sunday, March 17, at 2
p.m. at Lincoln Lakes. Please note this is a change in both day of the
week and time. Anyone wishing to know more about the local plunge
can click on the "Polar
Plunge" button on the Top Stories page of LDN or contact Joanie
Keyes of Special Olympics Illinois at 217-428-9255.
Individuals and teams can register for the plunge on the Special
Olympics Illinois website at
http://www.plungeillinois.com/ or by contacting Keyes at the
number above.
Plungers are encouraged to form teams to spread the fun. Each
team member must raise the minimum of $75 in donations, and all team
members' individual fundraising totals will be merged to form a
combined team total. Teams are placed into divisions based on size
and are awarded prizes for the most money raised.
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All plungers will receive gifts, compete for prizes, and enjoy
food and camaraderie with other chilly participants. The more money
a plunger raises, the more chances he or she will have to win a
four-night trip for two adults to Cancun, Mexico, with
accommodations at Riu Peninsula, courtesy of Apple Vacations. For
every $500 a plunger raises, he or she will get an entry into the
drawing for this grand prize.
The Illinois Law Enforcement Torch Run is the single largest
year-round fundraising vehicle benefiting Special Olympics Illinois.
The annual intrastate relay and its various fundraising projects
have two goals: to raise money and increase public awareness for the
athletes of Special Olympics Illinois. Each year, more than 3,000
officers in Illinois run more than 1,500 miles carrying the "Flame
of Hope" through the streets of their hometowns and deliver it to
the State Summer Games in Normal in June.
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Character Counts
Character plays an important role in society. When people lack character, they are often not held in the same esteem as people who do have it. When a building lacks character, it is often considered drab and uncomfortable, which in the long run could make it unsuccessful in fulfilling its purpose.
A new juvenile correctional facility in Fresno, Calif., was not only designed with character — a colorful façade, daylighting and other aesthetic enhancements — it was designed to improve the character of the youths that walk its halls.
As part of the Fresno County Juvenile Justice Campus, the facility is the first component of the master plan that outlines youth services on the site through 2040. Future projects on the 200-acre site include a juvenile courthouse, group homes and a boot camp.
"Presuming in the final hour it is fully built out, it will have the broadest spectrum of juvenile services in a single facility in the state," says Jim Mueller, executive director of KMD Justice and project director for the facility.
Detention and Confinement
The juvenile center is split into two distinct parts, a 240-bed detention area for juveniles who are awaiting sentencing and a 240-bed commitment area for juveniles who have already made their way through the court system and have been sentenced.
Wards in the detention area are housed in self-contained pods with two floors of single cells, classroom and interview areas, fixed centralized tables and a small, outdoor recreation area.
The setting provides a more controlled atmosphere than the commitment area because the wards in the detention area are often unfamiliar with the system and unsure of their futures, according to officials.
"The kids are a lot more apprehensive; they don't know what is going to happen to them," says Rick Chavez, director of the commitment area of the facility.
Facility name: Fresno County Juvenile Justice Campus
The commitment area is structurally similar to the detention area, but it differs significantly operationally. Housing pods are equipped with both single- and double-occupancy cells, and the furniture in common areas is moveable to allow flexibility with program requirements.
A school building with classrooms, vocational training areas and administrative offices creates separation from housing and educational areas, providing a standalone facility similar to real-life educational configurations. A circular courtyard with a large lawn is ringed by the buildings and provides an outdoor common area that links housing areas to the school building.
"Instead of walking down the corridor to the housing unit to go to a self-contained school within the building, these kids go outside and walk to school," Mueller says. "They emulate the normal process."
|To create a campus-style layout more conducive to rehabilitation designers utilized colorful paint and green space in outdoor areas.
A smaller courtyard in the education area features a "character counts" pavilion composed of concrete columns that circle a plaque and the American flag. Inspirational words, such as "caring," "respect" and "responsibility" are mounted on a ring that lines the top of the columns.
In addition to the operational benefits, the campus layout — paired with exterior areas that are covered with colorful paint — strays from the conventional image of a large correctional facility.
"The school's scale is broken down so it is not massive and an intimidating part of a single, monolithic structure," Mueller says. "When you drive by the facility, with the exception of the occasional view of some fencing, you would think it is a small community college by its look and scale."
About 35 county education department employees provide programming at the school building and other educational areas. Vocational areas include shop and computer technology courses.
"There was the realization that these are not college-bound kids," says Claude Dechow, project manager for the county. "These are kids that are probably more vocational education-oriented and the school has the facilities to incorporate those kind of activities."
Wards on the commitment side are woken up at 6 a.m. and have about 45 minutes of
|The Fresno County Juvenile Justice campus is located on a 200-acre site. Future projects envisioned in a master plan include group homes, a boot camp, and additional housing and court facilities.
recreational time before school starts at 7:55 a.m. The school day lasts seven hours before they are released for other activities. The school day, which is an increase over educational time at the previous facility, posed an ironic problem — the wards' days are so full of activities it's hard to fit them all into day.
"We found that once we went to a longer school day, we are sort of hard pressed to get everything in now," Chavez says.
Additional Facilities
As with any public building of its magnitude, several support buildings help keep the juvenile center running smoothly. A core administrative building in the detention section provides intake and booking areas, medical facilities and the main control room, which is supplemented with additional control rooms that oversee specific areas of the facility.
A large sally port is a significant improvement over the previous facility, which was located in a more urban area and didn't have enough space for all of the patrol cars that dropped off arrestees.
"We are not tying up our law enforcement folks to get them in the facility," Chavez says.
The medical area is also significantly larger than the previous facility, with four procedural rooms, a nurse's area with charting stations, dental facilities and offices. The master plan outlines room for more expansion in the future.
|The entrance to the visitation area features seating and garden areas.
A large central plant is located adjacent to the detention area and houses power generation, HVAC and laundry systems. The building was built modularly to accommodate future expansion as needs increase. A 1.3 million-gallon thermal energy storage tank provides energy for the facility.
"It's been a lifesaver for us in terms of energy use and being able to shift energy load at nonpeak times," Dechow says.
The system, which was a relatively new concept when the county was planning the facility, creates a quieter environment than conventional energy sources.
"The maintenance people think it's the eeriest thing that they have ever had because normally you can hardly talk because it's so loud," Dechow says. "If you walk into the facility here, all you hear are water pumps in the middle of the day."
The final component of phase one of the master plan is a juvenile courthouse that is scheduled to begin construction this spring. The courthouse will be one of the first buildings that visitors see as they enter the site.
"It will be the jewel of the site," Dechow says.
In addition to aesthetically appealing aspects of the courthouse, it will simplify the transportation procedure for getting youths to court. Once the courthouse is completed, youths will walk to the facility via an indoor corridor that attaches it to the detention facility. The number of staff required to oversee the transport will drop from 16 to three employees, and Chavez says eventually the process might only require two employees.
Working out the Kinks
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While the building remains in its infancy, minor structural and operational kinks have been revealed and addressed, but employees say overall the difference between the juvenile justice center and the previous old, cramped facility is tremendous.
"I think kids react positively when it's less congested," says Ollie Dimery-Ratliff, director of the detention facility. "I think it eases a lot of tension for the kids and staff alike."
Dimery-Ratliff says the site of the facility — a rural area away from downtown Fesno — also adds to the environment at the facility.
"Being in a rural area has a calming affect I think, and it kind of settles them down a bit," Dimery-Ratliff says.
Chavez says the facility is an environment that is more conducive to rehabilitating youths and reinforces the proper approach to situations they'll encounter in public places.
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"We try to put them into situations they are going to find themselves in when they are released back into the community," Chavez says. "They are going to school together, they are eating together and they are not segregated. So far, it has worked out well."


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The primary goal of the Hillsborough Youth Lacrosse program is to teach the fundamentals of lacrosse in a fun and competitive environment. The coaching staff is focused on player development, rotation of positions (for those individuals who want to learn more than one position) and a team concept to playing the game.
The Hillsborough Youth Lacrosse program is a member of the New Jersey Junior Lacrosse League, which represents the National US Lacrosse Youth Council. The League dictates safety first in all aspects of a game or practice therefore players are required to listen to the Coaches at all times while at the lacrosse field. Any violation of this policy will result in immediate termination from the program with no refund.
Hillsborough Youth Lacrosse competes with other teams from the Central, Northern and Southern areas of New Jersey. The games are played with the intention of balancing a winning attitude along with assuring player development and having fun. It is the repsonsibility of the coaching staff, parents and players to ensure that the game's integrity as a youth sport is preserved so every participant has a positive experience. As with every other competitive sport, the team will pursue a goal of success through winning, progress, advancement or any other measurement that illustrates improvement and growth.
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Boston, Mass..-- According to researchers at Boston Children's Hospital, stem cells that strongly express a gene called WNT3 are biased to develop into cells and tissues including pancreas, liver and bladder. This discovery suggests that other genes may serve as biomarkers for selecting stem cells with a preference for turning into different tissue types. Such markers would make it easier for stem cell scientists to choose the right cell line to start with when generating specific tissues for study.
The researchers, led by Wei Jiang, PhD, and Yi Zhang, PhD, of the Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine at Boston Children's, published their findings June 6 in the inaugural issue of the journal Stem Cell Reports.
All human embryonic (hESC) and induced pluripotent (iPSC) cell lines can develop or differentiate into any kind of cell or tissue in the body. However, differentiation potential--the ability to develop into particular cell types--is not equal across all hESC and iPSC lines. Rather, each line is biased to develop into one of the three major tissue lineages: endoderm (e.g., digestive tract, liver, pancreas), mesoderm (e.g., cartilage, circulatory system, kidneys) and ectoderm (e.g., cornea, nervous system, teeth).
That bias can significantly impact stem cell studies.
"If you want to differentiate stem cells into pancreas cells, for instance, you want to start with a line with a high differentiation potential for endoderm," says Zhang. "It's like athletes and sports. Some athletes are built for football, some for baseball, some for swimming. Every cell line has its own strengths, and the challenge is knowing what those strengths are."
Currently, investigators must resort to testing several lines with the same differentiation process--which can cost a great deal of time and effort--and then using the one that turns out to be the most efficient at producing cells of the type they need.
What they would like to be able to do, Zhang says, "is select the most appropriate cell line without having to carry out full differentiation experiments first."
The discovery of WNT3's role as an endoderm differentiation marker grew out of work by Jiang on pancreatic cell development. "Wei was testing different lines to find ones that we could use to generate pancreatic beta cells," Zhang explains. "He noted the correlation between WNT3 expression and endoderm differentiation efficiency in the lines he was testing and suggested that it might work well as a biomarker."
From there, the pair went on to show--in collaboration with researchers at Duke University--that they could use WNT3 expression levels in hESCs to predict the potential of hESC lines for differentiating into endoderm.
In addition, Jiang and Zhang found they could change particular hESC lines' differentiation potential by manipulating WNT3 expression. Increasing or reducing WNT3 activity made hESC lines more or less likely, respectively, to develop into endoderm.
How WNT3 affects endoderm differentiation potential is not yet clear, and is something Zhang wants to understand. But he believes that other genes may possibly serve as markers for selecting lines primed for mesoderm and ectoderm development.
"We would like to find other markers and develop a scoring system," he continues. "There are many hESC and iPSC lines, and we need a simple way to tell which to use in order to produce particular cell types."
The study was supported by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (grant U01DK089565), the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (grants R01HL104326 and R21HL095069), the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Boston Children's Hospital is home to the world's largest research enterprise based at a pediatric medical center, where its discoveries have benefited both children and adults since 1869. More than 1,100 scientists, including seven members of the National Academy of Sciences, 13 members of the Institute of Medicine and 14 members of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute comprise Boston Children's research community. Founded as a 20-bed hospital for children, Boston Children's today is a 395 bed comprehensive center for pediatric and adolescent health care grounded in the values of excellence in patient care and sensitivity to the complex needs and diversity of children and families. Boston Children's is also the primary pediatric teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School. For more information about research and clinical innovation at Boston Children's, visit: http://vectorblog.


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"For a complete history of the Comanches, this book probably has no equal." –Dee Brown, author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
"This is a very good book. Like virtually all good books about the American Indian, it tells a tragic story, but unlike many of them, it tells it well. The author has mastered an extensive and complex subject: he is flexible, well-organized, and sensitive." –Larry McMurtry
"Fehrenbach is a highly interpretive and original writer, whose work rests on solid scholarship. His book ranges grandly across the disciplines from folklore to anthropology to history." –Southwestern Historical Quarterly


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At UPMC, we are committed to keeping our community safe and healthy as the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds. As our team continues to provide Life Changing Medicine to our patients, our recruiters will continue to fill positions throughout this time. Interviews and other processes may be modified to protect the safety of our candidates and employees. Thank you for your patience.
For more information about UPMC's response to COVID-19, please visit upmc.com/coronavirus.
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UPMC provides a total rewards package that can help you achieve the goals you have for your career and your personal life. Whether you want to learn a new skill through a training course, reach personal health and wellness targets, become more involved in your community, or follow a career path that provides you with the right experience to be successful, UPMC can help you get to where you want to be.
Now more than ever, YOU can help us shape our communities and UPMC into a better place for everyone to work, study, play, and thrive.
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'Smart glasses' offer 'a-ha' moment in low-vision care
Awareness-enhancing smart glasses have partially sighted trial subjects looking into the future of low-vision care and seeing the past—1985 to be exact.
"It appears that individuals with mild visual impairment will benefit the most from Oxford's 'smart glasses' ..."
That's because technology out of the University of Oxford combines camera-mounted spectacles with a pocket-sized processor and electronic display eyepieces to provide people with poor vision a new view of their surroundings, albeit through a hue that harkens back to a popular '80s music video.
The glasses work like this: A video feed highlights the outlines of nearby objects, in a manner that looks like rotoscoping animation, and superimposes that simple image over the wearer's existing vision. The glasses are designed to help with spatial awareness for everyday activities, not to replace lost vision.
Currently in trial testing, the smart glasses are bulky, but researchers hope to eventually create a product that looks like normal eyeglasses and costs about the same as a smart phone.
The project—developed in conjunction with the Royal National Institute of Blind People—was recently submitted into Google's Impact Challenge for further funding.
Helping low-vision patients
Brenda Heinke Montecalvo, O.D., chair of the AOA's Vision Rehabilitation Section (VRS), says the project appears still in its infancy, and further patient trials are needed to determine ease of use and how much function is improved with the device.
"It appears that individuals with mild visual impairment will benefit the most from Oxford's 'smart glasses' while those with severe impairment and complete blindness may have more difficulty organizing and understanding the visual information provided," Dr. Montecalvo states.
Many individuals classified as 'blind' have partial sight to varying degrees, and the field of low-vision rehabilitation seeks to help those people make the best use of it.
Optometrists already aid low-vision patients with tried-and-true devices such as spectacle-mounted magnifiers or miniature telescopes, and 'smart glasses' could help bolster advances in video magnification, as well. Like these other devices, success of 'smart glasses' could hinge on price if the project team delivers as promised.
"The focus on providing an affordable device to those who will benefit from 'smart glasses' is a plus," Dr. Montecalvo says.
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For the manicure I started out with two coats of Zoya Stephanie and sponged over it using Korres Watermelon. A polish I got quite a while ago in a giveaway from Cel's Deconails. It has been on my "to try" list for quite a while and I thought it would be perfect for the occasion. The hearts I free handed using Wet 'n Wild French White Creme and a dotting tool. It makes me think of Minnie Mouse :)
Korres Watermelon on it's own is a pink raspberry jelly. It has a bit more raspberry or watermelon (for the lack of a better term) tint to it than what comes across in the photos. It starts out sheer, but does build up opacity. I used three coats plus a top coat in these swatches. You can still slightly see the nail line. I think this polish would be perfect for a glitter sandwich...
This was taken with the flash and turned out to be the most color accurate image. The color in the bottle here is closest to true to life...
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Color Name/Number: Watermelon, 19
Number of coats: 3
Top Coat: Yes
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|If Portland's proposed "feebate" program is instituted, ultra-green projects like the LEED Platinum Casey condominiums would receive a rebate of up to $17.30/sf.
Officials in Portland, Ore., have proposed a green building incentive program that would be the first of its kind in the U.S. Under the program, new commercial buildings, 20,000 sf or larger, that meet Oregon's state building code would be assessed a fee by the city of up to $3.46/sf. The fee would be waived for buildings that achieve LEED Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. Those that achieve LEED Gold, LEED Platinum, or the Living Building Challenge, would receive rebates of $1.73–17.30/sf, depending on certification level.
Based on the same requirements, multifamily residential properties, 5,000 sf or larger, would also be eligible for rebates of $0.51–5.15/sf. Multifamily projects, 50,000 sf or larger, that receive city funding must meet LEED Silver standards.
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A slew of top actors portrayed Nelson Mandela over the years. But none – not even Sidney Poitier and Morgan Freeman – approached the stardom earned and exuded by the former South African leader.
Mandela might have been the best-known person on Earth at the time of his death Thursday at age 95. He almost certainly was among the most beloved.
In an age when notions of celebrity too often mutate into mindless celebrations of nonsense, Mandela's dignified, momentous life serves as a sobering and inspiring reminder of the true meaning and potential impact of fame.
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His long, arduous journey from activist to prisoner to president of his torn homeland is the stuff of epic poems. Only unlike the tales of ancient times, Mandela's story played out before the world.
There was no CNN when Mandela was arrested in 1962 and eventually damned to Robben Island. He emerged a free man 27 years later to a more connected planet with a mass media that chronicled his path to the Nobel Peace Prize and the South African presidency in near-real time – sealing his status as an international icon.
For many, Mandela lived up to the legend that built during his long imprisonment in deed as well as in person. Those of us lucky enough to get a glimpse of him during his triumphant 1990 visit to New York can never forget the energy Mandela radiated through the throngs as he rode up the Canyon of Heroes. He later toured Harlem and packed Yankee Stadium, where he declared, "I am a Yankee" to thunderous cheers.
A similar, if virtual, energy surged online Thursday as Facebook posts and tweets heralded the sad news of his passing and gave voice to a flood of tributes spanning nations and generations. Still, the #RIPNelsonMandela and #Madiba hashtags couldn't knock the silly hoopla over a tasteless tweet supposedly posted by Paris Hilton off Twitter's trending topics list Thursday night.
It's worth noting during this reality TV era, when fame and infamy are sometimes sadly indistinguishable, Mandela lived through real hardship that he overcame to help change the bitter reality in the land of apartheid.
Still, he knew he needed to wield the power afforded by his renown carefully, cognizant that unbridled popularity could backfire.
"That was one of the things that worried me – to be raised to the position of a semi-god – because then you are no longer a human being," he once said. "I wanted to be known as Mandela, a man with weaknesses, some of which are fundamental, and a man who is committed."
Those are wise, unscripted words from a man who wasn't an actor but became the star of his own story – and became famous for all the right reasons.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is also the author of "Raising a Beatle Baby: How John, Paul, George and Ringo Helped us Come Together as a Family." Follow him on Twitter.


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Solar Energy: This Is What a Disruptive Technology Looks Like
A picture is worth a thousand words. The graph above compares the price history of solar energy to conventional energy sources. This is what a disruptive technology looks like. While conventional energy prices remained pretty flat in inflation adjusted terms, the cost of solar is dropping,fast, and is likely to continue doing so as technology and manufacturing processes improve.
First, about the graph. I recently published an article, Bitcoin, Energy and the Future of Money, which explores the idea of using energy as the basis for money. One of the key concepts in this is to standardize the way energy commodities are measured, to measure them in terms of energy content rather than parochial units of measure (e.g. therms or cubic feet of natural gas, gallons of diesel, kilowatt hours of electricity, and so on). See also www.joulestandard.com for more information about this idea.
The graph above charts the inflation adjusted price of different types of energy, not in terms of gallons, but in terms of gigajoules of energy (a gigajoule is one billion Joules, the standard metric unit for energy). Pricing energy commodities in terms of their energy content makes it easier to compare the relative cost of different sources of energy.
Using data from the Energy Information Agency, I pulled together a history of retail prices for natural gas, crude oil, gasoline and residential electricity, all adjusted for inflation. For each energy source, I converted the prices to $/gigajoule, using conversion factors from engineering tables. (For example, a million cubic feet of natural gas contains 1.083 gigajoules of energy content).
Next, using data from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and other sources, I looked up the price history for solar power, in terms of dollar per Watt of system capacity (a standard unit of measure for solar). With this data, I built a cost model to translate the cost of a solar cell into $/gigajoule. The basic idea is to amortize the system cost over its useful life, and divide this by the average amount of power it generates per month. This allows the cost of solar to be compared directly to other sources.
The comparison shows quite clearly that the cost effectiveness of solar power is increasing exponentially. In 1977, solar cells cost upwards of $70 per Watt of capacity. In 2013, that cost has dropped to $0.74 per Watt, a 100:1 improvement (source: The Economist). On average, solar power improves 14% per year in terms of energy production per dollar invested. Technological improvements are the primary driver of this trend, as manufacturers learn to produce panels using less energy and raw materials (the basic physics of solar panels are a century old), and to make systems easier to install.
While solar currently accounts for less than 1% of the energy supply, it is an exponentially improving technology, both in terms of price (14%/year) and pace of construction (60%/year). Already it is approaching parity with other energy sources in the Western US. Assuming this trend continues for another 10 to 20 years, and there's no reason not to, solar power will become 5 to 10 times more cost effective than it is today. This raises an interesting question. What happens if solar becomes an order of magnitude cheaper than other sources of power?
This is the nature of disruptive technology. It represents such an improvement that it renders existing industries obsolete. We saw waves of disruption take place as the Internet upended entire industries. Expect to see a lot of this in the coming years.
UPDATE: a follower pointed out that not all Joules are equal, for example electrical energy versus thermal energy. Since the majority of electricity in the US is generated from carbon based fuels, we should expect it to cost roughly three to four times their amount. Why is this? The process of converting heat to electricity (by driving a steam turbine) is relatively inefficient. Most of the energy is lost as waste heat (this can be reclaimed in cogeneration, for example to use steam to heat buildings but this is not reflected in electricity prices).
UPDATE: several readers ask how I calculated solar prices. I did this by calculating how much power a 1 watt cell would generate per year, using average insolation of 4.5 hours/day (southern US), divided this by 12 for a monthly average. I calculated the system cost as three times the solar panel cost (installation and other components account for 2/3s of typical system cost). I then calculated the amortized monthly cost, assuming a 360 month term with a 5% cost of capital. Then divided this by monthly power output in gigajoules to get $/GJ. If the system is located in a less sunny area, or the cost of capital is higher, that will increase the cost per gigajoule. That said, the point of the article is the exponential decrease in unit costs, which trump everything over the next 10-20 years.
UPDATE: I am looking for inflation adjusted historical data for oil, natural gas and coal going back to the 1800s, so I'll be updating the price history as I collect new data.


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Long live the "King's Speech," say the Producer's Guild of America.
The Weinstein Company's box-office hit won its first best picture trophy of the season Saturday night at the trade non-profit's awards ceremony, giving it a competitive edge in in the upcoming Academy Awards.
"The King's Speech" producers Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin told Reuters they thought they were "the last guys in the running" for the 10 nominees of the Producer's award. Clearly, they were proven wrong.
The drama starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter lost the top movie award at the Golden Globes to Facebook flick "The Social Network," which has had its fair share of Oscar buzz.
But the PGA has acurately predicted the Academu's best picture picks in the past, pushing "The King's Speech" to also be a likely winner of the golden statue.
"King's Speech" didn't go empty handed after the Golden Globes -- Colin Firth won best actor.
Other nominees for best-produced movie of the year included "Black Swan, "The Fighter," and "The Social Network." "Toy Story 3," came in first for best-produced animated film. Matthew Weiner snagged a prize for his writing for AMC's "Mad Men" and Producer Steve Levitan won for "Outstanding Producer" for ABC's "Modern Family."
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Natalie Portman may have just won an Oscar for "Black Swan," but potential presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is treating the Hollywood star more like a black sheep.
The former Arkansas governor and Fox News host blasted the actress for deciding to have an out-of-wedlock child with her fiance, Benjamin Millepied, reports US Magazine.
"People see a Natalie Portman who boasts, 'We're not married but we're having these children and they're doing just fine," Huckabee said in an interview with radio host Michael Medved. "I think it gives a distorted image. It's unfortunate that we glorify and glamorize the idea of out-of-wedlock children."
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During her acceptance speech at the Academy Awards, Portman thanked her soon-to-be husband for giving her the chance to be a mother, which she called "the most important role" in her life.
Medved quipped in response that he (Millepied) "didn't give her the most wonderful gift, which would be a wedding ring!"
Huckabee also said that many single parents wouldn't have the resources that Portman has at her disposal, a fact that made her pregnancy "troubling."
"Most single moms are very poor, uneducated, can't get a job, and if it weren't for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death and never have health care," he said. "Anfd that's a story we're not seeing."
Portman has not responded to Huckabee or Medved's remarks, though Huckabee followed up on his blog Friday, explaining that he did not "slam" the actress.
"Natalie is an extraordinary actor, very deserving of her recent Oscar and I am glad she will marry her baby's father," he wrote. "However, contrary to what the Hollywood media reported, I did not 'slam' or 'attack' Natalie Portman, nor did I criticize the hardworking single mothers in our country."
Selected Reading: US Magazine, New York, E! Online


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Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 12:10 am
Post subject: a certain restaurant of the year...
permission to brag a little...sort of degrees of separation idea..
son Andrew is junior sous chef at Quay...
he rang a couple of days back...late at night...they'd just found out..joy call...
so...........if you're in town....do visit
am simply tickled pink for them all...it's a fascinating kitchen...have visited it the once..
was lucky enough to also visit the mg garage kitchen years back...the year it was announced as restaurant of the year...will never ever ever ever forget talking with Yanni Kyritsis on an oh so busy Friday evening..I'd said to our waiter 'I'd kill to get in to the kitchen.' With a smile he said " I'll see what I can do."...minute later...Yanni said to come in...
I was beside myself with joy...telling him..thank you thank you...and sort of suggesting I might just stay and watch for a few seconds...oh no..not on your life...he said since I was interested I could stay...we chatted..I asked him if he was to be a food what would it be...wild greens on the hills of Greece...and later he added pomegranate...
I watched in amazement at the working of that kitchen...and when I thought the experience couldn't get any better...off he took me to the dessert station...ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I told him my son was interested in cooking...immediately "Tell him to come in"....son was in the middle of the final exams in high school...Janni gave me his card.."Tell him to give me a ring on Sunday."..later he joined us at our table...later our waiter gave me a bag..'This is from Janni for your son.'...his signature chocolate wonder...gold leaf atop..
Andy went in for a day...I picked him up that night...he with the news that Yanni had asked him back for the week...he adored the experience...as did I in a way
can remember dropping in one day with a container of my beloved mother in law's rum ball mixture..soooooo smooth...no longer did I roll them...simply made the mix and folk scooped it out with a spoon..or knife..very rich...I brought some to mg for the staff to share..Yanni and I spoke about shared food...he said he likes when cutlery meets..the sound of shared...golly golly golly gosh I adore the language of food and drink...speaks to my BEing methinks..
so dear pals...this the latest news ...
shall we raise glasses...clink..and drink the bubbles of delight...and joyous work..
one never ever knows what's around that corner...
"I've never accepted the external appearance of things as the whole truth. The world is much more elaborate than the nerves of our eye can tell us." - James Gleeson
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Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 12:53 am
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That is wonderful news Madame. Clinking glasses to you and Andy and Quay.
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Bravo, Andrew! Bravo, Quay! And congratulations, Madame. Pride in one's children's achievements is a lovely thing. Wonderful on all fronts.
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How exciting, what a wonderful achievement!
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Hmm, just to think... what if... what if you and Yanni had not met... all of these wonderful achievements because the right mum met the right chef in the right place at the right time... and now Andy is well on the way.
Congratulations to Andy and to Quay... and to Yanni and Madame whose one wonderful moment started something.
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Ohmy but the menu has left me slobbering!!
Vivant Linguae Mortuae!!
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How wonderful Madame! You'll be hanging out at the harbor from now on!
(In Australia it's pronounced "key", "kay"?) Of course a few years, down the line,
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The photos/menu are-- what David said, I like those lucite (?) chairs too!
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Congratulations, Madame!!
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Oh wow, what fantastic news, Madame. I didn't realise Andy worked there. You and Sieg must be almost bursting with pride!
Gingerpale, it's pronounced 'key'.
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Indeed Judy..the tickled pinkishness continues!
Andy recently gifted me with some Andrew-made salami 'n Andrew-made muesli..."The flavour that might be new for you is the ('n I've forgotten the two adjectives!
) mandarin peel."
Last weekend we were at wondrous sister-in-law Rosemarie's table (everyone should experience that once in a lifetime!) with Andy and his partner Clara...beloved Clara ...she handed me the latest Gourmet Traveller Wine Guide..with a smile by the way...well of course I turned to Bistrode..'n there it was..her name alongside Jeremy Strode's ...she and Jeremy worked together on the wine list..
"In 2002 Jeremy headed to Sydney to become chef director of MG Garage."!!!!!
Clara truly loves her work there...speaks glowingly of the two Js..
so all in all...the past week has been rather up there in the cloudsish for me...further clinking ...care to join me?
thanks for the messages...they are icing on the cake..
a clip from The Australian paper:
"THE stars of Australia's fine-dining firmament were out and shining last night to hear Peter Gilmore's Quay named Restaurant of the Year at the Australian Gourmet Traveller 2009 Restaurant Guide Awards.
Three-star chefs Neil Perry, Tetsuya Wakuda and Guillaume Brahimi - not to mention Sydneysider Gilmore himself - were among those who swapped aprons for finer threads and made their way to Sydney's Wharf Restaurant for one of the hospitality industry's biggest nights.
Gourmet Traveller editor Anthea Loucas said Gilmore had taken his work to "a whole new level of finesse".
"It's really come together for Peter in the last 12 months," she said. "He's innovative but it's not forced.
"He's really hitting his straps.""
"I've never accepted the external appearance of things as the whole truth. The world is much more elaborate than the nerves of our eye can tell us." - James Gleeson
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What fabulous news! Congratulations to Andrew, and to his wonderful Mum and Dad (without whom he would not be here
Now trying to think if I can squeeze in a meal there while in Sydney..... so many things to do - so little time. sigh.
gros bisous Madame et Sieg, see you soon!
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another phone call from Andy, rather late at night...they'd just heard Quay won another top award..this time the SMH Good Food Guide..restaurant of the year...methinks they've done some serious celebrating!!!!
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This statement was used to describe Aziz, one of the key characters in A Passage to India. It could be reworded to describe the two main themes of the book - loss of faith and the aborted attempts at friendship to fill the void. E. M. Forster does a powerful job of describing the uneasy co-existence of two very different cultures: the Indian people of Chandapore and the English officials who live on the other side of the city. Both groups have wrong ideas about each other, but do very little to overcome them. Those who attempt to break down racial/social barriers are considered renegades and often have to choose between belonging to one group or the other.
Although I enjoyed Forster's fine writing, I was disturbed that everyone's faith (be it Christian, Moslem, or Hindu) was shown to be ineffectual. The two western missionaries who lived among the Indians were portrayed as weak and incompetent. Mrs. Moore loses her faith after her strange experience in the caves of Marabar. If any religion was given preferential treatment it was Hinduism in the final section called "The Temple". Even then, the description of the midnight "birth" of the god Shri Krishna left the reader feeling more skeptical than hopeful.
Another sad aspect of the book was the attempts at friendship that miscarry. When Aziz tries to be friendly to the only two English ladies who are not prejudiced against him he is charged with a crime against one of them. When Cyril Fielding reaches out to Aziz he is rejected by the British community and is even misunderstood by Azis himself. When he leaves India to visit England, Aziz mistakenly assumes he is going to marry an English woman he considers his enemy. Forster writes, "Subsequent letters he destroyed unopened. It was the end of a foolish experiment."
I must admit it pained me to read of cross-cultural friendships as "foolish experiments". But having grown up in a Chinese culture and having spent the last 19 years in Brazil I know that the easiest thing to do is fall into an "us-them" mentality. Attempting to break down barriers is a tedious process and is often fraught with misunderstandings. Although I have not always been successful, one thing has made a huge difference. It is the same thing that Forster disdains… a faith-filled life. Only as God enables us to love those who are totally different from us are we able to come out of our protective shells and make the attempt. Only God can help us to forgive (and be forgiven) when a cultural faux pas has been made. I have been greatly enriched by such "foolishness".
E.M. Forster forced me to think through some of my failures and successes in relationships and I always like a book that stretches me. Still, I would not be quick to put this on my "favorites" list because of the prevalent theme of hopelessness.


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I didn't do any actual writing today, but I've been working on the outline, and completing a bit of research for the YA I'm developing. So, I have 4 WIPs I'm currently working on. Ouch that sounds painful! In my humble opinion, I don't think having that many projects is crazy. They say should always have two on the go to prevent On to my next story. but which one? Hmm...Won't be writing for now. The Snoring Beastie is too much of a distraction.
I can finally post in this thread!!! Wrote about 700 words in a brand new chapter for my WIP's second draft this afternoon. Not a heck of a lot, but it's progress! That's my philosophy every time I write A word, Joanna. As I have said so many tmes before, youguys who write 1000 word a day are amazing. I've yet to pen to paper yet today, but it's not even lunchtime in Ireland. Have to fill the tummy first. Plus my laptop was invaded the furry beastie boy. He's a tough guy to move when he wants to be. :Then again, that's what coffee shops are for. Progress report later.
indeed!!Only about 200 words so far (still working) but starting chapter five and feeling like I'm starting to get into the complications of the plot.
Life is always better with a novel to work on.
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Pramukh Swami Maharaj
Posted by Manish Panchmatia on Monday, December 7, 2015 Labels: BAPS, Poem, Spiritual Science / Comments: (0) Full article...>>
Today is birthday of HDH Pramukh Swami Maharaj. He completed 94 years today. You can get many more details, articles, books, events etc. on the web. This post is to just list out few poems. These poems are written by me. They are about HDH Swamishree. They are also the ones, who were recited in front of Swamishree. So let me share those poems.
I stayed at BAPS hostel during college time. So I got opportunity to be blessed by His divine grace. In college time, I started writing poems. I wrote first poem on New year. Then Pujya Bapa only inspired me to write poems about Him and slowly I started writing more and more poems.
સવારમાં તેની મારાથી કરે શરૂઆત..
I stayed at BAPS hostel during college time. So I got opportunity to be blessed by His divine grace. In college time, I started writing poems. I wrote first poem on New year. Then Pujya Bapa only inspired me to write poems about Him and slowly I started writing more and more poems.
- Prayer 1. This is my second poem. Swamishree visited our hostel. I composed this poem. I was busy in exams. So someone else, recited this poem during morning walk of Swamishree. Later on I got feedback that He was very happy with this poem.
- Prayer 3 This poem, I composed on 74th birthday of Swamishree.
- Prayer 2 The 75th birthday was celebrated as Amrut Mahotsav. We all prepared a birthday card. it was pyramid shape. It had steps on it. We posted my this poem on the card.
- We had special Satsang on Amrut Mahotsav. I prepared a long poem. The first one was just like prologue or preface. I borrowed the idea from symbol of Air India / Indian Airlines.
- The second one describes the present situation of common SAADHAK (seeker).
- The third one is prayer to accelerate progress on the spiritual path on this occasion of Amrut Mahotsav.
- I wrote a latter to Swamishree. I was eagerly waiting for the response. I visited Akshardham Gandhinagar. I noticed Shabari in the exhibition. I wrote this poem. Shabari - a character in Ramayan - is all about infinite passion, faith and eagerness.
- Lord Swaminarayan mentioned that he noticed priest's action behind the idol of Jagannatha at Puri. Just imagine, if the an idol in the temple gets speech, then what the almighty describes. This imagination is captured in "GOVINDE MAANDI GOTHADI" (the lord Krishna started conversation). In this poem, please read the below line:
સવારમાં તેની મારાથી કરે શરૂઆત..
Swamishree commented, "if one start his any activity with God in the morning, then he can succeed well through out the day." The whole crowd laughed by listening to this wit/humor of pujya Bapa.
So I hope, the readers of this blog must have liked this post. Stay tune for more posts on my poems and many more other interesting stuff.


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Genealogies of the Agard, Nunn, Hardenbrook, Wortman, Doyle, and Tucker family lines.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Enoch Hardenbrook Family
Enoch Hardenbrook, Sr., b: 1852 married first Emma Brown Higgins. Enoch, Jr. was born in May 1882; Emma died July 1, 1882 of phlebitis. Enoch, Jr. was given to Emma's sister, Mary Simpson to raise. Nathaniel and Mary Simpson moved to Jacksonville, NY and raised Enoch Hardenbrook.
Enoch, Sr. then married Florence Kerry and they moved to Auburn, Cayuga County, NY. Cayuga County has its early probate files in PDF format, extremely easy to search. We are very impressed with the availability of records and the helpful, caring staff of Cayuga County.
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Both stops are in rural communities that have seen party switches in their congressional representation within the past three years -- one to Democrat and the other Republican.
The day-trip comes during a high point for the White House, a week after the Senate gave Obama a significant victory by approving several stalled administration nominations.


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The Comet 209P/LINEAR is a very dim comet that orbits the sun every five years and was discovered in 2004.
Unlike other meteor showers expected to be visible around the same time of year, the Camelopardalid is unique because its debris is strongly influenced by Jupiter's gravity, which constantly alters the orbit of this comet's debris, said William Cooke, head of the Meteoroid Environment Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.
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Don't Let Wall Street Billionaires Destroy Social Security
Wall Street billionaire Pete Peterson on Friday will kick off his 2012 national campaign to cut Social Security and other vitally important programs with a "town meeting" at St. Anselm's College in Manchester, N.H. The American people should not be fooled by the misinformation that will be spread at these "grassroots" gatherings backed by some of the most powerful Wall Street, insurance, and corporate CEOs in the country. The goal of these "town meetings" is to convince the people of New Hampshire and the rest of America that the only effective way to address the deficit crisis is to balance the budget on the backs of the elderly, the children the sick and the poor. Don't believe it!
First, let us never forget how we got into our current deficit crisis.
In January of 2001, when Bill Clinton left office, this country was enjoying a very healthy $236 billion SURPLUS projected to increase in the coming years.
Under President George W. Bush and his fellow "deficit hawks," the United States went to war in Afghanistan and Iraq and "forgot" to pay for the wars which will end up adding some $3 trillion to our national debt.
Under George W. Bush and his fellow "deficit hawks," the wealthiest people in this country were given huge tax breaks which cost $1 trillion over a 10-year period. There was no offset for those tax breaks. They were simply added to the deficit.
Under George W. Bush and his fellow "deficit hawks," an overly-expensive Medicare prescription drug program written by the insurance and drug companies was signed into law. This program, which explicitly prevented the government from negotiating lower drug prices with the pharmaceutical industry, was not paid for and will end up adding some $400 billion to our national debt over a 10-year period.
Now, having run up huge deficits, our born-again "deficit hawks," on behalf of their billionaire allies, want to cut Social Security to save money.
What's wrong with this picture? First, despite Wall Street and right-wing misleading rhetoric, Social Security, which is funded by the payroll tax, has not contributed one nickel to the deficit. Second, the Social Security Trust Fund today, according to the Social Security Administration, has a $2.7 trillion surplus and can pay 100 percent of all benefits owed to every eligible American for the next 21 years.
Why should we vigorously defend Social Security, prevent any cuts and, in fact, make sure Social Security is solvent for the next 75 years? The answer is obvious. In these highly volatile economic times, when millions of Americans lost their life savings in the 2008 Wall Street crash, Social Security, through good economic times and bad, has paid out every penny owed to every eligible beneficiary. In other words, it is a guaranteed benefit and that promise has always been kept.
In the 77 years since President Franklin Roosevelt signed Social Security into law on August 14, 1935, the retirement and insurance program has been one of the nation's most successful anti-poverty programs. Before Social Security existed, about half of America's senior citizens lived in poverty. Today, less than 10 percent live in poverty. Further, Social Security provides much-needed assistance to people with disabilities as well as widows, widowers and orphans.
Let's be clear. The deficit and national debt are serious issues, but we must not balance the budget on the backs of the elderly, the children, the sick and the poor. This would not only be immoral, it would be bad economic policy.
While our billionaire friends may not like them, there are much fairer ways to reduce the deficit. At a time when the wealthiest people in this country are doing phenomenally well and their effective tax rate is the lowest in decades, the top 1 percent must begin paying their fair share of taxes. At a time when large corporations are enjoying record-breaking profits, we have got to eliminate the huge corporate loopholes which result in a massive loss of federal revenue. At a time when we have tripled military spending since 1997, we must take a hard look at a bloated and wasteful Defense Department.
To keep Social Security's finances sound in the future I have introduced legislation -- identical to a proposal that President Obama advocated in 2008 -- to apply the payroll tax on incomes above $250,000 a year. Under current law, only earnings up to $110,100 are taxed. The Center for Economic Policy and Research has estimated that applying the Social Security payroll tax on income above $250,000 would only impact the wealthiest 1.4 percent of wage earners.
While we often take Social Security for granted, we must not forget that Social Security today is providing dignity and security to tens of millions of Americans at very modest administrative cost. It is a program that is working and working well.
Now is the time to defend Social Security against billionaires, right-wing Republicans, and some Democrats who want to cut this program. Let's send them that message in New Hampshire on September 7.


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My love as deep; the more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite.
William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
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