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America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Slow-Cooker Revolution" Test cook Julia Collin Davison uncovers the secrets to cooking with a slow cooker. First, she teaches host Christopher Kimball how to make the ultimate Old-Fashioned Chicken Noodle Soup. Next, she reveals the test kitchen's secrets for foolproof Pork Loin with Cranberries and Orange. D
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The Great American Seafood Cook-Off III America's finest chefs showcase their seafood-preparation skills in THE GREAT AMERICAN SEAFOOD COOK-OFF III. In 2010, 14 accomplished and up-and-coming chefs from throughout the United States gathered in New Orleans to compete in the Great American Seafood Cook-Off. The event emphasizes the importance of cooking with local, domestic seafood and encourages the use of products from sustainable fisheries. D
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Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence "Journey to Italy" Joanne shares her memories of Italy with her student Barbra recreating some of the dishes form her travels. She starts with a simple salad of fig and prosciutto, then slowly adds just enough red wine for a faro risotto, and finally ends the meal with a dessert of strawberry, port, and black pepper. Recipes: Fig And Blueberry Salad With Creme Fraiche, Mint and Prosciutto di Parma, Farro Risotto with Red Wine and Grana Padano, Strawberry with Port and Black Pepper, and an Aperol Champagne Cocktail. D
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Mathematics Illuminated "Other Dimensions" The conventional notion of dimension consists of three degrees of freedom: length, width, and height, each of which is a quantity that can be measured independently of the others. Many mathematical objects, however, require more. D
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Hi All,
Could you please tell me that is there any tool/utility which will give the information about when the machine has been disconnected from network.
Recently we lost a couple of laptops, we were not able to trace exact timings of these when it got disconnected from network. Suspect is on my co-workers, only authorised people can enter that room. I know there are lot of monitoring tools available, but difficult to monitor 100 laptops.
Any tool/utility which alerts or logs when the laptop disconnects from network, so that we can trace who excatly was there in that floor during that particular time.
is it possible to find out from AD through time stamps/KB tickets? if so how?

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BRENTWOOD — After facing major public scrutiny for its mandated reporting practices, Brentwood Union School District says its employee training is now much more proactive.
At this week's school board meeting, the district shared what it has done since January 2013 to enhance its mandated reporter training for employees. The training push started after a 2012 settlement in a case in which a Brentwood special education teacher kicked a preschooler, and some employees failed to follow proper mandated reporting requirements.
By state law, school district employees must report any reasonable suspicion of child abuse or neglect to the local police department or the county's Child Family Services. This includes suspected sexual, physical or emotional abuse of anyone under age 18.
"In January 2013, we embarked on massive mandated reporter trainings," district Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources Margaret Kruse said.
Since then, Kruse noted that every regular district employee has been trained in mandated reporting through in-person sessions and an online module. She said all substitutes, activity supervisors and overnight field trip volunteers have taken the online courses.
For the upcoming school year, Kruse said that all newly hired employees will be trained within the first 30 days of employment. Their training will include four online courses on child abuse identification, boundaries and sexual misconduct, in addition to the in-person training.
"It is good for classified employees who may see something, but they don't have the same relationships with students," said school board President Heather Partida.
Because the courses are online, the system records employee progress on each module. Kruse said that this also allows the district to track training data that the state may require in the future.
"We are reminding them (employees) of their obligation," she said.
Although school board members are not mandated reporters, the district has shared the modules with them so they can understand what is being required of district employees. Information on mandated reporting is also available for easy reference on the district's revamped website, multiple posters on every campus and a flier distributed to all staff.
"We are doing much more than other districts countywide," said Brentwood schools Superintendent Dana Eaton.
Contact Paula King at 925-779-7141.


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Set the Progress and Progress Message Job Properties from a Script File
Applies To: Microsoft HPC Pack 2008 R2, Microsoft HPC Pack 2012, Microsoft HPC Pack 2012 R2, Windows HPC Server 2008 R2
HPC Pack includes two job properties to help communicate the progress of jobs that are running on the cluster: Progress, and Progress Message. By default, the HPC Job Scheduler Service sets and maintains the Progress property as the percentage of tasks or service calls that have completed for that job. The default progress calculation works best for large parameter sweeps. If you want to provide a customized progress percentage or detailed status information about the progress of your jobs, you can include commands in your applications or scripts to set the Progress and Progress Message job properties. For example, if your application or script files include a loop that performs some work, you can update the progress properties at each iteration.
To set the Progress and Progress Message properties in a batch (.bat) file, an HPC PowerShell script (.ps1), or in an application, you can use the
%CCP_JOBID% environment variable to get the job ID of the current job.
In a .bat file, use the job modify command, for example:
Job modify %CCP_JOBID% /progress:50 /progressmsg:"Hello"
In a .ps1 file, use the Set-HpcJob cmdlet, for example:
set-HpcJob –id %CCP_JOBID% -progress 50 –progressmessage "Hello"
For information about using the APIs to set custom progress in an application, see Setting Custom Job Progress Information Step-by-Step Guide.
Values for the Progress and Progress Message properties can be set for jobs that are in the following states:
Additional considerations
The Job Scheduler service does not continue to update Progress for a job if you provide a value for the Progress property through the command line interface, HPC PowerShell, or the APIs.
For SOA jobs, the Progress property is set and maintained by the broker nodes based on the number of service calls for that job.
Progress Message is not displayed by default in the job list. You can customize which job and task properties appear in the job list and Detail Pane. In the menu bar, click View, then click Column Chooser.


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My best hay customer uses approximately one round bale per day to feed his Holstein heifers. They are kept at a place a mile or two from downtown Schley, which is a little less than 10 miles away from my hay. Rather than make a single trip with 11 bales, we usually haul three loads with the gooseneck trailer. It's not a major project to move hay from here to there — unless we make the delivery in the middle of winter.
Last winter, on the night before one of our Great Schley Bale Migrations, we had a skiff of snow. If you read the story "Forage, flat tires and flames" (posted June 11, 2007), you may recall my feeling about skiffs. A skiff is the most powerful micro-measurement in the world. Roads had turned from smooth snow with no gravel showing, to glass with a coating of WD-40. But, hey, it's not like I'd be pulling a huge load or anything.
I knew a shortcut to Schley, but it involved this one really short, but fairly steep hill. It was right off the county line at Cardinal Marsh, a huge expanse of land that the state of Iowa owns next to the Turkey River. I made the corner and put it to the floor as I climbed the mini-Alps. I didn't pick up any speed on my ascent, but I made it. There was no traffic, so there was no problem. With traffic, though, it was a traction disaster waiting to happen.
The first and second loads were delivered without incident. The third load was ready, and I decided to take my trusty sidekick Lorne along with me to help unload the flatbed. We went down the county line and I explained "the shortcut." As we rounded the corner to climb the Alps, the worst-case scenario came true. TRAFFIC! One of the guys from the co-op was coming down the mini-hill in a pickup. I had to swerve to the side and let up on the accelerator to avoid hitting him. That slight flex of my right foot ruined my momentum. We got two-thirds of the way up the hill and the tires started to howl, but we were still moving. We got three-fourths of the way up the hill and progress stopped.
This was bad. This was very, very bad.
We were now almost up the hill, slightly to the side of the road, and we weren't going to make any more forward progress thanks to the skiff. I looked at Lorne and said, "Well?" If I tried to back down the hill, we'd have to hope that we ended up in the parking lot at the Marsh (slightly off to the side of the intersection) if I backed it up perfectly and we didn't slide at all. If we started to turn or slide, the ditch on the south side of the road looked really, really steep. That would be a 911 call if we survived. If we went off the ditch to the north, it wasn't as steep, but there'd probably still be a 911 call. I slowly let my foot off the brake and tried to back up. The truck began to slide and jackknife. Without stopping, we would slide into the ditch on the south side.
There was only one option left. The flatbed has electric brakes on it. I could hold the brake lever all the way to the max with my hand and keep my foot on the truck brakes. Meanwhile I'd call The Chairman Emeritus and get him down there to either take Lorne to get the loader tractor and give me a boost up the hill from behind, or take him home to get the big horse and hope that it could pull us up the hill.
The Chairman answered the phone when I called, thank God! He rarely carries his cell phone with him if we're not in the field. He headed down there right away. Lorne and I decided that it would be a shorter trip to get the 240-horse tractor at home and pull the load up the hill rather than drive a couple miles further to get the 105-horse loader tractor and try to push the load up the hill.
After Lorne left, I waited. I waited for what seemed like forever. The whole time my foot was pushing the brake pedal through the floor and my hand was on the trailer brake control to keep it secured. If I put the truck in Park, the pressure on the automatic transmission would be impossible to get it out again once we got the tractor hooked on. Ever parked on a hill and tried to get your vehicle out of Park? Ever do that with 30,000 lbs. of force pulling on your vehicle? If it wouldn't come out of Park, that meant the tractor would probably start to spin and slide down the hill once its forward motion stopped. Or, we'd end up breaking something in the transmission and this would end up costing me a bundle whether we landed in the ditch or not. Maintaining a death grip on the brake control and leg-crunch-to-end-all-leg-crunches against the brake pedal made more sense.
In what seemed like three hours, Lorne finally got there with the tractor. For towing jobs, we acquired The Snake almost 20 years ago (see "Eden, a Minister, and a Snake," posted November 17, 2009). It's a giant bungee cord with loops sewn into each end. It has incredible flex when you pull something out. A 20-ft. cord suddenly lengthens out to 25 or 30 ft. and then retracts as you drive forward to sort of act as an added force in the pulling transaction. That also allows you to take a run with the pulling vehicle and not snap everyone's neck like a log chain would when it reaches a taut level. Powerful, durable, resilient and smooth. That's a nice combination.
Lorne got in front of me with the tractor and got The Snake hooked up to the truck. I couldn't get out to help, because I was still crushing the brake pedal and holding onto the brake control lever. However, I did manage to call him before he left home to make sure he brought some 6- x 6-in. wooden blocks with him. He placed those behind the wheels of the trailer to act as a safety backup in case things didn't go so well. They may not hold the load, but they would at least slow my rate of acceleration into either the ditch or Cardinal Marsh! I had spent the previous 10 or 15 minutes trying to figure out, if everything started slipping away, how I would jump from the truck and let the whole works slide into the ditch while still keeping my balance on the road. Good thing I watched plenty of episodes of Mannix as a kid! I really didn't want to do my Mike Connors impersonation if I could avoid it, though.
Once everything was hooked up and the safety blocks were in place, I told Lorne to move slightly to the side of the road with the tractor to catch as much traction from the untraveled portion of the shoulder as possible. Lock the front-wheel assist in on the tractor, hit the differential lock and make sure you give it enough juice to get me out of here!
It was go time. The ponies rumbled in the John Deere PowerTech diesel as The Snake started to uncoil. We hit the magic point at the end of The Snake and I was dying to let go of the brake pedal so my leg could rest. Deere & Co. did not let me down! The Snake tensed up and I made my way to the top of the hill with no problem. I think even The Chairman was impressed as he watched nearby from the road. Lorne wanted to stop when he got to the top of the hill, but I motioned for him to keep going. I wanted a really, really wide gravity cushion before I got out to put this thing back in Park again.
As they unhooked The Snake and put it away again, I went back to the scene of the action and took some pictures. Oh, I also took one during the pull, because you only get those kind of photos on rare occasions. (I hope!) Besides, they'd need something to put up for the photo display at my funeral if it didn't go well and I really don't have many pictures of myself from the last twenty years. Why not go with a Faces of Death montage from my final moments?
Joe Mannix would have been embarrassed by the lack of violence in my outcome. Hey, every day at work doesn't end up with an Emmy for me, Joe!
At least MacGyver would've been proud. I think.
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The Alps of Cardinal Marsh
My best hay customer uses approximately one round bale per day to feed his Holstein heifers. They are kept at a place a mile or two from downtown Schley, which is a little less than 10 miles away from my hay. Rather than make a single trip with 11 bales, we usually haul three loads with the gooseneck trailer. It's not a major project to move hay from here to there — unless we make the delivery in the middle of winter.


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SAN MARTIN, Calif. (AP) – In a perfect world, Davis Love III will celebrate his 50th birthday next year at Augusta National. If he can't play his way into the Masters, he will be gearing up to play the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head.
The Champions Tour is not in the plans for now.
"I know it's coming, but I'm not ready for it,'' Love said last week as he embarked on his 29th season on the PGA Tour.
Love missed three months of the 2013 season because of neck surgery, and thus finished out of the top 100 on the money list for the first time. He has lifetime membership because of his 20 career wins.
"When I'm scratching to make cuts, when I don't feel like I can win, that's when I'll go over,'' Love said, referring to the Champions Tour. "Luckily I'm exempt, as long as I can shoot decent scores. I'm not going to stay over here and take up a spot. I'll be honest with myself. You'll be honest with me.''
What helps is his power, which is why players like Vijay Singh, Fred Couples and Kenny Perry looked as if they belonged on the PGA Tour after turning 50.
"If I was an average hitter or a short hitter, I'd be waiting for my birthday,'' Love said. "But I'm still excited about playing out here.''
His goals for the year start with getting in all the big tournaments that once were not an issue. He hasn't played a World Golf Championship since 2009. He has not played all four majors in one year since 2011. And he has never missed The Players Championship
"Jordan Spieth did it. He worked his way in them real quick,'' he said, smiling at his audacious comparison with a kid only four months older than Love's son. "But that's what I have to do. If I get hot before the end of January, I might be in the Match Play. If not, the next WGC and then the Masters.''
What really gnaws at him is he has never missed The Players Championship dating to his rookie year in 1986.
Love isn't entirely ruling out the Champions Tour. He would lean toward playing the Champions Tour event at Pebble Beach. But for now, he's staying put.
"You've got to pick one or the other,'' he said. "You're either going to chase FedEx Cup points and Ryder Cup points, or you're going to chase Charles Schwab Cup points. And right now, I'm going to chase these.''
Then he paused to smile before adding, "We can reevaluate on April 12.''
He turns 50 on April 13.
GUAN DEFENDS: Guan Tianlang is gearing up for what he hopes is a return to the Masters.
Guan is defending champion next week at the Asia Pacific Amateur, to be played at Nanshan International Golf Club in China. The winner gets an invitation to the Masters. The 14-year-old from China not only became the youngest player in a 72-hole major, he made the cut at Augusta National despite a two-shot penalty for slow play.
Guan turns 15 during the second round of the Asia Pacific Amateur, which is stroke play. He said Tuesday more people recognize him in China, but that his Masters appeared helped accelerate growth of golf in his homeland.
"I think all of the Chinese people are happy for me, and I think more and more people know about golf in China,'' Guan said during a conference call. "And more people know about the Masters, and I think it means a lot to the young players in China and they think probably the Masters is not that far away from them.''
Guan also made the cut in New Orleans, and then missed the cut in three other PGA Tour events.
The one big change for this year – the teenager is no longer using a belly putter. He said he switched to a conventional method a month ago.
"I didn't think it's too much different and which one is better,'' he said. "I think I change back probably a month ago, and I think – I wish – I can putt even better.''
MAJOR PERKS: U.S. Open champion Justin Rose took advantage of some of the perks attached to winning a major.
He sat in the Royal Box when Andy Murray won Wimbledon. Another treat was his annual "J.R. Challenge,'' when 10 of his best mates from England get together once a year to play golf and get caught up.
"This year being U.S. Open champion, I felt like I could call in a couple more favors, and we played some great tracks,'' Rose said at the PGA Grand Slam in Bermuda. "We played Pine Valley. We went back to Merion. So to have the opportunity to bring 10 of my best friends to Merion and a play a round of golf was very special.''
NA'S BACK: When last seen on the PGA Tour, Kevin Na was playing the Masters against his doctor's advice and ringing up a 10 on the par-3 12th hole at Augusta National.
He finally made his return last week in the Frys.com Open, and after opening with a 75, felt better than ever. Na bounced back with a 67 to make the cut, and a 64-64 week gave him a tie for third.
"I just tore it up on the weekend – just absolutely tore it up,'' he said.
Na went to South Korea for his rehabilitation. He spent more than two months going through acupuncture, chiropractic work and physical therapy, and then he returned to America to slowly start practicing again. He played one Web.com Tour event to make sure his back was good, and off he went.
His next stop is Las Vegas, where he won his only PGA Tour event two years ago.
TRIPLE DIGITS: David Duval had just reached No. 1 in the world for the first time. Tiger Woods had eight PGA Tour wins and one major to his credit. And an Irishman named Padraig Harrington was on the cusp of cracking the top 100 in the world.
Harrington reached No. 100 on April 18, 1999, and he stayed there for the last 14 years. The streak ended this week when he fell to No. 101.
He is playing the PGA Grand Slam of Golf in Bermuda this week as the defending champion. No ranking points are available for the 36-hole exhibition. Does he think he can add to his total of three majors, even though he has gone five years without?
"I do, but I have to figure out a different way with playing who Padraig Harrington is now than necessarily who I was over the years,'' Harrington said in Bermuda. "I'm a different person and I have a different attitude to the game at this stage, so I have to work with that. … I have to figure out what's the best way of getting the best game out of me now.''
DIVOTS: David Duval did not get a sponsor's exemption to the Frys.com Open, so he went to Puerto Rico to play on the PGA Tour LatinoAmerica and tied for 37th. He is playing Las Vegas this week. … Geoff Ogilvy missed the 54-hole cut last week in the Frys.com Open and fell out of the top 100 for the first time since August 2003. … John Cook will be inducted into the Southern California Golf Association Hall of Fame next week outside Los Angeles.
STAT OF THE WEEK: Russell Knox, who was No. 132 in driving distance in his only other year on the PGA Tour, had the longest drive of the Frys.com Open last week at 378 yards on the 18th hole at CordeValle. The measurement did not include the number of times his ball hit the cart path.
FINAL WORD: "I'll play somewhere with Zach Johnson, and he points out we'll be eating dinner together until they put us in the ground. I look forward to that kind of stuff.'' – Adam Scott, citing the Champions Dinner as one of the perks of winning the Masters.


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Melges California Cup 2010
16 April 2010
San Francisco - The countdown to San Diego - the first event of the inaugural Melges California Cup is down to just over two weeks - and the event is shaping up to be a great one.
The series is attracting some of the top competitors in the Class, including Vince Brun, two-time World Champion, and Brian Porter, national champion several times over. Both of whom have already confirmed their participation in San Diego.
With more than ten teams already on the entry list and three more to confirm in the days ahead, the California Melges 24 Fleet is showing that it is very much alive and ready to put the West Coast back on top as a premier destination for great competition and lots of fun.
The SDYC San Diego Melges Race Week + Yachting Cup (April 30 - May 2) is the first of three regattas in the series, followed by TYC Tahoe Melges Race Week + Trans-Tahoe (July 8-10) and SFYC San Francisco Melges Race Week + US Melges 24 Gold Cup (August 20-22).
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'West Wing' Alum Battles Disease For 2 Years
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NEW YORK -- Actor Ron Silver has died in New York City after a two-year battle with esophageal cancer.
The Creative Coalition Executive Director Robin Bronk said the 62-year-old, who co-founded the nonprofit, died peacefully in his sleep with his family around him early Sunday morning.
Silver won a Tony Award as a take-no-prisoners Hollywood producer in David Mamet's "Speed-the-Plow" and did a political about-face from loyal Democrat to Republican activist after the Sept. 11 attacks.
Silver earned an Emmy nomination for a recurring role as a slick strategist for liberal President Jed Bartlet on "The West Wing." And Silver himself had a long history of balancing acting with left-leaning social and political causes.
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Ron Silver, Remembered - by Ben Stiller
Ron Silver got me drunk when I was 12 years old. My 16 year old sister and I were hanging at his West Hollywood pad with our parents, Jerry and Anne, and Ron's wife at the time, Lynn. Ron and my mom were both semi-regulars on the sitcom Rhoda. Ron played Gary Levy, Rhoda's swinging single neighbor, and my mom was Sally Gallagher, her swinging stewardess friend.
Ron knew we were bored and asked if I wanted a little vodka in my Coke. Amy had some too. She also had a huge crush on Ron... because he was cool. We had a great time. Nothing too crazy. I didn't end up an alky, and things worked out ok... and I always loved Ron for that. He treated us like people, even though we weren't yet.
Through the years I looked up to him as an actor, his cool Jewish intensity and humor were able to take him from sitcoms to action movie heavies.... and his intelligence and charisma from David Rabe to Aaron Sorkin dialog...and he was so good at all of it.
10 years ago two writers from Milwaukee named Rob Schrab and Dan Harmon wrote a TV pilot called Heat Vision and Jack. It was a Six Million Dollar Man/Knight Rider inspired series about an astronaut played by Jack Black who flew too close to the sun on a mission, so when it was daylight he was the smartest man in the world, and when the sun set he was normal again. Owen Wilson was the voice of his talking motorcycle.
And the villain of the piece was Ron Silver as himself -- Ron Silver the actor, bad guy from Time Cop, but that was just his cover -- in actuality he was the head of NASA, which in this reality was an evil organization trying to take over the world. Weirdly, it didn't get picked up. But Ron was genius in it, playing it as straight as could be. I hope some people YouTube it, because it showed what a great sense of humor he had. I never got caught up in his politics. I just always loved him as a person and a talent. I know he struggled over the last couple of years, and I can only believe he is in a better place now. He will truly be missed.
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Mourning the Death of Ron Silver - by Alec Baldwin
I want to offer a post to mourn the death of actor Ron Silver.
Back in 1988, I was asked to join the advocacy group The Creative Coalition, a collection of entertainment industry activists who were committed to issues such as federal funding of the arts, reproductive rights, First Amendment issues, gun control and campaign finance reform, to name a few.
The group had been formed by former HBO head Michael Fuchs, Blair Brown, Christopher Reeve, Susan Sarandon and Silver, who served as the group's first president.
On an Amtrak train trip to DC, Silver began to tutor me on the methods that he, and the group, believed were the more effective ways to lobby the Congress on behalf of the issues we were focused on. I learned a lot of what I know today from Ron. Study, learn your opponents' stances, have the cover ready for whatever fact, opinion or response they throw back at you. We had some real successes fighting on behalf of the National Endowment for the Arts back then. Some would say that the work of Ron Silver, along with Bob Lynch at Americans for the Arts and the coordinated efforts of numerous other arts groups from around the country, actually saved the NEA itself when it was in the real jeopardy during the Gingrich years.
Ron Silver was a great actor on stage, film and television. A Tony award winner for the original Broadway production of David Mamet's Speed the Plow, Silver' s intensity and intellectual forcefulness were on display in all of his roles.
In the wake of 9/11, Silver transformed himself from a liberal darling to a libertarian antagonist to many of his former political allies. He supported Giuliani for president and attended the Republican convention as an honored guest. Some shook their heads in wonder. Others knew that Ron's was a mind that was always seeking, no matter what the cost to his career or social status.
Rest in peace, Ron. A great actor, great thinker, great father and great friend.
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Northwest sports blogger Jason Green reports on the news that Seattle native and former Skyline High School star QB Jake Heaps has recently announced he will transfer from BYU. Now that Heaps is transferring the next question is where will he go? The WSU Cougars may be high on Connor Halliday, but Mike Leach might like Jake Heaps on the roster too.
Former BYU Starting QB Jake Heaps To Transfer…to WSU?
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I'm up to page 70 on Girls that Growl. That means I need at least 150 more pages before it's done. Gah! Sometimes when I think about my deadlines I feel like pulling out my hair!
Ever wonder how writers write? Do they plan everything out in advance? Or do they just wing it and see what happens? While everyone's different, I can tell you what I do.
First I come up with a concept. That's sort of like a "What If." What if there were two twins and one of them wanted to be a vampire, but the other got bit instead. What if it were a week before prom? What if the cutest guy in school had just asked her out?
Then I come up with a title. (Though sometimes I think of the title first and the concept second. hehe) My first idea for Boys that Bite was "Wow, That Sucks!" (Get it??) But I thought some people might object to "suck" being on the cover so that's when I came up with Boys that Bite.
Then, if my editor likes the idea, I write up a synopsis. This is basically a plot summary from beginning to end. It's usually between 5-10 double spaced pages. And yes, you have to include the ending. Editors get cranky when you say things like "And to find out what happens you have to read the book!" just like teachers do when you write that in book reports.
Once the synopsis is approved by my editor I start the book. I usually have to write 3 chapters and send them in first because the cover department wants them so they can come up with a good cover for the book.
The way I usually write is I give myself permission to write crap in the first draft. Just get the basic ideas on paper and not worry about perfect sentences, jokes, etc. Then I go back and review each chapter many many times and revise the heck out of it. Edit and polish it to perfection. Then I show it to my critique partner and she edits it some more.
All this time I have to figure out what each scene is going to be. The synopsis gives me some clue -- like a roadmap -- but I really can't know all that's going to happen until I start the actual story. That's because characters can be funny sometimes. They like to do things you haven't planned them to. And sometimes that takes the story in a different direction. Subplots can be added, etc. etc. This is okay, as long as you still are aiming for the same basic plot as the synopsis. You can go from A to B to C or A to D to C as long as you end up at C in the end.
Once I'm done writing and polishing I send the book into my editor. Then they make notes on it and send me a list of questions and/or things they want changed. I make those changes and then send the book back. Then another editor (called a copy editor) goes through and corrects all the grammar and makes sure all the facts are right, etc. For example, in Boys that Bite I had inserted an extra day in the week. The copy editor caught that.
I get to go through the copy edits and check their changes and answer their questions. Then I send it back and they send the book to be typeset. Now it's in the same form as it looks like when you read it in a final book. (Before this it's been double spaced like an essay.) I read through the book again (yes again! at this point I'm usually sooo sick of it!!) and make sure all of it makes sense and there are no typos. You can't change a lot of stuff at this point cause it gets expensive now that it's formatted professionally.
And that's it! Next time I see it it's a finished book!
Whew! A lot of work, huh? But it's fun too. As long as you can make your deadlines. Which, speaking of, I'd better get back to!


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September 2007
Double-checking: Getting feedback from parents
Even if a district has pursued the ideas and implemented the strategies described above, it should not assume that it has created either an effective parent notice or an effective means of getting it into the hands of parents of eligible students. Rather, districts should check their policies against the opinions of parents to ensure they contribute to the desired result. Districts should solicit regular and ongoing feedback from parents about public school choice and SES notices, and consider establishing formal channels for this purpose. For instance, districts could consider organizing parent focus groups to obtain responses and reactions to the notices, or convening regular meetings with advisory groups composed of parent and community leaders to discuss ways to improve notification efforts.


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Radionuclides in the Environment
Radionuclides in the Environment
ISBN: 978-1-118-63269-7 February 2013 560 Pages
DescriptionNuclear energy is the one energy source that could meet the world's growing energy needs and provide a smooth transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy in the coming decades and centuries. It is becoming abundantly clear that an increase in nuclear energy capacity will, and probably must, take place.
However, nuclear energy and the use of radionuclides for civilian and military purposes lead to extremely long-lived waste that is costly and highly problematic to deal with. Therefore, it is critically important ot understand the environmental implications of radionuclides for ecosystems and human health if nuclear energy is to be used to avoid the impending global energy crisis. The present volume of the EIC Books series addresses this critical need by providing fundamental information on environmentally significant radionuclides.
The content of this book was developed in collaboration with many of the authors of the chapters. Given the enormity of the subject the Editor and the Authors had to be judicious in selecting the chapters that would appropriately encompass and describe the primary topics, particularly those that are of importance to the health of ecosystems and humans. The resulting chapters were chosen to provide this information in a book of useful and appropriate length. Each chapter provides fundamental information on the chemistry of the radionuclides, their occurrence and movement in the enivornment, separation and analyses, and the technologies needed for their remediation and mitigation. The chapters are structured with a common, systematic format in order to facilitate comparions between elements and groups of elements.
About EIC Books
The Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry (EIC) has proved to be one of the defining standards in inorganic chemistry, and most chemistry libraries around the world have access either to the first of second print editon, or to the online version. Many readers, however, prefer to have more concise thematic volumes, targeted to their specific area of interest. This feedback from EIC readers has encouraged the Editors to plan a series of EIC Books, focusing on topics of current interest. They will appear on a regular basis, and will feature leading scholars in their fields. Like the Encyclopedia, EIC Books aims to provide both the starting research student and the confirmed research worker with a critical distillation of the leading concepts in inorganic and bioinorganic chemistry, and provide a structured entry into the fields covered.
This volume is also available as part of Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry, 5 Volume Set.
This set combines all volumes published as EIC Books from 2007 to 2010, representing areas of key developments in the field of inorganic chemistry published in the Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry. Find out more.
Series Preface.
Volume Preface.
Natural Radioactivity (Dominic Larivière and Nicolas Guérin).
Anthropogenic Radioactivity (Jerzy W. Mietelski).
Speciation (Brit Salbu).
Tritium (Dan Galeriu and Anca Melintescu).
Potassium (Taehong Jun, Olga G. Tsay and David G. Churchill).
Cesium (Enrique Lima).
Strontium (Francisco Javier Guillén, Antonio Baeza, and Alejandro Salas).
Radium (Hildegarde Vandenhove, Freddy Verrezen and Edward R. Landa).
Phosphorus (Kibong Kim and David G. Churchill).
Sulfur (Olga G. Tsay and David G. Churchill).
Selenium (George Shaw and Daniel Ashworth).
Indium (Rudolf J. Wehmschulte).
Thallium (Rudolf J. Wehmschulte).
Lead (Asnor Azrin Sabuti and Che Abd Rahim Mohamed).
Polonium (Lubna Alam and Che Abd Rahim Mohamed).
Chlorine (Daniel Ashworth and George Shaw).
Iodine (Qinhong Hu and Jean E. Moran).
Xenon (Paul R.J. Saey).
Radon (Bliss L. Tracy).
Cobalt (Enrique Lima).
Technetium (Qinhong Hu).
Rhenium (Keiko Tagami and Shigeo Uchida).
Europium (Xiangke Wang and Jiaxing Li).
Thorium (Zal Uyun Wan Mahmood and Che Abd Rahim Mohamed).
Protactinium (Asamuddin Abu Hasan and Che Abd Rahim Mohamed).
Uranium (Hildegarde Vandenhove, Christian Hurtgen and Timothy E. Payne).
Neptunium (Wolfgang Runde and George S. Goff).
Plutonium (Mary P. Neu, George S. Goff and Wolfgang Runde).
Americium and Curium (Wolfgang Runde).
Oceans and Seas (Michio Aoyama).
Pacific Ocean (Michio Aoyama).
Atlantic Ocean (Peter Kershaw).
Indian Ocean (Pavel P. Povinec).
Arctic Ocean (Agata Zaborska and JoLynn Carroll).
Mediterranean Sea (Roberta Delfanti and Carlo Papucci).
Baltic Sea (Sven P. Nielsen, Maria Lüning, Erkki Ilus, Iisa Outola, Tarja Ikäheimonen, Jukka Mattila, Jürgen Herrmann, Günther Kanisch, Iolanda Osvath).
Black Sea (Victor Egorov, Sergey Gulin and Gennady Polikarpov and Iolanda Osvath).
Global Trends in Cesium Distribution (Yayoi Inomata).
Civilian Nuclear Accidents (Wolfgang Runde, Mary P. Neu, and George S. Goff).
Oak Ridge Reservation (Philip M. Jardine, Scott C. Brooks and David B. Watson).


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During the first five months of 2006, f.o.b. shipping-point prices for fresh-market vegetables have averaged 3 percent above a year earlier, according to the USDA's latest Vegetables and Melons Outlook.
Higher average prices were received for tomatoes, cucumbers and sweet corn, outweighing lower average prices for celery, snap beans and broccoli.
This spring, producer prices averaged near year-earlier levels, with higher prices for potatoes, leafy greens, asparagus and beets, offsetting lower prices for most other crops. This summer, fresh vegetable prices are expected to average above a year ago as low crop prices last summer and higher input costs this year restrain acreage and supply.
With improved supplies this spring compared with a year ago, producer prices for melons have averaged 21 percent lower than in 2005. In May, shipments of watermelon and cantaloupes were each above a year earlier, with the volume of seedless watermelons up by more than one-third.
Also during the first five months of 2006, f.o.b. shipping-point prices for commercial vegetables averaged 4 percent above the relatively high levels of a year earlier. Much of this price strength was derived from Florida tomatoes (up 16 percent from a year earlier) and California lettuce (up 7 percent) this spring. With market volume reduced and delayed by the February Florida freeze, shipping-point prices also averaged much higher for sweet corn (up 29 percent) and cucumbers (up 19 percent) over the first five months of the year. However, sweet corn prices collapsed in May as product from fields replanted following the freeze surged onto the market, pushing shipment volume 50 percent higher than a year earlier.
On the other side of the coin, January-May shipping-point prices averaged lower for several crops, including snap beans and celery (each down 35 percent), broccoli (down 13 percent), and cauliflower (down 12 percent). Asparagus prices also averaged well above the extreme lows of a year earlier, but prices began to weaken in May as shipments rose above those of a year ago.
The unusually long period of cool, wet weather that began with the spring season in California prevented planting, slowed growth, and disrupted harvest schedules, leading to sporadic weekly supply situations for some vegetables. The impact of the disrupted planting schedules persisted through early June as crops earmarked for particular market windows were not ready for harvest.
This affected such crops as head lettuce, tomatoes, melons, broccoli and cauliflower. Some offset to delayed California production likely came from Georgia, New Jersey, Arkansas and the Carolinas, where growing conditions were favorable and yields strong.
Demand for fresh-market tomatoes appears to have bounced back following a period of high prices earlier this year associated with low market volume resulting from hurricane damage in southwest Florida last fall, according to the USDA report. The evidence for rebounding demand lies with higher average shipping-point prices, despite increased shipments.
During January to May, domestic and import shipments averaged more than 2 percent above the same period a year earlier. At the same time, the volume weighted f.o.b. shipping price for field-grown fresh-market tomatoes averaged $11.59 per 25-pound carton — 11 percent above a year earlier. A combination of strong economic growth and industry promotion efforts this spring likely helped support fresh-market tomato demand. As a result, domestic use of fresh-market tomatoes is expected to remain near or exceed the 2005 record-high of 20.5 pounds per person this year.
Assuming average weather and little change in acreage, the outlook for the summer season (July through September) for fresh-market vegetables appears to favor adequate supplies but generally higher prices compared with a year ago.
With conditions in California returning to normal and a strong start for most Eastern and some Midwestern vegetable growers, market volume should remain steady. However, summer-season shipping-point and retail prices are expected to average somewhat above the low levels of a year ago, partly reflecting increased costs for energy, transportation and packaging materials.


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Nashville, Tenn. - Tennessee State fell in both games on Saturday during day two of the Tiger Classic. The Tigers went down at the hands of Nebraska-Omaha by the score of 11-0 in five innings before dropping an 8-0 six inning contest to Indiana. TSU moved to 6-14 as UNO improved to 21-2 and Indiana evened their record at 12-12.
UNO used an 11-run third inning to get the better of the Tigers. Olivia Gamache (2-7) was tagged with the loss giving up nine earned runs on eight hits and three walks. Shea Morris pitched the last 2.1 innings without allowing a hit and struck out four and walking one.
TSU was held to three hits on the game. Jennifer Givens led the way with two hits and picked up her eighth stolen base of the year. Brianna Roberts registered the other hit for the Big Blue.
In the second game, the Hoosiers took advantage of ten hits and two walks off Morris to score eight runs, seven earned. The sophomore hurler produced three more strikeouts, giving her 284 in her career. The total ties Caitlin Eaton (2008-11) for second on the career strikeout list at TSU.
Givens was one of four Tigers to garner a hit in the nightcap. The lefty freshman duo of Kiarra Freeman and Kacie Daugherty each earned a hit, while senior Tedra Alford hit a double in her lone hit of the game.
Day two of the tournament begins at 9:30 am. The Tigers will take on Mississippi Valley State at 1:30 and Alabama State at 3:30 pm. All of the Tigers games can be heard on tsutigers.com.
Day 1 Results
Nebraska-Omaha-5, Indiana-0
Nebraska-Omaha-9, Saint Louis-0 (5 inn)
Indiana-8, Alabama State-0 (5 inn)
Saint Louis-6, TSU 0
TSU-10, Alabama State-0 (6 inn)
Day 2 Results
Saint Louis-4, Alabama State-2
Nebraska-Omaha-6, Alabama State-1
Saint Louis-5, Mississippi Valley State-1 (9 inn)
Nebraska-Omaha-11, TSU-0 (5 inn)
Mississippi Valley State-5, Indiana-2
Indiana-8, TSU-0 (6 inn)


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Lockheed Martin announced that the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite is now undergoing thermal vacuum testing at the company's Sunnyvale, CA, facilities. The US Air Force's AEHF system will provide global, highly secure, protected, survivable communications for all warfighters serving under the US Department of Defense.
One of the most significant program milestones, thermal vacuum testing, will verify AEHF spacecraft functionality and performance in a vacuum environment where the satellite is stressed at the extreme hot and cold temperatures it will experience in space throughout its 14-year design life. AEHF thermal vacuum testing is conducted in Lockheed Martin's Dual Entry Large Thermal Altitude (DELTA) chamber and is one of several critical environmental test phases that validate the overall satellite design, quality of workmanship and survivability during space vehicle launching and on-orbit operations.
"The star of spacecraft thermal vacuum testing represents a significant achievement for the entire government-industry program team," said Leonard F. Kwiatkowski, Lockheed Martin vice president and general manager of Global Communications Systems.
"We look forward to executing a successful test and delivering the unprecedented communications capabilities that the AEHF will provide to our military." Following completion of spacecraft thermal vacuum testing, the team of Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Sunnyvale, CA, the Advanced EHF prime contractor, and Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA, the payload supplier, will perform environmental test data analysis and remaining integration and test activities necessary to prepare the vehicle for flight. The spacecraft is planned for delivery to the Air Force in early 2009 in preparation for launch aboard an Atlas V launch vehicle.
A single AEHF satellite will provide greater total capacity than the entire Milstar constellation currently on-orbit. Individual user data rates will be five times improved. The higher data rates will permit transmission of tactical military communications, such as real-time video, battlefield maps and targeting data. In addition to its tactical mission, AEHF will also provide the critical survivable, protected and endurable communications to the National Command Authority, including presidential conferencing in all levels of conflict. Lockheed Martin is currently under contract to provide three AEHF satellites and the Mission Control Segment to its customer, the Military Satellite Communications Systems Wing, located at the Space and Missile Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, CA.


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E-bikes are kind of the hot new emerging technology of the bike world. They first emerged as a kind of in-between, living in the space between bicycle and motorscooter, but have since evolved into some pretty exciting vehicles in their own right. Here in the US, e-bikes are generally restricted by law to a max assisted speed of 20mph.
Not to be confused with electronic drivetrains, such as Di2 and EPS, which only use electronics to shift gears, e-bikes actually incorporate a propulsion motor into the hub of the wheel, and use an electrical motor to assist the rider while pedaling. The bikes usually do have a throttle mode to help you get things going, but generally the motor only assists you in the pedaling, it doesn't do all the work for you. This makes e-bikes ideal for occasional riders, urban commuters, or those who don't necessarily want a car, but want something more efficient than a standard bicycles for transportation.
I had a chance to test out the Currie E3 IZIP Path+ e-bike during bike to work week, and definitely put the bike through its paces, and my coworker did the same with the Currie IZIP E3 Zuma e-bike. These e-bikes definitely attracted a few looks from passers-by while we rode along at cruising speed, but read on below to find out how our test-rides worked out.
Currie E3 IZIP Path+ e-bike is basically a standard city-style bike with a battery pack, electronics package and rear motor hub wheel. It has an 8-speed Shimano derailleur in the rear, which allows you to select how hard you want to pedal. Also upfront on the handlebars are a digital display that can display speed, distance traveled, battery charge remaining, and more. On the left hand, instead a front derailleur shifter, there is a digital control unit that lets you select the level of pedal assist, switch through the information screens, and turn the system on and off.
The bike comes with an included rear rack with an integrated battery pack. It does weigh a fair amount—a bit over 50 pounds, depending on the size (our bike scale did actually go up that high, surprisingly), almost all of it in the battery and motor. Because of the weight, we found it necessary to keep the pedal assist on pretty much all the time.
The Currie IZIP E3 Zuma e-bike featured more of a beach cruiser style frame design, with an upright riding position and a battery integrated into the seat tube of the bike (so you barely even notice that it's there). The E3 Zuma uses Currie's 500 watt rear hub motor, mated to a Shimano 7-speed rear derailleur and a simple LED control unit mounted to the handlebar (which allows you to select the level of assist that you would like, along with pedal-assist or throttle-control mode).
Maxxis 26×2.3″ tires provided a comfortable ride while also giving the versatility to be able to tackle some light gravel or packed dirt paths. The swept-back handlebars will give you a nice and comfortable upright riding position and the Avid BB5 mechanical disc brakes let us easily control speed.
While not really designed for the low-density rural area I live in, riding the Path+ e-bike was probably the most fun I've had on a bike in a long time. The Path+ e-bike is not your everyday townie bike, that's for sure, and it takes some getting used to. But once I got the hang of riding it, I came to love to feeling of the gentle assist nudge from the rear wheel with every pedal stroke. It made running errands and getting places by bike way easier. The joke at my house is that we're at least 20 minutes from anywhere—including work. The commute, the primary route I took the bike on, is about 12 miles each way and includes a long, grinding climb that is locally notoriously difficult even on a road bike.
The Path+ e-bike definitely made the commute much easier, and while I do love my commute, the Path+ e-bike introduced a level of enjoyment I haven't felt since I moved to NC from Chicago years ago. On the mornings I rode the bike to work, instead of wearing my usual lycra, I just reached for the jeans and t-shirt I wear at work. It was a weird feeling to ride a bike in street clothes—something I admit I haven't done in a long, long time—years even, but I really enjoyed it. I don't think I broke a sweat at all, and even enjoyed a nice cup of coffee while riding. I was definitely still pedaling, but the motor took almost all of the strain out of it, so I arrived at work feeling refreshed instead of like I'd had a good workout. Even fully loaded with groceries, panniers, and everything needed to ride to work, the Path+ e-bike handled it all, and made even tough grocery runs feel fun, novel, and enjoyable.
I know that most people buy bikes because they want to work out, but that's not really what the e-bikes were designed for. E-bikes are designed as a transportation solution for urban-dwellers and others who don't feel they need- or want- a car to go everywhere. On these counts, it hits all the marks.
On a personal note: My wife and I are planning on moving into Chapel Hill proper (where the Performance offices are located) at the end of this year, and we kind of regret that we didn't find the Path+ e-bike sooner. We bought a second car in October of last year to replace our college-era hoopty. Already having an SUV, we wanted a smaller, more efficient car for around-town and local trips. But after our test-week on the e-bike we both agreed that we may have reconsidered if we'd had a chance to try out the e-bike sooner—especially in light of our impending move. The Path+ e-bike would have easily solved many of the issues we were looking to address with a second car: reliable, powered transportation; an easy, fuel efficient around-town vehicle; and a fast way for my wife to get to work.
My coworker had a similar experience while test-riding the E3 Zuma e-bike – he used it every day to commute to work over a 5 mile mixed urban/rural route with a few tough hills, and he was able to tackle it with no problems in his regular work clothes. In fact he even shaved time off of his commute using the E3 Zuma e-bike on full pedal-assist mode, with much less perceived effort than his normal cyclocross commuter rig. He also left the bike in max-assist mode all the time – and it was remarkable how big a difference it made while climbing hills. Even when it didn't feel that fast, once we looked at ride data later we could see that the motor-assist helped him keep a consistently high speed over tough climbs in town.
Ah yes, what you're all really wondering about. How long does the battery last? Good question. Like a car, it's really going to depend on where you're riding it and how you ride it. According to Currie, the Path+ e-bike should have gotten about 40 miles per charge. If you leave it on throttle mode and treat it like a scooter, you're going to get less battery life. If you ride it with minimal pedal assist, you'll get probably more than the advertised battery life. Because of the distance and terrain I had to take the Path+ e-bike over to get to work, I got more like 25 miles per charge. It was enough to get me to work and home again, but I had to recharge it every night. I also left it in max pedal assist, which probably didn't help battery life either.
My coworker, who tested an E3 Zuma e-bike, actually got more than the 40 miles per charge—but he used his for more urban-style riding and rode it over shorter distances.
For most people, I don't think battery life is going to be much of an issue. The on-board computer will give you plenty of warning that your battery is running low, just like your cell phone. If you just remember to charge it regularly, you won't have any problems.
E-bikes are definitely a fun, pragmatic machines, and something I find myself really wanting. Normally when I express a desire for a new bike, it leads to eye-rolling and a family meeting, but on the Path+ e-bike my wife and I were much more in agreement. We both think e-bike would have been (when compared with a car) a very affordable, very practical solution to some of our transportation needs.
E-bikes are great for anyone in an urban area who wants a way to get around quickly, easily, and want to expand the capabilities of a normal bicycle (especially in a hilly area). But it's also ideal for people who don't ride as often, or want a bike that's more about having fun and relaxing than pushing themselves to the limit.


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Article courtesy of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club - Join us for breeze and history at the Blackline Marine 2014 Melges 24 Canadian Nationals (June 13-15). This regatta is co-hosted by the Royal Victoria Yacht Club (RVYC) and the Canadian Forces Sailing Association (CFSA). Racing will take place at Royal Roads, on the edge of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. This is a wonderful opportunity to enjoy beautiful Victoria in its finest season.
Historic Royal Roads, originally named as a naval anchorage, is a large and unobstructed body of water with a prominent southwesterly wind, and Washington State's Olympic Mountains providing a spectacular backdrop to the south. It is considered to be one of the top sailing venues in Canada. We expect to host 25 Melges teams drawn locally and from throughout the Canadian and American Pacific NW, who will compete in a ten-race series conducted over three days. International Race Officer Paul Ulibarri and his team will manage the course.
The Melges racing fleet will rig and launch at the RVYC. Thanks to our good friends at the CFSA, boats will then moor at their facility, adjacent to the Canadian Forces naval base in Esquimalt for the duration of the regatta. The Royal Roads racing venue is immediately adjacent to the Esquimalt entrance.
Competitors will enjoy a Friday dinner at the RVYC and Saturday BBQ at the CFSA. Haul-out and awards will be at the RVYC. Bus transportation between the clubs will be provided by regatta organizers. Billeting will be provided on a first come, first serve basis. Please view our website for further details.
Consider coming to Victoria a week earlier, and sail in the CFSA Solstice Regatta, June 7 & 8. This regatta will be sailed in the same venue as the Canadian Nationals. Most of the Vancouver Island M24 boats plan on using the CFSA Regatta as a tune up for the nationals. Boat storage will be made available between regattas.
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Christian musician Joy Williams to present concert during WBU chapel
Contemporary Christian recording artist Joy Williams will be featured in concert during the weekly chapel service at Wayland Baptist University on Wednesday, Nov. 6, at 11 a.m. in Harral Memorial Auditorium. The concert is free and open to the public.
At just 19, Williams has already released two albums under the Reunion Records label and has begun to make a name for herself in the Christian music circles and was part of the group Point of Grace's "Girls of Grace" conferences for young women.
Williams recently released her second album, titled "By Surprise," several singles of which she herself wrote. Her adventure into songwriting has been a growing process, she said, but one in which she's learned much.
"Although it does make me feel very vulnerable, I love putting my thoughts down on paper, talking about things that have been on my heart lately," she said in her artist bio. "I have yet to hone the art of clever songwriting, but I am learning that it is just like having a conversation only with background accompaniment."
Williams is a familiar voice on contemporary Christian radio, with hits like "I Believe in You" and "Serious." Her music has been described as a "fresh pop sound reminiscent of mainstream artists such as Natalie Imbruglia, Nelly Furtado and Sheryl Crow.
Joy released her self-titled debut album in July 2001 and recorded the album while still attending high school. Since signing with Reunion, she has been a part of The "Left Behind" Tour, label-mate NewSong's Summer and Winter Jam Tour and both the spring and fall legs of the Avalon "Oxygen" tour.
This past year, Joy was a New Artist of the Year Dove Award Nominee. She also presented and performed at the 10th Annual MOVIEGUIDE Awards in Los Angeles in March.


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The PeerCARE Study (Peer Community-based Assistant in REtention) (PeerCARE)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01366690
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : June 6, 2011
Last Update Posted : September 9, 2014
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The provision of HIV care and prevention services in resource-limited settings (RLS) entails substantial challenges due to a human resource crisis.[1] One strategy to address this human resource crisis is task shifting—the redistribution of tasks from higher trained providers to health workers with less training. Peer supporters, a group of community health workers who are people living with HIV (PLHIV), are an underutilized cadre to whom tasks can be shifted. Peers have been used extensively and effectively in HIV/AIDS programs in RLS, typically as peer educators who provide HIV prevention and education services.[2] Peers may be a potential source for not only providing care, but also impacting patient behaviors through peer counseling, education, and psychosocial support.
With the scale up of HIV counseling and testing in RLS, increasing numbers of PLHIV know their serostatus and could potentially be engaged in care and prevention services. While antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a critical component of care which has been a source of much attention, PLHIV who are not yet on ART can also benefit from being engaged in care and utilizing other evidence-based health interventions besides ART. Also, many HIV/AIDS care programs have difficulty both retaining PLHIV in care prior to ART and initiating ART in a timely fashion. Additionally, many PLHIV not yet on ART still engage in risky sexual behaviors and do not fully utilize a proven basic preventive care package (BCP) set of interventions (cotrimoxazole prophylaxis, bed nets, and safe water systems). Peers may be able to impact PLHIV not yet on ART by improving linkages to care, facilitating timely initiation of preventive interventions and ART, and decreasing risky sexual behaviors. However, well-designed and evaluated operations research is needed to assess peer support effects on these care and behavioral outcomes.
The objective of this study is to assess the impact of a peer support home visit intervention on patient engagement in care, utilization of a basic care package (BCP) of preventive care interventions, and risky sexual behaviors among people living with HIV (PLHIV) not on antiretroviral therapy (ART) through an individually randomized, operations research, community-based trial. We will compare outcomes between PLHIV who receive the peer-led intervention to those who do not. The primary outcomes will be engagement in care, BCP adherence, and condom use. The study hypotheses are as follows: (1) PLHIV who receive the peer intervention will have improved engagement in care compared to PLHIV not receiving the intervention; (2) PLHIV who receive the peer intervention are more likely to adhere to a BCP of interventions to prevent illness compared to PLHIV not receiving the intervention; (3) PLHIV who receive the peer intervention will have less risky sexual behaviors compared to PLHIV not receiving the intervention.
|Condition or disease
|Behavioral: Peer Support
|Not Applicable
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|250 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Supportive Care
|Official Title:
|The PeerCARE Study (Peer Community-based Assistant in REtention): Effect of Peer Health Workers on People Living With HIV Not on Antiretroviral Therapy—A Randomized Trial
|Study Start Date :
|June 2011
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|August 2013
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|June 2014
Experimental: Peer Support
Peer supporter assigned to participant.
Behavioral: Peer Support
A trained peer supporter is assigned to support newly HIV-positive diagnosed persons.
No Intervention: Standard of Care
No peer assigned. Current standard of care.
- Engagement in Care [ Time Frame: 1 Year ]
- Basic Care Package Adherence [ Time Frame: 1 Year ]Adherence to a basic care package of preventive care interventions (bednets, water vessels, cotrimoxazole)
- Condom Use [ Time Frame: 1 Year ]Consistent, inconsistent, or never condom use.
- ART Use [ Time Frame: 1 Year ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Newly found to be HIV-infected through Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP) testing
- Agreed to receive HIV results
- Able to give consent for this study
- Age 18 years or greater
Exclusion Criteria: See above.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01366690
|Rakai Health Sciences Program
|Entebee, Uganda
|Principal Investigator:
|Larry William Chang, MD, MPH
|Johns Hopkins University
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|Responsible Party:
|Larry William Chang, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01366690 History of Changes
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|First Posted:
|June 6, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|September 9, 2014
|Last Verified:
|September 2014
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In her 20s, Lori Popkewitz Alper loved the intense cardio workouts at her Boston gym. But, as her life and her body changed, so did her fitness repertoire.
In her 20s, Lori Popkewitz Alper loved the intense cardio workouts at her Boston gym. But, as her life and her body changed, so did her fitness repertoire.
During pregnancy, Alper found yoga. Soon she was pushing a jog stroller or hauling children in a double-wide bike trailer. Now 47, Alper has returned to some of the high-impact routines of her youth, but her approach has matured.
"I'm more aware of my body's needs, and I try not to be too hard on it," said Alper, who regularly incorporates strength training for bone health and yoga for sanity. "(Exercise) is such an important piece of my existence — I hope it always will be."
Workout programs are like 401(k)s — they need to be re-balanced over the decades, said fitness expert Tom Holland. "As we age, we need to gradually take out the risk and put in more 'blue chip' elements," he said.
These four basic-yet-effective exercises — a squat, pushup, bicep curl and abdominal crunch — should remain in your program as long as you can perform them correctly, Holland said.
"When you're young, blue chips are often perceived as being too easy, yet they are the key to creating and maintaining a strong foundation," he said. "You may have to modify them slightly as you age — not going down as far on a squat, for example — but you keep them in as long as possible."
As the body ages, it naturally begins to fall apart, with some functions breaking down faster than others. After age 20, the maximal amount of oxygen your body can use — also known as VO2 max — decreases by 1 percent a year in healthy men and women.
By the time you've hit 30, muscular strength begins to head south. But the majority of the decrease occurs after age 50, when it falls at the rate of 15 percent per decade. Bone mineral density also decreases with age; in women the rate accelerates after menopause.
Experts say the ideal combination of exercise for healthy aging should include a combination of aerobic, strengthening and flexibility exercises.
Balance exercises are also vital in helping prevent falls, which can lead to fractures. And though higher-intensity training programs are effective, less rigorous works can be just as effective, as long as they are done consistently.
Kim Evans, 56, a fitness professional in Grand Haven, Mich., stresses functional fitness and de-emphasizes cardio as her clients age. "Older folks still need to get up and down off of the floor, to be able to chase after grandkids and play a round of golf or tennis without having to recover for several days," she said.
"Aging is not for sissies. You need to face it head on," Evans said. "Pay attention to your limitations, keep up your strength, keep trying new things and have a good attitude."
Tweaking your workout can keep you active well into your golden years. Here's how to reduce the risk in your exercise portfolio:
Train like a triathlete, Holland said, because if you only run, you'll be forced by injury to switch to swimming and biking to rehabilitate overuse injuries.
Swimming is beneficial because "your posture and body weight is horizontal to gravity, so you work many muscles that receive little attention when running or can become weak and prone to injuries, such as the hamstrings, abdominals and low back," said Michele Olson, a professor of exercise physiology at Auburn University at Montgomery, Ala. "Swimming provides a top-notch cardio challenge for heart health; that's important since heart disease risk increases markedly as we age."
Runners don't necessarily need to drop their hard training days, said Amby Burfoot, 66, who plans to run the Boston Marathon in April on the 45th anniversary of his 1968 title. Burfoot isn't running as far or as fast, and he needs more recovery time. But he still runs vigorous hill repeats several times a week and alternates running with easy spinning on a recumbent bike. He eliminated his long runs — his longest is a 13-miler versus the 20-milers of his youth. "I still run marathons but don't race them," he said.
Add gravity. Be sure to incorporate strength training, walking or anything weight bearing to help prevent the loss of bone density, said Pete McCall, an exercise physiologist with the American Council on Exercise. Also spend an equal amount of time on your back to help balance out the curves of the spine, recommends Jill Murphy, a physical therapist, licensed athletic trainer and strength and conditioning specialist in Neenah, Wis. Adding some backstroke into the mix "will stretch your pectoral muscles and work the muscles between your shoulder blades that help stabilize your spine and maintain your posture all day long," she said.
Run. "Cycling mainly involves the quadriceps muscles while running is primarily a hamstring activity," Holland said. "When either of these muscles is too strong, injury occurs. Combining biking and running keep these muscle groups balanced, which keeps you injury-free." Also try the stationary rower, which doesn't put vertical pressure on the knees, McCall said.
Try yoga. "Improve your flexibility and provide a static challenge to the muscles versus the dynamic 'pump, pump, pump,' rep after rep you've experienced with a long-term routine of bodybuilding," Olson said.
Balance the other side. "Do resistance training and in the form of dumbbells, bands and tubing to balance the strength on each side of the body," Olson said. "If you are right-handed, most of the joints and muscles on the right side of the body will be better developed than those on the left side. With free weights, each arm has to independently hoist the weight such as shoulder presses with the left side versus the right side."
Start moving. "Don't worry about weights, just get up and walk or try something fun like Zumba," McCall said. Start with a form of cardio, such as walking, spinning or using a cardio machine. Adopt a good core-building activity, such a Pilates or use TRX to build a baseline of strength.
Holland recommends exercise DVDs. "They're ridiculously inexpensive now, you don't have to leave home to exercise and you can find everything from tai chi to P90X," he said. "And, if you press play enough, they really work."


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Using Foot POD
When using a foot POD, the POD is auto calibrated by GPS at short intervals during exercise. However, the foot POD always remains the source of speed and distance when it is paired and active for the given sport mode.
Foot POD auto calibration is on by default. It can be turned off in the sport mode options menu under Activate, if the Foot POD is paired and is used for the selected sport mode.
Foot POD refers to both Suunto Foot POD Mini and any other ANT+ foot POD.
For more accurate speed and distance measurements, you can manually calibrate the foot POD. Perform the calibration on an accurately measured distance, for instance, on a 400 meter running track.
To calibrate foot POD with Suunto Ambit2 S:
- Attach foot POD to your shoe. For more information, see user guide for the foot POD you are using.
- Choose a sport mode (for example Running) in the start menu.
- Start running at your usual pace. When you cross the starting line, press to start the recording.
- Run a distance of 800–1000 meters (about 0.500–0.700 miles) at your usual pace (for example two laps on a 400 meter track).
- Press when you reach the finish line to pause the recording.
- Press to stop recording. After stopping the exercise, save the log by pressing . If you do not want to save the log, press . Scroll with through summary views, until you reach the distance summary. Adjust the distance shown on the display to the actual distance you ran with and . Confirm with .
- Confirm the POD calibration by pressing . Your foot POD has now been calibrated.
If the foot POD connection was unstable during the calibration exercise, you might not be able to adjust the distance in the distance summary. Make sure that foot POD is attached properly according to instructions and try again.
If you are running without a foot POD, you can still get running cadence from the your wrist. Running cadence measured from wrist is used together with FusedSpeed and is always on for specific sport modes including running, trail running, treadmill, orienteering, and track and field.
If a foot POD is found at start of an exercise, running cadence measured from wrist is overwritten by foot POD cadence.