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A collaborative experiment involving a Kansas State-University biochemist may indicate the beginning of an effective, environmentally friendly plant-based system of insect control.
The study lately appeared in the journal Nature Communications, "A plant factory for moth pheromone generation." The study was led by Christer Lofstedt of Lund University in Sweden and additionally comprised investigators from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
Pheromones are chemicals released from the body of critters and insects that are used to attract mates or relay danger.
"While these pheromones may be manufactured chemically, it can be a toxic procedure to create them," Durrett said. "What we demonstrated in this study is a more green strategy that prevents the need to use poisonous chemicals and removes dangerous byproducts from producing synthetic pheromones. The plant only handles everything."
The research centered on the chicken-cherry ermine moth along with the orchard ermine moth -- two insects that feed on the leaves of orchard trees and, as caterpillars, can strip trees of their bark.
Durrett assisted the Swedish research worker use enzymes from moths and plants to create a biological pathway that made it possible for plants to generate the moths' intercourse pheromones. He contributed an enzyme from the burning bush plant that performed the final part of the synthesis procedure, essentially turning crops into pheromone generation factories.
Once the proper combination of enzymes was finalized, Nicotiana benthamiana, an Australian plant that is closely related to tobacco plant was changed by researchers.
The result was plants that created pheromones that mimicked the sex pheromones of both moth species.
Moth traps were lured by The Swedish researchers with the plant-made pheromone. They found that each and every trap brought a mean of 130 male moths -- half the number of catches possible with artificial pheromones but enough to exhibit the power of the biosynthetic method.
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"None of the enzymes that were put together would communicate with each other naturally, so that it absolutely was actually exciting to determine this pathway work and be as successful as it is," Durrett said.
The distinctive scent of goats does more than just make barnyards extra aromatic. Male goats can use their heady aroma to get female goats ovulate simply by being near them.
Researchers had ascribed this 'male effect' to compounds called primer pheromones -- a chemical signal which can bring about long lasting physiological responses in the recipient. Examples of primer pheromones are rare in mammals; the male effect in sheep and goats, and a similar effect in rats and mice, where the existence of males can increase puberty in women, are the only identified cases. But exactly what substances are at work and how has remained a puzzle.
The researchers found that male goat pheromones are generally synthesized in the animal's head epidermis, so that they designed a hat comprising a stuff that captured their odorous molecules and put them on the goats to get a week to accumulate the aroma. Evaluation of the gases accumulated identified a selection of compounds, many of which were unfamiliar and weren't present in castrated males. When uncovered to some cocktail of 18 of these chemicals, the brains of feminine goats showed a surprising rise in the activity of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) pulse generator -- the neural regulator of reproduction.
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But one molecule stood out: 4-ethyloctanal, a substance not formerly found in nature and that's an orangy, flowery odour. When presented to the female goats on its own, the chemical generated a related, albeit poorer, reaction, and also the cocktail reveaed less of an effect when that ingredient was removed. None of the other compounds appeared to possess a statistically significant effect. The function is released today in Current Biology.
Peter Brennan, a physiologist in the University of Bristol, Britain, says the work will likely be useful in husbandry in goats as well as other ruminants, including sheep, however he is not convinced that the whole effect might be ascribed to the pheromones alone. "How much of this effect is natural and just how much is discovered?" he asks. Takeuchi admits that she cannot be certain, but she thinks it's an inborn response, since it was seen irrespective of the conjugating encounter of the feminine goats.
The main advantage of the perform, claims Takeuchi, is that it could be used to produce new, more-natural technologies that enhance the efficiency of procreation and to treat reproductive problems. "To restrain reproductive problems, it is essential to regulate not just inhibitory variables including disease or pressure, but in addition accelerative variables such as pheromones," she states. The team is presently looking to discover similar pheromones and pathways in other economically significant livestock critters, like sheep and cows.By rosalynayokhasouxk
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Studio: New Line Cinema
- Release Date: Dec 19, 2001
- Starring: Andy Serkis, Elijah Wood
- Summary: An epic adventure of good against evil, a story of the power of friendship and individual courage, and the heroic quest to pave the way for the emergence of mankind, J.R.R. Tolkien's master work brought to cinematic life. (New Line Cinema)
- Director: Peter Jackson
- Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Fantasy
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Jackson surpasses the expectations anyone might have had for him with The Fellowship of the Ring, the first installment of his trilogy devoted to J.R.R. Tolkien's masterwork.
So consistently involving because the excellent cast delivers their lines with the kind of utter conviction not seen in this kind of movie since the first "Star Wars."
The film's single downside is a certain nagging sense of deja vu: the fact that so many of the elements of the story -- the dark force, the all-empowering object, etc. -- have been usurped over the years (by "Star Wars" and others) that you feel as if you've been down this road many, many times before.
Consistently beautiful and often exciting -- despite some dead passages here and there, it's surely the best big-budget fantasy movie in years. [24 & 31 Dec 2001, p. 126]
Probably the best comment I could give it is that after sitting through the first two and 1/2 hours, I would have happily sat through another five. How long am I going to have to wait for that DVD Box Set?
It's full of scenic splendors with a fine sense of scale, but its narrative thrust seems relatively pro forma, and I was bored by the battle scenes.
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Mixed: 24 out of 408
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RandyM.Apr 22, 2007An epic movie if I ever saw one. Captivating and just plain fun to watch. This movie is, indeed, art.
RobbyZ.Apr 8, 2010Extraordinary. Wondrous to behold.
May 20, 2014I never got into this movie when I saw it in the theater back in 2001. And even after I saw it again and "found" it, "The Fellowship of theI never got into this movie when I saw it in the theater back in 2001. And even after I saw it again and "found" it, "The Fellowship of the Ring" has always remained the part of the trilogy I like the least. Not that it's saying much, considering how much I like the others.
The beginning of the movie is slow (but not as slow as the book's), setting an image of a peaceful folk called Hobbits, who don't like trouble and like to eat lots - enjoyed with good ale and excellent pipe weed.
But then there are the Bagginses... They are not like the other Hobbits - not quite. When Frodo and Sam - with the addition of Merry and Pippin - head out towards the town of Bree, it is soon clear that their Hobbit lifestyle is gone for now.
Innocence is pushed away as we plunge into dark, grim tale of bloody history and heroes who failed and fell to the temptation of the One Ring.
My favorite part starts when the Hobbits, led by Strider, later known as Aragorn, reach Rivendell.
I could go on and on about the wonderful cast that I fell in love with, and whose performances keep getting better and better as their characters grow. Orlando Bloom as Legolas had always been my favorite. Merry and Pippin (Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd) offer the flawless comic relief more times than you could ask for it.
As for the others... The Elves are enchanting, and their homes just blow your mind with their beauty. The Nazgûl are hauntingly beautiful and terrible at the same time. The scenery, before and after the Fellowship has been chosen, is so beautiful it's hard to imagine you would have a hard time traveling it; New Zealand at its best.
Although there are small mistakes here and there (most of them funny when you know where to look), and the "size-doubles" don't work very well at times, you forgive them because the story is great. It just doesn't matter.
Like in all the parts of the trilogy, they balance action scenes very well with the calmer ones. You don't get bored. There are a lot of funny moments that reflect on the differences between the characters - and at the same time show you just how they are bonding with each other. This is what makes the next parts so amazing; you actually care about what happens to each and every one of them, and they do not remain hollow and meaningless.
If something needs to be complained about, it is the few quick cuts within a scene between Saruman and Gandalf in Isengard; the dialogue flows but we are taken from one place to another. But that's a minor thing, and in a way, it really works. It just seemed a bit odd in the perfect flow of everything else. Like they wanted to do the same scene in different places at once.
The movie ends in a good spot, leaving us hanging just the right way. It gives you just the right kind of itch to watch the next movie - and then the final one.
And by the way, if you can get your hands on the extended version, don't bother with the theater release. The longer the better, says I!… Expand
Feb 28, 2013A great film. When I watched the first 20 min of the film it had me. One great scene after another, great fantasy plot and awesome music.A great film. When I watched the first 20 min of the film it had me. One great scene after another, great fantasy plot and awesome music. Deserves nothing less than the full score.… Expand
Jun 6, 2013It's a truly great movie. The cast was incredible and they really brought the characters and story to life, most notably Ian McKellen asIt's a truly great movie. The cast was incredible and they really brought the characters and story to life, most notably Ian McKellen as Gandalf, Christopher Lee as Saruman, and Sean Bean as Boromir, quite possibly my favorite character of the movie. There wasn't a lot of action, but it was a good set up for the rest of the series. Translating the book to the big screen is difficult, but Peter Jackson did a good job of it. It's one of the better movies I've seen.… Expand
May 26, 2011The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and its sequels are the only fantasy films based on books that have not disappointed me. IThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and its sequels are the only fantasy films based on books that have not disappointed me. I know that that isn't really saying much with great disapointments such as the Harry Potter movies, Twilight Saga and Eragon (yeah, I'm young) -Oh, and the Chronicles of Narnia, but this really is worth watching whether you read the books or not. Based on the first two The Lord of the Rings books by J.R.R. Tolkien it is a typical fantasy with elfs, dwarfs, wizards and goblins(called Orcs) but is boosted up to such an epic scale. Peter Jackson and everyone else who worked on this film really knew what they were doing. Now stop reading this rambling of text and go watch the movie. Rent it if you have to. Just don't let this one by you. Umm... Why are you still here?… Expand
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Low‐temperature physical properties of d‐ and f‐electron transition‐metal intermetallics are often dominated by strong interactions among the conduction electrons. New developments started with considerations of the stability of magnetic moments in a metallic matrix, first as impurities and later as residing on regular lattice sites of compounds. A special case are compounds where these interactions provoke a transfer of magnetic degrees of freedom to the subsystem of the conduction electrons, resulting in extreme enhancements of the effective mass of these charge carriers and to quantum‐critical behaviour.. Of particular interest is the onset of superconductivity in this type of compounds, with strong indications of unconventional superconducting phases in the vicinity of magnetic order. Evidence for unconventional superconductivity is also obtained from studies of systems close to a metal‐insulator transition. Examples are oxide materials, most spectacularly the Cu oxides exhibiting high‐ superconductivity.
Strong correlations are also met in spin systems of insulating compounds. They are particularly effective in materials with low‐dimensional structure units, such as chains, ladders and planes. At low temperatures such systems, mostly d‐transition metal oxides of different varieties, are often dominated by quantum effects and quantum criticality and provide a rich playground for studies of related phenomena. You may want to print this page and refer to it as a style sample before you begin working on your paper.
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By christine keeling
Two school-board candidates say communication is key to Canfield's success.
Longtime residents Lee Fry and Philip Bova are running uncontested for two Canfield Local School Board positions. The seats will be vacated in January, after Renee Gessner and Anthony Peluso finish their four-year terms.
"I'm here to do what's best for the district," said Fry. "I am passionate about empowering the people you're working for."
Fry moved to the district in 1974 with his wife, Laura, and taught psychology at the high school. He has been head coach of the school's soccer and baseball teams and assistant coach for basketball, softball and football. He was on the city's council from 1990 to 1999 and Canfield's mayor from 1999 to 2007. His three children graduated from the school system.
"I decided to run because I know the workings of the system, because I've experienced them," he said.
In 1969, Bova and his wife, Rita, built their home in Canfield because of the school system, the safe community and the retention of home values. Their two children are district graduates.
He began teaching chemistry in the high school in 1972, coached baseball and later became assistant principal of the building.
He attends St. Michael Church, has been a member of the Canfield Lions for more than 25 years and was inducted into Canfield's hall of fame. The high school's baseball field is named after him.
"My wife showed me a copy of a newspaper poll; the response from Canfield was very negative because they didn't think anything was going to improve," said Bova. "It almost made me cry."
He said he never aspired to take a seat on the board but just felt someone had to do it.
"I've talked to a lot of parents," he said. "The first main issue is lack of communication."
He wants everything out in the open.
"I think there's a tremendous gap between the community and board," said Bova. "I'm not putting blame; it's just there."
Members of the Canfield school district have been plagued by tough issues.
A 6.8-mill operating levy failed twice, in November 2010 and May. High-school busing was discontinued, clustered stops were implemented for kindergarten- through eighth-grade students, and pay-to- participate fees were enacted for students involved in sports and academic activities.
The academic fees for this year were rescinded Sept. 21, after the district received a $51,600 grant from the state for its "Excellent" rating.
The changes and $1.9 million in concessions over three years made by unions allowed the district to lower November's levy to 4.9 mills, but the future is uncertain, and not all services will be restored.
If it passes, transportation for high-school students and free sports play would not be re-established, but bus-stop locations for lower-grade students would be changed, and five bus drivers would return to their jobs.
If it fails, 12 teaching positions will be cut.
The candidates agree the district needs new money to remain full-service but believe, in any case, they can bring new ideas to the table.
Fry expressed safety concerns for children in the community, who will walk down narrow streets without sidewalks to reach their bus stop in the winter.
"I think we have the funds to fix the busing," he said. "Safety has to be first."
Individualized high-school busing probably is not necessary, Bova and Fry agreed, because most students in the age group drive. But they believe a financially responsible compromise could be made for those students who rely on the service.
Their suggestion is that high-school riders could share a route with middle- school students.
The potential board members also are concerned athletes won't be able to participate because of finances, and Fry worries the levy outcome may hinge on the cuts made.
The current fee to play sports is $100 per sport at the middle school and $200 at the high school.
"We are affecting the people who we are counting on to support the levy," said Fry. "I'm not saying the current position is wrong; just not the way I see it."
Making sure every school employee pays 15% towards their healthcare and 10% towards their pension would be a good start for Canfield in fixing their school's economic problem. SB5 is a reasonable and fair way to control school costs. Why should property owners have to foot these costs? The time has come for an end to the greedy selfish public union tax large and spend large approach to public education in Ohio.
If you can make due with 12 less teachers do it now and stop the tax vote.. There should be only as many teachers as are needed,. How can you have 12 extra?
The "Fix" is in! There is something unsavory about teachers on a school board. We all know where they are heading! Spend...spend...spend!
I know both of these individuals, and have a ton of respect for both, but there's no way that two ex-teachers paired with an ex-teacher superintendent (whom I also know and respect) can properly understand and represent the needs of the community. The community is saying that you can't have inordinately high teachers pay, health care plans that don't have a 20%-25% employee contribution, and a retention and raise system based on longevity rather than performance. It's not the way the rest of the world operates. You also can't torture the parents into voting for a levee by playing with services that have no real impact on the budget. The majority of the budget goes to salaries, so that's where the cuts have to happen. I have children in the school system and attended the school system, but until the employee pay and benefits issues are addressed, they will not get my vote. Cutting the number of teachers is not the answer as much as cutting salaries across the board is.
This is a shame!! I too am a Canfield resident and will vote NO in November. How can teachers only run for these offices? Communication is the issue? Yes, we are communicating our issues and the unions and Canfield School Board are ignoring us. There is a bigger issue here. The private sector is hurting more than ever and the teachers of Canfield are not being affected at all! My son's teacher is making double what she was making 5 years ago. I dont blame her, I blame the system. Name one profession out there where you can double your salary in 5 years? The public system of Canfield is not working! They are wasting money paying overpriced teachers AND THEY KNOW IT!!! Paying 10% more to their healthcare would equate to $500,000.00 a year towards the revenue which is 1/4 of what the proposed levy would bring ($2 Million a year) in November. This levy is not helping the students...ie. books, improvement of schools, computers etc. Nothing!! Until the Board makes hard core changes to the system, the levy will not and should not pass. If I could run for the board right now, I would! and for FREE. Its a shame that the residents of Canfield are not being represented. Until this occurs and Zambrini is gone, our communication will be ignored.
You mean there are 2 openings on the Board and there are only two candidates running - and both are teachers?
Sounds like the fox guarding the henhouse. This could prove interesting.
Taxes will have to eventually go up so the school systems can continue to "soak" us.
They want their bucks for all the over-inflated salaries, perks and bennies the hard-headed teachers get.
these are two shills for the teachers and administration. i'll bet both fry and bova will "feel really bad " when thy announce how the pupils and parents are going to be made to suffer since we all know teachers and administrators have to have their high pay and benefits. do you really think these two guys could address a reduction in employee benefits when they got theirs for free ?
I took a survey of the neighorhood's black squirrels, & they have all said, "vote NO on the Canfield school levy"!
Apparently it's not a job everyone is interested in or you'd have more candidates. If you don't like either of the people who decided to run get out there and run yourself.
Again – if your teachers are sooo overpaid why isn't every district in Ohio in the same boat as Canfield? It has to be more than the simpleton knee jerk reaction of over paid/ over paid benefits of teachers. That's the easy answer and only a fraction of the bigger issue. Are you willing to find and work to deal with the harder answers? Apparently not since these are the only two candidates.
Canfield residents~ all of you had the opportunity to run for office. If you do not like the two individuals who are going to fill the 2 vacant spots, then you have no one to blame but yourself. It is easy to sit behind a computer screen and cast judgement. It is a hard thing to put yourself out there for criticism. I think that Bova and Frey have far more experience than just being former teachers. They have been coaches and administrators. Mr. Frey was the former Canfield Mayor. I think that their experience shows that they can wear many hats. They will know the ins/outs of the school system, but above all, they themselves are community members. They want to see the school system succeed. Just because they are former school teachers, does not mean that they will be door mats for the present administration. They have nothing to gain by wanting these positions. They must have felt that they could make a difference or they wouldn't have signed up for it. They say that communication with the community and new ideas are needed. We should hope that they are successful. It will only benefit the students, our home values and pride in our community.
Also, if the benefits and pensions are what gripes you, then vote "yes" on Issue 2. It's time to fund our school system so that we can continue to educate our kids. I'm voting "yes" on Issue 2 and "yes" for the Canfield School levy.
Its not funding the schools, its the teachers that will get funded! Their yearly raises are higher than all teachers in this area and their health benefit contributions are crazy low! I think you really are lost!
I will run next time....lets see if the politics come into play as I have a Bachelors Degree in Business and have worked for national companies. Running the money aspect is a business not a charity event! I know teachers in Brookfield and Youngstown who have been teachers for 25 years making $50-55K a year. Teachers in Canfield are going from $30K to start to $60K a year in 5 years. Teachers making $70K a year with $2-3000 a year raises? Under these hard economic times? These 2 running are avoiding the discussion of the problem. Canfield wants a voice represented with their hard earned money being spent and its being avoided. New ideas...please....they need a wake up call! Other schools..ie Struthers, Poland stadium, Austintown, Hubbard are having new schools, new this, new that. Canfield has the highest property values. We contribute the most tax dollars. We also contribute 1% of our earnings. This is what we get??? Lets get smart and vote NO in November!
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The acting Army secretary says training Fort Carson soldiers away from the Pinon Canyon training site in southeast Colorado would be costly, and keep soldiers away from home four or five months a year.
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Okay so it truns out that my Biology class is going to be dissecting in the Future.I REALLY don't want to,but the thing is I don't want people bugging me about it.
I already know that some people in my class are going to ask "why dont you wanna dissect?"
and think Im a goody too shoes
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It's mean to animals, ruins the ecosystem, and costs lots of money for the schools. Tell them the truth. You should never be embarrassed for doing the right thing.You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
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Tell them the truth. You shouldn't be embarrassed of choosing not to support dissecting especially when animals are produced just to be killed to be cut opened.You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
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it was awsome, you should do a spin off or a dress up, it was perfect
This was pretty good.
I liked this flash personally. Nice story, even if it never had any dialog. The ending was a little sad, but you never really see storys with sad endings anymore. This was a pretty original peice. I like the way the characters were drawn. The music was a really nice touch to this one, I wish the others had a little more sound like this one. I liked the way that you made the movie move to the sound like it did. I think this was a really good flash, keep up the good work!
very good
Im really into the kind of things were you have to think about it or look at it from a diffrent perspective. I personally did not understand the movie though it seems like a blatent act of symbolism. What really suprises me is the huge responce that these movies have been getting. Great job keep up the good work.
What. The hell. Was that?
I don't feel ignorant for not knowing what that was, I just really need to crap.
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Tara A. Cortes,
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Executive Director, The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing
Professor of Geriatric Nursing
433 First Ave Room 502New York, NY 10010
Areas of Specialization
Geriatrics, Leadership, Nursing Administration
PhD, 1976, Nursing Science and Research, New York University College of Nursing
MA, 1971, Nursing, New York University College of Nursing
BSN, 1967, Nursing, Villanova University
Professional Overview
Tara Cortes is recognized for her distinguished career spanning executive leadership, nursing education, research and practice. She is currently the Executive Director of the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, and a Professor in Geriatric Nursing at the New York University College of Nursing. Dr. Cortes has provided significant contributions to advance the health of people, particularly those with limited access to the health care system. Importantly, she has developed collaborative models with advanced practice nurses and physicians in traditional as well as nontraditional settings to enhance the care of the American elderly population. As Executive Director of the Hartford Institute, Dr. Cortes has brought her leadership, experience and wisdom to enhance select respected existing programs in the Institute and to develop new and innovative initiatives. The consistent theme across her work is the essential role of advanced practice nurses improving the quality of life in specific patient populations, and the interdisciplinary nature of health care. Dr. Cortes is a leader in developing, evaluating, and implementing advanced nursing practice and collaborative practice. Her work has contributed to advancing interdisciplinary models across the continuum of care to reduce disparities in access to care, and to assure healthy aging in place. She has helped change policy and practice in geriatric care and in low-vision and blindness care by developing roles for advanced practice nurses to provide care to those with poor access to resources due to lack of knowledge or functional disabilities. Prior to joining the NYU College of Nursing, Dr. Cortes was President and CEO of Lighthouse International, a leading not-for-profit organization, dedicated to fighting vision loss and helping people prevent vision impairment. She mindfully transformed the organization to a health care provider from a social charity, and was recognized worldwide for her leadership in helping to move the field of vision loss to health care from that of disability. Dr. Cortes spent the initial phase of her career in nursing education at Hunter College, and then as the Head of Nursing Research and Information Systems at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. She was the Chief Nursing Officer at Rockefeller University Hospital and continued her career in nursing and hospital administration at Mount Sinai Medical Center and at Bridgeport Hospital, before assuming the senior leadership role at Lighthouse International. Dr. Cortes was appointed as a 2013-2015 American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow and serves as a Senior Advisor at CMS in the Medicare and Medicaid Coordination Office. In this role she has worked with multiple organizations in Washington addressing the needs of frail adults who are Medicare and Medicaid eligible. Dr. Cortes was also appointed by Community Catalyst as a geriatric consultant to the Medicare Rights Center to work with New York State on the implementation of the Fully Integrated Duals Advantage (FIDA) program, a CMS demonstration project. Dr. Cortes is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine. She is a Past Fellow of the prestigious Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellows Program. She received the Distinguished Alumni Award from New York University, where she completed her PhD and Masters degrees. Her BSN is from Villanova University, where she served on the Board of Trustees for 10 years. In 2011 she was awarded the Medallion for Outstanding Contributions to the Profession from the Villanova University College of Nursing. She was named one of the New York Women's Agenda 2011 STARS for exemplifying the qualities embodied in NYWA's mission to advocate and collaborate for the interests of New York women in public policy decisions. Dr. Cortes serves on several boards including Archcare: the Catholic Healthcare System of NY, Isabella Geriatric Center, Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, the National Accreditation Council for Blindness and Low Vision, and the US Army Community Advisory Board.
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2013, Health and Aging Policy Fellowship, The Atlantic Philanthropies
2013, Nurse Leader to Honor, American Organization of Nurse Executives
2011, Medallion for Distinguished Contributions to the Profession, Villanova University College of Nursing
2011, STAR Award, New York Women's Agenda
2010, Fellow, New York Academy of Medicine
2009, Fellow, American Academy of Nursing
2009, Distinguished Alumni Award, New York University College of Nursing
2009, Our Town Thanks You Award, OTTY, Community Service Award, Our Town News
1999, The Grace Davidson Award in Recognition of an Outstanding Administrator Contributing to Nursing Education, New York University, Division of Nursing
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Gerontological Society of America
New York Academy of Medicine
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(2004). Improving nurse to nurse communication for the transition of elderly patients. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 30, 10-15. 15227932.
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(2004). Using focus groups to identify asthma care and education issues for elderly urban-dwelling minority individuals. Applied Nursing Research, 17, 207-212. 10.1016/j.apnr.2004.06.002.
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Fox Cancels Us & Them Before Airing a Single Episode
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Background Information
I would like to build a tool/palette window (also called a "floating" window) in Swing with Java Version 1.6.0_26. I thought a JWindow is the best pick, and also the Swing documentation points out to use a JWindow for such purposes (floating window, which has an owner frame, has no decoration and no windows taskbar entry).
My floating tool window's content consists of several other components like JButtons and also JTextFields.
The problem
When I click into the floating tool window, the owner window (the JFrame, my "main application window") "flickers" occasionally. The "flicker" looks like the owner window is losing the focus for a few milliseconds and than gets the focus back, resulting in a very fast disabling/enabling of the window (note that no window event is fired, like focus-lost or window-deactivated).
I have tested this under Windows 7 64 Bit and Windows XP.
Video and example code
To clarify the problem (it is a bit difficult to explain), I've taken a video, there you can see the "flicker" of the owner window while I click onto the floating tool window repeatedly:
- http://goo.gl/wVEqJ (.MOV video format, I think you need Quicktime to play it)
I also put together a simple example code to reproduce the problem (this code is used in the video):
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class JWindowFlickerExample
public JWindowFlickerExample()
// I know swing code should be executed on the EDT,
// just wanted to keep it simple
// Create and show the "main application window"
JFrame frame = new JFrame( getClass().getSimpleName() );
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation( JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE );
frame.setSize( 640, 480 );
frame.setLocationRelativeTo( null );
frame.setVisible( true );
// Create and show the "floating tool window"
MyFloatingToolWindow testWindow = new MyFloatingToolWindow( frame );
testWindow.setLocation( 400, 400 );
testWindow.setVisible( true );
public static void main( String[] args )
new JWindowFlickerExample();
@SuppressWarnings( "serial" )
private class MyFloatingToolWindow extends JWindow
public MyFloatingToolWindow( Window hostWindow )
super( hostWindow );
// setFocusableWindowState( false );
setSize( 300, 400 );
setLayout( null );
getContentPane().setBackground( Color.LIGHT_GRAY );
JTextField textField = new JTextField();
textField.setLocation( 50, 50 );
textField.setSize( 70, 30 );
add( textField );
Progress so far
I also tried to set "Window.setFocusableWindowState" to false for the floating tool window. If it is false, there is no "flicker", the problem is gone. The JavaDoc for that method points out:
Setting a Window's focusability state to false is the standard mechanism for an application to identify to the AWT a Window which will be used as a floating palette or toolbar, and thus should be a non-focusable Window."
But then I can't use a JTextField in the floating tool window of course, because I can't focus it (maybe a text field in a floating tool window is unusual, but in my case a must).
I guess the "flicker" effect has something to do with the focus management in some way... for the fraction of a second the floating tool window gets the focus, taking it away from the owner window and then back. But I'm not sure; as a side note: if the text field in the floating tool window has the focus, the owner window stays enabled (which is a correct behavior).
I hope there is an easy solution, one so that I can stay with the JWindow as my floating tool window and with text fields as it's content - because, apart from the described "flicker" problem, everything works great.
I really appreciate any help, thanks a lot!


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Education can be one of the big cures for our social ills. — Jerry Fontaine
Native YouthFebruary 14, 2014
Native youth may appear passive, but they have a lot to say. We need to listen to them more and not shut them down. — Jana Mashonee, Lumbee
Your CultureFebruary 12, 2014
It's important to not just be involved in your culture and what goes on in your world. It's good to see other cultures and what you're not used to. — Shawna Gutierrez, 15
GodFebruary 07, 2014
God made me an Indian. — Sitting Bull
JusticeFebruary 05, 2014
Does this generation love justice enough to ask that it be shown to the red men? Have we not as a people fixed the brutal maxim in our language, "The only good Indian is a dead Indian?" We laugh at the saying now as a good jest, but the cheeks of our descendants will redden with shame when they read the coarse brutality of our wit. — Fletcher Johnson, United States.
Indian PolicyFebruary 03, 2014
"Indian policy" has now been brought down upon the American people, and the American people are the new Indians of the 21st century. — Russell Means
Foolish PeopleJanuary 31, 2014
There are bad and foolish people in every race. You have to judge them one by one and then you have to give them a second chance. — Imogene Bowen, Upper Skagit Tribe
WomanJanuary 29, 2014
Because woman lives so close to our first mother, the Earth, she emanates the strength and harmonious nature of all things. — Larry P. Aitken, Chippewa
A VisionJanuary 27, 2014
A vision without execution is nothing but a hallucination. — Kim Krokodilo, Elk Valley Rancheria


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TEMPLE, Texas – Sophomore pitcher Caitie Carney picked up a pair of victories here Friday as the second-ranked Blinn College softball team won two of its three games on the first day of the Temple College Tournament.
Blinn defeated Grayson Community College 17-1 in their tournament opener before falling to Howard College 10-5 and bouncing back with a 6-2 victory over Northeast Texas Community College.
Carney (2-2) earned the win over Grayson, allowing just four hits and a walk while striking out six.
The Buccaneer offense gave her plenty of support, scoring five runs in each of the first two innings. Shelbe Sterling hit a pair of two-run home runs, Tiffani McKnight went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer and three RBIs and Christa Hartnett was 2-for-4 with two stolen bases. Allison Artz went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a stolen base and Kristina Davila crushed a two-run homer.
It was Howard's offense that shone during the Buccaneers' second contest of the day, scoring two runs apiece in the first and second innings to take the early lead, then launching a pair of home runs in the sixth inning to put the game away. Blinn freshman Shannon O'Connor (2-4) allowed 10 hits in the loss.
The Bucs got a pair of runs in the third inning when Artz singled ahead of a Tiffani McKnight home run, and Kristina Davila smacked a two-run single in the fourth.
Carney picked up her second win of the day against Northeast Texas, scattering seven hits while striking out two. She did not walk a batter.
Blinn got on the scoreboard in the third inning with a two-run double by Payton Webb, and in the fifth inning Webb followed with a two-run home run.
Northeast Teas scored both its runs in the bottom of the fifth to pull within two, but Taylor Guidry hit a two-run homer in the seventh to give the Buccaneers some breathing room.
The Buccaneers (8-8) continue tournament play Saturday when they face McLennan at 11:30 a.m. and Northeast Texas at 2 p.m.
For more information on Blinn softball, visit www.buccaneersports.com.
Blinn softball takes two of three at Temple Tournament
TEMPLE, Texas – Sophomore pitcher Caitie Carney picked up a pair of victories here Friday as the second-ranked Blinn College softball team won two of its three games on the first day of the Temple College Tournament.


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I have 2 laptops at my home and one external disk. I have a requirement (more out of curiosity on how to achieve it than a real need):
I have set-up basic adhoc home network where one laptop accesses internet by usb data card and other shares the internet. Now I want to move one step further and attach an external storage disk to the network such that both the laptops can simultaneously access the disk?
How can I achieve this?
Is there a way to share one full drive from a computer with the network by say right clicking on the drive and share it in read-write mode like we share any other folder in LAN..
or is there a way to use a wireless router in the network and connect this external usb storage disk to a router port (if any)..
are there any network switches used for this purpose?
Please give some clue!


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Road to Copenhagen, Part 6: Tragedy of the commons vs. action by the uncommon
Members of Congress are the custodians of a sacred trust: to protect the vitality and integrity of the extraordinary experiment the Founders began. For example, the debate about climate change isn't just about polar bears and energy prices. It's about whether a free people will be a responsible people, a capitalist economy will be a caring economy and a democracy will protect the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for everyone, even those not yet born.
Some of this sacred trust is codified in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Some is unwritten and implied. And although the Constitution dictates that we keep government and religion separate, there are places in public policy where secular values and moral values overlap. Stewardship of nature and its resources – called "creation care" in religious circles – is one of those places.
Government's stewardship responsibility is recognized in the body of laws past congresses developed once we realized that burning rivers, poisoned water, dangerous air, carcinogenic fish and toxic wastes were not in the national interest. In the landmark National Environmental Policy Act, for example, Congress declared:
It is the continuing responsibility of the Federal Government to use all practicable means, consistent with other essential considerations of national policy, to improve and coordinate Federal plans, functions, programs, and resources to the end that the Nation may . . . fulfill the responsibilities of each generation as trustee of the environment for succeeding generations . . .
Some legal experts believe public officials have a fiduciary duty to protect the commons – the air, soil, water and forests on which we all depend. Prof. Mary Wood at the University of Oregon law school champions the idea of an "atmospheric trust doctrine" under which government officials are held legally responsible for failing to reduce carbon emissions. According to research commissioned by the Presidential Climate Action Project and conducted by the University of Colorado Law School, that type of legal accountability doesn't exist in federal statutes today. But Wood argues that the common law trust principle underlies the statutes, and the courts should enforce it:
Such litigation rests on the premise that all governments hold natural resources in trust for their citizens and bear the fiduciary obligation to protect such resources for future generations. The courts have the ability to enforce this fiduciary obligation to reduce carbon at all levels of government"¦
Two-thirds of the greenhouse gas pollution being emitted by the United States is in compliance with government-issued permits, Wood says. That means government is not fulfilling either its fiduciary or its moral responsibility in regard to climate change and its profoundly destructive impacts. Yet in past court cases, Wood says, we can find the seeds of an atmospheric trust doctrine. For example, in a 1982 case involving a railroad and the State of Illinois, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled:
The State can no more abdicate its trust over property in which the whole people are interested"¦than it can abdicate its police powers in the administration of government and the preservation of peace"¦
The Philippines Supreme Court, whose opinions might be less important to us in other countries if the court weren't discussing a global issue and basic morality, said it even better in a ruling about logging in an ancient forest:
These basic rights need not even be written the Constitution for they are assumed to exist from the inception of humankind"¦(or else) the day would not be too far when all else would be lost not only for the present generation, but also for those to come – generations which stand to inherit nothing but parched earth incapable of sustaining life.
On stewardship, the faith and environmental communities have found common ground and common cause in urging governments to address climate change. Among the scores of signatories to the Interfaith Declaration on Climate Change, for example, are the Dalai Lama and Herman Daly, Greenpeace and the World Council of Churches, Bill McKibben and representatives of the Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Baha'i, Quaker, Buddhist and Hindu traditions.
Scientists, academics and religious leaders also have found common ground, expressed in the statement a group of leading religious and science leaders sent to President Bush and Congress in January 2007. One of the scientists, Harvard's Eric Chivian, explained:
We (science and religious leaders) share a very deep reverence for life on earth, whether that life was created by God or evolved over billions of years, it exists, is sacred to all of us, and is being endangered by human activity. It doesn't matter if we are liberals or conservatives, Darwinists or Creationists, we are all under the same atmosphere and drink the same water and will do everything we can to work together to solve these problems.
Last Thursday, the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, addressed an eclectic gathering of religious leaders at Windsor Castle in London, telling them "you are the leaders who can have the largest, widest and deepest reach" in educating people about climate change. The Economist covered the meeting and reported:
People close to Mr. Ban say he is frustrated by the reluctance of politicians to stake political capital in next month's Copenhagen meeting; perhaps spiritual leaders are his last hope.
Will morality or politics-as-usual prevail on the issue of global warming? In Congress, the fate of climate legislation is being played out in a contest between morality and money. That brings us back to money-changers in the temple of democracy.
The Center for Responsive Politics reports that 2,225 lobbyists from energy companies now are working the Hill to influence climate legislation, outnumbering environmental lobbyists nearly 5 to 1. Spending by lobbyists is on record pace this year, with the oil, gas and utility industries outspending alternative energy industries 10 to 1. In other words, the dominant army of lobbyists represents companies that produce and burn carbon-intensive fuels, protecting their perceived right to pollute and to profit from it.
Meantime, new data from the Federal Election Commission indicates that oil and gas interests already have contributed $6.3 million to candidates for federal office in the 2010 election cycle, with the election still a year away. Electric utilities have contributed about the same; coal interests have contributed more than $850,000. It's safe to assume, I think, that the fossil energy sector is not hoping to elect a Congress that will favor a rapid transition away from the fossil-energy era.
Secular law makes this legal. In my opinion, moral law does not.
The climate debate in Congress is testing our morality as a nation, as well as the faith so many other people in the world have in the integrity of American leadership. It's a test we should not fail. The members of Congress who don't get this, don't deserve to be there.
— Bill Becker
5 Responses to Road to Copenhagen, Part 6: Tragedy of the commons vs. action by the uncommon
great post.
it leads me to think that this test of "American Democracy" right now, may go down as one of the great debates and defining moments in human history – with very powerful unintended consequences….because as we see the totalitarian state in China doing a complete 180 degree turn in an historic blink of an eye with regards to saving our common climate – it is beyond frustrating to see our "enlightened democracy" flail miserably about.
While I have profound respect for our founding fathers and documents and the "American Experiment" – is this not a time of existential crisis akin to our civil war? and it makes me tremble to question our capacity to deal with such crisis.
As important as public health and health care is, or employment, or bank regulation…the climate crisis is an existential crisis that demands nothing less than Lincoln and Churchill rolled into one. If not, along with losing our common climate – we may lose our current age of modern enlightenment and descend into a new era of dark ages…
…waiting for Lincoln/Churchill…. (doesn't have the best ring admittedly…)
Dear, Hornorable, Exhaulted, etc., President Obama. You have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize not only for your past accomplishments but also, I believe, for anticipitated future efforts. Time to step up to the plate big guy… Like it or not, you are the HOPE in Hopenhagen.
Bill Becker wrote: "… although the Constitution dictates that we keep government and religion separate, there are places in public policy where secular values and moral values overlap."
This comment appears to equate "moral values" with "religion". Religion is absolutely NOT the only source, or even a privileged source, of moral values. There are entire systems of moral values that are based on a secular worldview. And the most fundamental source of moral values is the natural, biologically-based empathy for the well-being and suffering of other sentient beings, which is found in varying degrees throughout the animal kingdom.
Dr. Romm, thanks for including this.
Our leaders desire for power is so strong, it distorts their ability to understand the gravity of global warming.
"(T)he debate about climate change is… about whether a free people will be a responsible people, a capitalist economy will be a caring economy and a democracy will protect the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for everyone, even those not yet born.
Beautiful, even paraphrased by me.
It's also about the spirit of our country when faced with big challenges, we rise to them and they raise us up. "We do things not because they are easy but because they are hard." John F. Kennedy set the course to the moon and for a commanding lead in technology for the next 30 years.


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Blueberry Protein Muffins or Cookies
Total Time
Prep 15 mins
Cook 13 mins
I have not tried this recipe. I got this recipe from Obesity Help. This recipe was posted by wendy_fou.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 4 egg whites
- 1 cup blueberries
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1⁄2 cup oats
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1⁄2 cup Splenda granular
- 2 tablespoons vanilla protein powder (2 scoops, or flavor of your choice)
- Combine all ingredients until blended well.
- Mix in blueberries and drop by the spoonful onto a greased cookie sheet (or into muffin holders).
- Bake at 375 degrees for thirteen minutes.
- Makes 12 muffins or 12 cookies.
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DEEE-licious! I accidentally used my chocolate meal replacement (oops) and decided, aw heck, add the protein powder too! Didn't have fresh blueberries so used dried (like raisins). OMG - these are sooo good!


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A Sartorial script
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Ritu Kumar's primer for designing costumes for Deepa Mehta's adaptation of Midnight's Children was her formative years of craft revival and research.
The children of Independence inherited a vast heritage of culture and history that had mesmerised the British. But inheritance must first be experienced and then interpreted, a lesson Salman Rushdie has often said he learnt while writing his stories. It is also something that Ritu Kumar, born in 1944, three years before Rushdie, experienced through her early work in Bengal.
In the early Seventies, Kumar, the barefoot doctor of craft revival, had begun work on a project in Serampore, West Bengal. Colonised by Denmark till 1845, Serampore became the centre of missionary activity in India under the British rule, known for the work of William Carey, Joshua Marshman and William Ward. One of the by-products of this work was the introduction of fine, hand embroidery. A student of Lady Irwin College in Delhi, Kumar had won a scholarship to study art history in the US. Upon her return, she settled in Calcutta following her marriage. "There was no art history course, so I studied museology," she says, adding that it exposed her to the Bengal countryside, firing her curiosity to visit handloom centres. One such visit led Kumar to the embroiderers of Ranihati. It was with them that she contemporarised the craft of zardozi, which had formerly flourished during Mughal rule.
The Seventies was the decade when Rushdie winds up the plot of Midnight's Children, one of last century's biggest reads, set around the events that led to Partition and post-Independence India. The story of Saleem Sinai and his magical powers entwines characters from India and the West, constructing India's history with a fascinating backdrop of the country's indigenous culture.
Last year, Deepa Mehta (director of the cinematic adaption of Rushdie's novel) asked Kumar to design the costumes for her film, which has some of India's best known actors, including Shabana Azmi, Rahul Bose, Soha Ali Khan, and Shahana Goswami. The film, so far, has released only at global film festivals. The designer drew upon her research done in the formative years of her career to create the costumes for the ensemble cast. It also fed from her 1999 book, Costumes and Textiles of Royal India, which explores religious and regional stylistic traditions from India's ancient and medieval history, through the Mughal period, the British rule up to the 20th century. "I would not have been able to design for the film had I not worked on that book," admits Kumar. She refutes that among Indian designers she is not an incidental choice for this film but really the only one. "For the pre-Independence period, especially the 1920s, there was not a single picture reference. How much can you deduce by reading history? For my book, I had stumbled upon photographs of courtesans both Hindu and Muslim, even those from Kashmir. There were also the lithographs and some writings, the latter mostly by the British. It was because I had researched the archives of royal households of Rampur and Pataudi among others that I could create costumes for Midnight's Children in a matter of months. I read the book again to ponder over the context, more particularly the script," she says.
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