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I wonder if any of your students would be interested in a programme I've just done on the History of Jazz Piano? If so, please pass on the links…………….
(Now Visiting professor of Jazz Piano at St Andrews University)
I hope that you might have a listen to the most ambitious project I've tackled to date – The History of Jazz Piano, which I recorded in front of a live studio audience in Glasgow a few weeks ago.
In the programme, I demonstrate all the significant developments of Jazz Piano from Scott Joplin through to Bill Evans.
A 3 minute clip from the programme can be heard on
and if you can face the full hour, then it's on at 8pm (History of Jazz Piano starts after the News at 9pm) BBC Radio Scotland, 92-95 fm this Wed 23 March, repeated Sun 27.
Also available on bbc iplayer
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I may not be able to say it better than Kate Winslet, but her comment is so true. And I get it. It's not a guilt trip to my mom because she didn't tell me how comfortable she was with her body. When I was a kid, every adult woman I knew was always trying to lose weight, usually for an event, almost never for their health. And most of them were miserable with the fact that they had to exercise or eat better. Getting skinny seemed like a wretched undertaking every woman strived for.
At no point in my life have I felt completely comfortable with my own body. I work with a lot of women and most of them have parts (or, sadly, wholes) of themselves they really don't like, even if you and I would think they look fantastic. We often miss the fantastic in ourselves. And women don't fish for compliments about their body. What would be the point? Most of use wouldn't believe it anyway.
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I love real grade B maple syrup. Even just a teaspoon perks up the lowliest oatmeal, and the minerals in the syrup are prevalent. But it's expensive! Even buying it at Trader Joe's, I pay $16 for 32 ounces. I know that's a steal compared to many parts of the country, but I still was looking for an alternative liquid syrup that I could use on pancakes. Also I wanted to have a 'real food alternative' to white sugar for guests' coffee and other drinks.
And I found it! An inexpensive alternative to maple syrup… Rapadura simple syrup! And it's very easy to make.
Rapadura is a type of sugar that is very minimally processed and therefore still has most of the natural minerals in the cane sugar intact. I use the Rapunzel brand. It is a dark brown granulated sugar, but not moist like the commercial brown sugar. It has all of the molasses intact so it does have a light molasses taste, but is not as concentrated as actual molasses.
Tips for making Rapadura simple syrup
- If you accidentally add too much water, no problem! Just boil it a little longer to evaporate the extra water.
- Simple syrup will last about 6 months in the refrigerator if sealed properly.
- If there's tan foam in your storage container, it's harmless to eat it, or it can just be skimmed off.
- The end product is quite dark, as you can see the sun isn't shining through it in the picture. It is not as thick and strong as molasses though.
- a little of this goes a long way so be careful when adding to things until you know how strong/sweet it is
Rapadura Simple Syrup
- Ratio of 2 parts Rapadura sugar to 1 part water
- Optional: maple or vanilla extract (1 Tablespoon per 2 cups sugar)
Note: in the picture, the glass pitcher is about 33 ounces and I used 5 cups of sugar to fill that up.
In a heavy bottomed saucepan, boil your water. Once it's a full rolling boil, add the sugar and turn down the heat to medium, stirring. Keep simmering the sugar for about 5 minutes.
Take the pot off of the heat and let cool for about 5 minutes, add optional extract.
The simple syrup will be thinner when hot than when it cools down and especially when it's refrigerated. Store in fridge for about 6 months.PAID ENDORSEMENT DISCLOSURE: In order for me to support my blogging activities, I may receive monetary compensation or other types of remuneration for my endorsement, recommendation, testimonial and/or link to any products or services from this blog.


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A real classic, something which my mother used to make on a regular basis, especially in winter! Shin of Beef is a much under-rated cut. It has a terrific flavour – possibly the best of any beef cut, and when cooked properly, just melts in your mouth. Find yourself a good butcher, or like me, an excellent local Farm Shop where they butcher their own superb Aberdeen Angus beef!
At first sight, shin of beef looks dreadful – small chunks of the toughest meat imaginable surrounded by fat and glutinous membrane. However, with the right attention, all of those bits you'd consider trimming off will just melt away leaving the most tender, flavoursome beef dish imaginable.
Until recently, shin was considered a cut for the poor, but like most things this has turned into a gourmet cut.
Shin of beef requires long, slow cooking. You can turn a dish around in 3-4 hours if you wish, or leave it cooking overnight. This recipe provides a basis for many variants and involves very little effort. Add potatoes and root vegetable but remember to keep them cut large – they will break down as they cook. Use tomatoes, red wine or beer to enhance the stock. This recipe can be used to make a classic 'boiled beef & carrot' dish, filling for a meat & potato pie, or if you feeling daring, how about an alternative chilli?
Whatever you fancy, this is a versatile winter casserole that you can make as simple or complex as you wish.
Serve this particular dish simply with mashed potatoes, Yorkshire Puddings or some fresh crusty bread, or how about these delicious Colcannon Potato Cakes?
Fancy a great alternative for entertaining? How about a this wonderful Meat & Potato Pie, or this Shin of Beef Chilli!
Serves 4
Cooking time – 4 hours
- 500g Shin of Beef, cubed
- 2 tbsp Flour
- Salt & Pepper to season
- 1 tbsp Vegetable Oil
- 2 medium Onions, chopped
- 1 clove Garlic, chopped
- 100g Mushrooms, coarsely chopped
- 2 medium Carrots, coarsely chopped
- 2 Knorr Beef Stock Pots, or good quality beef stock
- Water to cover
- 1 tbsp Tomato Puree
- 1 Bay Leaf
- Dried Mixed Herbs
- Salt & Pepper to taste
- Put the flour in a plastic bag & season with the salt & pepper
- Add the beef & shake to coat in the flour
- In a pan, heat the oil until hot then add the contents of the bag. Stir well, as the flour will stick. Allowing the flour to brown will help to colour the casserole, but don't let it burn. There is no real need to seal & brown the meat fully (in fact, this can stop the meat from falling in the cooking process)
- Add the onions, garlic & mushrooms, stir well and cook for a minute before adding all of the remaining ingredients
- Stir well and bring to the boil before covering and transferring to the oven (pre-heated, 160°C)
- Stir every hour or so. After 3-4 hours, the beef will have started to fall away into the sauce, which will have thickened nicely with the flour and vegetables as well as those glutinous bits which have now just dissolved into a mass of beefy flavour. Check seasoning and serve
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Getting up bright and early on a Bank Holiday Saturday is not my favourite thing, especially when I'm on the tail end of the busiest month of the year at work. But one thing I hate more than early mornings is traffic, and I will do nearly anything to avoid sitting in the car park that is the M25! So when my boyfriend and I decided a last minute trip to Brighton was on the cards, alarms were set and we were off before I'm usually even awake on a weekend.
The early morning paid off nicely as we managed to avoid any sign of traffic, and found ourselves in sunny Brighton by half 10. Car parked, coffee bought, we quickly were on our way down to Brighton Pier to start our day as typical tourists. Brighton is one of my favourite seaside towns, and visiting the games arcades brings back such great memories from my childhood. After wasting our well earnt pennies shooting zombies and whacking minions, I was somehow convinced to take a ride on a couple of the fairground rides.
It didn't take much to remind me why I wasn't a fan of the rides as I was flung around, desperately hoping the safety bar wouldn't swing open. I still managed a second ride before calling it a day, which meant we could start on my favourite seaside activity – eating freshly baked doughnuts! There are a few things that come to mind when I think of the great British seaside:
- Seagulls the size of small children
- Fish and chips
- Seagulls stealing said chips
- Doughnuts!
There was absolutely no question that on a beautifully sunny day, we had to chill out on the stony beach and treat ourselves to some deliciously crunchy, fresh from the fryer, still hot doughnuts. Mmm…so good!
After dipping my feet in the water, I was reminded just how much it hurts to walk on the stones barefoot. Although we'd sat a mere couple of metres from the retreating waves, it took me over 10 minutes to get back to our stuff. Good job no-one tried to nick anything, as there was no chance I'd have been able to run after them!
Next stop on our tourist day was the famous Brighton Lanes. A cute shopping area that always makes me think of Diagon Alley (one for the Harry Potter fans…), the shops are spread out into small squares, winding back streets and roads. It's so easy to get lost wandering around, but that just adds to the charm of the area. As it was such a sunny day, there were loads of people milling about in the streets, and every pub we passed had people hanging out in front enjoying a cheeky tipple. Me? Well I was on a mission to find a square we'd visited on our last trip to Brighton a few years ago, because I was sure there were good food places we could stop at.
Eventually stumbling upon the square I'd been looking for, it wasn't quite as remembered, but we still managed to grab some lunch before exploring a bit further. Despite numerous visits to Brighton in the past, I had never visited the Brighton Pavilion. I don't know why, but I always thought it was the old pier which is a short walk from the main tourist area. However, as we sat enjoying our lunch, I saw a sign saying it was just a few minutes walk from where we were. Not wanting to miss an opportunity to finally see it, we followed the signs and found ourselves in the gardens of the Pavilion looking at a stunning building. How I've never stumbled upon this before I'll never know as it's right in the centre of Brighton, and I've probably walked past it so many times in the past and just not noticed. Better late than never I guess!
By now we'd been in Brighton most of the day and it was slowly turning to evening. As we'd left it so late to have lunch, we weren't hungry to enjoy the chilled vibes of Brighton as the sun goes down at dinner time. Our tourist day had been a success, so we jumped back in the car to face the traffic on the way home. Again, surprisingly, the motorways were unexpectedly clear, allowing us a lovely drive home. The perfect way to end a day at the seaside!


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At Carlsbad craftsmanship museum, a fine line between avid and obsessive
People tend to throw out the label "obsessive" far too freely, saddling this dismissive adjective on anyone who has a passion and pursues it avidly. That's why I try, almost obsessively, to avoid branding people enjoying all-consuming pastimes with such a clinically loaded diagnosis.
But I'm sorry, when you step foot in the Joe Martin Foundation Craftsmanship Museum in a north San Diego County business park, no other description suffices.
This veritable hall of fame for "excellence of craftsmanship … at the small end of the size scale" is overflowing with painstakingly assembled, intricately designed and, above all, fully functioning engines and motors powering model cars and boats, trains and planes. There are matchstick renderings of the Taj Mahal and other wonders of the world, a miniature telescope from 1823, all manner of examples of metallurgy forged really, really small, from pistols to pistons.
In all, more than 300 items of metalworking and modeling prowess line a converted factory floor made possible by the largesse of the late Joe Martin, the miniature machine-tool magnate, who parlayed his purchase of a lathe and tool company into a profitable business and, in 1997, honored his fellow hobbyists with a museum where they could all geek out.
I had always wondered what a generation of hunch-backed suburban dads actually did when they retreated to their basement workshops on nights and weekends, amid strange sounds of circular saws, welding torches, hammering and, often, muttered profanity.
Now I know.
I know, too, that these men – and, yes, nearly all the doodads on display here are produced by those with a Y-chromosome – really know their way around a lathe and mill and apparently have an abundance of free time.
But I hesitate stamping them with the O-word. At times like this, before getting all judgmental, I try to remember the quote from Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer that hangs in my work cubicle: "I have told myself a thousand times not to be shocked, but every time I am shocked again by what people will do to have fun, for reasons they cannot explain."
Finally, I had to give in when Harvey Rushfeldt, the kindly docent, led me to a glass-enclosed display case housing a 1/6-scale 1932 SJ Duesenberg dual cowl phaeton, once the height of automotive luxury. At first glance, from a distance, the model car looks impressive enough, bright blue and shiny and all, but hardly seems to qualify as the work of a single-minded monomaniacal personage. But the more Rushfeldt shared about the mini-Duesenberg and its creator, one Louis Chenot, of Carl Junction, Mo., the more I had to break down and say, OK, OK, this is one obsessive guy.
"It took him 10 years and 20,000 hours (of work) and everything is accurate right down to the hubcaps," Rushfeldt said. "Every detail is accurate. Unbelievable detail. Extreme accuracy. Look at the inside interior seat covers. Even the sewing machine he used to do the seat covers are to scale. See, you can't have a regular-sized stitch. It's got to be tiny."
Rushfeldt whipped out a blown up photo of the model car's hub cap.
"See this picture of it, where it says 'On and off' and it says 'Duesenberg,' and says 'Right and Left?'" Rushfeldt asked. "Everything is exactly like the real Duesenberg. Every tire has raised lettering on it that says 'BF Goodrich,' along with the tire size. Look at these 'suicide' doors. They open this way, which is very dangerous. So, suicide doors, by law, had to have a double click, a positive click and then another to make sure they were closed. This model has that positive double click. Took him months to do. The mechanism on the inside of the door, if you turn one handle, it doesn't turn the inside handle. It's unbelievable.
"Oh, and this radiator cover? It's his ninth attempt at it. Number eight is over in another case there. Eight was perfect, too. Probably Number 7 was perfect, but not for this guy. Everything on this thing works except for the miniature gauges. It's harder to miniaturize electricity and fuel. It runs on (propane) gas."
By that point, I wanted to know more about the man than his machine. I broke my rule and threw out the O-word. Rushfeldt just smiled.
"You want to hear obsessive? Look at these headlight lenses," he said. "All the lenses are accurate Duesenberg design. He actually etched the steel, heated it up, then cast it in a waffle-type thing. It's beyond me."
Chenot, who recently retired after a 40-year career as a mechanical engineer, has done many scale models (and full-sized reproductions) of classic cars in his "spare" time, but he told Rushfeldt in 2011 on a visit to the museum to accept the Joe Martin Metalworking Craftsman of the Decade Award, that it took a lot of research, including trips to the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Museum in Auburn, Ind., to pore over original drawings and even got permission to photograph Jay Leno's Duesenberg for research purposes.
"He described the whole thing to us," Rushfeldt said, "took it apart and showed us about how everything works. Then he went home and wrote us a four-page email of all the items he forgot to tell us about."
Well, of course he did.
I was unable to reach Chenot in Missouri – maybe he was down in the basement – but he touched upon his motivation in a Duesenberg Club newsletter in 2006: "My basic drive seems to be learning how to make something where skills must be developed. … It doesn't bother me a great deal to start again on something if it isn't suitable. Nine starts were made on the radiator shell."
Just hearing about Chenot's work on the model Duesenberg was worth the cost of admission – OK, so it was free – but Rushfeldt said it wasn't time to leave. The noontime live demonstration was about to begin.
He led a half-dozen visitors back to the machine shop, where a blue-coated engineer named Dave Belt greeted us and fired up something called the "Do Nothing Machine," a Rube Goldberg-type of contraption with scores (764, if you must know) of levers and chains, nuts, bolts and gears, all going in different directions, with tacked-on items such as a bicycle reflector. One of the three motors formerly powered a slot machine. It's the brainchild of the late Lawrence Wahlstrom, a landscape gardener from Los Angeles, who worked on it for years in the 1940s as an elaborate joke.
Belt flipped the switch and pistons and levers churned, well-oiled chains cranked along, but the machine serves no purpose, powering only itself.
"See the clutch assembly right there?" Belt asked, pointing to a tangle of metal somewhere in the guts of the machine. "I've had to repair it at least a dozen times, and it's bothering me because I'm beginning to understand it now."
Not being mechanically inclined, I had no clue as to the lingo Belt was spouting, fast and furiously. Later, in the main museum, I was better able to wrap my head around the tiny sculptures (Taj Mahal, Eiffel Tower) of aerospace engineer Ronald D. Remsberg, of nearby Vista. He uses only matchsticks, Elmer's Glue and a razor blade. And a card explaining his motivation was also understandable:
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Pink transforms a layering polish that can look very edgy and metallic over deep shades into something delicate, almost ethereal. Rather than copper, green and teal it is rose gold, gold, pink and purple/lavender. The metallic shimmer is less obvious but just as beautiful and eye catching. I can't stop looking at my nails.
I took over ninety pictures. And I have decided to spam the hell out of the post with the twelve best ones. Even with all of these shots, I never quite captured this combination as it looks in person. Please to forgive my dry skin and cuticles. I am a moron who has yet to learn how to moisturise before taking pictures without making a smeary mess of everything. For me it is clear pics and dry skin or moisturised cuticles and goop all over the place. lol


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Are you working in the UK? If so, make sure more of your money makes it home
With many Irish citizens working in the UK, but living in the Republic, foreign exchange conversions between pounds and euros is needlessly hitting too many pay packets.
It's now easier than ever before to work anywhere in Europe. One currency, freedom of movement and the right to work in any member state has made it possible to extend the commute to work anywhere in Europe.
But with a shared language, close cultural ties, geographical convenience and an economy showing signs of recovery, the UK is the EU country of choice to work in. According to the last census data, there are over 400,000 Irish citizens permanently residing in the UK and many more working in the country on a temporary basis.
But added to these are the uncounted commuters, notably a sizeable chunk of ROI citizens working in the six counties of Northern Ireland, but living in the Republic. There are also many who head to the UK on either a weekly or monthly basis.
This might seem like a long commute, but those doing it are often working in the lucrative City of London. The City's streets are not quite paved with gold, but the salaries and bonuses on offer in London's global finance centre can be particularly impressive (in 2012 there were over 2700 bankers earning over €1m each) and can more than justify the journey.
However, whilst there is freedom of movement and work within the EU, the UK is one of the few major EU economies to not have embraced the single currency. This can make life difficult for Irish-UK commuters earning in sterling but living in eurozone Ireland.
In the face of unfavourable exchange rates worse than the market rate, not to mention the bank fees for overseas money transfers, which can cost as much as €40 euros each time, the ever shifting EUR/GBP exchange rate can also cause earnings to evaporate, with rates shifting between lows of 0.8750 (£1=€1.14) and highs of 0.81800(£1=€1.22) over the course of the last year; a difference of well above 5%.
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Worldwide, 66 million girls are missing out on an education. This report focuses on one of the major barriers girls face: gender-based violence - sexual, physical and psychological - in and around schools.
Between 500 million and 1.5 billion children experience violence every year, many within school walls.
Girls are especially vulnerable to rape, exploitation, coercion and discrimination perpetrated by students and teachers.
'A girl's right to learn without fear' looks at the issues and presents solutions which are drawn from existing policy examples, as well as global civil society campaigns, international instruments and the voices of girls themselves.
Plan calls on governments to prioritise actions tied to 8 key principles to ensure that all children can learn free from violence, and that girls benefit from their equal right to education.


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A 15 pound baby was born at a California hospital last week. The Victor Valley News Group reports Andrew Jacob weighed 15 pounds, two ounces and measured 24 inches long at his birth on Thursday, January 16th.
Andrew was born to parents Vanessa and Daniel Cervantez at Desert Valley Medical Center in Hesperia California via emergency Cesarean section, at 38 weeks.


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Nestled in a protected cove between Cape Raoul and Cape Pillar on Tasmania's South East coast is the historic town of Port Arthur. The town was established in 1830 first as a timber station and later as a penal colony to house more than a thousand of Tasmania's most notorious convicts. Today the Port Arthur Historic site is one of Australia's greatest tourist attractions with over 30 ruins and ancient buildings to explore set in a 40-hectare site. The town itself offers luxury accommodation and is a great base from which to explore the surrounding cliffs, caves and beaches.
More of Australia's dark prison convict history can be uncovered 20 kilometres north-west of Port Arthur at the World Heritage-listed Coal Mines Historic Site. Here, repeat offenders worked underground in appalling conditions as punishment for their crimes. The area's dark history contrasts with the scenic beauty and there are many trails to explore the surrounding area.
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Recipe for Macarons
makes 16
Sift ground almonds together with sugar and set aside. Place the egg whites in mixing bowl and whip until soft peaks. Gradually add the sugar, making a firm, glossy meringue. Beat in vanilla. Using a spatula, fold the almond mixture into egg whites, 1/3 of a cup at a time. When all the ingredients are incorporated, continue to cut and fold the mixture until it forms a shiny batter with a thick ribbonlike consistency. I take a spoonful of the batter and place on a plate to see if the batter spreads without any peaks and is smooth on the top.
Pour the batter into a pastry bag. Pipe 32 small circles onto prepared baking sheets.Try to have them all the same size for matching purposes. (Parchment papers placed on baking sheets.) I use a rubber silicon pre-formed mat that can be purchased from Amazon, made by Mastrad. (Plaque a petits macarons) They also have the large mats for sale. www.mastrad.fr
Tap baking sheets firmly to remove any air bubbles and let sit for 40 minutes at room temperature.
Bake on preheated over for 10-15 minutes at 325 degrees. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from paper or mats. Remove slowly and carefully~don't rush this step!
For the Filling
4 T. unsalted softened butter, 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract, 1 cup of confectioners' sugar, sifted. I added some food coloring to my filling at this time. Beat the butter and sugar well until pale and fluffy then add sugar until smooth and creamy. Use filling to sandwich pairs of macarons together.
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Federal judge John P. Fullam has ruled that Multistate Legal Studies Inc., a company that prepares law school graduates for the bar in a number of states under the name "PMBR," illegally copied questions from different bar exams and ordered it to pay more than $11.9 million to the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE).
The NCBE claims that MLSI employees and principals attended bar exams solely for the purpose of learning the questions to include in material that it then sold to prepare students for the exam. Fullham wrote, ""By exposing its students to questions likely to appear on the MBE, [the defendants] undermined the integrity of the bar examination, possibly causing the admission of unqualified applicants. That the victims of this harm are impossible to identify and the injury impossible to quantify underscores the need to deter would-be copyright infringers."
This ruling has consequences beyond bar prep. It is widely believed that test prep companies have employees take tests like the SAT, LSAT, GMAT, etc so that they can "study" the questions and then draft new and better preparation materials. Currently Microsoft is suing Testking.com, alleging that it copies questions off its certification exams. AMCAS sued Princeton Review in 2003 for copying questions from the MCAT for its test prep material.
Obviously if Judge Fullam's ruling becomes precedent, test prep companies would either have to license the questions in order to use them or would be blocked entirely from using them. Life should remain interesting in the test prep space.
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On most articles that I've read, one cause of acne is pricking. Like what my doctor had told me, it is really very hard to resist pricking the pimples or blackheads at times. But we have to avoid doing it because it's going to make the simple pimple problem worse. Like what happened to my face. Now I have to spend a lot of money just for treatment.
And like what my dermatologist said, the treatment is going to take a while to take effect. I have to wait for my body, or face in particular, to get used to the treatment. I need to be patient.
I'm just glad that I'm on leave from work right now. I was able to not only recuperate from having soar eyes, I was also able get a lot of sleep. That's beauty rest for me! :D
Reviews like acneticin review online could be helpful. We get to see information about the products that we want to use and double check them with our doctors. It's helpful that we get facts from the internet or from the professionals rather than keep trying different products on our face. Instead of beautiful results, we end up getting depressed of the outcome.


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QIAGEN welcomes change of a major U.S. guideline to recommend HPV testing as part of cervical cancer screening
- U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) changes its recommendation to support HPV screening in conjunction with cytology (Pap test) for cervical cancer protection
- Other U.S. organizations, including American Cancer Society and leading professional groups, reaffirm guidelines supporting benefits of co-testing with HPV and Pap tests
- More than 80 million digene HPV Tests shipped worldwide to date, and over 1 million women involved in post-market, peer-reviewed studies
- Significant unmet medical need: About half of women diagnosed with cervical cancer in U.S. never had Pap or adequately screened
Germantown, Maryland, and Hilden, Germany, March 15, 2012 - QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today welcomed a significant change to a national guideline in the United States that underscored the benefits of its digene HPV Test as part of cervical cancer screening protection in combination with traditional cytology (Pap test).
The final report of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued a "Grade A" recommendation in favor of co-testing women age 30 to 65 every five years with HPV (human papillomavirus) and Pap tests as the preferred alternative to a Pap test alone on a three-year basis. This was a reversal from a draft proposal issued in October 2011 with a "Grade I" recommendation stating that the benefits of HPV testing needed to be reviewed through further testing.
In addition, the report cited QIAGEN's digene HPV Test as being "commonly used" for HPV testing, noting that "although alternative HPV detection methods are emerging, the clinical comparability and implications of these methods are not completely understood."
QIAGEN further welcomed the reaffirmation of prior cervical cancer screening guidelines issued by other U.S. organizations including the American Cancer Society, the American Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP) and the American Society for Clinical Pathology. These guidelines state that testing with both Pap and HPV tests is preferable to Pap testing alone. The guidelines were issued in advance of the biennial ASCCP meeting in San Francisco.
"The key to reducing the burden of cervical cancer is to improve screening, and the clear views of these organizations is for women in the relevant age groups to receive co-testing with cytology and HPV testing," said Dr. Ellen E. Sheets, Chief Medical Officer of QIAGEN. "Co-testing has been demonstrated to be more effective than Pap tests alone based on data showing that QIAGEN's HPV DNA test is more accurate than cytology alone. These guidelines reaffirm our commitment to continue working with physicians and other healthcare providers to encourage co-testing to give women and their physicians an early warning of the threat of cervical cancer. We are convinced that these guidelines will help drive the momentum to shift toward co-testing in the U.S. and further reduce the often-fatal burden of cervical cancer."
HPV is the primary cause of cervical cancer. QIAGEN's digene HPV Test uses the proven hybrid capture (HC2) technology that is the basis for the most clinically validated threshold detection method for high-risk HPV and is the market-leader for HPV testing. QIAGEN has worked closely with physicians and laboratories to encourage co-testing with cytology and the digene HPV Test.
The digene HPV Test is the market-leading FDA-approved molecular test for HPV screening based on annual sales. It is considered the "gold standard" in terms of performance and validation, supported by clinical data in independent, peer-reviewed publications involving more than 1 million women. More than 80 million digene HPV Tests have been delivered worldwide since its market introduction in 1997.
The unique HC2 technology employed in the digene HPV Test has demonstrated significant benefits - most importantly superior clinical sensitivity in identifying women with HPV infections that place them at high risk for cervical cancer. Based on publicly available data, QIAGEN believes that no other test has been able to match the power of the digene HPV Test to detect infections that put women at risk for cervical cancer. The digene HPV Test is indicated both for co-testing with cytology to screen women age 30 and older as well as to determine the need for colposcopy/biopsy referral for women with borderline abnormal cytology results (ASC-US).
"The digene HPV Test with its proven clinical threshold, focuses on telling clinicians whether each patient is relevantly infected with one or more of 13 high-risk strains of HPV," Dr. Sheets said. "If the patient has a high-risk HPV infection, clinical guidelines call for follow-up care that is essentially the same regardless of which particular strain is detected."
The value of molecular HPV testing is increasingly recognized in treatment guidelines around the world. Many countries have established or are evaluating co-testing, primary screening with HPV alone, or reflex HPV testing as a cornerstone of cervical cancer prevention programs, based on QIAGEN's digene HPV Test data. With about 500,000 new cases and 300,000 related deaths annually around the world, cervical cancer is the second most frequent cancer in women. Early detection has been proven to reduce the burden of this disease, as cervical cancer can be effectively treated if found in its early stages.
About QIAGEN
QIAGEN N.V., a Netherlands holding company, is the leading global provider of Sample & Assay Technologies that are used to transform biological materials into valuable molecular information. Sample technologies are used to isolate and process DNA, RNA and proteins from biological samples such as blood or tissue. Assay technologies are then used to make these isolated biomolecules visible and ready for interpretation. QIAGEN markets more than 500 products around the world, selling both consumable kits and automation systems to customers through four customer classes: Molecular Diagnostics (human healthcare), Applied Testing (forensics, veterinary testing and food safety), Pharma (pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies) and Academia (life sciences research). As of December 31, 2011, QIAGEN employed approximately 3,900 people in over 35 locations worldwide. Further information can be found at http://www.qiagen.com/.
Certain of the statements contained in this news release may be considered forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. To the extent that any of the statements contained herein relating to QIAGEN's products, markets, strategy or operating results, including without limitation its expected operating results, are forward-looking, such statements are based on current expectations and assumptions that involve a number of uncertainties and risks. Such uncertainties and risks include, but are not limited to, risks associated with management of growth and international operations (including the effects of currency fluctuations, regulatory processes and dependence on logistics), variability of operating results and allocations between customer classes, the commercial development of markets for our products in applied testing, personalized healthcare, clinical research, proteomics, women's health/HPV testing and nucleic acid-based molecular diagnostics; changing relationships with customers, suppliers and strategic partners; competition; rapid or unexpected changes in technologies; fluctuations in demand for QIAGEN's products (including fluctuations due to general economic conditions, the level and timing of customers' funding, budgets and other factors); our ability to obtain regulatory approval of our products; difficulties in successfully adapting QIAGEN's products to integrated solutions and producing such products; the ability of QIAGEN to identify and develop new products and to differentiate and protect our products from competitors' products; market acceptance of QIAGEN's new products, the consummation of acquisitions, and the integration of acquired technologies and businesses. For further information, please refer to the discussions in reports that QIAGEN has filed with, or furnished to, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).


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The impact that human beings have made on the Earth in terms of production and consumption of natural resources has formed a 'striking new pattern' in the planet's global energy flow, finds a new research.
The impact that human beings have made on the Earth in terms of production and consumption of natural resources has formed a 'striking new pattern' in the planet's global energy flow, finds a new research.
The results, published in the journal Earth's Future, showed definite signs that human beings have permanently changed the planet and have triggered Anthropocene — an era where humans dominated Earth's surface geology.
Patterns of human production and consumption mainly characterise the era.
Also, when measured against the billion-year old patterns of planet Earth, the present era forms a striking new pattern.
Human beings have seized something like one quarter of the net primary biological production of the planet and has become effectively the top predator both on land and at sea.
In addition, by digging phosphorus out of the ground and by fixing nitrogen out of the air to make fertilizers; and by exploiting hundreds of millions of years worth of stored carbon-based energy in a still-accelerating trend, humans are increasing productivity well above natural levels — and directing much of it towards animals that have been re-engineered to suit our purposes.
By becoming evident in rock and soil strata, the recent changes in Earth's biosphere are beginning to signal towards a new biological stage in the planet's evolution.
"This refashioning of the relationship between Earth's production and consumption is leaving signals in strata now forming, and this helps characterise the Anthropocene as a geological time unit," said one of the researchers Jan Zalasiewicz, professor at University of Leicester in Britain.
The findings, detailed in the journal Earth's Future, revealed that Earth is now characterised by a geologically unprecedented pattern of global energy flow that is pervasively influenced by humans — and is also increasingly necessary for maintaining the complexity of modern human societies.
The perturbation in the balance between the economic production and consumption, the essential trait of modern human society, notably since the mid-20th century, will display a lasting legacy of human existence on Earth.
"Very big changes in our planet's pattern of biological production and consumption do not happen very often. The appearance of photosynthesis was one, about two and a half billion years ago," Zalasiewicz pointed out.
"Other major events have happened since, such as five major mass extinctions, but even measured against these events, human-driven changes to production and consumption are distinctly new," he concluded.
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Unfortunately, most leadership programs don't progress past the LEARN phase, even though what your leaders DO with their new skills is equally as important. And when leaders fail to REFLECT on the outcome of their leadership competencies in action, they are failing to ask the most fundamental leadership question of all: Is what I'm doing really working?
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Lessons for Obama in study of Bush efforts to 'frame' Iraq war
Wartime leaders have long sought to sway public opinion by "framing" bad news from the frontlines. They present inconvenient facts in an altered format in order to generate support for their policies. A new study from North Carolina State University shows that Bush administration attempts to "frame" casualties from the Iraq War bolstered support for the war effort among certain members of the U.S. public, but also produced a backlash that led to decreased tolerance for additional casualties and war spending among others.
"By 2006, supporters of the war in Iraq were making the argument that the casualties and financial costs of the war justified 'staying the course' so that these sacrifices 'should not have been made in vain,'" says Dr. Bill Boettcher, an associate professor of political science at NC State and co-author of the study. "This argument, called an 'investment frame' because it presents the casualties as investments in the war that can be 'made good' through victory, was used to shore up public support for continuing the war. Investment frames attempt to turn the loss of 'blood and treasure' from a liability into an asset. We performed this study to see whether Bush's strategy for influencing public opinion was effective at a time when attitudes about the Iraq War had hardened considerably."
Boettcher and fellow researcher Dr. Michael Cobb, also an associate professor of political science at NC State, polled a nationally representative sample of more than 1,300 Americans in September 2006 to gauge overall support for the war effort. They asked a subset of the participants how many more casualties and how much more spending they were willing to tolerate. They asked the same question of a separate subset of participants, after presenting the following investment frame: "Some people say we need to stay and complete the mission in Iraq to honor the dead and make sure they did not die in vain."
The researchers found that the investment frame only produced a positive response among those study participants who supported the initial decision to go to war in Iraq. These participants' tolerance for additional casualties and war spending was significantly higher than the casualty and war spending tolerance of participants in a control group that were not exposed to the frame.
However, there was a backlash among people who did not support the initial decision to go to war. They were significantly less tolerant of further casualties and spending after receiving the investment frame when compared to the control group. "This shows that the investment frame is effective when preaching to the converted," Boettcher says. "The downside is that, if other groups hear you preaching to the converted, it drives them away - making it a dubious tool for broadening public support."
The authors note that this study has significant implications for Obama administration efforts to maintain public support for the war in Afghanistan. "As casualties mount in Afghanistan, Obama would be wise to avoid the questionable information strategies associated with the Bush administration and the Iraq War," Cobb says.
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The Yinova acupuncture center acquires new space for its growing community
The YinOva Center, the Union Square-based acupuncture practice that's known for fertility enhancement, Chinese medicine for families, and more, is expanding (like many of its now-pregnant clients).
Helmed by spouses Jill Blakeway and Noah Rubenstein, recently christened "acupuncture's royal couple" in the current issue of Town & Country, YinOva is taking over a store-front location on East 11th Street, where Roland & Victor Carl Antiques is currently. (The furniture shop is moving to another space in the same building.) The new space is slated to open next month.
The need for more room was unexpected. "The last time we expanded we were worried that it was too big," says Blakeway. "So it took us by surprise to find ourselves bursting at the seams less than two years later."
Like many a growing New York City family, they went in search of larger digs and luckily didn't have to uproot the whole practice—the new space connects to their existing one. With an additional 500 square feet, the popular acupuncture center will allow YinOva to accommodate more patients and hold community events, like a Fertility Support Group (call YinOva for more information 212-533-2255), says Blakeway, as well as talks, seminars, and events on holistic health—demonstrating that community support is almost as important as the acupuncture treatments. And the new space will allow them to put this belief into action.
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> Intuitively I'd partition the values of x into <1, 1..10 and >10, based
> on the tested conditions. Then subdivide these ranges, when required by
> modifications of the value in some branch (this will not happen in your
> example). Finally I'd check whether for every partition a single path is
> taken, what again is true in your example. If not, the analysis may
> deserve more table space for the possible pathes.
Will this be not complex for real-world applications that might have
a huge number of paths?
> Another inspection of
> the ever visited BB's, in all pathes, will reveal dead code - if this is
> what you want to know.
This is an information about the code that is independent of the calling
context since these BB's are never reached during program execution.
> Otherwise I don't understand what an "invalid"
> path (never taken) should be useful to know. Branch and bound
> (wikipedia)?
The problem to know which paths are taking in which context are
for example crucial for time estimations based on a static program
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Facebook is one of the most popular social networking sites and photo sharing platforms in the world. Users add friends, post comments, and join fan pages, among other activities. Only Facebook data abiding by Facebook's ToS is available through Gnip.
Gnip provides managed access to Facebook's public API via the Data Collector. See below for details on the specific type of access supported, and sample payloads.
Obtaining a Facebook Access Token
To use the Facebook API, customers will need to generate an "Access Token from the Facebook developer platform." This involves registering as a developer and creating an application.
After your application is created, Facebook will provide you with an "App ID" and an "App Secret". Take these two values, plug them into the following command on any unix box:
curl -F type=client_cred \
-F client_id=app_id \
-F client_secret=app_secret \
This will return an "Access Token" from Facebook that can be used in the Gnip UI to setup a Facebook feed, make sure to copy all of it. Once you get an access token back, it is a good idea to verify that you have copied it correctly by running the following command, and verifying that Facebook returns data rather than an error message:
curl -v "https://graph.facebook.com/search?q=cat&type=post&limit=2&access_token=access_token"
Data Collector Streams
FanPage Feed
Input: Fan page IDs or friendly names
Output: Public wall posts, and comments for 100 most recent posts. Access to content depends on a Facebook Access Token.
Note that some pages may not be accessible. Fan Page owners can choose to restrict API access to the data on their pages, including restricting access to users whose accounts are based in specific countries, users whose accounts are associated with a specific language, or users who are above a certain age.
In situations where API access has been restricted by the owner, the Facebook API will return an error that reads "false" which will be indicated by your Gnip stream as a 601 error in the dashboard. In order to access data for these pages using Facebook's App-based Access token, all restrictions on the page need to be removed by the page's owner.
Additionally, page owners may occasionally move a page to a new page ID. If this occurs, the Facebook API will return an error, which will be indicated on the "Data" tab of the Data Collector dashboard, and the Rules tab under Rules With Errors.
To see the error message for one of these IDs, insert the ID into the following URL and navigating there in a browser:
The resulting error message will provide you with additional information about where to find the page, if it has moved, or that the page no longer exists. If the page does not exist, it might mean that you are entering an incorrect ID for a page that actually exists, or a page that you are correctly referencing has since been deleted.
FanPage Feed (without comments)
Input: Fan page IDs or friendly names
Output: Public wall posts. Access to content depends on a Facebook Access Token.
FanPage Metadata
Input: Fan Page IDs or user page IDs (not keywords)
Output: Daily updates on fan count, mission, and product info for pages you specify
FanPage Posts by Owner
Input: Fan Page IDs or user page IDs (not keywords)
Output: Page-owner posts for the pages you specify. Excludes comments on wall posts
FanPage Lookup
Input: Keywords
Output: A list of pages whose titles match your keyword – not the post content from those pages
FanPage Photos
Input: Fan Page IDs or user page IDs (not keywords)
Output: Public photos uploaded to the Fan Pages you specify. Comments on the photos are not included
Sample Payloads
Best Practices
Facebook limits the amount of data that can be extracted from the Graph API based on a combination of your IP address and Access Token. For this reason, two separate Facebook feeds, deployed on the same Gnip data collector will be viewed by the Graph API as the same entity, and will force them to compete for the same limited resources. We recommend the following practices to optimize your coverage of Facebook data:
- Ideally, each Facebook feed should be deployed on a separate Gnip data collector to ensure that the feeds do not compete for resources from Facebook.
- If you decide to use multiple Facebook feeds on a single Gnip data collector, you should consult with the Gnip support team to optimize the feeds and avoid being rate-limited by Facebook.


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How to Add Your Gmail Account to Outlook 2013 Using IMAP If you use Outlook to check and manage your email, you can easily use it to check your Gmail account as well. You can set up your Gmail account to allow you to synchronize email across multiple machines using...read more
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Set up email in Outlook 2010 or Outlook 2013
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The "Keep Me" EP is a collection of six new songs that are very special to me. I'm so happy that they are now out in the universe for you to hear!
To me, the EP feels like an intimate short story that tells the tale of love found, love lost, and love unattained– and finding one's self in the process. My dad, David Schwartz, and I co-produced the record together. We really wanted this record to speak emotionally, and to breathe; to feel less like a production and more of a raw performance. The piano and vocals for "You Are You Are" were actually recorded in one take…it was just a demo of me playing and singing at the same time that we intended to re-record, but when we tried to re-record it, the song felt like less of a statement. There was something so special about the emotion captured in the casually recorded demo performance that we knew we had to use it.
To purchase on American ITUNES for $3.99 click here (Though the EP is also available on iTunes worldwide)
To purchase on the LUCY STORE from anywhere in the world for $3.99 click here
All songs written by: Lucy Schwartz
"Feeling of Being†written by: Lucy Schwartz & Sally Seltmann
Produced by: D.fly Schwartz & Lucy Schwartz
Mixed by: Brian Taylor
Except "Keep Me†mixed by: David Boucher
Engineered by: Brian Taylor, D.fly Schwartz & Jonathan Tate Deans
Mastered by: John Paterno
Photography by: Cooper Roberts
Art Design by: This Not That
Lucy Schwartz–vocals, piano, organ, banjo
Meghan Toohey–guitar, banjo
Jonathan Tate Deans–guitar arrangement
I Know You
Lucy Schwartz–vocals, guitar
Blake Mills–guitar
Stuart Johnson– Drums
D.fly Schwartz– upright bass, octolin, guitar
You Are You Are
Lucy Schwartz–vocals, piano
Blake Mills– guitar
Jay Clifford–string arrangement
Brent Price–violin 1
Alan Molina–violin 2
Peter Kiral– viola
Tom O'Malley–cello
Lucy Schwartz–vocals, pump organ, piano, drum programming
Blake Mills–guitar, bass
David Lamoureux–string arrangement
Paul Cartwright–violin 1
Ina Veli–violin 2
Tom Lea–viola
Peter Jacobson–cello
D.fly Schwartz–double bass, drum programming
Feeling of Being
Lucy Schwartz–vocals, piano, clarinet, banjo
D.fly Schwartz–bass
Keep Me
Lucy Schwartz–vocals, vocal arrangement, piano, hammered dulcimer
Stuart Johnson–drums
D.fly Schwartz– bowed Weissenborn
Vocal choir & various trinket-like instruments/ percussion/flutes by: Chloe Hamilton, Emily Hamilton, Imaginary Friend, Matthew Frankel, Jason Ryterband and Rich Devletian
All songs published by LuckyLu Music (BMI)
"Feeling of Being†published by LuckyLu Music (BMI) and Songs Music Publishing


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I actually received the second Sam & Friends Mystery, Lake Monster Mix-Up, for review, but couldn't figure out what was going on with the talking dog, so I dug around and borrowed the first from another library in our consortium.
In the first of these two graphic mysteries, Jennie is sad because her best friend, Sarah, has moved. A new couple has moved into Sarah's house and they don't even have any kids! Instead, they have a big, shaggy sheepdog, Samantha (Sam for short). Jennie and Sam quickly become friends, especially after Jennie discovers she has "the gift" and can hear Sam's thoughts. Sam eggs on Jennie and their new friend, Beth, to discover the mystery of the mysterious Mr. McIver and his creepy house.
In their second adventure, Sam, Beth, and Jennie are off to a boring weekend by the lake. But with Sam along, they quickly discover an old diary and a creepy mystery!
There's nothing particularly new about these stories; both use well-worn plots for children's mysteries; the creepy old hermit who hates people but likes animals and the mysterious lake monster complete with warning from a local. The text is all dialogue and the art is expected to convey all the action and emotions. This leaves quite a few loose ends in both stories; in the first, we never find out how Jennie feels about the complete absence of her old friend Sarah, where Beth came from, or why they weren't friends previously. In the second story, the local's mysterious warning and the clues in the diary peter out into nothing; even the characters wonder at the end what they meant and hint at a possible explanation in a sequel.
Verdict: So, these are boring, cliched stories, right? Nope. They're actually quite good and I enjoyed reading them. The art is black and white with crisp, clean lines and does an excellent job of filling in the story behind the dialogue. Sam provides a dash of humor and a unique hook for the story; Jennie's ability to hear Sam's thoughts is perfectly done and fits naturally into the story. These are excellent mysteries for readers ready for beginning chapters who aren't yet interested in a lot of character development and emotional exploration. These readers will be looking for a story that feels familiar with humor, fun characters, and an exciting plot and these graphic novels are the perfect match. Recommended for juvenile graphic novel collections that include younger readers in their audience.
Dracula Madness
ISBN: 978-1554534180; Published February 2009 by Kids Can Press; Borrowed from the library; Purchased for the library
Lake Monster Mix-Up
ISBN: 978-1553378228; Published August 2009 by Kids Can Press; Review copy provided by the publisher through Raab Associates


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The Houston Chronicle looks at the impact families are having on Houston basketball. Klein High's Harmatuk family is mentioned:
Another of those families, the Harmatuks, also is making an impact in northwest Houston.
John Harmatuk, boys coach at Cypress Springs, is in his 11th year with the Panthers. His younger brother, Scott, is in his first year as Klein Collins boys coach.
But they are just two of five boys in their family who have been involved in basketball. John, Scott and their three brothers played basketball at Klein High School and wore No. 22. Four of them went on to play college basketball.
Their father, also named John Harmatuk, coached in the summer basketball circuit for 10 years. With their family, it's all ball all the time.
"Pretty much all that we did as a family was centered around basketball," said the younger John. "The only times during family gatherings when we weren't talking or arguing about basketball was when people made us stop."
John and Margaret should be proud of their boys!


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Bath is a World Heritage Site in the South West of England. It is a City known primarily for its Roman and Georgian heritage. The spa waters and elegant architecture attract many visitors from all over the world.
This website provides an introduction to the role and function of the Mayor of Bath and the rich history that surrounds this ceremonial position.
The Mayor plays a significant ambassadorial role within the City, including welcoming visitors and maintaining links with international partners. The Mayoralty is separate from the Council and has no political power.
The current Mayor, Councillor Gerry Curran (pictured), was elected to office at the annual Mayor Making ceremony held in Bath Abbey on 1 June 2019.
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Japanese artist Hiroko Lewis is based in Sussex, where she creates semi-abstract mindscapes inspired by her local environment.
After graduating with a degree in Fine Art from Kanazawa College of Art, she pursued a career as artist, porcelain pattern designer, and illustrator in Japan, where she exhibited widely, including at the prestigious National Art Centre in Tokyo.
Since moving to Brighton in 2011, she has expanded her media repertoire to include metal leaf and patination. She writes: "I am fascinated by the glow of haku metal materials and patination which add extra dimensions and colours, allowing a degree of expression that normal paints cannot achieve. I 'go with the flow' of these chemical reactions to create patinas which are then integrated with oil paint and other traditional media to form a collaboration between unrestrained nature and control."
Her work has been displayed at various venues including the ING Discerning Eye at the Mall Galleries in London, the Kimberly Clark corporate HQ, and a number of Brighton Artists Open House festivals. "Resonance," a major commission executed in oil, metal leaf, and patination for law firm Cripps LLC, was completed in February 2017. Comprising ten panels, and measuring 1.5m x 5m, it fills the lobby at their Tunbridge Wells offices.
Exhibition Info
Guildford Arts Summer Exhibition 2019 at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre This takes place from 3 - 18 July, in Guildford, and entry is free.
Artist Open House 2019 in Brighton, May: Once again, Hiroko gathered a talented group of artists to display alongside her work at house One-Six-Nine in the Fiveways Trail. This year saw over 1,800 visitors.
DMH Stallard, London: Echo III and others were displayed until February 2019.
Artist Open House 2018 in Brighton, May: She opened her house for the first time as part of the Fiveways trail and welcomed over 1,600 guests.
Art in Brighton Magazine 2018: She features in this artist's directory with her own full page.
Gallery news! Hiroko now has paintings on display and for sale at the Forest Gallery in Petworth. These include pictures from the Forest Dawn and Dusk series, among others. Visit the gallery's page via this link.
Linn Painter-Stainers exhibition 2018: Nordic Light I (above) shortlisted.
Art Bright in July 2017: Eight-artist show at Brighton's Jubilee Library from 3–16 July
Cripps LLP commission: Resonance is now on display in the foyer of the new Cripps lawyer's building in Tunbridge Wells.
ING Discerning Eye exhibition 2016: Three pictures were selected and shown at the Mall
Galleries in London from 17–26 Nov 2016.
Big Heart Auction: One work donated and sold at an online auction hosted by eBay in July 2016, in support of Chestnut Tree House Charity (Hospice)


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A mother elephant is known to protect her baby for the two years it walks alongside her, as seen in this gorgeous resin statue. It's an inspiring piece for anyone who loves the majesty of elephants. Adorned in ornate goldtone parade dress with a series of clear faceted beads. 10" l x 5" w x 9 1/2" h.
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Surus Elephant Mom and Calf is rated out of 5 by 38.
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Date published: 2019-07-31
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text: Katie brought a couple generations with her from the states to see the Canadian Rockies and make some memories. These guys were all about being in the moment with one another, aware that life is too short to put off that amazing trip everyone's been dreaming of. So fun to document a bit of their big holiday adventure together.


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- 5 Beds
- 4 Full, 1 Half
- 3,691 +/- Sqft
Property TypeResidential – Single Family
SubdivisionEagle Ranch
Listing Date03/22/18
Year Built2005
AreaEagle Ranch
Lot Size0.45 Acres (19,602 SqFt)
Parking2 Car Garage
Property Description
Ideal setting at the end of the cul-de-sac in Eagle Ranch. This single family home backs up to acres of BLM land from your private patio. The home boasts a stunning entry into hardwood floors and a formal dining area with built in displays. Offering excellent finishes and optimum main floor living with master suite and study on the main level. Additional living space downstairs with storage and a guest bedroom.
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About Eagle
Thirty minutes from the slopes of Vail and Beaver Creek, the charming town of Eagle has become a destination all its own. World-class outdoor recreation includes mountain biking, fly-fishing, horseback riding, off-road motorized trails, hunting, camping and hiking. And the real estate mix is some of the valley's most diverse. Thoughtful developments include a variety of single-family homes, townhouses and condominiums, many of which are just a walk or bike-ride away from restaurants, shops and various community services in downtown Eagle and Eagle Ranch. Originally a ranching community, much of that heritage is still evident as you drive up Brush Creek Road toward Sylvan Lake State Park, where adventurers can explore beautiful hiking trails, paddleboard or fish on the lake, or head into the unknown in the mysterious Fulford Cave. Eagle is the county seat, and its lower elevation equates to a milder, often shorter winter than the towns further upvalley. Eagle's real estate diversity offers everything from condominiums to sprawling ranch estates. There are beautifully designed single-family homes, simple historic houses near downtown, condominiums, flats, and single-family and golf course homes in Eagle Ranch. Eagle also offers buyers good value for their money, just a short distance from Vail and Beaver Creek. Downtown Eagle has become a convenient, family-friendly community with desirable proximity to Interstate 70 and the Eagle County Regional Airport. Just 30 minutes to Beaver Creek Resort, Eagle offers mountain community living with convenient access to the world-class resorts of Vail and Beaver Creek. Hiking trails are plentiful, where you can ascend to a high-alpine lake or trek through colorful aspen groves in the fall. Mountain biking has taken off in the spring, summer and fall, where bikers can explore Eagle's 100 miles of singletrack trails featuring landscapes ranging from deep forest to high desert. The town's events schedule seems to grow each year, where free summer concerts create festive scenes in the park where children play and adults picnic. Other popular events include an outdoor yoga festival, holiday parade, farmers markets, summer outdoor sports festival, Eagle Flight Days and the Eagle County Fair and Rodeo.
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Crystal Fung had 11 Pursuers at One Time
By huynh on December 6, 2017 in NEWS
Known for her beauty and resembling popular Mainland Chinese actress Tiffany Tang (唐嫣), Crystal Fung (馮盈盈) has been one of the more popular Miss Hong Kong winners in recent years. It comes as no surprise to know that the 23-year-old had many pursuers even before her pageantry.
On Young and Restless <後生仔傾吓偈>, Louisa Mak (麥明詩) shared that she had three or four pursuers at the same time while in college. When show host Luk Ho Ming (陸浩明) asked Crystal what her greatest number of pursuers at a single time was. Crystal candidly recalled that there were 11 men! This did not come as a surprise. One fan even teased that Crystal was lying, stating that a pretty girl like her must have had more pursuers than that.
Despite investing time, money, and effort in hopes of gaining her affection, the men were only regarded as friends by Crystal. "I really did not view them as 'Guanyin's soldiers'. Only as friends!" She rotated going to dinner with these 11 pursuers, "It was very a little tiring. Since I had to get to know them, I had to go out to dinner every day." On maintaining a relationship, Crystal said that a relationship needs time and work.
In a turn of events, Crystal later admitted that she had tried to pursue a college classmate. In her first year at the University of Hong Kong, she developed a crush on a senior. At the time, she boldly took the first step to initiate conversation and asked him out to dinner. However, her crush rejected her advances, but complimented that she was a nice girl.
This article is written by Huynh for JayneStars.com.


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Wildlife & Habitat
Lower Columbia River Estuary
Estuarine wetlands are some of the most productive environments on earth. The estuary supports abundant life because of the large expanses of shallow water, mud flats, and marshy and swampy islands. Fertile soil contributed by the river, nutrients and oxygen brought in by the tides, and sunlight combine to promote luxurious plant growth, ranging from plankton in the water to trees on the islands. Animals eat some of the vegetation but most of it eventually dies and decays. The decaying plant material feeds the estuary. Bits of decomposing plants become coated with bacteria and algae, and tides and currents carry these about. Small animals such as clams, worms, and young fish feed on this material. They in turn may be eaten by larger fish, seals, mammals or birds in a complex food web that also includes humans
The refuge encloses part of the largest marsh in western Oregon and is an important rearing area for anadromous fish. The array of fish in the lower Columbia River include coho and chinook salmon, sturgeon, and steelhead trout. The Lower Columbia River Fish Hatcheries maintain good health management and monitor the health of wild fish in the lower Columbia River.
Hundreds of fish and shellfish such as oysters, clams, shrimp, and salmon, live in estuaries at some point in their life. Estuaries protect water quality by filtering out sediment and pollution. In addition, estuaries, and the land surrounding them, are places where people live, sail, fish, swim, and bird watch. As a result, estuaries are often the centers of our coastal communities
This refuge encompasses more than 40% of the Columbia River estuary and includes numerous islands and bars, extensive mudflats, tidal marshes, and tidal swamps. The area is a major stopover for migratory waterfowl as they gather here before the northward migration. Peak populations of 500-1,000 tundra swans, 5,000 Canada geese, and 50,000 ducks arein February and March. Shorebird populations reach peaks of 150,000 birds. The refuge includes a large Caspian tern colony on Rice Island, and provides nesting areas for gulls, cormorants, and herons. The area is also used by peregrine falcons. Cathlamet Bay is the center of activity for wintering bald eagles on the Lower Columbia, and the area also supports a significant resident bald eagle population.
The estuary is both a migrational stopping place and a wintering area for waterfowl that nest in Alaska and winter in Oregon and California. The most common species are tundra swans, Canada geese, mallards, pintails, American wigeon, green-winged teal and greater scaup. Great blue herons, gulls and shorebirds wade the extensive sandbars and mud flats in search of small fish, insects, worms and crustaceans. Grebes and cormorants dive in the deeper water of the channels in search of fish. The willow, cottonwood and spruce trees of the vegetated islands provide nesting sites and lookout perches for numerous small birds, hawks and bald eagles.
For additional information, visit the Washington Audubon website.
Harbor seals use sandbars and mud flats as haul out sites at low tides, while both seals and California sea lions feed on a variety of fish in the estuary. Beaver, raccoon, weasel, opossum, mink, muskrat, coyote, and river otter live on the islands. Columbian white-tailed deer may be present on some of the upstream islands.
The Burke Museum at the University of Washington has a detailed list of mammals throughout Washington State. Research projects on marine mammals can be found at the National Marine Mammal Laboratory with particular attention to issues related to marine mammals located in waters near Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and California.
Reptiles and Amphibians
Lewis and Clark Wildlife Refuge has several reptiles and amphibians that are found throughout the Pacific Northwest. A few of these include red-legged frogs, common gartersnakes, and northwestern salamanders. The rough-skinned newt also inhabits the islands. Many newts produce toxins to avoid predation, but the toxins of rough-skinned newt is particularly potent.
For distribution maps and information on species of amphibians and reptiles, visit the Burke Museum Herpetology website.
The estuary is home to many species of fish. Fish use the estuary for spawning, feeding, and as a passageway between the ocean and the upper river. The estuary is particularly important as a feeding area for juvenile salmon while they go through the physical changes that allow them to survive in salt water. The salmon then migrate into the ocean where they grow to adulthood and live for several years. As adults, they return through the estuary, seeking out their natal streams upriver to spawn the next generation. Major sport and commercial fish species include coho, chum and Chinook salmon; steelhead and cutthroat trout; and white sturgeon.
Other fish using the estuary include American shad, smelt, starry flounder, and Pacific lamprey