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Karmen is head of Interaction Design at Zurich University of the Arts since 2011. She joined this university in 2006 as researcher at Institute for Cultural Studies in the Arts, and in 2008 she begun working within the IAD team as a lecturer, teaching courses in embodied interaction, research methods, sonic interaction and embodied theories of design. She leads research projects on sonic interaction design and responsive architectures at the European, Swiss, and local levels.
Karmen's research gravitates around the subjects of responsive environments and sonic interaction design. The focus is on physical interfaces that engage bodily knowledge in interaction, mainly through non-visual senses involving sonic and haptic feedback. Her work challenges established interaction paradigms and to foster critical and playful uses of technology in everyday life. Her theoretical research on enaction, agency, play, hospitality and participation manifests in responsive spaces, digital architecture, video and interactive installations. Her doctoral thesis "Amplifiying Actions: Towards Enactive Sound Design" (2012) proposes an enactive approach to interactivity and to sound design.
In ZHdK, Karmen has been leading research on responsive environments and sonic interaction within the Design departement and at the Institute for Cultural Studies in the Arts. The goal of her recent book "Sonic Interaction Design" (MIT Press, 2013) is to introduce this emerging field to designers and artists. The project is supported by the European Science Foundation COST Action on "Sonic Interaction Design" for which she acted as a Swiss national delegate and collaborated with colleagues across Europe, Canada and Australia. She is also involved in the COST Action on "Soundscape of European Cities and Landscapes". From 2006 to 2009, she led design research within the European FP6 project CLOSED: Closing the Loop of Sound Evaluation and Design. The CLOSED project, undertaken with partners at Ircam (Paris), University of Verona and TU Berlin, was a milestone for fostering research on sonic interaction at the European level, and the first such project to be based at a university of the arts in Switzerland.
In the field of responsive environments, Karmen's work aims at engaging social and sensorial interaction in public space. Her urban installations invite passers-by to explore, modulate and affect the evolution of the multidimensional urban fabric, together with the presence and condition of its co-inhabitants. Play is used as a strategy for challenging habitual behaviors and opening up alternative context in which unknown individual and collective gestures may be revealed. These projects act as research probes into sensorial and social tissues of which urban spaces are composed. Karmen's works in this domain have been exhibited internationally, at institutions including Ircam/Centre Pompidou (Paris), SF Camerawork (San Francisco), Fondazione Sandretto (Torino), Miami Bienal, MoMA Ljubljana, Far Eastern Memorial Foundation (Taipei), DEAF (Rotterdam), The Junction (Cambridge), and Oboro (Montreal), among others. She is a memeber of the Internet of Things Council where questions of embodied interaction are discussed on European level. Most recently, she is working on creation of self-actuated materials, such as self-moving surfaces (electroactive polymers) and self-illuminating surfaces (electroluminescent paper) with a goal of designing a more alive and responsive architecture.
Karmen Franinović (born 1975) received the Laurea degree Summa cum Laude from Istituto Universitario di Archittetura di Venezia, MA degree from the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea and a PhD degree from the School of Art and Media at the University of Plymouth. Karmen has worked as an architect on large scale public buildings and urban projects while employed at AltenArchitekten at Studio ArchA, and in collaboration with Arata Isozaki and Associates, and Arup. She contributed to the design of structures such as the olympic hockey palace for the 2004 winter games in Torino. She has previously taught in departments of design and art at Concordia University in Montreal and Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in Milano. Prior to joining IAD, Karmen explored related social and embodied aspects of interactivity within Zero-Th Association, a non-profit research entity that she co-founded together with Yon Visell.
BA (Dep. Design) Kurse
In this course we developed products that can put one to sleep and gently wake one up.
BA (Dep. Design) Kurse
The course's focus is on sound produced in interaction with physical artifacts and the ways in which sound and movement are interlinked.
BA Kurse
This course taught students how to creatively investigate existing contexts of use, potential user communities and innovative technologies, and how such research can lead to design concepts for new interactive products and services.
BA (Dep. Design) Kurse
Our senses teach us that action and perception are aspects of experience that cannot be divided. In this course we learn about scientific and conceptual basis of embodied cognition and play with perceptual illusions that can stimulate our design ideas.
BA Kurse
This course explores questions and methods that are at the core of interaction design practice.
BA Kurse
This course is an introduction to embodied interaction design, on theoretical, practical and technical level.
BA Kurse
This course will help you identify methods best suited for your BA thesis and structure an interaction design process that leads you towards an innovative design solution.
BA Kurse
This course is an introduction to embodied interaction design, on theoretical, practical and technical level. Students will learn how to augment everyday artefacts and spaces, with non-visual feedback such as sound, motion or vibration.
BA Kurse
We explore interactions situated in urban space and design sonic and haptics interfaces addressing topics such as play, privacy, navigation, appropriation of public space, participation and social encounters.
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Interdisciplinary course on development and application of self-actuated materials.
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Embodied Interaction Advanced course in fall 2011 focused on interfaces for movement rehabilitation.
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This studio-based course focuses on tangible interaction and the embedding of interactive technology in everyday spaces and architecture. This year's theme is the design of interactive floor elements, tiles, carpets or seating modules.
BA Kurse
Objects and events in our surroundings make us perceive and act. Sometimes we do this intentionally. Sometimes we are unaware that something or someone changes the way we move through space.
BA Kurse
This course introduces methods that are at the core of interaction design practice, with focus on video prototyping.
F&E Projekt
The Closing the Loop in Sound Evaluation and Design (CLOSED) project aims at providing a interactive sound evaluation tools and methods that can be profitably used by designers.
F&E Projekt
Sonic Interaction Design is fostered by a number of parallel developments that have increased relevance of sound in interactive products today.
F&E Projekt
In cooperation with the EPFL Lausanne we are developing scenarios of introducing robots to a a very sensitive part of the house: the children room. Acceptance is a key issue.
F&E Projekt
Research exploring notions of agency, materiality and interactivity
F&E Projekt
Aktivitätsfördernde Interaktion im neurologischen Gangtraining
F&E Projekt
The EFS Evaluation of Feedback-Systems in automated Gait Training Project is based on the previous KTI project A-Int (Activity boosting Interaction in Neurologic Gait Training).
Erfasst am 19.11.12
Jahrestagung der Deutsche Gesellschaft für Designtheorie und -forschung (DGTF) 2012: DE-MYSTIFYING METHODS mit Karmen Franinovic.
Erfasst am 26.06.11
At the Rehab Week Zurich, Karmen Franinovic presents IAD projects on hand rehabilitation after stoke.
Erfasst am 23.12.11
EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), IDSIA (Istituto Dalle Molle di Studi sull'Intelligenza Artificiale) und ZHdK treffen sich um einen kreativen Workshop über Robjects zu entwickeln!
Erfasst am 07.03.12
Karmen Franinovic discusses how self-actuated materials change design practices.
Erfasst am 20.04.11
During her scientific mission in Israel, Karmen Franinovic developed a first version of an interface that records and plays back voice-gesture couplings.
Erfasst am 08.12.10
The workshop on Musical Gesture and Sonic Interaction successfully took place in ZHdK.
Erfasst am 20.09.10
We are looking for MA applicants interested in developing research on interactive urban lighting. This collaboration project with Philips touches on many aspects of urban life and light as ...
Erfasst am 13.05.10
Karmen Franinovic presents her research on touch in public space at "Amplified Spaces" panel discussion at 11th Elektra Festival in Montreal.
Erfasst am 26.07.10
We solicit short papers or demo papers that describe new research directions, early results, works-in-progress and working prototypes in the areas of ubiquitous computing and interaction design ...
Erfasst am 26.07.10
International experts and researchers in domain of Sonic Interaction Design and Musical Gesture research will meet in November this year at ZHdK. The workshop is organized by Karmen Franinovic and ...
Erfasst am 14.07.09
Karmen Franinovic organizes an inspiritation session at the Sound and Music Computing Conference 2009 in Porto
Erfasst am 21.11.08
Karmen Franinovic exhibits the results of the CLOSED research at the Saint Étienne International Design Biennial.
Erfasst am 19.11.12
Jahrestagung der Deutsche Gesellschaft für Designtheorie und -forschung (DGTF) 2012: DE-MYSTIFYING METHODS mit Karmen Franinovic.
Erfasst am 11.06.12
A tribute to the sense of touch. IAD presents haptic interaction projects at MUDAC and Fondation Verdan.
Erfasst am 05.03.13
Karmen Franinović gives lecture on transdisciplinary research at Vienna University of Applied Arts
Erfasst am 05.04.13
On 12.4.2013. Karmen Franinovic presents research on responsive environments and active materials
Erfasst am 25.04.13
2. Mai, 9h - 18h. We are pleased to invite you to the Symposium and Book Launch, which brings together researchers and practictioners in the area of interactive sound.
Erfasst am 21.10.12
"ArmCoach", a BA project developed by Dinis Meier and Samuel Bauer in 2011 was published in the "Interactive Design: An Introduction to the Theory and Application of User-centered Design" book by ...
Erfasst am 23.06.12
Karmen Franinovic presents her research at IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Erfasst am 12.09.12
Karmen Franinovic is speaker at the ROBIOT session, which includes a series of talks, a scenario workshop and explores joint proposals and projects.
Erfasst am 30.10.12
Karmen Franinovic (IAD), Florian Wille (IAD) and Roman Kirschner (LIQUID THINGS) gave a research workshop from October 8th to 10th, 2012 in Vienna University of Applied Arts.
Erfasst am 09.11.12
Nora Young of Canadian Broadcast Company interviewed Karmen Franinovic about Sonic Interaction Design and our future living with sound making artifacts.
Erfasst am 03.02.14
An Urban Play Workshop with Heather Kelley, Nathalie Pozzi, Eric Zimmerman and Karmen Franinovic
Erfasst am 20.08.13
Symposium with Langdon Winner, Fiona Raby, Usman Haque, Noortje Marres, François Roche, Heather Horst, Jason Tester, Raiford Guins and Don Slater.
Erfasst am 03.02.14
An experience catalyst research event between Sound Art, Interaction Design
Erfasst am 03.02.14
The event is moderated by Karmen Franinovic. Presentation and Workshop by MA student Marie-France Bojanowski.
Erfasst am 18.03.14
Artikel: Digitale Produkte und Systeme wie Smartphone-Apps oder Social-Media-Plattformen werden heute in enger Zusammenarbeit mit Interaction Designern konzipiert, entwickelt und gestaltet. Die ...
Erfasst am 30.05.11
Karmen Franinovic presents the SID book (MIT Press 2012) and two projects in Oslo, Norway.
Erfasst am 14.05.14
The KTI project company ABILITY Switzerland has launched the first novel gait rehabilitation system LYRA® on the market that is the result of our KTI research.
Erfasst am 25.09.14
Diskussionspanel über akustische Dimensionen der Stadt; Do 25.09., 19.00 Uhr; Raum D /quartier21 (Wien)
Beyond Kinetic Architecture
Karmen Franinovic
20.4.2012. ETH, Zurich
Since more then ten years, physical computing has drastically changed the way in which we use digital technologies in design and architecture. However, responsive environments and objects are still a collage of hardware components that activate their materials and structures, lights and sounds. In this seminar, I propose a shift from such integration of actuating hardware to an experimentation on the threshold between the mechanic, chemical and electronic. Working with the innate behaviours and physical properties of active materials I suggest that form, behaviour and interaction can be designed as one, rather than separating behaviour from the physical and structural properties of materials. In an on-going research project on custom-made materials that illuminate, sound and move when electric currents are passed through them, I discovered a profound effect that such approach can have on the creative process. I will present its outcomes: membrane structures that suggest a new kind of responsive environment that incorporates lightness, adaptability, aliveness and decay. I call such environments enactive in order to reflect both the direct exploration of matter during the design process and the exploratory experience of inhabitants of such spaces.
Naïveté as a Way of Working with Interactivity
Karmen Franinovic
How can we approach, understand and design interactivity? During the last ten years, I have been tackling this broad question from two perspectives: one focused on direct experimentation with interactive matter, be it smart materials or sonic feedback to action, and the other based on exploring social behavior within everyday contexts. The former, hands-on approach allows designers to play with the unknown, while the latter, situated approach follows an empathic way of observing the world, resulting in ideas that stem from understanding the existing situations. What connects these two perspectives is a certain kind of naïveté in approaching digital/analog/chemical/biological responsive materials on one hand, and people/places/activities on the other hand. In this talk, I will present methods and projects that come out of this interweaving double path, aiming to show how such naïve way of looking, doing and questioning affects our ways of working with interactivity.
course by Karmen Franinovic and Florian Wille
The Actuated Matter workshop explored the application of smart materials and their ability to transform space into responsive, adaptive environments. We developed a speculative model for membrane structures that exhibit properties of sensitivity, resilience, and decay. By physically engaging with the behaviours of active materials, we experimented with the threshold between the electronic and mechanic, the analog and the digital. The workshop followed a do-it-yourself approach and resulted in the development of sonic, luminous and moving modules that will populate and activate the environment. This workshop was part of a recent research initiative called "Emotive Environments".
The EFS Evaluation of Feedback-Systems in automated Gait Training Project is based on the previous KTI project A-Int (Activity boosting Interaction in Neurologic Gait Training). In the latter, we developed various interaction concepts that have the potential to significantly improve the effectiveness of gait rehabilitation. However, the patient's responsiveness to a certain interactive feedback depends on the individual and the state of recovery. Thus, the goal of the EFS project is to develop evaluation systems for measuring the effect of developed sonic interaction techniques on the progress of walking rehabilitation, and thus improve those or develop new ones.
The project merges the following research areas:
• sonic interaction design for guiding movement
• evaluation of sonic feedback and motivational strategies
• motivational strategies for walking rehabilitation in stroke patients
Prof. Dr. Karmen Franinovic
Andrês Villa Torres
Moritz Kemper
Simon Pfaff
Ability, NTB (Interstaatliche Hochschule für Technik Buchs), ZHAW-G
The Commission for Technology and Innovation (KTI), Switzerland
A pulsating light on the sea sends a signals to a lost boat, a noise of the traffic diverts your walk to a quieter street. Objects and events in our surroundings make us perceive and act. sometimes we do this intentionally. Sometimes we are unaware that something or someone changes the way we move through space.
When designing any spatial experience: an installation, a sound walk through the city, a public service or a responsive scenography, we shape the inhabitants' experience by creating various objects of attention, or so-called perceptual attractors. We can design such objects of attention by shaping their spatial qualities such as brightness or size – an illuminated large door in a dark room that leads our way out. The temporal qualities such as speed can also divert or attract attention – we may notice a branch of a plant suddenly breaking down (short term response), but not see the growth of the same branch and how us not watering the plant led to its damage (long term response).
In this course, we will study how such attractors shape our experiences within existing urban contexts, and we will create new spatial experiences by designing such attractors within a performative setting – an installation or a dance scenography. Students will develop their own methods to capture, research and understand attention and movement in space, as well as have a possibility to work with motion capture systems, haptic floors and smart material sculptures. We will use the notion of Liquid Space to explore different ways of shifting between perceptual textures and objects, backgrounds and foregrounds.
The course will culminate in the workshop organized by a research project called Raüme der Aufmerksamkeit (Spaces of Attention) which will take place at Gessnerallee, in collaboration with students, researchers and dozents from music and performing arts.
Leitung: Prof.Dr.Karmen Franinovic
Assistenz: MA Clemens Winkler
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|23 May 2011
Imported pictures using Picasa 3 - the pictures became grey boxes!?!
So, I imported my photos from my SDCard to my PC using Picasa 3, and everything was going smoothly... until I tried to take a look at the photos! all of the photos that I've imported using this method for some reason all became greyed out! Viewing them on Picasa3, all you can see is a grey rectangle, in place of the photos. However, when using the windows explorer folder, i can see that the photos were imported correctly (it's not just a grey box, but the actual photos), but when I try to open it (using any program: Paint, Picasa3, etc), it is still a grey rectangle instead of the photos. I tried to upload the image and send it via email, and I get the same result.
In my mistake, I chose to "delete the uploaded photos after uploading" option... If anyone can help retrieve these photos, I would be forever grateful! it's my vacation photos from Croatia
I'm not sure if there were any errors when I imported it... i stepped out for a bit while I was waiting for it to import. Again, I would appreciate any help! I'm not sure if this will help, but I looked around my SD card, and looked at the "Lost.dir" folder, and copied all of what's in there.
I did use Glarysoft to recover the images, and I'm using a Windows 7 laptop as my computer.
Also, are there other alternatives? I did save the lost.dir with all of the photo files in it, both in my SD Card, and on my laptop. I think I remember back in the XP days when you can just rename the corrupted files, and append the .jpg extension at the end, and that will fix it? Can I do the same in a Vista/Windows 7 computer? Are there other workarounds this issue? Thanks again!
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Regarding renaming recovered files - you can make a copy of that files and try.
I have never used Picasa, but I can try to play with those pictures and see what I can do.
So you want, you can send me one of those grey pictures and on of those recovered ones.
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|24 May 2011
thanks! how do i send them to you? you can send me an email
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|24 May 2011
I have sent you my contacts.
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|25 May 2011
Here are my findings:
Those jpg files seem to have all standard meta info, even some sort of preview in them, but then I open them in Hex editor, they are 95% zero bytes. Picasa managed to corrupt them so badly, it is not possibly to do anything about them. How your recovered files are doing? Did renaming help?
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Haier America will display the first completely wireless television at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week.
Using wireless electric power transfer technology from supplier WiTricity, Haier will display a 32" LCD television powered wirelessly from a distance. In addition, the content for the television will be provided via a wireless link from an accompanying Haier prototype Blu-ray player.
"With the eye of the technology world clearly on CES, this is an important time for Haier to show that we are and will be an innovator in the marketplace," said Zhang Tieyan, director of Haier's Global Branding Operations. "Presenting a completely wireless television is an exciting advancement for the future of our Digital Products business."
WiTricity technology uses highly resonant magnetic coupling to exchange energy between a power source and a power capture device embedded in the Haier TV or other electronic device. By using magnetism to transfer energy, the WiTricity system can power devices through walls and other obstructions in a manner that the companies say are safe and highly efficient.
Haier's HD wireless video technology utilizes AMIMON's wireless technology. It is based on the WHDI(TM) (Wireless Home Digital Interface(TM)) standard, provides a uncompressed wireless link that can support delivery of 1080p, 1080i and 720p content in the 5GHz unlicensed band with a range beyond 100 feet, through walls, and latency is less than one millisecond.
The wireless television display will be showcased at the Haier booth (10427) in the Central Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center from January 7-10.
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Canada 6 - United States 3
by Alan Adams
MORA, Sweden – Jonathan Toews scored his second goal of the game on a third period penalty shot to pace Canada to a 6-3 triumph over the United States at the World Junior Championship on Wednesday.
Toews was awarded the shot after U.S. forward Kyle Okposo threw his stick at the Canadian forward while Toews was on a breakaway. Toews scored what proved to be the winning goal on a wrist shot at 9:13 that caught the upper left corner of the net.
Darren Helm then followed with a pair of goals late in the final period to help Canada to its second straight win.
Steve Downie and Tom Pyatt scored in the first period to stake Canada to a 2-0 lead. Toews then made it 3-0 at 1:55 of the second but the United States struck for a goal shortly after, with Eric Johnson cutting Canada's margin to two at 2:24.
Johnson's goal ended Canada's shutout steak at the world junior championship at 234 minutes 14 seconds.
The win over the U.S. came a day after Canada beat Sweden 2-0 to open the tournament.
Canada's next game is Friday against unbeaten Germany. The Germans are 2-0 following a 4-2 win over Slovakia earlier Wednesday.


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Unity lighting
Perfect control for perfect lightmapping
Unity's iterative lightmap baking gives you complete control of your lightmapping workflow. The integrated lightmapping tool, Beast, perfectly bakes lights into textures for amazing performance. You can opt to spend time baking only the parts of the scene you are actively working on. Coupled with the use of normal maps when lightmapping, and lower memory requirements for the bake process, it has never been faster or easier to add detail and nuance to your lightmapped scenes. Scenes with both normal maps and dual lightmapping (see next section) appear more polished, smoothing the visual transition between objects at far and near distances.
Dual lightmapping for vast scenes
Integrate your main characters naturally into your lightmaps with dual lightmapping. Dual lightmapping uses one lightmap for distant scenery, and a second lightmap for only bounce light. On objects in the foreground, Unity fades in realtime direct lighting on top of the bounce lightmapped geometry. This means you don't need huge lightmaps for online games and moving the fade distance is a perfect way to adjust to the end-user's hardware capabilities in realtime.
Make it glow just like life
Enhance lightmapped scenes with baked Global Illumination, sky lights and emissive materials. Create and then bake more diffuse, realistic, and attractive light effects into your scenes and textures that would otherwise be impossible in realtime.
Use light probes to bake lighting onto moving characters and other dynamic objects and save big on performance costs.
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Add cool realism to your mobile games with real-time hard shadows from directional lights. For your Web, desktop and console games, create high-quality, real-time shadows for directional, spot and point lights. Objects can cast shadows onto each other and onto parts of themselves. Choose simple shadow options, such as Hard or Soft Shadows, or use Unity's tools to tweak your shadows for a more refined and subtle appearance.
Bake Away
Once it's time to bake, simply pull up the lightmap pane and configure your settings, then hit "bake". Unity will kick off a background job, letting you continue your work while it's running. For full control you can specify a Beast configuration and tell Unity to use that – this way you can truly unlock the full range of esoteric options that Beast offers.
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In preparation for my pedal powered trip along The Mekong river, it was time last week for some time away from the computer and on the water. And what better way to get in the mood for following one of the worlds great rivers than a small adventure in Sussex with Nick Weston from The Treehouse Diaries.
Nick is living in a forrest in Sussex and having built a coracle from hazel and canvas his plan was to take his vessel from the woods to the sea. In order to document the trip and provide a back up I tagged along in a canoe. The Ooze and Cuckmeer may not host the exotic charms of the Mekong but this short trip provided a perfect opportunity to travel slowly along a river and try out my poncho and hammock. Paddling and portaging by day, by night we feasted like fat otters on the river banks of Sussex. Chicken of the woods, samphire pigeon and sorrel were all on the menu. Below are some photos from a glorious few days messing about in a boat in the English countryside and eating wild food.


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I'm going on tour again…yes, another webtour. This one courtesy of Fire and Ice Book Tours, I'll be visiting a whole new set of sites. We're also featuring another giveaway so do follow along by checking out the following schedule.
And there's a giveaway. One winner will win any title (ebook only) from my backlist. Enter through the Rafflecopter.
Do stop by! It should be fun. :) My thanks to Shelly–and Cherry Mischievous!–for setting this up for me.
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Welcome to the first day of the Creative Cuts & More Mega Recipe Blog Hop, which will feature the 8"x8" Treasured Family Recipes Kit. We have 24 designers who will be creating wonderful pages to inspire you. Plus we all will be sharing some of our own delicious treasured family recipes. Make sure you check back at http://www.diecutdiva.com/ tomorrow for the Holiday Treats Apron Recipe Kit Blog Hop. We will also have 24 designers who will be showcasing their great creations and sharing holiday treat recipes.
If you haven't came here from Lila's wonderful blog on our hop, you'll want to start at the beginning of the CC&M Mega Recipe Blog Hop here at http://diecutdiva.com/
So here are some of the pages I made with this fantastic kit! The cover has a window cut-out so I printed the title of my album on the computer and placed it on the first page. Everything you see is included in the kit except for the paper flowers, button, alphabet stamps and ribbon.
As you open the cover of the book, this is what you'll see. I plan on writing a special message to the recipient of the gift on the inside cover.
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|Sat, 01-08-2011 - 2:20pm
I'm 42 and didn't expect to be joining this 'club' so early... but... here I am!
This is my first place to go for advice b/c 4 years ago I practically lived on ivillage's expecting mom's boards!!
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I can only speak from personal experience here as I am certainly no medical expert....
I had a total hysterectomy about 30 years ago - both ovaries, uterus and cervix (and appendix!!) were removed.
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Principles of Biology II, Advanced Ecology, Marine Ecology, Deep Sea Environments
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Research in my lab focuses on the nutritional requirements of the adult and larval stages of echinoderms On going research by students and myself include determining whether the absence or threshold levels of certain fatty acids (e.g. short and long chain poly unsaturated fatty acids) in the eggs and algal diets of echinoderms affects the relative and absolute amounts accumulated during larval development. A second area of interest is studying the ecology of juvenile fiddler crabs and periwinkles. Students and myself are looking at variation in shell morphology at various sites exposed or protected from the incoming tides and the use of empty periwinkle shells by juvenile fiddlers crabs.


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Nexus 4 review
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"This phone has some of the best specs around and it's fantastic value. Had it not been crippled by silly things like a paltry memory allowance and not-quite-there camera, we'd have recommended it immediately and given it a five star rating."
- Beautiful, elegant design
- Excellent screen
- Android 4.2
- Unbelievable price
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- Camera could be better


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Serves 2
Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.
Ingredientsadd to shopping list
- 1 tablespoon molasses
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- 2 Cornish hens, backbones removed and the hens flattened and patted dry
Preheat the broiler. In a small bowl stir together the molasses, the lemon juice, the allspice, and salt and pepper to taste. Arrange the hens skin side down on a lightly oiled rack of a broiler pan and brush them with some of the molasses mixture. Broil the hens about 4 inches from the heat, brushing them once with some of the remaining molasses mixture, for 10 minutes, turn them, and broil them for 4 minutes more. Brush the hens with the remaining molasses mixture and broil them for 4 to 5 minutes more, or until they are golden brown and cooked through.
my notes
Nutrition Informationper serving (2 servings) POWERED BY Edamam
- Calories704
- Carbohydrates9 g (3%)
- Fat47 g (73%)
- Protein58 g (115%)
- Saturated Fat13 g (65%)
- Sodium209 mg (9%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat9 g
- Fiber0 g (1%)
- Monounsaturated Fat21 g
- Cholesterol339 mg (113%)
recipe at a glance
type: Quick & Easy
main ingredients: Game Hen, Molases, Spice
cuisine: American


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Anyone on a Paleo diet knows this feeling: I want something besides eggs and vegetables for breakfast!! Thus someone, who knows how long ago, came up with a brilliant idea: porridge made from nuts! I have seen more versions than I can shake a stick at, and they're all variations on the same thing. Here is my version!
Creamy, nutty, rich, and oh so filling…you will be surprised how good Paleo can taste AND how little of this porridge can carry you through your morning.
A note on nuts: I have discovered in my venture with this diet that I don't do well with lots of nuts and seeds. I am currently experimenting with soaking the nuts to see if my body likes them anymore this way…this recipe is a reflection of that.
- ½ cup soaked pecans (or a mixture of your preferred nuts). I put some in a bowl overnight if I do not have on hand.
- ¾ cup boiling water
- 2 tablespoons coconut butter (please refer to link above on how to easily make your own)
- ½ very ripe banana (a soaked medjool date would be another great option!)
- 2 teaspoons real maple syrup
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon sea salt (to taste)
- In a blender, place all the ingredients and blend until smooth and creamy. Mixture will be thin. If you do not have a high powered blender the nuts will need to be soaked and NOT dehydrated.
- Place mixture into a small saucepan over medium low heat. Heat gently until thick and creamy. Serve.
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The forgotten pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters in your couch or your spare change jar can provide emergency medical assistance for Kansas Citians in need.
During our November 2013 Coins for the Cabinet campaign, loose change was dropped at all 20 Kansas City area Hy-Vee Stores. Four local schools also participated by holding coin drives in their classrooms and parking lots. We thank Hy-Vee and Academie Lafeyette (Cherry and Oak Street), Roesland Elementary, Spring Hill High School and University Academy for their clever collection ideas and generous donations.
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Study Compares Heart Risks for 2 Hormonal Regimens
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 2 (HealthDay News) -- An estrogen drug used by women to relieve hot flashes and other menopausal symptoms is tied to an increased risk for certain types of heart troubles, while another estrogen drug appears to be safer, a new study says.
Researchers compared the cardiovascular safety of the two commonly used pills: Premarin, a so-called "conjugated equine estrogen" and a generic version of estradiol.
Premarin is made from the urine of pregnant mares while estradiol is a "natural" or "bioequivalent" estrogen, according to background information in the study, which was funded by the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
Although these estrogen pills "are effective for managing menopause symptoms, not enough is known about the cardiovascular safety of different oral hormone therapy products relative to each other," lead author Nicholas Smith, an affiliate investigator at the Group Health Research Institute, said in a Group Health news release.
The researchers tracked outcomes for 384 postmenopausal women, aged 30 to 79, who were using hormone therapy pills. The women included 68 who had experienced blood clots in the legs and in the lungs, 67 who had a heart attack, as well as 48 who had an ischemic stroke, which occurs due to blocked blood flow to the brain. The other 201 women acted as a control group.
Compared to women who took estradiol, those who took Premarin had a higher risk of blood clots. The women taking Premarin also had a somewhat higher risk of heart attack. There was no difference in ischemic stroke risk, according to the study published online this week in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine.
Smith and his colleagues said that further studies are needed to confirm these findings.
"If confirmed, the results would provide valuable information to women and their health care professionals when making safety decisions regarding available (hormone therapy) options for menopausal symptom management," the researchers concluded.
One other expert agreed that this "small" study is not the final word on this issue.
"Clearly, further studies need to be done, as for many women HRT is part of the treatment for quality of life, and knowing the safest treatment option is crucial," said Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum, director for women and heart disease at Lenox Hill Hospital, in New York City.
More information
The American Academy of Family Physicians has more about hormone replacement therapy.
SOURCES: Suzanne Steinbaum, M.D., director, women and heart disease, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City; Group Health Research Institute, JAMA Internal Medicine, news releases, Sept. 30, 2013Related Articles
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Profiteers at counter purposes with human need peddle cells, not privies
Advocate for World's People free to live free from threat, occupation, violence, plunder, oppression
Baffling (or is it?): Why Third World under-developing countries remain underdeveloped ─ or worse
Re-reporting, editing, brief comment by Carolyn Bennett
Canon of profiteers: profit at all costs holds back human progress
Six billion of the world's seven billion people have mobile phones. But only 4.5 billion have access to toilets or sanitary latrines, the United Nations reported on World Water Day March 22.
Dehumanizing human beings
Some 2.5 billion people, mostly in rural areas of Asia and Africa, have no access to proper sanitation. In the twenty-first century, 1.1 billion people have no choice but to defecate in the open.
"Let's face it," UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson says, "this is a problem that people do not like to talk about. But ─ It goes to the heart of ensuring good health, a clean environment and fundamental human dignity for billions of people – and achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
Review: the eight UN Millennium Development Goals for 2015:
1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
7. Ensure environmental sustainability
8. Develop a global partnership for development
Developing countries never develop
But nearing 2015, countries of South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, some 20 countries, account for more than 80 percent of the global problem of open defecation. These countries have the Highest incidence of death among the under-five-year-olds; High levels of malnutrition and poverty; and Large disparities in wealth.
WOMEN AND GIRLS ARE THE HARDEST HIT. Lack of sanitation is particularly detrimental to women and girls, the UN reports. Women and girls who have to leave their homes to find a place to urinate or defecate are vulnerable to sexual violence. The lack of toilets in schools impedes girls' access to education.
WHAT IF corporate canon changed?
The head of one non-governmental organization, WaterAid, which focuses on water and sanitation, said, "Few interventions would have greater impact on the lives of women and girls than addressing the health problems caused by poor sanitation and hygiene."
The United Nations says investing in good sanitation is a good investment. Such investment "produces a good return: Every dollar spent on sanitation brings a $5.50 return by keeping people healthy and productive."
Approaching 2015, the United Nations reports, however, that the target in the MDGs of at least halving the proportion of people without access to sanitation ─ and this is a small order, achievable but for countering profit motives ─ has "far to go."
This means that the goal will not be achieved without a change in ethos and canon, political will, change of heart. A conviction that all of us are Africa and Asia and their well-being is our well-being, that we are not islanded and apart.
Surely, I am not the only person who believes this ─ that we can do better if we alter the course of our thinking and acting, our sense of being among peoples coexisting in world society. I think the United Nations tries in a variety of special days, celebrations and conferences to help us sense this "oneness."
This year has been designated "International Year of Water Cooperation." Friday March 22 was "World Water Day."
Sources and notes
"More people have mobile phones than toilets – UN" (AlertNet, Lisa Anderson), March 22, 2013, http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/more-people-have-mobile-phones-than-t...
UN Millennium Development Goals
In September of the year 2000, leaders of 189 countries met at the United Nations in New York and endorsed the Millennium Declaration, a commitment to work together to build a safer, more prosperous and equitable world.
The Declaration was translated into a roadmap setting out eight time-bound and measurable goals to be reached by 2015, known as the Millennium Development Goals
Eight UN Millennium Development Goals for 2015
1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
7. Ensure environmental sustainability
8. Develop a global partnership for development
For more information, please visit: www.un.org/millenniumgoals
The United Nations reports that the Millennium Development Goal of halving the proportion of people without access to improved sources of water has been met but
The target to halve the proportion of people without access to sanitation still has "far to go."
A call to action issued by U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson aims at a 2025 goal of improving hygiene, better managing of human waste and waste-water, and eliminating the practice of open defecation.
"Ending open defecation," says United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) deputy executive director Marin Mogwanja, "will contribute to a 36 percent reduction in diarrhea," a condition that kills three quarters of a million under-five-year-old children every year."
World Water Day March 22
World Water Day is held annually on March 22 as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources.
An international day to celebrate freshwater was recommended at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). The United Nations General Assembly responded by designating March 22, 1993, as the first World Water Day.
Each year, World Water Day highlights a specific aspect of freshwater. In 2013, in reflection of the International Year of Water Cooperation, World Water Day is also dedicated to the theme of cooperation around water and is coordinated by UNESCO in collaboration with UNECE and UNDESA on behalf of UN-Water. http://www.unwater.org/water-cooperation-2013/events/world-water-day/en/
2013 International Year of Water Cooperation
In December 2010, following the proposal initiated by Tajikistan [a country lying in the heart of Central Asia, bordered by Kyrgyzstan on the north, China on the east, Afghanistan on the south, and Uzbekistan on the west and northwest] and submitted by a group of countries, the United Nations General Assembly declared 2013 ─ the United Nations International Year of Water Cooperation (Resolution A/RES/65/154).
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was appointed by UN-Water to lead the preparations for both the 2013 International Year of Water Cooperation and the World Water Day, in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and with the support of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), the UN-Water Decade Program on Capacity Development (UNW-DPC) and the UN-Water Decade Program on Advocacy and Communication (UNW-DPAC).
UN-Water called upon UNESCO to lead the 2013 International Year of Water Cooperation in view of the organization's multi-dimensional mandate in the realm of natural and social sciences, culture, education and communication, and its significant and long-standing contribution to the management of the world's freshwater resources. http://www.unwater.org/water-cooperation-2013/water-cooperation/en/
UNESCO Béatrice Petit, Aerial view of Assouan dam Egypt water coop 2013
© Dale Lightfoot, 2010, Woman seeking water from the karez at Piskandi Village in northern Iraq....
© UN Photo/Milton Grant, A young woman pumps water from a well in the lowlands area of Eritrea.
© UN Photo/Tim McKulka, A Sudanese woman carries water home in a plastic container.
Delivering water in Sudan - All rights reserved, Uploaded on Feb 15 2013
© Kate Holt: During the drought last year many people died. Eyanai, a young boy, et.al ...
UN Photo/Martine Perret, Little girls cross a rice field after heavy rains carrying water in plastic containers.
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We in the West tend to take water for granted as we let the water flow down the drain when we brush our teeth, run the faucet as we wash fruit and vegetables, and dispose of gallons each time we flush the toilet.
The quality and the availability of water impacts our well-being in helping us stay sanitary and healthy. I know from my time in Cambodia that the lack of clean water meant that I spent most of my time there sick from contaminants and bacteria in the water. Armed with medications and living on packaged foods, I was able to stay relatively healthy but locals did not have that privilege. This is an urgent need that has a huge impact if addressed.


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Liver disease caused by infections with parasitic tapeworms of the genus ECHINOCOCCUS, such as Echinococcus granulosus or Echinococcus multilocularis. Ingested Echinococcus ova burrow into the intestinal mucosa. The larval migration to the liver via the PORTAL VEIN leads to watery vesicles (HYDATID CYST).
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