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6/17/11, 7/22/11, 8/19/11: Stargazing Evenings
7/9/11 – 7/10/11: Teddy Bear Days
8/4/11: Moonlight on the Mountain
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Stargazing Series
Friday, June 17, July 22, and August 19, 2011
8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Back by popular demand, soar over the zoo on the Mountaineer Sky Ride as the sun goes down during our summer Stargazing Series at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo! Get a closer look at the night sky with the Colorado Springs Astronomical Society and their telescopes, make glow-in-the-dark slime with Science Matters, and star in your own 3D movie with Cool Science.
Regular Mountaineer Sky Ride prices apply. Please note, only the Mountaineer Sky Ride is open; the zoo is closed. Access the Mountaineer Sky Ride from the zoo parking lot. Passes cannot be accepted for this special event.
Adults (12 and up): $5
Kids (3 – 11): $4
Kids (2 and under): free
Members: $1 discount
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Teddy Bear Days
Saturday, July 9 and Sunday, July 10, 2011
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
This summer tradition is so much fun, it's un-bear-able! During Cheyenne Mountain Zoo's 23rd annual Teddy Bear Days, kids 12 and under accompanied by a teddy bear (or other stuffed friend) will get into the zoo for just $5.25. Check out special bear demonstrations from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. both days and stop by the teddy bear clinic in the Lodge at Moose Lake for a free bear check-up. Nurses will administer stitches, splints, and other medical care as needed, and each bear's weight, height, and temperature will be "officially" recorded.
Children must be accompanied by a paid adult; maximum of four children per adult. No other discounts apply.
Kids (3 – 11): $5.25 (when accompanied by a stuffed friend)
Kids (2 and under): free
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Moonlight on the Mountain
Thursday, August 4, 2011
6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Save the date for this wild, adults-only evening at the zoo! Enjoy the full zoo experience, plus beer and wine, great food from area restaurants, and live music. You must be 21-years-old to attend.
Tickets will be available for purchase online soon. Register for e-news from Cheyenne Mountain Zoo to be among the first to get tickets!
Moonlight Safaris and WildNights
All Summer
It's a whole new zoo at night! Come see what the animals do after the crowds leave. Choose to explore the zoo for a few hours by moonlight (Moonlight Safari) or spend the entire night and wake up with the animals (WildNight). Moonlight Safaris and WildNights are great team-building experiences for families, scouts, and groups of all ages.
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Professor Masayuki Yamamoto, Professor Hitoshi Oshitani, Dear Colleagues,
It is a great honor and privilege to me to address you all assembled here in Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine (TUGSM).
By signing of the Agreement between MAMS and TUGSM, Prof. Yamamoto and I have built a new bridge between two friendly nations. I'm fully confident this new bridge will give a better chance to my younger colleagues from Mongolia to learn from scientists and students of this eminent School of Medicine of Japan, philosophy of which is described by Professor Yamamoto in his introduction to the School's website as "Research First", "Open Door" and "Practice Oriented". I hope and wish also our Japanese colleagues and students will find out interesting collaborations with our medical scientists and students contributing to serve better to the both nations and the humankind. This is really a great deal.
The idea to have an Agreement between MAMS and TUGSM was born some 2 years ago in Mongolia when Prof. Hitoshi Oshitani's group has visited my country to study together with us the burden of influenza disease on health services in Mongolia. I'm very happy this idea has realized today. This signing time is also a very good time according to the Mongolian astrology: the Sheep time of the Cock Day of the 9th of the Middle Rabbit Month of Spring of the Iron Tiger Year of the 17th Sixty-year Cycle of the Mongolian Lunar Calendar. The combination of symbols of the time promises a very long lasting and good friendship.
Dear Colleagues,
I have heard the name "Sendai" first time some 35 years ago when I was a PhD student at the Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany. This time was the early stage of "influenza ecology" searching hemagglutinating agents from wild animals. By doing this kind of survey we have discovered dozen hemagglutinating agents from apparently healthy wild birds captured at the Migratory Bird Observatory on Hiddensee - a tiny island in Baltic Sea. However, these were not influenza viruses, so my doctor father professor Guenter Starke has requested me to do identification of a representative isolate from our hemagglutinating agents comparing with "Sendai virus" which was turned out has been discovered in the fifties of the last century in the walls of this University by Dr Nakao Ishida – a brilliant researcher and the 15th President of Tohoku University. I'm very happy to come over to this place so many years later and remembering my postgraduate time experimenting with Sendai virus in Berlin.
I have discovered for me that TUGMS's logo contains a beautiful star complex "Big Dipper". The Japanese name of this star complex "Hokuto-siti-sei" can be translated into English back as "Seven North-Eastern Heavenly Spirits", I have been taught by Dr Taro Kamigaki. The Japanese name's meaning is very similar to its Mongolian equivalent "Doloon Burkhan" which means in English "Seven Goddess". "Big Dipper" can be seen as the oldest known compass not only for sailors which may have been common-case in Sendai many years ago, also for pastoral animal breeders in Mongolia still now when they lost way at night on the endless steppe. It is very symbolic again for our academic collaboration with the medical society in Sendai, which is called also "gakuto" an "Academic City", and I am very happy today having laid down the groundwork to be connected with a new "Big Dipper" or "Seven North-Eastern Heavenly Spirits" for the Mongolian medical society.
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Aung San Suu Kyi asked influential US Sen. Mitch McConnell in a telephone call on Monday night to remove more US sanctions, saying it would serve to benefit the Burmese people.
Her political party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), said on Tuesday that Suu Kyi emphasized three points: that full diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level has been re-established; democratic change is achieving momentum; and more investment is needed to improve the people's livelihood.
Sen. McConnell and Suu Kyi have a long relationship going back to her first detention under house arrest. When McConnell visited Burma in Janaury, he was visibly moved in meeting her for the first time. He said that Suu Kyi views would be critical to determine whether US sanctions were lifted.
The US lifted investment sanctions in July, but it left trade sanctions in place. US lawmakers are now preparing to submit a proposal to the U.S. Congress to extend the expiring "Burma Freedom and Democracy Act-2003" until 2015, which some lawmakers said would serve to keep pressure on Burma to continue reforms.
In January, when McConnell visited Suu Kyi in Rangoon, he said: "Well first, obviously, Aung San Suu Kyi's view about the appropriateness of lifting sanctions is something that will carry a lot of weight with members of the U.S. government, including myself. So how she feels about the direction of reform will have a lot of influence on us in the United States related to the decision to lift sanctions."
Last week, Lower House Speaker Shwe Mann also requested Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs of the United States Robert Hormats to convince the U.S. Congress not to renew the sanctions.
Shwe Mann told Hormats that the suspension of US investment sanctions was one-sided and mainly benefitted U.S. firms, and he asked the U.S. side to review the case and take the interest of Burmese citizens and ethnic people into consideration.
Meanwhile, US government officials, responding to the news that Suu Kyi would visit the US on Sept. 21 to receive the Atlantic Council's Global Citizen Award, said Suu Kyi would be invited for meetings with the U.S. government during her visit, but it had no other details.
"We look forward to an appropriate date welcoming Aung San Suu Kyi here to the State Department and her having bilateral meetings here in the U.S.," department spokesman Patrick Ventrell told reporters in Washington, D.C.
The U.S. last week suspended business investment sanctions that had been in force against Burma for 15 years.
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Every year since it returned to our screens, the first three episodes of Doctor Who have treated us to life in the past, present and future. And so, after cutesy blobs of fat in the present and lava leviathans in ancient Pompeii, the Doctor takes Donna to the future — and not only that, but her first alien world to boot.
Unfortunately, that world is the Ood-Sphere, the homeworld of the subservient creatures first seen two series ago in the two-part story The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit. A world of trouble, then — and one in which we discover the rather shocking truth that Slavery Is Bad, Kids, via a lot of unnecessary running around and shouting.
As with the previous two episodes this series, the cream of the lines are given to Donna, fast becoming one of the strongest and most well-rounded companions in the series' history. Whether it's joshing with the Doctor about being unable to hear in her fluffy parka, calming a distressed Ood while he lies dying in the snow, or begging the Doctor to stop her hearing the telepathic Ood-song, Catherine Tate's characterisation of Donna is quickly becoming the most interesting aspect of this series of Doctor Who.
In contrast, the rest of this week's episode consisted of some fairly familiar elements. Tim McInnerny's Mr Halpern was a typical villain, the unctious corporate overlord being a Doctor Who staple since time immemorial. Indeed, the whole set-up, that of the evil corporation suppressing an indigenous population, has been done many times before, and often with more subtlety and better characterisation. Pretty much the only surprise in the way the humans who made up the Ood Corporation were presented came as PR girl Solana escaped with the Doctor and Donna, only to betray their position by calling for the guards.
Even the sole 'good' human (save for Donna), scientist Dr Ryder (Adrian Rawlins), never really gets a chance to show his mettle until the final reel. The revelation that he has been working to infiltrate the Corporation is thrown away — along with Ryder's body — as quickly as it is revealed. The net effect is that every single human character ends up dead (or, in Halpern's case, no longer human) by the end of the episode, most at the hands of the Ood. Again, the 'everybody dies' scenario is a Doctor Who staple, but rarely are we asked to empathise with the culprits as much as we are here. It's as if the message is not that Slavery Is Wrong, but also that Humans Deserve Everything They Get. For me, that left a bitter taste.
Still, there were some nice interpretations of the Ood's natural development. The revelation that their translation balls are a surgical parody of their natural state, carrying their secondary brains in their hands, added a unique sense of tragedy to their enslavement. This was further enhanced by allowing Donna to observe how their unique biology would have led the Ood to lead lives based on trust and cooperation. That such an observation comes from the mouth of the companion rather than the Doctor is a real step change from the last few years of the show.
In fact, the Doctor is a muted presence throughout here. While he can hear the Ood song and allows Donna to hear it too, he plays no real part in the thwarting of the humans' plans for the Ood. One gets the impression that the overthrow of the Corporation and the release of the Ood from their servitude would have happened even if the TARDIS had not landed on Ood-Sphere. And while I'm no fan of the 'Doctor as superhero' style of stories, I think the level of passivity on display here does not make for the greatest of Doctor Who tales.
Still, next week, we are promised the return of Martha Jones, the return of UNIT and a fully-fledged Sontaran invasion. And, despite the premature promise I gave two weeks ago, it will also see the return of Mark Wright to reviewing duties. Join us next week for The Sontaran Stratagem…


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very pretty! I keep meaning to take some pix of my flowers - could this be the year??? I have daffy's, camellias, azaleas and snowflakes blooming currently - oh, and my forsythia is sending out it's last hurrah! |
We just have the crocus here, but they are wonderful. In about two weeks we will have the combined blooming of the daffodils and the flowering plums. I love the combination of pink and yellow. And of course green. We aren't called the Emerald Valley for nothing! I just hope spring comes soon. Seems like it has been cold and rainy here forever. Thanks for the picture of hope Michael! Kathy |
Michael, very pretty. I don't have a lot of bulbs (something to do with that annoying persistent foliage when the flowers have gone by) - but I do have hyacinths and fritillaria coming up. Hellebores, hepatica, daphne blooming, but overall, my soil (clay) is wet for doing much gardening. Kathy, Wednesday I opened my eyes in the morning to big fat snowflakes on the skylights over my bed. Today it's pouring buckets of rain and 39o. I have a box of hellebores, epimedium, and a 3' fuchsia magellanica I'm taking to my brothers in Portland tomorrow and had wanted to plant them for him, not leave them in the pots - better pack my raingear. |
- Posted by michaelalreadytaken No Cal (My Page) on Fri, Mar 2, 07 at 16:56
Thanks guys! I took these at an old cemetery alongside Pacific Coast Highway in Mendocino County. For anyone that's interested, there's more at: Photos |
- Posted by meredith_e 7B NC (My Page) on Sat, Mar 3, 07 at 0:17
That is a beautiful meadow! I have a planter of little Tete a Tete daffs blooming that look like I was sent a spring bouquet. The Redbuds are blooming all over town now! Not long till the real deal then :) |
Michael-wonderful photography. Good reading too. |
Sure is. As I left for work it was eleven degrees with a 30mph wind. I springed out the door and into the car as fast as I could. It is 58 degrees in my office right now. When the wind blows, my closet door flys open. Thank the Lord I have an east facing window because the sunlight is the only reason its above freezing in here. |
- Posted by michaelalreadytaken No Cal (My Page) on Tue, Mar 6, 07 at 13:51
It all sounds a tad cool Harry. Brrr. Don't think I could hang. Michael |
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OK, let me start out by saying that I'm hardly an expert on the subject of ORMs. I've only really used NHibernate, and I've still got plenty to learn about it. That said, I do know a bit about being lazy...
When working in any real application you quickly realize that actually exercising lazy loading is something that should probably be avoided at all costs. You want to fetch everything you need to handle a request in one go. Scott Bellware recently struggled with this issue as we all have, and the general consensus in the comments is that you should load what you need and not lazy load anything (unless of course that lazy load happens in a branch less often traveled). Udi Dahan provided a link to a rather elegant solution to the problem that I think I'm definitely going to explore.
Even with Udi's solution, you're still required to keep the fetching strategy in sync with the domain. This isn't an incredibly difficult thing to do, but it requires discipline and effort. I've been thinking for a while about this and a few other possible performance tweaks that can make ORMs easier to use and even a bit quicker than they are today.
Let's talk about another performance issue briefly. Say you want to Display an email list containing all of your users. The list should display just their username and email address, nothing more. The easy way to do fetch the data would be to do a "from UserEntity". But is that the most efficient? What if UserEntity has 10 fields? 20? 30? Is it worth explicitly querying for "u.Username u.Email from UserEntity u"? Let's find out. Being lazy, I simply borrowed James Avery's Northwind NHibernate example, ported it to NHibernate 1.2 and added a new mapping and class called TrimmedOrder. The class is exactly the same, but the mapping only contains the Freight and ShipName properties. I also commented out the many-to-ones in both Order and TrimmedOrder. You can get the source here.
The rest was just a few simple tests. One for reading, and one for writing. Here are the results:
Notes: The Read Test was averaged over 50 iterations and the Write test was averaged over 20 iterations. The db was queried for all orders once before anything was tested because I found the first query was always slower, but after that all queries seemed level. In the writing test, I wrote random values to the two properties mapped by TrimmedOrder. The Write Test values were adjusted by subtracting the read test values so that only the write itself was timed (in theory).
Now, these gains aren't anything to write home about, but they are significant. Some of you may wonder why the Write Test sees any gain given that the database calls would be exactly the same, as NHibernate doesn't update columns that didn't change. Well, without profiling, I'm willing to bet that the reason is simply that NHibernate has discover which fields changed while flushing by testing them against their old values.
So now we have two problems: we have to know exactly what collections the domain needs ahead of time or we lazy load and unless we use projection queries, we're not getting the best performance we can get. Also, NHibernate doesn't currently support deferred (lazy) property loading, so projection queries return object[]'s rather than partially initialized entities, which means that as far as I know, you cannot use projection queries to do updates, so we just can't solve the Write problem without additional mappings or something else hackish.
What do we do? Yes, I'm finally nearing the point of this post. What if we taught the ORM to learn? Bear with me here. Let's go back to the email list example. If we were using Udi's Fetching Strategy approach, we'd do something like this:
IList<UserEntity> users = Repository<IEmailListService>.FindAll();
Which would ultimately get a FetchingStrategy associated with this service. Now what if every object fetched by this FetchingStrategy was proxied and would communicate back to the FetchingStrategy about its usages... and the FetchingStrategy remembered how its objects were used, so the next time it got invoked it would only return what was used last time... and it would keep learning, and refining so that it would simply return all the fields and collections that were ever accessed via that particular FetchingStrategy. If ever it returned too little, it would just lazy load what needed to be loaded and make note that it should provide that field next time (of course this would be configurable so that it would just load everything on a miss so you're not hitting the db several times in these cases). This would mean the first time your FetchingStrategy was invoked it would be "slower" but most every time after that it will have adapted and improved... all for mostly free. And yes, I know that Udi's FetchingStrategy would just return an hql query and live closer to the domain objects, but mine would live closer to NHibernate and it would probably be responsible for actually querying from NHibernate (so it's probably really a Dao, but you get my point.)
There are probably a few other things this could help with too, such as marking queries as readonly automatically so as to avoid an unnecessary and costly flush (unfortunately this is not currently supported any ways).
Caveats? Plenty I'm sure. Here's some I can think of:
Now I'm just waiting for Gavin King or Sergey Koshcheyev to come tell me why this is a horrible idea, but until then, what do you all think?


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Last summer I was in Canobie lake park and saw some beautiful either Chinese, Japanese or Korean maple trees. They were the biggest I had ever seen. I picked a few seeds and have them planted in pots in my back yard.
Does anyone knows what they are and where to get them? I tried the park but they said that anyone who did know was long gone. Paul |
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"Chinese maple" I have seen used for weeping laceleaf Japanese maple, perhaps it being thought to look like a ming tree. Laceleaf maples are pretty distinctive, you could probably tell if you were seeing these. Most (except the vaselike 'Seiryu') grow as low mounding shrubs for a long time, unless trained up stakes to produce a taller, cascading specimen. Japanese maple (Acer palmatum) is common and highly popular, making it a good candidate; in UK other species are also called Japanese maple. Korean maple (A. pseudosieboldianum) is possible but probably not nearly as likely to be come across. |
bboy I think this part of southern New Hampshire is a zone 5-4 border. The 1st things I noticed was the beauty. The next was how hardy they must be to survive and grow large in this area. It sure would be nice if someone with a green thumb could propagate them. It may even be a cross between an asian and regular maples usually seen in this area but I don't think so. Paul |
Too bad you don't have pictures or leaf scans, detailed descriptions...if old and large and persisting there implication is they are something like Korean maple or extra-hardy Japanese maple. Unless they are actually an unrelated type, from a different part of the genus which it now sounds like they may be. |
- Posted by quirkyquercus Twilight (My Page) on Mon, Jan 15, 07 at 16:58
Go to this site and check out the acers. It's probably one of the numerous invasive maples http://www.hort.uconn.edu/Plants/a/a.html |
I checked them all at the uconn site and it's not any of them. It looks like a large Palmatum but I din't know they got thar big. The color and shape was similar to Autumn moon (not a palmatum but considered a Japanese maple) with just a little more green. Again they don't get that big. You might be right but I got the feeling from the plantsman at the park that they probably came from a local nursery. I planted about 25 seeds if any of them sprout I'll post a picture of the tree and leaves. Paul |
- Posted by myersphcf z5 IL (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Tue, Jan 16, 07 at 14:37
As has been said MANY times in this forum the seeds may or may not look like the "mother" tree...and it usually takes years before it really becomes true to form...If you go back to Canobie take some pics thats your best shot albiet a shot in the dark IMHO...it most likely can't be identified pr say but the basic cultivar lineage may be obvious to some of us but without a pic this is a basic waist of time ( sorry to be so blunt)...it will certainly be most likely obvius whether it is a A.p. Korean A.s or just some bizaar type ...It most likely is a seedling of no repute that will never be identified.. David |
I agree with you but am hoping at least one of the seedling will look like the maples in the park but with all the Sugar, Norway, Silver and Etc. It's not likely. I was hoping someone from that area would read the post and reply. Paul |
I saw pictures of Korean maples and they look just like the large maples in the park(Beautiful trees). I hope the seeds sprout and I get a couple of trees that look like them. Paul |
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[944] Quantification of Cancer in Prostate Needle Biopsies: AMACR and Digital Image Analysis
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Background: Triple immunohistochemical (IHC) stains have been a valuable aid in accurate identification of prostate carcinoma. However, accurate quantification of minuscule areas of prostate carcinoma in biopsy specimens can often be a clinical challenge. Here we assessed the diagnostic and quantitative use of digital image analysis on triple IHC stained prostate needle biopsies.
Design: Twelveprostate needle biopsy sections composed of 75 needle cores with known amounts of adenocarcinoma were stained with triple-antibody cocktail (P504S + 34βE12 + p63). Slides were digitally scanned with the APERIO digital image analyzer and evaluated with the GENIE pattern and color recognition program algorithm. A slide with known areas of adenocarcinoma, high grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN), benign glands and stroma was used for defining areas of interest was used as a training set for the algorithm program. Sensitivity and specificity for digital recognition was set to 90% and 93%, respectively, due to practical considerations.
Results: Among 75 needle biopsy cores, 19 (25.33%) contained adenocarcinoma by histology and triple stain. Digital image analysis recognized adenocarcinoma in 95% of these needle biopsies. The average area of the needle biopsy was 7.63 sq-mm. Overall; the average area of tumor was 0.196 sq-mm. The smallest area of tumor recognized by the program was 0.0022 sq-mm (0.0363% of the core) and the largest was 0.62 sq-mm (8.17% of the core). False positives resulted from areas of high grade PIN with patchy basal cells. The false negative was caused by uneven AMACR staining in one area of adenocarcinoma. Digital recognition of areas of interest was improved by three successive algorithm trainings.
Conclusions: IHC triple staining is a well known technique used to increase accuracy in the diagnosis of prostate carcinoma. Digital image analysis in concert with IHC provides the opportunity for accurate quantitative analysis of small foci of tumor. Future automated digital scanning and innovative pattern and color recognition technologies may open avenues for classifying a variety of prostate lesions.
Category: Genitourinary (including renal tumors)
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Just moved to the DC area and brought all the plumerias I could fit in my car LOL. Dose anyone know of any Plumeria clubs in the DC area. thanks |
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- Posted by dave_in_nova VA zone 7a (My Page) on Fri, Sep 17, 10 at 8:09
Greetings! No, but maybe we should start one! How about the 'Plumeria Society of the Potomac Valley'. LOL! Tell us about your plants. How do you overwinter them? How many do you have? How did you get started? Keep in touch, because I have given away many plants and cuttings over the years, but I do not have time to mail out. dave |
Hello Dave, Starting a club sounds like a good idea. I have a few named varieties and Thai varieties the rest are "non-name" plumeria I have collected from Maui, Oahu and Mexico. I have around 32 plants and I am currently rooting 16 cuttings, I could only bring my favorites with me. I use to have a small plumeria nursery but i had to close before moving. I was born to a family of plumeria lovers my great-grandmother was the plumeria Kahuna in are family. I have grown plumeria in four states and this is the only place that will require overwinter my plumerias. It�s going to be a fun challenge I have some grow lights and heat mats that I use to grow plumerias as house plants. I will use the same methods for overwintering. How do you overwinter Dave? |
- Posted by loveplants2 8 (My Page) on Fri, Sep 17, 10 at 13:33
Welcome To The Forum Puaaina!!!! My name is Laura and I live in Virginia Beach. If you all start a Plumeria Society for the Northern Va area, Then I'm interested!!! Love to see your pictures as well!! We have quite a few Plumie addicts here in VA!!! Love to keep increasing the numbers!!! Again, welcome to the Plumeria Forum!! |
- Posted by karyn1 MD 7 (email@example.com) on Fri, Sep 17, 10 at 14:25
Hi. I'm in Montgomery County, MD, about 20 minutes outside of DC. I think Dave is the only person I've met around here that grows plumies. I let mine go dormant and winter them over in the garage or greenhouses. The garage is heated enough that it doesn't go below about 45 F. One of the greenhouses is heated to just above freezing and the other's kept around 55-60 at night, warmer during the day. I decided that I'd try to store them bareroot to save space last winter. Bad move. I had tip damage to almost all and even lost a few. They will stay in their pots from now on. I use seed mats and HID lights for rooting cuttings over the winter but honestly prefer to root them during the growing season. |
- Posted by dave_in_nova VA zone 7a (My Page) on Mon, Sep 20, 10 at 12:40
Wow! You used to own a plumeria nursery! Cool! I winter-store my plants wherever they will fit -- in the garage, in the basement, in my office. I think I overwatered the ones in my cool garage and many got a good bit of root rot. So, it can be a challenge to find room to keep these overwinter as they usually put on at least 18" of growth each season. I've traded and given away a lot of cuttings locally, so keep in touch! |
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The Peachtree City Council is attempting to pull another "fast one" on taxpayers. Replacing the bubble that covers the outdoor swimming pool at Kedron Fieldhouse during the winter is an issue kicked around for years with very little community support. The bubble is a desirable amenity but replacement should not be a priority when the city is facing a severe budget crunch and more possible reductions in service. Read More»
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A couple in White County, Ga., found a roaming buffalo trapped in their back yard swimming pool last October. County rescue workers removed the buffalo and returned it to the owner who sadly had to euthanize the injured animal.
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Three minute thesis competition
For the fifth year running, the UoN three minute thesis final attracted a high standard of research student presentations, which impressed the 170-strong audience of staff and students. Each of the 18 finalists had just three minutes to explain their research to an intelligent but non-specialist audience on Wednesday 23 July 2014. The subject matter was an interesting mix from biodiesel waste to women on company boards.
This year the judging panel consisted of Newcastle Councillor Ms Nuatali Nelmes, founder of Slingshot Mr Trent Bagnall and CEO of HunterNet Mr Tony Cade.
The top three positions went to:
First Prize: $1,500, plus accommodation and transport to represent UoN at the National/Trans-Tasman competition at the University of Western Australia on 3 November 2014.
Mr Gary Crowfoot, PhD (Nursing) - The influence of healthcare pathways upon the outcomes and experiences of people with TIA
Second Prize: $1,000
Mr Lee Ashton, PhD (Nutrition & Dietetics) - Can young men change their lifestyle? A novel way to improve health
Third Prize: $500
Ms Akshaya Kamalnath, PhD (Law) - Will more women on company boards lead to less risky decision-making?
Highly Commended:
Emad Benhalal, PhD (Chemical Engineering) - Mineral Carbonation: Permanent CO2 Storage in Brick
Medhi Taherishargh, PhD (Mechanical Engineering) - Fabrication and Mechanical Properties of Advanced Lightweight Materials
All UoN finalists received a gift voucher from the Co-op bookshop, the 2014 official sponsor.
The competition is open to all research higher degree students enrolled in Masters or PhD programs.
Complete the Registration Form and return it to your research training officer.
- a single static PowerPoint slide is permitted (no slide transitions, animations or movement of any description, the slide is to be displayed from the beginning of the oration)
- no additional electronic media (eg sound and video files)
- no additional props (eg costumes, musical instruments, laboratory equipment)
- presentations are limited to three minutes maximum
- competitors exceeding three minutes will be disqualified
- presentations are to be spoken word (eg no poems, raps or songs)
- presentations are to start from the stage
- the decision of the adjudicating panel is final
You will be judged by a panel of three non-specialists on the following criteria:
- Comprehension:
- Did the presentation provide an understanding of the background to the research question being addressed and its significance?
- Did the presentation clearly describe the key results of the research including conclusions and outcomes?
- Did the presentation follow a clear and logical sequence?
- Engagement:
- Did the oration make the audience want to know more?
- Was the presenter careful not to trivialise or generalise their research?
- Did the presenter convey enthusiasm for their research?
- Did the presenter capture and maintain their audience's attention?
- Communication style:
- Was the thesis topic, key results and research significance and outcomes communicated in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience?
- Did the speaker avoid scientific jargon, explain terminology and provide adequate background information to illustrate points?
- Did the speaker have sufficient stage presence, eye contact and vocal range; maintain a steady pace, and have a confident stance?
- Did the presenter spend adequate time on each element of their presentation - or did they elaborate for too long on one aspect or was the presentation rushed?
- Did the PowerPoint slide enhance the presentation - was it clear, legible, and concise?
The judges will score each competitor out of ten for each criterion.
Each Faculty will hold heats, with the winners proceeding on to the UoN final, which will be held at 10am Wednesday 23 July 2014 in the Richardson Wing Nursing Theatre, RW149. The winner of the UoN final will then move on to compete in the National/Trans-Tasman competition at the University of Western Australia on 3 November 2014.
Heat and Faculty finals dates are as follows:
Faculty of Business and Law:
Faculty Final: Thursday 22 May 2014, 11am in the Oasis Room (SR202)
Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment:
Faculty Final: Friday 30 May 2014, 9:30am in ATC210
Faculty of Science and Information Technology:
Faculty Final: Friday 13 June 2014, 9:30am in the Life Sciences Theatre
Faculty of Health and Medicine:
Faculty Final: Friday 20 June 2014, 10am in ATC210
Faculty of Education and Arts:
School of Education Heat – Thursday 12 June, 10am-11.30am in HA96
School of Humanities and Social Science Heat – Tuesday 17 June, 10am in W301A
School of Creative Arts Heat – Tuesday 17 June, 2pm in UNH241
Faculty Final: Thursday 26 June 2014, 10am in W301A
NUPSA and Helen Thursby from Learning Development have got together to organise training workshops to help you prepare.
There will be two preparation workshops followed by a practice session where you get to present your 3 Minute Thesis in front of an audience and receive feedback.
These session have been popular in the past and have proven successful for the participants.
The workshops have been broken down into two groups and line up with the finals for each faculty.
Group 1 (Business & Law and Engineering & Built Environment)
April 17 Clubs & Societies Room (under Bar on the Hill) 3pm – 5pm
May 8 Clubs & Societies Room 3pm – 5pm
Practice Session May 15 Room TBA 2pm -5pm
Group 2 (Science & IT, Health & Medicine, Education & Arts)
May 22 Clubs & Societies Room (under Bar on the Hill) 3pm – 5pm
May 29 Clubs & Societies Room 3pm – 5pm
Practice Session June 5 Room TBA 2pm -5pm
Learning Development officers have previously held training sessions to help entrants prepare. Below are the PowerPoint slides from these sessions.
2014 Finalists
1st place - Gary Crowfoot
PhD (Nursing)
The influence of healthcare pathways upon the outcomes and experiences of people with TIA
2nd place - Lee Ashton
PhD (Nutrition & Dietetics)
Can young men change their lifestyle? A novel way to improve health
3rd place - Akshaya Kamalnath
PhD (Law)
Will more women on company boards lead to less risky decision-making?
If you would like to view more Three Minute Thesis Finalists these are available on the University of Newcastle's YouTube page.
For more information on the competition please see our Three Minute Thesis webpage.


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Parkinson's Patients Support Groups (PPSG) maintains a list of over 80 patient and caregiver support groups located throughout Northern and Central California.
Support groups provide a place for people impacted by Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism to share information and experiences. This includes patients, families, caregivers, and friends. Groups may host presentations by professionals, such as neurologists with expertise in movement disorders, fitness trainers with PD experience, financial or legal planners who can help with medical billing and insurance issues, home care providers, etc.
Most PPSG support groups are open to all Parkinson's patients, families, caregivers, and friends. Some are for patients-only or caregivers-only, while others are oriented toward Deep Brain Stimulation or early-onset patients and their families. Although PPSG provides assistance with the formation and maintenance of these groups, each group is managed locally by its facilitator(s). Groups typically meet on a monthly basis.
Although we try to keep this list current, details may change, so please call ahead before attending.
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Support Groups Open to All
Antioch SG 3rd Sat 10AM 149 Shady Ln Sheryl Wilson 925.778.1331 email@example.com
Auburn SG 3rd Tue 1:30 PM-3:00PM Pioneer United Meth Church 1338 Lincoln Wy Cindy Christensen 530.889.2988 email@example.com
Bakersfield/Kern County SG 2nd Tue 2:00PM-4:00PM First Presby Church Westminster Hall 1705 17th St Ron Bennett email@example.com
Chester SG Last Wed 12:45PM-1:45PM Wildwood Sr Center 366 Meadowbrook Loop Joan Sayre 530.258.2677 email@example.com
Chico SG 1st Wed 1:30PM-3:00PM Sycamore Glen Retirement Comm 1190 Diablo Ave Bob Lane 530.342.3665 Della Nicola 530.624.6442
Davis SG 3rd Thu 1:30-3:00PM Davis Senior Ctr 646 A St Dorothy Ross 530.756.6024 firstname.lastname@example.com Karen Klimek 530.753.4988
El Dorado Hills SG 2nd Tue Noon-2:00PM Four Seasons Comm Bldg Media Room 3186 Four Seasons Dr. Deon Batchelder 916.216.7103 email@example.com
Eureka SG 2nd Fri 3:00PM-4:00PM Adorni Center 1011 Waterfront Dr Mary Kay 707.442.5245 firstname.lastname@example.com
Folsom SG 3rd Mon 10:00AM Folsom Senior and Arts Center 48 Natoma St Ed and Yvonne Haskell 916.353.1301 firstname.lastname@example.com
Ft Bragg SG 1st Fri 2PM Mendocino Coast Dist Hosp Redwood Room 700 River Dr Ruth Walsh 707.937.2269 email@example.com
Fremont SG 4th Mon 7PM Fremont Senior Center 40086 Paseo Padre Pkwy
Lettie Webb 510.656.6393
Fresno (greater) SG 2nd Sat 10AM-12Noon except Aug Deaf and Hard of Hearing Service Center 5340 N. Fresno St Doug and Sue Jackson 559.434.7928 firstname.lastname@example.com www.gfpsg.org
Gilroy SG 2nd Mon 1:00PM-3:00 PM Village Green of Gilroy 7600 Isabella Wy Randy Rodriquez 408.848.2240 firstname.lastname@example.com
Hollister SG 1st Tue 1:30PM-3:30PM Jovenes De Antaño 300 West St Kim Harman 831.637.6700 firstname.lastname@example.com
Lincoln SG 3rd Tue 10:00AM-11:00AM Raley's Comm Rm (inside store) 39 Lincoln Blvd Sharon Englehardt 916.408.4869 firstname.lastname@example.com
Lakeport/Lake County SG 2nd Mon 2:00PM-3:30PM United Christian Parish
749 Brush St Phil Myers 707.263.4624 email@example.com Lin Pifer 707.263.5728
Lodi SG 1st Mon 10:00AM Temple Baptist Church Meeting Room 801 S Lower Sacramento Rd Betty Weatherman 209.333.9290 firstname.lastname@example.com
Los Altos/Young Parkinson's SG 2nd Sat 10:00AM-12 Noon United Methodist Church 655 Magdalena Ave Dean Prescott 408.738.2505 firstname.lastname@example.com
Merced SG 3rd Thu (xDec) 10:00AM-Noon Mission Gardens 1450 E. 27th St Amie Marchini 209.384.3300 email@example.com
Millbrae/Magnolia-Peninsula SG 2nd Thu 1:30PM-3:00PM Magnolia Apartments 201 Chadbourne Ave Dorothy McAfee 650.583.2332
Mill Valley/Marin County SG 4th Tue 1:00PM-3:00PM (no meetings in Aug/Dec) Redwoods Auditorium 40 Camino Alto Eric Stoelting 415.383.5145 firstname.lastname@example.com
Modesto SG 3rd Wed 1:00PM-3:00PM Trinity United Presbyterian Church The Telle Center, Fellowship Hall 1600 Carver Rd John Snelling 209.529.2465, email@example.com
Monterey SG 2nd Tue 3:00PM-4:30PM Sally Griffin Senior Center 700 Jewell Ave Pacific Grove Kathy Warthan 831.372.7510 email@example.com website: montereyparkinsonssupport.com
Napa SG 1st Mon 10:00AM-Noon Villas at the Meadows 2000 Atrium Wy Dorene Warchut firstname.lastname@example.com 707.320.2175 Bob Winters, facilitator, email@example.com
Oakhurst SG 2nd Tue 10:00AM Yosemite Bank Community Conference Room 40061 Highway 49 Sharon Swanson 559.658.7798 email@example.com Please be prompt-join us at lunch after mtg
Oakland/PD Atypical Parkinsonism SG 1st Thu 1:30PM-3:00 PM Lakeside Park Senior Community 468 Perkins St mindfulness approach to care/stress reduction-sharing information on caring for partners with PD and atypical parkinsonism disorders Marguerite Manteau-Rao, LCSW 510.444.4684
Oakland/PD Forum 2nd Thu 3:00PM-4:30 PM The Point at Rockridge 4500 Gilbert St Joyce Sakai firstname.lastname@example.com
Orangevale SG 1st Thu 10:00AM-11:15AM Eskaton FountainWood Lodge 8773 Oak Ave Paula Farmer 916.988.2200 email@example.com
Oroville SG 1st Thu 2:00PM-3:30 PM Greater Oroville Fam Res Ctr 1720 Daryl Porter Wy Laura Hudson 530.534.5519 firstname.lastname@example.com
Palo Alto SG 2nd Wed 2:00PM-3:30PM Avenidas Senior Ctr 450 Bryant St Robin Riddle, APDA I&RC 650.724.6090 firstname.lastname@example.com
Petaluma SG 4th Fri 1:00PM-3:00PM Exercise programs 1st, 2nd, 3rd Fri Petaluma Senior Center (Lucchesi Park) 211 Novak Dr Lance Cerny 707.765.1117 email@example.com Lloyd Larsen 707.763.4525 firstname.lastname@example.com
Placerville/El Dorado County SG 1st Tue 1:30PM-3:00PM Senior Center Dining Rm 937 Spring St Tom & Nancy Schulz 530.644.3473 email@example.com
Pleasanton Tri-Valley SG 2nd Sat 10:00AM-12Noon Pleasanton Senior Center 5353 Sunol Blvd Norman & Jackie Bardsley 925.831.9940 email@example.com
Redding SG 2nd Fri 12:30PM-3:00PM First United Methodist Church 1825 East St. Kim Hawkins 530.229.0878 email@example.com (12:30-1PM social, 1-3PM speaker or resource sharing, 3-3:30PM Loud Crowd speech therapy)
Rio Vista Trilogy Movers and Shakers SG Group meets TH every 4 weeks or so at 7PM Call for location date and directions. Audrey Kinser 707.374.7506 firstname.lastname@example.com
Roseville SG 1st Tue 1:30PM-3:00PM Maidu Community Center 1550 Maidu Dr Harry Butler 916.837.3366 email@example.com
Sacramento/Arden Arcade SG 3rd Thu 10:00AM Arden Christian Church 4300 Las Cruces Wy Berardine Ford 916.247.4856 Jim Morris 916.359.4859
San Andreas/Calaveras County SG 1st Tue 10:00AM-12Noon Calaveras Central Library 1299 Gold Hunter Rd Rd Barbara Pollard 209.754.5360 Joe Fleishman 209.728.8605 firstname.lastname@example.com
San Francisco/Parkinson's SG 2nd Tue 4:30PM-6:00PM Kaiser Permanente 4141 Geary Blvd room schedule: http://www.livingwellah.com/events.php Elke Tekin 650.678.4221
San Francisco/PD Patient and CaregiverSG 3rd Tue 4:00PM-5:30PM SF VA Bldg 200 Room 1A-122 "Teak Room" 4150 Clement St Susan Heath, RN MS 415.379.5530
San Jose/Berryessa SG 3rd Wed 1:00PM-2:30PM Berryessa Community Center 3050 Berryessa Rd Bob & Jane Pomeroy 408.263.8485
San Jose/Regency of Evergreen Valley SG 3rd Fri 1:30PM Regency of Evergreen Valley 4463 San Felipe Rd Larry and Jeanne Wilson 408.416.3532 firstname.lastname@example.com
San Jose/The Villages SG 3rd Tue 2:00PM The Villages Golf and Country Club George Pratte 408.223.8033 Access Pass Required
San Jose/Vintage Silver Creek SG 1st Mon 3:00-4:30PM Vintage Silver Creek Activity Rm 2 4855 San Felipe Rd Gesine Schaffer Ph.D. 408.431.7990 firstname.lastname@example.com
San Jose/Willow Glen SG 1st Fri 10:00AM-12 Noon St. Francis Episcopal Church 1205 Pine Ave Clyde Cummings 650.575.7820 email@example.com Jane Fox 408.265.3991
San Leandro Parkinson's Disease and Information SG 1st Thu 10:00AM-11:30AM San Lorenzo Community Church 945 Paseo Grande Lona White 510.276.3119
Santa Cruz SG 1st Wed 12:30PM-2:00PM Inner Light Ctr Social Hall 5630 Soquel Ave Soquel Mary Haynes 831.477.9412 firstname.lastname@example.com or Karen Williams 831.708.2906 email@example.com
Santa Cruz/New to PD SG1st Wed 11:00AM-12:00PM St. Stephen's Lutheran Church 2500 Soquel Ave Mary Haynes 831.477.9412 call to confirm email@example.com
Santa Rosa Oakmont Vlg SG3 3rd Sat 1:00PM-2:30PM Oakmont Vlg Ctrl Act Ctr Rm B 6575 Oakmont Dr Richard Duncan 707.225.0661 email@example.com (spec OPD in subject)
Santa Rosa/Spring Lake Village SG 3rd Mon 11:00AM-Noon Spring Lake Village 5555 Montgomery Dr Renee Hayward 707.579.6971
Santa Rosa/Sonoma County SG 1st Sat (xAug/Dec, then 2nd Sat-no mtg Jan/Jul/Sep) 1:00PM-3:00PM Christ Church United Meth Church 1717 Yulupa Ave Kathy Osbun 707.538.5178 email@example.com
Saratoga SG 3rd Tue 2:00PM-4:00PM Lois McPherson 408.867.1807
Santa Ynez Valley Parkinson's Group 2nd Tues 4:30PM St Mark's in the Valley 2901 Nojoquio Ave Los Olivos, CA Jill Ater 303.989.3862 email@example.com
Stockton/San Joaquin Parkinson's Disease SG 2nd Thu 1:30PM O'Connor Woods West Hall 3400 Wagner Heights Rd Mary Ann Behrens 209.477.6496 firstname.lastname@example.com
Sunnyvale SG 2nd Tue 1:00PM-3:00PM First United Methodist Church 535 Old San Francisco Rd Call 408.733.5648
Tracy/Sharing and Caring SG 2nd Mon 10:30AM-Noon Lolly Hansen Senior Ctr 375 E 9th St Kathryn Clark 209.879.3108 firstname.lastname@example.com
Turlock/Parkinson's Patients and CarePartners SG 2nd Wed 1:00PM Covenant Village Berg Conf Room 2125 N Olive Ave Paul Barnes 209.216.5620 firstname.lastname@example.com
Vacaville SG 1st Sat (unless holiday then 2nd Sat) 1:30PM-3:00PM Community Presbyterian Church 425 Hemlock St Theresa Pate 707.642.2173 Marlene Roberts 707.446.3862
Vallejo SG 1st Sat 10:30AM-11:30AM Community Presbyterian Church Room 2 2800 Georgia St Theresa Pate 707.642.2173
Visalia/Central Valley Parkinson's SG 1st Fri 10:30AM United Methodist Church 5200 W. Caldwell Ave Marilyn Swanson 559.732.1056 tms259@comcast..net
Walnut Creek/Parkinson's Network of Mt Diablo SG 3rd Sat 10:00AM-Noon Grace Presbyterian Church 2100 Tice Valley Blvd Ronnie Wanetick 925.933.6357 firstname.lastname@example.com www.pnmd.net Howard Zalkin 925.939.4210 firstname.lastname@example.com
Yuba City/Tri County Parkinson's SG 2nd Mon 1PM Sutter Medical 969 Plumas St Ste 208 Joe Carmona 530.521.3729 email@example.com Janice Herbert 530.673.3064
Caregiver-Only Support Groups
Auburn/Caregiver Lunch SG 2nd Tue 12:00 Denny's Restaurant Bel Air Shopping Center 1489 Grass Valley Sally Horst 530.878.2226 firstname.lastname@example.com
Belmont/Parkinson's Caregiver-Only SG 1st Thu 12:00PM-2:00PM Library Silverado Senior Living 1301 Ralston Ave Steven Russell 650.995.6379(m) 650.724.6090(o) email@example.com Mary K Stegner, facilitator. Please contact leader before attending.
Berkeley/Care Partner Only SG 4th Thu 3:00PM-4:00PM North Berkeley Senior Ctr 1901 Hearst Ave Joyce Sakai 510.525.5166 email@example.com
Davis Caregiver SG 2nd Tues 1:30PM-3:00PM Davis Senior Center 646 A St John Shaw 530.759.0143
Fremont/Caregivers SG 2nd Mon 4th Mon 1PM-2:30PM 1st Wed 11AM-12Noon City Hall-Bldg B Large Conference Rm 3300 Capitol Ave Nancy Rothschild 510.574.2035 for all diseases.
Lodi/Caregivers SG 2nd Mon odd months 10AM-11AM Temple Baptist Church Prayer Room 801 S Lower Sacramento Rd Betty Weatherman 209.333,9290 firstname.lastname@example.com
Los Altos/Mid Peninsula Caregivers SG Last Tue (x Dec) 10:30-12:00 RSVP for location Sue 650.483.6409 skb815@yahoo,com
Menlo Park/Stanford PD Caregiver-Only SG 2nd Fri Noon-2:00PM and 3rd Tue Noon-2:00 PM St Bede's Episcopal Church past Wyatt Hall Mtg Room 6th door on left 2650 Sand Hill Rd (enter on Monte Rosa) Robin Riddle,APDA I&RC 650.724.6090 firstname.lastname@example.com. Please RSVP before attending for the 1st time
San Jose/Caregiver SG 4th Wed 1:30PM-3:30PM St. Francis Episcopal Church 1205 Pine Ave Charmaine Eng 408.723.8116
San Jose/The Villages Caregiver SG 1st Wed 10:00AM-11:00AM The Villages Golf and Country Club Alice Pratte 408.223.8033 Access Pass Required
Santa Cruz Care Partners SG 1st Mon 1;30PM-3:00PM 133C Southampton Ln Darrell McLeod 408.828.6745 email@example.com
Walnut Creek/Parkinson's Network of Mt Diablo Caregiver Only SG 3rd Sat 9:00AM-10:00AM Grace Presbyterian Church Oak Room 2100 Tice Valley Bvd Norman Kibbe 925.935.0322 email@example.com Liz Wormer 925.828.1789 firstname.lastname@example.com
DBS Support Groups
Sacramento/ DBS SG 3rd Mon (/Mar/May/Jul/Sep/Oct/Dec only) 10:00AM-Noon Kaiser Sacramento (basement conf rooms 1-2) 2025 Morse Ave Catherine Nitafan-Young RN FNP RSVP (required) to 916.973,6860 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
San Francisco DBS SG 2nd Thu 6:00PM-8:00PM every other month Neurology Conf Room Ambulatory Care Clinic 8th Fl 400 Parnassus Ave Lee Schwager (email pref) firstname.lastname@example.com 415,601.6456
Sunnyvale/DBS SG 3rd Wed 1:30PM-3:00PM Parkinson's Institute and Clinical Ctr 675 Almanor Ave Call 408.542.5610 firstname.lastname@example.com Please RSVP if new to the group.
Walnut Creek/Parkinson's Network of Mt Diablo DBS SG Meets periodically. Call for date and location. Art Fowler 925.314.1875 firstname.lastname@example.com
Early Onset Support Groups
Napa Young Onset SG 4th Sun 3:00 PM Covenant Presbyterian Church 1226 Salvador Ave Joe Burger 707.266.6156, firstname.lastname@example.com . All welcome-regardless of age at diagnosisOcto
Palo Alto/ Young Onset SG 2nd Tue 6:30PM-8:00PM Board Rm Lucile Packard Children's Hosp. 725 Welch Rd Martha Gardner 408.464.8718 email@example.com Open to anyone diagnosed with PD before age 50
Walnut Creek/Parkinson's Network of Mt Diablo Young Onset PD SG If interested and you have Young Onset PD a specific meeting time can be arranged by YOPD Chair Krystin Radke 925.336.9554 firstname.lastname@example.com
Patient-Only Support Groups
Berkeley /PD Active SG 3rd Thu 3-5PM 1914 Oregon St. Jane Levy 510.479.6119 email@example.com
Palo Alto/Parkinson's Women SG 3rd Tue Noon-1:30PM RSVP for location Susan Foster 408.530.8100 firstname.lastname@example.com
Walnut Creek/Extended Parkinsonians only discussion group 3rd Sat 9:00 AM-10:00AM Grace Presbyterian Church Library 2100 Tice Valley Blvd Gregg Riehl 925.254.8349 email@example.com Sandy Clark 925.944.0769 firstname.lastname@example.com


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International Organizations, Disasters & Humanitarian Relief
Databases & Search Engines | International Governmental Organizations | NonGovernmental Organizations
This guide serves as a basic research tool for the work of International and NonGovernmental Organizations in the fields of Disasters and Humanitarian Relief. For additional publications consult Pathfinder (the catalog of the UC Berkeley library) and Melvyl (the catalog for all the UC campuses and other research collections in the state).
Databases & Search Engines
Alertnet. Humanitarian news network which aims to keep relief professionals and the wider public up-to-date on humanitarian crises around the globe.
Forced Migration Online. Provides access to a variety of online resources dealing with the situation of forced migrants worldwide. Includes a digital library.
Geography. (UCB Access Only). Indexes 2000 journals, monographs, books, conference proceedings, covering the international literature in international development.
Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN). Forum where field workers, managers and policymakers in the humanitarian sector share information, analysis and experience. Includes a series of papers and reviews.
HungerWeb. From the Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy.
ICRC Databases on International Humanitarian Law. Databases on international humanitarian law treaties and national level implementation, with commentary.
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS). (UCB Access Only). Indexes journals, books, chapters, and book reviews in the fields of economics, political science, & sociology from more than 100 countries.
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre. Searchable resource with coverage of ongoing situations of conflict-induced internal displacement in the world. Includes thousands of documents, maps, country profiles, and analyses of internal displacement at regional and global levels.
PAIS International and PAIS Archives. (UCB Access Only). Indexes books, journals, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, and web sources related to public policy, politics, economics, and social issues worldwide
Relief Web. Web portal from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Hails itself as "the world's leading gateway to information on humanitarian emergencies and disasters."
International Organizations
European Union Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO). Humanitarian aid office of the European Union. Site includes lists of publications and decisions.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Includes a section on emergency relief operations. See also the FAO Global Information and Early Warning System.
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission. Includes section on mitigation of marine related disasters.
International Fund for Agricultural Development. Specialized agency of the United Nations dedicated to eradicating rural poverty in developing countries.
Joint UNEP/OCHA Environment Unit. United Nations mechanism to coordinate the international response to environmental emergencies and natural disasters.
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). The UN AIDS agency. See the section on HIV/AIDS in Emergency Settings.
United Nations Capital Development Fund. Investment fund for Least Developed Countries to help reduce poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). United Nations children's agency. See the section for publications on children and emergencies.
United Nations Development Programme Disaster Reduction Unit. See also UNDP Publications on Disasters.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
The United Nations Refugee Agency. Includes many online books, papers and statistics.
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction. UN agency charged with reducing human, social, economic and environmental losses due to natural hazards.
United Nations Millennium Development Goals Web Site. Outlines the background, objectives and progress to date of the eight UN Millennium Development Goals.
United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Chief UN office for coordination of humanitarian affairs, within the UN itself and with other international agencies, especially for major emergencies and natural disasters.
United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries. UN Office for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries, and Small Island Developing States.
United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO). UN agency with responsibility for maintenance of international peace and security. Includes links to onging missions, e.g. in Chad and Darfur.
United Nations Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee. "Third Committee" of the UN General Assembly, with a mandate to address human rights, social development, refugees, advancement of women, indigenous peoples, and more.
World Food Programme (WFP). The United Nations Food Agency. The WFP is the world's largest international food aid organization, dedicated to combating hunger in
nations with severe food shortages.
World Health Organization. Activities, reports, news and events in WHO programmes and offices working on the health-related aspects of disasters.
Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs)
There are many NonGovernmental Organizations devoted to disasters and humanitarian relief. Please see the UC Berkeley Library research guide on Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) for additional information. The following are some of the more important NGOs in this field.
American Council for Voluntary Interaction. Links to disaster relief organizations.
Directory of Development Organizations. Over 47,000 organizations of all kinds listed by region and country. One of the most extensive compilation of NGO country directories.
Idealist.Org. Excellent online NGO directory. Includes section on "Disaster Response Resources".
OneWorld.net. Network of over 400 international agencies working in development, human rights and disaster relief.
TakingITGlobal. International non-profit organization centered on young people interested in connecting across cultures. Good source of NGO information by country and area of focus. Go to browse organizations.
USAID Directory of Private Voluntary Organizations. Pull down menu by "activity sector" includes food security, disaster relief, etc.
WANGO. World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations. Excellent NGO directory by region.
Selected Humanitarian NGOs
American National Red Cross. Mission is to save lives and ease suffering by providing relief to victims of disaster, locally and globally.
Doctors Without Borders. International medical humanitarian organization that delivers
emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or
man-made disasters, or exclusion from health care in more than 70 countries.
Genocide Intervention Network. Nonprofit working to protect civilians from genocide and mass atrocities. Background and information on conflicts worldwide involving widespread civilian death and displacement.
International Crisis Group. Non-governmental organization working to prevent and resolve deadly conflict through field analysis and advocacy.
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, (IFRC). Related organization with the ICRC, the two societies share the same secretariat in Geneva. The Red Crescent is used in place of the Red Cross in many Islamic countries. See publications list.
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Largest Humanitarian Organization. See their World Disaster's Report and extensive list of online publications.
InterAction. Large alliance of U.S. based international development and humanitarian nongovernmental organizations.
International Save the Children Alliance. World's largest independent organization for children, working in 110 countries world-wide.
NetAid. Development web site dedicated to eradicating poverty worldwide
Red R. Mission to select and train personnel for humanitarian programmes working in disaster situations world-wide.
Relief International. NGO providing emergency rehabilitation and development services in the areas of health, shelter, food, conflict resolution, etc.
World Vision International. Relief and development organization working in the areas of emergency relief, education, health care, economic development and promotion of justice.