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As SES attendees, we've had the delight of having Marissa Meyer of Google keynote, but before that, I can't readily remember when a woman was really a spotlight at any sort of search conference. My how things have changed!
Next week at SES New York City, not one, not two, but three women have been "spotlighted". How's that for progress? I think that says a lot for how this industry really respects women and is going beyond "gender lines".
The three women are Kendall Allen, Erica Schmidt and Lyndsay Menzies. These three women are playing key roles in both the companies they work for and it's great to see them getting the spotlight shined in their direction.
So what do we know about these three great online marketers?
Kendall Allen is the Managing Director at Incognito Digital. During the three years preceding her joining the team at Incognito Digital – Allen presided over regional Client Services operations for two Search Engine Marketing firms, first as founding executive team member at Fathom and then industry pioneer, iCrossing. It is during these years that Allen met the founding partners Gray and Hoydich of Incognito Digital, collaborating to serve the marketing needs of VOOM HDTV.
With critical periods of her career spent in the SF Bay Area and now on the East Coast in New York, Allen has consulted with, launched and staffed engagement teams against the digital marketing efforts of marketers including Ask Jeeves, SF Examiner, Chandon, Intel, Intuit, VOOM, American Express, Fairmont Hotels, McGraw-Hill and Colgate-Palmolive. Allen now has teamed with her partner, Elizabeth Bleser, to truly evolve the agency Incognito Digital and the brands it serves.
Erica Schmidt is Global Director of Search for Isobar. Erica is primarily responsible for helping Isobar search agencies across the globe increase their revenues from search engine marketing, and she assists Isobar agencies in launching iProspect-branded search engine marketing practices. Schmidt also ensures that each agency is delivering their services according to the best practices developed at iProspect in the U.S. Prior to joining Isobar, Schmidt was client services director at iProspect, responsible for overseeing a number of client-facing search teams, and focused her attention on delivering superior strategies and proactive account management to iProspect's clients.
A polished speaker, Schmidt has presented at various conferences around the globe, including Search Engine Strategies. She has also authored articles for industry publications, including Pharmaceutical Executive Magazine and Direct Magazine.
Lyndsay Menzies is Managing Director of Big Mouth Media. At bigmouth since 1999, and with 100 bigmouths under her watchful eye, Lyndsay's remit can be summed up as 'Responsible for developing and keeping the happiest clients and teams in the industry', whilst growing bigmouthmedia UK into the clear leader in its field.
Lyndsay heads up the 3 UK offices, as well as the NY office. Bigmouthmedia has the highest client and staff retention in the industry, and is a 2007 FT 'Best Place to Work'. A real 'people person', Lyndsay is a pioneer in integration of search within marketing strategy, offering a no-bull, can-do attitude crucial for the success of her clients in a fast-changing medium.
I found her bio on the Big Mouth Media site really funny too (this company certainly has a sense of humor!):
Bigmouthmedia's much loved Managing Director. Complete workaholic. Once went to have her wisdom teeth taken out over lunch and went straight back to work. Finalist in "Scotland's Most Eligible", when asked what her unique fact was, Lyndsay disclosed that she once spent 12 hours in the back of a truck in Cambodia with a dead pig... like we said, she's been working very hard.
Wow, these are some really impressive resumes aren't they? All three of these women are "take charge and get it done" and that attitude has propelled them to the top of not only their companies but this industry as well.
I got curious as to why SES & Kevin Ryan selected to highlight not just one, but three women and asked him these questions:
Li: Kevin, could you tell me why you have them featured?
Kevin Ryan: They are incredibly talented people that possess thought leadership characteristics along with and "feet on the ground" knowledge.Li: What's their role for this conference (SES NYC)?
Kevin Ryan: Women at SES take on a number of roles. From Orion panels to day one's strategic thought leadership to our week-long tactical sessions. We have a number of nationalities represented and they represent multiple levels in the companies they represent.Li: Why were they chosen?
Kevin Ryan: SES does not discriminate or select speakers on the basis of race, creed, gender, social media platform usage or socio-search engine alignment. Sincerely, the selection process was very simple; they were the most qualified candidates.
Kudos to Kendall, Erica & Lyndsay, and thanks to Kevin Ryan for selecting to spotlight them at SES New York!


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What are the benefits of the DTaP vaccine?
The DTaP vaccine protects your child against three diseases: diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (whooping cough).
This bacterial infection causes fever, weakness, and a sore throat. A thick, gray coating develops in the back of the throat, which makes it hard to breathe or swallow and sometimes results in suffocation. If the infection isn't treated, toxins produced by the bacteria may affect tissues and organs throughout the body, possibly leading to heart failure or paralysis.
Death occurs in up to 20 percent of cases in people under age 5 and over age 40. These numbers have changed little in the last 50 years, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
Before the vaccine was developed in the 1920s, there were more than 175,000 cases a year on average in the United States. By contrast, only five cases have been reported to the CDC in the past decade.
However, outbreaks of diphtheria are common all over the globe, especially in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, the South Pacific, and the Caribbean. So while the risk of getting diphtheria in the United States is low, the disease is only a plane ride away.
Tetanus (also called lockjaw) is a bacterial infection that can cause severe and painful muscle spasms, seizures, and paralysis.
It's not contagious. The bacteria live in soil and dust and enter the body through a break in the skin.People get tetanus from puncture wounds, burns, and other injuries – sometimes even minor ones.
Since the vaccine came into widespread use in the 1940s, the number of tetanus cases in the United States has fallen from about 500 to fewer than 30 a year. More than 10 percent of reported cases end in death.
Pertussis, better known as whooping cough, is a very contagious bacterial infection and one of the most common vaccine-preventable childhood diseases. Whooping cough causes coughing spells so severe that it's hard for a child to eat, drink, or breathe. It can lead to pneumonia, seizures, brain damage, and death.
Pertussis cases have been rising in the United States since the 1980s – and there have been significant outbreaks in recent years.
In 2012, there were more than 48,000 cases of whooping cough in the United States – the greatest number in nearly 60 years. Twenty people died, most of them infants younger than 3 months. Forty-nine states and Washington, D.C., reported more cases over the previous year. Colorado, Vermont, and Washington state declared epidemics in 2012, and significant outbreaks were reported in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Whooping cough cases reflect a continuing rise over the past two decades. But health officials point out that the overall incidence of pertussis has dropped 80 percent since the vaccine has been in use, and that there tend to be outbreaks every three to five years.
Before the vaccine was introduced in the 1940s, about 147,000 American children came down with whooping cough every year. The number of cases in the United States dropped to a historic low of 1,010 in 1976 but then began rising again as adolescents who had been vaccinated as babies lost their immunity and more babies went unvaccinated. There were more than 25,000 cases reported in 2004 and 2005.
To counter this trend, an additional shot called Tdap is now recommended for children age 11 or 12. The Tdap shot is also recommended for adults who didn't have one during adolescence, followed by a Td booster shot every ten years.
Getting yourself vaccinated helps to protect your baby and any other babies you're around. Infants under the age of 6 months are at greatest risk of becoming severely ill or dying from pertussis.
Whooping cough remains a serious health problem among children in other parts of the world.
What's the recommended schedule?
Recommended number of doses
- Six shots between birth and age 12
- One shot in adulthood, plus booster shots
Recommended ages
- At 2 months
- At 4 months
- At 6 months
- Between 15 and 18 months
- Between 4 and 6 years old
- A booster shot at 11 or 12 years old (Tdap)
Adults who have never had a Tdap shot or who are pregnant should get one and then have a Td booster every 10 years.
To track your child's immunizations, use BabyCenter's Immunization S cheduler.
Who shouldn't get the DTaP vaccine?
- Children younger than 6 weeks old.
- Children who had a severe reaction to a previous DTaP shot, including coma, difficulty breathing, hives, fainting, high fever, seizure, or nonstop crying for three or more hours. This rarely happens, but if your child experiences any of these reactions, consult your doctor before going for another dose of the vaccine.
- Talk to your child's doctor about other possible situations in which your child shouldn't get the vaccine. If the pertussis part of the shot causes a reaction, a DT (diphtheria tetanus) shot may be appropriate.
Are there any precautions I should take?
The CDC recommends that children who have ever had any type of seizure take acetaminophen or ibuprofen at the time the shot is given and for the next 24 hours to control any possible fever. (Babies younger than 6 months should have only acetaminophen. Children older than that can have either acetaminophen or ibuprofen. Check with your doctor to be sure.)
Children who are moderately to severely ill at the time the vaccine is scheduled should probably wait until they recover before getting the shot. That way, they'll be better able to tolerate any side effects.
What are the possible side effects?
Most potential side effects are associated with the pertussis part of the vaccine. Neither the diphtheria nor the tetanus vaccine is known to cause any serious side effects.
Relatively common side effects – usually occurring after the fourth and fifth doses of the vaccine – include mild fever, and redness, swelling, and soreness. If you notice these, you can ask the doctor whether it's okay to give your child acetaminophen (for any age) or ibuprofen (for age 6 months and older) to ease discomfort. Fussiness, tiredness, and (more rarely) vomiting can also occur.
Severe allergic reactions are rare but possible with any vaccine. See what our expert says about how to tell whether your child is having an adverse reaction.
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Why the clean technology sector is still on a growth path
PUBLISHED: 01 Oct 2013 12:49:02 | UPDATED: 26 Nov 2013 18:35:24PUBLISHED: 03 Oct 2013 PRINT EDITION: 03 Oct 2013Caitlin Fitzsimmons
The candle is still burning for Australia's clean technology sector despite the determination of the Abbott government to repeal the carbon tax.
As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its six-yearly report on climate change last week, uncertainty clouds Australia's response to the challenge.
Regardless, technology innovation is bubbling away and investment is not pouring but is, at least, trickling in.
Two deals within the past fortnight prove there's still life in the sector. On September 18, ASX-listed geothermal power company Geodynamics announced a takeover of KUTh Energy in a share-based deal worth $2.65 million. A day earlier, Tokyo-based Nippon Gas bought 16 per cent of Sydney-based clean-tech firm COzero for an undisclosed sum.
The deal with Nippon Gas involves a degree of technology transfer, particularly focused on COzero's new product Energy Link plus the potential to bring Nippon Gas technology here.
Search for investment
COzero chief executive Nicholas Armstrong says the deal with Nippon Gas came after an 18-month search for investment. "Australia is a tough place to raise money . . . institutional appetite is low," Armstrong says. "We're well capitalised now, so we won't be taking any investment until we either do a listing or decide to have an overseas expansion strategy."
Growth has slowed for COzero since it topped BRW's Fast 100 in 2011 with annual revenue growth of 604 per cent, but the company is still performing strongly and venture capital firm BlackCitrus, which owns 35 per cent of COzero, plans to groom the company for listing on the ASX.
Armstrong says COzero has been profitable since 2008 and the company now has about $200 million in revenue, with a 5-10 per cent EBIT margin.
The new Energy Link product is a device that sits on an electricity switchboard, helping companies manage their power usage. It communicates with software via wireless protocol and the interface allows remote building management on a minute-by-minute basis.
"We saw energy efficiency as the next big super-cycle after solar panels because it makes really good financial sense," Armstrong says. "Energy efficiency makes sense without any incentive, because you're saving money."
Even so, there are incentives to sweeten the deal; various state governments, including NSW and Victoria, offer credits to companies that reduce electricity use.
Nippon Gas chief executive and president Shinji Wada says there is a pressing need to reduce energy consumption in Japan because of the shutdown of nuclear power stations in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and subsequent power shortages.
"We believe that COzero's smart energy-management technologies will be successful in Australia and may directly translate to the Japanese market and other markets around the world," Wada said in a statement.
But Armstrong says COzero will focus on Australia for now. "We think Australia is a really good breeding ground for new technology and we know the market pretty well. But once we get the product up and running, we're definitely going to be looking at overseas markets," Armstrong says.
Another side to COzero's business is its trading platform, which is used to trade federal renewable energy credits and carbon permits, plus state-based energy efficiency certificates.
Armstrong says this side of the business has been hampered by Parliament "playing destructive politics" rather than setting sensible long-term policy. "People are not trading carbon because they're scared about the future – they don't want to make decisions past 2015 because they don't know what's going to happen. We hope, once the government takes a position, people will start trading again – it can't get much worse."
No end to uncertainty
There is no doubt that the political uncertainty has been damaging for the sector more broadly.
David Solsky, chief executive of Envizi, which makes environmental management software for clients such as Commonwealth Bank, Johnson & Johnson and LJ Hooker, is frustrated the main political parties have not found a bipartisan approach.
"How can you expect businesses to make tens of millions of dollars in investment decisions with that kind of uncertainty?" he says. "It doesn't matter if it's an ETS or direct action, just tell us what it is and let everyone get behind it. I'd like to see it stop being a political issue and let it be a sensible economic issue with bipartisan support. Even if you don't believe in global warming, you can't argue with efficiency."
His concerns echo those of Pronto Software managing director David Jackman, who told BRW in August he was looking forward to the election because business needed certainty one way or another about the carbon price. Pronto makes general enterprise resource-planning software but because there are modules for carbon footprint measurement, many customers have been reluctant to commit to any purchase until the policy was settled.
The election has been and gone but the uncertainty persists, given the Senate is determined to block repeal of the carbon tax. Tony Abbott has vowed to call a double-dissolution election if he doesn't get his way, but it's considered more likely he would wait for the new, more right-wing Senate to be sworn in next year.
Abbott's policy is to spend $3.2 billion on a "direct action" plan to fight climate change, but there have been suggestions some incoming senators would be inclined to repeal the carbon tax but block a direct action plan. No one in the sector seems to have much idea what Abbott's proposed "direct action" climate-change policy would actually involve. "They've floated the idea of a 'Green Army' of 15,000 youths to go around and plant trees," Armstrong says. "These sort of things are a bit tongue in cheek for a company like ours that has a business to build on the back of good policy."
Solsky prefers a market-based mechanism. "The problem in my mind with direct action is it does leave you open to all the political shenanigans around lobbying and a lot of additional overheads to manage the scheme and a lot more discretion based on the views of individual ministers," Solsky says.
"Whereas if you put it in a market-based mechanism – free markets work, that's pretty much proven."
Renewable energy
Unlike the carbon price, the renewable energy sector has benefited from bipartisan agreement on the Renewable Energy Target (RET) to have 20 per cent of energy generated from renewable sources by 2020.
A report released last week by investment bank Citi rated Australia as the most attractive market for solar in the world, based on costs and an estimated $64 billion market opportunity for solar and wind energy installations in Australia.
Silex, our largest listed clean-tech company, flicked the switch on a massive solar power plant in Mildura, Victoria, back in June.
Geodynamics is a developer of geo-thermal power, which is generated from the heat of the ground. Globally, this often means volcanoes – but Geodynamics has a long-standing project to extract power from hot granite underneath the Cooper Basin in central Australia.
Chief executive Geoff Ward says the company also has a project in the Solomon Islands and the KUTh Energy merger will add a similar one in Vanuatu to the portfolio. "The idea is to use indigenous geothermal power in the Pacific Islands to replace higher-cost imported diesel fuel," Ward says. "We're exporting capability, really, and it can increase the self sufficiency of the islands, reduce carbon emissions, and hopefully give a return to our shareholders."
Ward says the world is poised at an "opportunity moment" because a range of new technologies – from solar, wind, batteries, geothermal, wave or other forms of marine energy – are rapidly improving at a time when the cost of traditional fossil fuels was increasing.
"We're in the middle of a major change in how the world generates its energy and that change is being driven not only by carbon pricing but also the cost and availability of conventional resources and the falling cost of newer, cleaner energy and changing ways that people use energy," Ward says.
RET is an important piece of policy, he says, though it doesn't directly affect Geodynamics because its projects have a longer time-frame than 2020. He also credits the work done by government agencies Australian Renewable Energy Agency and Australian Centre for Renewable Energy for spurring development of the sector.
Meanwhile, Solsky is an investor in Todae Solar and he says the past five years have been a "horrific rollercoaster ride" for the solar sector with continual changes to things like feeding tariffs, renewable energy targets, and the price of renewable energy certificate prices, which dropped suddenly from $28 to $18 two years ago.
Business drivers
COzero's Energy Link is designed for businesses that spend $20,000 or more on electricity per year and Armstrong says his current sales message is focused on cost savings.
He says sustainability has not really been a driver for closing purchases. "I think that's reflective of the sentiment out there that the government was elected to repeal the carbon tax because I think people just don't care any more," Armstrong says.
"People have been receptive because power prices have been an issue and everyone's trying to save money."
Envizi's Solsky tells a different story. He saysheavy industry and resources companies, the organisations that are liable under the carbon tax, have been reluctant to spend because of cost and regulatory uncertainty. However, in the general commercial and light industrial space, he has found companies more willing to undertake projects to boost their public reputation. "For a business that tenants a whole building or half a building, their big costs are the rent and their people and energy is not actually material to them," Solsky says. "A lot of them are concerned about corporate social responsibility, employee attraction and retention, and being seen to be doing the right thing. The projects might be marginal, or have a reasonable rate of return but not fundamentally change the bottom line, but they do them because of that green kicker they get with it."
Clean technology and renewable energy companies are willing to work with the new government – they just want to put politics aside and get on with business.
"We need a long-term and bipartisan approach because this energy transformation happens over 10 to 20 years and we need to be working at it consistently across electoral cycles," Ward says.
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Around 1,000 people came to watch the end of today's Women's Tour stage in Clacton.
The area around the finishing line on Marine Parade West was packed with people, along with hundreds more around the rest of the route.
A number of school children also came to watch, but not before taking part in their own cycle race down the finishing straight.
Clacton resident Valerie Simpson said: "I was very excited to come down for something big going on locally.
"I do watch the Tour de France on TV but most of this kind of thing is out of this area, so when it is local you should come along to support - we also hope to go to Harwich on Sunday for the start of that stage as well."
Julie Knights, also from Clacton, added: "I'm not really a cycling fan but came down for the sense of occasion and it is very important we get events like this in Clacton."
Mark Platt, Tendring district councillor for tourism and events, said: "We are absolutely delighted.
"At Tendring District Council we always want to be a little bit different and for us to have two stages is absolutely wonderful for us and all the people in Tendring.
"There's been huge amounts of excitement leading up to the event and the crowds are fantastic.
"We are not only hoping for repeat visitors but also hoping for people to come from overseas."
Catherine Smyth and Owen Doherty had travelled up from East London for the event.
Mr Doherty said: "We are cycling fans and this was the easiest stage to get to.
"It is our first time in Clacton and it looks very nice, especially the sandy beach which is impressive and the gardens along the seafront - we would definitely come back here in the future."
Colin Ward, from Clacton, added: "I'm very pleased it has come to Clacton and I hope the men's tour comes here next year too."
Sarah Connolly, one of the race organising team, said: "Watching the crowds from the team car on the course was amazing, especially all the school children who were out along the route.
"Essex has done so well. It felt like every school in the county was lining the course along with lots of other spectators, at every roundabout, road and pub.
"It was a really good reception - every day we think it can't be matched and it is just a nice if not better.
"Riders from all over the world have been saying this is one of the best organised races with the best crowds they have been to, and they really love it. They all want to come back, the support is so good."
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Do you know that, only for the breath you take there should be a lot of factor together?
First we need a balanced amount of nitrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide. Any imbalance is enough to end the life. Allah created many ways to make sure this delicate balance is never disrupted. The Sun, plants which makes photosynthesis, soil and bacterial lives in soil make this balance possible. Other factors like rain, lightning, pressure and earth's core keep the gas rate in our atmosphere to the right conditions.
Even with a small disruption or disproportion in these facts- even in one of them, for instance if one of the bacterial which we can never see without a microscope stop functioning – the nitrogen cycle and carbon cycle which are critically important will stop instantly. This means the end of life.
Everything we see around us, including our body, is created with very delicate balances. There is harmony in the heaves and on the earth and this harmony continued to exist without any disruption for millions of years.
Allah who is the Great, the Most High creates this harmony.
Allah makes all the systems of the universe function and grow in perfect harmony, even though, we are not aware of it.
Sometimes we tend to forget simple things we take for granted without putting them into proportions even a simple every step we take, requires a certain balance from the turning speed of Earth back to our nervous system, our heart, our brain, our skeletal system and gravity.
Even if some people say when we ask them they believe in Allah and they say Allah is one and only, they believe that Allah created everything but this order then goes on its own. Whereas this is a very wrong idea because Allah regulates all affairs and has control over all things. Allah states in Surah Al-An'am that "Not a leaf doth fall but with His knowledge."
And with Him are the keys of the unseen; none knows them except Him. And He knows what is on the land and in the sea. Not a leaf falls but that He knows it. And no grain is there within the darknesses of the earth and no moist or dry [thing] but that it is [written] in a clear record. (Surah Al-An'am 59)
While you are reading this article quietly in your computer, without your knowledge there is big activity all around the World all the time.
For example in every one second 16 million tons water drops to Earth and 16 million tons water evaporates to air. In every second about 100 lightning flashes on earth. In every lightning trillions of nitrogen dioxide molecules come out and with this, the 78% of nitrogen rate, which is in the atmosphere fixes.
And again in one second Sun converts 564 million tons of hydrogen to 560 million tons of helium and to 4 million tons of energy. At the end of this process it occurs a big light and radiation ball. This power is equals to the energy generated by millions of atomic bomb.
In our body there are many processes happening every single second without being aware of it.
The lungs, liver, heart, brain, pancreas, stomach, nerve, respiratory and defense systems, cells, DNAs of 7 billion people are all in Allah's control.
Some Interesting facts you might not be aware of:
The reproductive and blood cells in our body, produce 2000 protein in one second.
In our body an average of 50 million cells die and 50 million cells form in one second.
Our heart circulates all the blood in the body in 60 seconds
Five hundred different chemical processes occur in a single liver cell in every one second.
100 billion processes will have taken place in your eyes when you are reading this sentence.
These all process takes place all the 7 billion people on the earth in every one second.
Millions of animals live on earth and all of the bodily functions of these animals function by the grace of Allah's will. All of their livelihoods, shelters, hunting techniques and strategies in the face of a dangerous world are under Allah's control. From mites that live on your carpet without you knowing, to a fly that lands on your hand, from an ant trying to carry the bread crumbs in your kitchen to its nest to the birds flying in the sky and a cat you see on the street, all of these animals live by the will and inspiration of Allah.
'… No date-fruit comes out of its sheath, nor does a female conceive (within her womb) nor bring forth… (Surat al Fussilat, 47)'
As Allah states in the Surat al Fussilat Allah knows the every newborn human all around the World, Allah also knows all humans date of death in their destiny. Allah draws attention to this situation in the Quran.
'Nor does anyone know what it is that he will earn on tomorrow: Nor does anyone know in what land he is to die. Verily with Allah is full knowledge and He is acquainted (with all things). (Surah al Luqman, 34)'
Allah is Most High, Most Great. Allah creates controls and regulates all the living and non-living things, all events, all systems we see or don't see, we know or don't know. Allah never lets His created alone, He always controls them.
To understand the power of Allah we need to know the wonders of Allah, amazing creations of Allah. Because as Allah stated in the Quran "Those truly fear Allah, among His Servants, who have knowledge."
'Seest thou not that Allah sends down rain from the sky? With it We then bring out produce of various colors. And in the mountains are tracts white and red, of various shades of color, and black intense in hue. And so amongst men and crawling creatures and cattle, are they of various colors. Those truly fear Allah, among His Servants, who have knowledge: for Allah is Exalted in Might, Oft-Forgiving. (Surah al Fatir 27-28)'


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Washington DC Comicon Announced
- Posted by Johanna on April 16, 2010 at 8:41 am
- Category: Comic News
Two local promoters have teamed up to create a Washington, D.C. area comic convention, with the first event to be held May 2, the day after Free Comic Book Day.
Marc Nathan (Baltimore Comic-Con) and Brett Carreras (Virginia Comicon) are hosting the DC Comicon on Sunday, May 2, 2010, from 10-5 at George Mason University (GMU) in Fairfax. Admission to the show is $5. Guests include Frank Cho, Herb Trimpe, J.G. Jones, the Luna Brothers, and Jo Chen. There's also a sanctioned Magic the Gathering tournament (entry fee $19-22) and a show-exclusive variant-cover Witchblade #136.
I won't be able to go — Free Comic Book Day always is a great, but tiring, event, so I'll need the day after to relax — but I'm glad to see more events in the area.
5 Responses to "Washington DC Comicon Announced"
- Raphael Malveaux Says:
April 16, 2010 at 11:11 PMComics AND Magic the Gathering. I'm in.
- Jim Perreault Says:
April 18, 2010 at 9:58 AMWould be nice if it was actually in DC. Fairfax isn't exactly metro accessable.
- Johanna Says:
April 18, 2010 at 11:22 AMThat is unfortunate. I'm not that familiar with the area, but I would think a university would be relatively easy to get to.
- Raphael Malveaux Says:
April 18, 2010 at 12:58 PMIt is accessible by bus from several Orange line metro stops. GMU is extremely metro accessible with a number of buses going directly to GMU. Use http://www.wmata.com/ to calculate the best one for you.
- Jim Perreault Says:
April 22, 2010 at 9:43 PMI'm actually all the way at the other end of the Orange line, so it would be quite lengthy to do it by metro. I guess it would be more accurate to say that it is not that accessible from north eastern Maryland.
But that's probably nit-picking. Still the distance and the fact that it is on a Sunday makes it very unlikely that I'll attend.
Thanks for the Metro tip, that is good to know.


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The SMP is a collaborative outreach activity orgranised by the Gifted Education Branch of the Ministry of Education. Targeted at students in the Integrated Programme, the various schools will send teams of 3 students to be attached to a selected institution, where one (or two) mentors will guide them through a project from planning to completion.
The selection stage is also an intricate process that requires the students to write in and convince the mentors that they have what it takes to see the project through to fruition. The mentors will then select the group with the most potential, if there is more than one group of students vying for the project.
Our project focused on the creation of a finite element human spine model with the use of the MRI scans of a body and the program, MIMICS as a tool to help us segment out the human spinal bones, giving us a 3D model of the human spine to perform analysis on.
In the project, we used the software called Finite Element Modelling (FEM) which helped us to study the human spinal impact tolerances and how the spine reacts under a certain amount of stress.
The MIMICS program links numerous scanned images to the Finite Element Analysis (FEA) which extracts the geometry from these images and creates a 3 dimensional model. FEA uses a complex system of points called nodes. These nodes will then make a grid called a mesh.
The mesh produced is programmed to have material and structural properties, which will demarcate how the structure or model will react to certain stress or loading conditions. The nodes of the structure are assigned at a certain density throughout the material depending on the stress levels of a particular area.
Vibrational analysis was also done on our spinal model and the tests done included random vibrations, shock and impact. Lastly, we let the super computers run a series of computational procedures involving applied forces and determining the material properties of the spinal bone, which includes the values of the bone's density, Young modulus and Poisson's Ratio. Such a structural analysis allows the determination of the effects such as strains, stresses and deformations that are caused by applying structural loads such as force, pressure and gravity.
We were exposed to an in-depth study of the human spinal impact tolerances and managed to learn a great deal about the various computing programmes and systems which we would not have had the chance to learn about if not for this Science Mentorship Programme. This experience has been a most enriching one for us, not forgetting about the invaluable lessons which taught us the importance of working well in a team.
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Our mentors, Dr Chee Chin Yi and Mr. Chong Chiet Sing, played important roles through helping and guiding us, providing clear instructions throughout our time of internship with IHPC. Under their guidance, we were able to carry out the project smoothly and even manage to have much fun at the same time Their care and patience to us have been much appreciated and we would not have come this far without their support.
In the first part of the project, where we had to create the 3D spinal model, Mr Chong always took time to check on our progress. He would try his best to help us in every way possible such as providing us with websites where we could acquire more research materials and knowledge to aid us in our project.
Dr Chee was both a friend and mentor. He often joked with us, making the whole project much more enjoyable. We were deeply touched by his relentless support for us at all times and we could see that he truly believed that we had the potential to do well.
Like the old saying goes, nothing is easy. Through the course of doing this Science Mentorship Programme, we encountered many ups and downs, with many difficulties along the way. The most pressing concern was time constraints. As we all had our own busy schedules, it was a mean feat to be able to meet up together as a complete team for all the sessions to work on the project. Due to the clash of enrichment lessons and CCA sessions, we had to learn to split up the workload among the group members. At most times, only 2 of us instead of the whole group would be present at IHPC to do the project. Thus, sometimes this may have led to a lack of communication among the group members.
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HoopsHype Sam Presti rumors
Ken Berger: After consultation among team, Westbrook and agents, "returning to play was the correct next step," GM Sam Presti said. Twitter @KBergCBS
The Oklahoma City Thunder waived center Daniel Orton, it was announced today by Executive Vice President and General Manager Sam Presti. Orton appeared in 13 games with the Thunder during the 2012-13 season, averaging 2.5 points and 2.0 rebounds in 8.0 minutes per contest. NBA.com
"How do you think the team has gotten better this off-season?" It was an inquiry that dismissed any preconceived notions and disregarded all pessimism that had been built by a relatively stale summer. And it forced Presti to think, requiring the Thunder general manager depart briefly from his script and spell out how exactly this team could be better when its inactivity primarily suggests it's gotten worse. "Well," Presti said, "I think it all comes down to how you define 'better.'" And with that, Presti spent the better part of the next 30 minutes detailing his definition during his annual preseason news conference. Along the way, he expressed excitement and extreme confidence in his club, choosing to view widespread question marks not as concerns but as opportunities. "We're excited about the opportunity to build on the success and strengths of last season," Presti said, "and we think we have an opportunity to do that." Oklahoman
As excitement builds over Saturday's start to training camp, Westbrook is eagerly anticipating his long-awaited return from the knee injury that cut short his 2013 postseason. Westbrook has not yet been cleared to resume full basketball activities, and neither him nor team officials are providing a timetable for when that final obstacle will be overcome. "We expect him to take part in parts of camp and work his way through different parts until he's ultimately cleared for unrestricted activity," Thunder general manager Sam Presti said. "But it's all going to be contingent upon how his body reacts to the additional load that he'll be carrying." Oklahoman
Darnell Mayberry: Statement from Thunder general manager Sam Presti: "We are aware of the situation and take this matter seriously. We are in the process of gathering more information and have no further comment at this time." Twitter @DarnellMayberry
The saying goes "One can judge a man by the company he keep." That gem of a quote is credited to Euripides, 480 B.C. Yet, it could just as easily apply to Oklahoma City Thunder chairman Clay Bennett. Since bringing an NBA franchise to his home state, the Oklahoma City native has stayed pretty much in the shadows, letting general manager Sam Presti be the public face of the organization. However, the business mogul and civic leader gave Oklahomans a rare glimpse into his personal life when he was inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame. What stood out to them most about his induction was who he chose to present him. He went with NBA legend Bill Russell. Bennett didn't choose the Hall of Fame center just to show off. He did it for the simplest of reasons. Russell is a friend. "I have had a very nice relationship with Bill," Bennett said. "I thought it might be fun to bring him to Oklahoma. And let others hear and enjoy him as I have. He was very gracious to accept. I am honored he would be here." Tahlequah Daily Press
The Oklahoma City Thunder has named Robert Pack and Mike Terpstra as assistant coaches, it was announced today by Executive Vice President and General Manager Sam Presti. They join Rex Kalamian, Mark Bryant and Brian Keefe on Head Coach Scott Brooks' bench. "We're excited to add Robert and Mike to our coaching staff for the upcoming season," said Head Coach Scott Brooks. "These additions bring diverse backgrounds to our group that will help the further development of our players." Pack joins the Thunder after spending the previous three seasons as an assistant coach with the Los Angeles Clippers where he served as the head coach for the Clippers' entry in the 2012 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas. Prior to that, he spent one season on the New Orleans Hornets bench. NBA.com
Darnell Mayberry: Thunder GM Sam Presti on Fisher: "Derek has proven to be a valuable member of our team and we are excited to have him back." Twitter @DarnellMayberry
A person with knowledge of the situation said Thunder general manager Sam Presti was scheduled to fly to Miami to meet with Mike Miller this week. Oklahoman
Recently, on his blog, the German center announced his intention to return to the Euroleague to play out the second season of his four-year contract with Caja Laboral. "I am in contact with Thunder GM Sam Presti and I often speak on phone with Jonny Rogers, who lives in Barcelona and he is a scout for the Thunder in Europe," Pleiss wrote in the post. "They look at me each game and they are very satisfied for my performances. But I don't want to be misunderstood: I think to the NBA in the medium term and I don't want to talk too much about it. After this season I have three more years on my contract with Baskonia and I will stay at least next season. I feel the confidence of coach Zan Tabak. I know I can become a better player in Vitoria, which is crucial for me." Oklahoman
Examples abound in team front offices, too. Sam Presti (Oklahoma City Thunder), Dell Demps (New Orleans) and Kevin Pritchard (Indiana Pacers) are general managers who, like Ferry, once worked under Buford. "The success we've had on the court in the playoffs is great," Budenholzer said, "but where Pop and I, and all of us, get just as big of a kick is watching people go out and be successful. We love it." When it comes to launching careers, the Spurs have had more success than other recent champions, like the Los Angeles Lakers, the Boston Celtics, the Mavericks and the Miami Heat. New York Times
Steven Adams planned to share a video of the Thunder's world-class facility and any OKC players he might come across. However, All-Star point guard Russell Westbrook advised Adams not to do so. Adams complied, getting his first dose of the tight-lipped, closed-door, ultra-private, paranoid approach of the Thunder. While many organizations are more than happy to share workout information, no such luck with the Thunder, which will always be clandestine in its approach under general manager Sam Presti. Oklahoman
Pick acquired from Raptors: There is increasing chatter among NBA executives that the Thunder -- with two first- round picks and young talent in Jeremy Lamb and Perry Jones on the roster -- will look to make a major move on draft night. If they keep this pick, Saric, a smooth, mobile big man one executive describes as "the best passing big in the draft" is a nice find. Saric isn't the bruising back-to-the-basket scorer that Oklahoma City craves, but he is exactly the kind of high potential talent GM Sam Presti loves to develop. SI.com
Darnell Mayberry: Sam Presti on Kendrick Perkins: "I think he's going to go back and work and COME BACK improved." Twitter @DarnellMayberry
The Thunder's polarizing center has nothing to worry about. Two days later, Presti essentially put an end to the rampant speculation that Perkins would possibly be waived under the NBA's amnesty clause. "We just haven't considered using the provision," Presti said. "I wouldn't necessarily directly attribute that to any player on our team. Every team looks at the amnesty provision different based on their different circumstances. But it's not something that we've really explored." Oklahoman
"We think Perk has a lot of value to our team," Presti said. "He's a member of a team that won 60 games and helped us to our third division title in three years. I don't know that we can discount that. I'm sure he'd like to have had a better postseason. But I'm sure that's pretty universal for the whole group. And we accept that." Oklahoman
Darnell Mayberry: Sam Presti on the amnesty clause: "We just haven't considered using the provision...We think Perk has a lot of value to our team." Twitter @DarnellMayberry
Royce Young: Presti called Westbrook and Durant the "caretakers of the organization" and "drivers of our culture." Twitter @dailythunder
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Sunday, February 9, 2014
(Editor's note: This is Part I of a two-part series about Jules Weyers and his remembrances of fighting Nazi Germany during World War II as a member of the Dutch resistance movement. After the war, Weyers relocated to the U.S., where he eventually settled in Eliot, Maine. Part II, about his life after the war, is scheduled for Monday's Foster's Daily Democrat. Both stories will be available at www.fosters.com.)
Although it has been nearly 69 years since the end of World War II, for Weyers it was just like yesterday when the Germans rolled into his country with tanks, soldiers and false promises. "The ground was shaking. They looked like monsters coming down the road," he says of the arrival of the tanks in May 1940. "They were huge. The Dutch didn't have any tanks, they'd never seen anything like that before." Weyers recalls how one German soldier led the convoy through his hometown of Sittard, riding on a bicycle with a sign around his neck which read, "Don't shoot, we come as friends."
"They knew where everything was, every little road, every barbed-wire fence. They had it all on paper, every detail," he said of the maps they carried. Once he turned 18, Weyers kept away from the front lines by first choosing to go to work in the Reich-controlled coal mines. After three weeks, Weyers quit his job at the coal mine without informing anyone, and disappeared. "It was getting kind of dangerous, so I thought I had to get out of there," he said of the frequent visits by Nazi recruiters as more and more men were being shipped off to fight alongside the Germans with promises of food, compensation and security. After making it back to his hometown, he was spotted and arrested at the train station by a member of the Gestapo in a long black coat. He still remembers the feeling of the heavy hand falling down on his shoulder, reining him back to a world of horror.
"I really wasn't scared," he said. "I kept arguing with him, saying I wasn't agreeing to go voluntarily. I almost hit him in the mouth. They kept saying to sign the paper. You don't know how the Germans screamed at you." The Gestapo had written up a contract saying Weyers would work at a Krupp Industries armament work camp in Essen, Germany. They marked it with "refused to sign," then they sent him anyway. He still has that piece of paper. At the work camp, where the infamous steel sign above the entrance promised "Arbeit macht frei," or "work will set you free," Weyers' artistic talents were utilized to spray paint camouflage on German tiger tanks. During his three months there, conditions were inhumane. There were frequent air raids, little food and the straw-covered sleeping quarters were riddled with lice. In late July 1943, Weyers knew the Allies were "planning for a big one." In the most damaging air raid on Essen by Allied forces during the Battle of the Ruhr, 705 aircraft dropped bombs on the city.
"You could hear them in Grevenbicht," Weyers' wife Jeannie said of the bombs. Her hometown in the Netherlands was more than 70 miles from Essen.
His reunion with his mother and hometown was short lived. The Germans would be looking for him, so he hopped a train to northern Holland where he hid at a cloister run by his uncle, a priest and leader in the Dutch Underground.
In September 1944, Weyers and other members of the country's resistance groups formed the Stoottroepen, or "Shock Troops." Composed of men with no formal military training, they were the first military unit established on liberated Dutch soil in Limburg, and later Brabant, after the arrival of the U.S. 30th Infantry Division.
In December 1944, the German offensive at the Battle of the Bulge took Allied forces by surprise and proved to be the World War II battle that would take the most American lives.
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July 2, 2012 — Can you believe the 4th of July is coming this week? Me neither. That means it is time for another of our safety messages. Please read on – this one can save you money and maybe even your life!
Beginning Sunday, July 1st and continuing through Sunday, July 8th, Michigan State Police will be patrolling the roads as part of the nationwide Operation Combined Accident Reduction Effort (C.A.R.E.) traffic safety initiative aimed at drunk drivers. Visit the Michigan State Police Web site to learn where and when the special enforcement activities will take place.
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Gulf seafood shortage prompts Gheens' sole restaurant to close
Published: Friday, June 25, 2010 at 10:24 a.m.
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GHEENS — Vicki Guillot has served her last seafood po-boy.
The local bounty of fresh shrimp and oysters that once kept the only restaurant in this rural Lafourche Parish community can no longer be culled from the Gulf of Mexico because of the massive oil spill that has fouled the water.
All her distributors can offer her now is imported shrimp at twice the price she was paying 10 weeks ago before an oil rig explosion triggered the disaster that has dumped millions of gallons of crude off the Gulf Coast.
"The last price I got from him was for imported shrimp, and I said, 'No thank you,'" Guillot said Thursday. "Our waters are all around here, our boys fished all the time. To buy imported?"
Then, she shook her head from side to side as she broke down in tears in the kitchen of Debbie's Cafe.
Guillot, 49, had to close the restaurant for good Tuesday after just six months in business.
She said she battered her own shrimp and fried her own fish. But now there's no more batter, no more frying oil where Guillot and her family served up sandwiches, ice cream and ice snowballs seven days a week to loyal customers in the town of mostly commercial fishing families.
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Guillot is one of a slew of small business owners who rely on the Gulf waters for fresh seafood. But with more than 70,000 square miles of those waters closed to fishing since the spill, the well that kept the businesses running is running dry.
Larger restaurants are able to maintain their seafood stocks, but at a price.
"We are a strong player in the market," said Tommy Cvitanovich, owner of famed Drago's Seafood Restaurant in Metairie, a New Orleans suburb. "I've got a few more cards to play with some other people."
Nevertheless, Cvitanovich says the price he pays for Gulf oysters has nearly doubled since the spill. He pledges not to pass those price increases along to customers, but may remove some oyster dishes from his menu.
Meanwhile, he says if prices continue to rise, more and more restaurants will be forced to drop the Louisiana staple from their menus.
"Oysters have reached the ceiling," Cvitanovich says. "At some point, restaurateurs or consumers will only pay so much."
At Zydeco's Cajun Restaurant in Belle Chasse, owner Raelynn Scott pulled shrimp from her menu a week ago and put an end to the restaurant's all-you-can-eat shrimp special.
When she can get shrimp, Scott says the cost has increased by more than 50 percent. The restaurant has raised the prices of some seafood dishes.
"We pretty much ate the cost for about a month and finally had to make some adjustments temporarily," Scott said.
None of that matters anymore back at Debbie's, where the paper menu still hangs on the wall next to the idle cash register.
As a small restaurant — the yellow, narrow building at the center of town only has one table inside — Guillot has no leverage with seafood distributors. Near the end, she made po-boys with shrimp from her own home freezer.
"When I knew I couldn't get the seafood like I wanted, it brought my business down," Guillot said. "For everything that you need to have in a business, I would have been working in here for nothing, and I didn't want to do it anymore.
"I will miss it."
Then, she locked the front door of the restaurant — adorned with a sign that reads "Welcome Friends" — one last time.
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CAIRO - Cape Town Muslims have protested against a liquor license granted to a bar right next to one of first mosques in the country as ignoring Muslim worshippers' rights.
Authorities placed the first bar in Bo-Kaap right next to the mosque, Bo-Kaap Civic Association chairman Osman Shabodien told Cape Times on Thursday, August 23.
We want to know why we were not consulted. We have support from non-Muslim residents and churches.
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A liquor license has been granted to a bar a meter from Nurul Islam mosque, one of the country's oldest mosques built in 1834 in Bo-Kaap area of Cape Town.
Enraged by the decision, 100 residents protested outside Abantu Restaurant and Bar to express their anger.
We've spoken to the bar's owner, a Mr Sam, who said as far as he is concerned, he has a license and can trade, Shabodien said.
We are very angry.
Muslims make up some 1.5 percent of South Africa's 49 million-strong population, according to the CIA fact book.
Islam takes an uncompromising stand in prohibiting intoxicants. It forbids Muslims from drinking or even selling alcohol.
The general rule in Islam is that any beverage that get people intoxicated when taken is unlawful, both in small and large quantities, whether it is alcohol, drugs, fermented raisin drink or something else.
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Located one meter from the ancient mosque, Muslims said they were repeatedly offended by the bar noise and smells.
This is just too much, said the mosque's imam, Serag Johaar, adding that the bar's kitchen window opened in front of his office.
The sanctity of the mosque is being disrespected.
Shabodien, Bo-Kaap Civic Association chairman, said that Wednesday's protest would not be the last against the bar.
He said the demonstration would continue daily until next Thursday, followed by a protest march to the Provincial Legislature.
Officials promised to look into the issue as Democratic Alliance ward councilor Dave Bryant said that he was not a councilor yet when it was issued.
He confirmed that he opposed the bar license.
We are doing follow-up, he said.
South Africa's legislation forbids the granting of a liquor license to a bottle store or bar within the vicinity of schools or places of worship.
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As the new year begins, on behalf of the U.S. National Arboretum (USNA), I want to thank you for your ongoing interest and support of our programs, projects, people, and plants. There are few places that combine the magic of scientific discovery with the serenity of nature in the way the National Arboretum does. Winter showcases many of these quiet surprises from late flowering cherry trees to cold hardy camellias such as Polar Ice and Snow Flurry to the USNAs winter series of camellia cultivars, Winter Hope, Winter Rose, Winter Star, and Winter Charm. These and many of the 650 cultivars resulting from Arboretum research over its history have changed the economic, environmental, and aesthetic value of landscapes across the nation. This sustained effort in plant breeding combined with improved disease detection and resistance, environmental hardiness, climate and water adaptive plants, and urban trees and shrubs, assure that USNA research is relevant to sustaining beautiful, low-input landscapes into the future, as well as a viable nursery industry. This science makes the value of the National Arboretum as important across the nation as it is to the growing number of National Capital area residents and visitors who come to the site each year. Sustaining and integrating the research, education, and display functions of the National Arboretum is increasingly challenging, but you can help. The Friends of the National Arboretum (FONA) is seeking funds to support an endowment for maintaining historic and nationally significant living collections at the Arboretum, focusing on Azaleas and Boxwood. You can support this effort through their website at www.FONA.org. You also can donate directly to the U.S. National Arboretum through our website here or by contacting my office. Our wish list is long and varied. Our Master Plan calls for construction of a new education building (estimated to cost $10 million), new parking facilities, and a pedestrian plaza. Our operational goals, however, can be achieved through a wide range of much smaller gifts, for example:
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