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2014 Program Overview
New this year! The Course syllabi will only be available in digital format for exclusive use by registrants of this Course. One (1) week in advance of the meeting, registrants will receive an email with instructions on how to access this material on PSENetwork.org. This information will be sent to the email address we have on file. It is the registrant's responsibility to provide ASPS with a current and valid email address.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Anticipate patient safety issues and address patient concerns using language easy for the patient to understand
- Assess and describe their current knowledge of plastic surgery and identify areas where further study would be beneficial
- Compare approaches to complex plastic surgery problems with colleagues
- Respond to clinical questions in a concise, orderly manner
- Describe the format of the oral and written board examinations
- Assess the psychological aspects for taking an oral and written examination
Intended Audience
This course is appropriate for surgeons seeking a review of clinical science and patient safety issues. It is useful for those preparing to take the oral and written ABPS examinations and serves as an educational resource for MOC efforts.
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons® (ASPS ®) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) designates this live activity for a maximum of 28.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Three of the 28.75 credits have been identified as applicable to Patient Safety.
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The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) requires all instructors, planners, reviewers, managers and other individuals in a position to control or influence the content of an activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships or affiliations. All identified conflicts of interest must be resolved and the educational content thoroughly vetted by ASPS for fair balance, scientific objectivity and appropriateness of patient care recommendations. The ASPS also requires faculty/authors to disclose when off-label/unapproved uses of product are discussed in a CME activity or included in related materials.

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Ever been struck by a great idea, but kept it quiet, just in case it sounds more wacko than wonder-child? After 10 years around the traps at Ogilvy PR and 14 in the PR business, I'll share a secret: wonder-child is overrated.
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Mother-Ruckus: Five reasons mums are the real rock stars of part time work
Once upon a time, in a land of misogyny not that far away, pregnant employees weren't offered job training or opportunities, bound to disappear into a life of domesticity. The truth is, if your best employees were brilliant before pregnancy, chances are they will be even more brilliant afterwards... and here's why.
Employees that are personally invested in the success of your business are a really valuable asset. But often workaholic-style people become a little too close to the action, get too attached to success and failure and end up burning out in an emotional heap.
Not so mothers returning to work. They've dealt with far worse things than an irate customer or client, and a tantrum thrown in aisle three during shopping peak hour far outweighs anything an adult can put on between 9 and 5. Parenthood brings with it a healthy dose of perspective - it's the metaphorical chill pill the best workers all need to pop.
Work is play - most of the time
When work is providing a rare window of adult-only company, it's something parents of young kids actually look forward to... and get this... you'll PAY them for the work they're doing (as opposed to the unpaid labour of love back home).
Multi tasking
Having a baby is multi-tasking boot camp. Try feeding a baby, answering the phone, eating a yogurt and reciting Dr Seuss all at the same time. To quote the inimitable Doctor, 'Oh the places you'll go!'
Billability overdrive... get in, get out, go home
Face time? Not likely. Paid pro-rata with enough meaningful work to keep them busy, part time mums get in, do the job and go home. They're efficient and motivated not to stick around to bill you for down time. Add to that the magic of mobile technology and away doesn't necessarily mean out of reach.
If your rising star did a great job but lacked a bit of maturity... there's nothing like parenthood to provide life's richest education. Just like a gap year for school leavers hitting Europe. Except they're reading 'Baby Love' not 'Lonely Planet'.
Part time Mums paid on a salaried pro-rata basis present a win-win situation for your business. They're enthusiastic, skilled and available for pockets of meaningful work. Your business can tap into a large, experienced workforce. In return, your part-timers can still earn an income, keep a hand in their respective careers, enjoy the mental stimulation and be recognised for doing a great job that (usually) doesn't involve cleaning up any uncontrolled bodily functions. Unless of course, that's part of the job description.
Before the nay-sayers pipe up with their tales of absent mums calling up with fevers in young offspring and childcare centres going into receivership... before you hire them, you have to respect the fact you're offering them a second job, not a first. But if you're happy to be their mistress, they'll stick with you like a wife.
Carla Vanner is the mother of two young daughters. She is also a part-time Account Director at Howorth, a public relations firm specialising in business and technology communication and winners of the ADNews PR Agency Best Employer Award 2008.


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"Across the Oceans to the Land of Mines"
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Jan 10th Open House @ ItalCultura and the Italian Cultural Institute
Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago
Thursday, January 10, 2013 from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM (CST)
You are cordially invited to attend
Open House
Thursday, January 10th, 2013
5:30 - 8:00 pm
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500 N Michigan Avenue, Suite 1405
Join us for an evening dedicated to exploring
the Italian classes offered at ItalCultura
- Take part in FREE TRIAL lessons for all levels
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- Participate in our free, live raffle
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Winter Session Classes begin
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For a complete schedule of classes, visit ItalCulturaChicago.com
This event is free and open to the public.
Reservations kindly requested.
Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago
500 N Michigan Ave., Suite 1450
Chicago, IL 60611
Currently active in all the major cities of the five continents, the ninety Italian Cultural Institutes serve as an ideal meeting place for intellectuals, artists, and cultural operatives, as well as for ordinary citizens, both Italian and foreign, who wish to establish or maintain a relationship with our country. By acting not only as a showcase and source of current information on Italy, but also as a driving force behind initiatives and projects of cultural cooperation, the Italian Cultural Institute has become a focal point for both the Italian communities abroad and the growing demand for Italian culture throughout the world.
By extending the role of Embassies and Consulates, the Italian Cultural Institutes offer the most effective tools for promoting a worldwide image of Italy as a center of production, preservation, and dissemination of culture from the Classical Age until today. Along with organizing cultural events in a vast array of areas, including art, music, cinema, theatre, dance, fashion, design, and photography, the Italian Cultural Institutes:
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When I was a child, I fondly remember waking up on Valentine's Day morning to a small heart shaped box of chocolates on the kitchen table, lovingly placed there by my father. I wanted to start a similar tradition for my children, however the only organic chocolate in a heart shaped box I could find was in Europe. Worried the chocolate would not arrive in time, I found these sweet heart shaped fairy chimes and ladybug chocolates from Magic Cabin. I had hoped the chocolate ladybugs were the organic ones made by Rapunzel; however, it appears they are not organic but made in Germany of all natural ingredients. The heart shaped fairy chimes are also available from Hearthsong, Magic Cabin's sister store. When I ask my daughter what her favorite holiday is,she answers Valentine's Day. She says it is all about showing people you love them. When the box from Magic Cabin arrived, she asked me what it was in the box. I told her it was for Valentine's Day. She told me that you aren't suppose to buy presents for Valentine's Day but show people you love them. I guess I fell into that consumerism attitude that you show your love by buying gifts. Leave it to a five year old to remind me there are better ways to show love than giving gifts! The Organic Consumers Association has some other great Valentine's Day ideas.
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Valentine's Day
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Unique Easter egg decorating techniques
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If you're planning to dye Easter eggs this weekend...check out these great ideas that will take your eggs from average to eggs-traordinary!
Natasha Elisa, DIY and Lifestyle blogger from Little Pink Monster, came on the show to share a few unique techniques for decorating Easter eggs. She brought along her two daughters, Samantha and Sophie, to help out!
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We ordered the desk calendar in January 2014, assuming it would be for the current year. It was barely discounted, so I did not even think to check the year. When a 2013 calendar arrived, we were very disappointed. We sent it back, but by the time we paid for shipping, were out $7. PLEASE clearly mark if it is a calendar for last year.


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Research and educational center developed with a focus on the coastal ecosystems of the northcentral Gulf of Mexico.
Information on the zoo, educational resources, membership and volunteer details.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Elizabeth Elfenbein, Partner, Creative at The CementBloc, has been named to the Health & Wellness jury of the 2014 Lions Health awards, part of the prestigious Cannes Lions awards.
The Lions Health awards are the first Cannes Lions to celebrate excellence in healthcare marketing and communications. They will be held June 13-14 at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France.
According to Lions Health, "The trophies given out as part of the new Lions Health Awards will set a new standard for creative excellence within the regulatory framework of healthcare marketing, recognizing the industry's intricacies to celebrate only the very best."
"The Cannes Lions are generally understood to be the most prestigious awards in the business, so I am truly honored to serve on the first-ever Lions Health & Wellness jury," said Elfenbein. "I look forward to seeing and judging the most creative ideas in healthcare and I'm thrilled that health and wellness has its own voice at the Cannes Lions."
In addition to overseeing a global book of healthcare brands with fellow Partner, Creative Stephanie Berman, Elizabeth is also the founder of Happy Fuel, a happiness-based microblogging social network that launched in 2013.
The CementBloc was the most creatively awarded healthcare agency in the United States in 2013 based on wins in major shows such as Clio Healthcare Awards, The Global Awards, and The IPA Best of Health Awards.
About Lions Health: Lions Health is a new, bespoke festival celebrating the power of creativity for anyone working in healthcare marketing and communications.
About The CementBloc: The CementBloc is a multichannel healthwellness communications company based in New York City. Founded in 2000 by Susan Miller Viray and Rico Viray, The CementBloc is also a founding member of Indigenus, the largest independent global network of entrepreneurial healthcare communication companies.
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"A lot of the enterprises that have been using our systems for many years are reaching out to the cloud - the public cloud, the private cloud and hybrid," stated Reuven Harrison, CTO and Co-Founder of Tufin, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 16th Cloud Expo, held June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City.
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One of the hottest areas in cloud right now is DRaaS and related offerings. In his session at 16th Cloud Expo, Dale Levesque, Disaster Recovery Product Manager with Windstream's Cloud and Data Center Marketing team, will discuss the benefits of the cloud model, which far outweigh the traditional approach, and how enterprises need to ensure that their needs are properly being met.
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The time is ripe for high speed resilient software defined storage solutions with unlimited scalability. ISS has been working with the leading open source projects and developed a commercial high performance solution that is able to grow forever without performance limitations. In his session at Cloud Expo, Alex Gorbachev, President of Intelligent Systems Services Inc., shared foundation principles of Ceph architecture, as well as the design to deliver this storage to traditional SAN storage co...
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"Plutora provides release and testing environment capabilities to the enterprise," explained Dalibor Siroky, Director and Co-founder of Plutora, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @DevOpsSummit, held June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City.
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To many people, IoT is a buzzword whose value is not understood. Many people think IoT is all about wearables and home automation. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Mike Kavis, Vice President & Principal Cloud Architect at Cloud Technology Partners, discussed some incredible game-changing use cases and how they are transforming industries like agriculture, manufacturing, health care, and smart cities. He will discuss cool technologies like smart dust, robotics, smart labels, and much more. Prepare...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that JFrog, maker of Artifactory, the popular Binary Repository Manager, will exhibit at SYS-CON's @DevOpsSummit Silicon Valley, which will take place on November 3–5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Based in California, Israel and France, founded by longtime field-experts, JFrog, creator of Artifactory and Bintray, has provided the market with the first Binary Repository solution and a software distribution social platform.
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Internet of Things is moving from being a hype to a reality. Experts estimate that internet connected cars will grow to 152 million, while over 100 million internet connected wireless light bulbs and lamps will be operational by 2020. These and many other intriguing statistics highlight the importance of Internet powered devices and how market penetration is going to multiply many times over in the next few years.
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Containers are changing the security landscape for software development and deployment. As with any security solutions, security approaches that work for developers, operations personnel and security professionals is a requirement. In his session at DevOps Summit, Kevin Gilpin, CTO and Co-Founder of Conjur, will discuss various security considerations for container-based infrastructure and related DevOps workflows.
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This app is a demo that shows a saner use of HTML5 History Management and Hashchange than the approach implied by the standard. In this case, the app is built to respond to the URL, not the other way around. In this way, the app can always enter the same, unique state, based only on the contents of the URL. This is essentially like making a RESTful client application. The app listens to changes to the URL through the "pathchange" event, which is provided by a jQuery plugin, jquery.pathchange.js. If your browser supports it, this app should be making use of HTML5 History Management and the HTML5 Hashchange event to provide the notifications. If your browser does not support it, some URLs will require a new page load, but the app will still enter the correct state. All of this means that browser back/forward, refresh, and bookmarking is supported throughout the app.
Hashchange is supported by Internet Explorer 8, Firefox 3, Safari, and Chrome. Support is created for Internet Explorer 6 and 7 by polling the hash on the window, 4 times per second. History Management is supported by Chrome, Safari, and the Firefox 4 beta, but suffers from a disappointing bug in Safari and Chrome.
This is put together by Ben Cherry. Ben is a front-end engineer at Twitter, and you can follow him at @bcherry. All of the code in this demo is MIT Licensed.


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Robert (Bob) Moulton, President of Americana Mortgage Group, is the driving force behind the firm's exponential success as a leading mortgage brokerage in the New York tri-state area; originating over $2 billion since he founded the company in 1996.
Who better to learn the best-kept secrets to save money on mortgages from? The Mortgage industry has cited Bob as a top 200 Nationwide superstar since Americana's inception in 1996. Long Island Business News cited Bob as the #1 Mortgage Broker on Long Island in April 2003. Newsday recognized the firm as the largest jumbo mortgage brokerage on Long Island--in just it's third year in business!
"Why pay more each month than you have to?" says Moulton. "Just one point off your current rate could potentially save you hundreds per month depending on the loan amount. Multiply that over the life of the loan-10 to 30 years-and the dollars really add up."
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Money Savvy Pig Bank: review and giveaway
Comment to enter for your own Money Savvy Pig Bank! One winner will be drawn after March 5th from random.org.
*This giveaway is now CLOSED. Random.org selected comment #48 (Jodi D). Congrats!
I recently received an email from the folks over at Money Savvy Generation. After agreeing to review the Money Savvy Pig Bank, a blue plastic piggy bank was shipped to my home. I opened the box and had to laugh. My husband wanted to know why I was laughing. I told him: A few months ago I saw this product online. I loved it and went all the way through the steps to order one. Something stopped me. Right before hitting the 'pay' button I stopped short. I didn't know why – just a feeling I had. And now…here we are, getting one for review."
Hmm… I love those moments.
That should tell you, then – even before seeing the product in person, I had already wanted one for my kids. So yes – I love it.
The pig contains four slots:
- Save
- Spend
- Donate
- Invest
I can still remember (way back when) my folks having one of those plastic bread boxes in our kitchen to collect our change for charity. I do not believe those bread boxes are still around today but the idea of charity is most certainly still alive and well. My husband and I both want to raise our children to be givers.
We also want our kids to learn the importance of investing, of saving and of course…to enjoy the rewards of spending wisely.
This little piggy teaches all four concepts Included with each purchase are numerous stickers that indicate what the money is going to be used for. There are also several blank stickers so the child can draw a picture of what he/she is saving for, etc.
Consumers may also wish to learn about the Money Savvy books that can be used along with the Money Savvy Pig Bank: Volume 1 & 2 | Volume 3 & 4.
Okay. You totally know you want one. Go ahead and comment.
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62 Responses to "Money Savvy Pig Bank: review and giveaway"
Would Love to win this for my little one…!
I have 3 cups for each kid. Save, charity and spending. Been doing that all along with them. They decide the amounts split out but love the idea of teaching them about money this way. And that piggy is WAY cuter than my plastic IKEA cups!:)
Pick me:)
What a great way to teach them there is more to money than just spending it on that new "hot" toy that will be forgotten in just weeks
I love this waht a great way to teach my girls about money!
The Money Savvy Pig Bank is such a wonderful was to teach young children what they should do with there money. I love the piggy bank, and would be delighted to win one for my little one. This would definitely set her on the right track to being money savvy!!
I love these! It is perfect way for kids to understand how they should use their money.
I let my kids go through my purse on a regular basis to clean out all of the change sitting on the bottom and in the pockets. They get to keep the change for themselves so this bank would be a great way for them to begin to understand money and at the same time, save it for a future purchase.
Love it. Please enter me in the giveaway.
I would definitely love one. At the moment we are using a tackle box to teach our son to save spend etc. I would love this
great way to save money it loks fun
Thanks for linking to my book reviews! I love the piggy bank, too, but currently have no use for it, other than perhaps myself! lol
And gotta love those moments of perceptive instincts!
As someone who worked for a financial investing company I LOVE this
This is just perfect for teaching our boys about saving money! Thank you for sharing.
great way to save money for the little ones
Perfect for my (2) 8 yr olds & 12 yr old!! Thx so much for the chance;):)
Perfect for my new baby!!
Very Cool!!
I love this! Larry Burkett had something like this a while back and I've always wanted something similar for my son!
This is fantastic, I love the idea and I hope to aquire one soon so I can start teaching this valuable lesson to my kiddos!
What a great idea:) We have containers for our kids to save money for field trips and vacation!
Oh man! My little girl would LOVE this!
What a fantastic idea!
My teenagers could certainly us this!!!
My kids would love this.
I blogged about your giveaway
I love this! What a simple and creative way to show where all your money goes! This looks like a great tool for my kids to start learning young!
I am trying to instill good stewardship of the money God's given us into my son! This would be a great way to help out with that!
What a great way to teach kids about money! I would love to win this for my daughter, thanks!
Ooh. I like the idea! We always give 10% of 'unexpected money' and about 5% of 'expected money' to charity (we are working up to 10%). I look forward to passing that along to my children
my kid could really use this! he keeps finding change that daddy drops on the ground, and it would be a great place to put it in. plus then daddy could see all the moolah he's just tossing around…. and then it's no longer his. muahahahahaaa!!! that's my altruistic evil plan, anyhow…
I totally love this. We have a bunch of separate little jars. I never thought to find one things I could put it all into like this. Very cool.
This would be great way to teach my toddler about money!
Oh, this is a great idea! Such a cute little pig. Please enter me. Thanks.
Love it! Looking forward to teaching my little ones about saving! This would make all that even more fun!
This is a great way to teach kids to save and spend within reason.
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I would love to win one of these for my girls!
this would be great for my daughter
Right now we have no system in place and I'd love for my girls to learn the importance of budgeting so I would like this for them!
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This would be great for my youngest daughter in helping her with money. Thanks.
I think this is such a great idea! I would love one of these for my little man.
i would LOVE this for my son!
Please enter me.
I would love to win this for my little sister.
I'd love to get this for my little sister!!
I would love to win this for my boys…Would really help out….thanks
I would love to win this piggy bank for my kids. Thanks for the chance!
I would love to have one for my daughter.
My oldest daughter received one of these and they are awesome! I'd love to win one for my younger daughter now. Thanks for the post!
What a great idea, would love one for my little girl!
I do want one for my boys, very cute idea
This would be perfect for my daughter!!!
would love this for my 2 yr old daughter!
This pig is so cute. I love the idea and would like to teach it to my daughter. Please enter me. Thanks!
My daughter collects piggy banks and they are just pig piggy banks so this one would be cool…oink
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would love this for my daughter
I use to have a bank something like this when I was little. This would be great for my daughter!
I love this – especially since it's see through.
I wish I'd had one of these when I was a kid. I'd have saved more! It's never to late to teach our kids. Our 7 year old will love it!
i am a kid and when ever i see the money savy pig i think of the ways it can help me save money.i am a quick sppender but once i get the money savvy pig i will learn not to spend my money the first minute i get it.it would also mean alot to me because whenever i go to a store i ask about the money savvy pig and they told me they dont have it.s i have been searching everywhere for them. it would mean so much to me if i won because i would finally be better with saving,spending,donating,and investing with my money. so if you pick me i will be a better person with money . thank you and this would mean so much if i won.and lastly thank you for your time
Jeanine: This giveaway ended in March of 2010 Thanks for the comment, though!!
thanks shara who won
do you know any other giveaway for this product and do you think that if i entered in march i would have won
Jeanine: I can't recall who won. It was long ago. However, I did email Money Savvy to find out if they can remember!! Perhaps they remember who won it.
This giveaway was more than a year ago now and I get hundreds or emails a day – I try to keep up with things as best I can
We had over 50 people enter for this bank and I use Random.org to choose my winners. So they are always randomly chosen. I never pick a winner on my own. So your chance of winning would have been as good as any, eh?
thank you , and please leave a comment telling me about any other give aways for this product
I don't know if anyone else is giving this away, my dear. However, you can write to them asking if more bloggers are giving their product away! http://www.msgen.com/assembled/contact.html (this is the page where you will find their email)
You could also make your own piggy bank out of tin cans or coffee containers. Decorate the outside and mark each one with "save" and "spend" etc. Cut a slit in the top for the money to drop through. I make piggy banks with my kids, too!


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I know this is off subject, but I figured if I liked a good "who did it" show then most people here would like it to if they have not already seen it. "Sherlock" on the BBC network is with no question one of the best tv series I have ever seen. I will even take it another step and say it is up there with some of the best all time movies I have seen. The series started in 2010 and is going into series 3 this coming fall. Each series consist of only 3 shows, but those shows are 2 hours long. They are movies within them selves. All I can say is the end of season 2 is epic!
Thought I would share it with those who may have not heard of it yet.
Thanks, with Supernatural and Game of Thrones closing in to the end of the season I needed something to watch ;)
thanks for the update i am fan of sherlock books, tv series and movies
well being in India i dont hav access to BBC but still i try to download and watch supernatural, sherlock, big bang and currently i am watchin Arrow on Star World
thats one thing out west which i love "the tv series u guyz make are better than many bollywood movies and definitely beter from indian tv serials "
Appreciate the info – I'm a big Holmes fan.
Hadn't heard of this, and I don't have access to BBC anyway, but I'll look for it.
The best Holmes series I've seen is the one (originally from PBS, I believe) starring Jeremy Brett. Brett absolutely nailed Sherlock's mannerisms and eccentricities. I think they're available on DVD, and I highly recommend them
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Coach's Corner: Joy McCorvey
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Barnes Arico Hires Four to Complete Women's Basketball Staff
Joy McCorvey is in her third season as an assistant coach for the University of Michigan women's basketball team in 2014-15.
McCorvey works with Michigan's post players and has helped three players to All-Big Ten honors during her time in Ann Arbor. In 2013-14, McCorvey helped Cyesha Goree earn All-Big Ten second-team honors. Goree went from playing 33 total minutes in her first two seasons to averaging 12.1 points and 9.3 rebounds in 29.0 minutes per game. The Wolverines went 20-14 and reached the third round of the WNIT in McCorvey's second year and set team records in points (2,351) and assists (524).
McCorvey helped Michigan to one of its most successful seasons in program history during her first season in 2012-13, as the Wolverines tied program records for wins (22) and consecutive wins (10) and made just their third second-round appearance in the NCAA Tournament. McCorvey worked with the post players, helping seniors Rachel Sheffer and Nya Jordan each earn All-Big Ten honorable mention.
On the recruiting trail, McCorvey helped Michigan sign a five-member class in 2014 that ranked as the No. 23 class in the country by theAll-Star Girls Report.
McCorvey followed head coach Kim Barnes Aricoto Ann Arbor after spending one season as a member of Barnes Arico's staff at St. John's University during the 2011-12 season. McCorvey worked primarily with the post players and helped guide the Red Storm to a 24-10 overall record and a second-place finish in the final BIG EAST Conference standings with a 13-3 league record.The Red Storm finished behind NCAA Championship runner-up, Notre Dame, and ahead of Connecticut, who advanced to the 2012 Final Four.
St. John's pushed UConn to third place after defeating the Huskies 57-56 (Feb. 19, 2012) in Storrs, Conn. snapping Connecticut's 99-game home winning streak.The Red Storm also made the program's first Sweet 16 appearance after reaching the NCAA postseason tournament for a third consecutive year.
Before entering the coaching ranks, McCorvey is synonymous as one of the great names in St. John women's basketball history. She established herself as one of the Red Storm's greatest leaders both on and off the court during her four years as a student-athlete.
She was instrumental in lifting St. John's into the national spotlight, leading lead the team to three postseason runs. As a senior in 2009-10, McCorvey was part of one of Barnes Arico's most successful teams, as the Red Storm finished with a 25-7 overall record and advanced to the Second Round of the 2010 NCAA Tournament.
A former St. John's captain, she was a three-time BIG EAST All-Academic Team selection (2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10), a top 30 candidate for the 2010 Lowe's® Senior CLASS Award, a member of St. John's University's prestigious President's Society and was the 2008 recipient of the St. John's University Marianne Noonan Memorial.
She is just one of four St. John's players to amass more than 700 points and 700 rebounds. She ranks third in St. John's all-time rebounding records with 777 career boards. McCorvey also ranks fifth all-time in field goal percentage (.517) and ninth in career blocks with 72. She made an immediate impact as a freshman in 2006-07, playing in 28 games with 26 starts and averaging 6.8 points and 6.7 rebounds.
As a sophomore, McCorvey was just one of two players to start in all 33 contests, averaging 5.4 points and 5.5 rebounds per game. She also dished out a career-best 47 assists and helped lead the Red Storm to the WNIT Quarterfinals.
In 2008-09, McCorvey's .565 field goal percentage ranked third in St. John's single-season records. She averaged 6.0 points, 5.4 boards, and tallied a career-high 47 steals as the Red Storm advanced to the third round of the WNIT.
During St. John's successful 2009-10 season, McCorvey's posted career-high averages of 7.2 points and 7.2 rebounds per game and recorded a career-best 28 blocks. She also made major strides as a free throw shooter, shooting at a .780 clip from the foul line. McCorvey totaled five double-doubles and her on-court leadership was essential to St. John's run to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
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AWWA, Imagine H2O announce partnership
The American Water Works Association and nonprofit organization Imagine H2O have announced a memorandum of understanding to cultivate entrepreneurship and innovation in the water sector by providing entrepreneurs with the opportunities, tools and resources to build great water businesses, according to a press release.
To kick off the partnership, the two organizations will co-host the Innovation Pavilion during AWWA's Annual Conference and Exposition (ACE14), to be held June 8-12 in Boston, Massachusetts. The Pavilion will feature companies identified by Imagine H2O's annual competition including WaterSmart Software, Wellntel, WatrHub and NBD Nanotechnologies, Inc., and two of the organizations' partners, MIT Water Club and WaterTAP, will all be featured exhibitors. Additionally, the ACE14 professional program will feature three key sessions that address overcoming barriers to innovation in the water sector.
"AWWA and its members represents a powerful partnership opportunity for innovators in the water sector," said Imagine H2O COO Scott Bryan. "Imagine H2O is excited to engage AWWA and its members in supporting entrepreneurial solutions to water challenges."
Imagine H2O also recently launched its Infrastructure Challenge. The Challenge — Imagine H2O's sixth annual Business Innovations Program — will identify and support innovative water businesses presenting scalable solutions that improve water and wastewater infrastructure in a matter resulting in quantifiable cost savings or environmental impact.
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Police Raid on Gilbert Home Sparks Medical Marijuana Outcry
A couple hours after a DirecTV worker saw marijuana and hashish inside a bedroom closet of Ross Taylor's Gilbert home during the installation process of a satellite dish, 12 Gilbert police officers wearing masks and toting guns busted into his house and took his pot.
Taylor, 35, is a card-carrying medical marijuana patient under Arizona's new voter-approved law, who said he uses it for a severe loss of appetite and sleep due to post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety.
- Read the entire article at the East Valley Tribune.
Medical Marijuana Patient: Gilbert Police Took Me to Jail
by Ray Stern, Phoenix NewTimes
?In the latest sign that Gilbert police have gone rogue, a medical marijuana patient tells New Times that he was taken to jail two nights ago for possessing a half-ounce of weed.
This is the third case we've heard about in the past week in which Gilbert officers allegedly told patients that the voter-approved medical marijuana law provides no meaningful protection.
Not only did the officers write up the man for possible possession charge -- he says they're accusing him of DUI because he admitted he'd smoked pot that morning. If true, that seems like one DUI case that'll never stick.
We're putting in a request for the police report today; we also left a message for Gilbert PD's spokesman, Sergeant Bill Balafas -- and yet another message for Police Chief Tim Dorn -- this morning.
On Sunday at about midnight, Steven P., who lives in Gilbert, tells us that he was pulled over near Val Vista and Baseline roads for failing to make a complete stop as he left a strip mall lot. (At first, Steven, 22, agreed to use his full last name, but called us later this morning in a panic, saying his family was "freaking out" that his case would be publicized. Considering that he seems to be a victim -- not a criminal -- in this case, we agreed to just use his first name and initial.)
The bloodhound cop smelled the high-quality weed in the car and asked him about it. Steven 'fessed up right away, he says, and showed the cop his state-issued medical marijuana registration card.
Steven says he had about half an ounce of weed in four separate, labeled baggies.
"For a second, I thought I was going to be able to drive away," Steven says.
Instead, the officer called his supervisor, who soon arrived at the scene. They interrogated him about where he purchased the marijuana, saying that if he couldn't provide the name and number of the person who sold it, he was going to be arrested.
He says the officers also told him that the pot wouldn't be legal unless he bought it in a dispensary, (there are none yet) or grew it himself. As to the latter option, however, Steven says the officers implied that even if he'd admitted to growing, he could still be in trouble because there's no legal way to obtain seeds.
Steven says he told the cops that the pot was given to him by a friend as a gift.
In our non-expert, non-lawyerly opinion, Arizona law seems clear when it states that if a valid card-holder possesses less than 2 1/2 ounces, a presumption exists of medical use.
Police booked Steven into jail and impounded his truck, but didn't bother with his bong and pipe, which were still in the vehicle when he picked it up the next day.
"I paid $300 for that *@#&^$% card," Steven gripes.
Again, we still haven't got the police side of this story and can't yet verify what Steven told us. But the bulk of the story makes sense in light of the other busts by Gilbert PD mentioned on this blog in the last few days.
On Thursday, we told you about the ludicrous case in which a full-on raid with masked and SWAT-trained officers entered a Gilbert home in search of -- gasp -- an ounce of weed. When the homeowner, Ross Taylor, presented his valid registration card, Gilbert police didn't seem to care. The East Valley Tribune published an article about the case on Friday with a couple of extra details.
This morning, we related another story in which Gilbert police drove across town to Tempe and raided a business in which qualified patients sell pot to other qualified patients.
Perhaps police are institutionalized and simply can't help busting marijuana suspects, despite the new law. It'll be interesting to see how prosecutors deal with these cases.
It's clear, though, that the tactics of Gilbert police aren't being used in other Valley cities.
Scottsdale's police spokesman, Sergeant Mark Clark, told last week that if someone's caught with less than 2 1/2 ounces of weed and possesses a valid card, "the investigation stops there."
Sergeant Steve Martos of the Phoenix Police Department told us this morning that, "at worst," Phoenix officers might take a report if they find a cardholder in possession.
"If you're within the legal amount of whatever, you're good to go," he says. "There's no reason for us to do anything."
Booking a valid cardholder caught with less than 2 1/2 ounces "would be in direct violation of the law."
Yup, that's what we think, too. Gilbert PD apparently didn't get the memo.
That being said, we're still researching the situation and hope to talk to legal experts at the police departments over the next few days.
If you know any valid cardholders who were caught and busted, or caught and not busted, please drop us a line: email@example.com.
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That kind of police action
That kind of police action is bad... I'm out of adjectives... it's seriously bad...
Our government is disgusting,
Our government is disgusting, our police are far beyond disgusting. Hope they burn...
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This is like arresting someone because you saw a shot glass and a bottle of Jack Daniels on their dresser in their bedroom.
Everyone with DirecTV should cancel their DirecTV service.
Absolute Outrage.
This war on drugs has pit neighbor against neighbor...this is very sad. What a pathetic Direct TV guy. I suppose he thought he did some good for the community. Sorry buddy, more like playing the sheeple game.
Prohibition is not simply going to end with legalization. When the drug war is over, like all wars there will be war trials and these guys who think they are so clever now are going to be on trial for their crimes against humanity. How can they be so stupid as to think that wars don't end and corrupt regimes don't topple. And all the people who have been abused by the system and suffered for it's insanity will get together and sue the government for it's negligence and mismanagement and the catastrophic effect their dreadful policies have had on our lives.


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The Norwich branch of Garfunkel's is located within Chapelfield shopping centre. It's a great place to stop for a well deserved bite to eat and a drink after a long day's shop and with table service once you have been seated you can truely relax. I visited with my young son, the waiting staff had a table with a high chair and an activity pack waiting, excellent, my son wasn't in the mood to wait for his dinner but this kept him very happy with stickers and crayons. They also brought the drinks over quickly so he had his juice to keep him occupied too. The childrens menu offers alot more choice than chicken nuggets and fish fingers and there is a set price for a main course, drink and dessert, great for families eating out on a budget. The other nice thing was the small child size cutlery they had which he could manage to use well. The main menu had planty of choice including a lovely salad bar. The restaurant is light and roomy and not too noisey as it it tucked away from the other restaurants in the mall.
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Q&A with Cookbook Author and Chef Yotam Ottolenghi: "Know What You Stand For"
It's unusual for a famous chef and restaurateur to write his own cookbooks. So when Ten Speed Press sent me an copy of Yotam Ottolenghi's latest cookbook, Jerusalem, I was curious about his process (and intrigued by this stunning cookbook). I interviewed the chef about writing, collaborating and on establishing oneself as a food writer:
Q. You have a degree in a philosophy and a Masters in comparative literature. What were you planning to do with them?
A. I wasn't sure, but a university teaching career seemed like a possibility at the time.
Q. But then you left to study cooking in London.
A. I didn't get enough fulfillment from academic life. It felt a bit stale and was also stressful – papers to write, books to read.
Q. Why did you decide to write a column on vegetarian cooking in The Guardian in 2006? You had been the chef at Ottolenghi for four years by then.
A. That's what The Guardian asked me to do. At first I wasn't sure that this was a good idea; after all, I wasn't a vegetarian. But as this was a great opportunity I decided to give a go.
Q. Had you ever written anything for publication before ? I read that you worked on the news desk at Ha'Aaretz as a copy editor.
A. No. I was working a copy editor but never published anything.
Q. Recently, your column became no longer vegetarian. Was that a relief, since you have never been exclusively vegetarian?
A. It wasn't a relief. I enjoy writing vegetarian recipes and I still have a vegetarian recipe published every week. But it does open more possibilities for me. Finally, I can cook meatballs!
Q. It's unusual for a restaurant chef to champion vegetables. It seems that luxury ingredients are meat or shellfish.
A. This is slowly changing. It is true that the prized ingredients in western kitchens are still meat or fish. Cooking with vegetables has always been perceived as inferior by most celebrated chefs. However, I can see that many starred chefs are taking on the challenge and creating complex dishes using noodles, lentils, root vegetables and tons of other ingredients that aren't meat or fish.
Q. Let's talk about Jerusalem. How did you and Palestinian co-author Sami Tamimi split up the tasks?
A. We divided the recipe testing between ourselves, each with recipes that he liked or came up with. I did the writing.
Q. You say in your acknowledgments that you had help with interviews, collecting recipes, and collating materials. I'm curious to know more about the "collecting recipes" part. Did you make the recipes that you got from others into your own creations, or did you feel the need to preserve their integrity? How do you feel about the subject of "authenticity?"
A. We changed and adapted most of the recipes. Authenticity is right when you are writing a book who's main purpose is to document and chronicle a cuisine, like Claudia Roden's books. Our purpose was mainly to get inspired by the city, to deliver its essence. So most of recipes are original, Ottolenghi-style dishes, and only some are authentic.
Q. Your cookbooks champion ingredients many Americans aren't familiar with, such as kohlrabi, za'atar, rosewater, and Middle Eastern spice mixes. I suspect they haven't eaten the type of food shown in your cookbook. How did you go about enticing them?
A. I think the pictures do a bit of that, the stories and descriptions do a bit more and then curiosity about a cuisine that is a little less exposed.
Q. I noticed that Jerusalem refers often to Palestinian "housewives." In the US, that is an outdated term. Did you struggle with how to present a different culture to British and American audiences?
A. We present it as it is. Of course, things are also changing in Palestinian society but it is still a more traditional society, and was definitely so when we were growing up 20-30 years ago.
Q. I thought it was brave to approach the subject of food ownership in Irsael, particularly hummus. Why did you think it was necessary?
A. Well, you can't avoid this or brush it under the carpet in Jerusalem. Food issues are in-extractable from politics and power struggles. This is a living place with many current conflicts; you want to deliver this to the reader.
Q. Who are your biggest influences as a cookbook author?
A. There are many. Claudia Roden and Alice Waters.
Q. What have you learned about writing cookbooks that you would like to pass on to other writers?
A. You need to know what you stand for, or find a voice. There are so many people writing about food that you must distinguish yourself; choose recipes and stories that are of a certain kind and stick to that. The worst thing you can do is write a recipe for sushi today and for tagliatelle tomorrow.
For more about Jerusalem, the co-authors, and to access recipes, watch this video and see this page:
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44 Responses to "Q&A with Cookbook Author and Chef Yotam Ottolenghi: "Know What You Stand For""
Lucky you – getting the chance to chat with Yotam!
I am tragically addicted to all three of their books. The flavours are so fresh, the presentation is gorgeous and I have yet to find a dud recipe from them. Every time I make one of the Ottolenghi dishes for guests they all rave.
Thanks for the chance to find out a little more about him.
I love Ottolenghi. He's so famous and well-regarded, yet he seems to remain very modest and simple. And his column and cookbooks are fantastic! I've made countless of his recipes and they were all keepers, so much so that I find myself going back to his books again and again (especially Plenty) without getting bored. I can't say that of many of the cookbooks I own! I guess his last answer has a lot to do with it: "There are so many people writing about food that you must distinguish yourself; choose recipes and stories that are of a certain kind and stick to that." He sure has a unique style; every time I make one of his recipes, it ends up tasting and looking completely different from anything else I serve at home, and it's always a great discovery.
Sorry if I sound overly positive, but his cuisine is truly one of my favorite culinary revelations of the last few years. I hope to visit his restaurants in London someday soon. Thanks for allowing us to listen in on your conversation with him.
As I posted on FB, I've been cooking from Jerusalem: A Cookbook. I'm lucky because I came from a trip to Jordan and my suitcase was filled with zaatar and spices mixes. Frankly, his recipes would have benefited with some help from an experienced cookbook editor. The osso buco recipe with prunes and leeks is remarkable, but two pots are used when one is sufficient. Readers are never told to remove the bay leaves, star anise and cinnamon sticks before serving so no one chokes. Or, even better, to tie them in a piece of cheesecloth that can easily be removed from the pot. The recipe says to remove all the meat and marrow from the bones and add them to the sauce, while the murky photo shows the meat on the bones. (I left the meat on the bones for presentation.) Yotam, next time hire a cookbook editor to make your book the best it can be. It will still be your book, your recipes.
What a wonderful synchronicity, Diane, to read your informative interview this morning with Ottolenghi. I just published a post on my blog last night thanking him for his innovative recipe for Roasted Sweet Potatoes. He's obviously the chef of the moment with good reason. I love the color and vibrancy and personality of his food.
Hi Dianne, Lovely post. I too am a fan of Ottolenghi. I have done several recipes from Jerusalem (my favourite of his books so far) and they have been wonderful. I think the advice to develop a clear niche is important if you want to develop some kind of authority or reputation in a particular cuisine. I suppose it only really matters if you want to go beyond a hobby blog.
Morning Dianne,
Thank you for opening up my world to this remarkable, talented chef. I'd traveled to Israel in 1991, and though I was not food blogging at the time, or even knew of such a world, I can still taste the flavors of the hummus stations that we'd encountered during our travels. They reminded me of ice cream stations here in the US. The food is indeed entwined with the culture. I'm looking forward to read and trying some of Chef Yotam's recipes.
Great advice, btw, about finding a niche voice and sticking with it.
I saw this book at the bookstore and was struck by the attractive cover. It really drew me to open it and look inside. I am probably na'efve but I don't understand what you mean by food ownership in Israel?
Thanks for this Q&A, Dianne, count me among the many fans of YO's wonderful cookbooks. I wanted to alert you and your readers to a recent profile of him in the latest food issue of The New Yorker. An in-depth account of the business of being Ottolenghi:
Also, a wonderful series on Channel 4 TV-UK, Mediterranean Feast, featuring Ottolenghi traveling and cooking in Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey and Israel. I'm sure it will turn up in the US soon.
Enjoyed the interview
Thank you for this, Diane! My Cookbook Club recently cooked a dozen dishes from Plenty, and we were universally smitten with the novelty and ease of the recipes. I love that his success stems in part from cooking what he knows, and what he is passionate about. His advice is a good reminder for all food writers trying to find their voice.
Thank you for this interesting interview, Diane! His first book Plenty is outstanding, and here is another one Jerusalem with incredible dishes. Sometimes I just open one of the book to enjoy beautiful photos and read a recipe or two. His food ans his philosophy behind cooking is a true Zen for me.
I am really hoping this is a gift in my Hanukah stocking this month. I had the pleasure of travelling to Jerusalem last January after not having been there for thirty years. The food scene is exploding and exciting and this cookbook is just an example of that. 30 years ago the food was inedible and now you can't get enough. Thank you for the great ,but too short, interview!
Thank you Dianne for this beautiful and skillful interview. I think it could serve as a model for aspiring journalists.Your questions are probing, insightful, challenging, yet respectful. ( I can't believe you did it all by email.) Shows the value of doing your homework and knowing your stuff to stimulate a deeper conversation with the author. I'll bet he enjoyed answering your intelligent and engaging questions,
Perfect advice, the motto is to write what you know; authenticity speaks volumes. Fantastically succinct and sound advice from a man who knows what he's talking about, in more ways than one – thanks for getting this to us Diane x
I saw them giving a cooking demonstration in bath uk near where I live. As yotam said a Jew a Muslim cooking in a Christian church is quite something. Love of food is what unites us all. It was a great experience which I wrote about ihere http://provencecalling.com/yotam-ottolenghi-comes-to-bath/. Excuse the self promotion, but it was such a great experience that I wanted to share it!
Great interview, Dianne. What makes for their great success, I think, is that they so successfully appropriate authentic dishes and make them their own, modernizing each dish without making it complicated and without changing the fundamental qualities of the dish. Making their cuisine attractive and accessible. I do think that one can only be successful – long term, as they are – if one knows just who one is and what one stands for. That shows in everything they do. Thanks for this wonderful interview with an inspirational man.
Hi Dianne, I have the first two books and they are truly inspirational with their ingredients and flavours. The restaurant is on my list to do next time I am in London also. I often think about how my blog jumps around various cuisine and feel I should bring it more direction but it really does reflect that part of may character. I am someone who does wear many hats and gets bored easily with one direction :0)
I am so excited – I just got "Jerusalem" and it is one of the most beautiful cook books I have ever seen. I can't wait to try the recipes!
I loved the interview and one thing really got me thinking, the importance of finding your voice and distinguish yourself. That is really important advice!
Thank you for a great interview!
I am just wild about this book. I've made many of the recipes and keep going back for more!
Hi Dianne, two years ago, my daughter, who lives in London brought me for a Saturday morning walk which ended in Ottolenghi's place in Islington. I just couldn't believe what I saw, smelled, queued for, ordered and then savoured. As he says in his profile in the recent 'New Yorker' – he wants his food to 'smile' . And so it does. Your interview gets right to the joyful heart of his approach- having grown up in Jerusalem he doesn't need to tiptoe around things like "housewife" like we would. I've been using "Plenty" for a while now and bought "Jerusalem" last week. Our family can't get enough of Ottolenghi and his team. Many thanks.
Happy Christmas to you and yours,
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American Idol
American Idol Alum Haley Reinhart Rooting for Jessica Sanchez
American Idol Season 10 alum Haley Reinhart recently gave her two cents on this year's Top 2 finalists as they prepare to go head-to-head in this week's Grand Finale.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter at a benefit concert in NYC for the non-profit organization She's The First, Haley said that she respects Phillip Phillips' "sense of self" and wishes him well when he faces major surgery after this week's finale.
She also says that while she wishes Phillip well with his ongoing health issues, she's been blown away by his opponent Jessica Sanchez all season long. Said Haley of the pint-sized singer, "She's definitely a powerhouse, and she's only 16. It's kind of crazy." She even went as far as to say she's "been rooting for that girl since day one."
We wish we could be as decisive as Haley!
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Lesley Murphy's Hot Date With Two Men!
If there's one thing we've learned from ten years of watching The Bachelor, it's that ménages à trois are completely socially acceptable. In fact, so are ménages à vingt-cinq (that's right, we speak French).
As you might expect, it's difficult for Bachelor contestants to go back to "normal" life after becoming accustomed to group makeout sessions, and it looks like our favorite goldielocks, Lesley Murphy, is having some trouble adjusting. This Bachelor 17 alum recently posted an Instagram pic from her date night with not one, but two (count 'em!) mystery men, which she captioned "the final two. #suits."
What. Is. Happening? Chances are these bros are simply friends of Lesley's — after all, last time we checked she was "very much in love" with an adorable dude from Dallas! In fact, Lesley's man is reportedly thinking about moving to Los Angeles to be near her. Swoon!
In other news, Lesley is looking even more gorgeous than usual, and we can't wait for her to make an appearance during Desiree Hartsock's upcoming season of The Bachelorette! Word on the street is that Les is giving Des some dating advice, and from the looks of this picture, girlfriend is an expert.
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Updated to include Delta's comment about being dismissed from the case last month, and to add further comment from Aircell.
Aircell says it has won a legal victory after a jury found plaintiff Ambit Corp did not prove patent infringement involving Aircell's provision of in-flight Internet.
A spokeswoman for Aircell tells RWG that the Chicago-headquartered firm won the lawsuit at trial. "Specifically, on July 28th, the jury rendered a verdict in Aircell's favor finding as to all claims at issue that Aircell has proved invalidity and Ambit has not proved infringement," she says.
"The jury ruled, after a lengthy trial, that none of the claims are infringed and that the Ambit patent is invalid for four different reasons – certain claims are anticipated by the prior art, all claims are invalid as obvious, all claims are invalid for violating the written description requirement, and all claims are invalid for violating the enablement requirement."
Here are copies of the verdict and the judgment:
2010-07-28 – Aircell Verdict Form.pdf
2010-07-29 Judgment.pdf
So does this mean that Aircell will not face further litigation? Not necessarily.
Ambit president and co-founder Robert Crowley tells RWG: "We make no comment about this and also all verdicts are not necessarily in."
Aircell says: "As policy, we don't comment on remaining claims."
Significantly, however, Delta Air Lines, named a defendant in Ambit's original lawsuit, was dismissed from the case at the end of July, reveals Delta. "We consider the matter closed," says a Delta spokeswoman.
Adds the Aircell spokeswoman: "All claims against Delta have been dismissed withprejudice. There are no questions remaining as to Ambit's claimsagainst Delta. They are over and done with."
Delta has nearly finished equipping its entire domestic fleet with Aircell's Gogo in-flight Internet service.
Meanwhile, if you'd like to have a good chuckle, I recommend you read the 23 March 'memorandum and order' issued by Massachusetts district judge William Young in advance of the jury trial. The man is a hoot – full of bombast!
Setting aside Young's bluster, however, you'll see that Delta's expert submission in the case was found to suffice by the judge, but only just barely.
Young does make a very good point about the US legal system when referencing the multiple motions for summary judgment made in two prior, unrelated cases.
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"In no small part, it is this blizzard of motions that makes American patent litigation the slowest and the most expensive on the planet. Tragically, this causes other countries to deride our American jury system, when the reality is that it is the parties who seek to swamp the courts with efforts to avoid a jury."
As one industry expert tells RWG: "Ultimately, unless the laws in the US change, the only way to solve this is for people to start sharing all the prior art that can be used to invalidate these claims. Such a database would make it much easier to mount a defense, increase the resolve of the defendants, and reduce the resolve of the claimants."
A prior art database – interesting!
(Speaking of art, the above pic comes from the Search Engine People Blog Flickr photo stream)
Aircell has re-branded its air-to-ground (ATG)-based high-speed Internet service for the business aviation market as Gogo Biz. The service was formerly known as Aircell High Speed Internet. The company is also introducing three new programmes for business aircraft operators. More details here.


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Posted by Mark Proctor
If there are features missing in our Eclipse tooling or Guvnor tooling and you would like to sponsor the development of those to accelerate their adoption in the project you can speak to NexB who have done excellent work already on sponsored Eclipse development. So please feel free to contact Philippe Ombrédanne if you would like to work with them, or you can contact me (mproctor at redhat d0t com) to liase between yourselves and Nexb.
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ANKENY, Iowa (AP) - A central Iowa high school is trying to convince girls to go out for track and field by touting the sport as a way to avoid turning out like troubled pop star Justin Bieber.
The Des Moines Register says Ankeny Centennial High School has posted a tongue-in-cheek flyer sporting one of Bieber's latest police mug shots. It reads: "Justin Bieber never ran track. Now he's in jail. Coincidence? Don't Beliebe it. Don't end up like Bieber. Run track."
The 19-year-old Bieber was arrested Jan. 23 during what police describe as an illegal street drag race. He was charged with driving under the influence, resisting arrest and having an invalid driver's license and has pleaded not guilty. He was also charged Wednesday with assault in Toronto, accused of hitting a limousine driver in December.
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Two weeks of culture as festival hits town
Posted: May 19, 2014|
A TOWN will be awash with culture for the next fortnight as part of an annual arts festival.
The ninth Ashby Arts Festival will feature films, music, poetry, drama workshops and art-inspired activities across the town.
Myths and legends is the theme for this year's festival, which runs until Saturday, May 31.
Geoff Lewis, cultural services team manager at North West Leicestershire District Council, said: "We're incredibly proud to be part of the partnership that puts on this vibrant event for the benefit of the town businesses and residents.
"Volunteers have worked incredibly hard to deliver a wonderful programme and I encourage everyone to attend some of the activities on offer."
Art is earmarked to be displayed on buildings, there will be photography exhibitions at The Royal Hotel over the bank holiday weekend and a food and drink fair will be held on the Bath Grounds.
Musical highlights will include performances by Bill Caddick, Ann Duggan, Dr Lenn Jazz and Mellow Baku.
A spokesman for the festival said: "Ashby Arts Festival is a voluntary organisation that promotes all art forms in and around Ashby for the benefit of the town, district, arts professionals, amateur groups and individuals through organising an annual festival.
"It aims to provide a meaningful, educational and enjoyable festival for the benefit of the people of Ashby and the surrounding area.
"It creates a platform of opportunity to help arts professionals run sustainable and viable businesses.
"It aims to be a dynamic festival involving as many groups and individuals as possible.
"It seeks to bring works of high merit to the town to include, visual arts, drama, music and literature.
"It commissions new works – musical, literary or visual – to celebrate the town."
Programmes and tickets are available from the Ashby Tourist Information Centre by calling 01530 411767.
A full programme and event details can be found online at www.ashbyartsfestival.co.uk


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The 40th annual conference will be held January 13-15, 2015 at the Hilton Savannah DeSoto, 15 East Liberty Street, Savannah, GA 31401. Conference room rates at the Hilton for single or double occupancy are $119 (plus 13% tax and a $1/night occupancy charge). Rooms can be reserved online at the following link: 2015 MAMCA Room Reservations or by calling (877) 280-0751. If you call, be sure to say that you will be attending the MAMCA meeting. Space is limited, so reservations must be made by Monday, December 22, 2014, after which time the room rate is not guaranteed. Valet parking is available for $20.00/day. Self parking is available at the Liberty Garage for $13.00/day.
The full conference registration fee is $120.00 and includes all breaks, supplier's social and lunch banquet. One-day registrations are also available. Payment must be by cash, check, or money order. Credit cards are not accepted. Please register before Monday, December 15, 2014 to avoid late registration fees.
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* Mid-Atlantic Mosquito Control Association (MAMCA) Outstanding Student Award *
The MAMCA's Outstanding Student Award is presented by the association to recognize the accomplishments and contributions of a college student pursuing a degree relating to mosquito control or systematics, vector-borne disease, or related discipline that the Association deems appropriate. The award recipient must be a resident of one of MAMCA's nine member states or must be attending a school of higher learning in one of MAMCA's nine member states. The member states are Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
The award recipient will be an invited guest of the Association and will present their research project to the Association at the annual conference. MAMCA will provide limited compensation for hotel accommodations; costs associated with the annual meeting registration and ground/air transportation expenses. A $500.00 award will also be presented to the recipient at the annual conference. The funding for this award is made possible through the generous financial contributions of Adapco, Inc., Summit Chemical and Univar USA.
Individuals may nominate themselves. The recipient must attend and present at the 40th Annual Conference of the Mid-Atlantic Mosquito Control Association in Savannah, GA, January 13-15, 2015 to receive this award. If you have any questions concerning the award, please contact Andy Kyle at email@example.com . The application form below should be submitted to Andy Kyle no later than November 21, 2014.
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* 2015 MAMCA Annual Meeting Poster Session *
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Professional Development
Department of Theatre and Dance
The Department of Theatre and Dance provides programs and opportunities to inform your understanding of the performance profession. Through Department-sponsored productions and final-semester student showcases, you will gain hands-on experience in designing, directing, choreographing and/or performing. Practicums and internships provide additional opportunities for learning about the performance industry in all of its facets.
The following Web links sections go to University-based and external resources which provide career assistance and professional guidance.
- Career Development - University Resources
- Trade Publications
- Job Search Sites
- Professional Organizations
Career Development - University Resources
The links below lead to University-based resources that support career development and exploration.
Theater and Dance Trade Publications
The links below go to Webpages of sample trade publications for theatre and dance.
Job Search Sites
The links below go to general and field-specific job search sites.
- Guru.com Marketplace for freelance talent.
- Careerbuilder.com Provides advanced job searches using keywords, location and job category with an option for jobseekers to post resumes.
- Hotjobs.com Offers advanced job searches, the option to post resumes and the ability to create custom searches to have jobs that match your criteria e-mailed to you.
- Cooljobs.com Provides a list of the Internet's best job websites sorted by categories such as freelance, overseas, staffing agencies, legal jobs, employment services, etc.
- Just Tech Jobs
- CareerOneStop Sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Labor, CareerOneStop enables jobseekers to search jobs, post resumes and research using career tools, labor market information, relocation center, etc.
- Truecareers.com Brings together educated and diverse job seekers with companies who will value them.
- Jobfactory.com/indus/indus20.htm Offers job searches, other jobsites and job lines, classified ads, recruiters and a resume posting service.
Theatre & Dance
- ArtSearch Lists positions in theaters, performing arts centers, summer festivals, universities, colleges, schools, dance companies, opera companies, symphony orchestras, museums, arts councils and other arts organizations.
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Bitter Bush
Plants of Namibia
The bitter bush (Pechuel-Loeschea leubuitziae) is a tall shrub more noticeable by smell than sight. It can grow up to 2m in height and has grey, straight leaves. It has purple to whitish (small) flower-heads which are positioned on short stalks near the bases of the leaf.
The bitter bush is widespread in most of southern Africa and as disturbed areas increase, so does the probability of this bush spreading. They form dense spreads in river beds as well as disturbed ground, whilst occurring on plains.
As with other wild flowers of the northern Namib Desert, the bitter bush is used for a variety of medicinal purposes. Leaf and root extracts are used to treat colds, fevers, skin diseases and stomach-aches. Pechuel-Loeschea leubuitziae is the only species of Pechuel-Loeschea genus in Namibia.
This remote lodge is an absolute must. Nearly everyone who knows Namibia rates this as one of it's finest destinations
A lodge owned by the local community, Grootberg has stunning views and interesting activities including Rhino tracking
On the far western edge of the park, just outside the Galton Gate, this is an excellent location to explore Etosha, Damaraland and the remote Kaokoland area
A small private lodge, with attentive management. Activities centre on the Huab river which attract a variety of game including the elusive desert adapted elephant
In the village of Kamanjab lies this guest house, many guests stay here in order to visit the nearby Himba village
Just outside the town of Kamanjab lies this small restcamp
A non-profit organisation aimed at conserving Namibia's cheetah population
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A mobile camp, specialising in finding desert rhino. Offers a luxurious and exclusive experience.
On a large farm, offering visits to the nomadic Himba people.