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Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Yesterday I squared my shoulders and flung the fridge doors wide. It was time to face the ugly battle. That's right: Armageddon's got nothing on a funky taco salad.
(Side note: If Widdle and I ate all the food in our fridge, freezer and pantry before buying more, we wouldn't go to the store for a month, maybe longer. Sure, we might end up eating grape jelly on fish sticks, but you get my point.)
Anyway, I'm bad about cleaning the fridge because, as many of you know, I hate to housekeep. I have no knack for it. I'm not slovenly—you won't find a book, shoe or picture out of place in our house—but I am…. unaware. It does not occur to me to dust the blinds and baseboards now and then, until Widdle says, "How about dusting the blinds and baseboards now and then?"
Nor does it occur to me that the fridge should be cleaned, until I stroll in the kitchen and actually see, say, maple syrup dripping out of it. (I also didn't know fresh chicken had an expiration date until—my hand to God—I was 26 years old. It's a wonder my ex-husband lived to divorce me.)
Widdle helpfully points out neglected tasks, and sometimes leaves pithy notes on the dining room table. Well, in the dust on the dining room table.
But I digress. When it comes to cleaning, let's just say I grimly plug away, if only because it makes my husband happy. I do my best.
Back to the fridge: It's crammed to the gills with leftovers, vegetables, fruit, coconut milk, eggs, iced tea, fruit juice, butter, bacon, yogurt, sauces and condiments. Shelves and shelves of condiments. How much horseradish do two people need (when one of them doesn't even eat horseradish)?
Then there's what I privately think of as the ethnic corner. That's where you'll find ginger dressing, tahini, duck sauce, Italian and French salad dressings and a large bottle of teriyaki sauce. We have never, not once in eight years, cooked anything using teriyaki sauce. Which makes it doubly suspicious that the seal is broken and roughly a quarter-cup is missing. Is Widdle secretly spicing my food with sodium?
No time to worry: I begin pulling out bottles, containers, jars, plates and jugs, stacking everything on the washer and dryer. Then I throw half of it away because it's either expired (see delayed awareness of the concept, above), dried-out, discolored or involuntarily moving (see funky taco salad, above).
Next I fill a basin with water and detergent and attack the sticky shelves on the door. This takes about 20 minutes. Then I remove all the interior shelves, scrub them in the sink, rinse, dry and replace them in the fridge. This takes about 30 minutes. After that, I remove the vegetable crispers and clean them in the sink. This takes about 15 minutes. By this time I'm jittery about everything that's been sitting at room temperature for the past hour. What if it spoils and we both get ptomaine poisoning? That would be delicious irony.
Finally, the job is done. I carefully return all items to the fridge. It's a lot less full than it was—but sparkling clean! I feel very proud. Until Widdle comes home and says, "Looks great! What about the freezer?"
You know I'm going to jump on that tomorrow. Along with the baseboards.
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Zero to six...the speed of sound.
Six to twelve... the speed of light.
Happy Birthday!!! Here's to more successes (fibery and otherwise) in your future, Libby!
Happy Birthday Libby! Twelve is a big one!
Happy Birthday Libby!
Happy Birthday, Libby!
Happy Birthday Libby!
Leslie, I know how you feel. Was just looking at my oldest, who is 13 (soon to be 14) and I felt a little nauseous at how fast he was growing.
Hope your daughter had the very best birthday a twelve year old could ask for!
Cake sounds delicious, the photograph of her holding the balloons is the best, and soup in bread bowls sounds perfect.
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Happy Birthday Libby!!
Happy Birthday Libby!!
May your 12th year be one of your best! Always be yourself and celebrate your uniqueness!
I saw the ladybug! and I love those colorful balloons! this is a birthday tradition I'd like to start.
aww. How does it happen so fast? Happy birthday Libby, and happy birth day to you, Leslie. xoxo
Happy happy birthday Libby!
happy happy birthday to your special girl!
the cake looks fantastic, and i need to make that soup
and yes,time does go by too fast...
Mutlu yıllar Libbly!
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Happy birthday to Libby!
Our daughter just turned 12 last month...it is a lovely age and yes, the time flies! Happy Birthday Libby!
Happy Birthday. Love the photos. Don't they bring a tear to your eye to see them so young when it only seems like yesterday?
Happy Birthday Libby! Looks like a ladybug to me!
Happy Birthday!! If it was on the 3rd it was one day off of mine. November is a great month for birthdays. My little girl will be 8 on Sat. I can still close my eyes and be back in the hospital the night I had her just mesmerized by her!!
Happy birthday, Libby. I love your boots.
Sabrina will be 13 in January! I know...the time flies! Happy Birthday Libby!
Have a lovely birthday Libby!
Twelve is great! Have a wonderful birthday, Libby!
Happy Birthday Libby!
Happy Birthday Libby! And the cake is adorable.
happy birthday libby! and leslie, enjoy this year, the last year before you have a teenage girl in the house! :)
Happy Birthday! And the ladybird is lovely.
Twelve wishes to which we shall add, day after day, year after year, that she be all she dreams and lives all that she inspires!
Precious! Brought tears to my eyes (especially because I have a six-year-old daughter like in your "before" photo!).
Is there anything faster than the speed of light? Cuz that's what I'm actually hoping happens with mine, from 12-18. Just sayin'. Happy, happy, though, to yours!
Happy Birthday to Libby! I LOVE the ladybug cake and it sounds tasty, too!
That cake is adorable! Do you mean there was ice cream inside the cake? If so, how did you do that? Is it a Baked Alaska-style trick?
Happy (belated) birthday to Libby!
Happy birthday Libby :-)
What a lovely young lady! Twelve is totally a big deal. Happy (belated) Birthday!
Happy birthday Libby! Hope you had a great day!
twelve! oh my goodness! happy birthday to you all! (and mint chocolate chip is my favorite.)
Happy Birthday Libby!
Happy Belated Birthday-we have a 12 year celebration coming up here in January....it scares me
Yay! Happy day late birthday!
My Libby is 8, though I'm sure she'll be 16 in no time...
Happy knitting-
Wow it seems like every time I see your kids have a birthday on your blog, I say wow, and feel like time flies as it does for my kids growing up almost the same ages!!
Time does fly. Best wishes to Libby, you and your family.
Happy birthday!
(And the cake looks enough like a ladybug to me. I figured it out without the accompanying entry.)
happy birthday dear libby! may it be a year filled with blessings and joy!
Happy Birthday Libby!
Happy Birthday to your darling, Libby.
happy birthday libby!! almost a teenager! my nephew has the exact same birthdate and no one can believe he is 12 already - so i can totally relate to how mom must be feeling. hope the day was wonderful in every way and that the ladybug cake was as good as it looks!
Happy, happy birthday super girl!
Happy Birthday Libby! that's my favorite soup too!
Happy Birthday to Libby! Pretty cake =)
Happy Birthday Libby!
happy birthday to your beautiful daughter.
I have been reading your blog for a few years now, and I just figured out that we both have 2 boys with a girl in the middle.
Their birthdays are so close together, i can't believe it. Jack is going to be 3 on tuesday, and I think our oldest kids birthdays are less than a week apart too.
many thanks for that recipe link, I tried it last night (lightened a little) and indeed, it tastes just like the Panera soup! loved it!
Happy birthday!!!!!! What a delicious cake Libby has to eat!! WOW!!!!
That is quite a beautiful little six year old you have there!
Happy Birthday, Libby!
I hope this year is a great one for you.
Happy Birthday Libby!
Ah, sweet! What an adorable girl and perfect ladybug cake.
Happy CAKE AND BALLOON day.
(I am SO going to have cake today because of this.)
happy birthday to libby! i hope you guys had a great celebration!
Happy Birthday, sweet Libby!
Oh goodness, how did she get so old?! happy belated birthday Libby!
ow, i forget that their birthdays are so close! happy birthday!
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I have used it a couple of times, it's handy for smaller jobs, you would need a bigger one for large jobs.
The one thing I would change about it, I would put the knobs and drive belt on the other side.That way it would be better for a right handed person.
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Make awards - Requiring removing excess hardened resin. A real snap using the 371K with little or no pressue. As it gets HOT quickly, I use it with 80 grit and finish up with a R/O sander to finish the piece. Was able to do 16 pieces in less than an hour. The sander has a different "FEEL" and took me several pieces to get it right. But for me, with stopping and starting all the time, the heat is no problem. The small size is no problem either. Would not work well if you want to use it for any length of time...
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Jeanne, of course you are not a bad person, you are human! It is really hard to hear about other people's pregnancies and babies, especially when your loss is so fresh. I think it is natural to be happy for someone and wish the best for them, while at the same time wishing things could have turned out differently for you. You are not hoping something bad will happen to your friend and her baby. I totslly can related to the competitive friend thing, I think we all have that person in our lives. If she is not good for you right now, it is ok for you to be in one of your "off" periods. ((hugs)) take care of yourself.
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I just got a 16" M4 style kit from akpartskits.com and the quality is ok, she shoots just fine. A very good deal at $400 IMO.
I just got a 16" M4 style kit from akpartskits.com and the quality is ok, she shoots just fine. A very good deal at $400 IMO.
i like j&t and del-ton --after reading the FAQ's at ak.parts i may try some of their stuff as well.
as far as i can tell AK-parts hasn't sold any vulcan/hesse parts and the parts on their online store look just like the name-brand stuff--which they claim are not seconds--
well-- they are related to vulcan after all--however that don't make all their stuff vulcan--but some of it could be???
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DPMS if you are in a hurry.
Order upper and other parts separate from the best source if you have time.
All of these parts are MILSPEC. So, they work together right.
My favorite 9mm AR uses an RRA upper with DPMS internals and rear stock with a STAG lower receiver. Put at least 1000 rounds of various through it with NO problems.
still havent finished my cali legal build.....may have to check out blackthorne
some little known but decent AR parts/kit packagers--http://www.jsesurplus.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=4&Page=1
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i think these guys sell the uppers un-assembled which would be more "fun" for a gunco member. from what i have seen they use first class parts-- i'm really tempted to buy either a m4orgery from FFE or maybe call jse and see if they will make me a mid-length kit!!
A nother good place to try is Midwayusa . You can get DMPS, Olimpic Arms and other suppliers at good prices . If you are not in a hurry they some times have sales on lower rec. parts kits, Uppers and other Gunsmithing supplies.Prices are reduced at least 3.00-5.00 sometimes
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a good way to go is build your lower then shop around for an upper. AIM has good deals on lower's and LPK's as does Jse surplus.
places like ADCO, legal transfers, R-guns and armalite have some good specials from time to time. if you shop around you can make a really good deal on a complete upper. i just wish armalite would make a sweetheart deal on their 7.62x39 upper like they have on their m-4's and mid-length.
another +1 for del-ton. They delivered quick and the product is A1.
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Marcin Gortat's shot blocking a surprise
November 9, 2012: Suns home after 1-2 road trip, host Cleveland
Marcin Gortat is leading the NBA with 21 blocks.
That's the most by a Suns player through five games in franchise history, and the most in the league in a season's first five games since Dwight Howard in 2008.
"Honestly," Gortat said, "I didn't expect that I'm going to start blocking like that."
Perhaps not, but he did make that part of his game a focus in the offseason, knowing the Suns needed better rim protection if they were going to be successful.
And there's another reason.
"I'm watching actually every game we play," Gortat said, "and when I hear the (opposing) commentators and the commentators saying that �Well, they don't have too much shot blocking inside so we should have a few layups,' I feel like that's disrespecting."
Gortat is coming off a career-high seven-block performance at Charlotte. He is averaging 4.2 blocks per game, which more than doubles his previous best of 1.5 blocks per game set last season.
"If I'm going to be leading the league with two, three blocks a game," Gortat said, "(teams are) going to understand that they can't come into the paint that easily because there's someone waiting for them."
The Zeller family reunion will have to wait.
Cavaliers rookie center Tyler Zeller was sent back to Cleveland after suffering a concussion and broken cheekbone against the Clippers Monday.
"He got hit pretty good. It's part of playing," older brother and Suns first-year player Luke Zeller said. "Hopefully the swelling goes down and he'll be able to get a nice pretty mask on and be able to be back. He'll be alright though."
There is a third Zeller brother. The youngest, Cody, is a sophomore forward on top-ranked Indiana.
Jermaine O'Neal rejoined the team at this morning's shootaround. However, he said he would not be available tonight after missing the last two games to tend to a family matter.
Kendall Marshall will be available. He did not play at Charlotte after spraining his ankle during 3-on-3 the day before.
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
The Bishop England boys golf team finished second in the state last season. That wasn't good enough for the Battling Bishops this season, as they topped defending 2A state champion Pendleton to win the title.
It was a 12-stroke victory for Bishop England at the two-day tournament at Indian River Golf Course held last week. Jeremy Grab finished third individually with a 146, including an opening 69 at the 6,502-yard par 71 course.
Jamie Wilson recorded a score of 152, Patrick Ging had 156 and Wil Sheppard carded a 161. All four players made the all-state team.
Coach John Greavu said last year's finish was a "key motivating factor." He added, "Not only were we focused on getting the state title, we understand that we had to top an incredibly talented, defending state champ team that has two of the top-ranked players in the nation."
Pendleton's Carson Young and Austin Langdale were ranked No. 12 and No. 20 in a Golfweek poll and both are committed to Clemson. But, the Bishops used depth to win, including Wilson who "stepped up big" as a freshman, Greavu said.
This is Bishop England's fourth state title in program history. The Bishops have finished second twice.
Greavu said the team felt like it had enough talent to take the 2A title, and in early April, they finished second to Pendleton in the Lowcountry Invitational in Edisto. "It didn't wake us up," he said. "It just made us aware that they (Pendleton) would not go down easy."
Perhaps overshadowed by the boys soccer team, the Wando girls soccer team operated all season under the umbrella of a No. 1 ranked boys program in the country. But, quietly, the Warriors built their resume and compiled a 19-1-1 record heading into the 4A state championship game against J.L. Mann.
That match was business as usual; Wando won 2-0 over the Upper State representative on Friday. This season, the Warriors outscored their opponents 121-6 and allowed more than one goal only once in a March loss to Lexington. Wando beat Lexington 2-0 in the Lower State title game.
Rachel Torlay and Hannah Ross scored for the Warriors in the state finale in the 4th and 61st minutes, respectively.
Bishop England
Most state championship games include teams with only a handful of losses. The Bishop England boys soccer team, in that aspect, was not the typical contender. But, Battling Bishops coach Ed Khouri loaded his team's schedule with a gauntlet of state contenders, ultimately helping them to capture the 2A state championship with a 4-3 overtime win over Indian Land, Saturday.
Mateo Gomez had a pair of goals in regulation, and Joel Bunting scored in the 13th minute and in sudden-death overtime to end an exhausting playoff run.
In the Lower State final, Academic Magnet and Bishop England played to a scoreless draw until the Bishops prevailed 3-1 in penalty kicks. It was the first time in three tries this season that the Daniel Island program beat its rivals. Among other Bishop England losses were Wando, Porter Gaud and Pinewood Prep.
Academic Magnet
All season long, the state coaches association poll placed Christ Church No. 1 and Academic Magnet No. 2 in 2A girls soccer.
Turns out the coaches had it wrong. Academic Magnet defeated Christ Church 2-1 with penalty kicks as the decider in the 2A state championship game this past Friday.
Kallie Peurifoy forced overtime with one minute left in regulation, and the Raptors outscored Christ Church 6-4 in penalty kicks after 30 minutes of overtime did not produce a champion. Maegan Reed found the back of the net for the clinching goal.
Hindsight is always 20/20, but visit the Moultrie News YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/user/TheMoultrieNews to view the pre-game predictions by reporter Tyler Heffernan and his puppy, Charlie, as they picked the winners for the soccer championship games.
The Bishop England baseball team had won state championships in odd calendar years dating back to 2003. This year, the streak stopped.
The Battling Bishops dropped the first and third games to 2A Upper State champion Chesnee in the state title series last week. After losing the first game on the road 2-1, Bishop England returned home and forced a third game with a 3-0 win.
But, the Bishops lost 5-3 in the deciding contest.
During the 37th annual Optimist Awards Banquet, sponsored by the Optimist Club of Charleston on May 15 at the Charleston Yacht Club, the club honored local female high school student athletes. Criteria included academics, athletics and community service.
Wando cross country and track standout Georgia Compton was named the female athlete of the year. Ellie James, Bishop England volleyball and basketball player, was first runner up. West Ashley's Dekeiya Cohen was second runner up, as a volleyball, basketball and track and field participant.
All-star teams for volleyball, basketball and track and field were also announced. Longtime Wando volleyball coach Alexis Glover was awarded as the sport's coach of the year. Natalie Tucker and Mackenzie Lesemann represented the Warriors on the all-star team. James was the lone Bishop England representatives.
Christine Quinn, of Ashley Hall, and Julia McAvoy and Lexis Meyer, both of Porter Gaud, completed the rest of the team.
In hoops awards, West Ashley coach Maria Williams was named coach of the year. Cohen and Jhanice Stokes made the all-star team as Wildcats. Bishop England's Michele Boykin and Mary Harriet Moore and Goose Creek's Ashley Fields rounded out the field.
Four female student athletes were named to the track and field all-star team. Michelle Lussier (Bishop England), Jasmine Quinn (Fort Dorchester), Raven Saunders (Burke) and Sarah Lee (Wando) were the recipients. David Lee, of James Island Charter, was awarded coach of the year.
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BPF Co-Founder John Smart's talk, at World Future 2012 in Toronto.
"Can the standard chemical fixation and plastic embedding technique used for electron microscopic investigation of brain circuitry be adapted to preserve the synaptic connectivity of an entire human brain?"
This is a well-defined scientific question, and we now have the tools necessary to answer this question definitively.* This question is of great importance, for at least two reasons:
- The new science of connectomics is gearing up to map the connectome, the full synaptic connectivity of an entire brain. The first major milestone for mammals will be a mouse brain and eventually, we will map an entire human brain. Development of whole brain chemical fixation and plastic embedding procedures seems an absolute prerequisite for such a scientific endeavor.
- Since most neuroscientists today would agree that our unique memories are written into the brain at the level of the cell body and its synaptic connections, successful nuclear and synaptic preservation of an entire brain after clinical death would very likely preserve the memories and identities of all individuals who might wish to do so, for themselves, for their loved ones, for science, or society. There are many who would desire the option to perfectly and inexpensively preserve their brains at the nanometer scale today, for the possibility that future science might be able to read their memories or restore their full identities, as desired.
With respect to the latter, millions of people have at least briefly considered the possibility of having themselves or their loved ones cryonically preserved (very low-temperature preservation and storage) in the hope that future medical technology might revive and cure them. Yet so far, only a few thousand have entered contracts to do so. Why? There are many potential reasons, yet one is a particularly tractable challenge to the scientific community. At present there is scarce evidence that the existing practice of cryonics preserves the precise wiring of our brain's hundred billion neurons. Cryonics techniques have improved substantially in recent years, but the fundamental question remains:
"Does cryonics as practiced today adequately preserve the synaptic connectivity of an entire human brain?"
This is also a well-defined scientific question that can be answered today. This question is of great importance, particularly to terminally ill patients wishing to preserve their memories or identities today, for which cryonic preservation of unknown efficacy is presently their only alternative.
We at the Brain Preservation Foundation are dedicated to seeing that these questions are answered in a definitive scientific manner as soon as possible. To do so we have introduced the Brain Preservation Technology Prize – a prize that challenges connectomics researchers and cryonics practitioners alike to demonstrate their best whole brain preservation techniques on an animal whose brain is then sectioned at 1mm intervals and subjected to an independent comprehensive electron microscopic sampling survey looking for damage that would destroy synaptic connectivity. The Prize is designed to uncover the truth about the quality of today's preservation techniques and to spur research into better techniques.
If you agree that these are important questions, and that resources should be devoted to definitively answering them, please consider lending your support. Would you like to join our Advisors group? Have a relevant advanced degree, technical or other experience? Contact us.
* In the types of electron microscopy neuroscientists commonly use (FIBSEM, etc.), preserved neural tissue can be visualized down to about a 6 nanometer resolution. This allows them to directly see each neuron's synapses and dendrites (connections to other neurons). This level of detail also includes the ability to image, directly and indirectly (via molecular probes), many elements of the "synaptome," the number and types of special proteins (vesicles, signaling proteins, cytoskeleton), receptors (Glutamate, etc.), and neurotransmitters (at least six types in human neurons) that are known to be involved in long-term learning and memory at each synapse in the brain, and elements of the "epigenome" (learning-based DNA methylation and histone modifications) in the nucleus of each neuron. It remains an open question in neuroscience exactly which features of the synaptome and epigenome need to be preserved to retain memory and identity in each species. We know simpler connectomes, synaptomes, and epigenomes are used in organisms with simpler memories (C. elegans, Drosophila, Aplysia, etc.), and that the vast majority of neural molecules are not involved in learning and memory, but support other cell functions necessary for life. Chemical fixation and cryonics both preserve the fats, proteins, sugars, and DNA in living neurons, and fix them effectively in place, and relevant membrane receptors stay in their normal distributions as well, as verified by antibody probes. What we don't know yet is if this happens reliably everywhere during whole brain chemical and cryonic preservation. We also don't know the full complement of small molecules and cytoskeletal features in our neurons and glia that are necessary to memory and identity, and which molecular signal states (eg., phosphorylation, methylation) are important. But our knowledge of the molecular basis of learning and memory continues to rapidly grow, aided by exciting new neuroscience techniques (optogenetics, viral tagging, protein microarrays, etc.). Our ability to scan and verify is also rapidly improving. New types of electron microscopy, such as Cryo-TEM, can image at an amazing 3 angstrom resolution, 50 times greater magnification than FIBSEM, a scale where brain proteins and even individual atoms can be directly seen.
Our current Brain Preservation Technology Prize is focused on the connectome, imaged at FIBSEM resolution. As neuroscience advances, we may learn that certain features of the synaptome and epigenome not presently observable by FIBSEM must also be preserved. In that case, the Brain Preservation Foundation will offer additional Technology prizes, and make use of other verification methods and even higher resolution imaging if necessary. Bottom line: As neuroscience continues to advance, BPF will do our best to help science to determine whether reliable and affordable protocols can be found to preserve those brain structures that give rise to our memories and identities, according to our best evidence to date.
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Friday, 10/3/2014
Dr. Ken Hayworth: What is the Future of Your Mind? [Teaser VIDEO]
Dr. Ken Hayworth, Part 1: Will You Preserve Your Brain? [PART#1 VIDEO]
Dr. Ken Hayworth, Part 2: Will You Upload Your Mind? [PART#2 VIDEO]
MIRI (Machine Intelligence Research Institute)
Tuesday, 9/9/2014
Ken Hayworth on brain emulation prospects - Extended online interview
Thursday, 4/10/2014
The Neuroscientist Who Wants To Upload Humanity To A Computer
Tue, 5/28/2013
Neuroscience – and the Future of Humanity – Interview with Ken Hayworth.
Tue, July 31, 2012
Thur, July 26, 2012
Discussion of BPF at the World Future Society conference.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Mon, 7/16/2012
The Strange Neuroscience of Immortality.
Sun, 7/8/2012
BPF is featured on Season 3, Ep 6, Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman, available via iTunes at this link.
Mon, 6/18/2012
Robin Hanson on why he's supporting the Brain Preservation Foundation.
Mon, 3/12/2012
An Update from Competitors for the Brain Preservation Foundation's Technology Prize.
Mon, 11/14/2011
A Connectome Observatory for Nanoscale Brain Imaging. Ken Hayworth's teleXLR8 talk, Kurzweilai.net article.
Thu, 3/24/2011
The Brain Preservation Technology Prize is mentioned.
Mon, 2/7/2011
Mind's circuit diagram to be revealed by a mammoth map. Article discusses BPF Brain Preservation Technology Prize.
Ken Hayworth gave a talk, A Connectome Observatory for nanoscale brain imaging, in teleXLR8, a 3D video conferencing space.


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Brandon Slocum from Moyers High School made the Tushka All Tournament Team.
Last week our Bearcats traveled to Tushka to play in the Ameristate Invitational Tournament. In the first round they were paired against the Stringtown Tigers, whose record coming into the tournament was 2-6. Tip-off was won by Sr. Bryce Martin, who even though he suffered an accidental blow to the nose, which shattered the bones, he still played the rest of the game, and was the leading scorer for the game with 24 points. Sr. Harlan House was the biggest contributor to the first half of the game with 10 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist. Jr.
The Antlers Lady Cats traveled to Tushka for the Ameristate Basketball Tournament this last weekend. The Lady Cats faced three opponents to come away with the championship trophy and All Tournament Team honors. The Lady Cat's first opponent was the Moyers Lady Tigers.
The Antlers Lady Cats traveled to Rattan to take on the Lady Rams last Thursday. The gym was packed to capacity, with standing room only.
At the end of the first period, the score was tied at 2-2. Both teams played great defense and at the end of the second period, the score was still tight with the Lady Cats leading by only 2, with a score of 15 to 13.
The Antlers Lady Cats traveled to Talihina for the Choctaw Nation Invitational Basketball Tournament this last weekend. The Lady Cats faced three tough opponents to come away with the championship trophy and All Tournament Team honors. The Lady Cat's first opponent was The Sallisaw Black Diamonds. The Lady Cats prevailed over the Lady Diamonds with a final score of 51 to 40, advancing them to the semi final game.
Last week Myrtle Edmond, Madge Gentry and the Pushmataha Historical Society received a rather surprising gift in the mail from Hon. Elton Gallegly, Congressman from California and former Antlers resident.
Three plaques commemorating the Historical Society's hard work and dedication, which specifically mentioned Myrtle Edmond and Madge Gentry for the passion and professionalism they showed when the Congressman visited the Historical Society, with the speech that the Congressman gave in front of the House of Representatives on December 31, 2012 in the second session of the 112th Congress.
The Antlers Police Department Office Wyatt Williams responded to an assault call at Chilango's Mexican Restaurant in Antlers after Julio Ceasar Castillo Andres, of Hugo, tried to stab a restaurant employee.
According to the police report, on January 12, 2013 at about 1:30 p.m., Andres came in the back door of the restaurant mad and pulled a knife from his waistband. After doing so he went after Jose Rojas and tried to stab him. According to Rojas, he tried to run around the kitchen to get away from Andres , going as far as moving a plate cart between them.
(Oklahoma City, OK.) - The Department of Public Safety is warning traffic law violators of new restrictions concerning traffic laws.
House Bill 1507, which was signed by Governor Fallin on May 18th, 2011, took effect November 1st, 2011. It calls for a mandatory one year drivers license revocation for any licensee convicted of the following traffic offenses:
1. Reckless driving without regard to the safety of others.
2. Failure to stop for a school bus loading or unloading children.
The National Rifle Association of America is made up of over 4 million moms and dads, daughters and sons, who are involved in the national conversation about how to prevent a tragedy like Newtown from ever happening again. We attended today's White House meeting to discuss how to keep our children safe and were prepared to have a meaningful conversation about school safety, mental health issues, the marketing of violence to our kids and the collapse of federal prosecutions of violent criminals.


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Sometimes in life, and especially in sports, you get humbled and must admit you were wrong and that one of your so-called enemies (or in this case critics) was right.
Former Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl, ESPN's most recent NCAA coach turned analyst told everyone in the free world through his ESPN Blog back in late October that this Kentucky Wildcat team would not win the SEC, and further more would lose at least two games in Rupp Arena and maybe more this season, breaking up Coach Cal's 50-game home court winning streak.
Kudos to the former head Volunteer for his astute predictions, but what is very worrisome is the two teams he predicted to beat UK at Rupp Arena haven't showed up yet for their game (Florida and Missouri), meaning there is a good chance the dark days at Rupp Arena may not be behind us for the remainder of 2013.
After basically three and a half weeks' worth of a grueling in-season improvement practice routine affectionately known as "Camp Cal," the Kentucky Wildcats are 1-1 after the first week of SEC play (2 points away from being 0-2) and have fallen to 10-5 overall with no sight of crawling back into the top 25, and in some college basketball circles (ESPN personalities in particular) actually beginning to fade off the NCAA tournament radar as well.
Does this team's performance to date mean John Calipari has underachieved in his coaching duties? Absolutely not. The question that begs to be asked is where do the answers lie with this team's ineffectiveness at times?
I'll list my theory of reasons in order of importance:
1 - This team does not have talented, supplemental, experienced skill sets in their sixth and seventh men off the bench like a Darius Miller or a Deandre Liggins to stop opponents' special skill sets.
2 - This team's five-star elite freshman starters do not have accompanying experienced starters like Patrick Patterson, Doron Lamb, or Terrence Jones the last three years.
3 - Not all five-star high school recruits end up being five-star college basketball players; some even end up struggling to be consistent enough to put up average numbers.
4 - The UK opponents will take their game day attitude when they see those blue and white jerseys to another level of excitement and confidence with UK being defending NCAA champs.
5 - This team does not have the pure raw basketball talent and especially shooting range from the perimeter at the guard positions that previous Calipari teams have had. Yes, Harrow has come on and that's encouraging, but the first three losses were due to lack of Calipari type perimeter play from UK guards. Other than Goodwin's second half performance against U of L, he's been all attack-oriented off the dribble.
Another special note to consider pertaining to Saturday's loss to Texas A&M. Don't think for a minute that the Baylor loss didn't give A&M confidence that they could beat UK in their first ever appearance in Rupp Arena. Texas A&M doesn't have a previous 30 to 40 years of beat downs to UK in Rupp Arena to overcome in the mindset department, and neither will Missouri.
It's still early in the SEC schedule, especially now that each school has to play 18 regular season games, so many storylines can develop over the next few weeks, but we would all be very naive if there wasn't some serious concern being debated and discussed across the Commonwealth about this team.
If you want a scant bit of optimism to rebuild some confidence on, go online to www.espn.com and pull up Joe Lunardi's bracketology link. He has UK as a No. 7 seed for the upcoming NCAA Big Dance, but you'll have to travel extensively this year. Lunardi has UK in Salt Lake City, Utah for the first weekend and Los Angeles for the West Regional if they should advance.
Are lead SEC coaches the elite of college football/basketball past and present?
With the recent college football season ending last week with another solid SEC flavor of dominance both overall and in the BCS championship game, the pigskin sport is alive and well, but with the present UK team struggling a bit in recent weeks the SEC basketball heritage is once again being questioned in the present day and has always been mentioned as soft in past years.
Yet, overall Alabama football and Kentucky basketball are as strong as at any time in past eras of college football and basketball.
Even the most obnoxious critics of the SEC must admit that the conference's two marquee coaches, Nick Saban and John Calipari, are both in the middle stages of a coaching career that are bringing smiles from Paul "Bear" Bryant and Adolph Rupp as they look down from the heavens on what they both started many decades ago.
Saban's recent three out of four BCS championships are pretty strong, and although Calipari has taken two teams to the Final Four the past three years and won an NCAA championship himself, it's still a notch below Saban's accomplishments. However, if the No. 1 recruiting classes continue to be funneled to the Joe Craft Center, Coach Cal may just catch up with Saban in the future.
Which begs the question I've always loved to debate with the educated sports fans I know: What is the toughest to accomplish, winning an NCAA Div. 1 men's basketball championship or an NCAA BCS football championship?
Alabama football and Kentucky basketball down through the different decades and eras have always been the leaders of the SEC in football and basketball, and arguably in the nation (except for the 12 year John Wooden led UCLA run). I don't see anything changing this scenario in the future short of Saban or Cal leaving their love nest in Tuscaloosa and Lexington.
Which brings me to the ultimate question: What would UK football look like today if Rupp would have got the cigarette lighter and Bear Bryant would have got the Cadillac in the mid 50's, or what would UK basketball be today had Rick Pitino not left for the NBA?
Regardless of the what if's, the SEC fans should enjoy the remainder of the Saban/Calipari eras because they're two tough hombres when it comes to recruiting, and their two schools are giving them the type of finances to run their programs that could put a dent in the national debt.
Frankfort to assist UK in facility upgrades
It took several years, but the Kentucky General Assembly appears to be set on assisting UK in athletic facility upgrades with bonding power and other pertinent financial necessities. But don't get too excited BBN, it will be nothing dollar wise compared to what they did for Louisville when the same politicians got the Cards over the hump in their task of getting the Yum Center project finished.
This recent joint announcement by the governor's office and UK has produced some added excitement across the Commonwealth from the starved UK football fan and added another jolt of optimism for the immediate future just on the heels of the Mark Stoops announcement.
Personally, other than creating a few extra dollars through the suites and prime club seating (which for all we know will go to the track and field program and, oh yes, the rifle range needs renovated according to the latest facility survey) I can't see where any facility upgrades were seriously needed. If you've been paying attention to several of the recruits that have visited in recent years as the recruiting service websites interview them, the normal response from them has been the UK facilities were on par if not better than other SEC schools.
Having a stadium that seats 70,000 instead of 80,000 to 85,000 is not a turn off to a recruit. It's the practice facilities, living quarters, dining hall, and academic centers that matter most to recruits, and UK doesn't take a back seat to anyone, anywhere in those categories.
I'm sure Stoops and company will provide UK fans with some credible competitive football and some exciting football, but until he can prove to me that he can bring in 15 to 20 four- and five-star recruits on an annual consistent basis, I can't get more than cautiously optimistic which is where I've been each time UK has changed coaches over the last 50 years.
Until then, Coach Stoops, I suggest you concentrate your efforts into recruiting as good of a QB or running back as you can recruit and try to ride their arm and/or legs to six or seven wins a year like a few UK coaches have in the past.


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Thursday, August 1, 2013
Scarlett Wactor hasn't seen her oldest son, Johnny, in two and a half years.
"We Skype on Christmas morning," she said. "What can I say, I miss my child. I hope one day he makes it well enough that I can see him at least a couple times a year."
But that's all part of the sacrifice you have to make to follow your dream, according to Johnny Wactor, a Summerville native who now acts on the NBC TV show "Siberia." The show airs on Mondays at 10 p.m. on NBC.
"Acting is not an easy thing to do and not an easy industry to get into," he said. "You have to be willing to bust your butt, and you're going to have to make a lot of sacrifices."
Wactor began his acting career in Summerville when he attended Rollings Middle School of the Arts and Summerville High School.
"I've always been keen on entertaining people. … My best friend and I made numerous movies together in high school, I did theater in high school and I stuck to it in college," he said.
Although Wactor double-majored in business administration and Spanish when he attended the College of Charleston because they were more practical choices, he couldn't keep away from his passion. After his graduation in 2009 he moved to California, according to his mother.
"You have to work hard at it, and a bit of luck doesn't hurt either," he said with a laugh.
Scarlett Wactor agreed her son has been lucky.
"In general I'm excited for him because what he loves to do is act. I'm proud he has had the opportunity to make a living at this. It's happened faster than we thought," she said.
For Johnny Wactor, his recent success has been encouraging and has helped propel him toward his future career goals.
In addition to filming season two of "Siberia," Wactor will be acting in a small film called "The Road Home" beginning next year, has directed his own independent film he hopes will premier at the Toronto film festival, and is "constantly" going on auditions.
In part, he credits his success to his Summerville roots.
"I'm glad I'm from the town that I am, I'm definitely different from a lot of the actors out here because I have a genuine disposition. That prepared me for the acting world; there are so many people that are kind of fake out here, they put some façade on instead of being themselves, but being genuine has definitely helped me get this show," he said.
He continued, saying his experience should be encouraging for aspiring actors everywhere: "If I can do it from a little town like Summerville, anybody can do it from anywhere."
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