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Yo ho, a pirate's life for Meeee!
When I bound off for this hat I was seriously debating whether to rip it all out or to go ahead and try felting it. The proportions seemed off, basically too long. And while if I did it over I think I'd make it a little bigger and less tall, I'm still quite pleased with it! Plus it's impossible to don this headpiece and not giggle and speak horrible pirate lingo.
I stuck my little yo-yo broach I made awhile back on the side as a make-shift cockade. I decided I still want a full-size version as well and will make a real cockade for that one. This hat is held in place by a black wire hair comb I sewed on the inside.
To modify the pattern I used a single vs. double stranded worsted and decreased the number of stitches by 40%. The decrease rates took some fiddling.
If anyone's interested in my specific notes let me know I can type them up (amazingly I did actually jot them down). ETA: pattern notes now added to the extended entry! You can see a pre-felted photo here.
Pattern: Tricorn Hat Pattern by knitlikeapirate.com
Yarn: Patons Classic Wool Merino, single strand
Needles: US size 9 (5.5 mm)
Mods: Miniature version of course! Worked in single strand, cast-on 60% of sts, extensive mods to the decrease rates.
Pattern modifications for miniature size.
For any round not indicated here follow original pattern.
Using one strand of worsted weight and size US 9 needles, cast on 90 sts using the cabled cast-on.
Follow pattern for 'Brim, outer edge'.
New row counts as follows:
Round 5: 84 sts remaining
Round 10: 78 sts remaining
'Brim, main part'
Round 15: 72 sts rem
Round 20: 66 sts rem
Omit round 24
Former Round 25: 60 sts rem
Omit one plain knit round
Former Round 30: 57 sts rem (only reducing by 3 sts)
Omit one plain knit round
Former Round 35: 54 sts rem
Round 1: 42 sts rem
On round 11: k2tog twice at each sides (used to set up next decrease rounds)
Omit rounds 12-15.
Top decreases:
Take out 2 stitch markers, so you have a marker at the beg of your round and every 10 sts thereafter (four sections). Your sts will reduced by 4 each round. After four-round pattern is repeated three times you will have 16 sts.
Now you will have 16 sts.
After 'Round 22′ you will have 4 sts left. Follow rest of the pattern as written.
Sew a cordinating comb to the inside of the back brim with matching thread or you can sew the sides of the hat to a headband.


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New Corpus Christi high school to cost 12 percent more than expected
CORPUS CHRISTI - CCISD's new high school will cost about 12 percent more than expected in 2010, but that's well below last month's 23 percent increase projection that sent the construction team scrambling to cut costs.
"This school district and the city have benefited from great economic times when we were able to get a lot of our bond projects, and unfortunately this time ... we've seen the costs go up," Trustee John Marez said. "We are trying to be as good as stewards as possible and that everyone involved lives here and cares about this community and wants to make a good product that we committed to but also do it in a cost effective way."
The Southside high school will cost no more than $78.7 million after trustees Monday set a guaranteed maximum price on the building already under construction.
The construction team was able to trim the price increase without compromising the school's design, size or durability, said Scott Meares, the district's bond project manager.
The team slashed the school's estimated price from $86 million to $78.7 million by cutting back on landscaping and swapping some materials for less expensive ones, although officials said they did not compromise quality.
That price, which is $8.7 million more than the $70 million estimate voters approved in the $125 million bond election in 2010, does not include an auditorium or 12 additional classrooms, considered alternate projects at the high school.
Those alternates, estimated to cost $11 million, could push the high school construction to $109 million, including professional fees, road construction and the cost to furnish the school.
Trustees will decide in June when, or whether, to do those alternate projects.
The construction team has been searching for ways to trim costs while preserving the schools' design after they told the board March 25 that the projected cost had ballooned by nearly 23 percent over 2010 estimates. Local architecture firm Gignac and Associates and San Antonio firm PBK Architects designed the schools, while Fulton Construction Corp./Coastcon is the contractor.
As trustees set the high school price Monday, they urged the team to consider looking for ways to save money.
"We still have infrastructure things that need to be done at other high schools in this town, so eventually we will be going out for another bond and we have to prove to our community that we were fiscally responsible with this bond," Trustee Janie Bell said.
Trustees will have a better idea in June how big the shortfall could be when the construction team is expected to present prices for the high school's two alternate projects — the 12 classrooms and auditorium — and the new Adkins Middle School.
Middle school construction has not started.
The district already spent about $90,000 pouring piers for the 12 extra high school classrooms, but trustees could delay construction if they find out in June the district doesn't have enough money to finish them now. The high school is big enough to accommodate students without the 12 extra classrooms, Superintendent Scott Elliff said.
In the meantime, CCISD will have to decide whether a projected increase in high school enrollment, especially on the Southside, will require Carroll High School to remain open after August 2015.
Original plans called for closing Carroll when the new Southside school opened, but recent demographic study showed high school enrollment could grow by 1,500 students during the next five years, meaning the district may need six high schools.
Trustees are expected to discuss that idea in late May.
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The uprising in Syria may have reached a tipping point. The Arab League has ended its silence on Bashar al-Assad's brutal repression of protesters and condemned the violence, expressing "growing concern and serious distress" at the attacks. But more important, Saudi Arabia recalled its ambassador, a crucial vote of no confidence in the Assad regime:
"Saudi Arabia announces the recall of its ambassador for consultations," King Abdullah said in a statement after Syrian security forces killed more than 50 people on Sunday.
He urged Damascus to "stop the killing machine and the bloodshed… before it is too late" and called as well for "comprehensive and quick reforms."
"The future of Syria lies between two options: either Syria chooses willingly to resort to reason, or faces being swept into deep chaos, God forbid," he said.
Saudi political science lecturer Sadaqa Fadhel said King Abdullah's message reflected a "firm Arab and Muslim position" which could lead to further pressure.
Kuwait and Bahrain, of all nations, followed suit by recalling their envoys.
Throughout the Arab uprising, Saudi Arabia has led the way forward on the international response. [cont'd.] The Gulf Cooperation Council, which it dominates, created the document transferring power that the Yemeni President has come close to signing on multiple occasions. The Arab League's consent for Western intervention in Libya was crucial to that action. Saudi troops entered Bahrain and the international community said nary a word. So when the Saudis condemn Syria and remove their ambassador, you know that the worm is turning. Syria has never been more isolated.
The Arab League statements still talk of "dialogue" with protesters. After 2,000 or more protesters have been killed by the Assad regime, this is impossible. The uprising will only end with either total repression and a massacre, or the end of the Assad regime. Nothing else is possible. So we'll have to see if the Arab League – and follow-on Western governments – will relay that message in the coming days.
Meanwhile, the Syrian Minstry of Defense's website was hacked by the collective Anonymous, and they put this message on the front page:
To the Syrian people: The world stands with you against the brutal regime of Bashar Al-Assad. Know that time and history are on your side – tyrants use violence because they have nothing else, and the more violent they are, the more fragile they become. We salute your determination to be non-violent in the face of the regime's brutality, and admire your willingness to pursue justice, not mere revenge. All tyrants will fall, and thanks to your bravery Bashar Al-Assad is next.
To the Syrian military: You are responsible for protecting the Syrian people, and anyone who orders you to kill women, children, and the elderly deserves to be tried for treason. No outside enemy could do as much damage to Syria as Bashar Al-Assad has done. Defend your country – rise up against the regime! – Anonymous


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Splits in 'Friends of Syria' group may help embattled leader Assad
By Fox News Network
There was a moment at the State Department's daily briefing Wednesday when spokeswoman Victoria Nuland referred to the "Friends of Syria" group as "Friends of the Syrian People." Asked why, she said the organizers of the group's summit April 1 in Istanbul, Turkey, preferred the new name.
That such a trivial matter would even be discussed against the backdrop of the continuing slaughter in Syria is instructive. Indeed, it may be one of the few points of agreement for the more than 60 nations that will attend the upcoming gathering -- which skeptics note will take place on April Fools' Day.
The United States and others created the group in a bid to bypass Russia and install a united front against the Assad regime, after that country and China vetoed two efforts in the United Nations Security Council to push through a meaningful resolution against the regime of Syrian leader Bashar Al Assad.
Yet questions about the group's effectiveness are growing amid reports of splits with Washington over what approach to take.
The U.S. is openly backing the recently announced six-point plan by Kofi Annan, the UN/Arab League envoy for Syria.
In seeking an end to the violence, the plan calls for the legitimate aspirations of the Syrian people to be addressed, an immediate halt to troop movements, a daily two-hour humanitarian pause in the fighting, the release of arbitrarily detained prisoners, guarantees of freedom of movement for journalists, and respect the right to peacefully demonstrate.
But Tony Badran, a Research Fellow at the Washington-based Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), says U.S. allies such as Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar appear to have stepped out in front of Obama administration by pushing for "robust action."
Divisions were already apparent during the first Friends of Syria meeting in Tunisia last month, when Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal walked out, complaining that not enough was being done to stop the Syrian government from killing its citizens.
The Saudis have publicly supported the idea of arming of the Syrian opposition, and some sources say they have quietly begun sending weapons to the rebels. Qatar has also spoken out in favor of arming the Syrian rebels.
Ali Al-Ahmed, a Saudi scholar and director of the Gulf Institute in Washington D.C., told Fox News that he didn't feel the upcoming "Friends of Syria meeting was going to be much different from the first one," adding that "realities on the ground are now more favorable to the Syrian regime than they were a month ago."
He said that following the first meeting, the "Saudis were very angry and felt betrayed by the U.S."
Al-Ahmed told Fox News he believes Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will use Saturday's bi-lateral meeting before Sunday's Friends of Syria summit, to warn her Saudi counterpart against arming the FSA, and to ask them to give the Annan plan more time ahead of any unilateral action they might take.
Ahmed predicted the Saudis would take a "harsher tone against Syria" once the Istanbul Friends of Syria meeting concludes.
According to Ahmed, the meeting's outcome is unlikely to be to "Saudi satisfaction, as its positions are diverging from the U.S. on the whole Syria question."
The hosts of the "Friends" conference, Turkey, have also been pushing for a more muscular approach in trying to defeat the Assad regime. Unlike the Saudis, however, they appear to be toeing the Obama administration line -- at least for now.
Soner Cagaptay, Director of the Turkish Research Program at The Washington Institute, offered a different take on any split between the U.S. and Turkey, telling Fox News that "Ankara and Washington are in a consensus to lead from behind, together".
Cagaptay believes that Ankara's goal for the Friends of Syria is to have all participant nations fully recognize the Syrian National Council as "the" legitimate representative of the Syrian people. Right now they are only considered "a" legitimate representative. He believes if accomplished, this would be a huge victory for Turkey's aim to finish off the Assad regime. He said: "Accordingly, Ankara would be hosting the internationally recognized representative of the Syrian people; this would cast Turkey as the key player in the efforts to oust Assad."
However the FDD's Tony Badran is among analysts who believe the role of the Friends of Syria meeting is diminished.
"Whatever expectations there might have been, they have been essentially undercut by the Obama administration's endorsement of the Annan plan," Badran said.
"The U.S. has made it amply clear that this was the only game in town at the moment, and has pressured skeptical allies to fall in line behind it."
Russia and China won't, although invited, won't be at this Sunday's meeting.
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when running mixmaster (if i remember since mixmaster
2.9b23) directly from the .forward file with the -R
option, if there isn't disk free or the quota is over,
then mixmaster write an error message (can't write
temporary file..), but it do not bounce to the sender!
well the messages are losts.
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Unix systems respond in bad ways to being out of disk
space. At risk of bring a bit BOFHish, I have to suggest you
not let your disks fill up.
We will look at this again post 2.9.0. Has Mixmaster *ever*
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I just looked into this - fixing this is not trivial. I
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netsaint et al can help you keep an eye to free diskspace.
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Harvard Public Health Review
Spring 2005
Dean's Message
"Only Connect ... "
What can we learn from vaccines?
Imagine a hypothetical epidemic in your city or town that looks like this:
September 12: 1 case of flu-like illness
September 18: 6,000 cases
September 23: 12,000 cases (700 deaths)
Within six months, 25 percent of the civilian population is infected and 4 percent die.
Within a year, the virus spreads around the globe and kills between 20 and 40 million people
These data are not hypothetical. They are, in fact, the real data recorded at Ft. Devens, Massachusetts, and globally, resulting from the great influenza pandemic of 1918.
We know that different strains of influenza virus emerge each year -- usually from Asia, usually from the genetic mixing of bird or pig viruses and a human strain that is easily transmitted -- and they spread around the world. In one of the triumphs of modern public health, 87 World Health Organization (WHO) reference laboratories collect the strains as they are transmitted, then pick the three candidates most likely to spread, from which the vaccine companies produce vaccines within months. We know that these vaccines provide a remarkable degree of protection for people who receive them, partly because the new strains are usually related to previous strains to which we already have some immunity. Yet approximately 36,000 people die each year in the U.S. from influenza and pneumonia. WHO now estimates that the total annual global production is 260 million vaccine doses --only enough vaccine for 4 percent of the world's 6.2 billion people.
Only two companies supplied flu vaccines to the U.S. in 2004. One of them failed to produce a safe product, and we faced a major threat from an acute shortage. Then, everyone wanted to be vaccinated, but distribution was limited to the highest-risk individuals. We are very lucky to have gotten through a mild flu season with borrowed vaccine from abroad, but as availability has increased, ironically demand has almost disappeared, and the U.S. will again have to discard enormous amounts of vaccine. Despite the fact that vaccines represent the most cost-effective intervention known to prevent disease and death, the vaccine system in the U.S. remains seriously broken.
New Flu Strain is Emerging
In the past year we have seen the emergence of a new set of strains of influenza: avian (bird) flu, or A(H5N1) --to which, like the 1918 strain, most humans around the world have not previously been exposed. A(H5N1) has resulted in the deaths of 150 million chickens in Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, China, and South Korea, either directly or through culling to stop the spread of virus. As of mid-April, A(H5N1) had spread to at least 80 humans and killed 50, and many experts believe that in at least one case the virus appears to have been transmitted directly between humans.
When SARS struck in 2003, the epidemiological work of Marc Lipsitch, Megan Murray, and their collaborators at HSPH, published on the web by Science, revealed that every infectious case on average transmitted the infection to about three more individuals who also became infectious. While there is no information on how readily a variant of A(H5N1) might spread among humans, at HSPH, Christina Mills, Jamie Robins, and Lipsitch have given us the next best thing: They have modeled the deadly 1918 influenza pandemic using extraordinarily good but largely overlooked data like that above from 1918. As an article on their work in this issue of the Review reports (see "Preparing for a Pandemic"), the good news is that the 1918 flu appears to have been no more transmissible than SARS. The bad news is that the time between exposure and illness was much faster for the 1918 virus than for SARS, so we will have far less time to prepare for a major public health threat.
Clearly we must be prepared -- for rapidly producing vaccines for a new bird flu strain that can be transmitted readily between humans, but does not yet exist, for dispersing a drug that is effective in preventing death if given early, and for taking care of enormous numbers of people who would be acutely ill, many of whom may die. Equally clearly, although there is a national plan, we are not prepared.
Problem with Vaccines
In 1994 I wrote a controversial article in Science arguing that the U.S. was unprepared to deal with infectious threats for which vaccines could be life-savers, and proposed that a national vaccine authority be created to protect the public's health. In the case of influenza vaccine, even in a good year we produce only enough vaccine to immunize about a fourth of the population and we do a terrible job of getting people at risk to be immunized.
Why? There are many reasons. Vaccines account for only a small percentage of the profits of the pharmaceutical and vaccine industries, and a higher percentage of the liabilities. The costs of research represent only a small percentage of the total cost of vaccines. The major costs are for clinical trials, and for capital investments in new plants and infrastructures required to produce safe, reproducible, and effective vaccines. And for new vaccines, almost all of the investments must be made up front, before their safety and efficacy are fully known and before the markets for them become clear. Finally, we are terribly ineffective at getting vaccines out to very young children or to senior citizens at greatest risk, or to most adults. Our current experience with flu vaccines only reinforces my view that we need a national vaccine authority to oversee the availability and quality of vaccines, to see to it that investments are made in prevention, and to create publicly assured markets to supplement private markets, if necessary, to protect the public's health.
The sad economic fact about vaccines is that markets generally work. It is not obvious what the market incentives might be for companies to produce vaccines against a human transmissible strain of bird flu that does not yet exist, or against anthrax or smallpox or 80 select agents that could be used for biological terrorism, or diseases of the developing world like malaria, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, or dysentery. Obviously, when an epidemic or pandemic occurs, there will be a terrific market -- but no vaccines.
Vaccines Can Lead the Way to Health Care Reform
Happily, there is one vaccine problem we have solved, although it remains one of the best kept secrets in Washington. In 1984 there were 14 vaccine companies in the U.S.; in 1994 there were just four. Low profits, high risks for success, and huge liability settlements for vaccine-related injuries, which tragically occur in a very small fraction of children and which cannot be predicted, put most vaccine producers out of business. Then in 1986 an extraordinarily enlightened piece of legislation was passed: Title XXI of the Public Health Service Act (P.L. 99-660). This statute quietly codifies some visionary innovations in health care, most notably "no-fault" health insurance for vaccine-related injuries.
The law established a National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program to enable families of children injured by vaccines to receive compensation for lifetime medical expenses, lost earnings, and pain and suffering. Compensation can be obtained by filing a valid claim with special Masters of the Court, without the need for expensive and protracted litigation. The program is financed by a trust fund created by an excise tax on every dose of vaccine. The program has worked extraordinarily well for both the families and the companies that produce mandated childhood vaccines. In order "to achieve optimal prevention of human infectious diseases through immunization and to achieve optimal prevention against adverse reactions to vaccines," one provision called on the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to establish a National Vaccine Program and a National Vaccine Advisory Committee formed with representation from industry, academe, government, and civil society to advise DHHS and Congress. Alas, it has essentially no authority or real responsibility to make a difference. We need to do better.
can we learn from the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program?
Let's consider just one case.
Medical injuries represent a major health problem in this country. Studies from HSPH over the past 15 years by Lucian Leape and his colleagues have revealed that perhaps 45,000-98,000 unnecessary deaths occur each year in hospitals. The studies also indicated that the vast majority of medical errors are not the result of incompetent doctors, but reflect flaws in the system, compellingly summarized in an Institute of Medicine report appropriately titled, "To Err is Human." The idea of creating "no-fault" insurance for medical errors and injury based on the successful working of the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program is an appealing one, and a very exciting area of policy research at HSPH being developed by Michelle Mello and David Studdert in our new Program in Law and Public Health. If it could be generalized beyond even vaccines and medical errors, it could strengthen prevention systems, improve quality, reduce unnecessary defensive procedures, reduce costs, and provide humane compensation for all victims of medical injuries.
Vaccines hold many lessons for us. They demonstrate the importance of investing in prevention, of protecting the public's health against infectious threats, and of responding in a humane and non-litigious way to adverse events associated with interventions that safeguard the lives of millions. With exquisite brevity, E.M. Forster epitomized our challenge in two words, "Only connect … ." For us this means not only to create knowledge and evaluate evidence, but to connect that knowledge to policy makers and the public to enable effective and equitable solutions to our major health problems.
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Cultural Heritage Conference Attracts International Experts
Experts from around the world will converge on the Willamette campus in October for a conference on Cultural Heritage Issues: The Legacy of Conquest, Colonization and Commerce. "The conference will focus on protection of cultural material and issues arising from illegal trafficking in them," said Professor of Law James A.R. Nafziger, who first proposed and has helped plan the event.
The conference will bring together more than 25 speakers, including legal scholars and practitioners, art historians, museum curators, and experts from Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Nigeria and the United States. Participants are expected to debate the legal and ethical dimensions of critical cultural heritage issues, including how best to protect archaeological sites and museums against looters, curb illegal trade in stolen art and artifacts, and resolve disputes over the repatriation of human remains and artifacts displaced as the result of war, genocide, colonization or commerce.
"Major concerns today include the looting of museums and sites in Iraq, the issue of transferring Kennewick Man to Native Americans, and the return of art to victims of the Holocaust and their heirs," added Nafziger, who helped draft two United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization treaties governing cultural heritage. "The many experts attending the event can help us consider the full scope of these issues so that solutions can be found to keep these problems from escalating."
The conference will be held Oct. 12–14, 2006, at the College of Law, with various events held elsewhere on the Willamette campus. The event is open to the public and members of the Willamette community. Registration is due Sept. 15, 2006. For more information, go to the Cultural Heritage Web site.


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Each month the Renderosity community votes on The Renderosity Artist Of The Month [AOM] ... October's AOM is Michael Graeme Coxe [meico] from the Writers Gallery. We congratulate meico for his outstanding collection of written works!
Who is "meico"?
This is a difficult question for a retiree, since what we are is so often defined by the way we �earn a crust�. For forty years I was a teacher, the last twenty-seven of which I was Headmaster of a school for children with specific learning disabilities and social/emotional problems. All my energy and creativity was absorbed by my work, leaving little or no time for personal development. Now � well, I write a little, make a few pictures, potter in the garden � usually on a chair with a long cold vodkatini � watch the world go by [and consult my memories] a great deal. I am also frequently dragooned into serious �grampsing�. Before my first grandchild was born some 17 years ago I did state categorically that �I don�t do babies!� The babies, however, didn�t agree.
My early years were spent in the Valleys of South Wales � a schizophrenic environment when the landscape of miners� terraced houses clinging to the hillside segues seamlessly into crags and fern-garnished mountainsides, vigorous brooks and secluded woodland. Musicality, lyricism and a love of spoken language are all part of my Welsh heritage and I think they are all discernable in my written and graphic work. Wales was � and remains � the place I call home, though we only visited there each year until my mid-teens each summer holiday.
Apart from those early years and visits, a further two years living semi-rough on the resort coast of North Wales, three years at College in Chester, and a single year working in the Fenlands of East Anglia, I have lived and worked in Manchester. The earthy and grounded tones in my work are directly attributable to my childhood and adolescence in the back streets of this soot-stained, grimy industrial city.
How long have you been writing?
The earliest poem I can find, written in a school exercise book aged 15/16, is a love poem � or, rather, an elaborate chat-up line � designed to impress a girl. It didn�t. I was dumped for someone with more spending power:
I sing an old song, earth song,
I wrote sporadically up to and through College, having a few published in college magazines and such, and also during my early years in teaching when I augmented my meagre income by tutoring non-vocational evening classes in Creative Writing. I was much more involved with traditional visual art at the time, and writing came a poor second. Later, increased responsibilities meant that almost all of my writing was job-related � research articles, lectures etc about my educational specialism � children with special educational needs. A couple of examples [We Don�t Offer Miracles, Dislexya and Stuff] can be found in my gallery. It took a tragedy � my late son�s suicide five years ago - to jolt me into writing seriously. The whole story can be found in Four Years. If you don�t read anything else of mine, please read this. It is why I�m here online.
I see from your homepage that you have some traditional art experience in oil painting. Do you still paint often?
Funny you should ask that! My daughter bought me oil paints, brushes and blank canvasses for my recent 65th birthday to start me off again � I haven�t painted in oils for thirty years. I�d forgotten the sheer terror that a pristine white canvas can produce � but I shall persevere. Watch this space!
What are you currently working on?
I�m working on Rich Kids and Us, Part 2. I�ve already posted Part 1, which was reasonably well-received. I feel the need to chronicle those simpler times of my childhood � the past can sometimes offer pointers for the future. Another project in the planning stage is �Starting Out� contrasting the very different expectations of newly weds now and when I first got married. Poems aren�t usually formally planned, they just pop up when they�re ready. Lastly, I�m updating some of my images and tacking on an appropriate poem where I have one.
What software/equipment do you use and why?
I use MS Word for all my written material. My images are mostly based on scans of existing traditional art drawings, monoprints, paintings and wax-resist � enhanced by postwork using MS Picture It [which was pre-installed on my PC] and PhotoImpact [found on a �freebie� disc attached to a PC Magazine]. Both are comparatively low-tech specific photo-editing programs, though I confess that I�ve used them far beyond the levels and functions for which they were designed.
What do you think your best piece of work is and why?
I think �Webmaker and Friends� [which is posted separately and as part of �Four Years�] is the one I�d select because it says just what I wanted and in the way I wanted to say it.
Who/what inspires you?
I could be ridiculously trite and say �life� and given that I�ve lived more than sixty reasonably eventful years, there�d be more than a modicum of truth in that. But I presume you�re asking about artistic and literary influences, so here goes:
I�ve always been a voracious and woefully indiscriminate reader, although until I was in my late teens my reading was almost exclusively non-fiction. I was a typical back-street philistine late-fifties teenager interested in birds, booze and Buddy Holly � in that order. It wasn�t until I reached my late teens that I began to read anything of interest, but when I did I devoured everything � Satre, Camus, Kerouac, Dostoievsky, Neitzsche. Poets included the beat poets Ferlinghetti et al, Blake, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Baudelaire, Rilke, Lorca, Cummings and a selection of contemporary British poets, Dylan Thomas, T S Elliott, Christopher Logue, Ted Hughes and [ironically] Sylvia Plath. Of these, I think only G M Hopkins and Dylan Thomas had any stylistic impact on my work � and then not deliberately.
My visual artwork treads the borderline between �pure� and decorative art, and I�m happy with this � I don�t subscribe to the current obsession with novelty at all costs. I abhor the overuse of the word clich�. Frankly, I don�t care if the subject I choose is considered banal or too pretty. For me, line, colour and composition are the most important elements in my pictures � I give little emphasis to form. My pictures are unashamedly 2D and any depiction of perspective is merely hinted at or idiosyncratically contrived. The influence of art nouveau and art deco is obvious � though I don�t attempt to copy either subject or detailed style. Artists of the Austrian Secession and Der Blau Reiter movement have also had some impact on my early work.
How has this online community (Renderosity) enhanced your work, relationships, and learning?
I arrived here purely by accident whilst searching for images for school documentation, though I didn�t join the community until a year later following a promise made to my late son. I joined initially to post scans of my artwork and was delighted to find that I could post writing as well. The first comments on my poems were typically direct [and wholly justified] criticism with just sufficient encouragement for me to take a scalpel for much needed nip and tuck � and subsequently write new stuff. The quality of some of the art and writing � and, above all, the intelligent, kind and supportive people - I found here was astounding and Renderosity seemed the perfect platform to make good my promise.
Do you have any comments or advice for other writers/artists?
Renderosity provides a rich and varied diet, but like all diets sensible management is recommended:
There is so much to take in, so be selective for the most part and choose carefully. However, don�t be too rigid � allow yourself to sample other goodies just for a change.
Read and digest comments thoroughly. If people have taken time to comment � however briefly � do them the courtesy of taking notice and trying to understand their advice and suggestions. Some comments are, of course, simply unpalatable. Just spit �em out.
Take time to implement suggestions, don�t rush off instantly to revise your work, even if the advice is sound. Allow yourself to assimilate the advice so that the idea is properly integrated and has become your voice or your vision, and not some hybrid collaboration.
Above all be yourself. Admire other writers by all means, but don�t ape them or follow trends. Develop your own voice in your own way, whether you write form poetry or free verse. Treat general advice from successful writers with a large dose of caution. Comments such as �one verb is worth seven adjectives� or �show, not tell� are simply someone�s opinion, not Holy Writ. They are fashionable �buzz phrases� and fashions notoriously change.
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Christmas will have to be everywhere to have a shot at winning the primary -- Joyce was raised in the voter-heavy 23rd Ward, and both her parents served terms on the Board of Aldermen. In the last mayoral election, the 23rd Ward was one of only three city wards -- all on the South Side -- to turn in more than 5,000 votes. But aside from the money and the endorsements, the two candidates aren't that dissimilar.
Both Christmas and Joyce are assistant circuit attorneys in current Circuit Attorney Dee Joyce-Hayes' office. Both have worked there for six years. Both have handled a wide range of cases. Both talk about pushing a concept called "community prosecution," in which prosecutors serve as liaisons with specific neighborhoods. Before joining Hayes' office, Joyce was in private practice with Peper Martin, which has since merged with another law firm. Before finishing law school, Christmas was a parole officer in Atlanta. Christmas is married with two children; Joyce is single.
No, the two "Joyces," Dee Joyce-Hayes and Jennifer Joyce, are not related. Hayes is staying away from endorsing anyone. At one point, another assistant circuit attorney, Rufus Tate, was going to jump into the primary mix, and as of January he had raised $1,125 for his campaign fund. Word is, he's planning to run as an independent in the general election in November.
In her coming-out party at St. Raymond's, Joyce played the usual cards, including fighting violence in public schools. During her speech, she said she had been active in Mentor St. Louis, a program that hooks kids up with adults. After the speech, she said she had dropped out of the program because of the demands of her job and the campaign, though she plans to return. She talked about violence in public schools, but after the speech she admitted that she can't name her neighborhood public elementary school, in the Holly Hills area of the 13th Ward.
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As for what she wants to do if elected, a version of a "scared straight" talk to children is part of her plan. "I feel I can give a talk to students of a certain age that will emphasize to them what they're doing. I don't think they realize their mortality. I don't think they realize this road that they're on -- this gang stuff, this 'g-code,' as they call it -- leads to the penitentiary or to the cemetery, nowhere else. I'm not just some old lady telling them that -- I got pictures, I got stories, I got real-life incidents."
Not everything will be that dramatic. Joyce plans to focus on the everyday perpetrators, not just the stone-cold killers: "People don't move out of the city because they're worried about being murdered -- they move out because their door's been kicked in four times or their car windows were broken out."
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Faculty MemberNicholas Meyer, DDS is a holistic biological dentist specializing in advanced general dentistry (i.e. Dental implants & Temporomandibular disorders) and an eclectic mix of services found in complimentary medicine (i.e., Homeopathy & physical medicine). http://www.milldental.com/millennium/about/view_contentmng.asp?pageid=1
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High-Protein Diet
Research and general acceptance
High protein diets are diets in which 20% or more of the total daily calories comes from proteins. A very high protein diet is one where 30% or more of the total daily calories comes from protein. By comparison, in the average American diet about 12–16% of calories come from protein.
High protein diets have been popular off and on since the 1960s. In the 1960s, Dr. Maxwell Stillman of the Stillman Diet was one of the first to advocate a high protein, no carbohydrate, low fat diet for fast weight loss. In the 1990s, diet books promoting high protein diets began to appear on bestseller lists. The most popular of these "new" high protein diets was the Atkins Diet. Other high protein diets include the Zone Diet, Protein Power, and Sugar Busters. These diets are the heirs to the Stillman Diet, slightly modified to include some carbohydrates, and repackaged with some updated terminology and scientific explanations. They encourage high protein diets for weight loss and/or for bodybuilding.
All human protein is made from about 20 different small molecules called amino acids. Out of these 20 amino acids, nine are considered essential amino acids. They are essential because the body cannot make them from other nutrients and they must be obtained fully formed from diet.
Both animals and plants are sources of protein. Animal protein has the higher biological value because it is a complete protein. Complete proteins contain all nine essential amino acids. Animal proteins include meat, poultry, fish, egg whites, and dairy products.
Plant proteins have a lower biological value because they are incomplete proteins that do not contain all nine essential amino acids. Some plants are better sources of protein than others because they lack only one or two essential amino acid. Better plant proteins include dried beans and bean products such as tofu (made from soybeans), nuts, and grains such as corn and quinoa. Many cultures have developed dishes such as red beans and rice or corn tortillas and beans that combine these incomplete proteins in the same meal to provide all the essential amino acids needed for health.
Extra amino acids are not stored in the body. Instead, they are split apart by enzymes, and the part containing nitrogen is excreted by the kidney in urine, while the remainder is either converted into glucose (a simple sugar) and used for energy or stored as glyco-gen, a compound that can later be reconverted into glucose.
High protein diets are also high in saturated fats. Saturated fats are animal fats. They are considered "bad" fats because they raise the level of LDL cholesterol ("bad" cholesterol) in the blood. High LDL cholesterol levels are associated with an increased the risk of heart disease. High protein diets also restrict calories by severely restricting carbohydrates. Whole-grain carbohydrates are a significant source of B-com-plex vitamins. There are groups who need extra protein—rapidly growing adolescents, pregnant and nursing women, bodybuilders, endurance athletes, and some cancer patients— but these groups need to increase protein as part of a well-balanced diet.
High protein diets do promote fast initial weight loss, although most of the loss comes from losing water. The reason for this is that they drive the body into a state called ketosis. The body prefers to break down carbohydrates into glucose and use that glucose for energy. When the body is starved for carbohydrates, it begins converting fat into glucose. The process of converting fat into glucose releases water molecules which then leave the body as urine.
Dieters, of course, want to burn fat, but when they burn fat exclusively, a side effect of this reaction is that molecules called ketones build up in the blood. If the body is deprived of carbohydrates for a long time, these ketones accumulate and cause metabolic imbalances that can seriously harm the kidney and other organs. Ketones are part of the body's defense against starvation. They suppress appetite. They also cause bad breath.
High-protein diets offer fast weight loss. The Stillman Diet claims an individual can lose up to 30 lb (13.5 kg) in 28 days. Some high protein diets also claim
health benefits. The Zone diet claims it will improve physical and mental performance, prevent chronic cardiovascular diseases, improve immune system functioning, decrease signs of aging, and increase longevity.
Rapid weight loss does occur with high protein diets, but much of the loss comes from losing water. This weight soon returns when the dieter goes off the diet. Other health claims have not been proven by any rigorous, scholarly research studies.
The risk of kidney damage is greater in individuals with poor kidney function who choose a high protein diet. High protein diets put an extra workload on the kidney because the nitrogen-containing part of excess amino acids is split off and has to be removed from the body in urine. Although this is not usually a problem for healthy kidneys, it can cause more damage in kidneys whose functioning is already reduced.
Research and general acceptance
High protein diets have come in for a lot of criticism, even though several studies have shown that the Atkins diet is not as problematic as was originally thought. Nutritionists find high protein diets, especially high protein, high fat, severely carbohydrate restricted diets, to be unhealthy, unbalanced, and generally unnecessary because of the well-documented risks outlined above. The public, however, has embraced high-protein diets such as the Zone Diet and the Atkins Diet, at least until the next new diet comes along. Bodybuilders, weightlifters, and others wishing to gain muscle mass also look favorably on high protein diets. The Mayo Clinic concludes that high protein diets are probably not harmful to healthy individuals with good kidney function. The American Heart Association condemns these diets because they appear to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. No studies have been done on the long-term effects of high-protein diets.
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As its name suggests, Lego App4+ is designed for the wee sprouts, and it's accordingly simple and sweet. You build a truck; then you drive said truck along a bumpy road to collect coins. If you meet the coin target, you get a new piece that you can use on your truck (our favourite was the legs that you put on in place of wheels) — and then you can build a Lego object. Not exactly a brain-bender, but it's great for those crotchety car rides or supermarket trips.


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Are you an avid traveler like me? Take your Laptop every step? I know I do Well I ran into the problem Not everywhere has a Wifi "hotspot" Internal Computer wireless Wifi range is about 100-300ft Depending how old your system is. I have a newer system so mine is toward to upper end of 300 Well The First week of Having this I noticed It made My Wireless internet outside of my house at my kids play area which is normally 10-20 percent It made it about 60-70 percent enough for it to stay online without dropping the internet or feel like I was on Dial up Again LOL. I can also pick up neighbors wifi I didn't know they had :) So when I dont pay my bill LOL No just kidding on that one. But I was able to see there networks but they were Secure. I live in a Very Rural area of NC So I thought this would be of no use, We Then Packed up for a day at the Park While the girls Were swinging and Sliding I managed to find someones unsecured network OOPS!! I Unpluged The Wi-fire And The network was Not found. Then I went On Vacation And was able to pick up Dairy Queens Free WiFi :) It Made Life Easy. Thanks Wi-Fire!
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The Wi-Fire
The Wi-Fire is a compact, range-extending USB device that enables you to access a wireless Internet connection from up to 1,000 feet away–three times the range of your internal wireless adapter.The Wi-Fire uses a powerful directional antenna, highly sensitive receiver and proprietary software to find and enhance normal WiFi signals. With it, you can connect wireless to the Internet–even at low signal strengths–faster, more reliably and with a more consistently strong connection–than you are able to with an internal wireless adapter.
The Wi-Fire draws very little power from your laptop battery. It comes complete with everything you need to connect wirelessly to the Internet. Just install the Wi-Fire Connection Manager, plug the Wi-Fire into an available USB port and you're ready to start. It can rest on any flat surface, laptop display or flat screen monitor.
See More ConnectionsThe Wi-Fire Connection Manager reveals all available networks in the area–more than you've ever seen without the Wi-Fire. Simply rotate the Wi-Fire to maximize the signal strength for one of your desired networks, select the strongest available network - public access or private and encrypted - and then click connect. You're now connected in places you never were before! Enjoy your new freedom and convenience.
Experience Faster SpeedsThe Wi-Fire will provide higher speeds at low signal strengths than your typical internal adapter and competing "high performance" products. It has even beat Draft802.11n products in range and speed at long distances.
Surf Full Speed, Full SizeThe Wi-Fire allows you to surf the web, tap remote applications, download large files, stream audio and video–without squinting at a tiny screen and thumb typing on a credit card-size keyboard. And just try performing essential online tasks on a painfully slow cell phone connection. You could wander around, searching for the closest and strongest access point. You could suffer through a spotty, slow connection that drops at the most inopportune time.
Plug in your Wi-Fire, see multiple hotspots you never even knew existed, and get online!
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July 28, 2015
NEW YORK - "Mad Men" and "True Blood" are two TV shows with a big influence on popular culture. But TV ratings show how it's possible to overestimate their reach.
Nielsen says an estimated 5.2 million people watched the fifth season premiere of "True Blood" on HBO on Sunday. That was down 4 percent from the 2011 season debut. Meanwhile, 2.7 million people watched the fifth season finale of "Mad Men" on AMC the same night.
Those are good numbers for cable networks. Still, a dozen reruns of broadcast network series each drew more viewers than either of those highly-publicized series.
Eleven of those reruns were on CBS, which is a primary reason the network won last week's ratings competition.
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Let's be honest – we might claim we don't want to know about what keeps Nicole "CoCo" Austin and Ice-T's marriage hot after all these years, but honestly, we're fascinated. The couple was interviewed at CoCo's 29th (!!!) b-day party in NYC, and here's what she had to say about their surely rambunctious sex life. She said, "It's the Stroke, baby. We have a certain Stroke he does and he surprises every now and then with a different Stroke."
Of course he does. Ice followed her reveal up with this juicy tidbit: ?Sex is 90 per cent mental. It happens in the brain, so she thinks my Stroke is special ? but it?s the way I?ve got her head believing it?s something special." Whatever it is, we're intrigued and horrified at the same time. You can watch a video of the happy couple expanding on their stroke theory here. Or just check out our pics of CoCo below.


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AACRAO International Education Services (IES), and Parchment, the leader in eTranscript exchange with more than 7,400 member institutions, today announced that AACRAO IES has selected Parchment as its "Select Partner for Credential Exchange." Parchment will serve as the eTranscript sending and receiving solution for AACRAO IES users.
AACRAO IES will combine its expertise in providing credential evaluations to individual, university and college, government and public sector users with Parchment's easy-to-use eTranscript sending and receiving platform. The partnership will yield operational efficiencies that complement the ever increasing interest of those coming to the United States to continue their education. The combined solution will be available end of summer.
"United States Colleges and Universities that depend on the accuracy and authenticity of an individual's international credentials have relied on AACRAO IES to interpret those documents for over twenty years. In order to continue to improve our service delivery we needed a technology partner whose system could help us provide greater efficiency and security," said Jeff Petrucci, Associate Executive Director, International Initiatives. "Parchment's eTranscript network of users closely mirrors AACRAO's IES user database. The ease of the eTranscript service seemed a natural fit to AACRAO's strategy going forward."
AACRAO IES serves as a leader in credentials exchange and evaluation. The organization delivers in excess of 10,000 evaluations each year to 1,500 U.S. postsecondary institutions, associations, state board and US government entities, receiving transcripts from nearly 20,000 international schools, institutions and accrediting bodies. In combination with its subscription based Electronic Database for Graduate Education (EDGE) AACRAO IES is a complete resource for those serving the International community.
By utilizing the Parchment Exchange platform, AACRAO IES will be able to provide faster processing, higher levels of security and first-ever automation for transcript receivers. Completing the improvements with new tracking/ reporting and analytics capabilities from Parchment, the international transcript sending and receiving environment will operate more smoothly than ever before possible.
Parchment, trusted by the largest member user community in education, has exchanged more than 9 million transcripts, and counts institutions from almost 80 countries among its active members. The company built the Parchment Exchange platform to serve as a one-stop solution that puts equal emphasis on both sides of the eTranscript equation -- sending and receiving. With features including touch-free, complete automation, the ability to work with any Student Information System (SIS) or Electronic Admissions Application (eApp) and the highest level of security for pdf and printed documents, Parchment makes the international transcript exchange process more straightforward.
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Raising pigs is profitable
By Henrylito D. Tacio
Sunday, August 25, 2013
PORK, the culinary name for meat from the domestic pig, is one of the most commonly consumed meats worldwide. It is eaten both freshly cooked and preserved. Curing extends the shelf life of the pork products. Hams, smoked pork, gammon, bacon and sausage are examples of preserved pork.
In the Philippines, like in other Asian countries, the pork is preferred over beef for economic and aesthetic reasons; the pig is easy to feed and is not used for labor. The colors of the meat and the fat of pork are regarded as more appetizing, while the taste and smell are described as sweeter and cleaner. It is also considered easier to digest. In rural provinces, "lechon" (roasted pig) is a popular tradition shared to celebrate important occasion and to form bonding.
Despite being almost exclusively without government subsidy, the swine industry is the second leading contributor to Philippine agriculture – after rice. "The strong growth in demand for pork has the potential to increase income opportunities and alleviate poverty among rural and agricultural households in the Philippines, where rural poverty remains high," notes a position paper.
About 71 percent of the swine population is raised in backyard farms while 29 percent are in commercial farms. "In almost every rural household in the Philippines, swine raising is a very popular enterprise," said Roy C. Alimoane, the director of the Davao-based Mindanao Baptist Rural Life Center (MBRLC) Foundation Inc.
After all, no other backyard animal has the same versatility as the swine. In the past, a farm family almost always invested their wealth in a pig. After all, out from pigs you can get pork, bacon, and sausage. They also acted as refuse bin, eating all the scraps and family's leftovers. When asked if the head of the family has any money, the usual reply is: "I don't have. All my money is in the pig."
When people stopped raising pigs, they made a replica where they could "put their money in." In the time, the practice of saving money in a pig came into existence and was called as "piggy bank."
There are several breeds of swine available in the market today that can be raised in the backyard or commercially. If you intend to sell pigs within the reach of the buying public, then crossbreeds should be produced or perhaps, grades (using local or native pigs) ranging from 50-90 purity.
"Pure breeds usually command a high price in the local market circles for reason of carrying desirable characters having high commercial value," wrote Benjamin J. Samala in "Profitable Swine Management Practices."
"Characters like rapid and economical gains or growth rate, early maturity, carcass quality, litter size etc., have been fixed in the various breeds of pigs. Local or native pigs do not carry or possess of such good characters, hence their commercial values are much lower by way of comparison with the improved pigs," Samala wrote.
Among the common pure breeds raised in the country are: Large White (Yorkshire), Landrace, Duroc, and Pietrain. Large White is known for its good mothering ability and large litter size. Landrace is also noted for its mothering ability and prolificacy.
Duroc is considered a superior breed in terms of growth and feed efficiency. Pietrain is known for its good muscle development in the ham, loin, and shoulder with very thin backfat.
On the other hand, farmers raising tilapia can optimize production in their fishponds by incorporating pigs. "The raising of pigs can profitably be blended with fish culture by constructing animal housing units on the pond embankment or over the pond in such a way that the wastes are directly drained into the pond," Alimoane said.
By the way, swine is not only for eating and a possible solution to financial woes. In fact, pigs are very important in medicine. Their heart valves, especially treated and preserved, can be surgically implanted into humans to replace heart valves weakened by disease and injury. Pig pancreas glands are an important source of insulin hormone used in the treatment of diabetes.
Raising swine is a profitable venture. After all, there is a growing domestic market, increasing demand to meet increasing per capita consumption of a continuously growing human population.
Published in the Sun.Star Davao newspaper on August 26, 2013.


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Subscriptions must comprise an equal number tickets to each show. Prices subject to change after August 2.
Participating students gain work experience in arts administration.
This internship program offers students the chance to gain job experience in the arts administration world. Participants are assigned to work with a specific department at BAM for three hours, two days per week. In addition, interns learn valuable career development skills through one weekly workshop, and receive individual mentorship, and lunches with executive staff.
In this program, students:
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• Develop public speaking and presentation skills
• Achieve valuable work experience in various areas of arts administration
Application deadline: Nov 14, 2014
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Just ordered 3x WD Green 2TB drives for a RAIDz project, so I'm going to start a build thread! I'll post pics of the hardware along with specs and progress. Right now there's a few questions to answer:
-- Which is more important, a good NIC or good SATA controller
-- Is onboard SATA 1 sufficient
-- What is the performance gain of aggregated gigabit Broadcom NICs to hosts with Intel adapters
-- Do jumbo frames pay off for having to segment the network
-- Which network sharing protocol gives the best results in a mostly-NIX environment
I'll be using surplus server hardware from Rackable Systems and FreeBSD-CURRENT for its zfs/raidz support.


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Being 6ft 2in 195lbs about a 46in chest, i was worried about sizing so I went with the XXL, and it fits fine on the arms and loose if I need it on the chest. Having the Back plate on makes it a bit warm on a nice warm sunny day, but take it off and its all good. I have yet to Biff it really good, but wacked a branch on the left Triceps protection, totally ripped my jersey, but arm was all good. Totally recommend, just get the next size up.
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Updated: 11/28/2012 1:03 PM KSTP.com By: Kaitlin Stevens
The new Miss Minnesota USA and Miss Minnesota Teen USA began their reign on Sunday. They were crowned at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center in front of a crowd that filled the auditorium to capacity.
According to a press release from Future Productions pageant offices, the panel of judges selected Danielle Hooper of Inver Grove Heights as Miss Minnesota USA 2013 and Maggie McGill of Plymouth as Miss Minnesota Teen USA 2013.
According to Future Productions, the two winners will move on to compete at the national pageants next year. Winners of those competitions go on to represent the United
States in the Miss Universe competition as well as receiving thousands of dollars in prizes and awards.
Evening gown, swimwear and an interview are the areas the pageant contestants compete in. Those interested in competing in the annual pageant must be between the ages of 14 and 26 and be unmarried residents of Minnesota.


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STAR Fellowship Program
The STAR Fellowship Program, is a program designed for junior faculty and community leaders who are interested in Health Disparity Research. The STAR (Steps Toward Academic Research) Fellowship Program, offers a full year of collaborative training and interaction with faculty from the UNTHSC and other institutions, directed toward fostering Health Disparities Research Initiatives.
Ten STAR fellows will be selected to include five research faculty and five community fellows. Faculty Fellows are junior research faculty while Community Fellows will include community stakeholders and leaders who are interested in learning more about research. The program provides a unique approach that will combine on-site faculty development and education with distant learning techniques that include video conferencing, on-line digital meetings, and "store and forward" technology in order to provide the skills necessary to STARS Fellows to enter into new health disparities research initiatives.
The primary objective of the fellowship program is to enhance fellows' skills in writing successful grants. Preference is given to applicants who are not yet funded.
Costs of attendance at the STAR Fellowship Program are covered by a grant from theNational Institutes on Minority Health and Health Disparities.
We invite you to submit an application, nominate a faculty member from your department,or a community leader, who you feel would be an appropriate candidate for the STARFellowship Program.
Complete an application at https://www.unthsc.edu/academic-affairs/qualtrics-survey-tool/
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The Office of Library and Information Services (OLIS) serves the automation and library resource needs of the libraries of the State University of New York.
SUNYConnect is a joint initiative of the OLIS and the libraries of the 64 SUNY campuses to share collections and services across the State University of New York.
The SUNYConnect includes:
The implementation of the Ex Libris library management system, ALEPH500, used for both administrative and research needs of all SUNY libraries.
SUNYCatalog: allows searching of all SUNY library collections through a single web interface. The Union Catalog permits inter-library loan requests for books not available at a user's campus library.
Shared electronic resources: SUNY-wide subscriptions to databases spanning the academic disciplines allow for significantly greater library resource access than what would be available to the individual libraries.
SUNY Digital Repository: the digital repository includes a growing collection of documents and resources specific to the research and the cultural/historical impact of many of the SUNYConnect institutions.


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What can we say about these two stunning women, apart from it's on! The two ended up wearing precious metal at different premieres and we were curious to see who you think won the battle of the dresses. First up, we have Malin Akerman who is looking better than she ever has in this silver Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti dress which she wore to the Rock of Ages Stockholm premiere. Malin kept everything else silver too, accessorizing with sexy Jimmy Choo heels, House of Lavande Vintage jewelry and a tiny Judith Leiber clutch. Loving the berry lips and nails with the wavy, blond, open hair.
On the other hand, we have Penelope Cruz who went a hundred percent diva at the To Rome With Love premiere at the 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival. And she went totally gold. We're loving the Roman inflections of the toga-esque Michael Kors shimmering gold gown. Hello, legs. Add to that a gold belt, gold heels and gold jewelry and we've got ourselves one golden goddess. The nude makeup is ace, but we're not too sure about the slicked back hair, but that's a minor quibble. But is this the case of the gilded lily? Is it too much, or just right? Same with Malin. Did she go overboard with the silver, or get the right balance? You're going to have to let us know.
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Yeah have to concur with Hedley on this one, I put the most stock in Ford's top 100 and there He has Hood 10 and WCS 17. Would be a good combo of players also if WCS continues to rise along with Hood taking WCS at the higher pick and someone like Selden as the ATL pick would be a pretty good draft day...
Hood at 10 is quite a bit different than Hood at 5... and I will bet that Cauley Stein is off the board by 17 as well as Hedley's 19.
and Good luck with your faith in Chad Ford. LOL
NBA Mock Draft Results: 'Experts' Are Bad (But Better Than Us And That Spanish Dude) by Matt Rudnitsky | 5:38 pm, June 28th, 2013
Here are the results from the 2013 draft, using NBADraft.net's scoring system comparing mocks to actual results. The first number is the total score. The second number is the number of exact predictions that hit. Because mock drafting is hard, you get points for being close.
The max possible score is 150. Final Results:
1) Jonathan Givony, Draft Express: 66 (3)
2) Chris Mannix, Sports Illustrated: 65 (2)
3) Gary Parrish, CBS Sports: 59 (3)
4) Some Spaniard, Solobasket: 58 (3)
5) Matt Moore, CBS Sports: 55 (0)
6) Matt Rudnitsky, SportsGrid: 53 (1)
7) Chad Ford, ESPN: -150 (0) DEAD LAST
Because ESPN sucks and put his draft under a paywall. They are now Bobcats of Mock Draft Competitions.
No one knows who'll be "off" the board, and it's stupid to bet on it.
My original picks, and I thought I was quite clear, were predicated on two things:
1. These people are THERE when we pick......
2. NO projects, I want a kid who can score NOW!
Let's go further and say No PG's, as I think we'll keep Rondo.
Also was assuming we get Hayward or keep Bradley.....
So, with Smart, Exum and Harris gone, that means the best available scoring threat MAY BE Hood.
Still not with ya, brother Hedley.
If Smart is on the board, the Celtiucs will absolutely pick him.
Gives Danny flexible options with Rondo AND Bradley since Smart can play either position and is about as NBA ready as any player in the draft. I don't know enough about Exum... and Harris is an undersized SG, not PG.
Rather than Hayward and his big expected contract, I would rather see something like trading Crawford and Bass (neither IMO are part of long term rebuild plans) to Golden State for SF Harrison Barnes (and J. ONeil expiring and T. Douglas expiring). Iggy is redundant with Barnes and the Warriors MUST get bench help behind often injured Curry at PG, Thompson at SG (Crawford can do both) and Lee at PF for the playoffs.
I think it makes sense for both teams
Barnes has 3 years remaining at only $3M, is only 21, (12 PPG as the 4th option!) with lots of upside. We can then have flexibiity to move Green for the right deal too. [See Below]
This would Lock down our starting SF position for the future, improve CAP space by $11M, and trade two mediocre players for 1 potential super star.
Tne trade for Kantor
[Kantor / Burkes / Rush (all playing backup roles) for Green / Bradley / and Pressey. We get a young talented promising Center and improve CAP space considerably. Green dispensible with Barnes and Bradley dispensible with Smart and Burke.
Rondo - Smart - Barnes - Sully / Oly / Kantor (and our second pick in the first round...)


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