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Canton Repository Executive Editor Jeff Gauger takes LEDE 2011 participants through the less-than-glamorous sounding "Strategic Planning." Really, leadership is "performance art."
Canton Repository Executive Editor Jeff Gauger takes LEDE 2011 participants through the less-than-glamorous sounding "Strategic Planning." Really, leadership is "performance art," Gauger said.
Step 1: Thinking
Strategic planning starts with thinking. As you grow in leadership and management responsibilities, you rely less on craft skills -- your ability to write, take photos, etc. -- and more on your mind, Gauger said. New managers need to give themselves the license to think, and not think of time thinking as wasted time or unproductive time.
Then again, grand ideas never go anywhere if you can't figure out how to move a team, Gauger said. And that's where performance art kicks in.
"When you explain a goal to a group, you need to exhibit or fake confidence," Gauger said. "If the team is nervous, it helps them hear your message."
Before you go before the group, you need to discipline yourself to define your goal clearly, and make sure your goals align with broader organizational goals.
Step 2: The People Part
Once you've developed a rough draft/timeline of what you want to accomplish, you need to determine who will help you achieve the goals. These are your champions. This group will include editors, but it needs to include the natural leaders who will do the work, too. Those people will be your models.
You might speak privately with these champions before you take your message to the group to work out the logistics.
When you're ready to speak to the group about a goal, practice delivering your opening remarks first. Then, take your presentation -- performance art -- and deliver it with confidence and passion. Give the group a chance to brainstorm, which respects people's need to get their heads around a subject. Then, you'll assign responsibilities, describe accountability and set the metrics. How will you measure success?
Next step: Get the team moving quickly toward the goal to keep that momentum.
Depending on the project, you might set interim deadlines and use communication tools, such as touchstone meetings, which occur at a specified time each week, to offer feedback and make adjustments.
Once the project launches, you'll want situational follow-through. Step in when you need to.
Step 3: Launch
When a new project launches, you'll want to plan like crazy and expect the unexpected.
Step 4: The Fun Part
Be sure to celebrate success.
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I am hoping the more experienced folks can help me out. I posted on another thread about a horrible experience I had last week with looking at a couple of horses to lease. They were in such bad shape, we decided to not to even try. I even ended up calling Animal Control.
BUT....this was after my saddle pad was already on one of the horses. The owner told me she had rain rot and that she gets it every year. I didn't realize until after we got home that I shouldn't have had my saddle pad on her because rain rot can be passed from horse to horse...right? And who knows if was even rain rot...it could have been something else even worse because the owner was obviously not taking care of her horses.
I have a lesson this weekend and do not want to pass anything nasty onto my lesson horse. The saddle pad has been stored in a cool, dry place since last week. What is the best way to sterilize it? It won't fit in my washer...it is a thick western pad.


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The Old Cabbage Patch is a spacious house in the village of Trevone and is situated within walking distance to the beach, a pleasant sandy bay popular with families.
Internally, this property has been furnished to a high standard throughout and comfortably sleeps ten people. Externally, there is a decked garden complete with a barbeque, patio table and chairs; perfect for al-fresco dining. Nearby there is a farm shop, pub, post office and café while Trevone Beach and surf school are just a short walk away.
The popular fishing port of Padstow, with its pretty harbour and gourmet restaurants, is a five minute drive away. A variety of boat trips regularly depart from the harbour, providing cruises and fishing trips along with a ferry across the estuary to Rock. Padstow also offers a wide range of activities including cycling the Camel Trail, surfing, fishing, karting, golf and coasteering.
For food lovers, Rick Steins pub, The Cornish Arms at St Merryn is a five minute drive from the property, serving fresh local food. Also, Trevone Farm Shop is a short walk from the property.
Please note, there is a fixed stair gate located at the top and the bottom of the stairs – the property is extremely child friendly.
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New hurdles appeared to be slowing the formation of an international coalition to undertake a military strike against the Arab nation, which is suspected of a chemical weapons attack.
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We could make an "OMG LANE KIFFIN JUST OFFERED HIM A SCHOLLY" joke regarding the following video of an 8-year old literally destroying an entire team on his way to end zone, but I won't. Instead, I want to highlight that this is all happening against the Raiders, which is just dandy enough.
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I caught a nice Yellow Perch off of a Live minnow today. The big minnow in my hand is a Striped Killifish, one question concerning them though, are they invasive? And what are the other 2 small fish, they look like panfish hybrids and have the same teeth as one, what are they?
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Our son-in-law Ed, was visiting us in Hawaii, and here he is in front of one of the 13 telescopes located on the summit of Mauna Kea from 11 different countries. There are more telescopes located in one location here, than anywhere else on earth.
As you travel up Mauna Kea you come to the Information Center located at the 9,000 ft. level. Inside the center they have a small theater area where you can view films about many aspects of astronomy. Near dusk telescopes are set up out side the center and you have the opportunity with the help of volunteers to focus on the beauty of the beautiful night sky from one of the premier locations on earth.
The Beauty of the sunset at the summet of Mauna Kea is beyond words. So here's a photo.
From our farm estate to the summit is a 2 1/2 hr. drive. Yes it takes some time, but we do have guests who want to use our central location as a base for seeing the island, who travel up to the summit from our farm.
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Consistent with Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("Dodd-Frank"), the Department of State ("the Department") is undertaking a number of actions to address the problem of conflict minerals --or the exploitation and trade of gold, columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite (tin), wolframite (tungsten), or their derivatives --sourced from the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that have helped to fuel conflict in the eastern DRC.
Section 1502 instructs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), in consultation with the Department of State, to promulgate regulations requiring, in part, certain companies to submit annually a description of the measures taken to exercise due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the four "conflict minerals." In parallel, the Department is "to provide guidance to commercial entities seeking to exercise due diligence on and formalize the origin and chain of custody of conflict minerals used in their products and on their suppliers to ensure that conflict minerals used in the products of such suppliers do not directly or indirectly finance armed conflict or result in labor or human rights violations." The Department will consider whether to revise this guidance after the final regulations are issued by the SEC, which has indicated the regulations will be issued between August and December 2011.
The Department holds that it is critical that companies begin now to perform meaningful due diligence with respect to conflict minerals. To this end, companies should begin immediately to structure their supply chain relationships in a responsible and productive manner to encourage legitimate, conflict-free trade, including conflict-free minerals sourced from the DRC and the Great Lakes region. Doing so will facilitate useful disclosures under Section 1502, as well as effective responses to any discovery of benefit to armed groups.
The Department specifically endorses the guidance issued by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and encourages companies to draw upon this guidance as they establish their due diligence practices.1 We encourage companies, whether or not they are subject to the Section 1502 disclosure requirement, that are within the supply chain of these minerals to exercise due diligence based on the OECD guidance and framework as a means of responding to requests from subject suppliers and customers.
This framework has particular significance in light of its development by an inclusive and international multi-stakeholder process, its regional endorsement by the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region, and the decision of the UN Security Council to consider, when it is determining whether to designate for targeted sanctions an individual or entity supporting the armed groups that foster conflict and human rights abuses in the eastern part of the DRC through illicit trade of natural resources, whether an individual or entity has exercised due diligence consistent with these steps. Consistent with the five-step framework, a company may rely on the documented representations of suppliers further "upstream," provided that the company has taken the appropriate internal and independent auditing measures and due diligence steps set forth in the five-step framework. Furthermore, we note that, according to the OECD guidance, companies "may coordinate efforts through industry-wide initiatives to...overcome practical challenges and effectively discharge the due diligence recommendations contained in this Guidance."
We recognize implementation of this framework will take time, and will present challenges as many of the mechanisms needed to facilitate transparency for in‑region sourcing are developed. We also acknowledge that these due diligence frameworks will likely continue to evolve and develop, particularly as both the OECD and UNGOE are engaged in processes to evaluate implementation. Nonetheless, we urge governments to take steps to support these frameworks and companies to begin to exercise due diligence immediately in order to ensure a viable and conflict-free supply chain of minerals from the region. To facilitate this process, we will continue to hold consultations on the way forward with interested stakeholders in order to produce collective answers to the many outstanding issues.
In addition, the Department specifically notes and encourages the efforts of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and its eleven member states to develop a comprehensive regional certification mechanism and other tools concerning the supply chain in these four minerals. As an intergovernmental body, the ICGLR and its Protocol against the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources (2006) provide a political mandate and a legal framework to develop such a mechanism. Together, if implemented with sufficient transparency and independence and supported by complementary initiatives further down the supply chain, the ICGLR's tools should help create a supply chain in these minerals from the Great Lakes region that does not benefit armed groups and contributes to human rights, peace and security, and economic development.
Finally, the Department wishes to make clear that the intention of this guidance is to facilitate and promote improved governance, peace and stability, respect for human rights, economic development, and improved livelihoods in the DRC and Great Lakes region. We thank the private sector for its partnership in implementing this critical tool to end the trade in conflict minerals, and we thank civil society for its partnership in supporting greater peace and prosperity in the DRC.
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1 "OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas," adopted as a Recommendation by the OECD Council on May 25, 2011, under the chairmanship of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and available at http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/62/30/46740847.pdf.


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Allow me to ask the impossible. Can we discuss the rebel flag without blowing an engine?
Probably not, though that's the best way to dissect the latest controversy. NASCAR has canceled an appearance by General Lee at a race next month in Phoenix.
Hold your fire, flag wavers.
NASCAR is just taking care of business. Let's face it, alienating the majority of American consumers is no way to make money. The fact it's also the right thing to do is beside today's point.
Not surprising, a lot of people aren't seeing it that way. To them, banning General Lee is just another case of NASCAR spitting on its heritage.
General Lee, you may recall, was probably the finest actor on the '80s TV show The Dukes of Hazzard. Pro golfer Bubba Watson bought the 1969 Dodge Charger for $110,000.
He was supposed to drive it on the parade lap before the Subway Fresh Fit 500. The problem is that General Lee has a big rebel flag painted on its roof.
"The image of the Confederate flag is not something that should play an official role in our sport as we continue to reach out to new fans and make NASCAR more inclusive," spokesman David Higdon said.
To which the flag-wavers say, well, they can barely talk at the moment.
"It makes me want to vomit."
So read one of the many Internet comments. Based on my unscientific survey they are running about 102.7 percent against the decision. More samples:
"This isn't America. It's Communist Russia."
"Just one more example of NASCAR abandoning its traditional fans. Bill France Sr. is rolling over in his grave."
A former U.S. congressman has even weighed in.
"It is a disgraceful and gratuitous insult to a lot of very decent people. It is prejudicial toward those good-hearted folks, who, like Uncle Jesse Duke, are in fact, 'never meaning' no harm.' "
So said former Georgia representative Ben Jones. He's better known as ace mechanic "Cooter" Davenport on The Dukes of Hazzard, so he's not exactly emotionally detached.
When it comes to the rebel flag, few people are. We're not going to settle the Heritage-vs.-Hate debate here, though feel free to bombard us with your views on what a great guy Robert E. Lee was.
Heck, you don't have to convince me. I graduated from Robert E. Lee High. My great-great-grandfather fought for the South. I honor his courage and know the Civil War was more complex than anti-flag groups care to ponder.
But the bottom line is that battle is over. Just ask Johnny Rebel at Ole Miss or anyone who has visited the South Carolina State House. Waving the flag doesn't stamp you a racist, but it has become a symbol of intolerance and slavery to millions of people.
Why insult them?
That's NASCAR's calculation, and Big Bill France was nothing if not a good calculator. He took a ragtag bunch of moonshiners and started a multibillion dollar enterprise.
Now his grandson, Brian, is running the business. Business hasn't kept booming the past few years, which critics say proves NASCAR's attempts at "inclusiveness" have backfired.
I think it's more because of the economy, boring races and a business hitting its growth ceiling. Despite all that, International Speedway Corp. profits were up 4.5 percent last year. And 71 percent of that stock is owned by Big Bill's heirs.
I doubt profits would have improved if NASCAR went back to the good ol' boy days. If you want a good chuckle, check out this video of the 1968 Southern 500.
You have to admire how an obviously spent Cale Yarbrough found the strength to carry the rebel flag on his victory lap. And how some flunkie held it as a backdrop as Yarbrough and Miss Southern 500 sat on the roof posing for pictures.
That didn't bother too many people back then. Neither did all-white college football teams.
But imagine a Southern 500 replay at the upcoming Daytona 500. Talk about marketing suicide. The CEOs of every NASCAR sponsor would storm France's skybox and throw him off the roof.
But wait, you say. General Lee was just a mechanical character on a goofy TV show.
"Obviously, I don't stand for the Confederate flag," Watson said. "The Confederate flag was not used (in the show) for what people see it as today."
He's right, but a whole lot of people would not get the distinction. Uncle Duke and Cooter should accept that this ain't 1968 anymore.
NASCAR values your business. But if it has to choose between you and appealing to the anti-flag demographic, visit Big Bill France's grave.
That noise is not a rebel rolling over.
It's the sound of a businessman nodding his head in approval.


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Northern Ireland Primary Pupils 'Living Learning Together'
Tuesday 16th May 2007
Pupils, parents and teachers in 30 primary schools across Northern Ireland have helped CCEA to produce a new resource to aid the introduction of the revised curriculum in September.
Living Learning Together' has now been sent to all primary schools and will support teachers in the introduction of a new area of the primary curriculum – Personal Development and Mutual Understanding PDMU.
Pictured here at the launch of the resource is:
On the left: Don Halliday, (Principal), and Maureen Maybin from Comber Primary School – one of the schools who helped CCEA pilot the materials;
and on the right: Marian Hamill and Kathryn Edgar from CCEA who adapted the resources for use in the revised Northern Ireland Curriculum.


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Is George Osborne really more influential than Cameron?
Number 453 in the inexhaustible series is asked by Tim Montgomerie of a GQ feature, which ranks Osborne the most influential man in Britain, and Simon Cowell above Nick Clegg.
Number 454 is asked by my good colleague and fellow Eagle Eye blogger Andy McSmith:
Can you be elected President of the USA if You Are Stupid?
McSmith suggests that the answer to this question is Yes because Gerald Ford couldn't "fart and chew gum at the same time". But as David Wickes points out in the comments, and Omer Lev pointed out on Twitter, Gerald Ford was not elected. (After the 1972 election, he first replaced Spiro Agnew as Vice President, and then replaced Nixon after Watergate.)Tagged in: headline
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The Rāmcaritmānas Ramcharitmanas expresses par excellence the religious sentiment of bhakti ("loving devotion") to the Vaiṣṇava avatar, Rāma, Rama, a popular avatar (incarnation) of the deity Vishnu who is regarded as the chief means of salvation. Although Tulsīdās Tulsidas was above all a devotee of RāmaRama, he remained a Smārta Vaiṣṇava (a follower of Smarta Vaishnavite, following the more generally accepted traditions and customs of Hinduism rather than a strict sectarian ), and his poem gives some expression both to orthodox monistic Advaita doctrine and to the polytheistic mythology of Hinduism—though these are everywhere subordinated to his expression of bhakti for Rāmaoutlook. His eclectic approach to doctrinal questions meant that he was able to rally wide support for the worship of Rāma Rama in northern India, and the success of the Rāmcaritmānas Ramcharitmanas has been a prime factor in the replacement of the cult of Krishna (Kṛṣṇa) cult by the cult of Rāma another wildly popular avatar of Vishnu) with that of Rama as the dominant religious influence in that area.
Little is known about Tulsīdās' Tulsidas's life. He was probably born at Rājāpur Rajapur and lived most of his adult life at VārānasiVaranasi. The Rāmcaritmānas Ramcharitmanas was written between 1574 and 1576 or 1577. A number of early manuscripts are extant—some fragmentary—and one is said to be an autograph. The oldest complete manuscript is dated 1647. The poem, written in Awadhi, an Eastern Hindi dialect, consists of seven cantos of unequal lengths. Although the ultimate source of the central narrative is the Sanskrit epic RāmāyaṇaRamayana, Tulsīdās' Tulsidas's principal immediate source was the Adhyātma RāmāyaṇaAdhyatma Ramayana, a late medieval recasting of the epic that had already sought to harmonize the Advaita system ("Nondual") Vedanta theology and the Rāma cultworship of Rama. The influence of the BhāgavataBhagavata-PurāṇaPurana, the chief scripture of the Krishna cultworshipers, is also discernible, with as is that of a number of minor sources.
Eleven other works are attributed with some certainty to TulsīdāsTulsidas. These include Kṛṣṇa gītāvalīKrishna gitavali, a series of 61 songs in honour of Krishna; Vinay pattrikāpattrika, a series of 279 verse passages addressed to Hindu sacred places and deities (chiefly Rāma Rama and SītāSita); and KavitāvalīKavitavali, telling incidents from the story of Rāma.A prose translation of the Rāmcaritmānas, with a useful introduction, is W.D.P. Hill's The Holy Lake of the Acts of Rama(1952).


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CAMPBELL, HENRY HARRISON (1840–1911). Henry Harrison (Hank) Campbell, rancher, son of F. and Effie (McLean) Campbell, was born on August 31, 1840, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, where his father was a planter. The family moved to Texas in 1854 and lived successively in Waller, Grimes, and Ellis counties. During the Civil War Campbell served with the Twentieth Texas Regiment in Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, and Indian Territory; he was wounded three times before he was mustered out in Houston.
He returned to Ellis County, where he contracted to drive his neighbors' cattle to market in California, New Orleans, or Chicago for wages, shares, and later investment. In 1879, as working partner-manager, he secured $50,000 from Alfred M. Britton of Chicago, a Mr. Cato of New York, S. W. Lomax, and John Nichols of Fort Worth to establish the Matador Cattle Company at Ballard Springs on the Pease River. The ranch began operations with a small herd of some 1,300 cattle. Steers sold for seventy-five dollars a head in 1881, and within a few years the Matador under Campbell was branding from 15,000 to 20,000 calves a year. In 1882 the ranch was sold to a group of Scottish investors and became the Matador Land and Cattle Company. By the time of Campbell's resignation from the post of superintendent in 1890, the ranch had grown to include a million and a half acres in three different ranges and a total herd of some 90,000 head.
Campbell married Elizabeth Bundy of Navarro County in 1871, and they had two children. His first home on the ranch was in an old buffalo hunter's dugout at Ballard Springs; he later built a frame home there. By the time he left the ranch in early 1891, he had bought a section of land a mile northeast of Ballard Springs. On this he founded the town of Matador. Also in 1891, in order to organize the county formally, he brought in cowboys from the ranch who set up temporary "businesses" so that a patent could be obtained from the land office. Campbell was appointed the first county judge of Motley County and served two one-year terms. He then bought another ranch and operated it for several years before turning it over to his son. He lived in Matador until his death, on May 23, 1911. He was buried at the Myrtle Cemetery in Ennis, Texas.
Harry H. Campbell, The Early History of Motley County (San Antonio: Naylor, 1958; 2d ed., Wichita Falls: Nortex, 1971). Mary Whatley Clarke, A Century of Cow Business: A History of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (Fort Worth: Evans, 1976). James Cox, Historical and Biographical Record of the Cattle Industry (2 vols., St. Louis: Woodward and Tiernan Printing, 1894, 1895; rpt., with an introduction by J. Frank Dobie, New York: Antiquarian, 1959). W. M. Pearce, The Matador Land and Cattle Company (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1964). Eleanor Traweek, Of Such as These: A History of Motley County and Its Families (Quanah, Texas: Nortex, 1973).
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.H. Allen Anderson, "CAMPBELL, HENRY HARRISON," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fca33), accessed October 09, 2015. Uploaded on June 12, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.


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Natalie Frazin or Margo Warren,
While previous research has shown that bone marrow cells can develop into neuron-like cells in culture, the new studies are the first to show that this process can also happen in living animals. The two studies reached the same conclusion despite many differences in how the studies were performed. The results are reported in the December 1, 2000, issue of Science.
"These are extraordinarily important studies, carefully done, with clear implications for brain disorders and for basic developmental biology," says Gerald D. Fischbach, M.D., director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).
In the first study1, NINDS investigator Éva Mezey, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues injected bone marrow cells from normal male mice into newborn female mice that had no white blood cells of their own. Using marrow from male mice allowed the researchers to use the Y chromosomes in the transplanted cells as a marker to distinguish them from native cells. At different time intervals, the researchers examined cells from the brains of seven mice that had received the transplants and compared them to littermates that had not received the transplants. By 4 months after the transplants, they found a significant number of neuronal cells in several brain regions, including the cortex, the hypothalamus, and the striatum, that were descendants of the transplanted cells. This suggests that stem cells from elsewhere in the body can enter the brain and differentiate into neuronal cells, says Dr. Mezey.
In the second study2, Helen Blau, Ph.D., and colleagues from Stanford University injected bone marrow from adult mice that express a marker called green fluorescent protein (GFP) into adult mice that had been irradiated to eliminate their bone marrow. They found that bone marrow-derived cells migrated into several regions of the brain, including the olfactory bulb, the cortex, the hippocampus, and the cerebellum. Some of the marrow-derived neuronal cells also grew long fibers and produced a protein that indicates cell activity. These results suggest that the marrow-derived neurons not only entered the brain but also responded to their environment and began to function like the native ones.
These studies suggest that bone marrow, which is an easily available source of cells, could be used as a source of neurons to replace those damaged or lost in neurological disorders, the researchers say. It might also be possible to genetically engineer the cells in ways that would help them survive or work in beneficial ways. The fact that even bone marrow from adult mice generated neuronal cells shows an unexpected amount of flexibility in older cells and suggests that patients with brain disorders could be treated with their own cells, says Dr. Blau. Bone marrow cells taken from a patient's own body would not be rejected by the body's immune system.
While the results are very promising, researchers need to answer many remaining questions before marrow-derived neural cell therapies can be tested in humans. A key question is what growth factors and other signals prompt the bone marrow cells to develop into specific types of neurons. If researchers can describe how the normal process of cell differentiation works, they may be able to reproduce it in patients with disorders such as brain injury or Parkinson's disease where neurons are not normally replaced. Researchers might also be able to discover factors that help cells enter the brain or connect with other cells. "We need much more data, but I think it's a pretty encouraging start," says Dr. Mezey.
Since the studies used whole bone marrow, it is important to determine which population of bone marrow cells develop into neurons, the researchers say. Other questions for future studies include whether marrow-derived neurons function like normal neurons and if they can make appropriate connections with other cells. The findings in Science should speed the pace of research to answer these and other important questions, the researchers say. However, they believe it will be several more years before the results reported in these studies will lead to effective therapies.
The NINDS, part of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the nation's leading supporter of research on the brain and nervous system. The NINDS is now celebrating its 50th anniversary.
This release will be posted on EurekAlert! at http://www.eurekalert.org and on the NINDS website at http://ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/index.htm.
2. Brazelton, T.R., Rossi, F.M.V., et.al. "From Marrow to Brain: Expression of Neuronal Phenotypes in Adult Mice from Adult Bone Marrow-Derived Cells." Science, Vol. 290, December 1, 2000, pp. 1775-1779.


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Word Chart
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|Given a vocabulary word, students will refine their understanding of it using three examples, three non-examples, and pictures.
Materials: Word Chart (print here), board or chart paper
What to Do
Print out a copy of the Word Chart graphic organizer for each student in the class. Create a large version of the Word Chart on chart paper to model the activity. Use the chart paper or the board to display vocabulary words with their meanings.
1. Review the vocabulary words you wish to cover with the class.
2. Model how to use the graphic organizer. Involve your students as you explain, filling out the Word Chart as they respond to your questions.
Today, we will learn more about our new vocabulary words by completing a word chart.
Who can remember one of the new vocabulary words we learned? Who can tell us the meaning of this word? Who thinks they can draw a picture of this word? Who can provide an example of the vocabulary word? We need three examples for this chart.
Call on students to share three examples.
Who can provide a non-example of the word? We need three non-examples to complete this chart.
Call on students to share three non-examples.
3. Have the students complete the Word Chart on their own. Students can complete graphic organizers for the same word or be assigned different words to work on in pairs or groups.
Now it's your turn to complete a Word Chart for a vocabulary word. Remember to complete each part.
4. Walk around to monitor the students' performance. As a wrap-up, have volunteers share their work.
For Advanced Students:
After they have finished, allow these students to look up the vocabulary word in a dictionary. Ask them to compare their definitions and the dictionary definition.
For Struggling Students:
Give students who need extra help the chance to work with a partner.
For ELL Students:
For ELL students, you may need to provide extra support with the concepts of examples and non-examples. Ask them to find examples and non-examples of familiar words before completing the Word Chart for a new vocabulary word.
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In-form Mpenza makes the most of another howay day
Premiership: Newcastle 0 - 1 Manchester City. A goal from Emile Mpenza moved Manchester City further away from the relegation zone and increased the dissatisfaction at St James Park.
Pearce saves Fulham and silences boo-boys
Premiership: Fulham 1 - 1 Portsmouth.
Crouch proves talents are not to be sniffed at
Premiership: Liverpool 4 - 1 Arsenal. A hat-trick from Peter Crouch saw off Arsenal as Liverpool warmed up for PSV in style at Anfield.
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Can-do Kalou rises in extra time to give Chelsea the edge
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Davies finally defeats Kenny to end Bolton's barren run
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Ferguson accuses FA over Boateng
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No need for Wayne as United roar back
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Tevez brilliance gives West Ham survival hope
Premiership: West Ham 2 - 0 Middlesbrough Local grit from Mark Noble and a master class from South American Carlos Tevez grabbed three much needed points for West Ham.
Bent keeps hope alive and puts Wigan in peril
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Totti has United in his sights
Reinvigorated by his sabbatical from International football Francesco Totti is keen to leave his mark on the Champions League with Roma this season writes Amy Lawrence.
Observer Sport Monthly p6
Wembley lynch mob haunts FA
Hung out to dry by the FA and pilloried by the press, Steve McLaren is a rabbit in the headlights when it comes to international management says Paul Wilson.
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Most memorable one-day innings
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McLeish's men benefit from reality check
David Taylor's appointment at Uefa is puzzling while defeat in Italy has shown McLeish his side still have a lot of work to do writes Patrick Glenn.
Dargo strike leaves Rangers deflated
Scottish round-up: Rangers missed a chance to draw closer to Celtic by drawing at home to ten-man Inverness Caley.
Daly has final word as champions falter
SPL: Dundee Utd 1 - 1 Celtic. Jon Daly's late equaliser grabbed a point for Dundee Utd as Celtic continue to make heavy weather of clinching the title.
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Stories of the month: in-field, off-field, left-field.
Kid brother talks doubles Dutch
Tennis: Andy Murray's increasing influence in British tennis may mean a family pairing in the Davis Cup doubles next weekend writes Jon Henderson.
Serena wins with pride
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Wolves crash after six from Saints
Championship: Wolves 0 - 6 Southampton. Southampton moved back into promotion contention after a thumping victory over a Wolves side who must still be scratching their heads.
Derby deliver while six-goal Saints send weary Wolves packing
League review: Derby increased their lead at the top of the Championship thanks to a victory over Barnsley while Sunderland won at Cardiff.
Observer Sport Monthly p9
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Millennium ranks above captain in art world
Mighty Invasor trounces tame Cat
Horse Racing: Discreet Cat was trounced in Dubai, finishing last as Invasor continued his supreme form from last year with victory.
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A second-leg limp
Sailing: After almost 76 days Sir Robin Knox-Johnston crossed the finishing line of the Velux 5 Oceans Race at Norfolk, Virginia.
Fashion watch
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Blessed Bernhard
Bernhard Langer Interview: Bernhard Langer still believes that he can compete at this week's Masters, even at the age of 49, as his faith in God gives him peace of mind and mental strength he tells Bill Elliott.
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Tiger out to prove he's the daddy
US Masters: Tiger Woods is soon to become a father, but will not allow this to distract him at Augusta in the year's first major writes Bill Elliott.
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England need hunger to flourish in cup diminished by greed
England's top-order in particular must raise their game considerably if they are to compete with Sri Lanka and Australia this week writes Vic Marks.
A tale of two kings, Irish rovers and the great exhibition.
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McGrath and Hayden shine
Australia restricted a hapless Bangladesh side to 104 for six from 22 overs and then knocked off the runs with disdainful ease.
Morgan angry at lack of protection
Challenge Cup: Warrington 38 - 10 Hull KR. Warrington blew Hull KR away with a tremendous second-half performance to record a convincing fourth-round win.
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Wasps leave hamstrung Leinster in their wake
Heineken Cup: Wasps 35 - 13 Leinster. Wasps took advantage of Brian O'Driscoll's injury to defeat Leinster in a one-sided affair at Adams Park.
Bath enjoy derby spoils
Heineken Cup: Bath 51 - 12 Bristol. Seven second-half tries provided the gloss for Bath as they comfortably disposed of neighbours Bristol.
Dragons are untested by Brive encounter
Heineken Cup: Newport-Gwent Dragons 39 - 17 Brive.
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Leicester solidarity can defeat French fraternity
Leicester are coming together nicely and should prove too much for Stade Francais, while Northampton face an uphill task in Biarritz writes Eddie Butler.
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Another multinational takeover
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Sugar Ray shamelessly peddles the fantasy of a Calzaghe defeat
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Louisville quarterback Teddy Bridgewater will not return for his senior season and enter the NFL Draft, according to media reports.
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Bridgewater completed 71 percent of his passes this season, while throwing for 3,970 yards, 31 touchdown passes and four interceptions.
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Offering direct access to the beach, this Krabi hotel is 0.3 mi (0.5 km) from Nopparat Thara Beach and 1.4 mi (2.3 km) from Ao Phra Nang Beach. West Railay Beach and Ao Phai Plong are also within 3 mi (5 km).
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Catch some rays at the nearby beach or spend the day relaxing at Aonang Ayodhaya Beach Resort's full-service spa. Then enjoy a meal at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants.
Room Amenities
All 141 rooms provide conveniences like refrigerators and coffee makers, plus balconies and satellite TV. Minibars, room service, and ceiling fans are among the other amenities available to guests.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
In addition to a full-service spa, Aonang Ayodhaya Beach Resort features a sauna and a fitness center. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge.
Business-related amenities at this 5-star property consist of limo/town car service and meeting rooms. 2 meeting rooms are available. This beach hotel also offers a children's pool, spa services, and a garden.
- Full-service spa
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 141
- Babysitting or childcare
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee shop or café
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Laundry facilities
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Meeting rooms
- Poolside bar
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Number of meeting rooms - 2
- Sauna
- Garden
- Number of buildings/towers - 2
- Spa services on site
- Supervised childcare/activities
- Children's pool
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Children's pool
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare
- Refrigerator
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Room Amenities
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Balcony
- Ceiling fan
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Satellite TV service
- Room service (limited hours)
Where to Eat
Full breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning.
Green Mango Restaurant - This restaurant specializes in Asian cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Palazzo Corner - This restaurant specializes in Italian cuisine.
Aqua Bar - Onsite bar.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include a sauna, a fitness center, and a children's pool.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Snorkeling nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Boat tours nearby
Spa Services
Dhawaree Spa has massage/treatment rooms. Services include massages, facials, and body treatments.
- Massages
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-in time ends at 10 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
Debit cards only
No pets or service animals allowed
- New Year's Eve gala dinner fee
- Fee for full breakfast: THB 200 for adults and THB 150 for children (approximately)
- Rollaway bed fee: THB 1500 per night
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A fee for a mandatory New Year's Eve gala dinner is included in the total price displayed for stays on 31 December. One child 2 years old or younger stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.


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An oil company drilling in Logan County has been asked to monitor a disposal well more closely after concerns it could affect a nearby earthquake fault line.
Injection well operator in Logan County earthquake zone agrees to additional monitoring
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission voted 2-0 Thursday to approve a saltwater disposal well for Slawson Exploration Co. Inc. in northwestern Logan County, about 11 miles north of Crescent.
Commissioner Dana Murphy abstained from the vote, saying she wanted to wait until more seismic data was available.
Four earthquakes in the area were recorded in May, with the closest being a 2.2-magnitude quake on May 22. Several maps included with Slawson's application show about 40 earthquakes from January to the end of April within several miles of the well. The company said it believes those earthquakes are naturally occurring.
Murphy said the commission regulates injection wells to protect fresh water. Monitoring for seismic activity is a new concern for regulators, she said.
"Now, with the scenario changing, we've had to look at different things," Murphy said.
John O'Dowd, area engineer for Slawson, said the company has spent about $8 million on the disposal well and four horizontal wells that are awaiting completion. Slawson wants to inject up to 15,000 barrels of salt water per day into the disposal well, which will have a maximum depth of about 8,200 feet.
Slawson had a permit to drill a well, but later came to the commission for a permit to make it a disposal well. Murphy called that a risky business decision.
"It seems like it would be important for the company to get to know what the status or situation is ahead of them spending the money to actually drill the well," Murphy said.
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Up until the beginnings of the 19th century small grocery stores—generally under 1,000 sq. ft.—sold non-perishable goods such as canned foods or packaged foods; flour, sugar, salt and crackers were scooped from huge barrels and sold by the unit or pound, and salted bacon and jerked beef were kept ready for sale in a cool dark place. For years, the town grocery store as known as the "dry grocer."
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Before the chain stores came into being the goods sold by the dry grocer were generally those that could not be grown or harvested on a home garden or farm. With the advent of the chain store, traveling drummers (salesmen) were able to make deals to the various stores in a chain and make it profitable through the quantity of the goods purchased, to freight items to the chain stores that they had never before offered for sale. Fabrics, sewing notions and a variety of food items began to flood the stores. These items were well received by customers who were looking for some convenience and luxury items.
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Beginning in the 1930's grocery companies such as Ralphs of Southern California expanded into ever larger grocery stores. Also, "drive-in markets" were making their debut where butchers, bakers, grocers and produce markets all operated independently under one roof with a large surrounding parking lot. Customers were often under the impression that the conglomeration was one business.
King Cullen Stores opened the first store,—widely hailed as America's first supermarket—a bazaar operating in a warehouse sporting concessions, a huge selection of groceries were sold out of the boxes they were shipped in. Emphasis was on price with no thought given to décor.
The supermarket concept continued to evolve as chain stores would build a huge store that drew customers from further away while closing five of their own neighboring stores. This was a brilliant strategy that dramatically lowered expenses while actually increasing sales.
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- Free breakfast, free WiFi in lobby, and free parking
Main amenities
- 241 guestrooms
- Near the beach
- Restaurant and bar/lounge
- Outdoor pool
- 2 outdoor tennis courts
- Beach umbrellas
- Conference center
- Airport pick-up service
- Childcare
- 24-hour front desk
- Air conditioning
- Daily housekeeping
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- In Rhodes Town
- Rhodes Aquarium (0.1 mi / 0.2 km)
- Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes (0.5 mi / 0.9 km)
- Archaeological Museum of Rhodes (0.8 mi / 1.3 km)
- Acropolis of Rhodes (1.5 mi / 2.3 km)
- Temple of Apollo (1.5 mi / 2.3 km)
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- Junior Suite
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Hotel size
- This hotel has 241 rooms
- Check-in time Noon-Midnight
- Check-out time is Noon
- Express check-in/out
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
Travelling with others
- Children (4 years old and younger) stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding
- Babysitting/childcare *
- Pets not allowed
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in public areas
- WiFi and wired Internet access in rooms *
- Free self parking
- Accessible parking
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- Free breakfast
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee shop/café
- 24-hour room service
- Beach sun loungers
- Beach umbrellas
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Outdoor pool
- Outdoor tennis courts 2
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
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- Tennis on site
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- Number of meeting rooms - 2
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- Conference space size (feet) - 2153
- Conference space size (meters) - 200
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- Free toiletries
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- In-room safe
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Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 1500, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation.
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
For transfers, guests must contact the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
Optional extras
Rollaway beds are available for EUR 30 per night
Cribs/Infant beds are available for EUR 4.70 per day
Babysitting/childcare is available for an extra charge
Airport shuttle service is offered for an extra charge of EUR 28 ⬠per vehicle (one-way)
WiFi is available in guestrooms for EUR 5.50 per hour (rates may vary)
High-speed Internet access (wired) is available in guestrooms for EUR 5.50 per hour (rates may vary)
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.
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10:39 a.m. - The Ashe County Sheriff's Office began moving into their new facility in downtown Jefferson a few weeks ago, but now they are working on bringing the inmates over to the new jail.
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Consider the following scenario. You run a Commerce Server Staging application in Microsoft Commerce Server 2007. The Formats setting in the Regional and Language Options dialog box for the staging account is set to a format other than English (United States). For example, the Formats setting is set to English (United Kingdom). You perform an incremental data deployment. In this scenario, the business data and the Web site content are not deployed to the production environment.
This problem occurs because Commerce Server 2007 interprets the date of the English (United Kingdom) format as the English (United States) format. For example, you perform an incremental data deployment on January 6, 2008. Commerce Server 2007 interprets "01/06/2008" as "1st. June 2008." When you perform the next incremental data deployment, Commerce Server 2007 will do nothing because the previous deployment date is in the future.
Hotfix informationA supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, it is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Commerce Server 2007 service pack that contains this hotfix.
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Registry informationYou do not have to change the registry.
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Presented by Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
May 8, 2014
"Tradition" is a term seemingly at odds with innovation, but Mexican folk art is a tradition on the move. Carla Fernández's innovative model is one example, blending the work of artisans with a modern sensibility to preserve ancient practices in a socially responsible way. Explore how tradition can be dynamic with Marta Turok, curator for the Ruth D. Lechuga Folk Art Research Center at the Franz Mayer Museum, and Marcella Echavarria, a historian, writer and social/cultural entrepreneur.
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Carla Ferna?ndez: The Barefoot Designer: A Passion for Radical Design and Community is made possible with generous support from The Coby Foundation, Ltd. and the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional assistance from the Consulate General of Mexico in Boston. The Museum receives operating support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. The media sponsor for Carla Ferna?ndez: The Barefoot Designer is Boston Globe Media, Inc.
Image: Carla Fernández, Molinillo bracelets and embroidered Molinillo rebozo. Artisans: Bracelets by Juan Alonso; embroidery by Endy Lopez; rebozo by Fermin Escobar. Model: Liliana Dominguez. Photo: Graciela Iturbide.
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