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Congratulations to Daniel Krebs for being Get Healthy Now's Member of the Month for November. This month's theme is Healthy Eating: keep reading to learn more about how Daniel uses nutrition as an important way to fuel his body for his active lifestyle!
Daniel has been an Associate Professor in the History Department since 2007. His favorite hobbies include: working out, gardening, fishing, and hunting. On his bucket list are a few other outdoor activities; Daniel would love to "travel in Asia, ski the Rockies, go fly-fishing in the West, and get that big buck – deer that is." His sense of humor and adventurous lifestyle are among the many reasons GHN admires Daniel.
A few recent accomplishments: achieving his goal to bench-press 230lbs on the smith press and lift 35lbs weights on the preacher bar! How has he achieved these fitness goals over the past six months? Daniel credits a clean-up to his nutrition habits, including cutting out processed foods – like candy – and making a meal plan full of whole "real" foods. He eats healthier carbs – like using whole grain Ezekiel bread when making sandwiches – and consumes less pasta. He gets in healthy fats through nut bars when he needs a quick snack, balancing protein and complex carbs to help keep him full. Daniel and his wife enjoy cooking at home, and they use fresh ingredients and healthier methods to make tasty meals.
The Wellness Center's various workout options and opportunities to feel good have kept Daniel motivated and a fitness facility regular. He has participated in numerous wellness offerings from Boot Camp and Yoga to Mindfulness-Based Stress Relief. He appreciates that the staff members are super nice and motivating.
What's next for this easy-go-lucky guy? He would like to continuously increase both of these power numbers, do 20 "real" pull-ups, and continue attending Hot Yoga/Power Vinyasa classes until his "yoga poses actually look like yoga poses." Go ahead, stand on one foot and sound a resounding OM… it won't be long before Daniel reaches these future goals.
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Hands on: Lenovo ThinkPad 8 tablet with Windows 8
updated 06:18 pm EST, Mon January 6, 2014
Lenovo maintains competition with Surface
Among the first of Lenovo's CES announcements, the new ThinkPad 8 represents the company's latest midsize tablet powered by Windows 8. Powered by Intel's Bay Trail hardware, it aims to compete with Microsoft's own Surface lineup and other players in the segment. We met with Lenovo in Las Vegas for a quick hands-on preview ahead of the ThinkPad's public debut.
The ThinkPad 8 essentially serves as a smaller alternative to Lenovo's 10.1-inch ThinkPad Tablet 2, and as an upgraded counterpart to the eight-inch Miix 2. We've been impressed with the performance of Intel's Bay Trail hardware in other machines, and the ThinkPad 8 is no exception. For a tablet, it is surprisingly smooth when running a full-fledged desktop OS. The interface also looks great on the 1920x1200 display.
Like most of Lenovo's products, the ThinkPad 8 offers a no-nonsense design that pairs seemingly robust construction with a modest appearance. To our surprise, the back housing is actually aluminum despite its plastic appearance. As an added touch, the dotted 'i' on the ThinkPad logo illuminates when the tablet is powered on.
The ThinkPad 8 is not more powerful or prettier than some of the other midsize Windows 8 devices, but its $400 price tag makes it an attractive proposition in terms of overall value.


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Aereo launching live TV streaming service in Boston in May
updated 11:48 am EDT, Tue April 23, 2013
Cloud-based DVR service roll-out to invite users initially
Live TV streaming service Aereo is going to expand its service to Boston, Massachusetts. Over 4.5 million people in the Boston metropolitan area will be able to use Aereo, which includes a cloud-based DVR as part of the service, and will be the second city that Aereo will operate in, after its initial launch in New York City.
Aereo will be sending invitations to pre-registered customers from May 15th, expanding to all elegible customers in the area on May 30th. Customers will be able to stream the 28 over-the-air broadcast channels to iOS devices, Apple TV, Roku boxes, and to desktop browsers. The roll-out in Boston forms part of a lengthy plan announced earlier this year, which would see the service hit a total of 23 cities, including Kansas City, Salt Lake City, Austin, Miami, and Chicago.
CEO and founder Chet Kanojia said "Consumers deserve more choice and flexibility in how they experience television and Aereo provides them a high-quality, rationally-priced alternative."
Though the company is expanding, Aereo is still battling with broadcasters over content licensing. While the National Association of Broadcasters lost an appeal to the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals over its attempt to shut down the service, both Fox and CBS are mulling over shifting their content to cable services, in an attempt to protect potentially lost revenues.


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To be fair, I expected southern comfort food. This is more like southern gothic. The mystery is unmemorable, but savagely bloody, just inexplicably ..Show More »
A cute cozy mystery with two bantering sisters. Parts were hilarious and not a bad mystery, but it did not necessarily keep my attention. I had a har..Show More »
Best story, best characters, best narrator. I re listen frequently. This book is absolutely cozy and perfect.
Both are great, but I mostly listen to books while I am busy with other things.
I have listened to it many times.
Yes. There are so many twists and turns you need to pay attention. I often get distracted while driving and need to rewind.
I am reviewing this book because I found the previous reviews misleading. It was rated five stars. I was disappointed. It was average at best. I w..Show More »
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Video Rules, & now anyone can buy a TV at the grocery store and who is making a profit anymore?
It's a lilability just to handle one with less than 10% return and God forbid damage in shipping.
Everything can be stored in the cloud so why would you need any other source?
Almost to the point of just replacing that reciever to upgrade your system.
Quality audio in the I pod generation has been lost on most.
Keypads and remotes are being taken over with I pads and phones apps with little or no programming required.
General Public and even my builders who are left tell me that everything is wireless now so who needs us?
HDMI has been and continues to be an adventure that amazes me with all the hand shakes required.
19 tiny wires and a plug that requires huge holes and can't be field terminated at least yet with full 3D performance.
Of course wireless has been announced and will be available soon. Too early to tell.
Shielded Cat wire? Seems like a step backward but if you don't run it you just might be at your expense. Been there.
For the life of me I can't see where the next real profit center is going to come from. Maybe health care but most of those
devices can be bought at most drug stores.
Expenses are sky high and keep rising.so just to send out a truck is a wash.
Retrofits can be risky with the new rules and fines.
Can't charge a customer for all the time it took when you just found out that new piece of gear or wire that has a problem or limitation.
Charge what it takes to pay a living wage and make a profit, only the top 10% will be able or willing to afford it.
Customer service from a vendor? Some do but not most.
Then of course every time the internet has a glitch or the cable or dish blanks out I get a call because it's the systems fault.
Not much left worth fixing, throw it away, buy a new one.
Uncle is not small business friendly and Health insurance can't be touched by most.
It's been FUN an adventure, a challenge, I enjoy it but for the devoted little business in this economy,
Going to be hard to survive without expanding into areas that are all ready be served by others.
Without the Fun toys it just becomes another job without the passion we've all so enjoyed.
Just might be time to go back to a real school and beome a IT guy or get into health care.
CEDIA put on a great face and it was nice to meet in person and put a face to those voices.
But after I started talking with them, everyone seemed down and out. No real direction that's exciting.
DID YOU SEE ONE? Let me know.
Downtown Indy was torn to pieces, nice new convention center but the signage was confusing at best.
Most signs had a map but didn't tell you were you were on that map. Took more time that it could have.
I really expected to see touch screen digital signage from this industry, very little was there.


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HERINGTON, Kan. (AP) _ Herington police say a 2-year-old girl died after a dresser drawer and TV fell on top of her at her home.
Police chief John Pritchard says the girl's mother found her just after noon Monday.
Police believe the girl climbed onto a stool to reach a large television on top of a dresser. The dresser tipped, causing the child to fall. A dresser drawer and the TV also fell, hitting her on the head.
The Salina Journal reports that Pritchard called the death a tragic home accident.
The girl's name was not released.
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Slamdance 2014: This Clip From ROVER Will Tell You How To "Tone It Down" In Space
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The receptor for advanced glycation endproducts (RAGE) has complex roles in the immune/inflammatory response. RAGE is expressed on monocytes/macrophages, T and B lymphocytes, and dendritic cells. Previous studies illustrated that homozygous RAGE-/- mice subjected to overwhelming bacterial sepsis displayed normal clearance of pathogenic bacteria and significantly increased survival. In this issue of Critical Care, Lutterloh and colleagues confirm these findings and provide evidence that blocking antibodies to RAGE afford similar protection in mice, even when administration of anti-RAGE is delayed by 24 hours. Furthermore, these authors illustrate that deletion of RAGE is remarkably protective in mice infected with the intracellular pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. In this Commentary, we consider these findings and propose possible mechanisms by which RAGE exacts a heavy toll on the host in response to polymicrobial sepsis and L. monocytogenes.
The receptor for advanced glycation endproducts (RAGE) plays central roles in the immune/inflammatory response. In this issue of Critical Care, Lutterloh and colleagues [1] tested roles for RAGE in two distinct models of severe infection in mice: (a) that induced by cecal ligation and puncture and (b) overwhelming infection with Listeria monocytogenes. RAGE is a multi-ligand receptor that binds fundamental regulatory molecules of inflammatory responses, the S100/calgranulins and high-mobility group box-1 (HMGB-1). The beneficial effects of ligand-RAGE blockade were observed in delayed-type hypersensitivity reactions, collagen-induced arthritis, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, and alloimmunity, for example [2]. RAGE is expressed by multiple cell types implicated in the immune/inflammatory response, such as monocytes/macrophages, T and B lymphocytes, and dendritic cells. Ligand-RAGE interaction activates monocytes/macrophages, and recent studies provide compelling evidence for the role of RAGE in effective T-lymphocyte priming. In vivo and in vitro, T lymphocytes devoid of RAGE display markedly reduced proliferative and cytokine responses (interferon-γ and interleukin-2) to nominal or alloantigen [3]. Lutterloh and colleagues show that RAGE is not essential for clearance of pathogenic bacteria in polymicrobial sepsis or to L. monocytogenes. Rather, they illustrate that deletion of RAGE enhances survival compared with wild-type mice. How may we explain these findings?
In confirming the results of others in RAGE-/- mice [4], these authors showed that homozygous or heterozygous deletion of the RAGE gene was strongly protective in mice subjected to cecal ligation and puncture. Furthermore, administration of blocking monoclonal antibodies to RAGE, even when delayed by 24 hours, afforded survival benefit in mice subjected to this procedure. These data provide compelling evidence that RAGE is not required for fundamental innate responses that clear bacteria. Rather, RAGE may mediate hyperinflammatory responses to the invading bacteria that are injurious to the host. Clues that this is a likely explanation have come from the novel findings of Lutterloh and colleagues in L. monocytogenes-challenged RAGE-/- mice.
These authors challenged mice with L. monocytogenes and report that RAGE-/- mice or RAGE+/- mice displayed an LD50 (median lethal dose) that was more than two orders of magnitude higher than that of wild-type mice. In BALB/c mice, administration of anti-RAGE antibody offered significant protection against listeriosis. Importantly, bacterial counts did not differ among RAGE-/- and antibody-treated mice compared with controls.
As recently reviewed by Pamer [5], in the first few days of Listeria infection, the innate response is critical for early bacterial clearance and host survival. The adaptive response instead is required for controlling chronic, but not acute, infection since SCID (severe combined immunodeficiency disease) mice survive early listeriosis normally, but ultimately this infection is lethal due to long-term failure to clear the organism [6,7]. In the initial phase of infection, Listeria binds to splenic macrophages and is internalized; Listeria produces products that activate nuclear factor-kappa B and upregulate innate immune molecules such as CC-chemokine ligand CCL2 [5]. Infected macrophages then release microbial products and engage Toll-like receptors (TLRs). Via myeloid differentiation factor 88 (Myd88), these macrophages differentiate into TNF (tumor necrosis factor)- and iNOS (inducible nitric oxide synthase)-producing cells that directly promote bacterial killing. Innate immune responses are thoroughly essential for host survival to Listeria as mice deficient in Myd88 are exquisitely vulnerable to this bacterium [8]. Interestingly, mice deficient in either TLR-2 or TLR-4 display relatively normal resistance to Listeria [8,9], suggesting that compensation by other TLRs may override the loss of a single TLR and permit macrophage activation and bacterial killing. Unlike the TLRs, RAGE is not likely to be activated directly by microbial products. However, RAGE ligands inducibly expressed upon macrophage activation may potentiate initial innate activation and the systemic inflammatory response.
It is well established that in listeriosis, production of interferon-γ presumably by natural killer cells or T lymphocytes is critical for macrophage activation and initial bacterial clearance as well as for promotion of long-term protective cellular immunity [10]. Herein lies an intriguing piece of the puzzle; RAGE-/- mice displayed strikingly decreased levels of interferon-γ compared with wild-type mice in listeriosis yet were significantly protected from the injurious effects of the microorganism. In addition to revealing that production of this cytokine is not absolutely linked to the initial clearance of L. monocytogenes, these findings are consistent with the notion that the RAGE-induced proinflammatory state may be deleterious in the early stages of infection yet may ultimately promote protective adaptive Th1 cellular immunity. Thus, we may predict that deletion of RAGE or RAGE blockade suppresses interferon-γ-propagated macrophage activation and the hyperinflammation response that injures the host. However, since RAGE is critical for the Th1 adaptive response [3], it will be important to address the effect of RAGE deficiency or blockade on long-term anti-Listeria immunity. Note that Lutterloh and colleagues examined interferon-γ levels at 48 hours post-infection and in plasma only, not tissue. Thus, it remains possible that levels of this cytokine in RAGE-/- mice might have been different at distinct sites or time points in the infection.
How may RAGE signaling pathways be specifically recruited in listeriosis? Adaptive RAGE-dependent mechanisms may contribute to production of interferon-γ. What, then, overrides the otherwise protective effects of interferon-γ production? We propose that stimulated macrophages, in addition to releasing microbial products in the early response to infection [11], release the RAGE ligand HMGB-1 [12,13]. HMGB-1, which may engage TLR-2 and TLR-4 [14], as well as RAGE, might activate signaling systems that stimulate hyperinflammatory responses (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Proposed model of how the receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) mediates tissue injury in listeriosis. Lutterloh and colleagues [1] show that in polymicrobial gut sepsis and in mice infected with Listeria monocytogenes, RAGE is not essential for host clearance of bacteria. In the case of listeriosis, macrophages release microbial products in the early response to infection. Although we do not have evidence that bacterial products directly bind RAGE, we predict that Listeria-infected macrophages release high-mobility group box-1 (HMGB-1) (or perhaps other RAGE ligands as well). HMGB-1 may stimulate interferon-γ (IFN-γ)-producing cells and thus mediate macrophage activation. Furthermore, HMGB-1 may directly activate macrophages via RAGE and/or Toll-like receptors (TLRs). Together, these processes synergize to stimulate hyperinflammatory responses that ultimately cause severe injury to the host. IL-2, interleukin-2.
In conclusion, in polymicrobial sepsis and in response to L. monocytogenes, genetic deletion of RAGE is remarkably protective. RAGE is not directly required for bacterial clearance, but the compelling experiments of Lutterloh and colleagues confirm that RAGE action mediates tissue damage initiated in response to overwhelming bacterial infection. Future studies must dissect the precise mechanisms by which RAGE exacts a heavy toll on the host during efforts to combat pathogenic bacteria.
HMGB-1 = high-mobility group box-1; Myd88 = myeloid differentiation factor 88; RAGE = receptor for advanced glycation end products.
Competing interests
AMS receives research support from TransTech Pharma, Inc. and is a member of their Scientific Advisory Board.
The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the US Public Health Service.
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I've never put much stock in the whole Feng Shui thing, but I am now a believer that the arrangement of your room can affect your energy. Since I moved into my apartment in August of 08, my bedroom has been arranged exactly the same way. Sometime in 2009 (probably around NaNoWriMo time), I bought myself a desk, so I could really hunker down on my writing.
The desk promptly became a dumping ground for all manner of mail, clothes, paperwork, and anything I needed to get out of the way. My cats also liked to lay on it, so it was usually covered in fur, too.
Meanwhile, my dining room table had my sewing machine on it. Every time I wanted to dine on the table, I had to take down the sewing machine and set up the placemats and settings. Every time I wanted to sew, I had to move all the dining accoutrement (usually onto the desk…). It was becoming annoying. I stopped sewing so much. I started eating at the coffee table.
One day a few weeks ago, right after I'd scheduled the Stitch 'n' Bitch, I started thinking hard about how my apartment would look to a strange—especially to a stranger of the crafty mindset. And I realized it was set up all wrong for my needs.
The desk was in the darkest corner of my room, against a wall, with nothing pretty to look at. It was too close to the bedroom door, which could never fully open, and also too close to the front door, where I would enter looking to plop down my mail, laundry, or purchase on the nearest flat surface.
My bed was in the middle of the room, sticking out into the biggest space I have in the whole apartment, cutting it in half, and making either side of the room basically useless.
By the bedroom window, in the sunniest, prettiest area of the whole room, was a loveseat that I never sit on. It looks nice aesthetically (except when it's covered in laundry), but I don't sit around in my bedroom; I sit in my living room.
Because my desk was all but useless, my dining room table had become the only place to sit and sew or sit and type. But it, too, was in a dark area facing a wall. Nice for a romantic dinner; not pleasant for sewing curtains.
None of this made sense. Thankfully, the answers were all simple.
I moved the loveseat to the living room. It effectively "cuts off" my living room from my dining room. They are really the same room, but with the visual barrier of the loveseat, it's like I now have a living room AND a dining room. It also gave me more seating for having lots of guests over (like the 11 people I was expecting for Stitch n Bitch).
I moved the desk to where the loveseat had been. Now I had the sun streaming in through the window and it immediately increased the energy level around the desk—as well as my desire to sit at it for long periods of time. I arranged a table behind it that could hold my printer when I was printing, or hold the new light box I had constructed for taking photographs. The light box needed to be near the window to catch the sunlight, and this was the perfect place. The desk was also now too far away to be a convenient place to stash any odds or ends. It now only holds crafting supplies and papers having to do with my creative writing.
Then, I moved my bed to where my desk used to be. The dark corner of a room is the best place for a bed—the place you want the darkest. I'm also loathe to stash anything on my bed, so it's okay that it's near the front door. It also leaves the middle of my room wide open. This makes me feel less cramped, but also provides a lot of floor space for laying out large pieces of material. I was also prompted to call my landlord and have her fix the light fixture in the middle of the room that had been broken for the better part of 2009—I suddenly needed it.
Since I've done this rearrangement, I've done more sewing, crafting, marketing, writing, and work than I ever had. I'm not drawn to the couch because I don't feel like cleaning off the desk. I'm drawn to the sunny, organized creative nook I've made for myself.
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If you've never dyed your own wool, it's actually really fun and easy. I use Kool-Aid--it's fast, cheap, easy, clean, and I can get a variety of bright colors. (Please keep in mind, though, the dyeing I do is for artwork, not for wearables, so I don't know how Kool-Aid holds up in the laundry....)
I had plain white merino wool that I'd bought last year at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. I love this wool. I recently used it to spin some beautiful thick-and-thin yarn. It's actually a little too soft and smooth to be a great felting wool, but thankfully, the dyeing process seems to "open" up the fiber shaft and, afterward, it felts like a dream.
To get the pale yellow I needed for the new chick, I chose lemonade. You need about one packet per ounce of wool per quart of water.
I put two packets of lemonade into a large pot of cold water and added the wool, gently pushing it down into the dye bath. Then I cranked up the heat and brought the mixture to a boil, letting it boil for about 10 minutes. Be careful not to agitate the wool during this point (like I did) or it will start to felt in the dye bath. This turned out to be okay for my purposes, but it would not be okay if I was planning to spin.
After the wool has "cooked," it will have sucked up all the dye, and the bath will be clear water. I placed the wool in a colander and rinsed with cold water. Because Kool-Aid is technically a food dye, it's okay to use kitchen utensils.
Last step is drying. I hung it in my shower, and it was dry and ready to use in a matter of hours.
This is the final product, currently for sale in my Etsy store. Last time I made a chick like this, I had the most trouble making the legs and getting it to stand upright with good structural integrity. This time, I circumvented that by having it sit right in an egg! I found these beautiful fake plastic eggs at JoAnn's that actually look like real eggs. The base is a dab of spackling squeezed through a pastry tip.


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Lillian Polanco-Roman, a doctoral student in clinical psychology based at City College, works in the Hunter College lab of Regina Miranda, a member of the doctoral faculty in psychology. Polanco-Roman won an award from Psi Chi, the National Honor Society in Psychology, at the Eastern Psychological Association annual meeting in New York City in March, for her poster entitled, "Rumination, Cognitive Inflexibility, and Self-Harm Behavior in Emerging Adults." The research was based on her analyses with two other lab members using data from Miranda's NIH-funded study of cognitive predictors of suicidal behavior in young adults.
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"I couldn't do anything without rituals. They invaded every aspect of my life. Counting really bogged me down. I would wash my hair three times as opposed to once because three was a good luck number and one wasn't. It took me longer to read because I'd count the lines in a paragraph. When I set my alarm at night, I had to set it to a number that wouldn't add up to a "bad" number.
"Getting dressed in the morning was tough because I had a routine, and if I didn't follow the routine, I'd get anxious and would have to get dressed again. I always worried that if I didn't do something, my parents were going to die. I'd have these terrible thoughts of harming my parents. That was completely irrational, but the thoughts triggered more anxiety and more senseless behavior. Because of the time I spent on rituals, I was unable to do a lot of things that were important to me.
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When Buddhism first came to this country there were many problems in various centers with students and teachers involved in myriad sexual relations. Over these years, and in large part because of those problems, much has changed. A great deal of maturing has taken place within individuals, within teachers, and within communities, about how to practice in a country and a society that is very different from Japan or China or India. A great deal has been learned, and in fact, most teachers and sanghas are healthy and thriving. At the same time, throughout the entirety of our own spiritual journey, it's always up to us as individuals to insist on our own integrity. It really just comes down to that. What else is there? We must demand more of ourselves than others may demand of us. We must be sincere and persevering and fiercely honest and accountable. This means that we always have to be in a place and position where our actions are seen and can be held accountable. Everyone is answerable to everyone; this is the great web of interdependence.
Vimalakirti said that we should be singularly interested in the dharma, rather than in gaining power, wealth and fame, or needless to say, pleasure. Because in the end, when we betray or disappoint one person in this dharma, we're turning against everyone. And this action of betrayal, ultimately, is of our own choosing. In that moment, our earlier sincere interest in the dharma has been eclipsed by some other interest, a desire arising from and for the self. When we see this in a teacher, particularly someone we've respected, it's easy to become jaded or cynical. But I would say, don't let anyone or anything dampen your own love for this dharma and your own aspiration for awakening. No one can take that away from you; so why would you yourself turn away from it due to another's action? Daido Roshi says, "Tell me, right now, how do you manifest it in your life?" As Buddhist practitioners, this is always our challenge. Other people have their own practice to take care of. I am responsible for my practice. How do we genuinely bring it forth in this life?
We should appreciate that this dharma is an extremely powerful legacy that has been passed down to us. It is a vast, bottomless wisdom. It reaches everywhere and transcends all of time and space. Within this boundlessness, all things are equal and without discrimination. And it appears⎯due to conditions⎯in ten thousand forms. We are unique individuals with our own karma, our own practice and realization. Some will be steady in the Way, some will wander. Wandering, some will return to the true path while others will not. Some will manifest the great heart of Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, casting off their own body and mind for others. Some will hold on to that body and mind and call it "mine."
The more honestly and eagerly we practice this dharma, the more we see. The more we see, the more we are naturally in awe and wonder. Then it's easy to be a beginner. Dogen said, "When the dharma does not fill your body and mind, it's easy to think it's already sufficient. When the dharma fills your body and mind, you understand something is missing." When we forget this truth, waves begin to gather on the calm sea.
Pure jeweled eyes, virtuous arms—
formless and selfless they enter the fray.
This great function works in all ways—
These hands and eyes are the whole thing.
Isn't this our vow—to realize over and over, deeper and deeper, that these hands and eyes of great compassion are the whole thing, the whole of our lives? Please, do not betray another. Do not betray yourself
True Dharma Eye: Master Dogen's Three Hundred Koans is a complete, modern English translation of Master Dogen's Three Hundred Koan Shobogenzo. This collection, translated by Kazuaki Tanahashi and John Daido Loori, is accompanied by John Daido Loori's commentary, capping verse, and footnotes. (Shambhala Publications, 2005.)
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Los Angeles - Lupita Nyong'o won the Oscar for best supporting actress on Sunday for her role as the hardworking slave Patsey in drama 12 Years A Slave, capping a breakout awards season for the Yale-trained Kenyan actress.
Nyong'o, 31, won the Oscar in her first feature film role, earning a thunderous standing ovation from the Hollywood audience. She beat fellow frontrunner Jennifer Lawrence's portrayal of a loopy housewife in caper American Hustle in one of the most closely-watched Academy Award races this year.
"Yes!" the actress exclaimed when accepting the award after hugging her brother, 12 Years A Slave director Steve McQueen and other actors in the film.
"It doesn't escape me for one moment that so much joy in my life is thanks to so much pain in someone else's, and so I want to salute the spirit of Patsey, for her guidance."
Nyong'o, who earned the same award from her peers at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in January, was chosen for the role from 1 000 young actresses who auditioned
She received plaudits from critics for her depiction of suffering as a field-working slave and the object of sexual desire from her master.
The award marks Nyong'o's coronation into the top echelon of dramatic actresses working in Hollywood. She has also burnished her image as a new emblem of high fashion with her styles on the red carpet.
12 Years A Slave, by British director McQueen, is based on the memoir of Solomon Northup, a 19th century free black man tricked and sold into slavery.
Nyong'o's Patsey, who is able to pick more kilograms of cotton per day than the stronger male slaves, embodies resilience in the drama even as the primary recipient of physical and sexual violence.
"There was an underlying stream of grief at all times even in the lighter scenes," Nyong'o said last year while promoting the film. "There is a deep pain in Patsey throughout and living in that pain was not easy." - Reuters
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Nanoscale Material Properties of Two Rubber Compounds
Topography and Pulsed Force Curves of the Polymer Thin Films
Calculating the Differences in Adhesion Forces of the Two Polymer Blends
Calculating the Stiffness of the Two Polymer Blends
WITec is a manufacturer of high-performance instrumentation for scientific and industrial applications focused on new solutions for Optical and Scanning Probe Microscopy.
The Digital Pulsed Force Mode (DPFM) provides new perspectives for materials research on the nanometer scale. Its ability to store the full tip-sample interaction during an AFM imaging process allows the user to record, along with the topography, mechanical and energetic properties.
Nevertheless, it is often difficult to extract real physical properties from AFM measurements, due to the continuous changing of the cantilever tip shape, changes in the environment during a measurement, etc. All these uncontrollable parameters can be compensated, if a reference is included in the imaging area for material characterization.
In this study, material properties on the nanometer scale of two rubber compounds are presented:
SBR (Styrene - Butadiene - Rubber) is a statistical copolymer with rubber properties. It contains 30% Styrene, with a bulk elasticity modulus of 4.1 MPa, and 70% Butadiene, with a bulk elasticity modulus of 0.25 Mpa.
SBS (Styrene - Butadiene - Styrene) is a block-copolymer, known as thermoplastic rubber. It has the same percentage of Styrene and Butadiene as SBR, the difference lies in the succession of the various chemical groups.
Both rubber compounds were studied as thin films of polymer blends in combination with PMMA (Poly-Methyl-Met-Acrylate).The thin films were produced by the spin-coating of polymer solutions on glass substrates.
The images in Fig. 1 show the topography of thin films of SBR-PMMA and SBS-PMMA on glass substrates. Confocal Raman Microscopy measurements have shown that the higher topographical features correspond in both images to PMMA. Typical Pulsed Force curves obtained from PMMA and SBR in the SBR-PMMA blend are shown in Fig. 2 (top) and from PMMA and SBS in the SBS-PMMA blend in Fig. 2 (bottom).
Figure 1. Topography of polymer blends: Top: SBR-PMMA (image size 7x7x0.03 µm3) Bottom: SBS-PMMA (image size 10x10x0.08 µm3).
Figure 2. Typical Pulsed Force Curves obtained from the two polymer films.
The adhesion maps recorded simultaneously with the topography images shown in Fig. 1 are represented in Fig. 3.
Figure 3. Adhesion maps of the thin film of SBR-PMMA (left) and SBS-PMMA (right).
The difference in adhesion forces of the two polymer blends was calculated as shown below:
Δ A1 = ASBR - APMMA = kS(Vad(SBR) - Vad(PMMA)) = 10 ± 3 nN (1)
Δ A2 = ASBS - APMMA = kS(Vad(SBS) - Vad(PMMA)) = 11 ± 3 nN (2)
with cantilever spring constant k = 2.8 N/m, sensitivity S = 200 nm/V, and Vad(SBS) , Vad(SBS), Vad(PMMA) the measured voltages on the adhesion outputs of the DPFM electronics (Peter Spizig, PhD Thesis, Univ. Ulm 2002). These results do not show clear evidence for two different polymers blended with PMMA.
Figure 4. Stiffness maps of the thin film of SBR-PMMA (left) and SBS-PMMA (right).
The stiffness maps for the two thin films are shown in Fig. 4. The difference in stiffness of the two polymer blends was calculated as shown below:
Δ S1 = SPMMA - SSBR = kS(Vstiff(PMMA) - Vstiff(SBR)) / Δ z = 2.5 ± 0.3 N/m (3)
Δ S2 = SPMMA - SSBS = kS(Vstiff(PMMA) - Vstiff(SBS)) / Δ z = 0.6 ± 0.3 N/m (4)
with z representing the tip penetration depth, Vstiff(PMMA) , Vstiff(SBR), and Vstiff(SBS) the measured voltage on the stiffness output of the DPFM electronics (Peter Spizig, PhD Thesis, Univ. Ulm 2002).
Due to the fact that both thin films contain the reference PMMA, the stiffness difference calculated in equation (3) and (4) is related to different stiffness properties of the SBR and SBS. The stiffness ratio: S / S = 4 indicates, that SBR is a factor of 4 softer then SBS.
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Professor and Program Director
Professor Antkowiak has over 30 years of experience in the criminal justice system. After graduating from Saint Vincent in 1974, he received his law degree from Harvard magna cum laude in 1977. He has served as a federal prosecutor, a criminal defense attorney in state and federal court, and a professor of law at Duquesne Law School where he taught courses in Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Process, Pennsylvania Criminal Law and Federal Criminal Law. He received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the graduating class in both 2011 and 2007, and was named Duquesne Law School's 2007 Teacher of the Year by the Association of American Law Schools. He is the author of two major works on criminal law and has published eleven law review articles in various journals across the country.


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Manila 2014
The Powering Progress Together conference in Manila, the Philippines, on February 6, 2014, discussed the urgent need for greater resilience, faced with the growing pressure on global resources of energy, water and food.
The conference in Manila explored the nexus, the forces behind it and the inspiring collaborations that are making a difference. It united international speakers on interactive panel discussions with representatives from business, NGOs, local governments and tomorrow's leaders yet discussing the implications for Asia, as well as a closer look on the Philippines perspectives.
A diverse group of experts participated, including Fr Jett Villarin (President of the Ateneo de Manila University and acclaimed Climate Scientist), Brahma Chellaney (Author of "Water: Asia's New Battleground"), Vinod Thomas (Asian Development Bank lead for the study "Food Security Challenges in Asia"), Paulo Alcazaren (Landscape Architect & Urban Planner), Julian Goh (Centre of Liveable Cities) and resilience expert Brian Walker (Resilience Alliance).
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Powering Progress Together in Manila took place against the backdrop of the Shell companies in the Philippines centennial celebration and the Shell Eco-marathon Asia, where hundreds of students did compete in self-built cars designed to travel the furthest on the least energy. Shell Energy Lab invited a wide spectrum of visitors to learn first-hand how new technologies are changing the future of energy and mobility.
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Meet-up at National Mechanics Monday 3/19/12, 6:00pm – 8:00pm
What: A chance to hang out at the bar and learn a little bit about coding (if you're interested)
When: Monday, March 19, 6:00 – 8:00
Where: National Mechanics, 22 South Third Street
Why: Because coding is an important and fun skill, and because it's fun to hang out with other archivists sometimes
Who: ANYONE. Really, anyone. No previous experience or technical orientation required. Really. Or just come and hang at the bar.
How: If you're interested in learning, sign up at http://codeyear.com/ . Then, bring your laptop with you and we can all take the time to talk through problems, answer questions, or just run through exercises. This is a no-guilt activity, so don't feel bad if (like me) you're a couple of weeks behind.
More Information: If you want to learn more about the #catcode trend of archivists and librarians learning to code, visit http://catcode.pbworks.com/w/
What you can do to help:
1. Show up.
2. Encourage your friends and co-workers to come.
3. Distribute an invitation to other LAMs groups that you might be part of.
4. If you can't make it this time, come next time. We'll be meeting the third Monday of each month — same bat time, same bat channel.
We're all looking forward to seeing you there.
Philly Fun Stuff Feb 28 to March 11
A Serendipitous Life: From German POW to American Psychologist
February 28, 2012 6:30 pm
Penn Bookstore
3601 Walnut St. Philadelphia
An intimate and inspiring look at the life story of one of the century's foremost psychiatrists. Penn Professor Karl Rickels shares his amazing life story – from growing up in Berlin, time spent as a POW during WWII and his life-long medical career in the U.S. specializing in psychopharmacology.
Kids Join the Continental Army
March 3 11 am to 12 pm
Valley Forge National Historical Park
1400 N. Outer Lane Drive, King of Prussia, PA
Young recruits will receive enlistment papers and be issued dummy muskets to learn the techniques and marching maneuvers necessary to be a soldier.
Historic Fallsington Informative Lecture—Chocolate!
March 8, 2012 7:30 pm -9 pm
Fallsington Friends Meeting house
3900 S. Main St. Fallsington, PA
Program presented by Susan McLellan Plaisted Dietitian & Proprietress of Heart to Hearth Cookery. The aroma of chocolate will waft in the air as this presentation connects the cultural use of chocolate from Meso-America to Europe and back to Colonial America and Pennsylvania. Learn the basics of cacao cultivation, harvesting and fermentation. Participants have the opportunity to sample a historic chocolate beverage. Call to reserve your spot.
Human Contraband: African Americans in the Civil War
March 8, 2012 7 pm
Hagley Museum and Library
Rt 141 Wilmington, DE
Hagley Museum and Library presents the first spring program of its Civil War Education Series, "Human Contraband: African Americans in the Civil War" by Hagley Reference Archivist Lucas Clawson.
The free lecture will be held in the Copeland Room of the Hagley Library. Use Hagley's Buck Road East entrance off Route 100.
The current Hagley exhibit in the Visitor Center, An Oath of Allegiance to the Republic: The du Ponts and the Civil War, will be open and free from 4:30-6:45 pm.
Charter Day
March 11, 2012 1-4 pm
Pennsbury Manor
400 Pennsbury Memorial Road, Morrisville PA
We'll be demonstrating plantation crafts and offering tours of the Manor House. Best of all, it's FREE! Pennsbury Manor will be holding a food drive to benefit the Bucks County Housing Group's Penndel Food Pantry. Please bring a non-perishable food item.
Philly Fun Stuff Feb 1-12, 2012
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An Evening with Ross MacPhee, author of Race to the End
February 1, 2012 6:30 pm
Academy of Natural Sciences
19th and Ben Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia
Exactly 100 years ago, two teams raced for the honor of being the first humans to stand at the South Pole. What motivated this race for glory? Ross D. E. MacPhee, author of Race to The End: Amundsen, Scott, and the Attainment of the South Pole and curator of mammals at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, presents the story of the conquest of the last great geographical prize on Earth and its modern relevance for science and discovery in Antarctica. The author will sign copies of his book
A Visit with Harriet Tubman
February 4, 2012 11 am to 12:30 pm
J. Lewis Crozier Library
620 Engle St. Chester, PA
Harriet Tubman kicks off Black History Month at the J. Lewis Crozer Library! Families and African American history enthusiasts of all ages are invited to see renowned local actress and writer Dr. Daisy Century bring the heroic Harriet Tubman to life right in the library!
Ye Ol' Antique Logging Exhibition and Workshop
February 11, 2012 8:30 am to ?
Estate of John B. Haines, IV
3327 Gerryville Pike, Pennsburg, PA (I know this isn't really near Philly, but how often do you get to see something like this? And sleigh rides!)
This annual winter exhibition was first held by Mr. Haines in 2006 to showcase his collection of antique logging, splitting, cutting and wood milling equipment. Since this time, the event has grown to include exhibition of the region's premier antique logging equipment, demonstrations and operation of this historic equipment, logging techniques, and even draft animal demonstrations and sleigh rides. Last year, some 600 enthusiasts participated in this event.
The event will be jointly hosted by friend, associate, master antique restoration specialist and enthusiast, Arthur Cooper, who will be on-hand to discuss operation and restoration of many of the rare logging pieces on display at the exhibition. Attendees and fellow antique logging enthusiasts are encouraged to bring and showcase their own logging, sawing or wood cutting equipment.
Heritage Quilts
February 11, 2012-01-29
J. Lewis Crozier Library
620 Engle St. Chester PA
Explore the rich history of the Underground Railroad as local historian Twyla Simpkins shares her Heritage Quilts. Families can investigate the symbols quilters used during the Underground Railroad as African Americans bravely gained their freedom.
Philly Fun Stuff
I hope everyone had wonderful holidays and we all have a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!
To help with the prosperous part, here are some upcoming free events in the Philadelphia area.
Photo Wallahs: A First Sunday Cultural Film Screening
January 8, 2012 2 pm
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
3260 South St., Philadelphia
Each month Penn Museum is showing films on the theme of cultural adaptation. The January film is Photo Wallahs, a documentary which gives a retro view of photography in India before the current digital age.
Come early and enjoy South Indian snacks in the Museum's Peppermill
A Conversation with Joan Myers Brown and Brenda Dixon Gottschild
January 9, 2012 6-8 pm
African American Museum of Philadelphia
701 Arch St., Philadelphia
You are invited to join us for this exciting conversation between Joan Myers Brown, Founder of the celebrated Philadelphia Dance Company (Philadanco) and her biographer Brenda Dixon Gottschild! Legendary artistic director of Philadelphia Dance Company Joan Myers Brown's career is explored in dance scholar Brenda Dixon Gottschild"s ground breaking book on Black Dance in Philadelphia.
Gottschild's book Joan Myers Brown & the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina: A Biohistory of American Performance not only tells the story of the founder of PHILADANCO, but explores how Brown's personal and professional histories reflect the hardships—and advances–of African-American dancers in the artistic and social developments of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. This is an event not only for dance lovers but for anyone who is interested in the cultural history of Philadelphia!
In the Shadow of the World – A Holocaust Story of Survival and Courage
January 15, 2012 2:30 pm
Historical Society of Montgomery County
1654 DeKalb St., Norristown, PA
Erica Herz Van Adelsberg was born in 1928 in Mumich, Germany. When she was 13, Nazi soldiers gave her family 24 hours to pack one suitcase each; they were then transported to Westerbork concentration camp in the Netherlands. Later they were sent to the notorious Bergen Belsen concentration camp where thousands died of starvation and disease. Mrs. Van Adelsberg will share her story of survival, courage, and remembrance.
Philly Fun Stuff
Here are some free events taking place during the next few weeks. Enjoy!
George Washington's Band of Brothers
November 5-27 12:30 pm
Join a park ranger for a tour of the portrait gallery that will introduce George Washington and his generals, who, against all odds, led the soldiers of the Continental Army to victory over the armies of Great Britain and won American Independence.
The Forgotten Native Americans
November 25, 2011 at 3:00
Meet a Park Ranger for a 30 minute program about Native Americans
Both at:
Second Bank of the United States
420 Chestnut Street
http://www.nps.gov/inde/special-programs.htm (Check out this link for other upcoming FREE programs)
Book discussion on "1491"
November 28, 7:30 pm
Briar Bush Nature Center
1212 Edge Hill Road, Abington PA
This book challenges the conventional wisdom that the Americas were sparsely populated continents teeming with wildlife before the Europeans arrived on its shores. Instead, early human civilizations altered the wilderness to make it work for them, just as we do today. Author Charles Mann demonstrates the Americas were a far more urban, more populated, and more technologically advanced region than generally assumed and were flourishing with a high degree of sophistication by the time European colonists arrived in 1491.
Civil War Education Series: Christmas Past
December 1, 2011, 7 pm
Hagley Museum and Library
Rte. 141, Wilmington, DE
"Christmas Past" is a talk by Hagley guide Jane Peters Estes. Many of today's secular holiday traditions such as the Christmas tree had their beginnings in the mid-nineteenth century. Her program will emphasize holiday happenings during the Civil War era. As part of the program, the first floor of the du Pont family residence, featuring their annual holiday display, will be open for tours.
Of Pictures and Specimens: Natural History in Post-Revolutionary and Restoration France
December 1-3
American Philosophical Society, Benjamin Franklin Hall
427 Chestnut St.
Of Pictures & Specimens: Natural History in Post-Revolutionary and Restoration France is organized by the APS Museum in conjunction with its current exhibition, Of Elephants & Roses: Encounters with French Natural History, 1790 – 1830. It will bring together scholars from the United States and France. Included are presentations on topics related to natural history, from the role of artists and gardeners in botanical science and the representations of a giraffe's African keepers to the influence of natural history on Balzac's writing and on the birth of the social sciences. Participants bring interdisciplinary perspectives from material culture, the histories of art and science, visual studies, botany, decorative arts, and cultural history.
Of Pictures & Specimens is free of charge. Please click here to register on or before Monday, November 28, 2011.
An Evening with Jonathon Zimmerman
December 8, 2011-11-20, 6 pm
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
1300 Locust Street
Join us for a conversation about current events and the connected parallels, roots, and lessons from history. This discussion will be led by Jonathan Zimmerman, an historian affiliated with the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and featured guest on "That's History," a biweekly radio segment coproduced by HSP and WHYY. Teachers may receive Act 48 credit.
Lecture Series "A Republic if You Can Keep it:" Benjamin Franklin and the Crafting of the Constitution
December 8, 7:30 om
David Library of the American Revolution
1201 River Road, Washington Crossing PA
We will close the series with a talk by an audience favorite, George W. Boudreau, Associate Professor of Humanities and History at the University of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg. In his lecture, "'A Republic, if you can keep it': Benjamin Franklin and the Crafting of the Constitution," Professor Boudreau will discuss Benjamin Franklin's role in the creation of the Constitution.
DVAG – SAA Roundup
Monday, November 14th – 6:00pm
upstairs at Fergie's Pub – 1214 Sansom St.
Informal gathering with attendees of August's annual Society of American Archivists (SAA) meeting who will debrief and share notes with anyone interested in what they learned at the conference. This is a good opportunity for people to learn about the conference, people they should connect with and some of how people are thinking and talking about issues nationally. Also a good way to chat with other DVAG members in a more informal setting.
RSVP here or just show up: http://www.doodle.com/e8scttvq5sqytep6
Philly Fun Stuff
Hi all! Here are some free events in Philly this week.
Comparative Responses to the Outbreak of Deadly Epidemics from the Revolutionary Era to Today
College of Physicians
19 S. 22nd St.
November 9, 2011 6:30 pm
Bring Out Your Dead (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1993) is a classic study of the 1793 yellow fever epidemic and the massive impact it left on Philadelphia. Join us as the three co-authors of the introduction (Anne Coxe Toogood, Kenneth R. Foster, PhD, PE, and Mary F. Jenkins) to Bring Out Your Dead compare the response of the medical community to the 1793 yellow fever epidemic to that of contemporary responses to HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis A and B and other viruses. The speakers will set the social, demographic, geographic, and rudimentary medical context for the outbreak of this epidemic in 1793.
Philadelphia's Lost Waterfront
Penn Book Store 3601 Walnut St.
November 10, 2011 6:30 pm
Local historian Harry Kyriakodis chronicles the history of the city's original port district, from Quaker settlers who first lived along the Delaware to the riverfront of the twentieth century. Tracing local histories along Front Street, Delaware Avenue and Penn's Landing, Kyriakodis deftly rediscovers the story of Philadelhia's lost waterfront.
Kyriakodis is a founding member of the Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides and regularly leads walking tours throughout the city.
Powell House
244 S. 3rd St.
November 11, 2011 1-5 pm
To celebrate Veterans Day, the Powel House will offer free admission and tours of the house to veterans, active members of the military, and their families. Each family will also receive one complimentary bottle of Dr. Physick's soda, produced exclusively for Landmarks.
Remembering Our Early Veterans
Second Bank
420 Chestnut St.
November 12-13, 4 pm
On Veteran's Day weekend, learn more about ht e Continental Army and Navy by joining a park ranger for a 20 minute program.
Fun and free things to do in Philly
Didn't find much out there this week. The intersection of various disciplines, plus the inspiration of an exhibit at APS makes this event sound pretty interesting. If you have an event coming up that you think would be of interest that is free (or really inexpensive) let us know!
Between Architecture, Nature and Technology: Material Analogs
October 20, 2011, 6 pm
American Philosophical Society Museum
104 S. Fifth Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Please RSVP via email.
How do you create a greenhouse that is also a work of art? "Look to nature," says Jenny Sabin, an architect, artist, and designer. A 2011 Pew Fellow, Sabin is in the forefront of a practice "that applies insights and theories from biology and mathematics to the design of material structures."
In this talk she will discuss her Greenhouse and Cabinet of Future Fossils as both a cutting-edge structure where architecture, nature, and technology intersect, and as a work of art that riffs on themes in the current APS Museum exhibition, Of Elephants & Roses. The evening will include a walkthrough of the structure and the lecture. The exhibition will also be open.
Free and Fun things to do this week
So I was looking for something to do this past weekend and while doing so saw some items that might be of interest to my fellow archivists out there. So here are a few free, hopefully fun/interesting/worth getting out of the house for things to do this week in Philly. Let us know if you'd like to see more of these!
Philadelphia Responds: The Civil War Home Front
October 13, noon-5
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia
Behind battle lines, the everyday experiences of civilian men and women during the Civil War reveal fascinating accounts of bravery, perseverance, devotion, and passion. On this day, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania will display highlights from its collections to share stories of the Philadelphia Civil War home front.
Friends of the Free Library Fall Sidewalk Sale
October 14, 12-6 and October 15, 10-6
Book Corner
311 N. 20th, Philadelphia
Their tag line is "featuring thousands of books all under $2." Who doesn't need more books? Ok, I don't need more books, but I'll probably buy more anyway.
Home Movie Day
October 15, 2 – 5pm
@ PhillyCAM
699 Ranstead Street, Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Film Archivists Collective, in association with this year's host PhillyCAM and sponsor Bryn Mawr Film Institute, present Home Movie Day, a celebration of amateur film and filmmaking!
Anyone may submit their 16mm, 8mm, or super8 home movies for screening at this free event. They will be inspected and projected by film archivists between 2 and 5pm on Saturday, October 15 at PhillyCAM's new community media center in downtown Philadelphia. Films can be brought to PhillyCAM on the day of the event or to one of our advanced drop off locations on or before October 12th: Bryn Mawr Film Institute (824 W. Lancaster Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 att. Alexis Mayer) or with John Pettit (email@example.com)
In its fifth year locally and ninth year internationally, Home Movie Day provides a rare opportunity for Philadelphians to see their movies that have sat in boxes unseen and forgotten for too many years. Expect to see family holidays, milestones, and vacations, but don't be surprised to encounter a child's masked avenger fantasy film or a demonstration of an obscure hunting skill. The charm of this singular event is in watching fashions change, families grow, and history unfold.


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Window screening, ceilings and closed eaves as sustainable ways to control malaria in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
1 University of Nairobi, School of Biological Sciences, PO Box 30197-00100 GPO Nairobi, Kenya
2 Ifakara Health Institute, Coordination Office, PO Box 78373, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
3 Dar es Salaam City Council, Ministry of Regional Administration and Local Government, United Republic of Tanzania
4 Durham University, School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
5 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Vector Group, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK
Malaria Journal 2009, 8:221 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-8-221Published: 29 September 2009
Malaria transmission in Africa occurs predominantly inside houses where the primary vectors prefer to feed. Human preference and investment in blocking of specific entry points for mosquitoes into houses was evaluated and compared with known entry point preferences of the mosquitoes themselves.
Cross-sectional household surveys were conducted in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to estimate usage levels of available options for house proofing against mosquito entry, namely window screens, ceilings and blocking of eaves. These surveys also enabled evaluation of household expenditure on screens and ceilings and the motivation behind their installation.
Over three quarters (82.8%) of the 579 houses surveyed in Dar es Salaam had window screens, while almost half (48.9%) had ceilings. Prevention of mosquito entry was cited as a reason for installation of window screens and ceilings by 91.4% (394/431) and 55.7% (127/228) of respondents, respectively, but prevention of malaria was rarely cited (4.3%, 22/508). The median cost of window screens was between US $ 21-30 while that of ceilings was between US $301-400. The market value of insecticide-treated nets, window screening and ceilings currently in use in the city was estimated as 2, 5 and 42 million US$. More than three quarters of the respondents that lacked them said it was too expensive to install ceilings (82.2%) or window screens (75.5%).
High coverage and spending on screens and ceilings implies that these techniques are highly acceptable and excellent uptake can be achieved in urban settings like Dar es Salaam. Effective models for promotion and subsidization should be developed and evaluated, particularly for installation of ceilings that prevent entry via the eaves, which are the most important entry point for mosquitoes that cause malaria, a variety of neglected tropical diseases and the nuisance which motivates uptake.


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Furthermore, while his pre-title work is impressive, it has its bumps (Choynski, Hart), and i'm not sure if Martin, Childs, etc were really THAT good.
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Marciano at no.2 is ridiculous to be honest. Jersey Joe was damn good but no.4? Come off it.
Clearly you have a personal dislike of Holmes, there is no justification at putting him at no.14.
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The only beef I have with Holmes and King is I thought Holmes fought weak challengers for the most part Spinks just KO'd by Coetzee in 1 rd,and had a 10-2-2 record, Marvis Frazier 10 fights,Ocasio 13 fights,Bey 18-1, Smith 18-1. Lorenzo zannon and Alfredo Evangelista,Lerory Jones)( I knew Jones well) PLEASE, the best being ****ey and Shavers and I dont rate them so high. Holmes avoided Coetzee,Tate,Dokes,Page,Thomas, and would not rematch Norton,Weaver,Williams and Witherspoon...he was no Joe Louis or Rocky Marciano when it came to rematches or fighting his # 1...and Holmes never unified...Holmes was my favorite fighter of the era but I can not reward him for not fighting the Best and I lived the era fustrated...He did recover after being dropped by Shaver and Snipes but who the Fk did Snipes ever finish off or beat (remember He got dropped 2 times by Coetzee and stole the decision off of Coetzee with Kings help) to get the fight vs Holmes and Shavers could punch but who did he KO or beat except Norton who could not fight a pressure fighter who backed him up.
I could have rated Holmes before Johnson,Jeffires and Langford and Dempsey and they had fighter that they avoided( mostly because there was no monitary benifit) but I have to tell you NONE of them avoided more fighters than Holmes and NO era was more corrupt...shame because I thought he could beat most of the opponents he avoided but I personally was not completely sure and have trouble forgetting
As far as Marciano at number 2...I could have rated him under Ali and it would be no big deal but I think Marciano when he entered the ring from his 1st fight till his last would be a tough fight for anyone. I also rate his defense opponents high, they were all good boxers and Walcott,Moore and Charles all had power as well and Ko'd some good sized Heavys. Its easy to knock fighters after the fact but they were all rated high and beat the best to fight the best. I just think Marciano would have been a tough fight for Ali, he fit the mold, Marciano was relentless, had a great left hook as well as a killer right and he had heart and Stamina. I think he had the right syle to beat Ali. In fact Ali said Marciano would have been his toughest foe and Frazier( who did accually fight Ali) said that he nor Ali could beat Louis or Marciano...I love Louis to me the greatest and I love Marciano...also think Walcott was the sleeper of the bunch and although erractic had the style to upset the most ATG's
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Bad news for a thirsty world: The main conservation method for agricultural irrigation actually wastes water in many cases, a new analysis finds. As a result, government subsidies for this method, called drip irrigation, are not achieving their stated goal, the study concludes. The work is an "important addition to previous conceptual work" and something that may help influence policymakers, says natural resources economist Ray Huffaker of the University of Florida, Gainesville.
Agriculture is the world's largest consumer of water. In an effort to conserve, many farmers now use drip irrigation, which trickles water to crops, rather than flooding their fields. The method has boosted crop yields and farm income--"more crop per drop," as advocates say--and it has won the support of conservationists. But it does have a known drawback: It's considerably more expensive than flooding--because it requires more extensive irrigation equipment--so federal and state governments have promoted the technique by paying subsidies to farmers.
There are other disadvantages. "Most of us interested in water conservation assumed that drip irrigation was a big-time water conserver," says water resources economist Frank Ward of New Mexico State University in Las Cruces. But over the past few years, "several water managers and engineers have tipped us off" to problems with the method, he says. For one thing, it turns out that drip irrigation requires more water per plant, because plants irrigated in this way grow faster and produce bigger yields; therefore, they consume more. At the same time, drip irrigation means less water available downstream and in local aquifers, because there's more evaporation and much less runoff.
To weigh the costs of drip irrigation against the benefits, Ward and colleague Manuel Pulido-Velázquez of the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain, used an economic model to analyze the Upper Rio Grande Basin in New Mexico, Mexico, and Texas, where environmentalists would like to see drip irrigation used more widely. The researchers studied its effects under a variety of subsidy levels and projected the outcomes to 2025. As the pair reports online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, drip irrigation consistently drank up more water, particularly when it was heavily subsidized. For example, in one part of the watershed, the researchers calculated that with a 50% subsidy, farmers used nearly 15% more water overall--about 24 million cubic meters--annually with drip irrigation than with flooding. "We didn't think those effects would be quite so vivid," Ward says.
Ward says drip irrigation can still be useful in nations like Afghanistan, where there aren't other users downstream clamoring for a share. But in the United States and most developed countries, he says, a surer path to saving water in agriculture would be to grow more water-conserving crops and to periodically let fields lie fallow in order to remove the irrigation requirement temporarily.