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Romance and the Problems with "By Women, For Women, About Women" – Reader Lynn sent me this article and my response was "Wow, I don't know what to think of this article." And I don't. The author of this piece who I know as Heidenkind posits that the praise for romance that it is written by women for women creates an isolated divide between the community and the rest of the reading world and worse, promotes the type of behavior and thinking that supposed enlightened readers would rattle their sabers against.
I think the part of me that rebels against this piece is the part that says "Is there anything so wrong with praising the romance genre for focusing on women?" Book Riot
Katy Perry's weak chart-topper shows how far album sales have fallen – I'm really interested in subscription services because as a reader, I'd love to have access to all these self pub books for a low monthly fee. I start a lot of them and abandon them often. I'm keeping my Oyster subscription in hopes that it becomes worth it for that reason alone.
But subscription services in music are a growing segment of the music industry's revenues – 16% at the last tally. And musicians say that the streaming revenue that trickles down to them is so minuscule as to not even be relevant. Others argue that the subscription services have led to the decline of the album as everyone enjoys the sampling of a three minute song over the hour long album of one singer.
The current business model for subscription book services is tremendous for readers and authors and in that sense deviates from the music industry. Plus I don't see the fever for long books dying out even with subscription services but the music industry's struggle with subscription services is interesting to watch and gives food for thought in the publishing world. The Raw Story
Price Elasticity Can Work: Dropping Ebook Price To $1 Catapulted Year-Old Book Onto NYT Best Seller List – TechDirt points out the obvious. Reducing the price of a book to less than one dollar can drive sales. For Rob Reid it pushed his fifteen month book back onto the NYTimes bestseller list. But 99c sales aren't working for everyone and in spite of the argument that reduced prices lead to increased volume, that doesn't automatically mean more revenue. 99c sales can increase visibility momentarily and for some that is all they need to propel them forward.
Rob Reid's book is now closing in on 3,000 on the Kindle list meaning he's selling around 20-30 books a day. Publishers should use the 99c promotion to drive sales of related books. That's the key to a successful 99c reduction. Techdirt
Sales, Earnings Drop at Harlequin in Third Quarter – The move of romance readers toward digital books is hurting the bottom line for Harlequin. Third quarter revenues and sales declined in the third quarter and parent company Torstar attributed it to a decline in print sales and direct to consumer channels not offset by a growth in digital sales. The single titles continue to sell well but the declining retail space given over to series books is adversely affecting print sales. (Many grocery stores and the like have started stocking trades and featuring YA and to some extent NA). Digital sales globally were a quarter of revenue and that ebook growth is beginning to slow. Publishers Weekly

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This year 73 organizations or individuals applied for the Microsoft Education Award. As in past years, a large majority of the applicants are developing Web sites that are useful in education. There was a wide range of offerings. Some music and arts sites were devoted to helping autistic children better comprehend the human world of emotions that is so foreign to them. Some sites were elegant packages of educational materials for teaching sexual education in poor, slum societies. Some sites were using the new tools of social networking to encourage online communities so that peer teaching and learning could occur more readily. Another site had created an interactive repository of memories of Palestinians and Israelis committed to peace. Another tracked the whereabouts of a popular character in a children's book. All were delightful and educational. Other projects were more hardware-oriented. A number of applications had developed Information and Communication Technology (ICT) centers in developing countries, enabling students and adults to learn how to use computers and the Internet to improve their lives. Another group of projects used ICT to connect students in different countries; they offer strong testimonials regarding the powerful learning experience of being able to see, hear, and interact with children of the same age, in the same learning environment. Other social entrepreneurs were developing mobile science laboratories, educational videos, and learning based on hands-on photography training.
The large pool of applications presented a difficult challenge to the judging panel. All of the applicants exemplified the best tradition in the education enterprise: selflessly giving so that the next generations will know more than current generations, and make the world a better place. The judges had to juggle two important criteria: evidence of profound or inspiring change and possibility of replicability or scalability. Many interventions carried out by the applicants had clearly bettered learning and knowledge for the populations targeted. Yet, many of them had reached their pilot-stage potential; they were unlikely to accelerate a slow growth path in any significant way. Others were clearly full of potential, sometimes in astonishing ways, but there was not yet evidence that the potential was actually realizable. The selected Laureates had that gestaltish combination of demonstrating both their capacities and their potential.
The Laureates
Arrow Network Systems, Ltd.,
Schools in sub-Saharan
Arrow Network Systems has developed and is deploying a low-cost and effective mechanism for enabling a reasonably high degree of connectivity. By linking UHF radio to a school-site server, the technology enables a school to download and transmit at very low speeds, for very low cost. Of course, the transmission speeds are very low, equivalent to a very slow telephone modem, but the school server can function like a mirror of the Internet, enabling non-real-time local access. In cooperation with a Czech company that makes radio modems, Racom s.r.o., Arrow Network Systems has implemented the project in Our Lady of the
While the narrowband technology has yet to be deployed other than in the pilot case, Arrow Network Systems is developing extensive experience in deploying similar networks in the for-profit and state sectors. The company has deployed networks for
More information about the project is available at: http://www.arrownetworks.net/javelin.html.
Persons with severe disabilities continue to face serious obstacles to opportunities to learn. All over the world, children with limited physical mobility- whether from strokes, accidents, illnesses or birth defects- can find themselves locked into their bodies, unable to communicate with others and hence unable to develop their knowledge potential.
EagleEyes offers an extremely promising and field-tested technology to enable access to education by persons whose only deliberate movement is eye movement. The main technology involves placing five electrodes on the skin around the eyes; the electrodes pick up the tiny electrical signals that generate eye movement, and translate those signals to movements of a mouse on a computer screen. After some training, persons are able to achieve effective control over the computer, and then begin working through pedagogic software appropriate to their level of cognitive development. The technology and pedagogy has been used successfully at the Campus School at Boston College, and is now licensed to the Opportunity Foundation of America of Salt Lake City for rapid expansion.
The impact of the technology has been relatively limited in terms of numbers, up to the present time. But the numerous testimonials available from users suggest that for those who have accessed the technology, the benefits have been enormous in improving the quality of life for severely disabled persons. Basic cost-benefit calculations from a few example cases suggest that the technology is more effective than alternative teacher and classroom aide-intensive strategies.
More information about the project is available at: http://www.bc.edu/schools/csom/eagleeyes/.
Connexions, Rice University, Houston, Texas, U.S.
Universities are major centers of production of knowledge and education of citizens. They have always had the virtue and limitation of largely restricting themselves to on-site transmission of knowledge. The expense of on-site pedagogy has meant that they are required to practice monopoly pricing and restrictive admission; their incentives are to keep the knowledge embodied in their local faculty "locked-in" to the university campus and not to give it away for free. Providing free seats in lecture halls is a tough sell to a board of trustees. The Internet is rapidly changing hitherto moribund models of distance education, and universities are responding creatively to the new opportunities, guided in part by the ideal of making knowledge and education available to all.
Connexions, a project largely housed and financed by the Rice University community, offers an exciting innovation in these efforts. The project is a Web site where university-level knowledge such as lectures and notes, problem sets, course outlines, and academic discussions, can be freely accessed. The key feature of their Internet platform of instructional material is that it is manipulable and shareable. That is, lectures and learning tools posted by faculty on the site can be adapted by users and then reposted for sharing. Browsers looking for instructional material or simply using the site to learn can filter their searches by the level of 'change' associated with particular works: they can restrict themselves to the original work, to refereed work, to the manipulated and possibly improved work, etc.
The site is benefiting hundreds of thousands of users. A consortium of faculty from major universities is coordinating and working collectively on modules for courses in electrical engineering. The new University of California at Merced has seen faculty and departments commit to using Connexions as a major tool for Web authoring and distribution of course content. Connexions also is working with AMDs 50x15 initiative (a 2005 Laureate) to facilitate standardized educational content software to enable maximum access by users in developing countries.
To see some of the material available on Connexions, visit: http://www.cnx.org.
Internet Archive, San Francisco, California, U.S.
As the Internet grows, petabytes (1024 terabytes = 250 bytes) of information are being created. But at the same time, petabytes of information are being lost. Individuals across the world post Web pages and then later delete them. Servers housing the equivalent of small libraries are left to obsolesce, and their files wither like a morning glory in the afternoon. Digital knowledge is much easier to destroy than knowledge encoded onto the pages of books and documents. Early on in the still-short history of the Internet, librarians and archivists recognized that storing digital knowledge for future generations would demand innovations in technology and organization.
The Internet Archive has gone further than other efforts in generating both technology and organization for archiving and making the past of the Internet available to the public. They have developed, in collaboration with open source technologists, software to store and access billions of snapshots of Web pages, Web crawlers to continuously build the collection, and new, efficient technologies for converting public domain print into digital format. Currently the site hosts more than 55 billion archived Web pages. The site also has developed itself as a repository for public domain audio, video, and text materials. Tens of thousands of items are currently available, free of charge, including a significant collection of Grateful Dead recordings!
The impact of the Internet Archive is difficult to measure. At the level of users (page views, unique users, interactive users) the numbers are clearly in the millions. What is their benefit from browsing the "Wayback Machine"? An example from the author's experience illustrates the benefits. During the slow process of negotiating a peace treaty to end the 50 year-old civil war in southern Sudan, the U.S. funded an entity called the Civilian Protection Monitoring Team (CPMT) that investigated and made public reports on cease-fire violations. After the final comprehensive peace treaty was signed in 2005, the CPMT ceased to function. Eventually its Web site, with all of the investigations, disappeared. However, the Internet Archive preserved snapshots of the site over time; these are now available to any user interested in the Civil War or in peacekeeping. In addition, numerous advances regarding digital copyright law are due to the rapid advances of the Internet Archive.
The archive can be visited at: http://archive.org.
Dominic Massaro, University of California Santa Cruz and Animated Speech Corporatioin, Santa Cruz, California, U.S.
Children with learning disabilities benefit greatly from being able to see how facial features move when pronouncing words. Children with autism, in particular, have difficulty learning vocabulary in context if they do not have visual experience with how people say words. Face-to-face training, with a language tutor sitting in front of the student, is very expensive, and relies excessively on motivating and training each individual tutor. Computers, like the audio cassette recordings in the 20th century language lab, have the potential to replicate many of the activities and outcomes of a language tutor. But facial structure accompaniment of utterances remains a serious software challenge. There remains a large gap between the cheap expressionless faces and moving mouths of cartoon characters of television, and the nuanced winks of the masterpieces of digital animation. Getting eyebrows, cheeks, tongue, and mouth to move synchronously with phonemes is the key to enabling computer-based language tutoring to really be effective.
Baldi, developed by University of California at Santa Cruz professor Dominic Massaro, is a software program that combines speech science and facial animation research to generate a three-dimensional animated talking head. The software can be modified to create a language or reading tutor. Applications are increasingly evident on the Internet. Professor Massaro has also taken a lead in extending the application beyond the Academy. A talking head, nicknamed Timo in its commercial application, is presently used in several schools for autistic children and in schools for children with hearing loss. Research has demonstrated that the software and pedagogy is very effective, and of course there remains enormous opportunity for scalability.
Dr. Massaro's speech and facial animation software, which has been significantly extended and deployed by collaboration with many other researchers and programs, has contributed to enhanced learning environments for autistic and hard of hearing children at the Bay School in Santa Cruz, California, and the Tucker-Maxon Oral School in Portland, Oregon, as well as at other schools. The software also appears to be effective in helping adult language learners improve their pronunciation of new languages.
Professor Massaro's work, and demonstrations of Baldi, are available at: http://mambo.ucsc.edu/.
The 2006 Laureates and other applicants for the Microsoft Education Award prompt an insight about how technology promotes improvements in education. Many technological innovations lower some costs, but raise others. These high costs, often in the form of time, thwart certain educational practices from becoming commonplace. Educators still have a hard time, for example, connecting their classroom with the classroom of another educator halfway around the globe. The hardware is considerably less costly, but the expertise required to organize the hardware remains an obstacle. Likewise, students have new difficulties in accessing information over the Internet. The keyboard, screen, mouse and processor all cost significantly less, and the interface of the computer with the student is dramatically easier to master, but the Internet itself requires experience and wisdom. In the old days, a student walked through a door, and then a reference librarian (located next to a map of the library), pointed out the way. Searching for information on the Internet remains a craft, to be slowly passed on through human-to-human interaction.
The 2006 Laureates are good examples of innovations in the field of education that demonstrate the power of technology to reduce that time barrier, enabling teachers to invest more in their students and enabling students to generate even higher learning returns on that investment.
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Lafarge is recalling 77 of its employees as early as today because of an uptick in demand for cement, the The Alpena News [1]reports.
The plant's employees were laid off in early April when the plant had a full inventory of product and not enough orders to get rid of it, so the plant was forced to trim its workforce and shut down its kilns until market and demand for the product picked up, according to an online report from the news source.
Craig Ryan, public relation manager for Lafarge, said things have improved enough to have the workers return to work, according to the report.
"We will have everybody back over the course of the next few weeks," he said in the newspaper report. "We are going to do it in steps. We will have some beginning Monday and more from then on. We have to do it that way because we can't start up all the kilns at one time."
The layoff was anticipated to last longer than what it turned out to be, The Alpena News reported. Ryan said he is glad the workers are coming back and that business conditions have improved. He also said he hopes the improved business climate can continue, according to the report.
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My Neighbor Totoro, Blu-ray (1988/2013) Howl's Moving Castle, Blu-ray (2004/2013)
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My Neighbor Totoro, Blu-ray (1988/2013)
Howl's Moving Castle, Blu-ray (2004/2013)
Voices: Dakota & Elle Fanning, Tim Daly, Jean Simmons, Christian Bale, Lauren Bacall, Blythe Danner, Emily Mortimer, Billy Crystal
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Writer: Hayao Miyazaki
Music: Joe Hisaishi
Studio: Studio Ghibli/ Disney Home Entertainment 111374, 11354 (2-disc combo packs) [5/21/13]
Video: 1.85:1 for 16:9 1080p HD color
Audio: Choice of Japanese, English, or French DTS-HD MA 2.0 [Howl's: 5/1], also DD 2.0
Subtitles: English, English SDH, French
Extras: Japanese storyboards, Japanese trailer, Behind the Microphone, Behind the Studio [Totoro] (the creation, the experience, characters, creating Ghibli, locations, scoring), [Howl's:] Interview with English track director Pete Docter, Miyazaki Visits Pixar Animation Studios
Length: 88 minutes; 119 minutes
Ratings: *****
First, I've covered both of these films in their earlier standard DVD incarnations: Here, and Here. Second, if you don't know about Miyazaki, you must be part of that minority of movie-goers who doesn't like animation. Miyazaki is I think by far the best animator in the world today, and his Studio Ghibli films are a total antidote to the typical Disney animated feature. My Neighbor Totoro, for example, presents a wonderful story that makes it perhaps the best family animation feature ever, and it does it without resorting to any evil villains, side kicks with witty comments, or noise and explosions. He uses amazing images to advance the story line, not just dialog. Miyazaki won the oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2002 for Spirited Away, and in theaters at this moment is the latest Studio Ghibli film, Up on Poppy Hill, made by his son. Howl's Moving Castle was the No. 3 film in Japan, after Spirited Away and Titanic.
There's little in the contemplative, nature-centered My Neighbor Totoro that might upset even the smallest child, while Howl's Moving Castle does have some upsetting scenes of war and devastation. The plot of the latter becomes a bit complex and confusing towards the end. It seems to be about personal freedom, with the point that the wizard Howl has somehow lost his heart and must get it back to avoid getting stuck in his hawk persona, unable to return to being a human.
Miyazaki's art is so gorgeous that having these Blu-ray transfers makes it even more delicious. He uses strong colors and hues, with striking primary colors and the darkest blacks, which all comes thru beautifully on the Blu-rays. There seem to be no visual anomalies of any kind, and the detail and resolution is right on. The DVD transfers were very good, but these are perfect.
The jump from the plain stereo track of Totoro to the 5.1 lossless DTS surround of Howl' s Moving Castle is noticeable. And there are plenty of opportunities to make good use of the surround track on the odd airships that pass overhead, the battles that go on, and the bombs that are dropped. Also the peculiar sounds for the moving castle are a treat, making plenty use of the subwoofer channel. When combined with the magnificently messy and falling-apart castle (which at one point does fall apart), the sounds make for a magical experience.
The second Blu-ray carries the same extra bonus feature as the standard DVD version, titled "Behind the Microphone." And Pete Docter talks about the efforts that went into the creation of the English-language soundtrack for the film. He observes that he usually selects the original language on the soundtrack and uses the English subtitles, which I also usually do. Of course then with this one you would miss the hilarious characterizations Billy Crystal does for Calcifer, and Lauren Bacall for The Witch of the Wastes. They mention the difficult work to match the English to the Japanese mouth movements of the characters on the screen, since sometimes the English version ran longer and at other times shorter. All the voices in the English version are reproduced with the greatest clarity, and no lines lost. But the English subtitles are also well done, with no noticeable errors.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Add one more rare distinction to Brett Favre's glittering resume.
The Green Bay quarterback hit Greg Jennings for a 60-yard touchdown pass with 3:05 to go and the Packers beat Kansas City 33-22 Sunday, giving Favre victories over each of the other 31 teams in the league.
It's a career milestone that Peyton Manning and Tom Brady achieved just one week before.
The Chiefs (4-4) had taken a 22-16 lead with 5:18 left on Damon Huard's 17-yard pass to Tony Gonzalez and a 2-point conversion run by Priest Holmes, who came in when Larry Johnson injured his foot a few minutes earlier.
Jennings, whose 82-yard touchdown catch on the first play of overtime lifted Green Bay (7-1) past Denver six days earlier, went streaking down the middle of the field. He beat Patrick Surtain and Donnie Edwards for the Packers' sixth straight road win.
Mason Crosby added a 45-yard field goal and, with 59 seconds to go, Charles Woodson intercepted Damon Huard's pass and went 46 yards for a touchdown that made the game look more lopsided than it actually was. The Packers scored 17 points in the final 3:05
Favre was 24-of 34-for 360 yards and two touchdowns. He was also intercepted twice and the Packers overcame 13 penalties for 120 yards.
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The Beaver Dam Community Hospital Rehabilitation Services and Wellness Department and BDCH Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Clinic will be hosting a Running Clinic from 7 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 29 in the BDCH Cafeteria and Conference Center. The clinic will help seasoned athletes and novices alike get a head start on the running season. Walking enthusiasts are also welcome.
Dr. Bert C. Callahan, board certified orthopedic surgeon, will be on hand to answer running related questions, and multiple stations will offer running tips and injury prevention tactics.
Developed to offer individual attention to your running needs and goals, stations include computerized gait analysis screening, sports massage, Astym therapy, core fitness training, flexibility, proper shoe choice, orthotics, bike size assessment, obstacle racing/triathlons and kineseotaping demonstrations. There will also be new breakout sessions on yoga, kettlebell basics, nutrition and more.
The clinic fee is $20, with proceeds benefiting the BDCH Foundation.
The entry fee for the BDCH Nurses Day Run on Saturday, May 17 will be waived for those who attend the clinic.
To reserve a time or to ask questions, call (920) 887-4191.
RMC cancer support group
Taking on cancer extends beyond the physical process. Patients, family and friends all can benefit from emotional support. They need to be able to reach out, connect and share.
Ripon Medical Center's Cancer Support Connection is available to help those individuals and families facing cancer diagnosis and is an opportunity to connect with others who are also affected by cancer - patients, family and friends.
Cancer can leave people feeling overwhelmed, afraid and alone. Sometimes it can be difficult to cope, or even to talk with the most supportive family members and friends. A support group, like the Cancer Support Connection, gives people facing similar challenges the opportunity to connect in many ways.
The Cancer Support Connection is free and open to anyone facing cancer - patients, family members, friends and other loved ones. No registration is required.
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Features of This Tracka well-known composer
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Left Behind-The Kids #6 The Underground, which Chris helped write, tells the story of the kids who are left behind and takes the next step in showing their faith as they release an underground newspaper at Nicolae High. Chris develops themes in these books also found throughout his other writings, including that we must be bold about our faith and use that faith to work through ethical dilemmas.
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Tuberculosis Under the Microscope
Phthisis. Scrofula. Consumption. The White Plague.
Tuberculosis has been around long enough to earn many labels. Back in 18th and 19th century Europe it was characterized as "a romantic disease," given its high prevalence among artists and writers, but recent research has shown that the earliest trace of TB can be found in human remains from nearly 9,000 years ago. Yet, despite its long history and largely successful efforts at wiping the disease out in most Western countries, tuberculosis is still very much a problem in the developing world.
Caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the infectious disease that primarily infects the lungs is responsible for nearly 9 million cases and roughly 2 million fatalities worldwide every year, and continued drug resistance to current antibiotic therapies is fueling the need for new drugs. The drugs that are most commonly used, rifampin and isoniazid, have been waning in effectiveness against the bacterium. As a result, combinatorial therapy has been in place for nearly 50 years, but the bacterium has resisted this as well.
Robert Koch first discovered the bacterium in 1882, and won the Nobel Prize for the discovery in 1905. Eventually, the main challenge in producing antibiotics against this bacterium was also recognized: the organism has an unusually thick, waxy cell wall that is hard to penetrate. Getting any drugs through this barrier, while possible, is tough.
Given TB's virulence, researchers often use a close relative, Mycobacterium smegmatis, to study it in the lab. The two types of bacteria share many qualities, including the peculiar cell wall, but M. smegmatis has low pathogenicity, which makes it relatively safe. Several HMS scientists, however, have been working with both M. smegmatis and M. tuberculosis to better understand tuberculosis in the hope of developing novel ways of treating the disease.
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Current TB research at HMS stems from work conducted in the bacterial model organism Escherichia coli. Throughout his career, Alfred Goldberg, HMS professor of cell biology, has been studying proteases—enzymes that help break proteins down into smaller molecules or amino acids. This work has led to breakthroughs in cancer treatment. In 1987, he discovered an E. coli protease called ClpP, an enzyme that decades later has been shown to be an essential component of the tuberculosis bacterium. Currently, Tatos Akopian and Olga Kandror, HMS instructors of cell biology and members of the Goldberg lab, are exploring the role of ClpP in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In this case, it so happens that a version of ClpP is conserved in M. tuberculosis.
Specifically, the researchers found that ClpP has two parts, ClpP1 and ClpP2, which form a joint complex. Both of these parts are essential to the normal functioning of the bacterial ClpP complex. Without either one, the complex, and ultimately the bacteria, can't function properly.
"Because the organism needs this complex for survival, ClpP would be a terrific target for the development of new antibiotics," said Kandror. "In addition, humans don't have the ClpP protease in their cytoplasm, so manipulating the complex shouldn't affect human cells."
As with Goldberg, Jonathan Beckwith, HMS professor of microbiology and immunobiology, also looked to identify qualities in M. tuberculosis that he first observed in E. coli. In this case, a former graduate student initiated a project to see if the tuberculosis bacterium and E. coli use disulfide bonds, molecules that bind proteins together, in similar ways.
"Disulfide bonds are important for folding in some proteins," explained Beckwith, "particularly in proteins that often determine bacterial virulence."
Although proteins in both E. coli and M. tuberculosis have disulfide bonds, the bonds are formed differently in each of the organisms. M. tuberculosis uses an enzyme called vitamin K epoxide reductase (VKOR). This enzyme, important for blood coagulation pathways in humans, is the target of the drug warfarin (commercially known as Coumadin). "We found that when we added warfarin to M. tuberculosis, the function of VKOR in the bacterium was inhibited, and so the growth of the bacterium is inhibited as well," said Beckwith.
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These results, combined with a readily available drug, make VKOR another desirable target for killing the bacterium. With support from Harvard Catalyst, Beckwith has begun collaborating with Bruce Furie, HMS professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and with Eric Rubin, professor of immunology and infectious diseases at Harvard School of Public Health.
"We are currently working on developing assays that will screen for inhibitors of VKOR," said Beckwith. "Bruce is helping make sure that it doesn't result in blood thinning in humans, and Eric is helping with measuring effectiveness in the TB bacterium."
Rubin, in turn, is collaborating not only with Beckwith but also with Goldberg. "My lab is working on very early stages of drug discovery," he said. "We have isolated ClpP complexes as a possible target, but we are also looking into other options."
One such option is simply to look at known killers of bacteria and replicate their mechanisms. "A good drug target," said Rubin, "would be one that is hypersensitive—such that when you inhibit the target or manipulate the target in some way, the bacterium simply dies."
Previous studies have shown that when antibiotics are applied to bacteria, instead of weakening or killing the organism, some of the drugs are simply pumped back out by the bacterium. Using this knowledge, members of Rubin's lab are working to better understand the nature of this "pump."
"If we know what triggers the pump system, we may also be able to learn how to block it," said Rubin.
Rubin and his lab members are also studying variation within a given population of M. tuberculosis. "Just like people are different and are either more prone to disease or have better immunity, it seems that the TB bacteria also have genetic differences that protect the population when antibiotics are applied," said Rubin. Finding compounds that are not affected by the variability in individual bacteria might lead to developing much more effective drugs.
While the goal of many researchers is to find new targets for anti-tuberculosis therapies, the issue of antibiotic resistance is always a problem. "The bacteria will find a way to beat antibiotics, particularly if they are used extensively," said Beckwith, a veteran microbiologist. "Clinicians and public health officials can take steps to reduce such overuse and avoid the further spread of the disease on a community level."
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A progress bar (gauge box)
From Linux Shell Scripting Tutorial - A Beginner's handbook
- You can create a progress bar (progress indicator) when copying/moving files or making backups using the gauge box.
- It displays a meter along the bottom of the box. The meter indicates the percentage. New percentages are read from standard input, one integer per line. The meter is updated to reflect each new percentage.
- If the standard input reads the string "START_BAR", then the first line following is taken as an integer percentage, then subsequent lines up to another "START_BAR" are used for a new prompt. The gauge exits when EOF is reached on the standard input.
- The syntax is as follows:
echo percentage | dialog --gauge "text" height width percent echo "10" | dialog --gauge "Please wait" 10 70 0 echo "50" | dialog --gauge "Please wait" 10 70 0 echo "100" | dialog --gauge "Please wait" 10 70 0
- However, you need to use the while or for loop to show 0 to 100% progress. In this example, the for loop is used to display progress:
for i in $(seq 0 10 100) ; do sleep 1; echo $i | dialog --gauge "Please wait" 10 70 0; done
Create a shell script dvdcopy.sh:
#!/bin/bash # dvdcopy.sh - A sample shell script to display a progress bar # set counter to 0 counter=0 ( # set infinite while loop while : do cat <<EOF XXX $counter Disk copy /dev/dvd to /home/data ( $counter%): XXX EOF # increase counter by 10 (( counter+=10 )) [ $counter -eq 100 ] && break # delay it a specified amount of time i.e 1 sec sleep 1 done ) | dialog --title "File Copy" --gauge "Please wait" 7 70 0
Save and close the file. Run it as follows:
chmod +x dvdcopy.sh ./dvdcopy.sh
Sample outputs:
File Copy Progress Bar With Dialog
- Create a shell script called pcp.sh:
#!/bin/bash # pcp.sh: A shell script to copy /bin/* and /etc/* files # Display a progress bar while copying files. # * Based upon Greg's (GreyCat's) GPLd wiki example. * # -------------------------------------------------------- # Create an array of all files in /etc and /bin directory DIRS=(/bin/* /etc/*) # Destination directory DEST="/tmp/test.$$" # Create $DEST if does not exits [ ! -d $DEST ] && mkdir -p $DEST # # Show a progress bar # --------------------------------- # Redirect dialog commands input using substitution # dialog --title "Copy file" --gauge "Copying file..." 10 75 < <( # Get total number of files in array n=${#DIRS[*]}; # set counter - it will increase every-time a file is copied to $DEST i=0 # # Start the for loop # # read each file from $DIRS array # $f has filename for f in "${DIRS[@]}" do # calculate progress PCT=$(( 100*(++i)/n )) # update dialog box cat <<EOF XXX $PCT Copying file "$f"... XXX EOF # copy file $f to $DEST /bin/cp $f ${DEST} &>/dev/null done ) # just delete $DEST directory /bin/rm -rf $DEST
Save and close the file. Run it as follows:
chmod +x pcp.sh ./pcp.sh


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The Cougars continued to produce victories this fall and kept a firm grasp on the Daily News Cup, an award given out to the high-school athletic department in Lebanon County that has the highest regular-season winning percentage in a single school year.
Palmyra has won the first two awards and has never trailed in the standings, extending its success this fall by winning at a 55.3 percentage. Along the way, the Cougar cross country team that won PIAA State and District Three titles also went a perfect 8-0 during the regular season to win the Keystone Division.
The Cougars' girls' volleyball team also enjoyed a breakout season, going 17-2 before making a run to the district semifinals. And the school's always powerful field hockey program went 16-2 in the regular season before eventually ended its season in states.
Riding Palmyra's coat tails is Cedar Crest, which also had a fine fall in its own right. The Falcons were an even .500 thanks to stellar seasons by the girls' soccer and girls' tennis teams that both qualified for the postseason and the two cross country squads that combined for a 39-9 record.
Elco is third in the Daily News Cup standings at fall's end with a .437 average, leading a group that includes Annville-Cleona (.412), Northern Lebanon (.269), Lebanon (.095) and Lebanon Catholic (.019).
Penn National hosts food drive today: Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course will hold a "Food for Friends" charity drive today from 5-8 p.
All guests 18 and older who bring a non-perishable food item will receive a free mystery amount pari-mutuel wagering voucher valued between $2 and $100. The offer is limited to one voucher per guest. All donations will be given to the Racetrack Chaplaincy Food Bank.
The Thanksgiving Eve racing program starts at 6 p.m. and features four rich stakes races, including the $200,000 Fabulous Strike, $100,000 Swatara, $100,000 Daylily and $75,000 Blue Mountain Handicap.
Royals' Grubauer recognized by ECHL: Reading Royals goalie Phillip Grubauer earned his second career selection as the Reebok ECHL Goaltender of the Week on Tuesday.
Grubauer, a second-year pro from Rosenheim, Germany, went 2-0-0-0 with a 1.47 goals against average and .934 save percentage last week for Reading. The 20-year-old also won the award last November as a member of the South Carolina Stingrays.
Grubauer has held the opposition to two goals or less in six of his 10 starts for Reading this year. The Royals, currently on a club-record nine-game winning streak, became affiliated with the AHL's Hershey Bears and NHL's Washington Capitals in the offseason.
In other AHL news, the league's Board of Governors voted to extend the testing of the hybrid-icing rule until resumption of play in the NHL.


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Thursday May 15, 2014Consistency in Circle: Rogers Winding Up, Winding Down Great Gators Career
Senior right-hander Hannah Rogers has 120 wins in her four seasons at Florida.
Senior right-hander Hannah Rogers has 120 wins in her four seasons at Florida.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The way Tim Rogers remembers it, his daughter was maybe 13 or so at the time and playing softball at the All-Stars level. Hannah Rogers was in the circle and things weren't going well. Batters weren't chasing her pitches. Umpires weren't giving her calls. Hitters weren't making outs.
"That was the only time I can remember anything you might call a little emotional kind of episode, you know?" Tim Rogers said. "But we nipped it in the bud pretty quickly."
How did young Hannah's "episode" manifest itself? A temper tantrum? Some words for the ump? Maybe a glove slammed to the ground?
"No, no, nothing like that," dad said. "Just a few tears."
With that fleeting moment came a talking to about composure; about understanding that some days are about fighting through adversity and keeping cool while doing so.
Which brings us to present-day Hannah Rogers, the Florida flamethrower and virtual ice princess on the mound who is nearing the end of a sensational career with the Gators and stands as the NCAA's active leaders in career victories with 120, has struck out more than 800 and along the way has demonstrated nothing but stoicism whether in good or bad times.
"She's got herself a pretty good poker face now," her father said.
It goes awfully well with her blank game face, not to mention that arsenal of pitches that in the coming weeks figures to make Rogers, the senior from Lake Wales, Fla., a rare four-time All-American, the first for the UF softball program.
"I can be really goofy off the field and I like to have fun, but when I'm on the mound I just try to get really focused, I don't say very much and I block stuff out so that I don't really hear anything around me," she said. "I never want to put myself in a position where someone can read me and think I'm getting rattled or maybe see that I'm pitching good and or thinking I'm cocky about how I'm doing."
Look for that Rogers this weekend when the fifth-seeded Gators (45-11) open NCAA regional play with a date against Florida A&M (24-27) at Pressly Stadium. For UF, the goal is to clear out the rest of the four-team field -- UCF (41-16) and Stetson (38-12) are also in the bracket -- by Sunday night and be home next weekend for a Super Regional that would serve as a gateway to the Women's College World Series.
Rogers, who stands 23-8 this season with an earned-run average of 1.83, has pitched in plenty of high-stakes games among her 193 career appearances and 944 innings. So Florida's 10th straight year of hosting NCAAs is hardly going to shake someone who's already pitched in two WCWS.
Then again, nothing does.
"She's just steady, that's really the best way to describe Hannah Rogers, and for a coach that's what you want," UF coach Tim Walton said. "She shows up everyday and you know exactly what you're going to get. Some days, she's been unhittable. Other days, she's been very human. But it's never because of a lack of caring, or a lack of trying or lack of energy. She's just blue-collar, workman-like, and I wouldn't change anything about her."
Probably couldn't even if he wanted to.
Her body language and facial expressions basically don't change whether she's throwing a no-hitter (Rogers has two in her career) or getting pulled in the first inning of the WCWS for control problems (like last year against Tennessee).
"If you didn't have the scoreboard, you wouldn't know if she's winning or losing," Walton said.
Once off the diamond, Rogers morphs from her robot mode and into a fun-loving, fiery teammate in the dugout. She's the one calling for teammates to get out their rally items. She's the one doing what junior and fellow pitcher Lauren Haeger called a "vibe dance" to get the Gators jacked up.
"That's the Hannah we know," Haeger said. "And we all look up to her."
Haeger is an incredibly accomplished pitcher in her own right, with 40 career wins, more than 300 strikeouts and the team's top ERA this season at 1.71. But Haeger is the anti-Rogers when it comes to on-field demeanor. She gets amped and tries to do the same for her team. And that's OK. There are different ways to succeed.
But Haeger admires how Rogers gets it done in that unflappable fashion.
"I wish I could control my emotions better sometimes," Haeger said.
Rogers' flat-line consistency traces to her Lake Wales roots, where her father, a former baseball player in his youth, spent countless hours with his two daughters hitting and pitching on their seven-acre home in Polk County.
"We had a barn and horse," she said.
A batting cage and pitcher's circle, too.
Tim Rogers recalls Hannah being able to spin the ball pretty good from the outset of her interest in the game. Her father saw the gift and zeroed in on fundamentals.
"She didn't learn how to throw any junk pitches until she was 14 years old," he said. "I wanted her to learn how to put a fastball and off-speed pitch anywhere I wanted it, to the point where she could do it with her eyes closed."
How'd that work out?
Rogers was the star of her Lake Wales travel team that won the 2005 World Series in Seattle. Two years later, playing for the Gold Coast Hurricanes, her team won the national championship in Oklahoma. Then came a state title for her high school, Florida Gatorade Player of the Year honors, an early commitment to Florida State, then a late change of heart and signing with the Gators in 2010.
"She's the exact same person now as when she got here," Walton said.
Better pitcher, though. Smarter and more dedicated to her craft.
"She's grown so much," pitching coach Jennifer Rocha said. "She's gone from being a thrower to a pitcher."
Rogers has become a film rat. She'll spend extra time studying and analyzing her delivery, batters' tendencies and what other pitchers are doing.
No nuance is too subtle in her quest to find an edge.
"My freshmen year, I just went out there and threw. I didn't so much care about what was going to happen to me and the results, so I just did what Coach Rocha told me to do," Rogers said. "But now, as a senior, I think I'm smarter. I look where the batter is standing. I read their feet. The first pitch, I read the swing and look for holes. When I watch film, I'll watch [opposing] batters four times and see what they like and what they don't like."
From there, she takes the field and does her stuff. Usually without expression. An exception, though, is the pre-game ritual when Rogers, Haeger and sophomore catcher Taylore Fuller huddle the team and lead the Gators through a different sort of "vibe dance" to set the game-day mood.
"That's our time to get pumped up," Haeger said. "Hannah goes first."
Rogers has her routine and rarely will deviate from it. After collecting the 16th-most wins in the history of NCAA women's softball, why would she?
"She pretty much stays in character," Rocha said. "There are times, though, when she'll say something witty and you're like, 'Hey, that was pretty funny.' But it's not expected. Very rarely is Hannah going to surprise you."
Time will tell, though, if Rogers can keep it all together as she plays out the final days of her career. It could end this weekend. Maybe next. Preferably, in Oklahoma City, but there are no guarantees even for a team that's been there five of the last six years.
That's why Rogers just might take a minute or two to appreciate her surroundings the next week or so; especially the grounds around Pressly Stadium that have been so good to her.
And vice versa.
"You're here four years and, all of a sudden, this is it. You can't take anything back. You've made family with all the girls and coaches and everybody else you've come to know over the years," Rogers said. "Yeah, that might get to me a little, but it hasn't hit me yet ... and I don't want it to."
Well, what do you know.
Hannah Rogers smiled a sentimental smile.
Don't look for one this weekend.
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Marin Family Weekend Fun for February 13, 14, 15 & 16
February 13, 2015Posted by pamela |
Visit Muir Woods National Monument this weekend for free admission, a Towering Trees youth program, and more.
Here are our picks for great events and activities for children and families this weekend. Find more events for the whole week in Marin and beyond in our Family Events Calendar.
Friday, February 13
- Breakfast with Enzo
Sports Basement, San Francisco Presidio
Friday, 10 & 11 am
Enzo Garcia plays guitar, banjo, accordion, musical saw, Jew's harp, enzotar, appalachian dulcimer, slide flute, percussion and more. Recommended for children 7 and under. Drop in any time. Cost: $7 per person; siblings under 7 months free. For more info, call (415) 652-2474 or visit his website.
- Sing and Dance with Miss Kitty
San Rafael Public Library
Friday, 10:30–11:15 am
Join Marin County favorite Miss Kitty for a series of fun family concerts just right for children aged birth to 8 years old. Free, no registration required! Location: 1100 E Street, San Rafael. For more info, call (415) 485-3322 or visit their website.
Saturday, February 14
- Free Entrance Days: Muir Woods National Park
Mill Valley
Saturday–Monday, 8 am–5 pm
America's Best Idea—the national parks—is even better when it's free! Get into Muir Woods National Monument for free over President's Day Weekend. For more info, visit their website.
- Saint Valentine's Festival
Marin Country, Larkspur Landing
Saturday, 9 am–2 pm
Celebrate Saint Valentine's Day with the whole family at the Marin Country Mart and Farmers Market this Saturday. Festivities include sugar cookie decorating, a creative reuse heart art project, an old-fashioned photo stand, face painting, pony rides, and live music. Also, enjoy shopping for delicious local produce, artisan cheese, pastured eggs and meat, local seafood, local organic flowers, and handcrafted jams, confections, and chocolates. For more info, visit their website.
- Flea Market and Marinwood Farmers Market
San Rafael
Saturday, 9 am–2 pm
Come and find new purpose for old items. Variety of items, range from household items, clothing and baby things, collectibles and antiques, books and jewelry, and handmade items. Free admission and parking. Location: 101 Marinwood Ave., San Rafael. For more info, visit their website.
- Kids Cooking Class: Stir-Frying
Williams-Sonoma, Corte Madera
Saturday, 10 am
Stir up some delicious fun at the next class at the 52 New Foods series! Together we'll make Stir-Fried Chicken with Bok Choy. It's a fantastic dinner you can cook with your family—then claim the leftovers and pack in your lunch box to enjoy the next day. Suitable for ages 9–13. Call the store to reserve your spot (415) 924-6799. Location: The Village at Corte Madera. For more info, visit their website.
- Valentine's Day Tea for Kids
UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley
Saturday, 10 am & 1 pm
Enjoy a celebration of herbs and flowers at this educational walk and tea party for the entire family. We'll use all of our senses as we explore the nature of these fragrant edibles, with a special opportunity to collect for our make-your-own tea party snacks and garden drinks. Finish the fun by making valentines from pressed botanicals to take home. Two program times: 10 am & 1 pm. Registration required, space is limited. Children must be accompanied by a registered adult. Includes Garden admission. Cost: $20 Adult, $18 Child, $15 Member Adult, $13 Member. Location: 200 Centennial Drive, Berkeley. For more info, call (510) 643-2755 or visit their website.
- Tulipmania at Pier 39
San Francisco
Saturday & Sunday, 10 am
Pier 39 has planted 39,000 spectacular and colorful tulips throughout the waterfront park. Come for a free guided tour led by Pier 39's expert landscapers beginning at 10 am daily from the Entrance Plaza. After each tour, enjoy complimentary refreshments. For more info, visit their website.
- Mad Hatter Valentine's Tea Party
Charles M. Schultz Museum, Santa Rosa
Saturday, 10 am–12:30 pm
Celebrate the 150th anniversary of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with hands-on crafts and Valentine's Day fun! Make your own Cheshire Cat smile, Mad Hatter hats, cute caterpillars, and more. Also, if you are a little (or not so little!) red-haired girl or boy then you will receive free admission in celebration of Valentine's Day. Location: 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa. For more info, call (707) 579-4452 or visit their website.
- Creative Family Fun: Chinese New Year Fans
Presidio Officers' Club, San Francisco
Saturday & Sunday, 11 am–4 pm
Chinese New Year Fans Commemorate Chinese New Year by creating your own decorated fan to take home. Drop-in anytime between 11 am and 4 pm. Free. Read about our visit to the Officers' Club here. Location: 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco. For more info, visit their website.
- Family Science Days
San Jose Convention Center
Saturday & Sunday, 11 am–5 pm
Explore interactive science exhibits, learn about cool science jobs, and have your questions answered by scientists! Family Science Days are free and open to all, and features hands-on demos, shows, talks by scientists, and other activities appropriate for K–12 children and their families. For more info, visit their website.
- Valentine's Day Storytime
Barnes & Noble, Corte Madera
Saturday, 11 am
Barnes & Noble Corte Madera celebrates Valentine's Day with the new Sesame Street friends book I Love You Just Like This. Participants will create Valentine's Day cards, enjoy activities, and make Elmo and Cookie Monster finger puppets. Location: 313 Corte Madera Town Center. For more info, visit their website.
- Towering Trees of Muir Woods: A Youth Program
Muir Woods National Monument
Saturday, 1:30–2:30 pm
Children explore the towering redwood trees using their senses. We'll each meet a tree; participate in a scavenger hunt; play guessing games; sing a few tree songs while enjoying the beautiful forest in a special secret grove at Muir Woods. Space is limited so reservations required; please phone (415) 388-2596. For more info, visit their website.
- Family Evening Hike on the Big Rock Trailhead
San Rafael
Saturday, 4–6 pm
Join us at Big Rock Trail and unwind as we end a beautiful winter day on the Lucas Valley Preserve. Ranger Mike Warner will be leading a short hike to one of the best sunset viewing spots in Marin Open Space. Don't forget to bring a flashlight. This activity is moderate. Dress in layers and wear sturdy shoes. Friendly dogs are welcome, but must be leashed. Location: Meet at the Big Rock trailhead in San Rafael. For more info, contact Ranger Mike Warner at (415) 473-2816 or visit their website.
- Sweetheart Stroll
Downtown Novato
Saturday, 6:30–9:30 pm
This Valentine's Day take your sweetheart on a horse-drawn carriage ride through Novato's quaint downtown… for free! Have dinner at one of Novato's romantic restaurant spots, and and enjoy a free carriage ride. Two Pick-up Locations- 2nd & Grant and Sherman & Grant. Sponsored by the Downtown Novato Business Association (DNBA). For more info, visit their website.
Sunday, February 15
- Civic Center Farmers' Market
Marin Civic Center, San Rafael
Sunday, 8 am–1 pm
There's lots of organically grown produce, breads, eggs, and fresh cut flowers, as well as live music, bounce houses, and more. This farmers' market is a great one to take the kids to. It's located in the main Civic Center parking lot. For more info, visit their website.
- The Great Backyard Bird Count
NatureBridge, Fort Cronkhite
Sunday, 9:30 am–noon
It is time for the annual Great Backyard Bird Count, and we need your help! For the entire family Learn how to identify Marin County frequent flyers while counting birds around Rodeo Lagoon. Dress in layers for changing weather, bring a hat, water bottle, and sunscreen. Free event. Register here. Location: 1033 Fort Cronkhite, Sausalito. Free. For more info, call (415) 331-1548 or visit their website.
- Sundays at the J!
Marin JCC, San Rafael
Sunday, 10 am–5:45 pm
Bring the family for a day of fun. Playtime in the gym, bounce house, and tumbling for families with children 6 and under, art time, library time in the Lefferts Jewish Community Library, and sports and recreation for families with children 7+. Family-friendly fare is available at the café. Adult supervision is required for kids 9 and under. Drop-in charge per person. Location: 200 North San Pedro Road in San Rafael. For more info, visit their website.
- Family Down Home Music Time
Contemporary Jewish Museum
Sunday, 12:30–1 pm
Inspired by the exhibition Hardly Strictly Warren Hellman, enjoy and explore bluegrass instruments like the mandolin and fiddle. Listen, learn, play, and have fun with Dave Rosenfeld of Octopretzel. Music programs are in the Zim Zoom Family Room.Free with museum admission (adults must be accompanied by a preschooler for entry); youth 18 and under always free. Location: 736 Mission Street, San Francisco. For more info, visit their website.
- Marin Symphony Masterworks 3 Eight Seasons
Marin Veterans' Memorial Auditorium
Sunday, 3 pm
Hear Vivaldi's beloved The Four Seasons as it appears juxtaposed with The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires by the master of the Tango, Astor Piazzolla. Jeremy Constant, concertmaster of the Marin Symphony is our soloist and guide through this fascinating journey. Tickets: $70, $55, $30. Purchase tickets here. Location: 10 Ave of the Flags, San Rafael. For more info, visit their website.
- Soggy Sundays Kids Series: Music for Children with Jill & Steve
Ashkenaz, Berkeley
Sunday, 3–4:30 pm (doors open at 2:30 pm)
Jill and Steve (2/3 of Orange Sherbet) bring their happy music to "Soggy Sundays," Ashkenaz's series of kids' shows that chase the winter fog and rain away (or lift spirits higher even if it's not raining). Cost: $6 kids, $8 adults. Location: 1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley. For more info, call (510) 525-5054 or visit their website.
- Free entrance days at Muir Woods (see Saturday for details)
Monday, February 16 - Presidents' Day
- Chinese New Year Festival
Bay Area Discovery Museum, Sausalito
Monday, 9 am–5 pm
Welcome the Year of the Sheep at the Bay Area Discovery Museum! Purchase a theatre ticket to see a vibrant performance by the Chinese Performing Arts of America Youth Group (members $5, general $7). Enjoy delicious Chinese food for sale, as well as a variety of cultural demonstrations. You won't want to miss the Marin Chinese Cultural Association and their spectacular lion dancers. Free after museum admission. Location: Fort Baker, 557 McReynolds Road, Sausalito. For more info, visit their website.
- Presidents' Day Paddle
McNears Beach Park, San Rafael
Monday, 9 am
Enjoy a family friendly paddle board race for all ages at McNears Beach Park. Day-of-race registration starts at 9 am, races start at 10 am. USCG approved flotation devices and leashes are required. Course length and duration will be weather dependent. This activity is easy. Wear comfortable athletic clothing and sturdy shoes. Don't forget to bring a paddle board, OC1, OC2, prone, or kayak. Park entrance fee waived for participants. Location: 201 Cantera Way, San Rafael. For more info, visit their website.
- Nature for Kids: Roy's Redwoods
Roy's Redwoods Open Space Preserve
Monday, 10 am–1 pm
The redwood forest comes to life in the wet season; ferns, mosses, and mushrooms are all around, banana slugs and newts are on the move, and there are lots of insects and other interesting animals hiding under logs and rocks. Remember to bring lunch! Location: Nicasio Valley Road near San Geronimo. For more info, visit their website.
- Free entrance days at Muir Woods (see Saturday for details)


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Bush Hamdan
Coaching Experience
|Florida (Wide Receivers)
|Sacramento State (Tight Ends)
|Maryland (Intern, Offense)
Hamdan served as the Tight Ends coach at Sacramento State before joining the Gator football office in January of 2012. He also interned for the Maryland Coaching staff during the 2010 season.
Hamdan was a back-up quarterback at Boise State from 2005-08 and was awarded the 2008 Bronco Excellence Award as a senior.
The Gaithersburg, Md., native graduated from Boise State with a bachelor's in communications in 2008. He went on to complete his master's in athletic administration from Idaho State.
A highly-decorated high school quarterback, Hamdan was a member of the Super 44 Prep Team and All-Metro in Washington, D.C. During his prep career, he passed for more than 4,000 yards and 40 touchdowns.
His brother, Gibran, was a five-year NFL veteran and a seventh-round pick of the Washington Redskins in 2003.
Personal Information
Birth date: February 10, 1986
Hometown: Gaithersburg, Md.
Education: 2008 – Bachelor's Degree in Communications from Boise State; 2009 – Master's Degree in Athletic Administration from Idaho State