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Factor VIII assay
The factor VIII assay is a blood test that measures the activity of factor VIII -- one of the substances involved in blood clotting (coagulation).
Alternative Names
Plasma factor VIII antigen
How the Test is Performed
A blood sample is needed. For information on how this is done, see: Venipuncture
How to Prepare for the Test
No special preparation is needed for this test.
How the Test Will Feel
When the needle is inserted to draw blood, some people feel moderate pain, while others feel only a prick or stinging sensation. Afterward, there may be some throbbing.
Why the Test is Performed
This test is used to find the cause of too much bleeding (decreased blood clotting), or if a family member is known to have hemophilia A. The test may also be done to see how well treatment for hemophilia A is working.
Normal Results
A normal value is 50 - 200% of the laboratory control or reference value.
Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
The examples above show the common measurements for results for these tests. Some laboratories use different measurements or may test different specimens.
What Abnormal Results Mean
Decreased levels may be due to:
- Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)
- Hemophilia A
- Presence of a Factor VIII inhibitor (antibody)
- Von Willebrand's disease
Increased levels may be due to:
- Advanced age
- Diabetes
- Liver disease
- Inflammation
- Pregnancy
- Obesity
Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Obtaining a blood sample from some people may be more difficult than from others.
Other risks associated with having blood drawn are slight but may include:
- Excessive bleeding
- Fainting or feeling light-headed
- Hematoma (blood accumulating under the skin)
- Infection (a slight risk any time the skin is broken)
This test is most often performed on people who have bleeding problems. The risk of excessive bleeding is slightly greater for people with bleeding problems than for people without bleeding problems.
When you bleed, the body launches a series of activities that help the blood clot. This is called the coagulation cascade. The process involves special proteins called coagulation factors (factor VIII is a coagulation factor).
Each factor's reaction triggers the next reaction. The final product of the coagulation cascade is the blood clot. Blood clots may not form normally if any one of the clotting factors is abnormally low.
Kessler C. Hemorrhagic disorders: Coagulation factor deficiencies. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier;2007:chap 180.
Ragni MV, Kessler CM, Lozier JN. Clinical aspects and therapy for hemophilia. In: Hoffman R, Benz EJ Jr., Shattil SJ, et al, eds. Hoffman Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier; 2008:chap 125.
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.


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Stretching and immobilization of DNA for studies of protein–DNA interactions at the single-molecule level
1 Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 48109, MI, USA
2 Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 48109, MI, USA
Nanoscale Research Letters 2007, 2:185-201 doi:10.1007/s11671-007-9057-5Published: 18 April 2007
Single-molecule studies of the interactions of DNA and proteins are important in a variety of biological or biotechnology processes ranging from the protein's search for its DNA target site, DNA replication, transcription, or repair, and genome sequencing. A critical requirement for single-molecule studies is the stretching and immobilization of otherwise randomly coiled DNA molecules. Several methods for doing so have been developed over the last two decades, including the use of forces derived from light, magnetic and electric fields, and hydrodynamic flow. Here we review the immobilization and stretching mechanisms for several of these techniques along with examples of single-molecule DNA–protein interaction assays that can be performed with each of them.

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The jewel of Costa Blanca, Javea has rocky headlands surrounding it and is a foremost example of contemporary meets traditional. The older part of the town is scattered with debris of walls that had once been built to prevent pirates from entering, along with a centuries old church. You can go spend a day amid the glistening white sands of the Arenal beach, or take a stroll through the restaurants, shops and eateries alongside it. If you are planning your holiday in Javea during the summers, you can have fun in the nightclubs and beachside bars.
If you are looking forward to renting holiday apartments in Javea, be sure to check out Golden Beach. It is a large two and three bedroom apartment block consisting of a lovely communal pool along with a beautiful garden. It can accommodate up to two-four people and is located very close to bars, supermarkets, pharmacies, banks and a diverse range of restaurants. It is walking distance from the Arenal beach. You can opt for the Long Term Rentals, which provide accommodation for over one month, or you can choose the Short Term Rentals, which provide accommodation for up to four days.
Another good holiday rental in Javea is a luxury apartment placed on the first floor of Jar dines Del Pal. Situated at a convenient spot between the Golden Beach and the Golden Beach 2; this place is for those who seek the highest standard of living. You will revel in marble floors, a beautiful dining area and under-floor heating for when it gets cold. There are patio doors which lead to a huge balcony that faces South West, furnished with chairs, sun loungers and a table. In the garden you will find a swimming pool, a Jacuzzi and a pool for children. There is even a playground nearby for the kids to play in.
Casa Elliot is another one of the best villas to rent in Javea. Extensively modernized and breathtakingly beautiful, this place has a modular open-plan kitchen along with two well-fitted bathrooms. You will have a private pool and a sundeck to enjoy. The place consists of landscaped gardens, on which beautiful trees, shrubs and lawns are laid out, along with barbeque and outside dining facilities. Your rooms are facilitated with a TV, HiFi and even a DVD player. The entire property is safe and sound, making it a great choice for families with little children.
You can also check out Casa De La Luz, a lovely choice located very near to the beaches and port of Javea. It is fairly new and its availability is restricted to a few weeks in a year. It faces the South and, thus, remains blessed with sunlight throughout the year. The large place is centered on a courtyard, which provides a genuine Spanish feeling to a villa that is otherwise very modern. The courtyard is responsible for bathing the whole place in light, and also allowing circulation of air during the hot months.


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It all started when I closed my eye,
The darkness, the cold, and the night.
I knew you were near, I could feel your presence,
As your silhouette moves, like a stalking cat,
And your black eyes swirl like liquid night.
I was scared, but not frightened,
I felt like panicking, but stayed calm.
I took all of these emotions into account.
Then rolled on my side and closed my eyes.
But you were still there.
It felt like hours you were there,
I could feel your cold breath on my cheek.
I dare not move to show you I know.
So I lay still like a statue, I peek,
And I can see you clearly now.
Your arm about to plunge into my flash,
The weapon glistened in the darkness
Its coming closer.......... closer......,
Its in my body, its here! I scream!
Wake up! Light on: my god what a dream
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State, Westmoreland County lawmakers ask Corrections to delay closing of prison at Greensburg
A contingent of state and Westmoreland County lawmakers has asked Corrections Secretary John Wetzel to delay closing the State Correctional Institution at Greensburg until next January.
The request was made after a surprise announcement last week by the Corbett administration that it will close prisons in Westmoreland and Cambria counties by June 30.
Lawmakers said they had no inkling that the state was planning to close the prison along Route 119 in Hempfield.
"While we appreciate your commitment to operating the Department of Corrections in the most fiscally efficient manner, we respectfully ask that you place equal value in transparency," lawmakers wrote. "By delaying the closing of the Greensburg facility, it would allow the public to better understand the Pennsylvania Department of Correction's strategy and motives."
They said the House and Senate plan to hold hearings on the proposed closure "to better publicize the facts and figures that the department used in making their decision. ..."
The letter was signed by state Sen. Kim Ward and state Reps. Tim Krieger of Delmont, Mike Reese of Mt. Pleasant Township, George Dunbar of Penn Township, Eli Evankovich of New Kensington, Joseph Petrarca of Washington Township and Ted Harhai of Monessen. It also was signed by U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy and Westmoreland County Commissioners Chuck Anderson, Tyler Courtney and Ted Kopas.
Corrections officials did not respond to a request for comment.
Ward said the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold hearings into the closing of the Hempfield facility as well as the State Correctional Institution at Cresson, Cambria County. She hopes the hearings can begin in early February.
The lawmakers said they were blindsided by the decision to close the prison in Hempfield and don't understand why Gov. Tom Corbett kept his plan secret and is pushing the fast-paced plan.
Ward said Media Real Estate Co. of Montgomery County was at the prison on Thursday to appraisal the property. The Department of General Services cannot begin the process to sell the property until the inmates are moved. Then it will take legislative authority to begin the sales process.
Ward said she quizzed Wetzel about the cost savings associated with closing Cresson and Greensburg and how long it would take for the state to realize the savings. The state has spent $200 million on a new prison in Centre County, and two more are under construction in Montgomery County.
"I asked the secretary the other day, 'How long will it take you to see a return?' He said, 'Probably about 10 years.' They don't have a comprehensive plan. They overbuilt, and there is no transparency at all," Ward said.
Prison employees have until Jan. 22 to tell the state where they would like to be transferred. If there are vacancies at their preferred choices, they will be offered positions there. If the department cannot reassign them to a prison of their choice, they will be assigned to another prison.
If they refuse the reassignment, they will be furloughed, according to state policy.
According to the department, there are 858 job openings at prisons across Pennsylvania. That does not include vacancies at the soon-to-open SCI Benner in Centre County, which increases the number to more than 1,300.
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9/09/02 9/11 Recalled
I was to go to New York and then to Minneapolis. On September 10th, my Minneapolis appointment asked that I change my trip to later in the week. Rather than make two trips, I rescheduled my New York meetings, too. One of those original meetings was to have been at 10 a.m. on September 11th at the World Trade Center. Two hours after the towers went down, we received a FedEx package from the man we were to have met. He, however, was no longer alive.
Each of us has a 9/11 story.
A tragedy of this magnitude increases the importance of the media in which we serve. Millions of people heard the events of 9/11 unfold while driving in their cars. Millions were glued to their Radios for hours at work, unable to get to a television. Thousands of Radio stations disrupted music formats to become News or Talk stations. Rock stations did call-in shows, allowing listeners to share their thoughts on the air. Others became All-News, or they morphed into a specialty format to meet their audience's needs during this horrific event. Thousands of stations sacrificed important revenues because they sensed the inappropriateness of running commercials. We were there when America needed us.
American broadcasters should be proud of how they handled themselves. Most owners took instant action, instructing their stations to put financial needs on the back burner. It was time to serve the community's needs. Most rose to the occasion. Of course, a few broadcasters ignored the events and continued as though nothing unusual were happening. They played a full complement of commercials throughout the critical moments of September 11th and during the dark days afterward: "Forget that fact that the world, as you know it, is changing forever and that thousands of people are dying. What you need is Pep-tastic chewing gum! The kind of gum that whitens your teeth while it freshens your breath."
Those broadcasters argue that they owed it to their investors to keep the revenue flowing. I understand this logic and even partially agree with it, though I feel these broadcasters did not adequately serve the public's interest. I was embarrassed for them, and I'll wager that the majority of their listeners tuned to places on the dial that seemed a little more in touch with reality.
Radio raised money for victims' families, held vigils, did appropriate promotions for the cause. During the past 12 months, I believe Radio has done a wonderful job of keeping the memory of these people alive in the hearts of Americans everywhere. September 11 is an event we must never forget. Regardless of politics, when America is under attack, Radio must serve its communities.
Will we see more terrorism and more tragedy? I pray not, but I fear we will. Will Radio be ready?
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Conductors: Walton, William
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra
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What better way to spend a day than slurping down some oysters?
JT Cigarro's Chef Anthony Bachmann shows "Hungry for More" host Jim Manney just how it's done but takes it a step further and whips up the famous "Oysters Rockefeller."
With simple ingredients such as olive oil, spinach and a shallot, it doesn't take much. But a hint of Sambuca is what really sends this dish over the edge.
Sambuca is an anise-flavored Italian liqueur, giving a dish a taste of fennel or black licorice.
Just top with bread crumbs and bake, easy as that.
Oysters Rockefeller
6 oysters
1 shallot
Olive oil
2 cups spinach
1 tablespoon clear Sambuca
Bread crumbs
-Shuck oysters.
-Chop shallot and sauté in olive oil. When shallots are translucent, add spinach. Once cooked down, deglaze with Sambuca. Place spinach mixture over oysters and top with bread crumbs. Bake at 350 degrees until bread crumbs are golden brown.


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Two weeks ago, I visited San Jose for the National Association of Hispanic Journalists' annual convention. During one of many breaks, I walked the city's downtown and happened upon a Vietnamese restaurant that sold bánh mì, the foot-long sandwiches that traditionally go for ridiculously low prices. The restaurant advertised them for $2.50, but I felt ripped off. See, my favorite OC bánh mì shop, Bánh Mì Cho Cu, hawks sandwiches for $1.75.
Imagine my outrage, then, when I walked into Zon Baguettes in Tustin and noticed the prices for bánh mìs ranged from $2.75 to an outrageous $4.25. More than 4 freaking bucks! But I remembered the bitter memories of Vietnamese pals who longed for the days when Little Saigon vendors advertised 75-cent bánh mì specials with free sodas. One cannot change the inexorable rise of prices over the years. More important, however, a $3 bánh mí still beats the vast majority of sandwiches in Orange County.
Especially Zon's, which distinguishes itself not only by offering a spacious, serene restaurant far from the madding Little Saigon crowds, but also by its bread. While most bánh mì shops use tough, crackly baguettes, Zon's are more like French rolls in their fluffiness and chewiness. The thickness of these baguettes also means Zon can stuff in more ingredients than would fit in a regular baguette—and stuff they do.
14081 Newport Ave.
Tustin, CA 92780-5172
Category: Restaurant > Asian
Region: Tustin
Maybe I'll try Zon's full Vietnamese menu featuring soups, rice dishes and vermicelli salads in a couple of months, but I'm currently too obsessed with their weighty bánh mìs. You can choose from 16 sandwiches, all of which have their charms and come with pickled daikon and carrots, onions, and a sweet homemade mayonnaise. Barbecued pork (xá xíu) is slightly sweet; sardines are pungent but tasty. Vegetarians can choose between a fried tofu option, the tofu soft and golden, or one bursting with vegetables. Paté isn't dense but buttery, more spread than meatloaf. I still haven't built up the courage to try their headcheese, but only because that meat's made from lips.
And the most expensive bánh mí, the $4.25 grilled beef-steak sandwich that left me apoplectic? With meat as luscious as filet mignon, I'd pay $15 for this bánh mì—but don't get ideas from reading this, you guys!
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Ilse Jurriën : January 26th 2011 - 11:00 CET
Ricoh CX5 digital camera :
Ricoh Company will be releasing its newly developed CX5 digital camera model with its wide-angle, high magnification 10.7× optical zoom (28–300 mm) lens, which has a higher autofocus speed due to the use of Ricoh's new hybrid AF system. With the new Ricoh CX5 model, AF focusing times are decreased to as low as 0.2 sec. for both wide-angle 28 mm and telephoto 300 mm, up to half as short compared to the CX4, using Ricoh's unique new hybrid AF system. This ensures that you reliably capture the image you were waiting for, never to miss another good shot again. The Ricoh CX5 will become available in three colors: Black, Silver, and Pink.
Ricoh CX5 camera resolution
Using super-resolution technology, the Ricoh CX5 also allows recording of images with improved resolution using the "Super-resolution" setting and telephoto shooting at up to 600 mm equivalent with minimal degradation in image quality using "Super-resolution Zoom."
Ricoh CX5 scene modes
Furthermore, in addition to the new Cooking, Fireworks, and Continuous Golf Swing scene modes, the Ricoh CX5 has improved features that make shooting photographs even more fun through the use of super-resolution zoom during Zoom Macro mode shooting and other functions. The Ricoh CX5 is an even more enhanced compact digital camera that was designed based on the concept of it being "a tool that you will find yourself wanting to use every day."
Ricoh CX5 hybrid AF system
• Equipped with Ricoh's unique new hybrid AF system in combination with a passive AF sensor that continuously measures the distance between the camera and subject using an area sensor together with Contrast AF (a system in which the imaging elements search for the peak location for contrast on the subject and focus on that location).
• Enables AF focusing times to be shortened to as low as 0.2 sec. for both wide-angle 28 mm and telephoto 300 mm, up to half as short compared to the CX4 model. The Ricoh CX5 ensures that you capture the image you were waiting for over the entire zoom range so that you never miss another good shot again.
Ricoh CX5 super-resolution technology
• Enables amazing photographs with high resolution to be produced using the Ricoh CX5's new super-resolution technology, which discerns outlines, details, and gradations in the image automatically and processes the image based on the optimal settings for each. The level of super-resolution can be set to OFF, Weak, or Strong.
Ricoh CX5 super-resolution zoom
• Allows a wide-angle, high-magnification 10.7× optical zoom lens to fit into a compact body with a thickness of 29.4 mm using Ricoh's unique retracting lens system.
• Equipped with super-resolution zoom that enables magnification of up to 2.0×. Enables telephoto shooting at up to 600 mm equivalent with minimal degradation in image quality.
• Enables even greater magnification of the subject from super-resolution zoom with use of digital zoom. The Ricoh CX5 allows photographs to be taken with ultra-telephoto zoom at up to 2880mm.
Ricoh CX5 high-quality photography
• Offering reduced loss of detail in highlights using an output pixel interpolation algorithm residing in dedicated logic circuits in the Smooth Imaging Engine IV imaging engine to allow high-contrast scenes to be reproduced more faithfully, exactly as they appear to the naked eye.
• Reduces noise without affecting resolution, tone characteristics, or color using a noise reduction algorithm to process the image signal as it is output from the CMOS image sensor. The Ricoh CX5 enables sophisticated variance-estimation type noise reduction processing in which the sensor image data's noise variance is analyzed and the optimum processing is done for each region when the noise reduction level is set to MAX.
• Equipped with a back-illuminated 10.00 million-pixel CMOS sensor. The Ricoh CX5 ensures that beautiful images can be captured even in dark scenes.
Ricoh CX5 scene modes
• Comes with a new Cooking mode that is perfect for shooting photographs of food. The new Cooking mode setting enables the brightness and color tone of the scene to be adjusted while the subject is checked.
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Andrey Makarov heads off to join Team Russia on a high note following a 22-save performance Sunday in Saskatoon's 7-0 shutout of Regina. The blanking comes on the heels of Saturday's 9-0 trouncing of the very same Pats club in which he stopped alll 15 shots throw at him. The 6-foot-1 netminder has four wins in his last six starts, including three shutouts in his last five, to elevate his record to 15-13-0-1 with a 2.84 GAA and .908 save%. Makarov will join Mikhail Grigorenko in Russia this week to begin their World Junior Championship journey.
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West Seattle Fabric Company adding 2nd site: Sewing studioAugust 9, 2012 at 1:53 pm | In West Seattle businesses, West Seattle news | 24 Comments
(West Seattle Fabric Company's Monica Skov and daughter, outside WSFC's future sewing-studio site)
By Tracy Record
West Seattle Blog editor
After less than two years in business, West Seattle Fabric Company proprietor Monica Skov has learned what might be the most important lesson an entrepreneur can learn.
Listen to your customers. And respond.
Hers have been asking for things that just wouldn't fit into her cozy retail space at 2210 California SW in the Admiral District – an area for open sewing (your machine or theirs), for parties, for quilting.
Now, she's found a place where that can all happen, a second site that will become the West Seattle Fabric Company "Creative Sewing Studio" (working title, so that might change). The space is at 5910 California SW, in the former Emerald Spiral space in the California/Juneau business node (directly across from Pan Africa Grill).
We talked with Monica there this morning, just as remodeling work was about to begin:
No, the studio will not replace the retail store in Admiral, Monica stresses. This will be an additional location, but no retail – though one side benefit will be that it'll facilitate even more room for merchandise at the store.
She says the studio idea really took wing as she wrote the grant proposal for the "Mission Small Business" competition. Though the winners haven't been announced yet, so she has no idea if WSFC will get one of the grants, she realized it was something she really needed to do.
Then, she saw the space, which has been vacant a few months. She and her husband and their 4 1/2-year-old daughter – who patiently worked on art projects during our interview – live in south West Seattle, so she kept driving by, and then started trying to contact the landlord. It all worked out.
Now, it's time to transform the vacant space into the studio, starting with some paint – replacing the current yellow with a "light steel blue" like the retail store, Monica says – and lighting, as well as wood flooring (carpeting doesn't work so well if you are working with needles, for example). The tiny restroom also will need a remodel. "It'll be fabulous," Monica promises with a smile.
The front three-fourths of the space will be set up for open sewing, classes, and events, with at least six sewing machines as well as other features like cutting stations. Monica's thinking the open-sewing hours will likely be Tuesday-Sunday afternoons, noon to 4 or 5 pm – but, as with everything else, she'll listen to their customers, and see what works for them. It'll probably be on a punch card or membership basis. Private lessons will still be handled at the Admiral store.
The studio location also has a large, high-ceilinged back area that (hello, neighborhood historians?) appears to have possibly been a garage, with two bricked-over areas resembling bay doors.
This will not only provide storage for Monica's business but also maybe someday a space for a long-arm quilting machine – right now just a dream, though quilting will be part of the studio plan from the start, likely with a monthly quilt-in.
She also hopes extra space means reaching a wider demographic range with classes and events, even preschoolers, to instill the love of sewing at an early age, so it doesn't become a lost art.
And the location not only gives WSFC a presence in one of West Seattle's southern business districts, it also facilitates more collaboration with nearby Seattle Yarn.
"The sky's the limit on what we can do," Monica believes, as she embarks on preparatory tasks from painting to planning packages for those future parties and events.
We'll check in along the way as the space is transformed; she is hoping they will be able to open the studio in October.
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Yay Monica and WSFC!!
Comment by Emily Cier — 2:09 pm August 9, 2012 #
Very exciting! Can't wait to see what kind of classes and events they'll have at the new studio.
Comment by Kate K — 2:10 pm August 9, 2012 #
Looking forward to this. Ever since Hancock's closed we haven't had anywhere to go to lay out a quilt and pin it. Thank You
Comment by celeste17 — 2:10 pm August 9, 2012 #
Would love to learn how to sew! Prices for lessons anywhere online?
Comment by Nichole — 2:46 pm August 9, 2012 #
How exciting! I learned to sew as a child through a local sewing store similar to yours–would love to see children's lessons in West Seattle!
Comment by Allison — 2:49 pm August 9, 2012 #
This will be a great addition to the neighborhood. Can't wait!
Comment by Melanie — 2:54 pm August 9, 2012 #
I love to just wander through the fabric store to look at the gorgeous colors and prints–it's a feast for the eyes.
I hope to take a sewing class with Monica someday soon so that my seams zig when they're supposed to, zag when they're supposed to, but mostly: go straight when they're supposed to.
Comment by The Velvet Bulldog — 3:20 pm August 9, 2012 #
Very cool! And the bonus part is how close it will be. I hope there will be some interesting intermediate to advanced garment classes.
Comment by Amy — 3:23 pm August 9, 2012 #
Congratulations Monica!
Comment by HC @ Arbor Heights — 3:31 pm August 9, 2012 #
(Whew! Glad you're staying in the Admiral store.) Congrats on the new place!
Comment by LatteRose — 3:45 pm August 9, 2012 #
"Sew" Excited! Our daughter is 6 and really looking forward to a class geared to her age. Woo hoo!
Comment by anotherwsmom — 3:46 pm August 9, 2012 #
This is so exciting for those of who sew and quilt but equally exciting to see a small business grow with the support of the community. Congratulations Monica!
Comment by Genessee neighbor — 4:10 pm August 9, 2012 #
I'm wracking my brain to remember if there was indeed a garage there relatively recently.
I lived a block east of there from '85-'00, and had a bit of a view of the back of that building, from my front yard.
A search of DPD for that address, shows just two permit issuings, unrelated to any remodel that would have involve bricking up the bay door openings.
I do seem to recall some kind of repair business working out of the back of that building, for a portion of my time in the neighborhood, but more like a small motor/mower repair place, (not being confused with the mower shop kitty corner on California, in a building that previously sat on the corner lot where the Martial Arts place is now.)
Oh, and congrats to Monica and family! I love seeing our local businesses become such successes!
Comment by miws — 4:37 pm August 9, 2012 #
Wonderful news! Best of luck with the grant submission too.
Comment by Cole — 4:40 pm August 9, 2012 #
Congrats, Monica and "husband" – I know who you are. You guys are a great team & as a previous small business co-owner, I know how much effort it takes to realize your dreams. Way. To. Go!
Comment by JD — 5:05 pm August 9, 2012 #
Awesome, I've taken the beginner class and wanted to do some more. This location is within walking distance to my house!
Comment by natinstl — 7:37 pm August 9, 2012 #
Congratulations! This is fabulous!
Sweet! I echo the kid/preteen classes.
Comment by Jennifer — 3:18 am August 10, 2012 #
What great news!
Comment by K8 — 7:03 am August 10, 2012 #
That is wonderful – congratulations!
Please post if you're ever in need of teachers! I've been designing/sewing since I was 13 :0)
Comment by Sassy — 8:12 am August 10, 2012 #
Yes!! This is 4 blocks from my house; I'm so excited. I bet this is going to be a great location for them.
Comment by 2012 Kindergartener Parent — 2:22 pm August 10, 2012 #
Congratulations! I'm so excited for you. This is going to be a great addition. I for on am looking forward to that long arm quilting machine of the future :) but in general its great that you will have more classroom space
Comment by Cecelia — 8:16 am August 11, 2012 #
YAY!!!!!!!!! Congratulations!!!
Comment by gia — 12:59 pm August 12, 2012 #
Good luck on your new extended venture. How wonderful for seamtresses and wanabees. I haven't been in your store as I don't sew hardly at all now days. Bought a new machine 10 yrs ago with the intentions but just can't get into it now I learned a lot by trial and error, wish your business would've been availsble then.
Comment by Betty T — 11:27 am August 18, 2012 #
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Rumors: Windows Phone won't get dual-core, Retina for a year
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Windows Phone may stay year behind in speed
Windows Phone might repeat history and go without competitive high-end features until Windows Phone 8, according to a pair of tips. Historically accurate MS_Nerd claims that Apollo, WP8's codename, will add a Chassis 3 spec that brings the dual-core processors that Android and iPhone users already have. It should also bring 720p Retina Display-like screens, putting them just on par with the Galaxy Nexus and a handful of other phones arriving soon.
WP8 isn't expected until late 2012 and would leave Microsoft a year behind in hardware features, somewhat like it is today with Windows Phone 7.5, nicknamed Mango.
The much closer Tango update, presumed to be coming in early 2012, has also been clarified if the rumor is accurate. It would add a Chassis 2 spec with LTE-based 4G support on higher-end models. Also coming would be support for Windows Phone's first non-portrait ratio, a 480x320 resolution intended for BlackBerry-like messaging phones and budget models.
Support for NVIDIA Tegra and TI OMAP chips wouldn't come until "Win9," he said, most likely referring to Windows Phone 9 in 2013 and not Windows 9, which most presume won't arrive until 2015.
Microsoft's mobile president Andy Lees has already gone on record as saying the OS would get NFC and LTE in the future but hasn't given precise dates.
The decision to follow strict chassis guidelines was made at the outset of Windows Phone to avoid the platform fragmentation that faces Android and faced Windows Mobile. Where the other platforms have often taken months to get updates and sometimes not at all, Microsoft has managed to upgrade virtually its entire Windows Phone base to 7.5 within three weeks. In choosing the strategy, however, it may have instituted a permanent setback that lets Apple and Google's partners get newer hardware much faster. [via WPCentral]


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GQ&A: Eric Cantona
By Kevin Perry 28 March 12
The man the Old Trafford terraces still call "King Eric" wants a cigarette. GQ.com is stood with Cantona by the pool in the basement of Piccadilly's Haymarket Hotel where a family of swimmers can't quite believe what's happening around them. The footballer whose talent, arrogance and occasional acts of uncontrolled aggression defined the early years of the Premiership has just appeared from one of the pool's side-rooms, possibly a sauna, out of which in the last three-quarters of an hour both Radio One's Edith Bowman and David Frost have emerged looking equally awed. The Frenchman is patting his pockets distractedly until one of his team of press handlers scurries over to stop him. "You can't smoke down here!" she whispers urgently. Cantona looks at her, baffled. "But why not?" he asks with a shrug. He makes his apologies and disappears off in search of Frédéric Schoendoerffer, the director of his new film Switch and the keeper of his tabs. A couple of minutes later we are safely ensconced in a quiet side room where Cantona, sipping an espresso, apologises for the delay. He eases back in his chair, tilting his chin skywards contemplatively and sets about expounding his philosophy that everything - football, acting, even cooking - is simply another way of expressing your true self.
GQ.com: Detective Forgeat, the character you play in
Switch, always has a cigarette in his
hand. Do you smoke as much as he does?
Eric Cantona: It's to show that he is a free person. It's not because you like adventure that you smoke but I think it shows the freedom that Forgeat has and where he puts his priorities. His priority is his job and he'll do anything that helps to inspire him to do it well. He doesn't obey the smoking ban. For me, I don't like it when there is too much interference in our lives. We're not children. It is our own life in our hands.
What advice would you give to someone like yourself who wants to act but is not a trained actor?
It's a discipline. For me football, cinema, theatre or photography are all ways of expressing ourselves. Of course, if you want to be a photographer you need to learn the techniques. You must learn how to play the sport but I don't think the technique is the most important thing. Sometimes it's nice when it's not so perfect. It's like beauty. If someone is too perfect they won't look good. Imperfection is important. That's why I think it's important to learn the techniques but to know when to stop using them. We can be eaten by techniques and forget what we have inside of us.
If you could have acted in any film, which would it be?
I would like to have worked with [Pier Paolo] Pasolini. In Oedipus Rex, maybe.
What was the best thing about playing football?
Expressing myself. Of course, my dream was always to play for the best teams and with the best players but I loved to express myself through the sport.
Can you recommend a good book?
Narcissus and Goldmund by Hermann Hesse. It's about our desires and the small voice inside us that tells us not to follow them. It's about that rivalry between the two people inside each of us.
What music do you listen to at home?
I love the singer-songwriter Sophie Hunger, particularly her last two albums 1983 and Sophie Hunger.
What achievement are you most proud of?
I try to be honest. I'm honest with people and I try to respect myself. If I respect myself and I am honest with myself, then I will respect other people. Of course, I don't do everything perfectly. I'm proud that I've tried many things. I've shown that as people we can try anything.
What is the best advice you've ever been given?
I don't remember any advice. I listen to my own experience. My mind says to me that life is just "le passage" - a journey. You are here today, but tomorrow... you don't know. You must live with a feeling of freedom. You are not "appartenir". You don't belong to other people, your environment or the world around you. You are free. That helped me to achieve a lot of things.
What is the best thing you can cook?
Dorado. It's a fish. The secret is in the filling.
The filling?
Non, the feeling! I know how to cook it, but if I told you how to do it, then yours would be different to mine. It's all about the feeling.
Switch is in cinemas now and available on DVD and Blu-ray 9th April.
Click here for when GQ met Cantona to discuss his playing career.
Click here for Eric Cantona's best quotes.


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Shortbread Hearts
Instructions:1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
3/4 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup finely chopped dried cranberries or cherries
1. Heat oven to 325� with a rack in center. Combine butter, confectioners sugar, vanilla, flour, and salt in a large mixing bowl. Beat with a wooden spoon until combined but not too creamy. Stir in dried cranberries.
2. Pat dough evenly into an 8- or 9-inch-square baking pan. Bake until just beginning to turn golden, about 20 minutes. Place pan on cooling rack until cool enough to touch, about 20 minutes. Run knife around edges, remove shortbread, and transfer, right side up, to work surface. Use 1 1/2- to 2-inch heart cookie cutter to cut out cookies. Use a paring knife to trim stray bits of cranberry from edges. Cookies will keep for 5 days at room temperature in an airtight container.
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At the recently happened Golden Globes award ceremony, there were a couple of wardrobe malfunctions. Actress Taylor Swift exposed a bit too much bra on the red carpet, the beautiful Julianne Hough's outfit completely split in two at the InStyle and Warner Bros after-party, and now we learnt that the gorgeous Eva Longoria had a slight blunder too.
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As Eva posed at the after-party in the company of her hairstylist buddy Ken Paves, she got the bulging skirt caught in her heel, where she bent a bit over to untie herself and unluckily exposed a little too much slip from her top.
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|Reviews for A Handful of Copper Coins
| Sierralaine Walsh chapter 1 . 5/25/2008
Hoho. This is funny. Hohoho.. :)
| FireEdge chapter 1 . 2/21/2008
Yeah, that was a fun read. ) Kent being angry is such a rare sight, that you can't help but love it when you DO see it. Anyway, I think it would've been pretty amusing if Kent had hit one of the drunk guys, but it would probably be a bad idea. XD Oh, and Sain was lovely as usual (you can't NOT love that guy, especially when he's drunk).
| Trevor X chapter 1 . 1/28/2008
Amusing. Although that might be an understatement...
| Kitsilver chapter 1 . 1/21/2008
I quite like this, Lyn especially. She's cool and calm and wise, not caring what those oafs say about her because she knows it isn't true. Not many people can do that, and I can see that quality in Lyn. I like her response to the insults and the cute way she teases Kent in the end.
Pretty good, overall.
| Absol Master chapter 1 . 1/16/2008
I'm doing my reviews in script form now. Enjoy the little show~
Erk: No punctuation, grammatical or structural errors. Well done.
Canas: Great job in detailing everyone's tone of voice and emotions. Could do with more setting description, i.e. the surroundings. Was it dark? The place's smell?
Raven: Well...actually there's nothing bad about this story...there was a bit too much dialogue, though.
Lucius: Oh, don't mind Lord Raymond! This story was well written!
Raven: People these days really can't appreciate silence...
Marcus: Generally (Paladinally), I liked this story. Yes, I liked it very much.
Oswin: Generally (yes! I'm a General!), I agree with Marcus. Good title too.
Guy: Sacaeans rule!
Rath: ...
| Edward Houshi chapter 1 . 1/14/2008
I loved the way you tied the begining and end together, but the begining seemed a little rushed. Maybe I was reading too fast, but It seemed like you spent more time describing the character's emotions than the places they were in. That's a good thing, but not if it's all in a rush.
| IceBlade28 chapter 1 . 1/13/2008
Nice twist on the Kent/Lyndis! We never see this sort of angle, and it was nice for you to shed some light on it! I like Kent . . . showed emotions! GASP!
Lol sorry. Very nice. Hope to see more!
| Maxmagnus20019 chapter 1 . 1/12/2008
Very nice fic, I liked it, good job.
| Sardonic Kender Smile chapter 1 . 1/11/2008
I think this fic, out of all the ones I've read of yours, had everyone the most in-character. I've often seen Lyn portrayed as extremely tomboyish and strong-willed (heck, even I write her that way), but your Lyn in this story reminded me of the one in the game-wise, kind, and tolerant. Kent, of course was adorable...especially being so in-tune to his emotions, considering Kent isn't the type to feel much, usually. It was very Kent-esque to get all mad about those stupid guys in the bar-Kent injustice get yo' self up outta here, fool. And...guess what? You wrote a fic that wasn't angsty! YAY! Good job on it all!


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It is a shame Richard Weigel bowed out as the Port Huron Area School District's next superintendent. His case of cold feet was especially disappointing in view of the steps the school board took to hire him.
After weathering considerable criticism from some school residents, the board voted 4-3 in favor of Weigel's selection last week. Kathy Sheets, who voted in for Weigel, apparently was so upset from the Weigel attacks that she resigned from the board.
Still, the superintendent's post was Weigel's for the taking. The board was supposed to vote on his two-year contract Monday, but Weigel had second thoughts about the job.
Weigel's critics might be tempted to say, "We told you so; the board picked the wrong candidate." They would be right, but for the wrong reasons.
The critics opposed Weigel's selection because of his leadership style. The former Niles Community School's superintendent resigned in February amid unproven allegations he bullied some employees.
Weigel opted to pass on the new superintendent post because of the board's 3-3 split that resulted from Sheets's resignation. Strong leadership is what recommended him. To walk away because the board didn't fully stand behind him suggests he isn't the leader the school district needs.
Surely, every superintendent candidate knew Port Huron is a troubled school district with critical challenges to address. Perhaps Weigel's troubles at Niles made him a bit gun-shy. Maybe starting his new job with doubts from some quarters about his ability didn't seem worth it.
In any case, the Port Huron Area School District needs a new leader. Superintendent H. Ronald Wollen will retire on June 30.
It's unlikely that the board can come up with a new candidate in that time. But the Michigan Association of School Boards, the group the school district hired to lead the superintendent search, can keep looking - with no additional charge to the $12,000 it's already been paid.
That the school district's leaders thought they had the right candidate is important. At least he set the bar for future candidates - strong, capable leaders who can restore the school district's health.
Hopefully the district can find such a candidate who isn't afraid to lead.


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Big changes are coming for a private Christian university in East Tennessee.
Johnson University announced Monday that it has merged with Florida Christian College in Kissimmee, Florida, to become the Johnson University System.
The smaller campus in Florida fell into financial trouble and lost its accreditation. The merger allowed the school to regain its accreditation and stable financial footing.
Johnson University in Knoxville will now be known as "Johnson University Tennessee." Florida Christian College will be called "Johnson University Florida."
Long-time president Dr. David Eubanks came out of retirement to help with the merger. He will serve as C.O.O. of Johnson University Florida.
"It's expanding our national exposure in another direction. We've helped keep a school alive, and thriving. That was doing a good work, and we feel like it's even going to grow and do a better work," said Dr. Eubanks.
The merger will bring enrollment in the Johnson University system up to about 1300 students.
More than 900 of those students are part of the Tennessee campus. Administrators will work to build enrollment in Florida.


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Service sector expansion moderates
June 04 2008
The U.S. service sector expanded in May, but at a slightly slower pace than in April, according to the Institute for Supply Management's nonmanufacturing index released today. The index slipped to 51.7 from 52.0 in April. Index readings above 50 indicate growth.
Employment in the service sector, however, contracted in May. The employment portion of the index fell to 48.7 from 50.8 in April.
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For nearly five years, all three branches of New York government have discriminated against New Yorks farmers. The majority of state employees in the executive, legislative and judicial branches have a prejudice against the petroleum industry and fossil fuels in general. This prejudice has been shown in the form of a moratorium on gas and oil permits on land owned by farmers. This discrimination has caused many farmers and the small businesses that support them to go out of business.
Look at what is happening to the farming community in the Southern Tier. These farmers pay the highest property taxes in the country and are not able to take advantage of the abundant natural gas in the Marcellus Shale under their farms. In the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania, there has been an economic renaissance in the farm community.
Why is this discrimination against farmers occurring in Albany? Prejudices are based on a lack of knowledge and understanding of an issue. Horizontal drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing are a very technical and scientific process developed by scientists and engineers. The decision-makers in Albany are mostly lawyers and few have any real knowledge of science and technology. The governor keeps using the excuse that science has yet to determine this issue, even though the science has always supported this process.
Green energy and climate change is another issue that is confusing our lawyer-leaders in Albany. Nothing will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 50 percent faster than the conversion from terrorism-supporting Middle East oil to American-produced natural gas. This will produce millions of family-supporting jobs and help with our nations overdue economic recovery.
The science behind horizontal drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing has been proven years ago. It can be done safely. There are 28 states that are performing this exact type of drilling in shale formations. This has been occurring in many of these states for more than 15 years. Not one governor, legislative body, attorney general, regulatory agency in those state or federal agency has ever asked the drillers to stop.
New York has always been a leader against discrimination in the past. New York assumed leadership roles for womens suffrage, civil rights and marriage equality. Its time for Albany to stop discriminating against the two most important economic sectors of upstate New York. Agriculture and the petroleum industry have worked together harmoniously for more than 100 years for the benefit of the state and country. Free them from Albanys discrimination and they will lead us to economic recovery.
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15402 Mack Avenue Grosse Pointe, Michigan 313.884.6030
Dear Guests,
It is with regret that we announce that Dylan's will be closing – temporarily - due to circumstances beyond our control, effective Monday, July 30th, 2012. It is our desire to reopen as soon as possible at our current location or another in the area, and all our efforts in the coming weeks and months will be channeled toward that end.
We deeply appreciate the loyal support you have provided across the last five years. Indeed, as irony would have it, last week was the best business week we've had since our opening in 2007. We have enjoyed entertaining you, and look forward to doing so again in the near future. In the meantime, as Dylan sang, "The only thing I knew how to do was to keep on keeping on," and the Dylan's staff has every intention of doing just that.
Thanks again, and we'll see you soon!
Rocco, John, and the staff
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Hotel Asturias is set on Plaza Mayor, next to San Lorenzo Beach and the marina. This listed building is located in Gijón's old town. Wake to a nice view from your private balcony which may look over Gijón's main plaza or face the sea. Take the short walk down to the coast where you will find the golden sands of San Lorenzo beach and waters that are good for both swimming and water sports such as surfing. Alternatively, soak up the sunshine and enjoy the fresh air. The hotel building featured in José Luis Garci's film, Volver a Empezar, which won an Oscar in 1983. Surf the web and email friends on the free, wireless internet connection.
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Chances are, if you like the look of these, you'll like the music the designers clearly like, and they'll be just right for you.Read the full review →
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The Crossfade M-80 from v-moda is the smaller, on-ear version of the company's Crossfade LP headphone. While they may be smaller, they still retain the company's signature industrial design, and though it may not be for everyone Gadget Review says the "way they blend form and function makes their products look sleek and sexy." Looks are one part of the design equation and comfort is the other. Sound+Vision calls them "the most comfortable on-ear phones," however Gadget Review points out the material of the earcups "doesn't let air flow easily at all" and The Gadgeteer says "they begin to feel tight after about 3 hours" but if "listening times are kept below a few hours, they feel just fine." Despite their issues with comfort The Gadgeteer did find that the M-80's "superior accuracy is hard to ignore." Inner Fidelity calls them a "truly excellent sounding headphone," and iLounge agrees, saying that "the new Crossfades sounded pretty close to great right away."
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The V-Moda Crossfade M-80 offers an alluring, on-ear design and enjoyable audio performance. But with some distortion at high volumes, this pair doesn't quite compete with other headphones in this price range.Read the full review →
These headphones have just been launched worldwide and will work splendidly with whatever standard headphone-jack-packing device you've got on you – and they'll make you a fashion icon to boot. These are on-ear headphones made to bring on a sense of awe in every aspect.Read the full review →
I simply can't think of another headphone that does so much, so right.Read the full review →
Compact, solid, good sound and nice design. What more could you ask for?Read the full review →
So ladies, if you are looking for a stylish, but durable audio experience, the V-Moda White Pearl M-80′s could be your next go-to pair of headphones.Read the full review →
While the $230 MSRP is, like Crossfade LP, higher than we'd originally expected for this model, there's no question that these are the sort of very good headphones that are worthy of a design premium, and we offer our strong general recommendation to both versions.Read the full review →
While the price point is a bit high for my liking ... the materials used in construction could be a valid excuse/reason for that. In the end, even with a piss poor mic, I highly recommend these to anyone looking for a new pair of on ear headphones.Read the full review →
If you have the LPs and are happy with them, then save your money. However, I would recommend the M-80s over the LPs if you own neither.Read the full review →
The v-Moda Crossfade M-80s are the first set of on-ear headphones I have purchased. I'm an avid quality ear bud fan, and even have a pair of v-Moda buds that I love. But I was looking for a different sound experience, and one that clearly tells my coworkers "Don't bother me right now". First,...Read the full review →
The Crossfade M-80 makes a great pair of headphones for the everyday use. Their light weight when compared to the LP2s and pack in some great sound to boot. I especially love the noise cancellation as during a daily commute to and from work, I get to listen to my music and only my music. No...Read the full review →
Edited my initial rating - have had these for just under 2 years, but one ear failed just before the end of the first year. The failure was at the PCB where the 3.5mm jack was mounted. Firstly, the jack was soldered onto a PCB where the wiring was connected - but the jack was a surface mounted...Read the full review →
Got obsessed with these after reading all the solid reviews on Headfi. Here's a breakdown: Most durable headphones I've ever encountered. I've twisted them band obnoxiously in every direct and then still look and function like their brand new. Sound quality is top notch. I've tried quite a few...Read the full review →
Part of my problem is the fact that I cannot get a good fit with these cans. The headphones have a cathedral window design that will not seal around my ears. The Senn HD 25's are better headphones for around the same money. Under no circumstance do these cans deserve a 90 rating. That is just...Read the full review →
The sound of this rivals that of my old Bose QC3 and my Shure SE530 . I like the customizable plates, too bad it doesn't come in more colors for the M-80. I'm not too impressed with the noise cancellation, but I guess it was ne4ver marketed that way. Overall I am very impressed with these...Read the full review →
This is my newest pair of headphones, and easily my favorite – even though I only just received them in the mail a few days ago. The moment you put on these babies, you KNOW they come from the hands of some very knowledgeable industry folks. Built like a monster, they still manage to be the...Read the full review →
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v-moda Crossfade M-80 86 from $99
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Sennheiser Momentum On-Ear 90 from $113
Bose QuietComfort 25 92 from $299
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v-moda XS 84 from $129
v-moda Crossfade M-100 85 from $199
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The Microsoft Lync Adoption and Training Kit provides a one-stop shop for prescriptive guidance and resources for the rollout and adoption of Lync clients in the enterprise. The kit also provides customizable, re-usable, rebrand-able user education and training resources, including posters, quick reference cards, short how-to videos, training videos, and e-mail templates. In addition, the kit includes a new Tools and Apps section, which provides buzz-worthy apps such an IM an Expert, the Conversation Translator Add-in for Lync 2010, and useful and customizable training tools, including the Lync Custom Intranet Site and the Lync How-to. This article provides an overview of the kit and shows you how it can be used to speed the usage and adoption of Lync in the enterprise.
Authors: Peter Krebs
Publication date: May 2011
Product version: Lync 2010
The Microsoft Lync 2010 Adoption and Training Kit builds on the success of the previous kit, the Unified Communications Adoption and Training Kit. Partners, system integrators, and IT pros found that having the rollout resources and the customizable content of the Adoption and Training Kit was an important component to rollout success. Comments ranged from "the Adoption and Training Kit was like a light at the end of a tunnel" to "the Adoption and Training Kit was absolutely useful. Our training is based on the original documentation. It's absolutely critical that the documentation is customizable."
The Lync Adoption and Training Kit offers a variety of enhancements, many offered in direct response to feedback from partners, SI's, IT pros, MVPs, and trainers.
The Get Started Page of the Lync Adoption and Training Kit
The Lync Adoption and Training Kit offers prescriptive rollout and adoption guidance for IT pros and project managers, help desk, and trainers. For the IT pro/project manager, a Rollout and Adoption Workbook is available, which provides a project timeline, tasks, and resources for each phase of rollout and adoption.
The Rollout and Adoption Workbook
The Rollout and Adoption Workbook is supplemented by primers, which are offered for each phase of the rollout and adoption process. Each primer offers guidance on how to get started with the phase, along with best practices and an MSIT case study.
A Planning Phase Primer
The Lync Adoption and Training Kit also provides a Resources List that can be filtered by audience or by the rollout and adoption phase, as shown in the following illustration.
Adoption and Training Resources List filtered to show Trainer resources
Corporate trainers often ask "What Works" in terms of training and adoption strategy and resources. The Lync Adoption and Training Kit enables users to easily find a training plan and resources by technology or workload and by user profile. A Training Matrix enables you to click a link and go directly to a training plan for a particular workload and user profile. Training resources, including Quick Reference Cards, short videos, and training videos, can be downloaded, rebranded, and customized to meet the needs of your organization.
Find a Training Plan for Lync Voice and Video
You can download the Training Plan Workbook and select a user profile tab to easily find training and user education resources. In addition, all training assets can be filtered by resource category, resource type, or recommendation.
Workbook for Lync Training Plans
For example, you can select the Information Worker user profile, filter on the IM and Presence resource category, and then filter on only the "Recommended" and "Strongly Recommended" resources.
From the Lync Training Download Package, you can view Quick Reference Cards and other end-user training materials, including short how-to videos and training videos.
Reusable, customizable Lync training resources
Localized versions of the Lync Training Download Package are scheduled to be available in July 2011. The Lync Training Download Package will be available in German, French, and Spanish. Note that although the end user resources in the Lync Training Download Package will be localized, the Lync Adoption and Training Kit will be available only in English
The Lync Adoption and Training Kit offers tools and applications, including a series of Lync add-in applications:
The IM an Expert Page
The Conversation Translator Application Page
In addition to the applications, the Lync Adoption and Training Kit also offers training tools that can be customized and integrated into an enterprises Intranet site.
The Lync How-to user education and training tool can be implemented as an HTML or Microsoft Silverlight solution on your website.


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While there are no known attempts to use a newly discovered vulnerability to target Mac users, the exploit has been successfully triggered in both Safari and Firefox on Macs running Mountain Lion.
Oracle's newly released Java 7 runtime is relatively painless to install and uninstall.
Our Weekly Utilities Update report is a list of all the updates for many Mac utilities that have been released in the past week. This week we're taking a look at "Pixel Tester", which is useful for finding dead or stuck pixels.
Utilities Updates: AppZapper 1.7.0; TextExpander 1.4.1; Synergy 3.0; RAIDaid 1.20; more
Mac OS X 10.4.7 (#2): Drives not recognized, fixes; Dangers of working while update is taking place; Mail.app problems, fixes
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POSTED: 1:30 a.m. HST, Nov 3, 2013
Mainland states turn back hands of time
The U.S. mainland turned clocks back an hour early today, making the time difference between Hawaii and the West Coast two hours.
It's five hours now between the East Coast and Hawaii.
The change officially occurred at 2 a.m.
Hawaii, most of Arizona and some U.S. territories do not observe daylight saving time.
Public safety officials say this is also a good time to put a new battery in the smoke alarm, no matter where you live.
Daylight saving time returns at 2 a.m. March 9.
Kamehameha opens new dormitories
There are new dormitories for middle school students boarding at Kamehameha Schools' Kapalama campus.
School officials say students and staff will complete their move into the new dormitories this weekend.
The two buildings are three stories high and include communal bathrooms, conference rooms and study rooms.
Construction on the buildings started last year, the fifth major renovation project to be completed at the campus.
The private Kamehameha Schools enroll nearly 7,000 students of Native Hawaiian ancestry at campuses statewide.
Bomb threats target stores in Kahului
Maui police say bomb threats against two Kahului stores appear to be related and they are investigating the incidents as terroristic threatening cases.
In both cases, a caller threatened to set off a bomb unless the business put money onto a reloadable Visa debit card, police said.
In the first incident, a man called the Kmart in Kahului at about 10:24 a.m. Friday and told an employee that a bomb in the store would go off unless money was added to the debit card.
Another call was made at 10:55 a.m. to the Walgreens in Kahului. A male caller made a similar demand.
Both businesses evacuated customers and employees but no money was sent. A search of the stores turned up no suspicious items, police said.
Gunshot victim won't cooperate with officers
Maui police are investigating a shooting, but said the victim is not cooperating.
Police responded to a report of a man with a gunshot wound on Old Mokulele Highway and South Kihei Road at 5:09 p.m. Friday.
Officers found the victim and confirmed he had been shot, but he was "uncooperative with police."
No weapon was found.
The victim was taken to Maui Community Medical Center with an injury that was not life-threatening, police said.


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[1309] Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Head and Neck: Institutional Experience of Two Referral Centers
Steven C Smith, Matthew Elkins, Rajiv M Patel, David R Lucas, Raja R Seethala, Jonathan B McHugh. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background: Solitary fibrous tumors (SFTs) uncommonly present in the head and neck, and to date have been reported in limited numbers in the literature. Additionally, a number of lesions previously diagnosed in the head and neck as hemangiopericytomas (HPC), giant cell angiofibroma (GCA), and orbital fibrous histiocytoma (OFH) have been recently appreciated to be within the expanded spectrum of SFTs. Thus, we performed a comprehensive review of head and neck SFTs in order to more fully characterize their features and natural history.
Design: We performed a comprehensive search and review of lesions diagnosed as SFT, HPC, GCA, and OFH from 1985-2011 at the University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) and from 1982-2007 at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). Cases were reviewed to confirm diagnoses, and data for clinical, histologic, immunohistochemical, and outcome parameters were recorded.
Results: A total of 47 cases with archival material were identified and reviewed (27 UMHS; 20 UPMC), with 21:26 male:female ratio and mean age 48.6±16.9y (range 15-92). Anatomically lesions involved the orbit (38.3%), sinonasal tract (23.4%), skull base (21.3%), oral cavity (14.9%), salivary or subcutaneous sites (each 10.6%), and parapharynx (4.3%), with 8/47 cases extending to multiple sites. Original diagnoses included SFT (62%), HPC (29.8), and OFH (8.5%). Predominant histologic pattern on review was classic SFT-like in 63.8%, cellular (former HPC-like) in 31.9%, and GCA-like in 4.3%. Nuclear pleomorphism/atypia was high in 21.3%, low in 27.6%, and absent in 51.1% of cases; necrosis was present in 17.5% and infiltrative grown in 45.2%. Immunostain for CD34 was positive in 29/34 (85.3%), BCL2 in 13/14 (92.9%), and CD99 in 10/12 (83.3%) cases with archival material. S100 was negative in 28/29 (96.5%), and both cytokeratins and SMA negative in 21/22 (95.4%). Follow-up data were available for 27 cases (median, 114mo.). Ten tumors recurred (37.0%), including one orbital case which metastasized to lung and parotid.
Conclusions: SFTs present in a wide anatomic distribution in the head and neck, and include a significant minority of cases showing cellular morphology, a feature associated with adverse outcome in a subset of SFTs from other anatomic sites. While the high rate of local recurrence identified likely reflects referral bias, it underscores the biologically intermediate malignant potential of these tumors and the importance of their recognition and need for complete excision and long term follow-up.
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A Chula Vista (Calif.) police officer scuffled with a shoplifting suspect at a J.C. Penney Saturday in an incident that escalated to the suspect spitting blood into the officer's face, the San Diego Union Tribune reports.
Sergio Durazo, 19, was arrested, after he violently resisted an officer's attempts to arrest him. The officer also suffered an injured wrist before being treated at the hospital.
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To make the macaroons: Preheat the oven to 325°F. Line a couple of baking sheets with parchment paper or nonstick silicone baking liners.
In a large bowl, mix the coconut, condensed milk, and vanilla together. In a separate bowl, whisk the egg white until it holds medium peaks when the whisk is lifted from the bowl. Fold the egg white into the coconut mixture. Form 1 tablespoon balls of batter and place them on a baking sheet. Flatten the balls to 1/8-inch thick disks and bake for 25 minutes or until the tops are light golden brown.
To make the panna cotta: Soak the gelatin sheets in ice water for about 2 minutes. In a small pot over medium heat, bring the sugar and the milk to a simmer to dissolve the sugar, then remove from the heat. Squeeze excess water from the gelatin sheets and dissolve it in the milk. Once the gelatin has dissolved, stir in the cream. Stir in the purée and salt, then strain through a fine-mesh strainer to remove any remaining bits of gelatin. Pour the panna cotta into six 1-cup glasses. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until set, about 4 to 6 hours.
To make the spuma: In a small pot over medium heat, bring the cream and the sugar to a simmer to dissolve the sugar. Remove from the heat and add the gelatin. Once the gelatin has dissolved, pour in the coconut milk and mix well. You will have just over 1 cup. Strain through a fine-mesh strainer to remove any remaining bits of gelatin, then pour into the container of a whipper. Charge the whipper with its nitrous-oxide charger, then shake well. Place in the refrigerator until needed.
To serve: Unwrap each glass. Place the tip of the whipper into each glass and top with the coconut spuma. Serve with a few macaroons.
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Hundreds of people defend human rights activist in Madruga
On November 2nd, political police arrived at the home of Eddy Hernández Arencibia, a human rights activist, to forcefully evict him and his family who live in Avenida 19 #4216 between 42 and 44, in the district of La Sabana.
The people went out to the streets and said this was an injustice, explained Odalys Rodríguez, wife of Hernández Arencibia. The police could not reach my house because the whole town got in front of them. They came with special troops ready to hit us, but there were so many people there, they were unable to do so. All the women made a human chain with the men behind them. The people of this town, children, women, men, elderly persons, and people I did not even know were at my house. During the protest, which began around 7pm, the police hit several men who were trying to defend the women who stood in front of the repressive forces.
On November 11th, nine days after the incident, the political police ransacked eight homes in Madruga, among them, the Octavio Hernández Independent Library.
They threw books on the floor, they broke a door and a refrigerator. They arrested five people, among them two human rights activists and three without any affiliation, said Yaneyvis Álvarez Sosa, director of the library. They told me that if I did not open the door, they would knock it down they came violently. The five people detained are going to be charged with resisting authority, but the people know that they are innocent.
On November 14, alter the arrests, the regime- by means of the so-called economic police evicted the family of Eddy Hernández Arencibia from their home with the pretext of converting it into a maternity center.
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Greensboro, NC -- Hurry up and wait. We all get caught in it. Whether it's getting to the grocery store first thing in the morning, only to have to wait in line. Do you complain to someone? Grumble to yourself?
What about if the hurry up and wait is at your doctor's office? About.com recommends making your complaint known if your doctor always runs late, but rarely spends more than a few minutes with you. That indicates a scheduling problem, not an empathetic doctor.
2 Wants To Know talked to a patient advocate who says before you put anything in writing, talk to your doctor first. Your tone sets the tone for that conversation. If the problem keeps happening or the doctor brushes off your complaint, you might think about putting the complaint in writing.
But Denise Digh, Registered Nurse and Patient Advocate offered some advice. Digh said, "The first thing you should try, and don't be ugly, go back and say that you sat for two hours."
She said the doctor may not know, so you should also try speaking with the office manager in a nice way.
She said the doctor not responding well is a risk you take. "If he gets mad, well, if you've gone to that length, then maybe you're ready to find a new doctor anyway."
WFMY News 2