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Galena are professionally consistent. While an imperfect measure for sure, the enterprise values of the two companies (Celldex $170 million; Galena $50 million), suggests "the market" sides with me. The mechanism of CDX-011 makes sense and is validated; Neuvax does not and is not. Celldex conducted a small, but well-designed phase II study (no data mining!); Galena's phase II study was sloppy, imbalanced and data-mined all to hell.Peter G is mad again, so mad that he forgot to check his spelling and grammar: "Adumb, You managed to do it again with GALE. I am afraid you have step over the line this time with GALE. After all should we believe you or Dr. Peoples??? Thats a dumb question even you can answer. Oh by the way who was shorting prior to your BS article? I think the SEC stock watch will like to know. Good luck your gonna need it this time." A nicer note from Ken L.: "I very much enjoy and appreciate your thoughtful articles, your balanced approach and communication, as well as your active engagement with your readership. I've also always been impressed by your maturity in dealing with (more accurately -- NOT dealing with) the vocal community of conspiracy theorists -- true believers rather than truth seekers. Couldn't believe your measured response to these zealots--you're a better man than I! Seems like it's getting to you recently. Let me encourage you to stay above it and not get frustrated! I'm certain the vast majority of your readership appreciates your work immensely and would be sorry to lose it! I'm a bit too much on the inside to participate actively in the conversation, but please know that reasonable people around the world are behind you." Thank you, Ken. Good advice. Lastly, I spent an hour this week with Tom Hughes, CEO of Zafgen, developer of the weight-loss drug beloranib. Zafgen is a small, privately held company so you'll probably never get the chance to invest in it. Hughes and his venture capital backers want to sell Zafgen to Big Pharma instead of going public on its own. Still, Zafgen is a company worth following because beloranib may fundamentally change the way obesity is treated -- perhaps more so than the current crop of publicly held companies like Vivus (VVUS), Arena Pharmaceuticals (ARNA) and Orexigen Therapeutics (OREX). What makes beloranib different is its mechanism of action. I'm simplifying here, but as Hughes explained to me, the drug works in the liver to reset or normalize a patient's metabolism. Obese people, especially those who are morbidly obese, have livers that work overtime converting food into stored fat instead of energy to be burned off by muscle. When these obese patients are treated with beloranib, their livers stop making fat and instead start converting food into energy, like the metabolism of a lean person. This is different from the way drugs like Vivus' Qnexa or Arena's lorcaserin work, which is by altering brain chemistry so that obese people feel satiated or have less of a desire to eat. Beloranib-treated patients lose weight and they feel less hungry. In two phase I studies to date, patients lost about 1 kilogram of weight per week over the course of a one-month trial. The studies only enrolled a handful of patients, but they all lost weight. Hughes says Zafgen is now gearing up to start a larger phase II study of about 120-150 patients that will dose beloranib for 12 weeks. The study will take about a year to complete. Beloranib requires twice-weekly injections just under the skin so it's not as convenient as pills. But Zafgen is developing the therapy for patients with potentially life-threatening obesity -- BMIs in the mid 30s to as high as 50. These are the same patients who are eligible for bariatric, or stomach-reducing, surgery. The numbers are big: 400,000 bariatric surgeries are performed in the U.S. every year; 15-18 million people eligible for the surgery. Hughes is hopeful that beloranib can produce sustained 25-50% weight loss, which is on par with what doctors achieve with bariatric surgery. Obviously, Hughes' hopes need to be borne out in longer and larger clinical trials that have yet to be conducted. Still, belonarib is a really interesting drug and perhaps the first clinically meaningful medical treatment option for obesity. Watch to see if Zafgen is acquired by Big Pharma in the next year or two. --Written by Adam Feuerstein in Boston. >To contact the writer of this article, click here: Adam Feuerstein. >To follow the writer on Twitter, go to http://twitter.com/adamfeuerstein. >To submit a news tip, send an email to: email@example.com. Follow TheStreet on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook.Yes, I am, and I believe my divergent views on Celldex and
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Steamed and peeled baby beets, ready to eat. In refrigerated produce section.
Janice Wojcik Mar 03, 2013
These are fabulous! They taste fresh and delicious. My favorite is to slice beets onto a spinach salad with goat cheese, dried cranberries, and pecans. These would also be perfect with skordalia.
Alexandra Bradley Feb 24, 2012
I'm not among the "beet lovers," but I bought these to compliment a salad recipe I got from one of the "Cooking with Trader Joe's" books. I've always thought beets and feta make a great addition to a salad, but I would never know what to do with an actual beet to make it taste like the restaurants do. Thanks to this ready-made solution, all I have to do is cut up the beets into chunks to sprinkle them on my salad. However, beware of the smell: Even sealed in a bag, the beets made my refrigerator/trash can/kitchen smell like beets for the next few days. And the juice can get EVERYWHERE.
amysan Feb 24, 2012
These make eating beets so easy! Since I'm the only one in our house that likes beets, I wouldn't go to all the work just for me. But this way I still get my beets!
shuennjue Feb 19, 2012
i love beets!!!!
JoyceK Feb 18, 2012
There's really no excuse now not to eat your beets; Trader Joe's has done all the messy work for you. Toss them in a salad or just toss them in your mouth.
Mary Ross Johnson Feb 11, 2012
Great on a salad, by themselves, or warmed with goat cheese! My year old loves them!
myriamdm Feb 10, 2012
These are good cold or quickly warm them up and butter or goat cheese on top. Yum!
Kiersten Lednik Feb 08, 2012
SOO good to slice up and add to a fresh salad without all the hassle of boiling the beets yourself!
Christina Sandy Feb 07, 2012
Really terrific product. We use these in the morning smoothie with strawberries, flaxseed, cranberry and orange. Just delicious and who knew its good for you?
Carol Anand Feb 07, 2012
I agree with all of these reviews. So convenient if you love beets but not the mess.
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love! takes the messiness out of making roasted beets
clchamness Feb 07, 2012
Oh how I love these! Already peeled, cooked, so easy to take out and slice over salads! Yum.
Deborah A Charron Feb 07, 2012
I love beets and I am the only one that eats them in my house so the portion is just right!
Christine N. Arroyo Feb 07, 2012
I love beets and these are so easy to cook with.
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Highly nutritious, low-cal, ready-to-eat beets, nothing added! I eat a lot more beets thanks to these. Farmer's market beets are great, but kind of a mess to prepare. With these, all you have to do is snip open the package (over the sink), chop them up on a good cutting board, and sprinkle them with a little Tajin seasoning, or lime juice & salt, or marinate them in your favorite vinegar and use them in salads, or toss them in a nice Moroccan stew, or put them on a flatbread pizza...I even blend a beet into my pizza sauce to sweeten and thicken it. Also good blended into hummus to give it sweetness and dazzling color.
Elisa Koranda Jun 07, 2011
Love, love, love these! Not too expensive. They come in a vaccuumed sealed pack. They taste super fresh and usually have a sweet taste to them. If you think you don't like beets, try these first. They do make a huge mess when you chop them up. I cut mine on a black plastic cutting board that I have and try not to drip juice. I use them chopped up on my salads along with those AWESOME TJ's parmesan garlic/cheese crouton things. Yum!
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Like most women who wonder whether they are pregnant, it took me a few weeks to figure out what was happening with my body before I discovered how far along I was. My cycles have always been irregular, so I couldn't depend on a late period.
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Hi, I have found a wealth of information, mostly on this site but I'm still not clear on the whole procedure. My son will be flying home from MUC (Munich)connecting through ORD (Chicago) and on to BTV. He has been in Europe training (ski racer) for two months and has 7pr of skis (in two bags) along with his other stuff all in one large suitcase so a lot of baggage to deal with. I'm trying to get an idea of what he is going to have to do. All his flights are with United and while according to their site his bags will be checked through to BTV and only one charge for the entire trip home will apply how does that work? It sounds as though he is going to have to go through passport/customs in ORD as it will be his original point of entry back to the US. That seems as though it will mean having to re-check his bags after clearing them for the leg from ORD to BTV. Do they have a special system for that so he can just them off after customs or will he have to go to the regular ticket counter and go through the normal process again as though he were starting in ORD? Will he then need to go through security again and with that be (hopefully) after re-checking the bags? Seems like someone preferably the airline or TSA/US Customs site would clearly state this procedure from start to finish but they seem to stop at clearing customs and continue to leaving the airport and miss the connection step. Does it sound correct that paying for the bags will only happen once and if so how or do they get you twice because "you could have added things" in the hour or so they are in your possession to get through customs? Thanks in advance, people seem really helpful on this site and in these forums.


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Marriage, just like christening
Timothy Kincaid
October 2nd, 2012
Marriage is a institution in the United States that has both a religious and a civil component. But it is not the only one.
Another institution that is religious in nature that also has had a civil component is christening. Though this is less evident and a less common practice, christening or baptismal documents can in many instances be presented as evidence of citizenship. Take, for example, the Florida requirements for obtaining a driver's license. Each citizen must produce a primary document (birth certificate, naturalization papers, etc.) and a secondary document, one of which can be "Baptism certificate, which shows date of birth and the place of baptism."
Baptismal documents are no longer a frequent proof of birth. The social security system, use of hospitals for birth, and the adoption of state birth certificates has pretty much diminished the need. But as genealogists well know, for a significant time in this country they were the primary evidence of birth and even after the incorporation of birth records, frequently fires, lost records, racial discrimination, reconfigured county lines and inconsistent record keeping would result in church records being far more thorough and reliable than municipal records. For much of our nation's history it was these religious documents that provided evidence of citizenship. And though it is rare, some very elderly people still rely on these records as proof of birth.
Which is an interesting parallel.
Because, just like marriage, different faiths had strongly divergent baptismal beliefs and practices. Some, like Catholics and Lutherans, practice water baptism (generally a sprinkling or dripping of water) while other protestants strenuously object to baptism before the age of consent and instead will bless or dedicate a child. But in either case, the parent will receive a document recognizing the event and listing the relevant details.
Which raises the point, what if some religious advocates sought an amendment in Florida declaring that baptismal documents would be "defined" by the state to include only for such ceremonies as conformed with Catholic doctrine? And suppose their campaign was sold to the public solely in terms of "what God designed".
I think that there is little question that a number of denominations would immediately sue to have such an initiative stricken from the ballot as being a violation of the separation of church and state. And they would win, and rightly so.
Which makes me wonder, why doesn't the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America or the Episcopal Church or Reformed Judaism sue to have Minnesota's discriminatory amendment stricken from the ballot? It discriminates along doctrinal lines, declaring that such marriages as are sanctioned by one church are recognized by the state while the theological practice of another church is declared to be void. And the campaign is presented purely along theological lines; their ads defend anti-gay marriage law because "it was made by God" which declares in no uncertain terms that the state of Minnesota will vote whether the beliefs about what "God made" will include the teachings of Lutherans and other liberal Christians and Jews or be excluded to just what Catholics, Mormons and other conservatives believe.
It is time for those churches who believe that the call for justice and mercy as an integral doctrine of faith compels them to defend the marriage rights of gay citizens put their faith in action. They are victims of these amendments, just as we are. They need to stand up and be strong and demand that the anti-mainline-Christianity bigotry and anti-Jewish bigotry that is all over the face of these laws cease and hold no legal standing.
Otherwise it seems to me that their beliefs about baptismal documents are more important to them than their belief in equality.


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Mike Theurer of Dade County has worked with the Conservation Department for years to improve grassland habitat on his property, which is part of the Golden Grasslands Conservation Opportunity Area (COA). The Golden Grasslands COA includes land important for the restoration of greater prairie chickens. About 95 percent of the COA is privately owned, so landowners like Theurer are crucial to a successful restoration. "Mike is a true partner in grassland conservation," said Max Alleger, Department grassland bird coordinator. "MDC has long known that successful recovery of prairie chickens and other grassland birds — all wildlife, really — hinges on the interest and help of private landowners." Theurer has removed trees to expand the prairie vista, an essential starting point for prairie-chicken habitat, and has worked to remove invasive exotic plants, such as tall fescue and sericea lespedeza. "The work Mike has done on his own land is important," said Alleger, "and his leadership in spreading awareness among his neighbors has helped improve and protect even more grassland." — photo by Noppadol Paothong.


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Glass tops not really fitting
Today I bought two glass tops from petco for my 55. When got home I realized one was cracked and the other seems too short. It doesn't fit in the area for the top. I can get it to sit above it, but it takes a long.time to get it centered. Should I return both? Also I'm confused on how to program my timer. The fixture I bought comes on as soon as you plug it in.
I'm thinking of returning them and ordering somewhere else.
With regards to the glass top, If it was damaged in the box when you bought it then yes take it back. If it was something you did well it is up to you as to wether or not to take it back and try and get a replacement.
If you do not keep fish which are really known jumpers then you can always leave the tank open topped, just adds a bit to evaporation.
The timer could be that you have to pull the tabs up to shut it off and down for on, I had that issue with my timers for my saltwater tank.
Thanks I think we've figured out the timer, as for tops I measure them and they're a inch too long. Do you thing another brand might be better? I think I want to keep the tank covered, just in case.
If it is a standard 55 then try these.
Thanks! I hope they're not the same brand. Have you used them before?
No as I am in Canada and they dont ship here. I have Hagen tanks and it is very easy to get Hagen tops here.
The products they sell though are very good from what I hear on other forums and on here.
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LOL, that does not surprise me at all.
A standard 55g is 48" x 13" x 21", so take this into account when looking for the glass top.
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A brief history of the spoken-word pop hit.
A few months later, Johnny Sea hit No. 35 (and supposedly sold 250,000 copies in two weeks) with "Day for Decision," a florid rant on the subject of young people who scorn old-fashioned patriotism and happily knuckle under to Viet Cong Commies. Its title was patterned after Barry McGuire's "Eve of Destruction," but "Decision" isn't an answer to McGuire's song; it's a dramatic rereading of a speech by newscaster Allen Peltier. It ends with a stirring chorus of "America the Beautiful," over which Sea notes that "if you feel a little pride welling up inside of you—if you feel a little mist in your eye—then thank God for you, Mister: You're still an American."
The ne plus ultra of right-wing spoken-word hits, though, was newsman Victor Lundberg's 1967 No. 10 hit, "An Open Letter to My Teenage Son." Lundberg, backed by the inevitable "Battle Hymn of the Republic," explains that he's OK with young people wearing their hair long and growing beards, since George Washington and Abraham Lincoln did, too, but objects to the kid's pacifism: "If you decide to burn your draft card, then burn your birth certificate at the same time. From that moment on, I have no son." It was promptly followed by a mountain of answer records, most prominently "A Letter to Dad," credited to Every Father's Teenage Son, which scraped the charts at No. 93. (Dick Clark, then in his mid-30s, tried to jump on the bandwagon with "An Open Letter to the Older Generation.")
Following another o-tempora-o-mores, goddamn-kids-get-off-my-lawn recitation, Bill Anderson's "Where Have All Our Heroes Gone" (No. 93, 1970), the next big spoken-word pop hit, was, once again, a one-off fluke by a TV host and radio announcer. In 1971, Les Crane recorded a dramatic reading of a 1927 poem by Max Ehrmann, "Desiderata." (The title doesn't appear within the poem proper, but an anonymous background chorus chirps it at the beginning of the recording and throws in a distinctly post-1927 refrain: "You are a child of the universe/ No less than the trees and the stars.") As usual with such things, there was some confusion over the text's authorship; it had been reputed to have been "found in Old St. Paul's Church in 1692." Not the case. Crane's "Desiderata" hit No. 8; it also inspired a wicked parody, National Lampoon's "Deteriorata," which went to No. 91 the following year, twisting the original's chorus into "You are a fluke of the universe/ You have no right to be here."
Then, in 1973, septuagenarian Canadian radio announcer Gordon Sinclair wrote and broadcast a brief argument in defense of Americans as "the most generous and possibly the least appreciated people in all the earth." The original broadcast of "The Americans" started to make the rounds of American radio stations, but the first to release a record of it was actually another Canadian radio personality, Byron MacGregor—which led to the usual confusion over who had written the thing.
MacGregor's version (backed by a stirring martial rendition of "America the Beautiful") became the biggest spoken-word pop hit ever in America, hitting No. 4 on the U.S. pop charts; Sinclair's own recording (backed by a stirring martial rendition of, you guessed it, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic") got only as high as No. 24. And country star Tex Ritter, who wasn't even Canadian, chipped in with his own version, "The Americans (A Canadian's Opinion)," which hovered around the lower fringes of the charts for three weeks. Ritter, as it happens, had recorded his own version of "Deck of Cards" back in 1948. History repeats itself!
"Rotate your tires/ ... Hire people with hooks," "Deteriorata" advised. A quarter-century later, the Chicago Tribune's Mary Schmich wrote a superficially similar (if less sarcastic) column—a sort of imaginary commencement address, advising young people to wear sunscreen, stretch, and be kind to their knees. It was promptly circulated far and wide under the pretext of having been written by Kurt Vonnegut, who had nothing to do with it. In the late '90s, it was recorded as "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)" for an album credited to director Baz Luhrmann and became, as far as I know, the last spoken-word American pop hit to date. ("Yes We Can" was a meme, not a chart hit.) To add to the confusion, it's not actually Luhrmann reading Schmich's text, but an actor named Lee Perry; the musical setting is a remix of a cover of a minor 1992 hit by Rozalla, "Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)." "Sunscreen" made it only to No. 45 on the Hot 100, but it's remained a radio evergreen, especially around graduation time. And, friends, this story is true. I know—I was that fluke of the universe.


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Hi there!
I'm looking for some help with choosing a middle name that goes with our choice of girl's name (not sure if we are having a boy or girl but boy's name sorted). We love the name Francesca but have no clue which middle names sound right with it. Do you think it needs to be one syllable like Francesca Rose or two such as Francesca Marie?
Neither of these two names we can use as we already have friends/family who have used them.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated - thanks!
Lisa x
I think you have looooads of choice there!
May/Mae is always a good one.
Rose is one of mine so I like that too.
Eve is also a good one!
I could go on.... xxx
First one i thought of was Francesca Nicole.
Also like Francesca Isabelle or Francesca Ann x
I am a fan of longer mn's rather than the ubiquiotus May/Jane/Rose etc. I like pp's suggestion of Nicole.
How about:
Francesca Ellen
Francesca Alice
Francesca Megan
Francesca Annie
Francesca Lucy
Francesca Amelie
Francesca Isabel
Francesca Josephine
Francesca Abigail
Francesca Carys
Francesca Rosanne
I may be bias as my name is Francesca Elizabeth Elliott but I think definitely a double syllable middle name!
I'm not expecting yet - unfortunately I had an ectopic in August but hope to try again soon. However, my hubbie and I love Francesca for a girl too. If we had a Francesca she would be Francesca Joan (after my hubbies mum who sadly passed away when he was young). I think Francesca is a beautiful name, good choice :-)
Out of interest what is your boys name? (Since we have similar taste).
Hi Willy08
So sorry to hear about your ectopic pregnancy - I hope you have some very happy news soon. It's great to hear that others think Francesca is a lovely name too! We have chosen Leo as our boy's name (it is the only boy's name me and hubby actually agree on!)


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¬† It is my assumption that all of us have been made aware of what is being called 'ÄúThe War on Christmas.'Ä̬† Just today, as I write this article, we learn from the news that a federal judge has ruled that the 42 foot tall cross on Mount Soledad should be removed.¬† It was erected in the mid 1950s, but complaints from atheists and others have prevailed in court.¬† I wonder how the outcome would be if it were left to the people to vote.¬† Most of what atheists and liberals win is not at the ballot box, but in court.¬† What should be a joyous season has become a time for ACLU attorneys to seek out what they consider appropriate religious targets for attack.
   Sometimes we believers respond inappropriately to these events.  Threats, name calling, and other personal attacks are made supposedly in the name of God and truth.  I am for defending the faith, the emblems, and monuments that have been erected to recognize the goodness of God to our country.  However, Christianity does not need public crosses or other emblems to exist.  While I deplore the progressive secularization of the United States, I have no fear of meeting atheists, agnostics, nor cultists in the arena of ideas.  God's truth will defend itself.  The outcome in a courtroom is much less certain.  Many times liberal, anti-religious, and activist judges seem incapable of overcoming their personal biases.  Some seem bent on making religion permissible only inside the walls of the church building.  Christian, let not your heart be troubled, as our Lord has said.  We have read the final page of the book; we know who wins and who loses.
   The cause of God and truth will not, yea, cannot fail!  The Bible will stand when all the writings of men have been forgotten and destroyed.  The Christmas story, the historical account of Christ's birth, will be celebrated regardless of the threatenings and legal actions of atheists.  The Cross of Calvary towers over time and its shadow will remain over mankind until the Lord Jesus returns!  Sinners will still be converted in the future.
   Men are empty without the Lord.  They attempt to fill that emptiness with alcohol, drugs, sexual promiscuity, and other things, but still the gnawing of darkness and emptiness continues.  It will continue until Christ is enthroned in the heart of a penitent sinner.  Courts, judges, atheists, and devils cannot change that.  It is what God has placed in the nature of man.  That desire for eternity, for knowledge of what lays beyond that cold, dark wall we call death, prods men to keep looking for something to satisfy them.
   Christmas means more than the trees, the tinsel, the gifts, and the food.  It is a poignant reminder that God is real.  Christmas reminds us that the greatest gift this world has ever known is Christ Jesus, the Son of God.  The war by puny men against the Sovereign of the Universe is destined for failure.  The cause of God and truth will prevail.


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The author and filmmaker died in June at age 71. She is known for films such as "When Harry Met Sally ..." and "Sleepless in Seattle" and for the best-selling book "I Feel Bad About My Neck."
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Dolphin bites girl -- Who cares?
She didn't die. She didn't lose her arm. She didn't even need a stitch.
A cute little 8-year-old girl got nipped by a dolphin at a feeding pool at Sea World, and now it's all over the news.
There she was, in studio on Good Morning America this morning, and written up in the Sun Sentinel and featured with video on newspaper websites.
To which I say: Who cares?
Not to sound insensitive, but even my 7-year-old was watching this morning and said, "Why is this on the news?"
Even my daughter seems to realize when you feed an animal -- captive or wild -- you take your chances. Especially when you don't follow the instructions.
Look. I've done a dolphin feeding with my girl, at a resort in the Keys a few years ago, and no doubt I would have been upset if Flipper's cousin bit her. But you wouldn't have seen me running around with a video trying to make national news of it.
Boo-hoo. You patch your boo-boo (in this case a few puncture wounds), make sure you're up to date on your tetanus shot, say this is the risk associated with the activity and move on.
I've seen worse accidents on the local playground.
If the proprietor wants to do something, like give some free merchandise or whatever, fine. Certainly, in this case, it sounds like Sea World could have been a little more sensitive, and at least have a manager deal with the situation.
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Columbus resident Merry Carmichael envisions changes here if residents learn to listen to one another better and communicate more clearly.
"This could help us address issues of discrimination against, say, poor people," Carmichael said, "or any number of issues."
"This" refers to principles of listening and communicating — tools that her brother, Philip Stewart, has practiced worldwide to bring together leaders of warring nations, combative political factions and more. Stewart, of Falmouth, Maine, helped found the International Institute for Sustained Dialogue in 2003 in Washington. It helps businesses, communities and even governments learn how to find common ground with alienated groups.
Stewart, who led a reconciliation workshop here in November that drew 90 people, returns Saturday for a similar, free presentation at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Columbus building. This time, he hopes participants can identify three major community issues to focus upon.
Interfaith Forum of Columbus sponsored the first event, though it was a mainstream gathering.
One woman who attended has since told organizers she has been able to use better listening skills while evaluating the current emotion-charged national debate over gun regulations.
"This process will work best when an issue affects your lives deeply enough that you're ready, with others, to contribute in some way to a resolution," Stewart said.
As a professional mediator, he has helped smooth conflicts among tense, Middle Eastern groups and worked amid the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1970s. He even has gathered leaders amid a nation's civil war to talk peace.
"This time, he's going to allow a lot more time for discussion and questions," Carmichael said.
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Christine Lemley of Columbus, among the organizers for the two events here, has long been a proponent of diverse groups getting to know one another to avert conflict and promote peace, civility and respect.
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Diaper party games..?
I'm only 18 so having achocol would probly not be a good idea to have. There will be underage kids there. So do you have any ideas to any games or entertainment
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PS - you're 18, you're pregnant and it's your party. Why does alcohol even enter into the question? if these people want a drink, they should know better than to look for it around you!posted 04/19/2010 by JaneyRhino
One we played at my shower that I liked was to give teams a list of attributes of my husband and I. They had to pick from the list of options and "decide" what type of hair, eyes, sense of humor my baby would have.posted 04/19/2010 by JaneyRhino
It all depends on what kind of games you are open to, i.e. not everyone likes the same type of games. There are a lot of websites where you can download and print out games like Baby Bingo, Baby Find A Word, Purse Scavenger Hunt, etc. Also, I've been to a couple of parties where they passed around a spool of ribbon and each of us cut a length off that we thought would go around the PG belly. Whoever's was closest won. For a smaller crowd, I've seen a game where everyone had a bottle filled with juice and whoever drank all of theirs first won. I've also seen a game called Poopie Diapers (this can look really nasty) where different candies were melted in a microwave onto diapers to look like dirty diapers and then all the party goers had to try to identify the candys. Watching someone's grandma dip a finger and taste poop (even pretend poop) was hilarious! Any of these would be entertaining, but there are lots of others out there, just do a search for Baby Shower Games. Good luck!posted 04/19/2010 by jherring78
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from this old source of water >with your support of this> and this
comes the benefits of this to entire villages.
Windmills are used in all of our CPPS sponsored projects as they provide a simple system to use, and harness the power of wind which greatly reduces project running costs for the community.
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|Involving the community in all decisions and planning regarding their water project builds a strong foundation for further development after the project is built. CPPS uses a market-based project management model in which water is sold for a small fee in order to generate funds that will later be used for project maintenance and as a modest livelihood for the community member who is responsible for the project.
Community members choose the local person that they want to oversee the day-to-day work of the water project such as distributing water, collecting fees for water sales, arranging project maintenance when needed and paying project bills.
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Official Statements 2012
Statement by Charge d'Affaires Bridget Brink on the Death of Three Georgian Servicemen (August 31)
The entire U.S. Embassy community joins the Georgian people today in remembering three brave Georgians: Corporal Vladimer Khvedelidze, Solomon Tsiklauri and Archil Chokheli. They gave their lives while performing their duties in the Lopota gorge area. On behalf of the U.S. Embassy, I wish to extend our deepest sympathies to their families and friends, as well as to the many other Georgian servicemen who continue to risk their lives to ensure a more secure Georgia and a more peaceful world.


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This view shows enzymes only for those organisms listed below, in the list of taxa known to possess the pathway. If an enzyme name is shown in bold, there is experimental evidence for this enzymatic activity.
|Biosynthesis → Cofactors, Prosthetic Groups, Electron Carriers Biosynthesis → Reductants Biosynthesis
Some taxa known to possess this pathway include : Arabidopsis thaliana col [Xiang01], Brassica juncea, Escherichia coli K-12 substr. MG1655, Populus tremula x Populus alba
Expected Taxonomic Range:
General Background
Thiols are compounds that play a major role in the detoxification of stress-inducing factors. In mammals, the major thiol is the tripeptide glutathione (γ-Glu-Cys-Gly, known as GSH). Toxins are conjugated to GSH in the liver by a dedicated enzyme, resulting in a cysteine-toxin conjugate. The conjugate is acetylated in the kidney to form mercapturate, and is then excreted [Hinchman94] (see glutathione-mediated detoxification I). In addition to oxidative stress management, low molecular weight thiols have been found to be involved in critical cellular processes including DNA synthesis and formaldehyde reduction [Patel98].
Pathogenic bacteria live in a particularly hostile environment, in which the host deliberately generates toxins, including reactive oxygen species, to destroy the invading organism. Thus thiols are particularly important for the survival of these organisms. While GSH is the major thiol in eukaryotic organisms, Gram negative bacteria and the majority of Gram positive bacteria, it is not universal. In some organisms other thiols have taken its role, including coenzyme M, trypanothione, ergothioneine, mycothiol and the ovothiols.
About This Pathway
The synthesis of GSH from its three amino acid precursors L-glutamate, L-cysteine and glycine takes place in the cytosol. GSH is synthesized in all mammalian cells, many plants, and most Gram negative bacteria. In mammals, the liver is a major site of biosynthesis.
GSH is synthesized in a two-step reaction, catalyzed by γ-glutamate-cysteine ligase and by glutathione synthetase, requiring a total of two moles of ATP per mole of GSH. This ATP-dependent coupling of amino acid monomers and elongating peptides by soluble enzymes is very unusual, as oligopeptides are usually formed either by ribosomes or by nonribosomal peptide synthases. A similar mechanism is also found in the formation of the bacterial cell wall pentapeptide.
The first step in glutathione biosynthesis is controlled by negative feedback from its end product, GSH. However, feedback inhibition can be partially prevented by an excess of glutamate that blocks the regulatory site on the enzyme [Meister84, Meister83]. When GSH is consumed and feedback inhibition is lost, the availability of cysteine as a precursor can become the limiting factor [Wang98].
In plants
Glutathione is an antioxidant that counteracts reactive oxygen species thus reducing oxidative stress [Noctor98]. It is recognized as a major player in detoxifying xenobiotics [Matringe88] by forming less reactive or storage conjugates catalyzed by GHS S-transferases [Marrs96]. Glutathione has also been reported to detoxify air pollutants such as ozone and sulfur dioxide [Madamanchi91].
GHS is discussed as important storage form of reduced sulfur regulating inter-organ sulfur allocation and its biosynthesis seems to be coupled with the sulfate assimilation pathway (see sulfate reduction II (assimilatory)) [Meyer02]. As a precursor for phytochelatin, the principal metal-binding agent in plants, glutathione is considered a vital component for the detoxification of heavy metals [Grill] [Grill89, Xiang01].
The biosynthesis of glutathione is universally catalyzed in all organisms by two enzymes, glutamate-cysteine ligase [May94] [Jez04a] regarded as the rate-limiting step of the pathway [Richman75] and glutathione synthetase [Ullmann96] [Wang96] [Jez04].
The regulation of the plant enzymes is unlike those reported from other eucaryotes. For the glutamate-cysteine ligase a conformational change has been observed as means to modify enzyme activities in response to redox conditions. That differs from mammalian enzymes that regulate activity through a regulatory subunit of the enzyme [Jez04a].
Superpathways: γ-glutamyl cycle
Unification Links: AraCyc:GLUTATHIONESYN-PWY, EcoCyc:GLUTATHIONESYN-PWY
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Agriculture grows consistently at 4.7per cent
Finance Minister AMA Muhith while addressing the parliament members said on Thursday that the farm sector has been consistently growing at 4.7 per cent per year in the past three years.
The crop sub-sector alone has registered an average growth rate of 5.6 per cent. The "National Agricultural Policy, 2011" had been framed to achieve the target of making the country self-sufficient in food by 2013, said Muhith while delivering his budget proposal.
The rural farmers, as in the past, have been given priority. The minister has said the government has issued 'Agricultural Inputs Card' to as many as 1.40 crore farmers across the country.
The flood affected farmers of the 'haor' areas have been helped by free fertiliser and seeds.
Power tillers, tractors and agricultural equipment have also been given to the farmers of 35 districts at subsidised rates, according to the minister. A total subsidy of Tk 17,092 crore has been granted for urea and non-urea fertiliser in the last three years. An allocation of Tk 6,000 crore has been proposed as farm subsidy in the fiscal 2012-13. Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) has been strengthened to enhance its capacity to supply high yielding variety (HYV) seeds. BADC used to supply 18 per cent of Boro seeds but now the figure has gone up to 60 per cent, the minister added.
A target has been set to produce 1,66,252 tonnes of seeds in the 2012-13 FY. During the FY 2011-12, Tk 5.69 crore was allocated for the small and marginal farmers to facilitate corn cultivation. They were also provided with agricultural credit at only 4 per cent interest rate.
This incentive will continue in the next budget, said the minister. In the coming FY, the target of agricultural credit will be raised to Tk 14,130 crore. It was Tk 13,800 crore in 2011-12. He was pleased to announce that a crop insurance scheme on pilot basis has been introduced at Madhabpur upazila under Habiganj district.
To meet the growing demand for food grains, emphasis on extension of paddy cultivation in flood, saline and drought prone areas is given.
The agriculture department is stressing need for innovation of new varieties of paddy.
The cultivation of salinity-resistant Bina-8 and Bri-47 paddy has already begun. New varieties called Bri-51 and 54 salinity prone areas and Bri-51 and 52 for the flood prone areas have been invented.
Another variety of drought prone paddy called 'Narica' has been collected from Africa.
It has been possible to eradicate Monga permanently by cultivating Bina-7 along protection of Soil Quality with adoption of integreted farming activities and implementing social safety net programmes. He added putting emphasis on expanding cultivable land. In order to ensure fair prices for farm produce 490 'Farmers Marketing Group', 18,000 'Farmers Club' and growers' market in 60 upazilas and wholesale markets in 21 districts have been built.
During the new fiscal the government plans to form 800 farmers' clubs and construct 8 assemble centres.
The minister proposed to allocate Tk 8,917.52 crore, development and non-development budgets combined, for the ministry of Agriculture in the budget for FY 2012-13.
The contribution of fisheries and livestock sub-sector to GDP is 8 per cent. In the current fiscal year, fish production will increase to 32.2 lakh tones.
The number of fish sanctuaries in the rivers and water bodies has been increased to 500.
As a result, 12 virtually extinct species of fish have reappeared, claimed the minister. Safe breeding of Hilsha has been ensured and shrimp farms have been increased.
Milk production will be 30 lakh tones while meat production will be 20 lakh tones and egg production will be 791 crore pieces.
The minister did regret the fact that despite various incentives, domestic milk production can only meet 20 per cent of the total demand.
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One student, named Evan Kuester, wanted to do just that for his friend Ivania Castillo. Kuester, is currently studying for his Master's Degree in Architecture with a specialty in digital fabrication at the California College of the Arts. When he met Ivania, he immediately got the idea of creating a custom prosthetic arm for her, that would be different than anything ever created. He wanted to create something that would be both useful and eye-appealing. He didn't want to just 3D print something that was already available on the internet.
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Dana Harel was born in 1970, raised in Tel Aviv, Israel, and works in San Francisco. She received her Bachelor of Architecture from California College of the Arts. Her recent solo exhibitions have been at Gallery Wendi Norris in San Francisco and Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art in Herzliya, Israel. Harel's work has been included in numerous group exhibitions at Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito; the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art in San Jose; Napa Valley Museum in Napa, and Root Division and Gen Art, both in San Francisco.
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I built this Eames-like chair without touching a single traditional woodworking tool. No, it's not because I'm some kind of Luddite. I just love the immediacy of rendering a chair with 3D modeling software and then cutting out the parts with a CNC machine. Everything snaps together like flat-pack furniture, but without the cheesy fasteners—just mechanically sound through tenons and lap joints. The manufacturing process takes 2 hours.
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Congratulations to third-year MArch students Alan Cation and Dustin Tisdale and alum Tim Henshaw-Plath (MArch 2014) for earning honorable mention for their Volatile Mutation project at this year's TEX-FAB Plasticity competition.
A total of 70 entries were registered at the international digital-fabrication competition held earlier this month. Plasticity is the fourth competition offered by TEX-FAB and builds on the interest to connect experimental deign practices with industry partners.
Architecture Course Is the Source
Volatile Mutation was developed during CCA Architecture faculty member Adam Marcus's spring 2014 "Performative Ornament" course.
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Frank Merritt and Teri Gardiner [Photo: Rachel Walther]
Frank Merritt (Architecture 1999) and Teri Gardiner (Graphic Design 2001) are both CCA alumni. Merritt is a principal at Jensen Architects, based in San Francisco. Gardiner is the marketing and communications manager at Richmond Art Center; she also maintains an active freelance graphic design practice.
They met through mutual CCA friends and married in 2009. They live in the lower Nob Hill / upper Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco and run the alternative/experimental gallery Ramon's Tailor, located at 628 Jones Street.
CCA: What was the inspiration for starting Ramon's Tailor in 2011? You are already both very busy people!
Frank: Ironically, the inspiration came out of working really long days. I was overwhelmed. I love my job -- I get to be creative and work with great people -- but I wasn't making time for myself.
Then I read about Ray Oldenburg's concept of a "third place." In addition to your workplace and your home, he says, to have a good life balance you need a third space: the barbershop, the gym, anything.
Posted on Monday, June 23, 2014 by Laura Braun
David Gissen is a historian and theorist of architecture, His work focuses on developing a novel concept of nature in architectural thought and developing experimental forms of architectural and urban historical practice. He is the author of the books Subnature (2009) and Manhattan Atmospheres (2014) and numerous essays and book chapters. He is an associate professor at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco.
Posted on Monday, June 23, 2014 by Laura Braun
California College of the Arts architecture student Lujac Desautel re-examines traditional yacht design with GLASS, a beautifully minimalist concept that utilizes stacked levels to create a sleek, sculptural form. Inspired by interlocking LEGO blocks as wall as the architecture of skyscrapers, the ship is organized vertically by three cubic volumes, allowing for the maximizing of living space for guests and crew members.
Posted on Monday, June 23, 2014 by Laura Braun
GLASS is a luxury yacht concept with a minimalist design inspired by skyscraper architecture. The yacht features a front staircase that goes all the way down to the waterline, and a stacked superstructure inspired by interlocking LEGO blocks. GLASS was designed by California College of the Arts architecture student Lujac Desautel.
Posted on Wednesday, June 18, 2014 by Lindsey Westbrook
Lina Bo Bardi: The Theory of Architectural Practice
Paperback, 2014
Routledge, 280 pages, $49.95
The architect Lina Bo Bardi (1914-1992) has long been considered one of the major modern architects of the 20th century in Brazil. But her major writings on architecture have not been translated, and are not well known. This book contains the first English-language translation of Propeadeutic Contribution to the Teaching of Architecture Theory, a seminal text from 1957. It is arguably the first published writing on architecture theory by a practicing woman architect.
Accompanying the translation is an introductory essay by Interior Design Program chair Cathrine Veikos that interprets Bo Bardi's text as a critical and constructive theory of architecture built from a collection of textual and visual artifacts.
The translation contextualizes Bo Bardi's work theoretically, taking into account the specific historical sources and contemporaneous discourses from which it draws. With comparisons to other important architectural pedagogies and theoretical texts of the period, it is also an inquiry into the nature of architecture history and theory, its role in education and its relation to practice.
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In the second significant departure this week from the Syracuse University School of Architecture, professor Jonathan Massey has been named the Director of Architecture at California College of the Arts (CCA). Massey, who chaired the Bachelor of Architecture program at Syracuse from 2007 to 2011, succeeds Ila Berman in the position.


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Instructions:From Family Circle magazine, "Take a break from evergreens -- adorn the mantel with a pinecone garland instead."
Here's how: Measure the mantel: Divide into three equal lengths and mark all four points. Attach a removable adhesive plastic hook at each point. Make three garlands: Line the pinecones up end to end. Use a roll of bendable wire (the same color as the pinecones). Leaving 2 inches free at the beginning of the wire, wrap it around each cone two times, weaving it between the rows of scales to secure. Without cutting the wire and leaving no space between cones, repeat until you have one continuous strand. When the garland reaches the desired length (it should drape loosely), wrap the ends of the wire around the hooks and snip. Repeat for the other two segments. After hanging all three garlands, dangle a grouping of pinecones from the center of each garland using wire. Glue two pinecones together -- base to base -- and hang in front of the hooks to conceal. Hot-glue ornaments to the garland to finish
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For centuries, ear-candling, which is also known as ear-coning or thermal-auricular therapy, has been used as an alternative treatment to naturally cleanse the inside of the ears and head. It is a natural, non-intrusive procedure to help alleviate a host of ailments.
Today, this treatment is still widely practiced. Ear-candling assists the natural clearing of earwax (cerumen) and toxins from the ear by the placing of a hollow candle in the ear. One end of the hollow candle is lit, and the other end is placed in the ear canal. The flame creates warmth and suction, and through the process of osmosis, draws ear-wax and toxins out of the ear passageway.
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- Which version of Windows Phone do I have?
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Typing shortcuts
Your phone has a bunch of tools to help you type quickly and accurately. Some work quietly behind the scenes, while others pop up discreetly when you need them. Here are some of the ways your phone makes typing easier (plus how to turn them off if you'd rather not use them).
To use text suggestions
When you start typing, you'll notice that your phone suggests words based on the letters you've typed so far. You can tap the suggestion to add it to your message, or keep typing until you see the one you want.
If a suggested word is bold, your phone will use it automatically to replace the typed word. If a suggested word isn't bold, you can tap it to replace the one you've typed. Flick left to see more options.
If you realize later that you mistyped something, it's not too late. Tap that word and your phone will bring back some suggestions for you.
To add a word to the text suggestion dictionary
If you'd like the phone to recognize a particular word in the future, type the word, then tap the Plus Sign (+) next to the word in the suggestion bar.
To quickly add a period
Tap Space twice to add a period and a space, and capitalize the first letter of the next sentence.
Automatic corrections and shortcuts
Here are some corrections your phone will automatically make for you as you type:
- Add apostrophes to many contractions. For example, "dont" will be replaced with "don't."
- Capitalize the first letter of a new sentence. When you type a period (or two spaces, which adds a period and a space for you), your phone will automatically capitalize the next letter for you.
- Add accents to words that commonly use them. For example, if you type "fiancee," it'll change the word to "fianc�e."
- Capitalize proper nouns. Your phone recognizes many names, places, and other things that should be capitalized, and does it for you.
To change the settings for text suggestions and automatic corrections
If you don't want to use some (or any) of the shortcuts in this topic, you can turn them off in Settings.
On Start, flick left to the App list, then tap Settings > Keyboard.
Tap Typing settings .
Do either (or both) of the following:
- Under Keyboard, tap the language or list of languages whose settings you want to change.
- To remove all the words you've added to your suggestion list, tap Reset text suggestions.