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se7en ::music and me:: by Symphonic7Watch
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I'm not quite a fan of this guy yet, but his singing and looks are just amazing O///O Awesome drawing of him.
nice colors
omg amazing
O_O damn that is amazing. I love se7en ^^
I love the colour,
This is gorgeous <333
I love the colour,
This is gorgeous <333
it looks almost real! that's aamazing
This one is really good. Nice job!
Wow, I love this one. Nice job!
you made him look even hotter! hehe... very nice work!
Hey, is this Maria? It's Jo I found you~~~~ lololololol SE7EN LOVE
OMG that's so natural and realist!!! 0_0 wonderful!!
Wow! Se7en is awesome!
I like the colors in the back ground! Very nicely done. Wish I could do art like that.
Wow, it looks so real! *O*
*runs off to listen to some SE7EN XD*
*runs off to listen to some SE7EN XD*
wow! fantastic! Love it! ♥ love se7en! ♥
ooh! very cool. I like it.
Se7en is one of my fave korean artists other than Bi. Great work!
nice work! i love the tatoo
Se7en So lovely.
Se7en So lovely.
lovely <3
I love your drawing of SE7EN!!! ♥ It looks so good~!
That's pretty impressive ^_^
I think your version looks better than the actual photo.
he's hot
i think in all honesty u flatter him better then the actual photo does lol. i still just cant get over how perfectly u colour, i had to sit and figure out if u had drawn it or if it was a photoshopped picture lol one day maybe ill get this good haha
hehe, ur comment just increased my mood...thanx for the compliment ^^ ~ and i'm sure u'll be greater than me soon enough
haha well....yeah...maybe i could get better than you...*rolls laughing...nah i got lots to learn my friend
well if i increased ur mood then great ^^ always happy to do so
well if i increased ur mood then great ^^ always happy to do so
what an amazing rendering of him! SE7EN ftw! <3
wow, i love this so much. his skin just looks flawless *0* gaaaah! so pretty work! XD
Fantastic. You're really talented with skin texture. I hope to learn from you...
se7en is one of my favorite singers
and you did a fantastic job on the pic ^^''
the yellow/orange background blends perfectly.
what's your favorite song from se7en?
and you did a fantastic job on the pic ^^''
the yellow/orange background blends perfectly.
what's your favorite song from se7en?
Very nice work!
gaah! that's...just (rubs eyes) awesome. love the softness of his face, and his hair (makes me wanna ruffle it) def a fave!
I like se7en..nice songs he has.....amazing!! =]
love the theme
This is awesome! very realistic and very well done the details. +fav
oh wow, that's way awesome! ^^ i like how the colors in the background all blend together, very pretty. and that tat is just hotness. gotta love a sexy tatoo. ~emma
wow so many pretty colors! hehe and it looks so real O_o
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omg!!! i love Se7en!! i donna have his cd's but i have a good majority of his songs! love the way you drew him! i drew his tattoo from a small pic and i think it was great from just a small pic. i found a bigger pic of his tat and i drew it wrong but my rendition was awesome but i have to go back and redraw it! sorry... love the art work!!!!!
kaawaaaiiiii desu YO !!!! ^.^
kyaaaa I love him *0*
it's really hot and I love the colors
in celebration of the 4th album coming out i'm faving this so i can look at se7en on da~! aahhh this is gorgeous~
oh, yummy. I love Se7en's stuff. I'm so surpised to have randomly come accross this.
Yay! I love Hikari, the music video amuses me.
He's so cute XD
Yay! I love Hikari, the music video amuses me.
He's so cute XD

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Compositional variability in a cold-water scleractinian, Lophelia pertusa : new insights into "vital effects"
Cohen, Anne L.
Gaetani, Glenn A.
Lundalv, Tomas
Corliss, Bruce H.
George, Robert Y.
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Citable URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/1912/1406
As publishedhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2006GC001354
We analyzed Sr/Ca and Mg/Ca ratios in the thecal wall of Lophelia pertusa, a cold-water coral, using SIMS ion microprobe techniques. The wall grows by simultaneous upward extension and outward thickening. Compositional variability displays similar trends along the upward and outward growth axes. Sr/Ca and Mg/Ca ratios oscillate systematically and inversely. The sensitivity of Lophelia Sr/Ca ratios to the annual temperature cycle (−0.18 mmol · mol−1/°C) is twice as strong as that exhibited by tropical reef corals, and four times as strong as the temperature dependence of Sr/Ca ratios of abiogenic aragonites precipitated experimentally from seawater. A comparison of the skeletal composition of Lophelia with results from precipitation calculations carried out using experimentally determined partition coefficients suggests that both temperature-dependent element partitioning and seasonal changes in the mass fraction of aragonite precipitated from the calcifying fluid influence the composition of Lophelia skeleton. Results from calculations that combine these effects reproduce both the exaggerated amplitude of the Sr/Ca and Mg/Ca oscillations and the inverse relationship between Sr/Ca and Mg/Ca ratios.
Author Posting. © American Geophysical Union, 2006. This article is posted here by permission of American Geophysical Union for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 7 (2006): Q12004, doi:10.1029/2006GC001354.
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Basically this is what I chose as topic for my mini thesis(I'm on my third year undergrad BLA).
I would just like to ask for your opinions regarding on how to manage the flow of transfer of people without compromising the safety of the built environment and basically not ending up in a sprawl.
The site is mostly rural but developments there have already started such as the new City Hall which is already being used, an industrial park, villages, and a business center(which haven't yet started). In my opinion it's really far from the city proper and there's no convenient transportation making it really unreachable for the city people.
What do you think are the major developments that we can put there to keep the continuous circulation of people in and out of that area so as to provide now a proper transportation route?
And what is the perfect approach that we should do towards the undeveloped lands to retain the rural feel to it while letting the adjacent areas being developed?
Thank you very much in advance for your kind response :)
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Hi Nikko.
You have a few different points of inquiry there but to hone in directly on the last part..."retain the rural feel to it while letting the adjacent areas being developed" I would recommend looking at a talk by Shane Coen of Coen and Partners. Its on iTunesU if you search for the "Down the Garden Path" lecture series at Princeton.
I don't want to sound like too much of a fanboy as I have mentioned this same talk in a recent post on another thread, however the firm's work is really beautiful and addresses the very issue you are looking at. I really think that if people want to live outside the city that these projects are an excellent example of how to retain the rural aesthetic and value the context of the place in which they are built.


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"This is a huge number," said Alan Reay, Atlas Hospitality Group president.
Reay said while there have been higher per key prices for partial ownership purchases (such as $1 million for the Hotel del Coronado), he can't remember a higher per-key price for the entire interest in a property in California.
"Looking at it that way this is definitely a record number," Reay said. "This is a resounding plus sign for San Diego."
Robert Rauch, a hotel consultant and developer, who acted as a receiver on the property in the 1990s, said there aren't too many prospective buyers other than other large hotel REITs and some major Asian investors, who would have had the wherewithal to pay the $76.9 million for the property.
Reay said while the sales price is undeniably high, there just aren't many properties like L'Auberge — set on 4.5 acres overlooking the Pacific Ocean — that come up for sale anywhere in the state.
"There are huge barriers to entry," Reay said. "You just aren't going to see another hotel built in Del Mar."
The L'Auberge Del Mar resort, at 1540 Camino Del Mar, was constructed by James Watkins of Winners Circle Resorts fame in 1989. Watkins owned the property into the next decade but was never able to recoup the millions that were sunk into the development.
Rauch said it is hardly surprising that L'Auberge was distressed at the time.
"Don't forget that the early to mid-1990s were extremely difficult for our industry," Rauch said.
After the property went through receivership in the mid- to late 1990s, Destination Hotels & Resorts, which manages the 462-room Paradise Point Resort on Mission Bay (which LaSalle owns), acquired L'Auberge for a sum that wasn't immediately available.
In 2009, Destination Hotels embarked on a $25.8 million renovation of the property that included a full guestroom renovation, lobby upgrade and improvements of the meeting space, swimming pools, and food and beverage outlets.
The hotel's 120 guestrooms have an average size of 320 square feet, including eight suites which average 500 square feet.
Along with its restaurants, bars and terraces, L'Auberge Del Mar features 16,500 square feet of flexible meeting and function space including six indoor meeting rooms and six outdoor areas. The resort also offers the 5,000-square-foot Spa L'Auberge and a fitness center in addition to two tennis courts, an outdoor recreational pool and a separate lap pool.
"We are extremely excited to acquire L'Auberge Del Mar," said Michael D. Barnello, LaSalle president and CEO in a statement. "The property is in excellent condition and is extremely well located in a strong market which benefits from numerous demand generators."
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What Does An Enlarged Appendix Mean
Son has enlarged appendix but not inflamed. What does it mean?
Normal: I presume that the character of the appendix was found on ultrasound or ct abdominal examination. Baseline diameter of appendix is about 5-6mm. However there are exceptions with appendix distended by air or fluid and having a larger diameter. If no inflammation associated with it and no large blocking stone , appendicolith, then appendix is normal. It is normal variation being larger than expected. ...Read more
Appendix (Definition)
The appendix is a piece of tubing located at the bottom of the colon on the right lower part of the abdomen. It has no known function in modern humans, but was thought to possibly be a type of extra stomach back in our cavepeople days. Currently it's only purpose is to get infected ...Read more
What does mild enlargement and stranding noted throughout the appendix mean, rlq pain, diarrhea, normal labs and stool sample normal, what could it be?
Gi: Have you seen a surgeon? Normal labs are not helpful in this case. Could be what we call a smoldering appendicitis. If you are having pain in the rlq should see a surgeon promptly. ...Read more
Having pain where appendix is located does it always mean it's a appendix problem ?
No: Pain in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen of a female can be caused by many things including appendicitis, ovarian problems (cysts, torsion, infection), kidney stones, bowel inflammation, pulled muscle, etc. Your history will help a doctor properly diagnose your problem. I recommend seeking medical attention, especially if it persists/gets worse or you have fever or nausea/vomiting. ...Read more
Can pain in your appendix area definitely mean appendicitis?
NO: The differential diagnosis of right lower quadrant pain includes: appendicitis, kidney stones, pneumonia, ovarian problems, adenitis ( inflammed nodes, ) meckle's diverticulitis, colonic diverticulitis, crohn's disease, and urinary infection. An evaluation is needed to pinpoint the diagnosis. ...Read more
If I don't have appendticis but my appendix is enlarged and the pain isn't going away should I go back to the hospital? Will they remove it?
Possible AP: Appendicitis is not an elongated appendix. It is an inflammatory process in the appendix frequently induced by a stone in the appendix. If the appendix is the problem an x-ray should show a stone or appendicolith , marked thickening and evidence of inflammation. WBC should be elevated and pain present on palpation of RLQ ...Read more
8 year old dr said appendix was enlarged but not inflamed. Why?
Appendix size: Appendix can be different sizes. Sounds like yours is on the large size, This could certainly be normal for you. ...Read more
I have an enlarged appendix, should I worry about it, my doctor said that I'm fine?
Enlarged appendix: I don't know what test you had done that said your appendix is large. A CT scan can usually show if is suspicious of anything to be concerned about. Although it's rare, an enlarged appendix can indicate a problem. You could have a mucocele or a benign or malignant tumor such as a carcinoid. Colonoscopy can see the opening of the appendix and if you haven't had one, see a gastroenterologist ...Read more
What does free lying pelvic appendix mean?
Position: A free lying appendix refers to the position being deeper inwards into your pelvis . For doctors this may explain why most appendicitis patients have abdominal pain in the right lower quadrant while free lying pelvic appendicitis will likely have tenderness usually during a rectal exam. I hope our Healthtap radiologists and surgeons will be able to comment more on this terminology. ...Read more
What does 9.50 on cat-scan mean when my appendix is inflamed how much time do I have before it ruptures I have mild symptoms. ?
Time of symptoms: Appendix is enlarged at 9.5 mm in diameter.If inflammed significantly perforation can occur.Risk of perforation 36 hours after the onset of symptoms is at least 15%. most frequent complication of appendicitis is perforation. Perforation of appendix cause peri-appendiceal abscess or diffuse peritonitis (infection of entire lining of abdomen) Major reason for appendiceal perforation is delayed dx. ...Read moreSee 2 more doctor answers
Did an ultrasound, and doc said that appendix was upside down, and over another organ. What could that mean, upside down? Is is dangerous?
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LOS ANGELES — Even for Los Angeles, this was different. A helicopter buzzed overhead. The media swarmed the dugout as if it were the playoffs.
For a Dodgers team on the road to nowhere, the attention seemed excessive. There was a simple explanation: Manager Joe Torre was stepping down, handing over the job to longtime coach Don Mattingly.
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The victory, coupled with a Giants' loss, moved the Rockies to within 1 1/2 games of the National League West lead. They sit 2 1/2 games behind Atlanta in the wild-card standings.
Tulowitzki started the road trip as if he'd never left the Coors Field batter's box. He belted his 12th home run in 14 games, an unprecedented power surge. According to MLB Network, he is the first player in history to have 12 home runs through Sept. 17. His blast lifted the Rockies to a 2-0 lead that they never lost — though they spent three hours trying.
"We've been here before, we can smell it. I really like our chances," Tulowitzki said.
Jimenez likely lost the Cy Young with his uneven outing. But as he has said repeatedly, this time of year is about wins, not awards. In that regard, he did his job. Left naked without his fastball — he was spraying it all over the plate, walking Andre Ethier three times and hitting a batter — Jimenez survived.
"I couldn't control my sinker, so I went to my four-seamer. It wasn't easy out there," Jimenez said. "But I had to be there for my team."
Armed with a 5-2 lead thanks to four consecutive singles in the fourth inning, including an RBI by Seth Smith, the right-hander nearly gave it back. The Dodgers shaved the deficit to 5-4 in the fifth inning.
Jimenez finally put his foot down in the sixth, maneuvering around a double by A.J. Ellis to hold the Dodgers scoreless.
"It's all about getting us to the playoffs. That's all that matters," said Jimenez, who worked 6 1/3 innings, allowing four runs.
The Rockies were relentless offensively, the best sign that this road trip could be special. They blistered former closer Jonathan Broxton in the seventh for two runs. Todd Helton's third hit and a blooper by Melvin Mora shoved Colorado ahead 7-4. Helton finished with four hits for the second time this season.
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Of course, because this is the Rockies of 2010, the win came with accompanying drama. Matt Belisle might have to donate his arm to science fiction after the season, but he has been a beast. A one-man bullpen at times, the right-hander fanned Casey Blake with the bases loaded in the seventh on a wicked 89-mph slider. Then Kemp bounced out to Tulowitzki, who seemingly made every big out on defense.
"Those are our two biggest outs of the season so far," Rockies manager Jim Tracy said.
"This is the time of year that you want to be at your best," Tulowitzki said before the game. "This is when it matters the most."
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Looking ahead
TODAY: Rockies at Dodgers, 2:10 p.m., no TV
If Jhoulys Chacin's age creates trepidation (he's just 22), his attitude does not. What manager Jim Tracy likes most about Chacin (8-9, 3.53 ERA) is that he doesn't scare easily. The season is practically hanging in the balance with every game, and the right-hander wants the ball. He has enjoyed success in Los Angeles, striking out 11 in 12 1/3 innings. John Ely (4-7, 4.62), filling in for the injured Vicente Padilla, is the kind of spot starter the Rockies must mash if they are going to reach the playoffs. He has been rather ordinary at home, allowing opponents to hit at a .291 clip in eight games.
Upcoming pitching matchups
Sunday: Rockies' Jason Hammel (10-8, 4.45 ERA) at Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw (12-10, 2.85), 2:10 p.m., FSN
Monday: Off day
Tuesday: Rockies' Jorge De La Rosa (8-4, 4.25) at Diamondbacks' Joe Saunders (8-16, 4.71), 7:40 p.m., FSN
Wednesday: Rockies' Ubaldo Jimenez (18-6, 2.75) at Diamondbacks' Rodrigo Lopez (6-14, 4.98), 6:40 p.m., FSN
Thursday: Rockies' Jeff Francis (4-5, 4.61) at Diamondbacks' Ian Kennedy (9-9, 3.79), 6:40 p.m., FSN
Friday: Giants' Tim Lincecum (14-9, 3.60) at Rockies' Jhoulys Chacin (8-9, 3.53), 6:10 p.m., FSN
No TV for today's Rockies game
Because of Major League Baseball's television guidelines, the Rockies' game today at Los Angeles will not be on FSN or any other network.
MLB determines dates and time periods in which there are exclusive game broadcasts on national networks. Since the Rockies-Dodgers game coincides with the Fox national broadcast of the Padres-Cardinals game, the Rockies game will not be televised.
FSN, which will show the Air Force-Oklahoma football game Saturday afternoon, will carry all of the Rockies' remaining regular-season games.


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Citing KUT Radio's experience in the music industry, the prospects for financial stability and support from student leaders for the plan, The University of Texas at Austin has created a partnership with the university's public radio station to continue and enhance the operation of the Cactus Cafe.Read more
College of Communication, KUT Radio Break Ground on Belo Center for New Media
The University of Texas at Austin broke ground today on the Belo Center for New Media, which will house the College of Communication and the KUT Public Broadcast Center.
The $50.6 million, five-story, 120,000-square-foot building, across from the College of Communication on the northeast corner of Dean Keeton and Guadalupe streets, will augment teaching and research space, and expand the existing footprint of the College of Communication at the northwest edge of The University of Texas at Austin campus. The west wing of the building will be home to the KUT Public Broadcast Center.Read more


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There's a disconnect between how we treat sick people and how they want to be treated, according to Letty Cottin Pogrebin, author of the new book How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who's Sick.
We stay silent. We say stupid things. We go from being sensitive, sensible, kind adults to rambling niceties or making downright rude remarks.
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Pogrebin was inspired to write the book after observing the varied reactions from her own friends to her breast cancer diagnosis. Some friends misunderstood her needs and acted awkwardly. Others were supportive and compassionate.
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As a society, we are evolving into one of violence to settle our issues. You only need to tune into or read from any media outlet to understand what I mean. I believe these media sources are one of the contributors to this culture.
Everywhere one turns you are bombarded with violence, whether it is in the newspapers, magazines, movies, TV (including ads), videos and all the other electronic "games." This has to affect us all and especially our children.
Case in point and what really prompted this letter: Thursday's (Dec. 20) front page of the Sport's section. Hockey players Garet Hunt and Dustin Molie slugging it out [1]. How ridiculous, both in their immature action and in this paper publishing the picture!
How can we weep over what occurred at Sandy Hook school one day and then slug it out in a "game" of hockey the next day. Violence. It is our moral responsibility to curb as much violence as we can and change our culture to one of more concern for fellow men and women.
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Here's More Proof That Comedy Isn't Pretty
Byline: Carleton Bryant, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Today is the start of Daylight Saving Time. If that's news to you, then it's later than you think.
I hate the start of Daylight Saving. Setting my clock ahead an hour makes me feel like I'm being robbed of something precious - an hour's worth of sleep. It makes me an hour older before I'm ready to accept the idea.
The idea behind Daylight Saving is that people will use less energy because they'll turn their lights on an hour later in the evenings. What I find is that I turn my lights on an hour earlier in the mornings to avoid stumbling around in the dark.
But that's just me. I'm sure the government knows what it's doing.
I saw a story the other day about how some state governments are thinking about doing away with executions in order to save money.
Death penalty cases take longer to try, require more lawyers and generate more appeals - factors that can cost states millions of dollars for each case over several years.
So Maryland, Montana and New Mexico are said to be close to banning executions. And Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska and New Hampshire are considering similar legislation.
Then I overheard this conversation in a Maryland penitentiary (mostly in my head):
Death-row inmate: So I guess this is it, huh? You're going to execute me.
Corrections official: Oh, no. We don't do that anymore.
Death-row inmate: No? Why? Too much opposition based on moral principle?
Corrections official: Nope.
Death-row inmate: Fear about the possibility of executing an innocent convict?
Corrections official: Nah.
Death-row inmate: Concerns about the societal effects of retributive justice?
Corrections official: Huh? No, nothing like that. It's just that killing somebody costs a lot of money. You know, all the legal stuff and whatnot. Frankly, we're amazed you could afford to do it.
Death-row inmate: Well, I did take out a federal loan. And I saved a bit on my own.
Corrections official: Thought it had to be something like that. If we could get some of that bailout money, you'd be toast.
Death-row inmate: Whew! That's a relief! So what you gonna do instead?
Corrections official: Well, basically, we're gonna house you, feed you, clothe you and give you free health care. That oughta teach you a lesson.
Death-row inmate: I feel smarter already.
Famous quotations, appended for our times:
* Neither a borrower nor a lender be, unless you do it with taxpayer money.
*These are the times that try men's souls - and put a hurtin' on their underwear.
* Nothing is certain but death and taxes; however, bailouts are nothing to sneeze at.
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There will be many events celebrating the life of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., but this one, to be held in Flint, Michigan, seems to have crossed the line.
The organization, Mid-Michigan Teen Parties, is hosting the "Freedom 2 Twerk" party this coming weekend. The image of King on the flyer, donning a gold chain and sagging jeans, is clearly trying to attract a young crowd.
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Amy Theberge M.A. '00, '04 is the new co-principal at Harvest Park Middle School, in Pleasanton. Theberge has experience as principal of Alisal Elementary and Donlon Elementary, as a TVTIP coach, and as a classroom teacher. She earned her bachelor's from Cal State Chico, her master's in interdisciplinary education with a literary emphasis from Santa Clara University and, in 1999, her multiple-subject credential from Santa Clara University. In 2004, she also received her Administrative Credential as well as a 2nd masters in Education Administration from Santa Clara as well.
Matt Oscamou '01, founder and president of Frontier Snacks, Inc., will be the featured speaker at the Leavey School of Business Winter CIE Entrepreneur Forum, Monday, Feb. 8. His company makes bite-size, nutritious energy snacks that are gluten-, soy-, and dairy-free, and are non-GMO verified. They are available at Whole Foods and Sprouts stores.
Brendan O'Brien '01 and Lauren (Russell) O'Brien '02 welcomed their third child, Dylan Francis O'Brien, on Nov 4, 2015. Older brothers Liam (5) and Declan (2) are happy to share their toys with their new baby brother. The family currently resides in Burlingame, CA.
Reed (Dudley) Moll '01, husband Aaron Moll, and 2-year-old daughter Ledare welcomed their second child,William Alexander "Alex," on October 8, 2015.
Tania Rodriguez Alvarado '01 and her husband, Gonzalo Alvarado, moved to Austin, Texas, and purchased their first house in September 2015. They have three children together: Angelina, Isabelle, and Max.
Katie (Barlag) Ackerman '01 was recently promoted to president of Global Executive Group (GXG), a professional services firm dedicated to helping great leaders become extraordinary.
Patrick Vallez-Kelly '03 is currently working as coordinator of liturgy at Junipero Serra High School in San Mateo.
Heidi A. (Shulse) Seely '03 has recently co-authored a book, The Boston Trustee, with Thomas E. Bator, of Nichols & Pratt, LLP. The Boston Trustee tells the story of a unique Boston institution where men and women who serve as individual professional trustees and are known universally as "Boston Trustees." Seely writes, "Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding trusts, the evolution of Boston as a financial and regional hub, and the establishment of professional trustees." Learn more at www.bostontrustee.com.
Jennifer Renk J.D. '03 has been elevated from attorney to partner at Sheppard Mullin. She is a member of the Real Estate, Land Use and Environmental practice group in the San Francisco office. Renk's practice focuses on land use and environmental law, with particular expertise in the California Environmental Quality Act. She advises clients on the regulatory and political hurdles facing development projects across California, with an emphasis on commercial, residential, mixed-use, and high tech projects. Over the course of her career, Renk has worked on a diverse range of projects, including Facebook's Menlo Park Headquarters, the Bohannon Development Group's Menlo Gateway mixed-use project, the Carlyle Group's mixed-use project in Mountain View, as well as numerous multi-family developments and independent school projects across the Bay Area.
Cynthia (Nulman) Gresser J.D. '03 has been promoted to chief deputy district attorney for the Santa Barbara County District Attorney's office. Gresser has been a deputy district attorney since 2006. During that time she successfully prosecuted a variety of serious cases including murder, criminal street gang crimes, major sex crimes, major narcotics, domestic violence, and elder abuse crimes. Cynthia was recognized as Deputy District Attorney of the Year in 2011 and received the Santa Maria Elk's Law Enforcement Appreciation award for Outstanding Performance in 2015.
Paul Chen M.S. '03 writes, "I just moved to north Chicago to go back into a government job, so I can retire early. I miss the Washington, D.C., Alumni Chapter."
Dan Winter '04 has been accepted as a partner of California-based accounting and consulting firm Burr Pilger Mayer, Inc. With more than 10 years of experience in public accounting, Dan has served a variety of technology industries including software, internet media and SaaS, networking equipment, intellectual property, semiconductor and life science. Dan has extensive experience with equity and debt financing, including public offerings, business combinations, revenue recognition and SEC reporting and compliance. Dan is the vice-chair of BPM's Technology Industry Group and a member of the Technical Committee. Dan recently spent a month travelling in New Zealand with his wife, including hiking across active volcanoes and whitewater rafting.
"I love dentistry and especially orthodontics," writes Krista Hirasuna '04, who recently purchased Orthodontics of San Mateo. "It gives me the opportunity to meet all kinds of people and truly make a positive difference in their lives by helping them get a more beautiful and lasting smile. I enjoy seeing my patients regularly and genuinely getting to know the person behind the smile. If you are in or around San Mateo, stop by to say hello!"
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Leslie Osborne '05 and Ricky Lewis were married Nov. 21, 2015 in a private ceremony in the Mission Church. They had a bigger wedding on Jan. 22, 2016, in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Cristina (Guzman) Fierro '05 and Mark Fierro '05 welcomed their fourth child, Lorenzo Adrian Fierro, on April 2, 2015. He weighed 7lb and was 18.75 inches long. The family resides in San Jose.
Sarah (Boskovich) Villalobos '06 married Nicolas Villalobos at the Seascape Resort in Aptos, California, on Aug. 29, 2015. Fellow '06 classmates Kristin Siem Matthews, Mary Nadine Kane, and Kate Hitchcock '05 were bridesmaids.
Brandon Rasmusson '06 and Rachel (Greenberg) Rasmusson '06 welcomed a baby girl, Madison Lee, on August 15, 2015, in San Francisco.
Liz (Courter) Oseguera '06, MBA '11 recently married the love of her life (whom she met at SCU while working there), Michael Oseguera, on Sept. 10, 2015, in San Diego, California, with three of her best SCU friends by her side: Kate (Goethals) Barbero '06, Micaela Esquivel '06, and Dan Erwin '06! After working in the SCU Athletic Department for 5.5 years while getting her MBA at SCU, she left to pursue a marketing position at Marketo. She recently moved to San Diego with her husband from the North Bay and now works remotely for Marketo.
Maria Patricia Miranda '06 writes that she completed her residency in internal medicine at the University of Massachusetts in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 2013, and is now a practicing primary care doctor at Tri-River Family Health Center in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. She is an assistant professor in medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School precepting medical students and internal medicine residents. She currently resides in Boston.


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Alex was such a happiness sponge, as soon as he opened his mouth to speak, everyone began cutting themselves.
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One woman allegedly used a claw hammer to seriously beat a man after a dispute about a business transaction Tuesday night, a Rutherford County Sheriff's detective said.
Victim Jim Germano of River Road suffered multiple injuries all over his body, said Detective Ralph Mayercik. Germano was treated and released at Middle Tennessee Medical Center .
Mayercik charged suspect Erica Franklin, 27, of Nashville with aggravated assault, attempted robbery and felony vandalism.
Germano apparently met the woman online, the detective said. She came to his home where they argued about the business transaction. She allegedly beat him with his hammer. Afterwards, Germano tried to chase her.
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Judging by her lyrics alone, Robyn might be the cockiest pop star around right now. "I'm a scientifically hot mama," she sings on "Fembot." "None of these boys can dance/Not a single one of dem stand a chance . . . None of dem do it like I do," she brags on "None of Dem." "The whole industry knows not to fuck with me," she declares on "U Should Know Better." If Lady Gaga or Katy Perry started spouting those kinds of statements, a bit of eye-rolling might be required. But for Robyn, they come off less as braggadocio and more as a mere statement of fact--she's been working hard at this life for almost two decades, and she's at a point in her career where no one else is doing it like she is. Why is she playing to sold-out audiences, releasing brilliant, critically acclaimed music, and looking so fantastic and happy while she does it all? Because she worked fucking hard for it.
Last night at the Paramount, she took the stage sporting a bowl cut and a starry yellow croptop; her band consists of two drummers who really nailed down the heavy beats on songs like the four-on-the-floor of "Indestructible," plus two keyboardists who also occasionally sang into vocoders. Robyn kept to center stage for most of the show; "I got them hypnotized," she sang to the reggae groove of "Dancehall Queen"--appropriately, two giant pinwheels spun in the back of the stage throughout the show.
Robyn has an unbelievable amount of energy--she spent much of her time onstage spinning in circles with her arms outstretched and head tilted back, like a futuristic, fly Maria von Trapp--but last night's show was much more of a measured production than the last time she came through Seattle, at Neumos almost a year ago. That show was all about spontaneity, intimacy, and nonstop bursts of wild dance moves. Last night, Robyn came off as a much more polished and restrained performer, but part of that may just have been an effect of the larger venue--I remember feeling emotional at the Neumos show when she sang "Indestructible," like she was singing the song right at me. It's hard to feel that sense of intimacy when you're among a sea of faces who all know all the words of "Dancing on My Own."
That being said, Robyn deserves that bigger sea of fans--and her quality as a performer is such that she could infuse warmth into a KeyArena or a Tacoma Dome. She gives the crowd her heart. There isn't another pop star out there today who's matching such perfect dance beats to such feminine confidence and emotion. Despite all her talk and swagger, she gives her audience a sense of affinity--she just connects. On "In My Eyes," she sings, "Don't you know when nothing ever seems to make sense?/You put your dancing shoes on and do it again." In other words, when life and work and love are sad and hard, it's possible to dance the joy back into them.
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Can't Feminists and Anti-Misandrists Just Get Along?
I'm not too familiar with online communities like AntiMisandry.com, a Web site dedicated to the cause of "curing feminist indoctrination." Since feminism is an affliction from which I suffer, it looks like I'm going to have to cure myself before I commence ridding the world of misandry. You know the old saying: One must truly begin to love onself before one may begin to blame all bad things on feminism.
Feminists, as is proper, hate men (RAARRRGGHHH). And yet, our deep, anti-discriminatory instincts tell us that in order to end misogyny, we must also work to end misandry. We're so torn!
And so, I've decided to delve into AntiMisandry.com to see if the anti-misandrists and the feminists can ever learn to love one another. Someone tell Matthew McConaughey, because I smell rom-com!
First, the unexpected attraction: A quick perusal of the AntiMisandry.com FAQ reveals the Web site to be as concerned withdiscrimination as your average feminist. AntiMisandry.com has strict rules against personal attacks in its forums (topics of discussion include "Female Paedophiles" and "Stupidity," but who am I to judge?). The following is a list of "discriminatory remarks & personal attacks" that AntiMisandry.com does not tolerate:
* Affiliations (male-centric for example)
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* Female Centric threads (non male, father, boy, husband specific)
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* Military and/or Veteran Status (statements like baby killers, murderers etal)
* Misandrous global/generalizations (Obviously – See the name of the site!)
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On the other hand, it considers posts about women to be "personal attacks." But let's give the AntiMises the benefit of the doubt and chalk that up to editorial-decision jitters—after all, this is a space to talk about misandry, not misogyny. I shouldn't be so picky!
Let's take a look at the bright side! The site bans holocaust and slavery deniers (bonus!). What's more, AntiMisandry.com also rejects sexist and racist terms—the site's list of unacceptable "derogatory labels" ranges from "cocksucker" to "kraut." And here's the kicker: AntiMisandry.com explicitly bans the word "cunt." My hero!
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Whaaa—but—how can this be? "Cunt" is a definitive no-no on AntiMisandry.com. And AntiMisandry.com would never lie to me! Would you, AntiMisandry.com? There must be some explanation for this!
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Pete Ster was 18 years old when he received the last rites of the Roman Catholic Church. It was on a day in early June 1944 when he and hundreds of sailors and soldiers knelt at the feet of a Catholic priest raising his hands in a sign of forgiveness over them.
None of them was gravely ill, and all were young, some even younger than Ster. Despite their youth and good health, all of those young men were about to be placed in imminent danger. There was a strong possibility that many of them would be killed in the coming days.
Many were.
In that English port 70 years ago today, Ster and tens of thousands of other Americans were prepared to embark on what is arguably the greatest military invasion of all time. It would come the next day, June 6, a date that is still known simply and universally as D-Day.
Ster is 88 years old now, but what transpired in June 1944 in World War II is still fresh in his mind. He remembers in particular the euphoria he experienced after receiving the last rites of absolution.
"It was a sense of freedom," the Cummins Inc. retiree said recently from his home in Four Seasons Retirement Center. "I felt so free because my sins had been forgiven, and I wasn't afraid to die."
He survived D-Day and the last year of the war, but many of those who knelt with him on the dock didn't. They were some of the GIs who were to be deposited on the beaches of Normandy from LCIs (Landing Craft Infantry) on which Ster served as a crewman.
"I'll never forget that first trip to the beach," he said. "We carried about 200, and those guys had been on our boat for eight hours before we got the go signal.
"The ship had a shallow draft, and you could feel every wave, no matter how small. Those poor guys were crammed in there, each of them weighted down by a 100-pound backpack, and they were getting sick all over the place. Some of them threw up so much that they didn't have anything left.
"Then we went in, and those poor guys had to jump off the boat and wade into everything the Germans could throw at them."
Ster was below deck when the first wave went ashore. It was only when his LCI pulled back to get another load that he could see what was taking place. It was a nightmare.
"There were just bodies all over. They were bobbing in the water and up on the beach. Some of them had sunk under the weight of their packs and just drowned."
That first trip was followed by many others. "We were running flat out, 24 hours a day," he recalled. "I think we averaged eight trips a day between the transport ships and the beaches."
While there was a sense of horror at the slaughter taking place on the beaches and in the water, there was also a sense of awe at the size of the invasion force.
"It was just something to look around you," he said. "There was a 20-mile stretch of coastline involved in the invasion, and everywhere you looked you could see an endless array of ships and planes."
Eventually a certain numbness set in, and much of the history unfolding before him became a blur. There was no time to reflect on the ghastly scenes he encountered.
Ironically, it would be decades later before he got a real sense of what he had witnessed. It was during a showing of the Steven Spielberg movie "Saving Private Ryan" in the late 1990s that it was brought back to him.
"There was one scene on the beach a couple of days after the initial invasion when some of the heavy equipment was being brought ashore. They had to have clear paths for the tanks and trucks to maneuver, and in this scene you could see off in the distance a huge pile of bodies. They were GIs who had been killed on the beach, and they had to stack them out of the way of the vehicles. It's kind of ironic, but they were trying not to damage their bodies any more than they had already been damaged."
Ster lived through the invasion. He was injured during the latter stages when he slipped and fell from the LCI as it approached its mother ship.
"A lot of guys were killed in incidents like that when they were crushed between the mother ship and the LCI," he said. "Fortunately, I was pulled free just in time."
The invasion marked the turning point in the war in Europe, but Ster came to look upon it as a prelude to another invasion that was supposed to take place a year later. In 1945 he was assigned to duty in the Pacific Theater. Once again he would be part of an invasion force, charged with assaulting Japan.
Some officials projected that the death toll from this endeavor would dwarf that of D-Day, up to 100,000 American lives lost.
That invasion never took place. On Aug. 6, 1945, as Ster and his crew were preparing for their mission, the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Three days later, another incinerated the city of Nagasaki.
Those two events precipitated the Japanese surrender.
Ster often thinks about D-Day, but it is not in an all-consuming manner. He looks upon it as an important event in his life but not a defining one.
He was reminded of it earlier this year when he was part of a group of Hoosier veterans who were flown to Washington, D.C., on one of the "honor flights" designed to give those who had served an opportunity to see the World War II Memorial.
"I've traveled a lot over the years. In Europe it seems that the most prominent memorials to the war are in the cemeteries for American soldiers who didn't come back," he said. "I thought about that as I looked about the World War II Memorial in Washington. It was beautiful, but it was also alive. People of all ages were walking about it, especially little tots."
He paused when he said that and in a while he continued.
"When I looked at those children, I took pride in what we did."


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A Study to Honor Suci the Sumatran Rhino
The loss of our female Sumatran rhino "Suci" to iron storage disease just over a year ago on March 30, 2014 was a devastating blow to the Cincinnati Zoo's Sumatran rhino breeding program. Iron storage disease is an insidious disease affecting many wildlife species that are maintained in zoos, ranging from marine mammals to birds. In addition to Sumatran rhinos, black rhinos are susceptible to the disease, whereas white rhinos and Indian rhinos remain largely unaffected.
The disease is extremely challenging because we do not know how to prevent it, diagnose it or treat it. The only known cure for the disease is frequent, large volume phlebotomies (blood collection), but nobody knows how much blood to draw or how often it must be removed to keep a rhino healthy, and it is difficult to perform phlebotomies without anesthesia. The best method for monitoring iron storage disease is to measure serum concentrations of ferritin, a protein involved in iron transport and storage, but ferritin can be species-specific, so an assay for humans or horses may not work accurately in rhinos. Such was the case with our Sumatran rhinos.
However, thanks to a dear family committed to helping rhinos that wanted to make a gift in honor of Suci, CREW has embarked on a new study to develop an assay specific for measuring rhino ferritin. The first step – isolating the rhino ferritin protein – is complete, and our goal is to have a functional assay by this coming summer. Our hope is that the assay will be used to monitor iron storage status in many rhinos throughout North American zoos to ensure the disease is detected before the rhino becomes sick.
This project was made possible by the generous donation of Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy S. Hilton and Family.
(Reprinted from CREW Review Fall 2014)
April 3, 2015 4 Comments
Saving Animals in the Wild: The Zoo's Top Field Conservation Efforts of 2014
Happy New Year! As we look back on 2014, let's reflect on some of the Zoo's significant contributions to wildlife conservation in the field this past year:
Helping Lions Thrive in Kenya's South Rift Valley
Since 2011, the Zoo has partnered with the African Conservation Centre and the South Rift Association of Land Owners in Kenya on the Rebuilding the Pride program. This community-based conservation program combines Maasai tradition and modern technology to restore a healthy lion population while reducing the loss of livestock to lions in Kenya's South Rift Valley. Once down to a low of about 10 known lions in the area, the population has grown to more than 65 lions in 2014. This past April, a lioness named Nasha gave birth to another litter, this one containing three cubs. That the population is growing in the South Rift Valley at a time when lion populations are severely declining across the continent overall is significant and a testament to program's community-based approach.
A Giant Step Forward for Sumatran Rhinos in the Wild
The Zoo has been committed to saving the Sumatran rhino for 25 years. Despite the devastating blow of the loss of our female rhino, Suci, back in March, the Zoo continues to work to conserve and protect the species. In 2014, a Debt-for-Nature deal was struck between the United States and Indonesia. In return for lowering the debt Indonesia owes to the United States, it will commit nearly $12 million towards the conservation and protection of critically endangered species, including the Sumatran rhino, and their habitats over the next seven years. The debt swap was made possible by a contribution of about $11.2 million from the U.S. government under the Tropical Forest Conservation Act (first introduced by Ohio Senator Rob Portman in 1998) and $560,000 from other organizations funneled through Conservation International. The Zoo was proud to help secure this funding by pledging a major gift.
Saving American Chestnut Trees with Cryopreserved Pollen
The magnificent American chestnut tree once ranged over the entire Eastern United States, but was almost entirely obliterated by blight by the mid-twentieth century. Over the years, breeders have been working to develop a resistant tree, and one of their key tools is pollen. American chestnut pollen rapidly declines in viability so maintaining important lines of pollen from year to year is difficult. In 1993, pollen was cryopreserved (frozen) in liquid nitrogen at the Zoo's Center for Conservation and Research of Endangered Wildlife (CREW). Last spring, some of that pollen was removed and used to successfully pollinate trees at the American Chestnut Foundation's farm in Virginia. Paternity testing will be done at CREW this winter, but the indications are very good that cryopreservation can indeed maintain pollen viability for at least 20 years—a fact that should provide a new tool to those working to save this majestic American tree.
Committing to Kea Conservation in New Zealand
Over the past few years, the Zoo has supported the Kea Conservation Trust's (KCT) efforts to protect and study New Zealand's mountain parrot, the kea, in the wild. In 2014, the Zoo stepped up its efforts with a commitment to support the Kea-Community Conflict Response Plan, a multi-year proactive community-focused conflict response and resolution program. Funds from the Zoo support a key personnel position, the Community Volunteers Coordinator, who can respond to conflict situations that arise. Funds will also enable KCT staff to enhance their conflict resolution skills by participating in a Human-Wildlife Conflict Collaboration Workshop. Additionally, Zoo aviculturists will join the KCT team for kea nest monitoring and field work over the next couple of years.
Pledging Support for Panthera's Tigers Forever Initiative
The Zoo is committed to ensuring the survival of endangered tigers of which there are fewer than 3,200 remaining in the wild. In 2014, we have pledged multi-year support of the tiger conservation efforts of Panthera, the leading international wild cat conservation organization with a mission to ensure the future of wild cats through scientific leadership and global conservation action. To ensure the tiger's survival, Panthera works across Asia with numerous partners to end the poaching of tigers for the illegal wildlife trade, prevent tiger deaths due to conflict with humans and livestock, and protect tiger prey species and habitat. Through their program, Tigers Forever, Panthera works to protect and secure key tiger populations and ensure connectivity between sites so that tigers can live long into the future.
Restoring Native Wetlands and Wildlife in Mason, Ohio
In 1995, a 529-acre farm in Mason, Ohio, now called the EcOhio Farm, was willed to the Zoo with the guideline that it could never be developed unless it is to further the mission of the Zoo. Over the past few years, the Zoo has worked to restore 30 of the farm's acres to its original state of a wet sedge meadow, providing refuge for a diversity of native wildlife. Since restoration began in 2012, drainage tiles have been removed and more than 200 native plant species and thousands of trees have been planted on the site. The wetland is returning to its natural state very quickly. Already, it has attracted more than 135 native bird species, including bald eagles, bobolinks and killdeer, which would never have been there when it was a cornfield. Though not currently open to the public, walking trails and a small education center may be implemented in the future to provide opportunities to explore the wetland.
Strengthening our Support for Gorillas in the Republic of Congo
Over the past 20 years, the Zoo has partnered with the Nouabale Ndoki Project (NNP) in the Republic of Congo, which includes the Mbeli Bai Study, the longest running study of the critically endangered western lowland gorilla. The Zoo also supports work in an area called Mondika where gorillas are habituated for up close research and ecotourism. Habituation is a process through which the wild gorillas become accustomed to and tolerate the presence of people that enables researchers and tourists to observe them up close. The Zoo recently helped facilitate the habituation of a second group of gorillas, and entered into an agreement in 2014 to support the habituation of a third group over the next three years. Special thanks goes to Gorilla Glue, our official gorilla conservation sponsor!
All of these projects and more couldn't happen without your support of the Zoo. Here's to you and the Zoo making more great strides for wildlife conservation in 2015!
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Bowling for Rhinos was a Smashing Success!
All five living species of rhinos are threatened in the wild due to habitat loss and poaching for their horns, which are worth more than their weight in gold on the black market. Poaching rates have soared sky high, but there are thousands of dedicated, passionate rangers standing in between the rhinos and the poachers – and they need our help.
Each year, the American Association of Zoo Keepers (AAZK) raises funds through Bowling for Rhinos (BFR) events held across North America to support critical rhino conservation projects in the wild. This year, the Greater Cincinnati AAZK Chapter organized its inaugural BFR fundraiser, which took place on October 11 at Stone Lanes.
The turnout was fantastic! More than 160 people registered to bowl and even more showed up just to take part in the festivities. Even J.J. Hoover and Logan Andrusek of the Cincinnati Reds came out to show their support!
Beyond bowling, there were plenty of other opportunities for fun and fundraising. The chapter held a silent auction and raffle and sold t-shirts, chocolate bars and shot glasses, and the bar even offered special rhino-themed drinks. The Zoo's Sumatran rhino mascot even showed up to meet and greet the bowlers.
In addition to the Zoo and Stone Lanes, the event drew in several other local businesses and individuals as sponsors. A huge thank you goes out to:
- Mac Paran
- Riverside Topsoil
- White Crane Tattoo
- The Emily and Mark Frolick Foundation
- Solid Training
- The Wallace Group Dentistry for Today
- Nancy Haas
- Liquid Sasquatch Pottery
- Listermann Brewery
- North College Hill Chiropractic Center
- T.J. Williams Electric Co.
- Norwood City Schools
- Gary's Professional Dog Grooming
- Mike Dulaney
- Jeff Mitchell
All in all, the event pulled in more than $8,500! Every penny earned through BFR goes directly to field conservation efforts to protect all five endangered species of rhino. For example, in Indonesia, funds raised support Rhino Protection Units (RPUs) that safeguard Javan and Sumatran rhino populations in national parks. Dedicated wildlife rangers patrol the forests, arresting poachers and destroying snares and traps. And in Kenya, funds raised support the Lewa Conservancy's Rhino Conservation Programme, which has been extremely successful in protecting black and white rhino populations.
The chapter is quite pleased with how the first annual BFR turned out. Thanks to all who showed their support. We hope you will come out and join us next year!
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