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Coconut Fish Curry
Because I can only eat such small amounts of food, and said foods need to be protein rich, I really need to pick and choose what I want to eat. Since I get full just a few bites into any meal, making sure that those bites are exactly what I want is important. So today, when I was craving spice, I knew exactly what to make. Although I've been lucky to discover that I'm still okay with spice, my tolerance isn't nearly where it used to be... at least not yet. Cutting the heat with some coconut was a necessity - a delicious necessity at that.
The wonderful thing about this recipe is versatility. Use whatever fish you like best or happen to have in the fridge or freezer, (shellfish is a great addition, too). Likewise with vegetables. Whatever I had in the vegetable bins was what I used, but feel free to throw in any vegetable you like. And, although I didn't make rice or rice noodles along side with this, they are great additions. At this time in my food journey, rice and noodles are simply too dense and take up too much room in my stomach – blessing in disguise, right? If you include potatoes as I did, you probably won't miss the extra starch, anyway. Also, make this as spicy or as mild as you can handle. As I said, this is just slightly milder than I would have made before surgery, but by no means was it without a kick.
Coconut Fish Curry
- 4 Tilapia fillets, cubed, bite sized
- 1 medium-large red onion, thinly sliced
- 3 large cloves garlic, thinly sliced
- 1 bunch scallions, green and white parts, thinly sliced, (plus more for garnish)
- 1 pint baby bella mushrooms, thickly sliced, (they shrink when cooked)
- 1 large, red bell pepper, thinly sliced
- Approximately 2 cups Yukon gold potatoes, cubed, bite sized
- 3 heaping tbs red curry paste
- 1 13.5 oz. can light coconut milk
- 1/2 cup fish stock
- 1 cup coconut water
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tbs vegetable oil
- Juice of 1 lime (plus more for garnish)
- 1/2 cup roughly chopped cilantro (plus more for garnish)
- 1/2 cup roughly chopped mint (plus more for garnish)
- Salt to taste
- Sautee onion, garlic, and scallion in both oils until soft.
- Add curry paste, fish stock, lime juice, and coconut water, mix well until paste has 'melted' into liquids. Once combined, then add the coconut milk and stir to incorporate. (Adding the coconut milk last allows you to see that the curry paste has been combined and there are no clumps). Bring to a boil, add potatoes. Cook for 6-8 minutes or until the potatoes are al dente.
- Add mushrooms, red bell pepper, chopped herbs, and lower heat. Let simmer until all the vegetables are soft and the potatoes are done, approx 8-10 minutes.
- Finally, raise heat, add the fish, and boil until the fish is cooked through, about 3-4 minutes. Turn off heat, add salt to taste, and serve garnished with cilantro leaves, mint leaves, scallion, and a lime wedge.
Oooh! Wow! MMmmmm! Will definitely try this!
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The Crimson Tide has a 10-shot lead over second-place Texas A&M (+2, 562) with Texas in third at 4-over 564. UAB is fourth at 565 with Arkansas (+14, 574) fifth and Auburn (+16, 576) sixth. The Tide opened with a 6-under-par round of 274 in the morning 18 and followed that up with a 2-under 278 in the afternoon round.
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Drake, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
Corina S. Drapaca, Center for Neural Engineering,
Pennsylvania State University
New Developments in the Modeling of the Material Brain
this talk we will present the first two neuro-mechanical
models of the brain that establish critical interrelationships
between the material structure and the electro-chemical
activity of the brain. One model can predict the shrinkage
of the brain tissue seen in patients with normal pressure
hydrocephalus due to a change in ionic concentrations
of the ventricular CSF and in the absence of an elevated
intracranial pressure, and thus it opens the possibility
of pharmaceutical treatment of hydrocephalus. Our second
model uses neuroimaging measurements to predict stress-softening
of the brain tissue when the neurons are activated. In
addition we will show how one can use cine MRI to estimate
the apparent stiffness of the brain in patients with chiari
malformations before and after surgery. Before surgery,
the brain tissue appears to be stiffer and inhomogeneous,
while after the surgery, the brain becomes softer and
more homogeneous. This finding could help measure the
success of surgery of chiari malformations, in a non-invasive
and safe way. Finally, we show a novel technique of differentiating
between low and high grade gliomas based on their stiffness
values obtained using information provided by image mass
Patrick Drew, Center for Neural Engineering, Pennsylvania
State University
bagpipes and blood - Imaging single vascular dynamics
in the
awake mouse cortex
in neural activity in the brain are followed by increases
in blood flow and volume. While these changes in the flow
of blood are commonly used as a surrogate for neural activity
in fMRI and other imaging techniques, a detailed understanding
of the underlying hemodynamic events has been lacking.
One enduring controversy is what parts of the vascular
network (arteries, capillaries or veins) account for the
changes in blood volume during sensory stimulation. By
using transcranial, two-photon laser scanning microscopy
in awake mice, we were able to image spontaneous and sensory
evoked changes in blood flow and volume at the level of
single vessels. Sensory stimulation evoked large changes
in arterial diameters, as well as slower, smaller changes
in venous volumes. The changes in arteries and veins observed
in awake animals were qualitatively different from those
observed in anesthetized animals. These results provide
a link between functional signals and their vascular origin.
Almut Eisentraeger, Oxford University Mathematical
Multi-fluid poro-elastic modelling of the CSF infusion
Sobey(1), Almut Eisentraeger(1), Benedikt Wirth(2) &
Marek Czosnyka (3)
(1) Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, UK
(2) Institute for Numerical Simulation, University of
Bonn, Germany
(3) Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of
Cambridge, UK
have developed a multi-fluid model for flow of cerebro-spinal
fluid (CSF) in the brain which has both general application
for study of hydrocephalus and particularly here, for
simulation of a CSF infusion test. Existing poro-elastic
models for CSF flow treat the parenchyma and CSF as a
continuum where very slow fluid flow interacts with and
can affect the deformation of the underlying elastic substructure.
A spherical model with CSF production at the centre of
the brain, which allows flow through the aqueduct and
very slow flow through the parenchyma before absorption
at the outer periphery of the brain, has provided very
plausible results for hydrocephalus. However, while that
model provides new predictions about the interior state
of the parenchyma, it is only applicable for long time
scales that neglect blood pulsations on the cardiac cycle
time scale. Here we describe our model which, by adding
a blood compartment to the usual poro-elastic framework,
allows blood pulsations to be included and so to attempt
a time accurate simulation of CSF pressure fluctuations
in an infusion test.
infusion test is used to gain data about the CSF system,
particularly resistance to absorption and brain compliance.
In the test, a saline solution is injected into the CSF
system for a fixed period to provide a temporarily elevated
CSF production rate. The overall CSF pressure rises to
a new plateau value, the level of which provides information
about the outflow resistance, and the rate of CSF pressure
rise gives information about the compliance.
order to simulate CSF flow on short time scales we have
retained the continuum poro-elastic model but extended
the formulation to allow multiple compartments that do
not exchange fluid in the continuum region. However, pressure
fluctuations of one fluid can affect the pressure of other
fluids as well as stress and deformation in the underlying
elastic substructure. This results in a model where we
can feed into a simulation the correct arterial pressure
fluctuations (which are recorded during the infusion test)
and then predict CSF pressure fluctuations and compare
predictions with recorded values. By varying the physical
parameters so as to fit the observed CSF pressure recording,
we can provide new and additional predictions of parameters
in a particular case, as well as predictions for stress,
deformation and fluid content in the parenchyma during
and after a test. In this presentation we will outline
our multi-fluid model, discuss briefly the methods we
use to solve the system of equations and present some
results that compare computational predictions with clinical
data using both conventional simulation and our multi-fluid
Joseph T. Francis, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Erasing Sensorimotor Memories: A Novel Tool for Probing
LTP's Influence on Learning and Memory
At present we are constructing a synthetic version of
the sensorimotor control system of the nonhuman primate.
In order to reach this goal we are utilizing electrophysiological,
pharmacological and computational methods. I will present
results and theory from our work aimed at generating a
somatosensory neuroprosthesis, in addition to a force
controlled brain machine interface, and how we are utilizing
these experiments in combination with micro-infusion of
the PKMzeta inhibitor ZIP into the sensorimotor cortex
to further our understanding of this system. We have recently
shown that such injections of ZIP erase sensorimotor memories
without influencing explicit memories needed for task
completion. This tool will allow us to wipe out such learning
induced LTP dependent memories from our in vivo physiological
system, which we can then compare with such LTP erasure
in our computational models, compare, and learn.
Kristian Franze, University of Cambridge
Mechanosensitivity of CNS cells in health and
tissue comprises a variety of cells, blood vessels, and
extracellular matrix. All of these building blocks differ
in their mechanical properties; therefore, particularly
during growth and migration, the local mechanical environment
of motile CNS cells will change considerably. Here we
show that both neurons and glial cells, the basic building
blocks of nerve tissue, respond to these variations in
their mechanical microenvironment. Using culture substrates
incorporating gradients of mechanical properties we found
that neuronal axons are repelled by stiff substrates while
glial cells spread more on stiffer substrates. We have
used traction force microscopy and scanning force microscopy
in combination with calcium imaging to suggest a possible
model for neuronal mechanosensing. During development,
this mechanosensitivity might be used - in combination
with biochemical signaling - to guide neuronal axons along
distinct pathways. Glial cell reactivity, on the other
hand, which is found in numerous pathological processes,
is also triggered by mechanical cues. Neural implants
for example, which are orders of magnitude stiffer than
healthy CNS tissue, often cause a foreign body reaction,
which is characterized by an encapsulation of the implant
by reactive microglial cells and later by reactive astrocytes.
This assembly of different glial cell layers around the
'foreign body' results in a serious reduction of lifetime
and functionality of these devices. The mechanical mismatch
between implant and tissue may trigger the encapsulation
of the implant, repelling neurons while attracting glial
cells. Exploiting this knowledge may ultimately lead to
the development of a new generation of implants, incorporating
appropriate mechanical cues which support healthy tissue
Jurgen Germann, Toronto Centre for Phenogenomics
Experience forms the brain: Using structural MRI to
study training induced brain plasticity in adult mice
studies have demonstrated that plastic changes associated
with experience can be observed in the brains of adult
humans and mice using MRI. For example, the extensive
navigational experience of London taxi drivers is associated
with increased hippocampal volume and learning to juggle
leads to selective structural changes in the brains of
young adults. The goal of this study was to investigate
these experience induced structural changes more closely
using MRI in mice. To induce differential plastic brain
changes mice were trained in different versions of the
Barnes maze. In the Barnes maze mice are placed in the
centre of a highly lit platform. Along the edge of the
platform there are 40 holes, one of which is connected
to an escape box that gives mice the chance to escape
the exposed situation. In the spatial version of the Barnes
maze numerous distal landmarks are placed around the platform
and mice learn to use the spatial landmarks to navigate
quickly to the escape box. In the non-spatial version
of the Barnes maze the escape box is moved to a different
hole every trial but a flag is always placed next it.
Mice learn to approach the flag to find the escape box.
All images were obtained using a high-field MR scanner
(7T). To investigate the time course of possible structural
brain changes live imaging of anesthetized mice (125µm
voxel resolution) was performed before and at various
time-points during and after training. Some mice were
sacrificed 10 days after training and their brain fixed
and high resolution anatomical images (32µm voxel
resolution) and Diffusion weighted images (150µm
voxel resolution) obtained. Automated registration algorithms
were used to localize subtle anatomical differences
We observed changes in specific brain regions. Learning
the spatial version of the Barnes maze is associated with
changes primarily in the hippocampus. Learning the non-spatial
version of the Barnes maze is associated with changes
primarily in the striatum. These local change can be observed
in the first days of training and persist for remainder
of the experiment. Additionally the variation in learning
performance between mice is reflected in the amount of
local structural change.
Bruce Gluckman, Center for Neural Engineering, Pennsylvania
State University
Implant damage as motivation for studying neural mechanics
A common observation in deep brain stimulation studies
is that after implant patients see improvements first,
then stimulation is turned on. This common effect is attributed
to micro-legions. We undertook a study to map the implant
damage in rats from depth electrodes placed in the ventral
hippocampus. Not only did we observe damage near the implant
trajectory, but we were able to track degeneration into
the contralateral hippocampus. Current discussions in
the invasive brain-machine-interface literature include
the objective of finding better implant materials and
methods for implantation that will provide long, stable
recordings that minimize short term and long term tissue
damage. Proposed approaches are to either find softer
materials, or ones with much smaller size format. Ill
review some of the evidence for and competing against
these approaches.
Paul Janmey, Institute for Medicine and Engineering,
University of Pennsylvania
Mechanosensing by neurons and astrocytes
cell types, including neurons and glial cells, respond
strongly to changes in matrix rigidity when cultured on
flexible substrates. Neurons are very unusual in that
they extend processes and survive better on very soft
materials than they do on stiff surfaces. In contrast,
on soft gels astrocytes remain unactivated, do not spread,
and have disorganized F-actin and intermediate filament
systems compared to the cytoskeletons of astrocytes on
hard surfaces. The stiffness range over which these cell
types alter their phenotype is in the range from 50 Pa
to 2000 Pa, approximately the range of elastic modulus
for intact brain, when measured at small strains on a
time scale of 1 s. The effects of substrate stiffness
are evident when cells are grown on synthetic gels made
from flexible rubberlike polymers or when they are embedded
in semi-flexible biopolymer gels such as fibrin. The different
responses of neurons and astrocytes enables preferential
selection of cell type by altering matrix stiffness. Dissociated
embryonic rat cortices grown on flexible fibrin gels,
a biomaterial with potential use as an implant material,
display a similar mechano-dependent difference in cell
population. These data emphasize the potential importance
of material substrate stiffness as a design feature in
the next generation of biomaterials intended to promote
neuronal regeneration across a lesion in the CNS while
simultaneously minimizing the ingrowth of astrocytes into
the lesion area. The length and time scales over which
cells deform their substrate and alter their morphology
suggest mechanisms by which these cells can sense mechanical
Miles Johnston, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre,
University of Toronto,
An alternative approach to understanding the pressure
gradients in the brain that induce hydrocephalus
is a chronic brain disorder characterized by expansion
of the ventricles and in some cases, significant neurological
damage. Perhaps the greatest paradox in the hydrocephalus
field is the failure of researchers to consistently measure
transmantle pressure gradients (ventricle to subarachnoid
space) in humans and in animal models of the communicating
form of the disorder. Without such a gradient it is difficult
to conceptualize how ventricular distention occurs. Based
on the results of a mathematical model, one group has
proposed that ventricular expansion may result from a
relative reduction in interstitial pressure in the peri-ventricular
area leading to the formation of an intra-mantle rather
than a transmantle pressure gradient (Pena et al., Acta
Neurochir 81: 59, 2002). Clues from studies in non-CNS
tissues such as skin suggest that the dissociation of
ß1 integrins with the surrounding matrix fibers
results in a significant reduction of interstitial fluid
pressure (Wiig et al., Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 47: 111,
2003). We examined these concepts in the rat brain and
observed that the intraventricular injection of anti ß1
integrin antibodies resulted in a significant reduction
in periventricular pressures to values significantly below
those monitored in the ventricular system. In addition,
many of these animals developed hydrocephalus (Nagra et
al., Am J Physiol 297: R1312, 2009). We conclude that
changes in the periventricular matrix generate pressure
gradients favourable for ventricular expansion suggesting
a novel mechanism for hydrocephalus development.
However, a number of issues need further clarification.
If the pressures were to decline in the periventricular
tissues, some removal of fluid must occur from the tissues.
We feel that Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) is a likely candidate
for this effect as it is the predominant water channel
in the brain. Indeed, in preliminary studies, the administration
of blocking antibodies resulted in an up-regulation of
AQP4 protein levels. In addition, in some experiments
we negated capillary function by stopping the heart with
KCL (capillary pressures = 0). Under these conditions,
periventricular interstitial fluid pressures increased
after anti ß1 integrin antibody administration into
a lateral ventricle supporting the view that the capillary
absorption of parenchymal water may play a pivotal role
in the generation of pressure gradients in our hydrocephalus
of these studies:
Apart from providing a mechanism to explain ventriculomegaly,
it is of special interest to note that there are a number
of ways to modulate aquaporin function using newly developed
drugs and molecular techniques. This provides the exciting
possibility that some forms of hydrocephalus may be treatable
with pharmacological agents thus reducing the dependence
on problematic shunts.
Leslie M. Loew, R.D. Berlin Center for Cell Analysis,
University of Connecticut Health
Design, Use and Application of Voltage Sensitive Dyes
for Imaging Neuronal Physiology
The chemistry and the physics of voltage sensitive dyes
should be understood and appreciated as a prerequisite
for their optimal application to problems in neuroscience.
This talk will provide a basic understanding of the properties
of the large variety of available organic voltage sensitive
dyes. The mechanisms by which the dyes respond to voltage
guides the best set up of the optics for recording or
imaging electrophysiological activity. The physical and
chemical properties of the dyes can be tuned to optimize
delivery to and staining of the cells in different experimental
preparations. High resolution microscope imaging, including
confocal and non-linear optical microscopy, are being
used in conjunction with the voltage sensitive dyes to
map electrical activity in both space and time; these
optical approaches will be briefly surveyed. Applications
of the dyes to optical imaging of electrical activity
in individual cells and tissues will be presented to illustrate
the range of problems that can be tackled with this technology.
Results from microscope imaging experiments also provide
data for mathematical models of the physiology. I will
briefly introduce the Virtual Cell, a software system
for reaction-diffusion modeling that has been used to
simulate neuronal cell biology. (supported by USPHS NIH
grants: U54 RR022232, R01 EB001963 and P41 RR13186)
Ostoja-Starzewski, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
MRI-based model of TBI vis-à-vis random fractal
geometry of brain
The traumatic brain injury (TBI) presents several challenges
to a mechanician. First, there is a need to translate
the MRI information on the human head-brain system into
a composite model with heterogeneous material properties
(scalp, skull, CSF, white and gray matter). Given the
MRI with one cubic milimeter voxel mesh, we construct
a 3D finite element (FE) model. To validate this model,
a previous cadaver experiment of frontal impact is simulated.
The model is run under either of two extreme assumptions
concerning the head-neck junction - either free or fixed
- and the experimental measurements are well bounded by
the computed pressures from the two boundary conditions.
In both cases the impact gives rise not only to a fast
pressure wave but also to a slow and spherically convergent
shear stress wave, which is potentially more damaging
to brain tissues. Such heretofore unknown wave patterns
are also discovered in other head impacts. However, this
rather conventional continuum-computational mechanics
approach has to be contrasted with the random fractal
geometry of brain. Given the material spatial randomness,
the separation of scales does not hold. Here we note that
the human brain surface has a fractal dimension of about
2.7-2.8, while the entire cardiovascular system has a
fractal structure, and so does the pulmonary system. A
possible way to deal with these challenges is to adapt
a recently begun extension of continuum mechanics of fractal
porous media which are specified by a mass (or spatial)
fractal dimension D, a surface fractal dimension d, and
a resolution length scale R. That theory is based on a
dimensional regularization, in which D is also the order
of fractional integrals employed to state global balance
laws. In effect, the governing equations are cast in forms
involving conventional (integer-order) integrals, while
the local forms are expressed through partial differential
equations with derivatives of integer order but containing
coefficients involving D, d and R. This procedure allows
a specification of geometry configuration of continua
by 'fractal metric' coefficients, on which the continuum
mechanics is subsequently constructed, with micropolar
effects arising naturally. While all the derived relations
depend explicitly on D, d and R, upon setting D=3 and
d=2, they reduce to conventional forms of governing equations
for continuous media with Euclidean geometries. Our formulation
is based on a product measure, making it capable of grasping
local material anisotropy, and assuring consistency of
the mechanical approach to continuum mecahnics with that
based on energy principles.
University of Waterloo
Hyperelastic vs. hypoelastic models in finite strain
An Eulerian rate formulation for finite strain analysis
based on the Jaumann rate of stress is proposed and is
shown to be in accordance with the definition of a hypoelastic
material model. Integrability conditions of the proposed
hypoelastic model in the sense of Cauchy and Green elasticity
are derived. A hyperelastic potential may be used to derive
the model. Derived integrability conditions show that
the proposed model is exactly integrable if the Jaumann
rate of the Kirchhoff stress is used. Two deformation
cases, rectilinear shear and closed path four-step loading,
are solved. Contrary to classical hypoelasticity, results
obtained do not show any sign of shear oscillation and/or
elastic dissipation under simple shear motion and closed
path elastic loading. The proposed model is further extended
to finite strain viscoelasticity through specifying a
general nonlinear viscous flow rule on the Eulerian background.
Multiplicative decomposition of the deformation gradient
into its elastic and inelastic parts is employed for a
generalized Maxwell model and the elastic part of the
left Green-Cauchy deformation tensor is consistently introduced
on the Eulerian configuration. Exact deviatoric/volumetric
decoupled forms for kinematic and kinetic variables are
further obtained with no assumption for viscous incompressibility.
The proposed finite strain viscoelastic model is then
used to solve the problem of cyclic simple shear for various
large shear amplitudes. Results obtained are in good agreement
with reported experimental data. The proposed model is
consistent with the thermodynamics of irreversible phenomena,
i.e. it yields non-dissipative (reversible) stress response
for purely elastic deformations and the dissipation
(irreversibility) of the model is solely determined by
its viscous
(inelastic) stress response. Furthermore, the proposed
model is formulated and integrated in the fixed background
and no eigenvalue extraction is needed. This makes the
model a good candidate for finite element implementation.
Richard Penn, Neurosurgery, University of Chicago
William of Ockham looks at theories of Hydrocephalus
Andrew Sharp, Southern Illinois University School
of Medicine
Mechanics and Mechanical Properties of Mouse Brain Tissue
the use of a variety of implantable devices, significant
progress towards an understanding of the neuronal basis
of behavior is being achieved. Also, there has been an
increased interest in the use of implantable devices for
the treatment of numerous neurological disorders. Unfortunately,
the design of instruments to be inserted into neuronal
tissue has largely been one of trial and error and has
not utilized approaches to minimize tissue damage. This
is largely due to the lack of understanding of the mechanics
of probe insertion and the mechanical properties of neuronal
tissue at the relevant length scales. Therefore, state
of the art probes generally rely on rigid materials that
are not suited for the study of small animals, such as
mice, or for general treatment of human neurological disorders.
The goal of this work is to provide a generalizable description
of the micrometer scale penetration mechanics and material
properties of mouse brain tissue in vivo. Cylindrical
stainless steel probes were inserted into the cerebral
cortex and olfactory bulb of mice under anesthesia. The
effects of probe size, probe geometry, insertion rate,
insertion location, animal age and the presence of the
dura and pia on the resulting forces were measured continuously
throughout probe insertion and removal. Material properties
(modulus, cutting force, and frictional force) were extracted
using mechanical analysis. Implications for future probe
design strategies and insertion methodologies will be
University of Waterloo
The Effects of Aging on Brain Biomechanics and an Examination
of the Pulsation-Damage Hypothesis for Hydrocephalus
Mathematical modelling of neurosurgery, head trauma,
and conditions such as hydrocephalus usually treat infant
and adult cerebrum as mechanically
equivalent. If infant mechanical properties are required,
sometimes a brain-mass scaling relationship is used to
find the parameters instead of determining them directly
from experimental data. In this talk, we will use age-dependent
shear complex modulus data to determine the mechanical
properties of infant and adult cerebrum for the fractional
Zener viscoelasticmodel.
Using these two sets of parameter values, we will examine
the effects of CSF pulsations on the genesis and evolution
of hydrocephalus in both the infant and adult cases. Specifically,
we will examine the ability of CSF pulsations to damage
periventricular tissue, which has been proposed as a possible
causative mechanism for hydrocephalus. We will show that
the material stresses induced in both the infant and adult
brains are much smaller than the damage threshold for
white matter, and thus we conclude that the CSF pulsations
cannot be the primary cause of tissue damage or ventricular
expansion in either infant or adult hydrocephalus.
Alan Wineman, University of Michigan
Some Topics from Continuum Mechanics Related to Brain
A number of topics from continuum mechanics are presented
that are useful in developing mathematical models of brain
neuromechanics. Part I reviews basic concepts used to
describe deformation or distortion of brain tissue, strains,
stresses, their connection and material stiffness. Part
II presents concepts from viscoelasticity used to describe
the time dependent response of brain tissue such as stress
relaxation, creep, response to sinusoidal loading, energy
dissipation, characteristic response times and their alteration
due to non-mechanical influences. Part III describes recent
modeling approaches that can be used to describe microstructural
changes in materials due to large deformation, disease
or other non-mechanical sources.
K P Unnikrishnan, Center for Computational Medicine
and Bioinformatics (CCMB) University of Michigan Medical
Graph Discovery in Neuronal Networks
are collecting activation (spike-train) data from hundreds
of neurons with milli-second precision. Analysis of these
large data sets poses interesting data mining challenges.
We describe computational methods and associated statistical
significance tests to discover patterns in multi-neuronal
spike trains. By discovering these patterns, we are able
to uncover the functional connectivity (graphical structure)
of the underlying neuronal networks and observe their
time-evolutions. We illustrate these on simulated and
real data sets and compare the data mining methods with
model-based estimation methods. We conclude with a brief
discussion of Hebb cell assemblies and neural codes and
how data mining can help discover them.
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Rumors are coming in that HTC and Google are collaborating to make a tablet PC. HTC is the mobile device manufacturer behind such gadgets as the myTouch 3G, T-Mobile's G1 and the upcoming Nexus One. It is inferred that the tablet from the two companies will be running Google's Chrome OS and might be shown off at this year's Consumer Electronics Show.
A tablet PC just might be what Google needs to make Chrome OS the breakout system in a post-Windows era. If they can make this tablet for the same price as reported for Chrome Os netbooks ($200-$300), then there will definitely be a shakeup in the tablet arena. Which wouldn't take much, as tablet PC's have been notorious for being a hard sell.
HTC is a great partner for Google to go with on a Chrome OS tablet. They have created numerous successful devices and are very familiar with ARM processors, which would give any Chrome OS device a legup in the battery life area. Add to this the fact that they were chosen to build the Nexus One, Google's first phone, and this rumor starts to gain some real merit.
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The Delaware Sports Lottery will kick off its 2013 season with more than double the amount of sports lottery retailer locations to offer pro football wagering, beginning Aug. 7-30.
More than 60 retailers have signed on for the season to offer pro football wagering to adults 21 and older. The 60-plus sports lottery retail locations include select restaurants, pubs and existing lottery agents throughout the state.
Sports lottery is also offering a totals (over/under) wager. This wager will not be available during the pre-season, but will be offered during pro football regular season.
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March 15, 2014
|Tulane at East Carolina
Mar. 15, 2014 | 1 p.m. (ET)
Greenville, N.C.
Video (G1) | Video (G2) Live Stats (G1) | Live Stats (G2) ECU Notes | Tulane Notes | C-USA Notes
Any member of the Pirate Nation that purchases a Coke product from Wilco Hess will receive a buy one get one offer to any home East Carolina baseball game in the month of March. Pirate fans will receive a $5 gift card to Wilco Hess when BOGO is redeemed at baseball ticket office. The Wilco-Hess promotion will start Saturday, March 1 and through March 30.
Saturday, Mar. 15 has been designated at Military Appreciation Day ... Any veteran, active service member and their families will receive $2 admission for the 2 p.m. (ET) contest ... There will also be an American Flag giveaway.
East Carolina enters the C-USA weekend series with Tulane having lost four of its last five games, including three-straight ... The Pirates have won eight of the last 15 meetings between the two schools on the diamond having split the last six dating back to Apr. 29, 2012.
In a series that spans nine years (2003), ECU has never claimed a home series win over Tulane, but has won last two in New Orleans (2011, 2013) ... The Pirates dropped their opening C-USA series last weekend to Marshall at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium and currently owns a 1-2 record.
After starting the season with six-straight wins, Tulane comes to Greenville having dropped three-straight contests and six of its last nine ... The Green Wave is tied for second in the league standings after taking a weekend series at Louisiana Tech in February (21-23).
ECU returns 18 letterwinners including Second-Team Louisville Slugger All-American Drew Reynolds and Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American David Lucroy. Joining Reynolds (first-team) and Lucroy (second-team/freshman team), who were also All-Conference USA performers in 2013, are Hoffman (second-team/'13), Zach Houchins (second-team/'13) and Travis Watkins (freshman team/'13).
Also stepping onto the diamond are 16 new faces, which consist of five junior college transfers in Hunter Allen (Brunswick CC), James Gray (South Florida State College), Reid Love (St. Johns River State College), Brandon Saunders (Pitt CC) and Ian Townsend (St. Johns River State College)
The Pirates also welcome to campus 11 true freshmen in Luke Bolka, Kirkpatrick, TJ McDonald, Bryce Harman, Evan Kruczynski, Kirk Morgan, Philip Perry, Cameron Snow, Eric Tyler, Jacob Wolfe and Charlie Yorgen.
Friday: Tulane 7, East Carolina 2 (Final)
Saturday (Game 1): RHP Randy LeBlanc (2-1, 2.82 ERA) vs. LHP Reid Love (1-1, 1.17 ERA)
Saturday: (Game 2) RHP J.P. France (1-1, 4.58 ERA) vs. RHP Brett Mabry (1-0, 1.12 ERA)
STARTING PITCHER NOTES (prior to start of series)
Hoffman Notes: Named preseason All American by BA, CB and PG ... Preseason Golden Spikes Award Watch List ... Preseason First-Team All C-USA by league coaches and PG ... Preseason C-USA Pitcher-of-the-Year by BA, CB and PG ... No decision vs. JMU in season opener ... Allowing 4 Rs (3 ERs) on 4 Hs with 6 Ks and 2 BBs ... Suffered loss at No. 1 UVA allowing 3 Rs (2 ERs) on 5 Hs with 3 BBs and 6 Ks ... Earned Louisville Slugger National Player-of-the-Week and C-USA Co-Pitcher-of-the-Week following his 14-strikeout performance against Western Kentucky in the LeClair Classic, where he didn't factor into the decision ... Got loss in C-USA opener against Marshall giving up 3 Rs (all earned) on 2 Hs with 7 BBs and 6 Ks ... Recorded quality starts in 3-of-4 outings pushing career total to 20 ... Punched out 32 batters while walking 13 in 24.2 innings in 2014.
Love Notes Suffered loss in first ECU start at No. 1 UVA surrendering 3 Rs (2 ERs) on 5 Hs with 3 BBs and 4 Ks ... Made ECU debut on the mound against JMU working 1.2 perfect relief frames ... Tossed 4.1 IP against Pittsburgh in LeClair Classic allowing 2 Rs (unearned) on 1 H with 4 BBs and 3 Ks ... Notched first ECU win against Marshall working season-high 5.1 scoreless frames with 5 Ks ... A two-way threat for ECU that has seen action as a DH and in the OF ... Two-year starter at St. Johns River State College alongside current Pirate Ian Townsend ... Posted an 8-2 record with 47 Ks to just 10 BBs in 62.2 IP as a sophomore ... Ranked third nationally with a 0.86 ERA.
Mabry Notes Will make his first start of the season (third career) ... Leads pitching staff with 1.12 ERA ... Appeared in 5 games out of the pen ... Notched win vs. Pittsburgh in LeClair Classic ... Allowed 4 Rs (2 ERs) on 10 Hs ... Tossed season-high 5.0 innings twice (JMU, MAR) ... Fanned 8, while walking 2 ... Led club with 2.35 ERA in 2013 appearing in 19 games (two starts) with a 4-3 record and one save.
RHP Ryan Williams is the national co-leader in victories with four entering this weekends action ... The senior from Morgan Hill, Calif. picked up a pair of wins in the season opening series against James Madison as well as two in the LeClair Classic (Western Kentucky and Ohio State) ... In 10 outings, he sports a 1.23 ERA allowing six runs (four earned) on 22 hits in 29.1 innings ... Williams has a 12-to-1 strikeout to walk ratio and is holding opposing batters to a .208 composite average.
Senior Drew Reynolds became ECU's all-time saver leader of the weekend picking up a pair of saves at the 11th Annual Keith LeClair Classic ... Entering the 2014 season, Reynolds had 24 saves ranking second behind former Pirate closer Seth Simmons (2008-11), who has 26 ... On the season he has successfully converted on all three save opportunities pushing his career total to 27 ... In five relief appearances, he sports a 1-0 record with a 1.80 ERA allowing two runs (earned) on five hits with seven strikeouts.
Senior Zach Houchins currently leads the team with a .348 batting average and is riding a six-game hitting streak ... Against UNC Greensboro he collected his fifth career game-winning RBI with a double in the 10th inning that scored Kirk Morgan ... Houchins is the team leader in stolen bases (four), doubles (five) and runs (11).
Junior Ian Townsend, who has missed the last two games with flu-like symptoms, leads the club with 10 RBI posting three in his Pirate debut on a three-run homer against James Madison in the season opener ... He followed that contest with another RBI in the his second game and also drove in three runs in ECU's 8-3 win over instate foe Campbell ... In the LeClair Classic, Townsend recorded a pair of game-winning RBI against Pittsburgh (sac fly) and Ohio State (RBI double).
Sophomore Travis Watkins, who has been plagued with a nagging injury, was named to the official Johnny Bench Award Watch List earlier this week ... The Concord, N.C. native, who is on the initial list for the second-straight season, is batting .360 with five RBI in nine games (catcher, designated hitter).
ECU Head Coach Billy Godwin is in his 15th career as a college head coach, where he owns a career record of 554-283-1 ... At ECU he is 292-198-1 in nine seasons ... His 292 wins trails only ECU Hall of Famer Dr. Gary Overton, who amassed 427 wins in 13 years (1985-1997) as the Pirates' skipper.


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About the Author
Tyler R. Tichelaar, 7th generation Marquette resident, spent thousands of hours researching and writing The Marquette Trilogy: Iron Pioneers, The Queen City, and Superior Heritage. Tyler has a Ph.D. in Literature from Western Michigan University, and Bachelor and Master's Degrees from Northern Michigan University. He has lectured on writing and literature at Clemson University, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of London. Tyler is the regular guest host of Authors Access Internet Radio and the President of the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association. He is the owner of Marquette Fiction and Superior Book Productions, a professional book review, editing, and proofreading service. Tyler lives in Marquette, Michigan where the roar of Lake Superior, mountains of snow, and sandstone architecture inspire his writing.
Tyler's Writing Career
1982 - Publishes poem in The Mining Journal at age 11.
1985 - Short story "The Ghost of Stonegate Woods" on Public Radio.
1986 - "The Ghost of Stonegate Woods" video Upper Michigan Today.
1987 - Begins first novel The Only Thing That Lasts.
1987 - "The Blizzard of Oz" published in Oziana 1987.
1988 - Receives Honorable Mention in the Michigan Youth Arts Festival.
1994 - Receives Ronald Kapp award for article in Michigan Academician.
1995 - M.A. Thesis King Arthur's Children in Fiction and Tradition.
1999 - Publishes article in Arthuriana.
1999 - Begins writing The Marquette Trilogy.
2000 - Doctoral Dissertation The Gothic Wanderer: From Transgression to Redemption.
2000 - Presents paper at Edward Bulwer-Lytton Conference--Univ. of London.
2005 - Establishes MARQUETTE FICTION.
2006 - Iron Pioneers, The Marquette Trilogy: Book One is published (February).
2006 - The Queen City, The Marquette Trilogy: Book Two is published (August).
2007 - Interviewed on Authors Access Internet Radio (March).
2007 - Becomes regular Guest co-Host on Authors Access Internet Radio (June).
2007 - Superior Heritage, The Marquette Trilogy: Book Three is published (April).
2007 - Establishes SUPERIOR BOOK PROMOTIONS/MQT Reviews, a division.
of Marquette Fiction, a full editing, proofreading, and book review service.
2007 - Elected Vice-President of the Upper Peninsula Publishers & Authors
2008 - Speaks at Bestseller Publishing Institute, Maui, Hawaii.
2008 - Publishes Narrow Lives, his fourth novel, is published(April).
2008 - Becomes President of the Upper Peninsula Publishers & Authors Association (June).
2008 - Co-editor with Irene Watson and Victor R. Volkman of Authors Access: 30 Success
Secrets for Authors and Publishers (November).
2009 - Narrow Lives wins First Place for Historical Fiction in the Reader Views Readers
Choice Literary Awards (March).
2009 - The Only Thing That Lasts, his fifth novel, is published (March).
2010 - My Marquette is published (September).
2010 - Tyler's short story "Flannel Shirt" is published in the journal Recovering the Self and nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
2011 - King Arthur's Children: A Study in Fiction and Tradition is published (January) and
the website www.ChildrenofArthur.com is launched.
2011 - May 2011 - Tyler receives the Barb H. Kelly Historic Preservation Award from the
Marquette Beautification and Restoration Committee for Preserving History
through Writing, and Tyler receives the Outstanding Writer award from the
Marquette County Arts Awards.
2012 - publishes Spirit of the North: a paranormal romance(April).
2012 - publishes The Gothic Wanderer through Modern History Press (September) and the website www.GothicWanderer.com is launched.
2012 – publishes Creating a Local Historical Book: Fiction and Non-Fiction Genres through Modern History Press (November).
2013 – publishes The Best Place, his seventh novel (June).
2014 - Superior Book Promotions merges with Storytellers' Friend to become Superior Book
2014 - Tyler is accepted by the Library of Michigan for its database of Michigan Authors & Illustrators.
2014 - Arthur's Legacy: The Children of Arthur, Book One is published.
2014 - Willpower, Tyler's original play about Will Adams, Marquette's Ossified Man,
premieres at Kaufman Auditorium in Marquette on September 18 and 19.
2015 – Melusine's Gift: The Children of Arthur, Book Two is published.
2015 - Ogier's Prayer: The Children of Arthur, Book Three is published
2016 - Iron Pioneers, The Ten-Year Anniversary Edition is published
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In Queen Bitch, Precious has lost it all, her daughter, Aaliyah, the love of her life, Supreme, and the luxurious lifestyle she s grown accustomed to. The perpetrator of her demise is the very person she called family Maya. Precious learns the hard way, it s true what they say, blood is thicker than water, as Maya aligns herself with her brother, Pretty Boy Mike.
As Precious fights to escape the death sentence that awaits her, Maya is plotting to steal the life she believes is rightfully hers. But Precious has no plans of relinquishing her crown. She is willing to do anything, to make sure Maya pays for the deceit and devastation she has caused her family.
With the cards stacked against her, Precious has to gamble it all and use the only weapon she has left her street savvy brains to outwit the most dangerous enemies she s encountered yet. In this game where the winner takes all, who will come out on top the mentor or the protégé? Because there can only be one Queen Bitch.
Book Reviews:
AndreaDenise Says
I completed "Queen Bitch" and what an exciting read it was.
Deja's storytelling has cultivated with each installment. The frenzied life of Precious Cummings Mills is never tiresome.
In this installment, the bulk of it focuses on the conniving, Maya. With the assistance of her brother, Mike and Devon, an employee of Supreme, Maya wrecks havoc in order to step into Precious' shoes. However, Maya is no Precious.
Precious is fighting tooth and nail in order to return to what matters most, Supreme and Aaliyah. Don't fret as she's never down for the count for very long. Precious unquestionably has nine lives.
I must admit that I didn't expect Detective Moore to be so witty. When unsuspecting Supreme didn't have a clue, Detective Moore's suspicions of Maya were unwavering.
Here's an additional Deja King tale I'm certain you'll enjoy. Next year and I'll have "The Last Bitch Standing" in my hands. I look forward to reading it
Tazzyt2bossye "A Book Junkie fiending for a g… Says
Once again, Precious Cummings is fighting like hell to emerge as the Queen Bitch, but her luck seems to have run its course as she finds herself on the ragged end of the bitch stick! If she's blessed to escape the clutches of her adversaries, there's mos def gonna be trouble. Cause ole girl is praying for one more chance to tilt her crown gangsta style as she embarks on her quest to redeem her position as matriarch of her family. There's only room for one queen in her castle, and she's getting ready to evict the impostor who doesn't have the slightest inkling of the heat she's about to bring!!!
Deja delivers us Precious kidnapped, bound, and in disbelief that she got caught slipping. A prisoner of her rapist, Mike and Maya, a snake in disguise basking in their victory as they plan the demise of Precious. A frantic Supreme clings to their love with baby Aaliyah, and the hope for Precious' return, all the while Maya plants doubts while plotting her way into his bed and eventually his life permanently. Queen Bitch paints a very bleak picture for Precious, will she be granted another earth-shattering save or will there indeed be a younger, more malicious Queen?
Queen Bitch is a very well crafted continuation of The Bitch series that Deja has masterfully resurrected to again captivate as well as mesmerize her dedicated fan base with a fast paced, eventful and very unpredictable Precious Cummings storyline. Deja is definitely changing up her style and designing her own path mark in the literary world!! I thoroughly enjoyed another sample of this saga as she introduces yet another venue with an extraordinary spin in Queen Bitch!! Enquiring minds wanna know, that's why we have nothing but love for Deja and her exemplary legends in the making!!! It is what it is and Deja is mos def doing the damn thang! Kudo's lil mama, keep on keeping on!!! Like the Pied Piper, we're grooving to your fantabulous beat!!!!
Imagany1-3 "To Feed The Soul" Says
From the first book to the 4th I was blown away P Cummings is Raw Sexzy and the Bomb. The baddest bitch of them all. Deja K I love your work
Keep doing ya thang sista.
But on the real I'd like to snatch that little bitch Maya. But I can't hate she had a plan and she did'nt let anyone or anything stop her from getting what she wanted. But I gotta hand it to you I did'nt see that comming. This stands true when they say watch your back because you could be sleeping with the enemy. But thru it all Nico stayed true.
DAmn I would have throught that Surpreme would have been stronger then that he turned out to be a weak brotha. He should have believed in his love for his woman and not get turned out by that little bitch. Not unless he wanted to? Love 4 life means just that Love 4 life.
But enough of my ranting I loved your work. And can't wait until Ms.P gets that bitch back.


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To be honest, I was pretty confused inside the Teachers Feed Girls members area. It's simply enough to browse videos and photo galleries, but none of the episodes or sets were labeled as belonging to Teachers Feed Girls - instead names like Teens And Teachers showed up. I guess it doesn't really matter, as these have to be the scenes promised on the site's tour page. They all stick to the same scenario or slight derivatives of it - namely a hot girl being called into the teacher's office, then having to suck the teachers cock and most likely get bent over this desk to get pounded up the pussy and sometimes asshole, too. Messy cumshots are a necessary degradation each cutie must be put through. Sometimes its two horny teachers going at each other in the teacher's lounge, too.
At the time of my visit there were 20 episodes online. These could be streamed online right in the browser window in a Flash video player. The playback quality was very good. You can also download the movie as a series of clips (1 to 4) in Windows Media format. These movies offered great quality playback and a large resolution, but fall short of being HD. Still, they look very good. The only thing I'd ask for is a full-length download option.
The galleries, of which there are 20 as well, look sharp and are of a high quality. The images are high-resolution and large. I'd say there are slightly above the average you find on various websites. You can browse through the 100+ shots in each set online and download any that catch your eye, but there were no zip file downloads, which means there isn't any way to download all of the images at once, at least provided by the site.
No updates are made here, and haven't been since 2008. This is the case for a large number of sites on the network that Teachers Feed Girls belongs to, and that you have access to for free as a member. There are a handful of teen sites in the mix: Teens and Cream, Eating Boss Cream. Olders Sperm In Teens and Sperm on Teens and Moms. The rest fall into a variety of categories like Strapon Drunk, Big Tits and even Gay sites.
Teachers Feed Girls isn't that big and it doesn't update. The movies look pretty damn good, but are hampered by a lack of media options. Same goes for the galleries. With all the bonus material it's probably worth joining up for a month anyway, downloading the content you like, then canceling and moving on to the next site or network.
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November 13, 2014
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Connectivity continues making gains in and in the not too distant future every person, device and piece of equipment in trucking operation will be connected.
April 11, 2014
A number of trucking companies – and thousands of other types of businesses for that matter – run their businesses on what would be considered a "legacy" IT system. Those old workhorse servers might still be getting the job done, but they could be holding your business back.
February 7, 2014
ProMiles truck mileage system is now fully integrated with Carrier Logistics Inc.'s freight management system.
February 6, 2014
Whether you operate one truck or 1,000, monitoring and managing costs is one of your most important tasks. Fleets have used technology to help them control costs for some time, but the latest third- or fourth-generation systems are capable of generating tremendous amounts of information fleets can put to use.
December 31, 2013
Mobile computing is quickly becoming the platform of choice. Tablets and smartphones are far outselling laptop or desktop computers in the consumer market, and a growing number of trucking operations are deploying these devices.
October 15, 2013
Fleet managers can learn new things about their operations by analyzing everything from accidents to wait times.
August 19, 2013
Carrier Logistics Inc. has introduced Facts SalesDetails, a new tool to help trucking companies stimulate sales. Facts SalesDetails is a business intelligence enhancement to CLI's Facts total freight management system enabling trucking companies to analyze all their sales data to determine business opportunities and customer needs.
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Whether you call it a trucking management system, fleet management software, trucking enterprise software or a freight management system, in a nutshell, these systems manage vehicles (and the things on them), people and money.
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Looking to get away to an exotic location that's completely different with color, music and dance? Then head to the Denver Coliseum for the the Denver March Powwow, March 18-20. This is one of the largest Native American gatherings in the country. More than 1,600 dancers from 100 tribes, representing 38 states and three Canadian provinces come to Denver for three-days of singing, dancing, storytelling, food and art.
The modern Powwow is a social occasion for Indian peoples to come together to sing and dance and honor the heritage that has been passed down to them from their ancestors. Modern Powwow has different styles derived from traditional dances of the various tribes, but the individual dances are not specific to any one tribe - though they are often associated with a particular geographical area. The dances fall into three basic configurations" the Grand Entry, Intertribal Dances and Contests.
Shopping is another big activity. The Coliseum is lined with more than 170 booths selling a variety of Native American art works and products, including jewelry, blankets, pottery and beadwork – all from skilled Indian craftsman. Visitors can sample Native American foods such as fry bread and Indian tacos or buy an authentic Cheyenne arrow or a Sioux tomahawk.
But the most fun is the dancing. Intertribal dancing means: "Everybody dance!" During these dances, you may see all the different styles of Powwow dancers, while 60 drummers and chanters keep up an incredible beat. The essential nature of Indian dancing is that it is an individual activity, pursued in a group. Each dancer moves independently to the beat of the drum, creating an individual style. It is an amazing swirl of color and excitement, and great for photos. Many of the women have hundreds of bells sewn into their dresses, setting off a pleasant chime, while dozens of men fill the room with ancient chants. www.denvermarchpowwow.org


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The experience for any women that come through Bethany's doors is about to get significantly better.
LAREDO, TX (KGNS) - Laredo's Bethany House has been looking for better accommodations for women, and those changes are around the corner.
The Women's City Club gave them a grant they will use to add ten new beds for women. They are also making renovations to their Barbara A. Kazen Center to make it look more "female friendly."
"With the opening of the Barbara A. Kazen Center for Hope, it's going to allow us to have some space for female clients that we did not have before," said Bethany House Director of Operations Beatriz Saldana. "We haven't opened it yet just cause we're taking care of some safety issues first, but we're going on the route to get that open."
The Bethany House will also be investing in "welcome kits," filled with hygiene products meant for women. The experience for any women that come through Bethany's doors is about to get significantly better.
"We're gonna be able to provide them with intense care management, we'll have our transportation program, we have laundry facilities, we have restroom and shower facilities, they can use our mail center, they have the soup kitchen, of course, and also provide them clothing," said Saldana.
Any women can come to the Bethany House from 6:00 pm until 6:00 am.


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Kempinski Hotel Xian
- Location:
- Address: 1 Chanba Avenue, Chanba Ecological Development Zone, Xian, Shaanxi, China
- Tel: 83550000 (Book this hotel, call 800-2682918)
- Hotel Name in Chinese: Kempinski Hotel Xian
- Lowest Price: $116
Kempinski Hotel Xian, the newest five-star Business hotel in Xian with a Resort feeling" and designated hotel for the EURO-ASIA Economic Forum, is located in the Northeast of Xi'an within the new Chanba Ecological District.
This Xi'an Kempinski hotel boasts of state-of-the-art audiovisual equipment and technology in its 1,400 square-meter pillar-less ballroom, which also includes simultaneous interpretation and audiovisual systems. Ten other conference rooms of different sizes, including the circular conference room on the fifth floor, are available as well. Recreational facilities include KTV rooms, a sauna, and a gym.
Kempinski Hotel Xian is conveniently located between the historical city centre and the world renowned Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum. It is also near the new railway station and 40 minutes from Xianyang International Airport.
Opened in 2008
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Hotel Amenities: Elevator, Parking, Business Floor or Executive Floor, Air-Conditioned Facilities, Indoor Swimming Pool, Beauty Salon, Sauna, Business Center, Gift Shop, Gymnasium , Suitable for wheelchairs, Meeting Room, Ballroom, Deposit Box at Front Desk, Airline Desk, Fire Detector, KTV, Chess & Playing Cards Room
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The Solid Waste Association of North America is asking the EPA to pass a rule that mandates recycling of pesticide containers. According to executive director John Skinner, the containers should be kept out of the stream at municipal recycling centers to avoid contaminating conventional recyclables and reducing the market value of recovered materials.
After decades of dreaming about restoring old salt ponds, farm fields, and abandoned properties around the San Francisco Bay to native wetlands, a report prices the effort at $1.43 billion.
The money would be used to restore more than 36,000 acres of land around the bay, doubling the wetlands' current size. Wetlands, in addition to aesthetic appeal, benefit a region by providing natural pollution and flood control.
"If you spread it out over 50 years and everybody paid a share, it would be less than $4/year per person," says David Lewis, executive director of Save the Bay. "It's a big number, but we think it's achievable."
The group's research suggests that residents in the nine counties that surround the bay would be happy to foot the bill for the project. A poll indicated that 83% of respondents would be willing to pay up to $10/year more in taxes or fees to make the dream a reality.
In order to collect the money, a special district—much like the existing East Bay Regional Park District that currently serves the area—would need to be created, bringing in representatives from key state, regional, or local governmental bodies. That plan has support from residents as well as businesses, which see the measure as benefiting the area's pocketbook, in addition to the environment and water system.
"A clean environment is one of the most important features you can have in an innovation economy," says John Grubb, spokesperson for the Bay Area Council, a group of area executives. "The opportunities that nature provides is one of the draws here—and the reason costs are so high. But you get what you pay for."
When residents are doing something they shouldn't—namely, illicit substances like crystal methamphetamine and cocaine—your influent shows it.
A team of researchers from Oregon State University and the University of Washington has developed an automated monitoring method that tests samples of municipal wastewater to detect traces of illegal drugs in the system. The data can be used to monitor patterns of drug use among residents.
"It's like a very diluted urine sample collected from an entire community," says Jennifer Field, a chemist from OSU.
Drugs, both legal and otherwise, have been tracked in wastewater effluent for several years. However, this method tests the sewage as it enters a treatment plant, and detection is possible from very small samples taken over a 24-hour period.
Methamphetamine-related deaths in Oregon and Washington have gone up 300% in recent years, so it's a problem those states are eager to solve. Finding geographic patterns of drug consumption locates areas where city officials and law enforcement can focus on helping residents just say no.
Jennifer Righman McConnell, PhD, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Delaware, has received the 2007 Robert J. Dexter Memorial Lecture for her research on steel bridge designs.
The award, designed to encourage engineers just starting out in structural engineering, was given by the American Iron and Steel Institute's Steel Bridge Task Force.
"Though early in her career, she has already made a mark on steel bridge design through her research," says Alex Wilson, chair of the task force.
McConnell's research focuses on the inelastic behavior of steel bridges, as well as the blast resistance of bridges and other civil infrastructure systems. In August, she spoke before the task force on "Rotational Compatibility Approach to Moment Redistribution for Design and Rating of Steel I-Girder Bridges." In the aftermath of the Minnesota bridge collapse, such research could become increasingly important as national attention on bridges and other infrastructure increases.
In its efforts to find more durable, affordable construction methods, TxDOT has constructed a drainage-ditch bridge out of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite beams.
The structure, which replaces a single-span girder bridge, is 50 feet long and 32 feet wide and sits 35 miles from Corpus Christi. The second FRP bridge in the state, it consists of a concrete deck and customized FRP flanged U-shaped beams. The composition of the beams makes them durable and corrosion-resistant.
After the beams were fabricated by Independence, Mo.-based MFG Construction Products Co., they were placed on-site, and the deck was placed on top, tied to the beams with horizontal pipe. Since the bridge was completed in April 2007, TxDOT's load-testing research has found the beams to be stronger than anticipated. The structure's long-term performance will be observed in coming months.
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Saturday, January 22, 2011
LITH Sets Pre-Valentine Daddy Daughter Date Night
The evening will begin with a meal at 5:30 pm, then an evening of pictures, crafts, and a manicure followed by dancing. (Boogie oogie oogie, till you just can't boogie no more, even if the kids can.) The event ends at 8 but the girls get a special treat bag. Dad gets to drive.
The special night is for girls ages 4 through 11 and Dads of all ages. Cost is $35 for residents and $42 for non-residents. The fee for additional daughters is $20 for residents and $24 for non-residents. The registration deadline is Feb. 4, and there are no refunds after the deadline. The place to register is here:
Parks and Rec warns space is limited to 45 couples and will fill quickly.
In the pic: An earlier Daddy Daughter Date Night.
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Project Wonderland - Explore 3D Virtual Worlds (data sheet)
By user9141613 on Aug 28, 2009
Here is a new Project Wonderland student ready data sheet - Explore 3D Virtual Worlds. Information about wonderland for education and business collaboration is included - check it out!
Also, if you missed the blog entry on the Wonderland Blog about Marbleous code, check out this video. I'm not a physics expert (or novice, to be honest) but this is an incredible way to learn physics!


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More Libel Laws,
by Ronald Collins
It is well-worn but still bears repeating: debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust, and wide-open. Justice William Brennans maxim represents a free speech baseline. It is both an ideal to which to aspire and a criterion by which to judge. Unfortunately, the libel laws of 13 states mock the ideal and violate the rule of New York Times v. Sullivan (1964), the case in which Justice Brennan issued his famous declaration of freedom.
The laws to which I refer are state food-disparagement statutes. Under those laws, it is enough to disparage a general product e.g., apples. There need be no reference to a particular brand of apples or producer of apples. Once such a product is disparaged, virtually anyone who trades in that product may go to court and sue. And a disparaging statement is false unless it comports with scientific evidence. Thus, public speech may give rise to private litigation unless every detail can be squared with science . . . as we know it. (Imagine what that standard would have done to reporting on tobacco.) Now once the plaintiffs line up and allege a breach of scientific truth, they may then sue for general damages, court costs, and even punitive damages. In some jurisdictions plaintiffs (but not defendants) may also collect attorneys fees if successful. Finally, and reminiscent of 18-century British law, in Colorado mouthing a disparaging statement about an agricultural product is a criminal matter.
The potential to punish protected speech is real and substantial. Example #1: Emu ranchers in Texas charged that their fowl was an agricultural product that was disparaged by a tongue-in-cheek Honda TV commercial Emus, Joe. Its the pork of the future. The emu ranchers $75,000 lawsuit was ultimately dropped, but it took several months to dispose of the case. Example #2: Consider the case of an Ohio public interest group and its director who endured a years worth of anxiety in a food-disparagement lawsuit this, for making true statements about back-dated eggs. Example # 3: Recall the Oprah lawsuit, the one in which Texas cattlemen took exception to their meat being criticized? Contrary to popular belief, the case is not over. Thus far, it has taken thirty-plus months of litigation, seventy-five volumes of court records, 5,666 pages of testimony, and millions of dollars in attorneys fees, largely to defend against the claim that live cattle are covered by the Texas statute. Never mind that the statute itself is clearly unconstitutional, an issue that has yet to be reached. (The case is pending in the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit). In these cases and others, the cost of winning has been high, too high to encourage robust expression.
While no food-disparagement lawsuit has ever won in any trial or appellate court in the nation, the impact of this body of law is notable. Consider the following: (1) the food-disparagement laws of the 13 states have a national impact and interfere with protected interstate expression. (Oprah, who is based in Illinois, was sued in Texas); (2) these laws could well prevent publishers from publishing, authors from writing, and reporters from reporting on matters of great public concern, such as the safety of agricultural chemicals, a topic discussed in Rachel Carsons Silent Spring (1962); and (3) such laws discourage scientists, public interest groups, and others from first investigating and then disseminating information concerning everything from pesticides in produce to polluted fish.
A concerted effort is under way to enact these laws in other states. (Most recently, one of these bills was defeated in Arkansas, thanks in no small measure to C. Dennis Schick of the Arkansas Press Assoc.) In the states where they exist, it is difficult to challenge such statutes absent a food-disparagement lawsuit. Thus, there is a pressing need to repeal the laws or at least to amend them to comport with the First Amendment. (Idahos law, for example, has several important free speech safeguards.)
Food-disparagement laws represent a dangerous anti-free speech precedent. If this can be done with food, it could extend to other products, too, ranging from cosmetics to computer software. In such a world, the coin of the First Amendment would be is worth little.
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Date — 18 May, 2012
Schaffhausen, May 2012 – IWC Schaffhausen made sure that the German National Football Team had a great time at their training camp in Sardinia, Italy – only weeks before they play in the European Championships 2012 in Poland and Ukraine.
A watchmaking course enthused the footballers in Geneva before the world championships of 2006 – setting a precedent for such encouraging activities. In 2008 the team had the chance to experience flying on a sightseeing flight in Majorca, on board a 60 year old Ju 52 plane. This year, the National players faced the challenge of assembling and racing folding kayaks by Klepper, in teams of three, in Sardinia. These activities are offered by IWC within the PR partnership between IWC Schaffhausen and the German Football Association (DFB). The IWC Big Pilot's Watch Edition DFB is at the heart of this pleasant collaboration.
It was a great afternoon at the beach near Porto Cervo in Sardinia when the German national team gathered together for the IWC Team Challenge. The wives and children of the players, along with the coaches of the DFB team, looked on. In the challenge this year, players first assembled the folding kayaks. Next, they had an exciting race off the Sardinian coast. Oliver Bierhoff, the German National Team Manager, said after the experience: "It has been a physically active afternoon which was a lot of fun and will remain in the best memories of everybody."
Under the guidance of the specialists of Klepper, the leading manufacturer of folding kayaks from Rosenheim, Germany with more than hundred years of tradition, the national players started highly-motivated and highly-concentrated. According to the motto "assemble and depart", a kayak was built in just under 20 minutes suitable for almost any waters. It is stable, unsinkable and non-tilting – and easy to paddle. The environmentally-friendly folding kayak by Klepper is primarily composed of natural materials such as wood, cotton and rubber.
The national players proved with the boat that they are not only familiar with the handling of a football in any situation, but they can also glide over the water when the waves are right. "Our team also proves at other sports activities that they are able to meet interesting challenges in an impressive manner" commented Joachim Loew, Team Coach of the National Team, with a laugh.
Henrik Ekdahl, Managing Director of IWC Northern Europe, wished the German national team within the scope of the event a good preparation time and great success at the European Championships: "Since 2006, it has become a tradition that IWC makes it possible for the German National Football Team to participate in activities within the scope of the World Championships and European Championships training camps which exceed a pure athletic preparation, and provide the players with special experiences and new insights."
—The countdown to the start of EURO 2012, the UEFA European Football Championship, in Poland and Ukraine has already begun. As part of its agreement with the German Football Association (DFB), Swiss watch manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen is launching a special edition – for the third time.
Schaffhausen, 16 June 2016 – To mark the start of the Rallye Passione Caracciola, IWC Schaffhausen is proud to present two special editions from the Ingenieur watch family. Read Article
IWC Schaffhausen honours the tradition, craftsmanship and dynamic innovation of Swiss boatbuilder Boesch with a second special edition. Read Article
IWC Schaffhausen partnered with the Beijing International Film Festival (BJIFF) for the fourth time this year to celebrate the outstanding achievements of the Chinese film industry. Read Article
IWC Schaffhausen presents the Portofino Automatic Moon Phase 37 Edition "Laureus Sport for Good Foundation" to celebrate the Laureus World Sports Awards ceremony in Berlin. Read Article