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I haven't been around much in Internet land. Last weekend, I took the kids to Monterey (which was quite the haul in a three-day span). Then they had to do Nevada Day reports (Sarah Winnemucca and the Hoover Dam, if you're just crazy curious). And, of course, there was Halloween. And yes, all of that stuff made me exhausted and frantic and at one point paralyzed by the inability to get anything crossed off of a laughably-long to-do list. But truth be told, the reason for the radio silence? I sort of flipped out and decided to give up on blogging.
I should know from years of experience that these dark moments will pass, but when I'm in them, they really don't feel like they've just stopped by and set up a tent for a few days. They seem more like they're building a four bedroom house with a finished basement. This particular "construction project" was ushered in by our trip, which pretty much depleted most of my energy reserves. I'm not in the best shape to begin with — if you read this blog, you already know all of this drama. If you don't, in a nutshell I have fibromyalgia and atypical facial pain — welcome to the diagnosis wastebasket. Anyway, I'm not an idiot. After a three-day driving trip, I knew I was screwed.
Then came the day before Halloween. The kids needed to finish their Nevada Day reports and we needed to get everything ready for the next day. We have a bunch of friends and family over for dinner every year because Halloween is big on our street. Our neighbor starts decorating at the end of August (he has a graveyard on his lawn and a haunted house in his garage). So my kids now feel the need to be the second biggest game in town.
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Everything was going well until I ran into my arch nemesis: the printer. Printers hate me. Seriously hate me. I can't begin to catalog the number of times throughout my life when a printer has screwed me over and made me look and/or feel like Joan Cusack running through the halls in that scene from Broadcast News.
To be fair, our printer is about a hundred years old. And we've known that it needs to be replaced for about fifty. But I swear, every frickin' time I go to print one of the kids' projects that's due the next day, the damn thing is out of ink. Every. Single. Time.
But I keep my cool. We decide to go out and get ink, stuff for the Halloween party, and lunch (three birds, one stone — very tricky). And so off we go to Costco (two kids, on a Sunday — not very tricky).
I survive this. Not only survive but shine. All's well. We're on schedule. We're crossing things off the list. We're smiling. And then I go to print again. . .
This is when things start to go badly. It quickly becomes apparent that the printer will soon become spare parts for my son's robot experiment. But in the meantime, I start freaking out. Like, really freaking out. Because I do NOT want to research, go out, and buy a printer TODAY. And come home and hook it up TODAY. And make it talk to my computer, which always takes about ten times longer than anyone thinks it will, TODAY.
The poor kids. Now I can see exactly where they get all of their mannerisms from whenever they throw fits (their father — it's all from their father).
So already-long story short, I ended up going out and buying a new printer. This after I laid down on the bathroom floor for a while to collect my thoughts. Which is where, incidentally, my son also found me and was nice enough to lie down next to me in solidarity (or maybe just to make sure I wasn't going to off myself).
Anyway, that's what started the steady descent downward. The final nail in the coffin had something to do with a Native American Halloween costume and the inability to find a properly-sized Tupperware container to hold Greek yogurt. But that's not important right now. . .
What is important is that I pretty much lost the will to go on. It was a "nobody likes me, everybody hates me, think I'm gonna eat some worms" moment. A moment that just happened to last about three days or so.
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But I'm better now. Not "Woo Hoo!" better, but better. Today I threw the printer in my trunk like a dead body and took it to school for "disassembly" (my son did this voice the whole time: "Please! Please! I'll be better! Don't put me in the trunk! I promise I'll work this time! Boo hoo hoo!"). And then I wrote this positively adorable, totally engaging post (it sounds a lot wittier if you read the whole thing in an English accent). And I'll find something to post tomorrow at World's Worst Moms (yet another neglected child).
The thing is, getting your mojo back isn't easy. It's not just a matter of putting on your stilettos, strutting into a bar, grabbing it off a table, flipping your hair, and walking out. Sometimes you have to sit quietly and wait for it to come back to you.
So I'll give my mojo and myself a little more time. If for no other reason because I really don't want to bust out the heels. They really hurt my feet.


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Bangladesh Chosen by India's Hero for First Overseas Plant
Hero MotoCorp, India's largest motorcycle maker by sales, said on Monday it would build a manufacturing facility in Bangladesh, the first overseas plant for the company which ended a more than two-decades-old alliance with Honda in 2011.
The foray into Bangladesh is part of Hero's plans to grow its presence globally, especially in South America and Africa where there is demand for inexpensive motorcycles.
The erstwhile joint venture with Honda called Hero Honda Motors Ltd. was restricted from expanding its export base due to the global presence of the Japanese auto maker.
Since the exit of Honda, Hero MotoCorp, which is now controlled by New Delhi-based Hero Group, has purchased a 49% stake in Erik Buell Racing, a U.S. maker of high-end street motorcycles run by a former Harley Davidson engineer. Hero also has entered into technology partnerships with Austria-based AVL and Italian two-wheeler design firm Engines Engineering, as well as a joint venture with Italy's Magneti Marelli to develop and sell electronic fuel injection systems.
It now exports to 18 countries and runs small assembly plants through its distributors in some countries such as Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. But it doesn't have a manufacturing plant outside India so far.
The company said it would hold a majority 55% stake in the joint venture company being set up in Bangladesh. The remaining stake would be held by Nitol Niloy Group of Bangladesh.
The joint venture plans a capital expenditure of $23.2 million in the current fiscal year that began April 1, and a total of $40 million over the next five years.
The factory is expected to be operational by the July to September quarter of 2015 with an annual capacity of 150,000 units.
Hero MotoCorp. didn't disclose the models that would be manufactured in Bangladesh.
Also on Monday, the company announced the start of its sales operations in Bangladesh by introducing 11 motorcycle and scooter models in the south Asian country.
Hero MotoCorp currently has three factories in India–two in the northern state of Haryana, and one in Uttarakhand state. It plans to open two more plants in India–one in the northwestern state of Rajasthan and the other in the western state of Gujarat.
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MARIETTA - In the midst of attack ads, personal jabs and heated debates, one local political race is an example of just the opposite.
The two men vying for the position of Washington County Common Pleas Court judge, Mark Kerenyi and Randall Burnworth, have been friends for a long time, and they intend to keep it that way.
The two men got together Monday to discuss their friendship and how it has shaped their campaigns. Unlike many political opponents, there is no tension in the room when Burnworth and Kerenyi get together. The two do share plenty of jokes, stories and just a little good-natured ribbing.
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Mark Kerenyi, left, and Randall Burnworth joke over Burnworth's shrunken college letter sweater, which hangs on his office wall, Monday.
"Did you shrink it?" joked Kerenyi about Burnworth's college letter sweater which is displayed in his office.
"My wife did! When that was handed to me brand new, it fit me perfectly," answered Burnworth, adding that at least its shrunken size saved his children money when purchasing the shadow box to display it.
The two men have enjoyed a lengthy friendship.
"I've known him since he moved here," said Burnworth of the friendship.
That was 16 years ago, added Kerenyi.
Both men currently work at the Washington County Courthouse, Burnworth as Magistrate of Washington County Court of Common Pleas Domestic Relations and Kerenyi as Magistrate of Washington County Court of Common Pleas Probate and Juvenile Division.
But Burnworth and Kerenyi have many shared interests outside of their professions. Both avid hunters, Burnworth and Kerenyi swapped numerous hunting stories during Monday's get-together. The two have even been hunting together.
"We did a hunting cabin trip," said Kerenyi, who added that he never did get a turkey on that trip.
The two were also members of the Boy Scouts. When Burnworth mentioned working at Boy Scout Summer camp, Kerenyi found more common ground.
"That's something else we have in common too, then," he said.
Even if the two men were not good friends, they predicted it would have still been a friendly campaign.
"I think it is the nature of judicial races. We do not have all the big divisive issues of other people," said Kerenyi.
Both candidates emphasized early on that they were going to run positive campaigns, each touting their own qualifications and experience, said Burnworth.
"I think Mark is right in regard to the judicial races requiring a little bit more decorum as opposed to some of the others," added Burnworth.
Though only one man can win the judicial seat, both men know they will have no problems remaining buddies.
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WASHINGTON — Sen. Rob Portman abruptly cancelled a trip to New Hampshire tomorrow and instead will attend a classified briefing on Syria. Portman, R-Ohio, who has been mentioned as a potential Republican presidential contender for 2016, was scheduled to engage in fund-raising help for New Hampshire Republicans.
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EURO 2012 in Donetsk. No chaos on the roads and pubs in the city center
Local authorities in Donetsk will provide maximum comfortable movement of residents and visitors during the matches of Euro 2012. Donetsk Mayor Oleksandr Lukyanchenko said this during a press conference today, on May 29, BelTA donbass.ua.
He said the municipality was able to convince the representatives of the local organizing committee of UEFA to abandon the shutting of transport perimeter around the stadium 4 hours before the match and reduce the time to two hours. As a result of negotiations, Donetsk residents were also able to prove the futility of plans to place the fan zone in the center on Lenin Square in Donetsk.
"We withstood a serious intellectual battle with the local organizing committee of UEFA and persuaded it not to place the fan zone in the city center. UEFA would like to arrange it on Lenin Square near the fountain and the park Pervomaysky. They believed that the fan zone should be only in the center center. We knew that there are two transport routes used by the general population of the city: trolley tram number 2 and number 1. It took a lot of time to convince them. We were able to demonstrate with concrete examples and took a hard line: that it should be replaced into the recreation area in order not to infringe upon the interests of city residents, ao that the city center was not turned into a pub. This way, the transportation is in no way will be paralyzed, and the city will work and live normally", - said Lukyanchenko.
He recalled that because of fan zones location in the center of the other cities hosting Euro 2012, the problems with transport movement have arisen. "Our fan-zone does not require restrictions, streets shutting. We will not cause inconvenience to the citizens of Donetsk, we will create convenience for the fans, without compromising city residents. Everyone should celebrate soccer festival and not feel uncomfortable", - said the mayor.
At the same time Lukyanchenko noted that the options developed for parking and streets shutting can not be considered conclusive, because the discussion with the traffic police authorities and representatives of the local organizing committee of Euro 2012 on the organization of traffic on match days, "what and when will be shut" has not yet finished.
We know unequivocally that transport of fans will be placed on a specially constructed four parking lots. Three of them are in the bottom of the Avenue of Peace, and one - for buses along the road of 75th anniversary of FC "Shakhtar".
"I have asked the traffic police authorities to maximize the use of these parking lots and not to cause inconvenience to the city residents and visitors on the highways", - emphasized Lukyanchenko.
According to the Office for the preparation and holding of finals of European Championship 2012 Cup of Donetsk Regional State Administration, the transport perimeter will include:
- Prospekt Mira (the area from the Avenue of 75th anniversary of FC "Shakhtar" to the Artem Street)
- Chelyuskintsev Street (the area from Prospekt Mira to Baidukov Street)
- Titov Avenue (the area from the Artem Street to the Chelyuskintsev Street).
On these streets, transportation security perimeter will operate 10 hours before the match and 2 hours after the match. The work will be carried out with gradual strengthening of security measures, followed by shutting of the roads.
The department promised that city residents will be able to get freely the places of residence, if they are inside the security perimeter of the stadium "Donbass Arena". To do this, the entrance from a neighboring street to each house will be open.
Foot traffic in the area of transport security perimeter of the stadium "Donbass Arena" will be carried out without any restrictions.
"The traffic police will face a major challenge for the organization of free movement of the Championship participants and guests. Creation of an enabling environment for citizens and for the avoidance of traffic jams on main thoroughfares of the city. This is the main problem for our service", - told the Head of Traffic Police Vadim Sinchugov.
He stressed that to avoid chaos on the roads only with the help of traffic police will not be possible. He asked the residents of the city not to use personal vehicles without need on the days of the matches, and strictly observe traffic rules and requirements of traffic policemen.
Which streets will be closed?
"According to UEFA requirements, transport perimeter - is a 1,5 kilometer area around the stadium - will operate in the city. It is convenient to easily bypass it. I would like to draw the attention of residents to ensure that they consciously reacted to the problem and their pre-selected routes, given the traffic situation and, if possible, used public transportation", - stressed the Head of traffic Police.
According to him, on match days Department of Transportation posts and League coordinators will appear in the UEFA perimeter in the morning, and the movement will be completely closed 2 hours before the match.
"Department of Transportation will ensure that transport was not on the roadways to provide a normal movement. The forces of other cities will be involved in the organization of movement, besides the staff of Department of Transportation. In total more than 2500 people will be involved. But we hope for awareness of drivers and car owners, we want them to understand: we will not "build a solid fence" of police officers in Donetsk. Our patrols will be on the central highways in order to facilitate and assist in the movement of public transport, so that pedestrian traffic was also organized in the most safe way", - said Sinchugov.
In addition, he reported that traffic police would stop vehicles going to Donetsk, and recommend its owners to leave the car at the parking garage that will work around the clock from the north and south entrances to the city.
According to the Office for the preparation and holding of finals of European Championship 2012 Cup of Donetsk Regional State Administration, the routes to the parking lot will be accompanied by special signs "P + R 14" for the north parking lot, and "P + R 15" for the southern parking lot.
Intercept parking (Park and Ride) - is the European practice of creating area for parking of guests coming from outside the city, which are located at the entrance to the city and connected to the center or other facilities by public transport.
In safe, lighted parking areas, which will be guarded round the clock, fans and visitors will be able to leave the vehicle, have a snack, take sanitary and household services and then go to the city by a comfortable bus.
From the northern entrance to the city, intercept parking will be located in the agricultural market "Gospodar" from which the bus to the train station "Donetsk" departs every 15 minutes (from the side of Artemovskaya Street), where fans will have an opportunity to transfer to a public urban transport (near the railway station) and go to the stadium, the city center or the fan zone.
From the southern entrance to town, intercept parking will be on the southern border of the city, between the highways Donetsk-Mariupol (H-20), and Donetsk-Zaporozhye (H-15), the total area of the "Camping - park 2012", which the bus to the official fan zone, which is located in the city center, will follow every 15 minutes.
Also, the farm "Shyroky" can be used for parking and parking area of "Metro" hypermarket.
"A ticket to a football match will not be a pass for a free passage into the city and into the transport perimeter," - said Sinchugov.
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Spaying or neutering your dog is a very controversial subject. Humane societies and shelters often emphasize the negative consequences of overpopulation. Every year, thousands of dogs are euthanized because a family either didn't want them or was unable to care for them. These dogs may have come from very loving homes. They may have been purebred. But the bottom line is that there was no one to care for them. There are many other reasons to spay or neuter your dog that focus on more positive aspects. For instance, a female in heat tends to bleed all over your house. When she bleeds in your yard, male dogs will even dig under fences to get to her. By spaying her, you can prevent the messes that will otherwise result. Male dogs tend to urinate on household items and can display aggressive behavior when they are not neutered. Research has also shown that many reproductive cancers and other diseases are less common in dogs that were spayed or neutered at a young age. If the expense of getting your dog fixed is a concern, there are many organizations that work with veterinary offices to offer reduced pricing on these surgical procedures. Additionally, the cost of caring for even one litter of puppies can be quite a bit more than the cost of spaying your dog. Some people prefer to have their females have one litter of puppies before having her spayed. Those who breed their dogs will probably want each female to produce multiple litters before having her spayed. Once you are no longer willing to go through the hassle that comes with having a female in heat and caring for litters of puppies, you should have your dog spayed. If your male is not neutered, he will also have a tendency to travel for miles when there is a female in heat. Once he is fixed, he is less likely to roam quite as far. It is important to make the best decision for you and your dog when it comes to spaying or neutering.
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LOS ANGELES — British tourist Michael Baugh and his wife said water had only dribbled out of the taps at the downtown Cecil Hotel for days.
On Tuesday, after showering, brushing their teeth and drinking some of the tap water, they headed down to the lobby and found out why.
The body of a Canadian woman had been discovered at the bottom of one of four cisterns on the roof of the historic hotel near Skid Row. The tanks provide water for hotel taps and would have been used by guests for washing and drinking.
"The moment we found out, we felt a bit sick to the stomach, quite literally, especially having drank the water, we're not well mentally," Michael Baugh, 27, said.
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health officials issued a do-not-drink order Tuesday while its lab analyzes the water, said Terrance Powell, a director coordinating the department's response. The disclosure contradicts a previous police statement that the water had been deemed safe. Results of the testing were expected by Thursday.
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The 2009 Sulawesi superbolide was an atmospheric fireball blast over Indonesia on October 8, 2009, at approximately 03:00 UTC, near the coastal city of Bone in South Sulawesi, island of Sulawesi. The meteoritic impactor broke up at an estimated height of 15–20 km. The impact energy is estimated in the 10 to 50 kiloton TNT equivalent range with the higher end of this range being more likely. Likely size of impactor was 5–10 m diameter.[1][2][3][4]
- ^ "Asteroid Impactor Reported over Indonesia". NASA. 23 October 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-11-02.
- ^ "Asteroid explosion over Indonesia raises fears about Earth's defences". The Telegraph. 27 October 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-10-29.
- ^ "Asteroid explosion was a whopper for Earth". NBC News. 29 October 2009. Archived from the original on 2013-08-25.
- ^ "Huge Explosion Was Biggest Space Rock to Strike Earth Since 1994". Space.com. 29 October 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-01-30.
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DeMarcus Cousins has been reinstated effective immediately, the Sacramento Kings announced Monday.
The center was suspended indefinitely after being benched for the second half of the team's loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday.
However, Cousins practiced with the Kings on Monday. No further specifics were released by the team.
Cousins is in his third NBA season. He averages a team-high 16.6 points and 9.5 rebounds a game.
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Engelbert Jeweler's New The New York-66 collectionPosted by Angelina Jolin on August 25th, 2016
Lovely necklace from the Engelbert New York-66 collection!
Lovely necklace from the Engelbert New York-66 collection!
Lovely gathering together with Jimmy Neda from Haymarket Scandic Hotel, at The Pandora store in Stockholm I got my new favorite bracelet, my new suit is from Marville I know I will live in it!
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In this picture from my childhood I was wearing prescription sunglasses, now I just got this pair from Swedish designer Eyewear company Nividas reading and sunglasses with or without prescription for a great price
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On my to-see-list Forbidden Love about the romance between Axel Munthe and Queen Victoria
Impressive dinner at Adam och Albin very international with a scandinavian backbone
Karlofsweden entertained us
Bachelorette party with 75 brides at Foresta Scandic Hotel, with a male stripper and all, So much fun after we were matched up with a new groom, lots of Aperol Spritz drinks and L8Hasselblad made 150 weddingbands and Elvis Presley married everyone off!
Lotta Hasselblad made all weddingrings check out her website
Lunching with author Christina Hellström at Riche in Stockholm, this book is very helpful to all leaders in all shapes and forms buy it at
Lovely meeting with designer MaxJenny yesterday at new Stockholm hotel Haymarket
Incredible prints and accutane online colours, I am excited to wear the MaxJenny collection!
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This year, the Kicking + Screening Soccer Film Festival in New York will explore this idea over four days from Tuesday, September 13, through Friday, September 16, at midtown Manhattan's Scandinavia House.
Opening night starts with a fun rockumentary film from Sweden
For tickets use discount code: KS2016
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Mario Testino shot 27 year old swedish academy award winner Alicia Vikander for the september 2016 issue
Ladys in Stockholm town
Just arrived at my Gotland house, with gorgeous fellow stylist Ms Hilda, I am wearing a caftan from Belmond Maroma Riviera Maya
My daughter Alice's shoppinglist
My hubby's new hairstyle
corn on the cob
handpainted shoppingbags
My NYC based girlfriend Zavinta's home made face scrub soon on the market
Best Friend Forever since 30 years, Sofia visiting for a glass of www.artscayman.org Prosecco, she also has a home on http://www.pvretreats.org/aiab/viagra-in-canada-pfizer the island.
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Friday, August 13, 2010
A Little Bit of Normal...
8 comments:
- 3saints said...
She is an amazing child...beautiful in every way!
- August 13, 2010 at 1:43 PM
- Ash said...
Aw, the first day of school is so special! We celebrate each year, the first and last days. She looked beautiful for her first day.
I hope she enjoys her kindergarten year!
- August 13, 2010 at 4:11 PM
- Phyllis said...
oh my gosh, so exciting!! I know you have shed a few tears in your day but you will definitely be crying when she heads off that first official day! (and possibly following the bus like some crazy mom I know....yes she is in Gods hands but sometimes it;s a little hard to let go.)Anyway, I think for those of us who have been in the trenches of parenting, these normal moments are so so wonderful and appreciated!! Thank you for continuing to share your lives with us so we can be inspired to enjoy all the God has planned for us!
- August 13, 2010 at 6:32 PM
- JayCee said...
♥ her new hair cut!
- August 14, 2010 at 6:35 AM
- Ellen said...
She is always smiling and looks like such a happy girl!! She has a face and smile that just lights up!!
- August 14, 2010 at 6:49 AM
- Missy said...
She really is such an amazing little girl-surrounded by an equally amazing family.
She looked so beautiful on her first day of school and a certificate as well!
- August 16, 2010 at 5:52 AM
- Susan and Richard said...
Could I ask where you found her backpack? It is wonderful. Thank you.
- August 18, 2010 at 11:27 AM
- Karen Owens said...
Her backpack is from Old Navy!
- August 23, 2010 at 6:58 AM


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According to a recent article from Internetretailer.com the 2013 holiday shopping season is about to become a little shorter. They explain that with Hanukkah and Thanksgiving falling on the same day, shopping will have to begin before Thanksgiving. Families will have to do their shopping way before the black Friday deals in order to give gifts on the first day of the eight day celebration.
How Many Shopping Days Until Christmas 2013?
So just how many days are there between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year? Only 26, which is 6 days less then 2012. You also have 4 not 5 full weeks to run around and complete your holiday shopping list.
To get you into the gift buying mood here are some of our favorite gift wrapping accessories for both Hanukkah and Christmas.
- For Hanukkah opt for our foil "Happy Hanukkah" 12 sq ft wrapping paper. It's perfect for wrapping gifts on all eight nights.
- The metallic blue gift box is great for smaller gifts, like jewelry or gelt.
- Gift bags are perfect for gifts that are not perfectly square shaped or to make fun Hanukkah goody bags.
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Papayannis, A, Zhang, HQ, Amiridis, V, Ju, HB, Chourdakis, G, Georgoussis, G, Perez, C, Chen, HB, Goloub, P, Mamouri, RE, Kazadzis, S, Paronis, D, Tsaknakis, G, Baldasano, JM (2007). "Extraordinary dust event over Beijing, China, during April 2006: Lidar, Sun photometric, satellite observations and model validation". GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 34(7), L07806.
AbstractAn extraordinary dust event over Beijing ( April 2006) was followed by a synergy of lidar, Sun photometric and satellite measurements. Extreme aerosol optical depth (AOD) values ( 1 - 4) were measured by AERONET and MODIS over Beijing. The size distribution of the particles remained close to 2.5 mu m and the single scattering albedo was around 0.92 +/- 0.5 ( 440 nm). Coarse particles contributed to more than 60 - 80% to the AOD values, indicating the presence of very large particles (Angstrom exponent < 0.3). Coarse particle contribution to total AOD is associated with the free-tropospheric aerosols calculated by lidar profiles (65%). Lidar vertical profiles with AOD values from AERONET were used to estimate a typical lidar ratio for the dust particles ( 84 sr) during the most intense dust period. The DREAM forecast model was applied for the accurate description of the dust event evolution. Ground-truth data were used for the validation of DREAM over the Beijing area.
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Helping others allows us a moment of 'persuasive power.' But what's the best way to use that edge?
Perhaps one of the more practical uses of the reciprocity principle in business interactions concerns not how we can get others to respond, but instead how we respond after we provide help and assistance. Persuasion researchers have found that people are afforded a 'moment of persuasive power' immediately after they are thanked for providing something valuable and meaningful.
Clearly I'm not suggesting that the next time an important client thanks you for pulling out all the stops in order to help them out of a fix, your response should be, 'Yes I did help you out and now you owe me!' Such a response will ensure they'll likely never come to you again. But the much more common 'No problem, I was happy to help' potentially throws away an opportunity legitimately earned.
Perhaps a more effective thing to say would be something along the lines of 'I was happy to help. It's what we at ABC Ltd do for our important customers' or 'You're welcome. I know that if the situation were ever reversed, you'd do the same.'
Will such an approach always result in you getting what you want? Certainly not, but it may be that by simply recognising when these persuasive moments occur, a few more opportunities might come your way.
Steve Martin is co-author of Yes! 50 Secrets from the Science of Persuasion.


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Self-reliance and sustainability in the 21st century.
By Heidi Hunt
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For millennia, groups of people have lived and worked together, recognizing that many hands make light work, and the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Around the globe, intentional communities are continuing this legacy and proving that peace, justice and equality can work.
The Fellowship for Intentional Communities, headquartered in Rutledge, Mo., promotes community living and cooperative lifestyles across North America. Community living (commonly known in the 1970s as communes) can take the form of cohousing groups, ecovillages, community networks and intentional communities. The FIC Website, magazine (Communities) and newsletter offer resources, support and communication avenues for people currently living in intentional communities or those who are on the road to discovery of a unique but ancient lifestyle.
And for those on that road to discovery or just on the road, the FIC folks put out the Communities Directory: A Guide to Intentional Communities and Cooperative Living of the hundreds of intentional communities in the U.S. and around the world. In addition to its location, each group included in the directory is identified as to the kind of community it is – urban, rural, single sex, kids, no kids, leadership style and more. The Directory, which is updated every couple of years, also includes articles on community finance, government and legal structures.
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Dignity and Respect has to do with what you are ready, willing, and able to accept within yourself and in accepting to be able to give others. It is your personal power to make a difference by being true to the best within you and letting that truth shine through your words and actions.
Gail Purcell Elliott
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"The law is not the private property of lawyers, nor is justice the exclusive province of judges and juries. In the final analysis, true justice is not a matter of courts and law books, but of a commitment in each of us to liberty and mutual respect."
Jimmy Carter (1924 -)
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As a society, we have come to a point where people too often treat one another as objects and opportunities, rather than as fellow human beings. Respecting one another as individuals, or not doing so, seriously impacts the future, for all of us.
Respect is about how to treat everyone, not just those you want to impress.
Richard Branson
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Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness concerning all acts of initiative and creation. There is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans; that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too.
All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen events, meetings and material assistance which no one could have dreamed would have come their way.
I have learned a deep respect for one of Goethe's couplets: "Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now!"
W.H. Murray
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When a man has fulfilled all four of these requisites-to be wide awake, to have fear, respect, and absolute assurance-there are no mistakes for which he will have to account; under such conditions his actions lose the blundering quality of the acts of a fool. If such a man fails, or suffers a defeat, he will have lost only a battle, and there will be no pitiful regrets over that.
Carlos Castaneda (1931 -)
Source: The Teachings of Don Juan
A man goes to knowledge as he goes to war: wide-awake, with fear, with respect, and with absolute assurance. Going to knowledge or going to war in any other manner is a mistake, and whoever makes it might never live to regret it.
Source: The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
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A warrior-hunter knows that his death is waiting, and the very act he is performing now may well be his last battle on earth. He calls it a battle because it is a struggle. Most people move from act to act without any struggle or thought. A warrior-hunter, on the contrary, assesses every act; and since he has intimate knowledge of his death, he proceeds judiciously, as if every act were his last battle. Only a fool would fail to notice advantage a warrior-hunter has over his fellow men. A warrior-hunter gives his last battle its due respect. It's only natural that his last act on earth should be the best of himself. It's pleasurable that way. It dulls the edge of his fright.
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Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify, or vilify them. But the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.
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From sweet-smelling gifts such as candles and lanterns, to natural skin masks, cleansers and conditioners, honey and beeswax both showcase enormous amounts of versatility. Honey Crafting (F+W Media, Inc., 2013) introduces readers to more than 30 mouth-watering recipes with honey, as well as home crafts and DIY body-care products.
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• How to Make Beeswax Lanterns
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Beeswax is so elegant, so lovely and useful, that it's hard to believe that it wasn't invented for us to enjoy.
In fact, beeswax is a product of the industrious worker bees, who use it to build honeycombs. That hexagonal pattern is actually a nursery for the hive's young and a pantry for the bees' pollen and honey. Wax is the building block of the hive.
And we, too, can use it to build. Of all the waxes that you can use to craft, pure beeswax is the most prized, and for good reason. Beeswax is a miracle of a medium for crafters. It's pliable when warm and sturdy when cooled. The soft yellow color of the beeswax seems to glow from within. It immediately draws the eye. Even a small beeswax candle or ornament can become the focal point of a living room or bedroom.
When formed into a candle and lit, the wax emits a rich, sweet fragrance that speaks to its enduring popularity. Each batch of beeswax has its own unique scent, a prized combination of the flowers and plants that fed its parent hive. Underneath the sweetness, look for notes of wildflowers, clover, avocados, or herbs in your beeswax.
Beeswax burns with a pure, golden glow that nothing else can match, as the honeyed smell permeates the house and the occupants' hair and garments.
In this article, you will find instructions on how to make your own beeswax masterpieces that will fill your home with beauty and light and you'll learn how to make beeswax-enriched body-care products that will keep your skin firm and glowing. Here you'll learn to craft candles of all shapes, sizes, and levels of difficulty. You'll find beeswax lanterns that could illuminate a living room with a joyous glow, and ornaments that could grace a tree or add class to the rear window of a car.
This article will give you endless reasons to spend a night in with your new decor, and endless gifts for friends and family to celebrate.
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The Premier Christmas Tree Stand is the best Christmas tree stand on the market. This heavy duty, all metal stand takes the hassle and stress out of setting up a real Christmas tree. With this unique stand, the heavy duty metal jaws clamp the tree firmly. After standing up the tree you can adjust it to stand straight with simple adjustments. No more settling for "It's good enough." The stand will accommodate small to larger trees and has a large water capacity (3 gallons). In just a few minutes one person can set up and level their Christmas tree with this easy to use stand. The Premier Christmas Tree Stand is the last Christmas tree stand you will ever buy.
Watch this video to see just how tight the stand clamps the tree as well as how durable the stand is.
Watch Mr. Claas (the stand's creator) set up a tree one-handed in under 30 seconds.
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A plume of black smoke billowed into the afternoon sky high above the roller coasters of Adventureland when a segment of the Altoona amusement park caught fire Saturday.
Fire gutted a toy store and a building of shops near the front gate of the 35-year-old park east of Des Moines.
No one was hurt in the blaze that brought firefighters from Altoona, Ankeny, Johnston and Pleasant Hill at about 4:30 p.m.
At the height of the fire, black smoke could be spotted as far away as the Des Moines airport, witnesses said.
The official cause of the fire was unknown late Saturday, but park officials said they believe a ceiling collapsed in the toy store and sparked an electrical fire.
The park — idle for the winter — was empty at the time of the fire, but dozens of patrons had to be evacuated from a gun show in the nearby Adventureland Inn.
"We are glad no one was hurt and that it was contained to that one section of buildings," said Molly Vincent, Adventureland spokeswoman. "It could have been much more expensive if it hit a major ride or spread to an adjacent building."
The fire wrecked an arcade, restaurant and the park's bingo parlor. No one was injured, and the park is closed for the season, Vincent said.
The buildings were part of the original park which opened in the summer of 1974. They didn't have a sprinkler system or fire detection system that could have summoned outside help, Vincent said.
Patrons of the nearby gun show likely saved the park from greater damage by calling in the fire, Vincent said.
The layout of the park played a role in restraining the blaze, said Altoona Fire Department Capt. Brian Young.
"It was a good hour before it was contained and, quite honestly, the geography was what contained it, the roads around it," Young said. "We just had to contain it so it wouldn't spread into rides or concession stands."
By about 6 p.m., firefighters had the fire under control, but flames still flared up in the collapsed ruins of the toy store as darkness fell.
All that remained was a small segment of wall and a handful of charred upright beams.
The cost of the fire's damage was unavailable Saturday, but the row of shops were likely beyond salvaging and would need to be replaced, Vincent said.
"It went through those buildings pretty darn fast," Vincent said.
— Reporting by Tyler O'Neil in Altoona.
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More than partying, people often get wasted to relax. And while most of us view drinking after a long day as just a way to numb and even kill off some brain cells, it can actually have healthy applications. Beyond mental stress, beer can actually alleviate physical stress, too. That's right. When someone hands you a drink and says "loosen up" they are more on target than they know.
Research has found that wheat beer can reduce muscle inflammation and the occurrence of upper respiratory illness. One study took 277 marathoners and split them into two groups. One group drinking non-alcoholic beer and another a placebo drink. The participants drank 34 to 50 ounces of their respective beverages every day for 3 weeks leading up to the Munich Marathon, and for two weeks after.
What did the study find? That the athletes guzzling the actual beer were more than 3 times less likely to develop respiratory infection and had 20 to 32% less inflammation than the placebo group.
Why? Because beer contains polyphenols, antioxidants that regulate the immune system and suppress genes involved in provoking stress and inflammation. Fruits and plants contain polyphenols as well, but these antioxidants are more effective when found in a combination, which they are in beer. The multiple polyphenols in beer even make it more effective at reducing inflammation than ibuprofen.
The participants in the study were drinking non-alcoholic servings, but don't feel guilty for getting a little buzz with your benefits if you prefer the real deal. Alcoholic beer contains twice as many polyphenols, so you can reap the same benefits from just half as much beer—that's 1 pint per day—leading up to a marathon or physically taxing event.


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The monthly membership meeting of the Greene-Dreher Historical Society will be held at the Peggy Bancroft Hall on Monday, Nov. 4 at 1 p.m.
To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address and the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery, the GDHS Players will present personal recollections of November 19, 1863.
Refreshments will be served following the program. Members and guests are welcome.
Visit the Greene-Dreher Historical Society site for information, directions to the hall, and the complete 2013 schedule of events at www.greenehs.org or on Facebook.
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Harold L. Moses, M.D.
Hortense B. Ingram Professor
Dept of Molecular Oncology
Dept of Cancer Biology
Dept of Medicine
Dept of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Director Emeritus,
Contact Information
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
691 Preston Research Building
2220 Pierce Ave.
Nashville, TN 37232-6838
Phone: 615-936-1374
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M.D., Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Research Keywords
TGF, TGF?, Tumor suppressor genes, Cancer,Cancer Genetics,Genomics,Malignancy,Mouse,Mutation,Receptor,Si gnal transduction,Cancer,Genomics,Malignancy,Mouse,Receptor, Signal transduction,Transformation
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Accumulating data indicate that the stroma can play a critical role in cancer initiation and progression. TGF-beta signaling in both epithelial and stromal cells appears to be a key regulator of the stromal microenvironment. There is now compelling evidence from transgenic mouse studies and analyses of mutations in human carcinomas indicating that the TGF-beta signal transduction pathway is tumor suppressive. Studies of human tumors have demonstrated inactivating mutations in human tumors of genes encoding proteins involved in TGF-beta signal transduction, including DPC4/Smad4, Smad2, and the type I and type II TGF-beta receptor (T?RI and T?RII, respectively). However, there is some evidence that TGF-beta signaling can promote tumor progression in the later stages. In order to examine the roles of TGF-beta signaling in cancer more closely, we have generated mice with loxP sites flanking exon 2 of the type II receptor gene, Tgfbr2, and crossed them with mice expressing Cre driven by different epithelial specific promoters. Loss of TGF-beta signaling in six different epithelial cells gave a minimal phenotype. However, when challenged with oncogene expression or tumor suppressor gene impairment, there was rapid development of invasive and metastatic carcinomas supporting the hypothesis that epithelial cell autonomous TGF-beta signaling is tumor suppressive in both early and late stages of carcinogenesis. One mechanism appears to be enhanced expression of chemokines by Tgfbr2 null carcinoma cells with resultant recruitment of bone marrow derived cells that express abundant TGF-beta and MMPs in the tumor microenvironment and promote invasion and metastasis.
Bierie, B, Chung, CH, Parker, JS, Stover, DG, Cheng, N, Chytil, A, Aakre, M, Shyr, Y, Moses, HL. Abrogation of TGF-beta signaling enhances chemokine production and correlates with prognosis in human breast cancer. J Clin Invest, 119(6), 1571-82, 2009
Yang, L, Huang, J, Ren, X, Gorska, AE, Chytil, A, Aakre, M, Carbone, DP, Matrisian, LM, Richmond, A, Lin, PC, Moses, HL. Abrogation of TGF beta signaling in mammary carcinomas recruits Gr-1+CD11b+ myeloid cells that promote metastasis. Cancer Cell, 13(1), 23-35, 2008
Bierie, B, Stover, DG, Abel, TW, Chytil, A, Gorska, AE, Aakre, M, Forrester, E, Yang, L, Wagner, KU, Moses, HL. Transforming growth factor-beta regulates mammary carcinoma cell survival and interaction with the adjacent microenvironment. Cancer Res, 68(6), 1809-19, 2008
Cheng, N, Chytil, A, Shyr, Y, Joly, A, Moses, HL. Enhanced Hepatocyte Growth Factor Signaling by Type II Transforming Growth Factor-{beta} Receptor Knockout Fibroblasts Promotes Mammary Tumorigenesis. Cancer Res, 2007
Bierie, B, Moses, HL. Tumour microenvironment: TGFbeta: the molecular Jekyll and Hyde of cancer. Nat Rev Cancer, 6(7), 506-20, 2006
Ijichi, H, Chytil, A, Gorska, AE, Aakre, ME, Fujitani, Y, Fujitani, S, Wright, CV, Moses, HL. Aggressive pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in mice caused by pancreas-specific blockade of transforming growth factor-beta signaling in cooperation with active Kras expression. Genes Dev, 20(22), 3147-60, 2006
Bierie, B, Moses, HL. Under pressure: stromal fibroblasts change their ways. Cell, 123(6), 985-7, 2005
Forrester, E, Chytil, A, Bierie, B, Aakre, M, Gorska, AE, Sharif-Afshar, AR, Muller, WJ, Moses, HL. Effect of conditional knockout of the type II TGF-beta receptor gene in mammary epithelia on mammary gland development and polyomavirus middle T antigen induced tumor formation and metastasis. Cancer Res, 65(6), 2296-302, 2005
Bierie, B, Moses, HL. TGF-beta and cancer. Cytokine Growth Factor Rev, 17(1-2), 29-40, 2005
Cheng, N, Bhowmick, NA, Chytil, A, Gorksa, AE, Brown, KA, Muraoka, R, Arteaga, CL, Neilson, EG, Hayward, SW, Moses, HL. Loss of TGF-beta type II receptor in fibroblasts promotes mammary carcinoma growth and invasion through upregulation of TGF-alpha-, MSP- and HGF-mediated signaling networks. Oncogene, 24(32), 5053-68, 2005
Bhowmick, Neil A, Chytil, Anna, Plieth, David, Gorska, Agnieszka E, Dumont, Nancy, Shappell, Scott, Washington, M Kay, Neilson, Eric G, Moses, Harold L. TGF-beta signaling in fibroblasts modulates the oncogenic potential of adjacent epithelia. Science, 303(5659), 848-51, 2004
Bhowmick, NA, Neilson, EG, Moses, HL. Stromal fibroblasts in cancer initiation and progression. Nature, 432(7015), 332-7, 2004
Gorska, Agnieszka E, Jensen, Roy A, Shyr, Yu, Aakre, Mary E, Bhowmick, Neil A, Moses, Harold L. Transgenic mice expressing a dominant-negative mutant type II transforming growth factor-beta receptor exhibit impaired mammary development and enhanced mammary tumor formation. Am J Pathol, 163(4), 1539-49, 2003
Bhowmick, Neil A, Ghiassi, Mayshan, Aakre, Mary, Brown, Kimberly, Singh, Vikas, Moses, Harold L. TGF-beta-induced RhoA and p160ROCK activation is involved in the inhibition of Cdc25A with resultant cell-cycle arrest. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 100(26), 15548-53, 2003
Law, Brian K, Chytil, Anna, Dumont, Nancy, Hamilton, Elizabeth G, Waltner-Law, Mary E, Aakre, Mary E, Covington, Cassondra, Moses, Harold L. Rapamycin potentiates transforming growth factor beta-induced growth arrest in nontransformed, oncogene-transformed, and human cancer cells. Mol Cell Biol, 22(23), 8184-98, 2002
Chytil, Anna, Magnuson, Mark A, Wright, Christopher V E, Moses, Harold L. Conditional inactivation of the TGF-beta type II receptor using Cre:Lox. Genesis, 32(2), 73-5, 2002
Datta, P K, Moses, H L. STRAP and Smad7 synergize in the inhibition of transforming growth factor beta signaling. Mol Cell Biol, 20(9), 3157-67, 2000
Law, B K, Waltner-Law, M E, Entingh, A J, Chytil, A, Aakre, M E, N??rgaard, P, Moses, H L. Salicylate-induced growth arrest is associated with inhibition of p70s6k and down-regulation of c-myc, cyclin D1, cyclin A, and proliferating cell nuclear antigen. J Biol Chem, 275(49), 38261-7, 2000
N??rgaard, P, Law, B, Joseph, H, Page, D L, Shyr, Y, Mays, D, Pietenpol, J A, Kohl, N E, Oliff, A, Coffey, R J, Poulsen, H S, Moses, H L. Treatment with farnesyl-protein transferase inhibitor induces regression of mammary tumors in transforming growth factor (TGF) alpha and TGF alpha/neu transgenic mice by inhibition of mitogenic activity and induction of apoptosis. Clin Cancer Res, 5(1), 35-42, 1999
Law, B K, N??rgaard, P, Gnudi, L, Kahn, B B, Poulson, H S, Moses, H L. Inhibition of DNA synthesis by a farnesyltransferase inhibitor involves inhibition of the p70(s6k) pathway. J Biol Chem, 274(8), 4743-8, 1999
Engel, M E, McDonnell, M A, Law, B K, Moses, H L. Interdependent SMAD and JNK signaling in transforming growth factor-beta-mediated transcription. J Biol Chem, 274(52), 37413-20, 1999
Gorska, A E, Joseph, H, Derynck, R, Moses, H L, Serra, R. Dominant-negative interference of the transforming growth factor beta type II receptor in mammary gland epithelium results in alveolar hyperplasia and differentiation in virgin mice. Cell Growth Differ, 9(3), 229-38, 1998
Engel, M E, Datta, P K, Moses, H L. RhoB is stabilized by transforming growth factor beta and antagonizes transcriptional activation. J Biol Chem, 273(16), 9921-6, 1998
Datta, P K, Chytil, A, Gorska, A E, Moses, H L. Identification of STRAP, a novel WD domain protein in transforming growth factor-beta signaling. J Biol Chem, 273(52), 34671-4, 1998
Serra, R, Moses, H L. Tumor suppressor genes in the TGF-beta signaling pathway. Nat Med, 2(4), 390-1, 1996
Alexandrow, M G, Moses, H L. Transforming growth factor beta 1 inhibits mouse keratinocytes late in G1 independent of effects on gene transcription. Cancer Res, 55(17), 3928-32, 1995
Kawabata, M, Imamura, T, Miyazono, K, Engel, M E, Moses, H L. Interaction of the transforming growth factor-beta type I receptor with farnesyl-protein transferase-alpha. J Biol Chem, 270(50), 29628-31, 1995
Pierce, D F, Gorska, A E, Chytil, A, Meise, K S, Page, D L, Coffey, R J, Moses, H L. Mammary tumor suppression by transforming growth factor beta 1 transgene expression. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 92(10), 4254-8, 1995
Kawabata, M, Chytil, A, Moses, H L. Cloning of a novel type II serine/threonine kinase receptor through interaction with the type I transforming growth factor-beta receptor. J Biol Chem, 270(10), 5625-30, 1995
Alexandrow, M G, Moses, H L. Transforming growth factor beta and cell cycle regulation. Cancer Res, 55(7), 1452-7, 1995
Alexandrow, M G, Kawabata, M, Aakre, M, Moses, H L. Overexpression of the c-Myc oncoprotein blocks the growth-inhibitory response but is required for the mitogenic effects of transforming growth factor beta 1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 92(8), 3239-43, 1995
Serra, R, Pelton, R W, Moses, H L. TGF beta 1 inhibits branching morphogenesis and N-myc expression in lung bud organ cultures. Development, 120(8), 2153-61, 1994
Moses, H L, Arteaga, C L, Alexandrow, M G, Dagnino, L, Kawabata, M, Pierce, D F, Serra, R. TGF beta regulation of cell proliferation. Princess Takamatsu Symp, 24, 250-63, 1994
Pierce, D F, Johnson, M D, Matsui, Y, Robinson, S D, Gold, L I, Purchio, A F, Daniel, C W, Hogan, B L, Moses, H L. Inhibition of mammary duct development but not alveolar outgrowth during pregnancy in transgenic mice expressing active TGF-beta 1. Genes Dev, 7(12A), 2308-17, 1993
Pietenpol, J A, M??nger, K, Howley, P M, Stein, R W, Moses, H L. Factor-binding element in the human c-myc promoter involved in transcriptional regulation by transforming growth factor beta 1 and by the retinoblastoma gene product. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 88(22), 10227-31, 1991
Pietenpol, J A, Stein, R W, Moran, E, Yaciuk, P, Schlegel, R, Lyons, R M, Pittelkow, M R, M??nger, K, Howley, P M, Moses, H L. TGF-beta 1 inhibition of c-myc transcription and growth in keratinocytes is abrogated by viral transforming proteins with pRB binding domains. Cell, 61(5), 777-85, 1990
Pelton, R W, Hogan, B L, Miller, D A, Moses, H L. Differential expression of genes encoding TGFs beta 1, beta 2, and beta 3 during murine palate formation. Dev Biol, 141(2), 456-60, 1990
Lyons, R M, Gentry, L E, Purchio, A F, Moses, H L. Mechanism of activation of latent recombinant transforming growth factor beta 1 by plasmin. J Cell Biol, 110(4), 1361-7, 1990
Pietenpol, J A, Holt, J T, Stein, R W, Moses, H L. Transforming growth factor beta 1 suppression of c-myc gene transcription: role in inhibition of keratinocyte proliferation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 87(10), 3758-62, 1990
Yang, E Y, Moses, H L. Transforming growth factor beta 1-induced changes in cell migration, proliferation, and angiogenesis in the chicken chorioallantoic membrane. J Cell Biol, 111(2), 731-41, 1990
Moses, H L, Yang, E Y, Pietenpol, J A. TGF-beta stimulation and inhibition of cell proliferation: new mechanistic insights. Cell, 63(2), 245-7, 1990
Barnard, J A, Beauchamp, R D, Coffey, R J, Moses, H L. Regulation of intestinal epithelial cell growth by transforming growth factor type beta. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 86(5), 1578-82, 1989
Bascom, C C, Wolfshohl, J R, Coffey, R J, Madisen, L, Webb, N R, Purchio, A R, Derynck, R, Moses, H L. Complex regulation of transforming growth factor beta 1, beta 2, and beta 3 mRNA expression in mouse fibroblasts and keratinocytes by transforming growth factors beta 1 and beta 2. Mol Cell Biol, 9(12), 5508-15, 1989
Pelton, R W, Nomura, S, Moses, H L, Hogan, B L. Expression of transforming growth factor beta 2 RNA during murine embryogenesis. Development, 106(4), 759-67, 1989
Keski-Oja, J, Blasi, F, Leof, E B, Moses, H L. Regulation of the synthesis and activity of urokinase plasminogen activator in A549 human lung carcinoma cells by transforming growth factor-beta. J Cell Biol, 106(2), 451-9, 1988
Lyons, R M, Keski-Oja, J, Moses, H L. Proteolytic activation of latent transforming growth factor-beta from fibroblast-conditioned medium. J Cell Biol, 106(5), 1659-65, 1988
Coffey, R J, Bascom, C C, Sipes, N J, Graves-Deal, R, Weissman, B E, Moses, H L. Selective inhibition of growth-related gene expression in murine keratinocytes by transforming growth factor beta. Mol Cell Biol, 8(8), 3088-93, 1988
Coffey, R J, Sipes, N J, Bascom, C C, Graves-Deal, R, Pennington, C Y, Weissman, B E, Moses, H L. Growth modulation of mouse keratinocytes by transforming growth factors. Cancer Res, 48(6), 1596-602, 1988
Keski-Oja, J, Raghow, R, Sawdey, M, Loskutoff, D J, Postlethwaite, A E, Kang, A H, Moses, H L. Regulation of mRNAs for type-1 plasminogen activator inhibitor, fibronectin, and type I procollagen by transforming growth factor-beta. Divergent responses in lung fibroblasts and carcinoma cells. J Biol Chem, 263(7), 3111-5, 1988
Keski-Oja, J, Lyons, R M, Moses, H L. Immunodetection and modulation of cellular growth with antibodies against native transforming growth factor-beta 1. Cancer Res, 47(24 Pt 1), 6451-8, 1987


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I want to offer another perspective on Dave McKain's July 31 column about Sen. John Carlile. I'm not impartial; John S. Carlile was my great-great-grandfather.
First, I doubt there is evidence that John Carlile was a "major slaveholder" as McKain claims. While Carlile claimed at the Virginia secession convention to be a slaveowner, the Dictionary of Virginia Biography suggests he may have owned one slave, possibly acquired through marriage. I know of no evidence that he ever bought or sold any slaves.
Carlile did vote against the West Virginia statehood bill, which seems puzzling given that he'd advocated statehood eloquently and relentlessly. Was he trying to delay statehood by advocating inclusion of Shenandoah Valley counties? Possibly, but he'd grown up in Winchester, so his interest in the welfare of those counties was genuine and personal. He also knew that representatives of many upper valley counties voted against secession at the Virginia Secession convention in 1861. I think he feared the war would bring destruction to the Shenandoah Valley and potential retribution of Union victors. But more than that, he may have wanted West Virginia to get the valley counties' wealth - and its electorate that was sympathetic to Democrats.
Historian Richard Orr Curry argues Carlile's real motivation was his resentment of Radical Republicans. Carlile believed that West Virginia citizens should decide the slavery issue themselves, not have it imposed by Congress. That is a state's rights position, consistent with conservative Democrats of that era.
Historian W. Hunter Lesser, author of "Rebels at the Gate," argues Abraham Lincoln was ambivalent about the West Virginia statehood bill and his cabinet split evenly on the issue. Lincoln's primary concern was not about slavery provisions. He hoped the Virginia Unionists would bring Virginia back into the Union. Might Lincoln or one of his Cabinet members have asked Carlile to delay the bill?
Including those Valley counties may seem far-fetched now. But would West Virginians today really be sorry if their state had included the Shenandoah Valley and had only one panhandle instead of two?
It's clear that Carlile's political enemies were able to vilify him as a traitor to the statehood movement, despite his major role in bringing about the birth of the new state. But he left no memoir, leaving us to wonder if he regretted his vote against statehood.
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By Bob Rhubart-Oracle on Nov 07, 2012
- Updated Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) Class | @OracleSOA
Oracle SOA Team blogger Gary Barg has news for those interested in a skills upgrade. This updated Oracle University course "explains how to use Oracle BAM to monitor enterprise business activities across an enterprise in real time. You can measure your key performance indicators (KPIs), determine whether you are meeting service-level agreements (SLAs), and take corrective action in real time."
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TechTarget editor Mark Fontecchio reports on the recent Oracle Solaris 11.1 release, with comments from IDC's Al Gillen.
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Say Cheese: Lovely Labels for Your Next Cheese Plate
Even better, guests can leave your home with a mental note of their favorites; cheeses they themselves can now serve at their next party. Some labels are pre-made, which is an easy route to go. Another option is labels you can customize, which allows you to provide more detail, including the name of the cheesemaker, source, etc. Here are some fun ways to label cheese at your next shindig!
1. This is such a sweet idea: using nuts to hold hand-written cheese labels! From Style me Pretty (Image by Christine Chang).
2. Pieces of cork are used to hold up these handwritten labels from Little Blue Boo.
3 Set of 6 porcelain cheese labels from Crate & Barrel, $9.95.
4. Simple printed labels attached to toothpicks adorn cheeses on this cheese plate shown on A Beautiful Mess. I like how the hosts placed the cheeses to guide guests in the best pairings of cheese, fruit, and spreads. The cheese also looks accessible to make for easy cutting.
5. Some fun ideas for labelling cheese by the folks at Cheese Cave in Claremont, California, via Sugar and Charm.
6. More from Cheese Cave in Claremont, California, via Sugar and Charm.
7. At Barbuzzo restaurant in Philadelphia, a cheese plate is labelled with a simple, elegant strip of paper placed down the center. From 13th Street Philly.
8. No need for labels with this natural slate cheese board from Handpicked Collection.
9. Vintage silverware cheese markers, $29.00 from Wooden Hive on Etsy.
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The next chapter in the history of University of Kentucky basketball is about to be written. The arrival of new head coach John Calipari signals the beginning of a new era in Kentucky basketball. The entire Wildcat Nation is counting down the days to the return of basketball season in anticipation of the new attitude that Coach Calipari will bring to the team. The recent release of this Athlon Sports College Basketball Preview points to the impact that John Calipari will have on the 2009-10 basketball season and beyond.
Kentucky basketball has come full circle over the last few seasons and the future looks bright. The cycle that the team has gone through is very similar to the previous up and down cycle that the program went through in the 1970's, 80's and 90's.
Coach Joe B. Hall brought home the National Championship to Kentucky in 1978, after 20 years had passed since the team's last title in 1958. Joe B. Hall led his Wildcats teams to many successful seasons and few that did not live up to expectations as well. After a great but up-and-down coaching career at UK, Coach Hall hung up the clipboard and retired as coach of the Kentucky team.
UK fans were hopeful that their new coach would lead the team to a new level of success. Kentucky chose Eddie Sutton as their next head coach and optimism was high around the program. After a 32-4 season in 1985-86, things went quickly downhill. An 18-11 record in 1986-87 was extremely disappointing and was only the beginning of the troubles that would face the Eddie Sutton led Kentucky program. Sutton took the UK program to a new low and ended up being forced out as UK coach, leaving the program in disarray.
Though the program had fallen on hard times, a new coach for the 1989-90 season gave UK fans hope for the future. The new coach was a flashy, slick talking salesman from the East Coast who was known for his coaching prowess and his ability to look good in an expensive suit on the sidelines. Rick Pitino came to Wildcats with a successful track record, energetic personality and an extreme amount of optimism for the future of UK basketball. Pitino not only returned the Wildcats to national prominence, but led the team to 3 Final Fours and to a National Championship in 1996. After an appearance in the National Championship game in 1997, Pitino left the Wildcats to coach the Boston Celtics in the NBA.
This is when the cycle of UK coaching seems to have reset itself and history began to repeat a bit. The coach chosen to replace Pitino was a highly respected coach and individual. That coach was Orlando "Tubby" Smith. Smith was a great choice to replace Pitino, but had a much different personality and demeanor than his predecessor. Smith was a soft spoken gentleman who had very high moral and ethical standards. Smith quickly captured the hearts of Kentucky fans winning a National Championship in his first season. The Tubby Smith era somewhat mirrored the Joe B. Hall era. Smith coached some of the most beloved Wildcat teams of all-time, just like Joe B. Hall but also had similar up-and-down success like Hall as well. After a great career as the coach at Kentucky, Smith left to coach at Minnesota after the 2006-07 season.
Fans had high hopes for Tubby's replacement, just like those that fans had when Eddie Sutton replaced Hall in the 1980's. New coach Billy Gillisipie had fans hopeful that he would expand on the success of Coach Smith and lead the Wildcats to the next level again. After only two seasons and a trip to the NIT, Gillispie was fired as coach, and much like Sutton, left the program in a bit of a mess, though not quite the mess that Sutton had left behind.
Fast forward to today. Again the Kentucky program finds itself with a new sense of enthusiasm and optimism with the arrival of John Calipari. Calipari comes to the Wildcats with a great track record of success and winning basketball on his resume. Much like Pitino of the 1990's, Calipari also brings with him the charismatic personality and confidence that has Kentucky fans in a frenzy of anticipation for the new season. Kentucky again finds itself with a high profile, confident coach at the helm with the goal of returning the Kentucky basketball program to National Championship status.
The Kentucky program has seen its coaching situation come full cirle twice now and the current coach has fans ready for a great 2009-10 season and beyond. This will be a great year in the history of Kentucky basketball. Every UK fan hopes that Calipari will inject the program with the same energy and success that the arrival of Rick Pitino did in 1989. It is the hope of all UK fans that the Calipari led Wildcats will hang several more Championship banners to go along with the seven they already have.
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by George Eliot
Mr. Casaubon Timeline and Summary
- Mr. Casaubon spends his youth and middle age working on the research for a book called "The Key to All Mythologies."
- Because his aunt was cut out of the family will after her marriage to a poor Polish artist, Casaubon feels guilty and helps to support her grandson, Will Ladislaw.
- He decides he should get married at some point, and meets Dorothea.
- Dorothea is smart enough to double as a secretary! Awesome!
- Mr. Casaubon marries Dorothea and takes her to Rome for their honeymoon.
- The trip to Rome can double as a research trip!
- While in Rome, they run into his cousin, Will Ladislaw.
- Casaubon watches jealously as his young wife strikes up a friendship with his cousin.
- Back in England, Casaubon drums up an excuse to keep Will from visiting them at Lowick.
- Mr. Casaubon has a minor heart attack and fears that another will come along and keep him from finishing the "Key to All Mythologies."
- Casaubon continues to feel jealous of Dorothea and Will, and is suspicious that Will wants to make Dorothea dislike him.
- He adds a codicil to his will that says that if Dorothea remarries to Will Ladislaw, she will forfeit all her inheritance.
- Mr. Casaubon wants to make Dorothea promise to live out her widowhood in a way that he would approve, but Dorothea hesitates.
- The next day he dies.


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Breakfast popularity growing
SEBRING - The Highlands County School District was third in the state last school year in the percentage of low-income students who got a good start for learning with a school breakfast, according to a statewide report. A Food Research and Action Center report states that in Florida, in the 2011-12 school year, 46.9 percent of low-income students who ate lunch at school also ate school breakfast. Increasing participation in the school breakfast program to 70 percent would feed an additional 264,637 low-income children statewide and bring in an additional $67 million in federal funding, the report notes. Only four districts in the state achieved or exceeded the 70-percent participation mark: Glades (87.3 percent), Franklin (84.3 percent), Highlands (76.9 percent) and Hamilton (74.7 percent).Highlands Food and Nutrition Services Director Martha Brown said Friday: "We are proud of where our district is and that we have been providing free breakfast for our students for the past six years." Her department is continuing with outreach programs to improve breakfast participation in the middle and high schools, Brown said. A recent parfait promotion increased participation by about 10 percent, but that included an incentive for a chance to win an iPad. Next month, the breakfast menu will include some new items, such as mozzarella cheese sticks, to entice middle and high school students with something they may buy a la carte at lunch, but can get for free at breakfast, she said. It's much faster for them to talk and munch on a cheese stick than it is to eat a bowl of cereal, and they get just as many nutrients out of it, she figures. The biggest barrier to breakfast in middle and high schools is that students get to school at the last minute and want to socialize prior to class, Brown said. Some schools improved participation by offering breakfast after first period. The Highlands County School District serves breakfast free of charge to all students and offers breakfast in the classroom in elementary schools. The breakfast-in-the-classroom program was introduced six yeas ago in one elementary school at the request of the principal and has been so successful, the school board recently mandated that breakfast be served in the classroom in all the district's elementary schools. Brown addressed teacher concerns about a messy classroom by serving easy-to-eat, grab-and-go type items, and providing trash cans in the classroom, specifically for breakfast trash. This past week's breakfast menu included: maple waffle sticks, chicken biscuits, mini berry loaves and mini blueberry pancakes. Brown said many teachers are now strong proponents of the program and encourage their students to eat breakfast each day. Brown has also recruited the help of older students from the district's high school culinary program to help manage the increase in participation. The culinary students receive the work experience required by their program and, in return, the breakfasts get packed up and put in coolers, ready to be delivered to each classroom the next morning.
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LEAF Blog: Day 19
Tiffany Smith, 17, and Khadijah Michael, 17.
Day 19
Today the girls hiked Sauk Mountain, a familiar landmark in the Skagit Valley that's visible from Interstate 5. Located in the North Cascades, this trail offers spectacular views of the Skagit and Sauk River basins, and beyond. Our LEAF interns were joined by members of Washington's Next Generation, the Conservancy's group of young professionals, for the hike.
The girls sent in these dispatches:
Today we hiked up Sauk Mountain. It was very challenging for me, especially because I had a sore foot. Going up the mountain I felt like I would never reach the top. The best part was when I got to the top. It was a big accomplishment. — Khadijah Michael
Hiking Sauk Mountain was a great experience. It felt great seeing how much we climbed, but a little intimidating seeing how much we had left. Once we got to the top, the view was fantastic, but that wasn't the best part. The best part was sliding on the snow downhill. It was like skiing without the skies. — Tiana Cruz
Today we hiked up Sauk Mountain. It was an experience of a lifetime. It felt great to be at the top of a mountain, but the hard part was climbing back down, but we did it.—Tiffany Smith


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Residential Energy Improvements Eligible for Tax Credits
February 03, 2009
At the beginning of 2009, the federal tax credits for energy efficiency improvements to homes were reinstated. The original tax credit expired at the end of 2007, and was reinstated as part of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. Federal tax credits are now available for 10% of the cost of insulation, storm doors, and ENERGY STAR®-qualified "cool roofs," up to $500; for 10% of the cost of exterior windows and skylights, up to $200; for up to $300 on new high-efficiency air conditioners, heat pumps, water heaters, and corn-fueled stoves; and for up to $150 on high-efficiency furnaces and boilers. Those tax credits expire at the end of this year, but there's also a tax credit for 30% of the cost of ENERGY STAR-qualified geothermal heat pumps, up to $2,000, and that doesn't expire until 2016.
The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act also extended a federal tax credit for 30% of the cost of residential and commercial solar energy installations, and eliminated a $2,000 cap on the tax credit for residential solar electric installations. The law also established a tax credit for 30% of the cost of residential wind energy systems, fuel cells, and microturbines, with different caps on each type of system. All these are good through 2016. The solar investment tax credit provisions will also allow filers of the Alternative Minimum Tax to take the tax credit, although anyone planning to file for a tax credit should first seek the advice of a tax professional. For general information about residential and commercial tax incentives, visit the EERE Building Technologies Program Financial Opportunities page. For specific information about residential credits, see the detailed chart on the ENERGY STAR Web site.


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