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We just celebrated our first Valentine's Day together and it was very different from what the children were used to. The Brits tend to apply their cynicism to this holiday and believe its all hyped up by marketers to make us buy more stuff. For those who do take part, its seen as a romantic holiday for boyfriends/girlfriends, husbands and wives. Perhaps you will have a crush at school/college/in the work place and send a mystery card, but that is where the holiday ends.
We explained to the kids that in the early grades of school in the USA, all the children in the class would send a card and some candy to each other, regardless of their true affection for that person. We like to think that we can use this day to mindfully tell those around us that we love them. Hugging, kissing and telling that to those you love is important each and every day, but it can become rote, 'just the thing that Mom does'. Especially for out kids, it is important to write something down about how much we love them.
Something they can keep and look at when, for the 1001st time they are being reminded to pick up the wet towel on the floor!
I was looking around for cute little Valentine's Day gifts for everyone and I found a lovely little felt book mark idea over at Thirty Handmade Days. They have the step by step instructions over there, so I wont repeat them, but I'm pretty happy with how mine turned out.
I made a few extra hearts and used them to decorate simple Valentine's Day cards, and a small gift for a friend – more about the handmade pin tucked napkins later.
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text: Big reason IMO the USA lost in Athens and in the World Championships was because they stacked the team with too much slashers, and not enough pure jumpshooters and threepoint shooters. Same goes with this roster for China. I actually can't believe they didn't see that that was one of the biggest weaknesses of that team. The only difference this time is their mental state. They're definitely not gonna let this Olympics be as humbling as last time. Melo shouldn't be a ballhog. I remember in last Olympics, I think in the quarterfinals or semis, they could have won that, but Melo kept resorting to threes when there was still enough time left. Their demise in its entirety was also due to several starplayers deciding not to play, which disappointed me at that time. The big plus here is that Kobe's taking part. This should be the perfect time for USA to show to the world that when they take things seriously, they are still the most dominant team in the world. There should be no single-digit wins.

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Crystal Barnes stood under a picnic shelter in Palo Duro Canyon on Sunday morning and in a voice as clear as a bell, opened "Amazing Grace."
The 25-member open-air congregation joined her in four-part harmony as if they'd sung together for years. You'd never know most of them were strangers to one another who came together to worship as an informal, unnamed church without walls while they vacationed in the canyon.
Sunday worship in the canyon has been conducted for 37 years, first under a gnarled old tree at Water Crossing No. 5 by the late J.C. Newton, who preached using his saddle for a pulpit. Now held under the picnic shelter at Old West Stables, the 9 a.m. Sunday service is conducted with picnic tables for pews set against a backdrop of green, purple, orange, red and gold canyon walls, a cathedral sky of blue and the occasional aroma and nickering of nearby horses. Worship is organized by members of First Baptist Church of Canyon, who set up, preach and lead singing, except when musicians like Barnes serendipitously appear.
"You couldn't ask for a better chapel," said Bob Civil, who preached a 32-minute sermon from Mark 8.
As a resort ministry, the campground yields an eclectic group of worshippers. On this Sunday, worshippers included folks from Calhoun, Miss.; Clovis, N.M.; Canyon; and Barnes' family from Huntsville.
"We go somewhere, we go find a church," Barnes said.
Resort ministry began to evolve in the mid-1960s - about the time Newton was preaching to cowboys, then campers in the canyon - to meet the special needs of people with more vacation time on their hands and those who worked in the burgeoning leisure industry.
Civil, an ordained Baptist minister, has preached twice this year in the canyon. He said the informal worship service, where shorts and sandals are the rule, benefits travelers who can't get to church.
"We have church for them," he said. "When you open the Bible and you talk, you hope you encourage them or entice them to make Christ their savior."
Ministering outside a church setting requires flexibility, said Melissa Griswold, who brings her guitar and singing voice each week to lead music.
Attendance can vary from three to 25 people, and their taste in music can vary too. Some weeks, campers sing traditional hymns like "Blessed Assurance" with gusto; some weeks worshipers don't respond to music at all, she said.
Debra Howell, Barnes' mother, said her family looks for "God's nudge" to decide where to worship on vacation and this time felt nudged to worship in the campground.
"I enjoyed it," Howell said.
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"Whether we need her to step up and make huge shots or distribute the ball inside or play pressure defense, she is willing to do it all," Cowen said.
Ellis, a freshman from East Grand Rapids, also is willing to play through pain. She injured her left foot when the Flying Dutch played at Calvin on Jan. 27, and it has bothered her for the past seven weeks.
The problem has been her cuboid bone, which is the outer bone in the instep.
But Ellis said she will worry about her foot after Hope plays in this weekend's NCAA Division III Final Four at Illinois Wesleyan in Bloomington, Ill.
"It's sore, but I will play through it," Ellis said. "I stepped on someone else's foot (at Calvin). It started to get a little better, but I tweaked it again in the first game of nationals (against Denison on March 5), and I did it again last Friday (against Marymount).
"We are still trying to figure out what's going on. We really don't know. It's sore. I don't think it's a broken bone, but I'm not going to worry about that until Sunday. There is a bone in there that keeps slipping, the cuboid bone. We have been trying to put it back and keep it in place."
The Final Four opens with Friday's 6 p.m. game between Amherst and Washington University, followed by the 8 p.m. Hope vs. Rochester game.
The winners will tangle in Saturday's 3 p.m. national championship game. The consolation game is noon.
The Flying Dutch are making their first trip to the Final Four since they won the 2006 national title.
While Hope has graduated each player from that team, this year's squad has plenty of big-game experience. Hope's starters include two seniors and two juniors. All four played key roles the past two seasons when Hope lost in the Elite Eight.
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But Hope coach Brian Morehouse did not hesitate to turn the keys of the offense over to a freshman. Ellis has averaged 7.1 points while starting all 32 games for the Flying Dutch.
Ellis has played well in the national tournament. She drained a 3-pointer Saturday to give Hope a six-point lead with 2 minutes left in a 71-64 victory against the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in the Elite Eight.
She finished with 10 points.
"What Liz has done is not easy at all," Morehouse said. "She has done a nice job fitting in and yet not disappearing. As a freshman, I think a of people think that fitting in means you don't take big shots, you don't have to make big free throws.
"She has done a very nice job of keeping everyone involved, but when an opportunity presents itself, she has seized the opportunity and made the most of it."


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WINCHESTER, Va. - Award-winning chef, restaurateur, cook book author and rheumatoid arthritis advocate Seamus Mullen will join Valley Health to host a free educational event on Thursday, Aug. 15, from 6-8 p.m. at Winchester Medical Center Conference Center.
Mullen will discuss his own battle against RA and share strategies and techniques he has found successful for simplifying cooking preparations, including top kitchen tips and simplified recipes that utilize 10 steps or 10 ingredients or fewer, according to a press release.
Mullen's use of organic meats and vegetables and other farm-fresh ingredients has served as the basis for the now-celebrity chef's success.
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Award-winning celebrity chef, restaurateur, cook book author and rheumatoid arthritis advocate Seamus Mullen will join Valley Health Thursday, Aug. 15, from 6-8 p.m. to host a free educational event at Winchester Medical Center Conference Center.
He first burst onto the culinary scene in 2006 with his highly successful New York tapas restaurant, Boqueria, and again in 2009, as one of three finalists on the popular Food Network series "The Next Iron Chef."
Mullen said most of his knowledge was garnered during his childhood growing up on an organic farm in Vermont. He said his parents were part of a small movement during the 1970s to preserve old farming ways. They raised chickens, ducks, goats, cows and pigs. They also canned fruits and vegetables and sold the food they produced at local farmers' markets.
"Getting up at 5 a.m. to milk the cows, gather eggs and muck out stalls wasn't always fun," Mullen said in a recent interview with The Journal.
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Then, in high school as part of an exchange program, Mullen traveled to Spain, where he gained an even higher appreciation for a traditional lifestyle consuming only fresh ingredients purchased daily at an outdoor market.
"I fell in love with language, culture and food," Mullen said.
Mullen said it wasn't until years later he decided to pursue a professional cooking career, and he attributes his decision to his grandmother.
"'You're happiest when you're cooking,'" Mullen recalled of her advice. "'You should do it for a living.'"
But just as Mullen's star was rising in 2009 after his national debut on "The Next Iron Chef," he was diagnosed with RA.
"The news was devastating," he said. "I thought my life was over."
When he met with his rheumatologist, however, Mullen was surprised to hear this was not the case.
"My prognosis wasn't all doom and gloom after all," Mullen said. "My doctor said RA was a very manageable disease if treated."
Mullen said he implemented strict diet changes, exercise and stress-management techniques, and committed to open conversation with his doctor.
Mullen said he experienced a further "a-ha" moment when he realized traditional food practices he already was familiar with could help form the panacea that might ultimately alleviate his symptoms.
"Eating healthy foods is important for everyone," Mullen said, "but especially for those whose immune systems already are behind the 8-ball, like people with RA."
Gradually, Mullen said his symptoms began to subside. Eager to share his success with others, he joined "Rethink RA," a Pfizer Inc. educational campaign initiative for which he shares his food and cooking techniques and strategies.
Mullen said he features quick recipes that are delicious, like cucumber gazpacho.
He said another tip is to cook food in batches, portions of which can be bagged or frozen for the week ahead.
Mullen emphasized he is a not a nutritionist but a chef, and he recommends eating organic. Also important, he said, are healthy fats, which can lower cholesterol.
He says to avoid sugar, limit carbohydrates and consume dark green, leafy vegetables to reduce inflammation. He also recommends getting plenty of sunshine, so your body can manufacture vitamin D, and eating foods that are high in vitamin C and other antioxidants.
Mullen said in addition to eating right, exercise is essential to good health. He said he challenges himself daily with biking, but maintains a careful awareness of his limitations.
"I don't go for 100 mile rides and know when to ask for help," Mullen said. "When I don't listen to my body, I suffer the next day."
Despite his battle with RA, Mullen is more successful than ever. In August 2011 he opened his first solo restaurant, Tertulia, in Manhattan's West Village, which was awarded two stars from The New York Times and three stars from New York Magazine, and was a finalist for one of the industry's highest honors, the James Beard Foundation Award for Best New Restaurant,
Mullen also said he is looking forward to opening a new restaurant in the fall.
He is a contributing columnist to Everyday with Rachael Ray and a regularly featured judge on the Food Network series "Chopped." Last year, Mullen released his first cookbook, "Hero Food: How Cooking with Delicious Things Can Make Us Feel Better."
Mullen will appear Thursday from 6-8 p.m. at Winchester Medical Center Conference Center, located at 1840 Amherst St. For information about the free event, call 540-536-8000.
For information about the chef, visit www.rethinkRA.com/cooking.


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5 Gifts NOT to Get a Pregnant WomanDanielle
Lets face it… Sometimes Christmas time comes and there are some seriously difficult people to shop for. I know I go through this every year with my own husband. If he doesn't want some kind of high tech flat screen television that he can only dream about, it is a mystery what to get him.
While I think I have it down this year, there are a lot of shoppers out there who have a pregnant woman to shop for. Unfortunately for the pregnant woman on your list this year, you will probably come up with a gift that reminds her that she has swollen feet, a bladder control problem, or can't fit into the clothes she really wants to be wearing.
Which is where I come in today. I have been thinking about the gifts I would never want to get for Christmas, and I put a couple of them together in a list as… advice for those of you shopping for that pregnant woman in your life.
1. Never get a pregnant woman maternity clothes for Christmas. Whether she is three months along or ready to pop, she is not going to want something she just may never use again. On top of that, it is a reminder that of all her clothes she knows and loves do not fit right now. Save yourself the trouble and skip the Motherhood Maternity wear!
2. Pickles – Really? I know some people are tempted to make a funny joke come Christmas time, but buying a giant jar of pickles may seriously put her over the edge. Let's remember, she isn't Snooki! (Just a side note, I know someone this happened to! Talk about ruining the holiday!)
3. A gift for the baby. If you want to buy a gift for the baby, that is one thing, but do not disguise it as a gift for Mom. They are two different people! She doesn't need anymore reminders that she is being lumped together with the baby constantly.
4. Cleaning materials for when nesting sets in. There is nothing worse than friends and family members encouraging a half crazed preggo to partake in cleaning her house from head to toe like a lunatic when nesting sets in. I am sure she will get that all accomplished on her own!
5. Novelty baby items. She doesn't need a candle that says "its a boy" or a picture frame for her sonogram pictures. Most pregnant women already have these things, or will get them at their baby shower, which these kinds of gifts are clearly more appropriate for.
Overall, just shop for her like you would if she wasn't pregnant! Maybe skip the alcohol, or bungie jumping lessons, but just use common sense! We don't need anymore hormonal meltdowns than she is going to have this holiday season already!


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April 25, 2013
2013 Atlantic 10 Lacrosse Awards
Seven Duquesne University women's lacrosse players received a total of 12 Atlantic 10 post-season awards as voted on by the league's coaches and media relations directors. Three Dukes received Player of the Year honors.
Junior goalkeeper Kristen Gregory (Chester Springs, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) was named the Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year and was also tabbed First Team All-Conference, sophomore Amanda Kidder (Fairport, N.Y./Victor) was named the A-10 Midfielder of the Year and was also placed on the All-Conference First Team while freshman attack Lib Lowry (Wayne, Pa./Radnor) was named the conference Rookie of the Year as well as being placed on the All-Rookie Team. It was Duquesne's second straight Rookie of the Year honor, following Kidder's selection last year.
Senior defender Aubrey Green (Ellicott City, Md./Mt. Hebron) was a third First Team All-Conference selection for DU while senior midfielder Meredith Dunn (Littleton, Colo./Regis Jesuit) and junior attack Haley Marafioti (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua Academy) were Second Team All-Conference honorees.
In addition, Kidder, Green and sophomore Casey Briglia (West Chester, Pa./Bishop Shanahan) were all named to the Academic All-Conference Team.
The Dukes finished the 2013 regular season with a 10-6 overall record and a 5-2 slate in Atlantic 10 play to receive the two-seed in the upcoming Atlantic 10 Championship (April 26-28) at Massachusetts. They will face third-seeded Temple on Friday at 3:30 pm in the semifinals of the tournament. The other semifinal pits host #13 UMass against George Washington at 1:00 pm. The championship game is Sunday at 1:00 pm. The champion receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship.


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The Perfect Summer to Visit Scotland
If you are contemplating a Scotland trip this summer, I have one word of advice: GO! With the Open Championship at St. Andrews and one of the best new courses in the world having recently opened near Inverness, there's no better time to get back to the Auld Country. Take two weeks, as my brother Dave and I did last year.
Castle Stuart's 16th with Kessock Bridge in Background
We went last July for the Open Championship (at Turnberry) on our annual brothers' golf trip. We spent 12 days prior to the Open playing as many courses as we could and loving life. So I don't tee the end of the story first, for now I'll only say that we ended up playing the Ailsa Course at Turnberry on the Monday after the Open, with Sunday pins, and I ended up facing the exact same putt for par that Old Tom Watson (as the Scots affectionately call him now) had to win the championship the previous day. Drum roll . . . back to that later.
First, let me tell you about the best new course to open anywhere in the world in the past 12 months, Castle Stuart Golf Links. Situated on the banks of Moray Firth just outside the lovely town of Inverness in the heart of the Highlands, Castle Stuart was developed by an American, Mark Parsinen, whose previous success was at Kingsbarns Golf Links near St. Andrews.
A visionary in the golf world on par with Mike Kaiser at Bandon Dunes, Parsinen and course designer Gil Hanse carved - much of it by hand out of fertile farmlands - a course that draws raves from everyone who has played it. Six holes, the first three on both the outward and inward nines, play right beside the sea, offering panoramic views across Kessock Bridge (which leads to Royal Dornoch) in one direction and stately Chanonry Lighthouse in the other.
After Dave and I played the course and were sitting in the thoroughly modern Art Deco-inspired clubhouse, I was hard-pressed to think of any other course that had six holes abutting the water as Castle Stuart does.
The design features wide fairways to account for the wind and weather that come off the firth, and an American-influenced layout that, for the most part, shows you the entire hole from its tee. Though the waterfront holes are most striking visually, many of the holes away from the sea are memorable as well, particularly No. 4, a par-3 whose green is back-dropped by the old castle after which the course is named. Built in 1625 and proudly flying the blue-and-white Scottish flag over its turrets, the castle today offers its eight bedrooms to guests looking for authentic, beautifully restored accommodations (reviews on TripAdvisor.com call it "magic," romantic" and "amazing").
4th Hole at Castle Stuart
Dave and I stayed instead in bustling Inverness at a contemporary hideaway called Rocpool Reserve. Described to us in advance by PerryGolf, who planned our trip, as "hip," Rocpool features 11 individually decorated rooms that met our expectations of hipness: designer materials and furnishings unique to each room; rich color schemes; informal check-in; a staff that felt more like we were visiting family; and one of the best and most popular restaurants in town, Chez Roux.
Open just over three years ago, Rocpool Reserve is centrally located and overlooks the River Ness that flows through the city. We sampled some local brews at Castle Pub - next to Inverness Castle - and spent time chatting with some locals who provided evidence of what I've suspected all along: Scots seem genuinely to like Americans, which if you've traveled the world you know is not always the case. One young gentleman we encountered attributed our kinship to the historical fact that both Scotland and the United States are rebels with a cause against jolly old England.
Staying in Inverness also gave us quick enough access (about an hour over the Kessock Bridge) to Royal Dornoch Golf Club. With its rumpled fairways, seaside setting and trademark deep pot bunkers (two of which cost me triple-bogeys on par-3 holes), Royal Dornoch jumped into my personal top-10 list immediately. We sat in the classic clubhouse after our round enjoying fish and chips and watching the Open Championship . . . don't I wish I was there right now!
Making Inverness a must-visit golf destination like St. Andrews is the fact that surrounding the city are true gems: Castle Stuart, Royal Dornoch, Brora, Tain, Boat of Garten and Nairn, as well as many castles and historic cultural sites to see after golf.
From Inverness, we drove down to majestic Gleneagles, which is preparing for the 2014 Ryder Cup Matches. The Gleneagles hotel opened in 1924, although the first two golf courses - the King's and Queen's - were laid out by James Braid a few years earlier in 1919.
Set upon 850 acres, Gleneagles is a grand country estate that offers recreation suited to please everyone. In addition to golf, guests can play tennis, ride horses, hike the surrounding countryside, attend falconry and gun-dogging courses, go lawn bowling or shopping. A sign above the entrance to the high-end shopping arcade reads: "Retail Therapy Starts Here." Made me wish my wife was along, as my credit card wasn't getting enough of a workout. (An astonishing aside - two burgers and two iced teas in the Dormy Clubhouse cost us $80!)
The venue where the Ryder Cup Matches will be played in a few years is the newer Jack Nicklaus design called the PGA Centenary Course. Hole renovations are already underway that will lengthen and stiffen play from the tournament tees. But this scenic, parkland-style course remains a playable favorite for the rest of us visiting golfers.
It was here at Gleneagles, sitting in the Dormy Clubhouse restaurant, that we watched Watson's Sunday misfortune at Turnberry. We viewed with great interest, not only because of the magnitude of the moment, but also because we were scheduled to play at Turnberry the next day . . . Sunday pins, tourney tees, everything but the cheering crowds (although the grandstands were still in place).
So early Monday morning we set off for the Ayrshire Coast and Turnberry Resort. If you watched the Open on TV, you may recall the announcers discussing the complete makeover of the hotel. For anyone who has been to the resort before, it's remarkable to see.
The new owners spent $65 million to update and renovate the property. The work included opening up the check-in area and main lobby bar to sunlight and views, completely new and modernized guestrooms and bathrooms, a new sports bar on the main lobby level called Duel in the Sun (after the famous Sunday performances of Watson and Nicklaus in the 1977 Open), a new Chef's Table in the main restaurant and a new main lounge called Ailsa Lounge & Bar where drinks and casual dining ("Scottish tapas") are served.
The Ailsa Course was in better shape than ever, as it too had been closed to play since November 2008 while the hotel was under renovation. Dave and I were privileged to be included with a few members and tournament sponsors who were able to play on Monday following the Open. We challenged many of the holes from the tournament tees, just to see what the pros faced.
Although we lost more than a few balls in the deep fescue grasses - all four in our group stocked up in the pro shop just in case - we had decided in advance that score didn't matter. As we came down to the last few holes, after battling Ailsa and the elements all day - and indeed, Dave and I had played nine out of the previous 10 days of our journey - we were running out of gas.
After a woeful 17th - the "birdie hole" they called it on television, though you couldn't prove it by me - I managed to get my drive into the fairway on 18, which left some 220 yards to the green. From there I hit a 3-wood as hard as I possibly could - it sparked as the clubface struck the ball - and landed just over the bunker short left of the green, on a narrow patch of grass between the sand and some deep fescue. Feeling magic in the air, I chipped my third shot up to a spot some 6 feet short of the hole . . . remarkably, the exact same putt Old Tom Watson had faced the previous day to win the Claret Jug and be named Champion Golfer of the World once again.
As my playing companions reached the green just before a squall was about to hit, I marked my ball and stood looking at the empty stands around me, trying to imagine what the old warrior Watson must have been going through 24 hours previous. The television commentators were proclaiming it the greatest sporting achievement ever . . . there was $1 million on the line . . . . four days of pressure had come down to this one stroke of the putter. . . the galleries were ready to explode . . . his career about to take on mythic proportions.
It's impossible to put ourselves in his shoes. But in my own way, at the end of a Scottish odyssey of my own, my brother by my side, what I felt at that moment was a sense of peace and accomplishment just to be in the Auld Country, on a tremendous golf course, and to have made it to the last hole with a putt for par. I hope Old Tom felt that, too.
Of course, with all due respect, it may have been a bit be easier for me . . . I made the putt.
Award-winning publisher, editor, writer and photographer George Fuller has been covering golf travel and lifestyle for more than 30 years. His book and magazine assignments and projects have taken him throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Polynesia and Mexico.
From 1992 to 1997 he was editor of LINKS-The Best of Golf, based in Hilton Head, S.C. In 2005, after having spent several years in the Pacific starting two magazines for Continental Micronesia Airlines and writing two books, Fuller launched GOLF LIVING Magazine for the Los Angeles Times, a "super-regional" magazine of travel, real estate and the lifestyle surrounding the game of golf. After a successful year of publication, he purchased GOLF LIVING from the newspaper and sold it to Media That Deelivers of Scottsdale, Ariz., with a contract to operate it for them.
In 2007, he launched TEE IT UP Magazine in partnership with the nationally syndicated radio show of the same name; and in 2009 he gained the contract to redesign and re-launch TEXAS GOLFER, a magazine with 25 years of history in the Lone Star State.
He has nine published books to his credit, the most recent being I Golf, Therefore I Am...Nuts! (2008, Human Kinetics Publishing). Others include Discover Hawaii's Best Golf (2001, Island Heritage Publishing) and California Golf: The Complete Guide, (11th edition, 2005, Avalon Books). He has contributed to many guidebooks, notably the Berlitz Travelers Guide, Birnbaum Guide, Citibank's Great Resorts of the World and several city editions of Guest Informant.
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Seema Jethani (@SeemaJ) will explore how to rapidly prototype using IoT cloud platforms and choose the right platform to match application requirements
Where historically app development would require developers to manage device functionality, application environment and application logic, today new platforms are emerging that are IoT focused and arm developers with cloud based connectivity and communications, development, monitoring, management and analytics tools.
In her session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, Seema Jethani, Director of Product Management at Basho Technologies, will explore how to rapidly prototype using IoT cloud platforms and choose the right platform to match application requirements, security and privacy needs, data management capabilities and development tools.
Speaker Bio:
Seema Jethani is the Director of Product Management at Basho Technologies and has more than 10 years of experience in enterprise software development. Prior to joining Basho, she held Product Management and Strategy positions at Dell, Enstratius and IBM. She holds an MBA from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, an MS in computer science from North Carolina State University, and a BE in computer engineering from the University of Mumbai. She blogs at compete.io and can be found on twitter as @seemaj.
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The 15th International Cloud Expo has just expanded its conference program, to bring together Cloud Computing, APM, APIs, Security, Big Data, Internet of Things, DevOps and WebRTC at one location.
The show now has three tracks devoted exclusively to the IoT (with WebRTC present in one of the tracks), a full single track focusing on Big Data, and a two-track DevOps Summit, in addition to four tracks devoted exclusively to Cloud Computing in the enterprise.
Cloud Expo is the single show where delegates and technology vendors can meet to experience and discuss the entire world of the cloud.
With Cloud Computing driving a higher percentage of enterprise IT budgets every year, it becomes increasingly important to learn about the latest technology developments and solutions.
Attend Cloud Expo Nov 4-6, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, CA. Craft your own custom experience. Learn the latest from the world's best technologists. Find the vendors you want and put them to the test.
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More than 150 all-star faculty members will discuss the hottest technology topics in November. In addition to the expanded APM and API coverage, Cloud Expo Silicon Valley will offer a variety of Linux containers and Docker sessions.
DevOps Summit at Cloud Expo also doubled its content from June, in two full simultaneous tracks for three days.
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WESTFIELD – The annual salmon fry stocking tradition, more than 35 years in the making, came to a close in Southwick and Granville Saturday, but those interested still have one last chance to volunteer in the stocking event to be held April 20 in Montgomery.
Westfield River Watershed Association President Bill Rose said federal budget cuts have forced state and local officials to end the salmon fry stocking programs, ending efforts to return Atlantic Salmon to the rivers and streams in the Westfield River watershed. Educational initiatives for elementary school students will no longer be funded either.
"The federal government ended the program," he said. "There were budget cuts everywhere, and it's just one of those things that could be cut without getting too many people upset."
On Saturday, the WRWA, in conjunction with the Massachusetts Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, sponsored the last Atlantic salmon fry stocking along Dickinson and Munn brooks in Granville and Southwick, an event that attracted more than 52 volunteers, 40 percent of whom were young people under the age of 20, proof that the educational aspect of the program was a success, Rose said.
In terms of the success of the program in relation to the salmon spawning and returning locally after swimming down the Connecticut River, that portion has not been as successful as state environmentalists had hoped.
Another obstacle that hindered the salmon stocking initiative was the origin of the fish, Rose said, which were purchased in New Hampshire and Vermont and released in Massachusetts.
"The salmon would return to the place they came from," he said. "Later, the eggs were raised in state, but as the bass stripers made their home in the Connecticut River, a lot of salmon were lost to them. They are very carnivorous and have taken out lots of salmon."
"As far as the program's success in the amount of salmon coming back compared to the amount putting in, no, it hasn't been successful," Rose said. "But the real success has been the educational value."
Unfortunately, Rose said, that part of the program, which was also federally funded, will have to end as well. For at least the last six years, the WRWA has put tanks of salmon eggs in eight local elementary schools, where they were raised, then they were released by students on a field trip to area waterways.
"We can't do it in the schools anymore, because we bought the salmon eggs with the federal funds," he noted.
Between 8 a.m. and noon on Saturday, thousands of salmon fry were released in the Dickinson and Munn brooks by the adults, young adults and children who participated in the event. Organizers hope that the April 20 stocking event will attract even more volunteers to the last one of its kind.
"Last year, we had about 60 people come out between the two," Rose said. "This year we had 50 at just one. There is an interest there."
Mark Damon, secretary of the WRWA said the number of salmon in local waters will continue to be monitored at area fish ladders to keep a watch on a potential breeding population.
For the April 20 Atlantic fry stocking event at the middle branch of the Westfield River above Littleville Lake, volunteers are asked to meet at Gateway Regional High School in Huntington by 8:15 a.m. To confirm the schedule, those interested are asked to call the voicemail of Mass. Wildlife's Caleb Slater at (508) 389-6331 the day or evening before each stocking date.
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United States Army recruits will soon see healthier food options on base as the military revamps basic training to focus more on fitness and diet.
The "Soldier Athlete" initiative is to get troops into better shape my implementing improved nutritional habits from day one.
"We are seeing many soldiers entering our profession who need phased conditioning methods and improved nutritional habits," said Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling of the Army's Training and Doctrine Command.
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On 23 September 2010, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopted a negative opinion, recommending the refusal of the marketing authorisation for the medicinal product Movectro, intended for the treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. The company that applied for authorisation is Merck Serono Europe Limited.
The company requested a re-examination of the opinion. After considering the grounds for this request, the CHMP re-examined the initial opinion and confirmed the refusal of the marketing authorisation on 20 January 2011.
- What is Movectro?
Movectro is a medicine that contains the active substance cladribine. It was to be available as tablets.
- What was Movectro expected to be used for?
Movectro was expected to be used to treat the type of multiple sclerosis (MS) known as 'relapsing-remitting' MS.
It was originally expected to be used in patients with high disease activity or in patients who did not tolerate beta-interferon or glatiramer acetate (other medicines used in MS). For the re-examination, the proposed use was restricted to patients with high disease activity or patients with persistent disease activity despite treatment with other medicines.
MS is a disease of the nerves, in which inflammation destroys the protective sheath surrounding the nerve cells, leading to a range of neurological symptoms such as numbness, impaired coordination and balance, weakness, vision and speech impairment. MS is described as 'relapsing-remitting' when the patient has attacks (relapses) in between periods with no symptoms (remissions).
- How is Movectro expected to work?
The active substance in Movectro, cladribine, has been used in anti-cancer medicines since the mid-1990s. Cladribine has a similar structure to purine, one of the substances that make up DNA. In MS, it is expected to work within the lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell) which are involved in the inflammation seen in MS. Cladribine takes the place of purine and interferes with the normal production of new DNA in these cells, preventing them from multiplying, leading to cell death. This is expected to help reduce the inflammation, thereby improving the symptoms of the disease.
- What did the company present to support its application?
The effects of Movectro were first tested in experimental models before being studied in humans. The company presented the results of one main study that compared Movectro with placebo (a dummy treatment) in 1,326 patients with relapsing-remitting MS. The main measure of effectiveness was the number of relapses the patients had during the twenty four months of treatment. The study also looked at how long it took for the patient's disabilities to get worse.
- What were the CHMP's main concerns that led to the refusal?
In September 2010 the CHMP had concerns about the medicine's safety. An increased number of patients with cancer were observed in clinical trials with Movectro compared to the control group. The Committee also noted that the benefits and the most appropriate dosage for treatment had not been fully established in patients who were expected to use the medicine. Therefore, at that point in time, the CHMP was of the opinion that the benefits of Movectro did not outweigh its risks and recommended that it be refused marketing authorisation.
In January 2011, the CHMP's main concerns were not resolved during the re-examination procedure. In particular it was still concerned about Movectro's long term safety, even if the medicine were to be used in the restricted group of patients. Therefore the Committee confirmed its initial negative opinion.
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The company informed the CHMP that it intends to continue clinical trials with Movectro. Patients involved in such trials should contact their doctor if they have any questions. The company also stated that in all trials with Movectro, an independent data safety monitoring board monitors the safety and efficacy data on a regular basis and has the right and the duty to propose study discontinuation for reasons related to a lack of anticipated benefit or unacceptable safety risk.
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Slough, UK: Monday 17 June 2013 – Mobile is critically important to the future delivery of customer service and support, say 91 per cent of more than 100 senior executives who attended an Interactive Intelligence webinar.
The executives, surveyed after the webinar Delivering Customer Service over Smartphones and Tablets, also indicated that the industry is proactively looking to leverage mobile technologies. Eight out of 10 of those polled said they were either developing (70%) or already executing (10%) a mobile strategy for customer service delivery.
Regarding customer service delivery channels on smartphones, those questioned believed web self-service (44%), live chat (19%) and voice (19%) would be the most dominant in five years' time.The survey also revealed that three quarters of respondents (75%) consider mobile as both an access device and a customer channel.
"This survey highlights the need for those companies operating contact centres to invest in technologies that enable them to cope with mobile," says Dave Paulding, Regional Sales Director UK, Middle East & Africa, Interactive Intelligence. "For example, Interactive Intelligence enables enterprises and contact centres to unify their communications, allowing them to easily integrate mobile into their customer service strategies."Delivering Customer Service over Smartphones and Tablets is part of the Champions and Innovators 2013 series, and was led by Jon Snow, chairman of the Directors' Club (GB & NI).
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What is it that makes a drug addict or an alcoholic continuously relapse, while others seem to finally "get it" and start living a successful life of recovery?
This topic is discussed at great lengths in recovery circles. Here are some of the possible reasons for a relapse that you'll hear being thrown around when an addict inexplicably relapses:
They're not ready yet. Obvious. And not very useful, either. Unfortunately, this statement is probably the most accurate. Anyone who relapses or fails to take any interest in getting clean and sober in the first place fits this criteria. Of course they weren't ready yet. But why not? We can look deeper than this, and hopefully extract something more useful.
They are trapped by their environment….they need to change the people, places, and things in their lives. Conventional recovery wisdom goes against this idea, saying that a change in environment–such as moving to a new city in order to get a "fresh start" and quit drinking–doesn't really work. On the other hand, the program advocates changing some of the negative influences in our lives if we are to remain clean and sober.
They're not getting the spiritual side of the program. Anyone who is working with recovering addicts and alcoholics will tell you that the people who do not relapse are the ones who have really connected to the spiritual side of the program. This "connection" is characterized by a relationship with a higher power, the pursuit of personal growth, and a shift in personality away from self-centeredness. It is almost universally agreed upon that addicts who are on this path of spiritual growth do not relapse.
They haven't had enough pain yet. This is basically the same as "They're not ready yet." All the same, it seems that some addicts and alcoholics just have a higher tolerance for abusing themselves, and have to keep going back out there and trying it out again. They have another saying that goes along with this one, referring to relapse: "It never gets any better."
Action Items – What you can do:
1) Only invest time in helping an addict in proportion to their willingness. In other words, don't waste all of your time and energy trying to help a chronic relapser who is not really willing to put any effort into recovery.
2) Give them space to fail. Part of the journey involves pain. Everyone who gets sober only does so after enduring much pain.
3) Learn the basics – of how you can help addicts.


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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- It is still not too late for parents to get their children immunized before starting school in Madison County.
The Madison County Health Department is holding special immunization clinics until Friday, said Missy Ming Smith, director of information and community relations for the Madison County Commission.
All immunizations are free of charge.
Eligible children include, but are not limited to, those entering daycare, kindergarten and first grade, those between ages 11 and 14 and children entering sixth grade who are 10 and over.
The clinics are being held each day from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Smith said. They are being held at the health department, located at 301 Max Luther Drive.
Students in the county school district start school on Monday.


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Charlie Wilmoth is both the manager of SB Nation's Pirates blog Bucs Dugout and an actual, real-live music scholar. He's also the guest on this edition of FanGraphs Audio. Topics discussed: Pittsburgh's top prospects (Gerrit Cole, Jameson Taillon, Josh Bell, and Starling Marte); the significance of the A.J. Burnett trade to the organization; and the effects of the new CBA on the Pirates' draft strategy.
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It appears to be a general human weakness to "glom onto" a few select factors when making judgement calls and overemphasize those. Studies described in the "Supercrunchers" book (ISBN 9780553805406 ) generally back this up; and experts are not immune. It is the
version of factors. To counteract this inborn human tendancy, we need to force ourselves to be more broad in our judgment by paying attention to a wider range of factors than we want. --top
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I once read an article by an English (British) author who described the difference between European prisoners of war and American prisoners when hunger and disease were major risks. The conclusion was that European prisoners cooperated better than the American ones as the physical stresses accumulated. The ending of the article was something along the lines of, "This is the real test of one's humanity". I found that to be an odd exaggeration of conclusion. Even if true, perhaps an American's independent culture nature does make them have problems cooperating in stressful crowds. But perhaps there are other situations where the independence is an advantage. Either way, using it as a key ruler for one's humanity was poorly supported.
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Can Corporate Volunteering Support the Bottom Line?
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Many companies support and promote employee volunteering because of its perceived benefits to communities, employees, and companies themselves. But what is the impact, and how can it be measured?
This study, commissioned by the Case Foundation and Hands On Network and published in September 2005, focuses on the issue of corporate volunteerism and its impact on communities, employees and corporate bottom lines in the American context. After a thorough exploration of current and existing studies, as well as conversations with numerous corporate leaders, the findings are mixed, but promising.
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No, it's not 1980, and you're not re-experiencing the music video for "Turning Japanese" by The Vapors.
In Tokyo on Friday, Johnny Depp came face to face with Japan's leading Depp impersonator, Ken Shimizu.
Wearing Depp's signature goatee, fedora and chunky rings and necklaces, Shimizu waded through the sea of fans who welcomed the actor, 48, who had just arrived at Narita airport to attend the Japanese premiere of Dark Shadows, the U.K.'s Daily Mail reports.
Shimizu managed to catch his doppelganger's eye and get an autograph before melting back into the crowd.
Notably absent: a Japanese Vanessa Paradis impersonator.
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