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Call for GSA Short Course Proposals
Got something that your peers, students, or earth science teachers need to know?
Run a GSA Short Course at the Annual Meeting.
If you are interested in running a Short/Professional Course at the GSA Annual Meeting, please submit the following items to Jennifer Nocerino, , no later than 5 p.m. on 1 February:
- A proposal in electronic format that is no longer than 2 pages in length.
The GSA Committee on Professional Development will evaluate your proposal for scientific/technical content. Please be descriptive with regard to the scientific level of the audience and what they will learn. If your course content is based on a proprietary or specialized product, please indicate what it is and the cost.
- The online Short Course Proposal Budget Form (Excel format).
NOTE: Save this form to your hard drive in order to fill it out.
- A résumé for each of the faculty/professionals who will be leading this course that are each no longer than 2 pages in length.
What are Short Courses?
Short Courses cover any topic falling under the broad umbrella of geology and its allied disciplines. The aim of the program is to help develop professional, teaching, or research skills at all levels. The courses are taught by established professionals who provide the benefit of their experience to course participants.
Courses geared toward K-12 teachers supply educators with activities and resources to use in their earth science classrooms.
Short Courses are held immediately before or after the GSA Annual Meeting and are open to either members or non-members.
What audiences do the Short Courses address?
Short Courses provide a mechanism for showcasing new technology or science and can be addressed to multiple audiences. A three-tier course registration fee exists which includes: professionals, faculty, and/or K-12 teachers. When a course is geared toward multiple audiences, the highest level group addressed will determine the administrative cost of the Short Course.
How is this system different than in previous years?
This program has matured based on comments from course lecturers and previous participants.
With this three-tier system, it will be clear who the target audience for the course will be and where the course should be advertised. It will also allow greater flexibility for the course leaders to potentially reduce costs for themselves and for participants and to add an honorarium, if needed.
Short Courses will not need to be sponsored by a GSA Division, and any profit from them will be available to the Committee on Professional Development to lower the costs of Short Courses for the next year.


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Daniel (4m as of 11/21) is fussing everytime he eats and I hope something straightens out soon. He will nurse for like 5 mins and then needs to burp. He burps but then doesn't want to go back to eating. This has been going on for a couple of days. It doesn't matter which side I start on which makes me think it is not an ear infection (b/c then he'd favor one side). He might be teething b/c he is now drooling more than he has been. However teething hasn't bothered a nursing relationship with my other children...
Nomally he eats every 3 1/2 for 10mins a side.. I am soo sore and frustrated. You can't force feed a nursed baby...I don't know if I should just push him out to four hours and hope that fixes it or what...My other three never had these problems...You'd think by number four it'd be easy peasy lol
I was going to start oatmeal with him next week but now I want to wait til we get this straightened out. I don't think it's just a 'me' issue b/c he won't take a bottle from my husband either and he normally takes one easily (not often maybe 1 every other week).
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Welcome to the CRG Discussion Forum!Forum registration problems: Make sure you enter your email correctly and you check your spam box first. *Then* email KurtS2@gmail for help.
Well, I got it back together and the high RPM vibration is better, but it didn't go away. It sounds like something in the tranny is binding or out of balance. I've never had a car do something like this.
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Securing Cyberspace: A New Domain for National Security
Book, Aspen Institute
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Editors: Nicholas Burns, Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations, Harvard Kennedy School, Jonathon Price
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The Liberals became a significant political party in the mid-19th century. Committed to extending civil rights and social welfare, they were the primary opposition to the Tories until the rise of Labour at the start of the 1900s. The Social Democratic Party (SDP) was formed at the start of the eighties by former Labourites who weren't pleased with that party's domination by leftists and trade union officials.
Almost from the very start of the SDP, the Liberals and Social Democrats were aligned with one another, presenting themselves as the alternative to a polarizing choice between radical Labourites and Conservatives. The Alliance, as it was sometimes called, polled a quarter of the electorate in the 1983 general election, raising speculation that it might finally end the "two-party mold" of British politics.
Since rising to power in 2010, the Liberal Democrats have seen a considerable drop in confidence from the electorate. Many felt anger at Nick Clegg for "getting into bed" with the Tories, whose principles frequently clashed with the Lib Dems'. Especially on the issue of student tuition fees did former Lib Dem supporters shown anger with Clegg, resulting in him apologising to his voters in 2012. Many people feel former Lib Dem voters may defect to Labour or the Green Party. Some people are also threatening to spoil their ballot paper at the 2015 election.
This party was harmed by internal conflict and the anomalous effects of Britain's first-past-the-post electoral system. It only won 23 of 633 seats in the House of Commons. The Alliance gained 23 percent of the vote in 1987 but still suffered due to the electoral system and widespread criticism that it lacked a coherent identity. In March 1988, the two parties formally combined as the Social and Liberal Democratic Party.
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MEA is again partnering with Marquette-Alger RESA and Northern Michigan University for the 25th Annual Action in Education Summit 2014, on June 16-19 on NMU's campus. The Institute, "Because Learning Matters," offers more than 14 two-day classes related to professional development.
Participants can earn SCECHs or graduate credit from NMU by registering for classes in areas such as assessment, Common Core State Standards, technology, or flipped learning.
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Classes meet from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day with an hour break for lunch at noon. Each two-day course is available for one University Credit Hour or 30 SCECHs. A combination of two, two-day courses earn two University Credit Hours or 60 SCECHs.
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AM 1316-241 is made up of two interacting galaxies - a spiral galaxy (on the left of the frame) in front of an elliptical galaxy (on the right of the frame). The starlight from the background galaxy is partially obscured by the bands and filaments of dust associated with the foreground spiral galaxy. The Hubble image unravels the fine detail in the patchy clumps of dust confined to the spiral arms of the spiral galaxy. This dust reddens the light from the background just as the intervening dust in the Earth's atmosphere reddens sunsets here. AM1316-241 is located some 400 million light-years away toward the constellation of Hydra, the Water Snake.
This image is part of a large collection of 59 images of merging galaxies taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and released on the occasion of its 18th anniversary on 24th April 2008.
Object Names: AM 1316-241, ESO 508-45
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What it claims: The power of two treatments to regenerate your skin's appearance – at home.
The system has two steps that actively work together to give you a combination of a microdermabrasion and mini-peel treatment, but it's gentle enough to use up to two times a week for continuous results.
The truth: It took some getting used. Since Ive never had something like this done before I didn't know what to expect. But I liked it after about 6 treatments (1 month) and I saw results.
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Friday, April 30, 2010
Confessions of a Storytelling Family Historian; Part II, Doing the Footwork
Confession 2: A desire to be recognized as a serious historian, as well as a gifted story teller.
Confession 3: When I started this series, I did not have a clue as to how I write.
So this is what I know. Storytelling, and especially in the realm of family history, is serious business. Outside my storytelling world there are those waiting for the misstep, the wrong year, the wrong picture, the crack in the story's facade. My readers they will tell me about it --- and so they should. This weaver of dreams and what-might-have-been's learned (usually the hard way) to relentlessly do the research.
I live in rural southern Oregon. The internet is my friend, Google is my friend, Ancestry is my friend. Hours are spent staring into the computer screen, plinking out queries, trying here and looking there – scouring for historical documents available to me. The research process is the same for genealogist, historians and the teller of stories. We gather bits and pieces of information to weave a tapestry of our subjects lives in time and space. As a story teller, I tend to look at the hard facts with a desire fill in the blanks, shapes and colors.
Research for a good story, especially for family history, has two separate but related phases; First, the research specifically related to the person or persons in the story, and secondly, research into the specific time and place. I start by creating a framework for my family stories --- a scaffold to which I add names, dates, places and events. When I am lucky I the "old ones" left me stories, letters, and the "begats" of Bibles and family trees. Although there was a time when I viewed such items as the Truth, now these are just pieces of information to verify. We all share this process of obtaining and verifying historical documents, however, as a storyteller, I always want more - more emotion, more color, more sounds and sights, more taste and feel.
In my storytelling brain, every piece of information forms a picture of at that particular time and place. For instance, I had only three pieces of information for Baby Irene and her 18-month life: a death certificate, a short death notice from a newspaper, and an old family picture that always graced my grandmothers wall. My mind's eye saw the untimely death of beautiful baby girl in the break-lands of Oregon's high desert. She was attended by a country doctor who came up with a very sophisticated cause of death, given the place and time --- a snapshot of her story.
My search for Baby Irene's story took me further afield, even though I had a significant amount of secondary information about the area and people of eastern Oregon. The list questions for my secondary research included: What did this medical terminology mean in 1905? What was the history of this disease? How would a country doctor in a small town in eastern Oregon know about such a sophisticated disease? Does that disease have any relevance to future generations? After delving into the morass of 19th century writings about "Marasiuus Juvenile, probably Tubercular sclerosis" and the current understanding of the disease, my head and heart began reconciling the lovely, laughing baby with the ultimate ravages of the disease.
Orena's Story was, in many respects, a very different process for me. I had a jumble of family stories but no real image of her came through until I was looking for her headstone in the family cemetery. Intrigued, so I started my scaffolding by going back to census reports; starting at 1840 and going through 1930. I viewed every page of Johnson County census reports as though I was a newcomer to the community and visiting new neighbors. In the process, I became acquainted with who lived next door, across the valley; I found old familiar names and names that would join the family in the future.
The 1850 & 1860 Tennessee Census reports for Johnson County provided an emerging set of scenes. The David L Keyes, his wife and family were a tight-knit, well-to-do family of four boys and three girls, surrounded by grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. By 1860, the grandfather Keyes and David's youngest son, 4 year old Benjamin, had died. As I followed the census reports, each became a mini scene painting a picture in my mind of a changing family, household shrinking as children moving out on their own, Tennessee relatives coming and going, and losing beloved uncles and parents.
Although the variety of hard facts tend to be stronger in census reports, Wills are one of my favorite documents as there is a certain immediacy of thoughts and feelings of the person, as well as the likely affects of the Will upon family members. The Wills of Orena's Uncle James and her father David clearly reflect that she received a substantially greater share than her cousins and siblings. Although neither Will states that this largess was due to her steadfast care of family, the backdrop is clear.
I also plow my way through all the family documents I can find such as Bibles, letters, recipes, journals, ledgers, and pictures. Gleaned bits and pieces to give texture and color to the scenes in my head. Fleshing out Orena's life, required reading histories of Tennessee and Tennessee families of the time period; then on to Oregon's histories of Benton, Wasco and Wheeler Counties, as well as family histories and genealogies; and researching ship travel from New York to Panama, building the Panama railroad, and travel over the Isthmus of Panama. Each of these gave me a glimmer of the sights and experiences Orena and her family.
Maps, especially maps of different eras, are one of my favorite tools. The graphic images form the questions: How far the distances? Where the mountains and rivers lay? Where roads were" Where roads were not? What kinds of roads? Villages Towns? These are the insights that go far beyond words. Maps of Oregon in the 1800s , make it obvious that the Willamette River, the old fur trading routes of the early 1800s, was still a viable form of transportation in 1870. Considering they had to transport 7 to 10 people, the accompanying luggage, and supplies, it is no wonder that the Orena's family chose the fur trader's route down the river, rather than slogging in mule drawn wagons over roads that were muddy during the rainy season and dusty during the rest of the year – and always bone jarring.
Family photos provide a visual aspect to the story, but often there may only be one picture such as with Orena. A lovely young woman, 23 years old, frozen in time. To round out my visual images I search for photos, drawings, and newspapers of that particular locality and era, such as clothing, transportation, houses, street scenes, church activities, stores and occupations. As I place my subject in a real time and place, the textures, color are added to the fleshed-out skeleton of my subject's life.
I would be remiss if I didn't mention using local museums and historical societies. In addition to the bits of information related to the individual I am researching, I find the greatest boon of the local groups to be the realm of historical setting. Staff member quite often have a long standing relationship with the area, as well as the families past and present. Most of all, I appreciate their willingness to share their time and even personal history that is relevant to my research.
At some point the writer must say, " The research is finished (well, research is never finished) and now it is time for work of writing" --- and that is Confessions, Pt.III.
Also see Confessions, Pt.I
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Congratulations, Joan, on your Follow Friday feature! You deserve it!!!ReplyDelete
I'm certainly not the talented writer you are Joan but my thought process is virtually the same as yours. It's as if you read my mind when it comes to wanting to be seen as a legitimate genealogist but knowing that your story telling sets you apart. I don't have your history of creating stories from childhood on but I feel the same yearning you do to tell the stories of the people on my family tree. I'm much less concerned with how many names are on my tree and much more concerned with learning about the life and times of my peasant ancestors who worked the fields in rural Poland for centuries. Citing sources irritates me. I just don't want to be bothered with it. Where's the story in that??? But I do it because I should, because all serious genealogists do. But oh how I'd like to spend that time on writing stories instead!ReplyDelete
I really feel a connection with you after reading this series (so far). I only hope that one day I'll be as good a storyteller!
Thanks for writing this very thoughtful series. I can't wait to read what comes next!
Ahh I was looking for this, and not sure why I did not find it. I had been waiting for the next part. and part three too. I see it's going to be a great day!ReplyDelete
I wish you continued good luck.
Something else you maybe know, Other than panama route, can you tell me even via blog posts the routes and methods of travel to oregon/ time period before 1900. if my Meyer went to Oregon anytime after 1876--- 1900--1020. Is the way by california [ Donner group] or could they come way up north through northern states?ReplyDelete


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Here are five of the closest presidential races in U.S. history since 1840 as compiled by Yahoo!.
Just as in 1876, the winner of the 2000 popular vote ended up losing the election, and again under controversial circumstances. Only about 500 votes separated Bush and Gore in must-win Florida, and after more than a month of lawsuits, bickering and recounts, the U.S. Supreme Court voted to stop the recounts in Florida and give Bush the win.


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March 20, 2014
Thanks to a broader community that believes in the value of a Dordt College education and many alumni, parents, and friends who commit to financially support Dordt students, approximately 28 days of their education are paid for by donations.
"When we take our total fund-raising as a percentage of our overall budget, we realize that a given number of days each year are fully supported by our donors, rather than by tuition," said President Erik Hoekstra. "This year, that calendar turns in the first week in April, and the rest of the academic year can be thought of as 'grace.'"
This is definitely a cause for celebration. "We give thanks to God for a generous supporting constituency that values what is done at Dordt College in Christ's name," said Hoekstra.
Dordt College kicks off its GRACE Days (Gifts Received from Alumni and donors for Christian Education) celebration on Friday, March 21, when students are asked to reflect on what they have received and to express their appreciation to donors. Students, faculty, and staff can eat a free barbeque meal, write a thank you message to a donor for helping make a Dordt College education possible, and run and jump through a giant inflatable obstacle course.
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we're.. gonna get raped..the way we playing right now
I checked the schedule and maybe someone signed up for tonight's game. If not, feel free to post here. Need a thread for sure because this is a primetime, nationally televised game vs the Lakeshow.
I camped out and watched the double-header last night that involved both the Lakers and Melo's Nuggets and this is what I observed:
If you don't play 48 minutes, you aint beating the Lakers. The Celts at home were up double-digits most of the first half until the Lakers reeled them in and applied the knock-out punch with under two minutes left. Kobe had 3 points at half-time, but ended up with 23, mostly in the 4th quarter. So if you don't finish quarters and halves as the Knicks are known NOT to do, it will be a long night.
Melo is awesome. No more of the that "overrated" stuff. He put on a show last night against Dallas dropping 42 points from all over the court. I don't care who the Nuggets want in return, its worth it for Melo. No one is untouchable. No one. That includes Gallo "****lovers" because even though Gallo has been playing better of late (still can't shoot his way out of a paper bag), it hasn't translated into Knicks wins with bad losses to Philly and the Clippers in the past seven days.
Enjoy the national broadcast tonight, hope we don't get chased off the court.
we're.. gonna get raped..the way we playing right now
D'Antoni's small-ball lineup will NOT work against the Lakers, period. We need to be running Mozgov out there as much as we can. In my ideal world we'd have Anthony Randolph out there to guard Lamar Odom but that's probably not going to happen. The Lakers have a huge size advantage against us, and we're not going to win unless we trot our biggest guys out there...
If D'Antoni sends williams out again to guard Bynum I'm just gonna stop watching this game. Williams is a good role player, but D'Antoni's obsession with him guarding centers at 6'8 or 6'9 is just insane. Mozgov has to play close to 40 minutes. I hope Turiaf is back for this one.
STAT/Williams at center and Chandler at PF and we will get raped again...like in LA.
Felton should get a rest, he's been horrible lately. Start Douglas and play Mason/RAutins as backup PGs.
If D'Antoni plays a larger line-up when possible, we will stand a chance. But, we need a perfect game, and we need to play D for 48 minutes... not 24... not 12.
I agreed with whoever said, Ant Rand on LO. I would like to see some more of Anthony's hustle. But, truth is, he won't see the a minute of play, unless we are getting blown out.
Amar'e has to have his outside jumper going, and Felton needs to run the offense efficiently. Watching Raja would do him some good.
Gallinari has to have his jump shot going, too. Everything needs to come together. I don't think one player can afford to have an off game.
When the Lakers' step up their defense, that's when we will have trouble, because we won't be able to step it up like them. Hopefully the Lakers' back-to-back will help our chances.
I'll be there.... and going with my girl, who is a huge Laker fan.
Gonna get rowdy!
Thank God The Lakers Played Last Night
Gasol and Bynum will kill us inside. Hopefully Moz will start and not get in early foul trouble. We might actually match up if we start Moz and STAT. Gallo should check Odom and start Wilson to Guard Kobe. So it should look like this:
Those match-ups would give us the best chance to win. I know that bumps Fields out of the starting line-up, but he seems to have hit the rookie wall and would be a great super-sub off the bench. We all know D'ant won't do any of this and because he loves to bring Wil off the bench to check guys that are six inches taller.....
D'antoni is a fool if he does not play Moz 30 minutes, the Lakers are big and we need to counter that. It's all part of the learning curve for Moz.
Amar'e for 62!
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Also, I'm gonna take a guess and Mosgov is gonna have a double-double and Douglas is gonna have a big game.
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- Lucas vows to do "everything" he can to complete farm bill
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- House needs to act soon to get the bill passed and into conference with the Senate.
- Congress may need to extend current policy until new rules can be written and implemented.
- Farm bill must be comprehensive.
REPRESENTATIVE FRANK LUCAS, R-Okla., chairman of the house Ag Committee, addresses members of the press following his keynote address at the recent Southern Peanut Growers Conference in Panama City Beach, Fla.
U.S. Representative Frank Lucas, R-Okla., Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, says he will "do everything I can" to get a farm bill done by late September.
"But the magnitude of changes," he says, "dramatically alters commodity titles."
Lucas, keynote speaker at the recent Southern Peanut Growers' Conference in Panama City Beach, Fla., said the House needs to act soon to get the bill passed and into conference with the Senate.
Even with quick passage, Congress may need to extend current policy until new rules can be written and implemented, Lucas said. Wheat farmers, for instance, will be planting by mid-to-late September and need farm policy in place.
Also, livestock insurance provisions created in the 2008 farm law will expire, leaving them without adequate protection.
"We have to get the bill out of the House to a conference committee," Lucas said during a press briefing following his prepared remarks.
Lucas said the next farm bill must be comprehensive, allowing all commodities to participate, or it will not be a true farm bill. A good farm bill "allows everybody to participate. I understand the perspectives of various regions. But it is a struggle and I am getting pushback. The House bill is good for peanuts," he said.
Lucas said the House bill "offers substantial savings," mostly from elimination of direct payments.
Partisan politics will pose a serious challenge for quick passage on the House floor, Lucas said, even though the bill "leaves the House Ag Committee with bi-partisan support."


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You're about to hit the road on a hot summer night. You're sick of the stale songs coming out of the radio, and you've listened to the same songs on your iPod for the millionth time. But you want some music to go along with your surroundings, as you put the top down on a trip to nowhere particular.
Need some audio ideas for the ride? You've cruised to the right place.
You're going to be re-introduced to five songs you know very, very well -- but may have forgotten how powerfully they symbolize July's swelter or the awesomeness of August. The songs aren't just about summer. They ARE summer.
If you don't agree, no problem. It's the best time of the year, and there are no arguments here. Just sit back, and try to soak it in, man. It'll be cool.
No. 5: "Summer Love" by Justin Timberlake
We start with a singer who can do it all -- sing, dance and act -- Mr. Justin Timberlake. JT's "Summer Love," which was released in 2007, is a catchy summer tune that fans can sing to and dance to.
This summer hit appeals to both devoted JT fans and casual fans. The song peaked at No. 6 on the Hot 100 when it was released.
No. 4: "Summer in the City" by The Lovin' Spoonful
The Lovin' Spoonful scored a No. 1 hit in 1966 with "Summer in the City." The song describes New York in the summer, from people lounging around in the heat during the day to the contrasting, lively nightlife during the summer nights.
No. 3: "Summer Nights" by Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta
No one can help but sing along to Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta's 1978 hit "Summer Nights" from "Grease." Whether you are singing the male role or the female role -- or even both -- this song takes everyone back to the sandy beaches of summer.
The song recaps the summer relationship of Danny and Sandy, and now it is frequently sung at karaoke nights and weddings alike.
No. 2: "Summertime" by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
Here's a challenge: Find a better hip-hop tune than "Summertime" by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince. Good luck.
Released in 1991, this Grammy-winning chart-topper is breath of fresh summer air. Pun intended. Summer oozes out of the lines: "You're invited to a barbecue that's starting at 4. Sitting with your friends cause y'all reminisce about the days growing up and the first person you kiss."
Sometimes it's easy to dismiss rap as noise, but that is poetry. The music video produced with this song is even better, especially when the camera zooms in on the kids in bright T-shirts running around at the barbecue.
"All the kids playing out front. Little boys messin' round with the girls playing double-dutch, while the DJ's spinning a tune as the old folks dance at your family reunion."
Actually, the images of the old folks are what makes you smile the most. Old people dancing on grass in the summertime sounds like something you'd find in heaven. Think about it, and it almost makes you cry. Heck, the video to this song is poetry in motion.
No. 1: "California Girls" by The Beach Boys or David Lee Roth
We save the best for last. California Girls. And you know what, the versions recorded by the Beach Boys and David Lee Roth are both great. Play either one, and you get the central idea, "I wish they could all be California girls."
Penned by Brian Wilson and Mike Love in 1965, "California Girls" reached No. 3 on the U.S. charts for the Beach Boys, and when Van Halen's David Lee Roth did a cover of it 20 years later, it hit No. 3 on the charts again.
Roth's 1985 video of the song was an MTV staple that year, and can be put in a time capsule to show future generations what the music video age represented at its zenith.
Yep, it was that good. So is the song. Be it Roth or Boys, for millions, this is the ultimate summer anthem, featuring imagery to keep you warm in North Dakota in January:
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1993: Micheal Williams, a guard for the Minnesota Timberwolves, sets the NBA record for most consecutive free throws, hitting his 97th in a row before missing his next one. Williams broke a record set by Basketball Hall of Famer Calvin Murphy, who hit 78 straight in 1980-81.


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Juno Award-winning guitarist/songwriter Ray Bonneville plays a free show at the Echo Sunday
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Ray Bonneville may be a late bloomer in some ways, but that hasn't slowed him down. The Juno Award-winning songwriter, who played blues and rock in bars for twenty-some years before he finally started writing his own material in the early 1990s, spends a few months of the year touring North America and Europe. He makes a pair of rare Southland appearances this weekend.
His extensive travels inform his seductive folk-blues grooves as well as the pungent sense of place that characterizes much of his music. Bonneville has collected his mail all over the map — Montreal, Boston, Colorado, Alaska, Seattle, Arkansas, New Orleans, Texas — and his sensitivity to community vibes and environment bleeds through his lyrics. His songs are like suggestive snapshots made along the roadside, with quiet disturbances in the corner of the frame leaving listeners to wonder what happens after the last guitar chord stops ringing. Listening to gothic tales like the fateful title track and "Cross and Flowers" from his excellent 2011 album "Bad Man's Blood," it comes as no surprise to learn that Cormac McCarthy and Flannery O'Connor are among his favorite storytellers:
"Cross and flowers by the side of the road/ In the hour of long shadows/ Faded name, hard to read/ Lost in among the weeds/ I see dice rolling out of a hand unknown/ I believe they're loaded long before they're thrown."
Bonneville lived primarily in Quebec City and spoke French until he was about 12, when his family relocated to Boston. There he got his hands on a guitar and started bashing out chords; it only took a couple of proper lessons for him to decide that theory wasn't his thing and he'd rather jam on the Rolling Stones and the Zombies with his high school buddies.
After serving in the Marines, he found the blues — and lasting inspiration in the grit and honesty of players like Lightnin' Hopkins, Muddy Waters, Tony Joe White and Howlin' Wolf, as well as country legend Hank Williams. He won the Best Blues Album Juno Award (the Canadian Grammy) for his third release, 1999's "Gust of Wind," but it wasn't until 2003's acclaimed "Roll It Down" that his profile started rising here in the States.
Now based in Austin, the gravely-voiced Bonneville makes a rare foray into LA this weekend, playing McCabe's in Santa Monica Saturday night with fellow blues-influenced troubadour Ernest Troost, and the Echo on Sunday. Fans of sly, soulful playing a la the late J.J. Cale would do well to check him out.
The Grand Ole Echo presents Ray Bonneville in a lineup that also includes Dan Janisch, Ben Reddell and Sarah Stanley at the Echo, 1822 Sunset Blvd., Echo Park, 5:30 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. For more information, call (213) 413-8200. raybonneville.com
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Cooking oil ignited fire at Iowa business
Firefighters say a huge blaze that destroyed a longtime Iowa City business and two apartments was caused by a resident who left a pot of oil burning unattended.
Investigators said Thursday the fire that destroyed The Dental Lab Inc. started in one of the apartment units also housed in the building. The pot of oil on the stovetop ignited nearby combustibles. Flames quickly spread through the building's ceiling.
Residents escaped without injury, but the building was declared a total loss. The Dental Lab has long supplied area dentists with custom-built dentures and other items.
The Iowa City Fire Department says the leading cause of kitchen fires in the city is unattended cooking.
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Timex's First Ironman Smartwatch Doesn't Need a Smartphone
LG, Samsung, Pebble, Motorola, Razer—plenty of tech companies have stepped into the smartwatch space. Now Timex, already a popular watch maker, is joining the fray with its Ironman One GPS+ watch. As you'd expect, the new Ironman One is built with sports in mind. However, unlike most smartwatches, it has its own cellular service, and doesn't need to be paired with a smartphone.
The point, for Timex, was to create a device that could keep someone connected during hardcore workouts without having to bring along a smartphone or music player. It's waterproof down to 50 meters, so it's fine for swimming and even diving, and has a Qualcomm Mirasol display, which is more visible in direct sunlight than many LCD screens.
The watch tracks a user's speed, distance traveled and pace in real time, and can share it with friends and family who want to follow along. The wireless connectivity enables the watch to send email messages, and a "find me" mode allows users to send an alert to emergency contacts such as friends and family if trouble arises.
There's 4GB of storage in the watch that you can load up with MP3s if you want to listen to music via any Bluetooth headset while running or biking.
The cellular connection is from AT&T, and a one year data plan is included in the watch's $400 purchase price. (Timex declined to say what, if any, the data cap will be.)
The biggest question we have is about its interface: Many companies have already tried—and failed—to build nice one-finger interfaces for watches, and Timex's reputation wasn't built on touchscreen devices. Despite what looks like a pretty huge face on the Ironman One, tapping around the screen may not be so easy, so stay tuned for a deeper look.
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Mets practical jokes: Omir cream pie and Johan cup head
Checked my DVR of last night's postgame show this morning to find this gem involving JJ Putz "congratulating" Omir Santos on his monster grand slam. How's that taste, Omir? Good, good, good!
But that wasn't this week's only team practical joke. Way back on June 30 2007, I captured the first case of "bubble gum cup head" in the dugout: David Wright getting Ramon Castro good. Since then, Ramon has taken up the cause more than once. His latest victim? Our beloved Johan Santana. One of the few laughs during that game, with Ollie pitching a clunker to the Nats. My fave part is when Johan nestles down between Ollie and Tatis, his arms draped over their legs, his cup hovering uninhibited between them.
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Thanks so much for the video! I'm away at college right now, so I have to settle for watching the Mets games on MLB.tv, which is fine, except that I don't get the post-games show. So glad I finally got to see JJ pie someone!
that was fun to watch. remember when someone, I think it was Putz, pied someone during a Mets Hot Stove from Port St. Lucie back in Februrary. I like that attitude on the club. It's loose. It's fun. I can win.
Ha that's funny. Not quite as good as the Ron Darling prison photos from below! Too bad Keith wasn't there.


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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Colors of Spring
Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night. ~Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke
In anticipation of the first day of spring I've been on the lookout for the color wheel of the season. Here are my favorite photos that just shout spring--like the masses of pansies above:
Yellow - forsythia
Green - the soft green of the weeping willow
Pink - saucer magnolias that so often bloom too early and then get nipped by frost or freeze
White - bradford pear blooms, like a spring snow storm
Purple and orange - someone described this sunrise as a psychedelic slurpee!
Purple - crocus
Red - Kentucky cardinal, our state bird and the perfect harbinger of spring around hereWhat says spring in your parts?
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- Linda said...
What a marvelous color wheel of spring! Very clever - gorgeous photographs!
- March 20, 2012 at 6:07 AM
- Living Life said...
Your photos just scream "spring"! Love them all especially the one of the purple crocus. Happy spring to you my friend!
- March 20, 2012 at 8:29 AM
- Jan n Jer said...
Great photos Faye...talk about a color wheel...that first shot covers it all! Love that magnolia shot too...the blue sky as the backdrop is awesome!
- March 20, 2012 at 9:06 AM
- TexWisGirl said...
you've got quite the full palette there!
- March 20, 2012 at 10:00 AM
- George said...
Each of your photos says 'Spring' in the best possible way. You've captured some great colors, and although the sky is gorgeous, I think I really like your pansy photo best.
- March 20, 2012 at 12:49 PM
- Pam said...
What a beautiful array of spring flowers with all their gorgeous colors.
Thanks Faye, they just made my day.
cheers :)
- March 20, 2012 at 5:57 PM
- melifaif said...
COMPLETELY fabulous group of photos. Beautiful job. The Pink - saucer magnolias stole my heart. And the sunset made it melt...
- March 21, 2012 at 4:21 PM
- Hula Girl at Heart said...
The same things in this end of Kentucky. Your photos are all lovely, but I especially like the joyous color in the first one.
- March 21, 2012 at 7:25 PM
- Deborah (Debs) Carr said...
I especially love the forsythia. We have a magnolia tree, althought it's more of a long stick with usually only one or two buds each year.
- March 22, 2012 at 2:54 PM
- Tricia @ Bluff Area Daily said...
Oh so colorful & pretty! =)
- March 23, 2012 at 12:21 PM
- Clint Baker said...
You have lots of beautiful pictures! My wife loves cardinals!
- March 24, 2012 at 9:17 PM
- Roan said...
Hi Faye..saucer magnolia. That's a new one on me, but they do look the same. Thanks for the identification. My Lincoln home is in Illinois, just south of Charleston, IL and about ten minutes from my house. It is called
Lincoln Log Cabin Historical Site and was the home of Thomas and his second wife, Sarah Bush Lincoln. I don't think Abe ever lived there, but visited and even tried a court case in the courthouse where I work. One of these days I want to go visit their KY home. My son lives in Nashville, so perhaps on a trip down to see him. Is it interesting? That cardinal is gorgeous! Love the crocus, too.
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Sports Illustrated Hates Joe Smith
Who doesn't love some Joe Smith? What a success story! With the confounding side-arm! And the humble "Aw shux" grin! We love Joe Smith.
But let's take a look at his placement at a recent Sports Illustrated cover shoot:
"Hey you, Rookie, on the floor!"
But still, he's Joe Smith. He says, "Sure, I'll lie on the floor, Sports Illustrated. And boy will I smile wide for you.
Then SI will go and cut a brother out.
No fresh-out-of-college, small town grin on their cover, thank you very much. But what's more? Now they're missing one of Omar Minaya's most fortuitous past draft picks. A vital part (this year) of the "unlikely story" SI wants to spin about the "Melting-Pot Mets."
So, Mighty Joe. Take a moment here to rise up off the floor and give us some late-inning glory. This blogger–and many a Mets fan, too–loves ya like a cover boy.
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thats just not right. Made him go out to the shoot, and hes not even apart of the cover.
That is so not cool dude!
In Miami a lot of people didn't recognize dear old John and he's been part of a great thing. The guy needs his spotlight. Shame on SI!
Zoe, NOT just out of college– out of college and then BROOKLYN!! Which just makes Joe Smith much much better, and SI much worse. They are not worthy of my notice. I look upon them and pass by.
Great article on Minaya, BTW, but they undermined its message by cutting Joe out of the cover.
May be just as well for Joe. He won't get the SI cover jinx.


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Hey OG, I'm down. Sounds like a good idea. I know you're probably gonna flagrant foul some people on this forum. I wonder who?...
Yo, is anyone willing to get together to play a fullcourt basketball game, maybe this summer? We can put trillion and metro on opposing teams. Some nice courts are located down by the 72nd street pier.
Personally, I'm willing to get down there and bust some people up.
Hey OG, I'm down. Sounds like a good idea. I know you're probably gonna flagrant foul some people on this forum. I wonder who?...
I'm a clean player. I'm streaky, though, and past my best playing days; but, with preparation, I might do all right.
I think it'd be funny, more than anything, to see the biggest "enemies" compete against each other, because some of these people actually take their online problems seriously.
can we reserve an indoor court at Chelsea Piers? what's the wager also? we can't just play for bragging rights
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Sounds like a good idea i havent played ball in a fresh minute but im down
we should also go to a knicks game this year, that would be tight.
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We're gonna need at least ten people. No wagering because I know I take it real serious when moneys involved. Besides we wouldn't know who got game until a couple of games in. If we do play, that first game is gonna be a blowout.
yea word lmao......i havent played in the longest.
a KO knicks game would be cool too, would anyone be down
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so what positions do we got? I probably have to be guard cause I'm 5'4"
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loll....yea come to think of it i agree, and the remainder of our home schedule is ok nothing to great like the lakers or something.
im 5'10 so that probably leaves me at the 2guard or SF although i always played PG, always been short loll
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This sounds good it should be a yearly thing. If i come to NY this summer i'm down fo sho. I'm 6'1 or 6'2 and like to play PF but my stamina sucks lol
someone asked but the reason I wanted to see if we could do this indoors is because I want to use a leather ball instead of the composites or rubber ones.
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Deluxe Digital Mini Fridge/Warmer
Is your dad a road warrior? Does he love old-fashioned driving vacations? If so, he needs the Deluxe Digital Mini Fridge/Warmer.
This nifty critter plugs into any 12V or 110 outlet and can either keep sandwiches and drinks cool for the duration of his trip or keep his favorite road-food entrees warm until he gets to his favorite roadside dining spot.
This is especially great for dads who have been told by their doctors that one more trip through the fast-food drive-through might be more than their Lipitor can handle. Instead of the fat-laden monster burger, they can pack a sack of turkey rollups or other healthy grub.
And when they're out of sight of the house, they can ditch the rollups and keep the monster burger hot and ready.
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"I am alone with God."
~ Herbert Goldsmith Squiers, U.S. Army officer, diplomat in China, Cuba, and Panama; his last words upon receiving the last rites.


text: Mary Munson Rabakon, '83, has been promoted to controller and treasurer of Progressive Dynamics (PDI) in Marshall. She joined PDI in 1995, after working at Dowding Industries and Dawn Food Products. Mary received her M.B.A. in accounting in 2005 from the University of Phoenix. She and her husband, Scott, have two children. They live in Athens.


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Palmisano charged in Ariz. incident
BARRE Joseph Palmisano is in legal trouble, but it isnt the once-prominent bankruptcy lawyer in central Vermont who employed a Ponzi scheme to drain the life savings of dozens of investors and used their money to bankroll his lavish lifestyle before being sent to prison in 1996. Its his son.
Joseph P. Palmisano was arrested in Tempe, Ariz., last month and accused of shooting a man in a parking lot not far from his own law firm, where he practices criminal defense. The son grew up in Barre and worked for his father for a time.
The younger Palmisano, 48, has not been indicted or arraigned in connection with the April 18 incident, but court records indicate he was arrested for attempted second-degree murder and kidnapping after he allegedly shot the ex-boyfriend of a woman he is dating in a business parking lot in Tempe.
Jerry Cobb, a spokesman for the Maricopa County attorneys office, said in an interview Thursday that a preliminary hearing in the case has yet to be scheduled and it is unclear whether an indictment will be issued. However, Cobb said, Palmisano remains in custody, having failed to post the $180,000 bond that was set two weeks ago, and prosecutors have taken the steps to charge him with aggravated assault and kidnapping.
Both charges are dangerous felonies and stem from a bizarre confrontation that was partly recorded by the accuser, Ryan Hall, according to court documents obtained by The Times Argus.
According to those documents, Hall, 25, was sitting in his car shortly after 8:30 a.m. April 18 when Palmisano approached him holding a loaded .357-calibre handgun and ordered him out of the vehicle. Tempe police this week released the video a few seconds long that Hall recorded on an iPhone, which shows Palmisano approaching a car with a gun in his hand.
Records indicate Hall grabbed the barrel of the gun and attempted to duck under and away from Palmisano when he was shot in the back.
According to court documents, Hall, who was hospitalized with a gunshot wound, claimed Palmisano stood over him after the shooting and said something to the effect of: Do you feel that (T)hats you dying boy.
Several witnesses reportedly said they saw Palmisano walk away from Hall carrying a gun and enter his nearby office. Some local news accounts suggest Palmisano called 911 and turned himself in. Although court records dont confirm that, they do indicate Palmisano was taken into custody without incident and say he waived his Miranda rights and freely answered questions.
Police said Palmisano admitted driving to his office with a loaded gun to confront Hall, who he believed had hacked his personal and business computers and tapped his telephones. Records say Palmisano also admitted pointing the gun at Hall, who was in the drivers seat of his car, and ordering him to get out of the vehicle and accompany him into the office. When Hall refused, Palmisano allegedly shot him.
According to court records, Palmisano, who is married and lives with his wife and daughter not far from Tempe, also admitted having a six-month romantic relationship with his secretary, Catelyn Foster. Foster is identified as Halls ex-girlfriend and the mother of his child.
Palmisano could be sentenced to five to 15 years in jail if he is convicted of aggravated assault, while a conviction on the kidnapping charge would carry a sentence of seven to 21 years.
Palmisanos father, Joseph C. Palmisano, is now living in Arizona, where he just entered the final year of his supervised release after having spent 13 years in federal prison.
The elder Palmisano, now 74, pleaded guilty to 44 counts of a 45-count criminal indictment in 1995 and was committed to the federal prison system March 11, 2006. He was released April 27, 2009.
An FBI-led investigation revealed that Joseph C. Palmisano persuaded more than 90 people to invest roughly $7.9 million with him during a five-year period that ended in late 1992. Many of the investors lost their life savings in a scheme that promised tax-free returns of 20 percent to 30 percent a year.
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More than a dozen fans were injured after a horrific car crash on the final lap of the Nationwide race at Daytona.
The crash, occurring moments before the end of the Nationwide race Saturday at Daytona, caused Kyle Larson's car to become airborne into the frontstretch catch fencing, shearing off the front half of the car and leaving large pieces of the vehicle inside the fencing.
Watch ESPN's recap of the crash…
And watch first-hand footage of the entire frontend of Larson's car flying into the crowd.
UPDATE: Fan safety is a huge issue for NASCAR and they obviously don't want this graphic footage on the web so it has been removed from YouTube. If we find any additional footage we'll surely post it.


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'Isabela' is a little bit country and a little bit rock and roll, but tonal stitching with brushed heel and toe make this lady in suede instrumental to any wardrobe. Alberto Fermani's boots pair perfectly with a leather jacket and jeans or a belted, rustic dress.
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Death in the Second City
The mood is still — silent. Not a breath is taken without force. Not a soul is able to find content under an otherwise brisk breeze, rejuvenating half-moon. Yes, dear readers, the White Sox season is over and those who still have the ability to feel are holding back the tears, swallowing their emotions and drowning their sorrows at Jimbo's right now.
But I couldn't.
I have a hit blog to write.
And on this evening, with the mass exodus of black-clad Sox fans streaming out of U.S. Cellular field hand in hand, heads on shoulders, feet in mouths, my Southside neighborhood resembles a death train, complete with stunned silence peppered by the occasional Irish keeling.
If New York is the big apple, then Chicago is the big fat lady who takes up two seats on the crowded bus.
Because that's exactly what the Cubs and Sox both did for the playoffs this season: take up space that could have otherwise been used by a more formidable competitor. And believe me when I say that I make that statement with the most loving of hearts for my neighborhood Sox. I wanted nothing more than to see them continue on; but at the end of the day, the grinderball game came to a grinding halt.
So now we Chicagoans are left to ask ourselves: How 'bout 'dem Bears?
Or: How 'bout 'dem Dems?
Or: How 'bout
'dem Hawks hockey? Does anyone pay attention to hockey anymore?
The answer is: No. Not if you
have any dignity aren't from Detroit… which reminds me that things could always be worse. We could all be Tigers fans.
So go ahead Cub fans… hate me. You already do anyway. But don't hate me 'cuz I'm right when I say the Second City is dead and we're lying in the same ditch together.
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Chicago and New York are both great cities, so where are our teams in the postseason? Nowhere! But let's look on the bright side. Oh. Wait. What bright side?
Glad to sweep the Cubs outta October. You should sell Kleenex to the Cubs fans to stay afloat in this economy (and maybe the White Sox fans too, I guess).
Check out this youtube a guy on the InsideTheDodgers blog made about the Cubs in the NLDS set to M.I.A.'s Paper Planes. I think you'll appreciate it, and it kinda goes with your current post:


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December 2016 PlayStation Plus PS4 lineup reportedly leaked
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Wayforward Technologies is reviving the side-scrolling beat 'em up in the form of Double Dragon: Neon for XBLA and PSN. The game is scheduled to release in July.
Brothers Billy and Jimmy Lee return to save Marian from the new villain Skullmageddon. The downloadable title will accentuate the '80s style of the original, retaining the martial arts and weapon-based combat.
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The members will serve until July when a new grand jury will be appointed.
George Hatch, III of Beeville was named foreman of the group, and Johnson appointed Malisa Hardin of Sinton as the alternate foreman.
Other members were Valerie Garza, Ruben Atkinson III, Joanna Rincon, Delia Caballero, Elva Bernal, Mark Santa Ana, Rick Richardson and Mary Ann Fritz, all of Beeville.
Out-of-town grand jurors were Dale Schubert of Skidmore and Vera Turruviate of Sinton.
The two alternates were Brittany Banda and Jennifer Roberts of Beeville.
Alternates will stand in for regular members who are not able to make the monthly grand jury meetings.
Grand jurors do not determine guilt or innocence when they hear evidence of crimes allegedly committed in the county.
They listen to prosecutors and investigators to determine if there is enough evidence in a case to bring it to trial.
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Parking fees to go into effectJanuary 30,2014
MONTPELIER — Officials in the Capital City are reminding residents that effective Feb. 1, new parking fees will go into effect.
The changes were recommended by the Montpelier Parking Committee and approved by the City Council in November.
Rates for parking meters will go from $0.75 per hour to $1 per hour.
For permits, the 60 State St. lot and the Blanchard Court lot will see increases in permits from $50 to $100 per month, and short-term vending permits will increase from $0.35 per hour to $0.75 per hour. Permits for the North Branch, or Jacobs Lot, will increase from $70 per month to $100 per month.
The old Vermont League of Cities and Towns lot next to Shaw's will see an increase in permits of $40 to $70 per month.
The Pitkin Circle lot will see an increase in the seasonal rate, from April 1 to Nov. 15, from $262 to $325 per year.
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What the 2008 Olympics taught me: Sometimes it is OK to hit mute, fast forward is your friend and it is OK if you can't watch everything.
When you are staying up until midnight or later to watch Team USA dive, swim, tumble, spike and cycle, you need to be as flexible as the IOC when it comes to the ages of the Chinese gymnasts.
Wait, did I say that?
I meant you need to be as flexible as the IOC when the Iranian swimmer claimed he was "too sick" to compete in a heat that just happened to have an Israeli entrant.
Darn! Let me try again.
You need to be as flexible as Jason Lezak when he kicked trash-talking French booty a few nights ago in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay.
My husband and I didn't plan to get sucked into the Olympics, it just worked out that way.
The only sport I looked up a schedule for was women's gymnastics. But those darn people at NBC splice the broadcast so much that you end up watching three to four other sports. We found ourselves watching synchronized diving. Yes, I'm so ashamed.
We invited some friends over to watch the Opening Ceremonies. We added a drinking game component to the festivities (don't worry, we used sparkling grape juice). Country you've never heard of? Take a shot. Announcers make stupid comment? Take a shot. Anyone mentions human rights violations or pollution? Take a shot.
I know that people like to think the Olympics are a way to bring the world together. Truth is, I can't think of anything more divisive than the Olympics. You want to bring people together? Having the duke it out in a variety of sports only brings viewers together. It benefits the corporations more than the countries.
Here's to you IOC:
•You put the games on in a country that forces the U.S. viewers to either stay up really late or wake up really early. Very crafty.
•You make the U.N. look fair and balanced.
•You allow a country called "Palestine" to participate but make Taiwan enter as Chinese Taipei.
Let's hope that by the time Chicago gets the games in 2016 – as it will because the Windy City rocks – you will have these details worked out.
In the mean time, I will go back to watching Michael Phelps kick butt – right before I turn into a pumpkin.
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"Enough, gentlemen, my last word is this: the guillotine seems set up for good. Take me there. An oath against my conscience you will never get from me."
~ Sister Eugenie, Saint, of the Daughters of Wisdom; to the Revolutionary Committee of La Rochelle, during the murderous Reign of Terror in France.


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Everything happens for a reason?
I had met Anderson before, but not seen his work, and we discussed photography, his use of wax layered over the images, and that his photos are "studies for the paintings" he creates in conjunction with them. ("They [the photos] are like little haikus.")
Garber's name was familiar, as an "American photographer known mostly for her black and white urban landscapes of cities including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Paris and Venice" (www.wikipedia.com), but as I turned her card over in my hand (and met her husband, Stu), something else niggled at my feeble brain. "Garber?" I asked. "Do you guys know my BFF Hillary Cohen?" Looking at each other and then again at me, Helen nodded her head, and we hugged like long-lost friends. Synchronicity? Here she was, in White Lake (three thousand miles from home) and although we had never met, we chatted away about our shared experiences on Facebook and mutual friends across the globe. Aside from that, her artwork included shredded pages from a story my uncle wrote decades ago (cue Twilight Zone music), and as our worlds collided, I shook my head, wondering what it all could possibly mean.
Sorry that I had missed Mermer Blakeslee reading from her newest book, "When You Live by a River," (www.catskillartsociety.org) I chalked it up to being just one man and headed out instead to hear Matthew Horn and Cliff Westfall (The Needmore Bothers) perform their (IMHO) unique, feel-good bluegrass interpretations of country life. "Nope, we have no website, no Facebook page and no business cards," the fellas reported, "just a couple of T-shirts, which (local artist) William Landau made this morning." Meanwhile, imagine my surprise to find author Blakeslee in the house (www.theoldnorthbranchinn.com) reading (in between musical sets) from her book, mesmerizing the crowd (and me) with her beautiful prose, wrapping me 'round her finger, as she entranced the packed house, breathing life into her characters and musing on synchronicity. "I didn't write this story as an allegory on fracking," she said, "but it's amazing [to me] that it could have been… See what you think," she intoned, as she read part two of the afternoon's selection. I didn't have an opportunity to chat with Blakeslee after the reading, but was it really just by chance that I met her at all? If everything happens for a reason, I'm guessing the answer is yet to come.


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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size ½ of recipe
Calories 136
Total Fat 1.5 g
Saturated Fat 0.5 g
Sodium 949 mg
Total Carbohydrate 2 g
Dietary Fiber 0 g
Protein 27.5 g
Ingredients and Preparation
Ingredients Measures
Boneless, skinless chicken breast halves 2 (5-ounce)
Water 1 + 3 cups
Sugar 2 tablespoons
Kosher salt (or 1 tablespoon table salt) 2 tablespoons
Ice cubes 1 cup
- Place chicken breasts between 2 sheets of plastic wrap and pound until about ½ inch thick all around.
- Bring 1 cup of water to boil in a small sauce pan over high heat. Mix in the sugar and salt and stir until dissolved. Remove from heat and transfer mixture to a 4-cup glass measure. Add ice cubes and enough water to make 4 cups.
- Place chicken in a resealable plastic bag or covered plastic container. Pour in the brine mixture and seal. Brine for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
- While chicken is brining, prepare the grill.
- Drain chicken and place on grill. Cook for about 3-5 minutes on each side, until juices run clear. Serve with sweet pickle relish.


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MVe® Chair Training
Level I: Two-Day Training
The MVe® Chair Instructor Workshop is a two-day training with a focus on teaching small group chair classes set to music in a studio or health club setting. The workshop is designed to build upon your existing professional knowledge, and focuses on the Peak Pilates® Perfect Ten Chair Exercises, providing an excellent and well-balanced framework that allows for mastery of the program, as well as modifications and variations to accommodate all participants. Three pre-designed class formats sequence together exercises that utilize the entire body in coordinating movements in the most effective and fun patterns possible.
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Course Objectives
- Understand the elements of the MVe instructor education materials and how to use them as a learning tool and teaching aid.
- Demonstrate proficiency in the five essential body positions used with the MVe Chair.
- Demonstrate an understanding of four universal alignment concepts and Pilates Principles.
- Learn the 4-step teaching guide S.E.A.T. variables to safely and effectively teach a multi-level class.
- Learn the Perfect Ten, Super Series and Fusion exercises.
A Certification in one of the following;
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- A 4-year Exercise Science Degree or equivalent
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Assessment: None. A Certificate of Attendance is awarded upon completion of the course.
Continuing Education Credits: 16 Peak Pilates CECs | 4 SPIN® CECs | 10 AFAA CECs


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Improve Healthcare IT Security: Solution Brief
Using Intel® Advanced Encryption Standard New Instructions (Intel® AES-NI) with InterSystems Caché* EHR database substantially improves encryption performance and reduces computational overhead.
Executive Summary
Electronic health record (EHR) server databases, implemented using InterSystems Caché, are increasingly being encrypted to protect the confidentiality of sensitive healthcare data. However, employing encryption on such databases can require significant computational resources. Intel® AES-NI, included in the Intel® Xeon® processor X5670 and Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2680 (and more recent Intel Xeon processor families), accelerates encryption and greatly reduces computational overhead.
Key findings:
• Tests show that even as data and computational time increase, there is negligible degradation in performance for encryption or decryption.
• Use of Intel AES-NI with Caché's interleaved cipher blocks can speed up encryption by a factor of 20 or more.
Read the full Improve Healthcare IT Security Solution Brief.


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Science and technology designed to battle pathogens
Los Alamos scientists are developing science and technology to improve pathogen detection, create better therapeutics, and anticipate—even prevent—epidemics and pandemics.
The source of these pathogens can be natural (for example, a mosquito that carries the West Nile Virus) or manmade (for example, the 2001 Anthrax letters).
Lab contributions to this area of research include understanding the host-pathogen relationship, creating better detection platforms, modeling disease progression, and developing strategies for more effective drugs.
Regardless of the origin—natural or man-made—limiting the impact of disease requires rapid identification of disease and an effective, targeted response. Lab scientists are contributing to this effort in many areas, including:
- Understanding the molecular mechanisms of host-pathogen interactions.
- Discovering new biomarkers of disease.
- Developing effective recognition molecules for detection reagents—both RNA and protein.
- Developing effective vaccines and therapeutics.
- Designing advanced diagnostic assays and biosensors for rapid detection of disease.
- Analyzing and engineering biomolecules for drug development.
- Understanding and countering changes in the environment that facilitate disease in humans and animals.
- Modeling disease progression and testing possible countermeasures to prevent epidemics.
- Recognizing potential downstream problems such as social unrest caused by biologically driven natural or manmade disasters (such as the destruction of a nation's agriculture).
- Integration of all of the above areas into comprehensive biosurveillance
- Designed robotic high-throughput sequencing systems to support worldwide pathogen monitoring and enable rapid, coordinated response.
- Created 'Next Gen' DNA Sequencing and Analysis Pipeline for rapid sequence determination and analysis of biothreat/ public health pathogens.
- LANL Sequedex permits ultra-fast analysis of metagenomic sequence data for biosurveillance.
- Applied expertise in pathogen environmental genomics and
- Developed hundreds of novel antibodies against tuberculosis antigens
- Developed a field-ready optical biosensor that detects protein toxins and biological pathogens such as influenza, anthrax, tuberculosis and E. coli.
- Created the world's first Portable Acoustic Cytometer that can perform high-throughput screening of possible new drugs, as well as cancer markers and infectious agents
- Developed LANL ProSig and ThermonucleotideBLAST algorithms allows for design of genetic-based detection assays for biodetection and bioforensics.
- Optimizing pathogen detection efforts by predicting bacterial adherence to environmental surfaces based on bacterial parameters such as hydrophobicity and virulence
- Validated detection assays to keep our nation safe from bioterror attacks
- Developed completely general discovery and detection platforms for early markers of disease.
- Developed non-intrusive optical spectroscopy-based diagnostic technique for cervical dysplasia—a condition that can lead to cancer.
- Developed EPiSimS, an agent-based simulation engine designed to help assess disease prevention, intervention, and response strategies (Mathematical and computational epidemiology)
- Invented EpiCast, an epidemiological forecasting simulation model that can model potential bioterrorist attacks to help decision makers formulate effective countermeasures
- LANL researchers published a study using sequence analysis as a ground-truth to inform epidemiological spread of HIV in the context of an agent-based model
- Led an extensive epidemiology study for the Department of Homeland Security during the 2009 influenza pandemic to help inform decisions about how to use therapeutics and what the potential benefit (if any) would be from social distancing measures and restrictions.
- Designed antimicrobial proteins that rapidly eliminate bacteria from infected sites in plants and humans
- Developed chelators for radioisotope delivery systems that have applications in medical imaging and in vivo cancer therapy
- Working to understand the viral factors that facilitate transmission of HIV infection to develop preventative approaches, including possible vaccines, to curtail this epidemic. Created a new strategy for vaccine development using mosaic proteins—proteins that represent the best consensus when working with highly variable pathogens such as HIV. Mosaic proteins were used to make an HIV vaccine that is currently in a Phase 1 human trial.
- Using mosaic proteins for other vaccines, such as one against the Ebola virus"
- Performed large-scale molecular simulations of molecular machines to identify new antibiotic targets. Such understanding could help scientists develop new antibiotics to battle "superbugs" such as MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) infections, as well as engineered strains of anthrax and plague. Also performed the first structural study of an entire long non-coding RNA, a class of molecules that play key roles in cancer and epigenetics.
- Developed genomic screens using RNAi to identify host proteins targeted by Yersinia bacteria—the successful use of this could lead to these screens being used to ascribe function to previously uncharacterized genes. A better understanding of host-pathogen interactions also has the potential to enable earlier (pre-symptomatic) detection and/or the development of more effective therapeutics.
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- Pathogen Research Databases: Los Alamos has in place extensive databases of genomic sequences for HIV, hepatitis C, hemorrhagic fever viruses, influenza, oral pathogens (both bacterial and viral), and bacteria and viruses responsible for sexually transmitted diseases. These data enable advanced bioinformatics analysis and rapid signature identification of various pathogen strains.
- High-Throughput Gene Cloning and Protein Production Facility: This facility serves the Tuberculosis Structural Genomics Consortium, the Integrated Center for Structure and Function Innovation, and an NIH project to select antibodies against every human protein. LANL scientists collaborate with various universities and other national laboratories to better-understand how proteins work, as these are considered the "machines of life."
- Los Alamos Molecular Recognition Alliance: The objective of this alliance is to develop antibodies and other "affinity reagents" to combat diseases. Los Alamos has developed reagents that counter cholera, plague, anthrax, influenza, and hantavirus.
- Protein Structure Determination: Multiple facilities at LANL provide capabilities in NMR, and X-ray and neutron diffraction techniques to perform groundbreaking work in new drug-design methods through advanced understanding of protein structures and their functions.
- Advanced Computing Resources: Access to high-performance computing allows the use of rapid and specialized analysis tools for phylogenetic characterizations (Sequedex), metagenomic assembly, high throughput annotation, evolutionary modeling, and disease epidemiological modeling.
- Los Alamos Genome Center: Coupled with our mission to serve the JGI, the Genome Center houses all of the newest sequencing technologies to deliver JGI projects as well as to many other sponsors, primarily focusing on sequencing critical pathogens and near neighbors, computational finishing and bioinformatics characterization of these pathogens, database and web services for pathogen genome comparisons, metagenome sequencing and analysis for pathogen discovery and biosurveillance.
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- Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology
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- Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)/DoD
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Citrus Research Board
- Los Alamos Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD)
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