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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS - A full-time meteorologist hired for the Greenbrier Classic says that player and spectator safety is the
top priority.
Stewart Williams is a meteorologist with Schneider Electric
out of Minneapolis, but he's worked with the PGA for 20 years.
From a small trailer, he uses radar and lightning detection
to determine when a storm is coming, how long it will stay and when it's safe
to resume play. Williams does not make the rules, but he does inform the rule
makers about inclement weather.
"Be sure we can get enough time that we can get the players
in and give enough time to hopefully get the spectators back to the buses and
back to the cars before it hits the golf course," Williams said. "The next two
days we have some active weather, and then it's going to cool down and be a
beautiful weekend, so Friday, Saturday and Sunday is going to be really nice
around here."
Williams is also tracking the movement of Tropical Storm Arthur,
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Junko Ida graduated from the New England School of Acupuncture in 1989. She started studying Toyohari in 1988 and is one of the 3 most senior instructors outside Japan. She has studied extensively in Japan with senior instructors such as Kodo Fukushima (Founding president of the Toyohari Association) and Toshio Yanagishia (current President). She has studied with other Japanese practitioners such as Yoshio Manaka. She is the President of the European Branch of the Toyohari Association and co-author of 'Japanese Acupuncture' with Stephen Birch. Junko practices in Amsterdam.
Instructor: Junko Ida LicAc (US), MBAcC (UK), lid NVA (Holland)
Assistants: Zoe Brenner Lic.Ac and Martin Feldman Lic.Ac.
Toyohari is a form of Keiraku Chiryo or Japanese Meridian Therapy. Keiraku Chiryo developed in the 1920s and 1930s. Toyohari, a refinement of this, was developed by blind acupuncturists from the late 1950s. In the Toyohari "school", pulse and palpation diagnosis and non-inserted needling techniques have been developed to a very high art. Like other forms of keiraku chiryo, Toyohari is not a theoretical edifice, it is instead a very clinical approach to acupuncture practice, where each theory that is utilised is tested and validated in intensive clinical practice and training. The Toyohari association has developed special study groups of advanced practitioners that continuously review and test old and new methods and ideas to help identify what they find works best.
Toyohari focuses on strengthening the vitality and thus ability to recover while correcting imbalances of the meridian system (deficiency/excess). Treatment is applied systematically in a number of distinct steps based on an initial assessment and then through continuous monitoring and double checking via touch and pulse diagnosis.
This workshop will be taught by one of the three most senior instructors outside Japan and assisted by two US Toyohari instructors. The workshop will introduce and demonstrate the core aspects of the diagnosis and treatment methods used in Toyohari. The workshop will use lecture, demonstration and practice format. Practice sessions will allow participants to gain some experience of this sophisticated system.
While it will not be possible to practice this system after this weekend, participants will have a good idea about one of Japan's most sophisticated acupuncture treatment systems and will be in a position to decide if they want to pursue a program of study in Toyohari
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Three men in their nineties were among the last British veterans of the Spanish civil war honoured by the Spanish Embassy in London on Tuesday.
Sam Lesser, Lou Kenton and Joseph Kahn were part of a group of seven UK and Irish volunteers of the International Brigade awarded Spanish citizenship 70 years after the end of the conflict.
"It was exciting, enjoyable and a huge honour to have my Spanish passport bestowed on me," said Mr Kahn, 93, of Maida Vale, north west London.
He will be able to use his new passport for the first time in September for the wedding of his granddaughter, Miranda Nathan, in Marbella.
Around a fifth of the 2,300 volunteers with the brigade from the UK, Ireland and the Commonwealth are estimated to have been Jewish. They rallied to the defence of the Republican government in Spain, following a military rebellion in 1936 led by General Franco which was backed by Nazi Germany and fascist Italy. Mr Kahn, who fought in the battle of Jarama in 1937, recalled: "It was utterly terrifying and probably the closest I came to death during the months I spent on the frontline, fighting Franco's fascists."
Sam Lesser, 94, from Brixton, south London, had already been radicalised by the depression of the 1930s and the spectacle of Oswald Mosley's antisemitic Blackshirts on the loose, by the time he got to University College, London, to study Egyptology.
He had been set to go to Egypt for his first archeological dig, but instead volunteered for the International Brigade. "I thought, here's an opportunity to strike a blow against fascism," he said.
By October 1936, he was among a unit of 36 British volunteers dispatched to Madrid to help stop a nationalist advance. His life was spared by a library book which stopped a bullet after he had he had used it to fill an over-large rifle-hole in a wall. Only six of his British group emerged alive and unscathed.
But a few weeks later, defending Cordoba, Sam was not so lucky. Hit in the leg and back, he collapsed, unable to move and "in shocking pain.
"A guy called Jock Cunningham I had got friendly with, came looking for me. He dragged me out and saved my life."
He came home, went back to Spain, but was ruled medically unfit to fight. Then Sam found a different way to aid the Republican cause: he began doing English language broadcasts for Radio Barcelona before working as a foreign war correspondent for the Daily Worker.
"I got out the day before Barcelona fell to the fascists on January 26, 1939."
Asked if he would have done what he did again, he said, "Yes. I haven't heard a man who survived the International
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I'm not big on prepackaged foods. They've often overpriced, full of chemicals, preservatives, and sodium. I don't have a problem with sodium. I'm a teaspoon of salt on everything kind of girl. But I know a lot of people try to avoid it. One packaged food that gets rave reviews in my kitchen though, is gardein.
Made with clean ingredients like pea protein, gardein has a taste and texture that closely emulates meat. If you don't want that texture, it's not the food for you. But if you want a plant-based food that's hearty and flavorful, yet free of cholesterol, low in fat, and doesn't cause any animals to suffer, give gardein a shot. I think you'll like it.
We had the Buffalo Wings. The sauce is flavorful and has a real kick. I love spicy foods and to me the wings were pretty spicy.
With the Super Bowl coming up more chicken wings will be consumed than any other day of the year. The suffering animals endure in order to provide a momentary palate sensation is immense. But with foods on the market like gardein that taste good, are healthier than chicken, and don't cause a soul to suffer, there's no reason not to eat them instead of meat. Go (vegan) team!


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I'm pretty much single and completely happy that way, my life revolves around my job and my pets.
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Hint: Consider the F-distribution and F-statistic in terms of a ratio where you are testing H0: sigma1^2/sigma2^2 = 1
Random samples from two normal populations produced the following statistics:
S1^2 =350, n1 =30, S2^2 =700, n2=30
a. Can we infer at the 10% significance level that the two population variances differ?
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School basketball: Guzielek coaching Sir Bills
Matt Guzielek is coaching the varsity boys' basketball team at Johnstown, where he set records as a high-scoring senior.
Guzielek previously directed modified, freshman and junior varsity teams at Johnstown and has taken over for Scott Hale, who stepped aside to accept an administrative position in the school district.
The Sir Bills went 1-13 in the Foothills Council last season and 2-16 overall.
Guzielek's grandfather, Francis "Fred" Guzielek, coached the Johnstown varsity from 1962-65.
Guzielek tied a Johnstown record with 41 points when the Sir Bills upset Lansingburgh in the 2002 Section II tournament. He set a school record with eight three-point baskets earlier in his senior season against Broadalbin-Perth, and averaged 20.9 points. He later played at Hartwick College.
Former Bethlehem High School standout Matt Quatraro has accepted the position of assistant hitting coach for the Cleveland Indians.
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Is this possible? If so, any walkthroughs on the setup anywhere?
Check whether router 2 can do bridging. This will make router 2 to bridge the network in router 1 and extend you network.
Check if your wireless router can work in a WDS mode.
Hey guys I am new to this community and I am from dell technical support anything with Laptops shoot the questions to me I will try ma level best.... so I guess this is the answer u have been looking for........
Are you asking about having 2 wireless routers on your WLAN? Absolutely. I do this myself in one of my home networks. There are a couple ways to do this depending on how you configure them. If you want to have 2 wireless routers on your home network, then just make sure the 2nd one has a unique IP address, leave one at 192.168.1.1 and make the other 192.168.1.2, and also make sure you run them on different channels, choose from channels 1, 6 and 11. You wireless clients should automatically roam between the 2 wireless routers (sometimes takes several seconds) depending on how close you get to one or the other.
Or are you asking about setting up a wireless bridge link between the two wireless routers? In that case, no, they are not meant for this purpose. In that case, you would need to replace one of your wireless routers with a wireless workgroup bridge, which Linksys also makes. It acts like a client to the main wireless router and then has a wired ethernet port. If this is the setup you're after, look at the WET54G. They call this the cableless cable. The common example is setting up a home office in a detached garage and you don't feel like running cable and burying conduit. The single ethernet port can be plugged into a mini-hub which then has multiple devices connected.
If you can run wiring, you can connect your 2 wireless routers together using a LAN port, or using the WAN interface. So you can extend your LAN, or you can create a whole 2nd WLAN with it's own separate IP address rance and DHCP server by connecting it using the WAN interface.
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Alessandro Del Piero is one of the most legendary players in the history of the game. In his 21 years of professional soccer, he is the most-capped player and the top scorer in the history of Juventus, one of the world's most historic clubs.
Over those 21 years, he scored 288 times for Juve and 27 times for the Italian National Team (as well as once with Padova before joining Juve in 1993). That's a total of 316 goals for club and country.
That's a lot of goals. And as you watch them, there are a bunch that will make your jaw drop.
Out of all the goals, is it possible to pick the best of them? That has been my mission over the past few days—finding the best goals of il fenomeno vero's illustrious career.
I included most of the goals in this slideshow for no other reason than their sheer visual brilliance. And while several of them may look ordinary, they carried significance beyond their appearance.


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I have a great faith in the natural process of birth. I love supporting a couple in welcoming their new baby – throughout the pregnancy, birth & postpartum.
Achieving a positive birth experience is comes from being educated, and having an educated & experienced support team.
As a doula, and someone that likes to be prepared for anything, I take a range of natural products to aid the birthing mama.
Here is the list of items I pack in my doula bag:
- hair ties (for the mama)
- hot water bottle (you could also use a microwavable heating pad, but they don't have a microwave. I don't like the plug in heating pads because they are not as easy to move with the mama)
- gum/mints
- fresh lip balm (for the mama)
- battery operated tea lights (candle light is soothing, and these can be used in hospitals too!)
- unscented massage oil
- essential oils: lavender, jasmine, clary sage, peppermint & whatever else mama might request.
homeopathic remedies: aconite, pulsatilla, caulophyllum, chamomilla, nux vomica, arnica, carbo vegetabilis, kali phosphoricum,& gelsemium.
- tennis ball (for rolling on the back)
- Rebozo
- Elle TENS unit
- Postpartum Wellness Bath Tea fr making healing frozen pads, and putting in the peri bottle to speed healing.
I should add that for home births I find the Aquaborn birth pool to be an excellent tool. It doesn't fit in my doula bag, and can't be used in hospital births – so that's for another post!
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David Goldstein, PhD, Director of the Institute for Genomic Medicine
The Institute for Genomic Medicine was established in January of 2015 under the direction of Dr. David B. Goldstein as a part of Columbia University's Precision Medicine Initiative. The overarching goal of the institute is to create a cohesive, Columbia-wide research and teaching environment for human genetics and genomics. Recent technological advances in genome sequencing and adoption of electronic medical records have paved the way for the creation of patient-centered personalized medicine that will be one of the cornerstones of the medical field.
Columbia, the IGM, and IGM partners will help drive innovation in genomic medicine through vibrant research, clinical applications and outreach efforts. In support of these efforts, the institute is in the process of establishing a genetics environment that offers the benefits of scale and expertise to facilitate the integration of genomic analysis across the Columbia community.


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Ethics Committee Duties
In the Senate there shall be a Committee on Ethics, consisting of ten (10) members. The committee has the following powers and duties:
(1) To receive complaints or charges concerning conduct alleged to be unethical from any citizen of this State or member of the Senate against Senate:
(a) members;
(b) former members, provided the allegations are related to the former members service in the Senate;
(c) candidates;
(d) former candidates, provided the allegations are related to the former candidates bid for Senate;
(e) officers and employees;
(f) staff and independent contractors of a legislative caucus committee.
Only sworn written complaints or charges may be considered.
(2) To file a complaint upon concurrence of at least six members of the Senate Ethics Committee when alleged violations are identified. Unethical conduct may include, but is not limited to, a:
(a) violation of Chapter 13 of Title 8;
(b) violation of Chapter 17 of Title 2; or
(c) breach of this Rule by a person designated in (1) above or as designated by statute.
(3) To investigate such complaints and charges and, if warranted, to report the results of such investigation to the Senate with recommendations for further appropriate action as authorized by law.
(4) Upon request of any member, officer, or employee of the Senate to render advisory opinions with regard to legislative ethics when, in their judgment, such opinions would serve the public interest, and to act as an advisory body to the Senate and to individual members of or candidates for the Senate on questions pertaining to the disclosure and filing requirements.
(5) To make available annually to the Senate a compilation of the principles set forth in advisory opinions rendered.
(6) To administer or recommend appropriate sanctions or dismiss charges.
(7) To ascertain whether a person has failed to comply fully and accurately with the disclosure requirements of Chapter 13 of Title 8 and promptly notify the person to file the necessary notices and reports to satisfy the requirements.
(8) To recommend any rule or statutory change relating to ethics as the committee deems appropriate.
All papers, documents, complaints, charges, requests for advisory opinions, and any other material required to be filed with or received by the committee shall be strictly confidential prior to a finding of probable cause, or a waiver of confidentiality by the respondent. No persons involved with a complaint before the committee, including complainant, respondent, counsel, counsels secretaries, committee members and staff, and investigators shall mention the existence of any such proceeding nor disclose any information pertaining thereto, unless otherwise permitted by the Rules. Disclosure of confidential information must be punished in a manner provided by the Ethics, Government Accountability, and Campaign Reform Act. If the Senate Ethics Committee finds that a person has violated the provisions of this item, it must report its findings to the Attorney General.
Information that must be made public following a finding of probable cause or waiver of confidentiality by the respondent are: the complaint; the response by the respondent; any exhibits introduced at a public hearing, subject to redaction of information of a personal nature where public disclosure would constitute unreasonable invasion of personal privacy; and the final order issued by the committee.
A certified copy of the sworn statement of charges against the respondent must be given to him or her within ten days of the time the statement of charges is received by the Chairman of the Ethics Committee. The respondent has the right to file a response to the complaint within fifteen calendar days after receipt of the complaint and to face and cross-examine his or her accusers and the witnesses against him or her at any hearing called by the Ethics Committee. All hearings following a finding of probable cause must be conducted in open session. The Ethics Committee must call a hearing if a majority of the membership of the Ethics Committee feels that the charges have merit or if the respondent formally requests a hearing.
No complaint may be accepted by the Ethics Committee concerning a member of or candidate for the Senate during the fifty-day period before an election in which the member or candidate is participating. During this fifty-day time period, a person may petition the court of common pleas alleging the violations complained of pursuant to the provisions of Section 8-13-530. Action on a complaint filed against a member or candidate which was received more than fifty days before the election but which cannot be disposed of or dismissed by the Ethics Committee at least thirty days before the election must be postponed until after the election.
If the Ethics Committee determines the complaint does not allege facts sufficient to constitute a violation, the complaint must be dismissed and the complainant and respondent notified. If the Ethics Committee finds that the complaining party willfully filed a groundless complaint, the finding must be reported to the Attorney General. If the Ethics Committee determines the complaint alleges facts sufficient to constitute a violation, it shall promptly investigate the alleged violation and may compel by subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of pertinent books and papers. The subpoena must be signed by the Chairman of the Senate Ethics Committee.
No complaint shall be accepted which is filed later than four years after the violation is alleged to have occurred.
Findings of Probable Cause and Subsequent Actions
If the Ethics Committee finds that probable cause exists to support an alleged violation after a preliminary investigation, it shall, as appropriate:
(1) render an advisory opinion to the respondent and require the respondents compliance within a reasonable time; or
(2) convene a formal hearing on the matter.
If the Ethics Committee renders an advisory opinion and the respondent fails to comply, the committee must convene a formal hearing on the matter within thirty days of the respondents failure to comply.
If a hearing is to be held, the respondent must be allowed to examine and make copies of all evidence in the Ethics Committees possession relating to the charges. The Committee must establish procedures which afford respondents appropriate due process protections, including the right to be represented by counsel, the right to call and examine witnesses, the right to introduce exhibits, and the right to cross-examine opposing witnesses. All hearings must be conducted in open session.
After the hearing, the Ethics Committee shall determine its findings of fact. If the Committee, based on competent and substantial evidence, finds the respondent has violated Chapter 13, Title 8, or Chapter 17, Title 2, or violated this Rule, it shall:
(1) administer a public reprimand;
(2) require the respondent to pay a civil penalty not to exceed two thousand dollars for each non-technical violation that is unrelated to the late filing of a required statement or report or failure to file a required statement or report;
(3) require the forfeiture of gifts, receipts, or profits, or the value thereof, obtained in violation of Chapter 13, Title 8 or Chapter 17, Title 2;
(4) recommend expulsion of the member;
(5) in the case of an alleged criminal violation, refer the matter to the Attorney General for investigation; or
(6) require a combination of items (1) through (5), as necessary and appropriate.
If the Ethics Committee finds the respondent has not violated a statutory provision or Rule or engaged in unethical behavior, it shall dismiss the charges.
The Ethics Committee shall report its findings in writing to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. If the Committee finds a violation of a statutory provision or Rule or finds unethical behavior, the report must be accompanied by an order of punishment that is supported and signed by a majority of the Ethics Committee members.
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TV Ratings: 'Walking Dead' Invades Top 20
For such an early week in the TV season, it wasn't very eventful, ratings-wise. Football was tops once again for NBC, while CBS did typically well thanks to shows like 'NCIS,' 'The Big Bang Theory' and 'NCIS: Los Angeles.' Its new comedies, including 'The Millers' performed admirably. That show drew 12.3 million viewers. By comparison, 'Big Bang' drew nearly 18 million.
Perhaps the biggest story of the week is that AMC's 'The Walking Dead' continues to amaze. With 14 million viewers, it was good for #7 for the week against the top broadcast networks. That's not something that the network's 'Mad Men' or even 'Breaking Bad' could touch.
ABC was buoyed by 'Dancing With the Stars,' 'Castle' and 'Modern Family,' while FOX didn't even have an entry in the Top 20.
Here are the week's top shows:
1. NFL Football: Denver vs. Indianapolis, NBC, 26.9 million
2. NCIS, CBS, 18.8 million
3. The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 17.8 million
4. Football Night in America, NBC, 15.3 million
5. 60 Minutes, CBS, 15 million
6. NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS, 14.6 million
7. The Walking Dead, AMC, 14 million
8. The Voice (Monday), NBC, 13.8 million
9. Dancing With the Stars, ABC, 13 million
* The Voice (Tuesday), NBC, 13 million
11. Person of Interest, CBS, 12.7 million
12. The Millers, CBS, 12.3 million
13. NFL Football: Indianapolis vs. San Diego, ESPN, 12 million
14. Castle, ABC, 11.1 million
15. Criminal Minds, CBS, 11 million
16. Modern Family, ABC, 10.9 million
* Blacklist, NBC, 10.9 million
18. Blue Bloods, CBS, 10.6 million
19. Toy Story of Terror, ABC, 10.5 million
20. Survivor, CBS, 10.1 million


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This is the January 26, 2013 news archive. View today's AL Central rumors and news.
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Lindstrom, White Sox finalize 1-year, $2.8M deal
CNNSI.com Updated Jan 26, 2013
CHICAGO (AP) -- Reliever Matt Lindstrom and the Chicago White Sox have finalized a $2.8 million, one-year contract that includes a club option for 2014.Share Tweet
White Sox feel fans' pain of tough finishMLB.com Jan 26, 2013Since 1996, the White Sox have nine second-place finishes, four third-place finishes, three division titles and one historic World Series crown in 2005.Share Tweet
Could be big year for White Sox MitchellMLB.com Jan 26, 2013As far as internal left-handed-hitting help for the White Sox, don't overlook Jared Mitchell, the team's top pick in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft, who received rave reviews for where he was offensively coming out of instructional leagues.Share Tweet
Frank Thomas eyes Hall, says stats aren't 'fake'ESPN.com Jan 26, 2013Retired Chicago White Sox slugger Frank Thomas says he feels even better about his career after watching steroids-tainted stars Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa and Roger Clemens fail to gain entry to the Hall of Fame.Share Tweet


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Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z co-headlining Soldier Field July 22
Justin Timberlake fans, you'll be thrilled to know that JT is going to be touring this summer for the first time in six years. Bad news for Packers fans though - the closest concert will be at Soldier Field.
Timberlake, along with his "Suit & Tie" collaborator Jay-Z, will be co-headlining the Bears stadium in Chicago on July 22, promoter Live Nation announced Friday morning. General tickets are going for $39.50 up to $250 (not including fees) and will be available for purchase to the general public beginning at 10 a.m. CST Thursday at Ticketmaster outlets, by calling (800) 745-3000 and visiting ticketmaster.com. »Read Full Article
Tame Impala anything but at Turner Hall show
Kevin Parker's perfectionist tendencies went into overdrive on last year's "Lonerism," psychedelic band Tame Impala's sophomore full-length album. Besides insisting on playing nearly all the instruments in the studio, Parker mixed the album two times, flying from his native Australia to New York on both occasions, to get the details just to his liking.
Tame Impala didn't have the luxury of do-overs and fine tuning in its sold-out, 85-minute Turner Hall Ballroom set Sunday. And if Parker attempted to bring that obsessive craftsmanship to a live setting, he would run the risk of sabotaging the set's potential for spontaneity. »Read Full Article(1)
'Rep Lab' cooks up mixed batch of one-acts
In her curtain speech before Saturday night's sold-out performance of "Rep Lab," Sandy Ernst - who oversees the Milwaukee Repertory Theater's justly acclaimed intern program - made clear that the Rep simply couldn't stage its shows without each year's crop of two dozen interns.
But even as we routinely note these interns' presence - in smaller roles, as extras and in program credits, where they are listed as understudies and assistants - we rarely get to really see what they can do. Now in its third year, "Rep Lab" - short plays showcasing intern actors, directors, choreographers and designers - lets us appreciate how good they can be. »Read Full Article
Report: Fallon to replace Leno
Reports have surfaced that late-night host Jimmy Fallon will replace Jay Leno as host of "The Tonight Show" show next year.
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People of all faiths (or none at all) are warmly invited to this annual interfaith series that promotes dialogue, mutual understanding, and collaboration on topics of spirituality. On first Tuesdays, October through May, local leaders initiate conversations about their spiritual traditions and address the theme, "Spirituality in the City."
First Tuesdays is co-sponsored by The Jesuit Church of the Immaculate Conception, Loyola Institute for Ministry, The Catholic Book Store, and Holy Name of Jesus Church. It is guided by an interreligious steering committee. All presentations begin at 12:30 in Lenes Hall, 130 Baronne Street, the parish center of Jesuit Church, and include a simple lunch that starts at 12:15. All are welcome. Admission is free. Parking is available at parking meters on the street as well as at the many downtown lots and garages.
Fr. Bill Terry, Rector, St. Anna's Episcopal Church New Orleans
"Blast from the Past: A 'Relevant' Church in an Historically Traditional Model"
From Fr. Bill: St. Anna's has become a recognized "safe place" for a diverse community. This is true, in part, because of her location. But, it is equally true because we participate as members of this faith community in local establishments, host local clubs and organization many of whom have been on the fringes of Christianity. Our church as institution or as concept is active and plays out in the lives of "members" who never attend our worship but with whom we share "The Way."
Presenter TBA on Japanese Buddhism
Rabbi Alexis Pinsky, Congregation Gates of Prayer, Metairie, Topic TBA
Fr. Frank Reale, S.J., Pastor Jesuit Church of the Immaculate Conception, New Orleans, Topic TBA
Tuesday October 7
Tom Ryan
"Spirituality and Its Bewildering Varieties: A Field
Tuesday November 4
David Crosby
|"Your Pain Is Changing You"
| Tuesday December 2
William Thiele
|"Seeking God in a Frantic World"
Tuesday January 6
Donald Frampton
|"Holy Play" (January 6th is the traditional start of Carnival Season, which provides the context for the presentation.)
Tuesday February 3
Martha Orphe
|"What Does God Require?"
Tuesday March 3
Naomi Yavneh Klos
|"A Jew For (and With) the Jesuits"
Tuesday April 7
Norris Henderson
|Tuesday May 5
Tuesday October 1
Kara French and Clemmie Greenlee
Eden House, a two-year residential program for women who have been commercially and sexually exploited
"Love and Life After Human Trafficking"
Tuesday November 5
Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Loyola University New Orleans
"The Muslims Around You"
Tuesday December 3
Shir Chadash Conservative Congregation
|"Hanukah: Myth, History and the Light of Faith"
Tuesday January 7
Music Director and Principal Conductor, Louisiana Philharmonic, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Mexico, Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería, and YOA Orchestra of the Americas
|"Conducting and Spirituality"
Tuesday February 4
Vice President, Community Services, Catholic Charities New Orleans
|"Many Faces in God's House"
Tuesday March 11 (Second Tuesday)
Imam, Masjid ur-Rahim, New Orleans
|"An African American's Journey to Islam"
Tuesday April 1
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist with The Lens: www.thelensnola.org/
|"Having Faith in Nature"
Tuesday May 6
Felder-Fayard Associate Professor at Tulane Law School and Director of the Domestic Violence Clinic
"The Spirituality of Survival: Working with
Tuesday October 2
Stake President, New Orleans Church of the Latter Day Saint
"Mormon Spirituality"
Tuesday November 6
Besh Restaurant Group
"Food, Family and Faith"
Tuesday December 4
Cantor, Touro Synagogue
|"Singing a New Song Unto God"
Tuesday January 8
Unitarian Universalist Minister and Director of the Center for Ethical Living and Social Justice Renewal (www.celsjr.org>
|"Being Beloved Community: the Spirituality of Justice and Joy"
Tuesday February 5
Pastor, Metropolitan Community Church, Baton Rouge
|"A Place at the Table"
Tuesday March 5
Tulane professor and author of Rising Tide, The Great Influenza, and Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul: Church, State and Birth of Liberty.
|"The Creation of the American Soul: Church, State, and the Birth of Liberty"
Tuesday April 2
Phillip is Professor of Voice and Coordinator of Vocal Activities; Ellen is Associate Professor of Voice. Both are accomplished performers and recording artists.
|"'Anoint our lips to sing Your praise': the Spiritual Battle"
Tuesday May 7
Author of fiction and non-fiction including Up From the Cradle of Jazz, Lead Us Not Into Temptation, Vows of Silence, Earl Long in Purgatory: A Play, and Render Unto Rome: The Secret Life of Money in the Catholic Church.
|"Keeping Faith in an Age of Scandal"
Tuesday October 4
Chef/Owner Dooky Chase Restaurant
"I Just Pray and Keep Going"
Books by and about Leah Chase will be available for purchase at presentation and at Catholic Book Store 3003 S. Carrollton Ave.
Tuesday November 1
Beth Israel Synagogue
Please bring a Bible to presentation if you can
"This IS the Better World: The Universal Spiritual Message of Genesis 1-11"
Books to accompany presentation (available for purchase at presentations and at Catholic Book Store 3003 S. Carrollton Ave.):
Brad Hirschfield, You Don't Have to be Wrong for Me to be Right
Rabbi Jeffrey Sachs, How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizations
Tuesday December 6
President and CEO, Urban League of Greater New Orleans
|"Spirituality Through the Books that Guide Our Lives (the Bible, the Torah, the Quran)"
Tuesday January 3
Ghazala Khan
|"Islam: A Woman's and Mother's Perspective
Tuesday February 7
Aaron Spevack
|"My Journey to Islam"
Tuesday March 6
Thich Nu Thanh Trang
|"Being Buddhist in New Orleans"
Tuesday April 3
Right Reverend Morris Thompson
|"Spirituality: Born through the Community"
Bishop Thompson writes, "Much of the conversation will center on the writings of Wendell Berry, a Kentucky writer that has in many ways given me a new understanding of community. Through his poetry and fictional writings I believe he paints a picture of what I refer to as, spirituality rises from the earth."
Tuesday May 1
Sr. Mary Lou Specha, PBVM
|"Taking it to the Streets...Peace is POSSIBLE in New Orleans!"
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The Alamo...
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I pulled off of I 10 yesterday about 4:30 PM to go to the KOA but stopped to get some gas first.. After filling up ( 1.9 Gal ) I was walking back to the bike and noticed the saddlebag on the exhaust side was melted!!! Yikes!!! #%**%%##!! Enough of that.. Thank God I was only about a mile from the camp and felt I could make it there without any further damage. After checking in I looked over the situation.. Now the only thing of value I have been hauling around is Chris'backpack tent which he was nice enough to let me use after he saw my $17.98 Walmart tent.. It's really a nice tent and goes up so easy.. Well, my luck, his tent was right on the bottom and was melted along with the bottom of the bag!!! Also the battery pump for the air mattress, my vitamins and the motorcycle cover. A few more words and then off to Walmart to get a bigger tent, on sale of course, for $29.99.. Plus the air pump..
Back to camp and set up the new home and moved in with my air mattress. This AM I did the town thing and then started on "recovery project" saddlebag. Since that represents 30% of my storage I had to make it work.. Found the camp handy man who turned out to be a gem and we found a 2 x 8 which I cut down and screwed into the bottom of the "custom" bag.. Looks fine and will do the job... I seem to get a kick out of things like this in seeing how I can respond to a problem without just calling a bike shop and spending $500 on new "real" saddlebags.. I'll let you know next time how it works out but I think it will be fine.
A few other comments... Doing something like this is a learning experience and that's why I like doing it. I said I was going to ride the back roads, well, that's not working out well at all.. Not only is it slow, which doesn't bother me, but the condition of the road is sometimes good and sometimes not so good.. I find I'm riding the interstate more and more which is a bore but nice and smooth.. When you hit big bumps on a bike it just isn't fun and when you get on one of those roads that has heat bumps every quarter mile you start thinking the freeway would be soooo nice..
I had Texas brisket last night made by an old guy in the campground and it was really tasty.. He said normally people don't care for it as it's a cheap cut of meat but he cooks this for 18 hours.. Never had it before and he said don't ever buy it again because it won't ever be as good as his!!!
Heading toward El Paso in the AM but won't ride the 600 miles so I'll make that two day trip. Hope to find a camp somewhere half way..


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SIAM Unwrapped August 2014
News & announcements for the SIAM membership community
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Dear SIAM members,
Have a say in who represents SIAM and makes decisions on your behalf! Vote in the SIAM general elections to be held next month. Read more details below.
Also in this issue, read a recap of the SIAM Annual Meeting held in Chicago last month.
Karthika Muthukumaraswamy
This issue of SIAM Unwrapped is brought to you with the support of:
– Annual reports outline progress
– SIAM Annual Meeting: in words, pictures & slides
– SIAM Fellows and prize recipients recognized
– Nugget Bytes: Math and movement
– Lectures on Stochastic Programming: Modeling and Theory, Second Edition
– Iterative Methods for Linear Systems: Theory and Applications
– SIAM conference registrations & submissions
– Nominate for the George Pólya Prize for Mathematical Exposition!
Vote in the SIAM Elections!
SIAM will elect three members to serve on the SIAM Board of Trustees and four members to serve on the SIAM Council this fall. Be sure to make your voice heard on who will make important decisions for the organization by voting! Take a few minutes to read the candidate profiles and statements here: http://www.siam.org/election/election_info.php. On September 2, look for an e-mail message from the "SIAM Election Coordinator" (firstname.lastname@example.com) with your unique voting credentials and link to the voting site. To ensure the message delivers to your inbox, you may wish to "white list" your spam filter to accept the above e-mail address (firstname.lastname@example.com). For anyone who has opted out of receiving e-mails, a paper ballot will be mailed to your address of record. Questions regarding the election process can be directed to SIAM Executive Director James Crowley, c/o the SIAM Election Manager at email@example.com.
Annual reports outline progress
SIAM grows and changes each year, in terms of membership, revenue, books and journals, prize funds, student travel awards, activity groups, student chapters and geographic reach. Read details on SIAM's progress in the past year by viewing the annual and financial reports presented at the Annual Meeting last month.
SIAM News gets a makeover!
The newsjournal of the applied mathematics community has a newly revamped website! The online version features all the editorial content that appears in the print version of SIAM News in a modern web-based format. Readers now have a choice between reading the newsletter in the paper format, or viewing it completely online. The new site is accessible on any platform from a desktop computer to a mobile device.
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SIAM Annual Meeting: in words, pictures & slides
The 2014 SIAM Annual Meeting featured talks by eminent mathematicians and scientists, cutting edge research, exciting workshops and tutorials, and recognition of distinguished members in the field. In case you missed it, you can view presentations from select sessions of the Annual Meeting on SIAM Presents…Featured Lectures from Our Archives: http://www.siam.org/meetings/presents.php
Please go to the direct link to view the sessions captured. You do not need to login to view presentations, though registering will allow you to track the presentations you access. Audio/slides can be viewed by selecting "Invited Speakers", "Prize speakers" and "Minisymposia".
For a more lighter-veined overview, take a look at the AN14 Twitter conversation at this Storify link, or view photos on our Facebook album. Also read a recap by a SIAM student chapter representative on the SIAM Student Blog:
Stay tuned for video clips, including Block Community Lecturer Sep Kamvar's talk and interview, from the Annual Meeting soon to be posted on our YouTube channel.
SIAM Fellows and prize recipients recognized
The 2014 Class of SIAM Fellows was recognized at the Prizes and Awards Luncheon at the Annual Meeting. Read more about all 32 distinguished members here:
Recipients of major SIAM prizes, including The John von Neumann Lecture; The AWM-SIAM Sonia Kovalevsky Lecture; the Julian Cole Lectureship; Richard C. DiPrima Prize; George Pólya Prize; W. T. and Idalia Reid Prize in Mathematics Lecture; the SIAM Prize for Distinguished Service to the Profession; and SIAM Outstanding Paper Prizes received their awards from SIAM President Irene Fonseca. In addition, student winners of the SIAM Award in the Mathematical Contest in Modeling and the SIAM Student Paper Prize were presented with awards.
View press releases about all major 2014 SIAM prizes here. View the list of all prize recipients here:
Nugget Bytes: Math and movement
Math helps study transmission and movement, be it of cells, organisms, or disease. The latest Nugget Bytes shed light on mathematical models that are used to analyze cell migration in cancer and tumor growth, dispersal of organisms leading to patterns in population distribution, and disease dynamics of the Bluetongue virus. The first paper describes cell invasion through directional outgrowth or movement in the context of malignant tumors, in particular, melanoma or skin cancer. In the paper on species dispersal, authors propose a continuous-time and continuous-space reaction diffusion model where species move upward along their fitness gradients. The final paper, on Bluetongue virus, models disease persistence of the virus using a system of several delay differential equations.
Read the Nugget Bytes!
Latest from SIAM Blogs
SIAM Blogs (blogs.siam.org) boasts a wide range of content, from the latest developments in the math community to professional development advice. Recent posts have featured a video chat with MIT's Retsef Levi about healthcare optimization and some helpful recommendations for editors from Des Higham. You can also expect new posts in the wake of the Annual Meeting.
If you want to contribute a post about any topic of relevance to the applied math and computational science world, send your questions or submissions to firstname.lastname@example.com.
New SIAM Books
Lectures on Stochastic Programming: Modeling and Theory, Second Edition
Alexander Shapiro, Darinka Dentcheva, and Andrzej Ruszczński
Optimization problems involving stochastic models occur in almost all areas of science and engineering, such as telecommunications, medicine, and finance. Their existence compels a need for rigorous ways of formulating, analyzing, and solving such problems. This book focuses on optimization problems involving uncertain parameters and covers the theoretical foundations and recent advances in areas where stochastic models are available.
Additional information: http://bookstore.siam.org/mo16
2014 / xviii + 494 pages / hardcover / ISBN: 978-1-611973-42-6 / List Price $125.00 / SIAM Member Price $87.50 / Order Code MO16
Iterative Methods for Linear Systems: Theory and Applications
Maxim A. Olshanskii and Eugene E. Tyrtyshnikov
Iterative Methods for Linear Systems offers a mathematically rigorous introduction to fundamental iterative methods for systems of linear algebraic equations. The book distinguishes itself from other texts on the topic by providing a straightforward yet comprehensive analysis of the Krylov subspace methods, approaching the development and analysis of algorithms from various algorithmic and mathematical perspectives, and going beyond the standard description of iterative methods by connecting them in a natural way to the idea of preconditioning.
Additional information: http://bookstore.siam.org/ot138
2014 / xvi + 247 pages / Softcover / ISBN: 978-1-611973-45-7/ List Price $85.00 / SIAM Member Price $59.50 / Order Code OT138
Child Care Grants for CSE15
SIAM is offering up to $250 per family for attendees who bring children to the 2015 Conference on Computational Science and Engineering being held in Salt Lake City, Utah, in March 2015. For more information and a link to the application form, please visit: http://www.siam.org/meetings/cse15/childcare.php
The deadline for applications is January 16, 2015.
Be a part of ICIAM 2015!
The 8th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM 2015) will be held August 10-14, 2015 in Beijing, China. There is still plenty of time to submit to the meeting. Minisymposia accepted for early decision will be announced on August 30, 2014, but the submission deadline for minisymposia is September 30th. The contributed paper site opened on July 30, 2014 and submissions are being accepted until December 30th, with announcement of early decisions on October 30th. Poster submissions are being accepted until April 30, 2015. Submission information can be found at http://www.iciam2015.cn/Submissions.html.
SIAM conference registrations & submissions
Analytic Algorithmics and Combinatorics (ANALCO15), January 4, 2015, San Diego, California, USA
Extended abstracts deadline extended: August 13, 2014
Algorithm Engineering and Experiments (ALENEX15), January 5, 2015, San Diego, California, USA
Extended abstracts deadline: September 22, 2014
SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE15), March 14-18, 2015, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Minisymposium proposal submission deadline extended: August 11, 2014
Abstracts for contributed and minisymposium speakers submission deadline: August 21, 2014
Abstracts for contributed posters and minisymposterium posters (thematic groups) submission deadline: August 21, 2014
SIAM International Conference on Data Mining (SDM15), April 30-May 2, 2015, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Abstract submission deadline: October 5, 2014
Paper submission deadline: October 12, 2014
Workshop proposal deadline: October 5, 2014
Tutorial proposal deadline: October 12, 2014
SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems (DS15), May 17-21, 2015, Snowbird, Utah, USA
Minisymposium proposals submission deadline: October 20, 2014
Abstracts for minisymposia, contributed lectures and poster submissions deadline: November 17, 2014
The 13th International Symposium on Orthogonal Polynomials, Special Functions and Applications (OPSFA13), June 1-5, 2015, Gaithersburg, MD
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I have written two previous blogs arguing strongly against a DSM5 suggestion that would make it much easier to diagnose Major Depressive Disorder in those who are grieving after the loss of a loved one. Drs. Ronald Pies and Sidney Zisook have provided two extremely well reasoned rebuttals - marshalling all the best reasons for removing the bereavement exclusion for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) (see their detailed reply to my previous blog and also their comments on the Psychiatric Times website). But there remain a number of counter arguments that I believe are compelling enough to clearly disqualify this suggestion for DSM5.
Drs Pies and Zisook agree that the DSM requirement of only 2 weeks for the duration a major depressive episode is too short. They would prefer it be extended to
3-4 weeks to help avoid the problem with overdiagnosis. I agree completely that requiring 4 weeks makes great sense for all milder depressions. The short two week threshold is especially problematic among the bereaved - the only way it would make sense to diagnose MDD during bereavement would be if the symptoms were moderate to severe in intensity or last at least a month or were a recurrence of previous depressive illness.
But Drs P and Z also admit that their desired change to lengthen the MDD duration will not happen in DSM5. When we put these two points together ( ie the need for a longer MDD duration requirement and that this will not be included in DSM5), Drs. P and Z must admit that (even by their own reckoning) removing the bereavement exclusion in the presence of the too short 2 week duration requirement will necessarily result in overdiagnosis. We can't wait for some future DSM to correct the fact that it is already far too easy to get a diagnosis of MDD and that the suggested change in the bereavement exclusion would further exacerbate this serious problem.
Would overdiagnosis be a big problem? Drs P and Z predict on the basis of one study that MDD will not be diagnosed very often in the bereaved. Based on my DSM IV experience, I am much more concerned. Our careful field trials on the suggested DSM4 changes for attention deficit disorder and autism convincingly showed that neither would dramatically raise prevalence rates - but "epidemics" of both soon followed. Certainly, it is impossible to predict, with any precision, the impact of the suggested changes on MDD diagnosis in the bereaved, but great caution is necessary- especially since bereavement would become an inviting new target for drug company marketing.
What are the implications for treatment? Drs P and Z suggest that overdiagnosis would not cause great problems. Their initial treatment plans for most newly diagnosed "MDD" grievers would generally not include medication and it will be useful for such individuals to be under the care of the mental health system. This is problematic in two ways. First, it would be naïve to extrapolate from their expert practice to what will happen in real life. As world experts in bereavement, Drs P and Z command our complete confidence were they to do the diagnosis and treatment under any system of diagnosis. However, the setting for diagnosing and treating MDD among the bereaved will often be a seven minute appointment with a primary care physician who is not an expert in bereavement. Cognitive therapy is not widely available and has no promotional support- medication is easily available and heavily marketed. It follows, as day follows night, that in the real world most of those who are misdiagnosed will receive unnecessary medication, not possibly useful cognitive therapy.
Then there is the cost/ benefit analysis of enrolling grievers in the mental health system. This is unquestionably a good idea for those with severe or risky symptoms. But I think it is unquestionably a bad idea for the vast majority of grievers who are experiencing 2 weeks of mild depressive symptoms that are perfectly compatible with normal grief. Medicalizing their reaction and treating it with medicine reduces the dignity of both the life lost and of the broken heart left behind. Most of these people will recover just fine without medical meddling and should have their feelings respected and normalized.
Of course, there are some grievers who have more severe or lasting symptoms that do indeed require medical attention. But Drs P and Z are trying to solve what seems to me to be a non problem in handling this more urgent situation. DSM IV already includes a provision allowing for the diagnosis of MDD during the period of bereavement whenever the symptoms are severe enough to warrant immediate diagnosis and treatment. Criterion E in the DSM IV definition encourages the diagnosis of MDD within 2 months if the bereavement is "characterized by marked functional impairment, morbid preoccupation with worthlessness, suicidal ideation, psychotic symptoms, or psycho motor retardation." This covers the P and Z concern about missing people who really need immediate treatment for their severe and risky symptoms. At the same time, it protects against the risk of the overdiagnosis of MDD among the average person experiencing the average expectable mild depressive symptoms of normal grief. If Drs P and Z would prefer to change or add symptoms to this list (perhaps some of those that have been described for melancholia or for complicated bereavement) this would be far safer than opening the floodgates in the way they have suggested.
Drs P and Z hope that whatever problems are created by their suggested loosened criteria can be handled by education. This too is naïve. In the real world, most of the "education" on bereavement will by financed by drug companies.
So, in summary, I believe that Drs Pies and Zisook are trying to solve a nonproblem (the need to diagnosis the severely depressed bereaved, which is already allowed in DSM IV) with a suggestion that will create its own set of serious, new problems with overdiagnosis .
A final aside: I believe this type of risk/benefit debate should inform all of the changes suggested for DSM5. So far, the DSM5 Task Force has refused to engage in this way and we should thank Drs Pies and Zisook for taking up the gauntlet and presenting their arguments so skillfully.