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That call singing not rapping. Marvin can sing the telephone book and get a standing ovation. God Bless USA.
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That call singing not rapping. Marvin can sing the telephone book and get a standing ovation. God Bless USA.
irvington , nj
This weekend, other than spending some quality time with gf, her family and my beloved , turkey-loving dog, and spending an unhealthy amount of time discovering the bottomless diversions of Facebook, I managed to watch four new films. I rate them all about the same – each are solid and recommendable, though none would make my top 10 for the year – but between the four of them there's a world of emotional responses covered.
Margot at the Wedding (2007, Noah Baumbach)
screened Thursday, November 22, 2007 in Exton PA IMDb
I liked this somewhat more than The Squid and the Whale. Editing is still too choppy and rushed at times for my tastes, the embarrassments and family dysfunction heaped upon with excessive preponderance, and yet it comes together. It's much better paced than its predecessor and as such it helps the dystopia-on-the-Hamptons congeal into a credible-if-hyperbolized world through which flow constant streams of neurotic lava. Performances are first rate – Nicole Kidman ably takes the mantle of bitch-goddess like a 21st century contemporization of Davis/Crawford, and a game Jennifer Jason Leigh her hapless foil. Not to everyone's tastes, it may seem to some that Baumbach still has an ax to grind against his family let alone humanity as a whole – but somehow I don't disbelieve that such people as these exist. In fact with each year I live it becomes easier to see it.
Enchanted (2007, Kevin Lima)
screened Friday, November 23, 2007 at the Regal Cinemas Downington IMDb
Came into this one hearing both raves (i.e. Todd McCarthy for Variety) and razzes (Robert Wilonsky at the Village Voice). Easily the most entertaining film of the weekend, it's a lot of fun for the most part, with revisionist fairy tale twists more clever and less slight than in Shrek (the "Happy Working Song" number with cockroaches, pigeons and rats doing cleanup work a la Snow White on a posh Upper West Side apartment is the highlight for me). As far as substance, the film takes as many of its cues from Pretty Woman (girl with heart of gold redeems callous knight in business suit) as any of the old cartoons. And as with Julia Roberts' winsome hooker, if it weren't for Amy Adams I suspect the proceedings would be unbearable; it's her unironic relish as the irrepressible storybook heroine that carries the proceedings. The film's last act doesn't quite hold up to what precedes it; Adams' arrival at a costume ball in an elegant modern dress doesn't have quite the stunning effect it aims for; and the expectedly climactic showdown between Adams and evil stepmother Susan Sarandon (who doesn't get nearly enough screentime) is uninspired; as a result the film as a whole doesn't linger much afterwards.
Waitress (2007, Adrienne Shelley)
screened Saturday, November 24, 2007 on DVD in Astoria, NY IMDb
I was chiefly interested in this film after reading a couple of accounts that this was the feminine corrective to Knocked Up – so it surprised me that this film gives even less consideration towards abortion as a viable option for unwanted pregnancy (and I don't buy that the film's Southern milieu has anything to do with it, since the characters seem pretty removed from any Bible Belt pro-life influence). That aside, the film is a winning portrait of a woman's coming into her own, endowed with Shelley's direction, not dissimilar from her old mentor Hal Hartley in its boxy dialogues (Nathan Fillion seems to be Martin Donovan reincarnate), though with a touch more warmth emanating from the fine ensemble, offsetting the cold diffidence of Kerri Russell channeling Kelly McGillis of yesteryear.
No Country for Old Men (2007, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen)
screened Sunday, November 25 2007 at the City Cinemas 1,2,3 in New York, NY IMDb
"This may be a masterpiece of sorts, but it left me feeling rotten." This is what Jonathan Rosenbaum wrote about Fargo, and while I don't agree with him on that film, I'm apt to say as much about this comeback effort from the Coens. I wouldn't rate this film as low as he does, and I find his theory that American audiences embrace psycho killer characters during times of war more provocative than persuasive (personally I think these movies have a perennial appeal, like it or not). All the same I share his concern that this film is as morally empty as it is exquisitely crafted. Viewers can make their own mind up as to whether the impeccable detail realized by the makers – visual, aural, dramatic – serves in its own way (not unlike Cormac McCarthy's prose) as a redemption via aesthetics to the horrors they recount. Geoffrey O'Brien's article in Film Comment is as good an argument for this as any I've read so far. I had a good conversation with Ed Gonzalez before Thanksgiving (as of now it's on his top ten list) where he was casting doubts on the many ideological readings that have already sprung up on the internet, whereas he thinks it's a masterpiece of style and genre execution (no pun intended). I agree with him that the Coens probably don't intend any more deep reading into this film as they have with any of their previous works (I think Raising Arizona is as deliberately symbolic as you'll get with them); at the same time, I'm uncomfortable to chalk this up as a exemplary genre piece, as it's clearly taking delight in burning some crime genre mainstays to the ground. For one thing it seems like a rebuttal to the justice wins out, salt of the earth prevail sentiments that concluded Fargo. But in relinquishing those old comforts, the Coens leave nothing left but stylized death and bleakness. For god's sake, even Salo had a happier ending. Fascinated with scenario and surface and nihilistic to the core, there's something about this film that's as rotten as the trail of corpses it leaves behind.
Paris, Nov 17 (7 days after his mother's death):
Kanye breaks down during show
Stuff.Co.Nz | Monday, 19 November 2007
Kanye West broke down in tears during a concert in Paris after dedicating a song to his late mother, it has been reported.
People.com said Kanye returned to the stage in Paris on Saturday night and performed for an hour before the intro to his song Hey Mama began.
"This song is for my mother," West said, before breaking down in tears and leaving the stage.
An onlooker told People: "He just cracked. He was at the end of his concert and had just started to dedicate the song and then he just lost it completely."
West returned after a 15 minute break to finish the show with his hit single Stronger.
Brussels, Nov 18 (8 days after his mother's death):
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Part 2:
watch them (and related clips on YouTube) before corporate pulls them off — from what I can tell these might be some of the most electric moments in recent live music.
One of the reasons I've been absent from blogging post-marathon is that I've been spending a fair number of hours working with Cindi on editing the video extras for New Yorker's upcoming DVD of Moolaade, the last film by the great African director Ousmane Sembene. This marks the fifth DVD that I've worked on with Cindi and New Yorker (the others include Angelopoulos' Eternity and a Day, Hong Sang-soo's Woman Is the Future of Man, and Abdherramane Sissako's Waiting for Happiness). I haven't seen too much press about these extras on the web or elsewhere, though I'm glad to see an increasing number of reviewers like Dave Kehr, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Gary Tooze at DVD Beaver and others praise Cindi's efforts at raising the video transfer, audio and extras quality of New Yorker discs (long a target of derision among discerning DVD enthusiasts).
I'm glad that DVD Talk offered an enthusiastic review of a recent and underpublicized African film, Adanggaman by director Roger Gnoan M'Bala. He singled out for praise the 10 minute video I produced with Cindi and Dr. Fritz Umbach, professor of history at John Jay College in New York:
An informative 10 minute lecture by the occasionally didactic Dr. Fritz Umbach gives some illuminating background information on the historical context and imagery of the film. In fact, I'd recommend watching the documentary before the feature, as it gives away no spoilers and provides in-depth information that only augments understanding the film. There's also an excellent interview with director Roger Gnoan M'Bala contained in the insert.
Cindi points out that "didactic" as defined in Merriam Webster is "a: designed or intended to teach; b: intended to convey instruction and information as well as pleasure and entertainment" and that is certainly the case with this video. It was a pleasure working with Fritz, and I learned a lot about the cultural and economic subtexts behind the Colonial-African slave trade while editing his elucidating introduction to the film. I hope you get a chance to see our work on this disc.
It's been two Sundays since one of the most unforgettable days of my life, running in the NYC Marathon. I'm still at a loss as to how to account for the experience here, but here are some photos – see if you can spot me on the left among the thousands running up Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn.
I'll just bullet point some highlights and reflections —
– First off, I beat most of my goals, which were a) to finish; b) to finish ahead of Diddy's 4:14 finish time from 2003, as well as my friend Eric's time of 4:04 from 2003, and the big mark of 4 hours. My final finish time was 3:56:26, not bad for a first timer. My roommate Ed made an even more impressive debut – 3:28, which beat his original goal of 3:30 (though he was aiming for the 3:10 which would have landed him an automatic entry in the Boston Marathon).
This photo was clearly taken towards the end of my run – at least I'd like to think that I didn't look this grim throughout the entire run. On my left wrist are my iPod, which indeed proved an invaluable motivation throughout the race, recent ban on iPods in marathons be damned. Highlights include "Baba O'Reilly" in Brooklyn and "Run Like Hell" in Greenpoint. And I wasn't so tuned in to my music that I was tuned out to what was around me – I heard plenty of cheering throughout and high-fived a dozen or so kids along the way. There really is nothing quite like the spectacle of running with a sea of thousands of heads bobbing in front of you in one massive flow of humanity, and there were moments when I felt truly connected to a force much greater than myself moving me forward with everyone else. Those were definitely the best parts of my run.
Otherwise I, being a marathon novice, probably spent too much time in the first half of the race fighting my way past the sardine-packed field. I did go slow at first, taking the advice of many running sites and runners, but I still felt the impulse to run past people. At mile 9 I was feeling so good that I started running alongside the 3:40 pace team, and kept up with them for about 3 miles. I think that proved to be a mistake as I peaked by midway in the race and gradually dissipated my stamina, especially when I got to the grueling uphill stretches going both up and down Manhattan. Here is a chart from the Nike+ website of my pace throughout the race (it shows 27 miles as my Nike+iPod kit was slightly miscalibrated, but you still get the general idea of how the race went for me).
You can also go to http://nycmarathon.org/training/simulation.php to view a simulation of my run and compare results from other runners from 2001-2007. (Try looking up "Sean Combs" from 2003 to see me match up with Diddy).
At mile 21 I started my way up the most dreaded stretch of the race, 2 miles of steady incline along Fifth Ave leading to Central Park. Fortunately Cindi and my buddy Eric were waiting for me at the start of this brutal stretch, and Eric (shown to my left here) actually joined me at this point wearing the NYC Marathon jersey and a name tag to blend in with the pack. Eric was a real ham, waving at the crowd and egging them on to yell and cheer along the way. Best of all he was wearing a name tag with my name on it so people were cheering my name for the last five miles. This wasn't as motivating as one would expect though, a) because at this point I was so mentally numb that not much was registering with me — that look in my eyes says it all. The music I was listening to at this point (Ramones live and Kanye West's "Stronger" – may he and his mother find peace after her tragic death this past week) was the best I had going for me but I couldn't seem to run any faster no matter how much I tried. Secondly, having strangers yell your name isn't as powerful as seeing or hearing your friends — as was proven when I spotted my friends Will and Joyce in my old neighborhood of Boerum Hill, leading to my fastest five mile stretch of the race.
There was a bit of comedy near the finish as Eric and I turned the corner at Columbus Circle and entered the Park for the final 500 meters. People on the sidelines started pointing at Eric and yelling that he didn't have an official number. Finally a volunteer ran out and grabbed him by the arm to pull him off the course. I was slightly distracted by the incident but at this point I had to finish the race, and pushed through the longest 400 meters of my life to cross the final marker. I was happily reunited with Cindi and Eric an hour later outside the park and hobbled home victorious.
That evening I watched the marathon highlights with Cindi and roommates Ed and Sal, checking if we might spot ourselves in any of the coverage – no luck but it was amazing to see Paula Radcliffe run a brilliant race after two years away from the sport to have her child. Later I tried to leverage my victory into a free meal at the Park Avenue Grill near my apartment – but all I got was a couple glasses of ice to put on my knees as I ate my one pound burger, the most indulgent thing I've had to eat over the past several weeks of pasta dishes.
I haven't been on a run since November 4; I'm enjoying sleeping a little bit longer in the mornings, drinking beer and tending to other parts of my life. I thought I'd be back to blogging regularly but I've had to focus on getting the seventh draft of my script done. I have three video essays and reviews for the Shooting project on tap, one involving a special guest. I'm hoping Turkey day will afford some time to get me up and shooting again. In the meantime I'm still basking in the victory of November 4. I'm not sure if I'll do it again – it's a matter of having time to do it. If I do it again I will probably bring a camera along to capture as many sights and sounds of this amazing event as I can.
Lastly I'm very happy to report that as of now I've raised over $3,600 for Team Continuum, a charity that aids cancer patients with their daily living needs as they fight illness. That's over $1,000 more than my goal of $2620. Thanks to all of you who pledged and donated. (btw for anyone who took me up on the Diddy Double, pay up! I am Diddy's daddy). You can still donate by going to my page on Team Continuum. Alternatively, my roommate and Slant Magazine editor Ed Gonzalez is still about $300 shy of reaching his fundraising goal for Team Continuum, and he finished a half hour faster than I did, so he deserves support for his tremendous effort. Please go to his page on Team Continuum and donate if you please.
Thanks everyone. Looking forward to posting about movies again…


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I bought a video of "700R4 Rebuild" by Technical Video. After wathching it, I think I may be up to challenge to get a 700R4 core and rebuild it myself and see if it works right or not. Only a couple of special tools were required and can be found at a reasonable price. Just wondering what other opinions about these videos was out there.
I have seen a video for rebuilding TH350, after already having rebuilt a few. They are also a good refresher if you haven't been in to one for a while. They seem to be pretty good. Just gotta have the tools for the job.
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January 23-27, 2017 at Binghamton University Binghamton, New York
- Professor Frank Cardullo
- Olen Atkins
- Dr. James L Davis
- R. Thomas Galloway
- Dr. Valerie Gawron
- David Gingras
- Roy W. Latham
- Dr. Jeffery Schroeder
- James R. Takats
- Dr. Andreas Tolk
Frank M. Cardullo is the technical coordinator for all Watson School simulation short courses. He is also a Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science at the State University of New York at Binghamton. Professor Cardullo is very active in simulation research and serves as a consultant for many aerospace companies and U.S. government agencies.
Cardullo is the author of over 60 technical papers in both flight and ground vehicle simulation and a number of reports and has been awarded a patent for the "Advanced G-Seat". He is a recipient of the De Florez Award for Flight Simulation and Training. Prior to joining the faculty, Cardullo spent 14 years as an engineer in the simulation industry, most of it with Link. He is an associate fellow of the AIAA, a former chairman of its Flight Simulation Technical Committee and currently a member of its Life Sciences Technical Committee. He is also a member of the IMAGE Society, the Aerospace Medical Association and the American Association of Engineering Educators.
Olen Atkins is Wegmann USA's Director of Training and Simulation in Sanford, FL. He was the Production Manager for the Army's SE Core Database-Virtual Environment Development (DVED) Program (Orlando, FL), the Geo-Spatial Synthetic Environment Manager at Link Simulation and Training (Arlington, TX), and the Program Engineering Manager at Diamond Visionics (Binghamton, NY), as well as the Visual Simulation System Manager for MarineSafety (Queens, NY). During his past 18 years, he has been involved in numerous technical areas of visual simulation including: ship handling, fixed and rotary wing aircraft, ground troops and vehicles, UAVs and medical trainers, implementing image generators, geo-spatial databases, and sensor simulations. Through these experiences he has acquired a breadth and depth of the visual simulation discipline that covers topics ranging from systems engineering to project management to individual tool user.
James L. Davis is currently Director of Business Development for Sagetech Corp. His career began after graduating with a PhD in EE from MIT and joining Rediffusion Simulation, at one time the leading manufacturer of commercial flight simulators. After 10 years shared between the Texas and U.K. offices, he moved to Atlanta as a Vice President of IVEX Corp., a computer image generator manufacturer. Later, he spent five years as an entrepreneur and independent consultant to the simulation and location-based entertainment industries, which led to a position with Lockheed Martin (Manassas, VA) in support of the Navy's H-60 trainer upgrade program. After a stint as VP Engineering/CTO for avionics company FreeFlight Systems, followed by an Adjunct Professorship for navigation & surveillance avionics, he moved to his current employer in White Salmon, WA that principally serves the UAS and GA markets.
Valerie Gawron is the Human Systems Integrator at MITRE. She has designed and evaluated training systems for over thirty years. Specifically, she helped design the training curriculum and materials for the Navy's VTXTS training aircraft. She also co-authored a book chapter describing training systems. She led the writing of an overview of threats and their countermeasures for training deployed Air Force personnel. She has also evaluated training systems for all the airport inspection systems currently used in the United States. She led the specification of an Immersive Understanding Virtual Realty system to train commanders in cultural awareness. She provided short courses in situational awareness measurement at the Air Force Flight Test Center, Naval Test Pilot School, the Naval Air Warfare Center, various conferences, and sites in Europe and U.S. She has over 400 publications including the second edition of her book, "Human Performance, Workload, and Situational Awareness Measures Handbook" published in March 2008. Dr. Gawron is a Fellow in the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, a Fellow in the International Ergonomics Association, and an Associate Fellow in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. She has been a member of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board and the Army Science Board and has served on three National Research Council Committees. Dr Gawron received her BA degree from State University College at Buffalo, her MA from the State University College at Geneseo, and her Ph.D. in Engineering Psychology from the University of Illinois. In addition Dr. Gawron earned a MS in Industrial Engineering and an MBA, both from SUNY, Buffalo.
R. Thomas Galloway began his career in aeronautical engineering at Patuxent River, MD, as a flight test engineer in 1969. In the early 1970's, he became involved with testing the flight fidelity of military pilot training simulators and subsequently took on a leadership role in establishing improved validation methods for Navy flight simulators through the application of aircraft flight test technology. He founded and led the Aerodynamics Group at NAVAIR Orlando Training Systems Division which investigates flight simulation requirements and effective validation methods for both rotary wing and fixed wing pilot training simulators. Mr. Galloway has consulted with the FAA and other military services on flight fidelity validation issues, and continues to provide technical consulting services in this area of expertise. Mr. Galloway holds a BSAE from Georgia Institute of Technology, an MSAE from Princeton University, and is an engineering graduate of the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School (Class '57).
David R. Gingras is the Vice President of Engineering with Bihrle Applied Research Inc. (BAR) in Hampton, VA, with over 20 years of experience in the aeronautics industry. His primary responsibilities are commercial simulation products development and simulation flight model development and validation for military and civilian flight vehicles. Mr. Gingras has expertise in areas of wind-tunnel testing; flight-test data analysis, parameter identification, and flight model development. He has played a key role in developing a number of engineering and training flight models for aircraft including, the AV-8BII+, F/A-18, and F-16 in addition to several civilian configurations and gaming applications. Mr. Gingras earned a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from West Virginia University and a Master of Science in Aeronautics from The George Washington University's Joint Institute for the Advancement of Flight Sciences (JIAFS), NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA. He is a Senior Member of the AIAA and part of the Modeling and Simulation Technical Committee. Mr Gingras was appointed to Fellow in the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) and is an active participant with the International Committee for Aviation Training in Extended Envelopes (ICATEE) founded by the RAeS.
Roy W. Latham is the founder and president of Computer Graphics Systems Development Corporation, (CGSD Corp.), a Mountain View, CA based systems integration firm specializing in simulation technology. He served as editor and publisher of the professional newsletter Real Time Graphics for 12 years. Previously, he managed graphics and imaging system projects at Link Flight Simulation's Advanced Products Operation, Kaiser Aerospace, and Sun Microsystems.
Jeffery Schroeder, PhD, has 25 years of experience and has over 50 publications on ground and in-flight simulation, flight dynamics, control systems, cockpit displays, human factors, and air traffic management. In the FAA, he has served on several working groups addressing upset prevention and recovery.
While at NASA Ames Research Center for over 20 years, Dr. Schroeder conducted a variety of piloted flight simulation studies with special emphasis on motion fidelity in the world's largest flight simulator. He also developed techniques for improving pilot-vehicle performance in the design of cockpit display dynamics.
Dr. Schroeder served in the Senior Executive Service as the Aviation Systems Division Chief at NASA Ames where he was responsible for the majority of NASA's research in air traffic management and the piloted simulators at Ames.
He has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in aircraft and spacecraft dynamics & control at Stanford and San Jose State University.
Dr. Schroeder is a fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society as well as a member of the flight simulation group. He is also an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics as well as a member of the modeling and simulation technical committee and the publications committee. His awards include the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal and the U.S. Army Director's Award for Interagency Cooperation. He received his Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University and his B.S. and M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Purdue University.
James R. Takats is CEO and President of TRU Simulation + Training, A Textron Company, headquartered in Goose Creak , South Carolina. Previously he was co-founder and President of OPINICUS Corporation, a Fixed-wing and Rotary-wing FSTD Manufacturer. For 30 years, Mr. Takats has been involved in the design and implementation of innovative hardware and software for dynamic, closed loop control systems for Flight Simulators, where he has worked as an engineer in the areas of Control Loading, Motion Cueing, Fly-By-Wire Flight Controls, Autoflight Guidance Systems, and Advanced Avionics Systems.
During the past several years, Jim has been involved in various Simulation and Training associations and Working Groups and is a member of the ICFQ (International Committee for FSTD Qualification).
Mr. Takats holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering (B.E.E.E.) from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Prior to founding OPINICUS in 1988, Mr. Takats worked on engineering staffs at CAE, Reflectone, and Singer Link.
Andreas Tolk is Computer Science Principal in the Simulation Department of The MITRE Corporation. He is an adjunct Full Professor at Old Dominion University. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science (1995) and has a M.S. in Computer Science (1988) from the University of the Federal Armed Forces, Germany.
Before joining MITRE in 2015, he has been Professor in the Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering at the Old Dominion University holding a joint appointment with the Modeling, Simulation, and Visualization Engineering department, and Senior Research Scientist at the Virginia Modeling Analysis & Simulation Center (VMASC). In Germany, he served as an Army Officer and hold middle management positions in defense related industry.
He received the Frank Batten Excellence in Research Award from Old Dominion University in 2008, the Technical Merit Award of the Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) in 2010, the Outstanding Professional Contribution award of the Society for Modeling and Simulation (SCS) in 2012, and the Distinguished Professional Achievement award from SCS in 2014. He has more than 250 publications in book chapters, journals, and proceedings. He edited six books, among them the "Engineering Principles of Combat Modeling and Distributed Simulation" (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2012)
Dr. Tolk is a Fellow of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS). He is a senior member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group Simulation (SIGSIM), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He is also a member of the Board of Directors for ACM SIGSIM and SCS.


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Check out our screenshot gallery for new screens of Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1. The blue hedgehog returns in this new classic speedy...
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Many of us grew up with a strong impression of God as being scary, angry, one who punishes, created hell, or one who asks us to give up our dreams. We are given images of a stern father, but not a nurturing Mother. Later in life many of us rejected the belief in God, only to replace it with an understanding of God as a creative force that got everything rolling; one who set up cosmic laws, but who is impersonal and has left us on our own. But who among us has not longed to hear God's voice, has not longed to talk with God as we once did, when we were children? Michael Prosser encourages us to establish a personal relationship with God, using the form with which we can most easily relate. "They say in near death experiences that often people will see the God of their religion, so a Native American might see their animal guide, people often see Jesus or Mary, people who are Hindu talk about seeing Shiva, so it makes sense that God would show up in a way, in a face, that we could recognize . . . God is God, of course we can't define God . . . God is so big, so vast, so indescribable, so if it helps to make your own God form, your own God head, to have an archetype that speaks to you, and allows you to connect, do it. But do it in a way that honors yourself, and honors how incredibly precious you are in that relationship." (hosted by Justine Willis Toms)
Michelle Prosser holds an M.A. degree in communication studies, and is President of Energy Focus Coaching and Consulting. She works with organizations and individuals to reach goals and manifest a better life. Before becoming a coach, Prosser worked for twenty years in government and politics, including holding leadership positions for three Virginia governors and a congressman.
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- Excuse Me, Your God Is Waiting: Love Your God * Create Your Life * Find Your True Self (Hampton Roads Publishing 2008)
To learn more about the work of Michelle Prosser go to www.energyfocuscoaching.com.
Topics Explored in This Dialogue
- How to tell if it is a voice of God you're hearing, or just something you've "made up"
- How surrender means letting go of attachment to the outcome
- What are the various ways in which to talk and listen to God
- What is prayer, and what is the best kind of guidance to ask for
- How guidance often comes in the form of metaphors
- How you can dissolve resistance and avoid self-sabotage
- What is the seduction of chaos
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From Album: Celtic Ragas
Artist: Chinmaya Dunster and Vidroha Jamie
1998 New Earth Records NE 9802-2
Opening Essay: Track 01 Chance Meeting
Music Break 1: Track 02 The Mists of Ruantallain
Music Break 2: Track 05 Tara
Music Break 3: Track 09 Dorset


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Participating programs are required to provide meals and snacks according to the nutrition standards set by USDA. The reimbursement rates vary based on the type of meal (lunches have a higher reimbursement rate than snacks), and the type of institution. Child and adult care centers and family child care homes have means-tested reimbursement systems that provide higher levels of reimbursement for low-income families: centers have a three-tiered and homes have a two-tiered reimbursement rate structure. See USDA Food and Nutrition Service's CACFP Reimbursement Rates. At-risk after-school programs and homeless, domestic violence and runaway shelters are assumed to be serving low-income children and are reimbursed at the highest rate.


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The Photographer for Your Every Need
San Jose is a modern city found in the Northern part of the State of California. It is also the largest city in the Bay Area of Northern California and home to about a million residents. Often, it is referred to as "The Capital of Silicon Valley" owing to its close proximity to the technology -based industry and innovations' hub that is the heartbeat of the American tech-arena. San Jose, CA is home to the Hayes Mansion, San Jose State University, Winchester Mystery House, The Tech Museum, the historical Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph, and a number of beautiful parks and recreation.
B&B Photo and Video
We are a creative team, specialists in high-quality and professional photography and video services. We use cutting-edge technology to bring your ideas to life and preserve life's precious memories. Our services include Baby/Newborn Photography, Senior Photography, Wedding Photography, Maternity Photography, Family Portraits, Headshot Photography and Events Photography.
Importance of Taking Photographs.
Photographs capture images and preserve precious life's memories for a long time, moments which would easily be forgotten as time goes by. It helps us stay in touch with events that took place in the past and relate to them in the most appropriate way.
Photos can also come in handy in legal matters when verification of certain instances may be required in litigation and related issues.
Photographs capture an individual's life journey. The transition from a new-born to adulthood is quite exhilarating and if documented through photography makes one appreciate the long journey, events and wonders of nature leading to the current stage in life.
Sometimes, one thing might have led to another and failure to capture a chapter of life through photography occurred, an example being the pregnancy period. It can't be reversed and it hurts. However, it is never too late to start, whichever the stage, whatever the time. The present time is always right to start.
Our San Jose Photography Services
Here below is the range of services we offer and what entails the packages:
Family portraits are without a doubt some of the most important souvenirs a family can keep. They help us remember some of the most special moments we spend with those ones close and dear to us. If well done, they are vivid story-tellers of our precious families through the years spent together in life with the common bond of blood, love and friendship.
It is important to capture every new and significant development in a family like a new entrant in a family- a newborn, schooling years, and graduations among others. This can be on both scales of a Nuclear Family and Extended Family to include the cousins, uncles, aunts, nieces, nephews and grandparents to make it even more comprehensive and magical. Nothing matters more than our families after all and we should thus spend some time to capture the beauty of life with our loved ones. It's best done by professionals and at B&B Photo, we offer nothing but the best when it comes to capturing your special moments on camera.
Our core mandate is bringing your ideas to life professionally and creating a variety of different creative family portraits. Your session is taken care of to include all desired ideas and effects on your family photos. Our dedicated team of professional and seasoned photographers ensures your creative and quality needs are satisfied to produce clear reminders of your precious family moments. Trust us to produce the perfect and long-lasting memories for you.
One of the most unforgettable and important phases is a woman's life is definitely the maternity period. It is a time of excitement, caution, anticipation and satisfaction as well. It is a growing trend to take photographs during maternity/ pregnancy and it has a number of benefits. Chief among them is the appreciation of the long and humbling journey that is the pregnancy period. You will appreciate the growth from the tiny start to bigger levels amidst numerous experiences.
Where applicable, we allow inclusion of family members. These make it more meaningful and better. The feeling of love and support is a big factor when in this phase and family members are the best to make it worthwhile because maternity photography might feel intimidating. The period may also be stressful but a family neutralizes all these negative feelings. Incorporating creative props. We include baby-related props in the maternity photo shoot. Examples are little clothes or shoes, written messages, preserved goodies for the to-be-born and any other desired item to give prominence to this moment.
Different settings. We consider a number of great locations. It can be done outdoors, indoors or in studio. The background speaks a lot too and is factor worth some thought.
We help our clients think of different poses before the actual photo shoot. This helps in creativity and comfort during the shoot for desired outcomes. Our experts may suggest a few styles or even friends who have great ideas and who might have gone through it previously.
All said, maternity photography is a beautiful trend contrary to popular belief that women in pregnancy don't feel or look beautiful. It's worth the try lest you end up regretting why you never had it while your friends all did, and everyone absolutely loves it!
B&B Photo is your one-stop shop for maternity/ pregnancy photography to help you tell your motherhood and family story in pictures. Our professional photographers are the best to help you create memories you will never forget and ones that you will cherish forever. Don't let the magical nine months of pregnancy pass un-captured.
Baby | Newborn Photography San Jose
Newborn/Infant/Baby photography is a must-have! The magical gift of newborns can't be ignored. Time flies and a newborn's infancy will be over in no time. With all the challenges that it carries, this phase can easily pass unnoticed and therefore needs to be captured before it is gone forever! The little angels are newborns for only less than three months and you will be amazed at the quick transformation they undergo. The only way to preserve this magical chapter is taking professional baby portraits to be a constant reminder of the exciting time of a baby's early life.
Our professional photography services at B&B Photo will capture every moment, from the smiles to the giggles and even the sound sleep. We will not miss to take great shots of the infant's innocence and tiny features of their life's start. You will definitely cherish this for a long time to come. Our creative team will help you come up with great ideas for the photo shoot to make it even more fantastic and stunning. We guarantee the best newborn portraits with a distinguished touch of professionalism and creativity.
We capture every milestone in your newborn's life in desired time-schedules and styles. Ensure the miraculous first moments of your baby are captured and preserved for a lifetime for future reference, laughter and appreciation of life's best kept mysteries and greatest gift.
Senior Portraits San Jose
Another important milestone: High School! The high school senior portraits are a must-have too. They are almost synonymous to a rite of passage in life and we simply can't resist them. High school senior portraits tell the story of a young individual who is at last beginning to understand life. Life makes a sudden and big change upon leaving high school. This exciting yet very important phase of life is best documented through creation of powerful images that are a great reminder of life's most enjoyable phase laced with unending fun and that is what photography does. The beauty of taking high school senior portraits is the self-understanding of the individual. You know what you want and how you want it done to represent who you really are. These are more than just pictures and image is everything, especially at this stage! It's all about you and what you stand for in life.
B&B Photo unleashes the very best of you with our passionate, super-creative and professional team of photographers. We guarantee you the best, dynamic and creative high school portraits that will make you smile for eternity remembering the moments you lived through high school. You have the privilege of choosing desired locations, backgrounds and the freedom of expressing yourself to bring out the real you and what you feel about yourself. Trust us to make it a memorable fete! Our promise is to see to it that we help you produce breathtaking photographs to quench your thirst for splendid photographs that will make you proud and stand tall among your peers.
Headshot Photographer San Jose
Headshots make or break it in the 'real' world of making something out of your life. Image is a powerful asset in the business arena and perfect headshots are a necessity. Long years of childhood and an equally long spell of education lead to this; looking for a job or clinching business deals. Entrepreneurs, business operatives and professionals in any field, white or blue- collar need this to create impressions and get business going. Headshots that communicate and open doors are as important as CVs and professionalism is accentuated by these. Excellent headshots can eliminate or weaken competition and give you a competitive edge above others. Your LinkedIn profile should definitely have one of these, well taken and leaving nothing to chance.
B&B Photo understands this only too well and we strive to bring to life that professional, serious, yet calm look to present on your online or offline profiles. We demonstrate your professional appearance by producing perfect headshots for branding and the realization of a strong corporate and business image. Do you struggle getting interviews regarding job applications or invites to business deals? Your headshot might be the problem! May be you don't look 'good' enough for serious engagements in your headshot. Let us get your real business image, consult the experts at B&B Photo to help you achieve it. Your struggle sending countless employment applications or business proposals which go unanswered might soon be over thanks to this much needed make-over.
Events Photography
Different occasions and events will dominate your life and the best among them should be best recorded through photography. These may be corporate, social, religious or political events and we cover a wide range of all at very competitive prices with a special touch of professionalism. It is great and needful to cover birthday parties, prom and other school events, conventions and conferences, company anniversaries, book and product launches, graduations, sports and many other types of events for future reference and preservation of the notable events in an institution's or family's calendar.
Our comprehensive scope of services cater for all these events to ensure no memories are lost or forgotten. We guarantee you the best photography services at your doorstep or any desired locations including our studios. The professionalism exhibited by our team of ace photographers is unrivaled and brings produces nothing but the best life-like images to represent the actual life scenario.
San Jose Wedding Photographer
Another very big day in your life and as it approaches, securing the services of a good photographer is very important. You have made a life-commitment and are about to swear to it. There is no better way to record this momentous occasion and tell your love story than through the trusted use of photography. Photographs are effortlessly as important as the wedding itself because without them, the wedding experience will be a fast- forgotten memory not just to the couple but the families involved and friends, many who play a crucial role in our lives. Hiring a good photographer is one of the extremely important aspects of planning a wedding and a major factor in its entire success. If it has not been photographed, it really does not exist.
When it comes to weddings, great care should be taken as this is just a single day yet the biggest in a couple's life. Hiring an amateur or a relative might prove to be a terrible mistake as they may lack the technical know-how of how best to handle such a big task. Friends and relatives are emotionally-connected to the events unfolding and while this is not strange or negative, they will very likely miss very important parts of the lifetime event.
A couple needs a story-teller, one who will deliver the story of their love and matrimonial union through the great photographs of the day right from the preparations to the start of honeymoon or even beyond if desired. The photographer must possess key attributes of patience and attentiveness to detail. It is also important to be at comfort with them as you will expose very intimate moments of your relationship to their eyes. The great significance of this day is incomparable to none other and you should ensure the selected photographer has a proven track record of flawless success in such big and momentous ventures. If appropriate, ask a few questions to ascertain their level of professionalism and experience. A worthy photographer should have a very impressive portfolio of wedding pictures they have taken at different points of their careers which they will gladly share with you to establish their credibility. With this attested, you are least likely to be subjected to disappointments come the big day.
We take great pride in the number of weddings we have captured through our lenses. The Benipayo photographers have witnessed scores of couples tie the knot, and helped them capture the biggest day in their lives through professional photography. For at least a day, our photographers become your best friend, never letting a single moment slip by unnoticed or un-captured. Our service takes care of recording the memories you will treasure forever from the build-up to the actual ceremony, the entourage, the dress, the vows, exchange of rings and the lengthy photo session in all desired locations and later the after-party/ reception. We also give useful tips on wedding photography to spice up the lifetime experience for sweet memories to be treasured forever after.
Our Photoshop Expertise
By now you must have probably heard or experienced Photoshop in some way or the other, we are firmly in the computer age and you can't afford to have photos that are far from perfect, not with the great advancements in technology! At B&B Photo, we know the importance and allure of near-perfect images and we use the most-advanced, cutting-edge technology available today to create the most outstanding and breath -taking photographs. Photoshop lets you tell your story more vividly, creatively and perfectly. Our in-house team of experts is highly-trained and skilled to incorporate the use of Photoshop if and as desired to make your photos satisfying.
We employ the use of Photoshop to eliminate unwanted details in your photos and add desired aspects to them. Blemishes, scars, pimples and wrinkles are all possible to eradicate from your photos. We do this by using a 'healing brush' and zooming into the desired areas of interest cleaning them up and effectively minimizing their visibility. We also enhance the original image by adding special Photoshop effects to achieve that amazing look. This is done expertly to minimize overdoing and noticeable change in a picture versus the real life and natural version of the same. You can hardly tell the difference yet the images have a striking edge of beauty and finesse in them.
To enhance the quality of our work, we use specific high-quality products for the production and holding of the ultimate photographs. Below are some of them:
Canvas Prints
Canvas prints that are of good quality and creativity bring out real beauty and unparalleled sophistication to your home through your pictures. They have fun and style that makes your pictures demand attention and your walls get 'talking' . The canvas ranges in size and design and easily becomes the center of attraction of any room in your home due to its enchanting beauty. Custom canvas prints beat typical framed prints anytime if well designed and our team of experts are at hand to ensure you get the most perfect designs to add onto your home decor.
The importance of a good-grade professional print from a lab is one very important ingredient for a long-lasting photograph. Fading is prevented and the quality of the picture does not change when a good-quality print is used which is not the case when poor-quality prints are used. It might lead to eventual fading and consequently, complete loss of a treasured memory, how painful would that be!
Photo albums are an age-old tradition that has stood the test of time. They are essential storage vessels for preserving memories captured in photographs and vary in size and designs. Some also have varying backgrounds and cover options and come in handy to protect photographs from damage by different elements while presenting your pictures in an organized manner.
Our Promise
We promise real attention to detail and great service. Our professional photographers are keen to produce the best portraits for you. We have had the special and lengthy honor working in this creative field. Our team has accumulated an indispensable wealth of experience in modern photography and knows just what works and what does not. We take as many photographs as possible and you only choose from the best at no extra cost. .
Everyone wants value for their money and time and we strive to meet your expectations when you trust us to produce your pictures ranging from Newborn , Senior, Maternity, Family and Headshots photography. We appreciate the fact that all these types of photography carry with them different and cherished memories for you and your loved ones through generations. B&B Photo is a market-leader and a dependable photography service for all your needs in San Jose, CA and beyond.
In the unfortunate event that you, our client is not satisfied with the photographs taken for whatever reason, B&B Photo assures you of a re-shoot of all photographs (except weddings) to meet your needs and ensure your satisfaction. Our services are tailored to meet modern- day photography, creativity and professionalism. We guarantee you our best service that is second to none. With us, you can rest assured of photography that meets your expectations. Contacts us for your next photo shoot and you will be immensely satisfied by our exceptional photography. As time flies, you'll be glad you took the time and spent money to document different instances. Trust us, the memories are worth everything!
B&B Photo
1151 Francisco Ave #3
San Jose, CA 95126


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Ultimate quiche Lorraine
Nutrition and extra info
- But you lose the silky texture
Nutrition: nutrition per slice
- kcal525
- fat45g
- saturates25g
- carbs18g
- sugars0g
- fibre1g
- protein12g
- salt1.21g
For the pastry
- 175g plain flour
- 100g cold butter, cut into pieces
Butter is made when lactic-acid producing bacteria are added to cream and churned to make an…
- 1 egg yolk
For the filling
- 200g pack lardon, unsmoked or smoked
- 50g Gruyère
Gruyère is an undoubted pinnacle of traditional Swiss cheese-making, a culinary masterpiece as…
- 200ml carton crème fraîche
- 200ml double cream
- 3 egg, well beaten
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition, packed with protein and a…
- pinch ground nutmeg
For the pastry, put the flour, butter, egg yolk and 4 tsp cold water into a food processor. Using the pulse button, process until the mix binds. Tip the pastry onto a lightly floured surface, gather into a smooth ball, then roll out as thinly as you can. Line a 23 x 2.5cm loose-bottomed, fluted flan tin, easing the pastry into the base. Trim the pastry edges with scissors (save any trimmings) so it sits slightly above the tin (if it shrinks, it shouldn't now go below the level of the tin). Press the pastry into the flutes, lightly prick the base with a fork, then chill for 10 mins. Put a baking sheet in the oven and heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6.
Line pastry case with foil, shiny side down, fill with dry beans and bake on the hot sheet for 15 mins. Remove foil and beans and bake for 4-5 mins more until the pastry is pale golden. If you notice any small holes or cracks, patch up with pastry trimmings. You can make up to this point a day ahead.
While the pastry cooks, prepare the filling. Heat a small frying pan, tip in the lardons and fry for a couple of mins. Drain off any liquid that comes out, then continue cooking until the lardons just start to colour, but aren't crisp. Remove and drain on paper towels. Cut three quarters of the cheese into small dice and finely grate the rest. Scatter the diced cheese and fried lardons over the bottom of the pastry case.
Using a spoon, beat the crème fraîche to slacken it then slowly beat in the double cream. Mix in the beaten eggs. Season (you shouldn't need much salt) and add nutmeg. Pour three-quarters of the filling into the pastry case.
Half-pull the oven shelf out and put the flan tin on the baking sheet. Quickly pour the rest of the filling into the pastry case – you get it right to the top this way. Scatter the grated cheese over the top, then carefully push the shelf back into the oven. Lower the oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Bake for about 25 mins, or until golden and softly set (the centre should not feel too firm). Let the quiche settle for 4-5 mins, then remove from the tin. Serve freshly baked, although it's also good cold.
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Judging by the previous comments - I think I must be the only one who thinks this is way too creamy! The consistancy was just too runny - even after keeping it in the oven for an extra 10 minutes. The cubes of cheese on the bottom didn't really melt either. It was tasty though and I will make it again. Next time I think I will omit the cream and just go for the creme fraiche...
I have neverleft feedback for a recipe the same night, but WOW, WOW, WOW, the was delish!!!I chucked in some fried onion (it just didn't feel right not having onion!), and used bacon with the fat trimmed off (my supermarket didn't do lardon), it was the best quieche i have ever had by miles and miles and miles. I am now a quiche snob, and i will never eat a pre-made one again.
Dont usually like quiche but this was lovely! fried my bacon (mix of normal and smoked...what i had!) and 2 suasages (skin removed, crumbled). Cooked and then i crumbled the suasage more. used freezer shortcust pastry, normal cream instead of double and cheddar cheese instead of gruyere, and a tiny bit of grated mozzarella on top. sprinkled bacon and suasage on bottom, then a diced tomato. Also added an extra egg to the mix. lovely and light and nice and seasoned. yum yum
Absolutely lovely quiche. I used smoked cooked ham instead of the lardon and I added red onions and spring onions just to give it some more colour. I used ricotta cheese instead, just a few dollops on top before popping in the oven. It was beautiful, real light and fluffy. Definitely saving this recipe.
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10 Seeds per pack
350 - 450 g/m² in SOG
8 - 10 weeks
Powerful F1 hybrid.
Dense, short plants.
Hashy, slightly harsh-tasting smoke with a stoney buzz.
High THC content, suitable for medical users.
White Rhino is a powerful F1 hybrid of White Widow and a curiously strong Canadian indica strain. Its father contains more indica-genes than White Widow, its mother, making for denser, somewhat shorter plants. Because of its high THC content, White Rhino would be very suitable for medicinal marijuana applications. The taste of this smoke is hashy and slightly harsh, making it work well in a bong. The buzz is stoney and comes on hard.
|White Widow x Maple Leaf Indica
|Plant Type
|Plant Height
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|350 - 450 g/m² in SOG
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|Earthy, Pungent, Woody
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All beans sprouted 8 females. The phenos were all from the same family. Beautiful node spacing, thc content extremely high. Frosty sticky cola.
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Was a bit skeptical sending cash in the mail. After a very short period I received a email describing that they had indeed received the cash and order arrived in 10 days in very discreet packaging. Took me a while to figure it out where they were located. All 10 sprouted and are very vigorous. Must be very fresh as they popped in under 24 hours and 3 inches with fingered leaves in 1 week.
This was my third order from Nirvana and all 3 made it in less than 12 days from delivery date to the US. This one was delayed a couple days waiting on my e-mail reply to verify some info. GREAT Customer service by the way. When I opened this package I noticed there was even something extra in there. THANKS again Nirvana for going above and beyond.
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just ordered some was a sale cant beat the price i have bought from this site before and the only one i use. have got master kush, snow white and more and can say have been please every dame time and i look forward to how the ship this order cant wait.
Arrived today! Super stealth packaging - took me a few minutes to figure it out. White Rhino is 1 of my fave plants to grow. Really looking forward to growing these.
To everyone who is skeptic much like myself ... got my order in just 8 biz dys in a very discrete package with the rest of my mail which is cool because my husband will know nothing.... for now. I hope I picked the right strain for my depression and insomnia issues. I will update my review and I'm feeling quite positive I will keep dealing with Nirvana for my meds, THEY can actually be trusted and judging on other reviews I'm SURE that if I have any issues it's me and not Nirvana cause they have AWESOME reviews overall that I now totally believe, even though some people got their orders in 7 days....lol!!!! I'll b back like the terminator ;-p #excited.customer:-D
This is my 1st grow and to start with I had 11 plant's in a 5x5x6.5 tent about 260sq. ft. of grow space adorned with a "Enhanced Blue Spectral HPS Lamp" connected to a Green house digital Ballast. I had 10 White Rhino and one Berry Rydder from Auto Seeds and she flowered at around 3 weeks from sprout and was out of there about a month ago very good auto got 5.5 Oz's but it truly dose not stand up to the Explosive Right Hook from the Smelly, Stinky, Deliciously powerful White Rhino from Nirvana Seed Co. I took some samples at 6 weeks...already better than the Berry Rydder then I took a sample at 7 weeks...almost double potency :) so good in fact I chopped one plant :) trics were about 15% Amber 60% Milky 25% Clear a good combo I'd say ( I have a 60-100x magnification) :). The tree I did chop was selected for the trics and the branches were just bending almost every other day because the buds were intensely heavy and dense as a chunk of rubber trying to squeeze between your 2 fingers...the longer it cures the harder it gets. I vegged all for 5 weeks (finding this to be a no no with the WR because of it's white sativa traits...there to the top of my tent lol. I used Fox Farms entire nutrient regime and flushed every 3-4 weeks. I love this strain for it's monstrous resin/trics production...it's so covered it looks wet so wet in fact it seems as if a drop of THC is just waiting to fall off the flowers truly impressive. My only complaint about this strain is that the "10" pack of "Feminized" seeds through me 3 males not sure if it was unstable but besides those 3 I weeded out 2 more and one died during germination so 4 made it to the finals :) and I am oh so happy they did. This is superior smoke and I'd like to thank Nirvana for a amazing job well done! I think I may order some ICE or another high resin producer but chill on the smell. Thank's Nirvana top shelf quality here people!
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Beans arrived a few months ago so I thought I'd grow them out before doing a review.
1st off the seeds arrived super stealthy, kinda fun actually. You have to look fairly hard to find the beans, but they are in there somewhere. Gotta love the stealth shipping!
These beans were a bit harder to sprout compared to the others I received from Nirvana. They were easy enough to germ, but the sprouting was a real struggle for them. I had no problem with the AK 48 I was growing side by side under the exact conditions. 7 out of 10 were fems from this strain.
As for the plant, I grew them in Fox Farm Happy Frog Soil w/ added perlite for better drainage, I keep the Ph at 6.4 - 6.7 using FF nutes. The FF Happy Frog might be a bit too hot of a mix for this strain. Co2 was supplemented. Using a 400 watt HPS light. Temp : 75F. RH 40% (Could be a little higher)
Yield was average. Buzz was nice and relaxing yet a bit uplifting.
So to sum it all up, I'd say that this is a great keeper strain. I just need to tweek my growing methods a bit for this WR. I'll try this another time though, I'm working my way through many of Nirvana's beans, looking for the ultimate plant for my growing conditions and liking.
So far I'm very pleased with Snow White. Going to try some SW fems next.
Again, many thanks to Nirvana's staff.
Good luck and happy growing!
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- Cause : immaturity, gonadal dysgenesis, ovarian neoplasia.
- Signs : failure of conception.
- Diagnosis ; history, ultrasonography, endometrial biopsy and histopathology, chromosomal karyotyping.
- Treatment : none.
- Prognosis : good for immaturity; guarded for ovarian neoplasia; hopeless for gonadal dysgenesis.
Differential diagnosis
- It is important to differentiate endometrial hypoplasia due to immaturity from seasonal endometrial atrophy that occurs during the winter when the mares ovaries are also small and inactive.
- Seasonal atrophy can be recognized by a low cuboidal epithelium and straight glands that occur throughout the non-edematous lamina propria.
- The gland lumen often contains inspissated secretion.
If doubt still remains the biopsy should be repeated during the natural breeding season
- Biopsies procured from the posterior uterine body, an inch or two beyond the cervix, have few less well-developed endometriral glands (low gland frequency/density) that penetrate shallowly into the stratum compactum of the lamina propria.
- Make sure that biopsy is procured further in the uterus to confurm true hypoplasia.
- Taking samples from both uterine horns will confirm it is a widespread condition.
- A pathologist should be careful about making a diagnosis before knowing the above.
- Ovarian neoplasia .
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- Endometrial hypoplasia due to immaturity is usually associated with palpably small and inactive ovaries, with little or no follicular activity present on ultrasonography.
- The remainder of the genital tract is normally developed for the age of the mare (filly).
- Mares present with persistent anestrus or irregular estrous cycles [Female: prolonged diestrus] [Female: shortened diestrus] .
- Mating is unproductive and is followed by a high incidence of persistent acute endometritis.
- Gonadal dysgenesis .
- Ovarian neoplasia .
- Good for immaturity.
- Guarded for neoplasia.
- Hopeless for gonadal dysgenesis .
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New Environmental Protection Agency Grant Will Support "STEM Mastery Through Great Lakes Stewardship"
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We are pleased to announce that the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology has received an environmental education grant of $150,000 from Region V of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a project entitled "STEM Mastery Through Great Lakes Stewardship." The grant will enable institutions from several of the clusters established in our GLISTEN project to expand undergraduate environmental service-learning programs on college campuses in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. We anticipate that EPA support will enable the engagement at least 2,000 students in restoration and stewardship activities benefiting the Great Lakes ecosystem.
Through the awarding of sub-grants, the Great Lakes Stewardship project will help higher education institutions build the capacity of resource-strapped community-based environmental organizations to improve the water quality of Lake Superior, Michigan, Huron, and Erie by engaging undergraduates in environmental service-learning activities that:
- prevent pollution by chemicals of emerging concern such as pharmaceuticals,
- combat invasive species,
- promote near-shore health by protecting watersheds from polluted run-off, and
- restore endangered wetlands and other habitats.
These goals are priorities of the EPA's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative through 2014. As such, they also offer rich curricular applications for learning key concepts in STEM disciplines such as biology, chemistry, geology, engineering, and environmental studies. We expect that, by working intensely on these issues, students will develop skills and capacities that can lead to future career opportunities in Great Lakes restoration and stewardship.
Key to successful implementation of the project will be a unique corps of student leaders called undergraduate stewardship liaisons who will facilitate the environmental service-learning activities of their peers and promote long-term campus/community partnerships that sustain these activities. Through project-related career development opportunities, these liaisons will gain the knowledge, abilities, and skills to become the future leaders of Great Lakes ecosystem stewardship efforts. The success of this approach to student leadership development is described in greater detail in the report on the Healing Our Waters conference also in this issue, please click here.
During the 19-month project period, faculty, students, and community partners engaged in the project will contribute to and benefit from a Great-Lakes-wide virtual community (www.greatlakesed.net ) that will disseminate best practices and build a multi-state network of undergraduate environmental education practitioners and future Great Lakes stewards.
The "STEM Mastery Through Great Lakes Stewardship" project will be coordinated by Glenn C. Odenbrett, Senior Scholar for STEM and Environmental Service-Learning at the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement and current GLISTEN project director. Glenn can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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