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I got notification of a system update, clicked on the icon in the tray and started the update process.

Some time later I noticed it hadn't completed, and trying to open the update manager does nothing.

Recycling the "Check for updates" just returns the icon to the yellow "!".

Maybe this will get reset on system reboot, but it should still work without doing that.

On another issue, why is the PBI server so slow? Seems there are finished PBIs sitting there without notifying the system of their status.

Now that Firefox gets upgraded practically monthly, it would be nice to get a new PBI preferably within a day, but FF 10 has been in ports for a while already.

Why does it take so long?

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Final Frame: Oliver Hill's design for a house in China
Curator Charles Hind looks into the history of a house in China, designed by British architect Oliver Hill in the early 20th century… This house was designed for Peter and Helena Wright, English missionary doctorsRead More »
Final Frame: Design for York House
Curator Justine Sambrook looks at why a drawing of William Chambers' proposed design for York House showed it in ruins… This unexecuted design for a town house for the Duke of York, is one ofRead More »
Final Frame: Barbican Centre
Justine Sambrook looks at a drawing that reveals the Barbican's network of internal and external spaces … This perspective section demonstrates the vast scale and intricacy of space at the Barbican. The development in theRead More »
A new book on Charles Correa
With a month left of the exhibition, the book featuring material from Charles Correa's archive at the RIBA will become a small memento of a very busy season… "Charles Correa is an Indian and international architect who,Read More »
Explore & Draw at the RIBA and Heygate Estate
Yale student Kate McMillan tells us what she and others discovered at the RIBA and Elephant and Castle during a RIBA workshop about perspective drawing… At 66 Portland Place Last week, members of the public tackledRead More »
Charles Correa exhibition: Model work
A successful exhibition relies on excellent logistics and more than a bit of hard work. Find out more about the models in the RIBA's latest exhibition and how they were installed… It was not easyRead More »
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The threat to Indian craftsmanship, June 1913
A record of over one and a half centuries of architectural history, the RIBA's Periodicals Collection holds news from a century ago warning that the British authorities were undermining traditional Indian craftsmanship… On the 20th June 1913Read More »
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Susan Pugh on how Paris and Wiltshire are connected by tennis… In 1772 the 10th Earl of Pembroke commissioned William Chambers to design a covered tennis court at Wilton House in Wiltshire. In preparation forRead More »
'Explore & Draw' workshop – Experimenting and drawing at St Pancras station
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The "common knowledge" is that the new TLDs (.biz, .info, and so on) have been pretty much of a failure for the TLD owners because the only people who have registered in them are trademark holders or domain name squatters. You almost never see any of the new TLDs being used on the net.Link Discuss (Thanks, Paul!)
To test out this hypothesis, I wanted to see if they were being used for easy-to-find web sites. I took the list of the 300 most commonly-used words in English (found here) and searched for them on Google. I went ten pages deep on each search, grabbing every URL Google gave me. Of these 3000-odd URLs, exactly two of them used a new TLD: aaronland.info and www.nic.name. I assume that the latter came up on searching for the word "name", so it is almost not even countable.


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A novel multi-axial bioreactor was designed and developed to deliver combinations of the following dynamic mechanical stimulation conditions: hydrostatic pressure, pulsatile perfusion flow and uniaxial compression in order to mimic
The presence of mechanical stimuli has been shown to instigate cell differentiation [
In the body, the intervertebral disc is an organ that is regularly exposed to mechanical stresses. While back pain due to intervertebral disc degeneration is a common problem, little is understood about the cells that make up the nucleus pulposus, the gel-like component of the disc. As the disc degenerates, the nucleus pulposus becomes less gelatinous, leading to cracks and fissures [
However, there have been limited studies published on the use of bioreactors being employed in the field of disc tissue engineering [
A triaxial bioreactor was developed that closely mimics the
The system is made up of several components: the hydrostatic chamber, a set of mean flow pumps, the pulsatile unit, restriction valves, as well as an axial compression unit. The entire system is housed in an incubator, Gallenkamp SGC110 (Weiss Gallenkamp, Loughborough, UK).
The tri-axial bioreactor.
The diagram below (
Flow loop of the system.
In the first flow loop, media from the feed reservoir is drawn by the pumps and passes through the in-line sensors which monitor the pH as well as oxygen and carbon dioxide levels in the liquid. The media is split into four channels, each of which is fed into the pulsatile motor through the mean flow pumps. Media is then pumped through each of the cell-scaffold constructs which are mounted onto four sets of porous platens, emulating the end plates of the intervertebral discs. Sample pressure is controlled by the restriction valves through a closed feedback loop via the software. The media is drained back into the reservoir bottle.
In a separate flow loop, the remaining pump drives water from a second reservoir into the hydrostatic chamber. The hydrostatic pressure also is controlled by manipulating the computer-controlled restriction valve. The water is pumped back into the reservoir.
The main body of the bioreactor, the axial compression unit, comprises of a linear motor and the hydrostatic chamber. The motor can deliver displacements of up to ±3 mm and has an embedded displacement transducer. In the current configuration, the platen attachments to the system only allow for compressive strain. Each sample is connected to a load cell for force measurements and has independent adjustments that allow sample preloading. The hydrostatic chamber, which encompasses the four sets of sample platens, can withstand up to 0.3 MPa of pressure.
Two types of pumps are available to provide different flow options for the system. The gear pumps allow flow of 1 mL/min to 100 mL/min while the peristaltic pumps allow flow rates as low as 5 μL/min. Flow options are activated by choosing different operating files in the WinTest® software. For mean flow of up to 10 mL/min, the pulsatile Bose linear motor can deliver a maximum of 0.6 mL/pulse in the frequency range of 0.01 to 1 Hz. Pressure within each sample and hydrostatic pressure is controlled by means of the restriction valves. A pressure transducer monitors pressure upstream and downstream of each sample as well as in the hydrostatic chamber. All transducers have a ±0.5% of full scale calibrated accuracy.
Within the chamber, each porous platen is 10 mm in diameter and has pores averaging 40 μm in size (
Each sample platen is connected to two pressure sensors which are in turn linked to the control processor. This allows the value of pressures at each inlet and outlet to be recorded individually in the system. It is possible to use the WinTest® software to perform Boolean operations using the readings obtained. The hydrostatic pressure is monitored in the same way with the help of a pressure sensor connected directly to the chamber.
Force sensors fitted to the top platens measure the forces experienced by the scaffolds as mechanical stimulus is applied. Each load cell can measure up to 225 N per sample. Using the WinTest® software, each driving component can be controlled to simulate mechanical stimulus of different waveforms and frequencies or a series of combinations including pulses and sinusoidal curves. The interface of the software allows all values (direct or Boolean) to be displayed in either numerical format, graphical format or both. Raw data can also be recorded and saved in a data file for further studies and manipulation. The interface of the software displays forces experienced by the scaffolds, hydrostatic pressure, as well as the uniaxial displacement and the pattern of the pulse delivered by the pulsatile motor.
The purpose of the validation was to ensure that the bioreactor can provide a suitable environment for mechanical stimulation of the cell-scaffold constructs. It was also critical to establish a viable standard operating procedure in setting up and maintaining the system and a protocol for cell-scaffold handling in order to prevent contamination and bacterial infection.
While the bioreactor is intended for tissue engineering of the nucleus pulposus, continuous growth of nucleus puposus cells
Commercially available collagen scaffolds were used to validate the bioreactor. OptiMaix-3D™ (Matricel GmBH, Herzogenrath, Germany) is derived from porcine collagen that is freeze-dried using a patented method. It is one of the first products in Europe and Australia that was used clinically for the tissue engineering of articular cartilage [
The scaffolds were 10mm in diameter and 3 mm in thickness. The scaffold Young's modulus is approximately 5 × 10−3 N/mm2 when measured during 30% compression of the scaffolds, and the porosity is 98% with characteristic pore size 80 μm when measured as the shortest pore diameter in three dimension of the ellipsoidal pores.
Prior to experimental runs, a routine assembly protocol is carried out in which all components of the system are cleaned and re-assembled. At Day 0, the hydrostatic chamber, the detachable chamber window, as well as the sample platens, were sterilised in the autoclave for 15 min at 121 °C. Sacrificial samples were then mounted onto the platens. A square waveform is generated to simulate mechanical stimulation, using the WinTest® software, proportional-integral-differential (PID) control was utilised to tune the system.
Proportional-integral-differential tuning. In this instance, a square wave of +0/−0.3 mm in axial displacement was applied to the samples. Within WinTest® interface, the P, I and D components were incrementally adjusted until a square wave is consistently generated by the system as shown in the figure. The graph also shows the applied force (in Newtons) experienced by the samples during the tuning. All four samples show similar load values indicating that each sample platen is assembled to the same standards. Small variations in load values are expected as the quality of the collagen scaffolds may vary.
Tubing was sterilised by running 70% ethanol at 5 mL/min through the whole system for 1 h in a closed loop, and left to dry overnight. Phosphate buffered saline was then run through the system for 20 min at 2 mL/min. Subsequently, the four sample flow loops were primed with DMEM at 1 mL/min for 20 min.
HDF at passage 5~6 were seeded onto the OptiMaix™ scaffolds. Cells were detached from the flask using trypsin/EDTA and counted using a hemocytometer. Cell suspensions were centrifuged and resuspended in culture media. Scaffolds were then inoculated with cell suspension at a density of 1.5 × 106 cells per scaffold. Constructs were incubated for 10 min at 37 °C before being replenished with cell culture media.
After cell seeding, cell-loaded scaffolds were cultured under standard conditions in a static incubator for 7 days to allow initial cell attachment. Sterile sample platens (with membranes attached) were brought into a Class II biosafety cabinet. Sample platens were placed in petri dishes, and media was pipetted dropwise onto the top of the sample platens to bleed air from the porous core. These scaffolds were dynamically stimulated for a further 7 days under the following conditions: 0.20 mL/min perfusion and 5% compression at a frequency of 0.01 Hz at atmospheric sample pressure. Four other scaffolds were cultured under standard static conditions as a control.
Cell proliferation was assessed by performance of a Non-Radioactive Cell Proliferation Assay (MTS Assay) (Promega, Fitchburg, WI, USA) according to manufacturer's instructions. The MTS assay consists of a tetrazolium salt ((3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-5-(3-carboxymethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-sulfophenyl)-2
Briefly, the MTS solution was added to the media covering the scaffolds at a fixed concentration. Scaffolds were then incubated for 1 h at 37 °C until colour change occurred. Absorbance was measured at 490 nm using a microplate reader ELX800 (Biotek, Bedfordshire, UK).
In order to visualise the colonisation of cells into the scaffolds, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was carried out after the experiment. To prepare for SEM, samples were fixed in 3% glutaraldehyde in 0.1 M sodium cacodylate buffer (5 mL) for 2 h. The samples were washed twice in 0.1 M sodium cacodylate buffer (5 mL) for 20 min and then placed in 2.3 M sucrose (5 mL) for 24 h at 4 °C.
Samples were subsequently frozen and fractured in liquid nitrogen. The fractured pieces were thawed in distilled water, and immersed twice in distilled water for 15 min each. Subsequently, the fragments were placed in increasing concentrations of acetone (30%, 50%, 70%, 90% and 100%) three times at each concentration for 15 min. The samples were critical point dried in CO2 using a Polaron E3000 critical point drier (Quorum Technologies, Ltd., Guelph, ON, Canada) and mounted on 12.5 mm pin stubs using adhesive carbon tabs (Agar Scientific, Stansted, UK) and gold sputter coated using a Polaron E5100 sputter coater (Quorum Technologies, Ltd., Guelph, ON, Canada). The coated fragments were viewed in an FEI Quanta 200F field emission scanning electron microscope (FEI Company, Hillsboro, OR, USA) using high vacuum mode and an accelerating voltage of 5 kV.
OptiMaix-3D™ scaffolds indicated cell attachment and spreading within the scaffolds. Striations were observed on the dynamic samples, which were likely due to handling during loading and unloading of the scaffolds into the bioreactor. Numbers of viable, proliferative cells were assessed via an MTS assay, directly after seeding the scaffolds and after 4 days, for scaffolds that had been cultured statically and dynamically. Due to the low number of samples available for measurement, results of the MTS assay were used only as an indicator. There was indication that cell viability immediately after scaffold seeding remained high but after prolonged culture, both static and dynamic, viability was dramatically reduced. This may have occurred for a variety of reasons such as cells or components of the extracellular matrix being washed out during media changes and nutrient deficiencies in the scaffold core. Under SEM, OptiMaix-3D™ scaffolds showed matrix deposition under both conditions (
SEM images of OptiMaix-3D™ scaffolds—At the surface after static culture (
The lack of homogeneity in cell distribution and cell detachment in dynamic culture could be a consequence of shear stress caused by flow path tortuosity within the porous structure, as well as the collapse of the porous structure due to the continuous stress during mechanical stimulation. Engineering control of the interaction of structure and mechanical properties of scaffolds with the loading regime to achieve optimised mass transfer to the cells is one of the key challenges identified in design of mechanical stimulation bioreactor [
Creating the optimal environment for cell survival and growth remains a key issue in the field of tissue engineering. Combining cells, scaffolds and bioreactor environment can present many complicated issues. Achieving a uniform cell distribution throughout the scaffold has proved to be a challenge in other investigations [
We have demonstrated the instruction and operation of a three-dimensional cell culture system. The intent of the bioreactor was to emulate more closely the physiological conditions experienced by the intervertebral disc; this however leads to significant mechanical complexity that is exacerbated by the need to maintain sterility. There is therefore a requirement to both optimise culture conditions and the mechanical environment.
The current research also highlights the potentially compromising effects of dynamic culture on cell viability. Cell viability immediately after scaffold seeding remained high but after prolonged culture, both static and dynamic, the viability had fallen dramatically. This may have been for a variety of reasons, including: cells being washed out during media changes; low cell survival after seeding and nutrient deficiencies in the centre of the scaffold. Achieving a uniform cell distribution throughout the scaffold has proved to be a challenge in other investigations [
As bioreactors attempt to more closely replicate physiological conditions, trade-offs are required between bio-mimetic aspirations and the practical limitations of engineering, both design and machine building. While the "first generation" bioreactor system delivered by the supplier is state-of-the-art technology, continuous improvements in design and operational protocols will be necessary to achieve robust experimental procedures and realize the original intent of developing tissue-engineered nucleus pulposus.
In order to understand the system better and improve its efficacy, studies are currently being carried out using human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSC) in combination with collagen and polymer scaffolds. Initially developed for tissue engineering of the disc, this complex bioreactor system affords the opportunity to investigate the effect of different combinations of mechanical stimulus (steady and pulsatile flow, circumferential hydrostatic pressure and axial compression) on various scaffold and cell types while characterizing tissue mechanical properties and monitoring cellular metabolic activity.
The Loughborough researchers wish to acknowledge the support of the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council for this work.
David Dingmann and Chrysanthi Williams are employed by Bose Corporation, ElectroForce Systems Group.


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Oakland police search for missing man with dementia
Published 1:53 pm, Sunday, June 16, 2013
Police in Oakland are searching for a 64-year-old man who went missing from his care home on Saturday.
James Moten, who suffers from dementia, apparently walked away from his residence at about 6:30 a.m. and has not been seen since, according to Oakland police.
Moten is considered at risk because of his mental condition.
He is described as a black man with a beard, a bald head and brown eyes. He is around 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighs around 140 pounds. He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt and black sweat pants.
Anyone who might have information about the case is asked to contact Oakland police at (510) 238-3641.
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These mature eye makeup tips can help you give your eyes a lift in just minutes. Your eyes are a vital aspect to your appearance. The eyes have often been referred to as the "reflection of the soul", "the mirror to the soul", and even "the windows of the soul".
This shows just how important they are to the overall personality and appearance of an individual. If you are a mature woman, your eyes are especially important. Unfortunately, mature eyes can often experience sagging. This is due to the natural aging process.
That's the bad news. The good news is that this issue can be reversed. Here, I will provide you with details on how to lift your mature eyes. All it takes is a few supplies and a little bit of time, and you too can achieve natural, youthful looking eyes.
In order to bring about the natural lift that your eyes need to appear healthy and youthful, it will become necessary to gather a few essential supplies. Listed below are the items that will be needed to accomplish this task:
The first thing that you will want to do is apply the liquid foundation to your face. It is important to ensure that you also apply this to the area of the eyes. Once this step is complete, go ahead and put a little eye shadow on the eyes.
Now, remember that makeup sponge you got out? You will want to take that and dip it in the powder. You should then take this and apply it from the base of the eye to the top of the eye. This helps smooth out the skin in the area of the eye.
Next, take your eye pencil and start on the inside of the lid at the top and outline outwards. You should outline the top and bottom of the eye with the pencil.
Now, the trick is, when you get to the outside kind of draw up the line. This will bring about the physical appearance that the eyes are lifted.
Now, it is time to reapply some eye shadow to increase the effect of the endeavor to lift mature eyes.
Now, you should take that eyelash curler, and perform the curling step. Once this is done, simply allow to dry, and curl again.
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Store worker charged in thefts
A 30-year old Walhallan has been arrested and charged in the theft of items at the store where he worked. Oconee Sheriff's Office announced breach of trust charges against Adam Ray Baker as part of an investigation of the theft of $1,100 worth of merchandise at Seneca's Wal-Mart. Taken from the store were 39 DVDs, two Star Wars and one Spider-Man action figures.


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Perfected in Love: The Pleaser
Exciting News Flash! We are very excited to announce that we will air on Focus on the Family Radio programming Tuesday February 7 and Wednesday February 8, 2012! We will be discussing our book How We Love. The title of the shows are Developing a Deeper Connection With Your Spouse, I & II. Check your local listings for broadcast times and let your friends and family know about it as well.
Listen to our Focus on the Family appearance online »
Now on to our content for today… We've looked at the secure connector who, emotionally and relationally speaking, most resembles Jesus Christ as He loved and related to those around Him.
This week we will continue our observation of insecure connectors and lovers who, unlike Christ, live with high levels of fear.
Remember our theme verse: "there is no fear in love; but perfect love cast out fear, because fear has punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love (I John 4:18)."
Now, let's look at the Pleaser.


text: Okay… WordCamp North Canton will have not one, but two cool guys from Automattic co-presenting a session on JetPack. You know JetPack right? It's that bundle of goodness that comes with your self-hosted WordPress site. You'll definitely want to sit in on this session… Justin Shreve and Beau Lebens will with walking and talking you through all things JetPack. it's worth the price of admission alone!


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Paul Krugman has posted an interesting and concrete analytical comment (Phantom Crises") in reply to my October 3 op-ed in the Financial Times "Britain should not take its credit status for granted". Prof Krugman explained why he never felt any need to temper his famously strong advice to the UK government to massively raise borrowing, even though he simultaneously believed (and widely opined) that the Eurozone might very well soon blow up.
I should also thank Simon Wren-Lewis for his response: he recognised that my op-ed clearly was not intended as a piece of advocacy to justify the UK's exact policy trajectory. In fact, I point to several areas where it could have been significantly improved, for example, greater infrastructure spending. I am, however, arguing that the insurance elements of the problem need to figure more prominently in the discussion.
Prof Krugman's comment, using a simplified version of the canonical modern IS-LM macroeconomic model, shows that even if a euro collapse would have led to a run on sterling, the result would be depreciation of the pound and a rise in demand for British traded goods. At the same time, he argues that even if this built-in automatic stabilizer were not enough to prevent a "squeeze" on long-term bonds, the Bank of England could just print money and buy them up en masse thanks to the liquidity trap. (Prof Wren-Lewis, who Prof Krugman cites, also makes this point.) Thus there was in fact no need to reconcile his debt management advice with his euro red alert.
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Length of stay (LOS) for inpatient rehabilitation has declined, but
whether this affects patient outcomes is not clear. To assess this question,
Ottenbacher and colleaguesArticle reviewed national patient
data on rehabilitation LOS, postdischarge living setting, and change in functional
status and mortality. They found that median LOS decreased 8 days during the
study period without evidence of decline in patients' functional status
or changes in living setting. However, mortality in the 6 months after discharge
increased significantly. In an editorial, EsselmanArticle
discusses these findings in light of evolving expectations and reimbursement
for rehabilitation services.
To eliminate vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis (VAPP), national
vaccination policy transitioned from reliance on oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV)
to exclusive use of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV). Alexander and colleaguesArticle
used national surveillance data from 1990 through 2003 to
review the epidemiology of poliomyelitis and to document the impact of the
vaccine schedule changes on VAPP. They found VAPP declined significantly during
the transition. No cases of VAPP were reported with the sequential IPV-OPV
schedule or when IPV was used exclusively. In an editorial, ModlinArticle
discusses polio eradication in the United States and the dangers of not achieving
similar goals worldwide.
Prior to licensure, almost 19 000 infants and children enrolled
in randomized trials received the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
(PCV) and a favorable safety profile was demonstrated. However, some vaccine
risks may not emerge until larger populations are exposed. Using data from
the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, Wise and colleagues analyzed events
reported during the initial 2 years of PCV use. They found the majority of
reports describe mild signs and symptoms identified in the prelicensure clinical
trials. Adequate assessment of any association of PCV with rare but potentially
serious events requires continued surveillance and analysis.
See Article
Patients with low literacy may have difficulty understanding and managing
their disease, but whether interventions that address literacy deficiencies
can improve outcomes is not known. Rothman and colleagues report results of
a randomized trial of patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes. The
intervention group received frequent one-to-one communication designed to
enhance disease management comprehension. The authors found that intervention
group patients with low literacy were more likely to reach target hemoglobin
A1c (HbA1c) levels and to achieve reductions in systolic blood
pressure than control patients of similar literacy level. Outcomes for patients
with high literacy did not differ by randomization group.
A new study suggests that elective full-body computed tomography scans
for asymptomatic people—a controversial practice because of questions
about the procedure's ability to detect hidden disease and extend life—might
increase risk of a potentially fatal radiation-linked cancer.
Regionalization of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty would
not increase the travel distance for most patients.
Obesity comorbidities resolve or improve in patients having bariatric
Factors to consider when a patient's disease suddenly worsens
and a shift from life-prolonging to palliative treatment is imminent.
For your patients: Information about polio and polio vaccination.
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Paola Morgavi Associate Professor of Instruction in Italian; Director of the Italian Language Program
Paola Morgavi, Associate Professor of Instruction and Director of the Italian Language Program, holds a Laurea in Lettere from University of Genoa, Italy, and an MA in Art Education from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
At Northwestern she teaches language and culture courses and coordinates the first year language program. She has been named to the ASG Faculty Honor Roll in 2010-11 and 2011-12.
In 2010-11 she served as a Freshman Advisor. In 2013 she was appointed to the Fulbright Faculty Advisory Committee. As a member of the Council on Language Instruction, in 2009-11 she served as a co-chair of the Orientation and Meetings Committee and currently she is a member of the Lecturer Development Committee.
Interested in studying the impact of technology on teaching and learning, she co-authored with Elvira G. Di Fabio (Harvard University) a course called "Advanced Training for Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language". The course was held in Vasto, Italy, in summer 2012. As a participant in the WCAS iPad Project, in spring 2012 she designed and taught Conversation in Italian with the iPad. Previously, in 2006, thanks to a Hewlett grant, she redesigned the website for Creative Writing in Italian.
She is the higher ed co-chair of the AP Italian Language and Culture Development Committee and she is a member of the Ossservatorio della Lingua Italiana at the Consulate General of Italy in Chicago.
She is a certified OPI tester in Italian.


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Organized Village of Kake
- Background / Program Administration & Staff
- Transportation System
- Construction Projects
- Planning and Proposed Projects
- Coordination with FHWA
- Inventory and Asset Management
Background / Program Administration & Staff
On the northwest coast of Kupreanof Island, Kake is situated in a sheltered location along Keku Strait close to its confluence with Frederick Sound. Kake is accessible on a daily basis by airplane, except for weather-related interruptions, or on a weekly basis by State ferry.
The economic base includes fishing, seafood processing and logging. The total Kake population is 800. The Organized Village of Kake (OVK) tribal population is 600. The area covers 8.2 square miles of land and 6 miles of water. Unemployment is currently over 50%. Another economic study documented an unemployment rate as high as 80%.
Transportation System
Surface Transportation - Including timber roads, Kake has approximately 500 miles of roadway. Approximately 80% of the roads within the City of Kake are paved. The State ferry comes twice a week (once northbound and once southbound). Marine facilities include a small boat harbor, boat harbor, boat launch, deep-water dock and State ferry terminal. Once a week an Alaska Marine Lines barge serves Kake.
Air Transportation - Kake has a State-owned 4,000' (City-maintained) lighted, paved runway east of town, and a seaplane base at the City Dock. At the airport apron, there is only a small, open-air shelter, with no terminal building to shield travelers from the weather (and wildlife).
Public Transportation - Senior transportation service is provided by Juneau Catholic Services.
Construction Projects
A breakwater was recently constructed. Federal Lands Highways has provided design funding to upgrade one of the main logging roads, roughly from the boat harbor to a recreation and boat launch area called Seal Point.
The City of Kake maintains the local roads in the Village proper. The timber companies maintain the timber roads. No general maintenance, i.e. erosion control, culvert or ditch repair, are done by the City or the logging companies.
For State facilities, the City receives $50K/year, including airport maintenance. There is not a State maintenance station in Kake, but state crews typically visit the community once a year to perform heavy maintenance, primarily at the airport.
Planning & Proposed Projects
One planner has been funded, part-time, using Administrative Capacity Building (ACB) funds from BIA IRR. One natural resources person worked on transportation planning issues before obtaining this part-time planner. The OVK also has a small administrative staff and an Executive Director.
Kake has a Long Range Transportation Plan, dated November 14, 2002.
Design phase of the Seal Point project is funded through the Alaska Forest Highway Program. This project runs 7 miles to Seal Point, and would upgrade Forest Development Roads 6040 (portions) and 6000. There are two bridges where substantial material placement and longer structures are proposed by the Forest Service to improve alignment characteristics. It may be possible to fund one of these changes through the IRR Bridge Program, as the existing bridge abutments are deficient.
There is a proposed project for a road to Petersburg Road. The proposal runs approximately 57 miles, ends at Wrangell Narrows, and then connects by shuttle ferry to Petersburg. Several options are under consideration.
Coordination with Federal/State/Local governments
The Organized Village of Kake and the City of Kake are developing an MOU that will include an economic development group. Kake has requested a more active role in the Southeast Conference. Kake and the Forest Service are also working on an MOU for a specific project (Salmon project).
Inventory and Asset Management
BIA inventory proposal 110.6; 2.9 construction need ($3.9 million)
Kake conducts manual traffic counts
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Kardashian Family's 2012 Christmas Card
By JACKIE WILLIS
December 18, 2012
The most famous family on television has done it again. The stars of Keeping Up with the Kardashians shared their annual Christmas card, and this time, instead of their usual serious faces, the family decided to take a brighter approach.
Dressed in all white, the Kardashian and Jenner clan are all smiles (with the exception of Scott Disick) as they toss confetti into the air. Kim Kardashian, 31, shared the photo on her blog, writing: "Here it is!! Our 2012 family Christmas card shot by the amazing Nick Saglimbeni! We had such a fun time shooting this!"
RELATED: Kim's Latest Lingerie Shoot
The photo also features the new addition to the family, Penelope Disick, who is happily sitting on mother Kourtney Kardashian's lap for her Christmas card debut.
Prior to the 2012 card being revealed, Kim's sister Khloe Kardashian did reveal to Ellen DeGeneres that they are sometimes photo shopped onto the card due to their busy schedules. "We pretend that we're always together. The powers of cameras and photo shop."
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Print Labels Directly on CDs and DVDs
Handwriting on your DVDs or CDs might be fine for personal use, and printing paper labels on a printer then applying them to a disc is okay if you only need to regularly label a few discs. Both of these methods are inadequate, however, if you want a professional appearance and you need to label more than a handful of discs. Obviously handwritten labels are undesirable in a professional context, and working with paper labels are way to cumbersome to deal with on a large volume of discs.
Thermal Disc Printing or Ink Jet Disc Printing?
Thermal Disc Printing Pros:
Thermal Disc Printing Cons:
Ink Jet Disc Printing Pros:
Ink Jet Disc Printing Cons:
With this information you can decide which application fits your situation best. Generally, it may have to do with volume. The more discs you need to print the more cost effective thermal printing will be. Plus, if durability of the label is an important consideration thermal may be more appropriate. However, if you do not need a high volume of printed discs on a daily or weekly basis, ink jet disc printing can provide professional labeling at a lower initial investment, since ink jet disc printers are relatively inexpensive.
If you are providing a disc to customers (to hold software or to supply user-product information) and you are still applying paper labels, the time to consider disc printing is now! Disc printers can also be integrated with a disc duplicator, so discs can be fully prepared for shipping at one station.


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This thread is dedicated to learn English by having conversation among dwellers.
So, feel free to have a chat in English here
Remember, language is a tool. To make you master language better, there's no other way than use it
Behind the Story
Inspiration to make this English Spot came from some people in Regional Malang who once asked me about English Learning (Credit to Bro febjoki). Then I remember that some Regional have their own English Corner. Sometimes, English Corner in your own Region makes you feel more comfortable to interact because our relationship is closer than General Kaskus Forum.
However, Regional Malang doesnt have its own English Spot before, and it makes me wonder because Malang is well-known as Education and Tourism city, which definitely makes its people interact often with Foreigners. English as international language is important in Malang. Related with Kaskus, actually there are two English Forum Enthusiast come from Malang, P1nk3d_Books and me, Ambrosiana. I think it will be great if Regional Malang has its own English Spot.
So, by permission of all Regional Malangs citizens, especially the great Regional Leader, BuruhCisco (a.k.a Sam Tito), allow me to open this REGIONAL MALANG ENGLISH SPOT (REGIMES) so that we can practice English together here by having conversation each other in English.
Official Permission from Regional Malang
I've already got permission from our beloved Regional Leader to open the thread.
Also support from Regional Malang citizens
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1. If this is your first time drop by this thread, please do read the rules first, and introduce yourself. You may take a sneak peek to page one. We have tons of interesting stuffs there.
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Rapunsel (Brown Hair) - Tangled.
|Forrrrr the brilliant Liam_Xlr8r , to go with his Flynn cosplay :P Because he asked soooo nicely :P
Hahaaaa can't wait to do thisssss.... the dress is soooo purty and i've already been noticing all the details on it alll the way through watching it for the first time :O
Its gonna be AMAAZINGGG!!! xx
haha :P of coursee it will be sugah! Especially after all the effort i'm gonna put into my Rapunsel dress lol. Cuz we can't have a crappy Rapunsel next to Flynn :O Tht'd b disgusting lol xx
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Plan etc (Posted 9th September 2011)
Right soo... i got bored... so i decided to have a mooch online for a wig for this... and what dya know... first one i find... looks pretty much spot on... cept the fringe is the wrong side... but thats easy to sort lol .
So i've decided... in the interests of being more organised... i'm gonna plan all the actual cosplays better... because then i might not mess up so much :D
So. For the dress.
Then i'll do the base dress... without sleeves or the patterns on... i'll probably make the skirt section then the top ( or other way round) , add any necessary lace and then stitch the two together :P I'll be using buttons to do the dress up, seen as thats how rapunsels dress is depicted to be done up :P
Then once i've done the base dress ( and patterns :O ) i'll do the corset :P i've yet to decide what exactly i'm going to use to lace it up at the front... something pretty tho :D
Then i'll be doing the puff sleeves :P I'm going to do them purple... and add the pink strips on after.
This is just a rough plan mind... because i can't be bothered to write about how i'm going to stitch everything and all tht junk lool :D
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School Project
Everything in life is important but there is a key to everything and one of the key is education. Education is universally recognized as one of the most fundamental building blocks for human development and poverty reduction. When given the opportunity to learn, people are empowered to contribute fully to the development of their lives, their communities, and their country. Education remains one of the most powerful instruments for reducing poverty and inequality and helps lay the foundation for sustained economic growth. KDP views education as a key factor in helping Korok community to obtain self reliance. Our goal is to raise $ 350, 000to build school for needy children in Korok Aweil North County, Northern Bahr El Ghazal State, South Sudan.
Korok Development School Project Estimates
Project name
Estimated Amt
Funds available
Total Amount
School Project
$ 350, 000.00
$ 00.00.00
Amount needed to start School Project
$ 30, 000. 00
$ 00.00.00
Total estimated amount for School Project to be fundraise
$ 350, 000.00
Total estimated amount for School project cost
$ 350, 000.00
Community Participation - Engaging local community in dialogue about the proposed school project in Korok is important for the school we need to build in order to meet the needs of the local community. KDPs President Joseph Yak went home last December to meet with local community in Korok. The meeting with local community was very successful and land was donated to KDP to built school.
Local community listening to Mr. Joseph Yak during Korok Developmentnt Projects meeting in town of Mayen Ulem, Aweil North County in December 2010.
Mr. Joseph Yak, KDP President & CEO addressing local community about KDPs Projects in Korok, Aweil North County.
Mr. Joseph Yak Yak, President KDP in United States in back, Mr. Yai Marach Yai , Chairman of Korok Community in Australia in front left, and Mr. Tong Tong Dau, Representative of Korok Community in Israel in front right are nothing but emotionally affected by the situation and true stories from local community during community meeting in Korok in December 2010.
This is the future site where the KDPs school will be built. The land was donated by Chief Ulem Ngor Ulem. Land is located about 1.5 mile away from the town of Mayen Ulem in Malual East Payam (District).


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Military pay is divided into two categories: basic pay which is taxable, and other allowances which are not taxable. Non-taxable allowances include BAH (basic allowance for housing), BAS (basic allowance for subsistence), per diem for travel, and a clothing allowance. Members of the armed forces are allowed to claim legal residence in their home state if they so desire which may also affect their state tax status.
Current annual pay (as of January 2017) for an E-6 in the Coast Guard Band with no prior service is $51,292 (without dependents) and $56,800 (with dependents).
Due to the limited amount of Coast Guard Housing, band members do not receive on-base housing but instead receive a BAH as part of their pay.
Band members receive 30 days paid leave each year plus some federal holidays. The Coast Guard Band uses a "blanket leave" policy where specific time within the year is set aside to allow members to use their leave days. Leave requests outside of the blanket leave period are considered on a case-by-case basis and may be approved depending on the performing/rehearsals schedule and mission needs of the band.
All members of the U.S. Armed Forces are automatically enrolled in TRICARE, the Department of Defense's health care program for active duty personnel, retirees, and their families. Through TRICARE, members receive free comprehensive medical and dental care as needed at any military health care facility or civilian TRICARE providers. Family members may also be enrolled in TRICARE and receive medical care at military or civilian facilities through various options for little or no cost. Visit http://www.tricare.mil/ for more information.
U.S. Coast Guard members may participate in the Service Members' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) program at very reasonable rates.
The U.S. Coast Guard provides a pension for its members who serve for at least 20 years. After serving 20 years, members will receive 50% of their basic pay in retirement compensation. This amount increases each year by 2.5%, and after 30 years of service, members will receive 75% of their basic pay in retirement compensation. Retirement income is adjusted each year to compensate for increases in the cost of living. Military members also have the option of enrolling in the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP). The TSP is a tax-deferred, government sponsored investment fund.
All members of the band are eligible for enrollment in the Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB) and the new Post-9/11 GI Bill. Full information about these programs can be found at www.gibill.va.gov.
The Coast Guard also has several programs to assist with furthering your education and tuition assistance. For more information on these programs visit http://www.uscg.mil/hr/cgi/
Members of the Coast Guard Band are entitled same benefits as other members of the Armed Forces. These include the use of military exchanges, commissaries, gymnasiums, exercise facilities and golf courses as well as services such as legal and financial assistance. Military MWR offices offer rentals of camping equipment, canoes, and athletic equipment at little or no cost. The Coast Guard Academy is a small military base, but the New London Submarine Base in Groton, CT offers many of these services.
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Washington DC (SPX) Mar 28, 2014
NASA released Thursday an image of a comet that, on Oct. 19, will pass within 84,000 miles of Mars -- less than half the distance between Earth and our moon.
The image on the left, captured March 11 by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, shows comet C/2013 A1, also called Siding Spring, at a distance of 353 million miles from Earth. Hubble can't see Siding Spring's icy nucleus because of its diminutive size. The nucleus is surrounded by a glowing dust cloud, or COMA, that measures roughly 12,000 miles across.
The right image shows the comet after image processing techniques were applied to remove the hazy glow of the coma revealing what appear to be two jets of dust coming off the location of the nucleus in opposite directions. This observation should allow astronomers to measure the direction of the nucleus's pole, and axis of rotation.
Hubble also observed Siding Spring on Jan. 21 as Earth was crossing its orbital plane, which is the path the comet takes as it orbits the sun. This positioning of the two bodies allowed astronomers to determine the speed of the dust coming off the nucleus.
"This is critical information that we need to determine whether, and to what degree, dust grains in the coma of the comet will impact Mars and spacecraft in the vicinity of Mars," said Jian-Yang Li of the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Arizona.
Discovered in January 2013 by Robert H. McNaught at Siding Spring Observatory, the comet is falling toward the sun along a roughly 1 million year orbit and is now within the radius of Jupiter's orbit.
The comet will make its closest approach to our sun on Oct. 25, at a distance of 130 million miles - well outside of Earth's orbit. The comet is not expected to become bright enough to be seen by the naked eye.
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UNI Now: Salt Freshman Extravangza
The Salt Company College Ministry will host the freshmen group kickoff; enjoy free pizza, live music and games.
The Salt Company College Ministry will host the freshmen group kickoff; enjoy free pizza, live music and games.
Join theRiver College Ministry for an on-campus preview. Dessert will be served.
The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences welcome new and returning students with majors in CSBS. Meet faculty and enjoy ice cream.
Relay For Life (Colleges Against Cancer) and Dance Marthon will provide free snacks along with a variety of lawn games. Representatives from each group will be on hand to join in the fun and provide information about both organizations.
Join theRiver College Ministry for free food off the grill, frisbee, bags and other outdoor fun.
Information booths will be staffed by volunteers who can help answer questions and provide directions. Booths will be located near Gilchrist Hall, Campbell Hall/Bartlett Hall area, Rod Library/Maucker Union area and Russell Hall.
A variety of activities sponsored by UNI student organizations.
A throwback to the orientation dance party and a preview of Dance Party 15 (December), The Dance Party at UNI Now will be the biggest dance party in UNI's history. Bring your neon and get ready for UNI's loudest tradition. Sponsored by the Panther Pep Crew and Career Services.
The Good Life College Ministry will host a glow in the dark capture the flag game. Glow sticks will be provided for all participants. Enjoy games and meet new friends.
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On an emotional level I understand why many residents of Newtown would like the media to leave.
In South Africa, therefore, Jews focused the emotional attachment they did not feel toward their own country on Israel.
The new national security adviser is again testing out talking points, this time giving an emotional appeal on Syria.
They describe being scared and in physical and emotional pain.
The next day, an emotional Sonia called Bob and thanked him for his support.
Thucydides, of course, had a sensitive and emotional temperament.
It was so damnably unnerving he was afraid of losing all emotional control.
Her motherhood might be the mere figment of that kind colored girl's emotional fancy.
Reading and writing have much to do with our emotional life.
This uncontrolled, emotional trend of thought comes in cycles and is unerringly followed by bitter disillusionment.


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You can find Great BBQ all over Austin. you will not find the Commitment to Quality/the Dedication to Friendly service like at Pok-e-Jo's
Pok-e-Jo's is a true Austin experience. Stop on in and see why we have been an Austin family tradition for 30 years. "Pok-e-Jo's is dedicated to serving folks a quality product with superior service at a reasonable price in an atmosphere that is inviting for customers and employees alike." The first Pok-e-Jo's Smokehouse, located on North Burnet Road in Austin, Texas was founded by University of Texas graduates Porky Haberman, Doug Bohne and Southern Methodist University alum, Joe Slayton. Unhappy with other BBQ joints, they set out to perfect their own recipes and rubs through countless samplings of ribs and brisket, and convinced Joe's grandma to share her prized potato salad recipe. Before long, their business was smoking. Doug honed his restaurant skills at a few famous Dallas BBQ joints and turned Pok-e-Jo's into one of the best BBQ places in Austin. Porky's son, Danny Haberman joined the expanding business soon after the original Burnet Road location was condemned to make way for Mopac Highway. Danny helped develop the company's burgeoning catering business. Within three years, Pok-e-Jo's opened two more locations, one in the Great Hills area of Austin, TX and the other in Round Rock, TX. 5 LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU: Round Rock 1202-C N. IH-35 Round Rock, TX 78681 512-388-7578 Parmer Lane 2121 W. Parmer Lane Austin, TX 78727 512-491-0434 Great Hills 9828 Great Hills Trail Austin, TX 78759 512-338-1990 Brodie Oaks 4109 South Capital of Texas Highway Austin, TX 78704 512-440-0447 Hancock Center 1000 E. 41st Street Austin, TX 78751 512-302-1200
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Nanotechnology revolution is expected to play a key role in the 21st century
technology, similar to the Silicon Integrated Circuits (IC) revolution in
the 20th century. The evolution of microsystems technology into the nano
world is a natural evolution of miniaturization trend of electronics
devices. However the material properties and physics at nano scale can be
quite different compared to continuum theory at micro and macroscale. This
presents several technological challenges, but at the same time the ability
to engineer materials and devices at the nanoscale, using a variety of
nanofabrication techniques, gives unlimited opportunities. The complex
systems with nanoscale building blocks will integrate sensing, control and
actuation by combining multitude of building blocks such as mechanical
structures, electronics circuits, optical devices, chemical and biological
sensors. This will also require an interdisciplinary effort cutting across
several branches of science and engineering. The expert speakers in the
workshop will discuss and deliberate their views on some technical areas,
various initiatives launched at IISc and the roadmap for IISc and India to
take a leadership role in this emerging technology.
Recent crises in oil prices and in carbon dioxide driven global warming
have highlighted the need to diversify our energy production base
and increase the efficiency of generation while minimising the harmful
consequences of fossil fuel use. Arguably, the major bottlenecks to
progress in this area come from the lack of materials that can deliver
better function in photovoltaic conversion, high temperature
stability, gas separation, carbon dioxide sequestration and so on.
In this workshop on energy-materials, internationally recognised experts
from universities, national laboratories and industry will
explore a range of critical issues in materials technology as they impact
energy production and utilisation.
In recent years, it is perhaps in the field of human health, agriculture and
bioethics that the impact of science and technology has made
a lasting impression. In this scenario, focus on the complex issues
regarding workings of a living cell, the big issues such as brain structure and
cognition, molecular medicine, transgenics, governmental regulation and
bioethics among others, can inform and shape scientific agenda and public
In this workshop on Integrative biology, leading researchers and
entrepreneurs, who have made notable contributions to the advancement of basic science and
technological innovation from academic, government and industrial laboratories
will focus on a wide spectrum of topics in biology that impact human
health, agriculture and technology.
The speakers are:
Professor Makkuni Jayaram: Difference Topology: Analyzing DNA-PROTEIN assemblies by tying DNA into knots and links
Among the challenges that modern societies face are the threats from
natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, floods and the disasters
triggered or accelerated by human forcing, most significant being the
global climate change. Disasters of the first kind are intrinsically
related to the dynamics of an evolving planet. They cannot be prevented,
but their effects can be minimized through an understanding of the
processes that govern them. The effects of human forcing on the natural
systems, however, can be mitigated, through careful strategies. In the
workshop on Earth and Climate sciences, internationally recognized experts
from universities and national laboratories will address a wide range of
problems from threat from earthquakes to climate change.
Lectures will be delivered on:
Intelligent transportation Systems (ITS) integrate a large range of wireless and wire line communications-based information and electronics technologies with transportation systems, fleet management, pollution monitoring and control. The integration may be with the transportation system's infrastructure, or with a fleet of vehicles. These technologies are expected to decongest traffic movement, improve safety, reduce vehicular pollution and enhance utilization of infrastructure in an optimum manner. ITS are divided into intelligent infrastructure systems and intelligent vehicle systems. The proposed Inter disciplinary workshop on ITS addresses various issues in the ITS.
At the turn of the 20th century, speaking at the White House Millennium
Council, in a lecture titled "Science in the Next Millennium," Professor
Stephen Hawking had opined:
"The Star Trek vision of the future that we achieve an advanced but
essentially static level may come true in respect of our knowledge of the
basic laws that govern the universe. But I don't think we will ever reach
a steady state in the uses we make of these laws. The ultimate theory
will place no limit on the complexity of systems that we can produce and
it is in this complexity that I think the most important developments of
the next millennium will be."
While much of complexity research has been concerned with natural systems
such as human and animal societies, climate phenomena, natural neural
systems, and biological cellular systems, we believe that Professor
Hawking's observation points us towards complex human-made systems or
complex engineered systems. Examples of such systems would be: road
transportation networks, power systems, wireless sensor networks, social
networks, global supply chains, urban systems, brain-machine interface,
self-organizing systems, etc.
The objective of this collaborative workshop is to bring together experts
in this area to discuss and debate on the emerging challenges in the area
and to provide inspiration to researchers and graduate students to explore
the fascinating problems offered by this area.
Modern problems are consequences of an increasingly technology driven
lifestyle, and technology driven lifestyles need technology driven
solutions, viz., sustainable technologies. Among the crucial
technologies that hold answers to a sustainable future to meet the
unmet demand are in the areas of energy, buildings, communication, sanitation, and
climate change. Five eminent speakers would provide an overview on
these areas and the promise they hold in enabling a sustainable
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The following recipe is delicious served with dollops of thick cream. Substitute with poached dried apricots when loquats are not in season.
10-15 loquats (depending on size), peeled, seeded and sliced
80mL brandy
Caster sugar, to taste
60g soft butter
1/2 cup (100g) firmly packed brown sugar
1 egg yolk
1/2 cup (60g) ground almonds
1/2 cup (60g) chopped walnuts
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
thickened cream, to serve
Combine loquats, brandy and sugar to taste and divide among four 1-cup ovenproof dishes.
For topping, beat butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy, add egg yolk and beat until well combined. Add almonds, walnuts and cinnamon and mix well. Spoon mixture over loquats to cover, place dishes on an oven tray and bake at 160 C for 30 minutes or until topping is golden and loquats are tender.
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Serve warm with thick cream.


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Benefit season for the Shakespeare Club started recently with a "kick-off" event at the club's Villa in Pasadena. Members and guests were informed of the coming musical production of Meredith Willson's "The Music Man" on March 24 and 25 at the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse. This is a wildly enthusiastic group, in which most all of the members become involved before, during and after the production. There is something for everyone.
After a brief meeting, Shirley Weld, club president, introduced Judy Norquist, benefit chairman and Tanya Danforth, drama chairman. They reported on activities regarding the production and introduced the production staff: Bill Shaw, director; Rikki Luggo, choreographer; Bob Marino, music director; Darrell Clark, lighting director; and Annette Arce, stage manager. The staff presented information to the group regarding auditions and rehearsals and answered questions.
Tickets are now on sale and are available through their website.
On Feb. 15, as a prelude to the production, there will be an elegant gala with live and silent auctions to be held at the lovely Shakespeare Club Villa on South Grand in Pasadena, which the club has owned and maintained since 1972. The event will feature "Taste of San Gabriel Valley" with sumptuous food stations from some of the finest restaurants presenting their delicious specialties. There will be entertainment to delight the guests and a few surprises, too!
In keeping with their mission statement of "providing cultural enrichment and philanthropic support to the community," the Shakespeare Club will donate the net proceeds from the benefit to their scholarship fund for graduating seniors in the Pasadena Unified School District. Each year a check is presented to four carefully selected graduating seniors in preparation for college. The Shakespeare League, which has now joined its parent organization the Shakespeare Club, has had a long history (more than 60 years!) of presenting full scale Broadway musicals and donating the net proceeds to many local charities.
Membership is represented throughout the San Gabriel Valley. Some of those in attendance at the kick-off party from Arcadia were: Lynn Becker, Virginia Crosby, Monica Forgey, Diane Johnson, Keppie Sullivan, Cristina Cullen; from Monrovia were Kathee Bautista, Candace Campbell, Janet Clark and Pat Huffman and from Temple City was Jane Chavez. The Shakespeare Club accepts applications for membership year-round and would like to invite women of all ages to join them. For more information, visit their website at www.shakespeareclub.org.
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I liked the room and the location of the hotel for my stay. They never cleaned the room from Thursday to Sunday.
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Worst manager of a hotel i have ever met The way they treat there customers
Beautiful hotel with good room prices I reserved a room & they give me a handicap room. The shower head was to low & with no shower doors, the water went all over the floor. Poor judgement on the staff
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A very new, modern European-style hotel, very much like the Icelandic Air hotels in Iceland, but with amenities designed to serve Millenials -- many snacks available from refrigerated displays, and even eggs (I believe)from a small, staffed kitchen. Nothing
Free parking! It was clean! Good location! Cool bar! Very modern, cool decor! Great, friendly staff! No, loved everything!
Love the style the cleanest and never have any problems in booking a room keep up the good work The bar was closed
The rooms are very clean and modern. Staff seems irritated that they had to check you in & out.
Friendly Staff, very advanced room facility Breakfast is not free
Location. Next to freeway. I didnt hear any noise.
Modern and clean. Staff is friendly Nothing. I love it.


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Archive for the 'Florida Truck Accidents' Category
Distracted School Bus Driver Crashes with Semi Truck in Bradenton FL
BRADENTON, FL. – A school bus carrying 40 students from Braden River Middle crashed with the back of a semi truck in Bradenton, Florida on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 5, injuring 22 students and the bus driver.
Fatal 18 Wheeler Accident in Middleburg, FL Claims Life of Elderly Man
MIDDLEBURG, FL – An 82-year old man was killed when his pickup truck collided with a semi truck that was hauling logs in Middleburg, FL on August 11, 2011.
Middleburg is an unincorporated community located in Clay County, Florida in the northern part of the state about 168 miles southeast of Tallahassee and about 171 miles northeast of Tampa. ... Read More
FedEx Truck Collides with Oncoming Car in Deadly Tampa Accident
TAMPA, FL — A fatal accident occurred on Tuesday, June 14, at about 4:45 p.m. when a car drifted into oncoming traffic on Armenia Avenue near Linebaugh Avenue and collided with a FedEx truck, killing an elderly man and critically injuring his daughter who was driving the car.
Jose Veciana, 89, who showed early signs of Alzheimer's disease and his daughter Jeanette Aguiar, 57, were rushed by Paramedics to St. Joseph's Hospital with life-threatening injuries. The father died. ... Read More
Five Hurt in Orlando Florida Truck Accident
ORLANDO, FL – Five people were hurt Monday, Feb 14,2011 in an early morning truck accident at a busy intersection in Orange County, Florida. The two vehicle crash involved a U.S. Post Office tractor trailer and a Disney tour bus and occurred on Boggy Creek Road in the Orlando metro region, just south of the Orlando International Airport. The accident area is in central Florida, about 232 miles northwest of Miami and about 229 miles southeast of Valdosta, Georgia.
Early Monday morning 52 year old Wayne Earle of Palm Bay, FL was driving a semi trailer truck south on Boggy Creek Road. The driver was carrying a cargo for the U.S. Post Office at the time of the truck accident. ... Read More
Tampa News Crew Injured in Florida Truck Accident
SARASOTA, FL – A news crew from Tampa TV station WFLA Channel 8 was injured when their microwave news truck blew a tire, then flipped over on Interstate 75 Wednesday afternoon, March 23, 2011.
The injured crewmen were photographer Jim Hockett and reporter Jackie Barron. The accident happened around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday as Barron and Hockett were returning from an assignment in Venice. ... Read More
Semi Crashes Explodes into Flames on Florida I-95
LAKE WORTH, FL – A semi trailer truck crashed and exploded into flames early Wednesday morning, September 8, on a highway in Palm Beach County, Florida. The truck accident happened when another vehicle crossed into the path of the semi in the southbound lanes of Interstate 95 near the city of Lake Worth, FL. The accident area is in the far southeast section of the state near the Atlantic Ocean, about 63 miles north of Miami, FL and about 127 miles east of Ft. Myers, FL.
Early Wednesday morning Roger Douglas of Lake Butler, FL was driving a semi trailer truck south on Interstate 95, traveling through Palm Beach County. The semi truck was carrying a load of PVC pipes and the truck's cab had the logo of Silco Carthage, Inc.
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UPS Tractor Trailer Truck Jackknives on Florida I-4 Bursts into Flames
FAIRVIEW SHORES, FL – A UPS semi trailer truck crashed and burst into flames early Friday morning, August 27, on a highway in Orange County, Florida. Two people were injured in the truck accident that occurred on Interstate 4 in Fairview Shores just north of the city of Orlando. The accident area is in the central east section of the state about 90 miles northeast of Tampa, FL and about 137 miles south of Jacksonville, FL.
At around 2:00 a.m. Friday morning 39 year old Craig T. Roy from the Jacksonville area was driving a semi trailer truck west on Interstate 4 through Orange County, FL. One unidentified passenger rode along in the cab of the semi. The semi truck belonged to UPS and was pulling two trailers loaded with a full cargo of mail parcels and shipping packages. The corporate offices for UPS (United Parcel Services) are in Atlanta, Georgia. ... Read More
Tractor Trailer Truck Crashes and Burns in Venice, Florida
VENICE, FL – Traffic on an interstate in Sarasota County, Florida stalled Thursday morning, July 8, when a semi trailer truck crashed and burst into flames. The truck accident occurred in the southbound lanes of Interstate 75 near the city of Venice. The accident area is in the southwest section of the state near the Gulf of Mexico, about 57 miles south of St. Petersburg, FL and about 213 miles northwest of Miami, FL.
Shortly before 8:00 a.m. Thursday morning 61 year old Richard Wilson of Venice, FL was driving a semi trailer truck south on Interstate 75 in Sarasota County, FL. As Mr. Wilson was traveling near the River Road Exchange near mile marker 191 he reportedly lost control of his 18 wheeler truck. ... Read More
Semi Truck Collides with Car on Manatee County Bridge
CORTEZ, FL – A semi trailer truck collided with a Volkswagen car Tuesday morning, June 29, on a bridge in Manatee County, Florida. The truck accident occurred west of Bradenton on the Cortez Bridge near the city of Cortez and left the cab of the semi trailer truck dangling on the edge of the bridge over the Intracoastal Waterways. The accident area is in the southwest section of the state about 134 miles north of Naples, FL and about 126 miles southwest of Orlando, FL.
Shortly before 11:30 a.m. Tuesday morning 32 year old George Gonzales was driving a semi trailer truck west on the Cortez Bridge. Mr. Gonzales was working for Cummings Foods based in Dover, FL and was making a delivery to the Publix Grocery Store in Anna Maria Island. ... Read More
Tanker Truck Overturns, Shuts Down Florida Highways & Rail Line
MIAMI GARDENS, FL – A semi tanker truck overturned Sunday afternoon, May 16, 2010, shutting down sections of several Florida highways for hours and interrupting service on the Tri-Rail commuter rail line. The truck accident occurred on Interstate 95 near Miami Gardens in Dade County, FL in the traffic area of networked roads and ramps often referred to as the Spaghetti Bowl. The accident area is in the far southeast side of the state, north of the Miami metro region, 110 miles east of Naples, FL and 57 miles south of West Palm Beach, FL.
At around 2:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon a truck driver was driving a tanker truck filled with fuel oil south on Interstate 95 in Dade County, Florida. When the driver approached the area near the Golden Glades Interchange he moved to merge onto the Palmetto Expressway. ... Read More


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If you are one of those local businesses that is just getting started and you're doing everything on a budget, understanding how to do your own local marketing is a must if you want to reduce costs.
When it comes to Online Marketing for your local business, Google Places is definitely a place that you want to start. Below is a comprehensive guide and tips on how to not only setup a Google Places listing but also to optimize it so that it ranks well within the local search results for your chosen keywords and local industry.
Follow this guide and you will start getting new business enquiries in no time.
On-Site Optimisation
Localize Title Tags and Meta Descriptions
If you run a hairdressing salon in Melbourne and you would like to rank for "Hairdressers Melbourne", it is important to include these two words at the beginning of your Title tag and at least once within your Meta Description. Please don't spam as it doesn't help local customers when doing a Google search and Google themselves may not like it. Try to be descriptive and inviting but also include your keywords. There is a fine balance here.
Localize Your On-Page Content
Using the same example and if you're trying to rank your homepage for the above keywords, try to include "Hairdressers Melbourne" wherever you can within the content without affecting the flow if your copy. Lets say you have 700 words of content on your homepage, maybe include it 3-4 times. With the first couple of times, it is a good idea to highlight the keywords in bold or "strong" tags. Additionally, try to use variations of your primary keyword wherever possible. EG: Hairdressing Melbourne, Melbourne Hair Salon.
Insert A GEO Tag Into Your Header
Here is one little step that most SEO's miss and is one that I find works a treat. Go to this tool and insert your business address into the search bar and hit search. The GEO Tag generator will then generator a GEO Tag which you can place in the head code / header of your website. This acts much like a Meta Tag and tells Google exactly where your business is located using the exact coordinates.
Create A GEO Sitemap / KML File
Using this tool, you will be able to create a GEO Sitemap and KML file which are other useful tools for Google to be able to accurately locate your business and rank you accordingly. It is fairly self-explanatory and once you have completed the process, it will give you two files to download. All you need to do then is upload them to your server and with the GEO Sitemap, you can submit this to Google via your Webmaster Tools dashboard.
Google Places
1) Use Your REAL Business Name With No Keywords
To get started with your Google Places Listing, start here. I see a lot of SEO's and novice "Google Places consultants" use keywords in the Company / Organization section of their client's profile. BIG NO NO! If Google happens to notice this, which they most likely will, they will give you a big fat slap and knock you down to the bottom of the list. All you need to do here is enter your REAL business name with no keywords or additions. It sounds like a pretty simple instruction but trust me, a lot of people get it wrong and try to manipulate the system.
2) Include Your Primary Keywords In The Description (Don't Spam)
The key here is to subtly include your keywords into the description of your Google Places listing but not to overdo it. It is advisable to include at least two of your primary keywords but ensure that it still reads well, people WILL read your Google Places profile. You only get 200 characters to work with so be thrifty with your wording. Going back to change your description all the time will not help and you may be required to re-verify so make sure you get it right the first time.
3) Choose One Standard And Four Custom Categories
Once again, using the hairdressing example as above, Google will allow you to create custom categories for your listing but you need to select at least one of the categories listed by Google. If you run a Hairdressing studio, you would pick "Hair Salon" and then you would use the other four to list out any other related categories that your business may fall under EG: Nail Salon, Beauty Salon, Tanning Salon, Waxing Studio.
3) Upload YouTube Videos (30 Seconds to 1 Minute Is Good)
(Or at least one video) With YouTube, you have the ability to geo-tag your videos. Once you have created and uploaded a video in YouTube, go ahead and set the location of your video in the video settings, publish your video and then insert the YouTube video link into the appropriate field in your Google Places listing. Not only will this help with your Google Places rankings but it may also rank in Google for your local search terms (depending on the competition). If you don't have a video and don't know where to start creating one, use this tool. It will allow you to create a 30 second and stylish video for free.
4) Upload Pictures (10 is advisable)
It is extremely important to upload as many business images as you can, 10 is advisable. I generally upload the business logo first and then 9 other images. If you have a portfolio of your work or images of your office, store or even your work vehicles, this is great! I will usually change the name of the image so that it is descriptive. I'm not really sure if this has any impact but its all a part of the process we use.
5) Utilize The Additional Details Section
Down at the very bottom of your Google Places listing (when submitting your business) you will have an "Additional Details" section. Generally what we do is list the areas served and the services offered as well as a few other details depending on the type of business we are submitting. There will be two boxes side by side and you can also choose to add more boxes if you wish. The first box would be "Services Offered" and the one beside it would be "Hairdressing, Waxing, Tanning, Nails, Manicures, Pedicures" etc. The next two boxes below would be "Areas Served" and in the box beside that would be "Melbourne, North Melbourne, South Melbourne, East Melbourne, Richmond" etc.
Link Building & Reviews
1) Submit Your Business Listings On Local Directories (Citations)
Your job isn't done once you submit your business to Google Places, you still need to do a fair bit of leg work to ensure that Google recognizes your business and ranks it accordingly. Local citations or local business listings are probably the best way to do this. If you're in Australia, some of the best local business directories are YellowPages, HotFrog and TrueLocal, otherwise, if you are in the US, it would be best to try Manta, Yelp and sites like these. Submit your business listing and then ping the search engines to let them know its there.
2) Get Clients To Places Reviews On Your Places & Directory Listings
Once you have had your Google Places listing verified and you have setup your other Local Business Listings around the place, go ahead and have your existing clients place a review on them. All you need to do here is put together an email and send it out to them, ask them to place a review on the link that you provide and this will not only help Google to pick up your listing but also help to bump your listing up the list in the local directories that rank businesses based on the amount of reviews they have.
3) Backlinks, Backlinks, Backlinks
Once you have a site full of useful and relevant content, have performed the on-site as stated above, created your Google places listing and started to building local citations, go ahead and start building other useful backlinks or possibly utilize quality link building services which are offer all across the internet. Google will take about a month or two to have you ranked in the top 3-7 Google Places listings if you have followed all of the steps above and creating extra, quality backlinks is only going to strengthen your position.
There we have it! A quick guide to winning big with Local SEO and tips on Google Places Opimisation! If you have any questions regarding Local SEO and would like to get some answers, feel free to leave a comment below and if you like this article, go ahead, share it around for other to learn from.
About the author: Lucas Raby is the Director of Digital Dynamite Pty Ltd who run a Local SEO website that provide Local Online Marketing consulting for businesses within Australia. For more information about Lucas or GPSEO, visit he's website at http://www.gpseo.com.au


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Friday, Feb. 6, 2009 | 2 a.m.
Green building in Southern Nevada is no longer the sole realm of office-park developers, hotels and tree huggers.
As the state's main electric utility opens its first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certified building next month, sustainable construction will have officially gone mainstream.
NV Energy is putting the finishing touches on a command center in the southern valley designed to meet the needs of residents in Henderson, Spring Valley, Industrial Road and parts of Laughlin.
It expects the first workers to move in around late March or early April.
The 280,000-square-foot operational center will consolidate work space for the utility's southern information technology office, planning division, meter reader hub, fleet and management yard, warehouse space and other departments.
About 350 people will work in the building, with more coming as growth resumes in the southern valley.
It will also house the company's new mobile substations, which will be able to bring emergency power to neighborhoods or command centers for natural disasters.
"This is a consolidation of several facilities into one — it's more efficient," said Frank Del Toro, general manager of special projects for NV Energy. "We're upgrading our space. We're consolidating existing sporadic placement of our facilities to one center and upgrading our technology. Our old center was reminiscent of the 1960s. We're going state-of-the-art."
The company is seeking platinum-level LEED certification for the structure, a status it is eligible for because of various construction delays.
Previously, the company sought silver-level existing building certification and at one point abandoned its pursuit of LEED certification.
The company decided to resume its goal of LEED certification after discovering it didn't drive up costs more than 1 percent and hearing of the less tangible benefits of green buildings such as reduced absenteeism and improved productivity.
It also fits in with the company's new marketing push to show itself as a "green" company as it contracts for more renewable energy generation and tries to build a coal plant in Ely.
"What we looked at was people work better when they're in an environment that's better for them in terms of their health," Del Toro said. "We also wanted to lessen our impact on the environment and lighten our carbon footprint. We looked at how we affect the environment as we produce and distribute power."
In addition to the typical low volatile organic compound carpets and paint, the site also boasts lots of recycled and reused products, including recycled paint (leftover paint mixed together to make new colors), recycled and reused cabinetry, cubicles, linoleum and tile, reconstituted steel shelving in the warehouse (made from melted scrap), and concrete and cement with recycled content, including some that reuse fly ash.
The building is also more sustainable because it can meet the company's office space needs far into the future.
The building will have about 100,000 square feet of unfinished expansion space that can accommodate growth in the southern valley.
To help gain LEED points, the company is planning to purchase electric and alternative fuel vehicles for its fleet and is considering installing urban wind turbines, solar photovoltaic window screens and an rooftop photovoltaic system.
"There's a feel-good factor of 'Wow I'm doing my part for the environment because my desk is recycled or my cleaning materials are green and biodegradable,' " Del Toro said. "People are happy about that and people work better in those environments."


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Turkey v France Live
Even though France experienced some ups and downs in the first week of play, the team around Boris Diaw from the Charlotte Bobcats still managed to make it to the elimination round with a fourth seed in Group D. Thus, France will face Hedo Turkoglu and the Turkish team in Istanbul on Sunday at 6 p.m. GMT.
In contrast, Turkey could not have hoped for a better start at the 2010 FIBA World Championship. More specifically, the team around Ersan Ilyasova managed to win five straight in the group stage and has been playing excellent basketball so far. Considering that Turkey arguably was in the toughest group, it is certainly remarkable that coach Bogdan Tanjevic''s squad overcame Puerto Rico, Greece, Russia and China. Especially the 87-40 blowout win versus Jianlian Yi and the Chinese team demonstrated that Turkey can rightfully be considered a contender at the 2010 FIBA World Championship. Leading Turkey's offense is Ersan Ilyasova who has been averaging 16.5 points and 9 rebounds per contest. Likewise, Hedo Turkoglu once again showed that he can distribute the ball, putting up 9.8 points, 4.0 assists and 4.2 rebounds per game.
France on the other hand started the tournament with a great game versus Spain which ended in a surprising 72-66 win for the French. However, Boris Diaw and company subsequently lost to Lithuania as well as New Zealand. That said, one should take into consideration that France is playing without most of its NBA stars, including All-Star Tony Parker from the San Antonio Spurs. Up to this point, Nicolas Batum from the Portland Trailblazers led the squad of coach Vincent Collet as he put up 12.8 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists per contest. Nonetheless, it remains to be seen whether France will be able to overcome Turkey in front of its home-crowd in Istanbul. After all, the Turkish team has been playing excellent team defense so far and had no trouble scoring at the other end of the floor.
You can watch all FIBA International Matches right here on www.watchlivenba.com, the home of NBA live streaming.
Tags: Boris Diaw, Hedo Turkoglu, Turkey, Ersan Ilyasova, France, Nicolas Batum, NBA live
Posted: 5th September 2010
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