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The path to a better community and economy starts in the classroom.
Beginning July 28 for two weeks, a few packs of pencils and notebooks here and there can make a big difference. As thousands of K-12 students head back to school, the path to a better community and economy starts in the classroom.
A good first step in that path is the Tucson Supplies Teachers school supply drive. This is a communitywide project led by several civic-minded businesses and organizations.
The mission is to give students the basic educational tools they need to succeed in school by collecting supplies and financial donations.
This project is presented by the Tucson Association of Realtors, Tucson Values Teachers, Walgreens and News 4 Tucson's Kristi's Kids. Among the major participants, financial supporters and sponsors are Jim Click Automotive, McDonald's, Pima Federal Credit Union and Peter Piper Pizza.
If done separately, this would have been the Realtors' seventh annual drive and Tucson Values Teachers' fifth annual drive.
Seven years ago, several of our association's members identified this issue as an underserved need. Their desire to help students was a strong match with our ongoing efforts to be good stewards of the community through public service.
As a result, the launch of an annual school supplies drive was supported by our board of directors.
Joining forces this year to create a single, communitywide campaign was the vision of Tucson Values Teachers Executive Director Jacquelyn Jackson. The Realtors immediately embraced the opportunity to grow the program through this exceptional broad-based partnership.
This collaborative effort will result in increased efficiency, eliminate a duplication of efforts, maximize resources and expand the reach throughout the region.
As Southern Arizona's largest school supplies drive, it likely will collect more donations than ever and help more students than ever.
Education and the economy
For young people, education is an investment in their quality of life and financial future.
I also serve on the Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities board. That is where I often hear how important education is to economic development.
Companies that offer quality jobs want a strong K-12 system that produces an educated workforce. Improved education improves job skills that improve work opportunities that improve the economy.
An educated workforce helps businesses be more competitive locally, nationally and, as needed, globally. In the future, competition will accelerate the demand for higher academic performance.
Support students, teachers
It's no secret Arizona's funding of K-12 education is weak. Year after year, the U.S. Census Bureau ranks the state near the bottom nationally.
As a community, Tucson Supplies Teachers is our opportunity to step up and make a difference. Students need the basic in-class resources to develop the essential skills to succeed in life.
Through Aug. 11, financial and school supply donations are being collected. Having more partners makes it easier to donate.
Financial contributions can be made at www.tucsonvaluesteachers.org
School supplies can be donated at Walgreens and Peter Piper Pizza.
Tucson Values Teachers will distribute donations across the region to public, private and charter schools.
I encourage all civic-minded businesses and residents to support Tucson Supplies Teachers. The first step toward a better community starts with helping young people today.
Philip Tedesco is CEO of the Tucson Association of Realtors.


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We had a Super 8 camera in my house, and we would make movies. My whole family was really into movies, and my father used to get film prints and project them on the living room wall or at dinner parties. So it was in my blood, and when it came time, I knew I wanted to go to film school.
When I got to Northwestern University, I didn't know they would make you choose whether you wanted to go into the theater program or the film program. I wanted to do both. But I chose film because I had a little bit of acting experience, and what I really wanted to learn was the technical aspects of filmmaking. Even as a kid, the best directors I had worked with were savvy in both talking to actors and the tech stuff, and I aspired to be one of those people.
Everyone says you have to have a backup as an actor. I thought that rather than waiting tables, why not have a day job within the industry, because I enjoy being on sets and creating. I just wanted to be in the action. It makes you a better actor when you understand the basics of filmmaking too.
I was in one play the entire four years I was in school, and I think I was in maybe one or two student films. I really just focused on being behind the camera, doing every job you could do, and became fully submerged in being a film geek. Every weekend I was volunteering on someone's project.
You can take all the classes you want, but at a certain point you have to go do it. You're going to learn how to load a film magazine much better in the freezing cold in Chicago in the back of a van, better than sitting in a classroom under the fluorescent lights. So it was a lot of learning by doing. And one of the benefits of school is there's less pressure because you're taking a time-out from trying to be professional, and learning just for education's sake.
Shooting ['Oz the Great and Powerful,'] the prequel to 'The Wizard of Oz,' there I am sitting next to [director] Sam Raimi on this ginormous Disney movie. That's the best way to learn. I don't know anything about effects movies. I don't know anything about making a movie on this scale. For me, the film school continues.
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Consolidated Tomoka Funds $7.4 Million Acquisition of Walgreens Retail Store in Boulder, Colorado
Consolidated-Tomoka Land (NYSE: CTO) today announced it funded a two-step transaction to acquire a 14,280 square-foot Walgreens store in Boulder, Colorado, in the amount of $7.4 million. The Company is acquiring this property in part through investment of proceeds from the December 2011 sale of the Barnes & Noble property in Lakeland, Florida. The completion of this transaction is anticipated to occur during second quarter 2012.
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The last five days have greatly accelerated the recruitment of Carmel, Ind., class of 2013 linebacker John Kenny after the 6-2, 210-pound prospect added his first two scholarship offers from a pair of BCS schools.
"My first offer was from Arizona," Kenny said. "I called Coach [Jeff] Casteel on Friday after school and he offered me then. To get that first offer was amazing. It's a dream come true to play college football.
"Then, yesterday after school my coach told me to call Coach [Eric] Johnson from Iowa and they offered me. That was exciting because I have always been a Big Ten fan, so getting that first Big Ten offer was really cool.
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Getting the first offer is always a big deal for any college football prospect, but Arizona was a team Kenny had specifically had his eye on when the recruiting process started.
"I was really excited to get one from Arizona because that was one of the schools I was going to visit before," Kenny said. "Some of my friends are going there and I thought it would be cool to play football there."
Kenny's conversation with Iowa recruiting coordinator Eric Johnson on Monday allowed the junior standout to learn what the Hawkeyes saw in him and also what that university has to offer.
"He said he liked my speed and thought I had good instincts and fit in their defense pretty well," Kenny said. "He talked about their tradition at linebacker a bunch and how long the coaching staff has been there."
Interest from schools like Boston College, Indiana, Iowa State, Purdue, Wisconsin and Northwestern has also picked up for Kenny in recent days.
Kenny plans to reciprocate the interest by planning several campus visits in the coming months. He will travel to Indiana on Feb. 28, Iowa in the next month and Arizona sometime this spring. He also expects to attend spring practices at Wisconsin and Northwestern.
The interest in Kenny comes after he posted 120 tackles, 19 tackles for loss, eight sacks, four forced fumbles, four fumble recoveries and two blocked kicks last fall to earn junior all-state honors.


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Column - Why won't Congress let the FDA do its job?
With one-half billion chicken eggs on recall, maybe the lunkheads in Washington, D.C. will finally wake up and do something about this nation's worse-than-pathetic food-safety system.
Don't hold your breath, dear readers.
So far, an estimated 1,300 people have been sickened by salmonella-infected eggs. Fortunately, salmonella-caused deaths are rare, but just ask anyone who has ever suffered from salmonella poisoning. It is agonizing pain, they will tell you.
Margaret Hamburg, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, is calling for an increase in the frequency of inspections at food-producing plants, including egg "factories," and legislation that would allow the FDA to order recalls when there are problems. Incredibly, recalls are activated only if a company does it voluntarily.
It's obviously another case in the sorry history of the U.S. Congress of an orgy of deregulation, letting companies do anything they please, putting foxes in charge of chicken coops.
Every time there is a food-borne problem regionally or nationwide, we hear the same things: The power of the FDA must be tightened, more inspectors must be hired, the punishments for not passing safety inspections must be more severe, recalls must be initiated immediately when problems are apparent.
We've heard that same mantra after food-borne illnesses related to spinach, lettuce, peanut-butter products, hamburger, cookie dough and pet foods from China. Typically, some Congress people make noises - political noises - but nothing gets done.
What's most infuriating about the tainted-egg scandal is that the two Iowa "factory" farms that produced those eggs have been cited and fined several times. The owner of one of the egg farms, Austin "Jack" DeCoster, was fined in 1997 for unsafe and unsanitary conditions at a plant in Maine, a plant described as "simply atrocious" by then-U.S. Labor Secretary Alexis Herman. DeCoster agreed to pay a settlement of $2 million, but since then he and his cronies have continued their non-stop violations.
How many of these animal "factories" exist in America? The FDA should keep close tabs - daily tabs - on every one of them, including a watch on their treatment of animals. Some of these plants should be shut down immediately if only because of their cruel and hideous treatment of animals.
"We need better abilities and authorities to put in place these preventive controls and hold companies accountable," commissioner Hamburg said in her press conference this week.
Hamburg is whistling in the dark. In fact, the FDA is virtually powerless to stop food-borne illnesses because it doesn't even gather information until people have already become ill. Any investigations that could lead to criminal indictments occur long after the "evidence" is gone and the crooks have covered their tracks.
This week, small farmers throughout the nation did a fine clucking business selling record numbers of eggs. It's yet another example of the souring of trust - this time, mistrust of our ever-growing corporate food industry.
Krista Eberle is director of food-safety programs for the Egg Safety Center and the United Egg Producers. She said the recalled eggs are "less than 1 percent" of the 80 billion eggs produced in the U.S. annually. Ms. Eberle, tell that comforting "fact" to the 1,300 people who became deathly ill.
There is FDA reform legislation in the works, but it's "stalled" in the Senate. How many other critical actions are "stalled" in the Senate, that Do-Nothing Assemblage of Useless Pretenders?
What next is going to come along to make us sick? Or kill us? We should all wonder and worry.
In the meantime, we should kick the butts of every Congress person claiming to represent us and demand they "deputize" the FDA with enough money and manpower to do the job it was meant to do.
Dennis Dalman, a former reporter for the Echo Press, is a regular contributing columnist to the Opinion page. He is currently the editor of the St. Joseph Newsleader. He can be reached via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Below is our complete Fastway news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Sunday Old School: Fastway
One of the great things about the internet is that younger headbangers can find all sorts of bands so much easier than they could twenty years. Where once fans may have wondered what happened to certain members of bands, they are now able to find their subsequent or side projects with much greater ease. One such band who achieved success in their time but for a while were swept away featured a very important member of the classic lineup of one of metal's most important bands, Motorhead, whose guitarist Eddie Clarke would leave for a new group, Fastway.
Fastway was formed in 1983 when "Fast" Eddie Clarke became disillusioned with Motorhead and teamed up with UFO bass player, Pete Way, who had also become disgruntled with his band. They recruited former Humble Pie drummer, Jerry Shirley and Irish singer Dave King. Despite Way being a founding member and half of the group's namesake, he decided to leave the project early on because he was unable to escape his record deal with Chrysalis Records and instead opted to join Ozzy Osbourne's band, later forming a new group, Waysted. More...
Fastway Announce New LP
Hard rockers Fastway will release "Eat Dog Eat" on November 11, 2011 through Steamhammer/SPV Records. This marks the first Fastway album since the 1990 release "Bad Bad Girls." Ex-Little Angels vocalist Tony Jepson will be featured on the LP.
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Usually agencies such as the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA) find out about vehicle issues when the manufacturer or owners who have experienced trouble report to them.
Now, an agency spokeswoman acknowledged that Twitter, Facebook, other social media websites, and even fan sites, online forums and bulletin boards are searched by the NHTSA regularly in order to discover information about possible issues that may warrant an investigation.
A large-scale study published last year by the Virginia Tech's Pamplin College of Business about online forums showed that they are a new source of information and surveillance for defects in vehicles.
Professor Weiguo Fan and assistant professor Alan Abrahams, who conducted the study, took snapshots of thousands of discussion threads for Honda, Toyota and Chevrolet in June 2010 and then analyzed and categorized the posts.
"Social media analytics provides low-cost, real-time insight into defect existence and severity by vehicle component category", said Abrahams. "Using social media analysis, one maker's car models can be benchmarked against other brands", he added and pointed out that, by scouting social media, defects can pop up at an early stage.
While the study did not include Twitter of Facebook, automotive social media expert and founder of Kuse Control Inc. Kathi Kruse said that automakers could benefit greatly from using them as tools.
"Take a platform like Facebook", said Kruse. "It's the most frequently checked website on the internet: 852 million daily logins, 25 percent of users' login five times a day, 3.2 billion likes and comments everyday".
Another expert, Jim Wangers, believes that, for now, social media are much more useful as marketing tools than a means to weed out possible defects as they produce an "unusual amount of personal gripes" and complaints about minor defects like rattles.
Apart from the NHTSA and automakers, there's a third party showing increased interest in social media: law firms.
Abrahams remarked that the vast amount of content available online "could also mean higher litigation as law firms more easily and rapidly discover vehicle defects from public social media sources".
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The past year in fitness has been alternately inspiring, vexing and diverting, as my revisiting of all of the Phys Ed columns published in 2012 makes clear. Taken as a whole, the latest exercise-related science tells us that the right types and amounts of exercise will almost certainly lengthen your life, strengthen your brain, affect your waistline and even clear debris from inside your body's cells. But too much exercise, other 2012 science intimates, might have undesirable effects on your heart, while popping painkillers, donning stilettos and sitting and reading this column likewise have their costs.
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New flicks with celebs in interfaith relationships and from interfaith backgrounds, plus their baby news!
Jewish Camp is a valuable way for interfaith families to learn and share in the joy of Judaism in a comfortable, fun and meaningful environment. See which camps identify as welcoming to interfaith families.
The High Holy Days—or, High Holidays as they are also called—consist of two autumn holidays called Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Learn about the meaning and how to celebrate these holidays.
Connecting Interfaith Families to Jewish Life in Greater Cleveland by providing programs and opportunities for interfaith families to experience Judaism in a variety of venues, meet other interfaith families, and to connect to other Jewish organizations that may serve their needs.
This is an interactive, fun, and low-key workshop for couples who are dating, engaged or recently married. The sessions will give you a chance to ask questions about faith, to think about where you are as an adult with your own spirituality and to talk through what's important to you and your partner.
Supporting rabbis and cantors looking to engage interfaith couples and families in their communities and help them make a stronger connection with Judaism.
A great way for Jewish professionals and volunteers who work with and provide programming for people in interfaith relationships to locate resources and trainings to build more welcome into their Jewish communities; connect with and learn from each other; and publicize and enhance their programs and services.
This blog is written by IFF staff and ranges from reactions to news, personal opinions and resources or guides for couples, families or program providers.
A few months ago, we asked a handful of young adults, all children of interfaith marriages, a question: has your interfaith identity been positive or negative for you? We didn't receive the answers we were expecting; almost none of the respondents answered the question directly.
But as we read through their essays, we noticed a common thread: those who were raised Jewish identify strongly as Jews, and those who were not raised Jewish have a much weaker Jewish identity. It's not exactly rocket science, and it's something we've been saying for years. But it was inspiring to read multiple testimonies to the power of raising kids Jewish in interfaith families. So if you're looking for reassurance--or proof--that raising a child Jewish will have a lasting impact, read the articles in the new issue of our Web Magazine .
Take Sarah R. Heilbroner. Her mother is not Jewish and her family lives in an overwhelmingly Christian community. The odds would seem stacked against her. But late in her childhood, her family adopted Reform Jewish practice. Now she's an adult with a firm Jewish identity: she fasts on Yom Kippur, she attends weekly Shabbat services and she's even toying with eating kosher. Read more in How I Programmed My Life .
Jason Bortnick, on the other hand, was raised with no faith. Neither his Catholic mother nor his Jewish father saw any point in organized religion. He'd like to raise his children Jewish, but his spiritual viewpoint has little relation to the tenets of Judaism. Find out more in What Would Superman Do?
Josh Fischel's Jewish mother and non-Jewish father made a choice, and raised their son Jewish. He says, "I'm just as Jewish as my rabbi," but he's not sure what he would do about children if he marries his non-Jewish girlfriend. Read more in An Interfaith Child Thinks about His (Hypothetical) Interfaith Children .
Growing up, Jennifer L. Gordon and her sister were told "that they were Jewish and Christian and that neither religion was better than the other." But raised with both, she ended up with neither. Read more in Mixed Blessings: A Religious Journey That Has Led Nowhere .
The story of Maya Gottfried is a little different. When she was younger, she embraced her half-and-half identity. But as an adult, she longed for a firmer, deeper religious identification. She began exploring her Jewish identity until a rabbi's wife told her, "You're not Jewish." Now she's a practicing Christian. Read more in Untitled .
Rachel Sarah was raised Jewish by her interfaith parents. Now 33 and raising a Jewish child of her own, she's looking for a Jewish man--so long as he doesn't mind that her mom wasn't Jewish. Read more in JDate Here I Come...
Joanne Catz Hartman is on the other end of the spectrum. Born Jewish, she's now working on raising her daughter as Jewish with her non-Jewish husband. But she wonders how much of her husband's heritage they should offer their daughter, in Interfaith Doesn't Mean Having to Say Goodbye to My Jewish Heritage .
Eric Lesser's father is an Eastern European Jew and his mother is an Italian Catholic. As a child, he was told, "Judaism is a culture and a religion. Italian is a culture, so you can be Jewish and Italian. To be raised Catholic and Jewish, however, is more difficult." Read more in How My Italian-American Catholic Mother Strengthened My Jewish Identity: Lessons in Intermarriage .
Wondering how the children of interfaith marriages turn out? Read about the findings of a recent study on interfaith children, in Study Finds Surprising Facts about Children of Mixed Marriages .
Lauren Storm, one of the stars of Flight 29 Down, talks about getting beat up at Catholic school for having a Jewish mom, in Shmoozin' with... Lauren Storm. And learn a bit about The Conrad Boys , a story of a gay Chinese-American Jew, written by, directed by and starring a, um, gay Chinese-American Jew.
For more on dealing with interfaith identity, visit our Growing Up in an Interfaith Family Resource Page .
We'll return on October 24 with our issue on outreach success stories.
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Pushbuttons, in 3 sizes, change colors
EAO, an expert in human machine interfaces, manufacturers a range of high-quality Series 95 color-changing pushbuttons in three sizes. The series allows adding up to three LEDs on the 15.88 mm and 19.05 mm or up to two on the 12.7 mm version. Independent LEDs offer the ability to show different stages of illumination and operating status of equipment provided by PCB circuitry. Link to pushbutton research.
|EAO, manufacturer of human machine interfaces (HMI), also makes a high-quality Series 95 color-changing pushbuttons in three sizes.
Milford, CT – EAO, manufacturer of human machine interfaces (HMI), also makes high-quality Series 95 color-changing pushbuttons in three (3) sizes.
The medium-sized 15.88 mm2pushbutton complements the other sizes, 12.7 mm2and 19.05 mm2, offering designers even more choice for creating superb control panels that are functional and intuitive to use. In particular, EAO recommends these switches for audio, video, mixing-desk and lighting-console applications.
Series 95 offersity, even when viewed from the side, allowing users to view the status of each function at a glance.
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Series 95's feature one N/O self-cleaning gold-plated switch element rated at a minimum 1m V dc / 100
EAO's family of high-quality and reliable Series 95 switches are readily available with pricing starting at slightly under $6 per unit in small quantities.
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Before the calendar turned, 2016 already had the makings of a pivotal year for manufacturing, and for the world.
There were the big events for the year, including the United States as Partner Country at Hannover Messe in April and the 2016 International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago in September. There's also the matter of the U.S. presidential elections in November, which promise to shape policy in manufacturing for years to come.
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St. Scholastica men unanimous pick for UMAC title
Winner of the last 12 consecutive Upper Midwest Athletic Conference men's tennis championships, the College of St. Scholastica was picked to repeat its league title again in 2009, according to a pre-season poll voted on by the conference's coaches. The Saints received 25 points and five first-place votes to lead the pack of six UMAC tennis teams. St. Scholastica returns only two of last year's 10 letter winners. However, one of those returning individuals is junior Dillon Sterle, who was chosen as the UMAC Player of the Year in 2008 after going 6-2 in singles play.
Northwestern College came in second in the poll, trailing St. Scholastica by four points at 21. The Eagles, who took second in the 2008 UMAC standings, return four of the team's six starters from a year ago. Most of those returners will move up in singles play though, as Northwestern's Nos. 1 and 3 singles from last year departed due to graduation.
Coming in third place in the poll's results was Martin Luther College, who earned 15 points. The Knights return senior Jonathan Kehl, who went 7-1 in doubles action last season. Martin Luther wrapped up its 2008 UMAC schedule in third place.
Bethany Lutheran College (12 points), the University of Minnesota-Morris (10 points) and new UMAC associate member North Central University (seven points) rounded out the final three teams of the preseason poll.
After the conference regular season, all six teams will come together for the UMAC conference tournament, which will be held on May 1-2, 2009 at the Baseline Tennis Center on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minn.
25 Points - College of St. Scholastica (5 first place votes)
21 Points - Northwestern College (1 first place vote)
15 Points - Martin Luther College
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Thursday, March 20, 2014
happy spring!...
43 comments:
Really like your roses Lynn, and Bailey look so cute, sweet baby! Happy spring and have a lovely day!ReplyDelete
Those old shutters are a great find!!ReplyDelete
Your rose came out lovely and Bay is just the cutest! Happy spring!ReplyDelete
Poor sweet girl! I hope she heals up soon.ReplyDelete
Your rose is beautiful, Lynn.
Is there anything you can't do?
Have a great weekend!
I love the apron and the shutters! Your rose turned out beautifully! Poor baby, hope he gets better soon too. ~DianeReplyDelete
Your rose turned out beautifully! I love that it is pink. :)ReplyDelete
Poor Bailey, I hope she is well soon.
Oh, I love that shutter. The color is perfect. What a artist you are, Lynn. The rose is gorgeous.ReplyDelete
Wish you a great weekend, my friend.
Hugs from here
You've already mastered the art of painting roses in oil, Lynn! And your shutters are a lovely addition to your corner!ReplyDelete
Poor Bailey! I hope she's up and around soon. Have fun on your long weekend with hubby!
Pretty color on your shutters, Lynn! I love the soft faded look. Your apron is so pretty, too!ReplyDelete
Love that apron and the old shutters. Your rose turned out really pretty.ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing.
Audrey Z. @ Timeless Treasures
Good to see you back blogging!!! What great finds; your rose is just beautiful and poor Bailey looks so sad (hope she recoups soon)! Have a wonderful 3 day weekend with your hubby Lynn! :)ReplyDelete
Hello Lynn, Oh, my heart goes out to your sweet puppy dog, Poor thing :)ReplyDelete
Have a lovely weekend with your hubby.
Happy Spring!
Connie :)
Hi Lynn, The apron is so pretty. Your fur baby looks like he is really relaxing from his meds. Poor baby. I hope he heals quick.ReplyDelete
Love your rose. You are doing fabulous and so talented!!
Happy Spring!
Ohhhhhh....I can certainly see big, beautiful rose paintings in your future, Lynn! What an incredible job you did on it!!! Wow!!! An poor, sweet Bailey. She looks comfy....although she probably doesn't know it. lolol! Sending springtime hugs to you, sweetie!ReplyDelete
xoxo laurie
Great rose!!! Poor Bay:( Missed you and hope you have a great weekend, Lynn!ReplyDelete
Happy Spring to you too, Lynn! Today was a lovely day! I hope you've had some FUN on your junking trips. Did you find anything good? I haven't been out in a while and I am in the mood! Poor Bailey, hope he can be up and about real soon and your rose painting is beautiful~~~Blessings~~~RoxieReplyDelete
I've missed a couple posts, I have had so much fun catching up! Poor Bay, looks so miserable! I would love to be able to paint roses...Yours is gorgeous...Wow!ReplyDelete
Yummy colored shutters!! And Lynn, your painted rose is gorgeous! Very nicely done.ReplyDelete
Mary Alice
There you are! We raised boxers growing up. We had two white ones. King and Tess were their names. I loved them. They make such great pets. I hope to have one again someday. Happy 1st day of Spring.ReplyDelete
oh that precious little doggy face. hope things are going well, have a great weekend!ReplyDelete
Happy Spring to you Lynn! Your roses turned out lovely. I passed up some large shutters at a thrift a while back and could have kicked myself. Called to see if they were still there a couple days later and they were gone. Live and learn, right! Hope your dog feels better soon! Enjoy your weekend!ReplyDelete
Happy Spring to you, Lynn. Glad things are going well for you and that you are having some good times with your family. We have a new baby at our house so we are busy, too! xo DianaReplyDelete
Ahhhhh poor Bailey. Hope she feels better. She has the most adorable face and is so pretty. Love that apron that is too cute and your painting is getting so beautiful. Wow you have the talent for this.ReplyDelete
Have a great Friday and week end.
Oh I just love that apron! The rose you did is awesome--I have never been able to paint--you are talented. Your doggie looks so sad--hope he feels better soon. Enjoy the long weekend with your hubby :)ReplyDelete
Happy Spring to you! Hugs and blessings, CindyReplyDelete
Such a sweet pup ~ hope she feels better soon!ReplyDelete
Missed you, but LOVE what you've been up to, Lynn! Perfect shutters, adorable apron, and your painting is gorgeous.
Happy Spring!
Love that apron! Happy Spring!ReplyDelete
Perfect time of year for junkin! I hope your pup is getting better. Have a great weekend!ReplyDelete
Your roses are so very pretty! Love that shutter with the apron hanging on it. Poor Bailey...but it's for her own good...soon she'll be better~~~ HAPPY SPRING!ReplyDelete
Oh poor Bailey, I can imagine how hard it was to keep her calm, I hope she's recovering ok.ReplyDelete
You did an amazing job on the painting, roses are one of the hardest flowers to paint. I love your new finds, the shutters are gorgeous. Have a lovely weekend x
Love the shutters and apron! I had to giggle - even your dog coordinates with your home...:)ReplyDelete
Lynn! It is so great to have a post from you....I too have found myself so busy I haven't been blogging as much....glad your "real life" is going great. Happy Spring! Love your photos! Great shutters!-aimeeReplyDelete
Beautiful painting Lynn! Love that cute apron and those shutters are pure perfection <3ReplyDelete
Awe sweet Bay,hope she heals quickly.
My husband has a three day weekend too :-)
Hi Lynn,ReplyDelete
You find the best stuff ever and your rose painting is perfection. Just loving all the roses you are showing these days. Hope poor Bay is feeling herself ASAP.
Hugs, Lynnie
Your rose turned out beautifully!! I've been inspired to paint lately too. I'm so pleased with my latest painting - and I didn't even THINK during the painting. Maybe that's the trick - quit thinking and just create!!ReplyDelete
Lynn, those shutters are amazing! Poor Bay, she looks so sweet-hope she feels better soon! :)ReplyDelete
Lynn fajny biały fartuch u Ciebie, żal mi Twojego Pieska, pozdrawiam BeataReplyDelete
Lynn, such lovely junk. I would love to find some shutters like yours. That rose is certainly a work of art. You are quite accomplished and I hope little Bailey is feeling better. I know from a friend that it is a long haul with that type of injury. I am hoping to come out of the dark ages and get an Iphone soon so I can take some of those watercolors pics. Your's are wonderful...Happy Week..JudyReplyDelete
Your rose painting is so lovely Lynn! I love it!!! and speaking of love...Those shutters are too awesome for words!ReplyDelete
Your sweet pup looks darling there with her head on the pillow :))))
You were so sweet to leave a comment on my guest post at Kris'...it made my day! Blogging is such a great thing when we can meet people who love the same things we do.
sending hugs...
Your rose is perfect and I hope your puppy is recovering better and better.ReplyDelete
xoxo from PARIS
Happy Birthday (yesterday)!ReplyDelete
Hi Lynn, I have that same book but I have a bad habit of falling back on the roses I have painted for years. I want to learn her method as I do like how they turn out. I need to take an entire day and just paint and paint and paint them.ReplyDelete
Yours turned out gorgeous, keep up the good work. I love that quilt. I may have to hunt it down at Target. Perfect color on those shutters.
Happy, happy, happy belated birthday, Lynn! Your gifts are really perfect for your style...if you didn't pick them, someone knows you well! Hope this year is your best yet!ReplyDelete


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Fun with the Fuzz 5k is a local road race in Bellingham, WA. The race will begin and end at the Bellingham Police Department. The race starts at 0900 and registration opens at 0730. 100% of the proceeds support the Behind the Badge Foundation, which supports families of police officers that are killed in the line of duty. The course is flat and fast. This year we will be offering chip timing, t-shirts, and a $500 cash prize to both the male and female winners.
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Along with a steady stream of cheaper, more efficient solar technology, the solar industry is beginning to offer a growing number of tools that let prospective customers calculate their potential savings more accurately. Virginia-based startup Geostellar is one such example. The company has developed a type of high resolution computer modeling it calls Big-Data Geomatics for Business Intelligence and Decision Support, which it presents in a variety of graphic, user-friendly forms. Geomatics is the science – some would say the art – of gathering, analyzing and using geographic information. GPS is one example of a geomatic discipline that has crossed over from scientific applications to become a near-essential part of daily life, and tools like Big-Data Geomatics could quickly become another.
Geomatics and Solar Energy
The application of geomatics to solar installations makes for a high degree of precision. Geostellar's system enables users to view data on factors that directly affect solar installation efficiency such as latitude, atmospheric conditions, slope, and shadow at both ground level and rooftop elevations. The emphasis is on presenting the data in user friendly formats that can be evaluated by persons without an extensive technical background.
A Step Up for Geomatics
Geostellar's innovation is to combine this somewhat conventional geomatic information with data on other factors that can exert a significant influence on the cost-effectiveness of a particular solar installation. Local utility rates and the existence (or non-existence) of local incentives are a couple of examples that come to mind. The company also includes information on property values, property ownership, transmission capacity, relevant infrastructure such as roadways, and other critical factors.
A Broader Role for Solar Installers
Geostellar's Big-Data Geomatics system is designed primarily to help solar installers and other users make decisions based on cost-effectiveness and profitability. It can also help regional and national installers focus their marketing efforts on areas where results are most likely to be significant, without incurring the expense of using field researchers, at least in the initial stages of decision making. In addition, the high level of detail could provide solar installers with enough information (and incentive) to support local efforts to promote solar energy. Aside from identifying areas with the best potential, the information would enable companies to identify areas in which positive factors outweigh the negatives, and work with local communities to overcome those obstacles. In this regard, systems like Big-Data Geomatics will become a powerful tool for governments, planners, civic groups, and other non-commercial customers.
Information is the Key to a Sustainable Future
Geostellar's system is linked to Google Earth, and they are not the only ones to tap into the application of this rich source of data for sustainable decision making. Researchers at the University of California have used Google Earth to fine-tune a solar efficiency map that takes peak usage rates into account for calculating cost-effectiveness, and the solar power company Sungevity has been using satellite imaging as a promotional tool to catch the attention of prospective solar customers. Next-generation data collection and analysis will also play key roles in other areas such as wind power marketing and urban tree planting.
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NEWINGTON – — Democratic state Rep. Sandy Nafis sees job creation as the biggest issue of the next two years, and points with pride to government initiatives she has supported to revive the state's economy.
"We've done a lot to move us in the right direction," Nafis said. "There are loans and grants and tax credits. In order to get them, you have to grow jobs. Sometimes when the economy isn't doing well, government is the only thing that can invest."


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3 Inches Of Blood
Speedwolf, Starkill, Merlin
The Riot Room
4048 Broadway
Kansas City, MO, 64111
Doors 8:00 PM
This event is 21 and over
Watch & Listen
Raised in hell, forged by fire and harder than Krupp Steel, 3 INCHES OF BLOOD are about to triumphantly return as one of the biggest defenders of traditional heavy metal with their stunning new album, "Here Waits Thy Doom"! The new opus was tracked in Seattle's Sound House Recordings with renowned producer Jack Endino (Soundgarden, High on Fire, Zeke) and is soon to be hailed as the gospel of all things heavy.
"Here Waits They Doom" marks the recording debut of extremely talented drummer Ash Pearson that lends a whole new dynamic to the band's already lethal assault. This disc is also the first offering where Cam Pipes handles all vocal duties with Justin Hagberg adding some backups. Guitarist Shane Clark and Hagberg also laid down all of the bass tracks themselves, ensuring maximum shred on the album. Although the lineup is different, the aesthetic remains the same, and the technical proficiency surpasses that of the last record.
Shane Clark (guitars) states: "Our new album is finished and we've named it "Here Waits Thy Doom". Much like our last record it is a step beyond the album that precedes it. We've again taken what we do a step further and not made "Fire Up The Blades" part 2, we've stuck to our formula - no formula. We are true metal fans and we've made an unapologetic metal record. I think this our most focused record to date, from writing all the way to mixing there was no unnecessary drama or too many cooks in the kitchen. This is 3 INCHES OF BLOOD at its most punishing, epic and mighty."
Born out of a love for pure metal, 3 INCHES OF BLOOD have been slaying the infidels of extreme music for nearly a decade. In that time, they've released three albums and toured with such acclaimed acts as Satyricon, The Black Dahlia Murder, Motorhead, Cradle of Filth or Exodus, just to name a few. With their last album, "Fire Up the Blades", they crafted a number of undeniable anthems that crash, rip and roar like a Medieval battleground. With their first album on Century Media Records, "Here Waits Thy Doom", 3 INCHES OF BLOOD now up the ante and will leave every metal fan crying iron tears of pure joy!
3 INCHES OF BLOOD represent everything that heavy metal was, is and will be about! "Here Waits Thy Doom" demonstrates that the best way to stay ahead of the heavy metal curve is to write music that comes from the heart and sounds nothing like the horde of bands tapping into the latest trends. To that end, they draw fuel from their favorite artists, including Judas Priest, Mercyful Fate, UFO, and Rainbow and compile it all into their own deadly potion.
Take a running dive into The Blades, and find out.
Speedwolf: " This next song's about drinkin' the devil's blood, and killin' angels! I know I've been there . . . " Metal, oh metal.
Some fear change while others strive on. To the later, change be the spark that starts a wildfire of new ideas, new outlooks and new creativity. Such was the case with melodic death metallers, Starkill, when it came time to being work on their third LP, Shadow Sleep.
Starkill was formed outside Chicago in 2008 and self-released an EP and played throughout the Midwest before signing to Century Media records in 2011. Their debut album, Fires of Life, was released in 2013 with a follow up album, Virus of the Mind released in 2014. They've toured relentlessly throughout the world, having headlined throughout China, playing Europe with Amorphis and then Turisas and countless tours throughout North America, including Epica, Arch Enemy and the recently completed run with Ne Obliviscaris.
When it came time to begin working on Shadow Sleep, the band took everything they learned from being road dogs and bunkered down and recorded close to 20 songs in their home studio. They fined tuned, tweaked, cut the dead weight loose and picked their favorites, then played them live in the studio over and over, refining them some more. With their obligations with Century Media done, they reached out to their fans through an Indiegogo campaign and successfully raised the funding that would give them more studio time then they ever had before. The result of all this created their finest album to date.
Shadow Sleep is 13 tracks of melodic, majestic death metal. With Jameson's over the top shredding and one of the tightest rhythm sections out there, it's clear to see why they have such a loyal fanbase that supported the making of this album. Jameson further elaborates on the recording process, "we returned to Electrowerks Studio where Chuck Macak (Oceano, Letlive.) once again did the mix and drum recording and production, and Troy Glessner (August Burns Red, Devin Townsend) did the mastering. This album was the culmination of many tours and new experiences and knowledge, and in our opinion, marks the starting point where the true Starkill sound begins. We've finally found ourselves, our musical style, and finally have access to all the musical tools we've always wanted: two screamers, two male singers and newly featured on this record, the addition of a female vocalist.
It was bands like Nightwish and Epica that first got Jameson into metal. He previously wanted to write parts destine for a female voice but was unable to find anyone to his liking. After doing some digging and online forum hunting, Jameson met Sarah Lynn Collier, a singer from Rockford who had cited Tarja Turunen and Simone Simons as her prime influences and was already a fan of Starkill. Collier came down and did some preproduction with the band and Jameson discovered it was the exact voice that he had been longing for.
To Starkill, Shadow Sleep marks a new chapter for the band. A new approach to songwriting, new voices on the album and a new team behind them, the band is more invigorated than ever and ready to for whatever the future may bring.
Imagine a world besides yerown. A world with no Industry. A world with no Electricity. A world where magic and law were the same, and science was in the stars. Imagine yerself walking in a dark, grassy field, in the middle of a forest with trees so immense, you cannot see the sky. Fog covers the ground beneath yer feet, and glowing mushrooms tower above. Will 'o' Wisps fly around you. There's a stram up ahead, pouring into a small pond of glowing blue water. The color is amazing. You see a nearby furry creature drinking from it. Suddenly it hears a sound and runs. You remained silent, and turn around. In the mists a black armored giant, with two glowing green eyes is running toward you. His face covered with a skull. You don't know what to do. Then, from behind you, coming out from the stream, a naked woman, more beautiful than anything you've ever seen in yer life hands you a staff of gold. You take the staff and aim it towards the giant. You utter four words you've never heard of and fire spews from the crystal ball at the end of it. He explodes. You turn around and she's gone. You wake up.
Merlin is like that dream, only you'll never wake up.
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Nine educators honored with Regents Outstanding Teacher Awards
By Russell Rian
Nine faculty members at UT Southwestern Medical Center have received Regents' Outstanding Teaching Awards in recognition of their performance and innovation in the classroom and the laboratory.
The Outstanding Teaching Awards, the highest honor granted by the UT System Board of Regents, were created in 2008 to recognize and reward faculty members who serve students in an exemplary manner. This marks the second year the awards were presented to faculty from the UT System's six health institutions.
The nine UT Southwestern honorees are:
- Dr. James Amatruda, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, and Molecular Biology.
- Dr. George DeMartino, Professor of Physiology.
- Dr. Joel Goodman, Professor of Pharmacology.
- Dr. Celia Jenkins, Professor of Psychiatry.
- Dr. Kristine Kamm, Professor of Physiology.
- Dr. Lynne Kirk, Professor of Internal Medicine and Family and Community Medicine.
- Dr. Darren McGuire, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine.
- Dr. Edward Mulligan, Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy.
- Dr. Amit Pandya, Professor of Dermatology.
Learn more about the 2013 recipients.
"We are very proud to have nine members of our faculty recognized by the UT System Board of Regents for their outstanding teaching," said Dr. Daniel K. Podolsky, President of UT Southwestern. "These awards serve to bring well-deserved attention to excellence in fulfilling our vital mission to educate and train the next generation of scientists, physicians, and other health care providers. Our students – and the entire campus community – benefit from their dedication and talents."
In total, the Regents recognized 39 outstanding faculty members among the six UT System health institutions. Each faculty honoree receives an unrestricted check for $25,000.
"These are world-class educators who are critical to the success of UT health institutions and who are critical to the ultimate success of their students. And the students they mentor and teach will become this state's future outstanding health care providers," said Gene Powell, Chairman of the Board of Regents. "The UT board has always been dedicated to cutting-edge research, but these awards demonstrate the board's further commitment to outstanding teaching. The combination of great research and great teaching will ensure the UT System continues
to be a place of intellectual exploration, educational excellence, and unparalleled opportunity."
Recognized faculty members underwent a series of rigorous evaluations by students, faculty, and external reviewers. Review panel members considered a range of activities and criteria in evaluating a candidate's teaching performance, including classroom expertise, curricula quality, innovative course development, and student learning outcomes.
"Recognizing outstanding teaching is a major tenet of the UT System's 'Framework for Advancing Excellence,'" UT System Chancellor Dr. Francisco Cigarroa said. "We are deeply grateful to the Regents for creating this Outstanding Teaching Award and for their ongoing commitment to support the very best educators in the health sciences. These outstanding teachers have an immeasurable impact on the health of our state and nation through their students who will be our future health care providers and scientists."
Dr. Podolsky holds the Philip O'Bryan Montgomery, Jr., M.D. Distinguished Presidential Chair in Academic Administration and the Doris and Bryan Wildenthal Distinguished Chair in Medical Science.


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The Echo & Dub Club Present
Dub Club with Ras Michael and The Sons Of Negus
1822 W. Sunset Blvd
The Echoplex is located below The Echo, enter through the alley at 1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA, 90026
This event is 21 and over
Watch & Listen
with Resident DJs:
Tom Chasteen
Boss Harmony
The bass will be booming, the dance floor will be moving, the vibes will be nice, the sweet Reggae music will fill the air. With DJs Tom Chasteen and Boss Harmony and MCs Jah Faith, Ras Benji, Tippa Lee, and special guests. Hope to see YOUR face in the place!
Ras Michael and the Sons of Negus
Ras Michael was born George Michael Henry in Kingston, Jamaica. He grew up in the Rastafarian community in the ghettos of Kingston. He is known throughout the world as a reggae vocalist and Nyabinghi drum specialist whose style is the heartbeat of roots reggae.
In the early 60's, Ras Michael formed the Sons of Negus, a rastafarian group of drummers and singers who had grown up in the tradition of burra drumming, one of the few surviving remnants of their African heritage. In Jamaica, the burra and kumina
drums first sounded to celebrate the religious and social gatherings of the African people in Jamaica. Gradually, the Rastaman took over, beating the drums at their prayer meetings, or groundations. While Ras Michael's music is drawn from an amalgam of biblical and African chants, he distinguished himself from the other drummers in the early Rastafarian movements by forging the connection between the traditional hand drums and the modern electric instruments used in commercial music, thereby taking his message of equal rights and unity from a few scattered communities in Jamaica's parishes out to the entire world.
Ras Michael has worked, recorded and performed with some of the most legendary musicians in the world, including Peter Tosh, Lee Perry, Burning Spear, Stevie Wonder and Roberta Flack. He performed with Bob Marley at the One Love Peace Concert in Jamaica in 1978. Later that year, Marley was asked what he thought of Ras Michael. "Ras Michael is a roots master and a Nyabinghi specialist" he said. "He tells it like it is." Ras Michael has recorded more than 24 albums over the years, including the memorable Kibir Am Lak (Glory to God) , Rastafari Dub ,Love Thy Neighbor (one of the last records made at Lee Perrys Black Ark studio),and Weh Dem A Go Do With It . His tune "None Of Jah Jah Children No Cry" is a reggae anthem.
His Album "Peace and Love" (under the name Dadawah) was recently re-released by the Dug Out label. As Honest Jons describes it : "Led by Ras Michael over four extended excursions, the music is organic, sublime and expansive, grounation-drums and bass heavy … At no cost to its deep spirituality, this is the closest reggae comes to psychedelia."
Ras Michael is one of the founders and president of the Rastafarian International/Marcus Garvey Culture Center in Los Angeles, and and he continues to tour internationally ."The music is spreading" Ras Michael says, "and the people are getting more of an understanding. Without the one drop hard-core reggae music, without the Nyabinghi drop, reggae would not be reggae and have no true identity. It brings the elders, it brings the old man, it brings the young guys, it brings the ghetto people, the uptown people, downtown and suburbs...everyone, with true expressions of themselves, so it is reality."
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I'm not generally a short story reader. I prefer to curl up with a novel-length work, but when a friend lets you know his story is in an anthology, what do you do? Well, if you're me, you buy it.
[easyazon-link asin="B00IU6MHOS" locale="us"]Fear of the Dark: An Anthology of Dark Fiction[/easyazon-link], published by Horror Bound, is an anthology of 20 stories with the theme of, well, like the title says, fear of the dark. Some of the stories match the theme better than others, but, with just a few exceptions, the stories were excellent.
"Dark Horse" was my favorite, since it is the story written by Martin Rose, my friend, and it's an interesting take on the multiple meanings of the word nightmare. It's creepy and shiver-inducing, all in a good way.
I was surprised by the other three stories I liked best: "The Doll in the Window," "Spy Glass Hill," and "Crack O' Doom." All three involved dolls, which aren't usually my thing, but I thoroughly enjoyed all these stories.
Be prepared for some disturbing imagery. This is dark fiction, after all, and while some of the stories use subtle means to get across the creeps, a few, like "Daughters of the Night" and "Lullaby of the Grotesque" are more overt in their imagery and use of blood. It wasn't much of a problem for me, but I thought I'd pass along the warning. I made the mistake of reading "Daughters of the Night" while eating lunch, and it might not have been the best idea.
My two least favorites were "Keeper of the Night" and "She's Not There." "Keeper of the Night" felt like the seed of a longer work, and while I did like the premise, I would have liked to see more of it. "She's Not There" just didn't capture my attention.
If you're a fan of dark fiction, this one is well worth the read.


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Monday Morning Water Cooler: Redskins Lose To Bengals, 38-31
09.24.2012 / Blog Posts Redskins
Andrew Walker
Yesterdays 2012 home opener for the Washington Redskins featured several ups and downs, and even though the Redskins made a final push to tie the game at the end, the visiting Cincinnati Bengals were just too much, as the Redskins lost 38-31 to move to 1-2 on the young season.
There were several big plays by the Redskins offense to take away from yesterdays game, but it was a big play by the defense that set the tone early against the Bengals (2-1). Four minutes into the game, the Bengals had the ball in the shadow of their own goal post when their quarterback, Andy Dalton, dropped back to pass.
That was when Redskins outside linebacker Ryan Kerrigan pushed past his defender and tackled Dalton from behind as he threw to his left, causing a wounded-duck pass intended for his running back, BenJarvus Green-Ellis.
["Wounded-duck pass: A pass thrown in a football game that is very wobbly and oftentimes hard to catch, as if a wounded duck was falling from the sky.]
Kerrigans fellow outside linebacker, Rob Jackson who was starting in the place of Brian Orakpo, who suffered a season-ending injury last Sunday against the St. Louis Rams scooped up that errant Dalton pass in the end zone before it fell to the ground for the easy touchdown.
The play put some life back into the FedExField crowd that had been quieted to that point by a Bengals touchdown on their very first play of the game.
One thing to consider about this Redskins team is it is still playing at a high level, despite missing several starters to injuries. The team is certainly young and learning, and it might not be long until the mistakes made in yesterdays game begin to occur less and less, leading to more winning opportunities.
Plays like the one described above are definitely an indication of that notion.
The Redskins go back on the road for their next game on Sunday, as they travel to Tampa Bay to take on the Buccaneers. Kickoff from Raymond James Stadium is set for 4:25 p.m.
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Carol Burnett, Julie Andrews on Dallas: 'We Mean it With No Malice, But the Rest of Texas Is a Mess'
In the sharp NY Times article Cristina links to below, mention is made of a Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett skit about Dallas:
The wives of these men — socialites and homemakers, Junior Leaguers and ex-debutantes — were no different; in fact, they were possibly even more extreme. (After all, there's a reason Carol Burnett pulls a gun on Julie Andrews at the end of the famous "Big D" routine the two performed before the assassination in the early 1960s. "What are ya," she screams, pulling the trigger, "some kinda nut?!")
I'd never heard of the skit, so I looked for it, found it, and now share it. I also submit it as evidence of why my Brooklyn grandmother could never quite wrap her mind around the fact that I moved here.


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Research Topics
Genomes and Genes
Jeremy D Selengut
Affiliation: The Institute for Genomic Research
Country: USA
Detail Information
- TIGRFAMs and Genome Properties: tools for the assignment of molecular function and biological process in prokaryotic genomesJeremy D Selengut
TIGR, Bioinformatics Department, 9712 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Nucleic Acids Res 35:D260-4. 2007..The TIGRFAMs and Genome Properties systems can be accessed at http://www.tigr.org/TIGRFAMs and http://www.tigr.org/Genome_Properties...
- Three genomes from the phylum Acidobacteria provide insight into the lifestyles of these microorganisms in soilsNaomi L Ward
The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 75:2046-56. 2009....
- TIGRFAMs and Genome Properties in 2013Daniel H Haft
Informatics, J Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Nucleic Acids Res 41:D387-95. 2013..At present, 4284 models appear in TIGRFAMs, while 628 systems are described by Genome Properties. Content derives both from subsystem discovery work and from biocuration of the scientific literature...
- ProPhylo: partial phylogenetic profiling to guide protein family construction and assignment of biological processMalay K Basu
J Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
BMC Bioinformatics 12:434. 2011..To be its most effective, a phylogenetic profiling algorithm must be able to examine co-occurrences among protein families whose boundaries are uncertain within large homologous protein superfamilies...
- Exopolysaccharide-associated protein sorting in environmental organisms: the PEP-CTERM/EpsH system. Application of a novel phylogenetic profiling heuristicDaniel H Haft
The Institute for Genomic Research, 9712 Medical Center Drive, Rockville MD 20850, USA
BMC Biol 4:29. 2006..Detection in some genomes, but not others, may reveal sorting system components by comparison of the phylogenetic profile of the class of sorting signal to that of various protein families...
- Genome Properties: a system for the investigation of prokaryotic genetic content for microbiology, genome annotation and comparative genomicsDaniel H Haft
The Institute for Genomic Research, 9712 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Bioinformatics 21:293-306. 2005..Compiling such information across microbial genomes improves the functional classification of proteins and provides a valuable resource for comparative genomics...
- Genome sequence and identification of candidate vaccine antigens from the animal pathogen Dichelobacter nodosusGarry S A Myers
The Institute for Genomic Research, 9712 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA
Nat Biotechnol 25:569-75. 2007..Screening of these proteins against ovine antisera identified eight immunogenic proteins that are candidate antigens for a cross-protective vaccine...
- Sites Inferred by Metabolic Background Assertion Labeling (SIMBAL): adapting the Partial Phylogenetic Profiling algorithm to scan sequences for signatures that predict protein functionJeremy D Selengut
J, Craig Venter Institute, 9704 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
BMC Bioinformatics 11:52. 2010..The approach is based on the basic scoring mechanism employed by PPP, namely the use of binomial distribution statistics to optimize sequence similarity cutoffs during searches of partitioned training sets...
- Unexpected abundance of coenzyme F(420)-dependent enzymes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other actinobacteriaJeremy D Selengut
J Craig Venter Institute, 9704 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
J Bacteriol 192:5788-98. 2010..These findings suggest that M. tuberculosis relies heavily on coenzyme F(420) for its redox reactions. This dependence and the cofactor's rarity may make F(420)-related proteins promising drug targets...
- Genome sequence and comparative analysis of the model rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium yoelii yoeliiJane M Carlton
The Institute for Genomic Research, 9712 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA
Nature 419:512-9. 2002..This is the first genome sequence of a model eukaryotic parasite, and it provides insight into the use of such systems in the modelling of Plasmodium biology and disease...
- Archaeosortases and exosortases are widely distributed systems linking membrane transit with posttranslational modificationDaniel H Haft
J Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA
J Bacteriol 194:36-48. 2012..Their target proteins are destined to transit cellular membranes during their biosynthesis, during which most undergo additional posttranslational modifications such as glycosylation...
- The TIGRFAMs database of protein familiesDaniel H Haft
The Institute for Genomic Research, 9712 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Nucleic Acids Res 31:371-3. 2003..The database currently contains over 1600 protein families. TIGRFAMs is available for searching or downloading at www.tigr.org/TIGRFAMs...
- Comparative genomic evidence for a close relationship between the dimorphic prosthecate bacteria Hyphomonas neptunium and Caulobacter crescentusJonathan H Badger
The Institute for Genomic Research, 9712 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
J Bacteriol 188:6841-50. 2006..neptunium genome will provide an important resource for the study of other interesting biological processes including chromosome segregation, polar growth, and cell aging...
- Comparative genomics of emerging human ehrlichiosis agentsJulie C Dunning Hotopp
The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, Maryland, USA
PLoS Genet 2:e21. 2006..These discoveries provide significant insights into the biology of these obligate intracellular pathogens...
- The InterPro Database, 2003 brings increased coverage and new featuresNicola J Mulder
EMBL Outstation European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
Nucleic Acids Res 31:315-8. 2003..The database is available via a webserver (http://www.ebi.ac.uk/interpro) and anonymous FTP (ftp://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/interpro)...
- New developments in the InterPro databaseNicola J Mulder
EMBL Outstation European Bioinformatics Institute Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
Nucleic Acids Res 35:D224-8. 2007..ebi.ac.uk/interpro), and for download by anonymous FTP (ftp://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/interpro). The InterProScan search tool is now also available via a web service at http://www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/webservices/WSInterProScan.html...
- X-ray crystal structure of the hypothetical phosphotyrosine phosphatase MDP-1 of the haloacid dehalogenase superfamilyEzra Peisach
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118 2394, USA
Biochemistry 43:12770-9. 2004..This observation combined with the modeling studies suggests that the target of MDP-1 is most likely a phosphotyrosine in an unknown protein rather than a small sugar-based substrate...
- The transcription factor Eyes absent is a protein tyrosine phosphataseTina L Tootle
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA
Nature 426:299-302. 2003....


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Cornell researchers stabilize lithium metal anodes using halide salt in liquid electrolyte
14 August 2014
A team at Cornell University led by Dr. Lynden Archer has used simple liquid electrolytes reinforced with halogenated salt blends to stabilize lithium metal anodes in a rechargeable battery. The cells exhibit stable long-term cycling at room temperature over hundreds of cycles of charge and discharge and thousands of operating hours.
In a paper published in the journal Nature Materials, they report that the addition of the salts to the electrolyte spontaneously creates nanostructured surface coatings on the lithium anode thats hinder the development of detrimental dendritic structures that grow within the battery cell. The discovery offers a potential pathway for the use of lithium metal anodes, which are enablers for cost-effective, higher-energy density systems such as Li-sulfur. (Earlier post, earlier post.)
It has long been understood that a rechargeable lithium metal battery (LMB), which eschewed the use of a carbon host at the anode, can lead to as much as a tenfold improvement in anode storage capacity (from 360 mAh g−1 to 3,860 mAh g−1) and would open up opportunities for high-energy un-lithiated cathode materials such as sulphur and oxygen, among others. Together, these advances would lead to rechargeable batteries with step-change improvements in storage capacity relative to today's state-of-the-art LIBs.
A grand challenge in the field concerns the development of electrolytes, electrode, and battery system configurations that prevent uneven electrodeposition of lithium and other metal anodes, and thereby eliminate dendrites at the nucleation step. It is understood that without significant breakthroughs in this area, the promise of LMBs [lithium metal batteries], as well as of storage platforms based on more earth abundant metals such as Na and Al metal cannot be realized. Specifically, after repeated cycles of charge and discharge, growing metal dendrites can bridge the inter-electrode space, producing internal short circuits in the cell. In a volatile electrolyte, ohmic heat generated by these shorts may lead to thermal runaway and catastrophic cell failure, which places obvious safety and performance limitations on the cells. The ohmic heat generated during a short circuit may also locally melt dendrites to create regions of 'orphaned' or electrically disconnected metal that result in a steady decrease in storage capacity as a battery is cycled.—Lu et al.
The dendrite problem has been troubling lithium battery technology for years. Over several charge/discharge cycles, microscopic particles called dendrites form on the electrode surface and spread, causing short circuits and rapid overheating.
We had conflicting insight from two theories under development in the group and by theorists in the Cornell physics department, which suggested that a nanostructured metal halide coating on the anode could help a little—or a lot—in controlling the formation of dendrites. As it turns out, they work spectacularly well in solving what is widely considered a grand-challenge problem in the field.—Lynden Archer
In their paper, the researchers observed that rechargeable batteries based on some metals (such as magnesium) show no evidence of electrode instability and dendrite formation under deposition conditions where dendrites form and proliferate in others such as lithium.
At surface deposition rates common in batteries, the mobility of atoms at the interface determines whether smooth or rough electrodeposits are created.
Density functional theoretical analysis of Mg and Li electrodeposits at a vacuum/metal interface reveals that Mg–Mg bonds are on average 0.18 eV stronger compared with a Li–Li bond. This means that under the same deposition conditions, the probability of a lower-dimension, fibre-like Mg deposit spontaneously transforming to a higher-dimension crystal is more than 1,000 times higher than that for the corresponding transition in lithium. In electrolytes, these differences are only slightly altered by the interfacial tension, which is orders of magnitude lower, perhaps explaining why Li surfaces are more prone to nucleate dendrites irrespective of the electrolyte. A surprising and heretofore unexplored prediction from recent joint density functional theoretical (JDFT) calculations is that the presence of halide anions, particularly fluorides, in an electrolyte produces as much as a 0.13 eV reduction in the activation energy barrier for Li diffusion at an electrolyte/lithium metal electrode interface. If correct, this means that it should be possible to increase the surface diffusivity by more than two orders of magnitude, which may lead to large improvements in the stability of Li electrodeposition and dendrite suppression in simple liquid electrolytes.—Lu et al.
The team studied two configurations of electrolytes: in liquid form; and as liquids infused in nanoporous solids. They found that—consistent with expectations from the JDFT calculations—they essentially eliminated premature cell failure by dendrite growth and proliferation in plate-strip type experiments even at high operating current densities by using common liquid electrolytes reinforced with halogenated lithium salts.
In more aggressive, high-rate polarization experiments, they found levels of dendrite suppression in room-temperature liquid electrolytes that are either comparable to or superior to all previous reports from elevated-temperature studies of polymer and other solid-state electrolytes thought to be necessary for developing reliable lithium metal batteries. Infusing the electrolytes in the pores of a nanoporous ceramic led to much longer cell lifetimes than any previously reported room-temperature LMB.
In their experiments, they confirmed that the interfacial mobility is a strong decreasing function of halogenated lithium salt and is the most likely source of the improved stability of Li electrodeposits in liquids.
Our findings seem significant for at least three reasons. First, they demonstrate that the popular assumption inspired by intuition and supported by continuum modelling, that a high mechanical modulus is a requirement for an electrolyte that can stop growth and proliferation of lithium dendrites, is not generally correct. Second, electrolyte reinforcement by lithium halide salts provides an inexpensive, easy-to-use strategy for stabilizing electrodeposition of lithium metal that promises to enable technological and scientific advances in the field. Third, our findings underscore the benefits of density functional and other atomistic simulation approaches for guiding new materials designs for high-energy batteries.—Lu et al.
Archer and his team have spent two years conducting this research, which was supported by the Energy Materials Center at Cornell, an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the US Department of Energy.
Yingying Lu, Zhengyuan Tu, and Lynden A. Archer (2014) "Stable lithium electrodeposition in liquid and nanoporous solid electrolytes," Nature Materials doi: 10.1038/nmat4041
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Hurry-up, im changing my car in 2020-22 approx. as it will be wornout. If they can invent some great car since then, then I will choose a great tech bargain car , something with a 800 kms autonomy instead of the limp 160 km max of the Nissan leaf and in winter at night the range is reduced by half. If this battery can improve the range by 10x then I will buy it . Since then im following the market and im not satisfied in any way of the actual crop of cars actually for sale. If ever there is nothing improved then I will buy in 2020 a used mazda leaf skyactic that have a bigger mpg rating then Toyota and Honda.
I'd like to think of an electric car as a tank which takes all night to re-fill and has the range of an average daily commute which in 4-6 years will have half the range. Which means it will retard to a glorified golf cart... whereas my gar car refills in a few minutes and has the range to drive all day.
Until I can drive an electric car all day without maybe 1 refilling it will have limited appeal, at least to me.
Why do they always talk about using lithium metal anode with some future cathode (like sulphur)? Why not use the improvements in the lithium metal anode with an existing cathode (like LiFePO4)?
Anyway, to me it sounds promising because adding some stuff to the electrolite is pretty simple and should scale easily, unlike experiments with nano-structures.
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text: After many years of wanting to go to Primo, the 3 courses for $38 made it too hard to resist, even with an hour and a quarter drive. I had very high hopes going into the meal, regardless of the mixed reviews that abound on here. They met my expectations and then some. Service was terrific. Nicely paced, two hours and forty five minutes from start to finish.(4 of us) To start were the homemade breads and biscuits. These were excellent(focaccia, chive and cheese biscuit, etc). The amuse was smoked salmon with some micro greens on a waffle potato with chive cream. Considering the multitude of components in the dish, the salmon still stood out. Appetizers considered of a green salad, seared tuna, oysters Rockefeller and shad roe. The presentation, of what most would consider a mundane salad, was beautiful in a large, rustic wooden bowl. Five oysters were served over rock salt. Clean presentations on different plates/bowls throughout the meal made each dish stand out. Portions were more than generous considering the quality of the product and the price. Entree's consisted of skate, fruits de mer and roast prime rib. Portions were enourmous. The prime rib alone could go for $38. Served with fiddleheads, asparagus and potatoes. Horseradish cream on top of the rare piece of beef. Fruits de mer consisted of crab claws, clams, mussles and baby octopus on linguine. The skate was from the Gulf of Maine and was nicely pan fried allowing the fish to bring out its natural sweetness. Desserts were tremendous as well. Chocolate cake, rhubarb crustada, pistachio cannoli and a strawberry shortcake were overly enjoyed. Mignardise were served with the check, gingered-chocolate truffles, candied orange peel and grapefruit gelee. Overall, an excellent meal. I was at Hugo's two months ago and by far, these two restaurants are the tops in Maine. No one else is at this level of service, atmosphere and culinary skill, certainly not in Portland.(with holding Hugo's)


text: TONMO.com member joel_ang has submitted this great video of his cuttlefish stalking and easily conquering a not-too-alert little fish. True to being a cephalopod, notice how the cuttle flashes a pattern as it snatches its meal (see snapshot below). Click image to play video (1 megabyte): We have a pretty good example of an octopus doing the same thing (flashing color as it snatches its food) in the TONMO.com Video Gallery.


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After Sen. Rand Paul made an offensive (and unfunny) joke involving the word "gay," Tony Perkins (of the Family Research Council) criticized him: I don't think it's something we should joke about. We are talking about individuals who feel very strongly one way or the other, and I think we should be civil, respectful, allowing all sides to have the debate. Whaaa? That doesn't sound very hate groupy!
gays and lesbians
Last week I joined the chorus of those who wished for a bit more from the president's endorsement of same-sex marriage. Among those who were more unambiguously enthusiastic, I found E. J. Graff's later post pretty compelling.
Last week was a momentous one for gay and lesbian issues. On Sunday Vice President Biden said on NBC's Meet the Press that he is "absolutely comfortable with the fact that men [are] marrying men, women marrying women," and he thinks they "are entitled to … all the civil rights" of heterosexual couples. On Tuesday the electorate in North Carolina voted overwhelmingly for a constitutional amendment that proscribes same-sex marriage and civil unions, despite the fact that the state already has a law against it. Most momentous of all, President Obama told ABC's Robin Roberts on Wednesday "that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married."
Early this week, the same video kept popping up on my Facebook wall. It's from a press conference in Greensboro, at which North Carolina NAACP president William Barber (whom the Century profiled here) made a crucial point: "How do you feel, personally, about same-sex marriage?" is the wrong question. The right question is about equal rights under the U.S. Constitution and federal law. By midweek, my Facebook wall was overwhelmed with comments (and links) about President Obama's decision to give the right answer to the wrong question.
On Sunday night I went to hear Dan Savage speak about the It Gets Better Project. The last time I saw him was 2003, if memory serves, in front of a crowd of perhaps a hundred. At one point Savage took a break from promoting his new book Skipping Toward Gomorrah to refer his audience to the now-famous New Republic cover story "The Liberal Case for War" (against Iraq). It was a good talk, funny and engaging, and it made a striking contrast with his Sunday appearance.
On Wednesday, the Catholic bishops' ad hoc committee issued a strongly worded statement on religious liberty. It includes a number of specific examples of "religious liberty under attack." Over at U.S Catholic, Meghan Murphy-Gill responds to these one by one.
About 15 years ago I was a guest at the annual meeting of the Association of Christians Teaching Sociology. In one session a professor reported on a student's project. Taking the Century as a barometer of mainline Protestantism and Christianity Today as a barometer of evangelicalism, his student compared the respective responses to the civil rights movement. The student found that the Century was very hospitable toward the movement and that CT was critical of it. (Full disclosure: At the time of this ACTS meeting, I was working for CT.) Since ACTS is comprised largely of evangelical scholars, there was some hanging of heads in the room. Evangelicals, they agreed, had been on the wrong side of history, not to speak of the wrong side of justice.
"If the bishop admits to knowing that I was gay, then she gets in trouble. The system is set up so that truth will not be told."
From Disgust to Humanity, by Martha C. Nussbaum
Martha Nussbaum's perspective cuts to the heart of our tendency to exclude others when they fail to live up to expectations about how "good people" should be.


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Looking for some advice- being the bike guy in the office I've been given a task. I need to try and find a suitable bike for a college.
About the lady;
- 40s
- 4'11
- bad back
- Exclusively used for towpaths
- Upright-ish riding position
- Suitable tyres to help dampening
- Ability to test ride the bike for a weekend!
Could anyone point me in the right direction for suitable bikes please?