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Initiating new freshmen changes with the decades
When Joe Provence first stepped onto the campus of Wayland Baptist University in 1957, the freshman from Arlington knew being a new student would not be totally painless.
"Freshmen then were called slime, and we had about two weeks of initiation," recalled Provence, now the Director of Alumni Services at Wayland. "We had blue and yellow beanies we had to wear with the bill turned up and 'Slime Joe' on it so everyone knew my name. They gave you a list of folks to get signatures from, like the President, the Dean of Students and so on."
Just like the campus, faculty, and administrators have changed over the years, so have the freshman initiation rituals that former students like Provence remember fondly.
These days, orientating new students to college life is part of a four-day long event called Koinonia, the Greek word for fellowship. Freshmen and transfer students who sign up for the orientation arrive on campus early, move in and begin with various games. From that point on, the students are exposed to a plethora of information, from the area churches available to attend to university traditions.
"Koinonia is designed to help incoming freshmen make that transition from high school and life at home to being independent," explained Leslie Boyd, coordinator of student activities. "It introduces them to upperclassmen and also to the campus before the first day of class."
A committee of upperclassmen and the student activities office coordinate the long weekend of activities. Other returning students - called K Leaders - help lead groups during game times and other events. Students are divided into "families" of 15-20 students and meet several times as a group.
"That's an opportunity to get close to their group and do orientation activities," Boyd said. "Then they get together and just have fun and work together."
Activities like a scavenger hunt around Plainview based on the painted cows, cookouts, movies in the dorm lobbies, karaoke and an organizational expo are all designed to help students get acquainted with each other as well as the opportunities of college life and their community.
During part of Koinonia, students load a bus for a short retreat to Plains Baptist Assembly in Floydada. There, they participate in a campfire and the initial installment of Torch and Mantle, a symbolic ceremony in which upperclassmen "charge" the students to take up the torch of learning and leadership. Boyd said this time of testimony proves beneficial to the new students as they hear current students speak of responsibility, loyalty and involvement in campus life.
Instead of serving upperclassmen or being made to wear funny clothes, this year's freshmen play relay races where they are smeared with shaving cream, doused with water or digging through kiddie pools filled with such tasty mixtures as dog food and mustard, grape jelly and baked beans, and mayonnaise and wet dog food.
"A lot of this is a 'humbling' experience. The K-Leaders are part of it too. It's one of those things they had to do as freshmen so the new students have to do it too," Boyd said.
While the students are playing games and getting acquainted, activities are designed for parents to do the same. A "parents' rest station," mixer and orientation session are planned to ease parent's natural apprehension about leaving their student for college.
"Our goal is to let students and parents know that Wayland really is a family. We're glad they chose us and we're going to do everything we can to make the transition as easy as possible," Boyd said.
Koinonia in its present format has been occurring at Wayland only since the early 1990s. The name was added in 1997 and though some activities change each year, the basic premise remains the same.
But initiating freshmen at Wayland has been nearly a constant, much like any other university. The days of slime beanies and endless rules ended in about the 1970s, Provence said. From then, initiation-type activities were kept to a minimum while the nation dealt with hazing incidents across the country and legislation began to crack down on what schools could and could not do.
But in the 1950s and 60s, freshmen were slime who could only hope that their big brother or sister (an upperclassmen assigned to them) was merciful. Rules of the day included not brushing or combing hair, wearing different shoes on each foot, carrying books in a suitcase, being prepared to sing all verses of the alma mater on command, standing when upperclassmen entered the room, not dating without written permission of 20 upperclassmen, carrying lunch trays for upperclassmen and not preceding an upperclassmen in the dining hall line.
Today, those "rules" might seem harsh and cruel, but Provence said it was all part of the game and was all done in good fun. Even "air raids," which now would seem to fall under harassment, were normal.
"If an upperclassman saw a freshman across campus, they'd call out 'air raid' and the freshman would have to fall prostrate on the ground," he recalled. "Freshmen would also gather at supper and sing the alma mater and the fight song."
On the final day of Slime initiation, Provence said, the big brothers and sisters would dress their slime and then upperclassmen and freshmen would have one final tug-of-war across the watering ditches outside Gates Hall. Though the freshmen ended up soaked and muddy, Provence said those memories are still precious to those who endured the two weeks.
"It was really geared as a learning thing and an indoctrination program to the traditions of the school," he said. "That was one of the things that kept us a family. It made the freshmen feel like more of the family since they knew lots of people and could call them by name."


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Kate Middleton and Prince William aren't the only couple with a wedding anniversary coming up!
While the Duke and Duchess mark one year of wedded bliss this Sunday, April 29, Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon's fourth wedding anniversary is the very next day — but the superstar couple got a jump on the festivities Friday, renewing their vows in Paris!
The Grammy-winning singer, 42, and the radio/TV host, 31, said "I do" all over again in the City of Light with the Eiffel Tower in the background.
Cannon (on the mend from a bout of medical woes earlier this year) wore a white tux, while Carey flaunted her svelte post-baby bod in a white, gathered gown with a black bow at the waist and mermaid-style bottom, wearing a huge diamond necklace.
The couple have another reason to celebrate on Monday: It's the first birthday of Moroccan and Monroe, their twin son and daughter.
"Shopping for Roc & Roe's bday in Paris," Carey tweeted earlier on Friday. "Dembabies dembabies dembabies!"
She added coyly of their trip: "We have put together some very festive plans: ) LYM! Can't wait to see you soon in Paris!"
Vow renewals have become a tradition for the flamboyant pair, who got married in early 2008 on Carey's private island in the Bahamas.
Last year, they renewed their vows in the NYC hospital where the twins were born, with Rev. Al Sharpton officiating.
The "Vision of Love" singer donned a traditional wedding gown for a 2010 renewal at their Beverly Hills home in 2010.
"I have to do it every single year," Cannon has explained to Us of the renewals. "If you were married to Mariah Carey, you'd want to marry her every year too! I just have to keep doing it to make sure it's real."
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Lead software security engineers, directors of security, security consultants and others tasked with repelling cyber threats can expect to earn six-figure salaries per year — so long as their skills, experience and certifications prove to be a match for very demanding roles that are continuously evolving. Additionally, a review of Dice's job postings makes it clear that those tech professionals who take the time to earn certifications such as CISA, CRISC, CISM and Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) will find themselves more highly sought-after by employers.
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Facebook disappointed some potential investorsas it kicked off its IPO roadshow in New York on Monday.
Hundreds of investors had lined up around the block in front of the Sheraton Hotel in midtown Manhattan, where chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook's executive team had gathered to tout the company's initial public offering.
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The meeting began nearly an hour late. Zuckerberg arrived late for the question and answer portion of the meeting.
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TOULOUSE, France (AP) — A motorcycle assailant opened fire with two handguns Monday in front of a Jewish school in the French city of Toulouse, killing a rabbi, his two young sons and a schoolgirl. One of the same guns was fired in other deadly motorcyle attacks in the area in recent days, officials said.
Authorities ordered increased security at schools and synagogues around the country after an attack that drew high-level uproar in Israel and revolted France, where school shootings and deadly attacks on Jews are extremely rare.
France, which has seen a low drumroll of anti-Semitic incidents, is particularly sensitive toward the Jewish community because of its World War II past of abetting Nazi occupiers deport Jewish citizens.
News that the gun was used in attacks last week in the Toulouse fueled suspicions that a serial killer on the loose is targeting French minorities, and not only Jews. The dead and injured in the earlier attacks were paratroopers of North African and Caribbean origin.
All three times, the attacker came on a motorcycle, apparently alone, and then sped away.
A police official said the same powerful .45-caliber handgun used in Monday's attack on a school in Toulouse was used in shootings four days ago that killed two paratroopers in nearby Montauban, and in an attack that killed a paratrooper eight days ago in Toulouse.
In Monday's attack, the killer also used a .35-caliber gun, the police official said. At least 15 shots were fired at the school in a residential neighborhood in northeastern Toulouse, the official said. The official, based in Paris, was not authorized to speak publicly and asked that he not be identified by name.
French prosecutors were studying possible terrorist links but the motive for all three attacks was unclear. The emotion over the school attack that cut down young children prompted high-level discussions in Israel, where the rabbi had recently lived.
"This is a day of national tragedy because children were killed in cold blood," President Nicolas Sarkozy said after rushing to Toulouse.
Religious minorities and issues of race have emerged as a prominent issue in France's current presidential campaign.
Sarkozy, speaking in Toulouse, denounced "the savagery" of the attack and vowing to track down the killer or killers.
"We will find him," he said.
Sarkozy ordered increased security at Jewish and Muslim buildings around Toulouse, while his prime minister told officials to "secure" all school and religious buildings in the entire country.
Sarkozy's challengers for the presidential vote in April and May also rushed to the scene.
In each of the three attacks, the same large caliber bullet was used, a police official said. He was not authorized to speak publicly and asked not to be identified.
A 30-year-old rabbi and his 3-year-old and 6-year-old sons were killed Monday just before classes started at the Ozar Hatorah school, a junior high and high school in a quiet residential neighborhood, Toulouse Prosecutor Michel Valet said.
Another child, the 8-year-old daughter of the school principal, was also killed, school officials said. Valet said a 17-year-old boy was also seriously wounded and in the operating ward of a city hospital.
"He shot at everything he had in front of him, children and adults," Valet said. "The children were chased inside the school."
The slain rabbi was Johnathan Sandler, who taught Yiddish at the school, according to another teacher, Uriel Torjmane. Sandler arrived here from Jerusalem last September with his wife and children, according to Zionist activist Charlotte Elbaz.
France has the largest Jewish community in Western Europe, estimated at about 500,000, as well as its largest Muslim population, about 5 million.
Toulouse, a southwestern city north of the Pyrenees, has about 10,000 to 15,000 Jews in its overall population of 440,000, said Jean-Paul Amoyelle, the president of the Ozar Hatorah school network in France. He said the Toulouse Jewish community is well integrated.
The school targeted Monday, behind a high white wall with few external markings, was cordoned off by police, who then escorted other children out as forensics police combed the scene. Six bullet holes circled an aluminum fence that surrounds the school.
One officer held a distraught girl, her face in her hands. A mother and son wearing a yarmulke walked away from the site, their faces visibly pained. A video camera was visible at the school's entrance.
"The drama occurred a bit before 8 a.m. A man arrived in front of the school on a motorcycle or scooter," Valet said, adding that the man got off his scooter outside the school and opened fire.
"Everything leads one to believe that these were racist and anti-Semitic acts," Toulouse Mayor Pierre Cohen said on BFM-TV.
Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet told The Associated Press that the suspect made his getaway on a dark-colored scooter — just as the assailant or assailants did in the two shootings last week.
On March 10, a gunman on a motorbike shot and killed a paratrooper in Toulouse. Last Thursday, a gunman on a motorbike opened fire on three uniformed paratroopers at a bank machine in Montauban, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) from Toulouse, killing two and critically wounding the other.
A man who lives near the school said he spoke with the slain rabbi just before he was killed.
"I said "Bonjour" to him like normal," said the 29-year-old, asking to be identified only by his first name, Baroukh. "Then he went out into the school entrance. I heard the shots and I turned around and saw him on the ground. He looked dead. But I didn't have much time to see who did it because I panicked and started running away."
Sarkozy visited the school accompanied by Richard Prasquier, the president of CRIF, the umbrella group representing Jewish organizations.
"Barbarity, savagery, cruelty cannot win. Hate cannot win," Sarkozy said.
Paris police said Monday they are investigating threats against two synagogues in Paris from last week. A police official said there was no apparent link between those threats and Monday's shooting.
In Jerusalem, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said "whether it was a terror attack or a hate crime, the loss of life is unacceptable."
Einat Wilf, an Israeli legislator from the Independence Party, said legislators were being briefed on the shooting.
Special prayers were being offered Monday at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris and a minute of silence in all French schools was to be held Tuesday. A carnival in Toulouse was canceled and vigils were planned in Toulouse and Paris to honor the victims.
Elaine Ganley and Thomas Adamson and Sarah DiLorenzo in Paris and Amy Teibel in Jerusalem contributed to this report.
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What better time is there than Halloween to pretend you're Prince William or Kate Middleton?
Apparently the morning show folks on TV were asking the same question. "The Today Show" and "Live! with Regis and Kelly" both decided to take up the royal wedding theme for their Halloween shows.
"Today" had the far more ambitious staging (as they usually do on Halloween), and had been in planning this re-creation since the real royal wedding on April 29.
The primary cast (pictured above) had Meredith Vieira (making a surprise appearance) as Queen Elizabeth, Savannah Guthrie as Prince Charles, Ann Curry as Kate Middleton, Matt Lauer as William, Al Roker as Prince Harry and Natalie Morales as Pippa Middleton (right).
According to Today's own report, each wig worn by the cast took up to 40 hours to make. It takes a much shorter time to knock the wig off the royal head, as Lauer demonstrated when he gave Meredith (playing his grandmother Liz) an overly-ambitious hug.
Over at "Live!," Regis was off (his last ever show is Nov. 18) which is just as well since it's a stretch to see Regis play a man almost 50 years his junior. In his place, Nick Lachey donned the Prince William costume while Kelly Ripa, who might have made a better Pippa, played the part of Kate.


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The New Leaf Society�s motto, �Transforming Alamance County, North Carolina,� lays out a daunting mission. Transforming just about anything is usually a major undertaking bordering on the impossible. Most in the public or private sectors would perhaps agree.
And yet, heading into its sixth year, the New Leaf Society is delivering on its stated goal � and then some. Folks should take notice that many spots around Burlington are looking better these days. The same is true in other parts of Alamance County, where New Leaf projects are giving our community the kind of appearance that makes a positive impression on new arrivals, or businesses looking for a home.
Yes, it�s hard to ignore that the medians on Burlington�s streets are a tad spiffier, the interstate exits more inviting and downtown streets are alive with trees and flowers. The organization just finished a $20,000 effort to improve the look at one of Burlington�s largest visible green spaces � the massive front lawn at Williams High School off South Church Street. Today, it�s placing sculptures around Burlington�s downtown and at Alamance Crossing.
In fact, with so many accomplishments to date, it�s hard to believe the New Leaf Society has only been around for about five years. What did the community do without them?
Well . . . it didn�t, which is why a group of interested citizens, headed by Rett Davis, put a plan into action in 2007. They created this private non-profit organization with a goal of turning Alamance County into one of the showplaces amid North Carolina�s scenic landscapes.
Based on a similar program in Spartanburg, S.C., the New Leaf Society acts as an intermediary in public and private partnerships geared toward making the area prettier. It collects donations from industrial benefactors such as Glen Raven, Inc. then works with local governments to plan and install visual amenities that are setting this community apart from others. Thus far the New Leaf Society has raised more than $800,000 to make these projects happen.
Davis, the popular retired director of the N.C. Cooperative Extension Service office in Alamance County and weekly gardening columnist for the Times-News, is the face of the New Leaf Society. His association with the group gave it instant credibility with government and business leaders as well as residents. The Williams High project got its impetus when Burlington City Manager Harold Owen called Davis to suggest it.
Davis believes the makeover is a key to economic growth. Business, he reasons, will invest in a community that cares about its appearance. Seeing the results to date, it�s difficult to argue that it wouldn�t have an impact.
So far, the New Leaf Society has undertaken projects in nearly every city or town in Alamance County. It already has a list of upcoming projects to tackle and at least one Burlington leader says he wants the group to zero in on East Burlington sites soon.
Let the transformation continue.


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ABC's Cokie Roberts: Dems' "fair trade" advocacy puts party "on the wrong side of history"
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On the January 8 broadcast of National Public Radio's Morning Edition, ABC News Washington correspondent Cokie Roberts asserted that if Democrats pursue "fair trade" policies instead of "free trade" policies, they will be "essentially on the wrong side of history with globalization." Roberts made the assertion in response to host Steve Inskeep's request that she comment on his interview with Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH).
Brown had addressed precisely the question of "history," saying that "mainstream Democrats" have "evolved" from the early 1990s, when President Clinton pushed for congressional approval of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Brown said: "[T]here has been an evolution among almost all Democrats that these trade agreements simply need to be constructed in a different way for fair trade, not for free trade."
Roberts did not address the specific elements Brown laid out as part of a "fair trade" policy: ensuring compliance with environmental and labor standards. Rather, she simply responded to Inskeep's characterization of Brown's position as "cracking down on free trade." Roberts warned that opposition to free trade would be a "long-term loser" for Democrats and that Democrats "have to be very careful here, and there's a lot of division among Democrats on this issue."
From the January 8 broadcast of NPR's Morning Edition:
INSKEEP: Is there a danger of this being any kind of distraction for Democrats because you still do have what we could call the Bill Clinton wing of the Democratic Party, which, for example, pushed for the NAFTA free trade agreement?
BROWN: That was 15 years ago. The so-called Bill Clinton wing of the Democratic Party has evolved into the mainstream Democrats, which we are, that say that we need trade agreements with environmental and labor standards. There has been an evolution since China in the late '90s, there has been an evolution among almost all Democrats that these trade agreements simply need to be constructed in a different way for fair trade, not for free trade.
INSKEEP: We interviewed Senator Brown to begin our series on what Democrats stand for as they take over Congress, and NPR news analyst Cokie Roberts has been listening in. Cokie, is the notion of cracking down on free trade a winning issue for Democrats?
ROBERTS: It is in some states and in some districts, but it's a long-term loser. It puts them essentially on the wrong side of history with globalization. And even though labor unions often lose in trade agreements, consumers gain. And so the Democrats have to be very careful here, and there's a lot of division among Democrats on this issue.
INSKEEP: OK, Cokie, thanks very much. We'll continue watching that issue and others.
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Growth Energy, a coalition of U.S. ethanol supporters, met on Capitol Hill this week to counter mounting attacks made by the oil industry to repeal the Renewable Fuel Standard. Several bills are being introduced this week that would either repeal or weaken government's mandate of requiring gasoline producers to blend 10% of ethanol into supplies of gasoline.
In a press call this week, Growth Energy's outlined their key talking points in support of the RFS and to advocate for E15, a gasoline blend comprised of 15 percent ethanol.
"Obviously, the Renewable Fuels Standard is important for our industry, and it has come under some intense attacks based on misinformation on breaking the blend wall and moving forward to higher blends," says Growth Energy CEO Tom Buis in a press call this week. He references opponents' claims that the RFS increases fuel prices and eats up the nation's corn supplies, resulting in higher food and feed.
Jeff Broin, co-chair of Growth Energy and executive chair of ethanol company Poet, countered those claims by saying ethanol is a domestic, renewable product that creates jobs, is cheaper than gas and is much better for the environment.
"Ethanol is now responsible for 400,000 direct and indirect jobs, and we can create another 136,000 if we can move to E15," Broin says. "Ethanol now accounts for fifty million dollars of GDP, and we saved consumers about eight billion dollars at the pump. Ethanol is more than 50 cents a gallon cheaper than gas and it is revitalizing the rural economy, helping the U.S. economy as a whole."
Broin emphasized the need to increase the amount of ethanol in gasoline, currently at 10%, to make the production of ethanol more affordable.
"Unfortunately oil industry has done everything they can to prevent consumer access to E15," Broin says. "They have done thing like erecting regulatory and legal challenges to an extensive PR campaign of misinformation. While we are slowly succeeding, Big Oil is now trying to throw a "hail Mary" by getting congress to pass legislation that would repeal the standard, denying American consumers access to less expensive, renewable fuel, which is ethanol."
Also on the press call was General Wesley Clark, co-chair of Growth Energy and former army general, who said the production of gas is a national security issue. "I spent my life in the armed forces and worked in national security, and I've discovered that the economy is just as important if not more important than our armed forces in giving us a free and secure country. And with the help of agriculture sector, we are moving toward energy independence."
Clark continues: "What's new is that we are getting an attack a day by Big Oil and their allies. And this bill is a desperation move, as Jeff said, a "hail mary," to try to repeal the renewable fuels standard."
Growth Energy members meet with lawmakers this week. Growth Energy's Tom Buis says the timetable for change is up to congress.
"As hard as we might try, we don't dictate their schedule," Buis says. "But we think this year is a critical for getting over that blend wall. We are optimistic that we will see higher blends and greater quantity later this year and next."


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Conference Reports for NATAP
53rd ICAAC Interscience Conference on
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
September 10-13, 2013, Denver CO
Ritonavir Boosts Levels of MK-1439, a New Nonnucleoside--TDF Has No Impact
53rd ICAAC, September 10-13, 2013, Denver
Mark Mascolini
Ritonavir more than tripled exposure of MK-1439, a novel nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI), while almost tripling the 24-hour (trough) concentration, in a study involving HIV-negative volunteers [1]. Tenofovir had no impact on MK-1439 concentrations.
A placebo-controlled trial of MK-1439 monotherapy found that the drug lowers viral load 1.37 log10 copies after 7 days of 25 mg once daily and 1.26 log10 copies after 7 days of 200 mg once daily [2]. In cell studies the NNRTI had good activity against an assortment of viruses bearing classical NNRTI resistance mutations [3]. In these studies high concentrations of MK-1439 selected a rilpivirine-associated mutation.
Pharmacokinetic research indicates that MK-1439 does not significantly inhibit or induce CYP3A activity. But this NNRTI is metabolized by oxidation via the CYP3A4 enzyme and thus could be affected by CYP3A4 inhibitors and inducers. Ritonavir strongly inhibits CYP3A and induces other enzymes that help metabolize MK-1439. Tenofovir has what the investigators called an "idiosyncratic interaction potential." MK-1439 does not appear to inhibit or induce other major CYP enzymes.
The drug-drug interaction studies involved healthy HIV-negative men who took a fixed sequence of drugs. Separate studies of potential interactions with ritonavir and tenofovir both enrolled 8 men. In the ritonavir study participants took a single 50-mg dose of MK-1439, followed by a 7-day washout. In the second period they took 100 mg of ritonavir twice daily for 20 days, adding a single 50-mg dose of MK-1439 with the morning ritonavir dose on day 14.
In the tenofovir study 8 men took a single 100-mg dose of MK-1439, followed by a 7-day washout. In the second period they took 300 mg of tenofovir once daily for 18 days, adding a single 100-mg dose of MK-1439 with tenofovir on day 14.
All 8 volunteers in the ritonavir study completed all doses. One volunteer dropped out of the tenofovir study because of colonic diverticulitis judged definitely not related to MK-1439. No serious clinical or laboratory adverse events developed in either study. No one had central nervous system problems attributed to MK-1439, and the NNRTI had no impact on electrocardiograms.
Geometric mean ratios (GMR) comparing MK-1439 plus ritonavir with MK-1439 alone indicated that ritonavir more than tripled the area under the concentration-time curve (AUC) of MK-1439 (GMR 3.54, 90% confidence interval [CI] 3.05 to 4.12) and nearly tripled the 24-hour concentration of MK-1439 (GMR 2.91, 90% CI 2.33 to 3.62). Apparent terminal half-life rose from 13.9 hours with MK-1439 alone to 34.9 hours with ritonavir. Ritonavir had little impact on the maximum concentration of MK-1439 (GMR 1.31, 90% CI 1.17 to 1.46).
The researchers suggested these findings mean "ritonavir has a limited effect on MK-1439 bioavailability and absorption but a significant effect on MK-1439 elimination due to inhibition of CYP3A4."
Tenofovir had little or no impact on concentrations of MK-1439 as indicated by GMRs of 0.97 (90% CI 0.82 to 1.15) for AUC, 0.82 (90% CI 0.66 to 1.02) for maximum concentration, and 0.95 (95% CI 0.81 to 1.13) for 24-hour concentration.
MK-1439 is currently in phase 2b trials.
1. Anderson MS, Gilmartin J, Mitselos A, et al. Effect of ritonavir and tenofovir on the pharmacokinetics of MK-1439, a novel HIV-1 non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI). 53rd ICAAC. September 10-13, 2013. Denver. Abstract H-1462.
2. Anderson M, Gilmartin J, Robberechts M, et al. Safety and antiviral activity of MK-1439, a novel NNRTI, in treatment-naive HIV+ patients. 20th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections. March 3-6, 2013. Atlanta, Abstract 100.
3. Lai M, Feng M, Lu M, et al. Antiviral activity and in vitro mutation development pathways of MK-1439: a novel non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor. 52nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobials and Chemotherapy (ICAAC). September 9-12, 2012. San Francisco. Abstract H-551.
Co-administration of MK-1439 with ritonavir or tenofovir is generally well tolerated.
Co-administration with MK-1439 modestly increases Cmax and Tmax with significant elevations in C24hr, AUC0-∞, and apparent terminal t1/2. ------This suggests that ritonavir has a limited effect on MK-1439 bioavailability and absorption, but a significant effect on MK-1439 elimination, due to inhibition of CYP3A4.
Co-administration with MK-1439 has no clinically meaningful effect on the pharmacokinetics of MK-1439.


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Optimizations Can Have Side Effects
When you find ways to make your code faster, those optimizations can cause trouble for people who use your code.
I first encountered this problem in 1968, when I was in college. We had just taken delivery on an IBM System/360 Model 91, which was the fastest general-purpose computer commercially available at the time.
I had been reading about the computer's architecture, and wrote a program that multiplied two 256x256 matrices in order to test my understanding. To my surprise, the program took several times as long to run as I expected. Not only that, but when I increased the matrix size to 257x257, the program ran faster — in fact, it was every bit as fast as I had expected.
After experimenting, I figured out the reason. Like most computers, even today, the processor was much faster than memory. Unlike modern computers, however, this one did not have a cache. Instead, it divided memory into 16 segments, and had hardware to allow data to be fetched from or stored in each segment in parallel with the others. Moreover, as it executed instructions, the processor looked ahead to see what memory locations it would need, and sent out commands to fetch the data from those locations far enough in advance to take the memory cycle time into account.
Programs often access memory sequentially: They look at location
n, then
n+1, and so on. Accordingly, memory locations were allocated in segments by putting 8 bytes in one segment, the next 8 bytes in the next segment, and so on. To figure out which segment contained a particular address, the hardware would discard the low-order three bits (i.e., divide by 8), then look at the next four bits (i.e., divide the quotient by 16 and look at the remainder).
Multiplying two matrices involves looking at successive elements of a row of one matrix in parallel with elements of a column of the other matrix. If both matrices are stored in the same way, then either the rows or the columns of a 256x256-element matrix will have their consecutive elements 256 positions apart. By implication, these consecutive elements will all wind up in the same memory segment.
Accordingly, when my program fetched the matrix elements in order to multiply them, all of the elements that it fetched from one of those matrices were in the same memory segment. As a result, the machine had to wait for that one memory segment to cycle each time it processed a matrix element, and the program ran more slowly. When I changed the matrices to 257x257, the problem went away.
This example indicates a general problem. One of the more common ways of speeding up programs is to figure out what operations those programs do particularly often, and find fast ways of doing them. This strategy creates an artificial breakpoint: If what you're doing fits the definition of a common operation, it's much faster than if it doesn't. Such breakpoints encourage people to program in ways that stay within the definition of "common," causing system designers to spend even less time on the uncommon cases, and so on.
This phenomenon makes program performance harder to predict than it would be otherwise. Even if an algorithm runs in, say, linear time, you cannot blithely assume that doubling the size of the input will only double the program's execution time. It might be that the larger size exceeds a breakpoint, which in turn causes the program to run much more slowly than expected.
Such breakpoints and side effects are yet another reason that you should take the trouble to measure your programs if you care about how long they take to run.


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Smoking area E Building (E)
In accordance with government policy on this subject, Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) wishes to restrict smoking as much as possible, hence observes the Tobacco Act. There is a smoking ban in all university buildings, with the exception of the smoking zones (outdoors).
Outdoor smoking zones
EUR has permanent outdoor zones for smoking. Smokers can go to the entrances of:
- Building E (rear);
- Theil Building, Institutenlaan (near the skyway);
- Theil on K.P. van der Mandele Square (right-hand corner);
- Tinbergen Building (underneath the Karel Appel overhang, 2 smokers' stations);
- Mandeville Building.
On the tops of many campus litter bins, you will find cigarette butt extinguishers.
The smoking zones are located outside and are accessible 24 hours a day.
All users of the buildings are expected to be familiar with the smoking regulations on Woudestein campus and to observe them actively. Repeated breaches of the smoking regulations may lead to disciplinary measures.


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Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Shelter from the Storm
I used to love to take the kids to the beach as a storm was starting to roll in to watch the dark clouds form and the lightening flash. As the storm moved closer we'd retreat to the front porch to continue to enjoy the show. Storms were frequent, I remember well a hail storm that left dents all over our cars. I never thought of watching a storm from the porch as dangerous until the year of the tornado. It was a little one that did considerable damage just a block away. After that watching the storms from a narrow little room surrounded by glass never seemed like a great idea - at least not with the kids. To this day I love to watch a good storm.
There was virtually no back yard and the front yard faced the main street through town so our days were usually spent on the beach. We had a cart I used to carry all of the kids beach floats, sand toys and our beach blanket. I still have the beach blanket, actually an old quilted bed spread that came with the place. Every time I use it I think of days spent playing on the beach and evenings under the stars watching the fireworks displays or enjoying a fire and roasting marshmallows for smores.
There is a small amusement park in the village that we visited on occasion. We walked everywhere - to the grocery store, park, or down the street to get an ice cream.
The place came furnished, a real mismash of fabrics and styles that seemed just right for a camp. The two sofas with scratchy upholstery each pulled out to full size sleepers that were well used by friends and family. Card games were played here and many books were read. Laughter bounced off of the walls.
It had the smallest kitchen I have ever seen, too small for the refrigerator which sat in the dining area. We made good use of the outdoor grill and meals were made for the five of us and often a dozen more.
After moving to western NY the kids entered their teen years and we decided we were not using and enjoying our little haven enough. Trips to camp became a chore so we decided to sell. We found a buyer and closed in September. In October John was told that he was being transfered back to central NY. That seems to be how it goes for us.
I hope my children's memories of camp are as fond as mine. We haven't talked about the place in ages. Maybe next summer we'll take the grandkids to the beach and on a trip down memory lane.
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Such wonderful memories you have of your camp...it's a shame things change. We had a camp while I was growing up and I also have such wonderful memories of it...lots of summers spent there:-) xoxReplyDelete
places like that are so special. i have many fond memories of my gandparent's mountain house like that.ReplyDelete
I get that same warm feeling everytime I pass my grandmothers old house. The people living there now don't take very good care of it but in my mind I can picture every room and tell you what was in every small space. I have returend to some of my childhood vacation spots with my children but it just isn't the same. I don't know if they have changed that much or I have. Thanks for the memories.ReplyDelete
Apple, I love to watch a storm, too!! Even snowstorms, have me at the window, just staring out. In the summer, I love to go out-before the rain-when the wind is just gusting thru the trees and you can smell the rain coming!ReplyDelete
What a wonderful camp full of precious memories. Loved seeing the pictures. It's such a shame you sold it just before coming back to the area.ReplyDelete
We had a camp at the beach when I was a kid too. Lots of wonderful memories!
I like to watch storms too...and smell the rain, like Sissy.
This reminds me of two camps: one was Camp Gifford, where I worked for five summers during my teens and have memories of going outside (under the trees - yikes!) and watching the summer storms. I had no idea how dangerous that was! The other is the little resort my husband's family visits every summer. We and his brother's family each rent a cabin, and besides all the regular camping and lake fun, we spend the entire week playing practical jokes on each other and trying not to be the victim of the others! Thanks for a great post, Apple!ReplyDelete


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Solution 1: Check that you're using the Xbox profile used to purchase the game
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So I'm not really sure where I was going with these nails but I'm sure I didn't get there. They are a glitter bomb but NOT in good way. Oh well! =)
Haha, what was I thinking, right?
So the tealish sparse glitter is Icing-Tell Me I'm Awesome. The purple glitter in purple base is China Glaze - Mummy May I and then I fished few stars out of my Icing-Radio Super Star. Yikes! Hopefully tomorrow will be an improvement!
Please check out what the other ladies have done. We'll be posting simultaneously throughout the month. Then, come back here tomorrow at the same Bat-time, same Bat-channel for HALF MOON nails! I should hopefully also be catching up on METALLIC nails much later today.
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In 2017, prices were awarded as follows:
Jonathan Barnes (Cambridge): Teaching diversity through Classics
Jessica Platt (Sussex): How far does choice theory succeed, within Classics, as a form of differentiation within the classroom?
Katharine Russell (KCL): Read like a Roman: teaching students to read in Latin word order
In 2016, prices were awarded as follows:
Rowan Newland (Cambridge), 'Closing the gap.' Understanding the difficulties two year 10 boys have with reading Latin stories.
Lottie Mortimer (Sussex), portabam, portabas, portabat: Revolutionising rote-learning by utilising sound and movement to introduce the imperfect and perfect tenses
Emily Evans (KCL), Gamification in a Year 10 Latin classroom: Ineffective "edutainment" or a valid pedagogical tool?
In 2015, prizes were awarded as follows:
Harriet Hoath (KCL): How do different types of gaols and feedback affect motivation?
Read the abstract here.
Louise Walker (Cambridge): The impact of using Memrise for learning Latin vocabulary on a class of eight under-motivated year 11 students.
In 2013, prizes were awarded as follows:
Olivia Upchurch (Cambridge): An investigation into pupil perceptions of Roman women while learning Latin from the Cambridge Latin Course
Olivia Sanchez (KCL): Differentiation: Exploring ways of introducing sources to a mixed- attainment Ancient History GCSE class
In 2010, prizes were awarded as follows:
Jay Weeks (Cambridge): Primary School Latin: an evaluation of the methods and motivations for the teaching and learning of Minimus
Eleanor Nicholl (KCL): Differentiation strategies for teaching a new Latin grammar point to a mixed ability class


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Full game notes in PDF are available here.
Live stats, Video and Audio are available through the links at the top of this page, on the schedule page or on the Green Terror LIVE page.
OPENING KICKOFF: Today's non-conference marks the 16th meeting between McDaniel (2-0) and Catholic (2-0) in a series that dates back to 1912. The Green Terror leads the all-time series 11-4, including a 21-17 victory last season in Westminster. The Cardinals had made it back-to-back wins in the series for the first time prior to last season.
WHEN LAST WE MET: Joe Lapkowicz turned a bad snap on the game-tying field goal attempt into a four-yard touchdown run with 2:20 to play, lifting McDaniel to a 21-17 victory over Catholic last season. Travis Wenrich recorded a career-best 12 tackles to key the Green Terror defense. He also added two pass breakups and an interception, of which the interception and one breakup came after Lapkowicz's go-ahead score. Nick Bender (Harrisburg, Pa./Susquehanna Twp.) amassed a career-best 140 yards on 12 catches.
LAST TIME OUT: Jake Nichols (Frederick, Md./Gov. Thomas Johnson) converted his first two collegiate field goal attempts to lead McDaniel to a 13-10 Centennial Conference (CC) victory last Saturday. The Greyhounds outgained the Green Terror by a 226-158 margin and had a chance to tie the game with 1:22 to play but Ian Heck's 45-yard field goal from the right hash came up just short. Kevin White (Bryn Mawr, Pa./Haverford Twp.) led a second consecutive solid defensive effort from McDaniel with a career-best nine tackles and three pass breakups.
HEADS OF THE CLASS: Junior Jake Nichols and sophomore Kevin White both earned CC Player of the Week honors after helping the Green Terror to a 13-10 victory last week. Nichols earned the special teams honor after taking over all of the kicking duties for the first time in his career. In the punting game, he uncorked six punts for a career-best 42.5-yard average, including a career-long 63-yarder. As the kicker, he not only averaged 62.8 yards on four kickoffs but also converted his first two collegiate field goals and an extra point. He hit a 34-yarder in the second quarter before adding the game-winner from 25 yards with 11:51 to play in the contest. White was tabbed the top defensive player after leading another solid defensive effort for McDaniel, making a career-best nine tackles and adding three pass breakups.
LEADING THE WAY: Matt Cahill (Broomall, Pa./Haverford Twp.), Chris Kolb (Keymar, Md./Francis Scott Key) and Aaron Slaughter (Baltimore, Md./Loyola) will captain the squad in 2010. The three captains are the fewest named by the Green Terror since 2007 when it was just Brad Baer and Ryan Mellinger guiding the team. Cahill and Slaughter become the first three-time captains in the history of the program. Kolb will join his senior teammates as a first-time captain.
THREE'S COMPANY, TWO: For the first time in the 116 seasons of Green Terror football, the squad won back-to-back games by three or fewer points. A week after winning its first game by a 3-0 score in 68 years, McDaniel defeated Moravian 13-10 to improve to 2-0 for the first time since 2005. While both games have been decided by just a field goal, it was different kickers providing the game-winning points both weeks. In Week One, freshman Bill Castor (Morrisville, Pa./Conwell-Egan Catholic) split the uprights for the lone points of the afternoon. In Week Two, junior Jake Nichols hit his first two field-goal attempts to help provide the margin.
WINS ARE WINS ARE WINS: The first two games of the season have not been spectacular showings of football but both have gone into the win column. The offense has sputtered over the first two weeks but done just enough to notch wins, scoring just 16 points this year. The victories have been two of the six lowest-scoring victories in Tim Keating's 18 seasons. However, the most important part has been the pair of conference victories. It marks the first time the Green Terror has opened the conference slate 2-0 since 2004 – the last of McDaniel's seven CC titles.
KICKIN' IT UP A NOTCH: For the first time in his collegiate career, Jake Nichols took over all aspects of the kicking game on Saturday. In addition to his normal punting duties and kickoff duties, he added field goal kicking, converting his first two attempts and an extra point. After converting the PAT following McDaniel's touchdown on its first possession, Nichols hit a 34-yarder in the second quarter and the game-winning 25-yarder in the fourth quarter. His kickoff and punting game also benefited. He averaged career highs of 42.5 yards on his six punts and 62.8 on four kickoffs. He uncorked a 63-yard punt for the Green Terror's longest since Jay Leonard had a 64-yarder at Johns Hopkins on Nov. 15, 2008.
WHITE-OUT: Sophomore DB Kevin White led the defensive unit with a team-high nine tackles. He also broke up three passes in his second game at defensive back.
SOPHOMORE SLUMP…SORTA: He may be a junior but Tom Massucci (Seneca, N.J./Tabernacle) is in his second full season as the starting quarterback. On Saturday, he threw four interceptions – the most by any Green Terror signal caller since Wyatt Lowe threw five picks against Bridgewater on Sept. 7, 1996. The difference between the two games was Massucci's came in a win while Lowe's came in a 10-6 loss. After passing for 2,000 yards last year, Massucci threw for just 108 yards – his fewest since the final game of his freshman season when he threw for just 70 at Johns Hopkins. For the year, Massucci has completed 30 of 64 passes for 266 yards, five interceptions and no touchdowns.
RUNNING OUT OF ROOM: The Green Terror rush defense has been nothing short of stellar in the early going of 2010. The squad has held its first two opponents a scant 80 yards in two week, including limiting Moravian to 13 yards on 35 carries last week. The 40.0 yards per game allowed is not only best in the CC but also ranks 10th in Division III. McDaniel had 14 tackles for loss last week. Paul Smith (Woodlawn, Md./Western Tech) and Sam Cox (Towson, Md./Towson) led the way with 2.5 for loss and Tommy Prazenica (Frederick, Md./Frederick) added 2.0 tackles for loss.
PAUL GOES PICKING: Paul Smith made it back-to-back weeks with an interception. The outside linebacker made his third career interception in the opener at Juniata – his first pick since making two against Muhlenberg on Oct. 18, 2008. Last Saturday, he made it four with an interception and 32-yard return in the final minute of the second quarter. Smith made one of three McDaniel interceptions against Moravian. It was the squad's first three-pick day since nabbing three against Johns Hopkins on Nov. 10, 2007.
PERFECT 10: The Green Terror defense has allowed just 10 points through the first two games of the season. The 5.0 points per game allowed ranks first in the conference and 12th in Division III. After posting a shutout in the opener, McDaniel allowed just 10 points to Moravian. The Greyhounds scored on a 45-yard touchdown pass and converted a 19-yard field goal on a drive in which they took over at the Green Terror 25. The 10 points through two games is the fewest since 1999 when that squad held its opponents to just 57 points during the regular season.
WHO NEEDS THIRD DOWN?: The Green Terror ranks fifth in the conference in first downs with 30. However, McDaniel has not done well on third down reaching the line of gain. The offense ranks last in the conference in third-down conversions at 16.1 percent. The Green Terror has converted just five of its 31 third downs into first downs. Much of that comes as a result of being in third-and-long situations. In just two games, the offense has been faced with third-and-10 or more on 14 occasions – nearly half of its third-down attempts. On 10 of those situations, the squad has netted no gain or lost yardage. Conversely, McDaniel is 50 percent (2-for-4) on fourth down and nearly 20 percent on first and second downs combined (20-for-105).
GET YOUR ROLL ON: Freshman Joe Rollins (Temple Hills, Md./Surrattsville) saw his first action in the Green Terror backfield on Saturday. On the first series he was in the game, offensive coordinator Aaron Bartolain called his number twice. McDaniel went to the swing pass on back-to-back plays late in the first quarter and Tom Massucci hit the running back both times for gains of nine and seven yards. Rollins finished with one rush for minus-3 yards but caught the two passes for 16 yards, giving him 13 net all-purpose yards on the afternoon.
HE'S SO FAKE: Senior captain Chris Kolb may be a starting defensive back for the Green Terror but he played quarterback in his high school days at nearby Francis Scott Key. Kolb also serves as the up-man in punt formation for McDaniel. On Saturday, facing fourth-and-3 at the Moravian 48 on its opening drive, the Green Terror elected for the fake punt. Kolb rolled left and opted to tuck the ball and run for the first down, converting McDaniel's lone fourth down rush of the season to date and keeping the drive alive – a drive that ultimately led to the offensive's only touchdown of the day (and season). The offense has elected to throw the ball on its three other fourth-down attempts.
HIGH NOON: Today's game is scheduled for a 12 p.m. kickoff. That marks the earliest scheduled regular-season kickoff for a Green Terror football game in Tim Keating's 18-year tenure. Until last season's 2 p.m. start at Muhlenberg, McDaniel had played 72 consecutive games with a 1 p.m. kickoff but have not kicked off before 1 p.m. under Keating until this afternoon.
TERROR TIDBITS: The Green Terror ranks 12th in Division III in tackles for loss (10.0 per game)… McDaniel is also in the top 25 in pass efficiency defense (23rd) and total defense (22nd)… The Green Terror snapped a three-game home skid and three-game losing streak to Moravian last Saturday… McDaniel has won its last 13 games when holding opponents to 10 or fewer points.
COACHES' CORNER: Tim Keating is in his 18th season at the helm of the Green Terror. His 105 victories are the most by any McDaniel coach. Keating enters this week with record of 105-70-3, guiding the program to seven CC championships and a pair of NCAA playoff wins. Before coming to the Hill, Keating notched a 26-23 record in five seasons at Wesley… Dave Dunn is in his fifth season leading Catholic. In his debut campaign, he guided the Cardinals to a 3-7 record. In 2007, Dunn guided Catholic to its first .500 season since 2000 before putting up a 9-2 record in 2008. With a 20-23 record at Catholic, he has a 21-31 career record after serving as the first coach at Becker College in 2005, going 0-8 with the first-year program prior to his arrival last season. He has 20 years of coaching experience, including time as an assistant at his alma mater University of San Diego, Indiana State, Harvard and Florida Atlantic.
THE WORD ON CATHOLIC: The Cardinals enter today's game at 2-0 overall after a 42-32 defeat over the Apprentice School last week… In a game that featured 830 yards of total offense, Catholic withstood a fourth-quarter rally that saw the Builders score the final 22 points of the game to turn a 42-10 deficit into a two-possession game with 2:18 to play… Greg Cordivari connected on 21 of his 27 pass attempts for 300 yards for the Cardinals, including finding Alonzo Cooke nine times for 211 yards and three touchdowns… Cooke ranks ninth in Division III with his 150.0 receiving yards per game… Corivari threw five touchdown passes – two of which were at least 30 yards and both to Cooke. Cooke hauled in a 31-yard score in the first quarter and a 59-yard toss for the lone third-quarter tally… Newport News had its own long strikes with three touchdown passes of no fewer than 25 yards (25, 77, 26)… Michael Pitsenberger has 61 rushes for 232 yards to lead the Catholic ground attack that has put up fewer than half as many yards as the passing game.


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General Info
YOU choose the songs.
YOU sing the music.
WE come to your church to record.
WE professionally mix and master the CD.
WE design the CD.
WE manufacture the CD.
YOU get 1,000 or more commercial quality CDs of your parish choir singing 10 Catholic hymns and songs for only a fraction of what it would cost to produce the CD on your own.
How it works
- A professional recording engineer. Recording engineer will be on-site, at your church, for 2 days recording your choir.
- Use of commercial quality state-of-the-art recording equipment, including computer, software, microphones, interface and transmitter.
- Use of 10 professionally orchestrated accompaniments of your choice, including: Full orchestra, chamber orchestra, classical sweetening, contemporary ensemble, or organ with brass.
- On-site production, and post-tracking mixing and mastering of 10 tracks.
- Choice of one of our professionally designed templates of CD graphics. You can customize the title, choir name and singer names.
- Payment of mechanical royalties for all tracks on the CD.
- Payment of travel and hotel for recording engineer.
- Well-rehearsed choir.
- Own choral music, purchased in advance for rehearsals, recording and subsequent use.
- Suitable recording space within nave of church, undisturbed during recording sessions.
- Use of adjacent room for engineer and recording equipment.
- Use of two (2) dependable microphone stands with boom.
- FM-radio Walkmanwith headphones to receive CRS audio signal during sessions.
- Meals for recording engineer during his visit with the parish.
- High quality (600 dpi) TIF or JPG image of choir, church or other suitable photograph for insertion into the CD design template of your choice.
- Signed waiver from each choir participant stipulating no claim to an interest in the recording or compensation from the recording
Rates and Guidelines
You can increase the initial order of CDs in increments of 500 for an additional $3 per CD.
You can EARN $7,500 to $11,500 on the sale of your first 1,000 CDs.
You can EARN $12,500 to $18,500 on the sale of your first 1,500 CDs.
By necessity, ILP will own the master of this recording project. This ensures protection of the copyright of arrangements and accompaniments.
ILP may use any tracks from this recording for promotion of Choral Recording Services (CRS) or any ILP product, without any compensation due to anyone.
At ILP's sole discretion, ILP may opt to include the finished recording in its catalog of music, physical or digital. Should this occur, ILP will pay the additional mechanical royalties, manufacture and other related expenses, and ILP will pay your parish a standard 10% artist royalty for all sales.
ILP will hold the copyright of the project for the life of the work.
Parish may choose any title from the CRS catalog. In doing so, please make note of the differences in accompaniment.
Please note: This is a choral recording. CRS will include solo work within two (2) titles in the collection. Should the parish wish to incorporate additional titles with solo performances, each title that features a soloist will add a $250 premium.
Parish can choose from one of four design templates provided by CRS.
Parish will provide high quality image of choir to incorporate into design, as well as an accurate spelling of all participants in the choir.
Parish can re-order at any time in a minimum quantity of 1,000 CDs at a cost of only $3 per CD. Please allow 8 - 12 weeks for manufacture.
Meet the Engineer
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Program Director
Choral Recording ServicesTM
Bob is no stranger to the recording industry. He was educated at the University of Alabama, as well as Belmont University in Nashville, TN. Bob has been recording for over 20 years and has worked with many artists and producers across all genres. Some artists include Jennifer Holliday, The Katinas, Jars of Clay, Steve Angrisano, Mickey Gilley, Caedmons Call, Israel Houghton, Bill Gaither, The Booth Brothers, & Michael English. Bob has also produced and recorded over 200 choir projects across the country.


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Here's what you have to do to enter...There are two choices. Leave a comment on this post stating which of the two you prefer. You have to choose..no saying "either would do" ...please only post one comment per person and make sure that I have someway of getting in touch with you (blog or email)...Winners will be chosen on Saturday, October 18th!
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Some of these Wooly Lady patterns make me want to change all the decor in my home. Bold colors and stylized graphic design are the highlights in this wool applique pillow pattern featuring a single Mum with greenery (love the chartreuse background on this one).
With just a little time & scraps from your stash (or a lovely wool kit from The Merry Hooker Woolens) you can quickly whip up this delightful pillow or table topper. The pattern gives clear instructions & a materials list for a finished piece that is about 15 " square. The pattern is full sized so you won't need to make a trip to the local copy shop.
The optional wool kit has beautifully hand dyed & mottled 100% wool in color-rich hues similar to the picture shown. The kit includes all of the wool needed for this project (you will need to provide a pillow insert and threads for the applique).
Our wool kits* for our appliqué designs are created especially for each design and are carefully prepared with ample wool to complete your project. The wools in the kit will generally not be the same wools used to stitch the original and are intended to give a look similar to, but not the same as, the original. Keep in mind that the photograph accompanying the pattern is meant as a guide only; your piece will be uniquely your own.
* Please note: Unless noted otherwise in the product description, our kits do not include threads, non-wool fabrics called for in the design, buttons, or other non-wool items.
In The Merry Hooker Woolens dye studio, we honor the slow and labor-intensive process necessary to obtain richly dyed woolens with good colorfastness, colors that permeate into the core of the fabrics and create a soft hand that make them a pleasure to work with. We don't rush the wool and we don't subscribe to the "hurry up" method of dyeing.
We use the same wonderful 100% woolens you'll find in our rug hooking offerings and, with one significant variation,our process for dyeing wool for appliqué and quilting uses the same thorough dye methods. This single variation is to put the fabrics through an extra wash to create a slightly denser fabric that is better suited to the appliqué and quilting processes. Our appliqué wools are fulled, not felted.
Our pre-washed wool is soaked in a bath of water and a wetting agent for at least 24 hours to make certain that the fibers are completely saturated. To ensure colorfastness, each dye bath is brought to the proper temperature and simmered with the appropriate mordant for at least one hour. After dyeing, we add our lanolin-based fine wool soak to the dye bath and allow it to cool completely, usually overnight. Once it's completely cooled, the wool is removed from the dye bath, dried and fulled in the dryer.
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