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For starters two books came out this month.
First one the AMAZING Going to Disneyland - A Guide for Kids & Kids at Heart by Shannon Willis Laskey.
Where do I begin on how amazing this book is... besides the fact that it is full of little facts and secrets about Disney and Disneyland. I couldn't put it down. The design is fun and creative, the facts are intriguing, and the featured artists' work is perfect! Here is a little list :
Mary Blair (of course)
Chris Buchholz
Sam Carter
Scott Cocking
Rolly Crump (incredible, as per usual)
Lindsay Gibson
Marisa Lerin
Adrian Mentus
Heather Mettra
Kolby Ratigan
W. Jason Weesner
Steve Willis
And YOURS TRULY of course!
Here is a little peek of the book
Here are the two pieces I have featured in the book.
First the Neverland 3-D paper/watercolor piece I made
And this Pirates of The Caribbean watercolor I made specially for this book!
Rolly Crump even wrote a review for it... I mean c'mon!
"There aren't enough adjectives to describe this incredibly creative book, designed bu a fantastically creative artist. For starters, it's UNIQUE, IMAGINATIVE, WHIMSICAL, EDUCATIONAL, CHILDLIKE, THOUGHT PROVOKING, INTERESTING, DELIGHTFUL and obviously a labor of love. It's a wonderful 'memory' book for any and all that visit Disneyland. What more can I say - I LOVE IT!!!"
----- Rolly Crump, former Imagineer and Disney Legend
The Second book release this month has been the long awaited Tyler Loves Tape by Arlene Taylor. I have been working with Arlene on this book for the past year. It is an adorable story about the fun and adventures of a little octopus names Tyler and his preschool friends. This adventure is with tape and all the wonderful things they can create. It is so sweet an innocent, the perfect little book for our little imaginative ones!
Some more sneaky peeks!
Stay tuned for the next post of the 3-D paper/watercolor pieces I've been working on!


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About Us
The Dunster Lectures
The Dunster Lecture Series was launched by the Society in 2011 to honour the memory of John Dunster.
2018 - Roger Clarke CBE: The Evolution of the Recommendations of ICRP since 1928
Roger Clarke began his research career in Reactor Physics in 1965 working for the Central Electricity Generating Board, transferring in 1969 to Health Physics where he worked for Bernard Wheatley (a former SRP President and first Editor of JRP). He moved to the National Radiological Protection Board in 1978, succeeding John Dunster as its Director from 1987 until 2003. Roger is an Emeritus member of the International Commission on Radiological Protection, having been its Chair from 1993 to 2005. He has been the UK representative to UNSCEAR, a member of the Article 31 Group of Experts for the European Commission, Chair of the NEA Committee on Radiation Protection and Public Health (CRPPH) and a member of several UK Advisory Committees.
Dunster Lecture 2018 from Harris Associates on Vimeo.
2017 - Richard Wakeford: What do we know about low-level radiation risks?
Richard Wakeford has been Editor of the Journal of Radiological Protection since 1997 and is an SRP Honorary Fellow. He received BSc and PhD degrees from the University of Liverpool and then joined British Nuclear Fuels Ltd (BNFL). Richard took early retirement from BNFL in 2006 and is now Professor in Epidemiology at the University of Manchester. He is a member of a number of national and international expert committees, including Committee 1 of ICRP and the UK delegation to UNSCEAR.
2016 - Pete Burgess: 'RP in 50 Years - Very Fallible Predictions'
Pete Burgess started work in the Health Physics Instruments Group of NRPB in 1975. He moved from there to UKAEA in 2002, mostly because it was a great opportunity to broaden the area of work. He stayed there for 4 years, happily helping people at Dounreay, Harwell and Winfrith demolish the sites efficiently while staying within the legal obligations. He then moved to NPL, which was very different. His main influence at NPL was to encourage the staff to look at the point of application of the standards and to consider how best they could help those at the point of application. After 2 years, he moved to Nuvia, for the first time working for a genuinely commercial organisation. That in itself was a major challenge but it led to an involvement in the heavier engineering aspects of dealing with ionising radiation. It is interesting how different engineers and scientists views can be. Then he was tempted away by a very good offer into private consultancy, which has given tremendous freedom.
This breadth of work, and the range of organisations worked with – SRP, AURPO, IAEA, HSE, EA, NII, ONR, BNFL, AWE, universities and a whole host of commercial companies, particularly the wonderful Mini Instruments Ltd – has been great fun. But even more it's been the people.
2015 - Roger Coates: 'A Journey Towards Radiation Protection Culture.'
Roger Coates is an Honorary Fellow and former President of the Society. He worked for 30 years in the nuclear industry with BNFL, with responsibilities encompassing radiation protection, nuclear safety, conventional safety and environmental issues, retiring as Director of Environment, Health and Safety. He then spent 18 months with IAEA in Vienna.
Roger has extensive radiological protection experience across the whole field of operations, environment and the underpinning standards and science. He was a Member of the ICRP Task Group on Occupational Exposure and a co-author of the resulting ICRP Publication 75. He was the Founder Chairman of the World Nuclear Association's Radiological Protection Working Group.
Roger is spending a very active semi-retirement. He is President of the International Radiation Protection Association and was Congress President for the IRPA13 Glasgow Congress in 2012. He is also a Non-Executive Director of LLW Repository Ltd, as well as being adviser to several UK nuclear organisations He is involved with IAEA as a consultant on the Iraq Decommissioning Project and the Nuclear Law Institute.
2014 - John Croft: 'ALARA, RP Culutre and More: Joining-up the Dots and the People'
John Croft is an Honorary Fellow and a former president of SRP. For his entire career he worked for the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB); its predecessor, the Radiological Protection Service and its successor, the Health Protection Agency (HPA). He has experience of many aspects of radiation protection, including RPA work, the development of national and international standards, the safety and security of radioactive sources, together with emergency preparedness and response. Of particular relevance to his presentation he was heavily involved over several decades with the development, understanding and practical implementation of ALARA.
He has acted as consultant to a number of international organisations including, the European Commission, the World Health Organisation (WHO), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR). He has led a number of IAEA missions to investigate major radiation accidents in Brazil, El Salvador, Belarus, Israel and Bolivia.
When, in 2003, NRPB became part of the newly formed HPA, he became the Head of Emergency Response, with the responsibility to develop coherent emergency response arrangements that covered not just radiological incidents, but all public health emergencies; including CBRN attacks, chemical incidents and infectious diseases outbreaks. He was heavily involved in the response to the London Polonium Incident in 2006. He retired from HPA in 2007, but continues to be active in work for SRP.
2013 - Roger Cox: 'Scientific Support to the Central Estimates of Low Dose Radiation Risk: Notable Developments 1990-2010'
Roger Cox is a former Director of PHE's Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards and a member of the Board where his responsibilities included dealing with emergencies such as the fire at the Buncefield Oil Refinery and the aftermath of the death of Alexander Litvinenko in London from Polonium-210 poisoning. He has also been Vice Chair of the ICRP Main Commission (2005-2009) and Chairman of ICRP Committee 1 on Radiation Effects. He is a former Head of the UK Delegation to the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) and an Honorary Fellow of SRP.
2012 - Peter Marsden: 'The Importance of Radiation to the Medical Profession.'
Peter Marsden is a Medical Physicist with many years experience working in the NHS in the field of Radiation Protection. He is currently Head of Medical Physics at University College Hospital in London. Peter represents the South East of England on the Small Users Liaison Group and is also a member of COMARE, the DH advisory Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment, and the National Dose Assessment Working Group.
2011 (Recorded in 2013) - Jack Valentin
Jack Valentin obtained his PhD in genetics from the University of Stockholm. In 1983, he joined the Swedish Radiation Protection Authority, rising to Deputy Director supervising nuclear installations. From 1997 until his retirement at the end of 2008, he was the Scientific Secretary of ICRP. A former IRPA Executive Council member, Jack has had assignments for UNSCEAR, IAEA and OECD/NEA and was Chairman of the Programme Committee for the IRPA14 World Congress in South Africa. He is extremely proud to be an Honorary Fellow of SRP and to have been the Society's inaugural John Dunster lecturer in 2011.

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Creating Pedestrian-Friendly Streets
A webinar about legal and practical issues
How can we make streets more walkable? And how can communities address legal issues that may emerge, especially around liability?
On September 22, we hosted a webinar on key practical and legal considerations involved in creating pedestrian-friendly streets. We discussed policy tools that can make walkable streets the default in your community, including our new directory filled with examples of codes from communities across the country.
Senior Staff Attorney Sara Zimmerman and NPLAN Deputy Director Manel Kappagoda explained the legal issues invoved with making streets streets safer and more comfortable for pedestrians. Guest presenter Scott Bricker, the Executive Director of America Walks, offered success stories, challenges, and tips from communities nationwide. He also presented data from a recent national survey on walking habits and shared how this information can be used in advocacy campaigns.
Webinar Recording and Slides
National Walking Survey by America Walks: If we as a society are to reap the multiple benefits of walking – physical, emotional, social, and environmental – then it is critically important to learn about the determinants of walking. Why do some people walk? Why do other people not walk? This study aims to understand the underlying motivations for why people walk.
Pedestrian Friendly Code Directory: NPLAN's pedestrian friendly code directory demonstrates how zoning and subdivision codes can create streets and neighborhoods that are safe, comfortable, and convenient for pedestrians, transit users, and bicyclists, providing examples of codes from across the country that require or encourage key design elements for pedestrian friendly communities.
Safe Routes to Streets (SRTS): NPLAN's factsheets and other resources on minimizing liability in SRTS programs provide assurance regarding the low risk of liability associated with SRTS programs and easy steps to minimize risks.


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Producer: Cantina TraminGrape Varieties: 100% Pinot GrigioOptimum Drinking: Within 5 yearsWine Style: Rich full bodied dry whiteAlcohol by Volume: 13%Closure: Natural CorkCountry: Italy
Alto Adige is the northern, predominantly German speaking part of the Trentino-Alto Adige region of Italy that borders on to the Austrian Tyrol. It was ceded to Italy only after the First World War. This region is known as "Südtirol" by the German-speakers and owes its Italian name of "Alto-Adige" to the river Adige that flows through on its way to the Adriatic. The sleepy village of Termeno/Tramin is thought to be the birthplace of the Traminer white grape variety, also known as Gewurztraminer.
Cantina Tramin (Termeno), founded in 1898, has 280 member winegrowers who follow its strict directives on the cultivation of the vines and covers 230 hectares of vineyards situated on the sunny slopes at an altitude of between 250-700M above sea level. These vineyards are an integral part of the enchanting and picturesque landscape.
In 2004 Will Stűrz, the winemaker at Tramin, was nominated "Italian winemaker of the Year" by the prestigious Gambero Rosso and makes some of the best white wines in Italy. Gewurztraminer Nussbaumer once again gained the coverted "3 Bicchieri" award in the 2009 edition of the Gambero Rosso. Tramin proudly holds the "Stella", the star awarded to a winery for achieving the prestigious "3 Bicchieri" 10 times.
Grapes: Pinot Grigio from hillside vineyards around the villages of Montagna, Egna and Termeno (Tramin)
Harvest: By hand Yield: 80HL per hectare
Soil: Clay and calcareous Height of vineyards: 200m-400M above sea level
Winemaking: The grapes were softly pressed immediately upon arrival at the winery. Fermentation took place in temperature controlled stainless steel tank at 19C . No malolactic fermentation took place. The wine was left to rest in stainless steel vats until bottled.
Serve: Chilled as an aperitif or to accompany fish, shellfish and dishes with mushrooms
Taste: Rich, full, dry and long with a good mineral character and a hint of honey and nuts in the background.
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A blog to accompany the Resonance FM radio show Lucky Cat. Presented by DJ, Broadcaster and East Asian culture connoisseur Zoë Baxter.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Madam Miaow sits in for Lucky Cat
This Saturday 13th October Lucky Catwill be guest hosted by Anna Chen (aka Madam Miaow). Ann will be reading from her poetry collection Reaching For My Gnu, with musical accompaniment by musician and journalist Charles Shaar Murray on guitar.
Anna's guests will be travel writer Navjot Singh who lives and works in China and has witnessed some startling changes since his first visit in 2003. Plus performer and artistic director Hi Ching whose latest venture is a Cambodian cabaret restaurant.
Anna has also promised to play some vintage vinyl Chinese revolutionary songs.
Tune in this Saturday on Resonance 104.4FM at 3.30pm UK time.
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Labels: Anna Chen, British Chinese, Poetry
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It's been as hot as an oven here, so Sally's nephew, Nathan Silva, and I have been inspired to build a forno, Italian for pizza oven. They are also good for baking bread, roasting meats, cooking casseroles, and a host of other things including curdling yogurt and drying fruit, because they hold heat a long time and cool gradually after firing.
We started the process by clearing the area inside the old farmshack walls of leftovers from the housebuilding process, saving everything that could be reused in the oven, including this old poroton (extruded terracotta block), which we stacked into the walls of the base and reinforced with rebar.
On that we poured a 2-inch thick cement slab, creating the base for the oven floor and the ceiling of the wood storage area.
From a neighbor we obtained some good Tuscan clay, the kind all that terra cotta (cooked earth) tile, brick, and pottery is made from. It starts out gray but ends up red. After Nathan kneaded it with water to the right consistency by foot.
We added wine bottles and Thermolite (heat puffed clay nodules) to create the insulation base on which the oven floor will go.
When that dried, we used a layer of clay and sand to set the fire brick that is the actual pizza cooking surface.


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A five-hour standoff between a Decatur man and police ended peacefully just after noon Friday morning.
Decatur Police Chief Rex Hoskins said officers were called to a home in the 400 block of South Holman Street around 7 a.m. The officers were contacted by the girlfriend of the homeowner, Mark Calvert, 52. She said she'd broken up with Calvert that morning, and he'd threatened to kill himself.
Officers first spoke to Calvert through the door and became concerned when he refused to open the door and speak with them.
"From our standpoint, he had weapons in there and wanted to hurt himself, so we secured the area," Hoskins said.
Neighbors were evacuated and the street was blocked off. The Wise County Sheriff's Office brought in their SWAT team and negotiators around 9 a.m. Hoskins said the negotiators talked with Calvert via cell phone and were able to persuade him to leave the house around 12:15 p.m.
"He's being taken to Wise Health for a psych evaluation," Hoskins said. "That psych evaluation will determine whether there will be criminal charges."
Hoskins said the police will interview Calvert's girlfriend to determine whether he threatened her in the course of their breakup. If he did, Hoskins said Calvert may be charged with deadly conduct or family violence.


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I know I don't update much, but here's a small bit about my academic life in recent past.
The semester ended with a bang. I did excellent in Atzori's class, Cellular Neuroscience, and recieved an A (it would have been an A+ if there was such a thing in graduate school). My presentation in Cellular went splendidly – even better than I expected. Systems was a rough ending and almost ended badly for me. I studied very hard for the final exam, which the professor had promised would be harder than the third test (because everyone did so well on the third test that she felt it should be harder, and it was also covering harder and more abstract material). I scored an 88 on the final exam, which put my grade at an amazingly close 89.85 and due to the good graces of Dr. McIntyre, she rounded it up to an A! I was very worried, but thankfully it all worked out. I still have my graduate GPA of 4.0, something I'm still fiercely proud of.
This summer I'm working in Dr. Cauller's lab. It's a very interesting experience, but so far, pretty boring. I've been warned that most lab work is boring. I'll probably post again right before the fall semester and talk about my upcoming classes.


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Recap of Swedish SharePoint Usergroup Gothenburg 2015-09-16
Another successful meetup with SSUG Gothenburg is done. This time DQC has the honour of hosting, and I must say they did it with splendour. With hosts like these it's really easy organizing events like these.
They had a really interesting take on the "provide food" part of the hosting responsibility. Normally you would expect pizza or some catered food, but they decided to go with a food truck that served awesome umami burgers. But the best part about the truck was probably that they had to use a tow truck to actually get the truck to the location seeing as it had broken down a few days before. Way to raise the bar DQC, the Gothenburg SharePoint community thanks you.
Lesson learnt: If DQC promises a food truck, they will bring a food truck.
Talk 1: React and Office 365
Emil Lundkvist from Axakon had a very interesting talk about building Office 365 SharePoint applications using React.JS and the Office 365 APIs.
The presentation can be found below:
In summary: They only use the REST-api's, no SharePoint hosted apps, CSOM or JSOM. Their apps are then deployed straight to a document library as a packaged React app (packaged using node.js toolsets) and then shown in the SharePoint UI by using a XML viewer webpart. An intersting and not very common approach to solving the "IT won't let us deploy things" problem and using the SharePoint version capabilities.
The code from the presentation can be found here.
The business case for a SharePoint farm in Azure
Jorgo (Georgios Sidiropoulos) from DQC gave a more business focused talk about one of their real business cases where their customer is moving from "legacy data centers" up to the cloud/Azure. A good walkthrough on what points are the most important to focus on from a business perspective.
In summary: Cost reduction is a major part of the move to cloud, even if you can't move the production environments there are significant savings by moving staging/test environments. Azure is constantly evolving and a major player in a large variety of service segments which makes it a stable partner going forward.
Thanks for making it happen, and welcome back to the next SSUG that will (preliminary) be on the 24th of November.
To find out more about SSUG visit ssug.se or [SSUG on facebook](interaction: http://www.facebook.com/SharePointSweden). To contact SSUG send an email to email@example.com. SSUG is organized by Tobias Zimmergren and Wictor Wilén with Patrik Björklund (me) and Daniel Petterson as Gothenburg ambassadors.
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Are you a lucid dreamer? If so, you may be better at problem solving in reality.
The research team, led by Dr. Patrick Bourke, senior lecturer at the School of Psychology at Lincoln, recently published their findings in Dreaming - a journal of the American Psychological Association.
According to Dr. Bourke, theory holds that some people who engage in lucid dreaming are able to do so because they have a higher level of insight.
"It is believed that for dreamers to become lucid while asleep, they must see past the overwhelming reality of their dream state, and recognize that they are dreaming," says Dr. Bourke.
In other words, they pick up on inconsistencies in their dream that would not make sense if they were awake.
In their study, the team suggests that this ability could also ring true in reality; lucid dreamers may possess cognitive intelligence that makes them better at problem-solving in the real world.
Lucid dreamers 'solve more problems in reality than non-lucid dreamers'
To reach their findings, Dr. Bourke and colleagues assessed 68 participants between the ages of 18 and 25.
Some participants had never experienced lucid dreaming, some experienced it occasionally, while others were frequent lucid dreamers.
All participants were asked to take part in a problem-solving experiment designed to test their insight. Subjects were presented with 30 "problems," each of which consisted of three words. The participants then had to identify one word that would solve the problem. For example; for the words "sand," "mile" and "age," the word "stone" would solve the problem.
Results of the study revealed frequent lucid dreamers solved 25% more of the problems than those who never experienced lucid dreaming.
Commenting on their findings, the researchers say:
"Results show that frequent lucid dreamers solve significantly more insight problems overall than non-lucid dreamers.
This suggests that the insight experienced during the dream state may relate to the same underlying cognition needed for insight in the waking state."
Earlier this year, Medical News Today reported on a study by neuroscientists in France, which gave a clue as to why some people remember their dreams more than others.
The study revealed that people who remember their dreams almost every day - deemed "high dream recallers" - have greater activity in the temporo-parietal junction and the medical prefrontal cortex of the brain, both when asleep and awake.


text: ARTSCAPE – is Sweden's first ever street art festival. Spraying Bricks were fortunate enough to be invited out to Malmö for this historic affair. We caught up with Above whilst out there, painting a monstrous wall. He is the first of our ARTSCAPE series. This is the making of his piece METAMORPHOSIS Above was born in California in 1981 and has been creating art in the streets since 1995. He is known for his multi-layer, full colour stencils, spinning wooden arrow-shaped kinetic art installations, and large text-based painted murals. Above's artworks regardless of medium usually have a strong message or awareness about social, political or international current events. Above began painting graffiti on freight trains in California in 1995. At the age of 19, Above moved to Paris, France, where he started painting his, decade long, trademark arrow icon pointing 'above'.


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» What is crack cocaine?
» What is freebasing?
» Is it safe to mix with ecstasy and other party drugs?
» How much do you have to take before it starts to destroy your nose?
» Can cocaine be absorbed through the skin?
» What is cocaine usually cut with?
» How long does cocaine stay in your bloodstream?
» What is a lethal dose of cocaine?
» I have heard of people rubbing it on their genitals to make sex better. Is this true? Does it work?
» I heard the CIA was involved in cocaine smuggling. Is that really true?
» How many people actually use cocaine?
» Is cocaine dangerous to use during pregnancy?
» Is there any proof that cocaine can lead to a decrease in the size of your genitalia or is this just a myth?
» What exactly is the dosage for coke?
» What are the dangers and realities of smoking powder cocaine? Is this what they call free-basing?
» Is it possible to test positive for cocaine just by handling or being around others using it?
» Will one time experimental use of cocaine make you addicted?
» Can one time moderate use of cocaine lead to permanent brain damage memory problems and cognitive impairment?
» What is an eight-ball of cocaine?
» Four years ago, I was a regular cocaine user before I started having very serious nasal allergy and some breathing problems. Is the drug responsible?
» I take both Prozac and Wellbutrin daily - what will happen if I do cocaine while on these medications?
» My sister has been using cocaine & ecstasy at the same time and recently her doctor has put her on Zoloft for depression not knowing of the drug problem. Is this a dangerous combination?
What is crack cocaine?
"Crack cocaine" is a mix of cocaine and baking powder (sodium bicarbonate) which comes as small lumps or 'rocks'. When smoked, the cocaine vapors reach the brain much quicker than snorting, producing an intense but short-lived euphoric rush and - very quickly - a compelling desire for more. Crack is also very harsh on the lungs.
Crack is highly addictive but one hit does not guarantee that you will addicted. For help with crack-cocaine addiction, visit our crack rehabilitation center directory.
What is freebasing?
Preparing pure cocaine ("base") for injecting or smoking, usually by dissolving and drawing out the impurities with a strong alkali. Freebasing is pretty dangerous as the chemicals involved are highly explosive and the process requires a lot of skill and specific equipment. Crack cocaine is a form of freebase.
Is it safe to mix cocaine with ecstasy and other party drugs?
There are no direct harmful interactions between cocaine and ecstasy (MDMA), LSD, mushrooms and other drugs you may find at a rave or in a club, but most drugs combined with cocaine will increase stress on the heart. If you are in bad shape, be careful.
You should also be aware that drinking cocaine and alcohol creates a metabolite called cocaethylene in the body, which is more toxic than both put together and can put more stress on the heart.
How much do you have to take before it destroys your nose?
Regular chronic (daily or heavy weekly) cocaine use will gradually collapse the septum, the thin membrane which divides the nostrils. The damage is irreversible.
Can cocaine be absorbed through the skin?
Yes, cocaine can be absorbed through the skin although most readily through exposed soft tissue and thin skins such as lips, gums, and eyes.
What is cocaine usually cut with?
Cocaine is most often cut with corn starch, vitamin c powder, sugar, talcum powder, Italian baby milk powder or local anesthetic (to simulate the numbing feeling). There's a myth that coke is regularly cut with anthrax, bleach or strychnine. This is not true.
How long does cocaine stay in your bloodstream?
Up to 72 hours.
What is a lethal dose of cocaine?
Much controversy surrounds this question. As little as 20 mg (substantially less than a single line) injected intravenously can be lethal while between 500mg and 1.4 g nasally or orally is considered dangerous. Purity, mixing with other substances (especially heroin), environment, and the individual are all factors.
I have heard of people rubbing it on their genitals to make sex better. Is this true? Does it work?
It is not recommended to rub cocaine on any exposed tissues or the mucous membranes of the genitals. It does have a pleasant numbing anesthetic effect but any adulterants in the powder may not interact so well.
I heard that the CIA was involved in cocaine smuggling. Is that really true?
In 1990, the CIA shipped a ton of nearly pure cocaine from Venezuela to the US in an incident that was regarded as "a serious accident rather than an intentional conspiracy." It's no secret that the US military and intelligence agencies funded the Contra opposition to Nicaragua's Sandinista regime with revenues from the cocaine trade. Some of this involvement can be ascribed to bribery, corruption and incompetence, the rest of it to complicity.
How many people use cocaine?
The National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) reported that, in 1998, cocaine was used by 3.8 million Americans. Although cocaine use has not significantly changed over the last six years and "is still a threat to the United States," it is significantly less prevalent today than it was during the early 1980s. Cocaine use peaked in 1982 when 10.4 million Americans (5.6% of the population) reportedly used cocaine.
Is cocaine dangerous to use during pregnancy?
Yes. cocaine enters the bloodstream of the developing fetus and has the potential to affect a baby's development. The 'crack baby' has been a frequent story in the press, particularly in the US.
Recent studies have challenged the idea that cocaine is responsible for the birth of underdeveloped, handicapped babies (see here for more details) but obviously taking any drug which will be passed on to the fetus has potential to be very dangerous
Is there any proof that cocaine can lead to a decrease in the size of your genitalia or is this just a myth?
Cocaine often has the reverse effect, increasing sexual desire while impairing or delaying orgasm. However, a symptom of heavy cocaine abuse is a massive decline in sex drive and activity. Basically it depends on how much you're using it.
What exactly is the dosage for coke?
A line of cocaine is usually around 50-75mg, so visually, 5% of a gram. Some users, however, prefer much fatter lines. The picture here of a gram of cocaine should give you a clue.
I was wondering about the dangers and realities of smoking powder cocaine.. Is this what they call free-basing?
Powdered cocaine can be smoked but it is a very inefficient way of ingestion. Cocaine hydrochloride tends to burn rather than vaporise in high temperatures so the results are weak and unpleasant. This is why freebasing was developed. Freebasing is preparing pure cocaine ("base") for injecting or smoking, usually by dissolving and drawing out the impurities with a strong alkali. Freebasing is pretty dangerous as the chemicals involved are highly explosive and the process requires a lot of skill and specific equipment. Crack cocaine is a cruder form of freebase made with sodium bicarbonate.
Is it possible to test positive for cocaine just from handling or being around others using it?
While you can pick up traces of cocaine from bags, bank notes, and other people's hands, it is unlikely that these traces could enter your bloodstream and be detected on a drug test.
Will one time experiment use of cocaine make you addicted?
One single use of cocaine will not make you an addict. Nor will two or three times. However, cocaine addiction is a gradual and insidious process. If there's availability and you can afford it, it is not difficult for regular recreational use to descend into habitual abuse. See our section on cocaine addiction and tolerance for more information. Addicted users seeking help should review our cocaine rehab facilities directory.
Can one time moderate use of cocaine lead to permanent brain damage memory problems and cognitive impairment?
One time use of cocaine will not cause permanent brain damage or memory impairment. Even long term addicts suffering from cocaine psychosis and a host of negative physical effects fully recover if they can shake off the addiction.
Some resources that may be useful:
What is an eight-ball of cocaine?
An 8-ball is one eight of an ounce of cocaine, approximately 3.5 grams. This is a lot of cocaine for one person, enough to overdose on. So be careful.
Four years ago, I was a regular cocaine user before I started having very serious nasal allergy and some breathing problems. Is the drug responsible?
Chronic nasal cocaine use (daily or heavy weekly) may cause nasal problems - sinusitis, irritation and bleeding of the nasal membranes or worse, a perforated nasal septum (the membrane which divides the two nostrils). However, only smoking crack cocaine and inhaling its harsh smoke is implicated in lung problems.
It could be that you have sustained some nasal damage. It would be best to talk to your doctor or find a doctor you feel you can talk to, who can also examine your nose to see if there is any damage.
I take both Prozac and Wellbutrin daily - what will happen if I do cocaine while on these medications?
We are not sure. Prozac has no reported history of negative interactions with cocaine. Wellbutrin suppresses dopamine release in the brain, the main neurotransmitter at the root of the cocaine effect. It is actually given to cocaine addicts to help ease cocaine craving so it may in fact suppress cocaine's effects.
One thing you should be concerned about: the cocaine high is always followed by a cocaine crash, which gets progressively worse the more you use cocaine. If you are already being treated for depression or similar condition, you may find this crash very uncomfortable and unpleasant.
My sister has been using cocaine & ecstasy at the same time and recently her doctor has put her on Zoloft for depression not knowing of the drug problem. Is this a dangerous combination?
There are no direct physical dangers from mixing Zoloft and Ecstasy (MDMA). Zoloft (or to use its chemical name, Sertraline) is an SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors), the same class of anti-depressants as Prozac (Flouxetine), Celexa (Citalopram Hydrobromide), Luvox (Fluvoxamine), and Paxil (Paroxetine). These chemicals will actually reduce or even completely eliminate the effects of Ecstasy when the two are taken together. Also, Celexa in particular is sometimes used to treat cocaine-dependency and may reduce cocaine effects and craving.
Cocaine works on the dopamine system in the brain to produce its effects and MDMA has no direct effect on this system, although dopamine does play a role in the MDMA effect. Cocaine, however, does increase heart-rate and blood pressure which may cause physical problems in an unfit person.
Perhaps more importantly, long term, both cocaine and ecstasy cause significant crashes and depression after use, in different ways. There are consistent reports, both anecdotal and scientific, that constant or binge ecstasy use is linked to depressed mood. Cocaine causes noticeable mood-swings and crashes on a next few days basis for occasional users, and long-term mood problems for chronic users. Using both on a regular basis is likely to exacerbate her depression.
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With Spring having fully sprung (so much so that it feels like Summer), I thought that with the new season came quite a fitting reason to not only feature my first guest blogger, but to also feature a topic that I seldom ever delve into myself: make-up. My dear friend, Claudia Oliveira, whom I believe to be one of the most naturally talented make-up artists on the block, agreed to showcase her work while I fervently clicked away on my camera in pursuit of the perfect angle. Although the end outcome was obviously the ideal image, I found myself most intrigued and inspired by my friend's passion for her artistry.
The theme for the shoot and make-up styles was, 'Spring Trends', of which can be worn and adorned during the day at work, and later on for dinner and drinks, with a few adjustments such as darker eye shadow forming that perfect smokey cat-eye that Claudia mastered.
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Student Life
The Glenlyn Academy prides itself on creating a friendly atmosphere that provides a high standard of training to challenge all students.
All students are taught in a relaxed and professionally disciplined environment with students attending classes throughout the week, and at weekends. Specialist workshops and rehearsals are also held in addition to timetabled classes. Technical classes are organised so that students of the same standard may train together, even if they are in different academic years.
Glenlyn Academy students and parents receive a corporate discount membership for the local leisure centre (at Glenlyn Academy Sydenham) which includes a gym, swimming pool, and fitness studio.
Glenlyn Academy places great importance on the pastoral care of its students. Overseen by the Principal, the Academy provides student support and advice in many practical areas; training, education and career development, welfare and related issues. Students and their parents may have private meetings with the Principal, Vice-Principal, Pastoral Liaison Officer or class tutors on request.


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Thank you for supporting the Friends! The Wine Tasting Fundraiser and Memberships support efforts to promote enjoyment of the Shiawassee River, increase local knowledge about water quality, river habitat and ways everyone can help protect and enjoy our most valuable natural asset.
Member rate - $30/ticket | Non-Member rate - $40/ticket
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Antwerp – a day of connection
I had the opportunity to spend a few hours in Antwerp last week. A lovely city for a short visit.
It was one of the first spring days, which means many were out to enjoy the sun. In the beginning I felt restricted to take pictures of the people, because they seem to be reserved.. But was I wrong, quite soon 2 man asked whether I wanted to take a picture of them, and again a short 5 minutes later.
I have had the opportunity to talk to friendly women, we shared a coffee and at the end of the day I went to a bakery where I met a vivid woman, aged 90 years.
This is one of the things I like best about street photography. All emotions surface in a few hours walking the streets and I connect to people I would normally not interact with.


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2013 Ford Flex
By Arman Barari on Mar 15, 2012 with Comments 0
Ford released complete details of its upgraded new Flex crossover/SUV thingy. They hope the new changes will get it more sales, but we're not sure about that. You see, the Flex is an odd car!
Under the hood, Ford Flex's new base engine delivers even more efficiency and performance with the addition of twin independent variable camshaft timing (Ti-VCT) to the 3.5-liter V6. The upgraded 3.5-liter Ti-VCT V6 engine provides 285 horsepower – an approximate 20 horsepower increase from the previous engine – and 255 lb.-ft. of torque. The new Flex also is projected to deliver 1 mpg more fuel economy, with projected fuel economy of 18 mpg city and 25 mpg highway.
It's a good car. It's even got seven seats. But the problem remains the way it looks. The Flex is not a car for every occasion.
Details ion Ford's press release:
The new Ford Flex is equipped with the automotive world's first production rear inflatable belts to offer improved comfort and protection for rear seat passengers. Last month, this safety innovation was named a Breakthrough Product Award winner by Popular Mechanics, part of the magazine's seventh annual Breakthrough Awards.
The advanced restraint system is designed to help reduce head, neck and chest injuries for rear seat passengers, often children and older passengers who can be more vulnerable to such injuries.
Advances in airbag inflation and safety belt construction methods have enabled Ford and its suppliers to develop inflatable seat belts that are designed to deploy over a vehicle occupant's torso and shoulder in 40 milliseconds in the event of a crash.
The new second-row belts operate like traditional safety belts in everyday use and inflate when sensors indicate a collision event. Each belt's tubular airbag inflates with cold compressed gas, which flows through a specially designed buckle from a cylinder housed below the seat.
The new Ford Flex also boasts available radar-enabled adaptive cruise control (ACC) and collision warning with brake support and Blind Spot Information System (BLIS®) with cross-traffic alert. These technologies help drivers avoid potential accidents using radar to detect the relative position of other vehicles and warn the driver with a combination of visual and audio alerts.
The ACC technology uses advanced radar to scan for vehicles in front of Flex at 20 times per second. The sensor can detect vehicles up to 150 yards away and detect speed changes as small as ¼ mph. When the system is activated, it functions like normal cruise control with the exception of being able to slow down the car when vehicles in front are detected to be slowing down. When traffic has cleared, the vehicle resumes the set speed. Four distance settings accommodate a range of driving styles and road conditions. The driver can set distance, speed and the time gap between vehicles.
Fresh new look, touches – inside and out
Ford Flex's new front end rounds out the previously boxy edges, creating more visual harmony between the front and the rest of the vehicle. The signature Ford blue oval has been removed from the front, which now solely bears the Flex badge.
In the rear, Flex now has standard dual exhaust and available rear appliqué.
Inside the Ford Flex customers will find a modern, sophisticated driver zone with new clusters, steering wheel and electronic finish panels, as well as new seat trim and foam.
Class-exclusives include the available second-row refrigerated console and the latest generation of MyFord Touch with SYNC.
Appearance Package and paint, wheel choices
Also new is an Appearance Package on Limited and SEL models that includes an available two-tone roof and mirrors, 20-inch machined aluminum wheels with painted pockets, leather seats, unique door trim panels and other interior upgrades for a truly distinctive, premium look and feel.
The new Flex comes in nine exterior colors, including three new colors for the 2013 model year: Ruby Red, Deep Impact Blue and Kodiak Brown. Customers also can choose from body-color roofs, or two-tone with white, gray or black available on the Appearance Package.
Six wheel styles are available for Ford Flex as well.
The seven-passenger, three-row crossover – which debuts at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show – comes equipped with the new generation of MyFord Touch, rear inflatable belts, collision-avoidance technologies, rain-sensing wipers, keyless entry, first-row heated and cooled seats, power-fold mirrors and an optional new Appearance Package. Plus, the base 3.5-liter engine is projected to deliver 1 mpg better fuel economy on the highway and in the city, with 20 more horsepower.
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text: World's Top Pork Producer Says Profit Triples on Sale Volume August 29, 2014 03:05 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Bloomberg Email WH Group Ltd., the world's biggest pork producer, said first-half profit tripled after the purchase of a U.S. rival helped it process more than three times the number of hogs and boost packed meat sales. Net income after biological fair-value adjustments was $531 million in the six months ended June 30, compared with $179 million a year earlier, the Luohe, China-based company said today in a statement. Sales rose 220 percent to $10.5 billion. The number of hogs processed surged to 24.3 million head from 6.3 million a year earlier. The results are the first since WH Group raised $2.05 billion in an initial public share sale in July, helping it pare debt incurred through its takeover of Smithfield Food Inc. The transaction is part of WH Group's plans to boost the cost efficiency and quality of Chinese food as rising incomes in the most populous nation spur demand for more protein. "As a result of our acquisition of Smithfield and the continued expansion of our operations in China, sales volume and turnover continued to grow," WH Group said in a statement. The takeover of Smithfield Food, the biggest Chinese purchase of a U.S. firm, will allow WH Group to bring the American producer's techniques and brand to the home market, Chairman Wan Long told FinanceAsia in an interview published Aug. 21. The company is expanding a network of Smithfield branded meat kiosks nationwide, Wan said. Big Appetite For every additional bushel of wheat or pound of beef the world produces, China will need almost half of that to keep its citizens fed. With domestic production unable to keep up, Hong Kong-listed and mainland Chinese firms spent $12.3 billion on foreign takeovers and investments in food, drink or agriculture last year, the most in at least a decade, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Chinese pork prices were "volatile" in the first half of the year partly due to oversupply of hogs, then stabilized in June, the company said in the statement. The price may rise to 16 yuan ($2.60) a kilogram in 2015, Chairman Wan told reporters in Hong Kong today. Demand in the U.S. in the same period was stable despite a spread of the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, which hurt U.S. hog production, WH said. The company plans to expand to new markets by starting exports to Russia this year, Wan said. Overall, capital investments will reach $3 billion in the next three years, of which $1 billion each will be made in China and the U.S., Chief Financial Officer Guo Lijun said at the same briefing. WH Group shares rose 1 percent today to HK$6.37, extending the rise since the IPO price of HK$6.20 to 2.7 percent. The Hang Seng benchmark index is up 0.6 percent in the period. Since the IPO, banks that managed the sale used the share over-allotment option to buy a further $301 million of WH stock, the pork company said. This helped WH Group cut its main loan taken out to buy Smithfield to $2.5 billion, it said. Back to news


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Coleridge Way
The Coleridge Way is a 51-mile (82 km) footpath in Somerset and Devon, England.
|Coleridge Way
|51 mi (82 km)
|Quantock Hills, Exmoor National Park, Somerset, England
|Nether Stowey/Lynmouth
It was opened in April 2005, and the route links several sites associated with the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge starting from Coleridge Cottage at Nether Stowey. Originally the route finished at Porlock but on 21 May 2014 an extension to Lynmouth was launched.[1] Walkers have the option of continuing along the South West Coast Path into the Valley of the Rocks and Poets Shelter.
The footpath is waymarked. It starts in the Quantock Hills (England's first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty), passing through the villages of Holford, West Quantoxhead and Bicknoller before moving onto the Brendon Hills, within Exmoor National Park, through the villages of Monksilver, Roadwater and Luxborough, across Lype Hill to Wheddon Cross. The route then crosses an area of moorland at Dunkery Hill to the woodland village of Horner and moves towards the coast at Porlock on the Bristol Channel. From here the route climbs through Worthy Woods before descending into the Doone Valley passing Oare, Malmsmead, Brendon and Watersmeet before finishing by the Pavilion National Park Centre in Lynmouth where it intersects with the South West Coast Path. The landscapes include heathland, moorland, deciduous and coniferous woodland, farmland, deeply wooded valleys.
In May 2007 The Coleridge Bridle Way was launched providing a horse riding route between Nether Stowey and Exford and includes over 4 miles (6.4 km) of bridleways.[2]
In 2008 it was selected by The Times as one of Britain's best autumn walks.[3]
See alsoEdit
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "The Coleridge Way". Somerset Rural Renaissance. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
- ^ Seal, Jeremy (21 September 2008). "Britain's 13 best autumn walks". Times Online. London: The Times. Retrieved 21 September 2008.


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Tips for Families
Get there early and go directly to the area that will interest the kids you're travelling with. Bring along a bottle of water that can be refilled often.
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Even though the park was already filling up and the lline at Guest Relations was long, the cast member who helped us was smiling! Because of a previous problem we had in EPCOT, we were given 3 passes to get on the rides quickly. The cast memeber was from Germany but spoke perfect English and was kind, gracious and vey quick to help us. There is nothing like a day at a Disney Park!
Tips for Families
Try hard to stay together so no one gets separated from the group. I used to tell my 3 children (who are now adults) that if they got separated from us to just stay put. We would back track and find them faster than if they decided to try to find us. Thankfully we never had to use this tactic.
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After injection, the drug remains active for 2-3 days, but the breakdown products can be detected in one and a half years. In bodybuilding application Durabol 100 widely, the drug allows to increase quality musculature, ligaments strengthen. Also increase power rates athlete to burn fat. By the properties of the drug are significant and its anti-inflammatory effect, strengthening the immune system and bone.
Yet some athletes pass a course on mass capacity, with the help Durabola as Building Muscle strength and ability to maintain a much longer period of time than Deca. Effect of the drug can be increased by combination with 50 mg of testosterone propionate and 20 mg every Winstrol. The average dose of the drug for men should not exceed 200-400 mg per week, but even with an increase in dosage Durabola an athlete is much reduced risk of side effects than when taking Deca. In women, the side effects can manifest themselves in the form of increased levels of estrogen in the blood and increase the pressure. Just Durabol is not only effective, but also steroid treatment, as it has no adverse effect, but on the contrary, since use in medicine preparation for the treatment and recovery of the liver. Side effects occur more often in women, as well as for men, they have side effects are extremely rare.
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I tell you, they will be there long
before any of us.
~ Robert Louis Stevenson
The dog is the only thing on earth
that loves you more than you love
~ Josh Billings
My little dog -
a heartbeat at my feet.
~ Edith Wharton
I made this card for Mo's Challenge #144 - Hugs and Kisses.
This is how I made the card;
I started with a blank hot pink card that measures 4 1/4" by 5 1/2".
I used a piece of pretty patterned paper with hearts and swirls for the background.
I layered a piece of corrugated cardstock, a piece of yellow cardstock and a piece of black cardstock on the card.
I used the digital image "Bronte Kisses" from Mo's Digital Pencil Shop. I colored the image with Copic sketch markers. I used a black Prismacolor pencil for the hair. I cut out the image and mounted it on a red/pink label.
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In the last few posts, you have signed up on Twitter and you have found some followers.
If you have been extra wonderful, you have also tried to reply or retweet.
Now you are ready for the next adventure...composing your own TWEETS!
How to Compose Tweets Even John Tesh Would Love
1. There is one rule:
A tweet can only be 140 characters or less. It includes letters, numbers, symbols, spaces, weblinks and elipses...I love elipses...
2. Things to tweet about.
a) profession related
b) hobby related
c) life related
You do need to consider your followers and their interests otherwise write your tweets in a diary.
3. Basic Tweet - Just Words
Hey! What is up with the Oilers? Are they still rebuilding?
Note: This tweet is straight up tweeting...no fancy smancy.
4. Adding a Link to a Tweet
The process can be as simple as...writing a tweet and copying and pasting a link on the end...but often the link is too long. See below.
Hey! What is up with the Oilers? Are they still rebuilding? http://www.jewelsfromthecrown.com/2013/7/14/4521014/realignmentpalooza-edmonton-oilers
You need to get a URL shortener to fix this.
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We have been busy, busy, busy for the past eight months. Now that the weather is beautiful out I have been taking Sophia on Lots of Adventures. Here is a picture stroll through the past few months.
|Sophia's First Wedding
|We take lots of walks with my friend Sonia...Here is Sophia's BFF Jaxson!
|First Time at the Movies...We saw Blended.
|In the Jump Jump at my Godmomma Sandra's Surprise 30th Birthday!
|At Southwick Zoo. Those Goats were too Scary but I LOVED everything else!!
|We go to Parks on Monday's and Fridays!!! I love to drive around and find new parks in all the surrounding towns! She LOVES to Swing!
|We had so much fun at the EcoTarium.
|No FEAR this Baby LOVES her Dinosaurs!!
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Los Alamitos, California (PRWEB) October 31, 2011
Sorel Reisman, 2011 President of the IEEE Computer Society, met with a touring group of software engineering professors and other professionals from several universities in China to discuss education and training programs—including software development certifications—and explore possible partnerships.
The delegation's October 24 visit to the Computer Society's Los Alamitos office was the culmination of a tour of the United States that included visits to the IEEE Computer Society's Washington, DC office and a variety of universities and high-tech companies on both the east and west coasts.
The group included:
- Hai Han, vice president, Jianghan University School of Mathematics and Computer Sciences;
- Lian Li, assistant researcher, Northwestern Polytechnical University School of Computer Science and Technology;
- Changjiang Ruan, assistant researcher, Northwestern Polytechnical Unversity School of Computer Science and Technology;
- Zhigang Huang, vice president, Hunan Vocational College of Science and Technology's Software School;
- Ruigang Yu, lecturer, Kunming University Information Technology College;
- Yu Liang, senior engineer, Yunnan University Software School;
- Zhenxiong Li, lecturer, Yunnan University Software School;
- Eryu Ding, assistant to the president, Nanjing University Software Institute;
- Dongxiao Yang, professor, Zhejiang University Department of Information and Electronic Engineering;
- Tao Wu, associate professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology School of Software Engineering;
- Dehong Qiu, associate professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology School of Software Engineering;
- Liang Shi, associate professor, Xiamen University School of Software;
- Siyi Dong, associate professor, Hubei Xiyuan Information Technology Training School; and
- Yuxin Dong, associate professor, Harbin Engineering University School of Software.
Joining the group was Yao Lin, project manager with the China International Talent Exchange Foundation.
Reisman and Computer Society staff shared information with the group regarding the Computer Society's Certified Software Development Associate (CSDA) and Certified Software Development Professional (CSDP) programs, the upcoming revision of the Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK), and the Society's various publications, products, services, and educational outreach efforts. The representatives were particularly interested in partnership opportunities, to expand the reach of the IEEE Computer Society and its professional education programs and certifications into the China market.
"The success of our programs depends on the efforts of dedicated volunteers and partners like yourselves," said Reisman. "The CSDA and CSDP are evidence of the high-quality technical skills of the individuals who hold them, but the content and integrity of certifications reflects the valuable work of hundreds of software professionals and educators."
Welcoming the group to the IEEE Computer Society's Los Alamitos office, Products & Services Director Evan Butterfield described the Society's magazines, journals, books, digital products, conferences, and other programs. "All our products and programs can work together to support the certification and certificate programs, and professional education in general. The Computer Society is committed to education, and has the opportunity to be the premier provider of computer technology-related education and certifications that enhance professionals' careers."
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With nearly 85,000 members, the IEEE Computer Society is the world's leading organization of computing professionals. Founded in 1946, and the largest of the 38 societies of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Computer Society is dedicated to advancing the theory and application of computer and information-processing technology, and is known globally for its computing standards activities. For more information, go to http://www.computer.org.


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The #1 rule of the game was that you couldn't tell anyone the rules of the game. The only way know the rules of the game were to figure it out by playing (back with the people I played against at that time, you weren't allowed to say why you were giving someone 2 extra cards for not following a certain rule and you weren't really allowed to watch a game without playing). Last year, a group of my students found this game again and were playing it all the time.
It's awesome for math class because you have to figure out the rules by noticing patterns. You're confident there are actual, logical rules out there, but you can only learn them by testing your theories in laying down certain cards or doing certain actions and then getting rewarded or punished based on the rules.
This week, I'm going to be doing a similar method with my classes in calculus. We've just "finished" learning about finding slope of tangent lines using a limit definition. I told them there was a "secret trick" so that you could just look at most of these problems and know the answer pretty quickly, but we wouldn't get to it until the next week. So, when they asked what the answer was, I could spout off the answer pretty quickly and not because I am so smart that I expanded (3+h)^4 in my head really quickly and then computed the limit, but because I knew the trick. Immediately they were intrigued. Some were guessing at what it could be and I just told them to either work it out to confirm their suspicions or wait until next week.
So, tomorrow starts "next week." It would be fun to do this with wolfram|alpha or something where they could come up with their own theories and test them individually, but we don't have the tech for that at our school. So, I'm going to be their wolfram|alpha.
I'm King Mao and I know the secret rules. I will have students throw out polynomials and points and I'll give them the slopes of the tangent lines at those points fairly quickly using the secret rule. When you think you've figured out the pattern, don't say the rule out loud. I'll throw out a problem for you to test if you're right. If you've got it right, you can sit out and the rest of the class can try to figure it out. If you're not right, keep playing until we all get it.


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If you are like me, you spent no less than an entire hour verifying that Wayne Newton, the person who sings "Danke Schoen" is actually a MAN. Just listen to that voice, that is not a man's voice. Only it is. This is really similar to the way I was convinced for months/years that Adele and Duffy were black, only to find out I was very wrong. The moral of the story, I guess, is not to judge a singer by the very convincing qualities of their voice. The other point of the story is that I'm pretty sure I've mentioned "Danke Schoen" at least five times in this blog, and I want this post to spend a little bit more than six words talking about what the song is about.
Danke Schoen, Justin and Mariah, for saving Christmas.
I spent this past Thanksgiving in El Paso with Ernesto, his parents and his sister, and it made me feel very lucky to be a part of their family. Naturally, I missed being at home, which reminded me of how lucky I am to have a family that I love enough to miss and that loves me enough to save me some cranberry mold leftovers for when I got back. I am indescribably thankful for Ernesto, who constantly rescues me from the towers that I build for myself.
The past two months have had a pretty fair deal of challenges for me, for Ernesto, for my family, for our friends and for our neighbors, and throughout it all, I've felt so lucky to be surrounded by people with such an impressive capacity to love and to persevere. Wayne Newton sang, "Thank you for all the joy and pain," and to that, I'd add that I'm thankful for all of the people in my life who have made the joy worth remembering and the pain worth enduring.


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United Artists just sent over our first look at Tom Cruise in the upcoming Bryan Singer directed Valkyrie in which Cruise stars as Col. Claus von Stauffenberg, the aristocratic German officer who led the daring 'July 20' plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944.
Below are two images of Cruise, the first being a comparison of Stauffenberg (left) to Cruise and the second being a full color look at the actor in his German garb.
For a larger look at the pics click here.
Valkyrie is set to hit theaters August 8, 2008 and just began principal photography today in Berlin. Along with Cruise the film stars Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Eddie Izzard, Christian Berkel, Thomas Kretschmann, and Carice van Houten.
The "July 20 Plot" on Hitler's life is one of the most heroic but least known episodes of World War Two. Severely wounded in combat, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg returns from Africa to join the German Resistance and help create Operation Valkyrie, the complex plan that will allow a shadow government to replace Hitler's once he is dead. But fate and circumstance conspire to thrust Stauffenberg from one of many in the plot to a double-edged central role. Not only must he lead the coup and seize control of his nation's government … He must kill Hitler himself.
"Valkyrie tells a story that is not only exciting but also important," said Singer. "It's something that Chris McQuarrie and I have wanted to do for some time. I can't imagine shooting it anywhere else but on location in Germany, and I'm thrilled that we were able to get Tom Cruise to play Col. Stauffenberg."
"Valkyrie is a gripping thriller that will keep audiences on the edge of their seats — and also go a long way towards reminding the world that even within the ranks of the German military there was real resistance to the Nazi regime," said United Artists Chief Executive Officer Paula Wagner. "As soon as we read the screenplay, we knew this was a movie we had to make."


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When Kang first suggested going to "Ronin" for brunch, I was tickled. Having just watched 'Guardians of the Galaxy' (yeah yeah, I know, I'm a little late to the game, but I don't go to the cinemas anymore, and the dvd/blueray was only released 2 weekends ago), I was bewildered that someone would name a bistro after 'Ronan', a lesser-known comicbook villain that only exploded onto the public's consciousness after what was arguably the best movie of the year hit the theatres.
So after a hilarious, albeit lengthy, exchange, it turns out that the cafe's name is what you'd call a Japanese samurai without a master - absolutely no correlation with what the cafe is about.
Ronin the cafe is what you'd expect of just about every other coffee joint: dark, eclectic, industrial and totally hipster. The fact that the facade is completely hidden speaks volumes as to its wannabe pretentiousness. But, at least the service was warm and smiley. I'd almost expected the wait staff here all to be moody and brooding.
The menu's decidedly limited, with up to only 10 items available on any given day. Not a lot of choice, but heaven-sent for the perpetually-undecided. Please note that this is a cash-only establishment, so be sure to to pad your wallet accordingly.
The Scrambled Eggs on Toast ($9) was incredibly silky, but slightly undersalted. I've read online reviews proclaiming Ronin to serve up the best scrambled eggs on the island, but I maintain that Wild Honey retains that coveted title. Add-ons like the juicy Pork Sausage ($4.50) and succulent grilled Portobello Mushroom ($3.50) made this a much more substantive meal option.
Kang made his Scrambled Eggs on Toast ($9) vegetarian with half an Avocado ($3) and Portobello Mushroom ($3.50).
A must-try here, the Brioche French Toast ($14.50) was sumptuous; it was thick and fluffy and eggy and caramelised perfectly. This was paired with a softly braised green apple, grilled back bacon, a knob of hazelnut butter and sticky sweet syrup.
We asked for, off the menu, left to right: Raspberry Jam ($2) and Fig Jam ($2) to spread atop our toasts. These were lovely, chunky and sweet.
The Latte ($4.20), while creamy, was too milky and lacking in potency.
A better option would be the Wicked ($5.50), essentially a hot mocha peppermint. This was like drinking a liquid form of After Eights dinner mints.So luscious.
The Iced Ero Tea ($7+), an earl grey tea infused with fresh thyme, was a refreshing thirst quencher.
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The villa sits on the northern side of the estate and all master bedrooms, indoor and outdoor living spaces are oriented towards the breathtaking western view down the Anguilla coast line and towards evening sunset views.
Unique to the villa is the dramatic stair atrium with massive skylight above and water feature below. The house has 5 bedrooms, living and dining spaces (indoor and outdoor), roof lounge, pool deck and cliff edge hot tub. The villa is filled with an assortment of decks and covered areas for group gatherings and private space.
The property comes packaged with a full service team including concierge, butler, housekeepers and security. Rates are inclusive of all breakfasts, Private chef service, as well all beverages consumed in the home.
Guests are also welcome to combine the two fully outfitted and private villas on the estate for larger groups, sleeping up to 24 guests (20 adults). Special facilities and services are in place to cater events for groups up to 100 guests - perfect for a Caribbean destination wedding! The cliff side estate provides for a breathtaking and romantic setting for gatherings and ceremonies. As a private enclave the options are truly limitless for what can be put together for your special occasion.
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After an initial set of switchbacks, the Cruickshank Trail is a fairly straight run along the canyon above Villa Creek, eventually winding down towards Villa Creek Camp and it's gorgeous redwood setting near several small waterfalls and sun-dappled pools of water.
After parking, look for the trailhead next to the sign on the east side of the road. For the first several thousand feet you'll ascend a series of moderately steep switchbacks which take you up the mountain opposite a small neighborhood of homes.
You'll soon veer north and then east around the mountain leaving the developed world behind as you enter the Silver Peak Wilderness area.
The trail flattens out, changing from coastal scrub to the Big Sur equivalent of jungle. Be sure you can identify poison oak, since it lines this trail pretty much from here on in. Though you can generally avoid contact with the troublesome plant, sandals and shorts are not recommended. Periodically the trail is completely clearusually for brief stretches.
There are beautiful oak forests along the Cruickshank Trail, as well as several small stands of Redwood. One unusual site just short of two miles in, on the north side of the path, is a stand of eucalyptus trees which look (and are) very out of place in this environment.
At two miles you'll encounter the Lower Cruickshank Camp in a small clearing on the north side of the trail, and just a bit further arrive at the Upper Cruickshank Camp area. Both campsites have firepits and seating for a rest or snack.
At the Upper Camp is a trailsign indicating the Villa Creek Camp to the left or the junction for the Buckeye Trail ahead to the right. If you head right, you can also continue on about a mile to Silver Camp or even further to Lion Den Camp.
However, for this day hike, we strongly recommend that you continue to the left three quarters of a mile down the canyon to Villa Creek and its campsite.
The path is steep heading down into the redwoods, and you'll soon hear the loud rushing of the creek. Drop down to the creek and continue on the other side. Keep going west along the right or northern side of Villa Creek until you get to the campsite with picnic table and tent area. This is a our turnaround spot, although the trail does continue on for several miles and eventually reaches the Alder Creek Botanical Area.
Just past the Villa Creek campsite, a short path heads a few yards west to the creek itself where you'll find a series of tranquil pools and small waterfalls surrounded by large bolders. This is a great spot to have lunch or linger for several hours as you contemplate the hike back up the canyon.
Alternate Exploring
If you want more trail time after visiting Villa Creek Camp, or something different for your next time around, consider heading east from Cruickshank Camp towards Silver Camp or even all the way to Lion Den camp. Another option would be to explore the upper part of the Buckeye Trail.
At the Upper Cruickshank Camp a sign points the way, ahead and to the right for a short distance, to a junction where you can continue to either the Silver and Lion Den Camps along the Cruickshank Trail or take a right to continue in a southeastern direction as far as you like down the Buckeye Trail.
Getting There
The Cruickshank Trail starts from a small grassy pullout right along Highway 1. It's easy to miss, so look for the sign (pictured at right under the map) that is a few feet off the inland side of the road.
You can park along the east side of Highway 1 next to, or just south of, the sign, or park north of the sign on the pullout on the west side of the highway. There is a private road just south of the trailhead called Gorda Mountain Road.
The Cruickshank Trail starts .9 mile north of the Redwood Gulch Memorial Redwood Grove, or 22.9 miles north of the Hearst Castle turnoff.
Travelling south on Highway 1, the Cruickshank Trail sign is 3.6 miles south of Gorda or 40.7 miles south of the entrance to Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park.
Links To More Information
Where this trail lies along the Big Sur coast
Aerial photos of the trailhead
Cruickshank Trail condition report


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Pancakes anyone? Febraury 5, 2013, is National Pancake Day and IHOP® restaurants across the country are going to be giving everyone a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes!!
While they do not charge for the pancakes, the chain is working to raise money for Children's Miracle Network — so guests an opt to make a donation towards this great cause in lieu of having to pay for their cakes! Mark your calendars so you don't forget!


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Large tapioca pearls make up the slightly chewy bubbles found in boba, or bubble, tea. You can also use these large pearls to make tapioca pudding, though the larger pearls take more preparation to reconstitute correctly. You can soak them overnight, which is the preferred method for making pudding, or reconstitute them more quickly by boiling. You can store reconstituted large pearls in a sugar syrup in the refrigerator for up to three days.
Overnight Soak
Combine one part large tapioca pearls with three parts cold water. Soak the pearls in a covered saucepan overnight so they can reconstitute.
Drain any remaining water in the pan the following day. Add 1 quart milk and ¾ cups sugar for every ½ cup of dry tapioca pearls used.
Bring the tapioca and milk to a simmer over medium-high heat. Stir to prevent the tapioca from scorching. Cook until the tapioca pearls become clear, which can take up to 30 minutes.
Quick Cook Method
Mix the tapioca pearls with water in a saucepan, adding 2 cups of water for every ¼ cup of dry pearls.
Bring the water to a boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Boil until the pearls float to the top of the water.
Lower the heat to medium so the water remains at a simmer and cook an additional 15 minutes. Remove the pot from the heat, cover it, and let the tapioca stand for an additional 15 minutes so it reconstitutes completely.
Combine equal parts boiling water and sugar together in a separate pot, stirring until the sugar dissolves completely. Drain the tapioca and pour the sugar syrup over the top. Cool the tapioca to room temperature before using it.
Make tapioca pudding by mixing eggs, sugar and vanilla with the undrained tapioca, and then bringing it to a full boil until it thickens. Use 3 eggs, ¾ cups sugar and ¾ teaspoon vanilla for every ½ cup of dry tapioca pearls.
Pour a cup of strong, cold tea over reconstituted tapioca pearls to make boba tea. You can also add milk or fruit juice to further enhance the flavor of the tea.


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I'm a bit late getting this post up being that it's already March 11th! But, I though I should share it anyways, since I'm really trying (key word is: TRYING) to keep myself accountable. I will admit that although working out and running are major parts of my life and daily schedule, I am really having a hard time with eating properly, specifically on weekends when we are on the go and eating out. It's so hard for me to order a healthy meal at a restaurant or to say no to the big bowl of Doritos (aka Kryptonite) at a party. So, on March 1st I came up with this small list of goals for the month:
Did you notice how I worte "less indulging" rather than "no indulging". I have to keep it real. I'll admit that 2 weekends into it, I am not real happy with myself on this one :/
Now, here's the recap from my February Goals:
What are some of your goals for this month? Did you meet your goals for February? I'd love to hear from you! xo


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Delivering a baby vaginally releases maternal behavior hormone.
Delivering a baby vaginally triggers the release of oxytocin, a hormone known to influence maternal behavior in animals. Now a study shows that a human mom's brain reacts more strongly to her baby's needs if she's had a vaginal birth.
Researchers performed brain scans on women two to four weeks after delivery. When their babies cried, the mothers who'd given birth vaginally showed significantly more responsiveness in brain regions regulating emotion and motivation compared to moms who'd had a C-section. The finding could help moms who have trouble bonding with their baby.
Looking for more info about your labor & delivery? You'll find advice and information in the articles below:
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A month into the session, I find myself increasingly confused by the Republican majority. It's almost as if they say one thing, but govern entirely differently. While there are many examples, a few really exemplify how little the Republican majority represents Montana:
- They are patriots who love their country, but believe in 19th century doctrines of nullification promoted by secessionists.
- They are opposed to government-run health care, but take it for themselves.
- They are constitutionalists, but oppose the 14th Amendment's guarantee of equal protection under the law and have never heard of the supremacy clause.
- They are for popular sovereignty, but want to overturn the will of the voters.
- They are for democracy, but oppose increased turnout and same day registration.
- They oppose government intrusion into health care, but believe that they have the right to dictate how dying people spend their last days and how doctors must treat women.
- They want stronger enforcement of immigration, but want to hamstring federal immigration officials.
- They are opposed to taxes, but want to increase local property taxes for the sake of large businesses.
- They are for local control of schools, but want to eliminate local districts and mandate instruction from the statehouse.
- They are Christians, but think that guns and the Bible have the same value.
Principles? Patriotism? Hardly. A radical agenda that Montanans do not support. A dangerous agenda that we can't afford.