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Interaction10 finally happened last weekend. I have barely blogged in a year. This is not a coincidence. A+B=C.
It's hard to even know where to begin. Less than 100 hours ago, I completed the most significant accomplishment of my career (so far), a year-long project that filled all the nights and weekends outside my day job. Words fail. Holy crap, I just co-chaired a conference.
Interaction10 rocked. Our amazing team pulled off a 4 day event with over 500 people, 11 workshops, 40+ sessions, 50+ speakers, 30+ sponsors touching 11 venues. Crazy complex stuff. But damn, it worked. Completely humbling that many designers are saying that this is the best designed conference they've been to, and we're a critical crowd. Thank you.
The feeling is utterly undescribable to host 500+ people for a weekend, have them all happy and inspired, to see dozens of people that I know and enjoy (sadly in brief bursty minutes), to provide high value content and quality food, all for a reasonable price and still make money for IxDA. But at the same time, I'm relieved it's over.
Endless thank you's to Jennifer Bove, Samantha Soma, Ben Fullerton, Todd Zaki Warfel, Will Evans, Jonathan Knoll, Dave Malouf, Jody Medich, Ryan Freitas, Izac Ross, the list goes on and on of all the people who contributed to its success.
I need to reflect on it. I need to share stories. I need to watch all the session videos, every damn one. I need to thank people in depth more than the ridiculous few seconds on stage Sunday afternoon. I need to capture this all before it leaves my head. This is not a conference; this is a body of work.
So this will get me writing again, and that's a good thing. Stay tuned.


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Jalopnik reader Kris caught up with a wind turbine blade and other parts being hauled this weekend in upstate New York. The most impressive thing about this photo he snapped? This blade is just a medium.
The blade was en route from a LM Glasfiber plant in Quebec, one of the largest suppliers of wind turbine parts in the world. Designed to maximize air while being as light as possible, the LM blades are built from the outside in - with paint applied to moulds first, then composites layered on top.
Given the length of the M3, we can estimate the length of this blade at roughly 130 feet - one of several varieties of blades LM Glasfiber builds in that size. But it's far from their biggest.
That would be the LM 61.5, a 201-foot behemoth pictured here, which currently ranks as the world's largest, installed on 5,000-kW turbines in Europe. Despite its size, the 61.5 only weighs 18 tons.
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In coming weeks, our blog will be looking at Smart Cities Advisors' 2014 urban investment themes in emerging and developing markets. SCA is all about urban impact investment and social enterprise in developing countries – still an early concept, still developing, but urgent, inevitable and promising. Our 2014 […]Read more →
After almost two years' hiatus, I am pleased to be relaunching the Smart Cities Advisors blog. In the past year, I accepted a role at Bloomberg LP managing strategy for the company's sustainable finance activities, mostly in product management but also advancing philanthropic goals. Meanwhile, wearing my […]Read more →
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/ Tuesday, April 27, 2010 / 8 Comments / Appetizers and Snacks , Malaysian , Vegetables
Stuffed Tofu Puffs With Sweet And Spicy Sauce
I would like to introduce you to another popular snack from Malaysia, Stuffed Tofu Puffs with Sweet and Spicy Sauce. They are usually sold in larger sized tofu puffs which are not available here in Vancouver. So, I am using the smaller ones which works just as well and they are easier to eat. As for the sauce, if you are a vegan then just omit the shrimp paste. The sauce will taste just as good. It will thicken once it cools down and if you find it's too thick, then just add a few spoonful of hot water to dilute the sauce. Warm the sauce in the microwave, if needed. If you like tofu puffs, I would recommend that you try this easy and tasty snack!
Stuffed Tofu Puffs With Sweet And Spicy Sauce
(Printable Recipe)
2 Packets Tofu Puffs (90g x 2 or about 18 to 20 pcs)
250 g Beans Sprouts, blanched
1 Cucumber, peeled and shredded
1 Cup Roasted Peanuts, coarsely chopped
Sweet And Spicy Sauce
250 g Gula Melaka (Dark Palm Sugar)
250 ml Water
2 Red Chilies, seeded and finely chopped
5 Bird's Eye Chilies, finely chopped
1 ½ tsp Roasted Shrimp Paste (Optional)
1 ½ Tbsp Dark Soy Sauce
½ tsp Sea Salt
80 g Tamarind Paste, mixed with 400ml of Water, discard solids
In a medium saucepan, combine all the sauce ingredients and bring it to a boil. Reduce the heat and let it simmer on gentle heat for about 30 to 35 minutes or until the sauce has thicken slightly. Let cool completely.
Prepare the tofu puffs, sliced the puffs almost all the way through. Grill the tofu puffs lightly on both sides. Then stuff the puffs with beans sprouts and cucumber, and then top with some sweet and spicy sauce with some chopped peanuts. Serve immediately.
Serves 4 to 6
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This is really refreshing with a great and flavorful dipping sauce. The photo and the colors are really fresh and clean.ReplyDelete
- bunkycooksApril 27, 2010 at 5:19 AM
These are beautiful and I am sure the flavors are delightful!ReplyDelete
Angie, you're already making me miss Malaysia There's one really good stall in PJ selling this back in Malaysia. I always go there and it's always full. Gosh....I love these, must must must try!!!! By the way, roasted shrimp paste is belacan right? Thanks!ReplyDelete
@Quinn: Hah! Make some today? Yes, roasted shrimp paste is belacan. Thanks.ReplyDelete
I used tofu stuffs in slow cooked dishes or in soups, never tried to make something like this. Your creation is very refreshing. Love the combination too.ReplyDelete
I recalled the smell of the street vendors putting the tofu puffs on the hot coal grill, before stuffing them with sprouts and spicy sauce. Meatless and healthy local flavor.ReplyDelete
Is this part of a dish called rojak or taupok or something?
@EnbM: Yes, tau pok with rojak sauce.ReplyDelete
This bright bit of "street food" makes me want to travel. GREGReplyDelete


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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Senior Dani Walker led the Lipscomb women's cross country team to a 23rd place finish against the top teams in the country Saturday at the Pre-Nationals meet in Terre Haute, Ind.
Walker finished in 79th place in a time of 21:18.34 in a field of 340 runners. Freshman Sally Larson crossed the finish line in 86th position in 21:20.16 while sophomore Madi Talbert placed 93rd in 21:24.11.
With 12 nationally-ranked teams in the 49 team meet, Georgetown claimed the top spot while Emma Bates of Boise State claimed first place in 20:09.09.
"Today was another learning experience," Bill Taylor, director of cross country and track and field, said. "Not exactly what we wanted to accomplish for the men or the women. However, we had some good things happen too.
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The men's team finished 43rd overall and was led by freshman Juan Gonzalez with a 127th place finish in 24:48.58. Fellow freshman Christian Freeman crossed the line in 169th place in 25:02.12.
The men's side had 52 teams including nine nationally-ranked squads led by winner Colorado. The individual champion was Kennedy Kithuka of Texas Tech who crossed the finish line in 22:52.78.
In the open portion of the meet, sophomore Fidel Leon finished 27th in 26:03.70. Freshman D.A. Lowry finished 42nd in 26:22.15.
The Lady Bisons had five runners in the open division led by freshman Hannah Feiten with a 16th place finish in 22:25.72. Junior Kendra Lobley was 22nd in 22:35.95.
Lipscomb also sent a contingent of runners to the Frontrunner Invitational hosted by Chattanooga. Freshman Alex Tate finished 23rd in women's two mile run in 12:05.56. Freshman Taylor Romine crossed the line just behind in 26th in 12:11.28.
Sophomore Andrew Bosket was the top finisher for the men, placing 26th in 16:10.48 in the 5K run. Sophomore Austin Casassa finished 29th in 16:15.12.
Lipscomb returns to its home course on Nov. 2 for the Atlantic Sun Championships. The Lady Bisons will be looking for their third-straight title while the men, ranked second in the A-Sun Coach's Poll, will look to become first time A-Sun Champions.


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cucumber salad
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The UH Laboratory School has announced details of a major welcome-back-to-school fundraising concert to assist in recovery from last month's fire that destroyed the Elementary School Building and displaced more than two-dozen faculty members.
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Lab School alumni, students, parents, faculty and staff and the general public are invited to Andrews Amphitheatre on the UH Manoa campus for the concert on Saturday, August 19, beginning with pre-concert musicians and acts at 4:00 p.m. and headliners on stage from 6 -10 p.m.
The Lab School Administrative Team beams with gratitude and excitement when they talk about the extreme aloha the community has shared with the school. "Early on when people were calling to ask how they could help, we had a call from Barry Flanagan of HAPA about a fundraising concert, and from there the idea mushroomed into the event we're planning for August with an all-star roster of the islands' finest musicians. Barry is the angel who found a place in the hearts of the Lab School ʻohana! We are grateful for the support all the local entertainers have for our school and the students.
"It seems as though we are getting two or three calls every week from more people and groups who want to help, and we're sure we will have a lineup of ʻsurprise' guests to perform. The outpouring of support from our alumni and the general public has been simply amazing and very touching," the Administrative Team added.
The confirmed lineup of performers — who are donating their time and talent for the event — includes HAPA, Na Leo, The Brothers Cazimero, Danny Kaleikini, Andy Bumatai, and Maunalua.
"This is the weekend before the new school year starts," said UH Manoa Chancellor Denise Konan, "and I'm sure the concert will be a real morale booster for our students and staff who have been involved in the recovery effort and who will be adjusting to the campus without the Elementary School Building."
All proceeds from the benefit concert will be used to recover losses that were housed in the building — including the school's Performing Arts Department (Chorus, Orchestra, Drama and Hula), the Physical Education Department and Weight Training Room, the UHS Jr. ʻBows Athletic Department (including Pac-5 team sports) and the Athletic Trainer's Office.
Tickets for the concert are $30 in advance and $40 at the door on the day of the event. They will be on sale on a first-come, first-served basis from 9:00 a.m. — 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 29, and Saturday, August 5, at the UH Lab School Multi-Purpose Building, 1776 University Avenue, directly across from Bachman Hall.
Watch for the HOLOMUA BENEFIT CONCERT posters to be distributed in the community in coming weeks. For additional information and concert updates,
call 956-4977
Cash, credit cards or checks (made out to the University Lab School Booster Club) will be accepted for tickets.
Parking will be available in the UH Manoa lower campus quarry parking structure.
Handicap/wheelchair access is to the mezzanine (middle) level only. Call 956-7833 for accessibility information.
No alcohol, no coolers, no smoking
Seating on the grass limited to mats/blankets and "low rise" back-rest seats.


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November 5, 1996 - December 29, 1996
This two-hour program surveys three decades of videos and artworks made in the urban or industrial landscape. The program begins with the recently completed documentation of three of Robert Smithson's historical earth-works from the 1960s, and one of Gordon Matta-Clark's famous carvings of an abandoned building. The final works include a chronicle of Rachel Whiteread's controversial House, which stood in London for three months before being demolished, and a video compiled from footage of demolitions by blasting.
October 6, 1996 - December 2, 1996
The late Edna Beron was a cherished member of this Museum's community and a remarkable art collector. This installation includes the first painting that Mrs. Beron purchased -- Young Love by Philip Evergood -- as well as the last object she bought -- Love Boat, a soup tureen by the centenarian American ceramicist Beatrice Wood.
September 14, 1996 - November 24, 1996
Born in 1912, Harry Callahan has for more than fifty years used his photography to understand and reveal his relationship to the world around him. This exhibition of Callahan's expressive, autobiographical photographs charts his artistic development from its genesis in Detroit in the early 1940s and its flowering in Chicago in the late 1940s and 1950s to its maturation in Providence and Atlanta, where he now lives.
September 2, 1996 - November 3, 1996
The selection of videos shown here originally accompanied the exhibition Féminin/Masculin, displayed at the Musée National d'Art Moderne (Centre Georges Pompidou) in Paris this past winter. The videos survey twenty-five years of works dealing with gender identity and relations between the sexes.
March 30, 1996 - October 2, 1996
This first exhibition of contemporary art ever mounted in the Rodin Museum presents some 20 photographs by Ernestine Ruben (born 1931).
July 9, 1996 - September 1, 1996
In this video program, several contemporary artists discuss their art and working methods. The program begins with a 1958 interview with Marcel Duchamp, whose influence as artist, advisor, and muse pervades these galleries.
May 30, 1996 - September 1, 1996
An international loan exhibition spanning the career of Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) has been organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art in collaboration with the Réunion de Musées Nationaux / Musée d'Orsay in Paris and the Tate Gallery in London. The three organizing museums will be the only venues for this unprecedented gathering of some 100 oil paintings, 35 watercolors, and 35 drawings from public and private collections.
May 30, 1996 - September 1, 1996
Eighty-one drawings from two Cézanne sketchbooks given to the Museum in 1987 by Ambassador and Mrs. Walter H. Annenberg will present the full range of the artist's subject matter from the early 1880s to about 1900. On view in Gallery 165 in the 19th-century galleries, first floor, adjunct to the rotunda.
March 6, 1996 - August 31, 1996
Twentieth Century Glass is an installation of approximately 13 pieces of glass drawn from the Museum's extensive collection of twentieth-century design objects. Ranging in date from the 1920s to the present, the pieces illustrate various stylistic movements of the twentieth century, from the sculptural approach to the medium by glass artists such as Maurice Mariot, to the revival of engraved decoration most notably by the Swedish firm of Orrefors, to the playfulness of the glass of the 1980s produced for the Italian firm of Memphis. The installation also includes the work of a number of the twentieth-century's greatest glass artists including René Lalique and Paolo Venini.
June 22, 1996 - August 18, 1996
Metamorphoses: Photography in the Electronic Age appears at a charged moment in the evolution of photography. With digital-imaging technology, photographs can now be created, enhanced, and altered in the computer. This breakthrough has forced a re-evaluation of still images and the widely accepted concept of "photographic truth." The exhibition celebrates the creative potential of the digital image and demands a fresh look at the relationship between photographs and the realities they represent.
May 5, 1996 - August 11, 1996
In the early decades of this century, rapid technological advances were radically changing life in this country. American artists searched for a new identity, a means of expressing their commitment to the modernist movements coming out of Europe in a purely American way. This exhibition traces American responses to the machine age through prints, drawings, and photographs from the permanent collection by such artists as Paul Strand, Edward Weston, Charles Sheeler, John Marin, and Louis Lozowick.
June 9, 1996 - July 7, 1996
Marie-Ange Guilleminot's video My Dolls is being shown in conjunction with a recently purchased work by this young Parisian artist entitled Navels (also on display in this gallery). Navels consists of plaster casts made on the bodies of seventy-four of Guilleminot's acquaintances. In My Dolls, the artist again uses the process of moulding, raising similar issues of intimacy and identity as she works the pliable blobs that are her "dolls."
December 15, 1995 - June 15, 1996
This exhibition features paintings of flowers and plants by Chinese artists of the 15th to early 19th centuries, including works by leading masters of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) such as Hsu Wei (1551-1593) and Hsia Ch'ang (1388-1470).
March 17, 1996 - May 27, 1996
In 1979, the Hunt Manufacturing Co. initiated a series of generous grants to the Philadelphia Museum of Art for the acquisition of "adventurous and risk-taking" contemporary art on paper. The first phase of acquisitions culminated in an exhibition of the works of forty-six artists in 1988. New Art on Paper 2 celebrates the conclusion of the second phase and presents new works by thirty-five artists made and acquired between 1988 and 1995.
February 15, 1996 - April 21, 1996
This exhibition will include works by a broad chronological range of artists, including Albrecht Dürer, Pierre Joseph Redouté, Currier and Ives, Henri Matisse, Ansel Adams, and Andy Warhol. These artists depict flowers in a variety of ways: as purely decorative elements in larger compositions, as symbols of virtues and emotions, or as subjects in themselves.
February 11, 1996 - March 31, 1996
Sidney Goodman , a major exhibition presenting over 50 paintings and drawings from public and private collections throughout the country, is the first retrospective of the nationally renowned Philadelphia artist to be shown in his hometown. Goodman emerged in the early 1960's as one of the leading American artists in the return to the human figure as a primary subject, and has remained an influential force in contemporary art for some 30 years.
February 25, 1996 - March 3, 1996
While China is known as the "mother of gardens," and had a strong tradition of floral iconography that influenced the art of its neighbors, the Japanese developed their own esthetic and literary traditions in the world of flowers. Japan in Flower showcases both works reflecting the Chinese influence and others that are distinctly Japanese. The exhibition will be on view during the week of the Philadelphia Flower Show from February 25 through March 3, 1996.
October 25, 1995 - February 25, 1996
This installation chronicles the process that Michael Graves, one of the twentieth century's most renowned architects and product designers, followed in developing the design of three teakettles.
December 16, 1995 - February 18, 1996
Jodice's photographs, taken between 1990 and 1995 at archaeological sites from Spain to Syria, link viewers with a historical and mythic past that continues to influence the present. This exhibition is the artist's first one-person show in the United States.
November 25, 1995 - February 12, 1996
This exhibition presents a selection of works on paper that illustrates the wide historical range of the foundation's interests. Objects from the foundation's collections of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American decorative art and painting can be seen in the American galleries of this Museum.


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Statewide enrollment on steady climb
The Colorado Department of Education announced Friday the total student count for the current 2011-2012 school year showing an increase of 10,949 students over last year.
There are now 854,265 public school students in Colorado — a 1.3 percent increase — the same growth rate as seen a year ago. The steady growth is a drop from the largest climb in recent history during the 2008-2009 school year when Colorado public schools enrolled 2 percent more students than in 2007-2008.
The Charter School Institute — with a portfolio of 22 charter schools, many online — saw the largest percentage increase, gaining 2,525 students for a total of 10,506. The growth represents a 31.64 percent increase, and marks the first time the enrollment at the institue's schools goes above 10,000 students.
Denver Public Schools had the largest enrollment increase by raw number of student gains. DPS enrolled 2,573 new students this year, a 3.29 percent increase. (Though the numbers are lower than earlier reported unofficially by the district)
The state also segregated data to note enrollment increases for online schools now serving about 16,221 or 1.9 percent of all Colorado public k-12 students.
The current enrollment reflects a 6.4 percent increase from 2010-2011, when there were 15,249 students in online programs. That fast growth has been steady since about 2002-2003, when there were 1,987 students in online programs making up .26 percent of the state's students.
Not all school districts logged gains however, and some took hard hits, including Agate School District 300 who was left this year with 9 students, down from 33 last year.
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The Mach Bike is a speedy bike in Hoenn. It is much faster than the Running Shoes given to the player by his or her mother.
It is quick enough to ride over muddy slopes, and is needed to get over the broken tiles in the Sky Pillar. If the player falls down a hole or collides with someone or something, the bike needs to rebuild momentum. There is a race course on the Bike Path that only Mach Bike riders can use. A sign records the lowest number of collisions and fastest speed by a Mach Bike rider.
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When the player talks to Rydel in his bike shop in Mauville City, Rydel generously gives the player the bike free of charge. The player can choose instead to receive the Acro Bike, a trick bike, or swap it out later. A biker on the Bike Path points out that it serves as free advertising, because the bike says RYDEL all over it.
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Round Sprocket for REX 1.2 / 2.2 / 3.2 cranks.
CNC machined chainrings 2-fold, suitable graded for mountain bikes. Designed for optimum rigidity and perfect shifting performance by newly developed switching profiles and shift ramps. Made from high quality 7075 T6 aluminum for optimum rigidity. The anodized surface ensures a long life and beautiful appearance.
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The Link Street 88E6318 gateway router integrates a proven IPSec VPN security acceleration engine to secure sensitive network traffic with a high-level of network throughput. The 88E6318 device attains high performance for SME routers: wire-speed bi-directional routing with NAT (simultaneous WAN-to-LAN and LAN-to-WAN), and wire speed ftp download performance. A 64-bit MIPS processor for full-wire-speed packet routing powers the device. In addition, the device integrates the Link Street 88E6063 QoS switching fabric, the Company's Fast Ethernet digital PHY technology with built-in Virtual Cable Testerâ"¢ diagnostics, and an on-chip PCI bus enabling the addition of external wireless LAN modules, all incorporated within a single system-on-a-chip. With the integration of the NetGX security engine, the 88E6318 device provides performance improvements up to 6x relative to current SMB/SOHO security products.
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Saturno Buttò
Saturno Buttò was born in 1957, May 14th, in Portogruaro (Province of Venice).
Between 1970 and 1980 he moved to Venice to attend first the High School of Art and then the Fine Arts Academy. The High School initiated him into the classical drawing - that will be perfected throughout the years -, whereas the vocational experiences at the Academy were mainly about non-traditional way of expressions. After graduation his artistic personality was already strong, but he did not single out his own original style yet. So he decided to segregate himself in his studio to start an elaboration that would lead soon to a kind of unique painting, owing nothing to any past or contemporary artist, and being immediately recognizable in the current international outline as well. Since 1983 he has been owner of a
studio - gallery located in a byroad of Bibione, a seaside resort in the province of Venice; that place is conceived as almost unnoticed to the passengers: this choice reflects the artist's lone temperament and discretion. Could these two qualities make us think, as the ancient used to say, that a man's name can actually affect his nature? Nomen est omen? For sure we know that his name is the reference of the peculiar ideographs that stand as his signature on the works: indeed they are personal variations of the symbol that represents planet Saturn in the septenarius.
A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in darkness." - Jean Genet, "The Miracle of the Rose"
"Your paintings contain several references to the world of medicine: medical tools such as syringes, forceps, needles are not only employed as an adornment of the body, but also suggest a deeper connection to the sphere of the sacred. What is the connection between your work and the world of medicine? When did start including a medical imagery in your work, and why?
I am simply fascinated by the feeling of unease that the medical/surgical universe is capable of evoking in me. I am both repelled and attracted by these, they affect me strongly, and I try to represent this with my work, in my paintings. Also, the decorative aspect remains a very important element, and the medical tools I include in my paintings definitely work very well in that respect. Since the nineties I started including in my paintings objects like enema pumps, vaginal douches, dental tools, collars and iron constrictions of various kind employing them as ornamental components. I think there is a subtle pleasure in mixing metal and flesh, as I both hear the echoes of long lost times, while on the other hand I feel the need to emphasize the function of the body in order for it to overcome death.
Your work seems to be connected to the sphere of mysticism, to Christianity and to an imagery somehow related to suffering, with frequent references to martyrdom and crucifixion: what is it that makes you so interested in the wounded body, in the pain of the flesh and, in general, in an imagery relating to suffering?
I am not interested in pain per se, but rather I am fascinated by the evocative force it assumes within the boundaries of popular culture. The iconographic imagery characterizing Western Catholic culture offers plenty of examples of images related to pain and suffering. This nearly appears as a compulsory step in a path towards catharsis, as for saints and martyrs; and similarly, some of the erotic/sexual rituals involving pain introduce in my opinion a movement towards the ubersinnlich (a form of pleasure overcoming mere sexuality), which is nothing but a mystic/ecstatic dimension.The images you portray in your paintings appear to me to live suspended in time. Inside of your works, one finds element somehow contemporary alongside a very classical composition of the image. Who are your main influences in terms of style? Do you think you could mention any contemporary artist whose work you find stimulating and, to an extent, inspiring or do you think your influences (if these are somehow identificable) should be sought in previous epoques?
I have never really been inspired by a single artist during the course of my career, but at the same time I have always looked at the whole history of art for inspiration, without considering only the medium of painting. The main reason to do this was, on the one side, to be as personal as possible in developing my own pictorial style, make the best use of the precious heritage art has left us throughout the centuries. I wish for my paintings to be completely contemporary, and therefore devoid of citations or anachronistic references, and I am hoping to achieve this.
Obviously, there are several personalities whose work I follow with interest, but that I wouldn't consider 'inspirational' to my own work. If I really have to mention names then I will say Joel Peter Witkin and Andres Serrano, or Francis Bacon as far as painting is concerned.Several contemporary artists, although each one in a peculiar (when not opposite) way, employ quotations of elements coming from the medical universe resembling the ones you make use of; indeed, with increasing frequence, I find the names of these artists associated directly to yours in interviews and articles, as if you were all part of a well-defined and identifiable artistic movement. I am referring, for example, to people such as Romain Slocombe, Trevor Brown, Helnwein, and other; I would now like to ask you how it feels for an artist to be compared to others: do you find it stimulating or limiting? Do you think it makes sense to put your name next to some of those I mentioned above or do you think all the references to 'medical art' or 'medical fetishism' are redundant and, at the end of the day, lacking a real purpose?
I don't consider myself a painter who can be linked to any artistic movement, and even less if the movement we are talking about is one related to 'medical art' or 'medical fetishism'. However, it doesn't bother me when I am mentioned in relation to other artists, as most times there must be a reason for this comparison in the end. However I also think these comparisons are only partially true, at the end of the day what I do is creating portraits and this is the only real common element linking together each work of mine, so that both the medical references, the fetish ones, the inclusion of surgical tools are nothing but elements capable of defining only temporarily what I am doing. And my focus on portraits is precisely what distinguishes my work from illustration.
It's impossible to overlook the several references to the world of S/M which populate your paintings. If the body is the absolute protagonist of your paintings, what role does sex recover in them instead?
Nowadays, S/M iconography has acquired a value that goes well beyond a mere erotic or sexual component, as many S/M accessories have become part of contemporary culture. Personally I make use of them because I find them to be the perfect complimentary element to the representation of the human body, as they actually underline its beauty and its relation to the contemporary world. Sexuality, religion and death are recurring thoughts (and I would say 'obsessive' thoughts) and the greatest mysteries characterizing our existence. And as Camille Paglia used to say: "Art is contemplation and conceptualization, the ritual exhibitionism of primal mysteries".
Many paintings of yours have visceral or grotesque images as their subjects. Do you think you are particularly fascinated by what is excessive, deformed or by the monstruous? Do you look for any particular physical feature in those who model for you?
I always liked excess. But I am not interested in the monstrous or the grotesque at any cost. The subjects of my works, of course, may appear grotesque at times, especially in relation to male models, but this is nothing but the result of me not being particularly keen on any 'ideal beauty' of sort, and what interests me the most in humans is, with a few exceptions, their psychological character.
The biography of yours available on your own website mentions some attempts you made at working through mediums other than painting. Would you like to discuss this briefly? Are these to be considered merely a thing of the past? Do you think that at this stage of your career painting represents a 'medium of choice' for you, or do you still think there is room for you to express yourself and experiemnt by means of different media?
When I was a student at the Accademia di Belle Arti I never painted. During those years I was more interested in photography, cinema, in conceptual art when mixed with body-art and land-art. I was convinced that, in order to create art, it was necessary to employ the most current media available; I was also really fascinated by the above artistic movements, and by some of the personalities involved in them, like Gina Pane. All these are experiences of the past, but essential ones in terms of the development of my career, just as much as for drawing during high school. Right now, painting absorbs my time completely, sometimes it is draining but I still manage to enjoy myself when I paint. I don't rule out the possibility of experimenting with different techniques or media in the future, digital photography in particular is tempting. "
Saturno Buttó Interviewed by Albert Hofer for Channel 83 here


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Allison Kvien
A member of the class of 2013, Allison Kvien is majoring in environmental studies.
Allison is a member of the varsity women's swimming team and has twice earned a spot on the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll. Allison is also a presidential fellow and a member of the Douglass Cater Society of Junior Fellows.
Campus Involvement
- Douglass Cater Society of Junior Fellows
- Presidential Fellows
- Phi Beta Kappa
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From: http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/674129/hubble_discovers_dark_cloud_in_the_atmosphere_of_uranus/index.html
Sep 28, 2006
Just as we near the end of the hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean, winds whirl and clouds churn 2 billion miles away in the atmosphere of Uranus, forming a dark vortex large enough to engulf two-thirds of the United States.
Astronomers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to take the first definitive images of a dark spot on Uranus. The elongated feature measures 1,100 miles by 1,900 miles (1,700 kilometers by 3,000 kilometers).
This three-wavelength composite image was taken with Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys on August 23, 2006. The research team found the dark spot again on August 24. The inset image shows a magnified view of the spot with enhanced contrast. Uranus's north pole is near the 3 o'clock position in this image. The bright band in the southern hemisphere is at 45 degrees south.


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In a new coffee table book Reflections, double Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman looks back at memorable moments spent with those who have worked with him through the years. The book also shares singers' tributes to the Mozart of Madras.
"The book is a tribute by AR Rahman to singers who have influenced his music. It is also a heartwarming tribute by the singers to the composer, the special man who shared with them his unique and compassionate style of working and who helped them to tap into and discover musical potential which sometimes even they didn't know they possessed," professional photographer T Selvakumar, the author of the book, said in a statement.
Published by Audio Media Inc, Reflections will be on sale from July. The proceeds from the book will go to support the charitable work of A. R. Rahman Foundation.
Touched by the book, Rahman said, "Twenty years after my first film, I am pausing to reflect on the people who have contributed so richly to my music. I am happy that these wonderful individuals have been so beautifully photographed by Selva."
"Through arduous long nights and day-long rehearsals and recordings, my half-sleepy and tired, unassuming and self-effacing musicians and colleagues stood tall by me, sharing and celebrating my success," he added.
Rahman has scored for music for a string of Bollywood, southern and international films. He made a mark globally with the soundtrack of Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, which won him two Academy Awards.


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It Is All About BTC, LTC, ETH, ZEC mining as well as other alternative crypto currencies
Time for another group of tests of the newly released GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition video card by Nvidia. This time we have used the latest released of the ccMiner 2.0 RC2 fork by Tpruvot in order to test how all of the supported algorithms perform on the new GPU. Do note that not all of the supported crypto algorithms by this miner may be performing the fastest, so you should use the results as a reference if comparing results from 2.0 RC2 release only. We have managed to successfully test the hashrate on most of the supported algorithms by this miner, though we still did have trouble making some of them work, but that is to be expected with a new GPU release…
We have used ccMiner 2.0 RC2 by tpruvot in benchmark mode with all of the default settings for intensity on all algorithms supported by the miner. The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GPU was running at the default 100% TDP or with other words a Power Limiter at 250W, though on the Founders Edition GPUs you can increase it by up to 20% all the way to 300W (mind the cooling though). The tests were performed on stock operating frequencies of the video card with the fan set at 100% in order to keep the GPU cool and prevent thermal throttling (dropping of the boost frequency) because of high temperature that might be reached with auto fans.
As you can see in the table with performance results above we have posted the hashrate and the power usage for each algorithm tested (if the test has successfully passed). The power usage values are the ones reported by the video card itself only and are based on its TDP limit, not the actual values measured at the wall (these will be higher). The algorithms pushing the 250W TDP limit might be able to benefit from a power limit increase, though you might want to be careful with that in terms of being able to properly cool down the card. On the other hand forcing the TDP limited down might bring significant power reduction with a little sacrifice in terms of hashrate thus giving you better performance per Watt than the stock settings.
With the BMW algorithm we got an error at the default intensity of 21, and we've had to decrease it down to 15 in order to make it work, resulting in very low hashrate. With Cryptonight we got an error at the default intensity of 10.75, but down to 10.25 it worked and you can see the result in the table. With the Jackpot algorithm we also got an error at the default intensity of 20, however lowering it did not seem to help at all and the same thing also applies to the Quark algorithm. With the Wildkeccak algorithm we had trouble making it work properly in benchmark mode due to the specifics of the algorithm needing a scratchpad file.
The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is the latest addition in Nvidia's lineup of high-end gaming GPUs, but here we are more interested in another aspect for using these video cards – crypto mining. Tomorrow, March 10th, the sales of the new Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti should start priced at $699 USD, though initially there will be only Founders Edition models only with availability of non-reference designs expected to start showing for sale in April. The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is based on GDDR5X memory clocked at 11 GHz, so the memory timings might not be the best for memory-based crypto algorithms, but the serious number of CUDA cores is there to compensate in terms of performance. Do note that the TDP of the new cards is set at 250W, though we expect that you should be able to lower the Power Limit a bit and get a better results than at stock settings.
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Specifications:
– Graphics Processing Clusters: 6
– Streaming Multiprocessors: 28
– CUDA Cores (single precision): 3584
– Texture Units: 224
– ROP Units: 88
– Base Clock: 1480 MHz
– Boost Clock: 1582 MHz
– Memory Clock: 5505 MHz
– Memory Data Rate: 11 Gbps
– L2 Cache Size: 2816K
– Total Video Memory: 11264MB GDDR5X
– Memory Interface: 352-bit
– Total Memory Bandwidth: 484 GB/s
– Texture Rate (Bilinear): 331.5 GigaTexels/sec
– Fabrication Process: 16 nm
– Transistor Count: 12 Billion
– Connectors: 3 x DisplayPort, 1 x HDMI
– Form Factor: Dual Slot
– Power Connectors: One 6-pin, One 8-pin
– Recommended Power Supply: 600 Watts
– Thermal Design Power (TDP): 250 Watts
– Thermal Threshold: 91° C
We have managed to do some quick testing of the new GTX 1080 Ti and the results do seem promising. Starting with the currently more profitable algorithms on NiceHash and benchmarking with their NiceHash Miner that uses various fast performing miners (the miner used is noted after the algorithm). Not all of the latest and highest performing miners may be included, so we also ran some additional tests using the Claymore ETH miner that managed to provide a stable hashrate of about 31.8 MHS with stock settings of the card as well as the latest EWBF CUDA miner that managed to squeeze a bit more at about 625 H/s from the GTX 1080 Ti.
You can use these numbers as a reference, including the expected daily profitability if selling the hashrate form a GTX 1080 Ti on NiceHash that their miner also reports. Hopefully we are going to be able to run some more benchmarks in the next couple of days and play around to see what the GPU is capable in terms of overclocking, though with the pretty high boost frequency and a TDP of 250W you should not be expecting a lot more at least from the Founders Edition version that is launching first. Do note that properly powering and cooling six of these GPUs in a mining rig is not going to be as easy as with GTX 1070 Founders Edition for example that consume much less power and are a much more popular choice by miners using Nvidia GPUs.
Do note that with the launch of the GTX 1080 Ti, Nvidia is also going to have a new pricing for the GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition and GeForce GTX 1080 partner boards that will get a bit more cheaper. There is no word on reducing the prices of the GTX 1070 as well however. Furthermore two new models with higher clocked video memory should be available soon, the GeForce GTX 1080 with 11 Gbps along with the already available 10 Gbps model as well as GeForce GTX 1060 9 Gbps along the already available 8 Gbps versions. The faster memory variants might be of interest especially for the miners that are into mining crypto currencies based on algorithms that are more memory dependent such as ZEC or ETH for example.


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Hypnotherapy can help you with (PTSD) Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a debilitating condition that follows a terrifying event or cluster of events from war incidences, kidnapping, serious accidents such as car, aeroplane or train, natural disasters such as floods or earthquakes, violent attacks such as mugging, rape or torture or being held against their will. They may have been a part of these events or been witness to it. Often, people with PTSD experience persistent and terrifying thoughts, memories, and can feel emotionally numb, particularly with people they were once close to. They often relive the events in the form of nightmares and also during the daytimes (commonly known as 'flashbacks'). Sleep pattern disturbances are also common alongside, depression.
PTSD can occur at any age and symptoms may be severe or mild. Not every traumatised person will develop PTSD and it is diagnosed only in those whose symptoms last longer than one month and the symptoms often begin within 3 months of the trauma.
Hypnosis has been used for decades as a method of successfully treating PTSD enabling the person to return back to a happier and healthier way of living.
PTSD can be treated extremely effectively and you may be surprised by the speed of the results achieved by the use of hypnotherapy, NLP and EFT techniques. My aim is in helping individuals to get their life back on the right track for them in the shortest possible time.


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The Queen will officially name the Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier at a ceremony this summer.
A traditional champagne christening will be held at Rosyth dockyard in Fife to mark the completion of the HMS Queen Elizabeth.
Thousands are expected on the banks of the Firth of Forth for the event on July 4, including members of the ship's crew and workers who helped to build it.
The 65,000-tonne ship is Britain's biggest ever carrier and is said to be the most complex warship built in the UK.
More than 7,000 people in more than 100 companies across the country have worked on its construction.
The dock will be flooded later in July so the ship can be floated for the first time.
Sea trials are expected to begin in 2017, with flight trials of Lightning II aircraft starting the following year.
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said: "This will be a proud and historic day, not just for the Royal Navy but for the entire nation. It is great news that Her Majesty will officially name the first aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth.
"This occasion will mark a major milestone in regenerating the UK's aircraft carrier fleet and its power projection capability, with the first Lightning II aircraft due to begin flight trials off the deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth in 2018."
First Sea Lord Admiral Sir George Zambellas said: "The Royal Navy is delighted that Her Majesty will name this great ship - the first of a class that will return fast-jet carrier operations to our nation's war fighting credibility.
"We have a great journey ahead, in close partnership with the Royal Air Force, to create and sustain the best that our shipbuilding, engineering, technology and people can deliver. And we are proud to have the chance to show what we can do."
Work is under way on the carrier's sister ship, the Prince of Wales, which is to be assembled in Rosyth dockyard later this year.


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Someone is changing her tune.
Jessica Hart now has nothing but kind words for Taylor Swift after she criticized her for not being a good "fit" for the 2013 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show last week.
The blond beauty tells E! News, "I adore Taylor Swift and I was so excited to be with her at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show."
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She added, "Taylor's amazing musical performance on that runway is nothing compared to what we do. I could never get up there and do what she does, she is a true rock star and she absolutely killed it the other night."
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And according to Hart, the country crooner has been one of her favorite artists for quite some time.
"Her song 'Fearless' is one of my favorite songs and I own her first-ever cd, I can't imagine why I would have said anything bad about her."
Meanwhile, the model's rep tells E! News that she was misinterpreted by the reporter who "caught her on her way into the Victoria's Secret after party" and that she "truly has nothing against Swift and happens to be a fan of the singer."
So it looks like the leggy Aussie has officially changed her tune following last Wednesday's runway show.
PHOTOS: Backstage at the Victoria's Secret fashion show
At the time, Hart told Women's Wear Daily at the show's after party that she wasn't entirely sold on the "I Knew You Were Trouble" singer's performance.
"I think, you know what, god bless her heart. I think she's great. But, I don't know, to me she didn't fit. I don't know if I should say that."
And when asked whether the seven-time Grammy winner could pull off being a Victoria's Secret model, the 27-year-old simply replied, "No."


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Maestro Henry Smith, conductor of the Mississippi Valley Orchestra, digitally composes a score inside his home office in Roseville. (Erin Hinrichs/Review)
In the midst of the Cold War, Henry Charles Smith packed up his trombone and went on tour of the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc nations with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Hoppy and Friends played at Dunn Bros. Coffee in Roseville on Sept. 30. (Linda E. Andersen/Review)
Hoppy and Friends, a group of three seasoned musicians (four if you count the stuffed frog drummer) have been steadily building a following at Dunn Bros Coffee Shop in Roseville on Monday mornings.
The band is made up of Owen Rasmussen, a New Brighton resident originally from Roseville, Wally Walstad of St. Paul and Merlin "Brunkow" Bronco of Minneapolis. The three men range in age from their mid-sixties to early seventies and have been playing music since they were teenagers, although not together.
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Bike to Work Day is an annual event held each spring across the United States and Canada that promotes bicycling as an option for commuting to work. The Saratoga Springs Bike to Work Day challenge is organized by Bikeatoga, a local organization dedicated to promoting a better future by making functional cycling more convenient, accessible, and safer in and around Saratoga Springs, New York.
For several years, Skidmore employees have taken part in the friendly competition among community organizations. For the past two years, Skidmore has won Bikeatoga's "SteerHead Trophy" for the organization with the most total riders. Faculty and staff join together in downtown Saratoga Springs and meet with other riders in the community, then ride up to campus as a group before the workday begins. It's a fun, healthy event than many look forward to each spring.


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Students are introduced to concepts of social justice, such as diversity, tolerance, equity, and equality, through a literary text, class discussions, and guided research. Students plan a service-learning project, then work in small groups using Photo Story software to produce a multimedia presentation designed to foster community support for the project. Students also use the ReadWriteThink.org Printing Press to create informational fliers about the project. The lesson concludesand the service-learning project beginswith a showing of the Photo Story productions for parents and other community members.
- Persuasion Map: Students can use this easy tool to visually break down their ideas for their service projects by sorting their information into reasons with supporting details.
- ReadWriteThink Printing Press: This handy tool allows students to publish their ideas in a variety of formats, including newspapers and booklets.
Johnson, H., & Freedman, L. (2005). Developing critical awareness at the middle level: Using texts as tools for critique and pleasure. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
- Using literature students enjoy, teachers can help students develop critical awareness and discuss social justice issues.
- Through the literature students read and subsequent discussions, teachers create the opportunity for middle-level learners to investigate themselves and their connections to the world.
- Literature about other cultures and other times provides a venue for both students and teachers to question their assumptions about themselves and the world.
Sangiuliano, G. (2005). Books on tape for kids: A language arts-based service-learning project. In R.A. Karchmer, M.H. Mallette, J. Kara-Soteriou, & D.J. Leu, Jr. (Eds.) Innovative approaches to literacy education: Using the Internet to support new literacies. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
- A successful service-learning project involves "a great deal of preparation by the teachers and volunteers, motivation from the students and parents, and support from the community." (p. 14)
- The Books on Tape for Kids project provided previously reluctant readers with an intrinsic motivation to improve their literacy skills.
- Introducing a service-learning project to other students and community members offers additional opportunities for students to develop skills in "new literacies," through authentic use of information technologies.


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A new study report – free open source software is costing vendors $60 billion per annum. According to Jim Johnson, Chairman, The Standish Group International, Boston, MA :
Open Source software is raising havoc throughout the software market. It is the ultimate in disruptive technology, and while to it is only 6% of estimated trillion dollars IT budgeted annually, it represents a real loss of $60 billion in annual revenues to software companies.
This is good news as you and me just saved $60 Billion. I'm now wondering how this revenue is calculated? Anyway, FOSS software is for all of us and it is a win win situation – screw the proprietary software 😉
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Let me start by clarifying "drift". 'Drift' is the process by which a playgroup, consciously or unconsciously, moves away (drifts) from playing the game according to the rules as written ("RAW"). Other terms used are "vanilla" (RAW), the opposite of this may be many things, "pervy" is one of them. House rules may fill gaps or override RAW - they would almost always be 'drift' as well (unless campaign-setting specific, possibly).
I'm not saying that drift is a good thing or a bad thing. I have, however, experienced much frustration with AD&D 2 and the standard rules. From what I gathered from other groups and our friend the internet, this was very very common. Many considered (parts of d&d to be 'bad design'). I'm also not interested in whether this is actually true or not. My question is:
Given your own experiences and general community feedback: are people 'drifting' as much in D&D4 as in earlier versions?
The questions of why/why not etc. I'll leave to other interested parties.
I think a non-subjective, non-community answer is possible, though it might require the marketing / customer service department of a certain RPG company. I'll change it to CW if common perception indicates it should be.
Note that I'm interested because I, as a customer, would be more interested in serious investigation of (purchasing) this game if less drift occurs: as a RPG enthusiast / theorist I also have my reasons.


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LEAP Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy & Learning
We offer an EFP/L Practitioner Training Programme and introductory workshops, as well as CPD courses for those already qualified with LEAP.
With over 1000 clients seen so far, LEAP has created a model of EFP/L based on extensive clinical practice, a model designed specifically for the UK and Europe.
LEAP are organisational members of The British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) and adhere to the BACP Code of Ethics.
Why horses?
Horses and humans are connected in deep and profound ways. History shows us a long and multi-faceted story of horses and humans working and living side-by-side. More recently, neuroscience has shown us remarkable similarities between the limbic (emotional) brain of horses and humans, which make it possible for horses to serve as both our mirrors and our teachers in terms of understanding ourselves, our emotional life, and the way we relate to ourselves and those around us. And then there is that inexplicable feeling of being around a horse; as Churchill once said, 'There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man', (and of course a woman, and a child).
EFP/L gives us opportunities to interact and form relationships with horses, and to learn from these experiences in a way that involves us physically, emotionally and mentally. Lessons learnt in this holistic way can be more easily absorbed and remembered, resulting in lasting and positive changes that can be transferred to the world of human-human relating.
And these intelligent, sensitive creatures are also our friends; they live entirely in the present, offering us patience, forgiveness, and another chance when we get it wrong. Do we always know how we are feeling? Are we always aware of how we are behaving or affecting others? Horses are radars for incongruence, and will reward us when we behave in a way that is in keeping with who we really are and what we truly feel.
What is the Difference Between EFP and EFL?
EFP stands for Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy. EFL stands for Equine Facilitated Learning. EFP is practiced by someone with a mental health qualification, and is a form of psychotherapy. EFL can be practiced by people from many spheres of life including teachers, coaches, and professionals from the equine industry, to name just a few.
EFL uses equine-facilitated activities as a tool for self development and education, with a focus on the present moment. Skills include non-verbal communication, assertiveness, creative thinking, problem-solving, leadership, teamwork, relationship skills, confidence and resilience.
EFP uses equine-facilitated activities to explore the way a client sees and relates to themselves and others, their patterns of behaviour and survival as well as their gifts and strengths, and may include the exploration of past experiences and traumas. EFP is a form of psychotherapy and relies upon the therapeutic knowledge and experience gained through a mental health qualification.
How many sessions?
We recommend a course of 8 -10 sessions, though the model has also been adapted at LEAP for long-term work. Typically with longer-term work, clients will have a combination of EFP and office-based sessions. Clients with attachment issues often require longer-term work as depth of relationship with the practitioner and the horses is often key to a positive therapeutic outcome.


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Watch Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 10pm on WMHT TV.
Addie Rerecich was a happy 11-year-old girl who loved sports and talked a mile a minute. But when a mysterious pain in her hip landed her in the hospital in 2011, she began a downward spiral into the nightmare of a new kind of antibiotic-resistant infection that is confounding doctors across the world.
Addie's precipitous decline might sound unusual, but as FRONTLINE reports in Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria, medicine's struggle with deadly drug-resistant infections is becoming all too real.
"The world is entering a post-antibiotic era. Doctors tell me there are patients for whom we have no therapy. The bacteria are growing stronger and the drug pipeline is drying up," says award-winning journalist David E. Hoffman, who investigates the crisis for FRONTLINE.
In Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria, Hoffman examines the alarming rise of superbugs that our modern antibiotics can't stop—from Addie Rerecich's caseto that of David Ricci, who brings a nasty infection home from India, and to a rare look inside an uncontrollable outbreak at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center—the NIH—one of the nation's most prestigious research hospitals, where 18 patients were sickened and seven died.
"The rise of antimicrobial resistance is a threat to us all. Prominent public health officials are using words like 'nightmare' and 'catastrophic,'" Hoffman says. "But even though we've known about this problem for decades, the alarms have not been met with similar levels of urgency in the public or the government."
As FRONTLINE reports, after decades of antibiotic overuse, the crisis of untreatable infections has only deepened. Most major drug companies, squeezed by Wall Street expectations and facing steep scientific hurdles, have abandoned the development of new antibiotics. The film takes viewers behind the story of one major drug company's efforts to overcome the new drug-resistant superbugs—and why, despite those efforts, the drug pipeline is running dry.
"Twenty-five years ago, there were more than 25 large companies working to discover and develop new antibiotics," infectious disease doctor Brad Spellberg tells FRONTLINE. "Now there's two, maybe three."
Compounding the problem is the fact that these superbugs are now spreading in frightening ways with alarming speed, both across the globe and inside hospitals—though few hospitals are willing to talk about the problem publicly.
But FRONTLINE was granted unprecedented access to the NIH, where some of the nation's top clinical specialists struggled to control the spread of a deadly outbreak in 2011. The specialists remain confounded—and their experience has serious implications for the rest of the country: These new threats have been found in almost every state.
"The average person thinks, 'Oh, I have an infection, I take an antibiotic, I get better,'" says nurse Tonya Rerecich, whose daughter Addie's story is featured in the FRONTLINE report. "Yeah, it's not that simple anymore."


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Use this form to apply to adopt a Rescue Kerry, or to introduce yourself to a breeder if you are interested in purchasing a puppy.
The questions are meant to help you determine if a Kerry is the right breed for you, and to guide you in thinking about all the ways a dog will impact your life. The questions address various aspects of dog ownership that should be given serious consideration before you decide to share your life with any dog. Your answers help assess your suitability as a home for a Kerry, and to match a dog to your particular lifestyle and expectations.
There are 10 sections to the form:
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There are two ways to complete the Questionnaire.
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May we kindly suggest a donation of $25 to help our volunteers with their rescue work? Your donation will not influence your chances of adopting a Kerry.
You will be contacted by our Rescue Administrator, who will assign the application to a local Rescue Coordinator (RC) in your area. You will receive an acknowledgement from the Rescue Administator that your application was received, and provide you with the contact information of your local RC.
The RC in your area will contact you about the application. If you do not hear from your local RC, feel free to contact him/her. If your local RC determines you are eligible for a Kerry Blue Terrier, he/she will put you in contact with the RC who has a Kerry for you. Your primary contact is your local RC.


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Prineville, Ore.— The discovery of invasive quagga or zebra mussels in an Oregon waterbody would trigger a rapid response plan involving a number of agencies and stakeholders that would come together to evaluate and contain the situation. To test and improve Oregon's response plan, a number of groups met in Prineville on April 2 and 3 in a simulated exercise.
"This was an opportunity to test the plan and use the Incident Command System to organize and staff the mock-response team," said Robyn Draheim, Assistant ANS Coordinator, Center for Lakes and Reservoirs at Portland State University. "It gave us the opportunity to answer questions about the roles and authorities of stakeholders in a multi-jurisdictional waterbody."
Lessons learned from the mock exercise will be included in the "Oregon Dreissenid Response Plan," which is being developed by Portland State University, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Oregon Marine Board.
"Early detection is critical to stopping the spread of the destructive aquatic invaders," said Rick Boatner, ODFW Aquatic Invasive Species Coordinator. "We put a lot of focus on keeping invasive species out of our waters, but we have to be prepared in the event they are introduced."
States where quagga and zebra mussels are established spend millions of dollars a year to contain them and keep water facilities operational. Quagga and zebra mussels also negatively impact recreation and commercial fishing and local economies.
"Boaters need to be good stewards of the waterways and clean, drain and dry their watercraft after every use," said Glenn Dolphin, Marine Board Aquatic Invasive Species Coordinator. "An infestation would mean a loss of boating opportunities."
The exercise was supported by the Columbia River Basin Team of the 100th Meridian Initiative. The Team's goal is to prevent the introduction and establishment of quagga or zebra mussels in the Pacific Northwest. It is made up of representatives from the federal and state government, the various Northwest tribes and various industries from the five Northwest states and two Canadian provinces.
Groups participating in the response exercise included U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Oregon Marine Board, Oregon Bass Federation, Portland State University, Columbia River Basin Intertribal Fisheries Commission, Crook County Sheriff's Office, U.S. Forest Service, Northwest Power and Conservation Council, Oregon Emergency Management, Pacific State Marine Fisheries Commission, Ochoco Irrigation District, Portland General Electric, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.


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Drug addiction can ruin the lives of users as well as their friends and family. Physical and financial consequences often last for years. And, in some case, relationships are broken and can never be repaired. So it's important to find the right treatment facility to get the necessary help. When looking at all of the options, be sure to find a location that offers a customized drug rehab program.
Each Person is Different
There is no one solution that will work for every person that needs rehab assistance. Each client is different both mentally and physically. When it comes to detox, there may be guidelines for the amount of time it takes or even the amount of medication used to make the transition easier, but each person's time and meds need to be adjusted to suit their needs. Just being one person in a long line of people all getting the same treatment isn't effective.
Different Substances Require Different Treatment
There are a vast number of substances out there that can result in addiction. Much like people, even if they all have similar characteristics, each one is a little different. They affect the body differently and they require different treatment to help a person break free from the addiction. A rehab facility needs to take the person, as well as the type of drug he or she is on, into consideration when creating a rehabilitation plan.
Triggers and Reasons for Addiction
A group of people can all be addicted to the same substance but each one will have a different reason for reaching the point of addiction. For some, it may have started as a social thing; something to do with friends. Others were looking to escape some problem in their lives and the substance offered some relief. Others may have had medication prescribed to them for pain management but they quickly became hooked on it. The reasons for the addiction matter when it comes to treatment. Treatment should also be catered to what triggers a person will face in the future that could lead him or her back down the path of drugs. Find more info before making a final decision on a treatment facility.