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Thanksgiving is in just three (oh, crap! It's after midnight!)…so no, TWO days from now. I have started making my list of things I would like to get done to make the day run more smoothly. I always plan to plan ahead. Then, I procrastinate to the point where I have to begin choosing which things I can do without getting done because there is no longer enough time to possibly do them all.
Of course, I needed to get the updates done on my computer first.
Why? Because it was important to me at the time. It was the 'something shiny' that caught my attention at that exact moment and…well, that's it! Do I need a reason? (Yes.) Well, I don't have one, so that's as good as it's going to get.
Okay, that pesky task is out of the way now. Imagine how much better the turkey will taste now that my computer is fully updated!
Seriously…that sounded so much more intelligent in my head.
I grabbed a pen and a paper (which would also not work nearly as well if my computer didn't have all of its updates) and started jotting down the things I plan to get done tomorrow. As I'm writing down the second item on my list, I notice the pen isn't working right. It works when I make the test scribbles on the top of the paper, but not when I try to write down the actual words I need to write down.
How do ball point pens know to do that?
I think I'd better add 'Toss out old pens' to my list. If I had a working pen, I totally would! It's not as if we don't have any working pens in this house. I'm sure there are probably hundreds of them around here somewhere. However, they seem to stay hidden in the same place with all the toenail clippers and the tape measurers we've ever bought.
Honestly, where in the hell do those things go? How many pairs of toenail clippers have your purchased in your lifetime? How many can you find right now? See?
I think it's time to call it a night. I find the process of making lists simply exhausting. Tonight, it just wasn't meant to be. Let's just hope that the few things I wanted to write down will still be in my head first thing tomorrow morning.
Well, okay…I at least hope to see them again after I've had my first cup of coffee!
In closing, here is a picture of 7YO (when she was FOUR) taking a selfie.
She even has 'the look' down, doesn't she? I can already see her a few years down the road posting an Instagram pic (or whatever app the whipper-snappers are into by then!) after spending two hours between makeup, hair, and editing only to write,
#nofilter #nomakeup
Don't you just love social media? Everyone can be exactly who they really are.


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Alex Brecher 10-years after Lap-Band Success
Alex Brecher represents BariatricPal at the Obesity Action Coalition's Your Weight Matters** 2014 convention.**
In 2003, Alex Brecher underwent the Lap-Band procedure at age 27. It took him a little more than a year to drop roughly 100 pounds and Alex vows to keep it off forever.
Today Alex loves working out at the gym and running the weight-loss surgery community BariatricPal. Let's take a look at a day in his bariatric life.
Alex Brecher Interviey Bariatric Life:** Alex, in your words, "I had struggled with my weight my whole life." What weight-loss approaches did you try before** ** bariatric surgery**?
Alex Brecher: You mean, "what didn't I try?" I tried all the diets, or at least what felt like all of them. I tried enough diets to learn that they worked when I followed them, but I wasn't able to stay on them long-term"and that's when the weight would come back, and then some. I knew I couldn't manage my weight for the rest of my life with those diets.
MBL:** How did you get to a point where you realized you needed obesity surgery? What research did you do to arrive at the LAP-band procedure?**
Alex: I realized what I was doing wasn't working. There was no way I'd be able to keep a healthy and happy weight for life by following diets. I also didn't want to struggle with weight and food for the rest of my life.
I learned about the lap-band procedure from a friend. I noticed that he lost a lot of weight, and he told me he had gotten the lap-band. After some research, I found a surgeon who was encouraging and seemed competent, and I got the surgery.
MBL:** You've maintained weight loss of 90 pounds from the LAP-band for more than a decade. To what do you owe your outstanding success?**
Alex: I owe my success to"
My lap-band. It is so much easier to eat the right amount and not way too much when you're not starving - and the lap-band helps reduce hunger. It's also reduced my cravings for junk food. I eat pretty healthy now, and am usually able to pass up foods I know I shouldn't have.
My kids. I have the best kids in the world and live for them. It is such a gift to be able to be healthy and enjoy my life with them. Being able to bike with them and go to all of their activities is a huge motivator for me to stay on track with healthy eating and workouts.
My work. I love my work. How many people are lucky enough to be able to work at something they are passionate about? I love BariatricPal and advocating for the weight loss surgery community. It is so rewarding, and also so motivating. Meeting all these dedicated and hard-working and sometimes struggling people inspires me to keep living a healthy lifestyle.
MBL:** Your surgery was over a decade ago. Thinking back, what were those early years like learning to be healthy? What gets you off track today?**
Alex: They weren't too bad. I knew what a healthy lifestyle was. I knew what healthy eating was. I knew what moderation was. I just hadn't practiced any of those for any length of time. The lap-band forced me to do those things, and I got into the habit relatively quickly.
Of course, I had and have my setbacks just like anyone. For me, unexpected events can be the problem. I'm fine in daily life; I know what to expect, and what I'll eat, and when I'll exercise. But sometimes I'll be with people and all of a sudden I'm faced with too much junk food, and it's hard to know how to handle those situations. I just do the best I can and try not to worry about it.
I occasionally crave a treat. I'll wait for a while, maybe a few days or even weeks, to make sure it's some I really want. If the craving is still there, I give in. I savor it; I don't consider it a binge. I enjoy every bite, and then get right back on track. I actually find the ability to plan and enjoy treats really empowering compared to pre-lap-band, when I was constantly eating too many "treats," and probably not enjoying them much.
MBL:** Give us an idea of a typical day's menu, including supplements and hydration.**
Alex: Supplements: I'm not as rigorous about them as maybe I should be.
Hydration: water, water, water. I just keep it with me all the time. I don't necessarily count the ounces, but I make sure to get enough. I have my patterns: drink in the morning after waking up, before and after workouts, mid-morning, mid-afternoon, etc.
A typical day"three meals, no snacks. This might be a day in my life:
Breakfast: oatmeal, blueberries, Greek yogurt
Lunch: Tuna salad with greens, tuna, olive oil/vinegar dressing, maybe with some add-ons like almonds, garbanzo beans, or shredded cheese. Maybe an apple or orange.
Dinner: Something with protein and vegetables"maybe something plain like chicken breast or a piece of fish with a side of steamed vegetables, or maybe chicken or fish stir fry or fajitas (no tortilla) or a veggie burger. I'll have a side of starches sometimes, like brown rice or whole-wheat pasta or beans or acorn squash.
If I do have snacks, it'll be fruit or vegetables usually, maybe with protein like yogurt or cottage cheese or string cheese.
MBL:** We've looked at what you did to address nutrition. What did you do to address body, mind and spirit?**
Alex: I'm a pretty happy person by nature. I generally see the positive sides of things. To be honest, it's not that tough when I feel like the luckiest man in the world. I have a wonderful life. I have beautiful, healthy children who make me proud every day. I am thrilled to be managing my weight. I am always touched whenever people tell me BariatricPal has touched their lives and helped them reach their goals. Even though I don't do anything specifically for mind and spirit, I just stay positive and keep myself involved in things I love, like being involved in the WLS community and watching my kids grow up. I also relish the time I spend working out, whether running or lifting weights or doing something else in the gym. The exercise clears my head and keeps me focused.
Read part 2 of my interview My BariatricPal Alex Brecher on his role as author and founder of BariatricPal. njoy more weight loss success personal stories:** Meet 8 People Who Reclaimed their Lives from Obesity**
I also invite you to share YOUR story of weight loss success!** Living larger than ever,**** My Bariatric Lifisit me on MyBariatricLife.org,** ** Flickr**, Vimeo, Twitter, YouTube,** ** StumbleUpon**, Google+ iew my **Borne Appétit recipe collection on Pinterest

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Today, the outdoor LCD advertising machine is well used for the business to pass the information passed to the user, is the most popular information carrier, but also solve some of the drawbacks of traditional media, then, What are the characteristics of outdoor LCD advertising machine?
1, outdoor LCD advertising machine and newspapers, radio and other media, video advertising cost of thousands of people (CMP) is relatively low, but the newspaper, radio and other media cost of thousands of people one-tenth, the relative savings in advertising spending.
2, high advertising arrival rate can quickly and effectively launch advertising campaign, due to the special spread of LCD advertising, a wide range of transmission channels, to tens of thousands of people to pass advertising information.
3, compared with the outdoor advertising machine has a stronger readability, visibility and dissemination of information integrity and other advantages of the characteristics.
4, compared with the cable television media, advertising capacity, content refurbished fast, good information continuity. Large population flow, media audience rate is high, passengers pay attention to high.
5, TV ads more stereoscopic, more vivid colors, more continuous action characteristics, compared to print ads more advantages, especially for brand image publicity.


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Social Desktop
Project Bretzn
Open Collaboration Services
About us
Project Bretzn
What is Bretzn?
The problem: a developer wants to code
As a developer you want to create cool software get the result out to millions of users. Unfortunately, to get the code to the user you need to do more than just the fun stuff (writing code). You have to compile and package your software for all the patforms and operating systems you support; then you have to create a nice webpage with information about the application; create feedback tools like a forum and a bugreport tool; then promote your app on twitter, facebook and other social media; get it into a variety of appstores and on your website; and process the feedback from the user and re-itterate over the whole list of tasks.
The solution: Bretzn
Project Bretzn aims to reduce this cycle to 10 minutes of work with the following major goals:
Make it easy for developers to release an application
Make it easy for developers to market and for users to learn about that application
Make it easy for users to install the application
Bretzn does this by providing plugins for development applications like KDevelop and Qt Creator which builds your application on the open build service; pushes the result to relevant appstores; and promotes the new release on social media like twitter and facebook.
The how
Bretzn is an open project, creating an open API (part of the
Open Collaboration Services
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Current features of the API include categories, screen shots, change logs, commenting, rating, search and update notification. Not all AppStore clients include all features right now, the KDE GHNS client is probably the most complete as it has been around for many years.
Social features include notifications directly to the desktop using the Social Desktop API, what my friends like and what my friends develop and Knowledge Base integration.
Plans for the future
Future plans are to show commits of friends, link to bug trackers so users can file bugs, allow users to easily test newer versions so developers can gather feedback and the ability to give donations to developers.
The code is available on Gitorious and anyone interested in helping out is more than welcome. The team is looking for integration in other IDEs like Eclipse, NetBeans and MonoDevelop. But also work on more App Stores, further social media integration and code cleanup is needed!
beta release
Software / Spec
Qt Creator Plugin
Open Collaboration Services
Packages for openSUSE
Bretzn mailinglist
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MSU Union, Main Lounge
Do you sing, write poetry, or have a stand-up routine? If you anwered yes to these questions Open Mic Night is the place for you. Open for all MSU students. Come on over to the MSU Union, hang with friends, and enjoy some good entertainment. Hosted by Impact89FM.


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With Coachella only a few days away, it's only right that I start packing all of my beauty essentials. Before heading to the desert, I make sure to have certain beauty products on hand in order to survive the three-day long trip. The weather is already hitting the low '90s in LA, so I could only imagine how the temperatures will be once I'm actually on the polo fields. In order to keep my skin safe and my hair tamed, I always make sure to bring the following along with me.
I obviously cannot forget to pack SPF! The sun during festival season is especially strong, so I always make sure to bring one for both my face and my body. A lot of my favorite makeup products are already infused with SPF for extra protection which is great as well. If you have sensitive skin like me, try to pick a sunscreen with an SPF of 35 or higher.
No matter how much setting spray or powder we like to use, we're going to face an extreme amount of humidity at music festivals. To stay on the safe side, I like to keep some oil-blotting papers in my bag with me at all times. I travel from parties directly to the festival so I don't have much time for a makeup touch-up. These sheets are a quick and hassle-free way to ensure that my makeup isn't running down my face and their isn't any excess shine on my skin.
To keep my skin refreshed throughout the day, I also make sure to pack a face mist. Apart from just feeling great to spray onto my skin, a good face mist is typically filled with a ton of nutrients beneficial ingredients such as aloe and zinc. Another plus, they can also be applied over your makeup and won't cause it to get ruined.
You guys know I love my lip balm! For festivals wearing a lip balm is especially important because the weather can cause my lips to dry out more than they usually would. If I'm feeling like wearing more of a natural look, I'll just wear lip balm alone rather than wearing any lipstick or lip gloss above. There's also a ton of options with SPF in them for extra protection from the strong sun.
This one is a given. Our hair is bound to deal with some of the most intense heat and humidity it'll ever face, so dry shampoo is an absolute necessity. To help keep it feeling fresh throughout the day, just add a few spritz and massage or brush it into your roots until it's no longer visible. You'll hide any signs of excess oils that we're all bound to deal with.
The last thing I want it is for my mascara to be running down my face due to the heat, but I also still want to be able to wear some. That's where my favorite waterproof formulas come in which are perfect for festival season. Swipe on a few coats and your lashes will be good to go and you don't have to worry about it getting anywhere else on your face.
I definitely don't like layering a ton of makeup on my face when the weather's too hot, but one thing I do love is bronzer. The sun-kissed glow it gives off is extra flattering when the sun is actually shining all day long, plus it just makes your skin look super healthy. I like to contour my cheeks a little bit with a lightweight powder or liquid formula.
While it's always important to clean off my makeup, it's extra important to do so during festival season! The last thing I want to do is set my skin up to face a sudden breakout by making it prone to bacteria from the environment. We're exposed to so much when we're out there, plus we're sweating in the heat, so the smart thing is to the immediately remove our makeup once we're back from the festival each night.


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There are several key files which play role in name resolution but the journey starts from the file /etc/nsswitch.conf file or the /etc/host.conf in pre-glibc2 systems. When a user types http://www.amazon.com in the address bar of the browser and presses the enter button, the system needs to resolve this hostname to an IP address to make the connection.
It first consults the /etc/nsswitch.conf file to determine which subsystems to ask and in what order to resolve this hostname. The file contains lookup order for many network related setup e.g. password, shadow passwords, groups, hosts, aliases etc.
The default entry for hosts in this file look like this:
hosts: files dns nis
Which means first use the local files e.g. /etc/hosts for name resolution and if not found use DNS (domain name resolution) and if not able to resolve there then finally use Network information server (NIS) in the same order. For small private network just file lookup is enough but for most of the medium to large networks, DNS and NIS is used to resolve the hostname to IP address.
Now, Linux will search for the hostname in /etc/hosts file and if found there it will return the IP address to make the connection. The /etc/hosts usually contain a couple of entries as shown below:
$ cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost ::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters 172.17.1.43 63d51553371a
If the hostname is not found in this file then Linux consults to DNS for name resolution.
In order to connect to DNS, it needs something called nameservers and for that it lookup on the /etc/resolve.conf file. This file contains a couple of nameservers for consultation e.g.
$ cat /etc/resolv.conf # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8) # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN nameserver 10.0.0.2 nameserver 192.168.10.15 nameserver 192.168.250.20
A utility like nslookup will first consult to the primary DNS server, the first server in the /etc/resolv.conf file. A DNS request is made to the primary DNS server. If a response is received i.e. the IP address of hostname is received then the same address is used to make the HTTP request.
If no response is received, either because the DNS server did not have a mapping for the hostname or the DNS server is down or did not respond to the request, then the next nameserver listed in the /etc/resolv.conf is consulted. This process repeats until all name servers have been consulted.
On a side note, the order is very important in /etc/resolv.conf. I remember one instance when we had the wrong hostname to IP address mapping in one name server but correct in other but because the faulty name server was the first listed in /etc/resolv.conf, it is the one which is consulted first, resulting in incorrect IP address resolution. The issue was solved tactically by just changing the order of server until mapping in faulty name server is corrected.
If name resolution failed at name servers then finally NIS is consulted and if there also Linux not able to find a corresponding IP address for a given hostname then the web browser will return an error. The same mechanism is used with any name resolution utility e.g. nslookup.
As a Programmer, Developer or Support professional, it's important to be familiar with fundamentals like this because they help a lot while troubleshooting. The importance of /etc/hosts cannot be ignored because usually it is the first file which is consulted and that's why you always found the localhost to IP address 127.0.0.1 mapping here. Never delete this file as many programs including Java ones check this file for localhost name resolution. Some systems e.g. pre-glibc2 the /etc/host.conf is consulted in place of /etc/nsswitch.conf file.
So, now you know how hostname is resolved to IP address in Linux. This whole process is also known as name resolution and it is one of the important concepts to learn from Linux Interview point of view. If you are interested in learning Linus fundamentals like this I suggest you reading How Linux works, it's full of such important details which make a simple Linux user to a Super User :-)
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alban elved dance company
Karola Luttringhaus has experimented with climbing gear and bungee cords in festivals in America and Germany.
Dance, it seems, is here to stay. Brief reports, then, on three late encounters with the new.
Contact took the 2000 Tony awards for Best Musical and Choreography, beating out Carolina Ballet guest choreographer Lynn Taylor-Corbett's work in Swing (which also visits Raleigh, opening May 28). It was touted at the time as a new type of choreo-theater work, in which the dance, not the script, tells the story. Having seen daring attempts to fuse theater with dance in recent years at the American Dance Festival, I was particularly interested to see what Broadway had come up with lately.
The answer: somewhat less than I expected, and almost as good as what we've seen in Durham. Contact is popular entertainment--but with more packaging than substance and certainly more flash than technique, its three "high-concept" vignettes are still likely to leave dance lovers hungry.
After "Swinging," a ribald tableau vivant on an 18th century painting focusing on the sexual possibilities of a wooden swing, the maudlin "Did You Move?" provided a needlessly extended visit to an abusive marriage in a mid-'50s Italian restaurant. While dancer Adam Dannheiser searched for rolls, Meg Howrey played out increasingly elaborate comic revenge fantasies to music first from Grieg, then Puccini.
After intermission, Alan Campbell played a desperate Manhattan ad executive who seeks swing dance salvation in a mythic downtown bar. Holly Cruikshank raised temperatures as the Woman in Yellow, and a tight ensemble featuring Mike Jackson, Danielle Jolie and Julius Sermonia made a dance gauntlet for Campbell to run, with the aid of a comic bartender. Still, we've seen swing dance hypotheses from Trisha Brown and Paul Taylor in recent years that were just as compelling, if not more so.
You could say that the Carolina Ballet wasn't exactly the most gracious of hosts to choreographer Lynn Taylor-Corbett and chanteuse Andrea Marcovicci the first time around. For four nights in April 2000, the company literally forced the pair beyond the gates of hell--or at least Auguste Rodin's version of it: An epic, two-story vision of the final judgment capped choreographer Margo Sappington's deeply moving homage, Rodin, Mis en Vie.
The two were made to top that orgiastic pageant of damnation with "Cabaret at Café Marcovicci" and "December Songs," a pleasing but comparatively lightweight pair of song cycles sung by--and in the latter instance written for--Ms. Marcovicci. Placing Taylor-Corbett's swing dance and art song musings after Sappington's weighty metaphysics and similarly robust choreography was a programming feat roughly comparable to presenting an evening of Mahler, and then topping things off with a little Cole Porter just to, you know, lighten the mood.
Such slam segues have been thankfully removed from Carolina Ballet's Cabaret II. Where the Memorial Auditorium mainstage dwarfed the initial production, its current setting in the A. J. Fletcher Opera House brings needed intimacy and warmth to these works.
A new section, "Play on Words," now opens the evening, in which Taylor-Corbett interprets a spoken-word text--the light verse of Noel Coward--instead of a musical score. Coward's legendary airy wit is something of a dance unto itself. Through careful selections here, pastiches of clueless honeymooners and cocktail party sycophants are leavened with a remembrance of being a child actor and musings on the nature of memory and God.
As Marcovicci narrates, Taylor-Corbett's interpretations veer from near-pantomime (in Christopher Rudd's moving "The Boy Actor") to more free-form work. Some choices seem in deliberate contrast: A passage describing the silence of a newly married couple in "Honeymoon 1905" is set to choreography that seems particularly loud, and, though it's scripted to, a deep chill never leaves Margaret Severin-Hansen's performance as the bride. In the most successful of these adaptations, Daphne Falcone and Alain Molina bring understated comic wit to "Mrs. Mallory," an unhappily married woman's consultation with a psychologist.
In "December Songs," the singer looks on and occasionally interacts with a small company of dancers who interpret selected fragments of a broken heart. As pianist Glenn Mehrbach tastefully explores the darker registers of a concert grand piano, Lilyan Vigo makes a brittle subject for "December Snow," and Mikhail Nikitine revisits the kinetic vertigo of "Where Are You Now?" Severin-Hansen and Pablo Javier Perez recall love's springtime in "When Your Love is New," before a resiliant Daphne Falcone and crew provide comic leavening in "I Had a Dream About You." But Timor Bourtasenkov's deer-in-headlights take made "Please Let's Not Even Say Hello" seem more wooden than it was in 2000, and the closing anthem, "I Am Longing," seemed less the sum of all that preceded it.
"Cabaret at Café Marcovicci" closed the evening in sheer hedonism, as men in tux and tails tripped the light fantastic with graceful women to the accompaniment of a live dance band, in increasingly improbable extensions of ballroom dance. Vigo and Nikitine were suave in "Let's Face the Music and Dance," and Marin Boieru amused as an unsuitable swain in "Easy to Dance With." But once more, Marcovicci and Heather Eberhardt conveyed the fatigue and late-night desperation of mid-century good-time girls in the showstopper, "Ten Cents a Dance."
alban elved dance company first got our attention in a September, 2000 appearance in Raleigh. The trio from North Carolina's School of the Arts represented a dangerously kinetic, all but flyapart aesthetic and technique--and a serious challenge to the best of our regional choreography.
Since then, you could say choreographer Karola Luttringhaus has been acquiring technologies: experimenting with mountain climbing gear, bungee cords, video, film and aerial fabric in festivals in America and Germany. Last fall, her company performed on the walls, ceilings, roofs and floors of the Southeast Center for Contemporary Art, and MiDi, a performance with music triggered by a grid of onstage lasers attached to computers, was featured in this year's North Carolina Dance Festival.
For the past two weeks, they've been playing with radically different toys in a symposium on dance and technology, courtesy of Duke University's new Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics and Communications Systems. According to project leader Steve Feller, since we're all drowning in data these days, it's no longer enough for devices and technologies to simultaneously acquire information from a myriad of sources. The new technology must make coherent sense of challenging and complex events as well, in real time.
Enter modern dance to test the hypotheses. This weekend they're letting Luttringhaus and colleagues take ARGUS out for a spin--a circular battery of 64 cameras hooked to a supercomputer, capable of providing simultaneous information and digital modeling of an object or an event. That, plus a bevy of wireless broadcast video cameras and infrared sensors and projectors, should make for an interesting experiment in simultaneously multiple points of view. We'll see the results this weekend at Duke's Sheafer Theater.
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Bowman (Lionel Bowman Bursary/Prize)
Who qualifies? One bursary/prize is awarded annually to an undergraduate student for the best interpretation of a complete solo piano work by Beethoven.
Applications: The Chairperson, Department of Music, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, MATIELAND 7602
Closing date: 30 September
Value: approximately R2 500-R3 000
Particulars: Students are to compete for this prize. Applicants must give a public performance of a complete work by Beethoven in the presence of adjudicators.
Cluver (Betsie Cluver)
Who qualifies? A single bursary for the BMus student with the overall best achievement in Piano as the principal instrument in his third year of study
Applications: No applications
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Laetitia Morkel Bursary Fund
Who qualifies? Financially needy BMus students who are also academically deserving
Applications: www.maties.com
Value: Tuition fees
Particulars: Students must excel in piano. Suitable candidates will be considered by the Music Department.
Smallie Scholarship
Who qualifies? Notably deserving, full-time student(s) of piano, violin or voice.
Applications: The Chairperson, Department of Music, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, MATIELAND 7602
Closing date: 31 October of the previous year of study
Particulars: One or two scholarships are awarded annually for a maximum period of two years.
The award is made by the Chairperson of the Department of Music. From the Estate of the late Ms LE Smallie.
Stellenbosch University Women's Association
Who qualifies?
• One of the bursaries is awarded to a deserving final-year student in the field of education. The award is based on academic results and other achievements of the preceding years of study. No applications.
• The other bursary is awarded to a deserving third-year student for musical performance (any instrument or singing). Applicants are required, towards the end of their second year of study, to perform a short programme in public in the presence of adjudicators.
Applications: The Chairperson, Department of Music, Private Bag X1, MATIELAND 7602
Closing date: 30 September
Value: R3 000 each
Particulars: From a donation made by the Stellenbosch University Women's Association, two study bursaries are awarded annually to Music students.


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New to Buddhism
The Four Thoughts
The Three Doors
The Sangha
Four Foundations/Ngondro:
Mandala Offering
21 Praises to TaraLineage:
Guru Rinpoche
The Palyul Lineage
Monastic Vows
Resources: About the Nyingma School
"Crowning the banner of the complete
teaching of Buddha is the beautiful ornament of the
clear light teachings of Dzogpa Chenpo."
"Crowning the banner of the complete
teaching of Buddha is the beautiful ornament of the
clear light teachings of Dzogpa Chenpo."
Through the practice and realization of these
teachings, tens of thousands of beings have become
enlightened. The Dzogchen teachings are the
clearest, most effective and most relevant for the needs of aspirants
today. As Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche said:
"Due to the degeneration of time, human
beings' minds have become more complex and deluded in
their attachment to the external world. So, this age
of extreme confusion demands a teaching of comparably
extreme power and clarity. "
"Due to the degeneration of time, human
beings' minds have become more complex and deluded in
their attachment to the external world. So, this age
of extreme confusion demands a teaching of comparably
extreme power and clarity. "
The Dzogchen teachings have been passed down in
an unbroken line from teacher to student from the
Primordial Buddha Samatabhadra to the present day,
retaining all their freshness, immediacy and power.
As HH Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche further explains:
"Dzogchen is a state, the primordial
state, that state of total awakening that is the heart-essence of all buddhas and all spiritual paths, and the summit of an individual's spiritual evolution. "
"Dzogchen is a state, the primordial
state, that state of total awakening that is the heart-essence of all buddhas and all spiritual paths, and the summit of an individual's spiritual evolution. "
Historically, the Land of Snows had many Dharma kings who were manifestations
of the Three Classes of Deities: Avalokiteshvara, Manjushri, and Vajrapani. The
dharma first originated during the reign of the 28th King, Lha-Tho-Tho-Ri-Nyentsen.
In 433 A.D. when he was 60, a Buddhist scripture called Pang Kong Chag Gya Pa
fell onto his palace rooftops, along with a few other religious objects. During
the reign of Songtsen Gampo (617-698), the 33rd King of Tibet, the Tibetan Script
was created, and hundreds of temples were built, including Rasa Thrulnang. Scores
of sutra teachings were translated and the rules of the divine doctrine of ten
virtuous actions and the sixteen worldly principles were laid down. Tibetan history
considers this period as the time when Buddhadharma was firmly established in
History of the Nyingmapa
The 38th King, Trisong Deutsen (790-858), fully propagated the Buddha's
teaching in the whole of Tibet by inviting one hundred and eight eminent
scholars and masters from India, the Land of the Aryas, including Guru
Padmasambhava, Acharya Shantarakshita, Pandita Vimalamitra and so on.
Vairocana, Kawa Peltseg, Chogro Lui Gyaltsen, Shang Yeshe De and many
other outstanding translators translated most of the sutra and tantra
teachings prevalent in India at that time. Guru Rinpoche brought through
his supernatural powers, many esoteric teachings of the Unsurpassed
Tantra from various places, including countries other than India and
even non-human areas, for the benefit of beings in Tibet. Thus the
teachings of Nine Yanas spread throughout all of Tibet like the rays
of sun. During the rule of Tri Relpachen (866-901) the 41st King, the
previously translated works were edited. At this time recognition was
given to two classes of sangha: monks, those who wear maroon robes,
and lay practitioners, who wear white clothes and long hair.
Gradually many scholars and masters who held this tradition came to
Tibet, and until the present day the teachings of sutra and tantra
continue to be practiced without degeneration. Due to differences in
translation between the period of the first or earlier translations
and the later translations, there came about in Tibet the traditions
of the Nyingmapa (the 'old ones') and the Sarmapa (the 'new
ones'). What has been mentioned above is a brief account of the
origination of the earlier translations in the beginning, then its
subsequent establishment, and finally its dispersion throughout the
The Nyingma tradition includes two types of teachings: Kama and terma.
Kama teachings are preserved through the lineage of teachers and students.
Terma teachings are those which were concealed by Guru Rinpoche for
the benefit of future beings and were later revealed by accomplished
masters. Large monasteries that practiced both kama and terma teachings
came to be known as 'ma-gon' or mother monasteries. Smaller
monasteries originating from these are called 'bu-gon',
son monasteries. From these as well small monasteries were born, which
are called 'yang-gon' or additional monasteries.
Historically, there have been two different listings of the six mother
Nyingma monasteries. Earlier they included Dorje Drag, Mindroling and
Palri Monasteries in Upper Tibet; and Kathok, Palyul and Dzogchen monasteries
in Lower Tibet. Following the decline of Chongye Palri Thegchog Ling
monastery and the flourishing of Shechen Monastery, the mother monasteries
became Dorje Drag and Mindroling in the upper region, Shechen and Dzogchen
in the center, and Kathok and Palyul in the lower part of Tibet. These
six great mother monasteries uphold the distinct Nyingma teachings
to this day and their reputation reaches far and wide.


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Child Support is intended to provide financial support for minor children during and after Dissolution of Marriage or Dissolution of a Civil Union proceedings, and during and after a Parentage proceeding. The formula is the same no matter which type of proceeding is involved. Child support is paid by the "non-custodial" parent to the "custodial parent".
It is a common misconception that if you agree to joint custody that no child support is paid by either parent to the other, and that time with the children is shared equally. Usually, the child or children live primarily with one parent and there is a parenting schedule with the other parent, whether it is called sole custody or joint custody. Therefore, in the vast majority of cases, child support will be ordered.
Chicago Child Support Attorney
Child support is required until each child reaches the age of 18 and graduates high school. This means support can extend beyond the age of 18 if that child has not yet graduated from high school, but not after the age of 19. Contributing to higher educational expenses, such as college, university or vocational school, is not the same as child support and is dealt with separately in the statute.
The amount of child support is determined based on a formula in the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. A percentage of net income is paid depending on the number of minor children to be supported: 20% for one child, 28% for two children, 32% for three children, 40% for four children, 45% for five children and 50% for six or more children. Net income is specifically defined in the statute. The statute also allows for support to be set above or below the guidelines, such as for a special needs child or with incomes at the high and low end of the spectrum. Child support is also meant to maintain the standard of living the child or children would have experienced had there been no divorce or separation of the parents. Contribution to out-of-pocket child care expenses, medical expenses and the cost of extra-curricular activities can also be ordered over and above the amount of child support.
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A fountain adds the calming sound and sight of water to your garden; it's a feature that inspires relaxation after even the most stressful day. Store-bought fountains run the gamut from inexpensive molded resin objects that may not look so nice, on up to large stone fountains that are as weighty as they are pricey. Rather than settling for something that doesn't suit your tastes or budget, make your own fountain using a fountain pump and almost any container that holds water.
Fountain Supplies and Testing
To make a fountain of any design requires a watertight vessel such as a glazed ceramic pot or a galvanized tub, a submersible pump with tubing that fits the pump's outlet nozzle, and any decorative elements such as polished river rocks, bamboo or copper piping. To test basic pump operation, push the tubing onto the outlet valve, then place the pump in the bottom of the container, holding the electrical cord and tubing outside the container. Add water until the intake valve is covered, then plug in the pump, aiming the tubing so the water coming out of the tubing goes back into the container. The decorative elements and arrangement depend on the type of fountain you'll create.
Planter or Pot Fountain
A watertight planter or glazed pot serves as the base for a fountain which looks right at home arranged next to potted trees and plants set in similar planters around the perimeter of the garden. Cover the pump, once in the planter, with an assortment of landscaping stones or polished river rocks, ensuring that the tubing sticks out above the rocks. Add a layer of sphagnum moss on top, if desired, especially in areas near but not within constant flow of water. To mask the tubing sticking out of the top of the fountain, surround it with the neck of a broken bottle such as a cobalt blue wine bottle, a piece of bamboo, or a length of copper tubing. The rocks help keep the tubing and its covering in place.
Disappearing Water Fountain
A "disappearing water" fountain works in much the same way as a container fountain, but it looks as though water generates itself out of a decorative tall pot. The main water container and pump assembly sit underground with a grate such as a grill grate on top of it. A pot with a hole in the bottom sits over that, with the tubing coming up through the hole to near the top of the pot. The grate sits beneath a layer of decorative rocks in a garden bed, so it looks as though the pot rests on top of the rocks with no source of visible water.
Electrical Concerns
Since this fountain is a garden feature, it's designed to be used and to stay outdoors. This also means that the pump and extension cords running to it should be designed for outdoor use, and areas where the cord connects to the extension cord should be out of the elements or danger of getting wet. Another option is a solar-powered fountain pump, which is available from a garden center, import store or online.


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Give Family members the wonderful gift of Seeds
6 Packets of seeds
With Personalised Birthday Card.
1 x Cayenne Chili 40 seeds 1 x Jalapeno Chilli 40 seeds 1 x Roma Tomato 50 seeds
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Do you want a new start?
Do you know why we sit for hours reading a captivating book?
Or binge on watching series after series of a movie until we reach the end finale?
I watched all 6 series of 'Downton Abbey' in one week!
We all as family used to hide our tears every time we watched 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.' When the tv presenter Ty Pennington use to call out 'move that bus!' tears, surprise and happiness rolled out of our hearts.
We all love transformation stories. Even from an early age when we didn't understood what transformation meant or knew how to pronounce it we loved all the transformation stories we saw or heard.
We were captivated by Cinderella's transforming into a princess.
We held our breath until Aurora or Sleeping Beauty was awakened by the kiss of true love.
We stood by Ugly Betty until she becomes stunning Betty
We took brave steps together with timid Beatrice to becoming worrier Trish. (Divergent)
We have shared in the uncertainties and doubts of Luke Skywalker until becoming a Jedi.
Look at every story we like, movies we watch and books we love. They all point to what our hearts long and are made for- transformation.
Transformation is the core of our longing. We hunger for it, we desire it we wish for it.
More than any other month of the year, the month of December awakens that desire anew for me. It's not the 'New Years Resolutions' that encourages me to write goals for my life and prepare for the transformations I want to see happen, it's the coming of Christmas.
We first notice it taking place revolutionising the streets, then inside shops and homes. Streets that looked grey and dull now are sparkly and colourful. Shops that felt empty now are full, homes that were quite are now buzzing with life and excitement. There is a joy, a sense of expectation in the air that we gladly inhale.
Christmas is that to me! The biggest transformation story ever told comes and ushers me to rethink, renew and want to change. How?
More that 2000 years ago a vulnerable baby entered our earth and transformed it forever.
"the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light. And for those who lived in the land where death casts its shadow, a light has shined.""
Matthew 4:16 NLT
Can you see it? Can you see the giant transformation taking place?
People, yes we sat in the darkness, but light came in our midst.
We were lost in sins and sorrows, but he found us.
We were blind to see ourselves and the world as it really is, but now we can see clearly.
We were falling deeper and faster into the infinite pit, but he came and rescued us and sat us up to an eternal rock.
We were destined to death, but Jesus defeated death and gave us Life.
That's Christmas to me! The coming of Jesus on earth to make all things new. The arrival of Love that transforms our lives from inside out. The hand that awakens us to the real, abundant and fulfilling life he offers. He comes as babe vulnerable and approachable, but roars like a lion so that we can't miss or dismiss him.
He breaks every dark cloud of confusion and hopelessness and stretches his hand from heaven to earth to touch us.
Do we accept his invite? Will we be joining the celebrations of the shepherds, the inquisition of the wise men and the joy of the angels this year for His coming? Do we have the courage and humility to surrender to his transformation way?
The beautiful thing is that his invitation to us is a daily one, not just for Christmas. But, Christmas is a beautiful reminder and a graceful gift to all of us to turn from our own ways and let him transform us and our lives into the most glorious beautiful thing we can wish or desire. He can do that, in fact he is the only one who really can. Are we ready to be transformed? I am.
Merry Christmas to you all
I am praying that the hope that the coming of Christ brings be your strength to start anew.
Lea xx 😊
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Jackson Personal Injury Attorney > Video FAQs > Car Accident > What is bodily injury liability insurance?
What is bodily injury liability insurance?
Each liability insurance policy is broken into two prongs, when we're talking about auto insurance.
The first prong would be property damage which means, if you hit somebody else's car then your insurance is going step in and pay to repair the car up to the limits of your insurance coverage. The bodily injury portion is the same, except it covers injuries to persons rather than property. That portion, if someone is injured in the accident, then your bodily injury portion of that insurance policy would cover those damages up to limits of your insurance policy.


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By Jan Walsh
Photography by Beau Gustafson
Satterfield's Restaurant is nestled in the heart of Cahaba Heights, just behind The Summit. Convenient to most of the Birmingham metro area, loyal patrons enjoy the daily changing menu. Whether it is steak, seafood, quail, duck, rabbit, chicken or pork that you crave, you will find them matched with local vegetables and fruits, and prepared with European influences.
The Place
The ambiance at Satterfield's Restaurant is welcoming. Warm shiny woods, cool slate, caramel colored leather banquettes, tones of sage green and candlelight at every table provide a relaxing backdrop for dinner. Dining options include patio, full bar, dining room, chef's counter and private dining space. Dine al fresco under a patio umbrella when weather permits. Belly up to the L shaped bar, or take a table or banquette in the full service bar, with its own entrance. In the dining room banquettes and tables are framed around the open kitchen. The chef's counter is the place to dine if you want an interactive meal. And Satterfield's A/V–ready private dining room seats up to 22 people. Tonight we are seated in my favorite banquette with a great view of executive chef Haller Magee and his staff preparing dinner in the kitchen.
Familiar, friendly faces of the welcoming staff greet us. Owner and pastry chef Becky Satterfield maintains a long-term loyal staff, which speaks volumes to her leadership. Kevin Moore has been the general manager since 2004. Chef Magee came here in 2005 and became executive chef in 2007. Patrick Horn, Sous Chef (AKA "the grill man") has been here since 2004, and business manager, Barbara Dawson since 2006. Servers are also a loyal lot—Jeff Burchett since 2005, Lucy Jackson since 2007 and Ryan Ernst since 2008. David Manning, Server and Beverage Manager, has been off and on since 2005, and has worked here steadily for four years. And Josh Schaff, head bartender, Barry Graham, head server, and server Alicia Colin have been here for two years.
Favorite Fare
Dinner at Satterfield's is always something special. This hot, summer evening calls for chilly cocktails before dinner. We select sips of Summer martini and Cheshire lemonade. The martini is a light, icy, pink concoction of fresh grapefruit, Hendrix gin, Dolin dry vermouth, ginger and celery bitters. The Cheshire lemonade is a tart low ball, on the rocks made from Mississippi vodka, Cat Head, lemon oleo saccharum, and ripened mango infused herb-saint. Hot cornbread and raisin bread are nibbled with the drinks as we select appetizers—Hudson Valley Foie Gras Terrine and Snow's Bend Heirloom Tomato Salad. The terrine arrives atop a slice of Brioche French toast, with colorful accompaniments of berry jam, pistachio pesto, and blueberry foam. The fruit adds a touch of lightness and sweetness to the terrine, and the flavors meld beautifully together on the palate with each heavenly bite.
The tomato salad is a tasty and colorful mix of flavor filled in season sliced Heirlooms, with bites of house made Ossabaw sausage, house pickles and mustard vinaigrette. The dish is crowned by a divine and elegant goat cheese stuffed squash blossom. The creaminess of the cheese makes a contrasting complement to the acidity of the tomatoes and crisp and scrumptious pickles.
We select seafood and steak options for entrees. With our entree of pan seared Viking Village diver scallops, we pair a crisp, cold glass of Vincent Delaport Sancerre 2011. And with the Swift 1855 cowboy rib-eye we pair a pint of Great Divide Claymore Scotch Ale. Four large, delicate diver scallops are golden on top and white as snow inside. They are served atop eggplant caponata, roasted eggplant puree, blistered heirloom tomato vinaigrette and basil pesto. The steak arrives presenting a serious rib bone—letting steak lovers know they have ordered the right dish. Below and surrounding the steak is a helping of heavenly horseradish mashed potatoes, a tasty Heron Hollow onion confit, rattlesnake beans, and beautiful baby carrots bursting with flavor. Our dessert is made of four of our favorite things—blueberries, blackberries, ice cream and chocolate—a chocolate blueberry tart paired with Blackberry swirled vanilla bean ice cream provides a sweet end to this special evening.
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The goal of Hill Country Christian School's Pre-Kindergarten (Pre-K) curriculum is to give young learners a head start and provide them with an opportunity to learn and grow in an environment tailored to meet their academic and social needs. We are committed to creating a safe, loving atmosphere that allows each child to develop cognitively, socially, physically, and spiritually, providing for a successful transition to Kindergarten.
The basic objectives for our full-time Pre-K Curriculum are as follows:
Students in the Pre-K program learn through dramatic play, cooperative play, small and large group instruction, physical activities, and hands-on activities.


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Ingredients: (for one smoothie)
- 1 banana
- 1/4 cup spinach
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup raspberries
- 1 tbsp almond butter
- 1 tbsp flax seed
- 2 squeezes of lemon
- Blend all ingredients together. Easy peasy lemon squeezy!!
I just got a nutribullet and have been experimenting with it. I never eat breakfast so it is great I can make smoothies in place of what I didn't eat anyways and get my nutrients. Thanks for sharing I will try this one.


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The NanoPlatforms group conveys expertise on physical-chemistry, medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutical and analytical sciences to support research towards the development of innovative nanoplatforms to address current environmental, food industry and biomedical challenges. The group's research is focused on the design, synthesis and optimization of inorganic, organic and hybridnanoparticles for multipurpose applications, such as development of plasmonic, electrochemical and fluorescent (bio)sensors and their incorporation in miniaturized detection devices to enhance analytical automation. Other relevant application value-added by the group is the development of more efficient,targeted, spatially and temporally controlled delivery systems to carry multiple molecules for the improvement of their (bio)activity. The use of nanoplatforms as bio-mimetic models to study the complex interactions of drugs, bioactive compounds and/or nanoparticles with lipid cell membranes is another topic of interest. Liposomes, cyclodextrins, micelleplexes, lipid, polymeric, magnetic and gold nanoparticles are tools to produce innovative nanoplatforms with potential application in Nanomedicine, Biomedical Engineering, Biosensing, Functional Foods and Industrial Production.
Research Interests
- Smart materials as sustainable delivery carriers
- Nanostructured platforms as biomimetic models
- Multifunctional (bio)sensors for molecular imaging, targeting and diagnosis
- Multipurpose nanoplatforms as enhanced analytical automation tools
- Functionalized nanoplatforms as delivery systems for food applications
- Targeting for treatment approaches using multifunctional platforms
Multifunctional platforms have been successfully developed as proof-of-concept for treatment approaches reaching pre-clinical trials and some are ready for clinical trials. This has been achieved by a rational design approach, driven by the optimization of the processes in a way to be financially competitive, easily scaled-up and optimized according to the pathophysiological characteristics of the targeted disease and administration route. In this field we have accomplished:
- pH sensitive nanoparticles to improve the treatment of tuberculosis. In vivo results demonstrates that a promising approach was developed and the in vitro data demonstrated an efficient strategy to increase infected macrophages internalization.
- Hybrid nanoparticles to target cancer. Multifunctional nanospheres able to provide a combinatorial therapeutic response through hyperthermia and targeted uptake from colorectal cancer were successfully developed and show in vitro evidences of improved efficacy compared with conventional therapies.
- Multifunctional nanoparticles as theranostic approaches for chronic inflammatory conditions. Promising formulations are in ex-vivo trials using human samples, either with synovial tissue or with skin biopsies to treat rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis, respectively.
- Multiple lipid nanoparticles: the new generation of lipid nanoparticles
A new type of lipid nanoparticles, the multiple lipid nanoparticles (MLN), was developed. An optimized methodology, based on a quality by design approach, was used. MLN have characteristics between nanostructuredlipid carriers (NLC) and multiple emulsions (W/O/W), but without the outer aqueous phase. MLN present large and multiple aqueous vacuoles, which are achieved without the use of any organic solvents, enabling the incorporation of high amounts of both hydrophilic and lipophilic molecules. As MLN are obtained as a semisolid product, they do not require additional water evaporation or separation steps that are often necessary in most formulations, which simplifies the scale-up of this kind of formulation. The designed MLN are suitable for the delivery of drugs and bioactive compounds, due to their low toxicity and high biocompatibility. Additionally, the administration route can be either topical (as a semisolid), or oral (after resuspension).
- Ready-to-use nanoplatforms to drug discovery and development
Ready-to-use nanoplatforms that enable the study of drug-membrane interactions and cellular uptake mechanisms have been successfully designed and exploited. The outcomes have been revealing an undiscussable relation between the interactions of the drug molecules with membrane lipids and both therapeutic and toxic effects. The validation of these nanoplatforms for drug discovery and development was achieved with the most clinically relevant drugs used in cancer diseases. Particularly, the results regarding the combination of anthracyclines-membrane interplay leads to the idea that, when designing and developing new drugs, the different membrane characteristics should be taken into account. In fact, the different properties of cell membranes can modulate anthracyclines behavior, even conditioning their use depending on the type of cancer. Thereby, these nanoplatforms can and should be incorporated in the preclinical phase of anticancer drugs' development. They allow to predict the pharmacokinetic properties of novel compounds, to clarify their mechanisms of action and toxicity and allow the selection of the best candidates for in vivo evaluation.
- Novel and miniaturized (bio)assays for (eco)toxicity screening
A generic tool for rapid screening of the (eco)toxicity of chemicals and materials was developed based on a battery of miniaturized (bio)assays, as a part of their sustainable synthesis in the early stage of their development. Molecular and cellular tests are useful to clarify the impact of particular structural elements and to guide their modification to reduce their hazardous potential. The evaluation of toxicity by means of enzymes with important biological functions or whole cell presents additional advantages such as simplicity of laboratory implementation and data interpretation as well as reduction of costs and duration of the assays. With downscaling of conventional procedures in micro conduits, rigorous control of the reaction conditions in terms of time and volumes are attained with advantages regarding assay´s robustness. Thus valuable tools are proposed for the multidimensional assessment of the risk associated to their use.
- Antibiotic-porin interactions an in vitro biophysical study
Biological studies of the uptake of fluoroquinolones and fluoroquinolone-derivatives were performed in several bacterial strains that have a series of porin mutants which lack one or several major outer membrane proteins (OmpF, OmpC, lamB, OmpR). Based on the biological experiments, the in vitro biophysical study of antibiotic-porin interactions using purified porins incorporated into liposomes has been performed. Characterization of the liposome/proteoliposome systems and bacteria, in the presence and absence of compounds, was carried out by fluorescence techniques, light scattering and AFM. Biophysical properties such as fluidity of bacterial membranes has been characterized in a multitude of bacterial strains, from Gram-negatives to Gram-positives, and both susceptible/reference strains and multidrug-resistant clinical isolates, also in the presence and absence of antibiotics. To make the most of the bacterial collection that has been constructed mostly during the last year, antimicrobial susceptibility testing has been performed to assess the potential antimicrobial activity of diverse extracts and compounds, such as antimicrobial peptides and cationic polymers.
- Low-cost ultrasensitive sensors platforms for portable devices
To provide reliable and efficient analytical tools for a variety of health, food and environmental challenges, several electrochemical, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic and fluorescent (bio)sensors were successfully developed. The excellent performing characteristics (selectivity, sensitivity, linear working range, precision, accuracy, etc.) and the small size of these sensors will enable their inclusion in portable and/or disposable devices, resulting in cost effective sensing strategies for point-of-care or in situ applications. We have accomplished a low-cost SERS (Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy) substrates for point-ofcare portable sensors, using silver nanostars drop-casted on hydrophilic wells patterned on paper, were also implemented. A low limit of detection for rhodamine-6G has been achieved, with good signal uniformity and stability. The optimization of the aqueous synthesis of new fluorescent nanoprobes to prepare gram-amounts of nanomaterials with improved selectivity and surface reactivity, capable of inclusion into portable sensing devices was also achieved. The developed fluorescent nanoprobes were assayed in the determination of various metal ions in distinct samples demonstrating a high efficiency for monitoring Hg(II) levels.


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15 Epic Cargo and Freight Fails
Unfortunately, accidents are a normal part of freight shipping. While the 5 P's (Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance) helps avoid major issues, there always has been (and always will be) problems. Here are 15 pictures of trains, trucks, airplanes and ships that all you can do is hope didn't have any of your freight aboard. And if so, you better hope you had insurance.
1. Runway? More like run away.
It's normal for airplanes to descend…but not so routine when they start reducing altitude when they're already on the ground.
2. Taking on water? Not quite.
I guess building runways next to bodies of water isn't always the best idea. At least this airplane is only treading in the kiddy pool.
3. Problem in Engine #1.
We know that airplane engines are powerful. Guess whoever was moving around the Delta carts at the airport forgot though.
4. Reverse logistics?
This is going to require some serious back-up skills to get out.
5. Bring the truck into the repair shop?
Sure you can.
6. Gaining altitude?
Cargo in the air is something that you usually prefer when shipping…by air. This truck seems to have gotten jealous of his flight-worthy cousins.
7. Ace of Base saw the sign.
But this truck didn't.
8. Noticing a trend?
Seems like truck drivers should be keeping their eyes on the road…and a little above it.
9. Door to door?
Maybe a little too close to that last delivery point.
10. Guess it could happen to anyone…
11. One man's trash is another man's treasure
12. Are these things waterproof?
13. The importance of a balanced cargo loading
Aka how to destroy a Hyundai.
14. Which is just as important on ships.
15. No matter how strong the container fasteners are.


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In July 2013, CUL uploaded 822 items into our CONTENTdm collections.
Highlights include:
91 audio files from Southwestern University for the John G. Tower Multimedia collection
109 Texas-related oil negatives by Robert Yarnall Richie as part of the TexTreasures FY2013 grant
79 negatives by Robert Yarnall Richie that depict aerial views of mansions ca. 1932-1934, in New York (including Southampton), New Jersey, and Florida
232 issues of the SMU student newspaper, 1937-1940
47 photographs of Everette DeGolyer, Sr., ca. 1940s, with politicians, oil executives, and scientists, often at oil-related events
Recuerdo de un Viaje al Ystmo de Tehuantepec (Memento of a Journey to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec), ca. 1900-1909
The Persia, July 2, 1855, two salt paper prints of the RMS Persia, a British passenger liner operated by the Cunard Line, under construction at the Glasgow shipyards in Glasgow, Scotland.
118 slides of the Crucifix, St. Andrew Catholic Church project by Ocatavio Medellin
Miscellaneous Views of Dallas, 1930s-1940s, which includes 40 pairs of labeled/unlabeled aerial views of Dallas taken primarily by Lloyd Long


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Team Coaching
Coaching teams requires a different approach to working with individuals. As yet there are no validated approaches to coaching teams but in the absence of this it is possible to take an evidence based approach to working with teams.
There are other factors that support team effectiveness. For examples;
- The task the team needs to work on
- How strongly do the team members see themselves are part of the team
- The environment the team is working in
For the execution of work (planning and delivering) agile approaches (such as Scrum) have been demonstrated to be extremely effective for helping teams co-ordinate and deliver in complex environments. For all other team factors my work with Science of Teams informs and guides my approach to developing effective teams.


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Biography — Nikolas Efthymiou
Being attracted to the game of sound from a very early age Nikolas Efthymiou found in the viola the inexhaustible pool of possibilities to form and transform his dreams.
He started studying the violin with Cypriot violinist Andreas Nikolaou at ''Cyprus Odeon'' and Trinity College which he absolved at the age of 14. Further studies in Germany on violin and viola with Stelios Kafantaris, M.Speerman, Frank Strauch, and John Kinsella. During his studies
in Hochschule fuer Musik Weimar he participates in Hoschulorchester Weimar and cooperates with Weimar Staatscapelle, and Jenaer Philarmonie where he performs as soloist the premiere of the concert for solo viola and chamber orchestra of Ilias Rachaniotis. He is also active as chamber musician collaborating with numerous ensembles with repertory that covers all musical periods and musical styles. Solo recitals, among other, in Grossen Saal of Weimar Musikhochschule, Lizst Haus,Resitenz Saal Wurzburg,San Pere de Galligants in Girona Spain in Kraljevo Theaterhall in Serbia etc. He has also taken part in several music festivals like Bad Sobernheim Musik academy, Weimar Sommerakademie, Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music, Detmold Musikhochschule – Meisterkurse and he studied in the classes of known musicians like T.Zehetmair, V.Klimov, T.Brandis, W.Christ, E.Krueger,Cr. Euler, L.Matczynsky. In 2007 Nikolas Efthymiou forms the experimental ''Ensemble Casual'' which seeks to bridge several music periods and styles ranging from Baroque to Tango and Jazz. Nikolas Efthymiou is a substitute member of Cyprus Symphony Orchestra and established violin pedagogue. He also engages in concert — activity both in Cyprus and abroad. With main purpose to "popularize" the classical repertory for violin he establishes together with Andreas Lardis the Ochocuerdas Violin- Viola duo performing in less formal way.


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Master Thesis subject (30 ECTS)
There is increasing evidence of the importance of herbivory in seagrass communities, but the factors that regulate seagrass–herbivore interactions remain largely unknown. For instance, recent studies demonstrated that herbivores can consume more than half of the annual above ground primary production in some meadows, which constitutes a significant ecological impact that might select for anti-herbivory defences. Many terrestrial plants, freshwater macrophytes, and marine algae deter herbivores using chemical compounds that reduce their quality as food, yet their incidence and role on seagrasses have received little attention. Seagrass meadows provide important ecosystem services, which is why a comprehensive understanding on their ecology is required for tailored conservation efforts of these valuable systems. The goal of this project is to explore if or when different seagrass species invest in generalised defences that are effective against a broad range of herbivores, as is expected for highly apparent plants according to the plant apparency model. To this aim, field works and feeding experiments will be conducted with two seagrass species and different types of seagrass consumers.
We seek candidates with a strong interest and preferably background in experimental marine ecology. Candidates should demonstrate good English language skills and work well in a collaborative research environment. Experimental works will be carried out at the Ramalhete field station of the Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar), with the more relevant species found in the Ria Formosa lagoon.
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Non-Scheduled Days: Rotating
Hours: 5:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
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MEASUREMENT systems and standards, and customer satisfaction indicators,
as they relate to customer service operations.
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Podcast 2 is up!
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I've just posted the second episode of the Fibrant Living podcast, with much help from Sam.
Posted by Cyn | Filed under Needlework
Katie wanted to go by Nease's Needlework a couple of weeks ago, and you know I really resisted fiercely 😉
While there, I saw a shop sample of Dragon Dreams' Fairy Tale Sampler, and could not leave the shop without it. It's getting most of my stitching time now, because I just love it. Of course, the fact that it's the first thing I've really made especially for Sam makes it special, too. And what better to work on while gaming?
Tags: Dragon Dreams, Jennifer Aikman-Smith, Nease's Needlework
Link: Reactive Colors
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Have any of you visited Reactive Colors yet, or tried out the software? It sounds very interesting. From MindHacks:
Innovative autism community software project Reactive Colors had its official launch the other day, and is now sporting a new website and numerous 'reactivities' to download and play online.
The project is designed to encourage individuals with autistic spectrum differences and learning disabilities to use computers, through which they can develop mouse, keyboard, programming and screen skills and deliberately emphasise the characteristics of computing that are of potential significance to people on the autism spectrum.
The project is based on open-source principles and intended to be more than just a free download. Interested people are encouraged to contribute their own programming skills to the project.
The input of people with autism and Asperger syndrome is particularly encouraged, as they are likely to have the best insight into what sort of activities will engage those on the autism spectrum.
Tags: autism community software, computing
Link: Mindful parenting and unschooling
Posted by Cyn | Filed under Education, Family, Homeschooling, Links
Today, a post to one of the homeschooling lists I'm on included a link to Connections: ezine of unschooling and mindful parenting. I haven't read all of it, but there's definitely lots of good stuff there. Highly recommended!
Tags: Connections, Homeschooling, mindfulness, Parenting, unschooling
Further up the curve
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Well, I tweaked this theme to make it "mine" but I'm not quite happy yet — we're trying to remember what fonts were used to make the header graphic years ago so we can re-do it while maintaining some continuity. And I think the Fibrant Living layout them is distinguishable enough from The Beauty Within* that I noted it as modified (although I didn't rename it. Yet.)
I haven't customized anything for Cyberstalked.org yet. I need to fix some minor broken links from moving that to a new domain (I didn't want it on my main one any more), but until I begin the process of really building the new blog on internet safety my energies are better used elsewhere.
There are several obvious things that I immediately thought to search for in blog themes, though, and they just don't exist as far as I can tell. So I think I may start playing around with Kubrick or one of its derivatives, or something else easily changed, to create some themes based on those ideas. Because, of course, I have so much free time 😉
*Use the theme switcher on the lower left-hand site at that site to choose The Beauty Within from the list of available themes.
Tags: internet safety, lower left-hand site
Announcement: New Podcast and Blog, Fibrant Living
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You are cordially invited to visit the grand opening of Fibrant Living, the only podcast to focus on living a full, joyous life despite fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, or other chronic illnesses.
You can find Fibrant Living and its companion blog at http://fibrantliving.com/ . The feed is at http://feeds.feedburner.com/FibrantLiving , or available on LJ as fibrantliving.
Fibrant Living is produced by Sam Chupp of the Bear's Grove, DragonKin and Bardic Circle podcasts.
Tags: Sam Chupp
I'm dangerous now!
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I know how to install WordPress on our domains. Muahahaha!
Why register? And where are the articles?
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Well, the articles — all the articles that made up the bulk of my old site — are coming back. I just need to update them.
One thing I always regretted was that there wasn't an easier way for people to comment on those articles, to discuss or critique them.
Well, that's why you should register. I don't have to approve your registration — in fact, I'm not involved at all. I just get an email saying you registered. It's strictly an antispam measure that you're required to do that and that I or Sam approves your first comment. That's it. It isn't like the LiveJournal "friends" thing, so I don't have to know you or anything like that.
Register and tell me what you think — about anything. A post, a particular article, the layout of the site, what I've written about in the past, what you'd like to see me write about, whatever. Interaction is the entire reason for going to this format!
Edited 5/26: I've changed settings so that you can comment without registering, but you can register if you like.
What I learned from my past relationships
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So I actually heard from someone via Orkut. I can't remember if that's ever happened to me before or not.
Anyway, I went to check out this person's profile, and realized mine was way out of date. Someday, I swear, I'm going to reproduce all the questions all those different places ask right here on my own site, keep that up to date, and refuse to fill out any other profiles.
Anyway, one of the fields was "From my past relationships I learned…" I found the question more interesting that most, so I'm reproducing my answer here, expanded a bit.
from my past relationships i learned: Something different every time 🙂 A few of them:
Honesty is the only way to relate that's worth bothering with.
Love isn't enough.
Communication is priceless.
Relationships take lots of work from everyone, and sometimes they just aren't sustainable.
Sex is often the canary in the relationship mine. Barring health issues that make sex impossible or unlikely, a decrease in sexual intimacy is usually due to a decrease in overall intimacy, which is Bad.
There's no understanding crazy. Just walk away with as much of your sanity intact as possible.
Nobody deserves abuse.
Staying together is seldom "best for the kids." In fact, I've yet to see a situation in which it was best for anyone.
There's no way one (sane) person in a couple or other grouping is happy if the other is miserable.
If someone changes in a big way right after you get married, start trying to get an annulment. He isn't the person you thought you knew.
While an adult can lie to you easily, his kids can't. Neither can his pets. If either doesn't behave consistently with what she says, or she doesn't treat them the way she says she believes in raising kids or pets or whatever, she's a liar. Leave before you get any closer.
Some things are worth the possibility of a broken heart.
"If you really loved me you'd…" means that the speaker is an abusive asshole trying to get you to do something that's unhealthy for you.
Playing together is essential. So is working together.
People are not projects.
Knights are notorious for setting up new towers with you inside them. The only safe "rescue" is the DIY version, where you just walk out of the prison
What are yours?
Tags: Love, marriage, Parenting, Relationships, school of hard knocks
A Day in the van
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And it was, truly. Which is why this looks much the same as it did last night.
Katie and I drove all over metro Atlanta, testing out the new wheels in the process. A medical appointment, a trip to the bank, the post office, our mail drop, a craft store, a school supply place, a couple of book stores, Phoenix & Dragon, and something I know that I'm forgetting.
You wouldn't believe how much "homeschooling" gets done on the road. Had the dealer had a van in stock with a DVD player installed, I could easily have justified it for purely educational purposes. As it is, I'm glad my laptop has a DVD player, as we find various BBC and PBS series pretty good supplementary materials at times.
No AV materials today, though — just books, paper, calculator, and a lot of discussion. Science, algebra, world history, critical thinking, English, vocabulary, current events…
Oh! We got our Latin texts! Katie and I have decided to start studying Latin together this summer. I've always regretted not having had a chance to study it, and it can only help her. So here we go!
The girl got some knitting done in the car while we talked, too. As she gets more confidence in driving, I look forward to getting some stitching done while she drives. On the other hand, she'd get fewer lessons done. Hmmm.
I need to study to try to keep a little bit ahead of her. We're going to have another blog where she, Sam and I post about our learning adventures. It isn't quite up yet, unfortunately.
Tags: BBC, DVDs, errands, Homeschooling, Katie, PBS, shopping


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Ray Mill Island History:
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The exact history of Ray Mill Island is still a mystery but according to the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead, the Maidenhead Council acquired ownership rights of the Ray Mill Island Maidenhead in 1950. According to Council Maidenhead, Ray Mill Island got his name from the Ray Family used the parkland as a flour mill. Theorists suggest that the land was likely present during 17th or 18th as these centuries witnessed some of the greatest revolutions in the history. Also, the Ray Family built their flour mill in 1726 on another mill which means that there was already a mill present before.
Today, Ray Mill Island serves as an excellent family country park near Maidenhead, UK.
Excellent Maidenhead Parks:
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Due to the presence of River Thames, Ray Mill Island is carefully monitored from September to April in case if the river water level increases. Apart from this, hundreds of locals and tourists Ray Mill Island to get-away from busy routines and blend in Green. Nature has a unique attraction that eliminates every stressful factor from minds, that's why families bring their children along to spend a good quality time at Ray Mill Island, Maidenhead.
Facts About Ray Mill Island:
Did you know?
A memorial statue erected after when four local schoolboys died in a skiing accident was stolen in 2011 and no one knows the motive of theft
Ray Mill Island Facilities:
If you have a family, good friends, or relatives coming to you, visit Ray Mill Island with them as the Maidenhead Park has picnic benches and tables, there are 8 toilets, a privately-owned café (Franca & Sons) that offers essential food.
How Can I Get to Ray Mill Island?
Getting to and from Ray Mill Island is quite easy. Interested individuals can follow the below discussed Maidenhead public transport guide to reach Ray Mill Island safely.
Travel to Ray Mill Island by Train – if you're travelling from outside Maidenhead, book tickets of trains to Maidenhead Train Station SL6 1EW and from there Ray Mill Island is 8 mins away.
Travel to Ray Mill Island by Bus/Coach – use the following bus stations as drop-off locations as they are minutes' away from Ray Mill Island: Boulters Lock SL6 8PE, Boulters Gardens SL6 8TW, and Court Road SL6 8JS.
Travel to Ray Mill Island by Taxi – The best and safest way to travel in Maidenhead, Berkshire is by taxis. You can book a taxi to Ray Mill Island to and from anywhere in Maidenhead with Maidenhead Taxis Company at quite affordable prices.
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Contact Details of Ray Mill Island:
- Ray Mill Island Address – Boulters Lock, Ray Mead Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, UK
- Ray Mill Island Postcode – SL6 8PE
- Ray Mill Island Phone Number – +44 1628 685757
- Ray Mill Island Opening Hours – 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM Monday to Friday, Closed on Saturday and Sunday.


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Should You Take A Breathalyzer? We'll let you know…
When an individual has been suspected of driving under the influence or while impaired, a police officer at the traffic stop will offer the driver the opportunity to do a preliminary breath test . The officers carry with them a portable preliminary breathalyzer unit. It is a little larger than the average hand. The portable unit is not the same as the breathalyzer that is used at the police station.
The preliminary breath test is not admissible into evidence by the State of Maryland because it is not as reliable and valid as the breathalyzer at the police station. Breathalyzer equipment used at the police station undergoes frequent certification, monitoring both the equipment as well as supplies used in its operation.
The defense attorney can utilize the preliminary breath test as evidence to prove that the reading at the traffic stop was the most reliable indicator of the level of alcohol in the driver's system/body.
Our office has purchased a portable breathalyzer that is designed for professional testing applications. It is the BACtrack S80.
We purchase the preliminary breathalyzer for those potential clients who call us and want to be advised whether to take the breathalyzer at the police station. Often, potential clients are not aware that they have the right to consult with an attorney at the police station, including the attorney having the client take the attorney's (our) portable breathalyzer.
Upon being informed of the results of the portable breathalyzer, the client can decide whether or not to take the breathalyzer at the police station.
Our DUI Attorney, Fred Antenberg represents individuals who are charged with alcohol and drug offenses in Howard County, Maryland, and throughout the State of Maryland. CONTACT Fred at 410 730-4404.