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Itching for Confrontation with Iran
The neocons – along with their allies in Congress and on the Washington Post's op-ed page – remain determined to sabotage a diplomatic rapprochement with Iran, demanding that its leaders be confronted, not engaged, as ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar notes.
Neocons Ignore Real Lessons of Munich
The neocons are working overtime to overturn President Obama's agreement with Iran to constrain but not eliminate its nuclear program. They are even referencing Munich in what ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar says is some very bad history.
The Neocons Go Nuclear
The neocons are testing their remaining strength in Official Washington by firing off rhetorical bombs against President Obama and his interim agreement with Iran to constrain its nuclear program, including absurd comparisons to Hitler and Munich, writes Lawrence Davidson.
Neocons Shift Case for Killing Iran Deal
The neocons are back at their battle stations doing all they can in Official Washington to destroy a possible agreement to curtail Iran's nuclear program, since a deal would make a new Mideast war less likely, as ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar notes.
Neocons Still Hoping for US-Iran Clash
Exclusive: The Israelis, the Saudis and U.S. neocons are thrilled that the latest plan for limiting (but not ending) Iran's nuclear program collapsed, thus reviving hopes of an eventual U.S. military strike, writes Robert Parry.
Sabotaging an Iran Nuke Deal
Israel's leadership and America's neocons are shifting into overdrive to block a plan that would put the brakes on Iran's nuclear program, seeking confrontation, not conciliation, notes ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar.
Trying to Derail Iran Talks
Neocons won't give up on involving the U.S. in more Mideast wars and are hard at work derailing negotiations on Syria and Iran's nuclear program. Right now, the chief target is President Obama's bid to reduce tensions with Iran, drawing resistance from hardliners on both sides, writes ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar.
The Neocons' Iraq War Mess
The neocons are rewriting more Iraq War history, arguing that if only President Obama had stayed the course on an open-ended U.S. military occupation, the regional situation would be a lot better. But the truth is that it was their invasion of Iraq that set loose the chaos, as ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar explains.
Neocons Push Israeli-Saudi Alliance
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UW Science Now, which trains University of Washington graduate students to communicate their research to the general public, kicks off with two speakers at Seattle's Town Hall April 9 and 11.
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Join University of Washington scientists and researchers for the fifth annual Paws-on Science: Husky Weekend at Pacific Science Center on April 4–6, 2014. Watch this video to learn more about exhibits and hands-on activities from 49 UW programs at this family-friendly event, and bring your Husky Card or UW Alumni Association Member Card to receive
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Don't forget to save the first weekend of April for the annual Elisabeth C. Miller Library Garden Lovers' Book Sale. This Saturday event is free and open to the public, with all proceeds benefiting the Miller Library.
Annual Stroum Lectures honor 40th anniversary of Jewish Studies at UW
"School Photos and Their Afterlives: A Comparative Jewish Perspective" will examine the historical, memorial, and aesthetic dimensions of school photographs from a comparative Jewish perspective in lectures by Dr. Marianne Hirsch and Dr. Leo Spitzer on March 31 and April 2 in Kane Hall. To guarantee a seat, please reserve tickets in advance here.
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Dr. Shirley Malcom (Zoology, '69), head of Education and Human Resources Programs at the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, D.C., will return to the UW on March 31 to present Education and Empowerment: Opportunity for Sci-duction, the annual UW Biology Mindlin Lecture. Free.« Previous Page Next Page »

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You can walk to a lot of places - Penn station, Macy's, Chinatown, Times Square, the IMAX, Empire State Building. I liked the room and the staff were friendly.
The area is a bit gritty (there's a needle exchange next door!) but lots of cheap restaurants as a result. The hotel staff member who kept trying to sell us his friend's taxi service to JFK - annoying. Breakfast not included in the rate.
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Everything works, everything is clean, everything is efficient
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Many of us in Israeli academia have spent much of our time during the past five years rebutting attempts by foreign academics to impose an academic boycott on Israel. It has not been an easy task, but we are committed to this cause because we believe that academic boycotts are unethical, that they do not bring conflict resolution any closer and because, at least in some cases, the anti-Israel activism is often a disguise for the delegitimization of Israel and even anti-Semitism in some of the more extreme quarters.The scientific reputation of Israel's universities is second to none and those of us fighting the boycott emphasize the fact that there is no room for politics in the laboratories and classrooms of the academic world. So it is now deeply troubling that in the past month there has been a major international critique of Israel's Council of Higher Education (CHE) by some of the largest and most important scientific associations throughout the world. Only this time, the criticism of Israel is coming from our friends, not our enemies. From those who undertake much scientific cooperation and collaboration with Israel, including many who have actively engaged in combating any form of boycott attempt by their more misguided colleagues.It is even more troubling that this chorus of international opinion is a direct result of the policies of the CHE itself, resulting from the recommendation of its Quality Assessment subcommittee to prevent further registration of new students in the Department of Politics and Government at Ben-Gurion University. This recommendation appears, to most observers, to have been influenced by political, rather than professional, considerations, and raises serious questions concerning the role of the CHE in overseeing Israel's universities.In order not to appear to be politically motivated, this has all been disguised as part of a critical evaluation of the department by a committee of international experts. But before it even got down to work, the original committee was disbanded and "reorganized" for reasons which remain unclear. One of the world's leading political scientists and experts on Israel, Prof. Ian Lustick, from the University of Pennsylvania, was unceremoniously removed after having been invited to be part of the committee, while the proposed chairman, Prof. Robert Shapiro from Columbia University, subsequently resigned owing to what he saw as non-professional intervention on the part of the CHE.Following the publication of the report a year ago, it was found that the committee had chosen to ignore almost 60 percent of the highly impressive research publications and achievements of the department because, in its view, the department was too multi-disciplinary and was not structured in the way that they believed a political science department should be.Thus, all research activity and publications which were not in the core areas of traditional political science were not taken into account. The committee also did not take into account that the very same CHE had, 10 years previously, only agreed to the establishment of this department on the condition that it would display greater diversity and would not simply be another copy of the four other political science departments in the country.The initial report included a strongly worded minority opinion from one of Israel's top political scientists, Prof. Galia Golan, who disagreed with some of the recommendations on the grounds that they had been politically motivated.This objection was not surprising given the continuous targeting of this department over the previous five years by extremist right-wing groups such as Im Tirtzu and Israel Academic Monitor, which succeeded in creating a totally false image of the department and its entire faculty as a hotbed of radicalism and anti-Zionism.A letter published in this paper just last week by a right-wing extremist, Steve Plaut, takes the argument to the height of fiction, in a depiction of the department as much based in reality as is Alice in Wonderland.Only three sentences of the evaluation committee's 20-page report dealt with the political accusations, the committee reaching the conclusion that no evidence of political bias in teaching or research was found within the department – having interviewed many students and research faculty to ascertain the facts on the ground rather than relying on false propaganda spread in right-wing websites.Despite its misgivings about the way in which the report had been written, the university nevertheless decided to implement the recommended changes. The department teaching program was diversified, and three excellent new faculty members were appointed, following the normal rigorous selection process which accompanies the recruitment of all new faculty at Ben-Gurion University. These changes received positive feedback from the two members of the international evaluation committee, Professors Thomas Risse and Ellen Immergut, appointed by the CHE to oversee the implementation of the recommendation by the department.Risse and Immergut did mention in the last sentence of their positive response that even more could be done to broaden the methodological diversity of the department, a reasonable enough recommendation which would, like all previous recommendations, have been dealt with. Clearly this is not what the CHE had in mind.In direct contradiction to the positive responses from the international evaluators, and without even bothering to consult or to notify them, the subcommittee recommended to the full council of the CHE that this highly successful and popular department, with an intake of 140 new undergraduates every year, not be allowed to accept new students from 2013 onwards.Any neutral observer reading the evaluators' report would find it impossible to observe any link between the opinion of the international evaluators and the decision taken by the CHE subcommittee. Its opinion that the department does not reflect the true nature of political science studies has been questioned by almost every leading academic organization and a host of internationally renowned professors who have written to the CHE in recent weeks.Those who have written to the CHE include some of the leading political and social scientists in the world – people who have a full grasp of their profession and do not take such attacks on the discipline lightly.Among the critics of the move (to name but a few) are the American Political Science Association, the Israel Political Science Association, the Israel Association for International Affairs, The American Sociological Association, the European Association of Israel Studies, the Association of Israel Studies (AIS), The Association of American Geographers, and no less a figure than one of the world's leading political philosophers, Professor Michael Walzer from the University of Princeton – and the list is goes on.What all these critics have in common is that they are all supportive of Israel, collaborate with Israeli researchers and scientists, visit Israel for academic conferences, and have all reached the exact same conclusion – namely, that the recommendation of the CHE negates all good academic and scientific practices and is causing damage to Israel's scientific standing in the world.And what has been the response of the CHE to this global and unanimous condemnation? In a response which is so typical of the right wing in Israel, they have accused the university of orchestrating an international campaign against the CHE as part of the "radical leftist" attempts to delegitimize Israel.A university which bears the name of Ben-Gurion, which is at the forefront of developing the Negev and whose social and national agenda brings credit to the State of Israel, now stands accused by the CHE of joining forces with Israel's enemies. The CHE totally ignores the professional criticism of its recent recommendations and, instead of congratulating the university on meeting almost all of the professional recommendations in the original report, has resorted to a cheap political response to a problem which they created in the first place.What is even more troubling is that on each of the three occasions this topic has been raised at CHE meetings during the past 12 months, the content of the meeting has been leaked to the media by a senior member of the CHE within hours, even before the decision was sent to the university. The fact that no other discussion of the CHE has ever been released in this way raises serious questions about the real interests of the CHE committee.Much harm is being done to the name of Israel's scientific community. The CHE must return to being a professional body, free from political ideologies and pressures. It must seek a new way of ensuring the highest scientific and academic standards at all of Israel's universities. Failure to do so will make the CHE irrelevant, to the detriment of both the Israeli and the global scientific community.The writer is Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Ben-Gurion University and editor of the International Journal of Geopolitics. The views expressed are his alone.
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The André 3000-starring Jimi Hendrix biopic is just about ready, despite disapproval from the Hendrix estate. NME points to information posted on the website of the Toronto International Film Festival, where the biopic will premiere in September. Above is a photo of André 3000 as Jimi.
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MINNEAPOLIS--Huston Street brings plenty of savvy to the mound. Not blessed with overpowering stuff, he nevertheless entered the ninth inning Thursday with 60 saves in his past 63 opportunities. A good test for a couple of Minnesota Twins youngsters.
Danny Santana reached base against the righthander. Kennys Vargas, however, struck out in a big at-bat as the Angels held on for a 5-4 victory at Target Field.
Santana led off the ninth by taking a strike and then bunting foul. But he blooped the 0-2 pitch to right for a leadoff single. Brian Dozier singled, putting the winning run on first.
Joe Mauer flied out to left as his detractors booed. That brought up Vargas, who entered the game with 31 RBI in his first 32 major league games.
Vargas got ahead in the count 3-1.
"I looked for a fastball because it's 3-1," he said
Uh-uh. Street threw three consecutive changeups. Vargas swung and missed the first one, fouled off the second one -- which looked like ball four -- then missed the third.
Eduardo Escobar flied out to end the game, as the Twins fell to 0-4 this season against the Angels, who moved to a five-game lead in the AL West.
It was a lesson for Vargas, whose fast start to his career had fans at Target Field reacting to every pitch of his final at-bat.
"In a situation like that against a young hitter, less is more," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "He was taking a lot off the ball. And a guy like (Vargas), you try to power by that big guy you have a chance to get hurt. He kept taking more and more off and let it go down toward the ground."
Vargas laid off close pitches during the at-bat, but chased in the end.
"I learn something every day," Vargas said. "That was experience."
The Angels, who are 25-19 in one-run games. got a leadoff double by David Freese in the top of the ninth off Glen Perkins. Pinch runner Tony Campana was bunted to third, and he scored on Chris Iannetta's sacrifice fly.
The Twins were down 4-0 after righthander Kyle Gibson's rough fourth inning. But the Twins got back-to-back doubles by Santana and Dozier in the fifth, then a tying three-run homer by Eduardo Nunez in the sixth.
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An "official Medicare agent" knocks on a senior's door. The agent says she's selling Medicare insurance that can save the senior thousands of dollars in healthcare costs next year. The offer is only good during Medicare's Open Enrollment Period.
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A senior receives a call that says they must have a prescription drug coverage plan or they will lose their other Medicare benefits. If the senior doesn't join a plan during enrollment time, their Medicare benefits will be terminated.
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A senior gets a call from someone claiming that the senior Medicare recipient is owed a $250 refund because they've reached the prescription drug coverage gap known as the "donut hole." The senior is asked to provide her birth date, Social Security number, bank account and Medicare numbers so the refund can be automatically deposited into her checking account.
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«L'Islam dans la Revolution Syrienne: Trois questions à Thomas Pierret» Thomas Pierret distinguishes between the logistical and spiritual role of Islam in the uprising.
"Kofi Annan and Syria -- the case for deliberate caution" Richard Gowan argues that Kofi Annan's mediation for Syria is appropriate considering the complex configuration of stakeholders.
"Syrian activists targeted with Facebook phishing attack" the Electronic Frontier Foundation documents the latest phishing attacks on Syrian activists
"The Syrian school boys who sparked a revolution" Amal Hanano writing in the The National about the beginnings of the uprising in Deraa
"Two freelance journalists killed at Syrian-Turkish border" Reporters without Borders records the latest media deaths in Syria and urges organizations to plan carefully and protect freelance journalists
"Saudis seek to funnel arms to Syria rebels" Wall Street Journal speaks to Jordanian officials about Saudis request to arm the revolution through Jordan territory
عن سوريا وأزمتها والمخاطر: الأسد فرض لاءاته والعرب يجاملونه سراً وينتقدونه علناً
Sami Cleb offers his analysis of the Friends of Syria Conference in Istanbul and argues that Arab leaders are criticizing Al-Asad only publicly, while reassuring him secretly.
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Asian Pear Butter (2014 edition)
This year I decided to give Asian pear butter another try. I didn't use an exact recipe, and I used my crockpot.
- Fill crockpot to the top with cored and sliced Asian pears (I used my corer-slicer), add 2 cinnamon sticks for flavor
- Cook covered on low setting for 24 hours/overnight/until the pears are a soft, watery mushy mess
- Run pears through food mill (I got around 12 cups of liquid)
- Put liquid back in crockpot, add a cup (or so) of sugar, and any other spices you feel inspired to use. Reduce on low partially covered until you like the consistency, I think mine was 18-24 hours?
- Refrigerate or can according to a reliable resources directions (I followed the directions in Ball's Blue Book).
This year's attempts ended up with a rich caramel color and while it still has a slightly grain consistency, reducing it longer really helped with that. Working with the theory that apple butter and pear butter can be used interchangeably, I've come up with several ideas from around the internet. With most of these I'm probably going to take the idea and modify it slightly, I already have a favorite pizza dough recipe, and a tried-and-true cinnamon roll-dough recipe.
- Grilled/broiler sandwich with ham, Gruyere, mustard, arugula & pear butter (or pears) inspired by Fall's Sandwich and Cheryl's Grilled Cheese with Asian Pear — the flavor combination is excellent. I may try a variation of this with the pickled pears as well.
- Thumbprint cookies (using pear butter instead of jam), I'll find something in one of my cookbooks and swap out jam for pear butter.
- Asian Pulled Chicken Sliders — leaving out the spicy jalapenos, were Monday night's dinner. These scored an "okay to make again" from Gavin, the boys gave a thumbs-up to the rolls (King's Hawaiian Butter Rolls) and a nasty face at the idea of chicken in a form other than breaded tenders. Everyone enjoyed the side of lightly simmered green beans.
- Caramelized onion bacon pizza — not too sure about the arugula on top, but we'll see. I may re-brand this as a "tart" or "Flammekueche."
Because it was Labor Day something around the house had to be fixed, last year it was the downstairs bathroom sink, this year it was the handrails on the stairs — as Oliver pointed out one day, "mommy, dem bo-ken!"
So we got Gavin, and put him to work, it is labor day weekend after all.
We took down the old railing — and by "we" I mean Gavin, the boys over saw. Then we patched up the walls, cleaned the walls, primed and painted.
After a false start, and ambitious trips to Lowes and Mead Clark, we've decided to replace the handrails as stripping the paint would damage them further. After some sanding, priming and painting (spread out over a week … or two? to let all the paint dry properly), they were finally ready to be installed.
The boys "helped" with the instillation.
The new brackets were the sturdiest looking ones they had, they're screwed solidly into the studs and we hope to not need to deal with them again for a number of years.
Asian Pears 2014 – update
Back in August I posted about the 2014 Asian Pear haul, and promised to update once I'd done something with them. I've tossed easily 20-30 lbs of them so far this week — they've splatted onto the ground, rotten and moldy, and with the help of Sasha's extension picker we've hauled in several tubs of pears and there are more on the tree. I took about 10 lbs to school this morning much to Ms. Donna's delight.
First up, I got a slicer-corer to make anything I attempted easier. I picked one up at the local grocery store and it is the best just-under-$5 I've spent in a long time.
Then, (with the help of Sasha who'd already made a batch or two), I made Pickled Asian Pears with Lemon. We made 14 pints, after a mix up about pints vs. quarts. I think we quadrupled the recipe? So now I'm looking for ways to use pickled Asian pears — I'm sure there will be posts on that to follow.
After that, I made Ricotta Stuffed Asian Pears with Cinnamon, they "looked interesting" and the children flat-out refused to eat them. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but my expectations were not met. The ricotta/honey tastes good, but it doesn't work for me with the pear.
Finally, I tried Dried 5-Spice Asian Pears. I dehydrated them in the oven. I didn't bother with the 5-spice (didn't have any on hand), and other than miserably heating up the house all day long, and forgetting to core them first, they turned out pretty well.
I'm also trying crock-pot pear butter again — I tried the batch Sasha made and it was less revolting than my attempts, so I decided to try it again. This time I'm finding recipes that use pear butter so it does not languish in my pantry. Toss a bunch of pears in the crock-pot, add some cinnamon sticks, cook on low for 20+ hours, food mill, put back in the crock pot, add some sugar, cook some more, hope like mad the apple butter recipes that I pinned work well with pear butter as well — fruit butter is fruit butter, right?
I know, I know:
What about the Asian Pear Sorbet and Lemon Sorbet with Asian Pears? Those aren't going to be made any time soon, freezer space simply won't allow for the ice-cream bowl right now, and I've had really hit-and-miss luck with internet sorbets.– the last one turned into a frozen block of fruit juice.
I also stand by my previous assessment of Greens with warm breaded goat cheese and fig balsamic — candying, etc. gets to be too much work for a salad — eventually the asian pears might make into a salad, we'll see.
fortress of sunflowers: and now there are 3
I meant to take a few more photos of these as they grew — they have surpassed the children in height — but that didn't happen. The six pack of starts has now dwindled to three — one never got started, and two got knocked over during vigorous play. The bush has been removed it bloomed and then looked "yicky" (Patrick's choice of words).
Hopefully, the remaining three will last long enough to reach the promised 12 feet tall.
First Day – Back to School
BLT Pizza
The other night at the Barlow Thursday Street Fair I had a BLT from one of the food stands. I don't normally order BLTs, but the sandwich was so large it made sense to share it. The sandwich in question was amazing, heirloom tomatoes, happy pig bacon, arugula, tangy mayonnaise, locally sourced fresh whole wheat bread — insert all the appropriate West County Foodie buzz words here.
I'm not sure where I'm going with this, except to say I translated that into a pizza (after bouncing the idea off Gavin a few times — his mouth watered at the idea of BLT pizza and was rather disappointed that dinner that night was pasta tossed with sauteed tomatoes and garlic). Our CSA box has regularly been giving us a pound (or two) of heirloom tomatoes and I had a bit of bacon in the fridge. A bit of searching turned up BLT Pizza from Full Fork Ahead and took the idea and ran with it. I made a few changes, but the over all idea is the same: really yummy pizza.
I used my favorite crust (the same one I used for Lonely Brisket Pizza). I did not pre-bake it, and instead went straight to spreading half of the mayonnaise, garlic oil, chives, and garlic mixture on top. I then topped that with the roasted tomatoes, and a few hand-fulls of arugula.
After it had baked for 15 minutes or so, I took it out and topped it with another hand-full or two of arugula that had been mixed with the remaining mayo-mixture.
Gavin and I loved the results. The boys, less so, but they can be very hit-and-miss. I have not tried re-heating it, as I'm not sure how well the mayo-coated-arugula would do, but it is most excellent the next day cold for lunch.


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Hello everyone! I am into Star Trek since I was a kid, when, raised by a trekkie uncle (who for instance named his small business "Enterprise"), I watched all of TOS, all the movies then available in my native tongue, part of TNG, and a bit of Voyager. During my adolescence I didn't cultivate this interest too much, keeping it just as a warm and familiar background, but in the last few months the passion came back with some strength, so I've decided to rewatch TOS and finally complete watching the other series. Of course, now I also have Internet, so why not having a trip into the trekker community?
Other than this, I watch a lot of different tv shows, play videogames, study Philosophy (basically Logic and Epistemology) and Neuroscience, and in general love sci-fi. So I guess I'll also infest the off-topic sections
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Lovely Summerlin Private Downstairs Apartment in Great Location
Lovely new downstairs apartment in brand new home in gated community. Located in the convenient Summerlin neighborhood, with easy access to anywhere in Las Vegas and a short drive to Red Rock Canyon National Park. The beautiful RED ROCK HOTEL and CASINO is very close to us also.
This apartment features 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, laundry facilities in the unit too. HD Flat screen TV with Showtime and loads of great channels. Beautifully furnished with a warm cozy feel, and across the street (4 minute walk) to major 24 hour supermarket and restaurants. There is a good local Chinese restaurant, a Subway, a Hawaiian fast food restaurant, a great sandwich shop; the Harvest Bread Co. There is also a UPS store for shipping and mailing.
For overseas visitors we can provide Airport pick-up and a full car and driver for your entire stay at a reasonable negotiated rate.
For cooking we have a Micro Wave oven with a Convection oven, an electric fry pan, electric burner, large George Forman grill, and a new gas Bar-B-Que on the patio, and an electric hot water maker for coffee and tea.
We Have WI-FI for you!
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- non smoking only
- not suitable for children
- pets not allowed
About Paul Birnbach
My wife, Margaret and I are from California and recently retired to Las Vegas. We were business owners for 23 years and now are enjoying the Las Vegas life style which affors so many things to do.
Paul Birnbach purchased this apartment in 2013
Why Paul Birnbach chose Summerlin
This is a great place to live. You are in a beautiful quiet neighborhood yet you can be down on the Las Vegas strip in just minutes to enjoy all it has to offer.
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Dr. Andrew T. Lawrence has been practicing medicine for 16 years. Dr. Lawrence graduated from the Rosalind Franklin University/ Chicago Medical School in 1998. He practices medicine in Hinsdale, IL and specializes in Cardiovascular Disease. Dr. Lawrence is affiliated with Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital, Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital and Adventist Hinsdale Hospital. He speaks English and Spanish.
Gender: Male
Years in Practice: 16 Years
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Graduation Date: 1998
Hospital Affiliations: Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital, Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital, Adventist Hinsdale Hospital
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Bitplay Tiktiktik And Bang Lamps
Tokyo Designer's Week 2010 sees Taiwan based design studio 'bitplay' present its first collection of indoor items, among which are the 'bang' and the 'tiktiktik' lamps.
'bang' is an all white lamp that comes with a gun that's also entirely white. The combo looks pretty dangerous, like something a high minded criminal would decorate his pad with. The trick is that you turn the light on and off by pointing the gun at it and "shooting" it. When turned on, the nightshade slants to the side, proving it's taken a hit.
If this came with two pistols, it would work well for couples who can't figure out if they want to keep the light on or off.
'tiktiktik', the other lamp, is a more practical device, as it comes with a chain that you have to pull to turn the light on. The longer you pull on it, the longer the light stays on. The chain retracts silently a few minutes before its timer is up, then the light dims and disappears.
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