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Computational neuroscience research supported by a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation
Taught over 34 undergraduate classes during the last 5 years.
New Programs:
Biomedical Physics Minor (2011, co-director)
Computational Neuroscience Concentration (2013, coordinator)
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Digital signal and image processing with biomedical applications (PHYS 394)
All models are wrong. Why are we still using them? (FYSM)
How Things Work - The Physics of Everyday Life (FYSM)>
Biophysical Modeling of Excitable Cells (PHYS 396/BIOL 396)
Connecting Physics and Mathematics (Freshmen Learning Community)
Introduction to Computational Neuroscience (PHYS 298)
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Research Mentor for Undergraduates
Bachelor essays and senior research projects (6)
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Outstanding Undergraduate Research, South Carolina Academy of Science & Charleston Chapter of Sigma Xi - The Scientific Research Society (2012, 2009)
American Association for the Advancement of Science Award to the Outstanding Male Undergraduate Scientist (2012)
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computational neuroscience
nonlinear dynamical systems, chaos, and fractals
artificial intelligence
statistical mechanics and thermodynamics
over 40 peer-review papers
three books (statistical mechanics and thermodynamics)
five book chapters published by Springer
Phase Response Curves in Neuroscience (2012)
Unifying Themes in Complex Systems
Algorithms and Computation
Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence
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William V. Moore Distinguished Teacher-Scholar Award
Gordon E. Jones Distinguished Achievement Award
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American Physical Society
Southern Atlantic Coast Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers
Society for Neuroscience
Organization for Computational Neuroscience
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Oak Ridge Associate University, CofC representative (2008-2010)
Departmental Faculty Senator
Neuroscience PhD committee at MUSC
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Mitchell Elementary Science Outreach (2010-)
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Chinese Journal of Biology
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Journal of Advanced Research in Physics
Journal of Emerging Trends in Computing and Information Sciences
ARPN Journal of Systems and Software
International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Research
Director, Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Program
Councilor, Council on Undergraduate Research
, Physics and Astronomy Division, (2011-)
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I am told that "Guantanamera," a song derived from a poem by the Cuban turn-of-the century revolutionary Jose Marti and made famous by the American Communist folk singer Pete Seeger, refers to a girl, presumably very beautiful, from Guantanamo. The original Spanish lyrics do not confirm this. Nor do the lyrics of the fourth verse, improvised by Seeger and Arlo Guthrie:
And for the cruel one
who would tear out this heart with which I live
I do not cultivate nettles nor thistles
I cultivate a white rose.
Or, for that matter, the text from from the original fifth stanza:
With the poor people of the earth
I want to share my fate...
Still, one can see how, in the late fifties and through the sixties, Seeger made this song a paean to Fidel Castro and the state of the people he was said to be building.
Of course, Castro built a police state for perpetuity, if one takes half a century to be virtually perpetual. Nearly 60 years before Castro's ascension to power, Cuba had, with the crucial assistance of the U.S., freed itself from Spain and was put under a dependency relationship with America. Washington then secured by treaty what became the highly important naval base of Guantanamo in perpetuity—but for a rental fee of $2000 in gold per annum. (See an article, "How We Got Guantanamo," in the February 1962 issue of American Heritage.) Today this comes to less than two ounces of bullion. A bargain.
Guantanamo certainly had been counted an asset during Washington strategic discussions of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. But, more to the point, the very naming of it by candidate Obama at campaign rallies became occasions for the crowds to cheer or boo, depending on the sentence structure of the would-be president's promise to shut it down.
Second only to Abu Ghraib, if indeed second to anything at all, Guantanamo became America's badge of shame. Inmates had been tortured there. Inmates couldn't get adequate legal assistance there. (This turned out to be a phony issue, as Wall Street and Washington law firms trooped to do pro bono work for the terrorists.) "Shut it down," was one refrain. And the aspirant to the White House promised to shut it down. And to shut it down by January 1, 2010.
The administration began to release some of the prisoners, many of them to Yemen, where presumably they were to repent and be reformed. But, oops, Yemen suddenly became a central base of Al Qaeda. They could also have been sent to countries where they would have been murdered (or tortured, then murdered). Saudi Arabia had too many miscreants of its own to welcome more.
The Obami were stopped in their tracks, not least by the congressional Democrats who wanted no such degenerates in their own districts or their own states.
This was another failure of Obama diplomacy. If he couldn't persuade Senator Webb, Democrat of Virginian, how could he be expected to persuade Ahmadinejad?
There are some 192 prisoners in Gunatanamo, about 50 of whom are too dangerous to release but unprosecutable, according to Peter Finn and Del Quentin Wilber in the January 29 issue of the Washington Post. The rest are in limbo.
Of course, as some helpful man in the Washington office of Human Rights Watch (about which there is a devastating article by Ben Birnbaum elsewhere in this space and in the current hard copy edition of TNR) advises, the president can always have the prisoners indicted on federal law and try them in the U.S. This is not a very popular option. Moreover, many legal thinkers believe it is judicially nuts.


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Terra Madre Day Special: A Christmas Toast to an Old Tradition
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In the old mining town of in Røros in central Norway, many residents still live in the wooden houses and 17th and 18th century buildings that linger from its booming copper-mining days, and have led to the area's designation as a UNESCO world heritage site. But the town has another legacy that you may not read about in history books.
"It's a very old ritual in this area that every year before Christmas, families would make a traditional ginger beer," says Per Tore Holgersen from the Slow Food Røros Convivium. The recipe includes just five ingredients: ginger, raisins, sugar, water and yeast, which are mixed and left for 3-5 days to ferment. The result is a lightly alcoholic beer.
"Some people still carry on this tradition, but not all," says Holgersen, "and many young people don't know how to make it." This was what inspired the Røros Convivium to put this age-old practice at the center of their Terra Madre Day event to be held this December 10, with an event that involves participants making the ginger beer together from an old recipe.
"This recipe comes from families in the area, passed down through generations from mother to children. It's not something you can buy, but made from information that is passed on through people."
"We hope that young people will come to the event and learn this old tradition so they can carry it on. We'll also be serving local food and a ginger beer that we made beforehand, so we can enjoy the final results!"
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Post-Operative Day 1
Everyone progresses at his or her own pace. The activities listed below are a guideline for what to expect during your hospital stay.
Daily Plan of Care: Day One
- You will continue with incentive spirometer to exercise your lungs.
- Continue with medications for pain. It is important to communicate with staff how well your pain is being relieved.
- The nursing staff will assist you with bathing and changing positions in bed.
- Your doctor (resident, PA or NP) will remove the drain tube (if applicable) from your incision and may change the bandage.
- An orthopaedic resident, PA and NP will make rounds daily.
- You will continue to have an IV catheter.
- Additional blood may be administered.
- You may continue to have a bladder catheter.
- Compression boots will be worn to promote circulation and prevent blood clots. You may also have elastic stockings.
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|Avery County Crop Walk: Over 100 walkers!
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An update on the Avery County Crop Walk: Coordinator
Janet Millsaps of Reaching Avery Ministry tells us the final total was over 105
Funds are not due until October 15, but Millsaps estimates the event was a success. In the last several years, she says the Walk has earned $13,000. 25% of what's earned will stay in Avery County. The rest will be distributed through global helping agency Church World Service to fight hunger worldwide.
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Los Angeles Lakers v San Antonio Spurs - Game One
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Mike Tindall clears out Tom May after Jimmy Cowan injury
Gloucester moved ahead of Northampton Saints on the Aviva Premiership table with a 27-11 win at Franklin's Gardens on Saturday afternoon. The win came at a cost though as the visitors lost Kiwi Jimmy Cowan to injury in the second half.
Since the game there have been quite a few requests via our Twitter and email for RD to show a clip of what happened. The requests come not so much because of the Cowan injury, but more so the manner in which Mike Tindall took care of Tom May.
As you can see below, Tindall wasn't going to leave his man alone on the floor and despite May stealing the ball, the former England captain cleared him out in no uncertain terms.
"Didn't hurt, it was definitely a big hit though ha," said May on Twitter after the game.
Cowan wasn't as spirited though and picked up a knee injury as he slipped changing direction. He hobbled off and it has since been confirmed that he will likely be out for the rest of the season.
According to a BBC report today, Cowan damaged ligaments in his knee resulting in him being out of the game for at least six months.
"He's very positive and just wants to play. He'll do whatever he can to get back sooner than that," said Gloucester director of rugby Nigel Davies.
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cheyanqui February 13, 2013 5:19 pm
Difference is that Bakkies usually comes in from the side and/or after the whistle and/or on an outside back
Tiggsy February 13, 2013 5:27 pm
jeppy89 February 13, 2013 5:36 pm
stroudos February 13, 2013 5:58 pm
Fin February 13, 2013 8:36 pm
Great hit.
Reality February 13, 2013 9:41 pm
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matty February 17, 2013 6:03 am
Moseley269 February 17, 2013 9:56 pm
I feel Cowans pain having done similar myself.
browner February 20, 2013 2:49 am
14.2 Players on their feet
(a) Falling over the player on the ground with the ball. A player must not intentionally fall on or over a player with the ball who is lying on the ground.
Tom May, clearly infringed, and should already have been penalised b4 Tin arrived !


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"The Gods! The Gods!" by D.H. Lawrence:
People were bathing, and posturing themselves on the beach
and all was dreary, great robot limbs, robot breasts
robot voices, robot even the gay umbrellas.
But a woman, shy and alone, was washing herself under a tap
and the glimmer of the presence of the gods was like lilies,
and like water-lilies.
(From Complete Poems: D.H. Lawrence, edited by Vivian de Sola Pinto and Warren F. Roberts. Reprinted with the permission of Penguin Books. Image via Flickr user erjkprunczyk)


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Prices have been confirmed for the updated Honda CR-Z, ahead of the car's UK launch next month.
The Sport version will cost from £20,550, while £23,050 will secure the range-topping GT.
The CR-Z has been given a host of performance and styling tweaks, including new front and rear bumpers, two new exterior colours and a set of 17-inch wheels exclusive to the GT model.
It gets the same 1.5-litre engine and IMA hybrid system, but power has been boosted from 126bhp to 135bhp. This means the Honda's 0-62mph time is cut from 10.0 seconds to 9.1 seconds, while top speed stands at 124mph.
The car also comes with a Sports Plus (S+) boost button, which gives a 10-second burst of improved acceleration.
The CR-Z is available to order now, with the first cars arriving in dealerships in early January.
Underpowered, not that frugal and pointless. If you want economy, power etc, get a diesel
Dont like diesel cars, always noisier than a smooth quiet petrol engine....And with the extra cost of diesel, as opposed to Petrol, it makes no sense in buying diesel......Petrol only thanks
Makes no sense in buying a diesel? Makes sense if you're doing under 9k a year in mileage. I average 84MPG from my 1.6 diesel over a 70 mile commute every day. Equivalent 1.6 petrol averages only half that (and probably less in real life) and ok petrol costs 6p a litre less. Also, my car was the same price for either a petrol or a diesel. So its paid itself back rather rapidly and now saving money. And one last good point, no VED to pay on it either! (or congestion charge if you live in London)
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The fifteen educators, who made an on-site evaluation of East Greenwich High School on April 10 through April 13, have submitted their final report, Principal Michael Podraza announced today. The evaluation visit took place under the direction of the Commission on Public Secondary Schools of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). The visiting committee was chaired by Dr. Edmund Higgins, Professor at Quinnipiac University and included educators from various New England states.
NARRAGANSETTŌĆöThe town council recently received and recognized the draft report of the 2011 Citizen Attitude Survey Report which was administered by the ETC Institute, a market research firm based out of Kansas. The town implemented the survey in order to gauge how citizens viewed the efficiency and quality of town services, and also to look to the future in making such services better.
MISQUAMICUTŌĆōRhode Island is a great place to spend the summer. The weather is wonderful, the beaches are beautiful and there is always something happening. However, it may be difficult to find something exciting to do that wonŌĆÖt leave you penniless.
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EXETER ŌĆōVirginia Barber Laiho, 84, has fond memories of attending the one-room Woody Hill School off Route 165 in the western part of town.
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Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth has a new sculpture to brighten up the London commute. Elmgreen and Dragset's Powerless Structures, Fig. 101 is certainly turning heads!#46410
Spanish artist Olga Diego creates interactive inflatable sculptures and installations.#46409
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Designed by Belgian designer Mathieu Guyaux, CUT is a collection of three pieces of furniture. Based on identical solid white oak parallelepiped, each element underwent a specific cut to bestow it its own identity.
Scottish designer Kyla McCallum folded 20,000 pages of 67 books by hand to create this stunning sculptural skirt.#46400
AlleyCats are a new series of character art prints by Ben the Illustrator, each character is in honor of a different type of creative person Ben has encountered in his career.#46398
London-based street artist INSA takes on the Custard Factory in Birmingham, decorating two exterior walls five floors high with his trademark Heels graphic.#46397
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Defendant pleads nolo contendere to charges from 2011 fatal accidentBy JOHN A. WINTERS
A 28-year-old woman pleaded nolo contendere Thursday to charges stemming from a 2011 traffic accident in which another woman was killed.
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Publisher/Affiliate > Auto Website Builders > OTO One Time Offer
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Easily Create & Manage Your One Time Offers!
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Create OTOs ever so easily with your own text and http://www.turbomembership.com/scripts/2007/02/images. The program's interface is powerful enough to help you come up with your very own one-time offer.
Display your OTO on your website via iFRAME. Those who have tried iFRAME know how difficult - and frustrating - it is to get the right diameters and positions for your displays. But the Turbo OTO Manager makes it sooooo easy. It will generate a code which, again, you can just copy and paste into your source code.
Display your OTO on your website via a webpage. Flexible web pages use php encoding, which is another web language to master. But with the Turbo OTO Manager, even if you know nothing about php, you can still display your OTO on your website with ease!
Host your OTO on another page and incorporate the URL into your website via the Turbo OTO Manager's centralized control panel. Even if you're running multiple OTOs for multiple campaigns, you can conveniently manage them through the admin area.
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text: Link Ink: 'The Walking Dead' Season 4 Promo, New 'Crow' And More Marvel Vinyl by Caleb Goellner October 11, 2013 Follow through for Friday's links. Read More Filed Under: archer, Disney, Drew Moss, Frank Bill, James OBarr, Marvel Vinylmation, Oldboy, The Crow, The Crow Pestilence, the walking dead, Titanium Mini, Tony Montalvo Category: Culture, Link Ink Send to a friend! Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Pin it! Reddit This! Share on Tumblr!


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Accommodation in peaceful setting close to nature. Only 150 m from Europe's longest, and according to us, nicest sandy beaches.Here with us at Böda Baden you will find a large selection of accommodation alternatives. We offer 50 pitches with electricity and the same number without. As a camper at Böda Baden you have access to till shower, WC, latrine emptying, laundry facility and washing room. Our rooms vary in size and style which also is reflected in the rates. All our cottages and rooms are non-smoking. We offer accommodation alternatives for guests with and without pets, keep an eye out for the "dog symbol". There are duvets and pillows supplied to the corresponding number of beds in all accommodation alternatives and unless stated otherwise, you only need to bring sheets, towels, washing up liquid and toilet paper. Welcome to us here at Bödabaden!
Beach and bathing
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Number of pitches 100
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Exploratory Advanced Research Program
Legislation established an Exploratory Advanced Research (EAR) Program that addresses the need to conduct research on longer term and higher risk breakthrough research with the potential for transformational improvements to plan, build, renew, and operate safe, congestion free, and environmentally sound transportation systems.
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) engages stakeholders in the EAR Program--from evaluating potential research topics through communicating research results.
FHWA identifies and scopes topics through extensive initial-stage investigation. The EAR Program has supported scanning trips and meetings involving national and international experts to assure use of the most recent advances in science and engineering.
FHWA uses expert panels to ensure the technical quality of sponsored research. The panels are composed of Federal, State, academic, and international scientific and engineering experts, who are vetted to avoid conflicts of interest. The panels frequently include members from multiple disciplines to assure that cross applications and novel approaches to research are fully assessed.
FHWA understands that EAR Program-funded projects are part of a larger research and development cycle designed to move from basic research through applied research, field testing, pilot deployment, and adoption. FHWA is committed to transitioning the results of EAR Program-funded research projects and takes an active role in demonstrating results to audiences critical to continuing the research and development cycle.


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Brocade Of Roses Cake
Cake serves 114.
- Oval Pan Set 10 3/4 x 7 7/8 in., 13 x 9 7/8 in., 16 1/2 x 12 3/8 in. used
- Oval Separator Plates 14 1/2 in. x 10 3/4 in.
- Oval Separator Plates 11 1/2 in. x 8 1/2 in.
- 19 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. double thick cardboard base fresh flowers
Step 1
Ahead of time, make 16 bow loops: Cut strips 6 in. long x 1 in. wide from fondant. Fold each strip over to form a loop and align ends; pinch ends slightly to attach.
Step 2
Stand loops on sides to dry. Make extras to allow for breakage.
Step 3
Ice 2-layer tiers smooth and prepare for push-in pillar construction.
Step 4
Mold approximately 90 roses from fondant. Allowing space for positioning topper and flowers, randomly attach roses only on top half and middle tiers; position roses only on top half of bottom tier.
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Pipe tip 32 shell bottom border on bottom tier. Add tip 127D ruffle.
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Pipe tip 4 vines linking roses over all tiers; add tip 4 dots on ruffle and long vines.
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Pipe tip 5 bead bottom borders on top and middle tiers.
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Cut 8 ribbon strips 6 in. long x 1 in. wide from remaining fondant.
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Attach above ruffle on bottom tier.
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Attach bow loops to fondant strip at seam division with dots of icing.
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Pipe tip 16 rosettes at bow centers.
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At reception: Assemble tiers. Arrange flowers in Floral Figurine Pedestal and Crystal bowls; position on tiers. Add figurine.
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Mike Pintek, John Putzier Talk Cars On Q&A Tuesday
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PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) — NewsRadio 1020 KDKA's Mike Pintek spoke with John Putzier, CEO of the Greater Pittsburgh Automobile Dealers Association.
He has been a consultant to the auto industry for 26 years.
They talked all about cars and took listeners' questions on this segment of Q&A Tuesday. You can listen to the interview here!
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Set sail for the Caribbean early next year with this deal from Planet Cruise. For £999 per person, you get a 12-night full-board cruise on P&O Cruises' Ventura, return flights and airport transfers, as well as a free £120 onboard spend per cabin.
Flights depart from London Gatwick, Birmingham or Manchester on 14 March, 2014.
The first port of call is Bridgetown in Barbados, where the ship stays overnight. Next Ventura sails to St Lucia, St John's (Antigua) and St Maarten, before crossing the Atlantic to Madeira and Malaga (Spain), where the cruise ends. Guests will then catch the return flight home.
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Sailing the Seas of Cheese: Calling All General Manager Wannabes!
Fantasy Football…some times you win, some times you lose, and sometimes you are in a league that is as corrupt as a small, South American nation complete with a megalomaniac dictator. No, I'm not pointing fingers or anything. Let's just say our league has a junta party ready and waiting shall El Presidente suffer an unforseen accident.
My brother accuses me of phoning in my choices in his league. I've had my butt kicked up and down that league for the past five years. Then in other leagues, I'm pretty good at cleaning house. I invariably get stuck with a truly fabulous running back on paper each year only to have him blow his knee out or something equally catastrophic that guarantees I am searching the bottom of the barrel for some RB that yields a whopping three yards per game. But oh, the experts say you have to pick a running back first. That's where all the points are. That is, until you realize that the NFL truly is a passing league. But what do I know, my beloved Three Orange Whips held up the basement in my baby brother's league.
So just as as in the past where I've come up with an algorithm for March Madness, I give your the scientifically unproven yet color coded right down to your preference for dogs algorithm for Fantasy Football. I take no responsibility for any of you suckers that may acutally use it for making a pick. And for the record, yes, I was wearing my Packers homerpants when I created it.
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Eight-year-old girl afraid to sleep at home after burglary in Plymouth
Posted: February 26, 2013|
A MOTHER and daughter have been left distraught after a burglar broke into their home and stole the child's computer and games console.
Katie Holbrook said eight-year-old Jasmine was now worried about sleeping at home in case the intruder comes back.
The single mum said she had saved all year to buy the laptop and Nintendo DS for her daughter's Christmas presents.
Katie added: "She doesn't want to stay here. She is at my mum's at the moment because she thinks they might come back."
The burglar got into their home in St Peter's Road, Manadon, through an insecure door sometime between 4am and 7am on Sunday. He took the black Asos computer, the Nintendo DS, £240 in cash and some tobacco. Police are hoping someone can identify the equipment, which was covered in distinctive Moshi monsters and Disney stickers.
Katie said: "I have saved so much to get her these things.
"She needs the laptop for school and she was so looking forward to going back and showing her teacher at Shakespeare Primary School how well she did with her maths over the half-term holiday.
"The burglar has taken £240 and left me with about £1 to buy food.
"It was devastating to wake up to this on a Sunday morning. I could live with this, but Jasmine knows she was asleep in the house when this happened.
"I have never saved so hard and I will struggle to replace what we have lost. This is hard for me, it must be even harder for an eight-year-old."
PC Steve Dykes, from Crownhill police station, said: "Katie is more upset for Jasmine than anything else. We would appeal for anyone who has been offered this equipment to get in touch.
"We would hope to prick someone's conscience."
Anyone with information about the burglary should contact the police on 101 or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555111 quoting crime reference number EL/13/749.


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Cars can cause a lot of unexpected expenses when they get older and start to break down more and it is not often easy to know when a car should be traded in for a newer model. This reader wanted to know opinions on how one can tell when it's time to get rid of the old car as to not waste money:
I need some help on what I should do with my current car situation. My current car is on its last legs and recently has been costing me quite a bit of money in repair bills. I've paid out over $500 in the last 2 months and it has drained my emergency fund.
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(Mar 10, 2010) On March 5, 2010, it was reported that the first public hearings of the Solomon Islands Truth and Reconciliation Commission would take place beginning March 9, 2010. (First TRC Public Hearing Next Week, SOLOMON TIMES, Mar. 5, 2010, available at http://www.solomontimes.com/news.aspx?nwID=4973.)
The Commission was officially established by the government in April 2009. Its purpose is to promote national unity and reconciliation following the ethnic conflict that occurred in Guadalcanal between 1997 and 2003. (Solomons Poised for Reconciliation Hearings, RADIO AUSTRALIA NEWS, Mar. 8, 2010, available at http://www.radioaustralianews.net.au/story.htm?id=27220.) During the public hearings, victims and witnesses of crimes and human rights abuses committed during the conflict will be able to give testimony about their experiences. (Id.) They will not be allowed to name individuals, but can identify the groups involved. (SOLOMON TIMES, supra.)
The conflict involved rival militia groups, with settlers from another island, Malaita, clashing with the indigenous residents of Guadalcanal. The fighting over jobs, land rights, and political power led to 100 deaths and the displacement of about 20,000 people. The violence was ended by the establishment of the Australian-led Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI), which was invited into the country by the Solomon Islands government in 2003. (Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Solomon Islands, RADIO AUSTRALIA NEWS, Apr. 29, 2009, available at http://www.radioaustralianews.net.au/story.htm?id=17486.) RAMSI still operates in the Solomon Islands, assisting with law and order and the strengthening of government institutions; police, military, and civilian personnel from around the Pacific region participate. (RAMSI website, http://www.ramsi.org/ (last visited Mar. 8, 2010).)
The Commission is the first of its kind in the Pacific region. It has been modeled on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa, and the chair of that Commission, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, has taken an active role in its establishment. (Rowan Callick, Solomon Islands Gets Desmond Tutu Truth Help, THE AUSTRALIAN, Apr. 29, 2009, available at http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/solomons-gets-tutu-truth-help
/story-e6frg6so-1225704707658.) The Commission has five members – including three citizens of the Solomon Islands, a member from Peru, and one from Fiji. (PM Sikua Announces TRC Team, SOLOMON TIMES, Apr. 27, 2009, available at http://www.solomontimes.com/news.aspx?nwID=3919.)
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Paltalk Holdings, Inc. has filed suit in Marshall, Texas against Activision Blizzard (World of Warcraft), Sony (EverQuest), NCSoft (Guild Wars), Jagex (RuneScape), and Turbine (Lord of the Rings Online). Paltalk specifically chose the east Texas court for its history of favoring plaintiffs in related cases. The patents in question basically cover sharing data between connected computers so that users are presented with an identical digital environment.
Paltalk took Microsoft to court in 2006 over the multiplayer technology used in its Halo titles, and successfully strong-armed Redmond into settling out of court. I imagine that will only strengthen their present case, as it adds some level of validity to their claims.


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EL RENO — Friends and family of Rebecca Bryan testified Friday at her murder trial that she was a loving and caring person, a stark contrast to the image of a sex-crazed killer portrayed by prosecutors.
Prosecution rests its case in Rebecca Bryan murder trial
The prosecution rested its case against Bryan on Friday morning. She is charged with the murder of her husband, Nichols Hills Fire Chief Keith Bryan, 52, who was shot to death Sept. 20, 2011, in his Mustang home.
Rebecca Bryan, 54, blamed an intruder whom she said walked into the home at 1320 W Rose Hill Drive though the garage and shot her husband before apologizing and telling her the fire chief should have hired him.
Defense attorney Gary James called several of Rebecca Bryan's friends and family members to the stand Friday in an attempt to give jurors a sense of her personality and an explanation for some of the strange behavior friends said she showed after the shooting.
Her brother, David Reddick, said she was the primary caregiver of their mother for a time.
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"Becky was always a person who helped people," Reddick said. "She was the person who would pick up a wounded puppy."
Friends previously testified Rebecca Bryan laughed while talking on the phone about the shooting in the hours after she called 911. Friends also said she showed them a picture of another man's penis and said she had sex with him that day.
Reddick is an ordained minister who officiated at Keith and Rebecca Bryan's wedding. He said his sister often said things for shock value as a way to control her emotions in stressful situations.
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Maternity Wear Blog
Bree from: RTE Fashion Blog
Welcome to the first of our RTÉ Maternity Wear Blogs where each week we'll share our views on the good, the bad and the ugly for mums-to-be. While I'll be sharing my hits, misses, tips and advice, I'd love to hear yours, so please comment below and I'll add any helpful tips into next week's piece. Pics are welcome too, if you'd like to share your stylish looks or images of what might work for the rest of us.
As with every fashion look whether it's for the catwalk or a wedding, each one begins with a great foundation, so this week, with Valentine's Day fast approaching I thought I'd tackle maternity underwear. This might be a good time for the prudish to turn away because as every busy, pregnant woman knows, practically rules over delicate dispositions every time.
As with your regular wardrobe, you need to invest in a couple of good pieces which can be added to with a number of cheaper options.
Aside from your growing bump the one, or two, most noticeable body changes are your boobs, to a greater or lesser degree depending on your original size and the effect your pregnancy has on you(rs). Personally, suffice to say, I am on first name terms with the lingerie whizzes in a couple of shops. You can skimp on pants, hosiery and socks but if you have boobs, you can't and shouldn't skimp on bras. If the size is wrong, not only will it make you look and feel frumpy, where everything just mushes into one in the most unflattering way. No matter your shape, you want your bump to look like one and your boobs to do the same. Whether it's your local lingerie store, one of the larger stores such as Arnotts or M&S, I would invest time and money in a couple of good, correctly-fitted bras. Plus they don't have to look like off-putting over-the-shoulder-boulder-holders either thanks to ranges from the likes of Fantasie, Triumph and Bravissimo – Valentine's Day doesn't have to be something to ignore until next year.
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The big decision you have to make when it comes to maternity bras if you are planning on breast feeding is whether you are willing to sacrifice some shape during the latter half of your pregnancy to ensure that your milk ducts are 100% damage-free. Having gone the non-under wired route on my first pregnancy, ducts or no, its not a route I've followed since and thankfully breast-feeding still went well (or as well as possible given what's involved).
We'll cover breastfeeding underwear options at another time but as your due date draws closer, many mums who are planning on breast feeding kill two birds with the one stone by getting measured for a feeding bra about three weeks before they're due. However I wouldn't get more than one or two at this stage as your breast size will change again once your milk comes in and if you're planning on feeding, they can stay that new size for as long as you feed.
If you were to invade most Irish women's lingerie-drawers you'll most likely find some variety of suck-me-in underwear. The one time you'd think that you're exempt from the uncomfortable, restrictive yet effective attire is during pregnancy. However if you have a big event, a special guna or a high powered meeting and want to put your best bump forward in your figure-hugging outfit than pregnancy Spanx could be the answer. Having worn them once before and sitting through a two-hour dinner with my stomach pushed up under my chin – never again but I've seen a friend indulge and the result was a blooming bridesmaid.
Depending on the time of year of your pregnancy and your work attire or personal style, if working in the home, you may or may not need tights as a daily staple. If you're a regular wearer, then it is worth spending a little more on good fitting pairs that don't gather around your ankles at around 3pm. Otherwise the high street (H&M, Next, Mama's & Papa's, Mothercare, ) offer good basic ranges in black, grey, navy or brown.
Unless you find the pounds piling on or your usual style of briefs are midi's then your regular fare (hipsters/ boxer-briefs or for the brave, thongs) should get you through most of your pregnancy. However if you find towards the middle to end stages that you're uncomfortable, it might be time to invest in some over or under the bump comfy cotton briefs. While the over the bump numbers are a tad Bridget Jones-esque, they're very comfy. Regardless of whether they're over or under bump numbers, there's no need to splash the cash here and they can double as your hospital throw-away undies too. Cotton is your new BFF so apart from a brief outing on Valentine's Day, perhaps keep the slinky ones for a few months time.
Have I forgotten anything? Let me know and next week I'll be taking a look at PJ's and nightwear,


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Romance, requited or not, can be a costly proposition. The Secret Service, guardians of the president, and the Army, guardians of the rest of us, are still trying to tally the dimensions of the carnal carnage at Cartagena.
The General Services Administration (GSA) is still counting what the agency spent to take 300 guvvies to Las Vegas for an "executive workshop," learning how better to serve the nation (but mostly how to serve themselves). The tab so far is $823,000, but tips might be extra, and that doesn't count what a "regional commissioner" spent on scouting trips through the Pacific and Asia. There's no word yet on whether and if so how much the GSA spent on fancy women.
Heterosexuality in high places is clearly running amok. And it's not just the guvvies, either, and not just in steamy foreign places where furriners lie in wait to lure good Americans into misadventure. Bobby Petrino, who had taken big steps in building a football legend at the University of Arkansas to rival that of the Bear at Alabama, went for a motorcycle ride through the Ozarks with his sweetie, and when his big Harley crashed into a thicket of briars and saplings, he was fired for lying about the error of his erotic ways. He blew an $18 million buyout when he was fired "for cause." Love can be a many-splendored thing, but splendor usually costs extra.
The White House, the Secret Service and the Army are trying to figure out exactly what happened to whom and how and when, but the first lesson drawn from the escapade in Cartagena is that the time to bargain with a hooker is before, not after, the angel of desire alights in a tryst under a canopy of candied gossamer. Everything we know about transactions in a shady boudoir — learned from movies, novels and boasts heard in a barroom — shouts that nobody ever, ever gets to run a tab. It's always cash and carry, and the customer pays when served. How could Secret Service agents, paid to be observant, have missed that?
The escapades of the GSA executives are naughty enough and demonstrate why nobody trusts the guvvies with other people's money. But GSA executives are not responsible for the safety of presidents. The Secret Service provides bodyguards, ready and willing to take a bullet for the chief. The randy agents in Cartagena were ready and willing to take advantage of an opportunity to get a little lovin' on the side.
"They never told me they were with [President] Obama," the hooker whose argument with her john unraveled the scandal told the New York Times. She met the agent at a bar, and he invited her back to his room. The $800 agreed on presumably included the condoms she bought on the way to his hotel. But she may be the first hooker in history not to press for the money upfront. She was more anxious not to be taken for a hooker. She's an escort. If a Ph.D., even if honorary, can insist on being called "doctor," a newspaper reporter calls himself a "journalist" and a short-order cook is a "chef," why can't a hooker be an escort?
"An escort is someone who a man can take out to dinner," the lady explained. "She can dress nicely, wear nice makeup, speak and act like a lady. That's me."
When the front desk called the next morning to tell her that, escort or hooker, there was a hotel rule that she had to leave by 7 o'clock, the agent offered her $30. He explained that he was drunk when he agreed to $800 the night before. That was his story, and he was sticking to it. Or so he thought.
This is a particularly sad episode for the Secret Service, which has been trying for four decades to live down a reputation for drunken malfeasance on the night before John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, for partying until 5 in the morning at the Fort Worth Press Club. One of JFK's agents later told author Edward Klein ("The Kennedy Curse") that "drinking, partying and sex became part of traveling with the president." Shocking indeed.
Most Secret Service agents, like most Washington bureaucrats, lead sober, sedate and safely dull lives, and the most wicked thing the Secret Service has done lately was closing Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House, which made a nice parking lot for the agents' SUVs.
But in Washington, perception is all that matters. It's a lesson Washington never learns.
• Wesley Pruden is editor emeritus of The Washington Times.


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Roundtable: Book Design at Pentagram
On Saturday morning, October 27 at FIT's Katie Murphy Auditorium, Michael Bierut, Abbott Miller, Eddie Opara, Emily Oberman, Paula Scher and DJ Stout will take the stage at the first Designers and Books Fair to talk about the challenges and pleasures of designing books. Between them, the six partners have designed everything from large-scale corporate identities to exhibitions to motion graphics to interactive displays. But they all concede there is something special about designing that classic design object, the book.
At FIT on October 27, each of the designers will present a case history and discuss his or her unique approach to book design. In anticipation of that special event, Bierut, Miller, Opara, Oberman, Scher and Stout were asked to talk about what makes books special, why they like designing them, and why books are likely to be around forever. You can register for the Designers and Books Fair event here, and read more about book design at Pentagram after the jump.
Michael Bierut People keep predicting the death of print. Sometimes I think that makes designing books the ultimate exercise in anachronism. Yet we all just can't resist.
Paula Scher I love the form. I like sequencing information and holding the collection of information together between two covers. There is nothing more satisfying than the object that is a book.
Abbott Miller Books are self-contained, complete objects that are tactile, material, and interactive. The fact that they are products for sale in a retail context makes them an unusually public form of design. The care and attention you bring to a book has such a major impact on its character and impact.
Emily Oberman I like to design books for a few reasons. First, it's hard and I like a challenge. Second, like Paula, I like the ability to tell a story that unfolds over time and space. Third, like Abbott, I like all the little special details of books where you get chances to do surprising things. Besides the meat of a book you have the end pages, the spine, the table of contents, the folios, the index, the design credits, and the flaps, just to name a few. Each one of these things is a little treat for the reader if you handle them well. Finally, to design a book well, you have to really understand the content, so each new book is an opportunity to learn new things.
DJ Stout A lot of what we do as graphic designers is fleeting. A magazine might hang around for a week or two but it will eventually end up on the seat of the airplane for the flight attendants to clean up or in the bottom of the bird cage. A poster arrives in the mail and if its lucky it will get filed away with the other rolled up orphans in the closet waiting to be framed someday. I like to design books because they are a more lasting and memorable form of our craft.
Eddie Opara Books are compact, fun boxes!
Michael There is something special and different about book design. It's not like any other design work I do.
Paula That's because books are self-contained and tactile. Things like brand identities are amorphous and often virtual. Environmental graphics are outsized. Posters have impact and are based mostly on scale and one big idea. Books, on the other hand, have narrative and sequence. Books are precious, in the best sense of the word.
Abbott Is book design really different, apart from the endless detail and minutiae that books demand?
DJ It may not be different, but it's more intense. The act of stringing multiple pages together and developing an architecture that can transform disparate elements into a cohesive whole is design in action. Making something new and meaningful out of chaos is the essence of creativity. A book is the sum of its parts and at the end of that process a designer gets to hold their creation in their hands.
Michael Given all that, I have to confess: I wonder sometimes if books, physical books, are worth the trouble. Are they even necessary?
Paula You have to touch something every now and then when you read. Why would anyone say they aren't necessary?
Michael Well, I had to move a few years ago and I had 60 boxes of books. It was backbreaking and after a while I started to sort of hate them.
Abbott What's in those boxes is something very stable. To me, books are closer to paintings, sculpture, and decorative art objects than they are to the dynamic, ephemeral character of "media." The objecthood of books is what makes them exceptional and, hopefully, enduring.
DJ There are certain things that only a book can do. I design a lot of photography books and I often point out that a book is very different from a box of pictures. A box of pictures, or a photographer's portfolio, is frequently nothing more than a collection of photographs presented randomly in the exact same format. That viewing experience is only about the photographs. A skilled book designer can completely change that experience.
Eddie Right. Books are the perfect way to tell a story, to show tactility. With the ability to be illustrative, to change pace, you can allow so many different ways to read content.
Emily I do a lot of motion graphics and it's true that books are similar. The design requires pacing and planning. Books have crescendos and quiet moments. They have arcs, beginnings, middles and ends.
Michael But all of this is happening in an increasingly digital world.
Eddie Memories shouldn't be confined to the virtual realm.
DJ Something like a blog post has the life expectancy of a gnat. A book is permanent. It might end up on a dusty shelf but it doesn't disappear into the ether the way a website posting does after a single reading. It hangs around in plain view waiting patiently to be referenced. I love printed books, the way the ink smells, the tactile quality of the paper, the sound the pages make when you turn them, the heft of a clothbound volume– the thud it makes on a table. We just designed an oversized, more than 600 page book, for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston on the history of war photography. I'm sure the collection will be available online and probably on an iPad. Hermetically sealed and removed from most of our senses, like fish in an aquarium, the digital version will wait patiently for the viewer's fingers to smear across the glass. But the book, printed on frumpy wood-pulp and painstakingly laid out for an analog viewing experience has stature, it has authority.
Michael It will be around forever
DJ Like war itself.
Michael Dramatic! Now, one of my favorite aspects of book design is the opportunity to work with an author. I don't always get that chance. Sometimes my client is a publisher or a packager. And sometimes the author can be challenging, particularly when he or she is too close to the subject matter. But the right author can add so much.
DJ For the most part, I like working with the photographers and authors of the books I design. But sometimes it's best to keep some distance between the book design process and the book's authors or photographers. Photographers in particular can be way too close to their own work and it's hard for them to see their pictures with an outsider's clarity. Sometimes they can't visualize what an innovative book design can do to transform their work.
Eddie I find if you create a good atmosphere of collaboration — one where both parties are learning from each other — the whole process of creating the book is far more enriching.
Abbott I think of authors, editors, and curators as collaborators who establish the conceptual parameters for the design. This can happen through an insight about the visual or editorial nature of the content, or through something more intuitive. I like working with authors who have a clear attitude about what a book can be, but who also grant the designer the right to challenge them about their assumptions. That is a rare collaborator, someone genuinely wanting to see how a designer wants to shape the material.
Emily I love working with authors, as long as they're smart and interested in the book as a whole. Whenever I have collaborated with a wonderful, intelligent, open minded author — like Stephen Dubner of Superfreakonomics, say — the book is that much better. They understand that the design and writing are equally important halves of the content as a whole.
Paula The best kind of author really provides the key to the book's direction.
Michael Is there a certain book that has had a special influence on you as a designer?
Emily My design bible and the book that I like to have around just for inspiration and comfort is Paul Rand: A Designer's Art. I got mine in college and it changed the way I looked at design. Whenever I drew a blank creatively, I'd thumb through it and it always kickstarted my brain. I even eventually got Paul Rand to sign it.
Eddie If we're speaking biblically, I pick the actual Bible. Best reference, guide book ever.
Abbott There's a really interesting book, more of a visual compendium, on the life of Sigmund Freud. It was designed by Willi Fleckhaus, and it was one of these books that just flows with a kind of musical rhythm. It takes a cache of archival material and creates this engrossing mix of variously scaled elements. It looks effortless.
DJ My favorite book design of all times and the book that still influences me to this day is The End of the Game by Peter Beard. I own a pristine first edition. In 1965, immediately after graduating from Yale, Beard traveled to Africa. When he got back he wrote and designed a book that is part history and part travelogue, with his black-and-white and color photographs, beautiful typography and African ephemera. In trying to communicate the depth of the tragedy that was beginning to transform Africa, he presented gruesome and shocking photographs, but in the context of this book they're breathtaking.
Paula My favorite is something called 1000 Makers of the Twentieth Century. It's a densely illustrated compendium of short bios of famous people that first originated in the London Sunday Times. It was designed by David King and our then future and now former partner David Hillman. I could look at it and read it forever. It is sublime.
Michael Is there a book you've always wanted to design?
Paula 1000 Makers of the Twenty-first Century.
Abbott I'd love to do a giant, international, historical survey of landscape and garden design, like a multi-volume, nutty, comprehensive view, working with some crazy editors and being able to commission the photography and having access to great historical imagery. I'd also like to do something super-ambitious on the roles and uses of color in different cultural settings, almost a cultural history of color.
DJ I've always wanted to do my own design book. Which is in the works, by the way.
Eddie I want to design The Adidas Compendium: Past, Future, Present.
Michael Does that book even exist?
Eddie Not until I design it!


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Thursday, December 9, 2010
Macaroni and Cheese with Crispy Shallots
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That looks totally amazing.ReplyDelete
your what I have in my pantry mac%cheese looks delicious. thanks for the idea of using crispy onions.ReplyDelete
Hope you're having a wonderful week
This looks scrumptious!.. Thank you for sharing this delicious post. All the best. lunaReplyDelete
You are making me soooooooooooooo hungry. I love crispy shallots.ReplyDelete
That sounds like the perfect meal for tonight! It's been raining solid (torrential downpour) for 2 days now. Comfort food in front of the fire is required!ReplyDelete
What a good save! I usually wuss out and pick something up on the way home. Love that you just happened to have those crispy shallots to add texture.ReplyDelete
I am a bit obsessed with mac and cheese. Love that you put crispy shallots on top - what a perfect topping.ReplyDelete
I love how you threw together the random items. Mac 'n cheese that begins with a roux is the best stuff. Once you've eaten that you can never go back to a box! This looks wonderful.ReplyDelete
Oh, thanks for that tip (hot into cold or cold into hot to avoid lumps). I never knew that, so that will be really helpful in the future. I love that you threw together mac and cheese on the fly like that. Isn't that the best when you do that? Especially with mac and cheese, one of my favorite things in the world (I even plan on naming my next dog Mac-N-Cheese!)ReplyDelete
This looks absolutely delicious!ReplyDelete
I love those last minute, use-what-you-have masterpieces! Great post!ReplyDelete
Crispy shallots on top is a great addition!ReplyDelete