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i've been considering going vegan for a long, long time. now i think i'm finally gearing up to take the plunge. is it fairly easy to do without eating much soy? we don't eat soy here. also, i'm on a REALLY strict budget, so any tricks for dealing with that are welcome too!
Soymilk is cheaper than other non-dairy milks, even comparing organic soy and conventional whatever, but you don't NEED milk subs, really.
I'm not soy-free, but most of my meals are, and another big chunk would be easy to adapt by using a different alternative milk than what I choose. Lentils, beans and nuts can provide plenty of complementary proteins.
I've been vegan for three years, and soy free for one! It is doable, and it's really not that hard. We 'splurge' on fortified almond milk, but that's really the only substitute product that we use... Occasionally we might buy Daiya cheese or coconut milk ice cream, but not often. We are also on a budget! For your information, veganrella and daiya 'cheese' are both vegan and soy free!
a friend pointed out to me that a lot of the pre- made processed soy foods are the ones that cost big bucks. dd drinks almond milk (she will be going gfcf soon), so that's no biggie for me to pick up. i don't drink a lot of straight milk anyway. now i need to put together a grocery list!
Yes, it's true! It's the premade stuff that costs the big bucks.
I really like this website for recipes http://vegandad.blogspot.com/ . If you ever find yourself craving the 'fake meat' stuff, he has great recipes for it that are soy free! (Seitan). They do call for soy sauce, but I just leave that out and add a little bit more water. I've also made my own vegan 'ground beef' style meat with just eggplant, mushrooms, and onions.... Also, if you're looking for a vegan soy free boullion cube, McCormicks has "beef" flavoured ones - check the ingredients to make sure it's the right one, but I use them all the time.
I've really enjoyed being soy free and vegan, and we do a LOT of baking/cooking! And we've made a lot of things that I never dreamed possible...
that's a great site! i ordered a bunch of groceries today ( we love amazon fresh!), and we're going to get over to the health food store where they have lots of bulk beans, lentils, nuts, ect.. i love legumes and i doubt i'll be missing the texture of meat much. i think its the whole dishes (like things i ate in my childhood) that are things i'll miss until i figure out alternate ways to make them (which i'm sure i will). i can't wait to experiment with baking!
We are 97% soy free -- every once in awhile we'll get a block of tofu as a treat, or order something soy-based while out. (We are also gluten-free which automatically knocks out most soy options!)
Beans are super cheap, and you can substitute pureed beans for tofu in certain recipes where tofu is the binder. We use a lot of nuts too & make our own nut milks (which is also very cheap!) Lately we've been using a lot of coconut milk too -- if you buy full-fat coconut milk (or cream if you can find it without added corn syrup etc.) then you can dilute it with water to whatever consistency you like, and it's almost as good as the store-bought cartons of coconut milk!
Most of our diet is vegetables, and we use a lot of frozen veggies. I have found that if you add one or two fresh ingredients (i.e. fresh herbs, onions, etc.) to your frozen veggies, they lose a lot of that dull, frozen taste.
For grains we rely heavily on rice, rice/corn pastas, polenta, and corn tortillas (all of which are pretty inexpensive). We have quinoa sometimes as well, but it's pricier...
We make most of our own condiments (which we don't tend to use all that often anyway, but I'll make things like ketchup, BBQ sauce, tahini dip, salad dressings, etc.) and save a lot of money there as well.
One of my favorite things is trying to make classic/favorite dishes without the meat, cheese, eggs.... I think it is so much fun!!
thanks for the tips! i like the coconut milk idea. we do eat a tad bit of soy here and there, but not much. i have been cooking more with dried beans the last couple of days, which has been much easier than i thought, and much cheaper than the canned stuff. i made some great soup the other day! i can see that if i plan to cook from scratch i can definitely do this on the cheap, even with buying organic. just working on dropping the last bits of animal products from my diet- i don't do well stopping anything cold turkey! honey is going to be the hardest thing for me to give up, which is funny because there are plenty of plant based alternatives out there. oh, and ditching pre packaged snacks has been harder than i thought, but this is something i'd have to get rid of anyway as we won't be able to afford them if i'm not working. just need to go on a baking rampage.
We make our own oat milk as a milk substitute for cheap cheap.
We just use a food processor to grind the oat into oat flour and add water, sugar/simple syrup/maple syrup/agave, and a bit of vanilla or cocoa powder (for chocolate milk). You could do without the sweetener and flavors, or experiment with your own!
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Hey Inky. Going vegan is easier than you think. When my daughters and I went vegan, I felt like the whole culinary world opened up to us. So many new, fresh possibilities...and inexpensive. We don't eat alot of soy (maybe 2-3 x/month) and focus our meals around fresh fruits and veggies, whole grains and breads, legumes and nuts and seeds. The key is to focus on whole foods and not the prepackaged stuff. Buy in bulk, join a food coop to get reduced prices on different foods and shop at farmer's markets. You will save loads of money. For inspiration, peruse through some vegan cookbooks at your local bookstore or library. My favorite vegan cookbooks right now are: Get it Ripe (Jae Steele), Ripe From Around Here (Jae Steele), Clean Food (Terry Walters) and The 30 Minute Vegan (Mark Reinfeld/Jennifer Murray). Clean Food is one of my favorites because the ingredient lists are very short, the recipe is simple to make, the focus is on whole foods and the food is delicious!!! I hope that inspires you to take the plunge. Enjoy your journey!!!
thanks for the new replies! so far, so good. i even navigated our staff meeting dinner at work with no problems. i'm eating a LOT more whole grains. i was surprised that it took my tummy a while to adjust to the changes, but now it seems adjusted and fine. woohoo.
Subbing. We are soy-free nearly vegans.
I went Vegan about five months ago, my children and my SO are not Vegan (yet) so I do a lot of budget friendly eating.
I recently joined our local Organic Coop and I get lots of Vegan foods at wholesale prices, including fresh fruits and veggies.
Just wanted to say hi and let you know that it is possible to be vegan and budget friendly.
Hi - FYI - Agave nectar is primary food for fruit bats and we should not be eating it as it is reducing the food supply. A good substitute for sweetening is coconut sugar, which by the way, has a low glycemic index.
I think vegan is the cheapest diet! Dried grains and legumes are the cheapest food in the whole store. Produce is less expensive than the dairy case. Rice (or any grain) plus beans (or any legume) is going to give you the bare-bones essential nutrition you need. Add lots of fruits & veggies, the occasional juice or almond or coconut milk, a good tasty bread here & there, and you've got a clean, easy, healthy, animal-free diet.
Beans are super cheap, and you can substitute pureed beans for tofu in certain recipes where tofu is the binder. We use a lot of nuts too & make our own nut milks (which is also very cheap!) Lately we've been using a lot of coconut milk too -- if you buy full-fat coconut milk (or cream if you can find it without added corn syrup etc.) then you can dilute it with water to whatever consistency you like, and it's almost as good as the store-bought cartons of coconut milk!
I love this idea. We are soy free too and have been milk-free because couldn't find a good dairy alternative. Everything has either added sugar or carrageenan or too much vegetable oil which we avoid too. We try to have EVOO, coconut, palm oil or ghee only. I tried making oat milk but it was turning out too bitter but just noticed a different recipe on this thread and will be trying it.
p.s. when I have caffeine craving i make hot cocoa with just water and add a sweetner. turns out great.
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Even to this day people commit atrocities in the name of religion. In pakistani (Muslim) society its OK to kidnap under age girl? Rape them, remove them from family and then made into muslim. What if a hindu abducts under age granddaughter of Mulla mithu rapes her and marries her, will it be OK too.... Muslim society speechless....
Thanks ARY bringing such a sensitive and touchy issue in the forefront .This is iperative that our minorities Hindus,Christians ,sikhs ,Qadianis and others are given equal rights and the protection of their families and worship places should be the highest priority because they are pakistanis first then their religion.Since pakistan is going through law and order situation unfortunately even muslims are not safe so in this scenario your effort to bring the reality in the open should be appreciated very much from everyone.

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Looking for the last five files created on the hard disk.
Kernel 18.104.22.168, GNU (Slackware 12.0).
Bash 3.1.17.
I want to search an entire subtree of /, in the file system, for all files, with extension html, created on the hard disk. In addition, these have to be the last five created.
I think I could split the problem into two parts: (a) Forget about the last condition. Then this is a job for the find command. (b) Sort the output of find using the date as the key, then use 'head' to print the desired output.
But even two such simple steps are enough to justify the writing of a shell script. And here lies my weakness. My script writing knowledge is rudimentary.
What's the final purpose? Well, I lately saved four or five LQ pages onto disk containing information I consider valuable to me. But I don't exactly remember where on the disk. So...
Then: either the problem posed is really of a very simple nature or it is not, in the latter case a script being mandatory. Any suggestion will be welcome. Thank you for reading.
EDIT: one of the algorithm drawbacks (the one described above) is that find may be running a great deal of time. My machine resources (RAM and CPU speed are low) are scarce and there possible are a large number of HTML files on the disk.
Try this command (I'm away from my linux machine until tomorrow so this is off my head). I'll be able to give you a more correct command tomorrow if this one is wrong...
find / -type f -name *.htm* -print0 | xargs -0 ls -t | head
and thanks. It began outputting file names until it was so interrupted:
xargs: ls: terminated by signal 13.
I see the option 't' given to 'ls' is a key piece of the command. Unfortunately these things of signals, are yet beyond the scope of my knowledge (linux/unix). Regards.
EDIT: I ran it as root.
Try this:
find / -name "*.html" -type f -printf "%C+ %P\n" |sort |tail -n 5
and welcome. I tried it and it worked fine. Although it won't show all the usefulness it is capable of until I understand what is the argument of find's option 'name'. Is it a regexp? The manual does not say. So it is left for the shell alone to expand the argument. Or perhaps both things happen, one after the other. It's always been a mistery to me. Thanks and regards.
Actually it is not a regexp, nor it is expanded by the shell. The double quotes protect the asterisk from the shell, so that it is passed literally to the find command. Find interprets it in a way similar to the shell, matching any name terminated by the suffix .html.
Instead in a regexp the asterisk means any number of repetitions (0, 1 or more) of the previous expression, but in this case there isn't any previous expression.
On the contrary, if you let the shell expand it (without quotes or without escaping with backslash), the expression will be substituted by the name of the html files (if any) in the current working dir. If there were no html files, the asterisk would have been passed literally. If there were only one file, the find command would have searched only files with that specific name. For two or more it could result in a syntax error.
I know this is already solved but since you were specifically looking for linuxquestions.org files here is a nice search string which will show you all files that contain one or more instances of the word you are looking for. I'll break the command down for you since you seem to be new to Unix/Linux shell. In the future just replace "linuxquestions" with the search term you want. If you want to search more than just html files then you have to modify *.htm* next to iname.
find -iname "*.htm*" -type f -print0 | xargs -0 grep -iH "linuxquestions" | cut -d: -f1 | sort -u
find -iname "*.htm*" -type f -print0 (for more information use "man find" in terminal)
xargs -0 grep -iH "linuxquestions" (for more information use "man xargs" and "man grep" in terminal)
cut -d: -f1 (for more information use "man cut" in terminal)
sort -u (for more information use "man sort" in terminal)
Here's an example testing if a line starts with an ip address.
#IP shows up in output because the line starts with it
Here's two ways of using the find command to search for case insensitive Windows (or windows or WINDOWS)...
#case insensitive argument in the find command
Thanking everybody for their useful information and the explanation about the argument 'name' of 'find'. I can't leave the thread without saying this. Trondheim was mentioned in Harold Foster's Prince Valiant and you, colucix, shoudn't put Italy after the name of Bologna, whose university once was illustrious in Europe.
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Replying to a Tass statement made in Moscow, quoting him about his evaluation of the situation of the Jews in the Soviet Union, Dr. Nahum Goldmann, president of the World Jewish Congress, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency today:
"The reference in the Tass statement to my previous statement that there is no anti-Semitism against individual, Jews in the Soviet Union is correct.
"There is no persecution of individual Jews in the USSR and the Jews are treated as equal citizens, although economically there may be some discrimination against Jews and although they are practically excluded from certain categories as, for instance, the foreign service. Bue such situations exist in other countries too, and this alone would not represent a serious problem. The real problem of Soviet Jewry is one of discrimination against them as a group both religiously and nationally.
"As a religious group, they are denied facilities which other religious groups, like the Orthodox Church or the Moslem minorities, possess. There are by far, not enough synagogues. With the exception of the small yeshiva in Moscow, there is no possibility to train rabbis; there is no religious literature, etc.
"As a national minority (the Jews in Russia are recognized as a nationality), they have practically none of the facilities which other nationalities possess–namely their own schools, their own press, their own theatre, their own literature.
"Lately, there was some improvement indicated by the appearance of a Yiddish journal and the preparation of the publication of a few books of living Yiddish writers. Just because of this slight improvement which raised great hopes among many Jews the shock was all the greater when we learned about the arrest of the Jewish leaders in Leningrad and Moscow.
"Nevertheless, I am not sure if this indicates a radical change to the worse of the Jewish situation in the Soviet Union and we have to wait for further developments before we can pass judgment.
"To sum up the Soviet-Jewish problem, it is, in my opinion, not one of racial anti-Semitism against individual Jews but a problem of discrimination against the Jewish community as a minority which would be condemned to disintegration if the present policy should continue for a long time. And as this concerns nearly 3,000,000 Jews. Jewish public opinion will have to continue to press for a change in the present policy and to demand that the Jewish minority get the same facilities and rights which other minorities in the Soviet Union possess."


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Everyone has heard of dog shows; purebred canines winning ribbons for obedience tests and agility trials. They are televised on Animal Planet all the time. But has anyone heard of a cat show?
Cats, one of the most common house pets in America, have their own prestigious international shows and competitions comparable to dog shows. Every year all over the world, hundreds of breeders and their feline counterparts compete for titles and ribbons just like the dogs do, unbeknownst to most people.
On Dec. 12 and 13, the Phoenix Feline Fancy Inc. will be hosting its 17th Annual All Breed and Household Pet Cat Show at the Phoenix Convention Center. This year's theme is "It's Feline a Lot Like Christmas" to celebrate the holiday season.
Over 300 cats will be present and competing for titles such "Best Kitten," "Best Cat" and "Best Household Cat."
Though they aren't quite as popular and well-known as dog shows, cat shows have a significant and devoted following.
Take Ahwatukee Foothills resident Teri Kennedy, for example. The self-proclaimed animal lover, vice president of Phoenix Feline Fancy Inc., show manager and Abyssinian cat breeder has been attending cat shows religiously for over a decade. In that time, her cats have won countless championship awards and she is recognized worldwide as a premiere breeder. But it is the friendly atmosphere and her love of felines that keeps her coming back, she said.
"It's a great meeting place for friends. You meet so many new people interested in the same things as you, and you can talk about cats and pedigrees … to them without boring them," she joked.
For those who have never been to a cat show, they are in for a surprise, said Greg Sorokin, assistant show manager.
"Most people don't really know about all the different kinds of breeds there are, they just think all cats are the same," he said.
Over 40 distinct breeds will be at the show, ranging from extravagant looking Persians to the lanky Siamese and everything in between. The variety of all breeds really surprises first-timers, Sorokin said.
"It's a good place to go if you want to learn more about the breeds, or if you're thinking about getting a cat for the first time," he said.
The actual show is somewhat like a dog show, with individual judging, agility and "trick" events. The cats are evaluated according to the standards of the Cat Fanciers' Association, the world's largest registry of pedigreed cats. Qualities like muscle mass, fur glossiness, eye brightness and a healthy weight all determine what makes a winning feline. Kennedy's Abys, as she calls them, are on a strict diet, grooming and health regime to ensure they are in top condition by the time the show arrives.
"I prepare their meals and add all the vitamins and supplements they need to keep them healthy… Many of us breeders are like veterinarians in training, we want to be totally involved in our pets," she said.
Kennedy has four adult Abyssinians and two kittens, an ocicat, and two dogs, a Basenji and a mutt.
The cat show isn't just for purebreds. One of the most popular events at the annual show in Phoenix is the House Hold Pet event. Cat owners from all over the Valley come and showcase their mixed-breed animals to audiences and judges. Many of the cats are from the Humane Society, so tearjerker stories with happy endings are told as part of the competition. Like an American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) commercial, the stories will make any animal lover's heart melt.
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"It's something fun and affordable for people to take their kids to, and the kids just love being around the animals so everyone's happy," he said.
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Two men in their early 20s were arrested and charged in the murders. Dorion Dillard pleaded guilty last February and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Cordaro Hardin is scheduled to go on trial Jan. 11, though the date had changed previously and could again. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Hardin, as they were against Dillard before he pleaded guilty.
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I recently was given a DVD of Wiseguy with Ken Wahl. Is he still alive and did he do any other TV or movies? Did he marry a celeb and did he have children? What information can you give me?
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His wives have included former Penthouse Pet Corinne Alphen and, for the past 12 years, former Playboy model Shane Barbi (of the Barbi twins). He has four children. In March, Wahl, now 55, said he was broke and sued his former business manager, Henry Levine, accusing him of conspiring with Alphen to get Wahl's money. You can read more about the lawsuit and Wahl at www.theofficialkenwahl.com.
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This is a red velvet cake with chocolate fondant made to look like a tux. The couple actually got married in a small ceremony and wanted to have a party a few days later. This cake was for the groom and I also made a wedding dress cake to match. I thought it was cute--but I know that there are some mistakes. I am glad that she liked it!


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text: I just kind of got my CL denial finally! I don't actually think they ever received my application. Both of the denials were to the two letters I wrote(on the same format as CL letter format(saved the sent) )asking about CLship since almost everyone had already received their denial letter. Weird, Huh?


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Game Over for Coaches?
Thu, 17 May 2012 03:23:05 GMT —
Suspended Edcouch-Elsa High School head baseball coach Sergio Rubio was all smiles Wednesday night at a school board meeting for his proposed termination and non renewal.
There was an outpouring of support for the coach from players, EEISD faculty and his family.
His attorney John Shergold said Rubio has nothing to worry about.
"The allegations that have been made against Coach Rubio are 100% false, said Shergold. Coach Rubio followed all the policies and procedures as he's required to do and hopefully the district puts this behind them and reinstates him as head coach.
The school board suspended Rubio and assistant coach George Franco after administrators said they saw evidence proving how their failed supervision of teammates on a bus led to an apparent sexual behavior between students.
The school district's attorney said the bus surveillance video shows sex acts, a female student performing oral sex on a male student while the two coaches were just a few seats away.
Allegations Rubio's attorney disputes and Shergold said the coach thought it was a bad idea to have a girl on board the bus to begin with.
"Coach Rubio is the one who basically rang the alarm bell and basically said ~Hey school district, we should not have any female student trainers on the bus, TM claims Shergold. Well he put the word out March 1st and on March 5th what we said would happen did. A female student trainer was on the bus.
EEISD attorney, Gustavo Acevedo, told us back in April the coaches were apparently sleeping while the lewd acts were taking place.
"It appears to me and it would appear very clear to a reasonable person viewing the video that there was a serious lack of supervision going on. said Acevedo. At will, Assistant Coach George Franco was denied his job back by a 3- 2 vote.
The Edcouch-Elsa school district reset Sergio Rubio TMs hearing for next Wednesday.
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Sheriff: Bodies of Romes brothers not found together
Fri, 10 May 2013 18:44:26 GMT —
Authorities in Putnam County say the bodies of two missing Ottawa teenagers were not found together and that a third teenager is being held in relation to the case.
An Amber Alert was issued for the three teens Thursday morning. Blake Aaron Romes, 17; Michael Fey, 17; and Blaine Romes, 14, were reported missing around 5:30 a.m. after a mother returned to her Ottawa trailer home and found a crime scene. Ottawa Police were called to the property around 5:30 a.m. Thursday. When officers arrived they were told by the boys' mother she came home to find a crime scene and her children missing.
Fey was found Thursday afternoon in Columbus after the vehicle described in the alert was located at a gas station. He was taken into custody and questioned by police. The teen described to officers where the bodies of the two Romes brothers could be found.
Authorities reported Thursday that they found the bodies in a ditch near the trailer park where they were last seen.
On Friday, officials at the Putnam County Sheriff's Office said the bodies of Blake and Blaine Romes were not found together and that the exact location of where they were each found was "sensitive information" to the case.
Fey has been transported back to Putnam County where he is being arraigned Friday.
Authorities have not determined a cause of death. Autopsies have been scheduled.
An investigation continues; however, authorities say limited information is being released due to the fact that juveniles are involved in the case.


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Earlier this week we learned that Demi Lovato would join Glee's fifth season as Santana's love interest. Now, Naya Rivera (Santana) has instagrammed the first photo of the pair from set, and we have to say that they look pretty damned great together!
There aren't a whole lot of details on how Santana and Demi's character will meet, or get together, but they will duet on a cover of The Beatles' classic "Here Comes The Sun," E! reported.
This pairing is making us think that we'll have to tune into Glee this season after all (following the general snooze that was season 4).


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This work demonstrates the ability to electrospin reagents into water-soluble nanofibers resulting in a stable on-chip enzyme storage format. Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) nanofibers were spun with incorporation of the enzyme horseradish peroxidase (HRP). Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of the spun nanofibers was used to confirm the non-woven structure which had an average diameter of 155 ± 34 nm. The HRP containing fibers were tested for their change in activity following electrospinning and during storage. A colorimetric assay was used to characterize the activity of HRP by reaction with the nanofiber mats in a microtiter plate and monitoring the change in absorption over time. Immediately following electrospinning, the activity peak for the HRP decreased by approximately 20%. After a storage study over 280 days, 40% of the activity remained. In addition to activity, the fibers were observed to solubilize in the microfluidic chamber. The chromogenic 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine solution reacted immediately with the fibers as they passed through a microfluidic channel. The ability to store enzymes and other reagents on-chip in a rapidly dispersible format could reduce the assay steps required of an operator to perform.
Lab-on-a-chip (LOC) devices have been applied in many fields, such as point-of-care diagnostics, bio-warfare detection and food safety. However, their application as biosensors often requires the use of sensitive bio-reagents to enable detection [
Nanofibers containing multiple components are a promising method for on-chip storage [
Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), a common hydrophilic polymer [
PVP of M.W. 1,300,000 was purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA).
The spinning solutions were prepared by mixing 15 wt% PVP, 5 wt% sucrose and 0.01 mg/mL HRP/aqueous solution. The samples were stirred gently for 30 min to allow for a uniform distribution. The mixed solutions were drawn into a 1 mL plastic syringe (National Scientific Company, Rockwood, TN. USA), equipped with a stainless steel 22 gauge blunt needle (SmallParts, Inc., Seattle, WA, USA). The positive electrode from a high voltage (10–30 kV) DC power supply (Gamma High Voltage Research Inc., Ormond Beach, FL, USA) was clipped on the needle. A grounded copper plate used as a collector was placed 12 cm away from the tip of the needle. The nanofibers were formed using a potential of 20 kV and pumped at 100 μL/h using a syringe pump. The collected fibers were removed from the copper plate and placed in a desiccator at room temperature until use.
Fiber mats were sputter-coated with gold for 90 s and observed with a scanning electronic microscope (JEOL JSM 6320F) at an accelerating voltage of 5 kV. The average fiber diameters and the standard deviations were calculated from the SEM images using the software ImageJ (National Institutes of Health) to measure a total of 30 fibers.
Fibers mats were removed from the copper plate and cut into round pieces using a 1 cm diameter punch. The masses of the fiber pieces were extremely small and consequently five cut pieces were then cumulatively weighed and an average mass was determined. From the average mass, the quantity of HRP within each cut piece was calculated using the original mass fraction of the dry constituents. Each piece was placed into a single well of a 96-microtiter plate for reaction analysis. The enzyme activity was compared to an equal mass of HRP which had not undergone the electrospinning process in order to compare the change in activity. The indicator TMB is a chromogen that yields a blue color when oxidized, typically as a result of oxygen radicals produced by the hydrolysis of hydrogen peroxide by HRP. The oxidized TMB has a maximal absorbance at 652 nm [
In order to demonstrate the ability of enzyme containing nanofibers to deliver reactive enzymes on-chip, a microfluidic on-chip device was designed using autoCAD and fabricated by a 30 W desktop laser (Epilog Laser, Golden, CO, USA). The device consisted of two bonded pieces of PMMA, the nanofiber mat and an absorbent pad. One of the pieces of PMMA was structured with microfluidic channels, an inlet port and a cavity for the absorbent pad and nanofiber, while the other piece remained unpatterned. These structures were all fabricated on the PMMA sheet using laser ablation. Following laser ablation, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) chips were sonicated in 15% isopropanol for 5 min (Branson Ultrasonic Corp, Danbury, CT, USA) and given UV treatment for 5 min. To bond the two PMMA pieces, 20 μL 2,4-pentanedione was deposited onto the unpatterned piece of PMMA and allowed to rest for 25 s before the PMMA was spun at 1,250 rpm on a spin coater for 5 s (Laurell, North Wales, PA, USA) [
In order to qualitatively demonstrate the activity of the enzymes in the microfluidic chamber, 100 μL of the TMB solution was placed into the inlet of the microfluidic chip. The solution was transported through the channels and into the nanofiber chamber using capillary flow. Once in the chamber, the solution dissolved the nanofibers and continued onto the absorbent pad. The change in color was observed visually and captured with a camera.
Following electrospinning for 1 h, nanofiber mats of approximately 2 cm diameter were removed from the copper collection plate. The individual PVP fibers containing sucrose and HRP had an average diameter of 155 ± 34 nm (
The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) image of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) nanofibers electrospun from 15 wt% PVP, 5 wt% wt sucrose in 0.1mg/mL horseradish peroxidase (HRP) water solution at a gap distance of 12 cm with an applied voltage of 20kV.
HRP activity was determined by reacting with TMB. At the onset of this reaction, the oxidized TMB produces a blue color with an absorbance peak at 652 nm. A continuation of the reaction yields a yellow shift with an absorbance peak at 450 nm and a subsequent drop at 652 nm.
The average weight of each 1 cm fiber mat was 0.8 mg and was subsequently calculated to contain approximately 0.04 μg HRP. Therefore, during activity measurements, the control contained 0.04 μg HRP with similar ratios of PVP and sucrose. Following the addition of TMB-containing reaction solution to the nanofibers, the absorbance at 652 nm was monitored over time
Electrospun nanofiber mats in the microfluidic chip appeared white prior to the addition of the TMB solution
Images of electrospun nanofiber in microfluidic chip. The image demonstrates how a nanofiber mat can be incorporated into a microfluidic chip. The images are before (
In these experiments, we demonstrated the use of water-soluble nanofibers for the storage of enzymes within a microfluidic chip. Horseradish peroxidase was selected due to its ubiquity in diagnostic assays. The results demonstrated an initial drop in activity following electrospinning. After 45 days the activity dropped to 60% and by 280 days was 40%. The storage was demonstrated in a microfluidic chip where the nanofibers were able to be rapidly dissolved and the released enzymes then catalyzed a reaction with TMB and hydrogen peroxide.
Water-soluble nanofibers can provide an ideal reagent format for microfluidics. Dehydration during the electrospinning process occurs over very short periods of time resulting in an almost instantaneous transformation from an enzyme in solution to a dried enzyme trapped in a polymer and sucrose matrix. The ability to store sensitive reagents inside a microfluidic sensor l enables increased portability and user friendliness. By containing reagents within the chip, the operator will be required to perform fewer steps thus increasing the ease-of-use. A self-contained device would be ideal for resource-limited areas where such characteristics are required.
This project was supported in part by the UMass Amherst Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing, a nanoscience shared facility funded by the National Science Foundation under NSF grant #CMMI-1025020. The authors would also like to thank Jessica Schiffman in the Department of Chemical Engineering at UMass for her technical support.


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Where are configuration files for gdm login screen under Ubuntu 11.04?
I am running Ubuntu 11.04 'natty' on several computers, mostly upgraded from earlier versions of Ubuntu. During the past few version releases, utilities for configuring the login screen have changed, and apparently there have been changes in the configuration files where the parameters for the login screen have changed, along with the location of these files.
My problem is the some settings when could be made under 10.04 or 10.10 can't be modified by current programs, such as "Ubuntu Tweak" and "Login Screen". In particular, in an earlier version I was able to set a line of text which appears above where the user name and password are selected or entered. The current utilities are not able to access this text, so I am left with text referring to an earlier version of Ubuntu, for example.
What I need to know is where the configuration is stored, so I can change it 'manually'. It doesn't seem to be under /etc/gdm - the settings in /etc/gdm/custom.conf don't have any effect in 11.04, for example.
Note that this release does use gdm - lightdm is not used until 11.10.
Sounds like you would want to use gconf-editor to change a few settings.
Also, read here - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1435398
Or just go to the config files and edit them.
The ones you probably need should be in /usr/gdm. There are a few there and not knowing what you want to do I have no idea which one you want. They are pretty straight forward and easy to understand.
I tried using gconf-editor to change what looked like appropriate settings, to no avail. after apparently enable the text heading, and entering two different strings, neither would appear when I logged out, but the old string from 10.04 or 10.10 did display. (banner_message_enable, banner_message_text and banner_message_text_nochooser under /apps/gdm/simple_greeter).
It looks like the message I AM seeing is stored in an unknown location, and also gconf-editor is storing its data in an unknown location.
Clearly, the version of gdm and the greeter code is quite different in 11.04, but somehow the message text from 10.10 is being displayed in the greeter! (this is not yet 'lightdm' used in 11.10).
Try my tutorial here. Go to the GDM (Login Screen) chapter.
This worked up to Maverick. I have never tested it on Natty.
Hope it works.
I couldn't read that. By the way, if that was for Maverick, it would not work under Natty - I've been down that route.
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These are from Natty. I only changed a few items. Much more is possible as described in the tutorial.
Thank you, Towheedm! I was a bit confused by the web page that data (including the PDF) is loaded from. I've started to read the gdm section of the document. I had begun to suspect that the parameters for the login are now in a special database, rather that a Unix-style text file under /etc/gdm/. So that is hopefully going to be the solution. I'll try this later this evening or tomorrow!
By the way, the document refers to the /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme file. I've noticed this script gets rewritten every now and then, and in recent releases it refers to images off in a theme directory as an alternative to images in /boot/grub or a subdirectory thereof. So it can get a little complicated.
I will post another response when I get this working on my computer(s).
Now this problem is solved. I was able to change the banner message easily with the gdm tools!
Thank you, Towheedm!
05_debian_theme has absolutely nothing to do with customizing the gdm screen. This file is for GRUB2. If you need to theme GRUB2, look at my sigs.
If you want to do it the GUI way using the gconf-editor app, there are two methods:
1. Configure it directly from the gdm screen. This allows most changes to be seen immediately. If you want to use this method, do this in a terminal window:
sudo cp /usr/share/applications/{gconf-editor,gnome-appearance-properties}.desktop /usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow/
To prevent the windows from showing up:
sudo rm /usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow/{gnome-appearance-properties,gconf-editor}.desktop
sudo xhost +SI:localuser:gdm
gksudo -u gdm dbus-launch gconf-editor
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TeamVodafone's Craig Lowndes and Mark Skaife have won the L&H 500 Phillip Island for the second year in a row, in another 1-2 finish for TeamVodafone.
Lowndes and Skaife, dubbed the "dream team', remain undefeated since pairing together for the endurance races last year.
"Its unbelievable, I've never seen Craig drive so well - he's really at the top of his game," said Mark Skaife.
"What a team effort to get a 1-2 at this race, you now how tough it is; it's a dream come true."
Lowndes crossed the finish line 6.3 seconds ahead of the sister TeamVodafone car of Jamie Whincup and Andrew Thompson.
What a team effort to get a 1-2 at this race, you now how tough it is; it's a dream come true.
"If we find that Mark Skaife I'm going to poke him in the eye! He ran into us at the start and the door wouldn't open!" said Whincup.
"(Lowndes and Skaife) did a phenomenal job and were the best partnership today. I couldn't be happier with Thommo, he handed the car over in first so I couldn't have asked for any more."
Polesitter Will Davison made a late charge into podium contention in the dying laps, overtaking an ailing Shane van Gisbergen who was struggling with steering issues.
"At the end of the day third is all we were good for," said Davison.
"We didn't quite have the speed during certain phases of the race but you never give up and never say die. I hunted a few down at the end and got back on the podium so I'm rapt for the boys."
After being the man on the charge with 13 laps remaining, van Gisbergen limped home to fifth and team manager Dave Stuart echoed the team's disappointment.
"Shane and John did a great job but we're really disappointed not to get a podium. I thought we could have taken it to Craig (Lowndes) at the end there but that's the way it rolls sometimes."
Toll Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander pipped van Gisbergen by the narrowest of margins at the finish line for fourth.
It was an incredible recovery for the #2 Toll Holden Racing Commodore after Nick Percat was forced to start from pit lane after stalling the car on the front row of the grid.
Percat drove through the field in his opening stint to put the Toll HRT car back into contention, and the mid-race dice for the lead between Tander and Lowndes was one of the highlights of the race.
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New York: Three of Maria Sharapova's top sponsors -- global sports apparel giants Nike, Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer and German car manufacturer Porsche -- have suspended their ties with Maria Sharapova after the Russian tennis star failed a drug test at the Australian Open.
"We are saddened and surprised by the news about Maria Sharapova," Kejuan Wilkins, a spokesman for Nike, said on Monday.
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"We have decided to suspend our relationship with Maria while the investigation continues. We will continue to monitor the situation."
TAG Heuer said in a statement that its previous contract with Sharapova had expired at the end of 2015 and it has pulled out of negotiations on a new agreement.
Porsche on Tuesday became the third big-name sponsor to distance themselves from Sharapova.
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Sharapova, a five-time major winner, on Monday said she failed a test at the Australian Open in January for the banned substance meldonium, a heart medication commonly sold in Eastern Europe. Meldonium was added to the banned list on January 1.
Sharapova disclosed at a news conference on Monday that she had been taking a drug named Meldonium for over a decade for health reasons.
But the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned the drug from January 1.
Sharapova, the World No.7, said she didn't notice that the drug was banned by the WADA.
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) said on its website on Monday that the 28-year-old would be provisionally banned from March 12. The usual ban for first-time offenders is two years.
The failed drug test came on January 26 -- after Sharapova lost to Serena Williams in the quarter-finals -- and she was charged with an anti-doping violation on March 2, the governing body additionally said.
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Safeguarding children and adults – an introduction course
CPD-accredited course that provides an essential introduction to safeguarding children and adults. Includes practice examples, information and resources to help you understand good safeguarding practice.
CPD Standards Office accredited course ref no 60036/29.
This is a sample training course outline. It is based on approximately 25 delegates, trained at your premises. It can be adapted to your organisation's training and CPD requirements. Contact us to arrange an in-house customised course.
Course content
- Children's safeguarding (background and context)
- Adults' safeguarding (background and context)
- Attitudes to safeguarding
- Key safeguarding principles in the Care Act
- Types of abuse
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We use a range of case studies and scenarios to help delegates to understand the practical application of good safeguarding practice.
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Attendees will:
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This introductory level course is aimed at staff who work with adults with care and support needs, children and families, and who need to know the basics of safeguarding, legal responsibilities and good practice.
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Charter school teacher union gets help from IL legislators
Three Chicago charter schools have formed their own union and are fighting for recognition.
Thirty Illinois legislators have signed a letter to Chicago schools chief Ron Huberman asking him to support teachers' right to unionize the three Chicago International Charter School campuses.
I'm posting the letter here.
The teachers filed a petition for recognition of their union back in early April, and the state certified them a couple weeks ago.
But Civitas, the educational management organization that runs the three campuses in question, is pushing for the issue to be dealt with by the feds. That's because federal law requires that the schools hold an election to determine whether to let the union in. Under state law, no election is needed as long as over 50 percent of teachers sign cards. Organizers say about 75 percent of staff at the three CICS/Civitas campuses signed cards.
The Chicago Alliance of Charter School Teachers and Staff (Chicago ACTS) has asked Civitas to sit down and hammer out a contract. I've been talking to teachers about what they might like to see in a contract, and to Civitas about what it DOESN'T want "¦tune in to WBEZ 91.5 FM for that story later this week.


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Published Tuesday, March 4, 2014 | 2 a.m.
Updated Tuesday, March 4, 2014 | 9:38 a.m.
Crime statistics
The number of violent crimes dipped slightly while property crimes rose early last year across much of the Las Vegas Valley, according to the FBI.
For the first six months of 2013, Metro Police reported to the FBI a drop of about 1 percent in violent crime incidents compared with the same period in 2012. The drop was attributed to a heavy reduction in aggravated assault cases. Crimes in all other documented violent categories — robberies, rapes and homicides — were up, with 50 homicides reported in early 2013 compared to 32 reported in the first six months of 2012.
Henderson, too, saw a drop of about 25 percent in overall violent crimes, with a reduction in all categories.
Property crimes were down for both jurisdictions — Metro's by 6 percent and Henderson's by 11 percent.
By contrast, North Las Vegas reported to the FBI a 15 percent uptick in violent crimes and a 7 percent dip in property crimes. The city's homicides were down from 6 in 2012 to 2 in 2013.
In Reno, the violent crime rate held steady while the city reported a small increase in property crimes. That city reported six homicides in 2013 compared with none in 2012.
While crime statistics can help identify trends, it's important not to scrutinize them too deeply, said Bill Sousa, a criminal justice professor at UNLV. Slight annual changes are not always indicative of a larger pattern.
Data released by the FBI also do not account for a difference in population between the two years.
"Obviously you don't want (crime statistics) going in the wrong direction," Sousa said. "But just because you see a slight increase does not necessarily mean there is an issue of a larger concern."
Metro's violent crimes rose by about 7 percent in 2012 compared to a year before, though that figure had plunged by 18 percent in 2011.


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Tokyo-based Softbank looks like it's two-timing Sprint.
The company, which agreed to take over the No. 3 US wireless company last October, is now discussing an alternative deal with T-Mobile, according to a report.
The news, first reported by Reuters, sent Sprint shares down 1.4 percent to $7.24.
SoftBank, sources close to the situation said, likely planted the story to drive Sprint's price down.
The report, citing unnamed sources, said SoftBank was considering buying Deutsche Telekom's stake in T-Mobile as an alternative to the Sprint deal.
Charlie Ergen's Dish Network and SoftBank are locked in a fierce battle to buy Sprint.
The Sprint shareholder vote on SoftBank's $20 billion bid is June 12.
Dish has a $25 billion counteroffer on the table and is finishing due diligence. Sprint may delay the vote as Dish continues its homework, several sources said.
Despite the T-Mobile report, SoftBank agreed to be barred from walking away from its Sprint offer until the merger agreement expires, which is months away.
With Softbank unable to walk, some believe it is moving to drive down the price. There is also skepticism because SoftBank would find Sprint's spectrum more of a natural fit than T-Mobile's.
The spectrum of Clearwire — in which Sprint owns a majority share — matches SoftBank's own, and would give the Japanese company the power to offer global roaming.
SoftBank did not return calls.


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|F-35 Lightning II
So the Huffington Post piece entitled The F-35 vs. Healthcare naturally caught my eye--since I wrote about the F-35 Lightning II, a fifth-generation fighter, last week.
The article's author, Reese Schonfeld, attacks the fighter because of its cost, but being weak and prone to attack can end up being almost infinitely expensive.
And money spent on the F-35 isn't being sucked up by the stratosphere. There are over 1,300 suppliers for the jets in 47 states and Puerto Rico. Jobs? Over 127,000 indirect and direct jobs--and the economic impact of the fighter is estimated to have been $12.6 billion for last year. Economies of scale can bring the cost of the F-35 down--for instance, building more than 200 a year. And the operations and support costs of the legacy fleet of planes--the F-16, F-18, A-10 and AV-8B--would be four times the O&S costs of the F-35 through 2065.
Back to defense: Resurgent China and Russia are investing in their own fifth-generation stealth fighters.
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Story by Cynthia Darling
With spring buds on the trees and the temperatures getting warmer, spending time doing errands in the car can seem like a veritable sentence behind the wheel. No other parent chore evokes more feelings of confinement this season than car line: the task of waiting in line to drop off or pick up one's little ones at school.
Montclair mom Sonya Moroney who often waits in line to pick up her child, admits, "Sadly, I spend most of my time in car line catching up on emails or connecting with my husband on the phone. In most cases my 2-year-old is asleep in the back, so it really is a pleasant time to just catch up. But," she says, "I wish I could be more creative."
Many parents use car line time to accomplish small tasks such as paying bills, making grocery lists or planning the evening's activities. But, it seems a little bit of imagination might add some spark to this daily ritual. A writer friend describes how she turns that 30 minutes in the car line into writing gold–just enough time to complete her daily writing quota. Knitting and drawing are two other artistic pursuits easily accomplished in short spurts of time and with few materials or set up.
Another Montclair mom, Nara Callanan, sees the advantages of this time in line, stating, with a smile, "I occasionally take it as an opportunity to clean up junk in the car!" But perhaps there is another way to view this time spent waiting. Those few minutes in the car can be the only moment in the day when you are forced to do nothing.
Try not taking out the bills you have to pay. Try not checking email or reading a book. Essex County life coach Jenna Clausen advises, "Use to time to relax and listen to some music. Close your eyes and take a moment for yourself." There are real health benefits to taking even twenty minutes out of a day for conscious relaxation. Clausen goes on to say, "My favorite suggestion is to skip the car line altogether. Since the weather is nice, park your car nearby and walk to your child's school. Instead of spending time sitting in your car, you'll get some exercise, plus you'll have better quality time with your child as you walk back to the car together."
When it comes down to it, we all have the power to develop personalized ways of spending seemingly lost time more meaningfully. Maureen, a Montclair mom who prefers to remain on a first name basis, has found her perfect car line activity. "I probably shouldn't admit this, but my favorite way to multi-task in the carline is to tweeze my eyebrows. The mirror in the visor and the light are perfect! And that's one less minute spent in front of the bathroom mirror at home."
What's your favorite way to make car line fly by?
(Photo: Flickr/jcestnik)